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*^?h?. .*,. \ ^hkv >" ^fifes'?*-' w j' "" jsfur^ i- * -' " v "# *'~"^x"? * ' ' ? i ,' -. # *? .*- - *v?< s. **~-jt?. ?Sj, "^.iv _^f^l* j - - *-ir ' hf * . tws?f ,3t?:- s-x c -i^r * ~ >... * ; . .^st4l.'bpb^-. *?* < : /< ( * ' **-, <r\* , \?- . ' , . . . _ ^ v--? v#^sg? * - * 1 ? .- w ~w> 'l ,'t". t-r '^t^^efcftsv " ^ ?- ' >-,i* . ;'l ; .?:*',* .~-j,r'' - ' ' -'? -... .... ~t? , . - \ ,? " '* j&flB . 4* -. - V.^:'V';;;, ? , >V, . ~ .v., ,.-*?&*&" ? ???--- ?""' .^" - '.^? _... -. ?? - . - ^ _. - ' ?p"*""*^^?~~^* ^ - : ^ iewis m. qeist, Iprcprietor. $# p^^ff Jw% ftttespaptr ; J#r % flromoftm of % |pMe3l, Strtiol, &jri?dto?l a?b Commtrtial Interests of % jWjr. | ?s pes teas, i?abvaw?k -.; VOLUME 9. YORKVIMjE, SOUTH CAROLINA,. WEDNESDAY EYEKING, MAT 13, 1863. ' FJMBER 19. PROCLAMATION. ~ i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Coi.cmbia, S. C., April IS, 1663. j YX7HEREAS, the present supply of < T T provisions in this State Is needed for the subsistence . of the people thereof and the soldiers of the Confederacy ' therein; And whereas, it is deemed Important to prevent | the exportation of the same .for speculation: Now therefore i, MTLLEDGE L. BONHAM, Governor I , of 6ontli Carolina, by virtue of the power vested in me ' under the Constitution of this State, do issue this, my } Proclamation, and forbid ail persons, for the space of thirty . davs from this date, from exporting beyond the limits of this State, any salt, bacon, pork, beef, earn* meal, wheat, fiotff, ^ rice, peas, or potatoes. The following persons are excepted,viz : Quartermasters, Commissaries, and other agents t of the Confcdera.e Government purchasing provisions for the army, who must exhibit satisfactory evidence of their ' official character and authority; persons from other States . ' who purchase for their own private use and consumption , _ ? and not-for resale, who shall make oath to that effect before ] the next magistrate previous to the removal of the articles * purchased, which oath the magistrate shall preserve and i furnish for the use of the Solicitor of the Ci.cuit when re?..r**a.4 ??n?ma nf snnnties. towns, cornorations, and Sol tiler's Boards of Relief, of other States, who exhibit satis- | . factory proof of their authority to purchase such provisions - in-bchalf of such counties, towns, corporations or Soldiers' 5 Boards of Relief for public use or for distribution at costs and charges, and not for resale or profit. I Salt made by nonresidents and cargoes entering our rtor&t from abroad are also excepted. it is enjoined upon all sheriffs, magistrates and constables and all good citizens ore appealed to, to aid in the enforcement of this Proclamation, and also nf the Act of the General Assembly, entitled -'An Act to enforce any Procia mation of the Governor prohibiting the exportation of pro- ! visions," ratified the tenth dny of April, A. D., 1863. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, atCol am- < ~{ _ bia, tills 18th day of April, in the year cf our Lord . one thousand eight hundred and sixtv-three. I M. L. BONHAiM. { ' W. R. Hcxtt, Secretary of State. . April 23 1C lm 1 Of THE COURT OF ORDINARY, l YORK DISTRICT. | For Division or Sale of Real Estate of James ??. Mc Carter, , r i. " Deceased. James L- McCartcr, Applicant, cs. Christopher L. K. Mc- I Carter, e* al.,Heirs-at-Lnw of James A. McCartcr, deceased. r[" appearing to my satisfaction that Robert M. McCartcr, John C. McCarter, and Harriett McCarjer, widow of David Z. McCartcr, deceased, and , the children of said David Z. McCartcr, whose names are unknown to me, defendants in above stated case, reside ( v without the limits of this State. It l?, therefore, ordered, that they do appear and object j to the division or sale of the Real Estate of James A. hie- | Carter, deceased, on or before the 15th day of June next, 1 or their consent to the same will be entered of record. . J. A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. 1 March $4 12 Jin | IN EQUITY?YORK DISTRICT. , Jno. D. Maclean, Executor, f \ , r?. > Bill for sale of land 4" Negro. ' Robert Patrick, and others. ) IT appearing to ray satisfaction that j Bobt. P. Bigger, John Mllien and Sullna, his wife, Jaracft Bigger, Thomas Davis and John Davis, defendants .in above stated case, reside beyond the limits of this State. ft is, therefore, on motion of Williams and Beatty, Complainants Solicitors, ordered, that said absent defendants do ] appear and plead, answer or demur to the Bill filed in this case, within three months from the publication of this no- I See, or said Bill will be taken pro confesso as to them. WALTER B. METTS, ; '? Commissioner in Equity. * February IS, 1B63. 7 ? 3m CORN WANTED] ''pHE undersigned having been ap- \ JL pointed a Government Agent for the purchase of CORN in York District, will pay iho highest price allowed I htM^' for ail that may be delivered at the Depot or ary^ ^ KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD, j The Agent hopes that he may be able to purchase the , quantity needed by the Government for Immediate use, without the necessity of resorting to impressment. | SACKS will be furnished on application to the under . signed, at Yorkvlile, South Carolina. I W. H. McCOKKLE, Agent. April 15 13 _ tf ] B ANK NOTES & SPECIE BOUGHT AND SOLD BY . \ 'Si Or. R. RATCHPORD, 1 YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,' .stand formerly occupied by L. Bloomberg & Bro.) | 1 ^%ho will Pay the Highest Market , 1 Peine for the above. 10 tf YORK. MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully informs the citizens of 1 ** * '"j ? t*: ?Kn o/Hninimf r?nnntif>< nf ! xornana v^nesier uii'iinw, .mu u.v North Carolina, that he Is fully prepared to supply every article in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish I and at reasonable prices. He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN > - 'fcntl DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work , mav be always seen at the Yard, nearlv opposite thei'ENQUTRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North \ of- "Slowe's" Hotel. (fty- All work will be delivered at any point on the King's ' Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. i He Is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING 1 of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, Stc. January 10 2 . Ip ?FFICEA. Q. MTT 1 * CHARLESTON, 8. C., October 1st, 1862. "jV/TR. J. C. MILLER is appointed < XtjL- Agent of this Department, for the purchase of j FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester. , Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him, 1 through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carolina.? , Particular attention must be paid to the PACKING. No "WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government was experienced last year, by Foddiyrteing Improperly packed, all such will be rejected. " I MOTTE A. PRINGTSfCapt. and A. Q. M. October 15 42 tf STEAM MILLS FO~R SALE.? The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town of Yorkville, S. C., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist ot WHEAT and CORN MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAYY-Rhe whole driven by a BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, with WELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, nnd all necessary buildings. Tho BOILER aad ENGINE, if desired, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL. March 18 11 tf Transient Boarding. rIE UNDERSIGNED HAS L0cated himself a few doors North of STOWE'S hotel, aad Is prepared to accommodate all that inay favor him with a call. His TABLE shall be furnished with the substantial? of Ijfc, as well as PROVENDER and Stabling for horse. W. P. McFADDEN. Yorkville, April M 5m' FOR SALE. JQQ R>s COPPERAS. 100 fits BLUE STONE. 500 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at W. D. & J. C. MILLER'S. October 22 43 tf Trtrwi i t vomr/vp tv tt n t XT r( 1 I i> \J J.J.V>JTj. U u Alii VJT JlJ my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrangements wlUtBr. LESLIE-O'VVEN, formerly ofCh arleston, to take charge of, my OFFICE, adjoining the Enqciree baildlng, where be will be pleased to wait on my customer*, as usual. He to a gentleman of much experience in my line of business, ana will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. W. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 8 rf CARRIAGE SHOR THE Subscriber still continues the CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS at the old STAND. All kinds of coun try produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK done by W. P. McFADDF.N. January 23 _ 4 tf DR.ALFRED CRAVEN |ltsii)tn{ jkfffM ?tniisf, YORKVILLE, S. C. (jg- On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal metto Hotel."-?ij} January 6 1 tf ~ LEATHER! LEATHER!! HPSE Subscriber will TAN HIDES JL and finish for ONE-THIRD of what Leather they make. Hides may be left at the King's Mountain Railroad ? Depot, or at #Us Tan-yard, (New House, York District,) Those left at the Depot must be marked, that they tnay be identified. Any left at the Depot can be returned when finished. IRA. HARDIN. April 29th, 18C3. -17 - -dt ; _ F~ )R TAX COLLE0T0R?WE are authorized to announce SMITH SANDERS as a Candidate for the office of TAX COLLECTOR of York District, at the ensuing election. November 19, 1862 47 ly* From tlie Mobile Tribune. j j FRANZ INCENSE; 11 OB | i The He Row of Myrrh Freeze Burrow. j 1 BY ASA HARTZ. 1 ? < CHAPTER I. j { The silver moon was shining on its own iook. (The idea of its ever borrowing 1 ight?or anything else?is a medium-sized i inmbug.) It was shining down into the 1 ilacid waters of Mobile bay like a large sil- 1 ver dollar of the old time currency. Cat- < ishes occasionally came up to the surface i )f the watgp and agitated its bosom?as i jatfwhes are wont t<y do, even in peace limes?and the silver dollar before men- < tinned broke off into silver dimes and pica- 1 punes, bringing pleasant and melancholy i eoollections of the hard "change" gieces j .7hich whilom oigaF venders ^ve back to .be smoking customer. The goddess of light was doing well on this occasion; < wooing swains and maidens to moonlit < walks, soft talk, solemn vows, rash conces- i dons, and?other dogon'd nonsense. ' [Inasmuoh as this chapter is specially in regard to the moon, the orthor wishes to tvoid any other subject in it, and therefore ] somes down particularly heavy on the moon. < ?Orthor.] chapter ii. t Frank Incense was one of the sons of his j uother?that is, if his mother had any oth- I ;r sons; a fact which docs not clearly ap- < pear to the orthor. At the time spoken of, some twenty-three summers (ditto winters) J lad passed over his head. He had been I raised in medium poverty in a house on i jedar street. Large knowledge of the 1 world and a side-wheel shirt collar gave i aim the air of a young man who had seen 1 is much as any one who had not seen more. 1 He gazed upon the moon in pensive sad-oess. Anon his eyes sought the deep and jlear but muddy waters of the bay, as seen 1 from the wharf foot of Theatre street. A 1 bright glazed"cap hid the rich yellow curls { }f his hair, and a cotton handkerchief of the bandanna build made frequent trips to . and from a nose which occupied an elevation that induced the beholder to think ^ Frank wore a piece of assafcctida for a breast- j pin. ; Frank's bosom was tossed with grief. [In devoting a chapter exclusively to b'rank iDceose, tbe orttior wisnes to respect bis hero, and cannot, therefore, introduce in it any other subject,?Orthor] chapter iii. "Sarah Eliza, this is the fourteenth time you've called me a low-down cowardly skunk?afraid to enlist in my country's sause I I'll leave you, cruel girl, and write nyBame-in deeds-of heroism on the battle plain! Farewell! I'm off ! I'll never see you more, till, with a victorious wreath sound around my brow, I seek my native aome and lay my wearied heart at your proud feet 1" And he leaked out, immejately. That young man was Frankincense! But who was the proud beauty to whom ;his sorrowful and sanguinary language was ihrillingly addressed ? It was Sarah Eliza Muggins, the bell of ;he Sixth District, lleread in all the luxary and extravagance of a high-born and aoble family, whose annual income did not fall much below two hundred and eighty dollars, this lovely female had been accustomed to do her own thinking about matters and things in general?and this cruel war iu particular. With her it was but natural to think that every male, with the usual quota of arms, legs, &c., should be winning glory in the tented field at ?11 per month. Hence the gentle hints which had been fourteen times slily dropped in the presence of her adorer, Frank. Sarah Eliza Muggins was not-one of your ordinary beauties. Thirty-six autumns bad | fnll.hlown her charms. A finelv chiselled i bead?richly festooned with ringlets whiob | pied in hne with the color of the Code of ] Alabama?surmounted neck and shoulders ? that might have sufficed to harmonize with the roseate and weli-boiled shrimp. Her < eyes were of that lustrous and expressive | beauty which characterizes the gentle and , watchful feline ornament so much prized ' and so much needed by thrifty housewives. ( A mouth, large in itself, but so much the | more fitted for the business of life, stood ) beneath and a little to one side of a nose that would have enraptured an artillerist, j in its angles of incidence and deflection.? Sarah Eliza Muggins was a trump?a good , egg?and the betrothed of Frank Incense. [An orthor, in desoribiog his heroine, shonld never suffer himself to desecrate the chapter devoted to her with other subjects. 1 It is proper this chapter should end as it is. ?Orthob.] CHAPTER IV. Pursuant to act of Congress a conscript officer, duly commissioned for the purpose, began-to jayhawk the young braves who hadn't yet taken a whiff of gunpowder; aud the native town of our hero lost thereby some of its brightest and most useless ornaments. It was then the gallant Frank Incense went boldly forward in his bleediDg country's cause?joioed a consoript company ond entered the nrnnd lines with the hon- I "M%> w"""? w? r? orable and responsible rank of high private. Here, just as the train of cars is leaving, bearing that noble form, with others, in the j direction of Tennessee, we draw the curtain, ! for it is^ night, and the same veil which j hides from our hero the hallowed scenes of! bis childhood, never to be seen, save "Through memory's fond tears," will also hide his game and gallant form from us. [The conscript aot is too solemn a thing j to be sneezed at, and the orthor- is unwil- J ling to add other matters to a subject of so t much importance.?Obtbor. CHAPTER V. The hoarse booming of cannon, bellowing \ and belobing forth big balls, betokens the i beginning of battle; and the far-famed and j fury-fought field of Myrrh Freeze Burrow j 3 before us. Long column&of infantry, ines of cavalry parks of artillery come into riew. The. slaughter begins and goes on with a two awry looseness. The victory langs between the contending forces. First me side gives way, tl^ehTthe other; then ;he other, then one. " 'V] The battle-flag of the onety-oneth Alajama has been shot down a hundred and seventy-two times! Each time some reckess brave has rushed forward and caught it aefore its precious folds trailed in the bloody iust. But now it is nowhere seen ! Alas! a there no one to rescue it and bear it forward for the gallant band to rally around ? A cry ! a shout! a holloa ! a deafening jheer is heard! And look I the tattered banner is seen rushing towards the breastworks of the retreating foe, borne in the bands of a fearless man !, Ye gods! ' Tis FranJc Incense7 Hooray 1 [The orthor thinks it a piece of refined cruelty to add one single word more to this shapter, and feels proud and happy in think.1 Ho lug mac ma ruauma tutu& ov iuv.?\snrnoa.] chapter vi. The silver moon is again shining down placidly, and making chafcge for old time dollars in Mobile bay. At the foot of Theatre street?seated on ihe wharf?sits a happy pair. Start not, 7e-entle reader mine, 'tis Frank Inoense, :he tie Row of Myrrh Freeze Barrow, and :he faithful Sarah Eliza Muggins 1 The gallant yoang man two lost of his irms in the bloody battle, and is now out of Jie servioe. And hasn't the faithful Sarah Eliza got two good arms that will answer for both of them ? And won't they be married on Saturday evening next. And won't they peddle peanuts at the operabouse all next winter.? [This chapter having wound up the tail which the orthor commenced, 'twould be in evidence that he has no confidence in public appreciation if he mixed up anything >f a foreign nature with it?Orthor] Mobile, April 1863. Recruiting for the Yankees in Ireland. It is now pretty generally known that the Feeling of hatred to English rule, which has lately been revived in this country, and if. which there were unmistakeable eviden jes on the occasion of the marriage of tho Prince and Princess of Wales, is the result if the teachings of emissaries who have passed over from the other side of the great jcean, their object being to provoke emigration and get the able-bodied men within he mesh of the provost marshal,-who watch;s their arrival and hurries them away to die field of battle. The treasonable assemilin^and drilling of Jarge raa9?$B which ire nocturnally occurring in the outskirts )f thi3 city and of the country towns, are preparatory lessons in military taotics, to nake them more ready to serve in the brigides of tho Meaghers, the Corcorans, the Boulibans, and the other heroes of whom he history of 1848 records that "they did lot fight, but ran away." The Yankee a;ents, now prowling among us, have also iirected their attention to that half made var material, the Irish militia. It is assert;d that numbers of the men of this foroe ire subsidized to enrol the youth of the lountry in the nationalist clubs, and then ;eaeh them military drill. Each draft of imigrants which leaves this port is accompanied by militiamen, and so many of the atter have already disappeared that the ranks of the regimeuts will show marked ieficienoies at the forthcoming militia trainng. The exodus is carried out largely by he ships of the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Company, whose vessels leave his harbor mid weekly for New York; buf he number of passengers, from the cause ibove suggested, has so considerably increased that supplemental steamers have lad to bo placed on the line eaoh of the hree last weeks; and, instead of the numjer being six or soven hundred a week, they Tow offer tn the amount of some fourteen or sixteen hundred. This weekly outpour from the port of 3ork, it is calculated, will continue during ,he spring and summer, at the rate of twelve )r fifteen hundred human beings per week. The gullubility of the humbler classes of sue population is deplorable, as it makes them a ready prey of the wily: and that those who are now dealing with them as merchantable commodity may not be foiled in their traffic, the dupes are estranged from their lloman Catholic priesthood, who,they are deoeived to believe are in the pay of the British crowu to defeat the rebellion, and that it was through their tergiversation the previous>rdbeiiions in Ireland had miscarried. Young men's religious associations and temperance societies, which are under the guidance of clergymen, are now shunned by those imbued with nationalist ideas; and certainly the result which they believe must follow their organizatiou is Utopian in the extreme. But the fact is, an idea ha9 been wide-spread, and Dot to be removed by argument, that if the sons of Erin aid the Yankees in conquering the Dixies, the foimer will repay the good services by despatching fleets and soldiers to Ireland, who will wrest this country from its possessors and hand it over as a reward to those who fight under the Republican flag. This is the explanation of "Ireland for the Irish," and it is the will-o'-the-vftsp which is alarming hundreds from homes of comfort to perish in malarious marshes of the invaded ^States of the great continent, or be shot down when driven forward to face impossibilities, suoh as the snioidal assault on Fredericksburg, in which the lives of so many Irish were purposely sacrificed.? Cork (April 8) Correspondence of Snunders News Letter of Dublin. The Cat Out of the Bag ?The Now York Tribune, io its zeal of defending Admiral Dupont, lets the cat out of the bag. It says that Admiral Dupont "did intend to resume the' engagement of the succeeding day, but in tbe meantime the oommanders of five of the iron clads?the Keokuk, Nan tuoket, Patapsoo, Nahaot and Passaic?reported their vessels as unfit for duly?leaving him bat tea guns for the renewal of an attack." This seems a little like the Yankee iron-olads suffered in. the "reoonnoissance." ' ' : The Exemption Aot. The following is a copy of the Aot amendatory of the "Exemption Aot" of last session, as passed by the present Congress : . An Act to repeal certdiy clauses of an Act entitled ltAn Act to exempt certain persons from, military sjrvice," etc., approved 11 th October, 1$62. 1. The Congress Of the Confederate States of America doscnact, That so much of the Aot approved ^etober 11th, 1862, as exempts from mitjjfriji service "one per son* euner as agent, owner, or overseer, on eaoh plaotation on which one white person is required to be kept by the laws or ordinances of any Staterand on. which there is no white male adult not liable to military service, and in States having no suoh law, one person, as agent, owner, or overseer, on each plantation of twenty negroes, and on whioh there is no white male adult not liable to military service," and also the following olause of said Aot, to wit: ''And, furthermore, fot additional police for every twenty negroes, on two or more plantations, within five miles of each other, and each having less than twenty negroes, and on which there is no white male adult not li. able to military duty, one person, being the oldest of the owners or overseers on suoh plantations," be and'are hereby repealed. 2 For the police and management of slaves there shall be exempted one person on each farm or plantation, the sole proper-, ty of a "minor, a person of unsound mind, a feme sole, or a person absent from home in the military or naval service of the Confederacy, on which there are twenty or more slaves: Provided, the person so exempted was employed and acting as an overseer previous to the 16th of April, 1862, and there is no white male adult on said farm or plantation who is not liable to military duty, whioh faotshall be verified by the affidavits of said person and two respectable citizens, and shall be filed with the enrolling officer: And Provided, the owner of i_ e i i-ii L: l 1 suuu larrn or piauutuuu, uia ugeui ui icgai representative, shall make affidavit and deliver the same to the enrolling officer, that after diligent effort no overseer can be procared for sach farm or plantation not liable to military duty : Provided further, that this clause shall not extend to any farm or plantation on which the negroes have been placed by division .from any other farm or plantation, since the thj^ll^h day of Ootoberj 1862 : Provided furthert that for every person exempted as ^foresaid, and daring the period of saeh exemption, there shall bo paid annually into the public treasury by the owners of such slaves, the sum of five hundred dollars. 8. Such other persons shall be exempted as the President shall be satisfied ought to be exempted, in districts of country deprived of white or slave labor indispensable to the production of grain or provisions, necessary for the support of the population remaining at home, and also on account of justice, equity, and necessity. 4. In addition to the State officers exempted by the Act of October 11th, 1^62, there shall, also, be exempted all State officers whom the Governor of any State may claim to have exemptecWor the due administration of the Government and- laws there-: of; hot this exemption shall not continue in any State after the adjournment of the next regular session of its Legislature, unless such Legislature shall by law exempt them from military duty in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Dr. Hines.?We made brief mention yesterday, of the appearance in this city of Dr. Hines, the artful, plausible, notorious swindler and sooundrel, whose rascally ex ploits nave Deen irom time to ume recoraea in tbe public prints of the country. We learn that his presence in Montgomery was a compulsory one, as he had been arrested in Mississippi by the military authorities and was being conducted to Biohmond, but upon what charge we are not advised. Dr. Hines called at our office on Wednesday lagt and introduced himself as Col. Dorset Hamilton, who over four years ago, happened to travel on tbe^ame boats we did from New Orleans to Montgomery. We did not suspect his tnje character at that time, nor until Borne twpjveeks later he was published as a swindler in an Augusta paper, and a description of his person given. A short time afterwards he was arrested in Memphis upon some charge of rascality and sent to the Nashville penitentiary for three years. On the boat from Mobile to Montgomery the old fellow seemed to be a favorite with all the passengers he became acquainted with. He had money, and expended it freely. In fact, he seemed to be very rich. Said be had a plantation on Santee Biver, in South Carolina, had a residence in Charleston) where he passed the most of his winter months, with an only child, a daughter 13 years of age, and that he had just hoon nnf tn hia nlnntation in the West. where he waa obliged to go once a year to look after his interests. We might pursue this subjeot further, i but we only intended to guard the public against a man who is dgfagerous. If he is allowed any freedom in Riohmond, some body will be swindled.?Montgomery Mail. i :? Found Dead ? Mr. H. C. Brouson, who for more than thirty years-has been a resident of Columbia, was yesterday found dead in an out-house on his premises. A jury of inquest found a verdict that his death was caused by bis own not, in a lit of mental aberration. Ho had been out of : health for some time, and fc "source of much ; anxiety to his friends. He has been*a most i useful citizen, and served our city in many duties of truft and confidence.?Carolinian. < ; G6mWI ;1). H. Hill. Head Quarters, Department N. C., Goldsboro, April 24th, 1863. General Orders, No. 8. The Department Commander returns his heartfelt thanks to the troops under his command for their courage in battle, patient endurance ofrlong fatiguing marches in the cold and wet, for their vigilance on-duty, and uniform good behavior every where.? Unlike the rascally Yankees, you have protected private property, tfnd no depredations have beon oommilted, except in a few instances by the 25th N. C. Regiment. It is to be hoped that this brave Regiment will leave off this low Yankee practice, and will behave as well on the march it has always done on the battle field. Some twenty Cavalry men, under Lieut. Beard, behaved badly in presence of the Yankees, and the same is charged against Capt. Nicholl's Company of Cavalry. All the rest of the troops behaved most handsomel>. > Soldier's with forces inferior to the Yankees, you drove them into their rat-holes in Newborn and Washington. Yon held the latter place in close siege for sixteen days. With light field guns, you whipped Jhe four gun boats in the harbor at Washington, disabling two of them, and driving the poor poltroon Renshaw, U. S. Navy, under shelter of an Island. With some half a dozen field pieces, you kept baok nine ghn boats from coming to the relief of their afHioted consorts. The relieving force of seven thousand men, you whipped so easily as to think the battle was but a skirmish, and were preparing for the real contest when you heard the foe had slipped off in the darkness of the night, blookading the road behind him, so that a dog, or. a sneaking exempt could not crawl through. If you failed to accomplish greater things, the fault was not yours. How much better it is thus to deserve the thanks of the country by your courage and patience, than to skulk at home as the cowardly exempts do. Some of these poor dogs have hired substitutes, as though money could pay the service every man owes bis country. Others olaim to own twenty neernefl. and with iustice might claim to be masters of an iofioite amount of cowardice. Others are stuffy squires, bless their dignifled sqpls! Others are warlike militia officers, and their Regiments cannot dispense with such models of military skill and valor. And such noble regiments they have !? Three held officers, four staff officers, ten Captains, thirty Lieutenants and one private, with a misery io his bowels. Some are pill and syringe gentlemen, and have done.their share of killing.at,hom?., ..Sora.e are kindly making-shoes for the army, aud generously give them to the poor soldiers, only asking two months pay. Some are too sweet and delicate for any thing b^t fancy duty : the sight of blood is unpleasant, and the roar of cannon shocks their Sensibilities. When our independence is won, the most trifling soldier in the ranks will be more respected as he is now more respeotable, than an army of these skulking exempts. P. H. HILL, Major-General. The Trans-Mississippi Department?A Caution. Our communication with the vast region beyond the Mississippi being either wholly out off, or rendered very precarious and irregular by the enemy's, gunboats between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, we cannot therefore receive direot information about the operation of our army ou that side of the river. This is greatly to be regretted, as now that Gen. Price is in command there very active movements will be made for the recovery of the ground we have lost nnder incompetent Generals. But this interruption of oar communications with the transMississippi Department entails upon as another evil of a vexatious character. It makes us dependant almost entirely upon Yankee newspapers for information of what is going on there, and we may rest assured that more monstrous lies tbaa ever will be crammed into the telegrams and letters from that theatre of events. We have already a copious budget of these Herald fabrications in the late numbers of that mendaoious journal, announcing Federal victories in Missouri and Louisiana. We do not believe a word of the statement about the Cape Girardeau affair, or of Banks' prodigious successes, on the Tecbe. The only authority which wo have for such intelligence is that which has so often been proven utterly worthless. On the same authority we, cr rather the European public, will be told that Hooker, has demolished Lee, and that the rebellion for the fiftieth time has been totally crushed. In this state of things we particularly caution our people against receiving with any degree of faith the reports in Northern papers about rebel defeats and Yankee prowess in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. We shall have a constant stream of suoh falsehoods, without the means of disproving and exposing them. The best thing then, that we can do is, to treat them as part and parcel of that vast system of lying which was organized at the beginning of the war and has been more and more recklessly developing itself ever since the first battle of Manassas. Petersburg Express. , To Weld Cast Steel.?The Fayetteville Observer instituted an enquiry some time sinoe for something which could be used instead ot isoiax, ^wnicn is now exceedingly scarce and costly) in welding cast steel. ; ; ~ : . The following preparation is used by Mr. V. A. Frost, an experienced smith of this city, as a substitute for borax, and is said to answer tho purpose admirably. Smiths and machinists elsewhere would do well to give it a trial. The substitute consists of S pounds of salt, 1 pound of copperas and 15 pounds of sharp sand thoroughly mixed and used as borax.?Raleigh Standard. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's Wounds. ?A telegram on yesterday morning announced the fact that General Jackson's arm had been amputated, and that-he was doing well. Mrs. Jaokson, who is at present in the city, has been informed by a latter of tbe melancholy circnmstancee under which the General received his wounds. The following are the facts of the most unhappy affair, as detailed in that letter:? At midnight, on Saturday night, his men being drawn np in line of battle, a body ol troops was seen a short distance in advance of onr lines. It being doubtfnl wbethei they were friends or enemies, Gen. Jackson and staff rode forward to ascertain. Whilst he was engaged in reoonnoitering, his men being unaware of bis movement, mistook himself and staff for enemies and fired a volley into them, instantly-killing one of his staff and severely wounding General Jackson and Major Orntchfield. One bullet passed through the General's right band, whilst another struck his left arm below the elbow, and, ranging upward, shattered the bone near the shoulder. He instantly fell to the ground. His brother in-law, whc was with him, laid down beside him to ascertain the character of his wounds. In a moment the unknown troops in front, who , proved to be the enemy, advanced and captured two other staff officer who were standing over the General, without noticing him. Soon after, four of our men placed him on a stretcher, and wore bearing him to the rear, when they were all shot down. The injury to his right hand is severe, one of the bones having been shot away, but it is believed he will ultimately recover ite use.?Richmond Examiner. Acts Yetoed and Unsigned.?On the last day of the late session of Congress, the President returned two acts with hie --I- ?4;?~ Qonofn fn ait. VCIU~~?*UUC Vttgiuabiug iu viiu uwuuvu^ uv ?uthorize the transmission of newspapers to soldiers free of postage. The disapproval is based upon the contravention of that section of the Constitution which requires the post uffioe department to be self-sustaining. One provision of the act required the puyment of the postage upon said newspapers out of the public treasury, and was, therefore, in effect, an appropriation to the posl office department. The other aot vetoed was in relation to the Tennessee Congressional elections. A bill was subsequently framed so as to obviate the objections of the President, and being passed by both Houses, received his approval snd signature a few minutes before the adjournment. Four acts were unsigned by the President, and therefore failed to become laws One-provided for the conscription- of citi zens of the United States sojourning in the Confederate States; another organizing a general staff; another establishing the ordnance department, and the fourth relating to the public printing. Gen. Pemberton in South Carolina. , South Carolina, April 28, '63. To the Editor of the Richmond Examiner:?You will muoh gratify and oblige a subsoriber, and one who reads your editorials with great interest by noticing the case of our slaves stolen and held or exported bj the Yankees. How, in the event of peace, oan or shall we deal with them for the property taken by them ? Are they not to be held accountable, as England was in the last war, and b?. made to restore them, 01 pay for them ? Perhaps a word in youi able paper as to the possibilities of the matter in respect of the Yankee pockets might work as a caution upon them in the present aspect of affairs. It is known in Richmond, as it is in this State, and publicly talked of, that General Pemberton, before his removal from his command in Charleston (May 23, 1862), advised and urged the abandonment of all tho fortifications which have so successfully repulsed the Yankee fleet. Is he the man to be entrusted with Vicksburg ? I know of none in this State who think so./ Very respectfully, Estimate for the Support of the Government.?The Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to Congress bis estimates of the appropriations necessary for the support of the Government from July 1st to December 31st, 1863, and last night they were passed by the House. The estimates are as follows : Legislative, $281,045 00 Ex'tive salary Pres't, &o., 24,125 00 Treasury Department, 22,711,400 61 War Department........... 334,813,518 00 Navy Department, 8,348,407 02 State Department, 57,970 00 Department of Justice,... 176,488 38 Po3toffice Department,.... 112,088 92 Miscellaneous, 10,000 00 Total ....$396,537,742 93 In looking over the estimates in detail we And some interesting statements of facts. To support one regimeQt of light artillery (10 companies) six months it costs $490,761. A regiment of cavalry for the same time costs $317,271; and a regiment of infantry for the same length of time costs $200,543. The cost of supporting 200 generals, 400 aids, 163 brigade quartermasters, 150 brigade commissaries, 500 chaplains and 73 cadets, which is the field and staff is $1,828,1064. This includes wagons, horses, Bta denary, forage,/&c., for the officers. The salaries of oar ministers, commissioners, consuls and commercial agents abroad for the half year, amounts to 845,150. The salaries and mileage of senators is 847,000 for the six months, and of the members of the House 8200,420.? Richmond Buspatch, 2ith. Camp Near Green Pond, S. C., April 26, 1863.?Col. Jervey, of the 1st South Carolina negro Regimeut, came over from Hilton Head, yesterday, with a flag of truce. Capt. Barnwell, Gen. Walker's A. D. C., refused to recognize such an offi foiaJ, whereupon he took to his oars?bat, r before leaving, stated that our ubiquitous .4 i Colonel Elliott knocked the wooden guni boat?whioh he weht iosearch oflastweefe in the Combahee with his h?1 fired torpei does?ail to flinders, killing four of the crew. It is, therefore, surmised that the kwj flag of truce came upon a mission relative ; to the wreck.?Cor. Petersburg Ezpriflfe: . : , The Anglo-Eebel War Yessjbl Yir" ginia.?To whatever extent the general , plan of building ships for the rebels ia En glish docks may be checked, we. have infor- \f : mat ion that one of them is afloat, in parts ; unknown, to add power to the navy which the rebels have boasted they would oreate : out of nothing. The Vxrgiom was lauocf^ . . ed from the Clyde, fully equipped except armament and supplies. These she took | aboard from the French coast, and at once sailed for her rendezvous. She is 7ery , strongly clad with irod, and^lry powerful: i ly armed. The heavy guns bristle from her , side ports, and two Wbitworth 8ixty-eight :y | pounders are placed on pivots on her deck- ' i Where is she going ? Nobody here knows., . What is to prevent her from payiog her rei spects to thi^ city, among others ? Fort?^;?.< , Delaware would not stop her for oo^mo-^4'*.^ . ment, and Fort Milan. has only some old . honey-combed gnns and worm eaten cat* _ ; riages, whose projectiles, could they be fired, ; would glance like haU from her sides.? i Have the authorities bethought them to have obstructions of any sort ready for bet . _ i possible raid 1?Philadelphia Inquirer, . ^ , A Suggestion.?The Confederate Cpa* ' - . gress has wisely laid a tax of eight percent. . *. upon all provisions (as well as miny other v ; specified things) on band on the first day < July next, beyond what is necessary for the"? , family consumption of the holder. This will touch the pockets of those who are " , hoarding corn, floor, bacon, &o. Has the. knowledge of snch a tax already brought . supplies more freely into market, and thereby reduced prices? Whether such nu effect has been produced or not, there is fcyc, ry probability that the tax will operate that way between this and the 1st of Jwm i iP ? . And what we would suggest to those who : have a surplus of provisions, &c ,. &C ? % that as the 1st of July approaches, martflt will hfl morn and morn crowded and prices will probably mora and more fall.? . Ic is only necessary to call attention to tbii^,. [ view of the matter. Each holder will, of- i coarse, consult his own judgtbenfas to, the , propriety of selling soon or late, paying the tax himself or letting somcbod/elsepay it, ^ . &c.?Faycttcviilc Observer. r ~6?he Blockade PouOT-^Tha Bi?bi mond correspondent of the KdoxviHe Reg istcr, repeats and extends, without qualifi . cation, a statement that other correswfc "V-* ; dents have indirectly hinted at. It is a statement that should not be made without unquestionable authority, end wahope, therefore, the authors of it will feel themselves in honor and daty bound to present their specifications, or to retract.?- *' /" t The statement is as follows : The blockade running business will be 1 restricted. It is well understood that the ' Yankee Government furnishes private 6ig nals tc vessels freighted with fancy gooo-which enable them to pass the blockading _ . ' squadrons. Cotton afcd gold are thus ex 1 tracted from the South, and in return wo ' receive all descriptions of trifles, nothing ' that we need, but everything we fancy.? The Government should regelate this trai.e ^ > by which our enemies get Cotton aoti^ii, J > and we nothing. ~~?111' ' 1 A Dangerous Counterfeit-?we hare been shown a bill of the denomination of fifty dollars, purporting to be a Confederate Treasury Note, of the issue of Septem- . ber 2,1862, which has been pronounced * counterfeit. The bill has a likeness of . ? President Davis, in the oentre, aud an ot long square of green tint on each side of the same, and under the figures 50, witb nar- S, row strip of green tint running lengthwise across the foot of the note. No coler ow the back. The words '-Confederate States" are in German Text, the capitals being heavier than the other letters. The likeness of Mr. Davis has a slight defect about the mouth, and the signatures seem to he, >. J J .? engraven IUDWIU UI ukiug wimcui whole appearanoe of the bill is, however, good, and if a counterfeit, as good judges have proooaaoed, it is well calonlated to deceive.?Macon Confederate. ' ' The Age op IaoN.?Another of the . ionumerablo applications of iron, or its . modified form of steel, appears in the form of enammelled steel oollaft. They have been worn for a year or two in England,, i Jv bat are jnst beginning to come into general ~ U8eia New York. Seen even at a short } distanoe, they look like highly polished linen. differing; Ironi that article only in their greater lust/e and cleanliness. The same material is worked into wristbands-, and some of the New York ladies are fettering themselves in these novelties. A ballet- ..< proof shirt front, whioh would pass master equally well io the ballroom or battle field, is the next probable development of tbia ingeniua invention. The starch in theee species of fabric is warranted.to be permA * oent in all weathers, and one wipe of a sponge does all the wcshiog.~>t/ovrftaZ of Commerce. ^ -I '"ft*?~t? TT r? T 4'Vrt i ftvrnn Qifnnimn/va A 2.11* JJiXa vAoii U4JX jrr/EUi?i\0.?X3L VVN respondent of the Quebec Morning Ckron ickrwho signs himself Dixie, asserts?aou bis assertions are guaranteed by thewggHpr of that paper?that oor Governmeat hat- fbeen solicited by the South to guarantee the safe transit from the ports of Charleston Mobile and Savannah of three vessels load ed with cotton, as a iree o fife ring to thLancashire operative^. The writer assert, that the propbsal was treated with silence but that shortly after, the movement for Northern subscription was inaugurated. * New 'York World.