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I IN the present situation of affairs, a is deemed proper to direct the attention or the people ot the State to the first section of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to provide for volunteer companies of mounted infantry, and for other purposes," herewith published, and to call upon all male citizens capable of bearing arms, an'd tvbo are not liable to Confederate military service, to organize themselves into companies, in pursuance of it* provisions. II. Companies organized in accordance with said Act, upon presenting their rolls to be filed In this office, will be accepted for the service therein-provided for, and will be armed and furnished with necessary ammunition. IK. The troops called tuto service under this Act will be* subject to tic? orders of the Governor and Commandcr-inCMct'.-anrf whilst in actual service will be subject to the Articles of War and Army Regulations of the Confederate States.and shall receive the same pay and allowance as , Confederate troops of the same class are entitled to receive. IV. The Commanding officers of companies and the corporate authorities to whom anns have heretofore been, delivered, or who now have the same in custody, are charged with keening them In Rood order, and anv necessary exuen dfiure made- for thnt purpose will be paid by the State, upon * . the account being duly; certified and approved at this office. #* *?* - ' By command. (Signed,) A. C. GARLINGTON, Adjutant and Inspector-General S. C. * Official: G. A. Follis, A. A. G. Extract. Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and Home of Rcjn-etentatires. now met and fitting in General .Issembly, and by the authority of the tame. That the Governor be' and no is hereby authorized to accent as many volunteer companies of mounted Influrtry as uny rc offered, to consist of not less than sixty-five nor more than one hundred men, exclusive of commissioned office?, who shall be organized by him into battalions and regiments by the election of Field Officers, If the number of companies be sufficient for that purpose ; and said companies shall be called out, at the discretion of the Governor, to suppress insurrections or to repel actual or threatened raids or the enemy within th.s State, and shall be discharged from actual service wh mivcr, In bis judgment, the actual necessity for such service has oeased. ? # **"'* a * May 25 21 3t RATES OF POSTAGE I* THE" C. STATES OF AMERICA. FIR the convenience of the public 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 thnt the Act Is to go Into effect from and after such period as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce: rates or postaoe. Single letters, not exceeding a half ounce In weight, to any part of the Confederate States, shall be each 10 cents. An additional HJgle rate far each additionai half ounce or less. Drop latere 2 cents "each. v Iatheferegolng cr ses, the postage to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes. Advertised letters - cents each. on newspapers. Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office of publication, and not exceeding three ounces In vrelgh^: Wt-eKlv paper, 13 centn_per quarter. Bemi Weekly paper, 26 cents per quarter. Tri-Week'ly paper, 39 cents per quarter. Four tiroes a rvccl, 56 cents per quarter. , Five times a week, 65 cents per quarter. 81x times a week, 78 cents per quarter. on periodicals. Periodicals published oftener than setni-montlily shall be charged a* newspapers. Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1J* ounces ..in weight, 1 cent on each number, and one cent additional on each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. A ON TRANSIENT PlflKTED MATTER. The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on 'each circular .not sealed, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical] magazine oi other paper, which shall be uncon iwtiel altti nny'manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding I oo*w la-weight, shall be i cent, and for every a4ttp0U*JU outwear fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional; and hoiks, bound and unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the ln aml postage on tliem shall be at the rate of 2 cents an oanttw fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all cases ex Cept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the <U1UJ. KKA.NKl.VO PRIVILEGE. ? The following person* only ore entitled to the fnuikinS privilege, and in ail caves strictly confined to official business. Postmaster General. His Chief Clerk. Auditor of the Treasury tor the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmasters. - SOUTH CAROLINA's DEAD. BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HON OR t HAYING received frequent applications, from the friends of deceased soldiers to place in a permanent form and make It accessible to all who might desire a copy, the ','BOLL OP HONOR,'" op which I am engaged for the State, I propose to publish a work more ex tended in its scope and design than the State Roll, embraicg RnxMuraicAL Srrtchks of the officers nnd men from litis State who have fallen or died la service during the present war. and whose friend* may furnish nie with the ucces sarv material? for such sketches. The plan U tills. The friends of the deceased soldiers 1 deeirlhg a place in thU work, will forward to me the neces- ( sary information to make up tor publication the biographical" sketches, or send me the notices they wish inserted, 1 when they will be revised and compiled for publication.? Each biographical sketch muetbeaceompanled bytbe name 1 of at least one subscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the ex- < pensc and labor Involved in tbe preparation and compilation of the sketches, for which a receipt will be given entitling the holder to a copy of the work at the subscription price, 1 am perfec'ing arrangements with a leading publishing bouse for the pabliciuion 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 EnglUh Ink. Each nntnber will contain one or tuore portraits of officers and men who have distinguished themselves during the war. The twelve numbers will make four handsome volumes. Terms ?50 perannum or for twelve numbers, payable on the'publlcailon of the first number, of which due ttoiicc will be given. The work will be continued until the Roll Is completed. Those intending to subscribe or furnish blograpnlca! sketches, should do so without delay, as the first I edition will be limited to the number of subscribers. Address WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, Columbia, S. C. February 17 7 3t "new publications BY ? ?? ^ m m OT ft /Nrx HilHK^ DUXXUiN 0L UU] MACON. GEORGIA.' --VTOW READY: i.1 MASTER WILLIAM MITTEN; Or, the Youth .of Brilliant Talents, who was ruined by bad luclc. By Judge Longstrcet, author of "Georgia Scenes." . Price 83 00. CAMP AVD FIELD. Papers from jhe Portfolio of an Army Chaplain. By Rev. Joseph Cross, D. D. Part 1st now ready. Price 83 00. DUNCAN ADAIR; or, Captured in Escaping. A story of one of Morgan's men. By Mrs. Jane T. 11. Cross.? Nearly rendv. Price ijl BOYOUNG MAROONERS. By Rev. Francis R. Gouldlng. ! A most entertaining book for young persons. Pronounced j by good Judges to be equal to Robinson Crtlsoe. Price $3-00. . A liberal discount to the trade from the foregoing prices. For the amount named, remitted to us, in current funds, we will send either or ail of these books, post-paid, to any part ' of th?sConfederacy. Address, BURKE, BOYKIN & CO., Macon, Georgia. Any newspaper in the Confederacy copying the above ad vertlserjent, with this note. wDI receive a copy of each of! the above books, upon receipt of the paper containing the | advertisement. June I ? 22 if IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. 7b Eliza J. Suggs. WHEREAS, G. F. Wallace has filed1 T.T a petition In toy Office, praying to be permitted to prove tn solemn farm, a paper which has been admitted to probate in common form, as the last Will and Testament ' of Susan Currence, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish you, the said ; Eliza J. Suggs to appear at my office, at York Court House, I on the first day of August next, ut 10 o'clock, A. M. with , such witnesses as you may deem proper, (or or against the ; continuation of said Will. Civen under my hand and seal of office, at York Court House, this twentv second day of Anril, 1864. ($12 00) J. A. BROWN, O. Y. if. April 27 I? 3m,in STATE OF s6VTIB CAROUWaT YORK DISTRICT. Boddey Si Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attach.ment. T1THEEREAS, the plaifitifFs did 011; T V the ioth day of October 1863, file their declaration j against the defendaut, who (as it is said) is absent from and ; without the limits of this State, and has neither wife uor attorney known within the t ame, upon whom a copy of the said declaration might be served, it is therefore ordered. I tliat the said defendant do appear and plead to the said ! d' elaration, on or before the loth day of October, which j will l>? in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred j and sixty four, otherwise Cnal and absolute judgment will ' then be awarded against I ilj. ($16) 8. E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1863. November 4 44 qly. |50TICE.-^TLE SUBSCRIBER' ll would respectfully inform those who may have bust- ; ness with him, that he will be found in Yorkville, only on JPriday and Saturday of each week. J. HEHNDON. May 85 * 21 tf % EncnHBHnuaMSBHHBBanBHHHaSaaBEaCTSaBKZnBBMDBVSSa I Correspondence between Gov. Vance and President Davis. State of North Carolina, *) Executive Department," V * Raleigh, Dec. 30, 1863. - J His Excellency President Davis : i My Dear Sir : After a oareful conside- j ration of alUhe sourees of discontent in N. J Carolina, 1 have concluded that it will be impossible to remove it, exoept by making some effort at negotiation with the enemy. The recent action of the Federal .House of : Representatives, though mcauiog very little, has greatly exoited the pullio hope that tbo Northern mind is looking towards peaco. I am promised by all men who advocate this j course, that if fair terms are rejected, it will j tend greatly to strengthen and intensify the war feeling, and will rally all classes to a more cordial support of the government.? And, although our position is well known, as demanding only to be let alone, yet'it seems to me that for the sake of humanity, without having any weak or improper motives attributed to us, we might, with pro - a. _ .1 A _ _ J 4!.A! / T_ priety, constantly tenaer negotiations. in doing 80 we would keep conspicuously before the world a. disclaimer of our responsibility for the great slaughter of our race, and convince the humblest of our citiztfns?who sometimes forget the actual situation?that the government is tender of their lives and happiness, and would not prolong their sufferings unnecessarily one pjoment. Though statesmen might regard this as useless, the people will not, and I think our cause will be strengthened thereby. I have not suggested the pietbod of these negotiations or their terms. The effort to obtain peace is the principal matter. Allow me to beg your e'arnest consideration of this suggestion. Very respectfully yours, Z. B. VANCE. Executive Office, 1 Richmond, January 8th, 1864. y Dear Sia: I have received your letter of the 30th ultimo, containing suggestions of the measures to be adopted for the purpose of removing "the sources of discontent" in North Carolina. The contents of the letter are substantially the same as those of the letter atldressed by' you to Senator Dortcb, extracts of which were by him read? to mo. ' I remarked to Mr. DdVtch that you were probably not aware of the obstacles to the course you indicated, and without expressing an opinion on the merits of the proposed policy, I desired him in answering your letter to write suggestions" as to the method of opening negotiations, and as to the terms which you thought should be of- j fered to the enemy. I felt persuaded you would appreciate the difficulties as soon as your attention was called to the necessity of considering the subject in detail. As you have made no suggestions touching the manner of overcoming tbo obstacles, I infer that you were not apprised by Mr. Dortch of my remarks to him. % a. r : i-i_ x_ ii . i iipart iruui lusupuruuie ODjecuons 10 me line of policy you propose, (and to which 1 1 will presently advert) I cannot see how the 1 more material obstacles are to be surmount- 1 ed. We have made three distinct efforts to ' communicate with tho authorities at Wash- 1 ington, and have been invariably unsuccess- ' ful. Commissioners were sent before bos- 1 tilities were begun,-and the Washington 1 government refased to receive them or hear ' what they had to say. A .second time I ' sent a military officer with'a.communication 1 addressed by myself to President Lincoln. ? The letter was received by Gen. Scott, who I did not permit tho officer to see Mr. Lincoln, ? but promised that au answer should be sent. * No answer has ever been received. The * third time, a few months ago, a gentleman ? was sent, whose position, character aDd rep- ' utation were such as to ensure his reception, ' if the enemy were not determined to re- 1 ceive no proposals whatever from the gov- 1 eminent. Vice President Stepheus made a 1 patriotic tender of his services in the hope of being able to promote the cause of hu- 1 inanity and although Utile belief vras enter- 1 tained of his success, I cheerfully yielded to his suggestion, that the experiment should be tried. The enemy refused td let him 1 pass through their lines or to hold aoy conference with them. lie was stopped before he ever reached Fortress Monroe on his way to Washington. To attempt again (in the face of these repeated rejections of all conference with u$) to send Commissioners or Agents tojpropose peace, is to invite insult and contumely, aud to subject ourselves to indignity, without the slightest chance of being listened to. No true citizen, no man who has our cause at Jbeart can desire this, and the good people of North Carolina would be the last to approve of suoh an attempt, if aware of all the facts. So far from removing the "sources of discontent," such a course would receive, as it would merit, the condemnation of those true patriots who bavo given their blood and their treasure to 'maintain the freedom, equality and independence, which descended to them from the immortal heroes _i? rr- ?_ *f 1 L_ ~ 1J_ oi XViog s iuouoiaiu auu uiuei uulliu ueiuo j of the involution. If, then, these propo- ] sills cannot be made through envoys, because the enemy would not receive them, j how is it possibio to communicate our de- | sire for peace, otherwise than by the public ; announcements contained in almost every message I ever sent to Congress't I cannot recall, at this time, one instance in which I have failed to announce.that our only desire was peace, and tbo only terms wbioh formed a sine qua nonf were precisely those that you suggested, namely, "a de-. wand only to be let alone." But suppose it were practicable to obtain a conference through commissioners with the government . of President Lincoln, is it, at this moment, that we are to consider it desirable, or even at all admissable? Have wo not just been apprised by "that despot that we oan only expect his gracious pardon by emancipating all our slaves, swearing allegiance and obedience to him and his proclamation, and bo coming, in point of faot, the slaves of our [ I own negroes I Can there be in North Carolina one citizen so fallen beneath the dignity, of his ancestors as to accept, or to entef into conference on the basis of these terms ? That there are a few traitors in the State wh'o would be willing to betray their follow citizens to. suoh a degraded condition, in hope of being rewarded for treachery by an escape from tbovcommon doom, maybe true. But I do not believe that the vilest wretch would accept such terms for himself I cannot conceive how the people of your State, than which none has sent nobler or more gallant soldiers to the field of battle (one of whom it is yonr honor to be,) can havo been dcoeived by anything to which you refer in "the recent action of the Federal' House of Representatives." I have seen no action of that House that does not indioate by a very decided majority, the purpose 0/ the enemy to refuse all terms of the South, except absolute, unconditional subjugation or extermination. But if it were otherwise, how are we to treat with the RrrnsA nfRflnrMAHtativAS ? Tfc is with Lin oolu alone that we ever could confer, and his own partizans at the North show- unequivocally that his purpose in his message and proclamation was to shut out ail hope g that he could ever treat with us on any terms. If we wili break up our govern- ( ment, dissolve the Confederacy, disband our ? armies, emancipate our slaves, take an oath t of allegiance, binding ourselves to obedi- c ence to him and of disloyalty to our own States, he proposes to pardon us and not to plunder us of anything more than the prop- * erty already stolen from us and such slaves t as still remain. In order to render his proposal, so insulting as to secure their rejection, he joins to them a promise to support with his army, one-tenth of the people of any State who will attempt to set up a gov- 1 eminent over the other nine-tenths, thus ^ seeking to sow discord and suspicion among the people of the several States, and to ex- * cite them to civil war in furtherance of his . ends. 1 know well that it would be impossible to get your people, if they possessed full knowledge of these facts, to consent * that proposals should now be made by us to those who control the government at Wash- a ington. Your own well known devotion to a the great cause of liborty and independence, . to which we have all committed whatever we have of earthly possessions,-would in- ? dace you to take the lead in repelling the baro thought of abject submission to the enemy. Yet peace on other terms is now impossible. To obtain the sole terms to a which you or I could listen, this straggle must continue until the enemyfrbeaten out of his vain confidence in our subjugation. 0 Then, and not until then, will it be possible u to treat of peace. Till then all tender of 6 terms to the enemy will bo received as proof that we are.ready for submission, and will ? encourage him in the atrocious warfare which he is waging. I fear much from the tenor of the news j I receive from North Carolina, that an at tempt will be made, by some bad men, to in- f{ ingurate movements which must^e considered as equivalent to aid and comfort to the c enemy, and vrhioh all patriots should com- t] bine to put down at any cost. You may count on my aid in every effort to spare your q State the scenes of civil warfare, which will j devastate its homes if. the designs of these g traitor be suffered to make headway. I g know that you will place yourself in your g legitimate position in the lead of those who ^ will not snffer the name of the old North tj Slate to be blackened by suoh a stain. Will g ?ou pardon me for suggesting that my only q >ource of disquietude on the snbject arises gl :ronj the fear that you will, delay too long :hc action which now appears inevitable, ind that by an over earnest desire to reclaim Q )y conciliation, men whom you believe to j ce sound at heart, but whose loyalty is more g rhan suspected elsewhere, you will permit a :'nem to gather such strength as "to require nore violent measures than are now neeaedi' With your influence and position, the pro- ^ motors of this unfounded discontent, now prevalent in your State, would be put down c without the uso'of physical force, if you g would abandon a policy of conciliation, and * n T .1 set tbem at denunce. in tms course, iranaly and firmly pursued, you would rally around you all that is .best and noblest in your State, and your triumph would be <; bloodless. If the contrary policy bo adopted, 1 much fear you will be driven to the ^ use of force to repress treason. In either event, however, be assured that you will q have my cordial concurrence and assistance in maintaining with you the honor, dignity and fair name of your State, and in your ef- < forts to crush treason, whethef incipient, as I believe it'now to be, or more matured, as I believo, if not firmly met, it will in our future inevitably become. ^ I have the honor to bo, fc Very respectfully yours, j JEFFERSON DAVIS. j. W3&* Some weeks ago the papers contained a notice of the death, in Baltimore, of , Mrs. Anne Kinlock Marshall, the sister of ^ General Lee, and many years older than himself. The Richmond correspondent of * the Mobile Register says : "A curious sto- j. ry is told about her and the General? * When he was quite a youth, and while a ? guest at her bouse, ho one day playfully, j or unintentionally, threw a knife across ; the table nt her, and struck her in the arm. t The wound, strange to say never healed.? ( A.year or more afterwards, General Lee and ? his brother Carter paid their sister another visit and remained two weeks in her house, { during which they qover laid eyes on ber. The excuse was that "she was too ill to see j them. The fact was, as they learned sub- ? scqucntly, that her wounded and unhealed j arm was amputated while they were her ( guests, and rather than mar the pleasure of j their visit, she concealed the painful t^uth ( by the device which I Jfave stated." . J-? '?T~ - < ?69" A men brought a oow and calf into 1 Petersburg the other morning whioh be of- a fiered for sale at $5jQ00l No sole. i v * [BT MQUfST.J TO A If ABSENT FRIEND. Your Image Is with me go where r may. As an Angel It comes, as bright ns the day; Dear one, It Is sO?"I love thee tot) well, Too deeply, too blindly, for language to tell." The fond look of that face, so lovely and fair, Those sparkling black eyes and dark glossy hair, O'er shading those cheeks to blushlngly fair, And sweet coral Hps bewitchlngly dear. I can never forget that sweet pensive face? The form moulded In beauty nrnfmovlng In grace ; Your soul wears a charm I cannot well tell? There Is something that pleases I love fondly and well. Tls these which have tied, and tightly have bound This heart all to thee, with cables around; They are part of my soul?I could not nave less? Break one of these links and you sever the rest. Oh, doubt not, when I tell thee all that I feel, Doubt not the love I ennnot conceal j . Keep It sacred and holy, as you only know The flame that consumes, which I cannot show. If still you would ask the love I bear thee, . I Come count the stars in heaven with me ; That love Is as great as the numberless lights That gem the blue vault of heaven at night. Or walk to the surf, and sherd jnM may"sec, Reflected from Heaven, myfrie??Vtitp for thee; Count the sands of the beach nnd nmubcr them true, My love Is as great mid as countless for you. Then forget not the heart which loves thee too well, For you, although broken and crushed In'the spell, Still, had I as many as drops In the sea, Th#?V wotllil All hpJIt fiR wilstlv nml cm 1 v frtr thpn. " c. ??: 1 THE BOGUS PROCLAMATION. We have already mentioned the sappreslioa of the New York World and Journal if Commerce by the tyrannical authorities it Washington. The oanse of the suppresiion is alleged to have been the publication >f the following proclamation, which was lent to all the papers in New York, bat vhich was snppressed by all but the above ,wo: Executive Mansion, May 17,1864. Fellow Citizens of the United States: In all seasons of exigencies it becomes a lation carefully to scrutinize its line of oonluot, humbly to approaoh the Throne of Irace, and meekly to implore forgiveness," visdom and guidance. - ' For reasons known only to Qim, it has >een jdecreed that this country - should be be scene of unparalleled outrage^and this tation the monumental sufferer of the nine eenth.century. With a heavy heart, but ,n undiminished confidence in oar caase, I ipproach the performance of a duty renderd imperative by my sense of weakness beoro the Almighty, and of jastice to the leople. It is not nocessary that I tell you that the irst Virginia campaign under Lieut. Gen. Jrant, in whom I have every confidence, nd whose courage and fidelity the people io well to honor, is virtually closed. He ias conducted bis great enterprise'with disreet ability. He has inflicted great loss ipon the enemy. He has crippled their trength and defeated their plans. In view, however, of-the situation in Yir;inia, the disaster at Bed River, the delay t Charleston, and the general state of the ountry, I. Abraham Lincoln, do hereby re ommeod that Thursday, the 26th day of lay, A. D., 1864, be solemnly set apart broughout these United States, as ? day of isting, humiliation and prayer. Deeming, furthermore, that the present onditiou of publio affairs presents an exraorainary occasion, and in view of the ending exp|rai.ion of tho servioo of (100,00) one hundred thousand of our troops, , Abraham Lincoln, President of the U. itates, by virtue of the power vested in me y the Constitution and laws, have thought t to call forth, and hereby do call forth, be citizens of the United States, between be ages of (18) eighteen and (45) fortyve years, to the aggregate number of (?00,00) four hundred thousand, in order to , uppresB the existing rebellious combinations nd to cause the due execution of the laws. . And, furthermore, in case any State or umber of States shall fail to furnish by une 15 next, their assigned quotas, it is ereby ordered that the same be raised by n immediate and peremptory draft. ? The details for this object will be commuicated to the State authorities, through the Var Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, failitate and aid tMs effort to maintain thev onor, the integrity and the. existenoe of nr National TTnion. and the nernetuitv of - _ j r;i opular government. In witness, whereof, I have hereunto set ay hand and caused the seal of the United itates to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 17th lay of May, in the year of oar Lord one hoasand eight hundred and sixty-four, and f the independence of the United States he eighty eighth. (Signed) Abraham Lincoln. By the President : Ww- H. Seward, Seoretary of State. A Conflagration in Battle.?The *attle of the Wilderness was fierotf almost leyond precedent in Northern Virginia, for here our forces were oompelled to fight 10th fire and the enemy. Whether intenionally or not, is not known, the woods rere set on fire along the Yankee lines in he midst of the battle, whioh raged as iereely as the battle itself, and through rhich our foroes obarged and whipped the oe. The effeut of the beat and smoke com >ined was intense and.almost suffocating, nd many of oar mea were overoome? some if them fainting and falliog to the groaod 3ut ia the face of this great obstaole the rictory "was gained over vastly saperior lumbers, and the army of the Potomao was iriven from the fieltj, leaving all of its dead ind many of its wounded in our hands.If the woods were purposely fired, as nany of the prisoners state, the aot was one >f inconceivable cruelty and inhumanity ; f not, the en^my should have paid more tttention to his wounded, and not have eft them to barn to death. That many of ;hem suffered death by fire is a well established fact, affirmed by the officers ar d men ffiroughout our entire army. In hundreds )f instances some suffering Yankee would Jry out in the very anguish of his soul to be removed from before the ragin ,' flames, t od wherever snob was practicable our men rendered the necessary assistance, but often', j indeed, in the very heat of battle, they were unable to do this.' It was an awful sight to see a fellow-mortal burning up before their eyes, oven tbodgh he, were a foe, but it was one of the fortunes of war, and the aot of the enemy. It is estimated that hundreds of the enemy's wounded, and even some of our own, were thus burned to death. The Iobs of the enemy in this* battle was very great. His wounded lay upon tho ground for several days, and his dead yet oover the 'field by thousands. Grant made no effort to bury them, and Lee would not tire his men with the work, in view of the coming operations. There they lie, and there their bodies will monlder to dust and their bones bleach beneath the storms and sunshine.-? Petersburg Express. Wo are informed of a reoent Qccorrence in Darlington District, which is worthy of a moro general notoriety tham it is likely to obtain from mere neighborhood gossip. A lady had stored up a considerable quantitv of lard, upwards of a thousand pounds, whiob she was willing to sell at 85 per pound, bat not a cent less. She bad also a smokehouse, crammed full of bacon, for whioh she likewise demanded 85 per pound, and altboogh she was repeatedly offered 83, 83 50, and even 84, she persisted inexorably in her demand of'85. The impressing officer of the District, being in want of bacon and lard for the army, called ' on her one day last week, and politely informed her that she must consider her lard and bacon as purchased by the Government, at Government prices?that is, 82 per pound for the bacon, and 81-50 for the lard. In a few hours every pound of the articles in her possession was placed in the railroad cars, with instructions "on to Richmond I" and we have no doubt they will reach their, destination. The difference between-the Sam reoeived from the Government and what would have, been cheerfully paid by her neighbors, will amounts to at least $10,000. We commend this proceeding to the imitation of impressing officers throughout the State, and trust that wherever cases of hoarding of provisions for extortionate prices is brought to their attention thej will apply the remedy promptly and thoroughly. ? Charleston Courier. j. Sala on Beast Butler.?There are few more curious subjects for speculation than that involved in the probable reception which would be met with by the po litical refugees whom the ohances of th^ contest may force, ere long, to seek an asy lum in Great Britain. We have been, from time immemorial, acoastomed to ex tend a frank hospitality to exiles of every shade of creed and party. The dethroned tyrant and the escaped have been welcome. Louis Phillippe or Louis Napoleon ; MetterDich or Mazzini; Kossuth orJeao.de Bourbon ; Caarhea the Tenth or Causidiere ; it is all one to us. We should be glad to harbor Souloque; we should be happy to see Juarez; and if His Holliness the Pope turned up some fine morning at Mavart's, Exeter Hall would leave ite card upon him to strive to convert him. Abraham Lincoln in London wonld be a lion, and Mr. Beresford Hope, the Marquis of Bath, and Lord Robert Cecil would be prolific of civilities to Jefferson Davie. But.how would # it be if Benjamin F. Butler came umong us ? Would there be one spot of English, or French, or Italian ground where he could find rest for the sole of his foot ? 1 seem to bear the managers of the Grand Hotel and the Louvre saying they were very sor i .t t 3 . _ i. i i i.r. j ?ry dus luey naa doc a single ueu leu, ami hundreds of guests vowing that they would pack up and leave immediately if Butler were harbored. I seem to see the waiters at table d' hostes and cafes turning away ^rom them. I seem to hear the whole European continent crying out that BeDjamin F. Butler is a pariah and an outlaw. A Jewel of a Wife.?The following ' story ^sounds rather Frenchy. We do not know that any one vouches for its truth : <A certain Russian noble, who lately visited Puris, was noticed to be constantly plunged into deep sadness. He. wore on his finger a remarkable ring, large enough i for a bracelet, and extending over his band like a buckler for the ring finger. It was. i of greenish color, and was traversed by red veins. It attracted the attention of everybody, bat no one was bold enough to interrogate the mysterious stranger, until one day a lady, meeting himiu a public parlor, i ventured to Bay : "You wear a handsome ring." The Russian made a movement as * though to conceal his band, but that feeling i gave way to a desire to unburden himself. "It is not a ring," he answered, "but a sepulchre." A shudder passed through the whole company "This jewel, madam," ; ha continued, "is mv wife. I had the mis fortune to lose her some years since in Russia. She was an Italian, and dreaded the iay bed which awaited her after this life, i I oarried her remains to Germany, where I was acquainted with a celebrated chemist, whom I directed to make the body a solid < substance, whioh I could always carry about me. Eight days afterwards, he sent for me, and showed me the empty ooffin and a horrid collection of instruments and alem>bics. This jewel was laying on the table. He had through means of some cprrosive i substance and powerful pressure reduced and compressed that which was my wife < into this jewel, which shall never more > leave me." " . J The Prospects op the- North.?The Army and Navy Gazette, of April 9, says : "We have through good and evil held to the faith that the 'North must snooeed.? But ignorance Hud incapacity, faotion and corruption, may counterbalance all the influences which should operate in producing a uatural result. The Union, let us say it for the twentieth time, can never be restored. It begins to be doubtful at- last if the | means whioh-the Northerners" employ to [ subjugate the South are equal to the work." J66T The Court of Errors adjourned on Thursday, after a Session of three days. In their judgments in the cases heard, the following points*have been settled, viz : 1. That the discharge of a person liable to military servioe 'upon his-furnishing an acoepted substitute noder the provision of the Act of Congress of April 16, 1862, (seo. 9,) whether regarded as a contract between the Government and the individual, or an extension to the latter of a mere privilege, may be recalled by Congress, whenever in its judgment, the public necessities require a change of polioy in this respect, and the recent Act of Congresetle-' daring that no one shall'be exempt from such service by reason of his having heretofore furnished a substitute, is not unconstitutional. The questions whether Congress intended to retard the subertihtte, if not himself within the conscript jge, and whether this, if intended, can be rightfully done, were not under consideration, and therefore not dpnidpd 2. That exemptions of overseers, upon the payment of five hundred dollars, under1 the provisions of the Act of October, 1868, are not revoked by the repealing clause of the recent Aot of February 17th, 1864, but continue in force until the expiration'of the year for which they were granted. The repealing clause must be construed, in reference to this matter, to be prospective only, and not also retrospective in its operation. We understand that orders embodying the conclusions of the Court only have been yet filed. The judgments at large assigning the reasons for these conclusions will be hereafter prepared. Columbia ($. C.) Guardian. The Wounding of General Longstreet.?The following letter, from Capt. Taylor, refutes the rumor that Gen. Longstreet was wounded, or that General Jenkins was killed, by the fire of Mahone's brigade. # By whatever brigade the unfortunate accident was occasioned, none Will more regret it than the gallant men of JVIahono's Dngaae. . We regret to know that Captain Taylor was wounded severely in the knee in the battle of the Wilderness : To the Editors of the Enquirer : Richmond, iMay 24, 1864. Sia^?It has been ?enera!iy rumored, and. indeed, has appeared in-some of the public prints, that the troops of Mahone's brigade wounded Lieutenant General Longstreet and killed Brigadier General Jenkins. I am in receipt of a - letter, addressed to me by direction of Lieut. General Longstreet, in which he exonerates that brigade from the charge. Did. Ipoesees facilities, I could, with . equal readiness, refute the charge in reference to tbe-death of the lamented Jenkins. Justice to those bravo and true men, who have so surely attested their valor, and of wbose'numbers so large a proportion has fallen, killed or wounded, in the pending battle, demands this contradiction of the imputations cast upon them. I dm, Colonel jour obedient servant, ROBERTSON TAYLOR, Captain and A A. G., Maboue's Brig.' Astounding Information.?A late Northern journal frightens the Yankees with the following : Philadelphia, May 20,1864.?A let. ter from an officer on an American war ves- sel, dated Dover, England, May 4, contains the following important information: It has been known to us through rebel naval officers that the Alabama was coming here, and that the combined rebel pirates are to make a demonstration on our Northern coast, as soon as they can get ready. The detention of the Rnppahannock and non-arrival of the Alabama here postponed it for a month. This comes direct from rebel officers aboard the vessels, through our spies. Nice Doings of a Yankee Consul.? The Ilalifax (N. S.) Journal of April 29, Bays: t it., a n w e nnaerstana ina; tee Amencau uonsol at this port has been endeavoring to bribe the engineers and other offioers on board the Confederate steamers in this port, to betray their trust, as it is believed .he was only too successful in doing in the oase of the Robert Lee. suooeeded in gaining admittance to the city of Petersburg the other day, without the Captain's knowledge; and we are requested by Captain Fuller to state that when he repeats his visit he will be provided with a. speedy passage to the hpttom of the dock, with a sinker upon him sufficient to keep him there.? This is dignified work certainly, for the representative of a nation which claims to be oivilized?the placing of the role of the spy, and resorting to bribery. Mistar Editor :?1'in klene basted out of all mi kalkilaehions. I got some frebs to pertisbiou fur mi survisses as a skule teechor. 1 newer did like that bissniss, far 1 kin make lots more mnnny spekilatin, to n?t/?K r has it nntnrnl tarn. But I Were willin to teech wile the war lasts, so as to Bta to bam Bat, drot tbem fellers at Riohmua. they wouldn't heara of mi teecbiog a skule?so I tuck to fissikkin miself like all-mh^ -sud-etin'ntfthin, and got a stick and walked lame, so tbat I fell off amazin, and looked like I was aliens in' a pbuneral attetood, & was grately to be pitted?-bat drot tbem dootars, thoy seed threw it all, and sed it was no go, I mast jioe the armi ?and I feel now like I was a playin ooa barp of a thousand striags^and every breeze tbat mermers by semes to say "farewell brother Crawford?ub 1" 0 Lord ! how myBtumtqiok hurts me!?Sumter Watctimpn.' . - - . * * i^,Tho late-Gen. A. G. Jenkins, was a native of Virginia, bat gradoafced 'lafc'Harvard University^ with gnat dirti notion. 19" Grant made a larger advance than his predecessors, by the same route, and reoently boand himself to it by aspeoial pledge. His abandonment of it now is a confession of terrible defeat. After spending 60,000 or 70,000 men in the experiment of advanoing by the North- side/he has humiliated himself so far as to runaway* in the night to look for - the despised MoClellan's tracks on the peninsttfa. lhe news will fall like a oold bath'on the~hopea of bis people. And well-it may; for how can he hope, with a whipped and hlasted army, to aooomplish from the peniosnla * what McClellan faired to do with his vastw well appointed and well"diSOTpffcedHnrray, nrged on by confident expectation*? God has not given as over to be cursed by Graat, and if ho ruus about like fyilaam to find some point from whioh his desire may be gratified, like Balaam, lie will bet ever disappointed. There are' those -who ooutfar Grant's advance from Spotsylvania'to the' North Anna as evidence of nrovreaa and of ? r o ; 1?T.-"~ * improvement in his condition. It is sufficient to say that Grant*, judges differently. Form Spotsylvania, he had hopes.of teeing Richmond; from the North Anna none. At the latest accounts, "Grant had ctoesed the Pamnnkey at Hanover Town, distant, we believe, abont eighteen or twenty m2fes from Richmond.?Carolinian.Sherman's Policy.?A correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal says i " ' - ! The purposes and posture of tho-enemy are involved in soma cbscnrity, but I think they clearly meditate a flack movement, upon our extreme left, and I retain myopinion^ / expressed ten days ago, that the great battle, / if there be one at all, will oootrr upon tffe Chattahoochee, between Atlanta and West Point. But Gen. Sherman has a hatd road to.travel. He left Chattanooga with -100,* 000 men. A garrison of 8,000 romaioed behind. In the various struggles for po-. sitioo he has lost fall 15,000 men. JFbe reserve gaard has been called up to the front, and between the actual defioit in kill- . ed, wounded and missing, and the troops necessarily expended upon his line of oommanication, he now faoes us with a line reduced to 80,000/ He has been reinforced .i.. i o >- ? i e. rr t uibu uy otuuu a uavmrjr, num. u^uiuvajr. but they are constantly running away, 250 of them deserted at Athens, in East Tennessee. \1 . . ?M ~ - 0 T'- ; f One of Johnston's "Skjemissmj."? A Western correspondent, describing the recent attaok against Granbnry's brigade.of Tezans, writes as follows 4 The sight is horrible. For an hundred yards yon can Boaroely trciad without step- ~ ping over the mangled forme. Most of them are shot throngh the head. One felloe was examined and found to have received forty seven balls; another received seventeeu ; another twelve. The marksmanship was . wonderful. Coolly these Texans went to work, repulsing an ^entire corps in three, hoars. It was the oorpe of Maj. General Howard. - The figures above are not exaggerates ; if anything, tbey-are under-statad. - ^ Oar loss, 300 or 400. This magnificent fight has electrified, the whole army. Throughout yesterday, the bloody field was visited by hundreds, who all declare it unexampled. The reaeoffcdbr the comparatively small loss on our side may. he attributed solely to the perfect aim of the Texans. Gen. Cleburne, commanding, was on the field, and displayed his usual * resolution, grace anc^ skill. s Bold Achievement by a Box.?The Brandon Bepublican states that Henry .F, ' Hodges, a boy not yet eighteen years of age, joined Cspt. .W. P. Maxey's company of cavalry a few weeks since, bat being a poor boy, be was unable to procure a honte and get ready by the time the company started. His captain gave him a furlough for a few days, when he deterininedta cap cure a uurpu iruui iuv cueu/jr,. ?uu vuirvvu for tbe* Big Black. He got a negro to take him aoross the river in a skiff, where he concealed himself until an opportunity offered, when he mounted a1 fine Yankee horse, swam him aoross the river, and made' his tfay into our lines. That boy will make a soldier. Southern Ingenuity.?And/ewofeingenuity at that. But ^by not? An ingenius energetic Southern woman, about a mile from this burg, showed'us yesterday a Gin Bond which she had just taken from the loom. She first twisted the thread intolarge and strong twine, and then achieved tbe Qin ?and. It is to be three ply* and then strengthened and thickened, with a coating of tar. Thei^B Hbtthe slightest doubt of it lasting till 'the crack of doom. And she showed us also tbe slaie, and she bad made that too. Now isn't that worthtelling ? Back-banks and wagon gear are nothing to her. Aotnaliy believe she ooutd weave a Columbia!} \?Edgefield Adv. Politeness.?Est. Mr. had traveled far to preaeh to a congregation at . After the sermon, be waited very patiently, evidently expecting some of the brethren to invite him to dinner- In this be was disappointed. One after another departed, until the house was almost as empty as the minister's stomaoh. Summoning resolution however, he walked up to an elderly gentleman and gravely said: 41 Will yon go home .with me to dinner to-day, brother ?" ' _ "Where do you Kve V' "About twenty miles from this, sir." "No," said the maw coloring, "bat you mast go with me." ^Thapk you : I will oheerfolly." After that time the minister bad do more trouble about hisdroncr. ' - ~ j- ' Patriot MoFioegw^ with a wheel-. borrow, ran a race witb a locomotive; as the latter went out of sights J|nc observed, it AS wid yo, ye roarin' blackguard, or I'll b? afthur runuin' into yez I .L:.r?r-A V . \(ESS. " y* vi *