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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Ex.Librarian, Lyceum Library
The Tripod.

The same test has to be applied to jour-
nalism as to everything else the man of
brains succeeds in building up name and
10 acquiring wealth, while the droue goes
to the wall. The active duties of the po.
sition require extraordinary powers of mind
and body, and no one ever achieves a per-
maneut success without them. AS to COM
fort and personal ease, as little. attaches to
newspaper life as to any other that can be
thought of. A cotemporary thus gives his
"experience."
We frequently hear people express de-
sire to belong to the fraternity. They lit.
tie know the annoyances of editorial life, or
such wish would not 90 forth. Ifa paper
says friend in the harness, has too much
political, or too much literary matter in it,
nobody wants it. If it contains too little,
its not worth taking. If the type are small
they are unable to read it. If:large, we
want to economise. If we publish the tel.
egraph reports, people say they are nothing
but a batch Of lies, and if we dent publish
them, they declare we are not able to pay
for reports. If an occasional joke finds its
way into our columns, we are dubbed rat
tle-head, aadif none appear, we are declared
40 old fossil. If we publish great deal of
editorial, they say that is easily done; that
the evidence of good editor is in selec-
tions. If we scissor great deal, We are
cursed for not giving them what has not np-
peared in some other paper. A compli-
mentary notice appears, and We are called
partial, and if none is written, we are styled
selfish hog. If we occasionally publish
something to please the ear Of the ladies,
or tickle the fancy of young misses, men
damn the paper for printing such atrash,"
and if nothing is given for the ladies', the
paper is not fit to have in the house. If we
attend church, it is to cover our hypocrisy,
and if We fail to 60, we are condemned for
not practicing what we preach. If we COM
mend any act of the Government, men de-
clare We dare not speak otherwise, and if
We do see fit to sometimes find fault, there
is class to call us traitor. If we de-.
nounce General for want of capacity, we
are impairing confidence; and if we make
no mention of him and he commits an error
we ought to have let the world known be-
forehand that he was not the "right man in
the right place." We cannot remain in our
Office to attend to our business, without re-
marks being made about lack of sociabit
ity, and if we do miDgle with our fellows,
they can't see how We attend to business.
These are only few of the anuoyances Of
editorial life, but they are sufficient to sat-
isfy any one chat it is not such an enviable
life after all.-Raleigh Progress.r
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
The Tug of War.

The enemy has now an additional motive
to press. the subjugation of the South. 1T
is his only way to save himself from fnan-
cial ruin. Thisshas not only been asserted
by almost every journal at the North, but
has been at last openly confessed by the
Yankee Secretary of the Treasury. While
doing his best to lift his currency, coDcoct.
ing bills to arrest speculation in gold, and
to check the issues of the State banks-to
which two sources ho attributes mainly the
depreciation Of "greenbacks"-he yet ad.
mits that none of these expedients will suf-
fee, unless they be further assisted by VIC
tories in the field. "Without military suc-
cess, all measures will fall" writes the des.
pairing fnancier. A Yankee. must be in.
deed at his wits end when he can find no
other way out of difficulty but telling the
truth Such is now the condition Of the
thiuble.rigger, Chase. 1t must have been
e source of bitter modification to him to be
thus compelled to transgress one of the first
principles of Yankee morality. How will
he face his indignant couutrymen, with the
guilt of that honest sentence-though it
may have been the only one of bis whole
life-upon his conscience? Leaving him,
however, to his fate, let US consider briefly
|. what less there are for us in his admission.
We ought to beware how we regard the
present monetary condition of Yaukeedom
as operative altogether in our favor. Itsup-
plies motives, as we have already limited,
which will cause the Yankee leaders to leave
no stone unturped in their efforts to subdue
US, and the Yankee soldiers to fight with a
desperation which they have never yet dis.
played at any period of the war, They will
strike as men strike whose property is staked
upon their weapons-as men, too, who, from
a peculiar national character, esteem prop
erty as tho most important of earthly inter.
csts. These are sordid inducements, in.
deed and we can afford to despise them
when compared with those which impe! US
to take the field, aud to stand sternly by the
alternative, victory or death. Nevertheless,
the weight which they will bring into the
contest ought not to be entirely Sighted
We should be prepared to meet an unusual
display of Yankee valor with such a courage
as shall seem extraordinary, even in land
wherecourage has already reached a height
which it is difficult to surpass. We must
transcend the deeds of our fathers; VIC must
eclipse the glories Of 81, '62 and '65; we
must fight as if life were the least thing in
the world to be considered, and defeat one
of those impossibilities which no numbers
short of the sands Of the sea side can achieve.
Doing battle in this spirit, we shall sweep
down upon our foes with Irresistible force.
Grant-ana the bordesr which he commands
will be consumed before US like prairie grass
before fire driven by mighty winds.
South Carolinian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
ABSURD AND FALSE REPoRTs.-W

ABSURD AND FALSE REPORTS We
learn from gentleman of unquestionable
veracity that whilst travelling in the Noun
tain country recently, he'found some of the
people of that region greatly excited on ac-
count of report having been circulated by
some one that President Davis had issued
an order to have all children under9 certain
age az years we thinkO put to death, in
order to save food for the army. Some evil
disposed person started this report for. the
purpose of prejudicing the minds Of GER
tain class against the Confederate authori-
ties, and as absurd and false as such reports
are known to be by well.informed persons,
yet there are many whose sources of infor-
nation are SO limited that they have become
terribly alarmed about the matter. Of
course, the man who puts such reports in
circulation is an eremy to our cause, and
deserves the severest punishment .
Charlotte, ~ c., Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
"A ;Racy sketch.

H e - - a - -
A few days since, soma. reguiah boys, in
town not Thousand. miles fromsthe cap.
itol of New Hampshire, persuaded Joseph
N, or as he generally called, "Joe," +" to
attend Sunday School. -.
Joe was an overgrewn, hslf.witted, pro-
fame lad, and the boys anticipated consider
able fun-but the various questions pro-
pounded to him were SO realty and correct
ly answered that no one could for moment
suppose that he was not verged in theolog;,
cal lore. :. ~ -. -. -.
Joe was duly ushered in and placed on \
settee in front of one o6swhich hia frieajs
were seated, and recitation com6nenoed.s ; ;
The teacher first questioned the 2clnss on
their regular lessons, and afterwards tursed
towards Joe.
"My friend, who made The worldfhsr we
iuhabit ?" = : gs
"Eh?" said Joe, turning uphis eyes like
an expiring calf. rs.9
"Who made the world that we inhabitr
Just as he was probably about to answer
the question, one of the boys seatedsbehind
him inserted a pin into his {Joe'sl pants a
bout nine inches below the ornamental but
tons on bis coat.
"God Almighty" answered Joe, in an
elevated tone, at the same time rising. to 'his
feet.
"Thatis correct" replied the teacher,
"but it is not necessary that you should
rise in answering;a sitting posture is just
as we'll" 80 :... -
Joe was seated and the chateohism pro-
ceeded.
"Who died to save the wosld?"
The pin was again inserted. 81 i5
"Jesus Christ !" in :alouder tone than
before, again rising. to hisfeet, S, - -
"That is correct, but do not msnifsst so
much feeling; do be little more reserved
in your manners, said the teacher in an, ex-
possulating tone Of voice.
--Aher Joe had calmed daua, examination
went on. Z. ts - ;Ss-,.
"What will be The final. doom of all wick
ed men 7" was the subject now up for con-
sideration, and as the pin was again "stuck
in" Joe thundered out, still higher ele-
vation in his body. 80
"Hell. aud damnation!" 49,.
-"My young friend, you give the answers
to all the questions, but while you are here
mo mich uo, IN txo m nra mild IN MOI, p up,rIs
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

CURE FOR Cough OR HoARsENEss.-A
correspondent Of the Charleston Courier,
gives the following:
Chip up fat aightwood, and put a handful
of the chips into pint of common spirits
A tcaspoonful in n wine glass of water, on
going to bed, will cure q hoarseness, and if
taken three times day, Or whenever a
cough is troublesome, it will effect speedy
cure. A few chips thrown into hot sho-
vel, and the odor breathed, will be found
scryiceable 10 lung complaints, and is calcu-
lated to relieve asthma This is much cheap.
er than Yankee "cherry Pectoral," and as
effcacious.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Secretary OF the Treasury.
Hon. W. F. Fessenden, Chairman of Com,
mittee on Finance.

A.CHRIsTIAN MoTHER.-The Rev. DR..
Hawkes., of New York, recently delivered a
lecture before the Historical Society of that
city, when be related the following story
among others, illustrative of female hero.
ism: 49,
"Amopg those, he observed, who formed
a part of the settlement during the revolu-
tionary struggle, was a poor widow, who,
having buried heT husband, was left in pow
erty, with the task upon her hands of rails
iug three sons. Of these, the two eldest,
ere long, fell in the cause of their country,
and she struggled on with the youngest as
best she could. After the fall of Charles.
ton, and the disastrous defeat of Colonel
Buford, of the State of Virginia, by Tarle-
ton, permission was given to some four or
five American females to carry necessaries
and provisions, and administer some relief
to the prisoners on board the prison ship and
in the jails of Charleston. The widow was
one of the volunteers upon this errand of
mercy. She was admitted within the city,
and, Drawing the horrors of pestilence, en-
ployed herself to the extent of her humble
meansin alleviating the deplorable suferings
of her couutrymen. She knew what she
had to encounter; but, Notwithstanding,
went bravely on Her nilsson of humanity
having been fulfilled, she left Charleston on
her return; but alas, her exposure to the
pestilcntial atmosphere she had been O.
pbliged to breathe, had planted in her sys.
TEN the seeds of fatal disease; and ere she
reached her home, she sank under an attack
of prison fever, brave martyr to the cause
of humanity and patriotism. Fhe dying
mother, who now rests imam unknown grave,
thus. left her only son, the sole survivor Of
his family, to the worlds charity but little
did she dream, as death closed her eyes,
the future of that orphan boy. The son be,
came President of this free Republic, fo,
that widow was the mother of Andrew Jack.
son.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

THE BATTLE FIELD OF OCEAN Pond
A correspondent of'the Savannah Neps,
writing from the field of Fincgan's victory,
says:
Our dead were all decently Inferred by
twelve o'clock NJ, in single graves. They
began the work of putting in possession of
their "free farms" some four hundred and
fifty of the enemy's dead. Instead of the
promised farms, however, they received only
small and rather crowded tenements, with
fifteen Or twenty joint owners, white and
black-the former often occupying the
ground floor, or tier.
Such was the case with the redoubtable
Colonel Frieble, of negro regiment, in
whose pocket was found letter from bis
wife (qucry, white or black p asking him
to "confscate" for her Ga nice side.saddle,
when he reached Tallahassee"
Yes, the black hearted Frieble had q
dogs burial. A leader of horde Of infu-
rated negroes on a mission of murder, rob-
berry and rape, ought he not to have been
left to rot on the plain, for the obscene birds
to fatten on bis vitals, and the gaunt wolves
to guaw his bones?
4 variety of trophies. could be seen a
round our camp fires the night of the bat
tic, many Of them Yankee notions in the
shape of little conveniences for the soldier
in camp, or on the march, put up in the
smallest compass. Letters, daguerreotypes,
etc. Some of the latter, taken from negro
kuapsacks, were of finely dressed white fe-
males showing that the new Yankee theo
ry of "miscegenaion" is in practice. There
were also found many scat nine tails"
such as were used in the navy formerly.
The wounded negroes were al! very hum
ble-the slaves detected in the extreme
The Northern negroes at FIRST spoke as to
their equals, but soon found it would not do.
Said ooe of groupto a Confederate sol.
dier standing by'"I say, my friend, just let
me put my arms around your neck, and
raise me up a little" Confederate soldier
-"Don't you call me your friend, d-n
you, I'd just as soon blow your brains out
as not, aud I wouldn't touch you with ten
foot pole"
1 will only add that from the "signs" this
was one Of the good fights Of the war, and
won by the pluck and aim of'our men,
FeN orders we're given, (and those prinoi-
pally by General Colquitt, who directed the
battle, and was under fire the whole time }
His order was "push on, and that was done
steadily, even by some troops who we're (by
great neglect somewhere) early out of am
munitior.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

OUTRAaEs BY NEaRoEs.-The late
massacre of negro soldiers near Vicksburg
is now said not to have been rebel out
rage, quite otherwise. The negroes went
to hotel where there were only white wo-
men and children with their servants, COM
mitted the grossest possible outrages on the
woman and then burned the house. An
Indiana regiment heard of the affair, and
attacked and killed the negroes. No re-.
bells were concerned in the. SHOCKING affair.
Admiral Porter said in a late report: "The
negro troops near Vicksburg have been
many outrages."
Chicago Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
81 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE
"A Philosophic Darkey.


A newspaper correspondents from the
Cumberland river gives the following hp.
morous accounted q eolloquy with . phile.
sophie dafkey, who had been present at the
battle of Fort Donaldson -,
Observing him toasting his shins agsilst
the chimney, broke in upon his profound
meditation thus:
"Were you.in the fght at Fort Donsl-
son ?" = h.s7i
aHsd little tastsof IL, sa."l -
"Stood your ground, didtyouip
"No, sa, run.,.' W ys,
"Run at the first fire, did you r. :
+. eyes, 50, and would hab:run sooner bad
I knowed it war cumin." ~,
'.Why that wasn't very orsdit.blsto year
courage" -
"Da.'ain't in my line, "a eooking's my
perfeshun." ;. - .
"Well, but have you norsgsrd for your
reputation ?" s, ,,5.f I. a.,
"Reputation is muffin to me By de- side Of
life"
3stDo you consider your life worth more
thano other people'sH >
"It's worth more to me, b."
"Then you must value it highly p az
eyes, SO, I does-more dan all dis world
more dan a million Of dollars, 81; for
what would dat be worth to man .wid de
7bref out'n him2 self.preserbation ann de
6fst law wid me, sa." 4, ,;...,.;
"But why should you act upon differ
emit raIe from Others" ?" =
"Because different men sets different
values on dalives; mine is not in de mar:
ket, fsa.1 ss....:t- 80 y
"But if you lost it, you would have the
satisfaction Of knowing you died faF your
country"
"What satisfaction would dat bsso Ma.
50, when the power Of feelin was gone
"Then patriotism and honor are nethSp
to your" B
"Nufin, whatever, 50, I regard dem a y
among de vanities."
"If our soldiers were like you, traitors
might have broken up the Government
without resistance Z" s'5,a5 i5;
eyes, 50, there would hab been no help
for it: I wouldn't put my life in de scale
against any gubberment dat ever existed,
for no gubbermeut could replace de1oss to
me-"
"Do you think any of your company
would have missed You if you had been
killed-?''
"May be not, 50. "A dead white man
amt much to desc sogers; let alone a dead
niger, but I'd missed myself, 50, and
dats de pint wid me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

YOUNG AMER1cA.-A lady teaching her
little daughter, four years old, pointed to
something in the book, and asked. "What
ls that, my dear~ "Why, don't you know?"
inquired the child. eyes," said the mother,
"Dut 1 wish to find out if you know"
SWELL" responded the little miss, 81 do
know" "Tell me then, if you please"
said the lady. "Why no." insisted the
little one, with an arched look, "You know
what it is, and I know what tits, and there
is no need of saying anything more about
It."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

NORTHERN ESTIMATION OF oUR GENE.
RAILS "A Confederate who has recently
been IN New York writes
The Yankees do not hesitate to admit the
superiority of our Generals over their own.
After the idol of the hour, Git is Grant
now,) they award the merit of great general
ship to Lee. European military critics al.
ways speak of Lee as the ablest soldier de-
veloped by the war on either side, and SO
far without his equal in the present armies
of the old world. Stonewsll jackson COM
manded the admiration of the Yankees as
we'll as of the rest. of mankind. Even
Beecher made him the subject Of an elabo-
rate eulogy.. Beauregard stands high with
the Yankees for his defence Of Charleston
and his admirable retreat from Corinth.-
The other Confederate Generals best known,
and whose merits are handsomely acknowl,
edged, are Joe Johnston, Longstreet, Ma
gruder, Hardee and Polk. Portraits of all
these officers can readily be obtained at the
bookstores in New York and Boston. At
Frederick's show windows on Broadway,
are diaplayed two splendid photographs, one
of Lee and the other of jackson. During
my stay in New York I frequently met with
photographs of our "Stonewall," display
ed in public phces. President Davis is
thought to be very able man, butO, SO
wicked sIf we had a man like JEFF. Da-
Wis in the Presidential chair we would have
put down the rebellion long ago." is a
common remark.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
nsr ". ahiiton. tae Congressionsl re

ses NJ Clifton, tae Congressional rep
resentative of the Montgomery District,
Alabama, has issued circular address to
his constituents, reviewing the Legislation
of the last. session, and showing his partici-
patton therein. In reference to the many
criticisms which sore heads and constitu.
tioual grumblers have made upon the mea-
sures adopted by the last Congress, Mr..
Chiffon remarks very justly, "he must have
very little dove for his Government, who
can see nothing but its supposed faults; !;
who gloats over them with delight; who
fippantly denouuces the gravest measures
of its Legislation, as unwise, impolitic, un-
constitutional and dangerous to the public
liberty" Says MIR. Chiffon, "Let all'such
croak on, but let those who wish to unite
our people in the bonds of eternal brother.
hood, so that by our combined energies we
may transmit to our latest posterity the bles-
sings of Republican liberty, 60 to work,
heart and soul, to save our country from the
vandaf foe which environs it."
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RATES OF POSTAGE I'M THE
C. STATES OF AMERICA.

FOR the convenience of the public
\ the following smpied statement of the rates Of post
the of Congress Of the Confederate States OF
America has been prepared. II must DC oorne IN mind
the p NJ. General may, by proclamation announce:
RATES op POSTAGE.
Single letters, not exceeding half in weight to
any part of the Confederate Sates shall be each l0 cents
An additional single rate for each additional ha ounce
or less
Drop letters cents each.
In hefogoing cases. the postage be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
Advertised letters cents each.
on 'sEwspAPERs.
Sent to regular and 5onG de subscribers from the office
of publication and not exceeding three ounces in weight
Weekly paper l3 cents per quarter
emi,Weeky paper, S6 cents per quarter.
Tri-Weeldy paper, 80 cents per quarter
Four times week, 56 cents per quarter.
Five times week, 65 cents per quarter!
Six tines week. 78 cents per quarter.
on PERIODICALS.
Periodicals published oftener than semi monthly shall be
Periodicals published monthly, not exceeding ~ 1gnooy
In weight each number, and onecent additional
on each additional ounce or fraction Of an ounce
TRANSIENT PRINTED NATTER.
The inland postage every other newspaper, and on
each circular not sealed, handbi engraving, pamphlet
periodical magazine other paper which shall be uncon
nected with any manuscript written matter, and not
exceeding in weight, shall be cent and Tor every
additional ouncenr fraction of ounce cent addition
al; and books bound and unbound, not weighing over
four pounds shall be deemed mailae NATTER and the In
land postage them shall be at the rate of cents an
ounce or fraction Of ounce and the postage on all such
transient and books shall be prepaid In all cases ex
cept when sent by officers, musicians or pvaes OF the
army.
PRASKIyG PRIVILEGE.
The following persons only entitled 10 the franknS
privilege and in all strictly confined to official bus
ness.
Postmaster General. -
His Chief Clerk.
Auditor Of the Treasury for the Post Office Department
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

THE EMPLOYMENT OF FREE NEGROES
AND SLAVES IN THE ARMY -At.thc last
session of Congress a law was passed to o5-
viate the deficiency of the army by the em-
2loyment Of free negroes aud slaves in GER
tain capacities. This important law has al
most escaped public notice, especially as it
has remained for considerable time uncz-
cuted. We hear, however, thatthe con.
scription officers have recently been INSTRUCT
ed to carry out the law. e.,
The law requires that all male free ne
groes and other free persons of color, lot
including those who,are free under the trea-
ty Of Paris of 1903, or Under the treaty Of
Spain of 1919, resident in the Confederate
States, between, the ages of eighteen and
fifty gears, shall be held liable to perform
such duties with the army, or in connection
with the military defences of the country,
in the way of work on, Notifications or in
the government works for the production or
preparation of materials of war, or in mill
tary hospitals, as the Secretary Of War or
the commanding General of the Trans Mis-
sissippi department may from time to time
prescribe.
Under the same act of Congress, the-Sec
retary Of War is authorized to employ or, if
necessary, to impress twenty thousand slaves
k for duties similar to those to which we have
thus referred.
The conditions as prescribed by recent
general orders, under which this impress
ment of slaves is to be made, are chiefly as
follows: Ist. That slaves shall not be im-
pressed when the services of free negroes
can be obtained. I'd. Slaves under the age
of eighteen and above the age of fifty arc
exempt. Sd. The hire for slaves impressed
shall according to the rates fixed by the
appraisers under The act to regulate impress
meuts. 4th. The limitation as to the term
for WHICH slaves shall be impressed for ser
vice shall be for twelve months instead OF
the terms fixed BY said orders, ifcthe exi'
gency shall require it.-Richm0nd Whtg.