Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 15, 1864, Image 1

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Adverttaed letters 2 cents each. fa v. fS ?:'. $&?. mw*WW?< * . 1 bk "S??ar and bonaftd* eobecilberefroin the Office _ ,Ml8M>M?CPP0n>aBd not esoeedlnit three ounces la weight: M OH yjjjS^rJcenU per quarter. agr&^vB feckly paper, 96 cents par qsurter. ! Hi . iseaa Week,65cente per quarter. A t | SWk,? centa per quarter. p^nis published oftener than semi-monthly shall be WS- Aadffltioaar ounce orlhtUM of an ounce. I f . ?*Tiumuurrranrnto matter . jalimd postage on every other newspaper, and -on pPv^ft vrtular not sealed, handbill engraving, pamphlet, HRH or other paper, which shall be uncon with any manuscript or written matter, and not Kp^tB ?t? I ounce in wettbit, shall be 1 cent, and for every " HPw?E?Y boundaM onbounff^t we?ghfijg over - I *?ode, shall be deemed mailable 'matter, ^nd-the ln ExgH psuge on them.shall be at the. rate of 2 cenu an -tf auction Of an onnee, and the postage on ail tneb hi matter and books, shall be prepaid in all eases ex ^bikw,: hetfjcnt by officers, musicians or privates of the / nsxxirs paiviusoa- *' , following persons only are entitled to the franklhp' _jfe,and ln a)! cases strictly confined to official busl|^/>&B master General. ygSf the Treasury for the Post Office Department. |B OF SOUTH CAHOLISA. Wrrsar s?? ItwrecwMt-OBtiaaAL's One*. I Co ixxbia, November 2,IBM. B ?$bAL ORDERS NO. 14. B Tto commaadbg officers of oomBf -J-*iies organized-under-orders from this office for serK - T^^twd their Districts, will forthwith return to this of x/ "O? ton*of their respective companies, including the S?. -A ?*?5 persons who have been added to the rolls since OlgMization. J IB .JX}?**1 ahd Said officers having in their poaMsston Y f^^ebove specified, will alao make returns of the A y^sos* who are Uabie to service in-aaid companies, m ??*2*b*ee failed to report their names, when fb? eomB^ Pr^??jll*bC ordered into service, win be arrested, onrW r' J"? "%mpand trlod by coorts-mantai. in pursmpweof ft ?f the Act of the General Assembly. ' m ufi olflcersof-vegA. C. 6ARLINGTON, ] I I ; Adjntant and Inspector General S. C. ? i?**'W? AJ Polus, A. A. ffeneral. J sUteBOH FOlR THS COAST. | ?. DWiaiQE. HO. 1. w T C(MM1S5X0NERS of #oads and L ' pL? *** Authorities within the Judicial Districts oir S /Wanhurg, GreeavUlu Anderson, Union, York, ft taoens, Abt)cvi????d.SewbeiTy will tcrUitrtlh.' r GfffiwslwMwa within their nupsstbre UmttSSu November neat, to be transported to Charleston for thirty day's labor on the fortifications. ? II. Negroes delivered on Charlotte it South Carolina Effitadad wiU take a train which leaves Charlotte at 7 JO -*jr J?ttheh?a. m^ on 96th November. Thone delivered on King's Mountain Railroad will take the Passenger Train down on satno day. Those delivered on Greenville k Columbia Railroad will take the train which leaves Greenville at 3 o'clock, a.m., f. Tfidse delivered on Spartanburg 4. Unlou Railroad will * ' - take the Passenger Train dowp on same day. Those delivered on the Laurens Railroad wl'.i rake the ,53fisar,2ffi8i?--4 ,**? tram which leaves Walhnll* at 11 o'clock, a. u. ou same fll> The aaaoant'of. labor required on (bin call in sixty r ~t (60) dvatoeach Bond band. V possible all credits will be exhausted. ?. IV. The attention of Commissioners la directed to Circuit lar of l(kh inspwt from this office, and they arc requested t f s*., , } Agent of Stale of jlouih Carolina. I ? * 4t WERilT SWTHERICFLTITATOR. . pT J^uance of a plan long entertain_L ad, and to meat the expressed wants of the AgricultuM and Country Residents of (be Sooth, the subscriber announces his intention to commence the publication of a YfmHtSiW&Qf ihO SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. . r A The paper will retain Its present form, furnishing eight pages orrehtag matter weekly, tt will be devoted, as heretofore, to Agriculture. Also, to Current News, s syuopsls ofAtmy lateltlgeaee, Proceedings of Congnws, Reports of the Markets, kc., lie., embracing ererytting necessary P to render it a valuable and acceptable K FAMILY NEWSPAPER ^ . foe the Farmers. Planters, Gardeners, Stock Raisers,'houaeA\ _ wives and Business Men of the Confederacy. The first A \ number of the Weekly edition will be issued on or before R X the first Saturday in. November. B \ ? TERMS. *!^A \ f6 for 6 mpnths, or $3 for 3 months. Single copies, S3 ;?^A VAU present subscribers to tbe CULTIVATOR to be supfed for the remainder of thlb year (1964) wltfc the Week without any advance in price. I illili in i D. REDMOND, ?B^iIL -W ,? Augusta,Ga, B ^geber 19 4R if lllB' ' ? ?*fIUMULII?? OFFICE, J * , VOKKV1LLE, S. C., November7,1864. iTHE Mescal Board will meet at v? :~B X* this office on'MONDAY, 21st Instant, all persons In YorVPisttict, between the ages of Seventeen ()7) and fifty 'i- wM /(SO) ypnra, liable to conscription, and who have not bgen i examined since 1st APKlTt last, are ordered to report for r s II. Offic^Andsoldiers una:.te4? trayd to a HOSPITAL |A ' BOARD, may report for citeindonvoCfurtOitcii. Thane pbys' \ ically unable to leave home will send their original fur ^^Av\ loughs, with the SWORN certificate of the attending physi. -> cinu, attesting tbe ftiitthst they arc unabje to leave honte ; - I ? and also giving a full aud-nccurate statement of the ease. I No furlough can he extended'except in compliance with vJ these coudiUons. y\ Jjo. R. THOMSON, . . I I ? Lieutenant an&Enrolling Officer. life;' Wm,pmt?fr fl - - 45 21 W " eOTTH CAROLINA?VOKK Diif TElGT--T-Wbereas,F. ?. HARTNESS has applied to mo for teuers of Administration on all and singular the Hf - eoodP and chattels, rights 03d credits of A. D. H ABTVESS late of the District aforesaid, deceased. Tttws iWtberefore to qite&ud admonish all and singular, the wSrcd atfd creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear ttcfjpce rue At oar next Ordinary's Court for tbe said rm-oxbt* U M nowen at s om u?un noose on uie;oin uay of SovWber iwt, to shew cause, if any, why the said Adshould not be granted, ctven Ktw^V nur ha?4 and Seal, this 7th day of November, L yM of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and la the eighty-ninth year of the Indepenof outh Carolina.* . ?. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. fcr - Notwhhoa <?_ * B JJ (j. ~ 51J3QWO ^ ^nlv^oaavo v r 3^^5252 B jfj -?q piedjjd t jflitn nV -aaojoq Juiuoao aiji lodafi Bf^ ; aqi 01 ltflno. pas iyodajd otjvoi soSugoed rptp TT K ? 9Avq [[Ui poos Saidaiqs snosadd qq \ ?0 ?ts^*^ 'iqbnvo V t - mm uj jpuo iedui* I SJ,YO trass JO fWW v pod 'NH03 JOtsMgm 0510 py osi? 'fJOOVH ?P^ P^.J0 > spuaod aaauiauoAiX-10 avo ' *? trnn*j A A P gQjjtgBjajpsgj ox?ggitrviitl I < tventai NOTICE.?D U B I N G my abser.eefrom YolkvilJe, I have made arrangem meats with Dr. I^PtacrvfEsr formerly of Charleston, to take'ebarge of $7 OFPlCK adjoining the Enqrtus* [ " building, where he win he picked to wag on my customer*. as usual. He to a etutlejuan of much experience In my line of buslnera, and *&|( dOdbtfcjM, give igueral sati*fac^Pnbrwry ? *- a; ^'-^"tf" wr . jriATJTION.?THE PUBLIC ARE t- ' WTftsssMj I ^vgfg-aSasaL^r.'*& t defence igaOw? said note. MARY M. DUFF. I November 9 45 y PK OTEEL PBSa^JBST HECEIVO EDtlaJ^tfttN'TTOPlttTiiOALlTYSYEEL Srotbem Bazftr ppftl;to thftgolief of a?*fcfffr ?rti? ? i roa^f. . I -.' 1' !?; ' :f< Qo.the 18th hit., od$ of the moat meg oifaeft^bauui ever bold m the nttfeb ? England-wag opened at the St G^Wgo'i Hail, in Liverpool, hi aid of the "Soatberi prieeghrt' JWlifrf Ftwd." For nenijaix months the preparations have beo? J? jro. gross, and daring that time contribution! 4^ t more vauable have flowed fi^nt all parts of the. world. So numfrons, ifcdeed, ?e* >^ .#ri5ole8 Utas generonslj given, that the difhoajtybas not beep to 'Sresa" the 3talle,, in-the technical aense ^f the trpjrd^^et tO'e*l?ihii all that they contain \ for a haw. oh so aunpptuoua and priwt a scale as this We i? dwarfed' even.jo the msgnificient hall TI^JLodnamed after the Soqthenf. States, are ranged down thesides of the hall, five on each side, aad the remaining two form a large central tent, from the apex of whioh rises a triplet of tri-colored flags. Trieolored drapery also roofs the stalls, and it being of hunting instead of the ordinary glazed cOlico, gives a peculiar soft and rich appearance, and heightens the effectiveness of the harmonious color contrasts. The stallB aTe alternately square and octagonal in shape, the ootagons having tent or spiral roofs rising to a point, and capped with the Confederate flag; and the square ones, loping roofs, reaching about half way up, to the gallery. The counters are covered with crimson cloth, and a drapery valance, which tods round the top of eaoh stall, forms a very graceful cornice. The valance itself is elaborately decorated with a blue margin and a prettily 'designed red, white and blue centre, and. above tbe top margin is a neat border, terminating in a tri-color cord, which runs from stall to stall. The paneliugsat the bottom of the stalls are of white drapery, relieved by blue; and the panels themselves are divided by gold beading and flated at the bottom. At the south end of the halt, and in the middle of the floor, is the auction stand, an octagonally shaped platform, whioh is to be at first appropriated for the larger and heavier articles. Jft, too, is wrapped in crimson, and bears ingeniously designed coirfbinatioas of colors. Tbe panels are fluted and have gold mouldings; and the centre is studded wftb blue and white rosettesv The central teDt, to which we have already referred &b the largest, is also the most complete; one half of it forms the Kentucky stall, presided over by the Lady De Houghton and Sits. pHvdiy and the other half cif the Tennessee stall, at whioh the Lady Iff. Be'resford Hope and Mrs. F. Hull presided. **^iiffbUaIl^gS^CdBfederale and "British ?are displayed throughout tbe hall; but these have been selected with a judiciousness-and taste whioh has rather tended to subdue effects, and thus prevent the glare and gaudiness which probably would otherwise have been apparent. Thus at the apex of each of the bell-roofed sectional octagon tents are small triplets?a tri-color of the Confederacy being in the centre, and the English and French flags on either side.? At -the stall named "Georgia," which is the fourth on the left-hand side, the flag of the ship Georgia is exhibited ; and it may be., interesting to mention that tbis same stall is presided over by Mrs. Bullock, the wfie of Captain Bnllook, of the famous man-ofwar. The fronts of all the stalls are covered with small silk banners bearing the stars of the Confederacy and the motto Deo Vindice. On entering the ball from the east lobby, the first stall on the left hand is "Virginia," held by the Countess de Dampierre, Mrs. Phttertqn and Mrs. M. G: Klingender. - The greatest attractions on this stall are a number of artistically designed albnms of the Confederate generals, a bronze of Mephi9topheles, and various small articles of interest. "North Carolina" is the next stall in order, and it is presided over by Mrs. Spenoe and Mrs. F. Warthington. It is riohly laden with China vases, and contains a magnificently gilt clock.' * "South Carolina," the next stall, is held by the Lady Wharncliffe and Mrs. Prioleau. It contains chiefly small, but richlv r ' * wrought, articles of needlework, scarfs, pictures and baskets of elegant workmanship. The "Georgia" stall is very finely decorated externally, but ther interior is devoted j chiefly to baby-liDen; the only other af- j tide worth notice here being a couriously shaped large clook.. The ladies presiding are Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. Trapmann. "Florida" is presided over by Mrs. Casein and Mrs. Patriok. It contains many valuable and elegant pieces of workmanship in worsted, exquisitely wrought screen needlework, two bassinets, gilt ottoman, and a laron nf urn all farna and nth. ar articles. The centre stalls?-<'Kentucky" and "Tennessee"?will probably be found the most attractive, not only from their position, bat also from the great variety of their contents. "Kentucky" is kept by the lady De Houghton and Mrs. G. W.' Oliver. Among its exhibitions is a doll house, five feet eight inches high, valued at seventy pounds. We noticed, also, a very elegant silver centre piece, wbiob had been designed by Mrs. Oliver. The design consisted of a tripod base, from which springs a palmetto tree, supporting the glass. At the base of the stem is a figure representing the Confederate States, draped flag of the Confederacy, and holding in her bands the emblems of Faith. Hope and Charity. On the reverse side is a bale of cotton and the war flag of the Confederates. The "Tennessee" part of the tent is kept by the Ladj M. Beresford Hope and Mrs. F liuil. Here is a large a^id apparently very valuable, doll's bedstead, a pioture of the Holy Family in Parian, a box of small busts of leffersop Davis, sent by Lady Beresford Hope, and some small Swiss ornaments. "Alabama," the end tent on the western tide, ii devoted W eome of the most inter. ? .w .???; "-o**o?b ~ -r r groes oq their discharge after servioe faith- a fully rendered. ' u The President closes by reiterating his *a willingness that this government negotiate o for peace. Peace is'manifestly impossible tl unless desired by both parties to this for j a and a disposition towards it among our ene- tl mies will be best and most certainly evoked b by a demonstration on our pajrt of the ahii- ri ity and unshaken determination to defend d our rights. Let us then resolutely contin- o ue to devote our united energies to'defehd il > * esting and costly articles of the bazaar.? Among these' is a olook representing the pStbedral of Milan, in poarl shell. The ' stall also contains rope danoers, various f other figures, boxes of coins, pieces of neeI die work (one of these valned at thirty i guineas,) and models, of wild Alabama - flowers in wax: Alabama kept by Mrs. . Mai com son and Mrs. Pratt. y ?TSe Mississippi tent is kept by the" 1 Countess' of Chesterfield and the Hon. Mr#. , Slidell. It'contains many of the most use-; , fal. contributions; among Which are'rogS of bearskin; There is also here a large coli lection of Bohemian dolls. The care of the I tent named "Louisiana" is confided to Mrs. Y Byue, Mrs. T. Byrne and Mrs. F. Roder wald. ' This stall contains a very handsofie Indian cover from Canada, * single monkey f staffed, and a couple of monkeys stuffed, a miniature organ, a French toilet table, and smaller articles lor the toilet. "Texas" lis devoted to jewelry, statuettes, time-pieces, tapestry and several richly worked aereens. Mrs. A. Forwood, Mrs. W. Forwood; and Mrs. Hoyn are the ladies iu attendance. 'Arkansas," at whiob Mrs. SiHem and Mrs. J. Willing preside, haB a modehof the' ship Florida, several handsome silver jugs, some splendid American cheese, an American rabbit, a. very pretty child's bassinet, : together with baskets and mnltifBriou* other email articles. v ? -Baring the morning ihe barar was so ': densely orowdedlhat locomotion wasalmostr impossible, and the business trajnaoted was: 1 exceedingly profitable to the relief ? < The bazaar continues opeo for three days 1 more. ,,?) < ??? ?' ? . r;. (< President's Message. i Richmond, Nov. 7.?Congress met to-r, i day, pursuant to adjournment. The Presi- < dent's message was-received and read- It < begins with a review of the military opera- I fcions since the adjournment of Congress in I June, and recognizes the protection of ( Providepqo in enabling us snopessfolj^ to j withstand the most strenuous efforts for our j subjugation. We have recovered Texas t from the enemy, pud Arkansas with the . exception of a few fortified posts, and near- -jj ' ly the whole of Northwestern Mississippi, j Northern Alabama, and West Tennessee ,i are again in oar possession. All attempts ,j to penetrate from our ooasts have been baffled. In Southwestern Virginia BUeoessive armies have been routed, and.a portion, of j East Tennessee recovered by our troops.. The main' arpjy of "our eneftjy, after * ( series of defeats, the constant repulse of re- ] pcated assaul ts, is still engaged, in thnef- , c fort to capture Fetersbuj^ .JjSe.?army.of ! | Sherman succeeded iu obtaining possession t of AtianTaVBut'was "unable to-secure any j ultimate advantage from this success. Had, t we been compelled to evaouate Richmond, j. as well as Atlanta, the Confederacy wotild f have remained as defiant as ever. No mili- j tary success, of the enemy can accomplish t the destruction of the Confederacy nor save j. the enemy from the constant drain of blood ? and treasure,- which must continue until he j shall discover that there' is no peace attain- j ahle nnlftRflhasfid on thfl itertntmirinri nf rtnr . indefensijble rights: , I No chungc in the conduct of foreign powera is recognizable: Otir independent is c withheld from the assumption that oar re* : cognition would be valueless wfthoatinfceiv j vention. We wish no intervention. _W e , know ourselves fully competent to maintain c cur rights and independence.,' Peace is ^ impossible without independence, and it is j not to be expected that the enemy will an- j. ticipate ncutral powers in the recognition of that independence. The total amount of the public debt on the 1st of October was one billion oneJhUndred and. thirty million of dollafs. No additional appropriation for the public services 4 are needed up to the 1st of July, afc the 4 unexpended appropriations exceed the es- f timates for that time. ( ^ ' * The Secretary of the Treasury recoih* c mends th^t the faith of the government be c pledged, that the notes shall ever' remalh E exempt from taxation, that no issue bo 8 made beyond that already authorized, and ^ that a portion of the receipts of tax in kind a De pieagea to graauate tne redemption 01 " the entire circulation. . ., Referring to the report of the Secretary 8 of "War, .the President says the exemption 0 from military duty of persons following ^ certain specified pursuits and professions, 1 is unwise and not defensible in theory P Discretion should be vested in the military authorities, so that a sufficient number of <1 those essential'to the public service be de- 8 tailed to continue to exercise their pursuits ^ and professions, and that exemption from ^ the service of entire classes should be whol- 0 ly abandoned. Various recommendations a of the Secretary of War are referred to and n approved, among which is a re-organization P and consolidation of reduced regiments. 11 In regard to prisoners of war, the Presi- a dent says each government hereafter will 0 be allowed to provide the necessary comforts for its citizens held captive by the .a other. ? The subject of employing negroes in the i< army is discussed at some length. The li President dissents from those who advise a i general levy and arming of the slaves for a the uuty of soldiers, but recommends the t emrilovment of 40.000 to be used as uioneers' c / r and engineer laborers, in addition to the a duties heretofore performed by them. He fi favors the acquisition for $he public ser- 'n vioe, of the right of property in labor in a n crnvArnmpnf;. Antrnfrinfr tr? HhpriitA'nA'. n ii?~ gri ui wi'n'fcr.T . ' oar homes, oar lives#- sad oat. harries*This is>thq true pith to peaoe.'TLet a trust wUh coDfidet^S'iB Msared malts, . ! :' -?-H*"' ., ' ij,-1. V *rj? SeUWMMtfc From the fall of smb. to the mc meat, a spirit of selfishness hup pwtailed In all ages, among all oTswria, it ill Mcta conditions, it has disoioeed itself in a mos uomisUkwhle manner. She enstbemas a the bible conjoined with direct apd.ppritiv instructions to eheak tad.arraet its baoefu influence, have been printed oireeUsled an< reed- Notonl^has thO Divitetf-iilad, hi stern condemnation of-this nicked tsifi been uttered, but of** good of earth the noble and philanthropic have, by tbe a doptien of-tha associstftauprfrsipiwessayec to mitigate its horrors. AHefforU-all hopei of .termiaetiog favorably thestnfq-~r-the wa: which i* waged by benevolence on one band and selfishness on the other, have proTflc ana veiling and delusive.? Gnat good, w< believe baa been done, JOt this fell spirit?: Hell a talks abroad still?etill, ia nnaubducc ?still can lay hia finger upon an iucra* of votaries and, gloat bereyes n^on thett numbered thoueanda of his devoted miaeiable followers. Wherever me go me fW (bat he has a temple aDd many bop around hia altars and offer thp^faqrifioeenom 80U^ contracted Ijy-gaWjjuul hearts exhausted ol every noble impulse by its long indulgenop. It exists everywhere. The Church is nol free trom .it. It gets within the Rda of the Psalmody, and the Bible, and on the days of work manifests itself, as before in all its bideousnees. You find men devoted to the defence of the lighter moralities?ready to ^note scripture in condemnation of peecaiiW, andyetpractioal jUVegio ?his thing Df selfishness. . It is the most aobtle little thing you.can imagine. If you inquire for corn, or wheat, or leather, or yarn, or cloth jr any of the absolute neceasarie?,;We venture that yoawiU sec it eject its lambent tongue apd flash upon yotf its fierce rapacious eye.. It seems to have a local habitat tion in every heart, apd.AW utt&s itsinsaiate voioe. The apothecary sap scarcely mppress its insatitte.tUnnsnd* the bsueat rrhoer who only wanta a small profit can waroely withstand its fearful attacks, -tbe jenevblent iron monger, the kind manufacurer, the dealer in. upper and soles alike, lemoap its spread and ?> tremendous power, rhey are not selfish, they give, to the ohurob -and the soldiers* families* and every. Sab.>ath if the it consciences hurt a little, can inntha the r>ain hv Inobincovflr thfiir lanaf h. >ning 1istg of eha* ities the week before.? S?ea. the good farmer, whose heart is often ihaered by theseags eC the bird, who sees iature in all its greenness and beauty, and hrough nature comnmog witl^r^rcti?wh<y ives away from the market, and hence is tot poked about the lower market?has not leard that corn and all the produots of his arm have taken an excelsior flight or turn>led down to a low figure, oven he, 1b trongly tempted to falsify when you tell lim'lhat yon need bread stuffs and must tave them?make apjgals to his tender ipart and tell him that God had crowned itelafrofs with abundant harvests, even he, aught by the selfish astute tradesman, will ,nBWe# that your Confederate money is not ;ood. Can miu of any trade, occupation ir business, boast of love of country?chatty, or any-otbdr good deed, whose heart, houghts and feelings are insteeped in ?he enom'of selflshheis. If so, patnbtism knd ihristianity are exuberant, and those who tave not must still BtrffeT, while those who lave must fatten and grow in all the graces hat adorn the christian and'patriot." -1 7 ^:^?: . -;: Carotin* Spartan, i ' - ' ? ' The Newspapers. In an article on the iodiapensalfte imporanoecif the Press of the country and sooley, especially in'our great pending struggle or independence, the Augusta Gi. Regiser remarks: "Our honest opinion is that 10 class of out countrymen, except our solliera, have done' more for oof success than lewspaper men. This is our candid opinion fter matareTy eoMidering: the subject.? "hey have given tone to public sentiment, nd aroused the patriotism of the people to very' demand made upon them. lathe inergeaoies of out couhtry many harsh and ;rievious laws have been passed/ to any rdcrs and regulations hard to'he borne iavc been' adopted# In some cases designDg men, in others'well nfeaning ones, sap-losing they were doing their duty, have lone much to arouse all the feelings, of preudioe and opposition by the* people to theBe apposed usurpations and tyrannies.. Just lew the press have come in, and by their tally pleading their patriotic appeals, reonciled apparent differences and allayed 11 opposition. They have educated the ainds of the people to every great and imlortant change in the policy of our Governiient, and have, with rare exceptions, with 11 their powers sustained the cause of out ountiy.* " . x*;'' :T''* Blot ont the newspapers of tha country, nd von will have no general nolicv among be people. Tl^re willbe as many opi'n3ds as there are individuals, and as maoj waders as there are communities. Humors fill be rife all over the land, and in the bsenoe of reliable information, as now chained, the people will be subjected to im'osition, and will always be depressed by langers real or imaginary. Newspapers crm a kind of bond of Union?a common ledium of the interchange of ideas, and cxt to oar organized armies are the 'most owerful engines within our country for the ttainment of its independence, by holding p the daty of the citizenf on the one hand, nd the rights of the Government on the ther; the. grounds for encouragement on b.e one hand a^id fho necefisfty fo? endurricSpn the other. From the President to tie humblest oitizen?from the General to 5 the" private?the high and the low, ?h6 ioh and the poor, would aJi'feel the need f this common source of information and f comfort. Woe be unto onr country when ; is destroyed V* t 7 4 if / The "ffevertbelees" in Pr$jfdr. , b Prayer, without eubiui^woa, ie dtciation ... to God. "With the form of the petitioner kneeling before His footstool, it combines the spirit of a rival aiming to grasp His >- sceptre or nsarp His throne.?for, are we J, not in effect,."aspiring to be goda/' when J we demand that God shall work onr will ? t There in ,no less reproach, of God in f prayer, without submission. It employs e the language of reverenoe; hat doss it not 1 virtually say that His wisdom is less compei tent to choose for as then our own dark s sighted counsels?that par desires, nay, onr t lasts, can carve oat a higher happiness for , as than lies within the gift i)t Hi?( infinite lor?? 1 .Prayer, witnouc sudiwbsioo, . u an offence. i to.<Jod. He can Hear it only i^ anger?an r ?uger more terrible than when it takes the r shape of atex*.refusal. . Is it oot written for 1 oar warning, that when the Israelites "lusted > exceedingly in the. wilderness," God "gave f them their request, but sent leanness into I their soul!'?bestowed Sherfood for which ir: the; asked, hot wrapped up deadliest - plaguies in it, add slew theid V . ,, How wise, then, was the instruction whioh I Socrates sought to impress on .his pupil, I Aloibiades,. with regard to this questiou of. [ prayer?"fcbet h* should beseech the- su>. preme God to give him what was good for i bhn, though he . should not ask it, and to.; ; withhold foom him whaterer would be hurti *. fill, though he should be so foolish as to | pM| HWihJSuag * aww? ? 1bv otedT 1 b ' How indiapensaWe is itthat all'onr peti- i1 l tions should include * the ,?veverthelen{i >' t hallowed to tat by the .ez&sple of our ElV der brother I .. "Nefertbeless^nut my will, hut he donamQfi c: OW, I mri There are wboiodihmnss of sound theolo- 1 Thojeis no true, tf- 1 i, feotnal pray erjf it hoot ifc ri* d? < <> -.i >i T ^~aSfa- ; e ,x: 'i ifljic f ( I Editous of O^ioltwiaw -.-^L witness- . ed, on yesterday, ?' very interesting and j conftnendntory Bcene.; At'the camp of 1. "FowignBatfelfou,^ oveffonr hundred-j Yankee released prisoners of war took th'e' ^ oathdf tllegiaBW/ana' eW^re fefclty towp- ( < port, in arms, the Ooftfedetiwy: : ^ i The battalion 1 numbers at ptesetrt over ( six-hundred men, tU lof Whom have been prisoners; and are foreigners. Ttivf repre- j i sent every nationality in Europe, abdspea'fc , t generally only th&ir'mother Jaafcuige.-^- j They, are in general urthphtotidttidfei the11 pfltoeyof^atioos, and awneifly afc willing < to fight for our oOontry as another.- -aii -?i i^ "Che oath of feilty VTas administered to , them-Jinthe^resenco of all thefr offieeirs, 1 <j and* before the Post Oheplaio, O^noel/ j who addressed them fo their Various: lan- ' f gurfge^Sfid with EfieTiappiesrappafe'nt ef- s fect? j Gheer after cheer went np for "their" ( new Confederacy, and warmly did they cheer j for their new and manly fJoiooel and their- \ other officers. ; . ' - '. I have been informed, by persons of ap- , proved probity, that several thousand *df i such men ten moat willing to joitf our finks ( and aid"oaf cause. ?"T-' There is no doubt bat that tnese men should be encouraged, and nothing would' g please aaemore, and I think it aroald pro- 11 mote good, that tht citizens in general , should visit them occasionally. = - -.v: e Ifa few of oar good ladies would jttmt f their drivers to ogdyey thetn to "Fair*# i . Hospital/'and speak Ijradly to these'forlorn j otttoasts, I have no doubt fra't thaff^bey c would communicate to them the warmth of v oar Southern olime aud its justice in the if oaase of wat. ' ' t A fe w articles of clothing or a little food c would unquestionably arfiffe' these Wdlqtp a the mcfit unfdternblc supporters of our e cause. The bfileere (I ain not btje Of them) t ate most "patriotic and gentlemanly/ and c have seen many bard fights and have"" dis- p tingnished themselves, in several bloody r battles^and I can pledge' myself " that all b citizens will be pleased with an iutroduo- h tion to tbem. CAHQ. t Wi 'f' The Supbeme Coubt o> N. C.?The n Supreme Court, at itsjrccent specjal session, e made the following decisions upon writs of a 1. Johnson vs. Mallctt.?A , member of the police for the oity of Raleigh is exempt s: from conscription, because he is a oivll ofS- b car, whom the General Assembly has de- c manded as necessary to the administration of the laws?of the State.. 2. In the matter of Mc Daniel.?A sub- t etitute, who becomes such aftec he was fifty 2 years old, is not entitled to a discharge on n aooount of his principal haying been called n into service. . e 3. KesUr vt. Brawley.?Senior reserves *i are entitled under tfio aot 8f Congress to their discharge, when they arrive at the age fi of fifijv.yeate. j .... .p n ,4.fin Ae matter of Fort.?Qun who r works fifteen bands, between the ages of 16 ti and 50, is not entitled to exemption, if one a of the hands be a free negre?-all the hands a must be slaves. . d 5. The fifteen hands most have been with- I in the ages of sixteen and fifty, on the 1st day of Jannary, 1&64. It is not sufficient 1< if one or more of them have become sixteen j< sinoe Mm. -1 Jj t' " r,: ,,'5 . e; 6. A fanner having loss than fifteen hands -to who is detailed to work upon certain terms, o is liable to have his detail, revoked, and to o be catted into active service, the"government g surrendering his bond to him. h i-' <oS -. P- i 4 ?t'.i. * 7. A foreigner, wno comes to resiac in n the State/for a lohgof or shorter tkae/antf who does redide here thirty days, ie liable to n perform mflittry servioe in the Home Guard/ w 8. Ifc is ffecided by Judge Battle, with j( the conouireticd' df the other Judges, that tl a Wardenfbf thd poor fs exempt fronfeon- tf ecription Raleigh Conservative. '/ . rzr 'o "nirii - "r el diers who had'beetfj tl ci^tured, were' taken from prison iq St. H Louis. Ho.'od Che 2^th uJt:, and shot itf Q retaliation tor the alleged killing of Hajdf X Wilson and six men by the Confident*. ei 'jj? t. raoM trot rfcoif$ We have been favored with ;hefollowing items of s private letter of IfcVttnber Sdf7 giving intelligence obtained froo afield officer just in fom Beauregard's department. Hood's arpayis at Columbia?ean.; with . Sherman's force ninety-eight miles in his rear, and'greatly demoralized. ; G-en. Forrest- is al Pad aeah; Ken tacky,'1 destroying Yadiee property-by the whole*- ; sale., 7 Wfcifarj.General W+tipr, of Magruder's army is en route to. join Hood at Columbia or NjdhwlkrTeQ*/ G??*f Beaoregard declares he will wiBto*?$a away in. T.nr.n..?n n &IJ' ' oi' vf,Vg ,r '. ? Corinth is our point of conceotration, to which place all the hospitals haiebeenordered to {^immediately from Mima.* ? Gen. Price; bas/whipped the Yankees at Kansas City., He wilLbfrreu^pwftd by Mar ? grnders oommand and winter in Missouri. There hta ben oUUHnible triifemSI' in the city to dsyjUooasiooed' by rumors of. i??aftrmkie tm ?&??*- -? lean joat before.goiMjto ptM^that Shet- . man has sent, about 8,000 addifynal troops to Atlatrti, and has made some demonstra: tions in ~ the neighborhood of Roufchaod Ready, supposed.- fot the purpose Of dscer" i Uiniog *hp character and; atrejgih of-ojji pie^ai toea, ..We doj'l; thylk there ja ttj. cause fot uneasiness or alarm, as the force of thd fcftbftfy aftef rbdemfig bis 8,000 additional men camiotexceedFbiirteen or fifteen thousand. Reaidev Fu^afu* fom: on hand sufficient to attend to them. * w . . .., Macon Confederate* 8 th. ' t . - ..f (. : ' 'v- ? 100 yob Ii^-Awoffio4r who took a pram-' iupftt .-paiMu the .fipMutiaBana Notth. iide op last Thursday week informs ns that I careful estimate of casualties on this side, makes the* Confederate toss abotlt thirty,' irhile that of the enemy, allowing the usual, per centage of wonnded tor those who pre , tnpwn rtp bMe b^en killed, and addwg^he prisoners taken, mast have been veijy near,, if hot (fnSt three thousand. The ratio of >oe hundred for'ens is something better rhair we arfseeustomed to, and is due, perl 5 f. a- it. Y. -i iL.i it - V 1 japs, nj&ipv w , snjoyed the benefit of the splendid gen era]-c ihipof Beast Butler. We ean wish Dothng better than that Ire ma^ continue to com' and the bravfcs anywhere in frbntof" bur *m ?! ;; y : *1 "-!* - 941 We are not so exactly advised as to tbe rasnplties on the South side, on the same cession, but are assured that the per oentige there, too, was immensely in our favor, rhe entire Yankee loss oh both sides of the iver, jfc.ia now well ascertained, qould. ngt isto heeo. leas than sit thoniand. - &xt ta lerve the need of his master at Washington, n reference to the election, Grant tras relaced to the ignominious necessity of retorting his losses at not more than. two inndred. Th^ ideal of tbe military charicter, before this war, was frankness, truth iud honor. What will-it be hereafter-whew Yankee soldiership has had it? day 1 ^. r -t MiaQ jwjWggjjr T&POBTAtfCB Of PaAYfa!"?The: ippicm utys? A very deep impression was nade upon our.mind iq regard to the imiortanc,e?pf pr*J0fy byafpend whqjrewark- ! d, while speaking of the cheering pros-' ' idcts wKiih ti'o# He Before theErm^ of Ton-5 ! lessee, thafcif lire; Who are blessed with t&e ! irivilege of remainiog at homo, would oufr ! lo mil duty by. praying fervently and de- ! oatly to Almighty God for aid in this aw? ! at struggle, :ohf "Wave soldiers inthAfiel^ ronld-do the figbtiBg,- vfetory would perth' ipon their banners, and the star of peaoe nd independence with all its radiant.gow.? j rs would rise upon cmr .oow distracted and j dined**oonntry." We Believe that coald oar ! itizens beeome thoroughly alive* lothefrii- I orCUnoe of this great subject, that the tor- 1 ible and bloody -strife now raging would arminate in less, than thirty days,; for we ave the promise of Jehovah, recorded in. ? he Holy Writ, that if we Would call upon j Iftn' up time of trouble He would deliver s. No instanoe in either ancient or nrodrq. .times nan, be gited-where He baa turned ( r?nr?f cor to f.ha nlpftfiinoq nf ft sinclft in. ividual or pp entire nation. It is tte doty," then, of as to pray nncea- j ingly for the speedy termination of the loody drama sow being enaoted on this | ontinont. ...? ^ 27 3^7 i The Yankee Prisoners who Took he Oath.?Oa Sunday morning last, l 90 native Irishmen, who have been Fede- ? si prisoners in onr hands, for over twelve lonths past, reached this oity, from Flor- ^ nee, a. C.f and passed through on their ray to join Hood's army. . The above mentioned -prisoners were re-' cased an exchange by the Yankee Govern- , lent in consequence of fbeir time having :<j an oat, and feeling that tfiey had not keen I rested right by said Government, and with c view to revenge, took the oath of alleigi- p nee to the Confederate States, and were [ nly sworn into oar army by a Catholic 0 'rlest at Florence, S. (J. t They are all strong; hearty and robust >oking men, and are now on their way to )in the army of Tennessee, ^hey have zpressed a wish that they.may be allowed 1< i join thd gallant Gen. Pat. Cleburn's 'e orps, that General being a natiwe of their g wa dear Ireland* They all swear ten- <f eance against the enemy if- they are ever 4 icky enough to meet him in the tented sld. v The above "parties represent that a large ; amber of native horn Yankees, whose time as oat, desired to take the same oath and >in tjie Confederate Saates army, but that \ \ ie authorities at" itiohmoO'd refused them ife ttrivilwe.?^Aumista Cftrbritcle. " ! . " d n ?The Henderson (Kentucky) Newt says ;, nit'the grfcaf WIS of the dftrftdd w&? in * lentaoky are going iato tfcaiebel sdraoe. * ^rai^on hM-hia headqBfftwp.atJ^ , S&HiSrtWi!! ight piece# of artillery. . . .una ^(iSTri1 - JoHNflONViLM* Tin*. ?Tho piaoe^ where Forrest has lately aoMW*f* grWt:; tiotory, is situated on the East hank of, the Tennessee River, four nuJesabovoRajw' noldsburg, and is the teroMWifOflfee North ? Western Railroad, connecting $?|(vtW* # with the. river. The town was Darnel after Andy Johnson, who canned the railroad to he' completed, to enable the Federal authorities' to tranaportWrM to Nashville tiffin*'* stages of water in the CnmberlanA'^SHA^ the completion of the rood, Johnsonville hae grown to be to important point, and h* %J8*f eral supplies, which were here shipped di? . rectto^hliile, fo^lt^dhi^Soga,f' or Atlanta;'ah desired. TWT tf^hitioiF tat fnllv anTir^klafca ' the probable ext+M #t the, property that took plaoa^- Caroliwian. the recommendariod- ^ 1 reeoqi meads' tha eaaotment'bf riiilMa^fcw tre oeot^ry.tawn^^JPnlliMiM . ?1 eonventipnj^ jpjwgcal to remarfc, that rdo noTwisn w Be tmaer- stood, by either W!M iMWfybf advocate tha policy, M m| ooudhioa bf oafi&bi,'-# however; adroedte the wife of thpu as te&nb/! v;fl 8tei^ eobka>, teiefp^1'adtll?iiai)i#ilii vices oao be made PBefaL or ip which thwr mm among as, who would hte acfaethjog to to tritouootba withtiy jfjiijuaMH iwBi.-' yrill be forwarded to the propefjiqwter. *it i9 sapped that about One tho^'doipr1wifl fag sufficient to deftwjqili u ijerfht o^tlwanMqjrfM. M.r(K.* . J| . Roads. It agrees irttb the itffontii&D^ || contained in a private ieU?r,dateiht, Waah- ' log ton, received thrq^^^ockaifl. last night, by tfie editor, of this paper. .The writer ftays Jthkt a combined assault by waler and hind is to* be modd Richmond as soon as Boiler's canal.? fainbed and Grant .. receives. -f?Osh ?bat the fleeMras Jhen collecting-ju tbe,: lower waters of the James, and is to consist ! vrd'-f Vr-rf?. ...iftWII I.u- ?KM, morning last, 163 deserters from Grant s arihyp&ssed through ' Lynchburg, on their . Way to get Ah rongh riadl Wf T ae<aflft?deEt ' ptonfec-Thfj; wet$ ,m&? tfd* fajpigpers, pout 100Q have traveled.the same route.? How many otifers have taken other rciatos, tre don't know. IL/fltanjfcrfbn't ^op/the leak, liinooinwiU^a c^mpsljnd tooi&itjp*. Dther draft' before the ^Rterjspw. * ' -'Alywdop Tvftinuin, vlSft The sections thrsogb/whiefc Hood'#- ? haw latelypasa^aboq^ded with 4#p4r things to'eat an?in^e greatest abonfcnoe. v At Cedar Towh Che" farmers actually qaarrelled With etch other is to Who efc<*H ??Ii the army corn. ; Juthe armyroainai r m jminence overlooking Coda? Vt^fs* * Dntternutat the head ^o(tk$ column w*e ieair<i to excIaim^."Starve, ! here's idrtf enough to feed the Confederacy*-1 *' a: .v;v v - t ?ai>y'<- i ? ,$?/& i'/t it^The man who oroaka for tho afen,. page of the war oh ow part without# oor esponaiog disposition on toe-part oiihe jnemy to stop rt,'' is hot only an eohtny to us~<K>(mtry h<it an eeeay tohipsseif. If li*; reuM flare his property, and himself from jeggarj auu wqpuuuowi^ ^ ^ ^ tid and strengthen the arms of the govern neat by every means in his power. He mly pwiipitafeetSe evil 'daj by Ms Djg, and will onree himself for his fbliy sfceo that^yil dayeome#.-/i r,i ??-r *>*?>> . , 16?-The Paris correspondent of the Loafon Star says that tW Jockey Clnb, Mfctiethose deeree* thefaahionable bend, htmi tepifcd tiu^ the Enrfi^pMjjpp. of Shaking lands is hendtefortH *to he considered * the orreot thing. andTnrfhermdre, in order to irotect ladies from the annoyance of fray* og to reft** the boto^gey tean tbfr toajK hoese to take a6 his bat to then in pab&o, he be adopts Kin>Afo TV mn* Jlnirff Tli> rtWk? jtteaville Chronicle understands that ljen~ral Lee approves of the idei of potting neMttlfrttiifftt teamsters, etc., Alabama fibred here, jfrdaaiaid^ itr capacity of oW#ew. v Q&efrl. ; Lu, wpp^d that tfctf M close? rould follow ner example- V ' .'' ar,-'* L;y i Mf i?64frrrq tito.Lv .xa Yaskex D^*oifti.rTY^ke? daaer. ew continue to come into our lines freely. Jpwtrds of fifty came b yeaterday and the &ybe?oi^J';**Order 65" is working well. BVoreutoae <**& '<H>*&tidw of&aterA^omWidredsad wwfJjMlro of those tesertere will start this morning for their tomes ia0($J8 JJwte^ States?Rkhmand Ventxndl i ' ' i ' rtr - Jm? '~:K^' ^ m fh: > ..." v'itj Oiil .eiirj* * '* ; , . -' i v-~ ir. JH . ; . . - . fe ml