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' * I ' ' ' ~ ' 9 lewis m. grist, .j-proprietor. gn^fl>k)rf ^nmlj ffejjaper: .Jor % ^promotion of % ^political, facial, ^fricattural altb Conrotereial Interests of t|e Sonf|. |m mb yeah, in advahqb. VOLUME 9. " ~~ ~ YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVE VIVO, JULY 29, 1863. " >; NUMBER 30.' .'- - -, ' _ ' ' ? -. - ' ? ;?? : ,?, : ? r ~ " - ? - - ~ - - * ? ??.- TV.?.'/InnM/i T.fl+a DuAnlomoiinn SATXE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, f EX ECCTIVE'UEPARTM EXT, CoLCMiii.#Uuly 2,1SG3. YK7HEREAS information has been ? T received1 at this Department Unit WILLIAM T. MOSS, \vlio wm /it the jail of Kichland District tinder sentence of death for the murder of James Phillips, did, on the night of Uic 27th of Juiu;, make his escape from liic said jail. Now, therefore, I, MiLLEDGE L. BONHAM, Governor of the State of South Carolina, do hereby offer a. reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the apprehension of the said Win. T. Moss and his delivery into any jail in this Suite. Said Moss is about 28 years old, 5 feet 10 inches liighy vvoight about 140 pounds, dark hair, wears a moustache And is rather good looking. 11c Is from Wake County, N. Carolina. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Cofi. s.l luinbla, Uiis second day of July, A. D.,48C3. M. L. BONHAM. IV*. R. Hcstt, Secretary of State. . July 8 ' 27 lrn Commissioner's Sale. In Equity?York District. Eli Bales, ) vs. S liill for Relief, 4'c. Lucretia M. Bales, et ?i. ) -?"?t , i a - ,1- - r"\ J _ ^ xl n X Iix ODecuence*ioine vruer 01 uie vyuun 01 Equity, made In the above case, nt June Term, 1863, I will expose to public sole at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY In AUGUST next, a tract <*' land situate In the' District aforesaid and lying on tile east side of Cafcnvha River, on SpratUs Branch, formerly belonging to CHARLES X. BALES, deceased, containing SO ACR?S, more or less. Possession hot to be-given until the fiat of January next. Said lands will be sold on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale?purchaser giving bond and two good sureties and a mortgage of the premises, and to pay for papers. The creditors of Charles N. Bales, deceased are hereby notified and required to present and establish their claims before me, in my office, according to lav . on or before the first of Januarv "next. ($10) WALTER. B. METTS.c. e. y. d. July 6 37 It Commissioner's Sale. * In Equity-York District. Martha N. Harris, ct at. fr*. > Bill for talc of Lend. Willhuu McCaUough. ) IN obedience to the Order of the Court of Equity, I will expose to public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE on the FIRST MONDAY In AUGUST next, the interest of F. H. HARRIS, deceased, being two thirds part iu a tract of land situate In York District, on the Catawba River, together with the MILLS situate thereon, known as SCHOOLEY & HARRIS'MILLS, containing JIS* Al/ACiO, more or lew. Paid lands win be sold on a credit ofone and two years, payable In two equal annual 'instalment-- with interest from day of sale?purcbasergiving bond with two good sureties and a mortgage of the premises to secure the purchase money. So much money as. will pay the two- | thirds part of the cost of these proceedings will be required in CASH on the day of sale. (?10) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. t. n. July 8 27 -It ( Commissioner's Sale. In Equity?York District. ' J. J. Roach and wife, y Petition for sale rw. } Newton A. Steele & wife & W. It. Steele. J of Negroes. IN obedience to the Order of the Court of Equity, in above petition. I will expose to public ?tle at YORK COURT HOUSE on the FIRST MONDAY in AUGUST next, two young and LIKELY NEGROES, EMILY, about 25 years old, and her child MACK, five or six yeare old. Terms or Sale.?Cash enough to pay the costs of these I tirocOedings?the balance of the purchase money to be on a credit of twelve months with interest from dny of sale? ' purchaser giving bond and two good 'sureties to secure the , purchase money?or he will have the option of paying the ' . whole hid In CASH. WALTER ii. METTS, c. e. y. d. July 8 ($8,) - 2Z 4t DRUGS. MEDICINES. &C. I HAVE just received a choice assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, which I oiler for sale at the lowest CASH PRICES, viz: _ English Chloroform, Aloes, Rhubarb, English Calomel, Blue Mass," Sulphur, . Asafoettda, Castor Oil, Pearl Ash, Valerian, Extract Logwood, Chalk, Opium, Black Drop, Epsom Salts, Magnesia. Nitre, Camphor, Hotten Stone, Yellow Ochre, Spanish Whiting, and many other articles. I am Manufacturing a splendid BLACK INK, SHOE BLACK and SOAP. Blacking BRUSHES and MATCHES for sale by A. CRAVEN. ^jMay27 ' 21 V Ct LESLIE O'WEN, M. D? SURGEON DENTIST, Respectfully requests the attention of the citizens of YORK DISTRICT, to the following notice from Dr. WALKER, resident Dentist of YorkYille- . v , OFFICE IIOURS from 8 o'clock, A. M., to 6, P, M. Dental not'ioe^-d u r i n g my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Exquikee building, where he will he 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 satisfaction. W. M. WALKEli, Dentist. February 25 8 tf IX THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. G. L. McNecl, Administrator of Margaret Dowdle, deceased, os. James Plavico and Wife, ct hi. WHEREAS G. L. McNEEL, Adll minUtrator of MARGARET DOWDLE, deceased, Iwth filed a petition in my office, praying to be permitted to make a final settlement and distribution of said estate, and whereas, it appears to my satisfaction, that two of said distributees, via: Allen Dowdle and James l'laxico and Rebecca his wife, reside beyond the limits of this State.? It is, therefore, ordered that said J. Piaxico and wife and Alien Dowdle, do appear at the Court of Ordinary to be held at York Court Housewn Monday, the 14th day of September next, to shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer of said petition should not he granted. June 8,1863. ( $25 40) . JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. June 10 23 3m THE ROLL OF HON OR. Til the Families of Deceased Soldiers : HPHE undersigned would again call JL the attention of families or relatives of deceased sol_ tdiers to the fact that, under appointment from the Suite, lie is engaged in recording the names of all soldiers from South Carolina who have fallen during the war; said record to be placed among the archives of the State. The name of no gallant son of this State who has given bis Ufcto hia conntry should bc-omltted from this "Boll of Honor." Tbc desired information concerning the deceased soldier is as follows: Name, rank, number of regiment, letter of company, date of death, cause of death?wether killed on the field, from wounds received in luutUVstating which battle, or from disease contracted in can^T Address me at Columbia. > WM. B. JOHNSTON, ' Recording Agent ior the State. July 22 29 It YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, lespeetAtlly informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that he Is fully prepared to supply every article In the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish ami at reasonable prices. He keeps constantly on hand,a large supply of FOREIGN And DOMESTIC MARBLE, and spccimetis of his work may be always seenjit the YartL nearly opposite the ^'EN j UU1KEU" PlUNTtNti OFFICE, ana a ICW uwre norm of "Stowe's" Hotel. All work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He Is also pit-pared to furnish to'ordcr, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, itc. January 10 2 lp i NOW IS THE TIME! I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR ALL CLASSES OF NEGROES. C. J. PRIDE4, j Rock Ifill, S. C. April 1 13 tf OFFtCE A. q. M., CHARLESTON, S. t\, October 1st, 1802. ' MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed Agent of this Department, for the purchase of . FODDER and CORN far the Districts of York and Chester. Plotters desiring to sell will communicate with him, through the post OFFICE, at Yorkvllle, S- CarolinaParticular 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 sucll will be rejected. I MOTTE A. PRINGLE.Capt. and A. O. M. i October 13 42 tf f Vica President Stephens. 11 The Hod. Alexander H. Stephens, Vice < President of the Confederate States, spent ? Friday night iD this place, on his way South. ' A large crowd of our citizens assembled in c front of the Mansion House at 8 o'clock, t and palled for a speech. Mr. Stephens ap- 1 peared and spoke for about an hour in an t eloquent and encouraging tone. We will 1 attempt no synopsis of the speech, but t merely give an outline of the gentleman's t remarks. Ho commenced by allnding to J1 the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania f by Geo. Lee's army?said that it had whip- J ped the enemy on their own soil, and ob- 1 tained vast supplies for our own men, and l wa6 now ready to again meet the enemy on f a new field. Whatever might be the movements aod object ol' Gen. Lee, he had entire confidence in his ability to accomplish what he undertook, for in ability and intel- * lect he was a head and shoulders above any a man in the Yankee army. He commended ( Gen. Lee for keeping his own secrets, and^ s told the DeoDle 'not to be discourasred be- ^ t r w cause they did not hear from Lee over his 1 own signature. He would come out all ' right in the end. F Mr. Stephens nest spoke ot the surren- 1 der of Vicksburg, and said that it was not 1 an occurrence to cause discouragement or * gloom?that the loss of Vicksburg was not 8 as severs a bltfw as the loss of Fort Pillow, 1 Island No. 10, or New Orleans. The Con- 1 * t federaoy had survived the loss of these points, and would survive the loss of Vicks- ^ burg, Port Hudson and other places. Suppose, said he, we were to lose Mobile, 0 Charleston and Richmond, it would not af- " fbot the heart of the Confederacy?we could and would survive inch losses, and c finally secure our independence. He was not at all discouraged at the prospect?he never had the "blues" himself^and bad n<s o respect or sympathy for "croakers." The 1 enemy has already appropriated twenty- f seven hundred millions of dollars and one ? million of men for our subjugation, and F after two years' war had utterly failed, and if the war continued two years longer they ? would fail to accomplish our subjugation. {; So far theu hnrt nnt. hrnkfin f.hfi shell nf the ? ?J ? Confederacy. In the Revolutionary war the British, at one time, had possession of North Carolina, South Carolina and*other States; Q they took Philadelphia and dispersed Congress, and for a long time held almost complete sway in the Colonies?yet they did Q not conquer our fore fathers. In the war of 1812, the British captured the capital of the natiou, Washington city, and burnt ^ it, yet they did not conquer us; and if we are true to ourselves now, true to our birth- ^ rights, the Yankee nation will utterly fail to j subjugate as. Subjugation would be otter ruin and eternal'death to Southern people t| and all that they hold most dear. He ex borted the people to give the Government a c oordial support, to frown down all croakers tj and grumblers, and to remain united and fight to the bitter end for liberty and inde- ~ pendenoe. As for reconstruction, said Mr. Stephens, soch a thing was impossible?such an idea t| must not be tolerated for an instant. Reconstruction would not end the war, but. ? ' . 0 would produce a more horrible war than. that in which We are now engaged. The ^ only terms on which we can obtaiu permanent peace is final and complete separation Q from the North?rather than submit to anything short of that Let us all resolve to die c like men worthv of freedom. In regard to foreign intervention, Mr. c Stephens advised his heareis to build no a hopes on that yet awhile. He did not believe that the leading foreign powers ever c intended that the North aud South should be again united?they preferred that the p separation should be permanent?but they t considefed both sides too strong now, and 7 did not deem it. good policy ou their part to interfere and put an end to the war. For- t eign nations see that the result of the war will be to establish a despotism at the North and are, therefore, willing to allow it to c continue awhile longer. The whole tone of Mr. Stephens' speech i was very encouraging and showed not the slightest sign of despoudenoy. He said many things and related several faots by way of encouragement to the southern peo- 1 pie, aud concluded by expressing entire confidence in the ability of the Confederacy to x maintain our cause and achieve our independence.? Charlotte Democrat. 1 SOLDIER'S PAY. _ 1 The Hon. James Farrow, of Spartanburg, writes the following instructions, for the i information of tboso having claims for ar- ^ rearages of pay due deceased soldiers, he . says: For the purpose of facilitating the get- ? ting of these certificates, I procured from the Second Auditor, in Richmond, who has charge of that kind of business, the*proper t form in which' these certificates should be j made, and for the information of all inter- r ested, I here insert it, to wit: ^ "I hereby certify that Private , (or a Corporal or Sergeant, or Lieutenant, as the case may be,) late a member of Captain ^ 's company, and of Regiment of a S. C. Volunteers, enlisted on the day g to serve for twelve months, (or the t war, as the case may be,) and was billed in \ battle on the day of , (or died at i home, or in Hospital, on the day of 1 a , as the case may be.) He was last j r paid to include the day of , and [ t has pay. due him from that time to the date : \ of his death. There is also due him 1 mootbs commutation for clothing (if such be the fact,) and fifty dollars bounty, (if v such be the fact.) ' (Signed) c Capt. Company ?, of ? Regt., c S. C. Volunteers. g (Or Lieut, commanding Co. ?, of ?^ s Regt. S. C. V., as the case may be.") <i By sending such a certificate to the Cap- ; e tain of the company, leaving him nothing to I s do but to fill up the blanks, he would be I d bus enabled to make many returns, even lespite the untoward circumstances whioh iurround him in camp and oh the march. Though there would of necessity be many jases in which the Captain could nob even .hen make his return, iu consequence of lis not having the necessary information of he particulars of the death. But it would ie well worth the trouble of doing so, for ivery one interested, to send the Captain of ho Company, to which the deceased beonged, a certificate as above, to be, when illed out and signed, returned to Col. W. ?. S. Taylor, 2d Auditor, at Richmoud, fa., or also returned to the party who is nterested, to be by him or his Attorney, 'orwarded to the Second Auditor. Howth'e Yankees Bevenge Sumter. The Old Guard is a spirited Monthly ssued in New York in behalf of the true nd original principles of the American Constitution. The latest issue contains evcral able papers, among them, "How to Treat Unconstitutional Acts of Congress,-" 'The Administration as a Gold Gambler j" 'Seward on Federal Usurpations and Des>otism"Strength of Armies," &o. In he article on "IIow to Treat Unconstitnional Acts of Congress," it counsels resitance. It deolares.that "when a free people ubmit to oppressive "acts, passed in violaion of their Constitution, for a single day, hey have thrown down the palladium of heir liberty; submit to despotism for an iour, and you concede to principle." The Old Guard is full of the true spirit f '76. It hesitates not to tell the Government and the people what the war has done or the North, as the following article, opied from it, shows: , HOW WE. ARE REVENGING SUMTER. The following are the reported casualties f this war from its beginning to January st, 1863. cdpralx killed 43,874 'ederals wounded .97,019 ederals died of disease and wounds 350,000 ederals made prisoners 88,218 Total T??,374 onfederates killed 20,893 onfederotcs wounded onfederntes died oJ bounds ana disease iau,uuu onfederatcs made prisoners 22,169 Total 222,677 . They have killed twentry-two -thousand ight hundred and seventy-four more of our len than we have of theirs. They have wounded, not mortally, thirty ine thousand four hundred and fourteen lore of our men than we haveef theirs. One hundred and fifty thousand more of ur men have died of disease aud wounds ban of theirs. ... They have made prisoners of forty-six housand more of our men than we have-of beirs.. Our total casualties.are two hundred and birty-seveu thousand two hundred and iuety-seven more than theirs?that is our asualties have been fourteen thousand more ban as-much again as theirs. This is tfae way we have "revenged the ring of Fort Sumter." Bat this is not all.t We have spent allost two thousand millions more of money ban they have spent. We have made two hundred thousand of ur women widows.. * We have made one' million of children itherleas. We have destroyed the Constitution of ur country. We have brought the ferocious savagery if war into every corner of society. We have demoralized our pulpits, so that iur very religion is a source of immorality ,nd blood. Instead of being servants of Christ, our oinisters are servants of Satan. The land is full of contractors, .thieves, irovost marshals, and a thousand other ools of illegal and despotic power, as Egypfr ms of vermin in the days of Pharaoh. We are rapidly degenerating in everyhiog that exalts a nation. Our civilization is perishing. We are swiftly drifting into inevitable :ivil war here in the North. We are turning our homes into charnel louses. There is a corpse in every family. The angel of death sits in every door. The' devil has removed from Tartarus to iVashington. Wc pretend that we are punishing the ebels, but tbey are punishing us. We pretend that we are restoring the Union, but we are destroying it. We pretend that we are enforcing the aws, but we#arc only catching negroes. That is the way we are "revenging Sumter." Seliirf our souls to the devil and taking [iincoln & Co.'spromise to pay. We have t in greenbacks and blood. That is the way we are "revenging Sumter." A GttEAT Elevator.?A Southern genleman once, at one of the hotels in Indiana, jerceiving that the dining room servant, a legro, was bestowing his attention elsevbere, to his neglect, called up John, and icoosted him in this wise: "John, I have servants at home, and am vaitcd upon as a gentleman should be. I im neglected here, and am tired of it. " I jive you a fair notice that I shall inform lie proprietors of your conduct, unless you >ehave better." The consequence was, John became very ittentive during the few cRys the gentlenan remained. On going away, the genleman called John up, and presented him vith a dollar or two, which he thus acknowedged: "Thank'e massa. Southern gemmen alvays so?reprimand us if wo'don't tend em right, but de^ always gives us a dollar ir two 'fore dey leave. But dese Abolishim gemmen mighty hard to suit, an 'quire o much 'terition; and when dey leave, hake yer han, look up to dc sky, an say, God bless you, my unfortunate fren, an levate you in the scale of humanity,' or omethin like dat, but dey neber gives us a lollar to elevate us." Proclamation by the President. Whereas it is provided by an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to further provide for the public-defence," approved on the lGth day of April, 1862, and by another Act of Congress, approved on the 27th September, 1862, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide fnrthet for the public defence, approved 16tlf April, 1862,that the President be authorized to call out and place in the military service of the Confederate States, for three years, onless the war shall have been sooner ended, all white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, at the'time the call may be made, and who are not at sacb time, legally exempted from military service, or such part thereof as itr bis judgment :tnay be necessary to "the'public dofence. \ And whereas, in my jtfdgment, the necessities of the public defence require that every man capable of bearing arms, between the ages aforesaid, shonljl now be'called out to do bis duty in the defence of his country and in driving back the invaders now within the limits of the Confederacy. Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America, do, by virtue of the powers vested in me as aforesaid, ball oat and place in the military service of the Confederate States, all white men residents of the said < States, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, not legally exempted from military service", and I do hereby order and direct.that all persons subject to tbis nail . and not now in the military service, do, upon being enrolled, forthwith repair to the conscript camps established in the respective Sta tes of which they may be residents, under pain of being held and punished as "deserters in the event of their failure to obey this call, as provided in said laws. And I do further <order and direct, that the enroliing officers of the several States procoed at onoe to enroll alf peftsoos embraced within the terms' of tbis proclama tioo and not heretofore enrolled. And I do further order, that it shall be lawfal for an; person embraced within this oall to volunteer for sor^ioe before enrollment, and that persons so volunteering be allowed to select the arm of service and the company which they desire to join, provided such company be deficient to the full number of men allowed by law for its organization. Given under my band and the seal of the Confederate States of America, at the oity of Richmond, this fifteenth [fc. s.] day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and . sittX-tLree. . . . . (Signed,) JEFFERSON DA Vl? By the President: (Signed,) J, P. BENJAMIN, July 19 Secretary of State. Virginia Volunteer Navy Company. The required stpek for organization being subscribed, this Company holds an election for directors on Tuesday next, at 12 m., at the Virginia Life Iosuranoe Company. This is a cheering indication. It shows the estimate in which our leading capitalists hold the scheme in point of patriotism as well as profit; and as to the last there can be no question, for all captured goods can be brought in as easily as purchased goods siod there arc various other modes or disposing of them profitably This is so excellent a mode of carrying oo the War, that we hope to see every community throughout the country associating their capital for it. Killing his soldiers does not hurt the enemy. Ho rather rejoices at every fatal Confederate bullet, for it kills an Irishman, Dutchman, Catholic, Demowat, or other low and perhaps obnoxious person, (and more can be obtained to fight,) while he gets equivalent streams of blood, and hopes that all the lifetide of our nation will have oozed outbefore his strength is gone. Such is his avowed horrible wish and purpose. Meanwhile his cherished manufactures are flourishing through the demands of war, and the efforts of our blockade-runners, and his darling commerce is pouring its treasures into his coffers. By sending these ships sea, we wound him in his vitals, and that without losing our men. And though our great armies are disintegrated, and we be compelled to carrv*on guerrilla warfare, which we are determined on if the worst oome to the worst, so long as a spot can be-held for the Government to rest on, or even if it live as itinerant, the guerilla warfare of the ocean can be waged, and thus ensure our final triumph. Let all exert themselves, then, put ships to sea. Let the government redouble its efforts. The sea is our best element, because we have no commerce to be harmed. Every true heart has sworn enmity?like that of Hannibal?undying. It lives with life?ends with independence. With our prospect of years of war, we must put ships tn nnn tn llm nfmna^ nf nnr <iki!itir on.l -- ? ?I"? ? J1 while touching the raw aqd torturing tho enemy?they losing and we not?we can say, "Let the galled jade winoe; thy withi er8 are unwrung,"?Richmond Enquirer. A member of the 20th Mississippi Regiment, who was in Vicksburg at the time of its surrender, has informed the Brandon, Miss., Republican that the Yankees had undermined several "of our fortifications and blew them up, one of the explosions killing nearly every man belonging to three companies of the 3d Louisiana Regiment. He thinks our loss does not exceed 1,000 killed and wounded. When the Yankees entered Vicksburg they robbed tho scores and private houses of everything they contained. He says there was no ohnnce in the world for our army to cut its way out. All tho roads to the interior were very strongly guarded, and the timber felled across them for miles, and the river was literally covered with boats. ? 1 From the Confederate nnpust. THE SOLDIER's HOME. 'Frtr atvay in the sweet Smith land, my_ hoys In the South laud, bright and fair, My little cot by the mountain stands, And my heart is there, boys, there, For my sweet wife sits by the cottage lone With my babe upon her knee, And she weeps as she talks to the little one Of me, my boys, bt' me! ' When the battle banners fly, my boys, And the battle thunders roll, There's a vlslbn that fills mine eye, my boys, There's a fempesl that racks my soul? For I see the cot on the mountain side Where my darlings weep and wait? * And I strike the foe with a fiercer blow? And I burn with a deeper hate. Though the brazen trump of fame, my boys, May never sound and thrill With the lowly soldier's name, my boys* Vet O, 'tis glorious still, To strike to the heart of the vandal foe TIs glory enough for inc. ^ To strike fiir tny wife and little one That prattles on her knee. Jenkins' Hrioade, Petersburg, Va., July 1, 1863. A Scene at the Tuileries.?A correspondent of an English journal describes a scandalous scene whioh reoentlv occurred during a ball at the Tuileries. A young nobleman, the Emperor's leader of the cotillon, selected a young lady who had been the leading star of the ball 'to share with him the honors of his sovereignty, to'the great mortification and vexation of another i.j x _u_ i? . lauy pit'StiUL, VYUU IU UCl uuj uau ugcu a beauty, had led the cotillion, and been pro claimed the star of fashion. It so happened that the seat occupied by ?his woman was absolutely necessary for the figure about to be danced, and her successful rival requested permission to oocupy it. A curt refusal was the reply vouchsafed. "Then we must lessen the circle," replied Mademoiselle calmly, and her partner, procuring a chair, placed it directly before the female, who colored with rage and indignation, and the moment that Mademoiselle had seated herself began kicking her on tho shins and poshing the chair with her knees, and, although requested to desist, only repeated the offensiveitreatment with more energy. ' The insulted belle appealed to M'Jl Murnt, who volunteered to exchange places, and was proceeding to occupy* the obnoxious chair when it was kicked over the floor right into the middle of the cotillion! Of coarse the dance ceased at once, the Empress was j informed of the circumstances, the offenders ! husband was sent for, and the irritated exI beauty was escorted from the hall by her liege lord) bestowing as she went a most scornful glance upon her triumphant rival The. next day the offending lady received her,disinvitation for the Tuileries in doe form, and, as it ts the first ti&c such a. ceremony has been gone through, of course it has created po small sensation.... Jackson Abandoned. The telegraph has informed ns that Gen. Johnston has sacceeded in safely extricating his little army from the toils Grant, with his immense force, was throwing around him. The troops are safe and ready for other fields; to have remained on the nfllOP cido nf Ponrl Tfcicp.r. would, without doubt, Save resulted in their capture iu a very short time. Geo. Johnston has undoubtedly understood the precariousness of the position, and beea working accordingly, ever since he fell back. His. belligerent attitude during the few days he has been skirmishing with Grant, was assumed only to gain time to remove everything from the city, and this required time, as the means of crossing the Pearl at that point are exceedingly limited. All is safe,, and the occupation of the ravaged oity will but poorly compensate the enemy for the.punishments inflicted upon him before our troops fell back. Wo presume the Lincoln Government will at once establish a bogus State Government for Mississippi, as they have elsewhere done. It may be expected, and those who understand, the intensity of the hatred entertained for Mississippiaas' by the Abolitionists, cab only appreciate the severity of the rule that will be held over the State, so far as it can be enforced by hired bayonets. Abcnt all that is understood of .General Johnston's position is, that he is in position io the vicinity of Brandon. If true, we imagine his proposed stay there is only temporary?that his object is to give time for the removal of his stored. The country is not supplied with water fcr an army like his, and any position he might attempt to occupy could be flanked by Grant's forces without interruption. We are, therefore, prepared to hear of his having made a further retrograde movement at any moment. South Carolinian. Paroling Prisoners ?The enemy, on the 3d of July, when Gen. Lee was driving back their forces at Gettysburg, capturing thousaods and threatning their army with rout and annihilation, published a "War Gazette" denying the power of paroling prisoners on the battle field. This was done to embarrass Oreo. Lee witb bis capturers; it was to'encumbei his army with prisoners, necessitating large details to guard and convey them to Riohmond. Thus the enemy hoped to so encumber Lee as to prevent his advance. 4 . v Now, Vicksburg had no.telegrapbic communication with Washington, and on the next day Gen. Grant captured, according to' various aocounts, from 18,000 to 27,000 prisoners, and paroled them on the battle field, in direct violation of the terms of this "War Gazette." The enemy enforced this "War Gazette" by forcing into the ranks 4,500 prisoner# paroled by General Lee.? The captured garrison of Vicksburg, by the terms of the enemy's "War Gazette," should be immediately declared exchanged, and armed ahd plaoed as a reinforcement to Gen. Johnston.?Richmond JjJnquirer. Our First Friend.?It may not bo generally known that at least one government has recognized the Confederate States. In a recent letter of Mr. Benjamin, our Secretary of State, we perceive that Ernst Raven, Esq~, who was appointed Consul for the State of Texas, by his Highness, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotba, and who applied to this government for an exe-. quater, on 30th of July, 1861, had one issued to him on the 21st of August, 1661. TilO i*T08S. ' The Montgomery Advertiser says: The press is in no small degree respopsible for the delasioos which two common- ! ly prevail in the popular mind relative to ] the situation of affairs. Instead of being ~tbe outspoken,organs of truth, there seems to be a false pride, to be considered the exponents of governmental or army oonfidence, at the expense of independence. We have had a sad illustration of this sort of journalism during the late siege of Vicksburg, and now experience the mortification of defeat, after having been assured, day after day and week after week, that Ticksburg was safe and could hold out an indeffinite time. The remedy for all this lies in the stern maxim?let the truth be told though the heaven's "fall. In a popular Government like ours there- can be no more radical error than to keep the people in ignorance. Such a principle shakes the public faith, ! undermines' the whole structure, and, if persisted in, will finally destroy the Government. Confidence is a beautiful thing j when founded on a reasonable assurance of t safety, from known facts; but without this everything is uncertain and doubtful.? Therefore, the Government, press and peopie should be frank and candid with eaob other, so that knowing the common - dan- j ger, all unite heartily to avert it. Another Call. The President now calls for all men up to forty five. The Richmond Enquirer insists that two'classes of men, now out of . service, should be forthwith called into the . field. 1. All Jtbose who have famished substitutes for the war. Many of these are young and hearty men who have remained, at home, and sent broken-down old men to represent them in the ranks. In many oases the old men have been, discharged, b'y death or the doctor, after a. few toeelcs or month* service, and yef those who employed them, remain at home, and claim exemption for the War! The Enquirer very properly oonsiders this an evil which should bo promptly corrected, by the enrollment of these parties to serve, no longer vicariously, . but in their owa persons ! , 2. All foreigners resident in the Confederacy?the propriety of which action, it argues very ably and at considerable length. Among the several hundred "workmen at ;< the Charleston Arsenal who recently formthemselves into companies for the defence of the city, there were only some half dozen who refused to enroll, claiming foreign protection. These latter were immediately taken to Morris island and placed in the trenches! This looks like being'in earnest! The Pall ,of Vickaburg. Thia is the eleventh day since the fall of Vicksburg. We have waited with what patience we could for some reliable information of the cause of the surrender. Noth . ing of the sort has reached as. rAn opinion seems to prevail that there was great scaroity, if not aotnal starvation, in the garrison. There was no information before the public, either before or after the surrender, that warrants such a conclusion. Yankee letters from Grant's army stated only a few days before the capitulation that six hundred horses were driven out of the Confed- t erate lines. If this really occurred, it was the wilful waste of the means of subsistence. florse flesh is in parts.of Germany and Franco a regular article of diet, and is. no bad substitute for beef, especially such beef as onr brave soldiers are unfortunately most accustomed to. In other oities sieges have been maintained after every horse and mule had been eaten, and men have lived and fought and conquered on no better , food, than dogs, oats and rats. We Will not condemn General Pcmberton without a 1 knowledge of the faots, hot it is pretty evident that he is not a Palafox, and that Yicks burg is not to have the fame^b&ragossa. It is due to the garrison as it a to the country that the facts should be known. i Richmond Whig. Proclamation of the President. We publish in another colamn the proclamation of PreBidebt Davis, requiring ser- ; vice in the military of more of our citizens. The call which heretofore embraced citizens only np to the age of forty, is now extended to th9 age of forty-five. This is rendered necessary by the large additional force 5 whioh Lincoln is drafting for our subjuga.- 1 tiou. We must meet bim and his instrn- 1 meats with the whole strength of the Confederacy, and with the zeal and resolution ^ of freemen who are determined to remain 1 free or die, and resolved uever to bow the ' necklo a Yankee yoke above all others.? * It will bo seen that the nrivilege of volun | tearing io any compauy and in any arm of j the serVice, instead*of waiting upon the action of the conscript officers, is held oat to ( the citizens now called npon. This privi- i lege they will tloubtless be swift to avail themselves of, as there is soarcely a man , who has not some friend in the army by , whose side he woald prefer to.stand, rather j than be placed among strangers. The proo- j lamation of the President will find our peo- { pie in fine frame to receive it. Our ex- ^ Changes showlhat the most heroic spirit i i prevails in all quarters'. Everywhere the - ^ cry is heard, the country must be defended ? at every cost I .a Sugar.7?A Richmond dispatoh informs * us that this article went up fifty cents in c j the pounij on the news from Vicksburg.? | It cut the same caper in the Savannah mar- t I ? * J niA t tn Aikyia ?v> jt tel* I A. [ uuu wo uuuuv uuii iu uiuoi uat&owi) t says the Savannah Republican. There is not ono reason for it, ezoept that monop- t olists wish to grind the pnblio and are con- t tent with an; .shadow of a reason for doing f it. There is no sngar in Yicksbnrg which c we bad a prospect of getting before the fall c of the city, and none to come through there. j An old lady in Atlanta gave the 'blockade' ; as the canse of an advance in her ohesnats, ii and the sngar men have now about as good t reason for their oonrse. t a * XIIO XTCOiUOiAW O MHW Richmond, July 27.?A circular from Lient. Col. Jay, acting Chief of the Bureau of Consoription, gives the following information relative to the recent proclamation of the President, extending the conscription age: Substitution has ceased to be valid if the substitutes be less than forty five, or not otherwise exempt by lew. Membership, whether officer or private, of local organizations for borne defence or speoial service, Confers no elaim of exemption from Confederate service; neither does service in the militia, unless in case of officers ac- _ tnaliy in commission and dnly qualified.? Hereafter, any one fornishiog a substitute becomes liable in bis own person whenever tbo services of tbe substitute be loet to tbe Government from any cause other than casualties of- war. All applications for exemption must first be addressed to the local enrolling officers; if addressed to higher authority, it will be referred for local examination and report. A Narrow Escape.?Speaking of tbe impossibility of rendering aid to the garrison at Vioksburg, the Mobile Register says: It it had held ont only twenty-four hours longer Johnston's army wodld} without any doubt, have been cut to piece's. Frdm what bos sinoe been learned of Grant's position, if is now known that if Johnston's foree had been doubled-and trebled it could neverhave got 'through tbe works of Grants The country for miles was defended by felled timber?every gorge and ravine a fortified work, bristling with canneO) and converted into a slaughter pen.. We are , oredibly informed that it took some of onr paroled officers at Vicksburg fifteen honrs to ride fifteen miles through tbe felled timber and around the excavations and embankments made by the enemy. How long would it have taken an army to march through the same works defended by.a superior force ? We claim that we have been fortunate in saving the gallant little army of Johuston, as well as the Vicksburg garrisoh, from farther loss. ; Mean Peoplb.?A Yankee correspondent says "there are some of the most intensely mean persons in the neighborhood of Gettysburg that the world prodaces."? He oites the following instances : On Thursday, a bill of seventeen hundred .dollars was presented to General Howard for damages to the Cemetery during the fight. One man presented General Howard a bill for thirty-seven cents for four bricks knocked off the chimney of bis house by our artillery. Oar wearied, and in many instances, wounded soldiers, found pomps locked, so that they could not get water.? A hungry officer asked a woman for something to eat, and she first enquired^ how muoh he would pay. Another begged for a drink of milk, and* the female wished to " know if he had any change. These person# it Bhouid be remarked, were not poof, but among the most substantial citizens of the town and vicinity. % Retaliation and" the Bisok Flag. The news from Fortress Monroe, to the . effect thatthe enemy intend to morder two of our officers, id retaliatiotffor those Whom we have set aplrt as a retribution for the murder of two captives takeo in Kentucky, will impress the most giddy with the seriousness which affairs have assumed. President Davis has shown a forbearance which has caused many who were incapable of appreciating it?seeing that they keep themselves very carefully out of harm's way? to charge him with4 weakness. He.very properly used every means to ayert the bloody front which the war n now to wear. The fault is upon the enemv. Every drop of blood now to be shed on both sides is a crime of Linoolq. Of coarse, the intended sacrifice of our captive officers at Fortress Monroe will be sterol^ retaliated. That is fn now nrionnorc nn hnkh mi)a? ara timaa. "" _j). ^~ forth to be pat to deatb ! The blaok flag is up at last?Lincoln has raised it?let fiends rejoice!?South, Carolinian. Yankee Plunder.?There are now being grazed in the Valley of Virginia, says the Lynchburg Republican, nine thousand v bead of fine cattle, of every description, . taken from the Dutch farmers of Pennsylvania! In addition) for these oar army has with it beeves enough to last for two months, which they drive with them and slaughter as occasion requires These faots will give our readers some idea of the extent to which the Yankees suffered in the late invasion.? We have no means of ascertaining the number of horses and mules captured, but from the number'of cur disabled .animals eeni back and replaced by those captured, they sannot be less than 5,000 or (5,000. The Dutoh Yankees we opine begin to see that svar dose n t pay. A Bold Adventdee.?A corresponlent writes from Wilmington, N. C., to the Fayetteville Observer : The blockade running business has developed a new feature. A steamer has ar ived here which is reported to have sailed Tom New York and merely tonohed at Nassau on her way to Wilmington, with aa inbroken cargo of Yankee goods, supposed 0 be on joiot aceonnt of parties in New York and Wilmington. This is a bold adventure, bnt is not likely tobe a successful me, if the facts be susceptible of proof, for 1 military guard has been stationed on >oard to prevent the removal of vessel or argo. Bees in Peru A recent traveller sends he. following interesting, fact in natural, hisory,.from. Arequiperh, Peru: A few years ago, a Germgn got out a few lives of bees?an insect formerly unknown iere.. The first year, he obtained a plentiul supply of honey, but year by year it de- . ireased, until now, the insects will bardiy . ollect any. And why 1 Oar climate is o equable that flowers can be bad all the ear round, and the sagacious insects, havng discovered this fact, have evidently lost he instinct for hoarding hopey for a winter hat neve* comes.