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VOLUME 10. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1804. . .. NUMBER 48
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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*
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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
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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
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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