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Obituary Notices exceeding the announceiiueiit, will be charged for the overplus at rcguar advertising rstes. iar Tributes of Respect, ruled as ndYertisments. COVUVK/HICATIOXS. [foe the lanca8tkr ledger.] Can we over bs Conquered 1 Col. John D. Imboden, with a l'artizan Regiment, has been operating in Western Va., not far from Staunton?Augusta county. Men from the more western counties, exiled from tbeir homes, have jQocked to bis command. In a recent ap peal to the citizens of Augusta, to furnish clothing for these exiled soldiers, Col. Im boden says: "On the 9lb inst., I halted, near sunset, by a log cabin, in one of tbe wildest gorges on the dry fork of Cheat River. An aged mother and several daughters were the only members of the family at home. The father haa been in Camp Chase over m. I'Oav An e elias/va 4r^t ? --V. _ 1 ? ? ? j ? vi? m vum^g ui ucmg n JCUBl, nil j only ion is a soldier in one of iny compa { nies. I asked for corn to feed over 300 j bones. Tbe old lady said lliey only bad a little, raised by herself and daughters, but I was welcome to it if I needed it.? j J took half she had and paid her for it, when she seemed to doubt the propriety | of saceiving money from a Southern sol | dier, as she thought it a duty to give us j what we wanted. Iler son's company i was not along and she did not see him. The eldest daughter said, "Colonel, tell brother we are all well and doing well. ' We expect our papa will soon be released ^ /roni Camp Chase and come home. Tell j ihiin to be contented in the army, and to I ( write to us if be can. If we had known j ( you were coming we would have had h;s , winter clothes ready to send to hitn, but ^ we will have no other chance when you leave. Tell him we girls made enough j .corn .to do us. and have plenty of meat, i We have caught five large Hears in a pen and salted them down for winter.? I The Yankee Sheriff came with five solj: r . .. .. 1 ? uierc aiong, 10 collect me taxes and winJed to take the mare, but I had sold the bear akiLa for money enough to pay him, | and I hope it is the last time I will ever * have to pay Yankee taxes." On my ! S honor, as a gentleman, this incident is t literally true and detailed exactly as it * .occurred. I thought as I rode away into the wilderness that the strippling soldier, i < bat 17 years of age, whose home I had < but just left, would hereafter in the eyes I of a just and impartial posterity have a ! prouder claim to honor than the son of ' any heartless speculator, though he inherited millions of a father's i'l gotten t gains." 1 lie also urges the exempt cilieens of I Augusta, old men and boys, to form | themselves into bands and fly to his as- t sistsnce when danger impends, and adds, t "I have one good old man 05 years of I age, who is not in service, yet he is with f us id every hour of trouble, and has killed < more Yankees than any man in the command since the war began, lie hunts fa them u he doee Urge game, end rarely 1 /ails to bring down hie man at 200 yards tl with a long old rifle. He got two shots v last week, and ears nt the second shot a "the Yankee behaved mighty curious; c ire put hia hand to hie side at the crack t, /of the jfuo and laid down on the horse's . m neeic, lite tie was sick, and llten fell oft." j t Such was the old mail's sitnble acconntof ' i the fate of one of the invading acoun ; < drels." . ' t Such is the spirit of the mountain of j ' Ya., and while that lives Yankees abroad I i and specuJalors at home, both combined, I will be unable to conquer the South. * j I Legislature of South Car-1 olina. . I Monday. December 1. SEN Ad K. The Senate met at 12 o'clock in.? Prayer by tbe liev. Dr. Palmer. Returns of Commissioners Free Schools were presented for the following districts: | Clarendon, Kingston, Kershaw and j 1 Greenville. Mr. Moses offered the following resolu ' lion which was agreed to : ' Resolved, That the Committee on Fi nance and Hanks he instructed to inquire ' into the expediency of providing by law ! I against the sale of hills of the banks of : * this Stale at a premium, so as to make the same a misdemeanor, with leuve to ' report by bill or otherwise. 1 Mr. Sirnpkins introduced tbe following ' resolution, which was agreed to : yiesoii'fit. Hint it be referred to tlie v Committee on Agriculture,it;., to inquire into the expediency of limiting or discoui' ' aging the production of cotton in litis State during the next year, and if deemed " expedient, that they report a hill to carry 1 out that policy. " Mr. Hope presented the report of the * Hoard of Relief for soldiers' families, ask * ing the Legislature to assess a per cent- 8 age on all taxable property in the State * to he distributed amongst the Districts 1 according to the number ol beneficiaries 1 in each District. I Mr. Harrison introduced a hill to provide a District Police (iuard of military 1 cadets. 8 The bill received the first reading, and ^ was referred. ' Order for 1 o'clock, p. in.? A bill to 8 abolish the Executive Council established ^ by the Ordinance of the Convention, en- * titled "An Ordinance for strengthening ' the Executive Department during the exigencies of the present war," reported by ^ the Special Committee on that subject. Resolutions, introduced by the Senator v from Newberry, relative to '.he Governor and Council. The hill having been read, the three l' first resolutions were agreed to, the fourth w stricken out, and the fifth agreed to. Message No. 3, Worn his Excellency I' the Governor, was announced and was L read to the Senate by Mr. F. J. Moses, jr. ct I lie Message, on motion of Mr. Garlington, was ordered to be printed and to be referred to the Committee on Military and 81 Pensions. The Senate then, at half past 3 o'clock p. m., went into secret session. The seal of secrecy was removed from ihe action of the Senate relative to a bill " Lo organize and provide for a District po? ai ice. . This bill had been reported by Mr. jarlington, from the Special Committee 'l o which had been referied a portion of ' the Message No. 2 by his Excellency the Liovernor. The bill received the first reading, and the second reading was made the special order of the day for tomorrow, at or.e o'clock, and the bill and eport were ordered to be printed. A eight minuteh lo 4 p. m , the Senate _i ii. it " mi iiiuuuu ui i?r arming adjourned. llOUSK OK KKL'KESENTATIVES. ti At 1*2 in., the roll was called l?y Mr. I. T. Sloan, Cleric. Hon. A. 1'. Aldrich, q >penker, took the Chair, and, after prayer ^ >y the ltev. Mr. Stewart, the jo-rnal of ^ Saturday'* proceedings wm read. Mr. J.J. O'Haunon introduced a bill ? he :o extend ao Act entitled "An Act to exend relief to debtor*;" which received its frst reading. Mr. J. Li. lieed offered the following j esolutions, which was agreed to : Whereas, it hae been made manifest to hat thd recent call into active service, for tinety-days, of all the citizens of this State >etween 35 aTd 50, embraces the larger te >ortion of the inhabitants of this State, lit han that of any other in the (Jonfedera M :y ; snd whereas this call leaves the en lomes and families of our cin/ens in a j in >eculiar defenceleaa condition, at a period th if peculiar trial and danger, therefore an Resolved, That the Governor he and *' e is hereby requested, to confer with the ^ 'resident of lb* Confederate Stater, as to (fl he propriety of discharging from the aer to ice all such member* of the reserves as an re over the sge 40, and that all others 1 || apahle of hearing arms be enrolled in ()^ he service. cmi Mmolrrd, Tliat nil uiiliti* office# iit ibn iJQ< slate be forthwith vacated, and all cili I tens umiiT the age of forty and over i iighteen, he enrolled and mustered into r he Confederate service, and the oflices j r bus vacated shall be (tiled by elections n the respective beats. , 1 I Mr. Dozier cave notice of a bill to al- ( ler the Act of 1839 in relation to the ! idlice of Ordinary. < Mr. J. Llarleston Iieed introduced a I bill to amend an Act to afford an! to the I families of soldiers, w hich received its first | < reading. I i Mr. Kandall Croft gave notice of a hill | i to authorize the Governor to purchase i i salt (or distribution to the poor families J > dI the State. ' i Mr. I>oy!e pave notice of a bill to pro . kide a district police guard. ' I Mr. Johnson introduced a biil to pro- C liibil and punish extortion, which to reived its first reading. Ii Mr. lloyca read a correspondence be i ween (Jen. Mercer and the Slate of Geor t ;ia, and offered the following, wlrch was t ipproprtately referred : i< He sol red, That his Excellency the Gov- c irnor be requested to secure to the cili u ns of this Stale, for their negroes on . e heir coast, arrangements similar to those c blamed by the Stale of Georgia from c Jen. Mercer. j | Mr. Duryea offered the following reso ! | ulions : 1 jteaolred, That James Tapper, Esq , be ; i ippointed Agent of this Stale to proceed j v o Richmond, and superintend the audit c md settlement of the claims ol this Stale i * igainst the Confederate Government, and I o receive hII monies that cad lie iinmedi . I itely collected upon such claims as have i I ilreaJy passed to a final audit, and to j I leposii the lund so received in the Treas- | l iry of the State, and report as soon as f rractieable to this Legislature. 1 Resolved, That the foregoing resolution i s intend ad to embrace the adjustment of * ill the claims of this State against the . a Confederacy from the 10th of December, f 8C0, to the present time, and also the ' ta.ing in proper form of the claims of in- j o lividual citizens of the State against the J v Confederate States, as have sustained loss ] o rom the invasion of (he enemy. 1 s They were referred to the appropriate j w Committee. I e Mr. Wallace gave notice of a bill to pre c ent the undue consumption of grain by | (I istillation. i li Mr. Foster introduced a bill to exempt | tl lift 1->t corps of South Carolina Reserves, p hich received its first reading. j r Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill to incor | p orate the Importing and Exporting g lompany of Sontb Carolina, which re- | a sited its first reading. I ft Mr. Trenliolm introduced a bill to ex- | s md an Act in reference to the suspen- ' 1 on of specie payments of the Ranks of n le State, which received its first reading, s Mr. Mul'.ins called tor the special order 1 g >r 1 o'clock, the report of the Special J v oinl Committee to whom was referred ro luch of Message No. 1 of his Excellency S s relates to the constitution, powers, con d nualion, modification or abolition of the v xecutive Council, w ho reported the fol | e iw ing : | ii I Hill to Abolish the Executive Council ( Established by the Ordinance of the a Convention, entitled "An Ordinance for ? Strengthening the Executive Depart u menl during the Exigencies of the Pre* ii ent h Skc. 1. He it enacted by the Senate and a fount of Representatives, now met owl U tting in (Jeneral Assembly, and by the . ti uthority of the same, That the Kx?*cu- o ve Council, established by the Ordi j tl tnee of the Convention, enllitled "An n rdinance for strengthening the Kxecu ir re Department during the exigencies of gi e present war," ratified the 7ih day of In inuary, A. 1). 186*2, be and the same is pi irebj abolished. Tlie special order, after a debate, in Inch Messrs Holm and Mullins parlici- ! tied, was discharged until to morrow at "l p. m. The House then adjourned to meet i '* morrow at 12 o'clock. ^ i? m mm I all 'Inn Tkn Missouri Murders.?The at n Confederate soldiers whoui the Abo- ! Tl ion brute, McNeil, lately murdered in w isaouri, were not executed for killing an m lemy. It seems that a inao was miss ol g from the neighborhood of the ten, and tei ey were held responsible for his safety, *r id ordered to have him forthcoming on thin a fixed time, under the penally of alh. The time passed, and they were tin. It turns out now that the day af r the murder the missing man returned run home. 110 imri not been molested, (I whs absent on business which he did gji t desire to cominunicHle to Ins friends. er ue Ktnlemenl is made on the Authority a St. liouis paper. Tlie crime in the* ?e is nisde more terrible by this stele- w< rot. I fro from Europe Richmond, November 30.?Tlie Ex I tminer has received ihe New York Her - * irld of the 27ib. Among the most important news from i Europe by tbe Africa is tbe text of a inelialion despatch addressed by the French it;.,.r l\.._ ._ -i? ? uumkivi vii i viicisjii minim iu me rrencu \ mbassadors at London and Si. Peter^.liurg, urging coalilion of the Governments , I to which tliev are accredited, with the lasire of the French Emperor (o propone | in armistice of six months between the ' Northern and Southern sections of this ' rountrv. wnli I ho view to an amicable lettletneM ol the ddliculiies and the tor nidation cfour civil war. So*na of the British press are decided y hostile to the lion intervention policy f England. 1 The rop' v of Price Gortschackoff on be < lalf of Kus>ia is very positive, lie t*yn 1 I is requisite above all things to avoid i" be appearance of any pressure wbaterer j liat is capable of chiding tbe public opin* hi in America, or of exercising tlie sua j eplibility of that nation.jhai a combined iieasure of the three great powers, ho*, ver, conciliatory, if presented in an olliinl or oflicioiis character, would be the ause of arr ving at a result opposed to lacifievtion. If, however, France should J >ers:st in her iiitetiiion of mediation, and ; 1 Oakland should acquiesce in her course, i iim ructions M.oud lit) sent ro llaron Slo I 1 kel hi WH?liii gtnn, to lend to boOi bis I I olleagues, if not official aid, Ht lentil mor I tl support. Additional Paiiticulkhs ? Mr. Drouvn | i )e LTIuys, French Minister ot Foreign < \ (lairs. addressed h despatch to the Am t >assadors of Fiance at Lordon St. l'e | erslturg, dated Paris, Oct. SOiii. lie re1 < ers to tbe painful interest w<lh wlm.li ? Europe Ii:?h watched tbe struggle raging I n America. ' Europe," be sat a, '"has utiered Iroin lite consequences of ilie cri i :s which Iihs dried up one of the most J 1 ruilful sources of public wealth. Tbe I leutrahty maintained by France and the ' ilher powers ought to u>*ke litem of series to the parlies bv helping thein out ' f r. position which seems to have no is* * lie. At last accoun'a the two armies < rere in a condition that would not allow i ilher parly any decided advantage to ac I derate tlie conclusion of peace. All ' Itese circumstances point to lite oppor* I unity of an armistice. The Emperor has * Itercfore thought that the occasion lias j i resented itseif of oflf.-ring to tbe bellige- < diils tbe go?>d oftices of (he maritime I owert. He therefore proposes that Ku | laud, Russia and France should propose i n armistice for s x months, during winch very act of hostility, direct or iudirect, Itou.d cease al ses as well as on land.? | 'his armistice might, if necessary, be re 1 ewed tor a further period This propo 1 al would not imply any pressure ol lie. ' 1 otiations for peace, which it is hoped 1 rould take place during the armistice." 1 Karl Russell, in his reply, says : ''Iler I c lajesiy's (jovermnent recognizes with the * esign of arresting the progress of the * rar l?> friendly measures, hut asks, is the ' nd proposed attainable al the present j lOiinMil UV Hie Course -??t*-? 1 t>v the ; v p ^ I rovernnieut of France f After weighing ' II the information which ha? l?e?n receiv j r il fforii America, Her Majesty's Govern j * lent a?e led to the conclusion that there ' ' 1 uo ground at the present moment to ope that the Federal Government would ' ccepl the proposal suggested, and a re ' isal from Washington at the present ' me, would prevent any speedy renewal 0 f the offer. Her Majesty's Government 1 links, therefore, that it would be better ^ > awrail the time when the three Courts ( ? tay offer their friendly counsel with a j renter prospect than now exists of its j * sing accepter] by the two contending 1 rrties." ^ Trie Tran8? Mistisniiti 1>i*tkict? t< ecent accounts from Arkansas give a iinber of rumors as to the Federal ad |t ince into the State. The most reliable ^ to the effect that they were in the l( of til west, about eighteen thousand Wl rung, and that their advance was prob- p ily within a tew miles ol Kavetleville ? ; ,j tey are divided into four bodies, all of m Inch are in an urea of shout twenty j ? lit*, their principal camp being at Wal | ,) it Spline*, in Ueuton county It is at a ' /, j, aUo, that a few regiments of K?*leras e encamped at Pitman's Feiry, on the irtheaat border, and that a detachment a< ive been down aa far aa Pocahontas, r* reeling citizens, and, in some case*, dea tl iving property. j er General Holmes had isaued an order di ring notice that no officer or peraon nth re than those having authority from the ax cretary of War, approved by him, th >uld he allowed to recruit volunteers at ?u Missouri.? KitKmtmd Mramintr. I ? The Cincinnati Enquirer has tlie fol- | owing : Die views of l'resident Lincoln and the Cabinet upon the Elections?Abolition 1 Pressure upon the President?lie is ' Threatened by the Abolitionists with ' s Recognition of the Southern Conted , ' eracy. i ( We liRve no doubt that the following ' from the Washington correspondent of i ( [lie New York Herald, is substantially , I Irue. lie says : , 1 "As soon rs the result of the election , ' was definitely known, r meeting of the j 1 Cabinet was lield, at which, it is under 1 Hood, President Lincoln announced to ' die assembled members iliat in bis opiti ' on tlie result was a verdict agaii si the | radical policy, and especially against the i I Emancipation Proclamaiion, and lliat Mr. | ' ' us wvsictj niHiiiiion aOKlierN, MHO |IH(] >een cnuglil lurking on the wrong *itle >f tiie ltnppwhannock. Kgliti five of lie wnme cattle were brought down the Central road. The letter while on pick* ^ t on Deep run, a creek emptying into lie ItMppHhar.nock fif'een milea weal of ? 'rederickahurk, were aurprined on ln*t * 'hureday and captured by a body of leneral !!ramplot>*a cavalry. In the thai nalaught of our men, a lieutenant and wo privatea of the Aboliliomala were tiled. The real aurrendered. Thay he inged to the Third l'ennavlvania cavalt captnia, one of the moat intelligent of iea? priaonera, being naked, on hie arri V al in Uicbrnond, whether he thought lurnaide would attack Krederickahurg to ( ay, eaid that he had heard auch a report j I Gordonaville for the fir*', time, hut did ; ot )*lieve it He did Out lie ianl. think ! ml liurntuie ?m ready.? Richnumd ^ Txamimer, lit intt Tiik IticaKHTfcS ?Titer# hive >uie miiund?rMaii(liit|fk end iju-*?iion? I iced in relation tu the organisation of p i? rwcriM. We leant (bet fine. I'clt- M ik line vimit-d them in camp and ed JV 'eaaed tbein on lit* difficulties. Tliey reined hie addrers with much enthuei ~ m, end tl had mi important effect upon TL-- I - -- - - ? , iii?i n?'c iirnu'ii m Mwnii (lift ^ lion of ib? L"^i*lHiuf? id lh? |>reiDi?er. 0j 'South Carolinian. 1 Seward, Mr. Blair. and Mr. Smitli echoed ' iin words Hud his arguments. I> is mid I liHt Hfier the conservative* in the Cwbi * % let had expressed their vie**. Mi. Chase hIiiiIv and deliberately told Mr. Lincoln I hat there were two courses open for him. ' If he withdrew the proclamation and dm aided the policy he had been perilling rinee it was issued, the war would be promptly slopped, assuring him at the tame lime that upon the opening of Con ureas Mr. Sumner and Mr. Wade in the 1 Senate, and Mr. Stevens and Mr. L<>vej>>y < in the House, were ready to make a pr. p Million for peace with the Southern Con I federai-y ; that not another life should he 1 lost, nor another dollar spent if this war ' was to be a war for the restoration of ilavery ; that us these gentlemen conlrolh sd a majority in the Con cress which is lo govern the country, so far as the ap piopriations go, for another year, tbey were in a position to dictate the cours? jf the Administration. Noi only must * I lie adhere to the proclamation aa issued and to all the radical features, but lie , must, morever, give it to the benefit of [federals in the field who believe in it. ^ Till story coes on to reinle that letters were received 'from Senators Sumner, Wade, Wilson, Feasendeii, and the other j radical leaders in the Senate, and from Stevens, Lovejoy, Hoscoe, Conkling sod >ther radicals in the House, slating that ^ f the Kmancipation l'roclaniatiou should 1 ' I >e withdrawn, the wnr must be stopped | mil would be Mopped. That tlie President bun yielded to some >ucb pressure as (bin, we do hot doubl tor tbe rumor that be will, sfier ibe I pening of Congress, iiiudity Inn Cabin* I ?y making il an Abolition unit, mid su>ercede the Generals in tbe fie'd with \l>olitiou cbief'ains." c Frcm Fredericksburg. The only intelligence oi interest from ^ bis belcagured town is, tliast m general * mpession prevailed there yesterday that ' turnside would, to day, make bis long 1 breatened attack. Though it is difficult | ^ o (ell upon what wus based this opinion, erlain it is, it was very general, and ei- ^ ended beyond Fredericksburg and our riny encompassing it, and was shared iy many in this city. At (fordonsville also, we learn, by pro ate letter.il was repotted that liurnside aving completed tbe Aijuia Creek rail* oad, and made all bis arrangement rould, to day. attempt tbe passage of tbe . lappahannock at Kredeiricksbmg. Tbe Railroad train from Fredericks { iurg last evening brought down a dozen j |..? u: . -1 The Scheme of Mediation. The long nilence with which the wily I JovernmenU of Kurope hare watched the ilrnggle of (he South for independence, broken el lart. Napoleon lies proposed ,o the Governments of Russia and Gtent Britain to mediae jointly for a cessation : )f hostilities between (he North and the South. liiiHuiH and Ureal liritnin have ' oolly declined to j ?in in the scheme pro j ;>osed. The reply of Uusseli is ns blunt | * refusal ns diplomntic courtesy would ?l | o*. (rortschnkot)' assents, but in a innnler so qualified nnd conditional as to j make it plain that Russia does not mean I lo meddle in our quarrel. And so, lor lire present, the mailer rests. For us, ibe result ol the French Em peri.r's prufler repeats more forcibly than ifver the great ie>son, that in the strength j( our atin es and the wisdom and ener iry of the men who lead them, lies the iiniy hope of peace for these Confederate States. If we can bold our own at every point during the winter that has now be jun, the cause is won For two long years the l'o*et* Europe have been agitating the question of intervention.? Napoleon I an not taken the initiative, at this lale tiny, without long and anxiou* pondering. Cent le premier jmt qui route. Let the South hut gather all her etietgim ami emerge victorious trcin the lerrihle ordeal ihiotigh which t-he must pain* during the next hundred da\?, ami she Will tind fiends eiiou.h on both sides of the Atlantic?Charleston Mercury. State Legislature of N. C. In ilie limine of (/.in iiiiiiK on Thur&dit last, Mr. Person oriefed the ' . owing r?t?. Motions, and on motion of Mr. Shepherd, the rules wer- suspended ; th?*\ unaui uious'y panned sii?l were sent 10 the Sen *t? : 1. J It sot red, That the Confederate Males of America have the means and he will to sustain and perpeiuate the wsovernmant they have eatanltshed ; and to that end, North Carolina is determined to contribute all of her power and resources. 2. Jte.olreil, That the separation heween the Cuiilederate States and the Jniled Stales i* final, and that the |i?ode of North Carolina will never consent o a re-union at any time or upon any erms. J Ilesolved, That ae have full-confilence in the ability ai d patriotism of His Cxrellenc., President l)svis, and that his idinitustration is entitled to the Cordial up|M>rt of all patriotic citizens. 4. Jlesvlved, That we heartily approve ./ .?.- ?-i:? -i * - 11?v puncv ior me coouuci 01 die w?r t forili by Hi* Excellency, Governor ranee, in bit inaugural addr cm and rnee get (o llie Geneial Assembly, ?nJ tbat le ought lo be unanimously supported in lie manly and patriotic stand be baa ta Len for our independence. Gl'kukii.lam in tub Wk8T.? A Yen ;ee leiler from Miaaouri says : The whole South wot it again iwtrrong with guerrllaa. It it stated in priate corresponuence from Springtie'.d that i i few da) a ago, there were 1 500 guar iallat at Oaceola at the crossing of the )*Hjte in St. Clair county, a bo, by agree neul, scattered in all direction*, with the iiidarntanding tbat they would conceu rat' at a given lima hereafter. They nawn macbief. J. U. II.HIrE, Attorney <tt Law, AMI 1C TIN (J MAGISTRATE, Will attend pr< iiiplly to the collection if arrearage* due 'creased soldier* frou tie Confederate 8l*U ?. (office at looicaater L >urt House, 8. C. July 33, l?t>3, 34?Jin. I MELTON * WirUKRdPOOM. ITTORNEYS AT LA W amu | Solioitors in Equity. ' Vill prnclien in I .a m aster and lit* aurroun- { ding lltalricla. I. D. Milton, I B J WiTmaarooa, CliHivr, ?S. C. | l?aticaai?r C. ti miliar? II, IBtiO. 4N ?tl ' WILLIAMS * AI.LISOS, l T 1' 0 It A t V S A r I, A \\ , AND I Solioitors in Equity. I.ANC4NTKK C >1 , 8 C. ; I Will praclica in lilts Dmtrict ol Ijancaatar. r?apt attention given to Colloetioa.. r. William* may Us conaulLsd at York villa, 0., and Br Allihos at kna oJtca in Uia isurl ilouats, at Laucaatar. J.iU Ilk I "AH Jl ?If V s ?1I a a . iXJllUk. 15 Application will br mitdc to th? ^ ir? at tin ntxt a*?*ion for an incorporate ?i? r the Moriah ll.ipiiat Atturui.tfu. . Actual 97Ui IMA, W-9 * I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. j LANCASTER DISTRICT. (/n the Common Pleat.') Dudley M. Unnery.cl al. i Declaration vh. > in Samuel Spence. J Attachment. Whereas tl?? 1'laintifT did on the second day of December 1881, tile his Declaration 1 against the Defendunt, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of th? Stale, and has neither wife nor Attorney known within the same, upon w hom a copy j of the said Declaration might bo served. It in therefore ordered that the said Da- I fendant do appear and plend * to the said I Declaration, on or before the third day of I December next, which will ire in the year 1 oi out iiOrd one thousand eight hundred nmi sixty-two, otherwise tinal judgment will then be given uud awarded ngaiu*l him. II. J. HANCOCK, CTk. Dec 4th, 18tiI.?43-Iy. SOUTH CAR O L I N A. LANCASTER DISTRICT. . j In Ordinary. In matters of Probata of Ml. chnH Mutton's Will. Whereas, Andrew Johnson, Bxeeutor of Michael I lorton, deceased, lias tiled his Pu> llliuo in this office praying to be permuted to swear and examine witnesses upon ths Probate in due form of law of the aaid Will and Codicil lor the publishing and continuing thereof This is Uiereforeto notify and ci'.e the cliil dreii and the next of kin of the said Mi I chael liortou, deceased, who reside out o I tne limits of the JSlule of South Carolina aforesaid, to wit: Joanah Moore, Patrick N ilurlon, son of Narcisser Morton, dec'd., I 'h.Mr?. vi ? ,,, xiimiin jnne lloriolt, iltc'd ,? their nuine* not known ? nnd Sunlord I lor* (on, (o b?< mikI appear per*.mull v, or by their Inwlul Attorney, in Uio Ordinary'* Court to ne lioldeii.il lainruiter Court iIo^mo for lbs Disirict of Lancaster on Thiirmtiiy ilie "J7th day of November next, and fail not under the peiialliea tbul iiinv lull (hereon. I'. T. HAMMOND, O. L D. August Ji, id-<?iii3iu uj. pf 9 iUli UlCtlAlONl* EXAMINER. 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