Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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General may, by proclamation, announce: UATB9 OF POSTAGE, Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to any port of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less.-" Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps op stamped envelopes.* Advertised tetters 2 ccVits each. n . i _. - ^ . ON NnWSPAPElU. Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office of publication,and not exceedlnifthrefrounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. SemlrVyoeUrpnpetc* cents per quarter. ^ Tri- weekly paper, 39 cents per quarter. T J Four times a week, 56 cento. per quartet. Five times a week, 65 cents pgr quarter. 91* times a week, 78 cents per quarter. ON PERIODICALS. Periodicals published oftener than semi-monthly shall be monthly, not exceeding 1* ounce* In weight, 1 cent on each number, and one cent additional on each additional ounce or traction or an ounce. ok nuksiskt pnyrrsD matter. The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon nected with any manuscript or written Matter, and not exceeding I ounce inweisbt, shall be 1 cent, and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional; and books, boded and unbound, not weighing over four podnds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the inland ppetage an the in shall be at the rate of 2 cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all paaes ex eepe when sent by officers, musicians or privates eg the amy. nuunctxo puviumb. , The following persons only are.en titled to the franking privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to official busieostmaster General. His Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury for tbe Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. ^ HEADQUARTER^, E c.. Reserve Forces, fi. C.||? .. Colcxbu, Sept. v SPEClJlX- ORDERS SO. 73. * T^h I THE pita 'frhfch has keen her^ five adopted by tbojStirolling Officer* of ftuioutwk men whose applicati'cm*4br detail and exemption are pedfh log, will be dfeconttatted. All auci} furloughs arc tierebgi revoked- ' >">; I). Enrolling Officers will, in all cases of forwarding members of the Reserve Force to any point, furnish them with papers, stating In Atil the purpose for which they are sent. III. The, District Enrolling Officers will take the most _ effective method In their power of forwarding to their proper commands every man of the Reserve daw who cannot show his papers of detail, exemption or furlough. By command Brig. Can. Cuss kit. . ..I;, . ED. H. BABNWELfc, A. A. Gen. September 21 38 . . 3t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. v Roddey fc Co., vs W. B. Danlap.?attachment. TATHEEREAS,' the plaintiff's did on vY the 15tli day of October 1863, file their declaration against the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits or thin State, and has nebher wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a 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 loth day of October, which will be in tne year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then,be awarded against hint. ($16) 8. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1863. * ,. November 4 44 fjly. ' STATE OF SOUTH CJLROUJfA, . * YORK DISTRICT. <^ftCE or 6KXXKAL SESSIONS and common pleas. T SAMUEL E. MOOEE, Clerk of X} sold Court, In pursuance of the directions of the Act of >in made and nrovided. do tfwfSMfe rwUce that art election tor TAX COLLECT^ lor Mode District, will be held on TUESDAY, the 11th of OCTOBER next, at the usual places of Election throughout the said District. WUnea my hand at York Court House, the 1st day of Scpuaulier, x8&4. SAMUEL E. MOORE, - ' C.- C. C. P. aiul Genera: Sevt'sns. September 7 36 5t. COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISO TR1CT.?,Whereas L. P. B1GHAM has applied to toe for LettetUH^Adizrtnisttatinu on 'all and singular, the eusdf and chattels, rights and credits of MAltTHA P. "kilt/MAS, latp of the District aforesaid, deceased. These am. theret'oreyto cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before tne, at our tjert Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House, on the iO{h dayof October next, to shew cause. Jf any, why the said administration should not be-granted., tSven umlerav band and Seal, this 96th day of September, in the year or our Ldnl ooe thousand eight hundred and *t?y-ib?u, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOBS A. BROWN, O. Y. 1). Sapteaier 38 39 2t QOUTaC^ROLINA-YORK DISOtHICT?Wherdas, WILLIAM PURSLEY has applied to me tor Letters of -Administration, on ah and ain gular the Mods and chattels, rights and credits of PRAHKLIN PURSfcEY, late qf the. District aforesaid, (jec^&sfd. ^ vv These are therefor*to. clte anrtadmnnlsh all and singular, the kindred and creditors ofthe said deceased, to be and appeafheforeme at ?tr next Ordinary'sCourtfor the said District, to be holden at York Court House on the 94 th day of October next,to shew cause, If any, why the said Ad Kiui|ounuua oiMftiia uv* MVJk'w->" . Given under my hand nhaBeal, this 26 day of September, hi the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOW A. BROWN, O. Y. D. September 28 36 ; 2t TWTAL NOTICE.?D U RIN G * my. absence from JTorkville, I have made arrangements with Dr. .LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enquirer bollding, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in my line of business, and will, doubtless, give', general satisfaction. . W. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 5# 8 tf TAX. SJ? KIXD NOTICE. PLANTERS and others who have OATS and WHEAT of the TITHE of 1864. ready for delivery, are urged to do so immediately. .Also, those who have CORN to spare can deliver and get Credit for it on the crop of 1664. All ase requested to deliver their tithes as promptly as possible, as the Army of Virginia are needing supplies. J. H. FAYSSOUX, Agent Depot No. 1,6 C. D., 8. C. August 10 38 . tf m mpi iff An assortment of fine ENGLISH WRITING PAPER, Just Received and for sale at the PRINTING OFFICE. Sept > - _ _ FOR THE WECrlSltATIJHE. Hir ft PT? A TTV rtrtn annfa +r\ t^VJLl. IT ? \J? JL A VViJOWiiwu wv I serve this people of York District, as a member of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature, if elected. August 31 35 te The friends of lieut. col. JOHN M. WHITE, respectfully announce him as a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives at the er.suing election. Rapist 17 33 " te t*hk friends of col. joel JL W. RAWLINS ON respectfully announce him as a Cau4raat$'to "represent York District in the next LEGISLATURE, at the ensuing election. *" August 3 - 31 tc 'phe friends of capt. j. t. JL LOWRY, respectfully announce him as a CANDI DATE for re electlou to represent YORK DISTRICT in the next LEGISLATURE. July 21 29 ^ tc T-he friends of j. chancelLOR CHAMBERS, Esq., respectfully announce him as a CANDIDATE to represent YORK DISTRICT in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATl\ Es, at the ensuing election. July 21 29 - tf The friend3 of john S. bratTON respectfully announce him as a candidate for the LEGISLATURE, at tile ensiling election* July 13,186-1. # 28 . , . tf for the senate^ ' The friends of Col. CAD. jones respectfully announce him as a candidate for SENATORfrom York District, at the ensuing election. Juuol 30, 1861. MANY FRIENDS. ] July 6 2T th)r tax collector.?we a have been requested to afinmmcc Col. ANDREW JACKSON, as a candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 9 36 ' r tf . F" or tax collector;?w ? are authorized to annonnce Capt. J. W. MITCHELL ag a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for 1 ork District, at the .ensuing dgctlon. September 30 39 'e 3r tax collector.?we are authorised to amfounce SMITH SANDERS as a candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, at the ensuing electionJanuarys _ * F President Davis' Speeeh. The Macon Confederate & Telegraph has the following result of Mr. Davis' speech. * Introduced by General Qobb, Mr. Davis said: ' Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Fellow-Citizens :?It would have gladdened my heart to have, met you in prosperity instead pf adversity. Bat friends aro drawn together in adversity. The son of a Georgian' who fought through the first Revolution, I would, bo untrue .to myself if I .should forget' the State in her day of peril. * ? . What though misfortune has befallen our arms from Decatur, to Jonesboro, our cause is not lost Sherman cannot keep up his long line of communication, and retreat sooner or later, he must. And when that day comes, the fate that befel the army of i the French Emnire in its retreat from Mos cow will be re-enacted. Oar oayalry and oar people will harrass and destroy his- army as did the Cossacks that of?Napoleon,'and the Yankee General like him, will escape with only a body guard. A How can this be most speedily effected ? By the absentees o? Hood s army returning to their poets. And.will the/not T Can they see the banished exiles, can they bear the wail of their suffering country-women ahd children, and not come ? By what influences they are made to stay away, it is not necessai'y tt> speak. If there is ope who wilf stay away at this hgur, he is ubwort|iy the name of a Georgian. To tfye women no appeal is neoessary. .They are like the | Spartan mothers of old. . I know of ono who [ had lost all her sons except one of eight I years. She wrote me that she wanted me to reserve a place for him in the ranks.? The venerable Gen. Polk, rto wBom t read the letter, knew that womalf well, and said mat it was cnaracteristic 01 ner. doc i will not weary you by turning aside to relate the various incidents' of giving up the last son to the cause of our country known to me. Wherever we go, we fin<f the heart and hands of our noble women enlisted.? , They are seen whefever the eye may fall, or the step turn. They have one duty to perform*-to'buoy up the hearts of our people,I know the deep disgrace felt by Georgia at our army falling back from Dal ton to the i interior of the State; but I was not one of those w^o considered Atlanta lost when our army orossed the Chattahoochee. I resolved that it should not be, and I then put a man in command who I knew would strike an honest and manly blow for the city, and I many a Yankee's blood was made to nourish ' the soil before the prize was won. i It does not become us to revert to disasI . ' * V ? .a i 1 ?>' T i iter. ".Lei tne aeaa pury tne aeaa. jum us with one aim and one effort endeavor to crash Sherman. I am going to the army to confer with oar Generals. The end must > be the defeat of our enemy. ; It has been said that I had abandoned Georgia to hex fate. Shame upon such a falsehood. Where could the author have been when Walker, when Polk, and when Gen. Stephen D. Leo was sent to her assistance. $liscrable man. The man who utt'erod this was a scoundrel. Ho was uota man to save our country.' > ' If I knew a General did not possess the right qualities to command," would I not be wronglfhe was not removed? Why, when our army was falling back from Northern Georgia, I even heard that I had Bragg with pontoous to ordss into Cuba. But wc ; must be charitable. ' The man who can speculate ought to be made to take up his musket. When the war is over and our independence won, (and we. will establish our independence') who will be our aristocracy ? I hope the limp. . m 1 I II T ir iDg.soimer. to tne young laaies x wouia say when choosing between an empty sleeve and the man who had remained at home and grownrioh,aIways$akethe empty sleeve. Lefthe old men remain at home and make bread. But should they know of any young men keeping away from the service who cannot be made to go any other way, let . them write to the Executive. 1 read all letters sent from the people, but have not the time to reply to them. Yon have not m&Dy men between 18 and 45 left The boys?God bless the boys? are, as rapidly as they become old enough, gding to the field: The city of Macon is filled with stores, sick and wounded. It must not be abandoned when threatened, but when the euemy comes instead of calling upon Hood's army for defehce, the old men must fight, and when the enemy is driven beyond Chattanooga, they can join in the general rejoicing. - Your prisoners are kept as a sort of Yankee capital. I have heard that one of their Generals said that their exchange would defeat Sherman. I have tried every means, J- J it: .... CODceueu everytuiug lu cuuui* uu cawumu^u to no purpose. Butler the Beast, with whom no Commissioner of Exchange would hold intercourse, had punished in the newspapers that if we would consent to the exchange of negroes, all difficulties might be removed. This i9 reported as an effort of his to get himself whitewashed by holding intercourse with gentlemen. If an exchange could bo effected, I-don't know but that I might be induced to recognize Butler. But in the future every effort will be given as far as possible to effect the end. We want our soldiers it* the held, and we want the sick and wounded to returu home. It is not proper for mc to speak of the number of men in^ho held. But this I will say, that two-tbird9 of our men are absent?some siok, some wounded, but most of them absent without leave. The man who repents and goes back to his commander voluntarily, *t one? fr? executive clemency. But suppose he stays atvay untii the war is over aud his comrades return home, when every man's history will be told where will he shield hirasolf? It is upou these reflections that I rely to make men return to their duty, but after conferring with our Generals at headquarters, if there beuDy other remedy, it shall be applied. I love my friends and forgive my enemies. I I have been asked to send reinforcements 1 from Virginia to Georgia. In Virginia th I * '* V . disparity in numbers is just as grdat as it is in Georgia. Then T have been asked why the Ariny sent to the Shenandoah Valley was not sent here. It was because"an army bf tho eflfcmy had penetrated that Valley'tot, the v$ry gates of Lynchburg,* and General Early was sent to drive them baok. This hq not only successfully did, butj crossing the Potomac, came well nigh' capturing Washington itself, and forced Grant to send two corps of his army to protect* it. This the enemy denominated 8 raid. If so,' -Sherman's march into Georgia is a raid.? What would prevent jthem now, if Early was Withdrawn, penetrating down the valley and putting a complete oordon of men around Riohmond. I counselled with that great and bravo soldier" Gen. Lee, upon these1 "*? - t ,_J L.l. points, iuy mma. roaiaeu ovur too vtuuic field.. - A With this we can succeed. If one half the men now absent withontieavo will.xetorn to duty, we can defeat the enemy.? With that hope" I aim going' to- the front I may not realize this hope, but I know there are men there who have lookad death in the face too often to despond now. Let ho one deepbnd. * Let no one distrust, and remember-that if genius is the bean ideal, hope is' the reality. K *' : * ' The President then alHfcdedTto the objects i for which fhe meeting had4 assembled, and expressed'the Hope 'that the refugees and exiles would be well provided for. His remarks were often" interrupted by applause. t>' t| .V The Confederates at Elmira. ? . Some account was given Dy-a gossiping Northern correspondent,- sdtne time ago, of the Confederate prison at Elmira, N. Y ? 'V n * The following fuljer aud -more interesting sketch we find in the New York Evening Pour - * '* S " The rebel Sncftmpment is situated onr the! Chemung, river, only >about a mile and a half from the business centre of Elmira? That stream is rapid and dear; the camp, close to the bank, is- upon a dry and handsome meadoW: a rich fanning region furnishes the needed supplies; and altogether the situation, Tor hnalth and convenience*18 not surpassed anywhere. The quarters consist of barracks sufficient for tho accommodation of 4,500 rebels, and tents have been pitched for two thousand more: The rebels <Under* can vats are even more comfortable than their fellows in barracks. More tents will be put as they may be required. The area of -the grounds is not far from ortfno Onn.lioir f V? n cnonn id nnm LK/iXtj awiwo* viiv'uuii bug D|/nug 10 uun occupied by the quarters, ' which staud closely together ; and excluding from the acoount the cook houses, where all the ratiofis'are prepared, it Is estimated there are fully eighteen acres of rebels. When all those to come up are iu camp, more tbau 20 acres will be covered by' them. There are two leading objects'' in guarding the robcls. The^first of course, to prevent their escape*; the second to prevent communication between"them and persons outside thelines. Any person approaching the-rebels is regarded -With suspicion, and pearuptly ordered off, as the rebels are who would pass.the prescribedltaandary. * Bat the plan * of this work is not such *s would naturally be supposed. As bas already been said, the nnmber of soldierh employed is comparatively small: The camp -is situated in a meadow ;-snrrounding it is a fence twelve feet high. The length of the i a A WrvM t aha H Am fV* a Alltfli A A'nf 1CUUD 1a UWUU UUD LLIiiU. UU bU9 UUVOiUD VI it, from the top, then ia a sffaffold, which is continous, and passes entirely around the camp. The soldiers maroh on this scaffold. Every few rods, a small house,like a tow* er, has been constructed. In fair weather the soldiers, who act as sentinels, keep the lookout exclusively from the scaffold, but, iu unpleasant weather, they may use the houses, in each of whioh are cut two holes, one in the direction of the rebels, and the other in the direction of the public. The holes are large enough' to admit of the aiming and using a ride at close quarters. Few, if any, .private soldiers STe admitted to the enclosures of tbo rebels; but some commissioned officers are constantly detailed, and have ohferge of them, assisted by sergeants. The sergeants have reoently been found insufficient in number for the work, and rebels act in their places. The prinoipal duty of the sergeants, is to preserve order and, oall the rolls. No difficulty has been caused by the employment of rebels. The prisoners are allowed to talk only with eaoh^fther, and with the Federal officers who have, control of them; and nobody is permitted by the officers to enter the camp, under any pretenoe or for any reason whatever, except ho have a pass from the Commissary General of prisoners at Washington. So travelers who wish, for special reasons, to obtain interviews "With the rebels; relatives of the prisoners, who desire to call upon them, and profess to have the most urgent and innocent private business with them, secession sympathizers, who would condole with tho prisoners; professional humanitarians, seeking to do good, are alike rigidly refused admission to the camp. .'i But the rebels write many letters?sometimes six hundred in one day; and persons who wish to communicate with them may do so freely by letter?only the letters must 00 enorc ana cuuiaiu uu xuiyiuyei luiuiwa* tion. ^ ... . . Some of the prisoners work, and aro paid by the Government. This work is done exclusively for their own benefit; that is to say, they aro effecting improvements on their grounds, baking bread or cooking* other food, and are besides, making various articles for pale. The average number of rebels daily occupied in the different kinds of business, which, through the liberality of our authorities, they are enabled to follow in camp for. their own profit, is about three hundred; and the number of-applicants for work, beyond the proportion who can be employed under present arrange-, meats, is generally more than a hundred. * 4% * * * V ? * - * . JiG*-* Three or four hospitals, building by the rebels, ard now far advanced towards completion j the prisoners are digging, ojr have already dbg six wells; and many rebel clerks are permanently installed into the departments where mnoh labot is waited. .Work has become more and more popalar among the prisoners. ^ S The treatment of thejrebelg is exceedingly humane and libCritl. Thejrevisejf ias truc"tions of the department, tlSugh strict,-per-, ' mit a wide discretion to tie authorities in the. management of prisoners. The new rations are not so lssge as the mroh&og lotions of onr troops n the field,. but are abundant. For instance, the, prisoners get each day. fourteen ounces freshjjeef or lea ounces pojk; sixteen ounces fresh.bread or twelve ounoes hard bread; soup maw of des-: acated vegetables and beet twice a week; besides fourteen pounds of beauq, peas or rice to e%cb one hundred rations regularly. The rebels who labor, receive an extra a mount qf food, including ooffee or to*} and the siok are famished everything suited to their condition." . t For tho convenience of the rebels a store is kept in the damp. Many descriptions of articles are for sale, and are purchased 'with the money earned at labor, or rCcsivedty prisoners from their friends. There are frflits n their seasons, vegetables, clothing and various goods designed, to Mnler. the confinement of the rebels comparatively comfortable. Thtfe store doc3 considerable; business. 3^1 the prices ate graduated according to -the indrketa valuds outside the The prisoners wear all sorts of dresses with which they were furnished in the rebel army, have been able to maintain since they reached out lines, or are daily rec^ved from their friends"fiere. They are generally dirty looting persbnB some of them bathe in the river, whither they are mar<Shed'*t evening by their guards but the appearance of the mefi,'is a body does not indicate that a large proportion of them 'accept this privilege. Some of the rebels go barefooted, and others bareheaded; many have not apparently the slightest regard for their personal appearance; yet this is by no means the rale; for rioh rebels, or those who hive wealthy acquaintances or friends here, are able not only, to live sumptuously, bat to dress with taste and even elegance. The fact that a large number of letters are daily written to these rebels may be considered evidence that they have friends ; bat the best proofs of substantial good will are the presents received in camp. - There are daily a considerable quantity?>often a wagoo load; and the presents come by express-famt ad parte of the State, but particularly from New York city. One man living there?a clothier, who is supposed *to be an agent of many rebels?has sent a large .amount or ciotning on various occasions ; and, it is supposed, be has dressed up not far?from a hundred prisoners... It is remarked that some; of the clothing sent to the camp is t|* finest material; the under garments are beautifully made,, and as costly as any in the oity market; and.nil of the "Confederate gray." Rebels who r cannot get clothing ard furnished gratiousi ly by the authorities with the bluegovernment uniform, but it is not considered reI potable to wear it, and it is said that any 1 man in Union blue is for the time arbitra- , ry exoludedfrom the best secession society. Many of thgrebels are persistant and un- , bloshipg b Marys. They Beg fropa every-, i\ body of whom they can hear. Of course this is done by. letter. Prisoners Who are a 'ever so remotely.conneoted with, anybody in the North xevive old memories which, had they not been prisoners, would be forgotten, and write to these persons, their friends, expressing without reserve their wants, re- j coivo in return often what tbev ask. But the rebels write to other persons. They , seek the names of well known citizens or of liberal incfividoals, and address notes to them, giving the most convincing reasons why they, ought to be aided. These notes are often responded to. The rebels fre. qaently ask the officers for the names of persons to whom they may write, and some of these officers who are wags have recently acted in this wise. A rebel asks for a name, the officer gives him the address, as was done in a number of instances, of noted men of Elmira; another rebel asks for' a name, and receives the same that was given to the firet rebel; and so on'during the day, the offioer continuing the name with whioh he began. Every rebel retires to his tent, and if he oan get paper, writes a letter.? Thus tbe proprietor for the largest hotel in Elmira received begging notes from about thirty rebels. The joke is considered a good one by the officers; the receiver of the in inldinn/1 f/t it 111 tHftt f JtJWCl/lO ID UUV XVfllUVU WW * - W mmm-\ L, ? light. Each and every one of the rebels t aoted in most sober and solemn earnestness. , This experiment has several times been re- ( peated with similar results. , : j AthenB is the county seat of Lime- j stone county, Alabama, one hundred and y fifty four miles north -by east from Tusca- j loosa, one hundred and ninety-six north of t Montgomery, and about twenty northwest from Huntsville. Limestone oounty borders on the Tennessee line, and is therefore c in the rear of Sherman's army. Athena is [ considered by Sherman a most important 1 position, and hence the strong ^aniaon stationed there. The Central Southern railroad, ^ which unites Nashville with die Memphis and Charleston railroad,jpasses through the ( plaoo, and its occupation by opr forces ( therefore severs one of Sherman's lihe of ( communication. > . * -?? ?? '\ B&* Eremont says in his letter of with- i drawal: ' ? < *^ ** '* - ? If # In respeot to Mr. Linooln Lcontinue to * hold exactly the sentimentr contained im<; my letter of acceptance. i consider that ? his administratinnhats-. been,, politically, J militarily and Jincmctallyf a jailure} and 1 that its necessary continuance ?$ a cause of .< reyret for the country. ( i?vt : Z v- - . FromXtat^Souitieni Guardian. ? ' Are w'e Able to Establish-our Inde. ? penderu^P This Is a question, we" have no doubt, that has occnpied the thoughts, to a less or greater extent, of every thinking man in the Cpnfederaey. It is one.thiat every patriot should look sqnarelyin the face. Many, from taking hasty and improper views of &e ^matter, are indulging feelings 'of despondency for which there i? no jost. cause, and ^fhioh are altogether unbefitting the times and circumstances in which,we arc placed. -"We,have declared ohr independence, and with' the holp.o? Gddj- wo are abnndantlyrahle to inaintdia it.j The only ooiu]teidn?to<b? annexed is that we bo true ourselves, true .to*the.principles of liberty, fot which we are contending, aod fame to that Sovereign' Ruler of the. Univeme .under whose banner we .fight, and -by whose help we have-thus far been able to withstand our foes. To-yield; or even- lo. listen to any overtures from our enemy short of a faU acknowiedgnfcnfc of oarSndependence. is net only. tcT-dishonor o'urnoble dead/ throw away aH the advantages that have been gained^jbat wilt cover, the livng'with everlasting disgraofi. Have we/toot the men to fight our battle* fr Sorely we have enough, and more thai/enough, if they were only actuated by the unalterable detepftiiwfifon j not be subjugated.-- P*' It is trne we ha^e lost heavily. Thousands of the noblest men that ever lived have sacaificed their lives on their* country's altar. .Thousands, of others must,'in all probability, fall before our independence is fatty established^ But is it not bettff. both for the dead and living, to lie beneath tho sod than tq feel. the.iroo'heefof a Yankee despot. That man is jpnwqrtby gf the name of patriot who woufd prefer, hig.l^^o the honor and libert^of his wife and children. We firmly believe that'there are, but few among us so mean and drivelling as would not, id the last extremity, 'sacrifice everything rather than be subjugated.' r. y 'Bat as to the men who /ire to fight oar battles. It has been clearly ascertained that' there are upwards of 70Q,000 men within the conscript age, in the Confederacy, available for military purposes. Of this number it is doubtful whether there are as many as 300,000, including farlonghed, sick and disabled men, in aotaai service on this aide, of the Mississippi. And1 where are the remainder ? Detailed?employed in offiees, many of which are of no manner use to the country, and others: that ought and coulJ be filled, add perhaps with great advantage, by old men, by mutilated soldiers; or by men obviously- too feeble Jo endure camp life,' and by women. We pretend not to say whose fault it is', but the conscript law has been rendered virtually nugatory by the number of exemptions it has allowed. It is simply ridiculous to maintain that four men out of the army are necessary to provide for the wants of three in it, especially when their office ia simply. to gather and forward provisions tb& have bepo made by other hands. Let the War Office then recall one half of these exempts, Oiling their places* so far-as is necessary, By maimed soldiers and old men.; let ppbiio opinion become so strong on, this sobjeot that no .'young man of healthy appearance in one of these* offices pan face bis fellow citizens without blush of shame, and we shall soon have an army strong, enough to drive every; Yankee from oqjr borders* An addition to outwent army ,15,000 men? but a little more than a third of the exempts?and the work of our'independence would be aohieved in six months. .And cannot this addition he made? Shall we wait until the-heel.of the tyrant is felt upon our neeks before we arouse ourselves to that determined resistance which will insure our independence ? Can we not provision such an army when it is in the field ? With the favor of a kind Protrirtohoo wo fViinlr fhnfc wnnlrl bft the least of oar difficulties. Daring the greater part of the present year the army; of Virginia has beeq supported in a great measure t?y South Carolina, one of the smallest of ihe Confederate States. She has done this, q addition to supporting the army on the joast, providing for 15,000 refagees,'and reieving the poor of all the lower counties of yorth Carolina. And is .it surprising that >he conld do this ? Inordinary times sne ias fed 600,000 inhabitants, whilst one half )f her cleared lands were devoted to the mltnre of cotton. Now that the whole of ier cultivated land is devoted to grain, why ;an she not, to say the very least, maintain t surplus population of 300,000, twice the size of the army tbatis heeded for Virginia.' tforth Carolina' has made good orops the jresent year, and might, besides providing 'or her own people, sustain the same army, rhe two states together conld sustain an irmy of 200,000 without sensibl/feeling it, vbilst the States of Georgia' and Alabama >oold easily provision an army that wonld )6 needed for the defence of the latter.? Liec mere do do more cruaaiug. xion ua a onae ourselves to the solemn emergenoy in vhioh we have been placed, and with the lelp of Almighty-God there is no difficulty hat we con not easily surmount. Beast Butleb.?The following racy ship was "hove in" by Mr. Hanna, of Inliana, at the late Chicago ratification meetPg 1 "By whom was Lincoln supported?? Prominent amffng his supporters is Butler, lalf-devil, one-quarter beast, and lea than >ne-fourth human, begotten by the Prince >f Hell, hewed fipom the rotten" womb,of irime and thrown into the lap of Civilizaion a deformed, Unfinished wretch. He vas sent before his time into this breathing vorld? lesa than half made up, and is so latefnl looking that the dogs' bark at bim is he passes by!"' ': * 5?" A correspondent to the Boston Jouriai eays that 250 Bubstitues in the 1st NewHampshire cavalry, deserted the. first night hey went into camp. They had cost the jriginal buyers and the Government $300, )Q0, and had rendered^ service whatever, i ; ...?: /?' /. r. W jf, , The Prisoners. t ; "P.. W. A " writes from Eiohmoo^Jo , to the Savannah Republican : There is a considerable number of Irish- . men among the prisoners in onr hands who! were inveigled into the Federal army., by fool meape. Many of them werp seduced I by the offer of large bounties, only a small part Of which was ever aflowPtT to reaoh their hands ; others rwere drenohed" or drdg- , ged- with vile^iquor, and- their names anrolled qt^a timejshftn tfe^Jrerein no cpn-* | dition^tq.exerciapTtheir free ohoice. These men," after having been tricked into the service and ;cheafed Of tfidr fcouhfy 'money, ^ aw now abandoned by the Govejrtment they had qndeWaken Ja serve. . .^hat Jol4?j'ei-ther in-law or moralsj.hae that government upjn them now ? None whatever. Having firs? been cheated, and'now forsaken, they are absolved from ail obligafcfbii toservefurther the- Government of the United. States. . Indee^ thpyrare free to take, op, arms against,* Government that has been' guilty of the greai crime of "abandoning its solcfiers^ecatffe their.- term of service' has expired. Jt is ijtr~ ah u&ubu&I thing :ftr' ?ri*Wflfs, &r. fiKjess,pm*opatiQti than t&a? indeed, without any provocation whatever , ?to enter th? service Jo? their .captors.? This practice has-been 'common^ all ages - 'ofthd w?ld, ami at'ho perfdd more sd than | during the wars of Frederic kibe Qtratf. ' , .The (jpnaonera^ here spoken, of; havo no , sympathy' for the North apd no prejudice against the South. Jndeecl, they ought to j be our friends, since tbeX'Onfederat?s,-]ike the people of their own* country, only ask for the right to govern themselves, lf-fchey fver bSlieVedHhat'tbe Britibh^tJoveroment ' wis ftiendl/to tU South, and1 that the ! North would assist them in gaining their ' owp^eedom^pr having deprived us of j ours, their qupds must hayo been djsabnsed 1 Jf thiajrceat error by tmeLame. *'llarl Has- 1 sell is-fibw wefl kroftn to bfettfe oold, fm- J placable eDetti/df-the South, and the'^ost, , tan&tical friendpf the* Noftfr> and the Uni- ' i.- J Oi.1? JJ:n 1 At A ^ beu^piuws wui tuuuiy scuu mi aimy inuifaa the Atlantic Ocpaa to rescue, Ireland from t the thraldom tit S^piTtxJ, when they stead- ; ily refuse to rescue their Irish'soldiers,' arid4 f even their own countrymen,.who have fallen a into our hands as prisoners of war., , ? Why, then, should not the Irish prison* { ers at' Andersonvillfc and elsewhere, form themselves into a division under 'Pat Cle- ^ buroe or make*Fiiftiegan,~ or some. other .t good officer, and tender tfreir services to the t Confederate Government ? Theif condition would be greatly' improved thereby; they ] would be better clpthed and better fed, and . the mortality in battle would not be greateV j than, it is now in prison.' At all events the ji subject is worthy of their consideration; , and under any circumstances their action j should be perfectly free and vohmtaiy. If Q they have not been treated as well while in $ prison as they could desire, t|e fault has not ( been wholly ours. 'The public enemy by g closing our ports and ravaging and devasta- a ting our country,' deprived as of the means, ] of taking such care both Of our own sol- j diers and the unfortunate prisoners in our a , hands, as we would wish to do under more, j auspicious piroU instance* ' \ ..?? m.?Educational, Association^ of the Con- t federate States of Ameriod. ] The next annual, (seating, of this body t will be held in Charlotte, Not$hCaroliiia, | on Wednesday, tj?e 9th day of-^ov ember ? next. Yielding to the suggestions of aoffig ( of its members, I recalled the appointment ; for its meeting at Atlanta, with the hope c that a faqwable tnrn in the affairs of the .] Confederacy might soon offer a more aufr a picioop season for its assembling. The hope, j has failed. The, war is still raging,, with a little prospect of a'speedy abatement. In j, the meantime, the interests of the rising generation should not be overlooked, f, g therefore, invite the friends of education to r< assemble in Charlotte. gj t, The committees appointed at the meet- a, iug.in Columbia, will, it is hoped, attend tj J.. ?i. tk.!. .k...? tu IUC LLUkllCia CUUU0M7U tU bUCU The following, article from the Constitu- e: tipn sets forth the terms of membership : "Aoy male citizen of tthe Confederate States, who maybe engaged in the profession "of teaching, or who has, in Wp way,' ? identified himself with the educational into- ^ rests of the country, inay become, a member of the Association, in the following maimer, to wit: He most bo nominated at an an- ? nntrt meeting, by'a.member *of thirbody, 81 eleoted by a majorfiryof the votes then pre- m sent, and sign this Constitution." .J. L. REYNOLDS, | President of the Association. ^ Columbia, S. C., Sept. 27, 1864. ' {* I_ ,? ?,???; -? l| A Child Born to the Dwarpj.?The ^ New York correspondent-of the Boston ^ Post is responsible for the following: j0 A very important physiologioal question tfc has been set at rest j although the oircum- & stance was kept unusually quiet, and those B horrible tell-tales, the newspapers, have ta through their ignorance, been as silent ?< as the most fastiduons reader coald desire, in After this dignified and solemn prcemial, fri whioh I have discreetly introduced by way in of breaking the news gently, I suppose I re am at liberty to say blnntly, that Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have got a b^Dy^ real, ^ genuine, flesh anfrblood chip of the old blocks, .and thre? months old at that!? Those who have seen the "blessed.brat" de- ea soribe it as neither a world's wonder nor a world's fright, but a little, ounning, crying th doll of a thing, and-in na respeot peculiar G or remarkable*, except- in tbe<promise it th gives of bbing.a full-sized child, and if it d< lives, of becoming as big again as either of to its immediate ancestors. , Not being the seventh son of a Seventh eon, I won't' pretend to enter' into the: sfiien - 31 tifio questions involved in this - lusus na- is turae farther than to congratulate the hap-, w py parents and Granpa Barnum upon this- iT addition to the happy family at Bridgeport; tb even if it does not contribute aoladded cu- cr riesity to the great showmen* atook in trade. * vi | ^ ... sfwV a SOT A question for all is veil stated - in a well tioaed^dlseonrse of tlfoEd&efisft vertuer, in "A Word to the Soh^r.SeSwof the People." We would in fall if space permitted, but We shlil take this opportunity of asking attention/tto a portion of it.as follog nij** by trading with himself. This is jast ih'e condition of the people of thisCbnfMraHy ? To whonys Ac and^^Vmanaftoto- qoBufty to th?amfcers-of tiKfl&satflHBp *.*""* wbcr is the.drawet of these Tre#euty notea f ernment. Now . we know that thejawur of a uoto is responsible for its paytnent; 'that he can be sued at- law,' and -fits''goods'sold . to satisfy the -upterAft* would proVe-ratheraa unprotitablrfh^ih'ess to sae fcfee'Oonfeder'ate Government for m# ? . thansitfd'.nuUiou dajhws;-: It might tarn ' .* out?v nulla low .case* - WhilfiLtfeea the- ' Secretary of tbo Trj^SxyT"* drawer o?rtes^w?^^B ?, W4*%*agebfo'f ' . pal, the responsible party-fe* ttt&e nib*} ia the. jpeo^e of^e QWjfoff bytEe oeonia of'Si^^nKdaraoT.w * ?: - It tf&I*\*4 ijz*naf*0ta?<te? nndrirBahft - . b.o. felling his goods for^lVtoayrjhaotgfr - . , ta is sellipg ?? Ui# owa ise.810 pjythe ?cr. maby aollarara gola or BilvofepTn mx months after'a treaty of peace #it&y the If. States.' Spate the pay at the end,.of this war.*. Now the to ntodnt of that debt will depend jost "of the warftyFftfs cofft^witfgftgy wnyytiiimp^pa^ii ymy i i i,n)| y . Hence it is self evident that if the jdantr ;r and. mannfabtirrer 'require the Goforn-' nenfc to pay $6 instead of $1T for AS* :lothuiS.tW1ppiy the army, they ^Oare. . dabfc, pf five instead of.pnc to pay;a? jfoar md of the war Instead of'a^amm&tfftei^ tational debt^annnaDy of oab'miiiiod^aB^ trt jn fact mating a debt of ftve niillfdw? r, Che question recurs: ;who ?a to be bdUSht-'* ed by the opcratiop ? j?be answer-i^pinih < he people generally mast h o. injgffijc.? Escape of the Camp Chase Prisoners/ By. j^adj* . mf?0! I}!0 *"-WjMv&'tte . iTankees and imprisoned at Marietta,. and.. vho has jo^ returned from Atlahta,"we' earn, that she , overheard Sherman cursing iver a dispatch he ryad tq ?evej%iof hie .oficers,'which stated that the prisoners ay. Tatop Chase, in Ohio, had oWj^jrered tke? pard of'a thousand men, takefa'tfeiirZu&s'' nd ammunition Sod'tad leRt^fe 'h?y. speculated odl Ae {^ohabihty of,? Kiaopeora mixing tn^r w^io ed Canada, though the getorai. optwon. retailed that' tbe<fwould atfempt tho Iat-' er coarse. < '* J? Northern papers, give^e^e, report. toddy or Baaii Dako ive handrod cattle ad imprisoned -her it Marietta where *. loss, a contemftibleielJow with Vcorajean : bdomcn, from* the jjooden nutmeg state, >?# her with naqjerofls indigmUeM9K$l' ' She waa_,afrol amd??i&w6l*lleA herman's qu arteieJTST, ?m * to hia, aod was kepttlerci *vnj&o?^ ay conveniences'of bedding, clotJiiog.^j ', od otherwise subjected to le substance of the" above news. Sfa?r was-: tiled on Wednesday'. . " ? '"iritelKg'ead^i Macon! 2.1th. j/Xll .Pl0U8.VANDALS.~The N.- x* ChristianInquirer has the following rebuhgj^flojft&a* * : its lessjarppulous brethren '<?'-*&M In several libraries of New England'clpr-,. fmen we iiave seen choice volumes, of reat cost, bearing the - names of Southern inist-ers, to whom they still belong, al-' iough they have been sent North as gifts ' om Yankee soldiers who. had appropriated iem. : Some MagsaQbteeiitapsxibTs -dre said be carpeted with spoils of another kind, ow, if any obe asks what has become of le Union party, once so strong at the South, e answer that, in part,, they have been ienated from the Government by the untstifiable outrages oommitted By wicked or loughtless Federal soldiers. At Beaufort, juth Carolina, tombs were violated. At oily Springs, Mississippi, a Communion ; j ble was used in behalf of "euchre" and aid sledge." Such tales of wrong h*ve. fariated many who were disposed.to bo iends of the Union, and their righteous dignatioa has had something to do with verses that have overtaken our arms. The Enquirer also quotes, with indignajd, a letter from an officer, written at . amp Saxon, Beaufort, S. C., in whioh he yp ' - * " i ' c. The splendid mansion opoe occupied by at aroh-rebel, T. Butler King, is on a eorgiu island, and, we stripped it of every ing. I wlite this letter oh his writing jskp which,-with his piano, was presented cine-ion?my return. 9 ' '? ?. ' . a vryr.-'. .. A gentleman just from the IV?ns[ississippi Department gives a Kjghly satfactory report of affuirethfcHe. The pfeopfe ero never more unitedvis opposition auhce Government, or more hopsini of.. ie final result. ; Oar. armiesMe jdaily in- * easing in numbers, crops are Jane and .prosions abundant. - *???'.??