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NAT sAIM,L W. MELTON.

=
We take the, following, well:merited trib
ut, ute 10 opr fsllaF tovnsnap, Maj sAM'I W.
MtITos, fsom late number Of the South
Brig. Gen. Thomas Jordan has beer
detached from the, staff Of Gen. Beauregard
as his AdiutantG General, and ordered to
the command of. the Third District. He
isnow at Pocotaligo, and sick. We are
informed that Major saml W. Melton, of
Yorkville, a brother of the quill, formely
the, Adjutant General of Gen. Gustavus W.
Smith, and one of the most efficient officers
in the service, has been ordered to report to
.Besuregard. A better brain, cooler judg'
laent, more; active worker, or more per-
feet gentleman, could not have been select
ed for the purpose.
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HEADQUARTERS,
II HEAOQU ATIl GIboj
ARMY NORTHERN VA, June 2.

|
ARMY NORTHERN Va, June 2.
There has been skirmishing along the
lines to. day. Anderson and Hoke attacked
the. enemy this forenoon, and drove them
to their entrenchments. This afternoon
the enemy attacked Heth's division, but
were handsomely repulssd by Cooks and
Kirkland's brigadcs.; Breckenridge and
Malone drove the enemy from. their front,
taking about $50 prisoners.
1t 10 reported that forco Of Yankee in
fantry has arrived at Tunstal's Station,
from the White House, extending up the
York River Railroad. They state that they
belong to Buffers Corps.
Later.,-Hoke's division encountered the
enemy's left yesterday morning, inaiotiDs
heavy loss upon them, capturing battery,
stand Of colors aad numbers Of. prisoners
Col. L. ii. Keitt, of South Carolina, was
severely wounded yesterday, rs ..-
RzcHMoND, June 3.-The enemy re-
newed the attempt last night to carry com.
mandlng position near Geloes Mills, held
by our right, and were repulsed with heavy
loss. During the fight, Gen Breckenridge's
horse was killed under him by a shell
The General received painful, but not seri-
GUS injuries by the sudden fall of his horse.
Occasional reports of cannorading heard
this morning. 49,. /. -. =.
All quiet on the South SIDE ofthe James
river yesterday. E.... r.
Breckenridge lost probably 200 prison.
ers. The. heaviest fighting was up to 10
o'clock. Since then heavy cannonading and
inoessant skirmishing..
Gems. Law and Finegan are slightly
wounded. The latter did not leave the
field. --r.-...~ "a =, :.
R1onMoNb June 4-The Ny. TIM >
ofthe 1st btateS Beast Butler for the f. il
ure Of his campaign On the South aide an,
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Gen. Lees Official Dispatches.

RICHMOND, June 4.-The following dis
patch has been received at the War Depart
ment:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY Of N. Va
'.. June 8, 8 o'clock, p. m.
To the Hon. Secretary of Var:
About Al a. M, to day, the enemy made
an attack upon the right of our lines in
front of Hoke's and part of Breckenridge's
line and captured portion of battery
there posted. Finegan's brigade and a
MARYLAND battalion Immediately drove him
back with severe loss.
Repeated attacks were made upon An
derson's position, chiefly againct his right
under Kershaw. They were met by great
steadiness and repulsed in every instance.
The attack extended to our extreme left
under Early with like results.
Later in the day the attack was twice re-
newed against Heth, who occupied Far
ly's left, but was repulsed with Loss to the
enemy. :.
Hampton encountered the euemy's caval.
ry, near Haw's shop, and par. of d. +
Lees division drove them from their en-
trenchments.
Our loss to day is small: Our success
under the blessing Of God, all We could ex'
pect.
: 1sigued] R. E. LEE, General.
RICHMOND June 5.-The following dis
patch has been received at the War DE
partment:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY, N. Va,
.. <, June 4, 8 80 p. m.
Hon. Secretary Of War:
Last night after my dispatch, Brecken
ridge and Finegan were attacked by tht
enemy as they were preparing to re.establisf
their line Of skirmishers The enemy wer
soon repulsed: .;,... ...
Immediately afterwards an attack wa
made upon Hoke's front with a like result
Up to the time of writing nothing has oc
Cured along the lines to-day, except sklr
mishing at various points. -. -.
Our positions are substantially unchanged
ISigued] R. E. LEE, General.
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, TAXATION.

Mr.. IMenmiiger has again made pr9opo;:
sisions 10 Congress for increased taxation,
a and submits plans, which we trust that body
win in SO 50 eluoidate, if they Get on them, that
people of ordinary intelligence may under
stand them. Mr.. Foote has proposed
resolution for the discharge of the Secreta-
ry, which, With another, declaring the right
of the President to appoint whom be may
please, was referred; perhaps the places OF
both Mr.: Memminger and Mr.. Foote might
be better supplied, as the -frssis lame and
impotent tbeorist, the latter a practlcal-we
won't say what. The Lord knows we
have taxes enough, if a proper economy Is
praoticed, and one way would be to reduce
the corps required to collect them Our old
sfqes" are dying ont fast, and no chance,
but funding, it seems, will enable us to slip
them into June tax, to be paid, perhaps,
in September. Our people do not grumble
as much as they would, if our military op.
erations were not going on passing we'll: if
the contrary was the case, we would hear
them probably pitching in like the disoom-
ited Englisbman of but short time since,
according to modern pamphlet, which has
been quoted by the Press: "Taxes," says
the author, be he whom he may, "upon ev-
ery article which enters into the mouth, or
covers the back, or is placed under the foot
taxes upon everything which it is pleas
ant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste-taxe es
upon warmth, light and locomotion-taxes
on everything on earth, and the water under
the earth-on everything that comes from
abroad, or is grown at home-taxes on the
raw material-taxes on every fresh value
that is added to it by the industry Of man
taxes on the sauce which pampsrs mans
appetite, and the drug that restores him to
health-on the ermine which decorates the
Judge, and the rope which hangs the crimi-
nal-on the poor mans salt and the rich
mans spice-on the brass nails of the cof-
fin and the ribbons of the bride-at bed or
n
board, couchaut orleVant, We must pay
The school boy whips his taxed top-the
beardless youth manages his taxed horse,
with taxed bride on taxed road; and
the dying Englishman, pouring his medi-
cine which has paid 7 per cent, into aspoon
that has paid Is per cent, filings himself
upon his chintz bed which has paid 80 per
cent and expires in the arms of an apcth.
ecary who has paid license of e10O forthe
privilege of putting him to death. His
whole property is then Immediately taxed
from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate
large fees are demanded for burying him in
the chancel; his virtues are handed down
to posterity on taxed marble, and he is then
gathered to his fathers-to be taxed no
more" -..--..., ..
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PRoMoTED.-.Maior General Richard
Taylor, whohas for the last eighteen mouths
conducted operations in the Trans -Mississip-
pi Department; with signal ability and sue
cess, has had conferred upon him the title
of Lieutenant General. This DISTINCTION
was conferred at the instance Of Lieutenant
General Kirby Smith, commanding that
Department, as an acknowledgment Of his
recent brilliant and triumphant campaign
against Banks. Gen. Taylor has fairly won
his promotion, and the new rank could not
have been more worthily bestowed.
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Ten Steamers Burned.

CLINTON, La, June 3, via SUMMIT,
June 4.-On Friday night, 9th ult., ter
STEAMBOATS, were burned at the Levee 10 N
Orleans, viz: Black Hawk, Meteor, Time
and Tide, Belle Creole, New Orleans, Bill
Lee, Fawn, Nebraska, Empire Parish, and
q steam barge. One explosion of she'll oo
Cured on the ,Fawn. Everything on board
the steamers was lost. The Nebraska was
Yankee transport.
The, Picayune and Courier Francatst
have been suppressed.
Gold ip New Orleans 1875.
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l7TH REGIMENT sc. Y.
NEAR WARE BORROW CHURCH, VA,
~ -. ~" May.27 1894

May'27, 1864. I
Dear Enquirer After hebattle Of the
Goth instant, I sent you hasty note from
the trenches. We are still in the rife pits
confronting the enemy, at not. more than
$50 yards distance, but as We have grown
somewhat more pacific, more time is allowed
for reflection and retrospect. A:lafge num-
ber of accounts of the fight here have ap.
peared in the various papers, written mostly
by camp followers, and thus, are almost en-
tirely erroneous; by some means the Peters.
burg Erpress and the Richmond Dispatch,
struck upon jet of truth; but other &C.
counts of the operations here have been al.
together erparte. I shall proceed in as
short manner as possible, to give you the
facts as they occurred, and as 1 shall be con.
fined to my own observation, / shall be re.
sponsible for their truth = :. !. -.
After dark on the 10Th Of May, our regi-
ment then, just removed to the line ofworks,
south of the Appomattox river, was ordered
to return to Petersburg, cross the Pocahon.
tas bridge and join Gen. Beauregard as Soon
as possible. We Immediately got under
way, and after march of about IA miles,
we're halted sometime after midnight, near
Chester Station, on the Petersburg and Rich.
mond Railroad. Our situation was partly
defined by the ferocious discharges of. fire
arms then going on, but short distance
from our biVouack. We occupied the re.
mainder of the night in sleep, notwithstsnd.
ing it was apparent to every one, that hot
work was in store for us on the morrow
Sure enough, at daylight the order was
.to iali iu,' and under Gen. Walker, we
were led to relieve Colquitt's Brigade, but
it was found that two of our regiments were
sufficient to fill up the trenches. We were
then ordered i'll reserve, but had not settled
down well, nor finished our congratulations
upon our good fortune, when we were again
ordered to the front. This time we passed
our friends of the other part of our brigade,
and near the skirt of q dense wood, in front
of the residence Of Mrs. Clay, we formed
upon the night Of the 9th N. G. Troops
Very soon the word came along our line,
that Gen. Hoke was on our left and wished
to see Col. McMaster. A short conference
took place, when our regiment moved by
the left flank to the front. across deep ra-
tangled underwood and gullies, cros-
sing into field, we formed into column of
companies, then deployed into line of battle
and began our advance across an open field;
here the eneny's bullets first began to whis-
tie over us, We moved steadily forward in a
good line, some half mile, where we lay
down, and found two companies from the
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THE NEWS.

Since our last, no general engagement
has taken place IN either Virginia, or on the
Georgia front, but considerable "skirmish.
ing" has been going on between Lee and
Grant, in which, it seems the latter has been
in every instance, the Lesser, to considers
bic extenLthe last account of a fight on
Friday, shows our loss as 500, while that of
the enemy is reported as at least 6,OoO.-
This isa greatadiGerenee, of course, and al
lowance must be made, but as we have Gen.
Lees Official kilograms of the result, We
have reason to believe they are not much
behind the truth, in this instance. This
last ;fgbtWas at Gaines Mill, the battle
opening about ten miles below Richmond,
extending from the MeohanicsVille road to
McC!ellan'ss .bridge--oura line of, battle
being sssepemiles hong! The heaviest fight
ingis;ssid to have been in Rhodes, Ker.
shaw 8 and Hoke'S front The enemy at one
timebroke through Brsckeuridge's division,
but Finegsu came to the rescue, and mat
ters were soon put to rights. -, ....
From Georgia, We learn that ditschiDg and
reconnoitering nov. occupies sberman's time
I'D it seems retreat is almost as difficult
:. 5i,n.as an advance. With scarcity oi
Pseslsials staring him in the face, and
Ehseier's cavalry operating in bis rear, he
say find himself in 4 bad box; but We
loos asily for something sinteresting" from
Gen. Johnston.
The Yankees keep up their sshelling at
Charleston and Sumter, With little if.auy
effect The position and number, of the
feet remains unchanged, and We judge no
movement Of importance can or will be
psde, with the ne forces at sopmand; as our
people are prepared for them at eVer5 point
The damage done the city;iD the three bun
dred days siege is trifipg-and a masse'
mechanic, it is stated, has said that he'will
undertake the repair of all the houses dam
aged BY the shells, at an average cost of
$500. Let them kpaB their file, for they,
pay far more to harm, than we shall need
for repairs.
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JoHNsToN's ARMY.-A private moi

JonNsToN's ARMY.-A private note
to us (says the South Carolinian, OF. the
9TH inst from division commander
in Johnston's army says: ''sherman is
at last at the end of his rope. His loss
es in killed, and wounded, stragglers
and sick, owing to. the masterly ma
neuvres Of Johnston, have. been not
less than 10000 men and as the two
armies now stand, we can whip him any
day ina fair general engagement
Sherman can come no further.' ~
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OhtnMp.
. I'M MEMoRIAM.

Among the fallen braves of my company, am patned 70
an nounce the noble warrior md esteemed companion
PARKS A JACKSON. In the severe contest wich loon o
place on CIays Farm Chesterfield County, Virginia. on
the Goth May 1864 this young Caroinian was among tqe
foremost IN repcl the ruthless invasion OF the rannica
No more eageess could have been exhibited by any ono
than was Constantly displayed by this undatcd soldier.
He covered himself with glory He willingly gave MS e
to freedoms cnuse Green he his grave he was iea on'
nor gtterng dIamondshc fought like all the brave VINO
have entered the TO be free Far aWoy IRON ms
tive home poured his life blood for me
of his country. Friends griese, kindred Weep mid
his fond pdrcnts and sisters axlousy look ior MS coming
ard can onIy be consoled from the Of ne
great sacrifice they have made upon e Jus. SI
sympathes of my company 10 the hereayed friends In e
untimely death Of their gallant son ana nIo'lef
. "With Us his iame shall live
Through long succeeding years, :.
Embalined with all our hearts can give
Our praises and our tears"
BY his Captain, j.. w. d.
Tho n,esent H. emphatealy, an epoch of death. The
rider on tte pale horse Is rnvesing an extended c,rcu
and reaping aeally corresponding harvest In our ste
ole for Independencc, thousands Of our loving sons aho
ole aires have been sacrificed, and thousands OF hoines
once Joyous and BRIGHT are now manued WIN s0o, ahu
transformed iato the abode OF saaess
f hero and our pleasure to add another iusous name
10 the noble "auy OF maryrs" who, iaying ~
willing and costly sacrifice sas e aaL o. sssae
,re,. on The ist Of November la4 and was wounded IN
1854 from the effects Of which fe died the Field Hop
ta of Jenkins Brigade ater seven day suffering Inc
day after he wounded he 'Vrote to his parents
gave them every hope for his re cover butt was
ordered ami letter from the chaplain kindly told OF is
last hours and how kindly and peacefully they passed away
He the oery Sergeant Of his GS%Pay CO., snd e who
among the first volunteer their srVlces Wnen :. S s
inevitable; this company formed the nucleus Vi ,e G
Regiment Under the ianiented Jenkins, win whose
,bos. of our Young friend seemed nseparabe Us ry
on the same eid with hs regiment he served on sail-
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MyM,HCcvMRe


: We have had a stormy time, the past
two weeks, and the bottom lands have slf-
feredgreatly in consequence. Where there
has been good stand, the wheat does we'll,
in many places tits thin on the ground, but
a large quantity has been planted. The
upland corn is fine, oats extraordinary; and
the fruit will be scarce, though an average
crop of apples may be made; blackbefries,
but they never fail.
- On Wednesday, the 9th inst. the Ma
tional Black Republican Convention is to
assemble at Baltimore, when, it is probable,
Abraham Lincoln will be their nominee for
President. We shall see.
A. j. Samson, of Columbia, we learn
by the Carozinian, saved the colors of the
18th Regiment at the battle of spottsyl7a'
MIA Court House, and when it was over,
delivered them to the proper owners
This was gallant, indeed. .
The first rations of tobacco was issued
to the troops in Virginia on the 24th ult.
when they also received double rations OF
bacoh, for several days, with Irish potatoes,
to-. match. This does not look like our
boys starving, any how.
We hear it stated on the streets (says
the South Carozinian) that 100 more Ia
dies are to be temporarily employed for the
purpose of expeditiug the issue of Treasury
notes. For the next forty days the Gov
ernment will require or, an average about
so, 500, 900 per diem Of the new issue.
1t is said that Maj. Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton has killed twenty-five men in hand tc
hand fights. He always goes into battle in
advance of his troops, generally has the first
blow, and does yeoman's share of the con
fiot. '
= The Boston Courier defends the ac
tion of Gen. Forrest at Fort Pillow-nc
matter, it says, how many Yankees, were
killed. 1t cites history to prove that gar
risons who persist in holding untenable
points have always been massacred aftel
those points have been captured. Ga.
The distinguished Major General Nc
Laws has arrived in Savannah, where he
assumes command, Major General Gilmel
being relieved. 49,. .....,... -,.........
We have lately recorded the less by
death of two Brigadiers jenkins. Two
brigadiers Walker. W. S. Walker, lately
of this Department, and H. Fl. Walker, O
Virginia-have lately and about the same
time, but in different fields, received severe
wounds in the foot. - -. $50, r.
- Fourteen Regiments Of Pennsylvania
troops from Grants army, whose term o.
service had expired, passed through Charles
town, Jefferson county, Virginia, last week
on their wny home, and others had also re
turned on different routes.
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CONGRESS.

This body will probably adjourn in a few
days Hhep We viii eDdeaveelr, el,,.t to sift out
what sthsg have done We CANNOT get "head
or tail of it" SO far. We see the House
has again passed the currency bill by a
small majority, after '.reorganizing' on the
.night of the 4th inst. IS
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RICHMOND, June Git is reported
that Grant has retreated from Early's
front-the object being probably to
mass his troops for another assault on
our right. :, :,
Advices fron4sthe Valley indicate
that the enemy are moving in the di-
rection of Staunton. Our forces are
unable to prevent their advance. 1t is
reported that Staunton is already occu-
pied by the Yankees.
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LIEUT.. GEN. LoNasTREEr, The Lynch
burg Naginian, Of the 24th, says: This
gallant officer continues = improve daily.--:
His medical attendant, DR.. Cnllen, 50 well
satisfe ! with his condition, has left him and
returned to the army. The General may
now be regarded as entirely out Of danger.
Mrs, Lopgstreet and q brother Of. the Gen
eral arrived from the South on Saturday,
2I,t. .a, 80 e.. 10. e.. ..
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RAILROAD FAoIL1TIEs:--Mr. Miles, Of
South CAROLINA. has submitted'a resolution
direc,iug the Com mittee on Military Affairs
- .a4Yi.- 81: ana sxpedicncy Of SO amend.
irs tie exemption law as to give iucreased
facilities 70 railroads in transportation o.
Government freight =. .-.. ......
We may not know what "faeiliies" mean;
out we understand that in one road having
10 employees, one for each mile, but one
Of them is exempt otherwise from copscrip'
ton.
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= } - :
pse The Richmond papers mention the
fact of Lieut.. Edward Moore, Of the 9th
Cavalry, having been wounded in a late
fght at Ptoiemy Greek, Virginia. We have
no-other particulars ...... .-
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!. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Our thanks are due the Charlotte Bulte.
TIN for their kindness in sending their
morning paper to Us BY Express, thus IS, an p
tieipstiDg the news we look for by the up
train from Columbia, which seldom reaches
Chester before ours leave there. On Mon
day evening, il was the only paper in our
town, containing the news Of Fridays fight.
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|admits "a signal defeat at Drowry's Bun =
The Times attributes the failure to Buffers
misuanagement. -.. -
The Radical Republican Convention at
Cleveland nominated Fremont. for Presl-
dent, and John Cochran of New York, for
Vice President. Lincoln's name was men-
toned only in derision.
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asE The Richmond Examiner of
the 31st ult., says it. was reported, on
good authority, that Mr.. MemmlFpger'
Secretary Of the Treasury, had resign
ed, or was about to do so: -
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WAR TAX N CTICE,
s1sT GoLLEGTI0m DfsTs SO.

" w IL IT,NV Vg..--L ~ .nT
this District are hereby notified mat de nndeuia6ed
Will attend al the following dimes and places 70 re-
trns and make assess,ens Of air property real eso1
and mixed, under Act or Congress- 7 Of Febrary 1854
W. y, y,..,m. - 1i., =, ,a, Ys,.
' .d Is,'6 6S % isoa'' 80
A, Re.nu r Cbnch, IN Mor,doy oo,h n 1,se
Al WbIsonants on Tnesday sis of June. -
ssSa'an % o. rbuasss ga s n
a. 3Snb Yarhvie Mss os sauTdsy M & af
Al mGOonhes InOo on monass ana t'h ana
S,sa s,oso o1 bgt.a.s Ipns
a. Hnso1v Groye % IN Frdsy ist ana srtur,av on IN
a. INV. 70 % 81
SeS Se,SeI Gens'f oa fsesdaS Sa aSnsay 5 q s
| Al Clay HlH on wednesday 9Th OF July. sszsX.kz
a. a. Isa.a ~ - ~ ~ .Io5a,, Y,isi, In 80 iniy ~
ht II,i w ronosss, ls io,, IL mi,
AT hoch hl, Oh tussaay anu J" ,Sth anu A VI
July. stJfG-.s-s.ssLs ~ -
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LATEST NEWS,
sssr The following despatch was r r

nw The following despatch was re-
ceived' by Gov. Bonham on Sunday:
RICHMOND, June 3.--To Governor
BonAan,: Col. Keitt died yesterday, ,,at
2 o'clock p. m. Col. Dantzler was Sc
verely wounded and captured yester'
day. The casualties among South "a
roiinian officers are heavy. Army'm
fine spirits. 'Ao L. oNR'
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STATE OF ,SoUTH. H.CIAROLIKA,
GENERAL ORDERS NO,

CotuxpIA June 4, lss4,
GENERAL ORDERS NO, Z. .sssS -
r THE commanding officers sof The
several Militia Regiments Of The state wn imBediase.
y return to this Office, lists of the Field 0cep ef heffe
spectiye Regiments with the dates Of efr
election TO Office. ~ 80 - - y ~ : - - ~ "
IT. In Regiments in which there are no Field ofee, ,fe
ranking officers Of the lne will make the above retu md
forthwith order elections for Field Officers Of
ivo Regiments, giving due notice. -. ls9
III The couimanhlng officers of ReglmcnGnr required
InedIateiy filed, according to law, Act ]s4i.}
fsianed.1 = a.. = Is "a. C. GARElNGToNs
:; Adjutant and Inspector 'Gean1ut 8. O..
Official G. A. FoLLN, A.A. e. y ssssss =
June r. - LIS u -, f-'s q tSsy IT.
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From Gen. Lees Lines.

RICHMOND, June 2.-The, following
despatch has just been received at the War
Office: