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VOLUME 10 "" ^ " ~~ YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1861 ... T -t v *
RATES OF POSTAGE IK THE
C. STATES OF AMERICA.
P T^OR convenience of the public
-1- the following simplified statement of the rates of post
age, under the act of Congress of the Confederate States of
America, has been prepared. It must be borne in mind
that the Act is to go into effect from and after such period
as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce:
^ rates or postage.
W Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce in weight, to
any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents.
An additional single rate for each additional half ounce
or less.
Drop letters 2 cents each.
In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
Advertised letters 2 cents each.
ox 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.
Scmi-Weekiy paper, 26 cents per quarter.
Trl-Weekly paper, 39 cents per quarter.
Four times a week, 56 cents per quarter.
Fire times a week, 65 cents per quarter:'
Six tiftes a week, 78 cents per quarter.
of periodicals.
Periodicals published oftener th*n semi-monthly shall be
charged as-ncwspapcrs.
Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1X osmm. |
in weight, 1 cent on each number, and onirccrjt additional j
on each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce,
ox transient printed matter.
The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on
each circular not scaled, handbill, engraving, pamphlet,
periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon
ncctcd with any manuscript or written matter, and not
exceeding I ouKce in weight, shall be 1 cent, and for every
additional oundBn- fraction of an ounce, 1 ceut additional
; 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 K>f 2 cents an
ounce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on ail such
transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all cases cx
. ccpt when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the
army.
pranking privileoe.
The following persons .only are entitled to the frank in2
privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to official business.
. ' " '1
Postmaster Genera). ^
His Chief Clerk.
. -7 Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.
Deputy Postmasters.
" SOUTH CAROLINA'S DEAD.
BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR I
HAYING received frequent applications
from the friends of deceased soldiers to place
in n permanent form and make It accessible to all who might
desire a copy, the " ROLL OF HONOR," on which I am
engaged for the State, i propose to publish a work more ex
tended in its scope and design tha.i tiie State Roll, embrn
ins Biographical sketches oi ine umcers <uiu men uvm
this State who have faJlen or died in service during the pasent
war, and whose friends may furnish me with the neccs
sarv materials lor such sketches.
The plan isthi- The friends of the deceased soldiers
desiring a place in this work, will forward to tnc the necessary
information to make up for publication the biographical
sketches, or send me the notices they wish inserted,
when they will be revised and compiled for publication?
Kach biographical sketch must be accompanied by the name
Of at least otic 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 givdft entitling
the holder to a copy of the work at the subscription price.
1 ">.m perfecting arrangements with a leading publishing
house for the publication of the work. It will be published
in monthly numbers, and Issued in the best style of letter
press printing, on fine white English book paper, and printed
with the best English Ink. Each number will contain
one or more portraits of officers and men who have dieting
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 wiil
be given. The work will be continued until the Roll is
completed. Those intending to subscribe or furnish biographical
sketches, should do so without delay, as the first
edition will be limited to the number of subscribers.
Address WILLIAM 15. JOHNSTON,
, Culumbih, S. C.
Februnry 17 7 3t
MORETAX.ES !
I WILL attend at my Office in Yorkville
on the 1st week of MAY, for the purpose of receiving
RETURNS of all profits made during the year 18(13,
exceeding 25 PER CENT., made by any Railroad, Manufacturing
or Joint Stock Company, whether incorporated or
not. I will also receive the returns of a'll profits made by
BUYING AND SELLING, between 1st January, 1863, anil
1st January, 1S64, of Spirituous Liquors, Flour, Wheat,
Corn, Rice, Sugar. Molluscs or gyryp, gait, Bacon, Pork^
Hides. Leather, Horses, Mules, Boots, Shoes'Cotton Yam,
Wool, Woolen, Cotton or Mixed Cloths, Hats, Wagons,
Harness, Coal, Iron, Steel or Nails. Money, Gold, Silver,
Foreign Exchange, Stocks, Notes, Debts, Credits or obligations
of any kind, and any Merchandise, Property or Effects
of any kind, the additionablax. laid by the late Tax Act. on
the first clause is 25 PER CENT., and on the last clause it
is 10 PER CENT. All persons, firms or Corporations, liable
on any part of the above, must make their returns to me on
the 1st week in MAY. or suffer tin: penalties of the law.
F. M. GALBRAITH,
Assessor, 31st Collection District, S. C.
.r
April 13 Ja u
L T WILL attend at the same timo and
JL place to receive the above TAX.
J. A. McLEAN,
Collector, 31st Collection District, S. c.
April 13 15 . tf
state of south carolixa,
YORK DISTRICT.
Roddey k Co., vs VV. B. Dunlap.?attachment.
TT7HEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on
II the 15th day of October 1863, file their declaration
against the defendant, who (as it is sold) is absent from and
? without the limits of this State, and lias neither wife nor
attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the
Ktid declaration might lie served. It is therefore ordered,
V& that the said defendant do appenr and plead to the said
declaration, on or before the 16th day of October, which
will he in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
nnd sixty four, otherwise final and absolute "judgment will
then be awarded against him.
(9161 S. E. MOORE, Clerk.
October 15th,' 18C.1.
November 4 44 t|ly.
ix equity?york district."
Stanhope A. Harris, )
v*. > Bill to perfect Title.
Martha N\ Harris, et al.) *.
XT appearing to my satisfaction that
Alfred R. Hutchison, Malinda Hutchison, Joseph M.
Corkle, and Jane, his wife, Mary Wirnberlv and
IVimhcrly, Iicr4|usbnnd, Jnmes Hutchison, Robert P. Harris
and Hugh C. Harris, defendants in above stated case,
reside beyond the limits of this State?It Is, therefore, on
motion of William. licatty, Solicitors for Complainant,
ordered, that said absent Defendants do appear and plead,
answer or demur to the bill filed in this ca-e, within three
k months from the publication of this notice, or a decree yro
conftuo will then be entered and awarded against them.?
March 21, 1854. WALTER B. METTS,
(?32 25.) Commissioner In Equity.
March 23 12 3m '
in" equtt y - -York distrht,
Mary It ip{H?y> per jrrtt trmic. i oiu jvt+1%.cv*?m,
* f*. * >
Edward Rlppey, Jr., c<oI. ) of Estate, $c.
IT appearihw to my satisfaction that
EDWARD RIPPEY, Jr.. one of the Defendants in this
ease, resides beyond the limits of tills State. It is therefore,
on motion of Williams Si Beattr, Solicitors tor complainants.
ordered, that said absent Defendant do appear
and plead, answer or demur to the bill filed in this case,
within three months from the nitblication of this notice, or
u decree, pro covfeum, will then he entered nnd awarded
against him. WAI.TER B. METTS,
;3B2.05) ComTnlssioner In Equity.
March SI 10 3ra
IX THE COURT OF OUUlNAaT,
YORK DISTRICT.
To Eliza J. Suggs. .?
WHEREAS, G. F. Wallace has filed j
H a petition in my Office, praying to bo permitted to
prove in solemn form, a paper which has been admitted to j
probate in common form, as the last Will and Testament |
of Susan Ourrence, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish you. the - aid
Eli/.a J. Sugar to appear"at my office, at York Court House,
on the first day of August next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.Nvitli
such witnesses as you may deem proper, lor or against the
continuation of said Will. ?
(liven under my hand and seal of office, at York Court
House, tliis twentv second day of April, ItiG-i.
($12 001 J. A. BROWN*, O. Y. D.
r- April 2? 17 3tn,m
DR.ALFRED CRAVEN
* DRUGGIST m APOTHECARY,
IORRTILLE, SO. CA.
PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
I' _L MEDICINES. &c., constantly kept on band.
Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Receipts accurately
Dispensed.
, September 30 39 tf
-m.-r/ArPTrtf "1L" ITT TIPUOnxfo TV
IXI V/XJLVJ^. -.ViJU i JL.OL
JLN DEBTEDrito STEELE it JONES are requested to
lose their accounts by NOTE or CASH, with W. P.
t1 THOMASSON, who is an authorized agent to receive all
t monies due us and settle accounts.
This lirm was dissolved by mutual consent, August 1861.
I. N. STEELE,
( CAE. JONES.
February J j lUt*
DentaiTnotice.?bITring
my absence from Yorkvllle, I have made arrangements
with Dr. LESLIE O'WEN, formerly of Charleston,
to take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the Exqoirer
building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers,
n= usual. He is a gentleman of much experience In my
> line of business, and will, doubtless, give general-satisfacttlon.
\V. M. WALKEL, Dentist.
February 2o b tf j
T? ORT A K WB^CTOS.?Wl i
-L have been requested lo^ftittowirrc Col. ANDREW .
JAOKSOX, n* a cautllriaie for the officii of TAX COL
LECTOR for VOltE DISTRICT, at the ensuliig election. I
September 9 36 tf
17 0 il T A"X~COLLECTOR-?W E
X are authorized to announceCapf. J. W. MTTCHELL
as a Candidate for TAX CQLLECTOR, for York District, ]
> at the ensuing-election. , ~ ^ .
k September 30 J9 4,k te* 1
f All ^Europe in a State of Incipient Revolution.
Tho New York Herald thinks that the
news from Europe makes apparent the fact
that the different-nations are all, more or
less, moved by a strong revolutionary spirit
and that the present ruling powers will have
to succumb to the people, and give way to
| their "advancc'menf and progress. The
| Herald, tracing the progress of events,
i says:
j The Poles continue their struggle agntust
the Czar, spite of the enormous disparity of
force existing between tho insurgents and
the powerful sovereign who claims their allegiance.
In Hungary the people are ready
for a revolutionary movement. So much
does this appear that the Austrian "Government
has seen the necessity of establishing
p at ODOa ropreHfilVC uiuuaui??, Iiuu puiuuuoui
the country are under martial law. In Italy
the people evince more decidedly than ever
their determination to free Venitia and couquer
Rome. King Victor Emanuel arms a
large force. ITe is aware that ero long he
will have to submit to the will of his subjects
In this respect, and forward with all
his power iheir revolutionary tendencies.
Frapce has for years been the hj)t bed of
revolutions. Napoleon attained power
through the intrigues of the revolutionary
party. Since his Accession to the throne he
has abandoned, as much as he dared, the
dangerous doctrines which elevated hitn;
but his people have 'not. This they prove
in' their election'^ wherein the opposition
candidates triumph over those so strongly
supported by the Government. This course
on' the part of the people proves that the
great revolutionary party is more powerful
even than NapoleoD, and that soober. or
later he will have to move with it or be
crushed, as will all those who oppose it.?
At any moment this outbreak of those who
yearn for progress and civilization, for the
downfall of dynasties aDd the rule of the
people, may take place, and then Napoleon
will, more than likely, fiud himself forced
to assume the championship of the masses,
anct renew the struggle of the great Emperor
against the ruling powers of Europe, with
this difference, that from the force of circumstances
he will be acting for the revolu
tionary party, and Dot with the sole view of
personal aggrandizement.
England Jbas for years given way to the
revolutionary party, and played at conceding
to tbo wishes of the people oa all important
occasions. Bat this deceit is fust being
discovered by stolid John Ball, ana the day
| is not far distant when the British Government
will have to espouse the cause of
evolution honestly and heartily. Even now
the people are in direct contradiction with
rto ??ano " pinsecar-By tfcfclr"relets. Tfo
mean on this Danish war. The people*will
force the present Government to aid the
Danes, or they will have a change of ministers,
and thus obtain the accomplishment of
their desires. This would he a triumph of
the revolutionary party. * That England's
Government was prevented from too overt a
sanction of the Davis rebellion?from to
tual recognition of the traitor?wa3 undoubtedly
a triumph of the revolutionary
party. The people were averse to such a
policy, and the Government and aristocracy
were forced to respect this fceliug, because
they fear the revolutionists.
In Germany, a chronic state of rcvolu
tion exists, and the Danish war will more
than likely give life and strength to this
feeling. The people throughout the Con[
federation are averse to their rulers' wish to
consolidate ttieir power, and they are being
taught by this war what that power is.?
Wo shall not bo surprised to see as a result
a total reconstruction of Germany; and all
this will be the result of that revolutionary
movement which now in its incipient state
pervades Europe.
1??
Tue Employment of Free Neoroes
and Slaves in the Army ?At-thc last
sessiou of Congress a law was passed to obviate
the deticiency of the awny by the employment
of free uegroes and slaves in certain
capacities. This important law has almost
escaped public notice, especially ns it
has remained for a considerable time unezcuted.
We hear, however, that-the conscription
officers have recently been instructed
to carry out tbe law.
The law requires that ail male free ucgroes
and other free persons of color, not
including those who.are free under the treaty
of Paris of 1803, or under the treaty of
Soain of 1819, resident in the Confederate
States, between- the ages of eighteen aud
fifty yeur?, shil] be hold liable to perform
such duties with the army, or in connection
with the -military defences of the country,
in tho way of work on fortifications or in
I the government works for the production or
preparation of materials of war, or in military"
hospitals, as the Secretary of War or
the commanding Gc'aeral of the Trans-.Misi
sisr-ippi department may from time to time
i prescribe.
Under the same act of Congress, the-Secj
rctary of War is authorized to employ or, if
necessary, to impress twenty thousand slaves
i for duties similar to those to which wc have
thus referred.
The conditions as prescribed by recent
1 general orders, under which this imprcss1
ment of slaves is to be made, arc chiefly as
j follows: 1st. That slaves shall not be imI
pressed when the services of fruo negroes
| can be obtained. 2d. Slaves under the age
j of eighteen and above the age of Ofty arc
; exempt, od. The'bire for slaves impressed
shall bo according to the rates fixed by the
appraisers under tho act to regulate impressI
meats. 4th. The limitation as to tho term
i for which slaves shall be impressed for seri
vice shall be for twelve months instead of
; the terms fixed by said orders, ifetho exigency
shall.require it.?Itichrwnd
?.. " ?,
fiSy.Tho Northern papers, civc full and
i glorious confirmation of the victory ,o.nd capture
of Fort Pillow; their papers making
our victory "even moro complete tl.au did
our own accounts. The Yankees confess
i.tbe aonihiliation of the garrison.
| The Tug of War.
The enemy has now an additional motive
! to press-the subjugation of the South." It
1 is his only way to savo himself from financial
ruin. This has not only been asserted
by almost every journal at the North, but
has been at last openly confessed by the
Yankee Secretary of the Treasury. While
dcingTiis best to lift his currency, ooncoctiog
bills to arrest speculation in gold, and
to check t^e issues of the State banks?to
which two sources ho attributes mainly the
depreciation of "greenbacks"?he yet admits
that none of these expedients will suffice,
unless they be farther assisted by victories
in the field. "Without military suocess,
all measures will fail," writes the despairing
financier. A Yankee must bo indeed
at his wits' end when be can find no
other way out of a difficulty but telling the
trutb.' Such is now the condition of the
thimble-rigger, Cbase. It must Lave been
a source of bitter mortification to bim to bo
thus compelled to transgress one of the first
principles of Yankee morality. How will
he face his indignant countrymen, with the
? -e i. i .1 *. :?
gum 01 mat iiuuosL st'uieuuc?tuuugu iu
may have been the only one of his whole
life?upon his conscience? Leaving him,
however, to his fate, let us consider briefly
what less there are for as in his adavission.
We ought to beware how we regard the
pr'eVcnt monetary condition of Yankeedom
as operative altogether in oar favor. It sapplies
motives, as we have already hinted,
which will cause the Yankee leaders to leave
no stone unturned in their efforts to sabdae
us, and the Yankee soldiers to fight with a
desperation which they have never yet displayed
at any period of the war, They will
strike as men strike whose property is staked
upon their weapons?as men, too, who, from
a peculiar national character, esteem property
a9 tho most important of earthly intercsts.
These are sordid inducements, indeed
; and we can afford to despise them
when compared with those which impel us
to take the field, and to stand sternly by the
alternative, victory or death. Nevertheless,
the weight which they will bring into the
contest ought not to be entirely slighted.?
We should be prepared to meet an unusual
display of Yankee valor with such a courage
as shall seem extraordinary, even in a land
wher#couragc has already reached a height
which it is difficult to surpass. We must
transcend the deeds of our fathers; we must
eclipse tho glories of '61, J62 and '63; wo
must fight as if life were the least thing in
the world to be considered, and defeat one
of those impossibilities Which no numbers
short of the sands of the seaside can achieve.
Doiog battle in this spirit, wo shall sweep
down upon our foes with irresistible force.
| G-rarvi-Aoct -th? borrt^S whioJr~ho oOT2tn?od?
will be consumed before us like prairie grass
before a lire driven by mighty winds.
South Carolinian.
Tiie Battle Field of Ocean Pond ?
A correspondent* of the Savannah News,
j writing from the field of Fincgao's victory,
says:
Our dead were all decently interred by
twelve o'clock M., in single graves. They
began the work of putting in possession of
their "tree farms" some four hundred and
j fifty of the enemy's dead. Instead of the
1 promised farms, however, they received only
I small and rather crowded tenements, with
! fifteen or twenty joint owners, "white and
black?the former often occupying the
ground floor, or tier.
Such was the ease with the redoubtable
Colonel Friebie, of a negro regiment, in
whoEe pocket was found a letter from bis
wife (quurv, white or black T) asking him
to <'confiscate" for her "a nice side-saddle,
when he reached Tallahasse." .
Yes, the black hearted Frieble had a
dog's burial. A lcadc* of a horde of infuI
riated negroes on a mission of murder, robbery
and rape, ought ho not to tiuve been
left to rot on the plain, for the obscene birds
to fatten on his vitals, and the gaunt wolves
to gnaw his bones 'i
I A variety of trophies, could be seen aj
round our cauipjires the Dight of the bat|
tie, many of theiu 'Yankee notions in the
j shape of little conveniences for the soldier
' in camp, or on the march, put up in the
i smallest compass. Letters, daguerreotypes,
' etc. Some of the latter, taken from negro
; knapsacks, were of finely dressed white fel
males! showing that the uew Yankeotheo'ryof
"miscegenation" is in practice. Thero
were Also found many "cat n nine tails,"
i such as were used in tho navy formerly,
j The wounded negroes were al! very hum- ;
uie?me staves acjecieu l*? inn ex rcrac.?
i The Northern negroes at first spoke as to
! their equals, but soon found it would not do.
I Said one of a group to a Confederate soldier
standing by, "I say, my friend', just let
uic put my arms around your neck, and
1 raise me up a little." Confederate soldier
?"Don't you call me your friend, d?n
you, I'd just as soon blow your brains out
! as not, aud I wouldn't touch you with a ten
' foot pole."
, I will only add that from the "signs" this
was one of the good fights of the war, and
won by the pluck and aim of'our men.?
Few orders were given, (and those principally
by General Colquitt, who directed the
i battle, and was under fire the whole time )
His ordor was "push on," and that was done
' steadily, even by some troops who were (by
great neglect somewhere) early out of aui
munition. '
Cuke tor Cougii or Hoarseness.?A
correspondent of the Charleston Couriert
gives the following:
Chip up fa! ightwood, and put a handful
ui luu uiii[im iruu u pine ox cuujujuu opinio
A tca?poonful in a vyine glass of water, on
going to bed, will cure a hoarseness, and if
taken three times a day, or whenever a
cough is troublesome, it will effect a speedy
cure.; A few chips thrown into a hot shovel,
and the odor breathed, will be found
serviceable in lung complaints, and is-calou1
ated to relieve asthma This is much cheap.
! cr than Yankee "cherry Pectoral/' and as
' cfficaoious.
*
From the Charlotte (N. C.) Bulletin.
Brigadier-General Weitzel.
Charlotte, April 27,1864.
Editor Bulletin :?I was rejoiced this
morning to learn that Brig. Gen. Weitzel
was the Yankee officer captured at Plymonth.
I was in New Orleans when it fell into
the haods of Beast Butler. Weitzel was a
Lieutenant in his army and soon-proved
himself worthy of his commander. In a
few weeks after taking possession of the
city, Lieut- Weitzel was appointed "Assistant
Military Cpmpiandant and Acting
Mayor of New Orleans."
Among other acts, I heard of one that
shows the obaraoter of the man. Putting
on oitizen's dress, be went with a man,-who
proved to be a'traitor to us, and oalled as a
visitor on one of our Southern families, and
was introduced in such a manner that they
ii u. u:_ _ r_: j a. a ii. i
Luuuguii uiui a irieuu ui me ouutu^ ULW, ui
course spoke very freely of their surroundiDgs
Upon information gained in thatway
he tried to arrest, as a spy, a son of that
family who had "ran the blockade" to visit
his friends. Happily he failed.
He was a Lieutenant in the U. States
Engineer oorps, aud, I think, was tor some
time the Engineer in charge when the New
Marine Hospital was bailding in N. Orleans.
As Engineer he had been engaged in surveying'lands
on the Lafourohe for the Government.
In that way he became acquainted
with the topography of the country, and
with many of the planters in that section
of the State.. For this re&BQQ be was
made a Brigadier General of volunteers,
aud plaoed in oharge of the expedition fitted
out for the destruction of .that rich and
beautiful section of Louisiana. It was his
soldiers that laid waste that country, pillaged
and destroyed the property of those
who in days past had treated him with the
hospitality and courtesy due a gentleman.
It was his soldiers that plundered and destroyed
the plantations of Gen. Bragg and
Gen. Taylor. It was by his orders, (while
organizing his brigade, near Gacenville,)
that Judge Burthe and family were turned
out of their beautiful residence, which was
immediately converted into a hospital for his
lannee tniQves.
' These and many other acts of like character,
have the people of New Orleans and
Louisiana suffered at his hands, beoause
they would not bow down and worship the
ape at Washington and the Beast he had
sot up in New Orleans.
I hope the authorities at Richmond will
take care that his passion for pluuder and
devastation shall not soon again be gratified
at the expense of the people of the Confederacy.
Very respectfully,.
R. C. Kerr,
Ex-Librarian, Lyceum Library.
The Tripod.
The same test has to be applied to journalism
as to everything else -the man of
brains succeeds in building up a name and
in acquiring wealth, while the drone goes
10 the wall. The active duties of the position
require extraordinary powers of mind
and body, and no pne ever achieves a permanent
success without Jhem. As to oomfort
and personal ease, as little attaches to
newspaper life as to any other that can bo
thought of. A cotemporary thus gives his
"experience." "
We frequently hear people express a desiro
to belong to the fraternity. They lit
tie know the annoyances of editorial life, or
such a wish would not go forth, if a pkper
says a friend in the harness, has too much
political, or too-much literary matter in it,
nobody wants it. If it contains tqp little,
its not worth taking. If the type are small
they are unablo to read it. If.large, we
want to economise. If we publish the telegraph
reports, people say they aro nothing
but a batch of lies, ami if we den't publish
them, they declare we .are not able to pay
for reports. If on occasional joke finds its
way into our columns, we are dubbed a rattle-head)
audit none appear, wo are declared
ao old fossil. If we publish a great deal of
editorial, they say that is easily done; that
the evidence of a good editor is in selections.
If we scissor a great deal, we are
ctfrsed for not giving them what has not appeared
in some other paper. A complimentary
notice appears, and we aro called
partial, and if none is written, we are styled
-ig-u 1? ir
cl PCIU3U uu^;. 1i wo vuv/aoiv/uunjr jjulujou
something to please the ear of" the ladies,
or tickle the fancy of young misses, men
damn the paper for printing such "trash,"
and if nothing is given far the ladies, the
paper is not lit to have in the house. If we
attend churohj it is to eover our hypocrisy,
and if we fail to gd, we are condemned for
oot practicing what we preach. If we commend
any act of the Government, men declare
we dare not speak otherwise, and if
wc do see fit to sometimes find fault, there
is a class to call us a traitor. If we denounce
a General for want of capacity, we
are impairing confidence; and if we make
no mention of him and he commits an error
we ought to have let the world known beforehand
that he was not the "right man in
the right place." We cannot remain in our
office to attend to onr busiaess, without remarks
being made about a lack of sociftbii*
ity, and if we do mingle with onr fellows,
they can't see how we attend to business.
These are only a few of the annoyances of
cditotial life, but they are sufficient to satisfy
any one Chat it is uot such an enviable
life after all.?Raleigh Progress.
Younq America.?A lady teaching bcr
little daughter, four years old, pointed to
something in the book, aod asked. "What
is that, mydear?" "Why, don't you know?"
inquired the child. "Yes," said the mother,
"but I wish to find out if you know."
"Well," responded the littlo miss, "I do
know." "Tell me then, if you please,"
said the lady.. "Why no," insisted the
littlo one, with an arched look, "You know
what it is, and I know what it is, and tl\ero
is no need of sayiDg anything more about
it." ? . .. j
A
The Gold Question.
In the United States Senate, on Apri
15th, Mr. Fessenden laid before the Seoat<
the following letter from the. Secretary o
the Treasury :
Treasury Department, April 12.
Sir :?Notwithstanding the diminishec
amount of United States notes in eircula
tion, and the gradual withdrawal from qsi
as currency of interest-bearing United State:
notes, made a legal tender for their faoe
the price of gold oontinnes to advance?
This effect can only be attributed to one o
two causes, one is probably due in part ti
each. First, to the increase of notes of lo
-cal banks; and secondly, to' the efforts o
_ T-.
apeumuLuio.
1 have already submitted through you t<
tho consideration of the Committee on Fi
nance a Bill intended as a remedy for th<
first evil. I now beg leave to submit to iti
' consideratibo, a Bill intended as a remedy
for the second.
The first Bill, if it become a law, wil
have, I doubt not, the most salutary conse
quences. The effeot of the seoond wil
probably be more immediate, though per
haps not of such permanent importance.
I ask for both a candid consideration
and, if approved, the favorable aotion o:
Congress. .v &
It must not be thought, however, that 1
regard either or both these measures as ade
quate remedies for financial disorders?
Nothing short of Taxation to one half of the
amount of our current expenditure Bnd ;
reduotion of tbess expenditures to the low
est.point compatible with efficiency, wil
ensure financial snccess to the Government
And without .military success all measure
will fail. Very respectfully, yours,
4 S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
; Hon. W. F. Fessenden, Chairman of Com
mittee oh Finance.
A.Christian Mother.?The Rev. Dr
Hawkes, of New York, recently delivered!
lecture before the Historical Society of tha
city, when he related the following stor
among others, illustrative of female hero
ism:
, "Among $08e, he observed, who formet
a part of the settlement during the revolu
tionary struggle, was a- poor widow, who
haviner buried her husband, was left in oov
o - -m *
crty, with the task upon her hands of rais
iog three sons. Of these, the two eldest
ere long, fell in the causo of their country
and she straggled on with the yoangest a
best she could. After'the fall of Charles
ton, and the disastrous defeat of Colone
' Buford, of the State of Virginia, by Tarle
tpD, permission was given to some four o
five American females to oarry necessarie
and provisions, and administer some relie
to the prisoners on board the prison ship ac<
in the jails of Charleston. The widow wa
one of the volunteers upon this errand o
mercy. She was admitted within the city
and, braving the horrors of pebtilence, em
ployed herself to the extent of ber humbl
1 meansin alleviating the deplorable suffering
of her countrymen. She knew what sh
had to encounter; but, notwithstanding
went bravely on.' Her misson of humanit;
having been fulfilled, she left Charleston 01
1 her return ; but alas, her exposure to th
1 pestilential atmosphere she had been e
1 .bliged to breathe, had -planted in her sys
tern the seeds of fatal disease; and ere sh
reached her home, she sank under an attacl
of prison fever, a brave martyr to the caus
- of humanity and patriotism. The dyio;
mother, who nowjrests in*an unknown grave
thus left her only sou, the sole survivor c
his family, to the world's charity; butlittl
did she dream, as death closed her eyet
the future of that orphan boy. The 60u be
i came President of this free Republic, fo
that widow was the mother of Andrew Jach
; son.
*Tiie Exchange at Johnson's.Island
?"Asa Hartz," a Confederate officer a
Johnson's Island, in a humorous letter to i
friend, sandwiched in the following touch o
genuine pathos:
We vary our monotony with an occasion
al exchange. Way I tell you what I meai
by that ? Well, it is a simple ceremony.?
God help us I The "exchanged" is plaoet
ou a small wagon drawn by oue horse,.hi,
friends form a line in the rear, and the pro
cession moves; passing through the gate i
winds its way slowly round the prison walls
to a little grove north of the inclosure, th<
"exchanged-" is taken out of the wagon anc
lowered into the earth?a prayer?an ex
hortation?aspade?a head board?a mounc
of-fresh sod?and the friends, return t<
prison again, and that's all of it. Our frienc
is "exchanged"?a grave attests tne raottt
mortal eyes, and one of God's angels bai
recorded the "exchange" in the book above
Time and the elements will soon smooth
down the little hillock which marks hie
lonely bed, bat invisible friends will hovci
roaad it, till the dawn of that great day
when all the armies shall be marshalled into
4ine again?when the wars of time shall
cease and the great eternity of peace ehall
commence.
Absurd and False Reports.?We
learn from a gentleman of unquestionable
veracity that whilst traveling in the Mountain
country recently, he'fouod some of the
people of that region greatly excited on ac'"count
of a report having been circulated by
some one that President Davis had issued
an order to have all children under 9 certain
ago (12 years we think,") put -to death, in
order to save food for the army. Some evil
disposed person started this report for- the
purpose of prejudicing the minds of a certain
class against the Confederate authorities,
and as absurd and false as such reports
are known to be by well-informed persons,
jet there are many whose sources of information
are so limited frbat tbej have become
terribly alarmed about the matter. Of
course, the man who puts such reports in
circulation is an ecemy to our cause, and
deserves the severest punishment.
I Charlotte JSf. C., Democrat.
\
To Tax Payers. '
i Tbe Secretary of the Treasury has estab9
lished the following regulations in relation
f to the receipt of the four per cent, bonds
and certificates offered in payment for taxes:
1. The four per cent, bonds and oertifi1
cates issued under the Aot of February 17tb,
- 1864, will be reoeired in payment of taxes
9 until the 81st Deoomber, 1864, inclusive,
s When offered in payment they must be duly
, assigned. Tbe certificate of.tbe Tax Col*
- lector or Deputy Tax Collftotor, or of any
r Magistrate, in the words "Executed before
9 me/' and signed officially, shall be suffioi*
ont authentication. But if 'there are pre*
f vioaa assignments the Tax Collector shall
see that they are properly authenticated.
d 2> When the bond or certificate offered
in payment is greater in amount than the
s tax to be paid, the Collector may return the
i difference by assigning other certificates or
p bonds, if he |ball have any each on hand,
tbe tax payer paying any fraction under one
1 hundred dollars in the new currency, or in
notes of the old issue uuder one hundred
1 dollars, at sixty-six aud two thirds coots to
- the dollar. Notes under the denomination
of five dollars may, at all times, be reoeived
, as new ourrenoy ; and^ until 30th June in-'
f elusive East of the Mississippi, and the
30th September West of the Mississippi,
[ five dollar notes may ajso be received in
- payment in the same manner as tbe new
. currency.
>
v 21j. Chilton, tae Congressional representative
of the Montgomery District,
I Alabama, has issued a ciroular address to
his constituents, reviewing the legislation
g of the last, session, and showing bis participation
therein. In reference to the many
criticisms which sore heads aud constitutional
grumblers have made upon the measures
adopted by the last Congress, Mr.
Chilton remarks very justly, "he must have
very little <ove for his Government, who
can see nothing -but its snpposed faults;
k who gloats over them with delight; who
t flippantly denounces the gravest measures
j of its legislation, as nowise, impolitio, no.
constitutional and dangerous to the poblio
liberty." Says Mr. Chilton, "Let all'sooh
j croak on, but let those who wish to unite
our people in the bonds of eternal brotherhood,
so that by our combined energies we
1 . 1 . i i if.'
. may transmit to oar latest posterity toe Dies.
sings of Repablioao liberty, go to work,
heart and sool, to save our country from the
vandal foe which environs it."
;
g Northern
Estimation of our Genei
bals ?A Confederate who has recently
been in' New York writes:
The Yankees do not hesitate to admit the
s superiority of oar Qeaerals over their own.
f After the idol of the hoar, (it is Grant
^ now,) they award the merit of great generals
ship to Lee. European military critics alf
ways speak of Lee as the ablest soldier developed
by the war on either side, and so
[ far without his equal in the present armies
Q of the old world. Stonewall Jackson comg
manded the admiration of the Yankees as
Q well as of tKe rest' of mankind. Even
Beecher made him the subject of an elabo'
rate oology. Beauregard stands high with
g the Yankees for hiB defenoe of Charleston^
e and his admirable ' retreat from Corinth.?
The other Confederate Generals best known,
and whose merits are handsomely acknowlQ
edged, are Joe Johnston, Longstreet, Ma^
' grader, Hardee and Polk. Portraits of alt
Q these officers can readily be obtained at the
n bookstores in New York and Bostoa. At
fto/lannlr'a aKnnr ?ini)nnn An RrntiimD
, tvuutivu a auvn n?m\?vnv vh ww?* n *mj j ,
(? are displayed two splendid photographs, one
e of Lee and the other of Jackson. During
! my stay in New York I frequently met with
photographs of our "Stonewall," display^
ed in publio pkees. President Davis is
. thought to be a very able man, batO, so
wicked ! "If wo had a man like Jeff. Davis
in the Presidental obair we would have
put ^down the rebellion long ago," is a
t common remark.
* Outrages by Negroes.?The Jate
massacre of negro soldiers near Vioksburpf
is now said not to have been ? rebel outrage,
quite otherwise. The negroes went
1 to a hotel where there were only white wo'
men and ohildren with their servants, committed
the grossest possible outrages on the
" woman and then bnrned the bouse. An
Indiana regiment heard of the affair, and
'1 attacked and killed the netrroes. No re
| bels were concerned'in the . shocking affair,
j Admiral Porter said in a late report: "The
negro troops near VickBbnrg have been
* committing many outrages.".
[Chicago Times.
' Sorghum Syrup.?Some of our farmers
> appear to have been in too much of a harry
5 in getting their syrap into. market The
- specimens we have examined are quite etude,
1 and reflect but little credit on the manipula1
tor. They savor strongly of the vegetable
acid, and are covered with froth, which is
full of spebks and small pieces of the oane.
1 These are defeots which might be so easily
corrected, that our friends will take it kindly
if we submit a few simple directions in
the matter. It is absolutely necessary for
the good keeping of the syrup that the acid
should be neutralized; and overy farmer bas
the means at hand for doing it. Wmle the
syrup is boiling, pour into it from time to
time a small quantity of ley, which is-to be
repeated as long as there is any efferves- .
cence or foaming?skimming eaob time, so
as to reject the matter that rises to the surface.
And continue to boil until the syrup
becomes thick- This may be ascertained
by taking up a small quantity iq, a spoon
and letting it cool, when the desired consistency
will be readily apparent. Better to
have ten gallons W rich, thiok syrup, of
' golden oolor, than twelve, or even fifteen of
a watery conaistgnoy, which no one will boy
as long as he can get a superior ar ticle.
Petersburg Express.
0&* John Simon, an Israelite, of the Middle
Temple, London, has been created a set* i
geant at law?the first of his belief' who i
has ever received this honor is England. Ij
N
A Philosophic Darkey.
A newspaper correspondent from the
Cumberland river gives the following hemorons
account of a eoUoqny with ? philosophic
darkey, who had been present at the
battle of Fort Donelsoa :
Observing him toasting his shins 8gaiu?t
the chimuey, I broke in npon his profound
meditation thhe:
' Were yon in the fight at Fort Donelsoa
V "Htid
a little taeteofit, ea." '
"Stood your ground, did yon ?"
"No, sa, I ran.'/
"Ban at the first fire, did yon?"
"lea, a*, ana wouia nao ran sooner d?i
I knowed ii war cumin."
"Why that wasn't very oxeditabie to yc **
courage."
"Datain't in my line, sa; cooking's my
perfesbon." . "* .
"Well, but have you no regard for yosr
reputation?" T . , "Reputation
ia cuffin to me by de. side of
life." * ' : *; . *
"Do you consider your life worth more
than other people's ?" .
"It's worth more to me, sa."
"Then you must value it highly 1"
"Yes, sa, I does?more dan all dis world
?more dan a million of -dollars, At; for
what would dat be worth to a man wid de s
bref out'n him? Self-pceserbation am de
first law wid me, sa."
"Bat why should you aot upon a different
rule-from others?" /
"Because different men sets different
values on da lives; mine is not in de mar
ket, sa." ?.. !
* "Bat if yon lose it, yon would have the
satisfaction of knowing you died fy your
oountry."
"What satisfaction would dat bTtotha,
sa, when tho power of feelin was goneJ"$gffljgfc^
"Then patriotism and honor are nothjyg
"Nnffin, whatever, sa, I regard dfem an /l
among de vanities'* j
"If oaj soldiers were like you, tnutorif- 1
might have broken up the Government
without resistance ?"
"Yes, sa, there would hab been no help
for it: I wouldn't pot my life in dis scale
against any gnbbermeot dat ever existed,
for no gubberment could replace dedosa to
m?." * - "Po
you think any^of your oompapy
would have missed yon if yon had been
killed ?"
"May be not, aa. . A -dead White mau
ain't much to dese sogers; let alone a deed
nieeer. bat I'd a missed myself, sa, aDd
data de pint wid me." 4
'? -..IT *
Rao* Sketch.: ^
A few days sinoe, some roguish boys, 10
a town not 8 thousand- mites from the capitol
of New Hampshire, persuaded Joseph
N?, or as he generally oalled, "Joe," to
attend Snndsy School.
Joe was an overgrown, half-witted, profane
lad, and the boys anticipated considerable
fan?bat the various questions propounded
to him were so.reaSily and correct
ly answered that no one could for a moment
suppose that he was not verged in theoiob'i
oal lore. '. . :
Joe was duly ushered in and placed on %
settee in front of one orFWbich his frien Jwere
seated, and recitation commenoed . *
The teacher first questioned the class ou
their regular lessons, and afterwards turned
towards Joe. 1
"My friend, who madeHhe world that we
inhabit?"
"Eh?" said Joe, taming aphis eyes like
an expiring calf. ' -
"Who made the world that we inhabit?9'
Just as he was'probaWy about to answer
the question, one of the boys seated behind
htm inserted a pin into his '(Joe's) pants a-*
boat nine inches below the ornamental battons
on &is cost. > *
"God Almighty," answered Joe^ in an
elevated tone, at the tame time rising, to hh
feet. * x
"That is correct," replied the teacher,
"bat it is not necessary chat yoa should
rise in answering; a sitting posture is just
as well?'. <*""
Joe was seated and the ohatechism proceeded.
,, vk\: '
"Who died to save the W0|ld VT
The pin was again inserted.
"Jeans Christ I"' in a loader tone than
before, again rising to his feet, - ,
"That is correoi,i>at do not manifest so
mncb?e?lkig;do be a li^le more.reserved
in yoor manners, said the teacher in an expostulating
tone of voice.
After Joe had calmeddow^eamtneibn
wenton.
?.<Wbat will be the final doom of all wicked
men 7" was the sabjeot now ap for consideration,
and as the pin was again "stack
in," Joe thundered oat, a still higher elevation
in his body. \
"Hell and damnation!" , >
? "My joang friend, yoa give the anewers
to all the questions, hot while yoa are here
we wish yoa to be more mild in your word?
Ho, if you can, restrain /year enthusiasm,
and give a lew extended scope to yoor feel"ig8
.
Founq Women's Kisses.?The notion
of prolonging life by inhaling the breath of
ycang womeii,.^observes Mt: Wjdd, wae at
agreeable delusion easily oredited; sod oar
physician who bad himself urittep on health
was bo influenced by it,' that be aoMauy
took lodgings in a boarding eobool, that it I
might never be wit hoot a constant supply of 3
the proper atmosphere. Philip Thickness |
who wrote "The Valetudinarian's Guides in I
1776, seems to have taken a dose whenever. I
be eonld. I am myhelf, says he, turned of 1
sixty, aid in-general though. I hove li :ed in
various oliqjates, and 0afl*rqd;ae*ensJy-botJi | J
in body and mind, yet bavetalways partjik
of the breath of yonng women, wheoevn fl
they came in my way. Tfeei' none of t! J
wfiTffh -strike the' e
and ears intbis great citj V1
cess, by nwn many years jbaoftctba* jk -
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