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How Forrest Bluffed the Yankee Cavalry.?A
correspodnent of the Richmond Enquirer,
noticing Forrest's Jate capture of
Yankee freebooters near Rome, Georgia, * s
Taking it for all in all, this feat of f Sri^ \
has been the most brilliant cavalry cxptot o I
modern or ancient times. Why, sirs, he cap^
tured sixteen hundred Yankees with four hun^
dred; that, too, when every advantage of
cqnipment and position was on their side. I|
was accomplished by a bold bluff game and cooldeliberate
courage. No one could have done,
it so well as Forrest?collected, resolute and
storn.
lie went with a tlag of truce himself. "I
have come," said lie to the Yankee commander,
"to demand your unconditional surrender. 1
have followed vou for five days and nights,
fought you all the time, whipped you in every
battle, and now I will </ive von a nlianop fnr 1
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I am tired of shedding so much useless blood*
I've got you in my power, and, if you don't
make the best of my offer. I will not be re.
sponsible for the consequences. " The Yankee
oflicer wished to know who he was and what
force lie had. "It makes not a d?d bit of
difference who I am, "answered Forrest; "I've
plenty of men and time to kill or capture the
whole of you, and I give you five minutes to
make up your mind." "Then," replied the Yankco
"I shall not comply." Forrest turned hi8
horse's head, and quietly remarked, as he rode
away, "Your blood be on your own hands, then
for I've done all I could." As he gained a
point some hundred yards distant, he was called
back. "I believe I'll surrender," says the Yan.
kce, "provided you'll play fair with ine." "Very
well," says Forrest, "draw up your men in lino
and stack your arms."
He then turned to an aid and gave several
orders to imaginary troops, and in less than
half an hour sixteen hundred men were captives
to less then one-fourth their own number.
This is the rough, brief story. It ought to
make Forrest a major general, lie should be
appointed to the vj?e?nev Kv !??
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of Van Dorn. Vigilant, active, industrious,
daring and experienced, no man would .give
more universal satisfaction.
Conclusion of a Sermon to Youno Men.
I want you, my young sinners, to kiss and get
married, and devote your time to morality and
| money-making. Then let your homes l>e provided
with such comforts and necessaries as
* piety, pickles, pots and kettles; brushes, brooms,
benevolence, bread, virtues, wine and wisdom.
IJavc these always on hand, and happiness will
be with you. Do not drink anything intoxicating,
eat moderately, go about buisness after
breakfast, lounge a little after dinner, chat after
tea, and kiss after quarrelling. Then all the
joy, the peace and bliss that earth ean afford
shall be yours until the grave closes over you,
and your spirits are borne to a blighter and
happier world.''
The Bloom of Age.? It has been beautii
fully remarked that a good woman never grows
I old. Years may pass over her head, but if benevolence
and virtue dwell in her heart, she is
cheerful as when the spring of life first opened
in her view. When we look upon a good woman,
we never think of her age; she looks as
charming as when the rose of youth first
bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not
faded yet; it never will fade. In her neighborhood
she is the friend and benefactor. Who
docs not respect and love the woman who has
passed her days in acts of kindness and mercy?
We repeat, such a womon can never grow
old. She will always be fresh and buoyant in
spirit, and active in humble deeds of benevolence.
What;a IIost.?We have it from a source
entitled to the fullest credit that the army of
Gen. Ilooker which crossed the Rappahannock
l roronllv 1 <151 AAA
- ~'j> ? vuuuuyc men,
Petersburg Express 1 Gth.
An editor says that In- lia> ? <.rne ho hollow
/ from depending upon i. ing business
alone for bread, that he pi.? ,.??- i<?sell himself
for a stove-pipe.
It is an old proverb lhat "boys will be boys."
What"a pity it isn't equally true that men will
be men.
Simplicity of manner as of dress, is a charm
that a woman generally admires in another
more than in herself.
Claim* for Slaves Lost In Public
Service.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR,
. Columbia, 1863.
* "pne following resolutions and suggestion for
JL the preparation and proof of claims, by citizens of
this stale, for slaves lost while employed on the fbrtitlcations
and other military works within the State, or
whose loss has been occasioned by the said employment,
are made public for the infatuation of all concerned:
I. Tho following resolution were adopted by the
General Assembly of this State, at the session held in
January, 1868:
Resolvod, That in tho opinion of this General Assembly,
it is pr< per and just that the State should
compensate the owners of slaves taken by the authority
of tho State for the public service, who have died from
diseases contracted in said service, and whose death
or loss ha3 been occasioned by reason of said service.
Resolved, That the several claims now before the
Legislature, as we 11 as others that may hereafter arise,
be presented to J&ines Tupper, Esq., State Auditor,
to be audited. Also, that said Auditor be authorized
andreqtired to call for any additional proof that he
may deem necessary to establish said claims; and that
he report to the next session of tho Legislature each
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kiumi lUiunou, >vlull lilt) UV1UUUCC OH WOICU U1B JUUgraontis
based
II. All claims now on lile in this office, or which
may be hereafter submitted for audit under the forgoing
resolution, siiouid be supported by the affidavit
of the claimant, which affidavit should set forth as
many of tho following facts as the said claims can make
oath to according to his knowledge, information or beliof:
1. Tho name and residence of the owner of the
slaves.
2. The name, age and qualifications of tho slave,
and his condition of health at the time of impressment
by the authority of the State.
3. The time when; the agent of tho State by whom;
and the period for which tho impressment was made.
4 The location of the fortifications or other public
works on which the slaves was employed; the duration
of said employment; and tho name of tho officer or
other person having the charge of tho slave while in
tho public service.
5. The circumstances of the loss; il by death, the
naturo of the diseases; when and where contracted;
by what physician (if any) it was treated, and when
and where it terminated, if by escape, when and how
the escape was effected, and whethor to the enemy o.
otherwise.
III. Tho statement of the claimant as to the ownership,
impressment and loss of tho slave, should be
corroborated by affidavit of at least one disinterested
person The fact of the impressment should be verified,
whenever practicable, by the agent of the State
by whom the impressment was made, or by oue of
the Commissioners of Koads for the District or Parish
from which the slave was taken, or by the officer or
overseer having charge of the slave while in the public
service. The circumstances of the loss should be establised
in case of death, by the attending physician,
if one was employed, and his testimony can bo obtained;
and in caso of escape, by the person having charge
of the slavo at tho time\of escape, if his evidence can
be obtained.
IV. In addition to the foregoing proof, tho value
of the slavo a t tho timo of impressment should be assessed
by two disinterested citizens of the District or
Parish from which the slave was taken, who shall be
tint sworn toappraiso the said slavo fairly and impar
tially.
V. If the owner of the slave is dead, or is laboring
under any legal disability, tho evidence tendiug to
establish the ownership, impressment and loss may
be adduced by tho proper legal representative of such
owner, who should make affidavit of the facts indicated
in Section II, according to his knowledge, information
and belief. The affidavit of the owner, or of his representative,
unsupported by other evidence, will not
betaken as conclusive of the facts stated therein, un
less it shall appear that other and higher evidence
cannot be obtain, which fact should bo distinctly set
forth in the affidavit of the said party. And the othcer
taking the affidavit should stato in his certificate ol
authentication whether, in his opinion, the said party
is or is not entitled to credit.
VI. The following form of certificate of authentication
is suggested:
STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
District.
I, , Clerk of the Court ol
Common Pleas and General Sessions (or other officer
authorized to administer oaths) of said District and
State, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits
of
and appraismcut by ,
wcro sworn to before mo by the said parties, whose
genuine signaturo are subscribed thereto; and that the
said affiants and appraisers are woll known to mo to
bo persons of veracity and credibility
In testimony whereof I herounto subscribe my name
and affix the seal of said Court,
[l. s.] (or my official seal,) at ,
this day of , 1663.
[Signature and title of officer.]
VII. No provision has been made by Confederate
Government for compensating owners for slaves lost
in the public sendee prior to April, 1863. The recent
Act of Congress " to authorize and regulate the
impressment of private property for the use of the army
and for other military purposes," applies to the
future, aud has no retrospective efiect. This Act,
howevor. recognize the principle of compensation by
the Government for such losses; and it is to bo presumed
that provision will bo made by future Congressional
legislation for their payment. The modo of
proof indicated in the foregoing articles conforms in
all important particulars to the requirements of the Impressment
Act of the last session of Congress, and agrees
in its main features with the provisions of the
Act of provisional Congress, approved 30th April,
1863, for " perpetuating testimony" in cases of slaves
lost during the war. This conformity is doomed important,
in view of the character of the proof which the
Stato will be required to mako, in establishing her demand
against the Confederate Government for monev
advanced to her citizens on claims for which tho said
Government is primarily liable.
JAMES TUPPER, State Auditor.
May 22 1
All papers in the State will chpy once, and
send bills to the Auditors Office, Columbia.
E W BONNEY,
insurance: and bank ageznt
Broad-st., Camden, S. C.
March 13
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Adjt. and Inspector General's Office,
Richmond, May 11th, 1863.
[GENERAL ORDERS No 68.]
1THB FOLLOWING NOTICE RELATIVE TO
exchange prisoners is published for the information
of all concerned:
EXCHANGE NOTICE No. G.?The following Confederate
officers and men have been duly exchanged,
and are hereby so declared:
]. All officers and men who hare been delivered at
City Point at any timo previous to May 8th, 1865.
2. All officers captured at any place before the 1st
of April, 1866, who have been released ou parole.
3. All meu captured in North Carolina or Virginia
before the 1st of March, 1863, who have been released
on parole.
4. The officers and men captured and paroled by
Gen. S. P. Carter, in his expedition to East Tennessee,
in December last.
5. The officers and men captured and paroled by
Lieutenant Colonel Dickey, in December, 1862, in
his march to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and by
Captaiu Cameron, of Corinth, Mississippi, in December,
1862.
6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Mississippi,
on tho 23d of December, 1862; at Desark, Arkansas,
on the 17th of January, 186^, and at Baton
Rogue, Louisiana, on tho 23d of February, 1863.
7. All persons who have been captured on the sea,
or the waters leading to tho same, or upon tho seacoast
of the Confederate or the United States, at any
time previous to December 10th, 1862.
8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time
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utjiuru buu own 01 uay, ana released on parole,
are discharged from any and every obligation contained
in said parole. If any such person has taken the
oath Of allegiance to the United States, or given any
bond, or if his release was accompanied with any
other condition, he is discharged from the same.
9. If any person embraced in auy of the foregoing
sections, or in any section of any previous Exchange
Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in
any Federal prison, thoy aro to 00 immediately released
and delivered to the Confederate authorities.
ROBERT OULD,
Agent of Exchanges.
Richmond, May 9lh, 1863.
II. All persons, whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly
prohibited from usiug, or in any manner interfering
with fuol, or wood cut and delivered for the
use of railroads or railroad companies. It is of the
first importance that this order should bo observed,
and it will be strictly obeyed and enforced by the
army. By order,
(Signed) S. COOPER,
j May 22 Adjutant and Inspector Gen
CIRCULAR AND APPEAL.
FREE MARKET OF CHARLESTON.
To the Citizent of Charleston and the People of Soufo
Carolina generally, and to the Farmers and Tlanters
especially, from the mountains to the seaboard
The Free Market of Charleston, one of tho noblest
and most useful charities extant, after more than a
twelve month of successful operation, is in danger of
suspension and even final stoppage. It is an institution,
founded by private patriotism and benevolence,
endorsed by the city authorities of Charleston, and
recognized and encouraged by the Legislature of the
State. Its great and highly useful purposes is to supply
provisions, free of expense, to the needy fnmilias of
soldiers and seamen, fighting tho battles of their country,
or dead in her service; and upward of eight hundred
families depend on its bounty for their daily bread.
It has bccomo a great public necessity, and it is the
duty of every christian and patriot, male and female,
rich and poor, young and old, to contribute to its support,
in proportion to means and ability?the rich man
out of his wealth, the poor man out ol' his poverty,
the widow with her mite?every large stream should
pour, every littlo rill tricklo its refreshing waters into
(hid rrroot rncoptuup *\C ??-? 1 - *
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dispensed in God-blessed bounty to the wives ar.d
children, the widows and orphans, the sisters and other
female dependents, of our brave soldiery and seamen.
The tiual stoppage, or even the suspension, of
this charity would bo one of the direst calamities that
' could befall our City and State?it would iutlict dis
tress, suffering, and even starvation on numbers now
comfortably fed by its bounty, and perhaps, lead to
bread-riots, in our conservative city, to her serious injury
and deep disgrace. Come, then, fellow citizens,
to tho rescue, promptly, liberally, efficiently, and not
only savo tho^Free Market from destruction or suspension,
but sustain it, in healthful vigor, as a God blessed
and man-blessing institution. Let donations in
money and in kind pour in lavishly from every quarter
of tho City and .State; and the consequences will
bo- happy indeed. Not only will bread, and meal, and
meat bo sustniningly furnished to soldier's and seamen's
families, but the heart of tho warrior will be
cheered and his arm nerved to victorious batilo against
the vandal and ruthless foe, by the comforting conviction
that his wife and little ones nro patriotically and
sufficiently cared for, by their fellow citizens, at homo.
t Let our farmers and planters especially, in every section
of the State, send liberal supplies of vegetables
and provisions, from their gardens, their fields, their
burns una meir smoke nouses; and swell to ovcrllowinjx
the great reservoir of Free Market charity.
Charity is twice blessed?it blesseth him that gives
as well as him that receives?and blesses the giver
even more than tho receiver.
Come up. then, ono and all, to tho hallowed work,
and not only earn tho soldier's and seamen's undying
gratitude, but lay up treasuro in Heaven, where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break in
and steal.
RICHARD YEADON, Chairman )
WM. B.YATES, J-Committee.
JOHN PHILLIPS, )
N. B?Country exchanges arc requested to copy
tho above circular and appeal, gratuitously.
Council Notice
All partes interested, are hereby
requested not to lay oft' any lots in the Cemetery,
on the new ground, north of fchcgateu ay, wth<?ut permission
of the Council, until the grounds arfe properly
laid off, which will be dono as soon as possible.
By order of Council.
R. to. KENNEDY, Recordor.
Morch 13
Notice.
The stage fare to Lancaster will be
raised to $5.00 a seat, and thirty pounds baggage
allowed.
Volunteers going or roturning, will bo charged
$3.00.
Any package to or from voluntoers will be taken
and forwarded frco of chargo. All others must be
pre-paid. McCURRY A HAMMKRSLOUGK.
November 7
BAGS?BAGS!
1 fl nnn P?UNDS GOOD CLEAN LINEN
JL V/?\/\JU nnd Cotton Rags wanted immediately
at tho Confedeiatc Office, for which the highest marko 4
price will be paid.
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this Company, who are yet in arrears, oro requested
to come forward and pay up the balance duo on their
subscription and assessment, and receive their script.
By order yf J. Wiiitakkk, President.
April 27 It C. BELL, Sec.?t Treas.
MEDICAL. NOTICE.
DR. T. REENSTJERNA, oilers his services to
the public in quality of Physician, Surgeon and Acr?oiioliPiir.
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Commissioners of Roads:
rpHE COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS FOR KER1
sh aw District will meet in Camden on the 1 st Monday
in May, at 11 o'clock.
April 27 2 COLIN MACRAE, Clerk.
Runaway?$50 Reward
Runaway?my negro fellow, ben,
about 25 years of ago, 6 feet 6 or 7 inches high,
in color a dark mulatto, and weighs about 150 pounds,
and his left eye-tooth is out. Ho ba3 bocn out since
August 1861. The abovo reward wHT be paid to any
person apprehending the abovo named, and placing
him in tho jail of Kershaw or any other adjoining district,
so that I can get him. It is thought that he
may liavo found his way to Charleston, as reports 6ay
ho has be en soea seen noar tho city. Address
JoSErH K. KIRKLAND,
April 11 3 Flat Rock, S. C.