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steamer Monticello. The battery returned
the fire vigorously, and with great effect,
disabling the Monticello. She made sig
nails Of distress to Fortress Monroe, when the
steam tugs from Old Point came to her re-
lief and hauled her off. The United States
man.of-war Minnesota also came to her aid,
and fired shells at the battery. A schooner
passed the blockade. All is quiet just now,
but stirring times are expected to day.
The cannonade at Sewals 8 Point, between
the battery and the Minnesota, was kept up
several hours. Sewal's Point is near Nor
folk. The number of shots fired were a.
bout fifty, and the firing was kept up until
dark. But one man on our side is wound.
ed. Some heavy guns were taken to the
Point last night. A large body Of troops
at various points are holding themselves IN
readiness to march at moments notice.
It is believed that an attack on Richmond
is contemplated, and that large bodies will
advance from Old Point and Western Vir.
gipia simultaneously, burning the bridges,
&c.-Speciaz Dispatch to the Charleston
Courier.
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and prayerful Washington, leading his be-
lieving countrymen against the we'll discip-
lined ranks of proud royalty and the in
vincible Hugueuot spirit and faith Of Fran
els Marion, never faltered, never despaired,
although they all had to fight long and en-
dure much, until God sealed their cause
with victory. And the whole history of
the world attest that to conquer and subdue
either brave man or people who have
the fervor, light and strength of religion IL
their bosoms, and the panoply of justice a.
round their cause, is next to an impossible
ity. And herein, gentlemen, are the claims
of this spirit commended to you. Just
listen to the language Of the lovely and
brave Captain Hedley Wears, who perished
at Crimea, and of whom it was we'll said,
"England had not better Christian nor a
better Military officer than he." Shortly
before he died he wrote, "The Lord has
called me to eternal life in the army, and
as soldier will die. Death alone, shall
ever make me leave my colors."
Should you, gentlemen, be called to the
direful contest, may you go in that spirit
which made this Christian hero of Crimea,
the bravest of the brave.
4. Such q spirit piW also regulate the
department Of the soldier tosoards prisoners
of a0or, and eyen his comrades acih a0hona
he may be brought in collision. Religion
will always temper the treatment Of cap
tives with mercy. Besides the inhumanity
and sinfulness of inficting unnecessary
cruelty upon defenceless prisoners, the wis
dom and propriety Of such are often to be
doubted. The best and most successful
warriors have been the most humane and
merciful. Admitting that under peculiar
circumstances retaliatory measures by ia
king the lives of captives, may be justifs-
BILE and prudent, yet as a general rule, it
is our firm persuasion that, to punish or
destroy the enemy who is taken captive,
with a view of overawing and subduing
others, has, in most cases, the very opposite
effect All, VINO are familiar with the first
Revolutionary struggle in South Carolina,
know the indignation and new courage with
which the execution of COL Hayne, by the
British, aroused the hearts of our country
men, and so in thousand other cases.
Here religion dictates what wisdom and ex-
perience prove to be best, to combine mercy
with justice.
Likewise does it operate to abolish what
is shamefully common among men of mill
tary spirit, that is avenging private insults
and injury at the point of the sword or pis-
tol. True religion forbids duelling, and
thus it shields the soldier from what is too
often the appalling and heinous sin Of am
bilious, but reckless spirits. So thinks
your MENTOR.
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What the English Papers Say.

NAPOLEON III IN ALLIANCE WITH JEFF.
DAvIs.-We are Informed upon the best,
most unnameable authority, that all this
uproar is caused by the Beelzebub Of the
Tuilleries. Louisiana, Florida and Missis-
sippi were all French possessions once
The French owned the half of St. Domingo,
and many of the little fragments of a sub
merged continent which peep up above tho
waters, as the Antilles, were French. The
Emperor has an idea !; it is to reuenquer
frontiers. The Inference is easy. He has
set the Spaniards at St. Domingo and the
Americans by the cars, that by and by he
may step in as benevolent mediator to
stop the effusion of blood, and to quarter
tic Palmetto Of Carolina Nth the lilies of
France. Quantities of riAed cannon and
shell are sent to New Orleans and Pensaco-
la in French bottoms; but Louis Napoleon
is a great manufacturer of artillery, and has
always store from whence to lend friend.
He cannot be blamed, for Virginia herself
is casting cannon by night and day, and it
is toss up whether they are sold to North
erners or Southerners. 1t is quite true that
the French are making vast preparations in
the naval department, but the american
nary could all be spit into matches by La
Gloire atone. The Emperor doubtless
watches events, and as surely will "consult
the interests of France" hereafter but he
has other objects nearer home at present,
and the voyage to the Gulf of Mexico would
exhaust all the coal his steamships can car
ry.-Lirerpool Courier, 30M AprH
BEw1LDERED.-Very few persons in this
country ever believed in the possibility of
a Southern secession and of separate
Southern Confederation, until the fact was
actually accomplished. Fewer still, per-
haps, were prepared for the display of en-
ergy, resolution, and political sagacity ap-
parent 10 all the proceedings of the South,
and furnishing SO marked contrast to the
treachery, the imbecility, or the bewilder-
ment of certain Northern statesmen. No
one anticipated that some Of the foremost
men Of the victorious anti-slavery majority
would seek in the hour of triumph to evade
the 'irrepressible conflict" which they had
themselves announced, by unworthy sug-
gestions of compromise and it was equally
contrary to most peoples expectations that
every concilitory overture should be con-
temptuously ignored by q beaten minority.
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At one time the most sanguine friends Of
peace would have hardly ventured to sup
pose that six weeks could elapse from the
date of the new Presidents Inauguration
without single blow being struck on either
side. On the other hand, many persons
had latterly been encouraged to hope that
there might possibly be no war at all.
Liverpooz Mercury, April 3OM.
The BLUNDERs OF L1NcoLN.-By talk
ing of coercion, Mr.. Lincoln kept up a con-
tinual fever in the South, enabled the Mont
gomery Government to concentrate its eDer-
gies on military preparation, and forced the
border States into hostility to the Union
Were coercion actually practicable, this
course might have been defensiblc, but
strong words do not take forts, and Mr.:
Lincoln is further now from success against
the South than he was when hestarted from
Chicago. AS regards Fort Sumter itself,
he did the worst thing he could do. He
intended to evacuate it in a few days bpt
sooner than consent to acknowledge hat
South Carolina was rebellious, he expressed
his intention to send in provisions, by force,
if necessary. He thus gave the South the
pro7ocation and opportunity of brilliant
victory, and had to submit to a notifying
defeat. The conduct of the Southern Gov
ornuo,+ hoe on tho oonrraru heen marked
by moderation and good sense. They clung
to no fctions, and were hampered by no le-
gal ignorance of plain facts. They wanted
to leave the Union and they left it. They
wanted to take Fort Sumter and they took
it. They wished the border States to join
them, and, by precipitating a collision,
they seem to have got them-unless, In
deed, some good sense at Washington pre-
vent them at the eleventh hour.-London
Chronicle, Nay 4.
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Important Discovery.

New discoveries of saltpetre have been
made in Arkansas, which bid fair to fur
nish quantity of that article to more than
supply all our wants. It has been found in
caves, in chrystalliue form. and Of fine
quality. A large quantity has been found
near Jaoksonport, jackson county, and In
White county, within twenty and twenty
FIVE miles of navigable waters. The mines
in White county are now turning out from
one to two thousand pounds of nitre daily,
and contract has just been completed with
the chief of the Ordnance Bureau, to sup.
ply the Confederate States with one thou
sand pounds daily, to be delivered in Nash
Vile, and an additional quantity, if wanted,
landed at other points. Sulphur has also
been found in quantities. From late sur
vey we learn that saltpetre, lead, coal and
iron, are found in abundance in the State
of Arkansas. The saltpetre is found in
caves and in positions where the mines can
be easily worked, so that it will be but
short time before it can be gotten into mar
ket. Nitre, or saltpetre, is an important
salt of potash that is found in great abun-
dance throughout the world, wherever the
mineral salts exists in any large quantities
in the soil. The Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
has furnished large quantities of it, and it
can be found in any cavern in this country,
in all soils that contain materials undergoing
decay. 1t is not found as mineral in the
earth, nor isit manufactured except by the
hand of Nature, wherever there is heap of
moist rubbish, with some base as potash or
lime present. 1t is found in all the lime
soils especially, but if exposed to the rains
it is washed out and consumed by vegeta.
tion. It is to be presumed that in lime
stone districts much nitre could be obtained
by taking soil from under negro houses, or
heaps of decayed wood, and teaching it in
hoppers, as is done in making lye, then
boiling to dryness; but the recent discov-
cries in Arkansas will prevent resorting to
such labor for sometime to come. Should
necessity require, few simple directions
scattered among farmers might afford the
Government an abundance of this material.
As is we'll known, this important substance
is used principally in the manufacture of
gun.powder, into which it enters in the pro-
portion of seventy.6ve parts in the hundred,
although this proportion varies little in
different countries. have been thus ex-
plicit in description of this matter, because
it is now engaging considerable attention in
scientific oircles.-Correspondence Of the
Charleston Mercury.
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The Foreign News.

The Black Republican papers of the
North are terribly put out concerning Lord
Russell's announcement in the House Of
Commons that the British Government
should recognize the right of the Confede-
rate States to issue letters of marque. The
Times wants old Abe to protest. 1t says:
"The telegraph from Halifax notices a
debate on American affairs in the House Of
Commons, on the 4th, in which Lord John
Russell is reported to have said that our
blockade of the Southern ports can only be
recognized "when effective"-and that,
regarding letters of marque, the Govern
ment were of opinion that tie Southern Con-.
tederacy must be recognized as belligerents.'
"The only meaning Of this is, that their
right to issue letters of marque must be re.
cognized; their privateers must be regar'
ded as legitimate combatapts and the Eng
lish Government will protect them in hold
ing and selling their prizes, when brought
into an English port. Lord John Russells
statement means this, if it means anything.
"Such declaration as this, at the very
outset out of the rebellion, put forth before
consultation with the accredited minister Of
our Government, will unquestionably be
regarded as a.ntriendly to the U. States.
elf the full report of the debate justifes
the version given of it by telegraph, we
take it for granted that our Government
will instantly protest against the conclusion
which Lord John Russell announces"
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SECESSION OF N. CAROLINA.

The good old North State has justified
the expectation of her friends in honoring
the anniversary of her first declaration of
independence. Reliable intelligence gives
us the information that she passed the or
dinance of secession on Monday, goth inst ,
by unanimous vote.-CozumJia Guar
,7Ion
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY.

Owing to the difficulty of many our SUBJ
scribers in receiving both numbers Of the
semi-W Weekly Immediately after publica'
ton, and the increased rate Of postage to
which some will be unwillingly subjected,
we have concluded after this issue, to dis.
continue it, and resume the publication Of
the weekly paper.
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OUR CORPORAL,

COMMENCEMENT OF HosTIL1TIEs IN
VIRGINIA. May 20.-Speci-
al dispatches to the Richmond Eran,iner
say that the battery at Sewaps Point was
fred into, yesterday, by the United States
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MERE-MEN TION.

In retaliation for the seizure of goods
bound South, Gov. Let,her, of Virginia,
has issued an order, to p revent the sending
out of the State anything: to be used at the
North. A lot of tobacco was stopped at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-24
The Mprkville Gnqmiter.
YORKVILLE, S. c.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY "a, 1881,

Ar JOHN r. ALLEN, Post Master at ChestGr Is our
authorized agents. and fully empowered 10 receive money
for this office, and give receipts for the same.
In cases where subscribers do take the ENQUIRER
from the postoce PostMasters requested TO notify
Immediately.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-24

aa- The attention of the young men OF
our district, is called to the card of the
Committee of Volunteers, to be found in
another column. We learn that the COM
pauy are to be armed with the Minnie rifle,
and to 60 into immediate service in the
Confederate army. The Committee feel
assured that sufficient number will be
raised on Monday, to organize and persons
who wish to join the Company, are reques-
ted to come to town on that day, in order
that they may have a share in the organiza-
ton. We should like to see our District
have a corps in the Confederate army
York has not forgotten Kings Mountain
aud Brattons; and in addition to the noble
companies already ip service, she can fur
nish another that will vie in prowess with
any in this broad land.
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DIR. REID'S LECTURES.

In answer to inquiries, we take pleasure
in stating that DR.. Reid's next two Lee
lures will come off in the Kings Noun
lain Military School on Tuesday, 9th in.
slant, at quarter to S p. m, and the Fe-
male College on the Sd of June (Tuesday)
at p. M, and that by the kind arrange
ment of Capt. Coward and Rev. Mr.. An
derson, these able lectures are free to the
whole community. As these will be the
last delivered by DR.. Reid till the hot sea-
son is over, we advise all that are able to
avail themselves of these lectures, to do so.
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NisosIIanesus Itsna

Tnk EnoLIsu suthositiss havs f.fussl "
allow BLoNpm 10 show on his child n lsa-
gerous exploit on tho tight rope,
Al BRAVE HlAurKD GIRL at BslkAs6 L.,
rather than be depsndsnt, has learnt the traAa
Of bootmAking.
Cousr CAvoua's death cost somsbedy e1S.-
100000 In England; this sum "a the nstt loss
by the decline OF funds.
WHxn CARDINAL AHroNELLI was Officially
informed by the Fr.aca Ames;..dor Of ths
rect gnition OF the Kingdom Of Italy, he sor-
rowfplly replied, ''rhi. 10 where We hsvses
| led Sy tbs SOlsma propil,g msds by yoar En-
'~- hsginhiDg cfths vsr."
psror ~ - .-4-4 a.
WHEs CARDINAL ASroHALLi auaou nosA
the death Of Couut CAyouR TO the Pope, h
raised his hand to hsavsn. aud sxelains q.
MY God, take pity on the soul OF taat posr
stray ed ons."
A MATCH FAcroAY will soon be started I'm
or Iear Cbar eston. b. C.. by q German slii-
zen who Is fully scqulin''d with the process
required.
DuBIs0 THE LAST FSuR MONTHS Of the prs-
teLt year, the Brtlsh impor auOps Of for.ian
bresdstuifs amour cd 10 $50 900 900 Ia 1850.
Tor the sane period, teoy wers but e22 500 0OO.
InG jews SuPFER many bardsh'rs In ssvs-
raj couA riss of Europe, bat social exclusive.
l,S Is fast disappeariog thsrs aLd every WsGs.
lbs B.varian Chambers have repealed the
Iass which fotb'd I.raelilcs flo,n entering csr-
'ain Irofsa,ion', and the Arch bishop ef Munich
snd be Bishop o, augsburg. voted with thA
P,ssssiss pss,,slS q ~ es'''snt oOn'''Ory for tie
x po. chs Am MSn,rS.-At sOnt.v, tb.
French .miisicnsry hwA6en horribly tor
| 'ur'd, Afd npely.hntohsfe3, fcr preachipg tks
ChIistau rsiir;on. He wss kept In q cage for
svsral tt Yshssstly etkjned. Az Last hin
h sd was ~..oppSd Sf, Sn5 iu msdlAtsiy ths
SPECTATORS and even hsltfscutionsr and his
assistants, tufrisd fpsrd ~ body, and tearing
The blood stained sainsnts into shrsds, carried
tff the pieces as relics.
ABIsHSIA DEMASprsd rHE BIBLE.-Rsv.
| Mr.. SrHRs, who has rseehtly entered upon
| missionary labor In that intsres ing country,
somewhat surprises Us by the emphasis With
which he speaks OF the demand among the M,
uyss for the word Of God. He says:-
In one place, near Gondar, whore We had a
considerable audieocs, TO which ws had bssa
preaching for long time, q mighty imprsssioa
was produced, and saddsAly woman fAr sa-
vauced In life gave vent TO her psAt-up feslingS
by sxelAimi. &. with sudden impstuosiSy,
How gsa' Ia our sin, that We have rejected
love % divine
In anoibsr village, whsrs We had large me-
tive audienes, the whole assembly suddsnly
rose and exclaimed, "You tel Us good words.
God has directed your steps to wards this b.
nighted land
Il Is impossible TO give you any thing iIks q
correct Idea Of the anxiety and the ysAFninR
ambition manifested BY all the Fafashas a
Aby ssinia TO obtain the word Of the living
God. Ssme mon came from the bIck noun
tsins tf Ssmisn, II, 600 feet high; othsrs from
Gala, the 10 vest country In the AbysaiaiaR
Kingdom; and their continual cry war, "0iva
US the word u God, for our settlement has No
such treasure In Its possession"
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War Items.

Bss. EDvARDs 0nny well Known In this
e'a's and now Citizen ~ Dalls, county, Ala,
has given a couple OF h,rses 10 . secession osn-
PAW down there. BEx, after giving tbs borssr,
horscs and an sss would have bean nics team.
Lowsv,.ie Jewuei.
TARRsD AsD CorroHsD "A Germs.
psmed HArwoop. VAS tsrrsd aud oottonsd -
New Orleans. Q few Gays since, Tor having
joined several military compauiss, and rsfss-
irg TO accompany any 70 the Sat Of war.
THE MonILr adrert,ser, Of tue "a inst ssys
that 8 O0u FEDERAL troops are on Santa RIa
leland, 0G Persseoi.)
sIhIsoEiELD Mu.Kurs.-Thfss thous n
utkets were mats IN SpdpRdsld, Mes n
June. Thirty ave huntrid will be anishs4 iu
Jsly. N
ANoRTHsSE SoJpWR.--Ths organ In ths
Episcopal Ctu oh N Hampton VI, sss found
to lie cut Of orc on eesn' Sabbath, vtsrs-
upon q fkhiul prlvsts In q Msssaehnsstts rvgf
uept, set 10 vo sni rep'if ed II.
Carr. McCfpA. formerly Of y nth CsrOlirs
is now taisipg fo'es a 200 men In the vilda
Of Arksnsss, for he purpos, of joining Bss.
n, CoLLocH's R,pp ,r.. Ore Of the conditions
Of their .nlisi msnt H. hat each recruit shsn
bs q single mar. Another oonditiJn IN, tbet
no man shall Re admitted into the compsny
vic cspnot provs, by distinguhhet vltnssssa.
that be has K il,d his bear with his knife.
n SuBDhe UNION CerVknTfOh NV.
B'ihcp Arks, d the Methodist Kpisecpsl
Church. white recently prssehing at . esue
u esting In Indiana, remarked that there had
been one grand Unicn Convention, the pfoessk-
ipgs OF which had no; besn reported by tsas-
Graph. ut "a. beld AMONG the fastnessss a
the everlasting hills. The Rocky Mountains
presided, the mighty Mississippi made the mo-
don, tbs Allegheny Mountains seconded II and
every mountain and hill, and river and valley
In this vast country sent up q unauiusss
voice Resolred, That We are one aud in'spar-
able, and what God has Joined togsthsf, M
man shall put sssundsr."
THE EsaLIsH scientific Journals are fan Or
curious speculation on momentum, and the
rspgs Of deadly projsctiss. TIE use Of pssu-
| liarly shaped bullets. like the Minis, or cxn-
non balls, like the Whitworth, 10 because thsy
5avs q high initial velocity, and less rssisf-
ance upon the atmosphere. This initial veloe-
ity Is gained By thsir htting the gun tigh "
and getting the VIII 10 power Of the powder b.
fore II leaves the gu. 0lhsrviss round sist
would bs batter for II IL . curious fact thai .
spherical bullet 6rsd frsm an old munsis-
loader laid at an angle Of thirty five degrees,
ard the Aight was posiibls In Vacuum, wsuh
not touch tho ground short of eight Mica
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Rorsixn RsliaIoua Llama

THE PRosrECTs OF the Austrian Pretestants
are more hopeful than ever. Toe heaviest OF
the many burdens that have weighed on them
for centuries have at lopgh bSen removed
The two Protestant state churches have been
put In POSSESSION OF greater ecclt siAsticAl In
dspsudence than any other PfotsstInt state
church Of Continental Europe, and they may
now be expected to enter upon their extensive
and Interesting fsld Of labor with new zsll
and vigor. The traditions OF Bohemia, Mora
via CarinthlA, and other provinces whSre evan
gelic Chia.ianity was oncs 30 lourishing,
Promiis st al events to faithful missionary la
bors rich harvest.
The long-sxpSctsd Imperial Patent, by which
" the Affairs Of the Evangelical Cuurch Of the
Con 'eesion OF Augsburg and OF the Helvetic
Confession, and In particular their legal relA-
tions, were to DO regulated, appeared on April
stb. II consists Of twenty five articles. Ihs
frat promlS.s then the righ. OF s.lfkov,n-
ment In ell merely ecclesiastical affairs. At.
2 expressly Abo.ish,s all the restriction, to
wh,ch their right Of public worship has been
hitherto expossc-as, the prohibition 10 have
churches with bells and spires H. AlfO gives
thi m the unconditional right 10 purchase anil TO
use wo'hs Of their demo ninAtions, in articulir
the Hcly Scriptures and the Confessions Of Faith.
Art. II gives them equal civil and political
rights and access to all literary institutions End
to oil offices Of the Btate. Arts ~ and 70 permit
them 30 frequent Protestant colleges and uni
veIsi les Of egn countries TO form religious
nsC Citations and to sntsr into cDmDunI ca lion
viii the religious $500 ATOMS ~ o hr couI-
tTi's. Each OF these articles n srks great pro.
gTtss, Snd, taken together, they place the
Protestant churches tf Aurria in as fsvorabls
a aeonaition as any other Protestant church Of
Continental Europe 'njNyP.
The pa,elt alec contains the outline Of pro.
yIsionhl church oonstiiutiou on 3 thoroughly
Prssby'silsn bGsiA PnSbS teriss, syRods, Snd
gtheIsl syrods are the lsRisls'ivs organs Of II q
utcl on th, composi'ion the G)vsrnmsnt
sx'reLe' 10 iLhuen6e, for all their members
are elected.
Thus the Amu'can principle Of an en- ire
SEPARATION Cf church and STATE, and Of the
risht Of every citizen to worship God ac-
coidipg 10 the dictates OF hi. own eonsciSnss
Is from year to year sppr' aching rsarsr IL
complete victory.
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