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CU to jjj^e Iumi ifi tin; m|.put cut enjoyment of his UrUul tine health. II iM Company liaa not yet reorganised under the Act of C'ongresa, hut wdl do so ; as well as ull the companies ol the 2d Kcgiuieiil. We leant iiom l.im that there ia a piuhahihty, that all ol the HegnuenU in Gen. Kershaw's Ihigado wilt soou be at home on lui lough. "LahcasT.k liHtts."?VV e are informed that thia company has iccuully been ic organised, under the hue consciiplioti law, try the eleetiou ol the lonownig olM J. D \\ y lie, I apt. \\ . G. blear ait, l.-t Lieut. J L. Luiimp, ad *' G. II. luLvj, ad " Gunboat Ruffle A lady requests us to say that a bracelet lias been hit at the store of Measie. liaaaeltuie ii Mssscv, to l>u i atll. d ; the proceeds to be apt %!)? Hfiiqft. lamuahteevills. i.e. "Wednf?dtiy Morning:. May 7. 1862 Kklioiocs.?Mr. Craig request* us to *ay, that he experts to preach iu the Village on next abballr. K.oin several quarter* ol the district, we hare heard of the appearancc of runt ill wheat. Generally, up to this time, it is reported aa be* ing confined to the blade. The early appearance ol this destructive malady ia causing *01110 apprehension. We have had iepent<-d raiua rriiice our last issue. On Monday evening there tn a veiy heavy slot in ol wind and rain?exceeding in V.oli't.et any storm that we have had lor a corn wUeini.le time. We have not heard ol any damage lhat has been sustained, except the washing ol the land and lire blowing itown of fencing. Capt. McMunus of the "Lancaster Invincible*," is at present in our town. Wa are pleas pueu 10 me ijunboaC lund The bracelet is j woilli fiu.un. Theie will be 20 chances-ftu j cents chance. The raffle will come off as soon an the chnncc* arc taken up. Uuke Yuui Uwu Stilt A gentleman slated in our office a few day* ago, that he had made seven quarts of suit ! from a quantity ol diit, taken lioin one con tier ol hia smokehouse ; a.id he was induced to believe, from this espwimcnt, that lie would deiive fioui the same source a sufficiency ol salt to supply his wants lor a considerable tune. Olheis liitve inane in the same war and there are no douht many moie who might avail ihcun aelres ul the same piivilegc. The oidinuiy piocess seems to he, to throw the diit in a battel, or hopper, andpoui'ou tei as iu making iye. This is continued until the salt ia supposed to be washed out ; then boil down sufficiently, ai.d the aalt ia made. 8iuih Carolina Faroe* in iha Field , The Chic! ul the Miliiaty Llepaituieut of South C'aiolina, Hon. Jauic* Clieanut, Jt., lepoils to the t.lfculive Council a statement of the lepreaeiilatiuii of .""outh Catolina iu the field, based upon dais, itiloi lua'.iou and estimates iu tha office ol the Aojulatit and Inspectoi Genet al. According to this exhibit, our lorte iu lite field lor the war, on the 2blh Aptil lbt>2, was 2-,bol men; and lor twelve mouths, at the ante date, i 7,2 1U men ; making an aggtegale Iioiii thla Mats in llie field of 3W..74 men. '1 he i rpui t stales llial on the ifd day ol Feb iubi) last, tb?s Soci etal j ol War addteaacd a Cumuli location to lua kxcvlleticy Governor l'.i ki ll.-, stating that one sixllt f of the eiitn# while population ol tfiis State, which is about eiglilcen Inousatid, had been uetel mined upon as the quota to be lutuiahed by thus Male lor tbe war. ."u it appeal# that couth C'aiolina has in the field 21 27 1 men iiiexceraol the quota chaiged upon her by lha SeereUry ol W ar on the 2d Feinuaiy. F'toui the 2 th ot Febiuaiy, about which lime the reaoiutioiia ot the Guveruoi and Council eatablishing' a ay stem ol con ciipliou weie published, to the 2blh Apiil, the loice ill the field lor the war waa increased hum u.iii to .2,164 imn, the nuiuhci beluiu staled. 'J lie above number ol 3 S', 2 7 4 is about 13 per Ctut, or near one seventh ol our enllie wlalte population. It all ol the Stales had iu the held a proportionate lon e, the Conledeials atuijr would be over one million ol ineu, wheieaa it probably duet not auiouut to the hall' ol a million. >ot? nba'anding the Slate haa fun.iahad to the Confederate Government fuily tluee louitba ol lier abie-dod>ed uieii, ahv la to be divined Still deeper by the CoUscriplion Art, which places a.I ol her citisens between the ages ol 13 auU 33 yeaia in the Held. IIy the opsiaiiona ol tin* Act, the South Caioima lorve^in the Held will be increased to at least 4&,bOU men, ' making all 'tasonable allowance lor tha release , of llio*e below and over the presetibed agae, 1 ?whose otiginal t?-m ol acivice was lor 13 months. Alter the Coustriplion Act haa akru a fleet, there will he lelt to the Sute some till teen oi twenty thousand iceu. ll the sigos of the times do not greatly err, a poition ol these, at least, will soon be lequhed to serve at Slats 11oops. Several Militia Kegimeut* in tha Slate have recently been required to luiuisb a ceitaui number of men tor Suta pmpoeea. The 21st I "'ay be among the neat called on. The Charles on papera publish the following "to the Irout lb* PiruliM rf si, I'liillip lid M Michael ill tha Iwiifiitlou ot the of Ui? fctatea of Houlli I arolina," signed l?y upwaid* of ii|kl liuudied eaiuui : 1 "UKMTkkM : Italic ring that the Male Cow. cannon had IUIIUM the ohj eta loi which it ! wm nIM by the paaaage of the Ordinance of Beccaaion and the adoption of the Confederal* Constitution ; and that, by the ie-efflimation of the Conaliluliotfi of tb? 8lata, th*r* waa nothing left tuithar to oidain ; and an nous to praTent any political cicitciucnt which may distract and weaken that unity in public **nti< roent and action, ao Imperatively daNMiidad at thia ciiai* : We, your conatituanu, laapactfaHy and aarneatly icqueat, that you will cxatt your pcraonal effort? and uaa your collective luflo- 1 anca U> affect an immediate call of tl>* f>UV* Convention. ill Order iliac tlta flima a? I lug accoiupliahrd the puipoee for which il ?tf elected bj the people, inaj Ut diiroivrd and t)M <J??vei mnriit of ilia Hut* left pptuiin^il/ tinder the rightful operation of the t'ooeti'uUon and the Uwi enected under iu sanction." CorfKI KAlLIHO ? S*\?rul bag* of eoflee were sold el euelion in Stvenouh, on Wedgeedaft^ft^n** fag qg fnstg 0| to #1 eW ropuiar idea tbotrt tba War. j < The Richmond TTAtp say*: We believe that [ ' : if it was put to the Tote of the Southern people t > t > pit-scribe how the war should be conducted, t l on our part, in futuie, at least ninety in esery <j i hundred?men and woman?would favor liio v | immediate coneentratiomof a large army upon u : our frontier, to march North and bring the war c home to the Yankees, by devastating their ^ i countiy, and occupying, it not destroying I'hilI adelpliia. New York and Boston. Tlicpiovaii- ^ ing belief is that this would piove the only suie method of conquering a peace, or of obtaining ''iudemnity for the past, and'security for the * future." " I It is understood that th? ihu:w.... ? - I mica in the field ia likely to be a question of ? 1 immediate concent to lite government. Much c i of the cattle country in Vitginia ia already in | ' the liandit of the enemy, and the hrannncr thinks that a sudden com entiation of our for- ^ cos in Virginia or to lite eastward ia among the measures contemplated by the tiovemineut. Komintio. d An officer in It e a.-uiv, in Nor It Caroli- v iih, writing tu us ?>n business, relates, in a M postscript, the following singular circuit!* , j, stance : | r | There w:ih n circumstance tlint lispp -ncd | (| in camp yesterday, ttiat would pvrinips in- | a lerest yotir renders; About two or three j ,, w eeks ago. our Regiment received cavern I | jhundred Recruits In one uf tile companies, | (l (Unpt Uiiliser trom Caldwell County) n j man volunteered, vt Imae wile. 1 suppose I a'uulvi not beur to be parted I'iim;i him ; *o I e she chose to cnuie along with hint, not as a | v lady, but as a soldier. Mile received iter j j, bounty of tif'y dollars and was die-setl in | mill attire, no one know ing but I hut she S was a id1iii exc. pt Iter husband and another mail, and tlu-y were bound up in secrecy ? tl Sl.e got along very well, until ubonl ft ur t, of fi.e days ago. v l.eu Iter busband was disi cl.argeil Mlie. i suppose, '.bought y would (, not do >o stay longer than I e itid ; so yes- 'J terday she went up to Col Value and con cj leased the secret, eauie up boldlt and paid a back her bounty and got a di-< b >rge and ? want liolile litis morning. SSli said she n would have Icrii w thing ti? have Hi hill her three year* out hud In r tinabu.d not gut u t, discharge ftllO ?'?? nil nil.,id once or iWii'e ti and dulled regularly. 'J ho Surgeon tlnit i, music red in tile recruit*, mi in he never ,, thought i,b<>ut her l-citig n woman until he u aecrel In came known, w.i.in miv one enul I ,| tell It f>lle i* nhim eighli-eii yen * i.f age ! I in M |\I.W OoLIAM. A* our reuiler* are iitiXlo.i*lv awaiting 1 Iiewa Iroin Now Orleiu.n, wo have cut a-l " from the N I). L'retcent and Drlta U e no tiexed iietna tti.icn i* the luto-l new* we ^ have oht.ilneii I'ioiil flint point b> ugnlar in;.II : ? Charlotte Bulletin '' l in o.tuation " The leporl* from the river below, y eater- | W day. were Very conflicting Uul we are a.it- I i'lied that the prngrca* of the eneni) I* much a'ower tliall w hut ia atated on the authority of afreet rumor. J'nia much, at least, aeefll* l<> be certain : Tlial notiie lew of the rnemv'a bo..t* have euecvrded in * pa-aing Hie lor a ?that re*ial.ince ha* lie i ll | ufuile to llieiu tnia aide ot Hie fori*?ami t thai t'.e q .e-ti' ll oi a furlliei aaeeiil of lite river la ln-1 yet deemed. Tne ful* tliem- j 1,1 acive*, according to the laleal report, are j X" musing reaiat.tltee, and the commanding of 0,1 lieeia have no idtu ol a aurretider. There ure. perlmpa, aome who would re gard tloi appear..lue ol Ine ellrmy'a gun N" bo.ua in the riVer nppoaile lie v ly u- eipifvii lent to ila caput.e Not ul all. It ia tin possible the enemy cuu bring uicti enough { l|| On hia boaia to meet the heavy colomiia we ^ have to uteri llieot. We ura ready, at a momenta warning, for the viuburkaiioti ol yj w h.ttever poa*ibie lorue cun now b? nihrelied ,|| aguinal ua?ready in oVerwheluting tutubeta, and with a delertuined apirii Ti e ppopuiur illea about tile "alielllno of li.W - . il ia called, ami ila i)iaa.tlruiia al fee.*, ia a popular delusion. Sliuuld il k) poa*ibili-y > happen lliul Ilia eltrlny'f? boala gel here, let Lin m lUirll ? ' Ti */ ?hcllrd l'u-a Corialian?- a io ?uol ui wmidvii l.nuaea? lor irLcrul lioura Willi ill in lie ?rtT el. The lieav> batteries of Foil In Pickril* pla? rd upoi. the Navy Yard mi:?I Oilier boil-iinga ui Pciia.icola for lliiily ?ix ^ houia, and oiiw old ahaiiiy, only, w?a j bullied li'ii lei oa *upp><ae an il itinv H, f.-ae ? tli. I Una shelling I* all tlial la feared ( ?wtwl then ? Toe city can but go. la M there luucii dilfercnce wbedier il g-ea in the hand* ol the enemy one a?v or ilia Oilier ! Suy, if il >a lo go at all, lind il not II belter go aa a deaolaled piaae loan vvilli u.| iU reaourcea ? Tat* ok TMarok J'1 i Ot course, it ia nul expected that we can 1,1 be very li qnacious Una uiorging. At nri I" o.rly hour >ealerday aoiue alarlling iulelli* lr geiice froiu below waa announced. feivery 11 1 body waa on the tenter* toward noon. La V ter advices were received, placing inaiteia In a very dubiou* aapecl. but it Wan *o?.n a-eerlBlne?l Unit anllle ffigulelled oHieer '* lie t,'oiile.ieraie Navy bad concluded to r* Irighlcii evervlio..) el?r, hi* report being 1,1 that aeveii Confederate bout* were burnt ? cl Some of our trilixeiia iiaturiillv iuouir.-d l.u* vr | aeven gunboat* ton Id li.ive been burnt lu prevent their falling into the hdiilo of (he nroiy when ln*> could l??vv run up atreatu : Ai ? later hour fu/:iier ?* ?-? waa r*? p ! ceivrd, giving a different Mule of uff.ora, f' | much inore rhcouctgwg, mid mil at ail ?o ( gloomy at the morning report indicated. * W? l>ava haver nad b?i one opiutuu nUonl wl th? defence of the torla and liver below '* that |v, it proper iin-neurra ware taken? " Arcboala, rafu and an on, *tre prepared, 'r live enemy toulo out reach Jhe city. li1 In fact, )i'(iwdiw waa a dav of in0*.I " Inordinary axciieioant. We euuU not coin* : 1,1 |*elMMiihwhat it a|| meant. The I'rovoal ! S Mknm?l|i iunt-H ?n order lor every owe ?< I M be at home at 9 o'clock ; that ia our bed ' hour, and are aha 11 willingly obey it- Thv *' entire I'UBok were ordfted to ) * cloned le It loiallt, a? it were. 'I hJ? aill brar hard on 0, he II o'clock luocbe*. Our el-lima will, . hoe aver, eubmit With ehrert'eliieao. ^ Caroadoiet at rent wee Ueeerted at all early ' hoV Tbe bofrfe M wait (m lb* a aaual hour, 8 P. M. Tbv ?fnnd boulevard v14 iichImI Kb 1 P U ? ? uj'in 01 vrj? eyoree j r* ning closed. Camp street waa greatly i hronged ; much more a? thnn usual, hun i jy lre>ta awaiting the dlepntcnea, which really. n;l|, Wicf. published, amounted to juet nothing j c?ni I all, na it wna expected that two or more lKll, f the enemy's gunboat* ur Meumera would j ?0? nan the forts ; but why our force*, were not j 1 rt-pared to turet them, lute not yet been Qrlt xplained. j all<i The Miipplies of breadstuff* and provi- j t|IM iona nro running rather low. There it en j w|,j bundance of corn in the country, and it . p|t><j ounliful supply of uiolaMtea. We cannot I pro, o etnrVed out for a few uion ha to come -? ' pUy, If course, under the very extraordinary ex- Ullv itcinetil of the day, there was very liitl* (jell eed given lt? general matters, but uigbt | |>oll lo?cd on n inucli calmer a'ute of thtiiga y?n tali the day opened. ~ drat The White Smoke Yeeduyday our rentiers, many of tbein, ?jer? oubtleia, eaw Vo.umen of smoke rising in ||le nriwtia pa.la of the city Theee weie. in *| everul instances, from quantities of born* ?,l(j ig cotton All Hie rest is bv this lime 1 pyj, eiidy lor the torch, anil il will be applied lo n lisparingly If all other valuable)* cull be | ?f j. a etiaily and elVcclnully U?-jn fn.ni the i'h?* i ?u|1 ly'rt l?r:i?p, Him ?inewn of war would noon | til thern ; but their intention* I* heocefor.h I ) lllake the war pay for Itself Kxit fr?'*i nit Citv. nah Tin1 vnrinua uivIihm ol travel are crowd* d, mid Nome i t tlieui mopped. Tu? Ij.kw ^ n*aelit yrnlerdxy received order* not to ?a\e tlie Canal nil further notice. ? ? or avannah Never to be Surrendered. wul *l*ti w iSavonnah l<epu>'liran announce* ' int Urigudit-r General Gaston Iran de "r rnnned under no .-iruhiuiinne a to atirreii cr ilie ci.y into the hand* nf'lhit einuiv, ','1" ut tu d< lend it to the la*l ex*re lilt* ? r ' I* determination wu* formally conimuni 01 iileii to the Alavor, oit 'i'uemlnt, whareupnti """ xpicial meeting ot C'ouucil w.i? called, ' *' nd the following resolution w ? uuani luUnly Uilopted I VV hereaa, ,\ communication him been re rived lioni linr ComuiniidthK General, slit <>u 1 ! >[ >liul lie will Ueleud llila city to tlie ' ml extremity; and vsliurea*. itie member* I t onett iiiiuUiiiiuualy approve of the dc> ' -ruiii.Miioo ot liu Commanding General, ' It letoic, lie It ^ iioo< ie?i, I'uul t ott nil will render nit c"" lll?l ir .??? Iiiilk in III |in piMHT III Silt III III tile ieneful anil lo carr? out hit luudiblc de- *" * III* 1 ri lliiu.t < Inn. 1 I'lie Kepi.Llwin. in alluding tu this atern net uil.i.tiiiii nt llio peop e, *u . it : N VV e like litis mi) ul selling <ul n lieu a fell euple are sirug. ling lor lueir liuiu. a unit J day iraiUra ug.liisl a fUi||lr?a invader 'I'll* ! ball lui ll.us entertained Willi Die public is a ! butl nietl uut'i olid may true Georgian villi i>sn i* iiedt to a.aI il Willi lna blood (J..e I.lb '"H more n-iiiuiua in be done, and llieu | ""d e aim 11 Ihi rei.uy lo measure awoids willi JZ*rr e emu)). Lei tne commander* of oul Ih.* .nous liulterieH call together their resf ce I *iri re U?iri*Oli<, alia aAtur llieiu lleVer lo u | lerli union u gun mo loi g na il nv.a i.n lis vnr , loss ge, and a miltlier is K II to iii.iu il Willi ' h.ii'i i? spirit iii iininiuii* ua, wo* an.til sa>e j r.ie. niuili, m.d llli.avr.ilu Geor^'a by dr.imp I boar iik Hie arieiny lr.un l.er nlii.r-a. Uj il j ira lo turn brick *liia liJe of dtaaaler ih..l j ''Jo now swecning over our devoted land, | t'ie I id, by our example, give Lope and cuiifi- | ul* 1 a.eo lo Ine eounlry. I tag The follow ing addre^T lo II.e people oil . e Mississippi Valley haa just been iaaned I General Beauregard : "Tne casualties of war have opened llie insissippi river to our enemies. The time, i , , j ble I lerelore, luia come lo test the earnestness 'all classes, and I Call nn tt.e patriotic i anurs owning com n wimin reach of liie j regit .rim, lo af.plv tfte torch lo it without de* : brid| ) or lienilaiiou. Aiori "G T Br.Aunt'jAsri" " , 1 It is staled l..in ??iiile at VVii.chea'er. Va ,! m-.k eoernl " 'l..l.ewal." Jackson alter.tied the iii.ui pit.\er meetings held there and led ! ^ i prwv er several iiine?. Would thul we ycai, ltd more Generals of that stamp jj She Df.vil^"?When Seward cmim ivk from Witic eater lie wn? j """ Mint liiii Union neliliihelll, Mr. ?">ew'.ird !' w 1'iie ii.vi I... i c ull ifuiie In the .cbel urhiv, " id the wi.inru ure ull nhe devila,*' wua Sc 1 urd'a gmtl' rraporw? j i [From llie Souihern Guaidinu ] I |(l mpiiaoument of Rev. A. J Wither- rov, kpOOQ. ! lfoy Wv deeply grieve in learn tlii.lll.ia Chria i w|(j| nii patriot ?i uh taken priai.ner ut the but- ' \ a of SI.kloli. We gather tbe following | irticulur- of the went from a private let- | j r kindly fu'iiiahed ua of I lie Indy of the jucj, nooel of (be rvgnuvnt?II.e Slat Alubainu -joluolevm?of which Mr. Will.er-poi.n ?|,dj a* chaplain. He bad be.-n offered the Ac.i iptu i ey of the ~ WiiiuT*pi>oii t?iiurd?," u gr,lU uip.fiy ruined in Ida neighborhood, in Ma j 0j nko vouiui, .Ma, Mild named in vi'twp.i- fVoiu viil to loin, hut dt-clincd the pwntioii Woli wo? .urnclviiiiie modraly. lie went aa a pri ^ ile in the rank*, and ?'?? a?.on mude chap |^ l( in of the rv^pueni. I p| C^TK ACT. JI..U *1 presume \<>u have ere this teen li.e iiiv,| iriictil.tr? in detail, ?nd Ifiiit our de-?r . -pj lend M(. Witlivrapooa, who wua clniphiin ?kjr, ft. e regiment, waa taken priaoher. Ile |?jn. ii* ?|iii uur milium llleiuj littpl. Urllitirr', both I Ui? Wi;her?poun Guard*,* who u u><>iilly w(.muled, when captured by the tnriO)', j,ul|l id preferred imprisonment with hm poor ( | lend Hi ju a release on p..role. '1 lie sur- j-||u roll remained uy rboice ai*o to lake eare ,|, I' our uiro. Waa not that devotion rp | ^ mrkiible ? Vie ull feel i<t lor Cant K a-d ... . . " ' . , I Willi Ir. VY lu??e bate <* nn u* a great deal tin* ; inter, and we all leel toward* Mr. YVilli. [ rapooii like a relative. Y\ e all love hitu j " a milch. I never knew a mart so much be ived by all. UUtriug tbe bailie be en w* 1 uuiagrd bia men, telling ineiii th.-jf were AI ghiiug lor a boly cm use, and Hie night be- ' t(<>o ?re ine whole regiuieut kneeled in prayer, '1 fciftf Gco'a blpaaittf wd protection.'* *? i WAR NEWS. From th? v\ estlEMmis. April 128 ? Despatch lo Suva Republican.?1 give you be'ow tl dition of affair* nl New Orlenrn, tin o ed here from what i* considered rcliub rcea : 'fie federal gunboat'* panned lip to Nr eana without reducing Fort* Jncaat St. 1'hillip General laivell retired wil military nud ?.ble bodied oien, afti oli the Mm or *unendered tiie city on Ige that pernon* nnd pro|*erly would I acted. Th* *pecie in the bunk* und tli iic property were all removed from ill an ? - a me luiioii id iiic Ciiy w;ii burn ornl J.oveil in at I'iih* Munchoe, on Lak ii'harlruin The ruin Lnuaiuna, mid on boat, are ill Fort Jackson ; the rent ai ro\ ed Tile enemy lost Several of Hie is General lie nil regard lias issued o i lor tlic destruction of all cotton witni eneliii'? reach. 'tie unities near Coriutli are very activ a bnt'.le is considered iniinilieiit at tin it 'i'lie weather is good, and favora' nililarv operations. The bombardmei 'urt Pillow continues, but with what n , lias nol I rail spired The Campa go in the West. OKIsTH A|?ril ^9 ?Despatch 10 MuVni Republics!).?Tho enemy liuve been ri reed eutliciently to restore llieir emit ire, and are now advancing upon oi s. heavy skirmishing is going on dnil quits an alluir occurred to-day this aid Monterey. (.lear the decks, and luo for wsr on a grand scale ! 'lie editor of ths .Memphis Avnlnnch Foulka, w na arrested to duj , for pal ing an article calculated to urray ill iter^ against tile Government. Ji-pulcoe* jost received liere state tin ier.il Buck lie I allvl Gololiel l(i ger llal . who were taken piiaoneraal Fort L)oi li, are l<> be exchanged lor Generu llllsn and McMickrll. lie elielnv s foicea are reoinle.l ? Fori I'ltiuH anil muting up lite Tvi ?ro 'lie report of General Beauregard of tl lie ! ?"ii iU'll linn berll Completed, ui tie lor * ard.-d lo Itichii.oiid to tjin(r ii apei-ial nie?-c"Vrr i.-ner.ii lieu ii ii).'ii rd li.ut i-ancd otder* f< unending wtiii-i ra to repott nil case* i inguished gillamlv among our ironp veil .i? .H is ol co.tardive, iliul llie) tin gnZ' tied tunendcr of Fort MaconN tLWiROT.ift, April ?Fort Aim-on mi lereil on Fnd.it, tlie tilth, and not JSui , nf'er it tiiiiiibnroii'eiil fioiu (lie I t] . ri. it of ten nliil it lilt-1' hour* 'I'll ,1'tiea nere planted henind lie.ity nan kf mi the bench j ilie b-tilery tt?? ntil 10 leel diamni, and liie morlnr* l.4u( entirely concealed fiotu the fort. 'J'n i.tnli Man allowed llie honor* of wal itinera retaining llietr disarm*, and al ; paroled !!?eVeii ttcio killed and eigli vtoutliieii?two mortally. Tlie clielill' tt.i" not knott ii. < ol. \\ lijle, and oni ire.i mid lifiy tit a of l.i* collilllnlid, at I nil l %} liar ) e-teiday atleiiioon. or .1 ine 1' cdera! gun-boat Clunp.vvii, am ! transferred to a riVcf ateniner oniter i ot truce, and readied here a* stated ii former despatch ; the others it ere ?eu he aonhd timil llie fort. ;ag? meut at the Cumberland Gap iCHMoan, Alai I ?Dispnilie* from Knox , "IVIIii.. aiiiiea llotl mi engagement IKL*d al Cumberland Gap nil llie 2dlh, ii III tlie Confederates loss wun trifling lie eimuy tta? repulsed .villi comtidera oas. he tVJersli were {eiuforced by eigh iienln. and hate compieled a ll ?u in| across ibe Cumber and Utter. Gt-n gun la CO inula tiding, la believed the enemy will attempt ti ii a fl ink inoieiiieUt. Ncwi from the North. 01 Folk, -tiny I. ? Northern pup-ra o eiday liaVu been received. laoalcii from Ki.rl IVfial.l f.oi.i-1.. ? - - ? " it particular* in relation In Forts J.tck and Si I'hil.ipa, and the cupiiir* u ^)rle-iia. 'i'nu engagement lusted iw lie Union V. s<el ?ga Bin.k lie Federal lona una vary heavy, ew Or it-mil tell without a snaggle, f'oriuuiiori received via For.re?s Mon nay a l'iu gunboat Louisiana vans de? ed by the Federal alcuUler PemacoU e uUemp ing lu ti'Ciipe. 0 official report of the surrender ha i.received mi Washington. uvell retired seventy utile* buck, on III ton Huil Koatl. lie work* nt Ymktown are progressing vim bed by Hie fire of llie Johtedr rulev ?e preparations fjr a heavy siege and i ii ei.counter i* programing lunge irtul irgeona mid liurse* hnve been deUiilel 1 01 lit ra lit Main to take charge ol tin tilled. rr.iiigi-iiii'niM have been made to iden'.i le de.id. utilia* are ready to carry the injured li roe, Alexuiidi'ua Wuamiigtiiii, George 1, New Y<>rk and l'hiliiJrlphi,t. he J/rralU suva Hancock nad a briiiian ui ti on .Wonday witn lilt cavulry a .berg handing. The loss is small 01 | tide*. lie Confederates are mounting lies*] i viini preparing lor a denperule liglit Slough ami tier.. Cuul.ey tfh-cied I lion ai G.ibotlo on tli* I lib. lie Sew York llfrald sav* the war wil in a Uionlli. pe i Imp* two Weeks, nnt islanding it- luiignilude. Good New* from Corinth. iciiMoau, Al.iy 2 ? An uliietul dispute! Corinlli, dated lbs 1st in si, au\* tlu av* re-tukrii Tuacmnbia and Lircaiui lie lie! I has not more Ulan live Lliiniim. y.?, ell luld, at and around HunUvilU lie enemy ta uintlng ou our front eft ere preparing to iu??t l ira A Fall of Forts St. Phillip mad Jaokton ? b The enemy'* Fl*g floating ore* V. 0 hioSlLK, May 1. ? Despatch tO Savannah n, News.?Kurt* Jackson and St. Phillip have ie fallen. Gen Duncan ie In New Orleans on I parole. The Federal flag ie hoisted over I the Clinton House of that city. From the South Carolina Coast. w Charleston, May I.?The Federals have >n captured a email bstte-y of two guns, near ^ White Point 22 wile* from Charleston ? tf General Llvnns aoDl s for re to look after n the Yankee". >K From Richmond. Richmond, Vs., May 3 ?in Bith county, ^ Vn , on the 2Gih. a detachment of Cavalry ( captured 2G wagons hea\ily loaded with provisions, stolen by n marauding party of Yankees?also 95 liornea, 6 Yatikees killed ,e 7 wounded and 8 captured?the balance e?ci ped It is atuted positively that the ir # Yankees are retiring fr<>ui the Valley of Virginia?Stonewall Jackson in pursuit.? They have never been in Staunton, and it is believed they ar?* evacuating Winchester u, ^ The Federals who approached Staunlou are , also failing hack Ie it Pleasant, if Thus?Spain and thf. r- t South ?The Savannah iYrtcs gives the | following "from a reliable source, in the oops mui u is true A despatch received in this city from Baldwin, Florida, stale* that ? gentleman arrived at ttiut place from Gsinsville, oo ir Holiday night, who says that ho had seen a j Cipinin of a vessel who, in attempting to |e run the blockade, wni chiuied by the block g ?d?rs, and wua compelled to blow up hie vessel, the crew escaping to their boats ? v The Cnptuiu had late Havana papers, in j which it was stated that the Spanish Gov. |tf eminent hnd recognized the independence of the Southern Confederacy, and that em(l bassadoia trniii that Government wero on their way to Hicmoud with despatches to tual effect, t'oTToN CauD*?it S. Slievenoll, of Alio us, tin, has invented nnd applied a * machine foi drawing wire nnd pricking lea t her for enrda, and will soon be ready to an pp. y theOl. ie ^^^^?mmmtaa^mB,mmmm ( or thi lancastx r lkhokr.] w Our independence will never be eniublished until we shall have conquered the North. ,r We must, then, prepare to invade her nnd J' inliiet on her the ruin which she is now 1 * making in our country. T'ds may appear to some ? great undertaking, and one that we cannot carry out ; however it id.iv appear, it is not less fen si r b e than the eslablishmeiil of our indepen* it deure wiihoul it i-i Carthago dtltndi csl should he our motto; ir me i'uriiau dynasty tnusl be demolished, or i u will demolish us. I. F. G MITTAG ? [ron TilR LANCASTER LCPOKR ] r Mk Kdithk ?lii the neighborhood where II I rc*ide, ll>ere are a number of small farm*. tuning on litem promising crop* of wheat, R lull on whic!i none but females reside?the mules having nil gone to ihe war. No doubt ihe l)i*tiicl generally, and especially' the t K.tx ern portion , is it: !ike condition ; and i I would usk whether these fields of wheat ( . altou'd be ullowed to go to wuxte for Ihe t wur.t of help to harvest them ? And if they t nro not ba ved, what will become of the poor women andt hildrm whose huabanda and I father* nru in the war, and who have no | other Nource ol support ? I would suggest ; that the pluuter*, who own sluve*, step for* w ard and avert the calumny which the drain* ' Ing of the country of ila able bod ed w hite b.borers threatens to entail upon the wo* men and children. They might, by concert >l action, gather these crops without seri* ' una loss to themselves. ]l is their duty to > do tliia, and if they neglect thia duty, the caUae of the country and the cause of hu inanity will suffer bv it. Wild Cat. * in ? IVOR mc LI.iciiiir udoir.J The fond but dsluaive, nope of a r i abort war haa led ua off froiu our duty to I provide the means necessary, probub y for a the ultimate auccean of our cause Had our a I people b>-en contidenl nine months ago thul I toe war would have lasted until oowr, how | ^ much better prepared should wo have been ; ] to meet the deUianda which the future ahull i | make on ua ? l.ct ua now gravely reflect on InU and profit from our past delusion. ' I Let ua now provide for the future and not ^ relv upon those who are ul the head of our k body politic to dictate to ue our duty. , | We must have salt; we cannot import ! it Iri'tn the Wans atlnntie nations ; we are i furbidaeo to buy it from Abe; we muet | then manufacture it. Too much attention cannot be peid to thia point Without aall i we cannot eat or preserve flesh; should we p 1 be suddenly deprived of these two articles, | we must become s weak, diseased and aw. { fully atiflering people and premature tenants Y of the grave The very thought of this j privation aitould strike every one with hor e rur and tend atrougly to open his eyes to ihe painful truth thai we qr^not under the guidance of provident rulers, but that we have bent depending loo long u pun crea } I lure* less practical than ourselves for ad v ice. >| We shall need a multitude of farming ( uteiis'.U, und these inust ail now be niunut .f.vgtitred among ourselves. What no imv uieuae lubor! Our furnaces and forges atiuuld be buoy in preparing the iron for ^ these purposes. What s great quantity of | iion it wilt require to make millions of hoes, k spades, shovels, and other farming utensils. We must not rely upon the factories alone, I let ihe private workshops be multiplied and be immediately engaged iu this useful, yes, ' necessary worlg J. F. O. MITTAO. b OBItUARY t r Dt-psited this life on the 27th March, 1842, Wu. M. Suul, in the 2?th year of ids sgs.? a lie ?i> a \omuu0r in tli? Mr vie* o? hi* counI. tr7< UiUou'a company. 11* l?ar*a a . wil* and Uir*? children to luuoru tb*ir aad I***, i H* ?a*a member of the UaptlaC Gbareh, aad I apeot Ida text otoawata U> prayer t? Ood. Notioo. By permission of P. T. Hammond, OcdU nary of Lancaster District, We will aeil ! at the lato reald-nce of Win Duncan, deceased, on the 17ih instant, Household fur, niljire, Buggy and Harness, Cow* and ; Cnlves, Sheep, Corn, Sail, Lard, and TaJj low, and other articles too tedious to mrn| tion. on a credit (or all amna over five dot Inr.i til 1st January 1863, nil sums under cash, purchasers to give notes with good security and interest. H. H. DUNCAN, > - ? C. 1* DUNCAN, { Executors. May 3. 1869, 13-3t Estate dale, I Aa the Administrator of the Estate of the | lato Dr. Williamson, I will sell at his late ! residence <\ miles N. W. of Lancaster, C. I II.) on Wednesday the 14th May, nil hia ! Estate, personal?nr.inely : 30 to 40 bales j Cotton, (p irt in the seed.) ftOO bushels of I v-<>rii, uvuu pnunus rouaer, lot or Pea*, 10 or 20 ncre* of growing Wheat, 30 or 40 . head I logo, 20 or 30 head Cattle, 5 llomet, I 2 mule*, Sows and Pigs, Cow* ond Calves, I iSvthe* and Cradles, Plantation Tool*, 2 | Wagons and Gear, 1 family Carriage and | flames'), Household and Kitchen Furniture, i Cotton Seed, &e , Sic. Terms on day ol sale. J. ADAMS, Adin'r. April 30, 18G2, 13-2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, Columbia, May 2, 1862. GENERAL ORDER SO. 17. tC. D MhLTON having been appoin ted by the Governor and Council AsDistant Adjutant General of South Carolina, with the rank of Major, will bo obeyed and 1 respected accordingly. II G. A KOI,LIN having been commissioned by the Governor and Council as Firat Lieutenant and assigned to duty in the office of the Adjutant and InspectorGeneral, will be obeyed and respected accordingly. III. Pursuant to the permission given by the Governor and Council to assign an officer iih As-is'snt Adjutant-Genem'., with rank of Captain, Captain LOUIS D. DeNAUS.vL*IIK i* assigned to duty as such Assistant, and will be obeyed and reapectod accordingly. IV. Mi j. C. D. Melton and Lieut. G A Folliti are ua-dgned to dutv for the Upper Division, the ollice w hereof ia at Columbia ; at.d Capt. Louis I) DeSnnsaura is assigned to duty for the Lower Division, the office whereof is at Charleston. V Ail muster and other roll# and ul! returns will be made to the office a* Columbia All other business for the Upper Division will bo sent to Columbia, and for the Lower D.vi?ion to Charleston. WILMOTG DbHaUSSURE, Adjutant and Inspector General offi?. C. May 3, 1862. 13-11^ Notioe. I have left ray books of account in the hand* of Win. A. Biggart, who ia authorised to make settlements for uie. Persons knowing themselves indebted to me, will ] please niuke pavuient to him l. a. watson. 4 April 30ili 1862. lii-tf J Notice to Guardians and other 1 Trustees. A LI. Guardians, Trustees, Receivers and committees holding their appointments 1 f. n.? ? -_ r . . >? IUI Ijiinc.nmur .J District, are notified nod required to make n an l tile their r.nnunl return* bv the 20th o .May next, agreeable to Law. Rule* will c be issued ng.inst defnnltera. JA3 H. WITUERSPOON, C. E. I. D. April 25, 1862. 12-3C HAHGING BOCK ( MINERAL SPRINGS, d rpHE SUBSCRIBER 13 DESIROUS J JL of renting out for the eeaaoo the watering place, known as the HANGING ROCK MINERAL SPRINGS, situated on " the Stage mud, running from Camden to iatneanter C. II ; about twenty aeven miles from the former place and eleven trom the Utter. J The water is well known *? possessing J highly valuable medicinal properties, being strongly chalybeate. The situation is as healthy as any place in the Confederate ( States, and it haa the advan tagc of good j society. ' Country produce and provisions tnay bo j procured, within convenient reach, at com- , p?r itively cheap rates. The n'liPB ia resile snnrdi./l ?^?it? .11 ? r .?--J _ -rr..?.. I ceaanry household and k'tchen furniture, , and will atfurd ample accommodation for ( evenly ft - e or one hundred persons. I prefer lo rent the whole to one person; i but if that is imprnclicnble, I will rent cab- j inn or single rooms to families separately ; ( ready furnished as above stated. The terms will be easy and reasonable. Persons may communicate with me at my residence near Hanging Rock, or I may bs addressed at Hanging liock P O, S. C. JAUI& M. INGHAM. April 23, 1862, 11-tf Charleston Mercuru will nlosMs eon? twice, notice editorially atijtoeod bill to the undersigned at Hanging Rock. J M. INGRAM. THE NEWSPAPER OF lUESOUill ! CmRSTM MBRCIiRY Gives the luteal and moat reliable Political, Commercial and General New* from all, part* of the World. Ita Xpncial Correspondcnla furnish, by Mail and Telegraph, full and early nccouuta cf everything ol interest that transpires in the great cities of Europe and America. THE NKvVS OK TIIE SOUTH KE? CEIVR8 SPECIAL ATTENTION. Politically, the MhKcuuv represents the Slates Rights Renialnnce Element, and ad , vocnit-H (lie Union of the Moiilliern BIAles in maintaining their righta and enUbliahing '.heii aecuiily. Daily Mercury, I jrtar, in advance, $10.00 Tri Weekly Mercury, M u 6 00 A'o I'a per utU unlet* the eat/i accompanies I kg ardor* tt. B. RHETT, Jr., OiARttitM, n. c. H, 41? if Busiraaa oard* '" ^ BaaaMncpMappMBHiu Able Bodied Men Still Wanted. * THE wwSereigDed *111 continue to Meek* Recruit* for the Confederate servke. I will pay the Confederate bouvty of fifty dollar!. end the State BOUNTY OF TEN DOL. LARS, to each Uocruit before be leavee home. All who wirth to avoid the approaching eonacripUou ahould ootne forward at once and en lint. Apply to do at Lirraater C. H., at Cliutou'a office K O. BILLINGS, Recruiting officer. March 26, 7?tf KERSHAW & GONHOES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW amd Solioitors in Equity. L A XC AST CUV ILLE, S. C. IW~ Will attend promptly to all buaineaa onlruatod to them. J. II. KERSIIAW, J W. M. CONNORS. Caniilon, 8. O. Lanoastnr, C. II. Aug. 10, 1859. C B. NORTHROP* Attorney at Law AXD SOLICITOR li* EQUITY, Wilt practice hi Lanciatcr and the neighbor* ing Districts. OFFICE AT l.ANOASTRRVILLH. Ootober Slat, 1861. 17-lj Dr. AXaFRED CRAVEN, K???id?>u( Murgvou DeutUI, yokkvii.lt, 8. c.t Offers liia Profeseional Services to tha oitizena of Lancaster Village and surrounding country ARTIFICIAL TEETH inaertad on Cold Plata, from one to a full aatt. June 11th, 1856 16-ly MELTON & WITHERSPOON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW axd Solicitors in Equity, Will practice in Lancaster and th* aurroun* ding Districts. C. D. Meltos, I B. J. Withekspoox, Cheater, S?. C. | Lancaster C. H. January 11, 1860. 48?If. WILLIAMS Sc ALLTKOIf ATTORN E YS AT LA W AHD Solioitors in Equity. LANCASTER. C. H., S. C. Wilt practice in the District of Lancaster. Prompt attention given to Collections. Mr. Williams may be consulted at YorkTllle, S. C., and Mr. Alli.hos at his office in the Court Mouse, at Lancaster. July 7th 1M68. 31?tf John Anderson. s^ THIS Thorough bred Jaok is out of Marengo. He is 15 hands liigh, 4 years old, dark iron gray nd finely proportioned. He will stand the 'all season nl this place, on llio following etina : For the season, 8.10.00 Lancaster C. II , Sept 13, 1860.-3 ltf. Notioe, During my absence in tu amy Jnmee R. Lark is authorized to repreenl uie officially. The office will be kept pen and the duties pertaining thereto dls. hsrged bv him. If. J. HANCOCK, CVk C. C.P. Lancaster C. If , Jan. 33, 1A63. ft ltf NOTICE. ^ UARDIANS, Executors, and Adrninia. JT trstoM, who manage eatates in the Or inary a orace, are respectively notified to sake their returns on, or before, the let of lav, Dext. p. t. Hammond, o lb. March 13th, 1862? Uf. *73 REWARD ! Runaway from where we had them' A hired, near Chester, in Juno laat, our JR three Negro moo, viz : DILI,, GILES wd HENRY. Bill and Gilea we bought the 14th of laat V'oveiuber, at the aetata tutle of Ed. Leucb >d Uroud River, in York District. They >eing brothers and having relations in the teighborhood where we purchased them, it a more than likeley they have made their vav back to their old neighborhood. Bill is about 26 years old, 6 feet 8 inches ligh, will weigh 150 or 160 pounds ; is 'ery black ; rather sharped face, speaks juick whon spoken to. Giles, his brother, is sbout 24 years old & feet 9 inches high ; will weigh 160 lbs is very blsck, and walks with his head up and feet turned out in front. Henry, we purchased, Jan l.ofCol.C. Rives on the Catawba river. He is 23 years old, well set, 5 feci 10 inches high, and will weigh 115 pounds ; has n henvy brow and speaks slowly ; has some character aa a runaway. May go to Charleston or Washington city, it ia hard telling where he will go n* he ia a gentleman of travel. They all ran off about the eame time. We will pay $75 reward for the three men; or $i5 a pioce for either of them delivered in uny Jail ho tlint we can get them. Theae boyH may attempt to make their way North, na eome other* from lliia place have attempted. PRIDK &. DU NOVA NT. Ang. 7, 1861?26-tf. SOUTH CAROLINA. LANCASTER DISTRICT. (In iht Common Pleat.) Dudley M. Ui?sery,et ul. i Declaration v*. V in Samuel Spence. 3 Attachment. Wheroaa the i'laiuutr did on the eecond day of December IStil, lile his Declaration gniaet the Defendant, who (aa it ie said) is aburnt f:om aud without the limits of the Statu, and Hum neither wife nor Attorney known within the name, upon whom a copy of the Hftid Declaration mijflit be aerved. It in therefore ordered that the eaid Da* fundatil do nppcar and pleud to the said Declaration, 011 or before the third day of Dececub-r next, which will bo In the ysar of oat l<ord one thoseand ei(fht hundred as&adxtvtwo, ulhefwUe final Judgment wiU then hu ficsaaud awarded araiaet hit*. H. 1. Hancock, crk Dm. 4th, itsi ?