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' Y?RXVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, HAY 6,1863. TO OtTB PATEONS. It becomes, our duty, however long we have strnggl&d against the necessity that has now come on us,' to make such new term&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 ns to follow suit with the other papers of the State. The price of subscription to the Enqdirer will hereafter be Three Dollars per annum, in advance, and of advertising $1 per square, of ten lines, for eaoh insertion, and nothing , counted less than a square. Clubs of five or ten will be reoeived 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 studiously 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 it, to our old terms?noio we rest our olaims on the friends of the paper for continned support, assuring them that none are V so anxions, 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 fecown, but it is so, that the unprintedsheets costs us almost the price charged for the paper, and the arti' cle is not falling in price : under such circumstances, an increased subscription might not be ^ught, bat we are willing to labor for the public who have encouraged us heretofore, and as our advance is but small, we still can urge onr claims on public favor. Suspension would be our only alternative. April 22,1863. THE CHOPS. Monday last wa? sale day, but the weather being so fine, the attendance iu town was small.- In all quarters of. the District the prospect is very good, and "if the rust does j . ^. not strike -it," the wheat crops will be the largest ever known. The corn is doing well and will be abundant, as will also the , pea crop. In the way of fruit, peaches will average very well, but the apple will be . short. The other evils we have to contend g against this season, besides those incident to the weather, is the innumerable "hosts" .8 of squirrels, rabbits, and birds, who, in the 4 absence of "villainous Saltpetre," are "ma- v . c king game of us;" our "youDg ideas" hav- . ing turned their attention to pin-hook fish- ^ ery. But we fanners will find fault, it is said, any how. DEATH OP HON.* A. SIMPKINS. fc A correspondent writing to the Columbia c . Gwrdian, of the 4th inst., from Edgefield ^ . Court House, mentions the sudden death . t from apoplexy, last Wednesday night, of Honorable A. Simpkins Senator in the State Legislature from that district, and f . well known for many years past as the genial and racy editor of the Edgefield .4^- ^ vcrtiser. He was a man of decided talent, of great skill with the pen, of charming hu- ^ roor, and generous impulses. He had a heart open as the day to melting charity; bis loss will be felt in all circles, but more keenly in that?of home, where his genial influences were best known ana appreciated. "We knew hiin well." n?ti - ? ? c THE NEWS. j The Southern Guardiant. of the 5th ^ inat., says, the dispatches inform us of the . defeat of the army of "fighting Joe Hooker." His feint in crossing a considerable ? force below Frederioksburg last Wednesday . and so engaging oar attention was a clever thing. And a bold thiog it was, under . cover of this movement, to place his main j army across the Rappanaunock by Kelly's and other fords, fifteen or twenty miles alove Fredericksburg, thus securing a position on the flank of Gen. Lee's army, par- c allel to the Richmond and Fredericksburg ^ Railroad, and extending from Ely's ford on i the Rspidan to Spottsylvania C. II. This was a happy avoidance of the well fortified J * . _ *- . < v *- # j bills and slopes near Fredericksburg. Rut the execution of the manoeuvre has not e- , quailed the design. While Gen. Early j i took care of the defences at Fredericksburg, 11 Gen. (Stonewall) Jackson met the column 1 which had so suddenly swung round upon * our left. Cleverness and bravory have not j availed against that thunderbolt of war.? i Gen. Lee's dispatch is full of meaning and ^ tells the tale of the signal defeat and rout J . . of the enemy. All will grieve that the glorious Jackson ( ha9 received a severe wound ; and will pray that he may be speedily and completely re- ] stored. j' W JCLAX- X* iiAX r ; j AmoDg the humbugs of the day, ia a Con- j j vetition of Druggists and Chemists, called j ( | to meet at Augusta, Ga , to-day. Convcn-! ( tions are beiDg ruu in tbo ground just now, j ( there is no knowing what will come up next. 1 We -have no chemists or Druggists, except!. those who speculate in physics are such; | ( they are called Doctors now, and conse-1 ( quently will ignore the present movement, j ( which is, to say the least, ridiculous. "A j little civat, good Apothecary." i s&r On the 30th ilt. in the Confederate 1 Congress, the House bill to increase the pay of the. Soldiers, was postponed until neit session. WAR MATERIAL. By a private letter from a friend at Wilmington, N. p., we learn that three huge Blakely guns, weighing 15,000 pounds each, with all their required ammunition, had reaohed that point, two of them have been sent to Vicksburg, the other to Fort Fisher. The cargo of the vessel consisted besides of pork, and other Government stores. There are- seven steamers in the harbor, and more are looked for, on the 29th nit., the date of this letter. PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 'n* * a -1 11__ .a a. TV. 1 i. me u-enerai osseinoiy ui iue Church in the Confederate States of Amerioa will hold its third annual session in the Presbyterian Church in the city of Columbia, S. C., commencing on the first Thursday (the 7th day) of May, 1868, at 11 o'olock, a. m. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. J. L. Kirkpatriok, D. D., the Moderator of the last Assembly. TEACHER'S CONVENTION. We publish to day pretty full extracts 1 from the proceedings of this body at its recent assembly. Our friends in Columbia took considerable interest in its deliberations, and we think properly so, for the subject of Education should properly enlist the general attention. We have been too loDg dependent on the North for our school books, and if "as the twig is bent the tree is inclined," so our primary books thould be of a nature to impress tho young minrl wifh u lr mi trl Allow nf IlimiA ?ind flll itfl uflucnces, social and political. The time loes not permit that muoh cau be done, but ive trust, by the next meeting much good will have beon produced, a proper set of looks for general use be agreed on, that ;hey may be printed at home, and peculiar :o all portions of the Confederacy. BLOCKADE RUNNING. This nefarious business is still progresting at Charleston and Wilmington, and )ext to long advertisements of "blockade >oods" we have a list of sales effected at he most outrageous prices, for Confederate noney. It is now generally acknowledged bat these oargoes of merchandize are of fankee origin, and thus a brisk trade is :arried on to their advantage, and greatly letrimental to our interests. As an in? tance, Coates' and Clark's spool cotton was old before the blockade at 60 cents a dozen, md last week, the same article brings >6 00. By this means the specie of the lountry has 'found its way through Nassau to Yankee coffers, and the people are daily old that Confederate money is becoming tetter, and provisions falling in conscience, when it is daily being depreciated the blockaders on both sides, and our otton finding its way into Northern ports on ur more profitable, if not much easier, erms than heretofore. It will not do to all those "extortioners" who buy -these ;oods to sell again; they pay high prices o get them and are entitled to a profit, for heir venture. We know of no provisions laving been shipped from Nassau, and litlc munitions of war that has ever reaohed ere?such as we have received was really he foreign article, but it came in under aany disadvantages. Congress has probacy adjourned without taking any steps in he matter?they should have taken strin;ent measures to have the Yankee blockade n forced, de facto, and then perchance, European Governments, who Have allowed heir own rights to be ignored by this seemDg blockade, as well as to the^Yankecs hemselves, will fiud weare terribly in earicst. When the cotton is all absorbed, or mpressed by Government, it wiil then be een how the blockaders have been carryng out their smuggling with the Yankee oom-workers and notion venders. YANKEE RELIGION. The proceedings of the New York Methidist Conference, arc the most disgraceful vc have ever read, to be characterized dig ions. The following is a specimen : "Ilev. Mr. Foster, recently from New Orleans, said that while there the "ladies" asulted every Yankee they met in tho itreets, sometimes crossing on the other iide to show their contempt. Their comnon cry was : "Look out for your pookets, lere's Yankees coming." lie wanted that eeliDg whipped out of the Southern people by shot and shell. Rev. J. B. Wakeley, desired to inform :be Conference that the proper way to treat i Copperhead was to stamp their heels on lim. The speaker stamped his feet violently on the floor, which "brought down" ;he house, Rov. Mr. Fox remarking: Bro. rrr l ? J.-J , 1.-1- .1,. VYUKeiey, ulu you mate a nine iu iue uum ;hat time ? (Laughter.)" The Bishop's report maintains "that the rebellion was unparalleled in its wickedness, ind continued to imperil the existence of j the republic; that our nation is a chosen > instrument to extend the kingdom of Christ; ! that it is tho solemn duty of ovory citizen to rally to the support of the Union cause; that the Confcrcnco renew their vows of unconditional loyalty to the United iStatcs -^enjoined alike by the Bible and tho Book of Discipline; that in tho present critical ; condition of public affairs there should be exercised great prudence and caution ; that those who oppose every war like measure under the pretext of discriminating between the administration and the Government are guilty of covert treason ; that slavery is incompatible with Christianity and republican institutions; that the Conference ooneur in the righteousness of the President's proclamation." The early secession of the Methodists South from those North, was surely timely, we hardly suppose they have since entertained any ideas of re-union. ROSE LEAVES. We have been requested (says the South Carolinian) by Surgeon J. J. Chisolm, who is in oharge of the Medical Purveying Department, located in Columbia, to invoke the aid of the ladies in collecting rose leaves, which will soon be so abundant in the many gardens of this State. Rose leaves are extensively used in the manufacture of blue pills, and are muoh needed for preparing this article for issue to the sick of the army. 1 The best leaves are those of the sweet rose, nlfVinnrvti flifl Anmmnri rnoo onaronra 1 UIVUVUqU VMW WUJU4VU ?VUV MUW?IW?W nearly as well. We feel confident that it is only necessary to call the attention of la- 1 dies to this subject, to obtain for Snrgeon 1 Chisolm an abundant supply. EDITOHIAL ITEMS. 1 ? The stores in Yorkville keep only one . eye open these times?but the trap is none , the less dangerous. ? The town of York is remarkably sober j at this time, but we learn the fact is not at , all to be attributed to the "dry Council." ? When the blockade is raised, we will , take pleasure in calling the attention of the public to the stocks of goods now on hand, j ? Though large quantities of corn and bacon have been shipped at this point, the ^ past week, we learn that a large quantity j has been sent from llook Hill Depot. ? The "tumble in prices," we read of, \ has not yet reached butter, our country ] folks holding on to a dollar, or more. It j is a slippery article, and must run down in warm weather. ] ? Who knew before this, that there is a ] "navy yard" at Charlotte, N C.,' with < Catesby Ap. It. Jones, Commandant. Here is a chance for fresh water sailors to ship j ? * t * - rv i ft *t* _i i tnemseives. urn ?.?uaKum wm snnc ms t quid when he learns this. j ? Old Abe says Charleston must be again j tried by Dupont and Hunter, simultaneously "it will never do to give it up so, Mr: s Brown !" It is already half taken, if Mr. s Lincoln's reasoning is like that of the Irish- e man's engagement to the widow Muldroon, j "he has his own consint to it." ? Dupont, the commander of the Yankee j vessel Ironsides, is the son of a French ref- $ ugee, who, during the French revolution, \ sought refuge in Charleston. There he was ^ kindly supported, and his two sons, the present renegade and another, were born. ( The family remained - several years in L Charleston and then removed to Delaware. r So says a recent number of the South Caro- c linian. ? Forged Confederate notes are still be- i ing made and sold by the Yankees $500 j for 85. They should be made receivable c for "blockade goods." ? The prospects of the wheat crop arc 0 most flourishing in every quarter, according ] to our exchanges. A dry season with us j for a month or so, and flour doin's will no G longer be a luxury. ? Though Long8treet lost a battery at Reeling's farm, he sunk one gunboat and e disabled two others ; besides he has taken j thousands of pounds of bacon and forage. c The army is on full rations ; from one in- j dividual he took 30,000 pounds of bacon j <] which had been collcoted for the Yankee , t Commissaries. ?Our exchanges all represent a consider- a able decline in provisions, especially flour. a A quantity was brought here last week from Cleveland, N. C., but was stored for ( higher prices. ] ? "Absenteeism" will not be complained ] of much longer in Charleston, if we judge from our locality. "The swallows are flying homeward," and in a short time we ? ' a will have only pleasant reminiscences of a the time onr city friends bare sojourned in g "our mountain homes." r ? The Confederate Senate passed the c House bill placing in military service, after the 1st July nest, all citizens of the j United States, including Marylanders, re- i siding or sojourning in the Confederate 1 States. ? Tbo Florida captured on March 30, j the schooners Icoloond, 375 tons burthen, c and the Lapwing, both owned in Boston, i Their cargoes were flour, provisions, furni- ' ture and lumber. The vessels and cargoes ' were valued at ?75,000. ? The Columbia Carolinian acknowl- i * edges green peas and strawberries last Wed- 1 nesdav. ? ? France, formerly dependent on the Southern States for the article of turpentine, has commenced its manufacture Jin the poor sandy region of Bordeaux, with marked success, "during the war." ?At Fredericksburg, rccontly a Yankee picket hallooed across to one of ours, "Good bye, old fellow. This is my last night on picket. Our limes aro up m nine days, and then wo are going home." Our boy responded by asking him if tho conscript act did uot get him ? His reply was, "damn the conscript act?that's played out over here." ? The Senate has amended the seal, as adopted by the House, in the motto, substituting Deo Vindice : "Under God, the asserter of our rights, the defender of our liberties, our protector," &o., as rendered by Mr. Semmes, of Louisiana. ? Washicgton correspondence of the Herald says intelligence from England leads'to the belief that the departure of privateers from British ports will be arrested by the British Government. ? Capt. A. S. Baker, a Confederate officer sent to bring ont an iron-clad from England, has been sent to Fort Lafayette. This is not the Capt. Tom Baker, of the Savannah. ? Over ?6,000,000 have been paid at the Bank of the State at Columbia for Confederate Bonds. ? An order received at .Nashville says the entire population, ladies included, shall take the oath within ten days, or be sent South. ? Wartrace is a station on the Nashville and Chattanooga Kail Koad, and the junction of the branch to Shelbyville. It is distant from Chattanooga ninety-six miles, and from Murfreesboro' twenty-three miles. ? The editor of a Georgia paper acknowledges the receipt of a bottle of well tasted rum of Confederate manufacture. It is rarely thai; liquor of any kind falls to be well tastecl in a printing office. ? Messrs. Keatinge & Ball, of Columbia, have purchased the City Hotel property, and design to remove into it their Bank Note, Engraving and Printing Establishment. ? The Captain of General Rosecrans' hody guard has deserted and gone home. ?The. Legislature of New York has appropriated one million of dollars for the korKnr /lafonnnn in Nav Vnrb nW.v UMfW* - -W ? V.V. ? Ben Wood is about to start his paper?. ;he Daily News?again. It was suspended last year in consequence of its exclusion from the mails. ? The New York Herald says that Lord Lyons will leave Washington and take up fiis abode at the Brevoort House. "Rats will leave a falling house.'.' ? Captain It. L. Crawford, of Lanoaster, 3. C., was killed on Monday, the 20th ulimo, hear Suffolk, Virginia, by a shell Vom the ^enemy's guns, while in the aot of elieving a picket guard. ? One thousand four hundred and ninety lix bales of Cotton arrived from Liverpool(?) it Boston on Friday night last, and on the lame day 2920 bales arrived from the same >ort at New York. ' ? Contracts for twelve more iron olads lave been awarded at prices ranging from 1380,000 to 8400,000 each. They are to >e? finished in six months. The Yankees vill need them by that time. ? The druggists and apothecaries of the Confederate States, the pillars of practical nedicine, as they have been called?will neet in Convention in Augusta, Georgia, in the 6th of May. ?The Committee of Safety in Mobile iave resolved to publish the names of all lersons who refuse to accept Confederate aoney in payment of debts or obligations. ? A beautiful and ingeniously made pair f spurs has recently been presented to his Excellency the President, by Dr. E. H. iichard&on, ofGa., through the Hon. Au;ustos R. Wright. ? The London Times was very bitter on be letter of Adams to Admiral Dffpont, ?attir.fiiir? ("uriiiin shintj fnr frmT) r?.-o ?r- ? logland carrying supplies of arms for Mexians. ? The Daily News says there caD be no ioubt that irritation between England and be United States is gradually increasing. ? Edward VII, will be the name, title, nd style cf the Prince of Wales, when he seends the British throne. ? We learn that a duel was fought in Charleston, on Saturday last, between Lieut. Bellinger and Lieut. Bice, both of Lamar's legiment. From Virginia. Richmond, May 2.?About one thous,nd Yankees entered Louisa Court House ,t tbree o'clock this morning, and have ince that time torn up the Central Raiload track a distance of four miles in this lireotion. The trains are all safe, also the irmy stores. The latter having been renoved some days before. The raid will >rove fruitless to the enemy, except the njury to the track, whioh can be reparied n a short time. later. Richmond, May 3.?No train from a>ove to-day Nothing definite from to-day's iperations in Spotsylvania. Have further jews but the Secretary of War is too closey engaged, and no other authority is acicssible at present to approve the dispatch. SVill try again before the office closes. Richmond, May 3.?The Yankee caval y whioh made a raid on the Central Raiload proceeded to the Fredericksburg Rail -oad to day and tore up the track at Ashand. It is also reported that an ambnlance rain, on its way to Richmond, was captursd by the Yankees. No train has arrived rom above to day. No late accounts has )een received of operations id Spotsylvania, die latest reports indioate that the Yankee lavalry have crossed the Central Railroad n the vicinity of Hanover, C. H., north of Vshland. From Suftolk.?On Monday last a leavy skirmish, initiated by the enemy, ocinrred near Suffolk. It seems that the enimy attempted to drive in the pickets on he right of our lines, when a sharp engagement ensued, whioh soon extended aong the entire line. The enemy were inally driven back, leaving on the field a lortion of their dead, some seven or eight if whom were found in one locality. In his skirmish Thomas Danzey, of the Fayitte Artillery from Richmond, was woonded. rhe same company bad three horses killed. Richmond Dispatch, May 1. CJ __ r From North Carolina. < The Raleigh journal of the 1st instant, i has the following, editorially: We are assared on most reliable authori- < ty that the whole extent of country com- < posed in the counties of Hertford, Gates, i Chowan. Pnrquimans, Pasquotank, Camden ( and Currituck is divested of the Yankees, j They have gone, Buffaloes and all, taking with them, however, every negro they could lay their bands on, free aDd slave. North of the Albemarle Sound the soil is now free i from their polluting tread, and the only t place they ocoupy is Roanoke Island. t The Kinston correspondent of the same I paper, under date of the 30th, says of the 1 recent Yankee advanoe : f The Yankee raid up this way on day be- i fore yesterday, was not as formidable as it 1 was at first supposed to be. The enemy did not number exoeeding five Regiments. 1 But as small an expedition as it was, they were permitted to come within eight miles 1 of this placo before they met with any for- i midable resistance, and then only by about t 200 men of the 56th Regiment, who fought i them desperately for three and a half hours, i they being all that we had on pioket duty i on the Dover road. 11 As near as we can ascertain at this time, we have lost about 20 men killed, wounded aod missing. From Northwestern Virginia. The Stannton Vindicator contains the following official report from Col. Imboden : Headquarters N. W. Va. Brigade, 2 miles N. of Beverly, April 21, 1868. I attacked the enemy in a strong position on the heights in the rear of Beverly"today, and defeated and drove him from the town after a stubborn resistance of three hoars, pursued him till dark on the Phillippa road ?renew the pursuit in the morning. He burnt a considerable part of the town and destroyed his stores, whioh wore very considerable?commissaries alone over $40,000. I captured five new army wagons, thirty odd fine horses and mules, thirtyfour new Enfield Rifles, a nnmber of good tents, a quantity of grain, a bogus militia Major, and a number of prisoners?list not made up yet. I learn I will procure over 1,000 head of fine cattle in this and Barbour county, and large quantities of bacon. It* has been raining for four days?roads i in a perfect mire. r Casualties?A few badly wounded on our side : none killed. Enemy's loss unknown, as he removed all before he retreated. The people are rejoicing at their deliverance from the oppressor. Enemy's force to day two regiments of infantry, a battery and two oompanies of cavalry. Yours, &o., e J. D. IMBODEN. e ? g Battle at Grand Gulf. c Richmond, April 30.?The following i official despatch was received to day : j Jackson, April 29.?To Gen. S. Cooper: Six gun-boatB, averaging ten guns eaoh, opened a terrific fire upon onr batter- o ies at Grand Gnlf, at 2 a. m.,and continu- j ed without interruption six hours and a 8 half, when they withdrew. Several of the p boats were apparently damaged; one dis- IS abled and lying on the Louisiana shore be- fa low. Our loss was three killed, inoluding a Col. Wade. Gen. Bowen, chief of ami- a lery, and twelve or fifteen men wounded.? t! Repairs are being made?expecting a re- ti newal of the attack to morrow. Transports c LaJaJ mitL A?t AAwo awa i n oirvKf knf i n nnfitro I f luaucu VYliU UUU|/0 UlU IU OI^UV) VUV *uuvvilUt Ji (Signed,) J. C. PEMBERTON, r Lieut. Gen. Commanding. St. Simon's Island.?-The Savannah Republican, of the 30tb, publishes au ac- t< count of another scout made on St. Simon's ti Island-by Capt. Hazzard and three of his t< command on the 18th. Ho reached the v Island at 10 o'olook at night, walked eight, a mileB to Hamilton, posted bis men, ad- J vanced alone towards houses lighted up, e saw that the Yankees were on hand; but ti notwithstanding this, he took turpentine ji and lightwood, advanced to the wharf, n where were 300 wheelbarrows, about 200 ti shovels, and quantities of iron, saturated ii the whole with inflamable fluid, and appli- ti ed the torch. The whole was soon in flames, ti and tho Yankees speeding to the eastward of the island to headquarters, and to ask for forces to repel the invaders. The daring a scouts then withdrew. - a c, From the West. ti Chattanooga, Way 1.?All quiet in t< front. The enemy are within his entrench- c ments at Stone's river. j< A special dispatch to the Rebel, dated b Huntsville, 1st, says Forrest repulsed the a enemy, with considerable loss, yesterday, b at Danville, fifteen miles from Decatur, and a is still pursuing. Our loss was fifty. Our t< pickets are beyond Courtland. 1 tl b Late from Europe. t] Our files afford foreign intelligence to the 12th ultimo. The most important items ore those referring to the Confederate loan, and a proposed negotiation of a Federal si loan in Europe. b Respecting the former, it is said to be P openly dealt in on the Paris Bourse, where ^ it commands 1 a 11 per cent, premium. i> The London Morning Post remarks that b "the American blookade is the only effici- b cient mode by which the North now carries tl r\n fKa mar hnt ffiA mnrrftt.inift nnwArn mav tl iD time have to consider how long such a & mode of warfare is to endure." a The English Government had addressed a communication to the Messrs. Laird in i SJ relation to two gun-boats alleged to be in course of construction by them for the Confederates. In reply the Messrs. Laird assured the Government that they are being ^ built for the Emperor of China. c The English Government is ostensibly en- ^ gaged in efforts directed against the fitting ^ out of rebel war vessels in British ports. The Alexandria has been seized by the j? officers of the oustoms at Liverpool, yet w workmen arc still engaged at work upon ^ her in fitting her out for sea. The Government offioials have taken full gpossession of her previous to a rigid examination as to her "history and destination." The British Cabinet has ordered a com- b, mission at Liverpool "to report all the facts tl connected with the fitting out of the Ala- Ji bam a. 0 A steamer called the Japan or Virginia, C of seven hundred and fifty tons,, and fitted Si with enginos of two hundred and fifty tons, Y sailed from Clyde on the 3d of April. Her fr ' .... V. V . V* 'i" " V^r*: -.I-'' 'iff ' * "a? - - ... S \ . ' Y.;-^ t::: . \ destination was China. On the 4th April, in order came for her detention. The New York correspondent of the London ".Afocs," expatiates upon the evident sxhaustion of the rebel resoarces, and the determination of the North, under the circumstances, to press the rebels vigorously to the last extremity. Confederate Congress. Richmond, May 2.?Congress adjourned ime die last night, after passing an Act relitive to Congressional election in Tenneasee. All the bills, the passage of which cave heretofore been reported by telegraph, !iave been approved and signed by the President, except the Acts relative to the staff, md the Act for the conscription of Maryanders which were not signed.Nothing definite from Fredericksburg ;h^s morning. Weather fine. Letters from Hamilton's Crossing state ;hat a conflict occurred yesterday afternoon n the vicinity of Chancellorville, between i brigade of Gen. Lee's army and the advanced column of the Yankees, which resulted in driving the latter back' several niles, with a serious loss. The Confede ate loss is estimated at about one hundred. Nothing definite of to day's operations.? ill accounts from above are of a cheering sharaotcr as to the spirit of oar army and position of our main forces. Running the Blockade.?The im>ression prevails that there is a system of lollasioa practised between the blockading leet off Charleston harbor and those blockide runners who briDg in Yankee goods, imbracing suoh things as give neither aid tor comfort to our army nor strengthen our Deans of defence in any manner. It is inferred that this system is practised because 11 the vessels captured by the enemy are reighted either with Government stores or hings intended for the supply of the army. Jo list of the vessels seized or destroyed by he blockaders has been published. Such . list would throw much light on the subect. It would show whether the impresion generally entertained is correct or not. Another alleged fact which adds strength o the suspicion of this collusion is, that the essels laden with cotton and naval stores, rhioh the Yankees need so much, are sellom, if ever, obstructed iu their outward oyage to Jibe West Indies. If there is enough iu the faots to justify his impression?if the wealth of the coun- 1 ry is going out to benefit Yankee maou- i aoturers, and the blookade speculators are unning in only useless gewgaws, and goods hat may be dispensed with, while the hings necessary for the army are interceptd?-the matter is worthy of the especial lOtiCe of the Government. A little investiption will easily disprove the suspicion or oniirm it, and the subjeot is of sufficient mportanoe to demand it.?Richmond Dispatch. Promoted.?Captain Samuel N. Stowe* f Gaston county, has been appointed Ma* or of the 28th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, vice Major W. H. A. Spear, iromoted to Lieut-Colonel. We learn that rlajor Stowe, at the battle of Fredericks- ' urg, kept bis men firmly in line againBt ' n advancing column of tbo enemy, even j fter tbey bad used all their cartridge?, and j bat these gallant, men held their position ill n nnmh#>rnf tliAm wapa harnnfltted. be aase tbey beard no order to fall back.? < ]he Company thus proved that it was cor- , ectly named the "Gaston Invincibles." Raleigh Progress. * f conscription of foreigners.?soooc \ no weeks ago Mr.#Clay, of Alabama, inroduoed into the Confederate Senate a bill i > conacribe and place in the military serice all aliens domiciled in.the Confederte States, on and after the first day of j uue, 1863. The bill was partly consider* d in open session and then transferred to tie secret calendar. On Saturday the in* suction of secresy was removed and the leasure has been defeated. The danger iiat an attempt to conscribe aliens would ivolve us in difficulties with foreign natons, is said to have been the argnment j, hat killed the bill. ( The Currency.?Congress has passed j tax law, whioh all will greet cheerfully c s one step to the restoration of the cnrren- ( y, and something like fair prices. Bat iere is another yet to be taken, as is seems ) us, quite as neocessary and far more effiicnt. We hope that Congress will not ad* mrn without making effective the yankee lockade of our ports and efficiently blook* < ding the border. People believe the whole l lockade-running business is a yankee trick, nd that if our enemies are not directly invested that tbey at least make "a good j ling out of it." Be that as it may, it has J een and is full of injury to the people and i ie government of the Confederacy. [Fayetteville Observer. The $15,000,000 Bonds.?Many per- ) ins do not understand the cause of the .< igh prices which these command as oom* , ared with those of the $100,000,000 Jpan. ; 'he export duties on cotton cannot be paid i i Confederate notes, as any one may see y the conditions on their face. They must e paid in gold or silver or the coupons of iese $15,000,000 bonds. These latter are lerefore sought after by blockade runners 3 eagerly as specie, and prices have run p accordingly. >?? ?? Blackberry Wine.?The following is iid to ho an excellent recite for the man -- -- A facture of superior Trine from blackber:es : Measure your berries and bruise them, ) every gallon adding one quart of boiling ater; let the mixture stand twenty-four ours; stirring occasionally; then strain BF the liquour in a cask, to every gallon u iding two pounds of sugar; cork tight, and a it stand till following October, and you ? ill have wine ready for use, without any 11 irther straining or boiling, that will make i ps smack as they never smacked under a milar inflaencc before. ' - ? Important Capture by the Alaama.?The Mobile Tribune reports, on le authority of a gentleman direct from aokson, who had received news from New rleaos just before the train left, thit the onfederate States steamer Alabama, Capt. emmes, had capturad tho Aspinwall New ork steamer Moses Taylor, with a treasure eight of more then a million of dollars, - <>. ^ * \ # - *" J. AC LATESTNEWC TELEGRAPHIC. We delay our issue for "the following diS? patoh, received last night at Chester, up/tar 10 o'clock/. Gen. Jackson's left arm has been ampa*.^. tated below the shoulder, and is now dcrtp|f ^ well. Direct Bail Road ooauDunioatie|i; with the Army not yet established.- The' * Federals penetrated Georgia, but Forrest captured the entire command of 1600 atiJb 400 negroes, near Rome, with a loss of >10 .killed and 40 wounded. Yankee Job* 50 killed. > In the South West there has been mti<&' fighting, with considerable loss on sides. Gov. Pettus says no serious disaster - * occurred near Grand Gulf, but writes all tor have confidence in the result. The State", will be held, while a few towns on the ri*. at mnv nrnhflhlu ka nonftifa^ -- ?j f -v ? -r"-"- ^ but necessarily taken. To meet the enemy at every point, driving him back from every position, he thinks not half so gloomy^ three days ago. Oar despatches in' form are not satisfactory enongh from No list of casualties, or private dispatch*, es received, though the above is not at all, official. Prom Fredericksburg. J . Richmond, May 4 ?Tlie following 3J?. patoh has been received: Milford, May 3, To President DavU : Yesterday Gen. Jack-.. son penetrated to the rear of the enemy* and drove him from all bis positions fmtiL the Wilderness, to within one mile of Chan- v cellorville. He was engaged at the sarae-\ time in the front by two of LongstreetVdivisions. This morning the battle was renewed. He was dislodged from all.his positions around Chancellorville and driven back towards the Rappahannock, over whiol?tV be is now retreating. Many prisoners yreptk x taken, apd the enemy's loss in killed ami-;, wounded is large. ? " We have again to thank Almighty f<jr a great victory. I regret to state that Gen. Faxton is killed,-and* Gen. Jackstifr severely wounded. Gens. Heath and 3* * P. Hill Blightly wounded. [Signed] B. E. LEE, General Commanding. "D TrtTTtVAMTv I CI- ?? ? - M'fr - ^.?oouie exoiieiotsirny, was occasioned here this morning by are-' port brought by courier that the Yankee" cavalry, who were at Ashland yesterday were at Hungary Station this morning; witjl> in eight miles of the city. Their force .is estimated at between 2. and 3,000. .^(p expected they will be captured or dispenfO^ - before noon. Advices from Gordonsvills* / . received at the War Department, say that Dr. Woodfolk, who left Chanoellorville it^ three o'clock, p. m. yesterday, reportWthaC the fight is still going on at Frederioha^Mk * Gen. Jackson occupies all the fords except Ellis' and has taken five thousand prisoners and more wero coming in. -Our men are- ' in good condition. No enemyin Colpepei'., Richmond, May 4, 4 o'clock, p. m.? Nothing received from the seat of war syfok; Gen. Lee's official dispatch. _i ia?.. T?STRAYED~FR 0M TORE- ~ JL-i VILLE on the 2nd instant, my SORREL HOR3E; it*, ven or eight years old, has a star In the face. Any lofornation respecting him, will be tiiankfttlly' received and' unply regarded. JAMES L. GUY, Bullocks Creek, S.,C, . May C 18 If-" - " i. r. baker. k. r." awnoxw. . HT. F. BAKER & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Central Wharf <fc No. 20 Cumberland \ CHARLESTON, 8. C. . - -7<T Particular attention paid to Sales, of' . Country Produce. May 6 18 5t? COUTH CAROLINA?YORK-MS. . 0TBICT.?'Whcrew, AMANDA CLAliK. haH ^pUId o me for Letters of Administration on all and singular, the ;oods and chattels, rights and credits of LAWSCW ;LARK, late of tltc District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all an il elnmilar', he kindred and creditors of the said deceased to hfc and ap- ' tear before mc at our nest Onlino*y>-Court for the satft ' Jlstrict, to be holdcn at York the 2f>th day if May lastant, to shew cause, If any," wiiy the said Vdmlnistraiion should not be granted. liven under mv hand and SetlL-cils-fiiSd-. day of Mttv. In tbeyeaf of onrLord, one thousand oiAit hundred and slxty-thrcc. and in the clKhty-sevemliyear of the Ir.jp pendence of Soutli Carolina. t ?v-.-v.- .yr JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y-D. May 6 - 18 , 2^ IN EQUITY?CHESTEB. '.;*r , i. Alexander, ) .rVd r . vs. S Sole of Partnership Lanifr. I. R. Brawley, et al. ) PURSUANT to* order of Court in tills case, I will offer for sale at CHESTER COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY in June next, tfce-hal wtate belonging to the firm of BRAWLEY & ALEXANDER, as follows: A tract of land situated In YORK DISTRICT, boundgi jy lands of;A. SbUlinglaw, J. C, Wbltesldfs, John B. Catton, John Roddy and John Scott, containing 2161-2 ACRES. WARE HOUSES thereof, bounded'on the ftbnlt.by lot of tfw. M. Woods; EastAy Jot of Col. S. W. Mobley; Went, by lot of A. L. OTtnanan, and Sooth, by Depot, o? GJadsaon street, containing ONE ACRE and '26 POLES. T?r*s or Sals?Cash sufficient to pay the cosurfsuft, tnd the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, seeared by bond of the pnrcliasur and two good sureties. The purchaser wiU, also, hot e the >"""*$ *?"? GILES J. PATTEESON, 0. * p.p. May? 18 At [cmcviiAXU] STATE OF SOTTH CABOUSA. ' -J * \?*-*?*?/ " '.'2^5"^ V-.*^1 ^ ..y^?:*4> >_ Adjutant and Inspector General's orwoa^^j Columbia, 8. C., April 30, 1863. PS" answer to the many inquiries addressed to the Adjutant and Inspector General In relaon to the provisions of the Act of the Gcnoral Assembly, ntitled "An Act for the better organization of the militia nd for other purposes," passed nt-the late session, it is ere by made known that, according to the construction of rid Act, as adopted at this office, persons onlyTSfetwoeh le ages of eighteen and fifty feud are now liable to qrdfoay militia duty, which duty they arc required to perform oner the command of the militia officer?J without rifai'd to ic organization of. companies-formed for actite service, In ecordance with General Orders No. 10 issued from this fflce, and that the patrol laws hare in no.wise beep al:red by the recent Acta touching the mllitbu /'A, A. C. GASLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector General of S.iO. 18 NOW IS THE TIME! * I WILL PAY THE . HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOE ALL CLASSES OF 3STE&ROES. C. J. PRIDE, Bock Hill, S. C. April 1 o . 18 . >- f ^ tf p ' . 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