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VOLUME X . LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT, 9,1861. NUMBER 35.
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A LETTER TO HON. HANNIBAL
HAMLIN.
8IR : I distinctly remember a long and
interesting conversation I odco had with
a "gemtnaa" of your color, on the cupola
of tLe Orphan House in the city ?f Char
leston, and I was surprised at his gen
oral intelligence, sound principles of morality,
and particularly his chaste and ac.
curate use of the English language. At.d
from this, I infer, although your race is
proverbial for their geueral duiness and
iudisposition to ineoial culture, you may
bave sufficient intelligence to comprehend
a plain, familiar letter. And as I am
somewhat accustomed to addies* your
class, I am the more encouraged to believe
I can adopt myself to your comprehension.
You are now Vice-President of the
United States?once au honored and
prosperous Government ; hut since it has
become a prey to abolition, consolidating
despots, it is a laughing stock to the civi
lized world. This was onco an office of
prominence and honor, but in consequence
of the usurpations of yourself and asso
dates, it is now branded with indellible
infamy. You havo rent and scattered
one of the greatest Governments that has
ever been enrolled upon the record of na- I
tioos. You have abrogated your own
Gonstilution?trampled its sacred princi
plea under foot?invaded a Republic you
waa bound by every conceivable tie lo re.
spect, and you are now waging a war up
on your brethren, which, for atrocity and
vandalism has no parallel even in the records
of Barbarism.
Now the men against whom you have
made wa- and whose ruin you seek, have
coolly and deliberately determined to re'
Mm. juui ujuuuy n^^fcsaiuiib y uuu lUHi
tliev will not cease that resistance, uutil
their last drop of blood has been offered
on the altar of their country's rights.
That section in which you reside, cen>
ure us bitterly for sevmuog those politi
cal tios which bound us to you. Hut, it
was a necessity, their treachery and tyranical
bearing forced upon us. Wenev
er left the Constitution of our forefathers;
but when they left it and substituted the
bloody code of Seward, we left tbem ?
This is an event that, was long anticipated
by those acquainted with the character
of the New England Puiitans. The
race of Ham, to which you belong, are
characterized, you know, bv their disre
gard for the seventh, eighth and ninth
precepts of the inspired law. But the
Puritans or Yankees among whom you
reside, are characterized by a greedy, av
aricious, overhearing oppressive spirit.?
They are essentially an intolerant, perse
cuting people. Tbev are ever grasping
at power, and using it with an un*crupu<
Ions disregard for the feelings and rights
of others Instead of regarding that
solemn admonition of scripture, ''who art
thou that judgest another man's servant I
To bis own master he standeth or falleth,"
tbey have usurped '.he prerogatives of
Deity, by arraigning us before their Iri.
bunal and doomed us to all the anaihe
mas of Bill Seward a bloody code. They
bate, contrary to divine authority resort'
ed to "carnal weapons'* and are attempt
ing to enforce moral duties upon us by
the sword, fagot, tbe cannon, and hand*
cuff's. Now as you are of a different rage
of people and capable of judging impartially,
I ask you conscienciously, if it was
not a moral and political duty on our
par. to withdraw from such usurping and
mi tolerant associates ? And we did it
with an unalterable determination to
maintain and perpetuate the separation
or perieb in the attempt.
Now that you may perceive and acknowledge
the force of that necessity,
wbioh impels us to this separation, I will
cite you to a few historical facts illustra
tive of tbe character these people Lave
ever maintained?viz : that they are an
intolerant, domineering, persecuting rate.
They fled from their country on ac.
count of tbe persecutions they suffered,
and appealed to the world to attest the
justice of tbeir cause and sympathize with
th* nrnnm thev endured. And the verv
*MW " " / # J I
moment they had acquired a little power^J
* crMVv of which [
>p!?tne<f in Europe. '
I ll is well known lo all familiar with the
early settlement of the new Continent
I the Aborigines showed great hospitality
and friendship to the Europeans. And
it was not till after repealed acts of injus
lice and cruelty this generosi y and kind
ness was withdrawn. If the Puritan!
had been less unscrupulous in driving s
bargain with the red man, and less preva
ricaling and disingenuous in meeting coo
tracts; if ibev had been less selfish, over
reaching the unjust in their pecuniary in
tercourse with the various Tribes, they
would have experienced less opposition
Tboy may properly attribute those serioui
inconveniences to which they were sub
jucted, to their disregard for that Golder
Kale, wLicb is a cardinal feature in tha
I religion they profess.
But they wero not only overbearing
and intolerant towards the Indians, bu
the same spirit was practiced toward llieii
own countrymen who exhibited any re
luctance to yield to their arbitrary author
ity. It is remarkably strange, but strict
ly true, those very individuals, who tied
from Europe, because they were not al
lowed to enjoy the right of religious free
dom, denied that same right to theii
brethren, who were conscienciously com
pelted to dissent from some of their the
ological dogmas. Yes ! they were scarce
ly seated iu their new home before they
practiced towards lioger Williams and
the Baptists, the same unjust And intole
rant spirit from which they had fled ir
the old continent.
You doubtless remember in your schooi
boy days, (for io a section where the pro
geny of ilam are so greatly helot ed you
would certainly be sent to school) read
ing the cruel and unchristian conduct of
this people toward lioger Williams.?
Simply because he did not think it pro.
per to conform to the Puritan ritual iu
all things, and preferred to worship God
according to bis views of Bible truth, he
was banished from the self-righteous city
of Boston and compelled to hazard bis
I safety in an unprotected condition, among
| the wolves, savages And uoexplored for
ests of Rhode Island.
You cannot have forgotten that the
oaroarous treatment of lloger Williams
did not satisfy the intolerant spirit of
these Pharisaic demagogues. For not
long after this three Baptist ministers
were seized on a Sabbath morning where
they bad assembled with their congrega
lion to worship, and ware taken to a
Congregational Church, and bacause they
refused to worship in a way contrary to
their conscience, they were arraigned be
fore the civil Court a fortnight after. One
was fined to pay $100, another $150, the
third $25. And that was not all. This
Court organized and conducted under
i Puritan auspices, also decreed, if the finea
were not paid, the delinquents must be
publicly whipped. And to (lie lasting
infamy of these Pharisaic persecutors a
number of cruel lathes was \aid upon the
naked back of one of these christian men.
This revolting punishment he endured
with great fortitude. And because his
firmness and constancy were commended
by two friends that were present, they
were seized, tried and sentenced to pay a
fine of 40 shillings or he publicly whip
pcd. Sir, with these startling facts he
fore us, it is an easy matter to trace the
origin and conjecture the use of those
C 0,000 handcuffs captured from the
"Grand Army," which took up, with such
wonderful agility, the line of run from
the ensanguined plaint of Mannassa.
Hut their thirst for Baptist blood was
surpassed by the virulence and unmitiga
ted cruelly with which they persecuted
the Quakers. Two unprotected Ladies
arrived in Boston, bringing with them
hooks, in which, the faith they professed
was inculcated. These ladies were arrest
e?l, their books burned by the common
hangman and themselves cast into durance
vile, Ileie they were kept in close
confinement for weeks, not being permit
led to apeak to auy person, even through
a window. Tliey were subsequently banished,
the jailor with (rue yankee avarice
confiscating their beds and Bible
Shortly after this, eight other Quakers
landed in Boston. They also were in
carcerated for a greater length of time,
and were eventually driven from the conn
try. Very stringent laws were passed
against these people?expelling them
from the country and forever forbidding
their return. Four unfortunately venturing
hack were arrested, tried and suffered
the extreme penalty of that Dracovian
code of these self righteous Pharisees, who
like certain ones of old, supposed they
were the people and wisdom would die
with them. ,
And as if to crown their history with
foolishness and ignorance, as well as intolerance
; these persons, who seem to be
ever delighted with scenes of blood and
cruelty, could do no belter it: the way of
enjoying their peculiar pleasure, turned
their hand upon the witchet They seem
to have been as fierce and intolerant toward
the old women, as the Baptists and
Quakers. Persecution was so congenial
to their nature, they did not discriminate
between real and imaginary objects,?
Now, although this was extremely foolish
and absurd, and exhibited a very culpa'
HftrrrpA rif iannnnu vat it ?tll ??/*
I 6 "? / ? ? - ?
[ appear strange and incredible, whea we
concider the character and design of that
war, (base same people are now waging
agaiuat us. If tbey would read their
Bibles prayerfully, and regu'ate their
spirit by the heavenly Philosophy of the
Great Teacher, they would learn the
Sword and Dah'gren are "carnal wea
pons"; and forbidden to bo employed in
the enforcement of moral duliea. If the
much abused institution of the South is
'i jreai moral evil, it is a greater evil for
them to attempt ita removal by; inatruw
) j mentalities forbidden by Zion's King.? j
, The invasion ot Virginia by an armed |
1 fo-ee in time of peace by Brown, was a '
i violation of the laws of nations, and the ,
amity of Slates. And as its design was
the removal of imaginary evils by physi j
? cal force, we are not surprised these same j
i wiseacres on a former occasion attempted
to burn all the toitches.
And sir, the history of this people since
the adoption of the Federal Constitution i
i is an unbroken series of intrigues and un ]
t principled schemes for the acquisition of
. wealth and power. Constitutional obli
i gations, fidelity to personal pledges, can
dor, justice, integrity, have no place in
i their political vocabulary. The very tnot
ment they acquired the power, tb?y as |
sumed the same haughty, tyranical bear
r ing toward us, they had formerly praclic
t ed toward the Baptists, Quakers and
r Witches.
i mown, umier their auspices, heading
' a savage band of Western outlaws, commenced
a servile war upon us?in a most
1 treacherous manner th?v stole a promi'
nent Fort in South Carolina, and now
they are invading our country, staining
r our soil with the blood of its owners, de
vastating our farms, confiscating our property,
abusing our women and doing evei
rything calculated to arouse the righteous
i indignation of a virtuous people. And
I their acknowledged intention is the suh>
jugation or annihilation of those they
i should treat as brethren. Now, sir, I
ask you candidly, was it not a w ise and
I judicious act on our part to saver ail po
litical connexion with such a vitdiciive
and unprincipled people ? And is it not
a duty we owe to ourselves, our families
and our country to pledge everything we
hold dear to maiuiain and perpetuate that
separation f I frankly admit when the
Puritans landed on Plymouth ltock and
commenced the settlement of tlie N. K. 1
Slates, they brought with them much d??c?
trinm 1 truth and purity in the worship of
(>od. Tliey manifested commendable '
zeal in originating and sustaining Mis 1
sions among the N. A. Savages. Hut, '
O, they have always cherished and exercised
a persecuting and intolerant spirit
; and the consequence is, restraining i
grace is apparently withheld. For that ]
region once reputed as the seat of ortho* I
doxy is now a hot bed of heresy ? the i
laboratory of all the mtidelisms of the I
age ? the hold of every foul spirit?a I
cage of every unclean and hateful bird. I
Whilst I do not think there is any hope
of us returning to this people, if they i
will return to their Maker he will pardon. I
BVLVANUS UKBAN.
1[clRCULAH.]
f ~ V, . O ;* : J O-.l-.i r r. ?
aw wuu uuiuici aiu oucidlCS Ul OUUUI
Carolina.
In answer to the numerous inquiries
which have been made by the different
Aid Societies which have been recently
formed throughout the State, 1 have
been instructed by 11 is Excellency, Governor
I'ickknh, to give llie following in
formation :
Depots will be established by theQ ian
termaster General both in this city and
Columbia, tor the reception of all dona
lions of clothing ; and lie is also charged
with the duty of forwaruing and dislrib
uting the same.
The "Department" will receive all donations
of Clothing, say, Fr?ck Coats
and Pantaloons, of heavy goods ; Shirts
and Drawers, of heavy Homespun or
Flannel ; Wool or heavy Cotton Socks ;
Blankets, new or second hand ; also,
heavy SUftes.
The plan upon which the State do
signs supplying her soldiers with neces
sarv Clothing, is based upon then willingness
to surrender to the State the
amount of money appropriated by the j
Confederate Government for this purpose,
say forty-two ($42) dollars per annum ?
i this sum not now being suflicient in con >
sequence of the greatly advanced cos*, of I
material. It is lu view of this fact thai I
these laudable Associations of ladies and
gentlemen are cordially welcomed as !
coadjutors in this noble work, and in '
proportion to their voluntary coniribu
Hons of labor and materials will the absolute
cost of Clotbmg for our gallsul
?^rolunteers be reduced.
In tbe event that any of tbe "Asso 1
cialions" should not feel themselves able
to furnish both materia, and labor, the
Quartermaster General is instructed by 1
llis Excellency the Governor to reim
burse such Association, the cost of all
materials, at a rate not exceediinr iha
cost of siroiUr materials purchased by
the "Department," and the quantity ai. |
lowed* for encL garment shall i>? tli? i
same as used in our manufacturing
bureau.
Societies are particularly requested to
advise tbe Quartermaster General of the
quantity of work they can do per week,
and amount of donations they will prob ,
ably send.
To prevent confusion and loss, the fo!
lowing method for marking packages
should be strictly observed. All Societies ,
near Charleston should ship to Charles
ton and mark thus :
No. 1. From Aid Society to [here in
sert place.] To Quartermaster General,
Charleston, S. C.
Societies near Columbia should ship '
and mark thus ;
No. 1. From Aid Society to [here iu
sert place.] To Assistant Quartermaster, <
<V.l.>...hiu <4 C\
The packages should be marked die
liticily end numbered from one upward*.
A correct invoice should accompany each
shipment. f i
All articles shipped at the espenee of
the State. S. L. GLOVER,
| Q'tarni'ster General of South Carolina.
' CharIriton, September 28th, 1801.
/
From the Richmond Ditpatch 1st inst. I
LATEST NORTHERN NEW8.
The Battle of Lexington?Position of
the Contending Forces?The Surrender?Etc.,
Etc.
We havo received, through a special ]
source, the New York Herald of the
25th inst., containing the following intelligence
respecting the disaster to the j
Federal forces at Lexington Missouri.? ,
We gave on Saturday the news of the 1
battle at Lexington, frotn the Herald of '
the 24lh. The particulars given below
corroborate those given in that issue, and I
include the oflicial report of Gen. Fre- (
inont. From the dainty manner in '
w hich the Herald deals with the details 1
of the battle, it may be justly surmised I
that thu defeat of the Federals was not 1
only most disastrous, but humiliating in
the extreme :
fiikmont's official rel'out ok tiik di8- ^
aster.
Washington, Sept. 24.?The follow?
ir.g despatch was received at the War |
l)epartment this morning Irotn the head- ,
quarters of the Western Military Depart- ,
1. f.ll -? 1
iiiem. 11 idiiom'm iiiu announcement i?v |
Gen. Fremont of the fall of Lexington :
St. Lot is, Sept. 23, 1801.
"Nothing since my dispatch this mom |
ing announcing the surrender of Lexing" |
ton. |
"Our loss is thirty nine killed, and one |
hundred and twenty wounded. (
"The loss of the enemy was 1,400 |
killed and wounded. |
"Our non commissioned oflicers and ,
privates were sworn not to hoar arms j
against the rebels and released. The f
commissioned officers are held as prison (
ers. Our troops are gathering around ,
the enemy. j
"I will send you from the field more j
details in a few days."
[The above, in regard to the Federal
oss, does not, of course, comprehend the
oss in prisoners, and is at best a most o
inukely story as to their loss in killed (
ind wounded.? Eds. Ilia.j n
THIS KIT l'AT ION OF LKXINCJTOS. 1
The general direction of the Missouri
iver at the city of Lexington is from
K.aht Lo Wfiil. itiH nlv Ivimr ll.u W ,..ll. *
, J v...fc .-.'wv.. J
jauk. OM Lrxinglon is llie early settle
(ueut, situated back on tlm bill, it has '
been superseded by New Lexington, fur
liter up lite river, where the steamboat ^
landing now it*. New Lexington i* the j
main city. There are scattering house* ^
along the bluff between the two, ai d
both are now united under the name ot
Lexington.
Colonel Mulbgan'a fortification* were '
between the two location*, Consisting of
iteavy earthworks, ten feet in height, (
with a ditch eight leel in widtti. These
fortifications surrounded a college build' |
ing, which was used as quarters for the
Union soldiers, and had been slregtbeued
to resist an artillery attack. Tim lines of
llie fortifications weie extensive and capable
of coutamiug a force of 10,000
men.
The main body of the army of Gen.
Trice was located at Old Lexington, from
wbicli poiut tile attack was made, though
the fort was assailed on all sides. The
occupants of the fort had a skirmish on
Thursday of last week with a parly of
rebels?not, however, under Trice at the
time?who sheltered themselves in the
houses in Old Lexington. To deprive
them of this advantage, the old town
was afterwards shelled and burned, by
order of Col. Mulligan. New Lexiuglon,
or Lexington proper, was in possession of
the rebe s, but the city was not the
theatre of the conflict. Col. Mulligan
coult! easily have shelled and destroyed
it ; but this, of course, he would not do.
The line of the fortifications run down
to the river bluff, and from the bluff to
the water's edge there is a wide, shelving
beach. The boats reported to be cap
lured laid at the water's edge, within the
direction of the line* of the fort, and on
this beach is where a severe struggle en
sued on Tuesday for the possession of
the boa'.s.
TIIR Fb.Dfc.KAL FOKCB.
Col. Mulligan's forces consisted of his
own regiment, Col. Marshall's cavalry
reguueni, ami Teahody's command of
about six hundred Home Guards and
Kansas troops, the whole amounting to
Irom 2,500 to 3,000 men. A* to tneir
supplies of provisions and ammunition,
little is known. ,
Gen. Price's strength is not ascertained, |
but may t>e put down anywhere between , <
15,000 and 30,000 men. Lie bad plen- i
tv of artillery, but waa abort of powder i
and shot, for be bad no adequate atorea <
to draw upon aiuce tbe Springtieul battle. | <
TilK bit OB AND TUB Sl'HKBNDKIt.
Tbe following account* of tbe siege of I
Lexington, (says lb* Jlerald,) is furniabed '
to tbe St. Lout* /irpublican, by Henry j
Hroadburn, one ot Go! Mulligan's aol
diers, wbo left Lexington on Saturday 1
morning.
Tbe Fort was surrendered on Friday 1
afternoon. Tbe men fought for fifty mue \
boura without water, and bad only tbree
barrel* of vinegAr to quench tbeir tbirat. '
louring all tliat lime tbere were no 1
springs or well* of water in tbe camp <
ground, a* ha* been stated. The supply
of water was entirely from the river.?
Tbere were breastwork* all around tbe |
camp, with the exception of the portion i
next tbe river. It wae here that tbe [ I
hardest fighting took place. t
The rebel* procured a large number of '
hemp bale* and rolled tham in advance, 1 t
and under thia cover gradually succeeded <
in aecuri.ig a position in tbe rear. Tliey ?
> i.... ..... . tr .1.- 1- -? -
tM<iu tat t'u mo supply ui w*l?r( RD(I (
bad the fort entirely surrounded. i
They made but few cbargee upon the t
V ,
breastworks during the siege. Their ob
ject seemed to be to surround the for
and cut off the supply of water, and
having succeeded iu this, they waite<
until Col. Mulligan was compelled b
yield to a foe more terrible than tli<
27,000 rebels who surrounded him.
After the surrender the rebels mountei
the breastworks and seemed tnad witl
joy and delight. After the surrender th
rebels took down the Union ting am
trailed it in the dust.
An immense amount of gold, sup
posed to be about a quarter of a millioi
of dollars, fell into the possession of th
rebels. It was taken from the bank
and buried by Col. Mulligan in the cam|
ground some time ago, hut the rebel
speedily discovered and unearthed it.
Col, Mulligan wept like a child whei
he found himself compelled to surrendei
The morning after, the men were all re
leased on parole and sent across th
river. The officers were rntninod
The first attack of the rebels prove<
more disastrous lo them thai: the lorij
siege that followed. For a day or tw<
previous to the last attack they wen
busily engaged in burying their dead.
Latest ?Gen. Price had, on Saturday
14th, given Col. (Acting General) Mulli
gan until Monday to surrender, or laki
the alternative of battle. The object o
lien. Price was not so much in giving
the Uuion troops a chance to surrende
is to enable Gen. Kains and his rebe
forces, together with a number of smalle
bodies of marauders under Martin Greet
snd others, all of whom were inarchinj
roiu various sources, to join hiin. Price'
b;ce must, therefore, have been enlargec
0 about 17,000. In the commencemen
if the siege he had about 8,000. Tin
Jniou force consisted certainly of abou
1 500.
ROUT OF TIIK UK11KLS AT UAR1ATOWN.
Leavenworth, Sept. 20.?The Times
if tins morning learns that a tltrht tool
dace at Mariatown, Mo., on Tuesday
norning, between six hundred Union
roops under Cols. Montgomery ami
oh lis ton, and four hundred rebels, it
vInch the latter were completely routed
nth the loss of seven killed. One bun
Ired burse* and all their tents and sup
die* were captured. Col. Johnston
vhile riding at the head of his column
vas pierced by nine balls and instantly
* .... ? ??>? ? ?? ?? ? i ?uv ?ivu?'?v
[Teiae) TtltgrapK atatea that the Indian
ire aaaembling to large bodiee no ou
jordera. Forty of them recently attack*
en of our men near Camp Cooper.?
Hiey defended themaelvea from 9 a. m
ill 2 p. m. Seveo were wounded, am
me died neit day. Capt. Barry aen
>ut a party of forty men in purenit, wh
ivertook them and killed thirty of thei
lumber, taking thirty riflea. II* loa
hree men In the Qgbt.
tilled. Two bullet* took effect ill fill
lead, two buck idiot in the neck, ont
tu'let in the left shoulder, one in tht
ight hand and one in the left, lie diet!
irging hia men to fight for the "atari
md stripee."
)bjects of Lincoln's Naval Expedition
Accounts from the North are very ex
licit in their admission of the objects o
he several expeditions of a mixed char
icier, being fitted out for operations 01
lie Southern coast. One of tlieae ob
ects is generally announced to be toaeiz*
?nd reopen to the commerce of the worlt
i leading cotton port. It ia rscommen
Jed that, on the occupation of auch i
port the commanding general of the Lin
roln force should invite ali "loyal" citi
tens of the South to seud their colloi
hither for shipment, offering fifteen 01
.weuty cents a pound for cotton, and try
ng, hy all possible bribes, the attach
maul of the planters to the Souther
:ause.
This commercial adventure is strongh
urged by the New York papers in viev
i>f the great decline in their export!
which are scarcely one third more than a
corresponding periods in 1861. The Lin
?oln Government must find an outlet fo
the cotton, it does not occur to iliaa
theorist* that even the occupation of i
principal cotton port in the South wouli
not advance their scheme, and that tli
planting interest of the South could nev
ar be seduced to further it, even if the;
were, h? the New York lleraol says tbej
are "suffering for the want of the neces
lilies of life."
The object of the enemy iu seeking t
obtain possession of llrunswick, on th
Lteorgia coast, would ssarcely be to ge
rotton even if the people were wil'tng t
forward it. It is, however, doubtless a
i} 1 Mi ( i if I 11A r .t nortln (Jnwnnimanl aa tu
UN it can he ascertained by the declara
lions of the Northern paper*, to have
?tat>on on the Atlantic coast South <
Hampton Konds, at which their fleet
could rendezvous, take in coal, or red
t>enerallv. Krunswitk is situated abou
sitrlitv miles South of Savannah, and d<
rives all.its consequence from the posset
lion of a cupaciou* harbour, with audi
sient depth of water for almost any clai
of vessels.
It is probable that lhare is much ecag
aeration in the Northern aceourta whe
ihey state (hat twenty Ave thousan
iroopa are aboard a fleet destined for lb
3outb. Such a number of troops, wit!
iminunilion, camp equippage, artillery
horses, dec, would require much large
means of transportation than the Lincol
froverniuent has yet been able to formal
Thete is no doubt, however, but that lb
Force would' prove formidable enough, i
precipitated on an undefenJed point.?
Richmond Kxamxntr.
Thiriu J ml in M ? Will*.I Tke n Ai*a?Ai
> The Next great Battlet
Tbe next great battle between the arI,
tnies of tbe Potomac is not lightly estii
i mated by tbe Northern press. Tbe New
t> York Herald says of it :
0 A terrible battle is at band between
the 400,000 troops on the banks of the
J Potomac in the vicinity of Washington (
ii 200,000 on either side?a battle which
e will be greater than that of Waterloo, j
1 and will probable be decisive against the
party which loses it. The mighty results
depending on it involve the destiny of .
n the people of this continent, and perhaps
e of modern civilization. If there should
s bo a partial defeat of the Federal army,
j) let the Abolition leaders who instigated ]
s tho rebellion and the war?Phillips, Gar- (
rison, Greeley, Ifeecher, Cheever, Tappan,
a Jay and their associates?look out for |
. another country, as this will be too hot to
i' hold them. If there should be a total
e defeat of the Federal army, together with
'.lie capture of Washington, let the anti]
slavery demagogues who, for the last thir*
; ty yeais, have been stirring up the em
0 bers of strife which resulted in the Southa
ern revolt look out as fast as they can for
some asylum beyond the limits of the
, American continent, for this is the only I
way in which they can cousult the safety
a of their imperilled necks.
r Starvation in the North.?The North
r has threatened the South with starvation,
1 but curses, like chickens, come home to
r roost. We find the following paragraph
i in the local columns of the New York
j JItrald ;
i We learn, from a reliable source that
] early this week seventeen families were
t dispossessed in Kait Twenty ninth street,
j between First and Second avenues, and
t have been allowed to remain upon the
side-walk for the last three nights with
out receiving any assistance. Somo of
the children are in a most pitiable coni
dilion. Our informant applied to some
: of the policemen, who said they could
r take no steps in the matter. lie then
1 applied to the Commissioners of Chari
I ties and Correction, who referred him to
1 the ward police. Something should be
done immediately to relieve the wants of
' these unfortunate persons.
proclamation!
STATE OF SOUTH f!AUO!.l!MA i
Executive Department, July 6,1861. i
' A CCORDINQ lo an Act of the Confed1V
crate Congress, entitled en "Act to put
i into operation the Government under the
, Permanent Constitution of the Confederate
Slates of America," it ia required that each
, State iiliall vote, on the FIRST WEDNES.
1 DAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, for President
and Vice Preaident of the Confederate
Statea, which officer* are to bo inaugurated
on the twenty-second of February next ;
and wherena the exiating law of the State
) provides that the Elector* for Preaident and
r Vice-President ahall be appointed by the
Legislature ; and whereas the Legislature
of thia Stale will not be in regular session
at the lime preacribed by the aforeaaid Act
for appointment ot Electors :
Therefore, be it known that I, F. W.
v PICK HNS, Governor in and over the State
<i of South Carolina, by virtue of the power
( ve.ated in me by the Constitution, auihorit
zing tlie Governor, on extraordinary occasions,
to convene the General Assembly,
do issue this my proclamation,calling upon
r and requeating the Senator* and the Mem"
bera of the House of Representatives to
? convene in COLUMBIA, ON THE FIRST
J MONDAY IN NOVEMBER next ensuing,
e that they muy be present in the House of
Representatives, on the said first Wedneeday
in November, to appoint Electois of
President and Vice-President of the Confederate
States of America, in conformity with
" the Act of the Confederate Congress aforesaid.
o As the Permanent Constitution is to be
e organised, an election will be required of
it two Senators from this Stats, arid alao, in
0 all probability, considering the peculiar slate
| nf i itu antinteu -'l-- ?? *
(| | v .?? vviauu;, "win impuriiMii mailers will
i I hi Acted Oil At the VtOie session of the l*gr
islalure.
1 Given under my hand and the seal of the
M State afor??aid, at Columbia, this the
>f sixth day of July, in the year of our I.ord
a one tlio jaand eight hundred and sixty.one
i? and in the eighty-aixth year of the iodu*
pendence of tha State of South Caroli,
na. F. W. PICKENS.
Isaac If. Msas*. Sec-etary of State.
1 July 17th,?23? aumtd.
? SO UTIICA RO LINA!
LANCATrEIt DISTRICT.
' S. J. Gamble, who ia in tha eoatody of
. tha Sheriff of l.ancaater District by virtue
of a writ of capias ad leapondendum at the
e auit of Thoinaa K Magill having thla day
filed in my office together with a achadule
l, on oath of his estate and effects, his petW
r lion to the Court of Common Pleaa, pray*
n ing that he may be admitted to tha benefit
cf the Acta of tha General Assembly made
' for tha relief of Insolvent debtors. It ia
* ordered, that tha said Thos. R. Magill and
,r all other the creditors to whom the said
~ S. J. Gamble is in any wiae indebtad,
be and appear and ara hereby summoned,
and have notioe to appear bofora the said
n Court at Lancaster Court llouae on the
third Monday in October next, to show
* "?u*e if they can why the prayer of the
' petition shall not be granted.
J J. A. STEW MAN, Clerk
" __f'#bowr!! '" J8?*! _ a4-din. pf ?I0
' Notioe.
DURING my abannca George MeC. I
Withersponn will act as my Agent and At- j
0 torney iu fact, and ia authorised to rapt#.
' sent me.
11 JAMES U. W1TI1ERSPOON. !
| April 11, 1*61. lOlf. I
BUSINESS CARDS.
KERSHAW A CONNORS.
COPARTNERS IN Ttf PRACTTtOB OP i
LAW AND EQUITY ?
LANCASTERVILLE, S. C.
IW Will attend promptly to all bueincM
entrusted to them.
/. n. KERSHAW, | W. M. CONNORS.
Camden, S. C. Lancaster, C. 11.
Aug. 10, 1859.
Dr. ALFRElTORAVEINr,
Itesidcui Surgeon Dculht,
YOKKVILLE, B. O.,
Jflers his Professional Services to the cilitens
of Ijtncaster Village and surrounding
:ountrjr.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted on Cold
Plate, from one to s full set'.
June 11th, 1856 16-Iy
HELTON A WITHERSP00N.
ITTftRWKVSI AT f. A W
[i 1 1 V 11 11 li I U il JL li 11 TV
AND
Solioitors in Equity,
Will practice in I.ancaster and the surrounding
Districts.
(J. D. MeLTON, I B. J. WlTHRRSPOOK.
Cheater, S. C. | Lancaster C. II. v
January 11, 1360. 48?tf. -j
WILLIAMS ft ALLISON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW j
and
Solioitors in Equity.
LANCASTER. C. II., S. C.
Will practice in the District of Lancaster.
Prompt attention given to Collections
Mr. Williams may be cousulted at Yorkville,
8. C., and Mr. Allison at his office in the
Court, at Lancaster.
July 7th 1868. 31? tf
DR. A- HALES, U
1 C^HBBWVO
" 000000
RESPECTFULLY OFFERS
ffffflHL HIS SERVICES AS SURGEON
DENTIST TO THE
Citizens of Ijincnsterville and Diatrlut.-*
All operationa performed in the bent poeflble
manner.
^OOQCT
Artificial Teeth
inserted on plate from a aiogle Tooth to a
FULL SETT.
Charges reasonable and all work warranted.
WATCH Repairing prc~iply attended to
and all work warranted.
Not. 7, I860. 39tf.
|7S REWARD !
a Runaway from where we had llietn
aA LI..J i *1 A._ I
|? iiirru, near < iidirr. Ill June in*!, our
ZHt three Negro men, vii : BILL, CILKS
and HENRY.
Bill and Gilo* we bought tlie 14th of List
November, at the estate sale of Ed. I<each,
on Broad River, in York District. They
bring brother* and having relation* in tho >
neighborhood where we purchased them, it
ia more than likelcy they have made their
wav back to their old neighborhood.
Bill ia about 26 year* old, & feet 8 inchea
high, will weigh 150 or 160 pounda ; ie
very black ; rather sharped face, apeak*
quick when spoken to.
Giles, hia brother, ia about 34 years old
5 feet 9 inchea high ; will weigh 160 IK*
ia very black, and wnlka with hie head up
and feet turned out in front.
Ilenry, we purchaaed, Jan I, of Col. C.
Rivea on the Catawba river, lie ia 23 year*
old, well aol, 6 feet 10 inchea high, and will
weigh 175 pounda ; haa a heavy brow and
apeaka alowly ; haa tome character aa a
runaway. May go to Charleston or Waah*
inglon city, it ie hard telling where he will
g<> aa he i* a gentleman of travel. They
all ran off about the aame time.
We will pay $75 reward for the three
men ; or $25 a piece for either of them de- f
livered in any Jail ao that we can get them.
These boye may attempt to make their way
North, as some others from this place have
attempted.
PRIDE Sl DUNOVANT.
Aug. 7, 1861?26-lf.
Bank of the State ,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, 12th February, 1861.
The Legislature having, at lla iate aes- I
aion, authorized the laaue of Bonds to the I
amount ot $675,000, bearing an interaat of I
tec en per uant, for tha purpose of providing
me (una* required lo sustain the Stale la &
the act of resuming bar rights ef sovereign- I
ty, thia Dank is now prepared to dispose of
the Bonds. They are i**ued in eoine of
$50, $100, and $500. An opportunity is "
thus afforded every eitixen to make a secure
and profitable investment, wlii'e cooUibe- ^ ?
ting aid to the cause in whieh the State is &
engaged. With the view of eoabiing citi- jf
sens in any part of the State to share in M
the Loan, the Clerks of the Courts of the k
several districts have been required to open "$]
books of sobacriplion fur the Stock. Sni
table arrangements will be made fur furn* B
ishiog the Bonds on the receipt of the mon* I
ey, at an early day after each subscription, I
has been made. Engagements lor the pur- f
chase of Bonds may be aaede at the Bank, *
or at any of its Branches. It is probable
that, at the next Session of the Legislature. r
those parties who desire it may have their 1
Bonds converted into Stock.
C. M. FUR MAN, Prtttdnu.
Feb S5, 3 if |
John Anderson,
THIS Thorough bred Jack is out I
of MARENGO. Ha ie 16 hatfds |
high, 4 years old, dark Iron grey. I
end finely proportioned. He will sued the
Fall season at thia place, on the following I
terms : For the season, $J0.00 I
i^ncaster C. H.. Sept lfi. 18flO.-3ltf.
AFRESH supply ol Garden Seed, em- I
bracing nli the varieties usually sold I
in Ibis market, Just received sad for sale by
JONRS CROCKETT. I
Feb I J, Ififii. IIt ^
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