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file Caucastet* fe&ger. m PER ANNUM Bi? with the woii?t?;i> g?t .??uch |?UftMiug ?i?>. IN ADVANCE. 1 /ainilg cni Political jtaspaptt?Ptaotrb in tbr Jris, Atittns, litttotntt, iftmtaiion, agrttnlhiK, Salrnul Smpraonntats, >orti?? aui Itnmutir Jims, aui tlit Blnrkiti. VOLUME XI. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23,1862. NUMBER 10. THE LANCASTER LEDGER;0 Published every Wedneslay Horning BY | c W. M. CONNORS, t Editor mid ^roprftilor. t t TERMS: In advance, $0.00 j At the expiration of Six Months, - - - 2.60 I I At the cud of the Year, 3.00 p ADVERTISEMENTS, I ' Will be inserted at the following low rates: j t kjne wijuare ^ui 10 linen or icsp,; one luncruou, & fcl ; or, if continued, 75 cents for tlie first insertion, and fiO cents for each subsequent inseron. I The number of insertions must be mitten on ( ^ each advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. s The following deductions will be made in ? fuvor of standing advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 YE All ( , One Square, $5.00 $8.00 $10.00 ( Two u " 8.00 12.00 16.00 , Three " 10.00 15 00 20.00 .Half Column, 1G.00 22.00 30.00 1 One u 30.00 45.00 60.00 r Announcing Candidates for Otlice, Five , Dollars. J0P~Commiinications recommending can- ' dnfates for office and all others of limited j or individual interest, charged at advertising rates. fcfjf ~ Obituary Notices exceeding one s juure in iengtli (16 lines) will be charged | j for the overplus,at regular advertising rates j l-df?" Tributes of Respect, rated as nd- * Verlisinents. | I: No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid v Ann&geddon- ^ In 1651?or six years before the coin- , Tuencetnent of the present extraordinary revolution ? there was published by S. I), j Baldwin, A. M., President of Soule Fe- ^ r>~n i i _ - i iijoic vuiic^c, it vei| iciiinrkituie TOMIII^ bearing the above title. The book whs |)( solemnly described by its author?a ir.au ^ of unquestionably profound research in . the department of sacred letters to v hich j it is devoted?as the result of twenty tyears of unceasing labor, reflection and yj prayer. Its object was to fix the (then) ^ United States as the scene of that terrific . its conflict, foreshadowed in the prophetical writings?more especially, those of Eze J kiel, Daniel and John, under the name ^ of Wine l'ress battle, or Armageddon. ^ The means whereby this object was to be attained cousisted of a new di?coveryt ^ which the writer claimed to have made, . v * th respecting the mode of interpreting the ^ peculiar designations of time, employed in those parts of Scripture?such as days, weeks, \ears, times, half times, etc.? and v , . .. . . on whose signification no previous inquirer | ^ had ever been able to ascertain, witb any i | reasonable approximation to absolute pre | clsion. Strange as it may appear, bjtb when collated with the number and in , dustry of prior investigators, and the time ^ consumed by Mr. Baldwin himself in ma- ^ king the proposed discovery, this new process of exposition was exceedingly ^ simple; and was embraced in the suner facial idea of fixing definitely, by careful ' examination ol the Scriptural context, the meaning of one of the mystical terms used, and getting, in this way, at the pre* cise mathematical value of all the others! This he claimed to have succeeded in (To* ing by such a certain rendering of the words "seventy weeks," which enab'ed him at once to measure the remaining symbolical dates. The proof was, in tbe rigid historical fulfillment of the events predicted ? to the very day?in the past, and, by necessary deduction, in the future. Having thus demonstrated, tot Mr. Baldwin c'ftimi no less, the accuracy of his original key of the Prophetical*, he proceeded to apply it (o the solution of the great battle of Armageddon, and de termined, first, that it was to take place t>e'ween 1802 and 1805 ; secondly, that the combatants were to be, the United Slates, oif the one hand, ar.d an invading despotic power (Russia, as ho then sup posed,) on the other ; thirdly, that the acene of this conflict was to be a great plain or valley, as the term interpreted indicated?Armageddon, or plain of Ksi drelon, or valley of Jexreel?the famous battle ground of the Holy Land, (which he naturally located in the Missiaaippi Valley;) fourthly, that the battle would rage with unprscedented violence ; and, lastly, that the invading army would be completely defeated and destroyed. Now, wiltrout venturing an opinion, for which we have neither the ne'eesaary inclinnticn nor ability, upon tbe merila J a! of Mr. Ualdwiu's discovery, considered in si its Scriptural relations, it cannot be de- ! a jiied, ibat tbe bare fact of such an inter- tl pretation of prophecy, as is above set forfli, Laving been solemnly published, b with Ml belief in its verity, by an earnest tl and intelligent inquirer, six years before tbe commencement of tbe prevailing war, g is, when connected with tbe history of tbe latter, up to tl* present time, and /> tbe inmmMo us evaat now impending at j u ^'erintb, |?iuently calculated to pique fi -\?t ur curiosity, if not to stimulate our faith. ' < But the most remarkably tiling about ' I lie interpreted prophecy?retnarkab'e bo 1 ause it 6liow& bow utterly improbable bo existing stato of things was to the in- j i erprcter seven years ago?is the mistake i 1 i?to which be fell in ascertaining the com- I alnnts. That be should have supposed he invading power to be llussin, and the arty invaded the United States is, indeed 1 lot very strange, assuming the text to be rjuivocal in its indications; but that lie ' bould have done so, according to bis J 1 iwn showing?the citations of bis own j ' ook, in spite of the clear, literal deaorip- I ion of the parties contained therein?is ; ingular indeed. We ciose this brief an- j lysis of a topic which ban, of late, excited . 1 :onsiderab!e quiet interest, by collating a i ew of the striking passages just alluded I 1 o, with the remark that Mr. Baldwin , tad the patriotic daring to lecture on this j1 subject to an audience of Lincoln soldiers ; it Nashville, recently, correcting liia lion- | ;st misapprehension, and giving to the : rassages in question their full and obvi- I lit nirriiifi.-otw-a I'irst, as to the party assailed. *1 lie j iroiihet Ezekial, after saving that there i hall he a sea on the Ktsl side of the l t and, and a great sea on the West, thus , f iroceeds : "This shall he the border J r 'hereby ye shall inherit the land accor- 't ing to the twill* tribes.of Isreal (lie i t i speaking of the spiritual Israel of the ; iture ) "Joseph shall have two jtor m ont." Says Mr. lialdwin, "Joseph Lav- h ig two portion* would, of course, make g iirteen tribes or Stattx ;" of course it i u ould, but if the United State* had been 1 S ereby intended, thirteen would not have ! tl sen tbe correct figure. The Confeder- U e States are just thirteen ? tbe number s< veil. The parliba assailed are further It iscribed in the accounts given of the in- w :der and the battle, some of which we j >pend without further comment. The ; H tlics, of course, are ours : ; h< "Thus, said the Lord God, Heboid 1 ri 11 against thee, O Gog, the chief prince '< of Meahech and Tubal ; and I will turn ' of ee back and put hooks in thy jaws." ' m "And I will bring thee forth, and all th Ine army, horses and horsemen, all of ! fo em clothed with all sorts of armor, ' ai en a great company, with bucklers and I \> iclds, all of them haudling swords" I in And thou shall come from thy place j ei I of the North parts, thou and many j e< ople with thee, all of thein riding upon j w irses, a great company ami a mighty \ vi "i y" | N! "(Joiner, aud all his bauds, the house I II Togarmah, of the North^quarters, and j w I his bands ; aud many people with J tee." c Thou shalt ascend and come like a t< orm, thou al.alt be like a cloud to cover le land, thou and all thy bands, and B lanv people with thee." ? "Thus saith the Lord God, it shall also ( oiiis to pass, that at the same lime shall I c liings come into thy mind, and thou ' c halt think an evil thought, and thou 5 halt say, 1 will go up to the land of un j I vailed villages ; I vill go to them that j i ire at rest, all of theiu dwelling trillion t j | calls, and having neither bars nor gates, I o take a spoil and to take a prey ; to I urn their hands upon the desolate places i hat are now inhabited, and upon the ! < leonle that arc aathered out nf t),t nn I . ions, which have got I en cattle and yooils, hat dwell in the midst of the land." "Therefore, son of man, prophesy Hnd ay unto Hog : Thus saitb the Lord God; ii that day when my people of Israel ( Iky// sifrly shall thou not know it." * "And I will Lring thee against my und, that the heathen may know me, ' rhen I shall he sanctified in thee, O Gog, ?efore their eyes." "And it shall come to pass, at the nine lime when Gog shall come against he land of Israel, with the Lord God, ' hat my fury shall come up in my face, 1 or in my jealousy and the lire of my ' rraih have I spoken." "Surely in that day there shall be a j ' ;reat shaking in the land of Israel, so ; hat the fishes of the sea, sod the fowls ( f Heaven, and the beasts of the field, ' nd all creeping things that creep upon 1 lie face of the earth and all the men lint are upon the face of the earth, shall ' bake at my presence, and the mountains ' ball be thrown down, and the steep pla m shall fall, and every wall shall fall to 1 je ground/* ' "And I will call for a sword against im throughout all my mountains, sail!) 1 >e Lord." < "And every man's sword shall be a aioal bit brother." j ? "And I will plead againet him will) i tstilsnee and mtX blood; and I will raio , c pon him and upon hit bands, and upon ie many people that are vilh b'n, xn .>vtiflowing rain ami great hailstones, lire and brimstone." "Thus will I magnify myself; and will j 1 be known in the eve* of many nations, ! ? 1 and they shall know that 1 am tin Lord."?Mobile Ailecrlisir. From the Valley and Northwest. There are numerous and conflicting re- i ports as to the status of aflairs in the . Valley and Northwest, none of which,! however, present our cause in an unfavorable light ; and nil ol which tend to con- j linn the well-founded impression that the time is not remotely envelope*! in the hi lure, when that fair portion of our heiii lage will he restored to Virginia and the Confederacy. The enemy, though in large force, have j evidently lelt the hlow inflicted at McPowell, and are uneasy and alarmed.? i Gradually the heavy columns of Hank* J are falling back before the cautious anvanco of Jackson and Kwell, and the Yankees manifestly feel that they have j hut a slight tenure upon the fine farms | which the fanaticism of Greeley had I promised them in that rich section. Ma I iv of them would readily relinquish ali l heir right and title to extensive domain j or r positive assurance that they would j tot be calied upon to become perinnnent 1 tccupHtitR of h lot of ground not more | liHti six feet by two. We Imve heard of Jackson's position, ' ind sometliii g of bis movements, but we mve strong doubts as to tbe propriety of | ;iving thein publicity, and consulting our wn judgment, prudently withhold them. ' iuflice it to say, for public gratification, i lial be is actively alert, and fully alive j tbe marxpuvres ol bis adroit and un.'rupulous foe. Kwell is where lie ought ' > be, ready to strike a blow at tbe point j here bis services are most needed. t Our latest information states that j ^ auks, with bis force, is in the neighbor. ( jod of Woodstock, evincing his insecu- ! . ty by throwing tip enlrencbinents, thus faring a show of lesistance to the march I our army down tbe Valley. Some 1 ovemetil i? plainly in cmtemplation by lie division of tbe Federal armv. The I rces which have heretofore occupied j id overrun tbe counties of 1'age and | farren have been withdrawn, and it is ferred that the column of Hank* is eitb endeavoring to strengthen itself by ^ mcetilration, or preparing for an eniire itbdr.-.tval from that quarter, with a iew to a connection with tbe forces of IcDowell, now menacing tbe line of the Rappahannock. This latter movement till, in all probability, be foiled. Gen. ackson is too shrewd and energetic as a ommander to permit bis foe thus easily o escape. A report, tolerably well authenticated, late* that tbe enemy appeared at Jackon'* rivet, tbe terminus cf the Virginia Central Railroad, on Saturday last at me o'clock, at which time telegraphic tommuuieation between that point and S'MUitton ceased. They are believed to >* in small force. Jackson's river it 30 , lilies from the Greenbrier White Sub >hur Springs, C miles from the RockjrJJge Alum, and 05 miles above Slaunon. What particular portion of the ene n v'a forces that have occupied this point, I >r where they came from, is not stated, j Richmond Dispatch. rhe Confidence of the Young Napoleon on ihe Wane. The despoudent tone of the fol.owing | Jespatch, recently sent by General Mo ] Jlellan to the War Department in Wash- | ngton, is significant enough : Uivot/ac is Front or Wilmamabimw, ) May b? 10, p. in. f flon. E M. Stan ton Secretary nf War : After arranging for movements up k'ork l&iver, I was urgently sent for here. , [ 2nd General Johnston in front of me in ittong force, probably greater a good I ieal ll.an my own. Geceral Hancock has taken two re | ioutfs and repulsed Early's brigade bv a 'en! charge with the bayonet, taking one j colonel and one hundred and fifty pris- i >ners, and killing at least two colonels ind many privates. IIis conduct was jrilliant in the extreme. I do not know >ur exact loss, but fear that General I Hooker hat tost considerable on our left I learn froin I lie prisoners taken that he rebels intend disputing every step to Richmond. I shall run the risk of al least holding hem in check here, while I resume the irigina! plan. My eutire force is undoubtedly considirably inferior to that of the rebels, vhicb will fight well, but I will do all I an with the force al my disposal. Georok B. McClellan, M?i ir-fJenefH? PnmmiiiHinff v - B The Virginia Legislature and the President?The Defence of Richmond and Virginia. The following official documents from the journal of the Virginia Legislature j will l>e read with interest : Resolutions as to the Defence of im: City of Richmond.-[Adopted May 14, ' 1802 J litsolved, by the Ventral Asucmhly of \ Virginia, Tliat the General Assembly hereby express its desire that the Capital of the State be defended to the last ex tremity, if such defence is in accordance j "villi lite views of (lie I'resitlenl of tlio Confederate Slates ; and llial I lie Presi | dent be assured thai whatever destruc ! lion and loss of properly of the State or \ individuals shall llieiet-y result, will be ; cheerfully submitted to. Jiesotval, That a committee of two on i the part of the Senate, and three on the ' part of the House, be appointed to Coin ' .indicate the adoption of the foregoing I resolutions to the President. A copy from the rolls. Teste : Wm. K. Coiidon, Jit, C. II. 1>. and K. of K. I The j tint committee, appointed by the ' two Houses to communicate to the Pres ' dent of the Confederate Stales tlie joint I resolutions of the (ieneral Assembly ill { relation to the defence of the city, have discharged the duly confided to them, j and respectfully report that their inter- I view with the President was in the liicli est decree satisfactory, and liis news, as communicated wiili entire frankness to lho committee, were well cnlctilstteii lo ii)t-j>ire i lie id with confidence and lo reas- ; lure tlie public mind. After reading (lie resolutions, lie de tired ii? to ?av 10 (lie General Assembly I dial lie had received (lie communication j >f those resolutions with feeling* of lively l gratification, and instructed us to assure lie House that it would he the etVorl A lis life to defei.d the soil ot Virginia and o cover her Capital. lie further stated that lie had never >nlerlait*ed the thought of writhdrawing he atmy from Virginia, and abandoning I lie State; that if, in the course of events, 1 .he Capital should fall, the necessity of i which he uid not see or anticipate, that would he no reason for withdrawing the sriny from Virginia. The war could still he aucces-tully maintained on Virginia not! for twenty years. All which is respectfully submitted. Josh Kodinbo.n, Chairman Senate Committee. Wood Houlbin, Chairman llouso Committee. ?^? Major-Genet al Floyd. The General Ai-semhly of the Stale of j Virginia has passed a bill appointing j General John ll.F.oyd, Maj-.-r General of the forces of Virginia, with authority to raise an army of twenty thousand men (uon conscripts) specially for tlie defence of Western Virginia. ll will be remein j bered that, after the bloody and stubbornly contested fight at Fori Donelson, | and when it whs decided that the post ; could no longer be beld against I be over w helming oJds of the enemy, Generis! Floyd, who bad resolved never to be la ken prisoner, succeeded iu extricating bufirelf HLd bis brigade from tlie doomed fort, just previous to the surrender.? Soon afterward*, both lie and lirgadierGeneral Pillow were publicly suspended ; by the President from their respective | commands. Although the press and the i people of the Old Dominion have, for | months, been clamorous for the reslors ' lion of General Floyd to his command, up to this time lie has not been restored. Throughout the western part of Virginia the natne of Floyd ia n tower of strength to the Southern cause, and the Legist** ture of that State, in a^ain placing him in the field, have taken a step, which will, doubtless, go far towards ensuring the security of the important mines and j railroads of that rugged region, to cou j quer which, is now the especial ambition of the precious kuave and rfrnegade, John Charles Fremont.? CharUtton Afer ctiry. Opkkino or tiik 1'oHt or Nrw Or- | leaks to Tradk.? Wasiiinoion M*y 0, 1802.?The preliminaries fur the opening of the port of New Orleans to foreign mid loyal domestic trade have been si ranged, and only the official announcement of the Union occupation of that city was waited for before the issue of the procla tnatioo. This official intelligence was received to day, and the announcement of , the opening of this important Southern port will be made immediately alter the ' latum from Knrtrvii Monro* ol il>* Ptmi debt and Secretaries of War and lb* Treasurer, nho are Lourlv expected. / Western News Morilk, Mhj 19.?A lienvy skirmish look place on Saturday evening, on Purdys Koad, below, between a portion of (.Jen. Smiths command and the Federals under Sperinan. Our loss is 0 killed and wounded. The enemy's loks ia not known but sup posed to lie heavy. From Corinth we learn that (lie enemy urn 1 l II W1' V UltrrunrOil lliraurinrs trn anleannU J U,.<SU..<?I.U inents on our right, on itie Monlicello Road, two and a half miles fro!n Corinth. It is RAid thAt the enemy Are erecting ir.oitar batteries. Gen. Miteliell's column from llnntsville, in reported to be this side of Florence, inarching to Pittsburg. !' is reported that the enemy's cavalry ate within nine miles of Pocohonlas, which place is on the Memphis ?fe Charlesion Kail Road. Federal prisoners say the enemy dreads our falling hack more than a battle, as they cannot stand the climate farther South. They expect to starve us out by a long siege and thus compel us to sur< render. A skirmish also took place (his afternoon on Bridge Creek, a mile and a half from our lines. Several Federals were killed. No loss on our side. Kennedy's Louisiana and Benton's Mississippi caval ry regiments displayed great gallantry. Boiler's villainous order addressed to the ladies of New Orleans on the lAlli w as published before the army to-day, by tren. l?eauregar<J, will) hii address to I lie men of (lie Souili to avenge the intuit lo their mother*, wives and daughter*, who Hre treated hy the rullianly barbarians at common harlo'.t. The N. O. Crescent lint been suppressed because one of iis proprietors?J. O. Nixon ? it in the Confederate army as Lieut. Co!, of Colts' Cavalry. Butler' Proclamation?Beauregard's Appeal Richmond, May 20. ? A dispatch from Corinth gives the general order uf Beauregard, read at dress parade, on Butler'* proclamation to the ladies of New Orleans dated May 1 ?">, in which he say* I "If any females shall hy anv word, get tore, or movement, inault, or show contempt for any-oflicer of the United States the shall be regarded and lie d liable to be treated hs a woman of ilia town. Beauregard's order closes : Men of the South, shall our mothers, wives, daughters and sisters h? thus outraged by thw rullianly soldiers of the North, lo whom is given the right to treat at their pleasuie the ladies of the South as common har'.otsl Arouse, friends! iJrive hack from our soil the infamous invaders of homes and disturb rs of our family lies S Recapture of the Emily St. PlerrnCllAKl.KHTON, May 10. ? The Captain and Crew of the ship Kmily St. Pierre, captured ?ome time son liv tlie blockad er?, while on tlio way to New York, rose And overcame the Yankee prize crew, and carried tlie vessel hack to Liverpool.? Minister Adams lias demanded from tlie Uriusli Government the restoration ol the vessel, Tiie Dr.srmciioN oe Corios.?The Corinth correspondent of the Savannah Republican says : We have the most ((ratifying intelligence from the Mississippi, Red, Arkan sas, White and St. Francis Rivers. It ii reported that the planters on the Mississippi, for twenty miles back from the riv er, have destroyed all their cotton, ansi that the planters on its tributaries jusl named are following their patriotic exam pie. The occupation of the Father o Waters, therefore, will bring the enemy but little frofit. He has opened the great est cotton port in the world, and yet hi ?PL1. ; - --a -II . .1 I^fii iiu cuitiu. i viit it mi tn ; me peo pie in lite great valley of tlie Mitsisa-pp have planted very little cotton?but huh more than enough for their own dotnatln purpoaea. Salt.? We advise all who can do ao to go or aend to the Sail work* Hi Yir gii?ia immediate for their tuppliea. W< leain that 25 buthela will ha furcithed i four.horse wagon, and at much rock awl at may be wanted. The Halt Commit* aiouer for thia county, Mr. Brown, it do ing all he ca.it to gel a supply for thi county, but we feel aure that he will no be able to aucoeed in furnitliincr th^w* quired quantity ; end be *ugg**te who cen, or ell who inre/>r cen bin teaiua, attend to procuring their mil no* while it cen b? bed at lb* work*. Th? indication** ere tbet Mr. Brown will tx able to furni?h a ?*tjr limited ?upplr.? C&arlotti Dmyfrat. 0 [From the Charleston Mercury.] I |tk 8outh Carolina Pickett Captured on H)l the Bappahannock. f,t( ? ! po (from A rillVATK lkttkil ) St' mm it Point, Va , May 13. I .. Day before yesterday some cavalry of ^ i the enemv, estimated Ml a hundred or so, i se< | advanced upon eight of our pickets, * ( I lieutenant and two courieis, who were I , .t- m P<J i |n*it;u *iiiuii] iure? mnes 01 rreueriCKS- ^ ' burg. Our men bad been lold by aome J j of our couriers that a company of our , , j cavalry would be scouring the country | around there that day, and verv nalur- I . . " tfj I ally supposed those advancing to be our ( ^ i own. They ha'led lliein, however, at | I some three hundred yards distance, and ' w| ordered one to light and advance, which : was promptly obeyed oy the cavalry ; but the whole party, as if carelessly, t|( sauntered along, just behind the one ad rancing. The order being repealed, a nolher lit, and again the body advanced ^ almost with him. This was repeated, br j unul seven of the cavalry had alighted. M j They being now within about ore bun| dred yards of our mer, charged, and cap * I lured them and one courier, the other f! ' escaping. The pickets belonged to the k|| 12'h Regiment, S. C. V. * We are expecting hot work here any i day, for we do not intend that the Yan. ktes alisslI ever reacli Richmond bv ibis ?e II route. wi [* l'rivate information, in our posses kion, warrants us in saying that the above !> ( is incorrect, in no fat as the announcement ei qu ia made thai the pickets captured belong* ? d to the 12th Regiment (Col. Barnes.) & I They belonged to Col. Edwards' Regi merit, of the same Brigade ? Eo. Lbdokh J ? m m Hi That Mysterious Visit of the French Minister Hp< We have some curious and interesting rui intelligence with respect to the late inys terious visit to Richmond ol Count Mer- all cier, the French Minister at Washington. ,iv It appears that on leaving Richmond, "1*1 Count Mercier bad no sooner reached . nil Norfolk than he committed despatches i addressed to his government to an ex press steamer I) ing oil Norfolk, by which ^ they were hastily conveyed to a war steamer at New York, which was already under sleaui, and. having been hoarded h) the express l-oat, immediately stnrted for France. The singular expedition of this trans. action, and the air of im|K>rtance given it ng hy a nnr..her of circumstances, had crea nt> ..... St led immense sensation in the Foreign di- Ln plomatic circles in that city. of We are positive assured that, on the ^ ^ return of Connt Mercier to Washington, |)? the Brilikli Minister had deputed his sect B? relary to proceed instantly *io Annapolis and take a steamer there for Norfolk en tit a ? f - ?* * I ruuie lur mcnmomt; and ill ill the Uanik'i Consul had also suddenly left on au expelion to iliia city. I I 1 The impression wan thai Count Mercier had (?ken advantage in In* mvslerioutrip to Richmond, of which e??ut the Washington Government was wholly unadvised, and had laid ilia foundation of 1 a treaty between Franc* aid the South- ( ' ern Confederacy. M d? On iha return of Count Mercier to u|| | Washington he ?ai called upon for an ||, explanation by the Federal Government, j,n through the police medium of an invila- -|-j lion from Mr. Seward to give liiin an in lerview, The interview lasted tome t eight hours. The Court had landed at Si tiie navy yard from a French Steamer vo which had her port holee open. in I These fscls and circumstances are ohL tained from what is supposed to he an undoubtedly reliable source of informs: * f lion ; and we leave our readers to make ^ , tbeir own conjecture#, without risking any of our own, further than the nega i live opinion that die visit of Count Mer cier to Richmond waa something more 'j j than a diplomatic reconnot*an<*e- ? Rich ? moNtf Km miner. ? ?- * Spriif FasHiona ia Yankeedom. Mnuy of our lady readers will doubtless b? interested io knowing tba style* prevailing among lb* Flora McFlimsey* j r. s of ilia Norili. Wa copy from a lata Naw J l York paper: a j Tlia mild waatbar of tlia paal f?w day* , ba* bad (ba affect of gladdening tba s I baarl* of million*?and dry good* dealer* t ?and lo call out tba fair porimn of bu? t manny, ?bo are given lo promenade, ev . shopping, Ac. Tbi# morning our streets | were thronged with ladiea who eaamad 1 i to delight iu basking in tba pleasant ray* I r of lb* sun, and 10 impacting lb* p*w hi , fashion* of lit* season. I Wo learn tbat lbs notslii** of lb* ma *[ on ?r? alruoal ailogslhsr in it ran goods ?fancy crapes, gauss*, lulls*, and ib? e, being very lillle used. The variety d beauty, however, of (lie fine straw >rics, leaving nothing to be desired, and asess, indeed, an appearance so diminished as to put silks and inferior comlalions quite in the shade. The novel' and beauty of the straw trimmings mi to be a marked feature of this read's decorations, and exceedingly a pro* s to the prominence given to rich straw Lrrics. The peculiarity of the present style of "love-of a bonnet" is striking. It is very gb in front, almost square across the I) with vsrv slrHiohf iti.lv> uti.l nurrnw I' - J - W" mpressed crown and curtain. The peliarily it, therefore, the extreme height, ticli is greatly increased by the arngcrnent of the trimming. As the shape eel tides the possibility of side trimming e lace and flowers that beautify the in? le are disposed in flowery bandeaux a>ss the forehead, or inclined a little lo e one side. The materials4most in use e crape, silk, lace and straw. *75 KUIVAKD ! i RII as is W it f front where we find llictn ^ hired, near Cheater, in June last, our R three Negro men, viz : 1)11.1., Ull.hJH d HKNRY. Dill and (Jilen we bought the 14th nf last Member, nl the estate ante of Kd. 1/eacli llroad River, in York Diat.ict. They ing brothers and having relations in the ighborhood where we purchased them, it more than Itkcley they have innde their tv back to their old neighborhood. Dill is about 36 yearn old, 5 feel 8 inches fh, will weigh 150 or I Go pounds ; is ry black ; rather sharped face, speaks iek when spoken to. ( ilea, his brother, is about 34 years old ??t 9 inchea liif^h ;*will weigh 160 lbs very black, and walks with Ium heud up d feel turned out in front. Henry, we pure hawed, Jan I, of Col. (!. vea on the Catawba river, lie in 93 )enra I, well act. 6 feet 10 incliea high, and will igh 1*75 pound* ; hna n heavy brow and rukaalowly ; has aome eharueter m ? nawny. May go to Charleaton or Wuah;lon city, it ia hard telling where he will aa he ia a gentleman of travel. They ran off about tile an me time. We will pay #75 reward for l).? three >n ; or |'i& u piece for either of tiiem deered in any Jail ao that we can gel them. i?ae boya mny attempt to make tlieir way irth, aa aome oilier* from tin* place have empled. PRIOK & DUNOVANT. Aug 7, 1861 ?J6tf. 0 II T H C A ROL I N vT LANCASTER DISTRICT. (In Ike Common Plea*.) Dudley M. Uaaery.el al. i Declaration va. > in Samuel Spence. j A'tachment. 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