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> 2he Cancastcr Ce&gcr. UkO p U P A NNTTM Turn to tb? toomiiitf Slte?l? *urv?j, ]\T A IAV A ^ ( 1 li* 1 jDjli ^Vi.^1 11 U 1?1 Hi* wlih iho woutUtrit of pusNiu;; day. Ill I* * l\ll \ '1 /amilg nail Mitirnl Stmapaptc?Staattii ta tbc Arts, Jritncrs, litttatnn, ifiraratinn, Agrirnltnrt, Snttrnnl Snipranrtnenta, .Jfartign anil Damastic Sams, anil tiir Jllarkrts. VOLUME II. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB., 19, 1861 NUMBER 2. j THE LANCASTER LEDGER Published every Wednesday Horning BY W. M. CONNORS, E?litor and proprietor. TERMS : In advance, - - -- -- -- -- - $2.00 At the expiration of Six Month*, 2.50 At the einl of the Year, 3.00 ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at the following low rates: One square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $1; or, if continued, 75 cents for the first insertion, aud 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions must he written on each advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. The following deductions will be made in favor of standbier advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 YEAH .One Square, ?5.00 ?8.00 ?10.00 Two " 8.00 12.00 10.00 Three " 10.00 15 00 20.00 Ilnlf Column, 16.00 22.00 30.00 One " 30.00 45.00 60.00 Announcing Candidatoo for Office, Five Collars. pyCommutiicntionB recommending candidates for office and all others of limited or individual interest, charged at advertising rates. fztf Obituary Notices exceeding one a |uarc in length (16 lines) will be charged for the overplus, at regular advertising rates '1 'ributes of Respect, rated as advgrtisinents. No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid. o.nnvKicATiOi\s. [KOK 1IIK LANCASTER LKDOEK.j No VII. The paper issues of Banks, whose obligation to redeem their promissory notes, payable ou demand by coin, is not per formed, depend on Legislative authority ; which empowers them to put such issues in circulation. Their .bills are used as a substitute for money, because the evidence of the indebtedness of Bauks is preferable to that of individuals, iu the general estimation of the people. This is founded on habit and custom ; And a genera, inattention to the meaning of tho new words, "the suspension of specie pay' meats" ; which have been introduced in lieu of the more homely and simple phrase that one "can't pay his debts." There U also a general consciousness among the principal holders of property, and of the evidences of indebtedness, I usually denominated "securities," that, if the supposed wealth of all, were placed in the scales of justice, many would read the handwriting on the walls of their halls, "thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." It is strange how words have been perverted ; things that xnen regard as doubtful, are now termed "securities" ; and to "realize," means to ascertain the actual loss. The main pillar, however, on which the vast amounts of paper currency now rest,?and with reasonable assurance of being sustained,?is the Government in debledness ; in the various forms of pub lie stocks, bonds, and tteasnry notes.? These are ail known by the name Scrip, or the writing of (he Government,? the authorized agent of sovereignty. There is no intelligent person, who can look deeper than the surface of tilings, that Wrtlllil not l\taoa a I.Snlia* pa Iiia lav* |Mnv,o It III^IICI ? fliun WII illin Scrip, than on the paper issues of any in? corporated company of persons, or on the bonds, or notes of any individuals ; who were subject to the government. There is no patriotic citizen of the State, wlio would not shame at the suggestion, that .tho credit of such Scrip should he inferior to thai of any such issues, or securities. Every one regards with sorrow, and rnon tificaiion, as a proof of danger, and ern ba/rassment, lire evidence that the credit of (bis Scrip is lower than the catholic standard of value, throughout tho sphere of commerce. In Great Britain,?the wealthiest of nations,?the slightest va? nations in the price of consols, are watched with the anxiety of a physician, count ing the pulse of his patient. If Bank* were only the fiscal agents of government, ar.d the community knew that every bank bill was the reprcaentai live of its nominal amount of State debt, tbe currency would be appreciated by all ; an I ht.wever depressed it might become, in its oinparison with gold and silver, it would still serve as a stable uieasuie of value ; for domestic traffic. The amount in circulation would be neither more, nor less, than enough, to enable the Governi meot to employ the physical apd materi al force of the people, for the common weal; and for the private business of so* ciul life. The compensation of the fiscal agents, fojr their sendees, in manufacturi jng the hilit. and keeping the accounts, would he tnodersto and known to all.? It would be a small portion of the necessary public expenditure, and would be cheerfully borne. If tboso agents were ;o (vkt off ft diecoun', from the Scrip they were to subdivide, for distribution ; and be allowed nil annual interest, of six or eight per cent, on its face, such com- i j pensation would be well consideted en- i ortnous, and a public imposition. Yet( even if that were endured, the paper i money, so issued, would still be a better I ' medium of exchange, between the Gov j eminent and the people ; and among j individuals, than that, which, now, pro | vaila, throughout the Southern Cor.fede ( ! racy. The amounts actually required bv j the exigencies of the war, and for pri j 1 vate transactions, and the circulation, J would run together, like parallel lines, ! or balance each other, like well adjusted ! scales. The prices of commodities of home production and consumption.would 1 on'y fluctuate, according to the laws of demand and supply ; and not vacillate, I as thev do now, according to the ebb and ' J flow of the tides of the currency:?those 1 tides alas ! which are not governed by the steady laws of Nature, but depend 1 on the ever varying winds of private hu man judgment; and are subject to hopes ' and fears, miscalculations, chance, for- 1 tune, personal favor, panics. ' Foreign trade, besides the hazard at > tending it, would, of course, indicate the ' rate of depreciation of our currency, com I pared with the measure of value, in the ' commerce of peace. That would be tin. ' avoidable ; need not be murmured at ; 1 and should not enter into our considers ' tion at present. c It could be easily demonstrated, that the evils of the present banking pystem ; 1 the extravagance and waste, the instabil- , w ity and perplexity embarrassing trade, ! 11 and undermining social confidence, which 11 have so long hung, like portentous clouds b over the American people, are the natu- P ral results of that pernicious and false 1 Union, which we have abandoned ; and b which filled the whole atmosphere with il its inisty vapours of delusion and fraud : ? but, as we are now striking at i's corrupt tl od heart, we need not examine the disea- it ses of its constitution. tl The hanking system, such as it was, prevailed among us ; and our Govern- " merits, both Confederate and State, have ' made use of it. It was stronger at the 11 North, because its great centre w as there; 11 and its vitality was weaker in the South- 1 ern Stales, which had become even more 1 provincial, financially, tlian they were in 1 their political character. It is a singular, I hut well established law of animal and vegetable nature, that, in proportion to the decay of life, the elf iris at procreation ' increase ; and the delicate female, or rot- ' ling fruit tree is most prolific in immt1 ( ture offspring, and perishing blossoms.? ( So it was with the American Banks.? ' Thev were multiplying every where. It 1 whs marvellous to observe how much ' bmking capital there seemed >o be in the ' 1 country. There whs no end to their gen- i ermiui ; ye', in spire oi hi I this nctiltoiis , wealth, bank paper whs depreciating, un , li! a general suspension of rpecic nay | merits, or bankruptcy, ensued ; Niid law | was invoked, to stay the cause of justice; , ami legalize promise-breaking, all over , the land. | There has been much clamour, recent I ly, about the Stay Law; but it would be i as sensible to complain that, in arithme 1 I tic, two and two make four, as to legalize i ibe suspension of the banks, and then I object to a general stay law. There is a I sound common sense among our people, i and they will insist on the logical con- i sequences of false premises. r The stern reality of war has brought | us to the perception of the truth. The s war taxes must be paid. The stay law < will not relieve the people of supporting t their government ill the present emergem I cy. If there were an unsound condition * of things pervading the country, and I there was a contest between borrowers f and lenders, made more dangerous, be- I j limine i?n m? peopic, wnu lew exceptions, j were in both classes ; the Sovereignty, which has been invoked, to aave the States from utter destruction, must, first, meet the public danger, pressing from without. j The whole people must go to the work of the war. Thin is not (he time to ad- j minister medicines, which may debilitate the pnh|ic energies, while they purge out 1 the disease, whose symptoms have ap? {reared. The men, and their labour, of the country, must he railed into service. It matters little, while the enemy are pressing on, whether a brave man is indebted to lift fellow citizen, or not; whetb titer the property, which the Government yeiptires,should first change hands to settle the contracts of its ostensible owners. The industry of the country must he taxvd to (ha utmost, for the public good. War, silences laws. The Goteminent is occu- ; Died suiiiciemkv. in nrovidinir fur lim nr?n. ? * ?? ; " er*l dtftoct. Private rights mutt bt l i. Icept to private justice. Whatever ate ,he evils of the past, let them wait until )eace gives time, ami opportunity, to conlider and apply the remedies. When tlio rials, and sacrifices of war, have been midured ; when we have learned to vab | jo the virtues of self denial, generosity jouraga, intelligence ;?in a word, true Manhood ; ? we may be better able to teal the disorders, which have been en jendered by meHii selfishness, and the ! ^reed of g in. It is unpatriotic, as it is uncharitable and uuchiislian, to reproach one another, | at tins tune, whether we occupy the i equally unfortunate positions of cre<lilors, ! i. ho cannot he paid. or ot borrowers who . an not pay. If the touchstone ot truth t were applied, it might most prohab'y ap pear that all were in both positions. 1J? j we not know that it is the borrowing sys lein, and not the men engaged in it, j which has brought upon llief* whole country, the present confusion and distrust ? Men and women, priest and people, Gov 3rninent and citizens, have all preferred the worship of the Golden Gulf to that jf the Father and Lord of all. We must tubmit, as the Children of Israel did, to lave that idol, which was made of "the joluen ear rings from the ears of ('heir) wives and (their) sons and daughters," burnt and beat to powder and strowed ! nto water, and drunk"; so that it may >e cast out, as liith from the very bowels if the people. It has heeu to the honor of people of lie South, that no where; among us, have >e beheld the sordid huckstering about loney, which now perplexes the usurpson of the North. Every where, our ^ ankinu institutions have manifested the i atriotism of those who control them.? j heir u)118, such as they are, have ever | eel) freely, *ml cheerfully, exchanged for i bo public Scrip. They have come for- I aril, with all their financial ability, to j lie aid ot our Government; ami, although, > doing so, they have acted w;sely lor | Heir own best interest ; still, they may ave displayed a less liberal spirit, ami I nay have demanded special advantages "bey stem to have acted with promptless, and, notwithstanding the tendencies if the monev power, In extortionate, ami j i?rrow minded selfishness and timid it y, hey have risen superior to the tone ami j emper ?if the system, in which they have >een trained. Let us not then, indulge in recrimina.ion, and mutual reproach ; hut let u* allier employ our minds in devising the test means for accomplishing the great rl-ject ill view ; ami let us have a manly I tonfidence in each other. Let us not con : bund things, which are not the same, in i common censure. Whatever may he ! wise, and practicable, and iust to all Ift . . 11mt l>e done. CAMILM'S. Lancasterville, February 12, 1862 From the Charleston C'vurier. Something to Think Aboat. There is no question now occupying llie attention of llie people of tliu Southern Confederacy, more important in its 'esulte, or more fraught with danger un- I e*? al once and imperatively determined, ilian liiat of reu n'isiinent. In April, May, and June next, thousands of soldiers u the Army of the Potomac?prudence ) urhids llie mention of the number?will J iHVd finished the term of service for which they originally volunteered. No nan is better acquainted with the status )f our arinv and of the facts above sued than General McClellan ; and no looner will he find its effective strength liminished than the propitious moment vill be seized fir pouring upon/Our enfe tied columns the horde of vandals who ire now letting?"I dare not wait upon I would." If succesa rewauls their ef oris, Richmond may fall; Norfolk will >e greatly endangered ; ilia entire Slate enpardised, and a moral ai.d physical in nrv be inflicted upon tlie South which either lime nor circumstances can compensate. McClellan's force on the I'otomac is tot less than one liundred and fifty thou iand men, and these are disciplined in tvery department almost to the perfection >f regulars. Fancy this tribe with their iitndred batteries, their twefcty or thirty housand cavalry, and all the paraphertalia of destruction, rolling down upon is from right ami left and centre like a noun tain wave, and nought to oppo?e lorm hut a remnant of our army. Im- ! igine the tremendous interest that little 1 ... ... . iHtidlul would liRve to defend, tlie feHrful j MiiU with wliicli lliey would have to con. 1 end, And ask yourselves, citizens and soh Iters, whether you will stRke your nil up in ?n exigency Jikft tliRt ? an evil, llinnk iod, discovered in tii;ie, whose remedy is U your own liRodtf We admit llint our soldiers require real ; that there are private anil personal necessities which demand attention ; that there are officers unpopular with the men, who neither understand nor appreciate the high trust confided to their keeping ; hut what are these considerations when confronted with the terrible fact that vonr departure from the army will, as certain ! as the sun shines, he the signal of an on I slsught which may terminate in a shameI'nl and unnecessarv defeat, and a train ! of future disasters. Let not our hrave I 1 t .. -I I .. A men now in me ii-ki inijj iw? ciosetv 10 I their bosoms I lie supposition that others will be found to take their places. Ii is a delusion. Raw recruits doubtless will flock to our standards, but wbo knows better than you ? the present volunteer? ' the difficulties of making the soldier?the I ordeal of training you underwent before you became inured to the hardships of j the camp, the toils of the long march, i and I lift dangers of the Campaign ? Coob I ness, skill, and familiarity with the rug ged evils of a soldier's life nre as much j matters of rdocation as the knowledge of | the manual of arms and military ma j nmurres. and to suppose that a fresh vol . unteer can fill votir places and do vour , work is as preposterous as to believe that Divine Providence will drop upon earth < in the flesh of legion of guardian angels. | iii view of these facts, we urge upon our troops whose term of service is about to expire, tlie importance of at once re- ] enlisting, and of preseiving, as far as I poisible, the existing company arid regi , mental organizations. The man who j leaves the ranks when his country has j such great need of him, w ill corr mit a crime for which posterity?should thev I ?..tr?r i.?. f?..tt .?:ii i.?i.i it.?J ' cs ??nn im \iio inn v "iii lium llli'lll n L countable. Congress has passed an en actment granting furlough*. If you please, avail yourselves of thi* privi'ege. ) Come home, visit your friends; receive their welcome *?nd congratulations, hut | go hack. r.ihllc sentiment will forbid voti to stoi> idly hv the wayside at an ' hour when every man must prove him-elf ) a hero or a coward. We speak earnestly. The time has I arrived when the great deep of public | feeling on (his subject should he aiirred. A part of the press ate already engaged ' in the agitation of the question, but we ; call upon every representative bulwark of Southern liberty, within our borders, to j keep it before the people until the idea ! has become so thoroughly impregnated in their hearts, that fathers ami mothers ; will recite it to their sons, sisters to their brothers, and won en to their lovers ? ap- , pealing to them by all they hob) dear and sacred, now and in the future, to "stand 1 steadfastly by the flag. Elizabeth City Burnt. Wtt understand that a portion of ilnrtt ; side's piratical fleet made their appear ,.|V tCllV^I.Al I. I'll. - ? 1.. I., ... I yesterday mr rliinp, hiu! commenced to ?l??-11 the town. Ik citizens, however, until h spirit of patriotism km! to sncrit) o, which cannot he loo hiphly applauded, applied iIih torches, and in half hour the entire I won w an one vast sheet ol tl tine. I'llih in the reception that everywhere ? wititn the vandals who are now desecra* linp our soil. Elizabeth city is llie capital of Pa?quot . tank county, N. C, on the ripht hank of the Pasquotank river, about 20 miles from its mouth. It i* 215 miles from Kaleipli, and 50 miles South of Norfolk, Va. It is one of the most considerable j towns in the Northeastern pail ol ihe Slate. Small vessels ascend the river to this place, and it communicates with Norfolk by the lhsmal Swamp Canal.? The population was about 3,000, and it contained two banks, some two or three newspaper office*, and several churches. We reprel to hear that there was a lar^e quantity of povernineol store* at Kozahelli City. These, of aotirse, were consumed.? t'tlertburg Exjtrtt*. The First Year of the War. r roin h statement recently puli.islieij in the Charleston Courier, and shm! to le complied from official reports, we take the following item*, which exhibit the ( victories, defeats, end losses on holli side* durii.^ the pert year : Confederate victories, 63, Federal victories, 8, ConfederMte losses. Federal losses. Killed, 1136 4911 Wounded, 3346 7821 l'risorieis, 1487 8187 Total 6987 20.900 The Yankees admit a loss, of 22,000 men, since the war began. If in our weakest condition, we have been aide to accomplish so inuch, wo niav expect to achieve greater successor during the en? suing vtar.?Uorry Uunmtch. [ From the Xn*hviUc Union and American, Feb. 8.] The Fall of Fort Henry. Intelligence rtiHi'lieil us ve?!eril?y that Fort Henry, on the Tennessee Ru. , in | command of Gen. Lloyd Tilghmau, of Kentucky, had fallen on Thursday into , the hands of the Federal army, after a brisk engagement of two Imurs' duration | w th his gunboats, lasting from 12 o' i clock 'it. to 2 p. in. Further despatches fully confirmed this ( intelligence, and announc d the safe ?r? rival of the body of the garrison, com j posed, of 3000 men, at Fort Donelson, | eleven miles distant on th? Cumberland j lb ver, at 11 o'clock Thursday night.? I Gen. Tilghtnan, Maj Gilmer, Capt. Md ler and eighty "dicers and men, were surrendered with the For', having re | mained in the Fort to cover the retreat j of the forces which we aro inclined to | believe was inevitable from the high water j of the Tennessee, running almost into it and threatening hourly to inundate it, thus making it a "slaughter pen" for the | shells of the enemy, whose boats could take a position to completely command it. The location of this furl was unfor' Innately made, during the perod of Ken tncki neutrality, when the President of the TJoiifederale States and the Governor of Tennessee felt bound to scrupulously j respect the position of our sister Siate, j and before the forces of Lincoln had be i gun to make campaign grounds of its stiil Under ilie?e circumstances, it was | found necessary by the engineer who lo* cated i'. to refrain from occupying an em iuence on the opposite bank of the river, which lies in the State of Kentucky, and which commands the fort. It was deemed, however, sufficiently strong to res^t hity force which might probably be brought against it bv the enemy by water, tlie Lincoln Government not Itav in\> llicn devised the svstem of iron dad guntlcets wliich it has since adopted.? Tin* proper location for our fort ought to have been on the "narrow*" between the I rer.ucfdee a:.d Cumberland rivers, where the two river* approach each other iu their winding course* at a dis'ance of only three miles, the intervening tongue <>f land being elevated and com mm ding both river*. The considerai'OuS we have mentioned prevemed <1* location at (hat point K?rt llenry i* an elaborate and well constructed earthwork, and bad it been in a commanding position, would have excited the admiration of all erigi* neer*. We cannot describe it for want of sufficient information as to its construe tarn and approaches. It was, however, generally regarded by military men, in Consideration of its situation, a* a wesk f<>rtication, w Inch *hi coin pel" e*l to fill | whenever it wa? approached in sufficient force l?y land and water. It wm |>rovi(bul with soine of i lie best guns in the service, botli rifUd and smooth bore, ten 32V, one eight it.cli columbiad, and one 128-|>oiinder rifled t?nn. The Port Royal Expedition a Milita ry Failure. The Port U ? al correspondent of the New York Tribune, in bis letter of the 16th tilt., ad mux the l'ort Iioyal exprdi- j lion to be a military failure. It nay# J Of course I believe emancipation inevitable, sooner or later, but the question ot tuna is probably vital to military success or failure. When the Un on forces Ian ded there were so few Confederate soldier* in Carolina or Georgia, that ten thousand men might have gone straight to Char lesion and Savehnah. The fact i* adiniti ted, but it is said there were no means of knowing it Known ar.d availed of the approaching military necessity of email cipaiion might have been deferred. How stands it now ? In front of our lines are GO,000 tebel troops. With what resources is Gen. Mierinan expected to defeat this force, occupy the chief cities of two States, and overrun the oil ? What liha been the *n?w?r from Washington lo entreaties for reinforce menls f When will McClellan let go ho grasp on the accumulation of troops iie is striving to mould into the fashion of a European army f A.I advantage in the movement of a military force that was gained by command of the *ea has been lost by delay. Leaving out the slave, that delay was firr.t (lie fault of General Sherman, secondly of the administration at Washington. Warning lo Snuff Dtp/ten?* Miss G.bsoii. a beautiful vmuiir Imlv <1 lite efl'ecla of sootr <ii|>ptn^( in Aikanaaa. She fell naleep with lite "mop" in tier mouth, and wm found a corpse aonte hour* altar. A poai mortem revealed tho fact that alia had awallowrJ the juice, which waa convened into nicotine, a deadly pomon ; Iter hp*, cheeks and hraaat were ameared with ilia foal muff in liar dying struggles, alone in her room. Be j fore she retired she felt a dreadful sick j ness, having swallowed some ol the juice, , but she had used it so long that nothing j was thought of her complaint until, al*s! , it was loo late.? Arkansas ywr/wr. Northern and European Intelligence, j Xoufolk, February 7.?The (lag of | truce boat to-day brought la'.e Northern | papers, frQtn which the following items , are extracted : The s'eamship Nova Scotian, bringing , five days later European intelligence, has arrived. France is sending additional troops to Mexico. The French will take the load in the advance on the citv of Mexico, and will hold the country until arrangements aie made. England will not object, as she lias no desire to uphold the Monroe doctrine. Cotton is falling in Liverpool. Breath stuff's rising. Tlie Now York Ifernlit, of the C?l?, | says that a powerful conspiracy exist* in I Congress to Oppose Lincoln and break j up the Union. It saxs it is very evident j that the Kumpean powers are resolved j to break the blockade. Mn or Opdxke, ??f Now York, writes that unless the floating debt is promptly paid, it will be difficult to obtain supplies for the army at any price. Gen. Lane refuses to serve under General Hunter and returns to the Senate | The ministerial journals of KnUnd and | France keep up a tierce tirade against tlie ! slono blockade. Tlie nttilude of France is very menacing. Tlie French steam despatch boat Perfeit at Cherbourg has received order# to ! sail to Nortii America on a spocial mis- \ sioit. Chase lias written Another letter to the Committee on Finance, urgently calling 'or immediate notion. J. 1). It right )i:?< been expelled from | itie Sennte. The floating ib bl of the Federal Goveminent is $ 120,000,000, and increasing a million or two n day. IVmee Napoleon i* seriously ill. The Liverpool fo.it says the war must be immediately stop *ed. by mediation if possible, by force if necessary. France is to lead in declaring the blockade in efficient. It is said the French Minister is to join Lord Lyons in protesting againsl the checking of Charleston harbor. Esrl Unssell, in a despatch to L< rd Lyons, says the "checking of Southern har bora is a plot against the commerce ol all maritime nations, and against the free intercourse of the Southern States with the civilied world." Lord Lyons is to be instructed to protest against any further stone blockades. The Confederate steamer Sumter has reached Gibraltar, and burned another American ship. Richmond, Frb 11.?The New York Iferuld, of the 10th, savs that the iron boats attached to the Hurn<ide expedition had nine-inch guns, nil ot them one Inn; ?lr?*d pounder*. A dispatch to tlie Cincinnati Commtr I cinl ?UUs that Ceneral Thomas i* about to invade E?*t Tennessee, at three dif [ ferent point*, simultaneously. One of them is set down as Knoxville, and if successful, to take po*?es? n|j of the rsih road. | Rennet say* that tlie rascally contrAC* I tors have pocketed 130,000,000 of the public fund*, in nine months. Lincoln is laboring hard to facilitate the preparations for an instant a'.tack on all points, at any moment. The "Herald says the object of the ta king of Roanoke Island is to seize other points on railroads running to Richmond, and thus cut off supplies and stop the in land coast navigation 10 North Carolina, also to threaten, and if deemed advina' ble, tl an king the rebel city, Norfolk, con tempiating the capture of Suffolk, and cutting off Norfolk from all connection by water or railroad with other parts of the country. Important from Chattanooga. CiiarrAVoouA, Tax* , February 0.? i The enemy's gunlioats reached Florence, Ala, about four p. in, Saturday. They I inniled without r?-i*tai\ce, and occupied the town. L??t in. hi they were within ii mile of Tu*cumbia. Thin morning they had left Florence, and returned tor their gunboat*. (Later ) CiiATfAMOooA, February 10.?The ene my have again returner! to Florenco. No bridge* have yet been burned, but raih road communication between thl* place and Memphi* ie entirely cut off. The report that a fight bad taten place at Bear Creek, i* untrue. The Lincoloite*, at la*t account*, were landing at Ra?t port, MiMiaeippi, on the Tenne**?* River, tliirly miles below Florence. ( The Latest) Mkmimiis, February 10.?(ria Habile.) I ?Tlie eoemv's gunboats passed down 1 the Tennessee Itiver from Florence y e? | terday. Tliey carried off the f.overnnient Mores fr.wu Florence, 'lhe steamer Robert Dunbar is safe, having run up Cypress Creek. No injury has yet been done by the enemy to the railroad, or to private property. The gunboats are ex peeled back soon. About 500 of the enemy's cavalry were landed at Sevan nalt, in Hardin county, Tennessee, at 10 o'clock yesterday. The Ita'iroad Bridge over the Tennessee Itiver. is held by 250 Northern troops. It is, thus far, unin jured. The enemy boast that in two weeks they will have possession of the whole I a'lroad. $7.1 lti: ll Alto ! Itiuiiiway from where w? hud lliein hiied, near Cheater in Juno lust, our JBL three Negro men, viz : ill 1.1,. (illdvS and 11 ivN It V. Hill and tides we hough)the 1 4ili of l.ist I November, at the estate a.de <d' Kd Iw.ieli, U oil llroad Itiver, in York Diat.iol. I*ltey y i being brothers and having relation* in the 1 | neighborhood where we purchased them, it J la lliore than likeley thev have made ilieii | | wnv hack to their old neighborhood t Kill is about -G veara old. A teet 8 inchca high, will weigh 150 or J Go pounds ; is j very black : rattier shamed lace, aoeuka I ' quick wlion npnkrii tn. Cilen, his brother, is about ?24 vears old 5 feet 9 inches high ; will weigh 1 GO II-h in very black, and walks with his head lip and feet turned out ir. front. Henry, we purchased, Jan 1, of Col. C. Riven on the Catawba river, lie is 'J3 year* old, Well He'., 5 feet 10 inches high, and will weigh 17.) pounds ; has a heavy brow ami speaks slow ly ; has hoiiio character as a runaway. May go to Charleston or Washington city, it is hard telling where he will go as he is a gentleman of travel. They all run oil' about the name time. We will pay i$75 reward for the three men; or tjrJ5 a piece for either of litem delivered ill any Jail ?o that we can get them. These boys may attempt to m ike their way Norih, as some others from Ibis place have attempted. PRIDK ii DUNOVANT. Aug. 7, 1801?'iG-lf. SOU T II C A li 0 L I N A . i LANCASTHIt DISTRICT. (Jn the C'uimnun I*leas ) Dudley M. Ussery.et ul. J Declnr I'toii VH< . i ? Samuel Spenec ) Attachment. 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