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- 7 ^ -V*W# %x ^^ "- * j*r-' " ; " .. - ?".*/?" ,4- -v tr % * -*- * V * * r ''' - r ' ^ " ." f^ v ^ * , ' % /* ? ^ # & %* . . ' ' . V-"*,. ' .v ':v."\,v.';" " " -. ? *%';'.:5?i I 2$* "/ ' ?. V- * . > .. % ?*? -- .'v>'v< - - ?-, j ?. . -V- *.it.??-' -r-Vii -, ; * v-*v< " v . i* > t *1 ' *}3m "- . .. . jt * +." . * r _ . - -* . ? >? .- .- v s -* I . _ I* <*..?.* - S ' S Tw . M -' '" ' * , > ". , ><-* - .. \t * - "w "-vT <" * '-i CXc^'f -. -^4>-3fcv J . . 1 A * ? -' " v if v 1 - ? -^ "" * . - ;."XC. : v5 ,'W . -* ** >?* ' '.<^T ^ .: : *> .. i . .. . . *<? " ' ' ' " ^ ^ . ^.,_ 1 1 - ' ' '" '" . "^ ' ^'. V.IJMI lewis m. ghist, j Proprietor. |iii)?jjciti)cnt ^itutHji IttfosppcH Jot tjjt |rDiitotittit of t|c |olittcaI, Sudd, ^iriculfwal aitii Ctratnurtial Interests. of l|r Stnrf|. |$a pee yeae, ih advance. v Y0LUM&9. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11,' 1863. NUMBER 10. '' : "er-1- - J l-U?m-Mi-?-__iLLlmjiLMi? ? ? ___~_*__^^_J_|r_I^LLj^t' ENROLLING OFFICE, YORKVILLE, S. C., February 5, 1863. T BY orders from Colonel JOHN S. JL* PRESTON, Commandant of Conscripts, Columbia, .S. C., all white male residents of York District, and ail transient persons within the limits of the same, between i eighteen (18) and forty (40) years of age, not now in the initttaiy service of the Confederate States, wili report to nic at YOUKVJLLE, within a reasonable time from the publication of tliis notice, or be published as defaulters. . - If. No exemption or discharge of a date prior to October lltb, 1862, wiH be considered valid of itself, but will be revised. III. Ail officers, non commissioned officers and privates, absent from their commands without leave or on expired 1 leave, will report forthwith to these head-quarters, or be , arrested wherever found. IV. The attention of militia officers commanding Beat ; Companies in 46tli and 34th Regiments, S. O. Militia, is called to GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43, of the Adjutant | and Inspector Ccneral of South Carolina, requiring them tq furnish Complete Rolls of all white male persons between 1 the ages of eighteen (18) and fhrty (40) years, within the i limits of their respective Beats, without regard toexemption or discharge. They will furnish these Rolls forthwith, or ! he reported for disobedience of orders. I, IV. WITHERS, Captain and Enrolling Officer. February 11 ' 6 tf HEAD-QUARTERS. . Goldsboro, N. C., Feb. 12,18G3. GENERAL ORDERS. NO. 8. 1 T PARAGRAPH II, GENERAL ' JL# ORDERS No. 5.?Current series in relation to the i amnesty to deserters, is amended to re an as ioiiowh : a iuu pardon, except as to the forfeiture of pay, for the period of I unauthorized absence, is hereby proclaimed to all enlisted men absent without leave, who may voluntarily return to 1 their respective commands on or before the 5th of March , next. ' * * # * * Bv command of Maj. General S. G. FRE.xen. . \ GRAHAM DAVES, Major and A. A. Gen. OFFICE DEPOT a. M., Goldsiioro, N. C., Feb. 12, 1863. Each newspaper In North Carolina, and in Columbia, Anderson, Greenville arid Yorkville, South Carolina, will publish above General Order No. 8, once a week for three Weeks, and send hill with copy of advertisement to this office. J. B. MOREY, Major and Dept. (1. M. j February 25 8 3t g EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. T5[Y virtue of the will and consent of , Jtw parties, I will expose to PUBLIC SALE at the late i - TfiMcncc of JOHN MILTON STEELE, in York District, : about three miles West of Rock Hill, on the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail Road, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th day j of MARCH instant, the REAL and PERSONAL estate, belonging to the Testator, consisting of -a VALUABLE | TRACT of LAND, containing 200 ACRES, 1 "well timbered, with a good DWELLING HOUSE, and alLncecssary out buildings. Aiso ELEVEN LIKELYNE OBOES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys and Girls,? 1 Horses, Mules. Carriages, Buggy, Cows, Hogs, Sheep, Farm- | log Utensils, Cotton, Corn, Fodder, Bacon, &e. Terms for Land, ft credit of one and two yean?-personal property, I twelve montlw, or part cash, If preferred. Particulars made known on dav of Sale 1 . NEWTON A. STEELE, Executor. March 4 9 SH SALE OF ?EEBBT~~ XEGROES AX D R. ROAD STOCK. T WILL offer at public sale at Chester 1 X Court House, on TUESDAY, the 12th day of MARCH i next, property belonging to the gstatc of Col. | a. Drii/rujfiw, uci:cw>tu. 1. Tire plantatlon.calicd the DAV1ES PLACE, containing about ] 050 ACRE?, lying in York District, six miles front ROCK HILL, and bounded by lands of L. H. Massey ; and others. . .2. The Plantation where W.C. Beckham formerly lived, -near WYLIE it MOFFATT'S STOKE, containing 500 ACRES, more or less, bounded by lands of John Knox, T. II. JUotfatt and others. , 13 or 15 NEGROES, Men, Women and Children. 50 Share* Charlotte and S. C. Rail Road Stock. * Terras made known on the day of sale. T. H. BECKHAM, Executrix. March 4 * 9 2t HOUSE AND EOT FOR SALE. ? THE undersigned offers for sale, or in exgk change for NEGRO PROPERTY, his very " lUSlM. valuable HOUSE AND LOT, situated on lilliWK Congress 8treet,iu Yorkviile, 8. C. The HOUSE contains six rooms, with tr flrcplace in each. The OUTBUILDINGS, consisting of Servant's Houses, Cook Kitchens, Meat-House, Lumber-House, Carriage Douse aud Com Crib, are nearly new, having but recently been erected. The lot it supplied with a well of EXCELLENT WATER, and contains everything necessary for conve- . nicitee aud comfort?rnaklug the property the most desirable in Yorkviile. For Terms, Stc., apply to THOMAS DAVIES, Yorkviile, 8. C. {Jg- The Carolinian will please copy two weeks, Daily, and send account to this office. December 24 52 tf QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS0 TRICT^-Whnreas. R. C. CAVENY has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN I'. CAVENY, late of the Distrlctaforesaid, deceased. I These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditornof 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 20th day oftjujt&ittsranL'tn shew cause, if any, why lite said Administration should not be granted. Given under thy hand mid Seal, this 2nd day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred mid sixty-three, and in the eighty-seventh year of the lode pEMTOCe of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. March 4 9 2t SOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISTR1CT.?Whereas, MARGARET QUENN has applied' lo me for Letters of Administration on ail and singular, the goods and chattels, rights ami credits of F. J. E. QUINN, late of the District aforesaid, deceived. These ore therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased to be amTappear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House on the 23d day of March next to shew cause, it any, wny tue sum i Administration should not be granted. Given under tny hand and Seal, this 2.1th day of February, in the year of ottr Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sbrcy-threc, and in the eighty-seventh year of the Inde pcniience of Soutli Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. March 4 9 2t RANAWAY.?FROM THE SUB(gcribcr on the 3d instant, my negro man JEFF. He ia of a dark copper color, five feet 8 or 10 inches high, and about 140 pounds, 40 years old, has a down cast look, speaks rather slowly when spoken to, and had on when he left, a blue Yankee coat. I bought him from Col. W. II. McCorkle, of Yorkville, where lie had gone for some clothing?when last beard from, lie had taken the ears at that Baee and was going in the direction of Chester. lie lias [?t acting as a HOTEL SERVANT for several years past, and will, no doubt, endeavor to net in that capacity as a free boy. Any information concerning him, or if "lie is lodged In jail, will be thankfully received, and liberally rewarded. E. H. EDWARDS, Rock Hill, S. C. January 38 4 Ct YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully informs the citizens of York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of North Carolina, that he is fully prepared to supply every article in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish and at reasonable prices. He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work may be alwnys seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North of "Stowe's" Hotel. All work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. Ha is also prepared to fUrnlsh to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, !tc. January 10 2 Ip Iff EQfJITY YORK DISTRICT". J no. D. Maclean, Executor, ) vs. > Bill for sale of land 4" Negro. Robert Patrick, and others. ) rP appearing to my satisfaction that Robt. r. Bigger, John Millen and Sollna, his wife, James Bigger, Thomas Davis and John Davis, defendants In above stated ease, reside beyond the limits of this State. It is, therefore, on motion of Williams and Beatty, Compl&iuants Solicitors, ordered, that said absent defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to the Rill filed in this case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or said Bill will be taken vro confesso as to them. ($7#) WALTER B. METTS, Commissioner in Equity. February 18,1863. 7 3m OFFICE A. Q. 91., CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1862. Tl/TR- J. C. MILLER is appointed s ' Arrant c\f tliia ripntrtinont fiti* thn ritirfthnnD ftf FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York ami Chester. Planters desiring to soil will communicate with him, f through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carolina.? Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No I WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government was experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed, I all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M. October 15 42 tf j DR.ALFRED CRAVEN 1 gbikirf Surgeon YORKVILLE, S. O. 5 OtT-On'the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal- 1 metto Hotel."-?5) 8 January 6 1 tf g FOR SALE.. f 1AQ lbs COPPERAS. ' a 100 fts BLUE STONE. ? 500 BUNCHES YARN. c Call soon at W. D. & J. C. MILLER'S. 1 October 22 43 tf t A SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER i Envelope* for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' r November 2ft 18 tf J r A. Northern Estimate of the Southern Confederacy. i Its Military Rosources?Its Army andl Navy?Sketches and Observations of a Northerner in the South. ?The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Republican sends to that paper the following 'highly interesting statement,' which he alleges to have derived from "a series of long conversations with an individual direot from the South, where be had been engaged iu a business requiring extensive travelling, and afforded greatopportunities of observation. It will be found highly interesting, and shows what opinion is bad in the North of the military resources of the South, in this war : The Rebel Army as it is.?It is a subject of remark iu the South that nobody 1 r\f tkn fa nr. &UUWS IUU ougu^bii Ul ?uw vvm?vwv??vv ?* mies, excepting Jeff. Davis, his Cabinet jfficers, and General Lee; all of whom preserve a careful silence upon the subject. Generals of Departments know the number t)f troops with which they have to operate, and, also, of those in contiguous districts; while Generals and other officers of divisions know the number subject to their respective orders j but the secret of the total of rebels in arms is locked up in the Richmond iVar Department. Large bodies of troops are constantly being transported by railroads, or are marching through the country, towards points menaced by our forces. These floating armies are sometimes going North, sometimes South, sometimes East or West, and often in ail directions at once. Their movements are rapid and silent, and often mysteriousj and consequently, those who witness them are bewildered in their endeavors to keep posted upon the strength, position and operations of the main armies. The people see the troops passing, and generally know their destination, but, from whence they come, and how many remain behind, they are completely in the dark. Those who make it a business to keep as well posted as possible upon war matters, estimate the total rebels in arms at 500,000, of which 400,000 are on active duty, ready to meet the enemy, aud 100,000 doing garrison duty in the fortifications, guarding ~:i:* ?A ?,i lijillicitj puota aiiu ittuiuau^j auu ov;aiicicu ia camps of drill and instruction, the last class numbering full 50,000, and with the increase by the new conscript act, intended , to form a reserve contingent of 100,000, to take the field this winter and the coming i spring. The recruiting service has been entirely abandoned, although volunteers occasionally find their way into the ranks , without the assistance of Government offi- ] cers. But the conscript act is universally rod strictly enforced, by which the army is largely increased in numbers. New regiments are never heard of, all conscripts not placed in the ranks of veterans being turned into camps of instruction, which are numerously located, each containing from ODe mndred to fiye hundred men. The cavalry service is the favorite branch with plant:rs and their sons, and next the artillery lervice; but many planters, merchants and )rofessional men are found in the ranks of ho infantry, fighting alongside the reprelentatives of the poorest aud lowest society n the South. The Generals of the South?Their Military Ability and Refutation.? Sen. Lee has long since redeemed his reputation for military ability, endangered by liis campaign in Western Virginia, having seen indebted for the opportunity to Jeff. Davis, who, in spite of his doubted capaci;fes at the time the meritorious claims of jther Generals, and much opposition, appointed him Commander-in-Chief. Gen. Lee belongs to that class of rebel eaders who advocate the defensive policy. [Je believes the South should husband all ler fighting material and act strictly on the icfensive, for the purpose of having all the idvantages that attitude is supposed to af'ord. Yet he acts upon the offensive when le thinks it is safe, and accordingly assumed t against Gen. McClellan on the Chickalominy, when a full knowledge of the situation on both sides told him he could suejeed ; and also against Pope, when he knew )ur armies were separated, and he could fall )u that of the Rappahannock before they & sould form a iunction. Notwithstanding 1 lis successes in these two instances, he does aot believe that success can attend a general adoption of the aggressive policy, and regards that policy as certain to result in speedy, final and ignominious defeat, should it be carried to the extent of invading the loyal States. Holding these views, he has net with considerable opposition from the 'On to Washington" party; and it is beieved his brief and abortive campaign in Maryland was undertaken partly with the lesign of showing this party that their polcy was unwise and unsafe. Gen. Beauregard has not sustained the eputation he had at the beginning of the var. Though bo fought and won Bull Hud, lis abilities as a commander in the field vere early, and his success to that battle vas attributed much to the assistance of jren. Johnston. In spite of his lost presige, Gen. Beauregard is popular with the irmy and the people, and has many admiers, while claimiog for him military abiliies of the highest order, insist that he has >een slighted by the Richmond Governnent. The Sfllith mourned the IdSs of General Albert Sidney Johnson as that of ono of ier best commanders. Lee's quartette of corps commanders are sonsidered as able Generals as aDy in the South. Longstreet is known as a hard, e itubborn fighter, with more than ordinary p itrategetical talent to back it. He is famed t or bis quick conception in time of battle, g ind the systematic preoision with which he n :xecute8 his manoeuvres in the face of the 1 nemy. The two Hills do not have the c eputation of Longstreet, but so well are li heir abilities known and acknowledged, it p 9 considered impossible to supply their t laces with better Generals. n General Jackson, besides being known as a bard fighter, is pre eminent in deep strategy. He is a stern disciplinarian, and is regarded by the soldiers as an exacting commander j bat they love him, nevertheless, follow him wherever he leads, cheerfully retreating, standing or fightiug at his order, und doing the latter with a stubborn valor,' inspired by the reckless bravery of his individual example. General Joseph E. Johnston is considered a superior officer both by the Government and the people; though General Lee's particular friends assert that it was fortunate he was disabled at Fair Oaks, otherwise their favorite military genius might not have been called into play to produce the more satisfactory results (to them) of Confederate operations in Virginia since then. His wounds yet prevent him from engaging in active service, but he is certainly Commander-in-Chief of the rebel forces in the West. Lreceral -Bragg nas enemies wao measure his operations by the scale of impossibility, they under-ratc him, bat be is generally regarded as combining the best qualities of a great General General Lovell, Hindman and Van Dorn are not considered capable of commanding large armies. Pemberton is on probation for high honors. General Price is considered one of the best Generals, and is thought to have been badly treated by the Richmond Government. He is noted for his lack of ambition, and earnestness in the cause of the rebellion. Among the rising men are Ewell, Early, Evans, Anderson, Cobb, Polk, Hardee, Cheatham, Buckner, Kirby Smith, G. W. Smith and Breckinridge, all of whom werb looked upon as future Commanders-in-Chief. The Missouri Brigadiers, Pryor, Echols, Humphrey Marshall, Preston, Jones and many others, rank in the same scale of mediocre ability, but earnest and brave leaders in the cause. General Wise is not considered a good General ; and, though now commanding in force, he is kept direotly under the control of the Richmond War Department. General J. E. B. Stewart has made a great reputation, and the right bowers, Hampton and Lee, share in the fame.? Morgan and Forrest are representatives in the same dashiug class, whose exploits have made the South ring with their names.? Tnnln'nfl Ar*/? linno uloA Wnma frt. If tUttJUO UUU XU1UUUWU UUTU UIUV MVVV...W mous for their guerilla operations in Western Virginia. The Disposition op the Rebel Troops ?Where They Are.?The 400,000 troops in active service are located as follows : In Virginia, 200,000, of which 125,000 compose the rebel army of the Potomac under Lee, 50,000 the forces of Gen. Wise on the Pamunkeyand Peninsula, and ur. W. Smith around Richmond, Petersr jurg and on the Blackwater, and 25,000 a force embracing the army of General Echols n the Kanawha Valley and other small de;ached commands; in North Carolina, 20,)00 under General Evans; in Tennessee, 35,006 under Bragg, including the comnftnds of Kirby Smith, Humphrey Marshall, Morgan and Forrest; in Mississippi, >5,000 under Pemberton, including the 'orces at Vicksburg and Port Hudson ; in Western Arkansas, 15,000 under Hindman; u Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana, 8,000 under Holmes; in Texas, 10,300 State troops; in Alabama, 15,000 un3er Beauregard, for the defence of Mobile; In Georgia, 10,000 under the same, around Savannah; in South Carolina, 15,000, and ilso under the same General, around Charleston, and making the total foroe under Beauregard 40,000, which it is expected 3an be concentrated at either of the three jities he is engaged in defending. These figures are supposed to represent ;ho actual strength of the rebel armies, induding infantry, artillery, oavalry and gue :illas, and 6how the combined forces to lumber 413,000 troops. Of this force, it s estimated at least 50,000 are at all times n the hospitals, disabled by sickness and vounds, which leaves an effective force of ibout 363,000; the loss being proportionitely divided between the various armies, md making their respective strength about welve per cent, less than those estimated ibove. Absenteeism weakens the armies >ut verv little, as officers can rarelv obtain 'urloughs, and no private is allowed to go lome while he is able to load and shoot.? Chis rigid discipline caused much dissatisaotion; but it is considered by the rebel eadcrs the best plan to keep their armies )n a war footing. The men sometimes delert and go home, but, if they elude miliary coercion, they are soon driven back to ,he ranks again by public sentiment, which s intensely bitter against all able bodied lersons showing a disposition to evade miltary service. Their Artillery and How Tiiey Jse It.?The deficient resources of the south, at the beginning of this war, to irovide field artillery, forced her Generals o depend greatly upon fortifying with the : teavy guns seized at Norfolk and other i joints, but this ordnance was mostly of old md iuferior patterns, and the reduction of he strongholds they defended with it by : mr guns of heavy calibre and longer range, i oon convinced them they had either to a- i >andon their system ot extensive tortinca- i ions at every available point, or endeavor i o compete with us in the manufacture and < ise of heavy artillery. The latter they i vere unable to do, and as the only resource i eft, they adopted the plan of providing i ight field batteries in great numbers. So I veil have they succeeded in this that in I learly every battle they have batteries and : i larks of flyiog artillery, out of all proporion to the infantry engaged. Many of the I ;uns are of home manufacture, and the t aost and the best have been imported.? i i.moDg the latter are many of the pattern s ailed Fnglish Biskely cannon?very simi- i ar in calibre, raoge and force to our Napoleon 12 pounders. They have also bat- ] eries of rifled Armstrong guns, besides t aany splendid pieces they have captured i ? from us; and some of their fortifications mount English guns of the heaviest calibre and best make. ; Beauregard's call for all the bell metal in the South -was prompted by this plan of providing plenty of light guns. Some of the bells colleoted for the purpose were captured at New Orleans ; but more found their way to Southern foundaries, where they were ca9t into guns, which are now thundering destruction and death into our ranks in every battle. . . The South is not now deficient in heavy guns, notwithstanding her great losses during the war. All of her foundaries have been, and are yet, engaged in casting them, and all they turn-out are immediately placed in position upon fortifications, the number and extent of which appear only limited by the facility of turning out gunB. It is roughly calculated that not less than twelve hundred heavy guns are now in position in the various fortifications in the South. The Ordnance Bureau of the Richmond War Department has recently been engaged in casting and experimenting with some newly designed pattern of monster artillery. One of these gnns is in position at Port Darling, another in Charleston harbor, and another at Vicksburg. The same Bureau is also engaged in experimenting with artillery and iron plated targets in Charleston harbor ; and it is reported they literally "smash things" with their improved cannon. Besides having an abundance of good batteries, the artillery service of the Confederates is rendered most effective by the best discipline, and particularly by their admirable system of operating with it in battle. Acting npon the defensive, and nearly always having the choice of battle fields, their engineer corps survey and resurvey the ground of every coming conflict until they obtain a complete map of its topographical features, when the knowledge is communicated to the offioers of artillery, who go into action Jcnowing every hill, knoll, valley, ravine, stream, forest and house upon the field, also the distances between the same, and prepared to throw shot and shell with unerring preoision into every point within range. Their Cavalry.?The*Southern troopers are composed largely of the best blood in the South, and at the same time have the best horses iu the country. They are armed with sabres, and short repeating rifles or shot guns, and lately Colt's revolvers are being freely supplied them. Inducements are offered to the most daring spirits in the South to onter this service, and lately the plan has been adopted of recruiting the racks from the bands of "Partizan Rangers," or guerillas. The policy of this is plain; after the guerillas learn to ride, scout and skirmish, he is then ready to learn to fight in earnest, and is taken into the organized cavalry, where his education is completed by learning to charge. Their Discipline.?The rebel military , leaders have paid great attention to drilling and instructing their troops, which is commenced in the conscript, and recruiting camps, and kept up in their armies. In the inferior camps of Confederate ar- , rnies, discipline is well preserved j but it is in their exterior and pioket lines where it , is seen in its greatest striotness and efficiency. A surprise disgraces the officers respon- 1 sible, and subjects them to severe penalties ; which neither rank nor influence can avert. i The Troops op the Several States. 1 ?In Lee's army, great rivalry exists be- < tween the North Carolina troops and all I others. The latter have an idea that the ! old North State has a hankering after the ] Union, and looking upon her soldiers as i doubtful allies, they disparage their efforts : to aid them, and question their courage.? 1 But these troops, of which there arc over < twenty thousand in Virginia, have shown i upon many battle fields that they are in ' earnest, and have the courage to back it.? 1 Among those free from prejudice, they are i c jsidptf-ed as well disciplined, effective and 1 brave as any rebels in the field. s The Virginia troops are universally ac- f knowledged as the best fighters in the field. 1 They number eightyfivo thousand, and 1 nearly all are engaged in defendiog their i own State. There are two or three regi- ( menta of Marylanders, and also several t comp anies of the same in Virginia regiments i now in the rebel army of Virginia, which i are known among the hardest fighting and t most reliable troops. Besides being largely 5 represented in the rebel infantry, Maryland s also has many citizens in the cavalry. ? t Ashby's cavalry consisted largely of them, i as also White's; and several companies \ accompany Stuart in all his raids. t The South Carolina troops are looked up- * on as possessing more dash than endurance, a and altogether they have not sustained the 8 reputation they once claimed as superior in valor to any fighting stock of the world.? ? Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi troops a all rank alike among the best for discipline s and courage, while the Lonisianans are par- v ticulary noted for their dashing and endur- a ing bravery, it being said of them they b fight like tigers?as they claim to be. Tex- s as troops fighting on this side of the Mis- t 3issippi, in Virginia and Tennessee, have s added to the reputation of their State; but s those on the other side are not regarded as a doing so well. Arkansas .and Missouri o troops lack discipline, but their bravery is c not disputed. Tennessceans are known as li unflinching fighters, and in every battle d they take special pains to show off before ii the Mississippians, between whom and them S i bitter feiui exists. b Price's Missourians have almost ceased u to be i, representative division of the rebel ii irmy on tbi9 side of the Mississippi. But 3 ?few remnants of regiments now remain, o ind the State identity of those is almost ti destroyed by consolidation with other troops, d The Condition of the South for Munitions of War.?Though it is certain ti hat rebel cannon have sometimes belohed tl ailroad spikes and huge slugs of railroad h iroa at oar rank?, tbe peculiar missiles were not employed on account of any scarcity of shot and shell, bat becaase they were thoaght to be far more destructive at close quarters than either grape or canister and the convenience of worn out cannon, fit to shoot nothing else, offering opportunities to try their effectiveness. All the irou foundries in the South have been turning out projectiles for artillery since the beginning of the war, and now a supply has been accumulated justifying a suspension of a large part of the manufacturing labor. A considerable stock of good gunpowder was on hand in the South at the commencement of hostilities, but this was soon used up in making artillery cartridges and filling shells, and the Confederates suddenly found they were running short of small-arm cartridges. The decreasing supply of the allimportant material of war caused much consternation, until the War Department at llichmocd made arrangements to procure it by running the blockade, and also contracting with the few powder mills in the South to manufacture their full resources. Large quantities of the foreign artiole of good qualities began to run the blockade, and since the sapply from this source has been kept up to tho demand; but the first domestic invoioes turned out under the pressure of contracts were an inferior article, which was largely made up into cartridges and supplied immediately to the army. Since then the supply of the best article, homemade and imported, has bcea ample; and large quantities of the bad powder whioh was yet on hand were taken from the arsenals and magazines last fall, and destroyed. All imported oannon and small arms (fre accompanied by certain amounts of ammunition, and after these are exhausted the Confederates make it themselves. Nearly all of the old flint muskets, which Floyd was accused of stealing for the benefit of the South, have long since been laid by for the better fire arms turned out at European and Southern arsena's. About 325,000 stands of arms have reached the South from Europe, since the war began, and nearly all bor troops are now supfl^d with weapons as good as ours, many of them coming from the same manufacturers.? Their owq manufactories at llichmond and Fayetteville, North Carolina, turn out abcut P.fin nam riflaa nnrt mnabota ararxt Tnnalr WW UVn A UWU UUU IMMtfMVkW V I VIJ n vwu j and besides this, they carefully gather up the small arms from every battle field in their possession, and send them to these and other places to be overhauled and repaired. In Richmond there is a manufactory of Sharp's Rifles, and the War department is making arrangements to establish onb for making Colt's revolvers. Though it is estimated the South has sufficient munitions of war on band to last five years, heMnternal resources for producing the same are by no means exhausted. Gunpowder and lead for bullets are the only articles she has any difficulty in obtaining, and while she has a supply of the first, ample for all emergencies, a large material for the production of the latter still existy in the shape of leaden pipes, sheeting and roofing, old zinc and type metal. Swords, Babres and bayonets are made at many places; also, percussion caps, though many of the latterare procured by running the blockade by land aud water. The Clothing of th : Rebel Army.? The ragged condition of the rebel armies last summer may be taken as a fair index of that of the entire Sontfi in its feature.? rhe armies are now more comfortably and decently clad ; but all classes of oou combatants, except the wealthy, are mm; or less destitute in the way of clothing. To procure boots and shoes is the greatest difficulty in the clothing line. The supply fince the beginning of the war has never half equalled the demand, and though great Bxertions have lately been made to increase it, the difference is yet about the same.? Every cargo running the blockade contains Doots and shoes invoiced to the Confederite Government, which appropriates all amailable from this^ource to the use of the trmies. Shoemakers are exempt from con?cription, but most of them being employed jy contractors, upon moderate supplies of eather, in manufacturing for the Governnent, shoeleather is, therefore, scarce and sxccedingly dear among the people. Slaves ire not the only persons who go barefooted n the South at this time; and it is common thinly settled districts to see men, wosen, children and negroes without shoes. Stout canvas and other materials arc extentively used, but even these do not supply he deficiency ; though, it should be renembered, tho mildness of the climate presents muoh suffering wherever this destiution prevails. A pair of shoes co3ts from 512.50 to 525, and boots from 525 to 550, md each according to quality; and to halflole either costs 510. Up-to this fall all the resources of the South have been employed in clothing her .rmies; and while they are not olad and hod as comfortable as they should be for rinter campaigns, they are not so destitute s to encourage the hope the winds will ilow them away with their rags, or their offering from the inclement season will i ake the fight out of them. They all have , hoes, though of inferior quality; stout, , erviceable uniforms of conrse grey jeans, nd overcoats of the samo material, with j thers captured from us. Suitable under* | l^hing and socks are searce, but/of the i sitter the supply is increasing. One hun- i Ired thousand sets of needles are now busy q the hands of volunteer women in the i louth in knitting socks for soldiers; and, eside this, a manufactory of the Govern- < lent, at Salisbury, North Carolina, is turn- ] ag out several thousand pairs per week.? ? lany are made of cotton yarns, but those ? f woolen are not muoh. less available, and 5 be plan is adopted of providing each sol- < ier with a pair of each kind. - I Blankets run the blockade in large quan- | ities, some are manufactured; but, while ] be army is poorly supplied, the people, j avinglong since given up all they had to ] the soldiers, are quite destitute. Carpets aud coverlids, thickly quilted with Taw cotton, are extensively substituted, both among the people and troops, and the scarcity is also somewhat remedied, in the army, by making the soldiers' overcoats very long, and with heavy capes. TJp to this time clothing their armies efficiently, with their limited means, has required the greatest exertions of the Confederate leaders. With the people the stook of old clothes having long since been exaufited, every one now has to provide wearing apparel from a very limited supply, in proportion to their pecuniary means. Cloths "being very scarce, and commanding extraordinary prices, jeans and cotton goods, now extensively manufactured, are substituted at considerably less expense. *A good suit of broad cloth, oosting about $50 in ordinary times,.cannot now be had'for less than $250, and ^ every yard of this material ha9 to run the blockade, the price is fast increasing.? The wardrobe of high officials, who cannot dispense with broad.cloths, are very costly, but as they are generally well able to stand ' I the expense, they manage to present the respectable appearances of other times at the above figures. The middle classes, with whe n economy ; is more than a virtue just now, dress extensively in gray jeans of mixed wool and cotton, similar to that worn in the army, which is of home manufacture, and costing about five dollars a yard, makes a suit, worth , sixty dollars from. the hands of the tailor. The poorest claases of whites dress in cotton goods or rags, and sometimes not much of either. Many white childron are now seen in the country districts airing themselves in the. same style of coarse cotton gowns formerly monopolized by the plan: tation "piccaninies." Tho slaves are condemned to scantier and meaner garments than ever before hid their nakedness or protected them, while but very few indeed have shoes. Tho supply of women's dress goods is as ! scanty as that of the men, and some artioles command muoh higer prices in proportion; Silks sell for almost fabulous prices, and common dresses, costing about fifteen dollars here, hare been known to sell in the South at two hundred dollars. Cotton goods of all kinds are now largely worn by families in the South, but those who are able will dress as formerly at any cost. The Rebel Navy ? Its Officers, Vessels, &c.?The Alabama is regarded as the crack representative of the South's naval power, and her destructive exploits among our merchantmen are hailed - with mingled wonder and joy. To toe Confederate Government the clean-heeled privateer appears the nucleus of a fleet of similar vessels, which they are endeavoring to obtain, with the hope of soon letting them loose upon our commerce. This is now their favorite scheme, and they are proseouting it with every prospect of success. Unable to compete with ouriron-clads, they are determin ed to privateer against us by such vessels as the Alabama, and at tbiTtime Confederate bonds and cotton bonds of sufficient value to purchase ten vessels of her class and qualities are deposited to the credit of Confederate agents in England with which to tempt the cupidity of British ship-builders. All cotton now running the blockade is on account of the Confederate Government, and the proceeds of sales, which are very heavy on account of the high prices, are placed to swell the above food, from which the .Alabama, Ovieto and several swift steamers to run the blockade, were purchased. Under the circumstances, it will not be surprising if more privateers against our commerce are heard of shortly, and we may also be prepared to learn, at any moment, that one or more first class iron clad gun boats from foreign, waters steamed into Southern ports under the Confederate flag. Besides the vessels intended for offensive operation, there are small fleets of iron clad and wooden gunboats at Richmond, Wilmington Charleston, Savannah and Mobile, intended for defensive purposes; and judgiog by the energy and activity lately displayed and still continued in their construction, it is probable that if their harbors re main in Confederate possession much longer. their waters will fairlv swarm with these musquito fleets. At Richmond is the new Merrimao and one smaller iron clad' and two wooden gao boats already afloat, while two more small iron-clads are being constructed. At Wilmington a partially ironclad gun boat is afloat, another wholly iron clad nearly finished, two wooden ones afloat, | and several building; the craft already | afloat mounting twenty guns in all, and | those building intended to mount twenty ] more. At Charleston there is a formidable .< iron-clad floating battery, three wooden and ' one iron clad gun boat afloat, and several 1 more of each building. At Savannah, is the ? iron clad ram Georgia, alias the Fingal, ; one iron clad gun boat, several wood crafts, ; and others on the stocks. Mobile has quite a fleet of iron olads, not less than five, with several wooden gun boats, and somo of the ^ former are said to be formidable customers. { These vessels, exoept the Merrimao and 1 one or two others, will stand no chance with 1 our superior iron clads. They are thinly ] f i ; 1? i i.J i * ciau wuu iron, puuny cuosiruubcu geuenw ly, with light armaments, and very bad en- ' gines nearly all of whioh were built in the ( South. .The new Me^rimae, Richmond the Ladies' gun boat, at Charleston j the c Georgia, at Savannah; and one or two at t Mobile are worth all the rest of the lot, and c these need not be feared by our.craft. T-he c Richmond has been completed some time, ^ ind lurks in James river, about Fort Dar- v ling, in company with her inefficient con- a jorts. She may prove a tough customer if ittaoked where she now is, but would speedily be demolished by one of our first 1 ilaas iron olads, should she venture towards q ;he mouth of the river. The danger is that j ier consorts are the nucleus of a.fleet now i jeing constructed, by which the Confeder- s ites may succeed in holding James river a jelow Fort Darling, thus preventing fu- s *"' ' . 1 m > * tnre movements against Richmond via that stream. . ' ?; ' %> Richmond and its Dbmncm.?The longer the capture of Richmond is delayed, the more nnmerons and powerful its defen* . oes become. Not less than thirty forts and earthworks, with miles of rifle pits and obattis, now commaDd -its approaches, and other works are being constantly laid out, finished and mounted with gnns. Sir weeks ago, a corps of engineers and five thousand negroes were engaged in .protecting the works from the winter frosts, as well as * building several new ones on a very large scale?one commanding. an important line of approach from Petersburg to contain twenty gnns. All the completed works art mounted with artillery, now numbering 128 pieces, and a supply of guns is on hand for new forts. The Post Office Department.-?Tba Department is managed principally by men who lost their offices onder the Northern Government, but with no efficiency, and with bat little satisfaction to the peopleTen cents per letter is the postage; bat ho certainty can be calealated on in the delivery of mail matter, except in the principal cities and-along the railroad* lines connecting them. <IBW Cabbages.?Gardeners in the 3$atL have always been too negligent in- the cultivation of cabbage. * A. few possess ' the secret of making firm whiteheads,-bat the majority have passed it by, believing they oouid grow notbing-brr 'bine stem oollards.' It is a great mistake to take this view of the question. Large white ^cabbage can be raised in this latitude, as well as on tfiw sterile hills of England, and it only requires a little patience and a little labor to acooofe; plish it. Select your ground carefully, according to the foroe you have, get a sufficient quantity of well rotted stable manure and spread it nicely over the plat, and then spade it in neatly and evenly, procure good' seed for your seed bed, and at proper times set out your plants. Keep them well hoed and when dry times come along, water with a solution of hen house manure.:. Pursue: this .coarse each year for two or three years, and you will each season havener cabbage, and at last get a rich deep soil. Don't be afraid of getting the _ soil too deep?the deeper the better, and. the cabbage will grow different from the usual long collards or blue' stem. These remarks will appjP* equally well to all persons who have a small plat of ground under cultivation io the city. We should endeavor by all means to become independent of Northern vegetation: . ?? ? ; ' 0 . We notice that the Yorkville Enquirer and other South Carolina papert-ccmplain that speculators and other persons from North Carolina are buying up corn in that State and transporting it to this, while .all shipments of corn, wheat, flour, &o., from North Carolina is positively prohibited.-^ Our cotemporaries of South Carolina t0 mistaken about the matter?there is now tip* prohibition of the kind?if there is, iti* not regarded, for flour is constantly shipped from this section into South Carolina. Gov. Vance some months ago prohibited $he exportation of provisions, &c., for the space of thirty days, but that prohibition has long since expired, and we do not think it was regarded when in operation. The prohibition was imposed, wethiok, mainly bteiuste:. the Virginia authorities prohibited the exportation of wheat and flour from that State, while speculators from Richmond and Petersburg were draining North Carolina of those 3iTi\o\ea.?-.C!uirictle.Democrati: ^ Letters by Flag op Truce.?-By ordors issued by Gen. Winder, oommanding the Richmond City Department, all letters intended to be sent to the United States by flag of truce, must be mailed at hit office, where they are subjected to examination, and if deemed unobjectionable ate forwarded. All letters must have on them either a three ceht piece, or United States postage " stamp, and they most not exoeld a page in length, or contain any allusions to politicalor militarv matters. It is nroner to state that the postage stamp%,raust be of the latest die adopted by theLincoln Government. Those in use when the war commenced arn o longer valid. ^ , The "Florida" at Work. Mobile, March 2.?The Tibunt learns from Captain Haywood, who'took the Florida oat of this port, that thena were nine. blockaders in front of the entrance of the harbor; two pursued, and by the aid of their powerful frescal lights they signalized the Florida. A four miles chase continued nineteen hours, but the Florida ran out of view, and on her waj destroyed a new Yankee brig, on her'.first- voyage, lade#, with sugar, molasses and rum. The whole rained at $140,000. The speed; of the Florida is fifteen miles per hour, and Capt. Maffet is greatly pleased with her.x ? W8F- Gunpowdermade of paper is the latest novelty. A letter from Copenhagen ays that the Boyal Artillery Board of Gee^ nark have just made a successful experiment with the new material. Common lacking paper was, in the coarse of ten or ifteen minutes, transformed into t'veiy Dowerfnl kind of gunpowder, and a number )f shots were fired with it. v ^ The small poz ws prevailing to an ilarming extent in the contraband camp of legroes at Washington. As many as fifteen lie daily. The condition of these poor ireatnres is said to be denlorable. Thev vander about the city and spread it* Many rbites are dying with it also. There ie on q average only one nurse for fifty patients. ? ^ 1 A Qreat Need 8upplird.?The "Shotrower at Petersburg, Va., after great difficulties, has proved a deoided sucqess. The Express says the proprietors are now ma:iog excel lent shot, and are prepared to upply orders for any quantities of No. ? nd upwards. This is the first Southern hot manufactory.