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Cauv Guauamvxss, Juno, 1862.
Mu. Eiutou.? As tbs enemy lis* been
out to visit us, and committed more depre
liatioa* upon our right* and property iu
, this section, and the Catawba Rangers
.have had a loog march io pursuit of ibem.
s! have thought it migUt b? interesting to
your readers to b**r a few f$cla concern
log the t/aosactiou.
Oil ;bs ggtb ult., about % o'clock p. m
the Catawba Hangers received orders to
report them solves at Grahamville, in half
su hour, armed and equipped for action.
All in caiup, except two or three who
were unable lor duly, were soon in motion,
and seldom, perhaps, did soldiers roll up
blankets, saddle up horses, buckle on
swords and revolvers, swing on double
barrels, and han'g on canteens and haversacks,
than was done at this time ; and
?tf?r the time appointed, we arrived at
our post, completely armed and rquipped
for the fray ? with the exception ol provisions?the
most of us from the hasty preparation
having only a few hard crackers.
t Hut this was a matter of little consequence
when the enemy was in less than two
( miles of the Hailroad. The Hangers were
first upon the ground; designated for all
the,Cavalry companies, around Graham
vilTe, to assemble; but in a short time the
other companies belonging to Maj. Stokes'
Battalion came up, with the exception of
. Capt; Caihoun, who was on picket. Two
other companies, Capt. Howard's and the
, Charleston Light'Dragoons, came, up and
united with us. We all fell into line and
were divided joto three Hqusdrons, and
I between three and four o'clock, we were
on the march, which we continued about
sixteen miles, when we had arrived within
a mile of Old Pocotaligo: Here we
learned that the Kutledge Mounted Riflemen,
and Capt. Nettle's company of cavairy
fivd met, attacked and drove beck
the enemy?supposed to he abudt fifteen
hundred ? killing six and wounded several.
The loss on our side being one killed,
one taken prisoner and two severely
wounded ; and that the enemy was on
the retreat towards Port Royal Jferry ,thp
place they had landsd. We, also, learned
that the enemy had'tftm up the bridge
across the stream just in f;o?;t "f ue, and
we could proceed no farther the road we
were "then traveling M?jS? Stokes reported
our position lo Col.*Walker, who
' is now commander of this Military L>is;
' trict. After rem?iuing in this position
for two hourf,*orinore," Aiders came to
proceed on to Ga^fter'a Comer, (you will
remember this as being the place where
Col. Harnrs' Krgiment clia-ged the ene
my and drove in confusion under the skei
tor of their guotoau.) We again took
up the hue of march. It wee now about
6 o'clock, aud the night darker then ueu
I, fr?<in the btevy clouds pending over
ue, wiiicb caused us to heve e very diea?
greeebie travel. , Added to this, we had
, to march some six miles further than 91berwiee
we wou^J have dons,, if the bridge
abovf referred to bad not beeff torn up,
oear a rough end disagreeable, road. H?v*
cral nf the sold lets wsre thrown out of
, their feudle#by,theif horsey failing, down,
and one dl our company was eo severely
injured that La wae compelled to return
to camp. % continued tbie march soma
twenty iflilee father, paesing two or three
f rfiftwtMt ot infantry. In nfenit two of
# j. 1B|KL.
V A 4. ^ . T?
' three mile* of Gardner* Corner we cnme !
up with Maj. Morgan's Ratlalion of car- s
airy, where we learned (hat the enemy
was at Gardner* Corner. We halted, j c
I marched into an old field and fed, and 1 c
for the first time our company knew what . I
it wai to lay upon their arm*. It wae ; t
now just 2 o'clock in the morning, and
our rough march of thirty miles had wear*
ried us very much, buckled up as we all
were with our arms. Wo searched for a
bo particular spot to reel our wonried c
frame*, but here and there might be teen 1
mall band*, laying upon olJ mother
earth, with their bead* leaning against
tome sturdy oak, in aweet repose. The
oldiers were thua strewn in every direc '
tion, over a considerable space of ground, J
(for the were ten, or twelve companies
encamped together at this place.) Many
of us had closed our eyes only a few min
utes in sleep, when the sun commenced
brightening up the earslern sky with bis
rays, and *? were soon again ordered to
mount. We formed in line as we had
traveled the day previous, and just as the
urigui luiuiuary 01 uay auoweu ins lace
above the tope of ibe tree*, we were ready '
and wailing for tbe word inarch. fbe
iufanlry company being in tbe rear, we '
awaited tbeir arrival. Wbile tbue ailua- *
ted, eotne of the eoldiera brought up a
Yankee, be waa a Sergeant, and we had
an opportunity of bearing liiin converse
He aaid the force tbat th? enemy bad out 1
waa about twelve hundred, and the whole
foi ja upon tbe Island, waa about a:* tbou '
sand? the mortality upon the Island, be
aaid, waa great. One Regiment having
lost as high aa two huixlird ineu.
Wa had oot remained iu thia position
long before Col. Meanes' K^guneiii o.me
up aud patted iu from of tbe cavalry. (
Tbe artillery having encamped beyond |
u? the pight previous, wua now in motion, ^
aud w# all took up the line of march?
other infantry Kegiuteata being cloae in (
the rear.
We bow moved on for tbe expected (
battle field, and from the countenance and (
cbaerfulueaa of the ao!dier?, all appeared j
anzioua for tbe conflict. Not that there j
waa any deaire (o fight for tbe oovelly of (
it, neither to ezpose our Uvea for the |
aake of ambition ; hut I must say, we felt \
like taking revenge upon thia wicked ,
baud, wbo, now bad carrying off with (
them, thouaands of dollara worth of prop* ,
erty, and who*had fired upon every citi- (
zeu they found at their homea ; and who (
had forced out alavaa dressed iu uniform, ,
armed and equipped, to make them rlay (
Ibeir own maatera and fauuliea. These ,
art the enemies we have here to contend j
with. j
We soon came iu eight of Gardner's s
Corner, aud heard that the enemy waa a
gone, but tUey bad lc(l another mark of | |j
tbeir brutality. Dy ilia aid# of the road f}
lay on# of our so'diers, io the cold em- )
brace of death, lie belonged to the Uul n
leJge Mounted itifieineu. 11* and anoih- L
er soldier, waa aenl with a diapatcb to ,,
head quarter* about nine o'clock the night i
previous, and having iniaaed their way, ?
caiue on the Yankee picket*, who fired I
on them and struck him with a ball in |
the left breast which pasted out under ,
'.he left shoulder, llie other one was |
wounded but escaped. We still pursued ?
ou towards Port Koyal Ferry, which was ,
I some five or ail miles further ; but was j
| not fortunate enough to over lake them i
I on land. When the artillery arrived in
i sight of the Ferry, there was two or three
b nit loads of aoldiere who bed not )6t |
got off. The cavalry wai immediately i
ordered to rv-trea' soma lour hundred
yard* to a piece of wood*, when the *r- i
tillerj opened upon their, and continued '
pouring abut into there, untii (bey bad i
tired about sixty round*. Th? enemy
made no resistance but roared off at the
double quick, until they were safe beyond '
the reach of our gun*. I did not learn
what damage *a* done to (hem, bet one i '
j thing I do know, if no one was hurt *ome ,
b**y waa seared.
Shortly after our artillery ceased firing,
the Captain* took charge of their re*pec* | (
live companies, and we took up line of
march foe borne. I here use the word
C 1
I ? *? ?, i/uvnww %mv % wuiiuvu >u uur
1 ears almost m sweet, at (Lit time, m
sweet home commonly does to the soldier.
. It was uoer nearly ooon, end although
: much fatigued from our march, and from J i
i the want of refireebrneate and repose, a a
moved off under lite scorching rays of the 1
sun without a murmur, having no one to
blame for tbi? long inarch but the Yan? <
Lees who we had followed to their den. , 1
By the tiius the sun bad hid her face be <
hind the western lulls, we had ail arrived I
safe in camp, and after partaking of such <
refreshments se the camp affords, we ie. I
tired early to rest, and soon our troubles i
were for .otten. Seldom, if ever, did we '
ppreciate so highly our hymble bode of J
traw.
1 close by asking you to excuse mac
nrncies, for (lie mind in camp is seldom
alyi sod composed, and tbe connecting
ink of thought in writing is frequently
truken. .GILLS CHEEK.
We hare been permitted to publish
he following interesting letter, from a
os of Lancaster, who is now a resident
?f Alabama to hi* mother aud sister of
hia town.
Cami* 5iIi Ala. Uxo , kkar
Richmond, June 1 1802. |
1>kak MoTHKK and SlUTBR ? IloW
.hankful I feel that I mn spared to write
con that I am alive, but nearly broke
lown from hard march en, fighting, double
^nicking and thirst.
Ou the aim of May our Brigade atlacked
the Yankee*, six milea from Rich
moud. We were marched through the
wood* and in swamp* of water up to our
waiates with bomb shell* bursting nearly
id our facet, and canister and grape shot
from the Yankee lutteiie* flying in ever}1
direction, our men falling all around me,
I expected to fall every step I made but
did not. (>en. Rhodes was at the head
of our Brigade as cool and brave as
though nothing was going on, telling u*
to close up ; none of us faltered but every
man in the Brigade followed our brave
general to the Yankee Batteries?our
Regiiueul was the first, after loosing two
hundred men, to got into the Yankee
batteries and breastworks. We were
then fighting in the Yankee camp auiong
tents, dead Ar'.illery horses, dead
?nJ wounded Yankee soldiers. We drove
them out <>f the camp into the wood* ?
3ur Regiment was then iu support of
Carter's Artillery company, or Carters
Battery which has been atfacbad to our
Itegimenl for fl or 8 months. Our gener.1
L. - J i
ii mays ue never saw mrn stauu lire ena
>ullets better then we ?li?l.
Gen Rhodes wee wounded iu tbe arm,
>ur Colonel h:i?i two horses killed? our
Jept. (IIobeou) who wee elected Me
or a few weeks since, lost hie lioree. Our
Lieut. Col. wee wounded. Our Brigade,
;oin posed of the oth, 0 h end 12th AUiame
Regiments end l'Jiii Mississippi
Itegiment, whs cut up very badly. We
srero in the hottest of the tight from 2 o'<
dock until 7 o'chxk. My deer mother
?nd staler how thankful 1 felt after the .
light censed, in looking around inn end j
leeing my frieuds and comrndes in lint j
le scattered over the field some dead, .
wine wounJed suflermg in the mud, j
which wMs very deep end striped with 1
i.ooJ, to know tlimi i hed been spared. 1
Jiltou ens in the fight hut did not gel m
cratch, I he*e not seen linn hut I saw [i
i negro men who knows him very wed, <
ie snys he (Milton) is safe end willing to |
iglit Hgaui?our Brigade slept neer the I'
feukee ceinp on the Battle tield. 1 he
ext morning the battle opened again '
>ul did not last long. We are now bury- |
iig oui dead end tak.ng the wounded oil j
he field. Y ou cannot form any idee
rhal aMul sights are to be seen on the 1
la'.lle field. Our Brigede is now relieved j
>y some new trooj?e tbel are uoxious to j
ihow their bravery iu the defeuce of our j
title but glorious confederacy, they now
>ccupy our position end we ere in reserve i
mine oiaianc* iroui iiie battle Held wtircb ,
is strewn with dead horses and soldiers '
and ainelle veiv badly-?you must excuse ,
my soiled paper, 1 pinked it up in the
Yankee cainp. 1 also send you a Van i
kee envelope aa a tropin from llie batl'e
field. I Lave not beard from borne in '
tare Utonlba?write aoon. Your atlec
liouate aon and brut) er.
Baaj. F. 9A0LER.
Tiia CoMacHJfr Law. ? A good many ;
peraona are under ibe belief that tbe run
icription law relieve* from tho service all
peraona over thirty tJvn year*, who have
re enliated for tbe war. In tb>a tbey are i
miataken. All wt.o have enliated for tbe
aar, wbetber old or new volunteers, will
have to aerre, it mattvra not what their
ngea may be, But tbe conscription law
doea not touch thoae over thirty *five or
under eighteen, who are not now in *er
vice. Tlii*, aa we Inarii, ia the decision
of the Secretary of War, and tbe manifest
intention of the law iiself.
Thk Commanding Gknmiiai at Char
lk?ion.? We learn that ben. mkiicsh,
who was lately placed in command of
this (die second) Military District, lias
been transferred to bavaunah, to succeed
[ran. Lawton, alio lias been ordered to
Virginia. Geu. Mercer's successor, in the
:omioand of Charleston, is Gen. 1>. W.
bmilh, of Georgia, a West Point Cadtl
>f'42, a ho, as a Lieutenant of Dragoons,
ifterwurds distinguished himself greatly ,
M the battle of I/b/ino del Ney.?-Ck<jw ,
etfe*n Vcrrvry. '
... j l-lj-"^ w .
From tke N?rtb. i
Tub Battmc bkfokk Bjchmokd. (
We have received copies of Northern
papers as late as Tuesday, June 3d, from
which we make up ft brief summary. It
will he seen that there was a difference
of opinion at the Norih as to whether
the late battle near this city was a Fed
eral victory or defeat, though the reporter
of the Associated Press endeavors to
(Duke it appear that the "rebels" were
routed at every point :
the two day8* fight mar richmond.
[Army Correspondence of ttie Associated
Press J
IIdr'iis or Qrs. McClkilan,
June 2. I'. M.
Two date of the battle of Rich mood
have been fought, on both of which our
troops have been tnctoiioue. The lose ou
both etJee was heavy. The buttle was
opened by the enemy making an attack
ol General C.tsey's Division, encamped
near Seven Pines, ou the turnpike leading
over Bottom Bridge, ntiU wtthiu sev
en miles of Richmond.
The attack was made about 1 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon by General Hill's
division, composed of five llrbel brigade*
the troops being for tbe most pari Iroin
Virginia, Soutb Carolina and Georgia.?
The light here was disastrous. General
Casey's troops were forced to retire before
superior numbers, leaving all their camp
equipage aud two batteries. Col. llailey
in endeavoring to save liia batteries was
killed. Some of the troops in this divii
sion from New York anJ Pennsylvania
behaved very bad')' Many of tbe officers
were killed and wounded in endeavoring
to rally their men.
General Ileintxelnian, on ascertaining
llie result, ordered forward a portion of
the divitions of Generals Kearney *"d
Hooker to regain the day. General Ke*rnet's
men, on being brought into action
charged with the bayonet, driving the
rebels before them like sheep, and regain*
ing all the lost ground ? about half a
mile?when, night coining ou, operations
were brought to a close
Gen. Sumner's two divisions ? Sadg
wick's and Hicbardson's?crossed the
Chickahominy aUrut 3 o'clock on Salur*
day afternoon, lakuiw a position on lien.
Ileintxelman's right. Here they encountered
Longstieel'*, Usui's, und linger'* : i
divisions, the flower of the rebel army.? i
Tlitr fighting was desperate, every foot ol J
ground heing liotlv Contested ; hut our i
soldiers were too much for tliern.
The enemy would stand manfully h| L
distance of sixty tarda hiiJ receive the
fire of our troops, hut tliev were a'raid of j
the bayonet ; and in every instance that i
our men charged, they were victorious. |
These two divisions did nob y, driving '
the rebels at every point until dark ?
1'he enemy's loss here was very heavy,
many of them being ki.lcd by the bat o
net.
Gen. Peltigrew, of Sou It Carolina,
wat taken prisoner, ami we bad about
?00 oilier prisoners.
OIMNION OK 'JJIK IMiKSS.
[From the New Y..rk Tribune, (Kdilori.d,)
June 'Jd ]
IKK ItlVtMK ULVOHK RICHMOND.
The news from llio hrmy before U cli
inoiid, which we publiab lliia uioriiitig,
though not disastrous, in not cheerful ?
To be eurpfired again by a superior force,
if not an evidence of a want ot careful
generalship on our aide, in, at leatt, a
proof that the enemy is ever vigilant,
and never perinita an opportunity to ea
cape when he may alrike an effectual
blow. To a wary General, a dark night
or a tuna of violent storm is the moment
when be would be moat likely to attack
an inferior force, cut off by a running
stream and a swamp fiom immediate an
asistance, It was such a moment that
was chosen for the attack on Saturday,
on a portion of Gen. MtCiellan's army
on the Cbickabominy. The mistake
seems to have been committed on our
Aide?by no menus fur llie first time?of
so placing our troops as to invite such an
attack. That succor finally arrived,
brought forward with great difficulty ;
that the uncmy were at length repulst-d
at the point of the bayonet , thai they
renewed the attack liiu next day without
success ; and that in all thase operations
their loss probably was vary great, do
not alter the fact that iso were at first
beaten, with the loss of baggage and artillery
; that the ground was strewn with
our dead and wounJed ; that nnly hv
great exertion and the tjiost determined
bravery, we were saved fiom a signal defeat
; illist one division was overwhelmed
by superior numbers, and is convicted
before the country, by the Commanding
General, of went of bravery.
We h?f?e tbat there ero ex'.eou '
sting circumstances, and that the event
will show either that the surprise wee
one which could not l>e foreseen end ;
guarded against, or thnt Gen. Casey's division
foughl as well as men could in
their position : we nevertheless are com
palled to acknowledge a reverse, with all
its demoralising effects on one an J encouragement
on the other. Why this
happened time will show.
The New York 7*?W? on the contrary,
speaks of the battle as a victor? ; and
McClellan, in his dispatch, modestly says
of the fight on 8unday : "The enemy
was every where repulsed." Ue admits,
however, that the battle was a Sleeper
Ate" one, with heavy loss oo both aide*.
A telegram from Washington state*,
on the authority of unoffical dispatches,
first, that the battle foucht on Saturday
and 8unday resulted in a victory fcr the
Federal arms ; and secondly, and "the
importance and dimensions of the victory
increase as they are hourly developed."
From Europe.
The steamship City of New York, with
European dates to the 22d of May, ar
rived at Cape Kace on the 31st. The
following telegraphic summary comes
through the medium of the Northern
Tress :
The English journals continue to espa*
liate on the retreat from Yorktown and
the fall ol New Orleans.
TlieTunes treats the retrial from York
town as a great reverse to the Confederates,
and saya if Richmond is captured
it will be a tremendous victory to the
United States. ^It metaphorically enlarges
on tbu difficulties that must arisu
in governing the South, when the United
States, by continual victories, hare
brought the Confederates within their
power.
The Daily News, says, alihougb the
fell of New Orleans, in a military sense,
cannot he overrated, it is of far greater
importance m iis social, commercial and
political results, as the possession of the
Mississippi opens the way for the industrial
energy of freed?>in, and altogether
ilnltvvi the political position ar.d Urn
tonal prestige of the Southern Confede
racy. The great lerntoriea of the Weal
are loat to lire slave confederation, and
ibis alone is a tunable recompense for ail
that bat been spent on tba war. It ta an
i-n<>rm<<u* gain, not only (or tba Union,
but for Kurope, humanity and ct?ilz?lH>n.
it praises the North for conducting t
irugg e at free citizens ought to do.
lu another article the Liaily Newt deft
ml* the financial policy of the North
bum the caluinniea of its foe a. It taye
the fiitmiici mI position furtiiehea a striking
proof of the Constancy of a free people?
the true wisdom of their ruler*, rel, injj |
on that conttancy.
Ttie Morning Herald ?ho*| gnunds
under which, after the decia.on of e?anta
at Corinth, New Orleans may be recap*
lured. It regards the possession of New
Orleans as of the most vital political and
commercial importance to the South.
The Morning 1'oet dunks the present i
condition of alTair* eminently favorable ,
*
for tfccting a compromise acceptable to '
both, but ftdmita that it will be no ea*y j
task to reconcile the requirements of both.
The Lverpool l\?et regards the war
virtually at no end, atol looks for the
proclamation of peace at any moment.
j From Nomvolk ?We have learned
from what we Coiiaider reliable authority
(says the Richmond Kxamintr, of the
10th mat.) that since the lata battles be
| fore Richmond, the Y*okee forces have
been evacuating Norfolk, and Portsmouth,
ai d destroying the public proper
ty and works st those places, with a view
j of reinforcing McCleiUn's army on the
Chickahoiintiy. The drvdo?k at the
I navy-yard had been comp'etely dea
iroyed, the government work ahope rater)
to the ground. The fortifi -ation on Crnn
ey Island, Senell'a l'uint and Pig's Point
were ai! blown ui> and levelled with the
earth. We leain further that the Week
of the Norfolk and l'?t*fi!.u><>
w?t lorn up sixteen ntilea aoutl, u( fcuf
folk, and til* iron carried olf. The troop*
*1 Norfolk and INirtamnutli are aaid to
number between eight and ten ihouaand,
and anppoaed to have embarked er# tlria
on traiiaporla for their denlinalion.
Tiik La dim and ma Wot .vDtD.? No
one can behold the demotion with winch
the ladie* of Jtn. liuiond are iiiinielering to
the wounded in our variooe hoapUaJa
without being deeply affected. Tire peclacle
ia inexpreaeiblt touching. A.I the
poetical phraaea which describe woman
aa a "initiaiering angel," fail to convey
an idea of the wonderful reality now ensuing
before our epee.? Rifkmond JNt.
The EtmuiUm.
P. W. A. write* to the Savannah Re- '
publican :
The evacuation of Corinth, according {
to report* brought down by paaaengera,
was accomplished with but little, if any,
lou of property. The centre fell back
first, and then the right and left wings.
There ?m heavy skirmishing Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, in which the
right wing under Van Dora and Price
was chiefly engaged. On Friday, il is i
said, we drove the enemy back with j
heavy loss Our forces withdrew down |
the Mobile and Ohio Road to Baldwin,
a elation some thirty iniles be'ow Co
tinth, though it is not known whether
that is 'lie point at winch lleauregerd
will finally go into camp. The tick had
all been removed. It is rumored that a
train of sick was intercepted at Boonville,
twenty miles below Corinth, on Tliurs
day, by a detachment ol Federal cavalry,
and that the ears containing their arms
were fired and many of the guns ruined,
but I ain unable to vouch for the truth of
the report.
The wiits between Coriulb and Mem
phis were removed, and ike bridges, I
presume, were burnt, and the railroad
otherwise rendered unfit for use.
The around* nnon which Cnrinlii am
abandoned, as stated in mr last le'ter,
were good and sufficient, and I utuJ not
repeal litem bar*.
Tba fall of Corinlb of course c*rri?d
with it tba fall of Fort Pillow and Mam
plus; and accordingly I bear ibat both
of ibeaa placet Lave been evacuated.?
None of lite particular* bave been re
caived, except ibat all tbe cotton and to
mucb of the sugar, tnolaaaea and tobacco
in Memphis aa was not needed by ike in
bsbitauts, were burnt by tbe autboritiaa,
and all tba public atorea removed. Tliia
givaa tba enemy all of Weal Tennessee,
and ike whole of the Mississippi River,
except Vicksbutg, and ibia they will bare
iu a abort tiiua. With tbe Mississippi,
ibay will also' have tbe Arkansas, lied,
White and St. Francis Rivsrs.
Tba bridges on tba Mobile and Ohio
road above Corinlb, and on ibe Memphis
and Charleston road towards Memphis,
were detiro) ed ; also tbe trark of lbs
former road from Corinth down to Uuon
svilU. AH the sick were brought away, I
and all tba arms and ammunition ; but I
unfortunately we found it aacassary to
destroy about a million dollars worth oi
Commissary stores. An officer bad beeu
despatched with a force to set fire to tks
bridges between Corinth and (Iraad
Junction, at 6 o'clock Friday morning,
by which time it was expected the last
lata woud hate two able to pa**. Much
wee not lit* cm*, however. The officer
obeyed hi* in*', rue. tone, and dealro>ed
the bruise* at tbe appointed hour ; and
loon thereafter the laggiug traiu*, heavi
Iv laden with pro?iaioi?a, made iheir ap
pearance. There wae no alternative left
but to Um thent, wbtoh wm promptly
done.
Wheat?We returned Ifoin K"?*
title on Sunday evaniug, and observed
the wheal very rloeely on the way. We
had been along the eatne road only a
week before. }u that time there ha*
I been eucb an improvement in tbe pro*
| pecte of the growing wheal, that the
I Held* did not look hke the Mine. borne
few field* will be a failure ; but from the
prearnl appearance, we will certainly
' raiM abnoat an average crop. Early
! wheat ia ripening ? tbe tine looking
' bright and yellow. The ru*l a* yel it
only on I be blade. ? Grtrnvillt ( 7V*n.)
' Ilannsr, Junt 4.
?*'
The Wheat Cnoy.?The farmer* iu
tin* Country are tin* week barreling
their wheat crop*, which we regret to
learn will turn out a remarkably ligbtly
yield for the amount of laud, ft will tot
tarn oqt near to wrli m wiu thought it
woultj two weeks ngq. We fear that th?
wham crop ia very ?Qfrj throughout tha
Con(|tderacy. In E?t; Teuneeaee (which
eontqint aa fine wheat land* aa lhara are
(A tha country) we learn tha wheat ie
ruined hy ruet.? kfempku Standard,
June Otk.
Fhom Okohoktowm.? Kvetything wm
quiet ?t Georgetown up to yeeterday.?
rt_i_ .J I.- i?
v?>; <" ?? "?>?; ??i to
be M??, ??d III |JoWa ?t l)|? k?f.
It i* Mid that tk* nfgron captured by
than* base been pel U> work on fortifieslion*
at Souili lalsud. We list* k?srd
of depredation* euro milted on ike San tea
Hirer, sad tkat ikejr hare stolen tke negroes
sad ererjibing of tele* from the
plantation of Mr. A. W. Johnson, but we
do not voueb (be corrects*** of tk? reI
po#1Horry PitpafcA
Gkn. Pktitqrf.w not 1)kad.?From h
flag of truce whirli communicated with
the enemy on Pridny, we learn that Gen.
I'ettigrew war not killed, a* At firet repor*
ted. but tbht be war severely wounded
And a prisoner of war. 21 iw cepture war
owing to bta own beroifin, for, wbile
wounded on tbe field, he commHiided
tboee wbo were bearing him off to re*
turn tc their po?ta end lenve bim to hie
fete. Hie wound, nllhough serious, is re*
ported ar doing well Col. I.ightfoot end
Lt.-C< I. Long, of the Twenty Second
North CeroliiiA, were also supposed to
be among the killed ; but we lieve
learned by the flag of trtce that they
were neither injuted in the bell e, mo]
that thev Are now prianhera in the Fed*
eral army.?Richmond Dispatch.
It ia reported At Mobile that a cltil-n
of Naditrille, named George liro./n, had
killed Andy Johtiaon, end that lirowtr
had nlao been killed. ^
It ia reported Hi Vickaburg thai Oeti.
duller had I men killed in New Orleans,
but the report lacka confirmation.
*73 ItEWAltD!
RmmmwiI)' from w here we had tlioin
m hhed, near Ch?alrr. in June la?t, our
3k three Negro men, \iz : Ml.I., GI1.K3
ami IIKNRY.
Ddt and Gilea we bought the I 4th of hint
NiiVKintiKr Hi tl>*? oataln Main I it KJ. IjmuIi
on llroad River, in York Dinl.iet. Tliey
briny brother* and having relation* in the
neighborhood where ?ve purcluwrd liiein, it
| ie wore than likelejr lin e have made their
ear bock to their old neighborhood
Dill in about 26 year* old. 5 feet 8 inchea
high, will weigh 160 or 160 pounds ; in
very black ; rather sharped face, speaks
quick when spoken to.
(ailas, hie brother, U about 24 years old
6 feet 0 inches high ; will weigh 160 !l>a
ia very black, and walks with his head up
and feet turned out in front.
Ileiiry, we purchased, Jan 1, of Col. C.
Rivea on the Catawba river, lie is 23 tears
old, well auk, 6 feet 10 inchea Ingli, and will
weigh 176 pounds ; has a heavy, brow and
speaks slowly ; lots soma character as a
runaway. Mop go to Charleston or Washington
city, it ia hard telling where he w.ll
go aa he ia a gentleman of travel. They
all ran off about the same tune.
We will pay #76 reward for lh? three
men; or #26 a piece for either of tnnn delivered
in ally Jail so that we can gel th oil.
These hoys may attempt to make tlieir way
North, aa some others from this place have
attempted.
TRIOR 6l DU NOV A NT.
Aug 7, 1861?26 if.
S 0 U T II CAROL IN A.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
(//t the Common J'/eei.)
Dudley 61. L'savry.el al. 1 Declaration
vs. > in
Samuel Npenre. J Attachment.
Whereas the 1"luinntT did ?n the second
l day of December 1861, tile Ins Declaration
| against the Defendant, situ (as it ia said) ia
' a burnt f. <>m and without the hunts of the
State, and has neither wife nor Attorney
I known within llieaninv, upon whom a copy
: of the eaid Decluantioii might be Served. (
It ia therefore ordered that the said Ua,
fendant do appear and plrud to the said
Declaration, on or before the thirl day ol
I December next, which will bo in the year
of out l.ord one thousand eight hundred
I and aixtv-two, otherwise linn! judgment will
1 tIvty Up given uiiil twarilci) uguinat iairti.
u j hanuh k, crk.
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