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SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST.
DIVISION NO. 4.

I COMMISSIONER OF Roads and
town authorities within the judicial Districts OF Pick
ems Spartanburg, Greenvile, Anderson, Union, York
Chester, Lauens, Abbevillc and Newbery, will forthwith
SUNNI N all Shareholders within their respective limits 10
deliver Of their slaves liable road duty at the
railroad depos their residences on TUESDAY the
3th day of August next, there 10 await transportation 10
Charleston for thirty days labor on the fonfcations
H. Negroes delivered the Greenvlle and Columbia
Railroad will take the train which leaves Greenvc al $40
O'Clock, q. IN.
Those delivered on the Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad win take the train which leaves Charlotte at
O'Clock, a. m.
Those delivered the Sparanburs and Union Railroad
will take the passenger trim down.
Those delivered on the aurens Railroad will take the
passenger train down. .
Those delivered on the Kings Mountain Railroad will
take the passenger train down.
Those delivered on the Blue Ridge Railroad will take the
train which leaves WalhalIa NJ O'Clock, a. m
ILL.,. Commissioners of Roads whoave not made returns
will do To avoid confusion and injustice the
returns OF all Commissioners should be promptly revised and
sent 10 this Office.
". Attention Is directed 10 the call Of Maj Gen. JONES,
for trentpe hundred road hands. The necessity for labor
is extremely urgent All volunteer labor furnished at
will be credited on this call. r. B. JOHNSON,
Agent of the State o. South Curol!2a.
Camden, July p, 1854.
July 81 30 81
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DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. On Saturday
afternoon last our oomnpuitywas sssartied
by the intelligence that Peter Wylie, son
of DR.. A. P. Wylie, Of Chester, had been
killed in the outskirts Of our village BY the
accidental discharge Of 4 gun IN his own
hands. There was no one with him when
the accident occurred except a small negro
boy; but there seems to be no doubt of1hs
fact, from the nature Of the wound, and
other circumstances, that the gun vas ac'
oideutally discharged in his own hands
The load entered his breast and shoulder,
killing him almost instantly. -Lageaster
Lsdgsr, T6R mat.
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The COURT OF INQUIRY AT CRY
Po1Nr-The Court of Inquiry, which as
sembled at the Headquarters Of Grant near
City Point, to investigate the cause of the
terrible castigaticn administered by Malone
has decided that on account of the iilegality
of its appointment it had no power to exam:
inc witnesses or go into the merits Of the
question. The matter has. therefore, been
referred back to Gen. Meade, and it is stated
that be intends preferring charges against
Burnside, who, in that event, will haye to
be tried by court martial.
[Pstsrs5ary Ezpress, 18Th.
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THE CLARENDON FIaHT.-The Mem
phis Bulletin gives some further particulars
of the fight Shelby had with the guuboats
at Clarendon, a White River: 1t appears
that before daylight Oh the morning of the
24th, while lying at anchor in the river, d.
rectly oppusite Clarendon, Shelby quietly
moved up and planting battery on. the
bank, opened fire upon her. The gunboat
returned the fire Lriskly, but the range be-
ing too short, without effect, and in tcS
minutes she was sunk-nearly all the Off.
GERS and crew being taken prisoners. The
negroes found on the gun.boat were imme.
diately put to death. Only few of the
Grew escaped. The Arkansas feet of gun.
boats, ordered down the river on the same
date in charge of the gunboat Tyler, was
met and warned Of their danger by thcse
who escaped. The Tyler resolved, however,
to try the batteries, and in short time Was
seriously damaged, and lost her chief piIot.
Then the guuboat Thirty ak came up and
met the same, fate. The guuboat Kate
Harris is reported to nave been captured.
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The STATE CARD FAcroRY.-A few
-monthsago. Gen. Jones, the Qaartermaste,
General of the State Of South Carolina, in
accordance with the action of the authori
ties to that end, purchased in England nine
machines for the manufacture Of cards, and
q considerable amount of wire, leather,
sloth and'other stock.
The former were badly packed, and on
being opened in this, country, presented a
motley array of machinery covered with
rust, and SO disordelsd as to be, for time,
utterly useless. By diligent search, how.
ever, Gen. Jones found machinist who
undertook the task of :.'settipg his house iu
order," and a few weeks more witnessed
these admirable and patriotic contributions
70 our convenience, not to say "necessaries
of life," in c9mplete and successful opera
|HioD: -;,T;5 sT2r1-ssl. - mi .tsyss>r
On Saturday, for the first time since the
factory has been at work-now some five
moDths-we visited the establishment. a, II
is located in the State House grounds, and
consists of three buildings, originally erect.
ed for olherpurposes; but iugeniously adapt.
ed, and with comparatively small expense,
by Gen. Jones to the more important object
In hand. The first of these buildings is de-
voted to the nine delicate machines, and the
work 10 which they are directly employed.
I, The distribution of the cards to the pub.
lie is made by Col. Caldwell, the Commis-
sary General, according to the demands that
may be made y,the several Soldiers Boards
Of Relief in the State, to whom is coDfded
the responsibility of prudently bestoving
them5upon, the individuals of their Tespec.
tive communities.
The number of men employed in'the fac
tory liable to military service is only five;
the other employees are ladies, boys and me-
gro hands. From soventy.fve to ninety
pairs of cards are made per day, and dis
posed Of OF twelve dollars a pair. '
.-, South Carolsniaas. :
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BATTLE OF THE WHITE .TAvERN.-Or
the Charles City road, Elk miles from Rich
mond and just beyond our outer works, ii
a point known as the White tavern. Thi
point, on Sunday and Monday, was the ex
treme left of our line. The enemy's dis
mounted cavalry on Monday moved.up this
road in heavy force. Our cavalry met then
below the White Tavern, :and, about 10 o
clock, q. m., a fight begun, which lasted
until late in. the evening. In the course o.
the day we dove the enemy back abou,
two miles in; the direction of Deep Bottom
and Curles' Neck. Late in the evening
ns We were pressing 7tasysuemy's cavalry
we came upon his infantry, who in tarl
forced US back about half mile, when the
night put an end to the fight.
Early yesterday morning the enemy again
advanced up the New Market road, thi,
time with cavalry, artillery and infantry
His cavalry force was heavier than on the
previous day, and his infantry, so far as as
certaiued, consisted of the I'd, 9th anll0th
corps, numbering together not less than 49,,
600 men. About 7 o'clock, a. M, this i'm.
melse force struck our cavalry and drove
them back into onr eartbworks. Here our
cavalry and a small force of our infantry
held them in check, for considerable
length of time, during which the enemy
made several fierce assaults in heavy col,
umns, the devoted negro troops of Burnside
leading in every charge The slaughter
of the negroes in these assaults exceeded
anything that occurred at,Petersburg on the
memorable 30th of July. =,
This was an unequal contest. The enc
my's line .overlapped us.on.the leftswhile
they still engaged all Of our attention by
hurliug heavy masses on cur front. We
were at length Aanked on our.lefs, and the
enemy drove US from our position, taking,
it is said, about mile of our works. The
fight was, however, kept up by our retiring
forces until the arrival of reiDforcements,
when, after a desperate and bloody fight,
We drove the enemy from our entire line.
The battle proper began about 8 o'clock,
a. m, and was waged with varying fury un-
til O'Clock in the evening.
7 The enemy's loss in this battle was very
great, as We learn from a number of sources.
We have heard no estimate of our loss
Brigadier General Chanbliss is reported to
haYe been wounded and taken prisoner in
the first onslaught Of the enemy. There
was also report that Gen. Wade Hampton
had been killed, but thiHismore than doubt:
full. -. ;..ts.S,
This vas a serious undetermined effort
of Grant to turn our left and forceat once
the abandonment ofNew MarkstIHill, and,
perpaps Chafin's Bluff Its result is high
ly satisfactory to US. s.-E.ranasner, 17h.
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Our CURRENCY oY-The Augusta Consti.
tutiomalist, in an editorial on. the subject. .oi
finance and currency says:
Mr.. Trenholm,.the new Secretary Of the
Treasury, has, at the very outset of his off.
cial career, sets his face as flint against any
line of policy saRoring in the least of those
lame shifts and shameful tergiversations that
have hitherto unhappily marred the conduct
of our finances. To his mind a dollar is
still dollar to be paid means to be paid !;
and redeemable on such s'day has no other
nesning. than that when. snch day arrives
the proper officer shall stand ready to fulfill
With mercantile exactness, the very Letter
and spirit of the promise presented With
this disposition to do for the future what is
right, is coupled also the. power, land it gives
US genuine pleasure to say that the opera
tions of the Treasury Bureaux at Columbia
are such as will, by October next, have
ready for usual and circulation q sufficient
amount of the new notes to absorb the en-:
tire outstanding amount of the, old, at the
legal rates of two for three. Three full
months will thus be given wherein each
nan, who now holds the old issue will be
euabled, should 'he' feel 50 disposed, to con
vert it into its equivalent in the new No
Que need fear he will either be forced to
fund or else lose the entire amount of these
obligations now In his possession. Three
months-the usual time of business note
will, at the very worst, be given him to
effect the exchange; aud at the date of this
present writing, no man who has dollar in
old issue need submit to any further dis
count than the legal thirty. three and q third
rjer cent.
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lease of certain Of your officers now prison
ers of war, you recently sent to the coast Of
Georgia and kidnapped twenty, FIVE oiti-
zens. You now inform me that you hold
them as prisoners, and that if I feel disposed
to exchange any of those ."persons'for any
of the naval officers captured in September,
1868, at Fort Sumter, or elsewhere, at any
time within the limits'o Of this command and
will inform me (you) thereof, I (you) will
submit the question to the Navy Depart
ment."
T know not on what principle you pro-
pose to exchange "citizens," whom you
have caused to be kidnapped and forcibly
carried away from their homes and impris-
oued,, for officers captured in battle with
arms in their hands.
p. You might, perhaps, without going as
far as the. coast of Ge6fef Fave captured
men whom you. could ;wittha ipropriety have
offered in exchehge for your officers but
you would have found them armed, and
would have been obliged to fight and over
come before capturing them; You need
not trouble the Navy Department with the
question, as I do,not "feel disposed" to aid
you to profit by your own wrong, by ex-
changing officers captured in battle for pri.
vate "citizens" captured so wantonly and at
so little risk to ting captors But T will ex.
change the officers you refer to for an equal
number of Confederate States officers, pris-
oners of war, Of like grade, rank for rank,
or their equivalents government desig-
mating its officers to be exchanged. If you
think proper to accede to this proposition,
you have only TO notify me when you are
prepared to make the exchange.
The clothing you may send in boxes, easi-
ly handled, in a.small boat to the usual
pointrof meeting off Battery Marshall. But
as Major General Foster has requested that
communication between us be only by way
Of Port Royal Ferry, Fhave to request that
in future any communication you may de-
sire to. send to me, which does not require
immediate action, be sent to that point.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
(Signed) SAM JONES, Major General.
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The FAILURE OF GaANT.ro CAPTURE

IHE FAILURE OF URANT.TO OAfiohI'
RICHMOND Or PETERsBuRa!-The Yam.
KEGS are beginning to learn that it ;is-sasier
to talk about the capture of Richmond and
Petersburg and the smash up-of the Gre.
bsliion;" than to dofthe work. Many of
the Northern papers are acknowledging
that the whole scheme has been a failure
from the beginning of the campaign; and
they are now abusing Grant for, sacrificing
one hundred thousand men since he started
to Richmond. The New York :. Herald,
speaking of Grants mining operations and
his grand failure to effect anything in that
way, especially of the failure on the 30th
of July, says:
considerable modification and chagrin
appear to be felt ID the army Of the Potou-
ac over the failure of the recent attempt to
carry the enemy's lines by storm. It is
very natural and proper that this should be
so No one ventures to deny that we had
on that occasion four corps massed against
a position held by three Divisions of the
rebels, and the-army may naturally wonder
whether it will ever succeed again if it is
to fail with such odds in its favor. No
stratagem to gain an advantage in numbers
at the point of contact was ever more ad-
mirably contrived or more successful than
that by which Gen. Grant got the bulk of
Lees army over at DEEP Bottom at the
time when this assault was TO be made; but
it was great failure not to seize sesolutely
what this advantage placed Within our
reach. Whispers that the army did not
fight well are absurd, as applied to this
event; for not enough of the army was put
in to give it chance to win. Were our
Generals over sapguine of the result?-
Were they 30 certain of success that they
did not employ men enough to secure it Z
Were they saving the troops for q great
days work after Petersburg had been ia
ken I? In view of what appears now to be
in progress in Maryland, Pennsylvania and
the Shenandoah Valley, it is an unpleasant
truth that the late attempt by the army Of
the Potomac has served Gen. Lee in the
light of an experiment.. It seemsto have
given him great and valuable piece of in-'
formation as to how few men can hold the
Petersburg defences. Three divisions held
those lines when the assailapts ,hadEthe: as
sistance of mine, that had cost q months
labor, and it follows that Lee could have
reinforced Early with great. many men it
he had only known it,. He knows it now,
aud it is,not too late to act upon the know
ledge. We shall soon, in all probability,
have larger operations near the. Pennsyl-
Vania border than We have had lately, and
we must prepare to- hear, ere the sunnfaer'fe
over, of another real invasion Of the. North.
Perhaps real Invasion may accomplish
what so many demonstrations have failed
to accomplish, and draw Grant from the
James River. But if Grant is to stay there
who shall repel the invasion"
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WOOL CARDgNG.
THE Subscriber hereby informs the

THE Subscriber hereby informs the
Il public that his MACHINES are in GOOD ORDER,
and are now in operation Price for CARDING follows:
For X fbs of ROLLS, pound of BACON.
ForIX TBS of ROLLS, pound of LARD.
ForlH lbs of ROLLS, pound of TALLOW.
For 10 TBS of ROLLS, bushe of CORN.
For Is lbs of ROLLS, bushel Of WHEAT.
For Is BIS of ROLLS, bushel of RYE.
For lbs of ROLLS, pound Sole LEATHER.
For TBS of ROLLS, pound Upper LEATHER.
For lbs of ROLLS, Gallon Of MoLASSES:
For 10 lbs of ROLLS, yard Of Wooden JEANS.
For lbs of ROLLS, ] yard Of Woelen LlNSEY
For lbs Of ROLLS, yard Of cotton SHIFTING.
TOLL IN WOOL-The TENTH.
CASH-sl per pound, NEW ISSUE, or bills under SIS
Those furnishing TALLoW, BACON. LARD or olhel
produce, shall have preference In getting their work done
: z. d. SMITH.
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=. -
IMPORTANT DEoIMoN.-Frpmths Rich.
mond Enquirer, we learn that Judge Ly.
ons, in the case Of N. Tinsley Pate, who
came before him under awrit ofhabeas
corpus claiming exemption from militia du-
ty because Of being scohseript, has decided
that detailed men are mol, liable 70 do duty
in the militia or reserve corps on the fol-
lowing grounds: .s.,s.. 81,
ssThst he was detailed conscript in the
Confederate army, between the ages Of Is
and 45-that he was regularly enrolled
conscript under the.act of Congress, aud
had been detailed from the army IN the
field until the LIST, November next, as lessee
aud owner Of the cement works in Rock.
bridge county-that as such, being liable
to do duty in the Confederate army, the
Secretary of War having the power to, re-.
woke bis detail at any moment, he could
not be liable to do duty asa militiaman.-
The Judge therefore decided that the said
N. Tinsley Pate was illegally held as a
member of Capt. VIM. A..Jenkiu's compa.
ny, 18th regiment Virginia Militia. The
Judge also decided that the said Pate vas
not liable to do duty in the Reserve Forces,
under command of Gen. Kemper, as the
law organizing the reserves provides that
it shall be composed Of persons between!the
ages of I6 to 18 and 45 to SO, and that the
aforesaid Pate being between neither Of the
above mentioned ages, could not, therefore,
be properly held to duty as reserve"
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YANKEE WOMEN IN ARMS THE New
Albany Ledger learns that D most painful
tragedy occurred. near Mauckport, Harrison
county, Indiana, on Sunday last A young
lady by the name Of Miller Vent to she
church wearing some sort Of "butteE-nut"
emblem This created considerable feel
ing among some of the Republican ladies
of the congregation. After the services
were over, Mrs. Timberlake, wife of Henry
.Tiuberlake, nephew of Col. Joha Tim
berlake,, volunteered TO 60 and take away
the emblem. She rushed towards Miss
Miller, and general fight occurred among
the women, when Col John Tiuberlake
came into the crowd, apparently much ex-
cited. :. -. :
A young man named Henry Lohmire,
who accompanied Miss Miller to the church,
warned Timberiake, not to interfere, Lob
smire himself sndeavoring tosseparate the
lady combatants. Mmberlake replied to
Lohmire-aYou You are. nothing but rebel
anyhow" Lohmire warned Timberlake
not to- repeat the language. Timberlake
replied, in still more defiant manner,
-nYou area id. rebel -" and,
some accounts say, struck Lohpire in the
face, and put his hand to aside pocket as
if to draw a weapon, whereupon Lomire
drew pistol and shot twice, both shotsta-
hng,eFect.,i The FIRST ball passed through
Tinberlake's hand and into his shoulder,
the second entering his side sapd passing
through the heart, causing instant death.
; The affair, as may be imagined, CAUSED
great excitement in the neighborbood, where
a bad feeling had prevailed for some time.
Timberlake was formerly Lieutenant Colo.
mel of the. S1st Indiana. .1Lohmire was a
young man-a mere Boy, in fact-who is
said BY those who Know him to be Of gentle
disposition. He at once proceeded to Cory.
don, where he surrendered himself and was
put in jail,-=St. Lopis Republican.
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COLUMBIA, s. c., August 3, 1864.
IN answer to numerous inquiries ad-
dressed TO this Office in relation 10 the Militia Laws o
this STATE the following announcement is made:
l. All male white persons resident In this State, between
the of sixteen and sixty years. capable OF bearing arms
except persons who exempt from call militia service
liable miti duty, both ordinary and In the field In
times OF ALARM insuTection or invasion.
H. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate
detailed remain home In civil empoyments
>or pursuits who have hecn exempted from Confederate
service during the continuance Of such exemption detail
are liable other citizens In times Of invasion.
ILL., Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate
vice. whether general local. although detailed remain
home, eligible TO any militia office, and no one
liable duty in the Confederate service, uess he be
emped from said service, under the provisions Of the Elk
empon Act OF Congress- shall hereafter be eligible to any
militia otfce"-tA. A. 9Th February, 1862
W. Detailed who have been organized as such into
Companies for local military service by Confederate
thority, will not be held liable FOE militia service
V. Militia officers In carrying into execution General Or
ders No. g. series 1864 rom this office, will he governed by
the foregoing Instructions and held in raadnGs for actua
service their respective commands in obedience TO said
ders
BY command: -
tSigned) A. e. DARLINGTON, ,
Adjutant and Inspector General 8. G..
Official G. A. FoLLIs, A. A. Gen. '..
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HEADo'Rs. DEPT So. Ca, GA. AND FLA,
Charleston, August Is, 1864.
SIR I received last night your letter Of
the 18th instant. - ..-....
The officers of the United States Navy,
prisoners of war, now in this city, to.whom
you refer, will be permitted to receive any
clothing you may send them to meet their
present wants.
In view of the diligence with which the
troops of your Government have sought for
and stolen or wantonly destroyed all man.
uer Of clothing, even the apparel of women
AMI children, that they could find in our
country, and this in many cases by order Of
the General commanding, it may seem
somewhat singular that should permit this
indulgence. I desire it, therefore, to he
distinctly understood that [ do it only be.
cause I believe like indulgence is allowed
our officers now prisoners of war.
Icauuot permit them to receive from you
the other articles you mention. They re-
ceivo now the same rations in kind and
quality that our officers receive. fthe or.
,icles you mention are not issued to them
regularly, it is only because Of the blockade
Of our Coast maintained by your Govern
mcnt and the destruction of grain, agricul-
rural implements, and means of transpor
,atiou, by its armies. can6ot permit any
running of the blockade for the especial and
exclusive benefit of those who maintain it.
Your officers will be permitted, as hereto
fore, to receive money in reasonable sums,
and to purchase what they want in our mar
kets.
1t seems that in order to procure the re.
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A. gentleman, just from N. Orleans, in
forms the Canton Citizen that the yellow
fever was raging there, apd the deaths were
250 per day. .... , 49,.
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-1EsERsoxs ExrNpr gRoM AtL ,nLlrIA purr.

- TrERsoSs EXEMPT PROM ALL MILITIA DUTY.
The Lieutenant Governor; the Judges Of the Courts OF
Law and Equity the 0rduares Clerks Of the Courts OF
Common Pleas and General Sessions Shers; Masters,
Commissioners and Registers in Equity the Secretary OF
State Surveyor Gcncral Comptroller General, and Trea-
surers Of the State.
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nENTAL NOTICED URN G
~ my absence from Yorkville have made arrange
ments with Dr. LESLIE OWEN formerly of Charleston,
TO take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the ESQulREF
building where he will hc peasedo wait on my customers
usual He is gentleman Of much experience In my
line of business and WILL doubtless, give general satisfac
ton. w. NJ. WALKER, Dentist
February 25 If