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- ' J ihjferMk fapm. >. u,, , , YORKVILLE, S. C. wednesday evening, april 29,1863. ~~ TO OUE PATRONS. It becomes our duty, however long we have straggled against the necessity that has now come on ns, to make snoh 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 becomes necessary for us to follow suit with the other papers of the State. The price of subscription to the Enquirer will hereafter 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 82. The size of our paper is as large as any in the State, and our columns are not cumbered with useless advertisements?the matter is stu diously chosen with reference to the times; and We have spared no labor to make the paper what the District requires. We have held on as long as justice to ourselves would allow rt, to our old terms?now we rest our claims on the friends of the paper for continned support, assuring them that none are io anxious, as we will be found, to return to old prices, and old dimensions. These terrosgo 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 jn price : under such circumstances, an increased subscription might not be srtught, but we are willing to labor for the public who have cnoouraged us heretofore, and as our advance is bnt small, we still can urge our olaims on public favor. Suspension..would be our only alternative. April 22, 1863. POOD FOB'THE ARMY. *?!The call of President Davis, for supplies to the soldiers is being folly respsonded to lUrVUgUUUb IUU ^aiv v* iimo k and North Carolina?primary meetings have been held, and if we are to judge from our. own Distriot, ample provision will be made for all accessible portions of oar army. ? Even iu Virginia, where bat little was to be expected, a large amount has been contributed by Amelia and Nottoway counties, and thus the idea of suffering may be set aside for the present season, while the promi>6 of large crops will leave little room for forebodings in the future. It is to be hoped that the present spirit of our people will be exercised after the army is cared for, and that our own people will be thought of, and not left a prey to the Speculators, who may endeavor to take advantage of the large amounts that are being sent away to enhance prices. Our farmers who send produce to market can always sell to private citizens at remunerating prices, and thus allow them the privilege of purchasing for their own consumption at first cost. We think speculation in bread stuffs is on the ebb, and it is in the power of producers to keep it.there, if they will. EGGS-TRAORDINARY. We have before us from the henery of Mr. Hugh M. Jackson, three mammoth eggs, being a cross of the Shanghai and Bramah Pootra. We have looked in vain for any mystic hieroglyphics, bat as two of them are damaged at their points, they remind uaof certain shells that exploded quite harmlessly in a certaia quarter a week or two since. Eggs are "a shell-fish" and oysters a "vegetable" we were always partial to?it is therefore gratifying to know that the blockade has not deprircd us of suoh luxuries. The article before us might suggest a nog for three of us, but the sweetenin' and the ardent is non-comatible these times, so we err most ^/^regiously in smacking our lips over foregone conclusions. We thank our friend for his attention, and consign the crustaceous critters to a plate of ham, if our larder can afford it. This is a great country, especially when the leathered tribe are contributing so liberally to the general relief. This is surely "foreign intervention." THE LEGISLATURE. rPL _ XT" J A cr, J.U6 liU^CUClu cr/ (?cr / puuuniico ouudry resolutions offered by Gen. Garlington, at the late session, among which was the following; beifig rejected, the whole was withdrawn : "Resolved, 3. That any attempt to depreciate the currency of f^e Confederate States by refusing the same in payment of debts, or by any other means, while it exhibits a want of patriotism and fidelity to the cause in which we are engaged, has a direct tendency to imperil the liberties and independence of these States, and should be discountenanced by all good and true citizens. The same paper goes on to state that the following districts voted for the resolutions, viz: Union, Newberry, Lancaster, Orangoburg, Pickens, Chester, York, Spartanburg, Fairfield, Edgfield, Greenville, Marion, and St. Paul's Parish. It will thus be seen that the up-country went almost in a body for the resolutions. The senators from Anderson and Abbeville were absent, and there iaa ysfancy in Laurens. Whatfobjection the "low country," if we have? to note a distinction, can have to the resolution, the people of this section would like to know?we believe the solars every where are interested in it, and tfafe the re i - : , ? solution embodies their sentiments. The 1 > * vote shows an organized opposition, one that we thiak the low country press should explain, if they eannot defend. We fully agree with oar cotemporary, that "it is not an expression which the State will countenance." ALL ABOUT CHARLESTON. The people of the good old city are kindly. permitted to "remain behind their fortifications, seoare from molestation, or from /right" by the Yankee forces. They have been outwitted1 one time, we have whipped them before, at Secessionville. Our "obstructions" are a puzzle to them, whiob they undertake to desoribe as follows: It is quite certain, from all that could be seen by the commanders of the ironclads, that Fort Ripley, -on the middle ground, is an iron battery of immense strength, encasing English rifle guns of the largest oalibre and power. A network of obstruction# (vtnftist.inp nf sunken vessels, nets. sunken cribs of stone, and faced by two Hoes of torpedoes, extends from Fort Ripley to Fort Johnson, on James Island. A small lane is left open for their own vessels to go through; but on eaoh side of this are two rebel gunboats?the Palmetto State and Chicora on the right or Northern side, and the Turtle and a heavy wooden gunboat, barricaded with cotton, on the other. These practically make the-line perfect in its entire length. Below them is a double line of huge spiles, standing twelve feet out of water and protected by torpedoes, extending from Fort Sumter to a point inside of Mount Pleasant. A small opening was left in this, somewhere under the walls of Sumter, but at what precise point could not, in the smoke of battle, be distinctly ascertained. Another and third row of fishing nets, cordage, iron chains,"&c., attached to buoys, swings lower in the bay. To this one, our vessels went, but could not pass. Thus the obstructions stand today. The Yankees have given up the "reconnoissance" dodge, and now confess that the assault on Charleston was the attack, and resulted in a disastrous failure. The New J York Herald says that the repulse, "though almost bloodless in its results, may be classed among our most discouraging military disasters." The Baltimore American denounces it as a "shameful abandonment of the siege." The Hilton Head correspondent of the New York Herald says that the blookade at Charleston will be kept up with renewed vigor. The number of vessels on this duty will be increased. The iron-clads which were engaged in the Charleston fight, are to be sent to Farragut to assist in the reduction of Port.Hudson. Having now given all the particulars, we look to the efect of the news in Europe. editobiaiT items. ? "In view of the great destitution of a preached Gospel in the army," the first and | second Presbyteries of the A. It. Church, have made appointments for the purpose, from their own bodies, to relieve one another at stated periods. ? Capt. L. M. Grist, of the 12th Regiment, S. C. V., has been detailed as Enrolling Officer for Chesterfield District. ? Vallandigham and Vorhees, are again making speeches in Ohio, for the Union and Peace?Mr. V. is for peace, any how. ? The Petersburg Express represents the tobacco market as taking a turn downwards. If its cultivation is circumscribed like our cotton, we think it will likely turn vp again. It is too smoky an affair to see clearly through. | ? Congress is doing little worth recording. 1 mi 1 ?. 1- -i ?i J To roe rresiaeut uus uui yei oigucu iuc mi i bill. "Watchman, tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are." ? The President of the Greenville railroad says that "more than 100,000 passengers were conveyed over the road last year, and not one killed." There never has been one on the King's Mountain, though now in its 11th year. ? A sufficient amount of stocl^ having been subscribed to the Shelby and Btoad River Rail Road, the subscribers meet to day at Cherokee Ford to organize the com| pany. j ? Commodore Ingraham advertises for proposals to raise the hull of the steamer Keokuk, to be brought to Charleston.? Here will be an adventure for somebody. ? Hugh Little, of ^Lincoln county, N. I C., was murdered by two of bis negroes : some time since. They will be hung near Beatties Ford, on the 22 nd of May. ? The Central Association, at Columbia, declines sending fresh provisions to soldiers, as the weather is too warm for their safety, and transportation is afforded for clothing only. ? Gen. Hunter wrote to Dupont at Char{leston that he "could do nothing but pray j for his success." That did not avail hin^ ' much. - ? . -n l _ 1 i ?Jesse J'j. uenr, iiisq., nas Deeu eicurcu Sheriff of Richland District, by a majority of 125 votes. | ; ? Rice, which had been selling at 20(a) I 22 cents in tho Charleston market a few | weeks ago, is now dull at 12@16 cents, as i to quality. : ?Maj. B. F. Perry, of Greenville, has been appointed Appraiser for South Carolij na under the impressment Act of the ConI federate States. ? The funding of Confederate notes in eight per cent. Bonds closed, aooording to {law, on the 22nd If stant. The Columbia Guardian reports that for the last week the i deposits for funding in the Bank of the State were $5,000,000. Montgomery, Alabama, reports nearly $8,000,000. ?The Richmond Examiner has learned, from good authority, that Lincoln's late visit to the Army of the Rappahannock was for the purpose of inducing the soldiers whose terms of enlistment arc about to expire, to re-enlist. Old Abe made speeohes without number, and whisky flowed like water, until the whole army got drunk; but fcr all that, the men would'nt re-enlist. Iu view of this state of affairs, the Examiner is hopeful and jubilant exceedingly. ? The subscription prices of some of the daily papers eastof the Mississippi, is thirty dollars per annum. The subscription price of the weekly papers in Houston and other cities in Texas, is six dollars per year; for .a tri-weekly published in Houston, sixteen dollars is charged; for single copies, 25 cents. ? "75 cents per gal l" exclaimed Mrs. Partington, on looking over a price-current. "Whv. bless me! mv dear, good old man * ? j 9 ~ + / w gave two dollars and a bushel of tbo very best potatoes for me. However, the gals of this day ain't nigh so dear as I was then." ? The Paymaster's safe at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, was robbed on Monday night last of between $120,000 and $140,000 in legal tender notes. ? The Knoxville Register of the 19th announoes the death of Brig. Gen.- D. S. Donelson, on the 17 th, at Montvale Springs, near that place. He commanded the Department of East Tennessee. ? An Editor down South, who served four days on a jury, says he is so fall of law it is mighty bard to keep from cheating somebody. ? Colonel Clarence Prentice, of the Confederate army, son of the editor of the Louisville Journal, and another Confederate, named Hargraves, were arrested in Louisville on the 31st March. ?The Raleigh Progress has a report that Rev. R. J. Graves' mental faculties have given way "on account of the prosecution by the Government for treason." ? Abraham Lincoln has issued a Proclamation making the 30th day of this month as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer for the manifold sins of the nation. ? The next meeting of the Southern Con vention will be held in Augusta, Georgia, on Monday, May 8th. ? Mr. Hacket of Savannah, has in operation a machine for weaving Socks. As an Irish friend would say, "long may it waive." ? Gen. Daniel S. Donelson, commanding the Department of East Tennessee, died on Saturday last at Montvale Springs. ? On and after 1st of May, ensuiDg, the price of Gas in Charlotte, N. C-, will be raised to 813.00 per thousand. ? A concert was given in Jefferson co., Miss., for the benefit of the Jefferson Artillery. The notice of the concert has the following as the terms : "Admission $1, or two pairs of socks or gloves?socks preferred." ? Whiskey sells in Little Rock at two dollars and fifty cents a drink, and the purchaser is not allowed to pour it out, or guage his own horn.^ ? Soldiers who regard quids of tobacco as "sweet morsels" or the fumes of the weed as redolent of fragrant odors, will be pleased to learn that Congress is about to provide for the issue of tobacco rations. ? Oar patience is tried by the delay at Suffolk. But Longstreet knows what he is about, and his Quartermaster has telegraphed for gpe thousand wagons to haul off provisions from the country,already rescued from the enemy. . . ? On the 18th instant Wheeler, with his command, swam the Cumberland River near Nashville, killed 40 Yankees, besides capturing a number of them. ? We notice that some of our exchanges have commenced calling Old Abe by his real name?Hanlcs?the same as born by his one-eyed daddy?acoording to the pedigree of the distinguished Yankee President, lately published and vouched for by a Ken tuckian, who knew Abe's origin. ? The Richmond Examiner says the propensity to thieving is greatly on the increase in that city. It is fearfully apprehensive that the devil has served out the thousand years of his bonds, and is loose again upon the earth, with headquarters at Richmond. ? A speculator these time has no heart, and if one could be had for aDy price, he would'nt buy it?unless he could double his money on it. ? Corn is selling freely near Macon, Georgia, at ?1.50 per bushel, and there is an abundance of it to be had. ? The steamship Southerner, supposed for Confederate service, has been gotten ready for sea in England. ? The Rothschilds have refused to loan money to Lincoln. ? I have known vaBt quantities of non sense talked about Dau men looking you iu tho face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. ? The London Post hopes, by the end of the year, the Confederate struggle will be crowned with success and its independence recognized. The British Albion, speaking of the loan, says it i9 a virtual recognition of the South. ? The sloop Eagle, Captain Brennan, la* den with cotton and tobacco, outward bound, was beached and fired in Warsaw Sound, on Thursday night, to prevent her oapture < by bloekaders. The crew safe. ? The Greenville Patriot says the Batesville factory has been sold for 5300,000 to Messrs. John Fraser & Co., of Charleston. ; ? The Baltimore Sun says, Col. Zarvona has been exohanged, and that he, with other prisoners, are on their way South. ? Corcoran's command, made up of Irish and blue-bellied Yankees, declare that they are for prosecuting this war for fifty years, if so long a time be necessary, for the suppression of the rebellion. The soldiers from New Jersey say, -that they will under no oiroumstances remain longer than the 1st of May, at which time their term of enlistment expires. They are for letting the South go. ? The Confederate Congress have resolved to adjourn on the 1st of May. A bill to impress Bail Boads was oonsidered in se cret ecssioD. ? Lincoln and Cabinet, after giving the subject muofT deliberation, have decided not to grant letters of marque and reprisal under the late law of Congress. In their stead it is understood that all vessels fitted out by private parties for the purpose of capturing rebel pirates will be duly commissioned in the navy and allowed to gt) on their mission. . 1 ? The official report of Yankees killed and wounded at the battle of Marfreesboro is 19,340. liYom Charleston. Charleston, April 27.?The enemy's gunboats in Folly River were shelling Dixon Island this evening. The prices in the provision market here have declined considerably during the last few days. 1 From the West. Okolona, April 25 ?Our cavalry engaged the enemy yesterday at Birmingham. The fight lasted two and a half hours. The enemy was completely routed, with fifteen killed and a large number wounded. Col. Hatch, of the 2nd Iowa cavalry, was seen to fall from his horse, which ran into our lines and was captired. Our loss was one killed and twenty wounded. The destruction of the bridge prevented pursuit. The Lines aronnd Kinston. KinBton, April 21.?You have doubtless heard before this that our entire force around Washington, under the command of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, have been withdrawn from that section of country, and that unfortunate portion of our land again given over to the ravages of the invading adversary. 1 learn from the most reliable authority that the abolitionists are playing the very mischief in that section of our country occupied by our troops around Washington. The Yankee* devils are burning up houses and laying waste the country generally as they go, committing all kinds of depredations on the inhabitants, mean,#base and disgraceful. Helpless women aud children are driven from tbeir homes without food or raiment, have not wherein to lay tbeir heads, being dispossessed of all their means upon earth by the vandal foe. It is a most awful state of affairs. It is horrible to contemplate. Stephen Garris, of Wayne, and John Whaley, of Jones, belonging to Major Nethercutt'e Battallion, were killed in the engagement with the Yankees at Core Greek, on Friday last. One other poor fellow was killed, whose name I cannot bring to memory jftst at this time. A most terrific skirmish earne off on yesterday on the Dover road, 12 miles below this town. The enemy were at least 2,000 stroDg. They were attaoked by 3 companies of the 49th N. C. Regiment, under Colonel Flemming, arid a portion of Mnj. Netherout's Battalion. The enemy were twioe repulsed, but afterwards heavily reinforced. Our men were compelled to retire?but were not pursued. 1 learn that we had one killed in the engagement of yesterday, (Simpson Harper, of Lenoir county,) who belonged to Maj. Netheroutt's Battalion, and about 30 wounded and missing. 'The wounded were brought to this place last night, and oare taken of them. Should I be able to obtain their names, I shall send them to you for publication. ' Things look extremely war-like down this way, and you need not be the least astonished, should I send you the tidings of a heavy engagement at any day. The Yankees are in force in our front, and are threating our lines daily.?Raleigh Jour \nal,VZd. * r Tiie Williamsburg Affair.?From a | letter written by an officer of Gen. Wise's command to a gentleman in this city, under date of the 13th, we have Borne information with reference to affairs at Williamsburg. The letter states that the enemy had surrendered the possession of the town to our forces, and that we have troops there. The rtif.iy.fina nf rh<? nlflfifi wera movinc out ran. " r"\". ? ? ?r idly, perhaps in anticipation of farther fighting, and were receiving the protection of our forces. The officers of the Insane Asylum have appealed to Gen. Wise for protection, which was accorded. A considerable Dumber of conscripts and contrabands were captured' by our men. The loyal people of that section have s^ved a large amount of forage, which was being hauled away as rapidly as the means of transpor- j tation would allow. There was, also, some bacon and salt secured. .Our forces were greeted by the people of the aDciont town with marked manifestations of delight.?Richmond Dispatch. Port Hudson, April, 21.?A New Orleans paper of the 16th, confirms the report of the destruction of the Queen of the West and Diana. The former got aground io Grand Lake. The Yankee fleet approached and a fierce bombardment ensued. A shell from the (federal) gunboat Calhoun exploded on the Queen's deck, igniting a quantity of powder, whioh oommunioated with her magazine and caused an explosion. The Diana is reported to have been burnt J I. r ^ ' . f.1 *? by rebels. One hundred and fifty six priaouers, including 7 commissioned officers, 3 surgeons, and 8 of the crew of the Quern . of (lie. West arrived in New Orleans on the i 15th. Among them was Captaia Turner, ' commanding the fleet, who was slightly i wounded in the ankle and is now at the ( St. James hospital. The prisoners report ( 45 of the crew missing, supposed to have < been drowned or killed. t A despatch from Berwick's Bay, of the t 15th, reports the federals to be beyond! t Franklin. A force is landing and march- i ingon. 1 Vioksburg &c. 1 The Richmond correspondent of the j Charleston Mercury, under date of April t 21, says: ' ? It is believed that the Government re- ( ceived on Sunday news from Vioksburg, { whioh has been withheld from the public. ( More boats, it is said, have passed. Infan- a try is marching down the other side to be , landed under cover of the gunboats below G Vioksburg, with the view of cutting off its $ communications. This will cause a land fight, from which good results are expeoted. g Hence the authorities here are cheerful, s believing it best for both parties that the j fight should come off as soon as possible.? s It is not thought Port Hudson is in great t danger. The boats which have reached ] Farragut will enable him to rejoin the fleet below Port Hudson, but at a cost of toil rfo heavy as to render the trip too unprofitable to be repeated. This is the sanguine view, e On the other hand, the croakers say Vicks- j burg is now bound to fall. s :?? ?*- ( The Programme Against Vicksburg. j The Jackson Appeal of the 21st is cer- f tain that Grant at one time had determined s on the abandonment of the siege of Vioks- <i burg, and the transfer of a large portion of t his army either to co-optrate with Rosen- t crans, or to operate on his old base at Oor- a inth. He had arrived in Memphis no doubt ^ to pot hik plans into effeot, when he met c with Adjutant General Thomas, sent out c from Washington to direct the army move- i ments and make whatever changes he might e think proper. From that conference he a returned to the scene of bis labors, with $ the admonition that the work of opening t the Mississippi mmt be done. e t A New Privateer-at Greenock.? Considerable exoitement was manifested ^ yesterday in the neighborhood of the Sail- j( ^ \%.mm tL* AnMAIIHAamAnf ftVI. Uia XlUUlUj UJT LUC auuuuuuciuvuv Kual U|r ^ j wards of toe hundred able bodied seamen c had been ongaged and signed articles to proceed to eea on board of a large new ves- ? sel, wbieb was just completed at Greenock, and which is about to proceed to sea from & that port. The vessel in question is an- Q nounoed as being bound for the Ohina Seas, but it is confidently stated that her mission Q is similar to that of the Alabama, and that ^ she has been built and equipped at the ex--. j pense of the Confederate Government, and -j is intended to destroy all Federal vessels ^ with which she may'come in contact. ; [Liverpool Courier, April 3. ? CONFEDERATE SjEGKS-^-The pnblio b has cheated itself, and the public is indig- j? nant. When Jericho was, in modern par- { lance, "reduced," there was a great wind- D ing of rams horns. When "Bethel" Hill invested Washington,, there was a loud ^ blast of trumpets. Tbe'rams horns leveled 8I the walls of Jericho and the blasts of trump- 8j ets blew "Bethel" Hill back from Washington, without accomplishing anything.? j Is the fault "Bethel Hill's or the trulnpet ^ blowing public's? j, Longstreet went-very quietly to Suffolk, j Excitable newspapers made him surround ^ the place before he was fairly in sight of ^ it. It now appears from the statement of a r; paper belioved to be on intimate terms with g the Government, that Longstreet laid siego t] to Suffolk merely to cover a foraging party. ?j. vv . xiuouuru, v lrgiuia ; neury u.. inrgwyn, North Carolina; Benjamin F. 'erry, South Carolina; John E. Morgan, reorgia; John Finlayson, Florida; R. C, 'aria, Alabama ; J. W. C. Watson, Missisippi; Richard Norgent, Louisiana; W. D. Ward, Tezas; W. C. Berney, Aransas; W. E. Travis, Tenncssecc. Con FEDERATE Flag.?The Confederate lag adopted by the Senate on Wednesday ist, has for its "Union" or corner square, le present battle flag, to wit: A Saint lodrew'a Cross, blue, on a white field, the tars; symbolical of the States, being white d placed in the limbs of the oross. The y or balance of the-flag to consist of three ars, the centre one bine the two outside nes white. - : ?? - -jU. W?*The weather ooutinues wet, but seamable. ? So far the cost has been 75 men killed aDd p wounded, a fine battery of five pieces cap- a tured, a number of deserters, and we know -g( not bow many prisoners. h Confederate sieges seem to be very prof- j, itable investments?very. l] Richmond Whig, 23d. q The Eight Spirit. We notioe au advertisement in the Fin- ^ castle Express which informs the publio that the subscriber is erecting a Sugar Mill there in order to manufacture sugar and i molasses out of the Chinese cane, and he b urges his friends to the cultivation of that A plant. Why cannot similar encouragement ii to raise it be offered in this and every other b section of Virginia ? Cut off as we are h from oursuppliea of sugar and molasses from si Louisiana and the West Indies, our farmers h have it perfectly in their power to furnish ii large quantities of both artioles j simply by n planting the Sorghum, which grows luxu- h riantly upon oursoil. The seed it is stated., h we have no doubt truly, if well parched, ground and then thoroughly boiled, make a better substitute for Coffee than any other a thing that has ever been tried. It is said S to taste very like old Java and very few can o' tell tbe difference between the two. Tbc stalks after being crushed are devoured si with avidity by hogs and make a first rate s< feed for these valuable animals. The blades h when gathered and cured turn out an excel- h lent crop of fodder of which horses and cat- y tie are extremely fond. What other plant o< a farmer cultivates that can be turned to 6 more useful and profitable account 1 It is wonderful bow slow ana reluctant our peupie are to ombark in an enterprise so tempt- ^ ing and so laudable. We would say to them C1 in the most urgent manner?raise the Chi- K nese Sugar Cane, by all means. Kaise it on a large scale, and if you will do this there ? will be an abundance of sugar and molas- ^ ses in our land, which will at the current ? market prices splendidly remunerate you ^ for your labor. 81 | Texas Militia.?The Texas Pioneer k says Gen. Magruder has ordered &at, if the militia, which have been called out for the defence of that State, will organize into . companies, and have their arms, ammuni- ! tion, equipage, etc., boxed and sent to the . ordnance office at Houston, they may be ^ disbanded and allowed to return home.? They will be required to muster once a ? week, in order to go into action whenever ^ oalled upon; but the "arrangement is made in the hope and expectation Ibat the militia 0 will not be called away again from their industrial pursuits." " " fi( Gen. Wheeler's Eecent Operations^ A correspondent of the Cfaattanoogi Rebel, .writing from McMinnviHe/Tennessee, gives some of the particulars of Gen. Wheeler's recent exploits. Nine miles bepond Nashville, Gen. W. arrested a train )q the Louisville and Nashville Road, and saptored an immense supply of Federal jrovernmeot stock, burniog cars, locoraoives, eto. Subsequently he approached he rear of Nashville by one of his oharaoeristically bold and brilliant feats, within line miles of Nashville, and pitched into a rain upon the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. The train was halted, but not jefore a well directed volley had been fired nto the fast speeding cars. As a result of bis exploit, General Wheeler had the.plea;are of seouring three of Rosenorans' staff tfficers, thirty-five other individuals who >ore the insignia of rank, and about 100 Confederate soldiers who had been oaptured tnd were otr their way to jail. The little rolley fired ioto the train resulted in killing ome thirty Federal soldiers, and wounding hrice that number. ; Among the spoils of Gen. Wheeler, are 135,000 in Federal greenbacks. He also 3 ??. i .t ? % m . - - . ' - ecurea toe oeieoratea rrautso pistol, just ireseated to Gen. Rosencrans by some time erving Yankee, and inscribed with the tame of seven battle fields, upon which old losy had distingnished himself. Confederate Congress. Richmond, April 20.?The House passid the conference tax bill to day. It had irevioasly passed the Senate. The first eotion levies a tax of eight per cent, upon ;he value of all naval stores, salt, wines, iquors, tobacoo, manufactured or ttnmanuaotnred, cotton, wool, flour, sugar, molasee, syrup, rice and other agricultural proIuots held or owned on the first of July lext, not necessary for family consumption, be growth or production of any preceding nd on all moneys on hand or on deposit on he first of July, and on the value of all iredite not employed in business, the loom e from which is taxed one per cent ?he fifth seotion provides a specific tax on ach trade or business named. therein, and n ad valorem tax on sales not materially liferent from the bill originally passed by be House, exoept that hotels, taverns and ating houses are to be'Classified according 0 the yearly renewal y when the actual or stimated rent amounts to ten thousand lOlIara, the tar shall be five hundred dolus. The smallest tax in tfiis paragraph 1 thirty. Sections regulating taxes' on inomes are substantially the same as those assed by the Senate, exoept that the iuerest on Confederate bonds or stock are ot exempt. The tax on incomes over 500 nd not exceeding01,500, is five per cent.; ver 1,500 and less thnn $3,000, five per ent. on the first 1,500, then ten per cent., r over 3,000 and leas.than 5,000 ten ; over and under 10, twelve and a half ; all over 0, a tax of fifteen per cent. Sectiou ten nposes a tax ot tea percent, on all profits uring the past year by the purchase of revisions, forage, shoes, clothes, eto.,exept made in due course of regular retail usioess. The sections in the Senate bill resoribing a tax in kind arc retained, with >w modifications. The Act covers twentyinc printed pages. S&* We clip the following from the PeinbytgExpress of the 24th. It may be j, but our Charleston exchanges have oot lid a word about it: . ; A Brush in Charlbstod Harbor.? 'rom a private letter received in this city, -e learn that the Confederate States gunoat Chicora, went down over the bar on londay last, and threw down the gage of attle to the blockading fleet. The banter fas finally accepted by one of Lincoln's piitical craft, which steamed np and fired a un. At the third fire from the Chioora, lie Yankee craft received a shot from the !>?jrible rifled bow gnn of the Chioora, which enetrated her starboard side, and caused hole through whioh daylight was plainly ien. This was more than the Lincolnite ad bargained for, and she doable quieted eyond the range of the Cbioora's guns ih ie shortest period of time practicable.? 'bo Chioora did not receive a scratch, aud i anxious to perforate another of the eueiy's craft, whenever opportunity may ofir. * ' ? ? An Awkward Predicament.?Mister Jbert R. de Pol advertises io the Columus Sun that he was recently married to Irs. Sarah V. Pendleton, believiog, from, iformation she had received, tbat-her husand, iu the army, was dead. Since, they ave received information that Pendleton is till alive. In this dilemma, the parties ave separated, deeply regretting the wrong advertently done. The lady was in too mch of a hurry to wed?that's all; but if er lawful spouse has no objection, we aven't.?Daily Confederate. High Peioes foe Nxgros.?At an uction sale of slaves yesterday by Mr. Jno. . Itiggs, the following high prices were btained, the average being $1685.50: A likely man, 85 years old, $1700; a jamstress, 33 years old, $2700; a house ;rvant, 18 years old, $2500; a girl, field and, 20 years old, $1395; a girl, field and, 12 years old, $1620; a boy, 19 or 20 ears old, $1900; a boy, resound, 18 years Id, $1420; a woman and her two children, and 4 years, $3600.?Mercury, 22nd. Confederate States Appraisers.? he following named persons have been ppointed appraisers under the Impresstent Act: ^ tit TT-tj...! tr; ~ tt xr . ' Exemption from Coast Labor. l We are requested (says the Southern, Guardian) by Wro. M. Shannon, Esq., agent of the State for coast labor, to call/. . attention to the fact, that the Legislature at its late session exempted those from furnishing labor for the coast who owned only one road hand. wmi ? Tiie Tumble in Prices.?The Raleigh Progress-says that prices of flonr, cotton and other artioles are tumbling all along the Kwr , of the North Carolina Railroad. Let tbeflftumble ! The time is coming when it wili be dangerous to hold door that has been grouted* long?it will be liable to sour. And on * the 1st of July every'holder frill ba?e to pay eight pgr cent, upon it. Heavy Robbery.?The Augusta (G*,) Chronicl'ele&TDB by a gentleman from vannah, that $40,000 to 60,000 in gold coId, ' belonging to the Merchants' "and Planter*' Bank of Savannah, was stolen from a car o? the Central Railroad, while in transitu from Macon- to Savannah,, in charge of 'a privato bank messenger. "" From the Coast.?The latest intelligence from the coast states that the M0tg$ tors and a large fleet of the enemy's vessels^ . mostly transports, are still in . North Edistn River. A force of Yankees, supposed to be not more than one regiment, yet remain on Folly Island?Charleston Conrief, 21th. : 'X : Getting Rid op the ElephanF.?The Yanks are shipping the Virginia negroes, . who have fallen into their hands, to St. Domingo. Once there, starvation and disease * in that hot, pestilential climate, will sonn rid the Northern Abolitionists of all trouble " about poor Sambo. ' ? -*? *???: - . Richmond, April 24.?Gold was heavy to-day, at $4.75 premium?demand very ? light, The brokers are offering $4. pr? mium. Silver ia 25*p?rr.:cent. below these . figures. Bank notes' haver declined, and the market is unsettled. We quote at 70 , @75 per cent, premium. Jackson, April 25 ?At 12 to day, the enemy demanded the surrender of Efltprprise. Gee,. Lonng having arrived with timely reinforcements, the enemy, reported, from five hundred to fifteen hundred cavalry, retired without showing fight; "W,: * IV'OTICE.-BAQOX ASI) PEAS ll wanted Aw the GOVERNMENT. .yi.McCORKL^A* . LEATHER! LBAlOTRFf^ I TTHE Subscriber will TAN HIDES * JL and finish for ONE-THIRD of what Leather they make. Hides may be left at the King's Mountain Itallrim Depot, or nt his Tan-yard, (New House, York pfiRrtetO Those left at the Depot mut t he marked, that they may be identified. Any left at the Depot ean bo returned when ? finished. * April 20th, 1M3. 17 V 4t " . SLATE LABOR DIVISION MO. % fYWING to the many branchRailroaiD \J in the upper Districts, and to other causes, it Is didicult to arrange transportation for a given hour. WTho Commissioners of Roads will hart the Road.Hands liable, assembled at the depots, a trim rime named in former advertisement, I. c. on WEDNESDAY. -6th of-May, at IV o'clock, A. M., to await the movement of the train*. If Is Important that owners furnish their hands with- three days rations. -. WM. M. SHANNON. fey1 Agent of the State of South Carolina^ Camden, S. C., April 23,1*63. -!?$??-" April 29 - .17 7U EXECUTORS' SALE. T>Y authority of the Will of CHAS. AJ HOPPER, deceased, we will, M his Executms; seU at public auction, at the late residence of the Tcsufor, on the 4TH DAY OP MAY next, all the personal property of LU Estate, consisting of TWELVE LIKELY JfECROES, . among them THREE-YOUNG FELLOWS, POURPLOW BOYS, TWO YOUNG WOMEN, TWO CHILDREN nod ONE OLD WOMAN, from 200 to 300 bushels of CO&N, FODDER, 3 MULES, CATTLE, SHEEP,HOGS, Hoit*hold and Kitchen FURNITURE, Farming UTENSIJLS, Ac., kc. Terms made known on day of saw. . - ft WM. C, BLACK, ( p^utOBU. H. P. HOFFJSK, .) April 29 J7 .V . '? H CORN WANTED! rpHE undersigned having been ap- I JL pointed a Government Agent for the purchase -tif CORN in York District, will irny the highest prfcv ttlpvged by law, for all that tuny be delivered at tlte Depot cr flnjt station on the HIIVG'S woumis RAII, ROAD. The Agent hopes that he maybe able to purehn?e the quantity needed by the Government {Oc Immediate use, without the necessity of .resorting to Impressment.. . SACKS wJIt be furnished on application" to the under signed, at Yorkville, Soutli Carolina.' W. H. McC0R?DE,,Agcntt3L April lo , 15 tf . BANKNOTES & SPECIE BOUGHT AND SOLD BY G. K. KATCHFOHD, YORKVILI.B, SOUTH CAROLINA,; ; ~ (At the stand formerly occupied by L. BlQottiberg Sc Drt.; Who. will Pay the Highest Market Price for the above. April 23 16 - tf 1. FOR SAM3. . 100 fts COPPERAS,. 100 lbs BLUE STONE. . * 500 BUNCHES YARN. -IM, Call soon at W. B. Ic J. C. MILLER'S. October 32 , 13 . tf^rIVTOTICE.?1 WILL PAY SIX J-l DOLLARS per CORD forTAN BARK deliveredm my tannciy in Yorkville. T WILLKINT"THE HOUSE ' A where I now live, for the bnllanee of the year ay iVtiiL. give possession immediately. ^ J. HEHNDON. marcn mo % ? 7: u TSENTAL NOTICE.?DURING JL/ my absence from YorkvUle, I liave made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly oft'h arleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Eflociiu it building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customer-, as usual. He Is a gentleman of much experieuoe in my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satlsfac tlou. W. M. WALKER, Demist. February 23 8 tf ANY MM IN THE WORLD, 'THAT wants to bay a VALUABLE _1_ PLANTATION, woultfdo well to (fail on tne^ I will sell for CASH, and will take CURRENT" FUNDS in payment Call on tne soon. TBOS. DA VIES, Yorkville, S. C. Aprfl 8 14 41* CARRIAGE SHOP. ~ /v/MURJ?v THE Sultscriber still continues . the SESCTmK. CARRIAGE and BUGGY BU.SlN'E-iS at the old STAND. All klnda of eoun try produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK done by W. P. McFADDEW. January 23 . . 4 , tf . DR. ALFRED CRAVEN"^"7 ^15 ssAstti Stt*asiiMv vwwwuu (^milium Rouuwwiv YORKVTLLE, S. O. C&-On the East aide of Main Street, South of fee mctto Hotel."^0 January 6 - 1 -. " ** FOBSAX.B A LOT of SHEET BRASS, CAST XjL STEEL,ondMAHOGANY VENEERINO. Tmjuife at tlie . - MAHBL.fi YARD'. April95 . . fo tf_. RAGS^RAGSM BAGS! lly | KAAA LBS Rags Wanted at the VAPBINTiNG OFFICE immediately for which 3 cents per pound wiU be paid. ^ WBITISGPAPE^I^' TtJST Received a lot of CAP and el LUTTER PAPER, SOUTHERN MANUFACTURE . For sale at the " J5NQULRER OFFICE. March Sh 19 tf TjiOR TAX COLLECT 0 R?WE X arc authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS ? a Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, a: the ensuing election. November 19,1 m 47 ly'