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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-07-06

ATLANTA, June 30.-The appeal has
received the Chattanooga Gazette of the
2Sth, containing dates from New York and
Washington to the 9th. The postpone.
ment of the Chicago Convention to the 29th
August, isunderstood to be triumph fol-
the Vallandigham and Wood faction, the
object beipg.to wait the issue of the pres
ent campaign. IF Grant and Sherman meet
with decided success, the Convention may
promulgate platform pledging the party to
universal amnesty Of the rebels, and nom.
mate man identified with the war, If
Grant is not successful they may adopt
straight out peace resolutions, and unite on
candidate who has opposed war and whose
first act of administration shall be propo.
sal foran armistice with the view to . final
separation. .es..e
In the Senate on the 24th, Davis gave
notice Of his intention to introduce bill to
establish peace among the people under q
United States Government.
In Washington, on the 9th, it was sup.
posed that the question respecting the three
hundred dollar Communication clause, about
which there was difference between the
House and Senate, would be settled by Gen.
ference. ~. rS:,F >a ss:t'
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WOULDN'T TAKE THE OATH. The
Greensboro (Miss.) Motive is informed
that sometime since man took two bales
of cotton and went into Memphis to buy
goods, etc. He got a pass from the com.
mander of the post, and went and bought
such articles as he desired. Upon coming
out, while singing very merrily and cut
ting and beating his team, he was halted.
The commander said, "Hello, my friend,
there is one thing you failed to do, and that
is to take the oath of allegiance" Hold
ing up book the commander said, "Le4
me read it to you" He reads it in the
real Yankee style, very fast. "Read it
again.. said the old man. He read again
as fast as ever. The old man gives "a long
breath put his hands to his ears and said,
.sHold on, stranger, read d.slow, 1 can't un-
derstand that fast, Yankee reading" The
commander reads again and emphasizes on
every word. When he finished, the old
man drew another long breath and said,
EaWell, sir, I'll boil hell down to a quart
and drink it before I'll take that oath, .
and commenced turning his cart around to
unload, when the Yankee told himhe could
pass. ..,-&
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ss- In the debate ID the Yankes House,

s@ In the debate i'd the Yankee House,,
On the 25th, on the repeal Of the commute
ton clause of the draft Jaw. Schenck, Of
Ohio, supported the repeal of The clsnse,
and said the rebellion must be- put down !;
if not now, hereafter; if not in ten years, In
twenty. If peace could be made to day
every sensible man knows that it could NOT
last sixty days. IfWe:recoguize the South
ern Confederaey as q distinct nation, with
it's borders the Potomac and the GrH Of
Mexico, wemay sxpest war, mnfdss tnd
everything else. ,.s ttssG%.FiE Z q G -
Dale, of New York, opposed the repeal
of the oommutation clause, Garfield said
if the Communication clause be retained, the
army caunot be adequately fed; sthe rabel-.
lion cannot be put down during his term Of
Congress, nor under administra-
ton. - :, - go,
Mallory, Of KY, and Wade, thought the
policy of resorting to conscription the Wgrst
the government could adopt Z
In New York, on. the 2sth, gold opened
at2.14, and again advanced and: eloeeIat.
2.2l3; sterling exchange, 2.3S.
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4. ~ = - 81. .A@gs
TENDER MEnorEs OF THE YAsKEEa--
The'Yicksburg correspondent Of tie Nss.
York Tribune gives the following accouns
of the condition Of the negroes torn from
their homes BY Gen. Sherman IN bis mid:
through Mississippi: So.
Gsome 5000 slaves Of all ages and 4col-
ors, reached here yesterday 70 was the
saddest spectacle witnessed for o long time
in Vieksburg. The. women and children
we're almost starved and nsked. Huoh ..
terrible picture of abject want and squalid
misery can neither be Unsigned nor portray
ed with pen. Mapyof the women and
children we're sick with feyera brought on
by the great fatigue and exposure Of the
long march from Meridian, Enterprize,
Qlitman, and other places. VIII not the
friends of freedom and the humane rhilan-
thropists Of the North come forward ct once
and with their hands rescue these liberated
slaves from premature. graves 2n s.
As there can be no more political capital
made. out Of them, these homeless Wretches
will be left to perish: 2S
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-07-06

A NovELTY-HoME MANUFACTURER
El-We had the pleasure of witnessing an
enterprise recently introduced into our city
by our energetic and perseYering fellow
citizen-Capt. Camille Girardey-at once
an enterprise of great utility, and novelty
to the people Of this country-an enterprise
due at once to the war in which we are en-.
gagged, and to the energy of the gentleman
who has introduced it here. This enterprise
is no less than machine for the manufac.
ture of ice! 1t is the invention of M. Car.
rie, of France, and is capable Of producing
ice-the one now at work here-at the rate
Of ton day! 1t can also manufacture
salt. and some chemicals of Importance
We witnessed its operations yesterday, and
saw the ice, and tasted it too!
Only think of it-long cylindrical blocks
of ice, made on hot day in June, by the
combined action of caloric acid gas and wa.
ter, under the influence Of steam and at
mosphsric pressure This is, indeed a
novelty worthy of the investigation Of. the
learned, and the examination of the curious ;
and we are gratifed TO be. able to state that
q day in each wesk--.of which due notice
will be giyen-will be setiapart, on which
the public will be admitted to witness the
operation of this wonderful machine. It is
the invention, as we havealready said of NJ.
Carrie, one of the greatest chemists of
France, who has patented it all the world
over. Captain Girardey has secured the
patent right for the Confederacy, and in
tends to manufacture a number of these
machines to be introduced into all of our
Southern cities. -
A great portion of the ice thus made is
for the Government-to be used in Hospit-
ais, particularly for the sick and wounded
soldiers, while portion will be reserved for
the public, to whom it will be sold at as
reasonable rates as possible. Thus the me-
cessitiss of the war in which We are engaged,
and the enterprise of our people, We are
hecnming daily mora and more independent
of Sour Yankee brethren; !" and by the time
the war closes, We hope, not only to achieve
our political independence but also our f.
nancial and industrial independence of the
people who are trying to subjugate US, as
we'll as of the world at large. Let us labor
by all the means in our power, to accomp-
list this great end.-Augusta Constellation
ahst, June 28M. ......>
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AN ACT TO RAISE MONEY TO MoREAsR
THE tpAY OF SoIpIBRs.-Th fullexiag
act makes an important addition % the
taxea,, ,as established hy other laxs
TIE Congress Of The Goysdevats, States
of America do enact, That upon ali sub
jects of taxation, under existing tax laws,
there shall be assessed and levied Ajax
equal.to one.ffth of thsan,ount Of the pres.
ent tax on the same subjects ;fm :theyear
1864; which tax. shall be- payable only in
Confederate Treasury notes Of the new is
sue, and shallb collected at the same times
with other taxes on the same subjects un-
der laws now in force, 80: S<:T GO
Sec. 2. The money arising from the,tax
hereby imposed, shall be apprepriatsd flst
to the payment Of the increased oempelsa-
tion ofthe, soldiers, under the got pssseaas
,thespfeseutssession. -. -. -
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A Raider on his own Hook.

49, >@~S S<SSkAs
We learn that private Frank Higgiu.
botham, of Company B, Captain Hazzard's
fourth regiment Georgia cavalry, left Bell
Point picket on Thursday last, and proceed.
ed alone ina small boat to St. Simon's Isl.
and. As he, approached the Island he was
hailed by the negro picket, to whom he
represented himself as being a deserter from
the Confederate lines.
He found the residence of the late Thos.
Butler King garrisoned by Nat, notorious
runaway negro and rascal, formerly owned
in Savannah, belonging to Q citizen of Glynn
county. Higginbotham, whoseems to have
been well acquainted with the locality, sta.
ted that he wished to go on board the Yam.
kee blookader lying some miles below in
St. simon's Sound. He was informed by
Nat that the boat from the, Mockader visit:
ed the Island twice a week &r vegetables;
and that he would havet6 wait day OF
two, when itwould. make it's next trip
HiggiRbotham remained over Friday, ma.
king his observations in the meantime. On
Saturday he prevailed on Nat to go with
him to the beach to hunt turtle eggs. Nat
went with his prisoner, carrying with him q
double barreled gun. While on the beach
looking for eggs, our daring raider managed
to get, possession of Mats gun. Taking a
favorable opportunity, he shot Nat, killing
him dead. He then returned to the house
and fred on Harvey, breaking his thigh
After dispatching him with a blow in the
head with an ak, be conveyed the bodies of
the two negroes to batteau, and collecting
such spoils as were at hand, set sail for the
camp of his company, where he arrived a.
bout noon on Saturday. He brought with
him, besides the bodies of the negroes, three
guns, three valuable saddles, fifty pounds of
coffee, and some hundred and fifty dollars
in specie and g-eenbacks, with other articles
of value.
The negroes were notorious rascais, who
had committed many murders and robberies.
Nat, besides stealing some seventy to hun.
dred negroes from the seacoast counties,
was the murderer of Mr.. s. s. Akin, Of
Wayne county, and also Messrs. Palmer
and Davis, highly respectable citizens, and
we believe members of Capt. Hazards cav
airy.
We understand the hero of this bold, and
under all circumstances of the case, We
think perfectly justi6able adventure, is
youth of only nineteen years of age. He
deserves the thanks of the people Of the sea-
board for ridding them of two dangerous
spies, murderers, incendiaries and thieves.
:, Savannah News, July 24th. :
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HoRR1BIE GATAsrRopHE. We were
informed yesterday evening BY gentleman
just from the place, that af " o 'olock.on
Wednesday, night, the residence Of Mfs.
Kornegay, IAN aged lady, who lived
ten miles below Keanausrille, was. con.
sumed by fire, and that the old lady herself y
persisted in The flames. IT isalmost certain
also, that her; daughter snd grand daughter
nst the same terrible death. But worse
still, Il Is, thesgenefal belief That the old
lsdy's negro nans first siolassd the persons .
Of the young ladies' and aftsryards, set tre
10 the buifdingss Gfsat exeitemsnt existed
ii ths neigbboroe
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NORTHERN WoMEN.-The. Democratic
'Watchman, Belfefont, Penn, says: "We
can scarcely go into a house'at the North
where some; Of the property of Southern ia.
dies is not seen, in possession Of women
who have sent forth their brethren and
friends to plunder and devsstate the South.
Books, musical instruments, and everything
portable, are stolen wherever our armies
march, and conveyed North. This crusade
upon the women of the South is urged on
by their sisters in the North, and We have
heard threats from females which. the most
brutal soldier in the army would scorn to ex.
ecute. In every town, village, steamboat
and railroad car, all over the. land, will be
found the, fairest Of the sex advocating the
destruction Of their sisters of. the South
We can only account for it by supposing
that the devil has sought to destroy the hu-
man family through. the same medium he
used more than FIVE thousand years ago. 1t
is horrible, and acannet failto' brings upon
US the wrath, of Heaven" ;:2 Z
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Escape of the Raiders.

The Camp Vance raiders, it seems have
made their escape. The pursuit is stated
in the: Salisbury Watcln,op of yesterday to
have terminated on Thursday morning, at
Yellow mountain, at place known as wind.
ing stairs, a"narow foot way crossing the
mountains in Mitchell county. I.
The. enemy succeeded In: carrying of
most of their prisoners, white and black,
though large number is known to have
escaped. Their loss is not known, though
it is believed that several were killed
There we're signs on the ground of blood;
and Of dragging. One dead body was left
behind. Prisoners, who escaped, said that
Kirk (the commander) )'had his arm broken
by ashot from-our men. = ~: ,
The damage on our side consisted in the
killing of - Clark, Of Capt. Freeman'a
company, and Of the woundipg Of DR.. Pear.
SON, in the knee, and .of,the Hon. W.. W.
Avery, in the groin, both, Of Morgsnton,
and Lieut.. Velter, Of Camp Vance, in the
foot. 6 -
"A number of citizens along the route of
the retreating raiders were robbed of their
negroes, horses and mules, guns, money,
jewelry, silver ware, andin some cases clio.
thing. =. - -
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
hf BY
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G. MACON. GEORGIA.
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entertaining book for young persons Pronounced
by good judges to be equal to Robinson Crusoe. Price
50 00.s - ..
Abera discount the trade from the foregoing prices.
For the named, remitted In current funds, we
viii send either all Of these books postpaid, to any part
Of the Confederacy. Address, --
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Any newspaper in the Confedeacy copying the above ad
versemen with this note will receive copy Of each Of
the above books upon receipt Of the paper containing the
advertisement -...--- .s--.a..
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VALbANDIaHAM's DAYTON 'SPEEcH.-.
Dayton dispatches say Vallandigham7is en-
joying quiet. Inaspeech to crowds sere.
nading him, he said he would make nc
threats, but be had not come from a foreign
country without calculating the conse.
quences and making deliberate prepara-
tions to meet them. "
If any military commander should at
tempt his arrest, he warned them that in
Dayton, the persons and property of those
instigating such procedure would be held
as hostages.
He should demand eye -forseye and tooth
Cor tooth; so help him the everlasting Je-
hovah. -
He did not expect to beSmoiested again.
Ifhe should be, however, be warned them
the result would be such that, when COM
pared, the other was'but dust in the bal
anoe. He intended remaining quiet till af-
ter the Chicago convention, and would then
avow his purposes. - - {
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD.
81 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF aoNoRI
raseiyed freouent applics

Afl8<NINDeF6SefYeu IFt4 ueIlb dppuCd-
toHs from tne friends of deceased soldiers TO place
In prmanent orman make 1t accessible to all who might
desire copy, the sRQLL OF HONOR" on which am
engaged for the State propose to publish work more eX
tended Its scope aud design than the State Roll embra
Ing SKETCHES OF the officers and men from
this who have fallen died In service during the pre-
war; and whose friends may furnish me with the neces
sary materials for such sketches.
The plan Is this. The friends of the deceased soldiers
desiring place In this work. viii forward TO me the neces
sary information make up for publication the biographi
cal sketches send TIE notices they wish inserted,
when they Will be revised and compiled for publication
Each sketch be accompanied by the name
of least subscriber and Ten Dollars deay the
labor Involved in the preparation and compilation
of the sketches for which receipt will be given entlng
The holder Rcopy of the work the subscription price,
am perfectng arrangements with leading publishing
house for the publication of the work. 1t will be published
in monthly numbers, and issued IN the best style of letter
press printing, fine white English book paper and print
ed with the best English Ink. Each number will contain
portraits Of officers aud men who have dstin
guished themselves during the war The twelve numbers
win make fonr handsome volumes.
Terms $50 per annum for twelve numbers, payable on
the publication ofhe first number, Of which due nonce viii
be given The work will be continued until the Roll is
completed Those intending to subscribe or furnish bio
graphical sketches should doo without delay the first
edition Will be limited TO the number of subscribers
Address - WILLIAM b. JOHNSTON,
Columbia, SC.
February II 81
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h@r In the Baltimore nominating Conven:
ton there were three or feur negroes repre-
senting South Carolina. Among them we
observe the name Of Robert Small, who, It
will be remembered, carried q steamboat
10 the Yankees two years ago,
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TIE NUMBER THREE.-Whent the world

The NUMBER THREE.-Whent the -orld
was created, we had land, water and sky
sun, moon and stars. Noah had but three
SONS; Jonah was three days in.the whales
belly; our Saviour passed three daysin the
tomb; Peter denied his Saviour thrice
There were three patriarchs, Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. Abraham entertained
three angels. Samuel was called three times.
"Simon, lowest thou me 2" was repeated
three times. Daniel was thrown in den
with three lions for praying three times a
day. Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego
were rescued from the flames of the oven.
The ten commandments were delivered on
the third day. Job had three friends. st.
Paul speaks of faith, hope and charity,
these three. Those famous dreams Of the
baker and butler were to come to pass in
three days; and Elijah prostrated himself
three times on the body of the dead child.
Samson deceived Deliah three times before
she discovered the source of his strength. :
F The sacred letters on the cross are I. b.
s.; so also the Roman motto was composed
of three words, "ln hoe .Syno." There
are three conditions for man the earth,
heaven and hell there is also holy Trim.
:ity. In Mythology three Graces; Cerberus
with his three heads; Neptune holding his
three.toothed staff; the Oracle of-Delphi
cherishes with veneration the tripot; and
the nine MUSES. sprang from three. In ma.
ture, we have male, female and offspring
morning, noon and night. Trees group
their leavesin threes; there is the three
leaved clover. Every ninthwave is ground
swell. We have fish, flesh and fowl. The
majority Of mankind die at thirty. What
could be done in mathematics without the
aid of the triangle witness the power of
the wedge ; and to logic three premises are
indispensable. e.-Knicker6ocker ,a.
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Docs, YANKEES ND..NEaRoEs.-The
Houstop Telegraph is responsible for the
following: .....
An amusing incident occurred in Louisi.
ana the other day. Among the prisoners
captured in the late battles were two Van.
KEGS who were determined to escape. They
adopted the ingenious plan of burying them
selves alive. They dug convenient sized
holes'in the night, got in and by the aid of
comrades were covered up, loose leaves be-
ing thrown over it. In the morning the
prisoners were moved off, under guard,
leaving the two buried men. After every
thing got quiet, they crawled out Of their
holes. Unfortunately for them they were
seen by two little. boys, who however, failed
to give the information for several hours
When It was known that there were two
Yankees lost, it was determined to secure
them. A pack Of negro dogs were brought
out, and put on the scent An theshtely occu-
pied holes. They followed: the traok-uptil
they finally treed the Yankees fifteen miles
away. The Yankees were exceedingly in
dignant at being hunted by dogs. They
cursed the id rebels soundly for chasing
white men with dogs. Itwas bad enough
to chase negroes that way, but it-was id
brutal for white men to be treated SO. One
of the ohasers replied: "Well, now, you
needn't take on that way, Yank. Fact is,
you have yourself to blame for it. You
have been associating with the niggers SO
much, since you have been South, that the
dogs took you for them"
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HERE'S YER MULE W--Sturgis and
Grierson fed from the avenging Forrest on
a mule. The North Mississippi correspon.
dent of the Mobile Register furnishes that
paper with the following telegraph from
Gen. Buford, which is ludicrous picture
of the s'closing scenes :"
, GuNrowN, June'14;; 1854.
TO -MgorJ g. Ble,oett': ~:
The enemy were completely routed. We
captured $500 prisoners, 200 wagons, II
pieces of artillery, and an immense quantity
of small arms, quartermaster, commissary,
and, ordnance stores. No danger from that
source for several months to come. The
closing scene of the race was that Sturgis
and Grierson entered Memphis on the same
mule, back to back, each armed with a huge
pair of spurs. We are all safe, with a plen-
ty of the good things of life. The ladies
Of Columbus will be remembered. -.
GSignedl A. BUFORD,
: Brigadier General.
Sturgis, it seems, rode behind to watch
the rear, and Grierson would call ont to
him, 81 say, Sam, do you see anything Of
the d-d rebels 7"
"Yes, Bill, yonder they come" and both
would gouge the poor mule without mercy
and push ahead. g.. -
Prisoners say that neither of their Gen.
erals was within FIVE miles of the battlefield
at any time, and lady at whose house they
were, says they remained there drinking till
the firing began to approach and then they
mounted and nut. -
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..CLDBURNE PLAYS THE YANKEES A
TRIok--The army correspondence the
Griffin Rebel, writing from the front under
date of the: 21st instant, Says. i
Last .night,.very suddepl3, Gem cleburne
Withdrew his. videttes and. skirmishers In
such manner as to leave the impression
that he had evacuated. his works. On, find
ing this, the Yankee skirmish line. moved
rapidly up to the Yorks, with ayell, each
one trying to be the first to enter the rebel
entrenchments. "But Linden saw another
sight," Their surprise may be. very easily
imagined when they reached the works and
were ordered to surrender; which. they very
quietly did, without the fire of gun.-
Their main line advanced, before they saw
the trick, far enough for Cleburne to pay
his respects to them in the way of a Volley
into their ranks, which sent them; bowling to
their hiding. places. The; nett proceeds of
this4rick we're forty liye. Yankees. 49,