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It may be that we are not so deficient in fire arms, and ammunition as is ap ~ prehended ; but it is now no time ''to deliberate in cold debate." We must accept the issue presented to us ; and "If circumstances lead us, we should find Where tiuth is hid."" "In the reproof ot chance Lies the true proof of men." Suppose thai, with all public and pri vate lire arms, of every sort, brought into service, it should become manifest that a considerable portion of our people were without arms. Shall we remain in that condition, with the invader on our soil, and our domestic security dependent on a servile population?liable to sudden agitation, and mischievous delusion i To be sure we may trust in the justice of our cause, and put confidence in the j Providence of God ; vet, no man,nor peo. pie ever had a right to this trust or con fidence,unless there were human co-opera' lion, to the utmost of human means.? When we perform cur part, faithfully wisely, strenuously, promptly, then, and only then, we are conscious ot the protec lion of tbnt supernatural Power, which the history of our race, shews to be ever attendant on such performance. It is idle to hope for foreign aid, and better for us in the end, that we should not calculate upon it. We have profited from a few chance arrivals of war materials from abroad, at great expense, which was ill afforded; and at such risk, that tney seemed almost accidental. It is to lm ffr-Jir. (I lliJlf mi r iniiVnafionoA in ? - l,,o "? er;ce of war,lias rendered even these sup. plies less valuable than we flattered oursolves they would he : or why have our cos.ly artillery been placed in such positions, as at l'url Royal, and Lady's Island,'where they fell into the hands of the enemy; notwithstanding the bravery of our troops, which has been rewarded : by the praise of our authorities? We i cannot calculate on such resources, nor , have we time to wait for them. Here i too we need the authority of law, and i obligation of duty?geneializing the pro I paration for danger, and the uniform arm j ing of the people. Does the South need to be reminded of i the action which first brought our chief magistrate into public notice? Has it \ forgotten that at the ever memorable hat1 ! tie of lluna Vista, the riflemen of Mis' sissippi cut to pieces the Mexican squad rone, with their bowie knives ? The rifle, or musket, with a htyonel aflixed, when analvzml. is ? mml.inuiin.. il>< -in.. musket awl the pike. It i* a contrivance, by which the two most formidable weapona which can he used by a singlo man, are both placed, at once,in his hand : vot oach can only be lined to advantage at the same time. Indeed, (lie moat gallant | and effective charges with the bayonet have been generally made without tiring. Well disciplined men can march, and | have charged up toa line ofBre, received 1 tho enemy's shot, and pierced through and acHtiered their ranks. Indeed it ro ' quires a very steady aim against a charging force, to make a fatal tire. It may tie also that in weapons of a composite character, something ia taken from each Arm iui unnliinail VVI ai> m?n scarce, ai).J weapons plentiful, it is well to combine the yiui and the piles : hut when i the reverse is the case, and it becomes j necessary U t ?v?rf oten to be is it j , wise to reject what inny be procured, be' ' chiise it bo not tbe m.<st desirable ? It I whs a long time before tlio bayonet was i attached to the rifle ; and durinc all that j period, riflemen were etfecliveiy employ ! ed. Of what avail is the fire of infantry * 1 ' or cavalry against artillery ? and yet we ' know thai the latter are often taken by ] ! the bayonet and sabre. l'erhaps the exigencies of this war | may prove that one battalion of men, | armed with long pikes, and another armed with shot pans or old fashioned sqnir j j rol ri'les ; and all with short swords or j j bowie knives, will be more than a match \ for a regiment with Enfield rilles. Our I liAllnl 1>I* < u nnl ' ?* I.... * I ' . vvv. nil J ICJ iivi v >11 V?|1C? IC?CI J li.il II , HUH our experience lias shown iliat there lias : I been varj little fighting at long distances. ! Our gallant General iiv.ins was so near | to liis enemy, at Leesburg, that lie wislieil for double barrel shot guns : and a re j serve of piktmen witb knives might easi i ly have been protected by an advance of J riflemen, and the nature of the ground, i until the proper time for a charge ^ which j would have been more destructive than that ol any grenadiers in the world.* Much precious time has perhaps been lost already. Vet it is not too late, with I energy an.! determination, to accomplish ' the great object ol arming with some j deadly weapon, all of the men of the South ; to arrange them according to the nature of their arms ; and to employ them for the defence of tho countrx ; against danger, both at home and abroad. If we have not the arms tequired by the i prevailing system of tactics, we can accommodate cur system to our arms. In i that consists true military geuius. When | was real greatness ever trammelled by j i applicab'e systems ? We have undertaken a war with many j elements of military calculation against us : and now it must be waged resolutely, siernlv, peiseveringly, lirmly, without 1 too much subservience 10 the theorems I .1 and problems of the militaiy art. We j must apply our intellect and common , ( sense, and not act as if we were mere ins- , ' chines, or mathematical quantities. We j ' must not be mere materialists, nor ' Count wisdom as no member of the war ; Forestall presence, and esteem no art Hut that of hand ; the still and mental t arts? That do contrive now many hands shall strike 1 What fitness culls them on ; and know, by 1 measure Of their observant toil, the enemies' weight? : nor call these "mnppey closet-war ; So that the ram, that batters down the wall, For the great swing,and rudeness of its poise," ! (Is placed) "before bis hand that made the engine ; Or those, that with the fineness of their souls | lty reason guide his execution." rim most accomplished soldier is lie, w ho comprehends the principles of his science; j and knows how to apply them to the solution of new problems, as the)* arise, in j the ever varying circumstances of war. The present is no time for pretension , nor conceit, nor mere conventional great* i ness. Every power, moral, physical, and I material, must he vxufted to preserve the i State. The old forms of peace, and the i habits of society must be sacrificed for ; the public safety. The sovereignty of the j people must bo vigorous, end supreme ; hihI if its independent action is fettered by legal restraints, which might be most ! wise in ordinaiy limes, let them be set aside ; as a man would strip oil" his clothes to swim for life in the sea.? "Solus populi supremu lex est" A peop!e to be independent must be united as ' one man ; and that union springs from ibe free will of each, which voluntarily and heartily sacrifices every selfish consid eration to the supreme authority of the 1 State ; and resolves all duly into obedi- | ence to the constituted organs of the sovereignty of the whole. Welcome then is the call of the Con i veiition, at this perilous time. Let it speak "like the commandment of a King." It* grave responsibility, ai d its absolute pow( or, will quench the fires of personal am bilion, and the petty emulations of itife rior souls. Its purpose will be to consul ida'.e all tbe wisdom, sound thought, patriotic spirit, strong bunds, and materials of war in our belotod and iusultec. and ravaged South Carolina : to cause inefli1 j cienry and pusilanimity to give place to merit : to arm authority with force, that it may be more (oared than tbe foe; that it may be supreme, and overcome all insubordination, rebellion, or invasion with in me domain of a free and independent pec pie. 11 CAMILLUS. 1 i LancaaterTille, Dec. 20th, 1881. j 1 i Note.?The (harleston Mercury of 17th Doc. contains the following announcement "Larue numbers of the t>ennl? Imm llimlm. , ?r ?r?, Christian, and the adjoining counties, are ruth, ing to (ion. (Jlaik'a aid, artreil with Kentucky c rides, ahot guna and |>ikca." The brave men I who go into battle with pikes, or axes, or sc tlies,?with any weapons however imperfect,will not he long without the more improve arms; which are abandoned by those who hai not courage to keep thein. After all, the tri force of armies is in the spirit and determin tion of the men,?ofticcrs and soldiers, i ? ? im|ivivvu miu w augci cuu ? ih ii coiii|>iill111 i of tlic want ol proper i\rm?, 'Have not yo enemies got them ;?you must take tlicni if yi need them." CAMILLUS. I.aucasterville, Dec. 31, 1861. News from the Coast. Captain S. Elliott. Jr, of the Beaulo Artillery, with a detachment of his ov Company ami a number of men fio Captain IU<IcIiI1Vh eoinm.onl, at lit 11lull", went on a scouting expedite Thursdat ami returned home Saiur.b umtnine. with seventy-four beefeilile, large quantity* of forage, provisions, it from several of the Islands exposed die depredations of ihe enemy. Tlit visited J'ort li?oal Ferry,'a# far as tl bulkhead, and report ali that tieigi.hi hood dear, the enemy having re?ei harked, and not a gun boat to he seen.Five fresh It made graves were discovert in the vieiniiy of the late eoi.liict. ?bo< ing the l"ss of the enemy to have her severe, as an eye witness slates thai Ae erai of their men weie borne olfon tl shoulders of their comrades. The repulse of the enemy on \V<-dn?day was another brilliant achievement the havonet iit tlie hands of Houtbet men with hearts lited with Sotilhei spirit. It furnishes additional evident of the weak point of the foe with wlou we have to contend, and the supcriorit of iSoutliein valor. This fight has serve great Iv to ulale our troop*, for if the en< it\ attempts an advance his artillery ca oil I v he not forward with most enormoii labor and l>v snail-like approach* through narrow dcfi'us, where every inc <d" ground will he hotly contested i>v on sharpshooters and the hayonets of an in foriated soldiery. We regret to learn that in the late en joiinter Lieut. Power, a gallant vounj dlicer in Colonel Jones' regiment, wn tilled hv the same shel! from the eiiem< which took off smite seven or eight o nir men at one stroke. Tha regimeii was marchtng in Column of four, when i hell oil hoard of one of the enemy's gun hosts was heard to rills', H'?d a momeu after a shell passed lltinugh the advaii cing column, knocking down its victim* and exploded at a distance of about fort yards from the ranks. Not one of on i.:II .1 i.. . * . * 1111*i *??s Kinen (iv a iilllSKei liHIl. I li enemy fire<l one volley at the four con paniea of Col. D.inovant's regiment w'i charged on them. Two of Col. Diiik vant's men were slightly injured hv th vollev, and two more killed hv the she from the gnnhoat. The force which la' ded at the ferry marched up in two d visions and by different roads. One d vision was met by Col. Jones' men an the other by the four companies froi Col. Duiiovant's regiment, and both wei driven back by the charge with the ha1 onet. We learn that nftar the fight was ov< a (lag of truce went over from our sii with a proposition for time to remove tl wounded. I>rs E 15 Turnipaeed an (lough, while bringing tliein off hi dressing the wounds of those requirir tminediate attention, were lired up >n I the enemy. Comment is unnecessary. The Yankee prisoner win# was foiin on the field wounded, had been slu through the lung. When our men fir approached lie begged ir.ost piteously ft his life, expecting to receive no quart? vv hen talten l<i the hospital, however, I became somewhat bolder, it is suppose fiom the delirium caused hy his woum and abused the South with a great dei of the coarse bombastic language of tli Northern press, saying that the Sout was about to cave in, <ko. lie died abot 12 o'clock Thursday night. We omitted to mention in our forrnt reports the important service rendered li a section of Captain Walter Leak's Vi ginia battery, which had taken up strong position and fired Several rounc at lite eneiny with good effect. The accounts of the affair at Port Rot al Ferry have so far been furnished b passengers. All newspaper correspor dence from our camps has, we learn, bee specially prohibited by an order from Gei Lee, which is read to the troops dailv n dress parade. Our readers, therefore, w hope, will make due allowances for an i .1 ? - - ?" inni-tutKi;irii uiHt mJ?y occur. We lift! learned oni) one of the none* of tli privales killed in this affair, namelv, pri rule Vanlandingham, of Lancaster. ll whi currently rumored in the citj >f*terd ?v, t It At tli 0 enemy had ajgaii nade a demonstration on Gen. Kvai.? iommwnd, arid driven in Ins picket*.? 'assenger* hy the itoad, however, whc ft ) | left While Point am) Adams' Run Sun* r | ?(a\ morning, report ail rjuiet in tliai j e neitrliboi hood.? Charleston** Courier, Ilk k r* I . ? | instil lit. I> no ; ^ I IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. j ^ i i 'R ENGLAND CONTINUES TO PREPARE FOR WAR. m .. I Norfolk, January 1 ?The Asia Las ' : arrived at Halifax, with Ltvei| ! dales t> tlie 2 1st ult, ami via Qie?tislo\vn to ' r the 22<l ult. The Asia toing* 300 iio -p*, M military stores, etc , lor Canai . I l?*r j I advices are three days later than ihoao L? * I the Etna, at Ne?v \ oik I Pasaougen* !?\ the Asia rejmri a Minor " tiial the hloekadui" tin ol I!!i?rlestiin ' " i liHibor Willi stone is like'v to lead lo :i ^ j difllciiltv w ill European Powers. I( in {further rumored that England"* warlike I' ' I preparations will continue, in view therei of, niMI litrtt llie surrender of Mason an-l H j Sliilell are not the whole ol England's "'lit ' ft! i ileiiutmlK. I j j The Persia sailed oil llie 15 li, with J I' twelve huudreil troops, and eight* tun* : ,J of iniimi ions. The Hremidier* and Scots j " i Fusilier Guards were to embark on the ! j 1 Dili in iwu aieauiers for Halifax. Oilier i ?e . ... j f.i troops were preparing in embus I here , ' was great excitement. a. M ilia on the ' lOlh 1 )eceinl?ei' caused b\ a lii'i'.'noii to 1 despaicli iiniue.liately all deposable lor- I *' | ces. 1 liev were shipped to (iinr'dtar to I ' n 1 be read\ lor service in America p> e . . \ Initial Pacuks goes nut second in i coniili.ilid under Admiral MlLN'K in ihe |( v ... 1 . American waters. I en HlO pound Arm* j S'lolij* otitis wete immediate!) shipped | . for the defence of Halifax. Large hum* l'' hers of similar guns were shipped tonne i ' di.ilelv to the lfritish possession* on tl.e 1 Pacific. Ten millions small cartridges | and one hundred ilomsnml charges for I 4' I Arinsirong guns |or *e,? service are rapI . ; (] ! idlv preparing. Additional ship Wrights I are to he taken on ai iho dock \ ? j 11 The liriiish mail steamers are to be " armed, so as to he c unfile of r.-s sting 1 "" s I A tirivateers. k l lie London ()f><ererr. Ministerial Or i ' gan, sat s that England desires peace, : 1 l.>.i .. .n i... - i - - - I . . ..? K"l,a ,M " ??iu, nit 1111*11 Mil* cm I ' rectify lt**r Anirricni fr- nti?*rs?. open die , " lltflH ?'f ill.. Still! Il, llllil j?lve .1 Irs*on lo i ' I 1 l . l s: I III I die U illleil Stales. I I T'.im Hriiislt milViri:if* m Nassau for- I * 1 bill vessels bearing ??.?>?I |or United Si tie* ( ' ^ j sliiji". lo unload dime tir hi disrh.iroe into J | Untied Si itas ships illiin iliree ieaunes J of ilia shore. Tliov iilloi* ibr Sumlrr \ ! him! oilier Confederate \?nr slops lo ukv , : in com! under die pretence I lint I hey me 1 * "> i , , . " iii ^ ilieri'limil snips. II j ** Unsatisfactory. ' 1' i ! 'I *io Norfolk J)u>f li'ivk' learn* from hi i i verbal sources thai Seward ami Lvon* ' i. Iisve IihiI h constillHlioii on dm lelease of i p i i M i oi i it ii j lu.isuii nun ^nueii VH'Hril lint .snrren w in I ilcrnl these geoi lettien, l*it l I in* t ?-r mi* of 01 re ' die surrender does not come nj in tin* c> y. ' demand* <? the ultimatum. A purl ??f u die \ wiik?-? *!? bargain i* I lint Wilkes in ti " | not to liu censured, no wav, This part 1 st 'e of tIm bargain, however, doe* not suit ! S ' # , 16 the liritinn demaud, and CHiseouendt ; l I * the mailer m not entirely satisfactory.? i ? j Tim mere giving up of Maton ntul Sii i ? | dell does mil settle I Ii e inatl-r, though it . ^ ! appears they have been sent ll". Our p I friend* at the North are in ecktacie* al | Ii 1 ! the promising enndiiioti of iflf?iis for our w [>?1 | caoHO, whilst the Northerners are very I Ii ; much down nt the month. j ll l>' j The New York Tribune, of the 1st ' ill*!., *ay? that, "although it is not ex1 16 peeled thai (ireat Britain will directly, " or bv the Implication of silence, assent to ^ ' all the positions of Secretary Seward ill ^ *' hi* despatches to i'arl Kussell, there is c ip ! i-.-i *' - I time uouoi mat its conclusion will be itc 4,1 ' cepied as satisfactory." 11 A Washington correspondent thus com* 11 idt-iiis upon tlie surrender ami tlie prob ? 'r abilities of Rutland making further tie n y mantis upon (lie Lincoln Government : '' r" i **Il now remains lo be seen wlietber ? K John Hull really desires to cultivate ^ friemlly relations with Columbia, and '' will accept Iter frank ask pardon for hav'* ing stepped on iiis gouty toes in the ^ y Trent, or whether lie will pocket this w " tendered disavowal of a deleriniinttion to V n attend, and m ke>olher demands, which *' i. i? ? 4 uninivi iir KrnniPll. Ill ???i ? ol e Confederate Victory in the West. le y Mkmimiis .i iinihij 3?a de*p>?tch lu?s c< been received from Rtll<? Rock, contain W e intf official intelligence from llie North* h? i west tliNi Cot. Mcintosh, in command of lit four regiments, had m tight wiili Opothie at f ylioio, 1 lie Indian chief, seventy fi?e rrn 1 mi e* North west of Fori Gihson. on the Im ' 20 h, which lusted four hours, end tesiih ted in the total rout of the enemy, who po > j lost two hundred killed, wounded and pe listing, himI one hundred taken prison* rs. The Confederate loss whs twelve tiled and twenty wounded. Mcintosh \ still pursuing hlevholo?the lat? *r fleeing towards Kansas. The Com rderalen cat it tired h large nnmher ol agnns h to I one hundred horses. [Opotlileyholo. who is now giving so itic'li tronhle, is ho old man, ithoni 80 ears of age, atol is a leader among rl.i\t is now termed Upper Creeks. llis n?t appearance in a public capacity, w as bout 18-4 <>r 1825. soon after the rutin et hv the Creek* ?>t Gen. M 'Intosh, wt>o a* killed for making a treaty with the lotted State* Gpothlevlmlo's name lade its appearance ahmit that time, as lender of the party opposed to vhe etiy. ile is an elocptent spoaket, ami ...i.i- it.. .. .. .??.- ?*? iuu<ar?VC 'Mn %??n VJ Iper Creeks, l?y Id* tongue. The Mclu' sit pmtv compose lite Lower (greeks, ml litere exists still, hpi ween the two a r lies, the remains of li e old national nlf ami litis iimi he the oa Use of the resent attitude of 0|ioiIdevluilo ami h;s dinners. Indian* never f ?r^*e*l injuries, it.I when life i? taken the relatives of it- k'Hed seldom ever forget it. It is t'tl, thai Op.ul.let liohi ami Ills Cieek illovvers ate verv hostile to the Creek eoiiuetll Illiiler Col. M< lliluslt, who Is M rM-etnlaiil of Cen. Mt lntosh, who was am I'V the Creeks vears ayo ui Ala" una ] ngland Contemplates War in any Event. 'orrcspondencc of Manchester (iuaidiau,l?on- j dim, Dec. Id.) The Conviction forces itself upon many ia' the day i" not far distant when ihc nitliern Confederation inilst lie reCOi?IUd ; ami dial rec yniuoii iii u lie expect* I to lirinj; alaiui > tre-li <1 lli -uliy, in hn li w ? inii-1 lie prepared In maintain ir policy. Ii is with (his view, and as a in nisi I at ion of our intention to hold ir own wat, thai the (r'lVerniltent are lulling oir 1 O.0U0 uieii to Canada with* it any reference to tint reply of the iiMiicaii Cahuiel 11 Messrs. Ma-iL ami > ideil landed a' L terpool to morrow not i soldier tlm le-s > oiihl la* sent out. if we are to have a War with the Nortii, ! connection with the United Stales >< ism, I here cntild l>tt Mo lllore faVorali e lie >h in the presem. Il would he a oil Mini ilecMie war, ami v otiM have vital influence mi the preservation of Hce Mini ili?* ill.interrupted freedom <>| iMUneron for man* year* to come, nI it our having to pa*? through the or ?l ot social and mercantile con f union hich w ir* it* a general rule eti'ail. Our liiitart <l> |> trimeiiiit ure working dottiile lite. I lie clothing e*l ui'll-htlleiil mi illllloo WIIM at full work nil 1)1*1 It v? It I ol the iK'ecedino one. It i* a very.coiiioioii anrcipatiun urn tig -r?o:i? ol Canadian experience that m ?r with ihi* country >? likelier to eiol in 11 r nrqiiiftiiinii ol 1'nrllatid than in 'lie tpluie of Montreal hv the Federal nr lie*. In Hitv ritur, there are rectiH<ai us of our Canadian frontier which out rareelv fail to follow upon war. The inte*' frontier, mm settled hjf the A?hhur iii Treatyi closely hug* the postage road -,?ik Canadian highway fr?M? the coa-i -along a grv it part of IIm length. Tlit* Unite.I Si.?te? have two f.-rntleil ill ta close Upon that Toad, which would hvh to be taken itl the outbreak of a ar, a* well a* t ape Roii*e, (which they ave lieeti lately strengthening.) within i rty miles or so o( Montreal. What Gen. At Clellan is doing oud ilull he will ehorllij Aceomjdi*h.? The V lahingioii corn*poiideut of the New ork Herald seems to speak "from the *rd" with reference to the intentions of l.dellan. We extract the following; The question is frequently a?ke I hv lexperienced member* of Congress, and flier subordinate officers of the Govern* tent who ought to know hot'.er, "Why un'l General M. Ciellan advance f" Tlie lily reply to tliia question is, that Gen. IcClellaii is advancing every day and our of tlx* twenty four iluti pa??e*, He :?k his 11mit Ih upon lire lltronl of lire rei el army of lire Potomac, holding il lure it is. lit* i* advancing in drill, ad* nacitig in discipline, advancing in rengili, advancing in endurance to stand it in the.cold, advancing in h Mipply I musket* for infatitry, cannon for aitil if,sabre* and revolver* and rifle* for ivalrv, locations of expedition*, Ac.? rlien lie h <a completed these N<ivNncea I will close op the rebellion, and then e men who now clamor for nii iminedii e N'lvnnce will he compelled to aclc* wledge the wisdom of Oen. NfcClel* ii'ii progrxtnmo : In thi* connection, it mnv n l !> im? lite to nny lit*I tin) reason why the ex* (Jiiioot under the Qommund Mvcrally j of (ten*. H itler and Burnside have not j left for their places of destination, has been in consequence of the recent complication with (treat Britain The settlement of the Trent affair has changed j the face of things, and now the advance I of (ten. McClellan will amldenlv become j more general on land and sea. Mr. Russell oh the release of Mason land Slidell?He predicts the overthrow | of the Lincoln Dynasty ?Mr. Russell, in ! l.:? .1.- I 1 ~ t>: -I I ! 1*71 i?*r HI i ii *7 II'IIIUUI l III us nri lite ! question (if the Trent outrage, savs : 'As I write there is a rumor that N(es?rs M ison ami S11 I*? 11 are to lie surrendered. If it he true litis (inverninmtl j is broken tip. There is so much vigilance j of spirit among the lower order* of the i people, and they are so ignorant of every j thing except their own politics and passions, so saturated with pride ami vanitv, that any honorable concession, even in j this hour of extremity, would prove fatal t i :ls authors" [From Kxtra of thu la-dj/er, 9:li inst.J unit... 171-.,: ? i luiinai y cicuuuuAfter our regular iaaue of yesterday liail been I put to pre*#, we received the following imporI tan* Order from the Adjutant General, we pubI lish to,day in Extra. It will be seen that elections, both for Reg' I imciital and Company officers, take place on 1 the same day. We arc informed that Col. Jan. ! II. Wiiherspooii will l>e run for Colonel, nnd I C:,pt. Win. Stevens for Major of the Upper I liattalioii. We have heard nothing definite as to the candidates in the Lower liattalioii. Lieut I Col. J. E. Uutledgo and Capt. A. J. Stewart, have been spoken of. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Adjutant and Inspcelnr-Gcntralx Office, i I'olnmhia. S f!, JiM'iiirv U, IH6J \ UIS\KUAI. OltI)ERS \o. l'7 BY .tiilhorilv of the Mth mid lillh section* of an Act of General A**emhlv. rati ii'd I >? ocuili-r 7. IStil, xl it hereby orrieretl : I That tin-roinuiiaaiona of nil hiicor* of the UegimentN, It.illation*. Squadron* and <'ompniiii-a of the South Carolina Militia, not culled into acton! service, be nod the I i Kniut' nri- iiereuy reeuueo ano vacated, n* [ noon iM nt-? election* have been Iteld l<? till 1 tlie H!iid i.lli fH h ? vacated. II Tli.il I'lrcliiinn ?if Ui'uiinenlul, llal I lalion, Squadron uud Company Orticera, i included in lite above order, be held on | S.\TUIll?AV. I lie lltli dnv of l.iiinary, j IKti'J. and return* thereof made, in nccor ] ilnnce with the provi*ion? of (lie Kill. 10th I and llih neelmiia of *aid Act of Uener.ib j \a*einblv IrcrewiMi piiblmhed. s. u cjist. Adjutant and limped.ir General of S. I' VIII Thai theeoiiini'm-ioiiH of nil oll'lcvr* of Ileal companies,battalion* and irgimenta j ol the militia of thi* Slate, nol ealled into j actual aervice, and IhaM in actual aervice ' when lelieved, he. and the name are herebv, i vncnlt'd an anon an new elediona Can lie had to filI >aid oilier* no vacated, except the volunteer enrpn of the eit v of I 'liarleaton attached to the Fourth Hrigade ; and all volunteer companies in the Slat* not now having the number of ulliccra, lion commix tinned officer* and private* required bv 1 law, except thimj in nclilal aervice or al rendv ordered into actual aervice, lie, and i the name are hereby, dmanlv ed ; and Unit I all perxotiV liable lo do ordinary militia dm i tv under (hi* Act. and patrol dnlv under , the pruv laioim of thin Act, or under anv I Act, ahull be entitled to Vole in all voiiipa I ny. battalion una regimental dtelimix. | X That immeiiialelv after th,v r>., " I ? ?? of tliin Art, it alinll We tile dull' of llie \d jotiint and |ii*i>eelor-C>eiieml, and lie i* heret>v required to i?*uc mi order for election* to fill nil office* in the varum* oompunie* 1 aiid regiment*. battalion* or aqitndroil* of I lie militia of thi* Slate which order aliall We publialied in tlie newapaper* of tin* Stale 1 aiid tWereiipon the commanding officer* of Maid cotp* nluill extend naid order* l*> their reapertive eonimmid* j and *aid election* nl.all be eondui-led in the manner provided i Wy the Militia law* of thi* Slate, and in the . lime recoiled by aaid order, and the manager* of aaid election* aiiail forthwith return the rcault thereof, in writing, to the commandant ot the regiment, who ahull inline diately tranamit u copy of tlie name to the Adjutant and ln*pecior General. XI That the corporate limit* of nnv tow n, containing not le*a thnii five hundred iimr more than two Ihuuaand live hundred inhabitant*, including nlutr* and free per* aona of eolor, nliall conatilute a acpa'ate militia beat ; and it ahull be tlie duty of the Inhnbilaiita'of all aueh town*, corporate, who are liable to militia duty under the proviaion* of thi* Act. to organile themaelvea , into a euinpany, to be attached to the regimanl l~ ? C * mvii nnicn iiHin io#n is situate, nnlcM any such town is divided by regimental lines, in which rase the company therein orgbnixed may elect the regiment to which they shall be attached j and the Companies thus organized shall be subject tu all the provision* of this Act as other militia beat companies. THE DAILY BULLETIN ANQ CATAWBA JOURNAL, rUBLI?HK0 BY E. II - HRITTftm CIIARLuTm, K. C. Th?-ae Paper* (embracing the Tri-Weelt. ty Bulletin) established in (he town of Charlotte N- C. uflotda unusual advantages lo Advertisers tx tl? ai h??me and abroad, aa lhay command a circulating medium of Orrr Thrte Thnytand Cop%et per Week. ?????r % BUSINESS CARDS. KERSHAW CONNOR S . \ ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND I Solioitors in Equity f LANOArflKKVILLK, 8. 0. ?ll uttmi I promptly t<> all IxMiuo** entrusted to tltciti. J It. KKKSII\\V, i W \| 1 ('Hinden. S. C. Lancaster, C. If. 1 | Aujj. 10. 1859. C B NO tTHROP Attorney at Law a AND V MHJCITOK l.\ nqt irv i I Will practice in LaiiCiister mid the neighboring Districts. OFFICE AT I.ANCASTKKVILLH October 21st, lUrtl. ii7?1 y Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN. * I l>4'll11*1, YOkHVII.LK, H. C., ' Otters Ii in Professional Services to the cllo sell* of l-nnvanler Village ami surrounding country AIt'l'lAl< TI'iKTlI inserted mi tioli) ^ I'late, from one to a lull sell. J una I I tli, I >iftn in. I v MEL TOM & WITHERSPOON. ATTUllN Ii V 8 A I' LA \V AND Solicitors ia Squity. i Will practice in Luicitilrr ami tin- nnrfnnn. 4 ding llmtrintH I t'. I) Milton, I II J WiritKK riniN, Chester, .S. tI Lanca>lcr I,' II. 1 I January II Itltjii. -18?tl WILLIAMS Jc ALLISON, j A T T 0 II N L V S A T L A W I AND Solioitors ia Equity. I.ANC \HTKIt. I'. II , s Will practice in the Dialnct of (.aiiot'ler. | Prompt attentiou given tc Collections Mr. Wili.iams may be consiiltcil at Vorkrillc, S. C., ami Mr. Alli?m at Inn oilice in the Court Houho, lit I.;iuc*.?U'r. July "}ih l?ftH ill ?It 1 NOTICIv ~ 4 THE SUBSClUBKltS WII.!- ^ : RECEIVE CONFEDERATE i bT ATE BONDS, I RKASlJRY I NOTES Oil COTTON in VA Y| MENT OF ALL DEB IS DUE I TllEM. KOOPMANN & SUMMERS, Caradeu, S C. Sei.t.-J6U1, IH6I 33. f. ?7.1 UIAVAKI) ! 411 man way from ?here luui them hired, near Oiealer. in June !*?l, our k three Negro IIIUII, \ iz : lilt.I,. 1 a 1 i. *! I :.iul HENRY. ! liill hi.I <iile^ vv?* lionjriii the I4l!i ol |,i?i I November, til Urn ealutit nil.* of Kit U'.n'ii. 1 > 011 llro.id River, in York l>i?l iel. I'o-i. 1 being brother* nu<l having relation* in the neighborhood where we |iore ia*od ttiem. it j 1* more than likeley they have iiiutie llieit ! it 'll' li-nilr -? I ' -* 1 * * ..... ...ivn viiii mil iii'i){iii?>muoii lliil hi about Jii it-art old, 5 I'relb incite* ijfli, will Wfi^ti 150 or lb) pomidt ; it i very lil to U ; ftl'i-r tnirp-d lace, apeaiit I quick when H|)->k?-n to. I (iilct, lii? brother, it about J I VMf* old I 5 feet 9 iucliet iiiyfh ; will wci)?li 160 Ibt it very black, and walk* with lii* bead 141 and feet turned nut in front. Henri, we pureha*ed, Jan I, of Col. C. Itive* 011 the Catawba river lie it jj year* ild, well *i*v. 5 feet 10 inciiet Itiyjli, and will wei.'li 175 p-oind* ; ha* a heavy brow and tpeak* hI-?w I y ; b it Home character a* a runaway .Way >/o to Cimrlealmi or \Vu*h inffloti city, it it hard lelliiio where lie Will K'i at lie i* a ((enlleman of travel They | all ran ort about the tamo time. We will puv 475 reward for the three men; or ?J5 n piece for either of litem de\W e'ed in any J.iil *0 tbiil we can get theiu. I'lieae boy* ntny attempt to make their way North, iA* aoiiitf other* I'roiu llii* place have attempted. IMiIDh Sl dunovant. Ahtf 7. 18bI? it) if. .SOU T II C A It 0 L I N A . LANCAriTKR DISTRICT. (In the Common I'leai ) Dudley M, Uasery.el al. i Declaration vs. > in Samuel Spenre. J Attachment. Whcren* Ilia i'lainiitf did <?n the second day of December 1861, tile hia Declaration against the Defendant, who (aa it is anid) i% absent f.om and without the limits of the Stale, und has neither wilo itof Attorney known within lliuaam*. upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might be served It la therefore ordered tlint the said Defendant do appear and plntd to the said 1 Declaration, on or before the third day of Deceuib'-r 119XI, which will bo in ttie year , of otii Lord one thousand eight hundred and aixly-two, otherwise final judgment wilt tlten be given and awarded u^uxnt him. II J HANCOCK, crk. Dec 4th, 1861 ?43-ly. , THE RICHMOND DISPATCH. BT COWARDIl&HAMM B&SLBY KICUM* ND, VA. Daily Mini-Weekly and Weeklc. TKRMft?CMh in Advance. ? ? ? rpilB DAILY DISPATCH ia served tn JL subscribers at six and guaktks crura Ia wrbk, i>aynbl? to tt(*? Curriwr weekly.? l*rif? for mulling, ft a yvnr, or 9'J 60 for i? month* in ftdvnnro. TIIB MKMI-WBBKI.Y DISPATCH i* i*au?d -xt-ry I?nd KriJay ?t $ J in dvanr x. Tfc J WKEKI.Y DISPATCH i?*ued vary *;:Jay, and uuiltd to ubicrilwra M ?t par annum.