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FMl the convenience of the public the following simplified statement of the rates of post k under thfe act of Congress of the Confederate States of r America, has betn prepared. It must be borne in mina that the Act is to go Into eflect from and after such period I as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce; rates or postage. , Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. Alt additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. # . Dronletters 2 cents each. . In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps * * . or stamped envelopes. Advertised letters 2 cents each. on newspapers. , , Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office ; of publication,and aot exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. . I Semi-Weekly paper, 36 cents pcrquarter. Tri-Weekly paper,39 cents per quarter. Four times a week, 06 cents per quarter. Five times h week, 65 cents per quarter. ! Six times a week, 78 cents per quarter. ON PERIODICALS. ^ * mST** pub"!,b,c<* ?Aenertbari semi-monthly Shall be L Pertod32poStohed momhlv, not cxcetstlng IX ounces * in weight, 1 cent on each number, and one cent additional on each additional otmce at fmetioft.bf an ounce. ON TRANSIENT PRlSTf D I UtgtR. 1 -* . The intend postage on every diher newspaper, and on L each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, A periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon Rx nccted with'any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding I ounce in weight, shall be 1 cent, and ibr every Bf additional ounce or frtetipn of an .ounce, 1- cent addtdonR ait and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over 4 four pounds, xhill.be deemed mailable matter, and the in9 land postage on them shall be at the rate of 3 chits an W ounce or fraction of an ounce, and. the postage on all such I ? transient matter and hooks, shall be prepaid instil cases ex | cept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the B : army, . nuitnio PRIVILEGE. V I The following persons only ace entitled to the franklnS privilege, and in all oases strictly, confined to official bnsi- I ' " * ness. .... - ' ? Postmaster General. His Chief Clerk, . . ! -7 Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, j Deputy Postmasters, r TAX IN KIVD NOTICE. j I WILL attend^ the following times and places, for the purpose of receiving the returns of TAX IN KIND, on Wheat, Oats, Eye, Cured Hay nnd. Wool, for the year 1864. - At orkvilie, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of September. . At Bethany Church, on Monday, 6th of September. At Whlsonant's, on Tuesday, 6th of September. At McCouh's, on Wednesday, 7th of September. At Boydtnn, on Thursday, 8th of September. At Hickory Grove,' on Friday, 9th ot September. At John McGlil's, on Saturday, 10th of September. At Clay Hill, on Monday, 12th of September. At Ebcnezer, on Tuesday, 13th of September. At Fort Mills, on Wednesday. 14th of September. ' At Coate's Tavern, on Thursday, 15th of September. * . At Westbrooks, on Friday, 16th of September. At Bock JH1JI, on Sntttrday. 17th of September. At Bethesda Church, on Monday, 19th of September. At McConnellsviMe, on Tuesday, 20th of September, . At Davidson's Store, on Wednesday, 21*t or September. hJ At Wm. White's, on Thursday. 22d of September. R '' Ai Centre Church, on Friday, 23d of September. m At Bethel Church, on Saturday, 24th of September. | AtYorkviilc, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 26th 27th and 28th of September. f Books open from 10 o'clock, A. M., at eacluof the above named places, and closed at 3 o'clock, P. M. . - . All defaulters will be dealt with as the law directs. . I am required to advise producers that the regular Tax Agents, Commissaries and Quartermasters, and such other officers as may have special authority from the office of general charge,are the only persons whose receipts fo^TAX - * IN KIND, aje valid ; and where the tithe is impressed. that the receipt of the impressing officer must show his Company, and Regiment, and must explicitly state that the "impressed pro pert/ is Tax in Kind; otherwise it will not be so regarded. * ' W. H. JVIcCORKLE, , V/ "*r Asscsaor. T. I. K., York District. August 24 ' 34 - 5t .STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. abjctant attn Irsfector-Gexeral's Office, ' * Colombia, September 8, 1364. I GENERAL ORDERS NO. 12. I T PARAGRAPH first of General V JLn-Orders No. 10, current series, from this office, is so W Amended that instead of Bewehvllle, the troops of die third I Brigade, S. C. M., liable to sendee beyond the limits of their Districts, will assemble at Bamberg, on Use South Carolina ^ Railroad. * y It. The-mounted troops called for by the Governor in his ' proclamation of the 5th instant, will be organized for service wherever needed in the State, to be called out and discharged according to exigencies. By command of the Governor. A. C. GARLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector General S. C. September 13 37 3t IX EQUITY?YORK IMSTRICTT William Clinton and Wife, a vs. > Partition. Lncian Miskelly, etal. ) r(T obedience to the order of the Court of Equity, made in this cause, at June Term, I will expose to.public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the. FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER NEXT, a tract of land - belonging to the estate of JAMES MlSiCELLY, deceased, * situate in 'York District, bounded by lands of Mark Galbraith, James Enyin, Josiah Moore and others, and contain |f( 123 ACRES, more or less." . ' > Terms of 3au.?Castienough to pay costs, the balance of the purchase money to be on a credit of twelve months, wjith interest from day of sale?purchaser giving bond with ' two good sureties to secure the purchase money. a 116) WALTER B. METTS, c. e. Y. D. sptetnbcr 7 36 4t L STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PYORK pi STRICT. Roddey Jt Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attaciiuknt. "TT7HEEREAS, the plaintiff's did on V the 15th Uay of October 1863, file their declaration 1 against the defendant, who (as it is said) Is absent from and without the limits of this State, and has neither wife nor ^attorney known within the same, upon whom n copy of the said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 16th day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be awarded against him. , ($16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk. _ Ootobcr 15th, 1863. November 4 44 q'17. "STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. * OFFICE or OEXCRAL SESSIONS AND COMMON PLEAS. I SAMUEL E. MOORE, Clerk of $ said Court, in pursuance of the directions of the Act of the LegislatureJn such cose made and provided, do hereby give public notice th? an election for TAX COL* " LjSfrTOB, for York District, will be held on TUESDAY, the Hth of OCTOBER next, at the usual places ofElcction . throughout the said District. - . JFVncw my hand at York Court House, the 1st day of September, 1S64. SAMUEL E. MOORE, C. C. C. P. miH General Sessions. September 7 36 5t OUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISTRICr.?Whereas CATIIARlNE?!RDand Dr. L. A. HILL have applied tome for Letters of Administration on- all and singular, Die goods and chattels, rights and credits of W. S. BIRD, late of the District aforesaid, k deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to lie * ' ?- -? ""? Orrlfnrtrv'u Court for . and appea, oeiors mc,ii um ?>. _ ... I * the ?aid District, to be ho!dcti at York Court House, on the 25th day Of September Inst, to shew cause, If any, why . tlio said administration should not be granted. * 0 ,Glveo under mv hand and Seal, this 9th day of September, in the year ofou- l.ord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-lour, ami in the eighty-ninth year-of the Independence of South Carolina. . . JOHN A. CROWN, O. Y. D. September 13 37 2t DR. ALFFtED CRAVEN DRUGGIST m APOTHECARY, YORKTILLL, SO. CI. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, &c., constantly kept on hand. Physician?' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. . fleptsgb?30 39 tf "TvENTAIi NOTICE.?D URING XJ my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangementa With "Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston to take charge of my OFFICE,-adjoining the Ek<jcimi building, wlieou be will be pleased to wait on iny customers as usual. He is a gentienjan of mnch experience In my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satlsfac" tion. W. M; WALKER, Dentist. February 25 - ' 8 / tf TAX IN KIND JVOTICE. , PLANTERS and others who haVi OATS and WHEAT of the TITHE of 1664. ready fo delivery, are urged to do soimmediately. Also; those wh< have CORN to spare can deliver and get credit for it on lh( crop of 1864? All are requested to deliver their, tithes a/ promptly as possible, as the Army of Virginia are neediuj supplies. J. H. FAYS80UX, ? . . Ag?t Depot No. 1,6 C. C., S. C. August 19 ~'jc ? 4 tf ;; r_'?^ 1 .. . < r THE BUTTERFLY'S BALI*. Come, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's fcait: * ' The trumpeter Gad-fly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you. On thesmooth-shaven grass, by the side of a wood, Beneath a broad oak, which for ages had stood, See the children of earth, and the tenants of air, For an evening's amusement together repair: And there came the Beetle, so blind, and sq black, ; Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back ; And there came the Gnat, and the Dragon-fly, too, And all their relations, green, orange and blue. And there came the Moth, In his plutiAge of down, And lite Hornet, In jacket of yellow and brown, Who wilhhiut the Wasp, his companion, did bring : But they promised that evening to lay by their sting. And the sly little Dormouse crept out of his hole, And led to th6 feast his blind brother, the Mole; And the Snail, with his ltorhs"pecPhlg out from his shell, From a great distance came?the length of. an ell. A mushroom their table?and on It was laid A woter-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made ; The viands were various to each of their taste, And the Bee brought his honey to sweeten the feast. There, close on his haunches, so solemn and wise, * The Frog from a comer looked up to thoakies; . * And the Squirrel, well pleased such diversion to see, Sat cracking his nuts overhead in a tree. Then out came a Spidery with lingers so line, To sho.w his dexterity on the*tight fine; . :,f. .. - From one branch to another rns conweo ne siung, Then quick as an arrow he darted along. But just in the middle, O, shocking to tell! From his rope in an instant poor Harlequin fell; * Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread Hung suspended in air at the endof a thread. Then the Gra&hopper came, with a jerk and.a spring; Very long was his leg; though but short was his wing; He took but three-leaps, and was soon out of sight, Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night. With steps quite majestic, the Snail did advance, And promised the gazers a minuet to dauqe; % But they all laughed so loud, thai he pulled in bis bead, And went in his own little chamber to bed. Ttieh, as evening gave way to the shadows of night, Their watchman, the Glow worm, came nut with his light; Then home let us hasten, while yet we can see, For no watchman is waiting for yon or for me. * . Itoscoe. The Ten Days Truce. The following is a oopy of the correspondence between Gens. Hood and Sherman in regard to the ten days trace matter: Headq'es Military Dist. of Miss!, In the field, Atlanta, Sept. 7, 1864. To General J. B. Hood, Commanding Confederate Army : General : I have deemed it Jhe interest of the United States that the citizens now residing in Atlanta should be removed.? Those who prefer, to go South, the rest Noirtb. For the former, I can provide transportation and cars to Rough and Ready, also wagons. Bat that their removal may be madelritb as little discomfort as possible, it will be%ecessary that you assist families from Rough and Ready to the oars at Lovejojv r If yon oonsent, I will undertake the reraoval of families in Atlanta who prefer to go Sootb/as far as Rough and Ready, with all moveable effects, such as clothing, trunks, reasonable furniture, bedding, etc.' Servants, white and black, may also accompany thorn, provided no force be used towards the blacks, one way or the other. If they wish to go to their masters and mistresses, they ^ twill Ka oori f O TT7 ft T1 can ao BO, UtUCHYlCO bUCjr Hill UU acut an t*j or employed by the quartermasters. Atjanta is no pk.ie for families or non-combatants. I have no desire to sond persons North, if yon assist in conveying them South. If this proposition meets your views, I will consent to a truce in the neighborhood of Bough and Beady, stipulating that anj wagons, horses, animals or pcroons, sent foi puiposes stated, shall, in. no manner, be harmed or molested; you in your turn agreeing that any cars, wagons, carriages, persons or animals shall not be interfered with. Each might send a guard, say One hundred men, to maintain order^ The truce to be limited to ten -days, after a certain time appointed. I authorize the Mayor to choose two citizens to carry this letter and such documents as the Mayor tpay forward in explanation. Awaiting your reply, I have the honor to be Your ob't servant, W. T. SHEBJVIAN, Major General.. Headq'rs Army of Tennessee, In the field, Sept. 8, 1864. To Major General IF. T. Sherman, Com manding United States Forces in Geor. gia: General : Your letter of yesterday's dat< borne by James M. Ball and James K Crew, citizens of Atlanta, is received. You say therein and deem it td the inter est of the United States that citizens resi ding at Atlanta be removed, eto. I do no consider that I have any alternative in th< matter. I accept the proposition to deolar< a ten days' truce, or each time as may b< deemed necessary to accomplish the pur pose mentioned, and shall render, all the as sistance in my power to expedite the trans portation of eitiz' as in this direction. I suggest that staff officers be appointee by you to superintend their removal fronr l nif-n tn "RAnr?K nnil Tt.pnriv. whila I an 1.UV w.v, w ?? J J r point a like officer to control their remova farther South; that a guard of one hundrec men be sent by eaoh party as you propose to maintain order at that place, and that th? : removal begin on next Monday, Septembei 12th., I And now, sir, permit me to'say that th< unprecedented measure you propose, trans cends the studied and ingenious cruelty o all acts ever brought before the attention o mankind, even in the darkest history of war In the name of the Gud of humanity . protest against the expulsion from thei homes and firesides, of the wives and chil dren of our brave people. I havo tho honor to be General, Very respectfully," your obd't servant, . ' \ J. B. HOOD, General. > Gev. Morton, in a speech at Indian I- apolis on tbp 29th ult. said: ; ' "General Grant has the rebellion by thi throat in front of Biobmond, and the Gen eral has told a United StateB Senator thn he would not let go his hold even if Nev * York, Philadelphia and Washington shoal > be burned. Sherman is all right at Atlan s ta, and we will crush*$his-rebellion if w 1 are not polled off by the traitors of th North." . % A Proposal-fot Exchange of Prisoners' second correspondence between gen' erals hood and sherman. The following official copies of the correspondence relating to the proposed exchange of prisoners, between Genoial Hood commanding oar army, and General Sherman commanding United States forces, at Atlanta. They were ' dispatched to the Chattanooga Rebel by its special army correspondent at the front: Head'qrs Army Tennessee, ' In the Field, Sept.^S, 1864. Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding U. S. Formes in Ga.: Sir :?I have the honor to propose an exchange of prisonefs,* officers and men captured by both armies since the commencement of the present 'campaign. The exchange to be made man for man, and the equivalents to be allowed as regarded by the stipulations of- the Cartel! * . . Should you accept this proposition, a meeting can take place between officers specially commissioned to make preliminary arrangements to effect the exchange. This flag of truce is borne hy my staff officers, Major J. B. Eustis, A. A. G., and Captain W. A. Reid, accompanied by an i escort of six mounted men and* an ambu lanoe. V ery respeciiuuy, Your obedient servant, J. B. HOOD, General. Official copy : J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. . ^ . Head'qre, Military Division . 0 or the Mississippi, Atlanta, September 8, 1864. General J. B. Hood, . Commanding Confederate Army: General :?I have received your letter of this date - and aooept your offer to exchange prisoners of war in hand at this moment, I fear most have already gone North, 1 biU have sent to ascertain about what number are on hand, and I may also stop snob as have not gone beyond Chattanooga. The basis of exchange to be the old cartel. I ' will send an officer with a more detailed account of prisoners on hand to-morrow, .to 1 Bough-and Beady, to confer with any one you may name. After prisoners reach Nashville, and beyond, "they properly fall 1 under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner, Col. Hoffman. Yours truly, (Signed) W.T. SHEBMAN, Major General Commanding. ; . [endorsement] . 1 I have just heard that there are about 1,000 en routefor Chattanooga and 500 here, besides .soffie squads not yet sent in by the various brigades. I will have an officer at 1 , Bough and Beady to-morrow, at 1 p. m., with fall details, v. .. . (Signed) W. -T. SHEBMAN, Official copy. Major General. T "R "RlTBTTC A A ft Headq'rs Military Division, qf tue Mississippi, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9, 1864. Gen. J. B. Hood, Commanding Confederate Army:. General :?As I answered yesterday, I consent to an actual exchange of prisoners, man for man, and equal for equal, differences 1 or balances to be made up acoording to the cartel of 1862. I have appointed one of my Inspectors General, Lieuf. Col. W. 1 Warner, to carry ont this exchange, and will empower him to call, for the prisoners, and all such guards as he may need to effect the actual transfers. - We. have here twenty ght offioers and seven hundred add eighty 1 two enlisted men, and en route for Chattanooga, 93 offioers and 907 men, making-1,^810 on hand, that I will exobange for a like number of my own men, captured by yon in 1 this campaign, who belong to regiments with me, and who ean resume their places at ' onoe, as I take it for granted you will do the same with yours. In other words, for these men I am not willing to take equivalents belonging to other armies than my own, or who belong to regiments whose times are out, and who have been discharged. By your laws, all men eligible for service are ipso facto soldiers, and a very good one it is, and if needed for civil duty, they are , simply detailed soldiers. We found in Atlanta about a thousand of these fellows, and 1 am satisfied they are fit subjects of exchange, and if you will release an equal number of our poor fellows at Anderson, 1 t will gather these together and send them as s prisoners. They seem to have been detailI ed for railroad and shop duty, and 1 do not , ask for tberp an equal numDer ox my iraxnea _ soldiers, but will take men belonging to aay part of the U. S. Aifmy, subjeot to yom control. We hold a good many of your men styled I "deserters," who were really stragglers, and l would be a good offset to such of our stragglers and foragers as your cavalry picks up I of our men, but I am constrained to give I these men, though sorely against the grain, the benefit of thciT character, pretended 01 ' real. ' As soon as Colonel Warner agrees upon a few points with the officer-you name, I will , send the prisouers to the place appointed, [ and recall those not boyond Chattanooga, f and you may count on about 2,000 in the f aggregate, and get ready to give mo a like number. L I am willing to appoint Rough and Read} r or Joucsboro', as the plage of exchange, as also for the place of delivering.the citizens, iqale and female, of Atlanta, who start tc go South. " . I am, with respeot, youre truly, (Signed) W. T. SHERMAN, Major General Commanding, i- Brig-. Gen. Govan is at Chattanooga anc can be brought back. J would like to have b Stoneman and Captain Buel. - Ojfioial copy. , ; ,t J; B. Eustih, A. A.' G. . v ? i Headq'rs Abmy Tennes'sbe, - In the Field, Sept. 11, 1864. e Major General W. T. Shetmaji, . e 1 .Conimandwg U. S. Fofcet:' Sir;?I had'the honor, en the'6th iast. v\' . - ? t - - ?. . ^ V K *?r ' ' . : 4*. - to propose Uyyda -an exchange of prisoners, [i officers and .men captured by both armies I since: the commencement of .the present l campaign. On the same day you answered my com- < mnnication, stating that you accepted my \ offer "to exchange prisoners, of war in hand i at this moment.'' . There being no condition i attached to the acceptance on yonr part of 1 my offef to exchange prisoners, I regard it i as obligatory- to the extent of the number of < prisoners represented by. you to be within yOur jurisdiction. 1 At the meeting on the 1st inst., between^ i our respective staff officers, tyaj, J. B. Eu?tis, A. A. G., and Lieut. .Gol, Warner,. I. i G., intended to arrapge such preliminaries, as the time apd place of delivery, &o., a communication, was reoeivejl from yoo, rendering, I regret to in&rinyou, an exchange of prisoners impossible: Your refusal to reoeive in exchange yonr soldiers belonging to "regiments* whose times are ont and who haveheen discharged" discloses a fixed purpose on the part of yonr Government to doom to hopeless captivity thope prisoners whose terms of service has expired or wiir soon expire. The principle which you.seek to interpolate upon the oartel of our respective Governments, as well as'upon the laws and -customs of war, will not be sanctioned by me. All captives taken in war, who owe no obligations to' the captors> must stand upon the earn e equal footing. The duration of these terms of service can certainly impose no duties or obligations on the captors. ' The volunteer of a day and the* consoript for the war, who may be captured it* war, are equally subject to all or the burthens and equally entitled to all of the'ri^htoeoured by the laws of nations. This principle iB distinctly conceded in the cartel entered into by our respective Governments, and is sanctioned byTeason, justieeandthe public law of all civilised nations. My offer to ezohaoge the prisoners captured during the campaign precludes an intention on my part in the delivery to diB- i criminate between your prisoners, as all would have been delivered / and even had it been intended, this discrimination between your men, whose term of service had and had not expired, wonld have been im- 1 possible, and could not have been effeoted, as I had no reliable means of ascertaining what proportion of your men .were entitled | to#their discharge. Your avowal that this class of your sol' dieis will not be exchanged, but will be rewarded by the suffering and privation's in- 1 oident to military imprisonment, because their boldness and courage" subjected them to capture, although their term of service 1 had nearly expired, is deeply regretted by me, as I share the earnest desire of my Government to release Jrom prolonged confinement the large number of prisoners held by both parties. Pormit mo tn tinna fViaf f.hifl HftP.l&red policy of yonr government will be reconsidered, as it is unjustly oppressive to those whom the hazards of military service has rendered prisoners, and is violative of the ' well understood obligations assumed by a government towards these who are enlisted in its service. As was proper, I notified my Government 1 of my offer to you to effect an ezohange of prisoners captured during this campaign, < and not only was my action approved, but my Government placed at my entire disposal for immediate exchange', man for man, all the pris&ners at Andcrsonville. I have the honor to renew my offer to exchange prisoners as proposed in my first communication, and remain, Yppr obedtf serv't, J. B. HOOD, General. Official copy. J. B. Eusns, A. A. G. Exchange of Prisoners. Butler, as we are informed by the telegraph, has written a letter o'a the subject of exohanges, in reply to the one addressed by Mr. Oald to the people of the Confederate States. Nobody denies to Batler that i peculiar ability which consists in making ' the worse appear the better reason. His gehins runs naturally to foolscap and the eonnty oourt room; and if he ever wins a victory it will be a victory on paper. But, in this case, although he has, questionless, made as mnoh for his own side as it is ca i pable of affording, he will fail to "perplex and dash" the mature council of the Con* i > federate Commissioner. Butler's pen must I he weak indeed, if it is apt mightier thau r his sword.; but it is not strong enough to. -< ' vindicate the position of his Government, i or skillful enough to hide the bad faith, and i the hypocrisy, and the malignant cergiverl sation, which have characterized the oon duct of the Lincoln Cabinet in this bnsi1 ness' of the exchange of prisoners. The 1 whole world can see plainly enough that, far i from being influenced by those considera' tions of humanity which should guide civilized nations in the conduct of war, the i Washington Government seizes every prei fa ntta!rl f.VlA fulfillment of its solemn I i obligations, and to gain a temporary advanI tage, even at the saorifice of the humane 1 principles which it is so ready to invoke with sanotimonions lips, and to violate with bloody hands. It is entirely superfluous r. now to recapitulate the arguments and the ' facts in this matter. Thay have been fori cibly presented in the correspondence be> tween Mr. Ould and the various Federal Commissioners of Exchange, and are familiar to the public of .both countries. It is quite sufficient to state that, as long as we held the balance of prisoners, the enemy I fulfilled the stipulations of the cartel. .It > was only when a turn in. the fortunes of the war gave them the numerical advantage, that they distfbvered reasons for refasing to ' comply with their engagements. They imagined that the fall of Vioksburg and theevents of the Gettysburg campaign had so depleted our armies that we would not- be able to make further resistance, except by the addition to on/ forces 0/ the' prisoners II required to be exehaogeduuder the cartel f *: *3 T4^ ? rl .v * ' r - Sr ^ v * * **!xrr ind they, therefore, resolve^.to discontinue the exchange, in order to reap the advan* tages resolting from oar fancied weakness. Events havo shown their calculations to besrroneons. The Confederate armies have displayed a strength and power of resistance it onoe astonishing and embarrassing.. In the meantime, their own armieB, decimated by disease and by the sword, have been rapidly melting away, and they most be reunited by extraordinary. and unpopular measures. It might be supposed that at tach a moment, when we hold the majority Df prisoners, and when they feel so strongly the necessity of augmenting their forces, they would be anxious to gain a cheap credit for humanity and good faith by resuming the exchange. Not at all. They have now another and a more powerful reason for refusal. Tba exchanged Confederate prisoners would at once return to their respective commands, and thereby increase the numbers and the strength of the Confederate armies; while the released Federal soldiers, their terms of enlistment having expired, would return to their homes surfeited of war, and by no means willing again to encounter its hardships and its perils'. Let Confederate prisoners freeze and die on Johnson's Island; the sight only gladdens the Yankee hlart ; and ponfirms their inhuman calculation of the Jnal exhaustion and. extermination of .the race, of Southerp-soldiers. Let. Yankee prisoners enrich by hundreds and thousands the pine lands of Georgia; the Confederates will have to feed them till they die; and as, while living they could be of no benefit to the Yankee armies, when dead they will be safely and comfortably out of the way. This is jadt the history and explanation of the whole business. There can be no doubt that the Yankee Government would be glad enough to let the question settle itself by the death of every'Yankee soldier now held in captivity. Thus do the most enlightened people on the globe walk in the darkest ways, and "the best Government the world ever saw/' resort to the worst of crimes. South Carolinian. An Important Order. - We print below the last General Order of the War Department. If faithfully carried out it will prove of inestimable advantage to oqr brave army, and to the families of the soldiers who compose if. It is well known that many of the detailed agriculturists referred to in the orders altogether ig>nore their obligations by selling their produce at market rates, instead of retaining it for the families of soldiers and for the Government. We would call the especial all aanaAraod fn ' fKn V^nnfllflAfl EkbUUliU1UU V* VVUVVftUvu vv - vuv j^vum*v?w provided by the order for dbobedienccto its provisions: Adj't and Insp't'r GenVs Office, Richmond, Va!, Aug. 27, 1864. General Orders, No. 69. I. "The Bureau of Conscription will cause to be delivered from the proper officers of the Bureau of the Chief Commissary in every State, a report containing the. names of all persons in the State, with the places of their residence, who have obtained exemptions or details as agriculturists, owners, overseers, managers, farmers, planters or otherwise, as producers of grain or provisions under the fourth paragraph of the tenth sectibn of the military Act of the 17th February, 1868, published in General Orderf No. 26,'(current series,) together with a statement of the terms of the contract,.the sureties to the same, and with all other pertinent facts relating to the. said exemption or detail. The officers of the Subsistence Department, under the direction of the Commissary General an<| Chief Commissary of eaoh State, are charged with the collection of the meat which any exempt or dedetailed man may have contracted to pay, and to give an acquittance therefor; also to make whatever commutations or reductions that may- be authorized by the act whenever ? ??3 toe conditions are estaoiisueu mai/juomy the same; and to make all the purchases of the marketable surplus at the prices specified in the act, which the same authorizes to be made on behalf of the Government. The said Subsistence Department -being hereby, clothed with authority to represent the Government in the enforcement of its claims under the contracts and obligations that the act imposes upon the exempts and detailed men desoribed therein. II. In order that the regulation on the Bubjeot of the sale of the marketable surplus of provisions and grain to the Goyernment and the families of soldiers in the said act, may We execution, the Commissaries in tho different States may be instructed to limit their purohases of grain and provisions of the marketable surplus in any District to some definite proportion, not to exoeed one half, and to leave the remainder for the persons who purchase on behalf of the families of soldiers. III. All agents appointed by the publio authorities of any State, oounty or town, to supply food for the families of soldiers, are authorized to purchase the portion unappropriated by the Government, for the objaot of their trust. The Commanders of Conscripts or the Chief Commissary of each State or Distriot may authenticate the authority of such. agents, and persons selling to agents, thus authenticated shall bo fully warranted to do so. rVV The families of soldiers as desoribed in the said act, are the families composed of the wife or the wife and children of any person who belongs to the army; the widow' or the widow and children of any person who died while in the service; the mother and siBters of any soldier or. soldiers in the army and who resided with them as members of the saqae- family or were dependent upon their labor for support; the parents or. sisters of any person belonging to the army, resided in the same family with them and who derived from them support. V: Officers are authorized to purchase necessary subsistence for them. . - " VI. Every exempt and detailed, man under this act shall render to the Enrolling Officer in the District, a detailed statement ."*? - T- . . . of the marketable surplus produced and sold by hiito, wtth testimony that the sales were made to the Government or to soldier's families ; whioh statement shall be sent to the Commander of Conscripts; for the State, and thereupon satisfaction upon the bond shall be entered.. VII. The Aot of Congress aforesaid provides : That exemption in favor of the otasses aforesaid shall cease whenever the farmer, planter or overseer shall fail diligently to employ his own skill, capital and labor exclusively to the production of grain and provisions to tte sold to the Government and the families of soldiers at prioes not exceeding those fixed at the time for like ar tides by (be Commissioners ot tne state, under the impressment act It has been represented to the Government that there are instances of persons exempt- or detailed tinder this act who pay bat little respect to j the obligations they have contracted. That they have become speculators in food and provisions; that they are negligent and careless as to the' extent- of their productions, and openly affirm that they do not mean to have any surplus.? The Department is required, in all such of similar cases, to revoke the detail, and the performance of this duty is devolved upon the Bureau of Conscription, upon proper testimony being afforded to them or their officers to be desighated by them/to performthis duty.. - * By order, 8. COOPER, - Adjutant and Inspector General. George B. McClellan. , > McClellan's letter of acoeptanco is published. He says the existence of more than one Government over the region which once owned our flag is incomgptable with peace and happiness. The power of'the people for which the war was oommenoed, and it should have been conducted for that objeot only, and in accordance with those principles which I took occasion to declare when in active service. ^Thus conducted the work of reooloiliatioo would have been easy, and we might have reaped the benefits of our many victories on land and sea. The Union was originally formed by -the exercise of a spirit of concilliatioa and compromise, and to restore ann preserve it the same spirit must prevail in our counoils and*in the hearts of our people. The re-establishment of the Union in all its integrity is and'must continue the indispensable condition in any Settlement Sp soon as it is blear, or even probable, that the present adversaries are ready for peaoe upon tlfe basis' of Union, Ve should exhaust all the resource and statesmanship practfced by civilized nations and taught by the traditions of the American people, consistent with the honor and interest of the conn try, to seenre such peaoe and reestablish the Union and guarantee for the future the constitutional rights of every State. Union is the one condition of peace ?we ask no more. When any bne State is willing to return to the Uniorf it should be received at once, with a full guarantee of its constitutional rights. If frank, earnest and persistent effort to obtain these objects should fail, the responsibility for ulterior consequenoes' will fall upon those who remain in-arms against the Union. Bnt the Union must be preserved at all.haeards.? I could not look in the face of my gallant comrades of the army and navy, who have survived so many bloody battlefields, and tell them that their labors and the sacrifices of so many of our slain and. wounded brethren had been in vain?that we had abandonded that Union for which, we have so often perilled our lives. The-vast majority of our people, whether in the army and navy or at borne, would, as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent resto ration of peace, on tbe basis of Union under the Constitution, without the effusion of another drop of blood, but no peace can be permanent without Union. As to thp. other subjects presented io the resolutions of the Convention I need only say that I should seek in the Constitution of tbe United States and laws framed in accordance there with the rule of my duty and the limitations of tbe executive power. The Yankees in Atlanta. From a gentlman who left Atlanta sever* al days after the city fell (says the Macon Telegraph) we learn somegntereating particulars of tbe doings of the people in. the city. " - Two or'three days after the enemy entered, the officers gave a grand ball at the Trout House, and invited many of. tbe citizens to attend. To their shame, be it said,, the invitation was accepted in many instances, and women, we cannot call them ladies, who were loudest in their protestations of loyalty to the South, were "hand in glove" with the Yankees- on the night r\f fhn hull Tt. in ranreaAntad to have bean quite a brilliant affair; plenty of champaigne wns drank in honor of the sucoess aoheived by the Federal arms, and the party ended at a late hour in the morning, after great glorification. One of the first orders issued by the Yankees informed the negroes that they were no longer slaves, but "free American citizens of African descent." There were many negroes in this city, and we should not be surprised if some of the "colored-ladies" attended the Yankee celebration ball. There is but little or no business carried on in the city, except by a few traitors who conoealed tobacco far the express purpose of selling it to' the enemy should they enter, the town. These creatures, we learii, are .doing a bride badness with the Yankee !W| , *v . . v - * * *> - V DWBVA049* '< ^ - , - . There is a Provost Marshal *tfd a guard ! of on^hrigade.oii doty in the city; all ^Be other tfooM sure encamped outside of. the city. ' ' ?The-^hc(tmiji& hascqnikmatien of the report that Moahy hung thirty Yankees whom he caught horning residences in Clark oounty, Ya. , % ? The Crisis _ "ME The Richmond Dispatch holds it*o be as ..-BE certain as any future event can .be, thkt the' -Jt. enemy, between this day andtM^^U^H^ST rare vember, will make mote strenuous exertion* ffljj than he has ever yet made to'destroyonr ar- y H mies and involve in their destruction the . H rain of the Confederacy. Wtilitary shtfeess . H is absolutely essential to the sue cess -of Lin- I eoln at the neit election. * With it, his re- - 1 election- is certain ; without it, the proba-' bilitiee of his defeat are very great. As, " IfflH with him, and with his patty, a triotnph at SB the polls is an affair of much greiter impottance than the good of his country* think it cheaply purchased "by the blood of fifty or even a hundred thousand soldiers. , fl ( Before that time shall have arrived, hb B drafted men- will have began to pout 4n The; will be absorbed as fast as the; arrive, jfflg in^.tbe old regiments, and1 not' undergo the 9 previous ceremony of a drill at home. They' BBC will, therefore, be hauob . the-mm*, readily * 1 turned into serviceable men, if they, do.notr |Bj become exactly what may be called soldiers ^ I before the time above designated.^ It Will <9g? be necessary, on oar part, to biin?"iJut'"thei I reserves, as far as possible,- in ordertQ - 9 forie General Lee in Virginia, add General . ; Pl3| Hood in Georgia.-; Tbere'isampte.'material #Ejj| fot these purposes, if the proper steps be * . B employed, out of the number of men . who B have already been returned by the Conscrip- ' " IBB tioD Bureau, bat have never'served. fffig The duties of the Bureau of Coifccription BSS fTavfbeen, and conti&ue to be, discharged ' . ' BE with intelligenoa, iddustry and sucoess.? / But they extend no farther*-than to tbe. au- * 0 certaining of the whereabouts an<f statu* of ** ' 9 the conscript, and the turning of him over v HH -to the military authorities. TVhSt may be done with him, it is no part of the ban- ' BS ness or duty of that ofeogj to - dydde. If ' he be detailed, or desert, or.be.made'a jus- 809 tice of the peace, or a mail carrier, it is o?r- B tainly no fault of theBtfrcuu. In'someone B or other of these ways, ahd not because the. - proper return was not: made, the country v has been robbed of the services of a large fl army, which, properly employed,might have jjgjH secured most important advantages. Ifc is BeM ! not too late now to Secure the services of . I ! much the larger part of thesa mew j end we BBS hope those in. whose power it lies?whether I State Legislatures . or the Confederate an- | tborities?will do it. ffSB I^^HI John H. Moroan ?Brigadier General ' EM John H. Morgan was'killed on the 3d inst. at Greenville, East Tennessee. jgifflra 'John If: Morgan wasjhe eldest child of BjjM Calvin C. Morgan, formerly of Huutsville,- fl Ala., his mother being ft daughter of the ggfiBH late John W. Hunt, of Lexington, Ky.? BBBB John Hf Morgan was born at EuulsyiBe IB Ala., bat wu reared and educated-fn Fay- \ IjjasM ette county, Ky., to whioh place his parents removed when he was an infant Mrs.' j|ra| Morgan, his venerable mother, surviving" E remains a resident of Lexington, Kentucky. John H. Morgan was educated at Transyl- . B vania University. In 1846 he.was elected flj First Lieutenant in the cavalry company of Captain Beard, and served in that capacity ' fl for a year in the Mexican war, in'Colonel B Humphrey Marshall's regiment, p&rticipa- MSB ting in the memorable battle ofB^nftTis* ||gS ta, and in the arduous service - EME paign in Northern Mexico*. After, his xgr 1 turn to Kentucky, ho engaged in business . SgjliB as a manufacturer, and conducted: &' ~M with success, He was soeng^ediifcailjfc*1"" _ B commencement of the existing ?trhgf$Oj?~ \ 998 fie was for some years captain of a Toihff*- Bfe&gj teer oompany, celebrated iq Kentucky for " JftajU its military effieiencyhnd exceltent driTl.?^ |||?9 At the commencement of this war, Morgan Hn was detained at-home by iUoess, and sob- 9 sequeutly by the health of his wife. She.- / . 9 died in 1861. John' H. Morgan," with a . I chosen band of young men, from his own 'Hgtfi section of Kentucky, started from Lexing- 9 ton on the 17th September, 1?81, hi anite ' 9 bis fortunes with those of the Southern KM Confederacy. He moyed his force t<? the _ ^ camp at Woodsonyille, Ky., and acted wP ~ ' ,9BBB the bead of the men who volunteered under .9|B| his command.4 His subsequent history is j&PBii | familiar to the* coantry, and ' will form psQj^ ' ' j of the history of the war with which y * name and fame have become imperishably 'pSafiB intertwined and identified.?^CharleiUin K Courier. ~ fl ' **_ ? i Riots in Belfast Ireland. - * ;w -9ffiS For Some time past there has been a pHiB great'deal of rioting in the city pf Belfast,Bang Ireland, brooght.about by religions ani- -9 9 mosities between the Catholics and Dissent* PaSj ing Church of England. The BnMjpdr^. 9 an news giyes,soiqe pecountepn the suh*l- MSB) jeot, which we subjoin: . |9h9| Despatches from Belfast to midnight of 19 the 16th of August, represent that the ri- papHS ots still continued without the slightest * p chance of abating. The greatest excitement prevailed, business was' suspended, andful! I houses closed; - g999 Several dreadful conflicts had taken place 9 9 between the police and the mobs. The po- ~.:~1 9BBBB lice had fired and wounded about thirty' | 9 persons?two mortally?and killed three. 9 There were nearly sixty persona in all wonn- 9 9 d.ed by gun shots. MSm There were one thousand nine. .hundred . fMIH infantry, two troops of cavalry, and eight 9S9 'T-.. ^ hB?9B)S& Honored ana iorsy eoasuoraa on amy. B3SUW Soldiers lad takeh possession of the ganpowder btores, to preventthemfroin falling wHjEB into .the hands of the mob. Tho "Sandy Row" mob assaulted the Boman Catholic mill girls, 'gping^o their work, and the gsgggj "PotradStreet" mob "did the same with the jgffljAgj Protectant girls. The Cathotioe held a a HfiBg| Meeting and appointed a deputation to Dab- - * mSBS lin io require Government to ajfpoint Odm- pawaW , misaooera to govern tbe twra, as they naa no c<Jnfiden<*> in4ft? magistrates. The sab-. |jMB for ihe parchnso of 9^H XRB mHi . I "V-' JS