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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-05-01
How the Women Make Powder.

We copy a portion of a letter addressed
to Lieut.. McClung, at Knoxville, by Ia
dy in Sullivan County, East Tennessee.
I saw some weeks ago in the Register
an article on the "Making Of Saltpetre,'
and that the earth under old houses con-
tanned more or less nitre. also learned
that the Government was in great need Of
satpetre, in order to make powder for ou'
brave boys now in the field. Well, sir,
felt, though I am a woman, that it was my
duty to do what could for my country
so, having an old house with dry dirt un'
der it, I determined to make a trial:
threw out the ashes in my ash hopper, and
had two others built. I then had the dirt
under the house dug up and put into the
hoppers.
1 then run water through one of 5he
hoppers, and then passed the water through
the other two. After which I added lye
to the water until the curdling ceased =
I then boiled it until it was thick, when
the pot was set off the fire. In few hours
the saltpetre had formed into beautiful
crystals. l poured water three times
through each hopper, and then boiled i,
down. The result is just one hundred
pounds of beautiful saltpetre, according te
my husbands weighing. 1t was very lit
tie trouble to me.
Now, sir, I see you are the agent of the
Government I want to hand it over to
you to be used in defending my country.
The Knoxville Register adds, that a
citizen Of Jefferson County, Tenn, made
from the dust beneath single old house
two hundred and eight pounds of saltpetre,
which, with the nitre and sulphur added,
was converted into two hundred and fifty
pounds of powder. Everybody can dc
something to help on the cause.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-05-01

militia, long enough and close enough to
be- capable of selecting officers What
member of the Council can speak for the
qualification of an officer from Anderson,
Pickens or Greenville ? What can Mr..
Hayue, who has been the better part of a
lifetime in Alabama, Mr.. Chestnut, who
has been in Congress, or Gov. Pickens,
who has been in Russia, know of the mill
tary capacity of the men in their Congress
sional Districts? They must, from necessi-
ty, be governed by the representations, re-
Communications, &C., of other friends, and
will there be- any greater security in that
than in the election made by the soldiers I
It has been limited that selections will be
made from "those who have borne the brunt
of one campaign" Can it be done 2
Would our officers in Virginia leave their
posts-would they be allowed to do.it r
And if only oue.third Of the officers in
Virginia, field and company, are competent,
would it not be miserable policy to break
up the efficiency of our army there, BY re.
moving the competent officers, and allowing
the incompetent, by seniority, to fill their
places? And if the ssinstincts of the mel"
failed in. the election of good officers in
Virginia, it is but fair to inferthat the same
failure occurred 10 offering the regiments
on the coast. We challenge comparison
And will it do to make selections from tina,
quarter The only resort of the Council
will be to select from the huge pile of ap
plicants on its table, task which We de-
not envy them.
A BACK COUNTRYMAN.
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Fort PILLow.-The siege of this fort
was commenced on the 18th instant, by the
enemy's gun-boats The fort is situated
about eighty-fve miles above Memphis, and
is said to be one of the strongest points on
the river. 1t is on the Tennessee side. It
is fortified by twenty guns-six rifed can
non, 80 Founders; thirteen smooth bore,
same size, and one IL inch Columbiad.-
The channel of the river is within one
hundred yards of the guns, and no boats,
of however light draught, can pass. (says
one writer from that place. at a greater
distance. A deep ditch, rampant and fine
military road, extend from the river front
on the right, to the river front ON the left,
in the form of horseshoe, on the brow of
the highest hills, fully mounted with heavy
guns at the salient angles; some idea Of
the extent of which may be formed by the
fact that it would require 10000 men,
formed in line of battle, to cover its circuit.
In the rear, outside the ramparts, the woods
are not only cut, but stripped of all limbs
for over FIVE hundred yards-and is again
further strengthened by an almost impassa'
BILE morass, which stretches inward and up
ward of the river as far as the eye car
reach. -.
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p8 The Tomato should receive particular
attention from our farmers. It's extensive
cultivation is necessary for the preservation
Of the health of our soldiers. The Tomato
seems to have direct and peculiar action
on the liver, producing all the beneficial
effects of mercurial preparations, without
any of the injurious. It is said that the
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NORTHERN LIEs.-The Washingte

NORTHERN L1Es.-The Washington
Government has appointed a day Of thanks.
giving for The Northern "viotory" at Shiloh
and proposes to desecrate the churches Of
Almighty God by the parade in its sanctu.
aries Of one of its infamous lies to cajole
the people. The hypocritical spirit of this
falsehood is not more remarkable than its
daring profanity This conduct Of Presi.
dent Lincoln, in appealing by proclamation
to the churches to impose a lie upon the
people, is an Infamous example Of degrade.
ton and hypocrisy quite characteristic o.
the man who, few weeks after the death
Of his own son, illuminated his house with
the lights Of grand ball and instead Of
sopping out his google eyes With tears, ss
the Northern papers represented him in
danger of doing from his indefatigable griei
for his son, was, after few weeks, giving
ball at the White House: at which, We
conclude from Jenkins accounts, Mrs.
Lincoln was remarkable for wearing dress
three inches longer than usual, and "Old
Abe" was wittier, coarser, aud drunke'
than at any former period of his life.
There is no serious reason for the gross
and remarkable perversion of facts display
ed alike in the official reports of the Wash
iugtou Government and the lies of Nor
thern journals, in every stage of the cur
rent history Of the war. The North writes
and speaks for an audience, that must be
systematically deceived to induce them te
continue the war. Its appeal is not to men
of education, commanding the confidence
and guarding the destinies of their fellow
citizens, but to such an audience as the
alien rabble at New York, or the tanatlcal
abolitionists of Boston. This deception is
simply one of the necessities of the Wash
ington Government, and will be continued
to the extent even of religious thanksgiv'
ings as long as there are fools to hurrah
over imaginary victories, or white cravated
priests of abolition to preach certain deliV,
erance to the people, and fill the sanctuarles
of the church with the stencil Of fragrant
lies.-Richmond Examiner.
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From the Columbia South carollnIan.

Mr.. Editor: No one can mistake the
signs of the times. There is a feeling Of
dissension springing up in our State, which
tits painful to contemplate. La this time
for dissension Is this q time for party
strife Never, since she days Of our revo-
luton, has there been time when patriot.
ism called SO loudly on every Carolinian to
unite as band of brothers and take up
earns against sea of troubles,
Aud by opposing nobly end them"
Our State Convention, no doubt, honest.
" impressed with the arduous labors and
great responsibilities Of our Governor,
thought it wise and safest TO- appoint an
Executive Council. These gentlemen are
we'll known to the people Of South Carroll
ma, and have and deserve their confidence.
The organization of this Council could nev-
er have been the consequence Of any want
of confidence in the Chief Executive. It
is true Governor Pickens, as all other men
eminent in the political contests of the day,
has his opponents, but it is an error to
suppose that the great masses ofthe people
ever doubted his ability, his patriotism, or
his devotion to his native State. Whatev-
er course, therefore, our Convention may
think proper to take, let the people cordial.
ly sustain them. Let them be vigilant and
firm and determined, and with enc arm
and one heart, meet the enemy and show
them by our acts that We are indeed "ter-
ribly in earnest. HAMPDEN.
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The Yankee Spies at chattanoogas

SChS~ GJ Sous <SSUoseSf tEss>fsSS,'SAs-S
crate commander Of that post. The result
Of the trial we do not know. We learn
however, that the captured sraseals eonfesa
their guilt, but claim, some Of sthem, tlat
they were ordered here from their iregi.
mentss ssy- g. 49, ~ s.ss ss.ss. .
The leader, we also learn, IS q man named
Andrews, who is known to have once lived
here. When captured, he offered Sl0r
900 to be released. Several Thousand dol
lars. have been found upon bis person He
is an unmitigated Yankee scouudrel but
reckless and daring. He, We learn, con.
,fesses nothing. -
The result Of the trial of these men We
have not yet heard. Possibly ne may neE-s
er hear it. But if it be proper, and tbe
made known to sus, shall Inform our reed.
ers. .-Atanta intsllli!gencers - 81 q
sr The Yankees at Port Royal are gek
ting tired of supporting the negroes stolen
by them from the Garolinians A reporter
Of the New York Herald complains that;
the sspesky creaters', do nothing but eat,
till they make themselves sick, and that
they are actually dying from oyer.eatipg
and want of exercise Hecomplains that
no work can De got.ous oI snem' ano Nssl tna1
to feed tWensy.nse tnousanat o snsle los ~.
in possession OF the .sf hankees, cosss sle,t
Government about ten Thousand do'-
lars day. There is also dIttlcuity among
the missionaries at Port Royal They donF
make satisfactory progress 10 the work q
enlightuing the scontrabands, and some Of
the old spinsters that have been sent ont
from Boston for that purpose, express them
selves very much disgusted at the conduct
ofthe officers and soldiers, and the treat,
ment they receive from them. Miss
rusha Pettyboae despairs Of ever eleyatILg
the moral or intellectual character Of the
little niggerlings, and is horribly shocked
at the immodesty Of her colored sisters
Miss Jerusha is becoming heartily tired of
her mission down South, and is ANXIOUS TO
90 to hum.-sSavanaah Neaes.. :
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DE : lANnes9 ss.s na.,.s. s nj.
Atlanta (Ga.) COMMONWEALTH learns, from
a private letter, that Gen. Kirby Smith,
with large force, is at Bridgeport, Jack
son County Ala, sixteen miles from Hunts
vile, where he will establish his headquar-
ters for the present, It was to this place
our force, two Thousand strong, retreated
when the Yankees entered Huntsville.
4 A gentleman just escaped from the lat.
ter town gives the pleasing intelligence
that they have found no sympathlrerssof
their cause there, and the ladies are very
naughty and indignant to posn federai o.
6cers and soldiers. Assour forces now nave
possession of Stevenson, aud are peing
iargely tel.,oloeu .,, = : uan,s,,;,is =
saAses ~ ~" inch sJ synossd to anti their nnr.
aa.o pcs Smith il %rebuildiuo the bridge
pssoss p tba Tennessee River. DESTROYED by
hv onr forces and be will then, no doubt,
make an attempt to form a junction With
. ~ & .
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

GENERAL SMITH DEMANDS A RETRACTIoN OF
THE CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS Camp near
Yorktown. Virginia. April 30lh.-Hon Justin
Morri-Sir You have seen fit. in your place
in the House of Representatives, to utter a
foul SANDER against me. 1ou have offered TO
the country TO evidence in support of your
naked assertion You have, so far as | can
learn, taken no public steps to collect testimony
to SubStantiaie your charges. and the intelligent
denials which have gone from the officers Of
this division to yourself and colleagues have
failed to elicit from YOU 4 frank and open
apology.
1t is now my turn to speak, and here face to
face with a brave foe. | turn back to you, an
assassin and tell YOU you must prove your re-
traction as public as he libel. and am certain
that throughout the length and breadth of this
great land every manly heart will have to say
have demanded no more than have right
To compel. W. II. SMITH
Commanding Division Army of the Potomac.
The Republican slanderer of the Union SOL
der weakened in his boots and the retracton
was made in the House, where his libels had
originated
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

GRAVES OF tbs DEAD OF THE TWENTY
FIGurH ILLINOIS A letter from Pittsburg
Landing. saws OF all that have died and
been buried at Pittsburg, none rest in a more
romantic place, or have been more carefully
buried than the dead Of the Twenty eighth IL
hnois. This regiment was one of those on the
left of our line, where the enemy had made
such superhuman efforts to get to the river 50
as to destroy or drive off the steamers, and get
into the rear Of our other divisions. Bu. the
cool courage Of our men foiled them IN every
effort They made the number Of the dead in
this part Of the field attest the sanguiuary na-
ture OF the conteS; that was maintained here.
After the battle the Twenty-eighth Illinois
appropriated an Indian mound near their camp
for their own dead. and surrounded it with .
burial fence. The mound is on the highest
part Of the ground in the vicinity, and Is about
ten feet above the level. and about eighty feet
SQUARE on the top. On this the graves are
made side by side, in rows. each one having
f the occupants name placed at the head, with
company and place Of residence II is sweet
spot. surrounded with Wild flowers. and when
| was last there many Of the soldiers were
trapsplanting voets and other wild flowers tC
decorate the last resting place Of their brave
comrades.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28
TEE Wox4S NaIos-TRor-Rr Cagp

TIE WOMAN MAJoR-TRoUBLE N CAMP
The Pittsburgh Landing correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Times writes:
l am sorry 10 inform you that there is at
present some appraheHsions Of domestic dIfh-
Guilty, originating out Of the late commission
Of a female TO the rank Of major 10 the United
States army. This worthy lady, whose brave
r. a0d Samaritan kindness 10 our wounded
soldiers on the battle field of Shiloh has won
her love and esteem OF an approaching public.
and who has been promoted to rank by a
grateful government. Is, | fear, about to fall
a victim TO that most dreaded decisions
Jealousy. This lady is at present holding her
headquarters on board Of one of the hospital
steamers now lying at Pittsburg Landing,
auxiously awaiting the expected battle. TO
again render that comfort and aid known only
10 exist in the presence Of angels and the at
tentious OF lovely women. But what is most
unhappy in the case Of this lady major is. that
her once adOring and loving husbaud who now
holds the rank Of lieutenant, insists on being
made a colonel, and gives as reason that his
wife commands him from virtue of her rank
being q major-and that is directly contrary
to the original understanding existing between
them at the day of their nuptials. From this
protest Of the lieutenant fear that all law
abiding wives will hold up their hands and ex.
claim, " Oh the brute.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

Loxpox TMEs-A change has come over
the spirit Of its dreams After all its reviiugs
at our LiIliputiau endeavors, it is at last wax
ing up to a correct estimate Of our resources.
In late number it says:
- Now If all the resources Of this country
were at the disposal OF Mr.. Bright aud his
fN,ends. and all our power were thrown into the
NSrtheru scale. could we add 10 the strength
of the Federals iu Ibis singular contest. We
might send them ships, but they have as many
as thev want They have already possession Of
the seas. and the whole British navy could
give nothing more. We might lend them
money. but Of this, too, in some form or other,
they have got enough to allow Of present
Fxnenditnre Of eSo 600 a day. As to sending
them men. all the effective troops now sewing
in England might be landed IN New York
without causing any percep'ible increase in the
fahplous numbers Of the Northern armies W e
might send them three times as many soldiers
as we seut TO Canada without adding above
fye per cent to their forces in the heId. Ne
rfer IN the world. not even the First Napoleon
ever disposed OF 50 many men or 50 mnct
mouev as Abraham lincoln.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

The CAPITAL BUILDING AT WAsHINGroS.-
Mr.. Walter, the architect of the Capital ex
tension, has made statement for the Finance
Committee of the Senate OF the estimated cost
Of preserving the incomplete portions Of the
building. The sum thus required will be con-
siderable, and it is urged that economy re-
quires, as the work is substantially near its
completion, that it should go on. The very
extensive and expensive machinery for the
construction may be rendered valueless by
further delay in using it, while materials in a
finished condition dressed marble, iron cast
ings, etc. are at hand, and need only to be
put in place. The Committee on Public
Buildings have ordered the contractors for the
massive and complete iron of the dome to go
on. It is argued by them that it had better
be put in place rather than to lie about ex
posed to rain and danger of accident.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

IL the late sharp fight at Williamsburgh
Va, between the rear guard of the rebels and
the advance column which Gen. Mcclellan
sent in pursuit of them. one of the Union dra-
groous (who has been in the service fifteen
years, and rides like Centaur, and fights like
a demon) engaged five of the chivalry" in a
hand-to-hand encounter, and cut them down as
though they had been stalks, to the encour-
agement of his comrades, some of whom had
never crossed steel in earnest before.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

STABBING ARRAY AT HONEY LAKE--Billy
Fox. an old resident of Indian Valley, wa;
severely and it is feared fatally stabbed or
Sunday last, at Susanville. by man named
Moody. The difficulty originated in regard tc
some financial affair After the cutting
Moody procured pistol and de6ed the town
TO arrest him. He took TO the hills, and al
last accounts had not been captured. The
wounded man is represented as peaceable
inofensive citizen, while Moody bears despe-
rate characte.-l PIumas Standard.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

Row on AN INDIAN RFsESvATIoS.-In re-
sponse to so urgent summons, Indian Agent
Wentworth has gone 10 the Tulare Indian
Reservation. 10 look into q difficulty there
which eliminated in the expulsion OF his depu-
ty, P,xley "a brother OF the Attorney General'
by citizens who bad become indignant at GER
tain alleged misconduct on his part.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28
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A VoIcE FROM MISsEsoTA.-The ST. Paul
Minnesota Journal thus discoarses upon the
duty Of Democrats
e Let the people be assured. with manly
honesty, that We, the Democracy. although
falling to elect President representative Of
our principles, have been and are anxious 10
open his eyes TO Democratic truths and help
him TO walk in Democratic paths are anxious
TO support him IN whatever can rebound to the
glory OF our country, ard aid in mending the
broken Constitution and Union that We
would be false TO that Union false 10 that
Constitution, false to our own political faith
which embraces them both; false even 10
policy, and false to the President, if We failed
10 illustrate and deprecate any divergence from
those principles and that line of policy upon
which, in our convictions, the sanity of the
nation depends. As Democrats, we are for
directing the war just 10 the opposite direction
from that chosen by Republicans as Demo
Gratis, We stand By the President Just where the
Republicans desert him. Whether that is
properly sustaining the war, or not, Demo
traits will hardly submit to the Judgment Of
either Republicans or time servers y
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

Irs EsrMArE.-The Sacramento Bee says
the Board OF Levee Commissioners have esti-
mated the cost Of constructing and repairing
Ievees in Sacramento county at 100000.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

IRREvERENCE TO WAsHINGTON.-CalebL Ly-
on, who has just returned from Fredericksburg,
states that the statue of Washington as a
Mason, executed by Hiram Powers and SAID
to be one of the finest productions of that
artist. has been taken from the Lodge Room
there and is now hidden away in one of the
cellars TO the town. Also that the monument
to Mary, the mother of Washington, has been
used as a target by the rebel soldiers, and the
corners clipped off by Minnie bullets.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28
0deeklp 8utte 3etoro
DEMOCRATIC co. COMITTEE.

a meeting Of the Democratic County Committee
bers Of the Committee are earnestly requested TO at
tend a business Of importance wil be brought Be
fore the meeting. C.F.LOTT,
Chairman Democratic Co. Central Committee.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

JOIN NJ KINNEY. late Republican State
Treasurer Of Michigan. has been sentenced to
seven years imprisonment in the peniientary
for embezzlement Of the State moneys.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

THE small pox is raging iearfully at San
Luis Obispo again, number having died,
among whom were two daughters Of r. T..
Branch, Esq.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

TnE Missouri Republican says of the rebel
lion in tha. State:
after a long contest OF nine months the
xar in this State has at length teen given up,
and the effort 10 coerce US out Of the Oulon
Les been abandoned ignominously."
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

ScuooL FuNp.-The amount of the State School
Fund apportioned to Butte county is ss2j 9S. The
number of children in the county was reported at
l ~
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

The eSpetiaI attentlon oI Ihe Trustees oil inc va
rious School districts of the County of Butte is
called to the above apportonment. Reports OF
Teachers and Trustees, must be made to the County
Superintendent prior TO the 5lst October lS62
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

No GooD.-Prentice is responsible for q
report that the beggars of the Southern Con-
federacy positively decline Confederate notes.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-06-28

CkAroR.-Hou. J. W. McCorke has been invited
10 deliver the oration at Weavervlle. on the 4th.