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Ajir HEREAS, I am credibly informed wT that large ouantitics of provisions are being export ed from this State tor the purpose of speculation, by reasor whereof the price of provisions has been much enhanced to tho great discomfort of tin; citizen.: of the State ; am wfhercas tho present supply is deemed important for tin subsistence of the people atpi, the soldiers of the Confede >}ow therefore, I, MILLEDGE L. BONHAM, Govcrno, of South Carolina, by virtue of the power vested in roe un iter the Constitution of this State, do issue this, iny Proclamation, and forbid nil persons, for the space of thirty day.' from this dote, from exporting beyond the limits of this State, any salt, bacon, pork, beef, com, tneal, wheat, flour rice, peas, potatoes, or other provisions of any description whatsoever. The 'following persons are excepted, viz: Quartermasters, Commissaries, and other agents of the Confederate Government purchasing provisions fortlte arm) who must exhibit satisfactory evidence of their officio character and authority; persons from other States whe purchase for their own itrivatc nse and consumption ant notfbr resale, who shall make oath to that effect before the WMtt magistrate, previous to die removal of the article! " purchnscd, which oati? the magistrate Khali preserve ant fUrnlsh for the use of the Solicitor of the Circuit when re quired; ogents of counties, towns, corporations, and Sol diet's Boards of Relief, of other States who exhibit satis factory proof of their authority to-purchase sucli provision: in beltalf of such counties, towns, corporations or Soldiers Boards or Belief for public use or for distribution at cost: and charges, and not for resale or profit? Salt made by nonresidents and cargoes entering our pom from abroad arc also excepted. . .Any of said articles that may be stopped in transitu wil be contlseated to the use of the State. V It is enjoined upon all magistrates and miiltJn officers ant all good citizens arc earnestly appealed to to aid iu the enforcement of this Proclamation. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, nt Colum ft! a 1 ''la, this 13th day of March, in the year of ourLori 1 i one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. u t nnviiam -sm R. Hoxtt, Secretary of 8tntc. "* - March 23 12 4t slave labor for the coast. FROM Division* HO. I. T IN pursuance of the requisition ol the General Commanding, the orders of his Excellcn cy Governor BONHAM, nnil the terms of the Acts of tin General Assembly In relation to this subject, 1 hereby cal upon Division No. I, comprising the Judicial Districts o Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Union, York j Chester, Lanrens, Abbeville aud Newberry, to supply it proportion of slave labor under the present requisition. If. The Commissioners of Koads of the several Districts . -and the authorities of the incorporated towns and village having jurisdiction of the road bands within their bounda rics will at onch summon aii persons in the possession o slaves, within the limits of their authority, to have thei slaves subject to this call at the nearest Railroad Depot, t< tiie owner's residence, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day o May next, at lO o'clock, a. m., ready for transportation u Charleston. * . ' III. AH owners of slaves who tiavc not hitherto furnislic: any tabor in this connection, will be required to furnisl on* half their hands subject to road duty, for thirty davt and those who have furnished less than one hnlf, will n< required by the Commissioners and the town authorities ni aforesaid, to furnish enough to make up one half. Person: owning single road hands or a number not divisible by one half, will be required to scud sucli single negroes, or two it V Auch condition may unite and send one. IV. The Act requires the attendance of one of the Com nrUsioncrs at each Depot. He will be met by an Agent o the State and of the Confederate States, and the negroes will be there receipted for. V. Assessments of the negroes are made in duplicate ttpoi their arrival in CUarlextou and before they arc put to work one copy is kept by me for the owner, the other turned ove to the Confederate authorities. 1 am authorized to say tin negroes will be discharged at the expiration of the thlrtt lyl. The owners of slaves are requested to furnish then ft spades or shovels. The Confederate autltorities ltnvi irtoJcen to have such utensils returned. Owners wil furnish, ibaii luuutewtfti* throe days' rations, for wliicl sfommuuttion wlli be allowed. Overseers, at the rate of one to every hundred Slaves, tnay be selected by the owners. They will receive AWftperwatfon from the Confederate States, at the rate ol fifty-dollars per month. V III. There Is no doubt that the Confederate Government will compensate for all loss of slaves while in their WM V SHANNON. Agent fbr the State of South Carolina. Camden. 8. C-, March 526, 1863. April 1 13 ,3c SOUTHERN FIELD & FIRESIDE. SUBSCRIPTIONS ADVANCED TO $4 PER YEAR. /"YWTNG to a further advance in the xj |>rice of paper and the limit put upon our supply, the Proprietor respectfully announces that from and after the 1st of MARCH, the price of the FIELD AND FIRESIDE will be as follows : For one yenr ?4 For six months 2 No deductions made to clubs, and no subscriptions received for lew than six months. Postmasters will be allowed SO per cent, as heretofore. Increased exertious will be used to make the paper attractive. The charming story? THE RANDOLPHS OF RANDOLPH HALL," will be completed in the 10th number. Back numliers, con mining this interesting romance, can be supplied. In tb< sarac number will be commenced the thrilling Prir.e Nov ? elette of INDIA MORGAN on TUE LOST WILL. ' This will run through several numbers of the paper, am wlilbe accompanied by original Tales, Essays and Poem by the best writers in the country. As only a fixed suppl; of paper caa.be had, the edition is limited, and those wish initio secure this favorite family paper would do well ti subscribe early, in making remittances be particular to state the Pos Office. County- and State, and to send no local shlnplnsters Address. JAMES GARD.VEK, Augusta, Ga. I March 11 10 lp rpAXES! TAXES!! TAXES!!"!J_ The uhdersigned win attend at the following time and places, for the purpose of collecting TAXES and re ceiving Returns for the year 1862: At I.uke Smith's, Thursday, 2nd of April. At Feemster's, Friday, 3rd of April. At Gilfillen's, Saturday, 4th of April. At Yorkvilie, Monday", 6th of April. At Youngblood's, Tuesday, 7th of April. At McConnellsviiJc, Wednesday, 8tii of April. At Brattonsvilie, Thursday, 9lh of April. At Westbrook's, Friday, 10th of April. At Coates Tavern, Saturday, 11th of April. At Rock Hill, Monday and Tuesday, 13th and 14tli, April . At Fort MUls, Wednesday, 15th of April. At Ebenezer, Thursday, 16th of April. At Clay Hill, Friday, 1/th of April. At Betliel, Saturday, 16th of April. At Allison's, Tuesday, 21st of April. At Smith's, Wednesday. 22nd or April. At Whisonam's, Thursday, 523rd of April. At Buffalo, Friday, 24th of April. At JBoydton, Saturday, 25th of April. At Hugh Love's, Tuesday, 28th of April. At Whitesidea', Wednesday, 29th of April. At Hickory Grove, Thursday, 30th of April, and Frida and Saturday, 1st and 2nd of May. Al lorKVIlie, monuay, 1 ucsaay aau ncucow)] wu 4:) i and Stli of May. The same property subject to taxation as last year. . The Books will be closed on the last day of May. By an Act of the Legislature, all persons are required t( return on oath, the number of slaves worked on their farm the present year. JOHN J, WVLIE, Tax Collector. March 25 12 4t Iff THE COURT OF ORDINARY YORK DISTRICT. .For Division or Sale of Real Estate of James A. Mc Carter Deceased. James L. McCarter, Applicant, r?. Christopher L. H. Mc Carter, el at., Heirs-at-Law of James A. McCarter, deceased rP appearing to my satisfaction thai Robert M. McCarter, John C. McCarter, and Harriet McCarter, widow of David L. McCarter, deceased, an the children of said David L. McCarter, whose names ur unknown to me, defendants In above stated case, resid without the limits of this State. It is, therefore, ordered, that they do appear and objee to the division or sale of the Real Estate of James A. Mc Carter, deceased, on or before the 15th dav of June next or their consent to tire same will he entered of record. J. A. BROWN, C. Y. n. March 24 12 3m YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully inionns the citizens c York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties o North Carolina, that he Is fully prepared to supply every ar tide In the MARBLE LINE, of tile highest style of finis! and at reasonable prices. He keew constantly on .land, a large supply of FORE1GI and DOMESTIC MARBLE,'and specimens of his wor1 may be alvcavs seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "EN ftulRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors Nortl of "Stowe's" Hotel. Qr> All work will be delivered at any point on the King' Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. He Is also prepared to fnrnish to order, IRON RAILINl of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, fcc. January' 10 2 |P^ OFFICE A. Q. M., CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1862. MR. J. C. MILLER is appointet Agent of this Department, tor the purchase e FODDER and CORN for the District* of York and Chestci Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carotina.Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. N WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government wa experienced lost year, by Fodder being improperly packet! all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M. October 15 12 tf An Act to Begulato Impressments. i The following act has passed both Houses i of Congress: i Be it enacted, etc., That whenever the i exigencies of any army in the fiel$ are ii snoh as to make impressments ot forage, i articles of subsistence or other property ab- ' solutely necessary, then such impressment may be made by the officer or officers who9c duties it is to furnish Snob forage, articles of subsistence or other property for Buoh army. In cases where the owner of suoh property and the impressing officer cannot I agree upon the value"" thereof, it shall be the doty of such impressing officer, upon 1 an affidavit in writing of the owner of such | property or his agent, that such property * was grown, raised or produced by said ow-^ r ner, or is held or has been purchased by. ; him not for sale or speoulation, but for bis ' own use or consumption, to cause the same , to be ascertained or determined by the ! judgment of two loyal and disinterested ; citizens of the city, connty or parish in 1 which such impressment may be made, one i -to'be selected by the owner, one by the : impressing officer, and, in the event of J their disagreement, these two shall choose - an umpire of like qualification whose doi cision shall be final. The persons, thus ses lected, after taking an oath^o appraise the , property impressed, fairly and impartially ( (whioh oath as well a's the affidavit provided for in this seotion, tho impressing ! officerjs hereby authorized to administer and certify,) shall proceed to assess just ' compensation for the property so impressed, whether the absolute ownership or the temporary use thereof only is required, i Sec. 2. That the officer: or person, impressing property as aforesaid, shall, at the F time of said taking pay to the owner, bis j agent or attorney, the compensation fixed J. by said appraisers ^and shall also give to , the owner, or person controlling said property, a certificate over his official signature, j specifying the battalion, regiment, brigade, - division or corps, to which he belongs; that r said property is essential for the nse of the r army, could not be otherwise procured, and ' was taken tbrongh absolute neoessity; seti ting fortb the time and place when and , where taken, the amount of compensation ; fixed by said appraisers, and the sum, if \ any, paid for the same. Said certificate > shall be evidence for the owner, as well of the taking of said property for the public ! use, as the right of the owner to the amount ) of compensation fixed as aforesaid. And : in case said officer or person, taking said : property, shall have failed to pay the own' er, or his agent, said compensation as here| inbefore required, then said owner shall be > entitled to the speedy payment of the same by the proper disbursing officer, which, i ! when so paid shall be in full satisfaction of 1 r ail claim against tbe government of the 1 Confederate States. 1 Sec. 3. Whenever the appraisement, provided for in the first section of this act) shall, for any reason, be impracticable at j the time of said impressment, then, and in that case, the valne of the property impressed shall be assessed as soon as possible by two- loyal and disinterested citizens of the ] city, county or parish, wherein the proper- ( ty was takeu, chosen as follows: One by j the owner, and one by the commissary, or quartermaster general, or his agent, who, in case of disagreement, shall choose a third ' citizen of lika qualification, as an umpire, - decide the matters in dispute, who shall be sworn as aforesaid, who shall hear the - the proofs, adduced by the parties, as to ! the value of said property, and assess a just compensation theretor, according to the testimony. Sec. 4. That whenever the Secretary of 3 War shall be of opinion that it is necessary f to take private property for publio use, by a reason of the impracticability of procuring t the same by purchase, so as to accumlate i- necessary supplies for the army, or the good of tbo service,, in any locality, he may, by - general order, through the proper subordinate officers, authorize suoh property to be - taken foi the public use, the compensation due the owner for the same to be determined and-the value found as provided for in the first and second sections of this act. Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the President, as early as practicable after the . passage of this act, to appoint a commissioner in each State where property shall be taken for publio use, and request the -Governor of such of the States in which the President shall appoint said commissioner, : to appoint another commissioner to act in conjunction with the commissioner appointy ed by the President, who shall receive the i, compensation of eight dollars per day, and ten cents per mile as mileage, to be paid by 3 the Confederate Government. Said comb missioners shall constitute a board, whose duty it shall be to fix upon the prices to be , paid by the government for all property impressed or taken for the public use, as ' aforesaid, so as to afford just compensation - to the owners thereof. Said commission" ers shall agree upon, and publish a scbcd^ J ule of prices every two months, or oftener, J if they shall deem it proper; and in the e event they shall not be able to agree in any :t matter confided to them in this act, they shall have power to appoint an umpire to deoide the matter in dispute, whose decision shall be the decison of the board; and " said umpire shall receive the same rate of \ compensation for the time be shall serve, - allowed to said commissioners respectively; h Provided, That said commissioners shall J be residents of the State for which they - shall be appointed, and if the Governor of any State shall refuse or negleot to appoint 8 said commissioner, within ten days after a 1 request to do so by the President, the President shall appoint both commissioners by and with the advice and cousent of the j Senate. lf Sec. 6. That all property impressed or ' taken for the public use, aforesaid, iu the - hands of any person other than the persons, ? who have raised, grown, or produced the '> same, or persons holding the same for their own use or consumption, and who shall make the affidavit hereinbefore required, shall be paid for according to the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners as aforesaid. But if the officer impressing or taking for the public use, said'property, and the owner shall differ as to the quality of the article or property impressed or taken as aforesaid, thereby making it fall within a higher or lower price named in the schedule, then the owner or agent and the officer impressing or taking, as aforesaid, may select each, a loyal and disinterested oitizen of the qualifications, as aforesaid, to determine the quality of said article or property, who shall, in case of disagreement, appoint an umpire of like qualifications, and his decision, if approved by the officer impressing, shall be final. Eut, if not approved, the impressing officer shall send the award to the commissioners of the State where the property is impressed, with his reasons for disapproving the same, and said commissioners may hear such proofs as the parties may respectively adduce, and their decision shall be final: Provided, That the owner may receive the price offered by the impressing officer, without prejudice to his claim to receive the higher compensation. Sec. 7. That the property necessary for the support of the owner and his family, and to carry on his ordinary agricultural and mechanical business, to be ascertained by the appraisers, to be appointed as provided in the first section of this act, under oath, shall not be taken or impressed for the publicise; and when the impressing officer and the owner cannot agree as to the quantity of property necessary, as aforesaid, then the decisions of the said appraisers shall be binding on the officer and all other persons. Sec. 8. Whore the property has been impressed for temporary nse, and is lost or destroyed, without the default of the owner, the government of the Confederate States snail pay a jest compensauuu mereiur, iu be ascertained by appraisers appointed and qualified as provided in the third section of this aot. If such property when returned has, in the opinion of the owner, been injured whilst in the public use, the amount of damage thereby sustained shall be determined in the manner described in the third section of this act, the officer returning the property beiog authorized to act on behalf of the government; and upon such inquiry, the certificate of the value of the property when originally impressed shall be received as jyrima facie evidence of the value thereof. Sec. 9. Where slaves are impressed by the Confederate Government to labor on fortifications or other public works, the impressment shall be made by said government according to the rales and regulations prejpribed in the laws of tho State wherein, they are impressed; and, in the absence of such law, in accordance with such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as the Secretary of War shall from time to time prescribe: Provided, That no impressment of slaves shall be made when they can be hired or produced by the consent of the owner or agent. Sec. 10. That previous to tho first day cf December next, no slave laboring on a farm or plantation exclusively devoted t-o the production of grain and provisions shall be taken for tho public use, without the consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity. Sec. 11. That any commissioned or noncommissioned officer or private who shall violate the provisions of this act, shall be tried before the military ccurt of the oorps to which he is attaohed, on complaint made by the owner or other person, and on conviction, if on officer, he shall be cashiered and put into the ranks as a private, and if a non-commissioned officer or private, ne shall suffer such punishment, not inconsistent with military law, the court may direot. "Let it be Remembered." The Countryman said last year, and his emphatio hints are now more than ever thuthful: Let it be remembered by farmers, that if they wish a speedy termination of the war, and a speedy establishment of their independence, they must raise very large grain crops. Let it be remembered, that now is the time to plant very large corn crops. Let it be remembered, that a smaller piece of land well ploughed and well manured, will produoe more grain than a larger piece carelessly prepared. Let it be remembered, that there are sharpers all over the land, speculating in provisions, and that the ravages of these army worms are more terrible than the "grand armies" of Lincoln. Let it be remembered, that if we are subjugated, it will be by the speculators in our midst, and not by Lincoln. Let it be remembered, that our farmers can do more to conquer these, than all our soldiers in the field. Let it be remembered, that the way to conquer the speculating miscreants, is for farmers to raise large provision crops of all kinds. Let it be remembered, that the worst misfortune that can befall any peoDle is a dearth V i * of provisions. . ?" Let it le remembered, that any people who have enough to eat and to wear, are bbliged to be prosperous, and cannot be conquered. . Let it be remembered, that if you wish to grow rich you must fill your corn cribs and granaries now, and be prepared to raise crops of cotton when the blockade is raised. Let it be remembered, that it is your duty to raise provisions for yourselves, and a surplus for the soldiers who are fighting your battles for you. Let it be remembered, that if you do not raise large provision crops, you are helping Lincoln and the SPECULATORS to fasten the yoke of bondage upon your wives and children. Let it be remembered, that you owe it as a solemn duty to God and your country?to your wives and children?to religion and liberty,'to raise very large crops of provisions. High Taxes. Congress is understood to. have under consideration a bill imposing direct taxes for the support of the government. The amount of taxes to be raised by the bill, it is estimated, will not fall below one hundred millions, and may reach one hundred and forty or two hundred .jmllions.? The passion for high taxes is become a perfect rage. It is said that the people are begging and entreating their Representatives to pile up the taxes mountains high?the higher the better ! WJe do not know who these people are. We are quite certain they are not tho people who will have to pay the taxes. The outcry on the subject may mislead Congress; and it would be a great national misfortune if, aoting under an erroneous impression, it should impose burdens too heavy to^be borne. Wis* statesman would never go off half-cocked and under the impulse of the moment; * 1 _ it tbey may do more misonier in one aay man ban be repaired in years. No doubt, the great mass of the people are trilling to pay taxes to their atmost capacity ; bat because thly are patriotio and liberal, that is no reason they should be crashed at one blow. The taxes to be imposed by this bill will have to be paid by a portion only of ten States. The narrow strip-of country between the mountains and th# head of. tide water, stretohing from the Rappahannock to the Mississippi, will have the chief burden to bear. Louisiana and Arkansas can pay but little?and Texas not much more. Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri cauoot be expected to contribute anything; and this fact should suggest to the Representatives from those States the propriety of abstaining from a vote on a question in which their constituents are not affected. This leaves only seven of the Atlantic and Gulf States to bear the brunt. And they are subject to ourtailment. Large portions of their territory?mountain and tide-water? have been overrun by the enemy and desolated. Those districts, of course, can pay nothing. Thus leaving the narrow belt first adverted to to pay all, and at the same time to feed the army. With Major Ruffin's or the War Department's scale of prices of agricoItur&L products, the thing will be simply impossible?except at suoh a sacrifice of property by the farmers- for the benefit of speculators and extortioners as will be intolerable. "?? rt I m _ t Ml TUe uongressionai lax out, oesiues special taxes, imposes a tax of two per cent, oo every hundred dollars worth of property' personal and real. Id addition, the State levies a tax of one per cent.?and each county's tax will be as -much more?thus I * making at least four per cent.. This levied on an assessment in depreciated currency, and paid by the sale of products at the Commissary's prices, will bring ruin on the farming interest of the country. The bill contemplates an army of Confederate officers, in the shape of Collectors; vastly expensive, infinitely annoying, and a serious drawback on the army in the field. This, which, in better timeB, would constitute an insuperable objection, may, we fear, be one of the chief recommendations with many gpntlemen in the existing state of things. There is an awful proneneis among too many of onr politicians to the Yankee model at Washington. As the willow to the water, so do their hearts incline to that corrupt system. With a view to avoid th$ waste and corruption of this system, we publish the suggestion of a correspondent, proposing that the States assume their respective portions of the tax, by exchanging their own bonds for Confederate Treasury notes. We hope the suggestion may receive suoh consideration as it merits. TAXES AND TAXATION. To the Editor of the Whig : Let suoh of the States as prefer to do so, assume the payment of their proportionate part of the sum to be raised by tho "direct" tax bill. Let such States issue their bonds bearing, say five per cent, interest, the bonds to be paid at the pleasure of the State. Let these bonds be exchanged by the State for Confederate States Treasury notes; the effect will be to add much more to the value of Treasury notes than the collection of the same sum by the hosts of officers, proposed to be created by the tax bill; for it will retire the same amount of Treasury notes, ana create a positive demand for them in the maTket by solvent purchasers. The effect will be a saving to the people, many of whom are illy able to pay so large a tax- Thus, say that the sum to be paid by Virginia be twenty millions of dollars? the interest of that sum is but one million ?at five per cent.?a sum much easier paid than twenty millions. The credit of the States will thus be brought much more effectively in aid of the credit of the Confederate States than by endorsing the bonds, as proposed by some. But the most important feature will be, that we get rid of the Confederate tax gatherer, and the host of Confederate officers proposed by the bill. It is not wise to send around tax collectors, to seize upou the property of the widow and children of the man who is in the field, in the face of the enemy. We are fighting for posterity, and posterity will be much more able to pay the debt, in time of peace, than we are to pay ? <t V i* I it, engaged, as we are, in ine struggle ior independence. We will do oar part well, if we fight their battles and pay the interest upon their debt?for theirs it will be. G. Political Pbisoners.?An arrangement has been effeoted between our own and the Commissioners of the Northern Government, by which all political prisoners j who have heretofore been permitted to return to their homes on parole are to be regarded as regularly exchanged. This ar-1 rangement will be gratifying to a large number of prisoners of this class, who have! been sent home to secure their exohange, or paroled to return North in a specified time. All this class are now unconditionally relieved from the provisioas of their parole. THE SOUTHERN GIRL'S SONG. AlK?"Bonnie Blue Flag.'" Ob, yes, I am a Southern girl, I glory in the name, And boast it with far greater pride, ? Than glittering wealth or fame. I envy not the Northern girl, .Her robe or beauty rare, Though diamonds grace her snowy neck, And pearls bedeck her hair. Hurrah, hurrah, for the sunny South, so dear, Three cheers for the hotnespun dress that Southern ladles wear. This homespun dress is plain, I know, My hat's quite common, too, But then it shows what southern girls For Southern rights will dn. We've sent the bravest of our land To battle with the foe, And we would lend a helping hand, We love the 8outh, yon know. Hurrah, hurrah, lie. ^ The Southern land's a glorious land,.. And hers a glorious cause, Then here's three cheers for southern rights, And for the southern boys, y We have sent our sweethearts to the war, But, denr girls, never mind, Your soldier love will not forget The elrls he left behind. flurrnli, hurrah, See. A soldier lad U tho ]qr| for me, A brave heart I adore, And when the sunny south is free, And fighting is no more, I'll choose me then a lover brave From nut that gallant hand. The soldier lad I love the best SluUI have my heart and hand> Hurrah, hurrah, See. And now, young men.a word to you, If you would win the fair, Go to the Held where honor calls ' And win your lady there. Remember that our brightest smiles . Are for.the true and brave, And tlmt our tears fal^fortljc Qj)e ? Who fills a soldier's grave. Hurrah, hurrah, for the sunny South, so dear, Three cheer* for the sword andjpiumo that Southern soldiem wear. The True Pedigree and Early Hi^Qry of Abraham Lincoln. "One of John Morgan's Original Squadron" writes as follows to the Atlanta intelligencer : Some time ago an article appeared in your paper, copied from one of yonr exchanges, purporting to give the pedigree and early history of Abraham Lincoln, the 'President of the United States. As the article in question abounded in. errors, which the writer of this article, by personal acquaintance with the subject, is enabled to correct, and as the subject itself is one of general interest, he feels it to be his duty to lay before the publio a true statement of the faots. The man known as Abraham Lincoln, who now sits in the seat ooce occupied respectively by Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and Jackson, was born in the county of Hardin, now the county* of Dame, in the State of Kentucky, and about forty miles from where the writer of this article lives when at home. The mother was a single woman of very low social position, by the name of Hannah Hanks. She was generally reputed to have from one-eighth to one-sixteenth of negro blood in her veins, and always associated with negroes on terms of equality. According to the statement of Hannah Hanks, her illegitimate child was the son of Abraham Inlow, (who was still alive and in Kentucky in September, 1861.) I have, myself, heard her make this statement. Moreover, Inlow always claimed the child as his'own. Here, then, is the testimony of tho two witnesses most conversant with the facts, both establishing beyond oavil that Inlow is Lincoln's father. I will here give you a few facts in relation to Inlow. He was originally from N. Carolina, but emigrated to Kentucky when very young. He is quite tall, being about six feet three inches io height. He goes barefoot.in summer, and I have'never seen him with a coat on but ooce. His pants are held up by one, suspender only, worn over the left shoulder. His nose is disfigured by having a piece about the size of a dime bit out of it in a fight. - When little Abe was four years and six months old, bis mother intermarried with a man by the name of Lincoln, and the boy was afterwards called by his step father's name. One night old Lincoln coming home and finding Inlow at his house felt those pangs which once disturbed the Doble Othollo, and caused him to immolate the spotless Desdemona. He felt those sad pangs, but he did not go off into soliloquies nor talk tragedy, but like a backwoods man of the coarser mould, he pitched into Inlow, and they had a regular "set to." Lincoln Sit off a portion of Inlow's nose, and the latter deprived Lincoln of one joint of his thumb. After this affair, old Linooln became extremely cruel to Abe, and his mother found it Decessary to send him to live with a lady who lived in the neighborhood. There he remained until he was about thirteen years of age. By this time he was also able to work ou the farm, and old Lincoln relented towards him and permitted him to return and live with him. The lady who gave Abe a home at this time was Mrs. MoBryde, who afterwards moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and who was still living on the 15th of February, 1862, at which time the writer of this artiole saw her and conversed with her. She can substantiate the statements here made. Dating Abe's residence at Mrs MoBryde's, he was sent to an ordinary old field school for three years, and there obtained the rudiments of a rough education. After his return home he went no more to sohool. Neither old Lincoln nor his wife | (Abe's mother) could read, and could not I nflft th/i moa am ii/inrvn A Ko moo nfttff DCO UUV UOO U1 uU CUUUaViUUi XXVb flHU UVU pat to hard work, and was even compelled to work on Sundays. This he could not stand, so he ran away from Lincoln and went as a hand on an Ohio hat boat. From this position he was promoted to the position of a deck hand on a steamboat. Afterwards he quit the river, went into Illinois, near Springfield, and became clerk of a saw mill. He soon afterwards studied law and commenced practicing before magistrates' courts. With his subsequent history the public are acquainted, and I do not propose to speak of it, my objeot being to supply information concerning that portion of his life which seemed to be least understood. 16?* In an editorial on the affairs of the. Southwest, the World says : "Darken counsel with words as we may, the campaign on the Mississippi is so far a fail are." It expresses doabts as to the resalt of every one of the movements now J atider way. The same paper says the in- 1 vasion of Kentucky is assuming more for- 1 midable proportions daily. < Front the Edgefield Advertiser. ( A Short Sermon. I BT THE OLE MUB8HEEN. | "flier's nine more a standin' at the dore and they all sed they'd take shugar in 1 ther'n." , 1 Sich, frends and breethring, was the talk, in a worldly oenoe, wonst kommun ( in this oar ainshant land; bat the dais is ' goo by, and the sans ran dry, and no man 1 oan say to bis nabur, hoo art thoa, man, * . ? . ? - -i _ t ana win you cage eny more suugar id your , kaugh-y. " Bat the wardz of our tex has a difrunt and a more pertiklerer meenin than this.? Thar they stood at the door on a cold win* c tars mornin, two was baptise, and two was * Methodise, and five Lutharians, and the 1 tother one was a pablikin. And they all c with one vois sed tbey would'nt dirty tber c feet in a dram-shop, bat if the pablikin 1 would go in and git the drinks they would 1 pay for 'em. And they all oried oat and 0 every man sed "I'll take mine with shagar <3 ?for it woilt feel good to drink the staff ? without sweetnin." Sq the pablikin he 1 marohed in and the bar-keeper sed, "what 8 want ye and he answered and said, "a t drink." . "How will you have it V*? 1 "Plane and strate," says he, "for it aint no 8 use waistin shagar to cimoamsalivate aka- r fortis. Bat ther's nine more a standin at 8 the dore and they all sed tbe'd take shagar in ther'n." 1 Frends and breethring, it aint only the ' likker of sperrits that is drank in this roan- j1 derboat and anderhandid way, but itis the , likker of all sorts of haman wiokidnis in ' like manner. Thar's the likker of mallis j, that a meny nv you drinks to the dregs, J bat you're sbure to sweeten it witn snager r of eelf-jnstifioashun in one way or another. a Thar's the likker uv avariss that.sam keeps 0 behine the kurtin for oonstant use, but they always has it well mizt with the sweetnin uv prudnns and ekonimy. Thar's the lik- a ker of self-law that sum men drinks by the 0 gallon, bat they always puts in it lots uv the shugar uv Take-keerer-No. X. And lastly, thar's the likker uv eztorehunashun 0 which the man sweetens accordin' to sar- 6 kamstances;?if he's in the flour line he'll say the pore'll be better off eatin corn bred; if he's in the olotb line, wy its a good thing to lam 'em to make ther own olose at home } 0 if he's in the lether line, it'll show'em the ^ needcessity of takin' better keer of ther 1 shooes; "And ther's nine more a standin' 0 at the dore and they all sed the'yd fake ? shugar in ther'n." ' But, frends and brecthring, thar's a time cummin and a place fixin, whefl thar'll be 1 no "standin' at tbe dore" to call for "shu? ? gar in ther'n." But they'll hav to go rite in and take thp drink square up to the j fruot; and the bar keeper'll be ole Saitun and no boddy else; and he'll give 'em "shu- ? gar in ther'n," you'd better bleve it; and it'll be shugar uv led and red hot led at * that, as sure your name's Consohunoe- c dodger. And you'll be intitel to your hk. f shuns three times a day if not more fre- c quentlier; and if you dont like it you'll 0 have to lump it; and so may the ole Nick ? close down upon all uv you with your silk palaverin around the plane ole rools of brotherly, lav, and ginirosity, and feller' 11 feelin, and fare play 1 Amen. ' ? 0 General Price. . r -A hnnf. Iwn waaIta a an. frAn Aral PrinA Arnaa. 1 ed the Mississippi at Port Hudson. A night o or two previous he wasseranaded?the 14th, c 16th and 17th Arkansas regiments, and the t 1st Arkansas battalion, taming oat to look d once more at their "Old Pap " The Port f Hadson News gives the following as the e General's speech in answer to the compli- ii inent. The flag to which he allades was I carried* over the enemy's breast works at a Oorinth, and had nineteen ballet boles v through it in half an hour: u Fellow. Soldiers: I am grateful for the b honor yoa have conferred upon me by this n demonstration to night. I see from the n flag before me that you are Arkansas troops, the same that followed me in Missouri.? The tatters of that old flag tell .of many & p bard fought battle, and are honorable to n the brave men who fought beneath its folds. r< [Cheers.] I am not in the habit of making ii speeches. In my yonnger days I some* p times indulged in the pastime, but of late b have given op speechifying and taken to h fighting. I am going on the other side of c he river, and ia a very short time, God willing, you will hear from me. I cannot make Dublic my plans, nor can I say to the n army what aro my intentions. It would be y impolitic; for when thf movements of the army are known to every one, tbe enemy ji will know it too. On one oocasion, some one h in my command made inquiry relative to h certain movements, and he was answered that "no one bat the Almighty and 'Old g Pap' knew." g And that is the secret of my success. I o keep my own counsel. [Cries from the crowd of Oak Bill, Elkborn, Lexington, Iuka, Corinth.] Well do I remember eaoh fl one of these battles, and well do I remem- t< ber how nobly you all acquitted yourselves A on each battlefield. I know the character" T of the men who followed me, and who will fi follow me again iu my new field of opera- ci tions. [Cries of "we want to go with you."] n But you cannot be spared just now. The p enemy is near at hand, and you are wanted 01 to drive him back. But I am going over 01 the river, and as soon as possible I shall a send full regiments here to exobange for the o decimated ranks of my old Arkansas troops, a They are veterans in the service. In know si thorn and they know me. I must have n them and I will. [Cries of "we are glad si to hear it."] And now, my friends, let me n onoe more thank you for this compliment, a Goodnight! fo Aosentees irom IBB AnguTV The following bill, in which ..offieersef the army are specially interested, was passed by the Confederate Senate, Tuesday. Jfc * has to receive the concurrence of the Bouse of Representatives, and the apptoviif 6fi6e President before becoming a liwybntwilt, Vi doubtless, receive both, at an early day, as the evil sought to be corrected is one of growing magnitude: A bill to be entitled "An Act to prev&t ;he absence'of officers and soldiers witfcbw .y ' eave. . 1. The Congress etc., do enact,, That no jfficer or soldier of the army shall reoeivj^ - *mS jay for any period daring which he may ' ibsent without leave or beyond the leave granted from competent authority aeeording o the regulations of the. army: Provided, rhat this restriction shall oot affeot t-ickand vonnded officers and soldiers in hospital! 2. Tn nrrlpr fn pnfnrr?o fhp KABiiMitnh >f the foregoing seotion, it is hereby made /' he duty of commanding officers of eompa** HQs to state upon the muster and pay rolls >f their companies the length of time any fficer or soldier has henn absent therefrojHfc without leave of competent authority since he previous payment, when the deduct:"V- ? r pay for snoh absence will be made ; [oartermaster from the amount otherwise lue the officer or soldier j and any com; aan der of a company who shall fait to OOV' t ooh absence on the master and pay rolls ot he company shall be required to rsnflHSi^ \ he Government the amount forfeited wr *-^i! uoh officer or soldier, unless it shall eleady have been received from the officer or oldiflr so absent. 8. Officere shallcertify, upon houei$||jr heir pay acconnts, -whether they have o? lave not been absent without leave by cciuetent authority within the time for which hey claim pay; and, if absent without save, they shall, state in their certifies he time and period of such absences. IfE*^ K. ike manner, commanding officers of coftfev, 7-. anies shall certify, on honor, on their paj^ < ccounts, that they have stated fully ana. ? orrectlyon the muster, and pay rolls of . heir companies the length of time eaoh ofcer and soldier of the company has bees bsent without leave since the laatpayfab*fc, - ' f the company. 4. That this act shall not be coustru$fi^0 relieve any officer or private from any ^" ther penalty to whioh he may be liable by xisting laws or regulations. X . * IIBII The Distress in France. A French paper of the 20th of February, on tains a communication growing out of a etition of 500 inhabitants of Clignancourt . n AL.!_ 0 toe senate lor reuei m uwir aoButuw ondition The artiolo portrayrthe evils?? rhioh tbe working-men are subjected-in heir spinning and weaving occupationi.r+ Ve make an extraot to show the deep disress, debasemen t and degradations to whioh hey have been reduced by the want of 3otton,. which hitherto has not oniy far- V.' tished them employment and subsistence, Mit has been in its various ramifications the curoe of commerce to a large bat now entering population. It is easy to-aee that if be conflict between-the North and South on tinue much longer, and Franco is still derived of the staples and marketa of this oantry she mnst either And some new unlisoovered path of relief, or else submit to .fate which a revolution will entail. The ollowing is the extract: "As to the actual condition of the workaen, what shall be said of it which is not 1 ready known ? Tbe weavers of some parts f Normandy eat the leaves of the colza or ape seed. At Rouen a single pariah, St. Vivien, oontains 1,170 families in a statu f destitution, and theseiamilies have their nost indispensable effects in pledge with he pawn-brokers. Mothers inscribe their laughters' names upon the pubiio registers or prostitution, and when the Registrar ndeavors to tarn them from, their frightfaj ntentions, they answer, <lce have no >read!" The peasants, in the middle ges gave their children to the wolves, and re have now advanced one degree farther in lisery a?d sham e. We are only- yet in thfi eginning of this dolefnl condition, and inst await the development of this "imlense process." Soldieb's Wit?A short time ago, a * jember of Orris Regiment, well known to lany of oar readers as Bill MeKinney, a eal bd-espritj stepped into one of the stores a Colombia, and inquired for a paper of ins, which the merchant politely handed im, when Bill asked the price?"One dolir and fifty cents, sir," replied the merbant. "Well, that's very high/1 responded BUI. mt ?_ ..x ?nr_ii ?j Ml x-U xne mercnant?*<? v* en, u yuu niu.?m ie what ia not 'very high/ now, I will give ou the pins." Bill?shrugging his shoulders and cast* ag a "winning" look at the little man he* 2nd the counter?-"well, there's not very igh UvingxulMf-9 Army/':.. > 5;. The merchant acknowledged he was solered, and the last he atv of Bill he waa oiog out of the door pocketing the paper f pins. USf During Jackson's term an application as made for the removal of some postmaa;r or deputy postmaster" ja one of the forth ern States, and it was urged opon the 'resident with a great deal of earne&uesff, rat by letter, and then a; speqial committee ime and remonstrated with great bitteress against the oondooanoe of this violent olitioal opponent of the President To ip the olimax, as the committee supposed, f the postmaster's offences, and ineure his smoval, they told the President that the bnoxions officer had called Gran. Jackson ??d-?d grey headed "Did he," lid toe'General. "He A3 " "IF I am ot mistaken/' suid Jaokeon, "that man :ormed Stony Point under Wayne, and any postmaster and to dtuneme for the balance f his mm .A'-sri