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. ' . . Ille Canaster CeDgcr. 1 _ #2 PER ANNUM SST".Sr:^' IN ADVANCE. ~ ^ 3 /nmilj tail Mitital Sraspaptt?Pmotti! to the 3rta, sritarts, liltcatnct, iflincatinn, Igricultnrt, Satcrnai Suipranimtnts, /orrign anil Bmnastir Xtmt, anil Hit Blarktts. VOLUME X. LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN, 29, 1862. NUMBER 51. . THE LANCASTER LEDGER TnblUhed ?.very Wednesday Horning BY w. M. CONNORS, Editor aii<( proprietor. TERMS: In advance, $2.0C At the expiration of Six Month?, - - - 2.6C At the end of the Year, J.Ot ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at the following low rates One square (of 16 lipes pr less,) ose insertion f 1; or, if continued, 16 cents for the first in aeruon, and 60 cents for each subsequent inser tion. The n,vuaberof intentions must be written oi oich advertisement, or they will he inserted til ordered out and charged accordingly. The following tfediuvlions will be mnde ii favor of standing advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. ] YEAT One Square, $5.00 $8.00 ?10.01 Two " 8.00 12.00 18.0( Three " 10.00 1500 20.01 /Jnlf Column, 16.00 22.00 30.0< One " 30.00 45.00 60.0( Announcing Candidates for Office, Fiv< Dollars. fcSf'CoiuainrycaUpns recpipmonding can didates for office and all others of limited or individual intere-it, charged at advertising "Ales. Obitunry Notices exceeding one s |uaro in length (16 lines) will he charged /or the overplus,nt regular advertising rates frjfif" Tributes of Heaped, rated as adVertismeuts. No paper discontinued until sll arrearages B,c F*1'* From the Charleston Mercury *21st iust. The War on the Seaooast. We get 110 newt of special interest from the Coast. The Savannah papers of vssterday mention that a Federal boat p^rty approached our pickets 011 Skid" way on Saturday night and fired on them. TLe pickets returned the tire-~some twen. Jty or thirty shots being tired ? when the federals retired. It was not known whether they receive^ any ^{image. It was rumored that a considerably number of federal vessels had made their appearance in the neighborhood of Skida way. The Savauuah JVews doubts the re port that the enemy's vessels have quitted Port Koyal. It quotes the following ex tract from a letter written since the al leged departure of '.he fleet: "This evening our pickets report about forty or fifty vessels a few miles from Gregorie's house. What ttiey design to do is all conjecture. They may have been driven higher up than usual by the yjcent bad weather, or the vessels may bs a portion of the Burnside fleet. If ro they may land at two points, Gregorie's bouse and Boyd's, or at Bolau's Hall, and thence advance to take the railroad. But I do not believe that they will inarch ?"? iiwin iiuucr tuior ui wieir guns, unions tliey have an overwhelming force. Il ^hey do lan?l in large numbers we will Jjave time enough to send a force tufli cient to drive then) back to their vessels with the bayonet, which will be freely ured." Gregorie's houso is situated on liroad River some fifteen miles from Port Royal entrance. Boyd's Landing is one of the landings used by the steamers plying be fwgen .Charleston and Savannah, and h en a creek leading from IJroad river s little higher up the river than GregorieV Rolen's is on a navigable branch <> Jiroad river, about nine miles distanl from the Charleston apd Savannah Kail road, and ia the nearest point accessiblt by water to the rail road. All three oi the ahovVJaudings are on the mainland 'PI.a l?^.i Af >1.. i 11o ? ui b Atvfj ni vvi iu-I'wiiuriii ui me New York Cpffimerciul Adiertiur gives tlio following account of the Yankee op orations in the Cotton business at Purl Royal : !'Tbe negioea everywhere in two din tricta are at work collecting, bai'ing and rolling cottdn. Thousands of them havt [>een set at their task, for which they are paid at the rate of a dollar for every hun dred pounds they deliver. They laboui with a.acrily under this unwonted stiinu< lus ; various assistants and clerks hav< been appointed to oversee their per for inances, and though they need to bo con stanlly directed and skillfully managed vet a oood decree of work is really cot ten out of them. This is proven by tb< fuel that, in le^s then threw (ley*, ove $50 000 worth of cotton was put ahoart the steamboat which accompanied Col Nobles ; all this cotton had been baler by the negroes themselvps, and the bag) made by them ; it wqs thep conveyed tc 111o various landings, at no one of which ll. ? a id li a r f Tli0 aimrttt* r\ f Ka /v< MitTlO is t% ** iimii ? ww ou|'|"J vi ynwg having been incomplete nma thousand mid bugs were supplied them, and tliea? |iad to be first placet] in flat boats, then rowed out to the steamer, and agaip removed to the decks, before tbe labors of the blacks were completed. The old drivers were generally retained to find out the hands and bring them up to tbe places where their labor was required. The amount of cotton, taken from each plantation is carefully ascertained, I each bag is marked with the former owp1 er's initials, and an account kept both with tUe estate and with tLe uegros, so I that at any time the Government will Imj j able to compensate any of the owners ( who shall prove to have been loyal. The l ' cotton found on these islands is, as is well 1 known, of a superior quality ; it is worth 50 cents a pound on the island and V5 : cents in New York. It is in ordinary ? times sent almost exclusively to France, . where it is mixed with silk and cotton goods ; its texture is of the finest qualiI ty, and its culture requires the greatest and most constant care. There are im 1 mense quantities of it yet stored in the t cotton houses of these islands ; more ) even has been discovered than was anticj ipated ; at least $3,000.000 worth are ) believed to have been already secured, ) Since the negroes have discovered that f they will be paid for their exertions, they . have brought in sotne that was buried I in the interior, and manifested great care to preserve and obtain aa much as posaii hie. I have heard some instances of their giving warning in advance when their masters or the rebel soldiers com tempi a ted any new burnings. As for the ginning, most of it is to be done in New York : it is the opinion of those who have cli?uge of the work, that it can be learned with ease in a day bv any workman of ordinary capacity, and the labour is by no means arduous. Here it will require engineers and engines, as well as gins, and necessitate a who'e corps of assistant overseers, for the ner gros are utterly incompetent to do any- | tiling without incessant supervision. Claims for Payments Due to Deceased Soldiers. The following circular will be of inter est to the families an<l representatives of the deceased soldiers of the Confederate army. Tkkasckt Dkpaktmknt, 1 Second Auditor's Office, r December 30, 1801. ) It t Oil. AT ION 8 For'the Payment of Claims for Arrears of Pay due lo Deceased Soldiers. 1st. When an administrator is legally appointed, the payment must be made to such administrator, upon his filing in this office the proper certificates of the Clerk under seal of the Court. 2d. Where the amount due exceeds one hundred dollars, administration will be required, otherwise not. 3d. When there is no administrator, payment will be made first, to the wid> ow ; second, to the child or children (or, if minor, t> the guardian producing the proper relifioale under the seal of the] court) ; third, to the father; fourth, to the mother ; fifth, to the brothers and sisters ; and lastly to the general heirs. 4th. The claiming heir must produce his or her affidavit, and that of two die I leresteo persons, stating the relation' i whip, and lliat there is no other person entitled to claim. For instance, if the i claimant be a mother, tho affidavit must i stale that there is living neither wife , cbild, r.or father of the deceased. The f magistrate administering the oath should L certify to the credibility of the witness, and the clerk of the court should certify, $ under s< a', that he is such a magistrate, f Claims, prepared in compliance with . the foregoing intructions, and transmit' j ted to this office by mail, or otherwise, i will receive as prompt attention as the press of business will allow. W. II. S. Tayi.ok, Auditor. I concur in and approve the above, i Lewis Grlckk, Comptroller. I I >ecember 30, 1801. Small Pox. ' By the following extract of a letter re ceived by the editor lest evening, it ap pears that the Yankees, having pro' fessed to give protection to the poor ne3 groes at Hilton Head, while tl ?y can ' ^ m ?ke them work, Are anxious to throw ; ( iein off upon us ng toon as they have ' i loculated them with small pox ! "Wo have a scarcity of reliable news s from the enemy. To day we hear a flag r of truce has reached our camp a'l Port ' ; Royal, from the commander to Gen. Lee. asking the removal of the hundreds ol I negroes who aro dying with the small i pox, and whom he can no ther shelter, feed nor nurse. Alas ! what a commentary upon Yankee philanthropy I It is ' to he hoped our General will not permit 1 these hordes of deceased creatures to re turn to our healthy camp, and thus ent . tail on us the evils and nuisancea that make the Yankees tremble and shrink ffotf) them with horror. "We also learn that some seventy ne groea ran awav from their protection on ?dis($ and threw themselves on the p o' taction of their masters. It is doubtful whether these runaways ought to If ah 1 owed Jo return at all. South Carolinian. I * Capt Hilton's Company- f The following lioll compose tiie r.ames., of the Officers and Privates in Capt. llil- I ton'a Company, lately raised under the | two-thirds basis : m1kl hilton', Captain. | O. C. 1IINSON, 1st Lieutenant. J. M. 15ELK, 2d " !, i James small, 3d ( 1?. Ji. Hancock, 1st Serjeant. | S J Fnnderburk, 2d " \Y 1$ I lit ion, 3.1 M D Ililton, 4th H T William?, 5>h " I G W Futulerburk, 1st Corporal. j T C Hlackmon, 2*1 ' ! J 11 Williams, 3.1 " A W Heath, 4th " j T II CI} burn, Conimia'ry and Clerk. I'lilVA TES. Jas Adams, 1? F Haile, j J W lUackmon, G W Joiner, John A Hiackmon.S L Kennington, W L Faulkner, Jacob Knight, Jnn liaretielij, \* m A1 Knight, j? S J Mowers, E Knight, I Jno Maker, O C Ltney, . J M Maker, Edward McManus, U .1 Mell, U Mclmtley, G II Caldwell, C J Miller, Francis Connell, J as 1'arker, i W M Connell, I'ressley 1'errv, I r I J F Connell, K l'ltinan, N Carnes, \V J l'hihips, Jonas Carnes, J T Koss, \V G CaskeV, 11 11 Rape, j 1 Jno Campbell, M I Kodgera, ! * Chapman Estridge, ,1 T Uodgers, I J W Estridgo, J K liowell, j W M Kslridge, Kliliue Kowell, Minor Estridge, J J Spray, L N Fiinderl'iirk, Jim J Spray, I A S Funderburk, 1' J Siogner, I s< J M Funderbork, W M Small, W W Fonder burk, .1 \V Thompson, I S A Fmcliwr, J W Usher, S K 11 Graham, G N Usher, S J Gamble, W A Vincent, J 1'Gordon, \V 1'Vaughn, a J II Harris, C Walls, j, S II llargett, W M Watts, Calvin Hair, Wylie Watts, A llolden, J Wright, * L H.igler, .1 O Williams, 61 A T W alters. I p The Enemy's Operations in the West? j l' A Change of Plan. The editor of the Memphis A/?/ * <?/ ' Hl thinks the Yankee arinv in Kentucky I has determined to make their grand de | monstratton against Howling Green.? |M Tliey now claim to have one hundred j '' I . . i a ana ten thousand men between thai point anil Louisville, a ml every day in j 0 Creasing the number, and soon expect to ! bare one hundred and fifty to two bun. ' dred thousand. It then says : The original determination of the ene< ' n my to advance simultaneously upon Co lumbus and Bowling Creen? which was probably entertained a tnontii ago? seems, from all we can learn, to be now " abandoned. A veiy startling rumor lots " reached them, and been published in their papers with much nervous appre *' hension, that tho rebels bave been plant iug tbeir torpedos, submarine batteries and various other infernal machines be * tow Cairo in tbe bed of the Mississippi : ' river, and so powerful has been the mar j ' a I effect of tbe intelligence that forth ; with the gun and steamboat pilots deser tod by scores, and the remaining few re> j ' fused to serve in the down river expedi j tion. Hence the probable cause of this | J change of programme from an invasion down (be Mississippi to an expedition up j the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, in ' conjunction witli the land attack on Gen. Johnson. We believe, accordingly, that the llotilla which was being constructed with the view of making New Orleans ! its destination, will now have an eye on i (Jlarksville or Nashville. No atone should be left unturned to confront its advance ; by preparations so foruiidable as to en sure its discomfiture. Sujxratded.? A story is in ciiculation ' that McCiellan has charged Adjutant ; General Thomas with having traitorously made known his signals, which on a re- | cent occasion prevented a grand demom utration on our army of the Potomac. ' Wo observe in the extracts from Nor1 j thern papers that General Setli Williams has been appointed Adjutant General of the army of the United States io place of General Thomas. This give* some color to the statement.? South C'aroli. 1 num. A Con/ettion.?A Lincoln correspon* ' dent of the Chicago Tribune, speaking of the progress of the war, savs : L '"The fact is, the cause of the Union has not progressed one inch, anywhere, but has constantly lost ground every - ' where. It is not in the power of Mr. Seward?in accordance w>th whose ideas the war has thus far bean conducted? i.:. r __ .? .. . I iu |>ui ma linger UH HIP wjnn miem uig cause of the Union hat progressed on* ( inch, either in Europe or in AmericA." ' t Supplemental Instructions for the Collectors of the War Tax. Confederate Slates of America, ) Treasury Department. > Richmond, December 20, 1801. ) Congress having passed an Act, explanatory of and supplemental to the War Tax Act, in pursuance thereof the following instructions are issued to all the collectors and subordinate officers : 1. The assessments of a'.! taxable prop, arty, must, if possible, bo completed by Lite assessors oa or before the first day of January ensuing. Where that cannot he Jone, they shall ho completed as near that date as practicable, and tlio lists diall he made out and banded in to the District Collectors on or before '.he first lay of February, and the District Collectors shall return the lists to the Chief Collectors on or before the first day )f March ensuing. '2 In cases where further time becomes lecessary, by reason of any unforeseen ?xigencr, application must he made to I O . - t . l ' * e ue ^secretary 01 tue l reasury lor an ex.ension. 3. Persons challenging the assessments sill he allowed to do so at any time with* n three weeks from the first day of Feb* iiary next. i. The assessors are required to take lotice of the more distinct definitions nade l?y the supplementary Act ; ai d vhere returns already made do not inhide the taxable property of the tax layer, as set forth in these instructions, lie assessors and cohectors ate required a make a new or amended assessment, ) as to include every subject of taxation. 5. t'asli on hand or on deposit in hank i subject to taxation. 0 Money at interest includes all invest, ten's and also all bills, bonds, notes or ceoiints, which hear interest, ? hellier the iterest be expressly secured by contract r is payable only by implication of law. nd without any inference to tho consid* ration. Money invested or used in the urcliasc of securities must also he r?irned ; and where the securities belong > a non-resident, they must ho returned nd the tax paid by the person in posi ssion oi having the same under control, * -i-i i. i ne securities taxed nre t<? I>o as ?ssed by the assessor at their real value ke other property, Recording to the bent vidcr.ee tie can procure,and the tax pav* r's atVidavil inav be received a* evidence, n case any recuritie* are established to ie worthless from llie insolvency or total natality of tlie debtor to pay, thev shall lot be included in tbe assessment. 8. The merchandiz t to l?e taxed etnbra es such as belongs to any non resident ?hich may be in the bands of anv agent, ittornov or consignee ; and such agent, ittomev or consignee is made liable to tturn tlie same and pay over tbe tax lue thereon. 9. No agricultural products are to be lousidered exempt from taxation, except uch as are in tlie bands of tbe producer. >r held for bis account in the bands of lis factor or agent. 10. 'fne Chief Collector in any State which lias assumed, or shall assume, the }>a\ uient of the War Tax, may dispense with the bonds of the District C??dectors, f not already taken, and shall notify the Secretary of the 't reasury thereof. Tbe District Collectors shall proceed to ap point assessors, and tbe assessments be made, returned and collected in all res jipcis ha mow r <11?11?*11 in law, ho that Llic results may t>u adjusted mid made known lo tin Stalea in duo time to enable them to HVHil themselves of (lie priv ilege of paying the same on or before the first day of April ensuing, ami in al nicti cases the several ofiicers w Iioh? legs B ompensation may be flit otV l>y sucli payment.* by tin; State, may reasonably expect frotn Congress an equitable eqniv alatit, 11. each Chief Collector will lie al lowed a snflibent sum to pnv for ?ucl reasonable office runt, clerk hire, station' ory and contingencies as lie may actually be required to pay ; but no such pay ment will be allowed unlets the collector) shall submit beforehand an estimate t( the Secretary of the Treasury of the a mount which he w ill probably require foi these particulars. 12. In case any attempt be made tc remove any property suliject to the '<Vai l'ax, It tit a 11 l>e the duty of any collectoi ir assessor to seize the same, ami give notice to the collector of the L>iairict in which the tax should he paid, and such jollector shall take possession of the same Jnder the lien created by the law, and tause such legal measures to be taken by litlreu, sale or otherwise, a? are rrquii tile lo procure tiie payment of tlie tax. 18. In e??e any country, town or dierict, or any part thereof, ia occupied by be public enemy, or hat been so occ ] pieil hs to occasion destruction of crops ii i or property, the Chief Collector of the o ! Stale shall notify the Secretary of the t i Treasury thereof, and shall certify the ? ; facts proper to form a judgment as to the ? ability of such county, town, district, or part thereof, to pay the War Tax. c C. G. Mkmmisokr, s Secretary of the Treasury. s An Act i To provide for the jxiymcnt by trie Stole ,! of the \lrar Tox of the Confederate r Stotes, and for the collection of the i I same from the tax jxiyers in thit State, j ' ]. lie it enacted by the Senate and < House of Representatives, now met and I sitting in General Assembly, and by the ! I authority of the same, That when the i t ! Chief Collector <>f the Confederate States I c for South Carolina shall have completed ' L. . , . . . .. i. uie assessments ana iax returns in mis c I State, and the aunt total of tlie said War c i Tax payable by the people of the State 0 shall be made known, it shall be the du- a ty of the Treasurer of the Ix>wer I)ivia- t ion and the President of the Hank of the <J State of South Carolina, to deduct from <1 j the sum total of the Tax as aforesaid ten | I per centum, a? provided bv the act of I 1 Congress of the Confederate Stales, ami j s I to pay the amount of the residue thus ^ ascertained into the Treasury of the Con- j u j federate States in such manner as the u j Secretary of lite Treasury of theConfed- j u I ern'o States may direct, on or immedi- d J a'.elv before the first day of April, one / / | thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, j b ; as fixed by tbe act of Congress aforesaid, i t> | or such other day as may he appointed j ! hv authority of the Confederate Stales, j 1 II. Tliat to provide the funds to pay o ! tlitt f fl * ItfiiriVtiMi.l llisa Truutnrur ll?a i J* | Lower Division and the President of tin- j o | Dank of tiie Slat* of South Carolina are a : hereby Hutliorizeii and directed to borrow a j an amount of monev equal to the net t< | in in of nai<i tax, ami to pledge the faith g : ami funds of tile State of South Carolh b 1 ua for tiie payment of the said loan and ; d the interest to accrue thereon ; and joint* ' ly to sign, on behalf of the Slate, the 1 ft j contracts made for the Haid loan. j p | ill. That it h!ia!i ho the duty of the 1 n Treasurer of the Lower Division and tiie j h I President of the Lank of the State, on ti | making payment of the tax an a'nresaid, 1 I to procure from tiie chief Collector of tiie * i Confederate States, the books containing I the tax return* for the said War Tax, of i all the tax districts in South Carolina, and to distribute and deliver tbe same to " ibe eerersl Tax Collectors of tbis State. IV. That eacli Tax Collector shall ex ecute bis bond, witb three good sureties, to l>e approved and deposited as bonds of l ax Collectors are now required by law, in a sum equal to the amount of the gen- ' eral tax for his collection district for the j year one thousand eight hundred and sixty one, which said bonds shall he executed and depoaite I with the proper officer Ml or before tbe lirst day of April next. And in case any Tax Collector aball lad to execute bis bond, in manner aforesaid, by tbe time aforesaid, the Gov: ernor is hereby author 'zed and required j to appoint a Collector in the place of tbe I 1 i.:~_ ' < in* uuncviui >w iiihmhk oeiauu ; ai.u l!ie person to appointed shall execute his j 1 ' bond, in three times the amount of the : general tax of lu? Collection District for j the >ear last preceding his appointment, with three good sureties, to he approved | and lodged in the proper office, as now ' required by law of Tax Collectors, within j 1 j (wo weeks after the date of his nppoint< 1 j meni, and before he enters upon the Ju* J ties of his olllce. 1 | V. That it shall be the duty of the \ ' i Tax Collector to open their books to re- i ' ceive payment of the said War Tax, on j a day not later than the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ' sixty two, and lo keep them open until the last day of July following, inclusive, , and to give notice of the same, in the 1 same manner as in the collection of the 1 I .< .1.- ij... - ? . i -? I imen ui me otnte. /*nu ill IHX'payer* who ahull make payment on or before the 1 auid laat day of July, shall be entitled to 1 h deduction of five per centum from the ' amount of their lax ; and the Tax CoU | lectors are hereby authorized and requin " r ' ed to make the aaid abatement. i VI. That it ahull he the duty of the , ' Tax Collector to re'open their hooka on r the fifteenth day of October, one thou# ' (and eight hundred and aixty two and | ' k<-ep them open until the fifteenth day ( 1 of November following, giving the same ' Dublic notice aa before to ili? <?? 1 en of ftiicli peinone ft* roey noi loivo pnid on or before the l**t <Uy of July efore aaid : Provided, That no abatement shall b< made of the full sum iutM?d of the taxes to be paid, during the second open* ' inp of the hooka, ft* herein provided. VII. Tlmt the Tax to he 'evied end ' collected, m aforesaid, sha'l he the 'am* I n amount, and in lieu of l!io War Tax if the Confederate Stales levied under be act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the issue of Treasury No'es ind to provide a War Tax for their re' lemption," approved the nineteenth day >f August, one thousand eight hundred ind sixty one, and the Tax Collectors hall collect the same in conformity with he returns and amounts set forth in the rooks of Tax Collectors of the Confedeate States, furnished tlieui by the Trees iror of the Lower Division and the I'res"lent of the Lank of the Stale of South Caroline, as hereinbefore provided. VIII. That the compensation to he ab owed to Tax Collectors for the collecion of the tax aforesaid, and tlio disburse of all the duties prescribed in this \ct, shall be as follows, to wit : Two per lentum on the first ten thousand dollars if the sums collected, and one half of ?ne per centum on the remainder of the aine : Provided, That in no case shall he compensation be less than three bunIred dollars nor more than six hundred lollars : And Provided, That the cornIt-Iisation of the Tax Collectors for the 'arishes of St. 1' lilip and St. Michael iiall be two thousand dollars. IX. That returns shall be made as isoal by the T?x Col'ectors to the Treasi irer of the Upper Division and the 1 reasirer of the Lower Division, within thirty lays after the lespective duties in this Let mentioned fir the closing of the looks, and the moneys collected paid inj the Treasury within the same time. X. That the Treasurer of the Lower Tvision and the President of the llank f the State of South Carolina are herey authorized to draw from lite Treasury f the Slate a'd sums deposited therein s the produce of the War l ax aforesaid, nd apply the same, as it may he paid in, t the gradual reduction and final extiniiislnnent of the loan made by them, otb of the principal and interest of the eht. XI That all existing penalties and foiUlures imposed by law, and all other revisions made by law (or the enforcetent of the collection of Slate taxes, are ereby adopted and applied to the colleci ion of taxes under this Act. and the said axes shall lie navahle in the medium rrovided l>y law for the payment of itatO tHXO*. General Beauregard's Report. The Richmond K'rami iter of l r day ays: We learn that there hat been a sharp ind prolonged controversy in secret sea >ion of Congress on the topic of General Iteauregard's report of the Battle of Malassas. It will he recollected that a porioo ot this report was displeasing to ['resident Davis, who we now learn, sent the document into Congress, sccompanod by cominents of It in own on some of ts preliminary passages. The orJer aventually taken by Congress was to have the document published, after ex purging the preliminary portion of it, and hI*i> Il.o comments of tlie President therein. We leHrn that x number of members urged the publication of '.be antiie report, with the President's Message, on the ground thai injustice taai done to (Jeuural Beauregard in publish ing as his repoit what was not really ini report, and for the purpose of convincing the public ihhi the controversy, at shown in the pHpert, to fur from being a teriour one, was of the most trivial description As the report, in its present expurga ted form, has been deprived of its mam points of popular inteiesl, and merely narrates what is more than a thrice told tale?(he order aud incidents of the battle?it would be ueeless to burden out columns with it. From Richmond. Richmond, January 18. ? Kx 1'resident John Tyler died during last night. The flags on the Capitol are displayed at hall mast in respect to his memory. Sunday, January 10.?The remains ol Px 1'resident John Tyler are now lying in in .?? 11 - II ! n aiN.? mi mo unii %jI V/UU^rvM. The funeral will (eke place lo morrow, when the eulogies will be pronouuced.? The bodv will be buried in Liolly Wood Cemetery, by the ride of the grave o| James Monroe. The statement published to the effect that the Gludtalor had arrived, and also another, that (ten. Van 1) ?rn had been eriouely injured by a fall front In hone, are both untrue. T>>? Col ton Crop of 1802.?The ootton planters of Natchitoches parish, have in public meeting resolved, that no planter, no matter what may be his force, should plant or rais* more than Ore bales of c >tton, of 600 pound* eecli, in )80'i, unlet* ib? blockade i* r?i*od before llie fir*t of March, octt. BUSINESS CARDS. KERSHAW \ CONNORS. " ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solioitors in Equity. LANOASTKRVILLE, it. V. Will attend promptly to all business ' entrusted to them. I J. B. KERSHAW, | W. M. CONNORS. - Camden, S. C. Lancaster, C. II. I Any. 10, 1859. C B NORTHROP. Attorney at Law AND SOLICITOR l\ KQVITV.s Will practice in Lancaster an<l the neighbor"4 ing Districts. OFFICE AT LANOASTKKVILLE. October 2lit, 1861. 37-ly Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN, Keiitlviil Surgeon Doulial, YOKKVII.LK, 8. C., "j OlTvra his I'rofesaional Service* to tlie citizens of latncnaler Village nnd mirpouuding country. i A D'I'ILM/'| . | : .. .1 P. II W n iv I 11" tv. *"i i> itiruii iiiaviicu i?i <iviu \ I Plate, from one to a full aetl. 1 June lltli, 185H 1 HELTON & WITKERSPOON, ATTORN li V S AT LA \Vr and Solioitors in Equity. Will practice in Ijincastor mid lite surrounding Districts. I C. I). mki.to.n, I It J WlTHF.ItSPOOK, ' Chester, S. ('. I [jaiicnnter t*. II. Juniinry II, lUfiJ. 4K?II. WILLIAMS dc ALLISON, A T T 0 It N E Y & A T L A W and Solioitors in Equity. I.ANCASTKK, C II , S C. Will practice ill llie District of Lancaster. Prompt attention given to Collection*. Mr. William* may be coiiNtilteii at Vorkville, S. 0., nml Mr. A i. Li no* at Iiia office* in the Court House, ut Lancaster. July Ttli 1MA8. Jl?tf SOU T II C A R 0 L I N A . 1 LANCAST ER DISTRICT. {In the Common Pleat ) Dudley M. Uasery.el nl. t Declaration v?. > in Samuel Spenre. J Attachment. Wherea* the Plaint ill" did on the second day of December file his Declaration aguinat the Defendant, who (as it is Maid) is abseut from nnd without ihc lunila of the Slate, and has neither wife n<?r Attorney rnivn ii wiuiiii UIB mime, II ri wimtil a copy of (lie said Declaration miglit be nerved. It in therefore ordered that the Haiti Defendant do appear and plead to the naid Declaration, oil or before the third day of December next, which will bo in the year of oni Lord one thousand eight hundred nnd sixtv-two, other* i?e tinul judgment will then bo given uitd awarded ugaiiiil him. II J HANCOCK, CCk. Dee. 4th, 18i?l.? 43-ly. 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