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* \ VOLUME III, LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 10, 1863. NUMBER 1&. THE LANCASTER LEDGER Published every Wednea lay Morning B Y W. M. CONNORS, Editor and proprietor. TERMS: In adr?3<;e, - ; |S.oO At the ?xniratien of Bix Month*, 2.60 At the end of the Tear, 8.00 No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at our option. ADVEBTI8EMENT8, Will be inserted at two dollars per square /or the first, and one dollar per square ler each subsequent insertion. A square to consist of the space of 12 lines, Brevier type. No advertisement considered less than a square. From Vlcksbur?. Tho Seltna (Alu ) Reporter, of the 'ifith ult., says : We learn from Col. Wfii. H. Dandridge, of (JaineaviDe, that a despatch was received in that place ,from (Jen. I'emberton to Mrs. Peuiberton, dated Vicksburg, Saturday evening, May 23, in which he aaya : "We have repulsed the enemy the sixth time, with great slaughter. I think the worat ia over, and Vickaburg is now safe." This despatch waa brought to Jackson bv h Lieutenant of Gen. P.'a ntaff, and seat by telegraph from that city to Gainesville. The Mobile Advertiser and Register, of the 28tb ult., says: Gen. Grant having made seven asaaulta upon Gen. Pemberton's entrenched lines at Vicjtsburg, and having been bloodily iepnls^d in" each, has gqne to ."digging."? This moans regular siege eperutions and an attempt to starve a garrison that lie cannot whip. Meanwhile, he leaves his dead Yankees unburied under our works, \\ ilh out sny proffer under flag of truce to give them the decent interment which they ore vuiimiu iv , 111 icusi, at 11 in uaoas. uriQl | evidently think* that the dead carcasses of the poor w retches he has sent to slaughter will be more serviceable to the "best .Government the world ever Haw,'* on top of the ground, than under it. The stench arising from those festering bodies will annoy the confederates, and that is reason enough fqr a Yankee Government to outweigh all the considerations of decency and humanity. Can he starve out Vicka burg J Not in a hurry, certainly. It is well provisioned for some monthe, and half proviaiened fur double the number. Grant's possession of Snyder's Bluff gives hiin large advantages in his proposed siege. It enables him to shorten oiv line of commu nications with his base of supplies, and a. vids the danger of turning the batteries on the river front, or the expense and delay of a long transportation around Vieksburg on the Louisiana shore. Meantime, the intereat of the situation dq enda, and the eyea and energies of both belligerents will in all probability, be turned and concentrated upon tbia point. It is not unlikely that the great battle of the war?perhaps the decisive battle?will be fought withto cannon hearing of the Hill City. From the deathlike quietude ou Rosencranz'a linea, it ia premised that Grant haa been reinforced from the Tennessee army. The Yankees will need great numbers for the work before them, and they will send tbem. We shall want them, and they j are gone and going. We should Dot be much surprised to find both Rosencrsnz and Brag? t/ansfer/iog their long expected fight in Tennessee fo the soil of the Miss* iaaippi Valley, and then may begin the prophetie battle of Armageddon. I Gen. Johnston ia quietly massing s pow- , srfal army ;n Grant's rear. Information just received leads ua to believe that his i numbers ars already greater than we have anppoaed. In a short time one hundred thousand Confederates will be already to dispute the sovereignty of the lower Mississippi, and. if victorious, re-establish ths freedom of Louisiana The fate of empires hangs upon the struggle being inaugurated a* <H? K.nL. aV Ik. Hi?ur VM V? ?ll? Wl IWIMippi. ff P I V pose in fall confidence in lha genius and patriotism of oor General and the god like valor and heroism of oar unequalled soldier#. jacgaov, June 1 ?Grant demanded the enrrender of Vicksburg on Thursday, gir. iof three daft. Pemoerton waota bat fifteen minutes, and says be will die in the treaehee first. The Federal troupe are de eraiiied, and refuted to renew the attack. On Saturday, the gun boate were firing hot hot. The Federal lose ie 36,000 to 30,000, ineledieg tienerele Kerr, Lay, Burdridge aad other*. Port Hudao* ie invested. No?t**a* remits. The Nashville Diepateh aen tains the foK lowisg despatch from Viekaburg, dated Saturday r fleaat drove the rebele to their /mat eaU?MfcM*?ts. The Federal ioh woe severe?fully 20,000. The army hereto fore occupying Jackson hat been reinforced by Grant. t)n Saturday evening, the ene my were throwing shells from mortar* ? We have captured butteries above and be low Vickaburg. On Sunday, Grant tele graphed Lincoln saliafactory details, which were suppressed for fear they might be use ful to enemy. The Chiengo Times has a special, dated on the 27th, from Vicksburg, Saturday. 'J o'clock at night, which says: No fighting 1/1 Hnu I ha trnnna eaalinit f*i?n? - V , ...? ....... m.'rm.i, r. asxnult Our repulse wm complete on all parts of the rebel lines, but no discourage nient need be entertained of our hnul sue cess. We are entrenched and building rifle pits. Cavalry has been seut towards (Tanton, to ascertnin the whereabouts of Johnston's forces. Our loss yesterday was about 1,000. The Times special, dated Memphis. 27th, says: Our forces were repulsed on Friday at Vicksburg, but another yitenmer from the vicinity of Vicksburg on Monday, arrived to day, reports that (Jrant has captured ev. ery rebel redoubt The fighting was d-? perate. The rubels rolled sheila down the steep hills, which expioded among the Fed erala, creating fearful havoc The aame de apatch odds that fighting waa going on fu rioosly when the aleomer left. A special to the New York Timet, dated Washington, 28th, midnight, says nothing later from Vlckiburg There begins to be talk in official circles that the siege may lust two weeks. Friday's attack was verv sanguinary ; the national loss was very hea vy ; the rehela Tought with great coolneae and deaperal.on, reserving fire until the Federsla came within murderous range ; the rebel*, however, were driven back by main force into their last line of eutrench meota Cairo, May 28.?The fighting on Friday _ r . .1 J .I.k r \d n*M> uwpviaio. 'jiauv cnnrgcu in? luruii* cations and took aome. The .chela rallied and retook them There ans much h?n.i to hand fighting The Federal lose wa* 6,000. The rebela uaed hand granadea when tha Federals attempted to storm the works. A True Heroine. Allusion has been mads, in the reports of the recent romantic exploit of Gen Forrest near Home to the noble conduct of a young lady who piloted him across lituck Creek. We are happy to be able to give the name of this heroic maiden to our rea dera. The Jacksonville (Ala ) Republican informs us that her name is Misa Jane " air soin. Her agency in Forrest's success has out been duly appreciated, for had she tun idly refused to show him the furd he would have been so delayed that the Yankee* might have reached Rome before he could have overtaken them. Therefore the nuins of this young laly should be linked with that of Gen. Forrest In this grand achievement, and with bis wi'.l be handed down to % grateful and admiring posterity. The Repubcan thus details the conduct of this noble dsughter of Alsbama: When Gen. Forrest arrived at Dlack Creek, 3 miles from Gadaden, in hot pur suit of'he vandals, ho found his progress checked by a swollen alream and a deinoi iahed bridge, while a deuchmei.t of men lingered behind to dispute his passage to the opposite aids Ignoront of the ford, it indeed tbere were any, Gen Forrest him self rode back in quest of the necessary in formation. At the irat house lie made tbe inquiry whether, there was any person who conld pilot his command serosa the alream, te which a young lady made reply?no mala person being present?that she knew the ford, and that if she had s horse she would accompany and direct him. There being no time for ceremony. Gen. Forrest proposed that she should get up behind him, to which, ?vit{) no maiden coyness, but actuated only by the heroic Impulse toeerve her country, she at once consented. Her mother, however, everbearing the suggestion, and sensitively alive to her daughter's safety and honUc, krtarpaaed the objection ; "Sir, jny child mm (hue ec company a stranger " "Madausa," respect fully urged the far famed chieftain, "mv name is Forrest, and ] will be rrsponaib'e for this young lady's aafety !" "Oh," re joined the good womio, "if you are Gen. Forrest she can go with you !" Mounted behind the (ieoerel, she piloted bim across the stream, eipoeed to the whistiing bulleta of the enemy ; nor did ehe retire from her poet of danger until the laet man had aafely crossed, and the column seen in oontinuaoce of its rapid pemult, so couipanied by hsr earnest prsyers for success. Gen. Johnston and Gov. Pottos have is. eoed en appeal to the people of Mississippi to eome to the assistance of the 8late. A sell is made for all to organise as eom< psniee of cavalry and infantry, to serve for ninety days. No compsny is to consist of less than forty men. They are to report to Gsn. Johnston. \ - 11 - -it' - 1 - g Great Mail Meeting at Indianapolis The Indian.) Democratic Convention met nt Indianapolis on the 20<h in-1 Seven thousand live hundred persona were present at the meeting. Regiments of infantry and batteries of artillery encircled the place of neeling. and nobody was allowed to enter within the circle without a sp-cial permit Vootheea, the president ol the Conven tion, made I he bn'desl speech vet d"livered in the United >lates agiilial the Lincoln Administration Resolutions were passed declaring that all po ?ei is intierent in the people ; mm me luiii'ary power I* nlriellv ubordionte to I lit* civil; (hot the (,'onstilution Ima enacted thai Congress can make no law abridging Hie free.loin of apeecn and the prea*, and the right of n-aembling 10 discus* the act* <>l their public servants ; ihol the day ha* arrived when public ?ervants are geltiiw lh?inve|i?v above their employee*; that thev have (wo warn 011 iheir hand*?one on the part of the rebel*, and the other on the part of the Cnu-litu tion, and thai tho-f Northernera upholding it aa*i*l Vallandigliaui for the exercina of Ida right of free rii-cuaaion ; thut the illegal acta of the Admini-iion have been received bv the Indiana Democracy with just dmap probation, as evidence that the firal and inoat aacred right of citizena haa been atrick en down in the diaperaion of edizena ; and <hat the Indiana Democracy will atand by Vullandighatu in hia defence of the aacred rights of the Conatitution and freedom Thf. Presidential Klectioh of i?ht ? The New York Jlrrald ha- a long editorial on the Presidential eleetfem of I8t>4. in which it Hava it will be the most import.n since Washington'* tir-l election. The can va*e will be one of inter.*? excitement and billt-rnesi, with grent danger of h ading to bloodshed and re><lu ion in n>? North ? The politician* ore iiic. H-i. o rather than allaying the num. >?it between faetinna end p .rtiea The r?dfal* are endeavoring with all their power to force their ruhid and rev olulionary views upon all connected with the Government. I'hev cauaed Vallandig limn'ft itrrfit A Sin!*. I- ^ - I.eld at Utica on the 'J7th, when there will be it (trend explosion of tongue patriotism I ?tut opening dnv of the Presidential cam paig/i of <864 for t<(e niggerheads The < 'opperhcady are hilly us revolution ?ry aa the other aide Already affairs have reached an alarming attitude, before lha campaign is really opened to the public, or ila course fully determined. Fortunately, other elements are at work* which may pre vent the Chases or Vallandighania from controlling matters Another progfamme contemplates Lincoln for a renominated and election aa a coinprotniae candidate. If lie eonsen>a he will not let Chase and S? ward uae the patronage of their depart inenta for their political advancement The probabilities are that a grand mass meeting nod popular demonstration will ba held .it Washington about the 4tii of July, at which Linro*n w ill preside, ai d .hat will be the initiation of the imporiant movement. The contest will then aaaome a different ahape from the present ; but whether it will be any the leaa bitter or revolutionary, the rapid transpiring ever.t? can alone determine ' DsSTItUCTIOs o? I'kopf.hty oi? Bull Island?A scooting party from one of our commands near Hlofflon. visited Bull la land last week. They report that every i il. :.i - j ? ? fiuuar uii ine i?una li?* Ocell burnt ; even | the fencing tiee hem t<>rn down. made into I heaps, and consumed The property wm owned by CoJ. K M Seabr-oU nod a small portion by Mr. Bavnmd, and wa< originally one of the moat mug' ifieent e-t lea in our tide water Motion. The Yankees were in email force and bivouaced on the is'and for several data. The fragment* of their com iniaaarv alorea *h> ?ed that they were well fed; sardine bote*, pre-erved fruit cans, die , could lie seen near the r hivousc Tliev alao slaughtered nme cattle. All the val uahle machinery h h>-?n destroyed in the conflagration ? CharUeton Mercury Advica Gratis ? ISvory man ought to pay his debts, it he ran. Every man ought to help hia neighbor, if he can. Ever* man I ought to get married, if he can. Every i man should do hia work to suit hia cuslo mara , if ha can. Every wife should pleas* har husband, if aha can. E.tery wife should 1 sometimes hold her tongue, if ahe can.? Every lawyer should sometimes tell the i truth, if he can. Every man ought to mind I hia own business and let other people's | alone if he can The llernid's -reelsI Ironi Washington. 38 h, say* Lea's army is in motion. Trains are moving towards Culpepper, followed I by a heaay column of troopa l?ea has ia sued an address to the rebel army, for* shadowing a raid into Maryland SporgMB sometime* eomee out with a gooa.u ing -Hralhran," Mid hw, if Uud had I rvfarred lha Ark to a ('oiumif ire on Naval I Affaira, it's ay opinion it would't have k?eo | 1 built jratT | A Candid Witness.? A correspondent of the Milwaukic Ami, writing from Ar kansaa, given Home very strong testimony iin to Hie influence and results of Yankee meddling and effects on the 'ondition and prospects of the negro. Writing from llel eiin, A'knnaiiN, he sa\s : Willi no one to care for them, without food, clothea or medicines, thev sicken and die here by the hundred*?freed at last ? Hack of Gen. Washburn's headquarters but | m short distance, in a pencil orchard, the little groves in rows ao clone that one can hardly siep between them Here, about two fret under ground, are over a thousand dead negroes, and day after day other* who have aiarved to death are being added to the nameles* lint And there are a dozen negro grave yard* in Helena, each being rapidly filled with negroes, who were once happy and contented, in healih and cared fur, of use to themaaves and the woild. Thin is a true picture of the great avin pnlhy the Federals have for the "poor daves," an they call theui. Their climate will not permit them to own negroes and make them a source of profit, and thay are are not content others should do no. They had rather hiive them drag out a short inis erahle existence under Federal rule, than he happy, contented and well cared for in Dixie. The real spirit that actuates the Northern Abolitionists is this- he ia un willing any peisoo alu-uld enjoy a thing he cannot; fie ia unwilling nuy person should be more prosperous in this world's goods than ha P<>a*esaed of u billar sectional, Vindictive spirit, his greatest pleasure appears to be to annoy and ruin his neighbors if possible. From the Coast?Tne enemy's acoula and pickets ou Cole's and Folly Islands ??m to bs getting a little more active and ooiacr * unto iii* past "few dam. Gaily Sunday morning, rupid and heavy liriug wm heard in the directive ?f l,eg?r*'s place on James' Island, and also in the direction of Halterv Inland. It waa rumorad that a par ty of the enemy had advanced and cut off aouie fa* ol' our pickela. Tho report waa without foundation. Some few Yankee pickets. we learn, have lately ahown them aelvea, but inalantly disappeared at Bight of our men The tiring heard in the city Sun day morning and in the alternoon wa? doubtle*e from the Yankee gunboats in Little Folly Kiver practicing.? Charlttton Courier, lit. A Ql'ltTUi ib THE SuMTITUTE Business ?At last a panacea for the ills of sub atiluiion in the army haa bean found, which, if it doea not check it altogather, will gu far toward* suppressing the frauds bv which ao manv persons are swindled. Bv an or. der from headquarters, promulgated v eaterday all substitute papers, to be valid or of aoy avail, mint bo countersigned by the commending General of the army to which the aubalilulc is sent. Aa Generals don't care to have their commands encumbered with substitute*, the substitute market mav hereafter be quoted aa "dull, and few offer, ing Richmond Examiner. Fatal Collision?A terrible collision occurred on the South Carolina Katlroad last .'alurdav niohi it m.ie? / ??? ? ? ("' nwuut mvcrii mile* above Hranchville An extra down tram, lad.*n with negroes, came into collision with several cars which a previous train had left on tha track A terrible imush an sued, and eleven of the nrgroa were killed outright. Munjr others were more 6r less bruised. Fr<>m thi rarrxhanrock ?There ae*ma to be no longer a doubt but that Hooker ia making some important (not forward) movement. A gentleman who came from Fred erickxborg ?eei-rday, assures us that he himself saw upwards of 20,000 Yankee* moving down in the direction of Port' Knnl urn Ewell went up yesterday morning mid was enlhuaiaatically received by his old corps, who were dra*n up for the purpose, at Hamilton'* t russing. They had expected him on Wednesday, but his departure from thia city was delayed until yesterday. The army of Northern Virginia is to be divided into three ccpt de'ormiri, to be commanded repeetively by General* l-ongatreet, K.well and A P. Hill.?Richmond Examintr, 29/k Tax Yarkci CoaaCRirrtoR law.?The ysnkee Secretary of War has decided thai the Government ia not required by the eon aenption law to discharge from conscription any person who may pay $300 for axemp Hon. The law ia construed to be permissive, not mandatory?the Government m*v receive $200 and discharge the men if it is thought expedient Nut* rot Pooh Mir ?ll coota r daa) of money to b? rich, and it i? a queation if so muck ia worth a<? littla ! After ail, ia wealth worth the roat, fir?t In atqairmg it, nait ia aapporliog it, aod, laatiy, ia baariug up andar it, whan yon har* loat It r 1 . Bad Luck in ?iinply a man withhia hand* in liia pockete nnd hia pipe in hia mouth looking on to aee how it will eouie out.? Good Luck ia a man af pluck, with hia aleevea rolled up, and working to maka it come right. MANSION HOUSE," E, O Robinson, CAMDEN, 8. c. The subscriber returns hie thanke t# hie friends aud lite traveling public, for the lib. cral support he has received- for the last twelve venra; and would state he has eonmeneed this year under new aaspicea, and pledges himself that every exertion will be made by himve.f and lady to give satisfies, tien and keep up a FIRST fcATE HOTEL. with clean and comfortable rooms and an orderly House. Having a First rate Cook and good servants, travelers may depend upon good accommodation at the old Man. sion. l.adies or families (wishing it} wil| be furnished with a private table without extra charge. I Ilia eUbles will be found in good order, with plenty of provender, and two faithful (Jailers. Hie Omnibus will be found at the Depot every day on the arrival of the Trains. fc G. ROBINSON, Proprietor. April 8, 1803, 8-3m THE FINE LARGE PREMIUM JACK CHURUBUSCO, Will be at the Hammond Place daring the Spring season of '63. Ilia teruta are 920 the insurance. Hie Colts are large sod tin*. Persons art referred to the neighborhood of Taxahsw for the size and quality of hie Colta. Apply to the Groom at the Hammond Place. Tliia JACK haa bee a awarded a premium by the Stale Fair. April 1, 1863, 8-tf Fine Stook. tfy though-bred liorte DAPPLE JOHN will aland the eneuing Spring Seaaon, ceumencing the firat week In March, at ray reaidenc* near Hanging Rock DAl'FI.K Jul IN ia full-blooded Jenua and Canadian. Hei* ao well Ituowu in thia section that it ia scarcely necoaaary to aay anything in commendation of hia superior qualities Hi* Cull* speak for themselves, and they are unhesitatingly pronounced by good judgea to be among the best slock of our country. For fineness of form, spirited appearance and activity of molion, hs is out excelled by aoy horse in the Slate. Mares from a distance can L? aaconimedated with subline and pastures. 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Offered, at private Sale, a Tract of Lead, containing aizty eeveo aorea, fori* or forty* Ave acre* of which la in woode; aituate la, the aoulhern auburba of tho Village of lao oaatar. portion baiog withio the locorporala limit*. Th* Tract em bract* iba old iiuaUr ticld. It ia au?c?ptibU of botoff di j vidod into Mftnl floe building Lota. For particular*, a. to tarua 4k?., applf . . VV. U OONNOR8, AJT1' April If, ltdi '