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have found, Va language full Of cordially and frank
MES, the animated NpresSion 81 tho sentime by
which America and france have been for 80 many
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thereby forfeit their titles 70 domestic priva
ey, End lay themselves open 10 public comment
and public censure.
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Au,s graph Letter from Lonis Napoleon.

Edward Everett has received the following
handione litter from the Emperor " the French
II adorus tbs weeks LEDGER both In French aud
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

ginia, whose exact positions we do not now
care to indicate, we learn that the enemy
now occupies Williamsport and Harper's
Ferry in force, his pickets from the latter
place extending as far as Hall Town, in the
direction of Winchester. The main body
are,, however, believed to be in and around
Williamsport. From the Virginia side
their drills and evolutions are daily observed
by our men. *. g.. ~ :, -
Late Northern papers give accounts Of
the crossing Of large bodies of their men at
Williamsport. These statements are put
forth merely for effect, to keep up the idea
in the North that Nc Clellau is>''driviug the
rebels to the WALL" t.s ...:.-g -.
A number Of soldiers who left Warrenton
yesterday morning.reaohed here last even.
ing They report that no Yankees have
yet made their appearance at that place, al
though there have been several false alarms
consequently and stampedes among the citi.
zens and convalescent soldiers. =.
The telegraph is now working both 70
Warrenton and Winchester. .'
We hear nothing more of aggressive
movements of the Yankees at Suffolk or on
the Peninsula, a,-Richm6nd Eransaner,
30M uA. " 60.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08
Gen. Beauregard.

General Beauregard has assumed the
command of the department of South Ca
roina and Georgia. We extract the follow.
ing paragraph from the order he issued on
the occasion:
In entering upon my duties, which may
involve at an early day the defence Of two
of the most important citiesin the Confede-
rate States against the most formidable ef'
forts of our powerful enemy, shall rely on
ardent patriotism, the intelligence and us-
conquerable spirit of the officers apa men
under my command to sustain me successful
ly. But, to maintain our posts with cred
it to our country, and to our own honor
and avoid immediate disaster, it is essen.
tial that all shall yield implicit obedience to
any orders emanatiug from superior au'
thority." .
Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan isannounced
as adjutant and inspector general and CHIEF
of staff Of the department.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

News FROM THE CoAsT.-Passengers
by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad
report that the enemy were shelling Bluff
ton Tuesday morning, and that force Of
the enemy had attempted landing, with
what success was not ascertaiued. i
We learn that during yesterday after
noon, two of the enemy's guu:boats ap-
preached and shelled portions Of the beach
of Morris and Sul!iyan's Islands. They
were probably endeavoriug to ascertain 'ne
range Of their guns Charleston -4de'rcu';y' d'
1st inst.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

THE CHERoKEEs.-We learn from the
Fort Smith Bulletin that the people of the
Cherokee Nation have exercised the right
Of all freemeu-they have re.organized
their Government which John Ross would
have esold to the Dntch." We now know
who our friends are-all honor to Stand
Waite and his associates people of the
South will sustain and uphold him. The
people of the Cherokee Nation have elected
for their principal chief, Stand Waite; as
sistant principal chief, osamuel Taylor;
treasurer, Stephen Foreman; delegate to
Congress, Boudiuot The. Convention pass
ed an Ordinance, and the new chief deliy.
cred message, both Of which documents
are strongly patriotic, and emphatically
with the South. ~ .@sr~-.s.sr " '-ll3a
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The Gallantry Of the Confederate.

The 9allantry Of the Confederate.
The Washington correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican, writing concerning
the recent battles near Manassas, says:
It ia to be noted that all who were in the
late battle bear witness to the splendid gen.
eralship and bravery Oft the enemy. Said a
Colonel with his arm in sling, when sur.
rounded by crowd Of eager listeners at
his hotel, "There is dash about these
Southerners absolutely terrific; We can't
stop the devils when they charge, without
killing them all--and sometimes we do that
but if We don't they are bound to take our
batteries" ....-.
The advance of the enemy on Pope's left,
on Saturday, is described as the graudest
scene of the kind in che war. When Lee
arrived, every gap in their line of battle was
filed up, and the whole advanced in Pha.
lanx so.solid and deep it looked like for.
est Of bayonets, stretching upand down oar
front for full 8 miles, and overlapping our
extreme left wing. On they came, steady
and allow at FIRST, our batteries playing on
their columns, but theirs, in commanding
position, throwing shot and shell over their
heads into our artillerists and guns. Their
line never wavered, but, advancing within
musket range, it drew the fire Of our troops
without iipchipg; then: thei: guns came to
level, and belched forth staggering fire,
followed by charge Of the whole mass
Arriving at closer quarters, the musketry
continued, while more than two opposing
regiments crossed bayonets. Five minutes
decided it, The left could not stand the
pressure, and began to waver. Our bate.
ries we're silenced or captured, and the foe
had desperation and numbers on their side.
."FaH back" 'dall fack," rang out along
our line, from left to centre, and from cen
tre to right-and the enemy oqse again
on the field of Ball Run.
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the Lincoln Government in the matter of
prisoners of war 40, 900 men. If the Yam
KEGS are to be allowed to disregard their
paroles with impunity, the excess might as
we'll be the other way. -. -. "
UsrNa THE TELsGRApH.-Ther Wash.

UsrNa THE TELEaRApH.-Ther Wash
ington Chronicle, in a late issues says.
The rebels have used our telegraph wire in
Virginia recently with even more signal
success than they did in Kentucky, and
with quiteas much impotence. 1t is said
that the moment Fitzhugh Lee: captured
Manassas; he autographed in the, name Of
General Pope's chief Of staff, to the proper
officer in Washington, requesting, him to
send to the Junction large supply Of shell
ter tents and harness for artillery horses
The order was promptly filled, and the reb-
els were soon gladdeued BY the appearance
ola train loaded with what they wanted.
jackson, on his arrival, sent message to
the Superintendent of military Railroads,
oooly asking him 10 change the ti@e table
on the road for his accommodation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

saS A weather prophet, writing to an
agricultural paper says: "When you wish
to know what the weatheris to be, 60 uut and
select the smallest cloud you see keep your
eye upon it, and if it decreases and disap-
pears it shows a state of the air which will
be sure to be followed by fine weather; but
if it increases in size, take your great coat
with you if you are going from home; faa-
ing weather will not be far of. The rea.
son is this, when the air becoming charged
with electricity, you will see every, cloud
attracting all lesser ones towards it until it
gathers into shower; and on the contrary,
when the fluid is passing off or difusing it.
self, then large cloud will be seen break.
ing to pieces and dissolving." ...-~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

SALE OF SrooKs.-At public sale of
Stocks and Bonds in this town on Tuesday
last, the following high prices were obtain.
ed: =. =
Stock in the Bank of North Carolina
sold at sl3l per share $500. Mecklen.
burg county sl00 Bonds at sll9toSl2l; !;
Cleaveland county Bonds $l12; Coufede-
rate Bonds s1023 stock in the Bank of
Newberry, S. c., 1882 Bank of Hamburg,
s. O., sl52 Atlantic, Tenn. IL o. Rail-
road stock, $40 to $50 per share. Of $50;
Central Miss. and Tenn. Railroad $500
Bonds, 1870 each.
This was cash sale, made by the Execu-
tors Of VIM. Wright, deceased.-Mar-
zotte Democrat, 30h uN. =,
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The RETURNING IR1sH.-Mauy Of the
Irish emigrants at the North are returning
home, we presume to escape service in the
United States army. The Cork Constitass
tion, of the 18th uls., states that the NUM-
ber Of passengers coming from America by
the return steamers touching at that port
has latterly been much increasing. The
Etns, which arrived on the 10th, brought
SCI, of whom 255~ landed there. A great
majority of those coming are young, able.
bodied men. 1t is strange circumstances
that the greater proportion Of those who ar
rived by the Etna, although from the North-
era States, are thoroughly Southern in their
feelings, and they dwell with pride On the
fact that the Northerns have been beaten in.
every stand.up battle. ~ '''+ .s,sS
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devotion to constitutional right contribu-
ted as much perhaps as any other to elevate
him to his present exalted station. -, g.
In the preamble to our Confederate Con-
stitution care is taken to assert and main.
tain that the States are: sovereign and in
dependent
. In what sense can.this be said of Geor-
gia, if every man of her militia can be ia
ken from under the control of her consti-
tutioual Commander-in. Chief without his
consent? Must he ebdioate his most i'm
portant duties by permitting himself to Se
disarmed Of bis forces, and all this, too, iD
violation of bis oath? Nay, if Congress
can pass Conscript Act, with Artain ex.
empsions, they can pass it without exemp,
ton. No one will deny this. If, there
fore, they have the power to prescribe what
shall be militia, and. to copscribe at plea
sure, they may take, the Governor, the
General Assembly, and the whole judiciary,
andthus annihi]ate the whole Government.
This paIpable iufraction Of the Confederate
compact is sometimes indeed principally
defesded Oh the plea Of necessity: What
a dangerous fallacy! We have expended
one hundred thousand lives and untold
millions of money to maintain the Cousti-
tuition; and shall we nov violate it and de-
stroy the State Government? As reasona-
bly, might we commit suicide to avoid per
sonal danger. Nor is this plea Of necessi-
ty true in fact The Conscript law can
only furnish men, We esbayo, and had be-
fore, State laws to reach every man in the
State between :1s and As, and to say the
Conscript law was necessary. to procure
men, is TO maintain the srithmetieal absur-
dity that there are more men in the coun.
try between l8 and IS than between l8 and
>Whereupon and'for these reasons, it is
ordered and atjudged by the Court that
the Act of the Confederate Con gress known
as the Conscrip law, sSd entitled an Act
to further provide for the public defence,
is void, and is hereby declared void, and
that the plaintiff, James S. Lovinggood,
be released and discharged from the Gus
tody and control of Sydney P. Bruce, and
from the custody and control Of the Sheriff
of this Court, and be set at liberty to 60
wherever he pleases. '.,-:..> '.,. =
=: H., -. TH0s.- W.tTHoMAs, .
.. ....:. - is. G. E: c..
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OM1Noys STATE OF AFFAIRS IN WASH.
1NeroN.-Among the exchanged prisoners
who arrived here yesterday was Lieut.. ".
Newman, adjutaut Of the 49th, Georgia
regiment. I'VE are indebted TO his courte-
sy for late Nothern papers. Lieut. New,
man states that it was lrumored, in the pris-
on that great excitemeut was caused by
the Presidents emancipation proclamation,
and it was further said that several Federal
officers had been sent to the Old Capitol
prison for reasonable remarks about not in
tending to fight for the "nigger." The
night before oar exchanged prisonersleft
the prison doors were all locked, something
which had not beea done before, and which
betokened some unusual commotion out
side.-Richmond Dispatch.
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Incidents of the Great Battle.

"Personne," the army correspondent of
the Charleston Courier, mentions the fact
that our soldiers were in the habit Of sup
plying their own urgent want of shoes &c.,
by stripping them from the feet of the dead
yankees, who certainly had no further use
for them. Personne says. "If you could
see our bare footed and ragged men, you
might think there was even a,sirtue in steal
ing from . defunot enemy" And he adds ::
"Amoug the amusing occurrences of this
kind, it is related of a soldier belonging to
the. Eighth Alabama Regiment, that he
found a yankee in the woods, but being
from his regiment, did not know
what to do with him. While soliloquizing,
the officer who gave me the incident rode
by, and his advice being asked he told the
soldier be had better let the prisoner CO.
"Well, >" said the Alabamian, "I reckon I
will but, look. here, yankee, you can't
leave till you've given me some of them
good clothes Strip! I want your boots
and breeches." The yankee protested a.
gaiust any such indiguity, and appealed to
the officer to protect him. The Alabamiau
also plead bis cause. "Here's this fellow, I"
said he, "come down here robbiug of our
people, and he's stayed so long it's no
more right he should pay for his board
L don't want him to 60 round in his bar
legs any moren'n he wants to; and I mean
to give him my old clothes" "a fair ex-
change is.no robbery" replied the officer,
sand as you have no shoes and a mighty poor
pair of pants, I reckon you had better help
yourself" "Now, yankee you hear what
the 'boss' says, do yer; off with your traps
and let's trade The last thing my friend
saw, as be rode away, was-the two worthless,
in their bare legs" stripping for an ex.
change. -.~ ..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08

FROM THE ARsr.-The Petersburg Ec.
press of TuesIay has letters from General
Lees coamand as late as the 9th ult.
Thew are rapidly recovering from the fatigue
asd exhaustion of the recent marches and
battles. Active measures have been inau-
gurated by Gen. Lee, which will soon sup
ply our troops with an abundance of shoes,
and good winter outfit Of clothing, iuclu-
ding blankets, etc. The army is being rap
idly increased by returning convalescents
and stragglers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08
n6s- The Peace Society of London b

s9 The Peace Society of London has
issued an address to the people of the Uni
ted States, urging that the time has come
when an attempt should be made to arrest
the destructive conflict that is now being
carried on. 1t deprecates any interference
with American affairs, but such as would
prove acceptable to Americans: "Surely,
the idea of friendly mediation may be en-
tertained without any derogation of digni-
ty." 1t argues that there are only two al
teruatives to issue out of the war-either
the utter extermination Of one Of parties to
it, or some form of accommodation and
compromise between the contending sides.
els it not better to have recourse to the
latter at once, before the feelings of the
North aud South become hopelessly in
famed with the most bitter animosity and
vengeance 2" s.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08
The Proposed Cancellation of the West

We have published the report. of the
committee of the House of Representatives
in Congress on certain peace proposals as
relates to the Western States The Rich
mond Enquirer, in publishing the minori-
ty report against the proposed measure, is
in favor of it, and THINKS that the best way
to SECURE peace and the separation of the
West from the North is by vigorous fight
ing, and by leaving the communities con-
cerned to discover their owninterest.
From the subjoined paragraph, which ap-
pears semi official, we conclude that Gen.
Lee is authorized to open negotiations when
any overtures are made or peaceful intima.
tions given by the enemy:
Any formal overture or pressing induce
ment on our part is likely to be misconstru-
ed or resented. We would keep ready
ear for peaceful intimations, and meet them
with frankness bat we must adapt our con-
duct to the manifestations of the enemy
We think it very happy, therefore, that the
duty Of negotiation is lodged with the same
officer to whom is confded the prosecutor
of the war. Thus we. are ready to respond
to any intimations, and in the proper degree,
and to profit by any opening that may pre-
sept itself, at the same time that We shall
escape the indiguity of a contemptuous re-
lection of our propositions The power to
negotiate and the power to strike being in
the same hands, the latter will not be en-
barrassed or enfeebled by untimely over
lures, while the former may be exercised
with the delicacy and tact necessary for the
best success.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08
The RUNNING OFF OF THE STEAMER

The RUNNING OFF OF THE STEAMER
PLANTER FROM CHARLESTON -ARsasso-
citation of negroes, called the "Fresdmen's
Society,"" met iu New York last week.
Several speeches we're made, in one of
which it was stated that a negro woman
who had earned $50 at Hilton Head, s. c.,
was robbed of it by Yankee while on her
way to New York. Robert Small, the ne.
gro who ran the steamer Planter from The
wharf at Charleston, gave the following ac'
count Of bis exploit:
L am called to tell the story of my es-
cape from Charleston. I do it with the
greatest pleasure iu the world. A hint
from a shipmate led me to think about ma.
king my escape; / thought so. much, |
dreamed about it. I told my dream to my
friend, and be agreed With me. We had
a meeting at my house and all agreed to be
led by me, On the 18th of May we had
another meeting, and agreed to start the
next day. We had four heavy guus on
board. wished we had more to make the
boat sail easier. That night We came on
board the Planter one alta time, so as not to
create suspicion. Abraham, my friend,
carried the trunk, as though he was taking
it to bis boat: The women and children
were hid awayin the engine room of an.
other boat Abraham kept watch that
night, and called me about IL O'Clock the
moon was shining right up and down. A.
bout three o'clock the fire was started, and
the wind blew the smoke over the city. l
was scared. 1 feared the people would
think there was fire hear the wharf, but
nobody came. We, moved out of our po-
sition, but had to return to take the women
on, board, and the boat moved so nicely up
to her place, we did not have to throw a
plank or tie rope. 1t was early, so we
steamed slowly down to Fort johnson. 1
didn't want to appear in front Of the fort
in the dark, for fear they ghtsuspect me.
At the right time gave the signal--two
long blows and short one. put on. the
captains straw hat, and stood so that the
sentinel could not see my color. When
beyond the range Of the guns we put on
plenty of steam. hoisted q white sheet,
taken from the bed, and reached the block
aiding vessels in safety, and we were receiv.
ed with cheers A man and his wife, who
had escaped from Charleston in rice barrels,
we're next introduced. A handsome collec-
ton for the Freedmen's Society concluded
the exercises. H..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-08
TupRr1r.sE or PopE's OFF1cERs.-

The RELEASE OF PopE's OFFICERS
The release and departure from Richmond
of Pope's officers has been noticed. The
Enquirer; of Wednesday, thus explains
the reason of their release ..-
This action was taken in consequence Of
the explicit declaration, from the highest
military authority of the Yankee Govern
meut, that the order of Gen. Pope, to
which exception had been taken by Presi'
dent Davis, we're no longer in force. The
reason for their detention, according to the
proclamation of President Davis, no longer
existing, they stood upon precisely the same
footing as other Yankee officers, and were,
therefore, subject to parole and exchange.
Our readers are doubtless aware of the
ground upon which the close confinement
of Pope's officers was placed: Our Gov
ernment, always anxious to conduct this
contest upon the acknowledged usages of
civilized warfare, was forced, by the high
est obligations of duty to its citizens, to a.
dopt such measures of retribution and re:
taliatiQn as would repress and punish the
barbarities openly proclaimed by Pope. The
proclamation by the President was purely a
matter of retaliation, forced upon him BY
the infamous orders of Pope. When those
orders were made imperative, and repealed
the necessity for that proclamation, as well
as its justification, ceased. We are glad
that the prompt and decided course of
President Davis has thus caused these OBJ
noxious orders to be repudiated by the
Yankee Government, and, thus far at least,
prevented the war from drifting into one of
rapine and murder. We understand, fur
ther, that the Federal authorities have not
only declared that the orders Of Pope are
not in force, but have communicated to our
own authorities the additional facts that
Pope has been relieved from his command,
and his troops assigned to other corps.