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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.
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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
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solution embodies their sentiments. The 1
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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.
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i ?Jesse J'j. uenr, iiisq., nas Deeu eicurcu
Sheriff of Richland District, by a majority
of 125 votes.
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; ? 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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W?*The weather ooutinues wet, but seamable.
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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
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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.
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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
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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'