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On Monday morning, llie 3d Brigade r the corps of the army of the Potoina struck tents at Camp Pettus and took ii| the Hue of inarch for this p'ace. The 3 Brigade is composed of the 6lli Regimen Col Jenkins; the 4th, Col. Sloan ; the 6ll Col. Winder, and the 9*.h, Col. Ulanding The sick who were unable to travel wt-r left. Dr. Crawford was detailed to alien the sick of our Regiment, the 9th. Uu is great f.iVorite, and especially beloved by th sick It is to be hoped the separation wil not last long I miss his company, societ and cheerfulness in our mess In a cam] life it seems if measles are prevailing u onfe escapes, who has not had them. Pel sons who have had frequent opportunilie of taking measles at home and escaped, nr ure to take camp measles. It is certain! the most unpropilious place that a poo soldier could take Iheur. but so it is, he ha to submit to his misfortune and bad luck without a comfort, hut on the contrary wit every privation and inconvenience ; oftei wet, with a wet blanket to sleep upon, wet blanket to cover with, a wet kimpanel for a pillow nnd the wet ground for a l>ed? he baa to grin mid bear il. At heme, l? w oold die with such tieatiuent, or., rallie with such sufferings, but in citmp, n kin God seerus to protect tlie patriotism of tin poor eoldiei and spare the lives of mnny who under any other circumstances vvouli die. Eniugh and too many will die hori as it is, but if any of our friends at bom could be suddenly transferred from the cons forts of homo nnd see the sick here, tliei condition and sufferings and what they un dergo, they would suppose all or nearly nl must die. Previous to Monday for the las tvo weeks, the sun when it una not rain ing w as exceeding^ hot. Monday, the d? we left (lamp Peltua, was cloudy nnd pleas Ait, but soon after wu commenced tli m>rch it begun to rain and ruined on us th moat of the way ; the roud was often on puddle of water and the steady tramp c tie four Regiments made it us sloppy a the streets about a wet Christmas, or lb hog pen about hog killing litne. The roa in some places being red clay like the Wax haws, iu other places a white soil but equal ly an stiff nnd muddy. IVe were iu th rear of the four Regiments, and the bajj gage trains of the other iliiee contribute to make lire roads worse and atill uioredii agreeable, hut a soldier can get used to nl most every inconvenience. Many wtr cheerful and appeared to enjoy the fun o tie rain pelting from above nnd the watt flowing in the road beneath their feet? few looked ns if it was more than they de ired or Lnrgaiutd tor. Kueli man on tin march carries his musket, cartridge box fill olwilh powder and ball, from 20 to 4( rounds ; his canteen filled with water, bit iinveraxck with three days provisions, nu< liia knapsack Willi his clothing a mi blnti bets. The weight of the whole being ful Jy fifty pounds. My office require we t< have a hor?e. I find one useful and conve ? ieiit <n many occasions, but especially sr on such ? inarch ni we had on Inst Monday It is true n horse in some trouble in cuwp but on the march his usefulness counter' balances all that. "A horse ! a horse ! ni) kingdom for n horse !" has been thought o nnd wished for with as much earnestneai nnd vim, as when that expression was utter ed by King Richard III. Germantown is 14 miles from Alexandria about f.om Prirfax (J. II, and about II miles from Washington. It is a sinnl cross roads village ltefore the Uncoil forces passed along it contained about 8 o; ten houses, six of which they burned ; llv chimneys nnd cinders mark the placet the] aloud. It was a low, mean nnd contempt, b!e revenge, prompted with a Hessian apii it of meanness, to destroy the dwellings o unoffending citizens, for to tliein tliev lin done no harm, beside, they were the houae evidently of poor men ; their families ar now out of doors, houseless and hoiuelesi Autfunt 18th. Yesterday in company with Col Oland \iag I visited tile camp ot Col. Kershaw' Jtegiment, now about Vi miles from ua.~ J tnraa sorry to find a great deal of sfoknes in that regiment also. Their atuk hav been sent off* to the liotpitui at Culpnpei Orange and Charlottesville, end some t< Fairfax Court House, which is near by.? itetter attention uod tuore comforts can b gi?en thsui at those plucea. Not more thai one-halt, tUM,nL ",A")? of Capt. McManut .(.'i-mpartjLSr^rc in camp. All who won tlierc, all, were looking well an< ^ AMSiBffiLCapt. HI., hod not relurnet ? i trom Kichmond, whither ho had gone on j business Lieut. Welsh is with his son ^ , who was wounded in the battle of the 21st. i Lieut's. Clvburn and Perry are in command, both were well. After the sick is sent off ' | to the Hospital it is difficult to hear from = : them, there is so little communication with I those places and they are so distant in tho ? rear. Many of tho cases are Typhoid Fever. With that disease, attention and good nursing is ull important and saves many s life. In tho evening Col. B. and iiivsolf return* ,1 ed by way of Fairfax C. SI. The churches r- are used for general hospitals, nearly nil ?l_ me |>riv?io resiuencca navo an ninny 8i"k soldiers n? thby can attend to. I visited _ the nick of Capt. McManus Company and found them comfortable and out of danger. We a'ao called to see Mrs Jackson, the ^ widow of the martyr and hero who killed Col Ellsworth, of the Zouave Regiment, } for entering his house in Alexandria and ^ pulling down the Confederate Flag which ^ proudly floated from its dome. She now resides at Fairfax C. H. Our visit was received in the apirit which dictated it. She very kindly and cordially offered us her ^ house and attention in case of sickness.? She has three select and interesting children, all girla, aged from seven to thirteen. . She is now engaged in ministering to the v want8 and comforts of the poor sick soldier, having several patients under her hoa( pitable roof and receiving her kind and corr dial attention. The fund which a generous South and her public spirited citizens have | contributed for her relief, comfort and supe r port, has been most worthily bestowed.? | Her three daughters have yet to be educated A small contribution from each will s ( never be missed, the aggregate would con ^ fer immense blessings. Think of it s) inpathizing friends who have not contributed ^ and support your sympathy with an actual vouiriuuuun. n win never give you a puin j on your den*h bed. 1 ^ This morning^ report shows the nick list 204 in our Regiment. Provisions rather (j scarce in litis locality, so many soldiers to be fed. Thousands are no* about here, e , and thousands have been nbout here. The j people say the Federal troops killed,destroyed and eat up all, in most eases, with e 1 ^ out paying. Abuse is now piled up on the ^ Lincoln forces for what they did in passing to Bull Run. No complaint for what was done in the retreat, for that was made in II 2.40 time, the double quick being not fust ^ enough.. They bad no time to eat or destroy. What Was said when they were eny camped nbout here, I know not. 1 doubt ( whether the abuse was piled up as strong ns it now is. Do not infer we do not get e * ( enough to eat, the Government takes cure ^ of the substantial nnd provides nccordingj. ly. That is brought up from Richmond For some days and in fact all the time ue ? were at (Jump Pettus, eggs, butter, chick ens and vegetables could not be bad for love or money ; but since our encampment here, we have bad a taste. It is amusing ^ to witness the t<cruuibling when none horse wsgon comes in freighted with such delij eneieu. ^ Our Regiment (the 9ih) numbers 913 men, composed of the following compa nies : e - Cnpt Wylie, (A) I-anenster Diatrict, 101 Cnpt. Adams, (B) Richland '* HO J r Ci?pt. Whiiworlh (C) Clarendon " 100 | a Capt. Colclough, fl)j Sumter " 103 . ? ... /Lw i/ i -- ? ' i, \>n|M, lyumey (rjj rv.er.snnw 71 j B Cupt. Iliirrington (F) Sumter " 103 Capt. Coker, (G) Darlington " 97 j ('apt. Walker (H) Kdgefield ' 76 J Capt. Foster (I) Spartanburg " 90 I ? Cnjjt. Due (K) Lexington " 75 i i i . i W2 I Field and Staff officers 11 ! > Total 9th Regiment S. C. Vols. 913 | The nightn here are cool with heavy dews. Warm clothing, socks and shoes . will soon be needed, the latter wanted now. , Neither can be had in this region at any price. Any contributions of either from r Lancaster would be thankfully received? j f It will save the life of many a patriotic sol. i j dier and useful man. The want of it "ill i cause many to airken and die When we ; will advance again, is not known. Our men i, 1 are getting impatient. Forward and on* | 3 ward of the 9th is the wish of ail. We I can I.ear distinctly the guns at Alexandria. 1 Arlington Heights and Washington, and r hope soon to be there. We are always ready for an advance movement and for thia B purpose the Commissary is requested to f ! keep on hand three days rations of hard * bread and salt meat. LONG GRABS. f" "A Little More Grape, Capt Bragg"? We lonrn, from reliable authority, that ' Itrigadier-General Braxton Iiragg, whose ! e name is as "familiar aa household wordV'to i. ] the entire couotry, haa boon ordered to re port for duly with the Army of the Poto< mac, and we shall doubtless hear of him in the next brilliant conflict of arms. Gen. I ' Rraffi/'a traiiufV-r from l'i.nui>nl> in ll.? a Army of the Pototnaa, is worth fifty guns i to the cause of the South. Brig. Goo K . H. Anderson succeeds Gen. Bragg in the * I command at Pensscola r, j Brought about by the War.?Tbo Philsa ; delphia Press, apeaking of the fall trade, ays: "Trade this fall will he light. In many 0 1 instances, firms which a year ago hud a it right to be considered wealthy, are to day ,? hopelessly insolvent; and in our large cities, it is no exaggeration to say that a ma jority of their mercantile houses have oven ' t compelled to yield to the storm of general i 1 j suspension." The Privateer Jeff Davis. I 1< Our community heard, with the deepest In regret, on Saturday, that the privateer Jeff at I Davis, in trying to make the port of St. . A Augiulino, Kin., had struck on the bar and 1) was lost. It was a matter of congratulation, at however, that every man of her gallant tl crew was saved. Mr. Felix C. Dolrieux, | ft one of the wrecked privateersmen, a.rived j w in Charleston yesterday, and from him our I In reporter has obtained the following inleres j si ting narrative of the cruise of the Jeff. I Davis : | On Friday night, June 28, after the crew if, hud participated in the celebration cf that j ? dav ever to tie remembered liv South Ouro- ... linn in connection wltli the memorable bat- ! si He ami history of Fort Moultrie, the J 11'. >,! Davis, fully equipped for a long sen voyage, > <jj ami manned by as spirited and gallant a | t<j crew as ever braved the dangers of tire and > ti I water, set suil from the harbor of Charles- re ton ; and notwithstanding the very eliieier.. Ui blockade of Abraham I, was by daylight of p, the 29th out at sen, though the Jell iiuvis m passed suUiciently near to see the block- ,\ nding squadron eTcliuijging signals. Cr On the following day, the lookout at the )l( mast lieud discovered'two sails ak-ad. but owing to some dtsarrageitienl of the fore mi topmast gearing, they were not pursued ? ce On the evening of the same daf, a large g, vessel, of doub'ful nationality, was seen, p? but supposing iter to be French, no demon en titration was made to nrrest her. \\ On the 4lh of July, a salute, in honor of pi the Confederate tl'g. was tired, after which e?i ail hands, by older of ('apt. Coxetter, p, ' spliced the main brace" In the evening, \\ a sail was discovered on the Ice how. tin 7., approaching this vessel a gun was tired, Hl which caused her to heave to. (in tOtnini- ,1, nation of her papers she was found to lie < ?, the brig Grace Worlhiiiglon. sailing tn.der Ktiglish colors. Mite was let pass A brig frou1 Uulliiuore was allowed to pass on the same day. On Saturday, July (i. a vessel Was des cried. Tli0 Jell Davis hoisted French ^ colors, which brought inc cull towards lier ^ The Cuptuiu of Che unknown vessel, think' ^ 1 iug the Jeff. Davis wanted the longitude, came close by, and was in (he act ol giving the longitude, when "Long Toil.," fiotn Cii|it Coxeller, changed the appearance ol mailers, and brought the John Welch lo ? I ( The John Welsh, with hercaigo ol augur, has since sulci y arrived.) 'i'hu John Welsh was bound from '1'rinidad to Fuln.oulh for i * orders. The next Vessel captured was the Kip chnutress, which was subsequently re cap- wv lured by the blockade!**. On .Sunday, alter Divine service, a sail u? was descried astern. At noon, the Vessel vv was within r.-.nge of-Long Tom," wuich ** caused her to heave to. This vessel proved w to he the fh J. Waring, Cupt. Siniin, froiu New Vork to Moiileviedo. (Thisvessel.it M will be recollected, wus recaptured.) tin the following Tuesday, at 3 a in., a sail ul wus discovered, which proved lo be "u blue- si I nose Yankee," h"t woilb powder, lie was I h? | lei pass The suiuu inonnng. another ve?- th | sel was discovered. The Jell Davis gave uc f chase until noon, when she was overhauled, su This vessel proved to be (he slop Mary in Good well ; but, us the Captain had his wife th on buurd, the gallant Capl. Coxeller al ; rij once determined that the Mary Goon well, I in consideration of her fuir passenger, shou'd go acol Iree, and this decision met , g" willi a hearty response Irom the crew. As lc the Jeff. Davis, however, had inure prisoners on boaid ih.tn was desirable, a transfer fri of the prisoners to the Mary Goodwell was ih decided upon, uud a portion of the pris- pr oners were transferred lo her. Another u I sail hove iu sight. Chase was immediately C? given. This vessel was the - Thump* a~ hoii, iruin aearaport, Jle., hound to Antigua, j fu Willi lumber. Not being wortli llie capture, the bahtnco of Capt. Cuxelter'a prisoners ' tr, Mere placed ou board her, oil condition that | cu alie would puraue her Voyage to Aiuiguiu After tliia, aeverul i''rencli vessel* were ; t)r seen but the tiexlcuplure ? ? < the Alvurado, j [l( which wm suqaequouily loat ill getting j into port A California bark, from St. g, Thoiuaa, bound for Cork, haviug on board w the cargo of a Hritiali veaael.which was w caat away, waa next hailed and allowed to paaa. K The Jeff Davis put into Porto Rico ou July 115, and sailed again on the tititli, after ' a receiving a supply of water and provisions. ' y\ After leaving the port of i'orto Rico, the Jeff. Davie boarded the eehr. Windward, ?| with aail from Turk's Island to Holmes' ! Hole. While thinking what disposition should be made of the Windward, her fate waa decided by the appearance of another '/ 1 anil in the horizon. The schooner waa re- rn j lucinnlly allowed to depart, wrnle chase |M | waa immediately made for the dislaul veo* W ael. This veaael waa brougiil to when within the range of "L<>ug J'oiu," and ' proved to be the Suula Clara, the arrival ot a? which wu haVo Mlreuuy Announced. 1 he t!i Captain of the Santa Clnra said lie had . heard of the Jeff Davie at For to Rico, and af | waa aailiug Northward to keep clear of m i her. The Windward wea subsequently lb overhauled, and all the prisoners put on cl board. . ur On Sunday, August II.h. the Jell Davis w descried a Urge vessel, which, by s peimit M from the celebrated "l.ong Tom." Wua di.. rc covered lobe ship John Carver, Oapt Kdgc, a . ot bath, Maine. Capl. Edge produced no lb I papers ; he eaid he waa loaded with coal ' di B, , / . j'M* XLL _ >r the fiulf. It was afterwards discovered, mover, that she was loaded with arms id provisions for the blockading squadron, fter transferring (lie crow to the Jeffavis, and removing what provisions and uis were necessary, Capt. Coxetter had te John Carve* scuttled and set on fire ire and aft. This was at eight o'clock in le e' euing, and at four o'clock on the fol>wing morning, the crew of the Jeff Davis iw the fated John Carver go down, ('apt. Coxetter now made sail for the lorida coast. On Friday evening, the 16th istant, he was off St Augustine, but the ind having increased to half a gale, lie >uld not venture in. He remained uu'.. de I lie bar the whole of Saturday without bsening any of Lincoln's fleet. On Sun ?y (it lining, iu half pnst six, while trying i cross the bur, the J?-lY Davis struck, nnd longli every possible exertion was inude to slieve her by ((..-owing the heavy guns lerbourd, yet the noide vessel after her riloua voyage, 'and the running of innu erable blockades, became n total wreck II the niiinII ariiiii and clothing of tlie ew, and niutiv valuable sundries, were, iw ever, saved On the arrival of the brave bill unfortuite crew in (St. Augustine, they were re ived with a kindness lliey can never forsi. The town hells rang out a joyous ai o| Welcome, ami Hie people vied with cn oilier ill ilicir courtesies to the ship, recked ones. Thanks to the uohlc liostaiily of tne Floridians, the men soon re ivered from their fatigue. They are exacted to arrive in t harleslon on Wednesday next. The number <>f tier pri. 's and the amount of merchandize which io captured, have no parallel since the iyn > !' the Saucy Jack?Cnarleslon Mer. iru, '2bih inst. [Fioui the Sumter Wuiclitn ?n ] CAMT \B.\R VIKNN A. I A .gu?t iy. i8?;I j Dear Watchman : Yon hive douhlte*i, i this time, heard from urioui sources tailed account of Hie great brittle of utiiinMiK I'lnins. itut there nre sonic lit i incidents more immediately connected ith our part in llmt gloiiou* affair, which igul not he uninteresting to your render* tie Colonel * othenil report of tlie battle \er) lucid mid correct, the Lies', thing of <1 kind that lias vet been published ? iiere i* one oversight, luweier, which nnlit lull to lie noticed by those w iio ere engaged in the action Livery ('nptniii the Regiment i* nienlioiied with honor, cepl that old .MeXtcsli here ("apt Mc.Ma IS , he IS passed OVer III sill-lice, only elllioiied uuiollg the WOUIlded. Nun those ho were near can testify ih*l there was i one in tnai glorious battle who acted ith more ciiiiiincss mid seIf post-ssion, id, wiihtl, more guilitiiliy, than did Cnpt. c.Manus When struck by the fragment a shell in tne arm, he quietly lurried to ie of Ills tilen and said,I land me that leil,' and though the wound was painful, ) refused to leave the lield until the but. e bad ceased I mention this as a simple t of justice to too Captain, and feel as ired llist t*ie attention of our gallant and iparliul Colonel lias only to be culled to e facts of the case, and it will be all flit. To give you some ides of the coolness d sangfroid with which our hoys eu> gcd the enemy, I have only to mention n w little anecdotes : During the battle, a poor little rabbit, glneried by the roar of the musketry, and e whistling of the bullets, timidly np oaclied our rank* ; alter giving chase for few moments, u private in Capl. Haile'e unpauy succeeded in taking liiui prisoner, d very probably umde n soup out of hiut r dinner. My attention, during the buttle, was atvcted by a negro who fought with grout loluess and bravery, lie had obiuined a le Yankee gun on the field, and as he ed, would exclaim : "My gully ! how i/? icru lull 1" Ae auuie poor soldier lay upon the fluid, owning with pain, caused b; a mortal ound, his comrade stepped up to him and hiapered : "Oh, din guuie 1 die game !" The following uuecdote ia related of Col. eraiiaw ; The Colonel iiad been suffering r several days previous to the battle from sure leg, caused by the kick of a horse.? /tivn he had reached the lield, some one iked him how his leg was "Sir," said he, did not know that 1 had n leg.*' Yours, W. A. itcQ A Uitinal Foreboding?The New York Mmcs advocates a combined effort to get d of the unemployed and alerting popuUoii of lout city by sending theui to the > est. It owns up to Ilia cundiiiun of afirs thus: Our citizen* may as well now take into irious consideration the social burdens iey w ill be obliged to carry during the >proaehing winter. Tiio unemployed poor e increasing upon our bands at an alarmg rate Already wu are informed that iwusanda of able-bodied women are under inrge of lbs Commissioner# of Charily, id supported at public expense?women ho aik lor no chanty, but only work ? tint families of voluntcera have not h...-n nievetl by lit* liberal mum expended, nnd ill be forced aoon la became burden* no i* ctty. The (vtwui uf unfortunate cliiU ? U>? offspring of pooplo impoverished by the business prostration, or of fathers who haVe abandoned everything for the war?increase* in the streets. The s^-nts of such societies as the Children's Aid Society report that numbers of destitute and ' orphan little ones beset their office or their schools and seek shelter and employment. ! All signs forbodo a severe and gloomy au? 1 tunin nnd winter for the poor. ,From the Charleston Mercury. The Cruise of the Privateer "Dixie"? History of her Exploits on the High i Seas. The thunders of a Confederate salute in I our hnrbor yesterday morning set all the i town agog with curiosity. A general rush to wharves reunited in the ascertainment of i tlie tad that tlio giy little privateer Dixie, i safe from tho perils of fire and water and I Yankee cruisers, was again under the guns of Castle Pinckncy. Wc are indebted to ' the courtesy of Cnpt. Moore, for an interj citing account of the adventures of the j cruise. The Dixie weighed anchor in Charleston | harbor on the 19th of July. On tho following day, aided by a ntlflT breeze, she l succeeded in getting out safely to sua.? j The privateer pursued a soulheaste-ly ! course, without any incident of apecial moment until Tuesday, tho 23d ult. Alan | early hour on that day Cupl. Moore made a nail upon the lee quarter, and tacking ship soon overhauled her. A gun fired across i the bow of the stranger speedily brought Per to. The captain was ordered to come on board the Dixie, and hie papers showed I his vessel to ho the hark (Jlen. of Portland, Me, bound to Fori Ji (Person, Tnltuga*, | Willi a cargo of coal. Without furtherccrI ituoiiy the Yankee skipper was informed of > the business of hi* captors, and made pris' oner. A prize crew was put nboard the 1 (Hen. who didn't take her to Fort Jefferson, i a id the Dixie went on her way rejoicing. On Thuia lay. the UMIi, the schooner A/ary j Alice, of New York, from tho West Indie-, j with a cargo of sugar, hound f >r New York, noic in mgnv. /\ incssengcr lroll! l.ong | Tom explained tlic meaning of (he "Isr* i ami bar*, ami the M ft/ Alice win soon ? ! prilc. [As our reader* know, alio vr.i* af- j tcrward* recaptured by the blockader* ] ? j j )n the a!71 ii I wo aril a ere f.?r n short time J in sight, but a heavy squall catlia up, xc cnrnpnuied by a water spoil, which p.tss-d close head of tlit* privateer ; and when, this subsided, the \efcseU had disappeared, 'hi J Monday, the 2iUh, two sail ware again de- { scried, but the Dixit * us unable l?? come ! up ?ilb them, (in the 30th, the lierin iphrodite brig. Hubert It Kirl.land of Haiti n<>re. loaded with salt, consigned to a firm in lli it city, w:.a spoken. Shu of I course, permitted to pass. Toe captain of the brig, boweVer, was indue.-d to lake on board the cook of the Glen, the prisoners aboard the Dixie having become mure numerous than wss desirable (in the evening of the 31st, no less than nine sail were visible. About sundown the Dixie gave chase to one of these vessels, which I'roin I information from one of the prisoner", w. b-dieved to be Die bark Albertina, mined I with two rilled cannon. Two of the guns I I of the privateer were loaded with grape and canister, and when the stranger *i? ; sufficiently near, a shot w us tired scr..s? her j how, which liad the desired elTecl of bring. I ing Iter to. She proved to be the bark Ruicena, of Philadelphia, from l.nguav.a, [ with coffee for I'hilsdelphia. The Uoicena as well us her coffee, was of course duly "hugged." Ilut, inasmuch as Iter crew uuin hired thirteen, besides four passengers, Cupl Moore deemed it prudent to go aboard of her himself us a price manler, taking with liitn several of the prisoners and lesv. ing on board the Dixie a crew of four men under command of 1,'eul I.. D. Benton, Willi the remainder of the prisoners The privateer being now in laltitude 30 deg, 31 rain , longitude 76 (teg., 'lb inin , and with the bark Rowena in her wake, wss bended west. On the 2d of August she made n strange steamer, but managed to elude her. Ou Huoday, the 4th of August before daylight, a vessel's li.ml was discovered to the eastward, b i- the Dixie kept hy of her. Shortly after daybreak a steamer was plainly seen in ths aatne direction. Kor awhile aho gave chase to the Dixie, but I Js nt Benton finding himself off a well known and couvient harbor of our coast, now a port of entry, decided to run in without delay. The steamer finding her chess ineffectual, hauled off to the southward. The subsequent ndienturcs of the gallant little craft are not of a natuie to interest our readers. Suffice it to say that she did not again venture far out from shore, but . _ . (>?asc>1 through the "ufficieiit" blockade, and with gun* booming and color* flying y*a. torday forenoon, atarlled from their gravity the quiet people of thia "neat of rebellion" Provision* for the Cash. SUGAR,COFKKK. MOLASSES. SALT, | _ CANDLES, Ptpptr, Gingar, 8pir? and Starch, jo*t received and for aaU for CASH i ONLY. Do not aek for credit on the abov* article*, aa we would be bound to refua*. IIASSKLTINK 4i M AMSKY. I-ancaater, July 20, '61. NOXICK.?-ALL pernonv indebted to 1 the hiatal* of John W. Beik.doceaved, are rvqoealed to make payment to my Atlorney, W. A Moore, fciaq., at Lancaater C. II., and all creditor* will prevent their ! claim* to liini properly attested WILMUTI1 Bfcil.K, Adui'trii. I 1 a ..? n tfld) Afl A ? ? nu|j. ff i^i *~*#Q Jiu, >.il' l ' - I* - lUlirf.l ? I . jL, Spring Notice. 1861. KOOPMANN SSOMMERS. fSITMlESSOKS TO M nRTTEE EN fc. f!0 ^ V v/ v -WN/V ??v x '/ 4?\? a i?\' <;n IJ li w U"?/ CARIDEN, S. . ^ SAVE opened and arc propircd to offer nn unusual attractive i and varied STOCK of V COMPRISING A FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT. ^ Our Stock of Dress Goods comprises all the novelties of the ijjlj Season, embracing : PLAIN AND FANCY BAIIAGES, MUSLINS AND ROBES ! " Poil do Chevres, Poplins, Punta Challics, Ginghams, iM Punta Organdies, Prints. Black and Fancy Silks, ^ Full line of Mantillas, I inters, Lace Points, Linens and White Goods, Embroideries and Notions. Together with a large Stock o! Men and Youth's Heady Made CLOTHING. Saddlery, Crockery Ware, Crooeries of all desjriptioas, Hardware, &c., to all of which we respectfully invite your examination. KOOPMANN & SOMMERS* May 1G, 18GI -37 if UHAHKf'UKII & 111c FAMILY GRQCERS AND PROVISION * DEALERS J! I /I One door North of E. X. Boauoy. ^ CAMDEN, S. C. i W': BK0T0 N'HTFY OCJIi I'llIKN'DS AND THE Public as generally, that we keep constantly on hm I a lar^e as* ?r:mont of choice lamily groceries anil provisions. ALSO, Grain, Hay* Ac. We have now in store: 303) It ishels white It o 11 Cora, 1030 " Feeding Corn, 100 11 ale< of Bjst Ilav. AND 233 Digs Extra FAMILY FT/)Nit, all of which will he sohl low down for CASH : March 27, 1361. 7?tf jf M'CURRY I HAMMERSLOUGH. SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE WW ANDERSON, l-W South-East Corner 4>f 11 road and DoKalb Streets, ..#-.1 Oamden, South Carolina. KKliP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING IN DRY GOODS CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, * Boots and Shoes, Crockery Wire, Hollow Ware, Tin Ware, Iron, Nails, Groceries, &c. K MB SMIli WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF our Iriends and tho public generally to our stock of mm ivBist I which is complete in nil its various branches. ^ Flour, Bacon, Lard and Hams, 1 For sale by M'CURItY A HAMMERSl.OUOH^' Corn and Hay, in quantities to suit purohaser at, M'CURRY & HAMMKllSLOUGH'8. i May 1, 1861. 12?ly. ; i 11 i- ?=?-* ~ John Anderson. SOUTH CAROLINA. : >* .7ZRBN??h Vu til L?J.' LA80ATIBR UISTKIOT. high. 4 y??r? old, derk Iron grey, 8. J. Gamble, who ie in the custody of end finely proportioned. He will stand the the Sheriff of Leneestrt District by virtue Pell see?on et thie piece, on the following of e writ of espies ed respondendum et Ute terine : Pur the eeecon, $.\0 00 euil of Thmnes H Megill bevii'w thie dsjr IseneeeUr C. II., Sept IS, 1880,-Sltf. fiJcd It, my offlsc tdgelLrf "T?Mrau ;?77TZ 73 on ?? ??? of hie mtete end vfluets, h)e pelfA PRMH supply of Garden Seed, em* ^ lh# Court of Common Pises, preyxX brewing ell the varieties u?uslly soli , ,t_. l.. ' in (hit market, ju it rsceieed ?oJ for ul? by c Abo A?t* of tb* Gotisral Asoonibly m!3f + JONB3 CROCKETT. forth* rsliof wf InwIfMl d?liior?. |t ft __F*b I J. I ML Itf ordered, that lbs *& Thoo. R Mafill ond wKfjuuNitt IRON. , " t :t a, f NCl.UtMMr flow Iron, Flow tH?I, Ac b# and appose and sro l.?raby summon*!, J!"! ,l JON BR CROCK IfWi tnd hava naties to ippwr befuro l ho sold ' cb 13, I8(>l?I if Coi^t *1 Laocastsr Court llwuso ?a U?y ROPE AND BAGGING. SitTO AHUFFLY band of the beat quality, ftatilion fbail not be gn.ntfd. u for mIo st JONBS CROCKerrd r I. A. HTftWjjf Aff, Clerk f Fob II. 1M1.?lit Fab...*. ? > m I " TT' 'FT."* Tr r^- r* 9,^' ? .. ^1.. . & . , ? , . mUH