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- ~ 9kt ttoettaa $partan. FAlffiUMOSB. - ?.; ^ ? ~-'w , Titraitfc May <ft 1804. ?ar Paper. fi>? lUBd rfir il<* lit of January 18C< Im awbearlption to the " Spartan" will be fit* 4 AiMara. ^TAXIN iaNDT? - MWkt? I ha Farmer or Ptanter. ilmil fell t< (Mltir bit Tax#* ir Kind as rcnnirrd bv law ! b rMdlfid l? p?; flr? limti the wtiinitK Jklu? of lit# portion pot delivered, to bo c?l 40- J^rtet ift the Banner According to Iho Act proAs auj per eons In tblo District have f*ile>. lOHturt their Til in Kind, or to report I hereon Ml aunjr Wtbehnvwaot Signed their s-.'giaal report to aooeooors, aotieo is liorcby gi.en, OO fbilare to do oo early, the law will ho rigMly oaforeed opkit them. # ( v T. O. *. VKRHON, , J. U. CLEVELAND, J. M. ELFt>KI), Assessor*. fr. #. Any person knowing of any one in hit * neighborhood w4fc hare failed to make a trut report of any artielo of Tax in Kind, either ojp^s of tke assessor* would be glad to hear from them. Aa it is but just that a'.l should pay their mite. May ft 1 it ? # >m m . KrWi Uln pleasure H aunouaeiag that the Episcopal Church hoi l??n in aboot to bs completed, and ? undcraiaml, will be ??aerated ou Tueadnj^wll, at 10$ o'clock. fba legislative asseuh>/ or that Church -till alao ti?h la it an tha day following, and HUfiadatrticci wHl ha continued during the 1 f? lp?cfc l ar. Lonf^, ol'Oblo. Wo publish Ibis week extracts from this bold rigorous speec as delivered in lbs Fc !tffbl Congress. It is refreshing to see the truth % ? -fearlessly proclaimed and to rend sentiments ? ?thelio In spirit and redolent ofa?>und fbttgmont and derated appreciation of the true * ?aditiaa sf things. It i* no superficial acain tag or passing events or their future results. WUh a philosophic sye he surveys the past and pnstit history of this bloody war, logically ami ap its ftenrful c^u tqucuces mid with a oral heroism utsurpassed,*enunciate** Ijh solemn canvictioas of their truth. No wonder it ^ aticred^ha hile of the Black Bepuhliuaus. We re not astonished thst it f-ll like a thunderbolt among the:u. Net surprised that Uiey erswdsd his heelsJ}liko liuugry curs. Not sasnd at their wriggling*, agitations and tcrgivinetions. Tha tuts of censure which they v passed, was a shift, which they alone would re sort ts wader the stinging sensations which its rrwth and bold delivery pro.laced. Instead of meeting manly argument by argumsn', they bad recourse to a vote gd expulsion first nud thereafter, to % vota of censure which evinces la ka rastiU that the spir.t of trnth still holds a ttifhl dominion ovar the Congress ot Abraham Limeehe. The most pleasing teaiure iu the speech, aside from ths sovere thrusts which Kentucky received, is the reception by h:i#of the truth that no party can favor rccenstructhai we must acknowledge ilio independence of the South or e&termiuate the whole rvoe. This is the true doctrine. I.et the North h nmi say m?kod ws are content War democracy in aa objectionable as Black Republicanism. Both bare the saiue ends in view, though the mesus pr*p?se l are dtfferKi We Uke Mr. Loug as a democrat. 8ugnr. A fVisnd writing from Clinton to the (itinrdiao so business adds the following interesting suggestion : '*1 hare found that exposing Sorgho ijjrup in rery shallow vessels to the air causes it to erystalice, or form sugar. This has been done in a small way only. When I bare carried tbe experiment further, I may repert results herssfter. In the meantime others might be trying the experiment. Success would be' n great aehierement just now." niacin hiibxtitiilcR. Tha Yankess nrenot to be out-done in menr. uses aud dirty work, whils we are Hi war with them. The New Vork Herald, of a iuie date M>ye in many instances, th? Yankees tire com iog into our border 8tates, and purchasing with a tiUle gold and a few green backs, negro men, taking them North, aud putting thctu into the Tankae army ae substitutes. Rrmovai. or thk TXBABt xt Nott DIVISION. -I# are requested to state fuY general information thai the removal of the Treasury Note Division, of tho Confederates States Ttea-ury * - Department, to Columbia, South Carolina, will delay for two or three weeks the issues of new et?e. About ninety jadie*. nttnohod to this division, will leave to-morrow morning?ftichmend ? /uirrr, ?Gih April. Pal res, April 20.?A large force of the enemy, eootiotiagof infantry, cavnlry and artillery, attacked our pickets on the Ringgold roud litis morning; capturing ten and wounding several. * ~ The pickets ret rented uenrly to Tunnell U:ll, when they met reiaforcemonrs, turned upon the v.?i?- ?a L . ? <.?>, v mit[ ? aii?rp engagement drove the enemy back. Low on either side small. The affair is regarded simply 115 ? reconnoifaaee to -dtsevrcr our position. The enrtny ?uyilio reported moving out slowly from Cdevctaad yaeterday in the direction of Red Clay. Banks has bsen deflated the second time, And utterly routed by Kir by Smith. His lost* if heavy. Gen. Price Ims whipped Steele al . Little Rocke and driven him back to 1 he Mis itsippi river. , It te stated that an overwhelming majority if th? Republican members of both bruuchc* of Cengresa are opposed to the re-eleutieu of Liueeln. A aharp ekirmiah toek place a few days finee at Wafauqu Bridge, Host Ttanrmj. A large force of Yankees utiucki d fleneial W. A Tacksox, and were repulsed with loiisnUmldo )o*. ,1 A hundred more Yankee officer? raptured at Plymouth aro expected daily at the Libby Prison. The cancellation of the uld 4<n*rency is progrSaalng at the fate of fSO.tXMjJtOO per month. All lite hsnpilata in and near Richmond have heen lately cleaned out. Four men belonging to^he "Iron Clad \linetrela," lately playing in Richmond, qere captured in Gloucester county, making their way te the enemy'* linen with forged Br tiali papers. Have any read eat of the Spartan tried the Sergho meal for bread ? It haa been tried and approved. The TwnWeee Congress haa.panned n reaolu tioB directing the committee on the Conduct of thsV\fario inquire imo the (ruth of the rumors eileuding the recent attack upon Fort Pillow, and. whether Fort Pillow con d linve been reinforced ; and that they report the facta * aa vOftB as po*->ible. Mr. Aleghodcr Ricings. of Fornyihe county. N C , committed etifeide on the 14ifi instant be hanging himself lie leave* a wife nnd eight children. Cause,- tenr ot being made 10 enttr ibe service, lie waa one of thoae rho ksf farmleb^d mbttltutcv. FiiGM PLYMOUTH, #. (X , tn? b*c?*t riauT. . y Flykovth, H. Cm, April 21, 1864. I embrace this early opportunity, to ootid yon a tirfef account ofthe at lack uttd cnpturo of this 1 place, and aunie of the actions eftheboysef the . I Old Cockade. j I . IMymou,!.. a- your readers Well know, ia sit- , uattd on the south side vf the Jlosuoke river, 1 >011(111 miles from its mouth, lit Washington eounty. It hns been In the quit I possesion 1 : the Vtinko- s for smite t inc. ni;d is one of the j ] at act strongly fortified places In North Curoll- { , na. Hut the Ootl of Hitttles^u* given the vie. ' , > tory to i he right, and vre nr? no* in the quiet j I 1 possession o it.#wi*U the Confederate. baunet; : flying from the ramparts of li?e fort. - i 1 Twenty-three hundred prisoners, with the ] Brigadieritlencrnl commanding (Weasel.) large ] quantities of quart mossier, commissary and j ' | sutler's stares- and about tWeaty-ftva er thirty | I bivi-M of aelillwfv f?ll '? ? ?" ' " . . j , .... vm pmsBPBIon. Our 1058 is small when w cousuler the terri 1 We ns*ault our forcos had to make on the works ' ' ef the enemy. We have to mourn the ' lose of ( ' somfbravc men aud nttioefe. The town ie Burrvuuded bjr immense fortifications with a largo eqbare tort itnineJi.it ely in ' front, commanding all the roads, anJ contain- ' iug five large gutm. To the left ot the town, i approaching it. is situated another fort, with | twj gnus commanding t^e country for a mile i* uround. All the trees hSvebcon cut down, and ' there reip.iius :in op n plain to the rupge of 1 thpir gun*. Through this our bova had to t charge, capturing fort jtfter fort in demil. null \ \ \ haiug exposed to the rnkmg fire of their guns. , ' Th? attack wis well p'.ati'ittid nod us well execu- j ted, aud retlcots great credit upon Gen lloke, ejrbo has nlrendy won for himself a rcputatiou in the army ot Northern Virginia, aud the cap- 1 tore o'Fly mouth adds av iAyr feather to his I war ptuine." The at'ac.k ?**'inenced Sunday. < ' evening, the 17lh ins... a. )ud cudoe Wedaesi dnv morning the 2tuh >t Kdo'clock. Thus you J sec t s'h.id Hotneihing |j> do General Weseet, ' who commanded the Yankees?* stubbornly re- i I 1 ; stated, fighting from furl to forr, and nfier the i 'i{ town was captured, retreated into Fort Wil- 1 : i I 1 Ami, an<luul\ surrendered anudihc booming { < ot our guns. Tbe Attack o? the ttfVrn was trade by the ' Brigudo ?f General Aiotisoni, oy yesterday * l .i.oruing. the 20. at (lay light, and ell joined I in ill* pmlpe nf In gill miry tind'Vttceess, ah j I tlicy IiaiI to charge, Work, and tight hand to haudinthe street* i? they drove th? ?nruiy { before jhetu iuto their large stronghold, Fort " William*. u The branch P'wld Artillery from your city $ 1 (now l'egratn's B.ntsry) conducted itae.f tiobly, j uud lutiered from tlm terr tie fire of the fort* in the open field|.-igiit huudrediyardi distent. 1 send you a list at the rounded, ted in untn- ' 1 her, untl I etn happy to shy it lotd no tneu kill- I cd. Bight of the norsc* were kill d and s?*on t wounded. Tbe destruction of property in the : town is awful to heboid. Cnn-sons ere bi?wn up. deud horses and men till up th? siiwwts, and j the piece is completely ri idled by cauuoii 1 4 shot. i but before I Clone this desultory letter. 1 must do justice to the Nary, which so ehly j performed tho pirtH'w**ipned :u it. t'r.pt. Ct.ok," , with his ironclad Albtriul^, . out fought him- , self. A^? clentivd out the rit or, sinking the Igunhoai SouthS'.'hl. mounting . si* guns, aim 1 disabling two others, yrhicii finally escaped, I , besides capturing several tug boats and light- 'J j era. m , ' | I am sorry to atntp that l.i ul ftol. fir-mei. ],who commanded the artillery, wis seriously > injured l>y in horse lulling into u ditch, nad * breaking his 1 g b-lnw the kne 1, after the lawn I j had been surrendered. Him accident is muck \ Ilo be regretied, as lie is a gallant otlicet and j has distinguished h.nmelr tor the able nnd effective niauner in which he handled his coin tumid. The loss of his servicesavill be serious- ' j ly fell gt (hi; juueture of our nthiirs. but I (. sinrcroly hope he may be-soon rest red te i he ill h. a j lie led the artillery eherge for more than a ! mile on horseback, and only hud stopped when * a victory h::d perched upon our banner. ' Yours aa^ver, CLAUDE. t j. From the Charleston Courier. Prupogttfieu by Cutting*. c In view of the scarcity of seeds of all h kinds, let me surest to your readers an easy moile of projiogttiug Irish potatoes v and tomatoes ; 1 tuean by cuttings. Whet) [ I the potatoes hnvo cuuie out of the cart h j three or four inches, on a rainy day or i after n shower take up all the roots ex- ? j cept the one which i* to remain, and set " tlictn out as you would tomatoes ar cab- h i bage plants, or sweet potuloe drawers ? | 'Jhey will grow and bear as early as those that are left cn the potafoe. It vou wish k I to incense your Irish pjtntoe crop still ?? more, wlion the bush sommencet to branch 1 out cut or break a number of these bran- 1 ches from four to six inrhes long, ind set ? them out as it they had roots to them. ? They will grow readily, and will bear j>o ? tutocs later than the others. Cuttings of j the tomatoes also grow very readily. t In transplanting cabbages, tomatoes o and other plant* liable to destruction by c the grub or cut worm, a bit ot paper u wrapi cd around the stem previous to plant- t ing, and extending an inch or uior . above a the surface ol the soil, will eflvcfnallv 1 protect them. All farmers or garden* ( 1' kneir what ravages they can commit, ins? the spring especially. This simply pro b cess, requiring very little additional trou ?l i ble, will savo much disappointment and | labor of replanting. The paper can re rtiain until its rots away. A. <J. a TlIE CoKTKttajON OK AN ABOLITIONIST. | ? In "A Trip to Cuba," written by ... If. ? Dunn, .Jr., of Bcstoll, an out aiul out Abo- ? litionistn, be is forced by being brought into contact Kith the negro, to make tiiis (J confession: " u * "The negro of the Nor'b it an ideal nc- t pro; if is the negro r.fiord by white ciil- , u i tuic, elevated by white blood, instructed J a even by white ininnity. The uegr<. among . a negroes is a course, grinning, flat footed, I r thick skull creutures as Ua'iban, lacy, as , r ; the laziest of brutes, chielly ambitious to ; a ha of no use to anybody in the world, lie k has but the t.u g-blo inatiiiota of nil crea- ! fc turcs?love ol life, ol ease, of offspring. ! c w,.- li ....... . ?> viro IIv wuai pi (U BCIIOOI (U t II0 I white race, and liin discipline must be long | and laborious. Nassau and all we law eugposted to ur the unwe come question w belli i 11 cr compulsory h? better than none." j 8 Lincoln lias appointed Commissioner* to n neli land in the rebel Stutes, and the lul? ' n lowing is the result aa lar as we have heard , ?v . k Irotu : j ( In South Carolina, 103,574 acres of land , , were aold tor 5-7,300 ; in V irginia 0400 I 4 aercs wore sold lor 5110,407 ; in Florida i 134 acres tor 510,003 ; in Tennessee lun a | were sold tor 553,500. The expeneea in , ' the l)istrict ot South Carolina are 515,805 ; ; 1 Florida, 51 1,400 ; tu Virginia, 50061 ; in Tennessee, 57 133. Thk Mariktta I'ai'KR Mills, though ^ j among the very host in the Confederacy, r land though the Government and mwspa- ( pels are cluiuorous ?or paper, are not work ,, nig up to tlieir tull capacity. The cause , ul this i* llin ?*!?>? <??' I- -.?* .i--:_ , ? ... ...? "? nunvin, n*j?uu ill llltfir j j best j-ajx-r iifJkcra having Leon eonxcr b ed into the service. This ou^bt nut >u to r>C. (iovetiiuicnt should uulu'hitatinjr'y do- ' tail tiie necPH ry l??r< e ?? keep every null j ' in 'he Coulcderaev ui w^rk to id lull caprrjitr. i 4 E. J hi # I VHfeHMf1 vanHMk IleputrtlciiN. Ilt^My interesting a%d important Intel- | igencf hat been received heVe from the north side*of the PotoUMie iu relation to ) Jen Grunt'a campaign in Virginia. * It isV reported and believed that hid movement 1 jpon Richmond will be by three columns ?anyhow by^two. One of these col u my, I itartin^ from his present lines on the Happahi nnock, he will]f:ad hiuisell. The seomd will move under liurmmle on tbfr loutheide of J nines river, and will seek to ut our coiuiuunications at Wcldou or Pc^ icrcburg; and tha third will movo Bp the Peninsula from Fortress Monroe under' Beast Butler. Should Urere be- any error in this statement, it eanxists in placing lluriiftide on the south side of the Juuie*, is the information to baud leaves it sotpesliat in doubt whether he wiy operate igainst our lines o< communication iu that lir^fcion, or march up the Peninsula. In , die latter event, the enemy will coma at is in two 'columns, each oue starting from i different point aud having a distant IttSC. 1 . ? I do not feel at liberty to mention the (ource from which thia information va? ibtaincd, nof the channel through which it *as c<>uiinuiii< utcd ; but for the prenriit ,-ou may rest assured th ! you have the key ? Grunt's projected Virginia campaign. Frtpn- th ltupidan the news is also important. Grant is certainly esuceutrating lis forces in front of i^ee, Sherman is ;<?pcefttrnting his in front of Johnftou. is tk#iap?l towns on tile M tasissippt I id in uot^ Kentucky have nc*ry a'l been amfR^r.f th?*ir garrison* for ii e cinforct-tflont of the latter ; so have rt o-e ti .Maryland, on lh% coa*r#tVr Virginia and S'orth Carolina, aud porfcwjm some ev u . f huso en the edds of South Carolina. .oitf Georgia aud Florida, been deprived ?-f* heir force* for the 'reinforcement for the former. IdHced, the enemy nyty be mo o have only tlir?a armies now in the li> d ?that under Grant, that Under >hcnnan, md that ut.-dcr Hunks, hich there is rca>011 to believe has I eootiic cxtricably en augieu in ine net* oik of rivers, bayou* ' iwainps and cnnebreuks by v tin* v.i - I y of Hid river is reticul i'imI. In uU"jin\? this po icy, the enemy jjivu up in on* uonth, iu a measure, all they have Veined n three years. Hut their necessities leave hem no choice. Playing Oputsuin.^ Z~ A very reuiarknb.c case ot euro of a stitt 'lint was recently effected by the surgeons u one ol the hospitals ot this city. '1 lie iiiee joint of a soldier hud been tor several uonths altogether uubendetike, ami he hud lev ii lor ih it reason assign* U to po.it uuiy. I'lie Surueoii ut iln? I'"-? * ? ?' n W IVI rvuiu I t'U.^UH, fait le i to believe that a care could be &tected, utid lie directed one of hie ussuu-1 nice to put ihc man under the influence ol Jhiorotbrni. 1 he opportunity was taken vIt- u the subject was lound asleep, and an iibtantancous bending ol the joint was the esult. In order tiial the patient wight . iafe no doubt oi the perfectness ot lus :ure when he stiou^retum to consciouslesa, the leg was dnwn up and tied with i'Handkerchief. I'pon coming to his sen ?8, and to a realization ol his condition, lie pa.icnt struggled manfully to straighten ana stiffen his leg, |.fct it was "no go." lis limb was round, ami up to 'Itc jtrom le went, lie has played his trick ?<* R'lccsslully that we arc assured iliit sotuc ol i is comrades who have been associated with iiin for months, honestly believe that ii ras the Cbloroionu tliat limbered his leg. | ChattannttgH Jlfftrt. ? wm ? .I A Most tixcei.lt.N r Mkasimie.--A j neiuber oi Congrt as lioiu Tennessee has iow in his pocket the draft of a lull which ie proposes to introduce at tiro earliest tossibie moment ol the next session, wliic'u, I adopted, will eut speculation ott at itn nets, and inflict deserved punisliiiicni up ii the sharks who have been preying upon he wants and nece sities oi the people, 'he hill provides that every one shall be c~? ~ """ " ,VIW " iii.iii, is converted, one halt into Prussiai blue, tiie other into loaves ot bread, through the me iiuui ot the wheat which abxortn in- powd.ied skeleton. Thus the French iuuii practicalljr carries out the threat-4*1 iiu urge, wits, when lie imelt the l!ni i shmati, pronounced the hollowing un? : licit.a against hi * ill : 1' 11 l n in * I ?n:t I . 11. blood ot an Ku^lishiuan ; lie he alive, or be he .lead, I'll ftrmd his banes to make vay bread. IUtiikr or a Kich Resolution.?1? the Federal Seiiute. on the 7th instant .Mr. r?.\i i.niu ry ottered the follow i njr: lti:4ot.VM>, That the chaplaiu.ot ih< Seriate be respectfully requested, hereafter n? i?rliv and supplicate Almighty (?od ir orir ' eh.ill. nml not lecture Him,'it fTiuin; ii hi vr' .it to i|<>, or at ate to iliin tindei pretence of prayer, lits* (the said chaplain's opioti ii retort noe to His duty as the Almighty , and that the said chaplain Mblur tlwr y?>ted. u* itUm.aaid. not, utujcr th? > (ver. to lecture tho Senate in re la 1 ".a to llie question*. before ther^-dy. The resolution was objected [< r. not of the Hluck He; uhlirtin members, win th; u?ht the prayers of the reverends aooul rijjht :ii tone and color, and it was laid or the table. New York, April 27?The atcnmei Greyhound h is been sent up the da met Uivor and ordered down tho French vessels which went to Citj^l'oint about twe weeks ajro. It is expected they return without the tobacco. (ico Foster hns ttfVlied for a command in the field lie will probably be assigned lo Ibirn-ida's corps. oiupvi eu, uuuer outn, to report tbo amount I the sales anil the per coot, profit he haa nude, and that all profit beyond what is uat unci reasonable sh'ail be regarded a ax collected l'or the (JoYcrninent,unil ','aui ( ver to the Government. 1 hose who r?n- j d their prices upon the pas-age oi the j urrenoy bill to cover the depreciation ot he money, und coi.tiriued the same j rices Iter the oao.third was deducted, are p.rleuiarly provided lor. Such a law is bad , needed, and we believe wnu.d tend to a ;r?a(er extent to reduce the present exhorntant prices than anything that ooald be I;vised ?Muiif H'i H'(j< t. Bait bar it y ov N k.iuo Soi.dikrs.? We re perm'tted (says the Southern Obs rvir) to make the lollowing extract froin a ettcr, written by a lady in Yntoo City to friend in Alabama, relative to the recent i-it of th ; Yankees to that cr'y : \u. a > ge, norm complexion, quid 111 . It;h ! icrs and exceedingly temperate in lux hal>- 1 ts. St. Loiiih, April lio.? It ia believed |< bat (Jen. I.ce would not venture on un of- i ensivt moremcut. Tlio Tribune'a npeciul Icxpilch says the u nth anny corn* now j lO^fiO'l rtrong | i *.U ?? e urfii'ii n very much to see them cotuc j in account *?! the uojrsoes. Most of the | lien w *ro nc^ioes. They, as suIdler.?. arc i ho most ferocious) and unrelenting ol liuii.it) hrin.'B. \\ c dreaded their cuiui^ j s ol w i Ki hesst*. On last \\e*'k tiiejf I oof i ii old i^.ni from near Jjatariia?Col liar is?and Utf it him to death with a fence ail. Tlu-y captured two o. our scoyoi nd, a tier shooting them u toi nocked tlietn in the It> . ; lucli luvuriiie.w a> these o \n . . ouiinittcd. Knapsacks I)!(u:auhf.i> ?Knapsack* iave lailcn into^ene al disuse and disced t in the Confederate armies, and in den ion 01 incm tlie soMuth call them "lund rgain." Whenever u company or n^iuent is ret u inarching with kiia|.-ucl? lung," the taunt ;*suie to loll..* : 1 mv. ou've got your organs, where * tout 11,00 1 ev"s '( Y uu lelt liietn behind. ? -xp''fiiiig 10 ind bigger and better monkeys u? \u. t cic,' ' tc. A blanket and oilcloth, twisted into the hupp of it boa constrictor, and slimy a' 01 ho shoulders is 1I10 ligh* equipment icavj, rapid marching, now. The lion. Alexander Long, who dcHvred the speech in ('ongrrss which cea'rd ueh a flutter among the 11?*f tit 'ienns, is a cpresentativc rotn the county and tty | 'inciniintti. lie is about fuity j ais if 1 it j ? .... X eunara Wo bare sonic additional particulars-W the cupturo of l'lytuouth by UeB. lloko. The force engaged on oer aide w?i Hoke's brigade, commanded by Oil. M?rocr, of the 21 at (jiy KanVotu's brigade, coniiuumlod by Geo. Itoneetn, and Kentyor's (Virginia) brigade, commanded b) *xoi. lorry. wii Sunday afternoon, -about 4 o'clock, o'i> l*re<fe, adder the~oouiuiatld of Uco. Hoke, arrived lu front of Plymouth, the fortifications being plainly visible through the trees behind which the Confederate* were drawn up. The let Virginia regiment, commanded by Major Norton, was through loruurd as skirmishers, and th< enemy's pickets retired behind their fortifications. Just as the firing coiuiueuceti a white object was seen in the field in front which was supposed ?f bo a flag of trtiicc, but wbioh proved on inspection to be i target planted there |l\y the Yankees lot artillery practice. In the same field then were several targets planted, and by previous practice the enemy bud gotten a per tcet range of all the approaches to theii works. The Yankees opoiicd on tlic skir umbers with the large guns in tho fori which they were approaching, io-yliict was mounted a 100 po lidcr I urrolt and f inch tjoluuiblud. No assault wus made or; Sunday afternoon, though the skiruusbert weiu kept out. During the afternoon a gunboat cauu out froui. behind the town and started ur thf river.with a pleasure party on 'bouiu <?... ?.,iti? ? 1 - -.11.ictj opcuea on ntr, IrtU, though attuck^alie proceeded on up th? .river landed herpusactigers, and th.it night attempted to drop down to tho town. Sin was ag 111 aitackcd by tho artillery, and by a-.iiie sharpshooters posted on the bfttiki ;>ir the purpose, but without Mopping her On Monday our iuroos held the pusitiot assumed Sunday evening, the enuiuy shol iiij; ux tiiimusly at times. By this shelling the loliowiHg casualties, Di which wi have heard, oecurnd in thelst Virgiliu regiuuur : Idea* a e McMinn, wounded rr the aide, suppox.d morta ly ;s Frank Joseph-, unkic eru.-hed ; ibco. J. ItobcrUoii iu eight places, uii alight; Licutcuuiij i'aylie, luce, alight. On 1 uesday, it seems, heavy fi^htin^ occur led, with varied ?uccess. and on' \Vte uesday morning the place wax earned by assault, lJokc(s brigade entering ant charging with the bayonet up the principal streets. Col. Mercer who led tbelu was k illed.' During 'i ursdoy our art'dciy including-the Fayelle Ariiilery. of ltiuhn.-und, wax planted within 1 oU yards oi tin. fortifications and opened urc. The l*uy ette Artillery, it is stated, sutiered heavily Irotn the enemy's Ore. The ginboat which went out o! the Ho a no !ic ii is said utade short work of lh< shipping.in trout of the town. {Sunday morning our CaValrv nickel.* is ilicit sent i rt in sacks to lite cht ui si whi?, operating on it, soou iiTerts it mu pru**iate ol potash, anil this *??iain inti i'ruitsian blue. The bones are ground uj in a mil' ti?r manure f so thai in u't-oinpiu ativ short space oi tune, the iiurse nuv ing vu>ru Out hi* energies in the s?>r?i..?> .. liiund a negro spy coming into oar linn wcariiig the dress oi a tield Lund, and having a led handkerchief tied around hit liead, I mler this dress .was found the lull uniform of a Yankee soidter- 'i hi negro was hung on the spot. ([Major General lloke, the hero of l*lyiu>uth, i a Ndnh i arolino, who ucnt tc Virginia as a Lieu onant in the Ku>t rcgi tiH'iit wnicli lett North l'ait>litu under tia coiuinund of (he gallant and distinguished l?wn. 0. II. Hill, 'ibis legiment gave lieatf llutler a blow he no dodbt will re iiieiuber ail his days, lor lie bus ucvt r sine ut himself within gun shot of our lines iieiteiul I ioke has til od sueeessivt-ly^very grudo, l oin Lieuienunt to Major tJencral it may now be said that he has the Mitist iction of having struck the first and last and long to be remembered blows the one uiy has received in litis war.?Kl)S. UUAU MAN.] Quick Work. Huckland, in Lis Curiosities of Xatura Uistoryj nays: . When in Paris I paid a visit to the hors< slaughtering place at Montiauo <11 ; there 1 saw lrom till ecu to twenty horses, tied uj in a row, all to he killed that day. 1 wai t?Md that aouutinus ilfly say double thai nun her. The horse being killed and lh? skin being taken off, the carcass ? cut nj with hatchets and thrown in a huge tun hig enough to contain the bodies of seveiu horses | when it is lull, (he top is Gxcd 01 and steam turned into it. Alter a tinn tlie lid is taken off, and it is found thai (he steam has quite separated all fle?l troui the bones, which are bc.iuhlullv white. The bones art then picked oui and planed in stacks; the fl.sli is thrown out by shovels, and spread out widely or the Hours, to which the air has tree access It soon hso'jiues quite hard and dry. ami i - f~m rujm* ? ? I! OkAJto^C II., April 27.?*wo dlMlc i : t>.n from the'Hew York 24 fa-pa Ulirid i our liaea tojday. Jfeiy say tfrant and* , Meade reviewed ths* ftorps on Ff iday Uat, and that ordqp* to Mora this week with . five days rn.ton* had been iaaued M 41m Yankee army. Alhquict in front. * OtiANQK 0. II/. April 27.-7?*ludbjpsnr( prised a picket post of forty ineo in-Hnn-, tor's Wood, Ftirfas county; on Sunday i last, capiuiing eighteen yieo. The rial i escaped. During the day ike enemy parr aucd Mo*by, re-capturing fbur horaca and I taking ptiaoncr Lieut Iinuter, command , ing company A, and wouodinff Lieut. Net . ton ol' the same company. A isfct W . twccn Mosby and the eecurred I ut LeWfoburi; on Mondfcy we?k, in which f the Yankees lost three killed end rrvA | wounded. Our loss was one man wouwd| oil. All the ^fankee* hare led the ralley, r Most of theui arc ccming to re-itiloroa j Meade. Avcrill has gnna to 8owthweCt . Vireinia on a raid. Moude was reoeir. iag^Mntorccuierits. orer the Alexaudrisf r Railroad*. Kicu jioni?, April 27.?No sign yet tf l a flat; of truce boat with the returned prfei #m-r* cxpci-trd last week Members of f t\?n-r?* arc arm in,-. siuwiy, and it in be, li ai:J ,thiit not more than halt u <|Uorum i Wi be h?e n Monday The President's uitssu^c will be qnits short. The city is . rerjt quiet to'4*), no news cr ntnora , We Iber clear and war to with indieaTieos ol a sturro. 1 The Latk Exr?u>iriuN ijtto Fi.om' DA.?The Couiiintiec appointed by thh , Yankee Con^rcv to into the facte r ot the lute cX|n.i1ii.i>ii mt . Florida have i made their report. Meet ot the facta art forth iti the report havfc already bant Sft' Initially made knqwn. 1 be committee UiidC t" make it appear that the object ?!t the expedition w;? to -cut off a r.rh aoutre of the enewv'a aapj iics." "nive an outlet lor A>tten," ana "irpiti a favorable field for | the fcttjixtnicot of negro froopa." But the ' real object of tlie expedition ia beat tuld ! by the following letter ftoto Old Abe, * which waa brought to light by the investigation : ? . . Executive Mansion, 1 . Washington, January 13, l#fj4. ) r Major-Genfrul Gill more : 1 j I an.lei stand an t fioi** is bring in d? by { . some woithy gcntleuieu to recoiialiue a , legal State Government in Florida. Flof , j hIm is in your department, and it is not un. j likely iliat you may be there in person. I . 1 l?ave given Mr. tiay a couimi* urn id >la| jor ami Mint him to you with wine blank books and oli.er blanks, to aid in thd"ieconet ruction lie will explain as to the maimer ot using the blank., mid a bo my : general views on (hesubject. It is desira blc tor ad to co-operate, but il irreconei's , Lie ditieienceb ot opinion shall arise, you i are master. I wi-.ii iho thing done in iho utost speedy way as possible, so that lieu i done it ui-?y bo within the range ot tbe I i i.mc i r<Kinli>?ti>)ll oil t lip subject. The lie > tail labur will, of course, have to be done by o(bri>, but 1 shall be greatly obliged it . you will give it audi general supervision , as you can consistent with your more strictly military duties. . (Signed] A. LINCOLN. | As might be expected, the committee gives as the cause of tlio disaster ot the ex pedilioii the same did convenient excuse? that 4*ihu rebels greatly outi.muborcd them, and bad greatly the advantage of post tioli," iSTCi [ PERSEVERANCE UNDER DlFklCDLTI illustrating ?rh?t can t c accomplished towards i:.awing'the Country self supporting, even in tlic lUnist ot u desolating War, Coventor V mice, of North Carolina, (who, by llie lay, u Ocrstsuds that ibe mission ot a ouvertior has us much to do with the mu iciiui welfare of Ins people, as with the writing Ut poiincomcUphy>icul messages,) in a lucent speech, narrated au iustauou that ' came t&ti ter his immediate observation, where a poor widow, with three children, ' toe eldest iiieapuOie'ot taking csrc of the youngest, cultivated, la>t year, a patch ut L rented ground with the assistance ot' :i little steer not uiucii larger than a call. ' Afraid to leave her little oii.s at houic in her c ibiu, s>>? wou'd take them datly to 1 the Held, build lor theiu a a.nail pen, cov' er it with leaves to protect them trout the I stin, utui when she had plowed a distance ^ I roll, her In lie hrood, would move the pen ' to a more convenient spot, thai she lui^iht w.tieh over tlieiu and iiurs her bahe at the1 end ol a weary row> i>he raised three ' hundred and sixty seven bushels of corn, 1 had plenty to support herseli aud children, and sold t? h? r ueiyliUtrs. I lie biow ol liiai woman (continued his Excellency) rs worthy the proudest laurels ' that ever rewarded the virtue of the paipot or testified to tne endurance of the hero." \n A>i.rour. or <*ov Vakce.?A o u r on n- ? of the Livingston Mwaenjier ' r-tatrs tlie io.lowirij; iiiddstit of governor 1 Vance's rec tal address to the North Caro1 litis troops ol t.vc's arniy : ^ | ' | lien. L>e arrived al'cr the speaking be* irusi. iiuu nc uorernor paiueu till h? -hnuld 1 | he cuntluc od ( > u .-c*t on the pUttorm. ' There had btnui no cheering previously, ' hut an the old kciO stepped Up where the crowd count Hie Mint rie i^ittu him. a spoil tahliiui uuti itoiil) *i?ou urst forth to sic* knoA.e life Oie gr.tioc?<i<o n gave to DM hiui ihere. Vance resumed with a entile and the remark?"I'ardon me, fellow addiers, lor not joining in your cheer. My 1 heart was in it, 1 avuire you, but I expert ' to all my breath Ulorc 1'iu done talkL ?"? m%vf9 , Henry Clay's Remain*.?We learn > from ihc Loxington (Ky ) Ofnwreer that :, the remains of Henry Clay, after an interr| ment of twelve Years, wiora ) week, upon the death of hi* wife, and - placed aide by aide with her*, beneath the beautiful monument erected to hi* memoi ry the taxm-ton Cemetery. Conn ictcd with thia event wo may bo permitted to *! I tide to a single met. The wreath of tar* > mutritVe* placed upon his coffin by hi* i friend, the gifted poetess, Mr*. Ann P. t Stephen*, prior tu the removal ef the body i from Washington, wu* foafld to he in an almoat perfect auto of preservation, being but hit c faded, whilst a gold ring bearing p the initials, "J. W which rested near i the wreath, was as bright as though just troui the jeweller. i ems An obituary in iim Umumbus (Ohio) Crisis Males that a lady on her death bed, \. recently was approached, and told that aba 11 could not go to Heaven unless aba was *ittirg to accept the negro aa her equal, j X^, 27 vmti aoalk 24 dajra, TWo fcoHh oo4' Uot~ono, of tbe ^riUin tbiofc hm All M l??oiUt*l; atiU 1*^1 Jpto.JNfHp* * ^1 wujHoWr of rmyaaj (K.flot BJhirt JB Bajpba. Ho hod prooooiod MAariMffa#'^ for Bold ?orrUo, but WU>g r^oouTbj tfcT NmIM Bomrd, owiag to ikt fnkUo W |Tlt? hooUh, ho ?frorword?o?U*oko4 bito%tlQo/k)o Kaffioeer Compaaj, to tiwil io Mo t<fcli|'t WiHHOtcbok* ooald. Hojm kobtil < of klo lAwo m4?oiooto ? g Ue-i Mr tara trmtai fabhfbl mUM| ef hie wairi w well m Um Creaa. Hi #UdU4 himself le the Philadelphia N*?mWr ibe lik, 1MU, viti vwtkjr m?b?r aad prewiM, ?>MUktiMpn> ?* coamonhT. CIWn from ? (klulu Mar bwi vary Mmuj ud eobor, and la aup be Mfleeted aoi hie piwu Malta, bat ?m al vajrs foutad iryiag 4a da jaatiee. ta tdl aadtaie country. lie was an obodbat. lakaiaifi m, iwlli|lH brothers. a derated-aa4aSa#l#feat? kedbsatl ad a kind audiad Jgoet Jhilher. U fce aev sleeps bit last sleep (a rlae agei% ft tka Judgment aayo, wbb aB ibpfeaaiata m Oa-t, e ?sed in white robes far etareU/u, Hp ta-?ren an afltafeaate wife, afendir h?? A~ loring sbtsiwiwub rest circle ef rsletiray ft kind Meeds to mourn lib luu^ bpri nuidW not as tkpee without bepe; for me belteew that be k la Ileasea bow wfeh tka nib '?ft * at rest. ^ * > far in-the eld doaUplen a?pt f .? . Pi Be like 6b atker. brether> sleep ' ad be in .Carolina left, ** Kindred and friends to flfeurf sad weep. Siekniug and dying there be bj, Kb losing wife wne firpvi; ; . y . i*a bow aieeps ml ?1oMi?n ETBTe Thtrt lu the dust with fttla brar* Bui wheu lb? lust loud truapet niifii, To woko tho noiiotos under (round ; Ho with the tainted sous of God. Will shout frt? grace nod d/tag leo?l ?' f A FBI EN B. CANUIPATE8 FOBTUK LEOlBLATUfcV" Wo ars outkorUod to announce Hjjw It. U| MILLER, no a candidal* for tho legislature, at fhotfst ensuing elfctlou. " r Wa are authorised to announce BMiqEW t BO BO, Esq., as aeandidale for tho UgklXuSj" at tbo next rnsuing lection. *' ' Wo aro auiboriasd 10 aaaooaeo LuoUuut' II II THOMSON, us a caad date fbr kbo Legislature. at the ntiL camise eWetieu. .. ? i i: ~ i . r~. . ? ? . ^ Wu or* authorised to annouue* Papt JOIIJf ~ V. EVINd, as a candidate forth* Legislator*. at the nest enduing election ' We are authorised to ennounee d!ok*d4i, WALKER as a candidate forth* LegtibHgpV at the next ensuing^olectiea. * We aro authorised to announce Col. WW. SUITER, as a candidate for the Legislator*. St the next enening election. n\ * - ?? ?rr auinvnira io innaune^ V) J. W. WEIIKIi". as i einiiid?>f for ihe Legislature, at ili? aril ensuing tli>ciioi. We are nuthothtcd to announce Maj. WM* M FOSTER. ?i i caud.date for the Legist** ture, st the krt1 ensuing election. Notice to Sodiers Board of Belief, The ('aiumiriiuneri of the Soldiers' Beard of Relief will meet st Spartanburg Court I1oum>, un the id Monday in M*j nrx:. 1!> .ardor of lJ?e lUwinJ, . GEO. W. H. LEGO. Sue'ry.t Trens. Young Men Wanted. Svllivas's I slash, April 7th. 1804 Young mot. under the ape of eighteen (18) will be received in Captain Sparks' cavalry, company 1>, at I ..died to the twentieth (20th) Regiment, S. W V., s certificate showing that the consent of the parents Las been given is ' necessary ; which certificste will also serve no a pnveport to tbecampany. Each member f writ1-h?a litv own horse and receives twenty-four ('ill dollars per month. Tit.** company la armed with N'aill Repealers. The place is very healthy and bat littld probability of leaving. Mr Ward, at Face let Depot, will give any information respecting he company. 8. IN" o|iee. I will give WYATT LH'SCOMBE notice, thai after the lot of Novcmt or, 1 wit! no longer join fences with hiiu ?ny longer. Kack man timet tnnlte kit own fence. and give seven feet Ironi the line. This the 'JGth of April. 1891 DAVID Lil'SCOMB. _A pril 28 42 le To Hcnt. A COMFOHTAIII-E Cottage containing fear r\ Kooms. situated on t litireh Street, all new and well enoloood. Apply for partica-r lars to . J. M. KLFORD. March 17 _____ v Found IN the Streets of Spartanburg, on Salesday last, a small nmoun: of money, which the ?wser ean have by identifying the same and paying for this advertisement. Call at lhie office. Mar 10 * 47 If Liine"! Lime! LimeH ^ T the kilns. Fresh I.into is now on hand of t lr? bent quality, for exchange only fay prueiaions, leather, iron etc.. from, the prodaeora. Exchange only on the old rriooe am boih aide*. W. CURIM. Eeb 18 44 If Watcli Lout. LOST at Mre M. ?. WALKER'S an the night of the 20<h i latent, a medium eieed knutBV WATCH. Chatelaine and Soy attached. Maker J. R. Loeoda. London, la 2018. When loot the watch wee wlAeat cry at* I and not running. Any peraon leaving it at thia ofictaor giving nay iaformeiien leading to it# recovery will be liberally rewarded, Feb 16 4* If 8. AND U. KMI.ROAD. NO FREIGHTS will to kM (ton ito Depot at ttpartaabnrg until all ebargee are paid. Storage will be eharged In every Ineaeaee, when It reieatltie in the depot mere than nevan daya. Geoda shipped to the tore af the Expreae Company, moat be eeaelgaef te a Faetor in Celnmhin. .? JOHN W. HARDT, Agent Feb 36 46 e Hf ^ E ee I m ! < .mn * ^ For male. A few good substantial Car* r r[r| ? KKU OII||IN Will M (Old at 5u2?^SBL.* rnnnbl? price to be paid ffr la any kind w> proration*. For farther p?rtica? lore apply to, M A. HARVET. . April SI 51 ft Dental Notice. X WILL bo in my office only three doye la I the week, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY oad SATURDAY. . K ?. LEE, ft. ft ft A CAPTAIN'S Military Cop trimmed with /\ (old lace. By leaving H ol tbi* wftee the fader will be properly reworded. . MbHh < U If '