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THE LANCASTER LEDGER' ,?nbliah?d er#ry Wednes lay Morning BY W. M. CONNORS, Editor mid ^?roprl?tor. TEEMS: In advance, |2.00 /It the expiration of Six Months, .... 5.10 At the end of tho Year, 1.00 ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at the following low rates: ,0ne square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $1; or, if continued, 76 cents for the first insertion, and 60 cents for oach subsequent inseron. The number of insertions must be written on each advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. ? of Major will be detailed fur each State to take charge of the enrolment, mutter ing in, subsistence, transportation and dis' position of the recruits raised under this Act. 2. Application will be made immediately to the Governors of the several Stales for permission to employ State officers for said enrolment; and in case such permission be not granted, officers of the army wilt be selected by the department to perform that duty under such regulations as may be prescribed. Where Slate officers are employed, the regulations of the respective States, in regard to milita. rv enrolment, will be observed as far as 1 applicable. 3. The enroled then in each 9tate will be collected iu camps of instruction by -the officers in command of the recruits, the said camps to be selected with reference to health and the facilities for ob taining subsistence and transportation? The number of these camps shall not ex ceed two in each State, without aulhori ty from the department, and to each will be allowed a quartermaster and a commissary. 4. The commandants of the camps of instruction in the several States will call upon the Generals cammandieg the Military Departments, in which their camps may be situated, for competent drill officer* to instruct the recruits, and will prepare them for the field a* rapidly as possible. They yrjll cause them to be prompt ly vaccinated, and, in ordering them 10 the field, will, as far as practicable, prefer those who have passed through the usual camp diseases. They will establish hos'i pit sals in connection with their camp, and make requisition for such medical attenr dance and stores as may be required. 6. The commandants of regiments, battalions, squadrons, and unattached coxparties in service, on the I61I1 instant, will send copies of their muster rolls to the commandant of the proper camp of ini struction in their respective States, with officers to take charge of such recruits ss I.- t I l 4^ u nr?? _ _ .may u? lurmsueu 10 s?iu corps, lue shki commandants will apportion the recruits among such corps in proportion to tlie deficiency of each, except when otherwise specially directed by the department, ah lotting, as far as practicable, to each such corps the men from' the regions of count try in which it has been raised.* They .will, from time to time, send off such be dies of recruits as are ready for the field : .*nd will report on the first Monday o every month the number of recruits ii camp, their condition, the number sen off during the month, and the regiment and corps to which they were aent. 6. The commandants of regiments an< -corps will distribute the recruits smonj theit several companies, and in such a< bare not the number of companies allow d by. law to a regimsnt, the said com mandants may organize the required number of oew companies, afterikM^i ing up tb? esistiug companiea^jfc||^ imum numbsr* required by to aay, for each company o tj priratea; at artillery, ' V. The meruit# will be ep^niwffiS The following deoumiona win oe innue in tfavor of standing advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 TEAR One Square, 95.00 98.00 910 00 Two " o.uu la.uu id.uu Three M 10.00 16 00 20.00 Hnlf Column, 16.00 22.00 30.00 One " 30.00 46.00 60.00 Announcing Candidate^ for Office, Five Dolliri. HSrXommunicntiona recoinme* ding candidates for office and nil other* ot .'united or individual interest, charged at adveniaing rates. .piT Obituary Notices exceeding one ^junre in length (16 lines) will be charged "Rr the overplun.at regular advertising rales 'ributes ot Heaped, rated us natertistnents. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid The Conscription Act. I. The following regulations of the War Department, in relation to the Act of Congress, known as the Conscription Act, are published by authority for the information of the public: I II. Enrolment and Disposition of Re | cruits.?1. An oflicer not below the rank j tnong the several turns of service, accord ing to their respective wants, consulting, as far as practicable, the preference of the i men. Where a greater number offer for < a particular arm than be assigned to it, 1 the distribution will be determined by lot; but recruits for the cavalry will only be taken from those who furnish their own horses. HI. Volunteertfor Existing Corpt.? 8. Persons liable to military service under the above Act, not in service on the 10th of April, and wishing to volunteer in ary particular company in the Coufed erate service, on the 16ih day of April, may report themselves, prior to their en rolment, at a camp of instruction within their respective States, where they will be enroled, prepared for the field, and sent to the said company, until the same shall be filled up. 9. Recruiting officers may be detailed, with the permission of the Generals commanding Military Departments, by the commandants of regiments and corps, and sent to their respective States for the pirn pose of receiving for such regiments and corps, in conformity with recruiting reguiHtions heretofore adopted, (General Or ders No. 6,) volunteers desiring to j.>io then). Such volunteers may he nssem bled at the camps of instruction In their respective States, prepared for the field, and sent to their respective regiments and corps until the same shall he tilled up, or if ready for the field, may be ordered directly to their corps by the officer so recruiting them. IV. Volunteer Corps heretofore Anthon ixrd. ?10 Persons liable to military ser vice under this Act, and not in service < on the 10th day of April, may, until (he i 17th day of May next, volunteer in corps i heretofore authorized to be raised by the I Secretary of War, or by the Executive of i any State, as part of the quota thereof, in pursuance of a call made upon such i c- r> :) , T> omits Uj lJO A ICBIUDUU A Vl?uua NUIIIUI I izc<l to receive such corps who may not i od that day have the necessary number I of men enroled and mustered in.o service i; according to the terms of their authority, ? will proceed with their men to a camp of instruction in their respective States, and will deliver their muster rolls to the com* mandant thereof. ' 11. The commandants of such corpa as are completed on or before the 17th day I of May, and not otherwise ordered, will report to'the commandants of the recruits of their respective States, and, with their corpa, will he placed by him in a camp of instruction, and reported immediately to the department. fjjuch corps will be under the command of the commandants of recruits in their respective States, and will be prepared for the field in like man* ner with the recruits until removed from the camp. They will only be moved un der orders from '.he department; trom the commanding general of the army, or in urgent cases from the commanding general of the military department in wbiali the camps may be situated ; and in such cases report will immediatel? he made to lb? department by the officer in command of the camp. V. Additional Corps Guerilla Service. 1 ? 12 Under the 'prohibition of ibie Act agaipst tbe organisation of new corpe, no further authority for that purpose can be given, except that specially provided for in the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to organise bands of par'.izan rangers." For this latter purpose applications must be made through the commanding generala of the military departments in which the said corps are to be employed. VI. Re organization of Twelve Months Corps.?13. All regiments, batta>ion% squadrons and companies of twelve months volunteers will re organise within forty daya from the 16th of. April, by electing all their officers which they had I a right heretofore to elect, and oa sucb I J a I. _ L.: J - - I omym mm in* urignu? tumiimnunr may prescribe, sad tl?? said brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fit and an nounce tbe day for such reorganization at soon as practicable. No person who is to be discharged under the provisions ' of the Act will take part in such e!ec ^ tion. 1 14. The form of holding and certifying 1 the elections will be in conformity with ' the laws of the Rtate from which the men, or the major part thereof, may come ; and when the election of field of * fleers is to be made by company officers, 1 the latter will be first elected. All car. ' tificales of election wid be returned to the Adjutant General's office, and the officers ' will be commissioned by the freeideot, y They will, however, *>n receiving a copy lks>f the certificate of election, immediately ^^ler upon duty. Officers not re elected fAltW relieved from dutf, end the brig nstKeommaoder will return their oamee yaBue department VII. Corps Raised for Local Defence. I tl ?15. Corp# raided for IochI defeuce w II j C retain (heir organisation during the term sr of such enlistment, unless previously din- | h; banded, but members of such corps may i In volunteer into corps for general service, fo as hereinabove provided. 0| VIII. Discharges.?16.?When any tl company now in service for twelve ^ u months shall, before the 161Is day of July j o next, attain the maximum numbets pre , a scribed br this Act, without including it the men under eightesn ami over thirty j five years of age, all such men may be ; o discharged, and such of them as remain j it in service on the said day will, under | ii their application, l>e then discharged, j ft whether such maximum he attained or | a not. IX. Transfers?17.?The vight to si change company or corps, in virtue ot l< re enlistment, ceasts to exist by there- c peal of all laws in regard to re enlist fmeat, hut trnnsters of individual* or of f. Companies may be made as heretofore, tl within the discretion of the depart* w raent. S X. Subsliti'tn. ?18. When any per e eon liable to Military duty under this o| Act, hut not vet mu-lered into service in o any company, des'res to furnish n anbsti L lute, lie shall report himself, with the 1' substitute, to the commandant of a ramp ? of instruction, and if the substitute he li lawfully exempt from military duty, and >1 on examination by a surgeon or assistant b surgeon, be pronounced sound and in a'l tc re*pecis ni ur mimnry re, lie rimy tii be accepted ami enrolled, and the person j el furnishing such substitute may be dis ! t? charged by ibe commandant of the tli camp; but no substitute shall Se entitled w to transportation or otber allowance at te the ezpen e of the Government until so e> accepted and enrolled. pi XI. Exemption*?10. Persons claim of ng exemption from military du>y under w< bis Act shall be required by the enroll ex ng officer to make oath that they are an awfully exempt under the Act of Con- ?x ;ress, and shall be furnished by bim *h with a certificate of such exemption. de From irk Soctu Carolinian. ib Mr. Editor : It lias been, and now is, rj( the opinion of many in our State, that in 5, % peiiod of revolution like tbe present all. B| excesses and errors ebould be overlooked ^ or submitted to for the sake ol tbe coin- *t* mon cause and tlie good of tbe people.? ^ I cannot, however, find it consistent wit Mil my views of right, justice or expediency j, that any audi opinion abound be held or v advocated In the beginning of trior, it , is the duly of wise men to arrest, if poe- N sible. Its progress, and I therefore feel it , to be tbe prinledge of every citizen to , bring to the notice of the people, in the j most public mauner, facts which deeply f affect tliern in their desire and inteutiou \ ^ f to see right and justice done to all. The Contention of tliia Slate, which, , be it remembered, waa called for a legiti* , mate and praiawortby object, (that of ta , king our State out of the old Union,) haa , aeen fit, without giving to the world or , to the citisena of our Stale ita reason* therefor, to overthrow the eetabliehed Conattluiion of the Slate, and to say that leeauu they order it, thus and to ahall be done in relation to the administration of our public affaire. Whether or not they had the right, I do not propoee to diacuee ?it ia a question of law entirely; but the fact does exist that their orders have been carried into effect, and that (he Governor of our Stale, conali tut ion ally elected by the General Assembly, ia now a**isted ' and "etreiipthentd" in the discharge of bis duliee by four gentlemen given him by the Convention. The Convention, or thoee who compose it, are the repreren* lativea of the people?therefore the peo pie have a right lo approve or disapprove of their actione ; and I, as one of the pen* pie, feel it to be my privfledge to aak my fellow citixene whether or not they approve of the action of the Convention in establishing an "Executive Council I" a.i ..t.i i..r...? it,. ..... ! ceiled by tb? Legislature of our State lo ! effect * particular object. Wfi^n ihepeo-' | pie elected their representative* to the J Convention, they knew that any m?n ; who whs resolved to give his vote for the ! immediate secession of South Carolina 1 would suit their views, for they sent their j | representatives there to vote for that im- . mediate secession, and nothing else.? ' They never for one moment thought that i alter the State whs earned out ol * lie U nioa, this Convention would continue to renew tuelf etui it* power eternally. If ' i they had thought that they were to lie j goveri.ed by tbia Convention aa loi.g aa j the ear ahould laet, they would, I am J eeriain, bate taken a great deal more oare ! whom they elected to be their m mi era ' | for awch a UwfUo# tip* Tho paopla, j icrefore, Imd n riffht lo expect that the (.invention would have adjourned mi ton nit (lie object fur which it wae called ad been accomplished. It would Iimv? een certainly the best and aafeat cm tree >r them to Imve punoied. hut it wm the pinion 01 fr.anv men among mem ier wine one# ?>r not the |?eople nmst de>rinine) that (lie time# culled for exti*. rdinary legislation, #n<) they therefor* dopted the '"Ordinance f?>r Strengthen ?jj the Kqeciitive Department." The question naturatlv urine*, in view f these circumstances, as to whether tin taugorntioti of extraordinary legislation i titnr# like these, will effect anything >r oyr cause. or whellier it will net takt way from the power of otir commot htvernmerit, whose hands should In lengthened, in every possible manner y the authorities < f the State# whirl nmpose the Confederacy. Our# is an in ?llt republic, and there run be no safety ?r it except in unity of action. Why lien, i-teate an irrepress'lde directory rhen helore we nad *'i the power in tin itsle vested in the hands of one wine, en rget'c anil patriotic man, who wan r? ponsihle for his actions to the ''legally* m at it ill i d Legislature of the Stale Jn ler tlie administration of Governot hekenr, our Stat?- affairs wrre colidncleil nil ptomptnea*, energy >*n?l ilvfpttilli ii all ?lie Svates of this C<nifeili)iicy ice has not been one, as far m I liav* ee.i ah'e to learn, which has contributed > tlie Confederate Government n11 tli* Iritis in lier power, more freely and leerfully, then has Soulli Carolina. I >ke pride in remembering that she wh* ie banner Stnte in our present viuggle( Itich, if successful, bids fa;r to erect * inple of liberty founded upon the inns', during basis. ^oll'.arr mid alone allr licked her ?tar of empire from the flag the old Union, and dared to any she mi Id lie free So sublime a spectacle cited the admiration of lier sister State-*, id that admiration was changed into mpatliv, when, for a length of lime, e maintained herself fie? and indepeumt, notwithstanding {he threats ot the wless Northern Government, and the ockerv of their twenty millions. I King the time when she w >s alone as a late, one single man stood at her helm, id steered her ajitid the dangerous reahers ol ih? dawning revolution.? rue, he was surrounded by a Council of tate. given him by the Convention, hut :ie resolutions of the Convention, giving iin authority to appoint said Council Spressly declared that the Governoi lionld, in all cases, decide upon his owi iCtion. Be it remembered the Oonven ion was tlien almost ir. its infancy. I vas then sounding, the spirit of our pen >1?, and dared not then assume t thaiige, in loto, our whole form of Gos trument, as they have since done. The people have a right to deinan ??d know ili? reasons why their rulei >ee fit 10 change their form of Goverr inetn ; and in this thang?, wliich forn lh? an I jecl of llira communication, the reasons, if ihet had any, have been coti |>iel*ly clouded in mystery. The Coi vent ion a**einbled in our mnlut, held long session, and the members wuul coin* out each day from theit meeting with longer face* lino, .they fi?<l the d* before, mm if the fate of nations hur trembling in the balance ; nik! anil tl people could not learn one word a* their actions ; nil waa shrouded in the i lence of death, until at leal the bubh burat and the tad cone out that, in tl astonishingly abort apace of three werl the Convention had entirely chanced o ststem ol Government from a r?present fives to that of an oligarchy, r.nd tl ucru ^iveu luur inurv ru'? villi nt?*uiu(e power, without a* much saving, ,,liy your leave, sirs." Again. 1 say, where ure the reaso fur lit in change f Wat there inelfkien In the then Government ot the State f there was, the p?o|il? iti<!ee<l it* it no but if there really was iiiefthiency', t question tlieii arises, hen the' Exvciili Department" been "strengthened" I adding four gentlemen of the Conventi to it f This question is not lianl to ? swer ; any thinking man who reads t papers can ettxilf answer it. Thw "E ecutive Department" has not b? **?treiigtlientd." Tli* inilmcee, loo, <t*y to cite. T|i? pepere of our 8i?ie I funned u?, lOiuetirue in tit* middle February Inst, ihnt the Confederei* (J? eminent bud celled on the Executive I nJd't'onel regiment* f?<r the war, a* pi of the quote of our Siete. Ilae ihei c lierR enewered til f lUto the m been eenl forward to reinforce our gi lent army f We know not whet in be behind the rurtein ? we know n certainly whether or not the quote h beep eeoi forward?pvrheye, like V i | Convention, llie nfTtir* of our Govern ai i ; iiieut are now eoD<luclr<i in secret?but tc tins we do know, ihnl bed our Governor t It i ; i?*ued Iiib proclamation, m u tlie usual at i custom, bound ately on tlie receipt of | m i tlie call, instead of waiting for (lie grand pi j scheme of conscription since adopted, ' 01 j end tlie various resolutions" and ' m j , I reel ion/' that Lave since been made, the ai > ineii would hate been in Ibe field? ) ri I South Carolina would have responded 1 o I nobly to the call of Iter Governor, and ' si r ] brothers wou d have, long ere this, met | I j their brothers in Virginia for the coming i Bl , deci-ire strife. L>o?-a ibis delay show tbal ,| r I the Government of our State has been ^ i | strengthened I 1 think not. HJ i j It would take up too much space in tl > 1 vour n-<uer Mr F liior. to mention the I .1 j r I * ? ? ' u , vitriout oilier iimtniice* wliicli g'? lo niiow t| i thm our niT?irs of $iNte nre working bud Iv under (lie preterit tyaleui. I do not ' I believe lIimi litis stnie of nff?ir? ia lo Its , I attributed to the gem'emeu "lioi-om , po?* iIk< Executive Counc I. They are ^ < known nil over oiir Slate, *nd Home of . them have ili?a ouiiR'lHiii't) of the people, hut it M to the |?r m-iple of the ayatein tllHt tilt) people ol?j cl. 1' ill ? t\ item ^ which must, of ueceaaily. work badly r miiJ will; delay, no matter liow wis* m I (Joutiril 11)1%v l>? appointed. Let u? go buck to our old form ? f Government.? . Let u? mjt% n recognize our Constitution ? noil it, wnd let tbe Convention la? I immediately culled together. Kirn I di?- ^ i ftolve tbe C< utictl, end then adjourn tint '' I die. ONK *111 uat rOR TH K CONVENTION. Later from Mew Orleans. t< lllCliMoND, April 29 ?Alines*)! you v ha?* tbe oorrei?jM?ndrnc* between tbe tl , Mayor of New Orleanr ami Commander J D. G Farragul of tbe Federal Navy Ex- Ci , |>ediliou for tbe reduction of New Or* lean*; y U 8. Flao 8hip. IIas'roao, ) *j Orr New Oklcans, April 25. Ir02, i ,i To bis Kt-ellency, ib? Mnjor of the City of Now Orleans. P\ Sir: ?Upon my arrival bef<>ro your ^ cil \, 1 had tlie honor to send your Ilonot ^ Cant. It -?i I %, of the U. S. Navv, second in , i ti command of ilia expedition, to <1 strand of vou iha surrender of the City of New ' n Orleans to inc, ar the representative of the Government of lha Cm led Stale*. Capt. baily tepurled to ma ilia result of lb* in* *' , lervMn wiih yourself and lh? Military r authorities. ( It must occur to four Honor that it Is 1 r not within the province of a naval officer 1 i to assume the duties of a military com* (' niand. 1 came here to reduce New Or* " t leans to obedience lo the laws aud v.ndi- * k cate the offended majesty of ths Govern* ' o tneil of the United Slates, and to see 1 r. that the right* of persons stid property he secured. I therefore demand of you, 1 d -as the Representative of the p<mp'e of 1 rs New Orleans, the ui-q'ialily surrender of i. the city and thai the emblem of the Sov is ereigntv of the United States be hoisted i* ovt-r tour Cnv Hall and L'lMtnm II..,? I ft. bv meridian tin* day. That nil Flags and ii oilier emblem* of Sovereignly oilier than h lliose of llie United Sia'.ea, be removed Id from all public building* by that lioor. I particularly request you to exercise iy your authority to quell disturbance, ra ig store order, and call upon all good people ie of New Orleans to reiuru to their voca to tions at once. >i I particularly demand that no persoii il? be uioles-ed in person or property for prolie fesv-ng suntiinents of loyalty to tLeir ts, Government. ur I shall speedily and severely punish ,* any person or |>ersons who shall commit he such outrages aa were witnessed yes.errs, day by armed men firing up-.n helpless as writueo and children for giving expression to their pleasure at witnessing ths old i a Fiatf. w p ,-y I am, very rrapec'.fullj, If Your ??b*i serv't, I ; (Signed ) -DO Park a out, he King officer Wextant Gulf Squadron. ?? by (Kaput) Matoraltt. Citt ?er Nk* Orlkans, I l0 CITY4IAL|.. APK?L, 2fl 2802. J |lfl Fag Officer U G. Fairagui, U. S. F.?g r Sitip U<?riford : ?0 9" : ?In pursuance of a revolution lie "liicb *e thought proper loud pt. out of in "I*'"! lh? lives of ilia womrn and ()f children who anil crowd our great Maty ! lrup?'**? dun L-tVall liaa evacuated it witli for U?* troopa and restored to mo the admin ?,t ia'ration of its Government and custody n)| ' of its honor. After having Consulted with tbe City M|a Fathers and considered the demand yoe Hy made of me yesterday of the oncondt|#H ! | ion a I sqrrendfcr of the city, completed as ! wi:h the requisition to hoWt the flay of be rbe Veiled Stolen cap eil pebfo >di|p? 1 ! ii) haul down the Flag that till float* I'l p lit* l)rw? from the ilomo of (lit* U?ll. Bro? mv duty to tmninnit to you UiH a iniwrr which h the univer?nl aenM Mr. ' nt of my constituents no less than the Coin rumpling* of my own heart, dictating it bear i tlim and Mod solemn occasion. I fepli< The city is without mean* of defsnce ?,,M id utterly destitute of n force and mate* , '* ' 1 nl tlmt might enable it to resist the 1 *u'l" rerpowsring arniainetit displayed in Ea*t glit of iu A I am N<> Military man, I poM?u no j fo ulliority bevoml the Mutiic'p!* law* of ('ru" le CipV of New Orleans. Ii won'd ) j ^',e resumptive in me to at<? mpl to lead in * 1,1 rtwy to the drld >1 I oad one at com* W*? i i ..in i i ..... wha INIIU, 1 intJiT BlIU Irjn IIUW IV (IllllVir cr an utidefendvJ oitjf held na tliia m, hi ''''"I i? merer of vour gunnera and your *"" Lortar*. ' w'?' To ?ti render audi a p'a.-e wire an idla . . ~ . cliiU ?d unm?miiD^ caramony I ha cily i* ^ out* bf the nowar of brutal foica, not . , Willi y ray dioice or ilia coneent ?<f ila inhab- ^ ania it ia for you to determine what j, ill lie the faia that ?*<m? it. it Ml Aa to hoiatitig any Flag other than the lag of our own adoption and allegiance, it me aar to you that the man Itvee not i our iindai whoa# hand and heart ' oyitl iiui im pnioifu mi mi mm uiuugrn """ f snch en Kt. Nor coit 'd I tin.I iu uiy rttire constituency so wretched and deeerate a renegade m* would date *.o |>ri>- '**d n?? ?uli In* hand the sacred emblem of 1,1 l< nr aspiration. Wl,r< %ff f g.r, you have manifested sentiments 'htcla would become on* engaged in * l?el ti i-i i i ?loul it chum iIn*it that :o winch yuu lute <l? ^ olved yuur aword I doubt not that iev spring from a noble, though drlu. . i r"u? ed imtura and I know how to apprei ^ late the einotioiia which inspired them. coin I)uiing your occupation of tliie city ou will 6ud lliw a gallant peoph?sen- bo(| live to all that can in the least aflect # teir dignity and aelf respect. (roQ Pray air do not fail to regard their (|?y iscentilwliliee Of the obligation* which I 11,Mt kail anaume in their name*. They shall ,MI) e re'igt<>ii*ly complied with. Y<>u may frulI ust their honor, though you might nut sunt on their auhtnieaion to unmerited ^ rong. >S,ui In conclusion, 1 tag you to uuderatand l'"'j at the people of New Orleans, while lv , , # . l)ej l?ey are nneble to respect your force, do ot allow theinorlvee to be iosuhed by Ue ieterfcrence of auch at have rendered hemeelvee obscurely contemptible by the j lastardly desecration of our course in the gf|| nighty struggle in which we are en[aged or such ae might remind them too >aiefully that they nre the conquered j md yon ere the conqueror. l'?l PeacA and ord~r may ta preserved ^ nithoet reeort to tneeeuroe which I could una not at this moment prevent ImW Yoor occupying the cite does not tll(1 transfer their alleqiance from the Gov ernment of their choice to one which ' they have deliberately repudiated, and that they could aimply U the oltedleuca w which the conqueror ie entitled to expect ?'ul from the conquered, pal Rrwpert folly, tie* (Signed) J no. F. Monhos, K' M?vor of New Orleans. *p< The Vevi from Vow (Meant. Our telegraphic weiunii from New 'ia Orlwaaa (sat a the Savannah Newt,) en 00 courage the hope that matters are not at 1,1 had as was at firft supposed. It would appear that the citJ, though threatened hy the Yankee Meet, is not yet in their 1 hands. Their gunboats, failing to ailence the forts, hare dashed by thoni, and are in front of the citr, which they dare not i ?M( nnd which they li??l not sufficient fore* to occupy. Our nrtny, having do* ro)?d :h? cotton urd public iIoin, ha* erocuntod tho citv, which is prittuclud by J lit# foreign logton, and ovor which tbu a Confederal# fl?g *(111 waVM 1 ' all Thu report that iliu French and English war vmmU hat# pnriritni ?|Miilt thu ^ helling of Now Orleans. mnu not im probable, erpacinlly whun ? rtd?ct thnl '* thorn nro mil hone of Prfnch and English * property rntd a Urge number of English nn<l Frwiicti wldMli in lh? cily. !l looks ?*rj modi m if (lie Yankees (J had raptured an elephant in the Crescent Uiiy, the grsal eiftporiain oi Western jMtnmtre*. Tliey h?n it in thsir pu**r, Ih|i under ?wk embarrassing circumaian0?e (! Ml they are nt loss to know what Jff 10 do niih il. They date not shell i(? unable to bring up their transport* they th Iists not n su(So?*nt force to enable them 0 to take and occupy k, and even if they did lake t?ili?ary possession, ihey must know (h?l I key would be fnabie to hold J ' i*t ftlLADRLPUIA, April 18. ? r?r*oll tnluw r?-c?*iv?*<| Ml lml?-p.?iilfiice I l?y tin* city Mtiilioritifn tin* niortiio?, I'rii^K, Pi?id*nt (if ili? C"iiuiinii cil, rerwivin^ liiin villi word* of tlie welcome pHrmiii llrownlow el in m rliiirncieiihlic nddrihw of i length, delivered from h hinihI orcc. t ? . . n ironi ol me li*l>, in ho iinniemo mi*. Mm reciled tlie inbulHtons Ten i. enure Unionist! liml undergone', t one time lie hud l ei*ii witliin one* of bunging by ibe ?iii?*ih'? of? it bend court nmriiNl hi Knoxvihe.? one vole tlinl ihV?i) Iiiiii ? h< iIimI of rrupt. drunken Kiet?ifliiirl, end lie J lemp'ed to excUim, "Grei*! G*kI, on l h slender lbre*d hung ever billing it*.'* He tbd not whiii office. lie* { led to go buck to Km Tennessee n cocked Iihi, inord Mini coil rope, i closing, he nliuded lo I.in *i!u end ireii, now held hi ImilNge* in rebel* 1 , mii?) ipuke of die jov end exnlinlion ^ winch the Union Mrmy will be gree m East T?? antoii Liruwulow has rw#i? <1 nii ill .ion from the Piemdent to visit the ' lie linUftH War Mallei*. formation, 11*>| rtrtl In I.* reliable, l?rn received, lliNt the Feileials him in^ ir?ni|mi uii i! i? hu!m >. (! ? i>m| pa ?<h'k n*mf, hikivm uii'niikn ; hiki il i* ? to n s'lpp. .slllon lliNt h Hlo?rin<Mit i? xitempl alum keiori iIim rou it try tola Hicliiiionit. Tlihi every possible I will be made by tl.? enemy to hi| e U|K>n iIim capital, ?e Iihim no l't; nml *e feel equally ri<nfiilt>ui iIihI rill encounter some very seriou* oil Ira in the w?y of success, whatever e lie may select. ryond a report llinl n sharp skirmish ineiiced yesterday morning in (lie liborhood of Yorktown, wm have iiii|T ??sw froin lli? Peninsula. It is id, however, liial a large number of ^ }<* were landed at Old Point on Tura la*t, which coii 11 ad hi a iIim rumor McCleJIan was engaged ationl ilie e time ill moving hi* lorrrt away i thai place?Richmond I)i?p<itch. East Tknxks*sk?Gnu. K K?rbv ill lias tateed Ilie following pr clama* to ilie p. op'* ?lf Etai Tenners*** : 'lie Major General Commanding tl e lariment sees with regret that large tea of citizens, misled by designing \ i, are leaving the Slate and reeking asylum in Kentucky, le calls U|?oii tlis people of East Ten 11e to remain at their homes, to culli* k their fields, and to be true in their giauce to the ezisting Government. Ie assures ell citizens encased in cul* iting their farms thai he will protect a m with their rights, and that lie will pend the militia draft under the State r, that they may raise crops for con nption in the coming rear. East 1 inkimik.?Our account* from it Tennestre represent that die con* ip;iou net lias occasioned an interna amotion among ilia milk and water Irtola of East Tennessee. tVhole couo* tars risiutr up and mo?it>ir towards nt'icky. "iucli is tl>? harvest thai rings from lbs teachings of tliat double ed traitor (well called ApolUoii) ownlow. General Smith n? <ioing*wliat can to arrest the stampede ; hut, as a rraapondeni inform* u?rii i? like "daini li.g up the Nile with bull rushes.";? ichmond Di*pnteh. rilE KlCllHONUDl^Al'Ca. r COWABLDI* * HAKK1RSLIY KICUM* NL>, VA. Daily Hini Wiklt add Weakly. TSRlf ft?Cub U Advance pilK DAILY :*|V?AVoM w ttM i.. L <ltxMtrU>vr* A* ?U AID If AhTI A CKMTA* wu(, |>a|aU1? lu IH? Carrivr Wifhljf.? Wm fur mai!ingtt4 a ) ??r, or 92.60 for I tuuflih* In ftt|vani<?. I'll IS 8KMI.WLKKI.Y DISPaTCII u turd wry Turada) atitl KriUu> ai $2 in I vain V tk ) ivkkk'i.v lllmpa-fimi i A ery t ..Jay. uiid mailed to aub?*:rit>?ra at * I |*?r annum. TUB D4HT BULLS TIH ASP ATAWBA JOURNAL, ?* E. U . 1} |( I i TON, CMARI.oT f K, K. C. THmu (embracing ll?? Tri-WmhBulluik NUblivitwl in Uio loan of vmriuiMf v, ?||uruB uiiuaum nu * niK}* > AUvwluvra l(?-p? ?i kumr md nbtumi. u i?y onitnmid ciiisaiNiitig medium of trr Tkrm Thousand Cnpiru ftr IVni (WOO POUNpS IRON. NUI IJlM.NO Plow Imn.Pio# >ImI, At JUNKd ciigt^Krr*. / . ... *. $lte fflttcaster.. CcDger. S2 PER ANNUM * SSS.W IN ADVANCE. 1 /amilg nail Mitical jBemsjiaittr?Btintrti tn tlje irti, Jkiwni, littratin, Omcatiin, Igririttort, Stttrui 3mpronrmentif /irtigs ill Iwtitic Urns, tail tljf Markets. VOLUME II. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEUNESOAV MORNING, MAV 7,1361. NUMBER 13. j