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iftrffwfottk ttttytntv. f ? f^YORKVILLR C. i ? ,,i, * WKHTISDAY EVES IN G, AUGUST 17, 1864. s NEW TERMS. * From thl* date the following will be the terms for the ToairtLts Enqtirer, viz: Owe ?opy for one year, in advance, $8 00 One copy for six months, in advance, 5 00 *. ADVCSTtSlXO. 02 per -quire often lines, for each insertion ; longer . one* charged in proportion. -Payment required-in advance. . " . <Stattnn?, $6. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertise stents, and charged accordingly. January 20,1864". Necessity compels us, for a season, fb require Produce from Producers, in the District, for Subscriptions, Advertising and Job Printing. ..." BROKE JAIL. 3Jwo or three prisoners confined in our ? jail for minor offences, slipped tbair cables on Thursday night'last, by cutting through the floor, with tools allowed them to sboeranke with, but one of ihem escaped however, who is still, at large.' His name is Nathan Dover. See Sheriff Mason's adwertisefAent in another column. *+ ' , <? ^ ifrimi n A WT?7 A rPTO"W Saturday -next, the 20th instant, is the day set apart fbr the organization of the oflRlitinof the 34th Regiment, pursuant to' orders from the Governor. "The necessity of this step is obvious to a!!, and prompt attention is strictly ordered. The Town Company (Beat No. 5,) will be organized ai the Court JBoute, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and lbs other companies of the Regiment will assemble, for the same purpose, at Smith's Old Fiild, at the same hour. All persona between the ages of 16 and 60, except the State Reserves, are required to attend and enrol themselves, elect company oficers, and otherwise organize themselves for daty, so that when required, they will be enabled to act promptly, and underatandingly. This is to be no "old field muster," 'but one of the greatest importance to the citizen who intends to defend his home and ? * s /. ? fireside from invasion. H we have aliens among as, men vbo have enjoyed all onr social and indastrial advantages in- the days of peace and prosperity, they mast be made to do their part to avert the common danger, or at once be marked as an enemy and intruder. Those who ore not for us are against ns ; we require heartsnd sool, and no *ymjxithy now. It is related of General * Jackson, at the battle of New Orleans, while erecting his breastworks of cotton bales, a foreigner remonstrated with the men engaged, as the cotton was his property. "Is it so," said the General, "then take z gun and defend it, sir." It is such spirit aod promptness we need now, and we hope to see it exercised. THE "NEWS. or. t.?_ I fV C 1IBVU uumiu^ iUio nvw?) though from all quarters may be heard the "busy note of preparation." Grant is moving the pieater portion of his forces from Petersburg to the Valley of Virginia, where it is more than Jikely we may have a battle, ere long. The invasion of the North by Early has called Yankee attention homeward, yet, a show will be kept up in front of Riohmond and Petersburg, as the battle was to be "fought out on thai line." The movements of onr troops are regulated by those of the Yankees, go where they will, they will fine themselves confronted by bttve-utd gallant hearts "From Atlanta, we learn nothing further than the maasiog of Sherman on onr left, and then resuming his former position again, for what reason is not ascertained, though it is thought he is working bis way towards East Point, which position, Bhould he be allowed to gain, will canse the evacuation of Atlanta. Gen. Hood will prevent this, if possible, at any rate a desperate game is being played. The raiders are being pretty well played out in Georgia, bat fresh adventurers may spring up in that line, though it is thought this cannot or! will not be spared from Sherman's lines. We have no particulars from Mobile, as tojthe surrender of Fort Gaines, though we are able to give accounts of the attack on the Forts in other respects. They will bo read with interest. Another campaign into Florida haB been inaugurated, and the shelling of Fort Sumter and Charleston continues as usual.? Movements in every quarter, indicate that we may soon look for most "desperate" engagements. The stillness of the country is only the precursor of a heavy storm. BAIDEBS AGAIN. Last week a force of deserters, tories, or mVm* MA* fAtnn rvT Mnmlir N". C., which county adjoins Pickens District, near Walhalla, giving the worthy burghers pretty much of a- scare; and well it may, for the step across the line may be taken at any moment. We see, also, by the Charlotte Times, of the 15th, that the Morganton robbers and murderers have only been "dispersed." That paper says: "A gentleman, resident of Salisbury, informed us yesterday, that on the eve of his departure frr Charlotte, information had reached oaiisbury, to the effect that a raiding^par; 4 ad entered Wilkes county, and that a cavalry force sent forward to check them had been met and defeated by the enemy." ?>?! ? Our public speakers are richer than the Arabs, who are said to have ouly a thousand words for one thought. % TO THE PATBIOTIC. A circular, over the signaturesjof some prominent and well known citizens, haa been Circulating throughout the distriot, calling the attention of our whole people, to matters of great and abiding interest, at this time. We trust they will give the subjeot treated on, the Importance it demands, and respond .in a proper spirit, to all its requirements.? The subject, which we need not mention here, is one in which we all are interested and which appeals to our best feelings. Almost isolated from the noise and oonfusion - -i- i J of war, as our uistnot is, we snouiu uorw theless feel deeply for the situation of those who are more exposed to its sad realities, whife we know not the hour wheu the danger may be at our own doors. We must raise men .for the emergenoy, and we must feed them, it were far better to do so now with willing ain|s, than allow the golden moments to pass by, and in the end reap infamy, and meet? devastation, at the enemy's hands. York has done muoh to her oredit, so far?the boggs of her gallant sons whiten every battle field, fond fathers have sent their sons to the seene of strife, to return no morej and loving mothers and sisters have girded on the armor of sons and brothers, with Spartan heroism ; but there is yet no end to these saoriflces, others must be made, or by niggardly disposition, all may be lost. Let not, then fellow citjpens, the appeal to you# patriotism pass by ugheeded?let the "still, smalt voice," that whispers you to do your duty, be responded to in loud and decided action?open your hearts and your corn cribs to the suffering soldiers of your country?to give of yonr surplus is no charity?but more is needed, for your aU is at stake, and your all must redeem it. Oar people aj;e united in senumeni?oar oaase is dear to every olass in ihe Confederacy?DOtbing but a wanton dependence on others will bring us confusion and despondency ; let the pulpit speak?let the press, re-echo the demands of the oountry, and if the -response is equal to the demand, a peace will soon be conquered. ? Brig. Gen Elliott, we learn, is under treatment in the General Hospital, at Petersburg j he is rapidly improving, and will ere long resume command. ? The Lancaster Ledger, of the 9th instant, sajs: "The rains for several weeks wore beautiful, and the general belief now is that there will be a bountiful corn crop made throughout this District." ? The Associate Reformed Synod of the South will meet at New Hope, Fairfield District, S. C., on the Third Monday of September,, the 19th of the month. ? The Guardian of the 11th inBt., states that thirty cases of small pox have oooured within four miles of Montioello, Fairfield District, and that paBsers are ordered from Monticello to Strothers. ? The damages done to the Macon and Atlanta Railroad have all bein repaired. Tr*inn now run reeularlv to Columbus, via ***" "" ' o # Opelika, and tbe road between Opelika and Cbebaw will be in running order in a few days. Railroad communication will be resumed between Macon and Augusta to-day. ? The Ohio Statesman says that over three thousand farms in Ohio are left to wither for tbe want of hands to cultivate them?this, too, at the very season when every, working man is required at home ? A California paper says: What California needs. most to-day is rain. - What she wants to morrow is Seventy-Jive thousand females, to mate off the extra male pop ulatioD according to the last census. ? The Richmond Examiner says that the Confederate Government having expressed its right to, oonsoribe natives of Maryland >who have obtained a residence or domicil in the Confederates States, the enrolling officers are proceeding with the work. ? The residence of the widow of Major John Seddon, brother of the Secretary of War, in Stafford county, was burned, by order of General Butler, retaliation for burning Montgomery Blair's house, near Washington city. ? On Tuesday last the ordnanee depot at City Point exploded, killing a large number of Yankee soldiers. ? A woman's love for military officers ie generally uniform. ? The New York Commercial Advertiser is of the opinion that the man iu prison for writing the bogus proclamation for more troops should be released at onoe -because the troops have now been called for. The Advertiser thinks that the bogus proclama< tion reads better,' and would have raised more troops, had it not been exposed, than the genuine one now win. ? A bog of maTsh in England becoming dry, the people were surprised at the sigbl of a sqaure mile of frogs moving aorosi the country, the old frogs with little frogi upon their hacks, and dl led by^uge olc patriarchs, migrating to the nearest water ?The Peace State Convention of New York met recently, and agreed^that a Masi State Convention be held at Syracuse, or the 18th inst. ? At a late blockade sale, in Augusta Georgia, cotton cards, leather, sold at fron 89 to 815 per pair, and those with handle: and fixtures at from 818 to $25. ? Gen. Hunter has been superseded ii the command of the army of the upper Po tomao, by Gen. Sheridan. FBOMSULLIVAN'S ISLAND. August 11, 1864. Mr. Editor :?The bombardmenb of Samter is still kept up? on Saturday and Sunday the firing was greatly slaokened, oar batteries firing occasionally on Saturday.? A few shells were thrown over here on Sanday morning, oar batteries not replying, the shelling here oeased, and the day was more qaiet than usual. Baring the day Monday two shells were thrown here, the firing on Samter was slow; at night oar batteries opened on battery Gregg, and oontinned heavy aboat two hoars, Parrot and bomb( shells were returned rapidly for a while.? About 12 o'olook at night, a vessel laden ohiefiy with Medical stores was rumagroand ?-?1 a.? tk k at mo urtJBK.wmor, a cat jpu? muumio ^ m passing in, the vessel ran betwffen the wreoks of two old steamers, and became fast, earl; next morning the vessel was discovered by th^ enemy, they opened upon it a heavy fire from batteries Gregg, New York, Wagner, and one df the Monitors, the vessel was knocked to pieoeB and set on fire by their shells ; onr batteries returned a heavy fire npon them, the firing ceased on both sides towards nighty There were no casualties on 'oar side. A portion of the oargo has been saved, and the greater part of it will -likely be removed- On yesterday a Yankee pedo was picked np adrift by one of onr small boats, opposite battery Bee, it was a tin case, containing about one hundred pouflds of powder, fixed with a oap, and maohinery for working it off, something like dock work, the object of this jniapile is left to conjecture. Being unwilling to risk the chances %f bringing it into the harbor, it has been, most probably, sent opt and consigned to the decrees of fate, thinking it might, perchance, strike a luoky place, but like many of their visionary sobemes, it failed and cameto naughf On yesterday we were visited with a hgavy rain, and wind. In the evening the fiFinof An Snmtar innrAftflAil. and was oontin w" ? ? ????J ued with vigor doring the night. This morning it continues heavy; oar batteries opened fire again, shells were returned in quick time, the firing eeased about noon.-? Samter is still slowly fired upon. Yours as ever, DARBY. . For the Yorkville Enquirer. CAMP 12TH REGIMENT, S. C. V., Neab Cpafin's Bluff, Va., Angust 4,18Q4. At a call meeting of Cos. A, B, and H, of the 12th Regiment, S. C. V., it was moved and seoonded that Captain W. S. Danlop act as Chairman of the meeting, and Lieut. J. A. Watson, as Seoreisry. . The Chairman explained the objeot of the meeting, in a few very appropriate and patriotic remarks. It was then moved and seconded that a Committee of five be appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sens? of tbo meeting, the following compose the Committee : Capt. II 1J. Kerr, Lieut. M. V. Darwin, Sorgt. R. W. Whitesides, Sergt. W. A. Steele and Private N. M. Sandifer. * The Committee, after a few moment's consultation, presented the following preamble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted. Whereas, we, the Offioers and Soldiers of Cos. A, B. and H, of the 12th Regiment, S. C. V., have learned, from a late issue of the Yorkville Enquirer, of the nomination of Col. Cad. Jones, for the Senate, and J. C. Chambers, Esq., for the Hoose of Representatives, and being desirous of giving public expression of our appreciation of the patriotic course and past services of Col. Cad. Jones, as an Officer and former commander; and as a lasting, though imperfect testimonial of oqr high regard for his ability, integrity and spotless character as a gentleman; and, also, as a tribute to tbe soldierly conduct, patriotism and talents of J. C. Chambers, Esq., our present companion in arms ; Re it, therefore, # , Resolved, That without any*disparagement of the claims of others, or in the least pretending to dictate to the voters of York District, in reference to the offioes alluded to Ja k<i?Akn iiAVijiollvr anri VlOftVt.il T7 ' 3UUYU; WP uu UPIDVT WiUtiMy HUU MwtM concur in, and endorse the Domination of Col. Jones for the Senate, and J. C. Chambers, Esq., for the House of RepreseDta! tires. It waa also moved and seconded that the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Yorkville Enquirer for publication. W. S. DUNLOP, Chairman. i ' J. A. Watson, Secretary. - I Por tlie Yorkville Enquire?, THE NEXT LEGISLATURE. [ Messrs. Editors :?As there has been i several nominations in York District, for the House of Representatives, the friends , of Lieut Col. John M. White present his j. claims for that position, deeming his quali, fications as a scholar and patriot, sufficient j to fill that post with honor to himself and to I the interests of the District. He is a graduate of South Carolina College, volnnteerr ed at the opening of the war, was eleoted a j Captain in the 6th Regiment, S. C. V., now ! holds the position of Lieutenant Colonel. A in +V>nkla health ho IB nnwilHn? tO aimuuguimoBuio ? ? _D ? quit the field, it, therefore, remains with j his friends, and those appreciating the mer3 its of a patriot soldier, to decide his election. MANY CITIZENS. ) ? Of the 3,200 men comprising McCoolc's - command of raiders in Georgia, only some 600 returned to Sherman's lines. For the Yorfcville Enquirer. I NOMINATION. Mr. Editor:?Please announce 'A. S. Wallaoe, 8. W. Melton, 8. 0. YoungMood and George W. Williams, as suitable candidates for the House of Representatives, to represent York Distriot at the ensuing election. , BULLOCK'S CBE0K. For the YorWOe Enquirer. .1 FOB THE LEGISLATURE. Messrs. Editors: Please announce Col. Wm. C. Beatty, and Dr. C. P. ?andifer,_ as the People's Candidates, for a seat in the next Legislature. We hope they will accept the nomination. EBENEZER. August 16,1864. From the Front. Atlanta, August 10.?^heteavy cannonading on yesterday ceased at five p.m. The result was unimportant along the lines. In the city, one oitisea was killed and a ohild wnnndpd f The fire on the oity was the heaviest yet ezperieooed. Many buildings were struok daring the night'jufd op to noon. Matters are q^uriasually quiet. A body of Federal oavalry -moved in the direotion of Becatnr last evening, but returned to their fines again. Rumors prevail that our cavalry has seised Marietta and destroyed the Yankee stores, flht no official information ha/been received. j The tumor that-Sherman has been reinforced, is not oredited. Eighty-seven prisoners were brought in yesterday. A$Mrs at Atlanta Atlanta, August 13.?The enemy, yesterday evening,' advanced his right about one mile, at the same time extending his left 9 short distance, bqt hurripdly Vfithr drew both this morning, from a cause unknown, his to original position. Their line offioers attempted frequently, at different points aloag the line to communicate with ours; in several instances they proposed a cessation of picket firing, which was not entertained, in consequence of notooming through the prbper channel. No shells thrown at the ?tf during last night or to day, with the exception of slight artillery firing. Brig. Gen. John 0. Brown, of Tennessee, bas been promoted temporarily to the Tank of Major General, fyeqt. Col. James Iien ard, C. S. A., has been assigned as Chief of Ordnance of the army of Tennsaee. From Virgina. Yesterday was another extremely sultry day, and the trenches were rendered exceedingly nnpleasent by the overpowering heat. Daring the morning and the greater part of the afternoon, almost perfect -stillness reigned along the lines. Occasionally a mortar shell wonld be thrown, and a picket wonld exert himself sufficiently to firo at the foe. Late in the afternoon, however, a brisk firing, mostly from mortars, was commenced on the centre and left, and fyept np until nearly 9 o'clock- , There seems to be little donbt that Grant is moving large bodies aof his troops oau-' tionsly and quietly from onr front. Where he is sendiog them, we of coarse do not know, bat they leave City point ip transports and go dopro the river. Pis steamers, loaded with troops, have been seen within the last two days moving off. He will probably endeavor to bead Early off, and 8top the oareer of that Confederate General, in his wild crusade'throngbthe Valley and into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Movements totioeable in the enemy's caroo lead to the belief that portions of his ann? are being sent away. The shelliDg of the oity has ceased either for want of ammunition or because tbo enetuy has become tired of practice so crnel and diabolical, pr because the heavy guns with which be was wont to greet ns daily, have been removed front their positions. The latter reason tb more probably the true one, for we cannot think of tfie Yankees as being out of ammunition, or tired of a barbarous praotioe. It is believed that they are engaged in moving their heavy artillery.?Petersburg Express, 9th. < ?*? ? ? From Petersburg. Advices from Petersburg state that Grant has sent two corps of bis army away, and is Bending more; and, byway of confirmation, we have intelligence from the Northern Neok which represents, that as ]ate as Monday last, a large fleet of transports was seen on Chesapeake Bay, moving in'the direction of Washington. Thesa rapts gfo wr tq sop? that the campaign on the James and Appomattox is virtually ended, though Grant will doubtless keep a considerable force in front of Petersburg with a view to convinc- j ing the Northern people that he intends to fight it out op that line, and thus sustain his reputation fof a while. The same oondition of affairs prevailed along the lines in front of Petersburg yesterday that ye baye had to report for payer:ii days past. Passengers by the train informed us that "not a gun was heard" up to the time they left, aod that even the usu al shelling, mortar and picket firing was suspended. It is stated that the enemy has contracted his lines considerably on his left ?some distance from the points recently occupied by them. Everything indicate? that the Yankees are now throwing themselves npon the defensive. 11 FROM THE VAI*LEY. A private dispatch received here yesterday states that oar foroes under MoCaasland and Bradley Johnson met with a slight reverse at Moorfield last Sunday, but nothing like th'e disaster announced by the Yankee papers. , Four hundred and thirty prisoners, captured by General Early in the Valley and Maryland^have arrived at Lynchburg. The Petersburg Express of yesterday announces the receipt of a dispatch putting Bradley Johnson's loss at four hundred men, nine hundred horses and five pieces of artillery. A dispatch from the Army of the Potomac OttJfO ? A few days since fifty rebel deserters attempted to come into oar lines in a body, bat our troops, not understanding their intent'ons, fired on them, and twenty nine of , the number were killed or wounded. f The War News.?We stated yesterday 1 that it was reported the President bad reoeived a dispatob conveying the intelligence that oar cavalry bad been sarpriseft and beaten near Moorefield, Hardy county, Yir- ^ ginia. We have now positive information ^ that, so far as any defeot of oar troops is c? concerned, the report was inoorreot. ^ An official dispatoh from General Early, ^ dated the 8th, has, however, been reoeived, ^ WhToh states that oar cavalry, who had been ^ raiding in Pennsylvania, had reached Har- ^ dy county j that the report of their defeat as stated in the Northern papers, was false.? We think it is easy to traoe the rumor of ^ the defeat of our cavalry to its aouroe.? ^ General Early's dispatoh was received here ^ Tuesday, and was seen by a number of offi- ^ cials who, in alluding to it in conversations ^ I with outsiders, created a false impression, ^ and one that was not intended. j.Q It will be seen from our extracts from , i Northern papers of the 9th that they have an unconfirmed slory of the defeat of our ' cavalry at Moorefield by Averill. We cannot tell positively whether General Early, si: |o pronouncing as false the statement of oar m defeat, alludes to the affair at Cumberland al or atlfoorefleld. It is not improbable (bat be be has reference to both. ev Richmond Examiner, 11<A. ar * ?' th Mobile, August 14.?Major Carrel, agent for the exchange of prisoners, proceed- vj ed by flag of truce, to the fleet in the lower bay to effect an exchange of the Dauphin g{ Inland prisoners. Farragut stated that the prisoner* had been plaoed at the disposal of CI Gen? Canby*and he oould do nothing? An i0 arrangement was then made to send paok- * ages to the prisoners from friends. Gen. Maury orders officers and soldiers to re- pe more their families forthwith, and nonoom- Yi batants ate again ordered to leave the city, bu The Yankees are busily crossing the bay in u{ sight, and heavy forces are in North Miss- m; isrippi?their destination reported Mobile, in ? 7? tei Mobile. Our telegrams to-day convey the startling intelligence that one of our-forts command- hi ing the approaches to Mobile has been evao- tei uated and -blown up, and another, Fort( ar (Jaines, disgracefully surrendered to the re enemy by its commanding officer, Cel. An-, qt derson. The painful memory of a similar procedure by. Geo. Frazer, at Cumberland Gap, and its deoiaive influence upon an en- 'fa tire campaign, is too fresh in our 'minds, not m to arouse our apprehensions for the fate of ^ Mobile. Powell gone, and Gaines in Yankee hands, Fort Morgan alone remains to contest the advance of the Federal fleet te- Pl wards the oity. But the work is strong, at mall r^vatnniann/1 fnft* nv mnnfVlQ Off VA flTA jpe ? ? , - _ informed, and under the oommand of an officer, who, brave under any circumstances kl has now a double inoentive to make a Ther- ..8e mopylean fight. The distance from Fort aD Morgan to Mobile is about forty miles, and ^ the way studded with strong batteries, all of which have to be reduced before the enemy o&n capture the city. It is possible'that the ' iron-clads may run the gauntlet of these, Pa but transports, troops and provisions cannot T be made available until the Federal flag floats in triumph from Fort Morgan to Mo- th bile. God grant that such a disaster may fii never be recorded. As regards tfle alleged lo defection of Col. Anderson, simple justice demands tlat the publio should await further tidings before yielding to grave surpi- th exons which affept hjs honor, integrity and iD patriotism.?South Carolinian, lOf/i insl. Hi ? " : ] MoBiLE.-*-Mobile Bay sets up from the Gulf, and is thirty miles long, and, on an la average, is twelve miles broad. It oommanicates with the Gulf by two straits, one 'on each side of Dauphin Island. The strait on the West side will not admit of vessels te of more than five feet draft; but that on the East side, between the Island and Mobile Point, has eighteen feet, water, the channel passing within a few yards of the lo Foint. There is a oar across me uay, near m its tipper end, whigb baa only nine or ten feet water. . - in The entrance to the harbor ia defended or by Fort Morgan, situated on a long, low, th sandy point, at the month of the bay, thirty th miles below the oity, opposite Dauphin Is- hi land. It is a great mistake to suppose that this ] fleet that has run by Forts Morgan and p( Gaines pan rpaph Mobile. The' Mobile Co river, upon whioh the oity is situated, emp- p, ties into Mobile bay by three months. Mo- or bile is built on the side of the Southern T< mouth, and below it is a bar over which no bl vessel can pass drawing over eight feet of wl water. Vessels of heavier draft must go th up Spanish river (the name of the middle T1 mouth) six miles, and then, turning the is- hi lpn^, <jfpp <Jo^n tp the wharves of the pity. ti< This Spanish river is well defended by forts, &c., and is very narrow, which will make the ascent something different from running wi through the.entrauce of Mobile bay, twelve m miles wide. d( Thk.War.?Private reliable information m from the United States represents the friends la of the administration a9 very despondent at in the gloomy aspect of affairs in that oountry. w< Instead of captaring Richmond, as they confidently expected, they find their own Capitol threatened; their ocrrency beoom- T1 iner worthless: their debt rapidly increasing; ca their people threatening resistance to the of draft f incipient revolution breaking out in th the West; and worse than all for Linooln's \v hopes of subjugation, the army demoralized, n( and desertions more numerous than new to levies. m We are told by peifons from the United States that, in localities where disaffection is greatest, freedom of speeoh and of the ? press is suppressed by the military author- pc ities, for if they oannot induce men to go Ti to the front, they can always get any num- qt ber to act as provost guards, and tyrannize 61 over their fellow-oitizens. w [Richmond Sentinel, 12th. Full op Coppeeheadism.?The Buffa- hi lo Courier thus gives good reasons for sot publishing the Declaration of Indepen- hi dence: tl< ?We had intended to re-pablish the di Declaration of Independence to-day, but !. t L. . A/vmctrnAfi infft OOJlt It UCUHUSU It Ullgot UC wuovmv? ? 3D attack upon the Administration, and tc fcecanse it is full of "copperhead" senti- it ment* and Democratic principles, which are b; held to be "treasonable" by the powers that is i be. (a: LATESTNEWS, From Georgia. Atlanta, August ?At a late )ur yesterday evening the enemy atmpted to drive in our pickets on our intre. After a sharp skirmish they ere repulsed. Desultory firing along te lines has been going on throughout le^nigh^and to day. But^ew shells ere thrown in the city. Some had scripral quotations in "Hebrew" pasted 1 them. A body of the enemy's cavalr dashed into Decatur this evening, en moved in the direction of Cobb s "ills. A small force of infantry is | Dorted in Decatur. Their actions incate another movement on our right, id lively skirmishing is going on at ie centre this evening. Everything oks brighter and more hopeful than any time since the uiege began. Prom Virginia. Petersburg, August 15.?About x o'clock this evening considerable usketry and cannonading sprnug up 1 along the lines, participated in by >th sid&. It was nothing more, bower, than the discharge of wet guns id small arms by both parties after e rain which passed over the city. Richmond, August 15.?Gregg's dision of cavalry advanced on the New Jarket r6ad," yesterday* p. m., and eniged our forces, occupying a position the vicinity of Deep Bottom. The lemy were repulsed with considerable ss. Confederate loss small. Richmond, August 12.?Baltimore pairs of yesterday have beeft received. The ankee cavalry bad reorossed to Martinsirg, Sheridan reports his forces moving i the Shenandoah Valley against the ene* y. At 4 o 'dock, Wednesday, skirmiahg was going on ten miles from Winchesr. Grant baa returned to City Point. It is asserted that Stanton has tendered s resignation, whioh was promptly aooep-* i by liinooln. Other Cabinet ohanges 0 reported; bat there is uo donbt of the rignstion of Stanton, in consequence of a larrel with Blair. Glorious News from Athens.?The! [lowing private dispatoh was received in aoon l^t night. The Yankee raiders are tying a hard time of it: Athens, Ang. 6.?The raiders were reilsed. Seven hundred of them scattered three shots from oar battery at the pair mill. Col. Breckenridge captured Col. iprous' raiding party. . Col. Caprona was lied. Two hundred and nine prisoners, 1 ? ?? hnrcoo seuioeo iiegrueb auu i>nu uuuuiw uv.aw id males have been brought to Atlanta. nother Victory~900 Negroes Captured. JaIckson, August 2.?The following distoh was received last, night from the rans-Mississippi Department: "General Poligoao attached Vidalia on e 22d ultimo, filling* forty negroes and' re whites, and capturiifg $00 negroes. His bs was five killed and four captured." The following correspondence, says e Charlottsville Chronicle, was captured the recent assault on General Johnston's* aes: * prom gen. siierman to gen. grant. "Sir?I find it very hard to go to Atnta. i Yours, W. Teoumseh Sherman." * To whioh Gen. Grant replied: "Sir?You ought just to come to Persbnrg, In haste,. ? .. U.-S. Grant." Warm.?A Cincinnati paper has the folwiog concerning the weather in Hogopoi: A steamboat was at the wharf disohargg lead ; a nigger would start with a bar t his shoulder, but before he could get to e dray the lead would melt and run over e freesoiler, making it necessary to cut m out with a cold, chisel. . I 2xplo8ION.?We regret to learn that the ; cwder Mill, at the Catawba river, jn this ' unty, belonging to the North Carolina owder Manufacturing Company, blew up i the afternoon of Thurrsday, 4tn met. no white men and two negroes were own np with the works. One of the bite men died in a short time, and one of e negroes, it was thought, would die. be others will probably recover. We ive been unable to learn any fmtbor par3ulars.? Charlotte Bulletin, 7th inst, Unpleasant.?It-is said that a convict is lately traoked into the service of a young arried couple, where he was -o&eiatiog as very pretty lady's maid, and bad been )ing all the duties of his role for three onths. The horror of the young married dy, and still more of the husband, may be iggined when the police said, "that young jman is the man we want." The Prisoners ajt Andersonville.? be large camber of Federals ire have been pturiog lately bas increased the camber prisoners at Anderson vllle to over thirty ousand, and the cry is "still they come." re learn, says the Macon Telegraphy that >t a day passes without from one hundred one thousand arrive and are added to the imber. The Wound or Admiral Buchanan. -Admiral Bacbanan's wound is a com>and comminuted fracture of the right leg. ibia only, from the splinter; it may relire amputation. He was doing well the ihinst., when the oharaoter of the wound as ascertained, and in no danger theu. A doctor's wife attempted to move :m by her tears. "Ah 1" said he, "team are useless. I ive analyzed them. They contain a lits phosphate of lime, some chlorate of so am and water." "Thank God," said a Virginia lady > one of Hunter's Myrmidons, when passig through Bedford county, "yoa cannot lookade eternity." That duor of esoape always open. That haven of repose od safety is always accessible." ( | ' a Lieut. 8. C. LOWRY,po. F, 17th Regiment, 8. C. V., fl Elliott's Brlgmfc, aged 19 years and 7 months, was instantly killed by a Minnie ball, through the bead, In th? deeper- XI ate contest of July 30th, in the trenches around Petersburg. BH As a private, he entered the army at the commencement of 90 the war, when only l&ycars of age, and served gallantly In the ranks, qpdurlng nil the hardships and privations of camp ffi and the dangers and/terrors of the battle field, without a SO murmur or word of coioplalnt. At the 9d Manassas, In the . H[ very front of his Bcglment, he was shot down and vei9 se- mH verety wounded, this, for a time, Incapacitated' him from Mg service, and he entered the ,Ar*Qnal at Columbia, but be could not remain contented away from where be thouglit duty called, so layln^ggide his books and leaving the Col- fjflS lege walls, heagaln grasped his musket and joined his old company, to battle for his country in the deadly campaign that was evidently ahfatto commence. In June 1864, ne* was unanimously elected 2d Lieutenant. But, alas, at the apparent Atmmencement of a brUtit career.scarcely In the bfobsn of his youth, surrounded many friends, and alL HM that could make life bright, he has been suddenly cut down, MUflga and now lies cold In death, fardrom friends and home. He died like a hero, at the bead ofdils company, and never jjgj once quailed at the new and strange danger that suddenly hurled so'many braVe spirits Inuseternitv. The Lord has given, the Lord has taken away, blessed be tlie name of the.Lord. . ' " J. W. A. 7" jlOO REWARD. ' | r|*HE Jail in York Distfict was broken S I on the night of thellth Instant, and NATHAN DO- w VER, a prisoner, .escaped therefrom. -Said DOVER la H about 35 yean of age, about 5 feet high, dark complexion, S black hair and ej?es. baa I oat the thumb ofiAila left hand, his ? fore finger on aame hand stlfl" and crooked. HE I will give the above reward for bis arrest and delivery to M j me in Yorkvflle, or SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS for his imprisonment in any other jail within one hundred miles. - jH ' JAMES MASON, si T. n. M August 17 33 4t ? Q0UTH<3AR0LINA?YORK DIS- 1 0 TRJCT-?Whereas T: M. WHJTESICE8 has applied S to me for Letters of Administration on - nil and singular, 9 the goods and chattels, rights arid credits of ANDREW B WALLACE, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. fl These are, therefore, to ellwand admonish afratTd ulagu- J| lar, tbttJclndrrd and credlton^rf the said deceased, to be ? and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for fl the said District, to be iiolden at York Court House, on the . 9| 29th day of August Inst., to chew cause, if any, why f the said administration shonld not be granted. * % V 9iven under my hand and Seal, UUs 13th day of August. MM In thb year of our Lord one thousand -fight hundred ana sixty-four, and in the eighty-ninth year of the In- aH dependence of South Carolina. * JOHN 'A. BROWN, O. Y. D. Vj August 17 33 St jgj T I^T OE LETTERS?REMAIN- & .1. J UJQln the Post Office <u Yorkvlilc, 8.C. Aug 15, *64:' Mrs Stanhope Anthony, John Barnes, 2; Miss Sarah Ber- jfi bant, Mary Bratton, J O Block, Mss M E Brown, E H Brid- ? ?0 ges, Mrs Klntey Burden, Miss Motile A Clarke, James Chil- H ders, Mrs O A Darby, Miss Sallle E.-Deal,Mis? A. S. Duffy M Henry L Dennis, James M Glbbs, Miss Mattie Gibson, JD Bg Gaulden, Miss Hattlc Gillespie, Mrs M G Harper, A E Rut- H chinson, H N-Hambrick, 3; Henry-Hilt,'Mrs Hetherlngton, jE A W Jones, WP Jones,Mrs Mary Kere),MrsC.C.Lanier, J 3; Miss Holly Eanpy, Matthew-Lynn. John J Miller. Mrs J| J R Moose, Miss Mary H Moore, J M Manning, Miss Mar- H garet J McGlll, Mrs S J Martin, Mrs Elizabeth Pttsinger, . ffl Mrs 8 A Roper, H J T fit range ,"2; Gilbert Sbaw, W Smith, kfl Miss Moille FStarr.E Thomas, Thos Wheat, 3 j W J Wllson,3; MiasRA Wood,-Mrs Sarah Weaver, Mrs Mary Wells, Henry WlMr.-54. J.*. ALEXANDER, P. M. jU August 17 > 33 - it. jj STATE OW SOUTH CAROJLINAT 9 [CIRCULAR.] Adjctakt asd Inspecto* Gesekal's Orricx, j Colombia, S. C., August 3, 18&4. 3 IN answer to pumeroujj inquiries ad- fl dressed to this office in relation to the Militia Laws of B HUB oix?irj uiciuiiuni?i(( imiiwfiiv^uvu* I^WBUV I. All mole white person* resident In this State, between g the ages of sixteen and sixty yean, capable or bearing arms H except persons who are exempt from "all militia service," fll are liable to militia daty, both ordinary and in the fieljl in 9 times of alnrm, Insurrection of invasion. II. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate ser- g? vice and detailed to remain St home in civil employments JH or pnrsuiu, or wbo have been exempted from Confederate or scrvieo during the continuance of each-exemption or detail, ffl are liable as other citizens in times of. invasion. H III. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate aer- V vice, whether general or local, although detailed to remain ^ H at home, are not eligible to any militia office, and no ope Sj liable to duty In thh Confedernte service, unless he be ex SB empted from said sbrvtce, under the provisions of the Ex- H emptlon Act of Congress, shall hereafter be eligible to any SB militia office."?(A. A. 6thFebruary, 1863.) ? IV. Detailed men who have been organized as such into B Companies for local military service by Confederate au- Jjj thority, will nst be held liable for militia service. V. Militia officers in carrying into execution Vtemral Of- u den. No. 8, series 1864,'from this office, rfitt He governed by H the foregoing instructions, and held inxeadiness for actual H? service their respective commauds, to obedience to said or ders. fl By command K (Signed) A. C, OARLfNGTON, W Adjutant and Inspector General 8. C. Si Official: G. A. Follm, A. A. Gen. jfl PERSONS rXCXPT PROM ALL MILITIA DUTY. 8f jgl The Lieutenant Govej-nor; the Judges of tite Courts of jfl Law and Equity; the Ordinaries; Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions; Sheriff*; Masters, Commissioners and Registers to Equity; the Secretary of State; Surveyor General; Comptroller General, and Trea- fli surera'of the State. XK August 10 * .33 3t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Awctakt Agn IxspECTon-GBXEBAt's Ornce ffl Colombia, August 3, 1864. K GESERJIL ORDERS XO. Extract. ME I MAJOR Generals and Brigadier A Generals of the Militia of tl)is State, claiming to be in commission, will report to this office the dates of their H commissions, with their postofficcs,prior1t> the 13th Instant, 'Q as on tiiat date orders will be Issued to fill all vacancies. ^Jj By oommand: "> A (Signed) A. C. GABLTNGTON, SS Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. SB Official; G. A. Folum, A. A. Gen. August 10 * 32 i - 2t ^ HEADQUARTERS, YOBHYILLE, S. C., Angust 1st, 1864. . PURSUANT" to General Order No. . ? 7, from Adjutant and Inspector General of South A Carolina, all WHITE MALE TERBONS, resident within A the limits of 34th REGIMENT. S. C. M., between the w ages of 16 and 00 gears, arg herroy notified to assemble nt fl SMITH'S OLD FIELD, on SATURDAY, 90tb of AU H GUST, Instant, (except tnose In Confederate sprvlce, al?o, fl those embraced In the organization of Reserves,) for the fife Mi.?ma nt thAmmSiiv nnnmiifntouiffl Regiment. The offi- fi |#Uljr*'OV VI U<vivMfe..v I cer In command of each Bc^T COMPANY will extend these orders forthwith. J. A. McLEAN, Col. w, 34th Regiment, S. C. M. H Augusts 31 3t X Yorkviile Male Academy. 1 TIE Exercises of the Yorkville ffl MALE ACADEMY, will be resumed on MONDAY, n the 25fh of July. 3 Hates op TctTios per sessiom, as follows : b ENGLISH ." S25 00 M CLASSICAL 30 00 ? CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Firty cent* rwr Month. ft II. LATHAN, Principal. 1) July 20 ? 29 tf_ I DR.ALFRED CRAVEN I mimm m apothecary,- i YORRYILLE, SO. CA. I PURE' DRUGS, CHEMICALS, | MEDICINES, Ico., constantly kept on hand. fl Physicians'Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. September 30 39 tf ENTAL NOTICE.?D U RI irG f my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangem?nta with Dr. LESLIE O'VVEN", formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining tbe Exqcntcii <SB building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He Is a gentleman of much experience In .my jSfl line of business, and will, doubt]eat, rive general satlsfactlon. W.'M. WALKER, Dentist. February 35 8 tf g XTOTICE.?-I WILL DISflLL~ALL 8 1* kinds of fruit for your own use, and not for sale, for B one-third of the spirits. Each man to pay the war tax on H his part to me. Twelve bushels of perslmons will mnke as S much to the barrel as either apples or peaches, and I do say ? fl that I will make you more to tbe batrclthan any other man j| in the State. Any one having one or mow barrels, may be 1 made out. J* L. SUTTON. 1 August 3 31' . tf jj, TAX IN KIND NOTICE. J PLANTERS and others who have . m OATS and WHtAT of Uie TITHE of ie64,rcady for | delivery, are urged to do so immediately. Also, those who 5 have CORN to spare can deliver and get credit lor It on the B crop of 1864. All arc requested to deliver their tithes as S promptly as possible, as the Army of Virginia are nc ding B supplies. FAY880UX, K Agent Depot No. 1, 6 0. D., 8. C. ffl August 10 33 tf ? CTRAYED FROM ~THE~SUB"- g O 8CRIBER, a small, young MILCH COW, yellow and 2 white spotted, a beautiful head wtih smooth horns. Any I one delivering her to me, one mile from the C. H., on the M King's Mountain Road, will be liberally rewarded. m WM. CROOK, M Vorkville, S. C. August 10 3-2 tf ? N~ 0 T I C E .?SUGAR TO EX- \ CHANGE for BACON on Government account.? TO Anoltf tn T. J. I1EL.L. Affent* 41 Akftui i? a ;? I . i