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C. V. Near Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 29,1863. I take up my pen this evening, my heart hardened with sorrow, to give yoa the par' ticularsof the battle of last night, in which our regiment was engaged. Oar Brigade, with two other Brigades of Gen. Hood's Division, were sent over Lookout Mountain to interoept the large wagon trains of the enemy and to out them off. We orossed the mountain after dark, and marohed down to where Gen. Law's Brigade had a fight the day before. After passing Gen. Law's pickets we crossed a creek and formed line of battle, threw out* skirmishers, and advanoed for a mile and a half down the Bailroed, when we come upon the wagon train and the pickets of the enemy, the latter nf ?1imK vara umn dnmn bank. Onr regiment Vis ordered to get ready to charge. We could no* see the Yankees trying to "whip" their trains out of the way, hear them forming their lines and bringing the artillery into position. As soon as the regiment on the left was formed, the command was given to "charge /" We raised the "rebel yell" and charged forward in the face of a galling fire, passed the wagon" train, which was parked in an /open field, < and moved forward, without halting, for three hundred yarcfe, until we arrived at a golly, some two feet in depth. Here we halted and opened fire, and waited until the 1st regiment got on a line witn as wqbo we again moved forward until within a hun died yards of the enemy. A terrific fire by overwhelming numbers was opened upon us, and we were compelled to lie down flat on the ground. We returned the fire and held the position for one hour, and until nearly all our men were either lulled orwounded, when we were ordered to fall back to to the gaily mentioned above, where we remained until nearly the last cartridge was expended. * My oompany fought until nearly all were killed or wounded, and when the order came to retreat, the little squad of brave men now composing company E, moved off in good order? I carried into the fight forty.one men, rank and file. The followiog is a list of oasualties: Killed-?Sergeant J. T. Collins, Corporal J. B. Humphries, and Private W. J. Minter. Mortally wounded and lift in the hands of the enemy?Lieutenant William Crosby, thigh broken; Lieut Felix H. Mullenax, in knee; Private W. J. Smith, in breast; D. W. Crosby, in abdomen; John Poag in bowels. Severely Wounded?Corporal Jam69 A. Neill, in leg; H. H. Grant, id band; privates W. A. Isom, in shoulder; J. Bradlej Rawls, in hand; Martin Rawls; in arm ; M. B. Pool, in side, and a prisoner; William Brakefield, in leg; S. P. Drum in foot and a prisoner. , Slightly Wounded?Sergt. M. S. Lindsay, in arm; - privates J. A. Cabiness, in arm; James Childers, in breast; H. B. Thomas, in side; R. B. Thomas, in leg] W. T. MoDonald in faoe; W. C. Carson, in hand; James Lowiy, in breast; Benja min Moore, in arm Misting?-Privates M. S. Pool, J. W PI.S. IVMMMfc* Oar wounded bad to be oarried on litter] on men's shoulders, some fire-miles, so yot oan see why so many fell into the bands o the enemy. 1 never saw Lieut. Crosby after he wa wounded. I was in command of the Com / pany, and he was at his poet on the left.? He was wounded in the charge from th gully to the place where we came upon th< enemy. Lieutenant Mollenax and Bradle Bawls went and offered to bring him of but the brave fellow said to them, "go or you are needed in front, and my thigh is a broken to pieoes?yon oan do me no good.' These are the last words he spoke to any c the company. , Lieut. Mollenax was wounded on ou advance line. He hobbled back to th golly with his leg broken. When the reg iment fell baok to the gully, and was know we woold have to retreat, I went and tol him I woold try and carry him off on m back. Ho was willing at first, but ho b< came apprehensive that we might both I killed, and he told me to leave him to h fate. I could not help shedding tears whe we parted. Sergeant Collins was killed after we ha ted on the advanoe line. He and Hun phries were both killed near the same spo Collins was shot throngh the body. E asked rome of the boys to tarn him over ( . his face and let him die. Minter was killed in the fret part of the oharge. He was Shot through the head.? I did not see him killed?he was on the extreme left. D. W. Crosby and John Poag were wounded on the advance line and were not able to move. W. J. Smith was wounded just as the i charge stopped. He said he was killed? j to tell his father he died at his post like a man?to tell his mother that he died like a | ohristian. He crawled back to the gully i and was living when we left. M. B. Pool was severely wounded, and when we fell baok to the gully I could not see him. I suppose he tried to make his way baek. When we retreated his brother, M. S. Pool, would not leave until be saw what bad become of Miles; so I think he was taken prisoner. S. P. Drum was hit in the foot with a spent ball. When we retreated, I saw him start baok. He was very lame and has not yet came up. I fear the Yankees have got him. The following are the casualties in Company F, from our District: Sergeant J. H. Qainn. # Wounded?^Sergeant J.. B. Moore, in breast, mortally; U. J. Fewell, through kidneys, mortally; Corporal Jas. H. Yearwood, thigh, severely ;private T. H. Lyon, thigh, mortally; Gk J. Enoz, hip, mortally; Wm. Watson, shouldeT, mortally; F. * " .-II- - T> T M. foster, ooweis, morwuy, a?. ju. xuuCant's, haod, slightlyG. Simmons, arm, severely; John Smith, hand, severely ; Q. H. Parroti, thigh, eeverely; W. M. Hardin, hand, severely. * # * * * >, i:D\, /PALMETTO SHABP SHOOTEES. .We have been famished by Lieat. J. W. CstoI, commanding, with the following list of oasoalties in Company G., P. S. S., in the battle of Raoooon Mountain, on the night of 28th ultimo: Killed?Private W. A. Neal. Wounded?Henry Sarratt, in thigh, se? verely; B. T. Gillespie, side of head, slight* ly; B. B- Bobinson, end of finger shot off; D. F. Parish, In hand, slightly, and taken prisoner. f J v FEOM THE 17TH BEGT., S. O.'V. Secessionville, $ C., 1 November 5th, 1868. J l)ear Enquirer-We are still flourish log?watcbing tor laQKee. Darges, ooo , m the same eamp from whioh I wrote you before. Oar vetiemou8 neighbors on the sand banks in front of as, attempted to interfere with onr dress parade a few evenings since, bat bomb-proofs are so convenient that a half dozen bomb shells sent amongst as occasionally, only tarn out a very welcome and pleasant episode to relieve our monotony. The samples tossed over the other evening, weigh about forty pounds, and resemble, in shape, the top of oar lamp-posts in Yorkville. Two or three gun-boats in Foffy Creek, tried to kiok up a stampede amongst our pickets on Battery Island, a few days ago. They expended several hundred dollars worth of "green-backs", raised a tremendous smoke, and kept up a dreadful noise for a while, bat that was all. uur ooys stood their groand and saw the thing oat. Gfllmore's "big guns" keep up, day and night, their furious bombardment of Fort Sumter, but from appearances, they are not accomplishing much yet, and for the last day or two, their fire has perceptibly slackened. I have been "ciphering" a little in regard to operations in the harbor, and have oome to the conclusion that if we hav*e the right kind of bomb-proofs in Sumjter, (and I believe that our General Gilmer has not been i so quiet for nothing) that this is the very place where we shall break Abe's back-bone, (I mean his credit) and when that is done, ( there is nuf ced. Here ate my figures: . one thousand shots per day?300 pounde ; iron to the shot and 30 of powder?iron al ' 10 cents, powder at 50 cents?making foi one shot a cost of $45,00, and for 100C shots a cost of $45,000. The siege hai been progressing nine days (according tc 3 my estimate) at a cost of $405,000. Thai i you will see, that it is calculated to develf op with frightful rapidity, a large addition t/\ thr> family of^<croen-backs." In the J O s above calculation I have said nothing of tb( - enormous expense required to keep up ant - pay off tho innumerable war vessels, trans e ports," &c., and the bqngr^ mercenariei e (who are fighting for the paper promises o y Lincoln as long as they can bo made t( f, swim). Neither have I taken into accoun i, the guns that are bursted occasionally, o II rendered useless by excess of firing. Le " us all keep a t'stiff upper lip"?stand b if our own Government and its credit, and er long, we shall see the value of gold an< r "grccn-backs," shoot off in an opposite di e rection, and separate wider and wider, unti j- the last convulsive tfirob of the Lincol: n Government shall proclaim the indepec d dence of the Confederate States, and th y return of our war-worn veterans to thei 5- happy homes. Down with all who deprt ie cate our money in order to obtain starvatio is prices. May taxes disturb their dream m and worrt/ their waking hours. We have had the pleasure of lookin 1- upon our honored Chief Magistrate to-daj i- Accompanied by a host of Generals an 1 1., An* amrTrs hflri G. ULliOJL UO ViSIVOU VUft ??W?? ? w [e passed twioe round our old regiment in r< >n view, and halted several times, to enquir iu regard to the barefooted men, who wei ' in the ranks. By*the wq& thore are a number of men in the regiment without a shoe ?good soldiers?men who hare closed in deadly oonfliot with the foe npon many a battle-field. The President looks well, and appears to be in the best of spirits. I enjoyed the pleasure of being very near to him and bearing him, in an animated conversation with General Beanregard, in reference to the battle of Secessionville, while . seated npon the ramparts of Fort Lamar.? He looks mnch more like living, than I expected to see him, and, as many of the boys say, he resembles the "postage stamp" not a little. Tlia liAaltli of nni> Mnimant io ofill irnnd aug ?**>??? v* v?. ? e> We have a Chaplain once more, and can now deoide much more easily, the return of the Sabbath. Rev. W. W. Garothers is a zealous man, and I believe will effect much good in our regiment. Very hurriedly, yours. L. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. Greenville, S. C., Nov. 1,1863. Our sudden transfer from the seaboard to . the mountains, lends but little interest to my letter, but as the 5th Regiment arrived hero safely, on Sunday (to day) at 2 a. m., it may be of interest to the friends of its members to hear from it. The reports and rumors of raids ocourring, and in prospective, has doubtless led tb this movement, whioh seems to have taken the oitizens of J our present locality as unawares, as were those of Charleston; be that as it may,, it is likely we will be seat to saoh parts of the State, away from home, where there is a probability of "seeing service. At the.pres\ ent writing oar destination is unknown, bat fetters directed to the company, at this place will be duly forwarded. I learn that a cavalry, and probably an infantry company has been organized, bat judging from the namber of refugees about town, and the many <<home guards" we caught glances at as the overloaded oars-ground along their weary way, there is no reliance on them. I bad expected to find a very pretty place, when we came here, bat thoagh maob lor-' ger, it does not come ap to oar opioi^p of Yorkyille; the hoases are too scattered, the street irregularly laid off, and often terminating abruptly, bat there ate many pretty residences, and good moantain dew is very plenty. A river stream runs through the town, which is lit ap with gas, whioh operates several floor mills, now continually employed. Of its bosiaess appearance, I can say nothing, for saving the rambling noise of the toll-gatherers machinery, the Sabbath seems properly observed. The oorn crops between Colombia and this place have been very large, muoh remaining in the field nngathered'j at the same time, considerable fields of cotton may be seen, affording excellent picking. We are oamped for the present in front of the depot, all of our sick having been disobarged or ran tho blockade?so we have a clean biU of health. It is not unlikely, as I have heretofore hinted, that Governor Bonham'g game of Bragg will be blocked by the Legislature?and the men over 45 sent home. Oqr officers, from the Colonel dowo to the 4th Corporals, seem to h%?o deservedly the " good will of their men, and'thus will secure their faithful performance of their duty, but they, too, see that the militia game of poker and tongs is a losing game to the Confederoy, while bread is to be specnlated on, as it mnst be when the Farmers are taken from their fields, and their homes infested ; by skulkers under the consoript age, who owe the country at least their services for the provision they oonsame. The men of > our Regiment are willing to do their duty, and. they will 'do it the remaining three months of their term, but they claim that Gen. Conner's orders be filled, as to the , cleaning the public offices of the pampered i sons of political blood and thunder dema. gogues, and giving employment to the meriI torious young men of the country who have j bled or suffered io its defence. E. ) EDITORIAL ITEMS. j ?Jeff. Davis lately ordered Gen. Bragg . not to shoot so many of bis men. Wo wish i somebody would order him not to shoot so i many of ours.?Louisville Journal. ? ?The news from the West is encour1 ing. Forrest has a distinct command io - West Tennessee, where the Yankees are flys ing before him. In our army it is proposed f to organize a Legion of Honor, similai > to Napoleon's Old Guard, t ? Gen Bragg threatens to hold the rener gade Col. Clift as a hostage for the release t of Major Long imprisoned by Burnside foi y recruiting in Kentucky, e ?The next session of the Confederate i Congress will commenoi on the first Mon i- day in December next. The present Con :1 gress will expire the 22d of February, 1864 n at which time the new Senators and Repre t- sentatives will take their seats, e ? "Heroine" is perhaps as peculiar i x word as any in onr language; the two firs )- letters of it are male, the three firBt female a the four first a brave man, and the wboli s j word a brave woman. ?At an auction sale in Abbeville Dis g trict, S. C., a few days since, a young gir j. and her child brought 35,300. d ? A Washington dispatoh says that thi j, receipts of money paid by drafted men nov ). amounts to nine millions, which, it is ex e | pected, will be increased by one of two mil e j lions more. The whole of this sum is to b appropriated to recruiting under tho new proclamation of Lincoln. ? Official returns of tbo home vote of Ohio give Brough for Grove nor, 61,572 majority over'Vallandigbam. ? A German writer gives the follwing: A young girl is a fishing rod. To make all complete, he avejs the eyes are the hooks, the smile the bait, the lover the gudgeon,. and marraige the batter, in which he is fried. ? The State of New York, under the new oall for volanteers, and including her dfififijflnnv in the late draft,*is to furnish 108,085 men. ? Moat excellenfsyrup, equal in quality to that made from Sorghum, has been obtained by Mr. Joel Pariah, of Lunenburg oounty, Va., from the stalks of broom oorn. The yield is about two thirds that of sorghum and represented to be much sweeter. ? It is stated in the Yankee papers that Stewart, the New York dry goods merchant, paid $240,000 as his income tax for last year/ That would make his inoome nearly five millions. ? It is reported in Cincinnati that Eosen'cranz will supercede Mead in the command of the army, of the Potomac.' ?It is currently reported in New Orleans that Banks has been defeated on Red river) with a loss of 4,000 prisoners. From Gen. Lee's Army.?The report ed movement of a portion of Meade's army down the Rappuhannock, tarns- oat to be correct and reUable. We have direct information to the effect that the Yankees appeared in force opposite Fredericksburg, Wednesday afternoon/ abont 4 o'clock. A dispatch from the same' soaroe, received last night, states that they had disappeared, or were disappearing, from Stafford, butin whatdireotion was unknown. Richmond Whig, 6th. Mosby on Another Raid.?Passengers who reached Lynchburg by the Orange and Alexandria train, Thnrsday night, state that the uhiqgjtous Mosby made a foray apon the Yankees, within a mile of Meade's headquarters, near Warrenton, on Thnrsday last, killed three, wounded seven andoaptared thirty-six white Yankees, some eight 'teen or .twenty blaok ones and 180 mules and horses- The Republican learns that the enemy were on the march at the time of the attack, and though numbering twenty to one af our gallant band, were so completely taken by surprise that they' scampered in all directions. Mosby lost hot a man killed or wounded. The prisoners, males and hones had all reached oar lines on Wednesday evening. SSF" The enemy are reported on the Stafford heights, near Fredericksburg, with considerable force of cavalry and artillery. It is said that the movement has been made to stop the Confederates from getting the iron oh the track whioh the Yankees left behind them from Fredericksburg to Aqaia creek when Stafford was evacuated. Whether oar authorities have, indeed, ooncladed to remove some portion of the iron so mach wanted, we do not know, but we have trustworthy information that the Yankees think so, and believe that the work is actually in execution. They have sent this force into Stafford to stop it.?Richmond Examiner. From the Trans-Mississippi.?A letter to a member of our typograpbical'family, just received from his brother at Camden,Ark., states that Gen. Price bad been reinforced by troops from Red River,, to the number of 7,000, and would soon advanoe | upon the enemy. Camden was designated as the place of rendezvous for the Arkansas troops captured at Port Hudson and Ticksburg. We presume that some, if not all of the reinforcements consisted of those exchanged prisoners, who crossed the Mississippi near the mouth of Red River. HuntsviUc. Confederate, 4th. Wheeler's Command.?A private let ter from Bragg's army, in'the Augusta Constitutionalist says: <fGen. Bragg has, by special order, pla.oed the entire cavalry of his army under Gen. Wheeler.- This gives him a oomm&nd of 35,000 cavalry? the largest number of dragoons any General, the world ever saw, has had command of." Gjjn. Thomas.?"Personne," in his last letter to the Courier, from Lookout Mountain, says: The appointment of Gen. Thomas as the ; successor of Gen. Roseorans, appears to afford satisfaction throughout the army, and to none more than to Gen. Bragg. Thomas 1 was hin first Lieutenant in Mexico ; before the war he was a rabid secessionist; since the war he has beoome a radical abolition, ist; aud may be sammed up mentally and physically in the language of Gen.?Bragg, as "a brave, slow, obstinate and perverse man." 49* A call is published in tho Texas , papers, for a "war< meeting," to be held at Houston. In announcing the fact, the Telegraph says: . r The people of Texas are not ready to 'eat dirt'yet, and they must declare so. to the > world. We have thousands of patriots in the armies, but the patriots are not all there, and they must show so to the world. Who of ns is ready to accept life with a servi > tude to a taskmaster more exciting than * those of Egypt ? If any, let him step forth that the people may see bow disgusting such ^ oraven heartedness appears. i>i>? fc Camp near Brandy Station, Va., i October 28, 1863. ; Mr. Editor; We had been led, by a card which appeared in your paper a short time since, to fear that we had been forgotten by the Central Association. Bat we are happy 1 to say, that all our apprehensions on this sooro have been entirely removed, by the 9 receipt of eight hundred pairs of shoes, r supplied through the kindness and energy of the Associaton. For this favor, we know, the soldiers are profoundly gTateful. The * health and moral of our troops are first rate. 9 MoGOWAN'S BRIGADE. Feom the Front?Last week the Federals evacuated the Warm Springs, falling baok-a few miles beyond the State line.? Two hundred of our eavalry erossed the mountain, and went within 10 miles of Greenville, but in returning the Tankee cavalry made a dash upon their rear, capturing three men.and two wagons. They again occupy the Springs in strong foroe.? Gen. Vance's headquarters are at Marshall. His Excellency Gov. Vance arrived here on Friday evening, and on Sunday went down to the headquarters of tho General, to satisfy himself fully as to the 'situation/ The Governor is a military man, knows the country thoroughly, and all his energies are enlisted in the work of expelling and punishing the enemy. Shouldn't be surprised if somebody "gets hurt" before long. * ,P. S.?The latest information from the front, is to the effect that our forces under Capt. Boone were again in possession of the Springs, at 11 o'clook on Monday night. Capt. B. remained after the cavalry left, and saved all the wagons.?AsheviUe News. Deserters Coming In.?The Fayetteville (N. CO Observer says, that about 1,500 deserters have been returned to duty from that State. It adds that abont ten per day have been arriving at Raleigh?voluntarily Reporting to the Governor, and begging for letters to their offioers, asking pardon for their offence. These swell the nnmber already returned during this month to near 2000?by far the greater part voluntarily. From Western North.Carolina.? A letter was received in this'city on Wednesday last from Governor Vanoe, dated Marshall, Madison County, in which he states that the enemy had retired towards Tennessee. They were about 800 strong, oommanded by Col. Smith, of Indiana. announce this intellgonce with much gratification, as it relieves Western Caroli-. na for the present of the enemy. We think the mountain passes leading towards Marshall and AsheVille shold be fortified at once. Governor Vance will no donbt return to Ealiegh to day or to morrow. fialeigh Stannard.. Working Well.?The late general order from Gen. Bragg's headquarters, providing that every non-commissioned officer ond anlftior whn nmnrM a recrnifc and censes him to be mastered into the service, shall be entitled to a fnrlodgh of not less than forty days, is already working admirably.? Within three hoiirs after the recepgpn of the order, upwards of fifty men in one regiment alone had fastened their clutches upon delinquents at home, and had written to their relations to adopt measures for their immediate transfer to the army. - Persimmons?A gentleman noticing the paragraph in our paper that persimmons made good sugar, vinegar and brandy, informed ns that the seed mad* a substitute for ooffee which the most fastidious aVoider of substitutes could not tell from the genuine. He says a gentleman living near this city, who oonld not be deceived by any other, and who insisted on having the gennine for breakfast, drank it Over a week, and on being asked by his good wife, bio^ he liked ffereimmon ooffee, replied he did not know as he had ever drank any; A Libebal Soldier.?Mr. John Corchoran, a yonng mau of Anderson village,. who was wounded in the first Manassas battle has lately sent on to his old Regiment fifty pairs of shoes to he distributed to the most needy in that regiment?Palmetto Sharpshooters. Thongh disabled for a soldier's life, he knows their wants and sufferings. All praise to snch a patriotic young man.?Abbeville Press. Exchange op Death Records.?It is stated that an exchange of death records has been effected between tbe two Governmcntfl, North and South. These reoords embrace the narfies of all soldiers on both sides who have died \n prison. Tbe records of the Libby prison, at Richmond,, have been sent North, and tbe officials are looking for the return list When they arrive, we understand they will be bulletined for the information of tbe friends of.the soldiers and the public. 1ST The enlistment of colored troops in Maryland causes a great amount of discontent among the slaveholders in that State, so much, indeed, that a deputation was sent tp the President to request a withdrawal of the recruiting officers. The Presi 1 . 1-.3 a.i .v. ??1 Q6QE replied lUUb luu uuuuwjr uccuou our diers, and if tbe reoruiting offioera did any-' thiog contrary to law, they would be superseded, but tbe reoruiting must go on. The Yankee's Stock of Arms ?The U. S. Government baa now on band in tbe arsenals 700,000 stand of arms, 500,000 of which are effective, and tbe number is rapidly increasing. There arc also on band 2400 24 and 32 pounder smooth bore cannon, which are rapidly being converted into effective guns by the rifling process. Old Rosy. ? Hooker commands tbe right wiDg of the Federal army now in front of Bragg?Thomas the centre?Graham the left wing, and Palmer the reserve. Old Rosy does'nt command anything?not even the respeot of his brother officers or Abe Linclon. M&" Some young ladies feeling aggrieved by the severity with which their friends adnimadverted on their gay plumes, crinolines, scarlet petticoates and flounces, went to their pastor to learn hisjopinion : "Do you think,'' said they, "that there nr%n ha one imnrnnpifltu in onr wearini? V?U V\J uuj ? ^ o these things ?" "By no means," was the reply. "When 'the heart is full of rididuloos notions it is perfectly proper to hang out a sign." Random Expressions.?"I am tired to death." So you have said, very often, and are still alive, and iu very good health. "1 had not a wink of sleep all night." And yet your bed fellow heard you snore several times. "I would not do it for the world." And yet you have done many things equally bad for a trifle. "Were op to your knees in mud." You know very well the dirt was not over your shoes. s LATESTSEWS, ; - Prom Charleston. Charleston, Nov. 9.?Nothing now to tJ report. The enemy's fire on Samter has fallen off toon occasional gun. The Mon- o itors were not in aotion last night or this ( morning. No .casualties. A very heavy ^ blow prevails at sea. 10 P. M.?Slow firing on Sumter all day. Fifty-eight shots were fired from Gregg, f( last night, of which 10 missed. All were g directed on the South-west angle. The a number of rifled shots fired to-day were 61, of which 20 missed j mortar shells, 25, of (] which 5 missed. The whole .number of B1 Shot and shell fired at the fort during the present bombardment, up to to-day, is 9,* 306; 7,700 struck and 1,606 missed. The j enemy's firing from Gregg and the mortarr e to-day was very poor. One monitor only in 0 aotion to-day. No casualties. w wfr Successful Cavalry Engagement. o Richmond, Nov. 9.?The following offi- fi oial despatch was received at the. War Be* V partment yesterday: b Naeeows, via Dublin, Novomber 9.? 1< The following has just been received from $ Blountsville : Oar cavalry, under Brig, a Geo. Win. E. Jones and Ool. Gilmer, yes- 1 terday, captured at Rogefsville 550 priso- 1< ners and four pieces of artillery,, two stands e of oolors; sixty wago^ aad 1,000 anhtilfti. Our loss was two killed and eight wounded. (Signed,) R. RANSON, Maj. Gen. Abingdon, Ya., Nov. 9.?850 Yankees, captured near Morristown, on Saturday by Jones' and Gilmer's brigade^ passed through here this evening, en route for Richmond. They belong'to the 2d. Tennessee and 7th Ohio; Outer's brigade.? Four pieces of artillery and l,uuu Horses and wagons are also reported captured. 5TH REGIMENT" STATS TROOPS. Camp Bonham, ) Greenville, S. C.,Nov. 9, '63. J In this up-hill country, where horsemails are the ofder of the day, .it is probable that letters seldom find their way by the cars,- though they might reach you in two days; thus your readers did nohear from us last week, and v)e were equally at a loss for our weekly friend and welcome visitor, the Enquirer. . ,, *; The first third of the wheat-growing portion of the Fifth have returned, and ] the second instalment left yesterday for J their homes on a twelve days furlough. u Most of our men seem satisfied with l their new quarters, in which they have ,, been engaged in constructing huts of every conceivable pattern?with Jogs, dirt and pine brush, quilts, leaves, &e., \ representing, the Gypsey settlement we ] read of; but 100-tents have been sent < to us, which will give us the mili- " tary appearance, but perhaps they may * not be qrtite as comfortable as some of , the impromptu cabins?all are well, however, and that is a great satisfac- } tion. Some distance above us we have 0 a of cavalry, and about tihe same i below, a of artillery, all well ! equipped, and ready for any emergency, e The weather has been very pleasant, ( so far, but high winds and cold ones, remind us that old winter will soon be \ on us with his hoar frosts, and 'slippery ( pathways. r!i u Greenville improves much on acquaintance. It spreads out to an in- } terminable distance along the Bun- j combe road, leading to our camps ; the houses.are- large and tastefully constructed, painted white and surrounded j by large groves of native oaks, which ! gives a just idea of what the Poet calls . 4'rural felicity,'' though on something of i aw grand scale.- The District is famed j for its mills, abounding as it does with j water power, and a general air of "I don't care a?cuss" seems to pervade all parties. But the cloven foot of the , Speculator seems to progress witn tne soldiers, who are.victimized on every occasion ; but there are other instances, one of which I will relate. A poor woman, with sevfen helpless children lives within a quarter of a mile of our camp ; a day or two since she received a letter "informing her of the death of her husband in a hospital at Chicka mauga; she had two fat hogs in the 1 pen, all her prospect for meat, but the j merchant*, or some kindly neighbors l asked her three pounds of meat for one ? of salt'to bacon them with! The Fifth j Regiment, to their credit be it said, ; immediately raised a sum sufficient to ' provide her an ample supply for her immediate, and it maybe, prospective wants. * ; TVin mnrdlfl nf rmr rAcrimoni: ifl Avr?el_ ! JL UV UlViUliV V* VU* A VgiUlVUW Ml VAVVA ( lent, though not much indebted to the presence of our Chaplain?the sound of the drum at dawn calls the soldiers to duty?the day is burthened with the ^ sound of the "woodman's axe," and at ( "dewy-eve," songs of praise resound J from camp to camp. It is well with us i ?would that it were so with our broth- ' ers who are more exposed to the horrors of war; but may it not be that the hvmns of Zion, sounding from our 1 w - mountain homes may reach the ears of * ': * i Him who in His infinitude will answer their prayers, soothe the dying pillow, . and strengthen the fainting heart. But J these are melancholy thoughts for your readers?these are serious time^ and to write you a letter from She^Jirilds,1 can give you but little*" else than the ; breathings of a troubled heart. Trust- 1 . v lg my next letter may give you mat- ^UjiH 2rs of more interest, I tender to the Wmfl uhilies and friends of our. soldiers, m heir best wishes. ? - ?? E. P. S.?It would be well for us all, if jaraBBlj ur kind Postmasters in York and gglMH Srreenville, would forward our letters ragjujl ia Columbia, all the time. ' 7 SB r- tmu Jfl CUEIOBJTY OF THE V18105.?It h&HlMra jRBffl wind whiift flriocr at thA nrnninn ??o ? ?" iAiou wir- won et at Wembledom, England, which is W carlet on one side and grey o* the other, HH| hit the scarlet dazzles the eye, and is hence he most difficult to hit, from leaving a red N 1831 treak behind it, which unsettles the aim. jflSKS The grey side was struck seventy four ?$08! imes, and the red only forty two times m| t is a curious fact, iopj that men with grey yes shoot better than tboee with eyes of ther colors.' MMK Factory Burnt.?The Woolen Factory fpmg f A.*B. Homesley, situated about 9 miles ||MT rota this pi&oe, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last. The fire originated y accidentally .dropping a lamp into some W jose cotton. . Mr. Homesley'sloesis about B 35,000. No insurance ; besides throwing A number of poor people out of employment fl&HBB 'he destruction of this Factory is a-grflit jS&ra )ss to the country at large, as all the wool- IjjSftS n cloth was sold to the Governnaent gSfflg Shelby, {If. C.) Eagle Mi 8SwK For,the Yorkvffle Enquirer. ^ CHAB?K8TON. The "robber bonds" for plunder seek, v jSnHfi! The ^city by the sea"; ygjSfl But God "in Heaven its gates doth keep? For joyful hearts, that "Cnjt would weep flfl If it should fallen be. I8mE The ttsKuif We" that (URathe way 485SB ToStunter'* glorious walk,? -^HkK Was lost to us?a ch&stenlngblcw? HUM That we might our Deliverer know? gsflB And whence our biiccor falls. - 'ji*L Bfl HJ .... n The tbwetfhg walls, wlflcb were our pride,? jsjfjBjBw And boast, acrow the sea, - jPSH To guard our bomes^-oor wealth?oor lands, ?h9Q Ll? humbled, by an Iron hand, J jffijjW And leach humility. '" *" ''-f'Z'3 c 1BBBW But Irutt in thf, can raise from out MK "Old Buwter'fl" leveled ruin,' _ gffjjJK A Pbmnla?dread to vandal foes,? . 9 And bring our siege to ajoyjfolclbse, " SfaftjM With a victorious |wan. Then let Carolina look to Htm * gangs "* Who ntleth world* on high, hBTrIiI And in eternal trast repose fl Oorbomcs?our city?and our cansc, ' And right will never die. t. *@099 SECEMjOOHT^ vrpiB ?ost or mislaid*- . a .. N All benons am forewarned otfttait xmdfng &* <* , MlPSO OTE or DUE BILLfor $441 and some cenbu stead by WH P. MOORE and payable to A. H. FARE narria about WfifyH to last of September, 1863. A. H. FARE. flBffll November 11 45 > : Jfeu: ESSs RITAR TAX! WAR TAX'.r-fSR- . jl TT SONS knovrina tberoaslveaIndebted tome official- e9hSI f'by BOND, ore roqaeatad to call at my Office and pay the :ONFEDERATE TAX due on the msejb ~ *7; t . gjdflK WALTER B. METl'8, o; s, t*.11- GSfiS November 11 45 9v. AfASONIONOHCE.?THAMfiM- ? lvJL BERS of PHILANTHROPIC LODGE, No. 7g, A. 39331 '. M., are hereby notified that the nest REGULAR MEET- jMSBS NO of said Lodge will be held on MONDAY EVENING H?j text There Is work in the FIRST' and SECOND DE- JraE JREE- J. E. JEFFERYS, Secretary. MR November 11 49 ? tfiflmB 5EGROE8 FQB SAtB.' 1?B fXTTLL be sold" at the COURT i -T T HOUSE in YORKVrLLE on the FIRST MON- HH )AY in DEOEMBER next, a PRIME GANG of jHB 33 NEGROES, . ? rnot sold befose at private sale. Persons wishing to treat KgfiS or them, or a part or thero, privately, can do'so by calling . - HH rn the subscriber at Yorkviile. JAMES 6TONEY. jffeJWl November 11 43 ?'t y [ BSb DOPTH CAROLINA-YORK DIB- ME O* TBICT,?Wbereaa, WM, .WcGILL has applied' to' Vffil nc for Letters of Administration, with the WW annexed, nfBfl in aH and singular, the good* and chattel.*. rights and rodiu of RACHEL REA, late of the District aforesaid, BBB [eeeased. OitfEU These are, theroftre, to cite and admonish all and (inn- I nr. the kindred and- creditor a of (he said deceased, to bo wEjfS ind appear before ihe at onr next Ordinary's Court for flie V^Rfj aid District, to beholden at York Court House on the 3rd day Of November Inst., to ahew cause, if any, why the dgMR aid Administration should hot be granted. ??324 liven under my band and Seal, this 9th day of November . . in the year of our Lord ope thousand eight hundred and &KJ9 sixty-three, and In tlte eighty-eighth year of the Indepen- M9 dehcc of South Carolina. - . WHS JOHN A. BROWN, p. Y. D. ' WM November 11 45 Ot |Hfl fS THE COURT OF ORDINARY, ^ yobk District. . ; - > |oSj Fbr Ditirion or Salt of Real Exlate of George Mo. Floyd, 0^3 deceased. ^ &SHEH Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant, ' David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Ilenry, and Wife, $q8 dory J., 8. G. Kennedy and a child (whose n?une i? on- fflWj mown) of 8. G. Kenedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy, dc- l?gfil teased, helm of George Mc. Floyd, deceased.' ?8681 ET appearing to my satisfaction that BH Carroll Henry, and WlJb,mary J., S. G. Kennedy, and i ^^9 i child (whose name Is unknown) of S. G. Kennedy and IgS illzabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants In above sta- KflB ca case, reside without the limits of this State: It Is there- flKfll ore Ordered that they do appear and object u> the division jSHi ? sale uf the real estnte of Geoiue Mc- Floyd, deceased, on OewB ir before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their concnt to the same will be entered of record(828) JOHN A. RROWNfO. Y. D. , November 11 . *5 an BH Fifty Dollars ReweurdT Ws TOLEN from the subscriber's Stem s9 O Saw and Grist Mill OB Sunday night- last, an INDr A B 1UBBER BAND, 08 feet long, and about 12 inches In IB&fl rtdth; about balfthb Belting bad been split In the centre h| md has been sewed together, with a leather whang. We BBi vlll give the ab^ve Heward to any person who will deliver jgjH aid belting to us, or give information so that we can re- HH :over the same. CLINE St DANIEL. -JSl Coaws Tavern, York District, B. C., Nov. 3d, 1863. juRjj DR. ALFRED CRAVEN, J DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, 1 TORKTXLLE, SO. CA. ^ PURE DBUGS, CHEMICALS, M MEDICINES, fcc., constantly kept on hand. Bffl PhyrtciansTrcscriptlons and Family Receipts accurately Kg Dispensed. " September 30 39 tf BH DTEAM MILLS-FO^ SALE.? _ IS O The uAflcrslproed offers for ?jlc or In exchange for ?5?S fEGRO PROPERTY, bis STEAM, MILLS in the Town if YorkviUe.8. C.,dicecUy on the KING'S MOUNTAIN MS IAIL ROAD. The MtUa consist of WHEAT and CORN Wt HILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a nKw 30ILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, rith WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and all MB leccssary buildings. Tbe BOILER and ENGINE, if desled, will be sold alone. 8. J. KUYKENDAL. SmI March 18 IT <r_,: tf $Ifi ESCHEATED PROPERTY. I A PPLICATION will be made at the XJL next sitting of the Leglslatnre, to vest in the children >f WYLIE GRIFFIN, deceased, the personal estate of MM iVILLIAM M. RAY, deceased, late of York District, Ua- lag >le to Escheat for want of bclrs. August 7th, I6G3. SO WILLIAM R, GRIPFIW; $8 XT t vrasr *Vxf #*Wt? >* nU nanvi .'tnn UtUTIlfl, Sa In behalf of themselves and brother* and totm*. hkb August 19 ,33 tf |S Grapes, Grapss. I OATHER all* you can and bring U tliem to me, yid I will DISTILL them, for one third ifig )f the spirit*. I have been told by a distiller?who has dS nade a mn-that they will make as much as peaches or V tpples to the basrel. I will give one dollar per bushel for 9 Persimmons?for five hundred bushels, to be delivered at B ny distillery. Persons wishing to have any of either dls- M riled will BtrtM bring them between this and the eighth of (anuarynext JONATHAN L. BUTTON. Sfl November 4 44 3t a BY SAMUEli 6, BROWS. I f"\N Monday the 7th day of December ? \y next, I will sell at tf$ Court House, In Yorkvtlle, n M ' A PRIME NEGRO GIRfc | 22 yean old, and her two chlldrcn^agcd two andfouryear*. .. M Salt, SaA Salt. I r3E undersigned has some salt which . 1 he proposes to exchange for PORK or BIDES, upon reasonable terms. Appiy swn. W. I. CLAVV.SON. A November 4 4* Jt* _ Fok tax. j30liE0!T0R.?>ve b have been requested'to announce Col, ANDREW S IACKSON. mi candidate for tbeodlce of TAX COL- * K LECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the eaiuln* ehwUoii, IX September 9 30 if V I