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Sk fcthillf Inpw. YORXVILLE, 8. C. WlDireaDAT BTSTOfg, NOVEMBER 4, 1863. NOTICE. * In consequence of tbe greatly increased prices of all material* connected with the publishing business, the follow* ~ " ing are our rates of subscription and advertising: " ' subscuiptio*. . *. For one year, in advance...... $4 00 v> ' ) For six months, in advance,.. 2 00 Qlubsof 5 ot.10 for one year, in advance, each.... 2 50 v__. advketx8xko. $2 per square of ten lines, for tbe first, and $1 for each subsequent insertion, in this siae type. No advertisement counted less than a square. Announcement? of candidates $12 per year, invariably in advance. ' _ _ Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements, and charged accordingly. April 22,1863. acknowledgment! "Jackson" Hospital, Richmond, Oct. 29, 1863. Messrs. Editors: Please acknowledge throogh yoor columns the receipt of a box of olothing, forwarded, by tbe kindness of Mra. Hackett, to Dr. Bration, at "Camp Winder." TVs kl Vaam bamaisaj] 1a ilt A Wf ?nf xrv. jj. usTiug uccu roiuuvcu tu nuo t? oov and there being no South Carolinians at the Winder Hospital, he transferred the supplies to me for distribution, whioh have arrived at a very opportune moment as we have just received a number of patients, from Yankee prisons, who stand really in need of such and will appreciate the devotion and energy of the fair ones at home. Allow me to add my thanks to those of Dr. Bratton, in return for the favor reoeived, and to state that anything will be gratefully aocepted by our brave boys that comes from Yorkville. The Jackson Hospital is the only one in Biohmond now to whioh our troops are assigned; and I am free to state, that they have every comfort and convenience that the exigencies of the times will allow.? Any article conducive to the alleviation of the wants ofOur sick will be divided as judiciously as possible, and be gratefully acknowledged if forwarded to 8EABROOK JENKINS, A. Surgeon, P. A. C. S. EDITORIAL ITEMS. . ?We learn that after an interview with President Davis, it has been determined that General Polk shall be assigned to duty in Mississippi, in the place of Gen. Hardee, who will resume his former position in the army of Tennessse. ? Lieut. Giaasell, who was captured in the attempt to blow up the Ironsides, in Charleston harbor, has arrived in N. York, and has been committed to the.coanty jail. ? Mrs. Trollope, the English authoress, is dead. ? Why are book-keepes like chickens ? Because they have to soratoh for a living. ? Speaking of "Norland South," the London Fun says, the South is blockaded and the North blockheaded. ? There was a snow storm in St. Louis ? aa v mi A j f on tne 20a. xne snow was iwency-iour inches deep. ? The Virginia Legislature has passed a stringent law for the extermination of gamblers. Among the penalties inflicted is "thirtynino lashes well laid on the bare back at the publio whipping post." ?The Baltimore American says Meade's . army will take a new route to Bichmond. ? A glass manufactory is about to be established in Bichmond. ? Beaufort T. Watts, Esq., has been eleoted a member of the House of Representatives for LaurenB District, in place of B. S. Jones, Esq., elected Senator. ? The New York Sunday Times thinks the popular divines are to be envied. It says 10,000 a year and the tour of Europe are not bad to take. The Apostles, had no suoh pickings. ? The property of ex-Gov. Aiken, of S. Carolina, in Douglas county, Wisconsin, has been confiscated by the United States authorities. Prom Charleston. Charleston, Oct. 31.?The enemy's fire last night on Fort Sumter continned furious and incessant from the land batteries. This morning, about 4 o'clock, a portion of the sea wall fell in, burying some men from the 12th Georgia and 25th South Carolina beneath the rains. Thirteen men are missing?their names as yet unknown. Two bodies have been brought to the oity?Martin, of the 12th Georgia, and the other an overseer of negroes. 10 P. M.?The following is the official deapatoh of the killed and wounded in Fort Sumter this morning by the falling of the bairaoks wall: Fort Sumter, October 31.--Sergeant McOwens, Sergt. J. A. Stevens, Privates S. L. Barrow, F. M. Burrow,' J. W. Andeison, James Colder, 0. J. Bum, W. E. Gibson, J. W. Jones, L. S. Lee, and W. N. Patterson?all of the above of the Washington Light Infantry, of this oity. Private W. Martin, of the 12th Georgia, and Mr. Matthews, an overseer, were buried this morning, by the falling in of the barricades on the sea face, where they had been plaoed in position for mounting the parapet in case of an assault. (Signed.) S. ELLIOTT, Jr. Major Commanding Fort Sumter. A fierce bombardment has been kept up all day on Sumter from the monitors and land batteries. Up to three o'clock, this afternoon, no farther casualties had occurred. Over twelve hundred shots were fired in twenty-four hours. Firing still heavy. Charleston, Nov. 1.?The bombardment of Sumter oontinued fiercely without intermission last night and to day. This afternoon the shots average four a minute. The firing has been from 2 monitors; two heavy aud 3 light rifled guns at Gregg; 4 10-inoh zaortars at middle battery; four rifled guns at Wagner. The land batteries, on Saturday, fired 443 rifled shots, from the monitors 86, and 313 from the mortars. The morter fuses are out so as to explode the shell within a second or two after the reports. On Saturday night, 70 riflo shots were fired, mostly with time fuses, and ohiefly at the southwest angle of the fort. The flagstaff was struok away twice but was speedily replaced. It was so out that the battle flag of the 12th Georgia regiment was used instead. The casualties of Saturday were Privates J. Myers and Gibbes, 12th Ga., killed. Privates Walker and Hughes, of the 12th Ga., and Privates A. Honour i and F. H. Honour, of the 25th S. 0., < wounded. The bombardment is still se- < vere. MIM ? * 1 From the West. < Okalona, Oot. 29.?Twenty-two prison- j era and two pieces of artillery, captured by Gen. Ferguson's command, arrived here ( this evening. The prisoners were from j Alabama, Mississippi and the North. Atlanta, Oot. 29:?The President delayed bis departure to day in consequence of the arrival of Vice President Stephens, ' Governor Harris, of Tenn., and others, to confer with him. He will leave to morrow I for the coast via Maoon. MTSorowiiiwBmnii Onf 9Q Th? nnp. ! 1UXOOIU11A1VX XVll/UXJj WWi MV. v*.v my crossed a division at Crow's Ferry three miles below Chattanooga, and took possession of Baocoon mountain, which they were ! apparently fortifying. The enemy kept up 1 a rapid cannonading of oar camp on the West side of Lookont mountain to day, oar 1 batteries replying. No report of casualties. I Heavy skirmishing anticipated on oar left. The Intelligencers special, of the same , date, says two divisions, Howard's and ] Hooker's came yesterday with a train from Bridgeport to Lookout Valley, where it was ( joined by Granger's corps last night, whioh , orossed at Brown's ferry, three mile? below ; Chattanooga, to this side. Jenkins' divis- ion attacked the enemy at 2 o'clock this < morning and captured a number of wagons , and twenty five prisoners. The enemy now - i ocoupy the west side of Lookout Creek.? Longstreet's forces the east side.- i CMickamauga, October 29.?The fol- j lowing were killed and wounded in the ] Palmeetto Riflemen this morning : j Killed : John A. Harrison, W. N. Long| don, Job Hawkins. Wounded: Lieut. Wm. Poe, Corp. W. , C. Herndon, C. L. Redd, severely; Corp. 1 Jos. A. Thompson, painfully; W. F. Park, ] seriously, and taken prisoner. From Brago's Army.?Passengers by J the train yesterday evening bring intelligence of -severe fighting on Wednesday ' night commencing about midnight, on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, at the 1 foot of Raccoon Mountain. A portion of Hood's division?chiefly Jenkins' brigade 1 ?attaoked Seigle's corps in their entrench- 1 mentis, making three desperate charges, reaching, on the last oharge, within a few 1 feet of the breastworks. Failing to carry 1 the works, our forces were withdrawn, and ] returned to their former position. Our loss ! is variously stated, but is believed to have been several hundred in killed and wounded. The loss of the enemy is unknown. 1 Passengers alao state that our batteries 1 on Lookout Mountain shelled the works of ' the enemy vigorously on Wednesday, and ] that the tents of the enemy had disappeared. I We bavaalso intelligence, which we deem ' entirely reliable, that oar forces oooupy 1 London, aod the advance under Stevenson has reached Conoord, fifteen miles this side < of Knoxville. Col. Wallace, ot the EaBt 1 Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, has sent 1 to Union Point for more of the rolling stock* j of his road, which is an encouraging indica- 1 tion of confidence in the successful issue of 1 the movement forward.?Augusta Chroni- ] c?e, 31si. ' ] A Fight at the Warm Springs.?A fight between a small body of our cavalry , ?less than one hundred men?and four or , five hundred of the enemy, occurred at the j Warm Springs, 36 miles below this town, , last Thursday. Our forces, overwhelmed by numbers, were oompelled to fall back. We had two men killed, the gallant and chivalrous Major John W. Woodfin, of this place, and Private Smith, of Polk County. Maj. Woodfin fell pierced by* two balls, , while leading his men in a charge upon the strong position of the enemy. Maj. Woodfin was widely known, and no words of oars oould add to the reputation he had earned : by hard and faithful service. A distinguished lawyer, a public spirited oitizen, a warm hearted and generous friend, a brave . and accomplished officer, his loss is a heavy *A? ??A 1? 1 n/lintA /inm. calamity, cot umy iu iuia iiuucuiaic uvuimunity, but the entire State and Confederacy. His body was recovered by flag of truce, brought home, and buried on Monday last with appropriate honors. We had four wounded. The loss of the enemy not known. Our men brought off two or three prisoners The enemy was posted in the largo brick hotel, at the springs ?a strong position.?Asheville News. Another Fight !?Another fight took place near the Warm Springs, two or three days since, between a portion of the 25th N. C. Regiment, under, the command of Lieut. Col. Samuel C. Bryson, and a large force of the enemy. They outnumbered our boys very largely, and after a stubborn fight Col Bryeon fell back. We had six men killed, Lieut. Hyatt, and others whose names we have not learned. Lieut. Hyatt was an excellent officer, and a gallant and worthy man. Six were missing, but it was confidently hoped that they would come in. The loss of the enemy was reported to be heavy. P. S.?"Since the foregoing was put in type, we have received some additional particulars. The following is a list of the killed: Lieut. Hyatt, Sergt. Collins, Monroe Huskins, J. H. Townsend, J. Dodgins, Williams. ' Wounded.?West. The soldiers speak m tne mgnesc terms of the gallantry of Col. Bryson.?Asheville News, 29 thull. "Possums has Ris."?Good crops don't bring down provisions in war times; an evidence of which is the 'possum crop is larger than ever known before. The prioe for this species of bacon has run up to ?3, and in consequence possvm dogs have taken a spasmodic jump from S5 to ?25, and holdera firm.?Abbeville Press. A Federal View of the Campaign of | Gen. Leek* The New York Times has a letter giving a history of the recent campaign of General Lee, and the light in which the Yankees | view it It is more connected and intelli- J gible than any we have yet seen published, i After Meade had ascertained to his satis* i faction that Gen. Lee was endeavoring to Bank him, there commenced . ;. J A RACE BETWEEN THE TWO ARMIES. On Tuesday both armies were pushing forward as fast as they oould, parallel to 2aoh other, and separated by but half a : iozen miles or less. The rebels passed through Warrenton ind citizens here tell me that they oooupisd the whole of Tuesday in doing this, their trains being extremely long. We passed some milesto the right, <fros- j sing Ceder Han at a place nanied Auburn, five miles due east of Warrenton. j GEN. LEE FORMS A PLAN. , At Warrenton Gen. Lee formed the bold i design of sending one of his corps (Hill's) : by a rapid detonr to seize .the heights of i Centreville, while his other (Swell's) should fall upon onr flank and rear. j It was on Wednesday morning,. when i onr whole army passed Cedar Kan at Auburn, Gen. Warren's corps (Second) bring- i ing up the rear. To this commander was 1 assigned the duty of covering - the trains of I the army, wbioh were much delayed in the < orossing by the pontoons. A CRITICAL MOMENT. The occasion was now an extremely crifci- 1 oal one. Ewell had begun pressing severe- 1 ly on our rear, and already on Wednesday i morning, at Auburn the rear guard become .< engaged with a portion of - his force. A < doable necessity was upon Gen. Meade; I first,'he must move with extreme oelerity i to reaoh Centreville in advance of Hill, who had the staij of him, and was on the shorter line; secondly, he must keep baok , the enemy from his trains in the rear. Hill's corps had reached Bristow about simultaneously with Warren?in.faot, had | just got ahead of him sufficiently to form a . line of battle, which he did perpendicular ( to the railroad. THE BATTLE OF BRISTOW. , The position was the most perilous one in wbioh a column can be placed?marching by the flank and met by the enemy in line of battle. Gen. Warren was equal to. the emergenoy. The troops were brought up at a run?the first division (Caldwell's) having come up thus for a mile and a half, laden with eight days' rations. The troops which had been marohing on the left of the railroad were brought quickly over to the right, and General Warren, seeing that the enemy had.negleoted to occupy the out and embankment of the railroad, on the instant jumped his men unseen, into it. More prudence on the part of the rebel commander, or less sagaoity on the part of the Union oommander, would have proved the destruction of that corps. The rest of the army had all gone ahead. The first -corpq (Newton's) bad already reached Manassas. The last one but War- ; ren's?namely the 5th, '(Syke's)?passed > beyond Bristow simultaneously with War- . ren's coming up, and just as he got enga- ! ;ed with the enemy he received from Sykes ? ;he comforting intelligence that he. "was \ moving off slowly and in good order !' ( Gen. Warren had formed his troops un- , ier cover of the cut and embankment of the railroad, constituting ready-made breast- ] works. On the left he placed a defensive ( crotchet. Down rushed the enemy, charg- ( ing on this flank, when suddenly the troops t cinder covet rose up, and at close range < Mured volley after volley of deadly fire into ( ;be advancing and presently retreating , rebels. , After twenty minutes' fight the enemy , were glad to make off, leaving a thousand ( dead and wounded and five hundred priso- . ners in our hands! It was well that night , w innt no a mi n nnf uauiu UU uo lb UlUj 1U1 jUOb uo buo ouu d^c < Ewell, who had been following in Warren's , rear, camo op, but had only time to form , line of battle when the darkness, interrupted further operations, and the rear guard ] was able to pass on and join the main body , of the army. . : LEE'S PLAN8 DISCONCERTED. ( The repulse at Bristow completely dis- < conoerted Lee's plans, so far as they em- i braced the view of getting on the commu- ; ioations of Gen. Meade or reaohing Centreville before him. Lee had no longer 1 with him that unmatched executive officer, < Stonewall Jackson, unequalled at a rapid j march. Hill proved slow and feeble, and 1 instead of striking the head of the Union column he struck its rear, and got badly < handled in oonsequence. ] THE REBELS HALT. 1 From this moment Lee abandoned all ' purpose of giving battle, and never advan- ] ced the main body of his army much be- ( yond Bristow. Detachments were, howev- ' er, sent to follow up the Union force and 1 make demonstrations. On Friday at 11 o'clock, a. m., the enemy appeared in front 1 of Blackburn's and Mitchell's fords, and ' made a vicious attack on our skirmisheis, but were promptly driven back. Stuart's ' 1 L!l. 4. L- 1 cavalry, meauwune, was aeut uy a ueiuui round northward and weetward, but, being checked and repulsed in all their efforts, they gave up the attempt. The rebel army ] was now set to work to destroy the railroad, and the effectual manner in which they < did their work, has already been mentioned, j Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, seem to 1 have "been employed in this manner, and ' Lee began his retrograde movement?the 1 rebel army passing through Greenwich on I Sunday, and Warrenton on Monday, and i thence down across the Rappahannock, 1 their rear covered by the cavalry. MEADE AWAITS FURTHER. .DEVELOPMENTS. ' In the meanwhile the Union army lay at ' Blackburn's ford, Ball Run, Chantilly and ( Centreville, awaiting the development of , the enemy's plans. Headquarters were on ; the old Bull Run battlefield itself, by the woods through which- the regulars made : their charge. j A FORWARD MOVEMENT. On Monday, the 19th, the forward movement was begun, the army crossing Bull i Bun on pontoons. The 2nd corps took the I oad toward Auburn, the 6th toward War- i en ton, the 3d toward Catlett'e, the 1st and ; 5th toward New Baltimore. Tuesday, 20tb; found the army on the line indioated -the line of Cedar Run. It had been expected and hoped that wo should meet the enemy, but they were far ahead, and nothing but small cavalry parties appeared. On Wednesday, our cavalry returning, gave the intelligence that the rebsis were all across the Rappahannock and the Rapidan. In this situation pursuit was, of jourse, hopeless, and has for the present been given up. MILAKE'S-ANXIETY TO GIVE BATTLE. As to the imputation that Gen. Meade ivas, during the retrograde movement, trying to get away from Lee, and manoeuvring throughout to avoid a battle, it is utterly false. He tried repeatedly to get battle, md would have fought the rebels at Sperryville, at Winchester, at Centreville, or snywhere else in which he could, have* brought his army into position, had not the wily strategy of Leo, and his own exceedingly defective information as to the position of the oountry baulked his designs and desires. Referring last night, as we sat around the camp fire, to his disappointment at not having been able to get battle oat of Lee, he said, to report literally his own pangent expression, that it "was like palling out his eye teeth not to have had a fight." Whether a man of a different' stamp would not have been able to compel a battle I know not; bat Meade was not only willing, but eager to bring suoh a result about, and did all he could in this view. * - * J:. * * ' * * Oar loss in men daring the campaign have been inconsiderable, and in material very slight; bat the horses have suffered severely. General .Pleasanton, chief of savalry, tells me that the namber killed, wounded and broken down horses daring this campaign will reach thirty five hundred. PBOSPECTS. It remains to be seen what aotion'the military authorities at Washington will take in regard to the army of the Potomao, in view of the pass to which affairs hive been brought by the late campaign. Every one in the army here agrees that' aotive operations against Riohmond by this line are jver for this year. I may say, farther, that avery body is persuaded that nothing oan jver be done against Riohmond by this line. Fhe map is against our ever being able to 10 anything effective in this way by any nich force as we now have. Every Goner11 in the army agrees that the south side of the James river is the only Une on which to operate direotly against Riohmond. If, thereforefore, the army of the Potomao is for the present to do nothing, we shonld at jnoe abandon the. barron wilderness, fortify ihe fords of the Potomao, man the defenoes )i Washington thoroughly, and send two 01 1 H I .1 1 . * 1 ;nree ot oar nest corps to tne decisive iaea:re of war in the Southwest. When the easiness there is onoe well done up, it will t>e no longer a question either of Richmond )r of Virginia. The Situation. Marietta, October 30, 2 J p. m.?The Hunts ville Confederacy of the 30th says : The train brings news that skirmishing was ;oing on, this morning, between odr forces md the enemy on Lookout Greek. It is laid, that Jenkins had only two brigades in lis encounter with the enemy, who had two wrps, night before last. Some of our skirnishers were captured. The Chattanooga Rebeloi the 30th says: indications are abundant that active operaions somewhere around Chattanooga are jontemplated very soon on the part of both ;he Confederate and Federal commanders. (Ve feel a presentiment that another general wgagement is at hand, or that, if a battle nay not directly occur, important military moves will be executed which will altogeth3r change the aspect of things, as at present viewed from Lookout Point or Missionary Ridge. We are in possession of iufor [nation tnrougn unquestionaDie autnoruy which it would be indiscreet to make public, which go far to strengthen these convictions. Gen. Buckner with a large body of men has been steadily moving towards Knoxville, this force being efficiently strong ' to remove all apprehension of danger from the snemy in East Tennessee. Shonld he suo* seed in driving the enemy from East Tennessee, Kentucky will be open to oar victorious army. The Appeal of Ootober 30th says, we bave an unpleasant report of the loss of two of our regiments on Wednesday last. As it reaches us it is stated that the troops were thrown across .the Tennessee river at Wheeler's Ford, four or five miles below Chattanooga, on some daty, and after occupying the intended position, were attacked by a superior foroe of Federals, with infantry, cavalry and artillery, and forced to surrender, almost without resistance. At Chickamauga Station, yesterday, Oot. 29th, it was believed in some army circles, by others contradicted. The Appeal also has a report that our forces at Raccoon Mountain were surprised, and some 400 of them lost. Also, that a large force from Longstreet*B corps had been aent for their relief. The enemy seems bent pon driving our troops from Lookout Mountain, in order that they may be enabled to operate the railroad between Bridgeport and Chattanooga. The Atlanta Register of October 31st says: The rumored statement to which we gavo publicity on yesterday, to the effect that a bloody fight had ooourred on Wednesday morning at Kaccoon Mountain, is sonfirmed. Passengers from above state that our loss in killed and wounded amounts to 1,000. This flank movement is designed to dislodge us from Lookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge via CnicKAMAUOA, Oct. 28.?The enemy crossed, a division yesterday at Brown's Perry, 6 miles neiow Chattanooga. They have taken possession of Raccoon Mountain, and are still rapidly fortifying. The enemy have kept up a rapid shelling of our troops on the west side of Lookout to day, our batteries replying.? No report of casualties. Heavy skirmish, ing is soon anticipated on our left. Rosenoranz's defeat and Meade's retreat ran gold up to 152 in New York on the 12th, and 156 the next day in Philadelphia. Bragg's viotory raised the Copfederate loan in Europe 5 per oent. Clothing for our Troops. We are glad to learn from the Colambii Carolinian that a large quantity of supplies including 461 pair of shoes, 600 flanne shirts and 324. hats, was Bent to Qist'i Brigade, on the 13th instant, by the Cen tral Association. Sergeant Trist, to whon the artioles were delivered by authority o General Gist, succeeded in procuring a sup ply of blankets from another sonroe. Th< Central Association has forwarded very re eently to General MoGowan's Brigade 90C pair of shoes; to Captain Waties' Company at Moredian, 90 pair; and to Captain J. H Brooks' Company, on the coast, 40 pair.? The whole issue of shoes from the Buraeu t< soldiers in the field, in the hospitals, and on their passage through Colombia, for th< present month, will not fall short of 200( pair. The demand is oonstant and press sing. . It is the great want .of the soldier and the Association is making extraordina ry efforts to meet ft. Its stook on hand and contracts already made for manufacture, will amount to four or five thousand pair. ? ?<? ?? The Cartel.?Commissioner Robert Ould returned on Saturday from an inter view witli the Yankee Commissioner Meredith, who gave our commissioner to understand that he bad no nower to negotiate foi j y any farther exchanges; that Secretary Stanton had been opposed to any exohange of prisoners daring the war, and that hit policy had oome to be the policy of hie Government. Commissioner Ottld enquired why he (Meredith) had not answered his last correspondence, and Meredith replied that he had sent the letter to his Government for its action. The interview here ended, and it is probable it will be the last unless the desire for its renewal oomes from the other side. The Confederate Government holds now prisoners equal in number and rank to the Yankee Government. Stanton's plea for his policy of no exchange is that oar armies are recruited by the exchanged prisoners, and Bis idea is, that by catching them all, at various times, and holding them, the armies of Generals Lee and Bragg will become "small by degrees and beautifully less." A good Yankee idea, truly.?Exam inert 27. Dividend.?The President and Directors of the Wilmington and Manchester railroad company; have declared a dividend of 25 per cent on the Capitol Stock of said company, making, with the.dividSnd in May, a total of thirty seven per cent, during the year. % . ~Wta nn/lnroinn/l n A rtrAOD rflrtf?lT\fs rtl TY O lUIUOlOKIUU IUBU lug AWUVtj^VO VI the company for the last twelve months have been in the neighborhood of twelve hnndred- thousand dollars! , l : ^General Hill's Farewell Address. The following is. Lieut, Gen. Hill's address to his corps on taking leave of them : Headquarters Corps, Ootober 11, 1863. Having been relieved from doty wit! this corps, the undersigned cannot part witl the troops whom ho has had the honor tc command in battle, without expressing bit appreciation of their high soldierly qualities and his honest oonviotion that the corps has do equal in the service. Your courage in the field, your patience on the march, your subordination in camp, your cheerfulness under privation, hardship and trial, have challenged the admiration and won the oonfidenoe of him whe parts from yi/a with so much regret. Soldiers: May your pa9t career be but the earnest of a more glorious future, may your abhorrence of the Yankees, your faith in the justice of your oause, your determination to be free, grow in strength from day to day until your heroism and your toils are rewarded with an honorable peace. Official: . [Signed] - D.H.HILL, Lieut. General. Illinois Can't Raise Cotton.-?The Leavenworth (Kansas) Times says the IIJiI nois farmers went extensively into ootton planting this year. Many thousand acres were planted, and many insisted that this year wonld demonstrate the practicability of raising cotton in tho Fye States. Wiser heads and more observant men predioted a failure;that suocess would be the exception, failure the rule. The result verifies the prediction. The recent frosts in .Illinois have entirely ruined the cottoncrop. To such an extent does this damage reach that not a single bale of cotton will be gathered north of the Ohio river. Gen. Forbe8T?General Forrest arrived in town yesterday, in company with the President. We learn that the President has granted him? field of operations in Mississippi and West Tennessee, unshackled by any orders and free to move whenever he sees fit. He takes with him a portion of his old oommand, and will recruit in Mississipi and Tennessee. We trust that the General will soon be in his new field, dealing death and destruction to the enemy, and relieving his native State from the iron heel of the Yankees. Atlanta Intelligencer, 30th. Lincoln's Last Call.?Lincoln calls upon his Yankees to volunteer, and if they do not volunteer threatens them with another draft. The volunteering is a farce, and * " - x? - j_ mt. v tne draic may prove a irageuy. jlub iaukees are food of the Anaconda as applied to their enemies, bat the Boa Constrictof, as applied to themselves, is not to their liking. We agree with a Canada journal, that this last call of Lincoln is the best proof of weakness he has jet given. "A little more grape," Capt. Bragg, and the Baena Vista of Yankeedom is certain.Another "Baby-Waker."?Another splendid gan of the Brooke pattern, has been sent to the Petersburg depot for shipment South. Its destination is unknown, but it will doubtless plaj a prominent part at the one of two points which are attracting the enemy's attention at present. The color-bearer of the 10th Tennessee, (Irish) having been shot down in the battle ot C&icfcamauga, the Colonel oraerea one of the privates to take the colors. Pat, who was loading at the time, replied, "By the holy St. Patriok, Colonel, there's so maoh good shooting here, I haven't a minute's time to waste fooling with that thing." Exchange paper. J LATEST NEWS, , . Prom Charleston. 1 Charleston, Nov. 2.?The bombard-, s ment of Sumter continued last night - with unabated severity. . No further i casualties#up to 3 o'clock this morning, f The fire at present averages two a min ute. . . ) 10 P. M.?The bombardment of Sum ter continued heavy-all day. The firing was directed mostly at the So.uth-west , angle of the fort. The monitors fired . to.day 140 shots, all of which, struck; - 250 rifled shots were fired from Morris' ) Island, 55 missed ; 350 mortar shells, I 135 missed. One man was killed by a ) mortar shell. The mortars, beside 15) inch shells, are firing rifled Wiard shells, - 18 inches long and 6? inches in diama, ter. The President and suite arrived here I! by a special train from Savannah at , noon to day. He was received at the depot by Gen. Beauregard and staff and the Committee of the City Council, 11 who accompanied him with the military escort to the City Hall. .???.? From Bragg's Army. Atlanta, November 2.?The latest ' from the front says active operations i continue in Lookout Valley. There was i heavy fighting on Wednesday, Thursi day and Friday. The enemy still holds his position this side of the Tennessee, i Small squads of prisoners are coming in hourly?all from Meade's command, i army of the Potomac. Thirteen army corps are in and around Chattanooga. Our pickets are within 25 yards of the i pickets of the enemy. There has been heavy rains for forty-eight hours, commencing on Thursday. The valley is under water and the fofds hardljr passable. The Tennessee is very high.? The damage to the Yankees from the i freshet is unknown. Notwithstanding the bad weather, our troops are cheerful. Tlfey have plenty to eat and are anxious for a battle. Lookout Mountain, via Chickamauga, Daylight, October 30.?Two corps of the enemy, from the army of the Potomac, yesterday advanced down Lookout Valley, the other side of the-inountain, from the direction of Bridgeport. rk_. /CJ1 V>?\ a Wilt) ^lOiuuuuiu aj uau ivucau* cucvvcu ? junction with troops who had crossed , the Tennessee, in the rear of Chattanooga. At 2 o'clock this morning, Gen. , Hood's division, Gen. Jenkins com- > : munding, attacked the enemy. Gen. [ Bratton, commanding Jenkins'brigade, [' went a mile up thewalley, and after engaging the enemy, found himself confronted by the whole corps under Howard, which he was driving back. Mean| while, the enemy from 'above attacked : McLaws', Robertson's and Benning's forces, and passing round, endeavored to. penetrate the interval between'Brat1 top and the rest of the division. The K design was checkmated by Jenkins' t by ordering Bratton back and the whole 1 line to retire to Lookout Creek. The ' losses in the division were severe. Four ' brigades had encountered more than 15,000 men. The loss of the enemy is 1 estimated at 1,000. , The losses among the South Caroli' na troops were as' follows: Hampton Legion, 85; 5th Regiment, 103; Pal1 metto Sharpshooters, 44; 2d Regiment Rifles, 68; 6tb Regiment, 15; 1st Regi' ment, unknown. " Among the killed, are Col: Kilpatrick, 1st Regiment,.Lieut.1 A. W. vandiver, Sergt.R. S. Dorian, J. S. Grubb, G. K. Legate, B. F. Kerz, G. W. Bradley. . 2d Regiment Sharp-shooters.?Killed : Willey Mornett, Jno. A. Harrison, Newton Langdon, Jabez Hawkins, N. C. Boyle, W. A. Neal,. Wounded: Lieut. Samuel Cannon, Lieut. Wm. Powe, Corp'l W- C. Herndon.. 5th Regiment.?-Killed: B. Hoin, W. Jennings, J. T. Collins, J. J. Hum nJin'flo W T TVTftrinn. .T. H. Ouinn. J. | ?{. Camp, J. W. Pettit. Wounded: Lieut. W. C. Coppy, C. C. Davis, Lieut. F. Mullins, J. B. Terril, Lieut. W. Patterson, S. L. Lockhart, W. S. Smith, severely. Missipg and wound1 ed: Serg't Wm. Willie, W. S. George, color bearer. , ' j Hampton Legion.?Wonnded: Lieut. H. S. Gibbs,' Serg't J. P. Ancrum,Ed- 1 ward Yates, severely. 6th Regiment.?Wounded and missing : Capt. Bowen. 2d Regiment Rifles?Wounded. Lt. J. C. O'Briant, Corp'l R. C. Bowen. All the field officers are unhurt ex- ' cept Col. Kilpatrick. .. Prom Virginia-"... " T i Richmond, November2.-?T-hearmy i of Northern Virginia remains quiet, except occasional raids into the enemy's i lines. The report of the driving of the Yan- i kees from South-western Virginia be- 1 low Bristow is perfectly confirmed. 1 Gordonsville, Nov. 2.?Gen. Fitz ' Lee is reported to have had a skirmish ! yesterday beyond Kelly's Ford. ' The ' enemy is said to bo progressing slowly in laying the railroad track. They have laid it as far as about a mile and a half this side of Bristow. I tQT Our Florida exchanges state that j Capt. J. B. Oliver, Government agent, has < collected in Florida fifty thousand pounds t of wool, received by him in exchange for | cotton yarns, shirting and osnaburgs furn- \ ished to the people. < Fifty Dollars Reward. QTOLEN from the subscriber's Steam O Saw and Grist Mill od Sunday night last, an INDIA 1 RUBBER BAND, G8 feet long, and about 12 inches'In. I width; about half the Belting had been, split in the'centre t and baa been sewed together with a leather whang. We a will give the above Reward to any person who will 'deliver ] said belting to us, or give Information so that we. can recover the same." . ? CLINE a DANIEL? I Coutes Tavern, Yotk District, S. 0., Nov. 3d, 1883. i 44 ? ; > 3w.* . / . a QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK BIS- ' O TRICT.?Whereas, ESTHER WALLACE has<?p- 1 plied to me for Lettem of Administration on all and lingular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN J. WALLACE, late of the District, aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singu W. pit; ainurcu ana creuuore gi urn ?uu aeoeaaea, to be aha appear before roe at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdcn at York Court Houae, on the 16th day of November next, to shew cause/If any, why the said Administration should not be granted. < Given under ray hand and Seal, this 30Ui day of October J in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and glxty-ihree, and In the eighty-eighth .year of the Independence of South Carolina. * " ' . JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. . November 4 44 Sjt | Salt, Salt, Salt. 8 I nnHE undersigned has some salt which 1 Ire proposesto exchange for POKE or HIDES, upon' jsraMQ^I reasonable terms. Apply soon. IB W. I. CLAWSON. November 4 .44 'St* U BY SAJll CL G. BROWN. g ON Monday the 7th day of Deceatfw M S next, I will Mil at tlie Court House, In Yorkvllle, a N A PRIME NEGfeO GIRL Jg|| 33 yean old, and her two children, aged two and four years. flnoHn November 4 ' 44 ts BffiB Grapes, Grapes. ATHER all yoh can and bring VT tlicm to me, and I will DISTILL them for oho third H of the spirits. I have been told by a distiller? who ho* H I made a run?that they will inako as much M pcachee P" H apples to the barrel. I will give one dollar per btpbel for 3ti Peralmmons?for five hundred bushels, to be delivered at Bi my distillery. Persons wishing to have any,of either dta' tilled will olease hrtn? tlmm *v? January next. H November 4 44 ^ ^ ifnlWMfl Commissioner's Sale, I In Equity?York District ol8? John D. MeLean, Executor, ) '*??" ' yMgB82H e? > Bill-for Sale of Land. flH Robert Patrick arid OtAcri. ) . IN obedience to the order of the Court. raflHQSj of Equity, made hi thiscasejIwiHexpoee'topuMld'Baie iBSlHS at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY in flKMB DECEMBER next, the tract of land deacrlbedin the plead- 99SSH ings In this caar^ situate In the District aforesaid, ana lying jKDffl on the waters of Mill Creek, bounded by lands of John Me- IHMBB GUI and others, containing -ivv -J fmfwfWH 102 ACHES, SB more or loss. it dSHBH - Tumi or Bale.?Cash enough to ptyfiie casts Of '<hpe Tfirdrj proceedings, the balance of the purchase rjoney to he 0a a BhK credit of twelve months, with interest from day of rale, re- WWMjwH cured by the bond of the purchaser, with good sutfaas and n a mortgage of the premises. ($10) Tr WALTER B. METTS,c.n.r.? BBS November4 ... 44 ..v,,/' '4t BmBMH STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, S8SB8I YORK DISTRICT. Roddey it Co, v? W. B. punlap.?attAcuniarr. hHM \\7HEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on V T the 15th day ofOctober 1863, flie their declaration W against the defendant, who (as it is said) U absent from and & jjWWHl without the limits of this State, and has neither wire nor MF gHBHV attorney known withln.lho same, upon whom a copy dffiss HfflMl said declaration might be seryed. ItJto therefore ordered. that the said defendant do appear and plead to. the said VKJHK1 declaration, on or before the loth day of October.. wbish JgjMffin i will be in the year of our Lord on* thouajbd eight hundred * fl| and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment wUi BmH then be awarded against him. M ( 516) S. B. MOOBB, Clerk. MMM October 15(1), 1863. HMM Nove,nbcM 44 ' - , !??$? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CoiouniA, November 2,1863; B GENER.1L ORDERS NO. <11. -ifeV* fl T GENERAL ORDERS No. 34 new^ fl X tofore issued from this office, prohibited perrons be LgJCaWH tween the ages of sixteen end eighteen yean Tram enter- JH log any military organizations, except such tur are aiflip- HHnj lied and called for by the Governor and Commandor-in- ZMt&BU* Chief 5 and In consequence of a card nnpearlus fa. $e pa- IKhMM pcrs under the signature of "J. H. ANDEEWB,' farMM ^flHgSH persons under the age of eighteen years.' and pentnoshpj ^ HKhQ liable to coiiRcriptlon, to join a company for eetyice beyond BBIlHilB thc limlu of fills State, said osder is hereby reiterated, win fiRHQ the addition, that no person under the age of eighteen ynafs, WjFgK&rS si no person inoUlable to wmscrlptton angerroe BoSfISBI ADJUTANT A*D lNSPUCTOR-GBKEllA.L's Omcj, H Columbia, november^ 1863. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 42. ,. . BSHasBMt I THE enrollment directed tb be rKSSSgS made by General Orders No. 37, heretofore issued from H this office, in pursuance of the Act of the General Awefe- I 1)1 y, 30th September, 1869, being about completed, b is KMBfiHIffl hereby annonneed that, unless a sufficient number if com ShmH panics of Mounted Infantry are offered as volunteer* beftrc (|H the twelfth day of November Inst., tomfiet'theoWects pro- 3*flBBSI vlded for by said Actj orders will hp Issued to form com panies of Infantry from die effectlye men to enrolled and ii5tCTia|fro liable to State service under said Act, and to omanlze fbem HP Into Battalions and Regiments, as provided for by said Act. lUljiHB II. Nothing In this order is intended to prevent two or nmSH| more companies of Cavalry and one of Artillery from being VmWfwtm accepted. If offered by the time above specified.' ' UHHH . Jit. Ira sufficient number of troops cannot be ralaad. from the persons directed to be enrolled under this Act, B?2j|flyffl then a call may he made for an additional number under JKflSHSI the Act of 6th of February, 1863. ESTATE SAp^ . 1 TTTILL be sold at the late" residence jfllgfja U of JOHN CHAMBERS, deceased, two miles and a H half South of Yorkville, on TUESDAY, the 17TH day of WWBM NOVEMBER neat, llie whole personal estate of Testator, 16 LISELY NEGROES, Horses, Mules. Cattle, Hogs, Wagons: Com. Wheat, Oau. Fodder, Farming Utensils, See. BANK ana 3.C. B. B- jjNMBMHM STOCK. Alsonis whole real estate, consisting of a tract IHEmB containing over EIGHT HVNDRGD ACRES, ?HM1 situate within 2% miles of Yorkville?more than 206 HgfflHCgj ACRES of which U in WOODLAND, heavily timbered, nfflffllfMiffi with ONE HUNDRED ACRES of valuable BOTTOM Wfwiffffi LAND, with DWELLING HOUSE, Negro Houses, Gin House and all necessar/outbuildings. j$9ME9?B Lauds as desirable, or of equal value, are rarely In mar ,^HflKSEH ket.-"3penjons wishing to examine sold lands or Negroes HMBH can apply to"Mr. A. H. CHAMBERS, on the premise*, or wMHBb to myself at Yorkvtlle, 8. C. v. ^ BW|31B8Py The property will be sold on a credit of one and two years; K^W9d| but If the purchaser wishes, the monby will be received, if ^hIM he land Is taken on a credit, the purchaser will be rsquired MBWRBjg to give a mortgage of the premises, with two good surftie* ? " S. J. KUYKENDAL, Executor. ^ 8E3k October 14 . 41 fit gtfNI?Bfl (pj- The South Carolinian and Charleston Mercury will MfhBWwJ copy once a week until day of sale and send bills to tbc roNHfintS E.v titiasR Ornck. i|MWB ESTRAV MUEE. TROLLED before me, by Edward T. X?88E JL Brandon, living 10 miles East of Yorkvtlle, near IKBhhHh Wright's Ferry, a BROWN HORSE MULE, about fourteen BwaSWH bauds high; supposed to be upwards of twenty year* old.? . HnQMw] No marks visible except a very sore back. Appraised at sevemy-HYv aouaro. ' __ fWRjgtvM 4j? ' >w,-v J, 0. p, CUKRENCE, Bl8|iitr&tp. October 17. . ? ?*_ nSEH QOUTHCAROLINA?YORK DIS- fflaggH O TRICT.?Whereas, I. J. E. BRATTON baa applied H B 10 mc for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, KhMbhObE the goods and chattels, rights and credits ot C. W. A. J. ^ MMB ROOD, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. HmMI These ore therefore to cite and admonish all and singular. H the kindred und Creditors of the said deceased, to be and tppear before mc at our neat Ordinary's Court for the said SqffiKKgj District, to be holden at York Court Bouse on tbe lflth day , HHHjMfl if November instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. HEmjEQ Slven under my hand and Seal, this 27th day of October. WfHnP In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and In the eighty-eighth year of the Indepen- H dcnco of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. MmEH9 October 38 .43 St* rfiflBBflftl COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS- ? 1 O TRICT.?Whereas, W. C. PATTERSON has ap- H 3lied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and MmBUH lingular the goods and chattels, rights and crests of I^HSFvfli Dr. JOHN CHAMBERS, late of the District aforesaid, nBlTfflilffl leceascd. itigMH These arc therefore to cite and admonish allacd singular, * ffffffiWilB he kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and ap- wLlSHI >ear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said 'fffSBfifiS District, to be holden at .York Court House on the 16th day mHHn >f November instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said ZgjSJEEHS Administration should not be granted. ISaMBBj Jiven under my hand and Seal, this 23rJ day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and S9Bn sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Inde pendcnce of South Carolina. WwW October 28 JOHN_A. BROWN, 0. Y^D. JSgEgS C OUTH CAROLINA?YORK BIS- ?SS8 O TRICT.?Whereas/W. 0. PATTERSON has applied aMBBIB o me for Letters of Administration, on all and lingular, the ksmKmBH pjods juid chattels, riglits and credits ofM. W. CHAM- . BSNWk 3ER8, late at the District aforesaid, deceased. MffltfllB These are, therefore, to cite end admonish all and slngu jfgMflBHES ar, the kindred apjJcSBdltors of the said deceased, to be md ewetr bef(5e ine, at our next Ordinary's Court ftp the Eg&BME aid DistxlcL to be holden at York Court House on the 16th mISBMM lay of November inst., to shew cause, if ajiy, whv the said vamiotatratlon should not be granted. mMhIp Slven under my hand and seal, this 23rd day of October, sSSkBEB In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ana SkIkBmMI sixty-three, and In the 88th year of the Independence of treOMIH South Carolina. jKQH .. JOHN A. BROWN, O. T. D. STSffl October 26 * 1 43 2t 1?0R TAX COLLECTOR?WE I E JL arc authorized, to announce -SMITH SANDERS as a pffraHBB Candidate far the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. November 19,1882 47 ly* ^ mR] A SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER 'SUM IX. Enrelopea for sale at the "ENQUIRBR OFFICE.' <Hh9| November M 48 tf ^PH9 ifflW