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sSp3K<5np?t " YoRKviLue. 8.c. wsnihsiDiAi OtiftfiG, octobee se, 1864. V* > f.- '* * ? **W rmuu^ Pro? tflB following win be the term* Tor the In advance, $8 00 Om copy for iU morahs, la advance, 5 00 - jjivurzim* $3 per xnaK tfwi H&O, for etch'jMertlon ; longer nea charged in proportio^. -Payment required In ad. vanee. WlKV* of Bevpeet rated a* advertisemcnta, and charged accordingly. >j|g|JWiMrti)y oofapete tM, for a se&sOD, a& fcrtif r ? ta *V? rrajvuv inwng iruui x iuuuuciD) iu ius fflssmsnsoticr tftere.w& be a two day's meeting ai Philadelphia Church, m this District, deakracmg the 29th and 20th instant, ift apt. ym. ciook. vi .Ok. '. ? idkxnam jasfbe gone. The bod^ of i. J. Coward was received ItiftO ifciwyttffiBg frflto Virginia, where he I died of wounds received in the late battles in $e 8' ^eterabarg. tie was a jmikm lif wer^ateloty and gallant townammt&L iafattry Coward, of the 5th Begitnent, 8. 0. t. - '*? c ILL*? wear? W8L&M ?H*#TAT? BESERVES. ca? Psisoar, ft Oct 18,1864. Tfiii, (fiwtda;, being a rain; da;, to r, ~ .vi?r x r x 1TXU19 aw&yvt&e ??mui gouaequetib, jl treat* myself on the pine sttiw in my tent, to ' -Wife ast letter, Death has entered our military family, and removed frpfahjb doty on earth, J. W. Abernatbgr, of York Distriet, a member of Co. 08Fs Birttilfon. He was between 17 and 18 years of age, and took cold from ezjk>3ure to the bad weather while ' cm ctoty eventuating in typhoid fever, &VBB winch he died early on the mom-, ingdf the 17fh instant. "ifbl Sttoim wai'feward, nor a funeral note, * fr. . tajaufM faauwm -m tamed, Nor a aoldior (flhctarged a farewell shot, .?<?iS* Cu Uttfcfftfcirtiere ourccmrmde imburied;" bht las body was placed In a neat coffin, and bos. sd in charcoal, then buried in the Presbyterian Church Yard at Flor ence, with funeral services by Rev. Sir. Sarria. Our acquaintance with him " waexhwt, but he was ever prompt in the discharge of duty, and thus was esteemed; to his~ relatives and friends we extend our sympathies. . There are many of our battallion in the hospital, with fever, measles and niumps, But most of them are doing well, This, together with the loss of pqr boyr* he. are reporting as they become 18 years of age, and the negligehte of the proper parties in not sendin# Forward the skulkers at home, has rqctoed our ranks considerably, making our duties themore secure, and preventing thbsfe who reported promptly from ' getting home to sow wheat, and make molaSSes. Some of these last were graciously allowed.a few days to "fix up," bsttlfty areshowing how unworthy they wer? of the favor bestowed. We have, toa many "Orders" that are never enforced?and too many loop-holes for escape, if they were. The principal topic of discussion here iB ^lr. Boyce's letter. Many attribute to him a desire for re-construction, which they deprecate in the loudest terms, while others think him "sound on the goose," and his errors, more' of the head than the heart. For my own part, I believe, with Mr. Gobb, of Georgia, that there are people meaner than the Yankee^ and they are those who desire to return into a Union with them. In a former letter you made me say that even soup was not dealt out, where I wrote soap?for cleanliness this last is indispensable; without it, we may soon be infested like the Yankees, who scatter their favors profusely among those who brush against them. On a suir-slfihy dsy they may be seen stripped to the buffj picking the "boogers" off, and occasionally we meet with a stray one in our camp, where they receive the milesian flea application, to wit: ^ an -irirismSn catches -a ftws by the ear, Hcfctr-ki him. arvt euffi him. and beau hlni severe. H?-ptack? out bis teeth, andVtamps hire on the floor, SayUtgHit there, ye dlvtl, ye'll bite me no more." The Yankees continue to take the oath, and many of them are enlisting? a lalge number are accumulating here, but it is probable they will be sent to % such plaoes as they may be made useful. From the number of negroes working on the fortifications here, the sooner the better for'both of them. An exchange of prisoners is anxiously looked for?the Yanks could not be better pleased, than we would to get rid of them. A late paper stated that Gen. Hardee was about to effect a general exchanger bu* Dame Rumor has so exercised her many tongues of late, we fear there was no foundation for the last. Several of the prisoners who were brought here from Charleston, have died of the yellow fever, and also several members of the 25th Georgia Regiment and Mfcj. Williams' Battalion, have fallen victims. But, though we are not "in the bloody field*" the. number of dead vre daily see has a tendency to harden our sensibilities, andwe can hardly '*w ** '' * *' * Ill II. I. it# ' ? Irealize that a few months ago we.Votild J have witnessed similar scenes with horror. To see human beings -thrown, by their own comrades, like slaughtered hogs, intb a Wagon, and buried a few inches from earth's surface, amid scoffs and jeers, is heart-sickening, and yet how can we sympathise with an enemy, so lost to all delicaoy-of feeling among themselves! "Bad luck to the Dutch, if the devil don't understand his jabt>er," says one, as he drops his load of mortality on the edge of a ditch; "here goes a hungry sargeant," says another; "right dress d?n you for a corporal," as the inanimate body is pressed close to its neighbor?these expressions.! heard on Sunday last, when I turned away from the sickening sight. And fK' f< , : sucii is war : i ! ' ' The drum summons to "Battalion drill. Guard Room, October 20,1864. I have little further than to write jou a negro driver was killed by one of the hands under him, on Tuesday night last. . , , Yori haver read the story of the "Three Black Crows." Well, lest the tale of our camp having been surprised, our acting Orderly, Commissary, Quartermaster and Ordmnee stores captured, might reach you, I give the feds, which are itreliable." The Orderly and his friend Gun. were arrested at iHorghce last night, tor Being without a pass, and some hungry rogue stole all the beef, meal and dour our gnn-box (provision chest) contained, with aknifcrahd dpoon; , i lea vine the oncer's mess rather in a bad V --.T ?. ' -+ A fix. The "missing'' have been released, and restored to their friends?bet Our stores are still itiintte. Many of our compariy who lately left York were stopped at Columbia?we look for them shortly. Five of our "18" boys leave ns to-night for the Camp of Instruction; and I hope a furlough home. IS. FfiOM STTLLlVAJff'S IfifcAlflD. Ocronxft 19, 1864. ?rr?? - #t ". * , Mr. Editor:?TJtte siege 01 tne city is kept up regularly, but slowly. On Friday last, some shots were'exchanged between the batteries of Moultri^ and Morris Island. Some shells are thrownat Sumter from Black Island. On Sunday night the firing ceased, and du- * ring the day, Monday, there were but very few shots from any point, there was quite a calm at night. During Tuesday there was scarcely a gun to be heard, the day was cool and rainy. This morhing the clouds broke away and we have had a pleasant day. During the-calm of the past few days, the enemy, no doubt, were at work, as a jin (a structure for mounting cannon) was discovered this mbrnmg, on their fortifications. Batteries Bee and Moultrie opened fire- on the eneirfy to stop their operations. A considerable number of shells were thrown by bur batteries and a goodly number were soon returned by the enemy. No casualties are reported here and but little damage done. - The fever continues in the city, and (is termed by some Black Tongue fever^ two cases are said to have occurred at Mount Pleasant, none here. Diarrhoea is still prevalent here. There" is but little news of importance. The accounts from Virginia and the West, continue favorable. Greater achievements on our part are daily looked for in the West. i * _ .. W. Thd' elections in the Northern States are creating a good deal of excitement, and the decision of the Presidential elec-. tion is looked to with a great degree of anxiety by all parties. Various are the opinions of the result thereof. Jt is said by some that if McClellan be elected, peace will speedily come, others say that he would prosecute the war with greater vigor than heretofore, and others are of the opinion that if Lincoln be elected the war will shortly terminate, as there will be a strong opposition to his further administering the affairs of the Government?time will soon solve the interesting question. Shadows of peace and intervention by foreign powers, have often lulled us as a people and caused a relaxation on the part of many. In the prosecution of the work before us?the promises of. peace by reconstruction of the Union, foreign intervention, are but as vapors that vanish in the distance. A firm, decided and unwavering stand, on our part, will only secure the peace so earnestly looked for. Let -all'doubts of our success be banished from-every mind, and resolve to stand by our rights to the last extremity.? We as a nation have sacrificed a great' deal?have suffered much. Shall we, after all this, give up the contest and say to those who have proved barbarians of the deepest dye, we will embrace you agaia as brethren, in one common Government, and pass all the cruelties of the war by, in forgetfulness. By no means can this be the case. We never can again unite our destinies with ' those who have laid waste our country, destroyed our property, brutally treated and murdered our citizens. Our' i: 1 ~ ft - \i 11 reputation, our "honor, our rights and liberties are near and dear unto us, and must be respected and maintained. Obr cause is just, our rights are all we ashed at first, and is all we now want, let us depart in peace, and that will at once close the contest. But c o-er cion is contrary to &mthetn feeliDg and opinion.' It stiifr up that spirit <Jf self-protection and preservation, that ha? ever characterised us as a people. Yours triily, -DARBY. r _ i .-.-wail i-T. i-g??? The Mobile Register and Advertiser thinks if Price succeeds in Missouri, and - . * -.J, ' 4 Sherman's army domes to grief in Georgia both of which, arc Jikely, Grant is trumped in Virginia and will have to 'throw np his hand. The situation in hopefal and promising "all round for a glorious binding up of the campaign of 1864. ? The Gas supply has been stopped in Lynchburg ilrid the fltty felt hi darkness for the sake of adding two men to the army. The two men employed in manufacturing the gas were sent forward in dhediitae# ion spettt! offllr &ofd Bfeftmohd. ? Governor Allen, of Lonisiaoa, recognizing the powerful and benejBoial influences of the pn?? has imported piper enough to keep titam ill gdiag for i feat sod oxempted ell the printers from State Bervice. ? Trenhoim, Secretary of the Treasiiiy, gives notice that the sale of non-taxable bonds of tfe Fire Handled Million Loin, will he conthitted at one 7nMkfretf ortitf thirty Jive, and interest until farther notice. ? A correspondentoftbeSalisbury Watch man,-writing from Early's army, 8571 "we have been provided with clothing In abundance, paid off, and shoes furnished. ?Hie next session of the Confederate Congress will commence on the 7th day of November. Maoon presents, at present a military appearance. The militia have nearly all arrived and ar^ armed. (General Smith and staff are in the city. ? Yallandigham lately made an important . " * J- TM 1 1 3 speeon at aiaoey, tmio. ue aeoiareu toot the dhioftgo Gdnvlhtiott and platform meant peace unconditional and immediate and that McClellan'a letter was n mere expression of personal opinion. He would be bonqd in administrative policy by the notion- of the Convention and Its resolutions, as construed by those who made them. ?The Alabama Legislature has re-affirm<wl ita Mfn'nfiA wunlnrinni *l)nntMl dtlrini? OVt 1VO ^HMIVnv WVW|.^W -0 last year's session and added to them this one: That' in the military events of last year no catiSe for despondency is fotrbdj and that neither patriotism nor wisdom can tolerate any termination of Hie present war without the maintenance of the indepen?j deuce of the Confederate States. * ? Gen. Joe Johnston is living in a veiy qaiet, pleasant residence in Macon-, Ga.? Why is his sword remaining idle in this crisis of our country 1 , 1"' ?John Van Buren has come but for McClellan, on the ground that "his election will secure peace and prosperity to the land." ? Fremont's withd?wl*is considered fa rotable to McCfeflan in Illftioise. The Germans oannot swallow Lincoln. ? It is said that*nine hundred and seven female employees are going to India to assist in the English telegraph department. ? Two hundred thousand acres of land in Ireland has been permitted to fall to waste and sterility/ the past year. ? The grain, fields of Alabama and Mississippi were never more productive, the' hog crop was never greater. ? Six thousand persons were reoently crushed to death by the falling of a churoh at Petersburg. ? Corn, whioh has been selling at forty to fifty dollars per bushel in FayOtteville, N. C., has fallen to $14 .and looking downwards. From the West, Mobile Oot. 22.?The oporatet of Tns cumbia on tbe 21st reports that a flag of truce arrived yesterday from Decatur.? The Yankee offioers say Hood is heating Sherman at his own game of banking. It is reported that our forces hold Rome, Halton, Kington, Resaca and Missionary Ridge, and are advancing on Chattanooga, at which place the Fpderals were concentrated by withdrawing unimportant gafrisons. Sherman's forces are on short rations. Nashville papers of the '17th and the Louisville Journal of the 18th received.? Guerillas were overrunning Kentucky. From the Trans-Mississippi. Meridian, Qofc. 22.?Tra&s-Mississippi journals announce that Gen. Stand Watie artam-rr at HoKtri f!pp?V. in the aUbQVAVU vuv vuuitf^ wv vn?MaM w??__ rr? Chooktaw nation, on the 19th uft., and, after a fight of several hoars, defeated them, capturing 250 wagons and 120 prisoners.? Yankee loss in killed and wounded* 200; ours very sHght. The yellow fever was still prevailing in Galveston and Houston. A correspondence between oar foroes and the enemy on Brazos Island reveals the fact thai Cortinas is Brigadier General in the Yankee service and Esohmte is Colonel. * Prom East Tennessee. The following official dispatch was received at Bicbmond, Thursday: r Hdqb's A. N. V., October 19. Bon. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War: Gen. Brockinridge reports that his scouts, on the night of the 16th, burnt the railroad bridge over MosseyCreek. Before daylight, on the 18tb, the enemy hturiedly evacuated Bull's Gap, retreating towards Knoxville. Gen. Vaughn is pursuing. ? R. E. Lee. J "71 Prom Virginia. RidBftfpifD, October 21.?Official despatches state that General Early attacked Shoridat's camp at Cedar Creek, bdfei -ary, o? the 19th mmrat; tad surprised and routed them, IVlSth ^idi9th eorpe drove the 6th corps beyond 5i id die town, capturing eighteen pieces of arfillflty and one thousand three hnsded prisoner^ which were safely bVofcgm off) Bui the edethy wbseqasmlymade nrtrad-eud in tnrnattacked Early, e*uaii%:his lira td%ive hray. On-the retreat the enemy captured thirty pieced of artillery. Oil uett leaf was tWMty Ihree-piWee of artaieiy and nefce wagons and ambulances. Our loss is killed hhd* wounded -is has than a thousand and our leas in prisoners is. thought to bo small. > The enemas infantry it reported refcy badly demoraliied. Wd did not ponds, fimlocsis aery seven. Gen. Kameur was eserelywettgdaifc whole feting with gaUao tajt and was captured by the enemy. - r'i 'I.. JI >'jlyn. -*.1 i-~i ' - ! ,. * Prom Hood's Army. Jacksonville Ala,, October 16.?A speoial despfcteb to the Martjjonwry Mail nji: Last night General Beauregard Was serenaded, and appeared before alaige atfdience of <riti?ra and soldiers. He ammd them that thgrfar, all was well, sod that our army has eaptmwd ROsacs, Daltow And Ringgold. The loss 4raa been slight. Reports of esTalty fighting nor Rome allude to losses on ottr side, bat lack confirmation. ^ Shexaaan iast-QhaltniOQfea, muring his arm? by Rossvills Snd Lookout Valley. ' .. jj - * ''niA.. i.-.H??^ , . ? v. Vietory rn Mast *ftimmwue . The enemy, who so -rwently thteMe&sd BriBtol, have been defeated and driven back j by General Vaaghn. ,J*1 , , > The following pneate despatch from Gen. Vaughn aaDOunces his victory : " _ Nnaa Bflu* Spring, VJ . 12 sales balow Greebvilie, V I - - * OotOher 12? 1861: J ; I met the enemy this morning at Green* viile. Killed end woiinded many; capttxred two stands of Regimental odors, togetfaelr I With many horses end small armband some i prisoners. My loss slight. I regret to sags ' that Col Rowan* of tbe 62nd Tennessee Regiment) is mot tally wOnnded. Iaa now pursuing. * . J. 0. VAUGHN, Brig. Gen. Tbe Knowville Register, (now published , at Bristol,) Of the 15th, gtr* the folhnrinf i particulars of the battle : . In addition-, we have from cfor correspondent, "East Tennessee," farther particulars of the fight, and other erenfe from the front. Frofiu this ire learn that Gnr. Vaughn dap* \ tared twenty-five or thirty prisoners-^th*t ( tire enemy wefe pushed to "Liek Creek"-*, that oar lo3se9 Wer^ as follows: M. S. Col- j low*J, Co. G,8d Tenn., killed; Janrea 1 Wells, Co. E, wounded slightly; Lieut Williams, 1st Tenn., severely bat not dfeQgerons; Col. John A. Rowan, 62d Tenn., ;mortaHy Wounded and will die. The.Colwnel fell in a band to hand fight?after hi* pistol failed to fire, and after he was shot he . threw it at the ana who shot him. The i Colonel talked freely and told Geh. Vanghn j that be was willing id die~-*nd to tell hit | family and friends tint he died in a- good-' oause.: j' P. 8.?Since writing the above there- ; mains of Col. Rowan' have reached this place together with 22 prisoners, captured at Greenville, inoloding one bushwhaoker , and one deserter. The Federals are at Bull's Gap. A small foree day before yesterday dhme np-to Blue Spring. Gen. Vaughn's position is perhaps best known to the enemy. - ANOTHER TIGHT. r . 1 The Lynchburg Republican, of Saturday j says: ' Gsneral Vaughn appears to be giving TLe Yankees in East Tennessee no rest. On Wednesday, as heretofore announced, he whipped them at Greenvillej and on Tjhursday morning he again <*me up with them eight miles west of that place, and gave them another handsome drubbing, capturing thirty prisoners, several wagons and ambulances, and a good mapy horses, besides killing-* considerable number. The enemy \ loft their-dead on the field and retreated in confusion towards Bull's Gap, General j Vaughn pursuing. ^ ? ^ ? #** From the Petersburg Express, Slat Instant. Froin tibe Front. . The enemy made some demonstration on onr extrtmd right yesterday morning, with oavalry and infantry, as though intending to make an attaok, but in the end it amounted to nothing and so died away.? The enemy has been quite active at this point for two or three days, and an advance has been anticipated but it has not yet come. It may be made on any day, and it may not be made for several weeks. We begin somewhat to doubt whether Grant will make any serious movement an tenor to toe .residential election next month. The success of his master hangs upon an uncertainty, and Grant, if he is a headstrong butcher, is too sagacious, wO take it, not to be oonsoions of & great uncertainty.of success in any attempt he may make to capture Petersburg and Richmond. The visit of the Yankee Secretary of War, and seven! other dignitaries of the Government to City Point, is ominous of something. It may mean immediate battle, or indefinite quiet But there is some hidden object in it. ' * *. We b&ve information that a considerable force of Yankees has moved to City Point and tbenioO elsewhere, within the last day or two.' The object of this movement is believed to be well known at headquarters, and proper steps have been( or will be, taken to meet it ' We bear some vague reports of a cavalry raid towards the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, the truth of which we cannot ascertain. Several shells were thrown into the city night beforo-last 4 Yesterday was marked by the nfltta! qoiet along the gr&ter portion of the Jibes. Artillery, and we also "add picket, firing is dispensed with daring the day, bot commences at nightfall, and is generally kept up until daylight ' ? v..**.' = J?* It was Dow, jr.?saored be his memory 1?who said that "Life is a country dance; down outside and back; swing the corners; torn your partners; tread oaths] floras of yorxr neighborpofe yoar nose everywhere; all hands_round; right and loft. Payout coooanut, alia* split your cranium, and the figure is ended; the jig is ft?; seat yoar partners. Time hangs tip tMfl fiddlej death pita oat the light, and the dfcftoe of life is ended' Good Bevfs From Georgia. A despatch received from Gedtgfh to* day from aaooree perfectly reliable, (says the Kiobmond Why of 19 th inst.,) states that General igdod has destroyed the rail* road from Resaca to Tannel Hill, capturing 41 Ihc garrisons on the route, with a large amount of army stores and one thousand prisoners.. At last accounts he had taken Dillon. On the i^th, Sherman was south of Dalton moving northward, * Besaoa is 82 miles ^northwest of Atlanta; Dllfcm is 1? milps in the same direction from Resaca, and Tunnel Hill 7 miles from Dalton.. From Tunnel Hfll to Chattanooga the distance.is 81 miles. The whole die*' twee from Atlanta to Chattanooga, by the fldlroad, upon whioh all the above named vl*Mrta e*A keinn 1 QQ railuci J/wbwo ?&u iwnwiij yVMf5 AW UUIW< t . ? 4 C^MBilfoV?TBe Cofam'bus Sun states, upon the authority of officers connected With tHe army, {Est as we progress northward our imaben increase. AVhen the army fell baok to Atlanta numbers of men who lived in the Northern portions of the State went Bade to their homes. They are now retnrhing to their odors. It is stated, upon IBe same authority, that over one hundred deserters have returned to their commands from the nejg&borhood of liiek Skillet?a Rfift village id Northwestern Georgia. odrpa. atone has been fecrbited nearly three tiToifthd.. ?<fr*iTJL.--The venerable Dr. SnttJhdfr, in & letter to ttie Southerti CJmtian Advocaty mji : Some people are discouraged at the situation of public a hairs; bat others of as are stijl sanguine of success, and that at no yen distant day. Whet party soever prevails at the North?-|$d it ia not easy to will be. the beat for us?we think the results of the election mlT innure to our bene&t Ihe Northern people?at least the Northwestern people, are tired of the war?and are determined to have peaoe ; and they know?thank God!?that they cannot have it without recognizing our indeJ?li. rW4 . V- -- -* A.I peuueutw, .may jlirjw uuat ? u??a gw?" ernment that lias got a baokbone in it? whatever feeble knees there may be in certain sotted parts o^" iour country. So, list as be of good cheer?let us safer on a little longer?Tet us refofm oar lives, repose an b'tttable trustin Providence?thank God and t&e courage ! EHfefctoF Lincoln's Election. The Etohfflond Shtam.in.er considers that sortfe doubt still remains as to the result of ttl&Y&dbt State Elections at the North; and ah regards the result itself tending to sfi6W a disposition on the pdrt of the North to ebnfihne Lttdofn in power, the Exdmirnr thinks that if the people of the North chocwe to re-elect Lincoln, they thereby pfctittSft ft- decree eiJttbBArofe the fodependenoe of the South. The Exaikiner nf? that we on briny larger armies fn the fiiM to iimxdh than any other Northern President, and this continuance in power will inspire every Southern breast with th? resolve to win independence as the only alternative to extermination. Among the host of reasons why we cannot live in Union with the Yankees, in the opinion of the Examiner) which in this particular, is quite correct, is that we have a perfect abhorrence of the purchase and sale and branding white men like negroes or muler. That the reader'utay properly understand what is. meant by this^ We extract file following from the Examiner's article: It has been the practice for a good while, in the Yankee camps of instructions, to kmnd with a. n?rtain mark hfitween the Bhoulders such recruits and substitutes as are rejected, but lately, to prevent frauds and cheek the trade in substitutes, (who desert with the view of substituting again,) ;it hps has been deemed expedient in that oountry to brand also, with another mark or letter, such subatitues and recruits as are acoepted j so that the greater pah of Grant's army will soon consist of branded cattle? a pretty sort of herd to take Biohmond! ; From tfie Chartotte N. C. Bulletin. No More Smut. Ma. Ed'itOE : With your permission, I wifl gife to the farmers a sure remedy to pteVent hhut in whfeat. It is this?strong lue. Take a large pot, fill ft with lye, and beat it almost to the boilling point, and when in that condition, fill a basket with wheat and dip in, taking care to not let it remain in long enoagh to injttfe the getin?-say a few seconds. After dipping spread on a floor, or in a widft box, and roll it in lime (good hickory ashes will do.) It is then ready for sowing. My experience iff, that it is equal to Bluestone, if not better. - _ . J. W. Martin. Mecklenburg county, Oct. 19, 1864. * Fearful Mortality.-?A letter received by a gentleman in Wilzningtpn states that there had occurred in Newborn within twenty-four hours?that is to say; in one day and night, one hundred and nineteen deaths from yellow fever. This is fearful, and appears almost inoredible; still the writer of the letter is a perfeotly truthful gentleman and places full reliance in ,tbe information upon which his statement is based.. Tins can hardly, we a oppose, be taken,as an average, or anything like it? Still the average is undoubtedly high.? The Yankee troops have been harried off into tlie woods or anywhere. Of course they'have suffered.?Petersburg Express. ^ itSf The prompt response which all. Departments and Bureaux are making to the oall for men nitB already ohanged the aspect of affairs below Biehmohd. The activity, seal and energy of Major General Kemper has already hurried to the front a strong reinforcement of men, and daily, almost horns, ly,'the tlfli of defenders pressing "to the front flows steadily by. The list of "indispensables" has been contracted throughout all thfe Departments of the Government, and it is surprising to see how fewemen are als solutely necessary out of the army. iLAtESTfflE W& Fro(8ft>#lori<pfcra( PotL\BD, Ai^QoW 19.?Cap** Amos dispatches yesterday that he fought the ene(five huridrii-infiaiiti#) fo&f hoars, driving them to their ganboats, which landed yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, six miles below Milton. Their boats have left for the ?taf m and wounded; ours only three wounded. fWxfi vSfcJfiffc Petersburg, Odfc. 24th.?(jreh.Shipley,' at Norfolk, has issued a general cMdfftt quiring all persdnlfo Ver 16, tfnde and female, to take the bath or be sent Sit of the Yankeeiracs by the 15?h October. PMrtiis are not to take the. oath under thrift of intimidation or on pWmise of any. kind, but ^.<*if mhtvj . %Mn on mature deliberation.. xne oacn; oongatioo and pepaftirt in case of to be folly explained. '' Those taking the oath ate (o be conscripted. Portsmouth, Cherrystone, YorktoWn, an<i ifofftflk- are the places Stooirlted for pi&fes to attend in or- \ dor to take the otftK. A. nhmber of the males who hare been banished rather than take the otftH have arrived in ;dir lines. Nothing new or active about the sitoa- ' tioft h ere "or abOVe. * * * - KlCHMONb, Oct U.^Ail qotof Belcw Richmond yesterday and to day. Nothing later frotUhe JIMj.. *' v Fourteen hundred ^risbneni; oi 4am bf\ iEarly, were received af (he Libby Prison'; yestorday. J an . The Biltfthore Am&rtean; evenrdg edition, of the 21st received. Dispatches from Sheridan to Grant claim 1,600 prisoners, two Colonels comman?og bfT^e^, se^?^ o woonded and one killed. Gen. Bdniaeur died On the morning <tf the 20th. Lincoln has issued a proclamation for thanksgiving on the lost Thursday id No vomber. *" ' ' V ?' i"Exchange of Psitoifiitf.?Thef Mrcmtnermpi' . ai t .'I We have good authority for. tot: the cartel has been to a certain eitent, resumed. . Arrangements hare been made to exchange immediately 10,000 of tfewTaB-* fcee prisoners in Georgia. Savannah is the 'point of exchange, and Gapt. Hatch will leave in a few days for that city to superintend the whole afiair. This news will Arry gladness to myriads of Southern fisdridea. i Let na pray that it may be the prelude to the exchange of eves; one of onx poor fleiIbws who have so long been hrigniririHg in Northern dungeons. ,-v ??".'ye^ - 1ftfcd&L GoodMqvb.?Itia^stated that Ceil, Oald, C. S. Commissioner, for exohang'e of prisoners, is. now on the eye of entering into fresh negotiatior? for ah agreement which shall secure for each Government the right , tn fnrniah tri its own loldieffl in frhft hand a ' of the other, such supply of and blankets as toay be required for. comfort daring the, approaching winter, and * seated ration of meat, breed, ootfee,aogat pickles abd vinegar, so that actual physical suffering shall not be added to those that ire inseparable from itoftrftonmeb? *'' . - ? - -ipff' * .r w'11 t tt^The fdbwingnxtfaoefewn the .Confederate States Medicai .amd Surgical Journal; for the month of September, 1864, will, no donbt, be of interest -to mnayof oar readers: "Whole number of esse* exhibited- in. the field reports daring 1861 and 1862,- was 848,555> of whioh 16,220 died, and 10,455 were-aiscnargea irom sctyicc. xucnr waio admitted in hoopitals for the same period 447,689 oases, of which 19j869 died, aiid 6,485 were discharged." ' ' tmttmmUmitmmmmmmmmmm Le$3> pbncibb.-1?just received 5 dozen ?gpertoJLEAP PgHC&S.?.fcr drawing.. For sale at the PRINT WO OFFICE. October 95 ' ^ <9 i xe Oi tf Lost, on Monday, October 10tb, 1864, on the Landrfoad Road between Rock Em and Fishing Creek, a small PAtEST LEATHER SATCHElt, with a etcel claap, containing a Ltxnth and a pair o?GOLD SPECTACLES, The finder.will he liberally rewarded hy returning It to thfe undersigned lit Hoclf Hill. ?. MCCAFFREY. October 26 ", , 43 , \ t * ENVELOPES! ElfmftPllS)F " Just Yeceived and for sale a lqt? of exceRfat EjfvEX.OKES,. . AT TB* PKBTIle wrll'K. ^ eOTrtSrWJ^Mfift For which the fcfehelt mkf&F iHti WjjWuf ' * I SUGAR, 1MltSXND SAtT, 'ia\ exohange^for BACON. : . B. T. WBEBIBB. Oct. 2d . 43 tf ENBOLUUfi Ojpn^iv YOBKVILLE, 8. C., October 25, 1864. IN accordance with _ the aboye orders from Major 0. D. MEETON, Commandant of Conscript, aH persona In this District, between Dm mm of Eighteen (18) and forty five (45) /ears, who are detailed lor any other then Government purports, as weU as those accepted for light duty* but who are not aaakned by.Major Melton, nre ordered to report at the Censor Instruction by the 31st instant. Transportation will be furnished at this Office. All coming under this order, who tail to obey, will be arrested ana forwarded under yuan). The necessities of the do?try require that the orders I base received should be enforced strictly had promptly. ,, , . ' J. 8. B. TH0BJ8ON, - Lie&ttaftt shd Enrolling Officer. ^oatTOiE faSAlE coufcgg J&L. : PROVIDENCE pwmluhtf/ I wfll, hlto the ' 1st of NOVEMBER, devote my time and tn?s?y^BS5crgiet to thla INSTITUTION,-with the ex ^jSBBTpectation of costiimlai* to servo It, ffleuffiWjy clcntty encouraged, as ?y health wUl not 40^ justify a return to the Army?the widest and most Inviting of all Held* of usefulnessWc will, as far as ceeessary, be assisted by a lady.? Payment in PR0V181 rNS will he expected flom all veto have ttffth'. ThW Itf efirtMniy Jtftt: * Boarding cahT*f had & ?? Uctaber.iw.. ....... - y x~- ' *? SLATE LABOR fOB THB COAfT. ^rvisidir wo. i? *. ? I" COMMISSIONERS of Roads and ? Um Town Authorities within t^e Judicial Oiftriea of Pickens, Spartanburg. Grtenvflto, Anderson, Union, jfont, Chester, .Laurens,.ADf>cvllle and Newbenjt.?Bl fatujrUti summon all slaveholders within their respective limits to deliver ONE HALF <#) of theirlslaves Vatie to ShwNuAr at tbeRailread Depots nearest their residences on T.UESDAY, the-29th day of November next,'as b* transported to Charleston for thirty day's labor on the fortflcafloW^ '( II. Negroes delivered on QOirldde > South Carolina HaJlroftd.wDIJhKe.amin. which leaves* ChCMotM at 7.30 o'clock," a. m., on 89th November. . Thoeo dsllvsrodon King's Mountain Sklbuad "win take the Passenger Tata down on same day. . . .. r - . . Those delivered on Oreehvinerk Columbia Railioaff will take the train which leave*GreemyRleft 9 o'clock, ft. m., on same day! ' " - Those delivered .on fipanantou? fc, Union "feallroad will take the Passenger Train down on samo day.' J" Those delivered oi>the iJaurem' Railroad wifl taka'me Passenger Train down on same day. _ Those dettvoretPomia' Bine Hidgir RaUroail wHlttWa trpln which leaves Walhalla at II o'clock, * -m. oa-?aine day. JH* amount of lahnt rrijUtowd oatMs call is sixty (60) days to each Road hand. If possible all credits will he exhausted.-- v . IV. The attention of Commissioners to directed to Circular of 10th liHtnnt frodilbis offiic<i,~hTid they Ore requested to forward the returns.caltqrt for without detoy. / R. B. JOHNSON, " - Agent of State of South Carotin*. ' : r|^KETUL 8. C., a grey JENNET, aBoftt lSJfMtfdto high, mppriMgUr be tboat n&eeeie old, rlgSf m Ulsd. Appraiaed ?f TSEEE "?e? ?'? wMsm&ama* . , Conscript Department. cot0?u,tf.a>^SS^. 1 GEXERJlL ORDERS SO. B. ^ i 1 TWmrtMSmmESE it fail fHflfftrtTTr ~TTj"Vritfiii^g|eid 1fl|in fif Wlifcl a I Office, (current series,) all penile Of penoui between the I ege* of 18 and46 yem?,jy?anad ?tder authority of the War " tilM Woo Davft DCfJiflcaiiw u agBtciuvUiliw^ wWl 'zsssstttss&sxwajsnspt: ^s^jcsiaaatim <?*?* will repqit forthwith to the Enrolling Offioerof jbelr zeepee trecUon. A JoSdof Su^S^^wul be tafcJStjljf1at the isa^srsi^^w^sik on accowit of piiyafcal dLiability. Thoee . Mutiml promptly win have the benefit of each examjnMtafr jpa afS& II .otHWWCAt#. I Finliiillrill nnlllriinil nrtmnnTm ?nl iiiimlili ilull in aggmonai | .sV3*n Weekly edition of the SOUTHiaWjpt^HSlcSlili^^. oaaat <^n*dttLi matter.w3SS^?SS^TV^SSHi^m j Jpfor 6 monxta, or $3 far S'jttMffi tirfT I pUed ^ritoi'ioKiBdor of tbte yotr (UM^^rltli the Wee?" T ml' October 13 - '- **# '~ oKai.f^HT^-,e*ta?.^ V ii. ! TOBK' DimTUCr^. ..,<i. ' RC^CT B^BQl^ATtApiOgpfcAaf^, \\/HE^BEAS, the pfamcfoftHi 1S63' ' A4. *'! , . .. ? .. . jwS?tnV? r^^&^^aaaw*.?f?>?W pmi 'AJUOO JO staqraq OS " 0? ??H? 'NODVll ?P1? poOTJfc spa nod aSuaAinH OMJL? 3*0 MM |K go J ggYBQglM^ngi^rii^ EMCCTWf iH jh ?g I tiyFS MLdaJ^NC0^ H?*8e' ?? of ACRES.beioogtng to the.nttte of & ed, aid lutf* nre lying on me watOTWxlag^CtedL m thirDhtrict, bounded by l*nd#6f & 1C?v?rfy> & X. &nb <?*w* '# ??*?> DS^g ~^^srwwasi^OTi?:7^" ?LANTERS v?id -othawL-.who htarp \ TTTST i t) YELLOW SALT, Coarse rod dry, u *25 per bpaftc!, for.okby . B. E. OOWUtt,'J#Bu' war.- ~. Jffapagifl** oTEfii fsmmgngmir\J EEf a lot of OfLLOTTa FIBBT QUALITY#TSEL ."gys-.ESJSSPpllPfc, Itf 'O T reS'j^-StJtfAB TO t?5f-k." CftAKQ? for BACON (m Oo^rnmem ?tNK>