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Cijf Murr. LAHCA8TERVILLE. f .C. Wednesday Morning. June IS. 1863 Death of John Williams, Esq It ii? wilti feeling* of Jeep sadness aud regret tlisl we record the death John Williams, K*q , "which, wo are informed, occurred at the Globe Hospital, in Richmond, on the 26lh ult., from tli e eflfecis of tlie wound received several weeks previously. livery man, woman and child in Lancaster L?is> tiict will feel uillicted at the intelligence of the death of John William*. IliS unselfish and unobtrusive nature, nobleness of heart, devrv tion to principle, independence of character, and disinterested patriotism endeared him to the hearts and elicited the respect and confii deuce of his fellow citirens. His life was preeminently a consistent one : considered an uitta 4ii poOucs, lie labored assiduously to maintain the Inlrgilty nud strict constitutional rights of the South, and believing it was not posxible to .preserve tlirw in the old Union, he, at mi early pctiod, favored a sepai aliou of the South from the North ; and when the dny of separation came, with all it attendant evils and dangers, he was among the first in the field to defend with his life, the principles he had ao long and so realously advocated, lie served iu the -"Lancaster Gieya," enduring ail the haidshipe -of a piirate In the ranks, lioin tiie commence nwnl of the war, uniil ll.e happening of tho uu* fortunate accident which deprived him of lilc. Nothing could diaw him fiom what he believed to be liis post of duty ; iu biiu was exemplified the tiu* spirit of a volunteer ; and he has died a martyr to the cause which for years had been the dearest object of his heart. Mr. William* was a native of Yoik District? * by piofsssion a lawyer. He was admitted to practice law in 1832 ; shortly thereafter he loca* led at this place, and for aeveral years past had deservedly been esteemed the leading member of the Lancaster Bar. lie was a Kcpresenia live from this District in the Slate LcgiaUiuio at t!ie period of his death. li? w>.a elected to this position, first ill 1888, and was re-elected, by a very fiattciing vote, in 18*0. Had he lived, far higher honors were iu store for him. In Ins death his country loses a staunch pstiiot, his State an able politician and counsellor, his District a useful and favorite citisen, and the liar ol Lancaster its noblest and brightest or* us Blent. IIr. Williams ?ax never married, and left no family, except collateral relatives. No gentle hand tool lied hit fevered brow iu his last oio mc??t?, aud no friend of hie youth, or of his inatui cr yearn, sto. ?i by him in the hour of death; but s i* collection of his amiable qualities is enshrined iu tho hearts of ths people of his adopted District, and bis virtues will live as a model for iitiuatiou, lor gaucialn us to come. (tang for Salt A wagon esvd team front the lover pert of this Dish it l passed through tins place on Hon. day last, on thr way to the Halt Works in Virginia. Wo heat of others that will be going on shortly. The distance fiom this place to the woikv is about 2IU miles. Cspt. Crew fold's Company, wkick left the Di-tiict a few * eras ago, has not been suffered to ictnain long inactive. It is attached to Col. ! llagood'a Regiment, which, it will be seen, per- ' Ucpa'"*! in the fight ou James* Island on the DiUi Intl. L*p to this time, we have hsaid of no casualties u. the company. from Charleston. It will be seen by the copious extracts which wr make fiom lite city papers, that there has l>cen waiiu woik ainund Charleston, and more liouilv anticipated. A great battle may he foupht in the vicinity of Charleston on any day. The OiSibtoUn city "Reserve*" hare been ordered into retire mm vice ; also the Citadel Ca Jets. The determination of the soldiers and citizens, as gathered from the preen, seems to be 111 ill-fend till- cilv Ln the taal and not sue. render under any eircnmatancea. Oar Los tee at Chickahominy The Richmond hnqutrtr add* up our losses in the late battle# before Richmond, from ilia published retutna and !?? ? not yet published it amounts to about 2,300 all told?killed, erouj.ded, and iniaaing. Of tlieae only about 160 were killed, the wounded liearing an uno?M#lJy large proportion to the killed. In the meantime, the Yankee# acknowledge a Iowa of 8(>0 killed and up war da of 4,000 wounded.? They #ay nothing of Uie 8ir0 prisoner# we look fior.i ihtm, but they apeak of 1500 which they took from us. A largo proportion of tha loea waa borne by South Carolinian#. The Hampton Legion loat out of DM men, Jenkin'a Re gun ent of Sharp Shooter# auffared in about tha aaw?? pro* poiuon. The 6th 8. 0. Regiment loet 166 men, and the 6th 'iff, killed and wounded. The Grand Yankee Army. Secretary Cameron boaated that he had put 680,000 men in the field last winter. To Una number 60,000 were afterward# added, making 760,000 in all The Richmorid Enquire makes an estimate, by which it reduce# the number now In the field to *6O,<i00, vis ; 100,000 for McClellan, 100,0u0 t>r llallcck, 60.000 lor Fremont, Shield#, Ac., and 100,'Mdj for all Ctlier aervice. We doubt (mj? the Richmond ?H*pntrJk) whether the Yankee* have thai number in the field by AO.OUO. And whn Itaa heroine of VltC rpet * Where are the 4h0,00h or 6no,f.00 that make up the difference * They moat hare Ueeu killed or taken, or hare died of d^eaae, or he aick in the ho*pilal. At thia moment, we dottbt nuh our eft fectire force actually in the field ie larger than that of the Yankee*. Thia war, hard aa it haa borne on ua, haa been immeeaauiably harder on them. The-* nerer waa a more warning etrugglo. The whole Month ia a perfect cliernet houae, pared with Yanliee liotiea, and ihw iabul the aecond year of the war ! What will It he in three or four year* more * Tl>? f h ct<jn Tritm** haa been making ao?&e estimate* upon the eanie point, which we copy: Therr eremo to U great dottbt ua to the (iifi'ine iirinyin ui uar lo.umrer army.?? Tac pay roll* ilmw 700,000 inro ; I lie War Department e.int'l lind more than 600,000 ; and Kennfor Wfaon, Chairman of Ilia Militi'f Cumaiitlrr, bi'litrci we have not to, 0 Jo 000 Where ate tfto other 100,<X*0 or 2'>0,00*.' T It vu Mffaeted ia tho IIoum ihc other day that fia.Jaleut payroll* have bran for*ardc4 to U?e Dcpaitmeot. Hor* ia a food awtyect for an InveotigaUnf Oamrriltae - \|*? hollnae in levator W-l?on'a Agnrea, an.I titer aacin l<< Be taxed upon an aalimatn like tnis : CoMUIM>Kk* Gen. McQelUu'a colunitt 126,(.<00 Gen. llulletk'n do 136,000 Gen. McDowell'a do 26,0t?0 1 Gen. H ink's do 26,t)00 (Jen. Kifiiioiit'n D?|)trlueul 30,000 I Gen. Uurnaide'a do 26,n00 I Gon. Hunter'* do ? 20,000 I G?ti. UiatiiMit'a (Key West, ate ) 6,( 00 j Gen. Butler'* column 16,000 | Gens. CurlU and Steele 20,000 Utm Dim and Wool 12,000 Gen. Blum's Department of Kansas 6,000 Naw Mexico and going 10,000 Ueu.Min.hviracolutr.ii. 16,000 Guard duly in Kentucky and Tonn 16,u00 | Guard duty in Mixnouti 6,0"0 Guard duty l.elow Inland 10 6,000 Guarding prisoners North 1,000 Total, 600,000 Now, from the above there should bo deduct ted ton to fifteen per cent, for aoldiora iu tlie hospitals, at home, on furlough, and diachaiged lor physical incapability, leaving a total ot 4*tt,00b men capable of doiug duly. The exact number, if the exact truth were known, may trot exceed 4<>o,Ub0 efficient men. Score* ot ' { regttnenu tliat matched horn home lUUO strong, I | can muster now only Sou to 600 men, and few ' | regiments number utoie than 7ou to 8uo rank j and file. The rebel* have suffered the saute degree ol shrinkage, and per hap* worse. Fkom Raw Oat. saw*.? The New Oileana Delta, ot a late date, says: Very little business | is being done in (lie city, but pioviaiona are | gradually arriving, wliich will relieve the working classes from the danger of want. It haa been ordered (bat religious services be had in the different churches of the city as in times ol piofound peace, and no ptayar lor the destruction ol the Union or for the success of the rebels will ba toteiated. The bells which were taken from the churches by the order of Beauregard, were shipped to New York ou Thursday last in the ship North Am- ties, by order of General Butler. The Delta wants them united iu one casting and placed on the roof ol Fanruil Hall. A Yankee, named K. ?V . Fox, has r.~... v.- v.?i. ??:? .v ? .. W.?. .? ? A VH ? W ?4VKWO VUO UUVIC3 of city postmaster. Kxtrsc'. from a p irate letter of Captain Wylic, dated Ji?U? 11 111. I got Iwvi of absence litis afternoon frotr Gen. Audcmou to com* lo lh? city aud re luru before daylight. brother Tom is getting along very Well to-duy and to night. lie lias not done so ell for tlie prist few days. Tlie I)r (cared lie wae taking Typhoid fever and this with liia wound wjutd have been quite dangeroua?hia wound ia doing finely to night.? It ia suppurating nod doing as well as possible ; the uioat a. rioue feature about the wound ia that the ball glanced up af*ar penetrating the thigh and lodged somewhere in the nip. Dr. W. aava ha wont cut down to hunt for the ball in the hip. tlint in all j probability the bail may leinain there dur- I ing hia life and never hurt him It will be ?ome time before he will be able for duty I John Williams, brq , died at the Globe . Hospital litre on the 26th May. Shaver I and Powell vailed to see him at the llo*pit- ! al about the 2d Junt. 'he officer there in- j formed them thai ha had been discharged I and sent home a few days before ; I called . there on the 3d June and they told me the | saint thing. I called Ultra thin afternoon and einmined the Books and found he bud | died Will May and waa buried in Oak Grove j Cruietary, with a board bearing hi* name * at the head of hia grave. Dr. Foster a??w J hun a few da>s before he ia said In have died ; and he was then doing well, end had rather ( agreed that he ought to take a discbarge , aod go home lie is gone ? no truer, braver , or more whot# souled patriot ever fell ill j the service of Ins country. Peace be with him. We have heard nothing cf Tommy Wright ' vtv. He Is either killed or taken prisoner , by the enemy U? d grunt it may the , latter. I saw tiit wound on his chest, the i.sll muU . ------- --a ?;_r .i Vw.. ...www mm ??"* ? Mliu f* III I U I CUillUVHMi, but did not |>enelrale the Imllow. It* ?m either billed after w ard* in trying to rejoin like company, or, what is moru prob-ib e, weut loo far lo the right and waa taken | priaouer by tSa enemy. Wesley I'iyler, Met aakill, and John Soil.fan arc the worat I wounded (it the compauy. all the others are I slightly wounded and will return l? duly ! a?on. Plvlrr'a wound (Temporal artery in heady has broke nut and been blerding bad. | ly, Iib is not doing bo well. Sullivrn la ' allot near the knee j -int and lias a asvefe wound, but is nut considered dangrfuuaMcCaakill is shot through built hlp?, no bone broken and is doing finely. Joe Cnutheu has relurn*d ,w duly ? Jaruea Weanrr | will return tu morrow or neat d.iy ? Parks .Moore is slight, Jack Moore has gone home, j aUo Maker. (Jum C'askey is doing finely, : also Kli Dnnlan. I 1 have not lime to say raueh about the ! details of the fight. (Jen. Andefsou told ma lo day that the five and one half hours of fighting done by our lirigade was cer. Isinly the hottest nnd uiost savers that hsa occurred during ihy war. lie says our Brigade haa nun-red itself all o?rr with glory? ; Ui.dyipg glory. Our Urigudu entered the fight uith not quite ISHJU men, (officers Slid privates) and had aomulhmg 01 er 7u0 killed uud Wounded in the action. This exceeds anything in the his ory of Napoleon's war'e. 1 Our Kegiuient eulered the aciiou With (JO officers and men, and had IIW killed and * any mini in "?r Kigiiiient 1 v?r cmno through aliva and unnurt la astonishing. Among Ifta * ounded u ? tlo not ' count llioae *ho ware struck by spent Inlli and kept on thruagh Ilia light?vary fv? ol ua ibara nra who wara not struck by apant baits or hart in some way. Tha lac I thai any man iu uiy company eaiao ali?e through i a pmlapi hati storm of Uod and iron, that powrad into our r->aks unceasingly lor 5| 1 hour*, la eoough lo coftfiitoo scan aa Atnatat that "ihcro ia a I'rotidsiics thick ali?pa? our ends, rough liew tliam aa *r may." 1 lia?a a great many Yankee trophies la' kau in lha laal tight, mil a?ad aoinc of thrm 1 home bv fa<h?r. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE. I'iMr, Near Richmond, Va., June 9th j 86* Mr. Editor.? Since my lam, there hee nothing <*f importance transited The I latest report* from scouts, say the eoeiny are retiring Irooi our left wing and uiuviog towards I lie centre of llie army, near Richmond. The skirmish which we had a few tiny a ago and which we noticed in our lust communication, at ante to have frightened the enemy, mid no doubt, effected some good. From subsequent accounta, we lenrn, that they had a considerable force at a cross road some two iuile? distant from our nrouaiif Mamtt " * J vanee upon them at thin point, they retreated, leaving u good many etore* behind No newt of the Durmy in this quarter since that dale. They admit a loaa of twe horses but "nary" man. We neglected to mention, that the officer* in command of both of the companies, viz: "A" uud **l" diaplayed both valuineaa and judgement in tbia affair. A tight ia not looked for in this quarter at all. The general supposition is, that we are placed here oi.ly a* an advance guard, and if attacked, will fall back to the main forr. ?; liul no one can divine the movement.* of our aitoy. The health of the "Hornets'* is not as good us formerly ? though hor.e ure arriou* iy ill. In fact, taking into cunaiderution the hardship* they endure, we may any, it is u tuiricla, that all, both officers and privates are not on company "O" list. 'J'liere seems to be no care iiiauife?lid. on the part ol commanding (ieiiersls, in regard to thu lieulth of their men 1 mentioned in a former letter the fact, thul they had deprived ail the private* of iheir tents; and nor not satisfied with this very unjust and unm-rca awry measure, they a 'ow no cooking ulciiails, except a int-as pan and camp kettlr lo the mess. We hnv? no ovens, skilletn frying pans or anything thai will bake brea< ? uud what make* it mora uurea*<>nbie Hour ia issued in the place of hurd-bread.? Some cook tluur bread by spreading it ou on a board and p'acing it befora the lire others in the h< e cake style ; others d? wiih<>ut It altogether, and spend tlnir ?mal wages of eleven dollars per mouth iu ba k?r* bread, when it can be had. The "Ul?'r (imrd*,'' Cnpt. 1*1* burn, nri enjoying good health, and with then), ui a uli the "llnri'.i-U," arc mi good spirit*.? (.'apt. (J , u \M-II liked by bia command, ant no olhcer of the Regiment ia more highly respected by all, Lancaster ia rr|i(?atiii?i in the liili bv two as brie companies ai any District can boast of?loin coutpaniei arc Colli posed of young uien, Willi but fe ,i clceplioUS Toe ledger baa not made its appearand in cauip for about four \*reka. for wmn cuiiae, unknown to ua, a* well aa yourself tliey hale failed to reach ua They art sought after and read with much interval ' by all, when received. t\ e have pl?-a-org accoun'a of the yru.i peel of good crop* from old Lancaster ? Tiic crops to thia aectioo of country prom i-e an abundant liarveat. A few moie weeks and wo will Iia7a new (lour to bake upon our cooking boards All letters for the 1 2u. Ki'giuiciil ah on Id be directed to Richmond, Va. .More anon. -i-OCAf." On n recent liail to Charlotte, I felt piy> self in the inid?l of what appeared to be the business portion of a large and enterprising eily. Much of lids prosperity and industry has sprung up within the last mix months The) hare resulted from Hie enterprise of^i few individuals who have gone into the mechanical arts, having taken heavy contracts from tin Government to construct necessities for the war?all the old house* arc full and many new ones are being built?laincaster ia indeed dead compared to this miniature Uultnnore. I nee no reason wliv Lam-eater ahould not, bv lite energy ol her cilij|rni,iKun till up her houaea, now vacant, with mi iodualrioua and productive daaa of meuhuhioa i he Giivurnuivnt will gi?o theui contract'*, wliould lliey mnku application, and w e shall then be engaged in the necessary wurk to cstubiiah and maintain our independence J. F. G. MITT AG. [roit Titt ua.nca?TKh ticoqcft ] Tlie army must be supplied with h-~nd atulT, and us tlie wheat baa proved a failure amounting perhaps to one half, and am com meal cannot be preserved in a proper slate for w lioleaotrie fond, it ia neceaniiry thai we tthpwd produce aumcihjng eUt- ua it aubali lute fur wheat fena ate a U>M?t W hole ; smile and suitable food for the ari^y. L*"1 the furir.ere turn their ntt?htp't\ tu the cui tiVati in of 411 abundance of lliftl vegetable ; they will coigmand a good price. 1 V n IIIT'I' * r? v. r. u ah, An Awful Calamity.?We le.irn paa?*ng<m who arrived hi the train fro.ii Ualeigh yeiUrdar morning (anya Hit- Charlotte (Julietin of the I'in. inat ,) that Po 1'owdvr \Jill in Raleigh, owned by Uvaiu. Waterhouae &. Uiuvc* wua blown up on Monday laat, and thai the auperlnlendenl and three- operative* were killed. The main building waa totally ruined and about J000 pi .mi.1a of Powder loal. Thla i? a great calamity and will be welfiblv fell. IsTEmVENT|on ?A puaaeugel frotn New Oilean* ataie* to the Mobile Kegi*ter that the rumor wa* rife in that city Miri England and Prance hud actually intervened in Anu-rcan bflaira, and Lincoln wn* given to the bill of Jiiue to muku unawer to the propo anion*. \ Ouh Dead in the lUtu.t or TM9 Sty kn I'lDK*.?The Kiehniond l)n.pu^h awya that a flag of truce, which wa* aent to the enemy in orivr to recover trie bndi.ee ol aoine ol our men. wa* refuaed admission into liter liiu-a, and that liter* is lillio hope Ibnt any bodies cm b? obtained. Colonel Wj?1o Mjinpio i (?*) til* South f'mryjtninn) lia* uonfjiied tu? commission ol B'tgadi*r ^corral, tendered him bjr I'ruaidrill Davis. Tha Lines round abont Charleston - A Sharp Engagement on James' Island. During the entire nfiernoon of Tui-aday, the in?-e*?aiit and hen\ y eunnonnding froui the direction of J.-um-a' Inland plai'ily inti; mated that sharp work w.ia going on souio | where iu that neighborhood. In the even ! ing we aacertained the enuae of the firing. | Our heavy gun and mortar butteries were shelling the entrenched positions Dw*.? oc copied by Hit* Y?..kce fore*; which has land ed upon Jsiucs' Island. A vigorous fire was kept up on Monday nguiusl the gunj bunts in the Ntono river, with niurked effect The gunboats were forced bnck, and the | mast of one of the propellers u as shot u! wny, disabling her in such a manner uh to j render it necessary for another steamer to I tow her off. | Thu enemy's forrcs on James' Island are , encamped chielly on 1-egare'snnd Gritoball's i plantatioiia, and it is said that they partially I occupy Rivers' plantation. These places arc upon the Htonu river, went of, and just above buttery Island. According to tbe statement of a prisoner tuken on Monday, the strength of the marauders at this time is aifttevn regiments, but u few more reglI uienta were dally expected to arrive. This force is now industriously at work cii'rencli| ing lit positions, probably with the view of making theui, sooner or later, u bn?e of op1 eratioiis against the city. but it is scarcely likely that, at a point so close to Charleston, thu Yankees will be allowed to arrange matters precisely accord* ing to their own "notions." There is eve| ry disposition on the part of our gallant > 1 boys, who hold our lines in that quarter, ' ( st once to clear the corner of the Islni.d ' j now held by the invader, and yesterday ut t l.rnunn tl.~ U ?? * | ur^'un. , At liu!f piist three o'clock a Confeder I | ate force, consisting of the 47th Georgia * Uesurient, Col. W illinui*, lln^uod'a Rrgi. tneni, S C V , ihe Louisiana Battalion ol ' | Infantry, and n section of Preston's Lighl Buttery, attacked the enemy an Gritnball'i plaiilalioti, at a |) inl about a lililo uud ? 1 i.ulf beyond the l'reabylerian Church. "Tin > advance of our troops had to he tnude fo ' the distance of itbutil a mile over a lov ' awampv tract of ground, in traversing w laic I they were necessarily placed at a diaudvnn b ge by being considerably scattered. Oi B emerging from the swamp, our men encoun * It-red the Yankees, who were rapidly drivei - fur a distance of about three hundred van! and to within one hundred and lifty yard f of the river. Here the further retreat <> t'.ie enemy wan covered bv ualiurp lire frou * hia batteries, and also from u guobuat, vvlncl 1 wniiI then uuacen, had been lying in thi ' stream. At this Juncture, Col. Williams orderct 1 tw u companies of the 47tli Georgia (Cap ' laina Williams' sod Coses'), which were ir 1 the advance, to charge the enemy's battery 1 w Inch they did in gallant style, nolwilli t standing their numerical weakness Oui boys lind to pass through a tield thickly atrewu with IcBed trees, behind which ttie Yankees f hs.lered Ihemse.ves while delivering tneir tire. For a liuiu the tight was ' qune swero. The two companies that charged Were "Wire Grass" 10'U, Well ' kr.owu to be Miliong the best OlarksuiMl in i tne South, and their volleys were terribly I effective. But the concentrated tire of tt.e enemy's batteries, gunlroAl and musketry ' was so riuiid. rous thai our little hundlul ot 1 men, unsupported, wc;u compelled to re I.re, after having suffered a heavy loss We I lla.e not as yet obtained a full list of lite j casualties ill the tight. ( apt, W .Ilium-, ot the 47th Georgia, was killed, and L'upl. Guiles nligbtiy woulded. It is also aa,d ; II.Ml II.. M.H-.iv Si?..? r ??' It j ... v.?pi/,iii mil. i.iui'a company waa killed. Our total lo?* I had put Leer. definitely ascertained at the I lime that our ililuitUalll Iel'l lite Ivland, hut r. ia anpp<.?ed ihul it will not exceed fifty I ?kliied, wounded and tlil?al"g The->e caaualiie# occurred chiefly it; the 47th J (jeorgiu Regiment In Colonel llagood'a , | Regiment there waa but erne ini>t) wounded. | ThueReuiy'a loaa ia believed la be much I heavier than oura. 'Ifittr.?Jual na we gr? to preaa w e bare received ?oiiie further and anihentic detail* ftoiu the ac< lie of eclion, which conflict aomeW'iiat with the abatement given ahoVe. | It uppeara that the fight was foi fie po?ee*. ! 'ion of a wood aumi dmtance in advance ol | the encniv'a line*, and which the Yankee* ' ; had inarched out to occupy. Thiee limn 1 we drove the enemy back, and finally auc' ceeded in holding the wood. Our lo.i in 1 kilted, wounded and miaaing, waa jual a|g ly five. 'J'lie enemy'a force rnii*i?ted of OHO fegimenl of infantry, two but leriea o| artillery, and a aqu?dr?n of cavalry Our own force, which waa ec-ltere.1 over a da ' j fenvive line of aoino extent, ti aa four regi j inerita of infantry, Iteid'a battery, a ?cctio? ' of Prcaton'a battery, and another 'ight batI terv. Aliinnir ihe Irunn* ?.nir;i?.-d ? / . ? r - ?" Colquitt'a spivndid 4fiil< Georgia regiment. Gen I'ein Iter ton IK Oil Juincl Island '('tie expedition w*? under command of General Miniih Our troop* mo in exeellent aplrita, and hope aeon to got anollier I chance to attack the enemy. The blockading squadron on Tuesday consisted of tight propeller aleamara < ff our Bur, besides four Surge transport* jual ouUide I lie Bar of the JStono river. ? Charletton Mercury, I \tk insl FroTjn thr Courier of 7'hur?d*y the 1 Itk Tno accountn of the tight given by participants do not differ muter ally from our report of Tuesday, with toe exception of the number of casualties, which ^hey ratimate to be atxly five killed, wounded and uiiaaing Tliia ia believed to be the nttinber reported officially. The Fnrty-Setenlb Georgia reduced by sicknera to about three hundred effective in,co, ?'?? this action with their brave antJi tfirepid icadi-r, Col. William*, nguinat a force uf the eueiiiy of at least two thousand, entrenched and posted behind fortnidai hie brenalwordv. Owing to the n*lure of r the ground, it being a dense wood.our man Huddrnl/ t?m? upon tt>? tnruiv'a ?ulrencli. J men.a, fit a of Ml thfftjr. r? yard*. Col. William*, however, wialiing to d'm'odge the fuo, determined to make mi utafcult mid i ordered a cliurgc. The men rualnd forward and made a vigorous attack upon the breastwork*. The enemy opened upon them a t.-rific eron* tire, of infantry, artillery and cavalry, ;oid ahelle throw u from the gunboula. The regiment fell buck a moment, and again moved for* ward to another aaaault. The fighting on I both aides was now de?perate. Our men ! were under a continuous and deadly b re, 1 and havmg expended their last round of ' ammunition, the order to retreat was given. ! i noy withdrew, leaving the dead lud ti ' number of the more seriously wounded in tlie hand* of the enemy. (Kir reinforcements were not brought into action, nnd the 47th sustained alono for several houra the fire of the heavy force in front of litem. In this engagement Captain William* fell pierced by four Minnie bills, while gallantly encouraging hie men to the second assault. Private J. S. Cone was also killed almost at the same lime, and while in close proximity to Capt. Williams. from Ift* Court rr of 14 tft intt. News <>k the I lex*.? Wo have no intelligence or anything of note to communi cute, in rels'ion to affairs on James' 01 John's Islands, Thursday. There hud been sotne more picket skirmishing, but with no important result. A dreerlei, we learn lately walked in oar camps, with an air ol | great uoncbaluace, s?d_showing off quite a large pile of gold and silver money. Thii only provoked a smile of contempt from our men. tie will no doubt receive cb>?< i atleniion. Ucports w ere rife in the city yesterday thai a gentleman lately Irotn Washington I stated that he hud an interview with Sucre| tary^SStanton belore leaving, nnd that tin 1 ) hitler told hitu the Federal force* would e rtainly have Charleston in two week* ? II lilt in worn good authority. Death r?r Cot. A.hbv.? From dispatcho* received in this city yesterday, wo learr . that Col. Aaliby wu? killed la n ?kirtni*l r on Friday last, somewhere in Hie vicinity v of Harrisonburg. We were to believi I liiia painful report, but later dispatch* . aeeni to confirm it. On Wednesday Col u Aaliby bad a kirmiab near Harrisonburg . in which he captured several prisoner*-' >i among them Sir Percy Wordt-n, an Knglisl ? baronet, but now a Colonel in the Fedora , service. We have received no authsnllil f information regarding the skirmish in w hicl 0 the gallaiir Colonel b>al lua life, and do no , c?re to ciicuiale Hie rumor current upo e the aireela yesterday evening. Since th lir.it invasion of Virginia, Col Aaliby ha 1 been actively engaged in the service. am prolmbiy no man baa done more or bettr , work. Tborougbly acquainted with th country, constantly on the alert, active am ! brave, be has iiung about the lines of thi i enemy, h..rr.ia*iiig lliem until bis Very nsmi I baa become a terror. Ilia death will be i : serious loss to the Confederacy, and bis I place dillicMilt to till. ? Uickuumd Despatch. Deserted to the Knenv's Fleet ?Oo j Saturday night unv of Commissary row > boats, on Sullivan's Is'and, was carried off by live of the regular iniantrc, encamped | outs dn Fort Moultrie, and win, it is sup* i pose-', look this opportunity to join the I enemy's Hurt 'l'ho escape of the deserters was not noticed until roll call yesterday morning. The Sergeant who had control j of the boat lina hern placed under arrest, a* I she was not moored at the place allotted to i such boats The five who a short t.inc since deserted from the regular artillery i were raw recruits, from New Orleans and . Memphis. These may also bo r-emits.? j The regulars are the beat provided and the best disciplined corps in the Confederate | States, mid arc composed of splendid fight, ing material. We have the greatest confidence in their espnt de corps and condition. As ar'.hlerista or infantry, the regulars arc going to make their mark -?Charleston Mccury. A Military Adveht/h** ?Tk# Rich. mond Dispatch says :,-ln the early part ol j this war, Genual MoClellan wrote to a die. lingui-hed nftjuur in the South, expressing j hie desire tu teres in the Confederate army ! If lie dare deny the fsct, end his recent re F | port* prove that in mendacity he is the rep i reseniative man of ths Yankee nation, it i , can be demonstrated by such evidence si i will close his lips in strraV- atluncs. Wher I | he was at West Point, he affected to frn< trrnize especially w th tho-e from tin ' I South, and to have little sympathy wit} r taose frutu his own section. We dare aaj this was genuine, and that he really wai aiixiuua to serve under Jeff Davis in lhi< war. but the high bribe offered by laocola was too much for his easy virtue. CovrfscATino Htiu Nswafarc* OrriCCS?We It-srii fi.iw the Nsahville Die i patch that the United States Marshal! at Nashville, on Monday, served a process on the proprieties of the Nashville Patriot and Tennessee Baptist, issued from ths United bi.i'.m Court ft-r the prrpoae of contiscating tits establishments. Proceedings hav,i n<>w been instituted against the Methodist Book Concern, the Tennessee Baptist, ths Union and American, the Patriot, the Bam nor and ths G-uette offices, in eonlorrvity with I Act of August ff, I tiff I, to confiscate those establishments. Thf mallei comes up fur abjudication before the Geto. b r teim of the Court. the wounded ?the iiiuulisr of woun. aeo in ina xiium hoapilala (aaya the K,ish. mono jptquirer,) baa been materially di, : miniehed in tlia laat ft * d*)i, a largo e,uui< 5>er of ihetu baring auffiri??tly reeovecad from tlio ertVoU of their wotmda ;o be sent to their reapeollve hotnea, where they wil rem tin until able again to take their placet in the field. Tae mortality has bae* earj al.ghi when wa consider the number u w< unded in our midal. The ladiea atil continue their untiring labor in behalf ? ] the wounded, watahiag by the>r coucbei I both night rod day WAR NBW8 j Stonewall Jackson Again V ietorioaa. Richmond, Juno 9.?-Tho following do- , spntchaa tvu received hero Uol night: c St a v ston, June (t.?Hblolde crossed the r Shenandoah Hivrr at Port Republic and f attacked Cieneral Jackson thin morning ?- v After a abort contest Shielda fell bark, with a a luaa of two piece* of artillory. Fremont alao attacked Lwoll. Wo havo driven him | back, and Ewoll la atill proeaiog him hard. a Shielda is un tho bank of tho Shenandoah, | and Jackson holds him ill check. 1 hope c to be able tc announce a great victory to j, you to-night. A second despatch to Clov. I.et?-her alr.tc* / that we have gained a glorious victory.? v Fremont was completely routed, nnd in fnll re i rem. We will gut shields to morrow. v Will give you the casualties to morrow. j A third despatch of the uus? date any* a Generals Stewart and Klzey ara both \ wounded, but not dangerously. It was a n couiplrta victory. Jackson is in close pur u suit. Artilleiy and prisoners in abundance have been captured. , Gen. Jaclcaon'a DispatchRichmoxd, June 10..?The following diepatch was received this a. m , by General " 1 Cooper, Adjutant General. * Port lttTCBUC, June 9. * via StaunU n, June 10. ' ^ Through Goda blessings the enemy nenr 1 Port Republic was this day routed with s I , 1 loss of six pice.ea of his artillery. 1 (Signed) T. J. Jackson, ( M.ipr General Commanding Particulars of the Battles. , StaUNTox, June It.?On Sunday Gen. E well's command with a part of Jackson's, , , attacked Fremont nenr Cross K.y., fi *e I [ miles fiotn Port Republic. Fremont was repulsed with considerable loaa. On Monday Jacksou crossed the North branch of the Shenandnnh, above Port Re. public and burnt the bridge. He then went i in pursuit of Shields, w ho was encamped i at L*wialon, two miles below Port Reputf C lie, on the East aide of the Shenandoah.? a fio attacked him at sun-rise, and after a terrible battle of four hours, complete!) I. routed him, capturing six pieces of artillery I, (all Shielda had J and took a Dumber of - prisoners. The route was aa complete as h wan that in the cose of Hanks. I Shields had 9,001) men und Jackson about c lire name number. Fremont hud been reinforced, and ou ^ Monday appeared on tho West bank of the Siicuandouh but could not get over to aid Shields, >s the bridge had been des'royed by Jackson. Kremvntis still there and j Jackson ia on the opposite aids a few mites above. r _____ " Prom Chattanooga. i Alol'sta, June 10.?A dispatch from At? Unix to the Augusta papers, dated tho 9th r instant, trays the enemy hnd retired from i shelling distance of Chattanooga. Their , i loaa Whs eight killed. The number of wounJed is unknown. The Federa. gunboat which appeared before Shell .Mound wna urea ituo oy our wouli, and three of tbu enemy killed. Several citizen* ware taken by the Yankee* from across the river.? j Gen. Mitchell ia suid to be witn liia entire t force opposite Shell Mound. A number <>l "contrabunda," and seveial discharged Con- !j iVdeiate, were captured bv the enemy on Friday laal. It ia aupposed that tlia demonstration at Chattanooga may be a feint 10 rover soma other movement. All quiet now. Several apiee have been captured. axcoxo DtsraTcu. * AtLaSTA, June 10?Passengers by the A State train report that the enemy, variously estimated at from tiree to ae"en thousand, left the river opposite Chattanooga and divided his forces, part going up, part going down the river. It ia believed lie will at- ^ tcuipt to croa* and form a junction on this side to attack the city. Generals Kirby Smith, Leudbelter, and Reynolds, are there with plenty of troops determined to meet and repel the enemy. The people of Chat* taoooga ara o.>lm and free from alarm. Prom Vioksbarg. Al'QCsTA, June 10 ?The Jack ton Missis > jnppisn, of the fitn instant, his a dispatch from Yickeburg. dated the 5th, which says , a Federal gnr.host and sloop of war opened j yesterday evening on the batteries and city ' I The shot fell sliurt. One Federal vessel < 1 was struck by out aliot, and left. The Ken I 1 nrbcek. which attacked the batteries a week | uga, aaa d.sabled, and now lica on the bar J s below the city. I ' Demand for tb? Surrender of Galvei- ; ton. 1 Augusta, June 10-The Houston (Texas) ' T?iegrapft, of the 17th, containing a de- I ' maud made on the 7th of May, from Capt ! E-gle, of tiie United States frigate Santee j fur the surrender of Galveston, saying that in a few daya a Federal naval and land force would appear before the oily, (ien lleber was instructed by Col. Cook to say that he | would reply when the naval and land forces , appear. The foreign Consuls, on the 33d . of May, communicated with (he frigate < , Santee, with a view of fixing upon some point to be lospecled in the bombardment, ' i as s refuge fur foreign subjects. Eagle replied, that it waa not in his power to give any aaauraaea of security, as he conld not ieii where tha shot would fall. From Chattanooga Cmattapuoua, June 11 .?Information was received here to day that twenty-five regiments of the enemy, in the vicinity of ( Boston, Ky., near the Tennessee Statu line, , have received large reinforcements of arii> , lery, and ar# now threatening E??t Ten' [ neaaee. Expectation Revived. Richvtonn. Juae 13.?The exoectation of , ' another balds near ths city hns been rrviv. ' ed to lono fitnat to day, but ths aspect of | uffairn alon^ our lines iwai unchanged. ( From Europe i Hicumovp, Juris it.?New York papers ( of ths tth in?t, i<?ii?n!as nect by ths steam thip I'tni*. which bong* datee ft* lata ?? he 85th nit. The amriety for ttcwa from America ia kdijT breading Bur* interest mbM| Um WMwhldiMM of Kngiand. The Time* emarka that It it now drpri\?d of any in orma'.ion from the seat of w ar, except that rhioh the Federals aro pleated to prepaid t home for fore^go consumption. The Parisian correspondents of the Bel. |iaa newspapers are nearly unanimous in Utiog that the Kreuch diplomacy ia activey engaged in Gnding some terms of agree mint, by means of which the war in Anicren may he terminated. The Anviae, n newspaper published at tntwerp aayath.it an offer of uiediatinn rill be made to us in a very short time. A m idrid telegram any a that lion. Flint .:II - " o_J . - rill itiiiiu IU .iirticVHn npnai'l.i AOltiASSa or, in regard to t)??< cnptme of tlie Bniurti tcaiuer llermuda, by Federal blorkader. Jr. l.ayard declared in the Ilouae of Comiion* that the case had been referred to law flicar* of the crown. The London Time* thinks that the deails of the capture of New Orleans put lire urrender of th?- city in a light uiorc fuvorai!y to its defenders. A similar tone is asumed in Paris. The declarations, in a late discnaaion is 'arlininent, indicate tliat the great Araitronjj gun is practicsliy a failure. OBITUARY Died, at the residence of hur father, Jus. C. AdWina. liberty HiM. on the ISth May, Isabella Adkins, aged 10 years and 20 days Al?o. on 17th, with the raine disease, Scarlet Fever, Margaret Susan Adkiua, aged II years, 0 months and 23 days. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Adjutant and Inspector-GcneraTa Office, GENERAL ORDER AO. 22. Columbia, s. C., Juno 5, 1862. I GEN. J/. MEM JONES of Columbia, 8. C., having been appointed by tho Governor and Council. Quartermaster General of South Carolina, (vice S. L. Clover, deceased.) ia hereby announced nit such, and will bo obeyed and respected accordingly. 0/ order of the Governor and Council. Wll.MOT C. DkSAUSSCRC. ^ Adjutant and Inspector General of S. C. Juno 12, 19 It. M. BIS SELL DENTIST. Having removed from ClMVtMtoP, and located in Camden, tenders his servl. cee te the eitizena of Camden,nud the (owns m tl<e vicinity. M. ilissell will visit I,an? .-aster, during the present month. June 4, IT -41. Notice, 4 I.I, persons indebted to tbe Into John fV. A Stew-man are requested to coma orward and settle, and all persona having leuiunds against the Estate will present Item, legally :iitc-tcj, to the undersigned. There are a number of deeds for land in ly possession, ricorded by the deceased, "he ow ners thereof msy get thetn by payig tile uausl fee. JONES CROCKETT, Ex'r. June 4, 1862. 17-41. WANTED. 2,00 0 BALES OF COTTON. For a good article the highest price wilt hi paid in CASH. Apply to J A. IIA8SEI.TINE. May 28, 1862,' 16-lf BUSINESS CARDS. KERSHAW (fe CONNORS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW A3l> Solicitors in Equity. LANCA9TSEVILLE, 8. C. tr Will sttsnj pro npUy to all bueinoss intrusted to thorn. v I. B. KERSHAW, *\ \T. M. CONNORS, tamdeu, S. C. LaiiMtior, C. It. Aug. 10, 1859. p t? wnnTRQAP. Attorney at Law AND SOLICITOR n EQUITY, Will practice m Lanoaater and the neighbor* in' Districts. OFP1CF. AT LAXCASTKRVIL.LR. October 21?, 1861. 87-ly Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN, B?*ld?ui burgeon Dfiiliil, roKKvn.LK, a. c., IJiTera Kia I'rofeneioual Nervine to the citi* r.eaa of I jincaater Village and surrounding . ?untry. ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted on Gold Plate, from one to a full aatt. June lltli, 1H&? 1?-1T MELTON A WITHERSPOON. ATTORNEYS AT LA IV AND Solioitors in Equity. Will practice in l*nnefister and lha aurroan-. ding Diotrirte. C. I). Mclto*, I B J Witiie terooi, Chester, S. C. | Lancaster C. II.. Fanuary II, 1880. 48? if,. VTTTTaifo A i r t Ton* w AMutaaii} at auiiiiiuii, ATTORNEYS AT LA W KD Solicitors in Cqaifcy. LANCASTER. C. H , S. C. Will praaHc# in Utt iMatuct of Laiicaatar. Prompt attention firon te Collection*. Mr. W ill!ams may b? ooaaalted at Yurkri'U* S. C., and Mr. Aniao* at k?a aSou la tba. Court U?w?, at LtacuHor July 7ili 1188 H ?