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* * K ?' 9 *" ' * - V- L.', HI.. I . 11. !..J.ii;_ii I - i ,_i i II II II II I j. b.&l. m. geist, I Proprietors g,n |nbcpeittrent |fWy |tetospper: Jior % |) Urination of i|e |folitieaJ, Sotial, ^grrailturnl anb Commercial Interests of t|e j$ont|. | m peb teab, in advasce. YOLUME 9. YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1863. , . NUMBER 40. L. " ' - ' - - - - ...- / - r' -? irn* 11 'nil STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Charleston, August 33, 1863. T\7"IIEREAS *he present condition I I of the country requires tlie organization of an active and efficient body of troops, who may take the field upon n moment's notice, to meet with promptness nuy slid den incursion which may be inadc by the enemy into our State; and whereas, fortbe purpose o'f defending our homes and firesides, it is deemed advisable that the entire arnwbearing population over 16 years of age, not in or liable to Confederate service, or exempted therefrom for public purposes, should be organized Into companies : Now, therefore, I, MILLEDGE It. BONHAM, Governor ?n#Coimnnndcr-in-Chicf in and over the Slate of South, Carolina, call upon the people of the State to at once orrrtnlva iliomoolfoa In nn?<nr(tiinpp tvitli tltm mpiIpm lutrotinto annexed from the otlice of the A(jjutni>' and Inspector General, so as to afford our own uid flic women and children of our brethren in am*, the most effectual protection und security. The second organization called for is in necor dance with the recommendation of the President to the Governor, and is approved as the best organization for all whomav not be Included in the organization of "Volunteer State Troops.-' M. I,. BONHAM. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. awrtast and Ixspector-Genkual's Ornce, Charleston, August 94,1863. GENERAL ORDERS NO. X. x I TO carry into effect the foregoing proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, it is ordered that the following Volunteer State Troops be accepted Into service, viz: One Regiment of Mounted Infantry, to consist or ton companies, two companies of cav airy, and one company of Flying A/UUery. The companies oC Mnnntoil Tnfootn' tf% nnnelot 'nf nnL Incj thnn uivonfv. eight ami notmore" than one hundred men. exclusive of commissioned officer#; of cavalrv>to consist of not less than sixtyVud not more than eighty men, exclusive of commissioned officers; and the compauy of Artillery, of not less than eighty and not more than one hundred men, exclusive of commissioned officers. When the companies of Mounted infantry and CnVUlry have been organized and accepted, Field Officers will be elected under orders from this office. II. The companies authorized to be raised under the preceding paragraph of this-order, will be composed of elfeetivc men who are over the age of sixteen years, who are not suliject to, or who are exempt from, Confederate conscription, and who do not bolong tt^he organization lately ordered of troops for local defence and six months' specinl service. These troops will be armed by the State?the Artillery to have a battery of four pieces?uut they will provide themselves with .horses. Their pay (to begin when they are ordered into actual service) will he the same as that allowed in the Confederate service, including forty cents per uti) for each horse. They will hold themselves in readiness rnr the field at r. moment's notice, and to do service in * any part of the State, under the orders of the Governor.? The companies will he accepted in the order in which their rolls and lists of officers arc presented at this office, and they will be attached to the MiKtia Regiments in .which ihev.are raised, until ordered into nctual service. III. In addit on to the above orzauization. coinnanies or ganizcd ill accordance with the Act of Congress of tlie 13th October, 1863, (herewith published,) will be accepted on furnishing their rolls as required by said Act, And one oi said companies in each Judicial District, consisting of not le?s than eighty men, exclusive of officer*, and having its rendezvous at the Court House of the District, will be armed by the State. The remainder of the companies will provide themselves with arms. Ammunition, as far as the means of the State will permit, will lie furnished to all the companies. By command: A. C. CARLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C. No. 28.?.in .id to Authorize the FvrDxation of Volunteer Companies for Locul Defence. The Congreu of the Confederate States of America do enact, That for the purpose of local defence hi any portion of the Confederate States, any number of persons, not less than twenty, who are over the age of forty-live years, or otherwise not liable to military duty, may associate themselves as a military company, elect their own officer*, and establish rifles and regulations for their own government, aud shall L* considered as belonging to the Provisional Atmr of the Confederate States, serving without pay or alloivauccs, aud entitled, when captured by the enemy, to all the privileges of prisoners of war: Provided, That such conqiaiiy shall, ns soon as practicable,transmittheirinuster roll, or a list ot the names of the officer* ami privates thereof. to the Governor of the State, Die Commanding General of the Department, or any Brigadier General in"the State or Confederate service, to lie forwarded to the Secretary of War; but the President or the Commander of the Military District may, at any time, disband such companies: Provided, That in the States and Districts in which the Act entitled "An Act to further provide for the' public defeucc," approved April 16, 1862, and the Acts amendatory thereof, have been suspended, persons of any ago, resident within such States or Districts, may voiutiieer ana rorrn pan 01 such companies, so Ions as such suspension may continue: Proculed, That no person shall become a member of such company until he shall have first taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America In writing, a copy of which shall he filed with the muster roll of said company, as above prescribed. September 2 . 33 fit RATES OF POSTAGE I\ THE " C. STATES OF AMERICA. FOR the convenience <5f the public the following simplified statement of the rates of post ngc, under the act of INuiercss of the Confederate States of America, lias been prepared. It must be borne in mind that the Act is u> go Into effect from nnff after such period as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce: RATES Or P08TAUE. Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce in weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. Au additional single rate for each additional half ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postiigc to lie prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertise? fetters 2 cents each. ON NEWSPAPERS. Sent to regular and boiur fide subscribers from tin: office of publication, nnd no< exceeding three ounces in weight: weekly paper,TO cents per quarter." ? Sciui-Weekly paper, 20 cents per quarter. Trl-Weekly paper, 30 cents per quarter. Pour times a week, -10 cents per quarter. Five times a week, 50 cents per quarter. Six times a week, f>0 cent* per quarter. Daily paper, 70 cents |ier quarter. UN PElUOOICAl.S. Periodicals published oftcner than semi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 2>? ounces in weight, 'i'fi cents per quarter, and for every additional ounce or fraction ot au ounce, 2?'.j cents additional per quarter. Semi-Monthly, double that. Bi-Monthly or quarterly, 2 cents an ounce. ON TRANSIENT PRINTE1I MATTER. Every other newspaper, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, each circular not sealed, handbill and engraving not exceeding 5 ounces in weight. 2 cents for nny distance; 2 rents additional for each additional ounce or less beyond the first three ounces. (n all cases the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. FKANK1NO PRIVILEGE. The following persons only are entitled to the frankind privilege, and in all eases Mrietly confined to official tuisiliess. I'ostmaster General. His Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputv Postmasters. tax ii\l kind: I WILL attend at the following times and places for the purpose of receiving the returns of TAX IX KIND, viz : At Yorkville, on \Vedne i.iv, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7th, 8tli, !Hli ami lOtii of October. At Smith's, on Monday, 12th October. At Itctliel. on Tuesday, 13th of October. , At Clay Hill, oil Wednesday, I4th of October. At Kbcnexcr, an Thursday," 1 oth of October. At Hock Hill, on Friday, ifiili of Octoher. At Fort Mills, on Saturday, 17th of October. At Rock Hill, on Monday, 19th of October. At Coates' Tavern, on Tuesday, 20th of October. At Westlimk's, on Wednesday, 21st of Octoher. At Brattnn's, on Thursday, 22nd of October. At McConnellsviile, on Friday, 23rd of October. At Yonngblood's, on Saturday, 24th of October. At Gilfillnn's. on Monday, 26rti of Octoher. At Fccmster's, on Tucs'dny, 27th of October. At I.nke Smith's, on Wednesday, 2#*th of October. At Hickory Grove, on Thursday, 29th of October. At Whitesides', on Friday, 30th of October. At Boydton, on Saturday, 31st of October. \t Rnlfalo. on Mondav. 2nd of November. At Whisonant's, on Tuesday, 3rd of November. At Allison's on Wednesday, 4th of November. At Hugh Love's, on Thursday, oth ol November. I will receive returns of the Wheat, Rve, Oats, Fodder, Hay, ainfttll other crops which are gathered.. Tnx Payors arc required to weigh a bushel of their Wheat, Rye, Oats and Corn, also a portion of Hay and Fodder, and* make a calculation of the weight of their entire crop. Tax Payers are entitled to reserve 1IK) bushels of X 'orn or M bushels of Wheat, .10 bushels of Irish and Sweet Potatoes each. 2b bushels of Peas or Leans, or 20 bushels of both. It is hoped that every Tax Payer will make out his lists properly, and be fully prepared to make their returns without dclav. F. .H. GA.LBRAITII, Assessor, York District. September 30 :ty tf "office a. q. m? CHARLESTON, S. L\, October 1st, 1?62. MR. J. C. MILLER is appointed Agent of tills Department, for the purchase of FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester. Planters desiring to sel! will communicate witls hiin, through the POST OFFICE, at Yorkville, S. Carolina.? Particular attention must be paid tp tho PACKING. No WATER must be used, us great loss to .the Government was experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed, all such will be rejected. JMOTTi: A. PRINGLE, Capt. and A. tt. M. October 13 42 tf ATOTICE.?CORN, BAC0N~ RTE ll and FI.OUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. W. H. McCORKLE, Agent. April 2!) 17 tf f STATE OF SOFTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ft ' Cixarlkston, September 10, I860. [ TXTHEREAS, Information has been V f received nt this Department that, on or uliout the 9th day 01" July last, in the village of Clinton, in Laurens District, a man by Ate name of L. THOMPSON JOHNSON was murdered hv some person or persons, up to litis time unknown. Now, therefore, I, MJLLEDGEL. BONHAM, Governor of*be State aforesaid, do fnsuc this my Proclamation, nfflning a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for tlie mmrohmjiou and deliver, of the real murderer of the said iJVTfteDftJPSON JOilXpOV Into.uny one of tlie jnl!i> of this State; and, if inure tliau one, an ndilitionnl reward of Five Hundred Dollars for each one who JjalLiie proved to he an accomplice. Given under my hnnd and the seal of the Elate, at Charles [t.. s.] ton. this tenth dav of September. A. D. 1863. M. I.. BONIIAM. W?. R. Hcntt, Secretary of State. ) September 16 hi lrn STATE Adjutant and Inspector Gencrai,'* Office Charleston, P. C., September 14. 1863. SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 60. T THE Provisions of the Act of the JL? General Assembly, Cth Febrnaty, 1863, exempting persons in "Confederate military service" from military service under said Act, Is construed to mean persons regularly mustered into Confederate service: Therefore, all details made by State authority for service in any of the Dcpari . meats of the Annv of the Confederate States, or cxemp tions Issued to persons because of their being employed in said Departments, as agents, clerks, assistants, or in any ~.l ..... nt..I tl.n /u.lsrs i.ulhnr. izing the same corfhtermanded, and uH such persons who have been drafted or enrolled in (lie organization of troops for six months service, arc ordered to rejtort for duty to the Commanding Officers of their Companies without delay. Bv command. " . (Signed) , A. C. GABLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector-General of 8. C. Official: G. A. Folmn, A. A. G. September 211 38 3t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. YORK DISTRICT. In the Court of Ordinary. To James EUers, Henry Etters. Samuel Enters, Joseph Etters, Daniel Etters. John Francis 4''rife, Lydia, ami Jack I son Gibbons 4' wife, Rebecca, Heirs-at-law of Phillip Et. ters, deceased. YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Ordinary, to lie holden nt York Court House, for York District, on tint second day of November, 1863, to shew cause, if any you can, why the proceeds of tlic sale of the real estate of l'hilip Etters, deceased, sold for partition and division, should not lie paid over to Andrew Etters and M. Hamhright, Administrators of the said Pblltp Etters, to be applied by them to the payment of the dehts of the said I'ltiliD Etters. Given under mv hand'mid seal. this 03th day of Julv, I8C3. JOHN A. BROWN, (?38) Ordinary for York District. July 39 110 3m Q 0 U TlTC AR(^IN A?YOR K BIS O TBiGT.?Whereas, WALTER B. METT8, C. E. V. D., lias applied to mo f6r Letters of Administration dc bonis non, on all and singular, the goods nod chattels, rights and credits of SAM'L A. PARIS, lute of the District aforesaid, deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before toe, at our next Ordiuarv's .Court for the said District, to be liolden at York Courthouse, on the 9th day of November next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given undermy hand and Seal, this 28th day of September, in the year of qur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and iu the eighty-eighth year of the liujepcndcnce of South Carolina. (?13) JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. September 30 39 tit ^OW IS THE TIME! I WILL PAY TIIU HIGHEST CASH PRICES TOR ALL CLASSES OP NEGROES. C. J. PRIDE, h..aI/ xi:ii c r? I At>ril i la " *""' "if" "DR. alfred CRAVEN, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, TOREVILLE, SO. CA. PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, &c., constantly kept on hand. Physicians'Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately Dispensed. September HO ,'fl) if j CTEAM"MILLS FOR' S ALE.? Tlie undersigned offers for sale or in exchange for NEGRO PROPERTY, his STEAM MILLS in the Town of YorkviUe, S. C\, directly on tlie KING'S MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD. Tlie Mills consist of IVIIEAT and CORN MILLS, and a CIRCULAR SAW?the Whole driven hv a BOILER and ENGINE of FORTY HORSE POWER, with WELLS and l'UMPS to supply with water, and all necessary buildings. The BOILER and ENGINE, if desired, will be sold alone. S. J. KFYKIvXDAL. March IS . 11 tf I ESCHEATED PROPERTY. A PPLICATION will he made at the I il. next sitting of the Legislature, to vest hi tin-children of WYI.IE GRIFFIN, deceased, the |n>rsonal estate of .WILLIAM M. RAY, deceased, late of Yorlf District, liahh: to Escheat for want of heirs. August Ttli, ltSin. WILLI AM It. GRIFFIN, NANCY ANN GRIFFIN, In behalf of themselves and brothers m,d sisters. August 19 :t3 tf D~ENTAL NOTICE.?D U R IN G my ahsence from Yorkvllle, I have made arrangements with Dr. LESLIE O'WE.Y, formerly of Charleston, to tJke charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Csui'itlKK building, where he will he pleased to wait on my customers, as usual! He is a gentleman of much "experience in my line of business, and will, doubtless, give general satisfaction. W. M. WALKER, Dcnlist. February 25 8 if FOR SALE. JQQ fibs COPPERAS. 100 lbs BLUE STONE. .000 BUNCHES YARN. Call soon at \V. 0. & J. C. MILLER'S. October 22 43 tf CARRIAGE SHOP. THE Subscriber still continues the , CARRIAGE anil BUGGY BUSINESS I v\y ~ xjv at the old STAND. All kinds of coun ; try produce taken in exchange for work. ALSO, HORSE SHOEING and generalxouiitrv WORK | done by W. P. McFADltEN. j January 23 4 tf | * DR. ALFRED CRAVEN j ?bsibcitf Surgton Jlciiiist, | YOltKVILLE, S. C. j {K7- On the East side of Main treot, South Of the "Pal UD'ttO Hotel.''-,00 I January 6 1 tf C O W S ESTRAY.?TWO "cows strayed from the subscriber on Dr. l,indsa\*s plauta! tioi., about the first of August last?one a ItOAN, with a j small bell on?the other i? WHITE, with black spots on . her neck and shoulders. They were both giving milk ' when they Ion. AllV information reaped nig uiem eun ?e 1 left with Dr. Lindsav. at Yorkville. j WII.LIAM DRENXAX. September HO H9 _ I A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? ' A V. All persons having claims against the estate of I'll ILi li'SAXDIFKR, dcccnsetl. will present tlieui properly nt| tested t<> l'liilip It. Saiullfer : and those Indebted will make ! payment to the same. 1. I. S.WDII EK, ? Administrators. PHILIP It. SAXOri'EIt, J Atiminisiraiors. September HO tSl .'If A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? 1 il AH i?ersoiis indebted to the estate of THOMAS H. | SMITH, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment; those having demands against said deceased, are notified to present tltem, properly attested, within the time prescribed by'aw. JAMES E. SMITH, Administrator, j September HO H!) Ht I A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.? ! All persons having claims against the estate of WM BERRY, deceased, are requested to present tltem properly attested. Those Indebted to said estate will make payI mctit immediately. It. a. BLACK, \ . , , , T. L. BERRY {Administrators I September 33 H? 3t Siege of Charleston. That amiable sheet, the Boston Journal furnishes the following very entertaining information : A gentleman of much intelligence, recently from Morris -Island, where he had unusual facilities for observation, has communicated to us a variety of interesting facts connected with the siege of Charleston. Ho states that the reason why Gen. Gillmore did not continue bis bombardment of Charleston with the "Greek fire" shells, wtft because tHe shells sent were ignited on the percussion principle, and being discharged from a gun elevated at an angle of thirty-eight degrees, took their flight at the same angle, with a longitudinal rotary motion, base downward, and therefore struck j bape downward instead of upon the percusI i i ^ 1.1 mi ? _ i siod ena, arm aia doc espioue. ams peculiar motion and .descent of the shell was a i new discovery in artillery practice, then 1 first made, and the Ordnance Department was not furnished with a remedy for'the qnlooked for contingency. To this fact alone Charleston owes the delay of its doom. Time fuses, which will set all matters right, were at once sent for, and have doubtless arrived at Morris Island before this, and very likely Charleston is at this moment 1 experiencing the dreadful effects of a sbow! er of " Greek fire" shells, fifteen hundred of which have been ordered by President Lincoln for the bombardment of that nestr of treason. The gun from which the first shells were fired was a ?00 pounder Parrot, which can throw a shell seven miles, when elevated at an angle of forty five degrees. The first shells went over Charleston, the' gun being aimed at too sharp an angle. The celebrated 300 pouDdcr Parrott gun which Gen. Gillmore, has, weighs 27,000 pounds It took 2,000 met* nine nights to get the monster into position, the enemy shelling the party all the while, and men being killed njghtly. Nothing was done by day, the gun being covered with bashes to conceal it from the enemy's fire. The diameter of the bore is ten inches, the charge of powder twenty-five pounds, and the shell is as high as a flour barrel, and weighs 300 pounds, and opntuins seventeen pouuds of mortar powder. But two of these immense guns have been made, but twenty more liavu been ordered. General Gillmore at first had only one, but another has just been sent him. The 300 pounder when it exploded was in charge of an in: fantry captain, who had never fired a can I noo betore id bis lire, lie was cautioned that some accident would happen if he was not very careful. Oa the 25th round tho shell was filled, the percussion fuso was screwed half way down, and could not be got any further, when the captain said, "let it go at that." When discharged the fire communicated down by the thread to the shell, causing the latter to explode | before it left the gun, and breaking off 20 i inches of the muzzle. The gun was re- j | paired and ready for use again in two "days, i These guus have been fired with 40 pounds I of powder, and sent a ball through nine ! inches of wrought iron plates, and two feet of oak timber by which it was backed.? The larger a gun, haviDg a rifle bore, the steadier and truer the ball is sent?in factj the accuracy of the rifle ip attained. Mr. It. P. Parrot, the inventor of these guns, is at present engaged on a 500 pounder, and j if successful, will try a 2,000 pounder/' -After we are "Conquered." When this war first broke oul, the New ! York Courier and Enquirer was the chief j organ of-Lincoln, Seward, aud the prominent Abolitionists of New York, who had ! the shaping and control of matters in Washington. That paper published the programme intended to be carried out at that time. The programme announced by the | Republican leaders at present is more inhuman than the one they started with at first. Here is the way they intended to treat the i South when the war commenced: "The ringleaders of the rebellion must be tried for high treason, and convicted and j punished with death, if not commuted to i other penalties. All those who have voluntarily borne ! arms against the United States should be j sent to penal colonies in the far off West ; and Northwest, or be held to labor in build: ingthe Pacific Tiailroad, and should be de; prived, for a certain time, of the right to ; ; vote and to carry arms. The grants of land | which our volunteers, after the war, can . justly claim, should be taken up within the | limits of the Southern Confederacy. The ; large cities of the South should be garrij soned by negro regiments, to be furnished ' and paid for by the South herself." This, says the Chronicle and Sentinel, is 1 flip nrioinftl nnnJslimpnfc infpnrlpd fnr fhft 1 j South and her brave sods. Time, however, i has made the feelings of the war men of i % the North more bitter, and their intentions, . as now announced by their presses and acts, prove that nothing but the complete devastation, as well as subjugation of the South will satisfy the fiendish passions that burn ' within their breasts.? Charleston Mercury. A Very Strange Story.?The 'Echo de 1'Ardeche (France) publishes the follow | ing curious extract of a letter from the Abbe Gavet, a Missionary of the Society of . Mary to theSamoan Islands, in distant Oce; anica: March 25, 18(k>.7-Wc have in ojy neighborhood twenty American piratical vessels, which are pursuing the nativcs?of , theso islands to enslave them, with a view I of selling them as auxiliaries to the army in America. Our Christians in Samoa have I not been duped; but the Islands of Nuka: inano and Takaoto, and some others, have I been completely depopulated of their male ; inhabitants. The Island of Nukamano was entirely converted by a Waldensian catc' chist; and we were at the point of embark| iDg to baptize these poor people, when we | were informed of their compulsory emigraI tion. Our Tahiti vessels have already seizj ed two of these pirate steamers. I Paris Cohstitutionnel, August 25. Mississippi Biver?Disappointment. Late Ngw Orleans papers, announce with a grand flourish the arrival of a steamer*, loaded with provisions, from St. Louis. Their commercial columns contain the'signiflcant fact that this arrival had put dawn the price of flour und pork twenty five per cent, on previous very low rates.? Their rates were already below the rates in the Northern cities. The Mobile Tribune says: Here is a practicaUUustration of the folly and infatuation ofc. those who imagined that the victories at Yioksburg and Port Hudson had opened the navigation and liberated the trade of the Mississippi, or that any physioial fofce can, without the consent of the Southen?|>eople, effftt those great objeota.whioh, more than any other, have stimulated the YF'eStfirn petfpltf to such great exertions and sacrifices in this war. The New Orleans True Delta, a Yankee sheet, thus holds forth on the subject: Oar Western friends share the overwhelming distress which oppresses as when the return of their boats, empty and void, tells them of the sad ruin which has been wrought among their former most reliable, welcome and afflaent customers. She was committed to civil wr) contending armies have desolaied her fairest features; and faction, made drank by its unwonted sucoes, is engaged in trying the experiment how it is possible, in the shortest time, to make the greatest havoo of the Republic peace meal. As Louisiana is to day, Massachusetts will ere long be; there is nothing new under the sun. k -* Some six or eight weeks ago, ere yet Yiokshurg or Port Hadson had fallen, we warned our Western brethren of the danger of believing the re opening of the Mississippi would lead to the revival of the old, reciprocally advantageous trade with this lower country. No idea could be more fallacious. The Confederate a edicts to burn and destroy are no more destructive to commerce than the acts of the Federal Congress, and the incomnrehensible regulations (?~) of the Treasury Department, with its swarm of electioneering spies and agents.' No man in Louisiana can be said, literally and truly, to be master of any description of property. If a man buys a shirt for himself, or a cotton gown for his wife, to go out of the city, he must first go to the permit agent and wait his convenience to receive from him five per cent, tax on its cast, and then go to a Provost Marshal ana wait six, eight, ten hours, or perhaps a day, to have his permission to take it home. If-?* planter buys a barrel of St. Louis flour, pork, lard or beef, he has to go through the same pro| cess, and this whether or not be belongs to ! what he is in official jargdd designated loyal to Louisiana. In like manner, if a man wishes to bring sugar or molasses to the city, he must pay live per cent, on its assumed value for the privilege, and then on arrival two cents per pound additional internal revenue fax, to say nothing of the five dollarshospital fee and the fabulous freight charges. If a permit to bring cottoo to the city is required, tbo applicant must first deposit twenty dollars per bale as the tax at random levied *on it, and should he return without his cotton for want of transportation, or other reason, he must wait leisurely for the return of his deposits. If, however, he succeeds in getting his cotton here, then the treasurer will seize it and hold it for proof satisfactory to him of loyal ownership, and that, as such, its owner has never given aid or comfort voluntarily to the Confederacy. Our Western friends will see the utter hopelessness of expecting any trade worthy of the name being done here, even if there were products in the hands of our planters to disnnsR of. The prawinc croti is scarce r~ O ?0 M ly worth consideration, either of cotton or sugar ; consequently there can be no trade with a people having nothing to give in return for the necessaries they require.? Slavery is practically abolished by the Government; the country is cleaned out, the fature is before us, and the gold-laying goose is dead. We deplore the catastrophe, and we rejoice that our conscience acquits us of complicity in it. " The day of mourning for New England and the West is not yet, but soon will be. Let us wait and see. Capt. Travis' Gun.?Through the politeness of Capt. John Travis we have lately had an opportunity of examining the breech-loading cannon, upon the construction of which he has been engaged for a considerable time, and whioh is now completed in all its parts. The object has been to produce a gun of email calibre, suited by its lightness for service in any kind of country whatever, and which should combine rapidity, accuracy and efficiency of fire.? To- the attainment of this object Captain Travis has brought his unrivaled experience in the uso of small arms, and is satisfied that he has what he has been seeking; and from an inspection of the piece, together with his explanations, it would certainly seem that, for partisan service, or for service in conjunction with a cavalry force; he has produced just the thing wanted. The gun itself ie thirty inches long in the barrel, and weighs ninety-seven pounds; with carriage and full ammunition boxes j tbe entire wcigfit is seven nundred pounds. ! If necessary, it can be taken apart and the I different pieceB transported on the backs of ! horses or innles, and then pat together a! gain with the utmost esse and expedition. ! The guovwill be sent to Bichmond in a few days, for inspection by the authorities there.?Mobile Register. Indelible ink.-Green persimmons say 12 of them, mash them, pour on water sufficient to cover them. Boil over a slow fire and do not boil them too much, add a small piece of copperas. This Ink oannot be rubbed or washed out, and will not change color. ' 0 ilbi> tfaJr-The following is one of the songs, the Yankees in Meade's army are singing: "I tell you, whether alaveor free, A nigger will a. nigger be-'.' American Navies--Rebel and Union. Sinoe the destruction, by its captain, of the Tacony and the capture of tbe Archer, the Confederate privateers, the identity of which is well established, are five in number?the steamers Alabama and Florida and tbe three-masted Lapwing, whioh cruise in the Atlantic ocean; the steamer Georgia, which has seleotcd for its arena the Sea of the Antilles; and the three-masted Robert Lee, which watches the waters of the Bermudas. There is a sixth, which keeps sfbout Cape Horn, and to which several ships have fallen a prey, but her name is not known. With the exception of the Sumter, it was some time before the names of any of these vessels reached us; and it is to bo observed that we do cot even yet know them all, and that many other anonymous ships furrow the waters of the two o?eans in search of the merchantmen of the North. It is the straggle of the weak against the strong. The amount of damage inflioted on the Federal comtnerce bv the Confederate crnisers is considerable, (by the Alabama and Florida alone it exceeds fifty millions,) and the incessant stings of these audacious skimmers of the seas, have excited to fary the anger of the North, which finds it impossible to tear from its flank this well barbed dart. In vain does it eqnip whole fleets, in vain despatch its swiftest steamers. Some privateers have certainly been captured and destroyed, but the- most famous and dangerous, those wbioh the Federal cruisers are so anxious to take, have hitherto escaped scot free. Capt. Semmes, the SoiitJi American surcouf, has hoisted his flag on board the Alabama. The daring sailor is commandor in the Confederate Navy; he is the terror of the merchant navy r.f the North, and tho torment of the Federal cruisers, through whose hands he slips like an eel. The Washington Government has sent a whole fleet on the track of the privateers. The ganboat United States, steamers Juriesson, Honduras, Governor Buckingham and Star of the South have long been traversing( the ocean in every direction. From Boston, have just sailed the steamere Howqua, Iron Age, Admiral Dupont, Expounder, Daniel Webster, the Bchool-ship Massachusetts, the revenue cutter Morris and schooner Tbos. Woodward; from Newport, the sloopQf-war John Adams; from Princetown, the steamer Shattock; and, finally from Philadelphia, the steamer Young America. All these efforts are particularly directed against 11? A 1.1 --J Ta oeoono LUC AlaUSUlK UUU LUC X ivima. AU llui.|/u (bis accumulation of enemies, Captains Semmes and Maffit will have to redouble their energy, apdacity and skill. They are < not caught yet. Like the famous Red Rover of Fennimore Cooper, tbey seem to have a talisman that protects them and enables them to set both man and the elements at defiance.?Paris Patrie} Id ultimo. V&T We are indebted to some friend for a number of New York papers, among the rest the Journal of Commerce, of the 11th ultimo. We find little actual news that has. not been anticipated, but are a good deal struck by the advertising columns under the head of "Shipping." In these columns, five-sixths of the vessels advertised are expressly stated to sail under a "neutral flag," "French flag," or as the Untisn, rrencn, Prussian, Bremen or some other European ship, barqne or brig; as the case ma; be. Oat of 119 vessels up for foreign ports, exclusive of the regular European steamship lines, which are all under a foreign flag we And only eighteen that are advertised as Americaw vessels, the rest all foreign. As the Navigation 'Laws close the coasting trade to^foreign vessels, of courso the projection of a neutral flag cannot be used, and therefore we find no 'neutral flag' advertised. Of twelve vessels cleared for foreign ports on the 10th, only one carried the United States flag. In this is sdeu the visible evidence of the panic created by our Confederate cruisers, and the shifts taken to evade capture or destruction. Before the war, much more than half of all jthe foreign trado of the United States was done in American bottoms, and under the United States flag. Now, apparently, not one-sixth of the vessels trading to New York sail under that flag. One of .1 XT _ .L two things is evident. i<iitner tne normem shipping merchants have lost the carrying trade, or they have nearly all taken to sailing under false colors, to deceive Messrs. Semmes, Maffit, Manry & Company. Wilmington Journal, Capture of Marines.?A batch of Yankee marines passed through Meridian on Sunday night, en route for Mcbile, that were'taken while attending Divine worship in Rodney on Sariday, tjie 13th ultimo.? There were two officers (a Captain and Lieutenant) amoug them. They all belonged to the gunboat. Rattler, patroling the river about Rodney. On the 13th a portion of the crew, over 20 in number, detcrmin-: ed to come on shore and attend Church, as the boat would be anchored in front of tho town for the day. Accordingly, at the usual hour, the small boats were manned aud fili-j ;?v. /(Vvlna Ann fa " rohft ir? a short time I 1UU VTIkU t'Ul UU ? -V ? I were safely landed on terra firma when they all proceeded to Church. Our cavalry in the vicinity were immediately advised of their presence, and when they stepped out of the Church door, nine of Logan's men, "armed to the teeth," appeared before them. ! Three resisted and were shot, but the re[ mainder gave themselves up quietly and i were soon conducted Off to Gen. Logan.? { The remainder of the Rattler's crew sent | word out that unless their men were given up Rodney would be shelled, but upon being informed that if the towo was shelled the prisoners would be swung to a tree, they concluded to consult Grant before takiug any action. One of the pr^oners remarked at Meridian it was a very cruel war where a man is taken prisoner while attending divine worship, but the language he used in alluding to it indicated clearly that he was a stranger in the house of God, and had but little principle, honor or decency. j J Striking Coincidences?The Events of a Week.?Thursday, the 30th of April, was observed as a day of fasting and 1 prayer through out the States sustaining the Lincoln and Seward government, for i the suppression of what they -eall "the re- 1 hellion." On the same day the rebel Gen. Forrest met the Federals at Moulton, Alabama, and routed and pursued them. On the next day, (May 1st,) the Yan- ' kee foroes assailed the "rebels" at Grand : Gulf, and after a day's bard fighting, were 1 repulsed and driven from the field. 1 On the same day, Col. Edgar's battalion met the Federal cavalry, one thousand i , strong, at Lewisbttrg, Va., and defeated j them. 1 On tVio 51/1 nf Mott O-flnornl TiYirrnaf nf. V/U UUU VU v? A'AUJ j \JI VUWIUt JL VI?W4V| ?* | ter five days hard marching and fighting, captured sixteen hundred of the onemy and took their horse* and arms. On the 2d and 3d of May, the army of Northern Virginia achieved "a great victory" over the enemy, took nearly ten thousand prisoners and more than fifty cannon, and drove their hosts over the Rappahannock. On the 3d of May, three of Linooln's , boats were set on fire in their attempt to run the Vicksburg batteries, and burned to the. water's edge. On the 6th of May Gen. Lee announced the retreat of Hooker from his fortified position on the south side of the Rappahannock. It appears that be fled for bis life, during a storm in the night of the 4th iost., and crossed the river and took shelter behind his batteries on its Nothern banks.? Thus terminated the most decissive victory i of the war. We do not presume that "those eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell and slew them, were sinners' above all men that dwelt in Jerusalembut we believe that a retributive providence is often seen araoog men in.the present life; and that "pride goeth before destructionthat God ( often takes those who think themselves 'wise in their own craftiness?that "the counsel of the frowardis carried headlong," and that he "who diggeth a pit for the righteous shall fall therein himself." * ? Christian Observer. -rr ,jr" J- Chickamauga. A correspondent of the "Charleston Vov. ric.r gives the following account of the origin and meaning of the nurae Chickamau& : 'i In the spring of 1858, while seeking the benefit of a change of climate and reiaza- 1 tion from laborious duties, I met- with the late Colonel Whiteside at Chattanooga.? j Amoog the many interesting traditions as- j sociated with various localities in this bean tiful region of country, he' related one in | explanation of the meaning of the word i "Chickamauga," and how it came to be applied to the two small streams which bear ( this name. A tribe of Cherokees occupied i -this region, and when the Bmall pox was i first communicated to the Indians of this i Continent it appeared in this tribe, and j made frightful havoc among them. I?was the custom of the Indians, at the height of the disease, to go by scores and jump into the river to allay the tormenting symptoms. This, of course, increased. the mortality, and the name "Chickajnauga,* or "River ( of Death." was annlied to the two streams. 1! f ft - / which they have borne ever since. The remnant of the tribe was also afterwards 1 called the "Cbickamaoga tribe." We hope 1 General Bragg will call his great victory 1 the Battle of Chickamauga, and'not "Pea- ' vine Creek" or "Crawfish Springs," as is ' suggested in Rosecrans' dispatch. He has * certainly craiojlshed out of Georgia, but we ! prefer " Chickamauga," or " River of 1 Death." 1 : ^ f AST A lady sends the following incident ^ to the Mobile Register: ' . Several evenings since, while talking to a matron who is a mother of soldiers, her x young daughter entered, flushed and exci- t cited. She drow near her mother, and in j an irresistible, coaxing manner asked per- t mission to have a pic nic. A cloud like a a mantle of sorrow fell upon the mother's j serene brow, and I knew she was thinking e nf Koi? anna -far flroou hattlina for freedom. 1 jmd more than all of him, her eldest born, ? whose blood bedewed the gory fields about c Richmond. It was several moments be- f fore she answered?then in a low and gentle j f tone : | e "It I.i no time for feoiting nnd mlrtli." a The tone of voice so sad and gentle, a recalled the mind of the thoughtless maiden from scenes of pleasure to the grave of x the war-worn veteran sleeping his last sleep f in Virginia's holy ground. How,often since r have I thought of her words ! In this drea- t ; ry period of our revolution, when the ear- i nest realities of life, so checkered with c hope and fear, joy and sorrow, are around ; s us, how can the sons and daughters of 11 "Dixie" find a moment for feasting and re- j c velry '. DO llioy lOVC more i/ue uujytjr Ci" B ! citement of a fleeting hoar thao long years 1 of happiness and greatness ? 1 SS5" Are there two Maurys, Captains inthe Confederate Navy? We see that Capt. Maury is reported to be in command of the 1 Confederate steamer Georgia, and we know 1 that M. F. Maury, formerly of the Obser < vatory, is in Europe as a Confederate agent, t .Or is the Commander of the Georgia indeed ' named Maury ?? Wilmington Journal. * We are pleased at beiog able to furnish < the information asked for by the Journal, i Commander Wm L. Maury, the com- 1 mander of the Georgia, is one of our best J navy officers, a christian and very amiable' < gentleman. He is every way qualified for 1 the position he occupies. ( > Matthew F. Maury, of world-wide celeb- 1 rity, late in charge of the Observatory at 1 Washington, is now in Europe doing good * service for the Confederate Government. 1 Charlotte Bulletin. ' Mechanical Arts. If the money that has been expended in Siting oat vessels to ran the blockade with Yankee goods in them?thns affording aid and comfo'rt to our enemy?had been offered as premiums to Southern mechanic*, by this time we should have been able to manufacture most goods that we need. The imported goods have famished a convenience to the rich only, who could afford to purohase, thus creating distinctions between rich and poor?a bad example at any time to a republican people, much worse in time of war. We propose a grand society inQeorgia to improve ourselves in the mechanical arte, begging the rich to begin in this laudable enterprise and send their sons to engage in Borne useful art. It is a shame to as that in many counties, no one has tact enough to manufacture a barrel that will preserve sy rap or liquor! We can make white cotton cloth, bat none know how to make prints? none' can make dyes for coloring; and hundreds of other arts might be named, of which not a man in the State knows anything. Who can manufacture glass, stereotype plates, needles, pins, &o. " True, our planting interest may be.more profitable, bat if we gain that-for which tie are contending?and who doubts it??must we be dependent on our enemies? No nation that repudiates mechanical arts can be independent, nor flourish as those that try to make everything that is needed iu the land. Oar troubles have taught as mauy good lessons, and our coarse olothes, &c., are of great service to us, and our patriotic women deserve great praise far their industry and self sacrificing spirit. Snoh a society as has bten warned will render the meohanical arts respectable, apd resoue them from the degradation whieh has been cast upon tbem. Eittenbouse and Franklin were mechanics, the most distinguished'me# of any ?ge. Now, wbetberwe like or dislike the thing wo rnqst- come to it, and the sooner the better. Those that start early in the arts will have a decided advantage. Who are fast getting rich in the laud ? Mechanics. Thirty dollars for shoes, fifty to sixty for boots, five handled for a buggy, See. Can raising cotton.tell like those prices? . Let us consider this matter and consult the best iqteresta of our children. Souibern "boys, especially of wealthy families, oannot be idifaced to learn thoso vulgar arte. If love of qpuntry drove them to the war, the same patriotic fire will per* ' suade them to save their country from a dependent, begging, importing condition?? There is as much patriotism in manufacturing and. making a fait of clothes for a soldier, as in fighting for independence; so in any other useful art. Try the. experiment ?use the proper incentives?urge the importance and necessity of the case, and we shall have apprentices in the arts. * It is a good time now to pnt this boll in notion, when we see.the need of good manufactured articles. Let parents take up the cause?let those high in reputation talk and lecture on it, and we shall succeed gloriously.?Atlanta Intelligencer. Dogs and Dog Oil. The revelations made in Mr. Ferneyhough's letter to Mt. McCae are certainly rery surprising. He tells us that dog oil is squal almost to neat's foot oil for dressing leather, and thai it is worth $15 a gallon. Each dog will yield a gallon of oil. Moreaver, dog skins make excellent kid gloves, first rate summer-boots for gentlemen, and number one ladios' shoes. Each dog skiu v 1 iL OOO % f ? aresseu, is worm COO. moreover, me w jasses of skinned dogs make a valuable ingredient in nitre beds. Moreover, 500,000 logs destroy over ?9,000,000 worth of sheep n a year. Adding dog oil to dog leather, log kid, dog nitre, and saved jrfieap, the ;rand total of dog revenue te the State, vbich might be made by a proper disposiion of the dogs,-would be, at a rough estinate, forty-five or fifty millions of dollars. Of course, it would not do to kill all the logs.the Grst year. Enough should be left o keep up the breed. In fact, they are so irofitable, that the greatest attention ought o be paid to dog culture; so that tbo anna* il dog crop should amount to 500,000 ipare dogs, or say fifty million dollars. The lubjeot is worthy of serious consideration* Perhaps the beat plan would be for some interprising capitalist to establish in this iity a dog oil -mill. He would find no dificolty in getting dogs enongh to make a air experiment. Tho dog-net men would . nake him a present of all their oepturefi, nd negroes would sell him their cooq dogs ,nd bench legfice at a very reasonable prioe. As to dog oil, it is evident that Mx. Ferleyhough has not tested all its virfues. The astidious may object to its use as a condinent for salads, but, regarded as apreparaion of bark, dog oil might prove efficacious u miasmatic diseases. Why shouldn't :anine he a substitute for quinine, and who ' hall say that, on tho principle, similia sinilibus eurantiir, the active principle "of log may not turn oat to be the long sought pecifio for hydrophobia? For aught we mow, the world, familiar as it is with dogatin, may still be io the very alphabet of log-knowletjge.?Richmond Whig. Intelligence has reached this coutry from Africa, (says the London lndtx,\of the aiiure ot tbe Universities mission. iu 'onnection with this sabject, the success of he African mission in the Confederate is worthy of attention. In a note ippended to the "Address of the Southern Clergy to Christians throughout the World" we are informed that " The uumber of coored communicants is about five hundred ihousand.' Assuming the colored population to be four millions, there would be one* fourth of the adult population in commuaion with the ChaadSS^phriH. Thus has Jod blessed us, gatbcr^pgonlo His Church rom the children of ?frica^i6r$ than twice is many as are reported from all the concerts in the Protestant 'Missions throughout ;he heathen world."