University of South Carolina Libraries
-* william weieast.}Pr?prietor8- S11 ubent /amiig IHluspajjcr: /or f|c promotion of tljc political, Social, Agricultural anb (C-ommrrcial Interests of % Soutjj. ^ |$2 pee yeah, in advance VOLUME 8. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1862. . . NUMBER 31. Ill* fjurlrili? ip ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, AT Two Dollars a year, in Advance. THREE COPIES, S."? 3J, 10 COPIES, $15j ! And an Extra Copy to the person making a Club of j Ten?the money to be paid in Advance. AT) V E RTISE M EN TS Will bo inserted at ONE DOLLAR persquare for the first, and fikty cents for each subsequent insertion (less than three months.) A Square consists of the space occupied by 10 lines of this size type ;100 words, or ONE [ inch space. No AdvcJtisetncut considered less than a j square. i'jgT1 All Advertisements not having the number of inser- j tions market on the margin, will be continued uutilforbid and charged accordingly. * Quarterly, Se.mi-Anuualor Yearly contracts willbc ! made on liberal terms?the contracts, however, must in all j cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Semimonthly. Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will tiechargedONE Dollar persquare'foreach insertion. For Advertising Eatray# Tolled, SC: to be paid by the Magistrate. Citations, S2'Jo; to tie paid in advauce hv the person applying. Xotici?of Application to tile I.egislatnrc. So: to paid"by the person banding in the advertisement, lusolvent Debtors Notice, Sfi; payable in advance. Attachment Notices,S8; to be paid tor by the Attorney in the ' case. Business Cards, of a half-square orless, will be inserted at ] ?5 per year. For each adilittonH! line, Si. Announcements of Marriages or Deaths : Noticesnf ' Religions Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. 'V* Obituary Notices exceeding one square iu length, ' will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates ' ?*, Personal Communications, when adtnissi- j hie ; communications o?dimlted or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offcesof honor, prof- 1 itortrust will be charged forat from 3 to 10 cents per line. From Europe. 1 The Royal mail steamship Persia, Capt. : Lott, which sailed from Liverpool at 1 p. m. on the 5th, and from Queenstown ou the 6th instant, arrived at New York Wed- ] Desday afternoon. I The steamer St. George, from Quebec, ( arrived at Greenock on the 3d, with New j York telegrams of the 23d June, picked up at Cape Race. ( The New York correspondent of the,j Times says : ] The North is looking forward with keen j' anticipation to the great battle before Rich- jt rnond. The strength of the two armies is U about equal. The Confederate army at j f Richmond numbers about 150,000 men,it and Jackson's force in the Shenandoah l Valley has been sufficient to keep in check | three Federal generals. Beauregard re- j mains a mystery. \ So great is the perplexity he causes that c no one would be much surprised if he we'e to be heard of to-morrow in the Valley of c the Sheuandoah, annihilating the armies of v Fremont, Shields and iianks, threatening c Maryland, and scaring Washington, for the j second time within a month. The conquest; ^ of Richmond will, by all accounts, be one! e of the most difficult achievements of war-L fare; but should it be evacuated without aL fight, or be captured by McClcllan, the re- L suit will be the same. ja Behind Richmond, to ?.he west, is -a i t mountainous country, abounding with for-11 midable defiles, each of which might be de-1 [ fended against a large army by a handful ie of men. The war would be transferred! j further South, and if Federal armies fob L low, yellow fever or other deleterious agen-L cies of the climate would then seal their I e ranks, and render active hostilities imprac- L ticable for many months. The truth is, an|t( armistice and then a settlement of this I deadly quarrel, by a peaceful separation, is if the only solution of the difficulty. L ^ > ?))/ stinl -V/uui Cht r\K cnrtmc I n that though it has ever maintained the pow- r *ei*of the North to take possession of all the j f; principal military points of the South, there I o has been no time since Bui! Run when j w their position and ability to do so looked ' t more precarious. The battle in front of 11 Richmond will determine the fate of the' t campaign in Virgiuia, but it will not put! I an end to the war, which is assuming a | c more hateful and ferocious cbaiactcr as it'ii goes on. There will be no goiDg into sum- i v mer quarters for either artuy There will jc be no chance for the smallest intervention j b or officious good offices. t The Morninj Herald says that McOlel- b lan had peremptory instructions to attack j Richmond, and to capture it before the [ \ great auuivcrsar) of the Declaration of A ! u mericau Independence. 't The Fourth of July was made the occa- la sion by the London Times for an editorial j t coutrast of the ordinary American style of j t oration indulged in on that day, and the u style which, according to its views, the pre- t sent position of affairs would seem to de-; n mand. r The Times puts a speech into the mouth !e of a supposed Americau orator, the burden ' t of which is that the North has not been a- 1 blc to accomplish its purposes, that the j complaints, &c , against England have been ii unjust and unfounded, and that it would |a have beeu much better at the start to have ii let the South go. j.A In the Times city article it is otaled that private letters frotu America by the last i mail, written by persons entirely impartial, i ami with the best means of information, as i sert that the actual state of the Federal armies is misrepresented to the public, and tnat they have suffered deplorably from sickness in its worst forms. A fever, sim- t ilar to the jail fever of past times, has, it is averred, inflicted terrible havoc, and the y recent urgent call h,r new levies, tends to confirm the impression as to the correctness j, of these statements. fw The Tunes publishes a letter from Mr. \,j Edmund Potter, the chairman of the Man- tl Chester Chamber of Commerce, on the sub- e ject of the cotton supply. The nation heL says wants cotton. Four millions depend [ upon its supply for the very necessaries of n life, and millions more will suffer who hith-'t, erto depended upon the circulation of pro-, ti bably ?10,000,000 annually now being ta ; ? iien out ot circulation. jsl The revenue will suffer materially ; the , tl taxation must be increased, where it can id be borne, to meet the expenditure. Mr. jt< Potter says that to India alone must we j tl look for a supply for some years to come ; j h but private capitalists will not rum them- >'i selves by seeking to invest in hpdia schemes jit for cotton producing. If American affairs; w are settled, by any chance, soon?and that! la chance is an extreme one?India cotton j will fall one-half in price in a few weeks,! n and carry ruin with it to importers, and h check for a time?forever, perhaps?any ; w such prices being paid in India for cotton, tl a> at the present. Mr. Potter comes to a the conclusion that it is the duty of hor w Majesty's government to grapple with the " question. ju On the following day "An Old Indian")a replies to Mr. Potter, and adduces facts to show that the iuterference of government officials iu the character of cotton merchants would be prejudicial to the future supply of cotton from India. It is stated that the Canadian staff will dwindled dowD to proportions like fh~dsc*wnTcii it possessed before the Trent affair caused such a large accession to its strength. The London Times of July 3, in an article on American affairs, says : We would, then, once more raise our voice against the indefinite prosecution of this horrible war. While the scorching sun is filling the cauips with fever and cholera; while the youth and strength of the country are being hurried to the common frontier in preparation for a new feast of blood in the autumn; while the North is burdening itself with the debt concern ing which even its rulers fear to speak plainly, and while the great staples of the South' are being given to the flames, we would ask the Federals, with whom the whole matter really rests, where is their conscience, where is their common humanity, or their boasted worldly prudence?? They are in arms to enforce on the men of ;heir own blood submission to a rule that :he latter detest. VIEETIXfl IN* MANCHESTER IN FAVOR OF MEDIATION. Mr. Ilopwood, who questioned Lord Palmerstoo, has been bucked in Manches,cr by a public meeting iu favor of mediadon, of which the following report is given n the Manchester Examiner : "An open-air meeting, convened by pla;ard, was held in the market place, Black)urn, on Saturday evening, 'to petition Parliament to ado^t the motion of Mr. fohn Turner Hfl*agBd, M. P., for mediaion between the Northern and Southern States of America, in order to bring this 'racticidal war to an end.' Some opposiion was made to the promoters, who are nen unconnected with the town. Mr. ilopwood having made himself unpopular n reference to Lord John Russell's reform Mil, some of his expressions in the House; it Commons on tnat occasion were repriniid aDcl posted on the walls of the town, :aliing attentiou to his having spoken of forking men as 'ufcfcre machines/ 'creatures if impulse,' &c. "Mr. Jas. Aspin (of the firm of Aspin i Ward, cotton manufacturers,) was electd to preside, and called upon Mr. Mortiuer Grimshaw, to move the first resolution, s follows : "That in consequence of the irostration of commerce in this country, nd the wide-spread destitution arising herefrom, this meeting is of opinion that he time has arrived for the government of England to use its influence in putting an nd to the prosecution of the war in Amerca; this meeting feels satisfied that the rar will be prosecuted beyond the limits of nduranoe unless energetic means beadoptd by one or both of the great European lowers to establish peace between the conending parties.' "He then alluded to the proclamation of ren. Fremont abolishing slavery in one lartioular locality, and to President Linoln having withdrawn Gen. Fremont and e established slavery, and also to similar acts in relation to Gen. Ilunter in three ther States, and contended that the war tas prosecuted for no other purpose than lie aggrandizement of the North, and for he sake of the plunder of property which he South possessed. (Disapprobation.)? le argued that the questiou should not be onstrucd into a party question because of ts introduction by Mr. Hopwood, against ?hom a feeling had been created by plaards, and which feeling was disgraceful; ut that, if the proposition was unsuitable o them, it remained for them to adopt a letter. "Mr. Win. Grosslev. senretarv to tne J ; J leavers' Association, moved as an amendneut, "That in consequence of the prosration of the commerce in this country, nd the widespread destitution arising herefrom, this meeting is of the opinion hat it is the duty of the British Government to use every influence compatible with he maintenance of peace, for the settlement of the American difficulty, by restoiug the confidence of the Southern plantrs to the policy of President Liucolu, and he re-organization and preservation of the American Union." (Cheers.) "The resolutions were put to the mcetng, and the amendment was carried, with bout fifty dissentients, amid loud cheer. mtiTisii protest against mediation IN AMERICA. It is well that the plan of a joint mediaion between tbe American belligerents [tiled even before it was formally propo> <1. The project would have been objeeionable even if the time bad been more pportunc for pacific negotiation ; and in lie preseut temper of the Northern popuition any amicable settlement seems to be ut of the question. Kvou, however, if au earlv neaec were ltrinsically possible, an English offer of lidiation would have involved serious 'anger. If it were summarily rejected, lie proposals would nevertheless be resentd as au encouragement to the seceders, iid it would uot be accepted unless the Tench (loverntuent were a partner in the ransaetion. If an arbitration were instated, it would be impossible to answer for he tendencies or com!net of French dijdu- j ialists. Any leaning which they might how to the South would be attributed to heir unpopular colleagues, while the buren of rejecting proposals unduly favorable j the Federalists might at auy moment be arowu on the English plenipotentiaries.? loth members of the international tribunal light be suspected of a regard for selfish itercsts, but all imputations of unfairness ould be habitually concentrated on Eugind. A war with Federal America would cost lore than many crops of cottou are worth, t would be a godsend to zealous politicians, ho will shortly have to iiud an excuse for leir reckless encouragement of the natiou1 delusion ; and the antipathy which it 'ould excite and almost justify would, fori tuny generations, prevent the establishlent ot a solid and durable peace. When rupture seemed almost unavoidable, after) the seizure of the Trent, prudent me deeply regretted the necessity of a conflic which was certain to be misrepresented am misunderstood. A war professedly wagei for the establishment of Southern Indepon dence would be still more invidious, and i would not involve unanimity at home. I is impossible that England should wish t establish or maintain negro slavery, and i by no means follows that an alliance with slaveholdiug community would imply an favor to the institution which might be in cidentally assisted; but the negro-hatinj North would echo the fiercest denunciat'oi of the Abolitionists against a Power whicl counectcd itself with the insurgent slave owners. Against much less obloquy it i not easy to set off any counterbalance ad vantage which would make an Americai war expedient. Least of all, would it be profitable t follow France into a struce'le which woub "" " ~ do - * " necessarily be controlled by alien counsel and motives. Just action in war is uot re commended by the experience of recen years in the Crimea, in China, or in Mexi co. Good faith and friendly feeling are n sufficient security for a lasting communis of interests; and it might suit the purpos of France to make peace or continue til war against the wish and opinion of th English government. In either case withdrawal from the alliance would be ei ther dangerous or discreditable, and yet th objections to perseverance in joint actioi might be still more insurmountable. Th quarrels of two allies with a common enem; are never altogether identical. It migh become necessary to mix up questions o Mexican policy or of insults on the Frencl flag with the main object of terminating ; ruinous civil war. The mere want of cot ton is not precisely the same in characte and in result, as it affects the trade of thi two countries. An armed intervention ii the South would probably be popular a Lyons, but it would certainly meet witl general disapproval at Lancashire. On thi whole, it is better not to engage in an un certain partnership; it is inexpedient ti undertake the gratuitous duty of coercin? the Americans into commerce ; and it i not even desirable to offer or to undertaki a mediation which might probably end ii j . u - r? 1_ a an armea luiervcuuuu uy imjgmuu uut France. ? - Interesting from Vicksburg?the Ex ploits of the Ram Arkansas. A correspondent of the Jackson Missis sippian, writing from Vicksburg, on thi 15th inst, says : Your readers all know that, for sevcra months past, we have had a guubcat build ing up the Yazoo river. She was com pleted five or six days ago, and her com mauder, Capt. Brown, C. S. N., despatchei a courier through the country to announci to Major Gen. Van Dorn that he would bi at Vicksburg this morning, at four o'clock The courier rode seventy miles by twelvi o'clock last night, and made known hi: communication to the General, luimedi ately the drums along our batteries arousec the cannoneers, who stood to their posts while the infantry backed them, ready t< lend any assistance necessary. In order to get under the guns of ou batteries, the Arkansas had to pass thi whole upper fleet of the enemy, consisting of twenty gunboats and men of war. Soot after daylight she placidly glided from tin mouth of the Yazoo into Old River?whicl is an old channel of the Mississippi. '1 hi moment of rounding out of the Yazoo thi Arkansas came in view of three of the ene tny's gunboats, stationed there on picke duty, and supposed to be on the look-ou for her. A fierce cannonade at once open ed, the Arkansas returning the fire in thi most spirited manner. Passing rapidly tw< of thern, she ran alongside the Benton, am giving her a broadside, she sunk immedi ately. Wben last seen by the crew of th< Arkansas the Benton was on the bottom o the river near the shore, careened to on< side and her career ended forever! Having got rid of the enemy's 'pickets, the Arkansas ran into the Mississippi, ani came in full view ot no less than seventcei sloops-of-war, gunboats and rams. Tliej were drawD up in line of battle, stretching, from one side of the river to the other.? In the centre three rams were posted, tht centre one of the three with her prow ug stream, while the prows of the other twe were inverted from the shore. The whoh of this powerful fleet instantly brought it! guns to bear upon the Arkansas. Nothing: daunted, the Arkansas crowded on al steam, and made for the centre. Whet within fifty yards of the line, she fired ink the centre ram (the Kastport,) penetrating, to her boilers, when she blew up with e tremendous crash. It is thought that uol a soul on board the Eastport escaped.? Thus breaking the line, the Arkansas dashed through over the wreck and debris of the Eastport. The enemy's fleet then broke their lino of battle and made chase, furiously pelting the Arkansas all the while, but she outran them all, and at ten minutes before nine came around the point above the city, and there ran under the guns of our batteries on the shore. The pursuit was kept up I ??? tril-w.,1 uuiu uui puo iiwui rwiuii; uwcucuj nuvu the enemy tamed and lied. As soon as the Arkansas came around the point, a great commotion was noticed in the lower fleet, and presently flames burst out of one of the mortar boats, supposed to have been aground. In thirty minutes nothing of it was visible above the water's edge. All of the vessels of that fleet, by this time, was nearly out of sight below, and at last accounts were seen heading towards New Orleans and the Uulf as fust as steam could carry them. Hut to return to the Arkansas. She is a perfect iron clad ram steamer, one hundred feet long, mounting ten Parrot guns, with a crew of over one hundred men. 1 do not know how many feet of water she draws, but as she came down the Yazoo at this season of the year of course she can run anywhere iu the Mississippi She was struck this morning hundreds of times, by balls from the heaviest guns in the United States Navy, and yet only one shot penetrated her, and that was iu this way. ***** While passing immediately under the guns of that sloop she depressed a gun so as to n throw an eleven inch solid shot down upon t her. It penetrated to the gunroom and i killed eight white men and one negro, and d slightly wounding twelve others. This shot, i- save ten or twelve holes through her smoke t stack, was the only injury received by the t now immortal Arkansas. Her injuries will o all be repaired by to-murrow, when she will t commence the process of "clearing out" a the Mississippi right and left of Vicksy burg. Capt. Hrown is one of Mississippi's most g gallant sons, llis home is in Issaquena a county. He was in the U. S. N. 27 years !i ago, and commanded the Niagara up to the > disruption of the Union, s I should have mentioucd in the details - that the enemy piled up and burned ima mense piles of stores on the other side of the river, and transferred all their troops to r\ fKn ff.\njnArfo nnrl onnf tlinm /*!r\TT7n cfronm I u lUK Iiaucjjuiw uuu i The Yankees of the upper fleet, raaddens ed by their utter and signal defeat by one Confederate naval vessel, have been vigot rously bombarding Vicksburg all day with-j i- out doing any injury save to buildings, o Citizens and "contrabands" from the y other side of the river report that the canal e which the Yankees have been digging has e beeu finished, but that the amount of water e in it will not float even the smallest sized a steamboat. They have also completed a i- railroad from bend to bend, by means of e material taken from the Vicksburg, Shreveq port and Texas Railroad. The river is e falling so fast, and is now too low for their y canal to be at all efficient before next t Spring; and unless they can dislodge our f batteries planted below its lower month, it h will be utterly useless to them, and, in the a event that those batteries are forced to withdraw from their present location, they r can be easily transferred to some other e point, from whence they will be turned upa on any transport passing by, uuless convoyt ed by iron clad gunboats. It is suggested 3 that it will take at least three gunboats to e accompany ono steamboat in "the free nav igation of the Mississippi." 0 There are no indications of anothergen1 eral attempt to take the city of Vicksburg. s It is claimed that our batteries totally ruine ed two of their men-of-war iu the great 3 fight, two weeks ago, and that they now lie 1 moored near the mouth of the Yazoo, in a helpless condition. There will be no land fight at Vicksburg. The pressing demands " made upon Lincoln elsewhere will keep all his available force engaged, and allow no " force to come to Vicksburg. Their shells, e thrown in irregularly and scmi-occasionally, nearly every day and night, hurt no one, ' and damage the houses but little. * - ? Pay Your Debts. The stay law has prevented any coiupul1 sory payment of debts, and with many peo2 pie the idea seems to prevail that any effort 2 to pay is unnecessary; but the stay law is . only a temporary expedient, and will prob? ably be repealed at the next session of the s Legislature. There was not much necessity for its enactment, and the necessity for 1 its continuance grows less and less every , day. The expenditures of the Government d for the prosecution of the war, being disbursed almost entirely among our own peor '.gie, have filled the channels of circulation ; 2 the currency has become redundant, and r there never has been a time when money 1 could be more easily obtained on loan, or 2 when all species of property boro so high a 1 price. It is this very redundancy which j ha* caused the much talked of depreciation 2 of Confederate money?it is not a distrust - of the solvency of the Government, but| t that there is more in circulation than the t calls of trade require, and the same cause operates with ttie scarcity caused by the 2 blockade in producing the present unexama pled prices of all kinds of goods. 1 Every season inflated currency is certain to be followed by a revulsion, as the histo J 2 ryofall commercial crisis teaches. One f extreme follows another in the financial as 2 surely as in the physical world. The season of high pficcs will be followed by the ' seacon of low prices. Prudent men take 1 advautage of the first to prepare for the j last, they sell property or earn money when j ! it is plcuty, to pay their debts and prepare: t for the time when it must iuevitably be-! - come scarce. 1 The planting community especially ought; ) to exercise a prudent foresight in this mat) ter. They arc not speculators, and changes 2 of prices arc of uot much moment to them > except as to their necessary supplies, and : the one staple which they have for sale, 1 and, as to that, it may be laid dowu as an i indisputable rule that the planter who spec> ulates in cotton always loses money. Hold; iug for a higher price, when the present i market price is fully and largely remune-j t rative, is nothing but speculation. To - hold, in present circumstances, when cot, ton brings a higher price than it has borne ? for years, is a risk that no farmer, living beyond the reach of immediate news, ought to run. The price at present is largely re: munerative, and those holding for a higher, i stand some danger of having to accept a : lower. The expectations of such may he founded upon the ideas of the intervention i of foreign powers, mediation, &c. Aside i from the frequency with which wo ha've been deceived by such expectations, there arc still stronger reasons why we should not depend on that delusive hope. Suppose all the benefits expected from mediation : and intervention are realized, that the ports arc opened?what results'{ Usually the whole yearly crop is a whole year in going to market, planters send it forward as it is , irot ready or when the means of transDorta- 1 . tion becomes suitable, and consumption, in some degree keeps pace with the continuous i supply, if the ports were opcucd immediately our whole crop, of at least four inil; lion of bales, is ready to be, and will be, precipitated upon the European markets, it may be that the revival of commerce may be delayed six months, iu which case half of the growing crop, say at least one million of bales, will be heaped upon the crop uow on hand, for exportation. This i immense mass thrown at once, and not ; gradually, into the market, must depress : prices even below the remunerative point, though for a time after the openiuig of the ! ports present prices may be sustained, but as soon as commerce returns to its regular | channels it is evident they must dcpreci- . late. The increased demand and present spur in the cotton market is pretty well understood to be caused by the promise made by the Government to a few favored parties, that cotton bought and held by them shall be exempted from destruction in case of danger of the approach of the enemy.? When those parties have gone to the extent of their means or warns, there is likely to ensue a decline. What sort of justice that is which favors foreigners rather tnan citizens, or prefers one class of citizens to another ntny possibly be explained some day, but whether right or wrong, planters would do well to take advantage of the op i portunity. Our advice to planters is, do not speculate for higher prices, sell and pay debts,! it is not onlv the nart of nrudenee. but a! . . J. ' r ' I patriotic motive should prompt to such a : course. Confederate money, like every! other commodity, depreciates because the! supply exceeds the demand?there is more1 in circulation than the channels of trade can contain. Revive the trade in cotton and a use is immediately found for thc'surplus. The currency is gold, but hassbecome stagnant?revive it by keeping up its circulation, sell your cotton and pay your debts, and enable your creditors to pay theirs, and we shall hear very little more talk about the depreciation of Confederate money, the supply will be no more than equal to the use we shall have for it.?Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. ? Froin llic Southern <;u;irdian Camp Notes. Geu. Lee is now incontestibly the man of the times. His recent success before Richmond places him by the side of the great captains of Europe. History will koow his name as that of the great military genius of America. His success was complete. No intelligent man, except an American, would have conceived or entertained for a momeDt, the idea of surrounding and cap turing such an army as McClellan's. A alter discovered mat tue enemy nau evacuated the position ! Magnificent would have beeu the slaughter, had they -food their ground, that drenching Wednesday morning, the lid July ! And great would have been Magrudcr's cdut (not fame,) fori bis soldiers were ready to die to a man, or take that battery. Many entertain the opinion that it would have sacrificed five thousand lives to take it by assault. Such i is Magruder seen and felt to be. We saw generals and brigadiers by the scores, of lesser fame; such as Wigfall, Pryor, etc.; but a grand army diminishes the proportions of all subordinate grades of greatness. I). Near Richmond. Antispbtic Powder.?To correct the offensive odors of wounds, mix one hun-j dred parts of calcined plaster of Paris, and; two parts of coal tar. Rub we'll together. I Sprinkle this upon the wound once or twice daily. They have been fully tested for years in the Bollvue Hospital. Alden's Tvpk-Settinh Machine.? Thi9 invention, regarding which paragraphs have been floating around in the new-papers for several years, has at last reached completion, and is now in practical operation. Alden was a native of Massachusetts, but lived in tliis city, engaged as a' printer and devising this machine, which j cost him twenty yearst?f labor and forty! thousand dollars in money, while the in-!; ventor died without reaping the benefit of his invention. By means of this meehani-j cal type-setter, type (both letters and punctuation marks) is picked up, properly placed 1 in the composing stick, and distributed af-1 tor use, the operator producing these effects! i by manipulation of the keys, one person j thus doing the work of six or eight cum-ji positors. The price of this remarkable ma i chine is ^500, and already a number have. been ordered for some of the leading print-1 < ling and newspaper establishments in the city. A spccitneu will be sent to the London Inhibition.?New Yur\ World. Vegetables for our Troops. Tupelo, July 12, 1862. To Southern Editors: Gentlemen : Our fruits and vegetables are ripening upon their branches, and essential service to our cause may be effected by urging in time upon our people the ne[oessity of preserving that surplus which has J been habitually wasted No efforts should be spared to save every edible which can be preserved, in such manner and form as will preveut decay, and admit of easy transportation. Apples, peaches, pears, figs, okra, peppers, &c., can all be readily and cheaply dried, and would thus materially aid to 'supply, throughout the year, Dot only nutritious food, but that variety in diet whioh 1 is so esseutial to health. Our soldiers re??uirc something more to maintain their manly vigor than the salted meat and badly [cooked bread to which the necessities of our 'beleaguered land have long and often rejduced their diet. A more savory and vaIried diet, which the products of our soil lean bountifully furnish, would more effectually keep our hospitals empty, and our I camps free from the languid and pallid victims of the blood destroying scurvy, than [physic and physicians. I The preservation of fruit can be super1 intended by our noble women, whose gloJrious devotion has already been recorded on the pages of parliamentary history by the chivalric gentlemen of England. Letthem . be informed that they could thus aid to ;save the lives of more braves in our camps,, 'and the hearts of more mourners in their [homes, than are killed and wounded by the ! bullets of low-born Yankees in a bloody I battle, and there need be but little fear that this season will witness our fruits wastefulJ ly destroyed by the stock, or prodigious j rotting on the ground, j While loftier motives should prompt their : preservation, I am authorized to add an! other inducement to Major John J. Walker, j whose zeal and taleuts arc now, fortunately 1 for our soldiers, devoted to them at the post of Chief Commissary of this Department, where energy, ability, and sympathy with He gives his assurances that he will promptly purchase for our soldiers, at a j fair and liberal price all dried (or otherwise preserved) fruits and vegetables. It is hoped that these views will meet with your approbation, and will therefore be pressed upon the public notice. Very respectfully, your ob't servant. STANFORD E. CHALLIE, Medical Inspector, &c. The following is a list of wounded j South Carolinians taken prisoners by the J Federals at the battles of Williamsburg and lSeven Pines: j James A. Brice, co. II, 6th regiment. II M. Footman, co. K, 6th regiment, | died June 3U. J. Powell, co. G. 6th regiment. Henry Tague, co I, 5th, died June 9. j W. A. Fewell, co. G., Palmetto Sharp! shooters, died June 24. William Iv. Ilackett, co. D., Palmetto Sharp shooters, died June 7. S. W. Corley, co. B, Hampton Legion, j A. P. Medlock, co. B, " " T. R. Bennet, co. D, " " I F. P. Burnett, co. D, " ? i Samuel Deraelin, co C, " " ( W. A. Bagwell, co. E, " " i C. L. Witherspoon, co. E, Hamp. Leg'n. I James A. Sanders, co. E, 5th regiment, Jos. II. Powell, co- G, 6th regiment. W. J. Smith, Garvin's co., P. S. S. j J. F. Ilughston, co. K, P. S. S. S. Haines, co. Iv., P. S. S, died June 1. | J. A. Miller, co F, P. S. S. I). Altman, co. F, P. S. S., died June 6. Geo. Woolly, co. F, P. S. S., died June 1. II. Jackson, co. F, P. S. S., died June 2. ' P. W. Summey, co. L, P. S. S. J. M. Acker, co. L, P. S. S. ?"Ferguson, Garvin's co. P. S. S* ^ Bay, co. A, Palmetto Sharp-shooters. a. It. Neal, Withcr's co., P. S. S. -I. B. Carpenter, co. C, P. S. S. M. Snttlemyrc, co. D, P. S. S. S. F. Cole, co. C, Hampton Legion. L. V. Green, co. I). << << E. F. Coachman, co. A, " 11 ?i, T. Chandler, co. D, Hampton Legion, diet Ttu no 2G. J. Walker, 1, 6th rcg., died June 30. S. Luckcy, Cohen's co., Gth, died June 3. Col. John Bratton, Gth regiment, wound of arm and side, is rapidly getting well. Beverly Means, Sergeant-Major of Gth, died on battle field, Juno 1, 1862. W. J. Scaife, Gth, unhurt. 11. C. Jackson, regiment not known, died June 1, 1SG2. M. Caniinadc, 1st regiment, died July 3. Sergeant J. C. Hill and Private H. A. Andrews, of Company F and Daniel Craddock, of Company B, 3d regiment, were captured by the enemy in the engagements before Richmond, and are now confined on Governor's Island, New York harbor. ??- ?>? > Late from the North. Richmond, July 22.?Baltimore papers ..f in,i. i,.. Ul nit; x t/ in lugiaim ut-v-u here It is reported that Col. Morgan has captured Cymhiana, Kentucky. [Cynthiana is about lialf way between Frankfort aod Cincinnati.] The excitement at Covington ami Newport is high and increasing. Oca. iluilcckbas resigned the command of the South-west, and it is said will repair to Washington. The Baltimore Sun, of the 18th instant, states that Col. Morgan has captured Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, and that thousands of Kentuckians had joined him. ( Ircat excitement prevailed at Louisville and Cincinnati. We are on the eve of lively times in the WestIn confirmation of the above, the Atlanta Couftulcrwy says : "Passengers by the State train last evening report that Morgan rushed into Frankfort, Kentucky, seized lifty loads of Federal guns, captured Gov. Magoffin, and then fell back to Richmond, in Madison County, and established a camp, where he issued a proclamation to the people, calling upon them to rise up and throw off the yoke of the tyrant; and that the people were flocking to him by the thousands. We have no positive confirmation ol this report. Of this we are sure: Morgan is doing a good work in Kentucky." Richmond, Ju!y23-?In New York, on the 18th, gold advanced to 119J, and finally closed at 118 J. Bills on London rose to 131 J, but were last quoted at 130 J tc 131. Stocks are generally lower?Government's declined 2 per cent, since the 16th Sixes, registered 1881, are quoted at 98 tc 98$. Flour advanced ten to fifteen cents. A telegram, dated Cincinnati, 18th, sayj that Indianapolis despatches to the Executive Department say that Henderson, Kentucky, and Newberg, Indiana, have beer taken by the rebels. At the latter place. 250 sick soldiers were taken prisoners.? The rebels also took 250 stand of arms. Thfl p*nit?mpnf. panapd hv Mnrcran'i ~ ~ J O movements in central Kentucky continues He destroyed immense quantities of Gov ernment stores at Lebanon. Lincoln's Bill to Compensate any Stati which may Abolish Slavery. The following message from King Abra ham was recently delivered to Congress: Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Hous of Representatives: Horewith is the draft of the bill to com pensate any State which may abolish sla very within its limits, the passage of which substantially as presented, I respectful!; and earnestly recommend. Abraham Lincoln. Be it enacted by the Senate and Housi of Representatives of the United States o America, in Congress assembled, Tha whenever the President of the U. State; shall be satisfied that any State shall havi lawfully abolished slavery within an< throughout such State, cither immediate!; or gradually, it shall be the duty of thi President, assisted by the Secretary of thi Treasury, to prepare and deliver to eacl State an amount of six per cent, interest bearing bonds of the United States, equa to the aggregate value of dollar per head of -fffl the slaves within such State as reported by the census of one thousanc eight hundred and sixty; the whole amoun of one State to be delivered at once, if thi abolishment be immediate, or in equal an nual instalments if it be gradual, interes to begia'-Tunning on each bond at the tim< of delivery, and not before. And be it further enacted, That if an; State having so received any such bondi shall, at any time afterwards, by law, re introduce or tolerate slavery within its lim ?t 1 .t , 1?_l x its, coutrary to me act or aoousnmem, upoi which such bonds shall have been received said bonds so received by said State shal at once be null and void in whosesoeve hands they may be, and such State shal refund to the United States all interes which may have been paid on such bonds O Any Cotton among cs belonging t< Traitors ??We hear that Colonel Forrest at Murfreesboro', hung a scoundrel whosi conduct has long since justiCed it, and ari also told that the same individual has re cently been through Georgia, having gath ered up all the Confederate notes he couh in Tennessee, at a low rate, and purchase! a large amount of Cotton, which is nor within this State. We are further tolc that numbers of traitors and enemies havi come into the interior of the country frou New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, and al other points overrun by the Yankees, bring iog all the Confederate notes ont of thes< places, and buying Cotton with it?at tb< same time being lionized among us as re/a gees, driven out from their homes. Nov we ask all our people to be careful not t< sell their Cotton to enemies in disguise. I will be necessary to use great caution, les suspicion unjustly fall upon our friends who are true to us, and have been run ou by the Lincolnites. But there is a way o testing every man's fidelity to the South.? Let this test be applied, let every man b< properly indorsed, before selling Cotton t( anyone from the enemy's lines; and le the authorities, the railroad agents, and the people, see to it, th^t no man is permittee to remove Cotton till it can be satisfactorily shown that all is right. Atlanta Confederacy. The London Telegraph, in referring to Butler's brutal order remarks: It is true that Butler and his villainous decree may be disavowed by the Washington Government, but how facile are these official avowals?how easy it is for Alexanj der at St. Petersburg to disavow the wo men-whippings ordered by his Generals at Warsaw. "It is a fur cry to Lochawe."? It is a long way from Mew York to New Orleans. The mischief and the scandal are in the fact that high posts in the Federal army should be entrusted to abandoned wretches, who, by their deeds, bring upon themselves the scorn and opprobrium of the whole civilized world. The commanders of the Confederate forces have at least acted like officers and gentlemen. It has been reserved for the "high-handed" and "refined" warriors of the North to emulate the coarse brutalities of rowdies and shoulderhitters. Derivation and Meaning of the Word Yankee.?The Richmond Whig has discovered in a record of the travel kept by one Thomas Anburey, and published in London, in 1791, the following in reference to the derivation and meaning of the word Yankee. Having referred to the New Englanders as Yankees, he says : "Apropos?it may not be amiss just here to observe to you the etymology of this term. It is derived from a Cherokee word, eanlcke, which signifies coward and slave. This epithet of Y'ankee was bestowed upon the inhabitants of New England by the Virginians, for not assisting them in a war with the Cherokees, and they have always been held in derision by it." Destruction of Nashville. ? The Federals, it seems, threaten they will destroy Nashville, if forced to abandon it.? A gentleman of the highest respectability, a fugitive from Tennessee, reports that Andy Johnson has ruined the splendid capitol of Tennessee, the finest building in all the States, and swore he would blow it up, if there was any serious danger that the Confederates would recapture the town. . t ' . r*' Pensions.?The Lincoln Government has adopted a pension bill for all its disabled soldiers, officers and privates, and its scientific corps?the same to apply to the naval service. Lieutenant-Colonels, and all above that rank, 830 a month; Majors, 825; Captains, 820; Lieutenants' 817; 2d Lieutenants, 815; non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, 88; and so on through all sorts of men connected with the army and navy. This bill was no doubt passed in order to tempt the 300,000 recruits that Lincoln has called for. The sum of money so promised will be immense, although not much when tacked to the little debt, which the Yankee Government has already contracted. A Fia foe Molasses.?We have received from C. H. Owen, 65 Coming-street, a specimen of good Molasses, made from . the white fig. He made from one peck of figs, three pints; and from a bushel, seven quarts of this molasses, according to the 3 following directions:?Charleston Courier. Wash the figs, then put them in a porcelain vessel; cover with pure water, boil careful one hour. When cool, strain c through a muslin cloth; then boil down to a proper consistency, which you can easily . tell by dipping up a spoonful and cooling. The abeve is all the preparation neoessary. In boiling for the last time, take the scum y Off. From Nashville?A gentleman of this city learns from a citizen of Nashville f that he has late information from that city, * t that Andy Johnson has resigned bis milig tary Governorship and returned to Washs ington, and that he is succeeded by Win. j B. Campbell, who indicates already a disP position to surpass even Andy in his dese potic rule. He has summaped all the mere chants of Nashville to go ierward and take 3 the oatlftf allegiance, an set of tyranny which Andy had omitted. He will reap j his reward in due time. Andy had, no s doubt, a suspicion that his doom was at hand, and left to avoid it.?Knoxville j Register, t j. 2 Deserters from the Enemy.?The . Rockingham Register says that desertions t from the Yankee army since its attempted 2 occupation of the Valley of Virginia have been quite numerous. Those seen by the j editor concurred in stating that if others of s their companions in-arms knew they would . be received kindlv in the Confederate lines, . that whole companies and regiments would j desert. They represent the Federal servigfl^ ( as too intolerable to bo borne, especiafly* I as it obliges many who really love the South r and have friends and kinsmen in the South] cm Confederacy, to lift their hands against t their best friends. Don't Want to Fight.?The "better 3 class" at the North, if they are any better, are using every exertion to avoid being ? caught in a draft law and having to come ? South themselves. In Springfield Mass., . the town bounty, in addition to the Gov. eminent bounty, is $75; in Westfield 8100; j in West Cambridge, 3125; in Roxbury, j 375 ; and in New Bedford, 3100. In the 7 last named toiro, the Mayor had been aui thorized to offer accommodations for 300 3 sick soldiers. Tn Indianapolis, 320,000 j was subscribed to pay bounty and support j volunteer's families, x * ? Illinois and the Negro.?The fol> lowing propositions, submitted to the peo. pie of Illinois at the same time the new j Constitution was, we leartvfrom the Chicaj go Times, were sustained by u large mat joiity: * t Sec. 1. No negro or mulatto shall mif grate to or settle in this State, t Sec. 2. No negro or mulatto shall have f the right of'suffrage or hold any office in . this State. > Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall pa98 ) all laws necessary to carry into effect the l provisions of this article. I Cannon.?Twenty-two pieces of artil, lery, part of the eighty pieces taken by the English from the Russians at the battle of Inkermao, and presented to the Confederacy by British merchants (brought over in r the Nashville), have arrived at Macon.? 1 They bear evidence of having seen servioe. , With some alterations, they will hereafter speak for themse'ves. Some thirty-eight , pieces more are expected at the same place. A Good Hit.?A small boy in Fredericksburg was asked by a Yankee soldigr where all the pretty girls were ? He replied : "Iu the house; they won't let the Yankees see them." The Yankee asKed it he had a sister? "Yes." "Was she pretty?" "Yes." "What is her name?" "Her name is Manassa, and she lives at Bull Run," replied the brave and smart little chap." The State of Florida has furnished, since the commencement of the war, eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, two independent or partizan cavalry companies, and two light artillery companies, amounting in all to over ten thousand troops, out of a population of little over twelve thousand?and still troops are being raised ! Recruiting for Burnside. ? We learn by the train yesterday evening, that a coupte of negroes were caught in the neighborhood of Goldsboro, a day or two ago, recruiting for Burnside, offering ten dollars bounty to niggers. They were very prop?1 ? J T> ? *1 1 4.1 eny iiauguu. i>ruiuur oiuuiey 3 uietureu are getting into trouble.?Raleigh Slate Journal. A IIigh Compliment.-?A few days since, a prominent South Carolinian sent a magnificent English sword to Col. Chisolm, of Gen. Beauregard's staff, requesting him to present it to that officer in the Confederate States army whom he regarded the "most gallant." Gen. J. B. Villipigue was the fortunate recipient of the sword. Seizures. ? Government officers, last week, seized a large amount of sugar and 500 barrels of flour, which were stored in Charlotte, N. C. Thirty cents per pound was allowed for the sugar. The sugar aad flour both were taken for the soldiers. V. m m*. i 1 TT European historian undoubtedly would pronounce the idea preposterous- and absurd. But America is fast. We saw Gen Lcc on the field, the 27th June. Wc have hitherto spoken of the personnel of the General, lie seems a little older than wheti we taw him at Coosawhatchie. Then he had a moustache alone ; now he has, in addiriun, a greyish beard a month old, all over his face. Seated on a log in a slight shade, having a map upon his knees, plainly dressed iu uniform, with only odo Aide at hand, he looked the same self-possessed, controlling and earnest being we noted before?great then in the execution of his masterly and gigantic scheme of the greatest battle of modern times. We saw Stonewall Jackson du-ibg the same day. He is perhaps forty years old, six feet high, medium size, and somewhat angular in person. Has yellowish grey eyes, a Roman nose, sharp; a thin, forward chin, angular brow, a close mouth, and light brown hair. Has a sullen, unsocial and to some extent, unhappy look, fie is I impassive, silent, emphatic, and we vou-, jturc, obstinate. His dress is official, bur. very plain, his cap front resting nearly on his nose. His tall horse diminishes the effect of his size, so that when mounted he appears less in person than he realiv is. President Davis was also ou the ?IIis plain suit of brown and citizen's outfit generally screened him from much observation. The postage stamps give a very good ideu of his face. Gen. Longstrcet, while on a march one day, inquired of us the whereabouts of our division general; and, while wc were answering his inquiries, we had an opportunity of observing one of the. handsomest generals in the Confederate army, llis full American whiskers, long, brown and neat; his steady, genial and earnest eye; his tine and full forehead; Grreeo Reman nose aud regular mouth : all these present a tout ensemble rarely equalled iu manly symmetry and chastened energy. Gen. Magruder is one of the hardest men to describe that we have encountered lute ly; and his features themselves are hard. He impresses one as grulF, abrupt, in a way jocular, decidedly headstrong, rudely kind, and brusque. V.re saw him first on his way to superintend the storming of the fifty-gun battery on the Malvern Ilill?the strongest position on this peninsula. Our individual impression is, that Magruder was dinappointed when he in a minutes there