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======== ?&* 11* YORKVILLEj 8. C. TUESDAY gVEHIHQ, 1TOVBXBEB16,1864. raw Tsans. From this daw the following will be the terms for the Tourpi Rnqcuwa, viz: OM copy Arose year, in advance $8 00 One copy for aiz months, .in advance, 5 00 aDVSRTllXXB. per aqnare often lines, for each' insertion ; longer ones charged in proportion. -Payment required In advance. Citations, #10. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated aa advertise* ments, and charged accordingly. January 80,1864. Bgk, Necessity compels us, for a season, to require Prodnoe from Producers, in the District, for Subscriptions, Advertising and Job Printing; . V ^?" To those of our friends who have promised provisions, &c., for work done, it is earnestly desired that they come forward with some supplies, for we find it impossible to ,subsist on promises alone. Printers must eat as well as others. We acknowledge the receipt of a new publication, entitled "The duties of a Judge Advocate, in a trial before a General f!nnv* Martial, flomnrised from various works on Military Law, by Oapt. K. G. Gilchrist, acting Judge Advocate General, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.": Published with the approbation of the Secretary of War. .-Thisuseful work has been executed with care and judgment. It is from the Press of Messrs. Evans and Cogswell, Columbia, S. C. TBOlf SULLIVAJTS ISLAND. November 3,18<H. Mr. Editor:?The Yankees having vented their spite at the wrecked steamer, again turned their attention to the bombardment of the city. The shelling of that place was commenced again on Thursday last, and has been kept tip regularly, day and night, to the present time. The report of the guns is very heavy?often jarring the houses on this Island, and the bursting of the shells are very distinctly heard here. On Saturday a few shots, were exchanged between the batteries on James Island and the Yankee batteries on Black Island. All has been quiet at other points. On Tuesday night, four vessels made % their way safely out through the blockade; A Yankee gunboat in pursuit'ran aground off Long Island. On Wednesday evening a detachment was ordered to proceed to the place to assist them in getting off and landing safely on the soil of Dixie, and ^relieve them from the onerous duty of a^ sea faring life, and place them in quarters on land, prepared for their reception; but before the detachment moved off for the scene of action, the boat suoceeded in getting away, with the crew, and joined the fleet. The prize in anticipation was lost. During the past week we have had some quite cool weather. Yesterday and to-day has been rainy, with a fair prospect of continuing. The health of this nlace remains the same. The fever in the city continues, but has abated somewhat during the past week. No new cases reported at Mount Pleasant. We we faring very well in the way of rations. Beef is now daily issued to us fresh, from the city, and of good * quality. Breadstnffs are also issued in plenty, with rice, and soap is regularly dealt out at the commissary department. Soup is dealt out by the Weral messes according to the appetites of the men, which are generally good and have no need of anything to sharpen them.? The men appear to enjoy the luxuries of Uncle Jeff, as much as a feast of the fat things and dainties that were in days past, when peace and plenty reigned; and, Marion like, who feasted on roasted potatoes, they cheerfully endure the toils of camp and the privations thereof, for the sake of the cause in which they are engaged, looking forward to a better and happier day, wh^n peace and plenty shall again crown our beloved country. The moral state of the soldiers here is improving, a prayer meeting has been started in Company "B," and is held twice a week by members of this company, and some of the adjacent companies, the meetings are well attended, the soldiers take great interest in them, and songs of praise are frequently heard in the quarters at night. The visitirom any minister passing this way would be very acceptable, their services in camp would be highly appreciated. I'he news of the campaign in the west is very favorable to our cause.? There appears to-be no grounds for des pondency. -The dark clouds that have hovered over our political horizon will shortly begin to break away, and the sunshine of peace and rest will eventually take their place. Hope is the anchor that has buoyed up the heart amidst all our past calamities, let us continue to.hope for a better day. Our grounds of hope are good, let'us faint not. :'v -' It appears from Orders almost daily issued from Headquarters, that our country will be stripped of almost the entire male populafi'oh^capaBle of bearing arms. The present time is an ur- i gent one, all our resources must be brought to bew against the enemy, who is now putting forth his utmost strength in this, his lait extremity, let all rally to the fescue and end the contest before us, aboldanc decided stand on our part,' is now all in^ortant in this crisis, and may our movers, sisters and daughters" vie with their ancestors of Revolutionary fame, and may they by their acts, as patriotic prove, and by their' assistance in thar respective spheres, may they win for themselves a name, a reputation, thai shall be honorable, that shall be menorable, and shall be handed down to fature generations, who shall revere their memory as heroines and patriots of the Southern Revolution. . Yours, DARBY. i Jm. JTTESJf IW? ? Tfie CoBfederates burnt two steamers in Big Sandiy river, Kentucky, on the 7th instant. ? A Confederate force attacked the Yankees at Mount Pleasentj Mo., and oaptured 300 prisoners with four pieces of artillery. ? General Forrest, on the 4th inst., oaptured on the Tennessee ,river,, just below JohDsonville, three gunboats and eight transports, with their crews, and a large amount of artillery and supplies. ?About 600 Confederate prisoners, said to have been oaptured from Price, arrived at St Lonis, on the 6th iB8t ^ ; ?A movement is on fori in New York, to send 50,000. turkeys and 50,000 barrels of apples to Grant's army for a thanksgiving dinner. Can't Gem Hampton borrow % por-' tion of them -for the use of (General, Lee's boys! ? The Ohio Statesman says that three thousand farms in Ohio are left without a man to tend them?thousands of fields are left to wither for the want of hands to col? r.- -v? rc r. nan . tivate them j this too, at; the very season when every working man in the State is required at home. *a ~ ? Federal authorities have fowarded to the Confederates a complete list of all the rebel prisoners now iu their hands, and Blanks books have been forwarded to the South to reoeive the names of all the Union Prisoners. I A loavna tKflt I AUgUOUt f Ot H ?((?w?un ?u *I/IU MU ?UHH I Major L. 0: BritfeweH/Q. M., baa- sent the soldiers in the West no less than $5,000 blankets. " ' . ? Letter? from Grant's army say that the Datch Gap canal will be finished about Christmas. ? Six hundred and seventy-eight ^xchaoged Yankee prisoners arrived at New Orleans on the 26th ult There were 2,600 more Yankee prisoners at Tyler, in Texas. ? The Confederate steamers Tallahassee, Chickamauga, and Olustee, are making a smash among the Yankee. shipping. We see reports of ten or twelve vessels having been captured and sunk. Quite a fleet of Yankee gnngoata are out looking for them. ? The Richmond Whig says it is confidently predicted, and with good reason, that Hood's force will be greatly increased by the loyal Tenuesseeans, who will flock to his standard as soon as opportunity is offered them., . ? A German in Poughkeepsie, in writing his name in tbo gas company's book, pat down his occupation as the "Driegnts Bis* nes." ? Dogs bare been sold in Augusta, at auction as high as $210. Bather high for sausage meat. ? A bill has been introduced into the Georgia Legislature to tax distilleries one1 hundred thousand dollars, and one hundred dollars on every gallon distilled. ? The State Military Works located at. Greenville, S. C., will be sold at auction the 15th instant, by order of Governor ^ * K.. r, ' . Bonham. ? Mr. Augustus Belmont, of New York, offers to bet $10,000 that if Mr. Lincoln be elected the North will be in a state of war during the term of his administration, or will be forced into a disgraceful peace. ? General Prioe did his work well in Mis souri. He destroyed the Iron Mountain and Pacific railroads. He burned 3,337 feet of railroad bridges, besides cars, engines, water-tanks, depots, machine shops, stationary engines, &o., &o. ? It is stated in Richmond that the value of the "Tax in Kind" of 1863, collected in the States east of the Mississippi, amounted | to two hundred and ten millions of dollars. ? The steam saw and flour mills of Geo. Sinclair, six miles east of Lancaster Court House, S. C., were destroyed by fire on the 31st ult. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. ? Mr. Lincoln was not worth five thouiand dollars on the day he was inaugurated. He now confesses that be is worth five mil| lions of dollars ! ] ! ' " T.1 -n x* L-l J:_J ( ? Hon. I nomas r. iuaisuai uicu uu ?uo 22d nit., at hi* residence, near Versailles, Woodford- oonntv, Ky., aged about sixty four-years. ? The Newfoundland papers report that the cod fishery bas proved a failure tbie season. An ingenious Pennsylvanian has invented a machine for coal mining, which weighs two hundred pounds, costs three hundred dollars, and will do the work of ' v*~ ' .. twenty men. War News. , FROM RICHMOND. Oa the North-side of the James it has been very still sinoe the beast left for New York, for the purpose of presiding at the alection. It is surmised by some persons that Butler has been sent to New York ft get rid of him, on account of the late failares oa this side of the riter. This is treating him very unfairly, as Grant, himself, aided by the greatest number of men, and the best generals in bis army, met with as disastrous defeat on the South side. There has been considerable shelling along the JPetersbuig front for several days, with but little, if any, damage. FROM THE VALLEY. Gen. Early has promulgated stringent orders against straggling to plunder daring aotive operations in the field. If the officers in our army will only set the example of strict discipline and sobriety, and enforce proper management in the commissary and quartermaster's departments, they will have no reason to oomplain of the conduct of the men. TEE CAVALRY. We are pleased to see a recommendation in tbe President's message to change th< policy of requiring.the men to fnrnish theii own horses. The same subject," on motioi of Mr. Miles, of S. C, was referred to tbc Committee on Military Affairs. Heretofore the oavalry hare reoeiyed little else bat a base'at the hands of Congress. Now thai a gallant general officer of that arm of the service is in Congress, we hope justice'wil! be done them. * : FROM EAST TENNESSEE. The Bristol Register of the: 5th statei that the enemy has not - advanced forth el than Henderson's, a short distance this sid< of GreenviHe. It thinks that they do nol intend to advance as far asr Bristol, and thai even if they were to attempt it they woulc find very serious obstacles In their way.' There was a report at Bristol,* on th( evening of the 4th, that the enemy had advanced to Leeebnrg, a short distance belov Jonesboro', but this needs confirmation. The force of tbe enemy is variously estimated from 2,500 to 5,000.?'Sentinel, Hth FROM PETERSBURG. V. '. There was some little expectation among tbe troops on the right yesterday, that Gvanl might make a final attack on onr lines be fore the day of election, bat the day pantec off quietly, and no indications of any soci intention were, developed. Tbe day wai rainy and unfavorable to any military move meat.- . - "l. There is little doubt that many of Grranfi men have gone home to vote at the eleetioi to-day, and aid in controlling the polls.? Their votes have-been purchased by a far lougb, and. many who were disposed to fa yor MoClejlan, have, .by the granting of i few days absence from the field, given ii their firm adhesion to Linoo)n. . * There was very heavy picket firing along tbe lines all snnday night, and the air being damp, the report of eaoh musket waa ver distinctly beard. The Yankees were, n< doabt, fearful of another raid on their shir mish lines, and not knowing where it woal( strike, kept up a sharp firing at all points Among the prisoners oaptured on Sator day night, in the successful charge upon thi enemy's lines in front of the orator, waa t Yankee Major, a well dressed fellow, anc good looking when oompared with the met taken with him. These prisoners were sent over to Riotfmond yestereay. . ; There are, as yet, no preparations math for winter quarters inside the enemy's lines If Grant remains here, he will probably winter most of his troops in the trenohes and send the balance towards Norfolk, or i may be, he still expect&o winter lit Riob mond and Petersburg. About eight o'clock last night, the aharj rattle of musketry, and the heavy intona tions of cannon on our left ..centre, announo ed that some movement wad in progress, ii that direotion. For ten minutes the dia charge of large and small arms was lively and rapid. We oould not asoertain th< cause, but suppose it an attempt by one o: the other side, under cover of the dense foj which hung aver the earth and excluded al objects from view twenty, yards distant, b surprise and- capture the opposing pioke line.?Expreu, 8th. Confederate Congress. Richmond, Nov. 9.?In the Senate sev eral resolutions were introduced and refer + . - J , ,? w * w* si . red to appropriate committees, ana toe ae lay in paying tbe troops incidentally dis cussed. -It is tbe purpose of the Govern ment to adopt measures at an early day b secure prompt payment in future. In the House a multitude of proposition were introduced. Foots submitted a resolution that the re commendation in tbe President's messagi for consenting editors of newspapers anl their necessary employees, is one which thi House can by no means approve. He de clared that withont the freedom of tbe pres there could be no freedom of the people.The press was recognised in all free ooun tries as the bulwark of publio liberty. Th destruction of its independence woald re duce us to the^most degrading servitude th world ever saw. The army would not b strengthened, but fierce tyranny would b inaugurated. He was no favorita with th President, aDd sought not to win his favor He was governed solely by public conside rations in the resolution he had submitted Mr. Barksdale defended the President, am denied that be desired to trammel the press Here under the very shadow of his office the press was as free as air. He moved th reference of the resolution to the militar committee. Foote responded expressing hi views at considerable length and with grea emphasis. Barksdale's motion was agreei to. The House then resolved itself into ee oret session. Richmond, Nov 10.?In the Senate a bill was introduced as a war measure, ex tending the schedule of prioea for the arm; to all the citizens of the Confederate States under heavy penalties, whieh was referre< to the Committee on the Judiciary. The .Senate then went'into secret ses ? It lia -J: ] siou, aitt-r wmuu ii> aujuuiucu. Id the House the special order was res olatioDa relative to the employment of ne groes in the ai;my. .Chambers, of Missis aippi, spoke an hoar and half in oppoeitioi to the policy. Foote obtained the floor, al tor which the Hoasb^ went into secret ses siom 7 Richmond, Not. 11.?Mr. Blaaford. of 1 Georgia, introduced a bill repealing ali ex- 1 i emptions and details, and patting 5 every white male between the ages of 18 ind 45 T in the armyof the Confederate States. Rei ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs, i Mr. Milea. of S. C., introduced a bill to Tl . abolish promotions in the army acoordiog to i? . seniority, and hereafter to make them de- ? pendent alone upon merit. Referred withtin r accompanying papers to the Committee on to Mr. Milertlso offered a isolation that the same Committee inquire, into the expe- to , dieuey of reorganiringtbe cavalry, so that 81 Government instead of the eoldier shall be the purchaser and owner ot hie horse?add . to facilitate the payment for horses of officers killed in battle. Mr. Swann, of Tennessee, Offered resold ~ il. AM. W | latum UOOlUiUg vue IU0*y0UJDUVJ VI \imm, ploying negroes ts soldiers. w { Mr. S. submitted a few remarks in advo- *? , oacy of the Teeolntion. [ ' , Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, thought the subject one that ought not to be harried n< through. He would like it to be referred 61 i to a committee. , ) Mr. Swaon thought ?h curly declaration r of opinion by Congress highly important,-? r* i The country ought to be assured that Con- " , greeswill noteatertaio the proposition. , The aye* and noes were taken oh the . question whether the resolution should be \ postponed till Thursday or referred to the , Committee on Military Affairs. It was de[ cided to-postpone until Thursday. q ' Mr. Moore, of Kentucky, submitted a x resolution looking to the appropriation of a ii i sum of money to provide clothing for Con- f< . federate prisoners of war. Referred. ei j; ., - - " h: i No/thern News?Lincoln Be elected. jj I Richmond, Nov.. 12.?New York and ' I Baltimore papers of the 9th are at hand".? The fferald editorially announces 1 the re ? election of Liocoln. "The Baltimore Amcr- ? ican, of the afternoon, contains the latest ? f returns from New York by telegraph, #hicb, " says the Tribune claims for Lin coin all the 8( ; New England States, Pennsylvania, New . York, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, ti Michigan, IHtnois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, "w ; Ioyra and Kansas, making a total of 190 tl : electoral votes. The New York Congres- b sional Delegation stands 22 Union, 9 Dem- T 1 oerats. The Eerald says Fernando Wood p: \ is defeated. Brooke majority 125. The tl > Eerald oontainB^Liacoln's election, claim- g - ing, however, 'New York, New Jersey, b Kentucky and Missouri, for McClellan.? tc } The Tribune olaims qnly 800 majority iu cl ? New York. - ^ m The Florida was captured by a surprise b - in harbor, in Bahia, early in the morning, ii ? ' 1 -? U r. WD en a naoiuer ui uer vuiocib ami wvw ? k were on shore. Ademand for her surren- a, i der Was immediately speeded to, when ft v hawser was made fast to her and she was ei ; towed ont to sea. The Berdld says the & ; capture of the Florida will doubtless be de- ii 7 oounced as a violation of the right - of asy- 1 ) lam in a* neutral port, and may beoome a 6 subject of international disoassion, bat jus- r< 1 tifies the oaptare. - J SECOND DISPATCH. . rj [ Richmond, Not. 12.?It was Reported ^ this morning, oh good authority, that the t( I authorities at Washington have issued of- g ders"prohibiting tho communication of any g J intelligence with the result of the election Q returns by telegraph, railroad/stage coach- ^ es, or otherwise. This news was Confirmed 5 by a note from an officer at the lines below *" Riohmond, who has heretofore secure^ * ' newspapers for the Richmond press.. He * says upoR going out for papers this morning, he was informed by Yankee offiaers E that orders had been received forbidding * the exohaDge of papers. How loogit would ** } last he could not say. He said the gene-. , ral belief was that Lincoln waa eleoted, W f tho returns were very unreliable. . ? i We are indebted to the courtesy of Dr. F. d I- Olin Dannelly, Chief Surgeon, for these a figures. Columbia Gwtrdtwi. t u : ~ . v % - " j Fbom Missouri.-?The St. Louis Union p 3 of Saturday, October 29 tb, states that it ^ r was ourrently reported iu the oity the day q , previous, that Gen. Roseorans bad been 1 ordered to report at . Washington, to be f( ^ assigned to a~command in the Army of E t the Potomac.. The rumor mentioned no t] one as bis successor in command of this 5 department. Gen. Pleasanton would nat- b uraly sucseeded him, until some other com-. +] - mander was appointed. The name of a - Banks, the great defeated, is mentioned b . in well, .informed /circles as the probable e] - future commander of the department- '. a If the above information be correct, we g, 0 desire no better evidence of the eminent u snocess or Gen. Price in Missouri, Rose- t] s orans] would scarcely be removed from so important a department, in the midst of gj - victory. We hear nothing of the removal e of Sheridan, nor soj other general in the a 1 yankee service, who has been .able to main- 0 3 tain himself- d '* - * ***** .. ,g s Mb. Editor :?Having noticed in the u - Guardian of the 3d inst., the advice of a a Virginia farmer to the Petersburg Expreu, 0 Q how sorghum seed eonld be easily and expe- t< - ditiously shelled, we have adopted a differ- tl e ent' plan, and one in oar opinion, that is ft e far preferable to that proposed by our Vir- e 0 ginia farmer; for we have tried both. First, a; 0 we have the seed heads out as short as oon- b ' venient, leaving but very little stalk to n them; carry them to a thrasher used for tl thrashing wheat, and put them through just tl 1 as a sheaf of wheat, and if they are veiy tl - - .1 t-i P ,1 ' ripe and dry, tne most 01 ioe auan uim ??? j? ) era the grain will be knocked off id passing tl e through the trasher, and after they have y 7 passed through the fan you will have a q b beautiful grain ready for the mill. We a t use what is called the Shookley Tbasher it J i gets the seed out clean from the head, and n can thrash three hundred bushels per day u - easy. This we think is the fastest and most ti expeditious way we have ever seen or heard h i of- Farmers, give it a trial. REEDY RIVER: B I * I h lf South Cqfolina Recruits. - tl i Under the act of February 17, 1804^ d there have been recruited in this State, up b i. to the first of November, 10,691 men, as li follows: Accepted for field servioe, 8,444 "j t1 i. for light duty. 1,594 volunteers, 653? ti. Tho exemptions for the same period amount p L to 5,882, of whioh number 2,339 were for ? a nhysical disability and 3043 for other causes. I UTE8THCWS, -v Siege of Charleston. - ^ 492D DAT. w Thirty four shots were fired at ^he city horsday night. At 7 oolook Friday morng the enemy oeased firing- on the city, id hid not renewed it op to nine o'clock the evening. The enemy were again isy daring the day hauling ammunition to atteries Gregg and Wagner. A gin was erected on Wagner, believed i. be for the purpose of mounting a new u?.. No change in the fleet is' reported. Courierf 12th. , From Virginia. Petersburg, Nov. 13.?All quiet along te lines. The enemy's piokets yesterday ere unable to exchange papers. They id the papers of the 10th were taken frqm lem by the officers after distribution. They tought it a strange proceeding, but could )t tell the cause. The latest dates here nbrace the 9th only. Three of Hampton's scouts captured twen six Yankees two nights since ndkr James ver, and brought in twenty-three, and iree escaped. / FBOMTHE RESERVE FORCES. Camp Prison, Florence S. C., Nov. 11,186.4. Saturday night last, the prisoners had oite a merry time in the stockade.' A ankee sutler had managed to smuggle i a quantity of liquor, "while the Conid., who sleeps in his shanty, inside, atered into a sort of armistice with im, and they "all got drunk together," l which friendly gathering, he of the Strong Arm" ("Lambh Laudher," as le Irish have it) found himself miryaa te next morning of his pocket book ad $2,000, a natural result horn affiltfcion, or re-construction, its twin-broler. The Confed. sutler, if not a wi;r, should be a<sobererman, after this. On Tuesday last, the prisoners, in'de, held an election for President, ithout the-fear of old Abe's bayonets, lough still surrounded with that emlem of free suffrage, in other hands.? Wo bags of white and black peas were r^ocured, the white for McClellan, and ie black for Lincoln, one of each was iven to the voter, who dropped in a ig superintended by two birly inspects, the:one of his choice. Liule Mack's iiampipn was a jovial Irishman, who tade the speech of the occasion, comining some good sense, with much innitable humor, but with little success, a will h? Rfi?n bv the seanel. The vote 9 Reported to me by one of the superiors, if correct, shows but little intorst among , the mass, as their rolls showi a week ago some 10,000,* not countlg the baby and its mother; it stood, 903, viz: Jnncoln, 1284?McClellan, 19. As it Inay be necessary that this 3turn should be made to Washington, on had better send an Enquirer to Secjtary Stanton, by flag of truce. An lection was quite a novelty to some of le prisoners, who never were parties > one before, while to others it was the rst sober exercise of the franchise they ad ever indulged in.* They hurrahed ver the result, however, but the "vim" ;as wanting. . This post .has h^enwell fortified, and, ill Be found available for a large force fanv time it may be needed. There as been some talk of removing the goners to Columbia, and the Reserve 'orces with them^ while the Georgians ere with us will.be sent to Charleston, Wilmington or Savannah; but the orerly citizens of' Columbia protest ;rongIy against it, for various cogent sasons, peculiar to their own sense of Dmfort. An entrepot for Yankee risoners, and the necessary guard of ttizen soldiers, are oy no means au aeuisiti&n to any fashionable town, espeially one where two Terpsichorian JPro:ssors are in full sway, with their innuterable votaries; nevertheless the fact iat Columbia is "a s&fe place" isthe est reason why all the Reserves should e there, that they might shelter under le protecting wings of the great Bristlier. Badinage aside, do the Columia people know the situation of Florace ? Its contiguity to the coast, where raid from Georgetown, distant but ixty miles, may at any time be gotten' p, and if successful^ greatly endanger' le roads, that pour into the lap of Coimbla the great quantity of public tores deposited there ? The place here i well fortified as an outpost, we repeat ndthat accomplished, the neighborhood f Columbia could be placed in like conition, not waiting until the Yankees et there, as they may yet do, without ivitation, if such a selfish penny wise nd pound foolish opposition is' carried ut, as the anti-war citizens of the Capill propose?for we cannot suppose iiat the home of Hampton, or the rave soldiers who have left it or returnd with honorable wounds, would conider as intruders the old .citizens and oys who have left their farms and lother's apron strings to contribute tieir all to the public safety. It is true, bere are other places as well fit for be purpose as Kichland District, hut be neighborhoods could justly re-ramp be same pbjections, and Gov. Bonham, ielding to the most popular objectidh, light be necessitated to locate a stockde on his own plantation. With the leserves, there is little choice in the latter?title, some of them from the p-cojmtry who are expected to do all be dirty work, will be nearer to their omes, from whence they may occasionlly% receive "a box" of tnosfc little ecessariea camp life require, but they ave followed the path pointed out to kom vifliHristmnnp." and can ot but feel aggrieved that they should e excluded from "the pale," so redouif of lace, fine women, dancing masersj and inammoth distilleries. It is o he hoped' that some of these are the irivileged "classes" alluded to by th^1 Secretary of "War, in his report to the Resident, that they, too, may be oriered -from their cqmfortable quarters, nd .find what they would mete (tot to be ZUlerrrForces, base ingratitude* J V measels and mumps continue "in force" so far, but have nearly run n through, and in a short tint? we expect tr, to report a clean bill of health. The * police regulations at? "ample, and the 01 men have constructed for themselves as comfortable cabins as circumstances bi allow, being without plank or nails.? " Some, who, were able, nave bought cloth and made themselves tents, m which n< they citi keep cH, and roast their shins '* ana "taters." They are not dispirited' L, however, except at mail time when they a, fail-to receive looked for letter# frPffi A home. They, read the Etiqitir^r over ? and over, conning eagerly Wfify adver- m tisement that calk to mind some fanril- ?' iar name, and even the letters of "b" m are read -with a gusto, highly satiSfacto- Ai ry, at least, to your httmble oorrespon- M dent. a Writing in this vein reminds me of % an anecdote I once heard, or read?A ? student at Rome, in Italy, from one of m the Southern States, was once On a time 01 sauntering, moodily, and alone through 11 the crowded streets of the Papal city; Jj he had received no tidings from home r for many months, and hisneart was sick u with anxiety, when his eyes rested on J a thick-lipped, wooly-headed, and bushy Y specimen of the African. race' coming t towards him; he obeyed the first-im- * pulse of the moment^ threw his arms p around his neck, and kissed him; it was T the tJhly memento of home ike great ? city afforded Into. The 8vnopsfe of the President's inea-. j sage, which feu just reached us, has fc been read with apparent satisfaction. c, Much depends on the present session of Qongyes^ Wd.if the President is fully " sustained, the ranks of the army filled up, the "priviledged classes" sent to, i the field, and the farmers aj^d.mech&n- , ics (your correspondent is neither) con- ? stitnte the only "public necessity, " for * exemption, peace may he cwqnered^ w if not, and the people's time and means, , f which are equivalent, frittered away, in conventional projects, andre-con- * struction policies, we toay loo^ for a S fulfillment .of the Yankee threat of ulti- ? mate starvation. We would suggest ? that certain members of Congress would ? be better fitted for field service, but $s g soft places would have to he made for * them, they may cost less where they {j are. If they will only call for the pub- ? lication of thenamea of all Government fa employees, and exempts, and the 'ton- J cessities" for them, it will take many] ? columns of the newspapers, but prove ? far more interesting to the soldiers than b the windy articles that now occupy " them,' for and agaijhflt Mr. Boyce, etjd ? ovine genus. We would likle to see. jjr^u w Chesnut's port-folio unraveled?as. ? continuous link of the old "Council," ? it would possess some historical inter* ? est. My papar says/^halt." E.- * ExchangeofBriaonera. , 'Z g Savannah, .Nor. 11.?Col. Mnlfojd, J Federal Commissioner for the.exchange of ? prisoners, met Capt. Hatch in the river today. -The interview was entfely mti^tgr 'J ry. Th^exolunge of prison ewfriU coin. * menoe to nlorrow and progress aa rapidly u a possible. ? . ?^: . . r Bonds and Stocks. .t ,\ ., ? Hichmond, Nov. 11.?At auction to-day ? Confederate eight per cent, coupons, long s, dates, brought 120} seven per cent coupon ^ bonds, 70; bonds of the fifteen million teen * eoapona, 13Q; do..registered, 118 to 1201J e dod taxable bonds,. 182 to 133 ; non-taxa " ble certificates, 92 to 031, four per oenfc^ ? 71 to 73, all with, interest added. Also, u cotton interest bonds, 108. Specie brought ?i 27 to 28 for ono> At private sale $67,000 fc eight per cent, coupon bonds, long date, ? brought 122 aDd interest. w ? TV : Sil Maj. Gbn. Bejcckikredgk.?This die- ? tidguished boro, says the Bristol RegiMer, passed through our town afew days ?ge. ; :** ?ww -?fmm, - - < * ? ? - ? His whereabouts will be known to the ene- .1 my in time. The part heroic and brilliant ^ record of this.gentleman is a sufheientgoar- bautee. of success. Hujaainejn a towwof i~ etrength, and his devoted seal and patriot- 1 ism throughout this struggle, baa acted like, inspiration upon oqr troops. . E ???." j! .. w IQ. A Yanjkee went into .a stove to boy .? some wool, and the atoro*fceeper weighed ^ ont a dozen pounds into^ a bag. While be J reckoned qp_tbe cost a* ^he desk, the Yan- ? kee slipped a cheese into-the sack of wool,- '* bat tbe stoor-keeper saw the operation.? 2 After making op his figures, the storekeeper took np the bag, hefted it, and said ?There mast be a mistake ia the weight, I think, for here's mbre than twelve pounds, rankee?I guess not* for I seen the steelyards when yon weighed it Stoorkeeper-? Never mind, I'll try it again, as it costs, nothing to weigh it over. The seeond time it weighed twenty two' ponnds, and the stoore keeper offered to take oat part of the K wool. Yankee?0, no I'll take the wbqle on't. So he paid thirty eight cents a pound . for skim-milk oheese, which be conld have { bought for six.cents, and no questionsaskedr ? ?^?-? ? '??r-r?. L, < : Lai U The Black Flao.?The Richmond ? correspondent of the Appeal says: u m. 1 1. 1- a _ _ I .t MiuJ a.' roe DISOK nag WW uoou at MOD imou til openly in the lower Valley, where Mosby ^ range*. War to the knife has been declar- G i ed aganst him Anger and Sheridan, and he gives them as good as they send. Yea will hear ere loogof men being flayed alive and 1 burnt at the stake or I am mneh mistaken. ? *1,1,1' J . i ? Bispaches from Gen. Hood as late ^ as the 6th insfc, received at .Richmond, ' make no mention of the fight at Decatnr, which the Yankees claim as a "victory.11 Rather odd that Hood should be defeafril without knowing any thing about it '' r On the 2d instant, 25 Confederates captured two cars at Rooky Hill station, on the Nashville road. * ' b Skulkebs.?A gentleman just from Eu? rope, via Bermuda and Wilmington, statee " that he saw in London amLPsris nearly a 'division of able bodied "refugees" from the Confederate States, a large majority of whom -1?IU ?- 31:. 4 C are SKUisere iruw lumuiry uuij. .nucurrw ^ pondent of the Augusta Chronicle hopes c that the Secretary of Wat will cause their * I uames to be ascertained aaii register*!. " _ ir.M * . ' (' ? " f, Cowfottiona?detAc/G.R.Bat?u. M whistling engine's warning note urheeded passes now, >r quickens aufTtt the beatings of my hearty ill well I know twill bring no tiding" of my love; ? > 11 on; anunagttTfcgfhla's state tils Mae's enrolled fit now, bo-drenched with human Mood, he's found a grmre. luld proud Palmetto tin her gallant sent . , > resting piaorw&rdf - f.r ., ihearae?ao rank ao cemetery unbar la gttt, 3 >nclose (tig predewa dust ? myTtrulglrtiitlop, oft I bear his piteous moans, id see bis UfcVWood noting tot, od here him stty,"Were I at home, ' - lie balmy air would quite refresh me; A y father's voice would kindly greet me; g y motbttt! CO* what floods of ten she* abed o'er ?e) .? J E'd sweetly smile opon onlyboy. ~ - I Blithe boys kbow Joyously they'd iport around, 1 I whilst I lUtened to their frolic, I'd fotgct my pain*. 1 Bwtfs! Oh, wmtekw, bow tenderly-she'd Wnjf B those aching wounds, 1 r soothingly she'd fra my ferered cheek, ' nd jlecplesaly she'd watch me while I slept Ttell her to come quickly, fbr I loug to sahkei^P^ I id to tare her wipe the destb-dew frbn my tswv. y dixxy vision groweth darter still. it h ! 'tis a bluer thought?-tia vgryTTW&rntrf'ltlWflki , -r gwB hat 1 must die without her. QflBflflj I this dark boor oec thought breaks on say saddened soul j 9BBHH is this?Hia God bears prayer. I too mayprsy. JMaUH his bedtots pallet, though bespattered with my bloogi tflMMj quite as Mbr the battlements of haaven^-- /BullS r my wfetted Southern dome. "MB sad, comrades, read the word of God. B is,read of JUm who died* . ?. . ^ . t BBB o raiuom rebeU such as I; BH dfosmbodki] ijjirit to blf Irtepln j 1 commit. I h, Tbev^Xmrnal God! he tbeu ' " HH he guardian of ray orphan boys? | MittiED?On the 7fl> Instant, by Winiam McQCl, Eki., nfiB aa M I Jcefni IlfeU?^^SMa^mi^tM sriny) au? dudfclwmamw^^jB h\s due to the memory of Sergeant Bonis, and to tl B rlcken hearts of his faa&y and friends, as well as to if . . fl tinuy, srto^dtimMm b^i^lnall thaU^hjro|ej|. e people of our Confederacy strive to maintain the I* J8 M xiy married men in the company, should rerasie *^8 tth their families for the-present, and so attOWrtMr rinnutromekd"men10ne*rolct of tb? calpim? TO ibmi ued to, tad Borrls, with the others, rematoediflV " ' * . -sytflj i the time heiac -Inilecember following ha agate #" M i his services to the country, and joined Co. F., . C.V.jin which be was elected 3d Junior Lleauipg*- | lortiy afterwards, al the re^rgantaulon of the <??* B r the war^ of lstldet^ ffl 'e'V^d^aTtemlruued'ln b^^eauf' J J Trough andShsxpsbeif. After the army recrrmfw* *' B 1j?Ae <11 acquainted with jj^ptrn of salvation; teuKtWV* dt Condition* adftMnnd draft MBVtM<|irlS. ivlof. He en Hw7?T6-lB jfc bepfe A at it would be well with hi?, and bt* winfc*? uft, 4331 such was the will of Gad; and concludes ihk kind Mln- >;*M ter. "And I bopeft la wed with him, and that be was ??- II ilea 10 tnrn all to the 8avior, and thetbets now with Him I i nwiHii" ' JH rimmi 1 nmilili nil rill lili mnnii end Uililirjiiini jwvE;Bud two little eorie, the memory oTtrf???eflSwM? ioeroia and noble eon, htubead <fd father; to hla country -3 vi^sssis^sj^sr^ea id to all who loved his goal, he has m isnimien v.d MMttandnem, itebagk/Mhliv (to >fl icrUs of crucified Savior. L. i I III irimnni - _ ? . ; * J ??wtohmb sssr ? November 15 , VL_^_ tf & ptrAiS3m)-AT THE MEDICAL J If Purveying D?partm?MJolm?lm Bomb Cmo?M-t FLAX SEED, BED PEPPER ml SABSAPAWLLA JM QOT, for whied thefollowlnf price* will be paidr . . IB sr pound, ^vksAPA^JlXA At these rates they most be thorouibly dried and dellmr s JM k*.c^*- . ^ . m ~~ ry ?^Tan pmANTHRUPiO Kffi L 7a. A.-. F.-. M. ?The re*ulw COBfMONlCATlON ' H? bo heldatthe MJWJOXyUM-L, MOV- > M =,"S,r*JSf!yEfcvf.g?ioB8 ^ ? . K Member 15 -** LL? ALMANACS H SOUTHERN ALMATOG&'Ij JIMP ' 5^5SSmw^wwk-' Jj ^OUTHj;AMLINA^otfm ? lied to no for Leant ofAdmlaUtattai aaaBtti ?3 te goodi and chatfflta, ifcta ?ad cruUttM'/. jOKBt* - EVCE STRAIT, late oTtije DUUlct alWfrlTjUj.. M i2 appuar before me, at oar neat OrtUnarycSia for J le aald" DUtrict, to b? hnldon at York Court fuae, xn nay of novemner ins., to mew caasep wy.w*y H ft said administration should not berimed! , _ Jjg Iven under my hand and 8eal, this 14th dayTNovenaw* jag In the year of our Lord one. thousand elgMWinarea and 1 November 11 ' . ^ I J October96 > ^