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Prices.

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The reports Of auction sales in the last
papers from Charleston show very desira.
BILE reduction in prices. In some cases,
goods sold for Fifty per cent. less than at
previous sales, and in but few instances did
they hold former prices.
It is an axiom of political economy that
prices depend upon production and supply.
Now, if it be true, as some of our cotenn.
poraries say, that there are twenty-five car.
goes in the cities of Mobile, Charleston and
Wilmington unsold, there is reason to hope
"there is good time coming"
Itis slyly reported in the speculator's ca.
leudar that single firm has lost $4,000
by the former purchases and late sales. In
our own local markets, in small way, there
has been some fall in prices. Fodder has
sold for s5.25, but We bought two days ago
at So. Butter has been at 81. so, and now
is at 75c. to ST. Chickens Gas old roosters
are classed in sales) have sold for So, but
now can be had at S125 to S150. Flour
is at nominal price, and folks generally
who have things to sell are getting uneasy.
Columbia South Carolsnian.
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The Volunteer Navy.

Congress has lately passed Gan act to es
tablish a Volunteer Navy" From the
Richmond Wing of the 23d, we learn ita
provisions to be as follows:
Any person or persons who shall produce
to the President satisfactory evidence of his
or their character, competency, and means,
will be, under certain regulations, commits.
stoned by the Government as regular
officers of the Volunteer Navy, to procure
and fit out vessels of over 100 tons burthen
for cruising against the enemy.
Such officers must be "worthy to CON-
mand," and such vessel must "be 6t for the
service )" and they will be "received into the
Volunteer Navy" "to serve during the
war;" and be "subject to all the laws, rules
and regulations of the regular Navy, except
as otherwise provided for in this act"
The grades of rank are fixed in the act
from Commander" down, and pay is pro-
vided, which, however, is but small-the
compensation contemplated being prizes
(ninety per cent of which goes to the cap
tors and ten per cent. to the wounded and
the widows and orphans of those slain) and
bonus of 25 per cent. for the destruction
of armed vessels, or military and naval
transports of the enemy, and $25 for every
prisoner captured and brought in from such
vessels.
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l@- "HERMEs," the regular correspon-
dent of the Charleston Mercauy, writing
from Richmond, under the date of May %,
says:
Quite budget of Yankee papers came
last night, l looked over them until got
sick and mad. What ineffable, incessant
and insufcrable liars and braggarts the
creatures arc! One thing struck me forcibly
the extent of the enemy's information in
regard to the strength and movement of
forces. The names and numbers of the
brigades lately sent West are given in full
the only doubt being whether they are in
tended for Bragg or Johnston. Happily
there is southward movement through this
city which will arrest Yankee movements
based on their supposed or real information.
The Vallandigham meeting in New York
was farce. No prominent men attended.
The Times makes great fun of their excu.
ses of epressing engagements" Four out
of FIVE of the great dailies denounce it as an
attempt to incite civil war. Seymour'slet-
ter amouSts to nothing-he made bold
promises before his election, but fulfilled
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three Of the Applebys. The tories there
openly preached determination, and threat
en- to murder every Southern man, woman
and child.

The PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION oF 1864.
The New York Herald has a long edito.
rial on the Presidential election of 1864, in
which it says it will be the most important
since Washington's first election. The can
vass will be one of intense excitement and
bitterness, with great danger of leading to
bloodshed and revolution in the North
The politicians are increasing rather than
allaying the animosity between factions and
parties. The radicals are endeavoring with
all their power to force their rabid and rev.
olutionary views upon all connected with
the Government. They caused Vallandig-
hams arrest. A State Convention is to be
held at Utica on the 9th, when there will
be grand explosion Of tongue patriotism
an opening day of the Presidential cam.
paign of 1864 for the niggorheads.
The Copperheads are fully as revolution
ary as the other side. Already affairs have
reached an alarming attitude, before the
campaign is really opened to the public, or
Its course fully determined. fortunately,
other elements are at work which may pre-
vent the Chases or Vallandighams from
controlling matters. Another programme
contemplates Lincoln for denomination
and election as compromise candidate
If he consents, he will not let Chase and
Seward use the patronage of their depart
ments for their political advancement
The probabilities are that grand mass
meeting and popular demonstration will be
held at Washington about the 4th of July,
at which Lincoln will preside, and that will
lie the initiation Of the important move
ment. The contest will then assume diff
ferent shape from the present but wheth-
er it will be any the less bitter or reVolu.
tionary, the rapid transpiring events can
alone determine. Let us with patience wait
and hope for the best for our glorious
country.
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NEW USE FOR BUaaIEs.-We learn
that on Sunday, the I'd inst, the citizens
of Selma were thrown into the greatest ex.
citement by reason of a report, which reach.
ed there in the afternoon, to the effect that
large force of Yankees we're, perhaps,
even then en- route for the purpose of des
troying the Government works and laying
waste the private property of individuals.
A company was soon formed and in a short
time the usually quiet city presented quite
a martial appearance.
During the organization of the company
the questions of arms, ammunition, &C.,
was being discussed, when an old gentle.
man, very much excited, and towering a
head and shoulders above the crowd, ex-
claimed in stentorian voice:
"Ain't there no cannons to defend the
city?"
Voice from the crowd-"Yes, but they
are not mounted"
Old Gent-"Why amt they mounted ?"
Voice-"Because we have no carriages" !"
Old Gent-(Still louder aud more excl
ted)-"Then where the devil are all the
6uqqies Clayton Banner.
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER

From leading officer of the 18th Regi.
ment, s. C. ", to his wife in this place,
dated Camp Gregg, Va, May rs, 1868:
"We are now located in a dense pine
forest, which adds very much to the settled
gloom that seems to have taken possession
of me. Ny feelings for the past week
have been very near akin to those expe.
rienced, when l was first subjected to the
destitution of orphanage. I had no idea
that could be so depressed by the death
of any man, as have been by that of Gen.
Jackson. The only relief from this aflic-
tive dispensation, is to accept it in its true
significance, it is a terrible aimonition from
the Lord, reminding us of our dependence
upon him. We were losing sight of this,
hence this great idol had to be removed
That it was wisely ordered, I have not the
slightest doubt. His work was accomplish
ed, and bis Lord and Master said to him,
come up higher. From the topmost round
Of the ladder Of fame, he stepped into the
sky, encircled by blaze of glory, suspass-
ed only by the brightness of that into which
he entered.
"The death, too, of Col. James NJ. Per.
rip, gives poignancy to my sorrow. He
was the idol of his Regiment (Orr's Riaes)
and an ornament to our Brigade. Kind,
affable and genial in his temperament, we
will miss him in the social circle around our
camp fires. He was an excellent officer,
patriot and true Christian gentleman, sthe
highest style of man." South Carolina has
just cause to be proud Of him, and will in-
scribe his name high upon the scroll of fame,
second to none of her many gallant SONS
who have fallen in defence Of her rights
and honor.
S. W. Ramsay, Co. B, 18th Regiment,
S. G. ", died very suddenly on the NOR.
ming of the 18th. He adds another name
to the long list of "the renowned desd."-
He was a good and faithful soldier, and
richly deserves the hearty well done from
his country"
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SUBSTITUTE FOR CopPERAs.-To THE
LADIES :-Copperas is composed Of Sulphu.
ric Acid, or OH Of Vitrol and Iron, andis
called by chemists Sulphate Of Iron. A bet.
ter material for dying, and the one invari.
ably used by dyers, is called Acetate of
Iron, and is thus prepared:
Take common vinegar, the stronger the
better, put into it rusty nails, or any pieces
of rusty iron and let it stand several days |;
the vinegar will eat off or dissolve the rust,
and when it ceases tosact on the iron, pour
off the clear liquor, and use it as you wonld
Copperas, and you will find it is a much
better article, and cost you nothing.
EN-. ELLIOT, Chemist.
:. Natchez Courier.
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LATEST NEWS,
From Vicksburg..

JACKSON, June General Grant de-
manded the surrender Of Vicksburg on
Thursday, allowing three days 10 which to
comply. General Pemberton's reply was,
that he wants but fifteen minutes, will die in
the trenches first. The Federal troops are
SO demoralized they refused torenews the
attack on Saturday. The Yankee gnnboats
are firing hot shot The Federal loss is es.
timated at twenty.six to thirty thousand, in.
oluding Generals Kerr, Lay, Burbridge,
Jonah and one other
Port Hudson has been invested BY the
Yankees.
An additional despatch from shelbyville,
of June 1st claims to have driven "the
rebels to their last entreuchments," and ac.
knowledges the Yankee loss. on Saturday as
severe, say 10000. This is the Yankee
news, which must be taken in connection
with the above from jackson. They also
report that the. "rebel force of So, 900 has
fallen back from Murfreesboro', its entire
line. !.
So FIcKsBoaa IS STILL SAFE.
LED. ENQUIRER.
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Arrival of Vallandigham.

SHELBYv1LLE, May 25.-Mr. Vallan.
digham has just arrived. He was brought
to our lines by flag Of truce, but the com.
mander of the outposts refused to recognize
it for any such purpose as claim of right
to send any one through our lines by au-
thority. The Federa!s becoming alarmed,
retired, leaving Mr.. Vallandigham with his
baggage upon the neutral ground. When
our officers approached him, he proposed
delivering himself as prisoner of war;
This was declined, inasmuch he was not a
soldier in the service of the United States.
Upon learning his name and situation, he
was, however, received as an exile banished
from his State, and as such rendered the
hospitality Of the country as any foreigner,
seeking refuge or banished from his home
for opinion sake. He was then received
by General Martin and escorted to his head.
quarters without any demonstration there
be was received by Col. J. Stoddard John
son, of General Bragg's staff, and by him
conveyed in carriageto Shelbyville, where
comfortable quarters were provided. There
was in the whole no demonstration, but ev.
erywhere, as he passed the troops who had
heard of his coming, they greeted him kind
ly, and with silent tokens Of sympathy and
respect.
Mr.. Vallandigham is cheerful, and seems
to breathe freer on escaping from the Lin
coin despotism. He very properly desires
to avoid all public demonstration, and only
asks that he may find quiet refuge in our
midst, until such time as the voice of his
people, relieved from despotic influence,
shall call him again to their midst. He
seems fully to realize the embarrassment Of
his position, and will, beyond doubt, be
equal to its responsibilities. A dignifed
retirement and seclusion from all public
matters, will to the minds Of all proper per.
sons, as doubtless his own, be the best
course for him to pursue.
In stature, Mr.. Vallandigham is about
five feet eleven inches, with dark hair and
slight whiskers extending under the chin,
but no moustache. His expression is very
agreeable, and his manners affable and
pleasant; in fact, attractive, while not OBJ
trusive.-; Correspondence Of Chattanooga
Rebel
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
FoRT PowHATTAN, May 16, 1868.

Fonr PowHATTAN, May 16, 1868.
Mr.. Editor AS there is probability
of this becoming point of interest during
the campaign just opened, it may not be
Objectionable to your readers to hear from
it occasionally. This place, situated on the
south bank of the James River, thirty miles
below Richmond by land, and eighty by
water, takes its name from some old forti.
fcations, erected here during the war Of
1872, but now useless. The Notifications
being erected here now, consists of earth
works and are very incomplete, but under
the direction of skillful engineer, this
bluff could be made impregnable. We
have parapets for twenty.three guns, not
all yet occupied, and entrenchments for five
hundred sharp shooters. The bluff on
which these Notifications are built, stretch
es uninterruptedly along the river for the
distance of three.fourths of mile, with a
height varying from forty to sixty feet;
fanked at either! end by wide marshes,
through each of which passes creek. If
the Yankees delay their operations along
the James six weeks or two months longer,
they will find the road to Richmond by the
James as difficult as that by Fredericks-
burg. Thirteen Flags of Truce from For
tress Monroe, carrying nine hundred and
fifty Confederate prisoners, captured at
Fredericksburg, have passed up the river
in the last few days for City Point, where
they took, on an average, load of eight
hundred Yankee prisoners to the boat
Whether these prisoners were all captured
in the late battles on the Rappahanrock or
not, have not been able to learn, but pre-.
sumo that most of them were. By par
oled prisoner, 1 have heard that Horace
Greeley has lately visited Norfolk, Virginia,
for the purpose of speechifying resistance
to their masters, and notions of freedom
generally, into the negroes. The same
prisoner reports that Mrs John Brown,
the widow of the infamous old wretch hung
at Charlestown, Virginia, is in Norfolk at
the head of large colored female institu-
ton of learning. .
What will York do for the Jackson
Statue. SIGNAL.
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Jhe Morkrille Gaaniter.
PUBLIC SALE.
PUBLIC SALE.
The attention of the reader is called to
the advertisement of Mr.. Edward E. Nc
Cafrey, IN another column.
COTTON CARDS.

Cotton Cards are much wanted, the block.
ade prices being so high, as to put them out
of the reach of those who need them most.
We publish to-day the proceedings of a
meeting at Greenwood, on the subject Of
their manufacture, which we commend to
attention; at the same time, we would re-
mark that subscriptions have been received
for some time past at the Columbia Guar
DIAN Office, isl, or more, for the same
purpose. We'd not know that the enter
prises are, but they should be, identified.
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The South Carolina College.

We were of those who opposed the break.
ing up the South Carolina College, and the
encouragement given to boys abandoning
education and going into the field. But the
boys were encouraged and permitted to leave
College, and 60 into the army, the College
exercises we're discontinued, and the build.
ings were loaned to the Government to be
used for Hospital purposes. Being most
admirably adapted to that end, they have
been Of great benefit, accommodating very
large number of the sick and wounded SOL
diers Of the country. And the Legislature,
after mature consideration of the subject,
agreed, by an almost unanimous vote, to
advise the Trustees, under all the circum-
stances, "to permit the buildings to remain
for the present in the occupation of the Con.
federate authorities, for the purpose of a
Military Hospital, and that in the mean
time the exercises of the College be sus.
pended"
We learn that the Trustees have recent.
ly made application for the buildingsin or.
der to open the College and resume its ex-
ercises. For ourselves, we can see no salts.
factory reason for this change Of policy or
a renewal Of an experiment which failed
last year. The same reasons which held
good in December, hold good now. The
College was brokenzup and converted into
hospital. Let It then be a hospital for the
war. The buildings are now employed to
the important end of restoring our soldiers.
We hope matters will remainas they yare.-
Let youths Of lS go into the Confederate
Army youths of 16 into the State Militia
as the law requires. Education after the
war. This has already been determined.
Charleston Mercury.
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THE WEATHER, &C.

Since our last we have had most grateful
showers, just at the time needed. We
learn the rains have been general, aud crops
are doing more than we'll. Some few in.
stances Of smut, and little rust is mention
ed, bat SO much grain has been sown, that
this was to have beenexpected. Consider
able attention has been paid to gardening
the present season, which already has re-
warded the care bestowed, and we are glad
to learn, that attention has been generally
turned also, to the cultivation of Sorghum,
Palma Christi, &c.-this, we hope, will be
followed up, and our people continue to be
independent, after peace, of others for what
they can raise themselves. 'sGeneral Star
vation" has apparently, 'changed his base"
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From Around Vicksburg.

The following extracts are from the Jack
son Mississippian of the 25th and Goth:
YAzoo C1rY.-We have been Informed
by a gentleman just from Yazoo City, that
the enemy has evacuated that place, after
doing all the mischief they could, short Of
entirely annihilating the city.
OUR C1x.-Our city is fast assuming
its natural aspect. The various military
departments have re-established Offices and
headquarters many of our business houses
have re.opened and we meet almost every
step some familiar face, that was lost during
the trying scenes of the past week or ten
days-confdence seemed to pervade the
whole community as,to the safety and future
we'll being of our'town. -'
That paper of the Goth has the following:
REPORTED CAPTURE OF HELENA
News reached Grenada three or four days
ago from Memphis, that it was believed in
the latter city that Helena, Arkansas, had
been captured. Then telegram came from
Oxford to Grenada last Saturday to the same
purport-that Helena had actually been re.
taken. At Canton, last evening, Maj. Tur.
ner, Quartermaster at that point, told the
writer of this that a young man direct from
the Mississippi had just then reached Can
ton, and informed him that he had read a
dispatch sent to Col. Ferguson (wbo is ope-
rating in the Yazoo region) that General
Marmaduke, of Prices command, had ia
ken Helena, and that he had caused to be
hanged regiment of negroes taken in arms
to the number of $40 odd, together with
the Yankee officers who commanded them.
We asked Major Turner particularly if
the statement might be relied upon, and ne
assured us most positively that it could
Therefore we publish the statement with
the authority.
FROM THE YAzoo.-We have news from
the Yazoo up to yesterday morning. The
Yankee gunboats were reported as having
left Yazoo City.
Four steamers we're sunk in the Yazoo
by order of Capt. I. N. Brown, of the
Confederate Navy-tbe Scotland, Golden
Age, and two others. All other steamers
in the river are safe.
Our forces have evacuated Fort Pember-
ton-bripging off all the guns safely.
VIcKsBURa.-We learn from gentle.
man who arrived from Vicksburg last night
that the most stubborn battle of the series
around that devoted city took place on Sat-
urday, in which the Federals we're repussed
with terrible slaughter, our boys literally
piling up their dead in heaps.
The Macon (Miss.) Beacon of the 9th,
has the following item concerning army at
fairs
The telegraphic news has been of very
little interest during the past week, though
we have rumors from travellers that our
army at Vicksburg have repulsed the ene-
my as many as seven times with heavy loss.
General Johnston is concentrating large
force at Edwards depot, and will attack
Grants army as soon as be considers him
self strong enough. Pemberton is conf
dent of holding Vicksburg against the enc.
nv for months.
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none Of them. Lincoln has not confirmed
Vailandigham's sentence to imprisonment
in Fort Warren. He will let him of, and
the bladder of N. York wind will collapse.
Jackson's Life, soon to be published in
this city, is edited and written by John
Esten Cooke. It will make book of three
hundred or four hundred pages, and will
contain Jackson's reports Of the Valley
Campaign.
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ANaLo-YANKEE CApTuRE.-A man
giving his name as John Smith q was ar
rested on the Stono, yesterday morning, at
very early hour, and brought to the city
and lodged in the guard house. Smith
says he is an Englishman, and that he and
a man named Williams deserted from one
of the Yankee mail boats on the Stone
River, having brought with them some s4OO
worth of valuable Yankee notions. Smith
and Williams thought that as others were
successfully running the blockade and ma
king fortunes, they would also embark in
the perilous adventure. They lost their
reckoning in the winding creeks, and Smith
(so be states) ventured ashore to learn his
whereabouts, when he was captured by our
pickets. Nothing has yet been heard Of
Williams or the :snotions."
Charleston Mercury, 18th.
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Important Events at Hand.

The Richmond Examiner, in the. course
of some remarks about the situation of the
armies Of Johnston and Grant, says: "There
is really no occasion for panic about Vicks-
burg. Whatever may be the result of the
military operations around it, their interest
will soon be eclipsed by greater events else.
where. Within the next fortnight, the
campaign of eighteen hundred and sixty
three will be pretty we'll decided. The
most important movements of the war will
probably be made in that time. If the
Confederate standard is again victorious,
as may be hoped, with much and solid rea-
son, although mere victory will not imme-
diately end the war, it will destroy the eff
fciency of the epemy's army for the rest Of
this year. If we gain all that is now fairly
possible, an entirely new character will be
given to future operations, which will re.
lieve the country of half the suffering it
has hitherto endured. Now is the noble
day, the fortunate hour for tie Confederate
army. At this time, if ever, every man
should be at his post"
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SEEDs.-Never retain the same kind Of
seeds too long upon the land i; at the end
of three years it will generally deteriorate,
and ought to be changed; change of seed
always produces change for the better in
the crops. Heavy clay lands will longest
retain the seed pure; light loans and peat
soil will sooner require the change. In Sc
lecting seed it should be ascertained, if pos.
sible, where, and on what kind Of soil it
grew and select soil Of different quality
to that on which it is to be sown. Never
select seed from rich soil to SOW on poor ;
but prefer that from poor soil to SOW it on
a rich. Always select seed well cleaned
and pure, being strictly of the same kind !;
seeds of different kinds will vegetate at diff
ferent seasons, which occasions serious loss
and further deterioration of sample.