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YORKVILLE. S. C. " trKBWTOA* KVgSnfO, AUGUST 24, 18C4. IfSW TERMS. From this date the following will be the terms for the Yocayttxn Ettqciasn, viz : One copy for one yew, In advance, $8 00 One copy for six months, In advance...... 5 00 ADVERTISING. r fO per square often linee, for each Insertion ; longer ones charged In proportion. -Payment required In advance. Citations, t6. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertise menu, and charged accordingly. January 00,1864. r 1 i 9 ' Necessity compels us, for a season, to require Produce from Produoers, in the District, for Subscriptions, Advertising and Job Printing. Uf Wo regret to learn the death of L. S. Harris, oourier to Gen. Bratton, Palmetto Sharp Shooters, in a skirmish near Riobmond, on the I4th instant. He was the soli of our fellow citizen, Capt Wylie L. Harris, and as brave a youth as thesistory of this war oan produoe. <* acni?K:i?ats* ? The sympathy got up by the papers, for Seymour, iu Charleston, has been repaid of course, by the grossest misrepresentation of his treatment, while a prisoner; yet, the stAie coarse is being got np for Stoneman, who makes denial of certain charges against him. I ? The Yankee papers are increasing their terms, and it is announced as probable that i half-sheets will soon be as prevalent at the North as they have beeo South the past year. ?General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, has been appointed Commander-inchief of the oavalry connected with the army of Northern Virginia.. ? A very considerable number of Charlestonians are, we learn, returning home. Confidence in the safety of the noble old oity is evidently again at its flood. ? A rich Loyal Leagjaer, who offered a stout negro 8700 to go to. the war as his substitute, received for an answer, "Lorbress you, ear, I'sgot $800 at home to buy a white man to go for me if Ps drafted." VEGETATION. Mr. S. Anderson MoElwee, of the Army, bat at present home on furlough, has laid on oar table a kidney tomato, weighing 13 ounces; though the late seasonable showers have much improved our gardens, we think it ('hard to Ifeat." MXLltPAEY. The 34th Regiment was duly organized on Saturday last, by the eleotion of Company offioers. We presame orders will soon be issued for the eleotion of Field Offioera. In Beat No. 5, (Town Company) the following officers were elected : Join G. Enloe, Captain; Riohard Hare, First Lieutenant; Q. F. Adiokes, 2d, and Wm. E. Rose, 3d Lieutenant. theUews. We have nothing very exciting to record this week, though mach in detail, whioh, with oar correspondence, oannot fail to make an interesting paper. Affairs in Virginia show the continued success of our arms, whileVhe cries fpr "peaoe," be they an earnest of the future, or not, come daily from the enemy. Their difficulties at home seem to disturb the poblio mind iusomucb, they appear to have little stomach for foreign quarrels, though, of course, they still hope for a reconstruction, which would certainly be a surrender of everything toe have battled for, and the only consummation they have really sought. To this out people will never submit, however gilded the pill they may be asked to swallow. We have co news from Atlanta, though the raiders io that quarter have been broken up for a while?we look soon for deoisive action, as Wheeler and Koddy is said to be in Sherman's rear, catting off his supplies, while his men are feeding on the growing jjorn. Early is in linerf battle in tho front, and as yet the Yankees foar to meet him, the Governor of Pennsylvania being backward in sending troops out of his own State, while the Maryland troops are not muoh to be depended on. Mobile is thought to be impregnable, without the lost forts, the Indians are disturbing the peace of the Northwest, the grasshoppers have consumed the crops in Missouri, there are no Yankees on the main land of the Trans-Mississippi, and about Charleston, matters are comparatively quiet. The summer campaign is about to close as it begun, in our unbounded suocesses. The telegraph will give us, probably, something of interest to-day. FBUJU. BUJUJjIV AiN'B ISXiA-h jj. August 18,1864. Mr. Editor:?Nothing of great importance has occurred duriDg the past week.? The firing on' Sumter is regularly kept up with the usual effect. On Saturday nigbt the enemy commenced firing on Sumter from Black Island, and fired from that point also on Sunday. Our batteries on James Island returned a heavy fire on the batteries of Black Island, causing them to cease their firing for a time; some shelb were thrown at this, plaoe during the day. On Monday evening, one ef the enemy's guns at battery Gregg bursted, causing considerable confusion arnoDg them, since that time the filing on Sumter has abated coDsidera My Oa Tuesday night, shells were thrown ! rapidly at this place, many of them burst iog in the air, scattering the fragments in every direction. There was one mau struck and seriously wounded; a horse, grazing cn the Island, was also struck and badly torn j r?A *11 ?KA ftflcnolhro T Kuno KoorVl uy, vuooc mg on iuu vhcuhiuvj a of since my Ifet. Onr batteries promptly retnrned the fire Yesterday and to day tbe firing ot? Saniter is kept up slowly, a few shells are occasional!} seut over tr? us. Tbe weather is dry aod warm. We Lave good refreshing breezes most of the time.? ! As I have bnt little at present, worthy of your attention, I will come to a close ? rYour paper is received here on Saturday, mod is read with interest, especis lly by those from yoor District. * I am yours as ever, DARBY. ? In tbe beginning of tbe war, a patriotic landlady, in her desire to emulate the generosity of many city governments aDd other corporations iu continuing the wages of absent soldiers, gave notice that if any of ber boarders wished to enlist, she would allow iheir board bill to run right on all the time they were gone, the same as if they remained. j ? The latest Northern papers report that the Tallahassee had destroyed sixteen vessels in thirty boars. New York city, and all the Down East folks were in qaite a fever about her. ? R. D. Ogden, manager of this Richmond theatre, who sued out a writ of habeas corpus, to avoid the conscript law, alleging that he was a subject of Great' Britain, has been finally remanded to the oastody of Major Peyton, at Camp Lee. . . ? A schoolmistress in England has invented a new panishment for refreotory pupils. She stands them on their heads and pours cold water into their trowser's legs. ? Queen Victoria has nine children, aged respectively 28, 22, 2ft, 19, 17,15, 14, 10 and 6. Five girls and four boys. Three are married. ? Grant's bibulous propensities have long been notorious, and they are said to have increased amazingly daring the present campaign. It is an every dvay occurrence for him and Butler to empty a dozen bottles. ?The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Post says that Honry Winter Davis has written a call for q National Convention, to be held at Buffalo ic September, to nomi- , nate candidates for President and Vice President. ? The Washington corresDondent of the - - ~ ijE Now York Herald, siys: Gen. Halleok's views of the present crisis are most desponding. He expresses himself as grateful that the responsibility is on other and higher shoulders than his own. ? A special telegram to the Register, dated Oxford, 14th, says "Chambers dashed into Abbeville, whipped the enemy, capturing 25 prisoners, and fell back 6ome four miles, when the enemy attacked, but were repulsed. ? The people of Buffalo, New York, are in a fever about a rebel raid, whioh is said to have been organized in Canada, for the purpose of burning that city. ? Burnside has been relieved of his command, the 18th corps, and arrived at Baltimore. Wilcox is temporarily in command of that corps. ? Abingdon Virginian learns' from per sons just in from Kentucky, that nine out of the ten members of the Yankee CoDgress from that State, are out-and-out peace men. ? Professor Snell, Amherst Cojlege, who has kept a meteorological register for twenty-eight years, says that Monday, the 1st of August, was the hottest day during twenty-eight years. ? The Norfolk Old Dominion, says: "We understand a seminary for boarding negro pupils, educating them in all the usual common branches of education, will soon be established near Norfolk." ? The smallest pony in the world is owned by John S. Rarey of Ohio. It is only twenty inches high, and weighs only twentyone pounds. Its mother, which was brought from the Shetland Isles by Rarey, weighs only seventy-three pounds. ? The Portland Advertiser of August 8th says : A number of the new monitors have proved to be unseaworthy, owing to* the lack of depth, sinking so low in the water as to render them unfit for navigation. ? Gen. Hood is said to have remarked to au officer the other day that Sherman had only about fourteen thousand, more men than he had. ? The crops in the Trans Misissippi District are overwhelming. 1 he like has never been seeD before. Tesas alone could feed the entire armv for a vear. ? The Duke of Marlborough being recently very sick aDd not expecting to recover, Queen Victoria called on him and gravely gave him a message to Prinoe Albert in the other world. ? General Scott corooleted his 78th year on June 20th. He hud pat the Memoirs of his Life in the hands of Sheldon & Co., for publication, and "contraoted for its issue early this month. mti * Mosby at Work Again. .Richmond, Aug. 16. Col. Mosby reports officially that he at! taoked the enemy's supply train near Perryville. on the 13th iostant. He captured and destroyed seventy five loaded wagons, takingover two hundred prisoners, including I several officers, and between four and six hundred horses and mules, and upwards of two hundred bead of cattle, and many other valuable 6tores. A considerable number of the enemy were killed and woundedMosby lost two killed and three wounded. ' For the Yorkville Enquirer. tc In obedience to the call of "Ebenezer," p and various private solicitations, I consent of to serve the people of York District, as a tl member of the House of Representatives o in the State Legislature, if eleoted. . w W. C. BEATTY. 0i Yorkville, Aug. 28, 1864. p h For the Yorkville Enquirer. ? 01 Chafin's Farm, Va., August 12, '64. Mr. Editor: Permit me, through, your 0 paper, to return my thanks for the oompli- ^ mentary manner in which my name has t( been presented to the voters of York Dis- e trict, as a candidate, to represent them in the next Legislature. And, in compliance with the solicitation of friends, whilst, at the same time,, holding to the opinion that ac ail urnes, out uiuru pevuuan^ nu uun ? when not only oar national life is at stake, g bat also, those great oivil and religions j( rights, handed down to us from the past, tl and made doably dear and sacred by the 6 blood and sacrifices of more than two gene- n " c rations?when, in short, every right and a privilege which belongs to freemen, are in jeopardy, the services of the citizen are, in, v a large measure, dne to his conntry, and should as far as practicable, be unmixed ^ with sdlfish aims and partisan purposes?I aooept the nomination, and will, if elected, ii endeavor to do my dnty fully and faithfully, 4 Engaged in a severe ani ezaoting service, -j, n and isolated from a large portion of the ^ voters of the District,. it may not be amiss, 5 that I should say one word in reference to r the straggle in*which wo are engaged, and n " ^ present some views whioh may, with proprie- t ty, be demanded by the electors during the q present canvass. The war has now raged c with unabated fury for more than three years, and for fieroeness and obstinacy of confUot; for magnitude of preparation and 0 numbers engaged; for the interest at stake ii and the wide field npon which the oontend- s' ing hosts have been marshalled in battle s arrays has few parallels in history. And D whatever may have been the oontrarlety of 1 opinion at the ontset, as to the origin and those first causes sapposed to be underlying ^ the whole movement, all intelligent and p patriotic men, must now come to the con- d elusion that^or the South, it involves the n fate, either of conquest and provincial de- * pendence, or complete and entire political ^ separation and National Independence. At the commencement and during the P progress of the war, many minor issues and ^ questions were supposed to be concerned, 0 either wholly or in part. This unqudbtion- t< ably was true. But they were so many riv- o ulcts and brooks flowing into the great ocean ^ of conquest on the one hand, or Independence on the other. Besides, it would havo been an anomaly in the annals of our race, were it otherwise. Revolutions of radical ^ political changes raTely ever go backwards. The questions discussed yesterday are acted ,j. on to-day, and to-morrow are swallowed up a in the cess-pool of agitation. The .various questions arising out of the toleration of 1 i a. fa?it. ? b negro slavery m mo ouuiu?mo uuudunationality of tariffs and the various construe- ' tions of the constitution in reference to d many political measures?served to mark a n difference of thought and interest between the two sections?but he must be politically ^ blind, or poorly read in human nature, who e, can fail to see that our failure in the present contest will seal our fate as a race of fcce- 11 men. That thiB is the oase, we have only * to reour to the various edicts and proclama- j? tions of the present ruler of the United States, sustained and supported by the almost unlimited supply of men and meanson the part of a large majority of the whole * population, the character of the contest? ^ our desolated fields and demolished home- r> steads, our altars desecrated and our women P insulted with the coarsest brutality, and the ^ employment of our negro slaves, once e peaoeful and happy, but now the victims of t< ignorance, converted, by the cunning and machinations of a suporior race, into emis a aaries and instruments of war and destruc- h '5- nil :J.:? u..i :n tlUU. 1UC SCUtjiUYCj UUI lii-iattu X uiauucij q smarting under the iron rod of the Czar, the Venitian under the House of Hapshurg, D or the Greek under the turbaned Turk, jj would but faintly illustrate our condition as provincial dependants of the Yankee. It j would be far better for the South, if the 1 sacrifice were necessary, that one genera- e tion Bbould entirely perish rather than that tbeyshoald survive and leave for their chil- ? dren the heritage of bondage and abject woe, which failure and their submission 1 would entail. Apart from considerations of mere safety or the fear of conquest, many I other reasons might be assigned, as indica- a tiDg that politically our separation from the 13 Northern States, should be entire and com- C s plete. The different national and social pe- s ouliarities, the wide gnlf flowing with the ? blood sbed in (be present contest, ana tnc ? necessities of civilization and the ape, de- ' I manding smaller governments, with less liability to misrule and corruption, and closer ^ affinity between its component parts. Like a that beautiful constellation, known as the ^ Southern Cross, which cheers and guides * the tempest-tossed mariners amid the billows and waves of far distant seas, to regions of commercial wealth and prosperity. Our progress now as a people, must be under the auspices, guidance and protection of a sep- jj erate Government. With this view, it can a scarcely he neoeisary to say that, if eleoted jt: From Bichmond. Richmond, August 17.?Official dispatches last night state that the enemy, yesterday, made a determined attack on our lines between Darby town and the Charles City road, and at ono time broke through, but were repulsed, and oar original position re-occupied. A later dispatch says the enemy did not renew the attack on oar lines after 4 o'olock yesterday. His foroes on the Charles City road, after advancing to within two miles of White's farm, vatu driven back across > the Legislature, I will support suoh a olioy as will favor a vigorous prosecution f the war to a successful termination, and *e complete and entire political separation f the South from those States now at war ith her,-whilst, at the Rime time, I will enenrage, on the part of the State, a liberal olicy towards her unfortunate children? er maimed and destitute soldiers, and their rpbaned and fatherless families. * I have said this muoh not for the purpose f ostentation and mere parade, but because eing absent from the District, and sepera2d, necessarily, from a large portion of the lectors, they may vote understanding^. I am yonrs, &o., " J. C. CHAMBERS. Late from Petersburg. Petersburg, Aug. 19.?This morning, bout 1 o'clock, it being believed that the nemy were massing in onr front, onr artil;ry and mortars opened a heavy fire upon hem, to which they responded feebly. The ring was kept up for two hours, breaking p the enemy's intention, if he had any, of barging onr breast-works. Onr casualties re few. ' ' "? * This mornitfg just after day, a heavy ragon train was seen moving to the rear. The enemy still hold the Wbldon-road, boat two miles and a half sonth of this lace. Oar losses in the fight of yesterday evenag are estimated at three hundred and fifty, bat of tho enemy was much heavier, About three o'clock this evening, the arangements being completed, onr forces atloked, in front and flank, "Warren's fifth Yankee corps, which had made a temporay lodgment on the Weldon railroad, two ??1ao Viom Knolr nn. 111CO l/CJV/T uv<?v^ UA mug vuv>*-u I/UWIO u tarda of two miles, and capturiDg over two bousand prisoners, inolnding Brigadier reneral Hayes, and a "bomber of stands of olor^ Prom the Valley. A gentleman who left General Early's ommand on Thursday last makes a glowag report of the condition of the troopsj ays that they are in fine hoalth and the est of spirits. The horses, which wore omewhat fagged by the long and con tinned jarohes, were replenished in Maryland.? 'he soldiers procured clothing and shoes in be same State, and are getting an abnnanceof good food in their present quarters, lo farther Btates that oar loss in the sarrise at Moorefield will not exceed two hnnred men, and will probably fall under that umber. We lost four pieces of artillery, wo belonging to the Baltimore Light Artil;ry, ono to Jackson's Artillery and one to IcLanaban. It is stated that General Hansom has ap lied to be relieved of tbe command ot tne avalry in tho Valley- Brigadier General oho Pegram is in command of the division f General Ramscur, who has been ordered ) Richmond. This yonng officer is a son f General James \JT. Pegram, deceased, jrmerlya citizen of Richmond. Richmond Dispatch, 19fA. Important from Virginia. Raleigh, Aug. 20.?The Confederate jceived to day news from Petersburg and Lichmond up to yesterday. The enemy reaobed the Weldon road 'hursday morning, drove in Dearing's cavIry, and captured some prisoners. They occupied, the railroad at Yellow 'avern, four miles below Petersburg,*and uming ono mile and a half of the traok. Our infantry came up, charged the engmy od drove them baok, capturing two hunred prisoners and killing and wounding inety. Several charges were made by the enem? nring the day, all of which were repulsed. L rcoewal of the fight was expooted Friday 7ening last. In tho battle^of Tuesday below Richlond the enemy's loss was six thousand.? 'here is a rumor of a victory by Early, but , is not confirmed. The New York Herald > out for peace. Gold, 256*. From Henrico uounty, va. The heavy firing, (says the Pefcersbarg Vxprc&s of the 20th instant,) mentioned ' esterday, and heard in this city on Wedesday afternoon, was from the Confedeate iron clad vessels shelling the Yankee osition at Signal Hill. ' The fire was very accurate, the shells rom our gunboats falling on the Yankees ngaged at entrenobing, and causing, them >evacuate the bill. We are indeed gratified to record this chievement of- our iron olads. It shows hat they intend to do something. Wo ope to hear from them again at an early ay. We occupy all the positions on the orth side of James River, held by us rovious to the battlo of Monday and 'ucsday; ? Oar loss in killed, wounded and missDg, in the-recent battles^ will not reach .000, mostly wounded; the killed not speeding 100, and the missing very few. The enemy's loss in killed alone will es ced ohr total casualties. We havo -over 100 prisoners. It is estimated that Grant lost from five o six thoosaod men in nis last move. Peace Commission from the West.t is stated in some of our exchanges that commission from the States of Ohio, Iliiiois and Indiana is now in Richmond, in lonsultation with the Government on the abject of a free navigation of the Miasisippi in Gaso of the formation of a Northwestern Confederacy. If such a commision is in Richmond, it is kept as silent as was tho visit-of the Yankees, Jaques and f . i tU ?r/ioo rirrn. nonrlo I virKe, ror oenoer iuo |/iww uui wuw re aware of its presence. Such an-'fevent, iowever, would Dot be surprising, since we re wett aware of the disaffection in the Vest towards a war which is impoverishing hat section while it is filling the pockets f the shrewd operators of New England. [Richmond Sentinel. gallant was lately-sitting beside is beloved, and beipg unable to think of Djtbing to Bay, asked her why she was ike a tailor? I "don't know," said she with poutiDg lip, "unless it is because I am siting beside a goose." a White Oak Swamp." Oar loss small. The Examiner of this morning, says tho enemy made several fierce assaults, Earnside's negro troopslcadiug the charge. The slaughter of the negroes exceeded the carnage at'Petersburg, on the 30th ultimo.? The enemy's loss is reported as very heavy. Confederate Brigadier General' Chambliss killed. Acting Brig. Gen. Girardey, commanding Wright'B brigade, was shot through the bead and killed, in the battle of yesterday. His body has been brought here, and will be sent to Georgia for sepulture. Considerate Steamer Tallahassee.?Yankee papers of the 13tb, tell us of "the capture and destruction of seven vessels, some sixty miles southeast of Sandy Hook, by the new Confederate steamer Tallahassee." It will interest our readers to know something of this new apparition that has burst upon the Yankees just in time to fill the placo of the lamented Alabama. There are interesting - particulars relative to the port at whioh she wds fitted out, her armament, &c., wbioh is not permissable to publish. It must suffice for the present to know that she is believed to be the fastest steamer afloat, and that her commander is Captain J. Taylor Wood, as sagacious, enterprising and intrepid an officer as ever trod a quarter-deck. He it was, it will be recolleoted, who, at the head of a small band; captured the Yankee steamers Satelite and Reliance, in the Kappahannock, twelve* months ago. Without the intervention of some untoward accident, which human foresight is powerless to avert, we expect him to rival, if not exceed, the. havoc done the Yankee commercial navy by the Alabama.?Examiner.. Interesting .from Florida.?The Yankees Defeated. Charleston, August 20.?An" official despatch from Gen. J. K. Jackson,' dated Lake City, Florida, 19th, to Gen. Jones, received late last night, says Capt. Dickerson, with his command, engaged the ene my's cavalry, 342 strong, at Gainesville, yesterday, and completely routed them. He captured 150 prisoners and one pieoe of artillery, besides recapturing 100 stolen ne groes. Amongst the prisoners arc a captain, two lieutenants and a surgeon. The whole command would have been captured if Capt. Dickerson's horses had not been worn out. The enemy wero scattered and pursued fourteen miles. The enemy's in fantry, consisting of four colored regiments, are at Starke's. Col. McCoimick is in pursuit with some additional forces. US?* Now is tho time for good citizens to stand by the country, says the Confederacy Let the acts of those who are refusing the currency bo condemned by the voice of the people. Let it be done in any manner so as to strike it home to those unpatriotic meD who have taken this step It is the duty of the people to protect the Government in the rear. It is a dnty they owe to the sol diers who are standing in arms at the front. It is a duty they owe to the families of-tbose . yy ?1- -a 1 i.!l! A soiaiers who are at oomu tuning uay uuu night for a 6canty enbsistenee. Speak out jour open condemnation of tboso who are refusing this money, and force it upon them to take it. Believe the country at once of the influence of those who aTe operating against it, and let these bill? buy bread and meat for the poor for the few short months they havo to run. Charleston Courier. A Successful Confederate Raid.? We learn that Col. Rowan, with 250 men, has just returned from a successful raid into East Tennessee, where he destroyed the splendid railroad bridge, 780 feet long, pver the Tennessee River, a't Loudon, captured 75 prisoners, brought away 700 pairs of blankets and 200 uniforms, besides destroying a considerable number of Wagons and other property. The movement would havo been a surpriso but for the treachery af some person, who revealed the plan to the enemy and caused them to be on the alert. A fight ensued in consequence, during which we lost five killed and twelve or thirteen wounded, and thcYankees suffered a loss of about forty killed, besides a number wounded. Our forces consisted of soldiers recently exchanged, and started from a point near the Tennessee line.?South Carolinian, 19 th. St. Lotus, August 18.?Gen. Curtis has returned from Fort Leavenworth, aod reportsJho Indian warns temporarily quelled ; but information received from reliable sources strongly indicates concerted action among the various tribes, and the most extensive Indian war ever yet waged. A number of white men, supposed'to be rebel cmisnnwiAa Vionn Knnn umnnrr *V?n Tn/llfinS fli<U OaiigOj UUTU UWVU UMIVU^ ?UV ??-J tribating gold, and urging them to rise agaiost the whites, telling them that the South would protect them and let them have the West for themseves. .-? ?lO>? Defences in the Mountains ? We learn that the Western counties?round about Morganton?are considered secure agaiDSt raiders. We have both cavalry and infantry (the G8th) in sufficient force iu that region to protect the country. Col. Palmer is further west, and a portiofl of Morgan's men arc patroling East Tonnes see. The crops on this side of tho Blue Eidge are said to be unusually fine, and the prospect of gathering and enjoying them in security must be truly gratifying to the people.? Watcliman. ?Tr J - ?< 1:1. - i- tnn mtinh JBSar" ?euo IHIL ime iu uisunvon j curiosiry ia regard to matters in which we , have but & interest in common with every ' other citizen, but it would be gratifying to us and the Columbus Sun to know how ; many of the creatures now claiming "for-1 eign protection" participated in the Presi-, dential election of I860.? Chat. Courier, LATESTNEWS, CASUALTIES. The following we compile from the list of casualties in BrationT brigade, August 16th, 1864. 5th Regiment, Company E?Killed: T. McDanicl.?Wounded : Sergt. E. M. Lockhart, side, slight f W. N. Lindsay, thigh, severe, flesh; Jas. Sanders, breast and atm severe. 12th Regiment, Company A?Killed ?Corpl. J. L. Parker. Wounded, R. Dover, mortally, sinco dead. Company B?Wounded: Sergt. R. W. Whitesides,- severely, head; Privates Joseph W.. J'cmpleton, severely, thigh ; J. A. Nichols, seriously, skull fractured. Cnmnanv H?.Wounded: Cornorals J. M Steele, serious, left arm; 1). F. Simpson, severe, left check. From the West. Mobile, August 21.?A special dispatch to the Register, datedSenotobia, 21st, says the Confederates attacked Memphis at seven o'clock thi3 morning, and heavy firing was heard there for three hours. It is supposed ^the city was captured, as the Federal force is represented as being small and not expecting an attack. The Federals occupied Oxford, Miss., to-day. The'operator at Jackson reports that a great riot had occurred in New Orleans and four'hundred citizens were killed. It arose in consequence of Canby's attempt- to enforce the draft. 'Negro troops were called out to suppress the riot, which is still progressing. All quiet in Mobile. * From Virginia. Petersburg, August 22.?All quiet along the lines to-day. But little more shelling and less picket firing. The enemy still hold their position on-the Weldon road sJhd scouts report are continuing to fortify. Richmond, Aug. 22.?Official dispatches state that Gen. Hill attacked the enemy on the Weldon Railroad Sunday morning and drove him from his advanced lines to his entrenchments, capturing over three hundred prisoners. Our loss was principally in Hagood's brigade, which mounted the enemy's entrenchments, but the supports failing, many were captured.Dispatches from Atlanta state that the enemy's cavalry which struck the Macon Railroad on the 19th, wqpe met on the 20th-by a portion of our foreea and retreated, losing two stands of colors and one piece of artillery. From Georgia. Atlanta, August. 19.?There was lieavv artillery firing on our centre last night. This mosning the enemy's batteries in front of the city opened a heavy fire, exceeding anything yet witnessed. Kilpatrick, instead of going after Wheeler, as was supposed, turned towards the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, which they struck at Fairburn and cut the railroaa and telegraph. They have gorie i* the direction, of the Macon road, and it is supposed thence to'Andersonville -for the purpose of releasing the prisoners there. Their force is estimated at from twenty-five hundred to three thousand. Atlanta, August 22.?Kilpatrick's raid is composed of two thousand five hundred. They had crossed the Chattahoochie at Campbellton about three o'clock Friday morning, and destroyed the road for six miles. The raiders then crossed over to the Macon road, striking the road at Lovejoy's Friday evening, moving towards Jonesboro.? The Federal infantry support which accompanied Kilpatrick's cavalry to the West Point road returned, and the cavalry proceeded along towards the Macon Road. Ross' brigade skirmished with Kilpatrick's advance, but was unable to .hold the enemy in check. The raiders burnt the depot and provost office at Jonesboro, destroying all the papers.? On Saturday evening, the enemy were surrounded between Lovejoy's and Jonesboro, by Reynold's infantry.brigade and Armstrong's and Ross' cavalry. A sharp engagement ensued, Kilpatrick charging at the head of his column, but the raiders were .completely routed.? They charged over Ross' brigade and cut their way out. Our lossteu killed, the enemy's loss'was twenty-five. The raiders were pursued by two Georgia Regiments of cavalry, but retreated through iUCJJonough anu escjipuu.? Only a mile of the Macon road was destroyed, which has been repaired. ? The Prince Albert, belonging to the Richmond Importing and exporting Company, iu coming into Charleston, a few nights ago, ran against the wreck of the steamer Minho, and grounded n&ar Fort Moultrie. Being unable to get her off, the officers and crew removed their baggage and a small portion of the cargo. At day light the Yankee batteries opened ou her with shot and shell, and soon reduced her to a total wreck. Only a Gmall portion ol the cargo was saved. . ? ?bitorg. Dit:t>?On the 6th of Stay, 1804,-from liic- effects of a wound received in the buttle of the Wilderness, Jt. <!. VVfllTE^IDES. The subject of this notice enlisted in('o. B, Idlli Kcgiinent, S. C. V.-, at tin: commencement of the war. And as be generally enjoyed good health r.:.il never shrunk I'rom duty, he fought through most of the principal battled in which the army of Virginia was engaged. A member of his coinpanv who was Willi him when he died, ! wrote to his afflicted father, "that a braver man never fell I no vfro!I.in soil, or mor- beloved by his- fellow roldlers.? Hut Unit which >" in"-' interesting to parent" and friends, I and Unit which ih.-y desire to know, above nil tlHnsrf, coii| crrnhig the departed, i* thclrVpiritu.il welfare. The above mentioned irieml statin that lie talked with Calvin jubt bcI fore he died, and lie save him "every ev dei.ee that he had I made peace wiili God?that he died a iiappy man.'' His la-1 me-sac* to his fatherwaa*'that he died at his post and resigned to the will of God." M. O. ! Of Measles, near Petersburg, June 15, 1801, JAME8 M. McGII.I.. Ills career In lite army was short. It had been only a few inotiiliu sIiicp he left home and friend?, and like many other youths entering the service of their country, he was taken away by measles. When he arrived at that period of life at which the country called for his services, he volunteered and went to the ITib Regiment* where be remained without murmuring or complaint until his death. '? - >"?- ,.1,11,1 in ri'WninpH flip Rlhl,. .,..,1 the sanctuary of God. He became a member of Uie A. K. Church, at Stnynia, nbnm a year before Ills death. Little Is j known of him in hi- last sickness. He died among strati gers?in a crowded hospital?where little attention was given to the sick and dying. What a comfort to parents to | lmve children whose character and conduct are such as to i enable them to believe in their piety although tftey may die I where no friend witnesses Uie scene. "Jly their lrultt ye I nail know them.*4 M. 0. 1 r ivil.r.n)?in ine ireiiciieB oenr rcicicwuigi *?., un mc 30th of July, 1864,'by an explosion, private J. E. Mr Carter, a incinliei ot Co. G, I8tli Reg.'inont, 8. C. V.,ftgt<1 27year*. J Hainan I^ve^when cultivated t'rom youth and kindled by I ptud&arit association, can never be lhrgnuen, though death 1 may come with its crdot and unrelenting hand, and <-R.-qch 1 away existence, yet, will memory live, and d>c written in j the hearts of the distressed, in letters that cannot be erased, rl 8u?:li wan the love cherishedAnd entertained bv many for ^ our fHentf. By bis modesty, prudence and gentility, lie had gained (he Jove nnd c*t?'?m of all that knAw liiin r he was courteous in his manners, liberal indisposition, kind and obliging to ail; in a word, he po<sas?M all of those uoble qualities, emanating from mie.d and body, wliich.prt'parcd liim for a glorious and happy future. But alas, death has come nnd luk'en him away, he is no more or. earth, but his memory will live and be cherished forever.. j .Thus lias been addod nnother of South Carolina's sons to J the luus li-t of her illu.-'Ujous?<}ead, thus another of her J braves luurhecn rmuigtcd to the sacred cause of liberty and M truth. The idol of a.kind and indulgent motiier, and of fl loving Mctltofs aud sisters, besides many friend*, fie has 3] flown from'a land of sorrow and trouble, to that happy and aa peaceful abode of christians. Then let tliose who lovu him 3 find consolation in tliis assurance and resolve to meet him M there. Farewell, brother of mjfbetler days, Green be the itirf on thy grave, A No one knew tilCe but to lo^6 thee, No one named thee but to praise. J. P. Mc. M T^XECUTOR'S "NOTICE:?A L L c J persona having demand-against EDWARD MOOjiE, . deceased, arc hereby notified to present them within the time prescribed by law, and all indebted.to him will make payment to me. ALFRED-MOORE, Elect!-of. August 24 3*. r v.* TAX LVIiSiVo XOTICE. rPHE time ^receiving ''JFAX IN 1 KINI?"of]6d3, has been extended until the 1st of September. 1864, and uo further extension will, thereafter, be made; but those who fall to comply by that time will be banded over COJbc District Collector, for collection. J. AL FAYS*OUX, Agent, Depot-No.-!, 6C. Ds,a. C. August 04 ' 2t> rHEAKQ!-AKTF,BS, * CONSCRIPT DEPAUTMENT, Coixxbu, .August 17, 1864. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 10. ?i~" j T PURSUANT ,to ordocs from the \ JL? JVartJepartuinut, Enrolling Officers' arc hereby required to execute all orders of Mi\jor Gen. Jones, commanding Department of South Carolina,. Georgia and Florida, ? far the impressment of slaves to-labor on the coast defences. 1L Reports of 4b?ir action will bo made .to tlio MajorGeneral commanding, orto sqch officer as be may indicate. . . Cs D. MELtON, " .... Major, Commandant of Conscripts. August 24 . , . 2^- , ft H^BQUahters, CONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT, 1 Colombia,Augusj 17,1C64. SPEQfAL ORDERS NO. m?Extract. k * * * * m-^DL^RING the absence of the _ Commandant of Conwrtpts from his Dost, Lieut R. 11. BOYLSTQN will act as Commandant or Conscripts and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of . Sajor MELTON, Commandant of Conscripts. . J as. Wood Dayidsox,"Lieut knd Adjutant. August 24 .34 It ?2 l&At)Q!rAR|UtS, { CONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT,Cotussu., August!", 1664. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 0. I -THE attention of persons exempt cd or detailed for agricultural purposes, and who have given bond to the Government, is directed to tho following paragraph from Circular No. 24, Bureau qf Couscription: "2. The sale to the Government, or to the families of soldiers, at prices fixed by the CvmiuUnloiicranf the. State tin der the Impressment*Act, of the marketable supplies remaining nftcr furnishing the Government Willi the stipplateduiianiity of provisions, and wliiqh.Jlje may. r.ni|ef-ir<>m I year to year while his exemption e.nntiifiSIKIs mads, by the Act of Congress, approved-February 17,^664, one of the conditions ul i xcmplion allowed to an Overseer or agriculturist. A claim is asaertcd by some of-thoen exempted as agriculturist* to c semantic oiicli part of the aforesaid surplus f as they ui.ty please tor supplies of provisions, clothing and , tin- like, to Im; consumed in family are, and-to sell to tlie Government or the families or soidlcra only wk*l.?*y reiMai.i of such surplus atV-r ma kin" .snctr exchanges. This .claim Is ip "violation of law and of their contract witir the Government, and cannot be allowed: . ' p-.rv "Gpou satisfactory evidence beinr farnlshod that persons exempted as overseers or agriculturists have or are tbuadU- 5 pnAul? of their surplus productions )%" exchange as aforesaid, Enrolling Otfloors will art est all such persons, forward them to ihetr nearest Camps-01 Instruction, to be retained there until final aetiou shall bo taken and announced in their casus, and ibrtvard through tlie pA,|?er nbaqpels of i communication to this tlureau n>report nf ajl the facia and circumstances of each case. . .: "Every agriculturist or overseer, upon receiving Ids certificate of exemption, should he Informed that the action indicated nbove will W* taken In tbo event of bW not dltpo 'sing of Ids marketable xurplus in accordance with the requirements o! law." II. Olfieerftnnd agents of the gubsistence and Quartermaster*' Department* are requested to communicate Infor- ? nation to Enrolling Officers of all instances comingtorheir knowledge, in which persons cxnuipt< d or detailed for agricultural purposes Imvc violated tlie siipuhirfbns of their bonds to the Government in the sale or other disposition of their marketable surplus. C. IX MELTON, Major, Conuu.uidaut Conscripts. August 24 34 v?^k- lit ' TAX fit* KlS? ^6TltE. . I "WILL attend at the following times and places, for the purpo-c of receiving tlie returns of TAX IN KIND, on Wheat, Oats, Rye, Cured Hay and ? . Wool; for the year 1864. At York ville, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 1st, 2nd and Urd of September. . . ? . At J'ethany Church, Qn Monday, 5t!?;of September. At Wbl.ioiianVs, on Tne-rixy, Ctli of September. At McL'Osb's, on Wednesday, ?th of iA-picmber.- " At Boydton, on Thursday, 8th of September. At Hickory urove, on rnuay, am or aepiemncr. At John Mcoin's, ou -Saturday, 1?U> At' September. ^HR At t'lny Miil, o:i Monday, 12tfi of September. ^Bj At Kbcncxer, on Tuesday, lath of September. 1m At Port AiilU, on Wednesday! J4tii or September. SSS At Cmite's J'avern, on Tlmr?xl?y? lCtT* of September. flj At Westbraofca, on Friday, jCtti o:' September. sW At Uork Hill, on Saturday, 17th of September. . 5S At BeUiesdn Church, on Monday. I9tli of September. OS At McCnnnnlKville, uo Tuesday, 20th of September. ? At Davidson's Store, on Wednesday, 2Istol September. H At Wm." White's, <in Thursday, 22i! of September. J0 At Centre Church, oo Friday, 23cof.September. ^B At Bethel Church, on Saturday, 24tli of.Si^tember. ^B /1 Yorkvillo, on Monday, Tuesday and W edne?day,96th B 27th and 28th of September. Jot Bonks open fruii lO o'clock, A. M., at each of the above eg named rttCM, and clowd nt 3 o'clock, P. M. H I All defaulters will be dealt with a* the law directs. inj I am required to advise producers that tltc regular Tax A cents, Commissaries and Quartertuastera, and such other SH officer* as may have special authority from the siffice of M tmoral charge, are the mi'y persons whose receipt# for TAX B W KIND, are valid f aud where thn.tithe is Impressed, 4m that the focatpt of the (mpresuing MTiet-r must show hie Ml Con:patty and Regiment, and must explicitly state that the ftB imprersedpropcrty I* Tax it* Kind t otherwise it will not be eu regarded.- ' W. H. HcCOItKLE, B - Assessor, T.T. K., York District. 80 August 24 34 5t M "STA'i'B OP SOUTH CiUOLlAA, YORK DISTRICT. Rodiley 8c Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attaciixiext. 351 \1i7"HEEREa\S, the plaintiff*s did on Jig . Y V the 15th day otfOctober 1863, file their declaration Ijfl against the defendant, who (as It is said) is absent from and ^BEJ without the limits nttiiU State, utui has neither wife nor jJK attorney known witiiin the same, upon whom a copy of the ^H|| said declaration might be served. It Is therefore ordered, ti;at the snld defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, oa or More tho lflth day of October, which IrJS will be in the year of our Cord one thousand eight hundied 29C ami sixty four, otherwise final aud absolute judgment will jSj then be a warded against him. ($16) S. V- MOOBii, Clerk. ^B October 1.1th, lc?3. November 4 _ 44 11V- _ tM go UTII C^VR OLINA-YORK DT~S; fl TUJUr.? U r.cr.T.i J . ma mill wn/n.- h.i- Q|f|>MCtt ng tome for Lcttemo;' Administration on nil and sli guinr. . feaj tho gnnUe Hnd chattr!*, rights' and credits of ANDKlYV WALLACE, ijitc of tiie District aforesaid, deceased. fro The-e :irn, therefore, to rite anil admonish ill ainfnlnpii- H 1ar, tlie kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he. . uH an<i appear before. nic^u our next Ordinary's Court for III the said District, to be hidden at York Court Douse, oji the jlfw 29th &ty of August lust., to a hew cause. If any, why vjjfl the ttid admluL-tratlon should not b- granted. Given under.ray hand and Seal, tiiis I2ih day of August, JEE in the year of our Imtd one thousand eight hundred and ^Kj sixty-tour, and . in t|i& eighty- ninth year of the Independence of South Candlna. aSl JOHN A. BBOWN, O. Y. D. ffig August IT 33 2t K "DR. ALFRED CRAVEN fl DlUfflKT AVD APOTHECARY, C YORETlUEt SO. CA. |S PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, C A MEDICINES. {.c,, constantly kept on hand. . - k2 Physu'litna' Rrertriptlon.-inid Family Receipts accurately |2S Dispensed. ^H| h'cpteuUrer 20 39 tf 8WOBEWAREL ~~ J? HPHE Jail in York District was hroken ? JL on the nleht of lie' Hth inslsnt, and NATHAN DO- jjWB VCR, a prisoner, cecnpefi therefrom. S?id DOVER is alum: 35 years of aye, about f. fart high, dark complexion, ^^HEj hlack liaif ami eyes, ha.- lost the thiimh of hL left hand, ltis fore fin u-ron snipe ham! stiff nndLcrooked. I wul give tlic'aliiiyc.rewaid for tab* nrrest and delivery to ^KS me lu Yoikville, or SEVEXTV-FlVE DOLLARS tor'hU * . Mg iuiurieonnicut in any other jail within one hundred miles. #09 ' JAMES MASON, s. y. d. August 17 osjJ- - , n?E ! TAX. IS'KIllb KOTCGB. f? FjAKTETRS and others who have ^9 OATSnnd WHEAT oftiie TITUF.of U-64. rWi tor SB delivery. are uryrd to do . o limndlfn:-ly. Al.n, tho--e who ^HU have CGRV to >por.~ 'flu deliver :unl c?t ered't t on ilic crop of 1S34. All arc requested tO'dellvcr tlieir ti;h'-s Ji* |tri>:!i>!iiy ai po;3ibls, antlieAnnvof Virginia Of n? ' < JHH supplies. "J. H. FdYSSUl'N. flKfl ; Agent Depot No I, GC. P.,S. O. Sm August 10 30 I' jjfll bnvel6pes" fl FOH ' ALB, - j V AT TUB JH PBIWT1S6 OFFICE. juiy 6 y MB QTEEL PENS.?-JUST~RECFlV- IS O Hi) a lot of Oli.LOTTyS FJIIST QIW1.ITV STEEL ^ l'KVS, at llie EXQCIItKit OFKIfK. | Aiiewst 3 3i u' *vff 1M 0 T I C E .--SUGAR TO EX- BR i. T CHANGE for BACON on Govcnimimt account.? Apply to T. J- BELL, Ag'-ut. , AH Augttit 10 IS '? flQ -? iK