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* .? 6 i j. b.&l. m. gbist, J proprietors ^tt fttirtptnitrat Jamilg ffcfos paper: Jfor % IJrotnolion of i|t political, JJotial, ^griatliaral anir Commercial ftrteresfs of t|e JJoutJr. |?o pebyeab.ihadvakck, VOLUME 10. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1804. . .. NUMBER 48 RATES OF POSTAGE IX THE . STATES OF AMERICA. F)R the convenience of the public tbe following simplified statement of the rates of post age, under the set of Congress of the Confederate States of America, has been prepared. It must be borne In mind that the Act Is to go Into effect from and after such period as the P.M. General may, by proclamation, announce: hates or postage. Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertised letters 2 cents each. on XEW8PAPXH8. Sent to regular and &cna fide subscribers from the office of publication, and not exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents pqr quarter. Semi-Weekly paper. 26 cents per quarter. Tri-Weekly paper, 39 centa per quarter. Four time* a week, 56 cents per quarter. Five times a week, 65 cents per quarter. Six times a.week, 78 cents per quarter. '. ox PERIODICALS. Periodicals published oftener than semi-monthly shall be hperi(il?ifySSfcSicd monthly, not exceeding IX ounces in weight, I cent on each number, and one cent additional on each"additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. OX TRANSIENT PK1KTXD MATTER. The Inland postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon neeted with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding I ounce in weight, shall be 1 cent, and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional; and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall he deemed mailable matter, and the Inland postage on them shall be at the rate of 2 cents an oopce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all cases ex eept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the army . 1 rOAKXIXB pxrviLEos. The following persons onlytere entitled to the franking privilege,* and in all cases strictly confined to official business. Postmaster General. v * ' His Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. WEEKLY SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. ,.h. 1ST Pursuance of a plan long entertained, and to meet the expressed wants of the Agriculturists and Oouaoy Eesidents of die South, the subscriber announces bis lntsHoaSBaamasence the- jpnMicatlan of a Weekly edition of tne Bountum uukji.iuv., Tke paper wlllretain la present fonn, furnishing eight page* of reading matter weekly. It will be devoted, aa heretofore, to AgrlctUMe. Also, to Current News, a synopsis of Army Intelligence, Proceedings of -Congress, Report* of the Markets, Ac., Ac., embracing everything neceseary to render it a valuable and acceptable fAMILt NEWSPAPER. for the Farmer*, Planters, Gardeners, Stock Raisers, housewives and Business Men of the Confederacy. The first number of the Weekly edition will be iosued on or before the first Saturday In November. TERMS. $6 far 6 months, or $3 to 3 months. Single copies, 25 cents. .* All present subscriber* to the CULTIVATOR to be supplied for the renfalnder of this year^l864) with the Weekly, without any advance in price. Address , D. REDMOND, ? Augusta, Ga. October 19 / ? 42 tf QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISk*5 TRICT?Whereaa, WALTER B. METTS, C. E. V. D., has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of WILLIAM WILSON, a free person of color, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and gppear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House, on the )2th?day of December new, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 31st day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eigbi hundred and sixty-four, and In the eighty-ninth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. P. November 2 fl . Ot C< OUIH CAROLINA?YORK DISTRICT.-Whertds, ELEANOR PARISH has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of CLARK PARISH, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish .all and singular, the kindred and creditors ofthe said deceased, to be and appear before me atournextOrdlnary'sCourtforthesald District, to be holden at York Court House on the 5th day of December next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and $eal, this 19th day of November. *w ?- " *- T J rwl oiifht hnnHroHsDri ill U1C }CIU UI UUi UV1U UUC uiuuauuu vi^ut ? ? sixty-four, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. November S3 Vf 2i C OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISO TRICT.-Wbereas, ELIZABETH E. J. JACKSON has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ROBERT M. JACKSON, late of the District .aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to eheand admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of dsn.said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be hidden at York Court House on the 2nd day of December next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under uiy hand and Seal, this 18th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ana slxty-foar, and lu th< eigbty-ninth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN. O. Y. D. November S3 47 2t* RESOJLUTIOif OF SOLDIERS^ BOARD OJF RELIEF FOR TORE DISTRICT. RE80L VED, That all Planters and Millers who have not paid the Tax of TWO PER CENT levied for the benefit of Soldiers' families on Cor? and Wheat, returned to the C. S. A. Tax Collector, as their TAX IN KIND, are now called on to deliver the same to a member of the Board most convenient to them, within Ten days from this date. Those who disregard this notice shall be served with executions, including all the penalties of de&ult, by virtue of the Act of the late General Assembly of South Carolina. A. B. SPRINGS, Chairman Soldiers' Board of Relief for York District. November-23 4' 47 >21 ALMANACS F.OR QOUTHERN ALMANACS JUST >0 Received and For 8ale, at the printing office. Nov 15 46 tf esvelopes7envelopes!! JUST received and for sale a lot of excellent ENVELOPES, AX yHE printing; office. October 26 43 . tf WANTED?AT THE MEDICAL V T Purveying Department, Columbia, South Carolina: FLAX SEED, RED PEPPER and SARSAPARILLA ROOT, for which the following prices will be paid : FLAX SEED. S30 per bushel; RED PEPPER, $2 50 per pound, SARSAPARILLA ROOT, $1 per pound. At these rates they must be thoroughly dried and delivered dn Columbia.. November 15 46 lm iTVENTAL NOTICE.?D U RING J * my absence from Torkvilie, I have made arrangements with DrrLESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the jCxquirkb building, wbere be will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He Is a gentleman of much experience In my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 85 8 tf pAUTION.^fHE* PUBLIC ARE W hereby cautioned against trading for a NOTE given i V.. ?A DTTPTTO DrUDV r?T Dtrpv Iim'r^nn uy uic m ttfi' ww vbha k j iwi nuniJKr.ii DOLLARS, and payable one day after date, now In the poaaeaalon of DAVlt) G. WALLACE, as I have a jrood defence againkt said note. MARY M. DUFF. November 9 43 3t* RAGS I RAGS r! BAGS:!! TTt7ANTED in quantities of from five ? T to Ave thousand pound* of clean COTTON AND LINEN RAGS, for which the highest CASH PRICE will be paid at the PRINTING OFFICE. Novemberi5 ' 46 , tf QTEEL PENS.?JUST" RECEIVkj ED a lot of GILLOTT'S FIR8T QUALITY STEEL 1 FENS, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. August 3 31 tf N"~otice .?sugar to exCHANGEfor BACON on Government account.? Apply to T. J. BELL, Agent. August 10 22 7 m ~forsa??i Q ALT that is dry and m good condi? kJ Hon. Also smoking TOBACCO, chewing TOBACCO, CAROLINA BELI.E SNUFP, NAILS, GUN-CAPS, and a large supply or EARTHENWARE, kc. Apply to FREDERICK W. ROBBRTSON, Near the Depot. November? - 44 6t | THE NBW HbVEDERATE FIiAU. Southern emblesRM bright young banner Adopted by heroes, who lead the free; When at the cannon's mouth they swore For death or liberty. Thou child of peril the stars that date Thy yet unwritten stojy, May gain more laurel?and wave o'er fields Where Southerners fight glory. it. The breeze of Heaven shall bear thee on, Upon Us sunny wing, Until the triumph of thy s.ars The dove of peace shall bring, South Carolina was Ufy birth place And war's terrific thunder Did cradle thee Ull thou hast broke Abolition bonds asunder. lit. Among the many flags of nations There Is a place for thee Flaunt up, thou bright young banner Wave proudly o'er the free, ? The battle flag, a part of thee That o'er our waters wave Float on In sweet companionship Proud banner of the brave. Fata Piat. ' A Sermon for the Times. . .. The Rev. Mr. Howe, rector of St. Phillip's chorch, Charleston, delivered a sermon some time since, from the text of 2nd Kings, 5:26. "Is it a time to reoeive money ? &c. &o." The Charleston Mercury says of it "the short-comings of the people are noticed by it in good taste and a truly Christian spirit. The reverend gentleman has avoided a very common error, often abounding, we regret to say, especially in tli? ralicrinnn nAWflnMArs of the dav. of no ticing what they consider social evils with so muoh bitterness as to exoite resentment. Instead of doing good they do harm." We append an extraot from the discourse, which we commend earnestly to every class of oar readers. Speaking of the enemy's landing and establishing themselves on Mbrris Island, Mr. H. says : Good, I trust, will oome out of the lesson, as has been the ease in so many otber instances. We hope that every avenue of approaoh to our homes will now be fortified. We have once more concentrated all our thought upozi the work which God has assigned to us. What our own military leaders could not do has been done by the enemy. The voioe <5f his guns, sounding throogbont the State and making itself heard among'the mountains', has been'more potent than the proclamation of oar governor and the calls of our generals; and labor will now doubtless be bad iu abundance; so that hereafter we may perhaps see that this very attack, which has come upon us so suddenly, by recalling us to ourselves, and to new exertions, was the occasion of putting us more completely ou our guard, and enabling as to be better prepared for tbe grand attack which is doubtless in store for us. Whether, if we have another interval of quiet, and seaming inactivity, we shall become engrossed again in money-making, remains to be seen. Most likely, if the opportunity odours, we shall; but in that event, may our military leaders remain aloof from the contagion,- and may every Christian patriot watch and pfay without a 3 v l ./ T ceasing. iv wora more oniy, oeiore i conelude, and in another direction. I have said that whatever bad a tendency to divert onr minds from the great business before as, subtracted from onr vigilance, and so from our powers of application, and that in this connection the text might be asked of us. In this respect also, it seems to me?and I have no doubt does so to every mind capable of entertaining a serious thought? the inquiry of Elishlf might be applied to amusements and merrymakings, and to all occasions where thoughtlessness and levity are wont to reign in onr present juncture of affairs. RiotouBness and clamorous mirth and wild debauoh have marked the fall of many a city and the crumbling of empires. How expressive the record of Daniel?"Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast to a thousand of his lords and drank wine hefore the thousand. In that night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain, and' Darius, the Median, took the kingdom." But not to dwell on the greater kinds of dissipation, and which, especially at a time like the present, stand self-rebuked. it would surelv seem as if in regard ' * ? o to the pleasures of the ball room, also, all would agree that this, at least, is not a "time to dance," when hardly a day passes over our heads whioh is not marked by a sanguinary encounter in some part of our Confederacy?when the bones of our fathers and husbands and lovers and brothers, lie bleaohing oh many a battle-field, from Virginia to Texas, and from the Alantio to the banks of the Mississippi. I know that by the laws of reaction many seek, in this way, to alleviate the feelings of gloom which take possession of the heart in times like the present; but I maintain we ought not to endeavor to put away from ourselves the discipline which God in His wisdom and His justice is administering to us. War is an awful scoarge, and the Most High intends by it to chastise and correct us.? How weak and foolish "instead of bowing if f A a! AAA Ann A?*AA n M A A if A A A A uoivic ii/j tu VJIUDC uui cjtern upuu ii/y auu cu* deavor by a diversion of onr minds to forget it. Sorely when God speakB it becomes us to hear. The best remedy against gloom is not to be found in the ball room, but in works of active benevolence. Go and ?o some good aot?minister to the Bick and wounded soldiers?Tread to him and pray by him in the hospital, and yon will have done more to lighten yonr own hearts, than if you had attended the dancing, party, where one might almost fancy that they, heard the moans of the wounded and the djing, and the cry of the newly made widow and orphan commingling with the sounds of festive music. No, we ought not to put away the cup which is now being commended to our lips. Let us drink it, as God offers it to us, making no attempt to disgnise or hide its bitterness. tST The Russian Minister at Washington has been ordered by the Czar to go to Mexico, to congratulate Maximilian upon bis quiet aoceBsion to the throne. The Yankee papers do not like this. I From the Charleston Mercury- OK The Course for our Deliverance. se' The Charleston Mercury early thought *b< that it perceived the weakness of President Davis' charaoter j and ventured to express its fears of his management of our affairs. He appeared to us to be without provident Bei wisdom, and that advisability for whioh th( Gen. Washington was so remarkable. If *ei neither checked nor directed by the other sel departments of the Government, we antioi- fcb< pated terrible disasters to our oause, and a be prolongation of the war. We tried in vain to arouse the people and the States to the dangers before them. We .were denounced 8n] for our efforts; and have. paid the penalty wa of all men before .their times. No one " would have required more than the editor sel of this paper to have found from experience, *b< that his views aQd apprehensions were erro- be % - ?. nv _ ?tit. t.r* neous ana udjqse. xime, whu lujuuctnug --analysis, has, however, laid bare the troth. What then ? Shall we denounce Presi- 80 dent David for his incapacity, and oppose hiB administration ? This wonld be as nnwise asjto express'mistaken confidence; and thus fofeter hjs incompetency. The President From his* high office is entitled to all f0] possible respect; and ought to be supported , in all constitutional measures he proposes for tht carrying on the war, even if of doubtful flej expediency?and* to oppose aoy measure of p]e his administration, because it is a measure jn(: of his administration, is unworthy faction. , The augUBt drama in whioh we are all play- feQ iug our part, commands a nobler policy.? pje The independence and liberty of these Con- by federate States should absorb all inferior .0f] considerations. - T- - ^rph To reotify bis weaknesses, and to aid and assist him in rectifying them, should be the j^g aim of all opposition. A temperate but e(j, firm vindication of truth and right, ought <jej to offend' no one ; not even those who have the violated them. It is now plain, that seore- tut cy and subserviency in Congress and Exec- tioi utive absolutism, oannot give sncoess to our po, eause. To establish this objeot we must mo look to the Constitution, and' responsibility ne8 to the people. Th^ wisdom of the Consti- \ tution is hot iu one man, but in many.? the This wisdom should be evoked ; and all.the the departments of the Government be brought qqj, to do their part iu working out our deliver- me ance. " * - *' Coi Tf if is allanoii fhaf PrAaidanf. Davis will of *? .. " "'-b"1* not regard Congress or the States?the an- the swer is easy. We have a higher opinion of of President Davis than this allegation implies, tha He is not disregardful, we presume, of that ted popularity, which good men may aspire to, use and the worst, must respect?the popularity had of righteous deeds in. a righteous cause? the This great Confederacy can'quell any man's our incompetency, in action. It cannot make and him wise hot it can counsel, check and the prevent ruinous folly against its interest and i destiny. To produce good Government, app the course prescribed by the Constitution in and all its divided powers?the course our own the frail Dature itself prescribes, is distrust, the watchfulness and- au independent exercise all by all the different departments of the Gov- oou eroment, of the powers they possess.? and Should the President, however, refuse to fid respect the co-ordinate branches of the and Government, and the counselling the Con- insi stitution has given him for bis guidance and nan support, he will find himself very far from j being omnipotent. At the very last sitting cra of Congress, a simple resolution in one whi branch of Congress condemning a Cabinet bav Minister for incompetency, speedily effected pac his removal. With a resolute and indepen- ty I dent Congress,- and the great Sovereign flQb States of the Confederacy standing around ?tat< to support it?we have not.a fear of the. re- and suit. President Davis will obey; and if reai governed by correot principles, he will be per proud to obey?because obedience will be the duty. We utterly eschew air irregularity? Sta all violence?all revolution?any?the least <jen departure from the plain mandates of the j Constitution and law. These are our reli- the ance. These, in our judgment, if faithful- the ly enforced, are adequate for our deliver- it j ance?deliverance from Executive incompe- the: te.ncy?deliverance - from violations of the and Constitution; and final deliverance from hig our cruel and remorseless foes. , g]a\ Sta The Capture of the Florida. met The following account of the seizure of wai the Florida in the port of Bahia is taken c*ee - - wsi from a Brazillian journal. It appears the Up0 Florida had run under the guns of a fort ]aQ| for protection : gag The vessel was seized by the Wacbueett, and the report of her capture was quiokly \ spread through the city. " natl The next day an officer of the Florida war notified the commander of the Wachusett orat that he had no right to capture the Florida in that port, and tjiat the Brazillian Govern- ^ia) inent would demand an explanation of his ^y ! course; that the port was free to all vessels, ' and that the capture of such vessels should Sre( be madeout side. The seizure caused groat '^is excitement among the people of Bahia.? S*61 The American consul, Mr. Wilson, hearing the action of the President of the Provinoe, s^a' sent to the representative of the Brazillian tlon Government in order to protest against it or to effect a change in the decision. The ^ei whole fault lay in the Wachusett,. as she 8fre had violated the laws of the Province. rI^ After seizing the vessel, she was tied to ?* 1 the Wachusett, whose commander at once prepared for sea. The small guns of the ttiei Florida and the crew were removed to the ^ Wachusett, and a portion of the engines ft were taken away in order to prevent her mat escaping. As she was going out, the peo- tim< pie gathered on the shore, and batteries "ble were leveled at the vessel. Some of the up i meo on the Waohuaett then fired revolvers be at the spectators, which inoreased the ex- tbei citcment, but the vessels left the port. mar When the Florida was boarded by the corn ?k< Wonhnaotf. t.ha nrotu or>ff>rl Gflrii UlUUCID \Ji tuo II ?MV v?wfi nvrwv very quietly, bat tbe men of the Waaba- tofl pott endeavored ia vain to make them act figb otherwiae. They declared that if they had I the arrac or their oppooentB, and thier vrholo and I I nil Mill I? sw on board, they would not let them ves be captured. A fire was then lit ii 3 Florida, bat the sailors extinguished it Before the capture, the two vessels mad ;ns to fight, but they were stopped by th icers of the Provinoe. Previous to th< zdre, four sailors of the Florida reaohei 3 shore, and fifteen jumped into the wa , but they were resoued by several vea s. When the American Consul heart 3 report of the firing from the Waohusett got up in the night time and had i ipped. . The officer.of thiHFlorida, when asked t rrender, at once threw his sword into th< ter. , - .1.'* Commander Morris, of the Florida, ha it a communication to the President e 3 Provinoe, thanking him for the effort made to prevent her osptnra in a nen 1 port, and protesting against her seizure The matter is. a serious one, and may b regarded by the Brazillian Government Confederate Congress. senate. . ' j ' Richmond, November 18. Mr. Henry, "of Tennessee, offered ~tb lowing Joint resolution defining the position o ) Confederate States and declaring tb termination of the Congress and the peo r thereof to prosecute the war rill the! lep&ndenoe is acknowledged. '<Resolved by the Congress of the Con lerate States of America, That the peo > of the Confederate States are endowei their Creator with the inalienable right life, liberty and the pursnitof happiness at to secure these rights Government re instituted among- men, deriving theii t powers from the oonsentof the govern and whenever any government become itrnotive of these ends, it is the right 0 i people to alter of abolish it and insti e a new Government, laying its founds a on suoh principles and organizing lb vers in such form as to them shall seen st likely to effect their safety and happi is. . rhat on theae principles, embodied ii i Declaration of American Independence i United ColonieB in 1776 dissolved thi inection that bound them to the Govern nt of Great Britain, and on them th< afederate States have severed the bondi that politioal Union which connectec m with the people of the Governmen tho United States of America, rathe: ,n submit to the repeated injaries inflio upon them by that people and to th< irpations of that Government, and whiei 1 the direct object to deprive them o: ir rights, rob them oftheir property, se ed to them by constitutional guarantees f to establish an absolute tyranny ovei se States. Resolved, That the Confederate Statei lealed to arms in defence of these rights I establish these principles only aftei y had in vain conjured the people and Government of the United States, bj the ties of a common kindred, to dis ntenanoe and discontinue these injuries 1 usurpations, and after they had petition for redress in the most appropriate terms, I received in answer only a repetition ol alts and injuries, whioh foreshadowed jpations still more dangerous to liberty Resolved,' That after nearly four years ol e), desolating and unnatural war, ir ich the people of the Confederate State! ro unquestionably established their caity for self Government, and their abililo resist the attempts of the enemy tc jugate them, this Congress does not hem * = : J tu. # l ! I i to avow its sincere uetsire ior peace, 1 to that end proclaims to the world the diness of the Government to establish a maoent and honorable peace between Confederate States and the United tes, upon the basis of the seperate indeoe of the former. Resolved, That the time has come when Confederate Congress, in the name of people of the Confederate States, deem proper again to proclaim to the world ir unalterable determination to be free, 1 that they do not abate one jot of their h resolve to die free men rather than live res; and farther, if the people of the U. tes, by re-eleoting Abraham Lincoln", in to tender to them fonr years more of ', or reunion with them on any terms, ply deprecating the dire necessity so itonlv thrust UDon them, and relying * * f . w n the jastioe of their cause and the galtry of their soldiers, they accept the e of battle, and leave the result to the iteous arbitrament of Heaven. Resolved, That in view of the determiion of the enemy to proeeoote this horrid still further, against whioh the Confed-e States have at all times protested,- and oh the enemy have waged with extraoriry vigor, and whioh has been marked icts of extraordinary atrocity, in violation he usages of civilized warfare, the Con;s of the Confederate States will from hour dedicate themselves anew to the it cause of self defence against the conlted tyranny of the enemy. That it I no longer be the momentary ocoupaof the Congress and the people of the federate States, but the business of r lives to gather togetner toe entire ngth of the oountry, in men and mateof war, and pat it forth as with the will one man, and with an unconquerable srmination to defend their altars, and r firesides till the last votary of freedom around them. , j y . Ir. Henry said it was not his purpose to :e any renifrks on the resolutions at this i. He would move "they lie on the ta'. and be printed. He should call ^emi future day, when he hoped it would the pleasure of the Senate to express r sentiments on tbo subject in such a iner, as going forth, to the army and atry, all might be ooovinced of the flinty and determination of this body never ag in the oontest, but to fight the good t to the last. ' L he resolutions were laid on the table ordered to be printed. - - Richmond, November 22.?In the Som i ate, Mr. Henry, from tile Committee on . Military Affairs, reported a bill increasing e the compensation* of free ndgroed employed c in the army, and authorizing the impress e ment of forty thousand slaves- The bill 1 was placed on the oalender. A message wa< received from the President, in response t< > a resolution of Mr. Maxwell, stating that at 1 State of the United States had intimated t , willingness, direotly or iflflygotly, to entei t into a convention for a oeasatioU of hostili . ties or other purpose. " ' o t Richmond; Nov; 24.-^Nothing of inte e rest in the Senate during the open session ;.u The House was engaged until adjourn s ment, in the discussion of a bill to preveni { and punish any two or difre persons, whe s shall conspire to sub verier destroy th< - Government of the Confederate States,-oi *? i-i-J? j-i? ? ?;?* A. I. oy lurcu UlUUei, ueiajr, ui poicuu wu wykv e oatioo of any law of said States, u Richmond, Not. 25.? In the Hotxse Mr. Lyon- from the committee-of lYays anc Means, reported a bill te provide more ef feotually for the reduction and redemptiot of the currency. Made the special ordei 0 of the day forTaesday next. . J: T:Lea<Hi,oT North CaroTraa/submit . ted a series of peace resolution*, the las 0 declaring that * whenever the United Statei government signifies a willingness to. re r cognize |be reserved rights of the jStata and gnaranteesoitizens the right of proffer ty, as provided for in the constitution ?n< j laws 'of the United States, Ve. will agree-t< treat for peace on such terms as may best 8 greed to by commissioners appointed by the respective governments, or by the State: acting in their sovereign and independem character and ratified by a majority of tibi people, whioh shall constitute the bond foi peace and anion between: the North anc South. Only three votes for the resolutions?all from North Carolina. ' " ! . i,,,, v -J . q dThy Spirit of the Army.?The foi lowing-is an extract from a private lettei from the army of Virginia: ? Petersburg, Va., Nov. 19. I regret that yon did not oarry oat yam projected trip to Richmond, and visit to me knowing that yon would have been mud interested in an examination of affairs here Yon would have seen entrenched, from the north of Riohmond to the sonth of thif point,- the finest army in Ike world?met who haye braved every danger and hard ship sinoe the war oommeoced, and whc will cheerfully offer their lives and services for fonr yearsmore, or longer, if necessary, not for reconstruction, not for peace negotiations, but for liberety. Mr. Boyoe's letter has filled every Sontt Carolinian here with shame and indigna tion. The army looks for oar Legislature 3 1 to nrove. bv some determined action, some of the strongest kind of resolutions, that ' Mr. Boyce has .expressed only bis own sentiments, and that onr oneq pure and glori1 ous little State is animated by no pusillanimous spirit of sabmission.. . . ' All resolutions asking tor peace negotiations are submission sentiments. . .. ' Abe Lincoln has said that he ?wouI<Lnol negotiate except for unconditional submission, and we mast accept the alternative? ' fight or submit. Virginia eays, fight 1? - Georgia says, fight! - What does South k Carolina say?^ Mr, Boyce aTone hasspo1 ken. We avfait the action of the. Legisla; tare with confidence;,.. ' ' ~ . . j -' ' nfj; 1 Roc^ingh^m Bosses.?The following ' is a fair and an accurate exhibit of the > losses infiicteS'upon this great and noble 1 county of the "old commonwealth" by 1 the Yankees in. their last raid up the Valley. It hasten obtained, by our county ooort; after diligent, effort,, an J the em' ployment of all the means necessary to opproximate accuracy in suoh a calculation. The court after being called together for this purpose, appointed a committee of seventy-two . persons, consisting of thirtysix Magistrates and thirty six citizens of respectability and standing, located in every section of the county, and after a carefnl and an aoqurate canvass of the county,.they have furnished the estimate of^the losses hereto appended. Has any other one county in the Confederacy suffered to the same extent ? Look at the exhibit: . . losses. > Dwelling Houses burned, 30 ; , Barns burned, . 450 Mills burned,. 31 Fencing destroyed,, (miles,) 100 Bushels of Wheat destroyed, 100,000 Bashels of Corn destroyed, 50,000 Tons of Hay destroyed, 6,233 Cattle carried off, ' 1,750 Horses caried off, 1,750 Sheep carried off, 4,200 ? Hogs carried off, 3,350 Factories bnrned, 3 Furnace bnrned, 1 In addition to which there was an immense amount of Farming Utensils of every description destroyed, many of them of great value, such as McCormio's Reapers, Threshing Maohines; also, Honsehold and Khohen Furniture, Money, Bonds, Plates, &c., &c. The whole ioBs being estimated at thejenormous sum of $25,500,000. This estimate is in Confederate prices, and 6honld be reduced; we think, about ono-fith, in I order to bring it to the Government stan darcL?Rockingham Register. Attcr_.pt ox Prisoners to Escape. SALisauaY, ' No?. 25.?The Federal prisoners here made an attempt to escape about 2 o'clock to day. They attempted to seize the guard on duty within the walls, and in several cases succeeded. Having disarmed a man they thrust hiin through with the bayonet. Two of our guard were killed, and.several wounded. The parapet guard witnessing those demonstrations opened fire on tfce prisoners with musketry and two field pieces charged with cannistor, -killing and Wounding some 40 Of 50, when order wae reetorod. The guilty ones have been- ferreted out. All qufot now. . . A Duel in Court. , i The Hon. Henry S. Foote, of Tennessee, ; and Mr. John Mitchell, were yesterday < [ morning arraigned before the Mayor, on 1 . the charge of being aboot to engage in a I 1 duel, and the Hon. Wm. Gr. Swan, of Ten- i 1 nessee, was at the same time arraigned on i the charge of being the bearer of a chal- J i lenge from Mr. Mitchell to Mr. Foote. A ! i gTeat number of witnesses were exmiined, and the examination consumed orerthree . hban.. We give a summary of the evir | denotf: r In ponseqaenee of remarks made in Con- ; . gress ty Mr. Foote, Mr. Mitchell challenged i . that gentleman, and Monday night sent the t hostile message by Mr. Swan, of Tennessee. > Mr. Swan not knowing where Mr. Foote ' f lived, Mr. H. R. Pollard, being ignorant of r. his objeotj undertook to show him. The twogenlemen having arrived at Mr. Foote's room in the Ballard honse, Mr. t Pollard knocked at the door, and being told 1 to come.inr advanced into the room. Mr. Foote whs sitting at the farther side of i the room, before the fire, and seeing Mr. r Pollard, rose and spoke to him, Mr. Pollard said, "Yon know joor colleague, Mi -Swan?"' Mr. Foote,^hafing^ hi* back to wards Mr. Swan, who was on the threshold ' said,. f<That man is not a gentkman^ and I - oan't see him." .'Mr. Swan struck Mr. 9 Foot over the head with annmhirella. Mr. - Pollard interposed and separated the par1 tie* Mr. Foote-ran U> hirw&rdrobo and ) got out a pistol and cocked it. Mr. Pol lard [oft Mr. Swan, who was by this time i in" the passage, and went to Mr. Foote to 3 prevent his footing.' Sfeveral ladies, who t heard the noisd made by the souffle, ubream3 ed, servants rushed about and a great npr roar was raised. ' - Gen. Williams Wiokham, whose room ' was near by, rushed out and took Mr. Swan away. When Geo. Wiqkham took hold of Mr. Swan, the latter' was standing outside ' Mr. Foote's door, with a chair in hi* band, r and Mr. Foote was within the room, trying to get a shot at him with a pistol. Several witnesses were examinedto prove that Mr. Mitchell was the author of a card in yesterday's Examiner. : \ Mr. Winn, door-keeper of the Hanse, testified that he had seen in the hands of Mr. Caldwell, clerk to a House- Committee, a ohallenge from Mr. Foote to Mr. Swan. , ^The Mayor required Messrs. Swan a?d Foote to give security in five thousand dollars to keep the peace. Mr. Milflke!! was required tp give security in two thousand dollars.?Richmond Sentinel, 24th. The Teachings of Adversity. All nations which have risen to renown, and have left their name in history for the instruction and guidanoe of the World, have nassed through the fnrnaoe of severe trial , r ^ and bitter suffering. The only portions of history which are worth re&diog, or worth remembering, are those portions whioh portray the straggles botweea right and wrong ?liberty and oppression. The diagnrftiog details of despots and their; despotism are only valuable because they may be abhorred. . Bat the life of history?in the development of its grand utilities?consists fn its moral teachings, and the sublime exhibitions of charaoter in maintaining them. It is a sad reflection, bat it is true, that the greatest benefactors of the world have been generally those whom it has mostly proseooted.? And it is the same with nations; for natiofts are but the aggregates of individuals, and , exhibit the passions of individuals. The United- presents the Bpeotacle df an avaricious, ' unprincipled, and enraged op, -pressor. All these passions prompt them -to conquer, if possible, the Confederate , States. And the Confederate States may have an immense deal of suffering to encounter, before they shall defeat their nefa- t rious intents. The struggle, however, will | ndt be without its uses. It may make them | more "perfect by suffering.'.' They will, learn what subjection to the United States is, by the sorrows and blood with which they may fill our land. They may rightly esti- c mate the necessity of an eternal separation t from the'United States, politically, socially t and commercially,' from the deadly hatred z and contempt they will inspire. They may more highly prize that liberty and self-gov- & ernment which- is won after our country is r invaded, our seaboard ravaged, our. homes b desecrated, and whole hetacombs of martyrs I have perished in their defence. South li Carolina may be destined to go through a trials in the maintenance of her rights.? The enemy is on her soil; she is regarded it as a special snbjeot for vengeance, because a she has been foremost in resisting their rob- C bery, tyranny and fanatioism. If we be w equal in onr great deitiny, we will benefit c in character and grow in heroic virtues un- o: der the stern teachings of our present ad- 01 'versities. We will make and will leave a g name whioh other generations shall mark and admire.. - A ? T A Truthful and Cheap Barometer, oi ?Take a oleao glass bottle and put in a H small quantity of finely pulverized alum, tt Thou fill the bottle with spirits of wine. The alum will be perfectly dissolved by the alcohol, and in dear weather the liquid will A be as transparent as the purest water.? lo On the approaoh of rain or oloudy weather, tfa the alum will be visible in a flaky 'spiral co cloud in the oenfcre of the fltridj reach- ne ing from the bottom to the surface. This so is a cheap, simple, and beautiful barometer,! th and is placed within in the reaoh of all who G wish to possess one. For simpicity'of construction this is .altogether superior to the frog barometer in general use in Germany. ? - w; The Macon Confederate is gratified ba to loam, from the very best authority, that hi tho Indian nations located West of Arkan> be sas, are now true and devoted to our cause, no and that they are almost entirely free from fri -Yankee invasion or molestation. The Creeka, wl fJberokees, Choctaws and seminoles are all th in cordial allianoe with the Soath and give th< our cause a hearty rapport. ^ ou Value or sneep to tne jrarmer. Sheep are profitable to the' fcrmerj hot" )d1j from the prodnot of wool and mutton, but from the tendency which their keeping baa to improve and enrich his kind for |Hf igricultoral purposes. They db*fc:v 1. By the oonfampticn 9* faxf'tttttped by other animal^, in summet; tirrijngyriWhl vegetation to- use, and giving roughed: buflhy pastures a smoother appearance, and in time eradicating wild plants'so thkt'gdod1 grasses and .white clover may tajp .their place. In this respeot, sheep aredf-S8j>erior' value" to pastaris on soib too'flCMffil stony for the plow.) In Wintry tfc> jommjitt p?rU of rta.hy, oows, are readily eaten' by sheep,.while other stocks will generally eat hioet of S& left by these anintaki* h-w ? **?** For these reasons, nmong others.no pari Dg farm sMJ be'dhhdnk'dfifciflwilft flock of sheep-?fof % Hurb&n found that as large a number of eattifc attf fttfhriwW be kept with as without; them, aadlwftfaorft ? ?n js m .? " : ~ any mjnry to tire una ror ctner jrarpoeee* A small flock we said?perhaps half a dow. . - j en to each hone andcowwould be the prop- . er proportion. A Variety of circtaw44aoei , wbnld influence this point'; sabhf character of the piaturago and thopKgW* tiM ?f .. v- tJ. ? '-?arc* ' 2. Sbeep enrioh land by the mstnnfiac; Mire of considerable quaotitieOof exeefii&l manure. A farmer of lobg eSperfenopirf sheep hnsbjudry, tbou$U$#re;w* Me *&"? ?k? which thereis po doubt,) .that none dropped by tbe animal dphh &eUWwrtfirefl so little by wiafefrom area agricultural writer ba? cu&uftted that the droppingaof one thonffg^' . .ingle BighS ciently for any crpp. By using a portable fence/and moving the- feme'Trom tQn^fcj tithe, a farmer might manure h distant field with sheep, at lew enpehse tttea^JfcadW oarting and spreading bUn.BiapU#; 7 JtocT The value of shop to tbe; fapipys JM}ob enhanced by due attention to their Wbnts. Largo SodB^pf Isabel ?ojold?j?.fitable, while email assorted, docire always pay well, if fed as they shofflfl he- To^eet good"fleeces of wdbl and large herith^'lihiba from poor negleowd ?H?e$ ttfrnpesiftte^ . It- is plsQ-true, that iltrozpence of kfogog ie often least with, the dooks that se alwaya kept in good copditien. The e^e and thought 6f the oynerare far more, neoessajy than large and ffregUlaV supplies of fodder. Division of the flook and shel ter, with straw and a little grain^ wiU bring them through to jspring pastures injfarabetter order than if kept together, with double rations of hay, one-half of which'is waked bv the stiotieef animals, while the weak df the flock $fek np bat a scanty Jiving, and oftentimes fail to get that through-the whole winter.,--, -{ r We commend this subject to the.oflDfjdyeration of ohr corr$spondenta~-rit is one which needs greater attention on the part of the farming pnbHc.-?.fWi and fireside. I ' r v r-.'jflifS -i rste?*. '' ' - g - lur. liloo Koctnern Jjqwh. . RicHMON^vNovdtobolri&'t---91he:#R<-Y^ and Baltimote papere'od *he 23d NWiffcrt The Baltimore nftek noon of that day, has a Washington, tele^ . gram, of the 22d, wjbidh statea that two weeks have elapsed jdnoe any direot information bar been received At laastaftttmth ago hs^BUySatoiirt thtf authorities at W?fcfewg?*of f ]M?a.~fi, New Orleans -pap^ C^nb; is recovering.. f . A Washington telegram of ih^ ^dHiays there is infonntfion from Gity Poitft that but a short time sHIl elapse before Doteh Gap eanal is opened. _ -h V,1V Barbridge has taken summaryadtipo in the case of Lieut. Gov. Jacobs, ."of K^entnnlrv. and decreed his banishment^borond tbe Federal lines. ^ Gold 223 J. Earthquake in Mexioo.^Aji earthjaake occurred in Mexicd on the "3d of$eOber, extending for three leagues areavd he volcano of .Citalapot (the peaktf Ori* aba.) It lasted eight minntpa. s; ( c., At Tlaxeala, the oupola, tower, saoristy, sc., of the chorcfa and ecolesiastioal oourtoom were destroyed. The' sacristan and ib daughter wtere Buried, in the rain*.?Lll the ohnrebes, temples and private djrialn ings have suffered, more or less, and-many re untenable. * ' . , At Matamoras, Icnkar and the neighbor jg villages, the earthquake lasted forty see* nds. Soarcely a sound building was left; )ne lady was killed. The iaoja buildings ^re thrown down, . The domes, of the hurches of San Nicholas and Ilabozo, and f other churches, were destroyed. '- At-Ideas, the ohnroh was split opeu,atid reiiions servioes are suspended. .? - > ; > A anpnipfl nf wnter.snnnts fall on Monte ? ?? ? r -T ???, Jto, flooding the city and country. About acuba and San Joanico, to the North-east the city, and aroand Sao Antonio de las [nertas the roads were impassable, and on le 6th the rain still continued incessantly.. Women.?They are a great mystery, ocording to Hallar, Jjromen bear hanger nger than men, according to Platarch7 ey can reait the ofleete.ot vian better; seeding to Unger, tbeygrwr -oldpr and, iver get bold; according to Pliny, they are ldom attacked by lions, (on the contrary, ey, will run after lions,) and according to anter, they can talk a few. ' ' ??? ., "? *sVengeance is Mine, I Will Rxpax,. utb the Lord.?Hon. *W. H. W. Gpbbis killed a few days sinoe in North Alaima, by the aooidontal discharge of one. of s pistols. He has for some time'past en consorting with the Yankees, and was it long since in Nashville. His Yankee lends had presented him a pair pf pistol*, lioh he wore apon hie person. One of M em dropped to the ground end went off, 5g o ball penetrating his bowels and 'tffeiog B t at his baok, causing death. ' , j ,ir.3 B