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^^B^uiitfckraic [Sfl'KBMSIIEl) ATCAMUEX, PftlBY WEDNESDAY MORNING, . J. T. HEKSHMAN. Tentis of subscription?Fwg Dollars per nnnum. Collates of ^Advertising?Two Dollars, p8r square of twelve lines, for first insertion, and One Dollar and Fifty Cents for each subsequent one. tfci?"(ionunuuications calculated to advance the interest of our District and. State, published free of charge. The Lincoln Catechisra. LESSON T1IE FIRST. I. What ms the Constitution ? A compact with hell?now obsolete. II. By whom hath the Constitution been made obsolete ? By Abraham Africanns.the First. III. ^To what end ? .That his days may be long in office?and tbathe,may make himself and his people (lie C equal of tho negroes. IV. What is a President? s ' gcuei'al agent fur negroes. . - " .,Y. What is Congress? '; - A body organized for the purpose of taxing the people to buy negroes, and to make laws to protect the 1'i'esidcnt froiu being punished ? for his crimes. VI. What is an army ? A provost guard, to arrest white men, and . set negroes free. VII. Who arc members of Congress supt bBBl *' Posc^ 10 represent ? The President and his Cabinet. 5rVI11. What.Is the meaning of coinin</ mou?J ? Printing green paper. IX. What did the Constitution mean by t freedom of the Press? Tlirowing Democratic newspapers out ofthc mails. X. What is the meauingof the word Liberiy r Incarceration in a vermin infested bastile. "" ' -r .. M A I. V? uai IS lite uuiy vi >* vmvim j v. War ? - To arrest freemen by telegraph. XII. What arc the duties of a Secretary of the Xavv ? To build and sink gunboats. / X!ir. What is the business of a Secretary of the Treasury ? To destroy State Banks and fill the pockets of the people full of worthless, irredeemable U. S. shinplasters. XiV. What is the chief business of the Secretary of State? To print five volumes a year of Foreign Correspondence with himself, to drink whiskey, and prophesy about war. XV. What is the meaning of the word ' patriot?" A mail WHO 10VC5 JUS cuuuuj ivsa, uuu uiv negro more. * Xvf. What is the meaning of the word One who is a stickler for the Constitution ' and the laws. XVII. What i3 the meaning of the Word '"Copperhead* ? ' A man wlio believes iu the Union as ii was, the Constitution as it is, and who cannot be bribed with greenbacks, nor freightened by a bast ile. ^ XVIII. What is a "loyal league?" A body of men banded together with secret signs and pass words, for the purpose of making a negro of a white mail, and of controlling elections by force or fraud. XIX. What is the meaning of the word "law?" The will of the President. XX. How were the States formed? j>y the United States. \\l K lln* (!?v,r?t,.N.! older than the State.-? which made ii ? It is. XXIT. Have the States any rights'' Xone whatever, except when the President allows. XXIII. Have the people any rights? None but such as the President gives. XXIV. Who*is the greatest martyr of history ? .John Hi-own. XXV. Who istlie wisest man? Abraham Lincoln. XXVI. Who is Jeff. Davis? The devil l.KSSOX TIIK SHCOXO. ? I. What is the " hnheag corjmx The power ol' the ['resident to imprison whom he pleases, as long as he pleases. V.;_ , II. What-is Trial by Jury? Trial by mf.itary couimi?ioti. 111. What is "security from unreasonable V: searches and seizures?" < The liability of a man's house to be entered by any l* rovost Marshal wjio pleases. I\*. What is the moaning of the promise that, "no person shall he held to answer lor ? any crime unless on a presentment of indictment of a Grand Jury V" That anv person may be arrested whenever > * the President or any of his officers please. V. What is the meaning of the promise ^ that, "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law ?" That any person may be deprived of lifjj, liberty ind property, whom the President orders to be so Stripped. VI. What is the meaning of "the l ight to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury ?" A rcinotp secret inquisition conducted by a man's enemies. VII. What is thcmeaning'of the 'promise that the accused shall be tried "in the State and district wherein the crimes shall have been committed * That lie shall be sent away from the State . . aud beyond the jurisdiction of the district where the offence is said to be committed. VIII. What is the 'meaning of the declaration that tjic accused shall '-have the assistance of counsel for his defence V' * That,-in the language of Seward to the prisoners in Fort Warren, "the employment of counsel will be deemed new cause for imprishument." IX. ?;Uat is the meaning of the declaration : ili.it, "tho right of the i'tuple to keep and ! ; bear arms shall not be iiiiViuged ?" Thai a mail's iiouse may be searched, and j i lie lie stripped* of his arms, whenever and I ' wherever a jnovost marshal dare attempt it. j . X. Wliiit i.>) the meaning of the declaration that t]ic accused shall be iufuruied of tlio nature and cause of the accusation against him ? That ho shall not be informed of the nature of his offence. XL What is the meaning of the promises that an accused man may "be confronted with the witnesses against hint 1" . That he shall not Ik." allowed to confront them. XII. What is the meaning of the declaration that the accused "shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor?" That he shall not be allowed any witnesses. XIII. What is the meaning of the declaration that ' the judicial Power of the United States shall bp vested in the Supreme Court," etc V -That it shall bp.vested in the President and : his provost marshals. *X1V. What is the meaning of the declaration that "No bill of Attainder, or expost J'vclo' law sluill be passed ' That sucli a law may be passed whenever ^onirrcss juuttava. XV. What is the meaning of the president's oat)i that lie, "will to the best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United .States?" That he will do till in his power to subvert and destroy it. . XVI. What is the meaning of that part of his oath in which lie swears to "take care that t the laws be faithfully executed?" That he will appoint provost marshals to over-ride and disobey the laws. XVII. What is the meaning of the declaration that "the United States shall guarantee to every State a Republican l'oi'ut of Government,?'' . That Congress shall assist the President in destroying the Republican form of Government in the States, and substituting a Military Government whenever he pleases?witness Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. XViJI. What is the meaning of the declaration that "no attainder of Treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during tlie life of the person attained ."' Thai a person accused of Treason may have his property confiscated not only during his life, but for all time, so that his children and heirs shall be punished for the crimes alleged 'tig.rinst him. - i : < I... AIA. >1 Jliil IS l lit' J!ic:umi? ui i;rc uai-ua* lion, tliat "110 person shall be convicted of treason unless ontlie testimony of two witnesses to some overt net, or on confession in open court ?"' That a man may he convicted pf treason without any witness, ami without judge or jury.and without having committed any overt act. XX. What it the meaning of the dcelara-< tiott that "No money siiail he drawn from the Treasury hut i:i consequence of nppropriaiv i..?.t.. ?... i? ,? ? ? % That tiic ''resident may draw money from theTreasury whenever lie pleases, for such things a- setMing missionaries and teachers tn teach contrabands to read and write, or to build sheds and houses for stolen or runaway negroes X-X!. What is the meaning of the government ? The President. XXII. What is t lie meaning of an oath? To swear not to do to thing you promise. XXUI. What is truth? A lie. i.ttssox tiii: Tililtu. I. l>o loyal leaguers believe in the Ten Commandments ? 1'liev do. 11. What arc {lie Ten Commandments ? j Thou ?lmlt have* no other Cod but (lie ne. j Thou shah make an imago of a negro tunl i phu-oit on the Capitol as the type of the new j ! American man. Thou slia'.t swear tlnit the negro shall be the eiptal of the white man. Thou shall fight thy battles on the Sabbatli lay. ami thy generals, ami thy captains, ami thy privates, ami thy servants, shali ilo all j i manner of murders, and thefts its on the otlt-, er s>x '.ays. Thou shah not honor nor obey thy father | nor thy mother if they are Copperheads: but j thou .-halt serve, honor and obey Abraham Lincoln. I Thou shall commit murder?of slave-hohli i ers. Thou inayest commit adtil'cry?villi the i contrabands. j Thou steal?everything ihat belo'igeth ! 1 to a shiveiioldcr. Thou shall bear false witness?against all j ! slaveholders. Thou shall covet the Slaveholder's man sor- ' vant ami lii< maid-servant, and shalr *lcal his ; , ox and his ass, and everything that beloiigetli I | to him. '] Tor on these commandments hang all the ! ? I law and the honor of loyal icagures. ; III. Do loyal Icagures believetlie teachings of the gospel They do. IV. What decs the gospel teach ? That we shall hate those "who believe not wifli us, and persecute those who never wronged us. V. What else does the gospel tench? . That we shall rcsi-t evil, and that we shall | overcome evil Willi evjl. i YL. What dues tlie*gospel Miy of ficacc-uinkers ? > 'Unit tlicy shall oc accursed. VII. Whose children arc the peace-makers! The children of the devil. VIII. Do Loyal Leagues believe iu (he .Sermon 011 the Mount ? , They do. IX. Repeat the .Sermon on the Mount. Messed arc the proud and the contractors, for iheirs Is the kingdom of greenbacks. Blessed arc they that, do not mourn for them that are murdered in the abolition war, for I they shall be comforted with office. Blessed are the haughty, for they shall in' hcrit hinidiustcrs. v"5 ~ >*>) \ '. u wff>? I?i?IU muM?MnuaMmiiHlJMfj.Aii i>lcs.scd are they that do hunger and thirst after the blood of slaveholders, for they shall he' tilled. Ulcssed are the unmerciful, for they shall ' uh'ain command. Blessed arc the vile ia heart, for 'Jicy shall i he appointed judges. " I Whosoever does not smite thee on one cheek, smite him on both. And if hctiirnaway from thee, turn and hit him again. If thou lindest a chance to steal a slaveholder's coat, steal his cloak also. Give to a negro that askctJi not, but from the poor white man turn 15c ye, therefore, unkiiwJBplHml and revengeful. c?on as.your father the devil is the same. Take heed that ye give alms in public to the negroes, otherwise ye have no reward of your father Abraham, who is in Washington. Therefore, when thou givest thine alms tea negro, do thou sound a trumpet before thee: as the ministers and hypocrites do in the churches avil in the streets, that they, tuaw have glory of the contrabands. And when thou doest alms let each hand know what the other hand docth. That thine alms may not be secret, and thy lather the devil, who-established the leagues, shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, go to the Academy of Music, or to Cooper's Institute, that thou mayest be seen of men, after the manner of Cora Hatch and llenry Ward Bcec'ier. tin nni fnp??ivi! men their trespasses, for if . e ? ?, you do Clod will not l'orgive your trespasses. . Moreover, when yuu pretend to fast, fast not at all, but eat turkeys, ducks, and especially roosters, that, ye may crow over the Copperheads, and stuff yourselves with whatsoever a shiu'pluster buyeili. bay up for yourselves treasures" in greenbacks and live-twenties, and whatever else ve may steal from the Custom House and the Treasury. livery man can serve two masters, the devil and the Abolitionists., Take no thought to get raiment by honest toil, but go down South and steal it.* Consider the vultures and the hawks, how they toil not neither do they sow, and yet no creature was ever stuffed out with so much fatness. except a contraband that fecdcth at the public crib. * Judge another without judge or jury, but destroy the laws, so rliat your own measure shall not be measured unto you again. If thou hast abeam in thine own eye. shut thine eye so that it cannot be seen, and go to picking out the mote that is in the Copperhead's eye. If a poor while man ask bread, give Into a stone, if lie ask a fish, give hiin an allcgai or. . Therefore. whatsoever ye would tii.it die slaveholder .diould nut do unto you, do it even unto him; for this is tlie law of rlie loyal league-. X. Have the loyal leagues a prayer? They have. I H if Farther .\bram. who art in Washington, of glorious memory?since the date of thy pmi fiamatioii to free negroes. 'l'i.y kingdom come, and overthrow the republic: thy will 1?? done, and the laws perish. 'live us this day our daily supply of greenbacks. ' . Forgive us our plunders, but de-trov the Copperheads. I.ead us not into fat pastures : but deliver : us from the eye of del relives: and make u< the e<|ital of the negro; for such shall be our ' kingdom, and the glory of thy administration. - V Tlic ''Hebclion" not to be Crushed by "Mere weight." The New York Jbrntd. in an article on the new calls of J.incoi.n for troops, says: We ought to crush the t'wiifederacy by mere weight." litif it is not the first time that our armies have doubled those of the enemy in force, ami we have seen that it is futile to {"luce a Mitel reliance on nutnliers Seven humlro'l thousatol men.in six atmies. operating on diU'ercM lines, at different tiir.es, will he wasted in detail against two hundred thousand eonettitrated under an active Cleneral. livery great war shows this over and over again, and, above a!', our own war shows it. It is as simple as than two aiul two make lour: vol ii is from u neglect of this very simple principle that vc have hitherto failed 10 destroy the rebel armies. Organization is necessary, men are necessary, ami material is necessary; 'out concentration ami coneerieil action arc more necessary lliau all. Knoiigh men have been assembled at Was' 'm n ('ity, umlei'ilic orders of the President, to have gone to llieliniond over every armed man in the Confederacy: hut instead of concentrating there a sujficicut force for the ]inr)t(isc. that great si relict (1 has been dissidatcd in useless efforts all ulotig the Atlantic roast. We have had llatleras expeditions and l^jg Hetliel, lloatioke Island and Florida campaigns: Port 1 loyal has been taken, and Port Pulaski, and there have been sieges of Charleston, and all to no purpose, except to utArder men : and all this effort, with the effort wasted in the Shenandoah Valley, added to even the very worst of our advances against llichinoml, must have taken that city. All the effort made in the Hast has failed for want of concentration. Insects generally must lead a truly jovial j life. Think what it must be. to lodge iu a j lily! Itiiagitm* a palace of ivory ami pearl, j wirti pilars of silver and capitals of gold, all j exhaling Rich a perfume as never rose from : a human censer. Fajmv again the fun of j tucking themselves up for the night in the ! folds of a rose, rocked to sleep by the gentle I sighs of the summer air, nothing to do when you awoke but to wash yourself in a dew drop, and fall to and cat your bed-clothes. Why is many "a man about town" like certain books? because he is an Idler.'' "Lounger," ''Spectator," "llamhlcr"<iti 1 "Tattler." Hog Cholera. The Linden Jclfcrsonian says ilia! the hog cholera is very prevalent in Marengo County, and that thousands of the hogs in that county have died recently. The most successful remedy tried there litis been red pepper cut or beat Up and mixed with the feed of the hogs.?yiontyomeri/ A^vcrtistr. .,-.-4 . ' . - . f 9 UMLU vsMvrsr^szi "XLMSBCmnnrsw. J. T. HEBSHMAN?Editor. ir 1 *ir _ i I ;| OA UilUUfll, 11 (MiJlCNUiiyj April /IV Notice to Tax-Payers. Those of our district people who hove failed, S as yet, lo pay their Slate taxes, will litnl it to t their interest to read the tulvertiseinciit of Jj the Tnx-Collector, Mr. IVm. McK.m.v. to be IoiiikI in another colunin, in'whieh he states s that his books will positively be closed by thy lirst day of May, and defaulters to the same s double taxed. ( <?. t [ The Examining Board Will meet in Camden oji Thursday and Fri- ' day, the 2Sth and llbtli inst., to examine all ' those who have heretofore held exemption papers on account of disability, and others ? who may be liable, in accordance witjj the r orders issued from headquarters. ^ Military Election. ' ? At an election held on the 1 <>lh inst., for otheers to comniand the reserves for State f service from Kershaw District, the following j gentlemen were elected: Ioiin Tiiomi-son, (.'aptam. r Tims. (\u tuks, 1st Lieutenant. Jons I*. Kikki.aki>, I'd Lieut. a C'iia i'm an L. McCoy, 5>d Lieut. B- ? II The Feeling that Pervades our Peo- ( pie. There is'a feeling of buoyancy, ami hope pervading t lie Confederate States greater than lias existed at any time since the first year of >lie war. After the first, battle of I Manassas the delusions of foreign intervention and the.inability of our enemies to carry on the war, created a confidence at once baseless and pernicious. They relaxed ?lie effort a so necessary to prepare lor the then gathering storm, and produced a letliorgy which was only dispelled by the disasters of Donclson, 3 lloanoKe Island and others. Not so thopres- * ent sanguine condition of the mftid. It is founded on an intelligent survey of the cir- t cuiustauecs which surround us?it is accorn- rj panied by increased efforts of every depart- j ment of the government to justifv and fulfil them : and is the offspring of a feeling of self-reliance which three years of deadly war lias initial-tod to our lieotilc. ^ When wc look Irwin our own to the condi- c tion of our enemies. the signs urc .^rill more ] cheering uud auspicious. Week by week gold t rises in New York; ami the last ({notations indicate a higher premium than it lias ever reached. The ofacial statements of the bureau in Washington shows a deficit of .'100,- * (Hill men in the calls made for troops: while, 1 as if to verily the ancient saving. that whom ( tlie gods wish to destroy lhey first make mad, s the entire llepuMicnn party (which may he sard to he the whole North) are disclosing and advocating the tnonsirosily of Miwyinnlion?a new tangled term for the old idea, of amalgamation?an article on which, from the . ... I New \ ork Times, may l?c found on the fourth 1 page of Thk C'o.ni t.ukkati:. 'Hie opposition ' press, too, such as the .i/wreyW/h/a I'ceortl I and DnihjS< ?' < are more hitter andftittspoken I in their denunciation of I Hack Ilepuhlieanisiu, and the weighty argument and scathing in- ( veclives which they so favorably wield, must eventually have their influence, eveti among*! a peop'e so demented as the \ankeos. 'J'he force of the doctrines they advocate, wttli the ' powerful assistance of Mtch reasons as can he t brought to Jiear, hv J.oe, .lohnsnn ami oilier | Confederate generals, give room for the hope , ili.it the prb^ent is the final year ot' the war. j From The Southwest. MiiiiiM". April l">.?Advices from tlie Mississippi Kiver ami "liflVrcsit oilier points re- 1 port a great lust lie between General" Kiruv ] Smith ami General Hanks, near Shrcvosporl. in which Hanks was defeated with losj nt foiirtveit thousand of his troops. Tiie Hilton Kongo hospitals arc filled with his wounded. Motiii.k. April 1"??Western advices an- ' no nice the capture of Fort 1 illow, by lienor- : al i'ai.mki.s. after two days lighting, lie capturedSun to \'l "I negros and 8 guim, ami | destroyed two transports. Exertion Ordained by God. ; Ift.Jod lia'l so pleased, lie could undoubtclly have rendered every being Lie has formed , completely happy. He could have tnailethein incapable even of rendering themselves miserable. lie could have made them necessary instead >ir voluntary agents: and compelled ' them to act in the way that would infallibly i have produced I'clLity: or He might have | contrived men in such a manner thai they , must have been happy in whatever they acted. ^ it,, lias not ordered matters in sueh a wav: ;iihI, therefore, we s:my be sure that lie never intended to do so. Kvcrything is so conducted that His c-teiiturcs arise to greater anil greater degrees of happiness, in consequence of their own exertions, ami consequence of ' the improvement which, bv llis appointment, ' follows from I licit*exertions. The more wise 1 ami virtuous they become, the more happy they are of consequence. It iscvidcut, there- < lore", though ilio iteity intended to"~coniuiuni- ^ cate happiness. ami has ilonc so in the most liberal manner, yet this was not the only end lie had in view lie intended to make man happy ; but it was in a particular manner, ^vhieh II* knew would at last contribute to i the grunt est general felicity of t he species. I'roj. . [fih nr. < ?.? Explosion at the Arsenal. An explosion took piace at the Augusta Arsenal yc-tcrday morning, by which, we leant, two of the young ladies employed there were seriously, if not fatally injured. The accident .occurred iu the room* where the rockets are prepared, aud ( is said to have been produced by the sl'inilairtCMis ignition of some powder. The females ment ioned were badly burned, while a number of the other lady employees sustained injuries to their persons. Chronicle ami Sc/ttlucl, 16/7*. An officer in New York regiment, engaged in the recent Florida fight, writes f?.ll..ws to a relative in JJufialo : 1 have hud my lout shut off aud may loose part of my leg, all for beiug a delegate to the first political couventiou Abe Lintel u iu.ld in Florida. ? Enrolment of free Negroes. Ikadquaktkks Enrolling Office, Camden, S. C., Adril418, 180-1. I. All male free negroes and free per- 1 ons of color in Kershaw District, beween the ages of 18 and 50 years, are icreby ordered to report at this office for nrolineut, on the 28th day of April, iutaut, with 'the view to being assigned to ervice under provisions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to increase lie efficiency of the army by the employ nent of free negroes and slaves in cerain capacities." II. Applicatioas for exemption'on the ;rouuds that the interests of the country cquire if, or because demanded by jusice, equcty or necessity, will be received i ,ud considered, if presented in writing. III. Medical examations will be af-' orded to those who report on the day I ndicatcd, to ascertain their physical fit- ; icss fur the duties to be required of them. .'hose who fail to report will be arrested nd sent forward. . IV. The privilege of selecting service n the Xitrc and Mining Bureau or in the . ' | )rdnance Bureau will be allowed to cerainof the classes indicated. W. Z. LELTNER. Capt. & Enrolling Officer Kershaw )istrict. Five General SmithsA misinformed cotemporary violently buses Geti. W. F. Smith, recently conruicd as major-general in the regular ruiy, because, as it says, lie failed in he recent cavalry expedition in Missisippi. The commander of that expediion was Brigadier General W. S. Smith, [here are five or more General Smiths n the army.Major-Gcucral W. l'.Smith, iow acting on Gen. Grant's staff ;Briga. licr-Gcneral Giles A. Smith, who comuanded a division in Sherman's 15th orp", and-was wouned at Missionary iidgc ; 'Brigadier-General A. J. Smith, !ommauding~a division in the 17th coips, md in charge c?f the successful expodi,iun up Bed River; Brigadier General \I. L. Stiiith, commanding a brigade of nfautry somewhere out "West, and Majorgeneral Cliarlcs F. Smith, who was second in command to Gen. Grant at l'\>rt ])(inel.- jii?Xeir York Timrs. Boast Butler. Apropos of the Beast, the following neident happening at Fortress "M??uroe last week is authentic. One of the returned prisoners, a Colonel of the Confederate army, on his way from Poiut Lookout to Richmond, was ushered into tlie prot-.unce of Butler, who said he desired to put some plain questions to the Colonel, and wanted perfectly frank .answers to them, promising that these an. swers would not clTcet, in the lca^t, the Colonel's status as a prisoner of war, one way or the other- The Colonel desired liirn to proceed. The following dialogue ;-n.?ucd brtweeu the two : Beast Butler.?" If, in the accidents of war, [ should fall a prisoner into your hands, what would you do with me ? " The Colonel.?" I should execute you an the spot. " Beast Butler.?" Is this purpose ecu-1 irally entertained by the officers of your inny ? " 'J1?e CVnonel.?l< Yes, and the privates tob." Beast Butler.?"Sir, f thank you for your candor." The Colonel.?" Sir, you are entirely welcome to it*" ^ TlicCVdoncl then retired under guard, ind was shortly afterwards waited upon by an Aid de-camp of Butler, with an invitation from the Beast to dine at headquarters. 'The C'olouel had not eaten what could be called a dinner for eight months, but he promptly declined. llickmuiul Corespondent Me mollis Appeal. <1? Obituary. lo ? a 11 Pn nti *lin oroni'id nf i/tpui iva ciiio iitw A'u itiu v. ? *. ii i .Iq vi the 1st of April, after a lingering illness, their last representative of a large and well known family. The family was one that hail attained to a great popularity in the South, its members were scattered thruughout the country, some representative tinding. dumicil in almost every house. l>ut some months since they began to show evidence of a rapid decline, and during the last mouth they have dropped off one by one, until as we have said, the last representative expired without a struggle yesterday evening about sundown. % The disease was thought by the doctors to be too mupli fuuding. It swept, as with a besom of destruction, all the.large family of one hundred dollar bills from the land, and they were gathered to the vaults of their fathers. Their career ivas short but glorious ; they sprang up like mushrooms upon a dunghill, and disappeared like grasshoppers before a flock of turkeys. While they lived they were loved. While dead they arc the victims of the anathemas of those who luved them best while living. Let rajw'rscitt en puce, bo inscribed on their vault, and let all the people say, "amen 1"?Atlanta Cfnifakracy. Assessors of taxes are ihe only men in the world not in the habit of disparaging their neighbors. They never "tinder rate" anybody. * 'A From Richmond. additional northern news. Richmond, April 16.?We have rc?' l|^| ccived some additional Northern news. Great excitemeut is reported at Jones- ^ boro' 111., caused by the soldiers shooting citizens. A force I143 been sent there to prevent further bloodshed. The Pennsylvania Seuate has adubted a resolution removing the State Government from flarrisburg to Philadelphia Meade will return to the comraai , 0* the Army of the Potomac. The Petersburg papers, of this oruing, report considerable excitenu in the Blackwater section in conscqu. ce of the advance of the Yankees. Seve. skirmishes had taken place. Informa-' tion deemed reliable, says the Petersburg Ejyrcss, reports that Burxsidk's forces were landing in large numbers it Portsmouth on Wednesday. From Mobile. capture of fort pillow confirmed % '?slaughter of x euros. Mobile, April 16?A special dispatch to the lbyitfvr from Fort Pilllow, April l'2th, says : Forrest attacked this place with Chalmers, division yesterday. The garrison consisted of three hundred to four huudred negroes. The fort refusing to surrender, it was carried by storm. Forrest led the brigade, and Chalmers led McCullouch's troops. Both entered the fort, on opposite sides, simultaneously, and indiscriinin.'ifo slaurrlitor fnllmvnil Onn lmrwlr,..! c 1 " prisoners were taken, and the glance slain. The fort ran with Hood. Many jumped into the river and were drowned, or shot in the water. One hundred thousand dollars worth of stores were taken and six guns captured. The.Confederate loss seventy-five Lieut. Col. Read, of the oth Mississippi, was mortally wounded. Robberies. Robberies have become so Jjold anu common in this city that the more expert , or professional thieves are r? ported to bo getting ashamed of the business. They are said to express their astonishment at the ease and impunity with which they arc let off with their, plunder. On Friday night the Grocery .Store of Mr. Cuok, corner of King and Marystreets, was entered from the side or front, both dours being heavily barred and secured. The k.-y had unfortunately for the proprietor been left in the safe and the robbers a Per taking all the money they could find, amounting to some $2000in coin and Confederate bills, turned their attention to the shelves and emptied iheni of their soap, candles and every profitable article within reach. The same night several robbers broke* Q e * 1.- 1>. - .. .llL . I .. 1 _ I I. into j)L'ouL'ri j--, a coiorcu snoemaKer, on Calhoun street, opposite tin; Citadel, lit tlie gas, threw open the doors, and carried off about liftecn hundred dollars worth of shoes and leather. Another robbery was made in Wallstreet. A. German, who had gone to 4 % bed, hearing a noiso and thinking it to be his partner coming, called to' him, when the answer of''all right" from a stranger first, led him to suspect that all was wrong-l'utting his head out of the window,- he discovered the fellows making off with his bacon and other groeercies. Another robbery was attempted in Mary-street, the fellows having actually , raised the window ready to spring in. The occupant of the hoase warned the?n at their -peril to move an inch further and he would shoot them, when they run off ' A police officer, who jumped from his horse to render assistance against some of these dppredetors, while engaged talking with the folks inside the building, the rascals had come outside, cut the skirts of the saddle, and; taking the rope to which the horse was tied, allowed the animal to leave. Several more of such cases werercporU 1 ed Saturday-- Conr'ur of the ISt/i, Perseverances Under Difficulties- ' S. Illustrating what can be accomplished -> * towards making the couutry self supporting, even in the midst of a desolating war, Governor Vaueo, of North Carolina, (wbp, by the by, understands that-the mission of a Governor has as much to do with the material welfare of his people as with the writing of politico-metaphysical messages,) in a recent speech, narrated an instance that came under his immediate * observation, where a poor widow with three children, the eldest incapable of taking care of the youngest, cultivated, last year, a palcb of rented "round, wun tuc assistanoc ot a nitre O ' steer not uiucii larger than a calf- Afr raid to leave her little ones at home in her cabin, she would take tlicru daily to the field, build for them a small pen, cover it with leaves to protect them from the sun, and when she tad plowed a distance from Lev little brood, would move the peu to a more convenient spot, that she might watch over them and nurse her babe at the end of a weary row. She raised three hundred and sixty-seven bushels of corn, had plenty to support herself and childien, ambsold to her neighbors. ' "The Drow ot tbat woman (continued his Excellency) is worthy the proudest .laurels th*t over rewarded the .virtue of the patriot or testified to the csdurauco_ . of the hero." . J