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[r oll Til K i.a.ncastkh i.kdger. ] McLean's Foito, Hull Run, Va. ^ Noteiiiber G, 1601 ) 1 If any of your readers have rem ived f ' v their domici's half dozen times, taking j 1 with them their household furniture, 1 ag I ( provisions, children, cats, thickens, j ' ducks, turkeys, geese, and "such like," I ' thev will understand and jinr.ieiiato tlm 1 j - - i i ? ; inconvim'enco of the breaking up anil I r [jetting fixed ag.vn. 'J'is said a rolling I 1 atone gathers no moss, a moving family ' is sure to loss by every move. We find )c it true that a moving camp is ileprivo I I 11 ot many comforts and c >nvenienees j 1 which the exigencies ami necessities of a 1 camp life have suggested and produced. J When I was a school boy "long ago" in learuing to write, ore of my copies was, ' "necessity is the mother of inventions." tI have found th it so. If you wish a 1 washstand, drive some forks in the ground * and place a few round polos or rails a- f cross it, and there it is. If you desire a bedstead, do likewise on a larger scale, 1 throw leaves, straw or small brush over 1 the poles, and there you have a bedstead with a matrass?a table can be made in the same way, but you must llattcn the poles to prevent the cotVca and gravey from being upset?a useful floor can he made bv flat puncheons?a comfortable seat can bo made by sawing a barrel midway the staves half across and then putting a piece of plank across. I have one Miss liet9ey, and find it very useful and convenient. If you desire a ward* 1 robe in your tent, cut a dogwood sapling 1 with many limbs, cut those about one 1 foot bom the stem, drive it in tbe ground, 1 and you can bang up hat, coat, pants, 1 boots, socks, towels, cravat, watch, pisi tols, sword, br.dh*, saddle anxl spurs. A dressing table can a!so be made with 1 forks and poles, and to give it a nice ap- 1 pea ranee, cover it with a newspaper and , place your comb, brush, glasx, (if you Lave one,) gloves, segars, books, tobacco, ' i pipes sou penuraery ttiereon. Htihera ' strange and incoriguotis arrangement fur ' a dressing table, but necessity is the mo- ' tlier of invention'. A good seat, rather j ' a useful ono can l>? made by using a flat ( puncheon, with boles bored to put the : legs in. If you wsii to grind your cof j fea and have no cofl^e mill, put the coflVe 1 in a tin cup and beat it up with a pestle j ' slick. When we left Germantowi: we 1 ' had many such comforts and convenieti- 1 ccs, all of which wo left behind. When 1 ?o settled down at our present camp, wo ' had to begin honso keeping sorter in the ' now and had to fix up again. It is true 1 we settled in the woo Is this time and the raw materia! for making our lurniluie 1 was abundant. Our present locality is in tho woods North East side of Bulls Run. ' (ion. Boniiam's Brigade is near by.? 1 Wliero noxt, is more than any of us know. This though is supposed by many to be ' our quarters fur tome time. ; 1 The general falling back of tlio army i of tbo Potomac has no doubt surprised ( our friends at home, they are at a loss to * account for it. In my last I treated a ^ bout strategic t?oinU ami i/rand ?lr?!e?ie ^ ? " 'B movement*. J3tlll Unit presents many h strategic points ; it proved to bo ao on I1 tlit! 21bt of July ; it lias many improve. p inents sinew and they are goinjf on daily. 0 Tim enemy it i* tliouaht lias discovered ?l some of tliem, ami will- not come up to c< gxnmine lliein. A slrjUegio point cannot 'I bo seen and di xatnined to bo understood and npprecia- < ed, and even then, some of the beauties f tnd scientific portions of tho strategy np j i pears to be more in tho imagination than i in the reality. Many a youth is fortunato f in trapping birds, more so then his com- t panions ; he selects his ground in some 1 fence row, or brier patch, prepares it, sets i his trap ami baits it properly, the next ^ ' morning ho finds his trap full of par- j trldges; with him his selection was aj| good point, a strategic point scientifically j I chosen so far as the Hock of partridges J wore concerned. ]5ut tliere is It is friend ' I and companion who has equally as good j a trap,' prepared as well for catching, j ' baito 1 iu the aamo way, titling as he supi I poses in as good a position in an adjoin I ing Geld, who finds "nary bird." The lat- i ter upon trial was not a good strategic ' point. Thero is no doubt about it, if the 1 enemy will come to the trnp, every prei | paratiou is ready, and wo will make a i great and grand gathering, but if they I do not, there is the mischief. llow can the trap catch ? Our enemy's say we < ire rebels ; they say wo must be reduced < lo subjugation, that they have the will, power, ability and means lo conquer us : Mid make us do what they say is lawful ; < and that they inteud and will to do so. I 1 he) therefore must become the actors, t the invaders. We claim none of their t territory ; we cannot invade; wo desire 1 nothing but our own ; we must and will c Jefeiid our soil, our rights, property, our t i'iars, firesides, out families, our homes, I >ir all. Every lie and association, every d jrmcip'e that is dear lo us, is involved in a >ur defence. It stems, however, that we I rave lo await their time to make the at? I ack. \\ e are permitted to go so far s ind no farther. A great, powerful and I (allant aiinv is here, ready to meet the evaders ; ready to test the rebel que#- c ion ; ready to repel and drive hack from I >ar own soil our enemies. We do not C mderstatul why they do not come ; why hey have not come, Kuinor has had u he enemy advancing. The fact is they e inve advanced ; the fact is they have fa!- I en hack. Humor has it, that the Sena- i ors, Congressmen and politicians of the t treat North*west are and have been urg* I ng aud pressing upon the Government 1 it Washington, that McClellan should c tdvance with "nis grand army upon us.? " L'he centres of the enemies and our an ' uies are opposite each other, and are at < this time, notwithstanding the falling ' hack, in a day's march of each other. Humor goes that the Wall Street barn kers will withhold the late loan until an advance is made by McClellan. The out side pressure at the North, is clamernus | for an advance. Those outside of the ? "ring" are demanding an immediate ad- < v..nee, bat they come not. It does seein ' dint the etlightcred public opinion of the I world must soon declare that the North < must either put down, what the North ' it)s is a rebellion, or "drop it." To term < a grand revolution a rebellion and yet do > nothing to quash that rebellion, is mock 1 orv. The noliev. of r*onr?a numiJ h? < , ?., , our enemies f??r the last three months, ' must ami will make thorn the laughing | stock of the civilized world. If we oc- I copied their position, that is the Federals, the question would have been decided long since, liutnor has it to day, how nver, that they are advancing. We have ifieu had wh it appeared to he reliable ind reasonahlo information, that onr en Mnv would soon he .ipon us. Since I I lave commenced this, I have been inform>d ihev were coming. It comes from hose who ought to know. Some say 'King is only out treeing some assert hat "King" has treed sure enough this ;ime. l'y the way, the "King Story" 'ins become familiar in camp, and is often ised and applied to the many incredible uid unreliable rumors which float and ;irculate in a camp. Kumorhasit also that McClellan has entered his protest against an advance before Spring?that l/ncoln and Seward and the Cabinet are ibmt bursting up. None of us hero can tell how it is. I have often wished for ! iucIi a man as Squire 11 arty to go to for nformation upon such matters. Since my last, we have been on picket our days. Col. 11. and Major 8., were inwell and did not go, the Regiment was inJcr the command of Lieut. Col. liar. ' ? Japt, Wylie being the oldest Captain had ( o bo advanced lo Lieut. Col. and Capt. : I Vhet worth, the next oldest, as Major.? f tothing special occurred, we spent quite j pleasant time, as we had good weather, L was the first time the 9th had been on v icket duty without being in the heaviest ' it f rains. However, we only missed the orin of Haturday by a few hours. I it ill it a storm of wind And rAin, And I d )Gak knowingly, when I say so, for n?y c Hies that day as Adjutant of the day ^ Ii ? ? ? >r Brigade guard, caused me to face and 1 eel it, in all its force and fury. My feel 1 ngs since, causes me to recollect it. I ini in hopes t<> hear its force and fury imashed up the blockade and demolished .he fleet. To day it has rained, but now ihe wind is Northi west and blowing fierce ?nd cold, with a prospect of fair weather, ro-morrow will do for killing hogs. TI.a-A ?i - i -? ? i jicic is b1111 ? uumuer on wie sick re- | port ; many who have been sent back liavo returned quite improved and well. ; The orders from bead quarters now are lo keep no sick in ilie camp?all bave to bo sent back to the Hospitals. Those who have returned speak in praise of the treatment and kindness received at the liospilals. I regret to say our Chaplain s sick; he has Jaundice and threatened with Typhoid Fever. Ho w as sent to the Hospital yesterday, Dr. Crawford accomi panied him. We all trust he may soon recover and ho restored to us again?un* til his return he will he greatly missed.? Wo have many cases of Jaundice in :amp, supposed to originate from the :rude and indigestible food we consume. To morrow, we commence to entrench tnd fortify our position at this place.? Jen. Jones has conferred upon Capt Wy ie the houorahle and responsible position >f planning and constructing the enrenohnieiits and fortification* of the third Jiigade. The Engineering will he laid >ut and the entrenchments made accord ng lo his skill and science as an Engineer. Ie has been engaged for the past two lays in making surveys and observations, ud the woik begins toonorrow. Lieut. , *ee, (of Sumter,) and T. M. Wyl.e, (ol be Greys,) of tbe 9lb Regiment, are asi ociated witb him, and also others from lie other regiments of the Hrigade. (Jenerals Uuauregard and Johnston are in a visit today to our Gen'l. Jones ? To day is electiou for 1'resident of the /onfederaie Stales, it has passed away juielly in the artuy,but few have thought >1 it. Of course President Davis is elded. Many in the army believe it wou.il iave been better to continue the Provis. onal Goveriimunt fioin year to year unto lie war has ht-Mii ?iii>i<ii(l?I'iiIIi' i?r......oi...i feel that this is the most unsatisfactory etter I have written, an<l will therefore :onclude. I dul intend to atteiii|?l a de icriplion of the battle ground of the 21st July, but must now defer it. I spent me day in riding and w alking over it and was much gratified with my visit. LONG GKABS. The Victory in the West The telegraph brings intelligence of a itreal battle in the West, in winch the nemy, in vastly superior numbeis, was Ideated and driven back with iiuim-nse daughter. Belmont, the locality of this battle, is in Missouri, opposite the town >( Columbus, ivy. To prevent operations igainst our batteries at the latter place, i small force of 2,500 men was stationed icross the Mississippi river, at Belmont, tnd it appears that the purpose of the Jtieiuy was to diive them frotn the posiion and occupy it, by which a strategic point of no small importance would :i?ve been gained. The Federal force herefore staried from Cairo in gunboats tud transports, and approached to a point leven miles above Columbus, where a jend iu the river afforded an opportunity ror a stealthy landing. Here lliey disembarked and marched down upon Bel* mont, and attacked Gen. i'illow ; but, notwithstanding the great disparity in lumbers, they were held in check for ,wo hours, until our boats crossed with -einforcements. From the advices thus ar received, which were communicated o President Davis by telegraph from Jelumbus, the fight must have been obilinate on both aides ; but, as in every previous engagement of any note, where he enemy had not the advantage of nn rat assistance, victory rewarded the ex* irtions of the brave and gallant South fons. The Federals were completely outeJ, and pursued back to tbeir boats, while the road fot a distance of seven rules was strewn with the evidences of apid flight. This victory is important, lot only from the moral effect of such in event, hut in the complete overthrow if the enemy's plans of opening n past age down the river towards Memphis. )ur tioops still hold their pos,lions on 10th sides, arid will doubtless he ready or the fob should he repeat the demon(ration. Gtni Grant, who is renorled Lill?.l - ? ? -- I - ? " tHs one of the moat prominent officer* i i the Federal army. 1 Tlie War 1 >eparlmeiit, *rv* tlie Itich- i lond Dispatch, last evening received a I eapalclt from Gen. A. Sydney Joltiiftlon, j Mifirniing tlie foregoing intelligence.? < '.ichmond Di*/?iUh. . i ... \ v - r" T 4^- - The Battle of Port Royal. Tlie Battle of Port Royal will be remembered as one of the best fought, and best conducted battles, which have signalized the war in wliinli urn oro on gaged. If Gen. Ilipley bad been appointed a General in command two months sooner, every thing would have been in a belter state of preparation. But these two pre vious months were wasted in doing nolh ing for our defence. Within the time left to him, Gen. Ripley did all that untiring energy and skill Could accomplish, to put our coaBt in the slate of partial preparation our enemies will encounter. The two islands of Ililton Head and Bay Point, with their extreme limits, constitute the two points which guard the entrance to Port Royal Sound, about three miles in width. On these two points, two Forts were erected?Fort Walker on Hilton Head?and Fort Beau regard on Bay Point. The time we pos sessed, enabled lis to make them only earthworks, without any protection from shells or bombs. The Island of Ililton Head was com uiHiided by Gen. Drayton. The officers ;..i:... ,.i.. ,. ??:...?1:? .1 .:n ? .......ruinioi) oUjiClllnrilU'IlK lilt? H T111 Iff T V and conducting the fire of Fort Walker, were Col. WHgener, Major Arthur linger and Capt. Yates, of the regular ?er> vice, especially detailed l>y Gen. Pipley to aid in directing the artilley. Col. | (>unovant commanded at Fort Rea ire gard, but he gcreroiulv allowed Capt Elliott, of the Reaufort Artillery, to direct and conduct the batteries of the Fort. The day was beautiful?calm and clear, with scarcely a cloud in the heav ens?just vici> * as our invarler* would have ordained, if they could, to carry on their operations. In such a sketch of the battle as, amid the excitement and thousands of base less rumors, we are enabled to present to our readers, a brief review of the earlier events c.f this memorable week wiP not be uninteresting. I*ItK 1.1 MINAIIY OPEUATIOVB OF TIIR ENEMY. The great fleet of the eneniv passed our Rar on Sunday, the 3-1 inst, and on the following day was anchored ofl Port Royal entrance. About 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, Com. Tatnall, with his "mosquito fleet" ran out from the harhor and made the first hostile demonstration. The immense armada of the invaders, numbering, at that time, thirty six vessels, was drawn up in line of battle ; and as our little flotilla steamed hriskly up to within a mile of them, and opened its fire, the scene was an inspiriting one. but almost ludicrous in die disparity of the size of tlie opposing fleets. The enemy replied to our fire all most immediately. After an exchange of some twenty shots, Commodore Tat? nail retired, and was not pursued. About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, several of the largest Yankee war steamers having come within range, the batteries of Fort Walker and Beauregard were opened, and the steamers threw a number of shells in and over our works, indicting no damage upon Fort Walker, and but slightly wounding two of the garrison of Fort Beauregard. This engagement lasted, with short inter vale, for neatly two hours, when the etiet my drew off. The steamers made a slm1 ilar, but sLorter reconouitance, on Wednesday evening, hut without any Important results. On the next day (Wednesday), the weather was rough, and the flee^ lay at anchor five or six miles from shore. During the day, several straggling transports came up, swelling the number of vessels to forty oue. All Tues day night, and all day Wednesday, and Wednesday night, our men stood to their guns, momentarily expecting an attack, and obtaining only such scanty rest and refreshments as chance afforded. TitlC DAT Or TUB BATTLE. Thursday dawned gloriously upon our wearied hut undaunted gunners, and all felt that (he day of trial had at last ar rived. Scarce'y had bre kfatt been dee patched, when the hostile fleet was obI :? Ti _ OCItCU III VVIIJ llll/llUII M X bf great war steamers formed rapidly in tingle file, and within supporting distance of each oilier, llie frigate Minnesota, ilia flag ship ol Com Ihipont, in the van. As thft long line of formidable looking vesa* s, thirteen in number, most of tliein power* ful propellers, with a few sailing men of* war in tow, swept rapidly and majestic* ally in, with porta open and briatiiog with guns of the heaviest calibre, the light was grand and imposing. This was it half past eight o'clock. Until the Minnesota came within the range of and Jirectly opposite to our batteries on liib ' OQ Head, all was still. Buduenlr. the > ... 4 fifteen heavy guns of Fort Walker, which g had been aimed directly at the huge fri- v gate, belched forth their simultaneous t fire, ami the action was begun. Almost C immediately afterwards, the batteries of r Fort Beauregard, on the other side of r the entrance, also opened their fire The 1 c enemy at first did not reply. But, as the ( second steamer came opposite to Fort ? Walker, the hulls of the first three were I suddenly wrapped in smoke, and the j shot and shell of three tremendous broad- | aides, making, in all, seventy five guns, t came crashing against our works. From j ( this moment, the bombardment was ter I ' | nfic an J incessant. One by one the pro t 1 pellers bore down upon our Fort*, deliv- i erml their tiro as they piit>ed, until nine i l had gained the interior of the harbor, i j beyond tbo range of our guns. Ttie ! Minnetutu, still followed by the others, j then turned round and stunned slowly | out, giving a broadside to Fort Beaure 1 gard, as she repassed. Tims the baitle t was continued, the enemy's vessels sail | ing in au eliplical curve, pouring one ? broadside into Bay Point, and then | sweeping around to deliver the other a r gainst J hi ton Head. Tins furious fire i from some lour liuud't-d guns, many ot them of the 11 inch Ihhlgren pattern i and some ev^n of 13 inch hore (loi a I salmi of that diameter was found m For , Beauregard), was maintained incessantly, \ and the roar of the cannonade seemed \ most continuous. Meanwhile, our gam r | sons were making a gallant defence? r They kept lip ft vigorous and well direc I ted fire against their assailants, and noi 3 withstanding (hat their best gun was die I mounted at tbe beginning of the action, f tliev succeeded in setting fire to several ^ of the ships. Win never this happened. ? however, toe eneniv would haul olf and t soon extinguish the flames. The elFeei : of our gun* was, in many instance*, c plainly visible from the Forts Although the sides of the Minnesota are of mass 1 ive strength, several of Iter ports were t knocked into one. Nor was she the on ?. ly vessel upon which this evidence of the power of our lire could ho seen.? <. Many of the other steamers were like- I wise hadly hulled. i After some time spent in sailing round t and delivering their broadside* in rota ( ion, in the maimer we have d*t?iibed, t the enemy's s'eatner* adopted anothei < and more successful plan of attack.? t One of tbein took a position inside the I horhor so as to enfilade the batteries ol Fort Walker, while several opened a si t multaneous enfilading fire from the out ? sido. Besides this terrific cross fire, two I of the largest steamers maintained the fire in front of the Fort. Thus three fu < rious converging streams of shot and i hell were rained amongst the brave lit* tie garrison for hours. The vessels came up within a half mile of the shore, but i nearly all our guns had, by this time, he come dismounted, and we ? irs i o longer able to reply with serious effect. S?oon after 11 o'clock, tlia batteries of Bay Point were silenced. The fire of Fort Walker, as far at the guns that re niH:ned were concerned, was not a wliii slackened, until ono o'clock. B v titnt lime the dreadful condition of the fort became too apparent to he longer disre garded. The guns lay in every direction, dismantled and ii*e'e?? ; iIih defenses were torrildy shattered, the dead and dy ing were to be seen on every side, and still tire iron hail poured pitilessly in. rOHT W At KICK ABANDONED. In tbia strait, it was determined t<> ( abandon the fort. A long waste, about a mile in extent and commanded by the enemy's guns, intervened between the garrison and the woods. Across this < they wero ordered to run for their lives, t etch man for himself; the object being to scatter them at tuucb as possible, so ' as not to afford a target for the rifled j guns of the fleet. The preparations for < running this perilous gauntlet was toou made. Knaps*<k* were abandoned, ' but tbo men retained the!* I Each of the wounded was placed io a j blanket sod carried oiT by four men.? f The snfety of the living precluded the C iden of removing the dead. And lliu?f " llie gallant little baud quitted the teen* ^ of their glory, and scampered off, each ( one as beet be could, towards the woods. | The retreat was covered by e small de ( Mchment who remained in the Fort for * an hour after their comrades bad left.? 1 X ? - - among tlioee wbo remained *ir? Cipt. Harms, with six man, Lieut. MtLCfUM with tour men and Lieut. BiachotF, with four m mi. Tt?eee worked three gene un ^ Ui about two o'clock, when bey also t quitted the poet. jfl The abendonroent of Fort Beeoregard * wee equally a neceet iy. The garrison I were eabauatad and in momentary danI .Jjjfrtftr ;er of being cut off. When Col. Dunoant ordered a retreat, tear? of inortifiea. ion and indignation filled the eyes of Japlain Elliott at the sad necevdtv. The etreat wan admirably conducted, and endered entirely successful by the j?ru lent energy of Capt. Hanckel, one of general Ripley's Aids, who had got to ;ether some twelve flats at Station Creek >y which the troops passed safely over to it. Helena Island. From thore, they >assed to Beaufort Island, and reached he train at Pocotaligo without the loss ir ini'irv of a man In tlii* F..r? ? J -* " ? "" """" * MWMW were killed, and but five wounded, and ,wo of these were wounded bv negligence u loading a cannon, bv which hot shot was driven on the powder, without the vet wad preceding it. EVACUATION Or DAT POINT. The rest of the story is briefly told.? 'jHte Thursday night thegarrhon of Fort iValkor bad collected at the landing, in lie hope of being able to reach Bluflton >y water. Luckily, several small Con fed irate steamers were within hail. But ere a ludicrous mistake occurred The etreating troops imagined the little sleatiers to be Yankee gun>bo?ts ; while the rews of the steamers were convinced bat the troops were a body of disembar* ;ed Yankees. Acting upon this double le'.usion, a deal of mutual reconnoitering vms inada, and it was only after a vast ariely of strategic approaches, that they etched the conclusion that it was "all ight." A quick trip to Bluirton followed. Thence the troops marched to Ilardeeville 17 miles distant. The road along which hey dragged their exhausted frames was ilieil with a heterogeneous throng of fm ptives of all conditions, carriages, carts md conveyances of every description hat could, by any possibility, he pressed .^rwl^.. Tl.- 1 ..%v ?vi *ivo? aiio npucinciB WHS II IMU >D6. Than en-lel the defence of l'ort Itoyal. Die mortification of the disaster ia leas sue I bv the conaciou*nesa that our troops leserved success. What injury we did to the enemy, we lo not kuow. Our firing was. of court1*, eta efficient llian theirs. Our lroo|it were volunteers?their* were picked ar.illerisl*. Yet, it it very remarkable how e w were killed or wounded, amongst our ,roopa. Tina battle, in tbia respect, waa rery much iike the battle of Fort Sunt' r. How ao many cannon could have teen diamantled and rendered usele**, tiid yet ao few of thoae who worked ihein injured, aeeuia very marvelloua.? )ur troops did their duty faithfully and bravely, and fought until to fight longer would have been aheer folly. Though encountering imtnenae odd*, no aigna of cowardice marked (heir conduct. Otfi'-ers and soldier* exemplified the ancient char> acter of the State, and deaerve out pro found gratitude and admiration.? Char letton Mercury. Carolina Itcme.? A number of famii oe* from South Carolina crossed the river veaterday and arrived inthia city en route Tor the up country. Messrs. l*ope and Baynard, who reaide on Il'lton Head, aet fire to every building on their premises and their cropa, leaving a tnaaa of ruina behind them to fall into the handa of the enemy. (ienetul Lee and Cant. Ilarlatene were ?t Pocot 1 go yeateid?v. The citizens of Beaufort have all <!# ?erted the town?the men for the army and the real for the interior. It ia teported that the federal fleet ia moving up the river.? Savannah II*publican, Nov. 9. !Port Royal Ferry.? The city la?t veiling ?m? full of rumors of the moveileitis of tlte enemy, but we were unable o obtain anything reliable fur publics ion. We learn that the gone were taken Vom the Lady Davis ami Huntress and ilaced in battery at Port R?>val Ferry, i ^ here under command of Col. Dunovem,' aitli his regiment, a stand will be made. Gen. Lee was a P c a:,go yesterday j ifternoon, and as the cars paa*ed that I mint in the evening. Col. C'ingtnan, villi his North Carolina Regiment, had ust arrived, on their way to the coast of Ionih Carolina.? Savannah Republican, UK intt. Provisions for the Cash. d uoar.coffkb. molassbs. salt, ^ CANDItKd, Pepper, Ginger, Spice end !larch, just received and for sale for CASIt >NLY. Do nut aak fur credit on the above irtieles, ac we would be bound to refuae. , HAHSBLTINK j] as8ky. lancaater, July 30. *61. NOTICE A LL persona whe may have etalma l\. agninet the ?etat# of Wo?. F Perry, lecd will pleaae present the same, del* atealed to ate, an or hajsra the i0ih d.v ?f u?k? mmo<lm"jj'pg' mv BU8INESS CARDS. KERSHAW ft CONNORS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AHD Solioitors in Equity. LANCASTERVILLK, 8. 0. VfT Will attend promptly to all buaineM entrusted to tlictn. J. B. KKRSHAVV, | \V. M CONNORS. Camden, S. U. Lancaster, C. II. Aug. 10, 1859. ~C B NOaTHROP." Attorney at Law AND SOLICITOR L\ IXilllTV, Will practice in (.ancastcr ami the neighbor* ing. Districts. office at^ancasteuvillk. October 21 at, 1861. 37-ly Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN, Uvaidvui tiurgeoii llcnlUl, YOKKVJI.LK, H. 0., Otlura hia Profeaaional Services to the cili* sells of l.ancnsler Village ami surrounding country. AltTIKIClAii TKKTll inserted on liold Plate, from one to a full sett. June 11th, 1858 IK-I v MELTON & WITHER9P00N ATTOHNEYS AT LAW *nw Solioitors in Equity. Will practice in luincaater and lu%> nurroun. ding Diatricta. c. d. mELTOH, i u j. WlTIIEKlFOOR, Cheater, S. C. | Lancaster C II. January 11, 180U. 48?tf. WILLIAMS ft ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT.LA W amu Solioitora in Equity. Lancaster, c. h, s. c. Will practice in the District of Lanca-itar. Prompt attention given to Collections. Mr. Williams may l>e consulted at Yorkrille, K. C., and Mr. Allmo.n at hii oflleo ill the Court, at Lancaster. July 7th 1*88. 21?tf DR A H ALES, 6C^bm^D > flGGGOO m\ RESPECTFULLY OFFERS mjUKKl HIS SERVICES AS SURGEON DEM IST TO TilK Citizen* <>f Ijutenaterville nnd District.? All upernlioua performed in the beat puuibio manner. ^3000? Artificial Teeth inaerteu on pluto from a aingle Tooth to a FULL SETT. Churgea reaaonablo and all work war* ranted. WATCH Repairing pmmjily Attended to and all work warranted No* 7, 1860. 30tf $79 KliiVAKI) ! nuuiiway from where we had tliein hiied, near Cheater. in June leal, our JB three Negro iiieo, viz : Bid,, UlLklS and HENRY. ^ Bill and Uile* we lioud^r 14th of laal November, at the lid Uncli, on Broad Kiver, in Yoffl^^ffimct. They being brother* and havi^^H^Km* in the neighborhood where we ffl^mjf^Bvlhetn, it ia more than likeley they WlgjrSfmde theii *?v back to their old n> imPior hijjfJ/ Bill ia about 26 year* orirl^ieet 6'inclie* high, will weigh 160 or I) tMppound^i* very black; rather aharpedVuce, apeak* quick when apoken to. W litlea, hia brothur, i* abimt 24 yeara old 5 feet 9 inchee high ; willfweigh 160 Ihe ia very black, and walka with hie head up and feet turned out ia fronf. Henry, we purchaaed, Ail I, of Col. C. Rivea on the Catawba river, lie ia 23 yeara old, well act, 6 feet 10 incnea high, and will weigh 176 pound* ; haa a heavy brow and apeaka alowly ; haa aome character ay-* runaway. May go to Charlealon or \ftdiinglon city, it I* bard telling where he Will go a* he i* a gentleman of travel. The/ all ran off about the aame tune. We will pay $76 reward for the three men ; or #25 a piece for either of Uiem d?. Iive'ed in any Jail ao that we can gel them. Theae boya may attempt to nntke tneir way North, aa aome other* from thi* place have attempted. I'RIDB it DUNUVANT. Aug. 7, ISfil?26 tf. THE KiCHiihN!) DtePAim BY COWARDIN ft HAMM2RSLEY, I KICUM' ND, VA. I Dailt HZMI-WKKKLT AIIO Wekki.T. 1 TERMS-~Ca?li in Advanoa, rpflK DAILY DISPATCH la earved to > JL aubacribera at nix axd quartta carre 1 a wrk, payable to the Carrier weekly.? Price for mailing, $4 a year, or 9:4.60 for I six moniha in advance. THE SKML WEEKLY DIHPATCH io iaaued every Tueaday aed Friday at #'4 it advance. i THE WEEKLY niHPAffMl I e?ery Friday, and mailed to aubacrib*" at : ?1 per annum. v John Aiidenm, Til It) Thorough btafljak i? onl rWtk of MAKKNUO. hatula high, 4 year* old. darVRttgray, and flneiv proportioned. lie wllfftfnd the Fall aeaeon at Ihia place, on the Tumi wing term* : For the aeaeou. l9ilU 00 lAoeAAUr C. II. 18, AKUKtlil supply ot titrdtin SJ?W, ?i?* bfAcing nil Um u-uislljr aitl* ! > ihU rujirkui, jnit rwdrsJ njMMyrnlM by jus vi cu^hkr. j F.bij,wi.