Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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J. E.&L. H. GHIST, jppoprietora jr;t]ni!p TUwsFapcr: /er :;if promotion of 'fte poiitttal. facial, Coi^cmal |nfcrtsts of v {?*^teab. in abvAhck; YOLUME 7~""T" YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, yEDyESBAY EYEMQ, OCTOBER ,2^ ' i m.in RATES OF POSTAGE IN THE C. STATES OF AMERICA. FDR the convenience of the public the following simplified statement of the rates of post F age,under the act of Congress of the Confederate States of America, has been prepared. It must be borne in mind mat the Act is to go Into effect from and after such period as the I*. SI. General may, by proclamation, announce: rats* or postaoi. Single letters, not exceeding a hair ounce In weight, to j any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 chats. JS An additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. "Drop letters 8 cents each. ." In toe foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. * Advertised letters 2 cents,each. on trawsrArson. Sent to regular and ixrtut fide subscribers from the office of publication, and not exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, It) cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly paper, 20 cents per quarter. J TrkWeekty paper, 30 cents per quarter. JsFour times a week, 40 cents per quarter. ; , <S fhVtimes a week, 60 cents per quarter. Six times a week, 60 cents per quarter. Daily paper, <0 cents per quarter. X>X rSiUOOICAAS. Periodicals published oftener than semi-monthly shall be ji-.au' r^CdU-ilJA JUUUU1IJ) INI VlCl'tUlU^ ?7| munvn la weight, 2X cents per quarter, and for every additton.il (toace or fraction of tm ounce, 2jf cents additional per Seml-Mottbly, double that. , > -'V-v Bl-Monthly or quarterly, 2 cents an ounce. ON TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER. nine, each circular nofsealed^'tondbUl and engraving not exceeding 5 ounces fat weight. 2- cents for-any ilistnuce; 3 cents additional for each additional ounce or lestf beyond the first three ounces. In alt cases the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. i f~ ^ - FRANX1NO pmnitot. The following persona dply arc entitled pf the franlcinS privilege, and In all cases strictly confined to official business. r.-wunaster General. His Chief Clerk. I Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Departsnem. Djpnty Postmasters. i ^ TAX IN KIND. j ^ T WILL attend at the following times' JL and places for the purpose of receiving the returns of TAX Di KIND, vie; At Yorkvllle, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, "th, 8th, 9th and 10th of .October, f At Smith's, on Monday, 12th October. At Bethel, on Tuesday, 13th of October. At Clay Hill, on Wednesday, 14th of October. At Ebencrer, on Thursday, 15th of October. At Rock Hill, on Friday, 16th of October. At Port Mills, on Saturday, 17th of October. At Rock Bill, on Monday, 19th of October. At Coatcs' Tavern, onjuewday, 20th of October. At WPcttiroon'R, on w*<ute*<?y, tiist 01 uctoocr. At Bratton's, on Thursday, 22n*d of October. I At McConnellsvlIle, on Friday, 23rd of October. At Youngblood's. on Saturday, 24th of October. AtGUfillan's, on Monday ,'9Gth of October. I At Feemster's, on Tuesday?27th of October. At Lnke 8mUh's, on Wednesday, 28th of October. . At Hickory Grove, on Thursday, 29th of October. I At Wltitesides', on Friday ,30th of October. At Boydton, on Saturday, 3lst of October. 5 At Baflblo, oo Monday, 2nd of November. I At Whiaon ant's, on Tuesday, 3rd of November. At AlUKon's on Wednesday, 4th of November. . A; Hugh Love's, on Thursday, 5th ot November. * I will receive returns of the Wheat, Bye, Oats, Fodder, Bay, and *11 other crops which ore gathered. Tax Payers are required to weigh a bushel of tlieir Wheat, Bye, Oats I and Com, also a portion of Hay and Fodder, and make a calculation of the weight of their entire crop. Tax Payers are entitled to reserve 100 bushels of Com or 50 bushels of Wheat, 50 bushels of Irish and Sweet Potatoes each, 20 bushels of Peas or Beans, or 20 bushels of both. Itlshoped that every Tax Payer will make out ills lists properly, and be felly prepared to make their rttums without d?lay. -v*"' I \ s? ^v' ** galbbapph: . Assessor, York District. . September 30 - 39 ML / STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. VOBK DISTRICT. In the Court of Ordinary. Jm** EUen, HcxnEttct?, Samuel Etterx, JoscpfaEt* B4eoco, ten,luxated. Y 0TJ are hereby required to appear I JL at the Court of Ordinary, la be holden ot York Court House, for York District, on the second day of November, 1663, to shew cause, if any you can, why the proceeds of 1 the sale of Ihc real estate of- PblUp Spiers, deceased, sold I fee partition and division, should nor be paid pver toAndrew Etters and M. linrabrlgbt, Adnilnlstrntors of the said PSh!lip fitters, to iw applied by themto the payment 01 toe debts of the said Philip Etters. Given under my hand and seal, this 2&h day of July, 1962. .... JOHN A. BROYVN, ; (#29) Ordinary tor York District ^ 09 \ QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS\D TRICT Where an, WALTER B. METT3, C. E. .Y. D., ha? applied to me for Letters of Administration de 4ont? son, on oil add singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of SAN'L A. FARIS, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, 10 cite and admoulsh all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordlnerv's Court for the oald District, to be bolden at York Courtilouse, on the 9th day of November next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. -Given under my hand and Seal, this 28th day of September, in toe year-of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Inde? pendence of South Carolina. --'($12) JOHN A. BfcOWN, O. Y. D. September 30 39 6t OFFICE A. Q. M? CHARLESTON, 8. C., October lit, 1862. 1UTR. C. MILLER is appointed JXL Agent of this Department, for the purchase ol FODDER and COI1N for the Districts of York and Chester. Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him, through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvilie, S. Carolina.? Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. Nc WATEK must be used, as great loss to toe Government war experienced last year, by Fodder being Improperly packed, all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M. October 15 42 tT DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, YORKVILLE, SO. CA, PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS MEDICINES, Ac ,"constantly kept on band. ^Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts aecuratel; |l September 30 39 tf QTEAM MILLS FOR SALB.lO The undersigned offers for sale or In exchange fo NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS In the Towi of YoritvUle, 8. C., directly on the "KING'S MOUNT Ail RAIL ROAD. The Mills constat of WHEAT and COR! MILLS, Rnd a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER with WELLS and PUMPS to supply , with water, and al necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, if desl red, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. March 18 11 tf EStHEiTED PROPERTY. A PPLICATION will be made at tb< Xi. next sitting of the Legislature, to test In the ctilldre of WYLIE GRIFFIN, deceased, the personal estate < WILLIAM M. RAY, deceased, late of Yor.c District, lit ble to Eaeheat for want of be^ ^ AUjrust 7tb,^l^a.^ In behalf of themselves and brothers and sister?. August 19 33 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN ^tsihnt jsnrgeon ? enlist, YORKVILLE. S. O. On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pa metto Hotel.".?0 January 6 1 tf - FOR SALE. * " JQQ lbs COPPERAS. 100 fits BLUE STONE. 500 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at ' W. D. & J. C. MILLER'S. October 23 43 .' tf ~ CARRIAGE SHOP. /vlflbjEa2^ THE Subscriber still continues t KsSJ!3K. CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINEI at the old STAND. All kinds of cou try produce taken In exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WOB done by . W. P. McFADDEN. January 23 4 tf_ ENTAL NOTICE.?D U RIN' my absence from YorkWUe, I have, made arron* menu wlih Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charlestc to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enqcik building, where he will be pleased to wait on my cnstome aa usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in i line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfi tion. W. M. WALKER, Danthrt February 25 8 FOR TAX COLLECTOR?W! areauthorlzed'to announccOipt. J. W. MITCHEI as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York DUtri at the ensuing election. 'rr-V . September 30 39 OR TAX COLLECTOR.?W have been requested to announce Col. ANDRE JACKSON, as a candidate for the office of TAX CC LECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing electi September 9 ^ 30 " F~1r~tax ,q olleo to R?'w are authorixed to announce SMITH SANDERS a Candidate fo* the office of TAX COLLECTOR of Y< District, at the ensuing election. November 19,180 4 yV Foreign News. We Save some farther news by the Persia at New York. The Withdrawal op Mr. Mason from England.?The text of the letter in which Mr. Mason announoes the termination of the Confederate mission to England is as follows: No. 24 Upper Seymour St., Portman Square, London, September 21,1863. The Right Honorable Earl Russell, Her Majesty's Secretary of State"for Foreign Affairs. My Lord : In a despatch from the Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, dated 4th day of -August last, and now just received, I am instructed to consider the mission whioh brought me to England as at an end, and I am directed to withdraw at once from the country. The reasons for terminating cms mission are set forth in an extract from the despatch which I have the honor to communicate herewith: "The President believes that the Government of her Majesty has determined to deoline the overtures made throdgh yon for establishing, by. treaty, friendly relations between the two Governments, and entertains no intention of .receiving you as the accredited minister, of this Government near the British Court. Under these circumstances, your continnd residence in LoriElqn is neither oooducive to the interests nor consistent with the dignity of this Government, and ihe President therefore requests that you oonsider your mission at au end, and that you withdraw with your Secretary from Loudon/' Having made known to your lordship, on my arrival here, the character and purposes of the mission entrusted to me by my Government, I "have deemed it doe to courtesy thus to make known to the Government of her Majesty its' termination, and that I shall, a? directed, at once withdraw I from England. ~ I have the honor to be your lordship's -t-J! i ' Tery cueaiumawvaiu, J. M. MASON On this letter, the London Index makes the following comments, (supposed to be "inspired,") setting forth several reasons for the withdrawal, which are not embodied, in Mr. Masons letter: y*:Mr. Siidell, we understand, will remain in France, as special commissioner to that Government, nor is it all, contemplated to terminate that mission, and yet France, equally with England, has so far refrained from entering into international relations witS^hc Confederate Stateg. There must be, then, some overruling cause for the difference thus made between France and England, in the termination of the mission j to one. and not to the other. To those at; all conversant with what is passing in the ] Southern States, this is no mystery. Mr. Siidell has been received and uniformly treated by the Government of Franoe with every mark of consideration and respect for the Government he;represents. There may be grave-reasons regarding policy or public law why Fiance, like England, may not deem it imenmbent as yet to recognize tbose States as au independent political power; but their representative has been freely admitted to every form of intercourse with the Government of France, to personal interviews with the Emperor whenever he has asked for them, with immediate access . to all or any of the ministry, at first request. This wonld, indeed, seem but an ordinary conrtesy to a gentleman in his position; .the refusal of it would be more than a discourtesy; it would be an actual indignity to those whose representative he is. In Eng. i land Mr. Mason has been held by the Gov' ' ernment in the very opposite position. His correspondence with the Foreign Office, laid before Congress at Riohmond, we know, from tbe Southern press, produced a feeling of deep and universal indignation. It showed that, with the exception of a single and > formal interview with Earl Russell, on.his r arrival, appointed at his residence, and not at the Foreign Office, he had been admitted 1 to no intercourse whatever." r The London Globe ridicules this kind of J argument, and says there is no courtesy or ? discourtesy in the matter.?it is all policy. I For reasons which he alone knows, the i- Emperor of the French confers with .Mr. Slidell; for reasons which we all know, " ' * V If. " Earl Kusaell has not conierreu wun iur. e Mason. 'f The Expulsion of British Consuls. l" Bichmond, October 14.?The official correspondence With the State Department] relative to the dismissal of tbo British Con sols, is published in the Sentinel^ this morning, and ooonpies nearly a page of that paper. The first letter, dated the 8th inst., is addressed by Secretary Benjamin to Mr 1 Slidell, informing him of the cause of expulsion of the British consular agents ic the Confederacy, in order that he may havt the power of correcting any misrepresents tion on the subject. Mr. Benjamin ther proceeds with a very lengthy review aboui the course of the British Government anc that of the Confederacy, relating to thesi - officials, and refers to communications ad ho dressed to the State and Confederate an ss thorities by two ont of three British consu n lar agents remaining here, that they ba< K received instructions from their Govern ment to pursue af course iu regard to per Gr sons of British-origin resident within th Confederacy, whioh Mr. Benjamid says i impossible to tolerate. After an explana ny tion of the provisions of the oonscriptio law, and a statement of the conoession - made to foreigners at the instance of th ^ British Consols, Mr. Benjamin alludes j ct, the recent correspondence of Fullerton.an Bunch, asserting the existence of instrw E tions from their Government oounsellin w enlisted soldiers to judge for themselves a on! to their right to exemptions. This unwai _ rantable assumption by foreign officials ( "E jurisdiction within our territory, and th ork offensive encroachment on the sovereign! * of the Confederate States, has been rpprei sed by the President's order of immediate departure of all British consular agents from our country. The next letter is from Mr. Benjamin to PullertOn, bgeflly recapitulating the evidences of hisassumption of 'jurisdiction, ordering him promptly to de' part from the Confederacy. The next letter is from Mr. Benjamin to Mr. Mason, dated June 11, and consists briefly in explanation of the causes of dismissal of Magee and Cridland. Benjamin's despatch to Mason relative to the dismissal of Magee and the appointment of Cridland by Lord Lyons as Aoting I English Consul of Mobile, with direction PMoJflnnt hoo hpfin cnmmtinioated VI yuv Jk IVUiVivuvj mmw ? ? -T. to Russell. Russell, in a letter to Mason, asserts that Her Majesty is the sole judge of the conduct of Magee, bat he is willing to admit that the so-styled Confederate ! States are not bound; to. recognize the. an* thority derived from Lord Lyons; but it is very desirable that persons authorized by Her Majesty should have the means of representing at Richmond or .elsewhere in the Confederate States, the interest of British subjects who may be in the coarse of the war grievously wronged by the acta of subaltern officers. This has been done in other similar cases of States .not recognized by her Majesty, and would be in conformity with the amity professed by-the so-styled Confederate States towards ber Majesty and the British nation, if arrangements could be made for a correspondence between the agents approved by her Majesty's Government to reside in the Confederate States and the authorities of snoh States. Mr. Mason, in reply, says that if it is his lordship's pleasure to make this proposition, he doubts not it will receive the favorable consideration of the Government at Riehmond. yjfae President before .Chattanooga. Befoke Chattanooga, Oct. 11.?The visit of the President to the army of Tennessee has been oportune, and has infused new life and vigor among the troops. The President passed last evening, at the headquarters of Gen. Bragg, rooeiving thewim and congratulations of the general officers. This morning, -about _ 9 o'clock, accompained by bis staff and that of General Bragg, he proceeded to visit the lines and inspect the works. The fine location of these attoraea toe rresiuem, au atc?cui opportunity for seeing these of the enemy also, and he exhibited his interest in them, and amply gratified his oanosity. ' The troops were formed in line along the works, and as the President rode along the front he was received with cheer after cheer by oar enthusiastic and confident veterans. ? At every available point the eager crowds of the enemy wero visible, scanning the movements in oar lines, bat no gan was fired, though they oould easily have reached with their shells the brilliant oavalcade that accompanied the President. There is little doubt that the Yankees were well aware of the ocoasion of the enthusiasm, and who it was that was so near to them, and yet their cannon were mute. The troops presented a most gratifying appearance. They had. laid aside the rough and orude, ragged appearance which so many of them seem to take a pride in, as a contrast to the gaily dfessed and well sop^ plied Yankees they have so often whipped, and their stalwart forms, burnished arms and serviceable equipment shows that we are very far from being the "starred onf '; people which the Yankees vainly imagine as to be. The President inspected the left portion of the works first, and then proceeded to the right, making the entire circuit of the lines. On frequent occasions he paused to compliment the general and field officers on the excellent appearance of their commands. After the review, he returned to headquarters, and received the calls of the officers. What changes the President contemplates making, if any, are not known, but what is to be done will probably he ordered quiokly, as it is stated lie will returu to Atlanta Monday, (to-day.)?Cor. Atlanta Appeal. Atrial Navigation. , We have this week the pleasure to record the success of the most extraordinary invention of the age, if not the most so of apy that the world ever ^aw?at least the greatest stride in invention ever made by a siDgle individual. _ t ? In'October last, Dr. Solomon Andrews, of Perth Amboy, N. J., commenced the the construction of a war aerostat, for reconI noitering purposes, on his own responsibil, ity, not being abje, after submitting hie plans to the War Department, to make the i honorable Secretary of War "sec the utility t of a machine which would go over into se , oesh and reconnoitre the force and positioc ~c i.w? nn.mn Hio nlsnii shnvftd on thf U1 tuu OUCLUJ. " JUt*o face of them, to any one not stupid, thai i the maohine conld not do otherwise than g< s ahead in any direction in which the boa was pointed, and that, too, with any amonn i of power or force which might be desired t and which greenbacks Would readily pro I cure. The power required and the propel 5 ling apparatus added bat little weight t< - the aerostat, whether of larger or smalie - dimensions; consequently/ it did not in - crease the dimensions of 'the aeronaut be 1 yond that of balloons or ordinary oonstrno - tion, much less in size than many that ar now made. The maohine made by Docto e Andrew? would carry up three men, in ad s dition to all the fixtures and paraphernal! h for its forward movement. It contains 26, a 000 onbio feet of hydrogen gas. It oarrie s him, weighing 172 pounds, and 256 pound e ballast. p Upon his invitation, last spring, we hav d sent oar reporters at three different time s- to witness bis experiments with his maehini g and have watohed its progress with grei is interest. r r- Its form was that of three cq;ars pointe )f at both ends, secured together at their lonj is itndinal equators, covered by a net, ao ;y supporting by 120 oords a car: sixteen fe 9- below under its oentre. ~.i ,*... ' The car was twelve feet long, made of basket work, and was sixteen inches wide at the bottom. The aerostat, or cylindroids, werejmade of vartished linen, like ordinary balloons. " On Friday, the 4th inst., he made his last experiment, and demonstrated to an admiring crowd the possibility of going against the wind and of guiding her in any and every direction with a small rodder, having only seventeen square- feetof snrface. He made no long flight in one straight line, lest hip modtu operandi should be divulged ; bat by a most ingenious plan demonstrated her capabilities beyond all possibility of donbt, whilst he prevented a publio knowledge of his method of propelling. After a few short nights, to satisfy him ana uut boo wuuiu uv << u? < ? ww*?-mplated, he set her off in a spiral coarse upward, she "going at a rate of ao less than 120 miles per hoar, and describing circles in the air of more than one and a half miles in circumferenoe. She made twenty revolutions before she entered the upper strata of olouds and was lost to view. She passed through the first strata of dense white clouds, about two miles high, scattering them as she entered iu all directions. Id her upward flight could be distinctly seen her rapid movement in a oonfrary direction to the moveing clouds, and as she came before the wifidf, passing by them with great oelerity. As she was distinotly seen thus to move, both below and above the clouds on the clear blue sky, at 6 o'clocck p. to., with sun shining clear upon her, there could be no mistake or optioal delusion to the beholder. As to her propelling power and motive apparatus, it behooves us not now to speak. It might be considered contraband of war, or affording^ aid and comfort to the enemy; for with such & machine in the hands off Jeff. Davis, the armies aroundIVasbington would be powerlaaa-td preserve the capital. We-think Dr. Andrews deserves more -pfaise for the patriotio ingenuity with which he has preserved his secret, and yet tried his grand experiment in the open air before the public, than even that manifested in the conception and construction of this machine. Of that and its beautiful simplicity we may have occasion to speak hereafter.? We have the- doonmente.?Afcto York Herald. ' ' .* ... \ 'liw -?S? A Remarkable Prediction.?Henry Laurens of this city, (Charleston) was President of the Continental Congress in 1779. In 1780 he was sennas Minister to Holland/ On his'way he was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London for fourteen months. When Lord Sbelbnroe-became Prelnier, I Laurens was brought up on habeas corpus, and released. After his release he was treated with great kindness and respect by the ^British authorities. He dined with Lord Shelburne. After dinner the conversation turned on the separation of the two countries. Lord Shelburne remarked: "I am sorry for your people." "Why so ?" asked Laurens. "They will lose the habeas corpus," was the reply. "Lose the habeas 'corpus?" said Laurens. "Yes," said Lord Shelbunre "We purchased it with centuries of wrangling, many years pjE. fighting, afid had it confirmed by at least fifty Acts of Parliament. All this taught the nation its value; and it is so ingrained in theircreed,^ the very foundation of theirjibertyf that no man or party will ever trample on it. Your people will pick it up, and attempt to pse it; but, having cost them, nothing, they will not-know dqw to appreciate it. At the first great internal fend that yon have the maj ority will trainee upon it, and the people will permit it to be done, and so will go yotsr l^berty^1*, ? Bear With the LirTTLE Owes.?Children are undoubtedly very troablosome, at times, in asking questions, and should, without doubt, be taught not to interruptionvernation in company. But, this resolution being made, we answer at any time from the active mind which must find so many unexplained daily and hourly mysteries.^They who have either learned to solve these mysteries, or have become indifferent as to an explanation, are not apt to look compassionately enough upon this eager restlesness on the part of children to penetrate . causes and trace effects. By giving due attention to these "troublesome questions," a child's truest education may be carried i on. Have a little patience, tnen, ana sometimes think how welcome to yon woal<i be a tranBlactor, if yon were suddenly dropi ped into some foreign country, where the ) language-mop, for the most par' unintelligir bio to yea,w?dyou were bunting with ou riosity about every unusual objeot that inel i your eye. ) A. i <? ?? : [ ~ From tba Southern Guardian. ?: Ms. Editor JI do, not wish to trespass r on your time and patienoe, but I wish h t say something about the way we women uri , treated by the speculator and ex tortious that have kept out of the warand free fron fightbg for their country^ I suppose the; 3 think we have no right to say anything; bu r we think differently. It iii very hard ti snbmit to all and any nothing, when all o - our dear ones away from borne fighting, am - enduring dl the privations of the eamp. e It is almost impossible to get anything t r sustain life. Go to the farmer to bay qqcj 1- wheat or anything of the kind, he tells n a he has none to cell, and at the same t&p his granaries are filled to overflowing-?onl d wailing for a higher prioe. Go to the mpi (e chant tfcbny salt?a thing we must havehe tells ub the same as the farmer; none t e sell, and at the same time thousands of ha; sfl rels hid in a back room. a, Some of the poor soldiers families thougl it when there was suoh an abundant prop ( sugar-cane making that they could do wit id very little meat and sugar, but the uiolassi y- maker tells us the same as the merqhai id and farmer?only making for our own us et And if we find one very kind hearted 0 farmer that oau dispose of a few gallons, 1 will charge the enormous price of four or five dollars per gallop. Now I want to know what the soldier's t families are to do, when all that they have 1 are in the'army-afcd only getting the small c sum of eleven dollars per month. Bat it is not only the farmer and merohant that f are the epeonlator and extortioner, bnt it is the tanner and'shoemaker, and all that have 1 anything to sell. J All that have anything to sell lose nothing ; bat it is the women and children that 1 live in towns and villages that have to suffer. I want to know, why it is that wood c is selling so very high, when there is enough A - ? ?' T?% t?Aft tliov OA f co uo every uue. xu nuu . could do with little wood (for we did art have much to cook), bat in the wiater we 1 cannot do without 8re. None are willing to confess thej are spec- ( ulators or extortioners, bat it is all that have anything to sell. ' *j We talk and wish for peaoe, bat God will never deliver as from oar enemies ( while there is so much wickedness abroad in oar laad. How aan we expect God to i help as when we will not help each other. A- SOLDIER'S WIPE. ? "A Strange Story." j Camp Price, Greenbrier Co., Va., September 13 th, 1863. ? To. the Editor of the Whig: j To gratify the lovers of the carious and wonderful, I have concluded to give you a i short and < accurate description, as received from the witnesses themselves, of a strange < phenomenon that made its appearanoe about ten miles west of Lewisbnrg, on the after- \ nnnn nf thn lflfc instant. Mr. Moss Dwyer, an honest and respon- } Bible farmer, whose voraoity is unimpeaohable; Mrs. Peroy, who seems to have a 1 clear head, and is a lady of respectability and character, as are two other ladies who < yitnessed the phenomenon, were the per-* sons from whom the following account was \ obtained. It was also witnessed by a youth almost.grown, and by a servant girl. They j all testify substantially, to the . same facts, and are perfectly willing to be sworn to the ( troth of the statement made to me : r< The day was bright, clear and warm? The locality a hill or mountain side,, on whioh the sun was rising with fall power. 1 The first thing seen was something that the j | witnesses do not seem able'to describe with } clearness add accuracy. They say it was ] masses or bodies.of vapor,'mist or some- < thing else five or six feet high and two or , three wide, floating in a perpindioular posi- j tion, above the tree tops, hovering on in a , line With the utmost regularity and precis- ] ion; thett passing thrcfcgb the tree tops, withodfc having the line broken or disturb- i ed. -These bodies are described as being ^ a whitish, green color, and passed off in the j distance. Then came a ,countless mnlfi- 1 tude of men, dressed ia white, marching in column, on the ground, in an open field up mnnntain alone, at a raDtd Dace, Quicker than double quick time, tho columns only separated by a few feet. The .witnesses state that they could see the men not only -aa a whole, but the individual parte?their heads, arms, legs and feet.; Occasionally one would lag a little behind, and could bedistinctly: seen to quicken his pace to regain his position in the line. They were passing for un hour or more, and, it is thought, numbered thousands upon thousands.. The field over whioh ;they passed is several hundred yards in length, and they covered the entire area in passing. Their general appearance , was white, and they without aTtos or knapsacks. I have given the simple facts without coloring or exaggeration, as received from, an eye witness of strange sight. No person in this community doubts or questions the veraoity of the witnesses, kneflrn as they are to be of highly respectable character * and entitled to oredit. All agree that they saw something out of the ordinary course of nature. ' This account of a singular phenomenon (was it a miracle?) is communicated to ns by an officer of rank, intelligence and character. He means no quiz, "and . is not apt to be the victim of one. In a private note, he says: "I pat myself to some trouble to ascertain the facts, and questioned the witnesses separately. They are ahov.e eospicicion. I have given all the material-facts, except that the so called men were marching North or Northwest, right through "the : mountains. They were of all sizes, and'as much like men as if tbey had been real I flesh and blood." - ' r IS^The best interests, nay . the vital - hopes of the Confederacy, now reqnire that all oitizeos in the field or at hom3> in ?&cc nricntfl life, fihould address and bestir " w* *- j themselves to duty on the supposition of a long war. We have lost am! suffered much by supine and over-sangnine expectation, 3 based on contingencies^ early peace. That ) desirable result can never be achieved by ) mere watohing and hoping, or looking to r France, England, qr any other country ? i In preparing resolutely and promptly^^^ jr long war, and giving-the world iand oar enet my fall assurance and tokens of that prepa0 ration, we shall and can do more than in f any other way towards abridging the war 1 and establishing our independence, ^an we expect the world outside to think us in o earnest, when the talpnts, and epterprise, and efforts of our oitisens arc directed tos wards the depreoiation of our currency ande the financial discomfiture of our struggling 7 wue. ~ j We most believe in ourselves and our - cause, and show this fcfcb, ns all faith is 0 shoWn by works.-"- Qhdrletton Courier. r Confederate l^eppkb.?Weoopy the It fallowing receipt from the Kookinham Regif inter; fo?: making a condiment' eqaal to the b best pepper : Take eight or ten pods of red as pepper, boil as strong as yon can make it; at then add one pint of wheat and boil until it e. gets strong, then dry and parch it brown Id very slowly Then, grind and it is fit foi ie use. ' | / *0 .y.j t&a&gsi I Operations of the Patent Office* We subjoin a list of patents issued from he Confederate States Patent Offioe from 1st July to 1st October, 1863, with the date >f each patent: . Benjamin Cook, Kinston, N. C., exploive apparatus, Jttly 10. Albert Bloomer, assignor to W. N. Smith, Richmond, Ye., faze gauge aud cutter, luly 1-5. -x John Stilwell, Spalding, Ga., churn, Juy 15. Charles Knowlton, Talbotton, Ga., ma? ihine for cutting shoe pegs, Jaly 22. Phillip E. Lore, Augusts, Ga., projeo' ile, July 22. M. Waterhouse & W. Wheal an, Charotte, N. C., jramish, July 25. A. Barbain, New Orleans, La., torpedo slectro-magnetio, August 5. H. Holland, Charlotte, N. C., process of >roducing copperas, AUguet 8. ?. a. nngnes, .reuaergruas a. quuwj luyuui). la., loom, August 10. M. B. Tyler, Richmond, Va., hominy nrill, August 10. H. Conner, Mobile, Ala., projectile, August 22. H. Conner, Mobile, Ale., breech-loadug cannon, August 22. A. F. Voick, Nufemburg, Baravia, de? lign of bust of Lieut. Gen. Jackson, Angoat 25. R. H. White, & G. H. Leuher, Richnond, Va., bullet machine, August 25. Robert Cretzbaur, Austin, Texas, woodin shoe soles, August 28. Robert Cretzbaur, Austin, Texas, half vooden soled shoes; August 28. Z. MoDaniel, Glasgow, Ky., torpedoes, September 8. Thomas Morse, RT^maond, Ya., breechoading fire-arm, SSp^Sitber 10. E. C. Sniger, PortLavaea, Texas, torpeio, September 15. James E. Hanged, Stafutod, Ya., artiioial leg, September 18. " Z. MoDaniel, Glasgow, Ky., torpedo, September 21. B. H. Washington, Hannibal, Mo., maihine for casting friotion tubes, September T' . ..... **??5 Anonymous Lbttbes.?Having never vritten one-of these epistles, ?&. having eoeived very few, we are not well posted, jsto-"their general character. A brother ias recently called our attention to one of ;bem; and we take occasion to' say that, whenever an honest man tbrass it nis amy Iflgiveadvioe or information,"!! is much osore'manly and Christian to'^cve it, under his own signature. We nd>*bwff&e person, who had received the letter, to pay no attention to it, upon the obvious principle thatone, who evades responsibility, skolktng behind an anonymous signature, usualrial to a safe counsellor. There are, perhaps, circumstances, which he may justify snch a course of consealtnent; but it seemc to ns entirely ia^roportionateyin the intercoarse of brethern.?Confederal B apt in Roll qp Honoa.?Our secular ex changes are publishing the names of per bods who sell to their neighbors at a lov price. . Woald in not be well, also, to pu in the pillory of the press |hoBe. ypmpirei who are sucking the. blood of oommon wealth ? We should be glad to copy suol a rollof dishonor. Posterity ougfitto knot! who were the reaP patriots of these trying times. We should like, also, to have a lis! of those officials of the Confederate States, *- ----- ?I.MM woo nave growu u?>u??.ou.im. ? Such ingenious sad. enterprising patriot! ongbtJto he known to their fellow-citisens -~*^f?krate Baptist, ' A New Gunpowder,?A Freuchmar has discovered a new method of mannfac taring gunpowder, at Paris, and a ootnpan; been formed to, catty the disoovery iot( effect. A gentleman representing thi company has proceeded to "Washington ti lay the invention before the American Gov eminent. 'It Is claimed for this new pow der that it will not oost over eight cent per pound; that the raw material can b< obtained from the ground almost anywher Without danger?a stow pan, an empty bot tie, water and fire being alonesufficient -} ii half an hour, to transform the raw materia into powder. It can be used in ashes without granulation, and is twenty to thirt per cent, stronger than ordinary powder and explodes with a vapor instead ofmnoke and does not foal the gun. It otnqjbMU? for blasting, hunting, or war purposes. Southern Greek Fire?Capt. Travit of Mobile, whose celebrity in the manufec ture and use of fire arms is daily increasing invented a modern Greek Fire which wi! prove invaluable to the Confederacy in th condnot of this war. Two experiments r< Ai ir_r_'3 ?? cenuy inyu uuar myuiiu ?ui>; uf,y?uyu ...? snccess. A correspondent, of the RctjitU says : On Taesday evening last, near the Ba Road, in the suburbs of this city, in th presence of several soientifio professor) ordnance and artillery officers, Col. MUlei commanding this Volnnteer and Cotoscrij Bareaa, other officers of the army and navj e soore of ladies and at least one represei tatiye of the press, Capfr. Travis made tw tion, using on each ocoasion less than ha pint" of the prepatatioAr^ ?Bot were eminently Bnccessful, elioiting unive sal commendation. Instantaneously on b that of a liquid metal in the smelting pr poaud of a quenched ike .wm heard,?t burmog fluid licked' dpUbe water, destrc iojg its oxjrgep, ft fuel seemingly added the flamep and the wood cracked and t V k * mm mi > ?| till a^UUrtjP of.aD .honr Wgorpf