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-.; 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.