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YQLUME 9. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1863. ' - ; "
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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
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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.
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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."
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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. ? :
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Pedigbmof thk United States.?
3ired by Washington, and Damned by Linjoin
.?London f*unck.
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