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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
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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
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. 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
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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-. ,
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' 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. * *
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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.
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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.
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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. ' - _
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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.
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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