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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
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(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
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