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day evening, and it is believed that
Crooks force with ,Averill's cavalry, Join
ed him during that day. Neither Of these
latter were in the fight. BY the occupa-
ton Of Staunton we shall lose some Gov
ernment stores, but not amounting TO any
great deal. The loss to private parties
will, it is feared, be considerable.
OF the movements OF the enemy since
the occupation Of Stsunton we have no
authentic information, nor have we head
any conjectuies as to his probable inteni
tions. We think, however, as stated yes.
terday that their power for any further
mischief is lost.
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AN I. o. U. FOR A PAss.-Yesterday
= Quartermaster friend Of ours was down
upon flying visit to the city without
leave. Succeeded in dodging the guards
until about noon, when he was brought
10 halt at tue corner Of Witehall and
Alsbama streets, and his pass demanded.
Being endowed with considerable amount
Of presence Of mind, he very quietly pu.
his thumb and forefnger into his vest
pocket AMI pulled out an old due bill,
long past due, and handed it over to the
guard. The guard, in handing it back,
said "thars good" "Pm glad to hear
it," said our friend, tae Quartermaster, as
he hurried OF, "for I have carried it in my
pocket for about five years, and never
thought it worth dogged ceut."-At.
lanta ReQistsr.
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Tho Fight near Staunton.
The Lynchburg Republican Of Thur.
Jav aays.

The Lynchburg Republican of Thurs
day says:
From = gentleman who left Stauhton
at 10 o'clock Monday morning, and who
had every source Of correct information
at bis command. We learn that the fight
was very severe one, aud for some time
had progressed very successfully for US,
the enemy having been several times re-
pulsed, when on sudden, from some un
explained cause, the eOth Va. regiment,
which held an importaL, point on our
line broke in confusion and H,us caused
other portions Of our line 10 give way
At this moment Gen. VIM. + Jones was
killed, while endeavoriug to rally the
broken regiment. His fall created add
tonal confusion, Of which the enemy were
prompt 10 avail themselves The entire
] ne then fell back about two miles and
held their position until night. the enemy
no. pursuing. Fiudikg ,ba. the enemy
were no. disposed to renew the battle the
command was given to fall back upon
Waynesboro', which WAS done in good
order, our artillery and trains being all
brought off safely.
All accounts con;ur in,he opinion that
but for the unfortunate panic Of the Goth
regiment, we should have achieved a
brilliant victory. The enemy had been
three times repulsed, and their line. wss
~avering, and it is believed bad our men
stood firm for fifteen minutei longer they
would have broken and retreated, when
this disastrous panic inspired them With
renewed courage and enabled their Off
cers to rally their dispiritsd columns and
snatch the victory from our grasp.
Our loss 10 the fight was heavier than
reported yesterday. it now being stated
that We haG from 500 to 600 killed and
wounded.
A Gag Of truce was ssnt TO the Yankee
General Hunter. Monday morning, to as
certHin ,he tass Of General Jones. He
answered that he was killed, having been
shot through the head, aud ,ha, bis body
had been dscea.ly buried. snd bic grave
distinctly, marked t6at bis friends might
'eclaim bis rsmsins.s He also stated that
10 held ss prisoners fihy eight commits.
ionsd officers and 700 privates.
Gen. Haa,ss Occupied Sssoa.Op Moa.
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD.
BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR

HAVING received frequent applications
IL from the friends Of deceased soldisrs
to place in q permanent form and make it
accessible to all who might desire a copy,
the "ROi.L OF HONOR on which I am
engaged for the State, propose to publish
a work more extended in ita scope and de-
sign than the State Roll. embracing Bio
graphical Sketches Of the officers and men.
from this State who have fsRsa or died in
service during the present war, and whose
friends may furnish me with the necessary
materials fer such sketches.
The plan Is this The friends Of the de-
ceased soldiers desiring place in this worh
will forward 70 me the necessary informs.
ten to make up for publication the bio.
graphical sketches, or send me tho aoticvs
they wish inserted, when they will be re-
vised and compiled for publication. Each
biographical sketch must be accompanied
by the nnme Of af least enc subscriber and
Ten Dollars TO defray the expenses and ls-
Dor involved In the preparation and compi.
lation OF the sketches, for which q receipt
will De given emitting the ho!des to copy
OF the work ut the subscription price.
lan' perfecting arrangements with lead,
ing publishing house for the publication Of
the work. Ii will be published 10 monthly
numbers, and issued in the best style OF
letter press printing, on fine white English
book paper. and printed with the best Eng.
lish Ink. Each number will contain one or
more portraits Of officers and men whs have
disting guished themselves during the war.-
The twelve numbers will make four hand,
some volumes.
Terms $50 per annum, or for twslvs
numbers, payable on the publication ofths
first number, Of which due notice will DO
given. The work will bs continued until
the Roll is completed. Those intending to
subscribe or furnish biographical sketches,
should do so without delay, a. the 6rst
edition will be limited 10 the number Of
subscribers.
Address WILLIAM b. JOHNSON,
Columbia, 8. C.
Feb. II. 1864. 1T.
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talk Of the immense benefit which the
addition Of a strong mountain race will
be, not Only to the blood Of the country,
but to it's laboring powers over the vast
uncul,ivating Edeps Of Asia Minor. The
latter hope may have good foundation,
but rs to the former we must remember
tina. the Turk is already more than half
Circsssian, through the continual ming.
ling Of that race with the Turkish on the
molher's side. Another idea is that they
may be profi,ably used to recruit the ar.
my this will be a great benefit to the
Turks. and we doubt not the greatest Of
boons to the hardy mountsineer, who
may. perhaps, thus meet Lis oppressor
and extermina,or on equal terms on the
plains Of Bessarabia, or wherever else the
next blow will bs struck by Russia ..
gainst Turkish independence.
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Grants Tactics.

We think it may he safely asserted
that, since war first became known 10
mankind, no General ever sacrificed his
men SO recklessly, so remorselessly, and
to so little purpose, az General Grant
lie started from his camp on the North
side Of the Rappahannock, little moro
than month ago, with 10000 men
He has been reinforced, according to the
statements Of his friends, 10y more than
$4,000 since that time, viz Stanton says
be sent him 1000 veterans after the
battle Of the l2lb May Butler has seLt
him 10000. and prisoners say he has re-
ceived 10000 from Ohio ard other sour.
ces making total OF $1,000. Yet his
arm?. at this day. in the opinion Of those
best qualified TO judge, does not greatly
exceed 100000 men, and is, Certainly,
greatly inferior in numbers to what it was
when he started on bis crusade. He lost
$4,000 in Spottsylsania, and his losses
in Hanover cannot have fallen very lar
short Of .25 900. Thus lie has sacrificed
100000 meu, the flower, not only of his
own troops, but Of the whole United
States army. In relurn he has effected
nothing, absolutely nothing. Lees entire
loss since the campaign opened, docs not
amount to 1900, all told, killed woun
ded and missing. He has never once
been forced from . position, and has only
fallen back, when his enemy despairing
OF victory, has attempted to slide off to
his left and get in rear without farther
fighting. Grant, in the meanli,ne, has
bean brought up before McCIeIIan's Old
lines beyond the Chlckshomiay. aud is
not able to take = single step 10. advance.
lie has thrown away 100000 men to
obtain what he could have had for moth.
ing.
The Confederacy hss great cause to
congratulate itself upon the choice Lin.
coin has made Of a Lreuaenant General.
They desire to see ,Gis WAR brouRb, to
an end, and Gran. is the very man to do
it. Had the distance between Richmond
and SpottsylvsLia been one hundred miles
We are disposed to think he
would have reached the end OF his iour.
ney with not more than one hundred
n.-Riehmond Dipatch.
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Last Of Q Subjugatsd People.

a movement is At this moment taking
place in the East of Europe which excites
the most painful interes, in the Western
world. The Russians, having taken the
last stronghold Of the Crcassians, have
intima,ed to the tribes dwelling in and
around those mountains that they nust
either bear allegiance to the Emperor Of
Russia or emigrats; the sea coast tribes
are given five years to take the choice !:
the hill tribes must do so Immediately
The choice has been quickly aud generally
taken; multitudes, to the number Of 30O,.
900 are tlocking 20 the shore, and look
ing out for any coas.ing vessel that will
transport them to Turkish territory. Few
vessels are found, and on those few the
accommodation is, Of course, wholly in
adequsts. 10 the meantime the people
die like sheep; some on the coast where
they are awaiting transports, some in the
country where they take refuge, many on
'hipboard during the passage twenty
per cent is the least proportion Of Iss
that can he calculated; Of 900 passengers
on a steam transport. $40 only arrived
alive. The Turkish Government has
done what il could the few avaiIsLls
transports were sen, to the cosst, and
now some men Of war are to he disarned
for the same duty. ShsI,et. nourishment,
aud sanitary regulations have been pro.
vided to the full extent Of their means; a
subscription has bseu started, which tbs
Sultan hiss most muni6csntly headed
With the sum Of SO.0O0k.; but it is calcu.
lated that the permanent establishment
Of the smisrsn,s viii cost the Govern
men, more than l,ooo,Oooi. In the
midst Of disaster there are many who
love TO speculate on the possible sdvsu.
lsges which msy result these people
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MONEY SPENDIxG.-A THouoHr FOR
PAsENTs.-A late writer, speaking Of
parents, says that when they spend
money ju.l'ciousiy to improve aud adoru
The house, and the ground around It,
they are in effect paying their children
n premium 10 stay a, home as much a.
possible TO e'joy it; but that when they
spend money unnecessarily 10 fine cloth
ing and jswelry for their children, they
are paying them premium 10 spend
their time away from home, that 10, ia
those places where they can a,tac, the
most attention mG make the mort dis
play. There is both truth and PHILOSOPHY
in the statement II parents expec, TO
shield their children from the vices OF The
world, they must make home attractive
to them. A cheerful and happy home
is one OF the greatest safeguards a parsn,
can throw around lis child.
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Confederate Congress.
RICHMOND. June l3.

| RICHMOND. June l3.
The most important action in either
Houses Of Congress to day, was the pas
sage Of the bill amending the tax law, as
| reported from the Committee Of Confer
ence. Among the provisions OF The bill,
as passed, are the following: Land pnr,
chased and occupied by refugees to be
assessed at its market value 10 lsGO.-
The property and assets OF corporations
and associations to be taxed the same a.
the property and assets OF individuals,
the tax to be paid by the company, pro-
vided, that no bank shall pay on its de
posi,s. Tho stock Of corporations and
associations and property within the enc
myi lines. are exempted from tax upon
FIVE per cent. Of the tax. Amount Of
specie, bills OF exchange, DC, to lie paid
with specie or its equivsIeu, in Treasury
notes. An additional, tax OF thirty per
cent. has been levied upon the amount OF
profits arcruing from sales Of articles,
which is mentioned in the first two pxfa
graphs OF the fourth section Of the tax
act, from February l7th to July lst. Old
five dollar notes are TO Le taxed hun
dred per cent. after The first Of January.
Ia secret session on Friday night, Con.
gress adopted manifesto declaring that
nothing WAS more ardently desired than
peace. The series Of successes With which
it has pleased the Almighty to bless our
arms since the opening Of the present
campaign. enables Ms to profess this de-
sire in the interest Of civilization and Lu.
manity, without the danger Of having
our motives mis- interpreted by the world,
which must now see that We can never
be conquered.
Will not our adversaries begin to feel
that humanity has bled long en- ugh. and
desist from longer perseverance, in the
wauton and hopeless contest. Tie WAT
on our side has bsse strictly defensive
We do not write u interfere with the
peace and prosperity Of the States arran
ged against us, all that we ask is the un.
disturbed enjoyment Of our rights, which
WAS common with our ancestors. and de
clSred the equal heritage OF all psrties.-
The social compact Of our aIversaries are
deaf To the voice Of reason aud Justice,
aud they shall determine upon the indeG.
mite prolonga,iou Of the contest. and upon
them will be the respc visibility and decis.
ion SO injurious to the interest Of man
kind. We have no fear Of the result.
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that, in spite OF the blockade, the rebels
are weekly receiving from tho other side
Of the Atlantic. On the 22d ultimo l
counted around the depot Of the Rich.
mond and Petersburg railroad, thirty two
mortap Of French manufacture, which
were received a, Wilmington only few
days before.
Before leaving the defences Of Rich.
mond, must mention a new and newell
invention by Captain Holden, OF the rebel
army. 1t is nothing more nor less than
stink ball, designed to he fired into the
works Of bsslegers to stink them out
About the middle OF April was one Of
several civilians, who, upon invitation.
accompanied party Of officers 10 Atlee's
station, on the Central railroad, ten miles
from Richmond. to witness som, expert.
men's with this ball. The ball is an iron
shell, containing combus,ible and destiuc
tive material. as we'll as oiferous matter.
and in appearance is similar to the stink
ball IN use many years ago. il is do
signed to be thrown by mortsrs, but in
The tests Oh the occasion referred to, the
fuse was lighted aud the shells allow ed
to illuminate where they were placed, The
stencil which followed the explosion wa,
the most feiid and villainous that ever
outraged the oIfactories Of man. Colo
ridge said ths, lie counted in Cologne
seventy seven
"Well defined and several s,inks."
But if he had been at Atlee's on the day
Of the experiments alluded 10 be would
have recognized them all, and seventy
s.ven thousand more. The concentrated
stink of al the skuuks, pole cats, niggers,
pitch, sulphur. rasped horses and horses
hoofs, burnt in fire. asafeIita, fsrula and
bug weads in the world could not equal
.he sms!l emitted by these balls. But
not only 10 the smell in itself intolerable,
but it provokes sneezing and coughing,
and produces nausea. rendering it impos.
sibIs fr men to do duty within reach Of
it. A single bal; will ;mpregna,s tho at
nosphere for fifty yards round. and the
fetid compound. sn,sring everything i,
touches, emi,s the stench for long time.
The opinion Of all who witnessed the ex
perimeuts was tbA the bal was fair
Offset TO Greek FIRE; and General Winder
and several Others of rank who were pres
ent, expressed the belief tha, it would
prove more effective for driving on be
siegers than anything ever invented. BE
this As it may, il Richmond is ever threat
snsd BY siege, the sneezsrs. as the in.
sentor facetiousIy calls his balls. will form
a prominent feature in the defensive ope
rations.
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Appearances Indicate tha, GRAFT is 90
moving as to seek = closer alliance with
Butler. What an association Of marked
cbssscter', VIA, . combination Of striking
70 not admirable qualities. We shall have,
when Grant the Butcher and Butler the
Beast, rush into each Others arms -
Grant who drinks lis wbisksy and smokes
bis pipe almost as necessarily 40 he
breaths, and cries "Push the men in
pash the men 10 ]" and Bstlsr, who in
suits captive ladies, and bullies gray.
haired cIsrsymsn, aud Iobs and steals al
the portable property" he, with bis
C'o'hsrs hslp. can lay hold on and hide:
Grant, who fights like mad bull and
does no, bury his dead. and ButIsr, whs
fights like . hare and has no dead to
bury. The wbiskey .driokef and the
rogos--tbe Butcher and the Bsasl--Is,
the world admire !--Riehmoad StmfineI.
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The Defences Of Richmond.

A correspondent of the N.v York
World, writing from Baltimore. under
dsss Of -stbs s,h Of may. undertakes to
give the readers Of that paper an inside
(As OF Dixie, which lie says be has late.
~ visited. We make the annexed extract
rhich will. st least, serve TO smuss our
tssders.
But il Leo does fall back on the def
sent city, you may depend on i, Grant
Will have plenty Of work before him.
The dsfepess around the town ara no
bugbear a. some have guessed and pub
hshsd. They are as perfsc, and formula.
BILE - military skill and engineering can
possibly make them. Several weeks AGO
tbs works then around the city were care.
fully inspected, by President Davis, Gen
erals Lee and Bragg. and were pronounc.
cd BY them quite sa,isfsetory; but not.
wisbstandiug this the President. abou. a
! weak lstsr, called Bssursgard, the Totle.
den ofihs Confsdsrsey. 70 the capital, TO
examine the works and devhs improve
ments. fin bis judgsnsn. any could be
made. Bessrsgard spent several days
around the city with Lee and Bragg, and
the result was the immediate commence.
.msnt, Of another line of defensive workp,
Several Of the most proficient engineers
10 the rebel service have been detailed to
supsrintend the construction Of the new
line agresaGly TO the pIsns of the grea,
ssbel engineer. Thousands bf negroes
have been employed more than three
, weeks in digging new di'bes. and throw
ing up new rampsrts, parspe.s, &c, in
advance Of the old ones. BY this time,
the nsw line is, beyond q doubt, compile.
,ed.
These for,i6ca,i"ns we're to consist, A.
was informed by one of the officers land
very reliable gep.Ieman) engaged in
their construction, Of seventeen detached
forte. forming several indspsodsn dsfsn.
sivs positions, after the ssye Of the forti.
,estions constituting the second line Of
defence around the city OF Paris. The
bssrscks and auxiliary works are so ar
ranged Tor aanking fires from artillery
that mutual protection will exist between
the forts. The interval bet ~ssu the works
are closed b, long curtains protected hy
ditckes swety four feet wide and sixteen
tsst deep. intnos, Of which are construct.
cd 9ssnho,ns and teosiIIes. Many Of the
tsiiicnss .rs supplied with water from the
adjseeof fssivulsts. These fors are all to
,be7connectsd7by 3 military road and tel.
sgfepb "aordiog speedy communication
|. bets5sp. them
Thess wosks will be mounted With guns
Of large c.Iitre. and there will be no lack
Of ho~isssf. snd .msr,s, batteries, pro.
.sc.sd bysb3mbgprooi cassms,es, out Of
rssclso ot Uhiop artillery,
The 4usstioa may be particularly
7, ssyNhsfs bsvs The sebsIs obtained
Apply Iof ordnance OF this chsrao
aoswer ths. they have manu-.
EQms.. bat have received moro
Thsnorsbern people would
10 lsssa tho gees sq !!
fI ID other aeeune ~
|.I 80
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aTHE MERCURY"
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Each number Of The Mercury will be
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To Mule Raisers.
The Fine large Premium j.

The Fine large Premium JACK
CHURUBUSCO, will be at the
- Hammond place the Spring 1864
Said JACK was awarded premium by the
Suite + air at Columbia when II years old
IN competition with full grown Jacks. Fer
the size and. quality Of his colts refer to all
that have seen them.
Care will be taken to prevent accidents,
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Whether urged by hunger or by dsvi.
listness. the conduct Of Grants troops
towards the citizens Who fall within his
lines is more a,rociOus than has marked
the footsteps Of the Same army under any
OF its former generals. A letter before
Us describes the scenes witnessed by some
Of our scouts. in the snemys track and
close under his lines. Little children
would run out to them, and beg for
something to eat the Yankees having
stripped the families literally Of every.
thing. The cry Of famishing women aud
children will as surely be heard As was
that Of the blood 81 the murdered ABEL.
-Riehmond .Ssntin>i.