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. *;' -V' *':2ii ? I-*<V&: ?vH: t-' ." ' .- v* * " * . * >? *" ?*, , * -i- J?- , ': 1? ^A. ? ? - - .. .; ***$& ?* vV V _ . j. . ** , r . /*# ^ _. ., ^Vii^ ..* t-* te : a- <$& ;'- : -, ;:;<- v*: - -^; ' -v''.: : . :,., ,? . . - v.: .- . ? ,4 .. - *r - * _ ?*> - ? ^"" i '^ ' ^rrr '^" ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - ... " ??. ' ? ; lewism. qhist, J Proprietor. Jittoptniititf Jamilg fUfcpgtr: get % ^wnur&it rf % political, J?otial, ^gricaltaal aab (Joraettial Interests of % $0?t|. |?speetbab,padvanor . =j==^- ' . ? " ? * ? ?= ?- . - .' ,. . ' . Y0LU1E9. . " YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1863. NUMBER 23. EXCHANGE NOTICE NO. 5. Aw, / ,1 Rtcnxoxr, May 9th, 1853. r3E following Confederate officers anil men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby sq declared: 1. All officers and men who have been delivered at City Point at any time previous to May 6th, 1863. 2. All officers captured at any place before the 1st of Aoril, 18G3-, who hnvc been released on parole. 3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before the 1st of March, 1863, who have been released on parole. 4. The officers and men captured and paroled by Gen. S. .!' Carter, in his expedition to East Tennessee in December last. 5. The officers and men captured anil paroled by Lieut. Col. Stewart nt Van Huron, Arkansas, January 25tb, 1863; ? bv Cnl. Dickey, In Deccmbor, 1862. In his march to the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and by Capt. Cainetvm, at Corinth, Mississippi, In Doceniber, 1862. '6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Miss., on the 83*1 of December, 1862; at Des Arc, Arkansas, on the 17th of January, 1863; and at Baton Rouge, La., on the 23rd of February. 1863, .. . 7. vAR persons who have been enptured on the sea or the waters leading to the same," or upon the. scacoast of the Confederate or United States, at any time previous to December 10th, 1862. ** 8. Alt civilians who have been arrested at any time hefare the Cth of May, 1863, and released on parole, are dis.* charged from any nnd every obligation contained In said s~, paroie. If any such pewoil has taken any1 oath of allegiance to the United Sta.es or given any band, or if bls re. lease wt? accomplished with any other condition, he is discharged flora the sumo. 5t J{ any persons embraced in any of the foregoing sections, or in any section of auy previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are In any Federal - i prison, they arc to be immediately released and delivered to the Confederate authorities. " ROBERT OULD. May 27 21 6t V/Uiucuci(ui; iwnrp?pi.io niu uircu wiv iwiv^umg uvuvc tlx times and send bills to the War Department. IBII IlilSI IIS 111 111 . . s To-Growers in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or any Southern * State. TIE Board of Directors of the "S. Carolina Institute" will award premiums for specimens of Ute crop now maturing, as stated below, to be for worried to this-eltyin merchantable order, and not later than the 15th of July nest. Samples will he carefully ta* ?kwi or receiptor the respective specimens, and be submit* ted to. Impartial and competent judges for decision. The PI our and Grain will then be sold without delay, /rec of commission, for the benefit of the owner, viz : *. "For the best 5"barrels of Wheat Flour, or that quantity . in sacks,........... ....?50 For the second best 5 barrels of Wheat Flour, or that quantity In sacks. 25 * For the best slpgle barrel ofWheat Flour, or that quantity lA'sacfcs, premium.... 10 For the second best-single barrel oi" Wheat Flour, or that . quantity In sacks,, premium.... 5 For the best ten bushels of Barley, premium..... 10 For the second best ten bushels Barley,, .premium.... 5 For.the best ten bushels Oats, premium.... 10 For the second best ten bushels Oats,.... premium.... 5 Vm the best ten bushels Rye, premium.... 10 Per the second best ten bushels Rye, premium.... 5 The banels and sacks to be distinctly marked with the name or brand of the farmer. His Postoffice, County or District, and the Mill where the Flour was prepared, must - be stated by letter, when the shipment is advised ; and, if convenient, a description of the seed planted and the proL duct per acre, Is desired. . -The consignments and letters to bo addressed to WM. KIRK WOOD, Esq., Vice Presidents. C. Institute, Charleston. WM. M. LAWTON, Pres. S. C. Institute. Wiuto r G, DeSacsscee, Secretary, May 2T 21 lp j? THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. ' Par liirixicnor Sale of Real Estate of James A. Mc Carter, . Deceased. James L. McCartcrj Applicant, vs. Christopher T.. H. McCarter, e( al.,Heirs-at-Law of James A. McCarter, deceased. TT appearing to my satisfaction that Robert M. McCarter, John C. McCarter, and Harriett McCarter, widow of David Z. McCarter, deceased, and * the children of said David Z. McCarter, whose names are. unknown to me, defendants in above stated case, reside * withourthe limits-of this 8tatc. ^ It is, therefore, orilcred, that tbey do appear and object to the division or sale of the Real Estate of James A. McCarter, deceased, on or before the 15th dny of June uaxt, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. J. A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. March 24 12 3tn DRUGS, J1EDICIJSES, &C. T -If AVE just received a choice assortJL nwmt of DRCGS and MEDICINES, which l Offer for sale at. the lowest CASH PRICES, viz : Snslifh Chloroform, Aloes, Rhubarb, Engllih Calomel? Bine Mass, Sulphur, Asafootlda, Castor Oil, Pearl Ash, Valerian, Extract Logwood, Chalk, Opium, Black Drop, Bpiom Salts, Magnesia,. . Nitre, Camphor, Rotten Stone, Yellow Ochre, Spanish Whiting, - and many other articles. .1 am Manufacturing a splendid BLACK INK, SHOE BLACK and SOAP. Blacking BRUSHES and MATCHES br olf hv A. CRAVEN. '.~Mav27v 91 6t WOOL CARDING. r2E subscriber now informs the public thai his MACHINES arc In good order, and do excellent work on good MATERIAL. To Insure good work the WOOL must be well PREPARED, viz.: well WASHED With SOAP, the trash picked out and then greased with a pint of GREASE to every 10 pounds of WOOL. , Price of CARDING?20 cents CASH, or ONE-TENTH of the WOOL. Allparcels of wool lefl at the MACHINE for CARDING will be well taken care of and RETURNED to the proper owner when called for. Provided, always, should there be any lost by FIRE, WATER or BURGLA RY, the subscriber will not holdTiithself responsible for the value thereof, as these are things over which he has no control. 7.. D. SMITH. La a ret. Mills, Mav 95,1863. May 27 21 lot YORK MARBLE YARD. RICHARD HARE, respectfully informs the citizens of Afotk add Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of. North Carolina,that he is fully prepared to supply every ar~~ ticIeJn the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish and at reasonable prices. ' He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN jtnd DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work inav be atways seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North of "StoweV Hotel. tg}- A11 work will be delivered at any point on the King's ' - Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. V He Is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, &c. January 10 2 lp " OFFICE A. Q. Mm CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 1869. & MILLER is appointed XlA. Agent of this Department, for the purchase of * FODDER and CO?N for the Districts of York and Chester. - Planters desiring to sell willsaoainnniicate with him, through the POST OFFICE, at-Rrkvine, 8. Carolina? Particular attention must bo paid to the PACKING. No WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government was experienced last year, by-Fodder being improperly pocked, all such will be rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M. October 15 49 tf TO TEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? K-T The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town of Yorkvillc,S. V., directly on the KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. The MiUs consist of WHEAT and CORN MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a TUtU.Rfi nnii ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER. wiftrWELLS and PUMPS to supply with water, and all I necessary buildings. The BOILER and, ENGINE, if desl- I red, wlllbe sold alone. 'S. J. KUYKENDAL. K March 18 U tf Transient Boarding. rIE UNDERSIGNED HAS L0catcd himself a few doou North of STOWK'S hotel, and Is prepared to accommodate all that tnay favor him with a ca)l.v His TABLE shall be furnished with the substantiate of life, as well as PROVENDER and Stabling for horse. W. P. McFADDEN. Yorkville, April 8, 1883. - .14 5m* > . FOB SALE. JQQ lbs COPPERAS. 100 lbs BLUE STONE. 500 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at W. D. &. J. C. MILLER'S. October 23 43 tf TYENTAL NOTICE.?D U RIN G -L" my absence from Yorkville, I have made arrange, menu with Er. LESLIE ?'WEN, formerly ofCMrrleston, to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Enquirer building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers, as usual. He la a gentleman of much experience In ray line of business, ani will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. VV. M. WALKER, Dentist. February 25 * <j tf CARRIAGE SHOP. iY(B nfcSLs THE Sul?scriber still continues the JCARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSUiESS at the old STAND. All kind* ofcoun try produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK done by * W. P. McFADDEN. January 23 * tf DR. ALFRED CRAVEN~ f^sibtni jitirgtira YORKVILLE. S. C. On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal tnetto Hotel. " m January 6 1 tf SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER Envelopes for sale at tho "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' November 26 43 tf The War in Mississippi. Jackson, May 24.?General Johnston, Humphery Marshall and Governor Pettus arrived here yesterday. Of Johnston's movements, but little is known. He is constantly on the move, and turns up almost any where and any time. Great ac-. tivity prevails. Slowly we receive scattering particulars of affairs at Vicksburg, and I rejoice to say that they are not so bad as first represented.. On Monday, the Federals commenced feeling the weakest and most vulnerable point of the Vicksburg works?-the approach by the Jackson Road?and on Thursday morniDg, at 10 o'clock, advanced to the assault in a rather cute and ridiculous manner. They advanced their flags close to the works, with their negro troopsin front, and lay down. Bowen's gallant Missourians never fired a shot. The other .1? i.?j j ?i.? ?lj. icgiLucuco iucu uiatuucu upy auu mu wuyiu assaulting column, forlorn hope and all, marched within easy musket range. At the words, "Forward, charge," they received our fire, shattering and decimating their ranks frightfully, they rallied, olosed up and stood to it for thirty minutes, when they broke and fled. They were rallied to the charge four successive times, and met with the same storm of iron hail and leaden rain. The whole field was literally covered with their dead and wounded, where they were still lying on Thursday night unbnried and without any attention. What a field of slaughter, suffering and angnish ! What cruelty in Grant!? His dead and wounded soldiers were left alone where they fell?the dead to rot?the wounded to suffer and die?under the very nose of the enemy. How cruel and beastly to put the negro, whom they had 6educed from their happy homes, and under the delusion of freedom and liberty, or- by force, induced to become soldiers, and then put them in. frontof the battle, to be mercilessly shot down by their former masters and proprietors, and then leave them in the first hour of trial to rot, as so many beasts. Since Tuesday, from all I can learn, the enemy has contented himself with shelling, cannonading and sharp-shooting, and they occasionally succeeded in picking off some of our men. As the firiDg is at long range, Pemberton does not reply. On Tuesday morning, Lieut. Col- Brown, of the Twentieth Mississippi mounted infantry, dashed into Raymond and captured the place, taking four hundred Federals and about fifty or sixty runaway negroes.? Not a gun was fired and "nobody hurt."? The sick aad woanded were paroled; the well were brought here and paroled. A aiong them were some half dozen Captains and Lieu tenants. The negroes have been brought here and put to work on the fortifications. Yesterday, in the neighborhood of Raymond, two Linooln thieves were captured, with the spoils on them, consisting of six or seven thousand dollars in gold and silver, a lot of gold and silver watches, and any quantity of ladies jewelry. The enemy is reported landing the forces of Gen. Curtis at Snyder's Bluff. Grant has moved his army well up North of the railroad, but few troops being below or in the vicinity of Grand Gulf, which is no loDgtr his base of operations. The Jackson Mississippian, of Tuesday, 26th, says: "We learn from a gentleman who arrived from "Vicksburg, that the most stubborn battle of the series around that devoted place took place on Saturday, in which the Federals were repulsed with terrible slaughter, our boys literally piling up their dead bodies in heaps. We have news from the Yazoo up to May 25.' The Yankee gun-boats were reported as having left Yazoo City. Four steamers were sunk in the Yazoo by order of Capt. I. N. Brown, of the Confederate Navy? the Scotland, Golden Age and two others. All other steamers in the river are safe.? Our forces have evaouated Fort Pemherton ?bringing off all the guus safely. It is said that Gen. Pemherton has been oompelled to burn tar and other disanfectants in order to save his troops from the ill effects of the effluvia of the dead bodies of the Yankees that lie rotting in the sun in front cf his works. It is hard to account ' for Federal neglect of suoh an act of common decency and humanity as the burial of their dead. The sight of them cannot be either pleasant or oncouraging to the survivors, and will not render them over-anxious to advance against strong position, when the terrible results of former failures are bo plainly before them. The postmaster . of \Inn^<vA?nA?n V\no Kaan fa]orrt<A1a ?w xuvuvguutvij uao utuu ioi?giapug\i vu send forward mails for Jackson and points beyond, as usual. The Advertisei' says : If the latter reports of the assault on Saturday are correct, Grant's army must now be badly cut up, and unless he has been very greatly reinforced, it would appear that the present is General Johnston's opportunity to move on and attack him in the rear. The loss of fifteen or twenty thousand men in one assault would be sufficient to demoralize almost any body of men in the world, especially if they were within the enemy's country, and Grant's army must be suffer-, ing greatly in this respect. The desperate assault which Grant is making upon our works will hasten the time of his discomfiture, as each successive repulse must leave him weaker than before. The Montgomery Mail hears a rumor that General Johnston.iiae been reinforced by fifteen thousand militia, and that he had cut off the enemy's supply train somewhere in that State.. Jackson, May 27.?The news from Viokaburg is cheering, and affairs are wearing a more hopeful and confident face. The Federals have made seven desperate assaults upon our works, and have been each time repulsed with immonsc slaughter. All accounts represent that it haB no equal in the : war. The Federal officers are said to have represented to their men that Richmond had been captured by Hooker, and that the only rebel stronghold was the city of Viokaburg, before which they were drawmap in battle arrays and that by determination and boldness in their charge they might take' the place and at once end the war. The troops did as they were commanded; their charges were not only stubborn but desperate, hence the immense hills of. Yankee dead that now cover the face of the earth, awaiting sepulture, and poisoning the atmosphere by the horrid stench of-their thousands of carcasses. Our officers estimate the enemy's loss from ten-to twentyfive thousand in killed and wounded. A North Carolina Federal deserter came in last night, and tells the same story, and says that Grant's loss is estimated in camp at from ten to thirty thousand men. . . Tho roiili?nf?sQ rtf fho innrcin in thn nati. mates will give joa a faint idea of the punishment that the enemy has received) and of the immense strength ofVicksburg, and i the heroism of its defenders. Oar own loss is very small, hardly two hundred. So much for good entrenchments. ? From the Yazoo I can learn but Very little, and from that little Idraw a sigh of relief. The enemy went up the river aa far as Yazee City, and committed a good many peculations. Commodore Brown sunk four boats in the river, which sufficiently obstructed it to prevent the enemy going any farther up. The navy yard was burnt. Last year, we had some gun-boats in the river, but a few Federal boats started up on a reconnoissance, when the Confederate , officers became alarmed, and blew them up." Nothing but misfortune has attended our naval efforts in that quarter, and I am glad they are done with. j From Helena, Arkansas, our information , is meagre. All Western men fully believe , that the place has been taken by Marma- , duke, of Price's army. It is said that he hnnf* ? nenro rociment. hnth nffinara and o n ~ / ~? "?? i men. The number hung is said to be348. , It is stated on the authority of Memphis papers, that no boats had been up for five | days, and it was generally believed that the j place had been takeo. Vicksburg was given up here for several , days, and the news that came in was siok- , ening and painful. Our army, after its defeat at Baker's Creek, was very much die- ] heartened, but being successful in repulsing < the enemy in their assaults upon Vicksburg, j confidence is restored, and a fine- .morale | prevails. The garrison of Vicksburg is yet besieged from the river and the North, , and Banks is said to have crossed his army at Bayou Sara, and is marching on Natchez. j The enemy has been terribly punished, but ] not .driven away. Grant sent in a flag of truce yesterday. I learn that its object refers to the treat- ( meot of the sick and wounded. Major ( McKnight, Gen. Loring's A. A. G-, left this morning with an answer. I Cor. Mobile Advertiser and Register. Jackson, June 3.?The Biege of Vioks- : burg so-far is very encouraging. The enemy has been repulsed with immenseslaughter in every attempt to storm our works.? Grant will be compelled to raise the siege in a few days. It is reported he is returning to Grand Gulf. The storming of our j works is looked for within the next 48 | hours. The Memphis Bulletin of the 30th, ' claims five thousand prisoners captured at j Young's Point. It says the news from | Vicksburg is not so stimulating. The slaughter on the Federal part is notso largo as reported. The place is closely invested, ] and apprehensionsure felt for the result.? { Confidence is felt in regard to the result at , Vicksburg. T . /.irpn.T To Aii xrsA.* t/UUC V. Xkll IjUICb ttb J J burg yesterday?do firing was beard.? | Grant is evidently making preparations for ( a movement in some direction. Jackson, June 4.?A courier reports that Kirby Smith crossed to Port Hudson, on Sunday. The gun-boats made a furious assault. We sunk one steamer, which j drowned 700 men. The siege of Port Hudson will be raised. No doubts are felt with > regard to the result. Interesting details of Thursday and Friday's fight at Yicksburg are coming in.? Grant used cotton bales for moveable breast- ^ works in the attack. Pemberton mounted j 200 pounders and directed fire at the cot- t ton bales, mowing down whole platoons of j the enemy. Official despatches state the j enemy's loss, including the action at Baker's Creek, at 5,000. Confidence in Gen. Pemberton since his answer to Grant is fuliy restored. No fears are felt with regard to the result either at Yicksburg or Port Hudson. - Heavy firiog has been beard in the direc- ^ tion of Yicksburg all day. Nothing reliable from there since Sunday. The weather is cloudy and it is raining slightly. Mobile, June 4.?Gen. Johnston commenced to advance from Canton towards , Vick9burg, via Yazoo, on the 30th May. j The army is in splendid condition, and the c spirits of the men buoyant. Chased dy Ladies.?-The following 1 paragraph, which we clip from the army letter of the Mobile Tribune, may contain g some troth; but as we have before heard e nothing of the affair, we cannot vouch for \ its accuracy : e We were driving Sedgwick's infidels a- e cross Banks' ford, when a Yankee officer a was seen making his way through the streets i of Fredericksburg, where we had no troops e at the time, in order to gain the opposite s side of the river. A number of ladies c standing on the porch at the time saw the c runaway, and cried out "stop him, stop s him," when a Miss Phillippa Barbour, a t niece of Col. Phil. Barbour, of Va., with t a number of other ladies, gave ohase, and t ran the Yankee offiocr nearly down, who, o convulsed with laughter at tbo sport, and c the idea of being pursued by ladies, be- c came nearly exhausted, and gave up on be- 1 ing hemmed in at the corner of a garden c fence. The ladies took him prisoner, and t locked him up in a room until our troops v again entered the city. a From Vieksburg and Port Hudson. We give the following particulars of the assault made by the Yankees on our fortifications at Port Hudson. The news, thus far, is satisfactory. We have the greatest confidence in our Generals commanding at Port Hudson. The Era publishes a letter from its correspondent, "On board the steamer St. Maurice, Bayou Sara, May 23." It says : "General Banks and staff are here, and the army is rapidly coming up. Every one is jubilant, and confident of victory at Port Hudson." The writer thus exults over the progress of Grant towards Vieksburg, and his great "uccess on the route. 1 With this preface,^ give what news the prisoners bring. Tbey state that the Vanlrnn ffrtnra V.o/1 mn/lo ^aanann AO ' uau uiauy nwv ucopciara ao* saults, which were repulsed with immense slaughter. When ordered to make the third assault, they refused and swore they would "not be led into a slaughter pen."~ Four of the Abolition Generals were seri ously wounded, whose names we were una* ble to ascertain, with the exception of Gen. Stafford, who was shot through both. legs. General Grorer, it is also stated, was killed. Some parts of these rumors are hardly oredible; such as that, of all the men taken by Banks into the fight, only 3,000 escaped. General Banks' entire staff was captured. Of one negro regiment which made the assault, 600 were killed. We further learned that our gallant General. Gardner had given orders to take no negro soldiers prisoners. If this is correct, we are glad to learn that he has taken the initiative in that respect, and have no doubt he will reoeive, which he well deserves, the thanks of every true Southerner. A rumor was prevalent on our streets that the firemen of New Orleans had raised a riot there, and bad not only whipped the Yankee troops, but that General Bowen, the Yankee commander, had been killed; ilso, that the firemen had fired nearly the whole oflho Third District. This, however, as rnach as we wish it to be uo, requires JUUlilUJttUVU. Later and Confirmatory.?The following is a copy of a hasty note writteq at N. Orleans just before the boat containing the prisoners left the wharf. - It is from a gentleman of high charaoter; * New Orleans, May 29.?Tremendous fight at Port Hudson on the 27th. Yankees driven back with a loss of 3,000 killed and wounded. Gens. Sherman, (since reported dead,) Neal Bow, Ghapin, and Niokerson, wounded. Gen. Payne killed. Negroes, to use the language of an aid of Gleueral Sherman to B.. Evans, "massacred." _ They held our outworks for two hours, i>ut the 15th Conneotiout and 26th NewHampshire caught the infection and the whole concern broke and fled. They report the United States sloop of war, Riohnond, sunk; some say it was another vesiel. This iB their own version. Banks jot in the flght. All under the direction if Sherman. He wsb brought here last light. Registered enemies will apparently le left alone for a while.?Atlanta Inlellijenccr. Grierson Heard From.?A New Oreans exile, from Summit, reports that as ae was leaving that point last Wednesday, :he rumor was current that. Grierson, the Yankee oavalry officer.who led the recent raid through Mississippi,* had been repulsed with a loss of two hundred killed, many wounded and several prisoners. The fight loourred on the Bayou Sara and Woodville road. Grierson at the time was on his way from Baton Ronge, for the purpose of destroying the Woodville Factory, but was met with the above mentioned result by two regiments which were sent after him from Port Hudson. The report seemed to be generally beievod.-?Mobile Tribune, 2d inst. Helena.?The Mississippian, of the 30th May, has the following: We have seen a eentleman who left a point above Helena on Tueslay last. He ?ys there is no troth in the reported cap;ure of Helena by Gen. Marmadube. The' Federals at Memphis have got intelligence hat Viokabarg was taken by Gen. Grant, tfews in these times is not always reliable. It is cot safe to believe all we hear. A Question. N'Importe, a correspondent of the Savannah Republican, says: There is a mooted question now concernng the rank of the highest grade of Confederate officers. An item which recently vent the rounds of the press, giving the lonfirmation of full Generals, failed to give hat of General Braxton Bragg. From bis many supposed that the Senate had ailed to oonfirm him. This is an error.? Ele was appointed the day of the battle of iSbilob, and confirmed at once, being tho irst full General confirmed by the Permalent Government. Generals Cooper, Lee, Johnston, Beauregard, &c., were first appointed and confirmid by the Provisional Government, and vere consequently obliged to be re-appointid and confirmed by the Permanent Govirnment, afterwards, and therefore their ppointments were made after Bragg's, giv-. ? ? aL- ittA flAHlArifo Aft la n/vtv aIa!m Ug ILitJ IHVWCJL IUC iJOMIWUVjJ W9 CO UVTT UlHliU" id, making him the ranking General of the ervice. The question has not been raised lotil recently, though it is said the Presilent discovered the singular discrepancy otne time ago and kept it quiet for pradenial reasons; yet, since the investigation of he matter, it is believed in official circles hat he maintains that Bragg is the senior dicer. In the moan time, things go on as isual, each officer aoting as heretofore, aoording to his supposed rank, and General Jragg patriotically refusing to claim his mdoubted privileges, and for the benefit of he service continuing to command the army rbioh he has so well organized, disciplined nd controlled. f Frospeets of Natioual Finances, f The London Times of the 12th discourses as follows: "Although United States Stocks fluctuate less than the exchanges and the premium on gold, they contiouo to i>xp< rienoe rapid movements according to tn? gress .of the war. But the variations are directly opposite to those which logic would dictate. The Federal 'successes,' whioh are followed by an improvement, should in reality cause increased distrust, while every new and crushing disaster in the North might, on the contrary, be accepted as the best gleam of promise against the reign of repudiation whioh seems imminent. If the war be protracted much longer, or i* the subjuga- 1 tion of the South be accomplished either soon or late, American finance must bo without hope. If a definite and honorable' separation ean be effected, the nossibilitv of a redemption of Northern obligations may still, perhaps, be within rational anticipations. A prolongation of the war for another six months on its present scale of expenditure will swell the mass of liability to a degree that can leave no doubt as to the manner in which it will be dealt with, since, concurrently with the drain of treasure, the drain of life and labor from the fields will have reduced the productive capacities of the country, so that years must elapse before it can even regain the condition in which it stood in 1860. On the other hand, assuming that the South could be overthrown to-morrow, its slave labor deported or turned adrift, its debts disowned, and its population kept from new outbreaks by huge garrisons and naval squadrons, the hew state of peace would be as costly as the late state of war, while the credit of the conntry would be wholly destroyed from the knowledge that there was a chronic danger of revolution, such aB has prevailed in Mexico and Central America throughout the whole of their independent existence. The .Washington politicians fancy that the dissolution of the Union is hoped for in Europe, as the best means of breaking down American power; whereas, if there was malice against them of the most cruel and wicked kind, it might 1 be gratified to satiety in the one wish that ( they should succeed in their present enter- 1 prise. It is beoause these facts are gener- 1 ally recognised ou this side that the possi- 1 bilifcy of a Federal loan being entertained ' is entirely out of the question, and the fi- ! nancieis of that country may therefore dis- ' miss all thought of attracting foreign capital nntil n conarnfmn ha affontaH nhinti shall I WUHU M WV|/mMIIIVU WW VUVVUVU I? UIVU UUWII leave the Northern energies, free for their 1 natural coarse of progress to the Paoific, I instead of being hampered by a partnership 1 with States wbiob must for the present con- ' tain either 3,000,000 Africans in subjection 1 or 3,000,000 African idlers, and, as fas as military conquests can make them.such, 1 8,000,000 slaves of the Anglo Saxon race. 1 the case op the peterhoff. The same authority says : "la connection with-the late capture.of 1 the Peterhoff, it is stated to be the intention of the {merchants and shipowners in- ' terested in the trade from the port of Lon J don to memorialize the government, calling upon them to pat an end at once to the pretensions of the Federal Government ia sei- J zing neutral ships proceeding to neutral j ports. The discharge of the cargo of the Peterhoff, which is reported by the last ' mail as having been ordered, is considered 1 merely a pretence to gain time, and delay ( the qnestion involved to an indefinite period, , which would act most prejudicially upon the shipping interests of the Kingdom." ? v Improved Condition of our Postal t PwPMTTPQ Thn ATnonrlitfirna nf iKn Pnof ] IbU f Utl JL UW Va^WUUtKVKVO W4 vuw Jk. v/uu Office Department, for the year which end- ' ed 30th June* 1862, were 82,924,290 48. ^ The receipts for the same period were 81, 911,189 05. Exoess of expenditures over < receipts 81,013,101 43. The law in orea- J ting postage to a uniform rate of ten cents ] per letter went into operation on the 1st of July 1862. The expenditures for the next ( succeeding quarter, ending September 30,' 1 1862, were 8789,571 77. Receipts for the 1 same quarter 8717,191 60. Excess of ex- I penditures over receipts 871,380 17. The 1 receipts for the next succeeding quarter, j ending December 31,1862, were 8772,716 1 27. Expenditures for the same quarter ' 8657,745 45. Excess of receipts for this * quarter over the expenditures 8115,020 82". I The total receipts for the firstsix months of ? the present fiscal year 81,489,957 87.? 1 Total expenditures for the same period 1 81,447,317 22. Excess of receipts oyer } expenditures 842,640 64. c The Post Office Department has sucoeed- c ed in procuring the manufacture, in Rioh- 9 mond, of a very handsome twenty oent v stamp. This stamp presents a very excel- 1 lent likeness of General Washington, and e is in all respeots a credit to the engravers. ^ The Department is now filling orders for stamps of this denomination, whioh will 0 increase the convenience of paying postage J on double letters and packages, and will be found useful in the. absence of specie and j1 small notes, as ohan^e. Our Glorious Soldiers.?An intelli- 8 gene gentleman, woo was su eye-wuuesa ui i the late battle near Fredericksburg, says ii that highly as the efficiency of Gen. Lee's li army had been extolled, nothing he had 8 heard came up to the impression-produced p on his mind by his own observation of their e conduct.Their deeds~of valor were not only magnificent beyond all conception, but o the oheerfulness with which, after being f for a great part of the day involved in the 1 most terrifio peril, they would, as soon as ti successful, maroh for miles to some new b scene of daoge? was absolutely marvellous, tl Their conduct when - wounded was even it more admirable. Our informant has seen h groups of the wounded standing around a lj well, each waiting patiently his turn for 01 water, bleeding, dusty, weak in body, yet at as humble, modest, and unpretending as so g many ohildron. Wooderful men ! What ti age or country has prodaced suoh? Suoh ig lions in battle, and jet so unconscious of their own greatness 1 Such are the rank and file of the Southern army, men whom it is an honor to live in the same age with. Richmond Dispatch. Oar Besources. The Richmond Examiner, which is never prone to error on the side of praise or approval, gives a v^ry cheerieg account of our resources. For the benefit of the long faced occupants of street corners, who are always smelling mice, we present the following extracts: The military resources of the South were never more ample than now; and the pre-: A. it _ rt _/ ^ uouii uuuuiuuu oi me rjonieaerucy, who reference to materiel elements of saccess in the war, is one of varied and lively encouragement. It is estimated that we have arms enough to pot in the hands of a million, of men,? and oar available military strength is rated at bat little less than a million and a half. We have now in the Confederate servic'tf from 600,000 to 650,000 effective inon ; the irregular organizations and State militia would probably add 200,000 more. These figures are authentic; a portion of them are derived from such public data as appear in the debates of Congress; while the estimate of the additional forces that might be called out in circumstances of paramount neeessi ty is probably not oat of proportion to the well ascertained statistics of population. The Tecent alarm with reference to the resources of subsistence in the Confederacy has, in a great measure, subsided, and giving place to better informed and more confident views of the stocks of provisions on band, and our vast capabilities of production, which are now in exercise. The grain crops in tbe South were never more prom-. isinir than at. tho nrnaanf tima Ttio nvswt 6V r ? ?V of wheat likely to Be harvested this year will be without a parallel in the South.? From all parts of the Confederacy, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and the remotest Western boundary, we have cheering news of the growing grain crops. Extending our survey of the internal condition of the Confederacy, we have also cause for congratulation in its improved finances ; the excellent resultsof the. tax bill; the withdrawal of the ourrenoy; the reduction of outlays and the enlarged revenue of the Government. We learn ..that already, under the operations of the fandiog system, there have been at least eighty millions withdrawn from circulation and returned to the Treasury. The consequences of this reduction are already felt in the .decline of prices, the discouragement of speculation, aid the moral as well as commercial beneits of renewed confidence in the credit of the Government. . These traits iu the general condition of the South, which we have hastily, reviewed, ire full of patriotic encouragement/ . We aommeuced this war without manufactures, without access to the markets of the world, ind with soarcely more than a hundred thousand arms. Surely, since we have accomplished so much under, the disadvantages of the past, we may. look with confidence to a future in which we shall contest the fortunes of the war with armies more numerous .than we have yet brought into the field ; with well disciplined industry at home ; and with a revenue large enough to payoff our present war debt in five years, ind therefore to put the oredit of our Gov-, irnment beyond all doubt. rhe Enemy's Raid on the Banks of the Combahee. We have gathered some additional par-. ;iculars of the recent destructive Yankee -aid along the banks of the Combahee.? rhe latest official dispatoh from General Walker, dated Green Pond, eleven o'clook Caesday night, and whloh was received here )n Wednesday morning, conveyed intelligence that the enemy had entirely disappeared. It seems that the first landing of-the Vanlals, whose force consisted mainly of three contraband" companies, officered by white nen, took place at Field's Point, on the dentation of Dr. R. L. Baker, at the nonth of the Gombahee river. After des* roying the residence and outbuildings, the ncendiaries proceeded along the river bank, rieiting successively the plantations of Mr. Dliver Middleton, Mr. Andrew W. Burnet, VIr. Wm. Kirkland, Mr. Joshua Nieholls, dr. James Paul, Mr. Manigault, Mr. C. D. Lowndes, and Mr. Wm. C. Hey ward, ^fter pillaging the premises of these gen* lemen, the enemy set fire to the residences, tutbuildings and whatever grain, etc., they lonld find. The last place at which they topped was-the plantation of Wm. C. Heyrard, and, after their work of devastation here had been consummated, they destroy* id the pontoon bridge at Combahee Ferry, [hey then drew off, taking with them beween 600 and 700 negroes, belonging hiefly, as we are informed, to Mr. Wm. 0. leyward and Mr. C. T.. Lowndes. The residences on these plantations are ooated at distances from the river, varying a different cases from one to two miles.? )n the plantation of Mr. Nicholls between ,000 and 10^00 bushels of rice were desroyed. Besides his residence and ontbuiidnrra mKioti toata hnrn?ri. hn Irwfc a flhnine ? J" J ? ?" - . ibraty of rare books, valued at 510,000. leveral overseers are missing, and it is saposed that thr.y are in the hands of the enmy. ' . The sucoess of a marauding expedition f this oharacter is certainly W very morticing circumstance. We are informed that 'ar Blnff, down, the river, below the plan- . ition .of Mr. Burnet, commands the Comahee, and that a few well served guns at hat point would prevent gunboats from goig op the river. And in like manner it as beon suggested that a few guns, skilfol7 managed, if placed at Chapman's Fort, a the Aahepoo River, would prevent any ' scent of that stream. It is a matter of reret that, the troops reoeotly stationed be-veen the Combahee and the Asbepoo are ; no rant of the localities and roads in an important region, in which it is so diffloult to give warning of the enemy's approach, ^ and where rapidity of movement is so important an element of military sncce?.w ' Charleston Mercuryy itli. < W- )* ?', :i>-p r~ Insult to ."the Bog." The Richmond Whig thus notices the recen t act of Captain Tatham, of the Royal Navy: - ' - , " . * Hitherto, however, the insults and-'ffljjpc rages have all come from oue side. True, the honor, veracity, humanity, civilization and Christianity of the United States have been scoffed at by British writers and speakers. Bat these are not i nan Its to the Yankee, nor do they constitute in bis eyes a provocation to war. Bat a genuine casus belli hw at last occurred. The Island cf Sombrero, an enormous guano dunghill lying in the Caribbean Sea, has for years part been worked by Yinkee ship-owners and searchers for the great modern manure.? The United States flag has been hoisted > JM.t 1 t v over immense pues 01 men, ana unaer u its labor of Yankee love.has been piled m . dnstriously and profitably since 1856, without let or hindraooe from her Majesty's Government. All of a sodden, Captain ? Tatham, of her Britannia Majesty's ship Phaeton, on the pretest that the island had been surveyed in 1810, and again in 1850, by British offioere, and thinking, to use Mr. Layard's language in Parliament, "that, by allowing the United States flag to remain hoisted while he was there, it might be inferred that he thereby acknowledged thesovereignty of the United States," he landed on the island, and politely "requested that it (the United States flag) should be hauled down, and, on refnsal, caused it to be pulled down This settles the matter. ' Capfc. Tatham has gone as far in his way as Admiral Wilkes did in nis. Yankee Doodle must fight now. Impugn his honor, his trntb, ' his conscience, his religion, scoff at revile, jeer, sneer and ridioule him/it^pl^ , ters not, for he has neither honor Dor seose of shame; bat touch his guano, and he will nourish it forever as a matter demand^ direst vengeanoe.- Every cock will fight on its danghill. Dwdle will prove no owiS? * tion to the. rule. His flag and hia gusflt) have been outraged. Capt. Tatham haa raised a stir and a stench, the extent .of which he little dreams. : Great Britain cannot recede, for the Sombrero gnano is British property and must be proteoted. -This hauling down of tbe Yankeeflag ia an event of very, recent occurrence, and Mr. Layard says no correspondence has passed on the sobject. It is ah unmistakable and irreconcileablg casta belli. We await with tbe liveliest satisfaction the declaration of the war for dung?a war in which the stake at issu e is in all respects worthy of the belligerents. f : ., .'?? ? i* ' . .l.. Mr! Vallandigham's View*. . Military Prison, Cincinnati, O., JUt 5,1888. To the Democracy of Ohio: I am bora in a military hostile for no other offence than my political opinions, and the defence of them, and of the rights of the people, aud of your constitutional liberties. Speeches made in the hearing of thoQ3&nds of you io denunciation of the usurpations of power, in fractions of the Constitution and laws and of militarydespotism, were the sole cause of my arrest and imprisonment. I am a Democrat?for Constitution, for law, for the Union, for liberty?-this is my only crime, For no disobedience to the Constitution; for no violation of law'} for no word, sign, or gesture of Empathy with the men of the South, who are for disunion and Southern independence, but io obedience to their demand, - as wei as the.demand of abolition dtsuoionists aud j traitors, I am here in b^nda.to-day; but | "Time, at last, sets all things ?veal" Sh J Meanwhile, Democrats of Ohio, .of tho North-west, of the-United States, be firm, be true to your principles, to the Constitution, to the Union, and all will yet be welL As for myself, I adhere to^very principle, and will make, through imprisonment and life itself, every pledge and declaration which I have ever made, uttered, or maim Joined from the .beginning. To you, to the whole people, to tijne, I again appeal-* Stand firm I Falter not an instant 1 C: L. VALLAN DIGHAM. ???>? r SuicrDt ?A Frenohman reoently committed suicide by stabbing himself, att^e Metropolian Hotel, New York. He left will with curious-directions: - J . I hereby bequeath my body to my tsifb ted) and some day or ourar usustnonB, isr. F. Duncan Weisse, of No. 30 West Fifteenth street, New York, requesting hhn to set up my skeleton oioely, and to plactt& '. & somewhere in his office. The bsst means I could suggest to effeot it properly are the following: To take the flesh off the bones with a knife as mnoh as possible ; to oat a small piece off the skull with a trepan, and poll the brain out; to pierce boles in the shaft of every long bone with e small gim let, bo as to let* them arrow out, which mil greatly improve the whiteness; to let it macerate in water a long while, till all soft and eartilaginons parts come off easily, li^l. let it perfectly dry; then to soak it in a so^ lotion of magnesia, (or a lait dtchatu?,} and when dry to fob it well and paint it al1 over with sillicate of polish,; and ultimate!} to set it up with hre. I will cohader the fulfillment of the above request as aepeciaJ favor. It will be so nice to see one's old dwelling place kept;ao clean arid in good order, instead of rotting away in some dirty place. How 'handy, too, when we at all summoned to the valley of Jefiottpfca*. to find' .One's bones all ready together, instead of having to struggle among:* srowo and to .sick, them uri one bv one in som charnel bouse. Should my learned Men: foil to comply with my request, I wilPcer tainly oome baok add pall his 'hair ottt by the roots, provided that tbey give me a fui lough. And, now, with mylyva to B ?, goodbye. Onjihciot?au revoir. May, 1863. SDM3KBBAEKOS. r7 '