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- ? % ^ ;V. ? .* . w. * . - *" **** * ' . - - ' * . *" , < * j. e.&i,. m. gbist, jproprietora $itltep{iftcBf JfmnHj lltfospper: Jor i|t |)rijiit<r&ii rf i|t ^political, fecial, Agricultural ititi) Commercial Interests of tjte JJmrtjr. {** peb teae, in advance. . YQLUME 9. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1863. ' - ; " . .hi . L * ' ' ' ?- Y " 7 ^??1????tmmmtmmm ?mm????fc? f Taxes! Taxes!! Taxes!!! I WILL attend at the following times and places for the purpose of receiving taxes on Property and Credits, Specific Tax, and Tax on "Gross Sales," from S4th April Inst, where they have not been paid, viz : A^Smlth's, on Thursday, 5th November. At Bethelj on Friday, 6th November. . At Clay Hill, on Saturday, 7th November. . At Ebcnezerville, on Monday, 9th November. At Fort Mills, on Tuesday. 10th November. At Rock mil, on Wednesday, lllh November. At Coates' Tavern, on Thursday, 12tl? November. At Westbrook's, on Friday, 13th November. At Rock Hill, on Saturday, 14th November. At Branon's, on Monday, 16th November. -At McConnellsvilie, on Tuesday, 17th November. At YoungWood's, on Wednesday, I8th November. ^At Cllfillan's, on Thursday, 19jh November. At Feemster's, on Friday, 20th November. At Allison's, on Monday, S3rd November. At Whlsonant's, on Tuesday, 24th November. * * <. At Buflhlo, on Wednesday, 25th November. At Hugh Love's, on Thursday, 26th November. At Luxe Smith's, on Monday, 7th December. At Hlrkory Grove, on Tuesday, 8th December. At Whiteside*', on Wednesday, 9th December. At Boydton, on Thursday, 10th December. It Is desired that tax payers attend promptly at their res pectlve precincts, and thnt they come with each and every bill endorsed bokily with pencil, setting forth date and District. J. A. McCLEAN, Collector 31st Collection District, York. October 28 43 tf TAX IN KIND. I WILL attend at the following time and places for the purpose of receiving the returns o TAX IN KIND, viz : At Yorkvilie, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sniutday, 7th, 8th, 9th utid 10th of October. At Smith's, on Monday, 12th October. At Betbel, on Tuesday, 13th of October. At Clay HUI, on Wednesday, I4tli of October. At Ebeneier, on Thursday, 15th of October. At Rock Hill, on Friday. 16th of Octoher. , At Fort Million Saturday, 17th of October. At Rock Hill, on Monday) 19th of October. At Coatcs' Tavern, on Tuesday, 20th of October. At Westbroek's, on Wednesday, 21st of October. At Bratton's, on Thursday, 22nd of October. At McConnelUville, on Friday, 23rd of October. At Youngblood's, on Saturday, 24th of October. At GUfillnn's, on Monday, 26th of October. At Feeroster'g, on Tuesday, 27th of October. At Luke Smith's, on Wednesday, 23th of October. At Hickory Grove, on Thursday, 29th of October. At Whitesldes', on Friday, 30th of October. At Boydton, on Saturday, 31st of October. At Buffalo, on Monday, 2nd of November. At Wbisononfs, on Tuesday, 3rd of November. At Allison's on Wednesday, 4th of November. At Hugh Love's, on Thursday, 5th ol November. At YorkvlBe, on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, 7tli,f 9tb and 10th ofNovember. I'will receive returns of the Wheat, Rye, Oats, Fodder, Hay, and all other crops which are gathered. Tax Payers are" required to weigh a bushel of their Wheat, Rye, Oats and Corn, also a portion of Hay and Fodder, and niake a calculation of the weight oitheir entire crop, Tax Payers are entitled to reserve 100 bushels of Corn or 50 bushels of - Wheat, 50 bushels of Irish and Sweet Potatoes each, 20 bushels of Peas or Beans, or 20 bushels of both. It is hoped that every Tax Payer will make out his lists properly, and be fully prepared to make their returns without delay. F. M. GALBRAITH, Assessor, York Disuict. September 30 '39 ' tf QOUTHCAROLINA?YORK DISO TRICT.-^ Whereas, WALTER B. METTS, C. E. -V n rA> T Utioru n>r Arlmtniofwitlnn i/?i nun a^]iuui w uiv iw? u&u?io ui ^wni?yn"w?u de bonis non, on all and singular, the goods and chattel!), rights and credits of SAM'L A. FARIS, 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 and appear before me, at our next Ordinarv's. Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court house, on the 3th day of November next, to shew cause, If an}*, why the said Administration should .not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 28th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Independence of South Carolina. ($13) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. September 30 39 61 DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, ~~ DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, TORKYILLE, SO. CA. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, -MEDICINES, dec., constantly kept on hand. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts aecurately Dispensed. September 30 39 ? tf CTEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? iO The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS In the Town of Yodkville.S. L\, directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, with WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and all necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, if desired, will he sold alone. 8. J. KUYKENDAL. ' March 18 11 * tf ESCHEATED PROPERTY. A PPLICATION will be made at the next sitting of the Legislature, to vest In the children of WYLIE GRIFFIN, deceased, the personal estate of WILLIAMJH. RAY, deceased, late of York District, liable to Esebeat for want of helm. August 7th, 1863. WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN, NANCY ANN GRIFFIN, .. In behalf of themselves and brothers and sisters. Atgust'19 33 tf DW^ALFRED-CRAVEN |Usil>tnf SSiirgwn $tirtist, YOKKVILLE, S. C. (K7- On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pal ' . , . metto Hotel. "-?#) January6 1 tf NOW IS THE TIIUE! I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR ALL CLASSES OF NEGROES. C. J. PRIDE, Rock Hill, 8. C. April 1 13 tf SPELIiING BOOKSr JUST received, a lot of the "HOME SPELLING BOOK OK mother's assistant." This work is published in Greenville, S. C., and for sale at the ENQUIRER OFFJCE. August 12 32 tf $7PERHUNDRED'LBS,, in casn, will be paid for clean C OTTO\ OR L1XE1V RAGS, at the enquirer office. June 10 23 tf WOO lbs. BLUE STONE, JUST RECEIVED, And For Sale, by G. R. RATCHFORD. Xorkville, Oct 7. 40 tf Wanted--5000 lbs. RAGS. The subscriber wants to purchase 5000 pounds of clean COTTON AND LINEN RAGS, immediately. G. R. RATCIIFORD. Yorkville, October 7 40 tf TO GAS CONSUMERS.?THE price of GAS from and after October 1st, 1663, will be $25 per 1000 feet. T. TANNER, Supt. October 7 40 4t "vtotice.?corn, Bacon, Wheat 1.1 and FLOUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLE, Agent. April 23 17 tf CARRIAGE SIIOI\~ THE Subscriber still continues the KSSeSSSZ* CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS <i\y w at the old STAND. All kinds of coun try produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HOUSE SHOEING and general country WORK done by W. P. McFADDEN. Jauuary 23 . 4 " tf f\ENTALNOTICEr?D U RIN G U iny absence from YorkviUe, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enquirer building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in iny line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 8 * . if F~0R~T\X collector?we are authorized to announce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL i as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, at the ensuing election. September .'SO 39 te* FOR TAX COLLECTOR.?WE have been requested to announce Col. ANDREW JACKSON, as a rnndldntefnr the office of TAX COLLECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 9 #5 tf ! Extraordinary Card from Mr. G. B. | Lamar. [From the Savannah News.'] In the Republican of this date is republished a letter written by me in December last, I think, to the Hon. Fernando Wood, and remarks that "Mr. Lamar is in Savannah and oan speak for himself." This is all I desire now to do. 1 I not only wrote that, but several other letters, to other persons resident in New ! York, both on business and on political mattere, about that time and since; and the lame attempt of that incendiary sheet, the 1 Richmond Examiner, to revile my name in regard to the one in question, will prove as 1 impotent as its constant misrepresentations of President Davis'course of conduot. i bad otber motives besides pecuniary i advantage in writing those letters; bat I 1 choose to defend myself solely on its merits as a business matter. It is not deniedthat our Confederacy has, in ootton alone, a capital of not less than five hundred millions of dollars, which, in 1 foreign markets, would be available to that 1 extent, but whiob, owing to the blockade, 1 is so much, dead capital. The game of 1 " Cotton famine" has been played to the last card, and England's mills, costing bun- 1 dreds of millions pounds sterling, are most- 1 ly at a stand-still for want of it. It is notorious, alsoj that there is a great and grow- ( ing deficiency in the supply "of staple ar- 1 ticles" in our midst. If these be the facts ' (and nobody can deny them), where is the 1 evil of counteracting them, either by the j exportation of cotton or the importation of 1 goods? Could we export only half ouroot ton, our currency would be relieved and as 1 valuable as at the beginning. It follows, < that to export it to any extent must prove * advantageous in the same proportion. If ' the domestio production of staple goods be 1 so dehoient that prices are double what they 1 were last year, is he who would supplement < the quantity to any degree to be censured ? ( There is no law against either the expor- 1 tation of ootton, or the importation of goods j ( uu iuv uuuuury, cue laws euuuuragc uuu | t sanction both, and the Government is itself 1 engaged in the business, and blockade run- t ning is odious only to those who do not c comprehend its benefits, and who ignorant- 4 ly and falsely charge it with the deprecia- < tion of the currency.- 1 In order to appease the cotton manufactu- ? rers of Europe, Mr. Seward, in July 1882, 8 requsted Mr. Adams to assure their govern- 1 meats "that ootton should be exported so * soon as the Confederates could be forced or 1 induoed to furnish it." Now, suppose a ( foreign vessel were to come to Fort Jack- * son, consigned to me, with the money to c pay for a cargo of cotton, would I not be 4 serving both the country and myself by f furnishing it ? Suppose she had a cargo of c salt, blankets, woolen and cotton cloths to 4 pay for cotton, instead of the money?would c not every body be glad of the exchange ? c And now, suppose, instead of one vessel, ' an hundred were to arrive on the same b'usi- 1 ness, and induoed here at my instance by c letters such as the one 'to Mayor Wood, ^ where would be the cause for any impeach- * ment of my patriotism or my actions ? 8 If the clamors of an ingnorant few against 4 blockade running were to induce Congress I to stop it, what would be the consequences ? * Would the supply of clothing, etc., be in- 1 creased? Would prices decline"? Would c the people be more comfortable ? On the ^ contrary, would not^ the supply be less, c prices advance, and our sufferings be mag- 1 nified ? 1 I insist upon it?sustained by all the ^ laws of trade and commerce (which no legislation can control, and all attempts at which j will produce no good, but unmixed evil), that blockade running is advantageous, as well to the ourrency as the country?with the exception of the loss of whatever of goods or cotton belonging to our people <which may be captured or lost in the busi- ^ ness. ^ It is said a respectable'and patriotic firm t in Charleston has accumulated an immense v fortune by it. Is the country injured by v their wealth ? Have the people been dam- c aged by wearing the goods ? Have the prices j of their clothing been less or more costly than if .they had not been imported ? q But another firm in Manchester, England, j ^ is reported to have made double as much ; c as the one in Charleston. Is our wealth in-; t creased or diminished by their success ?? J 0 Though they have exported our cotton and c imported goods for us, which were benifi- j. cent to us (or else we should not have c bougbt them, as there was no compulsion ? except our necessities), yet will their capU j tal pay taxes'to the Confederacy hereafter ^ like that of the Charleston firm ? j I believe that whatever inoreases the i ^ wealth of any one or more of our citizens in-j t i. iL.i i..i iL. LIS- 1 1 creases iu tuas exieut lue puuuc weaj, auu ; c and that it is the interest, as well as the j ^ duty, of every good citizen to promote as | Q far he can the wealth of all his fellow citizens ; and that those who are to bear their share of the burdens of the State, whether in peace or war, should be preferred above f those who do not. G. B. LAMAR. ??? a Mr. Lamar's Letter to Fernando Wood. [jFrom the /Savannah Republican.'] t We published the letter of Mr. Lamar | ' to Fernando Wood (of which the defence 11 is copied on our first page), as a matter of e public interest. We had a suspicion that t the letter was a forgery?one of the many base tricks of our enemy, to injure our peo- s pie or to break down the infiuenoe and c obaracter of political opponents at home. t To our amazement, however, the letter i is confessed as genuine, and the justification i e 1.L - for tae propositions u contains is set lurm # in the above communication. i As a publio journalist, we feel it our du- ? ty not to allow suoh an apology for sjich a j proposition to go to the country unanswered s and unnoticed. "With some of the proposi- g tions contained in the letter to Mayor Wood, t we have nothing to do. But with proposi- t tion?to wit: the offer to enter into copart- \ nership with one of our arch enemies daring a war like this, in which that enemy is lending all his great power and influence to conqacr and subjugate, or failing in that, to exterminate us, man woman and child, and to send to that enemy cotton which is equivalent to gold, and to reoeive from that enemy Yankee goods, even though they be staple articles, the people of this young Republic have much to do,' and*such an arrangement, as we view it, should not be tolerated fqf a moment. Mr. Lamar does not propose in so many words that Mr. Wood shall send Yankee goods, but who doubts for a moment what goods he would have sent? He is a New Yorker. All his interests are there. If we are correotly informed, he is a large manufacturer.. -What goods, then, would he send ? His own, or English, or French? Nor does this matter at all. The profits were to be the property of oar enemy, and -thus was his bands to be strengthened to oppress us. We do not mean to say that Mr. Lamar intended to strengthen the hands of our snemy. We speak only of the effect of putting into practice the proposition he made to Mayor Wood. Let us extend this proposition, confined is it is to two individuals, and apply it to many, and see what a state of things we* would have in this Confederacy in thirty days. If it isr lawful and right, and advan* tageous to the country, for Mr. Lamar to enter into copartnership with an alien enemy, then it w.ould be lawful and right and idvantageous to the country for every man in.the Confederacy to do the same thing.? [f, as he says, "whatever increases the wealth of one or more of our citizens, increases to that extent the public weal," ;hen whatever will increase the wealth of :he whole people will increase the public weal just in the same ratio. This as an ibstraot proposition it is true, but when we come to append to it a most important ad-' litinn afliinh Mr. Lamar omitted, which is hat this increase of wealth is to come from mtering into copartnership and dividing jrofits with oar public enemy, it not only J s not true, but it is pernicious in the ex.- ' reme, and woald end in the downfall of >ur country. Suppose that every man in he Confederacy were to enter into such a ' iopartnership ? And if"right for one, who s to be excluded from the privilege and its 1 idvantages ? What an aspect will we prelent to the world and to ourselves ? Here 1 s our enemy Engaged in a death struggle, or what? To re-establish the Union for he Union? No. To enforce the law bemuse they love law and order? No. He 1 s fighting for our commerce ! He wants >ur cotton, our tobacco, our sugar, and oar 1 ithes to Government. He wants a market or his manufactures and agricultural pro- | lucts. _ And shall we, while our brave roops are disputing the passing of the yoke iver our neck, strike hands with him in 1 lommercial fraternity, and pay him in ster- ' ing exchange, or cotton, or gold, for his 1 nauufaotures, and pay him half the profits 1 if all incoming and outgoing oargoes ?? 1 iVhat a spectacle ! While, with one hand, ' ve thrust our enemy through with the ' word, with the other, and with the stric- ' est punctilio and commercial honor, we 1 >ay over to him his 6hare of the profits 1 rom the saft adventures of running a sham < ilockade. If it is right to trade with the ' imamrT hw oaa if. is t.n fradfi hv land nlan. 1 jet this be declared as law. Let the law 1 if nations at war, that their subjeots shall J tot only not trade with each other, but shall ' tot hold any communication, verbal or < written, be trampled under foot, and the ' Jnion would be virtually re-established in < hirty days. We would have no army in 1 ess than that time, for our noble defenders rho are fighting for separation?eternal and 1 omplete?would no longer bare their i ireasts to the bayonets of the foo when they < hould see the citizens of both North and < Jouth joined hands in trade?in merry-ma- < :ing and copartnership. And they would ' lo right to throw down their arms and re- i urn home; for the Government which ] rould tolerate direct and unlimited trade ' nth the public enemy would not be worth ] me man's life, and would deserve the con- 1 empt of friend and foe. I Mr. Lamar, in his defence, discusses the ] [uestion of blookade running, and insists < hat it is beneficial to our currency and the < lountry. The merits of that question, when < he trade is carried on with any ony except i mr enemy, we have not time now to dis- ? uss, nor is it pertinent to the matter in : land. That is not Mr. Lamar's case. He i listinctly proposes to trade with our enemy, ,n'd to pay him half the profits. And this < s what he defends on the ground of public i lolicy, and as advantageous to the country. 1 f any who has been, or are now engaged < n such unlawful traffic?if such is the sys- i em of blockade running?the strong arm 1 if the Government ought to be laid on the 1 * * ? t --3 -_:i :_-i i.i? 'loiators 01 ner laws, ana me eyu luemuwjr | < ,nested. < ? >? Seizure of the Steam Rams. ( The Hibernian, with dates from Liver- \ >ool to the 13th inst, has arrived at St. lobe's. The most important news by this trrival is the seizure of the two steanr rams >y tho British Government. They were aken possession of on the 9th inst., and the 'broad arrow" (Government mark) was >randed on the vessels. The London Tel- j jrapli has the.following notice of this e- ( rent: Tho two steam rams constructed by Mcsirs. Laird at Liverpool have been seized by >rder ot' Government. Oar correspondent ] it the port, on whom we can place every ? eliance, informs us by telegraph that the c nstrnctions wore received by the Custom 1 lUthorities yesterday afternoon, and were j immediately carried out. To the publio f generally, this result will occasion no sur- < >rise j for we had already intimated that the j ubject was nnder close and earnesfclnvesti- ] ;ation, add it depended, of oourse, upon t he facts and upon the bearing of the ac- t :nowledged public law taken in relation t vith those faots what the the ultimate con- \ olasion should be. Some weeks have elapsed Binoe we referred to the sabjeot; the length of the time was in itself a proof of ! the care, and we may say of the pains given- i to the question, and hence those out of doors conld not assume the upshot one way or the other. i Certain inconveniences are very likely 1 to flow from the decision; nor is it to be J expected that the troublous relations of neu- 1 trals to belligerents, even when they are, ' kept on their most preoise and sound foot- J ing, should be entirely free from embarrassment. We may, for instance, apprehend 1 that some among the Federals will regard the proceeding as diotated by the threats 1 which have been levelled at this country? 1 unofficially, no doubt, for we have admitted 1 that the tenor of the communication from ' Washington occasioned no just ground for ' complaint. Bat the public of the Northern 1 States is likely enough to ascribe the "concession" to a judicious reverence for Amer- 1 ioan power and daring; and it would not 1 at all surprise us if the event were associated with certain unprecedented phenomena of the Russian navy at New Tork. That the necessity or expediency of the ( seizure was not self-evident, is apparent ^ from the time bestowed on the inquiry into : tne facts j ana it aiso snows cieariy eoouga ( how deeply impressed was her Majesty's ministers with the paramount importance . of keeping the duties, and, therefore, the correlative rights of neutrals clear from any new ambiguity. Independently of abiding considerations which would . suggest that zealous caution?the lively interest of this country in securing the greatest distinctness and the most, general observance of maritime law?the present'condition of the world forces the whole class of subjects upon our attention vrith peculiar emphasis. It is impossible to assert that we may not, at a very early date, have to appeal to the guarantees and immunities of the interternational code; and ill would that minister serve his sovereign or his country who should', in view of these very contingenoies, provide a case to be thrown in our teeth on the next occasion. If the unwonted and, to say the least of it, odd-cruise, of the Russian fleet had no other effect, it might at least have remindod our publio servants not to forget themselves just now. But aB We stated so long since, they had already applied themselves to the work ] with all honest dilligenoe; and it did not , prove to be child's play. -The actual law of [ the case was not so ready out and dry as ' some might suppose. Prima facie, the j probabilities lay agaipst the need or even ( the power of seizure. , * That the shipwrights of a noutral conn- 1 try have a right to make ships for the mar- , ket,of the world; that the right, does.not { lapse on the mere opening of a war inithioh c their'Government has no concern $ that the { actual knowledge of a practical and partic- f alar demand in the market aforesaid no ] moro destroys their right than their chance j of profit?these, be believe, are conclusions ( Which can be as little gainsayed as they can j with regard to gunpowder, rifles or Sheffield e cutlery. So far as the facts of the present ( case have been, not known, but surmised, j it might havo been conjectured that Mes- f 3rs. Laird had every ground for free trade e in their business; and we are well aware ] that certain of the very ablest legists in this e country?possibly we might venture to t guess that even some who were in a yet B more responsible position?at first inolined c to the opinion that the international code y would afford neither the requirement nor c the warrant to arrest the departure of the } vessels. \ At the same time, all who are familiar with the special branch of study, even in j ts acoidenoe, must bo aware no persons, t objects of a neutral power, are at liberty j to accept a direct commission from a bellig- c srent to construct and equip war ships for ^ use in hostilities against an ally of that a central. The practical question in the e present case, therefore, was, not whether E ship-builders at .Liverpool, or any otner | j port, may or may not construct vessels, t though they should ultimately sail under the flag of the belligerent?for on that point we have no doubt?but whether the ship builders specifically named had, avowadly or ascertain ably, accepted the orders t if the belligerents, through his agents; and 0 if so, whether the mode of proceeding was F such as to render the British subjects amen- 3 able to the oharge of infringing the law of 81 neutrals. n In that event, of coarse, the Government ^ if those British subjects must hold itself t Responsible for the due enforcement of the b ;aw. It is not for us to criticise the sagaciiy or the discretion of commercial gentle- & men who should turn out to be so munh at fault in the comprehension of their own lia- r bilities; nor need we spend one moment in 11 isking by what laok of discretion or inven- n ;ion they stumbled into so false a position. 0 A.t the proper season, no doubt, the grounds n if the step which we now report will be n fully explained ; meanwhile, we are bound a ;o take the result as showing that the emi- tl lent firm in question bad permitted itself 31 :o become amenable to the publio law; and R n'the net itself we have the substantial test 0 )f the assurance we have already given, that tl vhatever the decision of the law should 31 prove to be, it would Immediately be enfor- & Jed without fear or favor. I c< Gen. D. H. Hill and the Musicians, ti ?A correspondent, writing from General tl Bragg's army, tells the Columbus JSnqni- ai er a good joke that was going the rounds )f the oamp relative to D. H. Hill and a w >and of musioians. The leader of the band ai Dade application, through his Colonel, for a t< 'urlough for himself and band. The appli- s< jation took the regular ohanuel, and was ap- ci jroved all the way up until it reached Gen. Is Sill. The General disapproved it, and re- ft urned it^with the endorsement, "Shooters h >efore Tooters." It smaoks of his charac- si eristic aversion to every class but that ir vhich carries the musket and the knapsack, c Remarkable Divine Interposition. A Dative, of Sweden,1 residing io the South of France, had occasion to go from one part to another on the Baltio Sea.? When he oatne to the place whence he expected to sail, the vessel was gone. On inquiry, he found a fishing boat going in the same way, in which he embarked. After" being some time out to sea, the men observing he had soveral trunks and ohests oc board, oonoluded he must be very rich j and therefore agreed among themselves to throw him over overboard. This he heard them szpress, which give him great uneasiness. However, ho took occasion to open one of his trunks that oontained some books. Observing this, they remarked among themselves, that it was not worth while to throw him into the sea, as they did not want any books, which they supposed were all the trnriks contained. They asked him if he was a priest. Hardly knowing what reply to make, he told them he was. At which they seemed much pleased, and said they would have a sermon on the next day, as it was the Sabbath. This increased the anxity and distress of his mind, for he knew himself to be as incapable of such an undertaking as it was possiblo for any man to be; for be knew but little about the Scriptures; neither did be believe in the inspiration of the Bible. At length they came to. a small rooky island, perhaps a quarter of a mile in cireumference, where was a company of pirates, who had ohosen this little sequestersd spot to deposit their treasures. He was taken to a cave and introdaced to an old woman, to whom they remarked' that they were to have s sermon preaobed. on the next day. She said she was very glad of it, for she had not heard the word of God for a great while. His was a trying oase, for preach he must, and still knew nothing ibout preaching! If he refused, or undertook to preach and did not please, be expeoted it would be his death. With these thoughts he passed a sleepless night. In' the morning his mind was not settled upon inytbing. To call upon God, wbbm he relieved to be inaccessible, was altogether rain. He coald devise no way whereby he night he saved. He walked to and fro, itill shut up in' darkness, striving to colleot something to say to them, bnt could not iven think of a single sentence. -When she appointed time for the meeting arrived, le entered the cave, febere he found the nen assembled. There was a seat prepared < or him', and a table with a Bible on it.? They sat for the space of half an hour in profound silence; during wbioh the anguish >f his soul was as_ great as human nature vas capable of enduring. At length these vords came to his mind : Verily, there is a eward for the righteous: Verily, there is i God that judgeth in the earth. He arose s ind delivered them; then other words presented themselves, and so on till bis understanding became opened, and his heart enarged in a manner astonishing to himself. 3e spoke upon subjects suiting their con- s litiou : the rewards of the righteous; the adgmemts awaiting the wicked; the necessity of repenteuoe, and the importance of a shange of life. The matchless love of God ? ' J- J nu/*l? n nArnav U tltU cauuruu Ul UICU, UUU ouuu a jjvnuiul effect upon the minds of those wretch- , id beings, that they melted into tears.? , STor was he less astonished at the unbound- t id goodness of an Almighty Creator, in hus interposing to save his spiritual as well ( is his. natural Jife, and well might he ex- ) ilaim, this is the Lord's doings, and marrellons in onr eyes!. Under a deep sense if God's goodness, his heart became filled i with snob thankfulness, that it was beyond lis power to express. I < ^hat a marvellous change was thns sud- . lenly brought about, by divine interposi- |, ion! He who a little before disbelieved n communion with God and the soul, belame as humble as a child. And they who | rere so lately meditating his death, now j re filled with love and good will towards f ach other; and particularly towards him; , nanifesting affectionate kindness and wil- ] ingness to render him all the assistance in j heir power. j Frotp the Southern Prcebyterlan. ? Bjjgns of Failure. 1 While the farqt-hearted among us are all he while finding some oause to despair of ur success in the present war, it would ? ? re .1 1 j ? iernaps nejp teem some nine it mey uuuiu ( ee the other side of the picture and know ] ome of the perils which threaten oar ene- t lies. These are neither few uor small.? a Lmong them one of the most formidable is t he apparent probability that they will not c e able to raise soldiers enough to carry on i he war, even at its present dimensions? ? L late Northern paper, one of the most veable in its statements, says that the entire ssalt of the recent draft in Lincoln's dominins will be to adej "something over 50,000 <3 ieq," to his armies, and of these about 40,- 00 will be substitutes, made up of the a lost worthless characters, whose perfor- i lances, as soldiers, will be chiefly to run r way and desert. When it is remembered J hat this paltry number was the result is o orprising j as appalling to the Northern ii overnment one would think, as it is full p f encouragement to us. All the rest of s he drafted men were either rejedted by the n irgeons, or bought exemptions at the le- n al price of three hundred dollars eaoh.? n n Massachusetts, one of'tbe strongest Lin- b iln States, and the bitterest of all.in enmij to the South, and in favor of the war, li le draft procnred only 2,400 men for the o rmy. Then further, in several of the North- a estern States, the' opposition to Lincoln tl Dd bis measures is so widespread and de- s jrmined that the people are arming them- ti ilves to resist them, and already bloody * Dnfliots have occured. Ia Ohio-the Yal- f indigham party are numerous and power- a il, and are making a great effort to elect d im'Governor of the State. Eve.: in Peon- j plvania, Mr. Bigler,' who wields an im?> o tense influence, is boldly denouncing Lin- t oln and his administration.' The oertaia- c ;*v; " * <t- . " . ty is that the war will become .more and more unpopular with the people, and it will be increasingly difficult for the government there to persuade, or to oompel them to enter the army. The draft, which was so odious to them before, cannot in all probability be again enforced. Add to this that the terin of servioe for whioh nearly all of their troops now in the field enlisted, will expire early next summer, and the prospect is mo9t cheering that the war cannot continue much longerIt is of course impossbile to say what unforeseen combination of circumstances mpy occur to revive the war spirit of the Northern people. But certainly the signs now are that if Lincoln contioae the war much longer it mast be witbout an army. - Oar .suggestions are oonfirmed by the special correspondent, from Washington^ of the New York Times, odc of the most ferocious of the abolition war joarnals of that city. He makes the following remarkable statement: "It is the opinion of eminent military men here, that colored regiments will form the basis of our future armies, and that the government .will have to rely mainly on colored troops to finish up the rebellion." Conld any thing be more humiliating to the great and mighty North, or more encouraging to our own beloved State ? This is a confession of utter and ignominious failure. It acknowledges that the 20,000,000 of people of whom they boasted so uracil, have broken down in their furious purpose to crush our poor 6,000,000, and have to "rely mainly" on the poor blaoks whom, by force or fraud, they can enlist lo? their service to do their fiendish work.? This confession too, is as ridiculous as it is shameful The idea that they oan aocompilish by a handfal of colored soldiefs what their, hosts of white ones have failed to effect, is preposterous. They may compel a few thousand blacks to enter their service, but it will ooly hasten the period of their utter aud final overthrow. On the whole, then, we think'we have every reason to thahY God and take courage. Streaks of dawning light begin to gild the gloom of the long dark night of our trial. The late victory of Chickamauga waa a bright rift of the thick oloud. Only let us be united, firm and undaunted, relax hone, of par efforts to maintain our glorious cause, oheerfully abide the. sacrifices which it may' val! demand nf ns. and throuffh all the j-- -- - ;i - u chances and changes of tbe fatare, hold fast our trust in. God; on to the victorious end. Rut let tui be humble. Let not our successes inflame our pride and vainglory. Let not the weafeness and shame of our enemies kindle towards tbem our. contempt, and derision. Let us cultivate the calmness and equanimity, the meekness sod humility, tbe steadfastness and patience which beoomo a Christian people. We love the old Latin motto, "sursum corda li' upward hearts I Up, out of the depths of despondency and fear; up, above the weakness and inSrmity which beset us; up beyond all looking to, and trusting in human powers; up to Him who sitteth on the throne and is the everlasting strength of the trusting soul. i j?.*? . ? Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. This is the mad who succeeds Rosencranz in the command of tbe Federal army at Chattanooga, under the direotion of Gen. Grant, "who, it is said, has^lepsry powers. We had the following in several of our exchanges in reference to hhp : "He is a native of Southhampton county, Virginia. A lady who resides at Jerusalem, the county seat of. Southampton, informs the editor of the Spirit of thr Age that Thomas distinguished himself in the war with Mexico, and on bis return home was presented by the ladies of his native county with a handDome sword. After the- beginning of the present war, and Thomas had determined to array himself against tbe South, he wrote to bis sister to send him that sword. The. true-hearted, patriotic woman replied that she could not have a sword presented by tbe women of Virginia to tarn against their srave fathers, sons and brothers, who were ighting in defence of the land whose birth jlace he had disgraced j and that instead of lending the sword to him, she woald prefer seeing it thrust throngh his traitorous heart/ ***? No More Surrenders.?Brig. Gen. T. A. Garfield, Chief of Staff at Chattanoo;a, telegraphs as follows from that place to 3rig. Gen. Granger, at Nashville : "Arrest he ofHoers who surrendered at MoMinnville, ind have them tried for their conduct in hat affair. Those who surrendered will be iisgraoed and punished. Publish this dis>atoh in the newspapers. Notify the bridge guards that no surrenders are allowed." The "Warfare of the Enemy. The war as waged by the enemy in the , listant and remote parts of the Confederacy -as~on the Western border?is assuming barbarity and atrooity revolting to human- ( ty. For instance, a Kansas City (Misseu- ] i) paper, speaking of the policy of General Swing (the Yankee general in command f that department) towards the secession3ts of that country, says : "Gen. Ewing's 1 >olioy towards these wretches from the very < tart, before as well as since the Lawrence 1 jassaore, has been simpie extermination? otbing less. His orders have been to take < o prisoners from them, and the orders have een strictly obeyed," i Again, the St. Loois Democrat, an Aboition sheet, says, in referring to the "troubles n the Missouri border: < "The Seventh .Missouri State Militia re burning all the houses of rebel syrnpa- 1 hisers all along the border. A fearful tate of things exist in all the border counies, and general devastation is observable." ( The other day we published an extract V rom a speech delivered by a Yankee Kan.. ( as Colonel named. Jennieon. xoiarraman ( eolared that he would hang every man , rithoafc "protection papers." He said that? 'the whole doty" of his regiment (the fifeenth) would be . "to kill rebels," add i losed.with the following atrooioae boast ; t "We carry the flag, kill with the sbbn ggy and hang with the gallows." ' .Jfcjip Yet, in the face of this, o?r (Joyewmeot;'?^ ~ refuses to do anything bat toy and trifle .% **' with Yankee spies and murderers,- such as the notorious Ruoker, who is now at largfy through the apathy and timidity of the Government to bring him to trial. . 01 but for one day of the stern will of ??CMd Hickory." - k ? ? *<. Taking Rbyengb.?The people of Vir- * ginia are revenging .themselves upon the Federals whenever an opportunity offers? A: correspondent of the Charleston , mentions the following incidents: Not long ago, an officer retnrning on for- ^ lough to his home within the enemy's lines, was startled by the ,oraok of a rifle. Glancing around, Le saw a boy . about fourteen years old, looking up a tree, as if to ascertain what had become of the squirrel he had missed. The offioer was about to ride on, but-being-doubtful of his road, went back to the boy, and made some jesting remark about his bad shooting. The boy then began, to question him, and, satisfying himself that he was a good Confederate, said, rv 9_ T t , - . "vo you tnins i am 1001 enougn 10 waste # powder and lead on squirrels ? Come here?'" He led the way through the thick woodr *nd some thirty yards off stopped beside the ? body of a dead Yankee, still warm. "That makes eight I've killed," said (he boy.? "They are either deserters or stragglers; I don't know and don't care which; I .alwMfc- fjMS kills 'em." In the same county, or one adjacent, there is an old maw, a "still hunter," who has killed seventeen^ Yankees and sewt in sixty prisoners, all bagged with his own hands. These facts come to me -f. from a gentleman who obtained them from tbe officer in question, and places implicit faith in his word. These things prove that, although a conn- * try may be overran by an enemy, yet the people thereof may not be conquered. A people with the true spirit within them can never be. ? : ?-' '.-'fo**? r' * AttGUMENffS AGAIN9X PfttftS. ? Re- N member what thou wert before .thy birth. Notbiog." What wert tbou for many yetap /* after ? Weakness'. . Whatin all thy life? . A great sinner. What in all thy cXoelleUoiea?. A mere debtor to God, to tSy par- " ents, to the earth, to all the creatures. Btat we may, if we please, use the method of the Platonists, who reduce all the causes ' and arguments for humility, which we can take from ourselves, to these.seven heads : V > I. The spirit of man is light and troublesome. . 2. His body is brutish-and sickly. 3. He is Sbnstant in his folly and errors, and inconstant in his manners and gajj|t: purposes. 4. His labors are vain, intricate and endless. 5. His fortune i3 changeable, bnt seldom pleasing, never perfect. 6. His wisdom cqmes not till he be ready to die, that is, till be be past using ft. 7. Hia ?A An?4ni n slfSillO *?/.n r\ ff ft t4t r% iJaAM UCUtLL IB WllfUlUy CUVf*bjo ttt tuc UUUi, but never far off. Up^n'jhefce, or the like ^ . meditations, if we dwell, or freqcteutly re- "'* tire to think on tliem, we shall see ao'tKihg .< more reasonable, than, to be' humMo, and nothing more foolish than to be proud. ^.Jeremy Taylor. ' ' Safe in Dixie. -Two ??>.- d with satisfaction, (the mora intense, because of;,the howl it will raise in Yankeedom,) thejraot of the arrival in Richmond, yesterday, of Col. J. W; Sotheron, of St. Mary's Coutfag . -r Maryland, who riddled a Yankee Ireatention, enlisting hif negroes for Lincoln's service against Sis qo'hsent, Colonel Sotheron is accompanied by his son, who escaped with him. Thus peHsh all who insoK' Southern sentiment and honor, and degrade' themselves by a mock elevation of the negro. ^ It appears the'Lieutenant (White) was accompanied f>v a battalion of negro soldiers, and not four or .five, as the North#* papers stated. . After Colonel SothOron shot VVbite, his bod fired a double-barrel gaa in- ] to. the negroes, and they, dropping their guns, ran use a hock or oiaos sneep. x enabled the gentlemen to eeoape in a carriage to the Po.tomaOj whioh be crossed^tild. found friends and succor.?-Richmond Examiner. Munificent Donation.?The moSinmnifioent donation which we-haveyefc bad the J pleasure of recording) has been made in this city. W. E. Jaokson^Esq., President of Augusta Paotory, yesterday sent a check to Mayor May for Forty Thousand dollars to be applied in aid of soldiers' families and the poor of Augusta. This princely gift is in keeping with the past reputation of the Augusta Factory, for liberality and patriotism. They furuiah'weekiy a large amount of cotton goocls to the Purveying Association to be sold at low rates to the needy ; they employ a large number of operatives who are daily made the recipients of their kindness and generosityj and iu thousands of other ways, unheard of by the public at large, their oharities are dispensed. Augusta Chroniclq. cJ. : ? J9* Those who remember their own answers when put to it after "hooking Jack" )u Sunday, will smile at the following arttol dodging of the' Scotch apprentice : Master?"Wlwwrrwanr the text the day, Jock?" ; "I dinna ken?I war ovre lang o' gaun v "What war the conclusions ?" (iT rlinnn Iron T po m-n/if-oforn hp war ft lone." 'tWhat did he say about the middle o'i, then ?" "I dibna ken?I slep.4t a' tba time." 1 |J- - ' III' r. * The surest way to prevail on a young jonple to get married is ta oppose them.? Fell them yon would rather- see them in their graves, and- twelve months will not jlapee before their baby will pan yen twice i day in a willow wagon. , ? ? i'~ Pedigbmof thk United States.? 3ired by Washington, and Damned by Linjoin .?London f*unck. 'i C-l- ' .i - 'J :} -h? - d5.