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VOLUME 9. IORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUKE 17, 1863. . : clfUMBE&M. |
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EXCHANGE NOTICE NO. 5. |
RtctiMoxD, May 9th, 1963.
rPHE following Confederate officers' j
JL and men have been duly exchanged, and arc hereby
bo declared: f
I. AH officers and men who have been delivered at City
Tptnt at any time previous to May 5th, 1963. .
3. AH officers captured at any place before the 1st of Aprll,
1863, wbo have been released on parole. v
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 baptured and paroled by Gen. S. E
P. Carter, in his expedition to East Tennessee in December
last.
5. The officers and men captured and paroled by Licnt. .
Col. Stewart at Van Uuren, Arkansas, January 93th, 1863; v
by Coi. Dickey, in December, 1862. in his march to the v
Mobile and Ohio railroad, and by Capt. Cameron, at Coripth,
Mississippi, lu December, 1862. 8
6. The officers and incn paroled at Oxford, Miss-, on the
23d of December, 1862; at Des Arc, Arkansas, on the 17th C
of January, 1863, and at Baton Rouge, La., on the 23rd of .
February, 1863. 1
7. AU persona who have been captured on the sea or the waters
leading to the same, or upon the seacoast of the
Confederate or United States, at any time previous to De- (
eember 10th, 1869.
8. All civilians wjio haye been arrested at any time be- J
fore the 6th of May, 1863; and released on parole, are discharged
from any and every obligation contained In said '
parole. Tf any such person has taken any oath of allegl- *
ancetoUteUnitedSta.es or given any bond, or If his release
was accomplished with any other condition, he is dis- a
charged from the same.
9. If any persona embraced in any of the foregoing sec- 0
tions, or iu any section of any previous Exchange Notice, .
wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any Federal 1
prison, tliev are to be immediately released and delivered r
to the Confederate authorities. ROBERT. OULD.
if-.. 07 oi fit V
Confederate newspapers will insert the foregoing notice *"
tlx times and send bills to the War Department. t
lEWwwiir!
To Growers in Georgia, North Caroli- i
na, South Carolina, or any Southern c
State. (
rIE Board of Directors of the "S. I
Carolina Institute" will award premiums for spec I- o
mens of the crop now maturing, as stated below, to be for e
warded to this city in merchantable order, and not later 1
than the 15th of July next. Samples will he carefully taken
on receipt of the respective specimens, and be submit- "
ted to impartial and competent judges for decision. The c
Flour and Grain will then be sold without delay, free of
commission, for the benefit of the owner, viz : r
For the best 5 barrels of Wheat Flour,or that quantity
in sticks, $50 I
For the second best 5 barrels of Wheat Flour, or that
quxntity in sacks, 525 a
For the best siugle barrel of Whdat Flour, or that quantity
in sacks.......... premium.... 10 t
For the second best single barrel of Wheat Flour, or that
quantity in sacks, premium.... 5 1
For th? best ten bushels of Barley, premium.... 10 ^
For the second best ten bushels Barley,..premium.... 5 ,
For the best ten bushels Oats premium.... 10 i
For the second best ten bushels .Oats,...'.premium.... 5 ,
For the best ten bushels Rye, premium.... 10 1
For the second best ten bushels Rye, premium.... 5 ?
The barrels and sacks to be distinctly inarktd with the B
name or brand of the farmer. His Poatotiicc, County or (
District, and the Mill where the Flour was prepared, must
bo stated by letter, when the shipment is advised ; and, if 8
convenient, a description of the seed planted and the product
per acre, Is desired. 8
The consignments and letters to be addressed to WM. .
KIRKWOOD, Esq., Vice President S. C. Institute, Charles- 1
ton. WM. M. LAWTON, Pres. P. (): Institute.
wilxot G. DeSaussukb, Secretary,
May 27 ' 21 Ip p
II THE COURT OF ORDIIARlT f
Y011K DISTRICT. 0
For Division or Sale of Real Estate of James .3. Me Carter, '
Deceased. <3
James L. McCarter, Applicant, vs. Christopher L. II. Me- fc
Carter, eiaf.,Heire-at-Lawof Jatnes A. McCarter,deceased.
rP appearing to my satisfaction that
Robert M. McCarter, John C. McCarter, and Harriett
McCnrjcr, widow of David Z. McCarter, deceased, and j
the children of said David Z. McCarter, whose names are
unknown to me, defendants in above stated case, reside S
without the limits of this State.
It Is, therefore, ordered, that they do appear and object ?
to the division or sale of the Real Estate of James A. Mc- :
Carter, deceased, ou or before the 15th day of June next,
or their consent to the same will be entered of record. r
J. A. BROWN, O. Y. D.
March 34 12 3m t
" AIUJKS. MEDICIYES. &C. f
I "HAVE just received a choice assort- t
ment of DRIJGS and MEDICINES, which I offer for ;
sale at the lowest CASH PRICES, viz:
English Chloroform, Aloes, Rhubarb, Eng- C
ltsh Calomel, Bine Mass, Sulphur, S
Asafrcttda, Castor Oil, Pearl (
Ash, Valerian, Extract
Logwood, Chalk,
Qplum,Black Drop, Epsom Salts, Magnesia. I
Nitre, Canjphor, Rotten Stone, Yel- j
low Ochre, Spanish Whiting, ,
and many other articles.
I am Manufacturing a splendid BLACK INK, SHOE *
BLACK and SOAP. Blacking BRUSHES and MATCHES 1
lor sale by A. CRAVEN.
May 27 21 Ct t
"WOOL CARDI SCr. '
T^HE subscriber now informs the pub- s
JL tie thajrhli MACHINES are 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 CREASE to every 10 pounds of 1
WOOL. I t
Price of CARDING?20 cents CASH, or ONE-TENTH
of the WOOL. All parcels of wool left at the MACHINE <
fo? CARDING will be well taken care of and RETURNED
-to the proper owner when called fbr. Provided, always, C
should there be auy lost by FIRE, WATER or BURGLA
RY, the subscriber will not hold himself responsible for the 8
value thereof, as these are things over which he has no j
control. Z. D. SMITH. \
Lavbxl Mills, May 25,1SG3. (
May 27 21 lm
YORK MARBLE YARD. j
RICHARD HARE, respectfully Informs the citizens of
York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of I
North Carolina, that he is fully prepared to supply every artide
in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest styie of finish *
and at reasonable prices. s
He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN
and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work r
mav be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "EN- f
C1UIRER" PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North I
of "Stowe's" Hotel. \
{50- All work will be delivered at any point on the King's '
Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge. t
He is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON R.J tLING
of any desired pattern, for Fcuces, Balconi -'8, 3cc. ?
i. January 10 2 lp
OFFICE A. 47 91., 1
CHARLESTON, 6. O., October 1st, 18G2. 1
ll/TR. J. Q. MILLER is appointed '
JLtJL Agent of this Department, for the purchase of I
FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester. .
Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him, '
through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkvilie, 8. 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 Fodder being improperly packed, .
&U such will be rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M.
October 15 42 tf 1
TEAM MILLS FOR SALE.? (
The undersigned offers for sale or in exchange fbr I
NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town
of YorkvUle,S. C., directly ou the KING'S MOUNTAIN '
RAIL ROAD. The Mills consist of WHEAT and CORN ,
MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the whole driven by a
BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, |
with WELLS and PUMPS to supply with wnter, and all
necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, If desl- I
red, will be sold alone. S. J. KUYKENDAL.
March 18 U tf '
Transient Boarding, !
rPHE UNDERSIGNED HAS LO- 1
JL cated himself a few doors North of STOVVE'S hotel, ?
and is prepared to accommodate all that jnay favor him j
with a call. His TABLE shall be furnished with the sub- '
stantials of life, as well as PROVENDER and Stabling for (
horse.
W. P. McFADDEN. ?
Yorkvilie, April 8, 1863. 14 .r,m*
FOR SALE. 1
|QQ ft>s COPPERAS. <
100 fts BLUE STONE.
500 BUNCHES YARN. ,
Call soon at W. D. Si J. C. MILLER'S. (
October 22 43 tf
TYENTAL NOTICE.?D U RIN G ,
J~-e my absence from Yorkvilie, I have made arrangements
with Dr. LESLIE O'tVEN, formerly ofCii arlcston, '
to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining' the Enquirer .
building, where he will be"pleased to wait on my customers, i
as usual. He is a gentleman of much experience in my j
line of business, ana will, doubtless, give general satisfaction.
W. M. WALKER, Dentist. t
P^Kruorv 95 >1 tf
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CARRIAGE SHOP.
/njJ!PE?/ TIIE .Subscriber still continues the ,
P&&-FS5L. CARRIAGE and BUGGY BUSINESS 1
W at the Old STAND. All kinds ofcoun
try produce taken in exchange for work. 1
ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and general country WORK ,
done by W. P. McFADDEN.
January 23 J tf J
DR.ALFRED CRAVEN
$csibent Surgeon $entisl, j
YORKVILLE, S. C. \
(J^On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Pal .
motto Hotel."-?>3
January 6 1 tf <
A SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER j <
Xjl Envelopes for sole at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' <
November id 49 tf I '
Confederate Tax Bill.
The length of this document, precludes
ts publication entire in our paper, without
imitting what we consider more important,
he current news of the day. We, however,
inblish the 11th and 12th sections, as of
uore general interest to our readers.
"Sec. 11. Each farmer* and planter in
he Confederate States, after reserving for
lis fpn use fifty bushels of sweet potatoes,
nd fifty bushels of Irish potatoes, on6 hunIred
bushels of the corn, or fifty bushels of
he wheat produced in the present year,
hall pay and deliver to the Confederate
Tovernment, of the products of the present
rear, one-tenth of the wheat, com, oats,
ye, buckwheat or rice, sweet and Irish poatoes,
and of the cured hay and fodder;
lso, one-tenth of the sugar, molasses made
f cane, cotton, wool and tobacco; the coton
ginned and packed in some secure manter,
aud tobacco shipped and packed in
loxes, to be delivered by him on or before
he first day of March in the next year.?
2ach farmer or planter, after reserving
wenty bushels of peas or beans, but not
note than twenty bushels of both, for his
?wn use, shall deliver to the Confederate
xovernment, for its use, one-tenth of the
teas, beans, and ground peas produced and
;atbered by hiiu during the present year.
^3 soon as the aforesaid crops are made
eady for market, the tax assessor, in case
if disagreement between him and the tax
>ayer, shall proceed to estimate tho same
n the following manner :" The assessor
nd the tax payer shall each select a disinerested
freeholder from the vicinage, who
nay call in a third in caso of a difference of
ipinion, to settle the matter in dispute; or
f the tax payer neglects or refuses to seect
0D6 each freeholder, the said assessor
hall select two, whoshall proceed to assess
he crops as herein provided. They shall
iscertain the amount of the orops either by
ictual measurement or by computing the
lontents of the rooms or houses in which
hey are held, when a correct computation is
practical by such a method, and the apiraisers
shall theD estimate under oath, the
[uaotity and quality of said crops, incluling
what may have been sold or consumed
>y the producer prior to said estimate,
rhether gathered or not, and the value of
he portion thereof to which the.Grovernoent
is entitled, and shall give a written
tatement of this estimate to the said colnn/1
o nrvnn r\? fKa enma fn iKa T>rn.
VVVVl^ UUU u UVJ/J VI WUV UUU4V WV VUW |/*V
lucer. The said producer shall be required
o deliver the wheat, corn, oats, rye, buokvheat,
rice, peas, beans, cured hay and
odder, sugar, molasses of cane, wool and
obacco, thus to be paid as a tithe in kind,
n such form and ordinary marketable coalition
as may be usual in the section in
vhich they are to be delivered, and the
sotton in such manner as thereinbefore prodded,
within, two months from the time
.hey have been estimated, as aforesaid, at
lome depot not more than eight miles from
he plaoe of production; and if not deliversd
by that time, in such order, he shall be
iable to pay fifty per cent, more tbau the
sstimated value of the portion aforesaid, to
)e collected by the tax collector, as hereinifter
prescribed : Provided. That the Govirnment
shall be bound to furnish the prolucer
sacks for the delivery of such articles
)f grain as require to# be put in sacks for
;ransportation, and shall allow to the prolucer
of molasses the cost of the barrels
tontaining the same. The said estimate
iball be conclusive evidence of the amount
n monqj, of tax due by the producer to the
xovernment, and the collector is hereby auhorized
to proceed to collect the same by
ssuing a warrant of distress from his office,
inder his signature, in the nature of a writ
>f fieri facias, and by virtue of the same to
eize and sell any persona! property on the
rremises of the tax-payer or elsewhere, beonging
to him, or so much thereof as may
>e necessary for the purpose of paying the
ax, and the additional fifty per cent, aforeiaid
and costs; and said sale shall be made
n the mauner and form and after the no;iee
reouired bv the laws of the several
States for judicial sales of personal property,
ind the said warrant of distress may be exeluted
by the tax collector or any deputy by
aim appointed for that purpose, and the
leputy executing the warrant shall be en;itled
to the same fees as are allowed in the
espective States to sheriffs executing writs
)ffieri facias, said fees to be paid as costs
ly the tax payer : Provided, That, iu all
rases where the assessor and the tax payer
rgree on the assesmeDt of the crops, and
;he value of the portion thereof to which
he Government is entitled, no other asses3nent
shall be necessary ; but the estimate
tgreed on shall be reduced to writing and
iigned by the assessor and tax payer, and
lave the same force and effect as the as;essmentand
estimate of disinterested freelolders
hereinbefore mentioned; and two
ropies of such assessment and estimate thus
tgreed on and signed as aforesaid, shall be
liadc, and one delivered to the producer
tnd the other to the collector: And provided,
farther, That the assessor is hereby
luthorized to administer oaths to the tax
patera uuu lu witness in regaiu iu uu_y ncu
jf. the estimate herein required to be made :
And Provided, further, When agricultural
produce in kind is paid for taxes, if paynent
be made by a tenant who is bound to
jay bis rent in kind, the tenth part of said
-ent in kind shall be paid in kind by the tenmt
to the Government, as and for the tax
if the lessor on said rent, and the receipt
>f the Government officer shall release the
essor from all obligation to include said
'ent in kind on his statement of income,
md discharge the tenant from so much of
lis rent to the lessor.
Sec. 12. That every farmer, planter or
irazier shall exhibit to the assessor, on or
ibout the first of March, eighteen hundred
md sixty-four, an account of all the hogs
ae may have slaughtered since the passage
if this Act and before that time; after the
Jelivery of this estimate to the post quariermaster,
hereinafter mentioned, by the as
sessdr, the said farmer, planter or grazier
shall deliver an equivalent for one-tenth of
the same in cured bacon, at the rate of sjxI
ty pounds of bacon to one hundred pounds
j of pork. That on the first of November
I next, and each year thereafter, an estimate
shall be made, as hereinbefore provided, of
the value of all neat cattle, horses, mules,
not used in cultivation, and asses owned by
each person in the Confederate States, and
upon such value the said owner shall be
taxed one per cent., to be paid on or before
the first day of January next ensuing. If
the grazier, or planter, or farmer shall have
sold beeves since the passage of this Act,
and prior to the first day of November, the
gross proceeds of suoh sales shall be estimated
and taxed as income, after deducting
therefrom the money actually paid for tho
purchase of such beeves, if they have been
actually purchased, and the value of the
corn consumed by them. The estimate of
these items shall be made in case of disa
greement between the assessor ana tax payer
as herein prescribed in other cases of income
tax; and on each succeeding first day
of November, the beeves sold daring the
preceding twelve months shall be estimated
and^taxed in the samo manner.
The Battle of Baker's Creek.
Jackson, Miss., May 24, 1863.
Yon ask of me, as a participant in the late
battle of Baker's creek a correct acooant of
the affair. I will give it to the best of my
ability, notwithstanding the task is ono peculiarly
bard and embarrassing to me.
Oa Friday afternoon, the 15th instant,
three divisions of the army, under Lieut.
General Pemberton, (Loring's, Stevenson's
and Bowen's) advanoed from Edward's depot
in the direction of Raymond, and stop
ped that night about six miles from the
starting point, and on what is known as the
middle Raymond road. At eight o'clock
the next morning, Saturday, just as we were
preparing to move forward, the enemy opened
upon our advanced guard with artillery
briskly, indicating that they had found out
our movements and had determined to give
us battle.
We immediately fell back a mile to an
eligible position, and formed a line of battle,
to be in readiness for an advance, or to
receive their attack. We had not long to
wait. Our line was formed in a curve of
Baker's creek upon a ridge, our right being
posted in a position to use a ford at the crossing
of the creek, in case we were overwhelmed,
and out left equally convenient
to a bridge over the stream, whioh it was
expeoted, would furnish safe passage for
rtiir aririr in snnh finnfcinpencv.
The oannonadiDg on our right ceased as
we fell back to this point, and a distinguished
officer remarked at the time, that the attack
on our right was a feint?that, in his
judgment, the left of our line would have
to receive the shook of their advance. An
hour's time revealed the truth of his statement;
the enemy having massed a large
force against our left, and opened upon it
with an earnestness which betokened the
most serious determination.
Aware of our position, it seemed to be
their purpose to turn our left, so as to get
possession of the bridge over Baker's creek
(referred to above) and move between us
and Edward's depot.
As their front ranks were mowed down
by the deadly fire of our brave troops, myriads
of fresh men fell into their places, and
slowly, but steadily drove our leff and centre
back foot by foot, until Stevenson's gallant
division was almost in rear of the line.
A brigade of Bowen's division was ordered
up to the support of Stevenson?then another
brigade, and finally the entire division.
Continuing the most desperate fighting,
(portion of it hand to hand, and with
clubbed muskets), a brigade (Baford's,) of
LoriDg's division, from the right, was sent
to the rescue. Gen. Loring immediately
followed with another of his brigades
(Featherston's) by a short route, and reached
the left as the lines were giving way,
leaving Tilghman, with his brigade, to hold
his position on the right.
Having succeeded, with great tact, in
covering the retreat of the worn out forces
who had so nobly and bravely stood the
shock for 3ix hours, Gen. Loring moved
back to the right in time to see a fresh Hue
of the enemy coming down on his front and
flank. The enemy were gallantly met, and
driven back with great slaughter. It was
at this poiut that Brigadier General Lloyd
Tilghtnan, one of the bravest men and best
officers in the Confederate army, fell pierced
through bis manly breast with a fragment
of a shell. He wa3 serving with his own
hands a twelve pound howitzer, trying to
dislodge a piece which was annoying us.
At this time two brigades of Bowen's division
were placed, one at the bridge across
Baker's creek, and one at the ford, to guard
the crossings, while Gen. Loring with his
division, engaged the enemy in front and
drove him back. Buford's brigade was also
ordered to support Bowen at the ford,
and was in motion for that point, when
word was sent to Gen. Loring by General
Bowen that an overwhelming force of the
enemy had succeeded in getting into the
rear of the bridge, and Gen. Bowen was
compelled to fall back in the direction of
I Edward's depot. At the same time the enI
emy availed himself of the advantage gainj
ed and moved to a position commanding the
I fnrrt nroaaincr !if. ttiP cnnip fimo T.nrinep'a
right flunk and rear.
The General then determined to make a
bold stroke; and with his division attempt
to cat his way through east, turn Jackson,
and effect a junction with the forces under
General Johnston, then supposed to be near
Canton. How well he succeeded in this
perilous undertaking may be known by the
fact that he reached Jackson on the following
Wednesday, witha division weary, foot
sore, hungry, but not dispirited, not demoralized
; proud, brave, and ready to meet
the foe under circumstances where proper
management will give them an opportunity
to add to the laurels gained upon other
fields. He woald hare joined the main
body of the army in which still moved
those gallant spirits?Stevenson, Bowen,
Lee, Green, Reynolds, Benton, and other
braves, but he could not. He did the next
best thing: after saving a retreating army,
he bad skill and tact enough to save his
own command.
By this movement the enemy got possession
of the ford, and, although the remainder
of the army had suooeeded in crossing,
Loring's division was cut off.
In this dilemma nothing was left but for
him to make a flank movement. He had
with him an experience*} and intelligent
guide, and accordingly tooved to the left of
the road, intending ttyfctrike a ford some
three or four miles furibcr down the stream
?that, ford furnishes the onJy._p<yssible
nnflflfc hv ahinh bn nrniFiK with his division.
rejoin the main body of the army. The
darkness of the night and the extreme faintness
of the trail by whiob they were moving,
caused the gnide to lose the point for
whiob he was aiming, and the division
moved on, after Loring had satisfied himself
that all the roads leading to Edward's depot
were in possession of the enemy. The
flames in thedireotion of Edward's depqt,
too, showed plainly they were in possession
of that point.
The divisions of Stevenson and Lee?
noble, gallant men?fell back upon Big
Black bridge, within their entrenchments,
and rested for the night The next morning
the enemy in large force, determined to
press their advantage to the utmost, attacked
us there, and after about two hoars' hard
fighting, carried the position by assault.
Our army then retreated to Vioksburg,
where they were surrounded, and the task
of taking that devoted place began on Monday
afternoon last, resulting so far, in a
most disastrous failure.
Memphis (Atlanta) Appeal, 6th.
The Belt of Desolation.
Day by day the track of the destroyer
becomes broader. Two-thirds of Virginia,
two-thirds of Tennessee, the coasts of North
and South Carolina, part of Georgia, nearly
all of Florida, North Mississippi, West and
South Louisiana, a part of Arkansas and
Missouri, have already been laid waste, and
every hoar brings tidings of fresh destruction.
Telegrams of Saturday informed us
that the enemy had destroyed a million of
dollars worth of property on the Combahee
and stolen a thousand negroes; it was but
a few days ago that they ravaged the county
of Mathews in this State, and even whilo
we write tidings come to us that they are
burning private houses and destroying every
grain of corn they-oan lay hands on in
the county of King and Qaeen.
Enough has been said of the barbarism
of this mode of warfare, and too much has
to be confessed of the entire impunity with
which it is carried on. Our outcries and
our admissions of the weakness or the imbecility
of our forces in the field, but add
to the hellish joy of the foe, without stimulating
troops, Government or people to the
pitoh of retributive veDgeance. The belt
of desolation widens hourly, nor is there
touch prospect of ao abatement of the evil.
Citizens oomplain of the Government,
which in turn complains of the citizens.?
Meantime common inquiry is made as to
the existence and present whereabouts of
the organized forces of the Confederacy.
We may be sure this state of things will
continue so long as the war is waged exclusively
on Confederate soil. Every day the
enemy remains in our territory will add to
the width of the belt of desolation, and they
who now fancy themselves out of danger
will soon discover their mistake. If a
thousand Yaokee cavalry can ride entirely
thiough the State oi Mississippi, without
molestation, what is to hinder & like number
from going through Virginia, North
and South Carolina to Port Royal? Certainly
unarmed aud unorganized citizens
J w
wl.l not binder them.
The belt of desolation serves many parposes
of the Yankee nation. It opens the
way to free labor and Northern settlers; it
diminishes production and oonoentrates
Southern population within limits inadequate
to their support; it prepares a place
for Yankee emigration if peaoe on the basis
of separation is declared. Bat this is not
all. It answers the purposes of war as well
as peace, by interposing a country destitute
of supplies between our own and the Yankee
border. Thus it is a safeguard against
invasion. If Lee should advancej he must
move through a desert, dragging immense
trains of food behind him. "The case is the
same with Bragg, with Johnstonr with Price.
Indeed we hear that Price will on this account
find it difficult, if not impossible, to
enter Missouri. In front of all our large
armies lies a waste, where there is food for
neither man nor beast. Girded by a belt
of desolation, the North is safe from invasion
; the broader the belt the greater its
ssourity. As the months wane and the
years roll on, the South, unless something
' - .... ..r 1 _e
bis done,, will Decorne, iq me language or
Scripture, "the abomination of desolation."
We believe that something will be done?
The necessity of the case demands it imperatively
; would that we conld be sure
that it will be done speedily. This cup
can be returned to the lips of tKe North
dragged with ten fold bitterness. Mercy
to oarselves demands this act of retributive
juftice to them.?Richmond Whig.
A New Order Published in Memphis.?An
order from-the Federal War
Department directs that within the States
of Tennessee and Mississippi, wherever the
Federals have the rule, that all citizens
shall be registered in three classes : First,
avowed enemies j second, neutral foreigners;
third, loyal citizens. The first class are all
to leave their lines by or before the 16th of
June>nd their property confiscated?the
sepdnd are to take an oath of neutrality?the
third to bear certificates of loyalty. No
goods of any kind are allowed to be sold
except by special permit, except to those
showing evidence of loyalty.
Dismissal of the British Consul at [;
Bichmond.
The following are the letters referred to
in the telegraph relative to the dismissal of
George Moore, Esq., British Consul at the
port of Bichmond :
Confederate S. of America,
Department of State,
Biohmond, 5th Jane, 1863.
Sir : The President of the Confederate
States has heen informed that, in consequence
of jour assuming to actio behalf of
the Government of Her Britannio Majesty
on matters occurring in the State of Mississippi,
you were requested to submit to this
Department your consular commission, as
well as any other authority held by you, to
act in behalf of Her Majesty's Government,
before farther correspondence could be held
with you as Uritisb Uonsul tor tbe port or
Richmond. He has further been informed
that yoa have not acceded to this request,
and that, in disregard of the legitimate authority
of this Government, you have again
lately corresponded as Her Majesty's Consul
for this port, with the Secretary of War
of the Confederate States. The President
| considers it as inconsistent with the respect
which it is his office to enforce towards this
Government, that you should be any longer
permitted to exercise the functions or enjoy
the privileges of a Consul in these Confederate
States. He has consequently thought
proper, by the letters patent of which I enclose
you a copy, to revoke the exequatur
heretofore granted to you, and to make
public these letters patent.,
# I have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State..
George Moore, Esq , Her Britannic Majesty's
Consul, Richmond, Ya.
LETTERS PATENT,
Revoking Exequatur op Geo. Moore,
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at
Richmond.
JEFFEKSUiN DAV lb,
President of the Confederate States of
America,
To all whom, it may concern :
Whereas, George Moore, Esquire, Her
Britannic Majesty's Consul for the port of
Riobmond and the State of Virginia, (duly
recognized as suoh by the Exequatur issued
by a former Government, which was, at the
time of the issue, the duly authorized agent
for that parpose of the State of Virginia,)
did recently assume to act as Consul for a
place other than the city of Richmond, and
a State other than the State of Virginia,
and was, thereupon, on the 20th day of
February last, 1863, requested by the Secretary
of State to submit to the Department
of State his Consular Commission, as well
as any other authority he may have received
to act in behalf of the Government of
Her Britannic Majesty before further correspondence
could be held with him as Her
Majesty's Consul at the port of Riobmond,
and wlfereas, the said George Moore has
lately, without acceding to said request, entered
into correspondence as Her Majesty's
Consul with the Secretary of War of these
Confederate States, thereby disregarding
the legitimate authority of this Government.
These, therefore, are to declare that I do
no longer recognize the said George Moore
as Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in any
port of the Confederate States, nor permit
him to exercise or enjoy any of the functions,
powers or privileges allowed to the
Consuls of Great Britain. And I do wholly
revoke and annH..any exequatur heretofore
given to the said George Moore by the
Government which was formerly authorized
to grant suoh exequatur as agent of the
State of Virginia, and do declare the said
exequatur to be absolutely null and void
from thisjay forwar.d.
In testimony whereof I have caused
these letters to be made patent, and the
; Seal of the Confederate States of America
to be herewith affixed.
|
Given under my hand this fifth
\ < L. 8. V day of June, in th# year of- our
{ >?v?>J Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
(Signed) " JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President.
(Signed) J. P. Benjamin,
Seoretary of State.
Singular Disclosure.?"?. W. A.,"
writing from Richmond to the Savannah
Republican, says:
It is said that General Lee is more than
usually reserved in regard to bis-future
plans and operations. He has been constrained
to adopt this course in conseqnenoe
of oertain disclosures recently made by
McClellan. It appears that General D.
H. Hill, duriog last year's Maryland campaign,
dropped iu his tent, probably when
he retired from Boonsboro Gap, Lee's general
order to his corps and division commanders,
in which he set forth the whole
object and plan of his advance across the
Potomao, and that this paper was found
and oarried to McClellan.
In this way, it is alleged, the Federal
commander was informed of the strength
and disposition of our forces, and knew that
D. H. Hill, with his single division, was
left to hold the gap at Boonsboro, whilst
Jackson had turned off to Harper's Ferry,
aod Longstreet had taken position near the
Pennsylvania line at mgerstown. xms
disclosure explains the rapid movements of
MeClellan, and the confident manner in
which he followed ns up and delivered battle
at Sharpsburg. Without this knowledge,
it is cot probable he would have
sought General Lee so soon and so eagerly;
and thus the latter would have had more
time to concentrate his forces, rest his
troops, and prepare for the oonfliot. We
can never know what would have been the ,
result if that order had not fallen into the ,
hands of the enemy; and yet it is not impossible,
had it cot reached the Federal
General, that we should this day be in Ma- i
ryland. i
From Mississippi.
It was stated some days ago that Kirby
Smith had crossed the Mississippi and participated
ia the fight of Port Gu(hon.?
Sach is not the faot. Gen. Gardner commanded
our troops on {hat ocoasion, and he
and bis veteran soldiers are entitled to all
the credit of that brilliant and important
victory.
A gentleman from the neighborhood of
Edward.'s Depot, Mississippi, states that the
vandals are making .a clean sweep of everyr
thing in that vicinity. They have bornt
every gin and mill, and in many instances
.every building on nearly all the plantations
?arrested the men and taken them off,
leaving no white person but the women on
the premises; and when the negroes remain
they are all armed.
A 3?n r\r turn ttan ? riarf.v rif fTrinfai^ariilwi
** -fa- - r?j -- -?
soldiers captured and brought into Jackson,
Mississippi, a body of.insurgent negroes on
a plantation near Big Black. The Yankees
had been through that country and instructed
the contrabands how to proceed under
the new relation. Accordingly the negroes
measured off the land with a plow
line, making a fair apportionment between
themselves, also divided the cotton and implements
of husbandry. When they
ground meal they kindly dealed out rations
to their old helpless master, and also1 gave
him his allowance of bacon. At least the
negroes themselves claim to have been thus
kincUo the deposed patriaroh, although it
is said that the old man was upon the verge
of starvation when our soldiers came to his
resoue. These negroes were provided with
arms by the robbers, but refused to tell
where they were concealed until they were
forced to.
Eight companies, if not all of Crawford's
regiment, have been captured. Also half
of Rowan's. Pitts'regiment escaped and
is now in Vicksburg. The regiments that
were captured were fighting gallantly, but
were surrounded before they had time to
retreat.- They were captured in the fight
on Big Black river. A paroled Confederate,
who was with the enemy, saw Colonel
Crawford and Lieut. Col. Gregg after they
were captured. They were well, and not
wounded.
Gen. Vaughn and staff escaped. The
General acted gallantly.
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"Blue Bonnets over the Border."
r* i "* 1* l.i. I J
vjonoiuaiDg irom iaie occurrences auu
revelations that the enemy, despairing of
conquering the South in open and manly
combat, are determined by the nse of means
forbidden by the rules of civilized warfare
and revolting to humanity, to desolate our
land and exterminate our people, the Chattanooga
Rebel says: We feel profoundly
touched at the sad and solemn picture of
the future that is thus weaving in the womb
of fate, but we are not sure that it i3 to be
deplored as an unmixed evil?thousands of
innocent, helpless and noble hearts will fall
crushed and bleeding under tbo wheels of
tbis Juggernaut of fanaticism, but from the
blood of the martyrs will spring the seed ofthe
church, and the temple of hope and
freedom will be rebuilt and reoonsecrated.
We cannot be thus subdued. We shall rise
higher, more intact and united as these
tenfold furies, thus turned loose, have to
be met and confronted.
Our Government must de\elope its reserved
energies?cast away forbearance.?,
We can arm and equip fifty thousand of our
veterans who never fled from the faoeof
the enemy. They can lay in ashes the
richest and most populous of Northern cities,
leaving behind them a belt as broad
and burning as the Eliptic. They can run
a burning plough share over the hot bed of
fanaticism, from which sprang the Ate
taroed loose on the South.
If our President will but announce and
permit suoh a polity, he will be justified
ia the eyes of the civilized world, and will
evoke a new spirit in the South that has
never yet been called into action. Thou
sands of men are just now thrust out with
cruelty and ignominy from Louisiana, Missouri,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Maryland,
and they are thirsting to go back with fire
and sword. Thousands more of our people
who have felt that mere defence of our own
land was not the true policy, would be stirred
to their inner depths by . the trumpet
call of invasion.
We should meet the truculent Yankees
as the Indian Conanchet did wheu they
sought 'his alliance after murdering his
people and devastating bis land, lie raised
himself proudly to his full height aud replied
:
"The fire that consumed the lodges of
my people turned the heart of Gonanchet
to stone."?Charleston Mercury.
What the Yankee Cavalry Intend
to do?Are we Ready for Them ??.The
following is an editorial from the Nashville
Union?a vile Abolition sheet edited by a
tool of Afldy Johnson, Mitchell, and others
of that fiendish paok of enemies to the human
race. We call npon the people of ihe
country?every man who can shoulder a
gun?to be ready, and when the scoundrels
come to give them no quarter:
"The Southern harvests are said to be
flourishing. Now let oar cavalry, of which J
we will soon have an immense force, destroy
these harvests in all directions, to such
an extent as to make them valueless for
supplies for the rebel army. The negroes
will be the very ones to aid our expeditions
in this work. Had the advice . we urged
upon onr military authorities been adopted
last summer, there would have been no rebel
raids into Middle Tennessee, this side of
.QhalKvsillo fnr-nrrnriainna- fnr there WOtlld
have been none" worth coming for. Let
onr troops destroy all stores which they cannot
use. To spare them is to Jeave them
to feed the rebel armies. We must burn
out treason with fire and then drown its
embers in blood."
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Prizes captured.?The United States
ship Courier, seven days from Port Royal,
arrived at N. Y. on the 22d ult. She re
ported the capture of the Confederate Sloop ;
Angelina, from Charleston for Nassau, vita
23 bales of Cotton ; Confederate sloop ?an?'
elioe, from Charleston for Nassau, with 43
bales of Cotton; and Confederate schooner
Maria Bishop, from Charleston for Nassau,1
with IT bales of Cotton. r.t :
The Check on Speculators.
In an advertisement districting, the State
of Georgia, for commissar; purposes, the
chief of that bureau for the State gives the
following warning to speculators:
"It is proper to inform speculators that
their accumulations will be subject to im? :
pressment for Government use by the District
Commissaries, who have special pow
- . ' trL' TMvJ&ZeZfr:
ere to tn&t end. > in sacacases [see section
6, Impressment Act) the owner has no ott-;
-erjredreas' tban: to accept the. prieew fiaes*
by the schedule of the Impressment Commissioners."
The Columbas Enquirer Ulinks that this
regulation, whioh applies to alt the States' *"~alike,
can be so exeouted as to be of great
benefit to the country, and hopes that It will
not be permitted to become a "dead letter."
The State Governments, it adds, have failed,
to enaot efficient laws for the prevention of
speculation in those articles which the Govern
ment most needs for the use of the ar*.
my, and the people generally require for
j the support of their families; but this rule .
of the Confederate authorities can sq regulate
such speculation as to counteract the
worst of its pernicious effects. The accumulations
of the.speculators will not be^>
come very large, if the Commissioners keep
an eye on them and impress them for Government
use as soon as they are ascertained
to exceed the amount needed for the regular
supply of consuming customcrtOaHK' ' 7%
?. ,..- ? ; :
WheaTx SpeculationSeveral of our
exchanges notice the fast, that persons have
been offering ten dollars per bushel for the
growing crop of wheat,, with the design of
keeping up the prioe of flour, to prevent
loss on the large stocks whioh have been
withheld from market in the hope of still
higher prices. It is stated that one firm
has 1500 barrels which cost $6(1 per barrel.
If the price is brought down to ?20, which
we think will be the case, when the abundant
crop now read; for harvesting shall be
thrown upon the market, the loss on the
single lot will be 860,000. To obtain a
monopoly, bo as to control prices aa heretdfore,
these heartless speculators and extortion
ers are willing to risk a good deal in
order to save themselves, if possible. The
people can have no sympathy whatever with
snoh operators, whose God is Mammon,
and whose country is their own mnMr
heart. They are atterly proof against ail
other ioflaeooes. We call npon oar agricultural
friends everywhere to refase afi
such offers with patriotic scorn. Mfoohief is
intended to the great bojly.,of consumers
when these extravagant prices are proposed.
Combinations are formed to extort
the very highest prices, and it should be
the aim and desire of all jnstpereourto d?
feat this unholy objeot.r^MUledgevilk Recorder.
\ VSf A correspondent of the New York
World, under date of Paris,-May 15, says':
| In a. reoent conversation held with the
Emperor, (no matter by whom,) his Majes;
ty let fall the following Napoloonio remarks
oa the Amorican question : "An arnica^-,
separation bet ween North and South would
have been the grandest triumph ever achieved
by republicanism; it would have compelled
the admiration of the world. " As it
is, republicanism has never been so dead
in Europe aS now. The people seb that
republics or the men who administer their
governments have the same pride, possioftp
and last of empire thatiudaence sovereigns;
while, being always unstable in their position,'they
have not the responsibilities th*t
we have, who seek to consolidate' dynasties
by pacificating the masses. The monarchies
of Europe do pot fiod your American war
an unmixed, evil We can afford to suffer
much in oar material interests while this
revolutionary dream of the republicans is
'dissolving in blood.'* ' ^
Substitutes ?From a private letter
shown as from an officer, says the Columbus
Times, in service in Yirgina, we learn it is
quite a diffiealt matter to geta substitate
into Gen. Lee's army to what it used to be.
Before any substitute is accepted, the documents
have to go before Gen. Lee, who has
a serious objection to a man over 45, or
exchanging a well drilled and tried soldier,
who is physioally able to-remain in the army,
for a man over tbo age, new to service
and of doubtful ability, physically/ This
rale, though, in some instances, may disappoint,
and seem to operate hardly upon
those veterans who have so nobly stood by
their conntry, is an excellent regulation,
and will serve to make more idle heds in
our hospitals.
I6T Fremont has turned up as the President
of the "Union Pacific Company," and
has applied for and obtained the privilege of
enrolling and employing a larger for<? of
contrabands to build the rocd. So the nigger,
after all, will have to.put ap with a
change of masters, and to Be the hewers of
wood and drawers of water of hra philanthropic
white "brudder." It will doubtless
pay better than to enroll them into ne
gro regiments, to. be slaughtered like sheep
at Port Hudson and elsewhere.
The
Crops?They have commenced
catting the wheat in Alabama. The yield
is abundant, and free from rust. The oorn
and whoat crops in Georgia, Afcbnma and
Mississippi are fine, and the people of these
States say they have never had better. An
observant writer says: "I have seen jery
little cotton, but oceans of cprn. wheat and
rye." In my opinion, w? more
than the people or araysai^^^pWl thia
w? ' * %
6?" The spirit of the teacher often neutralizes
tho spirit of the teadiil^.
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