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YORKVILLE, S. C.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APP.IL 22,1863.
TO OUR PATRONS.
It becomes our duty, however. long we
have struggled against the necessity that
has now come on us; to make such new
terms as will secure the continuance of our
publication. The high price of paper, and
the difficulty of procuring it at all, has been
felt throughout the country, and now it be%
comes necessary for us to follow suit with
the other papers of the State. The price
of subscription to the Enquirer will here-,
after be Three Dollars per annum, in advance,
and of advertising $1 per square, of
ten lines, for each insertion, and nothing
counted less than a square. Clubs of five
or ten will be received at $2. The size of
oar paper is as large as any in the State,
- and our columns are not cumbered with
useless advertisements?the matter is studiously
chosen with referenoe to the times;
and we have spared no labor to make the
paper what the District requires. We have
held on as loDg as justice to ourselves would
allow it, to our old terms?note we rest our
' claims on the friends of the paper for continued
support, assuring them that none are
so anxlbus, as we will be found, to return
to old prices, and old dimensions.
These terms go into effect for the future;
the fact may not be known, but it is so,
that the unprinted sheets costs us almost the
price charged for the paper, and the article
is not falling in price : under such circumstances,
an increased subscription might
not be sought, but we are willing to labor
for the public who have encouraged us
heretofore, and as our advance is but small,
we still can.urge our claims on public favor.
Suspension would bo our only alternative.
* - April 22,1803.
SUDDEN*I)EATH.
We learn with sorrow of the death on
Monday morning last, of Mrs. Margaret
Ratchford, an old and estimable resident
of our District. On Sunday she attended
in town the funeral of an elderly
daughter, and the next morning, she was
called from time to eternity. She had
reached a good old age, and leaves a large
number of relatives, to mourn the sad dispensation.
She was buried last evening
near the loved and lost, who ha# preceded
'f/'hcr.
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THE WAR.
The only news we received by last evening's
mail, is from the West. Scouts
arrived at Vicksburg report troops still
corniDg down. An attack on Okolona,
. Mississippi, by 15,000 Abolition cavalry
was looked for on the 20th instant, as the
advance had arrived. The news from
?:Jackson states that Chalmers repnned
4,000 Yankee cavalry, artillery and infauiry
at Coldwater, with only one killed and six
wounded?the enemy's loss not known.?
He is marching on Tullahoma, with a large
force, and artillery. The enemy are believed
advancing on Holly Springs from Corinth.
All is quiet about Charleston. Thpre
are now 118 vessels, including nine iron
clads, at Port Royal.
? ? * ?
NORFOLK, VA.
Great consternation prevails among the
Yankees and traitors in this city. General
Keys, commanding the department, has issued
orders stating that the proximity of
the Confederate forces renders it proper to
notify nil foreign consuls and their families,
all women, children and other persons not
in the service of the United States, who
prefer safety to the conflict of war, that on
the approach of the enemy to any town or
village within that department and the
range of the Union gnns, such a town or
village will be fired on without further consideration.
The citizens of Norfolk have
been required to deliver up all fire arms in
their possession This is owing to the investment
of Suffolk, by Gen. Longstreet,
from whom we momentarily expect good
news.
APPEAL OP THE PRESIDENT.
\Ye publish to-day the appeal of President
Ihvis to the people of the Confederacy,
and we hope it will be carefully read
and pondered over, as its suggestions are of
vast moment at this time. While the smiles
of a gracious Providence are now evidently
upon our oause?while our people are often
. assembling in prayerful humility?how
much more in keeping would it be for those
who have food in abundance, to contiibute
of their store to the support of the soldiers
who are fighting tbeir battles, in summer's
heat and winter's cold, rather than hoardInn
if lin tn fKo nrcimlip.p rif our orcat and
'o ? ? o
glorious cause. We do not wish to see impressment
carried into effect in our District,
at least, while we know that corn is in it,
and being wagoned away; wc do not expect
it to be given away, but if it is nut
sold to the Government, or our uwu suffering
people at a fair price, let proper steps
be taken to impress by authority. The
suggestions of the Secretary are not altogether
feasihle, but a proper spirit among
the people can reconcile all difficulties, and
we trust that York District will show it now.
Read the address.
<? ? * ? ? ? ,Tames
G. Gibbes, of Columbia, S. C.,
has arrived from abroad, bringing with him
machinery for making cotton cards and
other purposes.
BETUBNED HOME.
The Columbia Guardian, of the 18th
instant, says: "The Company from this
place and vicinity, which enlisted under
Major Thomas, for and during the attaok
on Charleston, reaohed the oity yesterday
morning, having sustained no injury to life
or limb, so far as we have heard. We learn
that the conduct of the battalion (of whioh
this Company was a part, ^aml the germ)
reoeived very high oompliments from the
commanding officers. It is an episode to
their lives, which will be a proud recolleotion
for the boys, lezagenarians and valetudinarians
who largely compose the Company.
Welcome Home I" _
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
? The weather has set in most beautifully,
and our farmers are busily engaged in planting
their crops, whioh promise to be the
'largest grain orop ever before known in
dSnooJ tkn nlnnwh" crpn.
liUCOC VJUUiVtlC. "C|/VVU I'UV .
tlemen?and God will speed you and our
gallant soldiers.
? Large quantities of the Chinese Sugar
Cane will, and should be, planted this summer.
We woald suggest that those who
have mills should have them put in order,
and let it be known whether they will make
the syrup for thoso not alike provided.
? The Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance was to meet in'Columbia, today,
at 10 o'clock.
? The Georgia Legislature adjourned on
the 18th instant, after passing a bill organizing
a State Guard of the military, including
all between 18 and 60, not subject to
conscription, and abrogating the commissions
of militia officers.
? Gen. Pryor has been nominated as a
candidate for the House of Delegates, in
Virginia. He accepts, as this will not interfere
with his military duties.
? The famous Gen. Corooran was reported
killed a few days since. It seems he
shot the Lieut. Colonel of Hatpins' Zouaves,
who had just come up as reinforcej
ments, and who refused to let him pass the
| lines without the countersign.
? The Yankees are considerably cut down
u_ tt.;. .nrnrooo of P!linrl<?qfr>n_?and BOV
UJf tUCil l?TV>OVO Mt >/* ? ?? >?- - J
that an attack on that place has been given
up until "great Union sucoesses in other
quarters*' will give them leisure. Our
people will not be thrown off their guard
by any such declarations.
? The oowardly enemy with whom we
have been contending at such odds, are now
skulking under a new General, who they
hope will prove more formidable than any
they have yet had in the field?General
Starvation. We feel satisfied he will again
prove mistaken, for there is no scarcity
of breadstuffs in the Confederacy, and if
we judge from certain actions now manifested
in this and other quarters, there will
be no lack of patriotism to make them effective.
? The first N. C. Hospital, at Petersburg,
Virginia, was burned down on the 12th
instant, with 2S0 beds and other furniture.
Tt was not occupied at the time. A negro
named Morgan, who had been stealing
clothing of deceased soldiers, has been arrested
as the incendiary.
? The Legislature have restricted the
planters to one acre of cotton to the hand
?and ordained that there shall be one
general Distillery in Columbia, and all other
"stills" must stop instantcr.
? The Memphis Bulletin and Argus have
been suppressed for publishing the Cincinnati
Commercial's censure of Gen. Grant.
It said that Grant is entirely unequal to
the vast reaponsiDiuties or nis position.? |
The thing wanted in the West is a concen- j
tration of the armies under a competent
leader.
? Oo the 12th ultimo, the steamship
Brooklyn threw three shells at Fort Scurry,
but didn't hit it. Galveston is considered
very strong, and unlimited confidence was
felt in it.
? From all sections of the District, says
the Chester Standard, we have the most
cheering reports of the growing wheat crop.
The crop is unusually large and promises
| the most abundant yield.
? Strong hoarbound tea, well boiled and
drank freely, will cure the most obstinate
; case of chills on record. It is easily obtain;
ed, and the remedy should be known.
! ? Sir Frowell Buxton, son of the origii
ginator of English emancipation, has writj
ten to the London Times, disapproving, as
, barbarous, Lincoln's Emancipation ProclaI
, mation.
? A traveler on a JNew Hampshire railroad
speaks of finding "iron-clad" doughnuts
at one station.
? An Augusta (Ga.) contemporary states,
on the authority of a gentleman just returned
from the upper part of North Carolina,
that ten-penny nails arc passing current
! there at five cents each. Wc have no such
uiotalic basis for our currency here. Our
circulating mediums are grains of corn
representing fire cents, and quids of tobacco
representing the decimal.
? Sergeant Huger Mickler, of the Beaui
fort District Troop, (Hampton Legion Cav!
airy,) who has been with his brother, Ser|
geant William Mickler, and a chosen band,
on detached service, harassing the enemy's
1 outposts in Virginia for a year past, was
killed in action on the 2d inst. ?
! ? The following is a list of the rebel troop
who were captured by the enemy at the
Point of Pines, North Edisto, on Friday
last: Tuwnsend Miokell, Wm. Whaley,
Fred. Bailey, Jos. Westcoat, Robert J.
Seabrook, W. Murray, A. Lee, Wm. Baynard.
? At a recent fancy dress ball in Portland,
Maine, an editor appeared in good
"go-to-meetin" clothes. The disguise was
so complete that his best friends failed to
recognize him.
? The steamers Louisiana and Celt arrived
at New York on the 9th, from Europe
with 2,500 bales of cotton.
? Rev. A. G. Stacy, of the South Carolina
Conference, has been elected President
of the Davenport Female College, at Lenoir,
N. C.
? A Jew was paid to burn the bridge
-u:_ T>I?
UVW iiig iiiaua utoi*
? Vicksburg is to be attacked within ten
days, and all' absent officers are ordered to
report opposite Vicksburg.
? The bill to endorse Confederate bonds,
which had passed the House, was indefinite
oly postponed in the Senate of Georgia?
yeas 24, nays 10.
? A military friend waggishly remarked
at breakfast yesterday morning, speaking of
the high price of substitutes, "It's the
first time in my life I ever knew white men
to sell for more than niggers."
? The Brandon (Miss.) Republican says
that "provisions, in the greatest abundance,
are pouring into Vicksburg for our army.
? Federal accounts of the battle of Franklin
confirm the killing of Captain Freeman,
of Freeman's battery.
? The wheat prospects in Alabama are
represented as very flattering. A great
i.i n i _ i t_ _ 1 a _ J
Dreaato 01 jana is Deiugpj&uieu m cum.
? SergeaDt Henry Smith, Company B,
gunner of the Brooks gun, east barbette
battery of Fort Sumter, during the recent
engagement, enlisted from the Citadel Cadets.
He has just been recommended for
the Academy to complete his education.
? The Yankee papers are puzzled to know
what to believe in relation to operations on
the Mississippi, says an exchange. We
don't know what they believe about Vicksburg?but
they'd better be leaving it!
? The Legislature of Texas, at its last
sessiou, passed a law disfranchising foreigners
who have taken an alien oath, and those
who have left the State to avoid participation
in the war. It declares that they shall
neither take nor hold property, vote at any
election, serve on juries, or exercise any of
the rights of citizens. Those who are not
disposed to assist the Government in times
of war and danger, are not permitted to
enjoy its blessings in times of peace and
prosperity.
Gen. Van Dorn's Fight.
The Chattanooga Rebel, of April 14th,
reached this office yesterday. It has the
following concerning the recent fight:
We have stirring news from Franklin,
in Williamson county.* Van Born with
his command, seven thousand strong, as
the current on dit has it, made an assault
on that place on Friday last. The fight
which ensued was bloody, and desperate to
the end. %
After the fight at Thompson's station the
Federals fell back to Franklin. There they
have hugged their breastworks ever sinoe.
It became expedient to dislodge them, and,
at the time specified, a very well appointed
expedition appeared in front of the place.
After a random fire of half an hour the
Federals retired, and our troops reached the
public square. Freeman's Battery was
MAAW fViA liAtion
puoiCU ucui iuc Luamgu iivuogi
The Yankees had Dot proceeded far before
they met Sheridan's Division, encamped
five miles out. With these reinforcements,
they dashed upon our troops, who
had believed the days work done. A furious
encounter ensued, resulting in the capture
of Freeman's battery and its gallant
commander. Our force retired to the outskirts
of the town. The Yankees did not
pursue.
A consultation was held here, which resulted
in a resolve to recapture our lost guns
at every hazard.
With this intent a general assault was
made. The columns of cavalry dashed
down the different streets in splendid style.
But when the enemy perceived our object
he clubbed his forces before the marketplace,
barricading the battery. The struggle
here was most bloody, with heavy loss
on both sides.
In the midst of the melee the Yankees,
unable to hold either their position or our
artillery, assassinated Capt. Freeman, who
had been sent a prisoner to the rear. We
thereafter took no more prisoners.
We took three of the guns back and
killed large numbers of the enemy, but
heavy reinforcements arriving out of Nashville,
we found it expedient to retire.
Such are the details reported to us. We
have no means of ascertaining their perfect
truth. They are stated to us, however, so
positively, that we should do ourself wrong
in failing to notice them.
We do not regard the results of this fight
to be serious or look upon it in the light of
a disaster.
I
From Texas and Louisiana.?Measures
are being adopted by the command!
ing officers on the Texan frontier to put an
! end to the outrages committed by renegades.
The Legislature of Texas, at its late session,
passed a law disfranchising foreigners
who have taken an oath, and those who
have left the State to avoid participation
in the war. It declares that they shall
neither take nor hold property, vote at any
election, serve on juries, or exercise any of
the rights of citizens. Those who are not
disposed to assist the government in times
of war and danger, are not permitted to enjoy
its blessings in peace and prosperity,
i It is now stated that three ironclad gunboats
have been abandoned by the Yankees
at the mouth of Amite River in Lake Maurepas,
La.
Fbom th.k Bar.?Oa Friday morning [p
one of the Yankee blookadere, supposed to ii
be the ganboat Flambeaa, crossed the bar
and commenced firing on the wreck of the t
Keokuk. Two small boats with parties s
from Morris' Island were at work upon the e
wreck, endeavoring to bring away some ad- p
ditional trophies. The parties retired, the o
gunboats firing at them but doing no damage.
Several shots passed over the Morris'
Island batteries. One of our batteries r
opened fire, it is believed with effeot, as the h
Yankee boat hastily baoked out of range, F
not taking time to turn round, and shortly b
after recrossed the bar. The gunboat Chi- 0
cora steamed down the harbor to take part ^
in the action, but the enemy had withdrawn g
and gone out to sea long before our gunboat
could reach ber. The Flamboau was, no o
doubt, on a r<;oonnoitering tour to ascertain a
what arrangements might be made for blow- I
ing up the Keokuk. ^
There were fourteen blockaders, inclu- a
ding the 'Ironsides, off the Bar Friday c
evening. * t
From the Coast.?The heavy firiDg heard 1
Friday afternoon, we learn was caused by I
one of our batteries on James' Island opening
upon a Yankee gunboat in Little Folly &
River near Campbell's place. The gunboat &
replied, and the. firing was kept up for ^
some time on both apdes. The gunboat af- f
terwards got out of range, and the firing f
ceased. Our battery sustained no injury. P
Courier, 18 th. &
***** t n
Fhom the Upper Rappahannock.? F
A fight took place on Wednesday at Bev- 1
erly's Ford, on the Upper Rappahannock, ^
which resulted in the signal repulse of the b
enemy and the capture of twenty-one of t
their troops, including one officer, (Lieut, o
A. L. Shannon,) all of the 3d Indiana cav- ?
airy..
It is believed that this and other demon- 1<
actions unon the fords of the Rannahan- f
nock, are intended to cover a obange of Q
base, and the prospects are that McClellan's 1
route to Riohmond of last summer, with b
some modifications, will be the chosen avenue)
of the new hero.-Richmond Enquirer,
17th inst. b
o
From Mobile. c
The Mobile Tribune of the 16th notices 8
the arrival of the British steamer Neptune ?
at that port with a cargo of merchandize. 8
She is owned by a Mr. Rickaby, of Mobile, ^
and is the avant courier of several others
of her class, which were bought for running 0
the blockade. ~ w
From the same paper we learn that the n
British sloop of-war Pylades, arrived at that t]
port on the 15th, with dispatches for Mr. *
Portz, French Counsul, who is to act as J
British Consul. ^ ?'
Latest from the North. ?
By flag of truce boat to City Point, we ?
received last night New York and Baltimore
papers of "Wednesday last, April 15. They
are filled with much interesting information
from Hilton Head and Suffolk, but our ^
limited space forbids the re producing of it ^
entire in our columns. It will be seen that ^
the attempt to take Charleston has been ^
abandoned, the fleet moving from Charles- ^
ton, and the army of Hunter going to Hil- .
ton Head. The Herald gives the following
09 t!
TIIE SITUATION.
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The attempt to take Charleston ts for the j
time abandoned. The iron clad fleet of
Admiral Dupont and the army of General c
Hunter have be$n withdrawn to Port Royal. a
The experiment proved too hazardous.?
The batteries of the enemy at Sumter,
Moultrie and Cummins' Point, and the ob- i
structions in the channels, presented obsta- 0
cles too formidable to be overcome by tbe t<
force brought against them. By tbe arri- tl
val of the Arayo from Charleston bar on ti
the 11 th instant, we learn these facts. The ?
fire from the batteries was tremendous, as j
the condition of^he Keokuk shows. She a
was fairly riddledthrough and through with r,
highly polished steel shot, weighing a hun- c
dred pounds each, furnished to the rebels h
by England. Our vessels fired in all only ti
one hundred and fifty-one shots at the forts, h
while the latter struck the boats over five
hundred and twenty times. The armed
transport George Washington was destroyed
by the rebels in Coosaw river, near Port p
Royal, on Thursday morning last, as before fi
reported. She remained behind for speoial o
service under Col. Hawley, who was acting n
as post commandant at Hilton Head while I
the forces were away. Gen. Saxton, who g
was in command at Beaufort, sent for the s
Washington to make a reconuoissance a- h
round the island. In company -with the h
gunboat Hale, she went up the Coosaw p
river, was attacked by a rebel battery, which
sent a shot through her magazine and blew
her up. Tbe crew were fired upon while .
attempting to escape, and several of them s
killed and wonnded. v
Our correspondence from the Blaokwater r
to-day gives an interesting account of the 1
rebel advance upon Suffolk, the capture of ^
our outposts, and the flight of the women 8
aud children. The object of this attaok is v
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to prevent reinforcements irom reacmug
Gen. Foster ia his perilous position at
Washington, N. C., and to cut off ourforces
at Suffolk from communication with Nor- ^
folk, which latter place, no doubt, the reb- '
els intend to invest. Intelligence reached ^
Fortress Monroe on the 18th, that the enemy
had retreated four miles from Suffolk, 0
and that the gunboats sent to Foster's assistance
had succeeded in running the rebel v
batteries. f
THE PROGRESS OF TIIE WAR.
The Herald says editorially : j
The repulse of Admiral Dupont's iron- a
clad fleet at Charleston indefinitely post- t
pones, we suspect, the resumption of active r
operations against that rebel stronghold.? j
The door will doubtless be kept more close- i:
ly guarded than heretofore against English t
blockade runners, with their "aid and com- t
fort to the enemybut, as the sickly sum- s
mer season in a few weeks will revisit the t
South Carolina seaboard, we conclude that (
nothing but some overwhelming Union t
successes in other quarters will secure the a
capture of Charleston before the return of a
the malaria killing frosts of autumn. In- s
deed, it is broadly hinted in a leading abo- t
lition journal that the idea of a crushing
spring campaign has been abandoned at
Washington, and that probably our military t
operations, until the end of the summer, r
will be limited to pegging a little here and c
egging a little there, as the occasion-may [c
avite or demand. 1
The failare at Charleston, together with fc
he failare at Vioksbarg, to gain any deci- ii
ive advantage over the enemy, has, at all 1
vents, pat an end to the late confident ex- o
leotations of the country in regard to a vig- $
rous and deoisive prosecution of the war. e
? $
Kinston, April 12.?We received gloious
news from below last night. Reliaile
information has been received at this
ilace, stating that Gen. Pettigrew with his Q
irigade, engaged the enemy in heavy force tj
t Blount's Creek, in Beaufort county, on h
Thursday evening last, the 9th inst., and
;ave him a genteel thrashing.
It appears that a very large force of Ablitionists,
supposed to' number between ten tc
n?? liftoAn fhonnnrirl. /"not nndflr Gflfl. fr
" J \ 7/ -Foster,
finding it impossible to reinforce C
VashingtoD, as things now stand, landed ai
t the month of Blonnt's Creek, 17 miles d
elow Washington, on the South side of s(
be Tar River, with a view of attacking our ei
roops under General Hill, in the rear, at b;
todman's farm. ti
Gen. Pettigrew attacked them and rou- II
ed them, horse, foot and dragoons, killing ai
nd wounding many of the enemy. The ti
Tankees broke and ran in dismay and con- g
usion at the first attack, (cutting down the si
crest for miles in their rear to impede the
rogress of our pursuing troops,) leaving p<
11 their camp equipage, ordnance, com- o1
cissary and quartermaster's stores in our lc
lossession. w
It was a complete rout and no mistake. ?
text morning Pettigrew was reinforced, S
ut not a Yankee could be seen on land, p<
hey having taken refuge during the night ft
n board of their shipping, which lay well a
ff in the stream, out of harm's way. n
P. S. Sinoe writing the above we have L
earned that the enemy marched by land w
rom Newbern to Blount's Creek, and did se
ot go by shipping, as was first supposed.
?hoy did not retreat on board their boats,
ut wont back by land as they came. a<
C
Latest from tiik Peninsula.?The
xtcst reports from tho scene of Gen. Wise's di
Derations on the Peninsula, derived from mi
aptured Yankees and oar citizens, reprc- P
cut that Geo. Wise bad captured Fort tc
Iagruder, (East of Williamsburg,) with its si
arrison, estimated' at 1,000 men. The &
fankees had no troops at Fortress Monroe w
3 send to reinforce the place?a regiment T
n duty there positively refused to leave ai
rben ordered. Gen. Dix, who was com- ic
landing there, bad gone to New York to n<
ry and prevail on Gov. Seymour to send st
olunteers to aid in retaining the Peninsula, al
'be Yankees were very despondent, and pi
erne were moving in view of inroads by a<
'onfederate troops. Two cargoes of stolen ra
egroes bad recently been sent to Hayti al
rom a large camp near Hampton. The to
ridge at Hampton was heavily picketed to ti
eep off the rebels.?Richmond Dispatch, m
. ? . at
Vicksburq, April 17 ?Some eight of Y
he enemy's boats came down at 11 o'clook w
ist night. Heavy firing was opened by v<
he batteries, which was replied to briskly no
y some of the boats. One boat was fired w
y our guns and burned to the water's edge hi
3 front of the city; the others, including
wo transports, passed down; two or three
bought to be disabled. None are now ia re
ight below, but one transport is lying at si
irown & Johnston's. Two gunboats from c(
he Yankee battery on the Peninsula opend
on the city this morning, at nine o'clock, st
nd are still firing. . bi
; hi
Richmond, April 18?The Petersburg w
Expresst of to day, contains Northern dates w
f the 15th. The Herald says the attempt di
3 take Charleston has been abandoned for ai
he present, the experiment having proved G
30 hazardous. The fire from the batteries a
ras tremendous, as the condition of the g
weoknk shows. She was riddled through w
nd through with steel shot furnished the ft
ebels from England. The Ironsides re- ]c
eived 65 shots, the Keokuk 90, Weeawkeen
60, Montauk 20, Passaic 58, Nan- D
ucket 51, Catskill 51, Patapsoo, 45, Na- b
ant 80. tc
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Repulse of two Gunboats.
Richmond, April 18.?Two Bteam pro- ^
eller gunboats, one of large size and both g
o learn that there is springing up some a
ivalry in the Nassau trade. Welearnthat ai
me company has determined to reduce the e:
lied with troops, came up tne lorir river
n Thursday. The latter went up the Parunkey
river. About a mile above "West V
\jint, our-artillery opened fire, doing her tc
reat damage. At the end of the action
he was gotton off with great difficulty.? tl
?he groansandscreams of the wounded were G
ieard distinctly at West Point. Both profilers
went down the river. C
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Prom the "West. si
The Jackson Appeal of the 14th has a o:
pccial dispatch from Senatobia, of the 13th,
rhiok says that Griorson's 6th Ohio caval- g
y made an attack upon Richardson's parisans
at White's station, six miles south of u
(Iompbis, on the Mississippi and Tenncs- si
ee railroad. Tho Federals were repulsed iv
vith a loss of sixty killed and wounded. b
? t
Important Capture.?A lato letter n
rom Brownsville, published io the San fi
Antonio (Texas) Herald, says : "A Yan- p
An ntii? i\1r ffin
;ee snip was wicu&cu uu vui diu . ??. ...?
lio Grande, a day or two since. We got ](
.,500 barrels flour, 1,500 sacks corn, a lot
if shoes, hats, eto. We took twelve Yan:cc
prisoners, who were taken to Browns- 11
rille. That will help the troop here, es- p
tecially the third regiment. ti
s<
The Yankees in Gloucester, we are ti
old, have sworn destruction on everything, ft
nd have warned the farmers that it will a
le worse than idle for them to attempt to ft
aise any crops. They declare their pur- ?
?ose to burn and destroy every thing that g
3 planted, and have told the people that 0,
heir fields shall be laid waste as soon as ?]
hey dare attempt to raise any orop. They
ay, boastfully, that they have one General a(
bat can "whip the rebols," and that is e
Jeneral Starvation, and that they intend n
o lay waste with fire and sword until "we e)
re starved out." This the polioy the cow- a]
rdly miscreants have proclaimed as their
ystem of warfare upon the defenceless and
mprotected people of the South. C
ii
Blockade Runners.?We are pleaesd o
barges for freight to oa? Confederate ports
?he unheard-of charge of 8500 in gold per
on for shipments from Nassau, was causQg
importations to be seriously checked.?
.'he present rate is 8300 in gold at Nassau,
r 8500 in gold at Charleston, which is
200 in gold for insuranoe. At the presnt
rates 'of exchange, the cost per ton is
1,800 at Nassau, or 83,000 at Charleston.
7hile this state of things lasts, no wonder
je price of goods continues so high.
The increase of foreign importing compaies
should be encouraged, as prices will
iu8 be necessarily reduced.?South Caro'nian.
Confederate Congress.
Richmond, April 17.?In the Senate
k-day the House Bill passed to displace
om the Quartermaster and Commissary .
Apartments clerks liable to military duty,
ad detail for clerical duties disabled sol!.h
Ttiii ffnnao Ttill noouorl oorl a in a
i^iOi x uw ^utxibvi WWIIJ iu vug
issioo repealiog certain clauses of the ezooption
Act, was taken np and amended
y substituting clauses of the Senate ezempon
Bill relative to overseers on plantations,
li was further amended by incorporating
II the provisions of the conference ezemp*
on Bill rejected yesterday, less the pararaph
relative to overseers, etc. In this
lape the Bill passed after long debate.
The House passed the ezemption bill reorted
on Wednesday from the Committee
f Conference. Also passed the bill to al>w
Hospital accommodations to sick and
ounded officers at one dollar per day. The
[ouse adopted the following device for the
eal of the Confederate States: Equestrian
ortrait of Washington copied from the
[onument at Bicbmond, surrounded with
wreath composed of the chief agricultuil
products of the South?motto "Deo
)uce Vincemus." God being our lead,
e will conquer. The House went into
icret session on the Taz Bill.
Agriculture.?Governor Vance, ia an
idress just issued to the people of North
arolina, speaks to the point as follows:
The bright sunshine again warms and
ries the earth. We must use it to our
ilvation or neglect it to our destruction,
luuc, sew, dig and plow, corn, oats, pota?cs?anything
and everything which will
lpport life. Lot every body take to the
ilds, where the plow, not the maddening
heels of artillery, farrow the geaeroaa soil,
hose will prove the real fields of viotory
id independence. Hundreds of able-bodkl
young men in our towns and villages?
an-produoers?who, having procured subitutCs
or exemptions, now idle their time
iout empty stores or other unprofitable
lacos, should be growing something, and
Iding to, instead of diminishing the geneil
fund. Let nono be idle. And above
1; my countrymen, let none plant cotton or
ibacco. Though tho prices are high and
ig temptation great, your, profits would be
ade from the blood of brave men and the
iffering of helpless women and children,
our children and your children's children
ould reap an abundant and enduring harist
of scorn, and the remembrance of the
anner in which your wealth was gained,
ould burn into your conscience to the
our of death.
- *
I?" The Edgefield Advertiser, in a short
iview of the proceedings of the called searon
of the Legislature, thus pleasantly dis>urses
of distillation:
The distillation of spirits from all sobances,
except fruits-dp tbeirseason, is to
s confined hereafter to a great central Stilloase,
to be located at Columbia, perhaps,
here the State -Officials can watch the
hole matter and regulate the pipes from
ay to day. All licenses heretofore granted
re revoked.Our friend Mr. Wilson from
eorgetown moved to prohibit fruits in like,
tanner, but that was not a part of the protamine-?not
a drop of it?and the Senator
as left in a minority of three A number
tvored the bill, not that they loved liquor
iss but coru and bacon more. This sentitent
relieved, they had not the slightest
otion of being cut off from their peaeh
randy and apple jack. It was attempted
> </et the seed of the sorgho in the fruit
o w r
itcgory, but that oould not be allowed beluse
some ODe over in Lexington had been
lixing corn meal with it to give ifc^a better
avor.
4igl?
The Persistency of Hate ?The
Washington Chronicle, concluding an edi?
irial, says:
"If a thirty year's war is neoesaary for
ie attainment of these ends, so help as
rod, it shall be established."
Just twenty years ago, in the Federal
longress, Mr. Delict, of Alabama, ashed
[r. Adams whether ho understood him to
ly, "that in God's good time the abolition
f slavery would come, and let it come."
Mr. Adams nodded assent, and said with
rcat earnestness, "Let it come."
Mr. JDellet?"Yea, let it come. No
miter what the consequences, let it come,
lid the gentleman. Let it come, though
'iimipii nni] ohildren should be slain, though
loud should flow like water, though the
fnion itself he destroyed, though Governlent
shall be broken up. No matter though
ve millions of the pooplo of the Sontb
erish."
Mr. Adams?"Five hundred millions,
st it come."?Congressional Reports.
? ?
Oun Financial Situation.?The Richiond
Whig says: We have the most embatie
and valuable encouragement in the
dings from England that cqtton notes are
dling there at a premium, and that more
lan fifty millions of dollars have been ofired
for investment. It will require but
modicum of finanoial ability to turn this
tct to the most material advantage to us.
lur currency ought soon to be equal to
old?and will be, if Mr. Memrainger will
nly arrange, as he can readily do, through
le instrumentality of cotton, to pay the
iterest of the public debt in gold. The
ction of the British merchants and bankrs
in this matter is the judgment of the
tost sensitive and intelligent tribunal on
arth, that our independence is established
ad that our public faith will be observed.
Suffolk and Washington, N. C?
lur latest advioes from both these points
idicate that they were closely besieged by
ur forces?Suffolk by General Longstreet,
nd Washington by Gen. D. H. Hill. An
saault, with heavy fighting', was hourly
xpected at both plaoes.
' Union viljj:, April 15, 1863.
Dear Sir: In these times of high prices,
extortion and money-making, it is refreshing
to find some liberal and patriotic individuals
who are more desirous of assisting
suffering soldiers families than putting
money in their pockets. As an instance
of this I have jnst received a note from
Capt. Thomas B. Jeter, of this village, tendering
to the Board of Soldier's Belief, one
hundred and fifty bushels of Corn, to be
distributed to the most needy soldiers'
families of this District. I think this should
be made public, hoping that many of our
liberal planters wilt follow suoh a worthy
example. Bespectfully, See., .:
Jos. H. Dogan,
Chairman of Soldiers' Board of Belief
for Union District
Teacher's Convention.
It is proposed to hold a Convention of
Teachers in Colombia, on Tuesday, 28th
instant, to make arrangements for the preparation
and publication of sohool books.?
As education is of vital interest to the
Southern Confederacy, all editors are requested
to urge a full attendance on that
occasion.
? " R. W. GIBBES, M. D.
President Press Association.
'X. .
Florida Planters Plowing dp their
Cotton.?The Gaiusville (Fla.) Cotton.
States of the 11th says: - >
We are happy indeed to learn, that hundreds
of acres of ootton in this State are
being plowed up and planted in corn.?
Because there is not an immediate demand
for oorn, and because some may rot thin
year, does not make it certain that it may
not be needed next year.
'*?"*?''V*- r?? *.* ' ???'- ~-r&
The Holoombe Legion.
This fine regiment has returned to
Charleston, and is encamped at the four
mile house, under the command of Major
M. Cr. Zeigler. The command is in fine
health and under excellent discipline./* :$$
has won for itself an honorable reputation
on maoy hard fought fields.
- ' _?igg*
FOR SALE.
A LOT of SHEET BRASS, CAST #
xjl steel, and MAHOGANY VENEERING. - Inquire
at tlic MARBLE YARD?
April 22 16 . tf
BANK NOTES & SPECIE
BOUGHT AND SOLD
BY
G. R. RATCHFORD,
YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
Who will Fay the Highest Mar&et
Price for the above.
April 23 J5 if
PROCLAMATION.
-* <? '*& ii-STATE
OP SOUTH CiROUK^
B30ECUTJVE DEPARTMENT. rygCotxmuia,
S. C., April 13,1663.
WHEREAS, the present supply of
?f t provUJonstn this State 1* needed for the mitolittedrr
of the people thereof and. the soUjlnW of the Confederacy ?
therein: And whereas, It D decwcd.lntporiant to {Cerent
the exportation of the same for spoculmton::*
Now therefore i, MILLEDGE-L. BONHAM, Governor
of South Carolina, by virtue of the power vested lb me
tinder the Constitution of this State, do issue this, my
Proclamation, and tbrbld all persons, for the space nf thirty
days from this date, from exporting beyond the limits oftfals
8tate, anysnlt, bacon, pork, beef, corn, meat, wheat, flour,
rice, peas, or potatoes. The following persons are excepted,
via: Quartermasters, Commissaries, and other agents
of the Confederate Government purchasing provision*for
the army, who must exhibit satisfactory evidence of their
official character and authority; persons from' other States
who purchase for tltcir own private use and Consumption
and not for resale, who shall moke oath to that effect before
the next magistraio previous to tbo removal of the artige*
purchased, which oath the magistrate shall preserve. %d
ftirnlsh for the use of the Solicitor of the Circuit wjwn. required;
agents of counties, f>wn4t<jorpontfonr,.anji'-Soldier's
Boards of Belief, of other States, who exhibit smisfactory
proof of tlicir autliorliy to purchase.such provision !
in behalf ofrsuch counties, towns, corporations or Soldiers'
Boards of Belief for public use or for distribution atqgp.
and clmrgfttf, and not tor rc?ale cr'profit."
Qnlf innH? hw rmnw?nMpnfd nml i-nrirflM AntpflnffOBf DTOtS
from abroad arc also excepted. <
It id enjoined upon nil shorlll?, majtistrntcs and constables
and all good citizens jire appealed to, to aid In Uie enforcement
of ttilM Proclamation, and alio of the Act of the
Gentrai Assembly, entitled -'An Act to enforce cny Frocla
mation of the Governor prohibiting the exportation of provisions,"
ratified the tenth day of April, A. D-, 1.863.
Given under ray hand and the seal of tiie State, at Co] urnr
, bla, tills 18th day of April,-In the year of ourLord
J one thousaud eight hundred and sixty-three. .
M. L. BONHAM.
VV. It. Iloirrr, Secretary of Slate. . r
Apdl 23 16 Jm
CORN WANTED!
HPHE undersigned having been &pJL
pointed a Government Agent for the purchase of
CORN fnYork District, will pay the highest price allowed
by law, for all that may be delivered at any
RAILROAD DEPOT
In YORK DISTRICT.
The Agent hopes that he may he able to purchase the
quantity needed by the Government for ImmiAliSte use.
without the necessity of resorting to.impressment.
SACKS will he furnished on application to the under
signed, at Yorkville, South Carolina. J
W. U. McCORKLE, Agent.
April 15 15 tf
MY MM IiY THE WORLD,
HPHAT wants to buy a VALUABLE
_L PLANTATION, would do well to call onme. twill
sell for CASH, and will take CURRENT FUNDS in payment.
Call on mo soon. THOS. DA VIES,
YorkviHe, S. C.
April 8 14. - : 4t*
CARRIAGE SHOP.
THE Subscriber still continue? tingjja-J^gfc
CATOUAGB una BUGGY BU6INE8S
Xlxy xSSr at the Old STAND. All kftids of coon
try produce taken In exchange for work.
ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and geuernl country WORK
done by W. P. McFADDEN.
Junuary 83 4 tf
DR.ALFRED CRAVEN
$esttaf ?ralisi,
YORKVILLE, S. O.
{ftjf-On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Palmetto
Hotel."^)
January 6 1 tf
RAGS ! RAGS!! RAGS! !!
KAAA ^BS Bags Wanted at the
PRINTING OFFICE immediately forwhlch
3 cents per pound will be paid. ^ '
September iu ?? "
WRITING PAPER,
JUST Received a lot of CAP and
LETTER PAPER, SOUTHERN MANUFACTURE.
For sale at tlio ENQUIBER OFFICE.
March ?25 >12 / . tf
FjR tax collector^-we
arc authorized to annotmcc SMITH SANDERS as a
Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York
District, at the ensuing election.
November 19, 1862 47 ly*
JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE
tf Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY; and
FLUX. Sold for CASH at
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE.
JACOB'S CORDIAL?A SURE
tf Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, and
FLUX. 8old for CASH at
TITE ENQUIBER OFFICE.
July 11 28
TACQB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE
tf Remedy tor DIARRHOEA, DYSENTFRY, AND
FLUX. Sold for CASH at
. /x* the enqlirer office.
inly II S6 _tf
JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE
Remedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND
FLUX. Sold for CASH at
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE
July 11 28 tf
JACOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE
tf Romedy for DIARRHOEA, DYSENTERY, AND
FLUX. Sold tot CASH nt
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE