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? 1 ?' '/?' ' ' ?hr ??rMfr #sq?iw. Y0RKV>I:L^ S- c. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APSIL15,1863. PASTE SLACKING. Our young friend, Master Geo. Schoeb, has presented us with a couple of boxes of excellent Blacking, as good, we think as the favorite Day & Martin of our early days. He sells it cheap too, considering the price of the ingredients, only 50 cents. We think the ingenuity and industry of our hoys should be fostered, and thus commend our young friends to public patronage. WHY THE NOBTH-WEST WANTS mm/Mm- peace. A late number of a Minnesota journal, Bays the New York Herald, quotes prices there as follows: Flour, four dollars per *. barrel; corn, forty-five cents per bushel; hogs, three dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred; hams, foarooDts per poaad; batter, ten cents per poand; pggs, eight cents per dozen, and other articles equally low. In the river counties cf Iowa beef- is only two dollars and fifty cents per hundred, or at the rate of two and a half cents per pound; and in the same State, la9t winter, not a hundred miles from the Mississippi, pork was sold dressed at less than a dollar per hundred. It is certainly not cheaper now. THE PAST AND PRESENT. Talleyrand, finding the Emperor Napoleon, as he saw, resolutely bent on bis own overthrow, began to speak out, when be said "It must be owned we are losing the game with fine cards in our hands."? Being at the time desirous of sounding the opinion of M. Decres, he one day drew that minister towards the chimney, and opening a volume of Montesqni, said, in the tone of ordinary conversation, "I found a passage here this morning whioh struck me in a remarkable manner; here it issr^When a prince has raised himself above all laws, ^ ^ - - ? .ti when bis tyranny becomes msupportanie, there remains nothing to the oppressed subject except'"?"Quito enough !" said Decres, "I will bear no more : shut the book." And M. de Talleyrand closed the book, as if nothing had happened. . How applicable the above anecdote of Napoleon and his Prime minister may be to Abraham I and Seward, time will soon show, though the latter's honesty may well be questioned. THE WAS. Since our last, the long threatened attack on Charleston has come off, the full particulars of which will be fonnd in oor columns to-day. Never, in the history of maratime wars, have such threats beeu made with such signal reverses as the present, at least, so far. The devoted city? the hot-bed of Secession?the first to fire a gun, and humble the proud flag of a corrupt Government, and thus entail on itself the curses, long and loud, of the vandal hordes^ with whom the Confederacy is now contending, she has withstood the shock of the great armada, and sent it baok, bleeding witnesses of what can he done by a gallant people, armed in the cause of jastice and right., "And thus bo it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and tile wars desolation. Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land Bless the Hand that has made, and ?rill preserve thctn a nation.'' Monday last, the loth was the second anniversary of the snrrender of Fort Sumter, and the day, whieh the Abolitionists were to "celebrate" in the coveted fortress, in the plenitude of pomp and power; but "man proposes and God disposes," and thus have the prayers of a christian people been answered, that after a most formidable attach* the Queen city reposes "as quietly as a child on the breast of its mother." It is not expected that this repose will bo long undisturbed?the canning, the treachery of our enemy, is still to be feared?we must not, by present success, be lolled into a security that may prove fatal?we must put po faith in Northern peace demonstrations, or the iymts fatui of European sympathisers?no, we mast buckle oar armor tighter on?we most add our non-producers to the forces already in the field; follow the enemy from pillar to post until the South is redeemed, and then, if need be, demand our own terms on their own thresholds. Let tbe mass meeting of New York pass for what it is worth, nothing ; tne same niau that brings us snch glad tidings, also tells as of the triumph of the Abolitionists io New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, &o. ' "in native swords, and native ranks Our hopes of freedom dwell." From the West, though much is threatened, we have the best encouragement.? Fort Femberton, Fort Hudson, and Vicksburg have proven unconquerable, and the gunboats of the enemy are floating in many waters with as many views, doubtless, which time, or perhaps, chance, will alone elucidate. The present mouth, as compared with that of last year, has so far contrasted greatly in our favor?ere another month elapses the fevers of our coast will prove a terrible foe to.tbe Northerners, when theii negro allies may easily be scourged intc their proper submission. We repeat, the skies look bright for us now, and we have much to hope for in tbe futore. JS&" The Mayor of Columbia, S. C., hai been directed by Council to invest 820,00( of their funds in 8 per cent, stock of the Government, to be held until the bonds o the city beoome doe next year. EDITORIAL ITEMS. ; ? We had quite a "blockade sale" of the "furniture of Stowe's hotel, last Thursday. From the prices that plates, &o., brought, the presumption is that there must be still use for them. ?There was a heavy shower of hail in the Northern portion of the District on Sunday evening last?some fell as large as a partridge egg, doing considerable damage. ? Every family in the District can pay a year's subscription to their papers, by saving the waste rags, so much needed at this time; we prefer them to ca3h, as they are all we can get paper for. ? We see that Gen. Jordan, Chief of .1 nance tKa AVn. ueuenti ueiturogiuu bbuu, ?ig? v..w v.? ers of slaves upon the plantations near Charleston, "to remove them beyond risk, without farther delay." Why are they not pat to work on the fortifications ? Do the owners expect pay for them, if lost, from the Government ? It looks like it. Capt. Grist has nearly oompleted the^ Conscript enrollment in Lancaster District -?143 have been enrolled, 74 turned over to the Surgeon, 35 of whom were accepted ?so says the Ledger, who highly extols , the Captain's "courtesy and efficiency." J *?The first shot fired on the Yankees in Charleston harbor last week, was from old Fort Moultrie; where 1st Lieut. E. A. Erwin, of this town, is in oommand of a company. A little beyond the Fort is lottery Bee, in which we see Capt. J. S. Sitgreaves also officiates. Old King's Mountain hails "the boys." QamawaI innnnrliuviAo Kqva lafaltr UCVCiai UkMBj WJ 1UUVUUMC* tUU uwv V ?MVV y occurred io Charlotte, N. C. The premises of Rev. Mr. Burwell have been destroyed, and the entire Female Institute would have been consumed, but for timely discovery.? Look out. ? "Devil-fishing" used to be a great a-j musemenfc to the Charlestonians. The Yankees have been trying to bait them with one, but Yankee like his "Satanic majesty" j surrendered at discretion. ? The "young ladies" of Shelby, N. C., have subscribed for the use of their soldiers*$480, in money and clothing/ ? J. N. Scofield, is making an excellent article of brooms, at Davidson College, N. C., according to the Bulletiii. ? The ladies of Charleston, it is said, crowd the Battery promenade, to witness the naval battles. We trust they will, be enabled to celebrate the approaching May festivals, with an excursion round the harbor in their own gunboats. ? The scarcity of small change in these quarters, lead us to suspect that even the small bills of the bank and corporations of Charleston and Columbia are now being hoarded up by the "usurers." They will, perhaps, be at * premium, shortly, as a bill has been introduced in Congress to establish the form of fifty cents Treasury Notes. ? One of the latest games of the Yankee religionists, is the raising of funds to supply Bibles and Testaments to the rebels.? The "Book concerns" are paying poorly, since they lost Southern aid. Let them read their own bdoks, aud profit by them in that way. ? An Episcopal [Minister in New Orleans, named Bacon, seems determined to save his jowls ; he complains of having no bishop, as the former one, "in violation of his vows has gtce soldiering." ? Ex-F esident Pierce, says the Boston ! Journal, has no word of encouragement for the Government in its straggle with the rebellion. He has published a letter to Senator Pearce, of Maryland, denouncing the Administration. He is for the prosecution of the war, nevertheless. The humbuggery of politicians, is apparent everywhere; where is "Jo Lane ?" ? Rat7* are tho best paper currency now. Most of our cotemporaries are raising their terms for the want of them. How long we may do without rests on the women and children, if men and boys think it "too small a business.'1' ? A British officer off Mobile bar, reports the capture of the city of Mexico by the French. ? Gen. D. II. Hill has invested the town of Washington, N. C., but the cowardly Yankees refuse to allow the women and children to remove, to ensure their own safety. Gen. H. will take it, however, at all hazards. ! ? Fighting is expected near Memphis.? i The merchants are shipping their goods I North, and Suttlers selling their wagons. What a pity some of our speculators were not there to make investments. ? The Senate of Georgia have passed a resolution, 25 to 10 submitting the question to the people, of endorsing the Confederate bonds. The House rejected Stevens' i resolution to reject the endorsement, 61 to j 60. ? Of the sixty-two persons injured by the ; late explosion at the Confederate States Laboratory, forty seven have died, and the remaining fifteen have recovered. ? Joseph Spratt, Esq., of Clarendon, is 1 we are informed, furnishing corn to soldiers' ! families at one dollar per bushel, and hav! ! ing it sent to the mill at his own expense. I ? A Bill has passed the New Jersey As3 i sembly providing that any mulatto coming i ) j into that State, and remaining ten days } | therein, shall be transported to Liberia, or f i some Island of the West Indies where slaveI ry does not exist. ? A General Convention of druggists and chemists will bo held in Augusta, Georgia, on the 6th of May. ? A sheep sold for mutton at Lynchburg, Va., lately, at $130. ?Extortion is high prices exacted from, the poor for the necessaries of life, WITHOUT A PROPORTIONATE COST IN THE PRODUCTION. ? The Eduoation Convention has been called to meet at Columbia, S. C., on the 28th April. ? A friend informs the Courier it is confidently believed that good paper oan he made from the root of the Cotton plant.? Will any paper makers try the experiment ? ? The Bath paper mill, recently burnt near Angnsta, 6a., was the largest paper mill in the Confederacy. ? The Virginia State Line, commanded by General Floyd, was disbanded on Wednesday last. ? The law passed by the Legislature of 'Alabama suppressing the circulation of shinplasters in that State, went into effect on the 1st instant. ? ''For the benefit of the service" is the ory under which more outrages have been committed against the people, than we could recount with twenty busy quills in half a year. ? One grain of corn in the earth is as a bullet in the heart of a Yankee soldier; and a ridge of potatoes is worth any mile of breastwork from Vioksburg to the Rappahannock. ? An esteemed correspondent writes to the Courier: "I suggest and propose that the Tax Collectors require taxes in coin from all persons who refuse Confederate money in payment of debts." ?The only foreign Consul in Charleston at present, is Senor Moncada, of Spain.? He was absent at Washington when hostilities commenced, but immediately returned. If Consuls are tolerated by our Government, we presume it is that they may report facts to their own Governments, "if they feel like it." ? The Rhode Island elections have gone I for the "Republican Unionists" almost unanimously. , ? A letter from Port Royal states that the number of freed slaves in that Department is 17,000. ? Advices from Missouri represent that 14,000 have escaped from that State. ? The bill changing the 1st S. C. Regi? ment Infantry to Artillery, has been passed over the President's veto. ? A good way to help the needy families of the District will be for kind neighbors to plough their lots or fields for them. There are several in town who wonld be materially assisted in this way, as they can cultivate with the hoe thereafter. ? We regret to learn, says the Columbia Carolinian, that Dr. Andrews, of Charlotte, N. C., who went to Europe on important business, was arrested and is now in Fort Warren. It is said the Doctor was not. as reticent about the business as the-Lincoln Government requires one to be to please it. ? James Bates, Esq., and Col. T. Davis, of Bichland, have each given one hundred bushels of corn to the Kev. Mr. Martin, to be distributed gratis among the poor, especially to the needy families of soldiers of that District. ? A delegation of planters from Arkansas, claiming to be loyal, waited upon the President, with the request that the operation of the Emancipation Proclamation be suspended in a portion of that State. This request was courteously but firmly declined by the President. ? At the cargo sale at Wilmington, last week, things went on swimmingly until the sale was about to close, when a squad of men with muakets appeared at the door and demanded that all men under forty show their "papers." About half a regiment, more or less, failed to produce their "protection," and were marched off by the guard. ?The Shreveport News quotes letter paper at that place as selling at five dollars per quire. ? The Government store-house, just below Branchville on the South Carolina Bail Boad was burnt on Sunday week, with 50,000 rations of bacon, and a large quantity of flour and sugar. ? Green peas and strawberries have been selling in the Savannah market for the past week. ? A gentleman writing from Cook county, East Tennessee, says that the wheat crop - ? x1--.a 'f 4#* t?i/>1/1 nVvnrt Jonflrr Ill fcUiib fcCUWUU U1UO mil iu jiciu avuuuauwji He also states the people are planting nothing but corn, and that if a good crop is raised, there will be more hogs fattened in East Tennessee the coming fall than ever. ? The New^York Sunday Mercury says that half the capital of the North is loaned to the Government. No wonder they desire the subjugation of the South for the payment of the debt. ? Intelligence from Japan announces the degradation of Jhe nobles who bad been connected with foreigners. This measure was supposed to be the precursor of .a repudiation of the treaties concluded by the Japanese Government with foreign powers, ?The desertions from the Federal army, says the Herald, continue unabated. In Ohio, desertion is alarmingly on the increase, and the total number from that State alone, now averages 167 to the regiment. ? At Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, it seems six men were wounded from the accidental explosion of an ammunition chest. ? Gen. Herron, commanding at Prairie Grove, Ark., gave instructions to a Captain H. D. Hart to burn a town where his mail carriers had been fired on; also, general instructions to take no prisoners. He was captured by our men, and these instructions were found upon his person; whereupon he was hanged forthwith. ? Mustard grows wild on thousands of acres in California. It is superior to the English imported mustard, and its gather* ing will yet be a great branch of business. There were shipped from San Francisco for New York in December, 261 bags of mustard. ? We abuse Jews and Yankees a great deal for speculation and extortion, and yet we have native born Southerners, thousands of them, that are doing just as much to de' stroy the Government and ruin our people ' as the Jews and Yankees. In and ont of the churches, go where yon will, yon can find them. \ ? The Yankees are seizing the farms in Virginia, renting them oat to whatever parties will take them. The Yankees have also brought from the North a large quantity of Cotton seed, and intend making the experiment of raising cotton on the strip of territory whioh they have possession of on the James and York rivers. ?The municipal elections in Maine and Columbus, Ohio, went in favor of the Republicans. ? We learn that nine members of the t. . i m II i J J i_ J "Jtieoei iroop were surpnseu auu oapturcu by the enemy yesterday, at Point of Pines, on the North Edisto River. Latest from Charleston. Charleston April 13:?All quiet. A few blockaders and the frigate Ironsides off the bar are isheonly vessels in sight to-day. A steamship arrived this morning from l^prmuda, with a cargo of army equipments, &c., for the Government. Confederate Victory in N. Carolina. Goldsboho, April 13.?News of a partial victory over the Abolitionists, near Washington, reached us to-day. It appears that the Yankees, under Foster, marching to the relief of Washington, now invested by our troops, were met and routed, last Thursday evening, near Eland's Creek, by Gen. Pettigrew.- No loss on our side. The Extra Session. The results of the deliberations of the Legislature, at the called session, will be found in the list of acts published below: acts originating in the senate. ' 1. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating in this Stale, over a certain quantity of cotton, during the present war. 2. An Act to punish purchasing under assumed authority. 3; An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to provide for the payment by the State of such War Tax as may be imposed by the Congress of the Confederate States, daring the year one thousand eight hundred and^sixty-three, and for the collection of the same from the tax-payers in this State. acts originating in the house. 1. An Act to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State. 2. An Act to enforce any proclamation of the Governor prohibiting the exportation of provisions. 3. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States aod for other purposes. TVm fnllnminc rpq.iliifinn was arlnnfad. J...W -"-e r Resolved, That do case now standing in the dockets of the Court of Common Pleas, the Circuit Courts of Equity or the Appeal Court, or which may be placed there during the year 1863, except such cases as do not fall within the provisions of the Act to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales, will be pressed or forced to trial unless with the consent in writing of the defendant or defendants, or bis or their attorney. From Charleston. Charleston, April 11.?The steamer Ella and Anna, formerly of the New Orleans Galveston line, arrived this morning from Nassau, with a cargo of merchandize, including a large quantity of Havana sugar. ' A Yankee prisoner captured last night at Folly Island, reports the Ironsides leaking badly and all the Monitors more or less injured, the Passaic seriously, and gone to Port Royal. All quiet to-day. Charleston, April 12.?During yesterday all was quiet. This morning the entire ironclad fleet departed j three going North and four going South. The Ironsides was towed over the bar. The impression generally prevails however, that they will return soon to renew the attack. The steamer Stonewall Jackson, formerly the Leopard, while attempting to run into this harbor was hotly chased by half a dozen of the blockaders and fired at. The Stonewall Jackson received several shots through her hull. Captaio Black finding it impossible to escape, ran the steamer on the beach and burned her. The crew and passengers took to boats and have reached here. Very little was saved, excepting the mail and passengers. The effects and steamer was burned to the waters edge in sight of the Yankees.' Her cargo consisted of several pieoes of field artillery, two hundred barrels of saltpetre, forty thousand army shoes and a large assortment of merchandize. Worth Considering.?Suppose, says the Tallahassee Floridian, the planters 1 plant largely of cotton, and the corn crop should prove insufficient to feed the army and the peo;ple?who will starve first, the men in the army or the planter and bis slaves? In plainer words, will not the 1 Government seize the corn in the planter's i orib and the pork in the smoke-house, rather than see the soldiers starve ? HEADQUARTERS. Djspartment or 80. Ca., CTa. and Fla.; Charleston, 8. C., April 10, 1863. General Orders No. 55. The Commanding General is gratified to have to announce to the troops the following joint resolutions unanimously adopted by the Legislature of the State of South 1 Carolina: Resolved unanimously, That the General Assembly reposes unbounded confidence in i the ability and skill of the Commanding 1 General of this Department, and the coor- 1 age and patriotism of his brave soldiers, i with the blessing of God, to defend our be- 1 loved oity, and to beat baok our vindictive foes. 1 |. Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov- 1 ernor be instructed to communicate this 1 resolution to General Beauregard. Soldiers ! the eyes of your countrymen 1 are now turned upon you on the eve of the 1 second anniversary of the 13th of April, 1861, when the sovereignty of the State of ; South Carolina was triumphantly vindicated < within the harbor whioh we are now to de- < fend. The happy issue of the action on 1 the 7th instant, the stranded, riddled wreck : of the iron mailed Keokuk?her baffled coadjutors, forced to retire beyond the range 1 of oor guns, have inspired confidence in the country that our ultimate suocess will j be complete. An inestimably precious charge has been confided to your keeping, < with every reliance on your manhood and enduring patriotism. < By command of Gen. Beauregard. (.Signed) THOMAS JORDAN, , Chief of Staff. [Official:] i Jno. M. Otey, A. A. G. From the North. Richmond, April 12,1863.?The Whig , has northern dates to the 11th. , A large meeting of the Demooraoy of New York, held-at Cooper Institute on the ] 9th, adopted a platform expressing opposi- < tion to the policy of the administration, as hostile to the restoration of the Union, sub* , versive to the Constitution and oppressive to the people; and denouncing the meas- , urea of the last Congress as repugnant to every prinoiple of justice, and calculated , to strengten the Southern States and permanently establish the so-called Confedera- ] cy. And, also, deolaring that the war, as conducted by the administration, has been ,j a failure (loud applause), and that the immense resources of men and money that ( have been freely given by the people have been dissipated, without favorable results. , 4th Resolved, That under these circumstances we declare for peace. (Great cheer* { ing.) This administration cannot conquer , the South if they would, and would not if they could. Thus, the war proving unsuo- ( oessful, we favor peace and. oonoiliation as < t i t. /v . j .u. tt_: me oniy moae ieii, iu resiurc iuc uuiuj, < etc. Fernando Wood, the first speaker - said, { if asked what the democratic successor of ] Lincoln should do, he would answer, cease hostilities and obtain a conference officially j or unofficially. j John S. Carlisle, of Vi%ini&, said the South can never be conquered. The war ( can only end in tho thorough exhaustion of both sides. t Fund Your Notes.?On the 22d ipst., all the Confederate Treasury notes, dated ( prior to Deo. 2, 1862, will cease to be fun- , dable in eight per oent. bonds, but will be fundable until the 1st of August in seven ( per cent, bonds. To facilitate the funding of these notes, the Secretary of the Treas- J ury has established depositaries in the principal cities and towns of each State in the j Confederacy. The inducement to fund in j eight per cent, bonds before the 22nd of , this month, when the privilege ceases, ( is that the holder of the Confederate bonds will be exempt from taxation to the amount ( of bonds so held. A bond which yields ( eight per cent, interest is, of course, better , tban one which yields only seven per cent., j and those who now invest in eight 'per { cents., will, doubtless, liave an opportunity ] ere long, of selling their bonds at a premium. Eight per cent, bonds of tho hun- r dred million loan, long dates, are already t selling at a premium of five per oent., and j when this premium advances to eight or ten ? per cent., the bonds now issuod, bearing eight per cent., will also command a pre- 2 mium in the new currency. ^ Tub Confederate Loan in France. ?There have just appeared in this market | some of the cotton bonds of the Confederate States of America. These bonds, which, as is well known, have been issuod by the ? Government of the Southern States to create resources, by means of the cotton which r still remains in the interior of the country, ( stipulate that in forty days after the notifi- r cation shall have been made by the holder t to the Confederate Government, the qnanti- ( ty of cotton specified in the bond shall be ( placed at his disposal iu whatever port of ( tho Confederacy he may indicate, provided { that port bo not at the time in the power ? of the Federal forees. Those bonds are, for t.li* mnst nurfc. for 25.000 Bounds of cot- i i ' / ? , ton (about 50 bales;) the value to be paid in cash, and is calculated at 6d per pound, ? English money. The purchaser can re- { ceive the cotton in the port be fixes on, and there place it in warehouses, or export it at his own risk and peril.?Jour, du- Havre. "Learning Good Manners ?The At- j lanta Commonwealth, calls attention to the ? fact that the Yankee papers are beginning j to call things by their right names. They ? speak of President Davis, General Lee, ] and often of the Government of the Con- \ federate States. Such is one of the good j results of hard fighting. The word "rebel," 1 though still current, is gradually being 1 dropped, and those big, black standing t heads of "The great Kebellion," under { which the New York papers commenced f and continued for a long time the publioa- ] tion of war news, have long since been dis- ] carded. The entire contempt of the South ( in which the war was begun by the North, ( and but for which it could never have had a beginning, is fast giving way to a respectful appreciation. It is supposed by some 1 that even the 7th N. York Regiment would T. now deoline the work of overrunning the ( South and subjugating the rebellion single- ? handed if offered them?whereas it is < known that some time ago they clamored i in vain for the job. t The Confederate Tax Bill. The Bill to be entitled "An Aet to lay Taxes for the common defence, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States," which was passed by the House of Representatives on the 22d instant, and is now pending in the Senate, provides that a tax of one per cent shall be levied on the valne of all real and personal property, moneys and credits, except on snoh per- : sonal property other than slaves which have i been taxed, money or credits as may be employed in a business taxed under this a aofc, or the profits of which are herein spe- i aially taxed: Upon the value of all agricultural products cot owned by the producers, ten per Bent.; cotton and tobaooo, when in the bands of the producer, five per oent. Bankers shall pay $500, and twenty per "> sent, upon the gross amounts of profits re- 1 alized on the business. < Auotiocers. tobacconists, cattle brokers, i peddlers, apothecaries, photographers and ' confectioners, shall pay $50, and 2 J per ' cent, on gross amount of sales. The tax } on anotion sales of stocks shall be one- ' fourth of one per cent 1 Wholesale dealers in liqnors, $200, and 1 5ve per cent, on gross sales. Betaii dealers in Honors, $100, and ten per cent. Betail dealers in groceries, dry goods, 1 etc., $50, and 2} per cent Wholesale dealers, $200, and 2& per cent. Pawnbrokers, $200, and twenty percent. en gross profits. Distillers, $200, and twenty per oent. on gross sales. Brewers, $100, and 2b per oent. on gross 1 sales. Keepers of hotels, inns and tarerns, $20, ' rod 2} per cent npon the gross amoant. ' realized in business. Keepers of oating houses and boarding; < aouses, in which there are at least six hoar- ' iers, $40, and 2\ per cent. Money brokers, *200, and twenty per 1 sent, on gross receipts. Commercial brokers, $200, and 2$ per ; sent, upon all sales made. Owners of theatres, $500, and fire per ' jent. on all receipts. 1 Each ciroas, $100, and $10 for each ex- ; bibition. Jugglers $50. On each bowling alle'y or billiard table, ' m Livery stable keepers, $50, and five per j cent on gross receipts. ; Butchers and bakers, $50, and one per , cent, on sales. Lawyers, physicians, snrgeons and den- ( lists, $50 , and 2} per cent, on gross re- ( ceipla from their profession. t On all excess over $5;000 ofnetfc profits )f any banker, anctioner, etc., 12b per cent.; ) all excess over $20,000, twenty-five per < tent. . Salaries over $1,000 and under $1,500, j iball- bo taxed one per cent.; over 1,500, j ivro per cent. ] Railroadarid steamboat companies to pay j ive per cent on receipts from passengers; ( ;Wo from freight Banks, savings institutions, gas, express, elegraph and manufacturing companies, t jartnerships and individuals shall pay 28 ( wr cent on all profits, dividends and sums I tdded to the surplus funds. 1 Insurance companies shall pay five per < sent, quarterly on gross receipts from pre- I mams. On profits on all real or personal propery bought and sold daring 1862, and to 1st 1 ipril, 1863, except in dne coarse of busi- 1 less, ten pej cent. 1 On all land, slaves, tobacco, naval stores, * iorage or provisions bought and sold after 1 1st April, except to. Confederate Govern. 1 nent, or by person or company taxed nn- 1 ler this act, 2 J per cent. After 1st January, 1863, fourteen per sent, on incomes or profits from all sources 1 )ther than from property on which a tax ihali have been paid under this act. When j he income cxoeeds $10,000, an additional ax of ten per cent, on the excess shall be ' evied. Any person not a citizen of the Confede- 1 -ate States, between 18 and 45, not in the nilitary or naval service of the Confederate States, exercising any calling herein taxed, : ihall pay a doubletax. ( Advertisements in newspapers, maga- i :ines, etc., shall be taxed two and one-third )er cent., payable quarterly. The last section exempts from taxation , irovisions purchased for family |consnmpion; real and personal property ofjjiyilians, [ if a less value than $1000; real and perlocal property of a person in the military i ir naval service, of less value than $2000; q iroperty of colleges, schools, charitable or v -eligious corporations; publio lands, bonds * if the Confederate States, and of the seveal States thereof; property from whioh j he owners have been dispossessed by the ) :nemy daring the twelve months preoo- " ling assessment; fire engines; books, por- 1 raits, pictures, and wearing apparel of i; ivery person and family, except watches " tnd jewelry ; all agricultural products * it I?* vwA^nAAil An )r 106 IStib prCUOCUUJg VIVJ; ^/ivuuvw vu and taxed under iirat section, in bands of jroducer, other than agrionitara) prodncts, ipecially taxed; all farming implements, . ind tools nsed by mechanics in their res- ( jective trades. * J ? r Sassafras Blossoms a Substitute ?or Black Tea.?It is said that if the '' )lossom of the sassafras (which will now 1 loon be in fall bloom) be gathered and dried / n the shade, be nsed fa making tea, in- c itead of the root, it will bo fonnd an excolent substitute for tea, wbioh now sells at Tom twelve to fifteen dollars a ponnd. By nany who have tried it, it is prononnced to )e a most delicious and palatable beverage. (Vhy should not some of our country friends ti ry it and send some to this place, as well ? is the large quantity of the root, which ? fads a ready sale at remunerating prices 7 ti tt might be found to be a useful article in u lospitals, as also in tue army, and would, * jonsequently, command ready sale. It will :ost but little time and labor to try it. 1 j " j J6T There is a blanket and hat manufac- } ;ory now in operation at Jackson, Miss.? * rhe blankets are very superior, being made ii )f wool felted on thin cotton goods.. They * teem to be much warmer than woven blank- h thouph scarcelv so durable. The hats till a manj ^ J c% V - -.. * - - - ''*%i , . -.? >' ' " * .. " , ' The "Irish briaade.'^A comraunU oation from Brig: Geo. Meagher, to the Yankee Secretary of War, urging that this command may be "temporarily relieved from duty iu the field," is published in the Northern prints. From bia figures, it appears that the three original regiments of the brigade (the 69th, 8*th, and 63d New York,) left the city of New York "fully 2,250 strong, including two batteries of 3 officers and 150 men each." These three regiments, says the redoubtable Ma-ar, now muster 91 officers and 531 enlisted men, all told ! Total number of missing 1,719. A New and Novel Mode of Thievery. ?From twelve to fifteen of the passengers who arrived here from Petersburg on the train Tbnraday, were minus their tiles on arriving at the Richmond depot. Few worn aware of the causes that operated to rub them of their head-gear, but it was soon ascertained to proceed from the pickets stationed on the road, who, by the aid of groan * boshes held up along the track so as to sweep th'e hats off the passengers, whose beads protruded from the windows; managed to catch off daily a miscellaneous, assortment of hstXi.?Itidimond Examiner. ? ~ ?? >? Ifir There is no danger of starvation unless the crop of the present year should prove a failure, whioh we have no reason to jxpect; and all the talk about starving ia ulAnUtaJ in An tin JuiuimiiM. 4ka KHUUHtavww vw wy-' hmiu Uvvwl V tu^ . ?uy, Bnemy into the bolief that hanger will do what powder and shot has failed to do.? Fhere is an abundance of bread and meat :o last until the next crop is gathered; and if oar farmers will tarn their whole attention to raising food, the war will be-short* jued, for onr enemies will see that we cannot be snbjngated neither by hanger nor the jayonet. .. patriotism of virqinia planters.-^. Several of the largest tobacco growing coon;ies ii Virginia have held public meetings, ind determined to cultivate no more tobacco the present year, notwithstanding the high price which the article,is commanding, rhis is truly laudable and patriotic conduct, it is really refreshing in these times of money making to see such a patriotic spirit 1 *' svinoed by a people straggling for liberty. '**" 1 - r-" ' , J?" The Virginia-Legislature has passed an Act declaring that the new issue of Confederate non interest-bearing notes to be issued after the 1st April, will be alone'received in payment of the State taxes. This provision is intended to co-operate with the measures adopted by Congress, to accredit ? tho additional inducement to fund the present current bills, and thus, hup to deplete the redundant circulation. VST The wheat crop in Mississippi, says ;ke Mississippian, looks very promising? n fact, it could not be better. There is a arge surface of our soil in wheat, promising lour in abundance after the May harvest. If there are no more frosts, this State will 'arnish wheat enough to supply half the Confederacy in flour next year. Mail Cohtracts.-?We learn ime for receiving proposals for carrying he mails in Virginia, North and South Ca'olina, Georgia and' Florida, has been ex;ended to the fimt of May, So those yttfr - Jesired to pot in bids and failed to do so >j the 31st March, still have an opportuatiy. Jag" A soldier from Chattanooga gave a rery fair idea of the attractiveness of the slaoe in the following manner: Sevnp nrere speaking of the lack of accoromodation ibere, when he remarked: "Well, if I vere to'be sent to h?I, and had. five days furlough to stop in Chattanooga, I should lay, drive on boys!" i^The Yankees claim that iheit decent drubbing at Kelly's Ford was a great "Federal victory"?when every rascal of :bem ran as fast as his legs could carry dim. A Yankee paper says "the soldiers ire in high feather over their victory."? [f they showed any feather at all, it was the ahite one ! ?? : | ? Hpntcal. r, ' 11 ' . - ?T Married?On (he 31 ft ultimo, by Rev. 8. L. Watson, iapt. ALEXANDER NEEL. of MecklenhurgCounty, N. and MItfa A. M. C- ADAMS, of Tork Dlntrlct. ^ORN^AStTED ! "PHE undersigned haying been ap* JL pointed n Government Agent for. the purchase of :ORn In York District, will pay the highest price allowed y law, for all that may be delivered at any RAILROAD DEPOT a YORK DISTRICT. The Agent hopes that he may be able to purebfts^the uantity needed by the Government for lmtqedlatQ tne, vithout the necessity of resorting to impressment SACKS will be furnished on application to the under Igned, at Yorkvillc, Soutlt Carolina. - . . yl IV. II. McCORKLB, Agent. April IS 15. . ; y ty&'f jfiV 2 OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DIS. O TRTCT^?Whereas E. J. PARIS hajsppjied to tie for Letters Of Administration on all and oiakulnrydto cods and chattel*, rights and credits of JOHJKB. 'ARIS, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. St These are, therefore, to cite and ndmonLh niland slnguor, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be ,ud appear before me, at our no.xt Ordinary's Court for he said District, to be hplden at York Court House, on the tli day of May next, to shew cause, if any, why the. aid administration should not be grantee. . riven under my hand and 8eal, .this 13th day of April, in the year or our Lord one tltonsaml eight hundred and sixty-three, nnd in the eighty-seventh year of the lrwle-. pendence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D." April 15 15 2t . ; :? L' 2 OUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS-. O TRICT.?Wlicrcas, WM. MoKEGWN, bos^applfed a me for Letters of Administration on all and-alnjrular, the oods and chattels, rigiits and credits of JOHN H. He. tEOWN, Jote qf the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singula^ lie kindred and creditors of the said deceased to be and ap* car before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said listrlct, to be holden at York Court Houseonthe 4th. day f May next, to shew cause, If any, why the safa Ldmlnlstration should not be granted, liven under my band and Seal, this 13th day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nnil In fli* plshtVLuitpnth'-vMp W thf* Indp pendence of South Carolina' JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. April 15 15 3t A CARD. IlyfR ALBERT NELSON, a private LtA In Company E, 5th REGIMENT. S. C.% about re 10th ofAngust last, placed in my hands the sum of.siryve DOLLARS, to keep for him until he met with me a in, and said Nelson having died sometime last fall witllut my having met witli him again* to reuiro to him said ioney. Some evil minded persons have falsely reported tat after the death of said NcUon, I .concealed and dented nvlng said money. I herewith publish the Certificate of te 3rd Lieutenant of my Company, FELIX MVLLINAX, bowing conclusively, that said report as to auch conccpltent and denl nl^Jg wholly fhlse and slanderous. April 10,1663. T. M. GRANT. r CERTIFY THAT MR. T.^ll. L GRANT, a private In Company E. 5th Regiment,^. C. T.j of which I am 3d Lieutenant, did, at the camp near TCderickiburg, about the time of life death of Mr. Albert lelson, publicly declare that he had SIXTY^FIVEDOLiARS, belonging to said Nelson, In his band's tor safe keep ic. Such declaration was made In my presence, and so ir from showing any Inclination to Conceal or deny having aid money, his conduct was,In every respect, that of an lOnest soldier. April 10,18C3. F. H. MULLIN AX, Lieut. Co. E, 5th Reg. 8. C. V. April.15 15 It A SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER CL Envelopes On sale at the "ENQUIRER* OFFICE.' Norember ft 43 " tf