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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
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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
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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.
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? 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 '
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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.
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? 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ]
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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