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\ . ; . ... . . -' . :.. . v. ;':^; 1 ' ?n. ? " " 1" 1 i. 2. Sc L. H. OBIST ?lProprietors ' ^'n Jfitbnifnbcnt J^Hiittlj Jfw 'ft? rf lip jjffcial1, ^grinilitifEi &nb^flittiiyrc&l interests of: tjw J^outj^. ..^ |w p$b yeab, ii? ^dvajtcb. . "ir'1-n- ? ..' - ' . - - t? ' '-. T* ' 'i^ -1 f '".^ * ? . -.? \'. .. .. .w . .. -.^ ' ' ' =r?y, Vi&BlElO. V.;* ' . -YQRKYniLE,,SOUTH CMOLIfi, VEDSESDAT {ITENIJtG, AUGUST 31, 1864. < - NUM&3& ' ? - ? '- - - i???Mfaw? 1 " 1 ^ - 1 TTi" i~ - - ' fl 3=T?TTT=r-=r-=T- _t-? ... y, ; i RATES OF POSTAGE 1* THE C. STATES OP AMERICA, F3R the coav faience of the public th* (lillowiDq simplified tatement of the rate* of post agR,Orafc?r the act of Conjreis of"the Confederate Stales o< j America, ha* Wti prepared. It mittt' be borne In mind tfbat the Act4h? jogo Into effect ftma and after such period I m the P. M. General maV, by prottniuatKn, annoupce: "fr- r Xatu or poiTiac. Single letter** not exceeding n half ounce In Weight, to tay pn'rt oCtlm Confederate State*, shall be each 10 cent*. An^addiUonad alngle rate for each additional half ounce " VDmb fetter* 9 cents each. \ ' ?gn tfbsf^nnlnt eases, tho.postage t^ be prepaid by itatnpot stamped envelopes, v AWCrrtieed letters 2 cent* each. OH **w*eirrRa. 4 , Sent to reenter #n d bona fWe Ktiimcrlber* from the oflie* of rmhifMUon, and not exceeding three ounces in weight WHekienaper, t^cenw per quarter. % * Semi* WSafcfy paper. 96 cent* per quarter. m-JVgek|y. paper,39 cent* p"t quarter. - ? 'Four tftne* a week, 58 cent* per quarter. Five times a week, Accent* per quarter. ,, Sin times a week, 78 cents par quarter. . ok reaiootc*!,*. Perlnjhrut* paMliftod oftener than semi-monthly shall be PertpdienfapuWlSbed monthly, not exceeding IX ouneer In dehtitt,1 cent rnseach number, and one'cent additional aouecb fWUnuatounee or ftactioq of an ounce. ' OK TfUNUBMT pat*Tat) KiTTtm. .y The inland postage onr eiWy Other newspaper, and on each circular sot eraled, handbill, jAgtavlng, paipphlet. ptflMnrtliMglMW orouier pappt, which wntu uc uhcuu nepted with soy manuscript or written matter, add* not exceeding t ounce in wqgcht, sbaii be 1 cent, end Tor ever; adtHtfooa* nuiice or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent addition alt and books, bound and unbound, hot weighing over fottfpooade, shall be deemed unliable matter, and the tntand-postage <n them Wmll be at the. rate of 9 cent* an ounce orffaction of an ounce, add the postage on all such trsn>ient matter and book*, shall be prepaid in ftil casds ex cept when sent by officer*, musicians or privates of the ' _ rjuaKjiNiraivtutac. The folio wing persons only are entitled to the tonkin* privilege, and U? alt cases stxictiy condned to official buslneea. *V" * ^r=*c-' Postmaster General. * * *- His Chief .vS . Auditor of the Treasury for'tbo Post Office Department. ' Deputy- Postauuiters. HKAPQCJIRTKRS. * ' .* C0*8CRrPT DEPARTMENT, Colombia, August 17, 1864. . ORfERJiL ORDERS NO. 9. 1. THE attention of persons exerapt0 ed or detailed for agricultural purposes, and who have given bond tutor* Government, is directed to the following paragraph than Cirhular N<r. 24, Bureau of Oouacriptlon: Th^ sale to the Government-, or u> the fsiniiies ofsol diera, at prices Qxed by the Commissioners of tlir State un der the (tnprta*Mncni Act. of the marketable supplies re m-Uniagafter furnishing the Government with the stipula ted quantity of provisions, and which he may raise from year h> year while bis exempt km continues, is migle, by the Act of Con {pern, approved February 17, 1864, one of the coralttions of exemption allowed to an overseer or agrietil turfst. A cl?hn is asserted by some of those exempted a> agriculturists tp exchange such part of the aforesaid snrpius as they may pSuse for supplies of provisions, clothing and tin: Mku, to be consumed in family use, and to Mil to the G.iveruui-.it orthc families of soldiers only what may remain of Mi>*b surplus atV*r making soch exchanges. This claim i> in .violation of law and of their contract with the Goverua at, and cannot be allowed. "Upria -atftfactory evidence being famished that persons exempted as overseer* or agriculturists have or are thus dU posing o; their surplus productions ay excoange as aioresuid, EomiUag officers will arrest all such persons, forward them to their nearest Camps n Instruction, to he retained thee- until final actlcyi shall be taken and announced In their cases, ami forward through the proper channels of oomnmulciuJon to this Bureau a report of all the facts and circumstances of each case. "fe"y agriculturist or overseer, upon receiving his cerUfi 'ffle of exemption, should he informed that the action Indicated, above will be Uken In the event of his not dispo sing .of hb marketable surplus in aceprducc with the requirements oMaw." K. Officers Mid agents of the Subsistence and ftonrternmux-' Departments are requested to communicate infor maUdo id Sorollliig Officers of all Instances coming to their knowl dge, in which persons exempted or detailed for agricultural pu.po?es have violated the stipolaUons of their bonds tn die Gwmment in the sale or other disposition ot their marketable surplus. C. D. MELTON, . ^ Major, Commandant Conscripts. **ptrti? Sfir . 3t . ' #?Kr*CE. T WIL L attend at the following tiroes X and place*, for the purpose of receiving the returns 01 TAX Iff KlVDjOn <A heat, Oats, Rye, Cured Hay and Wool, for ihe year 1864. At Yorkvtlf -. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 1st, 8nd and :trd uf September. At Bethnny Church, on Monday, 5th of September. At Wiwi-o?ntit"<., on Tuesday, 6th of September. "? A. el.., .... VCr.ul..A?vlm, 7<b nT 4,l,l.n,lu.r At Bo>dtou, ou Thursday, 8& of September. At Hndtorv Or?>*e, ah Friday, 9th ot September. At Joint MoCJi's. on Sntunlay, loth of September. AtCbty Hilt, on Monday,12th of September. AaCneorgrr, go Tuesday, 13th of September. AfFort MUJ'?, on Wrduivday, 14th or September. Ai Cone's Tjiv.to, on Thursday, 15th of (September. At Westbrooks, on Friday, HJlh of Septnoibcr. At Rix k Hill, on .Saturday, 17th of Septemb r. At 1) tliesda Church, on M'mday. iS|b of Septentboa. A; MiShmni'll-ville, on Tuesday, 90th of. Sepm-mb#. * Ar n i vid<ow'a Store, oo Werbiesda/,' 2l?t ot September. At Win White*, on Ttwr^d iy, 2-M of-September. ' At Centre Church, on Friday, 83dof September At Rcth-l Church, on- Saturday, -Mthof September. At Yorhvilla, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,96th 27rh 'and &<tb of September. Bonk* npen from 10 o'rlock, A- M., at each of riie above Tin.ncd places, and dosed j?t 3 o'clock, P. M. AN defaulters will be dealt Willi an the law directs. Tan required to advise producers that the regular Tax A rent*, Commissaries and Quarterinn-trrg, and ?ueb other officer 16 tuny have special authority front the office of g-nernl charge, are the only 'persons whose receipts forTAJF IV KIND,-are. vrrfid ; and where the Tltpr Is fmpmsed. that fin receipt of the impressing ntBerrmust show bis. Company auditegiment, and must explicitly state that the Impressed property is Tax in Kind; otherwise it will not bo > regaraea. - T n> n. ncvupniici) ^ * Assessor, T. I. K., Fork District. wm itr wi'iii >ORK DI8TRKJT. Boddey- fc Co., vs v, B. Dun lap.?attach mint. TIETHEEREAS/ the plaintiff's did on W w tin: ?5th day orOctober 1863, file their declaration against the defendant, who (am it Is said) la absent from and without tl?e limits of this State, and has neither wife uni att>rucy known within the same, upon wboin a copy of.the said declaration ntiaht be served. It Is therefore ordered, thar thn said defendant do appear and pi-ad to the said d duration, on or before the loth day of October, which will be (n the vearofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and -Hrty four", optervise final and absolute Judgment will I then b -awardeaagainstbito. (916)' . *8. E. MOORE, Clerk. ^October 15th, 1863. TfovemWv 4 44 qly. OR. ALFRED CRAVEN MIGfilST A YD APOTHECARY. vorktiixe, so. ca. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS. MBDICiXBS. lie., constantly kept on hand. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. September 30 39 tf ' ftiAA n r.w A n i?. TIE Jail in York District was broken o?? the nljfhtof the llth instant, and NATHAN DOVER, va prt*?M??rv tw?-i?p-d therefrom. Said DOVRK I* about ar? yearn or age, atxmt 8fr?"t bighx dark complexion. Mark hair ami eyre, Im* Jv*r thd thtieib <# hi- left hand, hi* fore fin rer-ui wuue liand stiff and crooked. t I WIHgive the above A-w-Ird for ht? arre>t and delivery to me In VorkvIHe, or UEVENTY-P1VE DOLLARS for hie imprisonment in any other jail within one hundred miles. JAMES MASON, . Y. D. Auguxt 17 < 33 - 4t DENTXL NOTICE.?DURING nv absence ftoni Yorkvllle, I have made arrange meutx with Dr. LESLIE O'VVEN, 1'oriiierly of Charleston, to - take, eharite of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enqotaen bnlldliw. where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, d Usual. He Ik a gentleman qf much experience in my Itnc'if business, and will, doubtless, give general satisf&c Hon. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. Febniartr Sh : v |i. ,f ~ T%\ l\ HlfD IVOTIiK. PLAN ITERS- and others who have >ATS and WHEAT of the TITHE of 1864, ready for deliv-rv. ?-. urged to do so immediately. Also, those-who have CORN to ?pare can deliver attd get credit for It on the crop of 1864. All are requested to deliver their tithes as promptly as po-slble, as the Army of Virginia are ne ding supplies. J. H. FXYSBWXF Agent Deoot No 1,6 C. D.. S. C. Austin 10 32 tf env r:i.oi?es~" * .FOB SALE, AT THE n >; > PRINTING OFFICE. frty 6 87 tf TiX II KI1IO KOUO, T^IIE time for receiving "TAX IN A K ND"of 1663,diax been earnded until the 1st of September. 1864, and no further extension will, thereafter, l?e made; but those who fall to enlm-ly by lb a time will be hand'd over to die Di-trictCollfcetrtr. I"" COHectitm. -*> J. H. FAYSsr.i x, Agent,iDepotflo. 1,6C.D.,S.C. , Augusr24 34 ~ > 8' EATICUTOITS-NOTICE.?A L L persons having demxndsagalnst KDWARft MOORE, deceased, are hereby notifi-d to present theito'"Within the time prescribed by law, and all indebted to Mm will t?ake pa? inent to me. ALFRED MOORE, Executor. * Aicu-r 24 34 * ^3t ,f XT 0 T TC E .?SUGAR TO EX1* CHANGE for BACON ou Government account.? . * . . t. I Prom HalU* Journal of Health. % , 1 Eating Economically. What kind of food has the most nourishment and coats the least?' is a question of great practical importance.' aEFbe following table mayiie studied with considerable interest by every family. They will show the mode of propagation, the amount of nutriment, and the time required for ,the digestion of the most common* articles' of food placed upon onr tables. A dollars'* north of meat, attweoty five cents a pound, goes as far as fifty eents' worth of batter, at half 8 dollar a pduhd.' Three pouddt. of flour, at ieight cents a pound, is said to eon Cain aatoiuof? nutriment as ttfbe pounds of roast beef, whicfi, at .25 otfnts, Is' $2.25; that is, 25 oeota' worth of flour "goel ss-tar *s nine times that'mnoh mbriey spent for roast beef, as Weighed at the butoherVstall.: ( - A pint of white beans, weighing one lb ana oostiog seven cents, contains aw muen nutriment as three pounds and a half "of rdlst beef, "oosttntf eighty seven and a half cents. Of air the articles that cstf-be eaten too cheapest are bread, 'batter, molasses, beans and rice. A pound of corn meali Clndiao) goes as ferns a pound7of floor; so that fine family floor at sateen dollars a bar-' re!, aod'ooro meal at four cents, the"Tatter is jaft one .half less expensive.*If eorn and wheat were groaod, and the whole pro duct, bran am] all, were made info bread, fifteen per oentfr of nutrimdfct^ would be? saved, with muolrgreater healthfulness.? These are standard tsbtep : ^ Quantity of Mode of Amoiitof Time of Food. Pp-p* ration. Nutriment. Digestion. Cucumber*, raw 2 pur cent a. 3'uruips, ?, Soiled 4 do ? 2 JO Milk, , frwh. 7 do. a. _ 2 15 Cabbage, boiled' 'xv . do 4 SI Applet, raw 10 do ,1 SO Potatoes, boiled "13 do 2% KUb, .? boiled 20 do * - 2.00 Venison, boiled 22 do 1 30. Pork, roasted- "V24 do 5 15 Veat , roasted 23 do 4 00 Beef^ - roasted 28 do 3 30 Poultry, ronrted 27 do 2 45 Mutton, " roasted ,30 do 3 15 Bread (wheat) baked * 80 do *.> 3 30 Bread, baked 80 do 3 C? Bean* boiled 67 do 2 3f Rice, * 83 do I 00 Butter and olle, 96 do * 3 JO ' Sugars and syrupa, ^ 98 do t 3 30 The Tebbifio Explosion at* CrfV Point.?A correspondent of rhe N?# Yotk Tribune, describing the late explosion at City Point/ jiites: You have read of eruptions of Vesuvius, jiuoh as buried Bercolaneum and Pompeii. You have seen illustrations of them in the oooks. This must have been such an exoiasioii as one cf these. exct-Dt that instead r ? : ? -* ? r - ? of lavi, and dust and ashes, it raioed over ?he circle of a mile, io whole packages and oy piece meal, everything you can iujagioe at a military depcrt. EbtiTe'boxee- of fixed MDOHMittieb came down sniODg the tents io the town b quarter of a uirle distant, and *cara6ty-a teat, W boose, or boot can he- " toood within the circle of a mile that is not riddled by shell, solid shot, or small aturnu oitionV*'- >* The massive pine wharf in front of where hese bdiUBlay, wbioh was bolted down up... .!i.. -..J .1 ..... ..J-... J i. .i. iu piico uuu oiccpcio ui pine ilero, 10 urunued aside fur about a third of its lentrtb, ns if it had been made of the paper 1 write on, while, the substantial plank warehouse, with massive beauib, built fur at least a quarter . f a century, has beeu crushed nearly its. "Qtire length, as if it bad beeu a lady's baud-box. Every frame house in the town was jarred by the ouucussiuo alone to the extent ot intviug its inside plusterio? knocked off, be idea other damage* by missiles, &c. A gainst the bouses and other obstruction ear the whttrf, aiid even upoa the hill, huu irtds, and perhaps thousands of broken, twisted and splintered muskets and'siibb de oris fay iu drifts like straw diifted by the wipd^aud all over the ground for at lent a quarter of a mile from the scene of exphnion. ahull, solid nhfit. smda. nn'iiintpp. n;n?- 1 ? J ? ? ? tt ??7 r--rw? kit and miunie balls, pieces of shells, nails, so rev s, bolts and bolt beads, and fragmer ts of almost everything wooden, iron aod lead on, yotMJan tbink of, are strewn and drifted like hail and. obooks of ice itntnedia.tely after a dreadful bail storm. How many were blown it) atoms into the nver from Kendriuk, never io be beard of, 18 not known. The boats entirely destroyed and sunk were the General Meade and the J Ct Campbell*. The aufortuuates of the ?endrick, mostly oolored laborers, it is sop ^used, -were all blown into tbe river. Hands <md feet and sea pa of oolored men were rained aboot the the town. Ooe sight was particularly unpleasant ? Up in tbe moat frtqueuted part of the town, where the part of the boat hoik lay, there was an object Ijke the entrails of a beef tolled over iu the dust. It was recoguisa ble as human by a band aod foot being at- { tached. I The Burning of CiiambeRsburg ?As I it seems not to be generally known that the < burning of Cbatnbersburg was done by au iboiity, as an act of retaliation, we deem it < proper to publish the following copy of the I order under which Brig. Gen. McCausland < laid the town in ashes : * Headq's Advance Forces, C. S A 1 J.iiv 29. 186U f / ~ -I- 7 J lo the Municipal Authorities of Chambers burg, Pennsylvania : ' The houses of Andrew Hooter, E-q , Alexander R. Buteler, E?q., aod'Eduiu'nd J Lee, E?q., citizens of. Jt-ffersoo couuiy,. Vttlfinia, haviog been burned by order of tb^offioer commanding'the Federal forces o tbe department called the ''Department of West Virginia," I- have directed thai .nur town pay for the said heaves, to be anded over to the owners, the sum of 8100 000 in gold, qr-its eq-'isalent; or, it hgt cannot be produced, 8500.000 iu cur rvotr Northern funds In default of the i'.iyttieut ofcthis money, y,.ur town is dieoted to be laid in ashes, in retaliation for he burning of said houses, and other hott -en of citizens of Virginia by Inderal au . ' hority ' [Signed]' J A EAR^Y, A Lt General C S Army. ?^ The term of service of twenty six regi: uente tD Sherman's army expires during the oeutfc of Auguat. , , ^ The Yankee Prisoners'ai Undersonv-ille?A correspondent of the ^Atlanta Confrdenact/ says : ? . ' "Andereonville was Sn interesting pod novel spectacle to me. The Taoke^ prisoners within the, stockade, about SO,00Q io number, when olosely viewed, resemble more in their motions, a hive of befesleeo through a glass opening than aaytbiog^else I can think ob The area of the stockade is being rapidly increased by Geo' Winder, who is evidently desirous of d^ing all in bia. poWet- to make theni* comfortable. They have thousands of little huts and tents, variously. constructed, whiob'seem to protect, them from the scorotriog rays -of the sun and the inclemency of ttfefeweatber generally. Geo.- W. informed, me tharvery soon the lumber Would be procurable to-put up temporary shanties for tbdir oomfort. A ?00 but amalbstream- of water fans tbtongh the stockade, supplying them with wkter for-bathicurand other oornoses/'I saw ban drt-ds of thorn bathing io this stream, at opce - Others not engaged-in b<uhu?g were, walking abdufc among their/aMows, each, io the laoguagp'of-thejfambas ballad of Young Tamerlane,- ??n mother naked 'man/' I leant that many of then* have . battered; away tearly all tbeir oletbiog for tobacco. 00 the. whole, their condition, as it'is, and had as it deserves to "Be, seethed better than conld"have Been -expected. Io spite, however, of every effort to treat them with hamaoiry, thoiwDtfrtalUyjk great, averaging about one hundred. perTday. About 2000 are in hospital. Over. 36,000 have beeo received since the establishment pf. Aodersonville as a military prison. . The, prisoners are said to be~ very docile, bat greyly exasperated at tha Royal Ape for not exchanging them They were greatly plated last evening at finding a paragraph in one of our oewspapere stating that a general ezohaqgeiof prisoners would soon be resumed.. * The defences of Addereonville are admirably planned by the skillful veteran, Gen. Winder. Formidable batteries of^artillery bear directly on tbe prisoners, in the event of au emeutie ; and Strong works, with ar tillery, defend tbo place against hostilities from without. A strong force of in Bin try is there also. Raiders would find tbltnselves wofulIy deceived if they were to at-' tempt tbe liberation or tbe prisoners. > *; ?? - - . 'r; ; A Truthful Piotu5e.-r-Iq the coarse of a sermon delivered iu New York on Fast Day, Rev. Dr. Suoderla'nd/ drew the fol1 ???? ??.? t.fn 1 nf |Ka VanlraA aaa IIIWIZJJC U UllJIUI }?IULUIU Ul LUC X 9MACO JA7U" pie * We clip it from t&e Eerald'trepotf: G?d hid lifted u? op a nation until we became th* astouidhcieot of.the world ; but wbile-wj* bfoau?fr8UOugec*nd a?ore prood as a nation, we were going the Way of aril the tanliin iniquity. Our depravity had expanded with our growth, and the mapj warnings we have had have been disregar dcd, and DOW the blow has fallen apd - we have beeu given to the swprd, th#spoi! aod to cou fusion of*face, as it is to-day. As regarded the ruauuer,of keeping our dajla of humiliation, iastiugsnd ptayer, the speaker thought jpe were the most wioked, audacious and God def ine people on thp-face of ihtt earth; yet qo oation bad more peed of prostrating itself before iiiu), confessing its ?>us and accepting mercy and pardou. Tbe hand of God which bad been laid so heavily uf)nn us, was but the 'beginning pf- the evidence that the nation bad been struck with mural leprosy. Tbe public mind has ? been infatuated, the public judgment.- per-r verted, and the publitrcousoiende debaaohed. Clod, haa begun the work ^ digging down through the mass of error ana sin ... .1 I:J i??? .f >.?.L i ?k w mv duiiu iuuuuuuuu uu^auu nod when the people come baok to justice apjd the regards ^QOsoie^pe, will We. date a new era of nation** happiness, prosperity r*fTd glory. This is ia a hard process, and nations are desperately bliod, and no power jn earth cai| enlighten them} only God o&n i djco their eyes. We are beginning to see ineo, as trees, walkings to wake,up from fur sins and tjie lethargy that has bound ud The three greatest iniquities "of oar people have long been Mom us, Mammon ?nd Moloch. The speaker drew,vivid .pictures of oar wickedness aod utter depravity in both high and low places, the extent of uor debauchery, the depths to which we had sunk, aiguing That, to make ourselves again a prosperous and happy people, we want,, fir* tof all, the purification of the nation, the cleansing of our mora! natures, the retaruiug to justice and troth. Where is .YJokgan 1?Thisques(ion has been, asked yf lute. We are nut prepared to answer it witn satisfactory defiuiteness ; but we are satisfied be is where he .ought to be, and that he is not idle. A letter from jne of Morgau'a men says he is still in Kentucky, and that his forqp has swelled to ^uite a formidable army. - Ooe report pjaoes bis force at 15,000 men. The drafc.ot Lin* solo is beiug enforced in that State, and Keotnckians are choosing.whioh side they will serve.. Many of them have joined Morgan, and we doubt jiot that gallant officer will cooperate with 'Rood inibe'dea- , iruvtiun of Sherman? .j> A letter of a .later date than the, above, From an officer in,Morgan's command, dated Siltvyltr, Va , sbjs Geo Morgttr's com- J i and has moved tio.wu into East Teunessee. He hud .a fiaht both at Greenville aud 1 Jooesburo. ?uu ueed pot be surprised at?uy lime to hear that Kuo^ulle or Lju$^)u 1 ue in our pu.-set-aii'D. i?V- v.; # Gen Suer'jian ?d.'toe.weeks ajto, a 5 ^ouihero lady traveled sutce .distance ooi the , <an?e buat wuh GeoSneru?#o, aod availed ieist-lf of several < ccumuiisty ppaak to Lioi . ibuut (lie war. ^ Sue describes his manner vhile t*pqpki.D? on ft.is gnbjeet a? perfectly. , urinus, lie declared repeatedly lu J^r ireseope that tho purpose of the'W$r'Was to OUi OUl If present whit?.race of_J.he South h ?that the wy. would be pushed lo the at- \ Lust vereepf e*t|rmi^tioa^tbat"he want j d to see the Southero people o^je rljr des-r h r??ye<f, eithu/by the sword or by starvation j ?attti What was <uur?| he would see it. '' , ? - Another Letter. sfeoii Secretary Trenholm!? The Augusta Constitutionalist publishes the following fetter frutn the new Secretary of the Treasury: v Treasury DepartjAht, 0. S. A, ri Richmond, August 15; f86i." Cahipbdl Watlace, Etqr} Pr&ideat, Augusta, Georgia: V Sir : I am greatly obliged by your letter o't the Utb instant, which is eoqoeifed in the troe spirit of a patriot. If the people stand by the Ouveroment and encourage Congress to do their duty manfully, there is not the slightest daDge* ahoatthe public debt: Onr people1.are OoanaittlDgYb1 aot of great folly to be baying property of ail hinds at ten times what it wiil bring when the war is pver, while fbreigMnare buying their 6, 7 and 8 pendent, bonds and carryin g them abroad. . These bonds wilI bring pi ore ip specie wheo-peace oomea than tbey are ^pogitrg now in currency, smd we will have to pay these strangers in foil whether wewfah or not; whereas, if wo kept the bonds at hohie, we 'vuold jj>et bsek all the taxes collected to pay the iotesest. "I am trying |o pay for ^srtl foreign supplies ont of the profits un cotton, and we have nothing to hoy wuh bunds and Treasury Notes bat' flour, itorn, ineat aad manufac tared goods, and to pay transportation to railroads. If we break down uncart soot? circumstances, it will be our own fault, and we Will deserve, nobody'a compassion or sympathy. Xoure, respec?ally5 * G. A. TIlEtf l^OLM, Secretary of Treasury. ^Arrest op a ^omajt.in Ma*> Ap parll?Quite an amusing case came up before Truvoet Marshal Bridgford yester-0 day, in the person of avery ueatly-dressed, tidy and handsome yoongWoman, dressed in male apparel. ' She was arrested by Major B'?- vigilant guard, and as a d^ptterj bf course hajl to be taken befort thatofficer for proper disposition." In answer to his first question wbeth er she. was a woman or ..not, she replied in the negative, but subsequent developments proved her sex beyond-' all -doubt. She thea confessed that she was fro? North Garoiiqa ; that She bad left home on account of some family difficulty; that She bad don-? oed the soldier's uniform here with tbe in tentiop. of joining the army, and that her oame'waa Mary Bean. * Ttia rMllanf X(.tnp Anntt^AMil tiof ffin XUG ^(UIOUD WH0??CV?VW "V? VUM sytution too delioatr to stand the iroA^h usages of cuiiitarj life, and politely soot her. Jwcfeto tfflrth- CaroiMp oa ay smug1* ""Her'to with features fair to look Opoo, and bair. closely cut to give her the appearance of a beardless youth She persisted ia travel iojf ig her male attiie fur .fear of attracting tgo much notice, "id which desire she was gratified, though she had her ownclothes with her:?Petersburg/ Express. 1 ' - v-t-,,,,,' - ' Hedging?T ie fence question will, ere mpiiy years,, be forced an the attention of faquersaud planters insotne sections of oar. country. The extension of railroads ha# io some portions . of the United Suites, for some years, forced-attention to the pressiog scaroiry of wood, and excited inquiries and experiments towards the use of coal, as a locomotive fnpj. ,v So far ? the fencing go^," farmers and planters can find a. substitute, apd may soon be iodtioed to seek a substitute fur the an slSjhtly sad inelegant warm feace, or tbo an r.lnsnres' thatare Sow used." Befute acrfifUv pressing necessity is od them, we hops the eoterprisjag tillers of trhftagii will consider the jfflarms^iiBd qtH^itiw of various plants for hedges, and will test the values of the many cs odfdatea that pan and will ha Darned Nothing to easily witbio oor command would do fooce towardtMolivjai^iog aqjd .beautify ing our couotry, sod especially oqr pub urban farms, and tend nore towards attaching the child to the hometftead or faf&of the father, and increasing and promoting' the spirit and; resources of agricultural thrift a od enterprise-tbao a general adoption of hedges for enclosures. '"Have oobe of oar plantingfriends tried conclusive experiments on-the merits and claims of difffeut plants ae to durable health in ppr ofrmate ? ; An Armistice Pressed at Washington.?The Washington correspondent of the New York Hem Id, writes : . . The armistice question is almost the only' topio in Washington, It i^kaewo post lively that prominent republican party managers regard it as vitally important that Mr. Lioebltj should immediately take steps to open negotiations io this respect. A conference was held a few days ago of New .Eoglanfl leaders,.in which it'waa concluded that the only safety of the administration party, under existing-cireaQjatnoces, is io proposing negotiations for a terming tibo of the war. These necessarily involve an armistice, which-will allow? postponement of the draft notil after the.electioo, and will also permit soldiers to be sent home to vote. Senator WfUoa, of Ma*sa ohusetts, has paid a visit to Washington, to ro nMoon t '-fn ?ka President. the imir.ion of the R-publicum of New Eugla&dthat this necessity exists. Mr. Fessaodeo, the new Secretary o' the Treasury, t?Jjo is, engnieuut of the movement, is understood to have deohred that if soaiethiog of this kiod is j Ait dooe promptly' he will be compelled to ' retire from the Oubioet. - "* j ^ The President is warmly io fayof of the < (fxperfmeut. He thipks that, ?if it cap do- i aojgood, it will do p9 barm to try ij, po." It^'the last card1 to be played"to quofuse J j the Chicago Convention and take the wind j J apt of the sails orthe, p8aoe meo. That it.j eill be ddoe,?od speedily, there is no doobt. I rhe Republican leaders ban are not oulj < < full of it, but'they insist that without it 1 ihei will be defeated. '1 . . ? ; ? ?? 4 -Liability of Exempted AndDetaiIt ed Men.?The following correspondence betweeo Guv. Watts, of Alabama,pod the Secretary of Warr settles the question of the Ifcbilrty of exempted aod detailed men. It will be seen that "exempted" -tneo^ are liable.to do military duty ootjer the cill of the Governor, and that the detailed ueb are liable fbr service .when called, on by the Confederate commander of the Reserves in a - ' Montgomery, Aoeost 5i'16t>4.' jTo HdixJametAr Sid dan, - > Secretary Wa^ IiichrnondZ Va.y Do yon regard tbe bonded agriculturists and utbeF ekeropted men subject 4b' mililff dutyf If they are^iOt" slibjddt to ftrliiT* doty they- abootd be called' out as refervea. v Mobile is attacked, aud General -Maury bee called for all, the^troopa 1 oyo send 1 bold these meo as subject to militia duty, and have issued my orders accordingly.? Let me hear from you at once. -V ?. > - Governor of Alabama. .. . it.. ,& * Richmond, August 6,1861. Gov. T. B. Waits ; - The exempted men are all liable to militia .doty. Detailed meo are liable to be oalledpn for service in an emergency by the commander of the Reserves in your State. ^ JAg A.*?EDDON, 0& Hi /. Jeoratary of :Wmt' y j - wa'V.tS-.. y-'-t1. ,'4V. agtThjb Peace Flag Hung Oct in New YorK.?The New York News saya: Oa Thursday last, Aagost*4, Mr. Libnoln's day of fastibg- afld prayeiy a flag, whose fao simile had not, op to.that time, greeted the vision of New Yorkers, floated proudly from thgCaoperlastitute building, and its appearance .was greeted with evident signs of satisfaction by aU who wwjit.^a ring 'the entire day its' am pinfolds kissed the bTeezdf and many eyes w(ho directed toward it m it waved amid tbe BO aimer air It was'a P^oe Flag .ItsgWood,#sg wbjg* aid imita-centre was a doye, beariogJju iu? month an olive branch, j'hia* was tbft'ie~ acriptionopoo it: 4tPerftte'oo<rE?ftb; 'Gi)od Will TeWatd- Mea."-?A? prominent ad?o eate of P???e raised it-op fast-day. When doing so be was told that a mob wottld tear it duWtf withio half an boor. He know the people ^tetter. No mob molested it ; hot evident Tokens of gratifleaHoo wevfc given at if s appearance, a ad it floated proudly all da/. It was the first peace flag that had been pobHcly raised hi New York since this fratricidal strife commenced, and graced-the ?tage of the tostitbte in the evening, ^Wben Litrtfley Spting; frq'-, d?li?e?adii?is"P8aced hewn: '-JWrtfretor gffc ?* tfcr Mkrot New. York to the bWwd'eiMue, and'carried a"blet-sing with it. ConttWt this ii oci den t 'with the viodiciivenees displayed bv 'tbe people ia 'Apfih, 486t ?Who- wdtoltbtben have 'dared tV iHibe soeh'a flafc? Who CO ai d then safety atkiaepaaee? Bit,1 thank God, a change?a verj perceptible change ?has eorce o ver t fie people * hallon is siok?iick nnlofleath?of war and its at teodanb horrors, Peace- finds' eloquent, earnest advocates, and its baooer fl?uuts the; breeze unmolested. "Straws ehow^ way the wind blows ". '* J 'J 1 E ' ? >. > -M ? ExceX^oe op Prisoners?Eight hundred, aick and wounded- Federal-prisoners ^have been delivered^to tli^United Scales* aathoritiegj,' and in a dity or two the earner oumber'or Biok ?pcl wounded^ Cdnfedera i e Jilt b^rett&e&^The prtstijers 'a retaken to UPilcufVlendTflig, ami the J*mo9r;*a& then carried - in aaiboja^oea agrqaa. Lbe>neo1t to Vajina, fo^y>oat regies them. Between the two points where t?e boats lanS^ffljeceive^tbftr paese'ngereV are bo-obStrwatiOW-pbaad in. Trent's reaoh- by the enemy. " a ...* "~<T ' "&4gf9ut in tfess connection we may. mention that Colonel 0aid has not yet received .aa an? >, * * .? . - *mf <*/' > . swer to the fast proposition we made to the Government at Waahjngton. 1$ f^a*SidtfrHtood that;Mr. >Ltncaiff. favorewo exchange, bet if overruled and,cantrolled byJStantou Butler; who, but a sliurt time si nee favored the exchange, has become decidedly opposed to it. ' Whether this change has bee u pr'o* J. . .L aaoea Dy ine aeieai . ho- reoeiveu ?u iue 8oathsHe, or from cbagria^at not beiQg Domioate)d by the .Baltimore Convention, is not known. There is stilt ground for hope that a general exchange will he Wreed to. 1 Sentinel, *Ath? ? ?? ??? : 7. v' ? I6T* A gentleman one day conversion with a watch make^cpon the (Jishouqst practiced of persons in h|a way of btisjnesa, was thus addreseed'by him "Sirj 1 served iny ap prebtioeahip with a man whodfd not tsar God, and who* consequently, was 'not very scrupoloQs in the charges he made to his customers. He used frequently to call me a fool, and tell me I should die in a work hou&e, when, in his ubsence, I used to make suoh charges as appeared to me fair and honest Id the course of time, I set-up in business for myself and have been somenooc fi<1 on npepp tn Him wanted a rlnllur I while my ajastejr, who used to reproach oie for ruy houesty, became so-reduced'io cir;. cumntarices as to appty to mefwteb dollurs, and did, at ieogthphiuiself dip in a.workhouse." ; |t-*Tl * tfikspiairop thb yajjkees j-a^:ppisooer brought into K chmoud describ.'s the morale of GraaVfTaSnay as'Leiou' atiylhiuffbut fa vera Die Grant, he say^, bus <.fivc*ually bro^eo tfie spirit af bis army by forcing the , ueo upoo poitua whtph^e mere*c military ' tyro coulcT^discover were impugnable a -h itaiost assault. They look u&o hiui as an abstiuafp aud unscrupulous witcHtir, andbia; t -rW . ' ?*,L i:.. I irtnjris now ca^eff-the??sja( witter peu "? ?he prisoner also says that'the army is al-' most united io its. pifefere'oce for. JdoClel lap as the.next President' of tfee Nuithera , Siates. "Bis virt<fe-rha?e deceived aNjrown idg lustre since tlie^peuioa of the preseut jatnpai^o. "ffo took "care of his u?en,'.*f (bey nay, and lbe* contrast with Grtutelerataa huu aocordiagly. 0 w Mr. Bftijamln'a Circular. | Mr Benjamin,- Secretary State; has thought it necessary to issue a circular for the benefit of foreiga governments, in which he gives^ tr^e version of an interview, accorded by President D^vis a few weeks since to certain un.authonzed diplomats, ' Jucqaes and Gihri?c-by name. T'hese per. boos c*nmtodii6frmomd,no ddnbt ss erm's, s?ri?B^f Qd?(^ : ageote* ofvLLwaflo,! 4Pd of hwwews^t.iiithora^thor^ ry to bind him to any arrangement they m't JkttnrhnnAA " Jnt nr,' tAfiS' the piUse of theOobfed&stfc-Gbveroaie^t-; < their uii&rtofi,was tentative aod at the rame * |1h ' if iit iii'ii ' rashuefis ip refa^iog to treat with Messrs. CUy aod EIolcomb, at' the fall's of1$fajra.& They have published in the Atlantic Hfdfttfk ' ly, a s'tatemeotof the eonvernation had Vith Mm'r 09*;+o*mf WiwriBC.. theujHei ves of a *h<#^tedsw8 . aod 'political ig up ranee that burdor upon the ludioro'as ' We do out perceive that fa. any essentia! j^spect, 6hey are mere-dam a^ed by Mr. Bei jitoio-'s circuhir than by ( Llieir own.publicani#a. It is rendered oe . ' aeaaary,* botrovgvby the jt^aunpMow.-* Jt; flftd |p4n?pru|j?r..ig aijp* tin iaterests we are congerugd, to be io aoy. degree compromised by the exagger ated'aod sensational" report^of t)b?bi?re Bti -raUtdref: "NoFtbefc ihat they 10ay be refusedmerely jaot; thefe fcttysud eelf-jjwv ceit may be furtbor.expoaedj but that in matters of such importance u Hwiw they have drniai ^ffeeiliaeivea id, the truth may teii6d#ni wd tbfr jfositioo of oar govern *?ot.miSuott moareotMa.^aeatiaD? uamie . takeably . andXnr^rij^vely^.dffalye<^00. these accuuuts Mr. Benj-?rmu's circular ' fe tTajely aod proper?Guardian. S^f*. I ' -r trUNus i i* j rift ' correspondent of the Proym*, offers the fullbwiotc problems fur solutiun : I. If extortioners, (espe?tafly'i?.pTovis ions) cannot eoter into tbe kingdom ot Heaven, how uiany.have bartered their soul* for Confederate money ? . e '' ' Q7htr?W i? Sn tho rnnaf /1?rnv?<?iato/t aSrt dilapidated condition, the soul thus barter ' ed-or-the money for which it is eichauged : and- what is the difference in the discount eu the ft??,? Hr " ' ? -8: If muirtj, worth only one 10 twenty, in talseo in" etotojpge for a soul, what is the ' relative value stfohwoul. - I bope farmers and others who do not JMnf OoB^derafo^ money / and therefore _ grasp.lor. mure apdmore ofil.jdlipWttS di vj?e? ?W.I,,.e grU?a riofe^witt employ, no able mathematician to calculate * W*: (-*>i'la 1 < !... r-j. ?,r K 1 L INTERESTING TO YANKBB PURCHASERS or RkalJSbtats.?Oewral^BjadleyJobn : wn durlag^bp recent invasion of JIaryiftp?, ( himself one cvenu^. qu*rtfrsd>. \ v?hw ,wa-w#ej)i% own &*pe, xJgpfr htAr * ; act sqpop mqnt^s-befoii, . Se^seot jh^r ! naff owner boW lopgrhe had-oti copied it.* ^be reply waa,"Kboat fpnrteet fe0tJ8e-belofp8it.onie*an| ftpjewjoB jm?o .djately.pny^e,the. bfpfc,igmfc ?fc?ll{ 81(1.0 per month, there will be a little diffi . oulty between ua."^ The. disconcerted o<> copmt Bti^r^d rono4i?nd pretty spoo raised oyw.^^L . tin |4millil wiVlnt tin ri mmFW jwjpunrnm iwi, . ,plted thj^k >* ; AfNB,? faid John ?< , *>| yfljt giwyou ^ tweuty imputes to mwc y<mr4.t^jf?g? ui|t wl i ?s:bti?we, ftir i a^ qpt goftig togc^t iu , | grin. I iot*wi*ob)|9^U^'vd AM*1: . Aod borat U was ; .-Jsfc-tf.jifc j T J A'bcoanfs from many portions of the. a Siau- aod otber^State^ are teeuiiog with c good 'idbpr^tmftliyr wiI1 1 be pleased Jta reoaag reports front frfenTfcr -t *l& eor^8poodeti^-wbo^. g^e. repor^ i speculation always blows a vm Urge drop, < while- be wbo does Qtit wish to Roll for Coo ( federate -tneoey except, ar"priced no h onest citifcehwfebes to giveaways bears tbatrthe -1 crop" afioit oieir the creek, dr anywhere 4 out-of-sight. >"Ic is thhttuterearaf aU good E citizens tone this- business of butliag and *'* beaTiutj. by exneuerated and adulterated re portsion either side, Should be checked, tod ~b Umt tQW farmers and pla of era shoetat seek ' aud promote the circulation of the truth, and-shbold "eotflwa-ibe'cnro". wheh tlrey 4 ha.ce a good crop, and gratefully reuaer all ^ runtuiKL retitvne 4n tftA OnH /?f hnrrTifieAttiwI : ^ harvests by attiring -a rlvhC^se and sut by ^ devoting alllii.s gifis tu mammon.? Char- I Icttim^Courier. Jrtidrfva . * < fs ? - ..? i ft Faom Wheeler's Command -rp?J8nt> u;day about luur hundred of Wheeler's command''arrived at Athens with about tj eighty Yankee prisoners uud eleven ban- ? dred and fiva'beef cat^^air captjared io the vicinity of Kiugstoo, Ga.. Tto'a cattle ii were driven towards .RiTsytta. *" g X^e Yankee prisoners were left at A* 1 thens. They oaiue to tbia city oo the StA- p day night train, aud are now on their way { to AudersopvtHe ' ^ ? P It is said that Wheeler's troops were bav- X( tog e??j t^ioi^ their owa way. No reeia- tl taoce had'yet been made to'thein. g arMe,2^:- 4 Cleay MHsTNQ.^[t' is sometimes for pottyothat the last pftl of milk drawo fromthe cows udder is the beat part of;every miHitpir. CareFiif experiments made io T Eptfland, show, according to a report lately pu&fiihai, t^at the quantity of cream yb- P' taiued from"4the last-dr^wo cup from most;Jt; oows, exceeds tbarof*the fir^Vio ?1 portion of twelve to^Vpe. Tb6 d|ff$siri$?e T iu the quantifyalso isco nsid eence pa pfersori who"carelessly leaves but half a '? pint of nTrtk uudrawo loaee io'tfe^Wtytbb<hit Ui as much cream as would-be afforded by six "< or eiaht ptbfs at the-beginning; ffijl) loses, ^p? too. that part of the cream wbiotfynes the o* riehttes* aud high fit vur twhis batter. ? gt * i"V ti-T* " ;f A- 7 V n ? *" " ' r a n * * a>Qth(% rain reminds us aq^ anecdote'fjaafc ~%*8 ajojfc w^^iWS 4l^^Bfl^t^ ^feeir ^pock^ -ceoe whioji, on ordinary urtog " u mo <uty ederuoy.". , ' - ^^ It is eaid, On what we oonsrfar m ?ffhorify,that the Elaotrio SpMk,wfo*ah *u aptured recently by tbeConfedetate" eral* er Florida, will-be pwt Oji^i^gjyi^f 2' She was & packet steamer between Jew Ytd|*niSew-Orleans,*nd ir*d<T?j> ia of the Sutqnati^es^WBHfym speed. "***&. I''..' ?^'."A*3* The New Alabama.?The gtesteetiyPI|iry prevails ^cwl^the daw Alabama's rhereabofct^ though report gives foil paricoiart of the vessel: 8he i& aid Uf bei on-clad and ram, and armed with pivot ona ihkt -'eanrfiing -hollow projeotilieof 70 pounds and solid projectiles of: 220 oaoda. She can 8teas?.15 kbota?an tag*, jocrie^'a^y ^) and will have 172 saiiore, ickedomeii, iaciadiDg, the old orew, who :servetheir.pay tjftw*i^w&cba;k-d? ie fcteAiy of Napdeop, the 15th of -4&* ' There are"abo?t e^htthe?iiff*'Tebel riboera at Efoti?; end mdre - oe!the casap 'is very rigid; aod:M?re ia ) i'iteruoarse between Uie pruoaenj-aQd the tttiie. . Pur civilwos c*i ejuea .get a peep er the lii^h %uca at tBe uiftub lean x wu&ia apuaJtiHf diiUMtf.". ~She?> 'otat * 4. * IH