Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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oatst, |proprietor. ^nbrpfitijcnt % ^rfffaofrait of tN ^alhiral, .Strcia!, ^griwlteral anlr Cffmmtrcial fntets of ' ?8 r? yba^ ad vaitcb. I xjg.*, in- 1'iji.imv1 u'??i y . ?5S5? OP POSTAUE M THE I 'CiHUHT AMERICA. :T5lK)B"the' convenience of.the public JL the following Mmpltfied statement of the rates of post ' "under the'tor <of Cungtees of the Confederate States of AaatctJhubeenprepared. It most be borne tn 'mind Att the Act is to g?into'effect ftom and after artel period ?the Prjf Oenera] mafrbV pfbmmatlOn, announce lATts or rosTAOt. ' Stogtt tetter*,'not'exeeadbie a half ounco in weight, to tnypfirt OP the Confederate Smtes, shall be etch 10 cents. An tddiuonai single rate for ftacfradiHtioniil half onoce jpia the foregWcg base*, the postage to be prepaid by stamps J#V\_ ' Off K?WsrA?K*S. ' Sent tb regular and bona fide sahactlbera front the office of twhlfeaUon, and nol exceeding three ounces in weight: - TrU-Weekly paper, 39 dents per quarter. ? Ponr timet a week, 56 cents per quarter. i ? i&Mig&usmgss-: **** --Y a 'OS MuSsroiu. ' ^Periodicals published oftener then Semi-monthly shaff-be .In weight, I cent on each number, and one cent additional J onijeft additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. . ->: . ox thuksw* tiuxnv Hatrpk. ; j The-island postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not seated, handbill, engraving, pamphlet,? periodical,magazine or other paper, whtefcahaUAwnnco* meeted'with-any raanascripr or written master, and not tags aiding ! ounceta weighty shall be l coht, and for every 0 additional ounce or fraction'of an ounce, ! cent additionf ai; and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over \ four pounds, shall be deemed mailable npw> and the t#1 -U?|4pntf?Kt?^theto shall heat_the wof2j>enajui or ftuctwn OI an ouuc^ ^ ?>? | . masto*manorand bwfc,aMUtaP^dtn^caae#ex cept Whcu wot by officers, rouaidwia or prim* of tile & army. a tJUOIXWO romwo*., ' . w a H The following peruana only are entitled to By jl 1 |it*?ii| iril In ail cues strictly confined to officinfboslI ^Paiunnster General. Aodlwrof tbe TVewtwry for the Post Office Department. ^ Deputy Postmastera. *- : . STATE OF SOUTH CAftdOSA. 9jfiffl8S cKgPKFSB^^^HWn awotxst in innfiwi^EniAi'i Ornci, ' CourxyiA, November 2,186-1. ' OENERJU ORDERS NO. 14. I T THE commanding officers Of com& - JLo nanlee onao*ed under ordere from this office folderB ***** r - the Tolte above apceffied, wflt -alao- ittalCO'TOttrffir trf.the " PenKmnwfeow UoWe oVserrlcetoiMddeoi^Blea, >.^wWfa^ffi?ed toTtport thrtrM**, whtntbe coapanics sbfiUS teofdcMd4oto Jbvhx, wlH bcmmd^^ rsrr^rr""" ' ftfiff*4'4 A. C. GAELINGTON, w: -T AdjutantnndlnapoctorGeneral?. C. ' Official :G. A. foiux, A. A. General. yyi) ywwmb?g?: - ^3t WBEILLI S?lTTfIBK-\ CEWIfA-TN J^rsuance of a plan long entertain Ths-papncwffl rpaM its preeeni form, lUrnMing ?gm | pages of reading matter weehly. It wfll be devoted, as heretofore, to Agriculture. Also, to Current News, a synopr vts of Army Intelligence, Proceedings of Congress, Reports of the Markets, Ac., ?c., embracing everything necessary . to render It a valuable and acceptable FAMILY NEWSPAPER . ?. a wtrtaaad JfcfctaaaaMen Of the Confederacy. Thcffirtt J number of tbe Waekfcr edition will be tamed on or before tbaUnt SKmtayin Jfovember. >' -.tto , m TERMS. K ?6 for S months, or %3. for 3, months. Single copies, 21, Ww??t Srtociflws to th? CULTIVATOR to be son- , 9 piled for the rAnatader of-thfoyear (18&4) with the Week 1 ly, without say advanoe in price, j V TT D. MJMOND, -Augusta, Ga. October 12 . . ? tf S TRICT?Whct^ WALTCR B^METTS,^^. V; D^t!bas- applied to me for Letters of Admhilsfratlon on all and singular, tiro goods and cbattels, rights' and credits of WILLIAM WILSON, a free person of color, Ute of the District aforesaid, deceased. These-are, therefore, in cite and admonish all and singuIlar, the kindred and ctcdttois of tbe ?4d deceased, to be and aopear before tne. at our weft Ordinary's ?emit for the amid District; to- be hoidenatYork Court Mouse, oh tbe 12th day of December next, to shew cause, tf any, why.the aid Admtaforration should not be granted. Given under my hand'and Seal, this 31st day of October, In the yr u of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and atxty-ftitr/and in the eighty-ninth year of the Itldependente or South C'aroftnm. ' * ^ -7^1 _ sJUttW A. IJKUWIV, U. I. P. J November 2 -44 6t - w ? - i pta?Amy * * v liiw ? Q0OTff,CAB0L1^A-YQRK DIS\J TRICT Whereas Hr F. ADICKES has Bp* Idled MM forLeusrs-of Administration 03 all andelnfUlw, iWiti .and credits Of J.. LAW I RJSnEe STRAIT,- law oF tlTe District aforesaid, tiem . fjniifffl i ? These are, therefore, to cite and admonish an and singular. The kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, ait oar "next Ordinary's Coon for *sp the said District, to be hoiderv at York Court House, on them 38th day of November Inst., to shew cause, tf any, why the said administration should not be granted. K Gjveu under u?y band.and Seal, this l lthday of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and siity-four, and in the eighty-ninth year of-the Inm dependence of South Carolina, f JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. I .November 15. . $ . . - gl | ALMANACS FOR till. I SOUTHERN ALMANACS JUST Received and For Sale, at the ^ FEOTISG OFFICE. Nov S tf E5YEIOPES! EWEtOPES ! ! TUST revived and for sale a lot of tf excclleat L , ENVELOPES, AT THE PRESTIHTCJ OFFICE. k October 86 43 tf L WAKTBD?AT THE MEDICAL Ssafe- TV PumyinFBepartmeHT, Columbia, South Carolina: FLAX SEED, BED PBPrER and' SMSSAFAItlLLA BOOT, 1br which the following prices wffl be paid : PLtiC SEED, MO p?r buabel; BED PEEPER, SO BBS p?r pound, SAilSAPARILLA TtOOT, $1 perpoand. At the* rates the}' must be thoroughly dried aud ddiver f' ed In Columbia. November 15 46 Ittt TYENTAL NOTICE?D URING JL7 my absence from Yortcrllle, I have madearrangem taenia with Dr. LESLIE O.'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Esquires P building, where he will he pieaaed to watt on my eiutomers, as usual- HeD a gentleman ti much experience in my I line of. business, and will, doubtless, rive general satisfaction W. M. WALKER, Dentist. Pabwary 25 B tf_ /CAUTION.?THE PUBLIC ABE DOLLARS, ofidpayahie one day afler date, now in tin possession or DAVID <3. WALLACE, nljjn> a good defence against said bote. MARY M. DDFF. November 9 & 3t? RAGS ! RAGS ! J BAGS!!! WANTED in quantities of from five TT toflve thousand ?35 of KttgMgNgg November 13 46 P QTEEL PENS.?JUST &BGESYH >0 ED a lot OTGILLOTT'S FIRST DUALITY BfrEHI PENS, at the ENDUIBEB OFFICE. B August 3 31 -tf *r o T I C E .-?SUGAR TO 3fcX JLt CHANGS for BACON oa Coveiiunent ac'ounhW Official information was received at the War Department fester day that the enemy had destroyed the State Hoad from Atlanta , to' Altoona, a distance of forty miles/ including the bridge over' the Chattahoochee. This intelligence confirms the report of the evacuation of -Atlanta, as, of course, the city oould not be held after the deans ofl scouring supplies for the garrison had been destroyed.. It also oonfirms the announcement of the Yankee journals of'Sherman's purpoee to undertake " an expedition into the "lieart of the Cotton'States." Several reports in regard to Sherman were In circulation yesterday, one of which was based upon intelligence received by a member of Congress, indicating that Sherman had "burnt Atlanta," andtbst the advance of his army had reached Jonesboro', thirty miles south of ; Atlanta. "We were informed that no confirmation of this report bad been received at the War Department. ' Bat it is time that Sherman should be ^turning" upwmewhere, if he has really "started on his Southern tonr, and it is jdst as probable that he would first be heard from at Jonesboro' as It any other point? It is now conjectured that' he is hound for Macon. SHERIDAN REINFORCING GRANT. It is very evident that the approaching hostilities will not be confined to Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. Grant is preparing to make a final trial for the Railroads of Richmond, if not for Richmond itself, before "settling down into winter quarters.? Thitherward he is quietly collecting all the troops 'which he-has scattered about, and . ^draining the Valley of as muoh material as be safely can without endangering Washington. At least one corps of Sheridan's army? 'said to be Wrights which properly belongs to the organization of Grant's special command?has "arrived in the lines of the Japes within ihp last few days,-and-large .masses from the rest of Sheridan's army are reported to he on their way.hero- This intelligence, however is not official. Many rumors are in circulation, one to the effect that Sheridan's forces are to be brought up tbe York. and arrayed -against the northern side of the city?for which there is not a shadow of credence. . v The yelling, cheering, &c;, in Fort Harrison and on.other parts of the Yankee lines was unusually obstreperous yesterday morning. It has been ascertained that it is due to a great "spread" of turkeys, &a, sent to the whole army^from New York. So many thousands of them are soon to bite the dust before the Confederate breastworks, that tbey# should not be grudged one more meal. The shelihtg of Datch Gap was ufausua]ly vigorous yesterday, and, owing to the fact that the wind came directly from that point, Was quite audible in the streets of Richmond. WINCHESTER. ' Captain James Gariretty, of Compuny E, Fifth Louisiana regiment, Army Valley District, was wounded' in the engagement of the 19th, near Middletown?-was carried to the rear by our forces and removed to StrasKnii? of wKirh nlnpA hp fpll fiftn the hands ? ----- r ? of the enetny. His wound being of a dangerous character, prevented his removal. He improved slowly, and with the assistance of a true friend and the loan of a horse, es-' oaped in the night time, crossed the river, -reached our Bcouts, and was brought gafply into oof dines. He remained a fow days in Staunton and. arrived in this city on Saturday evening. During his imprisonment and stay ia Strasbnrg, he reoieved accurate information from those who could not fail to know the exact truth, that the town was one vcuit hospital! Every house'was so used, the wounded numbered five thousand six hundred; that only four hundred and fifty of that number were Cenfederate soldiers. The number so given did not include the enemy's wounded in the engagement of the 19th. They were'distribnted and quartered I in farm houses and in Middletown, Newtown and Eearnstown : in -fact there was no tenement in that region of country that was not so used, and oontained Yankee, wounded.?[Richmond Enquirer, 8th. FROM petersburg. On Wednesday last the enemy made a slight demonstration in front of Gen. Butler's lines, but were forced baok without aci oomplisbing anything. . This was the only point along the whole front at whioh the Yankees showed any desire to be inquisitive. All day Wednesday and yesterday brisk firing of artillery and mosketry was kept ? ?*-- l- a ?j - ik. op OH toe iuiea tiuutu auu mwwnavii ut. ?uo oity, but it was nothing more than practicing cm the part of the cannoniers and pickets. Doting the Utter part of Wednesday night this firing grew more rapid. It was thought not improbable that Grant would make a movement upon or attempt to flank our position on the day of national prayer, but nothing of the, kind occurred. He is not yet ready to move, and, until'be has largely increased his army, aud feels himself justified iu attempting* the actual capture of '"the two oities" he will m&e no. farther effort. There is little donbt that Grant is receiv ing heavy reinforcements. They are believed to have come from Sheridan's command in the Valley. Our scouts report the arrival of numbers of troops within the past few days. It U hot improbable that the greater portion of cavalry of Sheridan's nAmm.nJ mil K.nnnlif rm t.hfl .TttmPS to wuuiauu mu vo vivug?* >?? ? !* oo-operate with the armies of the Potomac | add James in their final assault upofi the i brave army of Northern Virginia, in front df Petersburg and Riohmond. We believe the campaign will not end , withoutf-tbis final attempt. Grant must push , his troops forward to another huge slaughter 1 and enrich the olassio soil of Old Virginia ' with the blood and bodies of thousands more of his white men and blacks, ere he . decides, or is driven to go in toff inter quarters t? the country. It is so destined, and he will follow his destiny. In accordance with the President's re'wnawdltfoa Md fifoMtal Lee's address, Wednesday was general!y observed by the troops ef this army. Many were in attendance upon divine servioe in the city, while service was held in many ,v if not most of the oamps by-the several chaplains, or ether ministers appointed to/ preach.?Express., . THE situation. i Some uneasiness and unnecessary 'alarm has been occasioned by the many' wild rii"-. mors in circulation for the -past two days, the majority of which grew out of the statement contained ' in the^Chieago Tribune of the 9th, to the effect that Sheftban wsb advancing into the interior of. Georgia with five army corps. ' " , "Rnt: ntVp n narflfnl snrvev of the -tODOe raphy of thp oonntry Jyingbeforehim," the distance he mast travel before lie can strike any vitSl part, and the difficulties that' naturally environ an i n earn ve army of the kind we ~apprehend~iio periods result from the movement. . " f The distance from Atlanta to Augusta is 171 miles by railroad j from Atlanta to MaconlOl miles; and from Atlanta to Sa? van nab 291 miles, .and as we stated yesterday, no army of 25,000 men, and we have good authority for stating Sherman has no more than this number of effective men, can n^re more than ten miles a day at the farthest, and very frequently not so far. According to this calculation it would.require "seventeen days to reach Augusta, or ten to reach .Maoon, and twenty-nine, to reach -Savannah, allowing no obstruofjons in his march., ' Should it be his purpose to embrace eitheir of th^so points iq his present-movement, prompt vigilance on the part of our authorities in -making the proper'difltribufion of our forces, of whichwelbavea sufficient'number in striking distance, can, do less than ten dtyh,' so ohstriict his march as to destroy the army.' ~ ^ ? We'donoc believe, however, it is his purple to visit eithdr of those places, but that he has been driven to his present movement by force of circumstances, a glance at the position of the two armies fbrthe last'few weeks drill explain . It is a well khovfa faot/that the Altny bf. Tebfiessee has been lurking it? his rear for sometime without any apparent definite object, so1 far as we have been aware of, rendering Sherman's retreat impossible without hazarding the loss of bis army with all be had reoently accomplished. ' . - J His position in Atlanta becoming? perilous, his ability to hold it long by force extremely donbtfnl, be resolveB,. ib a moment of desperation, upon one ofthe-boldestand most daring movements of the war, that of marching bis army through the heart of our oonntry to & point of security, Fensaeola or Brunswick most probably. He doeB not anticipate retracing hlssteps, henoehe proclaims the devastation and desolation of the country over whioh he passes.?Constitutionalist, 19 th. - - ' - I jtfAOON. ' / ' The Macon telegraph of Fridaystates that the city on that-day was considerably | HAmntto vanmi^o rtf ill A AV CAViiLCUj UlTtUg lU VailVUOiU|/Uil?v& Iiuw WMV- I my, who are known to be positively march- j ing on the city. Gen. Cobb has issued an order calling out every man capable of bear- J ing arms, and all who do not respond, he has ordered to be arrested. The Telegraph further says : - , | There is no doubt that the military authorities will do everything in their power to stay the advance of the enemy, and we 'trust they will receive the cordial support of the entrre community. - - . > <*. * RELIABLE NEWS PBOM TIP THE &OAD, A gentleman who arrived on Thursday evening from Stone Mountain report^ that the Yankee column moving down the Georgia Railroad, divided at Debater, one-half going down the Covington; roadVand the'' other the Rockbridge road.* At Stone Mountain they bnrned all the unoccupied houses, compromising some two"thirds of the towD, and were laying waste the conn-, try as they progressed. They march in hollow squares, their trains in centre. They united at Baker's Mill, near Covington, and> it was not known whether they would strike, for Eatonton or Athens. & This gentleman says that rfhe view from the summit of Stone Mountain of the eon-' flagration of Atlanta was awful beyond desnrintinn ' TKh (vita (lito 0m ((An niUAT) *"v Viwuv v*y ?imw mm w of flame" as the fiery wares rose and fell, thrdughout its whole extent; : Passengers on the Georgia Railroad last night reported that about one hundred Fed-' eral cavalry made their appearance at Social Circle on Thursday and burned the Railroad platform. It is not believed that they have come down any farther 'tbAh the "Cfrole. " r Their infantry encamped at or hear Old Sheffields on Wednesday night, and from their movements it is thought they are en route to Eatonton. . . It is also reported that they have burned Monticello and Hillsboro, which, if true, indicates clearly that they design tapping the Central Railroad at Gordon, or some other point.' The passenger train on the Georgia Road yesterday, only oame from Union Point. ? A GRAND OPPORTUNITY. - r. . . (For the Daily Press of the State of Georgia) ' Richmond, Nov. 18. To the People of Georgia: You have now the best opportunity ever yet presented to destroy the enemy. Put everything at the disposal of our Generals. Remove all provisions from the path of the enemy and put all obstructions in his. path. Every citizen with his gun, anil eyery negro with his spade and axe can do the work of a good soldier. You oan destrdy the enemy by retarding his march. Georgians, be firm", act promptly and fear not. (Signed) B. H. HILL. I most oordially approve the above, j JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War. X6T A New York journal said some weeka ago?two months ago, or more, webofieve ?that Griffin would be the next plaoe visited by Sherman. -ax-- : 5 u-" ? ;&v^-1 - v"*vjV tr-.-.V'? .> -, 4.--s?= *. v ' '.JkJ c?ssoiixi. O. ! The Grenada Motive says we hay? just had a longconversationwithagentleman?j an oTdfriendfand a man we knowingly von oh fof??who left St Loais af short time ago> Bis opp??tanitiW^^W-*heiTOry beet' foj knowing what was going on in. the State. ! . Gen. Prioe brt.a firm: foot-hold in Mis? sonri. He is virtaaljy in'qpbas asioh of fourfifths of thfi S&tof and no intelligent Fedei ral officef believes;they ean force* him oat; When, our inftrmsnfc left, Gen.. Prioe bad hie headquarters at Waverly} and hie lines extending, sixty miles West. Heoroite are fiockingtohim dailyfrbmali.^rta of the State?old greyiniired men atod young hoys mingled in . the rankswithistout, halo men, in bloom of youth and prime of J ife. Those recruits are the beet H?en liftH&Staie. In tei 1 igent Federal officers assured Oar in-, -formanfc tb&i not lessthan 95,000 reatnits bad joined "Old Pap"pp ^ the SOth of October, which would make his-force frilly 60,000 strong.* Fagan with a smalfforce, bad been retiring before a foiree of Federals, near Independence, which -garre rise to the Oft repeated rnmor that Price was retrea ting. He has never receded an inch since bp.entered the State,^and has never bad a Yankee foroe^in bis front able to cope with him "or willing to attemp'fit. Clark, Shelby and Bill ^Andereonare1 North of the Missouri giver, tearing up nujroads, whippingDjitob In the Sedalla affair. Jeff, Tnompeon captured 2,2^kVn.^ " " 1 " "^:Vff j Getf. Smith, the worthy wdfo burned Oiiford, Miss., iff August last, bad been lying ten miles above Chafles City for-two week4 ?-biB army loaded on aeventeen transports ?aWaitibg-ofders from Wasbington:t5Ty. " Our friends in the noble old State are in fine spirits- and.lobk upon their deliverance as oertaitr and immediate. The [minions of the tyrant regard their days as.already nnznberedfin* the land they oarae to despoil.? The work |?6fea "bravely on. "! ** 1 .*} "u 7T. 'i-' . j. * ; * ?-f $? ? : . Fin m Vii&nta. New Maekjet, via Staunton, November 14!?The army retdfned to Iheir old camp td-ftfrf, after an absence of fiVe days. The enemy are picketing between Newtowa and Middletown. . I Richmond, November 15.?Breckinridge rejwrts that on the evening of the 11th, be drove the enemy from JLiioK ureex into Bull's Gap, -and* next' morning forced them baok a mile and oaptared their line of works, bat:waa unable to expel them from .the gap. He re-oocnpied the position held in tbe morning without molestation. Oar loss flight - On the"night-oFthe llthj Hai jor Toole attaoked the enemy nest-Morris^ tqwd, Raptured fifty prisoner# and tmrned a .train loaded with oomipiaaary stores. : The following was received to-night: HEApquAETtes, November 15.?To the Secretary of War: Breekenridge reports that, on the night of the ISth,he tnraet} -Boll's Gap, when the enemy attempted, to ^treat. Abbnt one o'clock on the 14tb; with Vaughn's and Dukes' commands,"he struck their column and routed it. v Several hundred prisoners; ten-stands of ootoro; six pieces of artillery, with Caissons and horses, complete ; fifty loaded wagons, with teams; ambulances, with medical supplies; etc., were oaptared. ' R. E. LEE. Georgip. . . .-Augusta, Tr Jln|, letter to the Chronicle and Sentinel states that a fight occurred at Rough add Ready between the 8fate troops and the Yankees.: The Fan* kbes wore driven back. ; -; .. tjSte* There are. about; 8;0QP Yankees in Atlanta, From appearanoes -the place is be. Ingevacnaied. ' viM1 The* trains running fiom the city'?re Inndod And rfltnrn emntv. " w ry Two hnndred males were .captured by our scouts a few days since. ( The Yankees have barned most of Canton, Cherokee county, in retaliation for lianging some tories. The latest rumors from Atlanta state that the oity -wasevacuated Saturday. : fe I , . t '( Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury. Kichmondi Friday,rd?ov. 11. It is understood that the objeot of the President in calling'the Virginia delegation to attend his office the second'day after the meeting of" Cdngress was td convince them that a suspension of the habeas corpus is again necessary. What reasons v?ere given are unknown, but it is said the Virginians have yielded their assent The^ President's desire to control the f t>rdte mil not' lie ? readily acceded to,- if re. port speaks truly. -Even the organ ventures to jthiuk things had better jstand .as they are But the influence of the Executive is very great and searches to the lowest depths. One of oiii:'boldest Congressmen says it is nescessaxyfor a member to stand good with the administration} else he oan get nothing <^one for- his constituents, and his influence is lost. Lincoln is Te-eleoted, and the winter will disclose his capacity to raise another army. Richmond in considered safe so long as Grant is where he;V and*Eariy keeps Sheridan at bay. We have several months to prepare for the shook fiext spring. Mr. Sparrow's proposition t<5 impose s - fine of $5,000 on *bjf man who sells produce to citizens at prions higher than thoab fixed on by the assessors, will help purchasers mightily. Whether it will stimulate oroduction* is anotfier question. Mr. Farrow's resolution in regard to the granting of farloogha by general officera is rather tart at its close." He wants to "girt' ' tent the purchase of furloughs." J-.' 'jftr 'lady refugee 4rom South"Carolina, wliose name I have not learned, has opeiifed a school oh Gamble's Hill, for the ipstroction of -the children of deoeasetl soldiers, and has already thirtysobolars, ^ She takes a few other pupils to pay rent and fael, but charges nothing fpr her services. * A'reformhfihn in the organisation of the ' artillery of Lee's army, decreasing the ntynL her of companies in a battalion and inarms* / A- - " 0 y ^ 4 *r<ay* Si . ?!. ^ ^ v2tei *5 y * Esfi?i&* r~ - - * - > -V + _.* .-/ - . r_ . ing the number of field officers, ie talked of. General Long, of the ut3ieryr has re-, tired from duty in consequence of paralysis j Lieufenant-Colonel. Pegram -has yet been made" Brigadier, hut probably will.be. The newspaper report was premature. j _The prisoners who are to be exokmged at Savannah Bhould congratulate themselves. . They are to be in charge of Oapt4 Hitch-and Br. Brock, high "toned gentle-! men bpth. , - * Hbbmbs. ' Semmes Afloat in theJSteamar Sea r King. ' The following fias been received by the Yankee GoienunenMn inference to the new steamer to M? commanded, by Captain Heaimee;: r ' v rr;:Fjina6>filiWTO CofcsntAfcS^ j ;, , Liverpool, -October 1^1B6?. [ Sir : The English screw steamer 'Sea King, bhitt at Glasgow in 1863, cleared for Bombay, andsiiftid fromLondon'onllie 8th instant "with a large quantity of coal, fifty tons of metal, and a ctew of forty-spy-i pn men, in oommand of Captain Cobbett. Mr. Sisoo, United States consular agent at "Dover, says he has'reliable Information that Captain Semmes is to have this vessel.? 3feom>wh*t M known at this office cbont the Sea King, independent -of the information of Mr. Sisoo, I have not the least doubt she'is'the vessel the steamer Laurel is to meet, and that Captain Semrbes,wlth'thej officer^ men and guns, taken out in tb^ Laurel, wjH be transferred to her. Their place of meeting.is not known, to me. ; ' The. Sea Kingja a very fast, strongly built add 'fine looking screw stedmer, built of lWood,with irontframejand coppered, a! bout one thousand tons burthen and tw<j .hundred and twenty-two feet long, one funnel, three bright masts, ship-rigged witt wire rigging, heavily sparred, machinery abaft tlA maiomMt; No doubt but *heij name will"be changed. I am, sir,-very respeotfally, " Your obedient servant, THOMAS H. J)UDLEY, ConsuL A Foreign Battalion. . - It appears that Qnrautborities.are organ-! ieing the foreigners who ha,ye been oaptujed from the enemy into Regiments to fight for the cause of <the South. A writer in the Columbia Uaroixnxan, says: . <<I wi tc essed, on yesterday, a very intej resting and commendatory scene. At the camp of the "Foreign Battalion," over fouii hundred Yankee released prisoners of war took the path of allegiance, and swore fealty to support, In tome, Hthe Confederacy. j : The battalion numbers at present ovef six hundred men; all of whom have been prisoners, and foreigners. They represent every nationality in Earope, and speak geni erally only' their mother language. They are in general unsophisticated in the: policy of nations, and are nearly as willing to fight for one ooontry as another. The oafh of fealty w^s administered to them in the-presenoe of all their offid&rs; and- before tne ^Posfc Chaplin, O'Connel,' who-addressed them ib their varions yariopd languages, and with the happiest apparent effect. . - Cheer after cheer went np for ('their" new Confederacy/'and warmly did they cheer for their new'and manly Colonel and their other officers. \ ^ ^ \ I have been iaformed, by persQMjoC ap< proved probity, i&at several thousand of such men are most willing to join dnr rank^ and aid our cause. There is no-doubt but these men should :^eooonjaged,;and._ nothing would please me more, and I think, it would promote good, that the citlie'ns in general shouicl Visit 1UCU1 WVWIUUIUIJ. ? First Foreign Battalion.-?Lieut. Colonel J. Tucker, has been here two. or three days engaged in reoruiting for and to form the.oorps tp be known by .the above name. He obtained 314 recruits at this place, Saturday, and removed tBem the same day, to the rendezvous. at Colombia, S. 0. He wUl return in a few days and expects -to obtain several handred additional recruits.?Salisbury Watchman. L- :,. Yanks Com? to Qfiof. .i;i:j . Clinton, La., Nov. 13.?Twatraasports loaded with . Yankee, wounded have dome down White river, and' goae'$o NeV Orj. lean?. Thisindicates i^fdng sbmewhere inr Northern Arkansas, t v ^ , . ? Eight transports loaded with troops and two Farrott batteries have left Morganja for White river. r" '' f r The YhnkeeB hmSbd at Bayou Sara a 'few daysago, and bbtnmeheedpulling-down houses and ^.carrying fhe material to Morgaza to build winter, quarters. When there they-committed such outrages upon ladies that thirty of them have been pat in. irons, and the nffioers who nermitted them are- to be cashiered. ; - j Prom the Valley*. , . new m4.eket, Nov. 4.16?-Lieut. BayTor of the 12th cavalry, with twelve mep, eaptured taurprisoners&nd seventeen horses within three miles,of Harper's Ferry, and brought them safely to this place. I'he'y rejporfc the railroad In running order^to'SumihitToiat, IS miles below Winoheblfer.v , Gen. Pickett's Report. ? v richmond, Nov. 19.?Anoffioial teje- .. gram at the "War Department from Qeneral : Pickett reports that '- on the nighf of the : l7th, a portion of "the jreniy^s picket fine in hi* front was taken possession of and held. T)ne colepel, (Kaufman,) two captains, two lieutenants^ and 1 IB privates ' were captured, besides tile dead and wounded left on the field. - Oar loisswEeltiUed, none wounded. r *" . y; . *v ,m ' * | ?? ' 1 ? ? * v - ? The Chamber "of Commerce.of New York'has abnroDriated twenty^ iW'thou e?n? dollars for the purpose of - providing px&anta fbr the officers and a orew.of the Sewage for sinking the Alabama. ~i* , " ^4i'** ' hi- . &v &. ??i Confederate Leaders.. / I i - From a number of the London Illustrated News we extract the snbjoined hearty and kindly notioe of some pictures of oar great Confederate leaders: . j To those who are leading the present page of American history, these pictures ?authentic and reliable portraits of the Spartan leaders of the South?-will be invaluable as illustrations. A onrious inter; est attaches to them, moreover, from the fact that they have " run the blockade/' 'They were ^passengers on some low. black; snase or a steamer tnat crept inrougu too beleaguering squadron and sped away to sea, Faugh in g all pursuit to scorn. We al-'; most picture to ourselves the caovaa hanging in the little.cabin,, gazing, with strange; specuIatioW.'in tfceir painted. eyes, out toward the'Federal cruner'hi chase. They have passed the peril,-are librt among us tobring before us vividly 'some of the'ohief atstors in the great tragedy of -endurance that is enacted.. South. Many an exiled Confederate will doubtless visit this oollection fct No. '814 Oiford street, and' find food for comfort in -the pale; stern faoes or the men who^ guard the freedom of his! | country. By some strange freak bf nqjpre, Jefferi soil Davis, the President whose 'portrait is the 'firtt 'to whioh our attention is drawn,:has much in it that is'usnally held I aa indicative of the "Yankee" type. This | may, perhaps, be owing in some degree to the' peculiar beard?of the same cut as that so familiar in the portraits of his rival,; -Abraham Lincoln. There is urore refine-, ment, though; aboUt Davis j and the intel- . leet?cool, oaloulatingrand indomitable? whioh looks put of bis .dear grey eye,, exerts a ? higher pressure " :on the phy-, siquo than ia'tonal to the common run of Americans. One impression which'the poe-; trait leaves on the mind is that the sword is' ,ftytiug too Jhin a sheath. 1 General Lee's honest,..fine, face, with its. silver looks and beard, and bright brown; eye, might Well look Out of V middle age casque, so marked is it by a chivalrous' nobility. > As he stands, in an' easy but commanding posture, clad in the plain grey uniform> with the -simple three stars on the collar, he looks the very impersonation of firmness, boldness and vigor; for the snows on his head- ate-those of-experience, not deoay. In the original sketch! the eye has a jovial, roUielring expression, and the floe a merry, Sindly Smile, which, in the absence'of the uniform, makes us fancy that we are regarding the likeness or some veteran literateur, rnnoing over with. ban mot*, epigrams'and anecdotes. . Beauregard's face is probably, the onel whioh would be seleoted ae the-handsomest by a lady visitor. * It bears unmistakable! signs of his- French origin. Indeed, with shaven oheek and small iron-grey, moosJ tache, ho might pass for a hero of the! Crimea, A fine, thoughtful head is his,j -and there is: no lack of fifmriess and deJ cision' in the- thin; ieompresMd :lips, half* hidden in- the. small jron-grey moustaohej aforesaid . General Stuart is another whose nation-; ality is to be read in-hia features. Unmis-i takably'Scotch, with a-diold, laughing, blue! eyes, a tawny beijrd, and the length ; feature peculiar to the North,, he lookajikq some gallant cavalier who fpU.owed jbej youog Pres *dcr. The illusion ia assisted by his;slouch hat and black plnme. This picture is one of- the jmosb-telHngof the1 jgroup, marked hy . considerable vigor and! character, cat unaoanieaiy, tne Desc is that of Stonewall Jackson. If we see the oavalier in Stuart, in Jackson we almost expect to find the brown beard (time had! dealt more. kindly with the great captain! than we were led to sopjposu) darling crisply over the steel gorget and baff coat of. the Puritan. He 9eems like a modern Hamp. ton (in fact,' there is some resemblance in one "picture of the patriot that we have < seen) and, is peinted,as his mew ?loved. W see-him," in the aot of reading prayers. His arms are flang oat right and left along theliorizontal limb of a tree, and bis bead is thrown back. . There is a tender expres fion in the aweek/alnioet- fe&iaine; npper part of tbe.faee,aa if . be were jnstf praying for the women Tj^L chiJdreo; Jkubia tbe firm month we can see the spirit which wil\ anon olll on ttiel^odof Baltics to fight . the'Oppressed.' The "he&d is a very ndble iorie, nrore expressive of the lofty and board; lied character of one to whom may Be applied with far more troth .than to the .Knight of'the Ronnd'Table the eJegyuti kHrfid:nver Sir lianoelot ;bf the Lake: * ! " There thou - liest; thoa Wert never matched of none earthly knight's hand; and thoa wert the courtliest knight that ever bare shield; and thoa weft the. truest friend to thy lover t6at~ever bfcrtrbde a hone; and thou wert the truest lover, of a sinful man, that/ever .'loved Woman; and .thouwert. ihe-kindeit rnqnjhat ever, stroke mith sword; and won wert the goodliest ' person that ever oame 'among press ~of ; knights; and thoa' wert the meekest man and gentlest that ever eat in hall among ladies; and thoa wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe,that ever pat- spear, in rest-" . ' We obs#rVoci"n^ the gall&rjrairffm&bed likenesses of Gens.. Fitzhugh Lee, Swell, ? Price and Hill, as weUas a portrait of Mr, Volck, the sculptor, to whom is cotrustee! the noble task oT raising the monument of the groat Jackson. Photographs from the pictures are'obtainiable,-an'd will no dbhht >. beweloome tatbe admiranrof t&e looonn-i table .fire wid euetgj of tho,8oath. " :W0 should' recommend all.who take aa interest in the great struggle' now waging ' in America to make a point of visiting Mr. : heroic endurance and long sulfating of tte handful Of Confederate ? *?p. 0 ,T.<! ^ ? Those hardest to .please , arefgenarally ;j the least aoeoonuaodatiDg. V-* How itWoeks ?An old anyggy subscriber to tnis paper (actedfor his good bacon) stepped in a day or two since iind proposed renewing bis subscription to tbe Constitutionalist for six months, Oar book keeper?all smiles?made ont bis receipt Yes,"" answered the book-keeper, "We have been compelled to do it in self-defence." '"Well, air, it is extortion. I trto't take it." : -\ r"Well, then, if you don't like, way, we will let you ?our old price-?for six months, u you wxii pay na id that^ fine*'bacon cf ybttre' eenta per pound, "IlitfNbld priw.- "lEhat ia certainly fair." "How much bacon would it take 7" aa~ bed dnr' eodntr^ ltiend. " "Just tMrty?odada, air/' "Wfay,Jbat ^oul^h^.gifji^jr?U.!^120 for your paper for six months; at the Jpwagt. ** |rm at fbich aaoh er. "We oan't help it j and/for thievery thiog in prtpOTtioa." ' "' -; ?WcU, weU," arid otu friend, "But taoos ugoment it?:dinohaf, :0i?, tto rweipj, h^.i^e mopey. .1 upon theprevailing dpipiou. ...Ijnn# we fm^oni [Japer nt ouT prio^ h? taw*Sjr.-r Afluats CWnfleyfoi. , A portion of the young htdCbfl tSlT Q&nfboro' met on the 10th inet.,' and ?! Lsohed, That wo,' 'the j yonng ladiea of Ghreenaboro' oigM&te eelvea into a Resohitii,' Tbat*h* following loles'-fdr " * the government of the -Society br-iaafe^BjBP^ 1 monriy adopted. 1. The Society shall meat onthe first aod third Thursday of every' inonthj. at7 o'dlock ; pi m., and adj our n at iOp.'m. Belf, without wme- frm tho-Mwftqprof . the Sooiety, shall pay a fine of 25cents for ' .. 8. Eaoh metober Shall be required to bring to - evefy' meeting of the Sooiety, at least one sock, the. product ofher owa laMollje A. Gbett, Beo. SedY ? ~ PEBssvsBmi3.~Mitert%a^l^u'tridow lady of Chambers coanty, Bahama,- aged ^ *4 59 years,-had a horse .stolen fromh?rva week or Wp;w,'rby fQM dfiscrftn ortfagr ? glere. Hfen being scarce in her neighbor-; and realizing the fact that "critters" are ' scarw l^tbat^t^jp^du^b^^^ made pp^smt took^tbem prisoners and rccaptojed ji?* lost "orittej." The thieves who proved to be deserters, were promptly despatcSe^lb (lamp Watts from whence they women of Southern Confederacy . J * merit 1,500 p?uiidi)' pounds of beef ?wht^king & total ^j$rty million pounds of meat. ; This, itk estimated will furnish two pounds ofmpatpe? day to eaBfc~ftorth' f?aroftna soldier in tfce would suggest that they id!' bb seat where else.? Charlotte d Fao& atwico.^^th^? popegs^Ww ' The dviwefrom ^Mexico, state that numbers of the influential Juarez 'leaders have gifen in theit Mbeaiorf to- empire of are laying down tbeir arms and ^nng- np the struggle. Lines pf.telegttipbs we tohe a^fi^l tedltoua, tboagh Texa^iato to petfe?ti NashvW LiaS^aived^-20,(3^1^0 . '- . -, 3 hbhhhhhhM