Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 09, 1865, Image 2
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YORKVILLE, S? C.
THTOIDAY HOEirarG, MABCH 9,1866.
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price*: Including Corn, Wheat, Flour, Bacon, Rye, Butter
and Poultry.
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~~ . OUR PAPER.
We must offer our friends and patrons
an humble apology in failing to furnish
them a paper for the past two weeks.
To those who understand the difficulties
in the way of getting out a paper without
exchanges, or news of any kind,
our apology will he readily appreciated.
To those not of the craft, we can only
d4? wo Lotto- rlnno itla Loot wo onnlrL ?n_
H?y ?J V MWI V V4VUW VMV MVWW H V VVIAIU UM
der our difficulties, and can only hope
that it will not be oUr misfortune to solicit
their forbearance again during the
yeaf.
The inteiyuptions of the mails and
presses, throughout the State, prevents
lis from offering this week, the interesttiSf
tWW'SfreettfeWOuld gladly give onr
readers. Nearly everything we get in
the way of news, comes from that highhp
popijlar. source?the Reliable gentle
man,"'but as we have our doubts about
the character of the fellow, we must be
eieused for not giving to the country
all betels o? late. He was always disposed
to talk over much, and it is said
sometimes falls into mistakes; therefore
he and the country eannot reproach us
for our incredulity respecting his latest
budget. . * I
GMT. J* tTJSSBTOT.
Gen. Johnston has been placed in
command of the army of JFennessee,
and seems to be rapidly restoring confidence
to that badly fought and badly
disciplined body of men. There is a
- * great task before him, and if he succeeds
in. giving it the e$prit if nothing
more, that attaches to other cprps in
the fifcld, he will deserve the thanks of
the country. The people and*the army
know the man, and have the highest
confidence in his generalship. Jlis recent
actios in consenting to resume
command of an army that was taken
from him perhaps without sufficient
I cause, and afterwards almost disintegrated
by its subsequent commander,
commends him to the country as a pure
and unselfish patriot, ready to do all,
and sacrifice all, for its deliverance.?
Let him be sustained by the resources
and confidence of the people, and we
believe the Army of Tennessee with its
favorite commander again at its head,
. will do its share in the present campaign.
THE COLUMBIA GUARDIAN.
" We regret to learn that this valuablejournal
was lost in the destruction
of Columbia, and its entire material
consumed, in the conflagration. Its
managers have our sincere sympathy,
coupled with the hope that Phanix like,
it may yet spring from its ashes a mailed
warrior in the field of letters.
? ??
COLUMBIA BUBNED.
Cehffiabia has been burned. The ungloved
hand of the demon has done his
vile work well, and a defenceless city
tfetfvamly besought clemency and prottfriS&h
to-person and private property,
'13 given to the sack?to the soldiers inhuman
lust, and then?to ashes! A'
Iiiffuoniac shout of exultation will ring
throughout the iiorth, at the announcement
of this grand coup de guerre of
an army fighting under the assumed
auspices of philanthropy and freedom.
Such' is the liberality offered to timid
submission; and well may the few, who
have faxored a peaceable re-union with
the bitterest foe that humanity ever
eiiaanBtered, doubt at the consequences
of their policy. Columbia offered
scarcely the semblance of resistance.?
A skirmish upon its outer defences by
a few men against overwhelming numbers,
decided its fate ; and its authorities
treated with the enemy for the protection
of. the innocent and helpless,
who were unable to flee from it. Vain
trust! Its spoils, and innocent victims,
are given to the lust of a drunken
soldiery, as an incentive to valor, and
(the reward of sueoess.
Can we promise ourselves anything
better in the future ? If the quiet submission
of a city -does not protect the
property and persons of its citizens,
will that of a State or a nation ensure
anything more ? It is for those who
would advocate such a policy, to determine.
It may not cost as much in
blood, and less perhaps to him who
evades the just demands of his country
for-his services in its defence. He only
barters his manhood and sacrifices an
ill-gotten wealth, and the sanctity oi
his "fireside?and gives to the halter and
the dungeon the brave men who have
struggled through fire and blood in
his defence?to secure this boon. It is
not cheap. Better an endless war up
ieldby a brave people, than ignominious
cowering to a brutal foe, whose
highest success, and greenest laurels,
are in the destruction of those who fall
helpless at his feet.
** '
THE ENEMY IN COLUMBIA.
From W. D. Meister, Esq., who left
Columbia on the 25th of February, we
obtain a lucid statement of what o*curred
there during the occupation of
the city by the enemy. He says:
The fire commenced on Friday night,
the 17th instant, on Bridge Street, and
was afterwards set in different places.
Ti ?? lUm'n fifrdat nn hnth
JLt ClbCUUqi UJ> iuom wwvuv vu ~ ~
sides, sweeping all buildings up to a
square above Boundary Street. Qnly
one house on Main Street was saved, on
the square occupied by Muller &^Senn.
The old State House was set on fire,
and burned all the buildings around it.
tfhe wind blew from the "West during
the fire, and it extended one. square or
less, westward from the State House,
and about two and a half squares to the
East. Among the 'buildings saved,
were ;the Female College, Theological
Seminary,. Trinity Church, Catholic
Church, New Baptist Church, Presbyterian,
Washington. Street Methodist
Churches, Gen.* Preston's,* Mrs. McCord's,
Campbell's and Boss's houses,
Lunatic Asylufti and College Hospitals,
which comprise all the buildings of the
South Carolina College. Among those
burned, were the Old State House, Market
and Court Houses; Fairs Row, including
all the buildings on that square
and the one opposite; Dr. Gibbes' resi
dence and all buildings on same square ;
Nickerson's and Janney's Hotels including
the entire block; the Ursuline
Convent, formerly the old American
Hotel, and all buildings on same block;
Marion St. and Christ Churches, and the
residence of Chancellor Carroll. All
the Railroad Depots and adjacent buildings
were burned. The residences enumerated
are only a few of the most conspicuous.
About twelve hundred buildings
'were burned, and only eight hundred
left standing.
The enemy left Columbia en Monday
the 20th instant. Four corps entered
the city, and left in three columnsone
moving towards. Sumter, another
towards Camden, and a third in the direction
of "Winnsboro, comprising altogether,
it was supposed, about 70,000
men. There were no negro troops among
them, and no cases of personal
violence, with one exception, were heard
of. The Yankee soldiers were made
drunk on the whiskey left in the Medical
Purveyor's Store, and from this
cause ensued much of the mischief.
Every house was searched, robbed and
plundered of everything valuable, and
the resident negroes allowed to do the
9same with the stores. The negroes,
more mannerly than their Yankee brethren,
did not enter private dwellings.
The Yankees were boisterous and bully|
ing, but not actually violent to persons,
except to steal everything from them,
they could get.
The city was- surrendered by the
Mayor on the 17th, while their columns
were on Broad ri^er three miles above.
Tionn CiirranHnrprl MrllPr t.llf1 I
damage it is supposed would have been
Tess.. The Mayor and citizens did all
in their power to preserve order in the
city; Jmt their efforts availed but little.
The scene of the burning city?the
drunken soldiery and the flying and
terror stricken females was terrific.
The families left houseless by the
fire, took refuge in the Lunatic Asylum,
and in tents, but afterwards took possession
of any unoccupied houses they
could find in the place. All are now
in houses. They were allowed to pass
, the streets unmolested. The enemy
carried off a number of men wotoen andf
children, and some went voluntarily.?
Among those who left with the enemy
were, Keatinge (of the firm of Keatinge
& Ball, bank note engravers), M. H.
Berry, Beckling, Wing, and P. F.
Frazee.
Sherman left for the use of the people
500 head of cattle, 1200 bushels of
grain, and some .salt. The Mayor distributed
this small supply to all who
wnnld ropcivp it and it wnnld RTlffinP it
was thought for thirty days. A few
families secreted their provisions, and
by this means saved something, where
their houses were not burned. No provisions
from the country are going into
town, and nothing can be had in the
place, except from the small supply
left by the enemy.
The Yankee officers did not attempt
to restrain the men from plundering,
until Monday, when guards were stationed
at various places, (o restore order.
No orders were issued by Sherman
or anv other officer, while the city
r ? v
was occupied. It was simply given into
the hands of a drunken and brutal
1 soldiery, to do with as they pleased,
and [they plundered it first, and then
^ left it in ashes.
> Sherman told the Mayor that the
i Districts of Spartanburg,#Union, York,
i Edgefield, Greenville, Newberry, Lau
rens and Chester would be left vuuao
lested, from whence the people of Columbia
might draw subsistence; but
that the remainder of the State would
be overrun and wasted. There had
been no actual suffering for food thus
Tar.
A number of people were in the S.
C. R. R. Depot at daylight of the morning
the enemy entered, and an accidental
explosion of gun-powder left there,
killed twenty-seven persons. There
were several women and children among
them.
Among those who remained in Columbia
during its occupation by the
enemy, were Dr. Gibbes, Dr. Boatwright,
McKenzie, Stanley, Nickerson,
Janney, W. W. Walker, Raidcliffe,
Breaker, Mason and Dr. Durham.
The Priests, and Sisters of Charity,
* <* srt
with their pupils, tooK retuge m uen.
Preston's house, and it was spared for
their safety. Sherman's Head Quarters
were at Mrs. McCord's residence,
and it was saved from fire in consequence.
The Convent was not robbed,
but all its contents destroyed by fire.
Large quantities of clothing, blankets,
and bedding, were carried of by the
enemy. Everything of any value was
taken. A gardener in Columbia named
Burgall, piloted the- enemy through
town, and assisted them in every way
in its destruction. While they were
firing upon the city he assisted by pointing
out the most conspicuous buildings
and directing their fire upon them.
All the horses in Columbia and along
the line of march, were taken, and all
the cotton burned. The fire Department
made an effort to extinguish the
fire, but the Yankees shut off the water,
and thus prevented the engines
from working.
It was the impression of persons in
Columbia, that Sherman would march
upon Wilmington first, and thence by
way of Weldon to Petersburg. The
Yankees were jubilant, and asserted
that the war would be over by the 1st
of June, without much more fighting.
In addition to their acts already enumerated,
they blew up the Magazine
on Arsenal Hill?burned the Arsenal
and Armory buildings, and Military
Academy, with the exception of the
Professor's residence^, and turned the
Park belonging to'the city, into a butcher
pen. As an example of their treatment
of the people, they robbed the
residence of the venerable John Caldwell
of everything it contained, and
finally took his boots from his feet,
when he had nothing else left for them
to steal.
For the Vorkvtllc Enquirer.
A CARD.
Near Petersburg, Va., \
February 17, 1865. J
The members of Co. A, 12th S.. C.
Regiment, have been presented, by
some ladies of Bethel names unknown,
v r* l i
witn twenty-six pairs 01 socks, ior wmcn
! they will please accept our most heartfelt,
as well as footfelt, thanks. Soch a
substantial gift as this, would be gladly
welcomed at any time ; but now* more
especially, whilst even the fathers of the
fair donors are called upon to repel a
cruel and diabolical enemy, under the
leadership of one of their "cracked
Generals," inarching through the very
heart of the "Palmetto State," such a
donation as this will nerve the hearts
and strengthen the arms of those who
have felt its cbmforting influence-, and
enable them to strike still harder blows
in defence of home and country. These
kind ladies of Bethel may rest assured
that they will ever be held in grateful
and feeling remembrance by this Company.
J. A. WATSON, .
2nd Lieut. Commanding.
For the Yorkvtlle Enquirer.
A CABD
Of thanks, from the Matrons of kth
Division of Winder Hospital, to the
Ladies of Yorkville and Rock Hill,
S.C. \
Dear and kind Ladies :?It is with
sentiments of the deepest gratitude and
highest esteem, we tender to you our
thanks for the generous and valuable
donations you have sent us. And while
we regret our inability to make any return
for such favors except our lasting
love and gratitude, we will ever hope
and pray that a kind Providence wil]
make your pathway through life happj
and prosperous, and at last give you a
seat at his right hand.
With sentiments of the highest esteem
and affection we are, dear ladies,
most sincerely your,
Mrs. Judith Stores, Chief Matron.
Mrs. Esther Statzer, '
A. E. Jones,
Rose Everett,
Mary S. Doggit, } Assistants.
Julia Saunders,
Jane Champlain,
Mary Ross. ] '
Tnu Pfwttkntiarv flnNVTOTS.?We
learn that Governer Brown has fhrlonghed
the Penitentiary convicts for thirty days,
who have been in Bervice, and doing, it if
said, gallant duty since they were released
from imprisonment on th? approach oi
Sherman to the capital, and will grant tc
each one of those a full pardon, as soon as
his Ezoellenoy is advized that he has joined
some command to serve daring the war.
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
Prom the Charlotte (N. C*) Bulletin..
Correspondence Between Gen. Sherman
and Gen. Hampton.
Hdq'rs.Mil'y Diy. of the Miss., \
In the Field, Feb. 24, 1865. f
Lieut. Gen. Wajle Hampton, Comag
Cavalry Forces, C. S. A.:
General : It is officially reported to
me that our foraging parties are murdered
after capture, and labelled "Death
to all Foragers." One instance of a
Lieutenant and seven men near Chesterville,
and another of twenty "near a ravine,
80 rods from the main road," about
three miles from Feasterville. I
have.ordered a similar number of prisoners
in our hands to be disposed of in
-like manner.
I hold about 1,000 prisoners captured
in various ways, and can stand it as long
as you, hut I hardly think these murders
are committed with your knowledge
' and would suggest that you give notice
to the people at large that every life
taken by them simply results in the
death of one of your Confederates.
Of course you cannot question my
right to forage on the country. It is a
war right as old as history. The manner
of exercjsipg it varies with circnmoton/ioo
an/3 W fho m'iril onfliftritioa trill
0 WMUVVDj LCU\A VUV Vi?u UUVUV14VAVU nUA
supply mynequisitions,*I will forbid all
.foraging. Bat I find no civil authorities
who can respond to the calls for forage
or provisions, and therefore must
collect directly of the people. I have
no doubt this is the occasion of much
misbehavior on the part of our men, but
1 cannot permit an enemy to judge or
punish with wholesale murcter:
Personally I regret the bitter feelings
engendered by this war; but they .were
to be expected, and I simply allege that
those who struck the first blow, and
made war inevitable, ought not in fairness
to reproach us for the natural consequences.
I merely assert our war
right to forage, and mv resolve to protect
my forager, to the extent of life
for life.
I am, with respect,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed] W. T. Sherman,
Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
Official: Jno. M. Otey, A. A. Gen.
Head Quarters In the Field, 1
Feb. 27, 1865. /
Major General -W. T. Sherman, U. \
S. Army:
General: Your communication of
the 24th instant, reached me to-day. In
it you state that it has been officially reported
that your foraging parties- were
"murdered" after capture, and you go
on to say thatyou had "ordered a similar
number of prisoners in our hands to
be disposed of in like manner." That
is to say, you have ordered a number of
Confederate soldiers to be "murdered."
You characterize your order m proper
terms, for the nnblic voice, even in vour
own country, where it seldom ,dares to
express itself in vindication of truth,
honor or justice, will surely agree with
you in pronouncing you guilty of mur-,
der, if your order is carried out. , . 1
Before dismissing this portion of your
letter, I beg to assme you that for every
soldier of mine "murdered" by you,
I shall have executed, at once two of
yours, jgiving, in aH cases, preference
to any officers who may be in my hands.
In reference to the statement you
make regarding the death of your foragers,
I have only to say that I know
nothing of it; that.no orders given by
me authorize the killing of prisoners
after capture, and that I do not believe
that any of my men killed any of yours
except under circumstances in which it
was perfectly legitimate and proper they
should kill them.
It is a.nart of the svste'm of the thieves
whom you designate as your foragers,
to fire the dwellings of those citizens
whom they have robbed.
To check this inhuman system, which
is justly execrated by every civilized
nation, I hive directed my men to shoot
down all of your men who are caught
burning houses. . This . order shall remain
in force, as long as you disgrace
the profession of arms by allowing your
men to destroy private dwellings.
You say that I cannot, of course,
question your right to forage on- the
country. "It is a right as old as history.
" I do not, sirvquestion this right.
But there is a right older even than this
and one more inalienable?the right
that every man has to defencThis home,
and to protect those who are dependentupon
him. And from my heart I wish
that every old man and boy in my coun?
? 1J ~T J.
try, WHO call atv a guu, wuiuu ouw?
down, as he would a wila beast, the men
who are desolating their land, burning
their houses and insulting their women.
You are particular in defending and
. claiming "war rights." May X ask if
you enumerate among them the right
, to fire upon a defenceless city without
notice; to burn that city to the ground
: after it had been surrendered by the*
authorities, who claimed, though in vain
; that protection which is always accorded
, in civilized.warfare to non-combatants;
| to fire the dwelling-houses of citizens,
after robbing them and to perpetrate
even darker crimes than these?crimes
too black to be mentioned ?
You have permitted, if you have not
ordered, the commission of these offen
ces against humanity ana tne rules oi
1 war. You fired into the city of Columbia
without a word of warning. After
its surrender by the Mayor, who demanded
protection to private property,
you laid the whole city in ashes, leaving
amid its ruins thousands of old men
and helpless women and children, who
are likely to perish of starvation and
exposure. Your line of march can be
traced by the lurid light of burning
houses, and in more than oneliousehola
i there is an agony far more bitter than
I that of death.
i The Indian scalped his victim regardi
less of ses or age, but vfith all his barbarity,
he always respected the persons
F of his female captives. Your soldiers,
more savage than the Indian, insult
those whose natural protectors are absent.
In conclusion, I have only to request
that whenever you have-any of my men
"disposed o$" or "murdered," for the I
terms appear to Be synonymous with
you, yourwill let me hear of it, in order
that I may know what action to take in
the matter. In the meantime I shall
hold fifty-six of your men as hostages
for those whom you haye ordered to be
executed. I am yours, &c.,.
[Signed] Wade Hampton,
Lieut. Gen'l.
Official: Jno. M. Otey,
A. A. Gen'l
I HEADQUARTERS.
Military Division op the West, "1
Charlotte, N. C., March 2, 1865. J
[EXTRACT.*
Special Field Orders, No. 8.
*, * * *
II. Hereafter impressments of Horses
and Field Transportation will only
be made East of the Wateree river, and
South of Lancaster, Chesterfield and
Marlborough Districts, of South Carolina.
No one attached to the troops
operating in the field is authorized to
make impressments outside of the limits
above mentioned.
By command of Gen. Beauregard.
* JNO. M. OTEY, A. A. G.
The Situation.
Quiet, not more sudden than gratifying,
has taken the place of the last
week's excitement. Charlotte has subsided
into the usual flow of spirits, the
people breathe freely, business flows in
its accustomed channels, and the old order
of things begins to prevail. The enemy
are now believed to have thoroughly
indicated their intention to "let us
alone," and according to rumors, are
making their way in another direction.
It is evident that from some cause,
Sherman has been baffled in the prosecution'of
his plan. The weather, and
possibly some military considerations,
have induced him, as we believe, to
strike out for the vicinity of Wilmington,
and abandon the march to Richmond
on this line. Nevertheless, the
future is big with events. The Federal
army of the West, in its own opinion
has a mission to perform in reaching
UiAliTnnnil Mnfnrino fVio ormv nf ftpn
auviuuvuuj vuj^viuuag vjuv v* viwm?
Lee, and ending the war; but until we
see the thing done, and hear the jubilant
shouts of the victors, we shall continue
to maintain that the achievement is simply
impossible. Sherman marches to
-defeat, when he advances on the Capital
of Virginia. The men behind her
entrenchments have never known such
word as "fail," and should they be
brought to stand face to face with the
1>roua army that has marched from Atanta
to the coast, the memory of despoiled
homes will nerve their hearts
with a fire, which in the hour of battle,
will sweep like a besom pf destruction
through the hosts of the invader.
Charlotte Bulletin.
Thh Daily South Carolinian.?
The old readers and subscribers of this
paper are notified that it will be issued
from the Bulletin office on Sunday morning,
and regularly thereafter, The first
number will contain a full account of
the evacuation of Columbia, and late
news from* that city. Postmasters of
. tlio -mninttv
will send m them ordgrs early. Two
or three good news-boys wanted.
Qharhttt Bulletin, 4M.
jjgp0- There is something inspiring in
the strong, earnest, vehement tones,
which are being echoed and re-echoed in
every mail that arrives from the army of
Gen. Lee. Full of hope, confident of
success, defiant as in the first -hour of
the struggle, these veterans of half an
hundred fields sleepingin the.trenches
and undergoing hourly hardships of
which we know nothing, are teaching
the people of the country to stand firm,
and proving themselves really the main
stay of our moral as well as physical
greatness. When a people have such
aefenders-r-when the "men at the front"
embody the brain and brawn of a great
contest like this, it behooves the nation
I if it. he not nossihle to keen Dace with
- ~~ - X ' "" 1 i their
spirit, to follow,- at least, in their
wake. Were these soldiers at home, we
should find among them generosity, patriotism,
sympathy for the poor, and a
fellow feeling permeating the communities
of whicn they forma part; and
why will not our countrymen exhibit the
same noble qualities of mind and heart
on this great crisis ? Suffering stalks
abroad. His gaunt fingers clutches already
at the throats of our wives and
little ones. Hunger pinches our noble
women,, while hundreds of the old men
?$he fathers of our soldier boys have
had swept away their all. The duty of
those who have been spared is manifest.
Be just, be generous, reduce your prices,
receive not what you can get, but what
is feirnot what will pay, hut what will
satisfy a hospitable, country-loving,
sympathetic soul. Let us pull together,
and if we can only start the spirit in
motion, like brothers united in a sacred
cause, we can fight on to the end, and
in bearing each others burdens suffer
more lightly from our own.
Charlotte Bulletin.
tiff* The New York Herald's dispatch
from Charleston asserts that Co
lumbia was committed to the names on
the 24th ult., by order of Sherman, in
retaliation for his troops being fired on
by citizens while passing through the
town.
The Herald's Washington telegram
says Gen. Sheridan has dispatched an
investigating committee to tynchhurg
to ascertain the truth or falsity of the
reports relative to the anticipated movements
of Lee's army.
JQT The war is severely trying the people
of all the States?trying not only the
pluok and powers and endqrapoe and energies
of Southerners, soqpe of whom for years
ooqld not find terms sufficiently expressive
for their contempt of Yankees, bat trying
also tho peoples of both sections wnetner
they are fit for any form of government and
institutions approaching that founded in
1787. The war is also trying, as all wars
do, the spirits and purposes of men, whether
they worship and serve God or Mammon.
: :?T7
The fullest sod most authentio nations
history we have,, completely explaining the
genesis and the exit of a nation, i& that
given of the Jews in their snored books now
accepted by Christians with other books.
God selected a slaveholding and an agricultural
people for his model nation and
exemplar of Governments on earth. The
Jews prospered and conquered as long as
and whenever they observed generally and
faithfully the keystone principle of the '
divinely given constitution and institution?.
Their disobedience in every signal ease
was followed by defeat or captivity, or a
national trial of some kind, and tneir.peroaodv!tin
oaK-wM in nninn affflf fllA vaI^AII
Dvfvtiu^ ovirniu iu ^yiug
calf sad other idols of the Gentiles, ended
in dispetltion and extinction as a nation.?
God, so far .as we can humbly read His
plans and purposes, as he has vouchsafed
to reveal them in His word, or in the order
of his Providence, has never utterly "forsaken
a people who served Him as tHe one
true living God, however often or sorely
He has visited their sins and ocoasional
acts of apostaoy or idolatry.?Courier.
What we trant henceforth in the
Southern Confederacy, (Says the Richmond
Dispatch,) is business. We wahfc no speeches
longer than -this: Let us march against
Philip; let us oonquer or die. We want no
high politics of any kind. We' tant no
rose-water sensibility, nor any kind of kid
gloves in legislation or in aotion. We want
the Jackson practicalness in every'department
of affairs. We want our resources bf
men and means efficiently doveloped and
carefully economized. We want the right
men everywhere in the--right place, from
General Lee down to a corporal. Wo-maht
the best military talent ftf the land at the.,
head of all our armies. We want, in short,
to live on this planet; and Wb cannot do it
unless these essential requisites are had.
It has become a question of life and death
and henceforth we shall expect to have our
strength so handled and Applied that it will
tell. '
We trust the Congress of the Confederate
States will come down from the (/high
sentimental latitudes" on thd African questiAn
can A nannit itialf fn ha * cmi<lad ho the I
UlUUj HUU |fbtuui? IIWVU ?V WV mr j
sagacious practical genius of General Lee.
The President has placed the supreme military
command in his hand, bat, in order to
give effect to that "action, the Congress most
place at his disposal all suoh means as he
requires. And whatever is done, must be
done quickly.
Soldiers' Pay-Soldiers' Bonds.
The Kichmond Sentinel makes some explanations
in reference to the deferred pay
of our armies. Delay in payment has oaused
many complaints, but it may be readily oquoeived
that it has not been altogether avoidable
in the year just closed. The aot of
last February, imposing a heavy tax on all
ourrency afloat on the fiyst of April, naturally
created a reluctance on the part of
Government ereditors to . receivo payment
in the interim, in the
soon to be depreciated. Nor would it have '
been fair to press these notes on the soldiers.'
All were waiting for the new money. The
pressure in consequence, after the 1st of
April* exceeded the possibility of'meeting
it. The new notes oould not be auric fast
enough, especially amid the unavoidableinterruptions
and because of the fact that so
large a proportion was required to be ab
sorbet) in exchanging the new Jmoney for the
old. 3^ia heavy arrearage on the first of
April, and the difficulties at which we have
glanoed, have necegsarily pressed upon the
Treasury during the year?preventing, it
may be, that entire punctuality in every respect
whieh was desirable. . . t
Our soldiers shared some of the inconveniences
; but we trust it will not be long
before the Government will bt able to p$y
up. all their dues. If, to proofJwfqr^tbem
snpphes of food alid clothing, u a first object,
their wages have in Borne cases been
necessarily deferred for the time, we hope
they will acquiesce with that oheerfal patience
which they have so uniformly exhibited
under their privations, and which has
won for them a praise scarce second to that
due to their conspicuous gallantry and their
admirable patriotism and good temper.?
We feel warranted in assuring them that
every thing possible will be done to bring
np all their arrearage at the earliest day;
and we believe that it will not be long ere
this is accomplished.
TVT'.L xl_ - L i_ ? '1- 1.
YV isu reierouce w iue uuuaty Donaa to
which many soldiers^are entitled by the aot
of February 17, 1864, it ia stated that It- is
only recently that the law hia defined the
form of these bonds. Sinoe that has been
done the subject has engaged the diligent
attention of the Treasury Department, and
the bonds will 4)6 ready for delivery with as
titfle delay as the magnitude of the issue
will allow. These bonds will be prized by
our soldiers not merely for their vidue, but
as certificates of their gallantry and will be
prised, and it is designed to give them a
character and appearance worthy of the interesting
oireumstances of their isane. They
will be coupon bonds, and will run for thirty
years from the 1st of October, 1864, the
interest payable semi-annually.
Petersburg Express.
Japanese Little Folks.?Daring more
than a half-year's residence in Japan, I have
"j"wr uan /inarm! amnncr unnntr nr old T
have never seen a blow struck, scarcely an
angry face. I have seen. the ohildren. at
their sports, flying kites on the hills, and no
amount of intertangled strings or kites
lodged in trees provoked angry words of impatience.
I have seem them intent on their
games of jaok stooes and marbles under the
shaded gateways of; the temples, bnt I have
never seen an approach to a quarrel among
them. They are taqght implicit obedience
to their parents, hut I have neve* aeqn one
of them obastized. Respect and reverence
to the aged is universal. A crying child is
a rarity seldom heard or seen. We hatenothing
to teach them ill this respect oat of
oar Buunaant civilization, 4. fpeax wnat X
know of the little folks ofJapan, for more'
than any other foreigner hare I been among
them.? Correspondent Some Journal.
? We learn from the Charleston powier,
that the Re?. John S. Harris, who died
reoently at Guthriesville, South Carolina,-'
bequeathed his library, which was q?-eonsiderable
extent and value, except stioh volums
as his widow may select ^ncl retain, to
Davidson College, N. C.,,-f>f which institution
he was a gradnxte.
LATESTNWS, 1
Prom Bicfamond/L.
Richmond, March 6.-?Official notice Ja
is given that all Confederate'oMcersand * + fl
men who were delivered at Savannah or - m
Charleston during November and De-" j||
cember last, and all delivered in James flj
River prior to the 1st instabtj lafre de- flBj
clared^o be exchanged.
Prom Petersburg J|
Petersburg, March 5.?Profound iBel
quiet prevails along the lines. The 'til
mud lb considered the deepest' known $|
in this portion of Virginia in fifty years. jHB
The transportation of artillery and army
wagons is impossible. ., 4 . g|
A.New Confederate Cruiser.?A w|
letter from Mooteviedo to a Northern paper, flP
The English papers bt?? sjatod tbat a ||8
little steamer, called the Banger, had gone wpM
out with provisions"Of various kinds for the Bfi
armament of s vessel for "Captain Sets- 5jjj
mes, and fhat another was soon to follow, mm
with other conveaienoes'fcruBuSr privateer, SI
and that the pltceof rendewtttWaa at some
group of the Atlantic islands, perhaps the
Madeiras. The Banger is now at Kon tevideo.
Uoder Sailyahwis a murtel of rapid* ||||
ity, and, with only two feet draught, shecan
hide awayfrgm any larger craft. With Jim
one or two guns she oonld do more damage
than ever the Alabama! idjd. She Was cod- B
signed by a house notoriously engaged in 3b?
blockade-running, to a house that oarer be* JgE
fore had received a consignment. The con- JB
signor and consigned are brothers. 1S|
?: |
fA letter from Nassau, dated Jan- H
uary 16th, states that eighteen blockaderunners
were taking in cargoes of arms, am*
monition, clothing and medicines for WU* pj8
mington. Eight vessels Jeft there between MB
the 12th and 16th to ran the -blockade.? Is
One vessel took four -100 pounder Arm- 9
strong guns. There were'Oft* tiro and a t|s
half million poonds.of baocn stored at Nat- fl
san, waiting a ohanee to becarriud through lal
the blockade. Much of-thtdmeon is from EM
the Northern SGites, sent there to run the rag
blockade. There were also thirty tboufeaod nj
Enfield rifles stored fooas- win House, be* fl
longing to the' rebel Government. fl
' :?I
? What an exquisitely delicate precept i fi
is that of the Hindoo law, -which says: M
"Strike- not even With a blossom, a wife, K|
though she is gniltjg of an hundred faults.'' jH
\TOTICE IS EEREBT 0IV3BN TO M
J.1 ail ABSENTEES ten my BATTERY, that unlee* ^SH
they return forthwith- they wffl to arretted** footers, sad 2Sp
dealt with accordingly. Gen. ?. B. Lee .-fees wanted aa t
amnesty to all absentee* who wilt forthwith voluntarily r? gg
turn, Parties foiling to report tttU sattect Hwaamve* to l&e ^B
penalties of the law. . J. T. KAHAFAnCH, ?
Capt Comman?t% AftiDetjr^ . V
March 8 8* /' v . It '.
A CHANCE FOB BBWCEEST"
FOR REST. |
A PLANTATION wiOtfmg 800 M
acres of land?THBBB HUWDREDin a ?ood state . H
ofcuWtTaOon. On the pjacel* a splendid dwelHn* HOUSE
two storieaMfh, fwrtieeto Otot, and piaxaa In the rear? ?
tflu lvn'iooaify#|M ooofc -frftirwri. Tittwi h^iMi to iecommodate
75 dare*, 8taWes, Barn, Oin Ikoase, Cerriafe ffl
House, Ice. . H
This place is loeoted In the SuBth Eastern part of York
District. Apply to -?W.-t OLAWSOMp JB
Yorkvllie, S. C. ,fH
March8 'S-t . -4 2t ??
0g? Carolinian publish top. weeks mid aend H* tojUh ?
goLMEKm .1
^ omcE or AUDmmora.c.; 1 S
SpxhtahbcxoC. H., Match 1, X865. W
T^HIS Department is foeatod for the , fl
JL present at this place. The Soldier's Board* oTBe- J5H
lief in Districts and Parishes witlrwhich there V-no com
expenses'of the* couriers will-be paid H this oMcc. Alt
HJBL?$g?22d *
forwarded in the ssnic ivW?
. . ** ? ' ' A"?*>W? of fl. C.
March 8 ,J * -*%.' ft?-Ail
papain theSme cogyiwtew _.
jEOJJTH-QAKOLINA?Y0BK.DI8kJ
TRI CT??WJlOfOM j AUXQUUfN hae applied to .
me for - Urtters w AdmlxBKafiSf ea'ia and singular .
tbegooda and ehaUeU, flab u and credits of JAMES E.
(it? INN, late of the- Dtttrlct afofesaid, deceased. "'
pear before aae at our next OediaeyyPwvRfcxdtohold Platrict,
to be balden at York Court House, ou the 17th day of >
March next, to abew cause, if any, Vby the teid Administration
should not be pasted. . ,? ,
Given under my hind and Seal. tjUa 18fo my of February
in the year of oar Lord oneibouaan4Mght<httndxedajid
sixty-five, and in the.eighty-ninth rear of the Independence
of South CarouSaT - * i-j Cirri
.. . JOHI.A.sjoora, o-XjiiCOUTH
CAROLUTl?YOKKBI8O
TRICT.?Whereas, ROBERT L. LINDSAY hie applied
to me for Letters fit Administration on ail aqd
lingular, the goods and chotlcUt fights and credits of
MOSES LINDSAY, late ot die District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite oaf admoninli all and sing"
lar. the kindred and creditors of theeaid deceased^ia he
and appear before mc, at oar next QnUMrytaComt fot the
said District, tobe hoiden at York Co art House oh the 90th
day of March Inst-, to abew cause, lf apy, whyilie.aai* .
Admlnbtratlon should not be panted. '
Given under my band- and Seal, this 8thday of March,
in the year orour Lord dna thousand eight bandied and
rlxty-five, and In tho69th yeir of the independence ot .
South Carolina,
r . ->' JOHN A. BEOVDM, O. T. JL
March 8 8 St*
K_7 TJJICT.?Whereas BDBT. L. LDfDLAY has ap- ,
pBfed tome for Leonra of MnliMillHi; falwh sUfOn N'
all and alnniar. the goods and chattels, rights and credits of1
GEORGEWHJGHTIste of the District mfcreanid, de ,
ceased. r ? I
These are, therefore, to cite add admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of Um sgid doccaaad, to he-' '
and appear before me. at q^rr nekt Ordinary's Coon for.
the said putrlct, to be noldop ?nl ffi I mmwa. isi III i
20tb day of March instant, to anew, cause, if any, why
the said administration should not be grantrrf
Given under my hand and 8eal, this 8th M&. flf.Jtareb, '
to thc^year of our ^Lord one thousand1 eight hundred and
dependence of South Carolina."
March 8 * Y,,P?
nro BXECUTOE^ iBMI? JX
TRATORS AND GUARDIANS^-THE month of
January being the time set apart by taw, for filing llSnia a
of Executors, Administrators and Guardians; and Um law
requiring me to be in my oflee every day daring the raid
mondt of January, (Sundays excepted) to recatvq attar*
turns kc. * ' r"
. Jig
their annual returns for 1863, wltbta the time passer! bed
by law, those failing or negtecting such returns. wlU be
dealt ertth as the law direefe wifiohtnttadBMb persons.
' January^
EHTELOJPai B^ElrWPWiT
TUST received andfor sale ?lot of I
O excellent . j: uia.ii
ENYELOP1&
r ' xSi* ?. .v~l m.i .iartrr
AT THS . .
*rau.iW- juvs W,r
PREsroK?.?*ricEL
October? . fi . .4T
SOTICB TO TffiE TAX PAEBKS
j ? mf I?K DISTBIC*. V y
X>URSUANT to ordcnt- from War
h S^ss's sac*?? flips
H <&?*.*?ImtMftpifr, and preys who hare bewxnEaaed
la boaiiiMit daring the year 1004, are also required
forthwith to report and pay on quarterly wlr~ TmJcejJoFebruary.
Jfi ! -> * - X 3t t
T . - .-steel EEKS. .
OA; GBOSS of attLOTWlSSEEL
^AGS! BAGS!!
TaTANTED in quantities (fl* froin five
FY to Ave thousand pounds of dean IJUTTOW "AND
WiT-to
NorrmbcrlA ^ -, HI >yy * '? !
rpO wftlmnw> for CQ&y. or other
-ki^a0- 1
n -V ^*"1 v?rsrr H