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'e%** ' -r ^ hhh|h K^ys j ' , ' ,- ? i i" " r ? " ;" " " "'~i rrr ~~ rfri asn IjSfl j.e.&i,.m. geist, jproprietors %\\ Ju<]?})inbtuf Jtmilj fjWiisjjnjjeri Jfsr i|t $ Amotion of % fofititn!, Sotial, ^pitoltesl anir Ccntntcrml Interests of t|f &<rat{f. {?4 PEB YEAB-ry ADVAycE. H^B TOLUME 9. ' YORKYILLE, iSOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1863. - IUMBEE '48. 9B ? - '...- . ?.? ????--??? | 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 and Newberry are required forthwith to summon nil persona in possession of slaves liable to Eosd duty within the limits of their authority, to deliver one fourth of their slaves liable to such duty,at the Roil Rottd Depots nearest the owners' residence, on Wednesday, the iCth 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 alt the male free negroes between the ages 01" thirteen and fifty, within the limits of their authority, to bfe forwarded for the same term of labor. III. The aggregate of the calls mode dn 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 Cop mis'oners of the Roads and the Town authorities will only require of the several slaveholders such an amount of labor as will, when added to that already furnished, make up such owners'' quota, the one fourth of their Road hands lor four months. IV. The Inconsistency of calling for hands for thirty daywhleh arc detained titty days, Is a matter beyond my con* trol. The Act requires me to call for a term of service of thirty days, while the negroes can only be discharged br orders of the- General Commanding. V. Persons to whom it will be at all convenient to contribute labor in advance under this call are earnestly requested to do so; the law assures them of all oredlt for it on ft/ture calls, which will come probably at a less opportune season. VI. Owners arc advised to furnish their slaves with rations to last to Charleston. VII. The Agents sent out to receive the negroes, arc prohibited from furnishing substitutes. WM. M. SHANNON, Agent 8tatc South Carolina. Camden, S. C., November 13,19&3. Nov 18 * 46 4w ^ADQUARTERS, CON8CR1PT DEPARTMENT, Colombia, November31,1863. Grakral Order No. 61. I A revision is hereby ordered for all Certificates of Exemption from conscription heretofore granted in this State, on account of physical disability, with the vtcw, chiefly, to a complete registration of oil persons who arc physically unfit for military service, w!'h the cause ofsueh unfitness. II. Every person holding a "Surgeon's Certificate of Exemption" from conscription will report in their respective Districts to the Examining Board, on such days as may be appointed by the Chief Surgeons of the several Congressional Districts, of which days public notice will be given. III. Those who fltil to repor will be no longer recognised as exempt, and their certificates be no longer of force. _ IV. Enrolliug Officers, when advised of the days appointed for the revision In their respective districts, will use all proper means to extend the notice, and procure the prompt attendance of all persons subject to the order. By order af Major Melton, Commandant of Conscripts. R. W. SHAND, Lieutenant and Assistant Enrolling officer. November 25, 47 2w Commissioner's Sale. In Equity?York District John D. McLean, Executor, ) ct > Sill for Sale of Land. Robert Patrick, end Others. J IN obedience to the order of the Court of Equity, made In tills case, I will expose to public sale a YORK COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY in ECEMBER next, the tract of land describe! in the pleadings in this case, situate in the District aforesaid, andlving on the waters of Mill Creek, bounded by lands of John McGill and others, containing 102 ACRES. more or less. Terrs or Sale.?Cash enough to pay the costs 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 tiie bond of the purchaser, with good sureties and a mortgage of the premises. ($10) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. y. n November 4 44 .4t IfTHE COURT OF ORDINARY-, YORK DISTRICT. For Division or Sale of Real Estate of George Jkfc. Floyd, deceased. Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant, . ts. David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Hcnty, and Wife, Mary J., 8. G. Kennedy and a child (whose name is unknown) of S. G. Kennedy and Elisabeth a. Kennedy, deceased, heirs ef George Mc. "Floyd, deceased. W ? S? AntieinniiAn iliftt IX appcanug 1<J uiy eawoiatitvu vuau Carrotf Henry, and Wife, Mary L, S. G. Kennedy, and a child (whose name is unknown) of 8. G. Kennedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants in above statca case, reside without the limits of this State: It is therefore Ordered that tlicy do appear nnd object to the division or sale of the real estate of George Me. Floyd, deceased, on or before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. ffi?) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. November 11 45 5m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. Roddcy & Cm, vs W. B. Dunlap?attacumknt. TTTHEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on 11 the 15th day of October 1863, file their declaration against the defendant, who (as it 1s 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 loth 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. (*16) 8. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1863. November 4 44 qly. WOW 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 if SPELLING BOOKS. TUST received, a lot of the "HOME SPELLING BOOK OR MOTHER'S ASSISTANT." '{ his tfork is published in Greenville, 8. C., and for sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. August 12 32 tf $7 PER HUNDRED LBS., IN CASn, WILL BE PAID FOB CLEAN COTTON OR LINEN RAGS, * " AT THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. June 10 23 . tf * DR. ALFRED CRAVEN*, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, YORKVILLE, SO. CA. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, Ac., constantly kept on band. Physicians'Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. Soptember 30 39 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN lUsiknt Surgeon ? enlist, YORKVTT.T.F,. s' CI (5?- On the East side of Main treet, South of the "Pal mctto Hotel."-?H) January 6 1 tf CARRIAGE SHOP. rytW?THE Subscriber still continues the CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS VAy xa? at the old STAND. All ltinds of coun trv produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO?HORSE SHOEING and genera! country WOUK done by W. P. McFADDEN. January 23 4 tf STEAM MILLS' FOR SALE.? The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, bis STEAM MILLS in the Town of Yorkville, S. 0'., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven l>v a BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, with WELLS a id PUMPS to supply with water, and'all necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, tf desired, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. March IS 11 tf_ T^ENTAL NOTICE?DUE IN G I s my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enquirer building, where be 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. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 d tf ESTRA1 MULE. rF0LLED before me, by Edward T. L Brandon, living 10 miles "East of Yorkville, near Wright's Ferry, a BllOWN HORSE MULE, about fourteen hands high; supposed to Is; upwards of twenty years old.? No marks visible except a very sore back. Appraised at seventy-live dollars. J. D. P. OURRENCE, Magistrate. October 17 43 4m sUpply of good letter Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' November 26 48 tf I GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. ; Executive department, Columbia, November 23, 1863. Gentlemen of the Senate and Bouse of Representatives: Since your last annual meeting, the enemy has obtained possession of Port Hudson, Vicksbnrg, Chattanooga and Morris' Island, not, however, without paying dearly for his possessions; and a sscond time "have onr troops evacuated Pennsylvania and Maryland, tbongh not defeated. There is in this no cause for despondency. He is this day relatively weaker than he was before these* events, his armies being widely separated and farther from their bases of supplies, whilst the Confederacy is relatively stronger, our armies possessing tbe facilities for more rapid concentration by interior lines, and being nearer their bases of supplies.? The great battle of Chickamauga, in whioh some of Carolina's noblest sons have fallen, has illustrated the truth of this proposition. Beyond the points obtained, he has made no real progress towards the accomplishment of his purpose?the subjugation of jthe South. Our harvests have been bountiful, our country healthy, and our people have been rendered, if possible, more united and resolved by the vandalism of our foes. The siege of Charleston, now far advanced into its fifth month, conducted with a power and range of. metal and destructiveneas of projectiles, hitherto onknown in warfare, and a malignity that respects neither sex, age or oondition, has shown to our enemies that they will probably never place their unhallowed feet upon the soil of that brave old city; but, if they do, it will be ouly when they have reduced it to a heap of ruins. Sumter, held with a gallantry and a tenacity which will immortalize its noble defenders, is now in ruins, but is yet a giaut iu its powers of resistance. To the West of the Mississippi our troops have gained important advantages. In Tennessee the enemy's forces are besieged in Chattanooga and driven from Knoxville, and the army of the Potomac stands ready to' give him another Fredericksburg reception. It behooves us, however, not to relax our efforts. Untiring energy and perseverance are essential to success. A bitter and wily foe watches our every movement, prepare^ to take every advantage. Oar people have counted the cost, and have determined npon independence or annihilation; it is oars to leave nothing undone to secure the object of this revolution. Never was the remark more applicable, that the prioo of liberty is eternal vigilance. The State Legislatures have oo unimportant part to play in this great drama. They can aid the Gonfederate Government by assisting in clothing the troops, in repelling the raids of our enemies, and in feeding the familfes of our soldiers in arms. In all measures which you iu your wisdom may adopt, looking to f-1 : ~e a:. 4. . 1 ? IUW DUUUCbMUi iooUc Ul LUIS glCdb btlUgglVf you may, gentlemen, rely upon my hearty co-operation. The supplying of slave labor for- coast defences has proved perplexing. Our energetio State Agent, whose report is herewith transmitted, has done all in his power to enforce your acts on this subject. 13ut the system has not furnished all the labor which the piessing emergencies at Charleston required. The Confederate General felt the necessity of impressing, in September last, additional labor to seoure the safety of the oity- This aotion, under the circumstances I did not hesitate to approve. It would seem that no system imposing penalties, is likely to seoure equality and success. The patriotiosend their slaves; others will pay, if the fines are not too heavy, or take the chances of escape through the courts.? Much complaint is made of the mismanagement and treatment of the negroes; of their detention in violation of the contract, and the law, and that so many citizens furnish no labor at all. The first complaint, I am sorry to believe, there is foundation for; but the remedy for the evil is difficult, and must necessarily rest with the Confederate authorities. The second, I have been gitfen to understand, arises from the inability of the State authorities to replace the labor at the end of the month. The third, is the result of a radical defect in toe system itself. If labor is still to bo famished, and I have do intimation that it will not be needed, (so long as the coast is invaded, and I there is need of it, itonght to be furnished,) the plan which will secure the greatest equality, in my judgment, is to authorize the Governor or State Agent, or the Confederate General commanding the department, if it is preferred, to impress through the Commissioners of Roads, for two months' service, the equal proportion of every slave- j holder owning more than one road hand.? ! My acquaintance, for some years past, with ; the organization of these Boards, leads mo i to believe that they would fairly and impartially discharge the duty, and furnish the labor promptly. An extension of the time of service is recommended to lessen the ex| pense of transportation, and because every chaDge requires a new organization, which takes, I learn, the better part of the first week. Besides, it is not the time the hands ] are kept, of which planters complain, if they ; are advertised of it; it is their detention, | | oontrary to the understanding and their pre- j ' vious arrangements." I r\_: ki.. j: : ..c a. Pui. 1 VWiug tu vuu u;?urgauisawuu ui iuu cmie ; militia, by the enforcement of the Conscript j ! Acts of Congress up to the age of forty-live, i ! it will require muoh time to re-organize it \ : so as to make it at all effective. Upon this subject, I ask your attention to the report j of the Adjutant and Inspector-General ? j j In the present condition of things, a per- j manent force, taken by volunteering or by draft proportionally from each military division of the State, would be much more! effective. The militia, for the piotection! against raids, cannot be brought so prompti ly into the field ; would hot be so effective j I and suddenly called out by regiments, would take the entire agricultural white lai bor of the particular regiments from home, perhaps at harvest, perhaps at seed time.? On this subject, I beg leave to embody an extract from the recent message of the patriotic Executive of Georgia. Speaking of his two regiments of State troops, their protecting the rear of General Bragg's army since he has been near Chattanooga, and their importance in time of war, he says : "Had the State not been able to protect bis rear,- the General most have sent part of his own army to do that duty, whioh would have weakened his force, and made his success more doubtful. * * * In case of a raid into the State, this force would be of great service in the protection of public' and private property, and in repelling the aggressors. No State in the Confederacy should be without such a force during tho continuance of the war, as emergencies must frequently arise which make it indispensably necessary that the State have at her command a force sufficient to suppress slave insurrections, repel incursions of the enemy or meet other sudden exigencies. I notice that the Gover-" nor of South Carolina has lately convened the Legislature, and recommended the organization of a similar force in that gallant State/' ' The cost of such a body of troops may be objeoted to. If two regiments are too much, let one be raised, to be put in the field when needed. This is no time to count the cost of maintaining a small foroe to protect the State against raids, our women and ohildren from insults, ouir hearth-stones from desecration. With but two oompanies of mounted troops, (the Combahee Rangers were disbanded in July last,) I was enabled with one (Rogers' oompany) to guard in part the Eastern coast of the State, and with the other (Boykin's) materially to assist the i Confederate Government in arresting desert- j ers, which delicate duty has been most satisfactorily performed.. I have also been enabled recently, at the request of Governor Vance, to Bend one company (Captain Boykin's) into North Carolina, where it has rendered most efficient servioes, as will be seen by refcrenoe to the report of the Captain and General's Vanoe's order returning them to their own' State, copies of which are herewith transmitted. -His command engaged and repulsed a force larger than his own; Capt Boykin having two men woupded, one probably mortally. - I herewith transmit a copy of the able and satisfactory report of Major Niernsee, State Engineer, upon the obstruction of the San tee and a battery lit Taber's Point, St. Matthew's Parish, Orangeburg Distriot, together with a letter from General Beauregard in relation thereto. Accompanying this message is a report of the Commissary-General, showing the progress made in suppressing undue distillation in the State, and explaining the inability of the State to furnish, as yet, whiskey for medicinal purposes.* Your law prohibiting undue distillation has contributed largely towards keeping down the price of breadstuffs, particularly Indian corn. If the Confederate Government wonld receive its tithe and postpone impressments for the present, (holders will not destroy the supplies, nor can they conoeal them,) I believe the breadstuff's in the country are amply sufficient for the peoplo and the army. The question of conflict between the State and Confederate Exemption Acts has been submitted to the courts, and I am just informed that the decision of the Circuit <n 11 iknt M AM AUa C\ AA MA* VjUUll isj "tuat ucituci tuc viuiucjvo uui the Aet amendatory of it, contemplated exemption from any service besides militia service in the State, and so neither is in conflict with the -conscription laws." As I said in ray message of September last I think*it is our true policy to amend our exemption laws, so as to make them conform as nearly as practicable to those of the Confederate government. This may be done without yielding the right of the State to exempt such portion of her population as she may choose, and when she may choose, for police and other purposes. It the Confederate Government will put into the field the most of the able bodied men between eighteen and forty-five, now oocupied as Quartermasters and Commissaries, Purchasing Agents, Enrolling Offioers and Impressr A J ^*.1 : -i ' :-! lag .ivgeutt*, uuu iu utu?r similar pusuuuuu, the great mass of whose plaoes can be as well, in many, and in some instanoes, better filled by disabled soldiers, and the State governments will conform tljeir's to the Confederate Exemption Acts, the Confederate Government can command a foroo that will drive beyond our borders all the armies the Abolition government can congregate for the further prosecution of this unholy war. Your attention is invited to the views of the Adjutant and Inspeotor General upon this and other subjects referred to, in his report accompanying this message. I also ask your attention to the following exemption clause in our own law : "The officers and as many employees of each Railroad Company as the President or Superlnt-endant may certify to be necessary to the efficient conduot of its business j Provided, that it is also certified that the duty of said employees cannot be discharged by slaves." I do not know that these officers have aYmunrl thlo irnot Knoll nnxxrpr aV?rm)rl nnf UU"VU ~ ?,?? be lodged with any one who is not directly connected with the administration of the government. The final decision should be left to the Executive, or the Adjutant General. The permission of substitutions is suited to a war in which a small proportion of the arms-bearing population is required for the field,?rnot to a war which may sooner or later require every man, without reference to age, to shoulder his musket; and especially is it unsuited to a consoription system which purports to take all able-bodied men between given ages. You have wisely deolared those having substitutes in Confederate service still liable to State servioe. The time, I suggest, has arrived when all laws, whether State or Confederate, allowing substitution, should be repealed. They operate in favor of a class, than whom none have a deeper interest in the snooess of the c&osq. The State owes no higher obligation growing oat of this war tjian to protect every soldier's family against want: and to effeot this, it is th^luty of the Legislatnre to increase the appropriation to be distributed by the Soldiers' Boards of Belief to any amountirequisite; and if necessary, to raise the taxes for that purpose. And these taxes should, at this time, be levied upon incomes. Of the fund appropriated for the Military defence of the State, less than one half has been expended. The six months' State troops having gone into Confederate r 1_j a. - _ it v i.) a service, auu me e&igeuuies, tuougu bureahening, not having xeqnireA the caUing-oufc of Che militia, the expenditores have been far less than was anticipated. I have directed the Auditor to obtain estimates from all the Departments for the next year, which I will send in as soon as oompleted. Upon this, the Qaartermaster General's Department, and. other subjects reported upon, I call yonr attention to the fall and satisfactory report of the. State Auditor.? The arduous duties of this offioer have been faithfully and ably performed. Under, as I think, a mistaken view, mnoh of his salaary has been expended for what I oan scarce ly suppose it was the expectation of the Legislature it would be. Suoh an officer at this time, is indispensable, bnt his labors are too great for one person. One assistant, and for a short period two, have been found neoessary for the accomplishment of the work. I recommend that an assistant be allowed, with a competent salary. To the reports of the Auditor and the Commissary General, I refer you, for information as to what has been gone in procuring and distributing wool and ootton cards, and the procurement of card-making machines. It is much to be regretted that these artioles could not have been sooner procured. But I have no reason to doubt . that the agents employed to procure them, accomplished all that was practicable.? I Learning from Gen. 'James Jones, Quartermaster General, to whose superintendence I have committed the card-making maohines, that one maohinest can manage ten with ease, I ordered one to be made here, (not yet completed,) and have parohased nine others, obtained from abroad, six of which have just arrived. The number of wool and cotton cards reoeived will relieve mnoh the wants of; soldiers' families, and other needy families; and the oardmaking maohines, I trust, will enable me before a great while to materially reduce the price. The mode of distributing them, according to representation, is dot, under existing oircumstances, just. It would be far more so, to distribute them according to the actual wants of all the distriots, to be determined by the present population. I transmit herewith copies of communications from some eminently practical citizens, upon the subjeot of Government ships for procuring suoh machinery, and supplies, as the State may need for her own use, or that of her soldiers in Confederate service. The Confederate Government cannot, at all times, so promptly as they may wish, furnish suoh things aB the army may need; and by adopting one or both of the schemes suggested, the State will be in a condition to procure for herself, or furnish to the troops such articles at much less eost than now. The Confederate Government has expressed a. willingness to take off the hands of the State, the Saltpetre plantation, and her interest in the lead mine, at cost and charges; but not the State works. I did not deem it advisable to transfer the least important and expensive part of the Public works, retaicing the others. The working of the Lead mine, I reoommgnd to be abandoned, as it oannot, according to the repsrt of Dr. LeConte, herewith communicated, be made profitable. The Saltpetro plantation, it is believed, can be made to pay well, and is a very interesting experiment. The advantnnoa rrf flio Sfntn wnrlro dn nnf. annpiir tn hfi. so far, commensur&re with the expenditures. It is believed, however, that in future they will be profitable, if the expenses of procuring coal and -eoke, and transporting iron, do not prevent it. It is a grave question for your consideration, in the present state of the country, whether it would not bo better now, to ohange the locality of tbe works, plaoing them at Columbia, on the oanal, or near the iron mines, at some place where the machinery may be run by water. , And here I reqpmmend to your consideration the question of how far it may not be desirable for the State to do something towards establishing more direot communication with the Deep River coal mines. If i these difficulties could be overcome, the in IOrmatlOQ I nave receiveu uu a receui visit to the works, from the intelligent Superintendent, and the beads of the different departments, satisfies me they will be profitable. It is a matter of great importance to the State to have it, in future, in her own power to manufacture the implements of war which she may need. In accordance with your resolution; I contracted for the manufacture ofonethousxnd Morse's carbines. A part of them have been completed, and I regard them the best Cavalry weapon in use. The compensation to Col. Morse has not been determined upon, and I recommend this matter to your consideration, as something more than the mere value of the article manufactured, it may be thought proper to allow. Five of George's Revolving cannon have been constructed, under yonr resolution, and inspected and approved by the Ordnance officer of the State, whose report, together with reports furnished by General Hampton and Captain Thomas, as to the utility of the arm, are herewith communicated. The remaining two will be completed by Captain George at an early day. In order to have them fully tested, I sent one to General Beauregard, and another I delivered to General Hampton, to be oarried to Virginia, where it can be tested in the field. He proposed to replace it with another which'he has ordered to be construoted. Two others, I have, within the last few days, sent to General Beauregard, at his request, he thinking them usefal at Charleston. The fifth is at the Arsenal for the inspection of the7 Military Committees. I refer you, for furtherTnformation on these subjects, to the report of the Ordnance officer, herewith communicated. J I attended, in Jnly last, the annual examination of the Deaf and Damb, at the Cedar Springs Asylum. I commend this Institution to the fostering care df the State. Mo one who has not attended the examinations can form any adequate estimate of the happiness imparted to the unfortunate pupils of the school by their education. The Citadel ana Arsenal Academies are in a* flourishing condition, and at this juncture are the most suitable institutions for training the youths of our State. I commend earnestly to your care and encourage ment. 1 transmit copies of a communication from Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, acknowledging the receipt of your resolution of September, in referenoe to impressments. There have certainly been many irregularities on the part of government officials, in the execution of the law; bnt it is hoped the orders of the War Department, recently published, may prevent them in future. In compliance with . tho resolutions of your Houses, at your last session, upon the subject pf furloughs to the six months' troops for the purpose of gathering their orops and sowing grain, and also as to plaoing troops near the passes of the mountains, I communicated both with the Secretary of War and the Commanding General of this department. Their replies are herewith transmitted. Subsequently, upon representations from Asheville, and also from the oitizens of Greenville, that the danger of a raid through Asheville into-the upper districts of this State was imminent, the Commanding General sent to the mountains one regiment of State troops and a battery of light artillery. In acoordanoe with your resolution, I accepted the offer of Mr. .William Gregg, President of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company, to deliver to the State, for distribution through the different Boards of Relief for families of soldiers ten thousand yards of Graniteville oloths per week. I notified him of my acoeptanoe of his proposition, and have received several thousand yards, and have directed the distribution according to your resolution. Since that time, I have received from Mr. Gregg, a proposition to change the terms of his offer, but did not feet warranted in aooeding to it. I transmit oopies of his letter and of my reply. I earnestly recommend an increase of the I _*_T1 1.I* ./C 1 ' w . saiarieB or au puouo omeers wnose salaries are not limited by the Constitation. The high prioe of provisions and rents, rqpders it utterly impossible for them to sopport themselves with their present salaries, especially those whose duties require them to live in Columbia. I enclose herewith copies of a communication addressed to me npon this subject. I transmit, also, a copy of a communication from Hon. Marshall McCue, which he desires should reach you through me, upon the subjeot of olothing for our army, together with a pamphlet containing his speeoh in the House of Delegates and much valuable statistical information. I transmit, also, copies of a memorial and letters of'Mr. B. J. Sage, upon the'subject of a Volunteer Navy, under the Act of Congress. I recommend the subject to the most favorable consideration of the Legislature. The recent aotion of the British and French government, renders it more than ever desirable, that the States, themselves, should take some steps towards famishing what: Vinn an lnn<? npfldftd tn hpintr'thft war to a speed; and successful termination. In accordance with yonr resolutions of January 24, 1863, 1 established the Richmond Agency, for the assistance of South Carolina soldiers. I appointed Colonel E. P Jones, of Greenville, agent, and authorized him to employ two assistants, requiring him to make periodical* returns. I have every reason to be satisfied with the manner in whioh he has performed his duties, and have every assurance that the agency has contributed greatly to the comfort and relief of our soldiers with an inconsiderable outlay of money. Copies of his annual report are herewith submitted. I transmit, also, a communication fiom a Committee of the House of Delegates of Virginia, upon the all-important question of tbe currency, ic is grauiying to kqow i that in your bodies are to be found some j of the ablest financiers of tbe country, and I trust that their combined wisdom may suggest some means of improving its condition. t herewith communicate copies of certain resolutions of the North Carolina Legislature upon the subject of loyalty, enclosed me by the Governor of -that State, to be laid before your bodies. I transmit also the first batt'e-flag of the 13th South Carolina Volunteers, with the correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel Brockman, commanding, and myself. It was the flag borne by the. regiment under the lead of its gallant Colonel, Edwards, who gave up his life in defence of that flag I and his country's honor. It should be pre- j served as one of the proud memorials of the | ~ollnM^n*? Pn*/\linn'a onnn ganauiiijf ui yaiunua a ouuo. I recommend an amendment of the sixth section of "The Act to enable oitizens of the State who are engaged in military service to exeroise the rights of suffrage," ratified on the 6th day of February, 1863, so as to require the po)lff to be opened in,the army on a day so long previous to the day fixed for the election, as to seonre ample time for the transmission of the result to the district managers before the day for de-! daring the election. The office of Paymaster General should fl be abolished, and the duties assigned to the ( Quartermaster General's department. The t duties of these two departments are consoli- t dated in the Confederate government, and t it is found to work well. i , All joint resolutions should be engrossed > and filed in the Secretary of State's office, I and-be published with "the Acts. They are i so disposed of under the Federal as well as I Confederate governments, and I Incline to i think, some of the State governments. Hav- < ing the force of law, they should be as ao- * cessible to the publio as the Acts of Assem- i bly themselves. Moreover, as they often 1 impose duties upon the Executive, it is im- J portant that he should have ready access to then^ immediately upon the adjournment i of the Legislature. i I onoloae a joint resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, just deceived, setting apart the 10th day of December next, as a ! day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, and < requesting the Congress of the .Confederate i States, the Legislatures of the different 1 States, the Army and Navy, and all the ! people, to unite with them in its observance. ' I recommend the adoption of a resolution 1 of concurrence, with a request to all the ! good citizens of this State, to unite in >he i observance of that day. i Upon your deliberations, I invoke the < blessings of the Almighty. M. L.BONHAM. From the Richmond Christian Advocate. Letter from Bishop Andrew of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 'Summebfield, Ala., Oct., 1868. Deab Bao: Through the Divine Mercy we are thus far safe from invasion by our enemies. Bat wfio can tell what a day may bring forth ? Hundreds and thousands bf refugees from Mississippi and Tennessee have been passing through this country; many of them have stopped in this neighborhood, whenever1 they can find houses, but 'the greater part of them seem to be aiming for Georgia. From them we have aooounts of the conduct of our Federal enemies which are not at all calculated to increase our love for 1 them, or our disposition to be again united with them. The stories of desolated homes, , outraged women, and heartless conduct , generally in the treatment of helpless women and children, is painfully distressing; . i t " il ?' S ilf ' i ~ ana wnenever toe events 01 mis cruel war shall be f&ithfally chronicled, I venture to j say, it willconstitute one of the darkest i chapters in the history of savage warfare.Perhaps nothing better could be expected i of their common soldiers, many of whom . were formerly inmates of foreign poor houses and prisons and the scam and offscourings of foreign lands generally, as well as the scam of the Northern States picked up frpm their prisons and.the purlieus of their towns; bnt 1 had supposed that their commanding officers, at least,'were many of them gentlemen, and would repress any sach outrage of their men; bat it wo aidseem that in the progress of events, officers have turned up very rarely, or if perchance such an one is found in charge of any particular department, he. is speedily removed to make way for a Batler, who will be sure to allow the rebels no favor, and are therefore men more after Mr. Lincoln's own heart. . * . . , rPL i TT o.< n I xut) preclusions 01 union ana tne uon- L stitntion are pretty well "played out" and they are now beginning boldly to avow what has no donbt been their aim all along ---the destruction of the white population { of the South, and-turn the blacks loose to live and starve after the whites are murdered. The estates thus taken from the rightful owners are to be divided out among the , soldiers as a reward for their brutality, or j else they will be confiscated and sold, and , the proceeds go to the payment of the hea- < vy debt incurred in accomplishing our sub- ( jugation. This has, no doubt, been the j aim all the while, and is probably one rea- | son why they plunged their government ( so hopelessly in debt. They intend our [ property shall pay the war expenses, besides \ rewarding their soldiers with farms and , other things to match. But their treat- { ment of the poor negroes is perhaps, one of \ the meanest of their aotions. They have j announced themselves the friend of the j slave, coming to break his chains arid make \ him a free man, 'and by fair, promises they ? have indaced thousands of slaves to leave ] good homes where they were kindly treated, t and wheo the negro was unwilling to go with them they have bonnd him with chains a a or oords, aud have carried him off by vio- t lence, and frequently have torn the hasband from the wifo and the mother from the <3 children. And what has become of the ne- j groes thus torn from their homes and those v that have been their best friends ? They c have forced them into the army, armed them with Yankee weapons, and forced them on in the front ranks in the day of battle, where hundreds and thousands of them perish. When any negro, after hav- j| ing tried his new friends, and wishes to g return to his master, and makes the attempt, 0 he is shot down like a dog, under pretext j that military law requires it! But what a becomes of those who are not fit for the s army, the women .and the ohildren and n those who are helpless from age or other ^ oircumstanoes ? They are thrust into camps t] or pens where they sicken and die by thou- g sands, without a being to care for or give then a decent burial. * ' n Now the real object of the Yankees is ? not to benefit the slave, but to ruin his mas- a ter. Such, indeed, was the distinot avowal p of one of their commanders on the maroh to n Viokflburg, when a lady, whose property i he had taken away, was expostulating with v him and said something about their fight- 0 ing for the negro: "Madam," said he, "wo. are not doing this, because we o|ie for the negro, but because it,will injure the whites and thereby weaken the cause of the o rebellion." Such is, no doubt, the true motive of their oonduot. They care nothing for the negro, whether he lives or dies, o goes to heaven or hell; in fact, I think the o faw York Evening Pott some time ago in- l??RHi iicated as the result of these movements, SflffSiB -he otter extermination of the blacks in his country, ahd tho entire ocot^aney of BBraBB he land by the whites,and no doubt, - this gggglfflg ? the oonsomation for which they pray. In 3SjB^5|P addition to all this, it is currently, and I {ShKHK think reliably, reported, that many of tho I jlaves stolen or forced from Southern mas M H ben, have been sent to the Island of Cuba Km tnd there,eold into slavery. What a view IfiSSSjyfl ioes this give of the charaoter of theee great JmM "friends of the negroP' And yet theee wSBgj ire the people who are landed and glorified jBHaBEHS by the abolitionists of this country ana SgfTWffTffi England. fl Alas 1 for the fair fields'of Mississippi and 3very portion of onr Confederacy which fafflBBMlj shall fall under Yankee- dominion. And aKfifijBB yet I see that some people among us who have been great warriors at home, and who BwSffijMB have kept all the while away from'the smell of gunpowder, have absurdly talked of re- IjHmH construction, or at least peace on any terms. BfelSPi The men who are defending us, aud who have sealed their professions of patriotism with thei/ blood, in many hardfoughfc Sj fields, are not the men who talked thu?gP* , But Mr. Editor, our proud foe has leftjtt no alternative except to fight' Can wo I ever affiliate, with ..men who. have desolated our homes, outraged our wives and daugh- . JHRmBto ten, desecrated our churches, imprisoned fflOTjaM our preachers ? Can we trust the ftir prom- SHBHB ises of such men ? But it is not their pur- gffKfflPSg pose to oven promise to us anything- honorable. They,offer us bat the alternative^? death or subjugation. Can we, hesitate as . honorable men and 'christians which to MBBeBE choose ? ',t James 0. Andbew. |ggiHg| Th.0 Bugbear Shilling. fijjBBlB It is ourious, as well as gratiiying, to see H ctf how coolly our citizens take the Yankee shelling of the city. The people go to and SfifflHB fro in the streets very inttob as.osfud.^^ ?jjMfpSBB ladies do not forego their, dsn&l promenades: Hj and when a shell falls, the crowds gatbtv jgagafflB about the sullen monster, or watch its frag BaBBisaB ments, with a cariosity whioh is not in jany N PWmBWft whit lessened by their sense of dahger.'--' SB The young girls aud boys, as they hoar tbo 1 whizzing, look up and cry "There ijt goes i'' KsBBa or "Here it oomes 1" wjth s- superb feeling ot confidence id rate, it not wjtn auaDao T^wnaTr' lute sense of -superiority and contempt.? |&9K9fl| When a house is straok, which is rather a rare thing, they examine the bole, and m$a 0 sure its dimensions, and even calculate |SB0ffljgl the rate of progress which the. enemy will make in shelling down oar ancient city,? jraSftHM They say) "At this rate it will require -thir- B ty guns, constantly in play,"for three yeaifi mjaM to batter us into a cocked hat i" and wHh ^in| this arithmetical philosophy they resoop I their shinny sticks, and go on with their ISffiafll game of golph or marbles, in spite of Gillmore and his guns. Bat sometimes they BnwifflM carry on a profitable speculation amidst the uproar of a bursting -shell or stricken dwet- MjfljBIB ling. "It's an.ill wind," quoth theurohin, pfsBBSMB "that blows no body good." Thus, a day IBmlfflff or two ago, a shell bursting into a stqrehouse in the lower-part of the city, the ffiraraffll boys rushed in, and one of them, emerging ramggl with exaltation from it,vhold-up to us.a bank note, crying out, "I've made ten do'- HAH lars out of that shell !" How bo vf said jwBBHmSj we. "Look at that/' quoth be, holding up the; note. -- "Why you've made more," said gBflfiffl we?"Thatbill is worth $25/'' "Mtteh yop roMMBB know about it 1" was the ready answeS^r "The bill is worth $35, if it's worth a cop- S|B88|!e| perl Bat there is another shell. I must * BMBjMS go and see after my . rights !" That little H scamp will make 'his way hi" the world, provided no malignant shell shatters his owniam. And so everywhere. If one or-tl? ^SgBHBajB smali precincts are tabooedthe streets are, llllBSBBl averywhere elsQ, crowded with preople. The car is getting hourly more and more obtuse. fjffiStffl Oysters, .in the shell, produce a more lively ^HHRS sensation than shells of Greek -fire; and KhHieBH forced meat-balls awaken more earnest moods gi&KgEH ;han balls that only seek to foree our meat cut of its proper shape and proportions.? ijKBBajMra Fhe ladies sit in their piazzas and watch ;be shells as they drop into the neighboring gjjBfflMB rards. The burnt, distriot receives, and SnBflSB juietly harbors, pne-half of the jninhee Bm|mH hat fall among as; and, except in the bos- fflgpllftBra ess portions of the city, where the bntfd- fraSwKK ngs are more dense, the danger is held to )6 mostly nominal. Oar city is so largely inbarban in its residences, each dwelling BflHB laving its own spacions lot or garden, that SBbMBbI he chances are fonr to one in favor of the * PhBSBmBB xt. _ * _ iscape 01 iae nouse, id wnose preomis cue hell may fall. Setch is the present state of hings. Of course we-do not expect it al- ||BjiH rays to. remain so. As the enemy shall, [ay by day, get new mortars organs into SgflflSHm iosition, the work will become hotter; but ggfKwBK 7e doubt if that will make us cooler; or iooI the courage which now ories out-? rafiBBo "Lay on, Macduff. And d?d be he who first cries 'Hold! Enough!'" " HBflBBpnB Charleston Mercury. ". WHtpfMiB .. . *, .? . SKBEHa Beautiful Extract.?I envy no qqalty of the mind or intelleet in others, be it ;enias, power, wit, or fanoy; but if' I could afflaMlW boose w hat would be most delightful and H?hKE believe most useful to me, I should Pre^r iwaw| firm, religions belief to. every other blea- mSIWHI ing, for it makes life a discipline of - goodess, creates new hopes when all earthly opes vanish, and throws over the decay, he destruction, of existence the. most gor- . Mmh eons of all lights ; awakes life even in gR?fi|g8 eath, and from corrnption and decay, calls p beauty and divinity, makes an instrq- gBMjalM pent of fortune and shame the ladder of J&SB^BP scent to Paradise J and far above all earth- Immm F hopes, calls np the most delightfvl visions f palms and amaranths, the gardens of the nHKgB leased, the security of everlasting joys, rhere the sensualist and the Ififceptto view 8H0HH nl7 gloom, decay, an nibilation and despair, B Sir R. Davy'* Salamania. jgRgjgg ' ?" . bSHQRHD t&" Billy, spell cat, rat, hat, bat, with H nly one letter for each word i 'wH "It can't be did." CTbIMBB "What! you joat read the report phonetT- iHrfW||w ally, and oan't do that ? Joat look here; fl 80 oat, r80 rat, h80 hat, h8Q hat, MfflBHB