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^ T ?I | r . ' ' ' \ V" ' - \ * - ?? , i f - ' ' . . ..... , - : 1 ? " - - - ? ? - - - ? * -*? ? * " " j.e.&l.m.gbist, |proprietors J|it fnbtjjeitknl JfamifjT ftcfepgtr: . Jfar % |Jwnwtttr? of jfoaal Agricultural attb-.Contitttrrial fatmsts :<rf. . {?8peeyhae,i*advahce. VOLUME 10. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1864. MJMM2T34 . * *. 7 _ . . ' ; ' ?? V>.} - . :.As J . * M r ' I . 1 ' RATES OF POSTAGE I* THE C. STATES OF AMERICA. T^OR the convenience of the pnblic If -1? the following simplified statement of the rates of post W age, under tho act of Congress of the Confederate State* of America, has been prepared. It must be borne in mind that the Act is to go into efffect from and after such period as the P. M. Gene*! may, by proclamation, announce: P.1TES 0F POSTAGE. Single letter*, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to I any parr of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additloual single rate for each additional half ounce i or les*. Drop letter* 3 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelop#*. Advertised letters 2 cents each. . . OK NEWSPAPER*. Sent to regular and 6c na fide subscribers from the office of nut)ll?ullon, and not exceeding three ounce* in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. Semi- Weekly paper. 26 cents per quarter. Trl-Weekly'paper, 39 cents per quarter. Four tlmes.n week, fl? cents per quarter. Five times a week, 65 cents per quarter. Six times a week, 78 cents per quarter. OK PERIODICAL*. Periodicals published oftencr ttan semi-monthly sliall be charged a* newspapers. Periodical* published monthly,tiot exceeding IX ounces in weight, 1 cent on o?ch number, nnd ono cent additional on each, addition" I oimc or fraction of an ounce. OK TBASBICXT PRINTED MATTER. The lnlandjSstage on evety other newspaper, and on each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon - ncrted with any manuscript or written matter, and not ovsnsriino I nnnOO itl ?linll hi? 1 ?ent. nnd for even* additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent adriitionJ| at; and bonks, bound and unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall l>c detuned mailable matter, and the InP land postage on them shall be at the rate of 2 cents an ounce or traction of an ounce, and the postage on all ?ueh k transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all cases ex f Cepr when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the r amy. Ii ( rrankino privilege. The fallowing persons only are entitled to the franklnS privilege, and in ail cases strictly confined to official busi-1 ness. Postnlaster General. His Chief Clerk. Auditor wf the Treasury for the Post Office Department. ^ Deputy Postmasters. STATE OF SOITH ClIiOLLM. { [CIRCULAR.] Adjutant and Inspector General's Orrict, Columbia* S. C., August 3, 166-1. rtf answer to numerous inquiries addressed to this office In relation to the Militia Laws of this State, the following announcement is made : I. All male white persons resident in this State, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, capable of bearing arms k except persons who are exempt from "all militia service," are liable to militia-duty, both ordinary and In tlie fleld in B times of alarm, insurrection or invasion. II. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate serF vice and detailed to remain nt home"In civil employments t \0r pursuits, or who have heen exempted from Confederate ' service during the continuance of such exemption or detail, are liable as other citizens In times of invasion. \ III. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate service, whether general or local, although detailed to remain at homa, are not eligible to any militia office, and no one liable to duty in the Confederate service, u Vxs he be ex t erapted from said service, under the provisions of the Ex emotion Act of Congress, shall hereafter be eligible to any militia office."?'(A. A. 6th February, 1863.) IV. Detailed men who have been organized as such into Companies for iocal military service by Confederate authority, will not be held liable fo% militia service. V". Militia officers in carrying into executio-i General Orfders No. 8, series 1861, "r<en this office, will lie governed lathe foregoing instructions, and held in rcBditu x for aetuais?rvlce their respective commands, in obedienec to said or ders. ^ I .. Bv command : (Signed) A. C. GARLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. r Official: G. A. Follik, A. A. Gen. *ek?05? kxespt from all militia doty. The Lieutenant Governor; the Judges of the Courts of Law and Equity; the Ordinaries ; Clerks of the Courts of Common i'leas and General Sessions; Sheriffs; Ma-tcrs. I Commissioners and Registers In Equity; the Secretary of State; Surveyor General; Comptroller General, and Treasurers of the State. August 10 32 3t ; SLATE LABOR FOR THE COAST. DIVISION NO. I. k T COMMISSIONERS of Roads and X* town autltoritlcs witliin the judicial Districts of Pick BV ens, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, York, Chester, Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry, will forthwith f summ <n all slaveholders within their respective limits to dvliver one-fourlh of their slaves liable toroiid duty, at the railroad depots nearest tbeir residences, on TUESDAY, the ) 30tti day of August next, there to await transportation to i Charleston mr thirty flays moor on uie lonmcanons. f II. Negroes delivered on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad will take the train which leaves Greenville at 5.20 o'clock, a. m. Those delivered on the Charlotte and South Carolina i Railroad, will take the train which leaves Charlotte at b f o'clock, a. m. Those delivered on the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Will take the passenger tnin down, f Those delivered on tb< I.aurens Railroad will take the passenger train down. Those delivered on the King's Mountain Railroad wili L take the passenger train down. J Those delivered on the Blue Ridge Railroad will take the train which leaves Wnitialla at 2 o'clock, a. m. III. Commissioners of Roads who have not made returns I will do so at once. To avoid confusion and injustice the return? of all Commtfsloncrs should be promptly revised an'1 sent to this office. I IV. Attention Isdirected to the call of Maj. Gen. J0NF8, l for twenty-five Ittndrcd road handt. The necessity for labor is extremely urgent. All volunteer labor fttmislicd at once > will be credited on this eall. R. B. JOHNSON, Agent of the State of South Carolina. r Camden, July 22, 1864. July 27 30 5t I WOOL CARDING. ''PIIE Subscriber hereby informs the h i public thathls MACHINES are in GOOD ORDER, and are now in operation. 1'rtee for CARDING as follows: R For 1 jg lbs of ROLLS, 1 pound of BACON. A For I* lbs of ROLLS. 1 pound of LARD. V For 1fts of ROLLS, 1 pound of TALLOW. W For 10 lbs of ROLLS, 1 bushel of COnN. f For 15 fts of ROLLS, 1 bushel of WHEAT. L For 15 &:i of ROLLS, I bushel of RYE. For 4 lbs of ROLLS, 1 pound Sole LEATHER. I For 5 lbs of ROLLS, 1 pound Upper LEATHER. r>?r. rv_ t)r\i i a 1 n?il..n ..r MOI For HHbsof^6uis/l7artor'^Wooieii"JEANS. For 5 lbs of ROLLS, 1 yard of Woolen LINSEY. for 2 lbs of ROLLS, I vard of cotton SHIRTING. TOLL IN WOOL?The TENTH. CASH?81 per [*>und, NEW ISSUE, or bills under?5 I Those furnishing TALLOW, BACON. LARD or othei produce, shall have preference in getting their work done. Z. D. SMITH. ' June 29 22 2m D~ ENTAL NOTICE.?D U IIIN G mv absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enqoirkf building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in m\ line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfac tion. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. Febrnary 25 8 If 1 FOR THE LEGISI-4TIUE. T~ HITFRIENDS OF LIEUT. COL. Jr>HV M WHITE, respectfully announce him as a candidate for a ?eat In the House of Representatives at the ensuing election. * August 1" 33 te The Wiends'of col. Joel W. RaH'LINSOA esp ctfully announce liiui as a | ! Candidate to rep- sent York District in the next LEGIS LATERE, at the eusulng election. f August 3 31 to ^HEFRIENDS~JI^APTTJT f. JL I.OWRY, respectfully announce htm as a C'ANDI DATE ."or re-election to represeut YORK DISTRICT in the next LEGISLATURE. JulvOI 29 . te nr1 1 E FRIENDSOF J. CHANCEL_a_ L*tR CHAMBERS, Esq., respect'till* arnounce blm a* a <"\N DID ATE In represent YORK DISTRICT in the H'?USE OF REl'KESENTATlVES, at the ensuing elee tion. Ju'y 21 29 tf I rPHE friends of JOHN S. JHIAT_1_ TiiN respectfully announce him as a candidate for the LF.OISLATURE, at the ensuing eleciioii. July 13, I6G4. 28 tf J FOR TIIE^ESATE. [ THE friends of Col. CAD. JONES Ki... .... CPVA tJL. rWpCCHUII/IIUiK'illli^ "Mil ?o Vlllllll.lir .... uu.?.Tt C! r'roiu York District, at tltc eiiFUt.it! election. June 30, SL MANY FRIENDS. Juiv 6 27 te For:tax collector.?we have been requested to announce Cot. ANDREW JACKSON, ana candidate tor the otficc af TAX CO!. LECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the essuiuj: election September 9 36 tf FOIt T AX COLLECTOR.?w E are authorized to tmuoauee Cnpt. J. W. MITCHELI. | as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, at the enstilns electtou. SeplemleT :e> 39 te? i "poirt a x collector.?we JJ are authorized to ne lounee SMITH SANDERS as a candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, at the euKUiiqf election. January 8 i te* ' . r I' M III I ILL_ii_LJULii_^JMMM Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury. Executive Department, Columbia, August 15, 1864, To the Citizens of South Carolina : Having expressed to Mr. Trenhoira the gratification felt by*his fellow-oitizens at his acceptance of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, I received in reply the following letter. Although not intended for jpublicatioD, such is its public interest, that by his permission, I lay it before yon. While the schedule of prices adopted by the Commissioners of this State does not approximate in its rates the former schedule of the .Virginia Commissioners, it is to he hoped that satisfactory reasons may be found for a reduction. I can add nothing to the views expressed Lit fha RnnnroWa Sonof.?rB. And will fin IV remark tbat, concurring fully in the importance to the country, of reducing as low as practicable all prices, 1 commend the letter to the careful and favorable consideration of every citizen. M. L. BONHAM. Treasure Department C. S. A.,' Richmond Aug. 5, 1864. To His Excellency Governor Bonham : Dear Sir : Your very kind and encouragiug letter of the 30th ultimo was received yesterday. If it shall prove to bo my happy fortune, through the Divine blessing, to contribute in any degree to the welfare of my country, I shall be more than compensated for all the labors and anxieties to which I have been appointed. Expressions of confidence and good will on the part of my fellow-citizens, such' as you have been good enough to ootfvey to me, are most grateful and encouraging. I regard the treasury of the Confederate States as most peculiarly the Treasury of the people, and there is nothing in the power of man that would so soon restore it to a condition of ease and prosperity as the universal and generous support of our people. There is nothing in its present circumstances to inspire alarm, but on the contrary every motive for confidence. An all pervading causeof embarrassment and distress, has been .the character of our legislation. However patrioti callj intended, it is not to be denied that tb^pieasures adopted by Congress fur the reform of the currency, had the uohappy effect of inspiring the public mind with feelings of fear and distrust as to tha course that would ultimately be pursued iu rela tion to that part of the pubtio debt that is represented by the Treasury Notes. Apprehensions of ultimate repudation crept like an all pervading poiqpn into the. minds of the people, and greatly circumscribed and diminished the purchasing power of the Notes. , There were many distinguished and pa~ triotic men in Congress who earnestly believed that the great, if not the sole, evil ot the currency was to be found in its redundancy alone. And reasoning from this premise, they inferred that a corresponding reduction of this large volume of the purchasing medium, would produce au imuae diato reduction in the price of all saleable commodities. Others entertained a different opinion, and believing .that the pur; chasing power and value of these notes bad a critical aud sensitive dependence upon the | confidence and good will of those who were called upon to exchange their substance for them, insisted that a reduction of the quantitv, bv anv measure that disturbed the con fidenoe of the people in good faith of the Government, would lead to universal distrust and still greater depreciation. Tbe'majority was, unhappily, found to be of the first opinion, and it must now be universally admitted, I think, that tbe policy that prevailed was erroneous aDd the consequeooes precisely such as had been predicted by those who opposed it The immense reduction effected by the tax of 88i per cent levied upon the currency, and by the process of compulsory funding, produced very little effect upon the prices of commodities. Everybody regarded, with distrust, a new issue of notes of tbe same character as the last, and resting for their support of a circulating medium upon the same pledges whioh had ended in disappointment before. That this is tbe true difficulty we have to ; encounter, I think every oandid person must now allow, and I cannot refrain from indulging tbe hope that a Dew and sounder policy will govern our future legislation.? Tbe patriotism of Congress is not to be called in question, nor are we at liberty to doubt their willingness* to renounce any policy tbat may be proven by experience to be erroneous and mischievous. Our people, at the same time, should not be silent; and in this respect the patriotic citizens of the ?reat and suffering Commonwealth of Virginia have set a noble example. On my arrival in Richmond I found that the Commissioners of prices had fixed the schedule rates for wheat end corn at?dO and $24 per bushel respectively, for the months of Aogust and September. The feeling of disappointment and alarm with which I was inspired by this circumstance, you can easily imagine. This painful feeling was, however, soon changed for one of renewed confidence and hope by the farmers of Virginia. Publio meetings were held in the agricultural counties and resolutions'adopted boldly avowing the impossibility of maintaining the public faith if the Government were forced by the people to pay such pri ces for supplies, and patriotically insisting upon a reduction of the standard rates, and i their establishment upon a basis sufficiently low to inspire confidence in the currency. The result was that the Commissioners re assembled and reduced the schedule prices to $7* tor wheat lor the mouth of August and $5 for Seme other. A a a n H miri* patriotic cour.-e was uuver pursued by uuy people, and [ would rpspectluily appeal to you, as the Chief Magtsiute uf our gallant and patriotic State, to sd^gest and encourage similar meetiugsand resolutions on the part of our own people. I have au abiding confidence that a general and well establish ed belief in the intention of Congress, uo Her no circumstances of temptation or trial, to shrink from the observance of the most rigid good faith in the money dealings of the Government will enable as to overcome all our Bnanoial difficulties. That snch is their real intention I cannot doubt; bat , this determination should be encouraged and supported by the pnblio declarations of our people, expressive of their own resold te will to foster the credit of the Government by the establishment of low prices, and by the patriotic support of its Treasnry. Whatever differences of opinion may have existed in the past, or whatever errors may be supposed to have been committed, may now be buried in a common gravo. We are makiDg a new start in onrnnances, and.under circumstances byno moans unfavorable or discouraging. \~ . . The expenditures of the Government are of two classes?those inoarred abroad, and those incurred at home.' In respect of thefirst, there has hitherto been but little ernbarrassmefit nor is there any reason to expect greater difficulty in the future. Our foreign supplies will probably be procured without making any addition to the publio debt. The malioe of our foes having raised the priee of cotton to 30d. per pound in European markets, while the depreciation of Our currency enables us at the same time tq buy it at home at less aotually than 4d. it is plainly seen that it can be no difficult task to draw from our enemies, and from the complacent spectators of thiB atrocious war,'the means of supplying all our foreign wants.* This woftld leave us then only our domestic debt to deal with; and when it is considered that all that is asked of our people, and that the Government is called upon to pay for, is simply their surplus productions and their services in transportation and mecbanioal and other labors, who can doubt tbe ability of the people to bear this burthen ? If they gave all that is asked without compensation, they would ask at last' no more than their surplus and would be no poorer for the gift. How; then, can their condition be made worse by receiving the money and the bonds -of the Government in place of reoeiving nothing ? I hope, my dear sir, that you will agree with me in the opinions and sentiments I have expressed, and may join with me in the effort to give a new and generooa impulse to the publio sentiment upon this groat topic of our national affairs. I do not think that planters and farmers should alone be called upon to deoline in favor of lower prices. Manufacturers, railroad companies and every great interest of the oouritry should cootribute to this reform.? Let us content ourselves with moderate prices and keep dpwn the publio debt j and not, by extorting th? highest prices, swell the publio burthen and disturb our own confidence in the virtue and the resources of the Government. I remain, dear sir, i"ours, with great respect, G. A. TRENHOLM. 'CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MAJOR GENERAL SAM JONES AND ADMIRAL DAELGREN. [copy.] U. S. Flag Steamer Philadelphia, Port Royal Harbor, S. C-, August 12, 1864. Gen. Sam Jones, Commanding Charleston, S. C. : * Sir,:?I am informed that there are sixteen (16) naval officers confined in "prison in the city of Charleston, who are destitate of clothing, and many of the necessaries of life, snch as flour, butter, coffee, sugar, soap, &o., &c. I have to request that you will either furnish them with these artioles, or that you will allow me to do so. I have to inform you that I now hold as prisoners, twenty five (25) citizens of Georgia, captured August3d, at Mcintosh County Court House, Georgia. Their names, as reported by them, will be found in the annexed list. If you feol disposed to exchange any of these persons for aDy of the naval officers captured in September, 1863, at Fort Sumter or elsewhere, at any time within the limits of this command, and will inform me thereof, I will submit the question to the consideration of the Navy Department. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. A. Dahlgren. Headq'rs. Dept. So. Ca., Ga. and Fla., Charleston, August 16, 1864. Sir : I received last night your letter of tbe 12th instant. The officers of the United States Navy, prisoners of war, now in this city, to-whom you refer, will be permitted to reoeive any clothing you may send them to meet their present wants. In view of the diligence with whioh the troops of your Government have sought for and stolen or wantonly destroyed all manner of clotbiug, even the apparel of women an 1 children, that thry could find in our country, and* this in many cases by order of the General commanding, it may Beeiti somewhat singular that I should permit this indulgence. I desiro it, therefore, to he distinctly understood that t do it only because I believe a like indulgence is allowed our officers now prisoners of war. I cannot permit them to receive- from you rhp nthpr articles von mention. Thev re ceivo now the same rations in kind and quality that our offioers receive. If the articles you mention are not issued to them regularly, it is only because of the blockade of our c ast maintained by your Government and the destruction of grain, agricultural implements, and means of transportation, by its armies. I cannot permit any running of the blockade for the especial and exclusive benefit of those who maintain it. . Your officers will be permitted, as heretofore, ro receive money in reasonable sums, "--t ^..-/.Kaoo tchnf. fchev want in nnr mar. Iauu iv/ ^uioiimww ? *? -? * ? ? ? kets. It seems that in order to procure the re* mhmhhbh lease of certain of your officers now prisoners of war, yon recently sent (o the coast of I Georgia and kidnapped twenty; five oiti- , zens. Ton now inform me that yon hold them as prisoners, and that if I feel disposed t( to exohange any of those -/'persons'for any I of the naval officers captured in September, b 1863, at Fort Snmter, or elsewhere, at any t| time within the limitsof this command and | will inform me (yon) thereof, I (yon) will submit the question to the Navy Department." " , tl l Know doc on wnac principle yon pro- o pose to excban'ge "citizens," whom you have caused to he kidnapped and forcibly carried away from their homes and impris- 8 oned, for offioers captured in battle with arms in their hands. . You might," perhaps,'without going as 0 far as tbc eoaet of Gstifg&^lTaYe papfured men whom you oou!3>?^Ifpropriety have offered in exchange fdr* your officers ; but a you tyoold have found' them armed, and 0 would have been obligbd to fight "and over- v come before capturing them. You need not trouble the Navy Department with the 0 question, as I do not '"'feel disposed" to aid a you to profit by your own wrong, by exchjtbging offioers captured in battle for pri- * vote "citizens" captured so wantonly and at ' so little risk to the captors. Bat I will ex- 8 chango the officers you refer, to fof an equal a number of Confederate States officers, pris- ? oners of war, of like grade, rank for rank, ^ or their equivalents?iDygovernment designating its officers to be exchanged. If you think proper to accede to this proposition, you have only to notify me when you are prepared to make the exchange. * g The clothing you may send in boxes, easily handled, in a small boat to the usual . point of meeting off Battery Marshall. But ^ as Major General Foster baa requested that ^ communication between us be only by way ^ of Port Royal Ferry, Phave to request that ^ in fntnre any oommunieation you tpay de- ^ sire to send to me, which does not require ^ immediate aotion, be sent to that point. Very respectfully, yoor obedient servant, t| (Signed) Sam Jones, Major General. ? - ugl( ci Battue or the White Tavern.?On tl the Charles City road, eix miles from Rich- li mond and just beyond opr outer works, is g a point known as the White tavern. Thi3 f< point, on Sunday and Monday, was the ex- ? treme left of our line. The enemy's dis- tl mounted cavalry od Monday raoved-np tbis si road in heavy force. Our cavalry met them It below the White Tavern,Jnnd, about 10 o' r< clock,-a. m., a fi^bt begun, whioh lasted h until late iu. the evening. Ia the course of ui the day we d*ovo the enemy back about If two miles in the direction of Deep Bottom h and Carles' Meek Late in the evening, v m we were-preesing Vtorwnemy's cavalry, w we came upon his infantry, who in tarn o forced as back about half a rnilo, when the F night put an end to the fight. w Early yesterday morning the enemy again tc advanced np the New Market road, this J time with cavalry, artillery and infaDtry.? w His cavalry force was heavier than on the previous day, and his infantry, so far as as certaioed, consisted of the 2d, 9th amHOtfi u corps, numbering together not less than 40,- 01 dt)0 men. About 7 o'clock, a. m., this immeose force struck our cavalry and drove- e< them back into oar earthworks. Here our 01 cavalry and a - small force of our infantry held them in check,for a considerable' ^ length of time, during whioh the enemy made several fieree assaults in heavy oolumnB, the devoted negrotroops of Buroside 01 loading in every obarge. The slaughter 18 of the negroes in these assaults exceeded' ^ anything that oocurred at Petersburg on the v< memorable 80th of Joly. 1 . This was an unequal oontest. The enemy's line .overlapped us on-the left while P1 they still engaged all of our attention by 9t hurling heavy masseB on our front. Wo ot wore at length flanked on ourjeie, aDd the enemy drove us from our position, takiDg, ^ it is said, about a mile of our works. The t0 fight was, however, kept up by our retiring at forces until the arrival of reinforcements, when, after a desperate and bloody ngbt, we drove the enemy from our entire line. The battle proper begad aboat 8 o'clock, 'a a. m., and was waged with-varying fury un- ^ til 4 o'.olock in the evening. The enemy's loss in this battle waff very great, as we iearn from a number of sources. ^ We have heard no estimate of our loss.? ^ Brigadier General Chambliss is reported to haye been wounded and taken prisoner in 86 the first onslaught of the enemy. . There ^ was also a report that Gen. Wade Hampton (ie had been killed, bat this-iamore than doubt- ^ fuL wl This was a serious and determined effort ?f of Grant to turn our left and force at once the abandonment of New MaiketHill, and, 00 perpaps Chaffin's Bluff. Its result is high- ne ly satisfactory to ua.^-Kcaminer, 17th. re ?? . mi . The Clarendon Fight.?The Mem- an phis Bulletin gives souie-further particulars tei of the fight Shelby had with the gnnboat3 ft.| at Clarendon, <A White Riveri It appears that before daylight ou tbo iQorniDg of the en Z4tn, wnne lying at aqcnor hi iqe.river, ai- ge rectly oppu^ite Clarendon, Shelby quietly ag moved op mid planting a battery on the mi bank, dpeqed tire upon ber. The gunboat wi returned the fire briskly, but the range be- t'n ing too short, without effect, and in a to# minutes she tfas sunk?nearly all the officers and crew'being taken prisoners. The negroes found on the gun boat were im mediately put to death. Only a few of the 00 orew escaped. The Arkansas fleet of guo m( bouts, ordered down the riter on the same Htfc date in charge of the gtlnboat Tyler, whs 8'' met and warned of their danger by tin -e u" who escaped. The Tyler resolved, however, 'Ul to try the batteries, and fn a short time w.ts seriously damaged, and lost her thiol pilot. Then the guuboat Thirty-six cauie up uu4 lru' met the same tate. The gunboat Kate Harris is reported to have been ouptured. irfl ? A gentleman, just from N. Orleans, in- tio forms the Canton Citizen that the yello* evi fever was raging there, and the deaths wero , thi 250 per day. , , ; Itc The Failure of GraKt.tu Captori tlchmond or petersburg'.?The' Yen ees are beginning to learn that it is~easiei 3 talk about the capture of Richmond anc hjtersbnrg and the smash up- of the ?re ellion/' than to do the work. Many ol he Northern papers are- acknowledging hat' the yhole scheme has been a failure rom the beginning of the campaign; ant bey are now "abasing Grant forsaorificing Vinnrlror? thnnnand men fiinnfi he startec 5 Richmond. The New York *Herald peaking of Grant's mining operations- ant is grand failure to effect anything in tbd ray, especially of the failure on the 30tl f July, says: - ? 'Considerable mortification und ohagrir ppear to be felt id the army of the Potop 0 over the failure of the recent attempt t< arry the enemy's lines by storm. It it ery natural and proper that this should b< 9. No one ventures to deny that we hac n that occasion four-corps massed against position held by three Divisions of the Bbejs, and the-army may naturally wondei rhetber it will ever succeed again if it it 9 fail with such odds in its favor. Nc tratagem to gain an advantage in numbers t the point of contact was ever more ad lirably contrived >or more successful than hat by which Gen. Grant got the bulk oi jee's army over at Dedfl Bottom' at the rme when this assault was to be made; but ! was a great failure not to seize iesolutelj rhat this advantage plaoed within- oui each. Whispers that the army did not ght well are absurd, as applied to "this vent; for not enough of the army was put 1 to give it a obanee to win. Were oui leBerals over .sanguine of the result?? ^ere they so certain of success that thej id not employ men enough to secure it 1 Verc they saving the troops for a great ay's work after Petersburg had been ta eji ? In view of what appears now to be i progress in Maryland, Pennsylvania and 36 Shenandoah Valley, it is an unpleasant ruth that the late attempt by the army ol bo Potomao haa nerved Gen. Lee in the ght of an experiment. It seems to have iven him a great and valuable piece of in>rmation as to how few meu can hold the 'etersburg defences. Three divisions held [lose lines when the assailants bad the.as istance of a mine that Lad coat a month's ibor, and it follows that Lee could have jinforced Early with a great many men if 0 had only known it. He knows it now, ud it is>u<it too late to act upon the know !{{ge. We shall soon, in all probability, ave larger operations near the Penusylania border than we have had lately, and e must prepare tor hear, ere the summer it per, of another real invasion of the.Nortb. 'erbaps a real invasion may accomplish hat so many demonstrations have failed > accomplish, and draw Grant from the ame* River. But if Grant is to stay there ho shall repel the invasion?" An Important Movement.?As qd nportant movement whioh was commenced i-Wednesday Jast is undoubtedly knowD 1 the enemy by this time, of course there sista no longer any reason for keepirg the ews from those who have not beard it. A short time since it was announoed that fheeler's cavalry would move ioto Middle eorgia-to protect the country from raids he cavalry did move as stated. A. suffi ent number was left iaeertaiu sectionsvto ke care of. Yankee raiders if any nfade lelr appearance, and thfc balance rendez jused at Oovibgton. At this place they were all mounted, ^untifally supplied with ammunition and rovisioned. On Wednesday morning they arted for Sherman's rear. On Friday, a mrier returned to Covington with the 3ws that he left the command crossing the TT hattahoochee on THursday morning, up that timo they had met with no Yankees, id it is not probable that Sherman knew ' their movement. The rnmor prevalent in onr streets on ituiday?and which was prevalent in Atnta, according to our correspondent on bursday?that Wheeler was in the rear of lermofi and had already captured Mariot, is undoubtedly correct, as the place here he crossed the river was only about I miles from the town. The Macon Telegraph, learns from pasngers from Atlanta, that it was stated in at place on Saturday, that Wheeler had istroyed the bridges across the Etowah and ostanaula rivers, and burnt the track the uolo way from Marietta. A large amount stores are said to have fallen into bis >nds at Resaca, which was destroyed after ir oavalry had appropriated all that was ledful to them. At last aooounts, the port says, General Whe ' was rupidly jrohing in the direction of Dalton, where immense amount of stores, both subsis Dee and ordnance, bad been congregated r some time. We also learn that a distiosuished penal in the army of Tennessee, informed a uclemarj that on Saturday last, one week o, General Roddy, with tbonsund an, started. !r'om Oj/eliha to co operate tb General Wheeler. ? Chronicle & Sen itl, 16<\ inst. ? M?>? * ' Prom the North. Richmond, August 17.?1 e Herald the 13th renews the suggestion of Liolo to send a peace oooutLicvMh to. Rich>Dd. and : We have arrived at that of an exhausting war .when every conleratiou of. wiadoni, patriotism and buinit) suugests the propriety &kd magnanr ' ? -? 7 ~ ? An ika tan ??f Ity 01 ji U'jjiu jkic ujuvi'iueut uu iuc pn the Administration in behalf of peace. The Jlrra/d announces that its daily ise hereritfeT will be four cents per cnpy.? expects Fesscuden would reform financial jirs, but iastead, he.has plunged deeper :o the sea of paper money, and the naual finances are now more unsettled than er. The flrra/d, says it is evident half ^ 3 newspapers of the country must soon , if publication, I j Yankee Women in Arms.?The New . Albany- Ledger learns that "it most painful , tragedy occurred near Mauckport, Harrison county, Indiana, ad Sunday last. A young ^ lady by the name of Miller Went to 4he ohuroh wearing some sort of "butter-nut" \ emblem This created a considerable feel? ing among some of the Republican ladies ' of the congregation. After the services ' 5 were oyer, Mrs. Timberlake, wife of Henry I .Timberlake, a nephew of Col. John TimI berlake,, volunteered * to go and take away I the emblem. She rushed towards Miss Miller, and a general fight occurred among ' the women, when Col. John Timberlake I :_4. *t a ? u uauju iuvu buo uwwuj a^poioubij uiuuu ca* 6 cited. 1 A young man n^med Henry Lohmire, who accompanied Miss Miller to the nhuroh, 1 warned Timberlake not t6 interfere, Loh~ '-mire himself endeavoring to separate the > lady combatants. Timberlake replied to 9 Lohmire?A You . are nothing hot a rebel ' anyhow." Lohmire wafned Timberlake ^ hot to repeat' the language. Timberlake k replied, in a still more defiant .manner, ?'"You are a d-?d rebel and, r .apme. accounts say, struck Lohmire in the 9 face, and pat bis band to a fide pooket as } if to draw'a .weapon, whereupon Lomire 9 drew a pistol and shot twice, bdth' shots ta' king effect. The first ball passed through 1 Titwberlake's hand and into Ms shoulder, the second entering his .side and passing 1 through the heart, causing instant death. : The afiiir, as may be imagined, caused" ' great excitement in the neighborhood, where , a bad feeling.had prevailed for some time. ' Timberlake .was formerly Lieutenant Colo' nel of the. 81st Indiana. Lohmire was a ' young man"?-a* mere boy, in fact?who is said by these who' know him to be of gentle ' disposition. He at once prooeeded to Cory| don, where he snnsendered himself and was put in jail,~?<* Z/opis Republican. ? .. The State' Card Factory?A" few I months-ago,, Geo. Jones, the Quartermaster [' General of the. State of South Carolina, in , accordance with \he action of the authorif ties to that end,' purchased in England nine , machines for the manufacture of cards, and i a considerable amonnt of wire, leather, cloth and other stock. The former were badly pBoked, and on - being opened in this- country, 'presented a motley array of machinery covered with rust, and so disordered as to be, for a time, , utterly useless. . By diligent search, how ^ver, Gen. Jones found a machinist who undertook the tafk. of '.'setting bis bouse in order," and a few weeks more witnessed these admirable aod patriotic contributions to our convenience, not to say "necessaries 'of life," in complete and successful operartioDv -.-r : ( .'<**** On Saturday, for the first time since the faotory has beeo at work?now some five months?we visited the'establishment.,, It is located in the State Honse grounds, and consists of three buildings, originally ereetJ i* ?_ L i t ea ior 01 ner purposes; nut ingeniously aaapied, and with comparatively small expense, by Gen. Jones to the more important object in band. The first of these buildings is devoted to the nine delicate machines, and the work iu which they are directly employed. The distribution of the cards to the publib is made by Col. Caldwell, the Commis- j sary General, according to the demands that i may be made by the several Soldiera' Boards. ( of Belief in the State, to whom is confided < the responsibility of prudently bestowing , them upon, the individuals of their irespec- i tive communities. < The number of meu employed iu tbe fao-' | toly liable to military service b only five; I the other employees are ladies, boys and ne- | gro hands. From seventy-five to ninety ; pairs of cards are made per day, and dis- i posed of at twelve dollars a pair. i < South Carolinian. . t Our Currency.?The Augusta Consti- j tutionalist, io an editorial on the subject of ( finance and currency, says: ^ Mr. Trenbolm^he new Secretary of the. r Treasury, has, at the very outset of his offi- ^ cial career, sets his face as flint against any line, of .policy savoring in the least of those * lame shifts and shameful tergiversations that have hitherto unhappily marred the cdnduot ? of our finances. To his mind a dollar is ^ still a dollar; to be paid means to be paid ; & and redeemable on such a day has no other meaning.than that wbeo- snoh day arrives * the proper ofiiaer shall stand ready to fulfill with mercantile exactness, the very letter and spirit of the promise presented. With this disposition to do for the future what is . right, is coupled also the.power,and it gives q us genuine pleasure to say that the opera- ^ tions of the Treasury Bureaux at Columbia t] are such as will, by 'October next, "have ready for issual and circulation a sufficient amount of the new notes to absorb the- en- t) tire outstanding amount of the. old, at the t| legal rates of two for three. Three full mouths will thus be given wherein each j. man who now holds the old'issue wilt be tti.ulilari uhnnlH-ha' fpal on rliarmapr) tn Pitn I yuu>/iww? wuvwtw ?v *w? uw %v vv? fll vert it into its equivalent in the oew^ No | oue'need fear he will-either be forced to ^ f.:nd or else lose the eDtire amount of these ^ obligations now in his possession. Three ^ months?the usual time of a business note | ?will, at the very worst, be given him to effeot the exchange^ aud at the date of this present writing, no man who has a dollar in ^ old issue need submit to any further discount than the legal thirty-three and a third per eent. . Th?^ Court op Inquiry at City af Point.?The Court of Inquiry, whioh as- bj sembled at the Headquarters of Grant near of City Point, to investigate the cause of the ki terrible castfgati^'n administered by Mahone ac has decided that on acoountof the illegality hi of its appointment it bad no power to exam- th iue witnesses or go into the munis of the b( question. The matter bn*. therefore, been fa referred baok to Geo. Meade, and it is stated ot that he intends preferring oh&rgea against oi Burnside, who, in that event, will ba^e to Tl be tried by court mar till. jti [PtUrtburg Uterus, 12th. i An Incendiary Document in W.. York* A letter in the Philadelphia * Inquirer from New York, dated the 2d instant, says: -An incendiary document wBI make its appearanoe to morrow, id the ihape of an address to the wotting men of tfejr.Ybrk, the design of wbioh looks' as if it m$ght be to pavo the way for a formidable resistance to the draft in September. The war is fiercely denonnoed as one waged by oapitalists against laborers, and the Administration is arraigned in a style which has never been ventured upon as yet outside of Richmond. Mr. Linooln,' we are' told refuses to make peace until white men1 and negroes are-Tednoed to the same level. Moreover, . the workiogmen of New York are informed that (I quote) "the slaveholder is your (their) natural ally and the defender of yoar (their) righto and interest!." T ; Again, we ere told, that "in this war the rich escape the, hardens it imposes, while the poor do the fighting, and hare to pay the'cost. . Free negroes are overrunning the North as paupers < for White woriringmen to support, Or as low-priced laborers, crowding white men out of market" "The laborer is thus 'being reduced to Jhe vassalage of the Middle Ages in order only that the negro should be-free," etc.,'etc. ; The olose of the address indicates that it is intended to operate at the Chicago Convention, as well as upon the minds of the Working men here. A "Peace" candidate for President is demanded', ahd'the demand, we aretold. will "have tor be respected." 9 . : ; i'"" : T A Important Decision.?Frpm theKichmond Enquirer, we learn . that Jndge Lyons, in the case of N. Tinslcy Pate, who oame before^ him under ja writ of habeas corpus claiming exemption from militia duty because of being a cotecript, has decided that detailed men are not. liable to dojipty in the mUitia or reserve corps on. the following grounds: * "That he was a detailed conscript in the Confederate army, between the ages of 18 and 45-^that he was a regularly Enrolled conscript under the aot of Congress, and bad been detailed from the army in the field until the 1st November next, as lessee and owner of the cement works in Bookbridge oonnty?that as snob, being liable . to do duty in 'th^ Confederate army, the Secretary of War having the power to revoke bis detail at any moment, he could not be liable to do duty as a militiaman.? The Judge therefore decided that the said N. Tiusley gate was illegally held as a i p . rrr A. .T memoer 01 li&pr. vv m. ix.ueDKiu a company, 19th regiment Virginia Militia. The Jadge also decided that the said Pate ?u not liable to dp doty in the Reserve Forces, uDder command of Geo. Kemper, a* the law organizing the reserves provides that it shall he composed of persons between the ages of 16 to 18 and 45 to 50, and that the aforesaid Pate being between neither o| the abovo mentioned ages, jmnld not, therefore, . be properly held to doty as a reserve." a The End op the Wab.?-We are ashed fifty times a day, more, or less, when we think the war will end. As we have no right to think," in the absenoe of data to think upon, we are sometimes at a loss for in answer. However, for the information sf those who are particularly inquisitive and inxiops upon the subject, we will relate a dream that a ?rieod of oore had upon the duration of the war, which may throw some light npon the subject He dreamed that he awoke from a aleep of fifty years, and found himedf apop the south bank of the Rapidafi. He saw at a little distance from the spot whom lis awoke a corporal with 17 men and a wheelbarrow. He approached ind asked the corporal what this littlegathiring meant. "This," replied the corporal,. ' 'is the Army of Northern Virginia."? y 'Where are the Yankees?' enquired our riend. ?^They are on the other aide of the iver," replied the corporal "They have he advantage of as in numbers and traoslortation?as they have twenty-one men nd two wheelbarrows?but we expect to ;et the advantage in position, will whip i J j.? A MI .a tt A - .L:. ucuj, auu lueu me war wui oau. aa.uus ? ac* 9 the best and all the in formation we bare fig boat the probable duration of the war, we rag ive it free gratis for nothing at all.?Abntjdon Virginian. Hj Exhuming Muskets and JLiad.?For m bout five weeks past, the Confederate foroea IfiM i the vicinity of Fredericksburg, consisting gSj tainly of engineers, have been mining.? Hj 'he first day they started this enterprise am bey strnek a paying vein, andhave< worked m ; energetically ever siooe. It seems that IS number of neatly arranged graves attrao- Kg 3d their attention, and, upon examining gj| be head-boards, it was foond thaftbey rere all in commemoration of "officers." SB 'be proportion of offioers to men, slumber- mag --- -a! 1-_ c.ij bb Jg upuu ID3L particular uuiu, awa&cucu B2H ispicion, and the Confederates thought |^| ley would try a resarrection experiment. be result was tbey discovered underneath Agfa ie sod so sacred, numerous boxes of. mus- aja ets, lead and oth'er materials of war.? iSl hey extended their labors, and have sqc- [ffigj seded in exhuming several thousand ex- j&? illent weapons, and a very large quantity |g&0 : Fead, all of which have been sent to Rich- Kg ond?Richmond Enquirer. " . Ha * : ..... ' " ' Kafl Distressing Accident:?6u Saturday ||B teruouu last oar oommuuity was .etartied KM j? the intelligence that Peter Wylie, a son Dr. A. P. Wylie, of Chester, had beep afll lied in the outskirts of oar village by the ^ aaS scidental discharge of a gun in his own g|n mda. There was do one with him when gag 16 accident occurred except a small negro >y; bat there seems to be no doubt of the X ot, from tbe nature of the wound, ant) . ^B9 her oiroumstaooee, that the gulr*1rififac- gSg dentally discharged in . his own hands.? |gl be load entered his breast and shoulder, H Uing -him almost iaaUntly.?Lancaster Sg| ^5( lis KB