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ght flmraster frtger. I 1 ?1\ .A. JNf U jM Tnm to (he l'reM?Its teeming Sh?'?>u nurvov, r D,? wilh ih? woi?d?r? of eucli panln| daj. IN AJDVAN( 'g aMifail JBtmipqpt Btmrttfr t? tj)t aril, &ritntn, ritttatnn, ?ht?tin, 3gtirnlt?rt, 3atrrnal Smprnntmrnti, /trrigi suit Bomtitir Man, nni tlji jBarkrti. I VOLUME XI, LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB., 18,1868. ^(UTM B K I; 1 ' ^ THE LANCASTER LEDGER! Published every Wednesday Morning BY W. M. CONNORS, Editor and proprietor. TERMS: ;In advance, - - - $2.00 At the expiration of Six Months, .... 2.60 .At the end of tho Year, .......... S.00 ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at the following low rates: One square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $1; or, if continued, 76 cents for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent insertion. me number 01 insertions must bo written on csch advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. The following deductions will be made in ifavor of standing advertisements: 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR One Square, 85.00 $8.00 ?10.00 Two ? 8.00 12.00 16.00 Three " 10.00 15.00 20.00 Half Column, 16.00 22.00 30.00 One " 30.00 45.00 60.00 Announcing Candidates for Office, Five Dollars. (jgfCommunications recommending can. .didales for office and all others of limited .or individual interest, charged at advertising rates. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length (16 lines) will be charged for the overplus,at regular advertising rates l-#r 'J 'ributes of Respect, rated as adVertismenta. No paper discontinued until all arrearages aro paid. COMMUNICATIONS. (FOR TIIK LANCASTER LEIX1KR.J No VI. Whatever notions may prevail about the expediency of a separation between the Government, and the money power, as it is called; they should have no ap p!icat:on when the public necessity re quires the sovereignty of the State to be ealled into active existence. Those powers which are ordinarily exerted by the .Government, are not then sufficient.? When the life of a State ia endangered, the wholo power of the community must be exerted, and should be unlimited.? Whatever danger may be apprehended < by the people, in regard to their internal < organization, it can never be equal to < that of thejloas of their political existence, < by subjugation to others. In a word, this ' risk is the condition of all human society ; 1 and it is idle,?mere utopianism?to cav. i .11 at the imperfections of our nature, or pretend to devise, for our republic, any other scheme of practical political sovereignty freedom and independence. When the trial comes, men must trust to the .Divine Founder of the social order, and in their own virtue, and intelligent vigi lance. It may be that when the common .opinions, about the "circulating medium," .which so generally prevail, shall have ;been examined, it will be found that it . does not deserve the title of money; whose place and name it has usurped : and that the power it exercises, is alike injur rious to the people iudividually, and to their essential sovereignty. At present, -hawever, it will be enough to demonstrate , the serious evils of the present money system, as it is called, in the perilous siti . UAtion o( the Southern (JonfeJeracv. The States need men, And the mAterii a!s of war ; in a word, the labour of one portion of their people, and a vast amount of the productions of the labour of the .remainder. Indeed, it may require all the services of the entire people, except so inuch as, with close economy, may be necessary for sustenance. To concentrate, and employ our physical and material iforce, the Government must have money. ,Jt isauee interest bearing bonds, re* , .definable after a series of years; the , value of which depends upon the credit i of the State, or its ultimate ability to , maintain its political form. It should | never be forgotten that on this credit of , the Stale, depends the real value of the , life of every citizen, and of every species j of property within its domain. Ilence ' .that credit is the true standard of value , throughout the Slate. Whatever expen r]ittire thfi defence of the Stale may cost, is so much to be deducted from the real ,value of everything in the State, at the commencement of the war. The amount of that expenditure, and its proportion .to the value of the whole, can only be ascertained at the termination of the war. Uuder the present financial system, the bonds of the State are offered for sale to those who control the circulating medium. It is exchanged at a discount, perhaps ( ten or fifteen per cent. That medium, which we call money, is i only the. exponent of the credit of those < who issue it ; for it is the evidence of | their indebtedness. In other words, tbs t .indebtedness of the State. bearioor inter. I i mt, ia exchanged, ?t a diewent, for tU ,j ,j,od?b:Aido?? of olh?r?, wilhoAt i alar eat i :'J I The money lender's credit depends on the , credit of the State; for of what value is j all that he has, if the political existence j of the Stato be destroyed ! The euor j mous paper issue in a period of war, is : confessedly based on the loans of the Government; and yet the credit of the inferior is exchanged for the credit of the superior, with large profit to the inferior ; thus reversing the order of reason, and affronting common sense. Further, as the expenditure of the Stale increases, its sacrifices increase ; and the profit of tli? money lenders multiplies itself in fearful proportions. Iu fact, the money lenders gain from the public loss, j if the State proserve itself : and if it per? I lsiios, mo money lenders, being only cili zens, personal or corporate, have a common loss with the rest of the community. This is incontestable ; unless it be that the mcnev lenders are not a part of the whole. If this be bo, there is an end of the unity of society, which the definition of a State imports. It is needless to embarrass the subject, by considering the extension of this system of exchange of credit, beyond the sphere of the Confederacy ; for foreign paper money has no circulation ; and whatever price Stale securities may bring abroad, the exchnngo is the subject of speculation on one side, and necessity on the other. Jt would bo ruinous, and im peril our ultimate independence. The Bank paper in circulation, which has almost entirely superceded money, as the measure of value, in the commerce of men, is simply the evidence of the debts .1... k. .!.- 1j--1- .. .1 uuo i>> mo uBiiko, iu mo muuuuuinous holders of their paper. Its sphere of operation extends no further than the credit of the Banks ; and instead of that sphere being at extensive as the commerce of so* cietv,?as the measure of justice, or of val ue, between roan and man in society, should be,?each Bank has its own sphere of credit, dependent on innumerab e circumstances, which none can define i or comprehend. Tims it happens that the i measure of commerce becomes unsettled i lod ever fluctuating ; and men trade with < one another, as they would do if there i were no standard of weights and meas i ures. The material value of this paper i money is inappreciable, and its circulation i depends wholly on uncertain, ever vary- ' ing human opioion. A great deal has been written, and more said, about lite basis of this artificial unsubstantial representative of tbe measure of value ; and for a long time after its introduction, ila use was recom mended by its convertibility, at tbe will of the holder,into money,which is the real catholic measure of value. This univer ally received money, or measure, was gold and silver, certified by the stamp of ome recognized sovereignty ; which aim ply showed how much of these precious inelals was contained in each piece, so certified or stamped, and denominated coin. Hence its name money, from monto, to shew : for the stamp which converts the metal into coin, shows its real value; and where the sovereignty is acknowledged, the coin circulates as ihe measure of value. Hence too, the infamy of adulterating coin; for it is an act of injustice, perpetrated by falsehood. From thin first departure from the siin pie truth, we have piogressed so far, that the medium circulates without its hasis. It is like an inverted cone, with nothing but an imaginary point to stand upon.? These pretended measures of value need a measure ; and in each State there are a confused crowd of Hanks, with no | standard among themselves. The bank ing system, within a few years past, has ceased to depend on the convertibility of the paper medium into coin, at the will ; of the people ; although its early advo' I cates pretended that the use of specie, as ' , its basis, was its essential characteristic, i They went so far as to say that by with* i drawing the precious metals from circu- i lation as money, a portion only would be ! i needed for the basis of Hank paper ; and i the residue would be added to the avail- i able wealth of the community. Now, howeter, the portion ao reserved can be i dispensed with, and at cycles, diminish' ' ing in circumference at each periodical I revolution, an irredeemable paper cur I rency, without any standard, is recom i mended as the proper measure of value. This condition nf l<? I ? ?. una Mk < been established bv Ihw ; and the confu- i * lion has thus become worse confounded. < It might be interesting to trece lliis t lingular result, in our age,?so boastful j of its enlightenment end civilization, and \ political wisdom,?to the departure from j the anient and venerable maxium that t money?at the measure of value?should < not,beer interest, but it would be too i much of aeiigresrion at this lime. It is i 1 quite unnecessary ; for the lianks, everj where, claim this very exemption fron interest, as the prerogative of their indeb i tedues* ; and their issue of the evidenci | of that indebtedness?which people us< ] as money,?is circulated among its hold j ers, without interest. Thus the old trull still lives, and thoso who sco(V at it as at absurdity, practically acknowledge it, ii the business of every day life. Most o the fallacies among men aro propagate< under the cover of the stealthy use o wcrds, diverted from their legitimate j meaning : the bastard Hank paper is nov : known as ninnnr- and er?in ,,ilf..r<>.t nf ?. title, is exiled or imprisoned in vaults under the insignificant and inappr?priat< name of specie. Gold and silver, like diamonds, and I other jewels, have much value in sraal compass, and being easily removable, re treat before the approach of violence.? They abound where justice and law art firmly established, and sovereignty is un disturbed at home and abroad ; ? that ii in the calm of peace. War and intestin ed disorder banish them from communi t:es, which they afflict. They fly away on the wings of peaceful commerce ; 01 thev hide themselves in holes and cor. ners, in miser's chests, or old ladies stock ings. They are like our deceased friends, and "the places that knew them once, know them no more." It may be expedient to consider some of the practical results of this system by way of illustration. Hank psper is issu ed in exchange for the promissory notes of borrowers; whose credit, depends on the estimate placed upon it by the direci tors of the Hanks ; and that?setting aside all other motives affecting {heir con' duct?rests on their judgment of the val ue of the property of the borrowers, or the judicious use they shall make of their loans. The loan once made, the Hanks have no further control of the expendi lure. As the poet sage has written, bor rowing "dulls the edge of husbandry!'; tnd ?a the paper money, by which all ralues are to he measured, is first expew led, upon its issue, by the borrowers, it is manifest that, as a whole it will not be rpent, or thrown into circulation, with the most prudent economy. 1' judicious speculations and extravagance are promoted. The borrowers compete with tire rest of the community in the markets of commerce for every commodity, and thus high prices are paid,?higher titan they could or should bring if money were if self a material of intrinsic worth, and were coufined to its strictly legitimate use, as the measure of real value. Property of every description rises iu valuation, wliilo the sad truth is that it has only become exposed to waste and mist management in the hands of the impru dent ; who are tempted, and encouraged by the facilities of borrowing : and are thereby enabled to outbid the economical. The inevitable result is that property ?l, . 1 1. C .1-- ' > - vuni>?ca unmn iium W>0 CltreiUI lO U)?' careless; and, however few or many ex ceptions they map happen to be, amonp a community yet as a whole, there must he waste and consequent impoverishment in proportion. Again it is said that the value of gold and silver is lost to the community to the extent of its use as money: "Argsl," as that astute logician, the grave digger in Ilamlei might any, the less money in circulation the belter for the community. True, if wood were scarce men might use as fuel all superfluous yard sticks : and so with iron and lead and copper for weights. It ia sheer nonsense The primary value of gold and silver is their use as money, ft is actual wealth, more portable than the consumable goods and productive land it represents. It can be exchanged for the former in foreign countries; and therefore its possession does add something really valuable to the community, to be enjoyed at the will of the holder. Whatever amount of real money may he among a people, more than is alxmlutely necessary for the ex changes of trade, is valuable as a reserve; wnicn prurient men Keep snout litem to meet the contingencies of social life.? l'h ft I is its use ; and it is not unprofitable, [>ecause not loaned out at interest; and thereby risked in the hnnds of some bor, rower. However, let the proposition be conce led ; then it follows that the greater the imount of the circulating medium,rerpiir, kl for the public to settle their business ransactions, the more they will loose by is employment. Tbis is unfortunately oo (rue in respect to the issue of Bank ?eper money. For, independently of tlie sxlrsrsgance end wane already noted,? iter lending to, and requiring expansion, ind causing instability,?it consists of tlie lebt of tlie Banks to tlie public, oft which j j no interest is due; in excliAngo for which, i ?dollar for dollar,?they receive discount . first, and interest afterwards, from the 9 | loans, on which their issues were made. 9 ! It it amazing to consider the cost of ! this much admired currency, the inven* i I tion of modern times; and the peculiar i | glory of the people of that wonderful an j 1i | otnaly, no* perishing with the contempt f'j of the world?the United Slates of Amer- i ] j ica. For every million dollars of this | f i currency, in circulation, that people paid, j ( at least, an annual tax of six per cent, r | equal to sixty thousand dol'ata The fun ? i liter analysis of this strange system would . , i require the heroical patience and perse' J 5 j verance o( Theseus ; with the thread of j j Ariadne, to pursue the Minotaur into its I lahyrinthian perplexities; tlie courage I and strength of Heroines, to encounter I the multiplying heads of tho prolific Ily l dra ; and would he aa disagreeable as ? tho dissections of an anatomical room. The gravity of one of its political evils t requires another glance. If nations foster this system l?y using it for obtaining the means of carrying on Government, /*nd conducting war, they become dependent; ar.d lose their self sustaining Sovereignty; and with it fades away the freedom of the people. Do we not know, although rlio banking system is more restrained in Eu rope than in the American States,that trie i haughty autocrat of Russia, who is both high priest and monarch of tuore than sixty millions of people; tho sagacious Emperor of France with the grandest ar* my of Christendom ; and tho proud mis tress of the seas, aie all enslaved by their dalliance wan ine Siren : ? UiHt Uie money power, whose neat of empire is in no fixed place, but like tlie evil spirit i* eve ry where, embarrasses the action of ihese i potentates, and controls the destinies of their people :?that all Christendom lies humbled at the faet of one family which detests and execrates the Iucariiato God of its adoration. In the hands of the Rothchilds n?o the reins, w ith which they j drive the nations to war, or curb them to ' I peace. We have no internal dis.'ord in oui i ' well o;garizeJ S"Ulhera States, and we have no cause to apprehend any, but we are in a war fur political existence: w hich, ( while it banishes the money of peace and commerce, does not diminish the elements 1 ( of our power. Men, had tlieir I %bour , and its fruits are still in the State; and J i the people are only the more consolidated by the external pressure of the war. The ^resl problem then for solution is, ' how shall the rea. elements of our power be combined and exerted to conduct ike war with vigour. Let us at once realize our position, and not permit ourselves to bo embarrassed by the habits and fortnu laries.the usages and instruments of peace In a word, "the plough share and the reaping book must be turned into swords," to use the strong symbolic language of poetry. CAMILLU9. I.ancastcrville, January 23d, 1862. Iieaxitics of the Stuy Laxo.?A wrier in the Kaieigh Standard gi.es the fol | lowing instances of the working of the Stay Law:? ' Only yesterday, a man refused to pay j his hotel bill upon the ground that the ' j collection of it could not be forced by law, whereupon the creditor felled the I party to the ground with his fist, and ! , forced him hv .<?>. J I """" ?" I"V i the debt. This atfair give* rise to a crirn inal prosecution some day, and possibly to a civil suit for damage*. Laat week, one party went and forcibly ejected a man and his family from a house and premises, tho possession of which was unjustly detained and refuted upon the ground that the remedy was distant /? ; This give* rite to three or four suit*. In an adjoining county the most violent outrages have been committed upon a public officer for simply doing hit duty under the art. These offences are not \ isolated and few in number?they are frequent, and give cause for serious alarm to every good citizen. And the fear is ) too well founded that this act gives such unrestrained license to offenders against criminal and civil justice, that in the end . it wjll ha extremely difficult to restore or I del. harmony and a due observance of the law." Spoilt from the Lincoln Fleet.? With j in the IhaI few day* a large quantity ol J | wrecked material, consisting of block*, , spars, Ac., have been picked up in and ' near this harbor. These articles hare I undoubtedly come from the Lincoln alone i tleet aunk nenr thia port, nod which the i winda and wavea have been gradually breaking up. Many of the amaller apeci* 1 mens are being distributed over the city, I and will in lime be among the curioeiliea , r\f ilia T ina/,1 > ? ? *1 " I* ? ? * * 1 VI ma MIHWMI W ni , H II(J VIIII r rs U1HI irS more valuable are being told by tbe 1 wrecker#.? Charlnlon Courier. I 9 [>S>p?c<a/ Corrcapond- nct of th* Philadelphia. ln</uirrr. ) The Barnside Expedition. Forthkss Monuor, January 27, 18C2. On Saturday night, tlio 11th 01 Jnnu ary, 1862, the Burnside Expedition nailed from Hampton Roads, and as it moved out of the harbor in the bright iuoon> light, it seemed to bespeak in its grandeur and apparent perfection, the most magnificent results. Fortune (seemed to favor the efforts of the accomplished commander and his brave soldier*, during the first few hour's sail. The Capes were made under steam and a gentle breeze. The waters of the Atlantic were quite calm. Sunday morning found the awiltest steamers in sight of Hatteras light, and many were over the bar at Hatteras Inlet by dusk. On the others came, until the morning dawned, when Gen. Burnside determined to May to" until the arrival of Commo (lore Goldsborough, in the steam ship 9. It. Spaulding, accompanied by the nec* I essarv gunboats, pilots, die. During Sunday morning a storm gath | ered and the wind blew a terrific gale from the Northeast, with a severity only knowr. in the region of Hatteras. Fortunately for the fleet, as a whole, it had got inside of the bar at Hatteras Inlet, which served as a slight breakwater a. gainst the billows of the ocean, and in an ordinary storm of reasonable duration, vessels would be safe while lying here to a great extent. But the gale blew with such violence that upon two separate oc casions, during two whole" days and nights, no communication could be had from one vessel to another. The S. R. Spaulding arrived on Mon day, about noon, having had heavy weather, and placed Commodore Goldsborough on board of the steamer Philadelphia. Having taken on a considerable amount of freight at Fortress Monroe, for Port lloyal and Beaufort, it was necessary for the Spaulding to proceed thith. sr, and she accordingly landed her Hat teras fre:ght and mails, and went steaming otT, leaving the fleet, as overv one [bought, to ride out the storm in safetr. More vessels arriving Ml the Inlet beonging to the expedition, it was deemed xpedient to take the gunboats and light 1 r is ft vessels through the Inlet, the 'swash"channel, and into Pamlico Sound. This work was nearly accomplished when .he storm came on with inereased vioence, anil it was impossible to bring the pilots from the transports into the Sound. It was at this tune, Wednesday, the 15th inst., that the gunboat Zouave, one uf the stauncbesl vessels of the fleet, dragged her two anchors, and wsi dashed against the beach wi.h such force that a large hole was nove in her, and site filled rapidly* An attempt was made to pump the vessel, hut with little sue cess, and her battery and ammunition, with ballast and stores, were cast over board, but the water gained rapidly, and the crew found it necessary to abandon the ship and take to the life boats ? These men were all aaved.bul the Zouave sunk, and it is presumed went to pieces. The water, store, hospital and other i ships stood out some miles at sea, nn?l many were no doubt saved thereby.? Some of these vessels have arrived in the Inlet safe, And others were arriving when the steamer Eastern City left. The steamer City of New York arrived at the Inlet on Wednesday. She Irfi Fortress Monroe with the bomh boat Grapeshol in '.ow, but in consequence of tbe heavy sen, the hawser parted near the ateru of the steamer, and the canal boat sunk soon after. Two on board of the latter are said to have been drowned. The Old Hay steamer Pocahontas left Fortress Monroe on Monday, the 13th inst., having on board a cargo of water, nirety horses belonging to tbe Fifth Hhode Island, and the horses belonging to the several staff officers, some of wbicb were valued at tfiOO each. Beside* this, she bad a considerable quantity of bay, oats and beans on board. When opposite Ilatleras Light, on Wednesday, she went ashore accidentally, and in a short time was a total wreck. Only fifteen of the horses were saved. The c*ew of the vessel were landed in safety on the beach, and came to For treaa Monroe in the Eaatern City. The alearoer City of New York?one of the fineat in the fleet?got aground on the Swaali har, and ilia feared will be a total lea*. The aoffering on board tbia veaeei waa terrible. Her valuable cargo will of court# bo loet. She waa loaded with ehot, ahell, am* munition, ordinance and flteen hundred new riflee. The captain, crew and adldiera on board of thia veaael were reacued, after remaining many hour* in the rigging without food or water. The steamer Louisiana ia also hard a shore on the inner bar, but on Sunday afternoon wher. the Eastern City lef J Ilatteras it was thought she might bi | got off when sufficient (ngs arrived. Thi splendid steamer New Brunswick rai i into the Louisiana, and is also agroum near by, but will be got off. The scene presented at the time of th< disaster was truly heartrendering, anc language cannot picture it. The roldiars on hoard llin Imninnrt manned the yards and rigging?thi boisterous waves meanwhile broke ove the hulls beneath?and cried aloud fo help. At one time twenty vessels were seer riding in the gale, with their flags unior down, as a signal of distress, but as tin best life boat could not live in the roar Ing waters no assistance could be ren dered. In consequence of the non-arrival o the water boats and storealiips, watei and food became scarce, and the soldieri had to eat raw beans for three days, and caught the water they got to drink ir their hats, in pans, tubs, buckets, etc. Commodore Ooldsborough was at tacked during the violent atorm with * fit of rheumatic gout, which completely disabled him for active duty, and ho said Ire could not depeoa upon the volunteer naval officers. At one lime the gigantic old Commoi dore arose from hia lounge, and asked ^ A 1 : ? t. . ~ A?- rr e who nimiKiHy in spare ms aunerings 101 a few minutes for tbe sake of his deal country. Gen. llasnside was ubiquitous ; he was everything every where. With nothing to distinguish hiin but his yollow belt, in his blua shirt, slouched hat high boots, he stood l;ke a sea god, in the bows ol his light boat speaking every vessel, and asking affectionately about the welfare of the men. His master mind lost nothing in this time of terror. Suddenly lesrning that the troops were suffering for water, he made the beach Dear Port Clark and directing the work of the condenser there, he succeeded in preparing the sea walei for drinking at the rate of three hundred gallons an hour, and the sun had acarce Iv aet Monday week when he had tlx fleet supplied. At one time he was hogged to take ome rest, but this he refused to do, ex claiming, "The contractors have ruined me, but God holds ute in his palm, and all will yet he well." It is gralifrior to announce that con< sidering the great chapter of accidents, but few lives were lost, owing in tbc main to the self sacrificing eflorts of tlx seamen from the gunboats. I am happy to aay, from General Uurnside himself, that notwithstanding his great losses, if tbe people and tlx Government will only give him a little time he will yet carry out his plans. More than two thirds of the expedi tion were safely anchored in Pamlicc C I I J .? - ? ^ i->uuu<j uevunu tits iwiim on Sunday af t?rnoon, when the Eastern City left, and before this nearly all are safely over.? Some vessela, moat schooners, are miss' ing ; but Commodore GolJsborougl: thinks they stood out at sea some mile* and were safer there than those close inlc shore. Many of these were in sighi Sunday afternoon. Gen. Burnside differs with Gen. Butlei and Col. Hawkins with regard to th< Union fueling at Datteras. He and hit reconnuilering parties have had to pat away gold for every bit of informatioi received, and the truth had to be cullei out of the statements at that. The storm washed most of the forts a< Hatteras ; and the new works have beer abandoned. There can be no doubt of the nllimaU success of the Expedition. Let help Ih sent as required to Gen. Burnside, aor all will yet be well. Sail.?From alt indication* we are in ciined to think that the "great scarcity' of aallie nearly "played out," at hun drada of pertont, in different sections, art already energetically engaged in iu man ufacture. We received yesterday, frorr a member of the Mobile Cadet*, who it on hit return from Mobile, after a tbori furlough, to join bis Company at Norfolk a sample of Gua and beautiful white la ble tall, made at the Salt Weill, Clark* county, Ala., and wa are Informed thai the planters there manufacture upwardi of a thousand bushels daily.? Char It t ton Mercury. Howling Green is the ahiretowu ol Warren county, Kentucky, and is on the 'Big Darren,* a branch of Gfaeo Hirer, 146 miles Southwest from Frankfort. Il Aaw ka t-J t VMU ISO IHMUK1 OJ Kflllltri of IWO hundred ton*, and i* ? important Rail Road Junction, Gen. Anderson and the Flag of Fort r Sumter.?The Boston Traveller sava : t The litre is rapidly approaching when J 9 ; an expedition, specially filled, will, in co9 I operation probably with land forces at i ! Port Royal, advance upon, and, in the J words of President Lincoln's first proclamation last April, "retake possession" of 9 the Government forts and property in ihe ] harbor and city of Charleston. NVe un dersland thai Gen. Anderson has care' 9 fully preserved the JJnion flag which wag 9 lowered from Fort Sumter last spring, J r and he cherishes the hope that he mnv 1 ~ / j r bo enabled to accompany the expedition, : and again wave the beloved ensign over , ; the place now disgraced by the flaunting , of the rebel standard. 1 $7.1 KDWAKD ! Runaway from whuro w? had them * hired, near Chester. in Juno last, our three Negro moo, viz : 1311,1,, G1LL.S . and HKNRY. Hill and (iilea we bought the 14th of last r November, at the estate sale nf Kd. Leach, I , on Brond River, in York L)i*t.icl. They being brothers and having relations in the ' neighborhood where we purchased them, it I [ is moro than likeley they have made their V wav back to their <dd neighborhood Bill ia about 26 years old, 5 feet 8 inches ' hitrh. will weii/h 15(1 or I6n 1 i verv blaek; rather sharped fuce, speaks , quick when spoken to. Giles, hit brother, is nbout 'it yearn o'd I 5 feet 9 inches high ; will weigh 160 ll>s s is very black, and wulkn with his head up nnd feet turned out in front. Henry,we purchased, Jan l.ofCol. C. I Hives on the Catawba river, lie is 'J3 years ? old, well act, & feet 10 inches high, nnd a ill i weigh 175 pounds ; hns n heavy brow and j speaks slowly ; has some character ana runaway. May go to Charleston or Wash- i ington city, it is hard telling where he will go as be is a gentleman of travel. They , 1 all ran off about the aamo tune. We will pay $75 reward for the three men; or $'J5 a piece for either of llirin da. ! livered in any Jail no that we cun gel them. These boys inay attempt to make their war ' North, aa aome rollers frotu this place have attempted. PRIDE &. DUNOVANT. Aug. 7, 1861 ?'J6tf. SOUTH (UROL IN A. | LANCASTER DISTRICT. f {In the Common Vieat ) Dudley M. Ussery.ot al. i Declaration vs. > in Samuel Spence. y Attachment. Whereas the Plaintiff did <?n the necond I day of December 1861, file his Declaration ? against the Defendant, who (as it is aaid) is absent from and without the limits of the ' State, and has neither wife nor Attorney known within the Name, upon w hom a copy , of the said Declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered that the snid Defendant do appear and plead to the aaid I ireciaraiion, on or before the thir.l day of I December next, which will bo in the yeir of out Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, otherwise final judgment will then be given and awarded against him. II. J HANCOCK, Crk. > D- i. 4th, 1861.? 43-ly. , THE NEWSPAPER OK TI1K SOUTH ! ?o? CHARLESTON MEIllCRY 1 Civea the latest and moat reliable Political, ' Commercial and General News from all parts of the World, ila Special Correapon deota furnish, by Mad and Telegraph, full > and early accounts of everything ol interest that transpires in the great cities of Europe | and America. 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