Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 28, 1863, Image 2

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ifo fdrlmlU i YORKVlLLEj S. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, october 28,1863. MOT1CB. In consequence of the greatly increased prices of nil materials connected witK the ptiblisliing business, the follow* ~ lng are Onr rates of subscription and advertising : ? x snBSCRlPTIO.v * : For one year, in advance, v. ?4 00 For six months, in advance, 8 00 Clubs of 5 or 10 fdr one year, in advance, each.... 2 50 advcrtisiko. 88 per square of ten lines, for the first, and 81 for each subsequent Insertion, in this size type. No advertisement counted less than a square. Announcements of candidates r ' . $18 per year, invariably In advance. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as- advertisements, and charged accordingly. " * April S3,1863. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, Ootober 25, 1863. Yesterday we had a very heavj storm of rain,- whifh has replenished the cisterns, and created quite a change-in the weather, mnJrtnc finw nenessarv. and adding to thft camp complaints of colds and rheumatism, ; heretofore prevalent. There is no change, otherwise, in the aspect" of affairs, though the Yankees are reported ready for a confliot, having pnt .the finishing touches on their massive fortifications. Whether the cards are stocked on ;us, or not, remains to be seen, the same oonfidenoe of security prevails here. So there is nothing out of the ordinary routine wherewith to interest your readers. Auction sales of furniture comq-off daily, - and the high prices artioles of that description bring, shows that there are still some people determined to. live through the war ?a carpet, about ordinary, 16 by 18, and sold without warranty, brought the other day SI,110! The necessaries of life* are - ".''li: proportionately high, but a scarcity is not visible, as4be market seems very well" supplied. Apprehensions as to the coming grain erops has led the beads of department to adopt a system of furloughs, by WUIVU UUCHUUU ui bUC trfU JLWCg&UiUUCD Ul State Troops now here, (the 1st and 5th) trill bo allowed to go home for twelve days; on their return, another third, aod so on, to the 1st of December. Company B. sends home twenty-one Farmers, and Company K a larger number, from the fact that the raembere-of the last Darned have generally reported for duty. Remissness may probably be attributed to the rascality of speculators at home, but many absentees may as likely be charged with being particeps criminis. Our officers are inclined to extend every privilege to their men in the way of furloughs, and they would be better enabled to carry out their intcntiops, if the tones in the woods were made to do their duty to the country. Those who aro not for us, are against us in this struggle, and the sooner the country is rid of the skulkers, in any way, the better. In my next, I may be able to give you some news; for the present public opinion is divided, as to whether the Yankees will begin with an attaok from the fleet or land demonstration?if the latter, you will probably bear from us iu other and less comfortable quarters. The 17th and 18th are still on James' i Island, doing pioket duty?I learn that the ! health of the men is generally good, while J on Mohnt Pleasant, their Brigade Head-1 I quarters, the mortality among the negroes ; has been quite alarming. The Charleston Battalion has been united to another, making a Regiment, under the oommand of Col. Gailaird. "Charleston" is a misnomer, so far as the first named battalion is ooneerned, as - it is composed mostly of the Reserves from the up-country last winter, many of whom were wheedled out of their rights to choose their companies, by officers whom they say thfcy still gratefully remember. Tell the good dames, whose husbands are not privileged to see them this week, to hurry back the more fortunate, and believe i that the "old men" are as anxiou3 to get J home, as they may be to see them?they { promise, also, never to flud fault with the j kitchen department again, as it is woman's , province, and there they are determined she shall reign hereafter, after their experience in baking dough?for it cannot be called bread ; at least well-bred folks won't do so. Tell the good dhines of McConnells- j Villi a ! V? rt 1 r? knttAT* 1 o waII V? e? \T nno 1 VlllUj fcUW4 MUl'Wl IO n Cll ICHSU^U UJf .UC3S I No. 1, their syrup a sweet remembrancer,! aod the time may not be long when we may send for some Moore of it. E. FROM THE 17TH REGT., S. C. V. Secessionville, James Island, October 21st, 18G3. Dear Enquirer: After a brief stay wi th my family and loved ones at home, I have rejoined my regiment, which, in accordance with its past occupation, I found "on the move again." The boys were just beginning to realize an attacament.to the country around Morant pleasant, when the order came to < <paCk op" for James' Island. We have: founc^ out that complaining does no good Lowc^ and we always try to submit to our fa* e with the best grace possible. We are located near th?> .nol which we occupied, previor ^ ^ oar yjcks. burg flight, aDd the sc Qe has 80m0wbat changed since that per'io(j We oould then locVin the direction a of Morria' Island without the pain of > uehoidiog a forest of hostile m3P*.3 ov tt,e myriads of Yankee tents *. iiat now liten the spot where Fort Siiupl kiss and Yi 'agner then stood, with the ConL ' . 'federate ensign proudly flapping in the breeze. We could then, turning fo the left, discern in the distance, the grim outline of Fori Sumter unharmed, with her parapet guns frowning moodily towards the harbor entrance j now we behold her majesty seemingly dethroned." With all these changes, however, we still find it in our hearts to believe, that .the Disposer of human events, will eay to our enemy, "Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther," and that he will permit a Phoenix to arise, from the ruins of our humbled Sumter, more terrible than the Sumter of the past to our foes. Our health is unusually good ; a few oases of chills only, to keOp up "the Surgeon's call." We had a grand review here last week, by General Beauregard, acoompanied by Generals Talliaferro and Pierre Soul."? The latter General still.persists In wearing a hat of the "old churn" style, costing many of the boys a hard effort to refrain from ordering him, to "come out ^of that hat" during the review. In the appearance of the troops on review, I must confess, the "old Seventeenth" and "Eighteenth" were pre-eminent for rags and dirt. Their treatment has not been of the best, in the clothmg line at least, or a better show could certainly be made. Our regiment has considerable picket duty to perform now, onr Yankee friends are generally very pacific towards us, proffering to exchange papers, or give us coffee for tobacco, or sweet potatoes; sometimes their wooden gun boats in the Stono, become wolfish (perhaps.by the .rising memories of the Isaac P. Smith) and shell the. woods and fields about us like -wrath ; but they have never hurt maDy as yet, for which we are thankfol. On last Monday, I beheld for the first time, with my eyes extended aad month wide open, a real simon pure descendant, or relative of the French Emperor Louis Napoleon, viz r the Count De Marivaux, in command of the French ship of War, Tisiphooe, cow off this bar. , The occasion of our fortuDato "sight," was his desire to visit our Forts and batteries. While we were all louDging about, or preparing our scanty dinners, a military wagon drives Bp into our midst, and we were almost rendered insensible by the distinguished characters that alighted from it, first General Talliaferro, then the Hon. and Brigadier General Pierro Soul?then the Count De Marivaux, and .last, the peerless Beauregard. They all parsed familiarly through ohr streets, and I am reliably informed, that they all, actually gifted their hats and spoke audible, to the Captain of Company Iv of this regiment, and that siQce the occurrence, he expresses the opirn'00? that he thinks he is in 6ome way connecte d with royalty. Beholding so much greatness and royalty in one day, has entirely unnerved me, and I must ask time to recuperate, so as the "Count" would say au revair. ___ L. For the Yjrkville Enquirer. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mb. Editor : When the soldier, exposed j to all the hardships and privations incident to the life he must necessarily leadT and especially in days of sickness and weakness, often experienced, receives a kindness from friends at home, his appreciation of1 I the favor, and his gratitude too, prompt him to ma?e appropriate acknowledgments in order that the kind friends whe have contributed to his comfort may not only knowthat their favors have been received, but that such favorB are not forgotten. The 1*7th Regiment has reoeived but few favors more acceptable, than the contribution J now desire to acknowledge through the me. dium of your paper. Ad aoknowledg ment wa3 sent to the Guardian a few day'j since, but as there were some errors i'j names, will you please publish the folic,wing : Reoeived for the sick of the 17th Regiment, various articles of hosr ,ital supplies from Miss D. A. Simril, Mrs . John McCullough, Mrs. Austin Garrisor tJ Mrs. Thomas Carothers, Mrs. Isabella. A ycock, Mrs. S. M. Fewell, Mira. X X B irnctt, Mrs. Geo. Sturges, Mrs. Mary A. V .utchison, and also from Mr. Thos. Thorn a? , and Mr.- G. F. LMasscy. The ahove. named friends will please accept the thai iks of the men who have been refreshed nud strengthened by their timely con cributio ns. Yours, V'iry truly, D- F. RHospital Fjteward, 17 th Reg., S. C. V. Editorial, items. ? Go v. RroT^n has been re-elected Governor of Georgia for the fourth term, by a vote of thp. people, and without counting the ^rmy vo'.e. I ? A polite young lady recently asserted | that she had lived near a barn-yard, ,ind | that it was impossible for her1 to sleep in the morning?on account of the outcry made by a gentleman hen. ? A student of medicine in Ala bama, having conrted a girl for a year, and managed at the end of that time to get kicked, has turned rouud and sued the father for (ivisi Its" he paidter. ? The number of Yankee prisoners held in Richmond, is a fraction under 12.000. ? There will be two one armed men in the next Congress, as-represeDtatives from Georgia?Hon. Mark Blanford and Captain G. N. Lester. t- The fine Arabian horee. presented to President Davis, whioh has been awaiting a passage at Nassau for some months, has safely arrived in the Confederate States.? A special dispatch to the Relel says: Forrest's resignation has been acoepted by tho President and a special command in the West given to him. The order was sent with a compliment to his services and gab lantry. ? The natioinal debt of the Federal .Government, as gathered from an official state; raent recently published, amounted on the 30th of June last, to $1,197,274,266. . ? Gov. Pettus has issued a proclamation appointing the city of Columbus as the place for holding the regular session of thh Legislature, to convene on the first Monday in November. ? A Washington telegram says there will certainly- be another draft after the next j rt -_J Atl Ai Ml I uongresa, ana me exempuuu win uv iaiotu to $500. ? We learn that the Provost Marshal at Yicksburg siezes eviry paper brought down the river by steamboats, as Boon as they land, and has them burned. ? Yankee papers publish a list of 21 steamboats destroyed on the Mississippi river since their oaptqre of Yiokeburg. That is navagating the river with a vengeance. ? The Augusta Chronicle says, a large force of workmen have been ordered up to repair the damaged bridges over the Hiawassee and at Loudon. The inference is that we wilfliave use for them in intended operations in upper East Tennessee. ? A Georgian recently gave one thousand dollars to aid in sending ministers to the .army. ? II. Adams, the manufacturer of the "celebrated self-cocking pistol, London, has sent a beautiful one as a present to General Lee. ? Lincoln has raised the bounty for killing Sioux warriors to two hundred dollars a scalp. Barbarous. ? General Pillow has suspended the consoription of persons in Alabama having substitutes in the army. ? Artemus Ward has gone to California. A California manager telegraphed him;"What will you take for thirty nights ?" and his spirited reply was "Brauidy and water." ? Deserters from Confederate service will not be reoeived as substitutes in the Yankee army. ^ ? The captured eotton at Natchez, which was first called 100,000 bales, and then 10,000 ha9 dwindled down to 1,000. ? It is said that Stanton furloughed 1,500 soldiers to help matters in Maine before the election. ? Scandal, like the Nile, is fed by innumerable streams ; but it,is extremely difficult to trace it to its souroe. ? A young man on being asked by his [ s weethart what phonography was, took out his penicil and wrote the following, telling her fci'iat was phonography: ?U R A B U T, L N." (^ou are beauty, Ellen.) From Charleston. - ' Charaest^n, October 23.?No * new movements. T'.he Yankees are reported today rivettinc ana smoothing and putting the finishing strokes to Gregg and Wagner and other batteries at Cummings' Poiut The fieet remains quiet. Stirring times are :j expected soon. ! Charleston, October 24.?Ten Yanj; kee prisoners, including an acting ensign," a captured in a barge by our cavalry, arrived i here this afternoon. They belong to the I United States schooner Ward, blockading off Georgetown, and were taken after setting fire to and-destroying a small sohooner loavded vfith cotton in Dearing Creek. There has been considerable decrease in the enemy's squadron off this harbor and an increase off Hilton" Head. Very little firing to day. From Virginia. Richmond, Oct. 21.?A dispatch from Gen. Lee to Gen. Cooper, last night, sqys Stuart opposed on the 19th the advance of Kilpatrick's division of oavalry, whilst Fitz Lee attacked his flank apd#rear. The enemy was routed and pursued until ho reached bis infantry support at Haymarket and Gainesville. Two hundred prisoners, with horses, arms and equipments, and eight wagons and ambulances were captured. The Baltimore American of the 17th, says Lincoln has granted a respite of one 1 T-V TTT 1 ? A. J A- L - | weeK to Lfv. wrigm, Bcnienceu w uu uuug i ia Norfolk. A special despatch to the Enquirer from j Staunton to day, says Imboden entered j Charlestown Sunday, and surprised and ; brought off 430 prisoners and some valuable property. Prisoners captured during Lee's recent advance movement, amounting to about 1,200 have arrived. Gordonsville, 21.?"Everything ap. pears quiet in front. Most of the prisoners who were sent through here to Richmond, last night, were foreigners, and expressed themselves tired of the war. Many wanted to take the oath of allegiance, i Imboacn, it is reported, has taken 700 ' | prisoners at Charlestown, Va. RiciiMONr, Oct. 22.?An official des- ! patch says the .cavalry under Morrison and | Dedbord attacked and routed the enemy's J j cavalry at Philadelphia, Tenn., on the 20tb, i capturing 700 prisoners, fifty wagons loaded with stores, ten ambulances, six pieces of artillery and lots of horses and mules and other property. GoRDOiNSViLLE, Oct. 23.?Sixty nine wounded Yankees from the Bristow fight j and two hundred and forty two prisoners i captured by General Stuart on the 19th ; I were sent to Richmond last night.. ?> n.. no vr.j. - | JLtlCHMOND, WCi. ao.? utiui a Bigu ui iuterest has transpired daring the past twenty four hours. The campaign in Northern Virginia is ( considered closed until the next spring^ but it will be remeoa&ered that the battle of Fredericksburg ocourred in the middle of December. Richmond, Oct. 24.?Late Northern papers hate been received, but. the news is unimportant. The . enlistment of negro troops will shortly commence in Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. Lincoln has issued a proclamation, calling for 300,000 volunteers. Gordonsville, Oot 25.?It is reported that Yankees are again at Wartrace Junction. One hundred and fifty prisoners of those captured at Charlestown went through today. A man belonging to the provost guard was shot dead at Culpeper Court House for stealing cabbage last night. A Yankee calling himself Timothy MoKeen, from New Hampshire, was arrested here as a spjr-to day. Prom Tennessee. , Missionary Ridge via Chickamauga, Oct. 21 The following dispatches have have been received at headquarters, this morning, from Gen. Stevenson: Charleston, Tenq. October 20.?The AAnnl.tT.nfii)oi* MrtTriflrtn and T)ihhrfi11 nttank vofu.t; ?v. "? : -ed tho enemy's cavalry, in force, at Philadelphia,, to day, capturing about 1,400 prisoqers, their artillery, small arms, capapeqnippage," &c. Our loss was nothing.^r The enemy were completely routed. On the 21st, the telegraph says the enemy were pursued to their defence at Loudon. TheiMoss was 700 prisoners, fifty wagons loaded with stores, 10 ambulances, 6 pieces artillery, a lot of mules, horses and other property. (Signed) C. L. SfEVENSON, Major Gen. Commanding. Northern News. Operations Before Charleston? Experimenting with "Greek Fire." ?A letter in the New York Times, from Morris' Island, says: A number of experiments with Greek Fire has been recently made hy Mr. Short, the inventor, in presence of several officers of rank, with a view of contradicting the impression that the shells containing the fire exploded prematurely. The gun was placed in position on the beaoh, and pointed seaward. Ten tin tubes, each of which is three inches in length and three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and filled with the the material composing the Greek fire, were then dropped in a conical shell and filled round with powder. . ' The first shell thrown exploded prematurely, in consequence, it is said, of fdeIn iVtrk fnnn TKo oVinllo onTiaonnonfltr ICUfc 1U mo 1UOO. AMW ougno uuwov^uvuw; filled had white lead placed round the fuse cap, and, with perhaps one or two exceptions, fully accomplished all that had been claimed for them. A dozen shells were fired, nine of whioh exploded at a'distance of 1,200 yards. To show the powerful effect of the Greek fire, a number of tubes were lighted and submerged in water, where they were allowed to remain until nearly burned, and then'taken out, But the bright blue fiame was not extinguished. Other tubes were lighted and completely buried in mdistsand, which was closely packed, but this also failed to quench the fire. The tubes burfc for a minute and a half. When first ignited, the fire issues from one end of the tubo with a fierce, rusbirg sound, not unttkg that which accompanies tbe flight of a rocket, and extends the distance of a yard, but it soon sinks down to a dazzlingblue flame of about two inches in length, losing its peculiarity of sound, and tbrus continaes to burn to the end. An ignited tube in a bason of water gives the latter the appearance of boiling. It tfraits a heavy^ sulphurous smoke in large quantities. Effectually Closed. -A correspondent of a New Jork paper, writing from the Yankee fleet off Morris'Island, says: From what can be ascertained of the real state of affairs at Charleston, the rebels effectually closed the channels to the city to our fleet, reserving a passage, however, to their own craft, after the manner of a canal, with a safety lock against their enemies.? The obstructiogs may be of such a nature as not to be removed by aDy appliances of our own or of two formidable a character to justify a hazardous attempt by our ironclads to penetrate further into the harbor and within range of thefebel guns. Under these circumstances, the best engineering and strategic skill becomes necessary on the part of the respective commanders of the land and water foroes to make thoroughly successful demonstration upon Charleston. Such a result is not considered doubtful, but time is necessarily required for the consummation of this plans. A Rich Man.?It. is said that Rothschild possess a million millions of francs, but that, compared with others, he is poor, at least, so it pleases thq good people of Paris to state, for they Lave just heard that there exists in India a nabob worth a trillion, which, represented in figures, would be 1,000,000,000,000. To count this sum, coin by coin, the coin being a franc, at the rate of two hundred a minute, and working twelve hours a day, it would occupy nineteen thousand three hundred and twenty five years," and three hundred and nineteen days. Foreigners in tiie Confederate States.?It appears from the U. States census for 1860, that the number of foreigners in the States now forming the Confederacy were : Alabama, 12,000; Arkansas, 4,000; Georgia 11,000; Kentucky, 59,000; Louisiana, 81,000; Mississippi, 80,000; Missouri, 160,000; North Carolina, 3,000 ; South Carolina, 10,000; Tennessee 20,000, Texas, 47,000 ; Virginia, 35,000. Total, 443,000. Total in non-seceding States and Territories, 3,693,000 ! Gen. Hood.?The army correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal has received a note from the abiding place of. Gen. Hood, dated October 15th, which states that that officer is rapidly convalescing, and hopes to be able to resume the field in a few weeks. There is not a man or woman in the Confederacy who watched the career of the noble Texan, bat Will feel a fresh throb of - - l. I--:. ? 3 i.' A. pleasure tnai oe nas oeen epareu mi iuc 00001x7, and to do new deeds of valor. Fifth Regiment State Troops. ROLL OP OFFICERS OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF S. 0. 8TATE TROOPS. James H. Williams, Newberry, Colonel. John A. Bradley, Chester, Lieut. Colonel. Lucian P. Sadler, York, Major. M. M. Hunter, Laurens, Surgeon. John A. Walker, Chester, Assist.-Surgeon. R. F. Attwood, Newberry, Adjutant. A. G. Maybin> Union, Quartermaster. James P. He Pass Kershaw, Chaplain. R. A. McKnigbt, Union, Sergeant-Major. A. W. T. Simmons, Spartanburg, Ordnance Sergeant. . L. IV. Williams, Laurpns, Qaartermastor * Sergeant. ? Daniel Williams, York, Commissary-Sei- ' geant. ' Wm. Lorrbh, Newberry, Hospital Steward. John Sattcrwhite, Newberry, Wagon Master. * . Wm. R. Briggs, Union, Orderley. . company a. John Hardin, Chester, Captain. W. T.' Gilraore, Chester, First Lieutenant. ' Wm. Hardin, Chester, Second Lieutenant. ' Wm. ^ollis, Chester, Second Lieutenant. 1 company b. . ' Jhon T* Lowry, Y'Srk, Captain. Jhon W. Moore, York, First Lieutenant. 1 J. M. M. Cain,.York, Seoood Lieutenant. 1 Wm. Howell, York, Second Lieutenant. 1 company c. T. H. Crooks, Newberry, Captain. R. S. Davidson, Newberry, First Lieut. Joseph Duckett, Newberry, Second Lieut. G. B. Boozer, Newberry, Second Lieut. compay d. * W. J. M. Jones, LauTrens, Captain. D. L. Henry, Laurens, First lieutenant. B. W. Anderson, Laurens, Second Lieut. J. R. Fuller, parens, Second Lieut. company e. 0. H. Moss, Spartanburg, Captain. T. P. Gaston, Spartanburg, First Lieut. D M. Bripe, Spartanburg, First Lieut. Wm. C. Miller, Spartanburg, Second Lieut. company-p. S. M. Snoddy, Spartanburg, Captain*. B. H. Steadman, Spartanburg, First Lieut. W. S. Wjlkins, Spartanburg, Second Lieut. Doloin TVfnBnwflll. Snflrtanhnrp'. 2d Lieut. , _r 07-~ I company q. Joel Ballinger, Spartanburg, Captain. B. H. Wright, Spartanburg, First Lieat. J. G. Hames, Sp&rtaq^urg, Second Lieut. , Jas. Tinsley, Spartanburg, Seoond Lieut. company h. J.-W. Bobo, Spartanburg, Captain. It. M. Bobo, Unionj First Lieutenant. Banl. MoLaugblin, Union, Second Lieut. Wm. Lay ton, Spartanburg,' Second Lieut.' company i. W. W. Sloan, Laurens, Captain. W. F. Metts, Laurens, First Lieutenant, i J. C. Workman, Laurens, Seoond Lieut. S. K. Taylor, Laurens, Secoqd Lieutenant. ' company k. . W. J. Bowen, York, Captain. Z. D. Smith, York, Seoond Lieutenant. A. F. Ferreli, York, Second Lieutenant. W. L. Robinson, York, Seoond Lieutenant. company l. W. P. Gill, Chester, Captain. Jesse C. Clifton, Chester, First Lieutenant. David M. Peden, Chester, Seoond Lieut. Gardner Jamieson, Chester, Second Lieut. company m, Wm. G. Hughes, Union, Captain. John Sanders, Union, First Lieutenant. A. Powell, Union, Second Lioutonant. T. G. Harf, Union, Second Lieutenant. R. F. ATWOOD, Adjutant. Hunting Deserters.?Lieut. Colonel j G. W. Lee, of Atlauta, has just returned from his deserter hunting trip into the mountains of North Carolina. He has. captured between three and four hundred deserterb and tories. Their leader, Col. Busty, notorious .for his daring outrages, was said to have about 600 men under him. They were not, however, in a body, but scattered through the country, engaged in their treasonable work of stealing and destroying the property of people, and carrying off cattle fattening for our army. He was A a terror to all honest and loyal people With 200 men, Col. Lee pursued him and J drove him to Loudon, and captured fifty prisonera^among them two Yankee recruiting officers, and about seventy-five fine beef cattle. We trust that much good will result to the country from the energy and perseverance which have characterized his expedition.?Petersburg Express. Singular Coincidence. ? At Camp Truesdalo the other day one of the companies of the Georgia State Guard went to receive their arms.. One of the men, .who was a veteran of the Mexican war, had his attention called to the fact of his name being cut on the stock of the gun he had drawn, and looking at it, recognized it as the identical weapon be had used in the Mexican war, and on which he had cut his name with his rocket knife. 3?~ Mr. E. TV. South, a young man ofi .ingenuity and indnstry, ha9 put up, on i Rock River, near Lowndesville, S. C., two power looms, a machine for resetting cotton cards, and afrso a machine for pricking holes through leather for cards, all of which are his own invention. His two loops weave sixty yards of nice cloth per day? , his little daughter attends one of the looms. He has reset over 2,000 pairs of cards this' year, at priceB ranging from fifty to seventy live ocnts. The French in New Orleans.?The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger learns from high authority that J the petition of the French residents of New f Orleans to the Emperor, praying that a t suitable fleet may bo sent for their proteo- B tion in the event of anysndden trouble, has . been promptly and favorably responded to, 1 and thatsomo half-dozen vessels-of-war will soon be within easy call of the French Consul in that city. j 'An Effectual Cure for the Ear- J ache.?Take a small piece of cotton-bat jj ting or wool, make a depression in the cen- ii tre with the eDd of the fingejr, and fill it r' with as much pulverized black pepper as will re9t on a half dime. Gather it into a ball and tie it up; dip the ball into sweet * 1 oil, and insert it into the ear, covering the ! latter with cotton or wool and use a band- 1 j age or cap to retain it in its place. A most ^ instant relief will be experienced, and the q application is so gentle that an infant will u not be injured by it, but experience relief as well as adults. LATEST NEWS, THE BALL OPENED. Charleston, Oct. 26.?The .enemy's jatteriea, Gregg and Wagner, opened fire it eleven o'olook this morning from seven ;nns on the former and four on the lat?r. The fire was principally direoted ajainst Sumter and Fort Johnson. Two monitors were also engaged. The firing :eased at dark One hundred and eighty ihots were thrown from Morris' Island, ten :rom the monitors. Oae hundred and sixty ive struck Samter. - Some ten or'fifteen ihots from 12-pound Parrotts were fired at Moultrie. No damage yet. Our batteries replied .vigorously. From Brass's Army. Missionary Ridge, via Chickamauga, October 25.?Four brigades of the enemy moved, down the river this morning to their picket lines, as if for the purpose of making in attack on our fordes at the base of Lookout Mountain. After manoeuvring around for an hour, two of the brigades were withdrawn?the ethers remaining under oover of the banks of Chattanooga Creek. In the meantime, the battery at Mooeasin Point opened fire on Hood's division, and fired slowly throughout the morning, but without doing any damage. Weather clear and auite warm. *. . later. A heavy rain has been falling since 10 o'clock last night, shotting out oar view of Chattanooga. Atlanta, Oct. 26.?Oar cavalry con-, tinno active operations in Sequatchie Vat* ley to the great annoyance of the enemy.? On Friday they captured- the notorious Col. Kiff, of Tennessee, with his escort and the . mails. From the maile we .learn the important faot that Hoseorans has been relieved of the command of the army of the Comberland, and that Gen. Thomas has been ordered to take immediate ooojmarid, under Grant, who commands that department.? Orders to Buroside, also, were captured in the mails. From the North. Richmond, Oct. 26.?A telegraph to the New York World from,. Washington, of the 22d, says: It has learned from a trustworthy soarce that. Dahlgren has been relieved from the command of the ironclad fleet qff Charleston a few days since by Capt. Thomas Turner, of the ironsides, who has been"appointed to the positionIt is rumored at Washington that Meade will shortly be removed. Sedgewick is talked of as bis^succesor. The Londpn Times, referring to. the sei sure of the iron rams, says the question must now be argued on Its-proper legal merit. The vessels will either leave the Mersey with clear bills or not at all: ^Richmond, Oct. 26.?The New York Herald of the 22d contains a letter from London dated the 10th, professing to givethe outline of,a treaty to be entered betweenthe Pope, Austria, France/Spain, and tha Confederate States, in which the latter stipulates, upon guarantee of her independence, never to attempt to annex any portion, of Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, anffto aid in repelljbg any armed intervention of the United States in the affairs of Mexico or the/ Spanish West India Colonies. The w/ter says, it is feared if the Lincoln administration should succeed in conquering the South, it would undertake to rule all America by Seward eventually, and considers the whole civilized world would soon become too contracted for- the field of its operations. He then intimates, at some length, that the best policy of Lincoln, under the circumstances, is to make peace with the South and let two republics work out the problem of man's capacity for selfgovernment. The letter closes by recommending Bennett to advocate the peace policy. The Herald oloses an editorial in illusion to the letter) to which it attaches some importance, by urging another vigorous blow at the rebellion. Bv Droloneine the war, we increase the dangers of European intervention and war throughout Christendom. ' A 'Warning to Shoemakers.?We learn that a shoemaker in this city was arraigned a day or twq ago, for charging more than J5 percent profit. The enrolling officer was called in, and there is a prospect that the son of St. Crispin will soon be pegging away at the yankees at eleven dollars a month.?Augusta Constitutionalist. President Davis at Dalton.?President Davis left Gen. Bragg's army on the 14th with great satisfaction and in high an. ticipations."The people of Dalton called him oat. He said that we bad been looking in the face of the enemy, bnt would Boon see their baoks. Most important movements are afoot, and a glorious oampaga i*in anticipation. 8?" The "Old Tige."?It is rumored Chat General G. T. Anderson, of Georgia, was appointed a Major General daring the President's late visit to the Army of Tennessee. General Anderson is a braVe and efficient officer, and belonged to the United States regular army before the war. He is known among his men by the souberiquet ' of " Old Tige." . ?? ?Mhrarj. Died?rn this District on the 5th instant, of Putrid sore i hro.it, MLm MARGltET HANNAH, daughter of John O. 1 tnd Martha Jackson, in the 14th year of her age. In this District on the 10th Instant, of Putrid sore throat, ] diss VIOLET ER1XNA CURRENCE, in the 17th year of ler age. In this District on Saturday, the 24th instant, after a lln- | ;erlng disease for upwards of ten yean, Mr. ARTHUR ; 'AKiSH,^!! the 67th year of Ills age. Commissary-General's Department. 1 STATE OF SOUTH CABOLINA, Columbia, October 25,1863. HIS Excellency the Governor having received advices of the arrival at .1 Confederate port I ( f about 15,000 pair COTTON and WOOL CARDS, impor- | i;d under a resolution of the General Assembly, the same n receipt will be distributed by tbls Department to the ioldler's linards'of Relief of this State at cost and charges j . ) be sold by them at same price to the most needy families i their respective Districts, glvlhg preference to the needy iiuilies of soldiers. /_, b By order of the Goverbor. , I ' RICHARD CALDWELL, Lieut. Col. and Commissary-General, 8. C. October 28 1 ? 111 HEADQUARTERS, _ COMMISSARY-GENERALS DEPT, 8. C.. Columbia,S. C., Oct 25,1863. VTOTICE is hereby given to the L 1 ' Board# of Soldiers' Relief throughout the State, A tat this Department will shortly be prepared to Issue a uantity of COTTON CLOTH, now being received from . le Granltcvllle Factory-, to be sold by them to the soldiers' tmUles at cost and charges. By order of the Governor. , RICHARD CALDWELL, F Lieut, CM. and Commissary General. 8. C. October 88 48 ' it menmBBHHB Taxes! Taxes! .'Taxes!!! I* WILL attend at the follbwing times and place* for the purpose of receiving taxes on Property and Credit*. Specific Tax, and Tax on "Cram Sales," . from 21 tli April fast/where they have not been paid, viz : At Smith's, on Thursday, 5th November. - At Hethel. on Friday, 6th NovenAafT At.Clay Hill, on Saturday, 7th Korembet. At Ebenezervillc, on Monday, 9th November. < ' At Fort Mills, on Tuesday. 10th November. At Rock Bflb on Wednesday, lltb November. i At Coates' Tavern, on Thursday, 12th November. * At Wcstbrook's, on Friday, 13th November. ' ? . -s At Rock Hill, on Saturday,,14th.November. At Bration's, on Monday, lCtli November.. . At McConnellsvlllc, on Tuesday,17th November. v>. . At Youftgblood't, on Wednesday, 18th November. . * 1 At Gil Allan's, on Thuredw, 19th NovembeK '/p!*? At Feemster's, on KrldviaM. November.^ At Allison's, on Monday,- Mrilawetnber.-: At Whlsonant's, on Tuesday, Sitfc November. "'* At Buffalo, on Wednesday, 25th November. At Hugh Love's, on Thursday, 26th November. *> At Luke Smith's, on Monday, 7th Decern ben-. At Hickory Grove, ou Tuesday, 6th December. At Whltcsldes', on Wednesday. 9th December. ?* " , At Boydton, on Thursday, 10th December. { It In desired that tax payers attend promptly at their res pcetlve precincts, and that they come with eoeh and everybill endorsed boldly with pencil, setting forth, date and Disc . trlct- * J. A. McCLBAN/.Collector 31st Collection District, YorEfc, * October 28 4S ' tf ESTRAV MUIsB. TROLLED before me, bj Edward T. JL Brandon, living 10 miles East of Yorkvllle, near Wright's Ferry, n BROWN HORSE MOLE, about foUtleex liana* lugn, vupposcu w uc upwaroa 01 iwriliy yean Ola.? No mark* vUlble except a very eore back. Appraised at seventy-five dollars. , * J. p. T. CURRENCE, Magistrate. October 17 . 43 4m QOUTHCAROLINA?YORK B?. O TRICT.?Whereas, I. J. E. BRATTON has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods JUtd chattels, rights and credits of C. W. A-J.' HOOD, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be as# j appear before hie at our nest Ordinary's Court for thd said' District, to be holden at York Court Bouse on the IMidajr of November instant, to shew cause. If any, why the Mid Administration should pot be granted. Given under ray hand and Seal, this 37th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred anr sixty-three, and In the eiahty-eighth yeai of the Indutaadence of South Carolina. 4 JOHN A. BROWN, O; fc D. .October28 43 ' - ., fy'.j QOUTHOAROIiINA?YORKJ>JS- . O TRl CT.?Whereas, ,W. C. PATTERSON, ba* applied to me for Letters or Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights end credits of Dr. JOHN CHAMBERS, late q?jjje District aibresaid, These arc therefore to cite and admonish aJlandsinghMt} the kindred and creditonof the said deceased, < > be sndAp-' pear before me at our next Ordlnar>V<;oujifor the'?nld District, to be holden at Vork Court House on the 16th day of November instant, to shew cause, Ifany, .why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 23rd day of October, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred'luift sixty-three, and in she clgluy-cighth year pf -tie Jhde pendencc of 8outh Cnrolwa, JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. fc 3 October 28. . .* 43 2t QOUTH CAROLINA?YORKSiSkj TRICT.?Whereas, W. C. PATTERSON hat applied tu^nie for Letters of Admin Istratlpn.on all and singular: th# goods and chattels, rights and credits of M. W.'CHAJP BERS, late ol the District aforesaid, deceased. - ? These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish nit and Slngt?> lar, the kindred and credllors of ihesaid deceased, to 4fr and appear before me, at bur next Ordlnory'a Court fur Ap said District, to be holden tit York Court House on theIstMb day of November lost., to sbew.canse, If any, why ihe safd Admlnistrntlon should not be gran!ed.? ' a Given under my hand and Seal, tbig 23rd day of Octobertin theyearoroutLord one thousand eight hundred and.. cl.il, iliMA onJ IH tliii flflfK Unas sif ilio IndanondoHAit nf HIMJ-UIIWj UUU III lUv WUI Jtili VI IUV t_U?A^|SV*4UWMVVi v? South Carolina. "** ; ^ -V. \ /*.?v JOHN A. DROWN, 0. Y. p. October 38 , 43 3t > ESTATE 8AI.Fi. j TTTILL be sold at the late residence i T of JOHN CHAMBERS, decetucd, two miles and a j half-South of YorkvUte,'on TUESDAY, the-ITTH dayf of NOVEMBER next,- the whole personal estate of Tesfljjpq, consisting of " r, 16 LIKELY IVEOROES, Horses, Moles, CatUe, Bon, Wagons. Corn, Wheat,'<&t^ Fodder, farming Utensils, &c. BANKnur B. ,C. K5.1?. BTOCK. Also his whole real estate, consisting of a tract containing over EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES,-' . situate within 9# miles of Yorkville-^iore than 3? ACRES of which Is in WOODLAND, heavily Umbered, < with ONE HUNDRED ACRES of valuable BOTTOM LAND, with DWELLING HOUSE, Negro Houses, Gin HousP and all necessary outbufidiUg*. Lands as uesirable, or of equal value, are rarely in market. Persons wlshlug to examine snld land* or Najpth can apply to Mr. A. II. CHAMBERS, on the pari lllf to myself at Yorkville, S. C. Terms?Made known on day of-sale. 8. J. KUYKENDAL, Executor. ? October 14 41 St' Q&- The South Carolinian and Charleston Mercury wlR copy once a week until day of sale and send blUs to the . ? Exqutaea Orrmt. --wiHp 9 SHERIFF'S SAJLE. I James L. McCarter, Applicant, i Partition of J M Christopher L. H. McCarter, etaL) Real Estate. bj Hcirt-at-lav> of Jama A. McCarter, decected. ' :M BY virtue of an Order from John A. 3 Brown, Ordinary or York District, I will offer at pub- 9 lie sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY la yg NOVEMBER next, the lands described ttf the summons,!* ? 3 this case, lying on the waters of AHIson Creek, bounded. rV by lands of D. Currence, George Turner, deceased, D. P. 1 Boyd, G. A. McCarter and others, containing ' 81 201 ACRES. I Sold to make partition among the hclrs-at-Utw of JAMES A. McCARTEll, deceased. ' '.Teiucs or Ssxit.?A credit of one and two years wldr interest from day of sale. Furcbascr.logive bond and good security, and a mortgage of the premises if deemed mows-* sary, to the Ordinary, for the purchase money?the Costs to be paid id CASH. JAMES MA80N, i.T. B. October 7 ($10) 40 _Al I NOTICE TO CONSCRIPTS. HEAD-QUARTERS, ENROLLING OFFICE, 1 OJUCVILLK, 8. C~ October 19, 1883. THE Medical Board of the 6th Con-* * gresaional District, will meet nt YORK VILLE for UMK " rf ' Examination of Conscripts, on the 2d day of NOVEMBE? next. AU persons Enrolled and ordered for Exemption, will report on that day. . II. All persons In York District having substitute papers are required to report with their papers toniedlately. October21 * 41) ". * it I.OWISTHEWMEI j I WILE PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR ALL CLA83E8 OP . IsTEG-ROES. . C. J. PRIDE, Rock Hill, S. C. . I April 1 13 tf i SPELLING BOOKS. JUST received, a lot of the "HOME SPELLING BOOK . * OR MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." \ This work U published in Greenville, S. C.. and for sale at the 1* " ^ENQUIRES OFFICE. f7 PER HUNBRED LBS" IN" CASn, WILL BE PAID FOR CLEAN COTTON OR LINEN RAG% AT THE ENQUIRER OFFICE, lane 10 23 . tf lQOOJba BLUE STONE, JUSThECEIVED, i . And *Fof "Sale, by A G.R. RATCHFORD. 1 Xorkville, Oct 7. " 40 . . tf ' Wanted -5000 lbs. RAGS. T"HE SUBSCRIBER WANTS TOJL purchase 5000 pounds of clean COTTON AND LINEN RAGS, Immediately. , "G. R. RATCHFORD. York?ille,'October 7 * 40 tf fAfANTEI*?TO EMPLOY 40 OR M 50 LADIES io work on GOVERNMENT WORK. jIBERAL WAGES GIVEN.. Apply to JZ M rLES. JOHNSON,' Cnveraiodnt Contractor. I October 14 . - 41 3f*. A GOOD WAGON FOB SALE.? LX. The Subscriber offers for sale A GOOD 4 HORSE . VAGON. Terms reasonable. Apply to WM. LAWSON BROWN. October 14 41 3t ro GAS CONSUMERS.?THE . '' . ; price of OAS from and after Ociober 1st, 1863,-will ? f35 per 1000 feet. T. TANNER, tiupt. octooejr^ / - 10 -*.4t* | YFOTICE.?CORN, Bacon, Wheat < Li and FLOUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. . j W. II. McCORKLE, A*ent. April 39 , 17 > y '77v^lf 1 A SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER LX Envelopes for sale at the ?ENQUIRER OFFICE.' . November id 48 ' tf TACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE ) Remedy for DIAXRHCEA, DYSENTERY, and LUX. Bold for CASH at . My XI. ' Tm&Wim OTJhOE. J 1