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1 2lu fanrastcr Cebaer. | $2 PER ANNUM SUSSES!?' IN ADVANCE. I J /ainilg tab Political Stmjpaptt?litanttb la tbt Irla, smarts, litrratart, ?borntiun, 3gricultnrt, Sattnial Smprnortututi, /urtign otb flomtitit Suns, nub tbr fthrktls. VOLUME XI. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 8,1862. NUMBER 35. THE LANCASTER LE1HJER J Published every Wednesday Horning BY ( w. M. CONNORS, > Editor and proprietor. TERMS: In advance, $2.00 At the expiration of Six Months, .... 2.60 At the Qtid of the Year, 3.00 ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be Inserted at the following low rates: One square (of 16 lines or less,) one insertion, $1 ; or, if continued, 16 cents for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subseuuent insoron. The number of insertions must be written on each advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out and charged accordingly. 'Pi... JV.ii ?...: J..j....,: ...:n i i_ A MU IVIIUmilg UCUUUIIUIIB Will UC UUUIO 111 favor of standing advertisements : 3 MONTHS. 6 MOUTHS. 1 YEAR 1 One Square, $5.00 $8.00 $10.00 Two " 8.00 l'i.00 16.00 Three " 10.00 15 00 20.00 Half Column, 16.00 22.00 30.00 One " 30.00 45.00 60.00 Announcing Candidates for Office, Five Dollars. l^gfCommunicntions recommending candidates for office and all others of .'united or individual interest, charged at advertising rates. py Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length (16 lines) will be charged (for the overplus,at regular advertising rates P>* Tributes of Respect, rated as ndvertisments. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid From the Richmond I)i*pateh. The Battle of Sharpsburg. Camp Near , Sept. 21.?Hav ling participated in the battle of Sharpsburer. in various Dositions. for noarlv the . whole day, I have thought a brief history .of tiie doings of that day, which under my observation, would be interesting to your readers. I take pleasure in giving ithem. After the taking of Harper's Ferry, .Jackson's old division, to which our bat tery is^ttached, under Gen Starke's brig ade, was ordered to march, and, after marching from 11 o'clock at night and crossing the Potomac during the day, we .landed at the battle field just at dusk, and as the Yankees were driving in our pickets, and before we could get to our position, a terrific fire of shell was opened upon our brigade and batteries, which were then moving along slowly. I will here premise and state that near,]y all speak of the Yankee line of battle .as assuming the shape of a capital A, but my own impression was, that it was more in the shape of a -?, and our division was placed on the left, where the cross in (lie letter touches the left, enabling the enemy that evening to fire upon us from their left wing ; but we held our position that night; buf before it was light on Wed nesday morning they commenced a furi ,oua {Utack upon us from their jright, driving us from the woods, and killing our bravo General Starke, after be bad first .charged bayonets, and driven them be fore bim ; but their immense masses at this point commenced pouring in by logons, when two rifle guns, under Captain 'Brookenborough, of Rockbridge, commander of the Baltimore artillery, and two under Capt. Raine, of Lynchburg, .commander of the Lee battery, were or dered to take position on an eminence near the infantry, and as the Yankee hosts were driving our infantry three of these guns opened upon the advancing Yankees with canister in rapid succession mowing tliem down, and broke (heir lines, ' though they were then advancing in three 1 .columns, about 300 yards distant. This j ' iCheek enabled us to hold the position un I 1 til ? ? : * ?' T ' ' ?| iIVIv.muclllB?cullinilDg OT MCIjAWB K | and Walker's divisions?came up, when, in turn, the Yankees gave way, never to 1 recover the ground during the day. This ! 1 was the place they massed their forcef, i 1 (near the centre,) so as to cut us in twain but were foiled. About thia time the ' largest number of our force* Were engag ed, and 1 believe, including Longatreet'a .corps on our right, that we had engaged . 1 actively in the fight more than SO,000 .men at one time. I have beard that only a few brigades fought at a time, coming .up to relieve each other, but being myself j.| near the centre, and looking around, J could see nearly the whole battle field, i which was probably five miles long, but ibeing in the shape mentioned above was easy to survey with the naked eye. The .cannonading was terrific and incesaant, I and battery afiw battery would fire until i it exhausted its ammunition, when it i IJ *-- - ? - wouiu retire lor outers to take its place t Tbe Yankees' shell would burst incessant- t Iy among our me", but no step was taken t backwards. j , Tbe first gun was fired by any one that rooming were on the left, and from the i Lee battery, (howitzers.) and the enemy < were driven back. Tbey made a second i tfbarge, and were gallantly repulsed by i lie SlonewAll brigade, under Col. Grigs y We succeeded in driving '.he enemy rom bis positions on oar left ; but our ight did not succeed so well, and tbe rival forces seemed to be waging about an equal contest at tbat point, if our's was not wavering. About tbis time, wbicb was between one and two o'clock, I was ordered, with several otber batteries under tbe charge of Gen. J. E. 11. Stewart, on the extreme left, so as to drive tbe Yankees from a position wbicb our forces bad vainly tried repeatedly to do several limes before. At tbis point we learned a large portion of their reserved artillery, of large calibre, were massed, and tbe enemy having been driven from tbe heights wo were to occupy, they had been eneahled to ascertain the <Jistatice and to get the range. However Gen. Stuart, soon ordered the rifle pieces of Capts Brockenborough, Raine, Poague, and Turner, to take positions, and soon we wore thundering with our eight pieces at the Yankee batteries and forces, which were massed in large numbers in rear of their batteries. Pres. ently they opened Are, with how many pieces it is impossible to say ; but almost every second a bomb would burst over our heads and among us, we found it difficult to gel the men to work the guns and I had to take hold of the trail and so did every commissioned officer, as we could not expect our men to act their part in such a slaughter house, unless we first laid the example. We fired slowly, but in a short time the immense smoke which eveloped the Yankee batteries and the quantities of dust kicked up around us by their bombs, and the smoke and sulphur around, blinded us? so that we found it useless to continue the contest, and slowly retired with the loss of some of our best and bravest men ; for none but a stout heart could nisml .mrUr ii.?? fire one minute. All in that engagement say it was the hottest they have ever been in?some of them have been in fifteen different engagements. We wended our way back about 6 o'clock towards the right, and lound thai A. 1'. Hill had reached us from Harper's Ferry, and had pitched into tLe enemy's left, and was driving them before him until night set in and stopped the contest for the day, thus ending one of the greatest and most sanguinatv battles of modern times, and 1 believe, decidedly in our favor. We then held ail the hatiie field except 'lie centre, which was in the same place it was at the commencement, neilh. er having any advantage there. The next day, Thursday, everything was quiet, our forces too much exhausted to renew the contest, and the Yankees afraid to do so. We rested all day. l)u ring the day Gen. McClellan sent in a flag of truce and asked permission to bury his dead, but Gen. Lee did not grant it, for tlie reason, I suppose, that be whs fixing to retreat back across the river at night, which we accomplished ifiost successfully during the whole of that night and 9 o'clock in the mornimr. r?~ We liad scarcely pot the last cannon on the hill at Shepherdslown when the Yankees opened upon us from the opp > Bite hank of the Potomac, but with no I effect, for all was now safe. The Purcell Battery, of Richmond, Capt. Pegram, was on the right wing, ?nd actively engaged the enemy ; but we could hear nothing of their losses, ex apt that Capt Pegram was slightly wounded. We do not believe that it was the delire of our Generals to have this battle come off so soon, aa our men were worn down with fatigue in marching ; but we were compelled to do so to save the for ces in Maryland. The forces left, after we took so many to surround Harper's Kerry, were small, and Longstreel's forces | eon'd not 'have extricated themselves without fighting this battle. I believe I can safely say that this battle io its magnitude far excels . nv yet fought by our forces, and is not excelled by the battle of Warterloo itself. From IIarcrk's Kkkky.?The New York lltrcdd has the following : Harper's Ferry was finally evacuated by the rebels on Friday afternoon. At noon on Friday they had all left there incept a few pickets. A small squad tlso remained on the Maryland Heights, - I 1 1 " * ,u necp up njjpmtrance*, una m Mian 'orce it Sandy Hook, to prevent the paaaage >f Captain Kvana'a company of the Sixth 'egular cavalry. Or. Friday afternoon Lhia company left hy way of iiurkittsrille to join in pursuit of the retreating rebel army. On Saturday morning a lumber of diviaiona began to arrive. Northern Reports. 1 A correspondent of the New York Tri i bune, writing on tlie 18tb, of tlio battlt of Sharpsbnrg, says : We have been burying our dead anc carrying off the battle field our wounded I have just returned from the sickening spectacle. Soldiers who went througl all the battles of the Peninsula say Kai Oaks and Malvern Hill were as nothing compared with it. The dead do lit ii heaps, the wounded are coming in bj l.~. 1- A I -- 1 *? - ' wiiv/uo<iu'js. ariMinu imu ill h ntrge u?in about half a mile from the spot when General Hooker engaged the enemy' left, I counted 1.250 wounded. Aloii} the same road and within the distance o two miles are three more hospitals eael having from 000 to 700 in them, an< long trains of ambulances standing in tin road wailing to discharge their blood; loads. Surgeons with hands, arms an< garments covered with blood, are bus' amputating limbs, extracting balls, an< bandaging wounds of every nature ii every part of tbe body, liebel soldier in great numbers lie among our own are receive the same attention. I saw a reb? officer of the 27th Alabama regiment en dure the amputation of bis leg withou the use of chloroform. Every muscle ii his face was contracted, his jaws looke' as it hi a death spasm, but no sound ? pain issued from him. The saw and tin knife did their work, but they could no wring from him an expretsiou of phytic* agony. Keenysville, Boonesboro,' Middletown and I presume Frederick are being rapid Iv filled with the wounded from the bat ties of Sunday and Wednesday. The inhabitants in all those villages ?n laboring night and day to relieve the dy ing and the suffering. A'more Christ iai people, in the. practical tdgnifieance o that word, 1 never saw. Kvery privati dwelling is filled with the wounded.? Carpets are torn up, costly furniture re moved, comfortable mattresses spread upon the floor, awaiting the arrival of I lit ambulances. And much of this prepara lion for the wounded is without one word from the medical directors in re gard to it. In the pleasant village ol Middletown, especially, I hare seen notli ing in the hospitals in Washington that indicated no much thoughlfulness and devotion. All the ladies in the village are spending night and day with the wounded. In killed, and wounded no battle of thi war will approach it. The rebels teen to take off our officers almost before the) have time to draw their men up in lini of battle. Nearly all the rebel officer! cannot be distinguished from the private! I a snort distance on. Our own can l>< seen a mile. The loss however, in cfti cers in the rebel ranks most have beei very great. The bodies of (Jen. Aniler son and Gen. Whiting were this morn ing found lying among our own dead.? Between forty and fifty rebel captaini and lieutenants have also been fount and brought to our hospitals. I liavi Conversed with many of them, and thej all admit a very heavy loss. Another correspondent says : Willi the rest ot the past two or threr data, the troops are becoming refreshed ] and invigorated, and are eager for anoth er battle with General Lee. The new troops are doing mucb better than many officers prophesied of them. They are a very superior class of men, and with six months' drilling, I predict, tf this war continues, they will make the finest soldiers* in the world. ti,.?. ? I :-i a iiictj ir^iuiciiia iiaito uccu uri'iipini since Thursday morning in burying the dead. !l m beyond nil question, and I challenge any one who linn been upon the battle Held to deny it, that the rebel dead are a I most three to our one. On the other hand, we lost more in woun ded. This is accounted for by our officers from the superiority of our arma. Many of our aoldiera are wounded with buck shot, winch disfigures the body terribly, but seldom produces a fatal wound. Nearly all the inhabitants of Sharps burg have returned to their dwellings ? The work of removing deed horses from the stieet* end repairing the damage* ic the building*, haa commenced. Two churches were nearly destroyed, and will have to be rebuilt. Fortunately, the mansions of the rich rebels suffered the most severely. The dwelling of a Mr. Grover, a notorious Se eessioniat, was almost destroyed. I)ur? ing the cannonade, the womeu and chil dren were huddled together for three days in the cellars; one cellar, under a large stone mansion, contained more than sixty. They entertained themselves with prayer and psalm singing, and cur ing the rebels or the Yankees, as tbeir sympathies leaned with ono or the other i belligerent. i ) One can imagine how furious the can- | nonade must have been, from the fact I I khat hut five dwellings ;n a village con I taining 1,500 inhabitants, escaped unin < ; jured. ' By the President of the United States ?A Proclamation. ? The following is Lincoln'* proclamation ' freeing the slavt s : r Washington, Sepi<. 22, 18G2. 1 I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the 0 United Stale* <<( America, and Cointnan* tler-in Chief of the army ar.d navy thereof, J do hereby proclaim and declare that here ^ after, as heretofore, the war will be pros 1 edited for the object of practically restor ^ ing the constitutional relation between 0 the United State* and the people the/eof 1 in rvbich Slate that relation is, or may be ' suspended, or disturbed ; that it is my v purpose, upon the next meeting of Con * U'ress, to again recommend the adoption n of a practical measure tendering pecunia 8 ry aid to the free acceptance or rejection ^ of ali the slave Stales, so called, the peo '' pie whereof may,not then he in rebellion against the United States, and which 1 States may then have voluntarily adopt " ed, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt, the immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery within their respective limits; and 0 that the efforts to colonize persons of Af 1 rican descent, with their consent, upon ' the continent or elsewhere, with the previously obtained consent of the govern t merits existing there, w:lt he continued ; | on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three all persons held as slaves ? within any State, or any designated Slate the people whereof shall then he in rebel ) lion against the United States, shall he f thenceforward and forever free ! and llie executive Government of the United - Stales, including the military and naval authority thereof, -will recognize and mam I lam the freedom of such persons, or any ' ot them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ', that the Kxecu) live will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the ( Stales and parts of States, if any, in which lire people thereof respectively shall then he in rebellion against the United States; I and the fact that any State, or the peo * pie thereof, shall on that day be in good > faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto 5 at election* wherein a majority of the > qualified voters of such Slate shall have ' participated, shall, in the absence of ? strong countervailing testimony, be ileum s ed conclusive evidence that such State s and the people thereof have not bean in ts .rebellion against the United States. And I do hereby enjoin upon, and or i der all persona engaged in the military and nava! service of the United Slates to observe, obey, and enforce within their - respective spherea of service, the act and ? sections above recited. 1 And the Kxeeulivn will in due time re 9 commend that nil citizens of (lie United r Slates w ho shall |iave remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion, shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional , , relation between the U. S. and their re spective States and people, if the relation dial! have been suspended or disturbed) he compensated for all losses by acts of the United States, including the loss of slave*. Iti witness whereof, I have hereunto, set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to he affixed. I Abraham Lincoln. Done at the Ci'.v of Washington, this twenty second day of September, in the year of our I<ord one thousand eight hun dred and sixty two, and of the indepen . dence of the United Stales the eighty ^ seventh. By the President : William 11. Sb?ari>, ( Secretary of Stale. Commenting upon this proclamation, the New York llerald says : , The President has issued a proclarna , lion to the people of the rebel Slates. It j -t .i.? j a wild ui mo mini i | in r I nil I llOCIIintnil i thHi lifts emanated from the Executive ( i Department of the Republic since the | i adoption of the Federal Constitution. | ) On the 25th of July last the President | I in accordance with the act of Congress , approved on the 17lh of that month, gave , sixty days' notice to those in rebellion , i that the propsrly of all rebels would he conficated, and their slaves made free, if i they persisted in their suicidal course.? I i The notice eqpires to day, the 23d inst., < | and the proclamation now issued presents ! the case in its new and significant aspect, t The gravity of thia proclamation will < utrika every one. It ha* been forced upon < the nation by the Aboliiionints of the | North and Seceeeiomr'e of the South. It j i naugurates an overwhelming revolution n the s\stem of labor in a vast anil iin* portant agricultural section of tlie counIry, which will, it the rebels persist in their course, suddenly emancipate three or four millions ot human beings, and throw them, in the fuiluess of their helplessness and ignorance, upon their own resources and the wisdom of the white race to properly regulate and care for them in their new condition of life. But the importance of this great social revo Iulion will not be contlned to the section where the black race now forms the chief laboring element. It will have an iiiiiufiiie on ilie* labor ot (lie i\<>rtii am) West. It w>ll, to h certain extent, bring the black labor of the South in compel! lion with the white labor on the exten sive grain larnts of the West, unless the existing stringent laws of some of the Western States, confining the negro to his present geographical position, are adopted in all the other free Stales. The New Conscription Aot. The following is a copy of the Con scriptioti Act passed, yesterday, by both Douses ot Congress. An Act to amend an ac', entitled, "An Act to provide further for the public defence"?approved lOtli April, 18(52. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, Thai the President be, and be is hereby authorized, to call out and place in the military service of Confederate States, for three years, un* less the war shall have been sooner en ded, all while men who are residents of the Confederate Slates, between the aires of Iturty fbe and foity five years, at the time tlim call or calls in ?y be made, and who are not at such lime or times legally exempted front military service ; or audi parU thereof a?, in his judgment, may he necessary to the public defence, Much call or calls to be made under the provisions and according to the terms of the act to which this is an amendment ; and such authority shall exist in the I'resident, duiirig the present war, as to all persons who now are, or may hereafter become, eighteen years of age ; and, when once enrolled, ail persons between the ages of eighteen and forty five years dial I serve their full lime ; provided, that if the President, in cslling out troops into the service of the Confederate States, half first call for only a part of the per sons, between the ages hereinbefore staled, he shall call for those between the age of thirty five, and any other age less than forty-five; provided, that nothing lierein contained shall he understood as repealing or modifying any part of the ?ct to which this is amendia'ory, except ts herein expressly stated ; and provided briber, that those called out under thia tcl, and the act to which this is an a nendment, shall be first and immediately ordered to fill to their maximntn number die companies, battalions, squadrons and rrgimentn from tbe respective Slates at the time tbe act to further provide for the public defence, approved ICth April, 1802, was pssseo ; and the surplus, if any, shall be assigned to organizations formed from ea~h Slate since the paslage of that act, or placed in new orgam Eations, to he officered by the Siate hav irig such residue, according to the laws thereof, or disposed of as now provided by law ; provided, that the President is lulhorized to suspend the execution of this, or the act to which this is an a mcndinent, in any locality where he may lind it iinpiacticable to execute the same; and that in such localities, and during iucIi suspension, the President is aulhon ted to receive troops into the Confederate lervice under any of the acta passed by the Confederate Congress prior to the passage of the act to forther provide for the public defence, approved 10th of April, 1862. Tiib Organization or Nko'ro Labor ? We are informed that the neuro forea ?D ?' r>n Morn* Island is in charge of a very intelligent snd experienced practical planter, wlio lias volunteered his services; that lie lias so divided and organised the labor into squads, under foremen, as to have all the hands closely supervised and kept at work ; and that the progress made is very satisfactory. As matter of justice and general satisfaction we mention it.?Charlttton Mercury. I'opk'b Captlrkd OrriciM.?The Richmond JCnquirer explains that the ex :hanga of Pnpe'a captured officer* wm 'in conaequence of the explicit declare ;ion, from the highest military authority >f the Yankee Government, that tha or lera of Gen. Pope, to which exception tad been taken by President Davie, were to looger in force." # Fkomtue A kmy.?The Richmond Die patch says : "We have at Inat some authentic ac- : counts of the position of our forces under \ (ien. Lee, hut we are sure our readers j will pardon us it we decline to disclose ! their whereabouts. Suffice it to say, that j our army is not in Maryland, hut in a po? sition to meet the enemy should he at tempt an invasion of the Valley. A gen i th-maii from the immediate neighborhood t of the army, and who left there on Tueti day morning, says that recruiis ar? <t?ilv * J I reaching (General Lee, and thai the army ] is now in far heller condition than al hii v time since the second halile of Manassas. The oflicers a< d men are m (iuo\ aul spirits, and are anxiously hoping thai the enemy wtil attempt the passage of the Potomac. Of this, however, mere seems very !ill!e probability, as it is cnrrentlv i reported, and pretty generally believed, I that McClellan is falling back in the di.-J rection of Washington. The movements of the enemy are closely observed, ai:d ! within the course of a week or ten days there will probably be some develop men'.s which wilt once more alarm the inhabitants of tire Pennsylvania border. Akothkk (Joi'ktkkkktt.? We were shown yesterday a counterfeit $5 Confederate note taken by a gentleman at Aiken | S. C., who exhibited it to us, that we might describe it and so put the public on their guard. The counterfeit bill is somewhat larger than the genuine, and the engraving is much coarser. The three medallions on the left hand side of the genuine bill con tain the word "five'' several tunes repeated within their riiig?, while the counterfeit there is a letter ' J" ou the right bund side of the bill, while in the genuine there js a letter "11" on each side. The signa tures are written in the genuine, but lithographed m the counterfeit. The lithographers' names, Keating it Hall, are on the left baud side of the gen ume bill, but are not in the counterfoil at all. The word^"For Treas." are omitted in the counterfeit, but are printed in the .rati iimd Tl'< r?C. .? ? ?? i mv ? ? ? 4; iimi uuiyer ill in M | i? wiiler in the counterfeit than it in in the centre; mid the "V" in the left hand corner is smaller in the counterfeit than it is in the genuine.? *4u.<7?afa Chronicle. Ominocs Static or ArrAins in Wasii ington.? Among the exchanged pris* oners who arrived here yesterday, was Li M. Newman, Adjutant of tlie 40ih Georgia regiment. We are indebted to Ins courtesy for late Northern papers.? Lt. N. slates tnai it was rumored in the ; prison that great excitement had been caused by the President's emancipation, proclamation, and it was further said that several Federal otiicers had been sent to the Old Capitol prison for treasonable remarks about not intending to tight for lit* ''nigger." The night before our exchanged prisoners left (he prison d??ors were all locked, something which had not been done before, and which be tokened some unusual coinmotiop outside.? Richmond Diepotch. A weather prophet, writing to an agriculture paper says ; "When you wish to know what 1 he weather is to he, go out and select the smallest cloud you see ; keep your eye upon it, and il it decreases and disappears it shows a stale of the air whiob will he sure to he followed by fine weather ; hut if it increases in size, take your great coat with you if you are going from home; falling weather will not he far of). The reason is this, when the air is becoming charged with electricity, you will see every cloud attracting ali leaaer ones towards it until il gathers into a shower ; and, on the contrary, when the tiuid it passing off or diffusing itself, then a large cloud will be seen breaking to pieces and dissolving." SO UT H C A it 0 L 1 N A la ncahtkr district. {in Ike Common i'leat.) Dudley il Usaery,el si. i Declaration vs. > In Samuel Hpence ) Attachment. Whereas the Plaintiff did on the second day of December I8tii, lilp his Declaration against the Defendant, who (as it is aeid) is a been t front without the limits of the State, and has npjther wife nor Attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might be served. |l j? therefore ordered thst the said Defendant do appear and plead to the said i Declaration, on or before the third day of December next, winch will lw. . T , ? ? "V ?? *w? j*w?r of oui l.ord one thousand et^hl hqndred and ?ixty>lwo, otherwise final judgment will then be given and awarded againat him. II. J. HANCOCK, CCk. Dec 4th, 1861.?43-l|. 6000 POUNDS IRON. INCLUDING Plow Iron,Plow Stool, &r For aalo at JONB8 CHOCK KTT8. | Fob IS- 1 ?61 ? 1 if S 0 U T IT C A R0L1NA LANCASTER DISTRICT. In Court of Ordinnry for the anid District. In nintters of Probate 8f Miss Mary E. Blackmon's Will. WHEREAS, The Petition of David Chain and wife Catherine requiring a certain paper purporting to be tlie last Will and Testament of Miss Marv Elizabeth Blackmrn. deceased, to be proven in solemn fornt or due form of Inw, and, I have appointed Friday the 31st day of October next for' that purpose, and, whereas, there nre resi? ding out of the limits of the State nnd District aforesaid smite of the heirs at law, to n il, , j<i*iuii ihiu-Kmon nno James Jelterson Blackmonfif dead)to hi* children (name* nul known.) You and cacti of you arc hereby ! notified and admonished, together with all I whom it rnny concern, to be and appear be| fore the Court of Ordinary to be holdeu at j Lam-aster Cotirl llou*o for the District aforesaid on the day and date as above ataI ted. . (liven under my hand and seal of oflice tliia 24th da\ of July I8f>2 V T HAMMOND, O. L I). Jul, 30, 1362, li>aui3m I'f. ^ $75 KEWAltD! 4ltuuiitvayfr>im where we had them hired, near Cheater, in June last, our three Negro men, viz : Bibb (JILKS and HKNKY. Bill and Cilca we bought the 14th of last November, at the estate mile of Kd. Loach on Broad River, in York District. They being brother* and having relations in the neighborhood where we purchased them, it is more than likeley they have made their wnv hack to their old neighborhood. Bill ia about 26 yearn old, 6 feel 8 inches high, will weigh 150 or 16u pounds ; in ! very black ; rattier sharped face, speaks quick when spoken to. Cites, Iiis brother. i9 about u ..i-. 5 fcrt 9 inches high ; will weigh Hiu lbs is very black, and walks with his head up and feel turned out in front. Henry, w? purchased, Jan I, of Col. C. Rives (in the Catawba river. He is 93 years old, well set, 6 feet 10 inches high, and will weigh 17ft pounds ; has a heavy brow and speaks slowly ; has some character as a runaway. Muy go to Charleston or Washington city, it is hard telling where lie w.ll go as he is a gentleman of travel. They all ran oil about the same time. We will pay $76 reward for the three men ; or $Jft n piece for either of the in de- 4 livered in nny Jail so that we can get them. These boys lyny attempt to make their way North, as some others from this place have attempted. PRIDE Si. DUNOVANT. Aug. 7, 1861?96-if. THE NEWSPAPER OK THE SOUTH ! T11E IIIUILESTM MERCURY Gives the latest and most reliable Political, Commercial and General News from all oartsoflhe World. Its Spscial Correspondent* furnish, by Mail and Telegraph, full and early accounts of everything ol interest that transpires in the great cities of Europe and America. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH RECEIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION. Politically, the Mrkcuhv represents the 4 Stales Rights Resistance Element, and advocates the Union of the Soulhorn Stales in maintaining their rights and establishing '.heir security. Daily Mercury, I year, in advance, $10.00 p.i I., u ..? ?* ccmjr jn-rcury, " " 5 00 Ao I'aper tent unless the cash accompanies the order. It. B. RIIKTT, Jr., ClIAHLLSTUN, S. C. Nov. 31, 41?tf THE H1C11M0NI) DESPATCH. BY COWARDIH * HAMMERSLEY RICHMOND, VA. Daily Hbni-Wbbbly and Wbkklt. TERMS?Cash in Advance. rI^llE DAILY DISPATCH in served to jl subscriber* At mix and quarts* ckntb a wbkk, payable to the Carrier weekly.? Price for mailing, $4 a year, or i .60 for ix month* in advance. THE SEMI-WEEKLY DISPATCH ie iaatied viery Tuesday and Friday at io advent >. TK1 WEEKLY DISPATCH iaauet) every fri.-Jay, and mailed to subscribers at . ?1 per annum. THE DAILY BULLETIN ~ and CATAWBA JOURNALj published by K. |I . BRITTON, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Those Papers (embracing the Tri-Wcekly Hollelic established in the town of Charlotte, N. 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