Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 24, 1864, Image 2
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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
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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
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