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VOLUME 9 . YORKYlLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA," WEDNESDAY EVOT^ SEPTEMBER, 1863. . 3~.T~ . " NUMBER 35.
? I I
SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST.
DIVISION SO. I.
I TO fill the requisition of the Com
manding General, and ill pursuance of the orders of
hi* Excellency Gov. Ronhnm, the Commissioner of Roads
and the Town authorities of the incorporated towns and
villages within the limits of the Judicial Districts of Pickens,
Greenville, !?|iartanburg, Anderson, Union, York, Chester.
Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry, are ltereby required
forthwith to summon all person* in possession of slaves, lia
hie to road duty, within the limits of tlnlir authority, to deliver
one-fourth of their slaves liable to road duty, at the
Railroad Depot* nearest the owners' residence, on MONDAY,
the 17th day of September next, in time forthe down
freight morning train, there to await transportation to Charleston,
for thirty day's labor on the fortilTeatjpns.
II. The Legislature, at its April session, exempted those
who owned hut one ro.ukhand from liability- under this Act.
Those who own two or three, or a fraction over a number
di visible by one fourth, will scud forward oue hand for such
fraction, or two owners having such frnctions, may unite
and send one out of every four.
ill. Overseers, at the rate of one to every hundred bands
arc not only allowed, hut arc desired.. They arc selected by
the owners and paid by the Confedcn?|c authorities, at the
rate of rirty uoilars per montli.
IV. Receipts will lie given at the depots tor the negroes,
and they are assessed In Charleston betorc tliev are put to
work.
V. The Act requires tiie attendance of one of the Commissioners
at each depot. lie will be met by an agent an-*
thnrized to reecipt for the negroes.
VI. Owners are requested i/> turntsn uieir jtegn*:$ ivhh .
spruit or shovels anil three days rations.
VII. Owners who lilre substitutes will furnish me with a
cony of the receipt taken for such substitutes.
VIII. his regarded by the roads to be put in use on this
occasion as dangerous to run extra trains heavily laden with
passengers. It is, therefore, ic-ressnry that those on the upper
portions of the roads should he In attendance very early
in the morning, in time for the regular freight train, or they
might deliver tlie negroes tin- evening before to the agent, or
to the Railroad Agent, who is authorized to receipt for tltetu.
IX. Charleston, it U hoped and believed, will soon be
impregnable. If so, the slave laltor of the State will have
accomplished it. Labor is yet needed in large quantity to
secure thi- position. The portion of the Suite now called
on has pourlidotit richest treasures nf.noblc blood ou almost
every field in 'his war. Will it hesitate now, when so much
is to be accomplished at so little sacrifice? One earnest,
combined effort mav put the State beyond danger.
WM. M. SHANNON,
Agent of'the State of S. C.
* August 19 33 -It
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Charleston, August 8,18G3.
TX^IIEREAS, by information reccivV
? * <! at litis Department, it appears tii.it in Charleston,
on the '24th December Inst, n man hy the name of Saml. Collins
tvns stabbed in lite breast by some person or persons
up to this time unknown, and that the same Samuel Collins
died Instantly i
Now therefore, I, M. L. BONHAM, Governor and Coininander-iu
chief in mid over the aforesaid Suite, do issue
this my Proclamation, offering a reward of THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery of the
real umrili'rt*rof tins said Hamusl Collliu into any <>r the
jail* ofthls State; mid ifmoro than one, an additional reward
of THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS fur each one who
shall he proved t? he an accomplice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at
[l. s.] Charleston, tlih eighth day of August. A. If. one
thousand eliht hundred aud sixty tiire .
M. L. KOXHAM.
Wm. K. Hint, Secretary of State.
Aus l'3 "32 1m.
mi'EOF siovrta tMiuTuliA.
AfJl'TtNT AMI INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OiKtCE,
Charleston, An."ft ! ). Ifc63;
GEXER.il. ORDER SO. 3>.
rPIIE following persons having receiv.I_
ed a majority of votes at au eleotiou held on the 31st
ultimo, for Field Officers of the Wpsimcnts organized for
"local defence aud special service in the State for the term
of sj\ months," jn pursuance of General Orders No. 28,
Issued from this Office, are hereby declared and announced
duly elected to the offices as hereinafter stated, and will l?c
obeyed and respected nernrdiuply, to wit:
first regiment.
THOMAS II. ROBERTS, Colonel.
W. I.. HODGES. Lieutenant Colonel.
\V. E. WEI.BORN, Major.
SECOND UKUIMKNT.
WII.LIAM FORT, Colonel,
G. A. I.EWIE, Lieutenant Colonel.
WALTER QUATTLEIiAUM, Major.
rOPRTM REGIMENT.
J. H. WITHERSPOON, Colonel.
F. M. MELLETT, Lieutenant Coloucl.
J. C. EVANS, Major.
fifth regiment. j
J. II. WILLIAMS, Colonel.
JOHN A. BRADLEY. Lieutenant Colonel.
L. 1'. SADDER, Major.
II. In the Third Regiment there v.iwa failure to elect
Field Officers. owing to the failure to- organize the coin|kV
nies iti tliu ltlth Regiment, S. C. M., before tile day on !
which the dr.-noii was ord -r. J to be held. An election for
Field Officers of said Regiment will lie ordered as soon as
these companies Iiimv been organized.
III. The Colonels will nominate persons for the Regimental
StatT?one Adjutant one Quartermaster, one Surgeon,
and one Assistant Surgeon?their appointment to In- subjeet
to the approval of the President. Colonels will report
their nominations to this office, and they will be forwarded
for approval.
IV. The Colonels commanding these Regiments will hold
themselves In readiness to report, with their -respective
commands, at the shortest notice, for duty on the coast.
11 v command:
A. C. GARI.INGTON,
Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C.
August 19 .13 3t
Commissioner's Sale.
Ia Equity-York District.
William P. Berry, ct at. 1 Hill Jot P,irtic*.
> tlonund DirUion
Su-.in Ann Berry and Thomas L. Berry,) of Lrnul.
TX obedience to the Order of the Court
L of Eiptity. mid- in the above case, at June Term, IHffil,
I will expos.-to pnblie -ale at YORK C<ifKT MOUSE,
on the FIRSV MONDAY in SEPTEMBER, next, the
real estate n," WILLIAM BERRY, late of Yorlf District,
deceased, as follows:
One tract of land containing
ISS 4(UES.
Ivin? on the waters of Clark's Fork, and bounded by lauds
of 1). T. livers. Theodore A. Moore and others. Also one
other tract containing ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTYFIVE
ACRES, and bounded by lauds of W. P. Berry.
Jerc Moss, John lleinplull ami others. These lands arc in
.o hlch siaie of cultivation, having everv necessary and n.o
Iter fixture, und aru well worthy the attention ot' buyers'. I
will sell nbove lands on a credit of one :tu4 two years, naynlde
in two erjtinl annual instalments, wittt Interest from
day of sale, except so much money as will pay the costs of
these proceedings. which must be paid in on day of sale.
Purchasers will he required to give Ixiod with Iwd good
sureties to secure the purchase money. Possession of so
miteli of said lands xs a?- now in cultivation not to be taken
by purchasers until the first of November next.
<.$13) WAI.TER B.. METTS. t . t:. v. n.
August ."> ill ot
Commissioner's Sale.
Ia Equity?York District.
John II. Adams, i Dill foe si:lc of
e?? /
J. A. McLean, Admr., ?v Arabella C'reps, ) House nail Lot.
TX obetlloncc to the Order of the Court
i of Equity, made in uhove cause ot June Term. 1H6.'I,
1 will expose to public sale at YORK COURT HOl'SE
on the FIRST MONDAY in SEPTEMBER next, tin:
HOUSE Si LOT described-in the pleadings in this ease,
situate on the west end of Madison Street, adjoining lots
of Jo--. A. McLean and Dr. Crnishaiv, containing a fraction
over < >NK \URE. and form -rlv owned and occupied
l.v WESLEY i Kill's.
Said HOUSE AND LOY will be sold on a credit of twelve
nnutiis, with in!--r> -t from day of sale, except so mticJi
t'ASII as will pay the costs of these proceedings, which
must be paid in on day of sale. Purehnser will lie rcip ?1
to give bond and two good sureties and a mortgage of the
premises to secure the purchase monnv.
($11) WALTER B. METTS. r. t.v. d.
?i August o 3t ot
Commissioner's Sale.
Iii Equity?York District.
J. J. Rnteli uml wife. ^ Petition fur svlv
Xcwton A. Steele Jt will- Ac \V. If. Steele. S of Kczroe*.
IN obedience to the Order of the Court
of Eiptitv, in above petition, I will expose |o public
sale at VliKK COl'RT 11?M'SK on tin- FIRST MONDAY
in SEPTEMBER next. two vuuug asnl
ijkklv \i:groks.
KMII.V. almut 2T> years old, ami Iter child MACK, live or
six years old.
Tkrms ok S\li:.?Cash enough to pay the costs of these
proceedings?tin- balance of the purchase money to he on a
credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale?
purchaser giving Uond ami two good sureties to seriire the
purchase money?or he will have the option of paving the
whole hid in CASH. WAI.TER It.MUTTS, c. n. v. n.
July 8 _ (?18,L 27 <it
I.\ THE COIKTOP Oltbi\AKV,
york district.
if. i,. MeVeel, Administrator of Margaret liov.dle, dceeased.
rs. James I'laxieoand Wile, i f nl.
WHEREAS G. L. McNEEta, AdT
? tulni-tmtor of M ARGARET DOW HI.K,deceased,
hath filed a petition in my office.praying to lie permitted to
make a limit settlement and distribution of said estate, ami
whereas, if appears to my satisfaction, that two of said
distributees, vi/.: Ail. n ihiwdle and James Plaxieo and
Rebecca his Uile, reside beyond the limits of this State.?
it is, therefore, ordered thai said J. Plaxteo and wife and
Alien Dowdle, do appear at the Court of Ordinary to'be
held at York Court House on Monday, the nth djy of September
next, to shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer
of said petition should not In granted. June H36d.
(A-i*. 10) JOHN' A. IIROWV. O. Y. D.
Juen 10 "fJI ;bn
' DRUGS. IfIEDI Ii\'CS.:&C.
I HAVE just received a choice assortment
<>f DRUGS and MEDICINES, wliicli I oiler for
sale at the lowest CASH PRICES, viz:
English Chloroform,^loes, Rhubarb, Engltsk.
Calomel. Bine Mass, Sulphur,
iMftetlda, Castor Oil, Penrl
AaU, Valerian, Extract
Logwood, Chalk,
Oplum,BfankDrop, Epst^i Salts, 5lngitesla,
Nitre, Camphor, Rotten Stone, Yellow
Ochre, Spanish Whiting,
and many other articles.
I ant Manufacturinga splendid HI.AUK INK, SHOE I
BLACK andSOAl'. Blacking BRUSH ESnt|d MATCHES
for sale by A. CRAVEN.
May 27 21 tf
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIXA.
YORK DISTRICT.
In the Court of Ordinary.
To Jama fitter*. Hcr.nj Filers, Sitmuel Filers, JoicvU FltcfyJDmtel
Filers, John Francis i" xrifc, I.yd in. and Jack
NsCfUwi 4: wife, Rebecca. Jlcirs-at-lnw of Phillip Ft.
teroytaccvscd.
Y'OU are' hereby required to appear
at the Court of Ordinary, to be linblen at York Court
Ilmiwe tVir Vnrk Ilistriet. on the second tint' of "November,
I$S^ lo kIifw cmm1, if ogy you can. why tin' proceeds of
the salt! of The real estate of Philip Etters, deceased, sold
Cor partition and division, should not ho paid over to Andrew
Etters and M. Ham bright, Administrators of the said
Philip Eucss, HKbe applied hy them to the payment of the
debts of thesaitf Philip Kttoys.
Given under my hand and seal, this 281)1 dav of .lulv, I8C3.
JOHN' A.' IMOVVN,
($98),. Ordinary for York District.
July 99 30 x 3m
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Adjutant and Inspector-General's Officii,
. Charleston, August 22. 1863.
GEXEBL2L ORDERS KO. 33.
I THE Commanding Officers of the
KCsrtmcnts lately organized for loaal defence and specialservice
In the State, ar<; required to furnish Major C.
I). Melton, Commandant Conscripts, South Carolina, with
complete roils of the persons in their respective commands
between the ages of forty and forty-live years, and the commanding
officers of militia regiments, and other State organizations,
will furnish Major Melton complete rolls of till
persons in their commands between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years.
By Command: A. C. GARLINGTON,
* Adjutant ant! Inspector-General of S. C.
August 2T. 34 3t
\OW IS THE TIME !
I WILL PAY THE
HIGHEST CASH PRICES
FOE ALL CLASSES OF
NEGROES.
' . J. PRIDE,
Itock Hill. S. 0.
_Anril 1 I3_ If
OFFICE A. Q. 31.,
CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1SG2.
MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed
Ajont of this Department, for the purchase of
I FODDER anil CORN furthe Districts of York and Chester.
Il'lanters desirine to sell will communicate with hint,
through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvllle, S. Carolina.?
Particular attention joust he p^id to the PACKING. No
WATER must lie used, as great loss to the Government was
! experienced last year, liy Fodder, beiuy improper!)*packed, i
1 all such will he reacted. '
MOTTE A. PRCNGLE, Capt. and A. O. M.
I October 15 42 tf
SPWfif,TlfG BOOKS.
J TUST received, a lot of the
| . t*iio3iE spi:llin(; hook
OK
MOTHER'S ASSISTANT."
! This work is published in Greenville, ?. C . and for sale at
! the ENQUIRER OFFICE.
I Altfutt 12 - 3-3 ti?
Q TEAM" MILLS F O R SALR?
k_7 The undersigned offers thr sale or in exchange for
NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MII.I.S in the Town
| of Yorkvllle, S. C., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN
; RAIL ROAD. The Mills'consist of WHEAT and CORN
Ull W ,.,..1 .. PlWItt 14AW ?t?. ivlii.li. itrlven lie :i I
j mWLKlV'mui* ENClVK^f FonTY" IlV?aSF. ru\VKR.
with WELLS mill PUMPS to supply with water, ;ui:l all
necessary buildings. Tito IIOILEU and ENGINE, if desireUrwiU.hc
soWalone. S. J. KUYIvENDAL.
March 18 11 tf
Transient Boarding,
Tiie undersigned has i.orated
himself a few doors North of STOVVE'S hotel,
j anil is prepared to accommodate all that may favor him
I with a call. Ills TABLE shall he fnrniehed with the snhI
slantials of life, as well as PROVENDER ami Stalding lor
horse.
XV. P. Mc FAD DEN.
j Yorkville, April 8,18C3. 14 f.m*
j JUST RECEIVED, ~
! Pure FRENCH BRANDY,
Pl'UE MADEIRA WIVE,
j Chlorate of Potash, and many other ;
Goods.
ALFRED CRAVEN.
Vorkvllle, Ju'y 91, 1863. 98 tf
hides and Leather.
j . Jft.V 15Ui, 18T,a._
rFTE subscriber having leased liis
TAN YARD to JA9.P0AG Sc D. MAY, for a term of
!' THREE YEARS, would say to Ms old patrons to 'iritis in
their hide? as'usual, assuring them that he i< well acquaint- !
cd with POAG St MAY, and that everything will he attended
toproporly. aud justice done in till cases.
JAS. ?J. UKNKf.l...
Julv 22 99 ' 9t
Cr. R. RATCHFORD,
CAYS HE WANTS ALL PERk_y
son* wli?? are indebted to the (irm of G. K. UATCIIKOUD
&. Co., by open A< TO I 'NT, to come forward
"INMKdutki.v ou soonki:."' mini close ?lii- saiik' liy CASH
or NOTE, iuimnu ri.il which. The business of ill*: linn
requires that it must be settled ut>.
July 29,1S6H. 29 tf
FAIlt NOTICE.
j A LL persons indebted to the subscvi- i
I xA. hers by NOTE or ACt'tJI N'T lire hereby notified
j that the same have been left In the hands of .Sir. G. U. j
j ItATCIIFOKD, for settlement. I'ersons huoivlny them- |
i selves In anv wav indebted, will please eall on him iinine- ;
! dintelv. " ' I.. ltLlKjMUKUG & II110. ,
July 22 29 tf j
FOR SUE.
i JQQ lbs COPPERAS. I
100 lbs BLUE STONE,
i ".00 BUNCHES YARN.
! Call soon at VV. I). & J. C. MILLER'S.
i O-iober 29 *1 tf |
f'tlt RlTcK SHJII*
THE Subscriber still continues the
SSSyPjSE. CAKCIACK and It I OG V Bl'SlNISSS j
I 'Qy at the.old STAND. All kinds ofenuu i
try produce taken In exchange for work.
' ALSO, HOUSE SHOEFXO and general country VVi ?I!K !
i done l.y W. I?. MeEADDEV: j
I January 0.') -1 if
DR. ALFRED CRAVEN
I JResitat sJurgfim *Bcntist, I
i YORKVILJLE, S. G.
j (!(* On the East side of Main trect. South of the "Pal j
motto
I January fi I if
IVfcKENZIE'S MlLL^THB UN1
-i'.J. DEUSiGNEli informs hie customer* and the |itili- ;
; lie ar.n a ally, that Ins MIl.l.S arc now In complete lil'l'Alll,
i and hnvltii! reeently added a NEW SMUTTKll, is pr? pa'
red t'> GU1XH GKAIY ooual to die hest.
A. A. MeKF.X'ZIK, I
/onn, York, S. !
I August o :.l tin |
j lyOTICE-TIIESUBSCKIBEli IS!
1 1 * dailv ex pec ting a fresh supply of DKI.'GS and .MKD:
ll'lNES, .MORl'HINK, QUININE, and all ti.e leading arj
tides on hand. ALFRED I'llAVEX.
N. It.?I expect to continue the supply of all medicine*.
) needed. A. C. ,
1 June 21 2.? II"
\v a a' t e d !?10,000 b ushels
j TT of WHEAT, nml .'..OOU BUSHELS uf CORN. Inr
! which the MARKET PIUCK will l'i; tin id. Bugs furnhlij
cil. T. >1. DOlFsON,
Cluster, S. C. I
i August Ill If j
j mELOPEg ! K.VVELOr'ES!! i
i IfiOilO self-sealing en-!
' 1. ^-'5 ^ ELOPE.*?, uiaili of tin' bust quality of 1
I iiajHT, received anil for SALE?Wholesale or Retail?at
Hit F.XUCIKER OFFICE. [
May 27 21 tf
F~or~tax c"o'llectoli?we
art authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS :ii a
Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of Voile
District, at the ensuing election.
November 19. 1862 '17 1>* j
jacob's cordial.?a sure
! tf R'ineiiy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and
FLUX. Sold for CASH at
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. 1
Jttlv 11 *>s if I
General Gillmore's Demand for tin
Evacuation of Morris' Island anc
Fort Sumter?General Beauregard'!
Eeply, Etc.
We lay before our readers the demand o
General yaincy A. Gillmore for the evacu
ation of Fort Sumter and our Morris' Is
land batteries, with the reply of Gen. Beam
regard :
IIeadq'rs. Depar't. of the Soutii.
Morris' Island, S. C. Aug. 21, 1SG3.
General: I have the honor to demanc
of you the immediate evacuation of Morris
Island and Fort Sumter, by the Confeder
ate forces. The present condition of For
Sumter, and the rupid and progressive de
struction which it is undergoing from m;
batteries, seem to render its complete demol
TuifKiJn n fova hnnra n mnt.tpr nf nar
tainty. All my heaviest guns. have not ye
opened. j.
Should you refuse compliance with thii
demand, or should I receive no reply there
to, within four hours after it is delivcrec
into the hands of your subordinate at For
Wagner, for transmission, I shall open fir*
on the city of Charleston from batteries al
ready established, within easy and eflfectivi
[raDge] of the hesyt of the city.
I am General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
[Q A. GILLMORE,]
Brig. Gen. Commanding."
To Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Command
ing Confederate Forces, Charleston, S. C
The above communication was received
without signature, at quarter before elevei
o'clock, on Friday night. It was returnee
with the following endorsement:
Headquarters
Department S. C.. Ga , ANb Fla.,
Charleston, August 21, 1863.
This paper is returned for the signatun
of the writer.
(Signed; Thomas Jordan,
Chief of Staff.
On Saturday morning the comrnunied
tiou was sent back to our lines, this tim<
'signed by Q. A. Gillmore. We give belov
the reply of General Beauregard :
headquarters
Department of S. C., Ga. and Fla .
Charleston, S. C., August 22, 1863.
Stii: Last night, at 15 minutes be
fore 11 o'clock, during my absence on r
Teconnoisance of my fortifications, a commu
mention was received at these Headquarters
dated Headquarters Department of tb<
South, Morris' Island, S. C.,. August 21
1803, demanding ihe ''immediate cvacua
lion of Morris' Island and Fort Sumter hj
the Confederate' forces," on the allcgeii
grounds that the present condition of Fori
Sumtor, aud the rapid aud progressive de
struction it is undergoing from my fyoor]
batteries, seem to render its complete demoli
tion within a few hours a matter of certain
ty;" and that if this demand "was not com
plied with, or no reply thereto was receivec
within four hours after it is delivered into the
Lands of your [my] subordinate command
cr at Fort Wagner for transmission, "a fire
would be opened on the city of Chatlestor
from batteries already established within
easy and effective [range], of the heart ol
the city." This communication, to my ad
dress, was without signature, and was ol
course returned.
About half past 1 this morning one ol
your batteries, did actually open fire, and
threw a number of heavy rifle shells intc
the city, the inhabitants of which, of course
were asleep apd unwarned. About 9-thii
morning the communication alluded to above
wa3 returned to these Headquarters,
bearing your recognized official signature
and it can now be noticed as your deliber
ate official act.
A : i ! V iU ?
ilUJUU^ UilliUUS UUii UttlUUIUUS UIC UOU^CI
of war prescribe that, wheu a city is aboui
to be attacked, timely notice shall be giver
by the attacking commander, in order thpi
uou combatants may have an opportunity
for withdrawing beyond its limits. Gener
ally the time allowed is from one to three
days?that is, time for the wkbdiawal, ir
.good faith, of at least the women and ohil
drcn. You, sir, give only four tyours, know
inij that your notice, under existing circuui
stances, could not reach mc in less that
two -hours, and that r ot less than the same
ULt.u nuutu uu ilv^uiiuu iui uu ausnci iu ui
conveyed from this city to Battery Wagner
With this knowledge, you threaten to oper
tire on the city, not to oblige its surrender
but to force m<? to evacuate these works
which you, assisted by a great naval force
have bceu attacking in vain for more thar
forty days.
Batteries Wagner and tlregg and Fori
Sumter are nearly due north from your bat
tcries on Morris Island, and in dibtauct
thercfroui varying from half mile to twe
and a (juartcr miles; this city, on the otliei
hand, is to the northwest, and quite five
miles distant from the battery opened a
gainst it this morning.
It- would appear, sir, that, despairing o
reducing these works, you now resort to th<
novel measure of turning your guus againsi
the old men, the women and children, anc
the hospitals of a sleeping city; an act ol
inexcusable barbarity from your own con/ess
al point of sight, inasmuch as you allege
that the "complete demolition of Ft. Sum
ter" within a few hours by your guus seems
to you "a mallei' of certainty."
Your omission to attach 3our signature
to such a grave paper, must show the reel:
lessncss of the course upon which you have
adventured. While the facts that you
knowingly fixed a limit for receiving ac
answer to your demand, which made it almost
bcyoud the possibility of receiving any
repiy within that time, and that you actually
did open fire and throw a number of the
most destructive missiles ever used in war,
iuto the midst of a city taken unawares,
and filled with sleeping women and children,
will give you a bad eminence in history?
even in the history of this war.
I am enly surprised, sir, at the limits
you have Set to your demand. If, in order
to attain the abandonment of Morris' Isl
31 and Fort Sumter, you feel authorised to
i 1 fire on this city, why did you not also in3
! elude the works on Sullivan's *nd James'
Islaials?nay, even the city of Charleston
f ?in the same demand?
Siuce y&u have felt warranted in inaugurating
this method of reduoing batteries
in your immediate front, which were found
otherwise impregnable, and $ mode of warfare
which I confidently deolare.to be atrocious
and unworthy of any soldier, I now
solemnly, warn you, that if you fire again
) on this city from your Morris Island bat?
teries, without granting a somewhat more
. | reasonable time to remove non combatants,
111 shall feel impelled to employ such strin.
| gent means of retaliation as may be avail
able during the coatiDuaoce ot this attacK.
Finally, I reply, that neither the^works
. on Morris Island or Fort Somter will be et,
vacuated on the (femstid you 'have been
pleased to make. Already, however, I am
3 taking* measures to remove, with the ut.
most possible celerity, all non-combatants?
j who are now fully aware of, and alive to,
t what they may expect at yon bands,
j Respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
, [signed] *G. T. BEAUREGARD.
General Commanding.
To Brig. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, commanding
U. S. Forces, Morris Island.
To this a rejoinder was received yesterday
afternoon, in which Gen. Gillmore ex.
tends a notification that he would suspend
his fire "until 11 p. m. to morrow" [Sun'
day], in order to give time for the removal
! of non-combatants. As this communication
l was not delivered at Batterv Warner until
| dood on Sunday, it was not noticed that the
j date waa 9 p. tn. Saturday^and hence "to
morrow" was erroneously supposed to refer
j to this [Monday] night. This impression
>! was very general in oar community last
| evening. But at a few minutes before 12
j o'clock last night the whiz of the Grst shell
| warned as that the ball bad opened.
Charleston Mercury, 2ith.
M?l? ?
From Virginia.
r Richmond. Aug. 26 ?Fifty-four prisoners
oaptnred on the Yankee gunboats Satellite
and Reliance arrived here to-day.?
The guard that accompauincd them, and
the steamer C'arritucle, laden with supplies
for the Yankee gunboats, was also captured
1 by Lieut. Wood.
Ten deserters from the Army of Northern
' Virginia, captured oo Monday night last in
' FluvaoDa county, were brought to the city
' this morning. They will be properly dealt
with, according to military law.
i Judge Ould, Commissioner of Exchange,
i has returned from City Point. He submit^
ted a proposition to the Yankee Commis'
siouer relative to the.exchange of prisoners,
' which the Commissioner declined to accede
to until he had consulted with the authorities
at Washington,
i Northern dates to the 25th instant, have
| been received.
A telegram from Leitvenswortb, Kansas,
dated August 22d, gives on account of the
destruction of LeaveDsworth, Kansas, by
QuantrcU's guerrillas. It says about one
hundred aud eighty citizeos were killed
and wounded. The majority of them were
killed in their own houses. Others were
shot down as they ran through the streets
P in their night olothes. Among the promiI
nent citizens killed were General Oulners,
Mayor of the city, Doctor Griswold, Judge
) Carpenter and the Dev. Win. Tugcr. Gen.
' Jim Lane escaped. Twobanks were robbed
' of every dollar. The loss at Lawrepce is
estimated at two millions. Quantroll is uow
' retreating towards Missouri, burning and
1 t lAtilnM innntA nriarnlKirifli in Kid TOO TT
iUJ 1 UD c v J fc,,4U? 4 ??uj.
The Baltimore American'* summary of
its correspondence from Charleston, August
' 18th, gives the Yankee version of the bom^
bardmeut of Fort Sumter to that date ?
1 Capt. Rogers and Paymaster Woodbury, of
[ the Monitor Caltkitt'were killed instantly
' by a ball from Battery Wagner, which drove
j in a piece interlining the Monitor.
1 . A telegram from Memphis announces
1 j that the foroes sent to Grenada destroyed
" j fifty-seven engines and ftrnr hundred cars.
' i Gen. Boyle has issued an order for the
" j impressment of six thousand negro laborers
1 , from the frontier Counties of Kentucky, for
5 i the purpose of building a military road
J ! through tho State to East Tennessee.
The draft proceeds in New York without
1 I disorder. The city is filled with trdops.
i , 'Gold has declined to 123}.
> Richmond, August 27.?The stock of
> ammunition iu the Confederate States is
1 represented to be abundant, and iu any con
; tingency now deemed possible, the supplies
, will be ample. . A more cheerful view of
" : the situation of affairs is taken by persons
J here, who know the conditiou of affairs,
* i pnnhlinr* thorn tn form correct nninirms ?.
r ; The efforts of the Yankees to increase their
; ' armies and extend their occupation of the !
' , Confederate States, we regard as evidences i
j of desperation, foreshadowing the eventual
f; abaudonmeut of the attempt to subjugate '
; the South if the people of the Confederate :
t States stand firm and meet the aggressions
1 | of the enemy with the spirit of resistance j
f i heretofore exhibited.
I The premium on gold is lower, and the '
: | various articles of subsistence have recently \
fallen. In consequence of the increase of j
? receipts, millere refuse to pay more than |
' the Government price for wheat, which is j
i | five dollars per bushel.
| Richmond, August 28.?Information j
s j was received at Gen. Elzey's headquarters j
t 'last night, of an advance of Yankees up the ;
i : Peninsula. Citizens and scouts give con
Aiding reports of the force of the enemy, j
. ! i...i .i _j, '
!- UUt IUU Luuab icnauic owivuicuw luuiuaic '
that there are eight regiments of infantry
11 and two of cavalry, with artillery Our
j pickets at Bottom's bridge, over the Chick- j
, ahominy, were driven in at about dusk by :
the Yankee skirmishers, but the further ad
vauce of the enemy was prevented by the J
rowoval of the flooring of the bridge. It is j
reported that a sharp fight took place at the i
1 bridge between the guard, one hundred
strong, and the Yankees, but no official in
| formation has been received coniii'ming the
j report. It is also reported that General
Elzey received a dispatch, stating that the
Yankees had fallen back to the cross roads,
five miles below Bottom's bridge. No excitement
is manifested here. The citizen
soldfiery have responded promptly to all
summons to meet at their respective rendezvous.
Apart, from military movements
there is nothing to indicate the proximity
of the enemy.
An Impressive Scene.
One of the most impressive scenes we
have ever witnessed, occurred in the Presbyterian
Church yesterday. The services
were being held by the Rev. Dr. Palmer,
of New Orleans, and the pews and aisles
were crowded with officers and soldiers,
private citizens, ladies and children. A
prayer had been said and oire-of the hymns
sung. The organist was absent, "and I will
be thankful," continued the minister, "if
some one in the congregation will raise the
tune." The tune was raised; the whole
congregation joined in singing as ig days
gone by; the sacred notes rose in humble
melody from the house of God, swelling
their holy tribute to Ilis glory and dying
away at last like echoes of departed days :
the second, or what -is known as the long
prayer, was begun, when out upon the calm
still air there came an alien sound?the
sullen voice of an hostile gun?ringing from
the north bank of the river, and echoing
back and back among the far off glens of
Lookout peak. It was sudden ; it took
every one by surprise; for few if any expected
the approach of au enemy. The day
was one of fasting and prayer; the public
mind was upon its worship. Its serenity had
not been crossed by a shadow. And it was
not until another and' another"of these unchristian
accents trembled in the air, and
hied away to the hills, that it was generally i
realized that the enemy were shelling the
town.
Without a word of .warning, in the midst
of church services, whilst many thousands
of men and women thronged the several
places of public worship, the basest of human
foemcn had begun an attack upon a city
crowded with hospitals and refugees from
the bloody pathway of- their march, and in
no wise essential to a direct assault.
There was a. little disturbance in the gal-'
Icries; the noise in tho streets grew louder;
near the doors several persons, who had
! other duties, military or domestic, to look
to, hastily withdrew; tho mass of the congregation,
however, remained iu their
places, and the man of God continued his
prayer. It was impressive in the extreme.
There he stood, thjs exile-preacher from the
far South, with eyes and hands raised-to
heaven, not a muscle or expression changed,
not a note.altered, not a sign of confusion,
excitement, or alarrfc, naught but a calm,
christian face urlifted and full of unconsciousness
to all save its devotions, which
beams from the soul of true piety. Not
only the occasion, bat the prayer was solemnly,
eloquently impressive. The reverend
doctor prayed, and his heart was in bis
prayer; it was the long prayer and he did
not shorten it; he prayed it to the eud, and
the cannon did not drown it from those who
listened, as they could not drown it from
the ear of God. lie closed, and then,
without panic or consternation, although
excited and confused, the dense crowd separated
whilst shells were falling on the right
and left.
All honor to this noble preacher, and to
those brave women and childreu.
Chattanooga Rthul, 22d.
? <f? t
Beport of Special Committe No. 2.
We publish by speoial request that portion
of the report of Special Committee No |
2. which refers to the defence of Charles-1
ton in case- the city should be pronounced j
| untenable by the military authorities,
i The Committee was cotnDosed as follows:!
' Messrs. I. \V. Huyne, J. N. Wbitncr, J. P.
Carroll, Win. F. DeSnussure, It. N. (rour(Ud.
XIIK REl'OKT.
* * * Sis * *
la regard to the City of Charleston, your i
; Committee cannot believe that it will ever
be pronounced untenable by the military I
authorities until the trial of strength and
ondurance has been tested to the uttermost. \
i They recommend tbcb it should be expressed,
as the sense of the People of South
' Carolina assembled in Convention, that
Charleston shonld be defended at any cost
1 of life or property; and that, in tbeir deliberate
judgment, they would prefer a repulse i
: of the enemy, with the entire city in ruins, j
to an evacuation or surrender, on any terms 1
whatever. The Committee oppose altogether
tho idea of abandonment irntil both
the defending army and tbo city are so des-!
troyed that no provision need be made for1
farther actiou. If, however, the city should 1
bo abandoned to tho enemy, contrary to the ;
expressed wish of the people of the State,
your Committee cannot briog themselves
to reoommend, as has been suggested by
some, that the city should be destroyed by
the hands of hor own citizens, irrespective
of the command ot trie military autnoruics. j
The Committee have deliberated with painful
anxiety upon this matter, but while they
highly approve a defence like that of Zaragossa,
they cannot perceivo, in tho circnmstances
of Charleston, enough to commend
to her citizens the example of Moscow. The !
Committee think the injury which might:
be inflicted iu thi3 way oa the eneuiy, quite I
too inconsiderable to warrant a proceeding !
so very much more disastrous to ourselves.1
Iudced, the Committee a*e inclined to be-;
lievc that the destruction of tho city is pre-!
cisely that which the eneuiy desire and do-,
sigu. The" Committee believe that an in- j
discriminate burning of the city could not1
be effected without destroying the lives of a !
very large portion of the nun combatant inhabitants,
whose removal could'not be accomplished.
Let the responsibility of so
terrible a calamity rest upon tho enemy.?
The Committee accordingly recommend
that the Convention should express its dis
approval of the suggestion of a voluntary I
burning of the city by the citizens. To the
military authorities tbey have nothing to
suggest on this point.
Granting Furloughs.
The subjoined general order, which we
find in the Richmond Enquirer, will be
received with much satisfaction not only by
the men in the field, but by the homo folks.
Let us hope that this privilege will be properly
appreciated, and not abased :
Head'rs Army of Northern Va.,
August 1C, 1863.
General Orders, No. 81.
Id order to allow aa many of oar brave
soldiers to visit their families and friends as
can be done consistently with the good of
tho service, and at the same time give some
reward for meritorious conduct, a system of
furloughs is hereby instituted in this army.
These furloughs will be granted iD the
first instance, at the rate of two for every
one hundred men nresent for dutv: subse
quently, at the rate of one for evezy one
hundred ineu present for doty.
This system will be continued as long ns
the exigencies of the service will permit.?
Should the effect not be*found prejudicial,
commanders of regimeuts and battalions
will forward on each occasion, the most urgent
and meritorious cases from those recommended
by the company officers, for the
approval of their superior commander.
The time will be regulated uocordiog to
,ihe following table :
Virginia 15 days; North Carolina, 18
days; South Carolina, 20 days; Georgia
and Tennpssee, 24 days; Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and East Louisiana, 30 days.
Furloughs will bo granted equally to soldiers
from States and Districts with which
communication is cutoff, but in no case will
these furloughs carry permission to go
within the enemy's lines, or pass through
them. The time for sqch cases will be regulated
by the number of days allowed for
the State in the above list which they in
tend to visit.
The men furloughed will be authorized
ra oriDg uacK. acraggiers sou it'uiuiw ?uu
may come in their way.
By command of Gen. R. E.'Lee.
W. H. TAYLOfc, A. A. G.
:
From Northern Virginia?Outrages on
, Females.
With the army of Gen. Lee everything
is reported quiet, not even a skirmish oc
earring to interrupt the rest of our soldiers.
From Staunton the report is renewed that
the enemy are again threatening that point.
About 800 of their cavalry have appeafed
at McDowell, some twenty miles West of
Staunton, and it is believed that their object
is to make a rnitf upon the town.
A gentleman who left Winchester on.
Thursday iast says that a Yankee cavalry
force numbering about 150, visited the town
on Monday morning last, and remained
there several hours. Their forge in.the
Valley below Winchester is not large. At
Martinsburg they are reported to have from
1,500 to 2,000, and at Cbarlestown a small
cavalry force and two rcgimect3 of infantry.
T^~T n artn*t?a 1>joa ? ronorf
X'luui uuuuuuu \jvuuijr "y u??? *
that the Yankees are behaving with greater
fiendishness than has heretofore characterized
their cooduct elsewhere, and that they
have iu several instances violated the persons
of some of the mo3t respectable ladies
in the county. Three sisters, young, iutel
ligent and of excellent social position, have
been made-the victims of their lust, because
a brother of theirs was a Captain in the
Confederate service. A short lime since
they attempted to outrage the person of the
wife of a clergyman, who is also in ourserj
vice. She was stopping with a friend near
Leesburg, where her room was entered by
a Federal officer, who locked the door behind
him. Her struggles and screams attracted
the attention of a oegro man on the !
premises, who rau to the window of the
room which caused the wretch to desist for
an instant in tLe prosecution of bis infernal
desigu.s. In this interval the lad; jerked
his pistol frouf his side and fired at him, but
unfortunately missed Iter aim, when he ran '
off, and with an associate mounted his horse j
and left, leaving his pistol behind hiui.
Richmond Dispatch, 24/7/.
?il>
Our "Finances. The
real danger of the country is in the
state of its finances. The people have become
so distrustful of Mr. Memroinger's ingenious
schemes, that some refuse to take
j
Confederate notes. Already, a system of;
barter has superceded the ordinary exeban- j
ges of trade, and the currency of the gov- j
eminent is ignored as a safe and certaiu me- j
dium. Confederate notes arc, really, as
good as anycthers; but the people cannot
be made to see it. The scheme of the
Treasury for the fundiog of them in bonds, j
declares that what once brought 8 percent, j
can now, briDg only 4, and, therefore, is
wortli only hs\If as much. Any man of'
common Bense might have foreseen this result;
but great financiers cannot be expect- ;
ed to stoop to such small matters, and the
consequence is that the coufidence of the
people in the wisdom or integrity, or both,
of the Confederate treasury is rapidly dc-,
sending to zero. What the crisis most de-1
mands is this evil, and it would be well for
our President to bring his honest and prac- j
tical mind to bear upon it. His recent re- i
forms and displacements in some of the
departments of government have greatly
encouraged the people, and their earnest desire
is that he shall make thorough work of
it. Let hiui look, also, into his bureaus,
all over the country, and purge them of all
who .are able to fight for o'ur independence, j
whether they are engaged in purchasing
supplies, or cutting Confederate notes, or
whatever cl.se may be their pretext for remaining
at home.
Extravagance.?The annexed pithy
remarks which are seasonable we copy from
the Richmond Sentinel: ./
"Purchasers arc wholly .to blame for the
prices demanded for some articles. VYbat
right has a man to complain of forty dollars
for a barrel of floor, and fill the air
with hi? denunciations of those who take
advantage of his neoessities, if he is fotind
paying two, or three, or four dollars for a
watermelon ? Nobody makes him do that.
The melon is not a necessity. It, in fact,
counts him nothing; for, after eating it, he
wants,his dinner all the same. Why not*
let'the thing alone, sooner than pay Such
prices? If we acknowledge snoh a Rtan-'
dard of prises, where we are under no necessity
to do so, we stop oar moufbs'Vhen
the speculators have us in their power.
"Many a man is throwing away money
now which ho will sadly want hereafter.?
It is a great mistake to indulge in expensive
habits, just because it may be the present
fashion.
Lincoln and His Generals ?The St.
Louis Republican, a late Dumber of whioh
we have before us, likens the Yankee President
and his Cabinet to the ardent bat ig- '
norant Doctor Sangrado, mentioned in an
admirable work of fiction, who was so addicted
to the practice of bleeding that be
got to regard it as a cure for all the ailments
and accidents that could befall a patient.
Ooe day an unfortunate man fell under bis
hands, and the sanguinary Medicus, truo to
his theory and practice, opened a vein in
one of bis arms. The ruby stream flowed
until the limb ran dry. The other arm
was tapped and drained to its last drop, by
which time the patient was stone dead.?
"Ob," exclaimed Sangrado, "if I could
only have bled him once more, I would
have saved him."
The.Republican says the patient that is
suffering under the bands of Lincoln and
those who assist him in mismanaging the
war, is the country?a strong vigorous fellow
enougb, though severely stunned by
- ? l!- J 1 4l 1- -II' --
DI0W3 srrucK on bib neaa ay loo reuoiuuu.
The Doctors do not regard bis wants and
appetites, his peculiarities of temperament
and constitution, and will not prescribe such
physic us he tells them will revive and restore
him. For al! changes and. phases of
bis iiloess, they administer the same nauseous
dose, regardless of his wry faces, his
retchiDg6 and vomitings and its debilitating
effects upon the system. In short, the
country ha9 been overdosed with Generals.
First aod last, about five hundred have been
appointed. In session of Congress, and before
aud after session, in the midst of victories
or defeats, it has been tbe same thing
?one_continaed round General making;
and if tbe country die of this sjirfeiting and
_dosiog, the rulers may say with Sangrado ! 9
"Lord, if we bad made only a few more
Generals, we would have saved it-"?Mia
auaippiou.
A Word to Faint Hearts.
The Mobile Register, of a lqfte date truthfully
says : "Jast so sure as God is just,
and a man loves liberty better than subju
gation, just so sure is this straggle to bo ,
crowned with National Independence.?
There are not fools and cowards enough
who dream of peace from submission, born
under ibis Southern san to prevent it ?
These men may disgrace and damn them- .
selves to eternal infamy, as craveos, dunghills,
slaves if they will, but they cannot
drag down to the same pit of degradation
the frccborn men end master race of this
Southern land. The blood of the. martyred
brave which Las watered the soil of exery
Confederate State cries shauie on those who
talk or think of yielding?who dream of
peace except upon the terms of perfect and
glorious independence for which we havo
drawn the sword. It is time for the true
men of the land to speak out and frown
down the cowards who think of betraying
the country to the infamy and ruin of Yankee
domination. We cull upou the press
aud men of nerve and influence everywhere
to tako'their stand to rekindle the fires of
patriotism, to encourage or silence the weak
hearted and the croakers, to make new
vows of devotion to the cause, and to drive
every skulker from the army to his duty to
bis comrades aod his country. Up with
the Southern banner, the cross aod tht battle
flag, and go forth the cry?
"Lay on, Macduff,
And dninncd be be who first cries hold, enough,
? ???!
A Majority on the Wrong Side ?
Several years ago, a celebrated Methodist
minister and revivalist, well known for his
eloquence and zeal in converting souls, was
preaching in Louisville. The feeling bad
got pretty well up, anft one night, after a
"very powerful" sermoD, ho came down
from the pulpit for the purpose of receiviug ?
the mourners, while the good old hymn of
"Caiman, oil Canaan, I'm bouud for the land of Canaan,"
was struck up aud chimed in by hundreds
of vo ces. The hymn was concluded, buc
there were no penitents at the altar. In
vain he exhorted?his words and appeals
fell upon the cars uf his congregation without
excitiug an emotion. At length he
concluded to make a bold strike aod follow
it up with a test and resuming the pulpit, after
a few words of exhortation, be solemnly
announced that he would put a question
upon which he expected all to vote iu view
r .v . - .1?. . At 1 t .t
tit tnc estimation iney piacea upon tneir
souls. With finger raised most significantly
and in a roost solemn manner, he announced
: all those in fuvor of Christ will please
rise to (heir feet.
Only some eight or ten responded to the
announcement; and white the minister was
watching intensely for others to signify
their position by "rising/' a worthy member
who was on his feet, interfered and
suggests that "the reason might be that tbo
true disciples-^rere too modest to vote.
At this juncture, a loud voice was heard
in the gallery, "I say; brother , its
no atWfl^fiRtiog or trying to force this vote
?this congregation is for the devil by at
least twenty five, hundred majority !"
General Wild and his negro brigade
from North Carolina haife been sent to reinforce
General Gillmore on Morris' Island.
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