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N U NJ B E R "a.

BUny THE DEAD.-We again call at
tention TO the numbers Of unburied dead
that lie about Oakwood Cemetery. A
gentleman who visited this burial ground
a day or two ago says he saw no less
than forty or fifty coflins with their ghast-
ly contents exposed to the swel,ering ray.
o: the July sun, the lids in many instau.
ces being forced of 10y the swollen bodies
emitting a most offensive effluvia. Thi.
is a great evil, and should at once be rem
ediel. Surely enough hands can be ob
tanned to perform the rite OF sepul,ure-
the last testimonial Of respect which can
be rendered to the unfortunate men who
have fallen in the defence Of our country.
Richmond DISPATCH.
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depressed. When Stanton divided Nc.
Clellsn's command he himself assumed
the practical direction Of the. campaign.
The people knew and the press anuounc.
ed that JEFF. Davis was massing all his
troops at Richmond, just as q good bust.
ness man concentrates bis means where
he finds the best investment. The Secre.
tsry Of War could not understand this
Consequently our forces on James Island
retreated from foe who had gone to
Richmond; our troops in the Shenandoah
built entertainments against Jackson, who
had gone to Richmond /; our troops at
the West stood on the defensive against
Beauregard, who had gone to Richmoud;
and Burnsige sought in vain for the
North Carolina Confederates, who had
also gone to Richmond. Mcclellan was
therefore, overwhelmed.
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ADDRESS OF GEN. MCCLELLAN TO THE
ARMY OF THE PoroMAc.-WAsmINoToN
July 6.-Advices from the Army Of the
Potomac, up to Saturday night, indicate
that sll is quiet and the army in good
spirits.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoToMAC,
Camp near Harrson's Landing,
July 4. 1862
Soldiers Of the Army Of tie Potomac =;
Your achievements Of the past ten
days have illustrated the valor and endu
rance Of the American soldier. Attacked
by superior forces and without hope OF
reinforcements, you have succeeded in
changing your base Of operations by a
flank movement, always regarded as the
most hazardous Of military operations
You have saved all yoar guns, except a
few lost in battle, taking in return guns
and colors from the enemy.
Upon your march you have been as.
sailed day alter day, with desperate fury
by men of the same race and nation.
skilIfully massed and led. Under every
disadvantage Of number, and necessarily
of position also, you have in every con.
ilict beaten back your foes with enor-
nous slaughter.
Your conduct ranks you among the
celebrated armies Of history. None will
Low question what each Of you may al
ways with pride say, Il belonged 10 the
Army Of the Potomac r' You have
reached this new base complete in organ
'zaI'on, and unimpairel in spirit. The
enemy may at any time attack you've
are prepared to meet them. have per.
sonally established your lines. Let them
come, and we will ccnver: their repulse
into final defeat.
Your Government is strengthening
you With the resources Of n great people.
on this, our nations birthday, we de.
clare to our foes, who are rebels against
tho best interests Of mankind, that this
army shall enter the capital Of the so
called Confederacy that our national
Constitution shall prevail, and ,La, the
Union, which can alone insure internal
peace aud external security to each State
mus, and shall be preserved, cost what il,
may in time, treasure, and blood.
GEO. b. MCCLELLAN,
Ma jor General Commandipy
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4 RUNWAY from where We had them
81 hired, near Chester. in June last. our
W three Negro men, viz : BILL, GILES
and HENRY.
Bill and Giles we boughtthe 9TH of Last
November, at the estate sal. Of Ed. Leach
on Broad River, in York District. They
being brothers and having relations in tn,
ne'ghborhood where we purchased them, il
Is more than lkeley they have made ;hci,
way back 10 their old ncighborhood.
Bill is about 26 wears old, 5 feet 8 inch.,
high, will weigh $50 or 100 pounds j.,
very black; rather shaped face, speak,
quick when spoken to.
Giles, his brother, is about ~ years old
feet 9 inches high will weigh 100 H..
Is very black, and walks with his head M
and feet turned out iE front.
Henry, We purchased, Jan ], of Col. G..
k'ves on the Catawba river. lie is % years
OLD, well so;, feet 10 inches high, and will
weigh l75 pounds has heavy brow and
speaks slowly has some character ~ n
runaway. May go to Charleston or Wash.
'ngton city, it is hard telling where he Will
60 rs he is gentleman Of travel Th.v
all ran oil about the same time.
We will pay $75 reward for the three
men; or S25 piece for either Of them de.
live'ed in any Jail so that We can get them.
These boys may attempt to make their way
North rs some others from this place hav.
attempted.
PRIDE & DUNOVANT.
Ang. Z, lS6l-26-tf
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Later from Europe.

RICHMOND, July 1.-THE steamship
Europa has arrived at Cape Race, bring.
ing Liverpool dates to the Cd inst.
The correspondence in relation to the
ship Emily ST. Pierre has been published
from which, it appears that Adams, the
Yankee Munster, had not receded from
the position first assumed by him.
In the British House of Lords. Lord
Broustam said ,ha, he deplored the strife
in America and its consequences to Eu
rope. He thought it impossible, however,
tor England to interfere, bu: expressed
the opinion that the Americans would
see the suicidal character OF the struggle,
and come to an am;csble arrangement,
before they entirely lost, as a nation, the
respect and affection Of Europe.
In the House Of Commons, Lord Pal.
merston said that interference 10 the A.
mefean war now could only aggrava,e
matters. Both England and France, he
added, would be delighted 10 take meGi.
atory s.eps, and, when fitting oppor,un.
''y arises, he should look upon i, both as
duty and a pleasure.
The English journals are strenuously
urging upon their Government, the neces.
'''y Of taking steps to put a speedy end
10 the war.
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EFFECT OF THE NEWS on THE NORTH.

EFFECT OF THE NEWS ON THE NORTH.
The News Of McClellan's defeat has
caused tho greatest excitement in the
North. The Herald says:
The financial credit of the country has
received shock from the disasters to
McCIellan's army from which it will not
easily recover. Previous to his being
driven back from his position before Rich
mond government stocks were at An un
exampled premium, and The credit Of the
country never stood SO high.
Within a week all this as been cbano.
ed, and now government stocks exhibit
more unsteadiness than any other clas,
OF public securities.
The excitement nov is but the mere
muttering OF the storm. Wait until the
long lists OF killed and wounded IN the
recent battles before Richmond are pub.
llshed, and the storm will be then at it's
height. Already the people Of PhiladeI.
phia boot Stanton's name in the streets,
and declare that no more men will enlist
while he remains in office. New York
city has suffered quite as much as PhiIa.
delphia, and shares these sentiments
Two New York regiments suffered at
Bull Run, and tue excitement here wa.
fearful. What will it be when the lists
OF killed and wounded come in nowi
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IHE ENEMY's Losses We are salts.
ned that our papers greatly underrare
the losses Of the enemy in tue battles be
fore Richmond. We understand General
Johnston says they lost greatly more than
10000 at Seven Pines. One Of the Yam.
kee papers says their losses have now been
ascertained to have exceeded 1000
We learn that captive officers estimate j,
al not one man short Of 10000, killed
wounded and missing. Our own los.
was $500 IN round numbers. Yankee
prisoners say they lost in the last battle,
not less than $4,000 men, killed, wound.
ed and prisoners. This estimate is cor
robora,ed by every person We have con
ver'ed with, who had an opportunity to
form aJudgement. Including the battle
OF Williamsburg. and the loss from sick
ness, we feel convinced that Mcclellan il
sufferer, since be landed on the fatal
peninsula. TO the tune Of at least so 600
men. Our own loss-putting that in the
last battles at $4,000, killed, wounded
and missing, is aLou. $4,000 in the las,
'hree-months. Mcclellan has been sew.
eral times reinforced on one occasion bv
4o'ooQ men. He has now probably,
about 10000 with him.-Riehmond Dis,
patch.
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luz MURDER OF MUMFoRp p-RgrALIA
rIoS.-The Richmond Dispatch, ofThurs
day last, says: "Ths hanging Of a ci,i.
zen Of New Orleans, named MumforJ. bv
the order Of General B. +. Butler
deed unsurpassed 10 s,rocity by anything
in the history OF the war occasioned AN
outbursi Ct indignation throughout ,bs
entire Confederacy, and the Government
has doubtless given due consideration to
the matter, with a view to retaliation
1t Is currently reported that the President
has made demand upon the United
States authorities for the surrender Of
Butler to The Confederate Government, I:
and IN the event Of = refusal, the Law in
retaliation will he enforced upon a Fed.
eral Major General captured in the rs.
cent battle below Richmond.
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attempt it if our statesmen are not care.
ful and energetic. Our people should be
prepared for this emergency. 1t is ex.
tremely probable that they will make
the recent disaster in Virginia an excuse
for the recognition Of the independence
Of the so called Confederate States, and
that step would involve consequences of
the most tremendous character. Our cit
izens should hold great public meeting,
where the voice Of the people could be
heard and the conservative strength and
power Of this metropolis made manifest.
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VIZ -. MCSLCLLA N,
Major General Commandinp.

LATER FROM PoRr RoYAL The ,,ea
mer Arago arrived at New York on Sat.
uriay, with dates from Por, ROYAL to the
lst inst. The New York Express has the
following news ~ her.
The new military Governor Of South
Carolina, General Rufus Saxon, has Ar
rived at Beaufort, which place has been
designated AS his future residence. Thus
far General Saxon has hot issued anv
proclamation or made any appointment.
General Hunter is much censured by
all the officers for bis conduct at the bat
tie OF James Island.
Though the withdrawal Of the troop,
from James Island is said TO be but \
sanitary measure, it is not looked upon
with much favor by Tie soldiers, who saw
that there was no necessity for taking the
place at 80 great a sacrifice Of human life,
and giving it up now.
All the hospitals at Hilton Head are
filled with the sick and wounded, bu, the
mortality does not exceed five per day,
chiefly wounded, the weather inducing
modification OF the wounds. All the
available transports are being got ready
to take the wounded men North.
Hilton Head is overrun with flea,
which penetrate everything with their
s,ings, and so far no remedy has been Of
any avail.
The famous negro brigade remains
quar.ered at Hilton Head, on General
Drsyton's plantation. A few meu are
daily sent to the Head asa working par,
y, but, it is said that this plan would
soon be abandoned.
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SALr.-Ws are pleased to say that this
most Indispensable article is being manu-
fsc,ured in considerable quantities around
our city, some twelve boiling establish.
ments being in operation in and near this
place. The yield is or soon will be about
thirty thousand 100000 busbsI, per an.
num, which can be increased to amos,
any amount The great source of ex.
Pense is the fuel, but experience will no
doubt soon suggest many improvements
j" the mode Of boiling Charleston Mer.
curry.
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SITUATION or AFFAIRs.-The attitude
OF affairs below this city has undergone
no material change within the pas, few
days. so lar as any material movement,
OF the two armies have been deyeIoped,
II was stated yesterday that the Yankee
forces were making some demonstrations
IN front Of our line Of pickets, but nothing
10 indicate an early attack had occurred.
1t is probable that the enemy hs. r..
ceived large reinfoi cemenls within ,bs
past few days, and il NAV be ,ba, ,bs
project OF reducing Richmond is not en-
hre'y abandoned; but it is scarcely to be
presumed that even with reinforcemeots.
he will make any formidable dsmons,rs.
ton for some time TO come. AZ we ex.
pressed yesterday, il is not likely tba, be
will be able to perfect the .reorg piza,ion
OF his forces at Barksley, and when be
evacuates that point, it will. perhaps, be
with view to reach some position of
greater security, where his army can be
put in good condition for active opera,
ions. A few days, however, will serve
10 develop his purposes AID indicate bi,
policy.--Riehmond Dispateh, l4ih inst.
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From The North.

,M'cLELLAN's DEFEAT IN TIE NoRru-RU
MoRs AND sPKcULAroNs-coMM OF
THE PRESS.
The recent battle, before Richmond en-
crossed every one in the North. 1t was
the sole topic. In long article, review.
ing the battle and the situation Of Nc
,Clellap's army, the New York Herald
Gays:
General Mcclellan has failed 10 take
Richmond, and has suffered serious losses
In men, artillery and war like materials
and stores, in his struggles to extricate
himself from position rendered untena.
.sle from the heavy reinforcements sen. in
TO the army of the Confederacy, and from
the very scanty reinforcements to bis own.
With his army thu. weakened by battles
.aod disease, he could not hold bis White
House operations twenty miles in his rear
and his entrenched line of ten miles in
front OF Richmond. His original plan, If
we are not mistaken, was to moke bis
whole Potomac army Of last winter 10 a
grand semi'ci upon Richmond, eep.
ing the entire country from the Potomac
to the Valley of Virginia before him, and
contracting his lines as be advanced upon
Richmond, not from the east, but from
the north, thus leaving no loop hole for
Confederate raids into The Shenandoah
Valley, nor any chance to the enemy TO
cut him off from the base of his supplies.
Unfortunately, however, this we'll con.
sidered plan was set aside by the disor'
ganizing abolition radicals Of Congress,
aided and ,abetted by two OF three polit.
ileal generals Of the Cabinet.
In the failure Of this great and all i'm.
,portapt enterprise we have lost the Iabors
OF campaign and to repair this loss
and to drive the Confederates out of Vir.
.ginia will require an additional budget
of many millions to our national debt
The President cannot fail TO see where
tho responsibility belongs. A very sig.
nihcant feeling Of indignation is begin
ming to Develop itself in the public mind
upon the subject, and directly against the
Cabinet as at present constituted. Let
the President look to bis, Cabinet, and to
Its reconstruc,ion as working unit with
himself in the prosecution Of this war for
"the integrity OF the Union" and not for
the ex,irpation of slavery, and all ye.
may be saved. Let him neglect this GO
sentiai duty at this momentous crisis, and
we may 60 on from bad to worse until
all is lost.
10 second article the Herald charges
the grossest Encouragement en- the gov.
srnment. The following Is but q speci-
men Of the criticism Of the military au-
thoritiss
There is q time to keep silence and a
ssms to speak. The campaign has con-
e'uded with our repulse from before Rich
mond. The campaign to come will re.
qu're new troops, now plans, and new
With, perhaps, new emer
gencies Of foreign complications. The
lime has come, therefore, to expose, re-
bnke and correct the errors and mismao. {
agement Of the past, in order to secure a i
borough reformation for the future.
=
The Secretary Of War makes no pro. {
ision for accident Or emergency, and il. /,
,es a call for three hundred thousand /
oops. not just before battle when the {
soPle are enthusiastic, but jus, on the ,
els Of sgepul's, when the people are =
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SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 1862

GERS killed and disabled being unusually
large.
Gen. Marcy, Chief Of McClelan's staff,
estimes the entire loss Of McClellan's
army at 10000.
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WAR RuMoRs FROM WAsHINGroy.

WAR RUMoRs FROM WASHINGTON.
The correspondent Of the Baltimor,
Sun writes from Washington
There is much interest in Washington
to hear the response Of the country to
the Presidents new call for volunteers
The prevailing sentiment is that the en-
listment will be too slow to meet the
public demand for an immediate and
overwhelming advance upon the REBEL,
ion, and that a draft for a halt million
men would be the proper action a. the
present moment. No hrif way measures,
but one finishing blow.
Officers from the seat OF war on James
river, absent on short leave, say that it is
the belief that there will be no more fight
ing <here for month. Both sides we're
so much shattered, it is thought, that a
cessation of actual hos;ili,ies may occur.
But the Coufederates, if able, will not be
slow 10 renew the conflict.
All accounts from the North show that
great agitation and hesitation prevail in
regard to financial aud military pros.
poets. Capitalists wLo hold public se.
curities take the alarm. But the call for
the additional force Of three hundred
thousand men will, it is thought. b, met.
under the stimulus Of the proposed TWEEN.
~ five dollar bounty.
A very intelligent person, who deser
ted from the Confsderates a. Richmond,
arrived here to-day. He speaks Of their
forces as immense, and as being cob
stantly augmented by reinforcemen,s un.
der the Conscrip.ion Act. '
THE YANKEE LOSS IN THE RECENT pArTLKs.
The Northern papers are engaged in ]
estimating McClellan's loss in the recent
battles about Richmond. Their estimates
vary. considerably, but none places Lis
loss at less than $4,000. From what We
have been able to gather from Richmond,
MoClellan's loss is judged to be fIom 40,
300 TO 5o,ooo-lO.oOO prisoners, and
rom 10000 TO 10000 killed and woun.
led, $4,000 musksts and rifles have
been collected from the battle fields, 40 |
cannon were taken at once. besides those
spiked and thrown in the Chickahominy.
and other buried in conspicuous groves
y the yre.resting Yankees. McClslIao
the truth on principle, and il is
lot likely the North or Europe will get
!. The New York Times says:
In all ,ths engagements, Mschanicsville
nd Gaines Mill included, can hardly
all shcrt, or much exceed, twenty five
housaad men. Our loss in prisoners is
'savy. We havs left thousands of woun.
led 10 .hei' hands. Included 10 our loss
mere we're many " our Ruesl officers, the
lumber Of li0e company aud staff off
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4 Runway from where we had them
81 hired, near Chester. in June last, our
NJ three Negro men, viz BILL, GILES
opI IIsNDv
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The Secretary Of War makes no pro.
vision for accident Or emergency, and is
sues a call for three hundred thousand
troops. not just before a battle when the
people are enthusiastic, but jus, on the
heels Of sTepulss, when the people are
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,M'cLELLAN's DEFEAT IN THE NoRru-Ru.
MoRs AND sPKCULATIoNs-CoM OF
THE PRERs
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