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. "fl'*"'.: " 11 === ?ktf mWHh - * - ?r? % yORKVtLLSa S. C. ? WEDNESDAY EVENING, JVLY IS, 1864. NEW TERMS. Z ? From tbU date tbe following will be the terms for the YorkvilleBkqoiiikRi viz : One copy for on? year, in advance, $7 00 One copy for six months, in advance, 4 00 ? ADVMTinxa. , 83 per squire of ten lines, for the first, and $1 50 for oach subsequent insertion ; longer onez charged In proportion. , No advertlaeroentcounted less than a square. Advertisements must hare the number of insertions narked on them or t?cy will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. Announcements of candidate* $12 per year, invariably in-advance. - Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertise Uterus, and charged accordingly." January' 20,1864. . ?HB~WBATSiB; ~ ^ ?- ? ~ ? If \? >?!? ? It AVTA OOLue pans ui uur iii?c utvu blessed with seasonable showers, while others have been suffering for rain; especially about Yorkville is this the - ease. The nights ar.e pleasant, the day's warm, and every afternoon clouds accumulate most threateningly, but the long wished for shower still keeps in the distance?it is well-some of us have a season, anyhow. : H iX. THE RESERVES. v' Orders have been issued to Brigadier / General Chesnut to call out the State Reserves, and place them at once in active service?the order will probably be J * extended to day. This call is rendered | necessary from the attempts of the ene-i tyiit <*ot. a. fnnt.hold on John's and "V "v .fe-- - ? ? . James Islands, where infantry is needed to protect our artillery. The order is imperative, so our people may as well prepare themselves to do their whole duty with cheerfulness. Where, now, is the Company that was to be made up for home defence ? There are men in Yorkville, we believe, that could not be induced to take up arms against .the Yankees under any ^ consideration, and will bear watching. tfOTTOjTCARDS. ". excellent article of English Card Clothing, is among the other useful articles keDt in the Drue Store of Dr. Aimar, at Chester, S. C. Persons wishing a good article of the kind, or Drugs and other scarce necessaries can find an hour very pleasantly spent with his accomodating salesman. Dr. Lam* bert.. Cards are an object now?so of course the best article would be the cheapest. V J0?gr The Charleston .^mrier proposes as the successor of Mr. Memmmger, in the department of Secretary of the Treasury, George A*- Trenholm, the senior of the firm of John Frazer & Co. "Wo have no doubt that this nomination .will be seconded by the entire press of this State, and we can see no reason why not by that of the entire Confederacy. Mr. Trenholm has never been a politician, in the strict sehse of the Yford, but an able Representative, an experienced Financier, and successful merchant, and one who would carry with him, at -least, the confidence of the people. - Whether the voice of the press (will be potent enough to be heard, or not, in high places, we expect it to speak opf independently.on this subject. / T* r . We have received the following r list- of casualties from Capt. J. W, Avery, Company F,' 17th Regiment, S. C. V"., up to the 3d July : Killed.?James Clark. Wounded. ? Farmer Moore, flesh wound in arm ; K H. .Bridges, severe hand. PRISONERS IN CHARLESTON. In another portion of this day's paper, we publish the correspondence between General Samuel Jones, commanding at Charleston, and General Foster, of the Yankee department. We have since seen another letter in reply from the former gentleman, too lengthy for oar present issue. This letter discusses in an able and conclusive manner the positions assumed by Foster, show. ing that shells have been thrown at random, at any and all hours, at points far distant from each other, and remote from the objectionable works claimed as sufficient ' ground?Done of the works or shops have hud their operations in theleast delayed, ' , but private property has been injured, and in some instances non-combatants, atfd negroes. If the object in ordering c.r permit - * * t* .1 _ ting the fire wa3 tbe destruction 01 me works in question, it is manifest that tbe subordinate officers were actuated by no such purpose. Gen. Jones thus concludes: "Under the foregoing statements of facts, I cannot but regard tbo desultory firing on this city, which you dignify by the name of bombardyient, from its commencement to this hour, as ODobristian, inhumane and utterly undefensible:by any lay, human or . divine. . ; .. . . To this city thjw fiieumstanced, tho ' prisoners of war referred to in 2y_l?tter of the 13th have been sent for safe keeping. You assert this to be an act of indefen' s'?ble cruelty, unknown to honorable warfare. If it were so, it would ill become any officer of your Government to raise tbe question. For it would fall so nnmeasur.ably short of the innumerable crimes perpetrated by your armies, with the approval and"sanction of your Government, that in comparison with them it would seem like tbo tendereBt care that a mother could bestow on her child. -Your Government has retained at the head of one of its armies a General whose c&nduct in this-war has ao f qdfred 4Sr bim such notorious infamy that kis d HOC is a byword andrep*oacK io every ] land whefe the events of the' vtiflr. re-known; and at tbe beact.of another of its-armies, a Qeneral who jmblishes to the world, ajnd in- & stracts his officers, that for the loyaf people of the Southern Confederacy,-"Death is I mercy, the quiokorhe or she is disposed of s the better,'7 that <<?&tao and the rebellions.. saints of heaven were allowed a continuance of existence in hell, merely to sweH- 1 their just punishment,'' and that "to such s as would rebel: against a Government so mild and just as ours was iu peace, a pun-' j ishment equal would not be unjust.'' The officers of such a Government are precluded from raising any question as to the obeer- tl vauce or non-observanoe<of the rules of honi orable warfare. * Bat-it is not true that, the prisoners of . war, now in this city, are treated with any cruelty. They are in a large city, not be- n sieged but partially blockaded by land and G naval batteries, from five to .ten miles.distant. They are provided with commodious tj and comfortable quarters, remote from all military and naval works, or any other ob- " iecton which vou may legitimately fi*?> and si they are treated with all the consideration due to prisoners of war. They are sorronnd- ; ed by citizens of all Classes and conditions, and it cannot be .regarded as an act of era- ^ elty to. place them' in the immediate vicini- fc "iy of the hoases. occupied by- oar wires and children. I desire-, and hare so direot- r? ed, that they . be treated with all the con- , federation and kindness due their rank and condition, and will greatly deplore any ne? oessity you may force on me to direct any k change in that eonrse of treatment. You ^ regard that treatment as jdBtifying yon in asking yotxr Government td place in your custody an equal number of prisoners of a? like grade, to be kept by you in positions e< exposed to the fire of my gone. We direct et our fire only on yonr battferies, shipping and troops. If you direot yottr gaits only on the . works yen distinctly speoify as the objects of yonr fire, or On ftHy objeot pir which an honorable foe may legitimately fire, the Prisoners of war, and their neighbors, the non-cotobatatitif,women and' children; a| mong whom they lire rHil t^e in no danger whatever from the effecta pf your shot*. f, If the Confederate States offers, or pris- ^ iinppti r?f war. nhall be nlaned bv vOn as YOU indicate, I have to aflkr that ytou will a6 11 promptly ami minutely as Ibave done, in- h form me when and where they are placed p and how treated." * j In this connection, we think .the follow- p iog article from the Courier j is well di- w reoted. For onr own part, we were of opinion from the fjrfctj that Charleston was the Sl best place -for the prisoners, ( if fbpy coqld 0 be fed there, aod properly guarded?the j, Yankees are so anxious to get into the old 0 oity, they have no right to grOroble at their a situation' When they snooeed ingettiog there; ^ they bat share alike with women,and chil- i dren the common danger: t] "The few exohanges .that have given to ^ the Yankees a one tbay will readily follow . by hintiDg at "retaliation," exposing prie- 8 oners on deoks of war steamers, etc., will ^ oblige very many inquirers by giving au- ii tbority from recognised standards as to the J, roles of- war oonoertriog prisoners and cities; it is desired especially to ascertain the. an- r thority for representing and treating- as a. v garrison or fortress a qity of several miles tl in extent?a oity not surrounded or invest- o ed by the foe?a oity whose Jabd approach- g es and, communications, including three rail roads bavenover been oommandcd by the enemy?a oity with a large proportion of 1? women, children and patients?why snob a ? oity should be deemedir'lft pretext for pla- {, cing prisoners in a war steamer or on the ^ ramparts of a fortress, for retaliation, is the question.on.wbiohinformation is desired?" c ?wr ; is? Sp "Craw-fish" are as near to the salt water ^ shrimp, as we can come, up here. They have no beards, friend Courier, but may not be ak great a cariosity to you, as your- ^ shrimps were to our boys in the oity last Fall. If we had time, we'd oatoh you a f few. . ? ' ? The Pofoelain Worka at Awgt&U, Ga., manufacture pitobers, bowls; plates, oops and sauoera, and many artiolfes useful to a 1 - g uousuj&eepcre. ? The Hod. Green W._ Caldwell, of Char-' J lotte, N. C., died at that pkoe on the 10th Q instant. He was at one time a member of. * Congress, served with diftfuotion in .the $ Mexican war, and has been for several r years superintendent of the Mint, at Char- d lotte. He was a noble gentleman. . 11 ? The Kentucky State Convention, Hon. 8 (Charles T) Wicliffe presiding, on the 28th, * passed resolutions denouncing the aots of t the Administration, and advocating an im-. I mediate armistice and a National Conven- 1 tioa for the adjustment of difficulties. 1 ? One fellow says wbpp his stockings 1 wear out be sews the tops straight across I and puis them op his feet the other way, * thus making a good fit for square toed boots. 1 ? An observant frirtfd writes to the Mis-t ? sisisippian, that the rats and mice are leav- ( ing the hotels;in a neighboring town.. They 1 oan'tjtand the rates of board. j j ? Feseenden, of Jiajne, has been appoint- > ed Secretary of .t&e Yankee Treasury, vice i greenback Chase, resigned. 1 ? The property destroyed by the Yankee < raiders in their late expedition along our 1 railroads, is estimated st 91,000,000. 1 ? The Yankees and deserters went up to < Mr, Ytilee's place at Homcsassa, Fla.,with2 ' steamers', ^jied away: what they wanted, I apd eonsigned to the S5?ei bis fine dwel- < ling. His place is' entirely abandoned. J ? The'N. Y. Herald's Washington cor- t respondent says Lincoln will, call for half a i million men immediately on the adj<>?rn. ? rocnt of Congress. ' ? All who wisLto seenre'the prize stories ? and a good hie of the Field and Fireside t should subscribe or order now, to begin with 1 July. * " i r- The Stut? Contention of the Baptist Abomination In Sooth Carolina, will hold te anneal rieeting at Greenville, S. C., be;inning on Friday, 29th instant. ? The Supreme Court of North Carolina tas affirmed the constitutionality of the concription law, as also the law rendering lible the principals of substitutes. Judges lanlyand Battlp concurring?Judge Pearon dissenting. i*- Daring a skirmish on Monday last, 4th ast., Gen. Vaughn was struck on the ankle y a piece of shell, and wounded so Beverly hat amputation became neoesary. -j- The editor of the Chieoga Times asks [if it requires a million and a half of men hree years to reach the defences of Richtond, how long will it take to reach the half?" ? Agents hx Alabama are offering for sale 10 fire hundred million loan bonds at 1.35, le price said to be fixed by the auotion lie at Columbia. ? The country, in the rear of Grant's lines i.represented as filled with stragglers, and 1..i J L_ iL. le crops entirety aesiroyeu vy me cuviuy a raging parties. ?The Yankees have destroyed nearly evej hoase at Decatur, 41a. ^tfot more than i i alf a dozen are left standing. ? Over 100 men, deserters from the Yanee army, have been arrested on their way > Mexico to join Maxlmillian's army. ? The Miitittippian, of the 29th ultimo, lys Gen. Stephen D. Lee has been appoint1 Lieutenant General, and will be retain 3 in command of that Department. Bank's threatened draft in N. Orlans has caused a large number of resients to leave the place. For the Yortrvllle Enquirer. SulliyAn's Island, Jul; 5,1804. Mr, Editor:?As there are a good many om York District in Co. B, 1st Reg. S. C.rtillery, a.few items of matters and things lay be of ioterest to your readers. The st detachment from York, arrived at this laoe on Monday night, 27th of June.? nstead of finding this plaoe a barren desert, arched with the heat of the torrid xone, e found it & very pleasant place, there is a 3Dsiderable quantity of shrubbery and ball trees; being enclosed by a large body f water on all sides, the ebbing and fiow}g of the tide creates a constant breeze, fteu veTy strong. The breezes are bracing nd healthful.' The water here is, mostly, rell water?the oisterns being in bad order, 'he well water is a little brackish, bat I aink it is healthy, as the men here look earty, and are blessed with with excellent ppetites. The scenery around is interesting, he oity, with its many -towering spires, is i full view, from the highest.part of the jland. Fort Johnson, aUd various Other oints are in view. Morris Island ' is seefi ary Distinctly; we can see the smoke of le guns when they are fired, and the smoke P our shells, when they burst. Our fortications here are very extensive, and guns re in position, the number and size of them i amply sufficient to give Abram's Embasrdore a warm reception. The dainties in and are, also, bountifuland varied, we can eat thete to soHdcsbot, she]], gripe, and anister fruits, and other varieties. Bat rota what |- Je?rn? these dainties qrc very xtal to the inhabitants of Linoolndom.? Thitfl ar? recommended for health, but herd exists, around the harbor, a malaria, hat is impregnating the atmosphere with lisastroos and deadly effects^to all who parake of Southern grojfn fruits. Of this, X rill give an instknoe that proves the coreotneas of it. On Sunday morning, about three o'clock, party from Morris Island, aboard of bares, one thousand "men,-Came over to Jfoit ohoson, thinking thane was no one to re eiye them, they began to land without any alutation. Oar men promptly received bem, and treated thorn to the different vaietifce, the fatal effects soon appeared, many lied instantly, others, the p number wp have lot ascertained, were taken back in a bad tate of health. One handred and forty lad the pleasure of an escort tq the city, to ake lodgings in the jail. Finding the re>ast did not suit their constitutions, the renainder became alarmed at the effeot, and etarned In haste to their quarters. In their lurry to leave, three barges were left in our KissesBioD, two others spruDg a leak, and vent down. A demonstration of the same rind has been made on the south end of rames Island* A party from this plaoe went >ver to oaBist in the reception, I have not >eehnbie to learn particulars, but judge 'rqaaUhe constant booming of cannon, for he lost three days, it has been stirring times .here. To break the monotony of camp ife, a considerable number of shells were exchanged between this point and Morris island, on Saturday and Sunday morning, fcero was no one hurt here. The shelling jf the city fa regularly Jkept up .with the usual effect. As they cannot occupy* it, ihey wish to annoy those who do, by theii ;oqtinn&l bombing. The dog in tho manzer Qpujd not cat the straw, but by his eoninued barkitf? ^prevented the ox from eatngit. The ?nemy has hie ipite againlt the oi ty, Jaut it stands, a monusent of unparalleled bombardment in the innals of history, long may it endure, and iriam^bantly bear'off the palm of victory. With vthe present soribbling, I bid you idieu. DABBY. f r. ; Prom Virginia. Petersburg, July 9.?The Washing-; ton Chronicle of the 6th has been received. . Great excitement exists in the North in oonseqnenoe of the rebel raid. MartinBbnrg had been captured with large-quantities of supplies, and the Baltimore and Ohio Bailt road and canal is badly injured. Bansom is supposed to command. the rebel cavalry and Early the infantry.. The rebate arc believed to have reached Hageretown by the 6th, bound on ah extensive raid in Pennsylvania. Gov. Curtin, issued a proclamamation saying the enemies of the Government, in desperation, are threatening*the State with an armed force with the hope that Gen. Grant may be withdrawn from before ^Richmond. The rebel force is not known. Seigle is again, safe by (imely flight. The latest foreign intelligence give.account of a great naval engagement between the Alabama and Kearsace. in which the former was sank. The engagement lasted . an hour ancT forty minntes. The fight took place ten miles from Cherbourg on Sunday, 19th of June. The Kearsage was oommaoded by Capt. Jno. A. Winston, who sent a challenge to the Alabama, which was accepted by Capt. Semmes. The Alabama was disabled by. a shell through her boiler * while attempting to .board the Kearsage. Captain Semmes and a portion of the orew of the Alabama were saved by the English yatoh Greyhound. Capt. Semmes . was slighty wounded in the hand. He reports his loss nine killed and twenty one wounded. The Kearsage was considerably damaged. Captain Semmes left all his ohronometers, specie, and ransom bonds at Cherbourg previous to going oat to fight. He was landed .at Southampton by the Greyhound, where he was offered' a public dinner, but deolined and proceeded to Paris to report to the Confederate Commissioner. The Yankee Congress adjourned sinz die on the fith. . " Gold 248. All quiet this morning. Petersburg*, July 10.?About 5 o'olock on Friday evening our artillery along the whole line opened upon tho enemy, and at one time oar men moan ted and defied the enemy, whosoqght the cover of his entrenchments andreplied with artillery. The firing lasted about 30 minutes. The enemy has made no assault on our lines for a weelf, and the impression is that he has drawrf"off his force frgm oar front. For several nights the rumbling of artillery and wagons has . been heard all night. The enemy,'however, still keep np a show of force along oar entire front. , All quiet today. Richmond, July 9.?The citiiens of Fredericksburg carried off by Grant's orders as hostages for Yankees captured in that town after the battle of Wilderness have been exchanged. They left Washington Wednesday and arrived at Frederieksbaig the same day. Jntense excitement prevails at Washingfbn from an annoonppment that 40,009 rebels were approaching the city.? Lincoln had called oat the militia of the adjoining States. A telegram from Harrisonburg says excitement there was intense in view of a rumor that Breckinridge was aP nKomKnrohin?rr UlUVlUg IU WU9 Uliovvtwu VI VUUUIVUIVVHI^ One report says,Breckinridge has 20,000 men, and baa whipped Seigel.. Richmond, Jul y 9.?The Herald of the 6th contains details of the fight between the. Alabama and J?earsaga. The ^labama jfas in an unseaw.ortby Condition. Captain Semmes' official report says the enemy fired at the Alabama some five times after her colors were struck, tier rudder was disabled during the action. The crew displayed the utmost bravery. The shell that did the mischief struok the Alabama just above her water line, knocking the buqkers tq pieces and tbe water rushing in almost immediately put out the fires. A steam tug was sent from Cherbourg by^the prefect to offer assistance to the AlalMtiM, but arrived after all the survivors Bad been picked up. Richmond, July 9. ? The Baltimore Gazette of the 7th says : Alartinsburg, Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks have fallen into the hands of the Confederates. They* obtained considerable booty in those gl^cee. Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, has issued a -proclamation calling for 12,000 men to serve 100 days. Lincoln4}as made a requisition, on New Yopk for* sitppap fcpfpljer. Hagerstowo was occapied by the Cop federates on Wednesday. .The federal troops 'retreated to Greencaetle. Gold in New York on tho 6th 269. Liuooln has issued a proclamation declaring partial law and suspending the wrii of habeas corpus in Kentpofcy. Peace Movements in the West.' The Cincinnati inquirer says the peace men will evidently-oohtcol the notion of the Chictgo-Democratio Convention. The 14th Ohio. Congressional District soIeoted'^-enny and EataHe, as delegates.?. They are both uncompromising peace men. The following resolutions wererp?2?ed iRt$otie4ffayft -wfe- htgMy* approve the manly coOfage and statesmanlike position contained hi the speech of Ales. Long, of Ohio. Resolved, That delegates to the Democratic National Convention from this district are hereby instructed to use all honorable means to secure the nomination only of peace candidates upon ff'-peace platform, for , President and Vice President of the United States. The Convention of Franklin, Ohio Dis trict, selected Hods. Sam. Medary and S. S. Cox, with similar resolutions. The Illinois Democratic State Convention met at Springfield on fhe 17th, nominated a fall electoral tioket and appointed dele1 gates to the National Convention, i A dispatch was r^ad in convention from the President of the District Convention, at Hamilton, Ohio, announcing the safe arrival there of Mr. Vallandigbam. ? The reading of the dispatch was followed ' by wild outbursts of cheers and enthusiasm. A resolution was unanimously adopted , declaringfollows : That we, pledge ourselves to .stand by Ohio int protecting C. L. Vallandigbam 1 and her citizens under the Constitution and > laiys. ' . . i The return of Vallandigbam to Ohio was, -on tig-own responsibility. It is uot known what, if Mf, oxmtive action will be. taken ' concerning him. 0^ Butler, the peast, is' said to suffer very nrtftH *jth "misery in the bowflla."? 1 Can't some ohe send bim a receipt for the hog oholera ??Macon Confederate. From the West. Clinton, La , Jnly 7, via Mobile* ju1y 9.?A gentleman of this town just from the other side of the river, reports the capture of Little Rock by Price, with^ll oPSteele's supplies, ammunition aod transportation, and a)l of his army ezoept 4,000. Our army is marching on Fort Smith. The enemy ace driven entirely out of Arkansas, ezoept around' Helena. This news was received officially at Alexandria. ~ Gen. Kirby Smith has ordered the impressment of half of the cotton in the TransMississippi Department, for the purpose of buying military supplies. Mobile, July 8.?The operator at Jaokson reports the fojce which moved from Roddy simultaneously with, the force from Vicksburg, was commanded by Col.. Ellet, of the Marine Brigade, numbering 500 white cavalry and 1,500 negro infantry.? They were met at Couman's Cross Roads, ten miles south of Port Gibson, by Colonel Wood) with his regiment, Morgan's battalion and. a few State troops, all being a portion of Adam's brigade?amounting to abont 1,000. They were driven baok to Roddy, after a sharp and. decisive fight.? The enemy^s loss was sixty-seven hilled and a large number wounded. We raptured many horses, small arms and equipments.? Oar loss was nix killed, the number wounded unknown. Charleston. Since our last issue, important movements have ooourred in the,vicinity of Cbdileston. As already known, the enemy advanced on Thursday, the 7tb, on John's Island, and attaoked our troops, but were repulsed handsomely after a fight of three hours. They soon- commenced entrenching, their objeot evidently being to enfilade our James Island batteries. On- Saturday at daylight they were attacked and driven from their position. This intelligence reaohed us on Saturday by a private telegraph in our columns, for which wo express oar acknowledgments.? From that time .until last night, a period of MA niAM nifKnnf tnfAlll. bYVOUlijF'^uut uvuio^ no froio nivuww ?uyvu* gence. Passengers by the train last night, mention the gratifying intelligence that the enemy had been-driven to their gunboats and barges, upon whioh they embarked- coder our tire, which was believed to be quite damaging. It is said on apparently good authority that a shot from Battery Pringle entered one of the portholes of the Mohawk, and exploded as was supposed in the cabin. Since 'the above was written, official intelligence bos been received, confirming the embarkation of tbo enemy. They are still shelling oar works on James Island from their monitors and gunboats id Stcno.? Things are Otherwise quiet on that island. The movements there evidently depended upon the Success of those on John's'island, and it is to be imped that the enemy may, therefore, bo considered as again foiled in their movements arrainst Charleston. We have cot beard of the casualties on John's Island. The troops on our side were principally Georgians, who are said to have behaved with their nsnal "gallantry. t&ttardian, lltfA. 4???> 1 From the Charlotte (N. C.) Dally Tlmea. Valuable Information. For the informaton of our friends who have cultivated the sorghum, we have obtained permission to publish the annexed letter on tho mode of manufacturing sagai from the syrttp, whioh has been successfully done by the author of the letter, a large and very successful planter, residiugin an adjoining State: June 4th, 1864. Bear Sir : Yours of the 29tB of May dosiring information for nigkipg sugar from the sorgham syrup is received. In the first pl^ce the oane must be fully ripe, So mudB W fbat the cane must be yellow, and also the juice after it is expressed. Boil the juice down'to a very thiok syrup until it babbles like a pot of soap, when it is done. Before you commence boiling, dissolve one pint of limp into two quarts of the juice, pour it,in about 10Q gallons, boil as fast as you can wthout running over?as for the time you must judge by the bubbles and by holding up your dipper, jt fill, fall in sheets instead of cfrops. jUet it oool in large trays of open troughs before you pour into your barrel where you erpect it ?o granulate. Beforp pouring in to the barrel, bore three holes ia the bottom sufficiently, large to' insert three cade stalks. The object of the cane is for this syrup to drop down through the Bottom of the baixel when the ctqp shrinks ?the pope should be tooted occasionally until it oommenoes dripping freoly. I think if yotir cane is thoroughly ripe, by following the directions above you will be successful. : Respectfully yours, * THE BRpnsir Foreign 0*pipE AND THI i u chronicle, says the London Index, a second abortiw attempt on the part of the Foreign Office, to commnnioate with the Oonfede rato Government, it will bo rememDerea that the Petrel, having on board the dispatch with which Mr. Crawford, Her Majesty's Consal-General in Havana, was oharged, was peremptorily refused admission intc the port of Charleston by the commander of the Federal Blockading Squadron. She thereupon returned to Bermuda, and reported her failure to the Admiral of the station, who immediately transmitted the dispatches to Lord Lyons. The latter made a formal request for permission to forward, them through the lines, whioh was refused; and Lord Lyons was moreover informed by Mr, Seward that -"it would not be agreeable to the Government of the United States tc hold any intercourse whatever," with the Confederates. After this reboff, whioh Lord Lyons appears to have received with his usual meekness, there remained nothing for him to do bat to return the dispatohes to the Foreign Offioej where they will henoeforth remain as the record of the most tfdioulons diplomatic failure of even Earl Bussell's Administration. So little, however, did the Foreign. Secretary anticipate such a result, that; as late as the 2d of April, additional instructions were sent on to Mr. Crawford relative to his mission to Richmond. These additional instructions, it may ba supposed^ wore rendered neoessary byTtm^iwesory that the "Malloty Report" was a forge^T^iV^u^no^ippayentlj waiting to see whether thilSroels~trtay^a third aot. An Incident.?The following incident J from en airtiple in the Atlanta Remitter, on f the sitaation in Romo and vicinity, is worth oj recording: A straggling Yankee armed with an Ana- = trian rifle, was seen to pass an old gentle- J man's boose early one morning, oraising his Way towards Rome. The old man was ? informed that the Yankee had just gone by, ti and that he was all alone. He says that either patriotism, or the devil, or gome des- perate thing took possession of him, and he vowed that no one Yankee should go by his house. -He had neither gun, pistol nor r pocket knife, bat mounting bis horse started in pursuit. Getting up pretty near be d halloed ."stop stranger?stop for the Lord's ? sake let me have your gnn for a few minutes?the dogs are just kiliin'my sheep' over the hill like blazes." The old man's r earnest manner at once disarmed the Yankee of all snspioion and of his rifle at the same time. Says the old man as he took it, : <n? ifc loadad V* "Yes." "Will it shoot!" ' "Yes." Well, it's all right my friend? , you are the dog I was looking for'?'bout . face/ and he marched him nine mile* without stopping, and delivered him to our sol- " diers. This inoident is literally and strict- D lytrue. .. . . . R ci ? ' ' e A Qobee Case.?rRecenjjly a trial was * held before the court,of Nantes on a point " of paternal versus maternal right to-the ens- 8 tody of infants, ai\d the case was made re- u markable, no less -on its intrinsic, merits than by the strange course of argument adopted by the speoial pleader: r The plaintiff was a furniture broker, M. a Carpentier, who sued an opera dancer, Mademoiselle D'Arquez, for the possession of a puppy dog, (one of a brace,) the offspring of his King Charles and her silken Fronoh pug, which had littered at her domicil.? . Claimant urged that the joint prodaoo ought not to bo monopolized by the single owner of one parent, and'called on the tribunal to adjudge to him half the progeny. No small display of official lore with reference to Justinian's oode, the Pandects, and the Mosaic Law diversified the course, of advo- { cacy on either side, but defendant's oounSel t, traveled out of the reoord for an unexpected jj precedent in the slave Stated of America. ( "The offspring of a female slave becomes a by right under the great domestic Institu- i tion, tho absolute property of a planter, ir- \ respective of paternity altogether/' A Bachelor's Woes.?What a pitiful thing an old bachelor is, with hte cheerless j house, and hjs rueful phiz, on a bitter cold | night when the fierce winds blow, when the jj earth is covered with a foot of snow. When ^ his fire is out, andv in shivering dread he t slips 'neath the sheets of bis lonely bed.? [ How he draws up bis toes, all engasod in Jt yarn hoes, and he bqries his nose 'noath the ( chilly bed- clothes, that his nose and his toes, cased in yarn hose, msy not chance to froze. Then he puffs and hp blows, and says he knows no mortahon earth ever suffered such woes, and with ah's and with ob's! and with limbs so disposed, that neither his \ toes nbr his nose msy be froze, to big Blumber in silence the baohelor goes. In the i morn when th$.cock crows, and tbe 6ah has I * rose, from beneath the bedclothes pops the 1 ' bachelor's nose, as you may suppose, when, J be heus bow the wind Howb, and. sec the, 1 windows all froze, why back 'neath the bed . clothes pops the poor fellow's nose, for foil , well then be knows, if from that bed he roser 1 to put on his* olotbos, that he'd surety be 1 froze. From one who know*. ' . ?s?a>?? . ? The Defences op Richmond ?The j New York Herald of a late date oontains - the statement of a fellow named Thomp- son, who diverted some days ago from the . Armory BattaUiba ot Richmond. Thompson says that the defences of Riehhrahd are i stupendous. The fortificationsare mount., ed with a hundred and thirty-two guns of 1 the heaviest calibre, and are so constrooted as to defy any strategy, as well as any assault that maybe directed against tbem.? "Fort Beauregard," commanding the ChickabOmioy on the east, is a maghifiicient work of military art. It is fourteen fdet thick^ and oooBting the eminence on which it stands, is about odc thousand feet high.? ? "Fort Lee," commands the approaches on i the north, is similar in strength and proportion. Beauregard has immediate oom1 mand under Lee. It was feared, < in Mo* ; 1 Glelland's time, that Richmond could be [ taken; but now, says Thompson, the thing f ' is impossible, and the people know it. t : tap" We have been favored, says the Carolinian of tbe.6tb, with the following ex- , tract of a lettef from Richmond. The wri ' ter is aa officer of the army. A want of J supplies being the only thing we bad to fear 1 we may henceforth dismiss all doubt as to the triamph of Leo; Lee's gallaftV troops have been supplied i.i.u everyiuibg that the Government'could I ' lavish upojo-tbem. Full rations of vegeta1 bles, coffee and sugar have been dealt out to ' them abundantly, and several brigades have . ' experienced snob an "embarras de riches ses" that they are sending their surplus ra- j tions to feed the poor of this oity. This is J ' no olaptrap or newspapor story; Ilenow the 1 faot. General Fry's brigade was among" the first, if not the first, hj^naugurate this 1 novel charity. ^ J A writer in the Houston News says i i that Louisiana has sent 65,000 men to the [ field, out of a white population of 300,000. , The city of New Orleans has fnrniahed*165 ' | companies. ' , .. i 1 Dish?In Laurericevlllc, Ga., on tb.29th till.. HOBERT J PATRICK 8PENCE, son of J. D. & F. S. Spence, aged 6 ' month* and 4 days. . " " j 1 On Sunday, July 3rd, 1864, at the Fair Ground Hospital, . Petersburg, Va., of a wound received in the trenches be- i fore Petersburg, on tlie 22nd ultimo, J. 8. BROWN, in the * ayrd venr of his a*e. He entered the serylce 13th April, 1861, and was a member of Co. B, Sth'Beglment, S. C. V, Human love, when cultivated from youth and kindled by ? pleasant associations can never be forgotten, though death ' 1 ma' come with its cruel and unrelentluj band ana snatch < uway existence, yet will tqemoiy live and be written in the hearts of the distress^, iri lertersthat cannot be erased.? Such was tlie love cherished and entertained by many for our friend Brown. . . - 1 Bv his modesty, prudence and gentility,*he had gained tbe love and esteem of nil who knew bim. lie was courteous in bis manners, ltbemt In disposition, kind and obit- i gtngto all. In a word, be possessed all of those noble J qualities emlnatlng from mind and body which prepared , lilm for a glorious and happy, future. But, alas! death has ; corao and taken blm away. Had* no motion earth but bis i memory will live and be cherlahed foreyer. .... . j Thus has been added another of South Carolina's sons to J the lopg list of beV Illustrious dead.-Thus, another of her 1 braves has been emulated to the sacred cause of liberty and truth. The idol of a k)n4 and indulgent mother, and of a : loving brother and ilitem, beside* many frlnnw. ' He bos down from a land of sorrow and trouble to that happy and . i. - peacefal abode of cbrftttrju.' Than let those who love him. a ifertsiornniattun in this assurance and resolve to meet him a there. 0. A. PATRICK, Captain. -y.l*-v . ' V : - % EPFS' SPRINGS. FHE*HOUSE of W, G. PATTER1 SON, formerly known an EPFS' SPRINGS, Is now ; ? pen for the reception .of BOARDEES the present season. R. PATTERSON, . Swangstown, N. C. July 13 j 28 tf PHILANTHROPIC LODGE, NO/ L 78, A.-. F.-. M.-.-Thc regular COMMUNICATION r this Lodge will be held at the MASONIC HALL, MGN- / AY EVENING, naxt, 19th Instant, at 7X o'clock.' ^fcere 111 bo work in the SECOND, and business of importance i the THIRD DEGREE. Members will take due notice ereofancl gpvem thctnsclve*. accordingly. ^ By order of the Lodge. "T. M. DOBSON, Secretary, pro tem. July 13 20 _ It. UCONFEDERATE TAX NOTICE.^ "/ WAR TAX OFFICE, IIST COU.KCTIOH DISTatCT. ' FfiE tax-paj^rs of this District aw A' hereby notified that the BHECIFIC-TAX and RE- >V' 'URN OF SALES, up to the 30th Jane, ultimo,"ire now * ue, and required to be mode and paid witbln lisesfy day* om this date. Persons falling to return by that time, will ' - : e liable to a double tax. J. A. McLEAN. ^ Collector, 31st Dlnulct. "!>.*? July 13 ? - pt KOMHfATIOH. THE friends of JOHN S: BBSSA TON respectfully announce bin as a candidate for 4v'.t io LFGISLATURE, at the ensuing election. '* . ' ' >. Joly 13,186-1. 28 tf ' AO BERTS FEMALE 8EMXNART. ? tvrt.l. ro-nnen lfith Jnlr. IMS.unit iShrln. ue a session of five months. All ilmt constitutes a liberal education, in1H| clnrllnp Ancient and Modern Languages, W?F Music. Painting, Drnwing.fcc./wlll be taught . V 4Br at moderate prices, by a corp*of competent >? v.. > sachet*. " ' Boarding can be obtained in the Seminary at *10 per 'e>. . > 1 umh, paid in provision* at old price*; or where It la Impossible to pay In provisions, $60 per month, payable, with dtion, In advance. Each boarderwiU pi?a*e brin?p plate, up and saucer, knife and Sprk, drinkinggl&^8,*c. Also, ich two boarder* moat furnish quilts,sheets, pillow-case*, .c., for one bed, and towel*, cotnb*, brashes. ?cc., for one ,r.- -' win. (Student* will bring what *chool book* they have.) The boarding will be carried on by the Principal of the . v cbool. A* only a few mora can.be acCOmmodatedpiaiaeapply nmodlatelyto Rev. TIL1I4AN B. OAlNES, Prin. Shelby, N. C. 'rjf July J3 38 3t ~ " WOOL CARDOG. PIE Subscriber hereby informs the public that his MACHINES are rn GOOD ORDER, nd are now In operation. Price (he CARDING n* follows: For 1X Am of ROLLS, 1 pound of BACON. For IM ft* -of ROLLS, 1 pound of LARD. *. Fori# iba of ROLLS, 1 pound of TALLOW. - . S..-; For 10 Bii of ROLLS, 1 buihel of CORN. ' >cw For 15 ft* of ROLLS, 1 buahai of WHEAT. For 15 9>* ofROLL8,1 bushel of BTB. > .? '. For 4 lbs of ROLLS, 1 pound Sold LEATHER. For 5 fix of ROLLS, 1 pound-Upper LEATHER. :Tl , ' , For 5 9)? of ROLLS, 1 GallonoTXOLASSBB. Ge" For 10 9>a of BOLLS, 1 yard of Wooleu-JEANS. For 4 fcb of ROLLS, 1 yard of Woolen LiNSEY. For 9 9>? of ROLLS, 1 yardwf cotton SHIRTING. TOLL IN WOOL?The TENTH. . CA8H?81 per pound, NEW TOSH*, or ItfBi undertt os.l\ Those furnishing TALLOW. BAC&kl LARD or othet ' reduce, shall hare preference in gefting'thelr work done. Z. D. SMITH, f'.' .'t'. June 29 22 Sm JOTJTHGAROLINA-TORK.DfSO TKICT.-;Vhcn-as 9ABAH TVTATT h-Ti nppllcd -> me for Letters of AdmlnJsoatkwroa all and inf^ih-v :*A lie goods and chattels, rights and credits of FREDELIC'K WYATT, late of the District a/bresatf, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singn- , tr, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be nd appear before ipe, at our near Oadinary's Court fox he satd District, to be holden at York Court Houso; on the 6th day of July ln?L, to shew- cftse,* if any, why he said adtulnistnUloa should not lie granted, liven under my hand and Seoi, this 5th day of July. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and (n the eJghty-nlnth year of the Independence or South Carolina. --'1=42?; JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y- D. July G ; 2t SOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISTRICT.?Whereas,THOS. 8. NEEtt Iiasapplfedto , ue for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the . ;oods and chattels, rights .and credits of JOHN ENNINGS, late of the Diatrlct aforesaid, deceased. - -. These are therefore to cite andadmoSkkaHand singular, he kindred and creditors ofthe said deceased, to be and ap car before me at our next CMynaryrsCoort for the said rfcft, MT be hoklen at York Court .House on the lSA'day of . v? uly ihsu, to shew csuse, if any, why the said AdngjfstraUOn should not be granted. ' V1 Jhrcn under my hand and (leal, this 30th day of, June. *. yj. In the yes} of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and * sixty-four, and in the eighty-eighth year of $e independence of South Carolina, JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y.-fl. Jniy 6 a? ' , , * NOTICE. ' OFFICE OF AGENT OF STATE, CAkB*y,Juoa28,l864. f'JE requisition -for Labor havijig; been suspended by the Confederate authorjffre ^nCU be 1st of August next, the. ceil of tniE JfctNl'dTwBwe ' j gon Division No. I, is hereby wffflaniwn* ufcJJjWwtiher For the tnfbnaation of the SJurrifit of the sevA^httrtcts n the Division ahewekiaM, R Is stated that the rnspeWMc if the call for Labor, does not suspend the arrest tmd deli vcyof the Labor of Dcfaahets,'in accordance with -orders Mm this oracc. ^ " ' f-v* ? ,, <?Agent of the fiouaof Sk.wh Carolina. Myr ?>e n IS EqiriTT-TOlUE DUTRICT. ai Bai?, j ' Sfc' J ' Bill/or Relief, Jlcnovnt, 4"c. THE- Creditors of Chades & Bales, J- deceased, are hereby notified that they wUl be re lulred to present and establish their demands before tee, In ny office, on or before the Irt day of AUGUST l&xt, or be orever. thereafter, debarred from raid privilege. ($6) . WALTER B. MKTS, c. *. *.? Juue 39 26 ~ TAX Iff KIND NOTICE. DLANTERS and others who have A not paid aB of their TAX-IN Kri?ttfor^?,jrlll db ' V; o, on or before the 15th of JOLT, 1864. 3MmSg&&a&esi? o mc before the 15th oTJULT-' J.-H. PAY8SOUX, . June 22 25 . tf ' DR. ALFRED CRAVEN DMfiUIST AXD APOSHtCARY, v TOBSriLLE, SO. fl. DURE DRUGS. CHEMICALS," ' JL MEDICHVES, ic., constantly kept oq hand. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately llspcnsed. . , L ... Scptarqber 30 39, * U- njr absence Dew Yorfcvffle, I havemndo arrange nents with Dr. LESLIE 0?WEW,ft>n*B?iy or Charleston, 0 take charge of my OFFICE, adjnfniat-the.Fifqtrntia mfldirig, where he will bo pleased to wait??niy customers, i3 usual. He la a centleoikn of much exMrfeaeeln my lnc of business, ana will, donbtlew, atrwjfewwB smisfacicui. W. it WALKDft, Dentist. February 85 ? 8 . " tf iSH Atf BTBLasitiimj POW- ' ItERi T*HE North Carolina Powder ManuJL factoring Company U now prepared to i)U ordersiVom my portion or the Confederacy. Powder wlllooly .be da- " * <. Iveted at the Company's Mills, or In Charlotte, without . - 'J isk to the Manufacturers. J. W. DAVIS, President. ENVELOPESFOR SALE, AT THS PBISTWC Om E, July 8 .87 .. ? tf . IP STRAYED.?FROM MY PLAN--. Ej TATION, near Fort Mills, on the 36th ultimo, a large srIARE MOLE, dark bay, not quite coated?has n Snail ump on the under law, and Is short winded. A liberal ewardwlll be paid for her recovery. CORNBLUfB'lSORMAK. 'A July 6 37 a ' " 8t A DMINISTRATOR'S N6TICE!? a Y All pertpns indebted to .the estate of EDWARD 1 /ERY, deceased, ore requested to make Immediatepayoetjt;.those having demands "against said deceased, nrrf noIfled tq present than, properly attested, within the time prescribed by low. E/'T. AVERY, Administrator. June 89 36 . 3t WANTED TO PURCHASE. " r3E subscriber wishes to p^rchtse a GOOD SADDLE HORSE Immediately. A fair price fill be paid. , * ' ?-> Also,FIVE HUNDRED. POUNDS tftrood fresh BUTTER. Apply W . ? :, O..R- WATCHFORD. FOBSAS-E. -tMTT-EW U A' b iywwaiu^ ,fc w 3 bacea. Will exchange YARN end 4-4 SIURTING &n OQAN, X,",c, v . VT 0 T I C E .-I HEREBY FORL l warn all persons (tan trading foa thevii* 1'WfCATE if K. O. McCAW, G. 8. DEpOSETMT for York Dttltag. fo. 130, dated Jnne 25, 1864, 'to" ftfror of itfysWf. --Ma Certificate bfelnglost. - A. M. JACKSO' " J?'y6 .. ... * tf . WOMIJVATIOIfi pHEfriends of Col. CAD. JOKES . -L respectfully annqunce.Mm as tcindhiate for SENArORfrom York DUtriet,at the enattiweieMon. dime B, 1864. ' ' MANY FRIENDS. - , July 6 57 te _ FOB TAX OOILEOTOK.?WE have been requested to announce Col. ANDREW ACKSpN. asa candidate for the office of TAX COL .ECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. Septembers . Rfi. .if. POR TAX COLLECTOB.J-W& L are authorized to announce Capt.-J. W. MITCHELL a a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, t the ensuing election. September DO 38 - te* a t" -"" -* , *!&??'' -. - . ... : - j. '