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. ftfte . *yORKVIb.LEj S. C. WEDNESDAY EVEN ESQ, OCTOBER 14,1863. NOTICE. In consequence 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, $4 00 For si* 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 subsequentdnsertion, in tliis 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 advertisements, and charged accordingly. April 23, 1863. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. ( Charleston, October 11, 1863. The greatest qaiet prevails throughout the city to-night, notwithstanding occasional shots are indistinctly heard from the several batteries. Last night two Yankees, in an open boat, were brought to by our water pickets, and this morning turned over to the tender mercies of Gen.- Ripley; they say they lost their way, and it is said^ were not over communicative. The new bridge constructing between the city and Mount Pleasant vicinity is nearly ccdfUeted, and thus a safe connection between the two places and Sullivan's Island will be secured, at least until the bridge between the two Islands'is destroyed; the "big gun" will then be rolled over, and -probably will report loud enough for your readers] to hear at a propitious time. The 17th and 18th Regiments are again on the move, not far this time, being only to the other side of the oity, on Jame's Island. The trial of Gen. Evans is. progressing here, at the Military Hall, which is the occasion of Assembling many of the Military Hot and Co^d-sgurs. It seems Gen. Evans was the^cting Major General, and Col. Keitt was appointed by Gen. Jtipley to the temporary command of his Brigade J this the General (Evans) would not allow, contending the position of right was due to his own Senior Colonel?hence a charge of disobedidnoe of orders. However we may sympathise with Gen. Evans, we- must remember that in these war times, it is the ^ A or\lfA AKatt vwi^Anf anoflhnn , UUIfjr U1 bUC i}V/iUiOi kU VUVJ t? l^UVUV There seem so little prospect of the Yankees running the gauntlet of our batteries, at least for some time, our two Regiments, First and Fifth, are clamoring to get hoipe to sow their wheat, and, indeed, they are warmly seconded by the Charlestonians, who also seem to look upon them as intruders. In one sense, at least,'some of us j are, for several companies who were quartered in stores with no convenience,' have taken possession of better quarters, sans ceremonie. Captain Dowry's Company (B) anticipating a frost, have moved into a fine three story residence, 44 Society-st. The owner was a little nettled to find us there, but he made no fuss, and with the urbanity of manners that always distinguished Dr. Henry R. Frost, he handed over the keys with a request that his walls would not be soiled, or his property otherwise injured, which was promised, of course, and for the good'name of old York will doubtless be folly complied with. Other Companies have followed our example, though Captain Bowen's Company (K) still remains in expectancy. The late conscription order of Col. Melton was quite an interesting topic among us for a day or two, but the Secretary of War having telegraphed to "make no issue with the State of South Carolina," attention is turned to other matters. We f know not how the many young men in the country avoid doing military i? duty, but we do think that if they could see the grey-headed men of the country going through the fatigues of the battalion drill, some sense of shame would come over them ; and if the speculators who rest night-1 ly on beds of dowD, would reflect on the hard pallet and course fare which is the-soldier's lot, they would cease to prey on their helpless families, but pray to God to turn away from them the wrath that mu9t follow, if they persist in their evil ways. Aside from this view, they should remember that a time of reckoning may come in this wotld, for some of the soldiers will assuredly return. The health of the city is very good, that of the soldiers better than could have been expected, from the change of habits, water and ease to which middle age men accustom themselves at home; to say they are all in good spirits would not be true, but that they are willing to' do their duty may be vouched, and that they will, occasion will prove. Companies B and K send greeting to their friends. E. \ * n?ii From Charleston. Charleston, October 10.?The enemy's batteries on Gadberry Hill were shelling Fort Johnson heavily yesterday. Our batteries were firing at Gregg and Wagner.? The enemy has mounted a heavy Parrot gun of flnmminM' Point. Verv littlefiriner last * v i/mm* o" " * o night or this morning. Charleston, Oct. 11.?Oar usual regular tire was kept up to-day, the Yankees not replying, but continue working. They have no guns at Cummings Point except the one mounted on Wednesday. Alvin Lloyd, Esq., publisher of the Southern Railroad Guide, was shot, and it is thought fatally wounded, in a street recoatre at Mobile, on the 1st inst. EDITORIAL ITEMS. ? The attention of oar lady readers is calledto the advertisement of Mr. Johnson, in another colamn. ?The Charlotte and Sonth Carolina Rail Road has refused to oarry to Columbia wood for any person who sells for more than $10 per cord loaded on the cars. ? There are now 500,000 names on the muster and pay rolls of the Confederate army, and the President has declared thut if all the absentees without leave would return to their regvmgnts the Federal army would be outnumbered by our men. ? The Yankees fear that the sea will take Morris' Island from them. Fifty yards of beach have eone since the 15th of August. Gen. Gill more has changed his headquarters tent to Folly Island on this account. ? Lookout Point is seventeen hundred feet above the level of Chattanooga, and about two miles and a quarter distant from it in a straight line. This position commands the enemy's works. ? Punch is growing severe on whisker nuisance. It says "Four legged asses are known by the length of their ears?two legged asses by the length of their whiskers. Whiskers over an inch long ought to be taxed?in some countries a tax on hair looms is levied." ? A meeting was lately held in San Antonia whioh passed resolutions that any person depreciating the Confederate currency should receive warning, and for the second offence should be dealt with summarily.? The example will be followed by every town in Texas. ? Lieut. Col. W. K. Beard, of General Bragg's staff, arrived in Richmond one day last week, with twenty-five United States regimental colors, taken at the late battle of Chickamauga. They were deposited in the Adjutant General's office. ? It is stated in a private letter that the amount of the first olaim (l,000,000f.,) a gainst the Florida, now at Brest, has been arranged by Mr. Slidel), and that other claims would be satisfactorily adjusted. ? Hon. Robert Toombs*has published a i letter declining to be a candidate for Congress. He is now in the' field at the head of a regiment of State troops. ? We regret to learn (says the Charleston Courier) that in .consequence of the occupation of Knoxville by the enemy, cutting off its paper supply, the Field and Fireside is foroed to suspend again. ? Charles. Halleck, son of a former proprietor of the New York Journal of Commerce. who came to Augusta, Ga., about a year ago, and was employed for some months as assistant editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel, has gone back to the North. ? Sugar, vinegar, beer, and brandy may -be made from persimmons. ? A destructive fire ocourrcd in Hillsboro', N. C., on Saturday, 26th ultimo, desfrrtwinr* cnmo frmrfcflftn bnildincS. ? A Mrs. Wannamaljer died^ at New Prospect, Bergen county, N. J., lately, weighing, previous to her death, geven hundred pounds. At her last dinner twenty four, ears of green corn made up a slight portion of her repast. ? The estimates of the value of the husbands killed during the recent riots in New York, vary from ten thousand to as low as 'two thousand dollars. ? The Yankees say we only played a good game of "Bragg" and "Polk-cr at Chicamagna, but Cheatham out of Wills' Valley into the bargain. ? In New Orleans u white man is considered nearly as respectable as a negro, if he behaves himelf unusually quiet, orderly and submissively. ? The celebrated Frenoh painter, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix, died recently in Paris, in his 66th year. His career was a brilliant one, and at his death he ranked as the chief of the "romanticist" or dramatro school of French art. ? D. B. Maroney, who is 58 years of age is a member of the 1st Georgia cavalry. He has two brothers older than himself and seven sons in the army. He also has a sister who has nino sons in the army. His father, w?lo is still living, besides these three sons, has htty-tbree grandsons m inc service. Is there a family iu the Confederate service that can beat this ? ? The Paragon flooring mills in Augusta, Ga., were totally destroyed by fire on the night of the 28th ultimo. Loss about ?20,000; insurance ?10,000. It was the work of an incendiary. The Monster Gun at Charleston.? We undferstnd that the second monster gun in Charleston has been tried lately Under the direction of a board of officers with entiro success, throwing its huge projectiles over two miles at an elevation of only two degrees, the gun being not yet ready to fire at a higher angle. This is far beyond any thing ever done by artillery before. These immense rifle guns are constructed on a dcw principle, which permits enormous j charges of powder to be Used safely, and i tlma imnarts the required momentum to the r ponderous shells and solid .bolts. The injury sustained by the first gun was an oversight, and it is understood from good authority can be effectually repaired. The power to be used with these guns is now being manufactured at the Government Pow: der Works, and is quite a curiosity, looking like anything else than gunpowder; the ! grains?if* they may be so called?being | solid blocks looking like ebony, one inch : square; it would be supposed that they ; were projectiles themselves by their appearj ance, each grain weighing about one ounce. ! For thc-Yorkville Enquirer. BIBLE SOCIETY. Pursuant to adjournment, the York District Bible Society met at Bethel Church, on Friday, the 18 th of September. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. W. W. Carothers, from Psalms 43 :3; and was brief, pointed and appropriate. The Society was then regularly constituted with prayer by the Vice President,. Rev. S. L. Watson. The reports were read, received and adopted. The Officers were continued, on motion. A collection of fifty-eight dollars was taken up, and a friend, a member of another society, gave ten dollars additional. The next Annual Meeting will be held in the Presbyterian Church at Yorkville, on the Friday preceding the Fall Communion in that Church, Rev. Mr. Wood to Dreach the sermon, with Rev. Mr. Lathan r .?. / - as bis alternate. Tho Society then adjourned to meet at the time and placo above mentioned. The meeting was then closed with prayer by Rev. W. W. Ratchford. The Executive Committee would embrace . this opportunity of giving information, that they have now on hand five hundred very neat oopies of the New Testament. The Auxiliaries can obtain twenty copies each, by calling on Esq. Jefferys, our Depositary Agent. These Testaments are intended almost exclusively for our soldieirs. M. E. Prom Virginia. Richmond, October 9?Commissioner Ould had another interview yesterday at City Point with Meredith, on the subjectof the exchange of officers. No conclusion was arrived at, but it is believed that the Yankee Government will ultimately agree . to some equable arrangement. The Surgeons will probably bo exchanged at an early day. The Yankees hold sevetf Generals and nineteen hundred other Confederate officers as prisoners. The report of an impending battle ndar the Rapidan is renewed, and it is now believed that an engagement will take place ' this week. Gordonsville, October 9.?The news to-day is mostly contraband. A line of wagons about eight miles long was seen yesterday, going from Culpeper towards tne Rappahannock. Six prisoners arrived today, five from Hazel river, and one'from Leesburg. Prom Gordonsville, Va. Gordonsville, Va., Oct.. 7.?Three prisoners, oaptnred at Cedar Ran, Tupper county, were brought here to day. They are Englishmen, and say they don't wish to be exchanged. They report that the 1st, 5th, 11th and 12th corps of Meade's army have gone*to the assistance of Rosencraz. The 3d oorps thejk report guarding the rail road. They also state that all the commissary stores have been sent off, and. that the army is falling baok. The news from above brought by oitizens confirms tho report that Meade's army^ is falling back to Culpeper Court House. ; Gordonsville, October 8.?The report yesterday should have read : "The enemy are falling back from Culpeper C. House." They were yet there in apparent force this morning. The main body has moved above that point, it is supposed between Madison Court House and Sherryvillo. Seventy-five prisoners, taken by White's Cavalry near the Chain "Bridge, four miles from Wash- J ington City, and ten prisoners from Robinson's river, were brought here to-day. J Gordonsville, October 10.?Gordon's j ' cavalry attacked the enetny'sjjicket guard on Bobinson's River this morning, driving them to their camp four miles beyond, on the Culpeper Road, where, after a short resistance, they fled. We captured 100 prisoners, including two surgeflse and one captain ; also, their camp, &c. Wo were still! pursuing the refagees when our guard left.; Two negro prisoners were brought in this morning,- belonging to the homo guard of Fairfax. From the Wost. Mobile, October 8.?The Tribune has late news from the Trans-Mississippi department, through Maj. Tom Ochiltree, just from the West. Gen. Price was falling back from Arkadelphia with.a largely superior force of the enemy in his front. Gen. Taylor's army was being concentrated near Alexandria, with the exception of the brigades under Tom Green. On the 16th ult., General Green attaoked and defeated a superior Yankee army near the mouth of Red River. His force comprised two brigades of cavalry and one of infantry. With these he engaged two-divisions of the enemy, and his victory was completo. He has command of the river against all tho efforts of the. Yankees to drive him from k. The last reports from below represent that Banks, with 2,500 men, was camping near Bfashear city, Berwick's Bay, and Taylor was watching his movements closely, and it was supposed he would give him battle about Vermilion Bridge, in Attakepas. The victory at Sabine Pass was complete, and without a parallel in this war. The official report shows that the enemy, under Gens. Franklin and Woitzel, with 28 transports, 12,000 men, and 4 gunboats attempted to land.' The whole Confederate force at the fort and Pa$s, was about forty-two of ;the Jeff. Davis Guards, mostly Irish, and , the nearest reinforcements were at Houston, i This little band fought the enemy several hours, disabled three gunboats, drove the whole fleet ingloriously away, captured two i of the best boats, the Clifton and Sachem, ! eighteen guns, and three hundred and eigh' 4 : ? - ? in/iltirlinrr tVin mo n/1/>r Ijr-UlUC {Uiauucillj iuviuuiu^ vuu vvu?__v... of the Crocker. The gunboat Arizona is supposed to have sunk as they put to sea.? j General Magruder was soon on the spot and : issued orders from the gunboat Clifton.? Active preparations are being made to meet the invasion of the enemy. The people of Texas aro rising from the ages of fifteen to sixty. Beast Butler is canvassing Pennsylvania in favor of Curtin for Governor. He made his first speeoh at Harrisburg. Prom Bragg's Army. Missionary Ridge, Ootober 9, via Chickamauga.?The enemy opened a heavy fire, yesterday afternoon, at Lookout Moantain, from a-battery on Mocoasin Point, for the purpose of ascertaining whether our mortar battery had been removed. After firing for an hoar, and failing to elicit a reply, they abandoned the idea. A 20-pounder Parrot, at the Btar fort, also threw shells in the direction of oar siege pieces for a similar purpose, bat failed. . The Moccasin Point battery opened again this morning, at 11 o'clock, firing very slowly at onr pointers on Lookout Mountain. * , Arrival of Flag of Truce Boat. Richmond, October 8.?A flag of truce boat arrived yesterday at City Point: Shebrought seventeen prisoners, fifteennf whom are Chaplains, captured at Gettysburg.? Col. Robert Alston, Gen. Morgan's Chief 6f Staff, and another officer, arrived with the boat. One of the Chaplains states th&t about seventy-five of our Surgeons are at Fort McHenry. * Northern News. Richmond, October 7.?The Baltimore American 01 tne otn instant nas Deen received. A correspondent writing from Chickamauga to the Evening Journal, under date of the 29th ultimo, says : <?A large portion of the Army of the. Potomao is going to Chattanooga. The eleventh and twelfth corps, commanded by Generals Ho.ward and Slocum, from the Rappahannock, are by this time well on their way to Nashville.-^It is said that the third army corps of Meade's army is also on its way Westward." On Tuesday morning the steamer Robert Campbell, from St. Louis, for Vioksburg, with troops on board, was fired near Miliken's Bend; The flames spread rapidly and the passengers were forced to jump overboard. Beforo the boat reached the shore forty lives were lost. The Bteamers Chancellor and Forrest Queen, at Cathoola, were also fired on Saturday afternoon, at the levee at St. Louis. The last two were entirely destroyed. A terrible explosion took place at Bridgeport, which destroyed a vast quantity of ammunition. It is stated that a French frigate is now on her way to Charleston harbor, but for what purpose is not known. .' Gold in New York, on Monday, was quoted at 143 to 1444. Thefc steamship City of London, with Liverpool dates, has arrived at New York. The report, by. a previous steamer, that Mr. Mason had withdrawn from England is confirmed. The London Tfrnes says that "the Confederates are offended with, the British Government for trying to keep in the right. We are sorry for it. The loss, however, will be theirs, while the relief to the British nation is great. She will have nothing to repent." The * London Times warns the British Government against going too far in stopping the building of ships for the Confederates, while it is furnishing monitions of war to the Federals. The London Times assumes that Maximilian was to asoend the throne of Mexico, and that the British Government will acknowledge and favor the recognition of the new Government of that country. , The American ships Express and Anna F. Schmidt were destroyed by the Alabama off Rio. The Bight Spirit. The subscription list below was handed to ub the other day for publication. It gives us pleasure to do so and to call upon those to whom the paper has not been banded, and who are willing to subscribe to it to do likewise. It is gratifying to jecord such instances of patriotism, and to find that though the demands of the Government and its agents upon our farmers are almost exhaustive, yet tbey are not dead to the claims nknviltr vi jmyutt; uuuiaij* It will be a comforting assurance, to those brave men who are fighting our battles, to know that the people at home will not allow their families to suffer. The corn will b^jriaced in tbo hands of the Soldier's BdlroW Relief, for distribution. The list will be left at this office. We, the subscribers, do 'promise to turnish the Soldier's families, of the 26th Regiment, S. C. M., who arc fighting our country's battles, tho amount of corn opposite our names, at 61 per bushej. II. S. Hope, 100 bushels; Jas. G. Lowry, 100 bushels; E. H. Able, 50 bushels ; Joshua D[. Walker, 50; J. C.Lipford, 50; G. H. Smith, 50; John J. McLure, 100; E. C. McLure, 100; I). N. Hardin, 50; J. S. McLure, 100; Adam T. Walker, 100; lid. Woods, 200; A. D. Walker, 50; A. W. Smith, 25. Smut in Wheat?A Sure Preventive. Dunklin, Greenville, S. C., October 5, 1863. Mr. Editor:?I saw twelve months ago, in a newspaper, an article taken from some old German or English paper, on the use of chamber lye as a preventive to smut in wheat. Blue stone being very dear, and difficult to obtain, I resolved upon trying the lye with my seed last fall, which I did, the result proving it to be a certain and sure remedy; for, of a yield of some 300 uj? nomr} nnfli ffla UU0UC13 tilUUU J1UU1 IUU SCbU uuuv. ...... lye, I did not find a single head of smut, though my seed was not free from smut.? A neighbor and friend of mine, made the same experiment, giving it a fairer trial, sowing the same kind of seed, using the lye with some, while the rest ho sowed without it?that he used the lye with resulting as mine?the other seed badly smutted. The directions as to using the lye, in the article referred to, was, to put the seed in a basket and sink it in a barrel containing the lye, not allowing it to remain but a few seconds; then, after draining it over the barrel, to roll the seed Qn a floor in slaked lime or strong wood ashes. I, however, lot ??' ? - ? * ? J * - 1I?..I/3 eAma f ntn aw I my SCL'U rcuiliiu HI IOC JIlJUiu oumu WT1V/ Ui three minutes. I would further st*e, by keeping it several weeks does not injure the strength of the lye. Wheat sowing being near at band, Mr. Editor, I give the above information as rendering a service to the country. TITHEMAN. Mysterious Ship-Building.?Nantes has its maritime mysteries. There are now building in oar yards two steamers, the appearance of which exoites the more cariosity as their owners and futnre destination are unknown. The smallest gig cannot be built in secret for regattas which are accessible to every eye, and a fortiori vessel of large dimensions cannot escape notice. The practiced eye of our nautical men readily perceives that those of which we speak are not intended for ordinary navigation. Every one asks for what they are intended, and, as no one can answer the question positively, the field remain's open to conjecture. The fineness of their lines is extreme; they aro almost flat, narrow and with bows as sharp as the blade of a razor. Their length is 260 feet; they will each have engines of /ton ?.i a 90 *vv uuioo j/uiruij auu uiu ^iciuou iui w guns. Their guaranteed speed will not be less than fourteen knots an hour. The plan was famished to the builder, who had only to follow it. The hall is in wood, bat there is a quantity of iron ased which will give them great strength. What exoites considerable cariosity is the fact that they are to be delivered to their owners at sea twenty leagues off Bell Isle. There are two similar vessels bailding in the yard of M. Arman at Bordeaux. The order was given by a house in this plaoe for one abroad, but no one knows for whom, and the builders are no wiser. These vessels cannot be intended for carrying freight, as the firmness of their build makes them loss one third of their tonnage. Acoording to some persons, they belong to a company which intend the'm for the China packet service; while others think that the preparations for armament is not consistent even with the conveyance of despatches, and therefore consider them built for war purposes. The most generally credited version is that they may, when afloat, take their place among the Confederate fleet, of which the Sumter was the pioneer. For our part, we give no opinion on the subject; we confine ourselves merely to reporting those of others-. Phare de la Laoire> Sept. 8. Gen. D. H. Hill on Exempts.?An army correspondent of the Atlanta Intelligencer is responsible for the following : Application for leave of absence, in Gen. W. H. T. Walker's Division, of Gen. Hill's Corps, Walker endorsed the application, "Disapproved, but respectfally forwarded to headquarters of Gen. D. H. Hill." Gen. Hill endorsed it, "Approved npon the ground that the brave men of the army should be permitted to. go home whenever practicable; otherwise all tne obiiarei to be bo*n daring the war and the usual period afterwards wilfbe the offspring of cowards at home who have substitutes and arc otherwise exempt." Gen. Walker, upon the return of the application, obeerfully withdrew his disapproval, and permitted..the brave soldier to go home. ?> ?t . . Patrick Henry Paraphased for 1863.??There is no such thing as reconstruction, if we were base enough to desire it. Our chains are forged, their olanking may be heard on the streets of New Orleans and on the plains of Tennnessoe. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased with chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know no( what course others may take, but as for me, give me Liberty, or give me Death !" See Lincoln's letter to the Springfield (Illinois) meeting, in which he declares in effect, his purpose to reduoe the South to tho condition of St. Domingo, and to .confiscate the property of her people to pay the Yankee debt.?Savannah Republican. . Are We Doing Our Duty??Are we, the. people at home doing our duty to the brave men in the field ? The -unrelenting blasts of winter will soon be upon us; the enMior in thn fiftld is exnosed to the Deltiog storm by day and by night, and bis bed is the cold, damp path. We know that-those at borne are called upon to suffer many privations and hardships; but we have a thousand comforts unknown to the soldier. We know that, many of our people have done much for the comfort of their brave defenders, but there is much more to do.? Char. Courier. - * *? There are some thirty-five or forty negroes in Fort MoHenry, all of whom were taken at Gettysburg. They profess an undying attachment for the South. Several times Gen. Schenck has offered to release them if tbey woi^Jd take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, and join the Lincoln army. They have peremptorily refused in every instance, and claim that they Bhould be restored to their masters and home in the South. They say they would prefer death to liberty on the terms proposed by Schenck. A Good Bargain.?Gen. Neal Dow, of Maine daw fame, and more recently of piano stealing henroost robbing notoriety, in Alabama, passed through this city again on yesterday, on his way to llichmond. Rulino if. fKftf Ka ia fn Ko frtr I muv u?o it ?uu, .... bwGen. Morgan. We hope this is true. We can afford to give Dow and the pianos and. chickens, "and a heap of other truck," said to have been taken by the redoubtable cold water man in exchange for Gen. Morgan.?Augusta Constitutionalist. The Chattanooga Rebel says : "There are to-day a hundred thousand efficient exempts speculating on the needs of the soldiers, who ought to be in the army. These men alone, distributed in different quarters, are sufficient to change the whole aspect of the case." William J. Grayson.?This beloved and esteemed citizen has been gathered to his rest in ripe old age, and after years of gentle preparation. He died, as we are informed, in Newberry on the 4th inst., after illness following a paralytic stroke." He *n liio o/JWflnfw.fiffh T7Pnr Viao iu uio uw tvmvj ^ w?. A Good Plan.?Salt has fallen considerably at the Alabama Salt Works.. It is in consequence of the law recently passed by the Legislature, which places any man, Without reference to age, who sells it for more than fifteen dollars a bushel, in the second active class of the militia. We learn that the Southern Express Company will transport to Bragg's army provisions free of charge. ' . - LATEST NEWS, ; From Charleston. Charleston, Oct. 12.?A small boat containing two Yankee soldiers was captured early yesterday morning in the harbor between Fort Samter and the city. They were probably reconnoitering, but professed to be bearing dispatches from Gillmore to Dahlgren, and that they had mistaken Fort Sumter's light for that of the Ironsides. The firing has been more rapid than usual last night and this morning. * cci.? :?u _l.it ?- n? IX 1IUUCULUUU. BUCllj ucttl VJCUi JL?i?J4<sj a , headquarters, was exploded by some boys to-day, killing two negroes and two boys and wounding others. Prom Virginia. Gordonsville, October 12.?-The Yankees appeared not to have known General Lee's movements until lost Friday, when they commeuced falling back from Culpeper. They finally retreated yesterday in such haste as to prevent them from burning the Roppahannock bridge. Their force from all accounts, was small. It is sported that they burnt Bull Run bridge, but not in time to prevent the capture of their trains. More prisoners, oaptured by Mosby at Arundel, were brought in to-day. Northern News. Richmond, Oct. 12.?The Nashville Press of the 7th says: Wheeler crossed the river at Washington last Thursday, thirteen miles above Chattanooga, and passed dowq the Sequatchie valley. The rebels captared fifty wagons near Anderson's Cross Roads, burning a. namber of then), and killing about three hundred horses and mules. The train wa? loaded with ammunition, clothing and rations. Forty wagons carrying medical stores, and about fifty sutlers' trains, were also lost. Oo Saturday the rebel cavalry attacked MoMinnville, capturing the town and garrison, consisting of the 4th Tennessee Infantry. The rebels burned a train of' oars __N J ?a J *1 21 J J A-1 ana aeuirojeu me raurusu auu usicgrapu. A special Washington dispatch to the Herald says: For two months the question of settlement of the impending difficulties between the North and South, without farther bloodshed, has been under consideration at Washington and Riohmond, but the negotiations have not reaohed any definite proposition A considerable foroe of rebels, from Marmaduke's command, under Colonel Shelby, have entered Southwest Missouri from Arkansas. i A Crumb. The. Richmond Examiner says that the Frenoh Government has asked for its fcpbaoco, long stored in Riohmond, and that our authorities have consented to deliver it pn board French vessels. It goes farther, and says the French Government will accept the terms. If so, what then ? We will see. niiia Letters for any of Bragg's army . should be directed to Chattanooga, as H". T. Phillips, the head postmaster, is at Chickamauga, where they will be stopped and distributed. ASted?TO EMPLoy 4(TQR T V 50 LADIES to work on GOVERNMENT WORK. LIBERAL WAGES GIVEN. Apply to MILES JOHNSON, Government Contractor. October 14 41 3t* A GOOD WAGON FOR SALE.? _?jL Tlic Subscriber offers for sale A GOOD 4 HORSE WAGON. Terms reasonable. Apply to WM- LAWSON BROWN. October 14 41 3t nam a hi i_i o atv liSiaxxi onnri. TA7ILL be sold at the late residence M of JOHN CHAMBERS, deceased. two miles and a half South of Yorkvlllo, on TUESDAY, the 17TH day of NOVEMBER nt'xt, the whole personal estate of Testator, consisting of 16 LIKELY NEGROES, Horses, Mules, Cattle, Hogs, Wagons. Corn, Wheat, Oats, Fodder, Farming Utensils, ate. BANK ana S. C. R. R. STOCK. Also his whole real estate, consisting of a tract containing over EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, situate within 2,& miles of Yorkville?more than 500 ACRES of which is in WOODLAND, heavily timbered, with ONE HUNDRED ACRES of valuable BOTTOM ; LAND, with DWELLING HOUSE. Negro Houses, Gin {louse and all necessary outbuildings. Lands as desirable,' or of eqaal value, are rarely In market. Persons wis 111 n ft to examine said lands or Negroes can apply to Mr. A. H. CHAMBERS, on the premises, or to myself at Yorkville, S. C. ' Teams?Made known on day of sale. S. J. KUYKENDAL, Executor. October 14 41 ' 5t The South Carolinian and Charleston Mercury will copy once a week until day of sole and send bills to the Exqi-irek OrncB. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Adjutart a\d IssPECTon-genbral'a Office, Columbia, Oct&ber 10, I860. ' GENERAL ORDERS XO. 38. T PERSONS notifying the Adjutant A* and Inspector Genera] of the State that they have claimed exemption from Confederate service under the law of the State, before the Confederate Enrolling Officers, In pursuance of the proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, of the 4th instant should not only state that they have made their claim of exemption, but that It has been denied, and that they have been arrested for sjld service. The object had in view is to take the necessary steps to brine any cause, in which the Issue has been made, befgrc the legal tribunal for trial and decision. * liy command. . A. C. GARLINGTON, Adjutant and insncctor-Gcneral of S. C. Oe tubes 14 41 2t Dental notice.?d ur i n g my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Exqczrkr building, where he will be pleased to waiton my customers, ns usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. VV. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 8 ^ tf FO R T A X^JOLLECTOR.?W E arc authorized to announce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR,"for York District, ( <tt the ensuing election. September 30 39k te* .* J F|OR TAX COLLECTOR.?xWE 1 hate been requested to announce Col. ANDREW < JACKSON, ns a candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 0 36 * tf OhT T 1?firpAR_WT? I 1 'VJIA JL lYSL V ViiJJOJW ju \j M JU I F are authorized to nnnounce SMITH SANDERS as a Candidate far the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. No vein Iter 19, 1862 47 ly* I TAC OB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE fj Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and FLUX. Sold for CASH nt THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 11 28 tT ; rP0 GAS CONSUMERS.?THE! i X price of GAS from and after October 1st. 1863, will ' be $35 per 1000 feet. T. TANNER, Supt. October 7 -10 4t IVrOTICE.?CORN, Bacon, Wheat i.^1 and FLOUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLE, Ageit. . April 29 17 tf South Carolina Military Academy.! By order of the Governor. A PPLICATION& FOR APPOINT- \ JLjl. mcnt to the South Carolina Military Academy, un- _ der the annexed resolution of the General Assembly, must betransmitted to General JAMES JONES, Chairman or the Board of Visitor:), Columbia, S. C., before the 25th of November next. H The applicant must state the District of his residence ; <fl| his age and height; (If the son of a deceased officer or sol- JjJ dler,) the services of his father, and when and how he died. fj If tlie applicant claims appointment for his own gallantry A on the field of battle, the statement mif3t be supported by fER the certificate of the officers under whom he served in bat- JB tie: ?9 "Resolved, "That bis Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to select one youth from each Congres- CM sional District In this State, sons of officers or soldiers of N3 the army or officers or men of the navy of the Confederate States, who during the existing war have died In battle, or who have died of diseases contracted either by wounds or 2&aH exposure ; or who, not being sops of officers or soldiers, are under the age of twenty years, and have behaved with gal- {9 ! an try on the field of battle, who shall be placed In one or uie inner ui uie military institutions ot uns auue, to n?educated at the. charge of a grateful country." * St Columbia, Oct. 5,1863. sE October 7 40 3w B SHERIFF'S SALE, 1 James L. McCarter, Appllettnt, i Partition of 3 Christopher L. H. McCarter, etaL) Real Estate. W Jleir?-at-Law of Jamet Jl. McCarter, detected. BY virtue of an Order from John A. a Brown, Ordinary of York District, I will offer at pub- ? He sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY in 3B NOVEMBER next, the lands described In the summons, in ' JB this case, lying on the waters of Allison Creek, bounded Q by lnnds of D. Currcnce, George Turner, deceased, D. P. . II Boyd, G. A. McCarter and others, containing n .201 ACRES, - 1 Sold to makepartltion among the licira-tu-lqw of JAMES SB A. McCARTER, deceased. xRj Tames or Sals.?A credit of one and two yean with h Interest from day of sale. Purchaser to give liond and good W security, and a mortgage of the premises If deemed ncce*- .SB sary, to the Ordinary, for the purchase money?the Costs to ^8 be paid In CASH. JAMES MASON, s. v. n. gj Oetober 7 (810) 40 4t ,. 88 UOTTHCAROLINA?YORK" DIS- | Q TRICT.?Whereas, ALEX. H. CUAMBERS has H applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and sin- fl guiar, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ma MARGARET CHAMBERS, late of the District aforesaid, IS deceased, i Sjj These are therefore to cite, and admonish all andaingular. ? * the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and ^B appear before me at oar next Ordinary's Court for the sold ^B District, to be bolden at York Court Bouse on the 23rd day ^B of October Instant, to sbew cause, If any, why the sold Ad . ministration should not be granted. . S3 Given under my bond and Seal, -this 6th day of October. to! in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and B sixty-three, and In the eUhty-elghth year of the (ndepon- fla deuce of South Carolina. 09 JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. 9S October 7 * 40 3t SB T 1ST OF LETTERS?REMAIN- 8 JLj ino in the Post Office at Yorkvllle, S: C., October Sj 1, 1863: W W. 8. Adams, W. C. Allen, Esq., Mrs. Margnret RIack, W. W. Price, Willis CnmpbeUfC. G: Corcoran, Mrs. Mar- JK tlm Cowcu, Narclssa Cook, MUs M. G. Carroll, Robcft n| Crowder, Mrs. Nancy L. Carroll, Miss Henrietta Dobson, tC Miss Jane Davis, Robert Douglas, R. V. Gist, Mark Gal- ?9 bralth, Catharine Garvin, Mr. Johnston, Edward Jenkins, . A. W. Jones, Henry Joiics, Miss Sarah Jones, Miss Sarah Latham, William Murdocli, Morgan Martin, Miss Jennie M MlClaln, Mr. Matthews, Wlllhim Mom, Nat. B. Morgan, Joseph Roach, 3; Mrs. Mary Sheriff, John B. Shuman, Rev. JQ J. J. Sams, Miss Dianoh Smltli, Robert Starneo, Mai. L. P. ?9 8adler, W. D?8teele, Mr. R. Wood, Mrs. M. Wood, Mrs. QM E. E. Wallfcc, W. H. Ward, T. S. Wright M JOHN R. ALEXANDER, Pott Matter. October 7 40 3t. 9H IfOW IS THE TIME! | I "WILL PAT THE M HIGHEST CASH PRICES | FOR ALL CLASSES OF ? NEOEOE8. I C/J. PRIDE, ry M Rock Hill, S. C. I April 1 13 , ^ " tf | SPELLING BOOKS, ' 1 TUST received, a lot of the "HOME 8PELLISG BOOK 1 MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." 1 This work Is published in Greenville, 8. C., and for sale at W the ENQUIRER OFFICE. Jfi August 13 33 ' .tf pR $7 PER HUNDRED LBS,, 9 IN CASH, WILL BE PAJD FOR OLE AN" g COTTON ORLIIVEjr RAGS, I AT THE \ ^ . 8 jsjx?ui?us?t ujrjrujjs. r sy June 10 23 tf 9 OFFICE A. Q.* M., 1 * CHARLESTON, S. C., Oetobor 1st, 1862. M "VTR. J. C. MILLER is appointed M iVA Agent of tJils Department, for tin* purchase of (H FODDBR and CORN for the Districts nf'York and Chester. . j^B Planters desiring to aell will communicate with him, J^B through the POST OFFICE", at Yorkville, S. Corolinn.? jg9 Particular attention must be paid to tbe.PACKlNG. No * ifflBj WATER must beused. as great low to the Government was ?j?j experienced last year, by Fodder belrij improperly packed, W oil such will be rejected. - ' : ' MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Copt, and A. Q. M. 9 October 15 V '42 ~ <'1 . tf ^fl DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, M DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, J YORKVILLE, SO. CA. 1 PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, | MEDICINES, fee., constantly kept on hand. . S! Physicians' Prescriptionsand Family Receipts accurately m Dispensed. ~ fit .September 30 39 i.- . .< ; tf ' 2n QTEAM MILLS FOB SALE.? i The undersigned offers for sale or li> exchange for IE NEGRO PROPERTY, bis STEAM MILLS in tiie Town 13 of Yorkville, S. C\, directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN Kg RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN M MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a jg BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, jB wltli WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and nil - pS necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE,if dcsl- 29 -cd, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. fin March 18 11 . tf |? 1000 lbs. BLUE STONE,! I JUST RECEIVED, S And For Sale, by S G. to. RATCOFOBD. | XorkVillc, Oct 7. 40 tf Wanted--5000 lbs. RAGS. 1 THE SUBSCRIBER WANTS TO 1 _L nurcliase 5000 nouods of clean COTTON AND * idfl LINE& KAGS, Immediately. , G. R. BATCH FORD. YorkviHc, October 7 40 If POCKET BOOK LOST.?ONSATURDAY night, 2Gth ultimo, a POCKET BOOK or PORT MONIE was lost or stolen from the subscriber at PATTER8 ON '8 SPRING CAMP GROUND, containing about SI75 in CONFEDERATE BILLS, also one NOTE t op. TH08. J. BELL, for between one and two hundred doi- ? ; law, date not recollected, which has been paid, also other papers of no value except to the owner. M. A. HAMBRiGIIT. October 7 40 2t JY TOUR SALT.?X HAVE been credibly informed, by an old distiller, that persimmons will make Brand)', which I nut willing to distill for one-third of the spirits. Every family by gathering them Into small tubs or barrels, until they get enough to till i? hogshead, may make enough to buy their salt. Half runs may be made out. if you fail to do'tliis within ninety da> s don't blame ine for it J. L. BUTTON. October 7 \ 40 3t ' "ESCHEATED PROPERTY. A PPLICATION will be made at the _/jL next sitting of the Legislature, to vest in the children of WYLIE GRIFFIN, deceased, the. personal estate of WILLIAM M. ll-AY, deceased, late of York District, liable to Escheat for want of heirs. August 7th, 1863. WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN. NANCY ANN GRIFFIN, * In behalf of themselves and brothers nnd sisters. c August 19 33 ?' FOR SALE. JQQ fts COPPERAS. . 100 fts BLUE STONE. .ion nuNciiEs YARN. Call soon at W. D. k J. C. MILLER S. October 22 ' 43 if CARRIAGE SHOP. fyJB [(A/ THE Subscriber still continue* the RaSSK. CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS at the old STAND. All kind? K coun J9 try produce taken In exchange for work. ' AX.SO.HOR.se shoeing and eeneral country WORK lone by W. P. McFADDEN. \ January 23 4 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN gltsjirtirf Sttrgemt Jieitfof, yoRkville. s. c. . i 3(7- On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pah metto Hotel. "-?0 January 6 _ 1 tf A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE ? J4. All persons having claims against the estate of PHILIP SANDIFER, deceased, will present tlicfti properly attested to Philip 11. Sandiler; and those indebted will make a payment to the ""J!?; J _ | PHILIP R. 8ANDIPER", | Administrators. M September 30 . ' 39 3l* t^H T~sdpply of good letter I XX Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' j November ao 48 if Jfl 1