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ill# ferfewll* YORKVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY4,1863. OBITUARY NOTICES, &c. All Obituary notices and Tributes of Respect left at this office for publication, will be rated and charged for as advertisements, and payment required in advance. HIGH PRICEOF NEGROES. Waiter B. Mktts, Esq., Commissioner in Equity for this District, sold on Monday last, seven negroes belonging to the esnt Pmilanna Bo!/] ilooonnpil nndnr M.WW V* ?V ? , , decree of the Court of Equity, for the sum of $6,165?an average of $880. One was a Degro fellow, over fifty years old, and three were inlauts in their'mother's arms. Correspondence of the Enquirer. Columbia, February 2, 1863. I have delayed my weekly letter until evening, in order that I might say some_ thing positive as to the return home of the First Corps of Reserves, whose ninety days have now transpired. I can only say, it is barely possiblo we may get off this week, by Legislature assistance, and probable that we may be detained until the 16th, or longer. Had the Reserves bad their rights, which would have given them officers of their own choice to command them, it might look as though duty would require them to remain on the coast while danger threatened, bat they hare not that confidence Which the soldier should have, and are smarting under wroDgs which they may forgive, but cannot forget. Even now, a request might accomplish something, but the strong hand of military power is at work, and we are but human. With our own company, a mere detachment, there is more feeling, perhaps, from the fact of our having to deal with offioiale, whose importance is confined to ink and paper. They are mostly men over the age of 45, those who eould do more good on their farms than anywhere else. The Legislature has not done much. As I expected, the House postponed indefinitely Mr. Yeadon's substitute for the Extortion bill by a vote of 52 to 52, but the original bill has been introduced iu the Senate, under the auspices of Mr. Arthur, and though it will be opposed by some of the gray-headed sinners may pass in some shape, even if "whortle berries and persimmons" are provided for with bread and meat. There was a great joy among the speculators for a while, (which it is to be hoped may yet be turned to sorrow,) when they heard it declared by the Legislative vote they were not criminated. orvondinnr nf mnn#v unmps r^nililv he .-6 . J J fore the Legislature. The redundant currency is spirited off with a lavish hand, as thdugh pay day is never to come, but sometimes a good thing is done, of which the following is a specimen : Resolved, "That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to. select one from each Congressional District in this State, sons of officers or soldiers of &e army, or of officers or men of the na^ vy of the Confederate States, who during the existing war, have died in battle, or who have died fro.ni disease contracted either by icoundsor exposure, or who, not being sons of officers or soldiers, are under the age of txcenty yeare, and have behaved with gallantry on the field of-battle; who shall be placed in one or other of the Military institutions of this State, to be eduoated at the -charge of a grateful country. <*2. That this appointment be made in, evef^.year; and that two thousand dollars' if so much be necessary, be appropriated tberefoiy the same amount in each succeding year until it shall reach eight thousand ($8r000) dollars, at which sum it shall continue an annual-appropriation." The military Bill is quite voluminous, and will be so amepded that its father will hardly know it. I deem it unnecessary tc enter on its provisions, but I can say thai it contemplates a system' that will mucl encroach on the times and patience of "th< old folks at home." The militia officer are to be vacated, and it will be left to tbi Adjutant-General to except such Keserve: as he may think accessary. - jr The appropriation bill has not yet beei reported, but probably will be tomorrov or next day; there will be the usual quan tity of wind expended, and a bill will pass when those who have to pay the piper ma; whistle over it at their leisure. The Legis lature cannot adjourn without reportin; one, and seem very well satisfied to remai here out of harm's way. The news from Charfeston created quit a stir in the grocery market, salt, was sai to have fallen to $8 per bushel, but th knowing ODes say the "naval battle" ws only a raid, and close their fists as tight s ever. Should the blockade be kept open week or two, we may again afford to lie our 'lasses. The health of our Company remains pre ty good, and their morals have not bee corrupted by their occupation of Yanke quarters. One thing is certain, our Yanke coach-making neighbor has never played game of cards with as, and that should te much in our favor, for our boys are all social disposition. They are not in goc humor, now, however, and cannot "loi their neighbor as themselves," when thi think of other neighbors about York th< would rather see. I must acknowledge my failure to int rest your readers this week?I am not V 4 the vein, and therefore think it best to i close, with the best respects of Company K, to their sweetharts at home. E. j For the Yorkviile Eaquirer. ] PROM THE 17th REGT., S. C. V. Camp Kershaw, near Kinston, N. C., ' January 28th, 1863. Dear Enquirer : We have had quite ' 1 a breathing spell since the raid of Foster, and have profited very much from the in- : action of the enemy. When he came op- 1 on us before, we were reposing in fancied 1 security. Now we have adopted the Yan- i kee occupation of "digging dirt," and Kin- 1 ston presents the appearance of a well for- ' I flfiorl wnrVn thrown nn have ' : inspired oar soldiers with maoh better feel- 1 ings of our ability to resist the invader, should he again attempt to drive us from 1 our position. I think that the "dirt digging 1 process" has proved to be of great service 1 to the Confederates, in every instance where 1 they have availed themselves of it; and great damage to them wherever they have I , allowed the Yankee to make use of it a- 1 gainst tbem. As an illustration of the form- 1 er, I would refer to James Island, Vicks- 1 burg, and Fredericksburg, and of the latter, 1 to Malvern Hill and Corinth. There is no doubt about the question of a soldier fight ing better and to a greater advantage when ' he is under cover, and feels some degree of security from the missiles of the enemy j and 1 I hope and trust our leaders will at all times, (for they usually have choice of position) look well to their ground and be /vr?!nr? ia n nark I ncn^uiuuvu. ' t?. of a soldier's duty that I have heard less oom- plaining about than any other, from the sol- 1 dier himself. He tires in the caver Ceasing "drill," and oomplains at the onerous guard duty; but put him to making a "breast work" and he goes at it whistling, ' and thinks of the advantage it may bo to 1 him personally, at some future time. We have frequent rumors of the advanoe ' of the enemy towards us here, and to the ] fresh soldier these reports would be a source of never ceasing anxiety; but we have learned to be easy, and if we oan't be exaotly easy, we do like the Irishman "be t as azy as we can." As to the probable ad- j vance of the enemy in this direction, I can < venture no opinion of any worth. One thing we know, there is a powerful army in Newbern, and with a volcano so near, it is pru- , dent at all times to be on the look out for an eruption. There is an unusual amount 1 of desertion from the Yankee array. Some few arrive almost every day. One day last week as many as ten came in?they report ( dissatisfaction ; but mo9t of them are for eigners, and consequently not moch can be ' gathered from them. j There is much bad feeling among the of- ( ficers of onr Brigade. Charges have been t preferred against General Evans by Colonel < Goodlet, of the 22d Regiment, S. C. V., ' and he in tarn has several Colonels and other officers under arrest. Among them j our much esteemed Col. McMaster. What the charges are against him, he does not 1 know, but seems to be resting very content- .. ediy, and says the stings of conscience have s not yet affected him for any known misdeed, and I am sure the Regiment with one i accord sustains him, in all his actions known 2 to them. His offence is presumed to be a petition to be transferred to some other Brigadier General. I The action cf an honorable court will 1 soon decide the differences. In the mean* -time, we are all united against the enemy, ( and wilKfight as hard as ever if they come i upon U3. X i Oar Regiment'bas wonderfully improved ( in the way of comfort^iuofl. my -last letter. , The Quarter Masters have been stirring, | and all the wrath that I have been nursing for them has been cooled by the excellent ! * tents we now have; every private now has a canvass roof between him and the vault ' of Heaven, for the first time this winter.? Choice English made shoes have been fur3 nished in abundance too. As an ncknowl3 edgement to the ladies Soldier's Relief So3 cieties at home, I would state that our ComV pany (F) has received the following articles, 1 gratis-from them, viz : One pair shoes, 2 ' nair drawers. 3 nair socks, 1 pair pants and r? / a v " 2 shirts. The same amount was received by > the other companies in the Regiment, and 7 was given to the most destitute." We'bcgin to need hats about as bad as any thing S else now. I see in Raleigh, N. C., that D quantities of that useful article are manufactured by the ladies. They use a good are ticle of casimere and make a very neat hat. d | I wear one myself for which I gave ten e I dollars. Our lady friends could make is j themselves very useful and subserve the is good cause of Southern independence, if a they would get up a hat factory in Yorkk ville, and send a few out occasionally, the soldiers will pay good profits and be glad to t- get something of the kind j and the reflecn 1 tion that they were made by our kind >e friends at home, would cause them to last ?e much longer. a The health of our Regiment is very good. 11 | An occasional case of small pox occurs, but of it travels slowly. The men are now well )d 1 vaccinated, and the disease is very light, jq when it attacks those who have been so, 3y causing them but little pain or apprehen2y sion. Quite a number of soldiers have recovered from the disease and act as nurses, q. j thus rendering the situation of the sick iq j much better here than it might be at home, and oar Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Hall, al- e though he has never had the disease, con- 1 tinaes his ministrations as if it was a sim- ^ ( pie oase of fever, and like other complaints.. ^ He has been well vaccinated and has, so far, c escaped even the slightest varioloid. s The religious sentiment of our regiment 1 is good, although we have no Chaplain at 1 thisJdme. It is delightful to hear, as the j night is eoming on, the cheerful voices of t the soldiers, singing the familiar hymns of c their respective sections. They gather into groups, and the old songs whioh' are often Bung at Antioch, Bethesda and Shiloh, are j reproduced with renewed fervor and devo- f tion, as the minds of the singers recnr to j the scenes of home. There is not that a wickedness which people usually think at- v tendant with an army, here; the Bible is a juusiam uuuipauiuu, ttuu mu iruw ttppreuia* tion of the daily jeopardy of life, is felt . and considered by nearly all. 1 The spirits of the regiment are, also, 1 good, as is attested by the crowds who fill * the parade grounds daring the interval from duty, renewing the sports of boyhood in ^ the games of "Prison base/' "Ball pen,'7 1 So. The weary nights are shortened by * nightly "auctions," where the "Ram" (the ! facetious name of the auctioneer) disposes , of multitudinous articles of wearing appa- ? rel, knives, watches, &c., with all the grace < of a Yankee "Razor strop man." j Although we are enjoying life as well as ( it can be enjoyed in camp, yet we would, j above all earthly blessings, rather bear the i word peace now, than any other, and be al- ' lowed to return to our homes and loved j ones; but until we can be assured that we i can return and "sit down beneath our own s vine and fig trees, with none to molest or 1 make us afraid," we shall continue to grip * the weapon of war, and resist the invader * until he is driven from our borders, ] My space warns me to close. With the ] kindest wishes for the welfare of the good ' 1 folks at home, ' _ I am yours, truly, L. ( Latest from the North. By special courier from City Point, says he Petersburg Express of the 31st ult., we ^ eoeived last night, afetr 11 o'clock, a copy >f the New York Times of January 28. j The Times contains the address of Joe Sooker to the army of the Potomac. We j iopy from this address the following very t noaesi assertion : "In equipment, intelligence and valor, ( he enemy is oar inferior. Let us never ? lesitate to give bim battle whercyer we a :an find bim. The only movement on Tuesday, was a shange of locality of headquarters. The prisoners of Arkansas Post, have c jeen sent to St. Louis. There are among . hem General Churchill, ten Colonels, ten 1 Lieut. Colonels, ten Majors, one hundred c Captains, two hundrod Lieutenants, and ? tome thirty or forty Adjutants, Staff-officers, Quartermasters, Surgeons, etc., making a c ,otal of about 5,000. The troops are said . o be all from Texas. The Ohio and Mississippi-rivers are full- c Dg' * , . - . I An expedition comprising three gunboats * ind a Dumber of transports, under command )f General Foster, sailed from Hatteras Inet on Saturday, 24th instant; destination c lupposed to be Wilmington. , Another expedition was fitting out with c nuch despatch, and would sail soon. Prob-. ibly, says the Times, it has the same desti- ' nation. It will comprise the entire command of Gen. Nagle. It has been ascertained by Gen. Foster that 75,000 rebel troops have been sent into N. Carolina from the Rappahannock. News bad been received at Key. West 1 that the rebel steamer Oreto had gone out I of Mobile, and captured aJBoston Brig, from f Cuba, on the 17th off Tortugas,4o?ded with : 3ugar. She was sunk by order of the reb- ; el Captain Maffit. The Oreto reached Havana with 1,700 bales of cotton. It was understood as certain at New Or- J leans that the vessel which sant^lhe Hatter- * as was the pirate Alabama. The fight was ' very severe, and the Hatteras went down with her flag flying. Bloody clothing was found in the vicinity of th? fight, but it is ! not known what was the fate of the crew. 1 Port Royal dates to the 2Gth had been re- ' xt?v~_i. f,od ( CC1VCU lib i^CW JLUI&* ' VAUII* XAUUVWl uuu arrived out and assumed command. The indications were that an aotive campaign J would at once commence, and. it was prob- 1 able that Savannah would be attacked be* 1 fore Charleston, that being considered the ' weakest point. The iron-clad frigate Trou- 1 sides, the Monitor battery Montauk and the Monitor battery Pas9iac, had all arrived at Port Royal. The transport ship Sparkling Sea of the Banks expedition has proved a total loss. She had on board the Twenty-Fifth New York Battery, all the horses of which were , drowned.- .The men were at Key West on , the 20th, having lost all their appliances for active service. It is rumored at Washington that McClellan has resigned, and that Major-Gen?- _ ral Porter has been arrested for improper conduct. Banks has sent an urgent request to Hunter at Port Royal, for all the entrenching tools he can possibly spare. The Times in" " Il-I- ...ntm-anf Port FTlid. iers irom mis uiuo mc vo^iuibvt * sod, of which it had been anxiously expecting to hear, is a Ionig way in the future. Gold went up in jNew York on Tuesday to 154 J al55, but at the afternoon board fell back 153 J al53?. Exchange on London jumped to 169 al70. foreign news. The Saxoniahas reached New York with advices from Europe to the 14th. The most important feature of the news is the address of the French Emperor at the opening of the Corps Legislatif, which is thought to shadow forth French intervention in the affairs of the United States. He said : "I have made the attempt to send beyond the Atlantic advices inspired by a liooere sympathy; bat the great maratime Powers not having thought it advisable as o ret to act in concert with me, I have been b rbliged to postpone to a more suitable op- t )oftunity the offer of mediation, the object t >f whioh was to stop the effasion of blood, o tnd to prevent the exhaustion of a country, i he future of whioh cannot be looked upon t nth indifference." t The Times1 Paris correspondent says "the 7 mpression produced ia the better class of v he French population by the Emperor's a lisconrse, is unfavorable to the U. States." s THE NEW COMMANDER. Hooker graduated at West Point in 1837. * le was aid de-oamp to Gen. Hamer in the . ilexicau wnr, and was breveted Captain or gallant nervine. He was breveted Ma- ? or for gallant conduct at National Bridge, v md Lieut. Colonel for gallant conduct at ^ 3hapultepeo. He vwigned in 1853 and rent to California. He offered his services r o Lincoln at the outbreak of the war. HOW THE CHANGE IS RECEIVED. . j . a The Herald has an article of a column's 0 engtb on the change of commanders. It c egrets that MoClellan was not restored, j rat adds tbnt its confidence and enoourage- t; nent are due to Hooker, and tbat it gives ^ t. It hardly supposes that an early ad- ^ ranee can be bad, as it will take time for Hooker to get matters straight, but calls 'or a forward movement. It says tbat three irmies are to be dissipated if the rebellion s to be crushed. ~ It believes that Bragg will receive his quietus at the hands of Rosracranzj whilst Vicksbnrg must fall, inasnuch as it is to be attacked by Grant, . VIcClernarJ and Porter from above, aided I >y Banks aad Farragut from below. If, hen, Hooker can take the "rebel" capital, i t believes all will be safe. In this same trtiole, it says Greeley has declared that he war must end by the first of May, Uni- a >n or no Union. It oloses by saying that ti t is incredible that doubts should exist at h (Washington of our {i. e. Northern) final ii luccess, and admonishes Lincoln that the' I xext three month* will settle, at all events, C he success or ignominious failure of the n government in his hands. s The Washington correspondent of the I Wew York Herald says that the on dit is, ( Barnside resigned because of difficulties & XTaaLam Ptivnoi^a nnntintioc wKnn 1 f iwll UVUACii juhtuoiuv^ aw wubluuwo^ if mvu ? ie found ho could not not get his cannon ? icross at Banks' Ford, wanted to oross and ii iffer battle with infantry alone, but Hooker e leremptorily refused. fl THE NEW CAMPAIGN. 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer says a few * lays of new organizations and new plan?," ind General Hooker's oampaign will open 't predicts that he will be the new Dezaiz. if the modern Marengo. It says each day s procions?each week should be made to ' ell on the grand result. Wo want Rich- * nond, the control of the Mississippi, and v itber points: whioh wo will not name, be- * ore the hot Jane sun. 'HE NEW PROGRAMME FOR CRUSHING OUT THE REBELLION. ? fc The Herald gives, as the new programme if the Radicals, the following: f The principle of concentration generally t s to be earned out in all military arrangeaents. Heavy reinforcements are to be t( ent to Rosuncrans. "Vicksburg and Port a ludson are to be attaoked by forces suffi- t| lient for their reduction. Wilmington, ^ Charleston and Savannah are to be assailed ^ n succession, and another effort is to be , aade jo reduce the rebel'capital. u All these objects accomplished by 1st of' y day, it is expected the Rebels will be Q irought to terms. a This portion of the programme would be oost encouraging, but for the doubts which Q he sequel involves. From that it is evi- ~ lent that its authors do not place much rciance in its success. . Thus we learn that ^ ?hi 1st the proposed plan of operations is leing carried out, secret agents are to be c ent by Government to Europe for the purlose of coming to an understanding with jouis Napoleon in the event of its failure... ^ The intention in that case is to call on he French Emperor to interfere in favor of t jeaceable separation between the North and r he South, provided such separation be >ascd on a plan of general emancipation in >oth sections and proper adjustment of loundaries. f It is not believed that the South would t( :onsent, but that its refusal would so dam- ^ ige its cause in Europe that it would fail D o secure further sympatny or assistance in j bat quarter. n The Herald's correspondent, writing j, rom Albany, says that a difficulty between t he State aud General Government is inev- 0 table; that the National Government has lot consulted Seymour in anything it lias i lone; never having written to him since 8 lis election, and points to the militia being ? sailed out by Wool as confirmatory of what v t says. It remarks that the people are t ipe for revolution and are not to be kept iown by Jt cobina, and asks imploringly, ivhere are we drifting. Col. R. C. Murphy, who surrendered r Holly Springs, has been dismissed from the t Yankee army. a The IPall of Arkansas Post. The surrender of Arkansas Post to the Yankee land and naval forces is now fully confirmed. A Gonfederate officer, who left the Post a few days before its capture, states ' that our force there at that time numbered * 3500. But, according to the enemy's account, the number of prisoners taken was , swollen to a considerable extent by the arrival of Confederate reinforcements during ' the action. THE POST OF ARKANSAS Is the oldwt settlement in the State of ( Arkansas, and was founded by the French ^ in 1685. For many years it was a frontier trading point, and was the resort of the hunters and trappers of tire Arkansas River and the then almost nnknown^ndian Ter- ( ritory. It is situated on the first high ] ground on the Arkansas River, ancfis on a j bluff about eighty feet high. Back of the j town is a sloping strip of land about half a ^ mile in width, extending to a forest on the edge of the bottom land reaobing to White River. In a high stage of water this land is overQowed, but at present is comparatively dry. ?T!ae bluff and the sloping ground, are oleared, while the bottom land is for the most part oovered with a dense cypress forest. A few farms and clearings were found; but by far the larger portion has never been redeemed from its natural state. The river here makes a sharp bend to the iorthward, forming a complete U. The dnff strikes the outside of the bdnd, and he town of Arkansas Post, containing less ban five hundred inhabitants, is situated n the' bluff, near the river. Just, below it, n a position looking for three gules down he sweep below the bend, the rebels more han a year ago erected the fort wbioh it ras now endeavored to capture.. This fort rag of rectangular shape, built so as to repel n attack from any quarter, and on each ide mounted two heavy guns. Those looktig down the river were long sixty-fours, rhile the remainder were thirty-twos. On he sweep looking down the river was a fine 7 finished one hundred-pounder parrott ;un, that the rebels confidently hoped raald be able to sink any boat having the emerity to approach. Around the fort is an extensive range of ifie pits, extending along the bluff so as to noirole the town. Outside of these is a ong line of abatis, rendering it difficult to pproaoh the works. In the constrnction f these defenoes the rebels showed especial are. All the roads excepting the one to iittle Rock, had been obstructed by felled imber, and only the ingenuity of our soliers prevented their finding them formidale obstacles in the way of a movement. LATEST HEWS, >; Highly Important from Charleston. CAPTURE Hi TnUJf-BOAT. ?mjHSm ani ?he Blockade of Charleston Raised! Charleston, January J1.?Several days go, Geo. Ripley despatched a force of ar illery, commanded by Lieut. Col. Yates, d James' Island, with the design of attack* ag the Yankee gun-boats cruising in Stono liver, about eight miles from the city.? Jul. Yates posted bis gnns, twenty-one in amber, in a semi-cirolo, reaching on bot^ ides of the river around the gon-boat John >. Smith, and at four o'clock yesterday Friday)-afterqoon, opened a concentrated re upon her. She replied with broadsides. Jhe engagement lasted one hour, when the ;un-boat hauled down her flag, surrenderag unconditionally, with one hnndred and ighty prisoners. She carried eleven guns; lany of the orew were.killed and wounded; nr loss was only one man wounded; Other ery important movements are in progress iere. ' i - . The two iron-clad gan-boats Chioora and 'almotto State, with three steamers as toners, went o'nt beyond the bar, at 1 o'clock, his morning, to attack the blookaders.? ilriDg began soon after one, and for a time ras very rapid and continuous. Afcerrards it slacked, but continued at intervals ntil 9 o'clock this morning. Owing to a og, the result i3 not yet ascertained. Cornlodore Ingrafaam is aboard the Palmetto ttate, as Commander of the expedition. 12 m.?The expedition was a complete uocess.. We have authentic information hat the Palmetto State sank, the Yankee un-boat Meroedita in five fathoms of wasr. The Captain, and orew surrendered, nd were paroled. They begged f<>r aBsisince when their vessel was sinking, but re had no boats to offer them;< and they rere told to Bbift for themselves. The Chioora sunk one gun boat, name nknown, and set on firJ^the Quaker City, rhioh struok her flag, but afterwards esaped in a crippled condition. The Blockde is raised?not a blookader?in sight. Our iron-clads are cruising triumphantly ff the harbor. The whole Yankee squadon has fled. . The prisoners token in . Stono. jrerp fought to the city this morning. Commodore lograhanx's official report orroborates the above. Oar community re much elated and excited. 9 p. m.?The Palmetto State and Chicora iave returned to the city. They were ;reeted with enthusiasiic cheering. As hey left the bar, four blockading steamers e appeared in the offing. Prom Charleston. Charleston, February 2?r-A dispatch rem Major Rhett, commanding Fort Sumer, announces that a strange steamer, evilently an iron-clad, hove in sight about ipon, and is now stationary off the harbor, ler outline can be dimly seen from the ity wharves. There are besides her, twelve ilockaders, all keeping steam up and on he alert. The captured gunboat is now oming up from Stono river into the harbor. Later.?The iron-clad outside is the Yankee frigate Ironsides. The British war hip Cadmus, is onside and will enter the tarbor to communicate with the British 'easels Corvette and Petrel npw anchored lere. - Capture of the Princess Royal. Charleston, January 29?The steam >ropeIer Princess Royal, while trying to ener this harbor this morning, was chased tshore and captured by the blockaders off Long Island, about fifteen miles from Charleston bar. The pilot and one of her ;rew escaped to the shore. She is from Glasgow, and contains a most valuable car?o, comprising eight Wbitworth guns," en?ines for four gunboats, gunpowder, rifles, itc. Important dispatohes for the'Confede ate Government from Capt. Maury, iu Baropo, were saved from the Princess Royal previous to her oapture. The steamship Giraffe, from Wilmington, ias arrived safe at Nassau! The steamship lomubia, also from Wilmington, had arriv ;d at Bermuda, where the steamer Merrinacjay anchored. \ The Fight at Suffolk. Richmond, Feb.*2.?Reliable intelligence from Suffolk states that Gen. Corcoran commanded the Yankees in the recent light. They admit a loss of five hundred in killed and wounded. Alk?he hospitals hi Suffolk iB filled wi^h the wounded. The Philadelphia Evening Journal was sappressed by Gen. Schenok for^publishing a long editorial praising Jeff. D^vis' Message a3 truthful and noble in contrast witb Lincoln's. v \ Interesting from the West. Chattanooga, Januaiy 30.?Wheel er's Cavalry destroyed five more transport* on the Cumberland, last Friday. The same command destroyed an engine and train of oars, and captured 52 prisoners on the Nashville and Chattanooga Road, last Saturday. Opening of the Charleston Blockade. Richmond, January 30.?The Secretary of State has notified the foreign Consols that he has received official information of the opening of the blookade of Charleston: The belief here is that the blookade cannot be renewed within sixty days. Eighty-four members of the Missouri Legislature met at Jefferson* city, and adopted a memorial to President Lincoln, setting forth that there is still underlying the surface of the State a very large substratum of treasonable sentiment, which may break out at the first favorable opportunity, and urging Lincoln to use his utmost caution in recinding or modifying orders that have coeroive influence on' the uuumrjr a vuumica. 9?m$$ 3A composition has been proposed in Austria as a substitute for ordinary gun metal, consisting of copper and tin. It is composed of 60 parts of copper, from'34 to 44 spelter, from 2 to 4 of iron, sod from 1 to 2 of tin. The iron, whioh most be wrought iron, is put at the bottom of a cracible with the copper upon it, and the whole exposed to a very high temperature. The tin is then added, and afterwards the spelter. The metal is stirred, left for a minute or two, stirred again, and afterwards cast. A twelve-pounder gun mode of the alloy was heavily charged with powder, rammed full of sand, plugged at the muzsle with a peace of iron, and in state fired. All the gas resulting from the ignition of the powder escaped through the touch-hole; and not only was the gun found tobe uninjured, but on a careful examination, not the smallest alternation in its internal diameter coold be detected. This indicates extraordinary toughness and elasticity. ,f'1 mil J ; f@-The Qaartermaster General's re1 port shows that we have 200 Generalsj 163 Brigade Quartermasters, 100 Brigade Commissaries, 500 Chaplains, 320 oompanies of artillery, 73 regiments of cavalry and 481regitnefats of infantry. In the navy wo have 4 Admirals, 10 CaptainB, 31 Commanders, 100.First Lieutenants, 25 Second Lieutenants, 20 Masters in line of promotion, 12 Paymasters 22 Surgeons, 15 Passed Assistant Surgeons, 30 Assistant Surgeons, 1 Engineer in Chief, 12 Engineers, 20 Passed Midshipmen, 106 Acting Midshipmen, etc., and 5000 seamen, ordinary ' 1 seamen, landsmen, Doys, nremen ana coat beavers. M?#? : BOP Yankee commerce will soon bo pretty unsafe. The Alabama doubled the rates of insuranoe; the Florida will still further increase the risks, for Maffit has jast about as much affection for the enemy as Semflaes, and the Harriet Lane, commanded bysome dare-devil Texan, will do. more service for ns in a month than she did for Lincolu in a year.' 4 The Highest Prices Yet.?At Christ ti an burg, Ya., on Saturday last, the IT.th inst., two negro?, a man and girl, were sold for the round sum of $5690. The man brought $3150, the girl $2540. These are. the highest prices ever obtained in this or any other country. . EST* Capt. Joty Brown, son of old Kansas Ossawattomie Brown, who was hung at Cbarlestown, Virginia, is one of the offioers recently dismissed -from service for being at home, in Ohio, without leave. T^OWN^OUNCILELECTIOK-Notice Is biircby elven that an ELECTION for an TNTENDANT and FOUR WARDENS of the Town of. YorkviUo, will be lielj) at the Coart House, on MONDAY next. The polls will be open from 10 o'clock, a. m., to 1. p. m. ' G. W. WILLIAMS, Liteodant. J. A. McLean, Secretary. / . February 4 5 It A/fRS. McDONALD-WILL OPEN ivA this week, at her 8TORE IN CHESTER, a few piece* of very fine ALPACA, at ?6 30 to ?7 00 pier yard. BLACK CRAPE, at?9 OOpcr yard; CRAPE COLLARS, at $3 00, and BLACK BONNETTS, $20-to which she Invitee the attention of the Ladles of Yorkvllle. February 4 , 5 . . 3t 1VTOTE LOST^IN THE TOWN OF jL l Yorkvllle, on Friday last, a NOTE of hand, made - j> ??,.s.atvrpv pfirri nm _ payflDie to J. U. r,AI"lllUf\.J ior avoui oiai A<n tU LARS, given by-thc Subscriber. Said note bas been PAID and all pcrsonaarc .notified not to tfcde tor it. '. RICHARD HARE. Febroaryd 5 3t TDMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.?. ill All persons indebted to'the estate of Dr. WM. J. GOOD, deceased, are requested to make payment to the suhscriber immediately; those having claims against the er.Jte, will present them properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. GEO. STEELE, Administrator. ' February 4 5 3t A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? JlJl. All persona having claims against the estate of J. A;. CLINTON nre hereby notified to present the same to the undersigned, properly attested; and those indebted, must make immediate payment, as the estate must be wound up. J^MES MASON, Administrator. February 4 5 3t A DMUNISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? 11 AH persons having claims against the estate of WM. A. RHEA, nre hereby iiotltir J to present the same to the undersigned, properly attested. And those Indebted tosaid Estate, arc required to make Immediate payment. JAMES MASON, Administrator. February 4 5 3t * "ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTIOE^JTjL Ail persons Indebted to the estate of JAMES R. CLINTON, deceased, arc requested to make payment to the subscriber immediately; those having claims against the estate, will present them properly attested, within the time prescribed by law. JAMES MASON, Administrator. February 4. . 5 3t NOTICE.?BY VIRTUE OF AN J-a order from JOHN A. DROWN, Ordinary of York District, wc will offer for sale to the highest bidder, at the late resident* of FRANKLIN H. HARRIS, deceased, on MONDAY, the SIXTEENTH DAY of FEBRUARY next, a portion of the personal estate of the said deceased, consisting of SIX LIKELY NEGROES, Corn, Fodder, Oats, Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Bacon, Lard, Eighteen hales of Cotton, a complete sett of Carpenter and Cabinet Tools, Carriage and Harness, and many other articles too tedious to mention. J Terms made known on day of sale. MARTHA N. HARRIS, \ Administratrix. ALFRED STILWELL, J Administrator. February 4 5 2t Commissioner's Sale. IN EQUITY--YOEK. P. A. Thomassorij et al.) vs. > Bill for Partition of Lands. Jane Jaakson, et al. ) , IN obedience to tbe order of the Court of Equity In above case, I will expose to public sale, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the first MONDAY in MARCH tiext, a portion of tbe REAL ESTATE of DAVID JACKSON, late of York District, deceased, consisting of 512 ACRES ' i of land, situate in York District, and lying on the waters of ALLISON CREEK, bounded by lands of the estate of A. G. Lawrence, J. J. Wilson. Sain'I HemphiR and others.? Said lands have been recently surveyed, and will be offered In three lota?Plat C, contains ONE HUNDRED .AND I TWENTY-FOUR ACRES, Plat D, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE ACRES, and Plat E, ONE HUNDRED AND FrFTY-FIVE ACRES. . I Said lands are In a high state Of CULTIVATION, are well adapted to the culture of COTTON and GRAIN, and | the attentlon-of purchasers Is enrnestly directed to the some. The above Tands will bo sold on a credit.of ONE.and ' TWO YEARS, in equal annual instalments, with interest I from day of sale. Purchasers will be required to give bond and two good sureties and pay in CASH tbe costs of these proceedings, and for all necessary papers. (315) WALTER B. METTS,C. E. Y. D.. J January 7 1 3t ; SI;; in CAKE SEED WASTED. ' OA PCSHBLS Sugar-X&nB Seed J Wanted, for which the highest'cash price will bo 5 given. Apnfeto Q. .JL RATCHFOHD. January W 4 * N ' jjfjr l* SHERIFFSSUE. Mary Smith, Applicant,.* v ? ?i. > for Partition ofRcal EMnU. M.A. Wallace Smith. > KE virtue of an Order from Join A. Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will oBeratJuA11c sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY Id MABCH next, the tract of land described In the summon*, in this case, lying on the waters of Fishing Creek, bound til by lands of John W. Jones, Samuel Smith, Alexander Strain and others, containing 83 ACRES, more or less. Sold to make partition among the heirsufl tow of JAMES A. SMITH, deceased. Txnxs or Sale?12 month's credit, with Interest from day of sale; purchaser to give note and approved sureties and a mortgage of the p.emlses If deemed nocewary, to the Ordinary?Costs to be paid In CASH. ' SF<$5) JAMES MASON, s. v. D. February A 5 . 4t . Commissioner's Sale. IN EQUITY?YOBK. Joseph J. Watson. ) 2iU to foreclose Mortgage Caroline Culp, et al) on Land, ft. .np? rST obedience to the order of Chief Justlce JOHN BELTON O'NEALL, I will expose-to public sale at York Court House on; the FIRST MONDAY^ In MARCH next, the tract of land described In the pleads Ingsin abovo case, situate in York District, on the east side of Catawba River, and containing 146 ACRES, more or |es??sold to foreclose a Mortgage in favor of the ' Comd! alnam, Jew en h J. Watson* Said land will be soldoa n credit of SIX MONTHS, cept so much as will pay the costs of these proceedings, whlch-will be required in CASH. Purchaser will be required to glvo bond and good personal surety, to secufcibp purchase money. I'VtKwiun sivcu ou uie um ui jluiutuy nui> ((J6 35) . WALTER B. METTS, o. Jt. February 4 ;.-5, 4t RECRUITS WANTED! 18TH REGIMENT S. G. F, TTUDER Orders from General G.'W. vJ SMITH, the undersigned has been debited for the purpose of gathering CONSCRIPTS mid VOLUNTEER* tor Company G, 18th Regiment 8. C. V., wltliout requiring them to pas* through the regular Camps of Instruction. By authority of the Secretary of War. persons within Conscript age* are allowed to join any-particular command within tills army, and will receive all the benefits secured bylaw to volunteers, but these recruits arc not allowed m form companies or regiments. For further particulars apply to Seigt. J. F. JAMIESCifyr^ Bullock's Creek, ;3JfC. Application can also be made to Capt. I. W.-BEAMGUAIIDm February 4 5 L'. RECRUITING SERVICE. BY authority of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the .Confederate State*, partially' suspend ingthe operations- of .die Conscript law, so a* tor permit ail Conscripts to volunteer in the companies of ifieBC own selection, without passing through Camps of Instruction, and also allowing BfOUNTY andallotherbenefits pro- vlded by law for VOLUNTEERS. 4 wiU beat YorkvlO* on MONDAY and TUESDAY, and nt McConneOsvOiA on FRIDAY of each week, until the first of Marehhext. AR within the Conscript ages, 18 and 45 years, are' earnestly urged to corac forward in ordrt tliat the threatened Invasion of the Butto may be repelled, and obtain die Important heir; cflt of joining any company and Regiment they may choose, obtain Bounty and avoid being assigned amongst stranger** All persons belonging to Gen. G. W, Smith's Command absent.without, or beyond leave, arc required tp.report at' once to the undersigned?those who report promptly will be pardoned, except as to the forfeiture of pay. Those who da not report before the 10th of February instant, will'.berfrested and imprisoned until they cau.bc forwarded,under guo.d, to their Companies. JAMES M. WILLIAMS, CT Recruiting Sergeant, Co. K, 17th Regiment H. C. V. February4;. -4t h. RECRUITING SERVICE; in ahy Company in activn service,.provided they do no he fore they are enrolled as Conscripts.- f have -beOU orrfercp here to receive Volunteers for Cwt.AjKERY'Sj Company^ nr nnv other Cnmmnv in the 17lh Rcfilmcnf 8. C. Vm .Wit untecra will be entitled to BOL'NTY'and to cti flic benefits secured to Volunteer*by law. 1 will be in Yorkvillc every MONDAY, and at Blatevllla TBUBSllAY. X All nicmueri of Capt. AVERY'S" Company absent with? . out, or on expired leave, are ordered to report to their companies nt once,for duty?those who fall to repottbythe lOtU. of February wUl be tried for desertion, and If convicted wH> be shot wherever fotmd. W. H.JVUTCnELLe^ .'? Recruiting Officer, Co. F, 17th Regiment, S. 0}!?*February,4" ft,- "<?& ft* HECBCITI.VO SERVICE. QENEEALjGOOPER Kavin^given Ha any Company lit active service, provided tiioy'do so 1*3 i (pre they an enrolled as Conscripts-". I have Men ordered here to receive Volunteer* for Capt- MILL'S Company, or any other Company In the 17th Regiment S. 0. V. Volunteers will be entitled to BOUNTY nnd all the benedftne* cured to Volunteers by law. I will be In Ynrkvllta every MONDAY, and at Clay Hill every SATURDAYVv^" ;^ All membeis of Capt. MILL'S Company absent without, or ou expired leave, are ordered to report to tliqjr Companies at once, ft* duty -those who fall to report hftfielOth i February, wlll. be.tried for dcscrtionlif convicted wlB be shot wherever found. 8; W. WALLACE, I - , Bccntitlng Officer, Co. E, 17th Beg. S.;0-y. - February 4 . .$ -:.C . &? G0LDSB0R0', NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 5. J I Commanders of Brigades ^il] give ? to tlm,officers detailed for recruiting servfoe, (oaf from eaca Company,) special Instructions to ftrresttind fotW word to their Companies yU enlisted men abrafr without competent authority. ' '<&&I XL A full pardon, except as to forfeiture of pay ihr the period of unauthorized Absence, ts hereby proclaimed to nil enlisted inen, absent without leave, who may voluntarily rere turn to their respective commands on or before tha 10th day of February next ? Iff. All enlisted men who do not voluntarily, return wititin th4 time specified, and all who shall alter.this date absent themselves from their commands without proper authority^ will be charged wltlj desertion and tried by the new Military Court now In setwlon, If found guilty,Ihey will be sen-, tenced to death, whether present or absent^ nnd commanders will be ordered to execute the seotcncs wherever the condemned can be arrested. IV. In Companies all Ihe enlisted- men of wijieh ore present for duty, except those absent under legal orders or ttpon regular sick leave,Diviafon, District and DepnrtmcnfCommanders arc autliorized to grant furloughs, nt the ram of ohsfor every twenty-five men present for doty in each company, and for periods which, deducting the time necessary liar travel, will permit the parties tn remain at home fourteen dyys. Whenever they are authorized by the facts to append a certificate, which will be required ln*wjr Instance, that no enlisted man of the Company u aosent wiuioui comprteot authority, Company and Regimental Commandos will _ forward, through the regular channels, at the rate and upon the conditions above specified, recommendations of the men most meritorious and deserving of furlough. V. Ail enlisted men who overstay tlielr regular sick for-loughs, or those granted as above, tviU be immediately hr- : rested on tlielr return, an examination made into the cir-*- . eumrtances of each case, and the. facto- reported to the Brigade Commander, who will cither punish the delinquent, cause charges to be preferred, or return bimto duty unpunished, as the circumstances ot the case may In his judgment require. VI. Major A. F. Cone, Chief Quartermaster, wBl caosethese orders' to h? advertised once a week, for three weeks, in evfcry newspaper published in N. Carolina, qnd the news papdia published in Columbia, Anderson, Greenville and v Yorkville, South Carolina. . I "By Comxhand of Mnj. Gen. G. W. Smith.'' SAM. W. MELTON, Major and A. A. Gen. February 4 . 6 3t FOR TAX-COLLECTOR.?IH E Mends of GEORGE W.COBB, Esq., respectfltliy an- . nouncc him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR for York District, at the next election. November 6, I860. - 43 - . .. . tC T?OR TAX-COLLECTOR.?T HF X; friends of Mr. PETERSON JACKSON rwpectfnHy announce him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR of York District, at the next election. November9%, 1860. ' 47 If jJ^^MMUithorizcd to announce SMITH SANDERS as a Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. November 19 47 ' te WANTED.?A FAIR PRICE T T Will be paid for SUGAR CANE SEED. B. P. BOYD. January 7 1 tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE ei Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and FLUX. Sold for C.ASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. July II ' 28 tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A O Remedy for DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold fo* CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. Jnly 11 28 . - tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE Remedy for DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE July II v. 28 . ... tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE O Remedy for DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE #' Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and FtfUX. Bold for CASH at i > THE.ENQUIRER OFFICE. JACOB'S CORDIAL.-A SURE tf Remedy-for DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH at - TIIE ENQUIRER. OFFICE. ? July II > 28 tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE ! el Remedy rfor DrARRHCEA, DY8ENTERY, AND FLUX. Sold for CASH ^ ^ ^ JmyR 28 , .... v JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A .SURE O Remedy for : DIARRHCEA, ^DYSENTERY, and FLUX. Soldfbr.CASHat- ' < THE ENQUIRER OFPICE. July 11,V, 28y ;- ...- tf TDST.RHH THE BLOCKADE.el A Lot of GUNNY BAGGING and a Lot of .SOLE LEATHER. Foraafcby B. P. BOYD. WrW a 91