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m? f|tfiltviUe YORKVILLE, S. C. " WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30,1863. SOT1CE. Inconsequence of the greatly increased prices of all materials connected with the publishing business, the following are our rates of subscription and advertising : SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, $3 00 For six months, In advance, 2 00 Clubs of 5 or 10 for one year, In advance, each.... 2 00 ADVERTISING. $2 per square of ten lines, for the first, and $1 for each subsequent insertion, in this size type. No advertisement counted less than a square. Announcements of candidates $12 per year, invariably in advance. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertisement*;and charged accordingly. (/ April 22 1863. / -cr THE NEWS. The news from all quarters is cheering. n a it: ; u * a _ vur troops iu v irgiuia are m exuuueui. wudition, and ready for a fight, which is daily expected. At last dates from Tennessee, the Yankees were in Chattanooga, olosely besieged by our forces. Oar loss in the battles of last week do not exceed 12,000, of which a large portion are enly slightly wounded. The Yankee loss in killed, wonnded, and captared, it is said, numbers 28,000. Oar townsman, General Jenkins, is in command of Hood's division, and, at latest dates, held Lookout Mountain. On the 8th inst., General Magruder deJJ-I-J - v?1 1 leacea a aaunee uivisiuu, uuiuiuuuueu uy Gens. Franklin and Weitzel, sinking two gunboats and driving off the others, at Sabine City, which is at the mouth of the Sabine river, the dividing line between Lou-, isiana and Texas, two hundred and eighty miles west of the mouth" of the Mississippi river. Our troops in the trans-Mississippi department are in fine conditioa, and confident of success whenever they meet the enemy. At Charleston there has been no excitement during the past week. The Yankees on Morris Island are working like beavers trying to make batteries Giegg and Wagner impregnable. Shells,from our batteries blew up two ammunition chests at battery j Wagner on Friday last. s ? ?? X j . EDITOBIAL ITEMS. ? T. W. Radcliffe, jr., of Columbia, was ( killed on the 22d inst., in a cavalry fight 1 near Orange C. H , Virginia. ^ *?Mr. S. G. McClanahan of Greenville ^ District has been for some time past grind- j log "toll ?ree" all corn brought to his mill : for the use of soldiers' wives and families. 1 This arrangement, will continue daring the 1 war, and wilLcontribute much towards aiding the support of the families of those who . are serving their country for eleven dollars a month! Will not the millers of our Dis- < triot do likewise ? ? Samuel McAliley, Esq., of Cheater , District, offers his flour at $10 per cwt. ] He has been very generous to soldier's t ^Wmilies. in manv cases distributing his ' flour find meal gratis. '* ' ? The Superintendent of the S. C. Rail j Road has giveu notice that the night and ] day trains on the Augusta and Columbia Roads have been restored and will run regularly. . - J ? The Charleston Courier suggests that < .the authorities commence the work of sav-j ing valuable matter from Sumter, and says: i *' thousands of dollars worth of shells and 1 shot, to say nothing of lead, iron, brass, etc., may be brought away if the work is o'Jy commenced in time." ? It is said out of General Bragg's original army, there are 17,000 men in hospittab or on sick leave. That would have Vtaon ViAnf?V>r a Kio nrmv trVion (hft WftT fiint WVVM ? ?HIWJ n-VM W ^ | began. ? A party of Yankees, numbering about sixty, made a raid into Ashville, N. 0., last week. ? On Wednesday last-, a Yankee ^orce was within a few miles of Morgahton, N. 0., marching on that place. They had de-: stroyed the plantation of Col. Isaac Avery,4 add driven off all his stock. * ?The first bale of cotton raised in Louisiana under Banks' free labor system was sold in New Orleans, on the 12th, at 67 } - cents per pound. ? John Buck, who acted as principal pilot to the Yankees on the occasion of the "raid from Yazoo City to Grenada, was hanged by the people of Holmes county, shortly after he returned home with his wages of blood. ? An exchange paper informs us that valuable anthracite coal mines have lately been discuve.ed in Rockingham county, N. i ^ TT/vtr* nnm ronrtincw ia nnlv flit feet ! V? JIUV TV1U uvn nvtatUb. *wr W-. , > - . ' under ground, and is three feet thick.. ? On the night of the 13th instant, the Steamers Imperial, Post Boy, Hiawatha,* Jessie Bell, and (ominous name!) the Last Hope were burned at St. Louis, supposed to have been done by Confederate incendia- 1 ries. By order of Gen. Grant, the Itnpe-. rial was the first boat to demonstrate that1 I navigation was restored. ? By the wise policy and shrewd manage- ' ment of Governor Brown, Georgia, has become one vast military camp. If all do their duty Federal raiders will do but little injury to that State. ? The New York' Metropolitan llceord says if Gen. Lee had pursued a burning, plundering, laying waste policy in his late march through Pennsylvania, the world would pronounce that the North had merited it by the vandalism of its own armies in the South. ? A riot occurred between the Irish and" negroes at Buffalo, N. Y., lately, in which twelve negroes were badly beaten and two drowned. ? A New England paper thinks that Charleston will be no place for General | Butler, "the pickings are so poor," and, we might add, the rifles are in the hands of men who will not tolerate the presence of the beast. ? Three or four Russian frigates have arrived at New York from Cronstadt, and five more Were expected in a few days. ? A Yankee sailor, in his report of the assault on Fort Sumter, says :?"The garrisons seem to have felt secure, as a sentry, being hailed, demanding a surrender, replied: "Hello, Yank, are you there?? Nary a surrender; you can't climb up here." ? The Piedmont Railroad from Danville, Va., to connect with the North Carolina Rail Road at Greensboro' is being poshed forward with energy. Traok-laying is progressing rapidly from both ends, with the prospeot of having the whole road completed at an early day. ? Jermy Taylor says: "It tabes a wide garment to cover some people's sins."? Perhaps, then, some of oor female friends should still farther widen their crinolines. ? It is tme of nearly every man, that what he has done is little compared with what he might have done. ? As long as men smell of whiskey and tobacco, the women have a right to defend themselves with mask. Brilliant Affair in Texas?Two Yankee Gunboats Bepulsed and DestroyedEailure of the Expedition. The great Texas expedition, so often hinted at in the Yankee papers, has been repnised, with the loss of two gudboats composing it. The 19th Army corps, under Gen. Franklin, left New Orleans on the 1th instant, in transports, accompanied by four gunboats, to capture Sabine City, a point of great strategetio value on the line dividing Louisiana from Texas. They arrived off the city on the 8th. A correspondent of the New York Tribune says: In the course of Monday night the entire Beet gathered in the vicinity of the Sabine. The gunboats und vessels of lighter draught crossed the bar, and preparations were made For the attack. Captain Crocker, of the Dlifton, was to feel the enemy, nncover the batteries, and ascertain his strength and position. Generals Franklin and Weitzel examined the shore of the Pass to find the most eligible point for landing the foroes. The Clifton steamed np the Pass, occasionally throwing a shell from her ride gans at the only work visible?an earthwork of six large gans. No reply was made. She steamed within easy range of thd fort, and received no response. She then returned to her former position ^thout drawing the fire of the enemy. When the Clifton returned, the order of battle was immediately arranged. The gunboats Clifton, Arizona, and Sachem, were to engage the enemy's works, while the Granite City was to cover the landing of a force of 500 men of Gen. Weitzel'a division, selected from the Port Hudson heroes, ind composed of two companies of the 165th Mew York, four companies of th^lOlst N. Fork, and a detachment of the 75th New Fork regiment, nnder command of Captain Pitch, of the latter regiment. The Cliftoh opened the engagement with x shell from one of her large pivot guns, which burst inside the enemy's works, raising a cloud of dust and dirt; instantly another shot followed; then-the Sachem opened a broadside from her gnns; next the Arizona followed. The firing was exoellent; from thirty to forty shells had exploded in the fort of the enemy. Not a shot had been fired in return?not a soldier nor a civilian conld be seen?the only evidence that the neighborhood was not deserted was the movement of a couple of steamers vibrating between the city and the fort. Presently a heavy shot was fired at the Arizona, passing over her; soon another was directed at the Sachem and at the Clifton, bnt without effect. Soon the conflict became general and stormy, the shot &Dd shell from oar vessels making terrible havoo in the parapet. Just as the Sachem was passing out of raDge and victory seemed abont to perch on our flag, a shot struck her amidships, render* a 1 j j ing tier useless, ner nag was tuwereu, auu the enemy concentrated his fire upon the Clifton, whose gallant officers and men fought bravely until a shot passed through her boiler, and she was compelled to raise the white flag. The Clifton had beBideB her crew, 70 sharpshooters on board. The Sachem had a detachment of 30 sharpshooters. Five soldiers, one sailor, and one signal man, escaped down the beach from the Clifton. The number of killed and wounded is not known. The Arizona, being unequal to the contest, fell back, and the order was issued to the fleet to withdraw. The expedition returned to New Orleans, September 12, with its designs pnostrated at the feet of adverse circumstances. Another letter thus sums up the disaster : Just as soon, however, as an attempt was | made to land, the rebels poured in shot thick and fast, which they sent through and through our gunboats, and very soon 1- ? ? ? * ~ QA/xUnm an/) Klflnr iin on. : SUU& (JLie tue uauucui auu uivn -j, ?- | other. All our sharpshooters on one of the j boats were captured, and it was only by prompt and rapid movements that the Commanding General, Franklin, managed to get away. Bacon.?It was thought sometime since, J says the Columbus Sun} when the Govern-1 mcnt agents were trying to purchase bacon with Confederate notes at eighty cents per pound, that bacon had bcoome extinct in this market. The general belief was, that there was none in the country. But .when | the Government received a large lot of su, gar, and commenced exchanging that artij cle for bacon, many persons were forced to j change their opinion. Over ten thousand I pounds of bacon were taken during a single ! week. Latest from the Battlefield. Atlanta, September 26.?Our lines extend around Chattanooga within striking distance. Oar foroes are well up to the front and fall supplies were dose on Wednesday. That night, our cavalry occupied Cooper Gap, on Lookout Mountain, twelve miles from Chattanooga; and that night Gen. Wheeler made a reconnoissance toward Lookout Mountain and found an infantry force of the enemy, which he drove away. The mountain is now held by Longstreet. The enemy's operations can be plainly seen from Lookout Mountain. Rosenoranz has two lines<of defence on the road to Chattanooga, for 600 yards, and the lines are' crowded with men. He has one pontoon across the river. Longstreet commands the river and rail road below Chattanooga. Gen. Hood was doing well on Thursday. Our loss in killed | and wounded will not exceed 12,000. The j on/1 nriarmp.rs num. I X HIliiCB HillCUy Ituuuviuu muv* _ ber 28,000. Two Yankee hospitals are in our hands, with 1,800. The enemy's haversacks contaia corn bread only, and prisoners state that for ten days they were on short rations. The bridge over the East Chickamanga has been repaired, and trains will go to cur lines to-morrow. The train last night from Ringgold ran off the track four miles above Marietta,.and is not yet in; ho lives lost. Mr. Adair writes from Ringgold yesterday to the 'Confederacy, that Wheeler is over the river and Forrest is in the right place. A Confederate officer has just arrived who was wounded and taken prisoner ou Saturday and detained in a Yankee hospital until Monday, when he was released by Forrest's cavalry. He saw Rosenoranz on Sunday at 12 m.? He had no mark of wounds. On Sunday night, rockets were seen towards Harrison's, which the Yankees said was Burnsido, with forty thousand reinforcements. A heavy Confederate force was before Chattanooga nnA Harrison's. * * " ~~ ~ * .. Later.-t-Ad officer from Hood's division, who arrived on the train jast in, reports that" he left Lookout Mountain yesterday morning, and that important position was held by Hood's division, now commanded by Jenkins. It is not supposed an assaalt will be made, as we command the situation and need not sacrifice lives. When the trains left Burnt Bridge Station this morning, cannonading was heard. On Thursday flight, the enomy made two attempts on our lines, but were driven back to their entrenchments. Further news of a oheering character has been received, but it is not deemed prudent to communicate it. . General Bragg. N A correspondent (290) of the Atlanta Intelligencer closes his account of the battle of Chioamauga with theU'ollowing statement of reasons why Gen. Bragg did not follow on/i fho undress of General up UIO TiVbUIjy uuvk vwv Bragg to his troops: But for the want of rations Gen. Bragg would have followed up his victory the next day, but our troops were unable to move until our supplies came up. In.this great battle Gen. Bragg has exhibited a military sagacity far oyerreaching Rosencranz, and by bis masterly manoeuvres has hH&dled his army with a skill and judgment that only could have secured to us such a glorious victory. I close this letter by appending his congratulatory address to his troops, which will be read with a thrilling glow of interest, aud over which every true heart will with gratitude to God, devoutly rejoice. 290. Headquarters Army op Tenn. Field of-Chickamauga, Sept. 22. It has pleased Almighty God to reward the valor and endurance of our troops, by giving to our arms a complete victory over ,L- ?Mnannrnnmhara tut? UUGLLiy O DUJ/ttiWi uui?MV.m. Homage is due, and is rendered unto' Hitn who giveth not the battle to the strong. Soldiers ! after two days of severe battle, preceded by heavy and important outpost affairs, you have stormed the barricades and breastworks of the- enemy, and driven before you in confusion and disorder an army largely superior in numbers, and whose constant boast was your defeat. Your patient endurance under privations, your fortitude and yonr valor, displayed at all. times and under all trials, have been meetly rewarded. Your commander acknowledges his obligations, and promises to you, in advance, the country's gratitude. But your task is not ended. We must drop a soldier's tear upon the graves of the noble men who have fallen by oar sides, and move forward. -- * * ti._i._j at I j>lUCD Das Doea accompusueu. muio ?omaiD8 to be done before we can enjoy the blessings of peace and freedom. BRAXTON BRAGG. I he following copy of the latest des patch from Gen. Bragg to Gen. Beauregard has been kindly furnished us by the Commanding General: Before Chattanooga, Sept. 2-1, 1863, via Atlanta, j To Gen. Beauregard: We have 7,000 j prisoners, 15,000 small arms, forty pieces ; of artillery and thirty stand of colors. We are now confronting the enemy again at Chattanooga. BRAXTON BRAGG. Chattanooga, Sept. 23?S a. m., via, Tunnel Hill.?We have driven the enemy from Georgia baok to the Tennessee River. His lines now extend along the river from Chattanooga to Charleston. Burnside is supposed to be moving down j in their rear; there is firing going on over the river. # The number of our killed in the battle of the Chickamauga is small compared with tho wounded, the number of whom is very , great. Many of the wounds though are ; slight. The enemy will probably make a stand near Chattanooga, in the hope of forming a junction with Burnside. : I : ?? ?> BSf The Register, of the 21st, says that, among the prisoners are two Major-Gene- j rals and one Brigadier, and that our army lost bo prisoners nor guns. "It is stated that we have an immense . j cavalry force on the North side of the Tennessee River to cut off the enemy's retreat, and that among the incidents of yesterday some 2,000 prisoners, who revolted against their guards, were slaughtered. It i* also stated that the enemy's killed, wounded and missing amounts to 25,000, and that their pontoon bridges have all been destroyed." Atlanta, Ga., September 25.?Several traioB of wounded and prisoners have arrived. Reports of the state of affairs are conflicting. Weinolino to the belief that the enemy are fortifying'Chattanooga. Oar linos are within four miles of that place.? Officers state that RosencraDz has sent two flags of truce, asking permission to bury the dead and relieve the wounded. Bragg rejected both, replying that he had enough Yankee prisoners to bury the dead, and Yankee surgeons to attend the wounded.? No fightingrdonc yesterday. The Yankee prisoners have an abundance of counterfeit Confederate money. Somo were brought | here in irons for passing it. BaJ- We have again whispers of the early arrival of that long expected fleet of Confederate iron-olads from Europe. A Southj em paper declares that-naval officers have already^efft our ports to take command of such vessels. We might add to this item some interesting circumstances from oar own information; bat for obvious reasons we forbear the detail of ramors on this subject, however well we may know them to be sustained by substantial official advices. This flotilla is. the subject of great expectations. It will probably not disappoint them. If the accounts given of the arma-, ment and power of this looked for Confederate fleet are true, we may expect it to sweep down the Gulf and instantly raise the blockade; to destroy the transports at Charleston ; to clear out Ship Island; andf pertiaps, to penetrate the Mississippi, sweeping the river clear of Yankee craft, and putting an end to the Mobile expedition in the most summary manner. It is said that the Yankee monitors will bei unable to contend with these iron-clads; that they have neither the necessary speed nor the sea qualities to do so. We belijve the enemy has upon the stocks vessels which Will UULLI pciu TTlbU bUC VUU^UVIHW ; bat it will be months before they can .be pat in commission. In the meantime, the < Confederate navy may have its own way.? It is a question of time and opportunity, and we hope for the best.?Richmond Examiner. Grenada, Miss., September 9.?Editor Mississippian.: I have additional news that I sent you a few dayB ago, in regard to the six iron-cladsior the Confederacy, then reported to be on their way aoross the ocean from England. > The Chicago Times, of the 2d, announces the arrival of these vessels at Nassau, and^hufc ten others bad already been launched andivould bo ready for sea in the coarse of this month. ft From the West.MoBrLE, "Sept. 20.?The Advertiser and Register has a special despatch from Senatobia, which says the papers are .mournfnl over Rosencranz's defeat, and acknowledge his loss 30,000. Tncnrnn/io onmrnniea roill .rtnft insuVfl (ID the Mississippi Rivor. All quiet in Arkansas. The New Orleans Era says there has been a most disastrous reverse to the Federals in Louisiana. This concurs with the rumors that Weitzel was defeated and killed by Taylor at Napoleon, Louisiana. A special despatch to the Appeal, dated Canton, 24tb, says the Memphis Bulletin, of the 22d, states that Magrudcr whipped Franklin's Yankee corps, taking many ' prisoners, sinking two gun boats and disabling several at Sabine Pass. Franklin returned to New Orleans. " , More Rumoes.?Tho people of New Orleans have the latest and most startling news. From a Capt. Jefferson, who lately arrived at Mobile "from the Crescent city, the Tribune learns that the New Orleans Bee of the 9th (it was in other papers, also) gives the particulars of a treaty of peaoe and commerce between Hon. John Slide]], on tho part of the Confederacy, and the Emperor Napoleon, and that one of our com missioners was to accompany Maximilian from France to Mexico, with a fleet of French and Austrian vessels?all '4o sail on the 1st of October. This news, it is stated, completely changes the programme of the enemy,' respecting the attack on Mobile: He says that 35,000 men are now on their way up Red river, en route, it is supposed, to tho Mexican frontier. He represents farther, that there are now about 25,000 men in the different barracks around New Orleans, and that all the steamers in the rivers, schooners and other crafts in the lakes, have been seized by the Government, and all provisioned, with wood, water, etc., ready to sail at a moment's warning. All this should be swallowed with many grains of allowance, especially by the Mobilians. From Nashville.?The Chattanooga Rebel has obtained the following items of interest from Nashville: The Federals are treating the people of Nashville more humanely, and a better con dition of affairs exists under tue administration of the brothers Granger?one a general and the other a colonel in the Federal service. The town is properly policed, and life and property protected. The negroes j do pretty much as they please, and steal enormously, as they are compelled to do to live. The free negroes are most troublesome. The Yankee soldiery is generally under proper discipline and well behaved. Very few old familiar faces are to be seen on the streets. Living is cheap, and provisions ample. * Many of the negToes who at first absconded have returned. The negroes. of Esquire Robert Rains, who was considered one of the strictest masters amoDg the Davidson County planters, have all returned to him, and prefer to remain at home. Now and then guerilla raids are heard of, but they are not of frequent occurrence. The city is garrisoned by about 4,500 men. Yankee Raid into Ashville, N.C.? We learn from reliable authority that a party of Yankees, numbering about sixty, made a raid into Ashville, N. C., one day last week. There is quite a number en-! camped not far from this place. They have V>pnn in TfiiPnimti? nnmmiltinry mflnv I -"-;wuu vvuu^jw-.-. b.- j | : ctepredations. The Yanks are now only , some sixty or more miles from Greenville. | Let us be on the alert.?Due West Tele' j scope. An old bachelor?the man who carries j pins in his coat collar. ' Governor Bonhem's Message. Columbia, September 22.?Governor lionham's Message was read to day in both branches of the Legislature, at one R M. It recommends that a military force be raised of two regiments of infantry, one to be mounted, and a proportionate force of cavalry and artillery, to resist apprehended raiding parties of the enemy. This I force is to inolnde all able bodied citizens between sixteen and sixty years old, not in Confedereate service or otherwise legally exempted; those who have employed substititutes who become citizens, and those having domicils. The Governor asks the Legislature to adopt a policy to mitigate the evils of impressments by the Confederate Government. He also asks additional legislation as to famishing labor for ooast defence.? He recommends impressment of labor, and a a : t j * r iu iuciuuo lretj uegrues. The topics of the Message were appropriately referred. Message No. 2 was received, and considered in secret session. That Flag. The South Carlinian of the 27th, says : We saw, yesterday, at the Executive office, the old flag; not the special flag of the Union, bat the special Union flag,- which floated over Port Sumter when that fortress passed into the hands of Soath Carolina and the Confederacy/ The generous Beauregard allowed Major Anderson to carry away the flag, under which he bad to surrender, as a tribute to his sacrificing himself on a point of duty; and Anderson allowed that flag to be deseorated, under false pretenses, in being exhibited to a meeting in New York, and still farther in enveloping the. gouty limbs of the arch-traitor Scott. Retributive justice brought it back to be surrendered where it properly belonged; and amid the ruins of the unyelding Sumter, it was laid at the feet of the first general to whom the flag of the old Union was humbly prostrated. Prom Charleston. Charleston, September 2G.?The Yankees have-worked very little at their batteries to-day, our fire keeping tbem close under cover. Oar mortars on Snllivan's Island work admirably, the shells being thrown with acouracy and falling in the middle of the enemy's battery at nearly every fire. There was again considerable motion in the fleet to-day, supposed to be Farragnt visiting each vessel. How the Western Yankees Have Been Disappointed.?A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, dating from Chattanooga, Sept. 10, writes Crittenden is to encamp to night at Kinggold?at least his troops are. He is still here, but it is presumed will push .forward to morrow. General Thomas is still at Lafayette, and MoCook in supporting distance of him. Gordon Granger, with the reserves, wilt be up for the fight, and General Barnside is rapidly moving down the Valley.7*No halt will be made until Atlanta is ours, or until defeated by the rebels in front of that point, or Rome, ^hat they are endeavoring to throw their army to a positioh in which it will cover-their base, is now very evident, and that the Coosa and Etowah, Rivers will be their line is not at all improbable. To night, the army will be concentrated at a point twenty miles South of Chattanooga, is a sentence which Provost Marshal-General Wiles blotted in a despatch of mine sent you to day; but it is nevertheless true, though contraband. I have no hesitation in sending it by mail, as before it can possibly get to the rebels through your paper the campaign will be over. ?8iztv five miles to Rome. 130 to Atlanta," says the railroad guide. "Four days to Rome, ten to Atlanta, including a battle," says Rosenoranz. That be means pursnit and battle we all know, and that Bragg means battle ere he abandons Atlanta, no one has a doubt. But to donbt that, halting to fight, Bragg will be terribly defeated and routed, you insult the good sense aq,d dearest honor of every man in this army. Later from Europe. European advices to the evening of the 5th instant?a day later?have been received in New York: A dispatch from Paris, dated the 5th inst., in the evening, says : the announcement respecting the victualing of the Florida at Brest in the Moniteur is supposed to be a still more explicit declaration on the part of France that the period of neutrality is fully passed. The Paris correspondent of the. London Globe, telegraphing on the same day, says of Mitchel Chevalier's pamphlet: This time the trumpet emits no uncertain sonnd, bat every note rings oat the knell of the North American Union, and the birth of a separate independent government at Richmond. The London Globe} of^the 5th instant, j (evening,) in a leader, says : "As far as it j is possible to judge of American affairs at! this distance, and with the meagre information at our disposal, it appears that the plans of the Federals can only be defeated by very vigorous operations in Eastern Virginia." The London Globe] of the same day, has an article'regretting the searoity of labor in England for agricultural purposes, and it asserts, in unseemly terms, that "the poor wretches whose corpses are rotting on the banks of the Potomac and the Rappahan nook, and their scarcely less wretohed compatriots in America, have been missed in England, and there arc none to supply their places." Heavy Loss.?Edmond McGehee, esq., about 80 years of age, residing near Eaton llouge, La., has been stripped of hie immense property by the Yankees. He owned 3200 slaves and 27 cotton and sugar plantations, including, a cotton factory, which was worked by 300 of his own hands. A railroad 13 miles long, leading to his factory, had been constrnctad by himself, with a sufficient rolling stock. All the negroes except about one hundred, have been taken off by the Federals, his factory ruined, all his plantations desolated, his railroad torn up, and about 5000 bags of Cotton burnt by the order of Mr. McGehee to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. His loss in negroes and cotton alone is not less than 3,5,000,000. LATEST NEWS, From Charleston. A Charleston, Sept. 28;?All quiet except slow firing from our batteries. Charleston, Sept. 28.?The enemy's Morris Island batteries were firing slowly at the rains of Sumter to-day, for the'first time for several weeks. No damage. Nothing else stirring. From Virginia. . Gordonsville, Sept. 28.?All quiet from the front. Thirteen Yankee scouts, captured above United States Ford, were sent through to Richmond to day. Several deserters from Lane's N. C. brigade were shot at Orange Court House yesterday. No further movements reported to-day. The enemy's force beyond the Rapidan is estimated at 60,000 effective men, and Meade's Headquarters above Culpepper C. H. Opinions conflict as to whether there will be a fight soon or not. ' Recruits. A gentleman just returned from the scene -C 1 11.1 ? ;L. A Ul Uuiwc iuiuiuig lug i^uuuia jLccyiatz/ iiuav the rail why'trains cannot move the troops who are going forward to Bragg's army.? Many of these are fresh rocraits whose ardor is as irrepressible as that of the veteran soldiers. The slightly wounded refuse to leave the ranks, and in any future battle'we may be confident of victory. He says that the condition of our army is perfect in all its departments. Supplies and means of transportation are being rapidly gathered and every arrangement perfected for the farther proseoution of the campaign. ' - _ % )tm The Troubles in Iredell and Wilkes. We find the following in the Iredell Express, of Thursday: Considerable excitement was produced in. this place on last Wednesday morning by a report coming from the neighborhood of Jacob Fraley, Esq., that a number of deserters in that section had massed themselves for a battle with a portion of the State Guard, from Camp Yanoe, commanded by Lieut. Robards. It appears that.tbe people of that region had appointed a day for a Union meeting in ttte vicinity of inquire tfraley's, and had extended an invitation to the deserters and skulkers thereabouts to attend and take part in the proceedings. The guard marched from near this place Monday night and reached the place where the meeting was to bo held about daybreak Tuesday, a distance of twenty miles. After the meeting assembled, (a large < number of women being present,) the guard and militia surrounded the building and took possession of the ring-leaders, letting the females and a number of citizens loose, retaining under guard five deserters who were present and'the chairman, a Mr. John Diffee, who is, from appearance, seventyfive years old and quite infifm. About one hundred and sixty deserters were on their way to the rendezvous, but would not advance nearer than Warren's Bridge, (three miles distant from the place of meetlbg,) on learning of the presence of the guard. The supposition was they were waiting for reinforcements from Trap Hill, in Wilkes County, and intended attaoking (hp H(>*k dnr hnf tVio rrnarA voara diann. ? ? V MVUW ^ J 7 VWb VMV Q UUt U UVkW V?*VWJ/ pointed on reaching the place of an .anticipated battle the following morning, the deserters having skedaddled to the mountains in Wilkes. An attempt was made on Tuesday night to release the prisoners wbowere being conveyed to Camp Vance, by a party of sixteen citizens, but did not succeed in their object, one of whom was captured early Wednesday morning and confessed being one of the party. Two militia officers were also arrested the same day foraidingand abetting deserters. On Thursday these men were placed under guard of militia, to be brought to this place, but ou reaching a creek with-in four miles of here, they escaped through negligence of a portion of the men under whose care they had been placed for safe deliverance into the jail, prior to their shipment to Camp Vance. This is something that we were in hopes of never having to jeoord as having happened in this county, but they were blasted by the teachings of men who should have had more love of country and the rights of frAAmnn. thnn h?a Kaah oVincon hu ?nme in ~J this our time of -trouble. It is a picture upon which we dislike to dwell and spread before our readers, but necessity his compelled us to say tBat something should have been done long since to put down this band of tories and traitors to their country. We are glad now to see that the authorities have taken the matter in band, and we bape that the force whiob has been sent to arrest and bring to punishment these deserters from the Southern army, will accomplish the undertaking upon whioh they have started. There is no doubt but there are a largo number of deserters in this section, but some reports which we have seen are mneb exaggerated. Odo only is known to bave been wounded by the guard, and it is not likely that he will recover. iiaii w ~ The Yankees in Florida.?A gentleman who arrived in Savannah on Thursday, informs the iYcics that on Wednesday last a number of Yankee barged approached Bay Port, Florida, (which is a port on the Gulf some forty miles North of Tampa Bay,) and burnt an English steamer which bad run the blockade with a valuable ca?go of goods. The steamer was aground at tbe time about one and a half miles from Bay Port. The Confederate troops in the vicin'i tinrnKAn on/1 rlpp minor ny >vcic iu ouiaii uuluuwj ww??0 their fire insufficient to repel the enemy and save the property at the Port, set fire to several small vessels lying at the wharf, and fell back. Ujratmal. Mabrif.i>?On tlio 22d instant, by Rev. J. R. Baird, Mr. G. U\ CROAT and Miss M. C. WALLACE, a!l of Ulis District. 0 ^O'FTTX^ollector.-W E J. are authorized to announce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, at the ensuing election. s. September 30 39 te* Prompt-attention" necesSARY.?Millers, Tanners, Black Smiths, Boot and Shoe Makers, and all otBer persons engaged, or intending to engage in any business, ore required, to register arid pay registry tax, either as Wwlesaie or as retail dealers. V). A. McLEAN, Collector, - 31st Collection District of So. Ca. | September 30 \ 39 'f . \ A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? ?Z"\. AH persons Indebted H? the estate of THOMAS II. 8MITH. deceased,'Ore requested to make.immediate payment; those baring demands against wild defeased, are notified to present tliem, properly attested, within the time prescribed by >aw. JAMES E. SMITH, AdmlnisUaiflr, September 30 39 ' at A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? Xa. All persons having claims against the estate of PHILIP SANI/lFER, deceased, will present tliem properly attested to Philip R. Sandifcr; and those Indebted will make pavmcnt to the same. T. T. SANDIFER. ) i,iltll?i^rB?ra PHILIP R. SANDIFER, \ Administrators. September 30 39 -. - 9P * plow S JE STRAY.?TWO COWS strayed from the subscriber on Dr. Lindsay's plantation, about the Hrstof August last?one a ROAN, with a small bell on?the other h WHITE, with black spots on her neck and shoulders. Tliey were both giving milk when they left. Any Information respecting them can be left with Dr.-Lindsay, at Yorkvllle. WJLLIAM DHENNA.V. September 30' 39 . < 2t DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, DRUGfilST AND APOTHECARY, YOBKTIUE, SO. OA. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, itc., constantly kept on band. Physicians'Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. September 30 39 ^ if * COUTH CAROLINA?YORK 1MQ TRICT^?Wherecs, WALTER B. METTS, C. E. Y. D., has applied to me for Letters of 4dmlnl*tl?ttan de bonit non, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of SAM'L A. PARIS, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. ^ These are, therefore, to cltc and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, 4o~be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Conn for the said District, to be holden at York Court House, on the 9th day of November next, to shew cause,- If any j-jvhy. the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 28th da; of September, in the year of our Lord oflfe thousand eight bundrertAnd sixty-three, and lu the eighty-eighth year of theJuA*pendence of South Carolina. ($13) JOHN A. BROWN, O. V. P. September 30 ' 39 . Gt?-: TAX IN KERS). I WILL attend at the following times and places for the purpose of receiving the TAX IN KINO, Viz: * At% Yorkvlllc, on Wednesday, Thursday, Priday and Saturday, 7th, Bth, 9th and 10th of October. At Suilth'ii, on Monday, 12th October. , At Bethel, on Tuesday, 13th of October At Clay HiU, on Wednesday, 14th of October. 2 At Ebenexer, on Thursday. I5th of October. At Bock Hill, on. Friday, loth of Octoher. At Fort Mills, on Saturday, 17th of October. At Bock Hill, on Monday, 19th of October. ' *v At Coatcs' Tavern, on Tuesday, 20th of October. At Wesibrook's,' on Wcdnqsday, 21st of October. At Brotton's, on Thursday. 22nd of October. AtMcCon noils villc, on Friday, 23rd of October. At Yo.tngblood's, on 8aturday, 24th of October. ~ At GilMJan's, on Monday, 20th of October. At Feernster-'s, on Tuesday, 27tli of October. At Luke Smith's, on Wednesday, 28th of October.'' At Hickory Grove, on Thursday. 29th of October, f*" At Whltcsldes', on Friday, 30th of Octobef. "/ ire" At Boydton, on Saturday. 31st of October. At Buffalo,-on Monday, 2nd of November. At Whbonant's, on Tuesday, 3rd of November. At Allison's on Wednesday, 4th of November. At Hqgh Love's, on Thursday, 5th ol November. I will receive returns of the Wheat, Bye, Oats, Fodder, Hoy, and all other crops which are gathered. Tax Payers are required to wejgh a bushel of thels Wheat, Ryp, 'Oats and Com, also a portion of Hay and Fodder, and make a calculation of the weight of tbelr entire crop. Tax Pavers are entitled to reserve 100 bushels of Corn or 50 bushels of Wheat, 50 bushels of Irish and Sweet Potatoes eaefh, 90 bushels ofPeus oj Beans, Of 20 bushels of both. Ills hoped that every Tax Payer will make out Ills lists properly,, and be fully prepared to make theirTrttnrns without delay. F. M. GALBRAIT&, . Au!unr. Vnrte District September 31) 39 RATES OF POSTAGE 1H THE . C. STATES OF AMERICA.. , F)R the convenience of the pigkSc the following simplified statement of the rates fpM age, under the act of Congress of the Confederate States of America,.has been prepared. It ran it be borne in AIM that the Act Is to go Into effect from and after such period as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce r kates ok fostaue. _ * Single letters, not exceeding n half ounce in weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additional Single rate for eacu additional half ounce or less. " . w ' -V. ,. t Drop letters 2 cents each. ' . In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. - . Advertised letters S cents each. on newsrapaas. Sent to regular and bona fiie subscribers from the office of publication, and not exceeding%ee ounces in weightWeekly paper, 10 cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly papqr, 20 cents per quarter. TrI-Weckiy paper, 30 cents per quarter- - -. Four times a week, 40 cents per quarter. Five tlmeS a week, 30 cetys per quarter. Six times a week, 60 cents per quarter. Doily paper-70 cents per quarter, ... * . on rmoDiCAU. , Periodicals punished oftener than seml-inontlJyshall be charged us newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding2# ounces In weight, V/, cents per quarter, and for cveiy additional ounce or fraction ot an ounce, %% cents additional per quarter. Seinl-Montbly, double that. Bi-Monthly or quarterly, 2 cent* an ounce. U.T TRA301fi.1T riU3TE0 A ATTKB. Every other newspaper, pamphlet, periodical and Magazine, each circular not sealed, handbill and engraving not . exceeding 5 ounces in weight! 2 cents Tor any distance; 2 cents additional for each additional.ounce or less, teyoiul The first three ounces. * , In nil cases the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. ' ? ~ rsAXKrxo ratyiLuoa. * The following persons only are entitled to the frankinS privilege, and in all cases strictly confined W official business. . ' ? ' ? Postmaster General. RU Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. 'Deputy Postmasters. SPELLING BOOKS, JUST received, a lot of the "HOME SPELLING BOM or, MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." - This work is published in Greenville, 8. C., and formic at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. August 12 32 tf . $5 PER HUNDRED m, IN CASH, WILL BB PAID FOR CLEANrOTTAW OR LIMEIVBiGS. AT THE ENQUIBEE OFFICE. June 10 23 tf MOIJ1STED IHFA5TKi:.i rpHOSE -who -are willing to tmite in JL forming a company of "MOUNTED INFANTRY,' nnderthe Proclamation of the Governor, of tlie 23th ult., will plcnee address meatEBENEZER, oHeave their names at the office of the "YORKVILLE ENQUIRER." The Company will be organized aa soon as 78 nainca are obtained. Arms will be fhrnisbed by the State, but each one must provide himself with a horse. It Is Important that the Company should be raised, and at once. EDWARD AVERY, JR. September 16 _ .37 ? tf pROCKERY.?WILL BE SOLD V7 at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MOX- * DAY, the 5th day of OCTOBER next, within the usual hours of. sale, a lot of CROCKERY, consisting of CUPS and SAUCERS, PLATES, SMALL DELF DISHES, fco Person* In want of ?tich articles will do well to attend, a* the mile will be positive. * (irj-Carollnlan copy-on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October, nnd-eend bill to the ''Enquirer Office"for payment. September 23 2t* TSSESSOR'S NOTICE.?AFTER JL filling mv published appointments, I wiB close the returns on the TAX IN VALUE, In YORKVILLE, on the 7th of OCTOBEBt All tax payers who do not make tbeir returns on or before that day, will have twenty five per cent, odded to their tax. F. M. GALBRAITH, Assessor, York District. September 23 38 2t A ?TH REGIMENT.?THE CITITtU ZENS of the 46th HRGIMENT, 8. C. M., are particularly requested to meet at BAXTER'S OLD FIELD, on SATURDAY, the 3rd of OCTOBER next, for the purpose of forming a COMPANY for HOME PROTECTION. Punctual attendance Is necessary. September 23 ? 38 - 2t* ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? 2.X. All persons paving claims against the estate of WM I BERRY, deceased; are requested to present (ham properly aweaicy. j iiwc uuvuica w sua canac win ma&c ment Immediately^ R. A. BLACK, > Admlntotat0r8 September 23 38 ' ft 1vtotice.?the creditors of 1* J. LEROY DA VIES are hereby notified to-meet me at ROCK HILL, York District, on FRIDAY, 2nd day of OCTOBER next. Punctual attendance required. Sept. 19th, 1863. L. H. MA83EY, Assignee. September 23 "38 ft A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? Jl JL All persons having claims ajnlnst the estate I. N. SADLER, deceased, are requested to present thetn properly attested. Those indebted to said estate will make payment Immediately. . J. 8. BAILY, Administrator. September 83 36 3t Fo r ttx collector.?w e have been requested to announce Col. ANDREW JACK80N, nun candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 9 36 tl tjior' tax collector?we X? are authorized to annouuee SMITH SANDERS as a Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. November 19, 1868 47 ly* "ypotice.?corn, bacon, rye JL i and FLOUR wanted-for the GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLB, Agent. April 29 17 tf