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_ .-v.. ^ <9 ~ T * "1 '* 4? 9 the fanmstcr CeDger. i .?2 PER ANNUM Big wltli Ihc wonder* of I'ticli pamiuy tiny. IN ADVANCE N % J /amilg noil ^ulilital ikinspaptt ?Drnuttii to tbf 3rlo, sritotto, lihtohn, fboutino, Ijriraltiitt, Satrruol Smpnraminito, inrtigu ana Jiomrstit Stuis. ooi) tjjt JHnrktto. v VOLUME X . LANCASTER C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5,1861. N U M TFtTT'L = ( [FOB THK LANOANTF.lt I.EDGfin.] At h mealing of the citizens of the ' neighborhood of Union Church, after en? Tolling about S3 name*, formed therm solves inio a company to be known as the ' Flat Creek Ilonie Guards," and a doped the following preumble and resolutions : Whereas, party principles and party >?triu. has tnvo'ved onrbelovad country in " ivil ear, and white is we have rupr ?ted .ml undeniable evidence that our one inies are using all die meana in their powr. er both pr'vite and public to tho injury of the Confederate States and their cili Bens, ami property. We the citizens of :..i> l i i .1 :> I1.i?;.ui>iu <AHl? ilCi^Jll i?i? iii'mhi | \4?-rin IV avi ? 10 nnu IWI ' . X lie peace hik! safety of the same, and f for the general good of ourselves, our property and our families, to form a coin pan* whose <lu'v it shall bo to preserve lit- public pi-ace ami q.'.'iet, and suppress all injuries and insults in l/.'eir, power.? The company when organized r*ball have a*Caputui, l?t, 2d and 3<1 Lieutenants to be chosen bv the Company. Unsolved. That it bhall be the duty of the Captain to appoint as many patrol ? compame* as ia necessary within the bounds <>f said company, whose duty it bhall be t<> attend atiicily to 'the peifur mance of the t sine. ilesoUv d. That the officers of this com pauy together with fbe other of its mem b-rs clios* n hy ihe company, ahall con stitii'o a com nolle to transact all business aid trying of all cases thai may Coiue before then*. lie-olied, 1'hat it shall be the duly of each member of tins committee, sliiclty to observe and faithfully to report all of f-hder*, either while or black, to said committee, whose duty it shall he to try stiie case and adin.nister justice according t the crime. Kesolve I. J'hat this company keep a record of all their so*. K*so!ved, 1 hat each member of this company aim themselves with a gun and sufficient ammunition ai.d exercise us a I military company. Ueso'.ved, That all rules for the govern mem of this company be approved by awe thirds of its members present. liefolved. '| (ml after nine o'clock nl night no yuit :? to be fired, Itorn blown, i ??r drum bent, or any other unuecewaary disturbance, 01 ^ut>? to l e lired on the Sabl Mth Resolved, That after 9 o'cloi k at night ?I" any gun should be fired, born bin wed, or drum bem, or any other alarm. it will be considered to be in cho* of nil unlaw* fill Met of a Hie wicked person, and we , each ol u? do pledge ourselves to go to Prhe relief ol atich persona in distress. | Resolved, 'I bat if any person rhnll fire m gnu or make any false mIhiiii contrary r] to the shove resolutions,Mich person shall | ^ I s taken Willi a | eace warrant and bound to security. Uesolved, That litis company may al I ter or Minetul ita resolutions al any of its t'^KLgfegulnr meeting* by two thirds of its tueiu' Jk v?ra present. JRb Jb-solved, Tl al tiie Captain of this -^jKofrtpany sit as Chairman of the commit flU*ee at aU i1 meetings. ?- Resolved, That we send a copy of these Absolutions to '.lie Ltdgrr for publication. Iv After the adoption of the above ret*%. olutions, the following gentlemen were [ .elected officers :' 8. T. Small, Captain, Allen Small, 1st Lieut., John llaile, 2d wK .Lieut, Uriab Small,3d Lieut. The following persona compose the a? 'Committee , Jetfetron Bolk, Ww. R. . C.iutheo. Joint S. Small, Landy Johnson, ' and Chapman Small, together with the officers of tli's company. dlillamfl awaiwa* V> A|?iu?b Alliupo. The Newg|fi#.ik paper*, which have 1% ;idiy takelPwoni their President upon tLvinnelvcK the burden of Conducting hit* gains' ua, now have declared war \ *aiiist hi. rope for considering the South ern State* a? belligerent* .>nd for having recognised the legality of lelteis of mar que issued I v out Government. The Timet iimieti on Mr. 8eward's giving iiu mediate notice to the Government* of Great Britain, Austria, Franc , Prussia, K'.-?i?, Sardinia and Turkey that the United Slates conrura in the declaration -of April :0, 18'<8 By thia courae, aava the Timet, the United Stalea bind* all ' those Power* to the permanent abolition 'of privateering. It rays, if the British ^Government protects privateer* it will he an unfrieouly act, and ooe which will not pan unpunished. The Washington despatch to the Herald, aaya that thia notice was given more than a month ago, and adds, that the United States Government "have quite decided on their course, should any for eign power display any disposition to truckle to the rebel Steles. Any act of intervention which affords direct advantage to the insurgent States, and which tend* to hamper or oUtruct the action of * eur government, wilt lend to the moat decisive measures on the part of the ad Jkf f? k iDinniraiiou. Tbe Mini paper, in its editorial cob um?, is partially brave,and sayt that there will be ndk mincing of matter* in tbe vent of any foreign Power giving aid i and comfort to the Southern Confederacy ? whether the aeehuiaj power the England JR or any other nation. It add* that Mmeaa> ti urei of the moat nnmietakeable kind eill 1 be ndopfed towarde any country tktt R may aaebt the aeewted State* in tfcle eon s teat, even though they were to involve Of every Power in Europe is war."-?SoelA - * Chfr/tei(te. I' ' * " 4 * Soldiers' Health. j DT DK IIALL, OF TIIK N. Y. JOURNAL OF HEALTH. 1. Ic any ordinary campaign, sickness disables or destroys three limes as many as Tie sword. 2. Ou a march, from April to November, the enure clothing should be a col ored Haunel shirt, with a loosely buttoned collar, cotton drawers, woolen pantaloons, shoes and stockings and a light colored felt hat, with broad brim to protect the neck, eyes and (ace from the glare of tlie ' nun and the rain, and a substantial but not beavy coal when off duty. 3. Sun stroke may be prevented by wearing a n,k handkerchief in the hat,or n while linen hood hat cover, extending like a cape over the neck and shoulder-. 4. Colored blankets are best and if lin e.l with brown drTling the warmth or durability are doubled, while the protection against dampness from lying on the | ground, is almost complete. 6- Never lie or sit down ou (he grass or bate earth fur a moment; rather u?u your hat?a handkerchief even, is a great protection. The wanner von are. tli? 1 greater nerd for ibis precaution, a* a dgmp vapor ii? immediately generated, to be absorbed by the clothing and to cool you off loo rapidly. 0. Whiie lii.wrchii.g, or on other active uuty, the mo.'e essential it is to .-ot?el) of life itself, to rinse oi.'l the uiouili two or thiee times, and then lake a swallow of water at a time, with pi'o.rl intervals. A brave Fieuch general, oil a forced march, fell dead on the instant, by drinking laigely of cold water, when snow \s;?s on the ground. 7. Abundant sleep is essential to bodl' ly efficiency, and to that alertness of mind which is all important in au engagement; ! and few tilings more ceilamly aud more effectual!) prevent sound sleep than eut mg heartily after sun down, especially af ter a heavy, mar. It or desperate battle. 8 Nothing m more certain to secure endurance and capability of long conlin ued effort, than the avoidance of every thing hs a drink except cold water, not excluding coffee at breakfast. Drink even col?l water very slow.v. 9. After any sort of exhausting effort a cup of coffee, hot or cold, is an adunra hie sustainer of the strength, until nature begins to recover herse f. i n ?T_i - t. ? ? i t iv i/incKs aiicr ? long nusencn or great fatigue, do not eat v?*rv heartily j ist be h re a great undertaking; b came the not rout power is irresistibly drawn to the s'oinnrb to manage the food entet , thus drawing off that supply which ihe brain and muscles so much n?> d. 11. If persons will drink brandy, it i? incomparably safer to do so after an effort than before; for it can give only n trans ient strength, lasting but a lew minutes; but as it can o.-v. r be known In w long any given effort is to be kept in contiliu ance, and if longer than tbo few minutes, the body becotm-s more feeb'e lb.in it sou d have been wit bout tbe stimulus, it is clear that its use before an eli rt is ah ways hazardous, and is always unwise. 12. Never go to sleep, especially a'ter a great effort, even in lint weather, with, out some covering over v? 13. Under all circumstances, rather than lie down on the bare ground, lie in the hollow of two logs placed together, or across several tnmller pieces of woo l, laid side by side; or s.t on your bat, leaning against a tiee. A nap of ten or fifteen minutes in that position will refresh you more than an hour on the haro earth with the additional advantage of perfect safety. 14. A cut is leta dangerous than a bub let wound, and heals more rapidly . 15. If front any wound the blood spirts out in jets, instead of a steady stream, you will die in a few minutes unless it is remedied ; because an artery lots been divided, and that lakes the blood direct from the fountain of life. To atop this ilia antly, tie a hand kerchief or cloth very loosely bktwkkk the wound and the heart; put a stick, bayonet, or lamrod between tbe skin and tbo handkerchief, and twist it around until the bleeding ceases, and keep it thus until the surgeou arrives. 1 ft. If lhr? Itrmd flnn t in m tlnv - ?*?" .'piM lar stream, a vein has been pierced, an<! the handkerchief trust l>? on the other ida of the wound from tha heart ; (list is, below the wound. 17. A bullet through the abdomen (belly or stomach) is more certaioly fatal than if aimer] at the head or heart ; for in the latter cases the ball is often gist: ced off by the bone, or follows around it under the skin ; but when it eutets the slouiach or bowels, from any direction, death is inevitab'e under almost all cir< cumstances, but ia a< irrely ever inatanta neons. Generally the peison lives a day or two with perfect clearness of intellect, often not suffering greatly. The practi cal bearing of this statement in reference to the great future is clear. 18 Let the whole heard grow, but not longer than some three inches. This strengthens and thickens Its growth, and thus makes a more perfec t protection for the lungs against dust, and of tha throat against winds and cold in winter while in the summer a greater perspiration of the akin is induced with an increase of nraporetiou ; her o*. greater ooolneae of the Darts on ilm . m.iil. ul.il* !?*. !??? ia leva foveriali, ihiraly mid dij. 19 Avoid f?u mid fat maata io turn nier ann io oil worm daya. 20. Whwinr poaaihle, take a piling# into any lake or running atremn every morning, n eoon aa you get np ; if "tlMe at hand, endeavor to waah the body ml over aa toon aa you leave your bed, for perioral cteaelineea aaea Nit* a o6erm I against till diseases. always either ward j | ing them oil' altogether or greatly miiii , gating their severity and shortening Ibeir | duration. 21. Keep the hair of your head closely cut, say within an inub a?d a half of i the scalp in every part, repeat 6n the | first of each month, and wash the wLolo scalp plentifully in cold water every morning. 22. Wear woollen stockings Hnd easy fitting shoes, keeping the toe and finger , nails always cut moderately close. i 23. It is more important to wash the feet well every night, than to wash the face and hands of mornings ; because it aids to keep the skm and nails soft, and | 10 prevent dialings, blisters and-corus, all I of which greatly interfere with a soldier'* ! j duty. 24 The most universally safe position, < alter all siuuuings, hurls and wounds, is j | that of being placed on the back, the | head being elevated three or four inches | | only ; aiding more than any one thing j | else can do, to tqiial za and restore the j proper circulation of the hiood. | 25. The more weary you are after a : march or other work, the more easily j will you lake cold, if you remain still af U-r it is over, unless, the moment you cease mot in, you throw n coal or blanket over your shoulders. This precaution should b? taken in the warmest weather, j especially if there is even a slight air stirring. 2G The greatest physical kindness you can show a severely wounded com rado is liisl to place him on his hack, , and then run with all jour might for some wa cr to drink ; not a seconJ ought to be lost. It no vessel is at hand, lake your bat ; if no hat, oil with your shirt, wnng it out ome, tie the arms in a knot, as a so the lower ? od, thus making a bag. open at the neck only. A tlcol per Mi u C-itl couvev a bucketful half a mile in Hits way. I've seen a 'dying man ciuten at u single drop of water truiu the lingers'end, with the voraciousness of a j (am shed tiger. 27. It vvet to the akin by rain or by swimming ti\cr-, keep in rnct'on until me cloil>t> ure dried, and no bairn will rchU t. 28 Wenever i( is possible, do, by all ineiu.H, when \ou Lave to use wat.r for c n.kng or drinking from pond# or a! :g g'?h sticnms, l>oil il well, and wben cool, bliake i'., <>i ?tii H ? > l! at il e oxygen ol the air shall get to it which greatly nn proves a lui diinking. TL < hotiing ar rest- tbt process ot fermentation which fiotn the ,,ro?inct of org.mic and laorgHU c i:. pd'hies, thus tending to pre ? nt cholera and all louc! discuses. Il there ia uo tune for boding, at least strain it through a cloth oveli it you have to u?o a shut, or nowier leg. 20 Twelve wiiioii are hit in battle, drianel ill red, vvhero lhei? are only five, dreaded .n a bluish grey, a difference ol more than two to one ; green, seven ; l?r< w , six 30, YVaier can bo made alinost'cool iu the hottest weather, 1<y closely envelop a filled canteeM, or other verael, with woolen cloth Ki-pt plentifully wetted aud exposed. 31. While on a march, he dowrr. the moment you half lor a rest ; every ruin ute spent in that position retresl.es more than live minutes standing or loitering about 32 A da ly evacunt'ou of tho bowel* ia n.d -prin ,b e to bodily health, vigoi ami en inrar.- e ; tins is promoted in many case*, by storing a table-spoonful of corn (Indian) uveal in a glass ol water, and drinking it on rising in tho morning. 33 L>o*e bowels, namely, acting more than o. ce a day, with a feeling of tiehili tj afterward, is the first step inward cholera; the t-esi remedy is instant and perfect quie ude of body, eating nothing hot boiled rice with or without boiled milk ; in tno-c decided cases, n woolen flannel, with two thickness in front, should he bound tightly around the ab doineu, especially if marching is a neces It w, 34. To have 'been to the wars," is a life long honor. Increasing with advancing years, wlole to have died in defense ol your country will be the boast and the glory of your children's children. To tho Rescue. The intelligence of yesterday that the myrmidons of Federal power had ad van< ed upon the soil of Virginia pro" duced an electrifyu.g effect in our rout' inunity, Hiii] miii.ng the soldiery. Every eye brightened, and every heart heat high with merti deliglit that the hour of vei.guaiice is al hit ml. If Virginia cao tut overrun by a host of Noriltern mililia luen, ifotie loan in defence of liia fireside ia not erpial to two invaders, then ibia onwaril liiovemeiit of our detestable enemy ia lounded in wiadom. But when that d?y coinea, it will be a cew day io the hihtory of oationa, and one which will prove that wu deserve to be ouoqueted. It haa been g'ven out repeatedly of late by the Lincoln preee thai Gen. Scott de aired to delay an advance till cool weath er and nil hie army was fully organized. But they could not hioolc the wier- delay recommended by the only General in ' their rank* that deserves the name, and ' the Republican papera at Washington protmunreii Scott behind iba tiinea. Tbev will discover before long tbat it would have been well for tbein to take bia counael. They disregarded bia advice once before in their attempt to reinforce Pert >uruler, and they will Hod a worse re?uli from thru \ recent contempt of hie Itiotitar) rk^?nwu?.u muu jud^i'iu* nt. Tlr.t fctoctout and vil* attempt to ?ul jogau Virginia will I* efusbad at avarj point where it is made, and ihere is not h mm in the Common wealth who noes 1101 re joice that it is nuole now, when the sea son, and other advantage* which it is hi necessary to mention, will unite to con sign it to speedy disaster and aunihila lion.?Jiichinond Dispatch. Views of the English Press. We make the following extract* fron the English papeis received by the Persi at New Y ork : The London Morning Post shows ths there are American precedents for th conclusion the British Government ha come lo, of treating llie Southern State an beligerants, precedents which occurre during the continuance of the civil ? n j between Spain and hei colonies, iiud pre { vious to the acknowledgement of the it: dependence of the hitler by the iiiolhe country. The Federal Government at Washing ton decided that the colonies were belliu erent nations, and entitled to all the soi ere'gn rghla of war agamst the euenij This doctrine the United States have f dopled for their first Constitution; be belligerent rights carry with ihesn correi ponding obligations. Bio' kades must h effectua', and privateers must be lawluli commissioned. A blockade by letters < marque, though novel, would b.* quite t effectual as a blockade by regular met of war; ai.d the Northern Status, wit their powerful commercial marine, coul easily blockade all the gulf ports. 1 the meantime, the American rule lbs the flag covers the cargo, will give com parativo immunity to British and othe foreign commerce. The "Post" also shows that the Snutli em Confederacy, being recognised as bclligerant power, British and other vei M'ls niav fii'i'lv lrit(l? lo mikI front iIk imri providing il.ey Jo not interfere with blockade, and juovided they do not do* in contraband trade. There is good ren son to believe the right of search will t> strictly exercised ; but wj have a righ to insist that both the beligermt power shall respect legiliinaie tnerchunuizo o board neutral vessels. Willtiik Hlockadk nt? Effectual ?Lkttkiis of Mauqi/k in London.? Notwiih?ianding the enormous length c the line of coast, both on the Atlanti and on the Gulf, the Southern ports Iron whien plodtice can be shipped with an regularity are few in number. There ar only five railways w hich strike this coas hroiighout its entire extent. These ter inmate at New Orleans and Mobile n the Gulf, and Savannah, Charleston nin Wilmington on the Atlantic. If th Uuited States can block'?de these fiv ports effectually, they, U> all practical put poses, seal up the Southern Sii-tes. 0 course they must do this effectively, T.1. validity mere paper blockades ha long since been disowned by eveiy Power. * * * Wo have beet told that there are letters of marque nov in L< ndoi , and agents have arr ved hi the |rs> steamer to make couiraula fo Arnstri ng guns, and all other warliki s'ores of Iho most recent invention ? Hot It parties will come into the maiket of Europe, and wiil hid for tneti ai.t ships. 8 i far as privateering is concernei the South wilt have the advantage. No adventurer would care to take ser vice with the North, because there wouh be little or no prey. TLe South has n< commerce, and its produce wou'd be car ried in neutral bottoms. The North however, baa ships upon every sea, anc is a victim that will pay a plunderer.? Theie are silk cargoes to be incepted evei in tii?* Eastern seas, mid the treasures < Ca'ifornia are to be met with afloat. T< protect tins commerce will require m small portion of the available Unite, Staie* Navy ; and it is therefore not quit certain that Mr. Lincoln can respond t< the reiterated demands of the merchant of New York to blockade all the port of l!) South. Looking at theso matters in a strictl; English point of viow, our interest t> first if possible, that this melancholy rupiyr should be repaired, and that either by re union or by amicable separation peac should be restored, lhit if this is im possible, then it becomes our next objec that our cotton supply should not be cu off, and that the markets for our inarm factures in the South should not be foi cibly shut against us. With this viei we shall be compelled to scrutinize tii legal ity of every blockade establ shed uj on the coasts of the seceding Stale*. The Government at Washington lis itself relieved us from what might otbei wise have been a great danger of bain made the principal victim of this unhaf py quarrel. At the treaty in Paris, Km land and Prance proposed that all ni lions should renounce the belligerer r'ght of isaueing letters of marque. Th United State* then refused to join in th or.venlton, and required for their inei chant ships an immunity from the tner of-war as w#U at from privateers J America had then joined to roako tbi proposition an universal law of natiom privateers would now be considered p rales, and the Sooth would be at lb mercy of the North. That proposal, however, having bee rejee'.cd, the belligerent parties hold thei ancient rights, *n<l the commis?ions ( Mr. President Davis are as good as thoa of Mr. Freeidetit Lincoln. As to the ret olutiot of the New York Uercbanla I treat the privateers of the enrecogmxe< South ae pirate*, it cannot be nsaiutainet Ever? jurist must hold that, to long n Mr. resident Davia Is President of Confederacy of Sovereign Siatea, be ha the name right to ieeue Ictteys of marqu i which any Chief Magistrato of a republic either in North or South America would - have.?London Times. Dkuatk on Lumens ok Makqik.?In ; ( the House of Lords, on the 10th of May, 1 the Earl of Derby said that he understood that IJor Majesty's Government had | coruo to trio conclusion that the Southern States of America were to be considered j n as a belligerent power, and had referred H certain points to iho consideration of tItu ' law off)eel# of liie Crown. The South' j 1 em Confederacy has sent out letters ol ' i marque for the purpose of covering the 0 | sea with privateer#, but the Northern | 9 j States had declared an intention of treat9 ing privateers as pirates, lie wished to call thu attention of the Government to r the position in which British sailors might be placed, for if theie was one tiling tliMt 1 had attractions for them it was privateer r 1 ing. It was also desirable that the liritj isli merchants should know in what po' >' sition the^' stood r neutrals, and also V i . t, _. - ?,? J -i .i... -i ...it i ~ . . -i 1 | tlint, OUIUO UOVIttrrttlMII RIIUUIU UU IIIIIUO I with respect to British subjects becoming , ' I privaleeis. lie believed that tbo lalti'r ; 1 wn* a criuiinal olivine. but the possibility j '* | of this country being involved in the di#' j #l | pute between the two sections of the ] e American Slates was so serious, that he , sincerely concurred in the prayer of the noble L<?rd (Lord J. Ittissell) that we j 19 might keep out of it. lie hoped, there '* ( fore, that it would be distinctly declared ' that if any British subject entered upon ^ privateering, lie must not look to his (t ?v eminent I .r redress <>r prolec ion, lull that lk liin blood will be on l>i-% own head. lie ' 1 hoped lit a t i lit* proclamation woiilil give T h ino.it diitiiict and emphatic won ing to i | British sailors, and especially llioie in h< r Majesty's service. ?! ' | S j PROCLAMATION " | To the People of the Confederate States: U l \\ hen a people, who recognize their s dependence upon God, feci themselves ? ' surronnded by peril and difficulty, it be | Comes then) to liuiiib ! lliein-elveH under, . j the dispensation ol lhvine 1'tovidem e, to j recognize His righteous government, to acknow ledge Ilia goodness in limes past 1 and tiipp lento Ilia mere I'ul protection c for tlit future. " ! 'I he manifest proof of the Divine Dies * sing hi'.herto extended to the tll'oris of i the people of the Confederate Slates of 1 America to maintain and perpetuate I public liberty, individual rights and no 1 I noual independence, demand their de 1 ' vout and hfciirtfelt gralituile. It becomes ' , them to give public manifestation of this 0 I grul tude, and of their dependence upon . : the Judge of the K>rtli, and to invoke il.c continuance of II s ,'avi r. Knowing 1 that none but a ju->t and righteous eait-o s 1 can k" 'u,, f-?vor, we would miI plore tiii* Lord ol i'osls to guide and di1 r rt our policy in tho pMlis of right, k duly, justice and mercy, to unite our 1 hearts and our efforts for the defences of r our dearest rights, to atrengbteu our 0 weakncM, crown our arms with success, and enable us to secure a speedy, just 1 and ha nor able peace. To these ends, and in confdrinitv with .1.- ~r i * --- i .i* fciio ar^urBb ui vii^iccr, 1 invito lllO I#f?U* | pie of the Confederate States to the ol> j servauce of a day of fasting and prayer, ( by such religious service* n* may l>? sui table for the occasion, and 1 recommend I Ttinrsdny, the 13th Hav of Juno next, for tiiat purpose ; and that we may ail, on j ! that day, with one accord, join in hum? ; b'e and reverential approach to Him in f whose hand* we are, invoking Him to ^ inspire ua with a proper spirit and teinQ per of heart and mind to tear our evils, j to bless us with His favor and protection, e and to bestow His gracious benediction ,, upon our Government and country. ? (Signed) JKFFKUSON DAVIS. 13y the President : li. Tocsins, Secretary of Stato. Important from Washington. 1 Washington, May 24.?Colonel Kllse worth's personal friends, including President Lincoln, were deeply affected at tho t intelligence of his death. 'I he bells were lt tolled, buildings draped in mourning, and dags placed at half mast. His remains ' are now lying in Stato al the Navy Yard, ? ; and wil? probably bo sent to Chicago for ? j interment. > | The Government has received startling | intelligence from Haliiinore thai loud and is ! prominent Union men wore secretly en r> l gaged in aiding -?nd abetting the seces g sionisls. Tl?e Government is in possess li iou of their names and plans, and will n have I hem arrea'ed im mediately, i' Arlington IHigh'.s, overlooking Wash It ihntnn huva hist I i>hii cu-nu t.? <I>a I ---? ? - /? ' 1 - J * ! New York Seventh Regiment '* The Sixtyninth (New Yoik) Regi r inent ia alao there, and buay throwing up 1^. breaalworka for defence. A troop 01 Virginia cavalry, number' ing about forty five inc tinted men, were aurpnaed by filiarman'a Battery of flying e artillery, and aurrewdered without offer' ing reairilanco. n The ateamer Mount Vernon waa near> r ty aunk before ranching Alexandria. It ,f la Aupf'-iaed aha waa tampered with by e the aeceaniuniata at the Navy Yard, and ! that the plan waa to drown all on board, 0 It la thooght (bat Harper'a Kerry and 4 Norfolk will b? i-imullaneou*l\ attacked. 1 Prepaiationa here are maturing rapid it 'J a Tl'.o PoatmaMer General 1?a? or?l<*re?l it lita riitoominuanea t?f the mailt to nil ilit > aaoedad Suit*. axc?;pt Trnntwee. A [Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger.] Morris Island, May 20, 1861. Since about the 1st January last, this Island has been garrisoned with soldiers In high tide the water covers the most o it. There are live or 6ix houses on it It is the quarantine ground for the city 1 . i - * ' niiu me rtousts are used lor that purpose Yellow Fever, Small I'ox and all patient with contagious diseases are sent her and attended to?no disease can sprea< on the Island, the sea breeze is too pur and invigorating. The Ocean lashes tin shore tho wliole extent of the Island, sa' about five miles. The whole Island is ii lino view of tho ship channel ; at tin Southern point is tho light house, and a the Northern is Cuniminga Poiut, wher stood the famous Iron Hattery during th bombardment of Fort Sumter. The eti tiro const, facing the channel was an arra of I'stlories, and prevented the Flet front going to tho reinforcement of Majc Anderson. It is true, none of those gun were used because the fleet stood at magnificent distance and made no al tempt to come in. From the Island th fleet could he distinctly seen. So will the Xi'Kjara which has been lying of tin bur, however, she has not been seen fo sevsral days. Many of our tents nr within tan of high tide. The matin; of tli(9 serf, the roohug of the waves hui the refreshing and invigorating seaibreez is ii .Teat soporific. I litre is but one ini [ pediment in the way of tlie Island boitij j as delightful sleeping ground H9 could b< ; <!<sired, however, 1 will menliou that af I tar a while. 1 Ail the battel iss have and are abou ! being removed, there being no further us j lor the in since Fort Sumter answers th purpose for which they were intended.? The guns and mortars have been remov ed to other point* on the coast and wil bo effectively used there should the eneur ! ntten pt to land .?iid march through th interior. Wo have a blockade now ; e< far it is not complete, vessels run tin gauntlet and cotno in hut in r.II probahil ity it will l>e effectual before long. Ii this way we may be deviled and harass ed, our commerce and trade etubarrassec and crippled, and wo may have inonej pressures and hard times generally, liu wo can probably stand what hr long a tho manufacturing and commercial work can do without our Cotton. But as U any sail of ves*e's or fleet coming inti Charleston with hostile troops on board is all stuff Our harbor is loo well pro looted. Too strong, too powerful. Ni enemy can land any live forces in the city As to the blockade, wo must have pmi once. Might is sometimes exercised oi tho high seas for right. The blockade is one of the difficulties 1 always apprehen ded. Some supposed it was itnniinnrj and could not he enforced, but here ii the blockade. It is to be hoped thai tin Re who laughed i?t the anticipatioi will come and drive it oil. Hut in many particulars, the political aspect is different very different from what many of oui supposed and would be wise men Antici paled, in fact some displayed about ai little sagacity and statesmanship in thei predictions of the future as the man wh< frankly confessed he could not say wha would occur next week. However, al were honest and actuated by the best o motives?equally patriotic and probabl; equally wise. The difference was abou in ibis way, one lay d<*wn a prograinm for old Abe and bis adm lustration to pui sue and carry out which would have lei to that result. The other laid dowi none except that a revolution in a pnw erful government could not be accomplish | ed alone by paper resolutions. Now w all stand on the same platform. The ws has just commenced, in this I hope an trust 1 may ho mistaken, but the sign 1 indicate it too plainly. There should b a complete organisation of every ina 1 capable of bearing arms. One or tw companies of llome (iuaids are not su ficient?all may be needed in turn.? *'Ho||" is a go<*l word and used signif ouitly in ruany places. Of those wh nro liu v m aervico tome tuny imii in OKI tie, other* and many with diaeaeea Inc dent to camp life ; other* may wear on !ii thia wny >t will be neceeaary to "Bob. j Therefore a home organisation it deeiri ble ar.d ehouM be altODted to. If I ai mistaken and the war thould aoon fc over no harm will -oMilt. Never andei { rate your ou?my, always regard your ar i vereary at formidable aod prepare acoori ! '"ff'y- ^ Moat of the troop* have been remove from ibe Inland, thty are leaa now the ha* beo.i for aeveral month*. Col. Hi ; good and ma command, compoaed of th Oiangehurg and Hwmwell Volunteer are aho ttaiioaed here. Ueu. Nalaoa bi command. v*. ' 5*. t: I A good many of our men have visited their homes and families; what a delight and pleasure the mutual greeting aiul embrace must have been ! No soldier j. can leave the Island without a permit from iiia Captain and that has to be ap proved by his Colonel and also by the ' General. This is for visiting the ciiy for marketing and such like and lasts only 8 I ? . . *4 liours. .five can go on a furlough j which lasts seven days, unless extended by the Governor, upon the proper bhowing being made. J have intimated this is a delightful climate. So it is. The sea breeze, beach, ' ' serf and sea bathing is equal to New , I'ort. Our boys enjoy it, romp and frol^ ic amid the white dabbing foam. Any im convenience ? candor requires me to say ^ yes. What are they ? One is, any quant titv of fine sand floatinc all about.through y W * the tent, o?er the bed, under the bed, between the sheets, (if \ ou have them) into ?r _ the ctflfee,over the meat, into the water s and into the eves, hair and skin. h ^ Another, is, the Island w ater has too much salt in it to make it drink very . healthy or pleasant. We have therefore to have our water brought in boats.? 8 " There is always an inconvenience in the r country when the spring is too far ofT from the residence. Our spring or pond | is several miles, in fact, no one knows the path to it. I had generally heard water I r l... i t i i I n un ire*, um utr? i unuersianu It Costs t th*? State about one cent per gallon. It ^ is fruo to us, except the Ice anil a little . "iron" wbich occasionally is needed bv way of variety. Atiotber inconvenience, yes, pest?is the immense quantities of impudent flies, of everv shade and variee : * J ty which abound and flourish here. An0 ' J other ahd decidedly the most annoying pest is the large supply of active and 1 huge fens, which feelingly and forcibly v make your acquaintance. I expected to ' be aunoyed with mnsquitoes, l ad mado up ui\ mind to stand their bills, but save 9 ' me from the fleas, they annoy you in every way and shape, they crawl ovor ^ and bite you all day, and by way of va? riely bop over and bite you the entire j night. They are too active to be caught. The best way to catch them is to bear t patiently the biting until they are full, ^ and then you can dispose of about every j other one?but the supply is inexhaustit ble?our boys think increasing. Before t this, I dreaded the moequiloea more, but now I hate the flea. The performance of the former is accompanied with music, } there is n variety when he is not engaged in billing you the singing is going on and that gives you a variety. Not so with ( the flea, he goes to his work in silence and maintains it, and only lets you know his whereabouts by tho sensations produced, and then when you undertake to disi_ i? : ? ! i i > iuurw uiiii, no is iiui. uiuro. i iihvq liertrd slippery politicians called "political flcns" "put your finder on him and lie is not there." 1 cannot aav this is true with politicians?but I kijow it is the fact with the Morns Island fleas. I have chased many and so far only caught one, that one however will never bother any other soldier. Kuougli on this subject ; excuse mo Miss Betsey, jou know folks will talk and write about what is uppermost in I the mind. Just now with me, I am only f detailing the impressions made and left upon ine. There I one is biting me now I Shah I stop and kill it ? No ! "never keep a letting on.1' The impression is there but the operator is gone, heretoj fore I have had a great dislike to snakes but hereafter snakes and fleas will be an , bout sixes. The following programme will give e you some idea of the duties of soldier r of camp life : ,j Kevelle (to get up) at day light?Roll ljt call immediately after. Drill call 0 a. ra. 4 Recall from drill 7 a. m. Breakfast 7.10, n Surgeons call 7. 15. 1st call for guard 0 mounting 8. 45. a. iu. Guard mounting f. 0 a. rn. Diad 10 o'clock. Recall from _ drill 11. Dinner 1 p. ra. Drill 4 pm. [ Drees parade 0 p. Tattoo and roll 0 call 0. Tap* 9. SO. p. in., when all the tt light* are put out and all go to bed, and j. would *leep sweetly and aoundly were it la not for the confounded flan*. However f every roieforlnne and calamity may work k, to tome advantage, if we search out the n beneficial pari and turu it to a profitable ^ account. So with the fleas, if there were r. none to awakoo, or rather to make our napapfew and far between, the eea.breezo ], la to fine and produce* such sleepy ten uvuvivo} iiioi) Hinuj wuu.u uo imiuy n\ uay light roll cull, and thereby put on extra ,n duty for oversleeping. There is, however, n, a camp rumor that we ehaft he removed e from (hie place. Palmetto mick?, nbella, * i and conk* are being looked for to be car ^ u j ried with ua?someting nice to ba praeatM I 16<I to toe eweeinearn, *m given WH* 4 -.SSiv ?