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WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBETTAEY 11,1863. .
MUNICIPAL election! 1
The following gentlemen were, on Mod- i
day last, elected the Town Ooanoil of j
Yorkville for the, current year. i
Q. W. WILLIAMS, Intendant.
v. ' i
Warden?.?Joseph A. McLean, Richard <
Hare, Wm. Adolphns Moore, William I. |
Clawson.
Correspondence of the Enquirer.
Columbia, February 8, 1863.
We are now in the enjoyment of beauti- 1
^ . fol weather, which is the more agreeable
from the heavy snow storm and sleet which
set in on us last Wednesday. On Thurs
day morning a large number or lansees
passed through the storm on their way to
the Charlotte depot, said to be the paroled
* " - of the "John P. Smith," captured off '
Stono; whether or not, the officers, twelve
in number, reached our quarters on Friday
night, where they are enjoying the hospitality
of the Jailor, assisted by Col. Pres- 1
ton and the Reserves. They are good look- '
ing enough for Tankee "drummers," and !
rather, too riohly dressed to show much ser- '
vice. We have no conversation with them, '
but through our officers, but learn that one 1
of them is a South Carolinian, who met a '
sister in Charleston, and that they are 1
"tired of the war," which they only em- 1
barked in **fur the sake of restoring the
i
Union." They are in a comfortable room,
and do not seem to realize their situation, (
rn-r, 1 1:? ? ]
ii .rresiaeai i/byi* pruuiaiuuuuu id
from the comfort and fare they are recciv- !
ing here, so far. 1
On Friday evening, abont 10 o'clock, a *
. _ .fire occurred in the rear of a building-opposite
the market, occupied as the "Ba- ^
v i reau of the Central Association" for soldt
iers supplies, a large quantity of which
were on hand, preparatory to shipment on
E|i--.-^Wednesday next. The late wet weather,
with the indomitable energy of the firemen
managed to confine the destructive element ^
to the rear of the building, which was one
of a wooded row of tenements, but a large
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amount of property was destroyed, among v
which was shoes that I have heard valued s
as high as $5000. There were a good B
many large boxes saved, and much cloth* 8
ipg unpaoked, damaged by the water, which t<
perhaps care may restore; yet the total loss t
must be severe, especial at the present time, a
There was considerable vegetables among
the consignments, which were totally des- 1
troyed. A portion of our. companies bav- n
ing volunteered as a guard, 7 was enabled f
to see several large boxes saved directed to 1'
. Gen. Jenkin's Brigade, and others we re* I
cognized from friends in Chester and York, h
The officers of the Association, will doubt- t<
less, in a few days be enabled to enumerate, n
when we trust the charitable will renew, ii
and others come to their assistance in re* b
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Dewing tae contributions so macn neeaea. ?
On tfce same eventful evening, William 7
King, one of the Confederate bill robbers,
confined in the Jail, had oat through the n
floor of his cell in the third, and fell into a
r
s the seoond story, where he had a bludgeon vat
hand, prepared to receive the Jailor on P
his nsual visit, bat the aotiaiely visit of a a
Confederate Marshal. caused a "change to ^
come over the spirit of his dream," and ac- 0
knowledging "you have caught me," was 1
escorted back to safer quarters. Had he 0
met the Jailor singly, his object was to ^
carry oat "a general jail delivery," with ?
the exoeption of us, the tenants of the first D
floor?probably the Yanks might have been ^
invited to share in the expedition, had they
s ft
known of their proximity.
The Legislature adjourned on Friday a
night, after 12 o'clock, many of the Senators
having to be hunted up at 7 o'clock to
get a quo-rum. The fire at, ten o'clock, 5
broke into their deliberations, but they ii
managed to jumble through business in or- c
der to rumble home the Dext morning. As
they will be "judged by their Acts," I shall
allude but briefly to some of them. tj
An extortion bill has been worried f<
through, by hard labor; it i3 to be hoped ^
that its provisions will be enforced, that its q
defects may be remedied hereafter. It will t,
be published shortly.
The College buildings still remain in S(
charge as a Confederate hospital?the Pro- a.
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lessors, However, occupy sun weir resiaen- . ^
ces rer4*free? and receive tbeir salaries, as '' a
heretofore; while a resolution has been i t<
passed, authorizing them during the sus- !11
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pension of the curriculum, to recoive and j j
educate such students as may apply, on such | ji
terms and manner as they may see proper. j ti
Thus we have another college improvised for j ^
the support of the next Legislature. In D
the Senate a resolution was introduced to a
enlarge the Arsenal for the reception of ca- b
dets, owing to the large number that had '
to be rejected; but Mr. McAlily, of Ches-; a
tcr, justly observed that the cause of this j j;
rush into the "institution" was really to g
evade the Conscript Act, and the resolution f(
was laid on the table, or rejected. ; q
The Agent of the Central Association of fi
Richmond, is chosen as the disbursing A-!
gent of the State, under the Governor, of j tl
8500,000 appropriated to relieve our sol- ! t;
diers in transitu, who may be destitute of I
means to procure clothing, food, or trans- li
portation?this is considered a better plan jit
than appointing from the many applioants a
who were impatiently awaiting t&e appoint- c
ments. c
The Appropriation bill is fully up to the ]
times; salaries of $750 are raised to $1000, j
those of $1000 to $1500, &o. &o., and yet f
there hre many fully as efficient, who are
almost begging their bread, willing to have i
taken on themselves the services at the old
prices, even should the extortion bill prove 1
a failure, as the extension of the salaries or I
the depreciation of 'a guarantied currency i
would indicate. i
Our General Legislature has also ap- j
pointed an Ordnance Officer and Cleric;
and gone into the construction of Gunboats, *
by appointing a Commission. Such a Military
Board was hardly provided for by the 1
Constitution, or even in the imagination of 1
the Council of Five. '
The Military bill has passed, but I ques- 1
tion whether members will recognize it in
printed form. I think 18 to 50 is the term *
of service; and Overseers of a cerfSin num- '
ber of negroes are exempted, as before.
^A.11 olairas for payment of the value of
oegroes who have or may die from disease
)q or contracted while working on the coast,
ire to be submitted to the Auditor, Mr.
Tames Tupper, who is authorized to pay
die same, and call for such testimony as he
may think necessary, and report to the next
Assembly; besides taking the necessary
steps to have the same claims presented to
the Confederate Government.
A bill to prohibit the sale of spiritous 4
iquors in less quantity than three gallons 3
luring the war, was brought up in the 8
House, but the day being sleety, and the ?
trticle at 85 a bottle, the members rejeoted *
t by a vote of 48 to 45. What beoomes of '
be existing license law ? 1
The election for Representatives to Con- ^
;ress will be held on the Tuesday after the ^
econd Monday in October next?the reams
to. be made at Columbia, within twen- "
y days thereafter. a
The Coramitte on the Military made a 0
eport on a petition from Marion District,
vhich was adopted, in whioh occurs the
ollowing resolution :
"Resolved, That if in that, or any other
ection, there has been manifested an unwillingness
to oboy calls for tFoops for State
ervice, it was from no disregard to the ^
overeignty of the State, nor because "the
pirit was wanting," bat from a conviction, g
ommon to many of the citizens of the State, <31
hat the extraordinary authority by whioh jj
he calls were mado was unconstitutional
nd oppressive."
The above is applicable to the 1st Corps of
leserves throughout the State. There was P
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o "spirit wanting," but a determination to ~
ulfil their duty to the State, under ail its a
iws and requisitions. The election of the 11
field Officers was a right conceded to them ^
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v the Legislature; and it was not until afar
the right was again taken from them by ?
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lilitary authority that they beoame dissat fled.
The expected attack on Charleston
si
las reconciled them now to their oontinunee
in service, after the expiration of their
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lively days until "farther DOtice," but have
hey not ground of#oomplaint, those of fhem ?
rho have received no pay, no commutation
loney?no furloughs ? The 8th regiment, ^
!ol. Witherspoon, at Georgetown, were
aid off and discharged on the 2d instant ; f
Iso that of Cols. Cash and Williams. Col. 11
Wilson's regiment has been shorn of its ^
onaeripts, snd those over 40 pressed iu^ aI
he 0th, Col. Secrest, is at Poootaligo, with u
ur detachment here, floundering like a rud- ^
erless craft, the "Colonel" being off in 0
Iississippi the last seven weeks. We have
o orders now, except to guard the Yan- 'c
ees, and no prospect of getting home, un- 11
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il Gen. Beauregard gives us through the
th "further notioe," or Governor Bonham 1
cts on the following resolutions : '
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**Jiesoivca, umimmnufiy, hum iue mice
Legiments of Reserves, now at or near Po- ^
otaligo, in view of the apparent necessity, si
e requested by the Governor to continue it
i service for thirty days, unless sooner disharged,
and that he communicate the same ^
s the wish ofthis legislature.
Resolved, unanimously, That the Goveror
be authorized to receive any or all of ^
:ie eleven Reserve regiments as volunteers sc
jr a period of thirty days, unless Booner
ischarged.
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Mr. Garlington offered the following as
n additional resolution, which was agreed sc
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Resolved, That in consideration of the w
ervices of which those persons, who are lible
to conscription under the late call of ,
he President of the Confederate States,
ave already performed in these regiments, P
nd may hereafter under the call authorized si
3 be made by the Governor, it is the opinjn
of this General Assembly that they
bould not be assigned to duty as conscripts
tnmediately on the expenditure of the said n
hirty days, but should bo permitted to re- tl
am home and be subject only to the regu- yj
ir enrollment ordered through the Com- gj
landant of Conscripts of this State, with
11 the rights and privileges of others who 8a
re liable to conscriDtiou. and who have Dot a'
JT '
een in service in said regiments." al
I believe it is in contemplation to get op 01
company of conscripts, who with those at ci
bis point will be received and detailed as a C
aurd here. It will prove a good chance ir
jr conscripts, who can learn particalars of 1'
!apt. Lowry, who is now in Yorkville, on ti
arloagh. ' 01
Many of oar men are at home, mo9t of : ai
bem without leave, which makes what du- j si
y is to be done here the more onerous.? i al
'here is no doubt the interest of their fami- sc
e9 and farms require their presence, and T
; is only to be hoped that the threatened si
it tack may soon come off, for we are confilent
of success; then, it is presumed, the
lonsoriptioD will be made effectual, and the
Reserves sent home. We are all well, at
>reseQt, but thick we would be better away
rom here.
In the G-rooery market, I learu that salt
Is selling at 310?Molasses, 34 per gallon
?Coffee, per pound, 33 50; cheese, Engish,
pound 35; Tobaooo, pound, 31 to
}1.50; Sugar 50 a 75; Bacon, 75; Beef,
resh, 40 a 50; Pork, 50 a 60?so says my
xiend S******s, who is our grocer for the
iresent. E.
Columbia, February 9,1863.
The Reserves will be discharged to-mor ow,
and reach home on Wednesday, some
ime. The Conscripts from the Camp of
[nstruotion relieve us. It may be possible
iiiother despatch may detain us.
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The following is a list of the captured of- ?
icers of the John P. Smith, in the Jail t
lere : c
F. Conover, Lieut. Commanding.
J. W. Dioks, Aeting Master.
Robert Farr, do do
W. Chase, Ensign. '
F. J. Rrinton, do
H. S. Borders, do r
F. C. Hill, Acting Paymaster. ^
G. fl. Marion, Sargeon.
Jacob Tucker, 1st Assistant Engineer. 1
E. Barry, 3d do do 1
W. B. Sheldon, Acting Master. t
G. Premble, Acting Chief Engineer. g
Gallatin Premble, is a native of Charles- ?
on, S. C., and shared the "beatings" of e
rour correspondent and Charles Fremont c
it the school of the veteran Thayer, who j.
izercised his funotions with much vigor, ^
>ut, it would seem, at least in two cases, ^
eith little advantage. Premble and Frenont
were both sent from the school into
Tnited States service, which, it seems, they
oved better than their early home.
8 P. M.?An order has just been issued
-The Conscripts will guard the outposts, *
nd the Reserves the Jail "until further
rders. E.
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For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. gj
FROM THE 17th REGT., S. C. V. G
Camp Gregg, near Kin8ton, N. C.,
February 5, 1863, Q
Bear Enquirer :?Oar hearts were made e
lad, on the evening of the 2nd instant, by Q
le receptioa of the glorious news from oar ](
ood old State. May the enemies of our ei
ountry ever meet the same kind of disaster,
) every operation against us. All hail to 3
Dgraham and his gallant followers. t(
After telling, and bearing the news re- E
eated a hundred times, we retired to our
ildier's couch, and fell into a sweet sleep,
nd upon waking, found the earth arrayed 2
1 the virgin robe of winter. The snow jj
as fallen here to the depth of eight inohes. j{
tur soldiers, at the first peep of day, were ^
p and busy in annoying their fellows with
low balls?not seeming to mind the cold, p
titer much difficulty, we sucgeeded in rai- t,
ing enough wood, and thereby procuring a
reakfast, and about the time it was over, n
e were aroused by the report that the 33rd tj
Regiment, 8. C. V., was approaohiog us in |j
ne of battle. We all rushed to our parade
round, and succeeded in forming a line of
attle, in time to prevent a complete sur- q;
rise. The Officers of the 23d, seeing us ai
1 active preparation for resistance, disatcbed
Cqpt. Puffey and Adjutant Richrdson
with a flag of truce, demanding "an 61
nconditional surrender of our forces."?^
D
hey were met by Capt. Mill's and other p
fficers of onr Regiment, and informed that y
the 17th never surrendered." They re- d
trned to their command, and hostilities
' ^
nmediately commenced. Oar skirmishers
agaged, and the balls flew thick and fast. n
a a short time the whole line was ordered ti
p. Your correspondent was sent with a
etachment, to check a flank movement ?'
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iat was being made on our right. He q
lcceeded in doing so, after desperate light- pi
ig, in which, for a time, he was a prison- tl
r in the hands of the enemy; but our
rces on the left, had overcome the oppo- ^
tion, and the enemy had "began to waver."
.nd about this time, the battle had rolled G
) much to our left, that the guard seeing ft
le doubtful condition of their comrades,
T)(
le by one, began to leave us, and finally
> many had gone, that I looked round and m
ave the order to "overcome the guard," li
hich was done in handsome style. The
!w remaining "guards" leaving at the ^
ouble-quick, with innumerable balls ex- ;c
loding against them. (We did not con- ai
der the breaking guard as wrong> from the &
ict that we were impressed by main force
id not held by the same.) We then
ished to the assistance of our friends on tl
le left, where we now achieved a complete S
ictory. The enemy retiring as fast as posble,
but with occasional halts, and retiring
ilutes. Many were the exploits of strength g
id daring during the battle; but where st
1 did so well distinctions would be invidi
is, as our Generals say. One incident I "
innot pass over. Rev. Mr. Girardeau, tl
haplain of the 23rd Regiment, was fight- g
ig manfully, and not being known by the ai
7th Regiment, was roughly handled at
raes. At one time I saw a Sergeant of .
lr Regiment and another, gather him
id hurl him to the ground, rubbing the S
low into him very profusely, and occasion- h>
ly asking him "if he gave up." The par- J?
>n invariably replied "I never surrender."
he^ would then "trounce him" in the g
tow again. Finally our men became in- to
formed who they were using so badly, when
ihey restored him to liberty and jofned in
;he pursuit of his then retiring comrades.
In the evening, our Regiment attacked
.he camp of the 23rd, and after a long and
lesperate engagement, were compelled to
'etire. The 3rd of February was rendered
i gaily day by the "snow storm" and will
iften be mentioned with joy by the participants,
in coming years, when their now
routhful heads, shall be white as the snows
>f winter.
A very singular or unusual phenomenon
vas witnessed by us all here, on the evenng
of the 4th instant. The full moon had
isen above the horizon in the East, and on
lither side, equi-distant from the moon ittelf,
were representations of the same Luninary,
as, in the language of the camp,
hree moons as plainly seen as could be deired.
Many were the speculations indalgtd
in regard to them in eamp, but I shall
efer the matter to philosophers and others,
inly marking it down as the first time I
iver saw three moons. A very thin cloud
lovered the moon and the earth was white
rith snow.
Our Brigade has been ordered to Wil ington.
Two of the Regiments have gone.
Ye expect to leave on the morrow, and it
s with regret I leave Einston, for here we
tave enjoyed a soldiers life as well or better
ban the average. But we leave these
cenes, and hope the new may be equally
is inviting. Our Brigade has been relievid
by that of General Dantehof North Carilina.
You will send your kind favors,
lereafter, to our new home, and the next
'ou bear from me (if nothing breaks) will
>e from Wilmington. Yours, L. ,
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
??It is said that Gen. Magruder has
aptured another Yankee war vessel at Galeston,
Sho steamed into that port, not
nowin'g that it had been recaptured by our
jroes.
W. D. Simpson has been elected to
apply the vacanoy in the Fourth Congresional
District, vice M. L. Bonham, elected
Governor.
It is stated that the loan tendered to
ur Government by Frenoh bankers is sevnty-five
millions of francs j the terms are
ot yet divulged. Some think that this
>an, if received, will effect the price of real
state. * .
A famine is said to exist in Ireland.
'he megns of the smell farmers were e*haus?
sd, laborers were ^unemployed, and the
aanufacturer's interests desperately disressed.
The Brooklyn is a screw steamer of
,070 tons burden,, and carries fourteen
eavy guns. She was built in 1858, and
j considered one of the crack vessels of the
rankee navy.
A Paris correspondent says that the
Impress Eugenie has named her favorite
orse "Stonewall Jaokson."
?? Information from Memphis states that
lany of Grant's men had to be forced, at
le point of the bayonet, to embark on the
oats bound for Vicksburg.
List of Acts.
Passed at the session of the Legislature
f SouttfCarollna begun November24,1862,
ad ending February 6, 1888. ACTS
ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.
1. An Act to extend some of the provisoes
of an Act, entitled "An Act in reference
to the supension of specie payments j
y the hanks of State, and for other poroses,"
to the first day of Janaary, in the
ear of oar Lord one thousand eight hunred
and sixty-four.
2. An Act to grant the aid of the State
> the Cheraw and Coal Fields Railroad.
8. An Aot for the appointment of Comlissioners
of the Poor for Lancaster Dis ict.
4. An Act to Tefund the Soldiers' Board
F Relief for Barnwell and Laurens Disiots,
and for St. Matthew's and Chirst
hnrch Parishes, moneys advanced and exended
by them as Boards of Relief out of
loir private fands.
5. An Act to Establish and re-charter
irfotn Rnnrifi. "Rriffoefl and PVrriM. And
>r other purposes.
6. Aq Aot to vest in the Confederate
ovemment a part of the Colambia Canal
?r the term of twelvo years.
7. An Aot to charter the Palmetto Exirt
and Importing Company.
8. An Act to provide for the appointed
of Commissioners of the Poor for Darngton
District and Chesterfield Distriot.
9. An Aot to charter the Atlantic Steam
aoket Company of the Confederate States.
10. An Act to incorporate certain Religins
and Charitable Societes, and to renew
id amend the charters of others heretofore
ranted.
11. An Act to incorporate the Edisto
id Ashley Canal Company.
12. An Aot to provide for a guaranty by
le State of the Bonds of the Confederate
tates.
13. An Act to authorize the Bank of the
tate to inorease its issne of small bills.
14. An Aot to authorize the issue of
took for the purpose of continuing the conruction
of the new State House.
15. An Act to confer the rights of legi
rnacy pa Mary (J. Darnel.
16. An Act to amend an Aot, entitled
An Act to provide for the payment by the
tate of War Tax of the Confederate States,
id for the collection of the same from the
x-payers in this State.
17. An Act to provide for the payment
y the State of such War Tax as may be
nposed by the Congress of the Confederate
tates during the year one thousand eight
undred and sixty-tbree, and for the oolction
of the same from the tax-payers in
lis State.
18. An Act to enable the citizens of the
tate, who are engaged in military service
i exeroise the rights of suffrage. _
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19. An Act to raise supplies for the year
of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two.
20. An Act to make appropriations for
the year oommenoing in October, in the
year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE.
1. An Act to incorporate the Wando,
Wambaw and Wiuyah Canal Company.
2. An Act to continue of force an Apt,
entitled "An Act to authorize certain
Building and Loan Associations to suspend
the oall for monthly instalments/'
3. An Act to increase the fees of Sheriffs
for dieting persons confined in jail*
4. An Act to amend the obarter of the
Bank of Charleston, South Carolina.
5. An Act to provide against dearths of
salt.
6. An Act to amend an Act, entitled
"An Act to make appropriation in aid of the
families of soldiers," ratified on the twenty
first day of December, in the year of onr
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one."
7. An Act to incorporate with uniform
right, power and privileges Protestant Episcopal
Congregations in South Carolina.
8. An Aot to prevent and punisV the
planting and cultivating in this State over
a certain quantity of cotton, during the present
year. ;
9. An Act to authorize the Banks of this
State to purchase Confederate and State
securities.
10. An Act to amend an Act, entitled
"An Act to authorize the City Council of
Charleston to issue and put in circulation,
notes redeemable in taxes or dues to the
city," ratified the twenty-first day of December
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one.
11. An Aot to declare the law in relation
to the prooeedings of the Executive Council.
12. An Aot to continue in force an Aot,
entitled "An Aot to extend relief to debtors,
and to prevent the sacrifice of property
at public sale."
13. An Act to vest the title of the State
in certain esoheated property in Bose Ann
Carnigham and her heirs.
14. An Act to amend an Aot, entitled
"An Act to organize and supply negro labor
and coast defence in compliance with
requisitions of the Confederate States," and
to authorize and direct the Governor to proceed
to furnish negro labor under said Act.
"1 ? A n A <?4 vlirt krtffoi* nmanivofTAti
Xti All AUU ivi blib VOVDVt v/iguuiiiHvivu
of the Militia and for other purposes.
16. An Act to prevent Extortion and
panish Extortioners.
Camp Notes.
The Seoond Brigade of the Light Division
has been hitherto popularly known
as Gregg's. It is now McGowan's Brigade
It consists of the same Regiments as heretofore.
The following order has just boen
published to the Brigade, under date of
"Camp Gregg, Va., Jan. 50, 1863
"General Orders, No. 12.?By authority
of the 1st paragraph of General
Orders, No. 52, froA? the Adjutant and
Inspector General's office, the Brigadier
General commanding takes pleasure in cau- '
sing to be inserted on the standards of the
different Regiments of the Brigade the !
names of the several battles in which they
have been actually engaged.
The list of battles is a Tong one. The
flag of the 1st South Carolina Regiment
S. C. Volunteers was at Fort Sumter, where
the first gun of the revolution was fired, ]
and those of the 12th and 14th Regiments <
S. C.'Volunteers were first unfurled in battle
at Port Royal Ferry, S. C., on the 1st 1
of January, 1862, where they marked with i
bloody significance the advont of the event- J
fql year whioh has just closed; whilst the <
13th Regiment and Orr's Regiment of 1
Rifles S. C. Volunteers have stood shoul- ]
der to shoulder with their comrades in all <
the great battles fonght by the army of '
Virginia, from Mecbanicsville to Frederioksbarg.
. 1
The campaign of the year 1862 is now 1
ended, and no soldier engaged in it will \
ever be ashamechto have it compared with >
| any in history. This now veteran brigade <
I has made many forced marches, suffered 1
many privations, and fought many battles. 1
In the cause of the oountry they have doue
much to be proud of, but in the same cause, '
they may be oalled upon to do much more. <
Therefore as an evidence of past, aud at 1
nn innantina tn (WllTA rrlnrv.
WliU DfliUO blUJU HU ?UVVU?i?v w ?w?u?v J J
the Brigadier General commanding directs 1
that the following names of battles be en- !
tered in some conspicuous place. on the
standards of the respective regiments of 1
this brigade: J
I??1st South Carolina Regiment S. C.
Vols: Fort Sumter?Vienna?Mechanicsville?Cold
Harbor?Frasier's Farm?2d !
Manassas?Ox Hill?Harper's Ferry?
Sharpsburg?Sbepherdstown?and Fredericksburg.
II?Orr's Regiment of Rifles, So. Ca. i
Vols : Mechanicsville?Cold Harbor?Fra- 1
sier's Farm?2d Manassas?Ox Hill?Harper's
Ferry?Sharpsbnrg?Sbepherdstown
?and Fredericksburg.
III?12th Regiment So. Ca. Vols : Bay j
Point?Port Royal Ferry?Mechanicsville ,
?Cold Harbor?Frasier's Farm?2d Ma- 1
nassas?Ox Hill?Harper's Ferry?Shep- i
herdstown?and Fredericksburg.
IV?13th Regiment So. Ca. Vols: Mechanicsville?Cold
Harbor?Frasier's Farm t
?2d Manassas?Ox Hill?Harper's Ferry '
?Sharpsburg?Sbepherdstown?and Fredericksburg.
V?14th Regiment So. Ca. Vols: Port
Royal Ferry?Cold Harbor?Frasier's Farm i
?2d Manassas?Ox Hill?Sharpsburg? t
Shflnhordstnwn?and Fredericksburg.
By command of
Brig. Gen. McGOWAN.
J. G. Barnwell, Jr., A. A. A. Gen. It
will be observed that some of the a- bove
battle-names are compendious terms; t
and that the newspapers have written/ of I
them under various names, sometimes the ?
enemy using one and we another. x
Thus, Bay Point, has been spoken of by r
the general name of Hilton Head and Port n
RoyaL Mechanicsville embraces all the j,'
fighting at that place, at Beaver Dam, and c
at EUyson's Mills. Cold Harbor is the c
Powhile Creek of Gen. Lee's first report, ?
and the Gaine's Farm, of the newspapers. {j
Frasier's Farm is aliased with Willi* -?
Church and Dr. Poindexter's. Malvern
Hill, alias Crews Farm, is not inscribed
fSi ::\v*'
' ' . '
I -.rJ
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upon any of the banners of onr Brigade,
beoause, though exposed for two honrs, to
a severe fire, we were not called upon to
charge any position of the enemy. Manassas
the second has very properly been ball?
ed Groveton, which is distinctive and prop*
er, and also Kat-Harpin Run, (a tributary
of Bull Bun,) upon which it was fougbt. 1
The braggart Pope called the field Gains* '
viUe. Ox Hill is known in Tankeedom as
Chantilly?a finer word certainty. Sharps*
burg is generally called by the North Antietam,
sometimes Boonesboro, even sometimes
Boonesboro Gap, and even sometimes j
South Mountain, but these latter are too i
far fetched. Shepherdstown is really Bo* 1
telor's Ford. The orthography is disputed !
?Sheppardstown and Shepherdstown, be- !
sides the official form above. <
The snows still linger. D. j
Camp Grego, Va., Feb. 2, '03. '
Latest From Charleston. 1
Charleston, February 9.?Information
has been received that a Yankee fleet of over
seventy vessels was in Port Royal harbor on
Saturday. The fleet comprised fifty-two
transports, sixteen large war steamers, and j
four or five iron-elads. Evidently some ,
grand movemept is at hand.
* * i
Morgan's Feats.?Colonel R. M. Ge- (
no, of Texas, gives the Yicksborg Whig
the following statistics of Morgan's career:
"He has fought 53 battles, killed 230 Yan
kees, wounded 372, captured 4,233, and
destroye'd property to the amount of $15,163,000,
all with a force of 800, and with
very small loss. In his late affair at Harts- '
ville,sthe first time he commanded a brigage,
he killed 10, wounded 18, captured
1,850, took six pieces of artillery and car- '
ried away or destroyed $65,000 worth of *
property." ]
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Sick and Wounded.?There were in
the various hospitals of Richmond, for the
week ending January 9th, 1863, the fol- 1
lowing sick and wounded soldiers: From J
North Carolina, 1775; Georgia, 1599rj Vir- 1
ginia, 1209; South Carolina, 693; Ala- i
bama, 660; Mississippi, 461; Louisiana, j
454; Florida, 324; Texas, 162; Tennessee,
93; Maryland, 37. Total, 7358.
JST At Sharpsburg Gen. Lee hailed one
of the many stragglers, and inquired :
"Where are you going, sir ?"
"Goin' to the rear."
"What are you going to the rear for ?"
"Well I've been stung by a bong, and
I'm what tbey call demoralized."
This was enough. Gen. Lee had not
the heart to say more to an innocent who :
had been "stung by a bang," meaning, !
perhaps that he had Seen stnnned by a j
bomb.
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Tribute of Respect.
Camp Gbsgg, Va., !
February 2dr 1863.
At a meeting of the members of Company
B, 12th .Regiment, South Carolina
Volunteers, Lieut. Simmons was called to
the Chair and M. A. Moore, requested to
act as Seoretary. The object of the meeting
being explained by the Chair in a brief .
and appropriate manner, a committee of
five was appointed, to prepare a preamble,
and resolutions for the occasion, who reported
the following, which was approved
and adopted.
Again we are called upon to bow out j
will to the divine mandate of the Almighty
Dispenser of events who has removed from
onr ranks, and association highly esteemed
and endeared comrade in arms, Private
THOMAS'L. CASTLES. While we acknowledge
the wisdom and justice of God
in his Providence it affords us pleasure to !
recur to the redeeming elements in the
character of our departed friend, who pos- i
sessed the happy combination of bright pat- v
riotio aspirations, blended with the meek
md gentle influence of religion. Therefore, '
be it Resolved
1st. That we receive the intelligence of
the death of Thomas L. Castles with profound
regret, only conscious that we will
aever be the recipients of his oordial greetings,
and never again to enjoy the pleasure
)f his company, only retaining in memory
bis exemp!""7 conduot as a memento of his
worth and as a model to ourselves.
Resolved 2d. That we deeply sympathise
with his family in their irreparable loss,
tendering them our convictions?that their <
loss we believe to be his gain. i
Resolved 3d. That a copy of these reso- J
[utions be famished to his aged father and v
iffiicted family. ?
Resolved, 4th. That the proceeding! of 0
this meeting be published in the Yorkville ?
Enquirer, and Dae West Telescope. *
Lieat. R. L. SIMMONS, Chm'n. u
M. A. Moore, Secretary. ' {J
Uptittal. :
Makhied?On the 4th of February, instant, by. Rev. J. h
IV. Humbert, Mr. WM. DICKSON and MJsa MIRIAM n
HOWELL, nil of York District. n
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?fiital!. c.
Died?In Gaston County, N. C., on the 1st Instant, Mrs.
tfAKGARET M., wife of Capt. S. N. Stowe, in the 38th
rear of her age.
She loved the House of God, delighted in His law, and ?
vith marked earnestness and perseverance, endeavored to
iring up her children In the fear of the Lord.
The daughter of affiietion here; we qust she has entered si
nto the rest which remaiueth for the people of God. A. at
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OTTCE. ?ALL EXECUTORS, $
Administrators and Guardians, who have not made 2
heir FINAL RETURNS,.are hereby ordered, forthwith to ,
nake their ANNUAL RETURNS to this office, or they s'
vill be dealt with according to law.
J. .A. B110WN, 0. ,Y. D. ' H
February 11 C 4t e]
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? I
l\. All persons indebted to the Estate or ISAAC T. w
'AitlSII, arc notified to make Immediate payment to the tli
indersigncd ; and those having claims against the said Es- k
ate will present tliem, duly attested, within the time.pre- si
cribcd by law. JAMES MASON, Administrator. fi,
February II 6 3t ic
ENROLLING OFFICE,
YORKVILLE, S. C., February 5,1863. c(
I" BY orders from Colonel JOHN S. ?
L* PRESTON, Commandant of Conscripts. Columbia. ?
I. C., all wiiitc male residents of York District, and oil i
??'? Ihnlto of the same, between .
OMUIH ?- 1 7- ? ...
lghteen (18) and forty (40) yean of age, not now In the A
ullltnry serv ice of the Confederate States, will report to me ^
t YOltKVILLE, within a reasonable time, from tlie publiatlon
of this notice, or be published as defaulters. ,,
II. No eiemptlou or discbarge of a date (trior to October
1th, 1803, will be considered valid of itself, but will be _
BVlsed. '
HI. All officers, non commissioned officers and privates. I
bsent from their commands without leave or on expired -*
rnve, will report forthwith to these head-quarters, or be ?<
/rested wherever found. -$ 5?
IV. The attention of militia officers commanding Beat _
lompanies-ln 46th and 34th Regiments, B. C. Militia, is -?
ailed to GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43, of the Adjutant '
nd Inspector Ceneral of South Carolina, requiring them to
irntsh Complete Rolls of oil white male persons between
ie ages of eighteen (18) and forty (40) years, within . the
mlts of tiieir rcspectlVR Beats, without regard to exemption *"
r discharge. They will fumlsh these Rolls forthwith, or
e reported for disobedience of orders. #
1, ?. WITHERS, f
Captain antLEnrolling Officer.
February 11. . ~ 6 if, .. ~
COUTH CAROLINA?YORK Dig0
TRICT?Wh??M, JOHN" RATARF.E Inw npplkd
tome for Letters of Administration, on all andslnzolar
theeoods and chattels, rights and credits of B. W. 8HILLINGLAW,
late of tha District aforesaid, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singula^,
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear
before me at onr next Ordinary's Court for the said
District, to be bolden at York Court House on the 97th day
nf February instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said
Administration should not be grantcd. .* .
Given under my hand and Seal, this 4th day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred anil
sixty-three, and in tlie eighty-seventh year of die Jade
pendencc of South Carolina. JOHN
A. BROWN,.?.X-firi,
February 11 6 2t
'RECRUITING SERVICE.
GENERAL COOPER having given vJ
permission to aD liable to Conscription, to Volunteer
In any Company in active service, provided thity do so before
they are enrolled as Conscripts. I have been ordered
lere to receive Volunteers for Oapt. R. H. GLENN'S Company,
or any other Company in the 18th Regiment, 8. fVV.
Volunteers will be entitled to BOUNTY and all the benefits
icenred to Volunteers by law. I will be at NewCentre on
rUESDAY, and at Zcno on FRIDAY of each week for
wo weeks. All
members of Capt. GLENN'S Company absent vnth3ut,
or on expired leave; are ordered to report to their commutes
at once, for duty?those who fail to report by the
10th of February will be tried fordesertion, and if convicted
will be shot wh'ercver found.
Sergt. J. C. McCARTER.
Recruiting Officer, Co. H, 18th Regiment, S. C. VFebruary
11 .. a- fl 2t*
ROCK HIEE, S. C.,
1 . . * Pcmieiir fl. IfifiH.
SPECIAL ORDER, NO. ?.
A LL Officers, non-commissioned OffiX
V ceni and Private*, absent from the Companies A, 0,
and II, of the 12th S. C. Regiment, without leaveor on expired
leave, are hereby ordered to report to mo n* follow*:
Those residing in the vicinity of ROCK HtL%, will report
it that point on SATURDAY, tlie Slot, and those living
nearer YORKVILLg.wlll report there, on. WEDNESDAY,
[he 35th Instant, to receive order* with reference to rejoinhe
tlielr command*.
Certificate* from a CONFEDERATE SURGEON will,
done, be entertained. By Command of
Col. HAMILTON, Commanding Brigade.
W. 8. DUNLAP,
Captain and Officer Detailed.
February 11 - 6. . tf
A CARD.
Kixrrox, N. C., January 31st, "
"A/TR. EDITORI wish you to pub-Lt
JL lish In your paper, tlie following list of ABSENTEES
)f my Company, the cause of their absence, Ac.
The Following Report is Correct.
Soyd, T. W.?Returned to camp, Jan. 33d, with Surgeon^*
Certificate. #
Durrence, P. R.?Absent without leave. Sick furlough expired.
[brothers, J. R.?Sent to General Hospital, and not heard
from since. '
Oavidsou, J. P.?Wounded at Manassas, and In General
Hospital.
Jarrison, E. B.?Wmtnded at Manassas, and absent without
leave. Sick furlough having expired,
luddleston, F. J.?Taken prisoner andlnliie hnnds of the
enemy. -
lowe, T. A.?Sent to General Hospital, not beard from
since. . ./
tfcGuire.Gco.?Woundedltt Manassas, and since died.
rilchcll, L. W?Returned to campy Dec. 19,1863.
ioblaon, C. D.?Wounded at Manassas and no official report
of him.
rhomasson, J. F.?Wounded at Boonesboro', Maryland,
and not heard from since,
ramlson, A. B. A J. T.?ore not, and never were in my
company. R. fit." GLENN,
Captain Company H, 18tli Regiment, 8. C. V?.'
February 11 6 - it
SOUTHERN FIELD & FIRESIDE.
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Unexampled Success!
BACK STJMBERS FOR THE VEW SERIES
EXHAUSTED!
T^-r\Trr-m rimATvTTi
Jtr JLt>JLZi_tLi Q-JL-UJtfr X I
The Proprietor of the SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRE
3IDB announce* that in consequence of the Unit number*
of the new series being exhausted, and in order that new inbscrlbers
may begin with ihn commencement of a NEW.
8TORY, "BeUmont" will be complete in Numm 5, Jstiu?ry
31, and the PRIZE 8TOBY of
' 'THE RANDOLPHS OFEANDOLPH HAIL."
By Miss 8k**xa A. Mix*r, of. Covington, Gil,
Will be commenced in Number 6, Feb. 7th, and nil subscriptions
received at the office on and after the 24th of/an?
aary, will be entered on the boofctnndconuucucc with the
Prize Story. .
T fir RMS:
For One Year. '$3-00
For Six Month*';., ?00
For Three Months 1 00
Single Copies..'...; A, Ten Cents
Q&" Clubs of ten or more, for cite, year, ?2 each.
" ' " six months, each.
Address. JAMES GARDNER,
Augusta, Os.
February 11 .6 Ip .
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
I TVjI* ffiKj/Sg
Adji'tant asb Ixseccroa GatreasL's dimo*.
Columbia, 8. C., February 8,18K1.
iENER.1L ORDF.R NO. 7./ . 'v 'tT.
I" G. A. FOLLIN having been apLa
pointed Assistant Adjntnnt-Gcurral, witlt the rank of
'list Lieutenant, he Is herewith announced asjgucb, and
rill be obeyed nnd respected r.c^or^ngl^^By eorumatid.
Adjutant and Inspector General of
February H 0 It
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Adjctaxt amd Imspectdr-Gcmerai.'s OrflCE,
Cowman, S. C-, February 8,1883.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 8.
T THE General Assembly of this
La State, by an Act, entitled "An Act for the hotter or- .
aiilzation of the militia, and for other purport!," having
acated the commissions of nil inllltia officers in this State
rho tire not exempt from service bythe Acts of the Coi?ederate
Congress. as soon as new elections can tic held,
lections are nereby ordered to be held for Held and compoy
officers, in alt the companies, battalions and regiments
{ the militia of tills State, on or before the 21st day of this
ionth; said elections to be conducted In the manner procribed
by the Act of 1841, except as to the notf p required
ndcr said Act. '
II. No one liable to duly in the Confederate service, Unas
he be exempted from said service under the provisions
f the Exemption Act of Congress, shall be. eligible to sold
dices. " ' * ./
III. The officers In command of regiments at the time
aid elections are held, are required to make returns thereof
> tliis office Immediately thereafter. I
IV. The commanding officers of companies mid regficnta
are hereby required immediately after said elections
ave been held, to make returns of the rolls of th^compales
promptly to tills office, In punmnnce of the provisions
f the fifth and sixth sections of sold Act, herewlth'pubslicd;
and fordcfuult In makiug said returns, the penalties
icreln Imposed will bo strictly enforced.
V. The commanding officers of regiments ore hereby
barged with the prompt execution of this order on foe
ublicatlon thereof.
By instructions of the General Assembly. ?
A. C. GA&LINGTON,
Adjutant and Inspector General of B. C.
Extract from Jlct of tke General *SttenbfifoT Ike letter Organization
of the Militia.
Sec. 5. That the commanding officers of bearcompapies
jail keep two separate rolls?one of the names of all perms
resident in their beats between the ages of sixteen
ad sixty, and another of the names of all pcrsons-between
ic ages of sixteen and fifty, designating on said rolls the
ges of each person; and oil persons required to be enrolii
by this Act, shall, immediately after its passage, report
telr names to the commanding officers of their beats, who
tall have power to administer oaths as- to the ages nnd
sideneea of persons, when they refuse to make known
teir age or residence, or where they may be doubts ns to
Ither, and each and every beat company 'shall'' be colled
at for drill and Instruction once In every two months.
Sec. 6. That the commanding Officers of companies, as
ion as said enrollment can be made, of their regiments,
Unohnfl Vflfnm ?1ia ennwk. Within ?A thn nffioo ftl*
le Adjutant and Inspector-General; and for default in maIng
said returns, the commanding officers of companies
toll be liable to a fine of fifty dollars, nnifcommnndlng often
of regiments to a fine of one hundred dollars, to be*
11 posed by a court martial ordered by the Governor for the
lal of such defaulters.
* *.. *' * ? * * *.
Sac-18. That all commissions held by the militia oflfi n
of this Slate, except.tlte Adjutant and Iimrewfflt-Gciirul,
who are not exempt from service by the Conscription
ct of the Confederate Congress, be and the sartie are nere/
vacated as soon as new elections can he hold, which
ections the Adjutant and Inspector Oeuernl Is hereby
istructod to order immediately after the passing of this
ct; and that no one liable taduty in the Confrdorote .-price,
unless be be exempted from said service under the
revisions of the< Exemption Act 'of. Congress, shall be
sreaftcr eligible to any militia office.
Feb. 11 ' . 6 . ?.-* -? ' 2w
[?0R SALE.?TWO VERY FINE
L full bred Cobbett and Essex BOAU FIGS, 10 months
d.. rdr fthher particulars apP^,p7'|.l}ppH,,-^p^f!p DeceubcrSi,
' >' *' .58.. tf
[XrANTED.-^A' V AIR PRIC E
January 7 1 P. P P YD
JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE
I^Rcm^y Tor ^DrAHRIICEA, . DYSENTERY, and
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