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VOLUME 9. 7 "" YORKTILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1863. NUMBER
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston, August 25,1863.
TTTTIIEREAS the present condition
T T of the country requires the organization of. an active
and efficient body of troops, who may take the field
upon a moment's notice, to meet with promptness any sud
den Incursion which may be made by the enemy into our
? State; and whereas, for the purpose of defending our homes
and firesides, it is deemed advisable that the entire armshearing
population over 16 years of age, not in or liable to
Confederate service, or exempted therefrom for public pur.
poses, should be organized into companies:
Now, therefore, I, UILLEDCE L. 1IONIIAM, Governor
and Commander-fti-Chicf in and over the State of South
Carolina, call upon the people of the State to at once ore
ganizc themselves hi accordance with the orders hereunto
annexed from the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General,
so as to afford our own and the women and Children
t\C nnv hmthron In firms, thp mnst nmti'Ptinn nml
security. The second organization called for is in accordance
with the recommendation of the President to the
Governor, and is approved as the best organization for all
who may not be Included in the organization of "Volunteer
State Troops." ' M. L.- BONIIAM.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROL ISA.
A dj it ant and Inspector-General's Office,
Charleston, August 24, ISG3.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 36.
I TO carry into effect the foregoing
proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, it is J
ordered that the following Volunteer State Troops be nc;epted
into service, viz: One Ilegiment of Mounted Infantry,
to consist of ten companies, two com|>anies of cav
airy, and one company of Flying Artillery. The companies
of 'Mounted Infantry to consist of not less tltnn seventyeight
and not more than one hundred men. exclusive of
commissioned officers; of cavalry, to consist of not less
than sixty and not more than eighty men, exclusive of commissioned
officers; and the company of Artillery, of not
0 less than eighty and not more than one hundred men, exclusive
of commissioned officers. When the companies of
Mounted Infantry and Cavalry hard been organized and
aecepted, Field Officers will be elected under orders from
this office.
II. The companies authorized to be raised under the preceding
paragraph of this order, will be composed of effecti**"
mnn who are nvpp ,ln> no,' nf sixteen rears, who are not
subject to, or who nrc exempt from, Confederate conscrip
tion, and who do not belong to the organization lately ordered
of troops for local defence and six months' special service.
These troops will be aruied by the State?the Artillery'
to have a battery of four pieces?but they will provide
themselves with liorscs. Their pay (to begin when they
are ordered Into actual service) will be the saute as that
allowed in the Confederate service, including tony cents
per day for each horse. They wllMiohl themselves in readiness
ror the field at a moment's notice, and to do service in
any part of the Stnte, under the orders of the Governor.?
Tln^companies will be accepted in the order iu which their
rolls nnd lists of officers arc presented at tills office, and
they will be attached t?? the Militia Regiments in which
they are raised, until ordered into actual service.
III. In addition to thenbove organization, companies organized
in accordance with the Act of Congress of the 13th
October, 18f>3, (herewith published,) will he accepted on
furnishing their rolls as required by said Act. And one of
, said companies in each Judieinl' District, consisting of not
less than eighty men, exclusive of officers, and having its
rendezvous at the Court House of the District, will be armed
hythe State. Ttie remainder of the companies will provide"
themselves with arms. Ammunition, as far as the
menus of the State will permit, will be furnished to all the
companies. Dy command:
A. C. GARLINGTOV,
Adjutant and Inspcctor-Gcncra! of S. C.
r No. 28.?An Act to Authorize the Formation of Volunteer
Companies for Local Defence.
The Consres? of the Confederate Statu of America do
- enact, That for the purpose of local defence in any portion
of the Confederate States, any number of personsi not less
titan twenty, who are over the age of forty-five fears, or
otherwise not liable to military duty, may associate themselves
as n military company, elect their own officers, and
establish rules and regulations for their own government,
and shall be considered as'beionging to the Provisional Aimy
of the Confederate States, serving without pay or al.loivance*,
and entitled, when captured by the enemy, to all
the privileges of prisoners of war: Provided, That such
company shall, as soon as practicable, transmit their muster
roll, or a list of the names of the officers and privates thereof,
to the Governor of the State, the Commanding General
of the Department, or any Brigadier General in the State or
Confederate service, to be forwarded to the Secretary of
War; but the President or the Commander of the Military
District may, at any tiuie, disband such companies: Provided,
That in the States and Districts in which the Act entitled
"An Act to further provide for the public defence,"
approved April 16, 1862, and the Acts amendatory thereof,
have been suspended, persons of any age, resident within
such States or Districts, may volunteer and form part of
such companies, so long as such sus|>cn$ion may continue:
Provided, That no |ierson shall become a member of such
company until he shall have first taken the oath of allegiance
to the Confederate States of America fn writing, a
copy of which shall be filed with the muster roll of said
company, as above.prcscribcd.
September 2 35 fit
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS,"
To the Tax-Payers of tlie 31st Collection
District. York.
A UCTIONEERS, Apothecaries, LaXl.
kers. Brokers, Billiard Hnom Keepers, Brewers,
Bankers. Butchers, Cattle Brokers, Circus Exhibitions,
Commercial Brokers, Commission Merchants, ConfeStionaries,
Dentists, Distillers, Eating House Keepers, Exhibit
ors of Shows, Hotel Keepers, Inn Keepers, Jugglers, Lawyers,
Photographers, Physicians, Retail Dealers, Showmen,
Surgeons, Tnveni Keepers, Theatre Owners, Tobacconists,
Wholesale Dealers, and ail other |>crsons (if any there be)
who are required by the Tax Act of the Confederate States
t<> register a true account of the name and residence of
each person, firm or corporation engaged or entrusted in
any business named in tile fifth section of the said Act,
with a statement of the time for which, and the place and
manner, in which the same is to be conducted, and of all
other facts going to ascertain the amount of Tax upon such
business, for the past or future, according to the provisions
of the said Act, within the District above mentioned, archereby
notified that unless they make the registry and pay
the Tax required by the Act within thirty days frotn the
date of this advertisement, they must, in addition to all
other Taxes upon their business, iui|K>sed by the said Act,
pay double the amount of the specific Tax on said business,
and a like sum for every thirty days of continued failure.
To enable persons to make such registry and pay such Tax,
I shall attend daily, at the store of Adams. MeCurkle &Co.,
YorkvWe, (Sundays excepted). For the accommodation
of all those who reside in the Eastern portion of tin- District,
I will attend at Rock Hill, on Tuesday, Nth September,
proximo. J. A. Mr I, KAN',
Collector for York District.
August 2fi 34 tf
"ASSESSOR'S NOTICE.
I "WILL receive returns for Taxes at
Yorkville, on next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
I will also, for the same purpose, attend at the following
times and places:
At Bethel. Thursday, 3rd of September.
At Clay Hill, Friday, 4th of September.
At Fort Mills, Tuesday, 8th of September.
At Rock Hill, Wednesday, 9lh of September.
At Coate's Tavern,Thursday, 10th of September.
At Westbrook's, Friday, 11th of September.
At Brattonsville, Saturday, 12th of September.
At McConnellsville, Monday, 14thof September.
At Youugblood's. Tuesday, ISth of September.
At Feelnster's, Wednesday, lGtll of September.
At Cilfillin's, Thursday, 17th of September.
At Luke Smith's, Friday, 18th of September.
At Hickory Grove, Saturday, 19th of September.
At Hugh Love's, Monday; 21st of September.
At Whiteside's, Tuesday,22nd of September.
At Bovdton,-Wminoedav, 33*1 of September.
. . T>..Vr..l? Tl.......I..., OJil, .,r Cnnln.nl..,.
At Withernam's Friday, 25th of September.
At Smith's, Saturday. 26th of September.
At Allison's, Monday, 28th of September.
At Ebene/.er, Saturday, 3rd of October.
After attending at the above plnees, I will be at Yorkville
until the 3rd of October. F. M. GAI.IIRAIT1I,
Assessor, York District.
The following articles owned or held on 1st July, 1863,
which are the growth or production of any previous year,
atjd not necessary for family consumption the present year,
are to be returned.
Naval Stores, Salt, Wines or Spirituous Liquors, Tobacco,
Cotton, Wool, Flour, Sugar, Molasses and Syrup, ltice
and all other agricultural products.
All money on hand on 1st July, 1*63.
All notes, bonds or credits must be returned with the interest
calculated up to 1st July, 1863.
Profits from 1st January to 31st December, 1862, on Flour, |
Corn, Bacon, Pork, Oats, Hay, Rice, Salt, Iron Manufacture
of iron, Sugar, Molasses, Leather, Woolen Cloths,
Shoos, Boots, Blankets, and Cotton Cloths. F. M. G. |
August 96 34 tf
STATE OF SOI TH CAROLINA.
YORK DISTRICT.
In the Court of Ordinary.
To Jama Ettas, Henry Ettas, &imncl atcrs, Joseph Et?
,? n?ni? .ink., i I I U
son Giilonsi uifc, Rebecca, Heirsal-lau-^of Phillip*El.
ten, deceased.
YOU are hereby required to appear
at the Court of Ordinary, to be liolden at York Court
House, for York District, on the second day or November,
18S3, to shew cause, if any you can, why the proceeds of
the sale of the real estate of Philip Etters, deceased, sold
for partition and division, should not be paid over to Andrew
Etters and M. Hauibright, Administrators of the said
Philip Etters, to be applied by them to the payment of the
"debtsof the said Philip Etters.
Given under my hand and seal, this 2Sth day of July, 1863.
JOHN A. BROWN,
(. 28) Ordinary for York District.
J uly 29 39 3m
' OFFICE A. QTITI.; 7
CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1862.
MR. J. (3. MILLER is appointed
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,
through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvilie, S. Carolina?
Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No
WATER must be used, as grwat loss to the Government was
experienced last year, bv Fodder being improperly packed,
all such will be rejected.
MOTTJS A. PRINGLE, Copt, and A. Q- M.
October 15 T2 tf '
Commissioner's Sale.
In Equity?York District.
I John McCnrttr, et al. )
rs. > Bill for Sale of Land.
Samuel Barber, ct al.) .
IN obedience to the Order of the Court
of Equity, made in the above cause, I will expose to
public Mile at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST
MONDAY in OCTOBER, next, tile real estate of ISABELLA
McCARTER, late of York District, deceased,
consisting of THREE tracts of land, situate in the District
aforesaid, and lying on the waters of Clark's Fork, to wit:
One tract containing
256 ACRES.
and bounded by lands of George Barber, William Oates
and others. One tract Containing ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-TWO ACRES, and bounded by lands of William
Robertson, Andrew Robertson and others, and one other
tract, number of acres not known, but which will be surveyed
and Plat exhibited on tne day of sale. I will sell
above lands on a credit of one and two years, payable In
two equal annual instalments, with interest from day of
sale. Purchasers giving bond and two good sureties and
paying in CASH the costs of these proceedings.
(?13) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. y. d.
September 9 36 <lt
Commissioner's Sale.
In Equity?Chester District.
I E. A- Ncely, et al. ) -r
vi. > Bill for Partition $c.
I > T Xf?T .../, t
BY virtue of the decree of the Court
of Equity, initio in above stated case, I will sell at
YORK COURT HOUSE, on the. FIRST MONDAY IN
OCTOBER next, the following lots and parcels of land, to
wit: one LOT in the Town of Yorkvillc, on Congress
Street, bounded by lots of E. A. Neely, J. A. McLean and
lands of 1. D. YVithcrspoon, and .containing THREEFOURTHS
OF AN ACRE, more or less. One tract of
land on the KING'S MOUNTAIN ROAD, bounded by
lands of E. A. Neely and others, and containing
555 ACRES.
And one other tract on said KING'S MOUNTAIN ROAD,
bounded by lands of E. A. Neely and others, a rut containing
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE ACRES.
Terms made known on day of sale. >
($12 50) GILES J. PATTERSON, c. e. c. d.
September 9 * 36 4t
U OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DIS0
TRICT?Whereas, T. T and PHILIP R. SANDIFER
has applied to me for Letters of Administration,
on all and singular, the goods and chattels, right* ami
credits of PHILIP SANDIFER, Esq., late of the District
aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of the safd deceased, to be
and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the
said District, to be holdcn at York Court House on the
Haiti Administration should not he granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 2nd day of September
in the year oi? our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
cixty-tliree, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Independence
of South Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D.
September 9 36 2t
QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISkj
TRICT.?Whereas, Rev. J. S.RAILY has applied to
me for Letters of Administration, d'e bonis non, on nil and
singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of I.
N. SADLER, late of the District aforesaid, deccnscd.
Tiiese are therefore to cite nnd admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and
appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said
District, to be holden at York Court ilouse on the 2Istd.iv
of September inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration
should not lie granteu.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 3rd day of September.
| in tiie year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ami
sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the IndepenI
denee of South Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D.
j September 9 36 2t
~ OfilUGS. MEDICINES. &C.
I IIA YE just revived a choice assortment
of drugs and medicines, which i offer for
sale at the lowest cash dkices. viz:
English Chloroform, Aloes, Rhubarb, English
Cnlomel, Blue I?Inss, Sulphur,
Aaafoetlda, Castor Oil, Pearl
Ash, Valerian, Extract
Logwood, Chalk,
Opium,Black Drop, Epsom Salts, Magnesia,
Nitre, Camphor, Rotten 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.
May 27 21 _ tf
\ O WIS~TH Ellill EI
I WILL PAV TITE
HIGHEST CASH PRICES
FOR ALL CL'ASSES OF
NEGROES.
C. J. PRIDE,
Rock 1II1I, S. C.
April 1 .13 tf
0TEAM MILLS FOIt SALE7?
The undersigned olTers for sale or in exchange for
NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town
of Yorkvllle,S. C., direeilv on the KING'S MOUNTAIN
KAIL ROAD. The Mills'consist of WHEAT and CORN
MILLS, and a CIKCULAP S \\V?the whole driven by a
BOILER and ENGINE FORTY MOUSE POWER,
Willi WELLS nail 1'OIl'S in supply with water, ami nil
necessary buildings. The UOILEKand ENGINE, if desired.
will lie sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL.
March 18 11 tf
[just received,
Pure FRENCH BRANDY,
I'l'RE MADEIRA WINE,
Chlorate of Potash, and many other
Goods.
ALFRED CRAVES.
Yorkville, July 21, 1863. 2a tf
~ WASTED.
THE Subscriber wishes to Lease or
buy a plantation within live miles of the Town of
Yorkville. On the premises must be a good IHVKI.I.INtJ
HOUSE, with from FOUR to SIX comfortable ROOMS,
and all necessary OUTBUILDINGS attached. He also
desires that there be Seventy-live or a hundred ACRES of
tillable land belonging to the same.
For further particulars apply to (J. It. ItATCIIFORI),
Yorkville, S. C. " A. J. I'ERItY,
Charleston, S. C.
August 20 34 tf
ESCHEATED PROPERTY.
4 PPLICATION will be made at the
J. JL next sitting of the Legislature, to vest in the children
of WYL1E GRIFFIN, deceased, the personal estate of
WILLIAM M. RAY, deceased, late of York District, liable
to Escheat for want of heirs. August 7th, 1863.
WILLIAM K. GRIFFIN,
NANCY ANN GRIFFIN,
In behalf of themselves and hrotiiersand sisters.
August 19 33 tf
D~ental notice.?d urin g
my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements
witli Dr. LESLTE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston,
to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Kmji'irkk
building, where lie 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 satisfaction.
W. M. WALKER, Dentist.
February 25 8 ' tf
FOR SALE.
| J0Q lbs "COPPERAS.
100 lbs BLUE STONE.
f>00 BUNCHES YARN.
Call soon at W. D. & J. C. MILLER'S.
| October 22 43 tf
CAICRIACtE SHOP.
fVJffj THE Subscriber still continues the
jStrfcSsfct CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS
\l\/ at the ol.l STAND. All kinds of cofin
try produce taken In cxchnnsi; for work. "
| 'ALSO, IIOKSE SHOEING and General country W?RK
done by \V. P. MeFADDEN.
j- January 23 4 tf
D R.7 alfre D CRA V E N
gvesibeitt jinrgtoit ? enlist,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
QtJ" On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pal
inetto Hotel.
January 6 1 tf
HIDES AND EEATIIER.
July 15th, 1SC3.
T^IIE subscriber having leased liis
I TAN-YARD to JAS. POAG & D. MAY, for a term of
THREE YEARS, would cay to bis old patrons to bring in
their hides as usual, assuring them that lie is well acquainted
with POAG & MAY, and that everything will be intended
to properly, and justice done in all cases.
' JAS. B. HENKEL.
July 22 29 9l
n. ^ Dnivmmnn
v?. XV. O.UJUA A VAA*
CAYS HE WANTS ALL PERson#
who nr<; Indebted to the (inn of (?. U. RATCI1FORD
& Co., by open ACCOUNT, to come forward
"IMMEDIATE!.* OH SOONER," 011(1 elOSI! tllC801116 by CASH
or NOTE, immaterial which. The business of the firm
requires that it must be settled up.
July 22,1863. 2U tf
~ FAIR NOTICE.
i A LL persons indebted to the subscrij
XV. hers by NOTE or ACCOUNT are hereby notified
I that the same have been left in the hands of Mr. (J. II.
i UATCHFORL), for settlement. Persons knowing themj
selves in any way indebted, will please call op him immediately.
L. BLOOMUEKO t<. BKO.
I July 22 2ft tf
From jhc Charleston Mercury, 7th instant. I
The Siege?Evacuation of Morris' Island
by our Forces, Etc.
The dawn of Friday last revealed a large
United States banner?the hated flag of
stars and stripes?flaunting from a work of
the enemy within one hundred and fifty
yards of Wagner.
On the same morning, which from imperfect
information, we, in our last issue, erroneously
reported as comparatively quiet, the
enemy opened, just before 6 o'clock, with
their Parrott guns upon that fort; firing
first upon the flank curtain, and gradually
edging toward the centre. At a quarter
past 5, the Ironsides drew up within 1,500
yards, and commenced to shell with great
rapidity. It was not until a quarter to 8
that she retired, having kept up a continuous
fire for more than two hours and a half.
The loss sustained at vvagner Dy tnis nre
fell principally upon the 25th S. C. V.
During this day, the enemy advanced
their parallels only a very short distance
from their main approach.
At 3 o'clock, on Saturday, the enemy again
opened upon Wagner from all their
land batteries, assisted .by the Ironsides,
several gun-boats, and an occasional* shot
from the monitors. This hombardment?
beyond all doubt the most fierce and long
continued which has taken place agaiust
Wagner since the beginning of the siege?
lasted throughout Saturday and Saturday
night, and did not abate until Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock. Nor was this abatement
of much duration. The fire was soon renewed,
and was continued with little less
vigor all Sunday, the Ironsides?which
maintained a position between Gregg and
Wagner, and kept shelling Wagner and the
beach?beinp esneciallv active.
0 ?r J
It was on Saturday night, however, and
on Sunday morning up to 8 a. m., that the
bombardment raged with ita greatest fury.
The shots?many of them coming together,
as from the broadside of a ship?were often
more than sixty to the minute.
Our batteries on James' Island of course
joined in the melee, and did their utmost
to annoy the enemy's land batteries.
But the bombardment of Wagner was
not the only event of Saturday night. About
10 o'clock, the enemy displayed from
the deck of a monitor off Morris' Island an
immense calcium light, and several monitors
soon after moved up and opened on.
Battery Gregg. Moultrie and Gregg replied
with spirit. At a quarter to 2, a
rocket was thrown up, and ere many minutes
elapsed, the 'enemy were descried approaching
Morris' Island at a point between
Gregg and Wagner. Ibey had come down
in barges through thecreek West of Morris'
isiaDa, ODViousiy wnn tne design or assaulting
Gregg in the rear. Advancing in
line of battle they were permitted to come
very near, when a nine inch Dahlgren opened
upon them at short range, with double
canister. Our howitzers then commenced
a fire of shrapnel and canister, while our
infantry, admirably posted, poured into
them a fire of musketry. Moultrie, Battery
Bee, and Battery Mitchell also opened upon
them a rapid and most demoralizing fire.?
This they could not withstand, and though
for a very short while they maintained a fire
of musketry and grape shot from their barges,
they were soon forced to withdraw,
seemingly much surprised and conrused by
their reception and our admirable disposition.
It is said that a few gained the shore
but these soon scampered to their boats, so
that no prisoners were taken. The loss inflicted
upon the enemy in this baffled attempt
at'an assault was probably not inconsiderable,
but as all who were struck fell
in the boats, the extent of that loss is of
course unknown. Some bodies were found
which floated ashore.
it is aitnost impossible to describe tne
terrible beauty of the scene in Charleston
harbor, as witnessed on Saturday night from
the city. I?roin Moultrie almost to Secessiouville,
a whole semi-circle of the horizon
was lit up by incessant flashes from cannon
and shell. As peal on peal of artillery
rolled across the waters, one could scarcely
resist the belief that not less than a thous-,
and great guus were in action. It was a
grand chorus of hell, in which Moloch
might have assisted and over which Satan
might have presided. All-this went on beneath
a waning September moon, which,
with its warm Southeih light, mellowed by
a somewhat misty atmosphere, brought out
softly, yet distinctly, the most distant outlines
of the harbor.
The loss at Wagner during this awful
bombardment was considerable. Up to 8
o'clock, on Sunday, it amounted to one
hundred and fifty in killed and wounded.?
Probably many more were added to these
casualties in the course of the day. At
Gregg, there were but eight casualties on i
Saturday night, during the skirmish with
the barges.
Under oover of their ceaseless fire, the
Yaukees had approached on Sunday within |
forty yards of Wagner. # :
Daring the bombardment of Friday last,
the brave and zealous Major Warley was 1
wounded at Warner by-the fragment of a I
shell. lie was struck on the ankle, and the 1
wound is said not to be severe. About 9 ;
o'clock p. m. of that day, he was put into
a barge?the Leo, belonging to Gen. Ripley?to
be brought to the city. Of this i
:.i, e i .r
UcUbcJ wuu na gaiiaub ncigui^ uuu ui US
crew, which was made up of white men, <
nothing has been heard up to the present' ;
moment. The inference is that it was cap- I
tured, with all on board, by a reconnoiter- <
ing parly of the enemy, whose small boats 1
nightly patrol the waters between Morris' ]
Island and Fort Johnson. Col. Rhett's t
boat, returning from Morris' Island to Char- i
leston, Saturday night, with Lieut. Jones, 1
passed between several of these prowlers, t
and was not fired on, probably on account i
of the comtemplatcd attack on Gregg. i
On Sunday, Commander A. F. Warley (
went down in the Juno, under flag of truee, t
to carry certain despatches, and also with t
the purpose of discovering the fate of thei t
missing officer. He was fired on fourteen
times, but came to anchor under fire, and
was met by Ensign Porter.. This officer replied
to the commander's inquiries, "that
he had been away" on Friday night, and
that though be bad beard that there bad
been a capture, be was not aware whether
Major Warley was among thfr prisoners or
not. He added that he would inquire, and,
if Major Warley was a captive, he would
inform the commander when the despatches
were answered. No reply has yet bean received.
It will scarcely be believed (though what
would not one believe of a Yankee ?) that
the shore batteries fired for ffiine time on
the Juno, utterly regardless ot her flag of
truce. Eight shots wero dire&ted at her,
even after she had come to atvanehor, with
the white ensign of peace at ber fore. Nor
did they fire badly.* Several shots passed
through her rigging, a few dashed the spray
into the faoes of the crew, and not one
passed more than five steps from the ship.
Evacuation of Morris' Island.?
To sum ap the events throagh which we
have just passed, Battery Wagner has been
subjected during the last three days and
nights to the most terrific fire that any earth
works has .undergone in all the annals of
warfare. The immense descending force
of the enormous Parrot and mortar shells
of the enemy, had nearly laid the wood of
the bomb proofs entirely bare, and had displaced
the sand to so great a degree that
the sally ports are almost entirely blocked
up. The parallels of the enemy, yesterday
afternoon, had been pushed up to the very
mouth of Battery Wagner, and it was no
longer possible to distinguish our ore irom
that of the enemy. During the entire afternoon
the enemy shelled the sand hills in
the rear of Battery Wagner (where our
wounded lay) very vigorously.
Under these circumstances, and in view
of the difficulties- of communication with
Cummings' Point, the impossibility of longer
holding Morris' Island became apparent;
and it was determined that strenuous efforts
should be made at once to release the
brave garrison of the island, who seemed to
be almost within the enemy's grasp. This
desirable result was accomplished with the
most commendable promptitude and success.
At about 6 o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
the orders for the evacuation were delivered
to Col. Kcitt, commanding our forces on
the island. Everything was at once made
ready for the abandonment of Batteries
Wagner and Gregg. The dead were buri.
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eu, uuu, ai uiguuau, me wuunueu were
carefully removed in barges to Fort Johnson.
The gnns, which for so many weeks
had held the foe at bay, were doable-shotted,
fired and spiked; the heavier pieces
were dismounted, and the carriages rendered
worthless. The preliminary preparations
being thns completed, the work of
embarkation was noiselessly begun, and the
brave men of the garrison, in forty bprges,
were soon gliding from the beach they had
held so stoutly and so long. The evacuation
was conducted by Col. Keitt, assisted
by Major Bryan, A. A. G.; and the success
with which what has always been considered
one of the most difficult feats of
warfare has been performed is worthy of
highest praise. Batteries Gregg and Wagner
had both been carefully mined, with a
view to blowing them up. It was about 1
o'clock this morning when the last three
boats?containing (Jol. Keitt and a number
of his officers?left the island. The slow
match was lighted by Cd?t. Huguenin at
Wagner, and by Capt. Lesesne at Gregg;
but, owing to some defect in the fuses, no
explosion took place at either fort.
During the evacuation, the enemy was
not idle. A constant fire of shell was kept
up against Wagner, and his howitzer barges
were busily plying about this side of Morris'
Island, to prevent the retreat of. our
men. But fortunately the night'was murky,
and all our barges, with the exception
of one, containing about twelve or fifteen
men, passed safely.
A little before 3 o'clock this morning,
the following was received from Major Elliott,
oommading Fort Sumter:
Fort Sumter, Sept. 7.?2.40 a. m.
All the garrison of Morris' Island who
came here have been shipped. LieutenaiH
Haskell's boat from the Chicora was captured
by a Yankee barge. Two of the crew
came to Fort Sumter, and report that all
our troops had left the island.
STEPHEN ELLIOTT,
Major Commanding.
Thus ends the defence of Morris' Island.
The issue has been foreseen since the ene
my's first success on the 10th of July.?
The defence of the island had been prolonged
far'beyond what was deemed possible
at first, and the bravo garrison who
have held it deserve the admiration of their
countrymen.
The aggregate of casualties in the struggle
for the island have been, on our side,
about 700 killed, wounded and missing.?
The enemy's loss is estimated at about 6,000.
The successful evacuation, after the
glorious defence of forty eight days, is un
der all the circumstances, a most gratifying
military event.
THE ASSAULT ON FORT SUMTER.
The hews of the assault on Fort Sumter
and the repulse of the enemy, announced
Wednesday morning, was the subject
Df general congratulation among our citisens.
The greatest enthusiasm was exbibi
:?l. The capture of 115 Yankees, including
several prominent naval officers, will i
fiave an important bearing on tho future
trnrvraaa nf til A Siece nnrl t.ho AnndriAt nf i
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;he enemy ander nags of truce. It will i
ilso add another to the lessons they have <
earned, that, however much superior to I
:heir antagonists they are in weight of mcttl
and force of projectiles, the contest, t
vhenever it comes down to an actual trial 1
>f individual pluck, always plants the vie- (
ory on our banner. Perhaps, however, in 1
his instance they were deceived, and al- i
hough prepared to fight, they did not ex* t
pect to meet more thao an insignificant
guard, who were to be speedily overpowered.
Be this as it may, they were, egregioualy
mistaken, and wbeu with a thousand
men and a score or more of barges, they
arrived at the base of Sumter, it was to receive
a punishment at_ the hands of our
brave troops that will add to, if not illustrate,
the already disgraceful record of
Yankee defeats.
The Good Book tells us that "the battle
is not not always to the strong," and the
scripture was verified by the events of
Wednesday night. Fort Sumter was garrisoned
by the Charleston Battalion, Maj.
Julius A. Blake, commanding, and perhaps
one or two other oompanies, whose names
we have not learned?the whole under the
comtnandof Maj. Stephen Elliot, jr., whose
gallantly heretofore has already made him
familiar to all who have watched the pro
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grees 01 eveuta in ima oiaic.
Throughout the fierce bombardment of
the day, they'had remained silent spectators
of the fight going on around them, and
patiently endured the steady shelling from
the fleet. At night, however, preparations
were made for the anticipated assault.?
Companies were posted at various points
within the ruins, and with watchful eyes
they commenced their careful vigils oveT the
time honored old pile confided to their keeping'
Such was the condition of affairs until aabout
half past 1 o'clock, .when suddenly
from the South face there was espied advancing
through the gloom, a number of barges,
estimated at about thirty, eaoh one, in the
language of an eyewitness, "black with
men." The alarm was instantly given, and
in a moment more Forts Moultrie, Johnson
and gun boat Chioora opened fire in the
direction of the approach.
The Battalion lined the walls of Sumter,
and as the Federals landed on the rocks,
received them with sharp vollies of musketry,
which added confusion to their already
bewildered movements. A strong
party of the enemy now hastily gathered
and made an attempt to climb over the
rniDS of the sally-port, which had been torn
down by the tremendous fire of their laod
batteries. Our men received them breast
to breast, pelting them with brickbats, and
pouring in a spattering shower of balls ?
Some bolder than others, dashed forward,
and seizing Yankees, one i? each hand,
dragged them by main.force inside. Thus
the fight raged for twenty or thirty minutes,
when the F^erals, finding themselves over
powered, and likely to be cut to pieces,
threw down their arms, retreated to the
shelter of the walls and surrendered.?
Those who remained in the boats, not already
landed, made their escape under
the cover of the night, followed, however,
by the spiteful balls jof the batteries above
named.
Thus the engagement, brief but decisive,
ceased. The remainder of the story is told
in a few words.
On our part not a man was hurt. On the
part of the enemy one was found killed and
nineteen wounded, xnesc were an round
lying outside of the fort on the rocks.?
None of the Federals, at any time, penetrated
the work, until brought in as prisoners
of war. ' The effect of cur fire on tbe
barges is unknown, but from the sound of
crashing boards and the outcries of men,
as well as/rom the fact that two or three
barges were subsequently seen floating off
Morris' Island, it- is believed that the loss
has been very great.
Our captures, beside thirteen officers and
102 men, consist of four barges and three
Sags. One of the latter compensates for all
the bricks and bullets thrown, being no less
than the identical "gridiron" carried from
Fort Sumter in 1861; exhibited to a monster
mass meeting in New York shortly after,
talked, cheered and prayed over until almost
sanctified, wrapped around the gouty
limbs of old Scott, and finally brought back
under oath that it should be victoriously
replanted on the walls where it was first
lowered in recognition of the Southern Confederacy.
For this purpose, under an armed
guard of a thousand men, it was brought
to Fort Sumter, on Wednesday nigbt. For
this reason we prize the memorial, and
shall take good care that the relio thus restored
to its rightful owners shall be re-*
ligiously preserved among the mementoes
of this remarkable struggle. The incident,
simple as it is, shows that there is a Divine
Providence carving out for us our destiny,
and may be ominous, in these our
dark hours, of the glorious success which
will eventually reward our cause.
The enemy were quiet all yesterday. The
monitors were lying behind Morris' Island,
evidently undergoing repairs. Most of the
firing done was by our batteries on James'
Island, which annoyed the workers on Curamings'
Point, by a steady stream of round
shot and shell, at intervals of ten or fifteen
minutes.
During the day, a large number of empty
ammunition boxes, thrown overboard by the
enemy during the engagement, were ploked
up in the harbor. A portion of a vessel
was also found badly marked by a shell, it
had evidently been torn from one of the
members of the fleet.
The enemy sent in a flag of truce yesterday
morning, and was met by a boat from
Fort Sumter. Tho bearer of the Yankee
flag of. truce was informed that no flag of
truce boats could be received until satisfactory
explanation was given, why they fired
upon our flag of truce. "We learn that the
enemy's boat brought a letter bag and despatches
for Geauregard. A proposition was
made by the Admiral, to send a surgeon to
lttend to tho Federal wounded, which was
leclined, a surgeon having been already detailed
for that work.
The following is a list of the officers cap- i
;ured in the assault on Fort Sumter : E. S. I
Williams, commanding gun-boat Wissahick- i
>n; Robert L. Meade, Lieutenant U. S. i
Vlarines; C. P. Hovey, Master's Mate U. i
3. steamer Powhattan ; Benjamin H. Por- t
er, Ensign U. 8, New Ironsides; Edwin jt
T. Brewer, Lieutenant sloop-of-war Housatonic;
Lieutenant S. W. Preston, U. 8.
Admiral's Flag Ship, Philadelphia; Lieut.
Geo. C. Roameyt gun-boat Canandaigua;
Ensign S. C. McCauley, gun-boat Canandaigua;
Lieut.* Charles H. Bradford, U.
S. Marines, wounded; H. C. Dayten, Executive
Officer on board the Wissahickon.
The prisoners were all brought over to
the city last evening. They were taken in
charge by Capt. W. J. Gayer, Provost
Marshal,* who entered'their names, &c., after
which they were lodged in jail.
.Among the offioial documents captured
were the followiog orders from Admiral
Dahlgren. It will be seen by the list of
prisoners published that the officer commanding,
mentioned in the orders, was also
captured :
Flao Steamer Philadelphia, \
Off Morris' Island, Sept. 4, 1863. j
Lieut. Commanding, E. S. TP?7/iems,
Commanding U. S. Steamer, Wissaliickon.
Sir : You will proceed without delay to
organize a volunteer party of not more than
(200) two hundred men, under proper officers,
for special service.
You will also procure a sufficient number
of boats to transport them. The whole to
be inside the bar at an early hour this evening.
The commanding officers of the vessels
off Charleston are hereby directed bo the
presentation of this order to furnish you
nnmhar nf hrvatH. mnn and nffinprs that
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may be allotted as the proportion to come
from their vessels. Signal No. 72 will annul
tbis. Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. DAHLGREN,
Rear Admiral^ Com. S. A. B. Sqnad.
ORDER.
Lieutenant Commander E. P Williams
is instructed to organize a force of sailors
for special service, and tbe commanding
officers of tbe following vessels will place
under bis oommand men (volunteers preferred)
and boats-properly officered.as follows
: Powbattan, fifty men, three boats;
Housatonic, thirty men, two boats; Wissahickon,
twenty men, two boats; Mahaska,'
thirty men, one boat; Lodona, twenty mon,
two boats; Memphis, twenty men, two
boats. If tbe Canandagua arrives off tbe
bar in time, Capt. Green will send forty
men and three boats. Very respectfully,
J. DAHLGREN,
Rear Admiral, Com. S. A. B. Squad.
Daring yesterday, tbe enemy's guns were
almost wholly silent. The Yankees are
evidently working hard at Cummings' Point
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wbere they Dave strengtnenea ana eniargea
oar works. They are also bringing up their
heavy ordnance, (Parrptt gans, we suppose)
to be placed at that point.
Last night, onr batteries were keeping up
a steady fire upon the enemy's newly acquired
positions, and as we go to press the
reports are still heard at regular intervals.
There are a few croakers we regret
to state among the representatives from
Charleston now soattered over the State as
refugees. These croakers are among the
few who left the city far in advance of aDy
danger, 'out in time to avoid some duties of
police and guard, which good citizens have
undertaken.
We repudiate" and denounce these fugitives
of ill omen, and we beg all friends not
to accept or respect them as genuine representatives
of Charleston.
We make this request specially because
we have leorned that the course aod conduct
of these recreants have been adduced
by some householders of the interior towns
as an excuse for refusal of accommodations
to refugees from Charleston. For these
creatures who ran from the city before the
approach of danger and have staid away to
take care of themeelves under pretext of
escorting their wives and mothers, we have
no compassion and ask no consideration except
the indignant scorn they have earned,
and, we hojje, will receive. We only ask,
in plain justice, that their contemptible
cowardice and skulking be not objected or
alleged as an excuse for want of attention
and hospitality to those who are refugees in
the best sense of the term. Many, very
many, of the women who have left Charleston
reluctantly, and only under the imperative
necessity of thns promoting the defence
of the city, were ministrants of mercy and
relief and comfort to our brave soldiers
from all parts of the country.
Many of them are the wives and sisters
and mothers of soldiers now in service.?
The defence of Charleston is a matter not
of remote or consequential, but of close and
vital interest to every citizen of the State, '
however remote may be his. homestead.
It should be stated also that Charleston
has always contributed liberally towards the
relief of other cities and of refugees from
other places threatened or occupied by the
vile invaders. Let our friends in the country
and interior towns and villages denounce
and spurn off renegades and skulkers, but ,
let them cot, if they value the cause and .
the duties of a common destiny and of pa' |
triotism, be indifferent or hostile to the in- (
terests of those who have honorably left the <
city. The times and the hour have duties t
for all, and no duties are more sacred or |
imperative than a geperous and considerate t
regard for all who are suffering, for us and t
with us.? Charleston Courier, Sth inst. j
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A Good Omen.?Admiral Dahlgren was
so sure of the possession of Fort Sumter, ^
that he sent the original United States flag, .
which Anderson was allowed to carry off, ^
by the recent assaulting party, to be.raised c
again on the fort. But by the humiliating
failure of the expedition, the Sag has fallen
into the hands of the generous Beauregard, a
who allowed it to be carried away by Major t
Anderoon, as a compliment to his gallantry p
in defending it Having from that time d
been constantly dishonored and desecrated, d
it is eminently proper that it should be re- p
stored to the keeping of Gen. Beauregard, p
is the "earliest trophy of the war. We bail a
:he fact as the presage of a "good time g
soming" to our trios.?South 'Carolinian, si
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From the Edgefield Advertiser. .
Absurdities.
Mr. Editor It is absurd to suppose
that
1. A country can achieve its independence,
unless its armies are victorious; aad
its people earnest and patriotic.
2. To suppose that an army can be vietorious
when it is commanded by incompetent
and negligent Generals, or composed
of base and vagabond substitutes.
3. To suppose that, its ranis will ever be
full whilst the President begs the Stragglers,
and Deserters to return, instead of forcing
them back by exemplary punishment and
military coercion.
4. To suppose that the Officers and Sol
diers will admire the conduct of their fellow
citizeos at home, who are robbing the
poor of their support, and are filling the
army with the refuse of the rabble.
5. To suppose that the President can induoe
the belief that our recent defeats and
casualties are not owing to his incapacity,
rather than to the interference of Providence
; and that viotories are to be von by
days of fasting, &c., rather than by wiauom
good Generals and hard fighting.
6. To suppose that the grant of furloughs
in the midst of an engagement is evidence
of military discipline.
7. To suppose that the breeched old women,
daily plotting, scheming and speculating,
are of any use whatever to the community
or the country.
8. To suppose that the soldiers in the
army, and all good and honest men, don't,
know that the degraded pimps, engaged in
buying grain from the farmers, are employed
by persons styled prominent citizens!
who attend Church, commune as members,
and are exteriorly devout; who, ashamed
of the meanness and ungodliness of their
speculations, avoid publio contempt and
odium by the screen of worthless citizens,
and returned dishonest soldiers.
9. To suppose that the so styled prominent
citizens, are prominent in anything
save infamy, and that they will escape the
indignation and chastisement of an outra11
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gea ana aousea peopie.
10. To suppose that the love of money
will be sacrificed to the love of country; .
and that people will sell wheat at four dollars
per bushel, when they can get more.
11. To suppose that even in this great
contest for national existence, every man
will do his duty. CYNIC.
Execution of Desertess.
, Richmond, September 4.?The ten.deserters
from the 13th North Carolina Regiment,
recently captured in Fluvanna County,
under command of Adjutant Maflett,
who was killed, will be executed to-monuw
in accordance with the verdict of the^dnrt
martial, in the presence of Gen. Johnston's
command, of the army of.jjortbern Virginia.
Intelligence from Mexico, of the 24th of
July, via Sao Francisco, has been received.
The intention of the triumvirate to recognize
the Confederate States is coatiuually
foreshadowed by the Imperial press. 'Recognition
will take place as soon as news
reaches Mexico that Maximilian accepts the
crow a.
Five substitutes, deserters from the army
of the Po-omac, were executed od the* 29th in
presence of 25.000 persons. Two were
Protestants. *wo Catholics and one a Hebrew?all
foreigners.
The Herald, of the 29th, announces iu
flaming capitals the occupation of Sumter
and Wagner by Gen. Gillmoro. The Washington
correspondent of the Herald states,
in view of the speedy capture of Charleston
and the occupation of South Carolina
by Union forces, the intentions of the Government.
It intends to place ButleVin
command of that department as soon as Gilmore
and Dahlgren complete their work.
A letter from the army of t^he Potomac
says, about 200 Germans, of the 20th New
York Volunteers, who had mutinied, and
were sentenced to hard labor during the
war, had the sentence commuted. .
The New York Times, of tbe 29th uit.,
says, our Government ought to makeprepa
rations for a war with France. It states its
belief that Napoleon has secretly concluded
or has in progress a treaty with President
Davis, by which a cession of Texas will be
received as the equivalent for recognition
and substantial aid to the Confederacy. The
language of the European press and the
tone of the Emperor's organ, the JUoniteur,
indicate ole&r enough a purpose of intervention
in our affairs.
A telegram from Boston, dated August
31, 1 p. m , 6ays a destructive Sre is raging
in East Boston. It jcdfo merited in the Atlantic
Works, where the-monitors are constructed,
and the buildings, with the nearly
finished turrets, were, destroyed. ;.The
flames are rapidly extending throughout the 4
mechanical portion of East Boston.
Something to Bear in Mind.?-We
mast keep before us the fact that this is not
1 war of conquest for the gratification of
:he ambitions, but a war upon wbioh hangs
:he destiny of every inhabitant of the
Southern States. If we are conquered iu
bis contest (says tbe JHissusippian) tbe
ast hope of liberty upon this continent will
lave expired, and we, with fntnro generaions,
will be doomed to live under a des)otism
worse than any in the Eastern
iVorld.
We mast not wait to count cost?all that
re have is at stake. If we are victorious,
,nd have Tost our money, wo are indepenlent,
but if we have our money and are
onquered, then we are slaves.
Anti-Extortion.?In Mississippi they
re organizing "Confederate Societies," for
be purpose of taking Confederate bills at
ar, and selling all products ?admerchanize
without profit at the cost of pro
uction, until the war jp^rer and orft ind?
endenoe isachlcuplf Tbeidea isuot
atriotio, but bjtfio. Those who set such
n exampl^amist, by degrees, shame their
reedy and short sighted neighbors into the
use bourse.
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