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' NUMBER H' -i - i ??? i * - - ' ' ~ " "" 1 -1 ' " - nv?.lwm i. fpka muffilt ?t,n inriimhfmia SOUTHERN FIELD & FIRESIDE. s- SUBSCBIPTIONS ADVANCED TO $4 PES YEAH. ^~\WING to a further advance in the V/ price of paper and the llinlt put upon our supply, the Proprietor respectfully announces that from and alter the 1st of MARCH, the price of the FIELD AND FIRESIDE will he u follows : , For one year $1 For six mouths 2 No deductions made to clubs, and no subscriptions received for less than six months. Postmasters will be allowed 30 per cent, as heretofore. Increased exertions will be used to make the paper attractive. The charming story? * ? "THE RANDOLPHS OFBANDOLPH HALL," will be completed in the 10th number. Back numbers, containing this Interesting romance, can be supplied. In the sapie number will be commenced the thrilling Prize Novelette of * INDIA MORGAN v.- \ . OR % TUE LOST WILL. This will run through several numbers of the paper, and will bo accompanied by original Tales, Essays and Poems by the best writers in the country. As only a fixed supply of paper can be had, the edition is limited, and those wishing to secure this fikvorite family paper would do well to subscribe early. In making remittances be particular to state the Post Office, County and State, and to send no local sliinplastcrs. Address, JAMES GARDNF.R, Augusta, f.'a. March 11 10 Ip SHERIFF'S SALE. James Wallis, Applicant,! vn. S For Partition of Real Estate. James A. Wallis, ct at. J BY virtue of an Order from John A. Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will offer at public sale at York Court'llousc, on the FIRST MONDAY In APRIL next, the tract of land described In the summons, , in this case, lying on the waters of Allison Creek, bounded by lands of James Wallis, P. McCallum, and others, containing 50 ACRES, more or less. Sold to make partition among the hcirs-at law of B. H. WALLI9, deceased. Terms of Sat e?12 month's credit, with Interest from day of sale; purchaser to give note and approved surety, and a mortgage of the premises tf deemed necessary, to the Ordinary?Costs to be paid In CASH. ($.->) JAMES MASON, s. v. n. March 11 10 dt SHERIFF'S SALE. Hamilton Wilson, Applicant,) vs. / Summons in Partition. Nancy Wilson, et at. ) Hcirs-at-law of John Wilton, deceased. BY virtue cf an Order from John A. Btnwn, Ordinary for York. District, I tvill offer at public sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY In APRIL next, the lands described in the summons in * ' this case, lying on the wutcrs of Kings Creek, bounded by lands of Nancy Wilson. W. S. Bird, Dr. I.. A. Hill, Win. H. Green, aud Henry P. White, containing 131 ACRES, more or lew. Sold to make partition among the heirs-atlaw of JOHN WILSON, deceased. Trmxs of Sale.?One hundred and fifty dollars in cash ?ballancc on a credit of one and two years, with Interest from day of sale. The purchaser to give bond with good security and a mortgage of the premises, if deemed necessary,' to the Ordinary. JAMES MASON, S. Y. D. March 11 ($5) 10 4t SHERIFF S SALE. J. E. McCarter, Applicant, l re. [* For Partition of Real Estate. Minor McCarter, ct at. ) r a Heixs-at law of Harvey McCarter, deceased. BY virtue of an Order from John A. Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will offer at pubHe sale at York-Court House, o?l the FIRST MONDAY in APRIL next, the tract of land described in the summons In this case, bounded by lauds of Margaret Floyd, J. B. McCarter and Thomas McCarter, containing 55 ACRES, more or less. Sold to make partition among the heirs-atlaw of HARVEY McCARTER, deceased. Terms of Sale.?Credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale. The purchaser to give bond, with good security, and a mortgage of the premises, If deemed necessary, to the Ordinary?-Costs to be paid in CASH. ($3) JAMES MASON, s. r. v. Marcbil 10 4t SHERIFF'S SALE. lfarvey M. Ferreil, Applicant,) vs. > For Partition, Real Estate. William Robison & trife, cf at. ) Hcirs-at-law of Win. Crews, deceased. BY virtue of an Order from John A. Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will offer at public sale at York Court Home, on the FIRST MONDAY In APRIL next, tlie tract of land described in the summons in this ease, adjoining lands of James McCully, W. S. Robison, William Ager and others, containing 52 ACRES. Sold to make partition among the hcirs-at-law of WM. CREWS, deceased. Terms or Sale.?Twelve month's credit, with interest from day of sale. Purchaser to give bond with good surety and a mortgage of the premises to the Ordinary, if deemed necessary?Costs to be paid in CASH. ($5) v JAMES MASON, a. v. n. March .11 10 4t "house and jlot for sale. THE undersigned offers for sale, or in exJSBEKSl. change for NEGRO PROPERTY, his very !'!?B&_ valuable HOUSE AND EOT, situated on Congress Street, in Yorkville, S. C. The _ ihifciifri TL. HOUSE contains six rooms, with a fireplaee iu eacli. The OUTBUILDINGS, consisting of Servant's Houses, Cook Kitchens, Meat-House, Lumber-House, Carriage Houm and Corn-Crib, are nearly new, having but rcceutly been erected. The lot Is supplied with a well of EXCELLENT WATER, and contains everything necessary for convc nicttee and comfort?making the property tire most desirable in Yorkville. For Terms, &e., apply to THOMAS DAVIES, York-'ille, S. C. (pj- Tnc Carolinian will please copy two weeks, Dally, and send account to this office. December 24 52 tf fO RRIIAR B LEYARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully inlortns tlie citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that he is fully prepared to supply every' ar_ tlclc in the MARBLE LINE, of tlie highest style of finish and at reasonable prices. He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work may be alwavs seen at the Yard, nearlv opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and" a few doors North of "Stowo's" Hotel. (Xjh All work will he delivered at any point on the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, &e. January 10 2 Ip LV EQUITY?YORK DISTRICT. Jno. D. Maclean, Ereeutor, f rt. > Bill for sale of land t Negro. Robert Patrick, and others. ) TT appearing to my satisfaction that A Uoht. P. Bigger, John Millcn and Swlitia, hi* wire, James Bigger, Thomas Davis and Jolin Davis, defendants in above stated case, reside beyond the limits of tilis State. It is, therefore, on motion of Williams and Beatt.v, Complainants Solicitors, ordered, that said absent defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to the Bill filed in this case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or said Bill will be taken pro confnw as to them. ($7tf) WALTER B. METTS, Commissioner in Equity. February IS, 1863. 7 3m OFFICE A. Q. N., CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1862. ]V/fR. J. C. MILLER is appointed JLtJL Agent of this Department, for the purchase of FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester. Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him, throtiirh the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carolina.? Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government was experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed, all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. <1. M. I October 15 42 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN gUsibtnt Jjttrgtmt ?tntisl, YORKVILLE, S. C. (cy- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Palmetto Hotel."-fi2 January 6 1 tf FOR SALE. -JQQ ft>s COPPERAS. 100 fca BLUE STONE. 500 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at W. D. it J. C. MILLER'S. October 22 43 tf , -tt^v "nxTm a t vAmrcin n tt n t v a fibx* x.n.jj nuiiuji.?u u ivm u XJ my absence from Yorkvllle, I have made arrange- ' ments with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly ofCb arleston, 10 take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Exqciker building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, ] as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience In my , line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satlsfac- 1 tion. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. ?'j February 25 d ^ tf CARRIAGE SHOP. THE Subscriber still continues tbe S53j?B5iiEr CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS \f\y 111 the old STAND. All kinds of coun try produce taken in exchange for work. ' ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK i done by W. P. McFADDEN. January 23 4 tf i SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' . November 4(5 4? If 1 The Pall of Arkansas Post?New Yer- 1 sion of the Affair. It is a little singular how little and mea- gre has been the information furnished the t public with regard to the battle and sarren- ] der of Arkansas Post. From our own side I we have had scarcely anything authentio i and reliable, and we have been compelled i to form opinions upon it from the reports that have reaohed us through the Northern papers. The first and only authentic account we have seen from our side, is an interesting narrative of the unfortunate affair in a letter from Dr. 0. H. Smith, * who was chief surgeon of the Post at the , time of its capture. The account he gives conveys a new and very important version ' - - rr-11 it,- 1 ot tne mysterious' anair, uuu unegea mo | surrender was the direct result of treachery and against the orders of the commanding officer, who desired and expected to defend, the Post to the last extremity. We condense the material facts of his statement: The troops garrisoning Arkansas Post at the time of attack consisted of three brigades, mostly Texans, and commanded by Colonels Garland, Deshler and Dunnington, the whole forming a division under the command of Brigadier General T. J. Churchill, and numbering on the day of the fight not more than 3,300 effective men. On the 9th of January, a scout from below 1 brought intelligence to General Churchill " of a Yankee gunboat having made its ap- ( pearance in the Arkansas river, some thirty miles bnlow the Post; some hours later ou the same day, another scout brought news of other gunboats, followed by transports making their way up the river. Upon the ! receipt of this intelligence, Gen. Churchill J ordered everything in readiness for an attack 1 and ere nighj; closed in, all the troops were 1 J nlsvrkr* fka lino aP on trflnob monic uiamuuvcu ?'?ue ""v. , where they remained all night in a pelting storm of rain. The enemy, in the meantime, had landed a force about two miles ' below the fort, but they made no demon- J stration until about nine or ten o'clook the 1 next morning, when they oommenced Bhel- * ling the fort from their advance gunboats 1 that were cautiously and slowly feeling their ' way up the river. * Our troops held the position first taken by them until about 4 o'clock, p.'m., when the General, fearing a flank movemeut on our . left, ordered the men to fall back to a line * of entrenchments near the yet unfinished , fort, which line was speedily completed and 1 all the troops properly distributed before ; night set in. Just as darkness was drawing k near, four gunboats approached the fort and ? commenced their hombardment, our guns from the fort answering gallantly, jind after * two hours' terrific shelling the gunboats re- ? tired, one of them, the Eastport, badly disabled. Our loss up to this time, consisted c of only three killed and some three or four a wounded. F f On the morning of the 10th ultimo, at ten o'clock, or thereabouts, the enemy re- ? newed the attack with gunboats and land forces combined; they had also erected a battery on the opposite side of the river, by means of which they kept a terrible oross s fire that swept the whole area of ground r occupied by our men. The firing now continued until about four o'clock, p. m., when e it seemed to cease, and shortly after the cessation there was a yell came from the c lines, which attracted the attention of the v General Commanding, whose headquarters had been established some 400 yards from 0 the trenches. On riding forward to ascer- r tain the state of affairs, the General was ? much surprised to find the Federal Flag k floating in every direction along our lines. a Upon inquiry, it was ascertained that some ^ traitor in the 24th Texas regiment had v raised the white flag and passed the word down the line that General Churchill had c ordered a surrender, whereupon all the a troops, except Colonel Peshler's brigade, v immediately surrendered. He refused to p surrender his brigade until ordered by Gen. b Churchill. I When the General rode into the fort and b surrendered, General Churchill told Gen. ti Sherman, that he had not ordered a sur- u render, but on the contrary that he had or- tl dered the men to fight until all ware dead a in the trenches rather than surrender.? s When asked by General Sherman where his si (General Churchill's) men were, and was told they were all there in sight, beseemed p surprised, and could scarcely credit the fact v that so small a body of troops had succeed- ti ed in baffling for so long a time, and killing so many of his men. General Churchill c had telegraphed for reinforcements, and J hoped they would reach hiui that evening, a but none were ever sent; save about 200 t! from St. Charles, on White river, who arrived just in time to be tak?j prisoners. d Dr. Smith says that 2,000 would not be u a iarge figure for the enemy's loss in killed n and wounded, whilst our loss was hardly 5 over a hundred. The number of prisoners u taken at the Post was probably about 3,500 w ?certainly not more than that number. u Richmond Examiner. a ? ww a Our Dfrrv and Policy.?A correspon- i' dent of the Selma (Ala.) Reporter writes : si Let us not cry peace ! peace ! when our " country is beleaguered with eight hundred a thousand armed and hostile men, with the t< r> x L1._! J T oi nres or rampant. war mazing arouuu us. x <? admit that our prospects are nevertheless ti brightening, and believe, if we can huld our own but three or four months longer, the storm will then have spent its fury, and tl we may then begin to look for the bright ti harbinger of peace. But serious reverses, H or the approach of famine, would bring the 1J black clouds back upou us with redoubled c gloom. Even the eloquent voice of the w noble Yallandigham would be hushed, while ai the discontented and turbuleDt mutterings r< against a usurping and tyrannical Govern- e tnent, now rising throughout the North- 01 West, would be supplanted by the' old cry tc of, "down with the rebellion 1" If Cotton Oi be Kiog, it is a poor and beggarly eover- m sign in wars, and the power it possesses is,, ta [ apprehend, more dangerous to us than to pi our enemies. It loves sunshine and peace, is j j > With these, it is great and potent, but corn ?coarse, ugly, bnt generous, Indian corn ?is now our protector. Let us then for ;he present, and while our country is in peril, discard "King Cotton," poor, feeble ffiing, and pay our devotions to Ceres. Give is Corn ! Give us Independence ! There is liberty in Corn ! Fifty Vessels now Building in England on Confederate Account. The London Daily News publishes a etter addressed to Lord Palmerston on the subject of British aid to the Confederates, from which we glean some interesting faots. rhe writer oommenoes by condemning the jourse of Lord John Russell in practically negativing, by his management of the Forjign Office, the professed policy of neutrality, citing the official correspondence in ;he case of the "290," as affording conolufive evidence of the "sheer hypocrisy" of ;he non-intervention pretence. All the facts in this case, and in that of the Florida, the writer contends, exhibit "connivance with the rebels. - He then proceeds to show that the same course* is Mill pursued by the authorities, in permitting the :onstruotion of other vessels, ostensibly for ;he Emperor of China, but really for the Confederates. We quote : On the premises belonging to the Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, in a covered shed, >r "annexe" to the main yard, two power-, ful war steamers are in course of construe;ion for the "Emperor of China." Their jurden is about 2,200 tons. They are of ;be ram class, partially iron-plated, and neasure soy 200 feet long by 36 beam and 18 feet deep. Their engines, now nearly -eady, are ranked nominally at 800 horse power, but each will work up to a thousand, vhich will give them a very high rate of speed. In the main yard of the same premises mother steam ram is building, also "for ,he Emperor of China." Her length is ibout 160 feet, by twenty-eight feet beam, ina cieptn irom sixteen to eignteen ieet.? She is to be partially iron-plated, like the wo others in the annexe, and the three are ixpeoted to be ready for sea in two months 'rom the present time, perhaps sooner.? Japtain Bullock, who commanded the '290/' is daily in attendance superintendng their progress. Does this gentleman lold his commission from his Celestial Vlajesty or from Jefferson Davis ? In the yard of Messrs. W. C. Miller & Son, Liverpool, there is nearly completed i wooden screw propeller vessel, of about 150 to 500 tons. She has been construced upon the plan of the Amerioan coasera, being nearly flat-bottomed. She is milt for fast sailing under canvas, and inder steam is expected to run fifteen knots n hour. She is to be armed with ninefounder guns, and is expected to be ready or sea in the course of four weeks. It is ommonly reported that she belongs to the lonfederates. Messrs. Lawrence & Son's yard is the lighest up the Mersey. A large screw teamer is building there "for the Empeor of China." Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm & Co., of Livrpool, the "depositaries," as they are styed, of the Confederate Government, have ontractedJor a large vessel of 3,000 tons, rhich is to be built at Stockton. Messrs. Thompson Brothers are building u the Clyde a powerful armor-clad steam am "for the Emperor of China," to be eady for sea on the 9th of April next !he is about 250 feet long, by 45 beams, nd 35 in depth. Her armor plates are rom 4J to 5 inches thick. Her engines rill be of 500 horse power each. \f m Tlonnn nf T^ii mKnrinn lino l'i I . 1 ClUl Ajr&Ultj) \JL A/UUJI/HIVVWJ ?IHU onstructed two fiae screw steamers. They re lying in the Clyde. Report of a somewhat authontic kiud says one of them is artly owned by "the Chinese," and partly y individuals at Nassau, New Providence, t is publicly announoed that she is soon to e employed between Nassau and Charleson. The term "Chinese" is in general se in the building yards of the Clyde and he Mersey to designate the Confederates, nd "the Emperor of China" has no other ignification in this connection than to peronify Jefferson Davis. The Messrs. Scott, of Greenock, are comleting a very fine iron screw steamer, which is alleged to be intended for the rade between Charleston and Savannah. Two weeks ago, a fine vessel, of the same lass as the Virginia, was launched from Ics3rs. Blackwood's yard at Port Glasgow, nd common report says she is intended for he Chinese. Upwards of fifty steam vessels, of various escriptions, in different stages of completeess, might be enumerated in this "Chiese" category. The 7th seotion of the 9th George III, chapter GO, prohibits, nder a penalty of fine and imprisonment, with forfeiture of the property, the equiplent, furnishing, fitting out or arming of uy vessel to be employed in the service of ny foreign prince, state or potentate, with ateut to commit hostilities against the ubjccts or citizens of any province or state with whom his Majesty shall not then be t war." Do not the facts herein submit J 1 J f\ *-? immfldintn Qnf) n . ;u, UJjf iuiu, nanaub au luiiucuiuib auu u sarching investigation into the nature of lese transactions for the "Chinese V' Good News from Kentucky.?A genernan who came out of the heart of Kenlcky, a few days ago, brings reports to Richmond that Lincoln's Emancipation 'roclamation has wrought a very great hange in public sentiment, and that many ho were heretofore decided Union men re now strong for the South. It will be jmembered that some months ago gentlelen, for the privilege of taking the Yankee *th of allegiance, were charged, according i their ability to pay, from 850 up to 85,00, and where they could not pay the loney, property to the amount levied was iken. A few weeks ago, in fright at the resent state of publio feeling, Gen. Boyle sued an order that all who had taken pay should refund the money or property. The Lincoln Marshal iu Bourbon county, who had taken the property of a gentleman, was called upon by the owner for its restoration. The Marshal being unable to refund, the gentleman at once had him arrested and imprisoned, and at last accounts he was still in limbo. . % -rr Capture of a Dangerous Bebel Spy. A correspondent of the New York Times writes from Port Boyal, S. C., under date of February 25th, as follows: Among the passengers who arrived here from New York by the Arago, on Saturday last, was one individual who, if he had succeeded in reaching his destination, would have reinforced the rebel leaders in these parts with information of the most impor tant kind. His name ib W. H. Gladding , of Savannah; a naval Captain, military Major and general aider and comforter of the enemy: This individual was formerly a Lieutenant in our navy, and for some years commanded the revenue cutter on the Savannah coast. Subsequently he was Treasurer of the City of Savannah, and in the Miception of the rebellion was one of the'ottest of the original fire eaters and Secessionists. Immediately on the inauguration of hostilities he devoted himself to the profile business of blockade running, for which his minute knowledge of the South Carolina and Georgia coasts,,gained while eating the bread of the United States, peculiarly fitted him. For many months he has devoted himself to running between Nassau, the great secesh entrepot, and ports of these shores, and he enjoys the "bad eminence" of having been the most audacious and successful of all blockade runners. Cargo after cargo, of arms, ammunition, Btores and miscellaneous contraband aid and comfort has he run into Savannah and Charles where he would be much less dangerous than he must have been had he been allowed to complete his journey. Since the confinement of Gladding ample evidence has been found among bis papers to lead up to the very door of proof that he came in the character and on the mission of a spy. There is little doubt what would be the fate of a Unionist found in analogous circumstances in Sece3sia. A short shrift and a long cord would be his sure doom. But if the same disposition is not made of Gladding, it is, at least, some satisfaction to know that he is where he can do no harm. The Situation.?With reference to the campaign in Middle Tennessee the enemy can save themselves the trouble of speculation, and rest assured that Bragg's* army is in better condition and better organized, is larger, healthier and more bent upon the mission than it has ever been. Mnrfreesboro was a great fight, but the next will be 11 . _ IT. _ TV !_ i __ a still greater one. van uotu s great exploit, the capture of a whole brigade, and demoralization of the whole division, is the signal and initial to our forthcoming operations. Tho enemy has made, or rather reported to have made, an advance in two directions. The one towards Triune, the other toward McMinnville, oocupying Woodbury on the way. Our people are on the watch. Van Dorn's prisoners have reached Shelby ville. "A fine looking lot of blue birds," writes a correspondent, "and every one of them sick of the war." There are vague rumors, as we go to press of skirmishing beyond Shelby ville.? We credit none of them.? Chattanooga Rebfly lltf. too. Jt>ut his lucK had a limit. There came a day when be and bis ship, tbe Reliance, was capturechby one of oar cruisers. After tbe usual time allotted by the cartel, however, he was released. At liberty, he once more plunged into bis old trade y and after a shorter run of luck be was again caught?this time on the Defiance. As there were several counts against him, he was (cabined, cribbed and confined' in Fort Warren. After a residence of some time there, he was transferred for change of air to Lafayette, and six weeks ago he was released on pardle, living during that period, in the Lafarge Hotel, in your city. At this point the plot begins to thicken. Learning that preparations were being made here for an attack on Charleston or Savannah, he thought he would be doing the rebel cause good servioe by paying a visit to the base of operations at Port Royal, where he would be able to learn all the details of ourliaval and military preparations, and carry down the news to his friends in Dixie. Accordingly, instead of taking the route prescribed for paroled prisoners seeking to return,'' by means of an exchange, within the rebel lines (namely, by Fortress Monroe and Richmond), the bold navigator chose a new channel, via Hilton Head and Fort Pulaski. Ry some hocus-pocus he ob tamed a pass from the Quartermaster b Umoe in New York, and transportation by the Arago to this point. At the same time, by the good offices of some of his official friends in New York, he procured a letter to Gen. Saxton, Military Governor of Sonth Carolina, requesting that he be permitted to exume the remain^ of a certain Somers, a rebel soldier killed at the time of the bombardment of Port Royal, and take them home to Savannah. You see with what consummate skill the whole plot was conceived, and how admirable would have been the opportunities for this bright, quick and fertile head to recollect data for all our doings and designs here. It happened that he shared the cabin on the Arago occupied by Mr. Wm. Swinton, of the editorial staff of the Times, and he penetrating the plans of the man, resolved that so dangerous a customer should be brought te'the knowledge of the Commanding General here. Accordingly, immediately on landing, he took steps to lodge full information of the case with Gen. Hunter, who promptly "saw" the whole thing, and bad the bold blockade-breaker put in a place Tne COttOQ ana rroauue ruruuaBo auu Loan. Through the kindness of Mr. A. Roane, the polite and .efficient head of the Produce Loan Office, the Richmond Examiner has been able to gather some very interesting facts in connection with the Cotton purchase and produce loan of the Government. The purchase of Cotton seems to have been prosecuted by the Government with great vigor and success. With &. little arithmetical labor we are able to present the following statement, showing the amount of Cotton purchased by the Government up to the latest reports from its agents, the amount purchased in each State, and the average price per pound : In South Carolina, the amount of purchases are 8224 bales; average price per pound about 19} cents. In Georgia?Aibount purohased 11,732. _ bales; average price per pound about 16 cents. In Alabama?Amount of purchases 30,955 bales; average price per pound 16 cents. In Mississippi and East Louisiana?Amount of purchases 77,293 bales; average price per pound 10 cents. In West Louisiana?Amount of purchases 8,904 bales; average price per pound aboht 11 cents. In Arkansas?Amount of purchases, 2,927 bales; average price per pound, about 10 cents. Thus it appears the average price per pound varies in the different States, being lowest in Arkansas and Mississippi, and highest in South Carolina. The cause of the high price in South Carolina is that a large portion of the crop in this State, is what is known as the Sea Island Cotton^ the finest and mo9t valuable of all Cotton grown. The aggregate amount of Cotton purohased by the Government, as far as reported, is 143,595 bales, and the. average price upon the whole purchase about 12$ cents. In this statement the purobases made in Texas, Florida and North Carolina, are not included, no returns having been received from those States. With the returns from those States it is calculated that the amount of Cotton purchased by the Government will i amount in all to not less than 250,000 bales. i The Government has transmitted to its < agents in Europe, for negotiation, a large i number of its Cotton certificates, amount- < ing In all to over ?1,500,000. The certifi- I cates are in two forms; one proposes to de- 1 liver the Cotton to the holder at a fixed i price after the declaration of peace; the ' other authorizes him, at an agreed price, to < export the Cotton, at any time, from the i Confederate States to any neutral port, on 1 complying with the requisitions of the law. i Late advices from Earope tell us that these i certificates are being negotiated to a large 1 amount over the water, and are readily i bought up by the capitalists of England. The exhibit of the produce loan is also . encouraging, and speaks well forthe patriot- i ism of our people. The aggregate amount i of subscription to the produce loan is es- < timated to exceed in value ?25,000,000, and consists of 431,347 bales of Cotton; I 8608,375 in money, and 8805,180 in mis- i cellaneous contributions. These loans have i been collected at -an expense of only one- i third of one per cent, to the Government, i To collect these subscriptions and to make I purchases of Cotton the Government has i established general agencies through the t South. The following shows the points in I the several States where the agencies are 1 for the purchase of Cotton : I In Virginia, Riohmond; in North Caro- < lina, Charlotte; in South Carolina, Charles- f ton; in Georgia, Augusta; in Alabama, ] Mobile, Montgomery and Huntsville; in 1 Mississippi and East Louisiana, Jackson ; i in West Louisiana, Alexandria; in Flori- ? da. Tallahassee; in Texas, Houston; in ] Arkansas, Washington; in Tennessee, agent i resigned, and no successor appointed, there t existing no need for one in that State. t Effects of tiif. War at the North. ?While we are suffering the miseries springing from a deranged and redundant j currency, it is sweet to know that the hate- g ful Yankees, the authors of all our woes, f have not escaped similar evils. From a J gentleman who left New York ten days r ago,?we have received an interesting and p highly gratifying account of the condition v of the currency and the markets of that ii great metropolis, which, being its centre of ( trade and wealth, is a oertain index of the c condition of affairs throughout the North. I Our informant says that the price of eve- e ry article in the market has risen two hun- 3 dred and a.great many of them three hundred per cent. Real estate is held at fab- a ulous prices, and will not be sold for green- a backs at any price. A piece of coin is no n more seen in circulation!] than it is with us. b The small change consists of postal our- J rency, individual notes, bar-room tickets, b milk tickets, &o. Bank notes have long p disappeared from circulation, and are boar- e ded by individuals, who ar* afraid to offer e tbem for sale, Jest they should be arrested 1< for attempting to depreciate the precious tl greenbacks. v The North is suffering another evil of al- " most equal magnitude.- The Alabama, G Florida and Retribution-have sent dismay t< to the hearts of the underwriters, and they ei refuse utterly to insure goods in Yankee ei bottoms. Consequently, the immense Yan- t< kce merchant navy is idlo, and lies rottiDg t< at the .wharves. Thousands of men are at thrown out of employment, and the suf- p fering in all the coast towns is terrible. But by far the greatest evil that now af- cl fiicts Northern communities is the univer- n sal distrust which, like a moral pestilence, A pervades all classes. They are destitute of A confidence in their currency, their army, o; their rulers and themselves, and with the t( gloomiest apprehensions look forward to h the future. ei Oar own ills seem more endurable when o: we know that our enemies are suffering, s<* even in a greater degree.?Rich Examiner, oi UUXIWUIVWIOU aiiUtUA UU UIUUICOVUU. A correspondent of the Baltimore American, (C. C. Fulton, one of the proprietors) writing from Port Royal, S. C., gives the following relative to the'"coming" attack on Charleston: , The first intelligence received at the North from the anticipated demonstration on Charleston will doubtless come to you by way of Richmond. In crediting these statements, whatever they may be it must be borne in mind that Beauregard is in command. There will probably be ironclad ieconnoissances in the lower harbor for two or three day* prior to the main attack. After accomplishing their purpose for the day, it may so happen that they will fall back to their anchorage for the night. Beauregard will forthwith telegraph to Riohmond, in high-sounding bombast, accounts of smashed turrets, disabled ves help, a severe repulse, and perlbaps the sinking of one or two of the "Yankee cheeseboxes." You must be prepared for all this characteristic "Beauregardiana," and place just so much credit in what ma; reach you from that source as the circumstances may warrant. That the humbling of Charleston, the taking of Sumter and Moultrie, the restoration of the power.of the Government, and the raising of the old flag, are undertakings of magnificent importance, and of doubtful results, there oau be no dispute. We may find the work one of such magnitude as to be compelled to abandon it, but that there will be any serious disasters attending the iron-olad demonstration is not to be anticipated. The operations of the Montav/c at Fort McAllister, and the manner in whioh she has received sixty shots full in the face, from the most powerful guns in the possession of the rebels, has settled the point as to their invulnerability. They may not be able to pass the obstructions, they may be compelled to abandon the attempt to reduce Sumter and Moultrie, but that any of them will be oaptured, sunk or disabled by the enemy's guns or gunboats, is not at all to be anticipated. At the last accounts from Charleston the number of guns in position to check our sdvanoe on the city was estimated at one hundred and sixty. More have sinoe doubtless been mounted, aud we may calculate on at least two hundred by'the time the attack is made. Of these probably fifty oommand the approaches to Fort Samter, and when that point is reached the fleet dapper little Methodist preacher from cross the ocean landed at New York. His ame was John Newland Maffitt. We ave heard that his extraction was Irish.? le that as it may, there was no brogue on , is tongue to betray it, as the editor of this aper, who has often listened to wondrous i loquence, can testify. His genius and loquence were at once felt and ackpow.- i ;dged, and he was quickly pronounced by i lie Northern press to be the greatest revi- ( alist who ever trod the New World. In ; reason and apprehension he was like a .< rod." No sanctuary in which be minis* < jred was large enough to acoommodate the ager crowds of men and women who throng* j d to listen to his impassioned words. Of* i in and over the confident sinner who went j > scoff at his reputed coxcombry, or sneer t his effeminate mannerism, quitted bis resence an abased and tearful penitent! , We will Dot attempt to-follow bis career j loscly. His first wife died, leaving a son j amed after the father, John Ncwland laffitt, who was plaeed in the U. States lavy. He married again a dashing belle f Brooklyn, New York, and soon thereat jr whispers became rife of domestic unappiness. From that period, the Northrn press commenoed against him the work f defamation j and a. few years later we rw the announcement of his death in the ity of Mobile?fopkethtart! will probably receive the concentrated fire sf Moultrie, Sumter and Cumming's Point, where the famous railroad battery is stationed. They will doubtless however, be xble to place themselves in such position between Sumter and Moultrie as that their miss shots will strike where they are not intended. The battery at Camming's Point will be a mile distant, too far altogether aven to dent the armor of an iron:clad. The mode of attack ooncluded npon by Admiral Dupont is of course altogether unknown. He may have determined to reduce the batteries on the islands at the sntrance ot the harbor, and then dash past Port Sumter and demand the surrender of the city, receiving their combined shot and shell witbout response ; or he may determine to first make the effort to reduoe and retake Sumter as a base of future operations an the city. The obstructions in the harbor are understood to be between Sumter ind the city. Indeed, it would hp impossible to place any obstructions below Summer, as the fate of our fleet of sunken whalers has already proved. Thns when Sumter is passed the city will be at tho mercy af our fifteen inch shells, and must either surrender or submit to destruction. The passing of Samter will, however, put the iVIonitors to a full test of their powers of resistance. If able to move on despite the ihowers of shot and shell that may be poured upon them, or to hold their ground intil they have silenced the enemy's guns it this point, the city will of course be at heir mercy. Maffltt, the Pirate. The vocabulary of our Northern coterasoraries is not the most elegant in the Ea;lish language. In their allusions to Con. ederate naval officers, says the Knoxville Register, they invariably term them "piates." We have the pirate Semmes, the irate Maffitt, the pirate Ingraham, and arious others. The pirate who just now s acquiring tho most terrible celebrity, is Captain JobnNewlaud Maffitt, of the rebel aan-of war Florida, formerly the Ovieto. fo buccaneer of old, on the Spanish main, ver inspired suoh terror as this pirate laffit. Who is he? Some twenty-five or thirty years ago a XUC "|/U?V? VXHIHIVJ TTUVjf *M VWM*M?Wfe?W of the Florida, reoentjy sailed but ;of Mobile, boldly through the Woekadets, and has since been carrying death and distraction into the Yankee war fleet and the Yankee commercial marine, is the son of John Newland Maffitt, the great Methodist revivalist?the broken Hearted victim of a Yankee shrew and a slanderous Yankee press. mti -w A Heritage for us and our Childreiiv The South, remarks the Augusta Cowstitutionalist, may well be called a peculiar people. Not to speak of national chart* teristics, we are peculiar as to our social and labor system. We believe it become* us to watoh well that our policy does not encourage the introduction of disturbing elements among us. We are a harmonious and homogeneous people, and we must strive to remain bo, and not saner oar system and oar institutions to be jeoparded by outside, extraneous, hostile influences. Not only sboald wo refuse to en'eoange Yankees to come among as, to become citizens, to exercise the elective franchise and other privileges that belong to a9, bat we should use all proper means so discourage them from coming. Tie should keep dorselves unspotted, unoontaminated, free from the pollution of their association. Not only are they our enemies now, enemies of $j#r ' most ferocious and unlovely character, one-. mies to us nationally, but they are naturally ingrain and unchangeable enemies c^nd opponents of car system, of our manners and customs, and of oar political theoritifc Wc have abandoned oar political association with them, risking all the terHble coru sequences, in the hope that we might I** .j; como free of-them in all respecM. - X^fr" ought so to shape our policy as to insure, as far as human foresight can insure anything, against all their influences, and thus keep for ourselves and transmit to oar children the goodly heritage which we shall have booght with the blood of our martyrs. ~ We have sometimes thought that the Yankees would be Bhy of coming among us i alter toe war, tearing tpe just indignation of our people. Impervious to scorn and contempt, we have hoped that a wholesome dread of public ezecratioo, and perhaps violence, might keep them without our bor- . . ders. But we feel convinced now that the law should interpose to protect our country against Yankee invasion after the struggle of arms ceases. In fact, they arc more to be dreaded as friendly, citizens in our midst than as open enemies with . arms in their hands. In the latter case we know wb* \ to expect, and how to meet. them, and die iojury they inflict, grievous thottgh it is only material, and can be recovered from. Bnt in the former case they will contaminate and pollute and debauch us morally and mentally. If not prevented from coming among us, or at least debarred the enjoyment of those, rights and'^ leges which our sons are fighting to secure* and their sons fighting to deprjve us of, . they may sow the seeds whiob, in a few generations, shall ripen in an entire change. ;. of our manners and institutions and government. ?-4* After peace, unless prevented, we,iq|g| look to be inundated with swarms of Yankees, with their nasal whine, the VaSnptf^ ' tions, tbeir viler manners, all at heart our enemies, bat wearing the hypocritic mask of friendship. They will oome to teach ottv youth, to preach; to fill our workshops SitfL' * factories, to buy and soil and get gain.? Such a fearful inundation ought to .be prevented, for it cannot - possibly result otherwise than in bsrm to us, in every point of view. We oan make our own food and common clothing, and we must learn to make everything else that we * cannot more profitably import from Europe, without Yankee skill or Yankee. * We can teach our own children, do our own prcaumug, luruisu uur unu iuwucc tual aliment, carry on our otto trading, just as successfully as we are now doing our ^ own fighting. Our Government should naturalize no Yankees, hold out no indttfiK ' ment to those to settle among us y should now determine and declare its policy in this regard before the war ends and the swarm of locusts are opou us. '' 4 . , . -? ?t ,v,i Port Hudson.?-Port Hudson is on p East bank ofthe Mississippi River, about / 25 miles, above Baton . Rouge. It is oa* very high and precipitous bluff, the ascent of which, from the river, has to be made by a narrow, uphill, difficult passage. Yankee accounts say that the position is a verf ^ strong and formidable one on the riverside;, that, in addition to the height and perpiJK dicularity of the blnff, the river sweeps past the plaoe with a rapidity of corrent thai would be a serious disadvantage fo gun or mortar boats engaged in aotiou. Port Hudson cannot bo turned by a cat off, as the Yankees attempted to turn Yioksburg. The current of the river there bears strongly towards the East bank. Point Conpee, from which the Yankees are reported to have been driven bj oar troops, is eight or ten miles above Port Had* son, on the opposite side of the river.? Paasse River is an old cut-off of the Miosis uppi, just below Point Cpupee, on the same side. Port Hadson baa no railroad commnnicaiion, ezoept with Clinton, a town in the same Parish, some 15 or 20 miles East of t.?Charleston Courier. A Exodus of Poeeionbrs.?Glen. Winder's office is besieged daily by crowds of foreigners?man and women?applying for passports to Lineolndom. The oaose of ;his sadden desire to leave the Confederacy is said to be the apprehension of conscription with some, and "hard times" with others. Whatever the oaose, they should nev3r be allowed to return to Dixie, and we trust that descriptive lists have been preserved by Gen. Winder. When these "refagees" get North, they will prob&blj find that they have ''jumped oat of the frying pan into the fire."