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. VOIUMEa : ' SOOTH^AROLINi, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER.18, 1863. .NUMBER 46.
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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
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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.
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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 !