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VOLUME 9. YOMViLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1863. ' - . NUMBER
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STATE OF SOL^H CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
? j Charleston, August 25,1863.
WIEREAS the. present condition
of the country requires the organization of an active
tu d efficient body of troops, who may takc-the field
upooti moment's notice, to meet with promptness any sud
den incursion which may be made by the enemy into our
?Ute; and whereas, for the purpose of defending our homes
ami firesides, it is deemed advisable that the entire annsbeartug
nonuiction over 16 years of age, not in or liable to
OontWierate service, or exempted therefrom for public purposes,
should be organised Into companies :
Now.tlicrelbra, I, MILL EDGE L. BONHAM, Governor
and Ccmmnndcr-iu-Chief in and over tiie State of Soutli
Carolina,, call upon the people of the State to at once or
ganize tHhniselvca In accord apec with the orders hereunto
annexed from the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General,
so as to atford our own and the women nnd children
of our brethren In arms, the most effectual protection and
security. The second organisation called for is in aeeordtthce
with the recommendation of the President to the
Governor, and is approved as the best organisation for all
who mpy not be included In the organization of "Volunteer
State Troops." M. L. BONHAM.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. *
Adjutant and 1xspector-Gk.ni:iiai.'s Office,
charleston, august 24,1863.
GF.SER.II. ORDERS SO. 36.
I TO carry into effect the foregoing
proclamation of his Excellency .the Governor, it is
ordered that the following Volunteer State Troops be accepted
Into service, viz: One Regiment of Counted In- .
fantry, to consist of ten companies, two companies of env
airy, undone company of Flying Artillery. The companies
of Mounted Infantry to consist of not less than 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 coinmissioned
officers; and the coinpauy of Artillery, of not
less thnn eighty and not ngire than one hundred men, ex
elusive of commissioned omcors. tvncn xae companies 01
Mounted Infantry and Cavalry .have been organized and '
necppted, Field Officers will be elected under orders from
this office.
II. The companies authorized to bo raised underthepreeeding
paragraph of this order, will be com|x>sedof effective
men who are over the age of sixteen years, who are not
subject to, or who arc exempt from, Confederate conscription,
and who do not belong 50 the organization lately ordered
of troops for loqjil defence and six months' special service.
These troops will be armed by the State?the Artillery
to have a battery of four pieces?but they will provide
themselves with horses. Their pay (to begin when they
are ordered into actual service) will be the same as that
allowed in the Confederate service, including forty cents
per day for each liorsc. They will hold themselves In readiness
nor the field at a moment's noticq, and to do service in
any part of the State, under the orders of the Governor.?
Tile companies will tfr accepted in the order I11 which their
rolls and lists of officers arc presented at this office, and
they will be attached to the .Militia Regiments' in which
they are raised, until ordered into actual service.
III. In addUion lo the above organization, companies organized
in accordance with the Act of Congress of the 13th
October, 1863, (herewith published,) will be accepted on
furnishing their rolls as required by said Act. And one of
said companies in each Judicial District, consisting of not
less than eighty men, exclusive of officers, and having its
rendezvous at the Court House of the District, will be ami- j
ed by the State. The remainder of the companies will pro- ]
vide themselves with arms. Ammunition, as far as the j
means oC the State will permit, will be furnished to all the ,
companies. By command: ..
A. C. GARLINGTON, ,
Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C.
No. 28.?An Uct to Authorize the Formation of Volunteer (
Companies for Local Defence. )
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do ,
enact, That for the purpose of local defence in any portion
of tile Confederate Stales, any nuinoer 01 persons, not igss .
than twenty, who arc over the ago of forty-five years, or '
otherwise not liable to military duty, may associate themselves
as a military company, elect their own officers, and .
establish rules and regulations for their own government,
and sliall be considered as belonging to the Provisional Ai->
my of the Confederate States, serving without pay or al- '
lowanoee, and entitled,when captured by the enemy, to all
the privileges of prisoners of wnr: Provided, That such
eompany shall, as soon ns practicable, transmit their muster
roll, or a list of the names of the officers and privates.thcreof,
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 inay, at any time, disliond sueli companies: fVoeided,
That in the Slates and Districts^!! 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,a : long as such suspension may continue:
Provided. That no person shall become a member of such
company until he shall have first taken the oath of allegiance
to'the Confederate States of America in writing, a
copy of which shall be hied with the muster roll of said
company, as above prcscribiil.
September 2 35. 5t
N0TICFT0~TAX PAYERS. ,
To the Tax-Payers of the 31st Collection 1
District, York.
A TTC'I^l A\ 1,1 it'RQ Aontlioeqrlnc "Ro_
AU VXXV^JUJUXVU^ 4A.|/WMVVUA1VUJ A/HT
kers, Brokers, Blllinrd Boom Keepers, Brewers,
Bankers, Butchers, Cattle Brokers. Circus Exhibitions,
Commercial Brokers, Commission Merchants, Confcctionarics,
Dentists, Distillers, Eating House Keepers, Exhibit
ors of Shows, Hotel Keepers, Inn Keepers, Jugglers, Lawyers,
Photographers, Physicians, Retail Denlers, Showmen,
Sureeons, Tavern Keepers, Theatre Owners, Tobacconists,
Wholesale Dealers, and all other persons (If any there be)
who are required by the Tnx Act of the Confederate States
to register a' true accottnt of the name ami residence of
each person, firm or corporation engaged or entrusted in
any business named in the fifth section of the said Act,
? with a statement of the time for which, and the place and
manner, in \vhich lite same is to be conducted, and nt till
other facts going to ascertain the amount of Tux upon such
business, for the past or future, according to the provisions
of the snid Act, within the District above mentioned, are
hereby notified that unless they make the registry and pay
the Tax required by the Act within thirty days from the
date of this advertisemeut, they must, in addition to all 1
other Taxes upon their business, imposed 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 dally, nt the store of Adams, McCorklu &Cn.,
Yorkville, (Sundays excepted). For the accommodation
of all those who reside in the Eastern portion of the District,
i will attend at Rock Hill, pu Tuesday, 8th September,
proximo. J. A. McLEA\,
Collector for York Districts
August 26 . 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, 9th of September.
At Coate's Tavern, Thursday, 10th of September.
At Westlirook's, Friday, 11th of September.
At Brattonsvilie, Saturday, 12th of September.
At McConnetlsville, Monday, 14tli of September.
At Youtigblood's, Tuesday, loth of September.
AtFcfiimerV, Wednesday, tCtli of September.
At Gilfillln'x, Thursday, 17th ot' September.
At Luke Smith'*, Friday, JHtU 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 Boyd ton, Wednesday, 23*1 or September.
At Buffalo, Thursday, 24th of September.
At WJtisoi unit's Friday, 2.?th of September. * ^
.At Sujjtli's, Saturday, 2tf>rh of Septepiher.
At Allison's, Monday,2t>th of September.
At Ebenezer, Saturday, 3rd of October. .
Alter attending at the above places, I will be at Yorkvillc ,
until the 3rd of October. F. M. JIALBRAITH,
Assessor, York District.
The following articles owned or held on 1st July, 1863, j
which are the growth or production of any previous year, '
and not necessary for family consumption' the present year, j
are to be returned.
Naval Stores, Salt. Wines or Spirituous Liquors, Tobae- j
eo, Cot to q. Wool, Flour, Sugar, Molasses and Syrup. Rice i
and ail other agriculturaF products.
All money on hand on 1st July, 1863All
notes, bonds or credits must lie returned with the in- j
# terest calculated up to 1st July. 1863.
Profits from 1st January to 31st December, 1862, on Flour. !
Corn. Bacon, Pork, Oats, Uav. Rice, Aalt, Iron, Mnnufac,
tare of Iron, Sugar, Molasses, Leather, Woolen Cloths,
Shoes, Boots, Blankets, ami Cotton Cloths. F. M. G.
August 26 34 . tf
STAXE OF SOVTH CAROLINA,
YORK DISTRICT. N
In the Court of Ordinary.
To Jatnct Ktlcrs, Henry Ellen. Samuel Ellen, Joseph FJ- j
ten, Daniel Ellen, John Francis tf trife, I.ydia. and Jack
.on Gibbons J- trife, Rebecca. Heirs-at-laic of Phillip FJ. '
trr*,'ilrceascd.
V0U are hereby required to appear
A at the Court of Ordinary, to be bolden at Yojk Court
House, for York Distriet, on the second day of November. '
1863, to shew cause, it" any you can, why the proceeds of
the sale of the real estate of Philip Ktters, deceased, sold
for partition and division, should not be paid over to Andrew
F.ttcrs and M. Hatubrlght, Administrators of the said
Philip F.tters, to be applied by them to tie- [layinent of the
debts of the said Philip Ettcrs.
Given under inv hand and seal, tills 28th day of Julv, 1863.
JOHN A. llROWft, ;
($28) Ordinary for York District.
July 23 30 3in
OFFICE A. Q. M.,
CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, I8f>0.
MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed
Agent of ibis Department, for the purchase of
FGDDF.R nnd CORN for the Districts of York and Chester.
Planters desiring to sell will communicate wlUt hint,
through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvillc, S. Carolina.? j
Particular attention must bo paid to the PACKING. No;
WATER mast be used, as great loss to the Government was
experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed,;
all such will be rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M. j
October 15 4- tf I
STATE OF SOUTD CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston', September 10,1863.
T/yHEREAS, Information has boon
T T received nt this Department that, on or about tiio
9th day of July last, in the village of Clinton, in Laurens
District, a maji by the name of I,. THOMPSON JOHNSON
Was murdered by some person or persons, up to this
time unknown.
Now, therefore, I, MILLEDGEL. BONHAM, Governor
of the State aforesaid, do issue this m\' Proclamation, offcrinc
a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS fur the
apprehension and delivery'of the real murdcrtr of the said
L. THOMPSON JOHNSON into any one of the jails of
this Stato; and/if more than one, an additional reward of
Five Hundred Dollars for each one who ahull lie proved to
he an accomplice.
Given under iny hand and thesopl of the State, at Charles
[l. a.] ton. this tenth dav of September, A. D. 1863..
M. L. BONHAM.
Wm. R. Hpstt. Secretary of State.
September 16 ' ? " 37 lm
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Adjutant and Inbpector General's Office
Charles/on, S. Cm September J4, 1863.
SPECIAL ORDERS ATO. 50. /
I THE provisions of the Act of the
General Assembly. 6th February, 1863, exempting persons
in "Confederate military service" from military service
under said Act, Is construed to mean persons regularly
mustered into Confederate service: Therefore, all details
made by State authority for service in any of the Departments
of the Army of the Confederate States, or cxemp
tions issued to persons because of their being employed in
said Departments, as agents, clerks, assistants, or in any
oilier capacity, are hereby recalled, and the orders authorizing
the same countermanded, and all such persons who
have been drafted or enrolled in the organization of troops
for six months service, are ordered to report for duty to the
Commanding Officers of their Companies without delay.
By command.
(Signed) A. C. GARLINGTOX,
Adjutant and luspector-General of S. C.
Official: G. A. Folun, A. A. G.
September 23 38 3t
Commissioner's Sale.
In Equity?York District.
John MeCarter. rl al. 1
ts. . S Bill for Sale of Land.
Samuel Barber, ct al. )
rtf obedience to the Order of the Court
of Equity, made in the above cause, I will expose to
public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST
MONDAY in OCTOBER, next, the real estate of ISABELLA
MeCARTER, late of York District, deceased,
tonslsting of THREE tracts of land, situate in the District
Moresaid. and lying on tlie waters of Clark's Fork, to wit:
One tract containing
256 ACRES.
tnd bounded by lands of Oeorgc Burlier, William Ontcs
tnd others. One tract containing ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-TWO ACRES, and bounded by lands -of William
tobcrtsnn, Andrew Robertson and others, and one other
:ract, 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 ouc nnd two years, payable in
:wo equal annual instalments, with interest from day of
>ale. Purchasers giving bond and two good sureties "and
payitig in-CASH the costs of these proceedings.
($13) WALTER B. IMETTS, < . r. v. n.
September 9 36 - 4t
Commissioner's Sale.
In Equity?Chester District.
E. A. Neelv, el al. )
in. > Bill for Partition 4'c.
I. J. McLure, ct al. J #
BY virtue of the decree of the Court
ofJ&juity, made in above stated case, 1 will sell at
yuuk LUUK1 MUL'sis, on ll)c f JIUS J' flluwl/AX in
OCTOBER next, the following lots and pnrcels of laud, to
win one LOT in the Town of Yorkville, on Congress
Street, hounded by lot* of E. A. Necly, J. A. McLean and
lands of 1. D. VVitlierspoon, and containing THREEFOUItTHS
OF AN ACRE, more or less. One tract of
land on the KING'S MOUNTAIN ROAD, hounded by lands
of E. A. Neely and others, and containing
555 ACRES.
And one other tract on said KING'S MOUNTAIN ROAD, '
hounded by lands of E. A. Ncelv and others, and containing
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE ACRES.
Terms made known on day of sale.
($12 50) GILES J. PATTERSON, c. k. c. n.
September 9~ 38 4t
NOW IS THE TOiif!
I WILL PAY THE ~
HIGHEST CASH PRtCES
FOR ALL CLASSES OF
NEGROES.
C. J. PRIDE.
Rock Hill, S. C.
April I 13 tf
CTEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? I
The undersigned offers for sale or .in exchange for
NEGRO PROPERTY, Ilia STEAM MILLS in the Town
[>f Yorkville,S. C\, directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN
RAIL ROAD. The Mill* consist of WHEAT and CORN
Ml 1.1.S, and a CIRCULAR S>AW?the whole driven bv a
BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HOUSE POWER,
with WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and nil
necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, if desired,
will he sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. j
March 18 11 tf I
W A A TED.
T^HE Subscriber vislies to Lease or
J_ buy a plantation within five miles of the Town of ,
YorJtviHc. Oil the premises must lie it spoil DWELLING !
HOUSE, with from FOUR to SIX comfortable ROOMS, ;
ami all necessary OUTBUILDINGS attached, lie also
uesires that there be Seventy-live or a hundred ACRES ol"
tillable land belonging to tlie same.
For further particulars apply to G. R. HATCH FORI),
rttrkville, S. C. * A. J. FERRY,
Charleston, S. C.
August 26 . .14 tf
ESCHEATED PROPERTY.
A PPLICATION will be made at the
XJL next sitting of the Legislature, to vest In the children
of WYLIE GRIFFIN, deceased, the personal estate of
WILLIAM SI. RAY, deceased, late of York District, lia
lite to Escheat for want of heirs. August 7th, 186.1. ' I
WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN, !
NANCY ANN GRIFFIN,
lit hchalf of themselves and brothers mid sisters, j
August 19 ..33 tf
Dental notice.?dTring
my abgence from Yorkvllle, I have made arrangements
with Dr. LESLIE O'WEiV, formerly of Charleston,
to hike charge of mv OFFICE, adjoining the EsQCtRF.R
bnililitig, where he will he pleased to wait on my customers,
as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in my
line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction.
W. M. WALKER, Dentist.
February 25 6 tf
- FOR SALE."
J Q0 lbs COPPERAS.
lot) lbs BLUE STONE.
500 HUNCHES YARN.
Call soon at \V. D. & J. C. MILLER'S.
October 22 43 tf
_ _ CAKHIAOE SlIOV.
Wfcj%LS TIIR Subscriber still continues the
CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS
VV/ xU at the old STAND. All kinds of conn
try produce taken in exchange for work.
AJLSO, IIORSE SHOEING and general countrv WORK i
done by W. 1\ McFADbEN. I
January 23 ,4 if !
DR. ALFRED CRAVEN
glcsrirtitt jSurgtrnt Statist, j
.YORKVILLE, S. C.
Or?- On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pal
tnetto Hotel.
January 6 1 tf
g. r. ratchford,
Says he wants all persons
who are indebted tflsthe firm of G. R. RATCHFORD
St Co., by open ACCOUNT, to conic forward
"iMWEDtATKi.Y or sooner," and close the same by CASH
or NOTE, immaterial Which. The business of the firm
requires that it must be settled up.
July 22, 1863. * . "2!) If
jacob's cordial?a sure
Pi Remedy i.,r DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and
FLUX. Sold f<ir CASH nt
TIIE ENQUIRER OFFICE.
July 11 28 tf
a supply Of good letter
XjL Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.'
November &6 48 ? tf
What of the Night?
It is an undeniable fact that our country
is in peril; and we are sorry to say, it is as
much so from the conduct of our own people
as from the enemy. Nearly the entire
agricultural resources of the land, are now
applied to the production of provisions?
and provisions consequently abound. And
yet prices rule higher and still higher; and
there seems to be no point which the seller
can reach, where he will be willing to say,
"it is enough."
The natural and inevitable result of this
state of things is two-fold. First, it must
and will alienate from m the poor, whd have
everything to buy and nothing to sell. It
already has done much mischief in this way
amone the soldiers in the field, whose lives
have been freely exposed in battle, while
their families have been fleeced by the cormorants
at home. Many a desertion may
be doubtless ascribed to this cause; and
mnch lukewarmness and disaffection among
those Btill at home, may be similarly accounted
for. Secondly, it actually depreciates
the very money which is so eagerly
accumulated. In this way it must vastly
augment the expenses <?f the government,
and lessen the chances of its currency ever
being redeemed. In this way it msy lead
to repudiation?:a repudiation which the
army itself may insist upon, at the close of
the war, as a just punishment of those who
have made fortunes out of the necessities
of the couptry.
The right spirit was recently exhibited at
a meeting in Albermarle County, ^irginij^
of which the following i& a part of the report
:
"There seemed to prevail no difference
of opinion as to the purpose of the people.
Each vied with the oth'er in- expressions of
generous patriotism ; and Anally the following
resolutions were adopted with entire
unanimity and with loud acclamation : .
Resolved, That we, toe people of Albermarle,
do pledge ourselves promptly to
gather in and turn over to th&agents-of the
government all oar produce tax; that in
addition thereto we will set aside one other
tenth to be sold to the government at the
prices obtaining before the war, and take in
the payment thereof Confederate bonds;
and that all the rest of our surplus produots
shall be sold at or below the schedule of
prices fixed by the State Commissioners, either
to the government or oonsumers, and
that we will invest the prooeeds of such
sales as far as practicable in Confederate
bonds.
2d. That the professional men, merchants
and mechanics amongst us, pledge ourselves
to pay in one-tenth additional tax.
3d. That a committee of five be appointed
to secure tbc signatures of oitiaens to
this pledge, and carry out the purpose of
^AOAHAPAlnfiAna ' ' W/? tnl% w nn
ougpg l^cuiuuivuoi ww?##tvi rri%wr
A Hero Indeed.
A good deal of interest was felt at the
time when the Confederate officers, prisoners
on board the Maple Leaf, captured that
steamer and made their escape to Cnrritaok,
in North Carolina. A oorrespondent'of the
Wilmington (N. C.) Journal furnishes the
following instance of heroism connected
with the affair, the hero of which is "a
poor old man, bowed down with age and
poverty." The writer says :
A few days after their escape a squad of
Federal cavalry, in scouring the country to
arrest (hem, came upon the subject of this
notioe?-Dempsey Right by name?in the
highway. A small tin baoket, whioh the
old fisherman was carrying in his hand, attracted
their attention. They halted and
asked him if he had not been feeding the
escaped rebel officers. Too proud to utter
a falsehood, he unhesitatingly answered in
the affirmative. Whereupon they demanded
of him to reveal thoir place of concealment,
and with threats and blows sought to
wrest it from him. But the principle of
honor was too strong in the old man's
bosom, and to all their importunities he
yielded not?their brutality he could not
resist. They swore they would have the
secret or that he should die. With this intention
they hurrried him aboard a gunboat
and again tendered him the alternative of
death or of compliance with their wishes.
He answered that he was convinced that
they intended to hang him, but that he was
resolved to die before he "would tell where
those officers, were."
Immediately they suspended him by the
neck, until life was nearly extinct. They
then cut him down, and, after reviving him,
they repeated the same question and received
the same answer. Again his body hung I
in the air, and^when his life was far more j
spent than before, they again unloosed the
halter, receiving as before the Bame firm denial.
Exasperated to fury,, they told him
that this was his only chance, and that they
would not cut him down again. Sustained
in (-Kid Viniir nF enrn frinl V?v hla CPnQA nf
honor, which was stronger than his fear of
death, the old man replied, that convinced
as he was of his approaching end, yet he
deemed death preferable to dishonor, and
that he was ready to meet his fate. Again,
and for the third time, his aged framequivered
in the agonies of death, and when he
had ceased to straggle they once more released
him. Applying powerful stimulants
they succeeded in restoring him, when, with
a determination worthy of the elder Brutus, |
he drew forth a knife and attempted, by \
cutting bis own throat, to free himself of j
his persecutors. By violence they forced
his knife from him, when, by a mighty effort,
he dashed the fiends aside and plunged
into the boiling surf to drown himself.?
With boat-hooks they fished him up, and
baffled by his unyielding will, they permit- j
ted him to go ashore. This is a true state-1
ment of this infamous transaction. Demp-!
scy Kiftht still lives and plies his humble 1
calling as a fisherman, and that he is one
of God's noblemen none will gainsay.
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Accounts from Messina state that the :
volcano of Mount Etna is again vomiting!
fire and lava. A new eruption is threatened
in the direotion of Bronte.
Our Pate, if We Fail.
The Yaokee papers publish fclong letter,
written by Mr. Whiting, Solicitor of the
War Department at Washington. - It is
generally supposed to anunoiate the polioy
of Lincoln. What that is, will be seen by
the following synopsis of its positions :
1. Every citizen residing in the seceded
States is a public enemy, whether loyal or
disloyal, Unionists or Secessionists.
2. The neonle of the South do not cease
? rto
be pnblio enemies upon the close of the
war..* .
3. "Civil war obliterates all lines of
States or counties."
4. The people of the Southern States
must be governed in their domestio con.
cerns by the will and pleasure of the NoTth.
5. Seceded States witlj their Constitutions
unaltered, cannot be allowed to resume
State powers.
6. The rebels must come hack as a conquered
people, but not as our equals.
7. The Southern people can only form
> thems^ivesinto States by abolishing slavery.
8. Conquered districts must be kept under
military government?or, in other words
the war must continue until State Governments
are established in the South prohibiting
slavery.
9. The conquered districts are to be held
to all their obligations under the laws, but
it is for us to dictate what privileges they
will enjoy.
The radical papers of the North are delighted
with this scheme of oppression and
rapacity, which, they assume, represents
the purpose of the Yankee Administration.
We have no doubt that they are right; and
the reason why the same principles have
not been sooner announced msy be found
, in the doubtfulness of the struggle until
recently. The enemy now assume that the
South is conquered, and sccreoy in respect
to.its fate is no longer necessary.
Thin qflmi.nfficial fijrnositinn o? the nnrno
ses of oar deadly foes needs no eomment
from as. We commrad it to the attention
of those amongst as?if any sach there be
?whose spirit has for a moment qaailed
under the accamalation of disasters which
have recently befallen oar cause.
The Tennessee Campaign.
A sketch of the theatre of the * military
operations in Tennessee may be satisfactory
to some of oar readers. And. first, as to
the railroads and their connections:
A line of railroad stretohes from Lynohburg,
in Virginia, to Chattanooga, in Ten*
nessee. The line is almost straight, and
the direotion Southwest. From Lynchbarg,
a distanoe of 204 miles, to Bristol, (on the
line between Virginia and Tennessee,) the
road is known as the Virginia and Tennessee
railroad. From Bristol to Knoxville,
in Tennessee, a distanoe of 130 miles, it is
called the East Tennessee and Virgioia
railroad. From Knoxville to Dalton, which
J- ? tnttkin ll%A Otitis* rtf Qaam
IS ? OUUIt UlOUtUUC VT1U1IU V1JO UUIW VS1 UOUi'
gia, it is called the East Tennessee and
Georgia railroad. This portion of the road
is 110. miles long. Twenty-seven miles
this side of Dalton, is a point on the East
Tennessee and Georgia railroad called Cleveland?'and
Cleveland is in Tennessee. From
it a railroad runs dearly West, twenty-seven
miles, to Chattanooga, 'also in Tennessee,
bat near the point where Georgia and Alabama
corner on the Tennessee line.
From Lynchburg to Chattanooga is therefore
444 miles; but beyond Jonesboro,
which is 32 miles beyond Bristol, the road
is in the hands of the enemy."
From Chattanooga a railroad runs ( little
East Of Sonth 38 miles to Dalton, and 100
miles farther or 188 in all, to Atlanta in
Georgia. Atlanta is 171 miles by railroad
from Aagasta, in Georgia.
.Cleveland, Chattanooga and Dalton, are
thus situated at the angles of a railroad
triangle.
The scene of operations lies on the con .Ones
and near the corners of not less than
four States; viz i the Southeast boundary
and corner of Tennessee, the Southwest
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uuiuci ui i^uivu vuiuuua, iuo JLiurt/tiwcau
comer of Georgia, and the Northeast coraer
of Alabama. It is a very mountainous ro
gion.
So far, the enemy* seems to have had
thing9 pretty much his own way in that
quarter. He has taken most of the line of
railroad in East Tennessee; and-he has also
crossed the Tennessee river lower down
and occupied its Southeastern bank. He
holds both Knoxville and Chattanooga, and
bis forces are said to have advanced Out as
far as Dalton. Thus much he has done
without a fight. Both Knoxville and Chattanooga
were evacuated at his approach,
and he has taken them without a struggle.
Richmond Sentinel.
Jenkins' (S. C.) Brigade?A corres- 1
pondent of tho Chester Standard recently
gave the following interesting and gratify- ;
ing facts in reference to this noble brigade, 1
now on the wiDg for a more stirring field of
service: "The brigade is perhaps tho best <
clad corps in Confederate service, and
through the energy of our,General we are 1
prepared for the cold weather wbioh will
soon be upon us. The best feelings and
greatest harmony exist between officers and
men, and though now leading a most inac- i
tive life, we witness no acts of insubordina- 1
tion. The strength of the brigade is being 1
increased by recruits, which are daily arri- i
ving from different parts of the State." J
GuardianM lQth.
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Novel Breastpin.?We noticed a '
breastpin worn by a lady refugee, who was <
on her way to joifl her husband, a day or '
two ago, that we could not but admire. It j
was about an inch and a half square, made i
of fine gold, and its full face represented in i
colored enamel, except the thirteen stars, f
whioh were minute diamonds, the battlo i
flag of the Confederate States. The fin i
had been manufactured in Paris, and sont i
by private conveyance to the fair owner as 1
a birthday present. It was* certainly one of i
the prettiest articles of jewelry that we t
have seen for some time.?Mcr. Clarion, f c
I. ?"?????
Description of the Vessels.?One of
the two iron steam rams built by Messrs.
Laiard at Birkenhead, was launched at
their works on Satprday, August 20, in the
presence of a large crowd of spectators, who
were freely admitted. into the yard The
vessel launched Saturday was christened
the El Monasser, or Victory ; her consort
launched ? few weeks ago, being named
the El TouBson. When launched, both
vessels bore the English flag astern, and
the French flag amidships.
Each are 230 feet long, forty-two beam
and nineteen feet deep. Their measurement
is 1,850 tons, and their engines are
of 350 horse power. They aro plated with
four and a half-inch iron on a teak backing
of great thickness, bolted on to the frame of
the ship, which supports the inner shell.
The decks are also iron-plated, and tne
iron bulwarks are hinged at the lower edge,
so as to be thrown down in action. Each
ram.is pierced for six guns on each side,
and they are fitted on the deck with large
cupola towers, on Capt. Cole's plan, with
two gun8 to each cupola. Their bows project
under the water, so as to form a ram.
The iron plates are so beautifully planed
and fitted, that it is almost impossible to
tell whether the vessels are plated or not.
I'he Cupolas are fore and aft the engine
bouse, and have an extreme range nearly
fore and aft thejessel. Each ram is bark
rigged, having the lower masts and yards of
iron. When launched, the El Monasser
was4aken into the 450 ieet graving dock,
alongside her dbnsort, the El Toosson,
whioh is expeoted to be ready for sea in about
a month.?Manchester Examiner,
August 31.
19* Reviewing the proceedings of Parliament,
whioh has just olosed its sessions, the
London Index remarks:
"AH these debates, hpwever, prove the
trothr of that which we have so often stated,
that the sympathy of the House of Commons
is heartily with the Confederate causeNo
oae can sit through one of them, and
fail to perceive that the: advocates of the
Federal cause are speaking to an audience
whioh had no sympathy with the clients;
to an assembly which thinks nothing of the
Union, of the emancipation ukase, of Northern
pretensions to the championship of freedom
and nationality, and very much of
Wilkes and the Peterhoff, of Butler and
New Orleans.
No one oan be present when any friend
of the Sooth is speaking, and not see that
the feelings of his audience go along with
him; that secession, rebellion, slavery, are
to them mere "words of abnse; that their
hearts are with the heroism of Stonewall
Jackson, the generalship of Lee, the statesmanlik^iourage
and wisdom of President
Davis, -and the magnificent resistance of six
millions.of English speaking and Englishborn
people, to the armies of a mongrel
rabble. Every phrase that tells heavily against
the North is rapturously cheered;
everv argument that seeks to establish the
goodness of the Federal oaase is heard with
cold indifference, if weak; with obstinate
incredulity, if plausible."
Dr. Hooe in London Pulpits.?In a
letter, dated July 11th, cited bytho "Central
Presbyterian," Dr. Hogo says :
"I have preached for Rev. Messrs. Chalmers
and Carlyle, and was immediately in- .
vited by both of them to preach again. I
have also been invited by Dr. Hamilton to'
preach for him." He is now in Ireland, and
one of his elders wants me to officiate in c
his chnrch next Sunday week. I am going
to preaoh for Mr. Chalmers again to-morrow;
I like bim very much, and he seeks to
promote my entertainment in many ways.
When I get home I shall have something
to tell you about this' strange and sndden
demand for the services of a Southern slaveholder
and rebel."
An Incident Uuder a Flag op Truce.
?Lieutenant-Commander H. A. Adams,
Jr., United States Navy, has arrived at N.
Orleans, having been relieved of the command
of the United States forces-in Mississippi
Sound by Lieutenant-Commander
Green. He recently sent his boat onshore,
and desirod the officer in obarge to say that
if any military officer received the flag, he
would be glad to see him on board to arrange
the business of tjje truce. As the ,
boat returned he saw an officer who appear- ]
ed to reoognize him, but he could not make ,
out who he was. When the boat came a- |
longside he went to the gangway to reoeivp |
the stranger, and even helped him over the ,
rail on deck, when he immediately found ,
himself clasped in the arms of hisr own ,
brother?one in command of the Confede- ,
rate forces on shore, the other hi command ,
of the United Statea forces afloat. The (
meeting, under suoh circumstances, waa, as ]
you may imagine, a very painful one. After (
the business was over, and a brotherly chat (
ha/I fiiow luirtprl. thfl Confederate savin?. <
ul,V4i ""J r? * W I
is he got into the boat, "Whatever happens, j
Hal, recollect one thing; we will always be t
brothers." Both are sons of Commodore j
Adams, United States Navy. - t
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A Cheering Letter.?The following
sheering and patriotio sentiments, and
wholesome advice, are expressed in a letter (
From an officer of high rank in the army to ^
\ gentleman residing in the vicinity of Co- f
!umbns: j
* * Say to oar friends at home that $
/hey are desponding vnthoat adequate oause. v
This army is unbroken in its spirit and star- t
iy determination to win our independence. v
The loss of Vicksburg is of course to be re- j
retted, the fall of Charleston will be la- ?
nented, but none of these reverses can t
shake the faith of the army. Say to our T
Friends to cease writing gloomy letters to r
soldiers. Let them have cheerful, iospi iog
letters from home. Sustain ua and we
will defend the ooubtry. Above all, let t
jotfh citizen and soldier do his whole duty 1
without selfishness, relying upon the arm of q
;he Great Supreme^-and success?early sue- 1
jess?is beyond any doubt. a
Important Contrivance.?We witnessed
a few days since, (says the Tallahassee
Floridianf) the perfosmance of a very <
important invention of Rev. James Peeler, i
by wbioh, in a short time, he contriver to i
to make a pair of old worn out Cards,-card 1
wool or cotton as good as new ones. Mr. !
P. resets the teeth of the old cards by a <
means so simple, and in snch a short time, i
that it is really wonderful to those who wit- i
ness the operation that it was not discovered 1
before. Mr. P. has obtained a patent for i
the invention, and proposes to sell the right
of using it in counties or districts on such
terms as will not prevent the public from
reaping a large share of the advantage.?
He charges one dollar to citizens for mending
a pair of "cards?fifty cents for soldier's
families who own slaves or other property?
and to the poor, not able to pay, he mends
for nothing. He will no: soil the the patent
to any one who will-not mend cards on
the same terms.
We understand that citizens of several
countieB ifi oar" State, have agreed to pay
for mending the cards of soldier's families,
and hope those of other counties will follow
so laudable an example.
Substitute for Quinine.?In the absence
of quinine, an effective substitute
would perhaps be acceptable to some, of
your readers. Bed pepper tea and table
salt answer every purpose for chills. Say,<
a table spoonfal of salt to a pint of -tea,
commencing some hours before chill time,
and drinking copiously of the beverage,
never fails to keep-off the chill. This I
have from an intelligent physician, who uses
it among the'whites as well as the blaoks of ,
his own family. Several of bis neighbors
have employed the same remedy with com- ;
plete success.
Kino Cotton.?The London oorres- ,
pondent of the New York Ttmes says : ,
"The harvest continues good, but the ;
cotton prospect is bad. It could scarcely
bo Trorse. Cotton will not come from any
where, no matter 4iow much it is.wanted, j
India and-Egypt do not increase, the -p;o- i
dizot even at the high prices. What England
wants is plenty of cotton at sixpence <
a pound. .What oan she do with a quarter j
supply at .double or treble price ? It will
not do, and Lancashire and the whole great
cotton interest stand on the brink of ruin. \
Two years experience .goea to prove that <
America alone can supply the world with i
cottpn."
A Fight in Hahdy.?Oh. Sunday last,
Geo, Imboden's forces, near Moorefield,
Hardy County, were attacked by the enemy's
cavalry in heavy force. Imb&den fell '
back cautiously before them^ and when they
had been permifctedko advance several miles, '
Capt. MoNeill's company (cavalry) succeeded
in. making a dank attack upon them,
driving them back, capturing 150 meir, including
eight commissioned officers, and
killing and woundiog a considerable number.
Qar loss was three wounded. Capt.
McNeill-s conduct is spoken of by those
who brought this intelligence.(by last evening's
train) in the highest terms. Tne '
prisoner? arrivetf by the Central Road last,
night, and were marohed to the Libby. y
figyThe London Index, in an article on the
riots in New York, rises the following jost
language, the truth of which is patient fo 1
all our readers. *
?It' is a- fact whioh every Eoglish phi- '
lanthropist should well ponder, thgtthe on- 1
ly authenticated instahxji* of-barbarous out- 5
rage on the negro have beeni&mmitted by
Northern men, on Northern soil, or where
Northern armies held possession. The
Southern people have been described'as
monsters of brutality, wickedness and law- !
Iessness". The war has proven them ho- 1
mane, patient, brave, God-fearing, and law *
abiding. The most bitter enemy of the
South and its institutions cannot deny that
this much slandered oeoole have exhibited
these qualities in a degree seldom, if ever ,
excelled; that their armies, whether on
their own, or on an enemy's soil, have been
models of discipline; ami. that their con- 8
duct in the held and in the council has been 0
marked by wisdom, moderation, and self- a
control." ., v ?
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Deserters.?In noticing the infliction f
of the death penalty on ten deserters recent- 1
ly, the army correspondent of the Savan- 8
aah Republican says: Deserters will be c
treated with more severity in the future
than they have been in the past. Mild 8
paeans having failed, Gen Lee, like the old - ?
man. in the spelling book, is disposed to try a
what virtue there is in stones. Hereafter,
when a man deserts his colors, he may make 8
jp his mind to be shot, if caught, and
jaught he will be some time or another.? 0
Lt may be that .the system of furloughs re- ^
pently instituted will have the effect of 0
shocking desertion. If it does, then its ef- ^
ect will be doubly beneficial in this, that e
t will banish this henions crime from the
irmy, and at the same time%enconrago the
neq to become good soldiers, since by the ^
errns of the order furloughs will be graned
to thoso who conduct themselves well.. ?J
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S&* A correspondent says that the medical ^
Iiro/ifnn nf P mnlPo aawvsq n omm 1 mmm 04
iuovuui Vi iJTTVU a uUJJiSj a OUUUCDDIU! our;eon
and practitioner, has; discovered by n
reqnoot trial, that honey, applied by a ^
ight brash or other convenient means of J*
ho kind, is a most effectual remedy to pre- 11
rent fly-blows in wounds. It is at the same ^
ime very soothing and grateful to the a]
rounded part; and as this questioo has of* e<
en been discussed during the war, hospital
mraes and those Entrusted with the c&re of n
he wounded soldier, should preserve the *]
ecollection of this simple and convenient P
ernedy.
One who was, forty years ago, a reigning y
telle in London, and first the' wife of a A
ead'mg statesman, and aftertrards thewife &
if aOerman Baron, is nofrtheirife of an w
Arabian ohief, residing between Baalbec G
nd Damasoos. a
An old Maid's Soliloquy.
Well, bore I am io the chimney corner
laming stockings I Pleasant, occupation
for my birthday, truly! Twenty-nine yean
igo since I came into the world. But it
nron't do to let that be known; I told Miss .
3nap to-day that I was twenty-three?I
did'nt tell her how much older I wasl?She .
?aid indeed ! in a very emphatic tone, as if
she didn't believe it; and then the wreteh
bad the impudence to tell me that I had sir
months the advantage of her. She's thirty
if she's a day; it's strange how some people
will lie! If I'd lost all my front teeth
and was oblig'd to wear false curld", I wonld't
try to pass myself off for twenty-two.
I wonder whether I was always out oat
for an old maid! No! but I'd rather be an
eld maid, ten times over than marry some
folks. There's Sally Snap! I verily believe
she'd give op all chance of a seat in the
kingdom of Heaven, if she could get an offer
from John Smith, the wood-sawyer, and
be glad of the chancel It's strange what
some people wonld be willing to do for the
sake of a hnsband ! for my part I wouldn't
take John Smith if he'd go down on his
knees "before me, and threaten to shoot himself
ikl didn't., /. Heigh
bo! it's rather dismalsitting here
alone in the evening, with nothing bat a
eat to keep yon company. To be sore it's
better than to have your life worried out of
yon by a parcel of children, with a brute of
a hnsband, that will storm like a house a.
fire, if a button happens to come off his
shirt and yon don't sew it on directly.-- 1
Heaven preserve me from snch a fate 1
Hark, there's the bell! Goodness graoions!
if it isn't John Smith himself, and
I've got my morning dress on, and my haijr
isn't combed. I wonder what he wants f
What if he has come to make me an offer!
I think on the whole if h$ should, that 1
wonld - take compassion on bim?jnst to
spite Miss Snap, that's all. Wouldn't she feel
like tearing my eyes oat ?
A Substitute Repusi!!).?The Hertford
CConn..^ Times?lells the following a
musing incident:
The draft gives rise'to some novel incidents,
of which we give an example. A
man, who shall be nameless, was drafted.?
Bis wife was sorely distressed at the bene
idea of parting, and was vainly endeavoring
to invent some excuse to get bim exempted,
when a knock was heard at her door.
On opening the door she found a rather
rough looking chap, who accostedher-thus:
"Madam, I hear your husband has been
drafted." , jsr'h Wfmer
"Yes, sir," she replied, *"be h? j hut,
goodness knows kow I am to spare him!"
"Well, madam, I've oome to offer my
services as a substitute for hiinff.";
"A wliat I" asks the now excited lady.
"I wish to take bi^ place," answered the ob'an.
< i You?yon take the plane of my husband,
vagabond I I'll teach "yea teinsult* poor
lone woman .in distress,, ypu mean, dirty
wretch,", cried the prospective widow, accompanying
her remarks with a discharge
of dirty water at thV head of the astonished
substitute, who fled hastily down stairs just *' '
in time to escape the pail which followed
the yrater. The last heard of bim he.^tfM
[lying into a recruiting office-on Asylum
street, where he thought of enlisting as a
private rather - than venture again to offer
a is services as a "substitute,-" which he now
believes to b* a-more trying and delicate
relation than that of Artemus Ward's "episodes."
: .
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Domestic EcoNOMr.~The Chambers
Tribune is informed that a very good artu
>le of sugar* can be made from persimmons.
The Savannah Newt tells of a man who
s making good molasses from the jtiioe of
lorn stalks, cat when the corn is pisslifg
he milky stage. ... . >*$ ...< f
^Tbe Charleston Courier urges upon its
eaders the nses and valoe of the wax myr?
le, and to the great inducements* now ofered
for an enterprising establishment for
he preparation of myrtle wax on a large
cale. Dr. Porcher's "Botanical Resour
es of the South" says tbat the frnk yields .
s much as 25 per cent, of wax, and a sin:le
shrub will yield 24 to 30 poahdk of beries.
Four ponbds of this wax wiH 'make
0 pounds of soap. Hereafter persons fivDg
within reach of this abundant materi^
hould not pay eoormons prices far in'differnt
tallow candles.
Squirrel and coon skins make first rote
hoes for ladies and children, and are readi
3 !xL _ l!nl. _ _t W
7 canned who a mue strong asaes ana
lam. ,v . ,
The chinquepin is said to be a very fair
ubstitute for coffee.
Let these expedients for the supply of dolestio
comforts not be despised. It is by
asbandiog all our resources that we make
urselves capable, of enduring the rigors of
be blockade and the devasations. of the
oemy.?Aug. Conttitutionalist.
. - i aq
W& A letter from Charleston, dSfraribing
ic way Wagner was sapped, says : ^
The manner of digging this sap under ur
fire is as follows : A huge iron tube,
ke those employed in aquedaots is laid in
le trench, and in this three or foor men
inoeal themselves. The one at the end
earest the battery digs away the sapd,
rawing it into the tube. His next neighor
scrapes it along to his companion, who
i turn passes it to the rear. Here it is
irown out to tho surface and constitutes
1 ? ' . v ? i '? a .1
a emoaoKmem, oemna wntcn are sneiieritfie
Federal sharp shooters. When the
ind in front has been dog away as for as a
tan can refcoh the tabe is propelled onward
ad the other operation is repeated, tfios a
rogressof several yards ismade every day.
Dr. Bartlett, well known for twenty-two
ears as the proprietor of the New York
IIbion, and subsequently of the A*gfolaxon,
has just died, at New York. He
as 8t one time President of the St.
eorge's Society, and for thirty-nine years .
member of the same.
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