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| VOLUME 9. " ~ YORKViLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,' WEDNESDAY EVENINGr, NOVEMBER 25, 1863. NUMBER 47.
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It SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST,
DIVISION NO. 1.
1THE Commissioners of the Roads
and the Town authorities of the judicial Districts of
Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg. Anderson, Union, York,
Chester, Laurens, Abbeville ana Newberry are required
forthwith to summon all persons in possession of slaves liable
to Road duty within the limits of their authority, to
deliver one fourth of their slaves liable to such duty at the
Rail Roud Depots nearest the owners' residence, on Wednesday,
the ljlth December, proximo; in time for the down
morning trains, for thirty days' labor on the fortifications.
II. The Commissioners of Roads and the Town authorities
aforesaid will also impress and deliver, at the Depots
at the same time, one fourth of all the male free negroes between
the ages of thirteen and fifty, with 111 the limits of
their authority, to be forwarded for the same term of labor.
III. The aggregate of the calls made on this Division, including
the present call, is four month's labor of one fourth
the Road hands. In pursuance, then, of the terms of the
Acts of the Legislature, the Commisioners of tho Roads
and the Town authorities will only require of the several
slaveholders such an amount of labor a? will, when added
to that already furnished, make up such owners' quota,
the one fourth ortlielr Koad nands lor iour montns.
IV. The Inconsistency of colling for hands for thirty day*
whieh are detained sixty days, Is a matter beyond my control.
The Act requires me to call for a term of service of
thirty days, while the negroes can only be dlscliarged by
orders or the General Commanding.
* V. Persons to whom It will be at all convenient to contribute
labor in advanee under this call are earnestly requested
to do so; the law assures them of all credit for it
on future calls, which will come probably at a less opportune
season.
VI. Owners are advised to furnish their slaves with
rations to last to Charleston.
VII. The Agents sent out to receive the negroes,?rc prohibited
from furnishing substitutes.
WM. M. SHANNON,
Agent State South Caroliua.
Camden, 8. C., November 13,1863.
Nov 18 46 * 4w
Commissioner's Sale.
In Equity?York District
John D. McLean, Executor, )
vs } Bill for Salt of Land.
Robert Patrick and Others. )
IN obedience to the order of the Court
of Equity, made in this case, I will expose to public sale
at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY in
DECEMBER next, thft tract of land described in the pleadings
In this case, situate in the District aforesaid, and lying
on the waters of Mill Creek, bounded by lands or John McG
111 and others, containing
102 ACRES.
more or less.
Tkems or Sals.?Cnsb enough to pay the eosts of these
proceedings, the balance of the purchase money 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 oremises.
($10) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. v. d
November 4 44 4t
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
YORK DISTRICT.
JFbr Division or Salt of Real Estate of George Me. Floyd,
decease^.
Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant,
rt.
David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Henry, and Wife,
Mary J., S. G. Kennedy and a child (whose name is unknown)
of S. G. Kennedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy, deceased,
heirs of George Mc. Floyd, deceased.
IT appearing to mv satisfaction that
Carroll Henry, and Wife, Maty J., S. G. Kennedy, and
n ohild (whose name Is unknown) of 5. G. Kennedy and
Elizabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants in above statoa
case, reside without the limits of this State: It is therefore
Ordered that they do appear and object to the division
or sale ot the real estate of George Mc. Floyd, deceased, on
or before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their consent
to the same will be entered of record.
05-28) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D.
November 11 45 3m
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^
YORK DISTRICT.
Roddev & Co., vs W. B. Dunlap?attachment.
TT7HEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on
T V the 15tli day of October 1863, file their declaration
against the defendant, who (as it U said) is absent from and
without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor
attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the
said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered,
that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said
declaration, on or before the 16th day of October, which
will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will
then be awarded against him.
(916) S. E. MOORE, Clerk.
October 15th, 1863.
November 4 4-1 qly.
NOW IS THE TIME!
- I WILL PAY THE
HIGHEST CASH PRICES
FOR ALL CLASSES OF
NEGROES.
C. J. PRIDE,
, Rock Hill, S. C.
April 1 13 tf
SPELLING BOOKS.
JUST received, a lot of the t
"HOME SPELLING BOOK
OR ?
MOTHER'S ASSISTANT."
This work is published in Greenville, S. C., and for sale at
the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
August 1*2 32 tf
$7 PER HUNDRED LBS,
IN CASH, WILL BE PAID FOR CLEAN
COTTON OR LINEN ft AG 3,
AT THE
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
Jujic 10 23 tf
DR.ALFRED CRAVEN~
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
TORHVILLE, SO. CA.
Pure drugs, chemicals,
MEDICINES. &c., constantly kept on hand.
Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately
Dispensed.
September 30 39 tf
lOOOlbs. BLUE ST0NE7
just received,
And For Sale, by
G. ft. RATCHFORD.
Xorkville, Oct 7. 40 tf
Wanted-^5000 lbs. RAGS,
The subscriber wants to
purchase 5000 pounds of clean COTTON AND
LINEN RAGS, immediately.
G. R. R ATCHFORD.
Yorkville, October 7 -10 tf
CARRIAGE SHOP;
iljftJSt v THE Subscriber still continues the
KgSgMEt CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS
vT> at the old STAND. All kinds of conn
try produce taken in exchange for work.
ALSO. HOUSE SHOEING and general country WORK
done by W. P. McFADDEN.
January 23 > tf
QTEA^fMILLS ?<0R SALE.?
KJ The undersigned oilers for sale or in exchange for
NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town
of YorkviTle, S. C., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN
RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN
MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a
BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE PO.WER,
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 II if
ESCHEATED PROPERTY.
A PPLICATION will be made at the
-I V. next, sitting of the Legislature, to vest in the children
of WYL1E GRIFFIN, deceased, ute personal estate of
WILLIAM M. RAY, deceased, late of York District, liable
to Eseheat for want of hcirsr August 7th, 1863.
WILLIAM R. GRIFFIN,
. NANCY ANN GRIFFIN,
' In bohalf of themselves and brothers and sisters.
August 19 33 tf
Dental notice.?d u r i n g
my absence from Yorkvllle, I have made arrangements
with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston,
tn take cliarei! of mv OFFICE. niliohiinir the Enot'IRfr
building,.where lie will be pleased to wait on my customers,
as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in uiy
line of business, anil will, doubtless, give general satisfaction.
W. M. WALKER, Dentist.
February 25 8 tf
ESTRAY MCLE.
rPOLLED before me, by Edward T.
JL Brandon, living 10 miles East of Yorkville, near
Wright's Ferry, a BROWN HORSE MUI.E, 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
F O R TXX COLLECTOR.?w E
are authorized to announce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL
as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District,
at the ensuing election.
September 30 39 te*
SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER
Envelope* for sale m the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.'
? November 86 * 48 if
The Confederate Finances. f
Every citizen is deeply impressed with j
the necessity of improving and sustaining |
our finances. As the means of affecting.|
this, a hundred sohemcs are proposed. We ;
have published many of them from time to
time, with the view of throwing all possible |
light on the subjeot. We publish another
to-day, which we copy from the Charlotte
Democrat, where it appears over the signature
of "Catawba."
Of the various propositions which have
*?*?n iUtnlf nil f vnof utinn rrrvl
UCCU IXJBUCj WC tuiun Oil tuot x v/ou u^/uu tvinotary
funding, as a means of restoring our
finances, are travelling a long way behind
the times. There is but one plan of this
sort that we.shonld consider worth the trying;
and that would be to invite the people
throughout the Confederacy to meet at
their respective precinotst>r places of voting
on a given day, and make their loans to the
Government, every man according to his"
ability, whether the amonnt be large or
small. Let the popular leaders and the
newspapers prepare the people in advance,
by appropriate representations and appeals,
and beget so earnest' and general an interest
in the subject that it would be a social disgrace
to any one to withhold his contribution.
Many a mickle makes a muckle. The
united contributions of our whole community
would oause of treasury to overflow.?
Louis Napoleon made such an appeal, in
such a way, to his people, and they responded
magnificently. Our Government has
been less demonstrative. The citizens have
been appealed to by various laws, and by
advertisements in the newcpapers, and they
have funded to a large amount. Wo are
not so impressible as the French, and do not
borrow our feelings from each other to so
large an extent; but we think it probable
that a similar effort to that ot JNapoieon
would have added to the results which we
now witness; and, perhaps, even now would
acoomplish much. A warm statement from
the President, setting forth our necessities,
and imploring the uuited liberality of the
people, could not foil of effect.
The other expedients for securing voluntary
funding, consists mainly in the offering
of extraordinary inducements to men of capital
to advance their means to the Govern
ment- Their bonds are to bis forever exempt
from taxation. The resources of the
country are to be pledged to their re-payment.
This heavy burden, grievous to be
borne, is to be securely bound upon the
backs of the people, but the capitalists themselves
are not to touch it so much as with
their little fingers.
We cannot afford to be shaved so heavily.
Nor would it be wise to place the people
under such temptation and provocation to
repudiate. We cannot afford to offer great- .
er inducements for funding than have al
ready been offered. The privilege-of funding
in eight per cents was long offered, but
without the anticipated or necessary response.
Many persuasives, and some provisions
of even a semi-compul6ory character,
have been held oet nntil we are almost perplexed
with the various kinds of Confederate
securities and notes; but in spite of all
the funding has been insufficient, and our
currency has, in consequence, become sadly
bloated,
The season of voluntary fanding has so
far passed away, that it is a mere waste of
time to rely upon it any longer. Government
has surely as much right to employ the
means of the citizens in the public defence
as it has to expose their lives; for the life
is more than meat, and body than raiment.
"All that a man has will be given
for his life." If, when the supply of soldiers
oould no longer be obtained by volunteering,
it was necessary and allowable to
i 1 -5?A . __ .1.. I tL.
oiaKe a generoi aran; so aiso, wnen iuu
Deeded amount of supplies caoDot otherwise
be procured, they too, must be conscribed,
if we may use the word in such a sense. A
general levy must, in some form, be made
on the revenues of the country.
Among the various schemes of compulsion
which have not appeared, we confess
that we aro most struck with that proposed
by "Catawba." Perhaps he may not tbauk
jis for speaking of it as compulsory; but
such, in fact, it is, though perhaps in its
least offensive form. Without this practically
compulsory feature, we should deem
it worthless.
'Catawba proposes authority to the Secretary
of the Treasury to issue a thousand
millions of sis per cent, coupon hoods ; and
simultaneously to lay a tax of one hundred
and twenty millions, odc hhlf payable in
curreney, and the other half in specie or
coupons of the thousand millions loan, it
is plain to see that a demand for sixty mil- i
lions of these coupons would be thus created
within a year, as no one would think of
payiog in specie. Every tax payer would
ho immodintelv intorostpd in nhfftinintr Rnmo
j of the bonds for the sake of the coupons.?
j May we not say he would be compelled to
j obtain them, under a heavy penalty 'I
This proposition is very simple; but it is
all the better for that, for certainly it seems
very efficient. We shall betray no confidence,
we hope, if we add that it has received
the sanction of eminent financiers,
and will probably be prominently considered
at the Financial Convention which is
to meet at Augusta oh the 16th of this
month. A grand advantage which it presents
is the diffusion of the Government seA..
A???An/v fha noftr.ln tcVn/ih if mil n r?_
IUUUtlCS auiuu^ UUW nuivu iu ?***? uucessitate.
This will be the best possible
guarantee of the honest payments of the
public debt, and by equal taxation.
Nor would the tax proposed and the funding
which it would virtually pompel, fall
hardly upon the people, if laid as taxes are
at present, and during the war must be?
upon income rather than upon property. It
i would eome down grandly upon the corporate
companies and the individuals that are
making immense gains, aud would compel
them to loan a liberal share of their vast
profits to the support of the war. But every
one would regard this as a felicitous result.
It may be that, to require sixty millions
of taxss in specie or coupons, during the
first year, would be too heavy a demand
upon the capital of the country. It would
require the funding, within twelve months"
of a thousand millions. This is twice as
much as our whole circulation. It is to be
feared, however, that this will be added to
by the necessary issue of Treasury notes;
and, besides this, the plan contemplates the
absorption, on fair terms, of all other Gov-,
ernment securities in the thousand millions
loan. This latter would be a very desirable
simplification of our present evidenae of
debt; one class of notes and one class of
securities, instead of many. It would be
the ? Pluribus Unum of finance. The
danger we have apprehended may be guarded
against'by leaving it disoretionary with
the Secretary of the Treasury what amount
of the taxes, not motfc than sixty millions,
shall be required in speoie or coupons.
We commend the proposition to the consideration
of onr legislators and financial authorities.?Richmond
Sentinel.
The Bank Convention at Augusta.
At a late hour last evening, we received
the proceedings of this important body.?
We are able, by the kindness of a friend, to
give a corrected report of the filial recommendation
of the Convention. The following
is the report adopted :
Whereas experience has demonstrated
that the dnes to be* collected by the Government,
and for which Treasury notes are
made receivable, are inadequate to absorb
a sufficient amount of the notes, to prevent
the evils of an excessive paper currency ;
and it is deemed essential to the interests
of the people and of the Government that
the right to pay all Government dues in
their issues should be waived by the people
to a certain extent, that measures be adopted
by the Government to redeem or fund
the entire amount of thi said issues, or so
much thereof as shall reduce the sum of
the currenoy to two hundred millions
or less. For the accomplishment of this
object, the following measures are recommended
to the coantry and the Government
by this Convention:
1. That a Dew issue or coupon bonds be
made to the amount of one thousand mil- lions
of dollars. The bonds bearing six per
cent, interest?the coupons payable annually
iu coin; and that, in future, to meet
the wants of the Confederate Government,
the policy of issuing Treasury notes be abandoned,
as for as practicable, and a tax
sufficient for all the requirements be adopted
as the true polioy to sustain the oredit of
the Confederacy.
2. That an Act be passed levying a tax.
of sixty millions' of dollars, to be collected
annually during the whole period of the
said loan, for the payment of the interest
on the above bonds, and that the good
faith of the Government bo pledged for the
continuance of such tax until the maturity
of the said loan; and that tho said tax
shall be paid in coin, and that the coupons
of the above bonds be received in the pay
ment ol tnis tax in lieu or com.
3. That before the said bonds shall be
offered for sale in any other manner, they
shall first be apportioned among the States
of the Confederacy, and that a commissioner
bo appointed for each State to make known
to the tax-payers in each Collection District
the necessity of providing themselves
with a sufficient amount^ of bonds to pay
this specifio tax, and who shall sell at par,
to the tax-payers iq each District,. the amount
of bonds required to provide coupons
for the payment of their taxes; and
that all bonds heretofore issued by the Government
and Treasury notes of all issues be
received in payment for the said bonds; and
that the said payments shall be required in
convenient instalments to suit the circumstances
of persons of moderate means; but
tho privilege of paying in full at any time
shall be accorded to all.
4. That all existing distinctions between
Treasury notes of different issues and dates
be abolished. - .
5. That the interest on the stock of the
fifteen millions loan bo paid by oheoks on
the Treasury, and that the said checks be
received in payment of the export duty on
cotton in the same manner as the coupons
on the bonds of the same loan.
G. TGat a five per cent, call loan be established
similar to the first or original call
loan, and that all Treasury notes be received
at the Treasury therefor; and that the
present five per cent. .and four per cent, oall
loans bo abolished.
7. That the licht of the holders of Trea
sury notes which upon their face are fundable
in eight per cent, stock, ought to be re;
cognized, and an eight per oent. at
a short period, be provided for that purpose;
and also that all the privileges ftttaohed to
the original six per ceat. call loan be restored
to the holders of all outstanding cer|
tificates of that loan.
j 8. That an increased duty be levied on
! all imports and exports during the continu;
ance of the war, and that the same be coli
lected in coin or approved bills on England
j or France, or in the interest on the fifteen
| million lean.
9. That an Issue Department be created
by the Government and keptseperate from
' the Treasury Department, whoso duty it
i shall be to supply a new issue of Treasury
I notes in exchange for the amount that may
j remain nn circulation of the present issues,
' and that the Dew issues shall express on
j the face of the bills that the same are receivable
in payment of all public dues ex.
ccpt such as are specifically required to be
j paid in coin.
10. That there should bean issue of bills
of a large denomination, viz : S500,81,000,
85,000 and 810,000, sufficient to facilitate
the transmission of funds and the settlement
j-of balances.
1 Substitutes in the Army.?It is said
that the books of the War Depaitment show
that over 75,000 substitutes have been put
in the army since the war began. The
j Sclma, Alabama, Reporter says that, as a
4 general things substitutes make unreliable
soldiers, and that two-thirds of the desert"
ers are among that olass. The complaint
against them is universal; they seem to
have become objects of loathing to the
whole .army. Governor Brown, in his message,
recommends that the Legislature pass
a joint resolution requesting Congress to repeal
the "substitute c!ause"in the Conscript
lot. The same sentiment prevails ]
extensively in other States, and the Selma '
Reporter says that several members elect to
the next Congress, from Alabama, have
plgdged tneir support to any measure loo
ing to the repeal of the odious clause in
the law. Congress may extend the maximum
age of persons liable to service, mainly
for the purpose of making the substitu- 1
tes liable for themselves, and thus including
those for whom they are substitutes. Most
of the substitutes, we imagine,are between
th^ ages of 45 and 90 yeare, and it is
probable that the latter age" will be the
maximum. 1
Operations at Chattanooga.
The army correspondent of the Atlanta
Intelligencer, writes from Missionary Bidge,
communicates some information as to the
position of affairs in that quarter. The
weather for the last two days had been extremely
cold, from which our troops suffered
considerably. In speaking of the situation,
he says that thefre is no particular
ohange of affairs in our front, or in Lookout
Valley :
The enemy is most industriously employed
pushing forward hiB works in the valley
in our immediate front, having finished a
new redoubt 100Q yards east of the Star
Fort, from whioh they fired a single shot
this morning just to- obtain the range.?
Their advanced works are now only 650
yards from our picket lines, the piokets being
but a hundred and fifty yards apart, but .
from a tacit agreement do not fire on each
other. In Lookout Valley our forces ocoupy
this side of Lookout Creek, and the enemy
the other. Their large supply trains
are constantly passing aqd repassing, coming
up from Bridgeport by the way of Jas- ,
per, then crossing at Kelly's Ford to this 1
side, then by way of Lookout Valley, keeping
close to the mountain, and out of range
of our guns, to Brown's Ferry, crossing
baok again on their pontoon bridge, and
then recrossing at the Moccasin Bend of the
river, opposite the town. .
There is no doubt, as I telegraphed you
yesterday, that the enemy is making every
preparation for the storming of Lookout
Mountain, which is the present key to our
position, as well as commanding the Nashville
and Chattanooga road above and below
that point. It is absolutely necessary to
the enemy to facilitate the collection of his
supplies, for by the present route, they are
only enabled to haul sufficient for the daily
demand and it will take ? month or two, at
least, to establish a depot of supplies at
Chattanooga, in order to enable them to
make a forward movement." You weed not ,
be surprised if you hear soon of their ma- |
king this attempt, which, should it prove |
successful, will compel us to abandon Mis- ]
sionary Ridge. Yesterday a large train ]
crossed from Brown's Ferry, and went down ,
Lookout Valley, oocompanied by two regi- |
ments of cavalry, in the direction of Trenton.
j
Another train also crossed this morning
on its way back from Bridgeport. I should
think this would Afford a fine field for the ,
operations of our cavalry; but it seems the
enemy, by courtesy, is- permitted to go jhst
where he pleases for the present occasion.
There is nothing very interesting from
our right wing. Our infantry hold Loudon,
and onr cavalry, it is said, has advanced to
Lenoir's, 10 miles only from Knoxville. I '
think it improbable that we intend to bold
Chattanooga this winter. It would seem
to be pur policy to wear out the enemy as -*
much as we can, in order to make them
sooner exhaust their resources, whioh arc
daily becoming weaker, and only to fight
him when absolutely neoessary, and when we
can strike a telling blow to otir advantage.
The Abolition Army of the Cumberland
has lately been re-organized, and is now composed
of six divisions, under Rousseau,
Sheridan, Palmer, Davis, Baird and Wood.
It is known that their divisions and corps
are muoh smaller than ours, but allowing
6,000 to a division, would make 36,000
men, to which, if we add the corps of Howard
and Hooker, from the Potomac, and
Sherman, from the Mississippi army of
Grant, estimated at 15,000 each, it will
give us a full estimate of the enemy's forces,
amounting to about 81,000. This is a large
army to lead and to haul supplies for, and
to bring them from such an immense distance,
Louisville, Kentufcky, is no easy
taslc.
The Richmond Examiner tnus 'speculates
upon the aspect of affairs in Tennessee :
It has become very clear that another
hnge battle is to be fought in Northern
Georgia before the winter begins. The
concentration of Federal troops at Chattanooga
continues. Distant reinforcements
are first in motion to that point. Two corps
of Mead's army began the maroh; now we
know that the Yankee troops in Northern
Alabama are upon the way. Hooker and
Burnside's corps being the nearest to the
scene, will be moved the last, so that all
may mass on the same centre as nearly as
possible at the same time.
This conglomeration of men at Chattanooga
can have no other object than another
battle'during tho present season. Chattanooga
is not the place to provision troops
in winter quarters. It is with tho greatest
difficulty that tho men already there have
been supplied with hdf rations. If it were
the intention of the Federal General to remain
at rest during this winter, and strike
his deoisive blow next spring, certainly he
would not colleot his whole force on one
barren spot for four or five months before
the time of a'otion. Ho would let it winter
in detachments at points of considerable
distance from eaoh other, that they might
draw supplies from a large extent. It is
impossible to behold the gathering of troops
Prom east and, west to Chattanooga without I
i conviction that they are soon to be used.
But there is little reason to fear the remit,
and much to hope from it. Oar army
is fully as large as any General can handle,
composed of the best material, restored to
confidence in itself by the victory of Chiok-1
imauga, and must be attaobed in chosen
positions. If its General is competent and
watchful, the result will be a sure victory.
A Negro Deserter from the Enemy.
We bhve been furnished with the following
interesting narrative of an intelligent
negro deserter from the Yankees, and commend
it for perusal, as additional evidence
showing who are the negroes best friends
and true nrotectors. The examination was
made by Col. C. J. Colcook, Colonel commanding
Third Military Distriot, at Grahamville,
November 10th:
James, belonging to William Kay HaberBham,
ranaway November 5th, 1862, from
Grove Plantation, on the Ogeechee; went
bo Fort Pnjaski; the Yankees sent him
to Beaofort; stayed there no . time ; got a
pass and went to Mr. Edward Walker's
place six miles from Beaafort; has been
there sinoe waiting on Thomson, the superintendant
of the place, and his two.sisters,
who are schooling the colored children;
Walker's, negroes, Stephen and family, belonging
to, (he does not rememberwhom,)
lived, there; had to get a pass whenever he
went o?; no piokets on Walker's place, bat
are on Tom Baynard's plaoe; gun boat had
crossed from month of Aroher's Creek,
where it had been lying, and gone to Lemon
Island. Only fifteen men and a nontenant
at Thomas Means', and eight at Mrs.
Habersham's. Piokets by the week relieved
from Hilton Head. Gunboats occasionally
between Lands End and Archer's Creek
not picketed. Gnn-boats on all the months
of it occasionally. .' ,
From Aroher's Creek to Beaafort no
pickets, bat piokets heavy from Port Koyal
Ferry jonnd to Tom Baynard's. A regiment
of white troops at Tom Baynard's
ohanged onoe a week. A regiment of white
roopB at Barnwell's bnck house ohanged
weekly. They picketed from these centres.
They have oavalry towards Big Island, but
don't know the foroe or precisely where.?
From 8th July to 1st November or middle
of Ootober, only 3,000 troops on Beaufort
and Paris Islands around; since then in
last two weeks heavy reinforcements?some
from Morris' Island, but the bulk from the
North. New troops, some of them handcuffed.
A new General and some Colonels
have oome. They say they oan't take
Charleston from the. front, but will take it
from the rear. They intend .to open a heavy
fire from the front on Charleston or Savannah,
and somewhere about Asbepoo; this
last to be the main attack. They don't
caloulate to take the Charleston and Savannah
Bailroad at Once, but while the operations
at' Charleston and Savannah occupy
ns they will fortify on* the main and lay
siege to'the railroad about Ashepoo. They
have their^uns for this Ashepoo attaok already
at Hilton Head. Two shipments of
artillery have arrived from the North. This
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sever heard them talk of Grahamville.?
Yankees treated himkinclly. The superintendents
have to go into service in January
next, Thomson among Jhem.
The Yankees have ordered a consoriptiou
of all negro men from eighteen to forty five,
with all the privileges pf volunteering. He
would not volunteer ; was to go into service
yesterday, according to their orders, bat
wouldn't fight against his owners, and therefore
ran away. The negroes who fought at
Wagner will not fight again; sick of'il;
drunk when they went into the fight The
Yankees treat the negroes pretty badly.
The negro men of Col. Heyward, as soon
as they arrived in Beaufort, were put in the
army; small pox on Paris Island bad now;
Nat . Heyward's house in Beaufort a hospital,
so is Mrs. John Barnwell's; a chain
of batteries from Bomer Barnwell's "to Mr.
Read's, on the' river.
White superintendent on every place except
where they sold to Yankees. They
are quartering up the'land into twenty acre
lots, persuading the negroes to put np cabins
and renting these lots to the negroes.
Capt. G. P. Elliot's negroes on the battery
place (Key. S. Elliot's.) Telegraph
from Beanfort Island to Hilton via Paris
Island, and from Beanfort towards Port
Royal Ferry. A Capt. Paine (whom we
took prisoner on a scout between James'
and Morris' Islands) and Salisbury, a millwright,
are the*greatest Yankee scouts and
spies, and have been over frequently on the
main. Mr. Osborn Barnwell's negroes on
his place altogether, except Joshua, who
quarreled with the Yankees there and went
to Beaufort.
Derived what of hearsay is in this statement
principally from Thomson and the
onldiers; Gillmore tas sent North for 40,000
mer ; some have come, all drafted men
on Land's End. Two negro men have been
shot dead forswearing they would not fight,
one beloneine to R. Puller and one to Gen.
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Fioegan.?Charleston Courier.
Wrona.?What a shame, (9ays the Charfotte
Democrat,) it is that some newspaper
editors and other critics will continue to
meddle with military arrangements, ridicule
and abuse our Generals, find fault with
plans, &c., without knowing anything abont
the causes which influence and direct in
suoh matters. The late howl against Gen.
Bragg is enough to ruin bis standing with
his soldiers and weaken their confidence in
him, no matter how high an opinion they
might-have entertained of his abilities heretofore.
Bragg has, no doubt, done as well
as any man could do under the circumstances,
and it is time for the newspapergenerals
to let him alone. Whenever you
bear a man at home finding fault with the
conduct of those in the field, ask him why
he is not in the army.
Oar neighbor, the Bulletin, recently
made some proper remark;] on this subject,
which wo copy.
"We bear complaints against Geo. Bragg,
and some urge that he ongbt to be superceded
; that Gent Lee's last engagement was
a piece of botch work, and of coarse he
shoald giro place to some one else. Are
we becoming Yankeeized7 Shall we imitate
Lincoln if every. engagement between
oar armies and the Yankees is not crowned
with brilliant results ? Errors of the head
may occnr, and very great differences of
opinion may be entertained and expressed,
bat shall on* President ape^the Washington
Dictator in decapitating oar commanders
on all occasions for complaint or criticism
? Sorely not?otherwise oar armies
will soon fall into the same degraded position
now occupied by tbe.yankees. We
are willing to leave thcso matters with President
Davis, believing be will be able to
adjust all difficulties and make oar Chieftains
and their armies invinoible. Newspaper
oritics and fault finders had best find
other fields for indulging their anpatriotio
proclivities."
Prom the North.
The following embraces the proceedings
of a mass meeting of machinists in New
York city. The attendance was large, and
continually swelled by new accessions from
every direction of the city. The News
says:
The meeting was informal, and before it
commenced many machinists formed into
groups in the ball and on the sidewalk, and
after expatiating on their grievances, expressed
their determination to stand out
until their demands were complied with.?
One man addressing his fellow workers,
said : "We only ask what's just; stand firm,men;
let no man work till all get their
rights.'7 Another, machinist declared that
the bosses had raised the rates for all their
manufactures, and every kind of labor in
their shops. He stated, as an instance, that
bosses now oharge'an advance of five dollars
a day on ail work done on a lathe, the former
price being $40, while the workmen's
wages were not increased. A machinist
here remarked : "The man at the lathe gets
an average of $1 90 a<day, and the profits
of the boss are $13 a day."
"In the shop where I work in Twentyseventh
street," said an artisan, "the boss
told us this morniog tbat?we would be for
oed by bayonets to work, to complete some
Government contracts, and that hertafter
the Prussian plan of making men labor
would be adopted in this city/'
Remarks similar to those narrated.above,
continued to be made throughout the morning.
The meeting at noon was organized by
the appointment of Mr. George W. Wade
as President, who enjoined the machinists
to stand firm. He remarked that the movement
in which they were engaged was just
?one in which they endeavored to obtain
their rights. They should be patient, determined
and united. By' supporting the
movement as they had done, the bosses
would have to yield and give them the advanced
rates.
* A workman said : Let them adopt any
pursuit rather than yield. They should not
forget that even laborers received fourteen
shillings a day, and the average wages of
machinists were only one dollar and ninety
cents. There was plenty of work to be had
at other businesses. (Applause.)
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An announcement was men muue mav
the bosses had held a meeting last Thursday
night at Delmonico's, and had adopted
resolutions not to give the advance solicited.
It Was also stated that, the proprietors of
many of the shops h*ad solicited the Government
to extend the time allowed for the
completion of war vessels, in order that, the
men might be compelled ultimately to work
at the old prices,
A machinist on the platform said : "If
these facts are true, we will send a deputation
at once to Washington to represent
our case." (Applause.)
A large number of men then signed the
roll in support of the strike, and subscriptions
were received to continue it. *
It was resolved .to publish the names of
all who worked at the previous rates in the
newspapers.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Herald says the strike has assumed
a regularly organized shape. There are
some eight thousand machinists in the city,
and a determination is exhibited to hold
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log to the exigencies of the times. Some
establishments havo acceded to their demands,
while the larger firms still refnso.
The work on the several monitors in the
coarse of construction has ceased on acconnt
of the strike at Bolton. Of 3,800
men employed in the Charlestown navy
yard, only five hundred continue at work.
A general movement is progressing among
the working classes in Philadelphia,
for an increase of wages. Protective societies
are formed, and so well organized that
employers cannot induoe others to take the
places of the strikers.
The Tribune 6ays there are about forty
ironclad vessels of war in course of construction,
and the suspension of the work would
seriously embarrass the Government at a
time when it needs armored vessels of war.
Of the forty named, thirteen should now
be ready, but cannot be for some months,
and the "strikes" will put them much further
back.
To Dye Cotton or Wool ?A lady
sends the following reoipe for dyeing cotton
or wool brown :
Take the bark of tbe root of a common
wild plum?boil in iron or brass, as most
convenient, until the dye looks almost black.
Strain, and add a small quantity of copperas
dissolved in a small quantify of tbe dye.
Add the article to be dyed. Boil" an hour
or so, Wring out and dip in strong cold
Toy. When dry, rinse in cold water.' This
gives a genuine, bright brown, which.is the
prettiest contrast for blue j aijd wheo cheoked
in together, it makes a dress becoming
enough for the proudest Southern dame or
i belle.
Important Information.?Some persons
have become needlessly alarmed in reference
to the safety of certain-articles of
production coming into the possession of
the Confederate Government in the collection
of the tax in kind, particularly in reference
to the artiole of sweet potatoes. For
the following information on thissnbjeot we
are indebted to Col. D. K. McRae:
C. S. A., War Department,
Richmond, Va., October 28,1888.
D. K. McRae, Esq., Raleigh, E. C.
Sib: Your letter of the4th instant was
referred to Lt. Col. Larkin Smith, in charge
of the collection of the tax in kind; who
reports that he has issued the following or
der to bis subordinate otboers:
"In localities where tithed sweet potatoes
cannot be readily transported to troops
or transferred to the medical department,
with the assent of the prodncer, they may
be commoted at assessor's valuation, or be
ezohanged for grain, peas or beans. If,
when collected, there is fear of rotting before
they can he transferred tor use, they
will be sold at public auction."
Very respectfully,
JAMBS A. 8EDDON,
Secrotaiy of War.
Substitutes and their Principles.
?The question as to how our armies are to
be filled up with new recruits is being discussed
by some of tbp papers. A writer
.in the Richmond Enquirer makes the following
suggestions: ~
In a few months the three years for which
most of the army-are enlisted will exjtre.
Our brave soldiers expect to stay in the
field, and will no doubt have .it to do : but
then, we oontend, is Hie time to make some
needed reforms. First and foremost, then,
let us have* no more substitutes. Let the
name of substitute belong to the past Let
us have the thousands of fresh, able-bodied
young men, who have 'been so long fighting
by proxy, in the persons of old men.in
the hospitals, or who have been discharged
from servico, back in the field where they
belong. The acquisition of this strong corps
of auxiliaries, most of whom are alr*dy
trained soldiers, will be of gjreat service to
ns. These men are worth th'ree times their
number of common conscripts.
?This measure can be carried out at the
termination of the three years with all justice.
No one, then, can impute bad fiuth to
the government. .1
Not that Kind op a Cat^tA gentle
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seated with a beautiful kitten. Yesterday
a couple of young ladies, one named Julia,
happened io the store, and of course kitten,
as kittens and babies always do, eanteio for
an immense quantity of endearment'and
caresses. .... . - **
"Oh, my!, what a sweet little kitten!
What is its name ?"
"It has not been christened."
"Oh, the dear little thing! Do cafrit Jalip?
won'typuf^, t, ?!c
"I should be very happy to do so," paid
oor gallant friend, "bat it ain't that kind
of a oat."
Kitty was deposited on .the floor'-in a
twinkling, and a. couple of young - ladies
were seen looking.for a good place to faint.
Kosencranb AND Hiq. "Dreamers."-?
The following is an extract from a private
letter from General Roseacrana to a gentleman
in Washington :
As to my removal from the command of
the army of the .Cdmberland, I have duly
to say that I pray God that the country may
be as well, and better, served by- anotherAs
for the infamous lies whiohare put forth
through the press to blast my reputation,
such as disabling mental disease, the use of
opium, disobedience of -orders, in not advancing
when ordered, iit waiting for reinforcements,
&o., if I thought they came
from the Government I would despair of a
nation headed by snch'a Government. That
the people will aoeept them, or - that God
will prosper their authors I do not believe.
Personally, I commend thyself to the just
and merciful One, who knows what is the
best for me. ' . ; , . - "
Dow and Morgan.-?The Boston Traveller
(Republican) is not very compliment
ary to the cold water champion, when it
says: "Neal Dow is to.be exchanged against
John Morgan. This is an unfair arrangement,
for Gen. Dow has so niore miltary
capacity than belongs to the town pomp,
while Gen. Morgan is ? clever soldier, possing
dash, energy, and powers of endnranc,
all things that are heeessary to make a good
raidsman. Gen. Dow oould not better serve
his coontry than by staying in prison in order
thas to keep a capable enemy sbnt up.
Mr. Dow is a most estimable man, bat he
is no soldier.",
TrmTTTl A MTV fflTTtl T i r r>n foe irD WH
j. nr. ninii ahu inc. lanuaoiuann??
Impressment and the tithe or produce tax
should not be simultaneously enforced.?
Necessity alone can justify impressment?
it is, at least, an oppressive and odious resort,
and to enforoe it, while the tithe is in
process of collection, and is actually waiting
'and wasting for lack of speedy collection'
seems to be .the very wantonness of oppression
and tyranny. Letthe authorities, eivil
aud military, have a care, or an outraged
and starving people may be. driven to resistance.?Charleston
Caurier.
B8F "Do you keep matches V' aaked awag
of a druggist.
"Ob, yes, all kinds," was the reply.
"Well, then, I'll take a trotting match."
The druggist immediately handed him a
box of Bfandeth's pills.'
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flfir Since the wajr .began over 74,000
substitutes have been placed in the army.
In maDj oasa^by men who made up their
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S&" Since the wv begin orer 24,900jwb- *
stitates have been placed in the amy. Ia
many cases by men who soon m*de up their
substitution fee off the fkmiliee of aoWierB.
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