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'ifi'cs-s. A 15! '?I : V i I A'j'b\ S. O. W. A. LEE, EDITOR. Friihiy jUoniiiicy, Ju y 19. 1861. Highly Important from Virginia?The Baltic of i'ir.h Mountain?Death of (ion. Harnett, i.'x i:siiiNi?, July 10.?Ail intelligent pass-Mi who an-iv?*il on this evening's train, gives flic following account of the companies of |*c? i;imm's commuti'l at the hattle of llifh Moun tain: The l!pshur (Jreys, ('apt. lli?irinl?otiiain, nil coniriii.-??:oncil ollieoi-s, exeep'; the Captain, ; i.ee t;uar<li?, Irvin, six or eight killed; 1'oekbridjte Kiflcs, I'npt. Otrry. five of six kil'e-1. A sitmll portion of I)o Lanier'* Pctorsliiirji Artillery wero. enijaired, all cf whom were killed or wounded. l>e l.aiiifcs* was hay? onetted at his cannon. Two of the Upshur Grey* shot his flayers instantly dead. Another company, perhaps from 1 tardy or another JtiifliM-?! t'o'inlSy, wa? cnt'airo-l, lint il ic iiii ('o.-siliie In obtain satisfactory details to satisfy mi- i<n.m<>u3 aim pitimui noaii.i hi i DC Hionannds of relat ion* nil.I friends. Ail companies on piyed wore from Virginia. lJeverly was taken possession of 1?v the Federals on Friday, at iiooii. The <_*? ? rsiUs' stores were nearly all saved from the vm'Mmls. Gen. Harnett's death i<? cotifirineil, hut little otherwise is known of his conmi a^d ?>r the liattlc. The reporter lias* labored diligently to obtain particulars, hut it ii impossible to obtain nnv. July lii.?Sows re#(>he<l T.ittk* Uock yesterday, via Pocahontas, that McCul l.ttfh u*ill. lo.iiirt i i i.'. r;ils nl Springfield, Mo., killing 000. Tlio Fed erals Hurrondercd unconditionally. 200 South erner* w. re killed. | Ui' ir.ruM), July IT.? r'ass^ngors from tlic | Neighborhood of llitli Mountain nnd J.aurcl | Hill differ materia'ly hi regard the reportsof j thercconI engagement. Sonic assert positively j tliAtf.ol. I't-jri'um is neither killed n?r a prison- i cr. Others slate directly the reverse. Sonic [ ( Into that (Jcii. (iarnvL is ik?1 ki'Ied; that the j ( eorgia regiment are not prisoners; and others : i tat.- ih.* iv verso. The suspense must continue , until reliable information is obtained. We regret thai the letter of our Virginia ' corre?|io?dent wa? received too late for this i week's issue. TJIE CAVALRY. Tlie members ..I the Cavalry Company of AM>ovill<> nrc requested to n:cet at the Village oil to-snoirov, the 20th, for the purpose of organizing un?l i-lcclin^ officers. R. R. HEMPHILL. We are pleased to learn tliat^pjiv young? friend K'jncrl. 12. Hemphill, of Dn-j , lias lieen appointed Srereiary to Col. Geo. \V. I.av, formerly a distinguished aid to Ue:>. Heott. ORDERED INTO CAMP. As we stuteii last. wed;, Col. Onu's Ilejrimcnt will go into camp *\t i*;in>1-- Springs, Anderson j l>istr-ct, to-<lay. Ci'pt. Pkiskin's Company kf(> here, tliis morning. The Regiment -A-ill probable be mustered into service on to-mor row. DEATH AT GLENN SPRINGS. "\Y. 1>. WntU, K-q , of Laurens, dt<?J at this watering place last Wednesday. lie linu been in feeble lieallli for some time past. Mr. Walts filled the office of Ordinary of Laurenb district for twenty vents or more, lie enjoyed t!io confidence of that community in a large degree, and was generally and highly re spected. FEOF. J. It. SLAKE. ..v......... IIVIU |IK i'M I If JtUHfllll, uiai the Hoard of Trusiecs of Davidson Col!euro, at its late annual meeting elected l'rof. Hlnke, of T,agrange College, Teun, to CI! the chair of Tvtttnrai Science and Astronomy. Prof, Ulake is a native of our District, ami n gentleman of distinguished scientific nltain in }nt*. ITi? friends w ill bo grntilied to learn this new evidence of public appreciation. COL. HIRAM TILMAN. The friends of Old. II-. 'jrilmnn in the District will bo gratified to b-arn, that be has been elected lo ft Lieut. Colonelcy in the &8d ltcgi Tiif:nt of Tennessee Volunteers. S?3-.s the Mem [tlila A vahir.chc: The twenty-third Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers" was organised at Union City on Wednesday by tlio election of tlio following officers: Ed. Pickoll, Jr., Col onel: Hiram Tilman, Lieut. Colonel; Dr. J. C. Cole, Major; C. \V. l-'raser. Adjutant. V RIFLE COKPANY. Our friend W . T. llusliell, we learn, is en gaged in raising a Company of Rifljs, to bo at tnclied lo Col. Gregg's Regiment. Ile^was t. member of the old Regiment, ai.J to bis mili tary expericnco ndils nil the qualifications necessary for making an efficient commander, lie is now in Richmond ami hopes to complete tlio organization of his company in a few weeks, lie has our best wishes for his success GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. By reference lo the Governor's l'roclnroa tion, it will he seen that a requisition has been made upon the Slate for five additional Regi ments to be mtutercd into Confederate sertyejf, for the trnr. Col. Orr'a and Col. ("Jrecrg's Reg intents will be i? _ j.?v? .v. imuicd 111 I/O service, Tlie other three Regiments will bo ordered encamp at soma central point*, and undergo a process of preliminary drilling. thITlaiTies Of Abbeville liwtriet ?? ; respectfully called upon to contribute articles of clothing and beddjipg fur sick and wounded soldiers in Vir ginia. Shirts and drawer* made of bleached or brown shirting, rfannel, e?lico or clieclis, blanket*, slto-ota nill?w im??< forta made of calioo. These articles Kent to AbbevilU C. II. to Mrs. Burt on tlie first Mon day in Augu/t, will bo immediately forwarded to our Ilospital at Culpepper C. II., Virginia. XRE MARSHALL RIFLEMill , learn that thif publio spirited and pa- \ triolio corps, commanded by Cnf?t. McDuflte Miller, and which Is attached to Col. Orr's Ri- ( fl? Regiment, baa paid to onr gallant towns- , man. Col. J.' F.. ih# I .lAuf- AftlftrkAl I of the Regiment, Uio compliment of assuming 1 tl?e toulrigiiet of Uie Marsuau, Rutlkukm.? ! The committee in making the annoaucement, ( pledged' themselves that the company "would \ uot disgrace the name." -We may be aft- I neat} of that fact-wAbbeville has do truer or ] braver epwit?. The compliment va*. a? veil ; tn?rlf*d, as it was graootully tefl^ered. The Colpnel baa had a lung and distinguished ser vice m fJie McxicAn Campaign, arid he has now ( the pleasure of again leading some' of his old comrades in arms?-in a nobler struggle, and we j tru?t to a more gloiioua victory. As an offi. cet and iM a ipnn, we kpow thai he will merit 1 fadfraflSjgW """* , THE CONFEDF.R/U'E LOAif. \V e >1 ii i uI il 10 attention of uur readers t<> llic iki-ouiiI, in column of the proceed iui'A of tin: 1'uh'ic Meeting on .Monday, for tile of iii sinj (lie Confederate Loan. This is met flv :i coiiiun-iu'einenl ^f the work? The l)i>lrii't will he thoroughly eon vasscd. Other SI at is have taken the lead in this matter and have responded most liberally, and we are sure thai South Carolina will he second to none tin I hie great work of sustaining tho (lowrninent. She will he as liberal ir. the expenditure of her money, ns she has been generous iuher eoiitrihiitious of men. money in licr simple for Independence | and elie calls upon every citizen, by every | consideration of.duly, of interest and patriot ism to contribute the sinews of war, The money must borjii.<eil either l>y Loan orTaxas tion. The Uoyci'litjient'hiis selected that. plnn, which is mutuSly advantageous to the State and the citizen. It calls foi*, not a donation but a loan?a loan upon the very best security ana bearing an interest of 8 p<-r centi. It culls upon the planter to furnish the required means by pledging one half of his crop, selling ii, iiini i::n;?iiii(; over mc money io i-ne vtovrrn 1 nciiL. to be invested in Confederate I?onds. 'l'lie remaining half of tin crop. it is supposed, will be sufiieicut in iik cl? nil tiocc*?nry cxpi?nsi-s 15nt if not, (lie Bond.* fchemselvtrH, whether . tile}- circulate as currency or not, will always command the money, from those capituliots who desire a secure and prniilablc investment. Tlic whole selieme proceeds upon ihe Blip position that the blockade will l>e removed, and the money realized from the proceeds of the sale of tile crop. If the blockade contin ue?, the sale could only be effected at a ruin ous sacrifice, and the whole scheme must be abandoned. A correspondent cf the Charleston Jfrreiiri/ ' assigns the following rcasot.s for I lie subscription of .1 part of the crop instuml of money and why ( the issue of Treasury notes under llio present scheme would be inadvisable : First: The planter would, perhaps, shrink ! ' from subscribing so much mouti/, because lie | cannot calculate with anything like accuracy j for what his crop will sell, cvuii if the block- I au.- iji rt-inoveU, litit he Inny l>o willing lo s;il>- j ( scribe so mi cli of iii? crop, whatever it may | bring, if he can at-l I it at nil. Ami, moreover, tlia proniije to- pay so much tuonet/ iuiplit-n liis 1 ability to raise il, ami pledges his faith llint lie . will ilu so. lint the pledge of the proceeds of il:e sale of so lunch of his crop earrivs with il, i * of necessity the understanding that he will he | . nhle to sell it. Second: The planter cannot tell, on accoirnt \ ] of the acci'h-nts of tlio season?, what crop he J < will make, or whether lie will inaki nnv nt nil i Vet he may lie willing to subscribe the half of I wlwtiver he docs make. | ' Third: The subscription in crops is a guaran- | { loc lo tlie (toverniaent of the ability of the ! subf-i-riber to pay, and strengthens ils own j credit. j And, lastly! 11 distributes the loan nmoug ? individuals, to some degree, in proportion to j their property and means. ' Tii other quarters it has been suggested thai, fbr the money thus subscribed (being the pro ceeds of sale of the porti"n of crop pledged), | the Government phonic] give Treasury AoUs, ' ^ .1 ti l ? * -? - ~ ' - mi4i :iut Duiui.x. niiu me reason is urged that the planter could usu the Treasury Notes ns money, when lie coulJ not do eo with the bonds. We think this would be unwise. For, let us remember, drat, that, under the scheme, the crops are supposed to be sent to market through our port-:; to he sold through the usual chan nels in the ordinary way, and upon the usual terms of business; and that, therefore, the usual amount of m?u<'}*, nnd other values, will be in circulation for the tiansnctinns of trade. To add, then, this additional aiuountof Trea sury NotC3 to the current of iho country* ini[?ht very seriously derange the operations of com merce. And, ugaiu: To give Treasury Notes for half the value of the cotton crop would, to Lllfll extent. <1 ?mIn?cV% r?i? n ? , .... UUv ? me lusuurvvo ujiou which llic Government niuct rely. EETUHNEb V0LUHTEEB.8. We have liiid the pleasure of greeting a number of our gallant volunteers, who have recently been relieved from eerviee in Virginia by the di:-ban<Jing of Col. Gregg's Kegimcnt. The following are the names of those from onr District who belonged thereto, the most of whom have returned others will return in a 3ay or two . M. Smith, Capt. A. II. Mi-Go wan, J. M. McLJryde, It. l\ Knox, Ecelus Cuthbert, John Wilison, l)r. Thos. I3oyd, W. 15. wiuiWorMi, James A. Wright, John Small, Robt. E Bowie. Wui. Wardlaw, W. T. Ilatkell, C. Haskell, Joseph M. Davis,1W. \V. Smith, >anviel Magil), I)r. Juo. D. MeK oiler. With r>ne exception, all members of Cnpt. I'errin's old Company, and fellow comrades on Sulli van's and Morris'Islands. They are all looking very well?somewhat [ mbrownod by exposure, but with-ainewd bar. Jened by exercise, and enured to toil, they aro ready again to take up arjns in the fight, and to endure nil the pri'tnttjpfis of the tented field. fnl n. V 1 - .... vvi. uic^k s ncginicnt we learn will 00 or Tnnized again very shortlj*. It is expectcd that ?ix companies wiH readily bo raised from the Dld4Regiment; and four new companier will :>e a'd&sd. Various applications have already jee'n received from Companies to Gil the va cant places. * Col. Gregg's Regiment bo* dona good ser. /ice in Virgium. It has been in tho front of he Confederate forccs, and led the vun of tho Carolina troops. The situation has been or.c ieoMsarily of dsnger and of toil?but the post jf danger it was the post'of honor, and well hat this gallant Regimsnt, at Vienna and else whore, sustainod the martial spirit of our troops, and tho fair fame of our State. BACON'8 REGIMENT. We make the following attract from a pri vate letter of the 0th inst., from a friend, an oflicor in Col. Bacon's Regiment. Our readers who have correspondent* in tho Regiment will pleaso note the suggestion, aa to the proper direo lion of their letters: ' * We are still working away upon oar fortifi sations which will be completed in a day-or two, and Mpn we wilt be prepared for thirty or forty thousand of the Lineolnites. Another Bompany has joined our Regiment, which make* eleven .companies. The weather has li?en quit* wahn for two or three days. I find that you know as mpob about our movements, or at least the movements of tho forooa in Vir ginia a* we do here, so it will be unnecessary to ktliimnttA T?A<f rnll *A T>1 1 ? ?.r^r^>r-r m? jt/m uu# i ivjido irnu iue your paper to ??irfar 0. U. Fairfax (Jounty? iliero are two Pairfpx Tillages. Tii* Lircol* Mii.itart Apmixtments.?T^e 7-inoinnAti Commercial, in a review of the Military appointment*, made in that State, rc-niblos for (lie fate of the Abolition Gorern ncnt at Wasliiugton, 'if * similar lack of udgfnent pud discrimination lias beeu madv iu lm IW1.i t.mi, , Urn V"- i '-*1* B COW%XKN(iKMKNT.--BY THE JUNIOH. A* we c.l I l:i-i week, we hu>l the pleasure ot ulti'i.i'.iii;;miTuosdny ewning, the yili iimt., tho Coiniiieueeim-iit. of the 1 >110 West, I'Viunlu College. This is the first Commencement in i this young College tout bid.; fail' lo be one ??f. the inojt prosperous institutions iii the State. Notwithstanding tin: Iroutilnl ition of the country the number uf the pupils was largo, but few huvir.g left the College halls for the parental roof. At cttrly <'ve the citizens of tha place and vicinity begun to assemble in the large and commodious Village Church, which had been put in readiness for the occasion.? The young ludios of the College assembled at the Collego building and formed a procession, moved in order to the Church and then through tho nifli: of the ChtirHi to the elevated place or rostrum-prepared for their leeoption. The eyes of ti??: voting ladies were to tis "Itrightcr Ihnn the stars that rise In das!;y evening skie. ,.,' President linnncr called tlic house to order. After which, the llev. li. T. Sloan made an ap propriate prayer. The following iu the pro grnuinie of llis Conceit and Literary Exer cises : CON C'.KllT. Sacred Song?l.Vrc*.? Vocul Mus'c Cl.i'9. 1'iniio?Three licllri I'olka.?Mis* Majj^ie Cameron. Song and Chorus?Ida May.?Misses J.ula Hawthorn, Laurie ami Lois (Jrier. l'inno?-lied. White and Hlue.?(Trio)?Mios es I'heiiiic Hawthorn, Hell Uriel and Amanda li<-tt|rci). Yoeal ? A. It. C.?Mi^nes Lizzie Young an<l Lucie Calvert. 1'iuno?LleellioTen's Grand Waltz. ? Mies Jennie Lilcs. Song and Chorus?Dixie's Land.?Little Hoys. Sunt;?Marseilluia Hymn.?Miss Snllie Wide man. I'inno?The Gro?k IVLirch ?(Duett)?(Two I'ianoti.)?MUsea l'h<-iui>> Hawthorn, Maggie Ciirneiou, I.ncie Calvert and Lizzie Young. Song anil Chorus?Kclio.?The Juveniles. Song?Tlie L'almclto Stale Song.?Miss Lou. [iaISoway. S?ng aiuI Chorur. ?Our Southern Flag.? lileven young ladies representing the eleven seceded Slate#. Piano?Marie! la Waltz ? (Duett)? (Two I'iauoM?Misses I>nis Grier, lvittie llouner, i.uiu liawilion; niul l.uuni (frier. Sung?In i|irovein>Mit?The .lu voni!i>s. Snug?The Pilgrim Fathers.?M;ss Mary J alio way. S.otig?jVssir's ])re?m?Mi.?s Lucie Culvert. Piano?Shell* of Ocean, with Variations? Miss Tallin Whitman. Song?I would not <lic in Spring Time.? Miss Piicinie Hawthorn. Song an-t Cl-orus?God anil our Rights?Yu sul Music Class. Piano ? Monastery Roll*.?(Duett.) Misses 'heitiie Hawthorn ai'd Fannie Cameron. Piano?Home. Sweet Home.?(Trio.)?(Two Pianos.)?Misses Ji. Grier, 1'. llawtliorn, F. Cameron, Laura and Lois Grier. COMPOSITIONS. Miss Lm. Galloway, I>uc West, S. C.? )rcauiland. Mies Mar}* Galloway, Due West, S; C.? Genius, Erratic. Miss Dannie Jones, Oak Ridge, Ala.?"3Iy 'iitln r's Grave." .him ivvfujn jones, Uaii llidgo, A!ft.?A iovthcrn Home. Miss Lizzie Young, Cam Jon, Ala.?Neg ccted Memories. Degrees Conferred. President Bonner read the literary essays of he II15803 Galloway, daughters of Prof. Gal? owny. These compositions were well written md evinced clearly that the mintls of the roung ladies wore well cdneated. Three of he graduating class were not presont on the iccasion, hut we understand that they will re oivo tlieir ])ip!owns. President Homier at the conclusion of the iterary exorcises crave to tho rnmu. heir Diplomas und delivered in an nblo and mpreBsive manner the IJuccaluureale Address, ^ftpr which Prof. Simpson, Miss Stillie dcllryde and Mua Lucie Calvert fuvorcd the udicttco l>y a song nnd a fnvr pieces of music. Ve cannot go fu.'thcr vilhwut especially coni ilimenting (he l'rofessor nnd Iho last named ountj ladies for their efforts, and would stnto hat they added much to the evening's enter ainmcnt. The cxerciscs concluded, eomo re named for a while, some retired lo their ioines, while others, for the sake of the prom nade, found tlieir way to the Ilalls of tho Lit rnry Societies of Erskine College. Due \Vc3l is alwaj-s a Very pleasant placc bout Commencement time?, and we odvisc hose desiring a pleasant'tinp to visit the Forest Hllnge on ono of tlieso occasions, and if lliey In not see a joyous time, then call on us for be damages done. The exercises of the Female Coljgge will be esumed on the first Monday in October next, nd we know that a College under the control f such Professors and Teachers that this In ti tut ion is favored with will not fail to be therwise than successful. The patronage of lie nublie fttlarr?e nml t.liA i respectfully solicited for this College.? rouftg ladies will find it much to their advan ago io be promptly at their plaeesjit the com lenceinont of tlio cession. beats or ex-goVeen'oh We regret to learn tha^ ex-g?v2 idams died at IMtn Oak, on Salt let. II* had been In ill health for aome ct at one time ifc,jyas~.thought he might re uver. Gov. Adams lias held proraipel&'potftlons in m lie St?Li> nnd l>o? Dl-I. , ..... ..?? . wj's WOC1I VGXM 1VICIII1IUI.U IVIP? | ict in the Legislature for several terms, both s Senator UKL^epresoiitative, alwayfedischary ing his trust with fidelity, For many yenra e has been identified with the State Right's len, and fras always an active leader among lera. lie has been tak-.-n away ift the piime of life, ud when his energies and abilities would ave been valuablo to his country. His age fas 4G years and 4 months.?Guardian SKCKsstos Victory Conceded.?The correspon* ence of the St. Louis Democrat (Abolition) }DC?des a secession victory in tTie affair at Call ump, or Camf> Cole, on the 10th ult. The ideralist loss is stated to bs twenty killed and otinded, and twenty-three taken prisoners, ,t.? j ? >.? irgig |?KI?CU UU III K IDg Oil UQlll TlOttO ear nrm* agnir.st th* South, The Lincoln >roe wtifivo hundred. And that of the Misft nrlana three hundred, the loaa of the latter i reported to hive b<y&n thirty by all casual^ ea. Tkxx ro} Gbst. Bkavumard,?A splendid int with a fine polo, tjio latter made of ouui (jaroiioa Cypress?both manufactured ? Charleston?was sent at a present to Grt.< AUBriMkfcD by soma of onr citizens a few daya nee. It "*^a a^mall evidence of tlio ananU iou? aentimeut of repard which ?pnr people ave for liis many noble qualities.'?Courier. < - HnxiUL-j. -The election held. f aatarday by the sgitnent encamped nt Ridge way, for regjiraeDt I officers, resulted ae fallows: Colonel, Mr. landing; Lieat. Colonel. Mr. Barnes; and ftjor, Mr. Bteadman. Colonel Rion's regl erit, now alatiAn'ed at Wiinmerville, wa learn ill leave ?n Taeaday next for Virgmfa. landing's regiment will n " isr harfitHtmiMium com Tt-'BLIC MLfiTIKO AX ABBLVIIJ.G. In I'uicuaisc" of tlio previous noiivc, a moot itigoflhe citizens of the l)islri?-l. \vn? held in llic Court 1 louse on Motidny last., for tin' pur |iw?? of rai/nu; the Loan to lip- Coufed** rate Government. On motion of Thomas Thomson, I'sq.. the lion. A. Burt \v::f called l<> the Chair, mil W. A. l.?o requested lo act a.-; Secretnrv. Mr. Thomson, one of the Commissioners ap pointed hy the Secretary of the Treasury for elVeetiug the leiws, explained fully its character ami objects. It was necessary that the money he raised eillier hyjloan or purchase, or hy way of taxation?-the hands of the Government nnifii no Fiisiiiuieii. li'.'Uvoen tlio various sehvinos which had-- h.^ci! proposed, ho woulil not attempt to (Icci'.K1; this had been adopted 1?v the flovciiiint'iit as the most practicable, hut should experience determine oiherwise, it couhl he easily modified. According to the plan proposed the farmer subscribes one half of liis crop, the I'.rocM d i lo be invested by bis factor in Confederate Ibnidn. It was a loan t?> lli?? Government on the very best ?ceurity? Honda based npon the faith of tbe Confederacy and- secured by the products of the Boil. Tbe schema involved no risk to the planter, hut rather furni.-Iicd u safe and profitable invest ment, at the same time that it procured for the Ciovernineiit the means of carrying on the war. John II. Wilson, lv-q., another of the Com missioners, followed in the support of the pro posed loan, and urged upon tin- meeting the necessity ol a most liberal subscripti>n. Va rious Ffhemcs ha<l been propped for extending; lid (o the Government, and some were disposed ogive lo ii llic entire control of (lie whole :rop. Tlio scheme proposed liy tlie Govern? ncntcontemplate*] merely the subscription of me half of tlic crop, and the investment of the ;trocee<b hy tlie factor in Confederate iJondt;. Should I here lie anj' <1 idlculty in "HVei ing a sale Votn the continuauco of the blocklike, or any >thcr cause of depreciation, the Government ronId doubtless provido against the contin ;cncy- The present plan furnished a most ecure and profit ablo investment. The Lionds von Id he issued upon the credit of the Guv? it'iunenU gjrcuhitc as currency and he received ii payment of debts. Amply secured as they vill be, to refuse to receive them on the par! ?f the citi7.cn->, wouiil nrguc an equal want of, tnlriolisin nnd common sense. Thomas, C. I'errin, Esq., also a Commissioner icxt urged upon the meeting the policy and laramount necessity of the proposed measure. ?The crisis demanded a most liberal support if the Government, on the part of every eiti :?>n ; but various schemes had been proposed or eireeting the desired aid. TuHuit scheme vhieh would transfer to llie Government the ntire control of the crop, various object ioiv-" night l>c urged, especially if it coutcmplated lis staring of the crop upon the seaboard. Vprsrt from '.lie ordinary risks, it would be larticularly exposed to attack, ami indeed /onlil naturally invito the assault:: of an inva litig foe. The plan now proposed by the Gov rnment pave to the planter the control of bis rop until the day of sale; and the proceed* it nabled him to invest in Ilia most secure and >rotitablc stock. It was not to bo supposed hat the v:aul?J foioc a sale at a Icpreciated price, or permit any paorifiea of he crop. It was equally interested with the >lauter in realizing the highest market value. Ivory consideration of duty, of patriotism and f sound policy should induce the citizen to nine up to the support of the Government iu Itf present emergency, and to a fiord a liberal nd eflVelive aid to the proposed loan. Judge 1). It. Ward'aw was then called for, ml responded iu feeling and e'oquent terms Ye were engaged, he said, in a struggle in rhich our dearest interests were involved, at.d it which the lives, the properly nnd there? nfhtion of ourselves find our families were at. take. The preservation of these depended ipon maintaining the Government and secnr :ig our independence. It ill bccntnc any citi on now to look back to the past, ov to culcu- | ite consoqucnces. To the details of the pre ent scheme ho hod given less consideration lian the gentlemen who had tho matter in harge; but he would pledge himself thatnone liould nttrpass him in devotion to the common iterest, And a liberal contribution to the ex ent of his means. The least that any citizen ould do would be to subscribe ono half of his rflp. John A. Calhoun. E?q., next followed in an arnest and effective appeal in behalf of the roposcd measure. We had risked our all in a amnion enterprise, and he trusted that no one >as now regretting the "flesh pots" of the old [ousa of Bondage. If the present crisis bad emonBtrated anything, it was this?that the ending contest was the only safe road to indc endcnce; the only escape from ruin. Sooner an go back to a statu of ignominious servitude o would give all his property to'the Qovern lent, and commence the world afresh, with ought save tho consciousness of being a free >on. Col. J. Foster Marshall next responded with j}s accustomed zeal and earnestness. Ha had een ready, he said, to risk his life in defence of ic flag of his country when that flag guaran ied protection to person and property, but hen it became a badge of servitude and op ression, he was prepared to draw doth purses nd sword, in the sacred cause of freedom and impendence. We had embarked our all in a jmmon venture, and We slioule be ready to icriflce both person and property upon tho al ir of a common patriotism, Tho present ihomo involved no sacrifice at^tll, and indeed irnished so safo and profitahlo investment, mt with him it was a question whether he lotfld should not invest his whole crop in Con derate Bonds. Mr. C. T. Haskell wa3 then called for, and isponded, fully Indorsing the views of the pre ;ding speakers, and pledging himself to an irnust support of the propsscd measure. The subscription lists were then'opened. Mr. homson proposed ti|At the blank day of *alc i the lists'be set for the 1st llnrch, 1802. Mr nlhoun suggested the 1st April, '62; Mr. askell the let, May, '02. Th^ last day was nally oitfenled to and adopted. About 1200 bales were immediately aul? ribfcd, a liberal anbMription tondcf the cir irostanoea; and in view of tbe shortness cf lb notice *nji the partial attendance, the v&ing'WM Adjourned to Sale Day in August. A. BURT, Chr-n. \V.'A.-Le*, 8eorf- i. v. ^ . OrncBoa RvroR&Kn.?learn from the rlgefield Adotrtiier that Genei*l Wm. C. pragne, of Qen. fltynhnm'a staff, has returned ? his home in fedgefteld. Lieutepant J. A. Dourer, lityp'of Company Seventh R?ftjm?nt South Carolina Volun ars, reached Edgefield JftsC week, having been impelled l>y lotig.proLraote<l sickncBS^to resign ^u,ma?d Ho waft succeeded by 2d tUr<, TKNKKSSEE C >RRKSPONDE?;CE. Tin i i'iitiIt JSrottd? <?miviltt ' (.It,V/ t.>? /?Antly Johns in mill /'diwt ? 1)1-1 mid J'olities ?'J'lic Crop*?/?nets ( i:kknvsi.i i:, Tennessee, July V?l. Hi:aii ?-Tito ui?weraiijne?l i.i :il this IIn* ni-ros-iiy <>l* waiting for tli<* (rain to Virginia. Imagine on Abbeville fc (iwii>iiist,"si/.ziii|{" liot from South Carolina, after having stiriiKjuuteil the Blue Uhlgo awl passed all tlie lioneon fires of Southern patriotism, hunting :?> hvjghtly upon every summit ami hillside in the old North Slate?after ?vyi' rtritritii/ I lie Kronch Broad I lliver with its wilil romantic seenory an<l soe | iiig rajiitl* enough to satisfy the ambition of all I young Anmrieii?after penhtiji ami feeling rooks enough to build ot-er airain rill the I'yranuds <>f Kgypl, fiiiii-li the town of Uab.-l, complete the . Washington monument, 1 ?::tvim* a few still for j the lotah of tins l'iiaroali of tlic North, Alio ; Lincoln. After aering and tullV-ring all this, j imagine your correspondent stopped short and i put under bit and bridle for thirteen mortal J hours in this cctillcring, Andy .lohnsonit", ! ISrownlow-riddeu, morst negative of all places, (ircenville, Tennesjre! nnd you have my de plorable condition tliii morning. We have ' just breakfastcil on c! :r/;tn?sivuhljcd chick ! ! That everlustitig nhhpii'.ous institution ehicker. is here also. "(jiwe vtfio in fa'ris tiun [Ainu," chickkn ? Vou doubtless are not. wholly unac M .?M,vv.u inwi I.iiuou'ywi, uub FWU'JUl CHICK en! I send a recipe for t.lic good housekeepers of Ahhcville. I nin sure il will prove eminent ly xavhi;/. Ctileh a chickcn (ihi# L nm toll], is indispensable.) execute him, (this is necessary.) scnld him, pull off larger feathers, singo oil' smaller feathers,grease him with him lard, tal low, or liutter (older the heller, it soein.^,) plunge him into boiling water until half done, put him or n grid-iron to </? ?/, put him or a dish | cool, put liivi on the tahlc lo he earned, if pos j silde,) if not put him up for next day. i This place is vot in it.4 swaddling clofhci. j The pcoplo are not communicative, perlinp.i [ from the depressing consciousness that thev I have nothing to aommunicnte. Jiut from nil I j can gather, Andy Johnson ninl his chaplain Parson lirownlow are the political detnigt d-s of this Intnl. They ccrtainly tnnnage to lseep I this people, like Issacimr'n ass, couching down between burdens. Tiny arc befuddled upon fhe question, whether tliey fihnll submit to Abo Lincoln or the despot Jed' Davis. They look anxiously every morning for Andy Johnson to come over the Cumberland Gap with twenty thousand mcu t* end their doubt?, and carry them to the llcshpots of Egypt. In the mean time they arc sworn foes to all political en ! lightenmcnt, believe firmly that Scott has ta i L-i'll 1! !<.|iliinn<l nn.l I! > ?invirn ? <! Ja .li.n.1 Lincoln is spending the summer on Sullivan's Island. They will not be disturbed by any | public discussions of these iuconteslible facts, 1 lake BrownSow's "paper to know Uit 'opinion, and icaul any news. My bumble opinion it is. Mr. Editor, that this is all owing to the diet of this people. Until a change is cllVctcl j here, there is no ch.ince of a revolution. It, according lo Napoleon, "the soup makes the soldier," then you may be fure the man who feeds on sicilJ/t <1 chicken, tis ' fi t fui treason, stratagems and crimes.'* It mollifies me lieyond measure, to think that one of the ancient, noble and universal in limy o> the iuIiiihi'ms eliouNJ liavo [iccn trail? orowsly instrumental in leading this people in to this politiciil <1 itcli. As poon ns the times will permit wo shall summon n grand family council for the expulsion and disinheriting of this renegade Airly. I must snj however thai the icomcn are all right here, (they always are) aiul thorn i? some hope that the next generation will be fit for freedom. '"Mine host" has a Confederate Aug floating from this hotel much to the annoyance of his neighbors. lint then ho is autocrat of the Kuilroad breakfast business, is a big man, ui>d dun't cure. The crops arc magnificent in all the region through which we have passed. "The vallies stand 60 thick with corn that they laugh and King.'' Mountain and valley seem to njoice in the smile of a benignant I'rovidcncc. Wtis all this luxuriance intended only for the de vasting foot of the oppressor f Who con be lievo it? *\s yet your wny-worn irnveiior una seen 110 spot that can displace from hid memory the cherished attractions of goo?l old Abbeville. Its lovely gardens, its refined and el<>gaiu liuines filled with warm generous friends.? (God bless them all !) iU graceful spire?, its sweet chimes inviting to prayer und praise ; wonder not that my memory filled with such associations "At cacli remove I drag a lengthening chain." This afternoon I pa?? over into glorious old Virgin in. Rhonlil anvl.ltin<* wni-ilm nf <"'? ?? o ? J ft, J ? cur I shall keep you pouted. -t, * -v* ^ FROM THE NORTHERN CTaPITAL.- ** \Vasijisoto.v, July 13.?The speeches votes in Congres* indicate that five Representa tives and soven Senator* nre opposed to the course of tho Administrnlion. Til A fnortt fjtmmSlfA* J <1 House, to investigate tlie ras$aj^ty in Unit de posed of the following members, viz: Van Wyolr. Wsshluru, Ilolman, Fenton, Steel. Tlie privateer Jrjjf. Dauin had c'apturod three vessels off Cape Haltcrns. Tlie schooner Enchantress, of Boston, was captured b}' rfio Jtff Davit. Mr. Tnliferro, son in-law of Senator Mason, was arrested hero as a spy. In the Senate to day tho biU providing for additional paymasters and the force bill were passed. Tlie Government isaadly in want of money, and for this reason is discharging clorks from the Pateut Office. The rescrvo of 80,000 has dwindled down to 3,000. (Whether this refers to money to troops we invite the reader to pnets, as the dispatch does not enlighten us-?it is probably true of partmeut of the Lincoln uituor.; Lt. Oen. Scott is in consultation with an Alabama nigger, who s?y? that five regiments and eighteen field pieccs are in and around Fairfax. Among other in formatiou the "con traband" informs Scott that every thing in dicate* that Southerners are about to retreat. A Patbiottc Community.?The people of Glennville, Alabama, numbering about 139 souls, have thoroughly equipped and put into tho field, a lull $>mpany of fighting men, and subscribed one thousand bales of Cotton, and 'between $3010 and $4000, to the produce loan. Col. Amerious C, Mitchell, a wealthy planter, subscribed his entire Cotton-crop over nod above his expenses, M*. Otm. H. Ttelfnp son.did the same. Besides tliia. .tho samo co:ii~ alu fiiiriif iifc itf^rf>lfchlfrrr - i cyuTunr?m,'>H3 roit tkk vot.itmteers. ThcTollowiojj conuiKiiiiciition Irum a fair cor j respondent, wo tuho pleasure in cnninieudini; to the attention of our rcnOvrj. In her letter Mhj ; s * : j "1 intended in tlie notice, the Hon. '1'. ('. IVrrin us u suitable person for 11;?* j ministers to send their several collections to, | lifter they hud received tlioso likely to In: sent | tlicin, in tlie District of Ahheville. Vou will eon f?r a favor l?y proposing him." Tliis euggcitlion we most cordially endorse, j ami know tlmt Mr. I'erriu will cheerfully net j in the premises'. j A Notico to tho Ladios and Littlo Girls. We are confident tliere is not in our proud j Palmetto State a lady that will refuse to render i.ne assistance inth?r power to make comfort able the nohle hand have gone forth to stand in the front of huttles, to drive haek the invading foes, from tltc once happy homes of their wives, children, mothers and 6i?ters.? What is it we should not cheerfully do for llic-mi their chivulric spirit nnd ants have already made South Caso'iina the brightest star lhat adorns the C??:if?*<]urate I'hig. Shall wo. idly fold our hands while bueh men are defending our rights, in need of articles to mako them comfortable. No, no, never! no 1 The ijuebtion then itri.-H-t, what can he done ? how can sit vice ho rendered, and we so f:.r away? A great deal can and wc trust o great deal irilt he done. It is proposed that every lady and each lilt!c <i/l, not in a District, hut in the State, furnish one or more pairs of stout home knit Socks, for our soldiers. They wil| he more thankfully received than any gnrmciil we could make; their need for them is great, consequent upon fo much drilling?it. will he in t.he power of those in towns and cities as as well as those in tlie country?let it he con sidered a pleasing duly to comply with tlii* demand. The difficulty now is, how aro they t<> be col vtitu I urii.i^lioiKj l!l<! C'Hliiry f ?C 8llL'<;tSt this plan us the least objectionable :? Lei ea<:h contributor write on a slip of piper or card, the U<Mjin:on\ ami Company to which I he J* prufer their gifts soul, and sew il sccurely 011 them, and bring tlieni lo the most con venient hiirch and give thctu in charge of the minister There are hundreds that attend church that go mi no outer puii:ie place, ami have no means of oonreying nrlielcd elsewhere, while llieir lui3 band*, sons ami brothers ore absent*; umh r these circumstanced we are isi hopes live minis ters will take cliarjje of ihoin ; not 011I3* litis, but will citcouragv caeh congregation to do what they can in litiscause. To prevent con fusion oil llie part of the several ministers, let n gentleman be appointed nt each Court House to take charyc of lite whole number obtained in the I)i.<tricl, who when a suflicieucy is sent him, to fill a box will forward them to the 'legimcnts. Such a box would in these times go free of expense on any railroad South of M.ison ar.?l l)i>:oii*!i !ini< <>r ?-<i dir...1.1 1...... osi road in l.!io Southern Confederaty. Some. mnj* have oilier articles they wou-Ui like scut, i a ihe way?if so, brinr.* th<-m nlout,*?shirts, particularly, aro needed, and will be mor?t needed t?y many ; make them of lilno chock, hickory cloth or good calico. I i ore, ladies, is useful work for us. AVe must go at it nt once, anil in earnest, arousing the patriotism inherited from our mothers? they shrank not in perilous times, but with de termined will went forward in the performance of irksome tasks. Let our soldiers see that they are remembered at home?twill gluddcn their hearts, and encourage them to prove to tlio world by noble deeds, that our Southern Confederal'}' deserves a position inferior to 110 nation of the earth. Come one, conic all, let not this opportunity pass, and one bo left to say, "I did nothing when called upon to give comfort to the brave defenders of my country." A LADY. Ttmiplo of Health, S. C. ? FROM TIIE SOUTHERN CAPITAL. July 11.?On Tuesday n detach ment of our cavalrj-, six miles from Newport. New?, encountered a dotnehmcut of the enemy killing -1, and Inking 12 prisoner*. Passengers to-day from Staunton stato that reports are current lliero that the Confederate forces met wiLh aovero reverses ut Laurel llill. One report ; states that 1,500 men, under Col. Peck, are surrounded about one hundred miles from Stunnton, and that. Garnctt's command had been compelled to cvacuato Laurel Iltll. The reports need conflriiintion. There has evidently been hard fighting in that section. A letter appears in the Richmond Dispatch to-morrow, dated Laurel llill, July 7, which says there was another fight and euccoss for the Confederate troop?. Before day-break ihis will 1I>M>JI3 were nroTIHO<J uy the liring of our picket guard. About day-brenk an other volley was heard About a utile off. The excitement was increased l?y the rapid move ment pf Hie Georgia regiment and cavalry. Tho Georgia regiment held the enemy in cheek and,kept up tho Are until 3 p. m., killing and .wounding man}' federalists. At 3 o'clock the Georgians retired, and their position was oc mint/til Ki? Another letter to tlic J)i*patch, dated Laurel 11*11, J uly 9, referring to the continued fight, >3ays the gallant Georgian*, under Col. Ramsay agaiu engaged the enemy oarly on Monday morning, and until a lote hour in the day kept up a continuous fire. At n lato hour of the day they left the ground, without a man either killed or injured. The Lynchburg Republican of to morrow morning will state that on Wednesday morn ing n skirmish occurred twelve miles from Win chester, in which two federalists were killed and three prisoners captured. Tho Confede rates were, uninjured. There is nothing of interest from Manama*, Alexandria, or other point*. Gov. Letcher, under a requisition of tha Secretary of War, publishes a proclamation to morrow, calling into immediate service the militia of all the counties north of the James river, and east of the Bltio Ridge, as well as the militia iu the valley of tho State north af James river. The Cincinnati Enquirer of thf 10th confirms the report of the capture, by Jennings Wise, of three companies of the foderah'sta. x iiu enemy now occupy l'liilippi, Buckhan non, Beverly and Burllflglon, wliich the En- ' quirer thin lea may hem in Gen. Wise. t Riohuokd, Jnly 18.?Pascengers by no road ] bring anything of interest to-day. i The last Newbern F.rogra* reports' that fif teen shots woro recently exchanged with a federal steamer and tfio fort at Capo Ilatterns. " The fftrt'was nninjtrrcd. Tho steamer drow off. Tho truth of this nowa it doubted. ? ? . ?" | Sale or tub Savannau.?The oaptured pri- 1 atecr Savannah, was told in New York on < the 2d intt., at "taction. Messrs. McReady, 1 Mott Jk Co., were tho purchaser* at $1275. ^ n?rgnp,and ammunition.thought $7G. The \ small arms, inoluding twoWo.fliqi rook oiuskeVs and hatf a dozen cnUdstea, b'ronght $20, It is '1HK WAR. .1 Cm, July la.?The Mtaoutians an; galhctiiig aruiind Itoonville. The invaders have 1 umW uhiih every night ninco Wednesday, expeeting an attack. Tlio saino condition of things cxis's at Lexington. Ilein forcetiieuU?especially artillery?are needed. l.iu'i-\ii.i.i:, Jul)" 13.?"i"lie following dispaUti was received here l>y George 1). Prontioe, o the Juitnutl: "Cincinnati, July 13.?MeClellan oaptured, llie entire camp of tlie enemy at Laurel 11 ill? guns, wagons and many prisoner*; among whom were several officers. Tlieir loss wa* severe?ours very small. .No officers lost oa our fide. Aarcs Anderson." Cincinnati, July 13.?Anderson lias mixed up things and places. The camp at Laurel Hill Ii.it* nntliAf.it i?!.-??? Judge Logan, associate with Jmlgo Maim, publishes a dissenting opinion in llio railroad case. IIoahixg TJrv, V.\., July 10.?McCIellan'sool uniii is fooling its way cautiously towards tlia Southern camp. They seem to have been rein forced since our approach, and aro working with great energy. McClcllan will feel them tliis afternoon. Koauino IIun, July 13.?A battle was fought j yesterday nt Itioli .Mountain. The Southerner* ' 2.000 in nunilirr iimUn n-.i t??-? , ? -v. wi4 a ^rtiui, were Bivf rounded. Tlio fight lasted an hour ami a lialf. The Houthurnois retreated, leaving GO killed, many wounded and prisoners, 6 gun?, and some horses. The federal loss \ra? 20 killed, 10 wounded, and some horspR. A dispatch from Koaring Hun. in Ihe Cincin nati ('lusctle, previous to the battle, soys that (lie federalists wore 10,000 strong, ami the secession idts only 2,000. ?- C> Tiik I'iuvatkkkSavannah.?We clip Uie sub joined paragraph from thn Charleston Mercury of yesterday, by which it will bo seen that thn report of conviction of the crew of the Savan uah xvA3 incorrect : "Wo nro gratilicil to ho able to state that a letter < ( recent iVatc has been received froin Mr. John 1 Idlest on, first ofTmer of the priva teer Siu'.'iiiiah, in which ho states that none of the officers or ti*?w of i.lmk 1 buiiitnu ? c.vui have yet been brought t?? trail ; licit they were situated n3 comfortably as conM be do? sired under the circuniftances, and that llicv would have the advantage of the ablee counsel in the conduct of their dcfcticc. The report which we copied fr"in a Richmond pa pur, that they had been convicted of piracy wan, ii> stoma, erroneous. Oi:Ki:r.r, Wkiiii, Bkxnkt .tno Ravmoho.? These are the four great chiefs among the mil itary editors of New York. Tho record of these worthies i.- summed' up a3 follows by tho Richmond Nu/ptirrr ; "Greeley was caned with iy.ipunity by Southern gentlemen in Wash ington. Webb ran with almost lightning speed Irons Uio porcM:s.?ion lock pistol of (_!? . ])nA* (!roen. Ilias lif.-n fronueullv cow hided on the streets <>f New York. "Anil Uny.' ni'?n<! has always acted or. tha FulHtafliun idea, that ilisorction is ttic littler part of valor.' Anotiii::: -Ki-kk't <> t?b Blockahr.?Meesra. W.W. iV. J. II, Uk.vk liavc now on sale,^nt l.lioir store, several puirn of ladies lacc ylove? knitted in t^linrlcstoii. Tlic idea of making up gloves for our mark ct would never have. been thought of, if the Yankees hul (ho means of supplying 11?. However, thn Charlesto/f-mado nrucie, mougtiia invi lri.il in the manufacture, is considered r-fyinl, iii ax try respcct. to tii0 Northern glove. Wc also saw a knitted lace sliawl, of superior fineness, also ilonc up in this e i ly.?3fi rot ri/. The Co n Kn> Kit at t: Cottom I.oajt.?'five fol lowing patriotic oflfor is from one of the mo?t succcssftil planters of Union l)utliiet. We shall he glad to chronicle similar otters: .uj col inn crop is vcry promising. I fuiro not sold my last g ear's crop, mid will let tfto Conf<sderuto Stateo have it and half of thin year's and exgry other year's crop till the war ends. The South Carolina politiciuns hnvo been shamefully remiss in not moving in thin natter. Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi" ire lending the van," PRODUCE LOAN To the Confederate States. rI"MIK Undersigned bein^ Commissioners, ?p JL pointed for Abbeville District, to receivo subscriptions of growing crop for the dcfeiioo of the Confederato States, will atten<l at- tho severs! planes at I ho several places and tiiBM helow designated, to wit: ; j Ninety Six, on Friday, July 10th. Greenwood, on Saturday, July 20th. Trildos, on Monday, Jnly 22d. Lowndesvillo, on Tuesday, July 2Sd. Cnlhonn's Mills, on Monday, July 29th. Kordeax on Tuesday, July 30th. Tolbert's (Rnnpo) Wednesdaj', July 31st. Bradley'?i Old Field, SahmUy, Aug. 2d. All riAPoniiu in ll*?% -- -I -1-1- - 1 Lo attend. THOq. C. TKRPIN, TII09. THOMSON. J. II. WILSON. July ICtli, 18G1. ro the Citizens of the Low /vt? UnHnlirvii /v-T Al? O^. v/i xjatuiuun Ul till; K3il vaimali Regiment. [HAVE volunteered to collect from the Tax Payor? of this Battalion 10 ptfr cent, on the urtount of tlieir last general tax, for the sup-. K>rt of the families of those who hnvegone or nay go in dafenco cf their, country.- < * The justice and propriety of this contribution teeds no argument from me. I'hoptf'it wiH jo mat ehcerfully by alL Kotee be ac ;epted where the ensu oannot be.lwuL I will attend the folWwing tifoWaud placet; Calhoun's Mills, Monday, . ^ Bordeaux, Toeaday, July. SO. Tolkert's, tho ItuDge, ) Wttftenaday, July Cen^at Springs,i9ai^tJ?3U A??u#fl, Cothran's, Friday, 'jSttjJust. 2. Bradl?y's, Saturday, AaguMtB. r The Committer appointed for eaae baatin bis Battalion are r?flua*ted to meet ma at Bradley's Old ?i?Mfr oo Saturday. the 8 of log ust. w* s. H4ftRls July 18, 1861. 13?21. , ' ' -? i-kii tA'-ri .A CARD; DINCE Tubtishing a call for 100 Tmfcpcra O arrangement# have been made fqrlh? coa inuanco or the 1st lleglmtnt 8. CL Vol*, it) ferviee, for this roaiion, I b?g l?a?? to wttli ri?, behalf of th? project. ,'rjj AUG. II. '