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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-10-28
I'm. W Me H T. 8

AS the Phoenix r.es from the ashes of its nr. animal
ed with lfesp does this Elixir reuvenste the sys
TEN and overcome disease.
a0-rhe Rejurenating Elixir 10 the result u modern
discoveries In the vegetable kingdom being entirely
new and sbrsrt etho Of care, irrespective of the
old and worn-ort systems
A1Ths Detieine Inns been tested by the eminent
medical men Of the day and by them pronounced be
one Of the GREATEST medical discoveries of Che age
e4-one Bottle will cure general Debility
49, fsw doses curee Mysteries I'm females
e1-One bottle cures PaIpitaton OF the Heart.
(rrn one 10 three bottles restores the manliness
and fall yigor Of youth.
o@-A few doses restores the appetite
A1-1hree bottles cure the case Of Impotepcv
A0rA few doses cure the low spirited
HA-One bottle restores men tai power
U4-A few doses bring the to the cheek
-This medicine restores TO manly vgor and robust
health the pootdebilitsfsd vorndov de.rsiriue
41The Gtless, eperyated youth the orertas ked man
OF business the victim OF depression the ind
vidua suffering from general debility will all fpd i'm
mediate and permanent relief by the this Fxir or
| Essensc Of Life
A1Pree g per bottle three bottles fr s. and for
ward BY kxpress- receipt Of money any address,
All such orders must be sent TO G. A. COOK Chicago
or General Agent for the West.
| Sold In Chicago, by FULLER YIyCH FULLER
wholesale Duggiss and by all Druggists ererywhers
e A. COOK. Chicago, General Agent for the States Of
Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana
DR. W. b. mERwIN x CO.,
| SOLE PRoPknross
No. 20 Liberty street, New York
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23

AN ARMY BAKE. OyEN.-One of The
greatest discomforts of the soldier is the
want of we'll baked bread. A remedy fol
this is probably now in the power of the
Government. An oven was some time ago
captured from the Yankee army on the
Potomac whichbaked bread for 5000 men:
1t so happened that Mr.. Lapsley, the New
York inventor, was in Richmond when the
captured oven was brought there. He has
since improved upon it, and operated it at
Spottswood Hotel, in presence of the Sec-
retary Of War and other spectators. It
baked hard bread in IA minutes, biscuit in
10 minutes, and loaf bread in 35.minutes.
1t has S pans, baking 32 loayes each, or
about 300 per hour. The bread is Of most
excellent quality. The machine is in the
shape of wagon, and is carried about with
the army on wheels as one of the wagons.
What vast additions to the comfort Of
our soldiers can be made by these bakers,
and shoe shops, and soap manufactures, and
such like conYeniences, attached to every
brigade.
BY the way, speaking Of soap, a,friend
Informs US that be obtained from the 0b,sr-
ger recipe for making the article, which is
worth dozen years subscription. It is
simply strong ley and rosin boiled together
ill of the proper consistency. Not a par
tiele Of grease is necessary, His family
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
NOTICE.
/ CURRENCY ACT.
THE Banks of South Carolina here


by call the attention of all concerned the operation
Of the Act of the Confederate Congress- approved Feba
" l7 1854 by which the Treasury above the denom
nation Of I'VE dollars not funded In four per bonds
before the LIST Of April proxmo will be then subjected
give notice
them for deposits, bank balances, certificates of Deposit
checks dividends, &C., &c., shall present their claims and
receive payment thereof on before the 10Th Of March
2nd To facilitate the operations Of their customers in
funding their Treasury notes In four per cent bonds
ding to the above Act of Congress- the bankse continue
oreceve the same on deposit, until the 18th day of March
instant and TO pay checks drawn against the until
the 18th idem inclusive.
banks I'm order to avoid for their deposors and others
terested the of thirty and third per will
10 fund the Treasury notes then remaining in their
possession In four cent, bonds account of and for
The benefit of the said deposors and Others and thereafter
pay all such claims In said bonds. F..
4th, The banks will continue receive and pay out
Treasury nocs of the denomination of five dollars and less
and v receive In the manner heretofore the new
issues be made under this Act.
lumbIa
R. NJ. JOHNSTON, President Exchange Bank, Co
lumbia.
D.RAVENEL President Planters and Mechanics Bank.
/, ]. X. SASS, President Bank of Charleston.
JAMES ROSE, President South western Railroad Bank
H. L. ELLIOTT, President Planters Bank, Fairfield.
Y G. 8. CAMERON, President Bank of Chester.
J. G. HENNINGf, President Bank Of Georgetown.
WIN. WHALEY, President farmers and Exchange
Bank.
VIM. GODFREY, President Merchants Bank, Cheraw.
; W. B. SMITH, President Union Bank.
c. NJ. FURMAN, President Bank State Of South Caro-
JOHN FISHER President Branch Bank State of South
Carond, Columbia.
: ANDREW siMoNDs, President Branch Bank, Abbe-
vile.
s GEO. B. REID, President Bank of South Carolina.
d. F. McCAY, President Peoples Bank.
EDWARD SEBRING, President State Bank.
B. d. BOYD, President Bank Newbeny.
AIQYch
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
RATES OF POSTAGE IN THE
@. STATES OF AMERICA,

EOR the convenience of the public
the following snplifed statement of the rates Of post
the act of Congress Of the states o
America, has been prepared. II must be borne In mind
that Act into effect from and after such period
as the P. NJ General may, by proclamation, announces
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Single letters not exceeding half In weight to
any part the Confederate Staes shall be each 10 cents
OF less.
Drop letters cents each
In the foregoing the postage to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes.
T. Advertised Letters cents each.
sfsg ON NEWSPAPERS.
Sent 10 regular and bona de subscribers from the office
Of publication and Aot exceeding three ounces In weight
Weekly paper, l3 cents per quarter ~.
Semi-ReeEJy paper, 26 cents per quarter
Tri-Weekly paper SO cents per quarter.
Four times week, Sc cents per quarter.
Five times n week, 65 cents per quarter
Six times week, 7s cents per quarter
: ON PERIODICALS.
Periodicals published ofener than semimonhy shall be
charged rs newspapers.
Periodicals. published monthly not exceeding ~ ounces
In weight cent oneach number, and one cent additional
on each additional ounce or fnotion OF an ounce.
on TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER.
The inland postnge on every other newspaper and on
periodical magazine or other paper which shall be uncon
nected with any manuscript or written matter and not
exceeding IN weight, shall be cent and for every
additional fraction Of ounce, cent addition
al and books, bound and unbound, not weighing over
fourpounds shall be deemed maabe matter, and the In
land postage them shall be AZ the rate OF cents an
tansent and books shall be prepaid In all cases ex
cept when officers, musicians or prvates of the
army.
The following persons only entitled TO the frankin5
privilege, and In all strictly confined 10 official busi-
ness.
Postmaster General.
His Chief Clerk.
Auditor OF the Treasury for the Post Office Department
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
Il is an important fact that the tithes will

1t is an important fact that the tithes will
be valued in the new and reduced currency,
and, therefore, not go SO far as might be
anticipated, judging from this years valua:
ton. Also, that the 4 per cent. bonds do
not help the 1.-THE: s
2. Is the tax upon gold and silver coin,
exchange, &C., to be, paid IN kind 9-i. e.,
per cent. of gold itself, &C.:
The language seems studiously to imply
this In other sections the word "value"
is employed-in reference to gold and sill
yer coin, &c., the word "amount"-''upon
the amount of gold per cent."-not of
its value, it would seem, but of itself. A
distinction made in the third section seems
to favor this view-it being impossible to
pay 5 per cent. of the actual corpus of
money held abroad, the tax is levied upon
sthe value" of such money. The reason
seems to support the construction. Why
such discrimination between foreign ex-
change, on the one hand, and money held
abroad, on the other-as would tax the lat.
ter twenty times as high as the former?-
None, evidently. They are both taxed
alike, both in the same section, and having
like relations. The gold or exchange here
is to be paid in gold or exchange. The
gold abroad is to pay tax in Confederate
money here on its value here, while ex.
change here can be paid in kind. Since
the foreign gold itself cannot be reached in
kind, the third section Of this Act seems to
have been drawn with nice distinction.
Query.-Will four per cent. bonds pay
these taxes on gold, silver, bullion, ex.
change, &c.?
No; not if the foregoing yiewsis correct.
The foregoing reasoning appliesto cred
its, currency, &c.-the "amount" ofwhich,
and not their value, if taxed-these, too,
are payable in kind. Tt will be trouble
some matter with some of them, for they
are not properly devisable-still the argu.
ment seems decisive.
3. If the Government prefers that Treas
ury notes should be funded rather than pay
the tax of 355 per cent, could not the
mechanical difficulty of counting in q lin
tied time be overcome readily enough?-
Could not the department issue notes after
the manner of the express companies, for
packages sealed. and said to contain so
much, to be afterwards opened and counted
at leisure. If there be decided prefer
ence for funding as the interest of the Gov
ernment, the mechanical difficulty would
seem pitiful obstacle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
Dahlgren and Fitzpatrick as Heroes.

Dahlgren and Fitzpatrick as Heroes.
The New York Times is in a, fury with
the Confederate soldiers at whose hands
Dahlgren found his fate. It calls them
ncowardly assassins, ""midnight; assassins," Z"
and the like. We are pleased to see the
Times take it SO hard. The complaint is
that the Confederate troops ambushed tho
flying blue.coats, and took them by surprise.
This unexpected attack is represented asa
villainous expedient, to be sure.
Is the Times. too. rabid to remember that
Kilpatrick's and Dahlgren's whole expedi-
tion was intended as surprise? Ofthat,
as one of the expedients Of war, We have
not been pitiful enough to complain. 1t
was our business, as it was Dahlgren's, to
keep lookout. But Dahlgren and his CO.
adjutor came not as adroit warriors to gain
merely warriors advantage. They came
not merely to liberate their men and cap.
ture ours. The papers which Dahlgren
bore upon his person show their errand to
have been black and disgraceful and infa.
nous beyond conception and example
They came to kill all the horses that they
could not steal, and all the cattle they could
notappropriate; and, for example, welearn
that on the farm of Col. Tomkins, near
here, they shot down COW with calf Of a
few weeks at her side. They came to de.
liver the women and children of our city
to the passions of an unbridled mob of ten
thousand men. They came to consign our
houses to the flames. They came to kill
our civil officers. These things are fully
avowed. They are, SO to speak, the dying
confessions and explicit declarations of this
same man Dahlgren
This is the New York Times hero; and
when be fell in battle, conducted on oGr
part within the rules allowed by war, he
is a martyr, and his yanauishers are. assas:
sins. What villainous, whining stupidity
The truth'is, that the enterprise of Kill
patrick was 20 less absurd in conception,
and contemplate in execution, than it was
infamous in purpose. How he could have
anticipated success is strange; but how, be.
ing once embarked,S he should have done
so little to secure it, is stranger still. Dahl.
gren's orders prepared his men. for desper-
ate endeavors; and we should have expec-
ted as much, from the character of the IN.
dertaking. But,never were men whipped
so easily. Their cowardice was, indeed:
their protection, and was lucky for them;
for it kept Us from getting grip upon
them, which we would have done, had they
stood little better. They fed at battles
first front, and quickly gave way before our
mere skirmishers. -Dahlgren himseH was
thoroughly whipped iu ten. minutes, by our
mere advance, less than half his own mum.
bers. From that time his thoughts were
only on running; and it was while attempt
ing to catch up with Fitzpatrick, who had
run first and fastest, that he met his fate.
The only way to1get fight out of these
valiant cow-killers waa to surprise them
As to their expedition, it was a failure
throughout. They failed in every purpose,
and achieved not single thing to redeem
them from contempt. They came as tigers,
fought like sheep, and ran like harss.
Riczmona Sentinel.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
From The National i Tn.elLlgeneer.
Discretion and Le1ienoy.

The following is a copy Of a handbill,
prefaced with spread-eagle and printed
in displayed Typography, which has been
sent to us by citizen of Talbot County,
Maryland. It will be seen that it pro.
pounds rule of conduct according to
which "discretion and lenienoy'' will be
graeiously exercised BY the military toward
portion of the people of Maryland. In
a government of laws such style Of Ian.
guage would be impossible and inconceiVa.
BILE, but in q government of men it is a
natural and familiar dialect, though some.
thing very alien to the ancient and tradi-
tional habits of the American people
If such proclamations are allowed to be
issued in this country, it is evident that
Congress cannot too soon propom to the
States to amend the Constitution in the
words suggested by Mr.. Sumner: "Every-
where within the limits of the United
States, and of each State or Territory
thereof, all persons are equal before the
law, 30 that no person can hold another as
his slave" ~
"4o The People of Talbot Gounty.-All
persons owning able.bodied male slaves are
requested to report them to these head
quarters, and all persons complying with
this order will, on presenting them, receive
a receipt and descriptive list in duplicate,
on which document they will receive pay
from the General Government None but
young and sound men are of service to the
Government, and none but this class will
be dccepted. Discretion and leniency will
be. used towards all persons who comply
with this order; and any information will
readily be given by applying to
-. Lieut.. J. G. VANDERHooF,
=. "U. s. Army, Recruiting Officer,
"Talbot County, Nd Z
"Easton, December 20, 1865
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
"Easton, December 20, 1861 /"

GooD ONE.-The following is too good
to be lost: A little boy who is in the hab-
it Of bringing wood to town to sell, and
whose appearance would indicate him to be
a very dull child, happened to be in town
the other day with q load, and on passing
the shop Of Mr. ------, shoemaker, was
asked by him the price Of the wood. &
!, aTep dollars, sir," says the little fellow
s aWhata! ten doz1ars~ exclaimed. the
shoemaker. aWhy, where do. you expect
to go when you die 7" be continued. :
HI don't know" remarked the little fell
low, abut suppose I may be somewhere in
the neighborhood Of the Hhosnaksra."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23

tatives, to set apart FRIDAY, the 9th day
of April, as day Of Humiliation, Fasting
and Prayer, and I do hereby invite them,
on that day to repair to their several places
of public worship and beseech Almighty
God "to preside over our public. counsels
and so inspire our armies and leaders with
wisdom, courage and perseverance and so
to manifest Himself in the greatness of His
goodness and in the majesty Of His power,
that we may secure the blessings Of an hon'
orable peace and of free government !; and
that we, as people, may ascribe all to the
Honor and Glory of His name"
>~ Given under my hand and the
sr seal of the Confederate States of
:. DEAL America, at the city of Rich
lo-) mond, on this 18th day of March,
in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-four.i - $. "
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
BY the President.
J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
The Force our Troops viii have i
Fight this Spring.

While the armies Of the, Oonfsdaracy have
been strengthened by therecent conscrip-
ton and the men already put in the ranks,
the Federal armies, saysthe Richmond Dis.
patch, will be much weaker than those they
fought last year. But . few weeks since
the Yankee papers published two important
facts-one that the last draft.had not added
$4,000 men to the ranks Of their army =
This was official from the PrSsost Marshal
General The otherswas . statement tmade.
by letter writers, that not 40; 900 ;of the
veterans had re-enlisted. This last impor.
tant fact had caused alarm in Congress, and;
in the House Of Representatives, 8 few days
ago, q resolution was passed calling on tho
President to furnish q list showing esthes
number of. re.enliated veteran yolunteers
from zach State, and othes information 10,
this connection. = On The 1st Instant Inn.
coin replied to this call, enclosing Is letter.
from the Secretary Of War, Who said that,
in his opinion, it would be ssrrejssd dic;iaSlt 10
tie public seroice" to transmit to the House
at the present time the information request
ed. The fact is that the drafts in the UNI,
ted States have proved utter failures. Iheys
have brought paper money in; communication.
Paper money won't fight. There is very
little personal danger To- be apprshsndea
FROM q bank note, and there Is no ease on
record of a man having been bdy6thetsd by.
a$l bill. TheneW; draft, viii result as all
others have. The $500 communication clause
is still in force, and the green backs win
pour in. The disastrous defeat Of Gilmore
in Florida, the rout Of Grierson and Smith
in Mississippi, the disgracefui failure Of,
Sherman 's,adYanoe on Mobile, the repnlss
of the last Son to Richmond, = and the
general gloom thrown over the Yankee
prospects by these occurrences, Rilisnot sens
courage. going into the ranks. The: COM;
mutation mightlbs advanced to $500, and
it would be chserfliiy paid. With hosr9
strengthened armies in the fsld, let our;
people take courage and do ALI In their
power to sustain them in comfort The
stage is cleared. The curtain is slowly IL
sing on the spring campaign. Already We
see the shining sandals Of Victory; and as
it rises higher it viii disclose TO our view
the glorious crown which encircles her
brow. s ss y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
Dying Out Of the Convention sehsme.

Dying Out Of the Convention Scheme.
Within few days wehase received sew
eral assurances by letter and otherwise that.
the project of getting up q State Conven-
ton to enable North Carolina 10 fstaks her
own affairs in her own, hands, 2 and 80 sWiths
draw the keystons from the Confederate
arch, SO that the whole sttuctufswonid tun-
BILE to the ground p pretty efsctuAify
knocked in the hsad. A letter fromS Stokes,
county informs us that but few even Of the.
subscribers to the Standard are ia favor Of
q Convention. A letter from Guilford says
that the project is dying ont inthat section
Of the State. And we see q card in the.
Greensboro PATRIOT, signed BY agentleman
who had acted as Secretary to 81 Convention
meeting in Rockingham county saying q
II have since become satisfied that such
meetings can do no good, but are calcnhsed
to aid and encourage our enemies and tbat !
the political wire workers who oiare at the.
bottom of them SO understand them.
therefore disclaim all connection With them
for the future. ,t,.s q .-ss
{ Upon the back Of these comes tbespeeches
of Gov Vance, at kesborongh, States
vile and Salisbury, in which iie took dsoi-s
ded ground against the Convention agisa-:
ton. This is no sudden view Of tho Cor
ternor his speech is but an exposition of
his nall knn,rn N y -;
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23
Funding Treasury Notes, Size Of
Bonds, &c.

Editors Courier 81 ask, where is the
authority derived from cfor refusing to fund
any of all notes over five dollars? Certain
ly not from the currency act. The first Sec
ton Of that act provides as follows: (
"That the holders of all Treasury notes
above the denominationof five dollars, shall
be allowed until,the first day of April, 1854,
East, and until the first day of July, 1864,
West Of the Mississippi river, to fund the
same, and until the periods and at the
places stated, the holders of all such Treas.
ury notes shall be allowed to fund the same
in registered honda, payable twenty years
after their date, bearing interest at the rate
Of four per cent per annum, payable on the
first day of January and July Of each year"
Now from this, is it not clear that >the
bonds should be of the same size as the
Treasury notes above stthe denomination of
five dollars Z" The notes above ave dollars
are tens, twepties, ffties and hundreds THE.
bonds should, therefore, be for any of these.
amounts, at the option Of tie parties fund.
ing, or for any other larger amount that the.
notes may call for. Suppose man only
has one fifty dollar bill. The Act says as
plainly as possible that he shall be aNowed
to fund 1t IN a registered bond, 5ear:sg four
per cent. interest H He presents it at the
Treasury, and he is told that bonds are only
issued for the denomination Of one hundred
dollars: Who loses the tax on this note,
the holder who complied with the law, or,
the Treasurer who refused to allow man
his rights under it I think9it quite clear
that the Treasurer might be made to pay
the amount. But where can this idea that
the bonds cannot be for less than hundred
dollars have originated from? There is not
one word in the Act to authorize the concep-
tion of such an. opinion. 1t is true the Act
does not expressly declare what shall be the
sizes of these bonds, but think it was al.
together unnecessary SO to do, as the cypress
inclusion cfaH notes. above jave dollars
clearly enough points out of sohat denoms-
nations the bonds mast necessarily be-"
Ifthe present course spersistef in much
loss will ensue to those who hold small a.
mounts of Treasury yuotes, confined Of course,
to the poorer classes, and many thousands
of noteswill be excluded which might and
would have been funded. If the course
aow pursued is the result Of the .construc-
tion Of Assistant Treasurers and Deposita.
ries themselves, ] hope this article may ias3
duee them to reconsider their construction.
If it be BY the directions Of the Secretary
ofthe Treasury himself, I Ihope he.may have
to pay the: tax ON all notes which may be-
debarred the privilege. Of funding in conse.
quencs Of 50 grieyous and palpable viola
tion Of law and right. S. A. N.
GREEN PoNnrS. O., March II, 1854. )
~-------- - s" 49, "-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23

Ba Howell Cobb says: ga man who is
not willing to fund his Treasury notes, vhsp,
the condition Of his country demands it, IS
not worthy of q Government. Thess are
my views upon the currency fdestion.-
They are shert and quite satisfactory to,
myself VIII men complain ot the tax on
money and not complain Of the TAX on the
blood Of their oounttynen.2 Go pay the
taxes that our brave soldiers areYssipg in
losing their hearts blood, and then cease to
complain Of 8 little taxation upon yopt
money or your property. -. 4&
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-03-23

was thus supplied with an excellent soap all
last year-excellent, as his own faultless
shirt bosom showed. If salt were not go
dear, an addition of proper proportion of
that would make "bar turpentine SOAP"
Fayetteville Observer.