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VOLUME 10. . " . '- "'"7YORKVILLE, SCTJTH ~C A ROLl'vA, WEDNESDAY EVENING,' JUNE 22, 1864. *; / ... .NUMBER 25.
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RATES OF P#STAQE IV THE
C. STATES OF AMERICA.
FOR the convenience bf the public
the following simplified statement of the rates of poet
age, under the act of Congress of the Confederate States of
America, has been prepared. It. must he borne in mind
that the Act Is to go Into effect from and afte? such period
as the P. M. General may. by proclamation, announce:
Rates or postaUe.
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 certts each.
In the foregoing coses, the postage to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
Advertised letters 2 cents each.
OH JtEWSPAPER9*
Sent to regular and Mre fiie subscribers from the office
of publication, and not exceeding three ounces In weight:
Weekly paper, 13 cents per quarter.
Serai-Weekly paper, 26 cents perqdarter. Trl-Weekly
paper, 39 cents per quarter.
Four times a week, 56 cents per quarter.
Five tiin-*s a week, 65 cer?t? per quarter. ^
Six time a woek, 78 cents per quarter.
ON PWtlODICA'AS. " "
Periodical* published oUcner than scsi-monUily-shniiDo
charged** newspapers.
Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding 1% ounces
In weight, 1 cent on each number, and one cent additional
on cacn additional ounce or fraction of an ounce,
os transient printed matter.
* The inland postage on every other newspaper, and on
each circular not sealed, haiidblR, engraving, pamphlet,
periodical, magazine or other paper, which shall be uncon
nected .with any manuscript or written'matter, and not
exceeding I ounce in weight, shall be 1 cent, and for e very
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, 1 cent additional;
and books, hound and unbound, not weighing over
four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and the inlan#po>tage
on them shall be at the rate of 2 cents an
ounce or fraction of an ounce, and the postage on all such
transient matter and bonks, shall be prepaid in all cases ex
cept when sent by officers, musicians or privates of the
army. ?
re?*kiao privilege.
The following persons only arc entitled to the fhinkind
privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to official business.
. ^ *
Postmaster General.
His Chief Clerk.
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.
Deputy Postmasters.
S O r T ucir OJLI i\ dead!
BIOGRAPHIC All ROLL OF HONOR I
HAVING received frequent applications
from the friends of deceased soldiers to place
in a permanent form and make it accessible to oil who might
desire a copy, the " ROLL OP HONOR," on 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, embrnine
Rioorapuical Sketches of the officers and men from
* this State who have fallen or riled In service daring the pre
sent war, ami whose friends may furnish me with the neces
sary materials for such sketches. **
The plan Is this . The friends of the deceased soldiers
desiring a place in tills work, will forward to me the necessary
information to make up for publication the biographical
sketches, or send me the notices they wl?h Inserted,
when they will be revised and compiled for publication.?
Ench biographical sketch must be accompanied by the name
of at least one suhscriber and Ten Dollars to defray the ex
pense and labor involved in the 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.
I am 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
pressprlniing. oi? tine white English book paper, and printed
with the best English ftik. Each number will contain
one or more portraits of officers and men who have distinguished
themselves during the war. The twelve numbers
will make four handsome volumes. . j
Terms $50 per annum or for twelve numbers, pat able on j
the publication of the first number, of which due notice will
be glvpn. The work will lie continued until the Roll is
completed. Those Intending to subscribe or furnish biographical
sketches, should do so without delay, a- the first
edition will be limited to the numbcrmf subscribers.
Addre*; WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON,
Columbia, S. C.
February 17 7 3t
NEW PUBLICATIONS
BY
BURKE, BOYKIN & CO.,
9IACOS, GEORGIA.
"Yfa"W READY:
.In -WASTER. WILLIAM MITTEN;
Or, the Youth of Rritliant Talents, who was rained by bad
hick. By Judge Longstrect, author of "Georgia Scenes."
Price 00.
CAMP AND FIELD. Papers from the Portfolio of an
Army Chaplain. By Rev. Joseph Cross, D. D. Part 1st
now ready. Price $3 00.
DUNCAN ADAIR; or, Captured in Escaping. A story
of one of Morgan's men. By Mrs. Jane T. II. Cross.?
Nearlv readv. Price At 00. *
YOUNG MAROONERS. By Rev. Francis R. Gouldlng.
A most entertaining book for .voting persons. Pronounced
bv e>od judges to be equal to Roblnsou Crusoe. Price
?3 00.
A liberal discount to tlie trade from the foregoing prices.
For the amount named, remitted to us, In current funds, we
will send either or all of these'books, post paid, to any part
of the Confederacy. Address
BURKE, BOYKIN it CO.,
Macon, Georgia.
Any newspaper in the Confederacy copying the above ad
vertlsement, with this note, will receive a copy of each of
the above bi>ok9, upon receipt of the paper containing the
advertisement.
June 1 ?2 tf
I\ F,QUIT*?1;ORK DISTRICT.
Stanhom- A. Ilarris. t
OS."" ' S. Dill to perfect Till
Martha X. (larrls, ct al. >
IT appearing to my satislactiou.*that 1
Alfred K. Hutchison, Malinda Hutchison, Joseph M?
Corftle, an'! Jane, his wire, Mnry Wimberlv and
Whuhcrly, her husband, Jaincs Hutchison, Robert P. Ijarris
and Hugh C. Harris, defendants In above stated case,
reside beyond the limits of this State?It is, therefore, on
motion of Williams & Beatty, Solicitors for Complainant,
ordered, that said absent Defendants do nppenr and plead,
answer or demur to the bill filed in litis case, within three
months frointhe publication of this notice, or if decree pro
confetto will ihen be entered and awnrdttd against them.?%
March if, 1864. WALTER B. METTS,
($32 25.) Commissioner in Equity.
March 23 _ 12 3m
ix tu e cocrt of 6rdimry,
YORK DISTRICT.
To Eliza J. Suggs.
TTTITEREAS, G. F. Wallace has filed
T a petition in my Office, praying to be permitted to
prove in solemn foruu a paper which has been admitted to
probate in common form, as the last Will and Testamqpt
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,
on the first day of August next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. with
such witnesses as you may deem proper, for or against tile
confirmation of said Will.
Olrep under my band and sea) of office, at York Court
House, this twejty second day of April. IS64.
($12 00) S. A. BROWN, Y. D.
April 27 17 * 3m,m
STAtYoP south CAROLINA,
YORK DISTRICT.
' Roddey h. Co.*, vs W. B. Dunlap.?attacumkmt.
"IT7IIEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on
T f" ihr 15th tiuy of October 1863, file their declaration*
against the defendant, who (as It la aaid) is absent from and
without the limit* of this tjtatc, and has neither wife nor
attorney.known within the same, upon whom a copy of the
said declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered,
that the said defendant do appear ami plead to the said
declaration,or before the Ifitli day of October, which
will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty four', otherwise final and absolute judgment ?'ill
then be awarded agdlnst him.
(.?16) S. E. MOORE, Clerk.
October 15th, 1863. r
November 4 44 t|Iy. ?
COUTH C AROLINA-YORKDKT-'
TRICT.?Whereas, J. M. SMARR has npfdled to
mc for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the
goods and chattels, rights and credits ot JOB CPU 1
HOWELL, late of the District aforesaid, decease^.
These are therefore to cite and-admonish nil and singular, I
the kindred andercdltors nftim said deceased,to be and ap- |
pear before mc at our next Oralnary'sCourt for the said DIs- !
trlet, to be liolden at York Court House on the l?t day of'
July uext, to shew cause, If any, why the said Ad- j
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 14th day of Jitue. I
iu the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
slxty-fbur, and In the eighty-eighth year of the Independence
of South Carolina.
JOHN A- BROWN, 0. Y. D.
June 15 34 2t
uoutiicTrolina-yorkdisTRICT?Whereas
J. M. SMABR has applied
tome for Letters of Administration on all and singula*.,
he nnd chattels, rictus nnd nmlitr rtf H. II
McstVAIN, late of the District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, Uierefore, to cite and admonish ail and singular,
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, in be
and appear before me, at our next Ordinary'# Court for
the said District, to be holden at York Court Ho.yse, on the
1st day of July next, to shew cause, U" any, why
the said administration should not he granted.
Given under m> hand and Seal, this L4th day of June;
In the year of our Lord one-thousand eight hundred ar id
sixty-four, and in the eighty-eighth year of the I ndependence
of South .Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. If.
June 15 M
~ WRITING-PAPBR. ~
1AA QUIRES Just Received from
J VJvJ A. C. Wiswall & Co.'s Paper Manuf actory,
(Llncolnton, N. C.) which Wp Will exchange fnt Cleau
COTTOW OR L-tHXW R.tftSj,
Allowing 11 cents iwt ponr.d, or 7 cent* iu CASH.
Bring on yonr HAGS to ;he
PRl\TI!fC} OFFI'CE.
February 1", 180-1. ' Jtil :
De: ?al notice.? du"Eing
my absence from Yorkvllle, I havo inad e arrangements
with Dr. LESLIE O'YVEN, formerly of c barlegton,
to take charge of tny OFFICE, adjoining the Er;yt irxk
building, where he will be pleased to wait on my customers,
a< usual. He is a ggntlcnian of much experience in my
line of business, and will, doubtless, give (h-neval satisfaction.
W. M. WALKED , Dentist.
February 25 ? tf
Joint Resolution, . <
Declaring the Dispositions, Principles and
Purposes of .the Confederate States in
Delation to the Existing JPar with the
United States.
Whereas, It is dud to the great cause- of
humanity aud civilization, and especially to
the heroio sacrifices of their gallant army
in the field, that no means, consistent with
proper self respect and the approved usagoe
of nations, should be omitted by the Cob
federate States to enlighten the public opinion
of the world, with regard to the true
character of the struggle in which they areengaged,
and the dispositions, principles and
purposes by which they arc actuated; therefore,
;
Resolved, By the Congness of the Con|
federate States Of America, That the fol-'
! lowing manifesto be isshed in their name
and by their authority, and that the PresiI
i ? - i? J i~* s.?a'.. r
uem ue reijuesieu iu uuuac uupiea mcioui iu
be.transmitted to oa? Commissioners abroad
to the eDd that the same may be laid before
foreign Governments.
Manifesto of the Congress of the Confederate
States of America, Relative to the
Existing War with the Cnitcd States.
The Congress of the Confederate States
of America, acknowledging their'responsibility
to the opinion of the civilized world,
to the great law of Christian philanthropy
and to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe,
for the part they have been compiled to
bear in the sad spectacle of war and carnage
which this contiueut has, for the last three
years, exhibited to the eyes of afflicted
humanity, deem the present a fitting occa
sion to deolare the principles, the sentiments
and the purposes, by which they have been
and are still actuated.
r\\y Korn oxj or rirr rlanlnrn/1 fFio no_ I
U UU r UU I W V f W? UVIV^IJ MV|/?V?VVt HIW UVcessity
which constrained them to take op
arms in defence of their rights and of the
freo institutions derived from their ancestors;
and there is nothing they more ardently desire
than peace, whensoever their enemy, by
ceasing from the unhellowed warwaged upon
fnem, shall permit them to enjoy in peace
the sheltering protection of those hereditary 1
rights end of those ohcrished iostirutioDs.?
The series of successes with which it has 1
pleased Almighty God in so signal u maoner '
to bless our arms on aimo9t every point of
our invaded borders sioce the opening of the
pre'sent campaign, enables us to profess the 1
desire of peace in the interests of civilization
and humauicy, without danger of having 1
our motives misinterpreted, or of the decla- 1
ration being ascribed to aoy unmanly senti
rnent or any distrust of .our ability fully to
I maintain our cause. The repeated and
disastrous checks, foreshadowing ultimate
discomflturo, which their gigantic army,
directed against the capitol of the Confederacy,
has already met with, are but a continuance
of the same Providential successes
for us. We do not refer to these successes
in any spirit of vain boasting, but in humble
acknowledgment of that Almighty protection
which has vouchsafed and granted them.
The world must now see that eight millions
of people, inhabiting so ejtensiye a territory ^
with such varied resources and such numerous
facilities for. defence as?the benignant ,
'bouDty of nature has bestowed upon us, and f
animated with one spirit to eDcouuter every
privation and sacrifice of ease, of health, of |
property, of life itself, lather than be de.- {
graded*from the condition of free and indo- t
pendent States into which thej were born,
oaa never be Ounquered. \v ill jfot our ad-,
vcrsaries themselves begin to feel that ha- (
inanity has bled long enough; that tears (
and bioed and treasure enough have been v
expended in a bootless undertaking, cover
iug their own land no less than ours, with a j.
pail of mourning, and exposing them far t
more than ourselves to tho catastrophe of f
financial exhaustion and bankruptcy, not to f
speak of the loss of their liberties bj the j
despotism engendered iu an aggressive j
warfare upon the liberties of another and t
kindred people ! Will they be willing, by
a longer perseverance in a wanton and hope|
less boast to be tho chosea abode of liberty j
and sclfgoverument, of peace.and a higher ?
civilization, the theatre of the most causeless
and prodigal effusion of blood whioh (
the world has ever seen, of a virtual relapse
into' the barbarism of the ruder ages, uod t
of the destruction of constitutional freedom (
by'the lawlessness of usurped power 1
These are questions which our adversaries t
will decide for themselves. We desire to t
stand acquitted before the tribunal of the j
worid, as well as in the eyes of oinoiaicicot '
| justice, of any responsibility for the origin ,
j or prolongation of a war as contrary to the ,
spirit of the age as to the traditions and ao- ,
hnowiedgjd maxims of the politioal system ,
A America. .
On ihisoontinent, whatever opinions may 1
have prevailed elsewhere, it Las ever been |
held aud acknowledged by alL parties that j
government, to be lawful, most bo founded j
on thy consent of the governed. Wc were |
forced to dissolve our federal connection
, wit.h our former associates by their aggres- j
' si'jns on the fundamental principles of oar ,
I P nmnnnf r\f nninn tniih rhern* nnd in dnini? i
so, we exercised a right cooscorated in the |
great charter of , American liberty??the ,
right of a free people, when a government i
proves destructive of the ends for which it ,
, was established, to recur to original prin- *
! ciples and to institute new guards for their
security. The separate indepe.ndeuco of
the States, as sovereign aud co-equal memi
hers of the Federal Union, had never been
! surrendered ; and the preteosion of applying
to independent communities, so oonati:
tated and organized, the ordinary rules for
! coercing anu reducing rebellious subjects
to obedience, was a solecism in terms, as
l well as an tiutrage on the principles of pub;
lie law. " '*
Tbe war made upon the Confederate;
| States was, therefore, wholly one of aggresJ
eion. On our side, it has beep strictly defensive.
JJoru l'reemeo, and tbo descen;
auDts of o gallant ancestry, wc bad no opj
tioh but to staod up in defence of our inva:
ded fireaitj.ee, of pur desecrated altars, of
our violated liberties ' and birthright, ancl
the* prescriptive institutions --Which guard
and protecft them. We have not interfered",
nor do we wish, in any manner whatever,
to-interfere with the internal peace and
prosperity of the States arrayed in hostility
agaiost us, op with the freest developement
of their destinies in any form of action or
line of polioy they may think proper to adopt
for themselves. All we ask, is a like
immunity for ourselves, and to be left in
undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable
rights of "life, "liberty aqd the parsdlt of
happieess," -which out common ancestors
declared to bo the equal beritago of all the
parties to the social compact.
Let them forbear aggressions upon us,and
the war is attend. If" there be ques-,
lions whioh reqairo-adjastmoDfc by negotiation,
we have ever been willing and are
still willing to _ enter into communication
with our adversaries in a spirit of peatfe, of
equity, and manly frankness. Strong in
tbe persuasion of the justioe of oar caase,
in the gallant devotion of our' citizen soldiers,
of the whole body of our people, and
above all, in the gracious protection of Heaven,
we are not afraid to avow a sincere de
sire for pence -on terms consistent With oar
honor and the permanent security of oar
rights, and an earnest aspiration to see the
world once more restored to the beneficial
pursuits of industry and of mutual intercourse
and exchanges, so essential to its well
being, and which have been so gravely in**
terrupted by the existence of this unnatural
war in America. '4
But, if our adversaries, or those whom i
they have placod in authority, deaf to the i
voice of reason and justice, steeled against
the dictates of both prudence and humanity i
by a presumptuous and delusive confidence :
in their own numbers, or those of their
black aad foreign mercenaries, shall deter* i
mine upon an indefinite prolongation of the ]
contest, upon them be the responsibility of
a decision so ruinous to themselves and so i
injurious to the interests and repose of man- i
kind. ~ - -.1
For ourselves, we have no fear of the re- <
oolfc Thn nrildneh nintni-a pwpr draWn nf n I
r?; ? ? ? disordered
imagination comes short of the i
extravagance which could dream of the I
conquest of eight millions of people, resolved I
with one mind "to die freemen rather than i
live slaves," and forewarned by?tbe savage i
'?nd extcrminatingspirit with wbioh this war !
has been waged upon tbem, and by tho mad 1
avowals of its putroDfl and supporters, of t
the worse than Egyptian bondage that a- ]
waits them iu their subjugation.
With these declarations of our disposi- i
tious, our principles, and our purposes, we i
;ommit our cause to the enlightened judg- t
nent of the world, to tbe sober reflections i
>f our adversaries themselves, and to the i
:ighteous abitrament of Heaven.
***** 8
-To the Community.
Headquarters, Government Works, *
Augusta, ga., dupe id, isu?. j
I deem it right and proper that yon $
should know the exaot condition of affairs t
u which one and all have each vital iote {
ests. Being entrusted by the War Depart ^
uenc with the command of this Post, it is t
lecessary that I should take such measures
is will best secure its defence. The im
jortacce of this point to the Confederacy is
;uown as well to the Northern Government
icd in Europe as it is to yourselves. That
he' enemy will endeavor to destroy the
jublie intere&tshore, if be conceive* it in any
vay practicable, is very evident, and he is
tow making the preliminary arrangements 11
" ? i ? ~ r?'"_ / L!_ A
o CO is en.i Dy a concentration or nis troops,
vessels and supplies at Hilton Head". This 6
uformation comes to me officially from the P
righest source io this Department. A let- ^
er addressed by an emissary of the enemy, &
resb from Port Koyal, from this oky bnt a ^
ew d^ys since?which providentially came
nto our possession?to another agent of the *'
federals in another town, states explicitly *
heir designs io relation to Augusta aod 1
Anderson, and that the time of "dealing a a
leath blow" to the Confederacy aud reap- f?
ug a "rich harvest" in this city, is near c
it hand. The writer also alludes to certain v
DersoDS in thjs community who are accept- v
:d by us and treated as our friends, who a
ire implicated in this matter and whose 1
lervices "cannot he overestimated." Also,
.hat in a conversation with some of the 8
principal Federal prisoners whilst passmg I y
;hrougTi this city on their way to Anderson,'
hey were informed as to the part they were 8
.0 act and the time and mode of delivery. '
The writer pays a compliment to the loyalty 1
cf our countrymen, for ho states "no South- r
crn man is in the secret." Again, a couple 1
cf Yankees have jnst been brought to this *
city?one a corporal and the other a private e
?who have passes from Mujor General c
riiornas, of the Federal army, to enter our
lines if they can, and they leisurely j&oceed A
through the heart of Geofgiu, spending c
Some eighteen hours in Hamburg, taking c
notes in short band, and are fairly on their <
way through South Carolina-with their t
gathered information before they are finally ?
apprehended. These meoy it^S said, wore 8
their blue Federal uniforms, and Jound a- t
bundant entertainment from our credulous
citizens who supposed that they were Con- <
fftderate soldiers, and had they not grown t
oyer bold- from continued Buooess, they *
could easily have arrived at theJFederal lines. I
Is it not plain that we are permeated with
spies and agents of the enemy, and on the <
eve of a bloody drama, unless they become <
appalled by the preparations making .for
their reception.
I have freely given tbeabovo facts to the
community, in order that it may perceive
the necessity for# bringing oot our whole i
energies, and that it may be prepared for 1
the stringent measures it will become necessary
to take, as soon as I shall reoeive i
information from Maj. Gen. Jones, Com ji
mauding the# Department, that the enemy j 1
have commenced a raid for the interior.
Fortunately, tho information- given by
the letter writer that there are "no defences"
aronnd Augusta is incorrect. With
an unfordable and rapid river in front, and I
three Knee of deep, wefditches and embankments,
supported at intervals, with stroirg
brick stone "structures, which almost encircle
the rear of the city, with over 20
pieces of artillery o'f good calibre for their
defence, I think, as an old Enginee^ officer?
that such well merit the appellation of
formida'ble defences. *
It is trno the earth works are called canal
levels', and the artillery is not in position,
but it is ready to be 60 placed ia a few
hours, as soon as forces are called out to
prot'eot it from injury. Augusta can and
must make a defence longenough to receive
rffinforoemeotsthese are tendered'to me
when the proper time arrives from General
Johnston and other, sources, tyaj. General
Jones''army, will in fact, be our. reinfrorco
? :?. _1:ii n. n. . __ i_ i i_
ujeut^ ug u win ugiiL hiu vuviuy uucz iu
tL!? place 6bon 19 the tafte^sufteeedin breaking
through bis Trees. Hepce, Augusta has
but to^perforSi its just part io the defence,
and this must be done at every hazard ; as
Commander of so important a poiut, I ougtit
uot, and most certainly ^hall not, make
terms with the enemy, but Will try to the
last to defend the interest of my^country
hero concentrated.
Should the enemy arrive on the opposite
bank of the river in spite of our efforts to
prevent it, 1 trust the inhabitants will not
be unduly alarmed; it is quite probable
that, being a raiding party it may be desti
tute of artillery, at all events, only very
light pieces could accompany such a force.
From suoh no damage or danger of moment
is to be apprehended; the bouses immedi
ately along the river baok should be evacuated
on such aa occasion, and their- oocnpants
Hod shelter for the time being in the
central portions of the oily," where my own
family will be located.
I desire to call particular attention to the
orders lately puDiisned, designating toe
place of rendezvous of eaoK body of men
when called oat by the signal of general
assembly, in this city, so that there may be
do confusion at the time, as will certainly
happen, unless each one has it clearly fixed
in bis own mind where to go and what
to do. X expect to have two days and probably
more to prepare to receive the enemy
before he shall be able to reaoh^this place,
hence the signal of general assembly is not
designed to be one of alarm, but simply as
i signal to the community that the time
For a general turning out has arrived, and
For the posting of the troops at their several
posts to resist tile enemy when he approaches.
It will also be the signal that military
natte'rs are predominant for the time being,
ind the taking of the Decessary mdMtres
;o protect ourselves from the enemies who
ire in our midst, and who now pass as our
rteuas.
1 have an abundance of the best arms and
immunitioD and accoutrements, and bence
io excuse exists why every one capable of
jcaring arms should not belong temporari
y to some cuujpany. Who is not for us, at
uch a time, is certainly against u;?, and
heir aotions will decide accordingly. I
iave no fear but through the favor pf God
ve will preserve our city and the Governnent
Works from the hands of the spoilers.
GEO. W. RAINS,
Colonel Commanding.
From tin' Ilirlimontl ir.'ntinel.
A Card.
To the citizens of Rook Hill and vicinity,
fork Distriot, S. C., this memento of grat
tadft and esteem is respectrmiy tendered.
While oo-a visit there, recently, I delivred
an address, whioh was considered apropriate
to the times, to a very large and
ighly respectable and intelligent congrega
ion, under the pastoral care of the Rev.
lr. Dickson, of the Presbyterian Church.
After the service, it very handsome colection
was taken up, to aid the Presbyterian
Joard of Publication for reading matter for
he soldiers. .Apd when I left that hospitble
community I was presented with the
;enerous donation of .two hundred and
ighty dollars, as a present to myself. It
no a > frafl ill nffori ri rv oc iv Pfi a a if.
" '"77"' bJ -itas
unsolicited ; and part of it will be given
8 freely to aid our gallant soldiers and
heir Buffering families.
And here, iMr. Editor, allow me a little
pace in your paper,' to notice the ceaseless
levotioD, the heroic patriotism, the unyieldog
firm cess and fortitude, and the generous,
elf-sac.wficing spirit of the South Carolina
adtes; and, indeed, tho same may be a9
raly said of all Southern ladies in tbis terible
struggle; and said, too, to the eternal
nfamy of many Southern men, to whose
>reasts honor and patriotism, with lofty and
mduring magnanimity, are utter strangers,
ir, at best, bat idle and unprofitable words.
But it is these transcendent virtues whiob
tt this time, shine in all their moral granleur,
pojver and beauty, in the noble women
>f the South, that distinguish them so prominently
above all the rest of their sex in
be world. Tbeir illustrious virtues, aeeas
ind merits, the genius of poetry can never
ling, orators never proclaim, history record,
tor time reward.
And. surely, He. who basso richly enlowed
the Southern women with these virnes,
has not planted tbera there for vain
rnd idle show, for a little while, and then to
)e extinguished in rain, blood and fire.?
Will He Dot keep them all in safety under
;he covering of His outspread wings, until
these fearful calamities are over past ? .
LEANDER KER, Chaplain.
Camp, Winder, March 30, 1864.
W hat Banks did for ua ?ft is said
that Qen. Kirby Smith had only sixteen sixpouod
rifle guns when he encountered
Bagks He now has 71 piece? of artillery,
right of which are 32 pounder Parrots, forty
aeveu 12 pounder Napoleons, and Lis j
own original sixteen six pnar.ders. Banks
also equipped him with 20^000 6x1^861411
arms, and various other things Decessary
to famish a complete oatfit for an army ?
Banks makes a capital ordnance officer. We
are sorry to hear that he is superceded.
From the South Carolinian. - ?
Federal Ethics.' \
To meet truth iu a Northern journal produces
an effect much like that which would
ensue if we could hear a monkey speak. It
is BO*unnatural aud out of character as to be
really monstrous. We pause aod turn it
over, and read it again and again, and can
hardly believe our' eyes. We are even inclined
to resent its appearance in 6ueh a
place, and can't help thinking it very great
presumption ou the part of the writer to
pretend that he has anything whatever to do
with it.* * What basiness has a Yankee fo
utter truth in any shape ? It is so desecrated
by coming from snob a mouth or flowing
from such a pen .as to become an aotaal sin.
Thns it ^happens that a Northern man is
really a wyrse criminal whrcn he dares to he
veracious than when, obejiug the law* of
bis nature, he crowds falsehood upon falsehood.
Mendacity is a Yankee virtue, and
a good Yankee, a Yankee conscientiously
sensible of this faot, will take care never on
any account to 1tb guilty of a truth. This
is a peculiar oode of morality, but it is so
well established at the North that we wonder
that the people of ,that section?wbo
care as little'for onr mother English as they
do 1for anything but their interest?have not
altered the idioms of the language to suit
it. Henceforth, let them talk of* transgressing
falsehood, and let the first commandment
of their infantile catechisms be "Thou
shalt not commit a troth."
As popular, however, as this code is at
the North, it will occasionally be violated.?
As an instance, we present onr readers with
a passage from the New York Spirit of the
Times, edited by a map.who has heretofore
been a strong advocate of the war, in which
the most shameless truths are perpetrated,
without fear and without remorse. Whether
Lincoln will permit this crime to go un:
Whipped of present justice, depends upon
bow far that despot may be disposed to overlook
it for the sake of previoas. falsehoods
of which the paper may boast; but if there
be in the other worlda place where Yankee
orimes are punished by Yankee fiends, the
editor of the Spirit of the Times will go
to it, beyond a doubt. With this preface,
we leave the paragraph to our readers:
"Never before have we felt a depression
equal to that which assails us at this moment.
Three years have nov; olapsed since
the commencement of the war. A debt of
$1,600,000,000 stares us in the face, and
l_ EAA AAA -C IJ: 1 U
Dcany uvi/jVW ui uur auiuiurs uavu uccu
utterly used up. The elastic bopo which
buoyed the earlier stages of the straggle
has largely faded oat) while so far as the'
Confederates are ooncerned, they are better
off to day to sustain three years' moro^CQntest
than at any previous period of th* war
The manufactories they at first required'are
uow constructed ; agriculture and the science
of subsistence have taken settled shupe;
and all the sufferings and sacrifices which
are Decessnry to seasoD a people to exploit
have been endured. Moreover, they feel
that the period of probation which foreign
powers limit for struggling popn! ilftns to
tarn the stamp of nationality is ver\ re.irly
T. ai c i ..
up. xs ii/ ?ioi, luereiuie, pauuui, u?yai?uu
ing?that, at suoh a crisis, mediocrity itnd
doubtful purpose should wield the entire
sway? yet, such is the case ; and as wo
dwell upou it we are almost Jed to believe
that God is act only not with us, butagaiasl
us. He has coutoundod our judgment;--,
divided our councils, and delivered us' ioto
the hands of-the feeble, the faint-hearted
and. the blinds And why should _He be
with us?base, grovelling and corrupted as
wc are ? We are not with Him ! -We are
a godless, consciencelpss, religionless people.
There is no honor, no virtue, no devotion,
except among the masses, while ninety per
cent, of all who range above thousand dollar
incomes are lynx eyed sharpers, who are
watching every peighbor with suspicion,
and who subordinate every sentiment to self.
Debauobed by an extravagant prosperity,
und spared mercifully from all sacrifices, we
have ungratefully forgotten a due rclianoe
upon Heaven, and the result is, that except
in the case of the simple, virtuous laboring
people, we have practically become a'com
rnunity of atheists. There is no conscience
attached to the intelligence and wealth of
the community; and laymen as we are, and
of the world, we say unto yoff, fellow-countrymen,
that there can be no lasting Government
without public virtue, no enduring
nationality without a universal sense of God.
Handled as our country has been in the
field, and-stupefied as it is by the tricksters
of the Cabinet, it would seem that we are
only to arrive at the stage when we may be
permitted to rebuild by sufferings and sacri-*
fices, and perhaps through a preliminary
chaos which it is drea^dfal to anticipate.."
Declaration for Peace.
Richmond, June 13.?In secret session,
on Friday night, Congress adopted a manifesto,
deolaring nothing more ardeotly desired
by os than peace. The series of-snocesses
which it has pleased the Almighty to
bless onr arms since the opening of the
present campaign enable us to profess this
desire we feel in the interest of civilization
and humanity, without danger of having
our motives misinterpreted. The world
must now see that we can never be conquered
; and will not our adversaries begin to
feel that humanity has bled long enough,
and desist from longer perseverance iu this
wanton and hopeless contest.
The war on our ride has been gfcriotly defensive.
We do oot wich to- interfere with
the peace aud prosperity of the States arrayed
against us. All we ask is the undisturbed
eojoymebt of the rights vriah onr
common ancestors deolaied vhe equ 'i bcrit-!
age of all parties in the social ovmpaot If
our adversaries are deaf to the voice of lea- !
eon and justice,, and shall determine upon i
a. final prolongation of the contest, upon
them be the responsibility of an illusion so
iujufiortb to the interests of mankind.
. ? v
t&~ Maximilian arrived at Vera Craz on
the 28ch, and would proceed atouoe to the
oity of Mexico. / *. " J
s| The Siege of Charleston.
THREE HUNDRED' AND FORTY FIRST DAY.
For the first time daring several weeks,
there was-' an intermission of the bombard*
ment of the city on Monday. This, doubtless,
was owing to the bad weather. During
Sunday night seven shells were thrown
at the-city. The enemy's troops seenf actively
at woYk repairing the damages which
the rains have caused to their works.
Our attentive Secessiooville correspondent
writes U9 from that post^under date of Monday,
Jane 13th "The visitors from the
Yankee batteries, in the shape of shells, are
still "iacouvenitntly plentiful," ,Oa Saturday,
tbc ll,th instant, theythrew efeven
shells from Light House Inlet, and tru from
Long Island. On yesterday (Suoduy) they
threw 21 shells from the former poiut, and
twenty-three from the latter. Our batteries
responded briefly, as usual. Ail quiet todo*,
.
J t
For some time past it has been known
that a batch of Yankee prisoners, comprising
the highest in rank now in onr hands,
were soon to fee brought hither to share the
pleasures of the bombardment. Thqy accordingly
arrived on .Sunday. We give a
list of their nameB and rank :
Brig. General Seymour, Lt. Col. G. Alcott,
Brig. General Wewels, . Lt. Col. J. Potaley,
Brig. General Scammon, Lt. Col. A. F. Roger*,
Brig. General Shaler, Lt Col. J. H. Burnham,
Brig. General Hickman, . Lt.Col. C. B. Baldwin,
Col. T. G.'Grover, - Lt.' Col. Wt O. Barthalimcr,
Col. R. Hawkins, Lt. Col. W. R. Cook, >
Col. \V. Harrison; Lt. Col.'C. J. Dickerson,
Col. J. H. Lehman, Lt. Col. J. T. Fellow*,
Col/ O. H. Le;,range, Lt. Cel. G. A. Fairbanks,
Col. W. I J. Lee, Lt. Col. W. Glenn,
' Col." R. White, L " * Lt. Col. T. P. Bpofford,
Col. H. O. Bollinger, Lt Col. XV. W. Stewart,
Col. H. L. Brown, Lt Col. P.-AV. Sfrift,
Col. E. L. Dana, Lt. Col. A. W. Taylor,
Col.3?. Fardell, ?? *, ,Lt. Col. W..P. LasceSe,
Lt Col. E. S. Hay*, MnJoV C. H. Burra, '
Lt. Col. N.V Br Hunter, Major W. F. Baker,
Lt. Col. T. N. Higglnbothatn, Major E. W. Bate*,
*Lt Col. G. C. Joslin, M(ijor J. E. Clarke, Lt
Col. WV E. McMakln, Major D. A. Carpenter,
Lt Col. D. Mile*. . . Major W. Crandall,
Lt. Col. W. C. Maxwell, Major H. D. Grant,
Lt. Col. J. D. Maybew, Major J. Hall,
LfCol. 8. Morfltt,- Major A. N.' JoHnson.
These prisoners, we understand, will be
furnished with comfortable quarters io that
portion of the city most exposed to tbe enemy's
fire. The commanding officer on Morrid
Island will be duly Notified of the fact
of their ~pres6bce in the shelled district,
and if his batteries still continne .their
wanton and barbarous work, it will be at
the peril of the captive officers.
Charleston Courier, 14th.
What the Western'Cavalry are Expected
tcf Do.
A correspondent of the Angnsta Constitutionalist
says:
We are approaching a period in this campaign
wLen the cavalry must do a snbstan
tial part. Thqiramy are working toward
the Altoona Hill^ They will rebaild the
bridce aver the Etowah, oomnlete ibeir
-c- ' ? - t
line of. oomoHinioatton abd establish a de
pot of supplies. Abworth will Lie made another
Chattanooga. Buc it- cannot so remainif
the cavalry does it duty.' To out
their extensive rear line?sensitive, deji
cate and open 4o attack?reaobiug nearly u
hundred miles through a hostile territon
?crossing a dozen streams of greater or !e-js
iepfh and breadth is the splendid task us
| sigued to the cavalry, and if it does uot be
sur itself, it will fail to redeem its mission
A'l eyes afe Ua*t wisifully toward the
grim, dark fi ore of Forrest. Like-n light
house, which ri3?s agajost the sky in i sin
gle column of slender construct r, bat
shooting out sparkles of oorrnsoation into
the darkness aud" the mist," he is sooehtfor
with oheerfulness and hope in this crisis.?
I .learn .be has at length been ordered
nerc. me troops wnom do nas Deeo waicning
in Mississippi are en route to Sherman,
and so Forrest is*foot loose and is coming
to Johrifttoo. His delay was 'caused by reason
of a determination to make the move a
sure one. *
Forrest is now on bis.way from Mississippi.
He will threateo Sherman's communication
before next Saturday nigbfrj and
may ruin it. If Sherman coosents to
fight, it will be at odds, and this is precise
ly the cause of our delay. We'.can afford
the time?our adversary oannot.
We have not ypt moved upon our new
position, but L make no sort of (|uestion aboutit,
for it is plain the Federals have disappeared
from oar left aud centre, and unless
we* wheel by the left flank and follow
him?which would be dangerous?we
most altar our line so. as to sait the altered
condition of the situation. . ^
Altogether, our campaign in Paulding
county has' been fraitfui of advantages.
We have disappointed every hope of Sherman
da rnnnlsed everv effort tO'tTHO
> ?r -t ?
or break oar line^ we have killed, wounded
and captured six thousand; we ftre undaunted,
unhurt and stronger by one fourth
than whea we left Dalton, and we gaid by
the shift a pleasanter and more healthful
ground of debate.
B^The Yankees are using,a new Minns
ball. It is made of two separate bores, one
of which is a hollow shell, and the other a
kind of oap, from whioh issues a short
leaden screw. On this screw b placed a
loose fitting piece of tin, wider than the ball
itself and verv sharp. This is then fitted
in the hollow shell. The object of this appears
to be that where an artery may yield
to a ball it will almost to a certsioty be cat
by this piece of tin. But if the ball should
enter a,man without taking offine c?p, the
chances are that when it is being extracted,
the tin will remain in the wound, uod by
constantly irritating the wound, eventually
poison the fLsh and render the aofferer-io ;
curable.
Important Discovery ? w?* are ;n-.
formed that a gcQiletnan has rec-.'.'ttj.ob
taiued L parent for rhe manufoc'or-j of ro-'
sine oil. which has-been thorooirhly
and found to be equal, if not suneriorto '
the Yaukeo article. He has ma'Ue acme
from the Alabama coal, whiob gives a
brilliant light. The materialis iocxhaueti- '
j . WAT Tbia wifi^pruve very pleasaUt news to
j tboe&'of our readers who aro using tallow !
i dipi at woe' dollar W?1l?Athint Manntr. i
An Incident of the War..
A correspondent of the Columbus (Ga?)
Sun, writing from Pollard, Ala. J' says: * ^
This war has giv*o rise to many incidents,:
that M/s. Partington would call "morantto/'-Let
me tell one, though I know of another
precisely similar, with the exception of the'
fainting. VA
gentleman residing in one of the westera
counties of Alabama, bordering .00'
Mississippi, voluuteered early in the .war,
lie was ra easy circuinstaDoes, aad had all
uujiabie an interesting family. In
the course of time he was.engaged in
j'a battle, aud the report reached home tbit '
he bad beeo killed, but as the sequel will
! show; he was only a prisoner. " J
His widow shedlaotner "natural tears"
and either in aooordaoee with the .feeling^
of ?er heart, or in obedience to the requirements
of sdoidey in snob cases, sh^wore
weeds for a short time. Weeds became'
the widow, she was speedily wooed'and is
speedily won. In six or eight months?a
time entirely ibo brief,* even for the fastest
of the fast?she blnshbgiy gave her "hand,
with her heart in it, and became a willing
sacrifice at JHymcn'S altar.
In due coarse of time, "hubby"No.I,
was released from prison. Felicitating
himbelf with the delasive belief .that there
was an "eye woold watch his ooming, ^nd
look brighter when he came," he datifally
hastened home,' taming neither to the'right
.nor the left. Baoyed by. the present .sarprise
he bad in reserve for his wife, time
Bped swiftly, and 9 o'olook found bis faoe
in his own door. All had retired for the
night bnt the wife. She saw htm, shrieked
and swooped. Restoratives were applied
and ao explanation eoened. Number one'
sought a shelter in some other shed that
night, and the ouriain was dropped between
t.hnm fnMVAr
It is too serious a subject for a jest.?
Who could jest at the agony endured by
that "sad mystery," the human heart.
' The happiness of dfree' persons is shatter^
ed, if npt utterly wrecked, in conseqfeedee
of the absurd opinion prevalent!*' some
places, that after the war the supply of hta**_
bands will fall greatly below .the deuced.
Courage and hope, ladies. The male population
had a considerable preponderance at
the South before the wutj unless Lam egre- - '
giouBiy mistaken.
.... ^
A Northern Description op the Situation.?Thy
Washington correspondent
of the Cinoinnati Commercial geta off ' the
' followiog happy hit of street corner cam1
paizners:
Washington, May 2.1864.
Everybody in Washington -see toe to be
afflicted with "situation on Jbe brain"?
which, however, is but a patriotio auxiety
u,x the Huccesa of the Uuion army, and a
desire to demonstrate how 6&si!y it can be'
oruught about, and buw cerfain it fa to be
achieved. In front.oi every hotel, and at
^very .-treet uo/u<r, you will see liule groups
of houurabie gOQ'iieiiien, and gentlemen who
are out as bon&raole us they might be, perhaps*
diaenesicg the relative positions of
Lee and Grant ^ith . great vehemence, nod
deuiooetratinj^ how Graut will flank. Lm,
aed' get to Kicbu.'ond, or now Lee will flank
G.aut nud try to get to Waehiugtou?evety
proposition happily illustrated,' by ail ec- . ?
graving with the poiot of a walking stick
in the dust of thaside wait. [Washington
is a good place for such illustrations. Yoa
can always sketch out a upp of tbo world,
either in the dust or the mad'on~tfae sidewalk.]
The "artist," makes a straight line
?"That's Grant's army." rJ' ?
"Yes, very well," says tbo bystander.
Another straight line?-"Thatfs Loo "
"Of coarse, that's plain enough."
"Well, here's Riohmoud"?and the ar- v
list perforates a little mud heap in the iW
of both lines. ...
The problem is now pretty nearly solved.
With the whole sidewalk to operate on,1e
would be- very strange if Grant cotiMn't
swing his line aroond into the rear of Lee's
and march into the rebel capital# la the '
ardor of their patriotism the citizen campaigners
usually neglect to give Lee a
chance to fortify?or even toyfall back before
the invincible columns of- the Union'
leaders. "Here's Grant; hern's Lee, and
here's Richmond".?all done ib two strokes
and a dot of the walking stiok. Carlysle's
"llli&d in a nutsheH" is .nowhdre ooinjAred^
with this, laconic demonstration of the greatproblem
of Grant vs Lee. ' Walking stick
strategy is the tbiug after all. It will break
the baok bone of the rebellion qniokerthaa
anything I know of. ' "H .
A Man Confined in 4 Saltpetre
Cave for Two Hundred and Seventy
Days.?The people of Parker's gap, Tennessee,
were mnob alarmed'byja rumor that
there was a human being in an old-saltpetre
cave near the gap?supposed to be the
same cave recently visited by Col. Brigham,
while on picket. The Colonel flriled to e&?
plore the oave on aeconn^of the nosiens
vapors issuing from the opening.
The ladies, Gcd bless 'em, ever ready to
respond to these calls of humanity, 1 urried '
to the resone, bat their united efforts were
insufficient to extricate th(p sufferer. Burgeon
Marks, medical director of this d'vision,
and Surgeon Powers, of tbo Artillery
corps, were sent for. and after a great deal
of labor, the poor fellow was taken from his
living tomb. He wis immediately- recognized
as Johu H-.>rr?H<oo, Jr.- K .W ??pD-'-r.l
iliat "'s unfortunate man was. de*
poMtf i irj {he cave about tue middle of Auby
hii father, who is ooaot-er-d *lll)
tOu Confederate &rtuv?' so<i that fas hue re- s *
tascued there ever since- m
Whet taken out be ?u en-ireiy helpless'
and spfteahiete, an , ai.'huUflh jogtbfal VMM
wu??cj Smr nod teeth. Hs will
Out be able 10 Call hia horrible tefoof soff
rioRS for years. How-be sna?s?ed his
eiiafeDce in "tbst derk, oofstbotncd cave"
for three quarters of a y *ar, is a queatiou
for the Bladeut io phjrsioloey to
Chattanooga Gazette.
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