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YOLU^T f '" YORK YILLE, .SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EYEIMG, JANUARY 14, 1863. NUMBER 2.
ISSUED EY35BY WEDNESDAY EfHOTwo
DolRrfa year,in Atnee.
THREE COFtSS, $5 35 \ 10 CO<? tl9| 1
And an Rxtraffopy to the person makin|'ub of ,
Ten?gtne money to be paid in Advs <
ALWERTISEMENf j
Wiii bo inserted at On'E Dollar per sqnaT the first,
and Prrnr CknIs for each subsequent #lon (leas
than three months.) A Square consists'he apace
occupied by 10 Ines of this size type ;100 *. or OS?
ItfCH space. Na Adveatlsement considered than a
square. J
13s* All Adveoisements not having the nf of Insertions
marked on the margin, "will bo contim#ddf?rljid
and charged accjbrdtngly. {
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AWUTA|T ASDISSPBCTOR-Gksexal^JJK, )
I - Richmond, November f82t )
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 96. M
, pOMM&NDANTS of Conscp will
Vy fdMoWliig order to be publish/'8**"?
seven tiroes, tftjx sufficient nomber of newsjf ,n 688Jj 1
/ Htnte of the Ucjtfederucv to ensure its reoclpvery P8**
of tile country. J ' J .. 1
I. All commissioned officers and enlister who arc
now absent from their commands front an?" a""56*
than actual disability,or duty under orders 7~ie rf,'i
tary of Wfcr, or front their department cor"1"*' wul
return totbelrvitonunandi without delay. .
U. Conmiteidbneii officers failing to cora/lth the Pf?"
paragrapli wiU'avHeXnr0the
lengtlfbf tunc, la v o case to exceed twenty? "v**
publication of tte&trder, shaii be drooped" the,r?!'j .
the army In dl'fcrale, ana their names wjP furnished to
the Commandants of Conscripts for eifient ln 'r
ranks.
lift All enlla&d men who shalklhll t^.P'y ?e
provisions of pSctgropli r. Of tills ordeg^sp^JJJf^jJ?;
ble length of tlm\ shall bo consideref?ft^7Coin.
' nar?: a b05 Publication, or
rfiaudant of Comcrrot* in their StaL,Vefficaclous
Mich other action twftnay be deem^0.operatIon of aj]
J~ ***** ^8,Ut0^U,C. c^^liateeffect, Departeonectnpd
^tgnyjUs order lnyg^ ^ 2te 6am
msn directed ft}mand in u,elr Deof
all commlsslonpynj^?yqm^epotto<
tW"scnt f>om mll cora,
cyated men ufo eacj, case tbe cause
man der wboafioll ncfilect ^U'V/UCU B rclK"l?. ?
-ball toowlnjfco&^"yJ?? ,? h~
thorlaed nbsM^slntll, o^lctl nthcreof> be !nmnjarl'J
v!*Onder"the lovbio^? ?d.c,au/e^f P?n?y*j?
of <^?1 Ortc3&o ^>mmfcw,oncd ??cen ^ ',rl;
va?r? n-hrt'Bearing aims in consequence of
woun^^iv Jn b/' V w,ho ^ otherwise fit for
?ervlee are rennl?t ??' otherwise assigned, to report to
ihe netiest ComSimrConscripts In their respective
States who wULtfnXr*? fiued forsttcb duV. ossign them
to the eollectloi?if*S2lere and ^ enforcement of the
provisions of i!iSvr' *',tS> ftin power to call upon the
nearest military jr'iIy for such ?wl??nce as may be
^VfTotoccnTan Qpwtertnaster's Department, charged
witn'payment hereby directed not to pay any
conhntaaionedrer' loh-co'ninlssioned officer or private
who does notfish Iptisfactory evidence that he is not
liable to the a/"1 ti&crtbed in the foregoing order. Any
disbursing off who Aall make payment In violation of
this order slur6 'iabloon his bona for the amount of such
i&Sf s- COOPER,
7 Adjutant and Inspector-General.
Official ef'\
7 J?1N S. PRETON, Col. P. A. 0. 8.,
1 f Commandant of Conscripts.
DccpJct 10 y 50 <t
/onimissioner's Sale.
/ IN EQUITY--YOBK.
/ ip. } Bill for Partition of Lands. .
jN oftgdience to tlie order of the Court
jL nf Equity in above ease. I will expose to public sale, at
/ORK OOURT?HOUSE, on the first MONDAY In FEBRUARY
next, a ptalon of the REAL ESTATE of DAVID
JACKSON, late of \prk District, deceased, consisting of
ACRES
of land, situate In Yo* District, and lying on the waters oi
AI.LtSON CRKBK^^^ed^|^J^nof y10 es)tatt??f A*
Saii-Ueda have liflcn r<*-<uily surveyed, andwlU beoSewd
m thrco kus?Flat C/contnius ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FOTJR ACRES, Plat D, TWO HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-THREE ACRES, and Plot E, ONE-HUN
DRKD AND FIF'nrFIVE ACRES. ;
Said hmds are In y high state of CULTIVATION, ore
well adapted to the Jdlture of COTTONIuid GRAIN, and
the attention of purchasers Is earnestlv^lrected to the same.
Tito above lands will be sold op.,a credit of ONE and
TWO YEARS, In final annual Instalments, with interest
from day of sale. PiAchasers will be required to give bond
and two" good rarcileyind pay in CASH the costs of these
proceedings, and for all necessary paper?.
($7tf) WALTER B. METTS, C. E. Y. D.
January 7 J 1 - 4t ,
^PUBLIC SALE.
tp WILlAsELL AT YORK C.
11 House, on the first Monday In February neat, the
the following property^ belonging to the estate of F. IJ.
Slmril, deceased, via: a
One Hguse and Lot
in Yorkville, situated on math street,'now occupied by W.
D. &. J. 0. Miller, an a Grocery, and J. W'. Beard, as a Book
Store. The upper part of said housa contains Five Rooms.
On the premises are a good KITCHEN, SMOKE HOUSE
and STABLE.
??also,
The TRACT OF Li^ND. adjoining the village, lying within
the limits Of the idbgvporntion ; said tract contains
124 acres,
and Is in a high ?i?te of cultivation. There are several
acres of GOODJttEADOW laud. Terms made known
on day of sale./' ,
JT < TP vriT.
{ \ J. M- HENDERSON. ,
January 7, EB63. t 1 4w
ROSE'S HOTEL.
y toAktille, s. c.
i yAj.?THIS large brick building is still open i
/Bcinr^fa" it I?r ti'c reception and accommodation oi
tSTeahk. the travelling public, under the super- <
(.TijMBjjjL. intcndencc of the ownerhimself. With
&E?S*g?bMK$- asssurance to all who patronize him,
that they will find at his house, rooms equal to any in the
State, and the table supplied with the best this market will
afiora, the Proprietor returns thanks for the liberal patron
age extended toghim In the past, and hopes by strict attention
in future, to pake this house as heretofore?comfortable
to the Travel/brand profitable to himself.
^ MY OMNIBUS
will be foabd at the RAIL ROAD DEPOT to convey pasCHARCE'1''
tilClr bo^gase 10 d,i* H?uae? FREE OF
Good STABLES attached to this Hotel. Carriages, Hor
*rj?, auu auciiiivw ?ci icauuina \u tuuvc/
travellers to any part of tne country. W. E. ROSE.
January % 4 tf i
I\ THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
YORK DISTRICT.
For Division or Sale of real Estate of John R. ti, Wailis,
V| 1 -in t
James Wallls, Applicant, vs. James A. Wall Is, Thomas S.
"Wailis, Harvey. H. Wallls, William M. Wallls, Joseph
F. Wailis, Samuel W. WallU. Rebecca Campbell, Wife
of Samuel 1*L Campbell and Martha A. Wallls. heirs
ofjatlll.il. IJ, WalUs, deceased.
TT appearing to my satisfaction that
A James A. Wailis, Thomas S. Wailis, Harvey H. Wailis
and William Ms Wallls. defendants In the above stated
case, reside without the limits of this State; It Is, therefore,
Ordered, tha^ tliey do appear and object to the divis- 1
ion or sale of the r^al estate of John B. H. Wailis, deeeas- 1
ed, on or before thctwentynhird day of February, 1863, or 1
ttjelr'conseut to the saute will be entered of record.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D.
November 18,1862. 47 3m.
FOR SALE OR RENT, ;
IE inuiraium
i THIS House is n *ood THREE STOA
RY BRICK BUII.DINC, nearly new,
^^^naqL well flniMiod, with VERANDAS in
front. It contains 35 ROOMS, some of
Wfli7"',PlgMEg- the Rooms are large and as well finished
as any In the State, and is
ITCnTim WT1H CAS.
In the Ruildlnc Is a lnrgc DRUG STORE, now rented.? This
property is located on Main Street, and is in the cen- *
tre of the TOWN, about fourbundrcd yards from the RAIL
ROAD DEPOT, with GOOD STABLES, a fine
WELL OF WATER,
and all necessary outbuildings. Terms made to suit the
Purchaser or Lessee. Apply to W. E. ROSE, i
Yorkville, S. C. i
December 94 52 tf
HOUSE AIID LOT FOR SALE.
h THE undersigned offers for sale, or in cjc- '
jRS&k. Change for NF.GRO PROPERTY, his very .
TTmTT valuable HOUSE AND LOT, situated on
if !!!nB ('ottgress Stmt, in Yorkville, S. C. The
HOUSE contains sis rooms, with a fire"Ba^eBa k
place in eachr
The OUTBUILDINGS, consisting of Servant's Houses,
Cook Kitchens, Meat-House, Lmnbcr-House, Carriage House
and Corn Crib, are nearly new, having but recently c
heon crccteth SUpptjej witb a well of EXCELLENT
WATER, and Contains everything necessary for convenience
and comfort?tua&ing the property the most dcaira- ;
ble in Yorkville.
For Terms, &.C., apply to THOMAS DAVIES,
' Yorkville, 8. C.
fig- The Carolinian willplease copy two weeks, Daily,
and send nccount to lilts office.
December 24 52 tf
TACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE ,
pi Rumcdv for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND I
FLUX. Sold for CASH at THE
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office.
Richmond, Va., November 27th. 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 96.
EXTRACT.
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V UNDER the provisions of the 2d
clause of paragraph 1 of General Orders No. 69.
commissioned officer* and privates, .who are incapable of
bearing arms In consequence of wounds received In ba.tle,
but who are otherwise fit for'servicc, are required, if not
otherwise anigned, to re|?ort to the nearest' commandant of
conscripts hi their respective States, who will. If they are
fitted for such duty, assign them to the collection of stragglers
and the enforcement of- the provisions of this order,
with fall power to call npon. the nearest military amhority
for such assistance as may be necessary thereto.
* *v
In pursuance of the above ''Extract" from General Orders
96, all therein concerned will' forthwith report in per- i
son at this Camp of Instruction. No written commuaica-*
lion will be received as a report. All who report wtlfbc
subjected to examination by the Examining Board. >"
By order: JOHN 8. PRESTON, j
Col. A. A. Gen. Commandant.
Jams E. Blac*. Adlutant of Post.- |
January 7 ' 1 2t
PUBLIC NOTICE, j
OWING to the proximity of small
pox to our town, and the prevalence of the disease
in different sections of our District, I am Instructed by
Council, thus publicly to notify SLAVE OWNE&. tliat
from and after this date (until farther notice) no NECjjROHS
from the country, will be permitted to come to town, on r
8 o'clock, P. M., wlthg>r without a pass, neither will aey
be permitted to come throagfflhe day, unless sent' by tha.
owner on special business, and so stated in writing, and
then, they must not loiter about town, but leave Immediately
upon the completion of said errand, as the MARSHAL
has been ordered to arrest and confine all thus found. And.
hereafter no NEGRO will be permitted to bo out upon the
streets after 8 o'clock, P. M., under penalty of whipping,
and confinement. J. A. McLEAN, /
Clerk of Council, f
Yorkville, 3. C., Dec. 18,1863. 51 tf
YORK. MARBIsE YARD. /
RICHARD HARE, respectfully inlbrms the citizens of
Yu?k and Chester Districts, and the adjoining coimfle* of
North Carolina, that be is fally prepared to supply evtty article
In the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish
and at reasonable prices.
He koem constantly on hand, a large supply ofFORElttN
and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his wo')*
may be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER"
PRINTING OFFICE, and a lew doors North
of "StoweV' Hotel.
C(7" All work will be delivered at any point on the King's
Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge.
He Is also prepared to famish to order, IRON RAILING
of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, Ac.
January 10 2 ]p
OFFICE A. Q. M., ^
UttAUJj?i9i Cm, D. </., ISVUIUVI tM, ic*??.
MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed
Agent. of this Department, for- the purchase or
FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester.
Planters desiring to sell Will communicate With hint,
through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carolina.?
Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No
WATER must be used. as great loss to the Government wai
experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed)
all such will be rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M.
October 15 , 42 tf
TORKTILIE MALE ACADEMY.
TIIE Exercises of the YORKYlLLiL
MALE ACADEMY will be resumed or
MONDAY, tlie 19tii of January.
Term* per Sestion of fire vurniht, at folloirf:
JRaP' Reading, Writing ana Spelling
GBbSr Arithmetic, English Grammar and Gc
ograpby, 12 5P
Latin, Greek, French, rwd Mathematics,,90 (Hi
Oontlngentexpenses,per session,1 0c
Students charged from the time of entrance, anil no deduction
made for anything but protracted slckncssrcxcept
by special contract. R. LATHAN, Principal.
December 24 39 Mf
COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS0
TRICT.?Whereas, JOSEPH G. SMARR. has ap- ]
plied to me for Letters of Administration, on nlfand sin. |
gular, the goods and. chattels, rights and credits of WM..
LANIER, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. '
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, i
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and |
appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said
District, to be holden at York Court House on the 23d day j
of January Inst., to show cause, If any, why the said Ad' |
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Heal, this 30th day of December.
in the rear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
' sixty-two, and in the eiahty-s5Venth*year of tjrc Indepenv
dence of South Carolina. . ' /
C.*r rat- JQSBLA. flKQW*? O. YrBrrr
January 7 * _ i ,r\ 2t
QOUTH CAROLINA?Y ORK JDISO
TRICT.?Whereas, GjfcgTGE STEELE has ajipUed
to me for Letters of Adraiqmration on all and singular, the'
goods and chattels, rights and credits of Dr. W.J. GOOD,
late of the DfsKict aforesaid, deceased.
These are therefSftjo cite and admonish all nrftl singular,
the klnrired'and oretlTtors of the said deceased to be and appear
before ine at our next Ordinary's Court tor the said
District, to be holden at York Court House on the,23rd day
of January^mstant, to shew cause, If any, why the said
AdmlnPttfltUon should not be granted.
Given jinder my hand and Seal, this 1st day of Janpary.
in fJiejTear of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and in the eighty-seventh year of tho'Independence
of South Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y, D.
Janunry 7 1 '2$
V DR.ALFRED CRAVEN {
ifUsfttttf Unrgtim gtittisi, \
} YORKVILLE, S. O.
(Jg- Onjthe East side of Main Street, South' of the. "Palmetto
Hotel.
January 6 1 / tf7
~7 FOR SAfeR. J"
JQQ fts COPPERAS.
1W ft. BLUE STONE. ' ***" ~j
BUNCHES YARN, /
' Call rood nt W. D. it J. C. MILLER'S.
October 22 43 tf
i CARRIAGE SHOP.
ft# THE Subscriber still continues the
BaBJjgfK CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS
at the old STAND. AH kinds of coon
try prdduce taken In exchange for work.
ALSO. HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK
lone'by W. P. McFADDENT
January 23 4 . Jf I
Administrator's Notice. ;
ASLL persons having claims against
XXjthe Estate or Mrs. NANCY MESHEAU, are Irercby
notified to present the same to the undersigned, properly
ntested. And those Indebted to said Estate, arc required
to make immediate payment. P
F. M. WALKER, Administrator.;
/anuary 7, 1863. 1 3w
A DMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.?
JLX. AH persons having claims against the estate of M.
W. WILSON are hereby notified to present the sapie "to
the undersigned, property attested; and those Indebted,
must make Immediate ,)ayninnt, as the estate must be
wound up. LA VINA J. WILSON, Administratrix.
January 7 . 1 3t
LIVERPOOL SALT,
A few sacks at Charleston prices.?
. For Sale by f
B. T. WHEELER.
De.c 17 51 tf Jy..'
VTOTICE.?WE HAVE 20 BTJSHJL
i ELS of Corn for gratuitous distribution among the
DESTITUTE FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS. Also, one
mshel of SALT, by the QUART. Apply to J. C. MILDER,
at the Store of W. D. it J. C. MILLfiR.
December 24 52 tf
rpOR SALE.?TWO VERY FINE
J_ full bred Cobbett and Essex BOAR PIGS, 10 menth
>ld. For further particulars apply at the
"ENQUIRER" OFFICE.
December 34, 52 tf1;
FOR TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE
friends of GEORGE W. COBB, Esq., respectfully antounce
him as a Candidate for TAX-COLLECTORfor
fork District, at the next election.
November 8,1860. 45 tf
T?OR TAX-COLLECTOR.?THE
JL friends of Mr. PETERSON JACKSON respectfully antounce
him as a Candidjfe for TAX-COLLECTOR of
fork District, at the next nKtlon.
November 22, 1860. 47 ly*
T?0R TAX COLLECTOR?WE
I? are authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS as a
Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York
)Utrict, at the ensuing election.
November 19 47 tef
nOON SKINS WANTED!?I WILL
W pay the highest market price for 5,000 COON SKINS,
o manufacture Intofttrhats. C. P. REMSEN,
Columbia, S. C.
November 13 40 2rn
pREE SCHOOLS.?THE TEACH~JL
ERS <jf Free Schools, will .please present their aclounts
to James Mason, on or before the 1st day of Februiry
next.
R. S. MOORE, Treasurer. 1
January 7 1 3t i
VS/"ANTED.?AF AIR PRICE
T T will be paid for SUGAR CANE SEED.
11. P. BOYD.
January 7 J . v tf
JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE;
J Remedy for DIAKRIKEA, DYSENTERY, an*!
"LUX. Sold for CASH at
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE.
July II , 28 If *
i i
[ Capture of the Ariel. j
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
Among the incidents of the late capture
I of Ariel by,, the Alabama, are the following-j-?
As the passengers of the Ariel were seated
at their dinner on Sunday, December 7,
Captain Jones was informed that a war
steamer was bearing down upoji them, and,
although he made light of thfr^Rct*; still he
left the dinner table and aspended to the
deck. The war vessel was^descried about
four mires off, sailing uud^Fthe Stars and
Stripes; but.Capk.Jones soon discovered
that the build and rigging were English,
and, suspecting mischief, Ordered the Ariel
to be put under a full head of steam, intending,
if possible, to leave the suspicious
craft far behind. But bis efforts were unavailing
; for shortly after a blank cartridge
was fired, closely followed jfcy two shells,
one of wbiob, a common rabnd shell out a
fearful piece from oot of too roremast. xne
"Other shell, which fortunately passed over
thewessel, the passengers were informed
;was a steel-pointed one hundred projectile,
eo constructed as to cauSe !a destructive ex-""
plosion immediately it strikes any objeot.
Had this shell burst ov&or against the Ariel,
there is no khowibg what loss of life,
.might have been causod te the unoffending
non-combatants on jboard.
The marines, who were about onedj^n-{Jred
and fort/strong, under Mejor 'Gar*,,
land, wore ordered on .deck to resist any attempt
to board the Ariel by the crew orthe
pursuing vessel; but when the character of
the craft was fully ascertained' it was considered
entirely useless to make any resistance,
and the marines u^rfrordered below.
Capt. Jones, whose bravery is well known,,
insisted that his flag should not bo lowered
under any circumstances, but that he would
fight it out. The marines, however, being
disarmed, he had to give way very 'reluctantly,
and the Ariel was surrendered to
the Alabama. At this time the Ariel was
'goigg about eight and a half knots, and the
Bahama eleven knots, under only eleven
pounds of steam.
A. boat was then sent from the Alabama,
manded by twelve well-armed men, and under
the charge of a Southern officer named
Low, who ranked'as a lieutenant in the
rebel navy. As they approached the Ariel
the passSngera began to show ovident signs
"nf"t>ri*toKino8H- nq if Ihev fenrftd fchnfc a d?
Dpand would be made upon, them for their
"money or their lives," or perhaps both.?
The womftBTvere dreadfully frightened, and
those^who had any valuable personal property
began to conbeal it as. rapidly as possible.
Lieut. LoW, when he boarded the
Ariel stated that the passengers would. be
allowed to proceed unharmed, and their
-privtrtt? property^shouId be respected. This
certainly quieted a few qfHhem, although
there were yet some skeptics. Capt. Jones
was next ordered to go aboard the Alabama,
and on his rettirn to the Ariel he stated
the Alabama deserved all hpr previous reputation
for speed. / -.1
She can steafe fourteen knots with sev- .
en teen pounds of atei'm, and is allowed to
carry twenty-five potjpds of steam; She 1
has two engines of fift^.two inch cylinder 1
and 17-inch sqioke, and is^ in all respects, :
a perfect model of beauty. "Her armament 1
is, he sajB, a one hundred ponder ride and -3
one sixty-eight pouhder pivot gun, besides 1
.six medium thirty-two pounders.: He,can <
fight seven guns aside, having arrangements <
i for transferring two of the'broadside guns !
from side to fide with great rapidity. ,Cap
rtain Jones farther says thatsthe Alabama
has a fine cr^w; and that they are well.dis- 1
ciplincd; that the ship'is in fine order,
and that the deck is arranged for two addi- i
tional pivot guns, which he was informed 1
were one htindred-pounder rifles, and in the i
Alabama's iiold ready to he mounted'should i
they be required. He Bays that "Old Bees- 1
wax" treated him remarkably well, as well i
as if he had been a, visitor. He was not 1
confined, and bad the privilege of the deck t
and messeii in the ward room. The list of i
officers of the Alabhma is correct as before e
published! the Herald. / , y. <
Captaif Jones says the only ship that a
Semmes fears is the Vanderbilt. He made t
many inquiries regarding her speed and ar- c
mament, but obtained no information what- J
ever. Be laughs at all the other ships we
have, and remarked that "he cared nothing ]
for the San Jacinto; that he went to sea c
ht7 Vior mVion in Mnrfininnn on/1 moid nn .
VJ WV? (I UWU A U A<AI*(VtU*\|UVJ ?UU ?W 1
attention to her. What he cannot whip ho g
can ran away from." J
Lieutenant Low, having made inquiries {
of Captain Semmes about what he was to i
do witjt the United States officers and men a
on botrd the Ariel, on his retnrn paroled v
them Jhat they were not to serve the United t
Stated Government in any capacity, or at (
any place, during the present war, and pro- t
hibited them from performing even garrison o
duty at the forts of California, to which a
placd thoy were bound, f
Tie following are the names of the offi- tl
cers paroled : L. C. Sartori, commander, 9
Unifed States Navy; A. Garland, major,--ii
United States Marine Corps; D. M, Co- tl
hats captain, United States Marine Corps; si
Te^uraseh Steece, lieutenant, United States r<
NtWy; T. L. McElrath, 1st lieutenant U.J S
States Marine Corps; T. H. Corrie, 1st ti
lieutenant, United States Marine Corps; ai
W. B. MoKean, 1st lieutenant, United s<
States Marine Corps; A. W. Ward, 2nd ci
lieutenant, United States Marine Corps; C. fc
E. Danfels, 2nd lieutenant, United States ci
Jfarine Corps. The offioers were ordered 2
fi> ^ive up their'side arms and themen their
nuskets and equipments, which were all g:
/AVon nn IvAnM.l t>l? ? A T.'? r. t mrm*
W?vu via uuaiu LUC ^LlUUUUicft. JJLCUiCUUUL W
Low nest called for the manifests^ and, find- r?
ing some money on them, took possession of w
three thousand dollars in Treasury notes, ta
belonging to Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co., L
and ?1,500 in silver for Nicaragua, belong- "
ing to Peyton Middleton, Esq., late United S
States Special Inspector of Customs'in Pa- ti
nama, and to his Amerioan partner in Nica- ti
ragua, E. S. Lane, Esq. Being assured M
by the purser that the Ariel had no letter re
mail, he did not overhaul the saoks, and in j
fact nothing in that line waa. disturbed.?
Wells, Fargo & Go's, sacks, the private
sacks oi: the Panama Railroad Company,
the South and Central American and Panama
mails, and even the State Department
sacks for the United States Consul at Aspinwall,
containing his own correspondence
and that for other Consuls, Ministers and
Naval officers, were safely delivered to the
proper authorities at Panama. The ship
was/ however, honded for 8125,000, and
the cargo and freight for 8185,000 more,
makig a total of 8260,000, the whole to
be paid to the Confederate authorities with-,
?n thirty days after the establishment of
thVthd^endence of the Confederate States.
Lieutenant Low, having destroyed all the ]
?:?_ -c v? s-1
BUIIO U1 wuo ?U1U| uiuciou JJQ&. MI iu
company with the Alabama, and both ships1
steamed towards Jamaica. At night he * j
gain visited the Ariel, and took away with
him one of berfcteaEr valves; so as to ternporariljr
disable the engine. Captain Jones j
was informechby Captain. Semmes that his I
passengers would be landed at a point 4n
St. Domingo, which has only a few hois,
and is at a great distance from supplieS.-^
To this Capt. Jones earnestly remonstrated,
stating that eight hundred and fifty persons,
a third of them women and children, could
find nothing to live onVtbere. He then
said he wonld land them in Jamaica; for
he was determined to burn the ship in re-'
v6fige for Yanderbilt having givep one of
themreqfc steamers in the world to the government
tq^ruahim. down. While the
Ariel vras deprived of her steam mlve, being
without sails, she conld do no&iog bat
drift about,'and certainly could not esoape.
Therefore the Alabama could go off in
search of other victims. /
On the 9th instant, at 9 o'obek, p. m-,
the vessels arrived off Point Mtrant, about
forty miles from Kingston. Near, this the
Alabama gave chase and boarded a vessel,
from whieh some information was received
which induced Captain Semmes to change
his mind, and he permitted tl/e Ariel to resume
ber voyage. The reason given was
that this vessel bad reportei yellow fever
raging in Kingston, and hefwoald not subject
the passengers to its ravages; bat the
passengers were afterwarcU informed that
no vellow fever bad n re bailed there for
some lime. The conduct of the officers
and cre w of the Alabama' while in charge
of the Ariel was extremely oourteous.?
They were in regular communication with
the United States, both by letters and papers,
and were fully cognizant of our days
of sailing, and that there were no cruisers
to intercept her in theds waters. For this
reason the speoie to cone by the Ariel was
left at AspioWall, as Cb.pt. Joqo3 did not
think it prudent to brfag it.
<i>t?
Leo, Beauregard and MoClellan.
No one who reads the volntninons reports
of Scott's campaign in Mexioo oan
fail to observe the frequency with whioh
special honorable mention is made of three
yonng officers of the engineers. In his
Bret despatch, giving an account of the
capture of Vera Cruk, Gen. Scott, after ascribing
tbe success of bis operation mainly
to the engineer officers, says : "If there be
anything in the fojra, position and arrangement
of the treacles and batteries, or in
the manner of th^r exeontionx it is jqa io
tbe ability, devojjjo'o and unremitting zeal
if these officers.^^Prominent among these
specially named ar?\ Cqpt%jn B. K. Lee,
First Lieutenant^. G7TrwStlT6g?*d.and
Brevet Second Lieutenant George B.VfltcU1
el lac. \
Lee seems (o have been the special favorite
of the Veteran General, and there is
lardly a single despatch in which his name
a not honotaoly mentioned. Perhaps this
nay be owing to the ftot that as he was tho
ligbeat in nnk, the direot execution vf tbe
nore important duties was committed to
iim. In tie reports of subordinate offioers,
he names of Beauregard and McClellan,
with special commendations of their zeal
ind abiliiy, appear with abont equal frequency.
We have noted nearly thirty initances
of honorable mention of each of
heir homes; ond that of Lee is found
juite as frequently mentioned, mainly by
Scott himself.
In reading the reports of the battles in
liexioo, and remembering the positions now
(ccnp'ed by the various officers, some onions
coincidences are found. Thus Maunder
gives especial credit to Snmner, and
Fos.'E. Johnston is warm in his commentation
of Reno. After the battle of Churibusco.,
Maj. Loring reports to his immedi,te
superior, Earl Van Dorn. "The Rifles
rero accompanied thronghont by the disijguished
young Lieuts. Beauregard, MoTiellan
and Smith?the two latter in command
of a portion of the Engineer Corps;
U, I am happy to say, bore themselves
rith the greatest gallantry."
At Churnbnsco, McClellan was under
be immediate command of Lieut. G. W.
Imith, subsequently Street Commissioner
i New York, and now one of the Generals
bo highest rank in the Confederate service,
aperior to Major-General, and nearly corjsponding
to Mafshal in the French army. ;
mith is especially warm in his commendaons
of McClellan. He says: "Lieuten- i
at McClellan, frequently detached, and ,
jveral times in command of the engineer
ampany, is entitled to tho highest praise i
>r his cool and daring gallantry on all oo- j
isions, in the actions of the 19th and
" An/1 nrfflin
"The Rifles, with Capt. Lee, of the En- <
ineers, were reconaoitering the same ;
orks, and had gone to oar right oonside- i
ibly farther from the battery than we i
ere." McClellan was direoted so aseer- j
iin the posture of affairs, and reported that \
ee was engaged with a superior foroo.? ]
I ordered Lieut. McClellao," continues j
mith, "to report the result of his opera- t
ons to Gen. Twiggs. Hadfcl so, and on
le recommendation of Lieuts. Stevens and
[c&elhn, in which'! concurred; the 1st i
igjment of artillery was ordered to support <
the Rifles, I have reason to bo more than c
satisfied with the daring gallantry of P?"t- y
tenants G. B. MeClellan and J. G. F later 1;
and am much indebted to them for the t
eient manner in which they performed their e
arduous duties on the 19th and 20th of 1<
August." q
At 0harubusco, MeClellan was also an- *
der the immediate oommand of Smith, who,
in bis report to Captain Mackall, (the Confederate
General Maokall, we suppose, who
was killed near Corinth,) says : "To Lieut. D
G. B. MeClellan, of the Engineer eompany,
I am indebted for most important services,
-both as an engineer and oompany
officer. His daring gallantry^ always con- t
spicuous, was never more clearly shown n
than on this occasion. Operating most of j
the time separately, I relied implicity on
ma initirmanf tn all mat. Lara ?h?rA T van
? 4?ft ? ?
not present, and am happy to Bay that the
result in every ease justified his decisions." v
J. The carefal reader of the whole series of c
despatches respecting the campaign in Met- P
ico, will come to the conclusion that the c
three men who, after the veteran command- '
ing General, displayed the highest military a
talents; were the three yoong officers of 8
engineers?Lee, Beauregard, and McClel- 11
lan. Beauregard has not, on the whole,
justified his early promise in as high a de- h
gree as the others; though it ma'y bo doubt* 0
ed whether the reason is not to.be found in 6
the jealousy of the Confederate authorities a
rather than in any want of oapaoity on his
part?Harper*t Weekly. '
inl^, fa
General Evans. n
The army eorrespoudent of tfae Charles- c
ton Courierj writing from Kinston, North h
Carolina, gives the following account of the
demand for surrender made to General a
Evans; a
About 8 o'olook, while General Evans
was at his headquarters in the large man- fa
sion which gives the hill its name, a body a
: of six hundred horsemen came dashing up
the streets as if they intended to carry the p
place by storm, bat suddenly reaching a cor- p
! ner they wheeled, and, as 'quickly as they a
bad appeared, disappeared from sight, leav- tl
ing behind three individuals on horsebaok, o
I who now rode slowly forward. a
General Evans met them at the foot of a
the hill, and then ensued that colloquy, the
result of which has been so wrongly given v
to the world in the sententious reply of 0
General Evans, "Go to hell 1" i ^
The true history of this interview?and a
T am J Ka iVa mo/ltnm nf acvvaaiin/w
J. out giau iy vu DUO uigutuut ut yyuvwoiu^ jc
a false impression that has been allowed to e
emanate most carelessly?is as follows: 8
The conversation was commenoed by one [,
of the officers in the following words:
Officer: "I understand, sir,, (bowing)
that some of your troops have indicated a q
wish to surrender, and I have been deatolled
to receive the surrender, by General j,
Foster. I presnme, sir, that you aro Gener- ^
al Evans 1" ^
Gen. E. "I am?who are you, sir?" ei
Officer. (With a supercilioos air) "I 0,
am Ool. Potter sir, of the 1st North Ca'ro- j
lina Volunteers, and attached to the staff of ^
Gen. Foster."
Gen. E. "I am not awato, sir, that g(
any of my troops desire to surrender, nor
do I believe there is a South Carolinian utr- *j
dermy command who has any intention of redoing
so.-^Give my compliments to Gen. .
Foster, and tell'him he- knows Gen. Evans
too well to suppose that ho will ever surrender."
Col. P. "Then you intend to reneitthe
battle. f!
Gen. E. "Yes sir?to fight now and "
AereP *
\ Col. P. "Do you mean to begin at once,
sir, or do you wish time to remove your r<
wounded ?" P
Gen. E. "Well, air, you may say to t!
Gen. Foster that if he will give me an hour fi
and a half to remove the womea and chit- a
dren from the town I shall then be ready oj
for him." - 8i
The North Carolina Yankee then made a ti
wave of the hand which he doubtless in- je
? i i t*i _ . l . _/ / J 1* It
tcnaea as a ponce moae 01 Baying iareweii,
but which a by stander remarked to me 68 di
much resembled the fall of a pump handle *1
as anything else, and aocompanied by his hi
brother officer and courier turned and rode c<
off. His manner .was anything but that of &
a gentleman, while that of Gen. Evans was cc
all that a proper regard for courtesy could pi
demand. ' 0
The most ridiculous part of the affair is tl
that the flag of truce was a pair of white Q
drawers, which flopped about on a bayonet re
in a deoided state of looseness, and excited of
the risibilities of the spectators to a pitch se
of rebellious caohinations. tfa
"We also copy the following regarding N. Sl
Carolina renegades, familiarly known as 8U
"Buffaloesof
One of the principal difficulties with ^
whioh General Evans has to oontend in this nl
section, is the disloyalty of the people.? H
There are a few remaining here who are ta
true; but they are as leaven to the mass, oa
One does not know who to trust, and com- pi
munication with Newbern is so easy to mi
those who know the by-roads and cow-paths A:
that hardly a night passes when information de
is not conveyed to the headquarters of Gen. mi
Foster. The very guide?Alexander Wat-' ~pb
son?who led General Evans, deserted him 00
daring the battle, made his way to~the ene- tic
my, and rode into Kinston by the side of tri
General Foster, cheering on the abolition- on
ists, and shonting defiance to the "rebels." sti
Another man is now ajwfsoner who Went; lio
co Newborn with the Yankee army, report- to
ed that Evans was frightened ont of his Hi
pits, that wp were whipped and running, tio
md gave all the details as to oar strength tio
tndridlsposition with which ho was acquaint- do
There are probably a score of men on
ifitbin oar lines to-day, who have sworn al- jec
egianca to the Yankee Government, bat Gc
hey are shrewd enough to escape arrest, coi
end proof oannot he brought against them, hie
am
Ten thousand shells were sent to tro
Surnside by Gen. Meigs, of the ordnance Th
lepartment, when the former was about to 1 sol
ross tbe .Potomac. Upon examination it
ras ascertained that not one in ten was likey
to explode j sand having been sabstitasd
for powder. Barnside seems to be rathr
unfortunate. When his expedition first
aft Anapolis, he discovered ibat a large
nantity of the cartridges furniahedhim
rere actually without powder.
A Few Wonts.
The Houston (Texas) Telegraph enumerates
some of the wants of that city. It
nay he considered a remarkable ooineilence,
that many of their wants are felt in
bis town, or that at least" many of the demands
for supplying their wants will be aopted
and repeated here.
We quote in illustration :
Wanted?some honest enterprising men
rho will furnish wood ia this city at 15 per.
ord, half the present prices. There is
Ienty of money to be made in the busiiM9
Wnnri nnf?d fcn ha fnrniahflr? hara afc
3 50 per cord. It costs no more to cot it
nd haul it now than formerly. Bat a mierly
devil has got possession of the woodico
and kicked their consciences out.
Wanted?some honest tanner, wbo while
e makes leather at a cost of less than forty
ents a pound, will not swear on the holy
vangelists that he oannot afford to sell it
t less than a dollar and a halt.
Wanted?some honest shoemaker, who,
rhilo the materials for making a pair of
oots cost him less than fifteen dollars, is
ot oharging forty dollars for the boots, delating
with the blankost affidavit face that
e cannot afford to do the work for less.
"Wanted?several honest small farmers,
rho will sell chiokens, eggs, potatoes, etc.,
t honest prioes.
Wanted?honest turnips, honect greens,
onest vegetables generally that will grow
b cheap as they did before the war.
Wanted?honest merchants for various
urposes, who will be satisfied with fifty
er cent, profits. In this connection we
riil offer a prize of a thousand dollars for
he production of any record of a Christian
terohant who on his death bed, expressed
belief that more than 50 per cent, profit
'as an assurance of God's favor I '
Wanted?honest house owners, who are
illing to hash up about the extortion of
ther3, while they get fonr times as mnch
jnt for their property as, were they tennts,
they woixld deem just and right. 'It
i but light to say that there are more boost
house owners about than any other class,
nd hence exceptions are all the more alar
Wanted?honest men to pay honest debts
itbout compulsion, and not beg off "until
iotton ia worth 50 cents per pound."
In factthe want of honest men is beoomjg
most painful in socioty. It is. getting
> be a serious question to what we are all
oming. Everybody curses tbc extortionr,
while nearly everybody only waits the
pportnnity to practice extortion himself.?
lave indeed all the honest men gone into
le army ? Whero is this thing to end ?
It does seem as though all the people had
>ld themselves to Satan for the paltry
rivilege of taking double price for anyling
they have for sale. Talk of shame!
'hey have no shame, 10 honor, no patriotim?nothing
bat greed, greed, greed!.
Latest Nortnennsewa.
Fredericksburg, January 9.?Reports
om the other side of the river state that
le main body of the enemy is retiring toards
Washington.
The New York Herald, of the 7th, was
joeived late to-d8y. Seymour's message,
ublished in the Herald, of the 8th, says
le war has taken more than 200,000 men
ora the work-shops and fields, and there
inst be no attempt to pot down public
pinion. The people demand free disouson,
and desire to learn their actual condion.
He says slavery has been the sobset,
not the cause of the war. We mast
ok for the caase of thn-war in the pervaiog
disregard of the laws and Constitution;
iove all, in the local prejndices whioh
ave grown up in the two extremes of the
ran try, whose remote position and interit
made them less informed regarding the
radition and charaoter of the whole peoe
than in the Contraband Western States.
or difficalties teach that we most reform
le people and policy of the Government,
e says the rights of the States most be
spected. The consolidated Government
' this vast country would destroy the esntial
right and liberties of the people and
e sovereignties of the States cannot be
veo up. He denounces arbitrary arrests,
ppression of journals and the spy system
the General Government, and denies
at the rebellion can suspend a sfngle
ght of the citizens of the loyal States.? 1
e enjoins the sheriffs and civil officers to ,
ke care that no person is imprisoned or '
rried from tho State by force without-'
oce8s and authority of law; denounces ,
artial law as opposed to the Constitution. (
9 to the General Government, the Presi- (
nt held his offioe, not by the will of a ?
ajority, but by the Constitution which j
ioed him in offioe, by the vote of 1,800,- ,
>0 against 2,800,000. If the Oonstitu- (
in cannot keep the laws within its res
lints, it cannot retain States in the Uniythose
who ,hold no sanctity in the Con- j
tution must admit no gniit in the rebel* i
n. These practices are more dangerous s
our liberties than the rebellion itself.? i
3 denounoes the emancipation proclama- (
n as impolitic, unjust and unoonstitu- <
nal. It may be constructed as an aban- t
nment of the hope of restoring the Uni- i
j if such, it must be held in military sub- fc
ition and the negroes be managed by the
ivernment. The Goverqjscnt most be
iverted into a military despotism. It is j
i opinion, that such must be subjugated g
1 weakened, the hopes of the people des- fc
yed and.confidence maintained abroad, f
e message argues that the Union is indis- a
able, and that factions North and South f
most be pot down. Bo closely, be says,
are tbe upper and lowor Talleya of the Mississippi
bound together, that when cotton
was burned in Louisiana, corn was used a*
fuel in Illinois; the rain of the Southern
consumer bankrapta the Northern producer.
Neither in the Northern or Southern Union
ean a conflict of interest in agriculture, commerce
and mannfaoteres be adjusted.
How xhx Alabama got out or Fora
! de France, Mabtiniqu*.?Tbe following
is a translation of an artiele in the Diario
de Santiago de Cuba, of December 10:
The Frenoh mail steamer Tampico,
from Fort de France; Martinique, tailed
just three days after the Alabama?the
famous champion of the Sooth?had left
l??wa? hnmlihffwinff tka own timnm
IUC UBi VUi? UUU4l/?^ftUg VUV VHViUVV;
which is craising after her. The incidents
of this deception are oarioos enough; and
we have them from one of the pn?enge&
for this port, in vrhotn w? place implicit relianoe.
The French authorities had to keep
the exedjpve seal of the Yankee sailors
within bounds, as they thought themselves
sure of this prise, which Fas given them so
much trouble and annqjanoe.
( The oommanden of both steamers went
on shore at Martinique, and in one of their
freqnent meetings the Captain of the Alabama
said to the oommander of the San
Jacinto :
<<I have no mere than one hundred and
sixty men and twelve gnne. You haye^fivo
hundred of the former and thirty of the
latter. If you promise not to use your guns,
I will attack you by hoarding add take and
destroy your vessel/'
The captain of the San Jacinto did wot
Wish to accept this challenge, observing,
that any way he bjd the Alabama secure.
The captain of the Alabama, without taking
any notice of this bravado, appeared to be
occupied in the construction of a kind of
raft out of large handles of dried gram and
tar, in view of the Federal sailors. His
first idea, no donbtr was to provoke an attack
; bat as the last nights of his stay were
very dark, the oaptain of the Alabama;
whose vessel is a sorew steamer and goes
sixteen miles an boar, ereoted some falsi
topmasts of bamboo canes and coooanut
VJfJOf IIUUKU UU llgVH *V 4IMM uae VB?vjr
tion more complete, and, under 6 fall head
of steam, passed oat of port bj the side ofthe
Sao Jacinto.
The illusion of the Federal captain, who took
her for one of the French transports
that are every moment entering and leaving
the port, was so great, that he waa for
foar days afterwards cruising ontside of the
harbor, and amusing himself with the expectation
of his prize in perspective?
When he eame to know for a certainty that
he bad been humbugged, he heard also
that the Alabama had horned au American
schooner which had saikd from Si. Pierre.
Female Soldier.?-Among the strange,
heroic and self-saorifiring acts of woman in
this straggle for onr independence, We have
beard of noire which exceeds the bravery
displayed and hardships endured by the
subject of this notice, Mrs. Amy Clarke.
Mrs. Clarke volanteered with^her husband
as a private, fought through the battles of
Shiloh, where Mr. Clarke waa killed?she
performing the rites of burial with her
own hands. She then continued with
Bragg's army in Kentucky, fighting in tfa
ng n nnmman iili?fTt7"1U|'H I'M WM
twice wounded?oncein the anklo and then
in the breast, when she fell a prisoner into
the hands of the Yankees. Her sex was
discovered by the Federals, an&udra was
regularly paroled as % prisoner of war, hat
they did not permit her to retarn untiLshc
had donned female apparel. Mrs. C. was
in oar city Snndty last, en route for Bragg's
command,?JacktonJdusiuippian.
. -."si#
Message of-Ohr. Letcher. <??
Richmond, January 7?TheGeneral
Assembly of YirginiMad the Convention
convened today, pursuant to adjournment.
Governor Letcher's Message refers eloquently
to the brilliant success of oar arpp
daring the past yearancC the valor of the
Confederate soldiers. He says that a man
who preaches die doctrine of reconstruction
is a traitor, deserving a traitor's doom.?
He invokes every Virginian to swear that
the Old Dominion shall remain one and indivisible.
Though the Federals, which have
invaded Virginia, have been demoralized,
we mast doable oar energies, and avoid
dissention and contention. iXhe vandalism
of the Yankee arms is appropriately described.
Oar cUieeand counties, he says,
have been cursed by a Heaven defying and
hell deserving rsbbfe. The Governor da ounces
extortioners, and urges the Legislature
to eheok this prevailing orime.
Yanko TvEsnst in Norfolk.?A
gentleman permits the Raleigh (N. C.)
Progress'to make the following extaotfrott
a letter reoeived from a lady in Portsmouth,
Fa:
Gen. Yiele'a lady is going to govern ns
is well as her husband. She was coming
Dver on a boat from Norfolk in a carriage
in the 27th nit, and Mrs. Merctertnd
iome other ladies were in the cabin, and
Mrs. Gen. Yeile thought that Mrs. Mcreer
vas laughing at her, and 80 she ordered
he guards to arrest her.
' ' * T ?' 1J ?V'; *S. r~ '
gc^, Messrs. Jones k Qniggin, of 14ver?
>ool, will shortly. launcb a steamer or two
mndred and fifty tons burden, built of
iteel plates only, three-sixteenths of an inch
n thickness. The Liverpool Journal of
Commerce states that she is iotended for a
'peculiar trade/' and that ehe will steam
wenty knots an hour. The peculiar trade
9 understood to mean the running of the
ilookade.
UIH ; * > 1
We Hops So.?The BaJeigh Daily
?rogrcn has a rumor derived from passenpre
from Goldsboro' that Brato Butler has
?en plaeed in command at Newborn, that A
be Yankee force hps been reinforced by aa
ddition of 16,000 troops, and that the
rholo are preparing to move*