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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
Northern News.

ORANGE Court HOUSE, March 81
Northern dates of the 9th have been re.
ceived. . ..
The capture of company of Yankee
cavalry at Wingfeld, Kanawha county, Va,
is acknowledged. =, -..--
Lincoln has issued proclamation def
ming his amnesty proclamation, saying the
amnesty only applies topersons at large and
free from arrest. Those in confinement or
durance shall take the oath with view of
restoring peace and establishing the nation
al authority. Prisoners are excluded from
the amnesty, but may take the oath. All
other offenders must apply to the President
for his clemency.
Alexandria, La, surrendered to Admiral
Porter on the 10th without opposition.
The Fort Dempsey prisoners have arrived
at New Orleans.
Gen. Banks has left New Orleans for the
field.
-Four hundred Yankee cavalry are report
ed to have been captured by the Rebels at
Union City, Tenn, on the Oath.
Owen Lovejoy, the celebrated Illinois
Abolitionist, is dead.
Nine French frigates are at the mouth Of
the Rio Grande, with the view, it is expect
ed, of attacking Matamoras.
The Washington Chronicle says Grants
policy is to keep moving on the enemy'E
track, and fondly hoping for the 4th July,
1864, more renowned successes than dis.
tinguished the 4th of July, 1868.
Salisbury, of Delaware, has delivered a
speech in the Yankee Senate, in which be
stigmatised Lincoln as a usurper, and &C
eused Stanton of falsehood. The speech
says the Herald, produced much deeper
impression than was anticipated.
Gold is quoted at SO. " - -.
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From Virginia.

RICHMOND, March 31.-The number Of
the army corps composing the army of the
Potomac has been reduced to three bycon.
sultation. Generals Sickles, French, New.
man, spanola and Meredith have been de-
tached from the army of the Potomac. Gen.
Pleasanton has also been detached, andwill
report to Gen. .Rosecrans. -
The late.rain caused heavy freshet in
the james river. The water was within
three feet of the great food of 1847.
The new currency will not be ready fol-
general circulation for several days. A small
amount will be4given out at the Treasury in
exchange for small amounts Of the old.
In a 7ha5eas corpus case to-day Judge
Lyons decided that officers Of the militia
are liable to conscription.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
THE GARDENS.

In common with the Press throughout
the South, we urge upon our people the ne
cessity Of strict attention to their gardens.
On them large portion of our people will
have mainly to depend, and our soldiers will
be considerably benefited by what may be
spared them. The season is now propitious-
those who have seed should divide with those
who have not, and every assistance should
be given, to enable all at home, young and
old, men and women, to cultivate every spot
of ground they can enclose. We have &C
customed ourselves too much to meat, NOR
ming, noon and night; We must do with less
"for season." and use only enough to
grease our cabbage. Look to your gardens,
dig deep, weed we'll, and if you would be
"gazetted for heroic conduct" send the
.tfirst fruits of the season" to your nearest
Editor, or the Soldiers Board of Relief.
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DIRECT FROM MEx1oo.-"Gamma,

DIRECT FROM MEx1oo.-"Gamma," !"
correspondent Of the Mobile Aauertiser,
writing from Richmond, says:
Capt. DaPonte, formerly Of Magruder's
command who was sent to Havana, and
thence to Mexico, to procure the release of
some twenty thousand stand Of arms seized
l;by the French at the mouth Of the Rio
Grande, has arrived here, after accomplish
ing. his mission, in the main, successfully.
He thinks that since the French have aban-
doned the Church party, which swarmed in
after them in hopes Of regaining the prop
erty confscatod and distributed by Juarez,
Maximilian standsa better chance of con-
ciliating the mass of the Mexican people
The French officers and men however, seem
dissatisfied. They do not like to shed their
blood ina cause which adds little to the
glory of France, andthe profits of which go
to Austria. It is thought Napoleon will
indemnify himself for his expenditures, by
claiming Sonora and making it a French
colony.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

~The South Carozinian says, our coun
try abounds in food. Corn.cribs are every
where overAowing, smoke.houses are filled
with bacon, while Of -four, vegetables ani
fresh meats, there is an abundance. Yet
this vast store house ofsupplies has beer
closed to our people, and the gaunt form o.
necessity is stalking through the land
Who is to blame? The men for whose
protection our armies are struggling, and il
defence of whose interests holocaust o.
human lives have been offered, stand idly
by hugging their paltry dollars, and groan
ing ever the griefs Of the. Confederacy.-
If money is to be made, none are sooner in
the mart of speculation, With eager eyes
and grasping hands to add to their store
but if sacrifice of personal interest is de.
manded, or if they are called upon to do a
substantial act Of duty to their fellows, they
draw back into their shells, and bury them.
selves in the darkness Of their own narrow
natures. There is not passing day on
which the living illustrations of these re.
marks may not be seen by every reader Of
this article. They are the people who are
boarding their supplies: chuokling over the
ease with which they have ground out from
the widow and orphan the taxes they are
reluctantly compelled to pay, and boasting
of thousands of bushels Of corn and pounds
of bacon which, when the demand exceeds
the supply, they intend to put into the mar
ket Thank God for the many honorable
exceptions to the rule which the war has
developed, but we fear that if the religion
of men is to bo measured by their riches
acquired during this struggle, in speoula-
ting on the necessities Of the people, asast
number of Confederate citizens will be miss.
ing from aHeaven's celestial throng."
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceedingly small;
Though with patlonce He stands waiting,
With pyncfnp grnds He nil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
HH" NM So

The Examination of Conscripts ordered
for the 9th instant, has been revoked for
the present. :.
- The Carozsniian announces that the
1st and I'd Regiments of Cavalry, have-ar-
rived at Columbia; and learns that grand
review of troops, which will be counted by
thousands, is in contemplation at no distant
day. Where, is not stated.
"A. M. Timms, of Go. F, and Sergeants
Y. NJ. .Littleton and W. Crompton, Co. G,
and W. Galloway, Go. A, 18th Regiment,
S. G. ", are among the returned prisoners
from Point Lookout. Sergt. G., we learn
has reached his home in this District.
A meeting of the Presidents and Su
perintendents of Railroads of the Confed
eracy is called to meet in Convention, a
Columbia, s. G., on the 18th instant. W.
hope the public will, in some way be ad
vantaged by their action, for the terms O.
their charters have been dead letter of late
"A special election was held in Orang,
county, N. c., on the 18th ultimo, for I
Senator and Commoner. John Berry wa
elected to the Senate and James S. Leath
ers to the Commons. The nominee of tn
conservative party" Mr.. Mangum, wa
defeated.
- We have had rain every other day sine
our last, and are now fully satisfied, for a
while. True, we had rather put off SOM
of it to a later season, but as it was conve
nient, we will say no more about it nov.
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YORKvIl,LB BMo q y RS R.

The New York Herald says the stories
set aaoat that large number Of Confeder-
ate prisoners haVe taken Lincoln's oath OF
allegiance is untrue.
The fact of Sherman having established
his headquarters in Nashville certainly Is
indicative of an intention on his part OF
cooperating with Thomas when the cam
paigu opens.
Lincoln's "joke" on Florida is at last
reported. He is said to have remarked that
call the heads I can hear of in FLORIDA Is
the dead heads %
An officer of the army at Chattanooga
writes that the Yankee army cannot long
remain in its present position, owing to the
stencil arising from an immense number OF
dead horses and mules which have died
from starvation during the winter. The
country around Chattanooga for many miles
is strewn with decsying carcasses, estimated
to number near fifty thousand.
- Mr.. Thomas Maxwell, of Tuscaloosa,
gives the following simple directions for
making cornsheller: In tight room, or
on a sheet, place across tressells, stout
board, with two auger holes in it, Ii and
II inches in diameter. Put in the small
end of an ear of corn, and strike it with a
malIett, and you will shell corn as fast as
with any other shelter.
- One hundred thousand dollars in 800
(counterfeits) notes have been funded in
Richmond, and no clue to the funder-:
clear loss to the Government.
- It is stated that large amount of cur
rency of the new issue, has been sent to
Gen. Lees army for the purpose of paying
off the troops.
- A gang of deserters and skulkers from
CONSUMPTION who have for some time past
been annoying the citizens of Union coun-
ty, N. G., were broken up last week.
- Grants transfer to Washington, has no
doubt dissipated all prospect Of his march.
ing on Atlanta. AS for Ulysses himself, it,
is impossible for-him to become any more
dissipated than he was before.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

A New POINT OF ExoHANaE.-The
Richmond Examiner informs us that Sa.
vannah, Georgia, oflsome point nigh unto
it, has been selected as neutral ground for
the delivery and exchange of prisoners Of
war sent from Richmond to Americus, and
such others as may be gathered at that point.
Maj. E. Griswold, late Provost Marshal of
Richmond, has been detached from service
there and ordered to the above post.
The following, however, looks like an.
other hitch in the exchange bushes
"The Washington Chronicle says that
General Wadsworth is instructed to state
that no more prisoners will be exchanged,
except upon the principle Of man for man,
regardless of color"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

A PRoTEsT.-Forty.on members Of the
Georgia Legislature, before adjourning on
Saturday night, protested against. the pas.
sage of the Stephens resolutions, because
they believed Congress had the right to
suspend the writ Of habeas corpus; because
the law of Congress, though Of doubtful
construction in regard to dispensing with a
warrant supported by oath, should be con-
strued by the courts, and not by the Legis.
lature; because the resolutions in, their ten.
dency forestall the decision of the courts !;
because it is the duty of aw.abiding citizens
to acquiesce in the actions Of Congress until
the courts decide upon their constitutional
ity; and because The discussion involved in
the resolutions tend to array the people a.
gainst the Government, and is fruitful Of
much evil.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

sG The Charleston Courier administers
this scathiug rebuke to the eztortioners and
spectators who now curse our afflicted
country:
"Men who grow rich under existing cir.
cumstances BY overreaching and charging
exorbitant prices, should be brarded as
robbers, and held in universal contempt
Their vileness should be exposed and pro,
claimed, and their names become stink
in the nostrils Of patriotism.
"It enrages and pains us when we think
that the villainous conduct of shese servile
creatures is felt most grievously by the men
who compose our army. Extortionate prices
necessitate the cutting off many articles, the
enjoyment of which would greatly diminish
theix dscomforts, and tighten the heavy
burdens they are called to bear"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
ipHE MAILS.

When the cars arrive in due season, oul
papers from Columbia. are day old, owing
to the arrangement for carrying the mail at
night now: But up to yesterday afternoon
we we're without mailsince Saturday; thus
ifthere is any news, We have but little time
and less space to devote to it. We endeavor
to give the .pith. Of all thatcomes, however,
to the lastmoment.
An accident to the cars detained the mail
which had not reached here this morning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
PERSONAL MOVEMENTS.

Three blue.bellies, passed our Office this
morning on their wey to the District Hotel,
where they will enjoy the hospitalities Of
Sheriff Mason, for brief period. They
were on the road to;Americus, Ca, but have
paid US an involuntary visit. They look
like what they are-Kankees.
They made their escape by jumping OF
the cars at Columbia, on the 18th March,
and was captured on last Monday night,
10 miles north of this place by Joel McCar-
ter and Hugh Williams.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

WAYsIDE HoME.-Our authorities have
detailed, at the request Of the Chairman,
pro tems., of the Executive Committee, Pri-
Yates W. D. Wood and W. Alexander, to
visit the interior of the State to purchase
provisions and solicit contributions for this
institution. We trust every facility will be
extended these gentlemen in their noble
charity. So says the Charleston Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

s@- A correspondent of the Richmond
Wing calls attention to rumor that mum.
Der of young men, liable 10 military duty,
have received nominal appointments as
stewards of military hospitals, and are there.
by not only exempt, but receive pay, etc.
He thinks the Surgeon.G General should in.
vestigate the matter.
ia Private" complains of the number Of
drill masters in the army, many Of whom
have beer appointed to the position to shield
them from conscription, and pertinently
asks: "If officers are not capable Of in.
structing their men in the necessary drill,
why not remove them 2"
"H," in "Camp, near Orange. G. H."
animadverts upon the escape Of prisoners
from Confederate prisons, and says:
"We, in the army, are inclined to be.
lieve that, if all the efficient officers and
'vigilant sentinels' who allow prisoners to
walk off from under their very noses, were
sent to the field and replaced by officers and
men disabled In the serusce, (of whom there
are at least five or six thousand belonging
to this army,) who know the trouble it costs
to capture prisoners, and consequently think
them worth keeping, We will hear of no
more such disgraceful occurrences"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

MISSISSIPPI NEws.-OuR CAVALRY
An intelligent gentleman, who belongs to
Gen. s. D. Lees command, and who ac.
companied him from the Big Black to Me.
ridian and back estimates the number Of
men killed and wounded by our cavalry at
about six hundred, and the number of pris.
oners taken at three h1ndred, besides about
two hundred wagons aid FIVE hundred hor.
ses and mules. '...., .,
Colonel Rose met regiment of negroes
nearTatartia, Thursday last. and killed all
except fourteen. Over 800 dead negroes
were counted in an enclosure of ons acre Of
ground.
Quantrell has been doing wholesale bu.
siness on the other side of the Mississippi
river, between Vicksburg and Natchez.--
He has broken up almost every Yankee
plantation in that region, sending the me-
groes, horses, mules and all other stock back
towards Texas.
The negro garrison at Natchez crossed
the river to drive him off and got badly
whipped. The same gentleman informs us
that the Yankees have been depredating
extensively on the citizens of Adams, Jef-
ferson and Claiborne counties for the past
few weeks.-Brandon Republican.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

EXEMPTIONS BY STATE AUTHORITY
The Richmond Enquirer has extracts from
letter of the Governor of Virginia, to a
high official, in which he announces his in.
tention of certifying as exempt from military
duty Pill persons necessary to the preserva-
ton and operation of the State Government,
including all institutions, cities, towns, col.
leges, banks, asylums, &c, &c. He specifies
sheriffs, clerks of courts, justices Of. the
peace ooer tortyjfve gears of age, whose
counties are not occupied by the enemy;
the presidents, cashiers and tellers of all
banks in which the State is stockholder,
and the officers of all the State Banks =
Richmond, as entitled to exemption,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06
FuNpEp.

The amount funded at this place, a.
mounts, in the aggregate, to s5Ss, 200
The gross amonnt this side Of the Mississip.
pi,t will probably be made known in few
days. ..-.,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-06

CAUGHT A TARTAR.-A gentleman from
Florida informs the Savannah Republican
that blockade running schooner, with an
assorted cargo, ran into Deadman's Bay,
about ten days ago and cameto anchor. She
was soon boarded by party of tories and
deserters, who helped themselves to all they
could carry off. The Captain not liking the
neighborhood, weighed ANCHOR and was
passing out of the Bay, when the vessel ran
aground. The blockaders seeing her in
distress, put out to her in launches, when
the crew seeing them approach, applied a
slow match to a lot of powder in the hold,
poured tnrpentine over the deck, set it a6re
and put out to the shore. The Yankees
coming alongside, boarded the vessel aud
were hard at work puttingout the fire, when
the powder. below exploded, blowing the
whole party-numberipg from twenty-five
to thirty-to "Kingdom eome.D
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- A new steam carding and cotton spin
ming factory, running FIVE thousand spindles,
and making about fifty bunches ofthread q
day, has just commenced operations at FayL.
ettyille, N. @. The machinery rgnt
blockade from England. I
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KINGS MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD,

KINGS MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD.
Our citizens were considerably exercised
on Friday last, from the appearance in town
of an officer from the War Department, in
Richmond, whose business was said to be
the examination of our rail road track, with
9 view to the purchase or lease of the iron,
or, impressment for the purpose of compile
ting the Danyille connection. The Stock
holders of the read have failed to meet the
last two years, and the consequence is, that
the management of the road has been the
subject Of unfavorable commeut-that they,
(tbe Stockholders are to blame for any
mismanagement, is evident, but noao, under
the pressure of circumstances, it is 10 be
hoped that meeting will be called, or some
prompt measures taken,- to save to the Dis.
trics, the almost only means of travel they
have; for horses are being impressed, We.
hicles worn and ether means Of conuec.
tion with tho surrounding country, sadly de-
feient. The large quantity of tishe occupy.
ing the depot, and adjacent buildings, the
necessities of the soldiers, and refugees a.
rnong US, to say nothing of the great incon-
visnce to citizens, and injury to property
holders, should be represented by firm but
respectful protest, against any plan for the
removal or suspension of our facilities.
We think there are other roads, nearer
the point desired to be established than
this, of less importanceto to Government and
people, and we cannot think the Command
ant of this Department, knowing facts,
would consent to;the interior of the State
being deprived ofso important branch of
service, while the siege of Charleston is still
impending. Were this iron actually neces-
sary to the wants Of the War department,
there should be q willingness to suffer oar
part for the general benefit, but it is much
feared, with what reason We cannot here re-
cord, that there are other, and more selfish
reasons, at the bottom Of all this.
Our people have borne, and are bearing,
the most extravagant impositions of the rail
roads throughout the State, who have raised
fares and transportation, without law or Ii
cepse under their charters-"still have we
borne it with patient grudge"-Express
Companies-the relic of Yankee specula
tion--who have been tolerated by our OWL
Legislature with the condition that they
should report every two months the names
number and nativity of their operators,
which they have so far neglected to do;
they have monopolised SWAY transporta'
tion,"-all this have our people stood ur
to as we'll as they could, but now the free
horse is being rid too hard, and it has thus
became necessary for us, occupying the
position Of a mouth.piece for the District
tospeak out plainly, and emphatically cal
GU. for what is due the people in justice and
fight.
We hope the stockholders will take some
action in the matter-they are not indepen
dent of the public, for the Legislature ha
granted them a charter, and We only hol'
them to that part Of the agreement whle'
provides for safe and speedy communica
ton with the main trsnk of mail communi
cation.
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YgmsneaL.

MARnrED-on the 3ist utmo az the resdence - aS ,h t
brides mother, by Rev. J. F. Watson, Mr. w r. MOoRR
LIST 8. c. and MissV G., daughter Of Mrs MARY Jack
son, ali Of this District. - 'i' : 3 - '.sF
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THE ExcHANaE.-The Richmond cor

The ExcHANaE.-The Richmond cor.
respondent.of the Mobile Register says:
Without exception, the officers returned
by last truce boat are in favor of the renew
al OIL exchanges, even under Buffers aus
pices; and Col. Ould is much afraid that,
unless Butler is officially recognized, the
next boat. will be the last This Yexed
question was very thoroughly discussed on
Johnson's Island at first, with willing
ness on the part of the officers TO endure
any hardship in behalf of the point Of honor
raised by the Confederate Government, but
subsequently, under the influence Of the
able and dispassionate arguments of Colonel
Miles, of Mississippi, with different feel
ing.
Col. Miles held that Government might
reasonably object to an obnoxious minister
resident, but could not and ought not to
refuse to treat with an envoy on friendly
and personal grounds. He instanced the
case of Franklin and Jay, who treated at
Ghent with Gage, the most Objectionable
man Great Britain could possibly have se-
lected. 1t is the Government which sends
alow.Aung or brutal envoy, that is degraded,
not the Government which, in the interests
of humanity, receives him. Butler was
foisted upon us to stop exchanges, and, by
standing on punotilio, we play into Lincoln's
hands, and subject our soldiers to tortures,
which they have already borne long enough.
We may exchange prisoners one day through
Butler, and hang BIN the next day if we
captured him in battle. These arguments
prevailed with our officers, and for the sake
of the privates more than for themselves
they are anxious to.see the cartel renewed.
But suppose we receive Butler, and Lin.
coin follows up the game by sending Fred.
Douglas, or some other negro, as Commits
sioner of Exchange, what then
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The Value of Money.

The following simple table,, prepared by
the cashier of one of our city banks, will
be found valuable for reference. Cut it out: