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. VOLUME 10. " " . ~ YORKVILLE, SOUTSf CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1864. * ' ' v' NUMBER' M.' * \
WAR TAX NOTICE.
31ST COLLECTION DIST. S. C.
TAX-PAYERS within the limits of
tbi* District are hereby notified that the undersigned
wiU attend at the following times and place*, to receive returns
and make assessments of all property, real, personal,
and mixed, under Act of Congress, 17th of February, 1664.
vis :
At Yorhville, on Thursday, FrldaV and Saturday, 16th, 17tk
and 18th of June.
At Bethany Church, on Monday, 20th of June.
At Wliisonant's, on Tuesday, 21?t of June.
- At McCosh's, on Wednesday, 22nd of June.
A'tBoydton, on Thursday, 23d of June.
At Jol\n McGUls, on Friday, 21th of June.
At Yoi'ivllle. on Saturday, 25th of Jnne.
At McCouneils, on Monday aud Tuesday, 27th and 28th of
-tp June.
At Davison's Store, on Wednesday, 29th of June.
At White's Store, on Thursday, 30th of June.
At Hlckqjy Grove, on Priday, 1st, and Saturday, 2nd of
.July, to 12 M..
At New Centre,on Monday, 4th of July.
At Bethel, on Tuesday, 5tli of July.
At Clay Hill, on Wednesday, 6th of July.
At Fort Mills, on Thursday anjl Friday, 7th and 8th of July.
, At Ebenezor, ou Monday, 11th of July.
At Rock Hill, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12th and 13th of
. .. July.
At Coates Tavern, cm Thursdny, 14th or July. .
At Weslbrook's on Friday, 15th of July.
The TAX PAYERS of YORK DISTRICT, for the pur
pose of making their TAX RETURNS, must prepare a
written INVENTORY of all their property, real, personal
and mixed, with the following classifications:
1. Number of acres of lana.
2. Number yf slaves.
3. Number of horses, mules, asses and iennet*.
. 4. Numhor of cattle.'
5. Numbcrof sheep. goats and hog?. "
6. Number of lbs of cotton and wool.
7. Number of lbs of tobacco.
6. Number of bash els of w^icat, corn, oats, rye, buckwheat
and rice.
9. Number of bushels of Potatoes of all" kinds, peas and
ground-peas.
10. Flour, meal, sugar, molasses, bacon, lard and nil other
groceries, goods, wtircs'undmerchandize,spirituous liquors,
. winp, ciaer and vinegar.
11. Vrue of all household and kitchen furniture, agricultural
toots and implements, tools of mechanics, musical
instruments, and all other articlcsof domestic use.
12. Carriages, wagons, drays, carts and every species of
vehicles on wheels.
13. All gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry
f- 9- and watches.
14. Books,- maps, pictures, paintings, statuary and. all
other works of art. .
15. Number of shares in any bank or railroad and other
joint stock companies.
? 16. Gold and silver coin or bullion.
17. Amount of all solvent credits, bank' bills and paper
currency, except non-Interest bearing Confederate Treasury
N<Jtes.
18. Value of all other property noi enumerated in the
foregoing.
All kinds of property above mentioned, owned on 17th of
February last, are taxable under said Act.
F. M. GALBRAITH, Afcessor.
, M. JONES, Assistant Assessor.
* 31?t Collection District, S. C.
June 8 23 tf
RATES OF POSTAGE I\ THE
r. sTiTPs ftp iiirwiri.
FOR 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
Uiat the Act is to go into effect from and after sueh period
as the P. M. General may, by proclamation, announce:
KATES OF POSTAGE.
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 52 cents each.
In the foregoing cases, the postage to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
Advertised letters 2 cents each.
Qtf NEWSPAPERS. ^
Sent to regular and bona fide subscribers from the office
of publication, and not exceeding three ounces in weight:
Weekly paper, 13 cents pe%quarter.
Semi-Weekly paper, 26 cents pcrquartor.
Trl- Weekly paper, 39 cents per quarter.
Four times a week, 56 cents per quarter.
Five fimes a week, 65 cents per quarter.
Six times a week, 78 cents per quarter.
ON PERIODICALS.
Periodicals published oftener than seinl-monthly shall be
charged as newspapers. " *
Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding ljtf ounces
in weight, I cent on ekeh number, and one cent additional
on each additiouiji.ouape or fraction of nn ounce.
1 transient printed matter.
The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on
each circular not sealed, handbill, engraving :.mn|ihW,
periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon
nccted with any manuscript or written matter, and not
cxee?din?c| ounce in weight, shall be I cent, and for every
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 ceut additional;
and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over
four pounds, shall be deemed unliable matter, nnd the inland
postage on them shall he at the rate of 2 cents an
ounce or traction of an ounce, and the postage on all such
transient matter and books, shall be prepaid in all coses ex
cept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the
array. *
pranking privilege.
The following.persons onjy axe entitled to the franking
privilege, and lit all eases strictly confined to official busi- .
m ness.
Postmaster General. . ?
His Chief Clerk.
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.
Deputy Postmasters.
SOITTII CAROLINA'S DEAX>7~
BIOGRAPHIC A I, ROLL OF .HONOR !
HAYING received frequent applications
front the friends of deceased soldiers to place
in a permanent form ami make It accessible to all who might
? desire a copy, the "ROl.I, OF HONOR," on which I ntn
engaged for the State, I propose to publish a work more ex
tended In iL? scope and design than the State Roll, emhraing
Biographical Sketches of the officers and men from
this State who have fallen or died in service during the pre
sent war. and whose friends may furnish ntc with the neces
sary materials for such sketches.
The plan Is this . The fricmls of the deceased soldiers
desiring a plage in this work, will forward to me tin- necessary
information to make up for publication the biographical'
sketches, or send me tile notices they wish inserted,
when they will be revised and compiled for publication.?
Each biographical sketch must he accompanied by the name
of at lenst one subscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the expense
and bibor involved In the preparation and compilation
of the skntfltos, for which a receipt will be given entitling
the holder to.a copy of the work at the subscription price.
1 am perfecting arrangements with a leading publishing
house for the publication of the work. It will be published
In niouiMy iiuiuU rs, ami issued in the best style of letter
press priming, on fine white English book paper, and printed
with tliebc-t English ink. Each number will contuiu
one or more portraits of officers and men who have distiugnlsliedtfiiemselves
during the war. The twelve numbers
will make four handsome volumes.
Terms .$50 per annum or for twelve numbers, payable en
jhe publication of the first number, of which due notice will
J>e given. The work will be continued until the Roll is
completed. Those intending to snbscrlbe or furnish biographical
sketches, should do so without delay, as the first
editiou will be limited to the number of subscribers.
Address WILLIAM II. JOHNSTON,
Columbia, S. C.
February 17 7 3f
NEW PUBLICATIONS
'BY
BURKE, BOYKIN &, CO.,
3JAC05, GEORGIA.
XfOW READY;
Al MASTER WILLIAM MITTEN:
Or, lite Youth of Urilliant Talents, who was ruined by bad
luck. By Judge Long-treet, author of 'Georgia Scenes."
Trice $5 DO.
_f AMP AND FIELD. Papers from the Portfolio of an
Army Cbaplaiu. By Kev. Joftph Cross, D. D. Part 1st
now ready. Price $3 00.
DUNCAN ADAIR; or, Ch pro red in Escaping. A story
of one of Morgan's luen. By Mrs. Jane T. H. Cross.?
Nearly rendv. Price $1 00.
YOUNG MAROOXERri. By Rev. Francis R. Gouhling.
A most entertaining book for young persons. Pronounced
hv gtod Radges to be equal to Robinson Crusoe. Price
ill 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 all of tliesc books, post-paid, to any part
of the Confederacy. Add reus v
IStTUKE, BOYKIN & CO.,
Macon, Georgia.
Any tu WVpaperin tin: Confederacy copying tlic above ad
vertlsemcnt, with thin note, will receive a copy of each of
the above books, upon receipt of the paper containing the
advertisement.
June 1 22 tf
in equity-tore District, j
Stanhope A. Harris, }
vs. 5 Bill to perfect Title.
Martha N. Harris, et at. J * *
IT appearing to mv satisfaction that.
Alfred It. Hutchison, Maihida Hutchison*, Joseph M.
Corklc, and Jane, his wife, Mary Witnberlv and
Wimherly, her husband, James Hutchison, Robert P. Harris
and Hugh C. Hayls, defendants in above stated ea?c,
reside hevoud the limits of tills State?It is, therefore, on
motion of Williams & Beatty, Solicitors for C.inlplaiuaiit,
ordered, that said absent' Defendant* do appear and plead,
answer or demur lo the bill filed in this case, within three
months from the publication of this notice, or u decree j.ro
confcio will then be entered and awarded against them.?
March 21. 1864. WALTER B. METTS, I
(?32 25.) Commissioner in Eqnitv.
March 23 12 3tn
i\the court qf ordinary,
YORK DISTRICT.
To FJiea J. Suggs.
WHEREAS, G. F. Wallace has filed
Y V a petition in my Office, praying to be permitted to
prov in solemn fortu, a paper which hits been admitted to
probate in cominpn form, as-thc lttst Will and Testamentof
Susan Currcncc, deceased.
Tiiesc are tiiercforc to cite and admonish \j>u, the saiU
Eliza J. Suggs to appear at my office, at York Court House,
on the first day of August next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. With
such witnesses as you uipy deem proper, tor or against the
confirmation, of said Wtti.
Given under hand and seal of office, nt York Court
House, this twenty second dav of jWii, 1864.
. * (?12 00) J. A*. BROWN, O. Y. D.
April 27 17 3m,m
To gas consumersT?"after
the 1st of JUKE, proximo, the price of GAS will be
?7.1 per THOUSAND FEET. T. TANNER, Sup.
May 25 _ 81 It
For the Yorkvillc Enquirer. J(
MISCEGENATION. 1
The new Yankee propagandism, or Jibe I.incoln'* last ]
proclamation.
Ye sons of Africa come forth, 1
To ybu is delegated \
A noble mission?for the North
? Must be regenerated.
Cnoacs?Let Miscegenation be the toast, *
From the Eastern to tlic Western coast, i
I, Abram Lincoln, want a host
Of Mis-cc-gen e-ra-tors. * ^
Our Yankee blood grows thin and chill, 1
And colder grows and weaker, (
We want your blood our veins to fill,
To make us strong andrbraver.
Chorus?Let Misccgcna'tlon be the toast, Ac. (
And Cupid, you must cjtangc your tacts,
You mischief loving rover, ' <
For Northern Belies and sooty blacks ^
Henceforth will live in clover,
Chorus?Let Miscegenation be the toast, (tc. ?
(
Stand back, you nice white dandy chaps, ,
Make room for sons of Congo, *
For Yankee girls will set their caps, , 8
Ear Cuffee and for Sambo,
Chorus?Let Mlscegenation be the toast, &c.
Hurra! for Colonel Sambo now, ?
And gallant Maj. Cuffee, j
And soldiers soe to them you bow,
And hand them tea and coffee. ^
Chorus?Let Mlscegenntlon be the toast. &c.
And darkies take your pick and choice,
Of Yankee Belles and lasses, S
And Boon we'll hear the pleasant voice g
Of copper headed Yankees.
Chorus?Let Miscegenation be the toast,
From Eustem to the Western coast,
I, Abram Lincoln, want a host
Of Mis-ce-gen-e-ra-tors. .
Camp Wtsnnt, Va. L. K. t
GREAT BRITAIN.
The following extracts are from the Lon- (
don correspondence of the New York Times, [
under date of April 20th. We care noth- 1
ing now for the good will of Great Britain, c
as we will soon be in a condition to demand
a
all we have reason to expect from any for- r
eign Government; but it is of interest to s
? ? ?J a" 4-Visv mnm/v f v?n f I n rvlnninrr 1
tuu 1-UttUCJL tU tttllUlA tuu t;auiu tuau ia piajriu^
in the once famed British Parliament.? 1
... \
They are watching "which way the cat t
jumps," and will be prepared to recognize a
us when our-own success will have shown I
how worthless their recognition is. We r
have "friends" in Britain, doubtless; so j.
have we. in Yankeedom, as the establish- t
ment of Peace will surely show, by the num- f
bers who will visit us with samples of their
wares; bnt the "Yankee" is universal.?
Kead the extracts?[Ed. Enq. j
As soon as the Danish question is settled, b
the ASericau question will come before p
Parliament in a more serious shape than (
ever. On Thursday night there was a five 0
hours' debate in the HoUse on the ease of ti
the Tuscaloosa, with which the British Gov- 0
ernment played fast and loose in so qneei a q
fashion at the Cape of Good Hope?whe*e, ?
by the way, the Alabama has just returned c
to .'c?t, and been received with acclama- b
tions, after burning nine .large United States b
merchantmen. The new move will be one s
for peace, based on memorials sent from 5
every part of the kingdom to both houses D
of Parliament. These petitions are instiga- u
ted by a "Society for Promoting the Cessa- e
tion of Hostilities in America," which has tl
for its President Rear Admiral Anson. This n
society, which is acting chiefly through the a
clergy of the Established Church, urges g
"that the subjugatiou or extermination of a
six millions of people is an alternative un- a
paralleled in Christian times," and "that it tl
is the duty of every Christian throughout tl
the world to use his influence against the tl
further prosecution of such a war," &c.? q
Pamphlets, tracts and circulars arc distrib- tl
uted in editions of ten or twenty thousand a
copies. . tl
The danger from such movements is not 0
that Earl Russell will be frightened from w
his position of "friendly neutrality," hot s|
that the Government itself may be over- 0
thrown j and as the opposition is becoming h
every day more comroittEd to the Southern u
cause, there is reason to apprehend that t]
when it comes ido power it.will feel obliged j,
to take a course quite different from the one t,
it now condcmus. I have reason to know ti
that the friends of the South, in aud out of t,
Parliament, are waiting*with impatience for b
the time to come when they can bring this Q
question to an issue. The position is favor- t]
able to the North as long as the present ^
Government can maintain its piace, wr the tj
very attacks of the Opposition make the e
ministers, law officers of the crown, and to 0
a certain extent, the Government press, par- e
tizans of the North. The daoger is that, a
they will yield in deference to public opiu-j ^
ion, or be defeated. Fortunately, Palmer- b
ston and Ru9sell are too fond of power to t
be easily-driven out, and Russell is stubborn' p
enough to have his own way as loDg as there 'a
is such a possibility. p
In the "Tuscaloosa" case, in the House d
of Lords, Lord Chelmsford accused Hurl a
Russell of truckling to the Federals, and ;
said they had no right to seize the vessel, j
and ought to make an apology and compen- j
nation to tLe -Confederate Government; | j,
which. as Euvl Russell bas driven Mr. j(
Mason fri t-j England, and has not even a ^
consul iu the dominions of Davis, would not t]
bo an tasj mfftter to manage. The English ,'g
Government wishes to send commercial; a
ageuu to the South, as appointing consul*-' p,
would be equivalent to recognition, and nei- w
ther ships nor guns are ready for that; bat, -v
Mr. Davis, I understand, objects to any a
tiolf way proceedings. . | 0
L?st night Earl Derby msde a speech of a
two hours in the Lords, on the case of the g
ram3, making the most, of course, of the ti
"so-styled" Mallory report, which he said u
had been furnished-to the Government in fl
au extract from the New York Daily Times o
which was well known to be the organ of o
Mr. Seward?making a strong insinuation t!
that Mr, Seward had himself concocted the o
document, or caused it to be concocted, and fi
reading an e?ract from thfr- Philadelphia k
Age to support, not his charge, but iusiDu- h
ation. But as he denounced the' forgery as a!
a clumsy one, which had neither the proper ti
form nor the matter of such documents, he vi
- '
;ould hardly suppose it to have been the
vork of Mr. Seward, though it appears to
bave been sufficiently well done to deceive
30th him and Mr. Adams. Th?se continued'attaoks
in Lords and Commons on the
American question are, I think, only the
skirmishings which precede a general engagement.
In his.dofenoe, last night, Earl
[lussell fell back upon the slavery question,
ind said England should preserve a careful
neutrality, because four millions of negroes
night he made free in consequence.
Confederate stock, now, while Lieut. Gen.
Irant is marohing on Riohmond, and "the
coldest holds his breath for a time," has
*one up to 62. Here is a chance for specllution.
The news of a week or two may
leud it up 20 percent, higher, or knock it
lown to 25, where it was a few months ago.
re /~l T _ ....... T
Li \jreo. jueu Luecio wuu a ruvc?irc; juuujumvi
itreefc will drop it. As to the Confederates
iere, they are full of confidence and sanjuine
of saocess. They are prepared for
tome defeats and disasters, but ezpeot to
lold their own, and believe that the North
vill cave, or that Franoe will recognize in
>ehalf< of Mexico, and they feel sure that
England will be eager enough to join in
inch a recognition. I understand that the
;reat financial agent of the Richmond "solalled"
Government is here, awaiting the
>roper moment to offer another loan.
I have not noticed in any American paper
he fact that the British Government is taring
the present opportunity to. get a foot:old
and right of transit in Nicaragua.?
3apt. Pym, of the Royal Navy, author of
Th> Gate of the Pacific, arrived here on
[hursday, with-the news that he had st>inred
a highly important concession from
he Nicaraguian Government for a railway
icross the Isthmus, for whioh the capital is
eady, so that the Panama Company will
ooD have a formidable opposition. There ^
s no mistake about this, and it is probable
he first step toward establishing a position
vhich will be, in some degree, a set off to
hat of France in Mexico. England wants
i good transit routftto British Columbia and
tfew Zealand, and she wants also a cotton
egionin Central America, nearer and better
ban India. Capt. Pym is confident that
10 has found these in Nicaragua. He is a
nan .of great energy, and has the full oonidence
of the Government.
Propositions for Peace.
We sincerely regret that aoy of our State
jegislatures, or any of our people anyiohere,
lave recommended that propositions for
icace should be made at any time, by the
Confederate to the United St&tes, whilst any
f the soldiery of the latter are In the terri
arj of tho former. Weare In the attitude
f weakness. We are the invaded party,
'he evils of the war have been ten "fold
reater on us than on our foes. In such a
ondition, all cries for peace, from us, will
e construed, very naturally, by oar foes, as
adications of exhaustion or of subjugation,
iuch impressions must produce, not peace,
ut a prolongation of tho war. Peace can
ever be the result of humanity in the poplation
of the United States. Bucthcothr
day, deceived by Secretary Stanton us to
be battle of ^pottaylvania, Governor Seyiour,
of New York, a leading Democrat
nd professor of peace, ordered a hundred
,uns to be fired off; and Bishop Potter, no
bolitionist, orders a day for thanksgiving
nd praise to God, in commemoration ot
heir'fancied victory. . The peace party at
be "North is a party of despair. They have
he sense to perceive that they cannot conuer
tho Confederate States. They are,
hercfore, for making a virtue of necessity,
ad seek peace, to avoid tho greater ruin
be continuance of the war must produce ,
ver the United States. Any thing which
fill quicken this despair, it is our interest
bould occur. Signal victories oil the part
f the Confederate States deepen, as they
avc created it. A resolute, confident and
nlliijching front helps to produce it. On
tie contrary, a failure of our arms, or any
idicatinns of woariness or weakness, or ol
io gieat eHirerus.ss io end the strife, blunts i
lie edge of their despuir. It tempts tbcra i
) tigiii on, under the hope that there may i
e s^aie internal discontent which they may i
ot see, or some turn in our affairs which
hey cannot now discern, favorable to their |
nal success. On the contrary, all proposi- j
ions for pfcace on our part, amidst tho cm- *
Itics and desolations oiir foes are inliiotjng i
n our people, must tend to disgust all men j
arncst in the great cause of independence- |
ud liberty, and to dishearten our noble sol- i
liery in their stern warfare against their i
ocKtirmia t-nrl rflniAVcnltiQC fr\r> Wp lnnk. I i
herefore, upon the whole movement for ;
eace in the Confederate States as unseason- i
ble and unwise (although we do not sup- I
ose it to be treasonable), and calculated to i
lefeat the very object they have in view, by i
prolongation of the war.
Charleston Mercury. \
"Whom to Love is Death."--There '
3 said to be in Paris at this time a very
jvely, very charming young lady who is '
estined, by an extraordinary fate, to go \
brpugh the world without being married.
ibe is a dark beauty, with magnificent eyes, j
glowing cheek, lively expression, a grao&r 1
ill figure in fact, all together, endowed
ritb every attraction, even to that of havng
in her own right, a fortune of ?300,000 ]
nd beiog an only daughter, with a prospect |
f inheriting millions. This lady is now i
bout twenty years old,- and has been en- <
aged to be married twelve times - Each j I
itne the seemingly fortuuhte lover has died | ]
rithin a few weeks of the time appointed i s
ir the nuptial ceremony. Yet no suspicion i <
f dagger or bowl cau be cast upon the fair ' 1
ne; a dark, mysterious fatality has carried 1 <
hern away. Several died of t/phoid fever; 1
ne was killed in a duel; one was thrown > <
rom ahorse; two were drowned; two were J I
illed by railroad accidents, and one hung j ]
imself! The lady has survived all -these ' i
books. Thirteen may be for. "her'the for- \
mate, and not the fatal number. Who 1
fill try? - 1
Yankee Atrocities.?Mr.' Caperton,
of Va., from the Committee of Foreign Affairs,
to whom was referred the resolution
of inquiry relative to the atrocities of the (
enemy, presented the following report:
Yonr Committee are of. opinion that the
exposition contemplated in (he resolution
cannot fail to elicit the notice of every civilized
nation to whom the same may be
cotpmnnioated. It will famish to them in
a form not to bo questioned a list of atrocities
and outrages npon the rules of war, for
which no parallel can be found-in the his
tory of modern ooDteBts.
The attempt of justification upon the
part of oar adversaries, on the ground that
it is not regular war but a rebellion, oannot
succeed. A contest wbibb involves whole
communities and States, with their*entire
legal representatives,, cannot -be brought
within the definition of a ^gbeUion. BesidaL
thev are Drcelnded from that Dosition
?: 7 * * .
by their own acts. They have entered into
military conventions with tls; they agreed
in the early 4>art of war to an eXohange of
prisoners npon the usual footing of regular
,war, thereby admitting before the world
that we are no longer to be considered or
treated as rebels.
Your Committee conceive that, by the
course upon the part of our adversaries, we
have been placed in possession of the law
of nations, and that we are entitled to invoke
its application. We know of no better
forrj; in which that can be done than
the mode snggested by the resolution which
we have considered. . .
Your Committee, therefore, reoommend
the adoption of the accompanying isolation
:
Resolved, That the President be requested
to make an exposition through our commissioners
abroad to the various European
Powers to which they may be accredited,
of the violations of the rales of civilized
warfare, and of the atrocities committed by
the Government and the armies of the U.
States in the proseoation of hostilities against
the Confederate States of America.
The resolution was unanimously agreed
to? ~
t@F The army correspondent of the Augnsta
Constitutionalist, in a letter, dated
New Hope Church, June 2d, says:
Col. Riley, of the 1st Missouri, was yesterday
killed under exceedingly painful
circumstances. He was lying upon his
blanket under the shade of a tree, reading
a newspaper. It was within our works,
and, as every one thought, under cover.?
But this proved incorrect. He wss pioked
off by one of tho enemy's sharpshooters,
the ball passing through his Jieart. Capt.
Stewart, of tbe same regiment! was killed
also by a simultaneous shot. Both wero
gallant officers and excellent men, and are
deeply deplored.
The scouts and sharpshooters of the enemy
are in the habit of olotbing themselves
with leaves, and under this guise of creeping
upon our lines with comparative seourity.
Oar boys have gotten to fire at every
green bash that moves. A ourious circumstance
happened a day or two ago.?
One of the members of Major ShofFs battalion
of sharpshooters saw a hawk fly
through tho air and light upon a tall pine.
He raised bis gun and sent a bullet after
it. He missed the bird, but struck the
limb upon which it had perched. Judge
the man's astonishment when bo 6aw the
latter tumble heels over bead to the ground,
disclosing the blue chinks of a Yankee
jacket in its flight through the air! ...
We are informed that Gen. Johnston
has sent a note to Uen. snerman, asking
that the system of pioket firing be discontinued,
and threatening retaliatory measures.
Beast Butler's Robberies.?The
Christian ?jnn, of Richipond, has the folI
paragraph in reference to the Beast:
We have read with some interest and
amusement the communication of Bogus
Governor Pierpont to Abraham Lincoln and
the Federal Congress, setting forth the usur
pation and corruptions of Geo. Bcnj. F.
Butler, commandant of the Military Department
in whioh Norfolk and Portsmouth
is embraced. It gives Butler and his officers
a worse character, if possible, than the
Confederates are accustomed to assign him.
Shows how the Union and Secesh citizens
have been mbbed by him?how he has seized
the funds belonging to the Howard Association
at Norfolk, the silver plate of private
individuals, the Gas Company, the
Ferry, tax on business, and appropriated all
to his own use. The expose is sufficient to
blacken the character of any man for all
time. But that wliich "amused us was the
complaints of many of the most blatant
Union men of the wrongs and robberies
which they had suffered?such mQn as PeJer
Whitehurst, Charles Whitehurst, F.
fontzinger, Geo. W. Siogleton and others. '
They have thrust themselves into the mouth
)f the Beast, and now let them roll in agoay,
and little-do we care for their sufferings.
Butler must, according to the testimony of
frieodsapd foes, be one of the meanest livng
men.
A Mutilated Regiment.?There is,
aerhaps, no regiment in the service which
presents such evidences of tho havoc of
war, as the second Louisiana. It left home
aver eleven hundred strong, and after suffering
heavy losses ws reoruited and appeared
at Gettysburg numbering, one thousand.
There it lost seven hundred and fifty
)f that number or just three-fourths. It
was on haDd, however, with organization
complete, in the rgpefit battles in Virginia,
5cing attaohed to Stafford's brigade, Swell's
sorps. It-was prominent in the Wilderness
igbt and again at Spottsylvania Court
House, in which last battle it lost its Colomi,
Willianm, and other officers, coming out ,
with but fifteen muskets left' Thus stands
;he heroio band at present- What ^ sad,
)ut glorious spe'otacle it presents.
Anecdote of Gen. Loring. '
The soldiers in the Confederate States
Army have acquired, a sad habit of giving a
subriqwt to saoh persons as they see fit,
with whom they come in contact. If the
individual takes any offence, so mnch the
better, the fun becomes fast and fnrious,
and the nickh&tae attaches itself to the party
long after its origin ba$ been forgotten.
One fine summer morning, Gen. Loring
was seated in front of his quarters, when a
quartermaster approached Mm evidently in
a great state of excitement. '
"General," commenced the' officer, "I
have.stood it about long enough,.the whole
regiment I belong to are insulting me day
after day, and I won't bear it any longer.".
"What is the matter?" blandly enquired
the General.^ '
"No one, has ever complained of ma an
ttLI UUiViOly lyouuivu . wug au^ijr ^quvivuiuuj
whose wrath seemed at the boiling point,
"I've done my duty faithfully, but the men
are insulting me, sir."
. "Ah !" said the General, "how is that ?"
"They call me Brick Top,'.' said tbei en-*
raged quartermaster, "and Hell Fire, a
very oommon expression, as soon as they
see me. I know that I've got red hair,
very red, perhraps,'-bnt that's not my fault."
"Certainly not," said the General, politely.
"Well,
the fact is General, 1 can't stand
it, indeed I can't. The army regulations
demand that all officers shall be treated with
respect, and if you'll issue an order?"
"jfcly dearsir," interrupted General Loring,
"I'm really sorry for you, but an order
nnnU Ko ncolooa T Intro mtr mon nnd dn
all I oan to promote their happiness, and I
believe they all love me in return, but in
spite of the good will existing between ad,
do you know they call mo Old Blizzard
and what is far worse, although I am tbdir
commanding General, I cannot help myself.
| Grin and bear it, my dear sir, as I havo to
do. It's the only way to tire those-fellows
out, depend upon it " The
name may sound anything but.meli:
flons, but no braver man or courteous gentlemen
can be found in the Confederate
, States army than tbe one Southern soldier
reoognized as "Old Blizzard'."
Extraordinary Torpedo Doings.
We learn from a well-informed correspondent
that on Friday last the Yankees at
Newborn sent out to Batchelor's Creek four
large torpedoes to be "planted" in the
Neuse, at SpriDg Garden, ten miles from;
Newbern, to guard against any rebel gun*
boats likely to be sent upon them. At this
point they were removed from the oars to
the commissary building. Three of them
bad beet) safely deposited,, but the. fourth,
on entering the building, was struok so
violently that the "machine" exploded.?
The explosion "set of" the other three, and,
as may be supposed, the four "set off" the
building and its contonts at. & rapid fate
through tho air.
One hundred men, including twenty negroes,
were "within range" of* the missiles,
of whom sixty three were instantly killed,
the rest wounded. Amongst the killed is.
a notorious Yankee villian, Lieut.. Willis.
We learn, also, that Bezekiah Davis, an
old citizen .of that neighborhood, was present
and got killed.
At the soone of the disaster it is said the*
Yankees had erected a tall, tower or lookout,
in the top of which a Yanrkce was at
the time posted. The tower suddenly dis- '
appeared and if tho sentinel on that tower
hftR hfl?n found our informant has not
beard of it.
The explosion was board twenty, miles,and
created great oonsternatiqn in the garrison
at Newborn. The long roll was beaten,
signal gnns were fired, and every preparation
was quickly made to meet the rebels.
Such a scene of wild ooDfnsion is said to
have existed in the good old town as has
never been czceetjedj except in the immediate
vioinity of the explosion.
We regret the whole internal race was
not within easy range of the torpedoes.
. Sharp Shooters.
A correspondent^ the Augusta Consti-',
tutionalist says:
The Casualties among our offioers in the
encounters with Grant have been unusually
heavy; so much so as to suggesrthe exist- 1
ence Qf some peculiar operative cause.?r 1
This may, perhaps, be found in the existtenoe
of those corps of sharpshooters where- 1
with the Yankees arc provided. We also I
have some hattalioos of sharp-shooters, bat
except in the fact of their being armed with ]
15 1 J ~ j
naer riuun, uuu. uuipiujreu iu a gicmci extent
as skirmishers, they do not differ ma- 1
terially from the troops of the line. 1
In the Yankee servioe, on the contrary,
the sharp-shooter is required to be a
thorough marksman, and a marksman with |
the army weapon, which is entirely a different
affair from being a dead shot with the
sporting ride. To attain this efficiency '
theso fellows are diligently Exercised in 1
shooting at marks put up at different ranges '
of the sliding scale sights, and our severe (
losses in officers at every battle proves this 1
training not to have been thrown away.? 1
One of the most noted corps of Yankee ^
sharp-shooters is Bearden's, the same which <
annoyed us so incessantly while in the 1
trenches at Yorktown, during the peninsula (
campaign. - (
Many of the mdn to be found in tbese <
destructive organizations are foreigners? c
Swiss, Germans, Tyroles and the like?said
to have been .seleoted by Yankee agents in
Enropo for their skill with the rifle, and t'
hired at high rates to lend their services to (
the North. - . (
I
< Tory Rai?.?We are informed that, t
some Tennessee tories made a raid into the 1
Crab Tree settlement, Haywood1 county, on 1
the night of the 30th ultimo, qnd carried j
off several fine horses. The people iq that I
section will be uua'oleto make a crop, an c
less they are protected, against the incur- t
sions of these Tennessee thieves.?Ashcville i
iVw?. * v v. f
[Fighting during the Month of May.
The month of-May which has jostolosad,
might-be*justly tended "bloody May."?
The terrible and-unprecedented carnage io
Virginia, Georgia, and other portions of
the Confederacy where the opposing armies
have met, would seem to give it designation.
A friend, who haa taken the trouble
to make a rongh estimate of the killed in
battle since the first of May, has given for
the Examiner the benefit of his calculation,
:
In Virginia Yankees............30,000
In Virginia Confederates 10,000?40,000
In Georgia Yankees 12,000
In Georgia Confederates.-. .1,000?17,000
In the West Yankees 9,000
In the West ......Confederates.. 4,000?13,000
Total killed inMay?. v 70,000
Both armies have suffered severely, in the
loss of offioers. In Virginia alone, since the
coflMBesoetSent of the longfight iritfr Grant,
we have lost nineteen Generals?^seven
drilled, ten^wonnded. and twp captured. The
names of the killed are Stnart, Jenkins,
Stafford, Jones, Jolios Daniel, Gordon, of
North Carolina, and Perrin, of Sodth Carolina.
Those captured- are General Edward,
Johnson, and General Walker.
The Yankee loss. in Generals is equally as
largo as oars. The N. Y. Herald itself
admits the following loss :
Killed : Major-GeneVal James E. Wadsworth,
Major General Sedgwick, Brigadier
General. Hoynes, General Webb, General
Taylor, Bailey. Wounded : General Joeh
T. Owens, (since dead,) General T_ G.
Stevenson, General James C. Rice, (dead,)
General Getty, General Talbott, wounded
in bowels, Gen. Robinson; in leg. Cap-*
tared-:, General Seymour, General Shaler,
General Neal and General Hjokman. Recapitulation
: Killed, 6; wounded, 6) captured,
4; Total, "16.
Yankee Armies to be Concentrated
The ory of concentration is being got up
in the North in the hope that in the union
of their forees they will be able to carry the
two greatest points in the campaign?Richmond
and Atlanta. The Philadelphia Inquirer
in urging the poliby says:
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette,
e \f j di.it. nr it: . .*
irum luuuuuw jjiuua, fr cat v irgiuttt, matca
that Geo. Crooks' command has started on
its seoond expedition, this time, it is believed,
to join the army of the Potomao.
It also announced that Gerferal Hunter, in
command of Seigel's army, is moving in
the same direction, while the. army of the
Northwest, under General Pope, it'i* said,
is on the way to reinforce the army of the
Potomao. AU those movements show that
concentration is now the order of the day,
and that the strength to overthrow the rehellion
is to he. found in the union- of- our
armies. General Grant will soon have an
army which it will be impossible for Lee,,
with all the forces in the South at his command,
to resist, and short work will be
made of the-siege of Riohmond. This concentration,
we apprehend, is the true principle
of determined) vigorous warfare. It
gives strength, and strength under the com*
mand of such a general as Grant mast bring
victory, as surely as effeot follows cause.
n i a o _:?l i* j
vjuuerai 2\ p. pmuu, wicu ma command,
it ia'also said,- is en route for Chattanooga,
perhaps to reinforce Sherman, while at the
same time the latter is being strengthened
fiom every available source. The rebels
are no doobt pursuing the same polic# and "
in a very short time the contending forces
on both sides will be massed at the two
great objective points' of the campaign,
Richmond and .Atlanta, and the defeat of
the rebels at both places will be Waterloo
defeats. ^ * .. ...
. H?tr .1
An Affair at Winchester.
We have au interesting account of a re
ceDt stampede of Yankees through Win- 1
cbester, which ooourrod last Sondoy A de- 1
tapbment of the enemy, one hundred and !
three men, were out on scouting duty and 1
proceeding towards Strasborg, when they *
were encountered at Cedar Creek by twenty 1
five Confederates, under command of Cap- '
tain Stnrges Davis. The Yankees fled at 1
sight of our men and most amusing race '
enajued. They were obased through the '
town and their leader captured, a certain '
"Contain Bob." said to be a fat and fa
moos lager beer restaurateur iu New. York
city. Captain Bob being bard pressed, bad
taken r?nge through the back yard in the'
house of Mr. Joseph Brown. He was discovered
under a bed and dragged out, to
gether with a Yankee sergeant who shared
bis refuge. Li'uteoant Cross seeing a boot
peeping from under the bed, took hold of
[t, when the Dutch Captain squalled, "Yes,
me oorne," and readily gave himself up as
a prisoner- of war .?Richmond Examiner.
The Beast The Nashville Press is
bard upon Ghoul Butler. It says:
We have strong faith in -Lavater?still
inner reliance ..upon our own experience in
physiognomy. Looking upon the portrait of
Jen. B. F. Butler, we read iu large poster
3apitals, "an avaricious, cruel, oowardly,
sensual and devilish Beast." Gov. Piei?
pont's statement in regard to his. doings in
Extern Virginia, does not astonish any one
>veo modeiptely'skilled in reading the hu- .
nan (?) face. We don't think it was besoming
in Jeff. Davis to outlaw his 'old
?rnnr hnt it is p.nriainlv thft Christian dntv _
>f all the rest-of mankind to anathematize a
md abhor the greasy scoundrel. j
1-^ * ^ f
Death op a' Sqoundrel.?Col. Andrew z
F Butler, brother of the Beast, died end- e
lenly in New York ouhis return from New c
Orleans. He left very large personal a
froperty,* so the.- New York Herald tells ?
is, valued at two millions of dollars. This vi
ie got by stealing: and robbery io "Nfew Or- a
eans, in whiioh the Beast was doubtless bis a
jartner; in proof of which is the faot that \
?e left half of bis prop?rty to the Beast, I
me quarter to bis own widow, and" ore quar o
er in trust for his own.son. Such unbfesh o
ng rascality has rarely been acted ic the , u
ace of the world* : ri
The French and th?Yank*e
tion.?In the Yankee Congfcte,* on the
28d, Winter Davie, of Md., offered the fc$?
lowing resolution: '
JPiereae, The following aonoan?fetft''
appeared in the Moniteur, tlxe.Ifol^Slf^fffeial
organ, vi*: * . 't. , - .
"The Emperor's Government hes received
from the United States satisfactory evidence?
of the sense and bearing of the resolution
of the House of Representatives^!- W
ington relative to Mexico, and it is known
besides that the Senate bw indefinitely poet:
poned an examination of the question, which
in any case, the Executive would not have '*
sanctioned." ? * * '
Therefore, kctolvcd, That tbePiftidttflP
oommnnioate to this Bovse^tf not ineonms-'
tent with the pnblpe interests, any. explauar
tioa given by the Governinent of the United
States-relative to the sense and btffruig pf
the resolution relative to 'Mexico,'-which
unanimously'passed the Hoot^e on the 4th
of Anril. 1864*. ''jMHft'
the resolution was passed almost fcnanimoosly,
under a suspension of the rules.
" - "?" ?&?'. & 1
t&r The Generals ?ho do Dbt, favor the .
press are often favored-by it with; diatabk-...?.
rested and generous testimony.
'Geo. Bragg owes mnoh of the poefldeona
stili extended towards him to^efMofcfte
Register and one of the Atlanta journal* Gen.
Whiting is i ndebted to the South . \
Carolinian for a defence- which is a clear cafee
of foddering good for evil, if we had
apace to state it'in fall.
Asa -matter of fact, and without any
special or personal application, we beg
leave to propose to any friend* fhV bw?
be^n under fire an reporters, and, correspondents
and observers, these questions :
Was therffeveha clearly admitted case of
drunkenness in an officer on the' fielder
when be should have Seewomihe field?
Tlnoa rNtt aMAnnf Af ? nn? Miui^nAA in
x/v/to aujr auiuuuv ui jjiuuuug Ml*
toxication or temporary incompetency iti
an officer ? .
What is the dHfcrence; bftttfeei officers
and privates, as to liability to intoxication and
to oonviotion, therefore, before a court ?
. Charleston.Courier.
The South Commercially Indepen- ?
eem* of rke North.?Commercially considered,
the 8oolh has of coarse suffered *
more than the Nof|h. With - a blockaded
seaboard, the trade of the South beeaapj almost
extinct. In one respect, however,
the war has, not been nnproduotive in good
effects in the South. Instead of being sim.
ply the exporters of a raw material which a
colored population prepared fyr the market,,
the Southerners have now become mann&at
or ere. ?neoeeririeB of tht pve?(|?Srar
compelled them to devclope their industrial
resources, and they have now learned to
supply themselves with. those articles for
whioh they were previously dependent' on
the Northern States. The Southern popn- .
i_i: j i j i:?: 1 - * ~ a '
lauuu ueairou puiiuwu luuupcuucuw, ~vw* %
the experience of the presect war have
taught them the necessity of equally making .
themselves commercially independent of
their Northern neighbor.~Z^?WoH 'Horning
Post, April 26th.
mn ,
The Mails Over the Gehensboeo .
Railroad ?We learn that immediately on
the completion of the railroad' from Danville
to- Greensboro, N: C., on'tba ,21st of
May, the'Postmaster Gotkx&l* telegmpjted
to Mr. Johnson, the President of eke Columbia
and Charlotte Railroad,,and to Mr.
Webb, the President eft the Nojtth
Railroad, to iriiicp him and Mr. IIaw ie, the *
President of the Piedmon t JUiJfoad, at once*
so as to agrqe to a close .and qciok schedule
for mails, seven timeg a week, froou Rujhr
mond to Columbia, 8. C. T^e presidents
of these three roads' mat the PoCtmakter
General on the 25th May, and agreed .qb It
schedule with close connections from Richmond
to Columbia, 8. C., for., cfeilyrifr#
trains, with'further understanding that they
would run double mail traiosif- not pmyept* .
3d by the necessity for military/traoapbrta:ion.
By this sofcedale the'mailraro to go'
From Richmond to Charlotte, $ffr C., iu '
iwenty-fonrhonrg. , c->
* HH ^ W'lV . r *
49" Parties just through'the Hoes froth
;he vioinity of lMurfree^boro' reptesWt*mi?oh
iDetfsiuesa by th? authorities fo-that-planeind
Chattanooga, itt consequence of the
?reat distance intervening between ShermtP
ind his baseband the repotted proximity of
;he ubiquitous Forrest on one sfdeand "Morgan
on-the other A Federal officer iu comuaad
at Huotsville expressed' die epHHOU l
,hat if Sherman should meet with disaster
3ear Atlanta, Tennessee would have to be
jvacnaied at onoe, from Nashville Eastward.
' if n '
19" The following paragraph from-theN.
3. correspondent of the Philadelphia.Rn&
~)yteman, Dears testimony to h? pairiutuuu
)f the Presbyterians of New Oriaars:
The condition of Preabyterianism here is
nelancholy. Of mx obtn^ea, duly-tbrcfe
ir6 open, and they are thinly attended ?
Phe Presbytery of New Orleans has not convened
for two years, though a quorum is
within the lines. The troth is, a large pro>ortion
of the original members remaining
n the city are schismatic, tocret sebe&iottste."
^ r r
No Passes roa Civilians to Visit
'HE Army.?A positive order was received
t the Provoet Marshal's headquarters in
Uehmond, on Saturday, from ' Gr#m Lee,
orbidding the issuing of pajeporte to oitiens
or others to visit Jbii*lki% unless on
rrands of humanity, in oonnectioa With the
are of the dfl8? and the relief of the
rounded. Persons who visit battle fields
rom ouriosity to- pick np and claim trophies
ron by braver mpn^wiii be rigidly exotariad,
nd if paeght within the picket lines hi refter
they will.be sent to the gnard boo?t.
' ?
jgy The Senate passed twf Honse.,4fiJ14??
rearing the-pay of non-ecujni'Grinned
era and privates in t.j army, with .
leuduienc, limiting ttye increase to the peod
of one yswr.' ' **' 7 i ''