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Sir* ^ ^ 9 J^jS0F ?ifc? ;T " ' : '. ~ -V - 7 *.v - :' *S5^PT" ^ ? *9rcf -% "Jgr * & * .* . . . -v. .' .. - . _ \ . " ^ , t -* _. --; - . . - T >. + vgM: * ' " g^-aa ' ., wSliah nisx.j-op? fnlrqrttiktt Jfamilg ftriosjraper: ^iur % promotion of % IBaMtal, Social, ^gritaltaral anil Commercial laterals of % Soatjc. |?s peb teab, m abvasob. TOLUME 8. YORKTILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1862. NUMBER 20. .. : : ! : - - ^7 , i i .. , ... - - .-- ?- .. - - -.. -. , lb* ffflrimlk - -. is. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY XOSEDTG, at Two Dollars a year, in Advance. THREE COPIES, 95 95, 10 COPIES, SI51 And an Extra Copy to the portion making a Clab of Ten?the money to be paid in Advance. Will be i^SrfSSSouS'pJr?2r?br the flrat, and Firrr cents for each subsequent Insertion (less than three months.) A Square consists of the space occupied by 10 lines of this size type ;100 words, or one inch space. 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CT* Annonncemeots ofMarriaaas or Deaths ; Notices of Religions Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. PF Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. Cy* Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, wflTbe charged for the overplus at regular advertising .'.Personal Communications, when admissible!; communications of limited or indlvidnal interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit er trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. The War and the Manufacturing In- terests of the South. , A correspondent of DeBow's Review for April gives a detailed account of the in- { crease of Manufactures in the South since the beginning of the war. The following are a portion only of the many referred to: In Spartanburg and Laurens, Sonth Carolina, great manufacturing enterprise has been exhibited. In the latter oounty it is mentioned, in addition to the regalar branches of maoa&otare, the ladies generally are making a great quantity of most excellent cloth of various descriptions for , men's wear, children, negroes ana even tor , themselves, whioh are now taking the plaees < of fine delaines and silks. The ladies in , one battalion in that district, recently fur- , nished for the uniforms of one company of volunteers three hundred and fifty yards of very nice jeans, five hundred yards of. flannel, and three hundred and fifty pairs of I sooks, in a very short time, made upon the i old-fashioned hand looms, which are nu- i meroQS in that county?one in almost eve- ; ry family?and some of the eloth for ser- < vice is said to be eqnal, if not superior, to < the best broadcloth. In Chester every i household is said to have become a manu- i factoring establishment. i In our neighboring Commonwealth, N. i Carolina, ,here has been ao equal revival of 1 manufacturing industry. Id Wilmington ! the following articles are notioed, which < were formerly received from the North i Ashes, candles, lamp oils, salt (formerly < supplied from the West Iol#es and Eng- < land), and cutlery. Peannt oil is supplied i by mills established since the commence- I meet of the war, and rosin oil manufactured I to a considerable extent. The manafao- 1 tare cf salt by evaporation or boiling is i largely on the increase. i In Charlotte County, in addition to the i cotton, woollen, and other manufactories i formerly existing, an establishment for the < manufacture of linseed or flax-seed oil, i with a oapacity to turn out five hundred gallons per day, will be started, and another for the manufacture of ootton seed oil, will commence operations in a few weeks. The powder mill will manufacture a thousand pounds per day, with a capacity to double the quantity. In Greensboro' various establishments have sprung up for the manufacture of gnus, pistols, saddles, shoes, barrels, drums, sashes, sewing machines, &c., which promise to be remunerative to those engaged in . the enterprise. I In Beaufort the manufacture of salt has been begun on a small scale. The impres- < sion is, that it can be made a profitable bu- < siness at one dollar a bushel, and at much i less if the war would oontinue for a term of < years. i In Monroe the domestic jeans and linsey J cloth establishments have increased their t operations. Pistols and bowie knives have i been manufactured. ? In Carthage, the entire people,it is said, i with unexampled energy, have recurred to t the primeval principles and customs of in- 1 dustry, economy and frugality whioh char- t aoterized our anoestors for many years sub- ] sequent to the wars of '76 and 1812. The t men have embarked industriously in ma- ? king plows, wagons, shoes, tools and nten- ? sils of wood and iron of every description for domestio purposes ; every farmer is t putting down his trongh or vat for tanning t leather. The gnn and rifle makers have j resumed their wonted art, gone into their i shops, forging out barrels, and fixing them ( up ready for service. In one neighborhood ? shoe pegs are being, made by machinery in | quantities sufficient to meet the demands of i the South. In fine, the people are deter- < mined scrupulously to live independent of \ the North, as they are evidencing by their , handy inventions. The women, too, ani- j mated with becoming seal and resolution , to sustain our glorious cause, have put aside j their silks, their calicos, their head dresses, ( and covered up their pianos, and have sub- ( stituted the wheel, the oards, the loom, and ( are fostering a commendable spirit of emu- ] lation in making the largest number of ( yards, and the neatest patterns of checks t and stripes for themselves and their little j ones, and the substantial jeans to clothe ] their husbands, their sons, and their broth- { ers in the army, and then for gratuitous , distribution to any needy soldiers. They , are, without distinction of circle or proper- | ty, all united in constant and useful en- ' gagement in getting op domestics of every { kind to add to their comforts at home, and ,t supply our army with blankets, clothing , and neat caps. Defend us with your bay- | onets, and we will sustain you with our < needles, is the watchword with them. , In Rockingham County, cotton yarn, cot- \ ton cloth of various kinds, and woollen ] goods, suited to the necessities of the army, i oro koine* mannfuntnrfid. ] In Lynchburg, "Virginia, one envelope i factory has been established, one for the t manufacture of blaoking, and one for ma- I king lucifer matches. The manufacture of 1 hats and caps is being carried on quite ex | tensively. Several tanneries have been es- : tablished in the neighborhood. i In Abingdon, the salt works are manu- i factoring about two thoosand bushels of salt every twenty-four hours, and are put1 ting up furnaces to inorease the amount.? Across the Tennessee line, about fifteen 1 miles South, they have several iron forges, i with a great abundanoe of the best ore, and a furnace, where they make a large amount of castings and pig iron. i In Staunton aud in Madison County, boot and shoe factories have been established, which have government contracts for shoes. There are eight yards in Louisa County, where hides are tanned into leather. The i increase of this branch of business will be I about double that of former years. In Fincastle a furnace for the manufacture of iron, which had ceased before the war, has been revived. 1 In Albemarle the cotton and woollen fao- 1 tories, as in other localities, have not been j ? ? ?J ? ?- -OMAAMMMMAA tL A J 1 ltlAD IUOVMOCU 1U WU^UCUVD Ui kuo uiwvuiviuo in the transportation of wool and cotton.? 1 Two sword manufactories have been eatab- 1 lisbed. There are varions tanneries and saddle and harness making establishments, 1 and an agricultural machinist. A manu- 1 factory of oil cloth will soon be established. 1 In Portsmouth there is an extensive ' foundry, originally designed for the build- ( ing of steam marine or other engines upon a large scale. It was at this establishment 1 that the machinery of the United States ' steamer Powhatan was built. A revolving < pistol has been invented in Portsmouth 1 since the beginning of the war, whioh is j pronounoed by judges to be superior to the 1 Colt pistol, and also an invention for rifling 1 cannon, whioh has been tueoessfully ap- < plied in the Navy Yard. There is an extensive sash, door and blind factory. The ( Union Car Works of Portsmouth, whose 1 regular business has been diminished by 1 the War, are now engaged in building gun I carriages, wagons, wheel-barrows, oamp 1 3tools, tent poles and pins, sabre bayonets * and bowie knives, and other implements of ' ir&T. i Impossibility of Subjogation. t It is impossible to reduce to subjection i ten millions of freemen determined on a leparate government. In tbe Revolutions- 1 ry War the English armies for a time car- t ried all before them. Every city was oc- 1 oupied, every battle was won by the Roy- i *3ists. But the determination of the Col- \ onists remained?a power mightier than ar- { mies and superior to the fatal acoidents of t i hundred campaigns. The power that, i though strong in the field, was weak in tbe hearts of the people, found it necessary to t succumb in the end. Should the Federals 1 occupy Nashville, and make prisoners jof i ill that remains of the Confederate army 1 of the West; should Johnston be routed on the Potomao, and Virginia overrun by the cooquerers; should the Northern flo- j tilla steam down the broad Mississippi and c ' (IUamU Cnnnnnnk on/) V JUT LI l^CW VilCaUD y ouuum UBTauuau auu v Charleston; Richmond and Norfolk, every < itronghold of the South, be lost, the Un- v ionists will be no nearer to the end than c now. The resolve of the Sonth to remain \ oo longer in the Union is fixed and irrevo- v cable. If the Union oonqoests carried a- ? long with them Union sentiment, we might c idmit that a restoration of that Union was oot yet impossible. It would then bo a t question of arms, dependent on the aoci- j dents of war; it is now beooming more and ' more a question of feeling. Every advan- v age gained by the North but adds to the a bitter hostility of their kinsmen in the i Southern States, who already hate them as 8 intensely as ever Englishmen hated Frenoh- f men in the long wars of Europe. Let us ^uote on this point the evidenoe of Dr. 1 Russell, a man oertainly not prejudiced a- t gainst the Northern cause : "A gentleman who had a good deal of c conversation with the Confederate prisoners c it Roanoke says they spoke with unani- c mous bitterness of the North, and that he 1 could not detect a trace of ?Union senti- s ment," though they were in captivity.? Burnside's expedition has failed to elicit t my 'Union sentiment' in North Carolina, s vhioh was said to be bubbling up with it, c md sent a 'bogus senator' to represent it 1 n Congress. In Clarksville two-thirds of t .he inhabitants fled on the approach of the s Federals, and with rare exceptions the light of the people and the firing of their croperty by their own hands, as at Edennn. have been the usual modes of exDres ting their joy at the sight of the stars and ii itripes." p We doubt if there be really any such 6 hing as a Union party at the South. It' 0 nust be noted that it is in the border States v hat this absenoe of sympathy for the North a s signalized by the special correspondent 0 )f the Times. If the secession feeling is ^ io strong in the territory which is still the jone of contention between the rival ar- h uies, how much stronger must it be io the 0 States that first seceded, and that still form ^ ;he head and front of the Southern move- a nent. Bissentions are, indeed, spoken of f n the ranks of the Confederates, but when 1! wq come to inquire into them, we find that 8 ;he dissensions are so far from the thought 0 >f making terms, that thay reproach the 0 government of President Davis for not 3 sarrying on offensive war, for confining its 0 military operations to the defence of South- a jrn territory. In fine, we are persuaded c ;hat the rule of the men of New England a ;s at an end forever in the countries that c ;ie to the south of the Ohio and the Mis- 0 iouri. If the Union is ever restored, it e jan only be constituted on the basis of vol- F mtary suffrage, and that consent will never 1 ka !mii Kn ont? nf f.lio fllnvahnldinor States. F 6**?" "J ?J ? o , Victory after victory to the North will not 1 liter oar conviction as to the inevitable de- ' nouement of this profitless strife. Years E igo, the Northern abolitionists foresaw in * the separation of the free from the slave a States the only possible solution to the sla- F very question. Their arguments were as unanswerable then as now, but in times of f popalar excitement the still small voice of a reason is seldom heard. The North will o aot resign its extravagant olaims at the mo- s ment when viotory crowns its arms?we t suppose it will go on to receive another 1. lesson of defeat. As far as we can see, e this is not likely to be long delayed. The t generals in the West, flushed with unhoped i for successes, are aoting on their own re- t sponsibility, and altogether without author- i ity, either of Gen. McClellan or the Seo- 1 4k retary of War at Washington. We ar< informed on this very singular feature ii the oonduot of the war by no less an au thority than Mr. Stanton himself. If the* unwary gentlemen should be enoouraged h push on into Alabama, they and all thei forces will not improbably b# surrounde< and made an end of, in the same manne that a daring fish that has invaded thi mouth of a polyp. The tide of battle, i fortune be too much tempted, may be ex peoted to turn, and the North will thei wish, when it is too late, that it had helc its hand when the cards seemed all in it (javor.?London Post. The Duty of Each Man, It is the duty of every individual to givi in times of peril, to his oountry his wholi power. We do not except from this broac proposition, neither age, sex nor oondition Every person who cannot do so oonsoien iionsly and with a will, ought, ia oar judg neat, to leave the Confederate States. He who lives among ns, enjoying eqnalb ;he blessings of ttovernment, sbouid sop port it by whatever of resources he aw possess, and, if need be, by periling hi life upon the battle-field. We hold thi jourse to be one of imperative duty. All men are not alike qualified for al ;he responsibilities whioh now press upoi she country. But it is the bounden datj )f each member of this and other oommu aities to assume all that he is able to per Form, and to seek only snob position as h< s qualified to fill; so that by eoonomioal ar rangement of the powers of each the great jst total of results may be attained. Genuine and true patriotism is unselfish, ind will never stand in the pathway of the itmost good to the whole oountry. Private ends and personal ambition always field their appetites to the public interest tnd the general good of tho country by the truly patriotic man. Our State is aotuallj nvaded by the enemy; our Confederate irmy has been unsuccessful; and there if ictnal want of money, of arms and muni ions of war, and of more soldiers in the ield. He who has money must contribute it: le who can increase, by labor or otherwise trms and munitions of war, should a?t; anc le who can bear arms should at once do so Sot one, but every one should inquire how vhere and in what way he can do most tc ?ive strength and power to his Government, ,0 insure its prompt and certain suooess in ts straggle for property, liberty and life 1 The time has come when we must drive jack the foe, or be overrun and degraded. SCe who does not see and realize this issue 8 not to be envied for his penetration oi lis sagacity. The period has come when we must aoi ?an^ he who now refuses to put forth hie lowers, whatever they may be, in snppori >f this desperate and deadly struggle, ic )ehaif of his country, must be held eitbei 'a cumberer of the ground" he oooupies. inworthy the name of a Southerner, and tan be only plaoed as ag&inat us! This rill be the only safe oaloolation to make lpon him who refuses now to aid and aslist his fellows, with all of his capabilities if character and of possession 1 Nor can any be so dull and stupid ae lot to see that nothing less than our whole lowers can be relied upon for suooeas.? irVith the exertion of our entire strength re can repel the invader from our State\ nd we shall then exhibit the spirit of heoism which cannot fail to dispel the iliaion from the enemy's mind, that a large jortion of our people are false to the South ?ignorant of their own interests?insensi>le ot their duty, and fit subjeots for Norhern rule and dominion ! We assume that the whole power of our lountry is demanded; that it is the dutj if eaoh member of thtf whole to exert his iwn powers, so that the greatest results may >e achieved. He who fails to aot, falls hort of duty, of interest, and patriotism. It is the duty and interest of eaoh one at his juncture to enter the army, and to tand by the Government that seeks to seare to her oitizens, property, liberty and ife. We are ail in the Bame boat, and we nnst perish or live as one man. The reponsibilities and duties rest alike on ail. Memphis Avalanche. War on the Confederate Currency. He who seeks to depreciate the notes 3sued by the Confederate Government is a mblio enemy and should at least be watchd with saspioion, if not punished as a riminal. 4 The credit of a Government nth its own people is as vital to its libsrty s the strength of its armies. To stop the ne is as fatal to the public welfare as to [efeat the other. No man who deliberatey does an act among us, the effect of whioh s to impair public confidence in the issues f the Government, and thereby in ks alility to meet fully At the end of the war 11 its financial engagements, can be viewd in any other light than as disaffected to ts oause, or as so utterly dead to the intincts of patriotism as to be willing to inrease its embarrassments in order to make aoney out of them. It should be the pleaure, as it is the duty, of every loyal son f the South to strengthen the financial rm of the Government. He should by >o aot or word <jo or say what may tend in ny degree to indnoo the timid, or the redulous, to lose confidence in the ourreny which is the very life blood of the Southrn Confederacy. Without faith on our art in that currency, the work of subjugaion would be easy. Indeed, it might be ironounced as already half aooomplisbed. for without that faith the armies cannot >e clothed and fed?ammunition and the nunitions of war oannot be obtained?the loops cannot be transported?and the sick ,nd wounded oannot be supplied with hos>itals and hospital stores. These remarks are suggested by the inormation that eontraots have been made ,nd are being oarried out in this oity, pay,ble only in bank notes. One notable intanoe is especially brought to our attenion, and we desire to affix upon it prompty the stamp of public reprobation. A iale of a gold mino tract in Lumpkin oouny to a company, some of whom are looated n this community, has been effeoted!, on he conditiou that the payment shall be nade in bank notes. Now, it is well known ;bat the banks hare yielded the field of e circulation to the Confederate Government, i They were unwilling to come in oorapeti tion with it in this respeot, at the hazard s of creating discriminations and confliots of a currency. But these trades and oontraots r specifying bank notes as the preferred our1 renoy is doing exaotly what the banks der sired to avoid, and what it is all important 8 to the publio welfare should be avoided. f Many no doubt have in their business transactions aoted inconsiderately only.? i They have made a distinction between Con1 federate ourrenoy and bank ourrenoy from s no deliberate motive to injure the publio credit. They have either yielded to the weakness of their own timid minds, or have respected, instead of rebuking, the timidi9 ty of others, and thus levelled a blow at the 3 imiKIIA yui/iiv VIVUIV* 1 .It is not less true in matters of finance, * than of warfare, that fear "betrays like * treason.'7 For this reason we desire thus " openly to oantion the weak, as well as the vioious, that assanlts upon the credit of the f Government deserve to be as strongly re* baked as firing into onr soldiers, or under* 1 mining onr fortifications. In these days of 8 expensive warfare, the power of the purse 8 is not less important than that of the sword. Indeed, if the finanoial arm becomes 1 weakened, whether by the secret intrigues 1 of enemies in our midst, or the unmanly I fears of the weak spirited capitalists, the military arm becomes paralyzed. But if - the people remain true to the Government, 3 and oherish an abiding faith in the ultimate * triumph of our cause, the Government be* - comes triply armed?its means as bound* less as the resouroes of the entire Confedei raoy?and its triumph as oertain as that ' day succeeds night.?Augusta Constitu tionalist, l MM* ? t The Confederate Currency. 3 The people of Louisiana are alive to the l danger of any efforts to depreciate the Con3 federate ourrenoy. At a meeting of the 5 committee of safety of New Orleans, the ' following resolution was adopted : 5 Resolved, That any person who refa9es to take Confederate notes in payment of ! debts and other commercial transactions, > is, in tfie opinion of the committee, unwor* I thy the countenance and respect of patriot* * ic citizens, and jastly obnoxious to the in /tic-nof.irm c\f tho nnrnmnni^c Ul^UUVtVU V? ?MW vv/wu kM The New Orleans Picayune publishes the following communication, which was adopted and ordered to be published by the citizens of Bayou Mallet: Mb. Editor : It is a matter of consideable notoriety that many persons of our parish are disposed to look with distrust and suspicion on the money of the Confederate States, which now constitutes almost our entire circulating medium. Indeed, we hear that some positively refuse to take it at all in exchange for their beeves, and other property they have for sale. Now, sir, we would like to know if such persons claim to be Southern men and identified with us in the great struggle now pending for civil liberty ? and do they entertain confidence in the ultimate success of the Southern cause ? If so, they have oertrinly a | most singular, and we may say suspicious way of showing their confidence and patriotism. We maintain that any effort made to de preoiate the Confederate currenoy is giving ^ aid and comfort, that far, to our common ^ enemy. A Lincolnite could do no more; | and we do not hesitate to say that any ^ Southern man who seeks to depreciate that | 1 currenoy which is the life-blood of the Con federaoy, and our only hope in supporting ! and maintaining our armies in the field, is ( most certainly not a friend to Southern independence. It matters not what his professions of loyalty or patriotism may be, he is emphatically & traitor to our cause and , 1 country, and should be treated as such; and if our country should be unfortunately j 1 overrun by the Yankee Vandals, such traitors would be the first to show the "white 1 feather," and rally around the "stars and ' 1 stripes." In view of the fearful struggle in which j we are now engaged, and the terrible oon- ^ sequences resulting to our oountry should . we fail, we cannot afford to tolerate a trai- ( torous enemy in our midst. This is no . time for indifference or forbearance in suoh ' a oase. Forbearance might involve us in serious trouble, perhaps in ruin. . Patriot- . ism, self-interest, and the interest of our J suffering country, ail demand that we ! promptly put down treason at home as well as battle with our enemies abroad. < Infamous Outrages. A gentleman of the highest respectability, just from Williamsburg, gives us information of a few of the most diabolioal out- { rages recently perpetrated on the lower ( Peninsula by the infamous Vandals now in 1 possession of that portion or Virginia, we would fain hope, for the sake of humanity, that these aots of atrooity were untruo, but ' they oorne from a souroe that cannot be doubted. May a righteous God nerve the arms of Confederate soldiers to avenge the wrongs of the defenceless people now overrun by a foe far worse than the Goths and Vandals of historic infamy. The first on the list given w is Captain t Samuel Holley, who resided in the lower I end of Warwick county, a gentleman about ] fifty-five years of age, of the highest res- j pectability, and universally esteemed by ! his neighbors. His residenoe was invaded by a lot of Yankee offioers and men, who r introduced themselves by a brutal proposi- c tion to Capt. H.'s two daughters, both g youi^ and beautiful ladies. While endea- e voring to accomplish thejf design by force, c the indignant father shot one of the demons I dead, and had taken aim at another, when t he was instantly killed. f John Patrick, who resided near War- t wick Court House, was killed last week by a party of the invaders, while endeavoring e to save an only and beloved daughter from c a fate worse than death ! Deceased was a i pious and oonsistont member of the Bap- e tist Church, and we understand had, for a a long time, filled the post of deacon. He g was nearly sixty years of age. t Mr. Edward Harwood, who also resided s in the vioinity of Warwick Court House, a was brutally murdered a few days since i while defending his daughter's honor. We i were unable to ascertain the particulars of \ ' this case. \ The fourth and last viotim to the lost of these worse thao demons who oow infest that seotion of Virginia, was Mr. Thomas ? R. Boon, of York county, who resided p near Harwood's Mill. He died in defence of hiB much beloved daughter who was be- a ing outraged by a Yankee officer. He b killed the monster, but was in return quick- b iy killed himself. Mr. Dunn is represen- ti ted to Us as having been a gentleman of ? universal and deserved popularity. His S age was forty-five years. ti These are the scoundrels who profess to v have come South for the purpose of res- h toring the Union and defending the old A flag. The accursed calendar of their crimes A exceeds in enormity any we have ever been called upon to record. tl : ltmn b Operations of the Abolition Army in ? the South. At Fort Pulaski the day after the surrender Glen. Hunter issued the following ^ order: _ ? Headquarters Dep't op the South, e Fort Pulaski, Geoeqia, 8 April 12,1862. Jl All persons of oolor lately held to invol- " notary service by the enemies of the Uni- 01 ted States in Fort Pulaski and on Cook- 01 spor Island, Ga., are hereby confiscated b and declared free, in conformity with law, ^ and shall hereafter receive the fruits of 11 their labor. Snoh of said persons of color 8 as are able bodied, and may be required, 11 shall be employed in the quartermaster's 11 department, at the rate heretofore establish- tc ed by Brigadier-General T. W. Sherman, b By command of DAVID HUNTER. a Major-General. Chas. G Hapine, Asaitant Adj't Genl. * Gen. Hunter has also addressed to Mr. d Pierce, the treasury agent in oharge of the Sea Island plantations, a letter asking for "the names of the former owners, and the number of persons formerly held to involuntary service," now in charge of the Gov eminent agents. On receiving this infor- c matfon, we understand it to be the inten- _ tion of Gen. Hunter to afford said owners . a reasonable time to prove their fealty to " the Government, and then, in case of their . failure to do so, and upon sufficient proof u of their treason, he will at once restore P3 ie these slaves to freedom. He has also requested to know of Mr. Pierce "the proportions in which food and cotton are being planted" on the lands in 8C charge. It is an article of commerce, and ^ subject to great risks of damage and de- | JEFFERSON DAVIS. Geitoral Price. m' The Mobile Tribune says that some of ed he soldiers from Qen. Price's divisioo have th )een in that city oq their way to Virginia, th 't was interesting to hear these men ex- sa: >ress their admiration of their chief. The ni< Tribune says: rol One of them declared that he would on ether die under his command than fight inder any other. It was a little e^trava- rei ;ant, but evidently earnest- ^ud yet Qen- an iral $hiqe is as rigl4 a disciplinarian as any thi officer in the service. Efow is it that he wi las held a ragged and half-starved army in sti he bleak climate of Missouri in so good a Oi ighting trim as to win every battle where I ' here was not a great disparity of numbers hi; ?holding his men in his hand to do, and hif agerly desiring to do, whatever $hey were frc 7 Tkio ia fV?n onnrnf nf an rts+aaa artri frf Ituvtvu * AU4P 10 mu qcuiov U1 DUWVbOil^ ?UU t shows that mere military knowledge and cai isperience are not the uoinplete measure of Yc i soldier's fltness for command. Beaure- we ;ard has a great deal of this control of his thi roops. Napoleon had it, and ever^ great an oldier must have it. Between a martinet md a commander of this kind there is an nfinite difference. The officer whom his M nen are attached to can handle a brigade re; vith as much effeot as one lacking it a di- Mi risioo. tri struotion. The General, taking a common- . sense view of this matter?as indeed be seems to have done of all points oonneoted with his oommand?thinks it better ^ that orops which can be nsed for the direct ' support of our troops should be raised in- ^ stead of cotton, and that the Government has erred in its exclusive interest in cotton culture. He has, therefore, determined to ' re set the negroes to work to raise vegetables and other articles of food. We believe Gen. Hunter to be a thoroughly practical ^ man, and that the thus far not very profit- 6 able capture of Port Royal will be made 1 under his hands productive of great benefit to the interests of the country. ^ Proclamation by the President d To the People of the Confederate States of <Ji America : fa An enemy, waging war in a manner vio- pi lative of the usages of civilized nations, has invaded our country. With presumptuous reliance on superior numbers, he has re declared his purpose to reduce as to sub- t0 mission. We struggle to preserve our birth- ^ right of constitutional freedom. Our trust sa is in the justice of our cause and the pro tectioa of oar God. Recent disaster has spread gloom over the land and sorrow sits ]a it the hearthstones of oar countrymen; bat j i people consoioas of rectitude and faith- ej fully relying on their Father in Heaven, pj may be cast down, but cannot be dismayed. 8t rhey may mourn the loss of the martyrs ]a whose lives have been sacrificed in their ec lefenoe, but they receive this dispensation w )f Divine Providence with humble submission and reverent faith. And now that our m hosts are again going forth to battle, and ^ loving hearts at home are filled with anz- ^ ions solicitude for their safety, it is meet se .hat the whole people should turn implor- ar ingly to their Almighty Father and beseech ^ His all-powerfal protection. 0f To this end, therefore, I, JEFFERSON f0 DAVIS, President of the Confederate States )f America, do issue this my proclamation, jj? Inviting all the people to unite at their sev- ^ sral places of worship, on Friday, the lGfch ^ iay of the present month of MAY, in hum- tjj ale supplication to the Almighty God, that Qe He will vouchsafe His blessings on our pC jeloved country; that He will strengthen W( ind proteot otjj armies; that He will watch {jC jver and preserve our people from the evil machinations of oqr enemies } and that He will in His own good time restore to us the jlessings of peaoe and security under His ^ iheltering care. p liven under my hand, and the seal of the ^ Confederate States, at Riohmond, on the ]0] 3d dav of Mav. A. D. 1862. Interesting from Mexico. A Brownsville correspondent of tbe [ouston, (Texas) Gazette, writing on Aril 8, sayB: News was received yesterday that the arristice between Mexico and the allies wu roken off. Orders were issued Maroh 25 y the Secretary of War to commenoe acive operations against the allies. Genera] tobies, formerly Minister to the United itates, was one of the Commissioners to reat with the allies. On his return, papers rere found on him compromising not onlj imself, but other prominent Mexicans.? imong the papers was an address from LImonte, advocating a change of Governlent, and plaoing Maximilian on the brone. Almonte is with the allies. Boles was immediately tried by a military ommisaion and executed. Corwin reigns supreme in Mexico, and be tax on trade at Matamoras is at his dieition. It is believed there is a treatv in xistence between Mexico and the United tates for the protection of the former. If ie armistice had not been broken np, there i reason to apprehend . they would have ommitted acts of war against as. It now 33ts $17 per bale to plaoe ootton on shipoard, after it reaches this point. The onj duty on domestics passing through Mataioras is five cents per yard. The United tates Consul at Matamoras is very active i soliciting deserters from this side. He takes them all sorts of promises, agreeing > give them their back pay. He keeps a oardmg, house for them, and gives them toney. Besides, there are some fifteen or venty rascals who have left Texas, all ol horn are doing everything they can do to emoralize our soldiere. ymptoms of Yellow Fever in the South. The Savannah correspondent of the Richtond Whig says there are oertain premonitry signs which dearly and unerringlj erald the approach of the yellow fever, ine is the appearance of a certain fly, an tsect that never visits that region without eing followed by a severe epidemic. It > known as the yellow fever fly, and has lade an unusually early advent this year, i very large swarms. Again, it has nevr failed to be the case that the poultry ave been visited with an epidemio of >me sort previous to the appearance of the ellow fever, and the mortality was never reater among the fowls than it has been ?r the last eight or ten days. Last year ie South escaped entirely this fearful sourge, but two years of exemption are not > be anticipated from anything we have sard nf in tliA hitt/ira nF khfl naak TTndfll1 w-.- w. ,-w ? r? ~ iese circumstances it would seem the dieite of pntdeaoe to remove from the South* ro ooast those of oar troops who have not een acclimated, and transfer them to some sgion where they will not be exposed to i enemy more deadly than the battle.? hould the present indications of a yellow iver season be realized the Yankees will a entirely able to posh their Southern inirsions, or even to hold the positions the; ave occupied? We shall have an ally in lis pestilence more terrible than a hunred thousand armed men; an ally who oes not stop to ditoh and trenob, and only ills back when he has no more victims to ursue.?Richmond Dispatch. A Suggestion fob Plantebs.?A corispondent of the Savannah Newt suggests i planters that they prepare to plant large* of slip or layer of sweet potatos. He ys : There is now ample time for the preparaon, as they may be planted as late as the tter part of July and produce a good crop, have made three hundred and fifty bushs per acre on very light land by the ap* ication of about two bushels of rough able manure to the task row, and much rger yields have been made to my knowl* Ige; but if only 50 bushelB were made it ill be a good return for the labor required. As an artiole of food I need not say uch, as their properties are well known; it as I am convinced that they have never sen properly appreciated as food for hors, I wish to make known the fact that they e equal to corn or oats in quality, and I link five pecks of potatos fully equal to 4 ' corn for horses; at least my experience r several years justifies my conclusion.? hey should not be fed to horses until they ive been banked about three weeks, as an oro ?nf tn civfl the Hflonrs : bnt after "/ ? -r- v" o-'- ? / at time there is no danger. Simply let em be dry and not wasted and no danger ;ed be apprehended. As the cost of transirtation would be greater than corn, I Duld suggest that farmers use them at >me and ship their corn to points where may be needed. Boys in Battle.?Quel Quin, the emphis correspondent of the Richmond ispatch, thus alludes to the conduat of e boys in our army at the battle of Shib: Great surprise was manifested by the isoners at the number of boys and small en in our army, and one of them remarkI that, "for little fellers, they fought like e d?1." Somebody asked him what he ought of the battle generally. "Well," id he, "if you'd stuck to us three hours sre, Abe Lincoln might have called his II in h?1, and he wouldn't have found e of us missing." Speaking of boys, it is not less true than markable that a large proportion of the mj is composed of suoh material. And ey make the best soldiers. They fight th vim and daring, and, what is better 11, they never no when they are whipped, le young Kentuoky lad of fifteen, whom remember, fought all day in advance of 3 regiment, and never retreated. Taking 3 position behind trees, and creeping >m bush to bush, he kept up a steady fire >m his ride, until he bad expended forty rtridges, and then robbed the body of a inkee for a fresh supply. His olothes ire absolutely cut to pieces, and yet, with 3 exception of a slight scratch on the n, he escaped with.out a wound. . ?? ?? tGf A good joke is feported in JIarper's agazine of somo of the officers of the 3d ;iment, Col. Ruge'r, when they were in aryland. The worthy chaplain was disbuting traots among the soldiers, about the time no one oonld leave the camp, withi out a passe. A tract headed, "Come, sin ner, come," was found late in the day, with the following written under the heading: . ?Oan't do it, Col. Eager won't sign my i pass." ) ; " ?? . From the West. [ The Southern Guardian, says from pri[ vate letters received by a gentleman in this , eity we gather the following items of inteli ligenoe from onr armies in the West: r Gen. Van Dora's army, abont ? strong, . arrived in Memphis on the 28th nit., and, , as appears by Gen. Beauregard's address, . were at Corinth on 2d inst. Price was , there previously. Lovell's command it was , said, would join Beauregard. Col. A. Kr Pattoo, formerly of Abbeville District, fell Mllantln pf. f.ho Vioar? nf hip Arkannna rani. [ meat at Shiloh. S. W. Givens, Esq., for. merly of York District, and late of Arkant saa, had died in camp a few weeks ago.? f The 9th Arkansas regiment is commanded by Colonel ?? , formerly of York i District. Feaster Cameron, formerly of i Fairfield District, now of Arkansas, is Lt. . Col. of the 6th Arkansas regiment. Duffle, . formerly of Chester, & captain?(late Repre, resentative of Arkansas,) Lieot. Colonel . Monroe, late of Sonth Carolina, was killed I at fJhiloh. Van H. Manning, formerly of , Sonth Carolina, is Colonel of 2d Arkansas , regiment. "The demagogues here, how? ever, are complaining that Sooth Carolina don't do enough." Planters on the Mississippi are horning their cotton and removing their negroes. All the tributaries of the Mississippi river are swollen. The Missis, sippi is very high. The Poor and Contrabands o? Newi bern, N. C.?A private letter from Newborn, from Mr. Vincent Colyer, appointed . superintendent of the poor within the lines of Gen. Burnside, says: "I have 150 white families who daily ocme to me for food. This the Government supplies. Some of them are of those ; who, a few months ago, were in affluence. Manv nhildrnn ?nri lurliM nf refinflmflnt i and education come for daily food. There are upwards of five hundred white families on my poor list; besides these I have more than 2,500 colored people to look after. Seven hundred able-bodied negroes are on my pay-roll. I have a hospital for the,poor, and one for the rebel prisoners to provide for. "The Government pays 88 per month, board and clothes to the men; and we , want now on the various Government worhs, , fortifications, bridge-building, loading and un-loading vessels, officers' service, eto^ 5,000 strong men. All able-bodied white men, who are willing to work, get Government employment at 812 per month. "We need garments for the women and i children, of the simplest construction and strong fabrics, more than anything else at present." President Davis.?The following is the concluding paragraph of an artiole from the London Herald, whioh we had marked for insertion, but whioh the pressure upon our columna prevents us from publishing this mording. It is a merited oompliment to the inaugural address of President Davis, and to the bravery and endurance of the Southern troops: If a great man struggling with adversity is a spectacle for the gods, Mr. President Davis delivering bis inaugural address, almost on the morrow of the signal disaster of Donelson, may perhaps olaim something of onr sympathy. In this speeoh there is no sign of hesitation, no recreant craving for terms with a triumphant enemy. It is snoh an address as Washington himself might have penned?strong in the belief of the unanimous feeling of his countrymen? firm in the faith of the success of what he believed to be the right These brave and. yet temperate words will resound through both hemispheres, and oonvince those who yet may doubt that the men of the Confederate States are not made of the metal that gives in at the first shock. Burying Soldiers Prematurely.? There should be attaohed to eaoh hospital a place for the temporary deposit of those who die or are eopposed to have died from disease. We are led to make these suggestions from having beard that on two occasions recently parties who were abont being sobjects to the rites of bnrial in Oak wood Cemetry had signified their disapprobation of the proceeding while on their way thither. The driver of the hearse in one instance, as we hear, was horrified at the vigCrous manifestations of the supposed defunot, and qniokly carried him to a place where he ooald be released from his unpleasant predicament. In another instance, as we learn, Mr. Radford, keeper of the cemetry, having undoubted assurance, from the knooking and exclamations of the subject, opened the coffin and sent the supposed dead man back for farther medical treatment. While attaohing no blame to any one, the matter is mentioned in the hope that it will induce a caution that .experience has abundantly shown to be necessary.?Richmond Dispatch. Quaker Guns.?A Philadelphia paper of Monday says: A curiosity is on exhibition here, in the shape of a "Quaker gun," alleged to be from Centreville, and lately exhibited for some time in Washington. It is a portion of the trnnk nf a straight oak tree, ten feet long, eighteen inohes in diameter at one end, and twelve inohes at the other At the muzzle the bark is out off, and 1 the wood chopped to the shape of a oaunon; 1 it is than burned to a sufficient blaokness to resemble iron at a distance. The back ' part is still enveloped with bark, whioh 1 the seceshers, it is said, were too lazy to remove. Nailed upon the wood is a cer- 1 tificate by John H. Weyer, of Washington, < stating that he brought the gun from Cen- J treville, where he found it mounted on a I redoubt, lately in possession of the troops under the rebel Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, j This statement is sworn to before John D. | Clark, a justice of the peaoe in Washington. { A lady of Greensboro, not long sirree, gave a very fine quilt to Rev. J. J. Hutchi- i sou to be sold for the gun-boat fund. He ( offered it for salt; in Marion and got over j a $100 for it. The crowd gave it baek.to him to be sold over again. He carried it to Tuscaloosa and got about $500 for It, and received it back again. He then earried it Snmmerfield and got another $500, and the qnilt back again. He then carried it to Selma, and sold it for $100,5, benefit of soldiers families, and we suppose will continue to sell and re-sell if until he foots up- thousands more.-?Eulaw {Ala.) Whig' From New Orleans.?The Delta pub* lishes the following, purporting to be a protest of the commandant of the French sloop Milan, now in the port of New Orleans: .C>. Commander of the United State* Squadron} now in the port of New Orieant: Sir: Sent by its Government to protect the persons trad property of myeit&Snc, who are here to the number of thirty thousand. I reeret to learn at this moment that yon have accorded a delay of fortyeight hoars for the evacuation of tfceoitj by the women aDd children. I venture to observe to yoa that this short delay is ridiculous, and in the name of my Government I oppose it. If U is your resolution to bombard the oity, do it; bat I wish to state that yoa will have to acooact for this barbarous act to the power I represent. In any event I demand sixty days.for the e* vacnation. De CLOUET, Commandant of the steam ejoop Milan, opposite the city of New Orleans! The Yankee Oath op Allegiance. ? The following is the oath of allegiance whioh the Yankees administered to the citizens at Huntsville. The penalty for violating it, as will be seen, is death.. The oath is a literal copy from a pass which a gentleman had to procure to leave Hants ville. I solemnly swear that I will true allegiance bear to the XJDited States of . America; and that I will not, in any way, gift or transmit to the so-called Confederate Government, or its officers, any information I may get of the movements of the United States troops. For the violation or abase of this oath the penalty will be death. Rumored Arrest of Gen. L. Pope Walkeb.?The Memphis Appeal, of the 24th April, says: We hear the romor in such form as to give it some oreaeaoe, mat ixeq. U. irope Walker, of Hantsville, Alabama, has been arrested and is in the bands of theanemy. It is stated that be was attempting to earry bis slavery property South, end had reached a point several miles from his hove, when he was overtaken by a cavalry force of the enemy and oaptured. AS he was once Secretary of War under the Confederate Government, and is now a eommissioned Brigadier-General in the Southern afmy, if he has beep taken prisoner, he will donbtless be dealt with harshly. tSf Nothing like the reoent flood* in California has ever been witnessed on this continent within the knowledge of it* civilized inhabitants. The San Pranoisoo Herald says it has inflicted a blowWpoo the State from wbioh it will not recover in half a century. Thousands of the eitiiena have been utterly bankrupted, and in round numbers the loss may be estimated hi $50,000,000. A great many deaths by drowning are reported, and probably many hundreds have met a watery grave. The town of Alvarodo was six feet underwater at ona time, and the inhabitants fired minute gun* to call attention to their distress, but ft wa* impossible to render tbem any assistance. Commissary Stores Lost at Nashville.?An eminent gentlemen who live* near Nashville?now a refngee?denies, from his own certain knowledge, the statement usually made iu respect to Government stores at Nashville. He says a very little was lost except a lot of spoiled btomt, which, he learns the Yankees are still guarding. He says that fifty thoosand dol Ian is a large estimate of the entire loss.? Vicktburg Citizen. The Was in New Mexico.?A dispatch dated St. Loais, May 1, says: A merchant from New Mezioo confirma the abandonment of Santa Fe by the rebels, who were retreating as fast aa they ooold from the territory. They are destitute of munitions of war and provisions, and with no hope of being supplied from any quarter. All the territorial offioera have re* turned to Santa Fe. ? Woman. Woman in the festive hall is lovely.? Woman in the garish light of fashion and the whirling inspiration of the danoe is irresistible, but still more lovely and irresistible, if we may so speak, is woman when animated and moved by a great and holy purpose, appealing to her heart aa well as her hands. J?* The North Carolina State Convention has created the office of Lieut. Governor, and provided that the Governor olected at the coming election in August next shall take his seat in September, until which time Gov. Clark will occunv the Executive chair. fgy A couple of oh&ps met ooe day in the postoffioe. Ooe of tbeuf complained of a bad smell about the place, and inquired of the other what he thought it proceeded from. Chap No. 2, who happened to be a wag, answered that he did not know, tutless it proceeds from the dead letters that were kept there I Boston, Mass., May 3.?Capt. Semmea and officers of the privateer Sumter, arrived at Southampton on the 17th day of March, from Gibraltar. Her orew. had been paid off, and the vessel was to be sold. < ' Al S > Newbern Bank. ? The Merchants' Bank of Newbern has opened an office in Greensboro', and the Bank of Commerce of STewbern, is doing business at Company's 3hoj?. Gen. I). E. Twiggs arrived in Mo)ile on Monday. The gallant veteran ajandons his invaded home in New Orleans, md is en route for Georgia. 9S8* Memphis papers of the 29th say a neeting held the night before had. oonolnied to burn the city in case of the approach of the national fleet.