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ftie Cancaster feiget. . ' c c _ &2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. 3 /flinilg aait Unlitical Ufmapaprr?Denatrti ta ti)f irta, srimta, titeratnre, <?iinratinii. Igricnlture, Satrrnal 9niprnnrninit3. /nrrign onil Unnieatir jStma, anil tijt JUarktta. VOLUME XI. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12,1862. NUMBER 5. j THE LANCASTER LEDGER ?nblished every Wednei day Morning DY W. M. CONNORS, Editor mid proprietor. TERMS: . In advance, - >2.00 At the expiration of Six Month*, .... 2.SO At the end of the Year, S.OO ADVRRTI8EMENTS, Will be inserted at the following; low rates: One square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $1 ; or, if continued, 16 cents for the first insertion, and f>0 cents for each subsequent inser* t ion. The number of insertions must be w-iitten on oach advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. The following deductions will be made in favor of atauding advertisements : 3 MONTH* ii If O M T If * 1 VP A II oe.ieve mey might nave Happened again. J'eace may liave blest the people with prosperity ; and war may have afflicted them. In the event of war, their foreign trade may have been destroyed ; ; and the in" telligence and labour of the State have been, to a great extent, diverted from the productive channels of industry. The government would have been the chief consumer of the productions of the people ; taxes would inrtease ; munitions of war be manufactured, and destroyed ; and armies be maintained in the field.? It is probable (bat in the time of war, money would become scarce. The gold and silver, which were abundant, would vanish in a short time ; the prices of lomniodiiies, of domestic production, I 1 / 11 t -? / a tvouiu ih11 ; anu iuo.se 01 toreign irrpor tation would rise. If tbe war continued, and its results seemed doubtful, it might even happen tbal there would not be gold and silver, enough in the country to pay tbe taxes ol government; and serve as an ndequate medium of tbe exchanges of domestic trathe. It would probably fly away to otber States, foi security. This condition of things is probably stated sufficiently strong, to satisfy '.be blindest idolater of the bank paper inoui ev system. Will lie then conclude that a brave, free, hardy people, of an ind>." pendent Sovereign Slate, would be, even then, paralixed, because there were no banks, from wbieb the government could borrow their irredeemable paper bills ?? What would be tbe consequence, if, under tbis prossure, banks were created for tbe accommodation of tbe people and tbe government I Every article of property, or of consumption, would rise in nominal value, as the bank issues ware expanded ; and full as (hey were con tracted. Their intrinsic value would dei jtend on (bo ability of the people to main, eiu their independence ; while their oom One Squnre, 85.00 88.00 $10.00 Two " 8.00 12.00 16.UO 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 Ollice, Five Dollars. lafJT-Communicntions recommending rnndidutes for ofHce nnd nil others ot .imited or individual interest, charged at advertising "a tea. fc#- Obituary Notices exceeding one | square in length (16 lines) will be charged for the overplus,at regular advertising rates tingf" Tributes o Respect, rated as adVertisments. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. icitio^s. (I'OR T 11K LANCASTER LCDOER.J No IX. If the people of this Slate, or of all the Southern States ; or of any other or ganized community, had firmly adhered to the sound priuciplea, which the trials of the Revolutionary war, had taught nnr unPiialArc I horn WAiilil lioun Knnn do bills of credit, nor State debt, and no money in circulation, but the embolic measure of value, of commerce. No one can Lave studied tbo history of the American nation?(for, being of common language, they are, and ever will be, one nation, however divided into free soveri eign States, independent of each other) ? without perceiving tbrt such was the pur pose of the founders of the Constitutions of the States, who confederated to sustain their infant sovereignties. In that case, the most infatuated be lieve in the magical power of making money out of engraved paper, could not doubt that the people in a fertile country, such as ours, would have lived, and multiplied ; that labour would have built houses, and commerce have exchanged our productions for those of other lands. There would have been gold and silver coin, enough to pay the taxes of govern i ment; and to measure the value of pro* petty, of every description. There may also have been accumulated capital ; nnd surplus wealth would have stimulated | enterprise and labour. These things did happen in ancient times, without banks; and our credulity is not much strained to 1 inal valuation, and all contracts respect ; iug them would be regulated by the pa per money makers. If the Government should borrow on interest, and exchange its bonds for these | paper bills, it would buy what it needed, : at the high prices of these depreciated bills, and pay its soldiers in the same cur? ' i rency. When the war ended, and peace , was restored, the Government would pay j ' itB debt; the difference between its credit j in the struggles ol war, and in the pros? ! j perity of peace, would all enure to the I profit of the banks ; and the people would 1 i nave 10 pay taxes, to enrich Hum. The absurdity and injustice of any ays- ! | tent, by which the government of h State. ' at war, creates an artificial body, or uses one already existing, for the purpose o( ] borrowing, or exchanging credits, in order j to use that borrowed 'credit, as money, ! will appear by a simple illustration. If 1 the exigencies of the war divert one half j of the means and labour usually employ| e<l in malting bacon, into the unproductive service of the State,?into ibe army, ? the increased demand for bacon, and its diminished supply may cause the price to rise ; say from $10 to $20 per 100 lbs. This will be so, if the paper currency cir culates in the same quantity in peace and war, leaving out of consideration the foreign trade, blockaded. Hut the fact is, that, during war, every commodity is less ened in actual value, by the general risk of war ; and should bear its proportionate /?K o vivo Why ihouM the man, who sells his j bacon to the State, get more for it, for the | very reason, that everything in the Slate J is of less intrinsic value ; just in propor tion to the actual cost of the war ? If he held the scrip of the State, this would be apparent, and the injustice he ulli mntely adjusted : but alas! he has the paper money of lite banks, and ho ex pends it for some necessary, at the same rate, lie does not gain, although the State loses. The banks hold the scrip, and are the only gainers ; for when the war ends, the Slate Scrip is good for its nominal amount. lis credit has been i earned hy the bluod, and wounds, and i sutferngs, of the soldiers, and at the ex i pense of lite whole people. The money i maker,"who holds thescrip, at the enhan- | ced rales of re established peace, enjoys the fruits. I A Slate, of which the people were not i previously accustomed to bank paper | currency, would scarcely have recourse to 1 such an expensive and useless contrivance. ( It is manifest that the scarcity of money, occasioned by the war, would reduce the price of all Commodities ; and if the com dilion of the country were so perilous, that the money holders would not risk their means, but seek security elsewhere; the government would be compelled to find some other mode of combining the physical and materia! force of the people, for the common weal. It would ap propriate what was needed : and. thai the contributions of those, whose labour and property were Appropriated, should be equitable, each one would receive a certificate of the value of bis contribution, for future adjustment; between him, as an individual, and the Government, as the representative of the whole. To ac> complish thin, some nominal value, cr price, would be set upon every subject ol such contributions : at which it would he appropriated by the government for the public use, and of which the owner would receive a certificate. These prices would be low from the scarcity of money and be justly estimated, as they were, at the time, that the public necessity required such an eipedient; for as long as theie was a piece of money in the country, its value to itv owner could never he greater than the credit of the State ; under whose protection, alone, all properly is held. If he valued it higher, let him fly, with his pelf, as no patriot, but an idola ter of gold ; who would blindly confide ' bis life and family and independence to a government, to whom be would not trust his money. "Wha will bo a traitor knave, "Whn can fill a coward'* grave, "Whs Hoa base, ns be a *lnve, Jaft him turn, and fine." In short, '.be Sovereignty of the State, not being able to confine the precious metals, which seek peace every where, J would be unable to aupply coin, for the ' internal commerce of the people, aWd to j carry on the government. It would it. ' , sue us scrip,under various denominations, until a medium of domestic exchange were supplied, sufficient to answer the purposes of money. The uomioal prices ! of labour and property would be govern i ed by the laws of supply and demand ; I and this cnrreucy would be m sound as 1 the institutions of the people. The a. ! mount which was required fur circulation ' as money, would not fluctuate from cap* 1 rice end speculation and panics, as bank paper ; nor cost the people an annual tax, under the specious title of interest. The estimates of public expenditure, and of taxation, would be as usual; and this acrip would be receivable m payment of : taxes. It is evident that the wiiole a- | mount of the circulation would beadvan* j ced by the people,?its holders ; ? and they would be benefitted, bv having a convenient medium cf exchange, more | stable than cold and silver, which would ' be affected to a preat extent, by the va rying fortunes of the war. \\,i . i :/ I ' n non WHS rKRiurvu, u mo iiMif , pendence of the State were preserved. j the return of gold and silver,?for llie j enlarged sphere of foreign trade, again | opened,? would gradually depreciate llie value of the Scrip ; which would beonlv available for domestic traffic, and for taxes. The public expenditures would also lessen The decine in the actual value of this currency, and in the amount of taxation would be gradual, and con current ; ami by the time the Scrip was all returned to the Sta'e Treasury, to be reduced to ashes, the taxes would be re duced to the expenditure of the peace establishment. It may be worthy of remark that, in time of war, scarcely any people can be so cut off from the rest of llie world, but what some intercourse will be maintain ed with other* ; and although private enterprise might have no foreign outlet, the government would have occasion for the u?g of money, beyond the domain of j the State ; and among persona. who | were not under itR allegiance. It would then appropriate whatever real money was among the people, if necessary for tlie public good ; as it would the blood and labour of the soldier, or any other private property. There is really nothing sacred in gold ' and silver, though it inav be deemed pro fane, in these days, so to afTirm. It onlv ' differs from anv other article of personal property, in being more sensitive of dan 1 ger, and more readily removed by the ' cowardly and unpatriotic: or more easily _ moroted from the public authorities ; who ' provide for the protection of its possessors, in common with the rest of the peo pie. ^ 1 When this resource were exhausted, the government m'ghl have to exchange its Scrip for gold and ailver, where they had use for them, on any terms practical hie. The losa would he that of the whole community, of which the government waa the representative. The eventual gain would he made hv strangers, and not aa now by one claaa of our fellow citi tens; who would justly he odious, as men who profit by the public loss;-who should he regarded by all true patriots, as those who would sell their country for money; next only in infamy to him, who betray, ed his Lord for thirty pieces of silver. CAMILLUS. . Laucasterville, February 2ft, 1862. Notb?In the Charleston Mercury, of 20th February, 1802, are the following paragraphs : "The brokers in Richmond are now buy ing gold at 3ft to 37f cents premium, and selling at 40 '* "Mr. Menuninger, the Secretary of the Treasury, estimate* the appropriation re. quired for the purchase of specie for the use of the Government, in Davingtlie inter..-t ??v it. .invlt it e-2 nnr, una " Are ativ of our people no venal ami our rulers no dull f While the mrmy is waster! will) inaction Mini disease ; and expensive artillery is lost at indefensible posts; snd fortifications sre captured, and troops surrendered for want of miiuiiu nition ; is I lie wliote country to be sold to inainmoii i Tlie money of (be country was first gathered up in hanks, and paper bills substituted therefor, on the assurance of convertibility, upon de mam', I he leg slation autho is-il sua pension ; and the specie, to a large er tent, remained in their vaults The Gov* eminent needs money ; and paper bills are exchanged for Government bonds, at public sacrifice. Finally (lie specie, thus favoured and protected by Government, from the demands of private justice, and j the public enemy, is only obtained for ; the necessities of tho country, at a further 1 sacrifice, from extortion. The operation j is "a smart tiling" in money circles. Gov eminent must pay specie, for interest on its bonds, held by suspended hanlta. It | Can only get specie from hanks; which refuse?"can't afford'' in o ly phrase?to | take their own hills, nor scrip, for which they exchanged their bills. It would be too barefaced, to propose to the Govern inent, to give $140 ot the peoples money to pay $100 ifi'li,due to suspended hank-; but when did sin or knavery ever want a pimp or pander ? The broker buys from the hank, at 35 per cent., and sells to Govermnaiit, at 40 per cent. A few strokes of the Den. and "transferes of credit" aettle the trnnaaciion. Nul * Jul lar of apecia ia ua?d For what the world knowa, it may never have been there : a few piece*, on ilia lop ol lh? box, for show, might have been enough lo gild the lia. Million* of the people* maau* are time pilfered ; anJ their eovcr. I eigiilv dishonored. The hanks wipn their < meretricious months, mid I'and <ro*?die broker?feasts officials with his five per cent Are the States stvereign ! Are the peonle really in arms ? CAMILLU9. j News from the West. TilK KNKMY IN NASIIVILLK. I Nashville is occupied l>\ the eneim's forces to the noitiher ??f 8,000. comtiiani ilvd hy Gen. Buell The invaders are quartered in the Capitol and all the pill * lie buildings of the citv, o\er all of which j the stars hi d sttipes are waving. Tltev are rapidly erecting fortifications?guns. batteries, Ac, Ht every point of approach ( on this side of tlie city. flie city appears ^ almost literally tlesertetl. Ladies are never seen upon the streets, and the in- | habitants keep themselves close. Nejl S. ; . Hrowti and several oilier prominent citi 7.-ns Imve been arrested. {Jen Buetl has entered Nashville, and made a speech to the citizens, in which he disclaimed anv purpose of molesting private rights. The U. S. Hag was hois ted upon the Capitol, amid the cheers of some of the traitors who remained in the citv. Hindi has issued a proclamation, in which lie offers amnesiv to all who will take the oath to support the Federal Govert merit. . 1IOW TIIB CtTV W AS~8t'UKKNDB!lKl>. The accounts which we gel ttf the stir' | ' render of Nashville are most humiliating. When Mavor Cheatman first offered to 1 surrender the city to the Federal officer 1 in command cf the Lincoln cavalry, he | declined to accept it, st sling as a reason 1 ' that he was not authorised to accept tt. ' rscouis alterwxrils went out, it: various 1 directions, hunting for h Federal nfliorr ' wiili power to xet, l?ul alter going some 1 twenty or thirty miles they could not < lind x Federal soldier xny where. ' At last the city was formally surreiu ' Jered by Mayor Cheatham oil Sunday. ' It is true llixt '.he Federal* had not pre- 1 ' ri >u?iy entered the city, hut a regiment ' tf cavalry were encamped in the town 1 rf Kdgefie'.d, a ahorl diKlance from NxkIi ' idle. It was to tins potr.l that Nl < \ or ' Jhealhxiii repaired, ami foruiailv ten* 1 lered the city with all tiie public alore* ' I coutaii.ed, to the commander of the < federal force*. The Federal* seemed uaili to believe that the city had really l>een surrendered, and accordingly only ' lent over fifteen inen to take p sack* ion? and even these seemed to he on the lookout for a Murprtae of some sort. 1 There was a large amount of bacon 1 and other annv stores in the citv ol Nashville, and Colonel Forrest, of Mem phis, was engaged up to Sunday after noon attending on the savins' ami trans portation of the flame. While engaged in litis service, Mayor Cheatham opposed, and told hiui to desist, lie having for mally given up tiie same to the Federal officer. Those of us who know Colonel Forrest can imagine w hat his reply would tie to silch an order. He told the M o or that lie ranked all officers then in the City, that tie was a Confederate officer, and that if lie did not desist from inter ference, lie would take foice. Suhse quenily, a lot of low fftmg characters a tmut the city commenced a series ?if *iep redations upon private property, and the Mayor heing powerless to repress them, it is reported that Colonel Forrest took a detachment, and meeting them in tlie public square, killed live of thetn before they were dispersed. TIIK PANIC AT NASHVILLE A Chattanooga correspondent of the j Knoxvill* Register, ii. ^ivinjr hh account of the pxni; hi N ishville, say* : It seeins thnt Gen. Johnson in'ortned the authorities of the city on Sunday i last, tliNl he could not hohl it, although no eneiny was near, or threatened it ? Immediately all was consiernatinn and alarm. The Governor and Legislature j fled panic stricken. With thin example set them, nothing better could l?e expec i ted of the citizen* ! Mr. V. K Steven ; on, Quartermaster-General, and Presi j dent of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, etc., inatead of (landing aentry at hi* poal and protecting the iinmenae accumulation of military lorea. and con trolling the railroad, ao an to remove them, fled. Karlv Monday morning he loaded several car* with hi* per*onal ef fecta?, hi* negro*, horses, carriage* and j hoiiKehold furniture, including hi* o?n acred per*on, and hastened to thi* cite, where he Iih* ever *ince remained. By his direction all the rolling stock was hurried to tins end of the road, and no effort, or next to none, *?i made to bring any of the Government property from the doomed city. Nearly a week baa elapsed,and no enemy bet approached. During tliia time every pound of bacon and ordinance and quartermaster store* sou Id easily have t>een removed to Mtir Freerhoro', il 110 farther. Instead of be* og done, the doors of the storehouses ! werethrown open, sod the people insl- i ted to entry away all thev wished, and ' lite torch was applied to the rest f Whs | ;\er such wanton abandonment and des 1 I ruction of properly ? The Railroad j bridge hi Nashville, and the Suspension I bridge, were both burned ! Why not lei the Hessians perpetrate this net of vandalism ? Why have our forces mnde j jven h show of defending their capitul j :itv ? Surely, il wo thus flee from our i ttroegholds end our centres of wealth, what estimate of our valor will our foe# accredit to us. and how will our contest I [or independence he protracted ? The public mind here is higltlv incensed ] a? the conduct of the parties referred to. I The panic seems contagious, for all the bacon is being removed from here. It is but half cured, and in this warm weather i* liable to be spoiled, and the fact of concentrating all atone po nt ? Atlanta ? is again objectionable?a single calamitous fire might destroy the whole amount. The Distilleries. The action of the War Department at Richmond and of the (iovernor and lollllii'll of Sou'll (trtriiliim in mlnlinn In distilling, will b? approved l>y every re Ibcting man who love# hie Country.? ( Fhere wee en absolute necessity for this ( iction. Intemperance is said to bo alar- | ntngly on the increase in our armies.? | Whiskey is smuggled to the soldieisiii | t thousand ways, by those who ere will tig to make merchandise of their souls, ?nd to bring ruin upon their country if hey can only make money. It is not rerv strange ?hai the soldier exposed to johl and having but few of the comforts if life, should se-k mine stimulus, should lie tempted to drink whitkv even when he has tittle else to do. The soldier is less to hlatno for his intemperance, than the greedv manufacturer and the mi principled vender of the abominable Muff that makes fools of men. Let whis k~ev be kept from the cainp and the solders will not on'v cease to get drunk, hut they will he happier and hotter off sverv way, than they are at present.? The order and harmony of our camps will tie improved, the health will he pro muted* and the efficiency of the soldier will he increased. Hot '.his is not all. Corn is the staff* of life, at all times. It is even of great er importance in times of war. Provi dence gave to us an abundant crop the last year, but the distilleries are destroy ing it, and in some places i'. has now gone up to a high price. Whiskey is high and the distiller can therefore af r,..,l i.:.-i. ?r... ? - i wiva iw |'?* ?? ki^ii put'ti iwr rurn. AIIU ' in a few months more the crop of last year would have been consumed, hut for the interposition of the arm of the land. The corn crop, however abundant, should not I* wasted, it should be carefully hits' banded, for it will be all needed. ? Due IFrsf Ttit tope. Boston Moon tain. This place, it is not unlikely, will be cotne famous as the theater of a grand conflict between the Spartan band of I'rice ami McCulloch and the Fe<lera! forces in Missouri. We learn that up to Wednesday the armies were otdy about itn miles apart, and in a few dava the conflict may commence We have great confidence in Vrice. With hia little band he hat home Uia triumphant flag over most of the territory of Mi?sourrr AI most single banded and alone lie lias fal lett upon the enemy irotn Springfield to Lexington, and kept him from coacentra* ling a well organized, well disciplined and numerous force in front. He is one of the Generals not made at West l'oint, but by the Almighty ; and has long since demonstrated his claim as a great com \ mender. We inay therefore look out for a great fight at lloston Mountain, and we feel confident of a great victory. From TV nurture ?We copy the an- 1 nexed items of newt from the Memphis (Term.) Avalanche : 'We learn, by way of Florence, that the Federal gunboats are making frequent visits up the Tennessee river. They frequently accompany transports and trading boats, with signs out. it irlarimr letters. "for peace !" The Kudemla prnfe?a much friendai.ip, and afford i)i? people I lie opportunity to I my jood coffee at ion eenta h pound,bacon at aix cente a pound, and other article* in proportion. Tltie ayatein, our informant amtea, ia having a very demoralising effect upon tba peopla on Tennaaeea river, which embracing Ethridge'a dlatric, ia auppoaed to contain mora Lincoln at mpathisara than any oth. ar portion of tha State, ( Martial Law in Richmond?The Whisky Question?Arrival of the Nashville. Richmond. March 2.?The President iiMA issued . * proclamation declaring martial law in Richmond and in the country for ten miles around the city, and sua pending all c? < jurisdiction except mat of the Mayor of Richmond ; also suspending, under authority of Congress, the writ of habeas corpus All distilleries are ordered to be closed, nod sales of liquors of any kind are prohibited. The eslab' bailments for the sale tliereof ere to be closed. The steamer \>tshviiie arrived hi Deanfort, N. C , on Sunday morning last.? 'the blockading vessels fired 22 shots hi her without effect. She brings about 3,000,000 worth stores, principally for the use of the Confederate 1 feparunetiis. She met end destroyed, near the Golf Stream, h Yankee schooner, bound Irom Philadelphia to St Domingo. The Nash i'ilie steamed up to the blockading squad* mn III defiant style, and though til one time wiibui musket shot of the enemy's guns, she passed on until protected by the guns of Fort Macon, Hi d I e\ ond Iter cliHgrined pursuers. Com. I'egrnm and Paymaster Taylor have arrivetl in R'cli niond, and a portion of tlin Nanhvillf'a freight is now being delivered in front of the Treasury Depar'tneni. Coin. Peg ram speaks in glowing terms of the hospitali lies wliicli he eui.o.-il oi Kiurluiul lie ? - - -W- " ?e? thinks that Belgium ?viil soon recognize llit* South. The authorities Ml Bermuda have prohibited the Yankees from coaling theie The Sumter i* mi (fihraliar, and Ml la?t account* I*Mil captured and deal roved 21 Yankee vessels. Late from Colambaf Persons who reaclieu the cily bv the midnight train, slate that the Federal*, 50.000 strong, were reported mi Miltnime eight miles ?Ur? Columbus, on Thursd*y. They were WMituig reinforcement* preparatory to an attack upon Columbus. They propose, it in reported. to nn.v* dn?n v> ith mo immense army upon (he rear of Cclombus, to surround it, and limit capture it. All their plans have been projected on the largest scale, Ntid they entertain no doubt about the result. As to what arrangements are making to receive them, it does not become us to speak. We have reason to know that fiens Beauregard and Polk are aware of the enemy's movements, and are making lite I test poss'ble disposition of their forces for the emergency. The report* about the evacuation of Columlus are premature. It has nut been evacuated But whether it is or not, our readers may rest assured that reinforcements will t>e sent forward in jflk'ietit numbers to enable our army to make a decisive stand, and to contest every inch of ground. Gunboats on the Mississippi. ? A Nor* (hern newspaper lias the following inter* esting intelligence : We have the most reliable information in this vicinity that the rebel gunboat fleet, of (be construction of which the Southern papers frequently spoke previ ous to <he establishment of the blockade, is now comnletelv fitted out ard wiuinn?.l . - ?- r? Mud i? ready for the upward march. A Federal officer (poke of litis matter yet lerdsv to one of the Captains of Colonel Hanson's Kentucky re^ituenl. The Ul ter tsid lliMl lie ?m ill (lie city of New Orleam s couple of weekt twice, and (list eight Confederate gun boats were then lying at tbe wharf awaiting order* to proceed up the Mississippi. The fleet, he said, it under the command of Com modore Hollint The boats are all ironclad ; much more heavily plated than oura, and lets vulnerable. Their nia< cbtne-y it all below the gun decks. In this respect they are equal to the Kenton, the best boat of the Federal fleet. The rebel officer further stated that it ia ilia Mian don of Commodore Hollina to mate an attack on Cairo, and that speedily.? 'Mark my prediction ; you will And tlieaa boats below Fort Holt in lata than ten days," wna one of the remark* which I livard bun make. A'rnM ? A I .i.? ? CeivrtJ frolll CmiiIrevillf Ual nielli, ?*y? |li? L\ nchbuig Viri/ininn, of Tlim* lay. atMlad (ItAt our force* liHii received orders to aend their tick to the rear, and put thema-lvr>? mi ii.nrchin. orders B v paa< sengera who arrived on Uat night's irmn, tli?* *l>ove report is confirmed. mid they Also stale tlim ilia women mid ub'.ldrea wne order**! to leave . o.ier.Uy morning. Tba Virginia* understands from tba same source that tba Yankees haw* c??<le?J in cutting another road through the woode to Fairfax. The Hichtnood Kxuminer learn* that Oeo. Johnaton hat published a varp m vere hot admirable general order in re latum to the conduct of our woo)m in battle. Before going into batile. evert captain will cell the roll of hie company, and coming out of action will again call the roll, ar.d every man missing, who ia not dead, wounded or absent on leave, I will lie court tnartialed for cowardice ? ' Carrying the wounded fnun the field in . the tnidsi of an action is also prohibited, ] and every man goinif to the rear on any I pretence whatever will he shot by the file officers. This l??oka oke business. Tli0 New Yor . Herald gives a tnb'ek i showing '.lie Federal losmen mi Furl Don| elsnn, which foot* up mm follows : Kdleu^ 1 401 : wounded 1515 ; captured 250.? i total iomm 2106. $73 KBIVAKU! 4IC111111 \vi?V from where w? hud litem hired, near I,'healer. in June lasi, our three Negro men, viz : DILI,, till.KM ami HKNRY. Dill and lilies we hough! the 14th of Ijnt November, at the estate aale of Kd I a*.o h ori Drnad River, in York Dist.icl. They bring brothers and having relations in the neighborhood where we purchased them, it in more than likeley they have niude their war haAt to their old neighborhood Hill ia about 20 veur? old. 5 tret 8 inches high, will weigh I5t> or llio pounds; is verv black; rather sharped face, apenkn ijuick when spoken to. en..- 1.:- 1.....1 ,j wiivn, hid uiumci. i* iiuuin ?*-? vfurn oici 5 feel 9 indies high ; will weigh ItiO If* is Very black, ali<l walks wilii Ills head Up and feet turned out it. I rout. Henry, We purchased, Jan I, of Col. Rives oil tho Caluwbn river, lie is 'id years old, well st<;, 6 feel ID inches high, and w ill * weigh 175 pounds ; has a heavy brow and apeaks slowly ; has some character as a runaway. Mnv go to Charleston or Wash inguin eitv, it is hard telling where he w.ll go as he is a 'gentleman of travel I'liev all ran otr about llm snuie tune. We will pav #75 reward I'or tlie three men; or $J5 a piece for either of Inem delivered in aiiv Jail no that w e can get llielll. 1'hene boys may in tempt to ill ike their way Norih, as some others from ihis place ha*e attempted. I'KIDK fit l?U\OV \N T Aug 7, I8bl?J?if. S 0 IIT II C A It <) L I N I . LANCASTER. IMSTUIC I (In ihe Common I'leas ) Dudley M. Ussery.et al. a Declaralion vs. > hi Samuel Spence j Attachment NVheteti* the I'litinlitT did ?n? the second day of Deceinher IH?i 1, tile his I>eclsralloii against Ihe Defendant, who (as it is said) is absent f.mn and without ihe fun's of the State, and has neither wife nor Attorney known within the same, upon w hum a copy of the said Declaration might be served. It is therefore ordered that the said Da feiidalit do appear and plead to the said Declaralion, on or before tho third duv of Decenihi-r next, which will In* in the veir of oui laird one thousand eight hundred and sixtv two. olherwise fiiuil judgment w ill then he iriven ,...d ..^..?.i ..i "if J l IaNCo"; K, CTk. Dec. 4th, 1861.? 43-ly. , THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SOUTH t CillRLBSTOX MERCliRV Given tin* Intent and moat reliable Political, Commercial and General New* from all (' Hurt* of the World. Ita Spaciul Correapon- 1 dent* furi.iah, by Ma>l and Telegraph, full jj and early aecounta of everything ol intereal that tranapirea in Hie great ciliea of Europe j and America. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH KE CKIVKS SPECIAL A IT EN HON. Politically, the Mkkcuky repreaenl* the State* Right* Keniatance Element, and ud vocale* the Union of the Southern Stale* in maintaining their right* and e*lubii*hing '.heir aeeuritv. Daily Mercury, I year, in advance, $10.00 1 Tri Weekly Mercury, " ' " 5 00 No Paper sent un/rst the cash accompanies the order. ' R. D RIIETT.Jr.. CllAHLCaTON, S. C. I Nov. 21, 41?If THE RICHMOND DISPATCH. BYCOWARDIN & HAMMKR8LEY i KICUM< Nl>. VA. i Daily Semi-Weekly akd Weekly, TERMS?Caih in Advance. i j rrviK DAILY DISPATCH la a?r*?d to ' I ?ilbat-rib?rn ilI MX AMD qUAHTEft CENT* : A week, payable to Mi* Carrier weekly.? Price for muling, $4 n vr?r, or I'l ftO fur I aix monlha in advance. THE SK.VIi WRKKI.Y DISPATCH ia ' iaaijed -very Taeada) mid Friday ai A'J in Mlh'HlM > I TH i WEEKLY DISPATCH leaned ' ffurv r i?w ?nil nwlL.l i.. *' t $ I per annum. THE DAILY BULLETIN AMD CATAWBA JOURNAL, PtfBLKHKO MY E. U . HRiTTON, CMAMLoTTC, ?. C. These (embracing Ilia Tri-Week. ly Hulletir Mt?bliah?d in lliu loam of Charlotte, N. C. afford a unuaunl adv.intagwa I to Advartieara both at hum* and abroad. aa they command a circulating medium of ' Ofer Vhraa Cnpirt per Wnk i