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".' ,. ; '" ' " ' " - ' /.'_. r '- '*?- (. , . v- .'- . ... '" - ;./. - v"; - : * - ? - - - - - j " ' |'',-l^e==g?-??? ? p- -j-y- -- - ? ~ " ^ I' ?.? ? ???^. ' -^' * ""? ^ ?' ?? '"-j ^ j. e.&l. m. grist, j proprietor ^ Inbtptiiiitnt JfraHj |ttbj8^?: $sz % ,||wmottm ?f .% fcrMtal, jStotral, ^grioltesl anit (tawrtial Jatmsls of t|t J&raf?. {?]??* yba$, nr advance. VOLUME 10. " ~~~ ~~ TORKYILLE^ SOUTH" CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1864. " ~ ~~ NUMBER13. f __ : : c - -I ri -n n V-?. HATES OF POSTAGE Iff THE * C. STATES OF AMERICA. T^OR the convenience of the public V. - ' v.". *" J. the fallowing simplified statement of the rates of post . %, * . age, under the act of Congress of the Confederate S tates of America, has been prepared. It must be borfte in mind . that the Act is to go into effect from and after such period as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce : . . . . : ' "v\ - v RATES or POSTAGE. :?? " Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to ''.v ' * any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. Att additional single rate for each additional half ounce ~ - - or lesr Drop lettera,2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps . ? v ' Or stamped envelopes. . V . t. Advertised letters 2 cents each. . y.' ' -y * OS NEWSPAPERS. . ; ' Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office ^ of publication, and not exceeding three ounces in weight: Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter. Semi-Weekly paper. 26 cents per quarter. ..... / " Trl-Weekly pajter, 39 cents per quarter. f' *.* ; Four times a week, 56 cents per quarter. Five times a week, 65 cents per quarter. Six times a week, 7S cents per quarter. ON PERIODICALS. v " ' Periodicals published oftcncr than semi-monthly shall "be charged as newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1# ounces - _ In weigitt, 1 ceqt on each number, and one cent additional on each additional ounce or irncuou 01 an wucv. ON THANfllElCr PRINTED MATTER. - -i.J; " The Inland postage on every other newspaper, and on each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon - nested with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding t ounce In weight, shall be 1 Cent, and for every k additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additlonf ' ~ al; and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over ' . four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the inland postage on them shall be at the rate of 2 cents an . ounce or fraction of an ohnce, and the postage an all such " A-i, transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all cases ex - cept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the army. - * -'i- v FRANKING PRIVILEGE. * . The following persons only are entitled to thn franking privilege, and in ail cases strictly confined to official busi' >.> ness. Postmaster General. Bis Chief Clwk. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. ~ SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD. * BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF* HONOR ! TJAVINGr received frequent applica' s JL JL lions from the friends of deceased soldiers to place . ' . in a permanent formand make it accessible to all whomlght desire a copy, the "BOLL OF HONOR," on which I nm - T" engaged for the State, I propose to publish a work more ex tended in its scope and design than the State Roll, embrnv:?v.f; tag Riooeaphical Sketches of the officers and men from <' this State who have fhllen or died in service during the pre ; sent war, and whose friends may furnish me with the neccs snry materials for such sketches. The plan is this. The friends of the deceased soldiers i ' x desiring a place in this work, will forward to me the neccg, ' .o"." ?ary information to make up for publication the biographical sketches, or scud me the notices they wish inserted, when they will be revised and compiled for publication.? ->v: , v Each biograpliical sketch must be accompanied by the name ct- of at least one subscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the .expense and labor Involved in the preparation and compilation of the sketches, for which a receipt will be given entitling .;' ;v the holder to a copy of the work at the subscription price. 1 am perfecting arrangements with a leading publishing house for tae publication of the work." It will be published - V.v\ . In monthly numbers, and issued In the best style of letter press printing, on fine white English book paper, and printed with the be*t English Ink. Each number wi|l contain ?' one or more portraits of officers and men who have distin * guished themselves during the war. The twelve numbers will make four handsome volumes. Terms $50 per annum or for twelve numbers, payable on the publication of the first number, of which due notice will be given. The work will be continued until the lloll la completed. Those Intending to subscribe or furnisn biographical sketches, should do so without delay, as the first . * edition will be limited to the number of subscribers. Address WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, . .V . . ' Columbia, S. C. : February 17 "7 3t EXCHANGE NOTICE NO. 8. ' ADJUTANT AND-INSPECTOR-GEN'S OFFICE, Richmond, February 4,1864. QENKRAL ORDERS NO. 14. nnii? following order is published for v ' * ' JL. the inronnatlon of all concerned : . - - Confederate States of America, v ,. ^ War Department, Richmond, Vs., Februsrtr.-l,1804. 1^4?^pi8ssuer? heretofore held by the United States authorities, whether officers, soldiers or civilians, received at City Point before the 1st of January, 1864, are hereby de clared exchanged. / 2. All officers and men of the Vleksburg capture, who reported for duty at Enterprise; Miss., at any time prior to 's ' the 14th of November, 1863, and whose names were for warded to me by Mgjor General John H. Forney, are here by declared exchanged. O. All UU1CC19 (UIU UiV'U VI uio V itivauuig v?tptuio wvivupjing to the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, who reported for duty at Marietta, Ga., and whose names were forwarded to me by Col. A. Jackson, are declared exchanged. ROBERT OULD; i Agent of Exchange. By order: (Signed,) S.COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General. February 10 6 6t SLATE LABOR FOR TJHE COAST ?DIVISION I. v ' "Tif? ..V- ' I THE Commissioners of Roads and .the Town Authorities within the Judical Districts of Plckenb, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Union, York, Chester, Laurens, Abbeville, and Newberry, will forthwith " summon all the slaveholders within their respective limits to deliver ONE-FOURTH of their slaves liable to Road duty at the Railroad Depots nearest tlieir residence on MON1 i-j' . ' DAY, the twenty-fifth (iath) day of April proximo, at 10 o'clock a. in., there to,atvait transportation to Charleston for Thirty days' In tor on the fortifications. II. The Act of December requires the arrest of all defaulters, and that they be forwarded for a double term of service at the expense of the owners. Tills requirement will be rigorously enforced ; and, thafthe State Agent may proceed intelligently and do justice to all, Commissioners of Roads and Town Authorities are earnestly cqiotned to make, without delay, the Returns called fofty the Act re ferredto. They will state, in every instance, the Names of owners?District?Number of Road Hands?and total amount of labor performed. No District In the Division now called on has made complete returns, and In several this important duty lias been entirely neglected. III. The Commissioners and Authorities aforesaid arc , also required by law to impress and forward ONE-FOURTH . of ail male free negroes, between the ages of 16 and 50 '-ffiC'. years. ' _ * IV. The ONLY exemption recognized by the Statutes Is where tlie owner has bin one Road Hand. R- B- JOHNSON, * ' - Agent of State of S. C. r . " - Camdeu, March 17, 1864. ^ 'r\7 * March 23 Id 4t r ; iw. THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. ' To OUvtT F. Parish, R. R. Parish and D. F. Parish. WHEREAS, J. LEANDERPART T ISH has filed a petition In my office, praying u> be permitted to prove in solemn form, a paper which has been admitted to prpbate in common form, as the last Will and Testament of ARTHUR PARISH, deceased. These'are therefore to cite and admonish you, the Raid ' , OLIVER F. PABISn, R. R. PARISH, and D. F. PAR ISH, to appear at mv office, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the 18TH day of APRIL.ncxt, at 10 O'Clock, A. M., with such witnesses as you may deem proper, for or against the confirmation of said Will. i Given under my hand and seal of Office, at Yo?k Court' il. b.j riouse, mis j^ui uuv ui joiiuai*, *w?. ($12) J. A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. , January 13 * 1 3tm | STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. Roddey & Co., vs W. B. Dunlap?attachment. Vl/REE RE AS, the plaintiff's did on W' the l$th day of October 1863, file their declaration ' against the defendant, who (as It is said) la absent front and without the limits or this 8tale, ahd has neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served. It ia therefore ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 16 th day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be awarded against him. (816) S. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1SC3. November 4 44 qly. "ETEQUITY?YORK DISTRICT. Stanhope A. Harris, ) vi. > Bill to perfect TiHe. - Martha N. Harris, el al.) TT appearing to my satisfaction tliat JL Alfred R. Hutchison, Maiinda Hutchison, Joseph M. - Corkle, and Jane, his wife, Mary Wlmberly and VVimberly, her husband, James Hutchison, Robert P. Harris and Hugh C. Harris, defendants In above stated case, Icside bevond the limits of this State?It is, therefore, on motion of Williams &. Beatty, Solicitors lor Complainant, ordered, that wdd absent Defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill filed In this case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or a decree pro confetto will then be entered and awarded against them,? March 21, 1864. W.ALTER B. METTS, (332 25.) Commissioner in Equity. . March 23 12 3ni IK EQUITY?YORK DISTRICT, Mary Rippey, per pro amie,) Bill for Account, Settlement v. I Edward Rippey, Jr., etal. ) of Estate, S,-c. IT appearing to my satisfaction that EDWaRD RIPPEY, Jr.. dhc of the Defendants In this cose, resides beyond the limits of this State. It is therefore, on motion of Williams 8c Beatty, Solicitors for complainants, ordered, that said absent Defendant do appear, and plead, answer or demur to the bill hied In this case, within three months from the publication of this notice, or a decree, pro confetto, will thA be entered and. awarded ngaiiist him. WALTER B. METTS, (332.25) Commissioner in Equity. March 9 10 3m /Confederate tax payers". Vy ?Persons paying TAXES at' this time will J>e required to make the even change, as it le impossible for me to do so. s. A. McLEANfC. T. C. March. 9 10 ' ... ff F3R TAX COLLECTOR.?WE are authorized to announce SMITH BANDERS as % candidate for TAX-COLLECTOR, at the ensuing election. I January % . I tc* nv -V j- + ' * * * 1/ 1 A "Dream and its Interpretation, 1 [We aro not mnoh' given to repeating dreams, and signs, and prodigies, and are poor believers in them, sinoe the prophetic days have passed. The following, however, seems worthy of being made an exception to the rule of exclusion :] Messrs. Editors:?Rev. Elijah Hansbrough, of Fanqnier oaunty, Va., was a Baptist minister of universal refute for eminent pjety and acquaintance with sacred things. I have never known a man so familiar with the Bible, or more imbibed with its spirit. In the political canvass of 1840, he.had a dream which made'a powerful impression upon his own mind, and was widely spoken of, and is to this day remembered and repeated among bis acquaintances. His own belief in it as a chapter from the future, was never interrupted by a doubt?which was the more remarkable from the fact, that it was unfavorable in it? import, to the candidate and party with whoso fortunes he was associated in the political struggle of that day. I have requested his son to give me a sketoh of this dream or vision, of which I have often heard, and he has kindly complied. I herewith send it to you for publication, if you think fit. G. Tn Anonaf. 1840 "Raw Pllnnh Hann I -?fc> J J -?J? brough, of Fauquier county, Va., bad the following dreams or visions, as be termed them, for, said "he, the Lord has shown me what he is going to bring to pass. To those who knew this truly pious man, and are cast' down* in'this our day of trouble, this narrative may be the means of bringing encouragement, to bear up under our present seeming adversities, for brighter' days are certainly coming! * Be dreamed that he saw an eagle make a nest, in which she deposited two eggs, from which she hatched two young eagles. She fed and nursed them till they were quite fledged, when the young eagles turned on her and killed and tore her to pieces. Soon afterwards, the young eagles commenced flghtigg, the one with the other, and they fought desperately and vindictively. Blood flowed copiously. They would separate repeatedly for a mofflent and then come together with renewed animosity, blood flowing freely in each encounter. Finally, with 1 many menacing measures, they separated,, one going North and the other South. Soon after, he dreamed again. - He '< dreamed that he saw two enormous serpents. In his alarm he called for help, and help came. They succeeded in killing one of the serpents; the other escaped. While being in his bed^gpminating what should be the meaning -of his dreams, suddenly the interpretation seemed to be given him. The dream was doubled, and like Pharaoh's dream of'old, will surely come to pass. The old eagle is the emblem of American liberty. Her offspring are the North and the South, two republics that will spring up from her death, 'i'he serpents are the two great political parties.? The serpent that w&b killed represents the overthrow of the'Democratic party. Harrison will be elected President by the aid of the abolition party; his will bp the beginning of the power and oonsequenoe of the ' abolition party. After a while the aboli- ! tion party will get the reins of Government, and then will como to pass the sad death and destruction of the old eagle, the 'Constitution, and the great struggle between the North and the South, the young eagles, the , tworepublics. The Constitution will be torn into pieces. Brother will fight against brother, and father against sod, aud blood will flow in torrents. There never was such , a time in America before: . While the interpretation was being made ( known to him, it soemed to grow dark, as ( though the sun refused to shine, ^nd men's hearts failed them for fear; but, after a I while the sun shone forth again, and more ' brightly than he had ever seen it shine be- j fore. Just then peace Was proclaimed between the North and the South,* the inde' | pendence of the South was acknowledged by ( foreign Kingdoms, as a Republic, and, in a short time, became one of the most prosperous Republics on the Globe. I never shall forget with what looks of calm confidence and assurance my father told the interpretation of those dreams. To - * * l j _ /at __ toe writer 01 mis ne Barn : "XUU, my ouu, will live to see all these things come to pass, and be fulfilled; I shall not live to see them." He lived nine years after this, and died in July, 1849, in the 75th year of his age. ' Headq'rs 21) Army Northern Va. November. 12, 1802." | To the President City Council, Richmond, Va. : ( Sir: My attention has been directed to a resolution reported in the newspapers as ( having been introduced into the body over , which yon preside, having for its object the , purchase by the city of Richmond of a j hduse for the uso of my. family. I assure you, sir, that no want of appre- < ciation of the honor conferred on me by , this resolution, or insensibility o|" the kind i feeling which prompted it, induces pae to , ask, as I most respeotfully do, that no fur- , ther proceedings be taken with reference to , the subject. Tho house is not necessary , for the use of my family, and my own du- , ties will prcventmyresidenoe in I$iohmQn<}. , I should, therefore, be compelled to decline , the generous offer, and trust that Whatever < means the City Council may have to spare for this purpose may be devoted to the re- ] lief of the families of our soldiers in the j fiflld. wVm dpo mnro in wan! nf assistance i and more deserving of it than myself. ( I have the honor to bo, ' . v Mflat respectfully, "four ob't serv't, t R. E. ?LEE, Gen'l. ] [We are requested to state that this let- t ter has been in the hands of the committee e to whom it was referred by* the Council, j with the hope that Gen. Lee might event- ^ ually he persuaded to yield his objection \ to the offer made him.J - c - . 'V " ' - . ."v - * - - '* * " ' _ ' ' ii imii?? From the Richmond Whig. The Strength of the Enemy. Grant was to advanoe on oar Georgia army this spring with a column of 100,000 men, while a second of like strength was to march by way of Knoxville to.Virginia, and a third to be held in reserve. We be- , lieve it is a safe bet, fhat in all of his lineshe will not be able to master one of these colamns. Sherman has to drag-net a long line of garrisons, heretofore thought important, to master 25,000 men- for his expedition.. Texas has been abandoned for want of men to keep up the "invasion. Banks is far more frightened by Dick Taylor in the State where he is establishing bis master's "tenth-vote" Government, than he is at^le to frighten us with any force at his disposal. We have pretty positive information that the enemy's force is almftst nothing in Mis* souri, and that General Prioe believes this is his opportunity to march his veterans home to arousfe and redeem their State.? General Meade's army is not only below its usual complement in numbers, but is sadly demoralized, and the Yankees are speculating upon an early visit from General Lee aoross the Potomao. A foroe must be kept in Kentucky, for the Yankees know that Morgan is free, and mounted with his troopers, each armed with a pair of scissors in addition to their rifles and revolvers.? Meantime, Yankee enlistments are expiring, and the veterans are generally tired of the war and going out, while the last draft has not supplied their place, and the new draft not yet executed." How then can the Yan? kee armies be strong endugh for offensive movements on a grand soale? With Graht, two to one is an indispensable requisite to his tactics. .He is a lucky manager of brute force aad has at last to face his master in the art of war. Instead of that overwhelm* ing invasion we have all been looking for with so much breathless anxiety, wo shall not be surprised to see the enemy ' taking the defensive and the gray coats pushing forward to light for and recover the ground, from whioh they were orowded in the last campaign. We should not be surprised, if the figures could be oompared, that the Confederate effeotive force in the field today is equal to that of the foe ; and'when that is the case, what Confederate ever asked a surer guarantee of viotory ? - Those favorablo divinations shonld have the effect of inspiring the South to renewed aud desperate energy in the coming campaign. Let us gather up our whole strength.4 As General 'Polk said when Buell moved off from Duck River, and no longer interposed his great army between Bragg and Cumberland Gap, "God has opened the door for us/" So we believe opportunity has cothe, and Heaven has so shaped the elements of trouble and discord and weakness among our enemies, and so given our Government and people nerve for the conflict, that if we do our duty faithfully with the means in hand, our victory and ipdependence are sure in one more campaign. The Fall of Vioksburg. The Riobmond Examiner brings us, at last, the hitherto unpublished history of the~ fall of Vioksburg in General Johnson's official report. In connection with this document, says the Examiner, are some other extraordinary developments, whioh are ne cessary to History, ana wnicn snow now tne popular credulity has been abused with reference to the Vicksburg'disaster. So far from Vioksburg having been surrendered on account of a scarcity of supplies, it now appears, - officially, that Pemberton bad, at the time of the surrender, about 40,000 pounds of pork and baoon, which had been reserved for the subsistence his troops in the event of attempting to 3ut his way out of the city. Also, 51,241 pounds of rice, 5,000 bushels of peas, 112,23$ pounds of sugar, 3,240 pounds of soap, 527 pounds of tallow caudles,-27 pounds of star candlel, and 428,000 pounds of salt. If ouriosity insists upon knowing the real cause of the surrender of yicksburg, it must satisfy itself as well as it oan with the words of General Pemberton's own official report. He says: "Knowing the anxious desire of ? the Government to relieve Yicksburg, I "feit assured that, if within the compass of "^ts power, the siege would be raised j but, " when . forty seven days and nights had " passed, with the knowledge I then posI' eessed that no adequate relief was to be " expected, I felt that I ought no longer to " place in jeopardy the brave men whose " lives had been entrusted to my care." So there appears to have been nothing 1 but a general occasion for the surrender of Yicksburg?that is, us PembertoD expressed it in his note to Grant, "a desire to save the further effusion of blood." * But the most astounding disclosure of the locuments referred to, is Pemberton's explanation of his selection oT the fourth of July for the day of surrender. The expla- 1 nation is this i ,1 ? If it shoald be asked why the Fourth of July was seleoted as the day for the " surrender, the answer is obvious. I be' ( lieved that, upon that day, I should ob'< tain better terms. Well aware of the :< vanity of our foes, I knew they would attaoh vast importanoe to the entrance, on t the Fourth of July, into the stronghold of < the great river, and that, to gratify their ( national vanity,^ they Vfould yield then * < what could not be extorted from 4hem at 1 ' any other time." 1 The fall of Vicksburg has heretofore 1 Dceo a story written in the oharacter of mis- 1 fortune. But we did not know until now 8 hat it was an inoident of suoh humiliation 1 >n the part of the Confederacy. 8 '?; ; jbaoai mobile.?wen. winner passed 1 broagh Maoon'Sanday last from Mobile, t Q[o reports that Commodore Farragnt has c ibandoned the bombardment at Fort Pow- i ill and left for parts unknown. Two thons- i ind ahffllg wnrft dianWgfld nfc tha ?foft^. \ without damage to the fortification and ?ith the loss of only one man -killed* and ine slightly wounded. There- would have ( ;v > ' . tii - been no lose of life on , our side, but for imprudent self-exposure, contrary to orders. So ends another futile movement of tbe enemy. The Mobile papers report that the loss of the enemy must have been considerable, as seven was known to have been buried from one vessel. Truly the current of events run prosperously for our cause. The Macon Telegraph says Gen. G. was in high spirits and disposed to take the very brightest views in regard to the result and duration' of the yar. . # r Condition of the Yankees in Florida. The Savannah News of Saturday says: A soldier who left Baldwin on Wednesday last informs ns that five deserters from the Yankee army hsd come in to that post. Three of them were Germans who coald not speak a word of English. In convex, sation with a German Confederate soldier they represent that they belong to the 150th New York Regiment. They state that they had only been four months in New York, that they had been made drank, and when they came to their senses they found themselves onboard of a transport ship, boand for the Yankee army in the South. They state that there are about one hundred other deserters from the Yankee army between Palatka and Gainsville, endeavoring to make thefr way to our lines. One of the number, a fine looking young fellow, states that he belongs to the 47th Ohio Regiment. He gives as the reason why he deserted that a negro oorporal was plaoed over him, with whom he had some difficulty, which resulted in his knocking the negro down.? Disgusted with his association with negroes, and to avoid punishment for his offence, he deserted to our lines. These deserters represent that many of the Yankee reoruits, who like the Germans above mentioned, were kidnapped and fdrced into service.against their will, have never received any pay?that there is much dissatisfaction and discontent in the Yan-. kee army, apd that hundreds of them would desert if they had a fair opportunity. One of the deserters at Baldwin states that the number of negroes killed and wounded in the fight at Olustee, had been ascertained to be seventeen hundred and fifty eight.? Our informant states that when he left our lines on Wednesday there was unusual aotivity'observed in the Yankee camps, and it was thought that they were preparing either to fight or evacuate their present position. New York and the War. i(Manhattan," the secesh correspondent of the Liverpool' Post, jwrites from New York: .. "New York will have to end the war if it is ever ended. She possesses tne elements of war. Without her the war could not go on a week. Unfortunately, she has no great statesmen or wise men. She has no guide. She is ohaincd to the war car of President Lincoln. The weakness of suoha trifleras Gov. Seymour has prostrated the Empire City at the feet qf the Fed- i eral authorities. It is awful to contemplate, j Now people ask, will New York submit to the draft ? Will there not be another riot ? i No, certainly not.. Lincoln Will ordpr 50,- i 000 troops to the eity of New York, and i that will make us all quiet as lambs. We I will then submit to the draft. That is the 1 only way New York city can* be held du- < riDg March if the draft is ordered here.? ; Will General Lee permit I^inooln to send i 50,000 United States troops to garrison ] New York oity. Alas! we are hopeless in 'i this city. We.haveawax Governor, and i very soft wax at that. I do not know any i white man who is so generally cursed as is i Seymour, although it is quite evident that t he is not worth a curse.'', ' 1 The Cincinnati Commercial, comment- i ing on this, says: "Governor Seymour has < been vigorously pressed to resist the draft < and drift into a war with the national au- ] thorities. Deputations of oopperheads from j the West have visited Governor Seymour < at Albany, and brought a pressure upon i him to take the lead in a Northern insurrection. It is proper to say- that Mr. Daniel W. Vorhees, of Indiana, member of Con- 1 gress from the Terre Heute district, called I to see Governor Seymour on this business^ ] and was exceedingly disgusted because he c did not find him ripe for rebellion." 1 ' Heavy Robbery at Camp Lee.?'Joel c T. Johnson, member of Co. 1,13th Geor- t gia Regiment, was robbed at Camp Lee on i Thursday night, of about 825,000 in money, t Johnson is one of the Confederate prisoners v who returned on parole on the last flag of c truoe boat ^hjoh arrived from the North.? ( While a prisoner be was made ward master ' in the prisoner of war Camp Hospital at t Lookout, Maryland, and being a member in a high standing of the Masonic and Odd Pel- * low fraternities, was entrusted with a large o amount of money by our prisoners who died t there belonging to these orders. Many fi Catholics who died entrusted him with all .a the money in their possesion, with inetruc- * tions to hand over to the Bishop of this di- r Doese, whenever he was released, a sufficient p sum to secure the prayers of that denomina- C Lion for their sonls, and that which was left v was to bo given to St. Joseph's Orphan n Asylum. * On Thursday, Mr. Johnson attended to p ;he religious feature of his instructions, which oooupied too muoh of the day to pernit him to dispose of all business, and after c faturning to oamp he deposited the remain- ri ng amount, about ?25,000, in his haver- V iaok, as the plaQe he thought less likely to S ittraok the attention of thieves. This he d (trapped tightly to his shoulders, and when c< )e4- time came weflt to sleep with it on.?- d When he awoke yesterday morning he found & hat the straps to his haversaok had been m :ut loose and all the monej he had placed d< *"? "4 ???" VX71 f.Vi a nollaf nnnffiinj1 flf iL). &UUOJ ? W TTMtAUW g somer foods of bis own, which he hod c? a his pantaloons pockets. se -? .? fc Major General Wade Hampton is in B Columbia, . Action of the Georgia Legislature 1 ?Just previous to the adjournment, the Georgia Legislature, at its recent extra session, adopted Hen. Linton Stephens' Peaoe Kesolutipns, earnestly "recommending that our Government, immediately-after every signal sucoess of our arms, .when none can impute its action to alarm ipstead of a. sincere desire for pgace, shall make to. the Government of our enemy, an offioial offer for peace, on the Basis of tb'e great-principle declared by our common fathers in 1776, accompanied by the distinct expression of a willingness, on ottr part, to follow that principle to its true logical consequences, by agreeing that any border State whose preference for our association may be doubted, (doubts having . been expressed as to the wishes of the border States), shall settle the question for herself, by a Convention, to be elected for that purpose, after the withdrawal of all military forces of both sides from her limits." They also adopted his resolution declaring that "the recent Aot of Congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in cases of arrests, ordered by the President, Secretary of War, or general officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi Military Department, is an attempt to sustain the Military authority in the usurpation of the Constitutional .judicial function of issuing warrants, and tor give validity to unconstitutional seizures of the persons of the people; and, as the said Act, by its express terms, confines its operation to the upholding of this olass of unconstitutional seizures, the whole suspension attempted to be authorized by it, and the whole Act itself, are utterly void. "That, in the judgment of this -General Assembly, the said Act is an alarming as- . sault upon the constitutional power of the Courts, and upon (he liberty of the people, . without any existing necessity to exouse it, and beyond the power of any possible necessity to justify it; and our Senators and Representatives in Congress are earnestly urged to take the first possible opportunity to have it blotted from the reoora of our laws." An English Opvnion or Gen. Hood. ?The following handsome tribute to Gen. Hood, we clip from the London Times' Richmond correspondence: The sight this day in the streets of Riohmojid of Gen. Hood's tall^nd stately form, seen for the first time on horsebaok since he lost bis leg at Chiokamanga, has occasioned general gratification. TherO are few offioers dearer to the people of Secessia than Gen. H<^od. Modest as a child, fearless as bis intimate friend, Gen. Longstreet, unselfish ag^punaullied as a Bayard, he has already given his right leg and four inches of the bone of his left arm to the cause which is so dear to his heart. And again in a few weeks he will be found foremost among the. foremost, offering up perhaps another limb, perhaps life itself, on that altar for which no sacrifice is too costly. A singular commentary upon the old text, that "necessity is the mother of invention" may be observed in the artificial leg which supplies General Hood's lost limb. When this wafr commenced, there was throughout the length/ and breadth of the South no artificer cunning in the construction of artificial limbs, but such was the demand oooaaioned by the fierce battles of the bloodiest war of the sentury, that Richmond is -now teeming ivitb every variety of wooden leg and orutch, w4 there has arisen in Charlottesville (a little town in the interior of Virginia) an artist who has attained no inconsiderable skill in patching up fcnd supplementing lost irms and legs, and enabling the maimed to again take the field. , Is this a people to be mbjugated by the sweepings of Germany md Ireland?a people whose sons are not satisfied with giving an arm or Teg to their jountry, but insist, again and again, on carrying their mutilated forms into the deadicst hail of the battle front, and whose ap- I petite for danger and suffering does but in- ? srease with the urgency of their country's ] leed J - " 1 * t Gen. Beauregard and th^ Florida 1 Deserters.?The Lake City (Fla.) Co. 1 'unibian contains a proclamation from Gen. g Beauregard offering amnestf and pardon to t tertain citizens of East Florida south of the ^ Vithlacoochee and west of the head waters r >f St. John's river,"deserters from the army t if the Confederate States, and others liable * o military service, who "evade bjNgonoeal- t neat, and sometimes by open resistance -to a he constituted military authorities the duty t vhioh they owe to th&r country," on con- e lition that they report to the Confederate p Jommisaaries of their respective distriots, 0 nthin forty days, and , agree to furnish h heir surplus beef oattle to the Government t t schedule prices. Those who oomply ]i nth these conditions wul, in consideration c f the necessities of their families requiring n heir support, be detailed to gather cattle, y sb, eta., and will receive the compensation flowed to detailed men. (<To all those J rbo refase, or fail, without a satisfactory g easoq therefor, to avail themselves of this h reclamation, it is aonouoofid that the tt lommanding General will, at an early day, n isit upon them the most condign punish- oi lent by the adoption of such measures $s rill effectually rid the country of their . resence." 01 ?- ? ' - 0! Death of a former Charleston Mer- hant.?We learp by a gentleman just ar- r< ived from the West, the death of Mr. T. A V. Shepherd, formerly of the hoase of tl hepberd, McCreery & Co., of. this oity, w oing business on meeting street. The de- A jased is reported to have been found mjirered in a cess pool on a lot near his resi- yi ence in Memphis, Tennessee. Oar inforant states that Mr. Shepherd left, his resi'- bi anoe on the night of the murder to get >me medicine. Xot returning, his wife be- ei ime alarmed, and aroosing the neighbors, arch was made for him. Bis coat waa h; and in one lot and in the other his body, ec had been both robbed and mordered. U Mr. Shepherd vu highly esteemed in Q " - * , this community. He was a man of very high charaoter, a leading Deacon of the Citadal Square Baptist Church, very successful as a merchant, and for several years a Direotor of the Banl^'of the State. He was originally from Nashville, Tennessee. Charleston Couriert 28d. i i : % TheTax in Kind on Seal and Person al Estate.. The, Maoon (Georgia) Telegraph publishes the following: Macon, March 4,1864. Hon. (7. G, Hemminger, Secretary of the Treasury. " / v - ?f Dear Sib : As there is muoh anxiety and difference of opinion as to the proper construction of the fifth ^and sixth seotions of the recent Tax Aot passed by Congress, I will thank yon, for the pablio information, to give me yonr construction of these two seotions. Will the five per cent, tax "on the value of property.employed m agriculture" be required to be paid "on the first day of June next/' and if so, in what manner will a credit be allowed on Suoh taxes for "the value in kind delivered therefrom ?" It will occurto you that.no portion of "the tax in kind" from the prodopts of the present year can be delivered by the first.of- June, and the tax-payers are .at i loss to know what arrangements to make to meet this apparent oonfliot in the Tax Aot. An early answer will be an accommodation to the publio;.. . . Very respectfully, your obedient serv't,. N. BASS. % Office op Commissioner of Taxes, .* Richmond, March 10, 1864.* N. Bass, Esq., Macon Oa. Sir': Yours of the 4th inst., to the Secretary of the Treasury has "been referred to me. The'questions'"you.present as to whether the value of the tithe of 1863 or 1864 is to be deducted from the property of 1864 is surrounded with so muoh uncertainty anc^so many diffiulties, that the Secretary has determined to leave it open and let Congress settle it in May; Very respectfully, THOMPSON ALLAN, Commissioner. . * Improvement op the Currency.? The faot should be borne in mind that the Currenoy Aot revokes the power heretofore crrantfid to and exercised bv the Secretary of the Treasury to iqsue fifty millions of Treasury notes per month. He can no longer flood the bonntry with paper money.-?. The only manner in which he can meet the wants of. the Treasury ijjfc issue six per cent, bonds, the prinoipal and interest whereof shall be free from taxation, and" for the payment of the interest thereon the entire net receipts of any export dnty hereafter laid on the value of ail cotton, tobacco and naval stores, whioh shall be exported from the Confederate States, and the net proceeds of the import duties now laid, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are specially pledged. This fact should inspire confidence in the new currency. ? About the 1st of May, we presume, the Secretary will sell or hypothecate a'portion" of the said six per cent: bonds, and thas a further drain upon the reduced amount of ourrenoy in circulation will be made, and money will become ecircer. Creditors of the Government whose debts hate been contracted since the passage of the "Cnrr rency Act" are allowed to receive the amounts doe them in a. certificate of indebtedness, payable two years after peace, bearing six'per cent, interest," payable aemi-annqalljj and exempt from taxatioh in principal and interest. This is. another safeguard against an increase of the currency. Richmond Whig. t * Mrs. General Beauregard.?From the remarks of Le Coutrier Franoau, it ippewre that not even the Well known res- i peotability of the deceased, as well as the. high position occupied by her, could save i ;ho dead from iosolt. The dastardly Tan- ; tee who controls the columns of tbe-AVa, i mowing that he was safe from the avenging < iword of the Creole chieftain, did not heai- i ate to use. the most insulting language ' yhen chronicling the death of Mrs. Beanegard. The Regular says in reference to ( he renjark8 of the Era : HI > We have not seen the nnmber of the Era t o whioh the Courier alludes in the article, , translation of whioh we published in yes- 1 erday's News. We are informed, howev- i r, that the passage referred to was in sub^t tance as follows"The wife of the rebel 1 ieneral Beauregard is-dead at last.* There t j one less left to spawn forth a brood of t raitors." It is almost inoredible that suoh mguage should be printed in a Christian ountry. The reptile of the Era will be ' emembered "when the stern moment of re- 4 eogeisnigh." ' ! xne wnoie uonieaeraoy, says tne Atlanta ntelligencer, condoles with Gen. Beanrewd, at the demise of his wife, while they opefully trnst that the craven hearted crea- ? ire who penned the lines qnoted above * lay yet reoeive the punishment his atroioos conduct merits. 0 " $6- P JWEx-Gov. Chapman, of Alabama? * ae of the stnrdy old patriots who are hon- ( red by the special hatred of the Yankees -suffered seriously in wanton spiteful dep. idations on'his property near Huntsville, f( da. Thinking that some of the doings of g, ie Yankee villians were bey.qnd orders, he Bj aitod on the Yankee commander, (Col. tJ .lexander,) and stated his case : e: Colonel-?"Well, Governor; I don't think a >n have any property about here." ^ Governor.?1''Well, ,or, if it is not mine, m i so. kind as to inform me whose it ia." ^ Colonel.-?"It is the property of the Gov- . nment of the United States, but." Governor?" Ahl very well, Colonel, I ive come to inform yon, then, that the pi Idlers are treating the^ "property of the li] hited States Government damned, badly, m oed Oelowt,f w -- ' ? . .vv. * ;, ' <** ' . . . mr QtrEiN-VioToaiA's ABI>IOATIO*.?Th? . JgMemorial Diplomatique make?' itself responsibly . for the extraordinary's^tement^ -J that at reoent cabinet coanciI, on the Dan-^ iah question, Qtieen Victoria roee from-the 7. table declaring that sbe could come tQ nor decision without consulting with Prince Albert, xetired into her cloeet, and, oa w emerging, announoed that the Prinoe was hostile to any act of war "by England. I mi.; xulo vduuihcmuo pruui vl umuhu aberration is said to have determined Lord Palmenton to urge the abdication of the Queen, and the foot that) instead of joining bis mother at.Osborne, the prince of Wales . has gone with his princess to St. Leonards, is interpreted as an indication that Edward VII, is preparing to meant the throve, and ; to inaugurate a new foreign policy in the affairs of Great Britain.' It is certain that the present attitude of the English Government oannot long he maintained if England Br to keep her plioe as a power of-the first rank, and if the abdication o? Victoria is.a necessary preliminary to viotoroua andhonorable action on the part of Great Britain, that abdication is likely to be insisted npon and accomplished with no ' anneoeesary delay.?Commercial Adyertiser. """ 1 ? The Two Portraits.?You have heard the story of the Italian artist, , who, -meeting with a child of exquisite beauty, wished to preserve its features, for fear he ^should never see such loveliness again. So he ~ Hg painted'the charming faoe upon canvas, and hang it upon the walls of his studio. In his sombereift hours that Iweet, gentle ' * countenance waa like an angel of light to him. Its preaenoe filled his soul with the purest aspiration. If ever I find; he said, a perfeot contrast to this beauteous face, I will paint that also, and hang (hern sitfe by side, as an ideal of heaven audAeli. fears passed. At length, in a distant land} ho saw in a prison h? visited the moss hideous object he ever ga^cd npon?a fierce,- haggard fiend, with glaring - eyes and cheeks deeply furrowed with lost and crime. The artist remembered his vow, and immediately painted a picture of this loathsome form, to hang beeide the lovely boy. The contrast was-perfeot. His dream was realized. What was the surprise of the artist, on in- * Inquiry into" the history of this horrid wretch, to find that he was'once that lovely little boy. Both of these pictures, the angel and the demon of the same soal, bow bang side by side in the Tuscan gallery. Potatoes.?The following -suggestion from an old book may pro**valuable: If potatoes, how much soever frosted, be only' carefully excluded from the atmospheric air and the bill not opened until some time after th'e frost has entirely sobsided, they will be fonnd not to have sua-* tained the slightest injury. This is on account cit their not having been exposed to . a sadden change andtiawing gradually. A person inspecting his potato huF*which had been covered with turf, fennd them so frozen that, otr being moved, they tattled like stones.- He deemed them irrecoverably lost, and re-placing the turf left them, as be thought, to then fate. He wasnot less surprised tban'pleajed, a considerate time afterwards, when be discovered that his potatoes, which be bad given up for lost, had not suffered the least detriment, but were in all respects remarkably fine, except a few hear the spot which had been, uncovered. If farmers keep their hills oovered until the frost entirely disappears, they will "find Ujeir patience" amply re warded. Pocketing the Surplus Yesterday the proprietor, waiters ?ud visitors at the cafe, on .Main street, celebrated for its charges, was astonished atjthe conduct of a soldiy who, having called and paid for a hearty meal of several dishes, quietly set about packing up what remained and storing it'avfay in his knapeaok. He rolled -up. sundry hits of meat, scraps of broadband particles of butter, and concluded'by emptying the-contents of the sugar bowl and cream-jug down his throat. The proprietor interposed. "It was not customary for"? rhe soldier checked him. "Hid I not call for these disbdB ? And did you not charge me fifteen dollars to; ihem ?" The surplus is mine, and it sbail jerve me for an extra ration. The soldier was right,'and we're commend j# lis example foi adoption to all who lunch , v n saloons. The first change compensates be keeper, without'iho-g^t leaving hejind him the fragmente, to be served cp to he next customer, to he paid for a second ime Richmond Examiner v **'. * ? . '.'j x J^The Nashville Union is requested 'by the highest authority to an noon oe hat no more passes will be gtanted to the rives and" families of officers to the front of . 7 >m ,ny of the andies in that theatre of operaions. The Philadelphia Age notices the carious set that the number of men who were :i41e3, crippled or captured in the *eceat Florida disaster would have sufficed to rergaoiie that. State under the amnesty reclamation. Fourteen hundred votes fere more than were^requiwd, and about bat number were placed, for* du combat. 1 life for a vote I *-? '? ? '?: rJ^Two soidiera on guard wqw recently rand murdered in St. Petersburg. It was iggested that,'the eyes of Ac soldiers btonld be immediately photographed,.!'n le hope of successfully testing the disoovry redeutly made, when, to thersaiprufe of H, the result was the production of the fb soldiers of the private guard of the palno, on whose breast were the ihsfqnfa of le cross of St. George. The .murderers ma ere at onoe sought and apprehended. PES * g| To Ouas Nosx BnabitfQ.?toir iiqp a j? ieoe of paper and prees it under the upper I p- We have tried thia plan in a great S amber of cases and have only seen it/ail IS ioae occasion. H H ..