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I: ~ ?r Announcements of Marriages or Deaths; ^ Notices of Keligious Meetings published (jit ATIh? and solicited. ' Obituary Notices exceeding tbo announce- v Uoaut, will be charged for the overplus at regu* ar advertising rates. 1 ear- i 'ributeu of Respect, rated as ad- r Vertiamenta. Correspondence of the Ledger. Thk 12rn Soutu Carolina Regiment. Mr. Editor.?Since the organization ^ of this Regiment, end especially, since its ^ tren&f^r to Virginia, it has experienced many trying hardships and privations.? Its formation was completed, as your run- , ders well remember, at Lightwood Knot Springs, (by the election of R. G. M. Dun- j ovant, Colonel; Capt. Dixon Parties, Lieut. Colonel, and Capt. Cadwallader ( Jones, Major. Immediately after its organization, it ( was ordered to the coast of our own Stale and garrisoned at Bay Point aud Hilton j Head?six compares at the former place undo? command of our Colonel and Lieut. TT ~ H Colonel, and four at the latter under the j command of Maj. Jones. Things thus re ^ mained in atatu yuo iintil the formidable ^ fleet of the enemy made Its appearance ('2d ^ Nov. 18<J1,) for the reduction of our forts find breast-works. The details of this engagement, which has already been pub | liahed, would be of no interest at tho pres t ent time, therefore we will not attempt a ( reiteration. /Suffice it to say, that after j two days bombardment, we wore com polled to evacuate both places without ^ any infantry ergagemeut. Taking a j North course we reached Tocotaligo, 8. ,0., after three days incessent marching, suffering much frotn fatigue, sore feet, and ,for the want of provisions and fresh wa> ^ ter. We remained in the vicinity of ^ jPocotaligo for two months in undisturbed ^ quietude, except lh? lieing dispatches of j the cavalry videtts, who seemed to man* j jfest a great pleasure in having infantry c between them and the enemy. However, j on the 1st day of January 18G2, the ^ Daws came to camp that the enemy wus j landing in force at Port lioyal?a Ferry j on the Port Royal River. Your readers j are well acquainted with the particulars ol Una engagement, and also the noble ( bearing and gallantry displayed by Lieut. ^ Colonel Barnes, who was at that time in ^ command of the Regiment. The rare j perfection, to which thia Regiment has (| attained, in drill and discipline, is attribu j ,t*b'a to the hrave and heroic Barnes. Shortly after the resignation of Col. y i)unovaot, we were tranafered to Virgin { ia, and sent to Fredericksburg, where, j *fter remaining a abort time, we were r again ordered to Richmond to defend the ^ Capitol of the Confederacy. The glorious achievements of the old J2lb in the seven days fighting around Richmond the bloody field of Manassas, Os till!, liar 1 i* , ii pers Ferry, Sharpsbhrg and Fredericks ^ bnrg are well known to your intelligent readers. It was at Maoassas that the in- ^ Uepid Barnes made the desperate charge ^ of the day, (.riving the enemy pell-mell ) before hie "few brave boys" as he called ^ them. At one lima, - when the tide of * 1 1 ? t battle seemed to wave# in the balance, t - , Nil VI and oor forces becoming somewhat scat- . tared, Col. Barnes rushed to the head of in Ilia MffiiMnl an/I ? -s ? ?- ?? *>? upon an wuo . were "not cowards to follow bim," and ?' gladly and truthfully can wo say that no hesitation waa seen in the rank* of the old 12tb, but steady and firmly it ad " tranced, making charge after charge, leav- w ing oar supports far behind, until met by ra '"s . ?? .... , -* uch overwhelming numbers of the ene- 1 ny, that it was thought prudent by our I leneral to withdraw the 12th from the iold. One accustomed to the Iwvttle field ^ :an readily understand the danger of ro J ' real in the face of the enemy, and nine , " imes out of ten it turns out to be a rout } nstead of "retreat in good order." Col. : ' Uarnes was well acquainted, from former , f axperience, with tho battle-field, and * knew tho value of well disciplined troops, ' especially in tho movement of a retreat ; 1 tio so ordered this fall back, as to change ' front five times on the enemy before j 1 reaching his old position, managing his , 1 command in such a skillful and effective 1 manner as to excite tiie admiration of J 1 both Hrigade and Divhion Generals.? f Here tho lamented Gregg, riding up to ' Col. U., remarked, "Col. your Regiment 1 has covered itself with glory." After uking an active part in tho Hat 1 ties of Ox Hill, and Harper's Kerry, Co!, i 1 15. fell mortally wounded at the battle of ' Jharpsburg, Md , in the third charge on ' < he enemy, made by his invincible troops ' lis last words of command was, "onward ' toys, onward !" Thus fell one of South ' Jarolinas noblest sons?lie yielded bis I ife like a patriot in defence of South Car- ( i:?? II:. ? ? - - way negro, at i'ocotaligo, 8. C. J. 11 a Cing, died of wound* received nt-ihe L it '' le of Ooal Harbor, Lancaster District, n uly 16, 1862. A. lirooin, died at War '' ' / enton, Va., from wounds received at the attle of Manassas. ll ' Locauw ? January 23 1, 1863. 1 An important bill baa boon introduced M tto the Confederate Congress by Mr. 11 'out, of Missouri, which provides for plaing in the military service of the Conderate Stains all persons residing within ( lio limits of the Confederacy, claiming to | e citizens of the State of Maryland, after ^ lie first of Pedruarr. This resolution ras debated by Messrs Vest, Fuole, Bald- , ^ in and JHion, all of whom concurred ; i the ipinion ll.at something should be jne to brim? into service, or r?mft??f?n-> ? l ' yy ir midst, not onlv iLose who claim to . . * yy i citizen* of Maryland, but others who ^ ive received certificate* of foreign cili insbin from Consuls in our lines, and not :creifited to our Government The till 1 a* finally referred to the J udiciary Coin? ittee. I L< >iiii?, ins military career was of abort ' luration, but at all times, and under all 1 ircumatances, noble and worthy of emu s ation. Ilia acts stand as a beacon light * o guide us on to new deeds of valor.? ' Ye lament his loss, deeply sympathize ' rith his relations and friends ; yet, we 1 acitly submit to an all wise and over ' uling Providence, wbo guides the course 1 if all men and mark tbeir destiny. We here append a list of the casual- ! ies in both Companies from Lancaster 1 district, since their organization, in the j L2ib Regiment; also the names of those ' who have died in Hospitals: Comp. /, Cujtt. Vanlandini/bum. Killed at Port Royal.?Private, J. C. I'anlandiugham. Killed at Coal Harbor.? Privates, J. VI. Bruce, J. P. McDow, J. K. Suns. Killed at Manassas?Privates, Anirew J. Contors, W. J. Hair, W. J. Kirk, f. P. Robinson, 1). A. Taylor. J. F. Bowirs, died of wound. Killed at Sharpsbury, .\fd.? Privates, C. L Fraser, W. M. Taylcr. Died at Hospitals.?Sargt. S. M Lathin, O. R. Baker, J. K Baskins, J. M Balock, J. M Bailey, W. J. Bailey, S. }. A. Carter, R. M Craig, J P. Craig, J. Crenshaw, W. O. Caston, It. S. Harper, I. M. Lynn, W. Mackey, C. Thompson. Conip. ?t Capt. Frank CIyburn. Killed at Coal Harbor.?Saigt. Terrel lilton. Privates, C. T. Hilton, J. L Ililon, II. Knight, J. C. Small. Lerov Itoh I 1 rts, J. Q. Montgomery, J. W. Cunning-1' mm. ' Killed ut Sharpdburg, Md. ? F. L. ' >Vi!liams, A. J. Blackmon, II. Stigall.? 1 iieut. J. B. Blackmon and M. It. Card 1 er mortally wounded, since died. ! Died at Jlospituls.? Private, Richard 1 Anderson, Columbia, S. C., Oct. 21, 13G1. 4 \ W. Small, Bay Point, S. C., Nor. .r>lh ' 861. Tboa. Small, Mcl'hersonville, S. C., ' ''eb. 19th, 1862. Tillmon Talbert, Mc- 4 Miersonville, S. C, Jan. 27th, 1862.? 1 Jargt. It. A. Love, White Hall, S. C., y \sb. 28tb, 1862, Alex. Small, McPber ' onvillo, S. C., April 25th, 1862. Sargt. ( d. J. Williams, Winder Hospital, Va.f * uly 18th, 1862. Win. Mungo, Hospital 4 tichtnond, Va.( 25th July, 1862. Lewis ' Jatoe, Livingston Depot, Va., Aug. 1st, 862. J. C. Faulkinbury, Richmond, V'a , tug. 24th, 1862. W. A.' Hill, Richmond, ra., Sept. 1st, 1862. Joshua Williams, liberty, Va., Oct. 23d, 1802. Win. Far *' ler, Lancaster District, S. C. G. W. 'witty, died of wounds indicted by a run 4 Lre Confederate Bonds a Safe and Prof- ' itable Investment ? Mksshs Editors : I have been asked ! >y several persons what I think of Con- | ederaie eight per cent, bonds as a safe ind paying investment ? Allow me, in ;our paper, to say a few words, which if reeded, may help the Government, and it the same time put money iu the pock* its of (hose among us now investing unds. I think Confederate liouda etni lently safe, hut success as a Government s now only a question of time, I have never believed in a short war?nor do I ?t present see reasons for believing it will i : . _ r _ t i . .1 itrriijujttie lor eigmvcii woninf*, or even h year longer than that, lint our final success is now sure. If we succeed, Con ederate Bonds are the best investment iny one can have. Besides, liioasnres will soon be taken to aid State endorse ments to the Confederate debt If so, lew bonds will be issued thus endorsed, ind these bonds w ill be offered finally in >xchango for the present eight per cents. Iti such an exchange, the present b nuls will he worth fifteen to twenty per cent, ibove ptir?so that if the guaranteed Kinds are sold to other parties for fifty per *ent. premium, they will be sold to those laving the eight per cent, bonds at only hirty to thirty five. Under such ci renin lances, ono who now buys Confederate light per cent, bonds, will gel for lliein lot only an interest of eight per cer.l, jut also iu two years a premium of fif asen to twenty. Adding this to the inter jst, the owner of these bonds will make an them fifteen to eighteen per cent, a year for two years, and then, if lie chooses, sell them for a currency, better than that lie now pays for them ; or, if he prefers, gel instead of them guaranteed b -rids at less rates than otheis. Another inducement to buy Confedo rate Bonds is, tbat as sooti as our curreii:y is properly improved, (ami the pros pects of this are bright,) the Confederate [jroveriiment will pay its interest in specie. And still another teason in connection with this, i-, dial if the (iuvcrnineiit pays jut specie lor interest oil its bonds, it will reqnire taxes to be paid in specie. Those who hold the bonds will have specie inougli from the interest of their Itonds for lues, but others w ill have to buy the ipecie (or the taxes, at whatever may be lharged. As long as we hold Cotifedo ate Bonds we need not be afraid of tax js, payable in specie, but those who do rot hold them are constantly in danger. In w hat I have said above, I have gone >u the supposition only of the value of hese bonds while the war lasts. The rery moment we have peace, their value is compared with others will be greatlv inlianced. In truth, everv otl or kind of lecurity will then go down, and these jonds will rise. It we had peace to inor ow, no one would take less for Confedeate Bonds than forty to fifty per cent, jremium. I will he glad at any time to give fur her information to any of my cnustilumts or others. I write the above because 1 am satisfied that if the citizens of this district know the advantage of this in.estmeiit, a large amount will he added o that already contributed. I trust it vill lead many to call on my friend Hamilton Bea'.tie, Esq., the Agent of the tovermr.ent. and obtain the l?nn<i? f i\\ tea to it, too, that they get the bonds which luive the longest time to ruu. They ire by far tire most valuable. JAMES P. HOYCB Interesting from the West. Moiiilk, January 18.?Tlie following espalch has just been received here, da ' ?d Tullahoina, January 17.? To Gen. \ ?. It. Ituckner : General Wheeler, with portion of his cavalry brigade, after | urning the railroad bridges in the ene | ry's rear, pushed for the Cumberland : liver, where he intercepted and captured >ur large trausporta. lie destroyed ! uree and all the supplies, and bonded ne to carry oil' the paroled prisoners.? Ie wna hotly pursued by a gun boat, rhich he attack, and captured and des royed her and her whole armament. (Signed,) 1JKAXTON 1JUAOO. TlIK YaNKKK Sot OIKUM Iv I I.I- TIIKIK j rKlCKita.?A correspondent of the Phil I detphia Sunday T)'i?/Mtch states that ' iere is not a shadow of doul>t that their Ulcers have been '"picked out" and shot y their osii men on the battle Held, in umhertess instances, to gratify private rndge. "A staff officer, in conversation itli ine on this very subject," savs the riter, "stated that he had been informed y a surgeon, alio had gone over the attle field at Anlietam, that he found to 1 is great horror and surprise that nearly 11 the officers killed were wounded from ebiud !" Confederate Congress. Fihday, January 10.?Sknatk?At 12 o'clock in., the Senate was called to order. Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, in the Chair. Mr. Soarrow, of Louisiana, submitted ' the following, with the motion that it be . transferred to the secret calendar : "That tho Committee on Military A' J fairs be instructed to inquire into tlio ex- j podencv of amending the Act entitled An Act to exempt certain persons from ! military duty, and to repeal an Act euti i , tied an Act to exempt certain persons i from enrollment fur Heiiiec. in I lie urmv of the Confederate States,' approved 21m ; April, 1802, 83 follows : "1st. Hy confining tlio exemption of ! persons allowed tor the police of slaves to ] ! those cases only where the sole owner of | the farm or plantation is a feme sole, a I minor, or person of unsound mind, or a j person in the public service absent from home in the discharge of his duties, j "2d. I'y still further restricting the ex[ emption of persons engaged in the mer ] I chant marine service, and in the employ ! ment of railroad and canal companies, telegraphic companies, and also in river I navigation. "3 1. 1 Jy repealing so much of said Act j as exempts shoemakers, tanners, black smiths and wagon makers, or modifying | the tamo as to make their exemptions ; depend upon the discretion of the milita ry authorities, in view of the public uei cessities, and upon their giving their labor or its product for a fair compensa j lion. I "4th. Hy repealing so much of said Act as exempts artisans, nvchanics and employees in the Government establishment* engaged in manufacturing arms, I ordnance und ordnance stores and other | munitions of Mar, or mIio may lie rm ployed by persona having contracts with lite Government (or the manufacture of these articles, and providing that persona skilled in such wuik may be detailed therefor. M5ih. That no person engaged in the production or manufacture of s ilt shall for that reason he exempt when the price f >r which aaid salt is sold shall exceed six I cents per pound " j The hill was ttausferred to the secret j calendar. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, presented two ' designs for a Confederate F>ag, which ; were referred to the Joint Committee on j Flag and Seal. IIotSB ok Kfii'ltiCSKKTATIVBA.? Mr. Baldwin, of Virginia, offered the follow ! ing resolut'on : Jitsolltd, Tlial the Committee of Ways ' and Means inquire into the expediency of reporting a tax bill to raise during the j . present year the sum of one hundred and I twelve millions of dollars ; tlie lax to he j apportioned among the several Suits in ! the ratio of one million of dollars for eve i ry Representative in the House, ami to 1 be assessed for esclr State according to i the system of taxation practiced in each. I AUo, the following resolutions: Jtfxohrd, That the Committee of Ways 1 and Means inquire into the expediency of ! calling upon the several Slates ol the I ,, m % ... tjoniederacy to unite in a joint guarantee j of t!ie debt of the Confederate States now [ existing or hereafter to be incurred ; ex j I cepting from such guarantee all Treasu* ! I ry note*, stock and bonds heretofore j | issued. Mr. llaldwin also offered a bill to fund I the currency. I 1 he essential features of tlie bill are to j j reduce the rates of interest on Treasury notes by a regular sjstern of decline, so j as to compel their funding : after I be 1st of June nex', the rate to be six per cent.; [ afier tno 1st July, 6 per cent., and so on until after 1st 1'eceiuber, when the inter est shall be one per cent. The hill also provide* that the bonds of the (Intern- I ment hereafter issued shall run thirty j years, with the option of the Government to redeem it at five years. Mohk I'iusonkkh or Wan?Yealei* I day morning, between seven and eight i hundred of General Bragg'* prisoners i reached the Lihhy prison from Lynch burg. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon seventeen or eighteen bun i dred more arrived by an extra train from the same point. The prisoner* are now being rapidly paroled, and a llag of truce, leaving today or to morrow, will carry off a large number of them. We understand Bella Island is lo be fitted up with tents ani huta for the nc commodfttmn of the prmcners from Oliio, Indiana and IUinoia, On# thousand Yankee# are now con- ; fined in Mljo'i Factory, corner of Tw?i,* ly Fifth end Cary; five hundred end seventy five in negro hoapital, oppnaite the ' Caalle, end eeven hundred and ninety . nine in tlie Libhy, beaide* aeverat hun dred other# in tempornry quarter*.? I Richmond Kxaminer. Another Dissolution ImpendingA general smash up of the United States is now considered inevitable by many besides the people of the South.? At the North, probabilities are being ilia cussed generally, and the number who do not only admit that there can be no Union so far as the South are concerned, but also iii 111 k a dissolution ol the remaining States will take place, are not few. We find the following in the Chicago Times, of the 31st ult.: History does not make lis acquainted with so deplorable a failure as this Ad ministration. It has never demanded men but more were furthcoming than it desired, and it-has never asked for money but w hat its lap was filled to overflowing. Willi these unlimited means, and nearly two years of warfare, Ixdiold lito result ! And behold the prospect ! As to military successes, we have had none whose values have not been lost by [ subsequent rever.-es. And cur greatesi reverses are now, when our military | strength is greater than it lias been nl , any time before, and as great as it Jf I likely to be at any time in the future. lint it the army were doubled, whnl J ground of hope ? Is not the moral | strength of our cause gone ? 1 >o ?c loll j u"-' |?fc?vni me granii, Heroic -j???t*tncl?? c>1 1 a people striving for the perpetuity o! their nationality I On the contrary, havt we not dwitifed llie war to the pitiful rli inonaiotis of a content an to what shall he I the statu* of tlie debased ami irreelaima hie, barbarous negro amongst to ? And i as to thin mean contest, are they not a ! bout to become no divider! that the war j UiUit speedily close upon a broken conn ' try ? broken, perhaps, into more than ' two parts ? These will he the fruits of AbolitionI ism. These will !>? the fruits of the elec lion of an Abolition sectional candidate to the 1'iesideticy? fruits long ago predicted by the best statesmen of the land. I The fanaticism, and co'ftiplion, ami folly, atirl incompetence which preside at tire fountain have poisoned the whole stream, 1 ami the demoralization so ei ervating ami 1 paralyzing at Washington, enfeebles ami ; prostrates evert branch oi the public ser! ?ice. The Time* indulges in many remaiks in the same strain, and closes by declar ing that "in anticipation of general disso* ' Iiitirtil so alarmingly impending, the North west must prepare lo take her ilea! liny into her own hands." Inciting Insurrection I The passage in thr) President's Message in winch it is stated that Yankee ojfictrt hereafter captured will he turned over to the Kxecutivea of the ditb-ienl States to be dealt wnh according to the laws thereof, (says the Rcinnoml IVhig,) is not the least important in that docu inent. It will create a very lively sen?a lion in the Yankee army. According to I the laws of every Southern State, the penalty for inciting insurrection is dvatli \ l>y hanging ; and there is no iaw on the : Statute 1-ouk which will be more t>romnt I Iy aud diiligeiuly executed, (joveruori and people will all concur and eo operate in this. Tlie Yankees, therefore, have , fair noli' e of '.lie fate that awaits them. 1 If they come upon otir soil and are taken, the ojfficert know tlusir dooin. They will be certainly hanged. While on this subject, we wou'J re mind the Legislature again of the impor tance of changing our penal code, so as to except Yankees hereafter and for all lime from iis protection. At present, they are as much sheltered by it as any Southerner. If a Yankee is killed, maimed, beaten or otlirrwise maltreated, there is the same redress by law, as though be w*:re a Virginian. When the war ia over thev will bo creeping in among us at every bole and cornoi, diffusing currup lion wherever they go. We should he prepared for them. Take of all protection to their persons and property by law, and let them know beforehand thai neither the one nor the other is of anv more consideration in the e)e of our laws than that of a sheep-killing dog. When they understand this they will give lis a wide berth. Tort 11 uiUi.n ia a small village on lha Kaat bank of llie Mississippi, fifteen ntil* from Union Kuuge, about forty milra below the month of the Ued Uiver, and ia about two hundred and fifter below Vickaburg. It ia free fiom inundation, and ia aa strong as Fort I'lliow. The Legialature of Misaiaaip^Niaa pasaed a bill providing that not over time acre* of cotton ahall be planted to a hand under a penalty of $500 par acre, half to go to iba informer. r A Lawyer's Oration. I remember once, when I was a young ; man, living up in New Hampshire they j i dedicated n new bridge, and invited a young lawyer to deliver an oration. The lawyer had never yet, after a fortnight's practice, had the honor of being retained, and the opportunity "f establishing a reputation * H3 admirable. The day came, antt Willi it to tliu bridge came tlie mul, tilude at:d the orator. lie had mad? 110 written preparation, that being, ho had | been told, unlawyer like?a lawyer being supposed to he capable of speaking with I out nolo or notice, any number of hours, ! on any subject, in a style of thrilling elo aiience. So our orator trusted to the oc casino. He stood out upon the platform \ and, amid the profound attention of his i | audience, commenced : 'Fellow citizens : Five and forty years ng?t 'his bridge, built by your enterprise, ' was part nnd parcel of the howling wib l derness ! il>* paused a moment. Yes, ; fellow citizens, only live and forty year-* ^ ; ago, this bridge, where we now stand, was part and parcel of the howling wil derness !' Again he paused (Cries of '(iood ! g6 op !J Here was the rub.' 'I ' feel it hardly nectary to repeat, that this bridge, fellow citizens, 6!'!V live and forty years ago, was parcel of the n^wl* r ? rs ? ? ^ ' ing wilderness ; and I will conclude by i saving that / iri.-/i if uun pari and par J a I of if note /' Can Travel Like Pizin. Tl e electric telegraph is bound to te 111 Hill H Ihtclori I r. tl?a 1 ?' J ? ... , u.v . ? sv nig I is 1111VJTII | nuu lilt' J"* I dieious conceptions of its muiiui ojtcranJi, j which home of iho ignorant people have formed, are as mirth provoking as any lilting out of Unhelias or Smollett. The ! Inht illustration of ll.is thai has fallen un I tier our eyes, i? the following atory from . the I'ittshurg Journal : N.il long since, an old lady entered I O'lieillv's office in this city, and sai.l she had a message to send to Wheeling. In | a few minutes her r ote was deposited in a dumb waiter, an 1 a-tvnl.d in a mysterious manner through tlm ceiling. '"I- that going straight to Wheeling !*' j impiiied the old lady, wi:h her eyas k'lit upon the ceiling. "Yes, ma'am," answered the clerk. "I never w?s there," continued she, "hut it liarJIy seems possible tiiat tn?i. town lies in thr.t direction. When wiil I get nu answer, Mr Telegraph !" "I can scarcely tell, ma'am ; it may l?e two or three hours." The old lady went away, and returned in exactly two hours. Just as she en tered the door the dumb waiter came , down through the ceiling. "There is your answer, ma'am," said (he cleric. The <>! ! lady took the neat yellow en: veh>| e in her hands, with a smile of inin. gled gratification and astonishment. Now, that "heats all," exclaimed she, "IiImi hiv hesrU AH the way from Wheeling, and the wafer still wet. That | is nn awkward looking l>oi, tilt it can | travel like pit u." ? A. T. Caperton ha* heen elected Con federate Senator Ly the Virginia Leg is lature in place of W. U. 1'reslon, deceased. C B NORTHROPAttorney at Law AM) ' MO Lit'(TO K l.\ Kttt'lTl, i Will practice in l?aiicaster and the neighbor* ing Districts. OKKD'K AT I.AN CAST Kit VIU.K. October Slat, 37-lr _ Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN llmldcut ttiirfevn Dciill.l, roltKVII.LK, a. o., Offers Ida Professional Services to the cili* tens of l?neaat?r Village and anrroundirg country. ARTIFICIAL TBBTH inserted on (told ' I'iate, from one to a full aelt. June 11 th, I ai>h 1 r>-1 y I WILLIAMS & ALLISON. ATTORN EYS AT LA W AID Solicitors in Equity. I.ANCA8TBR. C. II , S. C. Will praalicein the District of haucaater. n . " ' * - " r rompv attention given 10 Collection.. Mr. william* may !?< consulted at Yorkville, s. c., and Mr. Alliaom at hid oltice in the Court Hot!**', at Laticaatrr. I ' July 1th IMftH. a| ?tf , MELTON 6 WITHERSPOON, !ATTORN MVS AT LAW AMP Solioitors in Squity, W ill practice in ( encaater and Ilia aurroun- \ ding l>i*lrict*. C. f). MkLTOI, I n J WiTllKRaPOON, Cheater, S. | l?anca*ter C. II i | January II, 1860. 48?tf I P ROSP ECT US. TIIK SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED NEWS, 4 A weekly journnl, devoted to the (I'iihciq. i illation of useful knowledge, embracing ? | Literary Novelties, Historical Legends, Biographical Sketches, The Latest Current News. And. Indeed, every subject within the range! of polite literature, j Having secured the services of enmpe-f j tent Artists, who will he assisted by the ar* j listic pencil of Mr CKKIIKN, we will he ! enabled each week to present to the public a i a handsomely embellished lilerury journal.! t\ o l.hve also eoiisiiinnted an ur-l rnngoment -villi iiinnv writers, mu'e and 1 female, of acknowledged ability, which will I i enable us to pot forth a paper in no re-pectl i inferior to llione Northern anil English pe- I riodicnU with which the South lias hereto. { ! lore been suffused. 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C. nffordn unusual advantages to Advertiser* both at horns and abroad, as they command a circulating medium of Oter Thrte 'I'lmusand duplet per IV?^ ft Auotion Sale. Public notice is hereby given that I veil) | sell on Sale day in Pcbrury. at Lancaster ft Court Mouse at suction, a largo quantity of buggy and Wag.?n wheels, carnage bodies, both new ami old, syriutra and nsles | for buggies ael carnage* A lot of Mrs I irun, !if# nnd old, boxes, bolls, serf ws, Sit. ! A ho h (juanlity of old irons, with s lot of carriage trimming*. The above mentioned , stock of srticlss contain* a considerable v <|iinnlity of very uselul iron, such as every larmer and planter aland in daily need of. _ ' 1 The terms will be uiado known on the day of sale. JOHN D. CO US ART. Jan 7, 1SC3, 111 ! NOTICE As ills believed that the Kstale of Caswell Mobev, dee'd , is in* sol"ent notice is hereby given to all person* h.? injj claim* ng?in*t the aforeinen tioncd Ksiale to present t't.ein legally authenticated within six niohtli* troin dato for pro rato distribution. 1 - J. tt. MOBI.EY, Fx'r. IMvamsI Mill, 8 C\, July u-\( |