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Clje Xtllijw. LAN0A8TERVILLE. S.c. Wednesday Morning. July 9. 1882 Cotton 14 worth 17 ccnta in the Augusta i (Ga.) niai kot. We are requested to but that Iter. Mr. Liar* rison will proich at the Douglas Chuicfa next Sabbath. The South Carolinian. j This sterling journal is now the only daily in j the State, printed on a whole sheet. Ourfiiehds will greatly oblige us by furnish1 ing for publication, extracts of private telcg'unn or letters, received fioni the amy, that j ,tnay be of general interest. map i mm Lieut W O Stewart- ? This oflicor who was painfully, hut not dan- t gerouslv wounded in the late battle*, reached I home on Sunday lust. To him wc are indebted c for the valuable favor of Richmond papers of < t the 4th iust. d . Tiik two (hkikalk Hill.?Major Geneial A. I', llill is a Virgiuian, promoted froiu a v brigadier (or conduct at the buttle of William*- ( buig Major-Oeneral Daniel 11. Hill (or ltelhel j Hill), is a South Carolinian, from Yoik, who fiist achieved distinction at the battle ot bethel. From the bait Works. Several wagons from this District lutve returned bom the suit woiks in Virginia, with salt. The liip can be tuade in lea* than tin cc , weeks. We learn that two bushels are al- { . .lowed to the lioise, at one dollar per bushel ; j and that any quantity can be puichuaed in the neighboihood ol the works, at from six to yiglit dollars per bu.-hel. ^ Hovel. It will be seen litnu the State advertisement published elsewhere, that the vacancies of liiigadier ill the seveial brigades of South Carolina Allium have been supplied. These vacant cies wcic tilled by loll It can no longer be Miid that our Governors have inaugurated nothing uew since they have been intiustcd with the wed-being of the Commonwealth of South Calohua. Death ol au aged^iuzenMr David billing*, the oldest citizen and the oldest resident of our town, died at his tesidoucc in this place on Sunday last. Mr. bib lings, though occupying a compui aiively obi seme position in lile, was highly esteemed in i ibis community, and bis death is greatly lamented by all who shared his acquaintance. 11c leaves behind hin. a name lor unobtrusive worth ami ineoriuptible integrity, which may bo ieguided a high souice ol coiuluit to bis family iu their sad bcieavment. Oar Victories- 1 II.I.A...I. .L.. l-.-:i- -.1 ' - ?? %* ? mt; uisaim ami mum 01 Hie lilt battles before Richmond nie still somewhat unt * ceitaiti, tlwre ia iio doubt of the lact that God, t! in His l'iu\idci.ce, has givcirour aiiny agieal | 1 victoiy. The enemy 1ms been diitren back with : c immense loss, and the question now it*, whether r he can escape, or a iiethcr he may be enabled by ' heavy leinforcenieiita to partially recover fioin ' his present critical situation, liot though we rejoice in a gieat victory, we are compelled to * niouiii the loss of many valuable lives. Many " iieai tlmioiicM have been made desolate hy this L bloody tiatile, and many more aie still racked ' with anxiety Iroin uncertainty in legatd to the c fa o of their fi ietids. We look for oilier details I with gieat interest. 1 Mounted Men for State Service. ? Under tho late call of the Adjutant and In* apeclor (iensiat of South Carolina tor a iiattah ion of mounted men, "to be used in defence o( the Seacoast of 1-outh Carclina, fioiu the Noith Carolina line to the Santee liver, or alscwhers," Capt A mot Mc Maims, of this District, pioposes j ( to isise a Company, and irqnesta us to give public notice of the fact. This call ia address- ^ ed to what ia termed the "Kirst corps o( Re- ^ nerves ?m?u between tiie ages of 36 ai.ii 60 <*or?. As this claas ha* been relieved by the 1 Conscription Act or Congress from the severer labors of the Confederate service, it is suppoe- , c ed that there can be no hesitation or delay in ; ' filling the call for State defence, Capt. Mc Ma- * nus, a survivor of the latmnous Mexican cam- | ' paign, has rcceutly concluded a twelve months t service in Virginia as Captain ot the "Lamas- I ter Invincible." Still vigorous and in the prime t of manhood, he pre poses to again take the field. ! <j With such a record, wc may safely assume that, r if the project of raising a Company of volun- ' ? tec is in st all feasible, he will succeed. j f Cftsn&lties in the Lancaster Companies r Our atlentivo correspondent fiom the 12th * 8. C. Regiment, as will be seen by his letter I published elsewhere, furnishes us with a lial of ' the casualties in Capt. Yaiilaudingham and Capt. Kiank Ciybum'a Companies, sustained in , I the battles of Thursday and Friday, (Sntb and j 21th June.) We have not heard from thoae a Companies sines the batllno of Mouday and ! Tuesday loilowing. in which they wars doubt- , J lea* engaged, but will probably bear from them v before we go to press. If so our readers will j rece.ve the benefit of tht information. j We deeply regret to hear of the sad casual, j ty to Capt. Vaiilandinghatn j the aarvice loses ( in him a gallant oficer and he will be especially , missed by hi* company, who ware greatly at> i 1 aclied to him. Ilia loss is irreparable. Col. liaruea was slightly wounded in one of * the earlier engagements, but not disabled from ( '' duty. W'eaie ladebted to Mr. Oeorga Witherapoon * for the annexed hat of Casualties in IW ur * 1 lie's Company. Capt Wylie'a wound, we learn, ii doet not Jirtbli hiiu from duty : ! 1 Killed.?Lieut. Orandiaon Cgakey, private* |< ,C. II. Wilvou and J. \V Weaner. ' y Mortally Hounded?Lieut J.L. Punlap, and j piivate Joliu Noitlirop, Severely wounded.?J. W. W ilkeraon, A. F. ^ Sheliane, Jaiuee Fundetbuik, J. II. lluey, right # arm broken below elbow, and Corporal J. B. I ^ Caakry?abut through iu Ave places. ' . Hiigkily wounded ?Capt. J. P. Wylie, Lieut. W. U. ate a ait, privates, Jasen Claik, J. J. j Montgomery, K. F. Moulton, V. II. Henry, Robt W^nno, William Knight, Sam I Knight, l' Wrn. Cauibeo, J. 0. Baitoo, David Baifield, 1 Will Mathia, J. C. llobiuaon, J. D. Fleming, l' and Oen Dunlap 1 c Muting.-?J. J. Hagins. , ? This Company went iu tbe fight on Monday " etunli g with II men, including oAcora, and . b only tern rtWaped nobwrt t m Enrolment of Conseripts. The enrolment of pet sons liable to servioo iiider the conacripiion law, cotnmcuced at this >lace, for the District of Lancaster, on Tuesday, be 1st inst. Col. R. B. Johnson, of Camden, s the Chief enrolling officer for this District.? His laborious duties have been discharged with i courtesy and facility, quite to the satisfaction >f every one. lie is assisted by Mr. Jauies R. .aik, deputy Clerk of the Court, and by Mi. lohn J. Giuliani. Dr. Peter VVylie is the exiMiinuig Surgeon. The time in which persons may report has >ccn extended to the 15th inst. Consciipts . vM?..vu iur uuiy oy lue zUtn.? Jltueis of Dout Companies of tho Militia are equcstcd to it-port iunneiliutely tj the enrolng officer, the names of all persons within their espective beats, who have entered the service lince tire late enrolment made by order of the adjutant General. The number of conscripts from this District rill probably not exceed sixty. Up to the iiue we write, 01 names have been entered on ho roll. Sixty have been exempted under oufederate law, including exemptions for disutility. Seventeen have claimed exemption uuU;r Mate law, which is >iot recognized by couHerate law ; uud havo been placed ou he '-Appeal list," to be oonsideied hereafter. Sixteen have been ? xempted on the production it coi iiflcaies of discharges tioui the service, or disability. EJL cts of the Conacrtpt Law. We have been a-suicd that a number ol amities in our District will in all piobability ?c reduced to suffering, in consequence of tho mad upon which they were entirely dependent or support, being taken awsy by tho Conscrip1011 law. Wheie a man, without means, leaves i wife and live or six children?perhaps none of llie latter large enough to woik?the prosjeet for their future support is anything else han flatteiiug. This is but one of the evil effects of the coneispt law. We expressed a doubt of tho pro. iriely of the law at the beginning. Then it had lumeroiis advocates, but now there are comisialivcly few, who do not admit that Congress icled unwisely in changing the mode of requiting lor our armies. It has done mure to dull the spirit of patriotism than anything el.se hat hus occurred since the commencement of he war. Tho prescribed class can see no rea. en why all the buideusof the act vice are hi own upon thein, and another class equally capable, is excused from sei vice. If the law iad remained as it was, there could have been 10 gtouud lor the complaint* of inequality and liscilimitation wbic'.i now exist. And those vho at e not liablo under the Act do not ir.anii est the aauie interest m the cause that they ouiieily did ; the Government having taken he matter of raising uimics entirely to itsell, he individual leela less responsibility resting ipon him than when the pUu of volunteering vaa in Togue. It has had an injuiious effect in nany respects ; uot, indeed, to render the cause itiy less der.r to the hearts of the people in geniral, but to impair that confidence in tho wisloin and justice of the Government, which had litheito been felt. It is this devotion to the :ause which has induced n prompt and comneudable obedience to the provisions of the aw, notwithstanding the people aic fully concious of its glaring ilisciiiuinationa. Our Congressmen will never beabl-i toinake he people understand the "imperious public icceasity" which they alledge as a reason for he enactment of the conaci ipt law. The States especiively had responded promptly to every all that had been made upon them, and would isve continued to respond, without resulting o despotic means, and without making unjust liscriiuinationa among their citizens. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Neau M KciiAKicavii.le. Saturday June 28, 1862. Mr. Editor ;?I hnaten to inform you ind tho renders of the ledger of the eusu ilties in tho in o compuriies from Lantuter Jiatrict in the 12ih Regiment S C. V.? Pile Regiment came into action with 540 neluaive, and sustained a loss of 1G killed, mong the number one Lieutennnt W.iunled 125 privates and non.commissioned ofieers, 4 Captain*, and 3 Lieutenants C?eP. ,rt%g 8 Brigade led llie udvnnea from dayighl to 7 o'clock in tne evening on the exre mo right wing of the enemy, on Friday lie 27lh. We flii.ked the enemy mad diovo hem for six miles before they made nny i?..;.iu.i it' ?_ _ ..v.wcu iiiiiu. n b imw nive poniieiaion if the battle ground, and have been renting ill day. "Stone*all Jackaon" ia in their ear and wc l ave the enemy nearly nur nunded. They are fighting below ua one ail mi'ea The caaualliea in company I, Capt. Vanandinghuin'e, ?ra na follow*: Killed ?Private* J F. Simma, J. P. Mc)ow and J. M. Urucr. Wounded ?Capt Vanlundinghain, in leg, intra amputated?i? doing well. Private* J. A. Niabet, aavarely in aide, J. >1. Richardson, aliglitly in thigh ? fleah round, T P. Craig, alightly in left arm, E. 1. J.. William*, alightly in hael, i. A. Jontgnmery, Wm.Taylor, J. T. Vincent, I W. Ly lea, W. B Bruce, T. P, Nenl, S Jordon. all aliglitly. None tniaaing. Capt Clyburn'a (Company : Killed ?4th Sarg't. Terral Hilton, Priate* C. T. Hilton, J. C. Small, Hilton LnigltL Wounded.?3d Lieut J. B. Blaekmon. erlnualy in head Mortally Wounded :?J. Q. Montgomery, ? the bow?la ; L. B Outen. in left *?do ; ) W. Montgomery, in right ahouhter and oft thigh ; I .amy Robert* in back ; F L Villiama in head ; J. L lljlton in bo*t1* ; ohn A Small, in right hip. Striouuly Wound*! r?3th Sarg't. F. N. iron in l?n arm ; U. F. Roberta in both 'tin i 8. N. RuUrli in thigh ; T. U, II*-!k I calf of leg ; K. A. It grain in back ; J. M. king in right arm and foot. Sligkily: ? W. J. Dower* fingar. Mtsting W Cunningham, euppoeed a be mortally wounded or killed. Aa I writ* the battle ia not decided, but lie Confederatea arc in purauit. We are onfidaot of rielwy. After IS# battle ia ear I will endeavor to give you a longer ketch of the acaoea and incideula on the tile Acid. D J. CARTER 0 [Fori thk Lancaster leduer.J It i* written, that "Stonewall" Jackaon smile* nt the sight of a wagon ? that noih ! ing afford* him so much pleasure as the j capture of this vehicle from thu enemy.? Now this wonderfully successful military > hero inuat huve a reason fur this love of | wagons. It is written, that he has never lost any miliinry stores?and that he takes great care ol Kis sick and wounded, and that I his soldiers are devotedly attached to him. I Now wagons are useful to convey military i stores which ore necessnry for fighting ni.d | for supplying his soldiers with food ; but, moreover, they serve to convey the sick and wounded. Now we may see why Jackson's soldiers are devoted to liiin, and why he ^ ktaiUu nt tl,*? ,.f !?...??? "V'-? I - ? ~ UUMIlUg is better calculated to mike the soldier love bin General than the facta Hint lie supplies hi? army with nn ,abondence of food nod that lie take* good euro of Ilia sick and wounded. 1 .el us then have plenty of w?ng* gone. Ilere we aeo the importance of ineckan. into. Although the farmer ia necessary in civil'iKed society, he hiiiisulf, I* dependent upon iiiechaninui. The plough and the hoe are Workaol me jlnuiiaiii; for w hoever uiukea tlicm perforuia ul the lime the work of the mechanic. A greater number of our people should put their children to tradua. We miivt all see Hint thia in the road to useful* liens. It ia also the road to weullh. 1'etur Cooper, the tnillionare, in to thie day n glue milker, li In the road, moreover, to fame ? Doctor Franklin, the Fruiter, Fallon, of Mteaiuhonl memory, and Mor-o, the iuveiiter of the Magnetic Telegraph, were nil mechanics ; the la?t two w ere pninters up to the titnu they made these iiumortnl inventions. There are then three of the greatest inducements lor learning trades ? palii* olism, wealth and fume. It is objected that tlie mechanic has not equal social position with the professional man The objection is not founded in fact. The Uontwright family of Columbia, IhitUnf McCreighl ot Winiisboro, that of Race of Cheraw, that of Wheeler of York, nnd many others that I could mention, have as good social position us any class in society , i F G MITTAG. 1 lie Great Eattle Oil our liibl page will be found an ac count ol the bullies before Richmond on Thursday und Friday, llie UGlli and UTili uit. W o condense from lite Richmond papi rs and publish below, some accouul ol the icrlea of engagements that llave lukeli pliw-e aiuce lliu *^7in : D ia impossible lo compote our Ions :u killed und wounded in Friday's engage, meiila. 1ia vuriuualy staled at froui three '.O eight lliouaaiid. Ill Hie assault ot the worka on the enemy's right wing nearly tliu entire mas* of our forces on the held vvua engaged, and the ousuulUea must hute been Irigiiltul, ua the assaults on some ol the euuiiiy'a balleriea were teVerul limes re. puiaed before they were linully earied There ia no doubt that Friday's victory on the North aide of tho Chickuliomiiiy ha* been achieved by a great sacrifice of life on our aide. The visible Iruila of our victory urc auid to be Urge. Several thousand prisoners have be -u taken, between thirty und forty p ecea of artillery, and about ten thousand atu.ill aruis. The enemy, in re trculing, burned up the equipments of three camps The pieces taken ure principally Napoleon, Farrot and itlakely (Fngush/ guns. We have captured large quantities of nrmv wagons, tents, equipments, shoos. The foicing buck of the tiiasa of the enemy's forcea from the North aide to the Cliickuhomiiiy is a serious blow to his resources, ua it put ua in possession again of i the Fredericksburg and Central Railroads, ! and cut him ofT from hia chosen routes of 1 escape. During the whole of Saturday, trains of ambulance* were bringing their suffering I and ghastly freight into the city. The Central Depot, where all the ' from the bailie livid arrived duri.ig the day, j presented a curious ?ts well us iifTecting scene. Numbers of backs uud vehicles, voluntary and impressed, crowded ilie pace, nud us several trains srrived freighted with wounded, they Were us soon as ! possible claimed by regiment agent* and I Iriends, and conveyed to hospitals and |>i ivutc residences. Toe wounds of the majority of lh?m were slight?in the limbs? but o.Iters were terribly mangled, apparent, ly by the explosion of shell. Ksgaf.gmk.it* os Saturday.?There ap. pears to have been no regular battle on Saliirduy, but a series of cliargea and assaults of batteries wiih various fortune. The enemy still kept in front their retreating line down the Chickahominy, our forces pursuing and attacking as opportunity ou curred. It Would be impossible to etiuoier ate all the desultory contests of the day. Generals Magruder'e snd lluger's divisions were engaged during the duy with a ! portion of the enemy's force left in position j on our right wing ou the Nine Mile Uoud, with t|iJ expectation of gelling into Iticliinmid when the main body of our army was drawn off. Kurly in th# morning, an attempt wsa made by a portion of G?n. Toomhs' brig ade, oon?is ing, it is said, of only two regi tnenia, to capture a battery oil the Nine Mile Itosd. The battery was taken by our men afters bloody contest, but owing to the want of support and a galling Are from ik atrong buttery of hoailzere iu lb? rear, they were repulaed with the loaa ot aonie two or three hundred in killed and wounded, and the battery left in the hand* of the enemy. ' . The plun of attack in this day'a battle may be aunimed up aa tullowa : (Jan. Jack, eou niude hia way around the entire rear of the enemy, and pitched into aliair left, Orb aing, or rather middling," them all up on their centre. He then p.iteed around their rear and oama up on Uiair left, which (Jen. A. I*. 1 lilt's eorpa waa purauing down upon the right of their centre, while Gen. Long, itrret and Gen D. H. Hi'l i^ea drtrinf buck their front in the same direction. It must be understood that the battle was fought between one portion of our forces | and one half the enemy, the other hnlf being on thia (South) aide of the Chicks| hominy, where oo fighting of importance ! occurred at all. Gen. McClellao, though immediately ! near, nnd expected to command his forces ! in person, did not nppenr on the field. The ' prisoners taken by us manifested a strong , feeling in consequence of this circumstance. and stated that the entire army engAgeo ! was similarly influenced. Sunday.?We learn that nbout sundown ' Sunday. Gen. Mr.gruder'a Division cntne ! up with tlio rear of the tho enemy, nnd en| gnged a portion of his forces for about an j hour nnd a hnlf. After passing the enemy's camp, on the | York River Railroad, our troops pushed af. ( ter the enemy, and cante up with him on j the Williamsburg Road, a mile Rant of the Seveo Pines, opposite Mr Win. Sedgwick's , farm. The enemy were pi nted in a thick j piece of pines. North of the Williamsburg Road, behind entrenchments of great strength and elaborate finish. The Howitzer Battalion began the fight by shelling the woods From the direction of the railroad, Kershaw's Brigade and other troops marched down the Williutusliurg Road, nnd dashed into tho woods by a flank move mint to the left, litre the fiolit r..rr?<t f.. -(JV- u" riouslv until darkness put nn end to tlie contest. Our inen laid on their nrma, with the design of renewing the battle with the return of daylight. When the day broke, the enemy had again disappeared. Magruder's Division followed in pursuit, capturing a lurge number of pria. oners on the way. The demoralization of the retreating army was attested by the large number of atrngglers which bad left ihu main body, surrendering themselves na prisoners to our men. Yesterday, it wna reported that the number oT prisoners ta. ken on the 'rack of the retreating enemy amounted to aeVeial thousand. The deserted camp of the enemy nenr 1 the railroad vena tilled with valuable booty Their splendid grey canvass tents, pitched over two miles of country, were left stnndtng in good order. The military chests of utlicera, which were left in grent numbers, indicated that the encampment had been occupied by Meagher's Irish Brigade, r. Pennsylvania, a New York and a Massachusetts brigade. Ah our men passed baalily through the rump, they helped them selves to such articles as suited their fancy. There was a variety of booty sufficient to grntifv the most varied li\?tee. *l*nk Fight on Monday ?Richmond. July I.? Yesterday afternoon, ttie -enemy was attacked by (Jen. Iluger, in the vicinity of White Oak 8*amp. The divisions of Gett. l.ongstrcel and A. P. I fill were engaged. The sc.ion became genera! and lasted several hr ufa, with heavy loss on our aide ? The enemy was driven back. About two miles further dowa, Jackson's forces were engaged with a column of tlio enemy, and captured three batteries. The Enquirer states that a Federal ofli ccr brought in yesterday, reports McClellan mortally wounded, and the Yankee army entirely demoralized. I Tliu firrlit I/S..L* ?" U ? r\ ? t ' - - .?"? |.i?hj ?u mo i'aruviown ; Koud, about Five miles North east of D.ir- I by town. It commnnced about 4 o'clock in tin? afternoon. The forces engaged on our aide * ere Gen. A. P. Hill's Division. embracing Kemper's, Pryor'a, Pickett's nt.d Fentlieratoue'a Brigades The Vunkees iiiHile desperate resiatance, but were driven from their entrenched poaitions and pursued two miles. They were heavily reinforced, and checked the further advance of our men, but the arrival of Msgrudtr's Division, uboul 9 o'clock, put them in motion. The darkness prevented our troops from following and routing the enemy. Our loss was very heavy, but llial of the Yankees was tremendous. Wc captured six hundred prisoners, w ho have arrived in the city, and twenty pieces of cannon. Among | the prisoners is Major Gen. McCull, cap lured by Lieut. Raw-lings, of the 47th Virginiit. ling. Gen Meade was also captured 'I his morning, Magtudcr went in pursuit ol' the Yatikees. but had not overtaken tbem at 8 o'clock, wbeu our informant left. The engagement yesterday is represented to hnve beer, the most sanguinary of the scries ot conflicts before this city. Too valor of our troops is beyond praise. Tussdat'h (jpf.kaiIoSs?The fighting was renewed ngaili iii the earl) part of the day yesleiday, and continued almost without intermission until late in the evening. Up to il o'ciocK P. M , our forces had pressed the enemy back n distance of over live miles, and were pouring inU> their rear guard a most falsi and destructive fire? Their ranks were being terribly thinned, but still they maintained tlioir organization, and were covering the retreat of their Grand Army wiih commendable zeal. Such sscujs to be the discipline or desperation of their furces Hint it is scarcely possible to effect a complete rout. WhsteVer may have been the conclusions arrived at on account of their successive defeats for the lir?t two or three days of this long and Moody conflict, they are certainly new contenting the ground w ith an earno?tiiees thai betokens either thorough discipline or utter denpera lion. But their prestige is gone, and tnojgh many of their numbers may succeed in inn. king their e?capc, the whole North must feel and acknowledge the uiortilicalroo of a crushing and overwhelming defeat. It wan impossible for us to learn the en (ire results of yesterday's operations. We eun assure our readers that they ere not lean successful than have been the prerioue efforts of our brave troops, and that night closed with the Union forces alill retreating, and our own steadily and surely "presslug them to tha wall." Tuesday arteasoon ?Th?r? has !? >. a terrific fight programing time morn, about una and a hail' mile* from Fraser'a huuM. Til* eotuiy are making a dctora. ioed rtr.ad J?n-Mng upp?vt?d kf *. nitrous batteries, posted in very strong position*, and of formidable character. Our 1 men ore succeeding inch by inch in driving ! tl.u uno>n? f -II ' - -? nviu mn pwiuui. i mi la toe hardest engagement that has yet occurred, and must have great results. The loss on hoth sides must prove fearful. Longstreet, iliil, .McLaws, Mngruder, nod others, are hotly engaged, nr.d it is expected thnt by 8 I'. M. thts enjtny still hive been entirely touted. The greatest enthusiasm prevails, and shells are fl.ving in ail directions over the country for miles. We hnve it on the authority of those who assisted on the field thnt our loss in the urtion of Tuusduy amounted to between three and four thousand, killed and wounded.? Two trains of four horse Wagons, and many private vuhiclea, reached the city about r.uon yesterday, with their freight of wouodcd. They were distributed among tho various hospitals. At the NVtiito O.ik swamp, out of which number* of the wounded hud to be carried ! in the arms of the assistants, uiuny of the j wegona got into ths mire ; aouto stuck fast | and others were overturned in the eflorls to | extricate them. Mennwhilo the buttle raged iii the distance. WkdsesDAV.? We have accounts Iroui I our lines as lute us 'J o'clock Wednesday | night No lighting of consequence had takeu plnce during the day. In hit retreat Tuesday night the enemy abandoned aoine of his artillery, and * large quantity of stores. Twenty three transports are reported In the river. It is thought that a portion of McClcllsn's -army succeeded in reaching the river at sonic of the lundiugs I below Turkey island. The situation represents the enemy with is two wiles of the river, and that the shells ' ol his gunboats were fulling within our nd! Vance lines. A large number of transports j were in the river at different points, among j them the Vunderbill, and it appears to be I probable thai these forces are a portion of I Uurnside's command. Tne rumors, however, of the enemy's operations on the river ! ure vague und contradictory. [From the Enquirer of Uh insl ] The news on yesterday, from the lines be low Richmond, was uninterrupted with the fainiliur repetiliou of the accounts of urtillery sud infantry. No lighting of any consequence occurred. The Federal army made un attempt to get to James river, sud a porliou of it, alter n vain attempt to carry away something iti the shape ol arms and ammunition, managed to penetrate the marshes of the (Jlilckahouiiliy, and reached the Jnines. A Urge number, under the protection of nobody at mil, contrived to get uvcr to Epp's Island and there they are. Mome got over on tliw oilier side, bu'. being under no command ai.d completely disorganized and demoralized, will doubtless be speedily cooped up und carried to i'elersI burg. The remainder of McClellan's army ' are diving about in the swamps of the Tur' key Island region. Between live and six I thousand of them were captured on vealeri day, without any difficulty, und stalled up | to the city in pnrtiea of Severn! hundreds ? Some two thousand were sent over to the | Chesterfield side on the pontoons above Drury'a lllutT, to be cared for in or near I'etersburg. Before many hours more wq must hear of some definite settlement of tlit: question of the *sii nation " A report, entitled to credit, wan current, that (jcii Lee lutd demanded peremptorily tile surrender of tlie Yankee army. The result of this presumed demand w is not circulated with the report. The advance of our army over the deserted ground of the Yankee Vandals, develop daily instances of the most horrible brutality. Inspired with a bitterness intensely I besliul, they have lost no opportunity to visit their inhuman wrath upon the bodies of the living and the dead of tne Confeder1 ate nruiy that have fallen into their hands, j On yeaterday, some of our forces, in pass | ing over the deserted camp ground of the I fugitives, discovered three Louisiana aol- j | diers hanging from a tree, while the bodies | of several Georgians Were lying around mutilated with layouel wounds, aud begiiuivd I with dirt. We trust that due vengeance will bo visited upon the villainous wretches fur this glaring violation of ail the rules of respectable war lure. J'he black flag. It is understood, was raised amid their ranks, in tneir last struggle, but its etleci, like all the rest they may attempt to gel up, fell <iend. Tne situation is now nearly as it was on Wednesday. Tho enemy are at bay, without supplies, ammunition, aid, and almost without lio,"*. | From Richmond Whig of \ih inst ] Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the Yankee army was .at and near Westover on James Kiver, about twenty eight miles by land from Ibis city. Our van was within striking distnnce and actively engaged hnrr. a-aing their rent and flunk. There had b?en no battle up to tbnt time, nor did it seeui to be anticipated thai there would be during the day. The impression pruvails that a considerable portion of AlcClellan's troops had got aboard the vessels in the river. Tne remainder <vihibil evidences of serious disorganization. Many of them | must ultimately eurreuder or be destroyed. Stuart, with his cavalry, was very busy capturing straggling Yankees and the cut tie intended for their subsistence, with a decided preference for the latier Thera w*? qu fir hling day bafore jnlrr* day. Yatikea o flic era, now prinonrra in this city, elate thai Mul-'lalUne army, when ilia tight began, numbered one hundred and fifty tlioueand. Our Victory Co*ri.sTE?Riciimowd, July 4?Owing lo Ilia retnalpneaa of Ilia iiiyiuve army it ia v?ry ditlu-ull to obtain information of tba nituatioa of afTtira. Varioua minora ara afloat but mora can be traced la a reliable aourea. It ia ouiy c attain that McClailan'e army haa b?ao eampletely routed and wnila a portion may have eaoapal in Tranaporta large uumbera will ba captured. Ow VWtoey ba mmpiiti. 4a I*iporiTA!?T From Jamb*' Nlaxd?The I Yankses Evacuate Tjikih Worss at Ujuatball's I'i.artatiun ?We have ne*va from James' Island of some important movements recently made by the Yankee troop*. They have abandoned the strong petitions which they bad for some time occupied oo Uriui ball's plantation, and are thought to have concentrated the bulk of their force* at l.egare'a. Our picket* first discovered that their works had been evacuated. What is meant by the movement i? n mutter for conjecture. On some of their deserted earthworks tho Yankees left sign: board* Horned with inscriptions quaint, vindictive, and profane. One of these bore j this affecting sentence : : * rareteeil, Cfr.cesh ! H? go, but will toon j omit again !"?Charleston Mercury, Alh in St. j Col J. F. Marshall'* Hkoimext?Wo learn with natch regret tlint tlio South Carolina regiment undor tht? command A Col. J. Koaler Marshall, Huflcred greatly in the battle on Friday last. Out of 648 turn who went into batllo 368 were either killed or wounded.? Charlotte Iiullttin. Rapi'DtATKn.?We loam from a gentleman late frotn l.iucoludom, (says the South Carolinian) that Picayune Hurler i* to be repudia| ted, and Keverdy Johnson appointed Civil Governor of New Oilcans. Important from Port Royal. Sava.xnaH, Jul) 3.?Antonio Ponce and Ashley Shaw, of tho Oglethorpe* in the Fort Pulaski garrison, and who were captured when the fort fell, came up by flag of truco from Port Royal at one o'clock today. Police ha* the consumption. Shaw hud Ilia right hand shot off, hi* left arm broken iu two place*, three lib* broken< and hi* head broken in seyerul place*, bo sides h severe wound in the inner pnrt of his thigh. They report thnt 550 wounded Yankees ore now nt Port Royal, who were brought from Tunes' Idaiii after the So cesMOnville fight. Sonic of the heavy guna hud been luken from Fort Pulaski to be used on Jnnica' Island. The Yankees are dying rapidly at Fort Royal, numbers being buried every duy, and much sickness ninong them. All last week the Federal officers were striving to mako the Confederate prisoners take the oath of allegiance, but could not succeed. A Urge force was ut Hilton Head, but tho prisoners could not state the oxnet iiiunbvra. The Yunkee troops at Port Royal speak of'he next movement as being likely to be tnndo against the Charleston and Savannah It ail road. Several regiments from James' Island had arrived at Hilton Head Hunter is in command at Hilton Head. He has a regiment called "the negro brigade," ( armed and uniformed in tiie same innnper as the Yankees. From the West. MostLE, July 4?A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated (ircitada, July 3, any*: Four thousand Federals, advancing South, seven utiles from Holly Springs, w ere attacked yesterday by Jack sou's and Pinsou's cavalry, 1,600 strong. Alter a sharp conical the FvdcraU were routed and driven bsck Ihtough holly J .Springs, which the Confederates occupied. Our loss is four killed and several wounded. The Federal loan is severe. Intelligence from Arkansas confirm the report that Curtis is being hard pressed by Hindmvn and Rains. His capture is con* _:J J .^i mucrcu certain. A special dispatch to llie Mobile Tribune from Vieksburg, d.it-d July 3, ha>? : The upper Meet wns slowly bombarding . the i-ily yesterday and to dny, without ef- J feci however. The lower fleet U silent. 'l'he enemy has established communion- j lion oppoaile the city between the upper ' and lower fleet* OBITUARY. | Departed this lite after a lingering illness, in ' I the 57tli year of her age, Mary Small, wife of Joel B. Small. For nearly 30 years she was ! i an humble disciple of Jesus Christ and an or1 deny member of the Baptist Church, her last | illness was protracted thiough three months | which she bore, with christian fortitude and ! holy resignation. The loss of surviving rela| lives ami friends is her eternal gain, "There ) : remained) a rest lor the people of Qod." | Dun, ir. Lsneastcrville. Friday morning, June 27th Jon as Uiokk, infant son ot Jones and Mary F.. Crockett, agrd 14 months and 27 j days. "Jesus to thy earthly keeping One a Jewel kindly ga/e, But thy jov is turned to weeping, For you've lost it in the grave. Mourning for thy vanquished treasure, Will you hear the Saviour say? "Cease to sorrow, for n.y pleasure I hare borne thy gem away. "Is thy spirit filled with anguish t It thine eye with weeping dim ? At. -1 I ? vchi, uu muvncr : wius 10 languish, Cease, for I had nerd of him. Purer than the dews of morning, Blighter than the stars of night. See thy gem my crown adorning In a woild of Heavenly light. "f?et thv faith and love he stronger, Though the tide of grief O'erwhelmd ; Thou uiuat wait a little longer, Ere I give thee hack thy gem. Where the flowers of Eden hlostoni, Where no tears of grief are known, I will place it on thy bosom, Thou shall wear it near my throne. Mother, then forbear thy weeping, Lay thy weight of sorrow down, Leave thy gem in Jesus' keeping Send it to adoru his crown." a tff www I | dl. VT . Announcement. The friend* of Oft. T. I.. JoHfttToN announre him a candidate to repreaeni l-ancM?t?r District in the lower breach of the next Legislature. "** A CARD, rIMIB UNDCRSIONED HAS JUST X. r?5ei*ed a freeh euppljr ol Urooeriee, tie : Old Fort Wine, I'ickele, Jelliee end Preserves, SalmonJ and Lnb?ter* in cene, I bbl nf M?le?e4?K and 1500 Ibe of 8ug?r, Tobacco, die., which we will sell ?e low for Cash aa can be hneght any where. Ncl.ARNO.N it BRUMMITTB. Hl> 1, 1999. l?.ff STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Adj't. sad In?p. Ciner?l'h Oilice, ) Columbia, June 98, 186*. [GENERAL ORDER NO 2S ] following officers liAvin? Seen ?e -1. lectad by lot, are herewith announced as commanding officer* of Brigade* of South Carolina Militia, nnd will be obeyed and respected accordingly : Col T. I.. WOODS! DE, of 3d Reg't. S. C. M , coiu'dg 1st Brigade 8. C. M. Col. SAMUEL B. JONES, of" 6th Reg't S. C. M., com'dg 2d Brigade S. C. M. Col. R B. WILSON, or llth Reg't S. C. M., com'dg 3d Brigade S. C. M Col. T. J. ROBERTSON, of 23d Reg't S. C M., com'dg 5th Brigade S C. M. Col. JOHN A. BRADI.EY, of 2Gtli Reg't S. C. M., com'dg 6th Brigade S. C. M. Col. JOHN B I.OWRY, of 34th Reg't S. C. M., com'dg Stir Brigade S. C. M. By order ; WILMOT G. DeSAUSSURE, Adj't. nnd Insp. General ot S. C. June 29, 22 It Confederate States of America. UEADQITS CAMP OF INSTRUCTION, COLUMBIA, S. C, July 2, i86i. ORDERS AO. 3. 1BV Supplemental Orders No. 2, tho time for enrolling conscripts is extended, beginning the 1st July nud closing the 15th July ; nnd the time of moving conscripts to these headquarters is extended, beginning the 1st July nnd closing the 20tli July. II. All persons liable undor the Act will report before the 15th July at tho Court lluuse of their Districts, which for tho litno is the camp for con-cripts of said Districts. III. All exemptions claimed under Slnte laws or ordinances of South Carolina w ill he entered by the Enrolling Officers as "Appeals," and so reported to the Lieutennnt-Colonel commanding Csmp of Instruction, the claimant being leTt free until tho appeal is decided. IV. Conscripts w ill bring to the Cauip of Instruction such clothing as will be most serviceable in the field. V. Conscripts are not nllowed to enlist or volunteer in any military organization whatever. Ail conscripts enrolled as such by the State during tho months of April, May nnd June, or by the Enrol'ii.g officers row on duly, and who have not exemptions granted by the Unrolling Ollicers or appeals from I ho decisions of the Unrolling Officers, who do not appear and'report either to the Enrolling Officer of the District or at these hcudqunrters before the 21st day of July, will be regnrd<*d n? deserters. By ordor : J S. PRESTON, Lieut. Col. Cont'dg Catnp of Instruction, Department of South Carolina. July 3. 22 It. Notice. A LI. persons indebted to tho Enlnte of Jainea Faulkner, deceased, are hereby requested to settle the same, and those liaving demands against the said Estate, are hereby notified to present litem as the luw directs, to the undersigned, A J KIBLER, ) P . W.L. FAULKNER, \ ,*xr"' June 25, '20 tf WANTED. 2,00 0 BALES OF COTTON. For a good article the highest price will Ite paid in CASII. Apply to J. A. IIA8SELTINE. May 28, 1862, 16-tf KERSHAW A CONNORS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AN3 Solioitors in Eqirity. LANGA91 KKViLLK, H. C. tar Will alien 1 proiupUy to all bn*iu<M< entrusted to them. J. II. KERSHAW, J W. M. CONNORS. Camden, S. C. Lancaster, C. (I. Aug. 10. 1858. C B N0RTHROP~ Attorney at Law AND MOLICITOK I\ EQUITY, Will practice hi Lancaster and the neighbor* ing Districts. OFFICE AT LANCASTERVILLB. October 21st, 1861. 87-ly Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN, Kesldciil Surgeon DoHlist, yohkvii.lc, e. c., Offer* his Professional Service* to the citi zen* of Lancaster Village end auirounding country. ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted on Gold Plate, from one to a full aett. June 11th, 1858 16-ly MELTON & W IT HER SPOON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in Equity, Will practice in i.ancaeter and the surrounding Districts. C. D. Mll.TON, I B. J. WI TURKS POOS, Chester, S. C.'| Lancaster C. H . January li. I860. 48?tf. WILLIAMS * ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LA W AID SaIUUA*- *? '* ? iu ju(|uii>y. LANCASTER, C. H., 8. C. Will practice in the District of Lancaster. Prompt attention given to Collections. Mr. Williams ma/ be consulted at York rills, ft. 0., and Mr. Auimm at hie oMoe In the Court House, at Lancaater. July TihlMS >1?If AFRESH nuppi/ot Garden Seed, em* .ii ik. ? ii.. _.i j M. Jfc. vi?vui| ' i m.w ?wimnnn H"iinii w fuia in U>i? market, juit received ?nd fur anl? Uy JOMKI) CKOCKKTT. FrttXIMI. \\t t