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WESTERN ROUTE. day mui1t i a . trains. trains l.eavo Charleston I 7.00 a m 6.30 p in Arrive at Augusta j 2.45 pm |4.30 pm Leavo Augusta i 8.00 a m | 7.30 p m Arrive at Charleston I 3.30 pm i 4.80 a m rilROUOH travel between acousta and kinsgvillk day night trains. trains. Leave Augusta 8.00 a m 7.30 p m Arrive at Kingsville 2,45 p m 3.15 n irt Leavo Kingsville I 6.45 am i 8.25 pm Arrive at Augsta I 1.15 p m| 11.15 pm MID-DAY TRAIN BETWKKN CAMDEN AND KINGSVILLE, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, down. i up. LoaveCamdon, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m. Leavo Boy kin's, 12.12p.m LoaveClarkson's 8.20 " Leave Claremont 1.248 ' Leavo Manchester JuneLeavo Middloton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. ra. Leave Manchostor June- Leavo Middloton 8.43 tion 1.18, p.m. Loavo Claremont 0.08 " Loave Clarkson's 1.38 " Leavo Boykin's 0.48 " Arrive at Kingsvillo 1.50, Arrivo at Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKS, Gen'l Sup't. Oats and Cow Peas FOR SALE FOR CASH, AT THE 'OLD CORNER.' November 1 K. W. BONNEY. GuanorpwO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A X small lot of Patagonian Guano, for sale by , Fobruary 28 E. W. BONN IS Y. , Seed Oats. OEED OATS FOR SALE AT THE "OLD COR- ' O ner," by E. W. BONNEY. < February 28 , Tlic Niglil Attack on tlic Yankee Camp oil I'inckiicy kland. Our supposition, in yesterday's issue, in re. ;ard to the true locality of the brilliant dash of Capt. Stephen Plliott and Capt. John Mick|er against one of the Yankc% outposts, on Thursday morning last, proves to have been correct. The aflfair took place on I'inckiicy Island. We have gathered the following additional and trustworthy information in regard to the light and its results: On Wednesday night a picked party of eii?ht" men from the Eleventh Uemmcnt, and O * C5 1 forty five men from tho Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, led by these gallant officers, started for Pinkney Island, with the view of wiping out the Yankees at that place. The point of crossing was well selected between two Yankee picket stations, and after midnight the force embarked in such boats as had been provided. Of course the transports were not of the most convenient make, but as our boys have become accustomed, from sheer necessity, to conduct their naval enterprises in plain "dug out's' they started in line spirits. Owing to some cause, there was a vexatious delay in getting some of the boats across; so much so, that a portion of the force, being about 15 men in Capt. Elliott's boat and about the same number in ( 'apt. Mieklcr's boat, effected a landing in advance of the others, and pushed on at the "double (juick'' towards the Yankee camps. Just as this advance Guard leaped ashore, one of the enemy's pickets gave the alarm, calling for the "Corporal of (he Guard" at the top of his voice. In an instant our line was formed in open order, and the command "forward' started the men like deer through the woods and across the fields. The distance to be overcome was about 400 yards, and the ' made was excellent, 't was a complete surprise. The New Uamsnire men v..-re started out of their large wall tents, just at the peep of day, some of them iu their unmentionables, to find themselves in the hands of a rough and ready party. Surrender! thundered out the boys. Some of the Yankees resisted; one fellow tried his legs, but a load of buckshot stopped him. A few had to he knocked on the head, and one or two had the bayoxet put to them. Some ludicrous scenes were then witnessed. The Yankees surrendered themselves, and, with their muskets, side arms, Ar., presented at arms length, soon gave very heavy loads to our men to carry. AVc heard of Adjutant Davis, of the 11th (a volunteer,) standing up in the middle of the camp with six men and their "traps.'' Up to this time the whole affair wasa complete success. Out of a company of seventy men, who arc represented as having had this portion of the Island in charge, one-third were on picket duty and of course escaped. The remainder, about 45 men, were either killed, wounded or brought off as prisoners. Of the latter 32 or 33 have been sent to Headquarters at I'ocotaligo. The only commanding ofliecr with the Yankee company, a Lieutenant, was killed. Just as Capts. Elliott and Miekler had succeeded in mastering the cainp, and were in the act of receiving the prisoners, one or more of our boat parties arrived within sight of tho scene of action and fired a volley into the camp. Capt. Miekler and seven of his detachment fell to the ground, with as many more of the Yankees. A\*ith great coolness, Capt. Miekler was heard to say, "Boys we arc surrounded." His voice was recognized by the approaching partv (not, however until the fire had been returned by the men in camp), and to the great regret of every one, the fact became known that friends had been firing on each other. The arms arid equipments were speedily gathered up, the prisoners marched under guard to the landing, and our unfortunate wounded were taken care of and transported to the boats. Captain Miclcler received a musket ball behind the knee joint, which burried itself among the muscles of the leg in an upward direction. He recovered sufficiently however, to walk to the boat, and had the pleasure of stcoring an elegant Yankee barge over to the main Intnl. Our party took two of these , boats, which arc quite different to our cypress canoes, and which will, no doubt, prove useful in our next excursion on Jlroad Jiiver. Our loss in the engagement was 9 wounded. n D 'I'lie Strength of the Ihiciiiy. Mit. Editor: The population of the North is set down at 20,000,000, while that of the South is supposed to be about 8,000,000 of 1 white population, and 4,000,000 of slaves. The North is fully convinced that 20,000,000 ought to conquer 8,000,000, but these boasters should take into the account that the whole of the twenty and eight millions arc not fight- ' ing characters. Eesides, the calculation should not be made between the twenty and tbe eight millions, but between the twenty and the twelve. The four millions of slaves in the South are not in the war, but they help to sustain it. \ There must be at least four millions deducted from the twenty millions to stand against the j four millions of slaves in the South. To carry J on the farming operations of the North. This 1 ... ...n i .i - . \iuuiu rcuucc mcir twenty millions to sixteen, I just double the number of the white population j in the South. But the farms in the .North arc 1 smaller ami more numerous than in the South, and it will require more white men to superintend them than the farms in the South require. Then tiicy need more men in the North than we do for post-masters, merchants, printers, i ship-builders, to carry on commerce, to manage ! railroads, etc. Count all these and their families out, and the North cannot raise more then fifteen millions against our eight. C* O Among this fifteen millions there would he more under age and over age than among the eight millions. Then there would be thousands j in the North over forty years of age, that would i not fight unless threatened w ith subjugation, while thousands in the South from sixty to seventy will enter the contest rather than he conquered. Perhaps one-fourth of the eight millions would eiiior the light rather than submit to a Yankee despot. This would give us tw o millions of lighting men. Not more than one-fifth or one-sixth in the North will fight for the "old flag,'1 or the negro. This would give the North about two millions and a half of w arriors. Can two millions and a half of Yankees conquer two millions of South cm men on their own soil? Time will show.? Carolinian. Baton liouiik.?A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune, writing from Grenada under date of August 1'2th, speaking ol the losses sustained at Baton Kongo by each army, says: Our loss at Baton Kongo is now ascertained to be about '250, including one Brigadier and three Colonels wounded. Col. Allen of the 4th Louisiana is reported to have been reduced to the necessity of having both of his logs amputated, and will now probably not recover. The enemy lost one General (Williams) and two Colonels, killed outright. They acknowledged, under a flag of truce received on the 10th inst., that their loss of men was about 1,000.?Your readers can thus judge for themselves what is the nature and extent of victory that is claimed for our arms at Baton Rouge. Yankkk Love for the Nf.oro.?Several days since, the Yankees in Winchester went to ni ' the house of a irentleman who is now in this city, and took from the service ot his family, three negro girls, who were attached to and desired to remain with their rightful owners. ( So great was their objection to leaving those who had eared for and protected them, that they endeavored to conceal themselves from the ] Yankee thieves, but on being found were car- j ricd off. In a day or two they all returned, i having been sent back by their inhuman cap- j tors. One of them had been terribly beaten 1 by the wretches, because of the exhibition of an attachment for the family with whom she had been raised. j From I lie V lues of I lie Rapidan. The wires between this and Richmond being down yesterday, no telegrams could be received from the quarter which a^ present absorbs the larger share of public attention. The latest intelligence that we have from the Rapidan is contained in the following para graphs, which we take from the Richmond Kxtttninu\ of Tuesday morning: "For two days past skirmishes lias been con tinned along the line of the Kapidan. The enemy, no doubt with the design of distracting our attention from movements elsewhere, lias been trying to ereate the impression that he meditated an immediate attack on Gen. .larkson at Orange Court House. "Oen. Stuart, on monday night, made a nar row escape from capture by a body of the cir my's cavalry. Gen. Stuart, with his staff, was at a farm house, five miles cast of Orange Court House, and a short distance from the liapidan, when tlic Yankee cavalry, who had crossed the stream and driven in our pickets, surrounded the house. Gen. Stuart, by a speedy back door exit, escaped w ith the loss of his hat and two of his aids. "The fra\s of the Yankees are said to bo bold and enterprising beyond precedent. They attack our pickets daily.'' Another Order from Butler.?An order lias been issued by Butler at New Orleans, taxing those corporations who contributed money for the defence of New Orleans before its capture. The list is a long one. Messrs. Abat, Gcnercs ?fc Co. subscribed 8210,000. Their tax is 852,500. The trustees of the McDonough School Fund subscribed 8340,000. Their tax is 885,000. The Citizens Bank of Louisiana subscribed 8300,000. Their share of the tax is 870,000. Robert Gcddes gave 810,000. lie pays 82,500. And so on as low down as subscriptions of 825. The order by which this immense tax is to be collected, at the point of the. bayonet, says that "it will be impossible to make a mistake, save in having * / o the assessment too easy, and the burden too light." The papers say that gold has been found in the brick clay which underlies the city of Philadelphia, to such an extent as to warrant the Ifclief that, in the ten square miles area occupied by the city, there is ten times more gold in the city than has been found in California. The experiment of the clay has been made under the direction of an oflicer of the United States Mint. The Federal commandant of the post at Nashville has issued an order, making it a penalty for any one to pay gold and silver in the purchase of cotton and other products of the South. The old Constitution used to read that nothing but gold and silver should be a legal tender. Singular discoveries have been made under the reign of King Abraham the First. Andy Johnson's organ, the Nashville Union, in a leading article, reco*nmcnded that the bounty offered by the Government to renegades of Tennessee shall cease, and in lieu of it a tax shaft he laid on. wealth n ser.psftinnisfs tn support the families of Federal soldiers. At a beginning, the City Council of Nashville is urged to act in the matter at once, and tax the rebels of that city. Cotton in NasiiVili.e.?Wc sec by the market report in thf Nashville Dispatch of August 17, that cotton is quoted at "33 cents in gold, 42 in Federal notes, and 55 cents per pound in Southern curroncy." Dkskrtkks.? It is really astonishing to behold tlio number of deserters from the Federal irmy stationed in the neighborhood of Chattanooga. They arrive daily by ones, twos, threes end in squads. TCRXU?SEED. IjMNE FRESH TURNIPSEKD, AT ONE DOLLAR per pound, at the Old Corner. \iigusi 8 * K. W. BONNBY.