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m . , ? ? ...... I . I . ? lewis m. gkist, J Proprietor. ?s |nitcp entreat jitmilj cfosfTiijitr i Jfar % Ijwmirtiim fff tjf* political, S?cial, |lgrit*[tural nub (nmitereial Interests of % j?ontjj. jw peb ybab, in advance. VOLUME 9 . YORKYlLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA," WEDNESDAY EVOT^ SEPTEMBER, 1863. . 3~.T~ . " NUMBER 35. ? I I SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST. DIVISION SO. I. I TO fill the requisition of the Com manding General, and ill pursuance of the orders of hi* Excellency Gov. Ronhnm, the Commissioner of Roads and the Town authorities of the incorporated towns and villages within the limits of the Judicial Districts of Pickens, Greenville, !?|iartanburg, Anderson, Union, York, Chester. Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry, are ltereby required forthwith to summon all person* in possession of slaves, lia hie to road duty, within the limits of tlnlir authority, to deliver one-fourth of their slaves liable to road duty, at the Railroad Depot* nearest the owners' residence, on MONDAY, the 17th day of September next, in time forthe down freight morning train, there to await transportation to Charleston, for thirty day's labor on the fortilTeatjpns. II. The Legislature, at its April session, exempted those who owned hut one ro.ukhand from liability- under this Act. Those who own two or three, or a fraction over a number di visible by one fourth, will scud forward oue hand for such fraction, or two owners having such frnctions, may unite and send one out of every four. ill. Overseers, at the rate of one to every hundred bands arc not only allowed, hut arc desired.. They arc selected by the owners and paid by the Confedcn?|c authorities, at the rate of rirty uoilars per montli. IV. Receipts will lie given at the depots tor the negroes, and they are assessed In Charleston betorc tliev are put to work. V. The Act requires tiie attendance of one of the Commissioners at each depot. lie will be met by an agent an-* thnrized to reecipt for the negroes. VI. Owners are requested i/> turntsn uieir jtegn*:$ ivhh . spruit or shovels anil three days rations. VII. Owners who lilre substitutes will furnish me with a cony of the receipt taken for such substitutes. VIII. his regarded by the roads to be put in use on this occasion as dangerous to run extra trains heavily laden with passengers. It is, therefore, ic-ressnry that those on the upper portions of the roads should he In attendance very early in the morning, in time for the regular freight train, or they might deliver tlie negroes tin- evening before to the agent, or to the Railroad Agent, who is authorized to receipt for tltetu. IX. Charleston, it U hoped and believed, will soon be impregnable. If so, the slave laltor of the State will have accomplished it. Labor is yet needed in large quantity to secure thi- position. The portion of the Suite now called on has pourlidotit richest treasures nf.noblc blood ou almost every field in 'his war. Will it hesitate now, when so much is to be accomplished at so little sacrifice? One earnest, combined effort mav put the State beyond danger. WM. M. SHANNON, Agent of'the State of S. C. * August 19 33 -It PROCLAMATION. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Charleston, August 8,18G3. TX^IIEREAS, by information reccivV ? * <! at litis Department, it appears tii.it in Charleston, on the '24th December Inst, n man hy the name of Saml. Collins tvns stabbed in lite breast by some person or persons up to this time unknown, and that the same Samuel Collins died Instantly i Now therefore, I, M. L. BONHAM, Governor and Coininander-iu chief in mid over the aforesaid Suite, do issue this my Proclamation, offering a reward of THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery of the real umrili'rt*rof tins said Hamusl Collliu into any <>r the jail* ofthls State; mid ifmoro than one, an additional reward of THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS fur each one who shall he proved t? he an accomplice. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at [l. s.] Charleston, tlih eighth day of August. A. If. one thousand eliht hundred aud sixty tiire . M. L. KOXHAM. Wm. K. Hint, Secretary of State. Aus l'3 "32 1m. mi'EOF siovrta tMiuTuliA. AfJl'TtNT AMI INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OiKtCE, Charleston, An."ft ! ). Ifc63; GEXER.il. ORDER SO. 3>. rPIIE following persons having receiv.I_ ed a majority of votes at au eleotiou held on the 31st ultimo, for Field Officers of the Wpsimcnts organized for "local defence aud special service in the State for the term of sj\ months," jn pursuance of General Orders No. 28, Issued from this Office, are hereby declared and announced duly elected to the offices as hereinafter stated, and will l?c obeyed and respected nernrdiuply, to wit: first regiment. THOMAS II. ROBERTS, Colonel. W. I.. HODGES. Lieutenant Colonel. \V. E. WEI.BORN, Major. SECOND UKUIMKNT. WII.LIAM FORT, Colonel, G. A. I.EWIE, Lieutenant Colonel. WALTER QUATTLEIiAUM, Major. rOPRTM REGIMENT. J. H. WITHERSPOON, Colonel. F. M. MELLETT, Lieutenant Coloucl. J. C. EVANS, Major. fifth regiment. j J. II. WILLIAMS, Colonel. JOHN A. BRADLEY. Lieutenant Colonel. L. 1'. SADDER, Major. II. In the Third Regiment there v.iwa failure to elect Field Officers. owing to the failure to- organize the coin|kV nies iti tliu ltlth Regiment, S. C. M., before tile day on ! which the dr.-noii was ord -r. J to be held. An election for Field Officers of said Regiment will lie ordered as soon as these companies Iiimv been organized. III. The Colonels will nominate persons for the Regimental StatT?one Adjutant one Quartermaster, one Surgeon, and one Assistant Surgeon?their appointment to In- subjeet to the approval of the President. Colonels will report their nominations to this office, and they will be forwarded for approval. IV. The Colonels commanding these Regiments will hold themselves In readiness to report, with their -respective commands, at the shortest notice, for duty on the coast. 11 v command: A. C. GARI.INGTON, Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C. August 19 .13 3t Commissioner's Sale. Ia Equity-York District. William P. Berry, ct at. 1 Hill Jot P,irtic*. > tlonund DirUion Su-.in Ann Berry and Thomas L. Berry,) of Lrnul. TX obedience to the Order of the Court L of Eiptity. mid- in the above case, at June Term, IHffil, I will expos.-to pnblie -ale at YORK C<ifKT MOUSE, on the FIRSV MONDAY in SEPTEMBER, next, the real estate n," WILLIAM BERRY, late of Yorlf District, deceased, as follows: One tract of land containing ISS 4(UES. Ivin? on the waters of Clark's Fork, and bounded by lauds of 1). T. livers. Theodore A. Moore and others. Also one other tract containing ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTYFIVE ACRES, and bounded by lauds of W. P. Berry. Jerc Moss, John lleinplull ami others. These lands arc in .o hlch siaie of cultivation, having everv necessary and n.o Iter fixture, und aru well worthy the attention ot' buyers'. I will sell nbove lands on a credit of one :tu4 two years, naynlde in two erjtinl annual instalments, wittt Interest from day of sale, except so much money as will pay the costs of these proceedings. which must be paid in on day of sale. Purchasers will he required to give Ixiod with Iwd good sureties to secure the purchase money. Possession of so miteli of said lands xs a?- now in cultivation not to be taken by purchasers until the first of November next. <.$13) WAI.TER B.. METTS. t . t:. v. n. August ."> ill ot Commissioner's Sale. Ia Equity?York District. John II. Adams, i Dill foe si:lc of e?? / J. A. McLean, Admr., ?v Arabella C'reps, ) House nail Lot. TX obetlloncc to the Order of the Court i of Equity, made in uhove cause ot June Term. 1H6.'I, 1 will expose to public sale at YORK COURT HOl'SE on the FIRST MONDAY in SEPTEMBER next, tin: HOUSE Si LOT described-in the pleadings in this ease, situate on the west end of Madison Street, adjoining lots of Jo--. A. McLean and Dr. Crnishaiv, containing a fraction over < >NK \URE. and form -rlv owned and occupied l.v WESLEY i Kill's. Said HOUSE AND LOY will be sold on a credit of twelve nnutiis, with in!--r> -t from day of sale, except so mticJi t'ASII as will pay the costs of these proceedings, which must be paid in on day of sale. Purehnser will lie rcip ?1 to give bond and two good sureties and a mortgage of the premises to secure the purchase monnv. ($11) WALTER B. METTS. r. t.v. d. ?i August o 3t ot Commissioner's Sale. Iii Equity?York District. J. J. Rnteli uml wife. ^ Petition fur svlv Xcwton A. Steele Jt will- Ac \V. If. Steele. S of Kczroe*. IN obedience to the Order of the Court of Eiptitv, in above petition, I will expose |o public sale at VliKK COl'RT 11?M'SK on tin- FIRST MONDAY in SEPTEMBER next. two vuuug asnl ijkklv \i:groks. KMII.V. almut 2T> years old, ami Iter child MACK, live or six years old. Tkrms ok S\li:.?Cash enough to pay the costs of these proceedings?tin- balance of the purchase money to he on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale? purchaser giving Uond ami two good sureties to seriire the purchase money?or he will have the option of paving the whole hid in CASH. WAI.TER It.MUTTS, c. n. v. n. July 8 _ (?18,L 27 <it I.\ THE COIKTOP Oltbi\AKV, york district. if. i,. MeVeel, Administrator of Margaret liov.dle, dceeased. rs. James I'laxieoand Wile, i f nl. WHEREAS G. L. McNEEta, AdT ? tulni-tmtor of M ARGARET DOW HI.K,deceased, hath filed a petition in my office.praying to lie permitted to make a limit settlement and distribution of said estate, ami whereas, if appears to my satisfaction, that two of said distributees, vi/.: Ail. n ihiwdle and James Plaxieo and Rebecca his Uile, reside beyond the limits of this State.? it is, therefore, ordered thai said J. Plaxteo and wife and Alien Dowdle, do appear at the Court of Ordinary to'be held at York Court House on Monday, the nth djy of September next, to shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer of said petition should not In granted. June H36d. (A-i*. 10) JOHN' A. IIROWV. O. Y. D. Juen 10 "fJI ;bn ' DRUGS. IfIEDI Ii\'CS.:&C. I HAVE just received a choice assortment <>f DRUGS and MEDICINES, wliicli I oiler for sale at the lowest CASH PRICES, viz: English Chloroform,^loes, Rhubarb, Engltsk. Calomel. Bine Mass, Sulphur, iMftetlda, Castor Oil, Penrl AaU, Valerian, Extract Logwood, Chalk, Oplum,BfankDrop, Epst^i Salts, 5lngitesla, Nitre, Camphor, Rotten Stone, Yellow Ochre, Spanish Whiting, and many other articles. I ant Manufacturinga splendid HI.AUK INK, SHOE I BLACK andSOAl'. Blacking BRUSH ESnt|d MATCHES for sale by A. CRAVEN. May 27 21 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIXA. YORK DISTRICT. In the Court of Ordinary. To Jama fitter*. Hcr.nj Filers, Sitmuel Filers, JoicvU FltcfyJDmtel Filers, John Francis i" xrifc, I.yd in. and Jack NsCfUwi 4: wife, Rebecca. Jlcirs-at-lnw of Phillip Ft. teroytaccvscd. Y'OU are' hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary, to be linblen at York Court Ilmiwe tVir Vnrk Ilistriet. on the second tint' of "November, I$S^ lo kIifw cmm1, if ogy you can. why tin' proceeds of the salt! of The real estate of Philip Etters, deceased, sold Cor partition and division, should not ho paid over to Andrew Etters and M. Ham bright, Administrators of the said Philip Eucss, HKbe applied hy them to the payment of the debts of thesaitf Philip Kttoys. Given under my hand and seal, this 281)1 dav of .lulv, I8C3. JOHN' A.' IMOVVN, ($98),. Ordinary for York District. July 99 30 x 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officii, . Charleston, August 22. 1863. GEXEBL2L ORDERS KO. 33. I THE Commanding Officers of the KCsrtmcnts lately organized for loaal defence and specialservice In the State, ar<; required to furnish Major C. I). Melton, Commandant Conscripts, South Carolina, with complete roils of the persons in their respective commands between the ages of forty and forty-live years, and the commanding officers of militia regiments, and other State organizations, will furnish Major Melton complete rolls of till persons in their commands between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. By Command: A. C. GARLINGTON, * Adjutant ant! Inspector-General of S. C. August 2T. 34 3t \OW IS THE TIME ! I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOE ALL CLASSES OF NEGROES. ' . J. PRIDE, Itock Hill. S. 0. _Anril 1 I3_ If OFFICE A. Q. 31., CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1SG2. MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed Ajont of this Department, for the purchase of I FODDER anil CORN furthe Districts of York and Chester. Il'lanters desirine to sell will communicate with hint, through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvllle, S. Carolina.? Particular attention joust he p^id to the PACKING. No WATER must lie used, as great loss to the Government was ! experienced last year, liy Fodder, beiuy improper!)*packed, i 1 all such will he reacted. ' MOTTE A. PRCNGLE, Capt. and A. O. M. I October 15 42 tf SPWfif,TlfG BOOKS. J TUST received, a lot of the | . t*iio3iE spi:llin(; hook OK MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." ! This work is published in Greenville, ?. C . and for sale at ! the ENQUIRER OFFICE. I Altfutt 12 - 3-3 ti? Q TEAM" MILLS F O R SALR? k_7 The undersigned offers thr sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MII.I.S in the Town | of Yorkvllle, S. C., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN ; RAIL ROAD. The Mills'consist of WHEAT and CORN Ull W ,.,..1 .. PlWItt 14AW ?t?. ivlii.li. itrlven lie :i I j mWLKlV'mui* ENClVK^f FonTY" IlV?aSF. ru\VKR. with WELLS mill PUMPS to supply with water, ;ui:l all necessary buildings. Tito IIOILEU and ENGINE, if desireUrwiU.hc soWalone. S. J. KUYIvENDAL. March 18 11 tf Transient Boarding, Tiie undersigned has i.orated himself a few doors North of STOVVE'S hotel, j anil is prepared to accommodate all that may favor him I with a call. Ills TABLE shall he fnrniehed with the snhI slantials of life, as well as PROVENDER ami Stalding lor horse. XV. P. Mc FAD DEN. j Yorkville, April 8,18C3. 14 f.m* j JUST RECEIVED, ~ ! Pure FRENCH BRANDY, Pl'UE MADEIRA WIVE, j Chlorate of Potash, and many other ; Goods. ALFRED CRAVEN. Vorkvllle, Ju'y 91, 1863. 98 tf hides and Leather. j . Jft.V 15Ui, 18T,a._ rFTE subscriber having leased liis TAN YARD to JA9.P0AG Sc D. MAY, for a term of !' THREE YEARS, would say to Ms old patrons to 'iritis in their hide? as'usual, assuring them that he i< well acquaint- ! cd with POAG St MAY, and that everything will he attended toproporly. aud justice done in till cases. JAS. ?J. UKNKf.l... Julv 22 99 ' 9t Cr. R. RATCHFORD, CAYS HE WANTS ALL PERk_y son* wli?? are indebted to the (irm of G. K. UATCIIKOUD &. Co., by open A< TO I 'NT, to come forward "INMKdutki.v ou soonki:."' mini close ?lii- saiik' liy CASH or NOTE, iuimnu ri.il which. The business of ill*: linn requires that it must be settled ut>. July 29,1S6H. 29 tf FAIlt NOTICE. j A LL persons indebted to the subscvi- i I xA. hers by NOTE or ACt'tJI N'T lire hereby notified j that the same have been left In the hands of .Sir. G. U. j j ItATCIIFOKD, for settlement. I'ersons huoivlny them- | i selves In anv wav indebted, will please eall on him iinine- ; ! dintelv. " ' I.. ltLlKjMUKUG & II110. , July 22 29 tf j FOR SUE. i JQQ lbs COPPERAS. I 100 lbs BLUE STONE, i ".00 BUNCHES YARN. ! Call soon at VV. I). & J. C. MILLER'S. i O-iober 29 *1 tf | f'tlt RlTcK SHJII* THE Subscriber still continues the SSSyPjSE. CAKCIACK and It I OG V Bl'SlNISSS j I 'Qy at the.old STAND. All kinds ofenuu i try produce taken In exchange for work. ' ALSO, HOUSE SHOEFXO and general country VVi ?I!K ! i done l.y W. I?. MeEADDEV: j I January 0.') -1 if DR. ALFRED CRAVEN I JResitat sJurgfim *Bcntist, I i YORKVILJLE, S. G. j (!(* On the East side of Main trect. South of the "Pal j motto I January fi I if IVfcKENZIE'S MlLL^THB UN1 -i'.J. DEUSiGNEli informs hie customer* and the |itili- ; ; lie ar.n a ally, that Ins MIl.l.S arc now In complete lil'l'Alll, i and hnvltii! reeently added a NEW SMUTTKll, is pr? pa' red t'> GU1XH GKAIY ooual to die hest. A. A. MeKF.X'ZIK, I /onn, York, S. ! I August o :.l tin | j lyOTICE-TIIESUBSCKIBEli IS! 1 1 * dailv ex pec ting a fresh supply of DKI.'GS and .MKD: ll'lNES, .MORl'HINK, QUININE, and all ti.e leading arj tides on hand. ALFRED I'llAVEX. N. It.?I expect to continue the supply of all medicine*. ) needed. A. C. , 1 June 21 2.? II" \v a a' t e d !?10,000 b ushels j TT of WHEAT, nml .'..OOU BUSHELS uf CORN. Inr ! which the MARKET PIUCK will l'i; tin id. Bugs furnhlij cil. T. >1. DOlFsON, Cluster, S. C. I i August Ill If j j mELOPEg ! K.VVELOr'ES!! i i IfiOilO self-sealing en-! ' 1. ^-'5 ^ ELOPE.*?, uiaili of tin' bust quality of 1 I iiajHT, received anil for SALE?Wholesale or Retail?at Hit F.XUCIKER OFFICE. [ May 27 21 tf F~or~tax c"o'llectoli?we art authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS :ii a Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of Voile District, at the ensuing election. November 19. 1862 '17 1>* j jacob's cordial.?a sure ! tf R'ineiiy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and FLUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. 1 Jttlv 11 *>s if I General Gillmore's Demand for tin Evacuation of Morris' Island anc Fort Sumter?General Beauregard'! Eeply, Etc. We lay before our readers the demand o General yaincy A. Gillmore for the evacu ation of Fort Sumter and our Morris' Is land batteries, with the reply of Gen. Beam regard : IIeadq'rs. Depar't. of the Soutii. Morris' Island, S. C. Aug. 21, 1SG3. General: I have the honor to demanc of you the immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumter, by the Confeder ate forces. The present condition of For Sumter, and the rupid and progressive de struction which it is undergoing from m; batteries, seem to render its complete demol TuifKiJn n fova hnnra n mnt.tpr nf nar tainty. All my heaviest guns. have not ye opened. j. Should you refuse compliance with thii demand, or should I receive no reply there to, within four hours after it is delivcrec into the hands of your subordinate at For Wagner, for transmission, I shall open fir* on the city of Charleston from batteries al ready established, within easy and eflfectivi [raDge] of the hesyt of the city. I am General, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [Q A. GILLMORE,] Brig. Gen. Commanding." To Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Command ing Confederate Forces, Charleston, S. C The above communication was received without signature, at quarter before elevei o'clock, on Friday night. It was returnee with the following endorsement: Headquarters Department S. C.. Ga , ANb Fla., Charleston, August 21, 1863. This paper is returned for the signatun of the writer. (Signed; Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff. On Saturday morning the comrnunied tiou was sent back to our lines, this tim< 'signed by Q. A. Gillmore. We give belov the reply of General Beauregard : headquarters Department of S. C., Ga. and Fla . Charleston, S. C., August 22, 1863. Stii: Last night, at 15 minutes be fore 11 o'clock, during my absence on r Teconnoisance of my fortifications, a commu mention was received at these Headquarters dated Headquarters Department of tb< South, Morris' Island, S. C.,. August 21 1803, demanding ihe ''immediate cvacua lion of Morris' Island and Fort Sumter hj the Confederate' forces," on the allcgeii grounds that the present condition of Fori Sumtor, aud the rapid aud progressive de struction it is undergoing from my fyoor] batteries, seem to render its complete demoli tion within a few hours a matter of certain ty;" and that if this demand "was not com plied with, or no reply thereto was receivec within four hours after it is delivered into the Lands of your [my] subordinate command cr at Fort Wagner for transmission, "a fire would be opened on the city of Chatlestor from batteries already established within easy and effective [range], of the heart ol the city." This communication, to my ad dress, was without signature, and was ol course returned. About half past 1 this morning one ol your batteries, did actually open fire, and threw a number of heavy rifle shells intc the city, the inhabitants of which, of course were asleep apd unwarned. About 9-thii morning the communication alluded to above wa3 returned to these Headquarters, bearing your recognized official signature and it can now be noticed as your deliber ate official act. A : i ! V iU ? ilUJUU^ UilliUUS UUii UttlUUIUUS UIC UOU^CI of war prescribe that, wheu a city is aboui to be attacked, timely notice shall be giver by the attacking commander, in order thpi uou combatants may have an opportunity for withdrawing beyond its limits. Gener ally the time allowed is from one to three days?that is, time for the wkbdiawal, ir .good faith, of at least the women and ohil drcn. You, sir, give only four tyours, know inij that your notice, under existing circuui stances, could not reach mc in less that two -hours, and that r ot less than the same ULt.u nuutu uu ilv^uiiuu iui uu ausnci iu ui conveyed from this city to Battery Wagner With this knowledge, you threaten to oper tire on the city, not to oblige its surrender but to force m<? to evacuate these works which you, assisted by a great naval force have bceu attacking in vain for more thar forty days. Batteries Wagner and tlregg and Fori Sumter are nearly due north from your bat tcries on Morris Island, and in dibtauct thercfroui varying from half mile to twe and a (juartcr miles; this city, on the otliei hand, is to the northwest, and quite five miles distant from the battery opened a gainst it this morning. It- would appear, sir, that, despairing o reducing these works, you now resort to th< novel measure of turning your guus againsi the old men, the women and children, anc the hospitals of a sleeping city; an act ol inexcusable barbarity from your own con/ess al point of sight, inasmuch as you allege that the "complete demolition of Ft. Sum ter" within a few hours by your guus seems to you "a mallei' of certainty." Your omission to attach 3our signature to such a grave paper, must show the reel: lessncss of the course upon which you have adventured. While the facts that you knowingly fixed a limit for receiving ac answer to your demand, which made it almost bcyoud the possibility of receiving any repiy within that time, and that you actually did open fire and throw a number of the most destructive missiles ever used in war, iuto the midst of a city taken unawares, and filled with sleeping women and children, will give you a bad eminence in history? even in the history of this war. I am enly surprised, sir, at the limits you have Set to your demand. If, in order to attain the abandonment of Morris' Isl 31 and Fort Sumter, you feel authorised to i 1 fire on this city, why did you not also in3 ! elude the works on Sullivan's *nd James' Islaials?nay, even the city of Charleston f ?in the same demand? Siuce y&u have felt warranted in inaugurating this method of reduoing batteries in your immediate front, which were found otherwise impregnable, and $ mode of warfare which I confidently deolare.to be atrocious and unworthy of any soldier, I now solemnly, warn you, that if you fire again ) on this city from your Morris Island bat? teries, without granting a somewhat more . | reasonable time to remove non combatants, 111 shall feel impelled to employ such strin. | gent means of retaliation as may be avail able during the coatiDuaoce ot this attacK. Finally, I reply, that neither the^works . on Morris Island or Fort Somter will be et, vacuated on the (femstid you 'have been pleased to make. Already, however, I am 3 taking* measures to remove, with the ut. most possible celerity, all non-combatants? j who are now fully aware of, and alive to, t what they may expect at yon bands, j Respectfully, sir, Your obedient servant, , [signed] *G. T. BEAUREGARD. General Commanding. To Brig. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, commanding U. S. Forces, Morris Island. To this a rejoinder was received yesterday afternoon, in which Gen. Gillmore ex. tends a notification that he would suspend his fire "until 11 p. m. to morrow" [Sun' day], in order to give time for the removal ! of non-combatants. As this communication l was not delivered at Batterv Warner until | dood on Sunday, it was not noticed that the j date waa 9 p. tn. Saturday^and hence "to morrow" was erroneously supposed to refer j to this [Monday] night. This impression >! was very general in oar community last | evening. But at a few minutes before 12 j o'clock last night the whiz of the Grst shell | warned as that the ball bad opened. Charleston Mercury, 2ith. M?l? ? From Virginia. r Richmond. Aug. 26 ?Fifty-four prisoners oaptnred on the Yankee gunboats Satellite and Reliance arrived here to-day.? The guard that accompauincd them, and the steamer C'arritucle, laden with supplies for the Yankee gunboats, was also captured 1 by Lieut. Wood. Ten deserters from the Army of Northern ' Virginia, captured oo Monday night last in ' FluvaoDa county, were brought to the city ' this morning. They will be properly dealt with, according to military law. i Judge Ould, Commissioner of Exchange, i has returned from City Point. He submit^ ted a proposition to the Yankee Commis' siouer relative to the.exchange of prisoners, ' which the Commissioner declined to accede to until he had consulted with the authorities at Washington, i Northern dates to the 25th instant, have | been received. A telegram from Leitvenswortb, Kansas, dated August 22d, gives on account of the destruction of LeaveDsworth, Kansas, by QuantrcU's guerrillas. It says about one hundred aud eighty citizeos were killed and wounded. The majority of them were killed in their own houses. Others were shot down as they ran through the streets P in their night olothes. Among the promiI nent citizens killed were General Oulners, Mayor of the city, Doctor Griswold, Judge ) Carpenter and the Dev. Win. Tugcr. Gen. ' Jim Lane escaped. Twobanks were robbed ' of every dollar. The loss at Lawrepce is estimated at two millions. Quantroll is uow ' retreating towards Missouri, burning and 1 t lAtilnM innntA nriarnlKirifli in Kid TOO TT iUJ 1 UD c v J fc,,4U? 4 ??uj. The Baltimore American'* summary of its correspondence from Charleston, August ' 18th, gives the Yankee version of the bom^ bardmeut of Fort Sumter to that date ? 1 Capt. Rogers and Paymaster Woodbury, of [ the Monitor Caltkitt'were killed instantly ' by a ball from Battery Wagner, which drove j in a piece interlining the Monitor. 1 . A telegram from Memphis announces 1 j that the foroes sent to Grenada destroyed " j fifty-seven engines and ftrnr hundred cars. ' i Gen. Boyle has issued an order for the " j impressment of six thousand negro laborers 1 , from the frontier Counties of Kentucky, for 5 i the purpose of building a military road J ! through tho State to East Tennessee. The draft proceeds in New York without 1 I disorder. The city is filled with trdops. i , 'Gold has declined to 123}. > Richmond, August 27.?The stock of > ammunition iu the Confederate States is 1 represented to be abundant, and iu any con ; tingency now deemed possible, the supplies , will be ample. . A more cheerful view of " : the situation of affairs is taken by persons J here, who know the conditiou of affairs, * i pnnhlinr* thorn tn form correct nninirms ?. r ; The efforts of the Yankees to increase their ; ' armies and extend their occupation of the ! ' , Confederate States, we regard as evidences i j of desperation, foreshadowing the eventual f; abaudonmeut of the attempt to subjugate ' ; the South if the people of the Confederate : t States stand firm and meet the aggressions 1 | of the enemy with the spirit of resistance j f i heretofore exhibited. I The premium on gold is lower, and the ' : | various articles of subsistence have recently \ fallen. In consequence of the increase of j ? receipts, millere refuse to pay more than | ' the Government price for wheat, which is j i | five dollars per bushel. | Richmond, August 28.?Information j s j was received at Gen. Elzey's headquarters j t 'last night, of an advance of Yankees up the ; i : Peninsula. Citizens and scouts give con Aiding reports of the force of the enemy, j . ! i...i .i _j, ' !- UUt IUU Luuab icnauic owivuicuw luuiuaic ' that there are eight regiments of infantry 11 and two of cavalry, with artillery Our j pickets at Bottom's bridge, over the Chick- j , ahominy, were driven in at about dusk by : the Yankee skirmishers, but the further ad vauce of the enemy was prevented by the J rowoval of the flooring of the bridge. It is j reported that a sharp fight took place at the i 1 bridge between the guard, one hundred strong, and the Yankees, but no official in | formation has been received coniii'ming the j report. It is also reported that General Elzey received a dispatch, stating that the Yankees had fallen back to the cross roads, five miles below Bottom's bridge. No excitement is manifested here. The citizen soldfiery have responded promptly to all summons to meet at their respective rendezvous. Apart, from military movements there is nothing to indicate the proximity of the enemy. An Impressive Scene. One of the most impressive scenes we have ever witnessed, occurred in the Presbyterian Church yesterday. The services were being held by the Rev. Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, and the pews and aisles were crowded with officers and soldiers, private citizens, ladies and children. A prayer had been said and oire-of the hymns sung. The organist was absent, "and I will be thankful," continued the minister, "if some one in the congregation will raise the tune." The tune was raised; the whole congregation joined in singing as ig days gone by; the sacred notes rose in humble melody from the house of God, swelling their holy tribute to Ilis glory and dying away at last like echoes of departed days : the second, or what -is known as the long prayer, was begun, when out upon the calm still air there came an alien sound?the sullen voice of an hostile gun?ringing from the north bank of the river, and echoing back and back among the far off glens of Lookout peak. It was sudden ; it took every one by surprise; for few if any expected the approach of au enemy. The day was one of fasting and prayer; the public mind was upon its worship. Its serenity had not been crossed by a shadow. And it was not until another and' another"of these unchristian accents trembled in the air, and hied away to the hills, that it was generally i realized that the enemy were shelling the town. Without a word of .warning, in the midst of church services, whilst many thousands of men and women thronged the several places of public worship, the basest of human foemcn had begun an attack upon a city crowded with hospitals and refugees from the bloody pathway of- their march, and in no wise essential to a direct assault. There was a. little disturbance in the gal-' Icries; the noise in tho streets grew louder; near the doors several persons, who had ! other duties, military or domestic, to look to, hastily withdrew; tho mass of the congregation, however, remained iu their places, and the man of God continued his prayer. It was impressive in the extreme. There he stood, thjs exile-preacher from the far South, with eyes and hands raised-to heaven, not a muscle or expression changed, not a note.altered, not a sign of confusion, excitement, or alarrfc, naught but a calm, christian face urlifted and full of unconsciousness to all save its devotions, which beams from the soul of true piety. Not only the occasion, bat the prayer was solemnly, eloquently impressive. The reverend doctor prayed, and his heart was in bis prayer; it was the long prayer and he did not shorten it; he prayed it to the eud, and the cannon did not drown it from those who listened, as they could not drown it from the ear of God. lie closed, and then, without panic or consternation, although excited and confused, the dense crowd separated whilst shells were falling on the right and left. All honor to this noble preacher, and to those brave women and childreu. Chattanooga Rthul, 22d. ? <f? t Beport of Special Committe No. 2. We publish by speoial request that portion of the report of Special Committee No | 2. which refers to the defence of Charles-1 ton in case- the city should be pronounced j | untenable by the military authorities, i The Committee was cotnDosed as follows:! ' Messrs. I. \V. Huyne, J. N. Wbitncr, J. P. Carroll, Win. F. DeSnussure, It. N. (rour(Ud. XIIK REl'OKT. * * * Sis * * la regard to the City of Charleston, your i ; Committee cannot believe that it will ever be pronounced untenable by the military I authorities until the trial of strength and ondurance has been tested to the uttermost. \ i They recommend tbcb it should be expressed, as the sense of the People of South ' Carolina assembled in Convention, that Charleston shonld be defended at any cost 1 of life or property; and that, in tbeir deliberate judgment, they would prefer a repulse i : of the enemy, with the entire city in ruins, j to an evacuation or surrender, on any terms 1 whatever. The Committee oppose altogether tho idea of abandonment irntil both the defending army and tbo city are so des-! troyed that no provision need be made for1 farther actiou. If, however, the city should 1 bo abandoned to tho enemy, contrary to the ; expressed wish of the people of the State, your Committee cannot briog themselves to reoommend, as has been suggested by some, that the city should be destroyed by the hands of hor own citizens, irrespective of the command ot trie military autnoruics. j The Committee have deliberated with painful anxiety upon this matter, but while they highly approve a defence like that of Zaragossa, they cannot perceivo, in tho circnmstances of Charleston, enough to commend to her citizens the example of Moscow. The ! Committee think the injury which might: be inflicted iu thi3 way oa the eneuiy, quite I too inconsiderable to warrant a proceeding ! so very much more disastrous to ourselves.1 Iudced, the Committee a*e inclined to be-; lievc that the destruction of tho city is pre-! cisely that which the eneuiy desire and do-, sigu. The" Committee believe that an in- j discriminate burning of the city could not1 be effected without destroying the lives of a ! very large portion of the nun combatant inhabitants, whose removal could'not be accomplished. Let the responsibility of so terrible a calamity rest upon tho enemy.? The Committee accordingly recommend that the Convention should express its dis approval of the suggestion of a voluntary I burning of the city by the citizens. To the military authorities tbey have nothing to suggest on this point. Granting Furloughs. The subjoined general order, which we find in the Richmond Enquirer, will be received with much satisfaction not only by the men in the field, but by the homo folks. Let us hope that this privilege will be properly appreciated, and not abased : Head'rs Army of Northern Va., August 1C, 1863. General Orders, No. 81. Id order to allow aa many of oar brave soldiers to visit their families and friends as can be done consistently with the good of tho service, and at the same time give some reward for meritorious conduct, a system of furloughs is hereby instituted in this army. These furloughs will be granted iD the first instance, at the rate of two for every one hundred men nresent for dutv: subse quently, at the rate of one for evezy one hundred ineu present for doty. This system will be continued as long ns the exigencies of the service will permit.? Should the effect not be*found prejudicial, commanders of regimeuts and battalions will forward on each occasion, the most urgent and meritorious cases from those recommended by the company officers, for the approval of their superior commander. The time will be regulated uocordiog to ,ihe following table : Virginia 15 days; North Carolina, 18 days; South Carolina, 20 days; Georgia and Tennpssee, 24 days; Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, 30 days. Furloughs will bo granted equally to soldiers from States and Districts with which communication is cutoff, but in no case will these furloughs carry permission to go within the enemy's lines, or pass through them. The time for sqch cases will be regulated by the number of days allowed for the State in the above list which they in tend to visit. The men furloughed will be authorized ra oriDg uacK. acraggiers sou it'uiuiw ?uu may come in their way. By command of Gen. R. E.'Lee. W. H. TAYLOfc, A. A. G. : From Northern Virginia?Outrages on , Females. With the army of Gen. Lee everything is reported quiet, not even a skirmish oc earring to interrupt the rest of our soldiers. From Staunton the report is renewed that the enemy are again threatening that point. About 800 of their cavalry have appeafed at McDowell, some twenty miles West of Staunton, and it is believed that their object is to make a rnitf upon the town. A gentleman who left Winchester on. Thursday iast says that a Yankee cavalry force numbering about 150, visited the town on Monday morning last, and remained there several hours. Their forge in.the Valley below Winchester is not large. At Martinsburg they are reported to have from 1,500 to 2,000, and at Cbarlestown a small cavalry force and two rcgimect3 of infantry. T^~T n artn*t?a 1>joa ? ronorf X'luui uuuuuuu \jvuuijr "y u??? * that the Yankees are behaving with greater fiendishness than has heretofore characterized their cooduct elsewhere, and that they have iu several instances violated the persons of some of the mo3t respectable ladies in the county. Three sisters, young, iutel ligent and of excellent social position, have been made-the victims of their lust, because a brother of theirs was a Captain in the Confederate service. A short lime since they attempted to outrage the person of the wife of a clergyman, who is also in ourserj vice. She was stopping with a friend near Leesburg, where her room was entered by a Federal officer, who locked the door behind him. Her struggles and screams attracted the attention of a oegro man on the ! premises, who rau to the window of the room which caused the wretch to desist for an instant in tLe prosecution of bis infernal desigu.s. In this interval the lad; jerked his pistol frouf his side and fired at him, but unfortunately missed Iter aim, when he ran ' off, and with an associate mounted his horse j and left, leaving his pistol behind hiui. Richmond Dispatch, 24/7/. ?il> Our "Finances. The real danger of the country is in the state of its finances. The people have become so distrustful of Mr. Memroinger's ingenious schemes, that some refuse to take j Confederate notes. Already, a system of; barter has superceded the ordinary exeban- j ges of trade, and the currency of the gov- j eminent is ignored as a safe and certaiu me- j dium. Confederate notes arc, really, as good as anycthers; but the people cannot be made to see it. The scheme of the Treasury for the fundiog of them in bonds, j declares that what once brought 8 percent, j can now, briDg only 4, and, therefore, is wortli only hs\If as much. Any man of' common Bense might have foreseen this result; but great financiers cannot be expect- ; ed to stoop to such small matters, and the consequence is that the coufidence of the people in the wisdom or integrity, or both, of the Confederate treasury is rapidly dc-, sending to zero. What the crisis most de-1 mands is this evil, and it would be well for our President to bring his honest and prac- j tical mind to bear upon it. His recent re- i forms and displacements in some of the departments of government have greatly encouraged the people, and their earnest desire is that he shall make thorough work of it. Let hiui look, also, into his bureaus, all over the country, and purge them of all who .are able to fight for o'ur independence, j whether they are engaged in purchasing supplies, or cutting Confederate notes, or whatever cl.se may be their pretext for remaining at home. Extravagance.?The annexed pithy remarks which are seasonable we copy from the Richmond Sentinel: ./ "Purchasers arc wholly .to blame for the prices demanded for some articles. VYbat right has a man to complain of forty dollars for a barrel of floor, and fill the air with hi? denunciations of those who take advantage of his neoessities, if he is fotind paying two, or three, or four dollars for a watermelon ? Nobody makes him do that. The melon is not a necessity. It, in fact, counts him nothing; for, after eating it, he wants,his dinner all the same. Why not* let'the thing alone, sooner than pay Such prices? If we acknowledge snoh a Rtan-' dard of prises, where we are under no necessity to do so, we stop oar moufbs'Vhen the speculators have us in their power. "Many a man is throwing away money now which ho will sadly want hereafter.? It is a great mistake to indulge in expensive habits, just because it may be the present fashion. Lincoln and His Generals ?The St. Louis Republican, a late Dumber of whioh we have before us, likens the Yankee President and his Cabinet to the ardent bat ig- ' norant Doctor Sangrado, mentioned in an admirable work of fiction, who was so addicted to the practice of bleeding that be got to regard it as a cure for all the ailments and accidents that could befall a patient. Ooe day an unfortunate man fell under bis hands, and the sanguinary Medicus, truo to his theory and practice, opened a vein in one of bis arms. The ruby stream flowed until the limb ran dry. The other arm was tapped and drained to its last drop, by which time the patient was stone dead.? "Ob," exclaimed Sangrado, "if I could only have bled him once more, I would have saved him." The.Republican says the patient that is suffering under the bands of Lincoln and those who assist him in mismanaging the war, is the country?a strong vigorous fellow enougb, though severely stunned by - ? l!- J 1 4l 1- -II' -- DI0W3 srrucK on bib neaa ay loo reuoiuuu. The Doctors do not regard bis wants and appetites, his peculiarities of temperament and constitution, and will not prescribe such physic us he tells them will revive and restore him. For al! changes and. phases of bis iiloess, they administer the same nauseous dose, regardless of his wry faces, his retchiDg6 and vomitings and its debilitating effects upon the system. In short, the country ha9 been overdosed with Generals. First aod last, about five hundred have been appointed. In session of Congress, and before aud after session, in the midst of victories or defeats, it has been tbe same thing ?one_continaed round General making; and if tbe country die of this sjirfeiting and _dosiog, the rulers may say with Sangrado ! 9 "Lord, if we bad made only a few more Generals, we would have saved it-"?Mia auaippiou. A Word to Faint Hearts. The Mobile Register, of a lqfte date truthfully says : "Jast so sure as God is just, and a man loves liberty better than subju gation, just so sure is this straggle to bo , crowned with National Independence.? There are not fools and cowards enough who dream of peace from submission, born under ibis Southern san to prevent it ? These men may disgrace and damn them- . selves to eternal infamy, as craveos, dunghills, slaves if they will, but they cannot drag down to the same pit of degradation the frccborn men end master race of this Southern land. The blood of the. martyred brave which Las watered the soil of exery Confederate State cries shauie on those who talk or think of yielding?who dream of peace except upon the terms of perfect and glorious independence for which we havo drawn the sword. It is time for the true men of the land to speak out and frown down the cowards who think of betraying the country to the infamy and ruin of Yankee domination. We cull upou the press aud men of nerve and influence everywhere to tako'their stand to rekindle the fires of patriotism, to encourage or silence the weak hearted and the croakers, to make new vows of devotion to the cause, and to drive every skulker from the army to his duty to bis comrades aod his country. Up with the Southern banner, the cross aod tht battle flag, and go forth the cry? "Lay on, Macduff, And dninncd be be who first cries hold, enough, ? ???! A Majority on the Wrong Side ? Several years ago, a celebrated Methodist minister and revivalist, well known for his eloquence and zeal in converting souls, was preaching in Louisville. The feeling bad got pretty well up, anft one night, after a "very powerful" sermoD, ho came down from the pulpit for the purpose of receiviug ? the mourners, while the good old hymn of "Caiman, oil Canaan, I'm bouud for the land of Canaan," was struck up aud chimed in by hundreds of vo ces. The hymn was concluded, buc there were no penitents at the altar. In vain he exhorted?his words and appeals fell upon the cars uf his congregation without excitiug an emotion. At length he concluded to make a bold strike aod follow it up with a test and resuming the pulpit, after a few words of exhortation, be solemnly announced that he would put a question upon which he expected all to vote iu view r .v . - .1?. . At 1 t .t tit tnc estimation iney piacea upon tneir souls. With finger raised most significantly and in a roost solemn manner, he announced : all those in fuvor of Christ will please rise to (heir feet. Only some eight or ten responded to the announcement; and white the minister was watching intensely for others to signify their position by "rising/' a worthy member who was on his feet, interfered and suggests that "the reason might be that tbo true disciples-^rere too modest to vote. At this juncture, a loud voice was heard in the gallery, "I say; brother , its no atWfl^fiRtiog or trying to force this vote ?this congregation is for the devil by at least twenty five, hundred majority !" General Wild and his negro brigade from North Carolina haife been sent to reinforce General Gillmore on Morris' Island. ^ |