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fe' S CmpUWu. M. Shammom has been appointed,' by tlie Confederate Government, Chief Enrolling <MBc4r for Kershaw District, and may be fcsnd at his office for the purpose of 'receiving al| applicants for exemptions, and the enrollment of all conscripts, until the 8th infct.. Sec . advertisement, in another column. ? ?? ? - ' Read Dr.T. W. Salmokd'S cord, to bo found under bur u Special Notice" bead. We would also call tbe attention of our readers to General Order No. 27, issued from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, relative to conscription. In another column will bo found tbe advertisement of Jamxs H. VAuqHN, who has just fitted up bis flour and grain mills. Paasports. It will be seen, by reference to onr advertising columns, that Mr. J. M. DsSaussure, of Camden, has been authorized by Government to give passports to all persons travelling out of the State. Death of Lieut. IV. M. DeSiussurc. We are pained to hear of the death of our estimable young citizen, Henry M. DeSaub. sure, killed whilst in command of Capt. ?. B. Cantky'b company, in the late engagement near Richmond. His bereaved family has the sympathy of our whole community. We are fearful that ere long we may have to record the death of many other of our gallant friends now so mucii exposed to the destructive missiles of tbe Yankee invader. Ladies' Aid Association. The Ladies of the Kershaw Aid Association > will in future meet every Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, at the Temperance Hall. They return their sincere thanks to Mr. Dunlap for the use of his rooms during the past winter, and' to the ladies of the community for their prompt response to the call made upon them in behalf of the McPheksonvillb Hospital. The following is the list of the articles sent us: Wine, of various kinds, honey, vinegar, preserves, rice, coffee, tea, loaf, crushed, clarified sugar, 3, lbs sugar, from little Dick and Harry Walker; $1 from Miss Maria Douglas; isinglass, rice flour, wheat flour; 1 ham, herbs, of various kinds; one bushel of buiscuit, the proceeds of a rafile, by our young friends; in cash $63 50. Kirkwood Cavalry. The following is a list of the officers of the ? " fl n n 1? * * v. vavnuj, ?s re-organizeci in Virginia: Captain, James Doby. 1st Lieutenant, U. P. Bonnet. 2d " James Jones. 3d " Jas. D. Matheson. 1st Sergeant, Geo. W. Barnes. 2d " Jesse Burcii. 3d " James L. Baile. 6th " JonN B. Lee. 5th u Harvey McRae. 1st Corporal, A. W. Thames. 2d w Wm. Whitaker. 3d " James Cureton. 4th " Daniel Kirkland. j. ? ^ List of Killed and Wounded in the Battle of Chickahominy.?The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser has prepared a table of Confederate losses in the battle of Chickohominy, of which the following is a recapitulation : Killed. "Wounded. Missing. Total. Alabama 287 938 CI 1267 Virginia 108 703 44 869 v North Carolina 122 601 C5 778 South Carolina 85 614 45 744 Georgia...* 95 440 35 570 Ifiaaiaainnf K11 nB j?rj? ....... 6v oug Tennessee.. 43 227 16 28f> Florida 34 168 .. 187 Louisiana. 30 120 .. 150 Totals.. 867 4207 266 5330 in addition to the above, there are two Alabama Regiments, two Virginia, one North Carolina and one South Carolina, which were in the battles, of which wo have seen no report. Onr lose in these battles will not, therefore, fall far short of 6000 in killed, wonnded and missing, while that of the enemy, according to their own showing, cannot be less than 10,000. gaged, Ihe wrtiou1 became"general and lasted several hours, with heavy loss ' oil our side* The enemy was driven hack. About two milos further down, Jackson's forces > ware engaged with a column of the enemy, and captured three batteries. Tho 'Enquirer states that a Federal officer brought in yesterday, reports McClellan inortolly wounded, and the Yankco army entirely | demoralised. Richmond, July 1?5 p. no.?The fight yesterday took place on the Darbytown Roads about five miles North-east of Darbytown. It commenced about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Tho forces engaged on our fide were Gen. A P. Hil's Division, embracing Kemper's, Prvor's, Picket's and Fentherstone's Brigades. The Yankees made desperate resistance, but were driven from their entrenched positions and pursued two miles. They were heavily reinforced and checked the further advance of our men, but the arrival of Magruder's Division about 9 o'clock^pat theui in motion. The darkness prcvented our troops from following and routing the enemy 1 Our loss was very heavy, but- that of t.VlA VQTllrAAO tvao WT - ? ? ?1 * * ? vuv a numvvo him iivuicuuuus. TV v CHpilirCU six hundred prisoners, who have arrived in the city, and twenty pieces of cannon. Among the prisonors is Maj. Gen. McCall, captured by Lieut. Rawlings, of the 4Tth Virginia. Brig. Gen. Meade was also captured. This morning, Magruder went in pursuit of the Yankees, but had not overtakon them at 8 o'clock* ' r when our informant left. The engagement yesterday is represented to have been the most sanguinary of the series of conflicts before this city. The valor of our troops is beyond praise. Latest from Itlclimond. Richmond, July 2.?All accounts agree that the contest on yesterday was the most sanguin ary of the war. The enemy held a very strong position, and maintained it against the assault of our troops for several hours, having concentrated their entire army for tho last desperate struggle. Heavy rain falling this forenoon, and believed not much fighting today. Artillery fire heard occasionally in that direction. The enemy were retreating at last accounts. * To Make Blackberry Wine.?To every three pints of berries add one quart of water, suffer it to stand twenty-four hours, strain through a cullender, then through a jelly bag^ and to every gallon of the juice add three pounds of good brown sugar, the white of two eggs beaten to a froth, and stirred in the juice; a little spice, with two dozen cloves beaten together, and one nutmeg grated, should be put into a small linen bag and dropped in. After all are mixed, put it in a stone jug,' filled up and kept full with some of the same juice reserved for that purpose'until it is done working^ which will be in two or three weeks. Cork it tightly and keep it in a cold place for three or four months; then pour it into bottles with a i little loaf sugar in each bottle, cork and seal ; close. If the wine is kept for twelve months, it will be still better, and will continue to im i prove with age. The Enemy at Holly Springs, Missis- ( 8ippi.?The Memphis Appeal, now published , at Grenada, Mississippi, says that the authorities in that city have received information that Holly Springs was occnpied by a considerable force of the enemy on the night of the 18th. ( Thev made their anDearnnnA ?nrlrioni?r rr MV...;, n.M1 out any previous warning to the citizens, and, . of course, much confusion ensued. The Provost Marshal was among the prisoners taken. I A train was about ready to Jeave for the South ' at this time, upon which many citizens attempted to take refuge, for the purpose of escaping. The crowd was fired upon, and Lieut i Hall, of the Confederate army, and others, were killed. No public stores remained at Holly Springs, and the fruits of the inroad will be worthless, ' OA AO VAnlrAA ^ VI- ' vavv|/u ov mi ?o jl hiia^v \ic8iiu iur UIOOQ 18 satr 1 isfied with that of the defenceless inhabitants, < who are so indiscriminately slaughtered. 1 " . i Orr's Regiment of Rifles went into action ^ 560 strong. 74 were killed and 228 wonnded JPasse*ger? from vik^oi^thto morning tnport that, on ye*erd*y mornfag, fOven Federal vends succceeded in passing np by our batteries, wlien a severe bombardment com menced, lasting two hoor^. between the fleet and and our batteries ota toe Louisiana shore. It is understood that several vessels, including the Brooklyn, were badly injured, with heavy slaughter among their crews. The Confederate loss was * nine killed, including one woman. Our batteries are uninjured. Their fire was principally directed at the city, and 1 U/VM?/V? -h- A A. ? -1 T * 9 1 ov>?i?i uuudvg were BUMfcerca. 18 supposed that the enemy will not renew the conflict for several days. A deserter reports the epemy's loss heavy, and that they expected an easy capture. ' Latkr.?-We learn from Vioksburg ?at the enemy is slowly bombarding the town from his mortar boats to-day. The telegraph office has been smashed.. A gentleman from New Orleans savs Butler has issued orders levying a tax of two millions of dollars on the city. Mobile, June 30.?A special despatch to the Advertiser, dated Jackson, June 30, says the Yazoo correspondent of the Mississippiant writing under date of tho lfth, says two of the enemy's gun-boats were rcconnoitering in Yazoo River, when Commodoro Pinckncy burned tho Confederate gun-boats Van Dorn, Polk and Livingston. This action is considered unnecessary. nnrl ift mnr?li ^onlArn/1 HPL.. 1 j j ?? ? VIV^/IVIUU UV>I C* JL Ills IU53 VI property is heavy. Gen. Van Dorn issued an order on the 28th, to the army, declaring Vicksburg should be , defended to the desth. The Federals can never occupy Vicksburg. The fleet appears too much crippled to engage in a successful tilt with our batteries. ( "A British "War Steamer in the IIardor of Charleston.?On Satarday evening, the the British steam sloop-of-war ltacer, Capt. Lyons, crossed the Bar, and steamed past Fort Sumter into the Harbors of Charleston. She now lies at anchor off the Battery, a .short distance from the city wharves. It is currently reported and believed that a French man-ofwar is outside, and will, likewisof presently enter the harbor. wi.;i? ? *1 * - i ??iino cuwiiii^ liic porij 14 8iiol wes thrown i across the bows of the Racer from the Beauregard Battery- She displayed her colors, and i was permitted to proceed, in accordance with i orders issued, and without saluting our fortifi- 1 cations. We are informed that, by application i of the British Consul accredited to the United 1 States Government, the Confederate Gove?n- < raeut has assented to her ingress and egress, as ! may prove convenient, without the etiquette ' of recognizing our authority in our own < waters.? Mercury. < Yankee Loss in the Second James Island Fight.?A private letter to the editor from a young soldier of the 47th Georgia, who was in ^ the fight df Monday, 16th, on James' Island ? Bays: "We have buried three hundred and forty-seven Yankees killed in the fight on ^ Monday last, and have some sixty prisoners * counting the wounded. Their loss was double < that number. As they carried off all the dead T and wounded lost by them in the first two { charges on our battery, we only got those killed ^ on the last charge. x "Our loss is fortv-scven, killed, wounded and missing?only one from my regiment." t This estimate of the enemy's loss in the fight t of the lfth, corroborates the report which had I reached the Yankee garrison at Fort Pulaski; t that their loss in killed, wounded and missing a -1' ' * * uckwwiu cigat nundred and one thousand. ? ?Savannah News. i Can't Stand the Climate.?A Northern paper gives a specimen of what a Yankee cor- ^ respondent thinks of the climate in the South- * west: "As we advance into these regions, a varioty of diseases are becoming roinnnalv c j r-*"?v"" Fever and ague, jaundice, diarrhoea, and many types of fevers are thinning the ranks of the different regiments fearfully. I trill not attempt to describe the pictures of the poor men S8 they drag themselves through camps. The 1 toughest looking ones seem to be the jj greatest sufferers. / "' K?oxv,?^| E^-Bfttfiy^Uff ?mv g P "btWin? tit Tennessee wveiT af Ffcreocc. +Ivty Wo oowttftratiog at BridjSport, t*irt>ftror miles ftg|^K^?Uggg^? .J - e? --V V.www mtgi ment of artillery over Battle Creek yesterday ~ Brig. Gen. Helii baa been assigned to the command of Chattanooga. ?- jiiiim * > ' / A Bath at the Eneuty In the Wert. Mobile, June 28.?4 special despatch, dated 'Grenada, June 28, says that a courier from GenVillipigue's camp had just reached that place, bringing .the news that Jackson's Confederate cavalry last Thursday made a dash on the a ni i *? n.ji?-i ' * ' uicui^uiB ?uu vunrivswii rwauroaa, Durupa me railroad bridge eleven miles from Memphis, captured, seventeen cars laden with commissary and quartermaster's stores, and over forty Yankee officers connected with the departments. ^ Wonders will Never Cease.?The New York Journal of Commerce furnishe? one of the most remarkable items of the present re~ markable times. We could scarcely believe it, if we did not know thattho Journal of Commerce would'nt lie about so serious a matter. "Last Sunday, (says the Journal,) the Universalist Church on Broadway, presented the un. usual sight of the Editor of the Tribune, Horace Greek, Esq., of white hat and greasy coatfamo in the pulpit. Mr. Chapin, with his gouty leg, was too unwell to preach, and Horace officiated in his stead." This is what we call literally stealing the livery of Heaven in which to serve Via flnuil Important, if true.?-The Tallahassee Floridian of Saturday says: . Reliable gentleman who arrived in Tallahassee on Thursday, bring the news that English and French war vessels are not only blockading the entrence to the ports of Fernandina and Jacksonville, but are actually capturing Northern merchant vessels which attempt to enter those ports. This, we suppose, is what diplomatists would call an armed protest against the course of tho Lincoln government?or, as others would term it, hostilities without an actual declaration of war. We give the repoit as we heard it One hundred and two Representatives and thirty-seven Senators have signed a paper, started by Wilson, of Iowa, asking Lincoln to make an arrangement for releasing, by exchange, alj Federal prisoners in Confederate hands. The Conscription Law.?Wo may state for the benefit of persons claimed by the Government as conscripts, that the enrolling officers have been instructed by thoWar Department to pay no attention to certificates of disability from physicincs at home, or surgeons in camp, or discharges from the service prior to the passage of the Conscription Act, (except from wounds received in battle.) Conscripts will be ordered to the camp of instruction, where they can be examined by surgeons detailed for that special purpose.?Richmond Examiner. A "*T -fVJVUTHEK XANKEE JVlURDER A CASE FOR Retaliation.?The New York Herald, of the 18th, says: Col. John Owen, a notorious rebel bushivhackor, was taken on his farm in Monroe Donnty, Missouri, on the 7th inst., and in ac;ordance with the orders of Gen. Schofield, he vas fastened to a stump, and the contents of siglit muskets fouud their way into his body. Ie begged hard to be treated as a prisoner of var. Dempsey Phillips of Lancaster District, lias be honor of having ten sons in the army of he Confederate States. Dempsey is beat. Jr. Wilson Birt, of Barnwell District, is the / ^ A - he father of fourteen children?two daughters ind twelve sons. Three of the sons are in tho leventeenth Regiment, S. C. V., and the other tine in companies elsewhere. Lord Russell's Impromptu, sent to Uncle lam in reply to the demand for tho Emily St* ?ierre: My first word's mv lnafc. ?0 7 You'd Miss Emily fast, And you might have looked after her better. But now she's eloped, Or as you would say, "sloped," Pray, 8am, don't you wish you may get her ? [London Punch. noTirs [HAVE RECEIVED THE WAR TAX BOOKS, and will be found at McCurrry A Hammerlaugh's store, to roceivo taxes. H. PATE, July 4 2 T. C. IUD. /