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Oirtiiden, Wednesday) April 27
To be ExecutedOu
Friday next, the 27rh inst., between
the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock
the boy Bub will suffer the penalty of
death on the gallow^, the punishment
imposed by law for the many Henious
offeucos of which he has beeu found
guilty. '
Tucker's Cavalry.
Our town has beeu somewhat euiiven*
ed, during the past few days, by the appearance
of TucKEtt's Squadron of Cavalry,,who
haveJt>een camping on the su.
burbs of Camden daring theirstuy. They
are a fine gentlemanly body of meu,
seirpis to be well disciplined and skilled
in their drill, and is entitled to much
credit for their courteous dcmeaner towards
our citizens. The s<jnudroy is."
composed of two full companies, um|er
the command Capt. J. H. Tucker.
. We.understand they are to comprise a
jfcjrfe of Gen. Hampton's Legion, ami
are to l?u\e for Virginia iu a few days,'
where we have no uoubt they will prpvo
as br.tve aud useful ou the tield of battle,
as their noble appearance indicates.
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, We desire to call the attention .of the
planters of Kershaw District to the stern
realities of 'our conditiou. It is as
, ? certain as that the Summer is approaching,
that during the coming season,
probably before Spring has well set
in, the government will measure the contents
of every corn crib in the district,
and reduce them to the narrowest subsidence
for the armies, ucgros, stock &c.
The exigencies of the service will demand
it, and none of us should complain,
but before this is done, planters can ward
off some of the suffering that will result,
and ai the same time discharge, the high
est duty. There is a great 'dciuuud for
corn among the poor, other than soldiers
families?let every planter unw open his
grarleries and supply this demand to the
extent of his capacity. It can now be
doue conveniently, ami the poor even can
pay as much as the government will allow.
Whereas, if "corn is withheld'1
until the government has reduced us all
to short rations, the poor will be Suffering
helplessly at our doors.
* We are well aware that our planters
have been liberal: that com has been
s->ld by them at half, aye, at a fifili of
the prices prevalent in neighboring uis.
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inuia-?u;ut mvziii; iiu\tr c:i >U4 jiiit*u niv
needy until they have had t > buy at
higher prices to supply their wants?
that many may say that they have none
to spare?and that this is true, estimating
a full allowance until "corn eon us
iti,'\but the gorcrnnicnt will " size your
pile" with a different eye. So let each
of us determine that we will cheerfully
give up to the government what it may
need, that it sdnil not take away corn
which we " have withheld" from the
poor. Prompt action iu this matter will
prevent suffering, an l save hitter ai d
unav iling regrets.
The above remarks on this important
matter a if the suggestions of an intelligent
and successful planter of our district,
and is a subject which demands
prompt action on the part ut all those
who may have a surplus of any of the
various commodities calculated to .-ustaii:
life. Pelay may be ruin', not only to
themselves, but cause incalculable dis
tless iu our inicl-t.
The Five Hundred Dollar NotesThe
highest denoininatiiu authorized
under the new issue law have been received
at the Treasury, and numbered
and signed to the amount of five or six
millions. The notes, are on fine paper
and the lithographing is very superior.
Tlnfleft hand face of the note is embellished
with the figures " 500" at/ the
top; a representation of the oM style
Confederate flag, and beneath tin: national
seal and motto. On the right is
the figures 11 500," and beneath a life
like portrait of the late " .Stonewall
Jackson."
An Influx into Columbia and Montgomery.*
The Richmond Why of Tuesday,
says:?All the clerks, nialo and female,
/>fnrt1nr/wl tn f l?r* oil nrotwf AAiintmir v??rn
ing", and otherwise manipulating Confederate
Treasury notes, have been ordered
to be ready to kavc here next 'Thursday
jnorning lor Columbia, S. C. We un^
-v deretatftl that a considerable number of
botb sexes will resign ratltcr than leave
Richmond, and that the apppointments to
- " fill their places will not be made from
Virginia, but from South Carolina, exf
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r\' . clusively. The clerks in the Comptroller
4 cr's and First and Srcoud Auditor's oi*d?
ces have also been ordered to be in rcadv.'
* incss to leave on Thursday for ilontgomery,
Ala.
fJF ' , A Brace 01 .Dictators.
? ' k?; One dictator at a time might ho
i ' ' .thought to he enough fur even a model
V Republic: but dtetfordiug to lleuter, an
_ . " f'lrou clad Dictator" ha* been success*
fofry lauuched at New Yuri;, whilst there
is"also a shoddy clnd Dictator at Wash.
ijigton.
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The Yankee Army Of the "Potomac
.Not withstanding the blunter yt tin
' Yankee*journals about the extensive pre
portions ?ur tho capture of Richmond
there eau he no doubt that the army un
(ier Cniht,. on.-thg Rappahannock, is
tnucli weaker numerically than thai
which \vus overwhelmed under Huokei
a year ago at (Jhanccllorsvillc. Scouts
report that the statement of Heavy rein
forcemeat* t*> Grant are greatly exaggerated,
and that the enemy's army, with
all the reinforcements received opto this
time, dons not .exceed 00,000. It is
stated, however, that Grunt is making
preparations for au advance.
Culture of Vegetables.
There js nothing we shall want nmrc
during the coming season lhau an abundant
supply of yigctables. The army
will need them to preserve its men from
scurvy. The people will need them to
make up for the inordinate price of
meat. It is the duty, an well jrs the
interest, of everybody to cirfti\>tc as
l.irge a quantity as -possible, '.There is
not a yard in any city or town which
should not bo made to contribute some
thing towards the general store. Ainoug
other inducements, it tmiy be nuntioncd
that vegetables, with few exceptions,
are exempted from the tithe and that
they tire not taxed beyond the income
tax on the profits from their sales. A
little attention and a Jittlo labor given
to this end would do incalculable
good.
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The Movement on Richmond.
The New York Sun submits the following
vi. ws of the coming campaign :
It took (den (Iranr nearly six months
to take Yickshurg with an army of one
hundred thousand men, aided by a powerful
licet. Yet Yickshurg was "only defended
by thirty thousand men, and
was in no respect so thoroughly fortified
as Richmond, and its appro aches upon
the defence uf which the rebels can concentrate
a force of two hundred thousand
soldiers. General (Jrant, it i- understood,
does not anticipate the .reduction
of the city by a sudden attack, but by
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a ??ii<i v hi \ \:r\1111,11 i,
which uwiy possibly cmitii:uc through
ilie entire summer, but which i? cert ain
?>f ultimate success?Tin se operations
wili nccssuriiy itiv??1 ve'.<ennc lisinl lighting,
i :il will who dcinuu 1 the Lightest
generalship.
Our (biverniont is hurrying men to
the front front all directions. The th >11pand
of^'cruits tliat have been so I >j^
i'lTe in tiie receiving ti -puts an 1 h its of
thi?S"Tate ami city, have been ordered to
the army, and the veteran regiments in
the fortihea'i"lis at \Va>!;'ineton have
been smit to the front, their places being
supplied by till! III Vail id corps. Oui
estimate of four hundred thousand men
fir the Virginia campaign is not excessive
Forrest's Work at Fort Pillow.
The following is th ii. Forrest's ollicial
account of the capture of !* -rt J'iilow :*
!j l3u'l\ Lo nl> nunt (lent ml:
I attacked Fort "l'illmv on the 12th
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HIM J u I il il j? II l "I J It'll ft it i I' I .'II VyUl'
I.?cli's brigades under brigadier General
J. II. Chalmers. After a short light we
drove the enemy; seven hundred strong,
into the F<'rounder cover of their gunboats,
and demanded a surrender, which
was denied by Maj>r. W. IJooth, commanding
the United States forces. 1
stormed the fort, and after a contest of
thirty minutes, captured the entire garrison
kiliing fivct-huudrcd, and taking
one hundred horses and a large amount
of nuartermaster's stores. The officers
in the fort were all killed, including Major
booth. L sustained a loss of twenty
killed and sixty wounded. Among the
wounded is flic gallant Lieut. Col. Win.
M. lleid, whilst'loading tint Fifth Mis
sissinpi. Over one hundred citizens, who
had tied to rhc tort lrom conscription,
ran into the river and were drowned.
The Confederate flag now floats over the
fort. A. 15 Immuk-t, Maj Gen.
Good TTews from the Southwest.
Dk.moivi.is, Ai.a., April 2o.?A
dispatch from Gen. Wirt Adams, dated
Vuzdo City, April 22, says: "A section
of artillery and a detachment ot
sharpshooters, under Col. GiiiVm, today,
attacked and captured 11 gunboat,
near this place. She was lying close to
the shore, and our men drove the enemy
from their guns and finally front their
boat. Col Griflin removed her fine
armament, consisting of eight _0 pouu
ders, with a large fjnautiry of most valuable
stores, and then burned her to the
water's edge. A number of the Vaukee
crew wore killed., and the Captaiu and
i>;t ?ifr u't.rp f m I* imi ni-Uiinnrj Our r?-?c.
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unities were but trfling."
We lurvc trustworthy advice thatOcn.
Taylor has captured, in Louisiana, T')00
prisoners, 4IJQ-wagons and ID pieces of
artillery- Ranks is retreating on Natchez,
(leneral D; Tu\ h?r pursuing. Transport/are
coining out of Red River loaded
with wounded. The capture of fourteen
gunboats above Red River ForJs ij
reported. i
Two hundred and twelve prisoners,
captured by Forrest at Fort Pillow, have
arrived here.
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. The Storming of Fort Pillojv A
j : Yankee Account.
. ; A Yankee naval officer, nnuicd N. D.
( Whitniorc, writes to the ^leitipliis Arifvx '
. | a long account of the capture of Fort JL'ili
low by Forrest. The following arc the i
main points of liis narrative :
j 1 lie combiueu torces or major ucn-,
; 1 erals Forrest, Chalmers, McCulloch and
! Ecll, numbering seven or eight tlious.
1 and, made an assault on our fortifica,
I'thus at about G, a.m., on the 12th.
; j Our Jurccs consisted'hundred and
(| fifty whites and thri^^Hradred and fifty
, j blacks.
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i The United States steamer New Era, i
lying off the fort, shelled the rebels anil '
drove them from their position, which
they had gained on the South side of
i the. forL They again assaulted our ^
' works from tho'T?ortb side. Owing to
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j the timber, was impossible for the |
i guns o. he New Era to dislodge' them. !
' thoug continued shower of shell and 1
i shrapnel was rained down on thorn.
; The garrisou was so small and the relief j
fdrcc so overwhelming, that the enemy
: carried our works about 3 40 p. hi., and ]
j tire gallant few who were left alive, taken '
' prisoners. The guns of the fort cotisis- j
' tod of two 22-pounder howitzers, two
; 20-poundcr rifled, two 10 pounder 1'ar- i
i rott?sis pieces in all.
Major Iboth and two Captains of
Sixth Y. S. Artillery (colored) we?e !
I killed early in the fiiriit, also two Lieu1
tenants of the Sixth severely wounded.
Capt' Bradford and 1 loiter, Adjutant
Seymour, and Lieut. Bnrr, of the loth
Tennessee Cavalry, were killed, and some
! others who could not he indentified.
Maj. Bradford, commanding the post,
was taken prisoner, and reported l>y the i
rebels as having hcen paroled with the
liberty of their camps, and violated it
by escaping last night; hut 1 was told
that he was taken out and shot late* in
the' evening. Copt. Young, provost
Marshal, was slightly wounded and taken
priMiiirr,' and paroled with the liberty
of their camps and allowed to see j
his wife, lie says our f>>rce.s behaved '
gallantly throughout the whole aetii.u.
I Our loss in killed exceeds two hundred.
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lie also states that (Jen. Forrest shot
one of his own met: for v. fu.?in? quarter
Jo our men. *
Lieu'enant Commander Tims, letterson,
commanding Naval .Station at Memphis,
smit i!io .steamer Platta Valley,
with U. S. steamer Silver Cloud in toiv,
with ammunition to Fort Pillow. Wlmn
we arrived.in sight of the fort the comuii.-sary
and other public buildiug*, with
some twelve stores <>?" private property,
weie flames, ami the. rebels were seen
moving :iln ut apphing torches to barracks,
stall, s and hilts. We threw
.sin lis, iVe , f'f thirty minutes at dctaelied
squads. A flag of truce appearing, we
ceased liring and sent a boat ashore. It
pr senily returned with a coiuuiunicu- .
tion front Ccu. Forrest, saying that a
large number of wounded wpfc suffering
for want, of proper care, and that he
would allow us to bury our dead and re
move our wounded under flag of truce,
but that wc coiih 1 not, remove anything
from the battle Held. Captain Ferguson
knowing that our shells would t xphale
among our wounded, causing greater
loss of life, agreed to the proposal.
Major Anderson, aid to (ictieral Forrest,
drew up the agreement, giving us pes'
M-s.-ion o? fortifications'*and landing til!
five p. in.?the flag of truce to end at.
that lemr The rebels Were cflieicnt and
' aided as much as possible our work.?
The wounded who were able to walk,
generally cauic down the bluli road, supported
on either side by a rebel soldier,
lie then appends ^a list of wounded
i scut to Cairo by the Platta Vailey, and
ri'I)J?irh"S : I KIP'VV HUM. in ?i
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fort whore such d-'Spcrate resistance is
(i.Tui'd as was hero filercl, that many 1
must fall, but in this instance it ]nOK? f0
liso tuurc like indiscriminate l echery
than honorable warfare. Xow that tluj
excitement is over, the thought of tlmsc
charred bodies, together with the nausea,
caused by the stench of roasting human
flesh, and two hundred or more dead
. bodies, mangled, dying, pleading for
(jiiartcrs, with distorted faces, broken
1 skulls, ifcc , I am sick arid cud write no
more.
Knapsacks I>isc.\ui?kli.?Knapsacks
j have fallen into general disuse and discredit
in the Confederate armies, and in
derision id' them the soldiers call them
: "hand organs." When ever a company
or rcsrimcnt is seen innrchiu" with
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"knapsacks slung," the taunt is sure to
follow : "I say. you've got your organs,
where's your monkeys? You left them
. behind, expecting to-fiud bigger moukcys
' down here," &c.
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uiaiiKCi aim inieiiMu, mvisiuu iiiiu
the shape of a boa constrictor, auil
sluabout the shoulder of the soldier,
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is the light equipment 'for heavy, rapid*
: marching now.
A Muscatine (Iowa) paper states pos.
jtivcly that Vcrley Vallttndigliain, a nephew
of the great Ohio martyr, is married
to and lives with a ncgrcss iu than town.;
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The PwCbels Quietly Occupying
Western Kentucky.
The Cairo correspondent of the New
York Tribune, referring to Forrest's
occupation of Kentucky, says:
Beside conscripting whoever they choose,
ami gathering-all the serviceable males
and horses, as well as the goods in the
stores of the towns; they are having a
series of balls and frolics in settlennjits,
villages aud towns. A gay set of dash- j
itig fellows are .these Confederate soldiers,
they have a plenty of presents to ,
make to their wives-and sweethearts, and
they feel recompensed for many' toils
and their long journeys. * Ail the I'niou
lnvc left and crowded into Columbus
aud Cairo; reporting that the whole .
country is filled with rebels, and that,
they talk as if they meant to stay. To
show how disloyal this part of Kentucky
is, I state that the rebel wounded left at
lYducab, being in care of our surgeons,
received daily as many as a hundred
vis:tors froiu the people of J'aducah. C.
T- Chace, Agent of the Sanitary. CSiu-:
mission who went up with stores for the
wounded, hearing this, ordered that they
be cared Ibr by their rebel friends.
On Saturday, during the battle, a
grand dibner was prepared for the rebel
officers, to the number of forty, in the"'
Central lloqsc, aud they were enjoying '
a fine time, but Captain fcMnith, of the
J'cosfa, tired a shell through the dining
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i <*<1111 f which pin ;iii uii'i i * i uc (J inner.
Tiie.se tilings arc going on within distances
of from ten to thirty miles of Cairo;
ami so fearless have they become, that
several have ciMs.seJ the river in skill's,
and have been in town attending the
theatre, and taking a general survey of
things.
Forrest has ordered his men to behave
as Well as possible, and in particular not
to fire upon river steamers. This is supposed
tu be fur the purpose of quieting
our military, that they may retain possession
of Western Kentucky. It is a
very desirable place for them to remain^
particularly as absence of trade re.-trie- .
timis has permitted-the country to be
filled with all manner of supplies.
If I understand matters rightly, Gov
rniiient has not been idle, and large
bodies of troops arc moving from two
points for the purpose not only of clearing
the country, but of capturing the
whole force of tiie rebels. The intention
is to do up tin' bu-iiiess with Forrest, and
his sympathizers this time, so that it
will not have to be ?1<ino again. More
than this, a large furco, not le.-s than 'JO.
000 nu n, wiil he rci|iiireil to keep Imek
Morgan and other leader* ?vle> me getting
ready to move through Kentucky,
and, if opportunity ofV.-rs, to cross into
Illinois, Cairo will he the it i.-c of defence.
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LatestUnitcd States News.
Kicii m??n ji, April *21.?We have
Northern dates of the 21st insfc. :
JjCtters in the Chicago','AV<W/oy .I'?u1'itf,
dated Kcroe, April Hhh, say that
the Federal cavalry met with a serious
reverse at I'lea.-ant Ilill, DcSntsr Parish,
with a Ins? of over two thousand tncil,
killdl, wounded and missing. (Jen Ransom,
commanding, is among the wounded.
Lincoln, in a speach at the Sanitary
Fair in IJaltiiiotro, referred to the mas-?
.-acre at Fort Pillow, and said, if it was
confirmed, lie would take retaliatory
st'-ps.
(Icn. Rnrnside has nearly completed
the reorganization of the troops under
his command. They arc understood to
he in line condition, and are expected to
itiHi,il*('i!il storviin' StVilft
.V..V.V. "
The Mill' of the gold certificates is stop,
ped Ly or-lor of tin; Secretary of the
Treasury. The Committee'" of Titmice, "
and Ways and M.eans, have agreed upon
certain features of the gold bill. The
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Senate C<'i!:iiiittee, though Mr. Sherman,
reported an amendment to the bill introduced
by Mr. Sherman declaring it unlawful
to make o contract, for the purchase,
sale, loan or delivery of gold or
buillion or fureign exchange at any time
subsequent to making such contracts, or
lbr the payment of any lixed or contingent
sum, in fault of the delivery of the
gold or bul'iuti, or any other terms than
immediate actual delivery *t a price ,
agreed upon The seller -of the gold
inu>t be in actual possession ot it, ami
make bonefide stile ami delivery. All
contiacts in violation of this act shall be
void ami a violation subjects the offender
to a fine of $10,000 aud imprisonment
for three months to oue year.
New Orleans papers of the Kith state
that Haul's' headquarters are at Natchitoches.
The rebels arp burning all
the cotton on the lied river and Ouehita.
Guerillas along the Mississippi river
declare they will not allow Northern'
men to work the abandoned plantations.
They recently made a raid on a plantation
in Tensas, La , capturing a large num
bcr of negroes and mules, and killing Mr. ;
Ilitllinson. after making him dig his own
grave. |
A. darkey's instruction for putting on
a coat were: "Fuss de right arm, den do
let", apd den gib one genral conwulsiou."
General Grant a Pork and Beans
Man.
I. They tell us that General Grant is a
; gcniii/ie pork and beans man?a regular
: Saturday niglx, New England man. It
is said lie does not fancy the luxurious
style \ f living prevalent in the Army of
the l\.V_>:iac. lie says lie can maintain
his physical integrity on pork aud beans,
as soldiers do out West, and believes it
should be done here. Caterers to the
delicate palates of ohr officers in spasms
at. the report that the Lieutenant Glencral
is about to banish their wares from the
lines.?Sclfiit-chuff/ .(.Yctc 1 "/ /.*) >S tar.
* A Most Excellent Measure.
A member of the Confederate States
Congress from Tennessee has now in
his pocket the draft of a bill which he
proposes to introduce at the earliest possible
moment of the next session, which,
if adopted, will cut speculation otF at the
knees, aud inflict, deserved punishment
upon the shafks who have been preying
upon the wants and necessities of the
people* The bill provides that every ,
one shall be compelled, under oath, to report
the. amount of the sales and the per
cent, profit he has made, and that all
profit beyond what is jijst and reasonable
shall be regarded as a tax collected for
the Government, and paid over to the.
Government. Those who raised their
prices upou the 'passage of the currency
bill tn cover the depreciation of the
money, and continued the same prices
after the one third was deducted, are i
particular}' provided for. Such a law is
badly needed, and we believe would tend ;
to a greater extent to reduce the present
cxhorbitant prices than anything that
Could be devised,?NtinvlUi linlu'l.
The Expedition Fitting Out at Annapolis,
Md.' i
A gentleman who kit .Maryland about
ten days ago, brings us some interesting j
information from that quarter, lie rc- :
ceutly visited the camp of Gen. JJurn- .
side at Annapolis, where ho counted
4/200 tents,'and learned that the forces
amounted to about 30.000 men, nearly ;
half of w hom wi re ou-gros. Tlie transports
to convey then! to their proposed
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ucaiiuuiiou u-a out iurrivcu, uiu were
expected every ?l;iy. Meanwhile, the
organization of the expedition was progressing
with great, industry. The opin- ,
ion prevailing ii: Annapolis, Ualtimore
ami AV:i.-lui?i_tuti indicated the James
llivcr as a hasis of operations for this (
formidable diveraiou. Jiuriisidc is to
land a short distance below Drury's:
JJlulT, which he i.s to take by assault. .
w hilsf. M'V.Jo Milvutiovd ou 1 'cixri ."ibur^r. I
Troops have been pouring through ljaltimore
for the past two months. The
regiments are spoken of as full, |
though of indifferent material. ,
The Yankees, so far as our informant
had opportunities of sic<|uaiiiting biiitfcif
with their private views, universally
agreed tiiaf the present was the last campaign
in Virginia. If (.Irant should suffer
a defeat, "the game was up." Our '
lricuds in Maryland are more hopeful of
Cotifi derate victory than they had overbeen
before, and confidently expect soon
to see the glitter of Southern bayonets
over the bolder?fiicltwimi Enuu!r<r.
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' Impressment of Milch Cows.
Articles \ 111 ??t* tlie General Orders
of Adjutant Genual Cooper, published
2*>tli March, LSb 1, says: liSo impressnn
nt under this i>r any other order shall
be made of milch cows, or of the breeding
stock of any farm or plantaton."
And yet, in violation of this most peremptory
order, many milch cows have
been impressed by men professing to
act uuder orders. It will be well for
'fanners to demand an exhibition of the
authority upon which Gcir Cooper's order
is violated.
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A Strange Freak of A Father.
S'liforol unore n >rn ? Inicloinil onrl nnfa ,
?, \ l?l( f WUI>] ? liMOUIIIIU K UU H 11^
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rjuarrclcd allil separated. Iu order that
his sou then an' infant of three months
old, might be recognized, should lie grow
np, the father cut oil' both his thumbs,
The son grew to manhood, and enlisted 1
in flic Gth Connecticut Volunteers, lie
was on guard at Hilton Head, S. C., one
day, when the father recognized him by
the marks he had so tenderly (?) placed
upon him, and revealed his paternity.
The story is vouched for by' a northern1
paper.
Important News from Europe.
ltinr.MONn, April 23.?The Peers
have delivered a judgment adverse to the
Crown in the Alexandra case, and dismissed
the appeal from the judgment of
he courts.
& Roland for an Oliver
I)ai,ton, April 23,?The cucmy's cav
mrjr cupwucu twcui j-iuur ui uur ufcvsujj
near Spring I'laec, and killed the Lieu-,
tenant in command, yesterday. Wbcc- ,
ler, hearing of it, ordered Col. Iloss to
make a dash on their pickets iu front of.
Tunnel Hill at daylight this morning,
which resulted in the capture of tweutyonp
men and thirty horses, and the killing
of liftccn men ?The enemy are reported
quite active at ^Cleveland. i
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An Item from Petersburg.
Petersburg, April 24?A flag of truce ^
boat from Beast- Butler communicated
with the French .steamer at City Point _
today. It tarried, however, but ten ' t
minutes, and brought no prisoners. A
rrcocn courier came immediately to J
Petersburg and hastened to Richmond. ,
Some curiosity exists here as to the
cause of these movements.
The Richmond correspondent of Che.
! Charleston Mercury says that a lit''.,
treat given by one of his friends, co isting
of nine drinks of French br; - ly,
six scollops of oysters and two Flo**, la
cigars, cost him the small sum of < } (
hundred and eighty nine dollars.
The depreciated condition of
our currency, must not be cliargi
ed with more than its^ legitimate
responsibility, and when it is not,
it will ho found upon candid invostitrtition,
that there is a cause . _
operating upon prices tar more
potent and much more damaging
than the alleged worthlessness of
our circulating medium, and that
is the unholy desire for gain,
which has taken possession of the
hearts, and blunted the patriotism
of so many of our people. Every
man who has anything to sell,
seems to strive-for the very last
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cil for it; 1 >n11 examples arc in- ^
feetious anil always grow more
rank than good ones. *" What was
in the first days revolution but |
the sin of a. few 'Unprincipled ^
speculators who are determined
to accumulate fortunes, at the expense
of their country's distresses
has now become the sin of the nation.
Few, probably, properly
estimate the damage they are doing,
or the injury they are intlieting
upon.the cause of independence.
They extort the highest
possible prices, and pocket
the-money, without a thought
that they are stabbing their country
at its most vital point.
Jf this war is to he protracted
for any considerable length of
time, or-w jrk out to a successful
issue, the habits and practices of
producers and dealers, in this respect,
must undergo a very im?
portant and material change.
Public patience among lion-producers
iiud the army, is gradually
giving w::y. and a disgust but
illv now concealed, is rapidiy de
vcloping ii.self*. tending ilirectl}'
to tin; creation of a feeling of indifference
as to the result, and
an unwillingness to make sacrifices
of life, and blood, and treasure,
for a set of sharks, who are
paralyzing the energies of the nation.
speculating upon the necessities
of the people, and forgetful
of their own responsibilities, and
careless of the iniquity of their
conduct, do not hesitate to fatten
upon the distrcsse%of their fellow
men. and the ruin of their
country.
The man who charges one cent
more than a reasonable profit for
any article which he produces or
has for sale: is a worse foe to the
Confederacy, than .the Yankee *
soldier who curries n musket for
the purposes ofoverth rowing our
liberties, and such a man is aiding
Abraham Lincoln more cfli
cienlly to the accomplishment of
his purposes, than any soldier in
his ranks.?Held.
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JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE. "
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blip. 1'arb. Soda,
Spanish Brown.
? ET. Caster Oil,
' Spl. Camphor
For .ssile by
April 27 * AV. MAIN.
HE1DQUARUERS.
('<iNSi'i:II'T DEPAHTMKNT,
Colombia. April 20, 1804.
urdeus XO.
U i'kusons isktweex the aces of
2_0 17 and 18 aud between 40 ami 50 years,
who failed to report to tit: KnroMing Officers
of their respective Districts on'or before the
first of May next, and will be enrolled without
prejudice because of such default, on
rendering a satisfactory excuse therefor.
If. Those who fail to report within the time
herein extended, will be enrolled as conscripts
and assigned to service with tho?c between
the ages of 18 and 45; unless they shall render
a satisfactory excuse for such default, to
he judged by the l'urcnu of Conscription at
TichnioM'1. ' C l>. MKDTON,
Major, ('ntiininiiilant of Conscripts.
Tvi-weekly Courier aiul Mercury lour
limes: sfll other pavers in the Slate copy once,
i April ,117
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