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' . ? J.B.&L.M. OBIST, |propri?tor3 ?? Jitojptoi Jfsm% iWwpaptr: .Jfor% ^wnurtwit <rf % |fffMt:tl, JJotial, ^praltol aa& Cammerti?I Jirftttsfs of % ?W{}. {?* bbs ybab, nr advakoe. YOLUME10 - ~VORKViLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY. 20, 1864. ; VY \ NUMBER 3. ' i i " ' i ' i RATES OF POSTAGE IN THE ' C. STATES OF AMERICA. F)R the convenience of the public the following simplified statement of the rates of post age, under the act of Congress of tbo Confederate States of America, has been prepared. It must be borne in mind that the Act is to go into effect from and after such period as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce: RATES OF POSTAGE. Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce in weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to bo prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertised letters 2 cents each. on NEWSPAPERS. Sent to regulnr and bona fide subscribers from the office of publication,and not exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly paper, 26 cents per quarter. Trl-Weekly paper, 39 cents per quarter. , Four times a wock, 56 cents per quarter. Five times a week, 65 cents per quarter. Six times a week, 78 cents per quarter. ON PERIODICALS. Periodicals published oftener than semi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1X ounces in weight, 1 cent on each number, and one cent additional on each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. ON TRANSIENT PRINTED .MATTER. The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not scaled, handbill, engraving, pampniet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon nected with any manuscript or written- matter, and not exceeding I ounce In weight, shall be 1 cent, and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional ; and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over four pounds? shall be deemed mailable matter, and the Inland postage on them shall be at the rate of 2 cents on ounce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such transient matter and books, shall he prepaid in all cases except when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the army. frakki.vo pkjvilkoe. The following persona only are entitled to the ftankini) privilege, and In all cases strictly confined to official business. Postmaster General. His Chief Cleric. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. HEADQUARTERS, COM.VTI8SARJ? GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, S. C., Colombia, S. C., December 20,1383. General Assembly having pas_J_ sed an Act to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to suppress the undue distillation of spirituous liquors in this State," authorizing and empowering his Excellency the. Governor to contract with a skilled and responsible agent in each of the Districts of this State to manufacture a limited quantity of pure spirits, at a limited and reasonable price, not to exceed three dollars per^ gal Ion: said spirits not to be sold to any but regularly practicing physicians and regis t'TCQ UrUgglSlS." Notice Li hereby-given that proposals in writing, stating prices, will be received at this Department for the manufacture and sale, as above, of a quantity of pure spirits nnd alcohol, sufficient for the Ucntands of the District from which the offer is made. Bond orteii thousand doilnrx, with adequate security, will be required for the faithful performance of. the contract. Kaiiy proposed are requested. By order of the Governor. < : RICHARD CALDWELL,. Lieut. Col. and Commissary Gen., S. G. December 23 51 .L . 4t WAY-SIDE HOME, ' IN view of the increased demands upon the Way-side Home, the Executive Committee charged with its mauaginont have appointed the foidwing gentlemen Agents ofthls institution to solicit contributions in money and provisions, and beg tiiat these friends will act promptly without further notice: The conductors of the x various Hail roads will give thtlr generous aid in the trans portal ion of all supplies. . JAMES S. G1BBE8, Chairman pro lent., Aud Treasurer Way-Side Home. . Dr. Lewis Dantzler, Vance's Ferry, (Orange Parish.) T. Zimmerman, St. Matthew's, S. C. O. Whittemore, Orangeburg C. H. . Rcvr T. O, Frlerson, Klngstree. J. II. Dingle. Sumter. Rev. B. N. Snares, Barnwell. . Col. J. J. Ryan, Blackvillc. E. L. KerrisonxColuiubia. ? . Rev.' J.R. Dow, Aiken. >--.->? SilasdWtBsffihe, Newberry. H. B. McMaster, Winnsboro. m j ? Rev. J. B. Adgerx Pendleton,* J Rev. W. A. Gamewell, Marion. { A. O. Norrls, Esq., Anderson. Rev. C. McCartha and W. M. Lawton, Abbeville, Lieut. Col. John A- Bradley, Chester. William A. Latta, York. J. Kyle, Esq., Laurens. t Rev. J. D. McCu)lough,%Union. "** ' v. C. J. Eiford,Esq., Greenville. Rev.' W. C. Klrklnnd, Spartanburg. f? ' v Dec 13' 51 * '* ' ' Ip. ii' ? ? ? ?. ; 1 j... gf THE ROLL OF HONOR. To the Families of Deceased Soldiers TEE Legislature has continued the agency to record (he names of soldiers from tills State who have fallen in service or died from disease during the present war. The-following resolution was adopted by both branches of the General Assembly: "Resolved, That the Agentjloairge, by public advertisement, the bundles of deceased soldiers to report to him, that be may have the means of verifying and correcting Regimental returns." to accordance with the above resolution of the General Assembly, I earnestly request the families and friends of deceased soldiers to forward to me the names of the brave men who have fallen in battle or died in service during the present war. The InforuiaUon required is the name, -rank,. 4 number of Regiment, letter of company, date of death, cause of death, in what battle, or where died,' ' ~x_;:.i I would also earnestly request all the commandingofc eers of Regiment* from this State to forward mo official returns of the casualties in their respective commands from the beginning of the war, and to continue said returns during their term of service, so that the Roll of Donor may be as perfect and complete as possible. WM. B. JOHNSTON,Recording Agent of the State. January (! 1 It IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT, ...-V For Division or Sale of Real Rttale of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. .viar^aivi *?. r IUJUJ tiji|iiitani] . vt' David J. Floyd, James Floyd, Carroll Henry, nud 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 my satisfaction that 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, defendants in above stated case, reside without the limits of litis State: It is therefore Ordered that they do appear and object to the division or sale of the real estate of Gcoree Mc. Floyd, deceased, on or before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. ($iS) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. November 11 45 ,3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. Roddey St Co., v? W. B. Dunlap.?ATTACnstEjcr. TX/TIEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on* T I 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 hits neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered, that lite 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 Hixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then tie awarded against him. ($16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1863. November 4 44 qly. IN EQUITY?YORK DISTRICT. William Clinton and Wife, 1 vt. > Bill for Partition of Land. S am 'I Lowry Ik Wife, etui. J * XT QooAiirimr to mv satisfaction that I J. o -- J JL Lucitwi Mlskclly, one of tlio defendants in above case, resides beyond the limits of this Suite : It is, therefore, on motion of J. Bolton Smith, Esq., Solicitor for Complainants, ordered that said absent defendant, do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill filed in ibis case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or said bill will be taken pro Toitfisso against him. November 21,I8G3. ($21) WALTER B. METTS, c. z.y. n. November 23 47 ? 3m T 1ST OF LETTERS?REMAIN_LJ ING in the Post Office at Yorkville, S. C., Januarv 1st. 1863. Miss Nancy Aiken?,')'. L. Allen, Andrew Boyd, Mary B. floleyn. Cant. O. II. Botts, 2; Miss Mary Crow, Miss Jane C. Craig, Miss Jane Davis, J. F. Davison. Mrs. Dulcina Dover, I.ictit. James Dover, 2; Miss Mary Forbes, Mrs. C. Goodrich, 2; G. Gadler, Mark Garrison," John Gal, 1. N. Hobson, Esq., Eliza Hajii, Ira Ilardin, W. K. Hamilton, Miss Augelia Hofl", Miss M. A. Ingram, l.oliu I.ox, J. D. Loncgan. Rev. R. L. McAllister, Miss Mary Malony, Jane Mltchum, Mwaim McClahl, B. D. Myers, Esq., 8. Owens, 2; Mrs. S. L. Pinkston.3; Miss Mary M. Pickston, Mrs. J. A. Peters, Pliillp Sand iter, Mrs. Dianna Stewart, Cupt. ft.?. Walker, 7Mr?. J. r. Wilson, Miss S. E. Wright, f.'apt. G. G. Wells, Robert Wells, Miss Elizabeth Wright, 8 C. V'oungblood. 11. L. Young, Esq?5t; J. It. ALEXANDER, P. M. January 6 I 3t A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? All persons indebted to the estate of DAVID A. G. McCARTER, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment immediately. Those having claims againslsaid estate will present them, properly attested, to my agent, DAVID WALLACE, forthwith. R. It. McCARTER, Administrator. January 6 1 . 3t OALT ! SALT"!-ON HAND AND kj for sale a prime lot of WILMINGTON SALT, at$24 per bushel of 30 fts; or exchange for produce, 3lbs of SALT for 1ft of PORK. W. E. ROSE. December 23 51 tf "VTOTICE.?CORN, Bacon, Wheat It and FLOUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLE, Agent. April 22 1 tf ?? r Fjom the South Carolinian. SONNET. BY IIENRY TIMROD. We inay not falter, while there IS an ell Of ground on which to strike a focman dead; But count our means, and sec how weak the dread Which hears, in every skirmish lost, the knell Of freedom's fortunes. Plains ns vast as realms, Swamps, forests, valleys, which no hostile tread . Hath yet profaned?mountains like mighty helms All plumed with pines?men that would freely shed Their heart's best blood and hopes, to wbrno more Of the dear soil for which they lift their steely Than would suffice to drink one freeman's gore? And women, with their tender souls so poured In patriot strength, we feel as one might feel, If God should turn his rainbow to a sword! Gen. Morgan's Escape. Dalton,Ga., Jan. 5, 1864. I had the pleasure yesterday of an interview with the celebrated, brave and daring Capfc, T. Henry Hines, who commanded Col. Dick Morgan's regiment in the late expedition to Ohio in July laat, and who, planned and executed the escape of General Morgan from the Colnmbna Penitentiary in Ohio. Capt. Hines is a very youDg man, not over 23 years of age, has a fine intellectual head, florid complexion, dark-brown hair and eyes, wears a light moustache, and would be considered by the ladies very handsome. From Capt. Hines I have obtained the following particulars of the escape of Gen. Morgan, which is one of the most remarkable feats of the age. I give you, for the benefit of your readers, a plain unvarnished tale, as told to me, without the adornings of novel writers. On arriving at the Penitentiary the officers were treated the same as oonviots, with the exception that they were not made to dress in oonviot clothes. They were stripped and put in a tub of dirty water, one by one, a^d went through the scrubbing pro cess, some eighty men being washed in the same water without being changed. Their beards wero then all out off and shaved clean, and their hair was cut so close that it amounted to shaving their heads. General Morgan suffered the same treatment. For the first two days they were put on conviot fare of bread and water, but after that they reoeived thl usual allowance of oold meat. The cells iu which they were confined consisted of solid stone masonry, about sis feet long, six feet high, and three feet wide. Morgan's party were confined in the east wing of the penitentiary, the oell& of which faced a narrow passage, or hall, some sixty paces in length, and from twelve to fourteen feet wide, the south side of the hall being a solid wall. The cells were oomposed of five tiers, one over the otLor, with wopden steps to asoend to them. Morgan and his men ocoupied the first and second tiers only, no other prisoners being in this portion of the building. The General occupied a cell in tbe second range, and Captain Hincs occuried one about tbe centre of tbe first tier. ~ -r- m Oirthe 3rd of November Capt. Bines matured the plan of escape, which he communicated to one of his fellow prisoners, Captain Sam Taylor, of Col. A. R. Johnson's 10th Kentucky cavalry. Hines suggested, that from the dryness of the cel|? there must be an air chamber beneath to prevent the moisture from rising, and that by removing the cement and brick in the. cells they might strike the cavity of the ohamber beneath, when, by undermining the foundation, they could effoct thoir es: cape. Taylor at once consented to the plan, which was communicated to General Morgan and four others?Capts. J. C. Bennett, and Hockeremitby of the 10th Kentucky, Ralph Sheldon, of the 2nd Kentuoky, and Augustus Magee. " >-, Capt. Hines having prooured two case knives, which had been sent from the hospital with food for some of'our sick men, the work was commenced in Capt. Hirios' oell on the 4 th JNovemner, ne caving most generously assumed the responsibility, so that in case of discovery he alone would suffer tbe punishment of being incarcerated in the dungeon.^ Gapt. Hines detailed two men at a time to work in his room during the period the other prisoners promenaded the hall for exercise. They were relieved every hour, and worked from four to five hours per day. Hines kept striot guard himself and established a telegraph system of communication?one knock on the door of the cell was tbe signal to commence work; two' knocks to cease, and three knocks the alarm to stop and come out. As the work progressed in the different cells, tbe men hid the cement and bricks in their beds. They had to contend against the most complete system of guards, who were composed of both civil and military, and who, beiog^enjous, watched each other and our own prisoners' movements with the greatest scrutiny. Besides rttis, there were privileged convicts, who also watched our men and listened to their conversations. ? Having first removed the cement and brick for a space of 18 inches square, digging through six inches of cement and six layers of brick in each cell, they struck at last the air chamber, which was sixty feet long, three feet wide, and three feet high. They now removed the rubbish of the cement and bricks from their cells to the air chamber, keeping the holes concealed by their beds. Their herculean task had now only commenced. From the air chamber they worked through twelve feet of solid masonry, fourteen feet of "grouting," or tine stone and oement, and five feet of gravelled earth, which led them into the yard of the penitentiary. The work in the seven cells was, to their great joy, completed on the 26th November, having occupied 23 days. General Morgan was now informed of the fact and himself examined the work, expressing his great surprise and delight to Captain Hines. It was now agreed by the parties to effect their escape on the night of the 27th. But here another obstacle was to bo surmounted as great, and more dangerous than the one just accomplished. The wall surrounding the penitentiary yard was 35 feet high, and this had to bo scaled. Besides, it was well known that several sentinels were on post in the yard, and that two or three most terrible dogs were unohatned at night. Then again bow was General Morgan to be gotten out of bis cell, wbich was in tbe second tier, and tbe turnkey locked all tbe cell doors at five o'clock, p. m. ? Bat if love laagbs at looksmitbs, Morgan and bis men laugb at all difficulties, and Yankee peniI tentiaries. Calvin Morgan, tbe Goneral's brother, was at once set to work to make a rope some seventy feet long oat of the Jsed ticking, and a hook was made oat of a small iron poker to attaoh to tbe end of tbe rope. At five o'clock on tbe evening of the 27th, tbe prisoners were all ordered to their cells. General Morgan had been acoastomcd to reading at night in bis oell by a candle, which was the only privilege allowed, all lights being ordered to be pat oat by 9 o'clock. That (evening Col. Dick Morgan took.the place of the General, they exchanging cells. When tbe turnkey oame rban<T seeing a man . with a book before his face reading, be took him for tbe General, and locked the door, thinking all right. It was arranged to make their esoape at twenty-five minutes after midnight, know AI?a?f_ I:A /-i-i i r n log coat ine truiu lots v/inumuufi ivr uiuuiunati at 1.25 in the morning. Capt. Sam Taylor having a watch, it was agreed that at the given time he should descend into the air ohamber, and passing under the cells touch eaoh man as the signal to oom'e forth, in order that no noise should be made, -as it was so still at night that even the drop of a pin could be heard, and might give alarm. It was weli known that the guards exam-# iixed the cells every two hours, and to prevent the discovery of the absence of the persons, they shaped their bedclothes so as to resemble the sleeping forms of men, before taking a farewell of their prison houses*. At the appointed time and signal, eaoh man holding his breath descended into the air,, ohamber, and crawling through the hole made in the foundation, soon gained the yard. They breathed again the free air of heaven. It was a dark, rainy night. Three sentinels stood within ten paces of them.? They stole along as if treading on air, groping their way towards the wall. Just at this moment one of the huge, -fierce dogs, who wduld not even let his keeper come into the yard at night, came running towards them with a low growl, and approaching within ten feet'of them, barked once.? xnen as it nis mstinot taugnc mm mey were rebels trying to escape, even the dog, ,more faithful to his oonntry and the sureties of tho great oompaot, now broken forever, than the abolition infidels, turned away, and held bia'peaoe ' Was it not a speoial providence? They reached the wall in safety at the East gato. It was a double gato. One outside, of stone and iron, and the. other inside, made of wooden uprights, with open spaces between. The gate was thirty feet high.? Taylor, who had charge of tho rope, now wrapped a- stone in a olotb tt prevent it from making.a noise, and tying it to one end of the rope, threw it over the top of.the inside gate, the-weight of the stone drawing dowo the rope. $e then secured the hook to one of the uprights, and^the party climbed up, one by one, to the top of the gate, and then easily gained the top of the wall. The rope was then hauled" up and attuohed to the iron railing on the main wall, and the parties descended. Taylor reached the ground 'first, and the General next. They had descended. into the open street within thirty steps of a guard, near a bright gas light. . .. (. It had been previously determined that on reaching the outer wall; the parties should separate, Morgan and Hines together, and the others to Bhape their course for themselves."*; Thus they parted. Hines and the General proceeded at once to the depot.to purohase their tickets?for Cincinnati. Bat lo ! where was the money ? The inventive Hines had only to touch the magioal wand of his ingenuity, to bo supplied. While in prison he had taken the preoaution, after .planning his escape, to write to a lady friend in a peculiar cypher, which, when handed to the authorities to send through openly, contained nothing contraband, but " which on the youDg lady receiving, she, according to instructions, sent him some books, in the back of one of wbioh she concealed some "greenbacks," and across the inside wrote her name to indioate the place where tSe money was deposited ! The books came safe to hand and Hines was flush ! Going boldly up to the ticket offioe, Hines procured J two tickets, while Morgan modestly stood i back and adjusted a pair of green goggles over his eyes, which one of the men, having weak eyes, had worn into the prison. They took their seats in the cars without suspicion. How their hearts beat until the locomotive whistled 'to start.! Slowly the wheels turn, and they are off! The oars were due in Cincinnati at 7 a. m. At Dal(on, Ohio they were detained one hoar.? What keen anguish of suspense did they not suffer? They knew that at 5 o'clock, a. i m., the convicts would be called, and their I escape would then be discovered, when it j would be telegraphed in every direction, consequently the guards would be ready to i ! greet them on their arrival. They were i i-oni/Hir nnnrincr f.hfi oitv of abolition hoffdom. icj??0 j ? - D?.? It was a cold, rainy morning. Just as the , train entered the suburbs, about a half a ] i mile from the depot, the two escaped pris- ] | oners went out on the platform, put on the < 1 breaks, cheeking the cars sufficiently to let j j them jump off. Hines jumped off first, and | fell considerably stunned. Morgan follow- | ; ed unhurt. They immediately made to wards the river, striking it at Ludlow's fer- < j ry. Here they found a boy-with a skiff, | ; who had just ferried across some ladies from ] Covington. Their trepidation can be im- ] magined. They dared not turn their heads f ! for fear of seeing the guards coming.? j I "Hines," whispered the Geoeral, "look and j see if any body is coming !" The boy was i told they wanted to cross, but he desired to ] wait for more passengers. The General ] told him he was in a hurry and promised to i ' pay double fare. The skiff shot out into j I the stream, they soon reached tlje Kentucky \ 1 shore, and breathed free ! , # The boy bad told them the place of residence of a lady friend; thither they bent their steps, and were reoeivedirithihe Wildest demonstrations of joy and hospitality. They were afraid to tarry long.y Horses were immediately proonred for ttiem, and at that day, 28th November, they rode to the town of Union, in Boone county, 28 miles from Covington. There they stayed all night and the next day, leaving on the night of the 29th, with volunteer guides and traveling by neighborhood and by-roads, passing through Gallatin county, to the Owen county lino, where they stopped with a friend and spent the day bf the_ 80th. They resumed their travels at night, passing through New Liberty, Crossed the Kentucky river, and 2 a. m., on the first of. December, stopped twelve miloMhe. other side of Newcastle. Pushing on that day, they arrived at night, eight miles this side t* rtt ?i Ml . 1 4.1 i il J 01 sneioyvnie, waere mey spent tue uay ui the 2d, with their friends, meeting with a glorious reoeption; At night they departed again, passing through Taylorsville, and reached the vioinity of Bardstown at 5 o'dock, on the morning ' of the 3d. Here they remained over till the night of the 4tb, having reoeived a most cordial greeting and unbounded hospitality. - Again advanoing * they passed through glorious old Nelson oonnty, stopping on Boiling Fork. On the 5th, they laid over, and at night reaohed the vicinity of Greensburg, passing between the piokets of the enemy and their base.? The iagitives had been joined by four others, and the party now consisted of six.? They remained concealed inside of the enemy's piokets dating the day of the 6th.? Their trip through Kentucky had been one grand ovation, the ladies going wild with joy, and the men offering them everything in their power, showing that the trne spirit still breathes in that down trodden State. On the night of the 6th, they procured guides to proceed to Oumberland river, the road being thickly* lined with Yankees.-r At iu o ciock, a. m., on tne /tn,iney reacn ed Camberland, 9 miles below Burksville, having traveled 60 miles that night, and crossed the river io a canoe, swimming their horses and passing for Federal cavalry.? That night they stayed at the house of a good Union friend,'who, supposing them to belong to Jacobs cavalry, took the best care of them. On the 8th they passed into Overton oounty, Tennessee, following in the. rear of a large Yankee scouting party, whom they learned were in hot obase after Morgan ! . The General here learning that a number of escaped prisoners of his command were in the vioinity, a portion being under Capt. Ray, he determined to wait uotil they could be'oollected, and take them out?for which purpose he laid over until the 12th December. The squad was now increased to forty men under command of Captain Hines, and drossing^a spur of th? Cumberland Jbj way of Crossville. between Snarta and Knoxville, they arrived at Bridge's Ferry, on the Tennessee, river, at 10 o'clock on the morning of the- 13th. .There being no boat skiff to oross, the party was compelled to fell trees to make a raft. This ferry was within two miles and a half of Yankee cavalry camp. By two, p. m., they had succeeded in crossing 25 men and six horses. At this time a cavalry force of the enemy appeared on the north side of the rivor, and fired upon the party, who had been engaged making the jaft. The enemy succeeded in captarLpg three or, four men, bnt the others made their escape back into Tennessee. At the same moment the. enemy also-appeared o? the south side of the river, when General Morgan, Hinea, and four others, mounted their horses to escape. After riding two miles and a.hnlf from the river, Hines rode ap to a house for the purpose of procuring a guide, leaving Morgan and the other men in the road. Hincs had obtained the guide, when he heard Morgan, halloo to him, and p. .f 1? J U-J .... soon aicer a pany 01 cavairy uaaueu up towards Hines, which, at farst ho took for a part of oar men, until they approached so close that escape was impossible. Hines, i had on a Yankee gan oloth which covered ] his clothes, and seeing that they took him ] for an "abolish," he feigned to be a Yan- i ke? The abolish Captain riding up, asked, I "who are you ?" "One of you'f replied H. I "Where are the Rebs ?" asked the Captain. I "They have just gone this road ; oome on i and we will catch them," said Hines, ri- ] ding off in the opposite direction from that taken by Morgan, who at the time was noar' the foot of a hill, and was thus enabled to i escape. The party followed Hines, bat soon ? after discovered him to be a true rebel, and f taking away his arms, they threatened to ( hang him for misleading them. Hines was carried across the river to t their camps and pat under guard. He pass- r ed off for a private under the name of Bui- t lit. That night he eat up several letters * and private papers, besides the notes of his 1 trip, which would have condemned him, thus making a paper sapper, which probab- F ly saved his neok. The evening of the i4tn e the captain rreturned from the scout, and ? reported that the rebels had escaped. He ? had learned from a citizen that Morgan was one of the party, "and suspected Hines as 9 being an escaped prisoner. He charged a him with being a Confederate officer and i' questioned him very closely. In order to a gain Hines' confidence and to pump him, he treated him very kindly and asked him f to go to a Union man's house to take sup- h per. On leaving the house.about 9 p. m., b which was half a mile from the camps, af- v ter getting off about ten steps the "yank" o remembered he had left his shawl and went back. The night was dark, and Hines ti struggled with himself to gain his consent tl to escape, but considering the confidence md kindness of the offioer, he concluded to c wait till he got out of his hands. Hines a remained in oamp under guard during the tl light of the 14th and the next morning t< was sent to Kingston with an escort often sen, where he was placed in jail and kept 'or five days without fire, and almost with- o out food. Here he found three of his oom. f< rades who had Tbeeo captured op the other aide of the river. On the 20th, he and his three companions, Williams and Robert Churchy and Smith, of the 3d Kentuoky cavalry, were sent to the camp of the 3d Tankee Kentucky infantry, opposite Loudon, on the Tennessee river, 19 miles from Kingston. The prisoners were confined in a small houfcein ttfe centre of the camp, the timber being out down in every direction for.helf a mile, end there being but one path leading to the monntaia from the camp which was olosely guarded. The right it was bright moonlight, bat tbe moon'weht ' down jast before day. Hines and hM companions by agreement, under pretence of being very oold, dressed themselves, at the time, and sat down with the guards aropnd At a given signal his comrades rose and stood near the door, while Hines keeping one of the guards busily engaged talking, quietly approached the door unobserved, raised the latch, giving this wink at the Bame time to his friends. Then turning suddenly, he threwthe doot wide openj 'and said with great composuTOy "Gentlemen/ we i have remained here long enough?it is time we were going." The guards were struck , dumb with surprise, and thought it a joke. But before they coufd recover their Benses, Hines dew past the guards in front of the house, aqd ran like a deer for the woods,? He heard a struggle fgr moment near the house, and then a volley of minnie balls wlrizzed by bim. His three oomracies must have been caught. The enemy pursued bim to the woods and up the" mountain for three quarters of a mile, when they lost his track. Hines traveled six miles across the .mountains that morning, and lay dlnceuled daring the day. At night ~ he appiroaohed a house in a valley, and finding the occupant a Unionist, .he passed himself off as a Tankee Government agent. In conversing aboat the rebels, the Unionist said there were a few still larking about, but as the river wfes well guarded, there were but ftVr ' places they could cross afc,< and mentioned' one place five miles below. Loudon, where he said a rebel jived who kept a oanoe.? Hines made an exonso'io go oh that night, and prcceed^gathe ferry indicated, where he found yflflStee and crossed the river. He soon founcraftany friends op the sonth side of the river to aid him, and travelling altogether by nighfc^till out of danger, he finally arrived at Dalton, Gu.,' On tbe evenningof the 20th December, having walked the whole distanoe from Loudon. Gen. Morgan escaped by way of Athens, Tenn., to Madisonville, and thence across the mountains of North Carolina, ooming in at Columbia, South Caroliua, and, as we all know, is powaafe in Riohmond. 290. Federal Retaliation.?A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph, writing from North Carolina, with reference to the movement of a portion of onr troops tooheck the advance of the enemy, says : About1 two miles this side of South. Mills, Col. Griffin who commanded the expedition, found a man (by the name of "Brigbtj" formerly a member of Company L, of our regiment,) hung to a beam in his own house, with a paper attached to his coat, behind, stating his name, the day on which, the cause for which and the order by which he was hanged; which was Gen. Wilde's order, and the cause, being a guerilla?his accuser, a negro. Comment is unnecessary; the*crime speaks for itself. When our men bow this sight, and heard the account of it from the neighboring citizens, they were roused to a spirit bordering on frenzy. Col. Griffiin caused him to be taken down and decently interred with military honors.? The Yankees, not content with the executing of this diabolical act, and the witnessing of it themselves, caused a number of ladies and gentlemen, whom they had foroed from their homes as prisoners, to stand in the road and witness the whole of it. Retaliation.?The Richmond Seqtinil learns, that the Sixty-Second Georgia regiment captured two Degroes and a white lieutenant of a negro regiment, who were identified as belonging to the party who bung Lieut. Griffith. It was determined to take the three to the spot where poor Griffith was murdiifcd, and hang them in retaliation. The captures were made in Perquimans, N. Carolina. Cowahds and Skulkers.?A writer n the Mobile Tribune says it is known that lome parents nave sent tneirspna to xiurope rom the Southern Confederacy sinoe the sommencement of the war. These men arein business and have made heir moneyin the South. This is an outage upon our sons,- brothers and fathers low periling their lives for (he cause from i vhich these young men have been retired i >y patriotic fathers. A law should be passed in each State de-, ( riving such fathers and sons of the right \ :ver to oast a vote or to be allowed to en;ago in any business in any Confederate State. Let every man who skulks his son from ervioe, or-the man over twenty-one, who ' voids a participation in our struggle for 1 ndependence, be branded as a dastard, and s unworthy of recognition. i Thousands of our noble young men have i alien upon the field of battle^ who might t lave been saved, if the skulking cowards \ iad been at the post of duty aiding these i aliant patriots in driving back the vandal < ppressor. ' 1 Let public sentiment and publio indigna- I ion put the ban upon all suoh; as well as S ho heavy hand of tbo law. 4 Justice, humanity, patriotism, the pre- ious blood 'of our patriotic dead, our oause ? nd justice to our patriotio soldiers, demand v hat retribution be visited upon these de- c stable creatures. 1 t JS@r ft is estimated that 2,000,000 gallons 3 f whiskey are manufactured for the Con- r jderate government. v Bold Speech in Linoolndom. The following specimen of free speech is an extract from a communication in a Yankee' paper. It is worth reading: Fifth. Within the past two years this government has suffered a grievous change, a most disastrous add humiliating eolipse. It has become a filthy hybrid; a monster, smeared with thfe bloody sacrifices of its owe children; a detestable compound of orimes and vices; a despotism which canndt fitly be described in decorous language; "the sum of all villainies"?"a league with hell and a covenant with death" \ ? G , The administration is ignorant, conceited and vulgar; canning, insincere, and unscrupulous; fierce, sanguinary /and cruel: fall of all subtlety and all misohief ;_of all hypocrisy and daeeit. It is without truBl or honesty, without manliness orr decency. Its avarice is insatiable; its corruption. unbounded; for gain it will do anything, however infamous, oppressive and wasteful, and does not scrapie to barter the .arboU country for profit. It is a bally, a braggart, and a coward ; it domineers by terror ovei weakness; it shrinks frbm troth and daylight; it deals in : pimps, spies and informers, and fears an enemy in every shadow:1? With bands of arraed^ men it strikes down the liberty of the citizen at the dead ol night, when he is surprised, solitary and defenceless; wages w*rb'n-women and children. If, is btrbaroaa-and wanton, for ii desolates peacefa! and inoffensive lands with fire and flood; it destroys cities, towns, vil lagea Bnd solitary dwellings; it plunders wherever its emissaries prowl, destroying what oannot be taken away. It does no) spare the sacred^monuments of art, science; and literature; respects not the grave; hai no pity on the shjjets of helplessnWand parity, and the instruments of its crime? are only less detestable than the crimes themselves and the criminate. In ev rytfcing, and in the most ataperi' dons proportions is tHir administration a bomioabb; the stench thereof risesloward heaven, re Ihe stenoh of Sodom and (Jo raorrah. Ii is a foe to all goodness, and whosoever should destroy it wonld confer a blewi^ton jwinkiaS'* * - . rfefoi &t.< Sixth. Th<? Southern"people are fighting for our liberties as well, as their own. Nc greater calamity conld happen to ns than their overt arow ; the deetraction of the one would ber opeedijy followed by the subjugationof JthejOvhpr.. Seventh. Should the Confederate army capture Washington and exterminate the herd of thieves, Pharisees and cat-throatc which pastuve there, defiling our temple of liberty, we should-regardJit as a spepial in terpositioa of Divine wisdom in- behalf ol justice, judgment pod mercy. Eighth. No portion of this .Union is entitled to pnblio sympathy or assistance. 01 protection from Southern defensive iava sion, so Iong% itcontinuesto be a party to the present aggressive war.. There cannot be innocent accomplices in crimes at which hpmuuto stands aghast. Ninth. " The~thr?e pieces of silver," the price of 'bldbd and the general min is nol entitled to protection. Let those who have grown fat on the misfortunes of the lone defend their own plunder, fight a little and bellow les3. Tenth. So long as the present war continues add despotism prevails^ we shall have no disposition to oppose a Confederate army, whether, on our border or in oar midst rather would we hail them as, friends, aac deliverers. * ' ' . , Eleventh. We arraign'Abraham Lincoln President of the United States, and th< men of his conncil, before the bar of pob lio opinion and national jostice, for the fol lowing high crimes, felonies and misdemeanors : . For the country they have betrayed; for tbe oaths they have violated; for the Constitution they have trampled underfoot; for the laws they have perverted or annulled ; for the power they have abused and usurped; for the Union they have destroyed; for the precious hopes they have blasted , for the liberties they have taken away; for the rivers of blood tbey ftave snea; ior ine armies they have slaughtered; for the manifold excessive and wide spread desolations, wastes and cruelties they have perpetrated. We arraign them for converting this once great, prosperdtis, free and happy land into a land of discord, strife and despotism?of rain, misery and shame. Twelfth. These pernicious criminals we propose to try by authority of all the laws their despotism has left us, by that law of necessity and self-preservation which they malioiously, traitorously and falsely have invoked, promulgated and enforced. And we shall appeal for justice to that universal sentiment which passes judgment on all suoh as are enemies to the human race. Thirteenth. Fellow-citizens: In the name of the thirteen colonies, we say to you? "Resistance .to tyrants is obedience to God/' SPIRIT OF '76. mn Negroes 'is the Army.?An officer of distinction in the Confederate army, says :he Atlanta Intelligencer, writes as follows b "The subject of placing negroes in the irmy is attracting some attention. The 'ollowing memoranda shows appr^ximaiogly how many may be made use of without putting arms in their hands. Pressing that we have in the field one hunired brigades, allow for each as engineer aborers, 50?5,000; batchers, 5?500; )lack8miths, 2?200; wheelwrights, 2? 100; teamsters, 50?-500; cooks, 40? 1,000; hospital nurses and cooks, &o., 40 -4,000; shoemakers, 20?2,000. Total, 10^0.0. To which may be added for the various mechanical departments, under the lontrol of the Government, as laborers, &c., .0,000; and as laborers on fixed fortificalons, 20,000. Making a total of 50,000. Che employment of ihie number would estore to duty in the field forty thousand rhite men." THREADS. l The metal sleeps In its hidden vein, The blue eyed flax wares om the plain, The silk-worm spins on tlie mulberry leaf, * Days are spinning their Joy and grief. . r . '-x 1 Threads are a-twlning, manifold, i Of flax, hemp, cotton, and silk, and gold'; i For joyous Beauty, for Soldier proud, For work-dress, cable, halter, and shroud. I From the fields of sense, and mine* of thought, * I Threads of life are twisted and wrought: . We are weaving Character, wearing Fate, And Human History, little and great I ; i . Setting out Orchards. We believe we cannot do our readers a ' better service than to famish them the following instructions for preparing thegrowmjl ^ [ for an orchard, selecting and setting oat the ; trees, &a, which We chpy from the Field and Fireside. Now is the time, and to , every reader yre say?" Plant frait trees? * ' they grow while you Bleep/'1 [ S Those who have no orchards, or wish to ' start another on their estate, should prepare the ground at once, and make amgementa to set out young orchards. Tnoy should be ' sure to buy none but the most superior ' kinds; such fruits always bring good prices. An acre in the jbest kind of apples will bring | more more money than three acres in wheat [ or any other grain. In buying trees, repudiate tree pedlars, they generally being men [ upon whom no reliance can be plaoed. The' cojtperB uf nurseries jg/t established reputa tion are the only reliable .persons to procure trees from. - ' | Compost.?The following hrfor an acre ; to be set in an orchard: 10 two-horse cartj loads of msjrsb, riveror creek mud, or the | same quantity of woods-mold; 5 two-horse^ . cart-loads of stable or barnyaid manure; 4 bushels of bone-dpst; 1 bushel of plafetec; ' and 10 bushels of The whole to be shovelled over, well mixed, together, and left in a bulk for three weeks/ If the bone dust cannot be procured, bonee broken it ' small.pieces will answer a gbod purpose; and ia place of the plaster, pulverized char1 Setting out the Thexs,?Dig the holes 40 feet apart each way, 6 feet square ' and 2 feet deep; place the anrtaceTBflB'XW ' one side, and the sab-soil on the other; mix ' the ray/ace .soil with an equal portion of the 1 compost. With this fill up each hole to the 1 proper degth to receive the trees. Cot oft smoothly any'parts of the roots that may have been broken ; then insert the tree so as _ to Btand in the hoJe $he same depth that it 1 did in the nailery. Let one man. hold the r. tree up straight, while the other spreads the - roots carefully and regularly out; next ' drive down Retake to support and keep the ^ trees erect; then fill ap the hole with the mixture of compost and sur^co soil; as the eoil is beingput in, pourin a"buoket ofwa: ter bo settie the earth aroaod'thsttooto; then put in the remainder of the soil; confine *: the tree to the stakffcjrith a wisp qf straw or some other soft substance, and finish ; by giVing to thd surface a shallow, bastnlike form; then fill up the basin formed ai round the tree with ^mulching of some k kind, and gradually poor ^thereon a bucket f 'of water. * ^ 1. Let no man ezpeot to havea good orchard 1 who is not willing to put himself to some f trouble. Get good trees, put your lurid in good order-before-you plant, attend to them r as they grow, and you will be ftore than - repaid by the luscious fruit they will give ; you in feturn. I Unratim Drnne unniul , Beport of the Commissioner. of Patents was i made to Congress on the 14th instant. Last year 114 applications were.made, 47 caveats filed, 89 patents issued, and 13 United States, patents and assignments thereof, in whole..or in part, recorded and revived. One patent was granted to a citizen of Bavaria, 33 to Vtfginia, 11 to Georgia, 9 to Miasonri, 8 to Texas, 7 to North Carolina, 6 to Alabama, 4 to Mississippi, * 4 to Louisiana, 3 to* Kentucky, 2 to South . Carolina, and one to Abingdon?41 are for ? improvements in^ fire arms, projectiles, implements of war and maobinery f?r their manufacture, a fair proportion of which have .been adopted by the government and proven of practioal service. More than a third of the applications for patents are . for inventions of this nature. A great number of* illiterate men, far from sources of information, have arrived at facts which the science of the world has disoovered through much toil, some investigation, and some were never disoovered till after the commencement of this war by men without the aid of science or information. The office is self-sustaining, being no expense to the government; The whole number of patents granted since the organisation of the gov eminent is 223. . Paper as a Protector against Cold. ?The Charleston Courier says : Many friends who have tried the qualities of paper as a covering a3d additional protector against cold and exposure to the wind and weather, report most favorably. Two folds of newspaper in. the shoe are ' equal to a good oork sole, and an preferable, as not exposing the wearer equally to . old after nse. Persons suffering from liability 'to eold in the chest or throat will fin# it beneficial in severe or .trying weather to wear a sheet of paper between the inner and outer shirt or garment. Paper leggins have also been tried with advantage by many who suffer aboufth^ ankles or legs. The sock and drawers will conveniently retain * the paper in place. Two folds of paper attached to or stitched on the thinnest sheet or ooveriet will be found equal to a good blanket. - ? i? ?t To ascertain the length of the day and ?ight, at any time of the year, doable the time of the sun's rising, which gives the length of the night, and dome the time of its setting, which gives the length of the day. This is a simple method which, we guess, few people axe aware of. i .