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the Cflnraster CeDaer. 1 ,^ 1.1. II I I III ? I II f?p , | ?????.???gg . ' - ?????w?? ll I ? II ' l . II ll? $2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. J1 /arailg aah Halitical jBtmspaptr?Dcnotth to tijf 3rts, smarts, Xitftatnrr, tfiiocation, Igrirnltnrt, Scttrnnl Sraproucmtiits, /orrign onh Domestic 3hms, oah tilt Blorktts. VOLUME XI. LANCASTER C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1862. N U M B E li 4. j THE LANCASTER LEDGER Pnbliahed ?very Wednesday Morning BY w. M. CONNORS, Editor and proprietor. TERMS : I? advance, - >2.00 At the expiration of Six Months, .... 2.50 At the end of the Year, 8.00 ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at tho following low rates: One square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $ 1; or, if continued, 16 cents for tho first insertion, aud 60 cents for each subsequent insert ion. The number of insertions must bo written on each advertisement, or they will be inserted till .ordered out and charged accordingly. The following deductions will be made in favor of standing advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 YEAH One Square, $5.00 $8.00 $10.00 Two " 8.09 12.00 18.00 Threo " 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. fcSfCommurHcntions recommending enndidates for office nnd nil others cf limited I v<i iiiaiviuuiu interest, cnr?rgea ?i advertising MtOB. f-if~ Obituary Notices exceeding one a juare in length (16 lines) will be charged f or the overplus,at regular advertising rates Tri butea of Respect, rated as advertisments. No paper discontinued until nil arrearages are paid. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. ron TI1K LANCASTER LEDGER. Camp Gregg, Feb. 21, 1802. Miu Editor : As I have a few leisure moments at present, I will devote them in writing to tho dear old Lkdoeu, that you may know the whereabouts of the 'Catawba Rangers." We are encamped in about six miles of Pocataligo, in a South-east direction, and not more than six or seven miles from Poit Royal. The country in this and surrounding locality, is level with numerous swamps, many of which has been closed ud, ditched off and embanked for the cultivatiod of rice. They are now covered from 4 to 0 feet with water, and I have learned, will remain so until about the 1st of March, I when they will be drained off and pre- 1 pared for another cron. These nun-Is 1 r * I " contain multitudes of fish, and upon their I surface may be seen hundreds of wild 1 ducks, which gives sport to many of our 1 boys, and enables us to pass off the wea- * ry hours of camp, with more ease aud ; ' comfort ; we have had several messes of ( ca'.-fisb soup since we have been here, which we relish very much. ' The health of the company is tolera- I bly good ; some three cases of measles in camp ; a few others are no*, able for duty, but none are dangerously ill. You ' / are. no doubt, aware of our organization ' iulo a battalion before leaving Camp Hampton, under Major Adams. Our Battalion continued together until we ar* rived, at Pocataligo, some two weeks ago, since which time, we have been separated and neither of the companies are perhaps, in ten or twelve miles of each other.? The reAson we are thus situated, is on Accouut of the infantry Regiments being so far extended over the country, our bu* sin ess being to extend orders and carrv ? / news from one regiment 10 another?25 to 30 of our company nro detailed as car riera each day. We have not l>een out on picket yet, and consequently, have ; not had a peep at (he Yankees. Those of us who are left in camp drill evenday, and we have improved considerably. : If the "Catawba Rangers" should be so | fortunate as to meet the enemy, I venture to say, that they will bring no dis grace upon the District from which they 1 nail, hut will endeavor to add another page to the history of the old Waxhawa. Our spirits have keen a little ruffled by the late telegraphic news, staling that Forts Henry and Donelson had fallen in to the hands of the enemy, and although we must admit that *lhey are considers ble victories, yet they do not discourage neither does it dampen the spirits of our j older*, for 1 have heard it often repeated that if Savannah and Charleston and the waters of the Mississippi were in t]ie liands of the enemy, still woifld they fight with redoubled fury to secure our > rights from falling in'.o the hands of an insolent foe. We are anxiously awaiting the ap proach of the enemy, and we think we [ are ready and prepared to contend | against him, after he passes bevond the j i reach of his gumboats. We are daily j I expecting to hear that the enemy has I made an attack upon 8arannah. Come I when it may, and from the signs of the | times come it toon will, we know it will j be a fearful contest. ' .1.. t as# ~r u jr f m iu? uaitav vi j*M I i the world that, i< aj Any the S(?gh | with such undaunted courage upon the ' soil of Virginia what can be expected of j them but victory or death, when standing upon their own soil fighting to secure ! from the grasp of the enemy everything ! that is near and dear, so we have but little doubt of the result. GILLS CREEK. i [>0r t1ie lancaster lepgkr.] Mh. Editor :?The Cotton States are in n worse predicament than any of the ( other Confederate States, from the very ' fact, til at their cotton ports are blockaded J and in conseqtienco cotton will not sell, 1 only to a limited extent, and that at a | very great sacrifice ; and all the neces' I sarins which they are compelled to buy I are at exorbitant prices?prices created I by the demands of this unrighteous war, and which nre enriching the non.cotton producing Confederate States. Therefore, I propose through the col umns of your journal a few suggestions for the consideration of the planters of the Cotton Stales. In ^he first place, I Cotton lias always been represented as King, and I believe it is; wben its powi ers are not abused?that is, not produced beyond the demand and the neoessity of the case, I believe the cotton planters have it in their power to raise the pnre of last Fall's crop of cotton to 12 o* 15 cents even in the event the war dors com tinue and the ports remain blockaded.? If they will but adopt the system unani mously of planting from one-fourth to one nan a ciop mis spring and piam llie other half or three fourths of their cotton lands in corn, oats, peas, die. This would ( enable us to iais6 our own grain and ^ meat, and a great deal to spare. The very momeut the fact would he ascertain ed and relied upon, that there would on j ly be a fourth or a half a crop of cotton pUnted, you would see the manulactur era storing it up for their factories ; ar.d 1 capitalists buying it an a matter of great speculation at from 12 to 15 cents. This would help out the Cotton States to a very considerable extent, in lowering the price of our provisos and clothing, and ? 'aising the value of our negroes in hir 0 ng, ?ks. There is one way the cotton '' jlar.ter might make his negro women P nore valuable than raising so much cot on. Linsey now commands about one " lobar per yard. Then instead of buying ^ lis linsey, let him make it at home in the j >ld 99 way, except the chain, which is a iltle cheaper to buy it at $1,00 per bunch. understand it can he bought at that j, price at a Factory near Kocky Mount,) (1 [ will make a calculation what this linsey t will cost to make it at home. We will e Lake five bunches of yarn, that will cost ? #5 00 ; the wool will cost about 25 cts. j per yard at the present prices, which will make a sum of #30,00 for 100 yards of I t Linsey. Now, we will see how long it <( will take a good spinner and weaver to make the 100 yards of Linsey. It will I | take about 225 cuts, that will take a , spinner 30 days, spinning 0 cuts per day. t Then it would take her about 17 days to ( weave it, and about 7 days to prepare , it for the loom, including seizing, spooh t ing, warping, <kc. That would make 60 , days. In ihnl CO days she would make \ $70,00, which would he $1.16 per day f for her labour. This is a calculation I i . # I 1 will leave to the judgment of any practi1 j c cal lady to say if it is not moderate woik , | for any one who understands spintiirg [ and weaving. t The planter has always been pursuing a policy detrimental to bis own pecunia ry interest, and also in a political point [ of view, by raising too much of the raw e material to the great neglect of grain, s stock, meat, clothing, <kc. Only take a c retrospective view at the price of cotton o for ibe Inst two or three year*, and he- j o bold, and thai with astonishment, the a difference ir. the price o' good* and infei c rior cotton. When good cotton was a worth 12 cente, very inferior was worth t about 6 cente. But it hae been a gene ral practice among a number of cotton t plantere to prefer to make $2,000 worth 1 of cotton and give five hundred dollars r worth of it away for stock and provision, t than to make $1500 worth of cotton and j 1 rai?e$500 worth of stock and provisions. 1 s In other words, he would rathsr raise 8 ' o bales of cotton to the hand groes, than j 1 5 bales nett. For his name would be j o heralded all over the State, while the I man's name who made only 5 bales wou'd c remain in obscurity. It appears, there* i tl lore, that men would prefer their negros ; b ,o make two sorry baskets per day, to j >ick cotton in, that would 011I7 last ona | n rear, than for tham to maka ona good r? >?akat that would laat two yaar*. They . tu aould alto prafar to waar out two mulaa k wagon* in tan yaara, to gat tha nama ai liaiag a ruahar or puriiar, than to waar hi Vt only oaa wagoa or inula in tba mm# m time, even if they made the very same i money. Here lias been another error of cotton planters. They would inve.'t all their capital in lands and negros, and even strain their credit, to be in possession of this kind of property and neglect ing all kinds of improvement, such as factories, tanneries, <fcc. I Lave been | somewhat astonished at men advocating | the doctrine of secession, especially who had a great deal of surplus capital, and never having invested one doliats worth in erecting any sort of a manufacturing establishment. I can more clearly see the inconsistency since we have had to pay such high prices for manufactured articles caused by the scarcity of facto ries. I have no doubt if the policy was adopted in the month of March not to plant more than a fourth or half crop of cotton, I would venture the prediction, , the blockade would he broken up before , the 1st of May next. I believe in the Bvent the war would continue until next Fall and then peace be made, that our , crop of cotton would bring about the same money that two crops would be wortb. Therefore, let every cotton plan ter look to their own interest and plant very little cotton. The euhanced value of crain and Drovisions. together with the o ' C * great profits arising from manufactured articles in the non-cotton producing Con federate States, will more than pay all their extra taxes for the war and leave them a nett balance. Resides we, upon the other hand are loosing from 50 to 100 per cent on our cotton, and paying about the same for our provisions, and also for our shoes, cloth, <fcc. Our motto diould be, plant less cotton, make more provisions, erect more factories, start more tanneries, and my word for it, we will iave belter litues in the future. COTTON STATES. [NAUGURATION *OF THE PRESIDENT. Richmond, Frbruary 22.?To day Jkk? KKflos Davis was inaugurated President f the Confederate Slates, for the term f six years next ensuing. The ceremony jok place in the Capitol Square, upon a latform erected against the east front of he Washington Monument It was rain ng all day long, but the crowd, never heless, was immense. The following sy iopsis gives the main points of the Preai i lent's inaugural. addkksh. We had assembled, he said, to usher nto existence the Permanent Governnent, which, he hoped, would perpetuate he principles of our Revolutionary fath re. With mingled feelings of humility >nd pride, he appeared to take, in the ' iresence of the people and before high j J leaven, me oatti prescribed tor me exai> e>! station to wliicli tire unanimous voice j >f the people had called him. lie referred to the long course of class | egislation, aggrandizing the North, cul j ninaling iu a warfare upon the inslitu* ion* of the South, and threatening to lestroy the sovereignty of the States? i then six of these States withdrew from 1 tie Union, the better to secure the liber | ies for which the Union was established j Whatever of hope may have been enter j ained that a returning sense of justice I vould remove the danger threatening >ur rights, and preserve the Union, had j > en dispelled hv the malignity and bar- j ?nrity of the North in the prosecution of j he existing war. { In proof of the sincerity of our desire o maintain our ancient institutions, we roint to the Constitution of the Confed iracy, to the laws that we have enacted, ind to the fact, ^hat through all the tie* essities of this unequal struggle, no net in our part has impaired personal liberty, ir the freedom of speech, of thought, or if the press. Every right of peaceful itizens has been maintained as securely is if war and invasion had not disturbed he land. The people of the Confederate States >ecame convinced that the United Slates iad fallen into the hands of a sectional lajority which would destroy the rights hey were pledged to protect. They, herefore, determined to sever the houds, >nd established a new Confederacy humgeneous in interest, policy, and feeling, 'rue to our traditions of peace and love f justice, we sent Commissioners to the Jniled States to propose a fair and atnii .V. ..... ., .. .. . . 6 nuia eiiiemeni 01 nu questions about ^ >16 public dtbt or properly which might e disputed. The Government at Washington d* | a ied (he right of self government, and J ii ifused to listen to proposals for a peace* a il separation. , a The first year of oar history bss bets h I eventful one. The new Government n is been established over 700,000 square ; n ilea ; oar Goefedereff has grown Iron n * ? * six lo thirteen States ; Hnd MhixIhiiJ, when nlile In apenk with hii untrninelled voice, will unite her destinies with the ' South. j I Our rtennle have Millwil in nnPTUPclPil I promptitude to tlie unanimous support of ' the great principles of Constitutional 1 Government?with n firm neo've to per ^ petuate, by arms, tlie rights they could j ( not peacefully secure A million of men e a>e now standing in l os le array, ?'? c ging war along a frontier of a thousand * miles. Battles have been fought, and 1 sieges conducted ; and although the coo test is not ended, and the tide, for a mo ment, is against us, the final result in our ? favor is not doubtful. n lie said that the period is near at * hand when our foes must sir.k in under * the load of debt which they have in- ' curred. We have had our trials and H difficulties; but any sacrifice will be cheap H as the price of success. Probably it is " the ordination of Providence that we j M shall be taught the value of our liberties 0 by the price iocuired. The recollections of this great contest will be a bond of ^ harmony and enduring affection, unity u in policy, fraternity in sentiment, and a joint effort in war. , h Our past sacrifices, in consequence of 11 the blockade of our ports, are developing the self support in resources of an inde ? pendent people. c' It is gratifying to know that we have ' maintained the war bv our own unaided P exertions, and that we have neither asked l' nor obtained nssis'ance from any quarler. In conclusion, the President invoked 1 the blessings of Heaven upon our efforts I and our cause. >< Evacuation of Nashville. r Jn the absence of detimle information 3n the subject, we lake it for tfratiW d that the evacuation of Nashville was on " :asioned hv the want of such foriifica tl ;iont and forces as would be entirely re. iahle to resist an assault by the large Northern army, aided by the iron-clad ' [unhoats, which, with the present high r< vaters, could easily asceiid the Cumberand to'Naahville. These gunboats, ro. iperating with (lie Federal land forces ^ pve our enemy an immense advantage, ind our Generals no doubt consider lite ^ >resent not the time to repeat disasters. Tlie evacuation of Nashville under these iircumstances has been regarded here f r . 81 uine days as an event consequent op-m he fall of Fort Done'sori, which opened t | lie Cumberland to the gunboats up to M ash villc. Motives of humanity bad also, no Jnul't their infiueiice in inducing the a iandonment of a city nearly as large as ^ Richmond, filled with women and chit ' Iren, who would have been the principal ^ tufl'erers by hii hsmihIi upon ilie city ^ wliicli would most probably bave laid it |j n ruins. Even if the enemy gave notice ,o women mik) children to leave the \ large portion of those in a city like Sashvdle would be unable lo do so. It j' was therefore a dictate of humanity, a? well ns piudet.ce, to abandon a town on* ier the circumstance*, winch our Gene- J' ral* ha;! not the certain means to defend. That the los* of Nashville is mortify log no one will deny ; but it* fate v at ? inevitable after the fall of Fort Donelson. ^ It had no fortification* ??f coi.sequence? ao mean* of checking the operation* of * tlie enemy'* gunboats?and resistance " there would have been useless, l'lie dif c Sculties of the invasion will be multiplied r ss it proceeds, and there are yet glorious , victories in store for us to teach the Northern invader of our soil that brave men, r fighting for their country's independence, t will rise superior lo disaster and maintain t their honor and their liberty as long as L there is a ray of hope left. ( Robert Gray, of Graysvilie, Ga , sends r as the following receipe for the efl -ctual " jure of that "red demon of the nursery," ' icarlet fever ; ' "Take oca tablespoonful of tar and , 9 add the yellow or yolk of one egg to it ; p nix the two well together and spread on 9 jolton cloth, and bind to the bottoms of | c ,he leet, the same to be plaoed between i J , , , , , , .alt wo turn ciojna and i>ound around lite ' ihront? lo be removed every morning * intil the diaeaa* diaappeara ; a ball' do- ! ten application# generally curea lite ilia- * ia?e. New tar ia preferable, but old will ' tnawer. I have treated aeveral deaperate area wiih the above and know it lo be 6 1 certain core." j Drafted Men cannot Volunteer.? We r >re informed that an opinion ia prevail* ng in tlie country that drafted men can fterwurda enter the volunteer aervic*. i rind receive the bounty of #100. We F iave been requeated to atate, that auch ia (| ot the caae?tliey who are drafted will rj ot receive any bounty, only #11 per fl, tomb.?JreUell t.tpett, p, The Crisis in the West. W? have, Ht Inst, definite intelligence ;hat Nashville has been occupied by the brces of the enemy. Our army is at Viurfreeeb./ro, where, it is said, a aland is ,o be made. From the latest accounts, t appears that the enemy took General 3uckner and about eight thousand prisiners. at Fort Donelson. Their killed are isti'nated at from two to four thousand, uirs about two hundred and fifty ; our rounded at from five to six hundred. V nother account says : n... i.... .1 .i._ r... T\ e i . vui >w?D i?i me run ?-/onfi8ori ngill luring ilio four dare whs 1,600, and the nrmv'it loss 4,000. L?le on Saturday light h council of war whs held, and it ras determined to surrender the fort.? Jon. Hacklier was left to make it known o the enemy. Gen. Pillow and staff nd Gen. Fioyd, with 800 of his brig ide, went to Clarksville on Sunday morn' rig. Gen. Huckner remained with our imy at the fort, and 12,000 capitulated n Sunday. A despatch, dated Memphis, February 1st, state that Columbus has been ?vacated bv order of General Beauregard, nd that all the men, guns and stores ai bear removed to an island forty five ides down the river, which is being rap ilv fortified niwtnr ilia ?no.-i*l imno/.iinn - ? -r f Gen. Beauregard, who has the servi>*s of one thousand negro*, owned by 10 river planter*. From the Memphis aper* of the 10th instant, we make up lie following summary of interesting inslligence of the war in the West: General Beauregard is sick at Jackson, Von. lie i* slaying at the house of the Ion. Milton Brown, hut is not too much vlisposed to give military order*. General Johnson will not make a stand I Nashville, hut will fall hack with hi* I thole force toward* Murfree*horo't thirty tile* distant, and probably even farther i portion of his army has already reached lie latter place. A despatch from Clarksville estimate* lie force <>f the enemy engaged in the "cent attack upon Fort DnneUon at 75. 00 that of the Confederate* at 12.000 wiming the killed was Lt. Col. Clough, f Texas, and M*j. llewitt, of the 3d [entucky Kegimenl. Gen. Bockner, 'ills most of his command, surrendered undav morning. Til K AIIA NOON MR NT OF COt.CMIIl'S. The Memphis Avalanche of the 10:h, *v* : Gen. Polk issued orders vesterdav that te track of the Memphis and Ohio Kail tad should he torn up, and the bridges unit?which order w?s obeyed, and by liis time the work of destruction is com lete on a great part of the road. A nmor prevails in the streets this after j oon that Polk was preparing to evacuate 'o.umbos to morrow, remove all the uns, etc, and demolish the fortifications 'he force* at New Madrid and Fort Pil >w, together with the Colutnhua troops, re to repair at onre to Memphia. and take a atand?making an army of a out 50.000 men. The Appeal of the aame dale ia more oaitive with regard to the evacuation of /olumbua. It ante : We have the rumor in auch form aa tc five it credit, that an order haa been ?aued by Gtn. Polk for the evacuation of V.omhua, which movement ia under* tood to be execu'ed under the direction f General Heauregard. It ia atated, ac> ordingly, that preparation* are being nade for our army 'o fall back to Ialand "fo. 10 or Fort Pillow?a very neceaaary nove, it aeema to ua, in view of the cap* tire of Fort I)>ine!aon, and the aurrender if Nashville. At Gen. Polk made a call wo or three dnya aince upon the plantera dong the Mississippi Iiiver for a thouaand legroea, for the purpoae of completing ind strengthening the fortificationa at aland No. 10. we were not unprepared or thia intelligence. Indeed, it haa long ince been perfectly palpable to ua that iiiiiiifiiv iiftiav tfvmituibiiy imj f vhcuhcu, md our lines drawn in, so soon hb the antral column of our army under Gen. ohnson at Howling Gieen gave wsy, or forte Usury and Duneison fell into tbe nemy's bands. The capture of these positions was intamount, to a successful flanking of >otli Howling Green and Columbus, and lence it required r.o eiperienced military ye to foretell some of its more immedi ! te consequences. These reasons strengiln n our conviction of the authority of the amor. I.I 1 v. : ? - I in.nuu nu iv ? mon^ poKinon noi ir from Hickman, Kv., about forty fiv* . iilt? t??low Columbua, and 115 above ort Pillow, and 185 al>ov* Memphis.-*- i . completely command* th* Miaaiaeippi vtr for ir.tle* above, and can b? to forti m1 with heavy guna aa to be mad* im rvgnahl* against any rivar attack. A* 1 ' il is demonstrated in tlifl Idle battle At > ForU Henry and Donelson that the Fed j oral guni>oals are not invulnerable to rifled caution and heavy co/umbiads, the position is well chosen, and with the aid ; of a good land force, can be maintained against the approach of Foote's flotilla. ! | Gen Beauregard now no doubt directs all military operations in this department I ?a fact which insures success in every| thing possible to be attained by energy, | skill and experience. The Oreat Mortar Fleet. An expedition lor some unknowmSouth em quarter lias been forming for several months at New York. It is known as mortar fleet, and is to be commanded by j Commodore Porter. The New York Times, of Saturday, notices the departure j of more vessels of tbe mortar fleet from I tbe port of New York, and says that day ! by day tliey quietly slip their anchors and depart for their mysterious rendez vous, nobody knows where. Their mission is equally shrouded in mystery. Put the most likelv suggestion is that the moriar fleet is to go to Charleston liar i bor, where it will be the indispensable ! compliment of the stone blockade. The mortars wete cast at Pittsburgh, i and have an average weight of about 17,000 pounds. The diameter of the | bore is thirteen inches, and the depth thirty-five incite*, with n thickness of j nieul nrouinl of fifteen inches. The di' meter of the trunnions is fiteen inches, and the complete length of the mortar is ^ fifty incites. They tnay be used upon sea or land. Accurate firing may be made at a distance of two and a quarter miles, inay*be aimed in any direction.? The mortar carriage weighs about two tons, and is capable of resisting a pressure of about one bunded and fifty tonr. < The bomb shells to be used weigh, an- ' filled, two hundred pounds each, and , when filled, an additional weight of | twelve pounds is given. About 8,000 of ( these missiles have been manufactured for the fleet. I Each vessel bas been provided with ' tw<>2'2 pounders, weighing 3,700 pounds. They are smooth bore and throw solid dim ami shell. . Instructions to Le observed in time of attack have been tranamilted by Govern menl to the officers of the fleet, and a convenient cone of signata lias been adopted The vessels, which are mostly tclioot ers, of two and three hundred tons burden, number twenty one in all. The side wheel steam gun boat Octorsra is to be the flag ship of the flotilla.? . W a thing ton National lltpublican, 10/A. Hews from Enrope and the North. i Norfolk, February 25.?We have ' Northern papers of the 24th. The flag 1 of truce brings a number of ladies and | several gentlemen for different parts of . | the South. There is no news of impor* ' lance from the Army of the Potomac. Tin* .i..m.tim itn/i/.i. r ?. ? t ? I ...? 4 i> kuiii Li'vrrjHXH, I on the Dili instant, arrived at Halifax on j ihe 22d. She brought no specie for Hot* I ton. hut ?50,000 for UJifax. The Prince | ' . of Wales had left England to journey in the East, travelling incoy. The prohibition has been removed from the export of saltpetre, arms, munitions, etc. Negotiations were in progress regarding the elevation of the Arch Duke Maximilian | to the throne of Mexico. There is no | doubt of the cession of Venetia. Six sets of Parliamentary papers con* 1 ceming the American civil war were laid before Parliament. Forty five official communications passed about the Nathville and Tutearora. The policy which ! the British Government had adopted I February 8,was very forbearing, but care would be taken to let the Government which multiplies provocations and seeks j for quarrels, understand that the forbearance sprang from the consciousness of strength, and not timidity or weakness. Russell, in a reply to Y/tncroy Faust man, says that England must observe a strict neutrality ller Majesty cannot acknowledge the independence of nine mm ft until the fortunes of srmies or tomi more peaceful mode of negotiation shall determine the respective positions of the belligerent#. Lord Lynns stated to Seward in Dei ceinber, 1801, that, in case of a war with Great Britain, the latter wae willing to abolish privateering, aa between (lie two nations, if Lincoln would make a similar agreement. , In the House of Lords mneh indignation manifested about the arrest and imprisonment of Shepherd, an Anglo* Canadian. It was urged that the Government aheuld not be satisfied with 8ew? ard's remonstrance, but demand satisfaction. In the House of P^irnuis. il.? ect of tli* cotton blockade was tai.ee up. A geutleraaa i?id thai il would be e rioletion of international lew to recognise e paper blocked*. Tbe SmmUr wm ?tiH *1 Gibraltar.? ' -Jfc The London Times says that all that the American Government lias done in tl>e last sit rtioiitlia has been tospenJ money, ll had spent more than any other people that ever lited, afld it did nothing else.? The Times says that the submission of the South and a future Union it impossible. |7?I KLiV AKU i Ruunway from where we had tliuiti hired, near Chester, in Juno last, our ?3* three Negro .'Den, viz : DILI., GILtiS nd HKNRY. Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of last November, at the estate sale of t&d Leach, on Broad River, in York Dint.iet. Thay being brothers and having relations in the neiirhhorhoiid where w,i mirehnaud llieiii. il i* more Ihun likeley tl.ey have Hindu llieit wnv back to their old neighborhood Dill in about 26 yearn old, 5 feel 8 inchcn high, will weigh 150 or 160 pound* ; W very black ; rather aharped face, apeak* quick when npokt-n to. Cilea, his brother, in about 24 yearn old 6 feet 9 incite* high ; will weigh 160 Ibri in very black, imd wulkn with hi* head up and feet turned out in front. Henry, w? purchuned, Jan 1, of Col. C. Riven on the Catawba river, lie in *23 yearn > old, well net, 5 feci 10 inche* high, mid will weigh 175 pound* ; han a heavy brow and v npeakn alow I y ; han nome character ana' runaway. May go to Charlealon or Wuali inglon oily, il is hard telling where li? will ?<> an ho ix a gentleman of travel. They ill run off about the mime tune. We will pav $75 reward for the three men ; or $25 a piece for either of them delivered in any Jail ho that we can gel lliein. These boyn may attempt to make their wav North, ita noino others from lliia place have ilteuipled. PRIDE & DU NOV A NT. Aug. 7, 1861? 26-tf. SOUTH CAROLINA. LANCASTER DISTRIC T. (In Ike Common J'leax.) Dudley M. Uasery,et al. i Declaration v*. > in Samuel Spence. ) Attachment. Whereas the Plaintiff did on the second lay of December 1861, tile hia Declaration iguinal the Defendant, who (as it in said) is tbsent from and without the lumta of the Stale, and hus neither wife nor Attorney mown within the name, upon w hom a copy >f the Maid Declaration might be served. * It ia therefore ordered that the said Da- ' eudnnt do appear and plead to Hie auid Declaration, on or before (lie third dav of ? December next, which will he in the ) ear ?f nut Lord one thonaand eight hundred ind aixtv two, olherw ixe final judgment w ill lien be given and awarded uguin->t iiitn. H.J HANCOCK, CCk. , Dec. 4th, 1861.?43-1 y. 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