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* - * * * / * \ !6.f: . . . * ?' N ' /. " " ~^ ^ ^ * ????.? ^ i ^ ^ ^ 'm ^ ' 1 ' " .. ^ ?^ - "" " ; ''" - ' ^ --- ^ ^ ^rssssssst^ j. e.&l. m. obist, I Proprietors |nbtptiihtirt Jfanuln ftepptr: #r % fnrmcrfimt .rf. t|( political, Sfftial, ggjhaM aitir Comattrttal jutosb ?ra$.< |mpeetbae,in advahce. . VOIUMEa : ' SOOTH^AROLINi, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER.18, 1863. .NUMBER 46. * - ? mtmrnm?p? ?????i????' ' r Commissioner's Sale. In Equity?York District John D. McLean, Executor, ) v* > Silt for Sale of Land. _ Robert Patrick and Other*. J IN obedience to the order of the Court of Equity, made in this case, I will expose to pufclic sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY in DECEMBER next, the tract of land described in the plead. ings th this case, situate in the District aforesaid, and lying on the waters of Mill Creek, bounded by lands of John McGill and others, containing 102 ACRES, more or less. Terms or Sale.?Cash enough to pay the costs of these proceedings, the balance of the purchase tnoney to be on a Credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by the bond of the purchaser, with good sureties and a mortgage of the premises. . ($10) WALTER B. METTS, c. s. y. d November 4 44 4t IS THf3 COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. For Dicision or Sale of Real Estate of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. ' Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant, VS. j David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Henry, and Wife, XI I Q C L'at.it?/lv nnrl n r>hilil /whmu* nntrti' is* tin. known) of S. O. Kennedy and" Elizabeth G. Kennedy, deepened, heirs of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Carrot! Henry, and Wife, Mary J., S. G. Kennedy, and a child (whose name Is unknown) of S. G. Kennedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants in above statea case, reside without the limits of this State: It Is therefbrc Ordered that they do appear and object to the division r or sale of the real estate of George Me. Flovd, deceased, on jL or before the fifteenUi day of February, 1864, or their conK seat to the same will be entered of record. T 528) JOHN A. BHOWN, O. Y. D. I November 11 45 3m COUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISO TRICT.?Whcrcqs, WM. McGILL has applied to me for Letters of Administration, with the Will annejed. on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and 1 credits of RACHEL REA, 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 nex: Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be bolden at York Court House on the 553rd day of Novemter Inst., to shew cause, If any, why the said Administration should not be granted. I Given under my band and 8caJ. this 9th day of November 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. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. November 11 45 2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. Roddey St Co.. vs W. B. Dunlap.?attachment. "YX7HEEREAS, the plaintiff's did on T ? the 15th day of October 1863, file their declaration "against the defendant, who (as it Is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State, and lias neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered, that tlie said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the loth day of October. which will he In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will K then be awarded against him. 9 . ($16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk; October 15tli, 1863. g November 4 44 qly. N O W IS THE TIME! I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES t FOR ALL CLASSES OF NEGROES. C. J. PRIDE, Rock Hill, 8. C. April 1 * 13 ' tf SPELLING BOOKS. JUST received,.a lot of the. "HOME SPELLING BOOK. i OR" MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." This work is published ft Greenvitle, B. C., and for sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.. August 12 32 tf $7 PER HUNDRED LBS, j IN CASH, WILL BE PAID FOR CLEAN i , COTTON OR LINEN R AGS, L AT THE^ ENQUIRER OFFICE.' hp Jiririo 23 tf | Fifty Dollars Reward. QTOLEN from the subscriber's Steam C3 Saw and Grist Mill on Sunday night last, an INDIA RUBBER BAND, 68 feet long, and about 12 inches in width ; about half the Belting had been split in the centre and has been sewed together with a leather whang. We 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 & DANIEL. Coatcs Tavern, York District, S. C., Nov. 3d, 1863. 44 3w.? DlrTAlfred craven, DRUGGIST iW APOTHECARY, YORKTILLE, SO. CA. . PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, iic., constantly kcnt^on hand. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. September 30 39 tf 10001^ BLUE STONE, JUST RECEIVED, And For Sale, by G. R. RATDBFORD. Xorkvillc, Oct 7. 40 tf L Wanted -5000 lbs. RAGS. [T The SUBSCRIBER WANTS TO I JL pureii: 5000 pounds of clean COTTON AND r LINEN BAGS, immediately. G. R. RATC1IFORD. Yorhvjlle, October 7 40 tf CARRIAGE SHOP. EcJFJt-' THE Subscriber still continues tbc Sfife^sSEi CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS '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. January 23 4 tf | QTEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS In the Town . of Yorkvllle, S. C., directly on Uic KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and COUN 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 be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. March 18 11 tf ' ESCHEATED PROPERTY. A PPLICATION will be made at the J. A. next sitting of the Legislature, to vest in the children of WYLIE GttJFFIN, deceased, the personal estate of WILLIAM M. HAY, deceased, late of York District, liable to Eselicat for want of heirs. August 7th. 1^63. WILLIAM U. GRIFFIN, V A VI tV AW CUIPflV In behalf of themselves and brothers and sisters. August 19 * 93 tf r ttvental notige.?d u rin g jl/ uiy absence from Yorkvillc, I hjtve made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Exquirek building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience In my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. IV. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 8 tf "estrai"mulet ROLLED before me, by Edward T. J_ Brandon, living 10 miles East of Yorkville, near Wright's Ferry, a BROWN HORSE MULE, about fourteen bauds high; supposed to be upwards of twenty years old.? No marks visible except a very sore back. Appraised at seventy-five dollars. J. D. P. CURRENCE, Magistrate. October 17 43 dm oTTtax collector?we are authorized to announce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, at the ensuing election. September 30 39 tc* atotice.?corn, Bacon, Wheat JLl and FLOUR wanted for tire GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLE, Agent. April 29 n It Foil TAX COLLECTOR?WE are authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS as a Candidate lor the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. November 19, 1862 47 ly* . tj\or tax collector.?we L J. have been requested to announce Col. ANDREW JACKSON, as a candidate for the office of TAX COL W LECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 9 33 tf A Comprehensive View?Morgan's I Last Campaign, and Why it was Un-1 dertaken. CAPTURE AND PAROLE OF COL. ALSTON? NORTHERN SENTIMENTS AND OURDUTT. The following letter to Hon. A. G. Magratb, was written by Col. Alston, withou^ any expectation of its coming before tbe public eye, but through the earnest solicitation of a friend, who bad the pleasure of perusing it before sending, Col. Alston has consented to its insertion. We are under obligation to the Colonel for having yielded his consent to the publication of his privato correspondence, especially as we know that he has done so from tbe considerations urgently represented to him, that the interests of the-country may thereby be -subserved. Whether in wielding a sword or a pen, Col. A: is an able defender of the rights of the South, and from both weapons in his band, we hope to hear of valorous deeds, while the war for the subjugation of the Soutb is persisted in by our enemies. We publish the * - - * * ?- a ? _ _ j r l;_ letter entire, ana tnantt our iriena ior ms kindness in favoring us with it. Atlanta Confederacy. Meadow jSTook, near Decatur, Ga., October 29, 1863. Eon. A. (x. Magrath: Dear Judge : When we last parted you, did ma the kindness to request that I would write to you and give my views about the state of things, whenever I had leisure. I have promised myself this pleasure on several occasions,-but something has always occurred to prevent it, either we were within the enemy's lines, or ordered to move, or something else. And now, when I sup posed I would have plenty of spare time, the care of providing for my family and making them comfortable before I return to the army, keep me occupied and worried, so you must not imagine that I have been unmindful of my promise, but place my neglect to other causes: First, I suppose your friendly interest in me will make you wish, to know something of our last trip? why we started on what appeared so foolish au undertaking, what were its results, &c. About the latter part of June, Gen. Morgan learned that Gen. Burnside was preparing a formidable expedition into East Tennessee, and bad concentrated a portion of his forces at Jamestown and Somerset, Kentucky j together with a very long amount of army stores, even long forage for horses, large trains of wagons, &c , at the iatter place. It then became very important to produce a diversion of this force in order to prevent a flank movement on Gen. Bragg, who was then at Tuliahoma, and also to allow a concentration of all our available toree id iront ot JiosecraoS. tien. Morgan consequently sought, and obtained from Gen. Bragg, permission to take two thous and picked men in this expedition. We started on the-28th day of June, for the borders of Tennessee, in a drenching rain, and arriving at*Wolf^'s river, found it so much swollen that we were obliged to swim it with a "portion of our forces. The few wagons containing ammunition were taken to pieces and orossed in canoes, no other transportation being available. jObey's rier was crossed in the same manner. We. got over in safety, with the loss of only one man, and a mule drowned. Cumberland river was reached on the 1st of July. Here wc found all means of transportation had been destroyed, and Gen. Morgan was ob liged to have a number of boats built. Tkis was accomplished in the coarse of seven or eight hours, aad the then and equipments crossed daring that night. The horses were made to swim. Here we also found the enemy on the opposite shore to annoy us and prevent oar crossing, but we soon drove them back, and by 11 o'clock of the 2nd of July, we were all in the saddle od the north baok 6f the Cumberland and in pretty good order. Oar men were full of hope unu eu thusiasm, and I really believe, could have whipped three times their numbers on that! day. We were not long waiting for a figlit. A brigade of Yankee cavalry came down to meet us, but we soon drove them back, and oamped quietly about teD miles from the river By this time our force had increased to about 2,300, by stragglers coming up, wbo were eager to go along, for already it was whispered that we were bound for the north of the Ohio, and none wished to be left behind. From this point we had to fight our way, literally fight oar way?until the 9th of the month, when the command crossed the Ohio river. Burnside becoming alarmed, for fear of a | formidable invasion of Kentucky under j Buckner?for we had reported oursolves as j his advanced guard?put bis whole force on j our track, and moved all his supplies back to camp Dick Robinson. It, therefore, was I just as safe for us to go forward as retuin, and now oar principal object was to keep as manv trooD3 emoloved and for as Ions a time ! as possible, in order to give General Bragg time to make good his retreat to Chattanooga. The strategy succeeded, and instead of Burnside reaching Kuoxville by tne 9th of July, he did not get there until about the 9th of September. The object of our expeditipn, therefore, was partially accomplished, and it was worth the sacrifice of all we | lost, which Was about fifteen hundred men and horses, and two pieces of artillery.? After the command got into Indiana, although very large numbers of militia, perhaps twenty-five thousand, were soon mus(tered to oppose us, they always tied at our approach, and I do not think constituted any great obstacle to our progress. The j regular troops in our rear, we easily out-; travelled, and the entire success of the raid would have been accomplished but- for the unprecedented depth of the river, which was seven feet higher than it had been known for. years. Gen. M. destroyed a, great deal of public property, but the amount which was burned by the order of Gen. Burnside, I think, must have greatly exceeded what Gen. M. destroyed. Cnpt. Berry, one of our Captaios who was taken prisoner on Island No. 12, and brought to Louisville and thence by river toCincinna-( li, says be saw at least twenty live transports, I loaded.wit^h hay, on fire at one time. All the ferry boats from Pittsburg to Louisville were either sank or burnt, and everything removed to prevent oar making use of it.? Cincinnati was put under martial law, and also Louisville, and river navigation suspended by military orders. In fact, Gen. M., who passed around Cincinnati, within eight miles of the city, might easily have taken the place, as all the troops had been sent away. This I ^now> for I was a prisoner there at the time, and ladies informed us that the City Counoil had agreed, in case he came, to ransom the place by paying three millions of dollars and putting the command over the river. I was taken prisoner before we crossed the Ohio, and consequently, what I havo written of occurrences after that, I have learned from others. I was paroled by the officer commanding the squadron that captured me, and ordered to report to Gen. Purnside. I traveled for two days without a guard, but on arriving at Lexiogton, the extra seal of a contemptible provost marshal had mo confined for twpnf.o-fnnr hnnrs in thn nntrrn inil_ anil nf ter robbing we of all I had, even to my kaife, sent me under a guard to Ciucinmfti. Here I was confined in "Kemper Barracks" I for the night, and the qext day carried before Gen. Burnside. He received mo very politely, and after learning all the oiroum stances of my capture and parole, said he would be obliged to disregard my parole and hold me as prisoner of war. To this I strongly objected, and begged him to hear what I had to say in defence of my position. I stated that although I knew my parole was illegal when I accepted it, being not in' conformity with the cartel, yet I regarded it as the duty of each army to hold its prisoners; and when they could not do so, it was their duty to turn them loose, but if a parole was forced upon a prisoner, which did not'conform with the requirements of the cartel, the prisoner was at liberty to disregard it; but if on the contrary be have honorably complied with it, when he could show that by not doing so, he might hav6 effected his escape. I thought it was one of those cases which ought to bo considered as an exception to the general rule governing exchange, and entitle the prisoner to his release. That this case was exactly mine, as the narrative L had given would prove, and I therefore claimed my release accordingly. The General admitted the reasonableness of what I said, and'expressed a desire to do what was fair and just, releasing me from my guard and gave orders for us to have the jfreedom of the barracks. After I had gained this mudb, I Bad sufficient ground to go upon, and continued to write to him on the subject, repeating his own language in the strongest terms, until after about two months of importunity, I received a letter from his Chief Aid, Maj. Van Buren, stating that the General admitted the justice of my olaim, but unfortunately all power had been recently centred- in the Secretary of War and he had no further control over paroles, bat bad sent a statement of my case to the Secretary of War and reoommended that I be paroled and sent tQ City Point. I once sent a copy of this letter to the Secretary of War, and wrote at the 6amo time to Gen. Cox, Commanding Department of Ohio, to urge the matter and see that it was not over looked in . the hurry of official business.? finally, au order came from the Secretary that in "consequence-of my honorable conduct on a former occasion he had determined to make mine an accepted o&se, and directed that I be immediately released and sent to City Point.'' What joyous pews, for I bad almost began to despair. In fact I was regarded by my brother officers as having a mania on the subject, and when ever an improbable event was spoken of, they would reply "Yes, when Alston gets uis parole." ^ There were a great many others situated exactly as I was, but they regarded the hope of success as so improbable that I could not prevail on them to urge their claims. A man can do anything he determines to do and I was resolved on getting oat, and if this plau bad not succeeded I intended to have tried another. I would not have remained there under the circumstances without knowing when I was to be released for any oonsideiation. In fact I don't believe 1 ooqld have done it. I would have risked my life in an attempt to break oat. Excuse my long story, but I wished to explain how it was that I was the only one of Gen. Mohan's principal officers who was not shaved, and how it was that 1 got paroled. My treatment was very kind daring my imprisonment. My friends were allowed to write to me, and I received a great deal of sympathy and attention. Our rations were abundant and good. In fact, so far as I could observe, all of our prisoners were treated well after the excitement about Vicksburg and Port Hudson had subsided and the reported capture of Charleston was found to be a iie. There were individual cases of hard treatment/ and some officers were hand-cuffcd and chained, bat in these cases it was generally owing to their own iudiscretion in forgetting where they were. It is a very easy matter under such circum stances to make one's self a martyr. I had frequent?almost daily?opportunity of talking with leading Federal officers, and after my release I was allowed to travel at my leisure, aud therefore my opportunity of talking with copperheads were frequent. 1 also had daily access to papers and consequently I feel^hat I was enabled to form tolerably correct orinions aboi^t th& extent of the disaffection ;n the North and it-s probable consequences on the war. First: my opinion, Judge, of the terrible character and duration of this contest has never changed but has been strengthened from the day I talked with you at your chambers to the present hour, and although the crisis of its magnitude may be already past, yet it will continue for years, and we have not yet felt the real misery which must result from it. The war will certainly continue' through Mr Lincoln's administration, and unless au eleotion is prevented by*a counter revolution,* of which I have little hope, he or .Mr. Chase will be eTeoted. You oan scarcely form an idea of tho concentrated despotism of their government unless you were to go among them and see, also, the causes which are likely to render this despotism'permanent, at least for some, time. First and most important is the character of their discipline in the army*? A, corporal or a sergeant has the same or greater power than would be exercised by one of our Generals. They buck and ga? or tie up by the thumbs for the slightest offence, and so on up to the highest grade. Consequently all individuality is entirely orushed out, and their ariny is no longer an armv nf cnlnnfeani hnf. raemlaM a woof ma. ohine that fights andmoves without thought, and can, therefore, be as easily employed against themselves as against as. The facility with which they have hitherto been able to do this has almost extinguished the spirit of liberty among the opponents of the administration, and if the defeat of Rosccrans had not occurred when it did all spirit of resistance at home wonid have been so entirely quelled that I do not think we woald again have heard of "peace democrats." Yet it is my confident opinion that they are in the majority in Indiana, Illinois, and even in Ohio. I know very well that Yallaodigfaam would be beaten, beoanse the Government had determined that be should be, and but for their being compel! ed to save the army of RoSecrans Dy withdrawing their forces, they bad sent troops there aa they had in Kentucky to arrest every prominent man who daredto vote for him, and should we lose a great battle soon, I fear the pressure of the Government will be so great, with the habeas corpus suspended ' that even nnnh hnld ehamninns as : r Pagh and Vorhees will be obliged either to keep silent or be driven into a violent sopport of the war. . I remarked one day to a prominent Federal officer in the presenoe of* several other offioers, where we had .been discnssing this matter, "why they allowed Pugh to-go at large and to denounce. Order tfo. 28, and defy its execution, &o., when Vallandigham bad been arrested and cbnvioted for saying half so much ?" He very candidly and earnestly replied, "Sir, we made two great mistakes' when we arrested Vallandigham : 1st, in arresting him at all, at the time, 2d, after we did arrest him that we did not hang him, for stirring events would have succeeded eaoh other so rapidly that he would soon have been forgotten; mow, we do not intend to oommit the same blonder with Poghas he is so prominent as the standard bearer in. this approaohing election, bat wait until wo have carried this election, and then, G?d d- n him, if he dares to open his month or does not open it id support of the war, we will bang him as high as Hamab." $0.tt see here is the danger, all the weakkneed leaders will either be bought op or driven by fear into the support of the Gov eminent. The Republicans are perfectly united, not only in their vindictive hatred of the South,.but also in the vigorous prosecution of the war, but I earnestly believe that tbeir entire confidence in their ability to conquer us and what must inevitably be the "final result, are equal, if not greater than our awn hopes of resistance. There is but ono sentiment expressed'by all with whom I have ever convened and that is extermination of the leaders and utter subju gation of the masses. They have neither hope or desire for reconstruction, and would not listen to proposals of peace on aoy terms r\ f ?Vi /> imapI a onkmiaoiAn BUUllf Ui IUC UJUOb aujuui OU U LLI IDjIUUi They say, "G?d d a you, we Intend to coaqaer you; wo intend to garrison every town in the South with your own negroes ; we intend to subvert your whole social system and people your territory with an entirely new race of taen. The conquest shall be as complete as that ot the Mormans over the Saxons, and those of you who will uot assimilate shall perish." This, Judge, is the universal sentiment of the domiuant party, and I would to God I could speak to every man, woman and child in the Confederate States and impress upon them the terrible consequences of peace on any terms short of an unconditional recognition of our independence, and an eternal separation from the hybrid atheistical red Republican fanatics of the North.? For God's sake, let all differences between our people and our generals cease, let every man gird on his armor and resolve to perish with all that is dear to him rather than cherish for a moment the slightest thoughts of compromise. Let every patriotic son of the South regard the man who speaks of compromises or re-construction as an enemy of the deepest dye, lef such mop as the editor of the Raleigh Stadard be? hung, and the whole South as ooe man resolve to perish in one common destruction, rather than yield one iota of principle upon which this revolution began. Let us resolve to carry on this war, more fiercely and make the infernal hirelings feel that when once they venture on our soil breathing suoh sentiments of destruction and hate to all that we hold dear, that death will be their portion if the chances of war throw them into our power. This is the only plan that will prevent their recruiting their armies and upon this and this alone depends our hope of successful re. ' .11. . sistance. Uo nut suppose x nave not as enthusiastic hope as I ever had of our final success, but if we wish to avoid being overrun and the continuunc of this struggle for years, we must do something to stop the recruiting of their army. In this lies my- only hope of any assistanoe from the Northwest. They are too nearly subjugated themselves to take up arms for us, but they will do all they can to hold the others off, and if we kill all we catch thqy will stop coming. A large bounty is offered and the inducement of plunder is held out with thirteen dollars per month and the calculating If an ?T? kee says, "E will take my bounty and. if I get- oaptured, the tebels will treat me'well and parole me and send me borne, and I can enjoy my pay in idleness until l am exchaoged and oaptured again." But if they felt that capture meant death they wonldcease to come. The draft at the North was a failure, but I fear this recent call fot volunteers, will not be. The draft gave no bounty and did not pay, but voluteeering will and when once the men are in, their discipline will make one kind of a man as wnflri An nnothflr. To give yoa some idea of the spirit whioh rales all other officers with whom I have spokeD, I will state the olosing remarks of Maj. Getf. R. J. Ogleby, commanding the 16th army corps, in bis letter of resignation, 4ated the 19th Jaly. After stating his ill health in 'consequence of a severe wonnd as the oanse of his retiring into private life, and recounting the many brilliant exploits of his command, he woaqd op by saying, "Yoa may well say this war cannot last much longer. You have seen traitors: with haughty pretensions oroucb at your feet for mercy, the ^mansions of the domineering rich* turned into boarding houses, and tbe chivalry of the South turned landlord and lady to entertain Yankee officers, swearing a new allegiance, for the .protection 'of their property, and meanly violate it to the support of a rebel. Is it right and proper that suoh a people, for their two-fold treason, should at length meet face to face, the black race of the South, bend to the rod of their slaves that they have so long outraged, and tremble in the presence of tbe race to whom they have -hitherto denied alL rights. "It is right and proper, and needs no justification^ in the sight of God and man.'' This .letter -was writteo and published in Memphis^ and laaded over the whole North, as breaching the true spirit that ought to be pursued in the prosecution of the war. Now, sir, this man knew what he was writing. He was originally a Breckenridge Democrat bat he had the sagacity to understand that things bad changed, and the man who could out J Butler Butler, had the best chance of sue cess at bome. i<or brod s sake, let oar people know what is before them; let them understand that every peace meeting in North Ca'rofina only adds six months.to this war; let them know that the editorials of the Raleigh Standard aro not only reprinted io all the Northern papers, bat stereotyped, and the attention of the country 'called to them day after day. Let them know it is now too late to canvass the originah causes of this war, or to discuss the rightof secession. We are now in the treadmill, and mast keep stepping on, or we will be rolled aa der by the terribe .force that is taming the wheel ;?nd when any one feels like giving up, and thinks of peace, he.ougbt to realize that it is not for us to say when peace may come. The only way' to get peace is to meet the devils at the border, and give all we have freely and cheerfally to the sapport of oar army. Upon the army, and the army alone, depends oar hope; heav^. fast and furious blows will alone bring the North to think. We mast break the present military power of the North, and that too very soon, before they are enabled to use this power at home to hicrease it; Jnst so long as they have success enough to encourage them ia realizing their hopes of conquest, so long the war will be popular. The present position of the two opposing armies, ana tneir Teiative atreogtn, is more greatly in oar favor than it has been siooe the war began ;. and if we can only continue oor | victories, their present army will be so much weakened by next May that it will be impos> sible for them ever to raise another army sufficiently large to indulge the hope' of cobquering as, as they now do, and the war i will lose its present magnitude and be i henceforth conducted with a view of making the best terms of peace possible. The New England States will form a Confederacy ; the Middle States, including Maryland, another; the Northwestern States, iocluiog Kentucky,- another; dnd we will then hard the balance of power on the continent, and in the course of another generation be able to diotate to all the rest. At this time, however, the North has never thought of peace, and every word of discussion and every hint at reconstruction onlv makes them run wild with the hone of " I oar speedy overthrow. It has made my heart siok'since my retarn to the Soath to had so many complaining, to hear men talk, aboat the right of secession and the hopes of compromises, and looking so confidently to help from the Northwest. Now, the sGoner we realize the fact that upon ourselvesjalono depends our salvation, the sooner we will set to work in earnest to work it oat. I know we have friends at the North, in fact, prominent men there have told me i they looked upon ns as the only true de- i fenders of Constitutional freedom, and it we failed they of the North as well as oursel- i ves would beoome the slaves of the vilest I despotism on earth, but what does this avail, ] when the Yankee Government has' a tre i mendous army in the field and the power to t raise another? When they (tho Copper- ] heads) do what they can to retard recruit- 1 ing and oppose the draft they have done all c that we are to expect from them at present i until we'can keep the present army so well t employed as to keep it off them. Yet, even J in the Northwest the war would be as pop- f ularas in any other part of the North if it i was not that they are feeling the loss of ( trade and the high prices of everything ex- j cept provisions. The twenty million tons t of freight that formerly went down the Mis-1 v sissippi now nods its way by rail to .New t York at advanced freight of six dollars per a ton. All this comes out of the Western { farmer, and instead of getting seven cents 3 for his bacon and baying homespun at six f and a quarter he gets three cents for it and j pays forty five for his cloth. This is what t is making peace men of them, but then tha j abundance of money, the immensity of their t Government contracts and the establishment 1 of a uniform currency, relieving them of rT exchange, is doing a great deal even to de-| crease these burdens. Therefore let 08 now and forever look to ourselves for a access.? Let oar public men speak to the people and encourage them, let our rich men assist the poor, if not by voluntary aid, let the Government'take from them by taxes, let the people at home send the absent mldiers to the army, apd I will predict that by next spring the Yankees will abandon the idea of making provinces for as. The-war, as I said will Still continuefor terms or peace. Id faot unless we do now present a united front, this war will continue until the Sontb and France are united against England and the Yankees, notwithstanding the intense hostility at present existing at the North a gainst England. My dear Jndge, I had: no idea of wearying yon .with such a long letter when 1 be gan, but the subject has eolarged-as I have thought about it. I am not gloomy,'but I fear, as I told you last winter, that oor Congress is not equal to the times, and- I do hope that better men will be sent. There are.too many who are looking to the fature and casting their eyes to take care of themselves in case of a final disaster. Instead of every man at the head of affairs' feeling that we were contending for a principle that could never die, that no matter what disaster might befall as, that each day that pass-ed oyer oar heads only brought us that mach nearer the glorious result, that there could be no contingency in the matter, I am sorry to asy that I-saw men at'Richmond woo .seemed to think, that it was all a mere experiment, that we were playing whig game and might lose, and therefore it was well to have some provision for themselves in case it should happen. Even the Legislation looked to expediency, and mon in committee talked about the cnrrenoy and taxes as tboagb they were matters of jest. Therefore wfien I say candidly I think that opr situation is not realised that it will Yeqoire all of ojy united energies to save as from being.qverrun, yet I have no doabt of oar final success. . "Freedom's battle once began, Bequeathed by bleeding aire to son; Though baffled oft Is ever won." Before I?dlose I will give you some extracts from a letter which I reoei' cd while . in prison from one who was formerly a strong .Demoorat and intensely Southern. I be;: yon to observe the patronizing style .of his letter: (II could not fail to ascribe your views of the rebellion to yonr pride as a soldier and that feeling, of iaith in ydaicause which springs from .active endeavors to maintain it. Discipline and zeal go a great ways to make soldiers believe in the righteousness of theirvcattse, and I assure you, my dear friend, that I never fonnd the slightest cause, for offence. I know you were grievously in error, but that.conld only cause me sorrow, and I hope mo3t sin wreijr tuaw suuu ecrura win auuu^puaa away. Let any dispassionate man loot at the rebellion in a -philosophical manner and .lie cannot escape the conviction that the plotters of it were either mad or foolish. Let any one look at the results?the tecs of thousands of lives wagted, the energies and prosperity of a nation paralized, the districts of country , wasted aftd depopulated, ana be can only wish that the plotters had been hanged. That they will surely meel their due reward before the end of another year I have bat very Kttle doubt. When yoa were last in New York you were positive that this rebellion bad been plotted thirty years, (yes, for we bad, found'out: tha t far back that we were two different and , antagonistic people and hefted each other accordingly}) ana that the election_of Mr. Lincoln would precipitate it into action, not as,a cause of hostilities but as the opportunity affording an excuse. All the reasoning you thus indulged in has been proved to the utmost, except that the South when thrown into deep wators would develop herself and swim out triumphant.'/ "This in one sense she has done, bot her developments are all for purposes of destruction and not for strength" or reproduo- .1 tion of her wasted energies. She has shown wonderful resources, bat they have all been of that kind which destroys the producer? i elements of warlike strength not of peace and prosperity. No country of double her 1 force could maintain her "developments" long, and she herself is rapidly failing.? The aotive portion of the rebellion is being confined within very narrow limits, and 1 while constant defeats are demoralizing her 1 armies which she fiod3 it impossible to re- [ * cruit, our draft proceeds quietly and our 1 armies are being rapidly filled up. Had we nfc fhA cnmmpniwmpnf. of fhA.wnr hnf i one tenth of the military spirit now exist- I ing, this war would have ended a year ago. ' Don't flatter yourself or allow any one in your reach *to flatter themselves that the < South will ever derive any assistance from < the traitors in our midst?Copperheads, or * whatever stripe they belong to. Let tbom J i'ealize the inevitable fact as soon as possible that the South is wearing herself out in a prolonged course of instruction in all the iota and spirit of war which she is givine to i i nation in every way stronger than herself, a [ wish that this truth could be appreciated c jy every man at the ^ South. I wish they o ;ould see the real prosperity which still ex- n sts at the North, whatever may have .been, v ire, or will be the sufferings of individuals, f [ think they wouid at 0009 discover the c 'alsehood of their leaders and their papers, ind we should yet have peace while both t! jountries were in position and condition to p )unish the nations who have taken advan- v age of our dissensions. * * * By the c vay, you must know that Gen. Gillmore d ias captured and holds all of Morris' Island, 'p ind knowing the immense power of the ti leet and army there of the United States, d rou can easily form a conclusion aa to the a Ml of Charleston. My wife hopes to see e ron soon at our home. Don't talk of ex- h ermination?the age of martyrdom has )assed, and in a bad cause it ia folly. Iteurn to your own cool,.sensible self, and be- " ieve me, &c,'' J. its ; a This letter was dated September the 10th, g WW. : I replied to it on the 19th, the day of the battle at Chickamaoga, and told bim that Bragg'a army wne not demoralised ,aa Roeecrans would find in a few days, although so cording to their accontftff they had adminis tered the oath to more deaertere than ever Bragg bad men in hie army. My letter arrived in time to make him enjoy the news of the battle, and I never got any ^eply. As this man writes, so does the war mep talk. Do Judge, write ah appeal to the people, let the people, particularly of Georgia and 8. Carolina, know that they have not yet realized what the war is ; when they have suffered like Tennessee, and Virginia,1 then they can understand it, and yon will not find a man grumbling at having his horse pressed or giving a tenth of bis oorn or his fodder. Every man will fee! like giving not only his property hot his life. I am afraid that when yon next1 see my hand writing on as envelope yon will pat it by for a ihore "convenient season;" but God knows that itia only the deep interest I feel in what-1 write that has caused, me to trespass on your time. ^Give my love to Mr. Campbell?I wish I couid see birn. I always enjoy his ; society. I would he very glad to heaffrdm yon. Do tell me how ycRt fed about Charleston. If she has to fall let her go down in a bleze of glory that will make all her children proud of their heritage. '* Your very sincere friend, S ?*? ROBEED A/JOiSTOlf^^ v Direot to Decatur, Georgia. > Dangerous.?The liquor now sold to drink- by maDy dealers, is said to,be very fatal in its effects. Almost daily wo hear of some old toper being laid; low fr6m its e.f- r* fects. Yet, strange to say, men will seek it and drink it, despite the warnings staring them in the face. It is stated that liquor is being manufactured iu drag stores, in this city, and for ''genuine Old Bourbon." - The WhuJtey Irysipefas.?The seaaroity of liquor of all kinds in this State, has started.up as arrant, a race of rogues as ever Veatbed. They doctor whiskey. They make whisky out of apple brandy,1 and French Brandy out of whisky, all sorts of brandies and wines out of ingenious eon coctions, of all three. The whisky?that is to say, the most of it, is not composed of bat aboot thirty per owt. V hoi, and 'the rsst ft made up with water, vitro!, and coloring matter. An old and mellow.^taste secured by adcjing .the raw ,flesh of tfild game, or young veal, or lamb, which, after soaking for three or four weeks, imparts to the liquor a rich, soft taste ? The otherBquors arctfone up in a sitnilar way. This stuff,!? drank to excess, brings on erysipelas and other diseases of theakin and flesh and will result in death. There is comparatively little good liquor 6f any kind in town?-Richmond Enquirer. ; V';* ' - . ~ ~ Appalling Fact.?There are in. BioL mond some thirteen thousand Yajqkee prisoners; Owing to the perversityof the Lincoln government, they are not exchanged., We have them to feed. They are eating up all the meat and bread in aod around the capital. In consequence of this, prices rule fabulously high, and our own deserving poor suffer terribly, and. must suffer more. Aod we think our authorities should insist at oaoe?apon one of two things : either reqaare Lincoln- to resume the regular exchange immediately, or make Mm send provisions to feed th&m; ^default of a prompt compliance, notify him that thesemen will be pht apou^balf of. bread, and that no meat can be afforded? and this, not as a vindictive measure, bat as.toe resuicoi a sieru ueuvsanjr. Let him and his parasites think as they pleas ^of oar famished condition* thej bave sense enoagh to know that it is the famish ccf wolf whiohis the moat terrible to meet! : Sumter Watchman. ????: ? * Ths Toothache?"My dear-friends". .. said oan cure yoar toothache in ten minutes." "How? how?" Inquired 1. "Do it in puy!" .. ... "Instantly," said he. ."Hare ytta any ilnnri^r "Yes/' . "Bring it and some common salt." They were produced. My friend puL refflwd them, mixedtbeui in equal quantities, then wet a small piece of cotton, causing the mixed powder to adhere, and placed it in my hollow tooth. "There," said he, "if that doeanpt CQre jou, I will forfeit my head. Yon may tell ;his to every one, pod publish it everywhere, rhe remedy is infclliblei" . It was as be predicted. On the introlaotion of mixed, alam and salt, I experimced a sensation of ooldnesa, which grado illy sabBided, ana wttn it?alam ana salt? [ cored the torment.of the toothache. JtfandeviUe Reader. Take Cabe of oub Soldiers.?There b one thing certain. Unless prompt steps re taken, onr soldiers in the army of Tenlessee will suffer greatly from ooTd" the oming winter. Arrangement* should be nde in every community to furnish them rifch blankets, or something to shield them rem the piercing winds of fchatmoantainons onntry. 5 People at home shonld noiv bear in mind hat every blanket, ovetoonfcorpieoe (^caret sent to the army within the next four reeks, v will be equivalent to so many re raits in the ranks. Something must be ond-'to provide winter olothiog, or onrfcoa-* ;?.i? in L. CII.J :.L .:Ai. 1 J tuna rrm lie iiueu WlMi tuuik. DUiuiera, auu be army rendered almost unfit for Bo ive uty by jeason of rheumatisms, pneumonia nd pleurisy'. It is getting high tirno to conomiae human life in our armies, if we lopetosuooeed. . n >' itu/siji u.',: A correspondent, who signs himself ' Sophia," says that woman is twice as good s man, and proves it thus, by the very orthoraphy?W-o-m-a-a?double you,, 6 man !