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william weieast^jpr?prie,ors- ^ ^ii /iOfjiriibfirt Jamil? HfiOspapfr: /or tire promotion of f|jt |loIiftt3l, Social -^grmtltoral anir (Commercial interests of tfre Sonifr. {82 PER TEAB-IN advance. VOLUME 7. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1861. ' NUMBER 23. Original flatter. For the Yorkville Enquirer. I SONNET. TO A LADY ON A FADING ROSE. it CHaRUE wildwood. "My liule rone, my sweet, sweet rose, Is dead. Is dead and gone.'' One rose, sweet one, you smiling gave me yester-morn, 80 bright In Life's spring time, so fragrant and so fair. Now withered lies; its mild perfume and freshness gone? Its glowing beauty which had graced thy tlowtng hair, Is vanished ! beauty, odor, life, a:!?all are tiown From the dried leaves about tlie floor now idly strown? P tie and faded remnants of the loveliest flower That erst did bloom in fairest halcyon bower! Think thee, dear one, so very tender?so beautiful and frail, Is the life we breathe?so happy, joyous and, alas! so sad ? And as the bud's bright emerald shield, the golden circlet that trails And winds so gracefully about the silken heart-strings of life, Binding affections In Love's holy bonds ? Ah ! so very frail, And, alas! so easy broken?bi ted by the winds of strife. For the Yorkviile Enquirer. To the Volunteers from York District. Gallant Sirs :?It has perhaps occurred to you, that the illustrations intended to evioce the true spirit of a soldier, have been sufficiently extended to be regarded as exhaustive. Another and final line of thought is, however, herein given, and with this, and a few practical suggestions added, the correspondence will be arrested. 6. In further vindication of the importance of piety and a religious trust to the soldier, it can be proved that the most eminent, truly excellent, highly commendable and honorable icarriors of earth, have been men of this stamp. It is not disputed that there are mauj brilliant names that charm us in the annals of the world, of men who possessed not the characteristic we describe. The writer is too well aware of the deathless interest that attaches to the warlike characters and deeds of hundreds of names that adorn the ancient and modern historic records of the past. Space would fail to allude to any of the distinguished exploits of such famous but ungodly heroes as Saul, Amasa, Joab aud Abner, of the Bible history; and Hercules and Ajax, and Agamemnon and Hector, and Ulys.-es of Trojan fame; and Cyrus and Alexander, and Caesar, Marius, Hannibal, Scipio, Xerxes and Antony and many others of ancient Greece and Rome; and Mohammed, Tamerlane and Jenkhis Khan ; and Frederic the Great, and Frederic the 3d, Charles the 5th, and Charles the 12tb, and Richard the Lion hearted, and the Duke of Marlborough, and Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wellington, and Kosciusko, and many of the American distinguished warriors. But in reference to all, or the most of these, is it not true that they were prompted by ambition or desire for conquest, or bloodthirstiness ? Even where there was room for patriotism, as in case of a few of them, how was the patriot sunk into a mere nelf.seekine conaueror 1 How sad, too, was o k ' the doom, and infamous the fate that befel the most of them ? Bat few of them escaped victims of suicide, or conspiracy ending in death, or assassination, or some disgraceful end; in flight, or exile, or neglect and detestation of their countrymen ?i As to the majority of thorn, so little is there to admire or commend, in either their characters or motives; so checkered their public career with reverses and misfortunes; and so thick the gloom of sadness and even disgrace that spreads itself over their death and even now their very names, that none should he tempted to imitate them, or envy their doubtful fame. But when on the other band, the record of Christian heroes is unfolded, and their achievements brought out in array, the eye is not met by features, traits, and acts, which either shrink from scrutiny, or over which the mantle of charity must be thrown to save them from suspicion. The escutcheon presented by the lives and memories of these, is always fair and praiseworthy?unless, as is often attempted, it is blackened by the tongue of slander?which be means that it cahnot destroy?or unless through the rude assaults of envy and impiety, discharging their hatred to religion against its votaries?the names and characters of Gud fearing champions in war, are traduced and villified by men who are always jealous of, and ready j to assail and murder what they cannot excel or even rival. It must suffice, for the purpose in hand, to adduce but a few illustrations, and the detail of facts must be very brief, and the men adduced as examples are specimens of large numbers. Omitting more than a passing allusion to Abraham whose successful expedition to rescue his nephew, Lot, from the hands of the four Confederate Kings, who had swept everything before ^em in the fruitful vale of Sodom, is the first recorded war of human history, but which teaches what constitutes a true military and moral hero, and exhibits the patriarch as competent for achievements in war, upon an extensive scale, had he been called to this vocation, we hasten to speak of him wLo for forty years was a military leader to two and a half millions of people, of whom only six hundred thousand were able to bear arms. It is plain that the reference is to Moses, who had the leadership of the hosts of Israel from Egypt to Canaan. Considering the character and resources of the Egyptian masters, from whose thraldom he had to emancipate his people in the outset?the rebellious and; mutinous spirit of the motley crowd that he led, the desolate and perilous state of! the country traversed, the magnitude and | diversity of difficulties and dangers encoun tered, 'jc protracted period over which the campaign was extended. the prodigious number and amazing strength of his enemies, and the final success that crowned the | whole, and none can do ;dt that the general ship has never been paralleled in the history of the world. Such an army, under eucb circumstances, no other man has ever led. True it is, Moses whs favored with the miraculous interpositiou and aid of Jehovah ; hut this fact only tends to establish the pent we have in hand, for unless he had possessed the spirit to fear and trust in God, he would never hate enjoyed this Divine intervention. Granting that the guar-! dianship and favor shown to him were extraordinary and miraculous, yet when the spirit and conduct of Moses towards God are remembered, a special significance is! given to these, and they furaish a striking! exhibition of power for won ierful achieve ments arid grand successes guaranteed to c one, who was in every respect a Christian c soldier To this one may be added, also, the 1 example of Joshua, the ouccessor of Moses c and the Captain-general of the armies of t Israel. His occupation was war; his mis c sion was conquest; but unlike all others he I was a conqueror by express Divine com- 1 maod; his chief distinction was that he al- t ways conquered in the name of the Lord, f so that all his victories of the sword were, t at the same time victories of faith. We t behold bim as a great military leader, who, t fot the larger period of his life, stood at the 1 head of an army of su hundred thousand f fighting men, and who never lost a battle f when leading any portion of that army in ' person. Whether encounteriog the warlike ^ t?4?c 4k? A i UUBl? Ul tlic AUJaiCMino A Liu ;iUiUUibto ouu iMidianites and Moabices, who resisted his ^ march to the land of Canaan, or whether in tIi>.'Sc thirty one battles in whioh he over threw those thirty kings and cities in f!aDaan, he was the same victorious military chieftain, conquering by faith in the power of God, and a moral heroism which never allowed him to swerve from the path of duty. It was these, the result of an elevated piety, that made him invincible. In close succession with the preceding, the magical and inspiring name of Gideon rites before us. "The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valor," is the angelic salutation with which his public career was introduced, and "the sword of the Lord and Gideon" was long known as the battle cry to a military attack, such as the world has, never before, nor since, been a witness of. The allusion is to that famous night when Gideon, at the head of a chosen band , of three hundred, attacked the Midianites, . put them to flight, and followed up his advantage with such vigor, that be slew or w took captive, an army of 135,000 men "that j drew the sword." Never before, not since 1 { had there been such a feat of daring, and never such a complete victory ; but it was achieved by men who trusted in God and 1 were ieliaut in defence of their country.? Were it needful, many more kindred illustrations of the poiDt in hand, could b'- \ i e .i? i; -i? T-^.l |1 arawa iroui cue lives 01 isaviu, fjuuttmuu, Asa, Jehosaphat, Hezekiab, Uzziab aDd Nehemiah. Had we time to uufold the record of profane history, rnaoy illustrative examples could be adduced to establish what confidence and trust in God can do, and has doue, for those who battle in His natueandby His strength. The Waldenses of Piedmont, would furnish many glowing instances. Gustavus Adolphus, the kiug of Sweden and champion of the Reformation, whose dying uiotto was, 1<I seal with my blood the Protestant religion and the liber ties of Germany." Oliver Cromwell, who with his staunch and iovincible Puritan faith, saved at Duubar the cause of liberty for England, and the world, by routing an army of 23,000 with his 12,000 Ironsides, who with a trust in God that never wavered, rushed tj the battle after singing to the tune old BaDgor, the 117th Psalm?are capital examples in hand To these, every man familiar with religious biography, cau readily add the name of George Washing to. ?besides a hundred of our bravest Revolutionary soldiers?Henry Havelock, Col. Blackader, Col. Gardiner, Major General Andrew Bunn, Captain Headley Vicars, Col. Mountain, Captain Hammond Capt Bate, and numerous others, whose lives were living proofs of the value of religion to a soldier. Before all these historic illustrations? aod the catalogue could be indefinitely extended, so as to embrace the patriot Garibaldi, and many who now draw the sword to defend the cause of the Confederate | States of America?it is impossible to doubt ^ the position we aim to establish. Now,"gentlemen, our self assumed task is j about finished. What remainstobe said will be summed up in a few suggestive sentences. As you stand in the righteous defence of ' your country, against fanatical oppression, give heed to the advice conveyed through 1 these articles of a friend, and besides : take I good care of your health and life, knowing ( their value to your family and State and couutry ; be conscientious ami faithful in the discharge of all your military duties : ' guard your manners, habits and morals from taint, so that if you return home, neither you nor your friends may be ashamed of you, norregret the injury sustained in these 1 respects; remember your moral accounta- j bility, and neglect not the mean9 of religious instruction within your reach ; be ware of giving any offence to the religious sentiments and scruples of your comrades; be brave, and trustful, and calm and pray erful, in the hour of battle; ascribe all the ' honor of success aud victory to the God oi battles; in all your military deportment be ' models of propriety and consistency, so that eveu yuur cuem_y IU?J( JcspccL as new aa fear you; endure the hardships and privations, to which you are subjected, as a good ' soldier; above all, delay not to put your ! trust in Jesus, who can shield you in the hour of danger, and who can make it well ' with you, should you fall at your post; in fine be a pood soldier of your country, and 1 a consistent soldier of the Cross of Christ; ] that you may be able to do all this is the ' earnes' hope of hiu^ whu now bids you adieu, as your MENTOR ? - - - J "Old Charley" Arrived at Camp.? < The following interesting incident, related > by the Macon Tehyraph, explains itself, I hud the Southern-raised man knows how to I feel when be reads it : i Old Charley be it known, to the distant, i and unfamiliar reader, 1- and has been of | the famous Macon Volunteers. lie blows i sn^h fife as no man without forty year's i pr. jtice and the wind of a church urgau can begiu to do. < Now, when the Volunteers took the'r de i parture for the wars, they left Old Charley < behind, under the impression tbatthe rules i would Dot admit of him. The faithful old HIow fifed them off, and tears stood i like bullets in his tyes as his own whistle i was superceded by that of the locomotive A few days ago, however, orders came to i send oo Old Charley by express, audhe': girded himself with alacrity and delight for ' the field. The Volunteers got word of his : coming, and met him at the depot with a shout of triumphant welcome. They shoul < ! dered his baggage, and almost shouldered : I the fifer, and paraded him down to the iaoip in a tumult of joy, nod then intro- I luced him to their lady visitors as Charley i 3enja, the lirstand the lastfifer to the Ma- I ion Volunteers. Old Charley's mind and I 'oice was choked with emotion at these | lemonstrations of affection. He could on- I y bob his head aod cry. At last, they got litn in wind, and his fife began to pour out i he same old stirring, martial and ear)iercing strains. A detachment of the Volmteers over the river heard it, and raised he shout, "Old Charley has come," aod lasteDed to the camp to join the jubilee, rhe boys will fight better when the shrill ife of Old Charley calls them to the conlict. MMVmm Mite. UP &? Sloquent Speech of Hon. Howell Cobb. On Wednesday evening, (says the Atlana Confederacy) the train from LaGrange irought Gov. Cobb, on his way home from Montgomery. He went to the Atlanta Hoel and took supper. It was quickly ascerained that he was here, and a very great lumber of citizens gathered in front of the lotel, filling up the eDtire space out to the ailroad track, and the crowd gathered as ar on either side as the front of the hotel lould be seen. After he bad partaken of lis repast, Mr. Cobb, in response to the :alls of the crowd, came out upon the steps >f the hotel and addressed them as follows: My Friends : I wish I had something o say to compensate you for assembling on his occasion. I believe you will bear me vitness that I have never failed in Atlanta ;o respond when called on by my friends, rhe only excuse I could now render would ie thai I have nothing to say, though I luppose you want to know something of vhat has taken place at Montgomery. We jave discharged all our duties?made all he arrangements necessary for our proteo,ion, and have adjourned to meet in Richmond on the 20lh of July uext. If you wish to know why the Government vas removed to Richmond, I can say, eivsumstances have arisen that have rendered ,t proper. We have received the Old Do niuion into our Confederacy. Her soil will perhaps be the battle ground ot this struggle. Her enemies are gathered around ler to force her into subjection to their foul iictates. We felt it our duty to be at the seat of war. We wanted to let Virginia <now that whenever threats or dangers were presented to her, filled our hearts with ijropathy for her, which we are willing to jxhibit; to show that there was not a man n the Confederacy who was afraid to be at it his post on Virginia soil. We also waned to be near our brave boys, so that when we threw off the badge of Legislators, we night take up arms and share with them he fortunes of war. We felt the cause of Virginia to be the cause of us all. If she alls, we shall all fall; and we were willing o be at the spot to be among the first vicims. We were ready to say to Lincoln, when he attempts to put his foot on Virginia's soil, ''Thus far shalt thoQ come and 30 farther." (Cheers.) What more can I say to you ? One other thing I will say: it is my duty, and I discharge it. Our brave men from all the Stutes are offering their services freely. It would seem as if they bad given their blood freely, to be poured out, a willing sacrifice if need be, upon the altar of our country. When we called for twelve months' volunteers. our brave bovs evervwhere resDonded , ' j r with aD order and zeal that koew no bounds; and when we called for volunteers for the war, the number was increased. (Loud cheers.) It fills my heart to see that, in this race, to have wrongs redressed this noble State?the old commonwealth of Georgia?stands second to none. (Applause.) Georgia?proud old Georgia?may justly boast of the patriotism of her sons, who are resolved to see the last traitor in his grave, and drive far from our borders the last enemy. But we must have, not men alone, but treasure also. Money in large sums will bo necessary to carry on the war, if it last long. Do you know the feeling of our people on this point, also ? Let me give it to you in an instance to illustrate the whole. On the banks of the Mississippi lives a large planter. He is an old man, whose treuilbing limbs have borne him to his three score aud ten years. He sends a thousand bags of cotton to market every year. lie was asked, what will you give to sustain our Government in this war? '-Tell them," said he, with the fires of patriotism flowing over all his features, "when my cotton reaches the market, to give me e lough for my expenses, an 1 take all the rest." Noble old patriot! And there are thousands and tens of thousands like him ill over tlie South. But your country want no donations?no private oontnii^ions to sustain her. She has resources^mply sufficient to bear every burden without asking a cent of any one i oy way of contribution, but I'll tell you what you can do and what you are expected to do. It is this: Let every cotton and imoa r?lontor ontl nnnpp arhpot rrrntoprin fhp South, when his crop is gathered, sell it to the Confederate States and take their bonds. It will forui a good circulating medium, iud be the soundest currency that the iouutry ever had. Let the government <ell the product of our land to Europe for the specie to support our brave boj9 iD the field. Every pouud of cotton that I raise that is not absolutely necessary to supply the wants of my family, shall go to the support of the war, and that is the feeling jverywhere. A representative from Mis dssippi said, I hare no cotton?not a bule ? but from dow till the next meeting of Congress, wherever a man can be found, I shall urge him to sell his cotton to the government, and take its bonds in payment, to support our brave boys in arms. Another incident will illustrate the feeling of our people, and especially the ladies. Our noble women are true to our cause.? The women of Montgomery, at shortest notice, not Ioug since, made thousands of >aud bags for our soldiers at Pensacola.? The message came there on Friday evening at 5 o'clock that these sand bags were wanted at once. How shall they be had? was on every man's lips. Go to the ladies, said one and they did so. The money was raised, and the material purchased, and by 5 o'clock on Monday evening, the work was C lone. They assembled in the Churches of the Everliving God, and with their hands ti tailed night and day till the work was com- r pleted. (Cheers). Talk about subjuga- li ting a people where such a spirit as this il prevails! If you lay aside all the men in I the South, all Abolitiondom could not sub- f< due our women. (Loud oheers.) My ii confidence in our success is greatly enhan- C ced from the conduct of our women and s children that play around our feet. The s faith which I learned in Christian child- c i?j *_ii- ? ii.i n ~ j :?*,:ii ? ii^ uuuu, icua mc mat uuu la bliii uu iijc diuc > of Truth and Justice. As God lives, aod o as He is the God of Truth and Justice, I such a people can never be conquered.? v (Applause.^ f One other idea and I am done. When I went to Montgomery, only six States were ? represented there. Now there are nine.? 1 And the good old North State has also 2 unanimously seceded; and every gale that * wafts from Tennessee brings the evidenoe * that her gallant sons will unite heart and 6 Boul with us 1 Heaven has smiled on us from the first. c Go and look at your crops; you may call it 2 a good season, or whatever else you may, 8 but I tell you that it is the blessing of God | upon us at this time. My friends, I know you will excuse me from making any further remarks at this; ^ time I have been travelling, am fatigued, ^ and have been speaking at many of the^ stations along the route. i He retired amidst the wildest applause, i and "three cheers for Cobb," which were ( given vociferously. t Balls, Shells and Bombs?How Made, j The Watervliet Arsenal, situated at West Troy, N. Y., is the largest arsenal for the construction and fabrication of military im- . plements, other than small arm^ and cannon, in the country, and a visit to its workshops at the present time, powerfully imnrewses one with the Dower and resources of our government. Everything at present is on a war footing, and from three to five hundred hands directly, and as many more indirectly, in the neighboring foundries, are kept busy night and day. Through the thieving of Floyd, and the recent requisitions of Government, the arsenal has been nearly stripped of muskets, pistols and cannon, but of otber munitions there is yet an ample store. A large number of hands are engaged in the preparation of ammunition ; six thousand ball cartridges are made daily; most of these are intended for the Minie rifle, but large numbers of the old fashioned round ball cartridges are also manufactured The rapidity with which a cartridge is nude is wonderful. A boys sits at a counter with a cylindrical stick?a pile of greased balls and one of prepared paper before bim?a simple roll of paper and a stick ?a jerk and a twist at one end?a twist of a string, and the cartridge is ready for filling in less time than it takes to read this description. They are then taken in anotherroom, placed open, end up, inshallow boxes, and a man, by means of a simple instrument, fills them with an equal and specific amount of powder, at the rate of thirty a minute. A twist at the open end, and the cartridge is complete. The manufacture ' goes on so fast, that it requires nearly a i dozen men and boys to pack, box and remove the finished cartridges. In another ( apartment, a number of mon and girls are j employed in the manufacture of cannon j cartridges of all sizes, from the mightiest j columbiad down to the six-pounder. The i material of which they are made, i3 a kind 1 of woollen goods (moreen) imported from England especially for the purpose. Thou- i sands of yards of this material were in the j process of being cut up and manufactured, i Cannon cartridges are not filled here, but i at the place where they are intended to be i used. In still another department, grape, i canister and strapped ammunition are in i course of preparation, while huge cart loads I of bomb shells and spherical shot are hour- < ly arriving from the neighboring founde- i ries. The grape shot are larger than I sup- 1 posed, and might more properly be called ' peach shot than grape shot. Some six or < more of these are packed in a sort of a wire ] c .rkscrew arrangement, and fitted into a tin case, and when thus finished, have much < the appearance of jars of preserved meats i or fruits. < The manufacture of bom+> shells is also a i matter of much interest. The preparation i of those I witnessed was briefly as follows: i The shell is first filled up with old-fashion- t od, round leaden bullets; melted sulphur i is then poured in to fill up the interstices and i bind the bullets in one solid mass; the 1 shell is then put into a kind of a lathe, and i a cylindrical hole of the exact size of the s orifice of the shell is bored through the bul- c lets and the sulphur; this cavity is filled with powder, even with the interior edge of i the orifice, a six inch shell of the kind here c dpHcrihed holding ahnnt, ft half ft rtnnnd.? e p r The fuBe fitted mto the orifice is a recent o Belgian invention, made of pewter, and re- v sembles the screw-cap used for the patent fruit cans. An examination of this pewter cap shows, however, that it is made of two hollow dies of metal screwed together, and i filled with meal powder; a number of small i holes are drilled in the lower disc, while t the other disc is eDtire, and marked with r figures in a circle, 1, 2, 3, 4. In this state e the shell is water and weatherproof. When 1 taken for use, the gunner, by means of a t small steel instrument, scoops out a portion i of the outer soft metal surface, and lays 1 bare the charge of composition powder below it. If the shell is desired to explode r in one second after leaving the gun, the s scooping is made on the figure one; if in t two seconds, -on the figure two, and so on ; i the idea being that the shells of this des- i cription shall first strike the object aimed i at and do execution as a ball, and then ex- t j: ac If f piVSUGj DCIUllJ^ b(lU UUI1UU3 1 L/i TTOIU uo ?> from another caDnon located at the point I where the flight of the shell is arrested.? ( Large shell of eight or ten inches are filled fi with power only, and bursting do execution 1 by means of their fragments. These large 1 shells are generally fired by means of a fuse of meal powder, extending through a brass t plug, screwed into the mouth of the shell; < in both cases the fuse is fired by the igni- i tion of the charge in the gun.? Cor. of the_ t Springfield Republican. 1 Jomplimentto a Citizen of S. Carolina, a On the 26th instant, that fine body of I roopa, the Second Regiment of North Ca* fc olina volunteers, commanded by Col. Wil* a iarns, lately of the United States Army, on t is way from its camp, at the Grove, to the s 'etersburg station, to take the cars for Nor- e Dlk, halted at the Exchange Hotel, front- t Qg the building, in close columns. Lieut, t lolonel Cantwell ascended the steps, and o tated to the troops that at the request of p everal officers of the Regiment, and at the e ommand of the Colonel, they had halted a o pay a compliment to a distinguished son C if the gallant State of South Carolina, the t Ion. Franklin J. Moses, who had lately i dsited their own State, as Commissioner rom the land of the Palmetto, He proceed- 1 id to pass some eloquent encomiums on the s ;allant and patriotic State of South Caroli- 1 la, and on its representatives in the city, t md concluded by proposing three cheers c or both of them, which were eiven with a 1 learty zest by the troops and the citizens as- c embled around. e Col. Moses was then introduced to the 1 lommand, and received with repeated huz- ( ;as, the windows of the Hotel, on both e ides of the street, being filled with the c epresentatives of the fairer sex. After si- i ence had been obtained, he proceeded to \ iddress the troops. He said? i He recognized and appreciated the com- t iliment tendered, not as to himself, but to I lis State, whose gooa fortune it bad been ( 0 initiate the event which was so full of lope and promise to her Southern sisters, de referred to the gallant and patriotic iause in which they were engaged?con- 1 ending for principles, in the support of vhioh their ancestors had perilled their ( ives, their fortunes, and everything but heir sacred honor. That their mission was 1 1 glorious one ;?that on the soil of Virgin- 1 a, the mother of States and of statesmen, ' hey were about to vindicate the memories ] if Henry and of Jefferson, and would make 1 iround the hallowed tomb of Washington a 1 ampart which would save the sacred soil 1 in which it was erected from the footprints 1 if the mercenary foe who had threatened o conquer it. That their mission was to : 'ree Maryland from the subjection to which raitors had forced it; and in such a cause, tnd with motives thus impelling them, their riumph was certain. That the soldiers of Sooth Carolina would be at their side, and 1 he descendants of the Shelbys, the Wiliamses and the Clevelands, would emulate he deeds of their ancestors at Kings Moun- i ain. He alluded to the sacred day on 1 vbich he was addressing them, and refer ed to the holy associations which their tause suggested. He continued in an elo- . juent and captivating strain to address hem for about twenty live minutes amid oud and repeated interruptions of cheering, md at the olose the troops and spectators oined in three hearty cheers for the Palmetto State. The Regiment then wheeled, marched to the depot, and took its departure for Norfolk. When it meets the foe, good tiiings will be heard from it.?Richmond Dispatch. Contraband of War. The following definitions from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, will be found useful by many of our readers : Contraband, (Marine Law).?Its most ixtensive sense means all commerce which is carried on contrary to the laws of the State. This term is also used to designate ill kinds of merchandize which are used or transported against the interdictions published by a ban or solemn cry. 2. The term is usually applied to that unlawful commerce whioh is so carried on in time of war. Commodities particularly useful in war as arms, ammunition, horses, timber for ship building, and every kind of uaval stores. When articles come into use i -c _u:?u I 18 implements Ui war, wuieu wcio uciuic innocent, they may be declared to be contraband. The greatest difficulty to decide what is contraband, seems to have occurred in the case of provisions, which have not been held to be universally contraband.? Though Yattel admits that they become so )n certain occasions, when there is an expectation of reducing an enemy by famine. 3. In modern times one of the principal jriteria adopted by the courts for the decision of the question whether any particular 3argo of provisions be confiscable as contraband, is to examine whether those provisions be in a rude or manufactured state, "or all articles in such examinations are treated with greater indulgence in their natural condition than when wrought up "or the convenience of the enemy's use.? [ron unwrought, is therefore treated with ndulgence, though anchors aod other initruments fabricated out of it are directly iontraband. 4. Contraband of war, is the act by which n times of war a neutral vessel introduces, r attempts to introduce, into the territory if one of the belligerent parties, arms, am unition, or other effects intended for, or vhich may serve in hostile operations. Pants vs. Pintion. "Eighty years ago the people of N. York, i 'few Jersey and Pennsylvannia, were fightDg side by side with the people of Virginia, i he Carolinas and Georgia for the sacred ight of self government. Their blood flow- i d freely together in defence of the same loly cause, and the bones of hundreds of i he brave sons of each State were left on i nany a battle field from Massachusetts to < Florida. To-day, how changed !" The above we take from the Montgome- i y Advertiser. We beg leave, with all re- i pect, to correct the Advertiser in a mater of history. Too long have false state- . Dents and fictitious history perverted the i ninds of men. We undertake to state, and ve challenge contradiction upon proof, that I he bones of a single Massachusetts soldier i 'rom a single Massachsetts company, much ess a regiment, lie buried in either nf the Carolines. The declaration of Daniel Webiter, in the Senate, that "the bones of New < England soldierly whitened the soil from I Maine to Florida," is an utter fabrication, i iVe challenge the proof. It is an utter fic- ' ion, in the face of all historical fact. Not 1 )ne company of New England soldiery eve- ' y crossed the borders of the Carolinas. We ' ippeal to the record, and we challenge the proof. If the blood of Massachusetts men nd Carolinans ever flowed together on the f tattle-field, and in the same cause, that a tlood "flowed" north of what is now known 1 s Mason and Dixon's line. It is time for a ruth to be known. There is no room for a entiment on this subject. And there nev- a r has been much sentiment lost between he two peoples. They have been foreign o each other from the earliest settlement f the Colonies to this time. For while the 1 >eople of Massachusets were burning witch- ^ 8 in Boston, the High Church of England 1 .lone was admitted within the limits of * Charleston, and all Dissenters were prohibi- 1 ed the city in their religious services. This 1 s simple history. 1 We are quite fatigued with all these 1 Northern fictions?so often repeated, and ( 10 entirely without a shadow of foundation. 1 iVe beg our contemporary to refer to facts, jefore it makes such wild statements. We 1 >f South Carolina utterly disclaim any fel- 1 owship in arms with the people of Massa- ' sbusetts. The troops of the Carolinas nev- 1 >r even met those of Massachusetts on the ' )attle-field, except in Mexioo. With what 1 jredit to the New Englanders, let history 1 ipeak. Caleb Cushing had to beat the troops : )f Massachusetts into ranks with his sword, 1 ind was burnt in effigy in Boston after the var for trying to make them fight. And it ' s well known that the Palmettos had to ' ihow the wavering New Yorkers how to "ace the cannon ball in Mexico. We are juite fatigued with fiction.?Mercury. General Beauregard. The Charleston Mercury of Thursday says : "General Beauregard, with his staff, Maj. D. R. Jones, Assistant Adjutant-Gensral. and Cols. J. L. Manniner. W. P. Miles. A. G. Rice, and Joseph Heyward, left Charleston yesterday, by the Northeastern railroad, en route, we have reason to believe, for Virginia. So the abolition troops may, after all, have an opportunity of seeing, to their great dismay, the distingnished Creole general, whom the facetious editors of Yankeeland have so cleverly boxed up and sent to France." We also find in the Mercury the following letter from this distinguished officer: Charleston, May 27, 1861. My Dear General. : I sincerely regret leaving Charleston, when its inhabitants have given me such a welcome that I now consider it as my second home. I had hoped that, when relieved from here, it would have beeu to go to Virginia in command of the gallant Carolinans, whose courage, patience and zeal I had learnt to appreciate and ad mire; but it seems my services are required elsewhere, and thither I shall go, not with joy, but with the firm determination ttfdo more than my duty if I can, and to leave as strong a mark as possible on the enemies of our beloved country should they pollute its soil with their dastardly feet. But rest assured, my dear sir, that whatever happens at first, we are certain to triumph at last?even if we had for arms only pitchforks and flint-lock muskets?for every bush and hay-stack will become an ambush, and every barn a fortress. The history of nations proves that a gallant and free people, fighting for its independence and. firesides, is invincible against even disciplined mercenaries at a few dollars per month. What, then, must be the result, when its enemies are little more than an armed rabble, gathered together hastily, on a false pretence and for an unholy purpose, with an octogenarian at its head ?? None but the demented can doubt the issue. I remain, dear general, yours sincerely, G. T. Beauregard. Gen. Win, E. Martin, Charleston S. C. The Uniform of the Confederate Army. The following is the dress prescribed by the War Department for the army of the Confederate States. It was devised by Mr. Cain, military tailor, of New Orleans. Coat.?Short tunic of cadet gray cloth, doubled-breasted, with two rows of buttons over the breast, the rows two inches apart at the waist and widening toward the shoulders. Suitable for cavalry as well as infantry. Pantaloons.?Of sky blue cloth, made full in the leg, and trimmed according to corps?with blue for infantry; red for artillery ; and yellow for cavalry. No other distinction. For the General and the officers of his staff the dress will be of dark blue cloth, trimmed with gold; for the medical department, black olotb, with gold and velvet trimming. All hu/Jrvaa nf rltafinnh'nn oro fn mnrlr. ed upon the sleeves and collars. Badges of distinguished rank, on the collar only. For a Brigadier-General, three large stars; for a Colonel, two large stars; for a Lieutenant-Colonel, one large star; for a Major, one small star, and horizontal bar; for a Captain, three small stars; for a first Lieutenant, two small stars; for a second Lieutenant, one small star. Buttons.?For a General and staff officers the buttons will be of bright gilt, convex, rounded at the edge?a raised eagle at the oentre, surrounded by thirteen stars. Ex terior diameter of large sized button, 1 inch ; of small size, J inch. For officers of the corps of engineers the same button is to be used, except that in the place of the eagle and stars, there will be a raised "E" in German text. For officers of artillery, infantry, riflemen and cavalry, the buttons will be a plain gilt 3onvex, with a large raised letter in the jentre?A for artillery, I for infantry, &o. Tlio ottopinr ^ismeler nf lart*e size button. jeven-eight9of an inch; small size, one-half ,nch. For all enlisted men of artillery, a large A., raised in the centre of a three-quarter inch button. For all enlisted men, the same as for artillery, except that the number of the regiment will be substituted for the letter A. J^"The New York Courricr dcs Etats Unis is annoyed at the character of the excitement in New York : "In looking at the almost joyous character of the excitement of the masses, no one would suspect that it was occasioned by a civil war destined to drown the ancient and commou nationality in the blood of men who were till now considered brethren. We have witnessed black hours in France, where the people of our country were condemned to ight each other, -bat never have we beheld mything like that which is oocarriDg here. I [here the straggle was accepted as inevit- a ble, bat at the same time lamentable, and b , terrible necessity. Here it is a holiday ii spect that prevails." ? D What our Privateers Have Done. 8 We have had many inquiries from our c eaders for information concerning the pri- p rateers that have been fitted oat, or are c sow fi-ting oat, at this port, and the prizes v hat have been taken; and although we do ] iot think it proper to publish all the par- ^ iculars that are in our possession, we see 1 10 objection to giving a list of the prize t vessels. They are seven in number, three j ;aptured by the armed steamship Calhoun, a ind two each by the steamers Music and ] V. H. Ivy, and represent a total value of e lbout 8170,000, a pretty good beginning t for three privateers. The prosecution for ( their condemnation and sale is already | pending before the Confederate States Dis- r trict Court of this city, and will undoubt ( edly come to an issue favorable to the cap tors in due time. It will be seen in our advertising columns this morning that the ] Confederate States Marshal, Mr. C- B. < Beverly, has advertised his monition in the i cases of the Milan, Ocean Eagle, Ella, John H. Jarvis and Marshall, notifying all interested in them or their cargoes to ap I pear before the Confederate States District ' Court on the third Monday following this publication, to show cause, if any they have, why these vessels should not be condemned as lawful prizes, and the proceeds of sale distributed agreeably to the prayer of the libellants. There has been some conjecture as to where prizes could be law- I full; taken, and as to the legal boundary i of the "high seas." We can state positively that the high seas extend to low wa- < ter tide mark, so that all of these vessels have been properly and legally captured. The following is a correct list of the prizes that have been brought into our port up to this time : Prizes of the steamship Calhoun?the bhip Milan, from Liv- i erpool, with 1500 sacks salt, vessel worth about $2,000; bark Ocean Eagle, from Rockland, Maine, with a cargo of lime, worth about 820,000; schooner Ella, from Tampico for Pensacola, with a cargo of bananas oranges, etc., vessel and cargo worth about 85000. Prizes of the armed steamer Y. H Ivy ?ship Marathon, from Marseilles, in ballast, worth about 835,000; ship Abalino, from Boston, with a cargo of ice, vessel worth about 820,000. Prizes of the armed steamer Music?the Marshall, a splendid now ship from Havre, in ballast, worth at least $50,000; ship John H. Jarvis, from Liverpool, in ballast, worth about 820,000. A number of our prominent citizens own stock in these lucky privateers, and they have never known before such a profitable business. Their investments have been more than doubled in a week, and will probably go on id like ratio. Tbis great success, too, will give vast encouragement to many capitalists who have not yet embarked in privateering to do so. As the distant squadrons of the United States navy have been generally recalled, and the North has no war vessels to spare for the protection of its ships, every sea on the globe is a fruitful held for captures, and at the end of the war the South will have a splendid commercial marine of prizes within her own ports.?New Orleans Bee. The Zouaves.?The Puritan propensi ty for humbug shows itself in military as much as in commercial life. We have ail learned by sad experience the wooden nut meg practices of New England traders, the brown paper and chip Boled shoes, the hollow brass rivets of trunks, and the million of hollownesses and artifices which they have imposed upon us for generations.? n i _ x?i. t:.?. ? j :?? numoug 1U iraue, melasma, cuuutuuu, has been the universal order of the day.? No triok has been more enormous and profitable than that of giving big names to little things, calling every school a college, every teacher a professor, every quack a doctor, every miserable mineral puddle, a delightful watering place, every demagogue a statesman, and every rich blackguard a gentleman. They are now trying to bully the South and the world by the application to their New York rowdies of the noble title of Zouaves, which the veterans of France have made immortal. They are about as much like Zouaves as they are like angels. The Zouaves of France are the best infantry in the world. We doubt whether the world has ever seen such perfect soldiers. Though small in stature, they have the souls ot lions, aDd have performed feats almost unexampled in the history of war. What disgusting affectation and impudence in a regiment of New York firemen to assume such a name; to dress up their asinine carcasses in the lion's skin, and expect to frighten the whole South from its propriety by a terrific bray! Richmond Dispatch. How to Take Care of the Hair ? As to men, we say, when the hair begins to fall out, the best plan is to have it cut short; give it a good brushing with a moderately , stiff brush, while the hair is dry; then wash it well with warm soap suds; then rub into the scalp, about the roots of the hair, a little bay rum, brandy or camphor water. Do these things twice a month?the brushing ( of the scalp may be profitably dooe twice a ( week. Damp the hair with water every j time the toilet is made. Nothing ever j made is better for the hair than pure soft i water, if the scalp is kept clean in the way j we have named. The use of oils "or po- i matums, or grease of any kind, is ruinous | to the hair of man or woman. We consid- ] er it a filthy practice, almost universal | though it be, for it gathers dust and dirt, i and soils whenever it touches. Nothing but pure soft water should ever be allowed on the heads of ohildren. It is a different f practice that robs our women of their most | beautiful ornament, long before their prime; I the hair of our daughters should be kept within two inches, until their twelfth year. < i Look Out !?The Vicksbnrg Sun says i Gen. W. W. W. W. W. Wood, passed I through that city on the 14th. < We Wonder Which Way Wood Went? i A Scene in the Canadian House oe assembly.?The following is a sketch of scene in the Canadian House of Assemly?the time being Saturday evening. It j from the Qaebec Chronicle : "While the debate was proceeding, some aembers whistled, others hnmmed, many lammed their desks, made mysterious reaking noises with their boots, threw pater pellets at each other, and behaved in a nost uproarious way. "Speak French 1" rould be called oat to an English orator, lemarks as to his personal appearance rould be addressed to the next speaker.? [his is rather a sohool-boy way of doing hings, but it is orthodox parliamentary >ractice. We have seen a member's wig irttuiiy pulled on nis Dead witn a noox and ine, aDd bushels of shreds of paper showsred like sdow flakes over ohairmeu of comnittees. We have heard some members :row like chaoticleers, and others bark like )uppies or mew like kittens. All this looks -ather undignified to people in the galleies." How a Minister's Pocket was Picked.?A New York correspondent of a Sunlay paper tells the following, which exhibits the oharacterof Col. Wilson's regiment, [t is too good to be lost: A good story is told of ex-Alderman Billy Wilson's regiment of pickpockts and city vagabonds, who are now encamped on Staten Island. A patriotic clergyman got his congregation in Brooklyn to contribute quite i pile of money, last Sunday, for Wilson jnd his crowd. He waited upon the "colonel" at the camp, made him a pretty speech, full of sympathy, explained the purpose of his visit, put his band in his pocket to take out the gold?but it wasn't there! He felt in the other pocket?vanished! "Never mind, "colonel," said our divine, "some of your boys have got it; its all the same." The fact being that the reverend gentleman's pocket was picked beflSfe he had t A - j n : oeen on me camp grouua uve iuiuukd.? This story has leaked oat slily, and makes a laugh here." This Picture and That. This deplorable picture from a Memphis paper is iu striking contrast with the one presented in Montgomery. "Alas 1 how the mighty have fallen." Lanky Lincoln.?The fact of Lincoln's constant intoxication is confirmed by a gentleman just from Washington. It appears that he become addicted to the vice in this way: The cares of place affected his nervous system so much that he could not sleep. His physician administered him large quantities of opium and brandy each evening until stupidity would ensue, and then he would fall into profound slumber. In the morning his prostration would become so great that liquor would be resorted to; and thus, by a freqent repetition of this treatment, he has become so demoralized by the use of liquors as to be perfectly imbecile, and thoroughly indifferent to what is passing around him. Snake Taming.?We witnessed on Tuesday morning last, an extraordinary instance of snake taming. A boy belonging to Mr. John T. Davis, of this place, went early in the morning for a load of wood, found a large rattle snake, caught him, and brought him home in his wagon, exhibiting him lying across his lap, holding him up first by bis head and then his tail, making him ooil up in his arms, rattle and cease at pleasure of the boy. A number of our citizens witnessed this feat. This raton/) tx7Qa oKnnf. blC*9Ua&C U(JU Cigliv ACtbvtVsOj nuu ITIM MWVWW four and a half feet long, and large in proportion?was tamed most completely iu about two hours. The boy says be can do the same with any snake, and has beeu iu the habit of oatohiug and taming them all his life. We could scarce believe it when we saw this venomous, death-dealing serpent made as tame as a lady's lap dog in a few hours.?Marianna (Fla.,) Patriot. A True Patriot.?Major Tillman Watson, State Senator from this District, has volunteered to equip the large company of Captain M. W. Gray, just formed. The company numbers from 90 to 100 men, so that tko cost of equipment (and the Senator wishes it well gotten up) will scarcely fall short of 92,500. The example of Major Watson is a bright one, and reflects credit on his worthy name and lineage. The company is very appropriately styled the Watson Guards. We heartily wish them, officers and men, a glorious experience of war. Knowing them as we do, we may safely say that no company in the Southern service is likely to strike harder or more effective blows.?Edgefield Advertiser. Pay of Volunteers.?We frequently hear the question asked, "what pay do officers and privates in the Confederate Army get for their services i" j?or tne iniormatioD of such, we append the following schedule: The Colonel geta S175 per month; Lieutenant Colonel, 8170; Major, 150; Captain, 8108; First Lieutenant, 890; Second Lieutenant, 880; First Sergeant, 821; other Sergeants, 17; Corporals and artificers, 813; Privates, 811, with yearly allowance of clothing and one ration per day; Quartermaster, the same as Captain; Commissary, the same. Lime for Preseving Shingles.? Honorable D. Hunter, in a letter published in the Rural Intelligencer, says that slacked lime sprinkled on the roofs of buildings on rainy days will remove moss and preserve the shingles for nearly double the * - ' J * * *' *Unr? funnfn/? T^nf time tney wooiu iaat n uui, iuuo.it.w,u. * ... it od thick enough to make the roof look white, and two applications will clean off the moss and leave the roof white and olean. [t should be applied annually; but it the lime is not to be had very conveniently, wood ashes will answer the purpose. Cautic.j.?Persons who use fire arms ihould remember that percussion guns or jistols are sometimes discharged without ;he caps. An exchange paper says: "A young mac was badly wounded in this :ity by the accidental discharge of a pistol n the hand of bis friend. It is worthy of remark that this pistol had no cap on it, Dut it seems that a small portion of the per* jussion powder was on the tube, and this was sufficient to fire the powder." . /