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l J . 1 * U-LM. <p)t ITeiUjft. !; LANCA8TS&VILLE, 8.C. VPKfcN'ESDAY MORNING, Juiy 31, 1861. 1 Volc nticers.?Wc n*k attention to the card ; I of C'apt. J. II. Cousart, in thia paper. Capt, <1 V. is well known in the District ; he has served I I through two campaigns and has taken part in ' ( Seven battles. , D | Deferred.?A very interesting letter from ^ "Pastor," dated Richmond, July 20th, was handed us for publication just before going to ' press. We regret that wo did not receive it sooner. He reports the safe arrival of the * 'Greys" at Richmond. Doubtless before this, r a they are on the ground of the recent conflict v f at Manassas. b Pkrsonal.?We aro pleased to ineet in our v Village Col. Dixon Barnes, who has just re- (turned from Virginia. We are authorised to * state that Col. Barnes has returned with the m til View to raise a Company of Volunteers from w this District for the Confederate Service. Col. t< I), is so well known to our people that it would ni tie useless to say anything commendatory of ? ttiiu as a commander. No man among us has i r< | a larger hold upon the confidence of our peo- ( pie, and we feel assured that it will be no difficult matter for hint to succeed in what he pro- o pases. lie will be at this place on Monday it next, (Salea-dsy) and invites all who desire to ll enter service to meet him then. We will I mention io this connection, that from present .|(| I indications, this District will shortly he required Cl to furnish three, or certainly not less than two ti full companies, in addition to those now in the hi field. cl _ . mm m tm Col- Blanding's Regiment (i ^ We learn from the Kiclimoiul Ditpatrh, that c< Col. Blanding's Regiment left Richmond on j Wednesday for Manassas. The lolloping is a ff Hist of the Field and Staff officers : j li f rolnn.l -I I* III * ' " t .w, -. iihihuih); j itliui. V Ol It W. ri 1-ay ; Major, J. M. Kteadmaii ; Adjutant, J. 11. Witherapoon ; Quartermaster, T. II. I'ra?cr ; t, Ccftiniissary, W. K Di<-k ; Surgeon, I)r. H. I.. | ^ Crawford ; Assistant Surgeon, Dr. J. .1. Hot- I ' sard ; Chaplain, Her J. N. Craig ; SergeantMajor, 11. \V. Kdward*; Quartermaster Scr- c' grant, II. ('. McKadiliu. "The 'LancasterInviucibles,'Kerthaw'a Regiment. !j We aie mut-li gratified to learn through pri? vale letlcia addressed to their friends by mem- t| bern ol the Company, that not one of ()?pt. (, r UcM.inus' coiuuiand wan killed in the great In l-uttleof -1?t inst. Four were wounded, in* " -eluding Capt. McManua himself, who received j'1 -a flight wound in the arm. The other* roun- { I ded are: D. A. William*, T. J. Welsh, and i llichurd Kenuingloti ; none of these were { rr i . wounded seriously ami they were doing well I I at luwt account*. The Hegltuent to which they nro attached (KeialiawV) rwapitl will, con-id eitig it* pioiiiineiiee in the fight; though the * I the Ion was greater than at first reported. A j( full account of the killed and wounded ha* not m I yet appeared. According to the various ac- b counts, puhiiw ami private, tlda Hegiinent did , " iiuportant service in the fight ; the i/ovriry'i correspondent, who waa an eyc-a ilness, says that it did tearful execution at the crisis of the ! u contest. Private lettei a say that they wort-cm ; t| gaged during the whole cay. , t| The Crops, etc- j Accounts continue to reach ua from various I iptmlers of the District of a mpst Itoiiiiiifnl ct op ! ^ in perspective. The prospect is ^aid to he far | belter than it lias been lor unity years, espo- ' p, -eially in respect to corn. The vaiioua com- ai plaints so common among farmers socio to Ire i ar ^ entirely wanting this season ; every one "P-1;;; pears satisfied with his crop, a* illu-trated in ; " nhe ease oi a worthy fariuur that we heaid of a j lew days ago in the lower part of the District, /> To the enquiry "bow la your crop"; he anew ered '"it is just good enough." This feeling of satisfaction in irgaid to the incoming ciop aeeina .to be alino-t uuiveisal. In the ucighboihood of Pleasant Hill and tli * Hanging Hock, the crops ate particularly fine, i< as ft o know ln.ni personal obser vslion. The \ ..rain* in that quarter have iccoutly Item abtn?- ' |n Want, and the corn nop u sufficiently advanced -to lie now regarded ai entirely ?if?, We rode 1 I?i through a field of corn, containing about fio ''J acre*, on the premier* of * 'apt. James SI. In* ; '' ' gram, which a friend in company believed ; *' would yield at leaat forty burdtela per acre ? y 'The Captain Ira* a very fitte crop itt general, of ' w which thift field ia a very muall proportion. He nr i? certainly otte of tire beat fariuera that <tur t( "" country aflords ; lire systvut and perfect order observable in every department of Itift extern i aive farming operationa, is pleaeant to look |M upon. He alone will make surplus produce j |J enough tbirr season to feed a Battalion of ?oh ; I) diera for twelve tnonthft. Many others in hi* ; u section will make a largo surplus. There is not' tire ftliglrtcftt danger of our annieg atarvirrg for ' ^ at leaat two yeara to come. Thanks to a be- ? nitceut I'lovidence, the earth ii about to yield , V such a return for the labors of Ilia husbandman, , M aa will enable ua to be entirely independent of 1' foreign supplies, and secure to ua the means of jj* defending ourselves against the vandals who are invading our soil. >p CoL Karahaw'a lUfiaent- ,t . The Editor of Uie Richmond Azamintr baa ! m l?ad a conreraatiou with oua of the wounded te zoua-ee who have arrived la Richmond. It i T appears, fnyn his statement, that to Col. Ker-' ahaafe eoasmand belongs the honor of nearly annihilating the "Pat La an be" of Duryea'a. Tha Azaminzr say a : "On inqub big at what time dnHng the action p k* mmm k..r? k. -l - ? ? -/ 'rgimtni Ul MWTM .. ere oppoaed, be Mid that be bad been woun- _ dad during thu aeeoad bour of lb? battle, and ?M cup lured by and carried to tba rear of iba td regiment of tba Bouth Uaroboiaaa. Tbia P Regiment It waa, be report!, that annihilated the Zouarce. lie aaid be bad bam but a few 'n momenta behind the Booth OaroUaiaaa before ol . be waa fully convinced that the Yaakam could at never whip theee people. He aaya that no de< je ecrlplion could do Jueiioe to the coetnem and t? No?eAai?N<e of tba I'almettOM duriag tba moat terribla car nag a of tba IgbL Ha Mye that aa m ' i tba wounded Tall aad war* borna to tba roar, a hough they, la many eaeea, muat bara baan ulfariog agony, thay Jaatad and kogbod M a . i tboagb nothing bad happened, aad they war* l la tbe aridel ef peace aad aoaarlty." , <Duw or Ma. Daiwra.?We regret la . ''keenof the death of Mr Augaatai Daepoi tea, i the proprietor and pubUeber of tbe Wlaeabo ro Jifisur and gairbeld Hmmli. Hk death * ratdtn tbe eaepenaioa ef bk paper* aeoeamry, f but wetaaetthe aagiadia will be bat tampe- u mf- jti r . * a tMi FbhLoWiNO North Carolina Troops were ngaged in the late great battle?the 11th legiment^ commanded by Col. Kirklaod ; the 3th, by Col. Hoke ; the 4th, by Col. Fiaher ; ud ihe 6th, by Col. McRce. rhe Recent Flag of Trtloe from Preai* dent Datla to Abraham Lincoln. After the rending of the inettsage, by re* [Ueet of Mr. I'erklnn, of I<ouininna, the foN owing correspondence was rend by the Jlerk. The subject being in relation to a sutler nbout which there lias been a grent eal of anxiety fell : Richmond, July G, 18G1. "o Abraham IAneoln, Pretident and Commander-in Chief of the Army and Navy of tht United Statet: Six: llu\ing learned that the?Mchr. Saannah a private ariued veerel in the ser j ice and muling under n commission issued y authority of the Confederate States of ( itnerica, had been cuptured by one of ihe easels forming the blockade squadron olT , Charleston harbor, i directed h proposition j y be made to tho officer cominunding that ^undroit for an exchange of the officers nd crew of the Snvnnnah for prisoners of j ar heir! by this Government, "according t number and rank." To (his proposition, ' Hide on the 19tit nil., ('apt Mercer, the 1 dicer in command of the block ading squad- ( ?n, made answer on the same day, ihut the prisoners referred to are not on board j f nny ?-f the vessels under inv command." | it now nppenrs, ly statements made with ut contradiction in newspspers published* ( > New York, that the prisoners above menoned were conveyed lo that city, and have ere been tieated,nol as prisoners of war, , ul as crintinnls ; that tbey have been put i irons, confined in jail, brought before the urta of justice on charges of pirncy and vason, m.d it is even rumored that they | ava Wen actually convicted of flits offences lstgcd, lor no oilier reason than that they ore smut in defence of tho rights of this overnineiit and under the autliority of ita ( >inmisaion I could not without grave discourtesy , nve inn(i?- tiir newspaper ?Ulviiieii't above j fcrred to, the object of tlii* communica- . on, if thr threat of treating h? pirate* tlie ( itizena of thi* Confederacy. s'med for ila rvicf on tlie high ?fja, had not been con ' ihfd in your proclamation of the ^ pril l*at. That proclamali !?, however, I etna to atford a miHa ient jualilicnllon for | inaidering these publiahfd statement* a* | nt devoid of probability. It ia the desire of tlii* Government ao to mducl the war now existing a* to mitigate | a horrora aa far n? possible; and, with ia inten', ila treatment of the prisoner* ( kptured by ila forces lot* been marked by ^ ie greatest humanity and leniency cousin 'III with public obligation ; aome have | I'i'ii permitted to ret urn houie on parole, j tluTH to remain at large under similar con it ion within tliia Confederacy, and all have [ en furnished with ration* for their nubsleilCC, such aa are allowed to our CWu oops. It ia only aiuee the neiva has been , tic i veil of the treatment of tlie prisoners ikni on the Sa?aiin.-th. that 1 bate been impelled to withdraw these itidolgeitvie?, | it to hold tile prisoners takcil by us ill rict continciueiit. A juat regard to hit inanity ami to the nor of this Government now requires ie to state explicitly, tlml painful na will e the nvc.aaity, thin Government will da I ut to the prisoners held by it the name i eulmullt uild the adne fate as shall be ex 1 rrieiccd by those captured on the Savnn I ?b ; and if driven to the terrible necessity | f retaliation b\ your execution of nny of i ie ollicer* or tlie creW of the Savannah, i i?l letalialioli will lie extended ao fir na I tall be icquisite to secure tlie abandon eiil of a practice unknown to (he war 1 ire of civilized mnii ; and no btrbarou* a* I i di-grace the nation which shall be guilty f inaugurating it. i With this view, and because it nmy not < we reached you, ! now r?ncw the propo ion made to iticvcouunnmlcr of the block iiitg squadron, to exchange for the prison. ? taken on the Xiivnunah. an equal uuin ' rt of thoae now held hy us, according to tik. I am. air. j ura. ?V.\ JKKFEK80N DAVIS, I reeident, and Cononand'r .in-Chief of the I Army and Xavy of tke Confederate State*. [roll THF LAMCAHTCK I.KDOKR.) A part of tlia Committee appointed by i? I'lcaaaiit Hill Guaid, at a late me eti.ig, i ii.vcaligi.le Mr. Ilcnttic'a c.?-e, met at eiv S.?li?in Church ou Saturday, the *20th at t>n motion. Mr Irvin Clinton wa? called i the Chair, ami C. I. Duncan rci|tie?ted i act u< Secretary. Aa * number of the . omiuitlee f liied to he notified and did not ' ipvur, it Wan thought beat lo take no iigivdinte action on the caae. On motion of ol. J K Hut ledge a committee of three ere appirnlud bv the Chair to aelecl a w Committee ; the meeting deeming thia tuiae expedi. nl from the grave nnture of le charge which they were called upon to vestigial*. The following gentlemen were then a p. itiled to aclccl the new Coinuii'tee : K. . MoblcV, Col. J. K. Itutledge and C. h 'olican. The committee retired mid nfier few- iiiinuteo returned and reported the il low ing gentlemen, viz : Irvin Clinton, J \V Twiity. N 11 V Milan* ngham, W K tlr.aiiigton, J A Kiikland. ! van KoKrua, J It Coiitiell, S J . invent, A Bowera, W 11 Twitly. Hubert lellwnin, W B Cautheii, Win Ntephena, J K Belle, II II Duncan, W A Moore, D * ihnaton, C C tlilliard. J 1) Mellwnin, Oratin Tidw-ell, T. Gillatn, John Vunlandir.gim, A J Stewart, N Lambeth, N O Lowry boa Stover. On motion of C. L. Duncan, it war relived that the above ueiued Committee be Hitied and requested through the La oca* f Ledger to meat at New Salem Church . II MA/4 A W lilO fit la AllOital At IA A*.il/?oL eew ~ IR VIN CU NTO N* Ch m n~ C. L. Duncan, Nee Lateat Viwi from Washington Jim*, 2ft.?The United HliU* pickets at all's Church were driven in by the Huulhi troops at an early hour ou Wednesday inrning. Gen. MeClrllan arrived here to-day to soeraede Geo McDowell. The War Department is buaily engaged i thorough reorgaoixtion of the army. The ' Id ayetem U to be done away with, and >mpotent olfleers are to be provided, nob- I et to examination by a board of officers I be appointed by the War Department. The extreme U. 8, outposts have been ilhdrawa to a point within two milee of! lexandiia. It Is reported that aiaee the bailie of tone Bridge ee leao thaa SO,000 men have tea acoopted by I Jneola from varioes poroea of the North. MhitirtV!id?g. KaoxviLLC, Tear, Jely M?Gov, Jack. 1 1 aad Gen. Atkineon, of Mteeoert. >rriv..rl re yealerday, on llteir way to Mebmond. J he Governor My* Dial 100,000 Miaeoeri- < is are ready, if tbey bad anna, to defend i ie eaoaa of (Im Moetb. a LANG WAR NEWS. |t.ATRST BT TRfiKGR\PB.) ?o THE NEWS PROM MANAaSAS. More about the Oretc Battle. Manahsas Junction, July 23. I am nl length enabled to send you more ace urn to nnd antisfnelory accounts or the great buttle at Stone Bridge than have liith to been obtainable. The number of the killed nnd wounded however on ing to the extent of ground over which the battle was fought, in still uncertain. It ia thought to lie something less than '2000 on our aide, nnd at leant 5000 on the aide o| llio eneuiy. Col. Corcoran, of the Now York 69lh Regiment (acting ua Brigadier General,) tins been taken prisoner by us. The Fifth South Carolina Regiment, with Ihe Seventeenth and Eighteenth Mississippi Regiments, under Gen Jones, chnrgod the battery, at MeClellan's Ford, at 4 o'clock in the ufternoon, and took t?o guns. ('apt. llsrrington, of Company G, Cash Regiment captured Hon. Mr. Ely, a uieiu ber of the Rump Congress from Rochester iiatrict, New York. Hu was uc'iiig its an imateitr fighter. Col Kemper, of the Alexandia Artillery, when ordered to open on the enemy in support of Kershaw's Regiment, called out to the Butler Guards, "Butlers, will your follow me ?" They answered, immedintelv. "We will to * man." They captured eight piece* (Sherman's Battery). Col. Kcrsluvw took a United Status Surgeon prisoner. Col Wilcox, of lite .Michigan Regiment, with one Cuptnin and three private* of the tame Regiment, are prisoners in our hands. In all, over thirty U. S. officer* have been trade prisoners. The prisoners concur in illeging that the impression was general unong the U. S. troops that we would not ight. Thirty wagons, losded with a large number (about GOO) prisoners, were brought to l(.ichmon<l to night. Right hundred more, t is ssid, will corns to-morrow. Atnoug liein is Kly, an Abolition Member of Congress. After Lieut. Col. Johnson was killed and Dot. Wade Hampton was wounded, treu. Beauregard rode up in person, ami led the Legion into battle. Raeh of the companies rehuved admirably. The legion lost in tilled and wounded 113 Gen. Rodham is again at Fairfax Court House, 14 miles from Alexandria. When the fate of the battle balanced iu lie scale, late in the afternoon, and some o( lieu. Johnston's regiments showed signs ol' wavering, hu seized the eolurs himself nud ed the advance, IIiiim turning the tide of nalile in our favor. Riser's arigade coui'ng jp about this time, was mainly inslrutiieii.at in changing the fortune of the day. Col. Thoinu", ot (Jen. Johnson's start", was killed. Col. .Mason, of the same staff, it as wounded, (Jen R. K . Smith was wonn Jed. (Jen N. (J. Rvsiis, who, in person, led the first brigade into action, is unhurt ItlcilMo.no. July 33. ? In the battle at Stone bridge. (Jenerals Reauregaid nud Johnston commanded together, their rank being equal. We hate taken in ail 59 guns, with cuis. siona, horses, gear, etc ,complete. 600 wag ous with stores, provisions, etc , a large amount of ammunition, and small arms in great quantities. The Woods and lield for miles northeast of Manassas Junction, were strewn with arms, knapsacks, and accoutrements left by the enemy in his light Trumbull, and other member* of Lincoln'* Longress, were on the fmld with McDowell, billy provided with luxuries of every kind, * illi which to have celebrated their tri uuiph. but they did not carry these delicu:iv? back lo Alexandria. The number of killed on our aide is fixed si about G40. Our wounded exceeded I DUO. The ammunition and provisions captured ire, it is said, enough to last an army for ix tnoinha Guii. Scott is reported to have been tit Pairlax Court. I louse during the opening <>( the ciig igeuieiil Serenade to Preeideat Davix-?Hi? Speech. Iticiixoxt), July U3. ? President Ihvin, uf. ter repealed calls, made u brief speech to* light to <t large crowd assembled in front if the 8|ioltivi'uoil Hotel. lie described the heroic conduct of our lro-?|>* in glo'viug term*, and said that I.in ;o!n must now admit that there ia "some* >ody hurl." Although gieally superior in lumbers, tiie enemy hud been routed, after t desperate engagement?nil their arms, cuts nil-1 camp cqnipp.ige falling into our lauds. After the l-atlle had raged for four tours, he (the President) arrived on the ield. The result was then doubtful ; but, icing recognised in the representative of heir principles, the wounded waved their laudkereliiefs, and cried "There's Jeff. Davis !" which created wild enthusiasm in >ur ranks mid a panic in the ranks of the inemy. From that moment the victory vas secured, lie passed high ciilogium* Ipou Johnston mid Beauregard Col. t'liesnut also insde a few remarks ? is described the unequal combat with graphic forec. -Scott had found it imposai tie to dine in Richmond at the appointed ime. At Maiiasaaa, on Sunday, the seal of iterind separation had been set, and never gain would North slid South be united ? sTolhiug could exceed the valor of our roope, and, no matter who did it, Sher> nan a Battery had keeu taken. Beauregard, lis ayes glaring, appeared in front of the inea, exposed to the fire of the enemy miu list of Ilia owu men, the very personifiesdon of the God of War." But tliero would >e more to do. Our soldiers would fight, f the enetny would only let them gel at hern. It was the duty of every man to perorni hia part. Men and money would be i<M iv icniBvo r nnn victory ? VkarUilon Mercury Richmond. July 24,6 p. m.?Au iutellifrntand reliable gentleman front Mouth 'arolina. who held a prominent position to the battle held, eaya that South Carolina nad aeven Regiments (including Hampton's Legion) in the battle The 2d Regiment, L'ol. Kershaw, was in the thickest of the ight. Col. Caah'a 8lh Regiment was with Jul. Kershaw, and these regiments were brigaded together. Col. Sloan's 4th Regi tent was the first that engaged the enemy. It wna stationed three mile* to the left of die other South Carolina Regiment*, and, with the Louisiana troop*, suffered COuaid. erably. Adjt. Wilkes, lieut. Uarland, and ?ther officers, wsre killed, ('apt Poole waa leverely, perhaps mortally wounded. Capl Kilpatrick also wounded, severely, it is feared. About a dotal officers and quite a number of privates are killed, but the names ire not yet reported. Col. Williame' td i'?i n nk a f ii? -i?l ma ?/ui. I HI uvumi V/HIUilUH, WIU} Col. KIrlilaud's North Cairlina, ami Col. Kully'u l-ouwuna Regiments, conalitutod the ventre of our geo*ral lion, ami held Mitchell's Kord <0 a direct lino from Falifix C. II to Manassas. i'lirw rrj^hntnU were under cannonade from sunrise until near luaset, bet. be'ug entrenched, Uief suffered A STIR but little. Just before sunset, and when the right wing of the enemy gave way, thev were ordered to charge the batteries in their fVont, which they executed in gallant j style, led by Gen. Man ham. | When tile charge was made, the enemy ! promptly retired, and the loss of our regi1 menta was small. They e.Jiitiuued the pur. ! suit to ('entreville, and captured $9.0('0,UU0 | worth of United States property, in arms, i stores, ele. It is beleived that none in these i regiments are killed, hut a few are wouu,kwt I Col. Jenkins' Regiment was in Gen. J?mV ! Brigade, and was situated some distance to I the right of the general line, near the front, : where the railway crosses Hull Run. They ! were not in the light until late in the afteri noon, when they made an unsuccessful at; tempt to slorui the battery on the extreme | left of the enemy's line. In this gallant I charge they suffered considerably, but the I particulars of the killed and wounded have | not been ascertained. ! I have not been able to obtain detailed I reports of the loss?in killed and wounded I ?of any of the South Carolina regiments, I or of Hampton's Legion. Our troops have captured 500 new army | wagons of the most approved make, about | 'JO,000 stand of excellent arms and an | amount of ammunition ami stores that j I would seem almost incredible. [ Advertisement ] * A CARD. Mr. Koitok : ? In justice to myself, I de- i j sire through your paper to make a few j statements to the public. I had scarcely ar- , rived at home before I hear thai I have de. i j serled. Next, comes a second dispatch, sta , ling, that if may be doubtful about my linv- j ing deserted, but most unquestionably, I ! , had robbed my company of its stores, for I i | hud brought homo from cutup, goods and , j things which no one could tell how I came in possession of; and as 1 was Commissary j ! of the company, I must have taken theirs, j This la*t report may have oiiginafed fioin I I the following circumstances: Two or three i I days before we were paid off and discbarg, j ed, I got permission to go to Charleston ? ! \v!ltl*? tllMPK I hnrrmi ur< ? . .M-in/??ru m?||iv IIIUIM'V irom (Jul. Barnes mid Home from l.icut J N. Crockett, with this mid a little I had of my 1 j own. I concluded I would prepare a little f.>r old Abes blockade. I therefore bought four or five holts of calico, n holt ,?r two of j shirting. u box raisens, il ladies dress or two, a demijohn of old r\e, and Several other lit* I lie things for my family, I brought them j up to camp until 1 came home. I also j bought at camp some bacon for a neighbor | lady who Weaves for my family, and some cotlec for myself If any one in curious to | know why I bought the bacon and c ?tl'.-c nt the camp instead of some other market, it j was because I could boy it at about half ptice, viz : I 2) for bacon and 15c for coffee As this statement may seem a little strange to some who do not understand, I will explain the mystery here. My our camp were four or tivo groceries and grog ) shops, the men of the regiment drew rations once or twice a week, a great inauv ' sold their bacon and coffee or bartered it for "popHcull" whiskey and other vegetn' I hies, eotfee at 15 and bacon 12) p.-r pound This the grocers proposed to soli at the same for cash, and I could have bought onj ougft of both at those prices to have done me and several other families for the next twelve months, and I engaged a thousand pounds of bacon at that pri.-e if I could raise the money. Motile who did not prefer to sell or barter their bacon, &c., boxed ' it up and carried it home. 1 wish '.he (ircjs ' may always fare as well for rations as thev did while I wus Commissary, for I know I have thrown away enough to have fed several families for months, because it was not eaten ludore. it spoiled. To nvoi I paying I ' freight, I put what I did buy into some old coifee or bread sacks which I had u-ieri to put rations in and brought them with the n-st of the baggage of our pirty up home. I In their transit or after they arrived home i they may have attracted some jaundiced { i eye, to which even this appears afflicted j with the same disease, and rather than ! make any enquiry, preferred circulating the ! above report. As to the first report, I suppose it origi< j . inuted from language .made use of hy Air 1 J. M. Ileuttie, which he has in a positive { maimer both verbally and hy certificate dc nied to me, hut which other persons both | verbally and bv card equally atlirin, that lie j did use the said language. For what pur- ' pose these reports have been circulated I know not. I am no candidate for offlce, I do not claim any great honor or fame for having volunteered, that was nothing but my duty. If those who are so fond of trying to injure others would volunteer themselves, and if those who assist in circulating news for the same purpose would spend their time in procuring subscriptions for the aupport of the families of those who have volunteered, lliev would iwni-i < bte benefit on tkc cou.i try. JOdEPH CLARK. 1 [ Advertisement.] A CARD. Iu the l**lytr of th#2 llh inal., may be found ' an advertisement,.which shacks or Sswaro. j ! ism on a small kcalk, signed J as. It Madili., j I in which lie seeina to manifest no little concern ] about bia protege, one J. K. Beattie. If the > readers of Uie Ledger knew the author of this ! advertisement as well as I do, it would be un- i necessary for rnc, or any of the gentlemen who | signed the card he refcra to, to icply. II I i believed that the readers of the Ledger oknk. i rally, had anything like an adequate concep- j tio.i of the real character of the author of this ' advertisement, i would not reply, but as I urn ' j confident they have not, therefore, I will not pass it by, as it and its author deserves, for some who ouly see him on certain occasions may even regard hi in ism reproaehe. Those who are awaro that Messrs. Mobluy, llobertson and Weeuer are friendly with Beattie, and those who are awaro of the circumstances connected with tho publication of our card, will, 1 imagine, readily pepceive, that in the lico jirtt lines of the advertisement, its author is guilty of asserting two very distinct ugly thingt. | The readers of the Ledgery can call them by whatever other name they please after a word 1 of explanation. Iii the two first lines of this advertisement, it will be observed that its author asserts that the "enemies" of Beattie have taken "advantage of his (Beanie's) absence," ha being at present on a visit to his friends and | relative* at the "th-at of War" to publish a I Card "which t:oin iu very face contain* a gari | bled statement of a conversation with some person or person* unknown at Pleasant Hill, and to which no esccption wan taken at tha time by these parties or any other." It is true that two oi the signers of the Card do not ciaiiu the di*? inguiahed privilege of being friends of Beallis, and it is equally true that 1 they would do him no intentional injustice ; it ' is also true that Messrs. Mobley, Kwberteoo and ; Weeuer are on friendly terms with Beattie, and that no ons is better acquainted with this tact than Jas. K. MugiU. What motive could we have for taking advantage of hi* absence ?? He (Beattie) has never been regarded a Te y dangerous individual. The autiior of the advertisement uuder consideration, knew when he penned his advertiaesifWai that three of the signer* of the Card were friendly, if not Intlmate, with Beattie, one is a member of tho j swine Church. Beattie was not absent (rotu I the State when the oard was earned to the Bd{ iter for publication ; he did not leave until I I Tuesday after this was dons oe Pnday, it was also (tha Card) read before ftw ^feasant Bill ' I tluard on SaturdaV b<lar* ha bfi ? ?Kl-u I Ubm a CouiiaitUo wm appointed to invtwtigaU j the matter. Soiue of his ^Bealtie's) friends ' were present when the Card was read, and I heard the committee appointed, and were seen | 1 conversing not only with Beattie, but with I Magill, the uext day. 1 Now I w ill ask if Bealtie had not heard from ! : the Company V Did he not kuow that the card i 1 would appeal in the next inane ol the Lsdytr, [ and thnt a Committee had been appointed to investigate the cu?e? He certainly knew this ! before lie lo It for the "seat of war." Was he I not advised by a gentleman?not Magill?to j remain if innocent and stand his trial ? If lie ; I was innocent, whv did tie not remain, vindicate ! his character, and then go to the "neat of irari*" J | Did not this hurry him oil* to the "neat of icart" \ This distinguished author knew and now knows to whom Ueatiic's conversation was addressed at Pleasant Hill, he was told by one who teas not "an enemtf" of Beattie the name of the la- j ' dy. He knew this lady was and is now as respectable as any lady in the District. We ! would not have published the curd if Beuttie I | had not denied our statement?he even gave i one gentleman a written denial. Vow 1 mlr any one unprejudiced, how we were to net our I selves right before the public only through the I l.''dijcr. M"gill very well knows that our card j was published pimply in sell defence, not for | i the purpose of gratifying "personal malignity; I have one- suggestion to make to the author j * of this most extraordinary advertisement, viz : I vindicate your own character when it is VEll- j BALLY assailed. Now in conclusion, I will ask the little read- j era ot the hedytr to work out the following ] simple proposition : If a man indites two very j ><<////1hiii /* in the two first lines of an advert ' tisement, what would he the probable number ! i of very "i/ly thiny* in the same advertisement j consisting of thinv lines V It. S. UKCKIIAM. j July '29th. ?8?1. [Advertisement. ] A CARD I am sure I desire 110 controversy with any | one. But selhespect impels me to say a word | in reply to an advertisement which appeared < in the J^edyrr ol the '24 th iust , over the signa- j lure of James K. Magill. In the Jsvdycr of the ' week before, it will be remeinocicd, that Dr. 1 It. 8. Beckham Messrs. L. M. Cautlien, J. U. j | Bober'son, II. Weener and myself, published a ' | card slating the substance of soma remarks ! made by James M. Beallie at Pleasant Hill j ' some time before. It is stated in J. K. Mngill'a ! I advertisement, tlint the "enemies of James M. I Beattic have taken advantage of his (Bcattie's) I ! absence and published the cord referred to ; | j that the card contains a garbled statement of a ' conversation with some person or persons utt- | , known at Pleasant Hill"; and the belief is also expressed that our card was intended to create a popular prejudice and to seize on the excited state of public feeling to gratify personal malignity, Ac. I do not wish to he too pointed or too per* soiml, but I must say, that the statements 1 ; have quoted fioni the .advertisement, arc cor- ] tainly untrue, ami it isslangc, indeed, acquxiu- I ted with ull the surroundings ot the matter, as 1 Mr. Mngiil must have been, if he did not know i i them to he so. He certainly knew that J. H. I Hoberton H. Weener and myself were not one- | inies of James M. lieatlic, and he ought to j have known that none of us had any desire to j take advantage of Beattie's absence,to do what wo did. Why should wo ? 1 am sure that Mr. [ .nagiu Knew lowiiom Hie ioiii.uk-< of J. M. I I Healtic were addressed. He came to my | store to make enquiry in reference to the mat- I \ ter ami I told him who II eat tie was conversing I with. We did not publish our card to gratify | "personal malignity." We were informed that J lieattie had tak- it it upon himself'to visit varij oils portions of the District and had denied what | he hud said at I'lc&saut 1 till in our presence, j J and which we hud repeated,- therefore, felt it ; due oui.se vos to make a public statement of ' what he did say. In reference to llcattie's departure for Vir! ginia being announced from the pulpit, and the | number ot packages or letters which he carried, , I have nothing to sav. .1. II MOI1LKY. ! July 27. 188 I. * VOLUNTEERS WANTED i I I'ROPOSh TO RAISE A COM. j ? j PAN Y OF VOLUNTEERS for the j r?J Confederate Service, in i espouse to, j vtwV and upon the terms set forth by Gov. I Pickens in his late Proclamation,call- j BtJ ing for 30(i0 additional troops from | t j B this State. Persons of proper age, j lf| who are willing to join the Company j n which I propose to laisc, will ph-ase . .-aESfcc report themselves forthwith to me at Lancaster 0. II. These are times in which every man should nerve himself for the contest, ami I solicit the encouragement and as- . iatance of every citizen in this undertaking. ) JOHN B. CoUSAHT. July 31, 1881.?25 tf. Strayed. Ij^RO.M the aubacriber about the middle nl .May last, a small sorrel HORSE, nine or ten yeiits old, with two while feet, one behind mid one before ; n white apot in his face ; ? hands high. I will give n libI ernl reward for him, delivered to ine in Cheraw, S. C, or nriy information so I can j | get hint. When Inst heard of, was going i j toward Chesterfield (J. II. CM AS W. GAYLK, Cheraw, S. C. j July 31, 1861.?25-21. [' SOUTH CAROLINA. LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY P. T. Hammond, Esquire, Ordinary for said District. WHEREAS, Mr. James R. Trusd--I has rpplied to ine for laitter* of Admin- > inlration on all and singular the Goods nnd Chatties, Rights and Creiils of Miss Martha Nesel late of the District nfires iid.deCeased. THESE are, therefore, lo cite and nd- ! monish all and singular, the kindred .and creditors of the said deceased, to be and ' appear before me at our next Ordinary's { Court for the aaid district, to be holden at 1 animator Court linns.. un II.. QiK .1... .. * .... ... August next, to show cause if sny, wh> the said Administration should not be granted. c i Given under uiy hand and seal. | < JU* / this Mil day of July in ; f ) the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eixtyone, and in I the eighty-sixth year of the independence ! of the State of South Carolina. l\ T. HAMMOND, O. L. D. July 31, 1861. M 1. p f 8-i 60. South Carolina, LANCASTRR DISTRICT. BY 1?. T. HAMMOND, Ksq , Ordinary for said District. WMKRKAS, Washington llinson has upplied to me for letters of Adiniuia. Iralion on all and singular the Goods and Chatties, Rights sad ^Credits of Malheur | Turner, lute of the-Dintrict aforesaid, t de < :? H?d . THK-SK are, therefore, to cite and nd- I monish all and singular, the kindred and | creditors of the said deceased, to be and | appear before nte nt our next Ordinary's Court tor the said district, to be liolden at | Lancaster Court IKuse on the Ulh day of \ August next, to aiiow cause, if any, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and aeal.thia 26th day t l of July, in the year of our J I,. S. > la?rd one thousand eioht hundred ( ) nnd xixtyonu and in the eighty -aixth I year of the Independence of the State of I South Carolina. p. T. HAMMOND old. | July SI. -iiVJt. p f ta.su r ' V I Spring Notice. 1861. If n n P M A N M H fl U II P D C 11. u u I ill n II II (X 0 U ill 111 111 11 0, "(SUCCESSORS TO M. DRUCKKIi k CO.) ?: \ n l> K \ , s. . HAVE opened and are prepared l<? offer :ui unusual attractive and varied STOCK of 9&381 &&? ft *881*38 MB COMPRISING A FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT. Our Stock of Dress Goods comprises all the novelties of the Season, embracing : PLAIN AND FANCY U Alt AO (id, MUSLINS AND K DISKS, Poil de Chovres, Poplins, Punta Ohallies, Ginghams, * Punta Organdies, Prints, Black and Fancy Silks, Full lino of Mantillas, l usters, Lace Points, Linens and White Goods, Embroideries and Notions. Together with a large Stock of Men and Youth's Heady Made CLOTHING. Ci _ 1 1 I /" ? ' * ** ? oauuicry, urockery Ware, Groceries of all descriptions, Hardware, &c., to all of which we respectfully invite your examination. KOOPMANN & SOMMERS*. May 1C. 1801.-37 If DltAlk! :FORI) & CO. FAMILY GROCERS AND PROVISION DEALER S I! One door North of E. W. Bonuey. CAMDEN, S. C. mrn bug to notify our friends and tiih 1'ui.iio Jah[ generally, that we keep constantly on hand a large assortment. of choice family groceries and provisions. ALSO, Grain, liay* &e. \\'e have now in store : ."1000 Bushels white 13read Corn, 1000 11 Feeding Corn, 100 Bales of Best Hay. AND 200 Bags Extra FAMILY FLOU11, all of which will he sold low down for CASH. March 27, 1861. 7?tf M'CURRY I HA1IERSL0UGH, SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE W\1 ANDERSON, South East Corner of Broad and DeKalb Streets, .^1 Camden, South Carolina. KEEL* CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING IN DRY GOODS CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, Boots and Shoes, Crockery Ware, Hollow Ware, Tin Ware, Iron, Nails, Groceries, &o. s mm Kmmm mm* ^ # TOTE INVITE THE ATTRVTIrtV nv .i~ ? " *? - ...... ...w,.-. uui uiviiua mm me JL*. public generally to our stock of 3 *85 83 km 393SB8 3**M? which is complete in all its various branches. . Flour, Slacon, Lard and Hams, For sale by MCURRY & 11AMMERSLOIJGII. J + > - - ?? Corn and Hay, in quantities to suit purchaser at M'CURltY & HAMMKRSLOUGH'S. May 1, 1861. 12?ly. FOG ARTIES & ST1LLMAN, 8835! *81 tt*18 9*183* INVITE THE ATTENTION of thmh COUNTRY FRIENDS to their Stock of SPRING and SUMMER l)l\y (roods. which they offer at VERY LOW RATES, for P-ASIl m* nift.? ; T-. Acceptance at 30 or 60 days. Our Stock is fully supplied with PLANTATION GOODS FROM SOUTHERN FACTORIES. Together with all the Latest Styles of DRY GOODS AND FANCY SILKS ! All the Various Departments of our Stock will be found full and completo. FOG ART IKS & ST ILIA! AN. 257 Kiug St., cor. Went worth, Charleston, S. C. April I7lb INI, M?lj. fiRSti During my AlMcace 8. F, CI.Y- A FRESIf "uppiy >' Garden 8??d, amBURN will act m my Agent, and in i\ bracing all ?h? wietien ?*oi?Hy W>M folly authorized fo rrnrnMut m?. in thU m?rk-t,Jmt r?ceiv?d and for salvjqr JOHN CLYBURN. S!?* JONES CROCKETT. May 17, tSfll. lfcf " Feb 11. IM'. U*