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Tributes of Respect and paid as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. Personal Communications, when admissible; communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. For the Yorkville Enquirer. SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This Ecclesiastical Court opened its sessions at Abbeville Court House, on the 6th instant, and closed them on the 9th. The attendance was not so large as usual, which was attributed to the agitated condition of part of the State, and the monetary stringency now pervading the country. But the eighty-five members present, addressed themselves earnestly to the routine of business, and dispatched it in less than the ordinary time. Dr. T. L. McBryde, the last Moderator present, preached the opening sermon. Other sermons were preached during the occasion, by Rev. T. E. Smith, Rev. Jno. S. Harris, Rev. Jno. S. Harris, Rev. Jno. L. Wilson, D. D., and Rev. G. Howe, D. D. The Presbyterian Church, and Rev. J. M. McDowell in the Methodist Church, and Rev. S. L. Watson, in Upper Long Cane Church. Two of the Ministers of the Synod, viz: Rev. G. C. Gregg and Rev. A. W. Ross were reported as having died during the year, and appropriate tributes of respect to their memories were adopted. From the Presbyterian reports, it was evident that the work of Domestic Missions is systematically and energetically pushed forward within the synouical bounds. A partial embarrassment has, however, ensued in this good cause, as well as in all others, upon the crisis now pending in the country. The cause of Foreign Missions also received prominent consideration in the Body. Dr. J. L. Wilson, who has had control of this department for several years past, and since June has been located in Columbia, where the benefactions of the churches have reached him, reported that there has been but little decrease in the contributions to this object, from churches in South Carolina, during the last year, as evidenced by the fact of over four thousand dollars having been received from our Synod. Having recently returned from a tour among the Western Indians, he presented before the Synod, an interesting detail of the condition of affairs out there. The missions and schools, so long and vigorously conducted by our church, among the tribes to the West of Arkansas, have been up to a late period very prosperous and successful. Many hundreds of these red men have been received into the Church of Christ, and have been elevated to very respectable degrees of civilization. The various tribes of any note—which are five—number about one hundred thousand in population; and the past success of missions among them, and the preparation for the work there—they being thoroughly in sympathy with the Southern Confederacy, having more than two large regiments ready for the field, to fight in our cause; the noble, devoted and experienced Missionaries now on the ground there, and the earnest calls of the natives for more of the Gospel, constitute this a hopeful field for the Southern Church, and it will doubtless receive at her hand, in proportion to its claims. The few Missionaries from the South, upon heathen soil, will also be cared for, as soon as the Church is able to supply the needs of the people. As, in the Providence of God, the way may be opened. There is one member of our Synod in China. A very able paper was adopted by the Synod, covering the ground of the Ecclesiastical relations of the Body. The four Presbyteries constituting the Synod, having renounced their allegiance to the General Assembly of the United States, and called for the organization of an Assembly for the Confederate States, at an early day, it only remained that the Synod endorse that action, and indicate its mind as to the grounds justifying the step, and as to the future policy of the church as about to be remodelled—all of which was done in the paper alluded to, and from the pen of Dr. Thornwell. Apart from this, the Synod also made a timely deliverance in reference to the war, now so wantonly and wickedly waged against the South. From the Presbyterial narratives, it was manliest that the advancement of religion in our bounds, is now regarded, by the heavy tribute under which our churches are laid, to support and prosecute the war in which our country is involved. In some churches not a male member is now at home, and but for the devoted females, the Sabbath Schools, &c., would be suspended. The benevolent contributions, although necessarily lessened, are much larger than might have been expected. To the honor of our churches, be it said, curtailment has not begun at the treasury and house of the Lord! Initiatory steps were taken, for the future transfer of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, to the control of the General Assembly of the Confederate States. This was regarded as an important measure. This "School of the Prophets" is now fully and ably manned, having five Professors and a Tutor, and about forty students. The Literary institutions, four in number, connected with the Synod, directly or indirectly, although feeling the pressure of the people to open their doors and invite the entrance of the sons and daughters of the church and the land. A special season was devoted by the Synod, to supplications in behalf of our country, and deep and earnest were the cries that went up, from hearts of faith, for our nation and countrymen. It is a hopeful symptom for our Government, that God's people are everywhere endeavoring to pray this war through, and at the same time, to fight as good soldiers in a holy cause. The Sabbath, with its communion services, was a high day for the members of Synod and the community of Abbeville. That noble people, with their excellent Pastor, Dr. D. M. Turner—who was Clerk of Synod—seemed determined, by their boundless hospitality, to make us happy whilst there, and to entice us back again. Their attempt was a grand success. Upon the whole, the Synod has seldom transacted more and important business, with more dispatch and harmony, than at this meeting, and very much of this was due to the courteous and efficient Moderatorship of Rev. J. M. H. Adams? Selected as the presiding officer of the body. Excluding the political and military agitations of the country? May the Synod of South Carolina have another such occasion in Yorkville, where it expects to meet on Wednesday before the second Sabbath in November, 1862. H. S. J. November, 1861. Kentucky Conspirators. The Louisville Courier, of last Friday, publishes a portion of the secret correspondence of the Kentucky Linoolnites, which by some means has fallen into the hands of its editors. The letters published show the villainy of the conspirators in all its naked atrocity and meanness. They show that it was the settled purpose of the Union demagogues of Kentucky, as far back as last May, to drag Kentucky into Lincoln's diabolical war upon the South, while professing to be in favor of neutrality and peace, avowedly for the purpose of deceiving and hoodwinking the State until their nefarious schemes should be matured. These letters also show that these wicked conspirators were prompted solely by motives of sordid gain, the burden of the correspondence being the appointment of one Ward, of Bowling Green, to whom it was addressed as Paymaster in Lincoln's army. To fill their pockets with money by faithful contributions and false pretenses, was the sole motive of these mercenary wretches. The only object of this fellow Ward was to become Paymaster? to carry the money-bag like another Judas. The history of the world does not furnish the parallel of the hypocrisy, falsehood, deception, and villainy of the band of conspirators who have betrayed and sold. The great State of Kentucky to her worst enemies. They went before the people last summer, with the lying pretense on their lips, that their only concern was to keep Kentucky out of the war, and by pledges of their devotion to neutrality and peace, succeeded in gulling the people into electing them to Congress and the Legislature. But all this while, as the proof shows, they had determined to discard Kentucky neutrality and were secretly plotting to hand her over, bound hand and foot, to the tyrant; and as the reward of their black and infamous treason, were obtaining mule and other contracts, out of which they were enabled to steal unheard of sums of money from the best Government on earth; and in addition many of them had high military commissions in their pockets from the despot to enable them to extract still more money from the Federal Treasury in the shape of big salaries. The conspiracy of Cataline fades into insignificance when compared with that of the Cafcalines of Kentucky. History must hereafter select Crittenden, or some other Kentucky leader, as its representative conspirator. Benedict Arnold, even, must yield the crown of infamy to these rivals, and his treason loses its pre-eminent place when compared with theirs. Judas Iscariot, alone furnishes a parallel to their dark treachery. For thirty pieces of silver, he betrayed his Lord and master; and for base coin, these atrocious plotters have sold their State. Their ill-gotten money, like his, is the price of blood; but it is not to be expected that, like him, such hardened wretches, seized by remorse, will cast their blood money at the feet of the vindictive tyrant to whom they have sold the liberties of their country. With hands dripping with the blood of their fellow citizens, and their own sons and brothers, they will clutch the gold which they have received as the price of their treason. But, as sure as there is justice in the skies, it will be a burning curse in their hands, cleaving to them like the blood of murdered innocence. The mark of Cain is on their brow, and their names will descend to posterity black with infamy. Treason against the Southern Confederacy. Judge Halyburton, in his charge to the Grand Jury of the Confederate States District Court on Tuesday, says the Richmond Whig, thus defines the crime of treason against the Confederate States: "To adhere to the enemies of the Confederate States, giving them aid and comfort, in any way, in carrying on war against us, is as much treason as to be actually engaged in war. More words, whether written or spoken, can never amount to treason, unless they are intended to give, or do give, to some way, aid to the enemy in carrying on the war. To give the enemy information as to the number of our troops, or the position or movements of our army, or any other information which would be of service to him in the conduct of the war, would be treason. "To trade with the enemy, too, may be treasonable. Such traffic, if not to be always treason, is generally a high misdemeanor, at least, and subjects the party engaged in it to a forfeiture to the vessel and cargo, or of her property that may be employed in it, unless it be carried on with the consent of the Government. This seems to be a principle of universal law, and not peculiar to the jurisprudence of any country. So inflexible is this rule that in a case where a citizen of the United States has purchased a quantity of British goods within the British territory a long time previous to the declaration of hostilities, and had deposited them in an island near the frontier, a vessel hired by him to bring away the goods was captured with the cargo, and confiscated as a prize of war by the United States Courts. "All contracts with the enemy," says Phillemore, "are null and void. Even the insurance of the enemy's property is illegal, upon the ground of its being a species of intercourse with the enemy; for the same reason Bills of Exchange, drawn by the subject of one belligerent upon the subjects of the other belligerent are illegal and void." The remission of money in funds or bills to subjects of the enemy; the purchase of bills, or the deposit of funds in the enemy's country are unlawful, because they tend to improve the resources and strengthen the hands of the enemy. In fine, every communication with the State, however circuitous, is prohibited, unless it is sanctioned by the special authority of the Government. As to the persons who may be guilty of treason, they are not merely the native inhabitants, nor even the citizens of a country. Strangers and foreigners who have their domicile there may incur the guilt of treason against the country by committing such acts as would be treason in a citizen or a subject of this country. A foreigner who resides here, and who seeks to receive the benefit and protection of our Government and laws, ought to be punished as a traitor, if he betrays the Government which confides and protects him. The third section of the Constitution provides that no person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession of open court. But although two witnesses are necessary in such a case to justify a conviction, only one is necessary to the finding of an indictment. Prince Napoleon Reports in Favor of a Recognition of the Southern Confederacy. Paris, October 18. I was not mistaken in the information I gave you in my last, as to the favorable report Prince Napoleon had given to the Emperor of what he conceived to be the chances of success of the South. The fact is now notorious, and the language he has held to more than one of the Ministers here makes it evident that, in his belief, the Union is broken forever. It is easy to see that the Government journals have become more Southern in their views since the return. The Constitutionnel, of this morning, inserts a letter from Manassas, flatly contradicting all that has been said about scarcity of food or difficulties of any sort among the rebels. We are all watching with the most intense interest your military movements, and whatever may be the views of the Government, I am now more than ever satisfied that all popular feeling is on the side of the Union. Prince Napoleon told his cousin that he did not believe? 1. In the power of the Federal army to gain any important victory over that of the Confederacy. 2. That, admitting the possibility of the fact, it would on the morrow of victory be as far off from its object as before. 3. That the whole Union, as comprised by the North, was a rope of sand. He gave his voice in an early recognition of the South. I have not the slightest hesitation in stating this, as I am sure my information is authentic. The Government is very uneasy about the harvest returns, and again and again assurances are put forth by its semi-official organs that no effort shall be wanting to lower the present price of bread. It is its apprehensions on this head that renders it so anxious about the cotton supply, the assurance of which it sees only in a recognition of the rebel states. A complete understanding exists between England and France on the subject, and any disaster to the Union army will be followed instantly by an acknowledgment of the South. Nay, and by no means sure that even a victory and rout under the auspices of Gen. McClellan would alter the matter. The Orleans Princes have caused a great outcry in Europe. The English press cannot forgive them for siding with the Northern States in the present struggle. Such an example, it is felt, will have a great moral effect on all Europe; and the secret, the underhanded, the vile enemies of our glorious country, spit out their venom at the noble Princes—those unfortunate young men, deserving of praise and commendation, instead of the abuse that is showered upon them. Paris Cor. New York Times, Nov. 2. The Track of the Barbarian. The robbing proclivities of the Lincoln soldiery in Missouri, have been indulged to such an extent that even the abolition press is beginning to fear the consequences of such unbridled plundering as has obtained under the guise of unbridled plundering. The following from the Missouri correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette, gives but a faint glimpse of the outrages that have been perpetrated upon the people of Missouri, by the hirelings who have been imported to subjugate them. The writer, who was with Fremont's army, says, "I had my last letter I spoke of the inauguration of the foregoing system, and the disappearance of feathered bipeds, &c., from the face of the earth hereabouts. I regret to say that the practice was carried to extremes by soldiers and officers, until Gen. Fremont felt bound, for the reputation of the United States Army, to put a stop to it. On the road on Thursday last, we saw regiments of troops passing along, three-quarters of the members of which carried dead turkeys, geese or chickens on their bayonets. Nearly every army wagon we passed contained a couple of hogs or calves worth more than all, many soldiers killed stock at farm and left nine-tenths of the carcasses to roam on the ground. Houses were entered and depleted of victuals; whether the occupants were Unionists or Disunionists, the soldier seldom stopped to inquire. Assuming an authority never given them, they plunder." 3 ed everything and anything. Such as that of things could not long exist without bringing disgrace upon our army and cause. The Chicago Tribune, Lincoln's old Illinois organ, copies this statement, and not only admits its truthfulness in every particular, but makes other charges against the Federal forces, saying that the "track of our (the Federal) columns in Missouri may be known by the number of converts to secession that the outrages of our (the Federal) soldiers have made," and that "just such scenes have attended the march of the Union troops in almost every place where they have penetrated." The humiliating confession is made by the Tribune that when "General McDowell moved out to Bull Run, the line of march of his army was marked by wanton devastation; only a few days ago, General McClellan's men, after following up the retiring rebels, were severely reproved for their destructive and felonious propensities," and it is added that "Hurlbut's troops in Missouri eclipsed them all by the variety and extent of the outrages they committed. Richmond Whig. Lex Talionis. We find the subjoined correspondence in the Richmond Enquirer concerning the drawing of lots among the prisoners at Richmond, to decide which of them should be hung if the privateersmen now in the hands of the Lincolnites should be executed. For the one already convicted, Col. Corcoran, now in Charleston, has been chosen. Three of the captains named below have been changed, those drawn being wounded. Guardian: C. S. A. War Department, Richmond, November 9, 1861. Sir: You are hereby instructed to choose by lot from among the prisoners of war of highest rank one who is to be confined in a cell appropriated to convicted felons, and who is to be treated in all respects, as if such convict, and to be held for execution in the same manner as may be adopted by the enemy for the execution of the prisoner of war, South, recently condemned to death in Philadelphia. You will also select thirteen other prisoners of war, the highest in rank of those captured by our forces, to be confined in the cells reserved for prisoners accused of infamous crimes, and will treat them as such so long as the enemy shall continue to treat the like number of prisoners of war captured by them at sea, and now held for trial in New York as pirates. As these measures are intended to repress the infamous attempt now made by the enemy to commit judicial murder on prisoners of war, you will execute them strictly as the mode best calculated to prevent the commission of such heinous a crime. Your obedient servant, J. P. Benjamin, Acting Secretary of War. To Brigadier General John H. Winder, Richmond, Va. Headquarters Dept. of Henrico, Richmond, Va., Nov. 10, 1861. Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War: Sir: In obedience to instructions contained in your letter of the 9th inst, one prisoner of war of the highest rank in our possession was chosen by lot, to be held for execution in the same manner as may be adopted by the enemy for the execution of Smith, recently condemned to death in Philadelphia. The names of the six colonels were placed in a can. The first name drawn was emulated, and Ninth Regiment, N. Y. S. M., who is the hostage chosen to answer for Smith. In choosing the thirteen from the highest rank, to be held to answer for a like number of prisoners of war captured by the enemy at sea, there being only ten field officers, it was necessary to draw by lot three captains. The first names drawn were Captains J. B. Ricketts, H. McQuade and J. W. Rockwood. The list of thirteen will therefore stand: Cols. Lee, Coggswell, Wilcox, Woodruff and Wood; Lieut. Cols. Bowman and Neff; Majors Potter, Revere and Vogdes; Captains Ricketts, McQuade, and Rockwood. Respectfully, your obedient servant, John H. Winder, Brigadier General. How the Yankees Treat Negroes, The Norfolk Day Book has received intelligence of shocking cruelties practiced upon the negroes who have recently escaped. From the South, and are now at Old Point. That paper says: Some time since we published a complaint. Inquiry from one of those deluded creatures, plainly intimating that he had been duped, and exhorting his master to keep a watch upon his children, who were Southern slaves, and not to suffer them to make their escape, if they desired to assuring him that Old Point was no place for a child of his. The brutalities and wrongs of which he was the recipient, he would fain have spared his offspring; and lest the wretchedness of his own condition might possibly, by their indiscretion, be entailed upon them, he is urgent in his requests that they be closely watched, and that no opportunity be afforded them to escape. The details of the brutalities intimated by this negro, as being practised at the Point, have come to light, and our readers will be pleased at their recollection. We are credibly informed that the negroes, who have escaped from their Southern owners, and are now at Old Point, are being put in harness, like so many oxen, and beneath the lash of a cruel and merciless overseer, are forced to do the work of mules, and haul large quantities of stone to the different works now being built at that place. So very cruelly are the negroes treated by the abolition masters at the Point, that many of them not only wish themselves back again, but are making every effort to elude the watchfulness of those placed over them, in order that they may escape and return to their homes. Three of them made an attempt to escape. Run away a day or two since. Two of them, belonging to Chas K. Malory, Esq., formerly of Hampton, succeeded in the attempt, the other one, a negro belonging to Mrs. Wyatt, of Smithfield, who was not so fortunate, being shot by a Federalist who was pursuing him. From Richmond. Richmond, November 14—The Norfolk Day Book of this morning publishes a summary of news from the New York Herald of the 12th. The following is a dispatch from Rolla, of the 11th: "All the sick and wounded at Springfield had been sent to St. Louis. Price had fallen back, moving south, evidently to lead to the belief that he wishes to avoid a fight with the federals. The general opinion is that St. Louis will soon be in the hands of the Confederates." From Columbus, Kentucky, it has the following: "Fortress Monroe, Nov. 10—The steamer Spalding arrived from Hatteras with the 12th Indiana regiment. The officers say it is almost impossible to remain longer at the inlet. The regiment suffered severe privations. Col. Hawkins, of the New York regiment, returned to Hatteras on the Spalding's return, to take a hundred sick of the regiment to Fortress Monroe." Guyandotte, Va., Nov. 11—The Confederates, 600 strong, attacked the town last night, and killed and took prisoners about one hundred federals, burnt the town and retired with trifling loss. Richmond, November 15—The General impression is that we are on the eve of a great battle like that of Manassas. The Federals are reconnoitering in large force near our lines. The blockade of the Potomac is still effective, and very disastrous to the Federals. The Federal pickets are opposite Occoquan with cannon. The train last night brought thirty-three Southerners, prisoners who were recently confined in Washington. Among the officers are Lieut. Col. Boone and Sergeant Thomas, of the 2nd Mississippi Regiment; Sergeant Beales, of the 6th Alabama, and a few Virginians. Among the privates are Messrs. Barker, Calvert, Eastwood, Savell, Paine and Relick, of the 8th Georgia Regiment; Alfred L. Offin, Caffen and Smith, of the 8th Alabama; Fiquot, of the 5th Alabama; Hudson and Porter, of the 4th Alabama; James, of the 2nd South Carolina; Lewis, Burnamin, Pinckney, McFall and Barton, of the 4th South Carolina; Walker, of the 2nd Mississippi, with several Virginians. Richmond, Nov. 16.?The Dispatch, extra, contains items from the Baltimore American, of the 13th. The report of the successful battle of the Federals at Piketon and Pikeville, Ky., is all a humbug. Generals Hallock and Bull have left Washington for the West. Despatches from Washington, of the 12th, confirm the Federal reconnoissance opposite Occoquan, with eighteen thousand troops. Several pickets have been shot and taken prisoners. Important Correspondence. Nashville, November 15. The last steamer brings a series of letters between Henry W. Hayman, on the part of the cotton importing interest of England, and Lord John Russell. Hayman informs Russell that, in conjunction with other merchants, he had in contemplation the fitting out a number of ships, for the purpose of trading with New Orleans and other Southern ports, and asks that the protection of Her Majesty's cruisers in the West Indies may be given to the ships intended for the expedition, or else that the ships may be permitted and authorized to defend themselves without being restricted. Russell replies that her Majesty's Government will not afford the slightest protection or countenance to such enterprise, and says that the United States and the so-called Confederate States are engaged in civil war, and Her Majesty's Government has recognized that state of things and has taken a position of neutrality between the contending parties; under the circumstances, any British ship, being neutral, which knowingly attempts to break an effective blockade, is liable to capture and condemnation; and if such ship defends herself by force against a national vessel enforcing such blockade, such defense by law of nations will expose the ship and cargo to condemnation as a prize, and the persons who commit the act to severe treatment according to the laws of war. Interesting from Arkansas and Missouri. The New Orleans Bulletin is informed by a gentleman, well known, and direct from Napoleon, Ark., that he met there a reliable man, a Mr. Johnson, who left Little Rock, on the 28th or 29th ult., at which place General Albert Pike, the Confederate Indian Agent, had just arrived from the Indian Nation. The day Mr. Johnson left Little Rock, an Indian courier came in to inform General Pike that 2,000 Creeks were on their way to join the other Indian forces already raised for the Confederate service at Tahlequah, and that the combined Indian forces would amount to 6,000 warriors, with scalping knives, as they said, to "scalp the Dutch." They would march immediately to join Price's and McCulloch's men. It was reported by a discharged soldier that Gen. Price had 35,000 men and Gen. McCulloch 5,500; that they were on their way to unite their forces; and when the Indians arrived the combined army would number 50,000 men. Our Generals and men do not doubt their ability to defeat any force that Fremont could bring against them. Memphis, November 15.?One hundred Yankee prisoners arrived here today. Thousands weloomed them uninsultingly. Polk still suffering from his late accident. Pillow again interdicts shipments of corn. The Republican, of the 12th, says that the immense Fremont demonstrations, endorsing him and his response, showed trouble in the wigwam, denouncing the Administration. Beecher's Independent says that Seward has expressed the conviction that the Government cannot succeed in this war, and that peace will be declared in ninety days. Columbus is threatened with another formidable attack. Louisville, Nov. 4.?Two Ohio regiments started from Cincinnati for Louisville on the 5th. Ten Ohio, Indiana and Northern regiments were expected to arrive here last week. Madisonville, in Hopkins county, was occupied by 1,000 federals on the 10th. The Southern men were compelled to fly to escape arrest. Robert Bunker, ex-Mayor of Mobile, and Andrew Law, merchant, were arrested at Cincinnati and taken to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, by order of Seward. Both gentlemen recently returned from Europe, and were arrested on suspicion of having important information for the South. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin asserts, on assurances that the army will not go into winter quarters, but that a forward movement is determined on, and will take place at the proper time. The New York World speaking of the naval expedition, says it is manifestly due to the intention of the Lincoln Government to attempt to capture the southern seaport yet, though Mobile, or Savannah, would be a much more serious matter. It says a lodgment on an island or series of islands, to command important harbors, with a view to future operations, is manifestly the object of the expedition. Good News from Kentucky. The editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, of November 10, has had a conversation with a gentleman just arrived in that city from Bowling Green, Ky., who furnished him with the following interesting items of news: From the beginning, he left Washington for New York, with his whole command, consisting of forty-four men, including the President, the President, and the Secretary of War. thousand troops, on last Thursday morning. Gen. Johnston's army is represented as the most magnificent body ever assembled in any country—splendidly armed and equipped, and eager for the great contest which must take place in Kentucky ere long. He has from seven to eight thousand cavalry, finely equipped, more than twelve hundred of which are the terrible and skillful Texan Rangers. Gen. Breckinridge has returned from Richmond, and commands a brigade in Gen. Johnston's army. There can be no doubt that Johnston's destination is Louisville, and there can be still less doubt that it will soon fall into our hands. Everything is now prepared in Kentucky—the people eager for the contest, and we may look for stirring times from that quarter. Pillow's late victory is only a foretaste of what we may expect hereafter. More Signal Providences. The arrival of the Fingal, just at this time, cannot but be regarded as an additional signal interposition of Divine Providence in our favor. Arms were scarce, and lo! as by a miracle, a supply reaches our shores, and at the very point they were most needed. Blankets and clothing in abundance for our soldiers are also safely landed, and they will thus be protected by the inclemency of the winter. The news we publish this morning of the loss of one of the enemy's large transports, with two regiments of those designed to invade and ravage our coast, would also appear to be a solemn admonition from Heaven to the foe to desist from his unhallowed purpose of invading the South, and must be regarded as another interposition in our favor. We have no cause for Despondency. With a just cause, the smiles of Heaven and a brave people with arms in their hands, we must be triumphant at last. Columbia Guardian. Washington, Nov. 11. The New York Evening Post says that an expedition is prepared, if not already sailed, which will seal the harbors of Savannah and Charleston against the exit or entrance of any further. Theodora or Nashville expeditions. ALSO that a hostile vessel is now armed, manned, and ready to sail for the Gulf of Mexico. These vessels are of peculiar size, draft, and armament for harnessing the coasts of Louisiana and Alabama. Gallipolis, Ohio, Nov. 11. Guyandotte, Virginia, on the Ohio River, thirty-six miles below this place, was attacked last night by 600 rebels. But one hundred and fifty Federals were stationed there, of whom only fifty escaped; the rest were either killed or taken prisoners. Baltimore, Nov. 11. Capt. Lowell, of the 20th Indiana Regiment, who has returned from Hatteras, says that he found it impossible for his regiment to remain there any longer. Boston, Nov. 11. Ex-Mayor Bunker, of Mobile, and Wm. Pierce, of New Orleans, were discharged from Fort Warren today. Efforts of Rebel Agents to Obtain French Interference in American Affairs. Letters received by the last mail from Europe, from high and reliable sources in Paris, mention the fact that strenuous efforts are being made through the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, by rebel agents and others, to induce the Emperor Napoleon to interfere in American affairs. It is alleged, also, that Prince Napoleon is using his influence in this direction, and that his interviews with the Emperor, since his return to France, he favors the rebel cause. The writer, who is on intimate terms with the Emperor, asserts positively that there is not the slightest danger of an interference in any manner whatsoever by the Emperor with affairs on this continent. His sympathies, he says, are all on the side of the Federal Government. Washington Correspondence, New York Herald. A young married woman whose husband has gone to the war, heard in conversation the remark that the Government wanted more cavalry and more infantry. She replied that she knew nothing about the cavalry but added with a sigh, that if more infantry were needed the Government had better send some of the volunteers home again. The Invasion of the State. Blufton, November 14. The enemy are now in possession of Pinckney Island, which is the island upon Broad River, next to the island, and separated from it by Scull & Co. They have seized all able-bodied negro men on the plantations, and have carded them aboard the fleet. This has created quite a panic among the other slaves, who are now exceedingly anxious to get away from Pinckney Island, but are prevented by force. The enemy have, as yet, made no attempt to land upon the mainland. Yesterday our pickets posted at Buckingham were fired upon by a party of Yankees, who were on a reconnoitering expedition in a ship's launch. The firing was at long taw and without effect. We have not yet been able to ascertain the strength of the enemy's force which was disembarked, but it is represented by negroes to be quite large. Do the Yankees mean to send the Pinckney Island negroes to Cuba as "Apprentices"? Charleston Mercury, 15th inst. A Damnable Deed. A Virginia correspondent of the Charleston Mercury writes: A letter has been received from a gentleman in Fairfax, stating that a few days since, while Mrs. Fitzhugh, an old lady of 72 years, and totally blind, was engaged with her relatives and friends in performing the funeral rites of one of her daughters, a party of Yankee ruffians entered the house, caught her by the throat, and in the presence of the grief-stricken family, strangled her to death. After this fiendish deed, they seized all the whites then present, and carried them off to Washington, where they are now imprisoned. At the same time, all the slaves, numbering probably a hundred, were stolen and the house and its furniture destroyed. I am told by relatives of the afflicted family that the story comes from a source so authentic that they cannot doubt it. Letter from Pensacola. Pensacola, Nov. 5.?A boat, with a white flag, came over yesterday from Col. Brown. Her mission will rejoice the hearts of all who have kinsmen and friends whom the chances of battle flung into the hands of the enemy on the 9th ult., and whom we thought had several weeks ago sailed for New York. The day after the fight they were taken on board the frigate (Colorado), where have remained eversince, and some of them in view of their camps and comrades. Poor fellows, how they must sigh at the sight of their soldier homes, and long with their late comrades round the campfire to talk and "fight their battles over." On Saturday and Sunday they were permitted to write, and their letters brought over, as above stated. Their contents are of a personal character, not being allowed to communicate any information concerning the enemy. They speak of their treatment as kind, even to generous hospitality. Arrival of a Foreign Man-of-War. The ship-of-war which arrived off this bar on Saturday last, is the British screw frigate Immortalite, Capt. George Hancock, C.B., of 51 guns and 570 men. She is last from New York, which port she left on Monday, the 11th instant, and is to be stationed off this coast for the protection of British interests. She was visited yesterday by Mr. Bunch, Her Majesty's Consul. We imagine she will call at Port Royal during her cruise. The immortalite is a splendid steam frigate, and carries several 100-pounder Armstrong guns, which are capable of a range of five miles. In a few days we may expect the arrival of the British steam sloop Racer, which vessel, being of a draft suitable to our bar, will, perhaps, be permanently stationed near this port. Charleston Courier. Disabled Vessels. The New York Herald, of the 12th, gives the following names of vessels of the fleet which are disabled, ashore and missing: Belvidere, Florida, Commodore Perry, Ethan Allen, D.D. Petit, Union, Ocean, Express, Governor and two gun-boats, names unknown. The news of the bombardment of Beaufort was received in Washington on the 10th, exciting intense gratification in official circles. Favored parties in Rhode Island have been permitted to send ships to Southern ports controlled by the fleet, with supplies for Southern Union men, to be exchanged for cotton. Bridge Burning. Exaggerated. Lynchburg, Nov. 14.?The Western train due this morning arrived tonight, and brings through mails, with dates from Knoxville of the 10th. Passengers say that the report of damages by the Union men are much exaggerated. Knoxville had been placed under martial law. Thirty-five prisoners, taken by Floyd's command, arrived on the train. A portion of them were captured while holding the recent election in Northwestern Virginia. The poll-book was also captured, with the names of voters, etc. Georgia Gold.?The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of Wednesday last says: A gentleman from Lumpkin county exhibited to us, yesterday, five "nuggets" of pure gold, taken from a vein lately discovered in Lumpkin county. Each lump was computed to be worth from twenty to twenty-five dollars, and together they formed a beautiful sight in these days of flimsy shinplasters. We understand the assay of the mine in Dahlonega is soon to be put in operation, and we trust that "mint drops" will not much longer be a strange sight to our people. Troops touring into Kentucky. Nashville, November 13.?Yankee troops continue to pour into Kentucky. A regiment from Western Virginia arrived at Louisville on the 5th last. Two Ohio regiments started for Louisville on the 5th last. Ten regiments from Ohio, Indiana, and the North, were expected to arrive at Louisville last week. Madisonville, Hopkins Co. was occupied by one thousand Lincolnites on the 10th inst. Gentlemen are compelled to fly to avoid arrest. The Late Arrival. We had news of the arrival of an Englishman. 