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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
Grunblers.

The Richmond Enamiaer says There
is good deal of hard feeling, or rather of
hard talk, about the taxes; directed chiefly
against the tax on money, but also directed
against the taxes in general. Much Of what
is said is mere talk. 1t grows out of the
fact that good many people connect the
idea of profit with taxes. Every class has
its particular mode of showing, and show.
isg conclusively, that the regular pursuits
of business cannot be. conducted with profit
under the present system Of taxation. Now
the very fact that all honest callings are now
carried on at loss, isproof that the pres
ent taxation was levied as an extraordinary
contribution for the war, demanded by the
pressure of the crisis. The idea of profit
must be wholly discarded by the citizen
The great object now is to exist, not to pros
per. The people are called upon, not for a
share of their profits in business, but for
contribution of their substance, for an Of
fering of part of their permanent capital.
The enemy marshals immense armies, en-
acts confscation laws; natures all the meas.
ures of s.general seizure and indiscriminate
appropriation of Southern property. To
save the whole, the Southern people are
called upon to produce part, very small
part in comparison, of the impending risk
and danger, q mere twentieth. The de-,
mand of Government is to be looked upon
as for contribution of the substantive cap
ital of the country, and not as tax upon
the contingent profits Of business. Viewed
as mere tax, and without reference to the
public peril, the tax would be monstrous
indeed, but viewed, according to the fact, as
call for means no more than adequate to
avert an appalling and complete catastrophe
to the Southern community, the demand is
moderate indeed.
To grumble is habit and indiosyncracy
of the people which it were idle to stigma
tie; it must be tolerated, it must be even
pardoned, to the extent that it is merely
passive. With large majority of COM
plainants it is merely passive, and not in
tho least inconsistent with full and even
cheerful compliance with the acquisitions Of
the law. Where it goes beyond this limit,
however, taking the form Of opposition to
the public policy and factious assault upon
measures essential to the public safety, it
becomes no less than treason ;-treason the
more base and the more reprehensible; as
the public danger is greater. The men in
the army bare their breasts TO the lead and
steel for the sake Of cause, for which these
miscrearts, safe at home, are unwilling to
pay twentieth part of their mere property
I 1t is no ordinary occasion that draws mer
forth into the field, and demands an enor
NOUS sacrifice of life and comfort How
inappropriate is it, therefore, on such ar
Il occasion, to view public tax as if it were
a peace measure; and how unpatriotic ane
d basely selfish to.oonnect policy involving
T the liberty and life Of the State with tht
fsordid idea Of profits! -: s s...,s ,.s,ss.s1
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST
..DIVISION NO. Z.
THE Commissioners of Roads anc

- THE Commissioners OF Roads and
the Town Authorities within the Judicial Districts of
PIckens Greenve Sparanbug, Anderson, Union, York,
Chester, Laure Abbeve, and Newber, will forthwith
ali the shareholders within their respective limits to
deliver ONE-FOURTH of their slavesables Road duty
The Railroad Depos nearest their resdenc6 MON
DAY. a5fh) day OF April l1oximo, at 10
O'Clock M, there 20 await TO Charleston
for Thirty days, labor the Notifications.
H. The Act Of December requires the arrest of all default
ters and that they be forwarded foy adouble tenn Of service
nj the expense Of the This requirement will be
vigorously enforced and, that the State Agent may
coed nteigty and do justice to ALL Commissioners Of
Roads and Town Authorities are earnestly enjoned 10
make without delay the Returns called for by the Act re
ferred They will state in every insance the Names of
owners-D -District-Number Of Road Hands-and total
amount Of labor performed No District in the Division
now called on has made complete returns and in several
ibis important duty has been entirely neglected.
The Commissioners and Authorities Aforesaid are
alsorequlred by law to impress and forward ONEFOURTH
Of all male free negroes, between the ages Of and 50
years.
". The Only exemption recognized by the Statutes Is
'.s- &. B. JOHNSON,
Agent Of State of S. c.
eamasn. March IL, 1864.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
Gold and the War.

Gold, after all, is the power at the North
which must decide the duration of this wa,
of subiugation. Gold is the unvarying and
inevitable barometer, which indicates che
condition of the Northern political atmos
phere.. Every advanced quotation of the
article in Wall street indicates .he rapid de.
cline of the now almost exhausted patient
whose feeble pulse is hourly fsltin thsttur.
bulent thoroughfare. As gold advances, SC
declines the patriotism of the faithful. As
greenbacks increase, SO diminishes enlist.
ments.
None know this so well as, that cunning,
cadaverous complexioned old knaye who
manages the finances Of the great Yankee
nation, and who is quite as notorious spec.
ulator as he is infamous as fanatic and
Abolitionist, Repeatedly has Mr.. Chase
crowded the yellow specie into the market
to cause decline, when it has been as i'm.
Emediately Withdrawn at diminished rate,
through his manifold agencies and instru-
ments. No man knows better than himself
the moral effect of the gold quotations.
We cannot but admire the skill and inge.
nuity exercised in his intricate management
of the moneyed affairs Of "the best Govern
ment the world ever saw. "
The enormous expense of the war to the
North are without parallel in the history Of
wars It has not been SO exhausting to us,
who have, of necessity, depended upon our
own resources. The immense expenditures
of-the United States to maintain in the field
an army of such magnitude, and to feed and
clothe and equip SO vast a. host Of idlers, is
enough to- exhaust the capital and credit
and dresources of olderand wealthier. people.
With every hour of the protracted and
absurd endeavor to conquer eight millions
of determined Southern people, these ex-
penditures increase By shrewd- manage
ment and trickery, the state of the national
health may be concealed for while from
the .deluded population, but the great med
icine man of the Treasury. Department will
soon shake his head with ominous signif.
,carce as increased quotations of gold loom
up,in prominent characters before the as
tonished tax payers.
Soon will come the crash of mercantile
palaces and banking companies, as the tor
nedo of financial panic sweeps over the land.
Then the increase of prices, the scarcity of
supplies, the expense of living, unemployed
operatives, and starving mechanics arrayed
! in turbulent bread riots, will lift the: pres
ent power from its throne, and compel q ces-
sation of the urholy and needless warfare
We have more to hope for in this result
than in any other cause. Gold, after all,
will decide the issue. 1t is not numbers in
the Held that We, have to fear. They. have
outnumbered us from the beginning. Green
backs are issued by the tom Gold quota
tions are gradually on the increase. 1t has
but to reach few more bars on the face of
the financial barometer before the storm is
burst, which will surely sweep the present
Administration from power, and bring peace
and quiet to the land. God send the day
right speedily.-Aaanta Contederacy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13

THE GIRLS OF The folloyi6g has
been rescued from newspaper pub lshed g
the time Of the Revolution 4,
The following droll affair lately happened
at Kinderhook, New York. a young feL
low, an enemy to che liberties of Americs.
going to q quilting ffoiic, where . number
Of young. women we're collected and the
only man ID the company began bis aspers.
sions on Congress, as usual, and held forth.
some time on the subject, still the gisls, ex.
aspsrated at his iimpu dehce laid hold I of
Elm, stripped him to the waist and instsad
iof tar, covered him Nth moIssses, and for
feathers took the downy tops Of flags Nhich
grow in the meadows, and coatsd him we'll,
and then let him go. He hes prosecuted
every one Of them, and tie matter has been
tried before Jussios Sehoonmak ii III
said Parson Buell. daashtar d concagasd
in the affair.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
DIABoI1oAI Acr.-Tbe Lynohburg Re

: y sDiABuLlOAu. hSi..Ti Ly nonpui6 9AeoTT
publican says ,,e.s ssa 3
owe have the report of as diabolical an
act as was ever committed by an untutored
savage, which was perpetrated in Rcane
County, Virginia, short time since, by q
set of Yankee sceundrels, wearing the uni
form of the United States Government and
recognized as soldiers Of that Government.
A gentleman named Lee, of that county,
had little boy, only II months old, whom
he had named Jenkins after therenowned
cavalry leader, Gen. A. g. Jenkins. A
party Of Yankees, quartered in the county,
hearing of the ohild's name, visited the
house Of Mr.. Lee, and asking to see the
child, when it was brought into their pre-
sence, deliberately shot him dead, for no
other cause than its bearing the name il did:
,fhe sister Of the little innocent, agirl Of
fifteen or sixteen summers, discovering the
diabolicaI intention Of these WORSE than de-
mons, ran in to try and save her brothers
life, and in doing SO came near losing her
own, several mnsket balls passing through
her dress, but fortanatsly ysnot iDjnring her.
These facts We obtain from q gentleman who
knows them to be true to the letter, and pan
establish them BY irrefutable testimony
The bare recital Of the particulars are sufi.
cient, withoata word of comment from u.s.
!p@- W hat constellation sacred to the. fs-
male sdevotees Of snuff z Tie aGreat Dip.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13

ssr It is stated in an exchange, that
stalking grain round green pole Of sassa-
fras, will efectually y:pfevent anyinjury from
the weavil The experiment has been
tried in several instances, and in all csses
the result has been satisfactory. :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13

AN ARMY OF THIEvEs.-The following
outspoken extracts are from the Democratic
Watc7nsan, a paper published by 2. Gray
Meek, at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania:
We can scarcely go into house in the
North where some of the property Of South.
ern ladies is not seen in possession of women
who have sent forth their brethren and
friends to plunder and devastate the South.
Books, musical instruments and everything
portable, are stolen, wherever our armies
march, and conveyed North. This crusade
upon the women Of the South is urged on
by their sisters in the North, and we have
heard threats from females which the most
brutal soldier in the army would scorn to
execute. In every town, village, steamboat
and railroad car, all over the land, will be
found the fairest of the.sex advocating the
destruction of their sisters Of the South
We can only account for it by supposing
that the devil has sought to destroy the hu-
man family through the same medium ne
used five thousand years ago. 1t is horri-
BILE, and cannot fail to bring upon us the
WRATH of Heaven. S,
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r IST OF LETTERS---REMAIN,
~ ING In The Post Yorkviile S. c., April ls

1864. = 3 s5ssss
w g. Adams, John Barnes 9 !; nIis H. J. Byais J. II.
Dowle J. J. Garrison JOS 4. Gr en- ID Garlden, r. V.
Gtst,Esq L. Harris, ESQ.,, H. N Rambrick, Theodore
Kline, w. &. Murray,2; VIM. McCiain, Miss NJ. I. Me
frey, VIM. Miner, Mrs Mary Mills, syIvanus Moore,
Mrs Emily X. Moore, Gpssey Price, Miss Rhoda Speck,
Mrs l.. Segre, Jncy g. Scnggs. Miss Laura Sawyer, w
z. Sanders, Robert Springs, Esq Miss Esan,fer Miss
Catharne Smith, Miss NJ a Smith, Henry sar ratt Mrs.
Mary NJ. Smith. Miss Julia Yerone, VIM. Wright Miss S.
E. Wright q; Miss Rhoda A. Wood, Miss L. N. Warlick,
Mrs. Esther Wallace, Miss Neny WiIson.-46
J. Z. ALEXANDER, p. NJ.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
I'M NEQUITY--YORKD DISTRICT,

Edward Rippey, Jr., etal. Of Estate, &c.
TT appearing to my satisfaction that
i EDWARD RIPPEY, Jr.. of the Defendants in this
case resides beyond the limits Of this State. 1t there
fore, on motion Of Williams Beatty, Solicitors fsr
paians ordered that said absent Defendant DO appear
and Mead, answer demur the bill filed in ihfs case,
within three months from the publication of this notice.
adecrec pro eonesso, will then be entered and awarded
against him WALTER B. ME1TS, -.
- --fs3125lE 80 Commissioner IN Equity
y nfn... .3m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
How to meet Hotel Expenses.

III aoH W u6eGs hOGel EXpenSaSs ,s
! .'tAir you the keeper of this 'ere tavern p
inquired tall, lanky individual, belonging
to the - regiment, North Carolipa, State
Troops, and now in the Confederate States
service. u.
| Il am the proprietor Of this hotel, repli.
ed: the busting little hotel keeper Of an es.
tablishment between this city and Rich
mond what can do for you 2
tWhat do you axe for bed p asked the
soldier. ;
| s. .sSeyeh dollars, sir responded the gen.
tleman addressed ~
s0nly seven dollars, yer say; well, that
is cheap; dog gone me ef It amt. Here's
Confederate five and there's a two /; it's all
right, amt it, Mister p
Certainly, sir, = replied Boniface, it is
Eall perfectly correct. n; s.s4.s =, ;. =.
sYou heern him, didn't you Jeemes 2
said the military gentleman, addressing one
of his companions.
Il heern hin, was the response.
sAnd you heern him too, didn't yer Ike p
enquired he Of another. ss,,s
sOf course I did, was the reply. q
'spect it's all right between you.
That's a blessin anyhow, said the SOL
dier, and now Mister, if you'd only travel.
ed as far as I hev, you would want to sleep
mighty sudden So
Certainly, sir, all right exclaimed the
landlord as he proceeded to. .direct;a servant
to show the gentleman his apartment. 4;
The soldier evidently slept so1ndly, but
very early in the morning he might have
been. seen descending the stairs with the
mattfass, upon which he had slept, care
fully tied up and slupg over his shoulder.
He had not proceeded: far, however, before
he was met by the astopished landlord, who
Indignantly demanded to know what he
was doing with that bed. .ss.s 49, :; !
aztGwine to takeitt out ter the regiment,
coolly remarked the soldier. e.
you are, are your roared the exaspera-
ted landlord; 'how dare you carry of my
property in that manner p
tYour property! Well, I likethat, Did
I not give you seven. dollars for this here
bed, only last night, and didn't two four
fellows hear the trade? Your property, eh 2
The seven dollars you paid me, was for
your lodging said the proprietor, growing
somewhat irritate, as he spoke.
sNary lodging. eff I know it, responded
the soldier. 1 axed you what you axed
for bed and paid yer own price, and ac-
cordin' to the natur of a trade the beds
mine. : g: g 4,
well, sir, Interrupted the angry host,
4and, What DO you ask for your bed? I
want it. sss.z-.,5 4. ~ IS s
Now yer talkin',, replied North Carroll
ma, as he dumped the bed upon the floor
and; d;carelessly threw himself upon it. 4
want to be reasonable, and being it's you,
I'll let you have the bed for fifteen dollars
Fifteen dollars = gasped the landlord.
Jest so,' quietly remarked the soldier,
sef man don't make ut least one hundred
per cent. durn me eff he can pay hotel ex-
penses.' ~ - !. Il. -;
The landlord paid the money, and will
probably avoid speoulatiDg in future with
any of the North Carolina State Troops.-
Progress. ~ $3.50 - -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
YORK DISTRICT.
To Oliver F. Parrish R. R. Parish aud D. F. Parish
d AID

w ISH has filed petition ip my office, praying TO be
permitted prove in solemn form, paper which has been
admitted TO probate In common FORM the last VIII and
Testament Of ARTHUR PARISH, deceased.
These therefore 10 cite and admonsh YOU the said
OLIyERF. PARISH, r. r. PARISH, and ID. Z. PAR
on thelSfH day of APRIL next, al l0-O'Clock, A. M
with such witnesses you may deem proper against
the confirmation of said WILL. la+l -
Given under my hand and seal of Office, AT York Court
r., ST. House, this 18th day of January, 1864.
(sf2y ia. BROWN, O. Y. d.
+ "a, if,,r,,,,z, -'......Tl 3tm
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
IN EQUITY--YORK DISTRICT

Martha N. Harris, ct al. ~ 3. =
TT appearing. to my satisfaction that
Il Alfred r. Hutchison Maiinda Huichison, Joseph M.
Corsle and Jane his wife, Mary WimbersY and -
Wmbeiy her husband james Hutchison, Robert p. Har-
r and Hugh c. Harris defendants in above stated case,
reside beyond the limits of this SteI is, therefore,
motion Of Williams & Beatty, Solicitors for Complainant,
ordered that said absent Defendants do appear and plead
answer or deur the bill filed in this case, within three
months from the publication Of this notice. decree pro
confcso will then be entered and awarded against ten
March OF 1864. WALTER B. METTS, g
ssfS32 a5.) Commissioner in Equity
March % E..r.it 70 ---f-,...-f - s3m
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13

Ep6r W hat consteliatio IS sacred to the fs-
male devotees Of snuff z Tie aGfeat Dip
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13
STATE OF sOUTH CAROLINA,
YORK DISTRICT

Roddey Co., VS. w, B. Dunlap
WTHEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on
the 18th day of October 1862 file their declaration
against the defendant who (as 1t is said is absent from and
without the limits OF this State, and has neither wife nor
attorney known within the same upon whom copy OF the
said declaration might be served II is therefore ordered,
thar the said defendant do appear and plead 10 the said
declaration before the 10th day Of October, which,
will be the year Lord thousand eight hundred
and sixty four otherwise final and absolute Judgment will
then be awarded against him.
,rsN. ($l6) s. e. MOORE, Clerk.
October l5th 1868. -
= November4 o., Al qly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-13

Gamdsn, March II, 1864.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-09
AUCTIONEERING!

THE undersigned, thankful for past IA
l. vors, Informs his friends and the pub
lie that he has. renewed his Auctioneer's
License for the Cd Congressional District,
comprising the 9Th, 9th, 9TH, 9th, 10th,
| 18th. and 10Th Election Districts of Bal
timore county and the whole Of Hartford
county. He has also taken out License for
the 18th Congressional District of Penn
sylvania, comprising Y ork and other coun-
ties, and will attend promptly to the Auc-
pioneering of
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY!
Charges moderate, and the best of refer
ences given, if required, =, ..-...
All communications addressed to WILL
LIAM B. JARRETT, JarrettsvilIe, JOHN
S. DALLAM. Bel Air, or to the subscriber,
will receive prompt attention. ... ,r
= Persons desiring his services will please
give timely notice, so that proper arrange
ments may be made. ....-
Address, S. r. GILBERT,
Black Horse P. O., Hartford Co., Md.
fed
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-09
Healthfulness of APPLES,

There is Scarcely an article of vegeta.
BILE food, says Halls Journal of Health
more widely useful and universally -loyed
than the apple. Why every farmer in
the nation has not an apple orchard
where trees will grow at all, is one ofuhe
mysteries. Let every family lay in from
two to ten or more barrels, and it will be
10 them the most economical investment
in the. whole range of cuinaries. A raw.
mellow apple is digested in an hour and
a hall, while boiled cabbage requires five
hours. ....
The most healthy dessert which can be
placed on a table is baked apple. II
taken freely at breaklast,wlh coarse bread
and butter, without meat or flesh of any
kind, it has an admirable effect on the gen.
eral system, often removes constipation.
correcting acidities and cooling off 'febrile
conditions more effectually than the most
approved medicines. Iffamilies could be
induced to substitute the apple-sound.
ripe and luscious-for the pies, cakes.
candies and sweetmeats with which their
children are too often indiscreetly stuffed
there would be diminulion in the sum
total of doctors bills in single year, sui:
fcient 10 lay in a stock of this delicious
fruit Tor whole seasons use.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-09
GROUP.

Nochild need die of Group if this Syrup is
properly used, and used in time. Mothers hav-
ing croupy children should watch the first show
of disease, and always keep this remedy at hand.
For coughs after measles this Syrup is most
excellent. Experience has proven that it lis
equaled by no other preparation. ..'}
Price 40 cents per bottle, or three bottles for
$Il0. fT "t' ..-..,
Prepared by S. A. FoUTz & Bro, at their
Wholesale Drug and Medicine Depot, No. l16
Franklin street, Baltimore. and for sale by A. H.
GREENFIELD, Bel Air, Md, and all Store
keepers throughout the United States.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-09
RHEUMATISM.

Persons afflicted with this disease, no matter
Of how long standing, can be promptly and
effectuay cured BY using this Mixture. "i
There is nothing in the world SO sure or so good
to take away Corns, and Cure Frost Bites as
this preparation. Try it and satisfy yourselves.
Price Is and 80 cents per bottle.
Wholesale Drug and Medicine Depot, No. ll8
Franklin street, Baltimore, Md .,.isa
Sold by A. H. GREENFIELD, Bel Air, Nd,
and Druggists and Storekeepers throughout the
United States.
The above medicines can be had at manufactu-
rers' prices of JOHNSON, HOLLOWAY h cow
DEN, No. % North 9Th street. Philadelphia. To-.
move n'.y-,. .
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-09
{ AgrienltaralH
Cooking Tomatoes.

This delicious, wholesome vegetable is
spoiled by the manner it is served upon
the table. II is not one time i'll ahuRdred
more than half cooked it is simply seal
ded, and served as sour porridge. 1t
should be cooked toree hours-it can
: rot be cooked in one. The fruit should
3 be Gu, in halves and the seeds scraped
out. The mucilage of the pulp may
"be saved, if desired, by straining out
the seeds, and adding it to the fruit, which
should boil rapidly for an hour, and sim
iner three hours more, until the water is
dissolved, and the contents Of the sauce
pan pulp of mucilaginous matter, which
is much improved by putting in the pan,
either before putting in The fruit, or while
. it is cooking, all ounce Of butter and halt
pound Of fat bacon cut fine, to half a
peck of tomatoes, and u small pepper pod,
with salt to suit the taste The fat adds a
pleasant flavor, and makes the dish actual
food, instead Of a mere relish.
- The pan must be carefully watched,
and but little fire used, and the mass stirred
often to prevent burning towards the last,
when the water is nearly all evaporated.
The dish may be rendered still more at
iractive and rich as food, by breaking in
two or three eggs and stirring vigorously,
just enough to allow the eggs to become
well cooked. p
Tomotoes thoroughly cooked may be
put in tight cans and kept any length OF
time or the pulp may be spread upon
plates and dried in the sun or slow oven,
and kept as well as dried pumpkin, dried
peaches, orpears, and will be found equal
ly excellent in winter. '.''
For everyday use, quantity sufficient
for the use of a family a week, may be
cooked at once, and afterwards eaten
cold, or warmed over. We beg of those
who use this excellent fruit to try what
cooking will do for it. 1t has been eaten
half cooked long enough. 1t shouldney-
Ier be dished until dry enough to be taken
from the dish to the plates with a fork in
stead Of spoon. ...