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? its fforluiUf ' YORKyiLLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1,1863. PUBLIC MEETING. ~~ We would merely call attention to the fact, that the- Governor of the State has counselled a meeting of the Planters and Fanners of the State, at their respective Court Houses, in regard to planting their crops, that they may thereby serve their country, as well as themselves in the most efficient manner. Next Monday, the 6th instant, will be sale day?we have cow done our duty, so we leave it to the parties called on to do theirs. SPECULATION. Alreadv are the wits of our neoDle set to \ * * work, to explain the call of the Legislature. A friend suggests that old Abe has proposed ? armistice, with a view to separation, and an alliaooe^ffensire and defensive, the first operation of wh^ch is to whip Napoleon out of Mexieo. What then ? CHARLESTON. This day, the 2nd of April, is the time for the Spring, or full tides, off our bar, and this time, according- to Yankee letter writers from Hilton Head, is that appointed for the attack on Charleston. EvCry pre* paration seems to have been made for the event; and we wait impatiently the deriouraent. The call for labor on the coast, however, is still being made, as it will be seen by advertisement in our paper to day the Districts among which York is classed, have been railed on for their quota. The fine cf 81.50 for a non-compliance, is not what is wanted, bat the InLor, and we trust it will ka of ftinrto r?nnn^o/l fkmnok o nrnnAP win ????* - r r spirit of patriotism, though it did seem to us, that there must have been a large quantity of unnecessary labor, from the fact of the plantations near the Bea board having been divested of their forces by Yankee occupations ; and the fines would have proved ample remuneration. However this may be, the Executive offioers call loudly for a response from the up-country, for a brief period, and it docs not become ns to take time to discus* matters now, but rally to the call. The sadden and unexpected call of the Legislature, to meet on Friday next, is cause of great speculation?there must be important business to be brought before that body, which if consistent with the public interest, would doubtless have been shadowed forth in tho Governor's proclamation; as it is, wc roust patiently abide our time, while we look with uneasiness, it must be confessed, to the momentous affairs with which the coming week seems pregnant. Again, we must express our hope, and trust, that the militia will not be called away from their fields of labor, but that Volunteers will be found in this, and every District, to render the call (however inopportune) the less imperative. In the Yankee armiea, the work cf fortification is done by the soldiers; in onr own, since.such is considered a menial duty, we see no reason , why the sods of wealth should still iodalge i in their inglorious ease, when their itnmedi- I ate homes are in danger, and their precious ' wealth is about to be wrested from them. We trust there is *till a remnant of the bo?9ted "cbivalry" of Carolina ready to take * frigate? s place, and that the history ] we are 'now making will show one heart, [ and one will in the common cause. editoriTl items. ' r ? Friday last, the fast day appointed by President Davis, was strictly observed in our town; the places of worship were well ( attended, and business of every kind entire- : ly suspended. 1 ? March, that "came in like 3 lamb/' ( has gone out like a lion." Yesterday, we ' think has worked out the old adage, so we trust that the sunny skies of April, with its ; brief, but erratic showers, will bring forth vegetation in all its glory. ? Notwithstanding Gov. Ponham's Proc- | lamation, we see that corn and bacon is still finding its way over our lines, on various j pretences. Like the Extortion law, the j Proclamation is more "honored in the breach : than in the observance." ( ? The Legislature of Virginia have repealed the act transferring the militia to the 1 Confederate Government, and then disban- , ded them.unconditionally. ? The Confederate Government seems to have a "sweet tooth" in its head. While ' ! j calling for corn and bacon, tbey have J ; thousands of hogsheads of sngar hid away, I ( like a child'woold its C3ndy, to be sucked ! \ at leisure. They won't change it for h ead. ! ? A scouting party from Savannah, under Capt. E. II. Harrison, left Savannah last ? Tuesday, and captured a boat containing i two captains and five men, with the mail t containing despatches from Hilton Head to c Ossabaw Island. A good lick. ? It is said by the Yankees, that hardly p a day passes without serious fights between t the white and negro troops at Port Royal. * It seems the "brothers" cannot "dwell to- v getber in unity." ? It is argued by some persons, that Charleston will not be attacked, as it is the 1 best port the Yankees have to run in their goods for blockade sales, and destroy the * munitions of war belonging to the Confederacy. t! ? We learn from Fredericksburg that matters are remarkably quiet on the line of the Rappahannock. It is not likely that any immediate move will be made, owing to the great depth of mud. ? A State dinner was given last week in Washington by Secretary Seward to the Haytian Black Minister. ? John Van Buren says he is no longer for peace at any price, bat for war at any price. We have no doubt Lincoln has found out his price and paid it long ago. ? The New York Herald announces the death of Majof General Edwin Y. Sumner, U. S. A. His body was removed to the City Hall on the 24th, and was visited by thousands. ? The authorities of our neighboring town, Hamburg, S. C., (says the Augusta Constitutionalist,fare canning out the orders of Gov. Bonham, and no person is allowed to bring produce over the bridges to ' * ? it Augusta, unless an oaiu is laacn ay iue party bringing the produce over, that it is for personal use and not for speculation or sale. ? A Yankee paragraphist suggests that Lincoln have bis negro soldiers "iron clad." He bad better have their unmentionables half soled?for they will never give the enemy a chance to shoot them in the front. ? The examining wench at Suffolk,, is Mrs. John Brown, and at City Point, is Mrs. Harlan, the wife of one of Lincoln's senators, who does such dirty work for fifty dollars a month. ? Frank Blair, in a drunken spree, in St. Louis, recently deolared that they had all the power, all the men, all the means to subdue the South ; but that tbey would certainly fail and be whipped, unless they sent South and bought a General! They had no General?the South had them all! ? From the faces your fellow-travellers make over their hotel coffee now a days, you may well imagine how ieri/ it is. ? That extensive establishment, known as the Planter's Hotel, (Charleston,) corner of Church and Queen streets, fronting on Church street 122 feet, by 179 feet on Quegen street, sold for ?52,150; Mr. Gabriel Davis being the purchaser. Prom Charleston. Charleston', March 30.?The French I rrr n? *IM_ _ !11 1 a war steamer niwau, win ikuvb iu munuw, carrying off the French Consul, wiHl family and effects. The reason of this is not known, bnt it was caused by despatches brought to the Bar on Sunday, by another French steamer. The military authorities fully ex* peot the enemy's plans to be developed this week. All quiet?weather very rough. We learn officially that the enemy made a landing on Cole's Island Friday night, and that they came there with one gunboat, three transports and about two hundred men. Their object is supposed 01 be the leveling of the old fortifications on that island, and making a reeonnoisance for the purpose of determining the best base of operations in their proposed attack on this city.? Charleston Conriei\ From the West. Vioksburo, March 25.?Two of the enemy's boats attempted to pass down the river this morning. Oar batteries opened upon them with effect. One was sunk opposite our batteries; the other was badly riddled, and now lies opposito the canal batteries. It is expected she will be sunk. She was set on tire but it appeared to be extinguished. The firing of our batteries was splendid; almost every shot took effect. Mobile, March 25.?The correspondent of the Advertiser and Register, under date of Vioksburg, March 23, says that on Saturday morning, Col. Ferguson, commanding our batteries at the junction of Deer Creek with Sunflower .River, thirty miles ubovetits junction with the Yazoo, repulsed the enemy, destroying, it is said, three gunboats, and driving the balance back. Col. Ferguson had sufficient strength to hold the enemy in check, *$9 recommended that reinforcements be sent to the rear of the en^my to cut off their retreat. This movement on the part of the enemy was to flank oar batteries at fiaynes' Bluff, on the Yazoo. Richmond, March 25.?The Cincinnati Dispatch of the 19th, says that special Memphis dispatches state that the Yazoo expedition had met with a check. The gunboat Chillicothe encountered the rebel battery at the mouth of the Tallahatchie River, the fight lasting all day. One shot from the batteries entered one of her port boles, killing and wounding fourteen. She 5red sixty four shot, but was damaged seriously. The fleet consisted of the Chillioothe, DeKalb, and five small gunboats ? Eighteen transports, at last accounts, were three miles above the battery. Mobile, March 25.?Special to the Apical, dated Panola, March 22d. The Memphis Argus of the 19th received.? Federal" reports from the Yazoo Pass expedition, state that the iron-clad Chillicothe fought our batteries at Greenwood all day. She was struck sixty-four times. One shot ;ntered her port hole, killing four and vounding sixteen. fPL. a. .1.1. 1 t 11 _ ine transports, 11 is siaiea, were Daaiy lamaged by trees and snags. A Cincinnati letter, dated March 15th, ixpresses a firm opinion that the Unionists n Central and Southern Kentucky are setling up their business, preparatory to abanloning their homes. It also Bays, Kcnucky secessionists had assumed formidable >roportions, and within thirty days a revoution may begin. Troops were passing hrough Cincinnati, but are not going into Centucky. Kansom's ten thousand cavalry r till be too late. Stanton has ordered the seizure of all irivate arms in Cincinnati. n A dispatoh from Louisville, dated the Gth,says that apprehensions exist, in which be military participate, of a formidable inasion and permanent occupation of Kenncky by the Confederates. j The levees above Yicksburg are" flooding be federal camp to such an extent that the jrces on Young'B Point are forced to move, j ' At Mihkea's Bend and Lake Providence ] the work is suspended on account of the overflow. The Chicago Times of the 16th, says that the baokwater filled the canal at Ticksburg, rendering work impossible. The camps are in a miserable condition, and all camp diseases are prevailing. The smallpox is prevailing to an alarming extent. Mobile, March 27.?A speoial dispatch to the Appeal, dated Ticksburg 25th, says that at 5 o'clock, tbia morning, four boats were seen advancing towards the npper batteries. A vigorous fire was opened upon them, driving back two, when the other two passed under a raking fire, almost every shot taking effect. One received a shot in the steam ohest, compelling the crew to desert her; in fifteen minates she filled and sunk. Part of her crew escaped to the op it aai a rtVt^a/* nnu A It /\n t tit A ^ AAAAMA/1 Id Clin. pi>aite auuio. iuu uuai/ luai oouajicu 10 a upposed to be the Beaton. She was badly disabled?one shot penetrating her steam dram and disabling her so badty that the Albatross came up to tow her oat of danger of oar gan boats. Panola, March 24 ?A oopy of the Memphis Bulletin has been received.? Louisville is to be fortified and the citizens sympathizing with the Confederacy paroled. The Hetty Gil more and crew was captured by the Confederates on Green Biver. The Confederates had occupied Ornton, Ky. A dispatch states that Fort Perobertorf cannot be attaoked by infantry. The Confederate force is estimated at 6,000. It is stated that if the fort was once passed, no danger is apprehended between there. and Yazoo City. The next news it was supposed woald be flattering. MoMinnvillb, Tenn., March 27.?On Friday the 20th inst., Gen. Morgan had a " - 1 L 1 i. J i?_. severe ngnt near lumon, wmcn iasiea uvo hours. The Federals were driven back eight miles. Our loss about 15 killed and about 75 wounded. The enemy's Joss about twice that number. They had advanced to drive our forces out of Liberty. They were compelled to fall back to Murfreesboro. Capt. Laurence Jones, of Morgan's command, last week crossed the Cumberland river and captured a train of cats near Bowling Green, with a large numbfllgtoAKederal officers; also succeeded in getting 825,000 in funds.?Southern Confederacy. The Chattanooga Rebel received the following dispatoh: Columbia, March 26.?Gen. Forrest captured yesterday at Brentwood, nine miles in rear of Franklin, 800 prisoners, arms, ammunition, etc., destroying a large house of commissary stores, burning the railroad bridge and tearing up the track, and captured 17 loaded wagons. Tullahoma, March 27.? To Gen. S. Cooper : Gen. Van Born reports that Gen. Forrest made a successful visit to Brentwood with his division, burnt the railroad bridge, destroyed and took all property and arms, and captured 800 prisoners, inoluding 85 officers, and lost three killed and five wounded. (Signed) BRAXTON BRAGG. ,?,i? Prom Georgia. Milledoeville, March 25.?The General Assembly of this State convened to-day at 12, m, and immediately after, Governor Brown sont in his Message. The Governor reoommends the restricting of planting cotton to a quarter of an acre to each hand employed in its cultiva-'tion, under a heavy pei^lty. He urges the1 necessity of this course to prevent a possible scarcity of provisions. He also recommends restriction in the distillation of spirits, to prevent the use of potatoes, peas, and dried peaches for that purpose, and vigilance to detect and punish offenders.? He opposes the endorsement of Confederate Bonds bv the State, as it is calculated to impair the Confederate Capitalists at home and abroad, and injure the credit of the State as well us do the Confederacy no good but encourage reconstruction. He also recommends that Congress be requested to levy a Tax to pay the interest of the whole debt, and create a sinking fund to extinguish the debt gradually by stated payments. He urges a cordial support to the Confederate Government and Administration, and concerning State interests recommends an inorease of salaries to Officers. He desires the Legislature to devise the best plan for furnishing laborers for Coast defences, and recommends State cars be used to carry corn to destitute portions of the State. He also advises that the Militia Laws be amended, &c. A Solemn Warning to Wives. A correspondent of the Selma Reporter relates a story which should, serve as a solemn warning to the wives of soldiers. He says a few weeks ago a soldier was tried and convicted of the crime of desertion, and sentenced to be shot. % The day for the execution arrived and at the appointed hour this brave man, who had fought many battles and endured every kind of hardship, fell a bloody corpse at the haods of his oomrades. Upon inquiry it was ascertained he was as true as steel to our cause, and that it was on accomnt of his wife that he deserted. He received a letter from her full of complaints. Looking alone upon the rlnvt oMn a? fha rtaftirn oh a hnrl morrnifia/i UUIA OIUV V4 .V44V JJIVVUI W J MUW t'UU IMU^UIUVW her troubles and sufferings and earnestly entreated her husband to Teturn home. lie became restless, discontented, unhappy.? He ceased to take any interest in the discharge of his military duties, and thought only of how he could get home. His solemn oath never to desert troubled him much and he well knew the crime of desertion had become so frequent in the army it! would be punished with death. In this : state of perplexity he drew his wife's letter : from his bosom and read it again, and shutting his eyes to the consequences, ho dc 1 serted! and for his crime be suffered a i, bloody and ignominous death. His wife, { now a widow, knows no peace of mind, but; is constantly haunted with the thought that her exaggerated representations of her | trials and sufferings caused her husband's 1 ieath. Let this case be a lesson to all < wives and mothers. When yon write to the j1 loldiers speak words of encouragement; j < jheer their hearts; fire their souls, and a- '' 'OQse their patriotism. Say nothing that 1 will embitter their thoughts, or swerve them 1 Tom the path of patriotic duty. ] t Bags.?If you would like cheap news- i ?pers, a good supply of writing paper and c envelopes?all of which are almost indispensable as clothing?save your rags.? Let the rag bag become a recognized institution in every household. Nothing would tend more to increase the quantity of paper, and oheapen its price, than the general institution of the rag bag. Let every scrap of cloth, rope and thread, refuse cotton, and all waste material, of which either cotton, flax or hemp forms the fibre, be dilligently saved, and sold to the paper mills, and paper will become abuodant and be furnished at reduced rates.?Charleston Mercury. Trading Between Texas and Mexico?Exchange op Cotton.?General Magruder has issued an order allowing persons to transport ootton to the Mexican frontier. This has been done mainly from the necessity of getting snpplies from Mexico, over the Rio Grande frontier, through the sales of cotton. Bv the rules of this order importers of ! supplies or goods are allowed to export cot-1 ton to the cus tom house value of their original invoices s.t the port of entry, with one hundred per cent, added?the cotton to be valued at 8L00 per bale. Persons thus exporting co tton can only * take it to this side of the river, when they most go over and purohase their supplies, bring them across, and oq exhibition of their original invoices, be permitted to export cotton to double the amount,. valuing each bale of cotton at 8100 in speoie. Another recent order of Gen. Magruder is that all foreigners between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, holding any office or employment connected with the army in "Texas, (but not in the army) or enrolled for service, will be immediately deprived by their employers of such office, unless they take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate Stares * and enroll themselves as subject to military duty, or furnish able-bodied substitutes not liable to conscription, unless the same shall have been appointed by authority superior. * ? ? Vonu Wnornrir __Tho RiAhmnnd fin. quirrr learns direct from Norfolk, that Gen. Burnside has tarned up ia command of the 9th army corps, about 17,000, at Newport News, and that he has moved his whole command to Suffolk, where he now commands about 82,000 troops. Gen. Dix has ordered that no market carts enter Norfolk or Portsmouth, and that no provisions, except for tho army, shall be sent to those cities. The city jail in Norfolk now contains many respectable lady prisoners and citizens from tho neighborhood. Fort Norfolk is a prison, and contains Capt. Causey, of Princess Anne county, of Gen. Elzy's staff, oaptured in January; Capt. Wrighting, of North Carolina, oaptured while on furlough, and now paralyzed; Dc. Greene, of Danville, Virginia, held as hostage for Dr. Backer; Lient. E. NtMann, Adjutant of Col. Mallet's N. C. regiment, osptured at Kinston ; also Joseph Jones, farmer; James Garrison and Siddingston. D. M. W. Nasb, captured on Nansemond river on the 27th of October, and held as u spy, has been released, there being no evidence against him. Mrs. Johnson, of Norfolk, captured at same time, was held in prison at the fort and is now closely guarded in Norfolk. ?#ff? To Youe Posts The Mobile Advertiser and Registerproperly says the time has come when every officer and soldier of the army should be at his post. The voice of the North is again loud for war. The Van Burens and-Bradys, among the Demo- . crats, have ceased to talk of peace7 and swell the shout of the Republicans for more bloody fields to crush the rebellion. We have before ub the mightiest campaign of the war. If our soldiers are at their posts and' fight as they have done, we shall be victorious, and there is every reason to believe that it will be the final and crowning struggle. Indeed, the North virtually admits that tho fate of Liucolu and his Puritan party hangs on the issue of the earn paign. It f.s for Lincoln victory or death, a crown or a halter. If he overwhelms as in Virginia, at Charleston, Vioksburg and Murfreesboro, he is "master of the situation" at the North, and for us there are the horrors of a long war. If ho fails, bis own people will turn upon and rend him. This is what they believe, and it is upon .this programme that the John Van Baren Bernocrats cry for war, and give Abraham Lincoln six months or "ninety days" within which to win his crown or lose his headP.? How important, then, that our armies should be full, and that stray Confederate uniforms should vanish from the streets of the cities, , and be seen only with their regiments in the held. , Movement fortiie Impeachment op ' Lincoln.?The special Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times learns ! from a distinguished gentleman from New York, that a movement is on foot in that 1 city looking to the impeachment of Lincoln ( at the opening of the next Congress, as pro- 1 vided by the Constitution. The movement originated with the most eminent Constita- 1 tional lawyers of the country, including two 1 from the West. He says "every intelligent ( man must be aware that the crimes of the } Executive and his inability to oouduot the c affairs of the nation, even iu time of peace, 1 have furnished ample ground for his im- 1 peachment, aud every true patriot will re- r joice to learu that be is to be brought to punishment. The first draft of the articles of impeaobment are already drawn up. It embraces charges whioh, if proved against Queen Victoria, would bring her to the a untimely end of Charles 1. English peo- I pie would not have endured the outrages e on their rights to which American people ? ..- ? XT. G nave patiently suDnmceu. no Xiuguou king would bave dared violate the Eoglish 1 Constitution as the President has violated the Constitution of the United States." c The Yankee Women?The women of c Yankeedom are true to their instincts, ma- p king themselves heard amid the political f< jlamor and cross purposes of the Yankee nation. A petition, signed by twelve I ibousand eight hundred and twenty four g 'strong minded" termagants of New Eog- T land has been presented to Lincoln, asking C aim, for the Lord's sake, as well as for the political welfare of poor cuffy, to remove ;he host of intemperate and incompetent I< nilitary officials! Poor Abraham 1 the day ti >f his torment is beginning to dawn ! si Gen. Hill's Late Baid.?Gen. Hill tells qs that he ccoomplished all be intended in his late raid towards Newbern, and we are boaod to believe him. In fact, we were not of the number that expected Gen. Hill to take and hold Newbcrn. He has driven the enemy into Nowbern, and wo believe he will keep them there, and in doing this he does more by far than any one has done before him, and achieves a great viotory. If the enemy oomc oat of Newbern he'will fight and whip them, but whilo he oommands we have no idea that they oan be induced to leave the town far enough for our boys to get a chance at thorn. We have no idea that Gen. Hill intended to attack Newbern on the oooasion of.his lata exnnrflinn. fnr bad hn intended an at tack be would have made it regardless of consequences. Let Foster advanoe and he is the worst whipped Fo|?er that has been known in this war. We were never of those who expected Newbern to be ifltaken; and as long as Gen. Hill keeps the enemy under their gunboats and protects the country outside of Newbern we shall be satisfied. Raleigh Progrm. The Health of our Armies. We are rejoiced to hear from all quarters of the wonderful healthfulness of our soldiers in the field. It is comfortiug to feel that, however our finances may be wilting under the number of adverse influences to which they are now sabjeoted, there is no depreciation of Confederate bone and musoie. While the enemy is from time to time shipping from Stafford and Murfreesboro' such large bodies of sick and demoralised troops as- to induoe the belief 'that he is changing his base, our man are enjoying a vigor unprecedented. This difference in the sanitary condition of hostile armies is easily accounted for. The Yankees are unwilling warriors and they sleep in tents. The hearts of our soldiers are iu tho contest, and having, fortunately, wofn out all their tents, and being unable to procure new ones, the; take their rest in the open air, with nothing above them bnt their blankets and the canopy of heaven, and in their universally robust condition is s?ep the wisdom of the words of tbo great Napoleon, . that "tonts destroyed armies, and not artillery."?Richmond Examiner. Who will 4o Likewise ? There is no mode in whioh the prow oau aid in this war more easily-and efficiently, than in extending the influence, aqd value, and significance of good examples, and of thff aotions of citizens who shew that they recognise and admit duties higher than the code of Mammon and the practice of relentless and indiscriminate extortion. It give's us pleasure to record such instances, and we beg all friends who have authentic information and have not access to a district organ, to report them to the Courier. The Sumter "Watchman has the following from Col. James E. Rembert, of Sumtor District: cobn cheap fob 80lpiebs' families. I propose to be one of ten to furnish ono hundred bushels each to soldiers' families free of charge, and if ten1 can't be fonnd to do so, which, for the honor of Sumter Dis- , trict, I hope will not be the case, I will be | one of five, or even a less number. > March 16,1863. J. E Rembert. The Abbeville Press reports that eight citizens in one of the military beats of thatDistriot have agreed to furnish 400 bushels , of corn at 6100 , Let us have many such instances?and j if it becomes necessary, let us have the | namesdf those who distinguishes themselves i by efforts to increase the sufferings of the ; soldiers and their families, and to heap up | ungodly and unpatriotic gain at the expense of those who are offering life and blood for the cause of the oouutry.-- Char. Courier. Propositions for an Arpiistice?Fer- i nando Wood. < Under this heading the Herald publishes ' the following : , ' To the Editor of the Ecoenivrj Post : At a meeting held at Stanford, Conn., on Tuesday evening last, I said that propo- | sitions for an armistice or peace had been g submitted to the President on the 12th of j December last, which, had they been ac- t oepted, would have*terminated this war by g the 1st of April upon a basis satisfactory to i tbo people, North and South. In referring to this statement you ask : "Who made these propositions for an ar- 1 mistice or peace, the adoption of which Mr. 1 WoOd;pretends to believe would have set- a tied the matter by allfools day. If so, how ? does Mr. Wood know any thing about them ? Has he been in secret correspondence with the enemy ? Or were they made by some of the anti-war men here ? If so, j who authorized them; and what are the terms of the propositions from which Mr. Wood hopes so much ? If they are honorable to the nation, if they are suoh as patri- : otic Americans ought to favor, why not u make them public at onoe 1" n To which I say, in reply, that the state- 11 ment referred to by me was made deliberately, with a full and personal knowledge )f the facts, and that I am constrained from he publicity of them only by the request of me of the principal officers of the Governnent. When this interdiction shall be vithdrawn I will cheerfully gratify your cuiosity. Very respectfully, FERNANDO WOOD. Ci March 11, 1833. c ? mi . i i-l 1 _ 1 . .... 5'1 gay xne iviaoama ueieguuuu uune iu uu u ppeal to the citizens of Alabama for a fall ^ rovision crop. We quote the following xtract: {? Oar trae policy is to cultivate no cotton hp xcept to a Bmall extent for home consump- ^ ion, and devote the labor of the country $ o the raising of provisions. a* We can venture to pledge you to suoh en ourse of cultivation as the necessities of the "]! ountry demand, and earnestly hope the jjj; eople of all the Confederate States will ' jllow your example. C. C. Clay, Jr., W. L. Yancey, F. S. <yon, J. L. M. Curry, John P. Ralls, E. . Pargan, J. L. Pugh, David Clopton, 'bos. J. Foster, W. R- Smith, W. P. 'hilton. . I6P The Governor of Texas has sent.a ing and patriotic message to the pegisla- J. ire of that State. He opposes the admis- / on into the Confederacy of any State unless . v ? . I 1 it'ullow and protect negro slavery among its people, and declares that any State irhioh abolishes slavery should cease by that act to bo a member of the Confederacy. The Supremo Court bill was finally passed by the Senate oa Wednesday, after the adoptiou of the amendment proposed by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, in the shape of an additional section, repealing the 45th and 40th sections of the Judiciary Aot of the Provisional Congress, giving appellate jurisdiction to the Supreme Court over decisions of the State Courts. The bill provides? 1. That tho Court shall consist of a Chief Justioe, and four Associate Justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, and shall hold annually at the seat of Government, two sessions. 2. The Chief Justice shall be the Presiding .Tndfffl nf the Court, and the Associate O ~ O' ? ? ' Justices shall have precedence according to the date of their ^commissions, otherwise, according to age. 3. The Justices shall take the oaths prescribed for the Judges of the District Courts. 4. Each Justice shall receive an annual salary of 95,500. 5. All papers and^judioial proceedings of any kind, pending in or returnable to the Provisional Supreme Court, are hereby transferred to the Supreme Court oreated by this aet. 6. Repeals the 45th and 46th sections of the Judioiary Act jjf the Provisional Congress. Marriages in the Army?A Caution?A letter from Raleigh, (N. C.) contains the following paragraphs It needs no explanation : Some of our soldiers, who have wives and children at home, have married again among the Virginia girls. The sweet, lovely damsels of the Valley and Fredericksburg little think, as they take these gay young gentlemen "for better or for worse/' that they have left other devoted wives and prattling chaps behind. An instance of this 8<?n "leaked oat" a short time ago. - A "nloe young Lieutenant" of a Louisiana regiment wrote a very long'and endearing letter to his wife and children in Louisiana, and about the Bame time wrote a most affectionate, loving letter to hia newly marrlod bride, who was staying a few miles away from camp, and accidentally, but unfortunately for him, he sent the wrong letter to each, so that his love'y bride got the letter intended for the wife of his "buzum,". and she the other. I guess that made a "fuss in the family," if opt in both families. A Capture by the Privateer Retri bution.?Tbe .New York Herald has the folio wing paragraph t The brig Emily Fisher, Captain Staples, of Eastport, which arrived at this port yes* terday mgrning from Glatania, was captured Februaiy 19, off Castle Island, (Bahama,) by tbe privateer schooner Retribution. The vessel was run ashore by her on-Aokten Island, and 286 hogsheads of sugar were taken from the cargo and landed on the island. The vessel was then released by them on bonds given for her value.? The cargo now remaining on board to 114 hhds., 5 tierces and 14 bbls sugar. Cotton in the Sooth.?The amount of cotton on hand in the Southern Confedsraoy is estimated at three and a half millions of bales. At fifty cents per ponnd, (fifty per cent, leas than it is now worth in foreign markets) it would realise about 5875,000,000?a sum much larger than the entire expense of tbe war up to this time. : jtii| ' \s$ v Exemption?The question "Is- the principal exempt from conscription when bis substitute dies befove the latter becomes himself liable to conscription 1" has been determined in the affrmative by Jndge Featheratone, of Georgia, in a case recently brought before him on a writ of Habeas Corpus. , Federal Deserters.?'The Washingion correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette lays, on the 29th ult.: '"This very mornng Gen. Halleek declared that there were :wenty two thousand deserters from the irmy of the Potomac alone Oar other arnies are depleted in a similar degree." ~. David Borman, of Lexington, 8. G., las been furnishing Corn to soldiers' famiies atone dollar per bushel and grinding it it his mill without toll. Upimal. Married?On the 26th ultJtno, by Rev. J. F. Watson, rtr. JAMES McKEOWN, of York District, aDd Mrs. rIARGARET E. WHITESIDES; of Union District. ?Miliar}. Died?IntRevcland County, North Carolina, on the 2nd itlmo, Lieut. T. B. HUNT, of tiie 3Stli Regiment, N. C. In the 25th year of his age. He was in the service 16 < ionths, and died at home on furlough, from disease con actcd in camp. 'This soldier lias stood on the battle plain Where every step was over the slain. Rut the brand and Imll both passed htm by And he came to Ills native land to die. Twas hard to come to that native land { And not clnsp but few familiar hands; ; Twns hard to be numbered amid the dead, Or ere he could hear his welcome said; Rut 'twas somcihlug to see Its cliffs once more ( And to lay his lioncs on his own loved shore? . To think that the friends of his youth might weep O'er the gTcen grass turf of the soldler's^tde^^^ "Blcsspd nrp the dead who die in the Lord." DEPARTED THIS LIFE, at the residence of his son, < has. E. Baker,in Yorkvllle.8. C., on January 19th, 1863, f uptnin JOHN BAICEll, in tue "Ctli year of his age. The deceased was characterized during life am on active, lcrgctlc and upright mnn ; well known to many of oar do?t and most respectable citizens as commander of the f angdon Cliovcs, and ojher vessels, plying between Pbila- f iphiu and Charleston. He was mainly instrumental in talijishing the early trade between the above named ports, id which assumed such large proportions previous to the caking out of hostilities between the two sections. Many our couiinitnlty can testify to his kind treatment and ur- ? inity of manners, while travelling under his charge. He p is left flvc sons, an only daughter, and"n number of grand ill drcu, to mourn his Irreparable loss, whose only conso tiou is tlint their temporary loss may be Ills eternal gnin. e had lived beyond the age allotted to man, but tlie death the truly good Is sad, eoinc at wimt stnge of life it may. m i a parent, lie wns watchful, intelligent and nfffectlonate ; p a friend, kind and warm hearted. Frionds, he had many; emles, ht tiad uoue. Truly It may be said of dim. he ed die life of tlic just mail, and he died the death or the . _ [hteous. Ilia pure and unsullied life will, we trust, fur<li an example worthy of emulation by his many deacen nts. 5; May his soul rest in peace. Amen. . *** . r IfOW liXHE TIME!~ ~ t I WILL PAY THE ' ' ? HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR ALL CLASSE8 OF NEG-ROES. | C. J. PRIDE, Rock Hill, S. C. -= April 1 13 ^ tf ^SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER FI A. Envelopes for rale at the "EVQTTIJU3R OFFICE.' *fnr??mb*r 4i* if QOLTH CAROLINA-YORE DTS*J^J TBrCT,?Whereas Mm. J. A. STEELE has applied to nte for Letters of Administration onall and "Inguisr, the roods and chattels, rights and credits or JOSEPH A. STEELE, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, thcrefonvto cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear Imfora me, nt our next Ordinary's Court 'ftir the said District,torbd liolden at York Court House, on the 17th day of April next, to shew cause, ifany, why the aid administration fhou Id not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 30th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ami sixty-three, and In the eighty-seventh yew of the Inttflf pcndence of South Carolina. ' t JOHN A. BROWN, O.-T.-D. April 1 13 2t ^ HEAD-QUARTERS. CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, "" . . Colombia, S. Ch, March 28,1863. I BY order of the Superintendent of Conscription, "all inquiries for information about conscription should be addressed to the Commandant of Conscription." / ... II. The attention of all concerned la ctUled'to the foregoing paragraph. By order COL. JOHN 8. PRESTON, Commandant of Conscrlpts. Robert W. Shard, Acting Adjutant, Camp-of Instate tion. . April 1 13 It GREAT SALE OF Si FURNITURE, &C. I WILL expose to public sale,, on I THURSDAY, the 9th instant. In the Town, of Tot*? vllle, the large and valuable lot of FURNITURE, belonging to the KING'S MOUNTAIN HOTEL, consisting of 9 8IDEBOARDS, . .?! 2 CUPBOARDS, , TABLES of nil sizes, Windsor and Split Imtiom CHAIRS, . V;,i 'jm BEDSTEADS. MATTRA8SE9, SHEETS, kC. Lu A l?ma Int TAWBT ff ?? * W ITMUVI . An extensive and valuable lot ofDBLP.niso, KITCHEN" FU3N1TURE, ,, Wardrobe, Andirons, Wash* lands, Chamber Ware, &c. Persons needing nay of the above mentioned article* will have a raw opportunity of supplying themselrps, byats tondln* nt the KING'S MOUNTAIN HOTEL, in VoHOj vUle, on the 9th of APJHL. The sale will begin precisely at 10 o'clock, A. M. uar Terms made known on day of sale. ... JASPER SToWE. r April 1 13 It PROCLAMATION. STATE OF SOI T il CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPAHTMENT, By IIU E*ceU*uryM. L. BONJMM, Qtrcrnor of the State aforesaid. T)Y virtue of the authority vested isr A3 me to convene tlic General Ammnbly on extraordinary occasions. I calf upon the two House* thereof to assemble in their respective Halls, on FRIDAY, the 3rd day of April next, at , o'clock, p-m-4 to consider important matters deeply affecting the Interentsaaf tlic State mitfthcCorK* fcdcraey, whloli havo arisen since tits close of the Jam session. Given under my lined and the seal of the State, !it CoK lumbla, this twenty-eighth day of Mardb ,-in tltw [l. s.] year or oar Lord, one tnonsnnJ cjght Imndrcd on% . sixty-three, M. L. BONHAM. W*. 11. Hi'.ntt Secretary of State. April 1 13 If sure LABOR FOR THE COAST, FROM DIVISION NO. I. I IN pursuance of the requisition of * liic Genera) Comioaudine, the orders of tils Exce!Ihri? cy Governor RONI1AM. and the terms of tlie Acts-nf rite General Assembly in relation to thkt subject, 1 herebycnfl upon Division No. J, comprising the Judicial Districts of Pickens, Greenville. Spartanburg, Andorann, Union, Yffir* Chester, Lnuretw, Abbeville and Newberry, r? supply-? proportion of slave labor under the present requisition, it The Commissioners of Koads of the several Districts, and the authorities of the Incorporated towns anil village having Jurisdiction of the road bands witiiin tlieir bomi'lartes will ?U once summon all persons in the possession of slavesj within the limits of tlieir authority, to bavethdfr slaves subject to "tills call at the nearest rjulroad Depot, to the owner's residence, on WEDNESDAY, phe fittvilay of May next, at 10 o'clock, a. in., ready for transportation to Chartesloo. ^ any labor In this connection, will be required to flirt dell one-half their hands subject to road duty, for Sixty 4ayt Oud those who have furnished less than one half, vU be required by the Commissioner* and the town autiwriHawW ahrresoid. to Atrnisb enough to make up one half. Pf 11?1 owning single road liaaiU or a number not-divisible by oaahalf, will be required to send such single negroes, or two la such condition may uuitc and send one. IV. The Act requires the attendance of oneof the Com missloncrs at each Depot.' He will be metiiy an Agent of the State and of the Confederate States, and" the ncgtoca will be there receipted for. V. Assessments of the negroes arc made in duplicate upon their arrival In Charleston and before they are put to work: one oopy Is kept by mo for the owner, tire other turned over to the Confederate authorities. I nm authorized to scythe negroes will be discharged at the expiration pfthe tltirsy ~ J ""V ' " , VI, The owners of slaves are requested to furnish them with spades or slibvcls. The Confederate authorities have undertaken to have such utensils returned. Owner* Wi# also furnish their bands wftli three days' rations. Cur which commutation will be allowed. VII. Overseen,, at the rale of one to "every hundred slaves, may be selected by the own on. They will Tcceha* compensation ftom the Confederate States, -at the rate of fifty dollars per month. - v " VIIL There,Is no doubt that the Confederate Govern-* roentwiH compensate for all Ids* Of glavcs while In their employ. W?. M- SHANNON, " Agent for the State of South Cnroiiua. Camden, S. C., March 26,1863. v , Aprill 13 -3tSOFTHEKN PRINTED SPELLING BOOKS, FOR SALE. AT THE . ENQUIRER OFFICB; ^ March 25 12 tf "\TOTICE.?AS EXECUTOR OF; i.1 ELIAS M- JACKSON; deceased. I will sell to the higlmst bidder, at the house of ROBERT DAVIDSON, near Broad ttjver. on Thursday, 23rd of April, a tract of land Mousing to said deceased, containing ONE HPNDRED AND SEVENTEEN ACHEAtmd TWENTY-ONE POLES, hounded by lands of Robert Jfctvldson aitd others. Verms ihtule known nn the dav of sale. , , "!*< DAVID J. JACKSON, Executor," March 25 ? 12 4t VrOTICB.?1 WILL PAY !=II ?1 DOLLARS per CORD for TAN BARK delivered at my tannery in Yorkvillc. T WILL RENT THE HOUSE A where! nowlivc,for tire ballanceof tho ycttr-and will give possession immediately. J. HEUNDON^ March *25 12 ' tf ^ iVTOLASSES CANE SEED.?T1JE ItA time is near at hand for planting this seed, and liilnl - iug people generally not supplied, 1 in no turn ruetnod 01 it? forming them that I have THREE BUSHELS of the torn Improved seed. Tlwae desiring send can be supplied by calling on SAM'L M. JOHNSON. March 25 12 ; .21 _ WRITING PAPER, TUST Received a lot of CAP and fj LETTER PAPER, 80UTHERN MANUFACTURE. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFXCajs March 95 12 WANTED.?FOR THE CONFER ? ERATE STATES ARMY,?A large qunilUty of CORN. Apply to C1IAS. F. HARRIS, C. S. Army Agent, YorkvUle,^. Ci-'i March 25 . . 12 2t* I70R TAX COLLECTOR?WE A? are authorised to announce SMITH SANDERS mi a 'andidnte for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of Yfric JUtrict, at the ensuing election. November 19, 1862 47 ly* SCOTCH SNUFF.-A ROT OF O GOOD SCOTCH SNUFF for sale by ADAMS, McCOBKLE fc CO. March 11 10 4t TACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE 17 Remedy for DIABBHCEA, DYSENTERY, atn? 'LUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE, ? TACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE J Remedy fpr. DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and 'LUX. Sold for CASH at ' THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 11 98 tf TACOB'S CORDIAL:?A SURE 7 Remedy tor DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND LUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. JnJy 11 98 tf TACOB'S CORDIAL.?A' SURE 7 Remedy for BIARRHCEA,. DYSENTERY, AND LUX. Sold tor CASH at V\-., THE ENQUIRER OFFICE July II .28 tf JACOB'S CORDIAL.-A SURE 7 Rowedy tor DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND va. a\ua ior VABU at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. fACOB'8 CORDIAL.?A SURE r Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND LUX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. Jtflyll --8 tf FACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE | Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND LUX. Sold for (U8H at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. July II S? tf fACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE I Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and .UX. Sold for CASH at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. Inly 11 "e ? ti