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I - Cljr Mqn. ! LANCASTERVILLE. 8.C Wednesday Morning, Feb 4, 1863. MT ? 'er#oii.4 indebted 10 this ofllcu by open account, either for aubsciiplion. advertising or joh-woik, are reapcctfutyy requested to settle Hie same We liojie that ouch tlehtoi nil' regard this notice us personal to hitnsoll, and net sccoidinglv. We are under obligations to Cnpt. It. II. Masse j lor am Kxtra issue ol the Columbia (riiarilinn, contaimng the report of the important naval victory at t hat lesion. Sale of .Negroes. Wc learn that the negioes ol the Kstate of John Muasey, deceased, (18 in nuiuhei) sold last wi < k, biought flO-fift ; being an average of #1082,00, cat Ir. We believe this is the 'argent average yet reported. Snc.w Snow fell at this place on Tuesday night and Wednesday of last week. It felliapidly llnough nut the tiny oii Wednesday, accompanied with heavy wind, but the gtound being damp it d d not lie. This is the tiigl snow, in any cotisid' CM'lllllt* fllUUlt it V llttll U'rt liovn !?.??! ll.Ij wmmIow Since willing the above we have had Mill another snow. As we write this (Tuesday i morning) the ground is covered to the depth oi < three 01 lour incites, 'i he Legislature Toe resolution to adjourn on the 30th ult was rescinded, and the Legislature is still In session. We do not see fiiint the icports in the Columbia p.ipets that lii-ul action lias been had upon any ol the important matte** pond. h,?' Post Routes We observe in the advei tisemmit for po- J posnls lor cat ting '.lie Mails in Noith Carolina, ' that the route lioin Chuilotteto this place, v.a Monioc, Jacksoiiliain, ic., is adveilisad lor twice a week?the sitine as at present?tlui ' , nisil to leave Chailotle on Monday and Wed- j | Itcsday, and leave Lancaster on Tuesday ami i , Thuisday. A diUViclit ariangeuiehl as In the j | days on which the mails will auive and dcpait, | would anil the ?onvenicnce of our cominuiiiiy [j .much better. Also ill rcgaid to the I'iuevillc route, which is reduced to once a week and , adveitiscd to leave Lancaster on Monday. Wed- | ncsday or Hiursdey, we presume, would suit 1 i the people on the route lai better. Perhaps a j change might l?e efl'ected by tuakii g the pto- ' per application. , Pro(H>sals lor carrying the mails will be re. ceived at the Departincut until the .Id Match next. When will the War End 1 This is u question in w hich every one (eels a 1 deep interest, and yet no taiioiuil licit.g will I tuidcil ke to answer it, either to the satisfaction ol himself or the public. All that we can i say on this subjei t is based upon the situation ol ailan* as they exist ill present, and the pica out 'situation' is liable to be changed at any > moment, either by tho soece.-a or failure ol some j impending campaign, or by some eveui not ' now nil icq sled by eillici ol the tiovernmeiita at wai with iiuh other. We cannot tell what i a a day will bring forth, and utiles* we had Ilia power of looking into the future, a power very ' w isely withheld ft out us, it would be highly j presumptive in us, in the face ol the imiltiiu- j ditioua uncertainties by which we arc auriouii- j ded, to predict, with anv pretentions to iwu. i racy, tiit! lime when this lavage ami i.iuiatiii ul I war will terminate. i I'icsidcul Davis believes it piohable that the war will eml some time timing the present year. There is tio man in the Confederacy on I j whose judgement, upon this point, we would { more confidently rely than upon thai of i'tcsi. j dent Davis. At the beginning of the sli uggle l he cxpiesscd the conviction lliat the wrar would last three tenia ; nil his plana and preparations for the struggle weic made accoidingiy, and time lias proven the foicc iiiul wisdom of Ins conclusions. liut aside iioin the confidence which we have iu the President's judgment? his opportunities lor observation, his experience, Ins sagacity am] foieaight?wo believe that be U sustained by the color ol'pasting 1 events, with which every ordinary observer 1 and reader ol the newspapers is familiar. It is i plain ihut our enemies aie becoming day by day moie tiled of the contest, and their anxiety , to be relieved of lire '"job" which their mailer ' ( lias imposed upon tliein is not confined to any one paity or faction ; it peivades all classes whose nieana or personal service* are required to support (he war ; but is moie prominently ' manliest among the Democratic party, which is I now, numerically, the strongest party at the North. The Republican party, being in power, [ may be said to be, at the present time, really the stionger patty ; but the heart of lire nation ia becoming every day more bitterly opposed to it and its rotten administration. It may be ! truly said that the war, as it is at present con- i 1 dueled against the South, is not sustained by the sympathies of the mujority of the people of the North : it is tamed on simply by the force ; of law, ah 1 by virtue of the unk usurpation* , which an unscrupulous Kiecutive lias been allowed to coiiiioit. Hut this course of affairs, I conducted by the paily in power, against the { force of public opinion, cannot, in the nature of j things, long continue. The people have nl- I ready eipics?ed their dissppiobation at the | ballot bos, and alien toe recently elected uienibers to Congress get futo office we may espect then, if not before, a change of policy towards llie South. Hut the Democrats do not profess to lie opposed to the war entirely?they are opposed to its being conducted with the view of subjugating the South, and ibey aie especially opposed to I.iiicobra emancipation measure. Many of | them, no doubt, arc in lavcr of peace upon any teims ; but their leaflets say, that they will sup- , port a war for the restoration of tii? Union as it was. They have not yet arrived at a point J | to com template a final separation, and many, ' no doubt, like liishop Hughs, would lie willing, if the Noiili cannot compter the South, for the , South to conquer the Not ill, i alb or than there | ahould be two (iovemnieiiU. Tlie hope of tho miMof the Democratic p?rijr, ?-?, thai t?> proposing friendly leima to tho South, embracing coiiatitutional guaraiuecj upon the aubject of slavery, the latter sill consent to a reconslruc- ' lion of the old Union This ia, of course, a 1 lallacv, and ?r!itlhsr thsv will change the policy ' of Lincoln and proaecuie the war for the resto- ' ration of the Union, when li.ojr are convinced I jhnt the Confederate State* will accept no terms I * * * A i# slio:t of unconditional recognition as an inde- j pendent power, is the question. To prosecute the war for tlio restoration of | the Union as it was?to compel a people against then will to live under a Government and to enjoy tinder it equal rights and piivilege* with themselves? is so absurd a proposition that it is unreasonable to suppose that it can he sen- , oualy entertained by a party, which embraces the more conservative and sensible pot lions of : the Northern people. The more reasonable view, is, that when their tonus lor rccmiMriiclion are rejected by our Government they will rcah/.e the impossibility of forcing us to become j their equals under the srme Government and consent to a pence upon our terms. This is j now the main hope of the South for an early : peace, and we believe it to be founded upon J reason and common sense; hut if it should prove abortive?it the democratic patty, sus- j tallied by the masses at the Not ill, shall deteri ' mine to continue the war, the end may he far. Uier olF than we anlicinuto. In this view, howi 1 ever, we are consoled, by tiie reflection that! our etiemius auiiol make gicatcr effoils against u< limit they have alieady made, ami which j have been successfully resisted by our armies, j The unanimity ol our people, together with the i increasing sticngth ami effectiveness of our ar- ; inies, wan ant us in placing the ultimate sue* ' cess of our cause beyond the posibility of a doubt, whatever may be the conclusions or purposes to which our enemies may nirive. The , critical petiod with us has passed?the strength ' of the two Governments has been tested, and w , have dciuotistanted our ability to success- I Cully defend ouisclves as long as our adversaries can bring together the lueiui* of attack. With continued energy on our puit, and a linn rcli- i nice upon an All-wise l'rovideuee that luissus- j Utiued us thus far, the end is by no means tinceilain, though it may be piotiacted beyond abut we aie w.oraulel by the signs of the limes in believing. W. D. Simpson tins been elected to supply ihe vi,' urn y in the Fouilli Congressional L)rn li let, vice M I, liouliuin, elected Governor, ji ii.i i ar.t v iiamim.?ucucrnl kill*/Suillli I mil .-tall, wlio wore in Klchmoiid last wreck, and | liud Marled lor his now dcpai tlliunl id Tenia . md Louisiana, letuuicd on Saiui day, having ' jecu called liaik I ?y orders. <i ell vial tennlli will lie oilliei ss.-igm d lo > ivdeiicknbuig or 1 Soi ill Caiolin*. brigadier (ienoial Daniel fl. Doiiel'on will Occecd (iciieral t-uiitll in coininaiiil ul tlie l'e 1 [>..iliiienl ol Ka?l TciuiCMee. We aie advised Lli.it Ins derailment will al.-o emhiace Southtvenlciii Virginia and iliat poi lion ol Middle, l ennes-ee williln our lines. [toil dill. LA NC AS IK It LKbOLg) ilit KniToit,? As the season is drawing near tor planters lo plant cotton, 1 pmpo.se to give a It W suggestion*, ll.r Mig i the vol iiinns ol your Journal, lot ineii consideration. My put pone will b.- lo urge upon liielil It) (ii.nil ti l) little cotton the Coining season, for the loin.wing ir.e-oiis: We are engaged in a war upon which depend* our very existence us a people, to gelher with all the rights of our pr- pulv. A (art id North Carolina, Virginia, TelillI'wace, and Kentucky have Livii overrun hy our elleiniea, the great grain ami S ink raising Si alt ? t-l our < 'onl'cdonoy therefore, it behooves us, as cotton planters, to sup ; p ) the ii licieiiey of Ihe foregoing Slices | Ii will he lo uiir interest to inainl nn our I rights an I indi-(ieiiilenee Food is the great ! est item in lion wai lo carry i! oil success1 ; fully. We wnl have hard limes and a great j ileal ol dissiilialaetlon among Ihe noli pros itin.-.iig pari of the community if we atili | pursue litis ruuiou* and unlntabund like ! poticy. We will not only injure the el as ; rt ft rred to, but w* will n juie oumc. ves in ' a pecuniary ( oirl of view". If we were to I p alii a iaige trap of Cotton Ilia tear. We Would bring cotton to lite ciiils per pound | if not Iins. 'I'lial would (nil com lo live I doliara per busuel ami pork to one dollar per pound end per Laps more. 1 lie following will snow the ililiurelice j between wtial would clothe cue ol our servants Hie way they are usually clothed with l-uUoi:, even at the exorhilanl price of one j dollar per pound* and the present cost ol Ihsii meal and bread si the present prices 1 it will lake aboulil I'd Us ol culloll, that Would be twelve dollars ; it Would take iibouI Imii hundred pound* of ("irk, that at j twenty live dollar* per cwl would he hfty , dollar* m.d Uiu bread would b<* about IJ j buabels of corn at I AU,that Mould make | eighteen do.Int, and tint will m .lit the i '.nc.it and bread coal nearly live bundled per cent more t an the cotton clothing I merely make too. cm dilution to tlbaluutiu'e what I have atated, Hint fuod i* I lie gte.i eat i'riu in tlitn war I liiutlv believe if we plant no cotton, or but or) liitle. and plant 1 it large crop of grain out of w liico'to r.ilae an ubiiiidihl atipply ot prminluii', Unit would I be the aborteal load !o our indcpetldel.ee. Itoi notiie planter* will any, well if it will be n general tiling to plant very little cotton, I witl put in a large crop and I wi 1 ui ike a lilt e fortune. >110:1 a man doe* ; not lake into conaideralion that lie ia re- j pouaiblo in lurtiiihing bit q iolo of provi 1 muni in carry lug on the w?r, nor doin be imagine tlnil the lulure history uf bit conn I try will chronicle nia naiiie together w itb na posterity among Hie category of criuiet in I , which be will be beid reapontible for bia j 1 ill gotten gain*, at Hie great aucr.tke of iiia country'* rights. .Suppose that we bad planted our usual crop of cotton Inal year,! 1 cotton to.day would not have cuinnianded 1 1 10 cent* per pound, and corn, under the dit 1 uatera ol Inal year'* wheat crop, Would hate j eciumatidcd to day eight dot art per bushel. : Tne planter* inuat bear Hit* in mind, that ' 1 if they do plant tin; vi ry aaine land* in ci rn , I the pratvnl yeur, with the a.une aetaoft* and | Hie very aame cultivation, they cannot make t 1 Hie anm* corn crop. Why? Because w'u will not have manure to put on Hie Imid? we will not have the aaoie quantity of cot* ( ton aeed, end we will not have the a*me juan'.ity of wompoat manure Why ? Too 111 iu >1 of Hie farm labor have been diverted to making cloth, leather, shoes. m?lae*ea, coaat I.I A.- - Ui- '' - launr, \mk , ? ?. iiumiki ii llie ?ffy maine i land were pi mted Ihie year with the same manure there could mil be anmelhe corn emp made, fur every p'aclical planter known re- I 4 ry well that the name land planted in corn t alter corn will not yield the Hani* quantity ? as if pinntid after cotton. HeeidcM il will take mote labor, of both man and beaut, in other woid* it will be harder to cultivate. These arc hint* that I want every plunter i to give hia due meditation. I Another very potent reason ?hv liierc , cannot be as much rnim-d this y ear aa there ( was last year: Hundreds of our laboring j men have died and been slaughtered in this t war, and if it continues even live in tilths t longer there will be a great many more ; a why from borne than there was all ot last I . \enr. j | Another argument to add for planting j more corn. The govermnet will have tl.ou- | Hands ot broken down stock lliat will have j to be recruited tkis year that were in scr ' ( vice last year and their p'aees will have to . be Mipplied. For a proof of this reason, a ! t 'tit eminent air,ml lo.? ......i ?....i? ... this liistrit-l tor llic feeding of t>UU linrs#*., besides 5 hands to take care of tncrv 100 J | lu*ad of horses. 1 might g> on to etiutiicr- : . I ale u great litany more reasons w li\ we I | at ouhi |oaot more eom and raise more meat ! | hut it would make tins urlicle two leogthv. ' > I believe a planter would make more J t money to raise poik for sale at 25 cents per j , Wis and lloiir at j* 1 > >>r ."J'JO per rwt to lake i-ver> tiling into eonsidera'ioii, than we j would in rot toil at from 15 to IS eents per , pound. Thus it can he ?een that if we | plant and raise an overwhelming erop i f j provision* we will make them koine cheap* j t*r and cotton dearer Tiiat wou'd liurt the North worn*, together willi tnreigu eoun , trie*. If raise an ahiii.dmeo of proit I sioi.s ami direct o ir eapi'al more m tin* . ( chaei-l of in iniifselorieH and the liieellaf.ieal arts, we van tight the l.ineolti (iovernuieiil ' f *20 tens, or nt.lil they -petid every d* liar i . they are wertli So let every planter who j tins Ids country's interest ?t heart, when In goes to pilch hi* erop this apiing. weigh : wed tin* forgoing consideia'ions A I'l.ANTKIt. I ' ; WAR XvfJbiWS. II - - - . L From Vicksburg. I Mouii.t:. J.in 37 ?'I'll.) cormpnnilolit of ' tap Advtrliser i\- licg inter, ilaicii Vicksbnrp, I ' Jan, 3'?, ?.n i : l'ii? .iiounuiol Vniikrvn uro I ' \\iiikiii|? mi it iMiinl n|i|iuaitii Vick^buro.? I I'livir iiiti n;.iiii i. in tloul liun-portn j Inrou^li it wiirti Ibe ri\ r r!-? ? and luinl | ' Ir. i.js belli * tin: city Our defeiirmi bo * b?W Vn k-b.irjj, bow eVi r. t.re ntroiio an tbcv ur? above Nn uniiitdi.ite utlaok i* pxpoe I H ti-il litre fur h few ilavn Tl.e greater purl v ill ilio trnn.pnrln bate gam- up tl e river | I' lor it-ii.fori'i'iiiiiutn. No bell'gorcmt demon- j 11 niruliuii ?i0 bo iii.hIo iinti tbeii rolurn ; in j 11 Ibu III v : lit .lilt* wo ure uli e*'jr'-heliing llio 1? vveuk poiiiin wluiio our line* The torcu of On! eiieim'n lloot in 1(17 boat*. 93 ir.in-pi i!?. I 1 L'Uiibont* ami thenniav bo uioro aliiva!. ill'j?u.ibmitn before tli? I'd lit begllM. | lio a< religlli of tl.e Yull c kco iiiiii) wiil probably bo 8U.UHU. tl No new iiioiennui. ut tlm em uiy liuvu j o been ubierveil llii- uinriiini/. I c ? Ii NVav'i S'tatioK. Jan 37 ? Seven Yankee I ven-uln uro Lii inb iritiiii? liem-*.* I'uilit.? I i'w ii nt tlioiii aro in III eluiin -imil..r to tin: [ I Atlanta, Mill one of them* in Micliorrd aev- I oiili oii liiiiulroil vnrdn in front our battrry. i c 'I be firing opoiu il about xeven o'einck, | 11.in iu< riling, ami ibo bmt courier ri |inil? I limt no rl.iiii ico li.ui boi l) done to t i' f rt. LATKl! ? TIIR VAUKF.En WHIPI'I D OI T. e Nt AV'u T A TI H i Jail i!7 ? iJ: III. I' M. H For five ami a balf hour- the boiubarilmoiit t continued ; it Oram ii o'clock. 1> coin, iiioiii'fil to lain ami Itic cm my'* tlect loll c la lor.! I o'clock, having failed to injure a ingle man or i?'<n AH ibo il image to ili?- ] oariliw urkn can be npriiiil in a day. Bomb tidmett^ of Fort McAllisterSavannah. Janunry *37 ? \fler live and a ! Imit liuuru licrce bombardment of Fori Mo- j Ailintor, Hip t'lioiuv withdrew niu-ut one o' ( cluck Nut a man burt or a gun <! - - noun " n led on our * ill *. Tim daiun^o lu liie Fori u . ... .... - ... : - J - i i .hi uv i?-|Piiivu iu ii uuy. ii Another Arrival from Nassau. j r I 'llAKLEsTo.i, 'J7 ? \n> ilu r large ^ ateani.r, freighted v* .i!i c >flami other , '.? vii I ii a bit* men liar tb/e, reached a Southern ? port tin# inur ing, w ilh \a?s.iu il iti lo lite S 24ih. The sloamnhip l.eop.ird, from Char- n Ii atoll, had reached Na-'.iu safely. Nolli. I. it-had In en lit aid of I'm steamer linn- I e lre?", then i>*rid le nt Sa-itau h The Ihtltitma ll'ra'd lepoils from a trust- : c worthy source that the commander id'the p Ihilish war i?tcu|l>er (ialatl.i had received o |>o?iliv# orders to rapioro Commodore h Wi!k??, wherever found, and convey him v In lleru.uda, to he detained there until fur- h tlmr order*. ? . j> From Hardeevtlle?Attack on a Yan* i d kee Gunboat u IIaiuikkvii.i.f, Jan. i7?Captain Faulk's j V artillery to-day attacked a Yankee gunboat a at Itiickiigh.un Kerry. No out) waa hur' j it [>n our aide ? 0 [We have obtained the following itddi- tl tioinil particular# of the all'.ir referred to <1 above : On Tuesday lust a section of tlie j a Kurman Light Aitii ?ry look up a position in tho neighborhood of Huckiiighum Ferry, with llm view of practicing wi h a rifled cannon, and, not wishing to want# amino- ti niiion, they deteiimiirxl to make a Yankee tl gunboat the target. About noon a Yankee si craft aleamed up and, when within Iboo 1 f. yards, the tiring began. "1*1 t* vessel wna a airnck several lime#, hut aloud nearer in, j b ahelling ilm I.iglii lUttery. but without w dniiiage. When ahe had come within rangw tl of it I i pounder howitgcr, Captain Karle a< xpariiDeiiti-d with a few alicll with aouie , effect. 'I'lie ateainer then aloud off i k Report* repreacut 'lie Yankee* a* more w aeiire within the luat week < r two than at ci any lint* aince the death of Urn. Mitchell. ' ai A large number of tranaporia umi other j lb /exsuls were on Sunday und Monday in the jllinjt at l'nrt Royal.] Opinion of Minister Adams Richmond, January "27.? Minister Adam*, n a letter t-? Seward, dated l.ontlon, Oeto:?er 17, any, ill his opinion, tlx? recognition f the insurgent* now depend* almost cm ;irely on the fortune of the war. If we rove ourselves, by February next, no more iblo to control its results tbuti we nre at bis moment, it will be ditlicult for lbe_ tliniitire longer to resist the current of! letitiinenl burning in that direction in bolti iouhcn of Parliament. Frcm Richmond. Richmond, Jan. 29.?The last communi- j atioii reieived froin tlie Yankee army op i nsito Fiederick-burg wn* signed lly or- i ier <>f Major (jcnetal Hooker, eomin.iiid I ? ngThe New York correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury sax* : "After ti e letno rut of (fcii. Mcblt'lluii, the President and ii* Cabinet ware ?<? certain that Washing I on would be captured that a fust steamer,! villi nteam up. was kept " ready to carry hem nnd their fnmilie* away at a moment.* lotice. I A nub marine cable i* to be laid between J Mew (>r!cana and Fortress M oiiroe, to touch it Fort Macon and Beaufort, N. i'ort to\ul, S. (Ivi'j We*!, Florida, and at : Fort l'ickcn*. Vesa' 1 Captured ('ill! | faT M l-iiitiuro %J<1 'I'-"* illip rrii.i-.-s Itiiyul, Captain I .a WS' .11, I'roiu ri i a l.omlnn, w here she took ilia largo at St. JoluiV, Halifax and Ilcrinmia, lining K-I'l the latter 1 on Friday' the j !.M inn*. , wan raptured at nil t arty hour this norning off this |><?rl by the Yankee block* ideia She wan suddenly surrounded by a iiimbcr llir lb i t before daylight and tbe j dlicert linil to rim on (lie bcucli oil I.ong | land nt the beat resource lell tlifiii. I)ur- i ig ycateiday tiie light oral: Yankee slt'iun-I ir* got a lo-.v lioal to lier, and sue-ordod it, I ;ett.ng liur oil* before ship Mater, (nipt.tin l'i ot. < raig, t e Charleston |>iiot, Mr W'eaor. pas-uuger of (>e .irgctuvvn, S. (,'., and i mo otl.i-i per* ma escaped from Iter in a io.it Slid reached the city last evening.? , ('. illable dc-p:;!c!) S M bicil W i re I'll board ' u 111 (,'i.pi. .Maury, C. S .N .oom in Fornpw, ! ' o llie t oiifvderate (iovemliiclil llaVe been I aifd ami brought to Una city. ' , "J'tic l'i incest Koyul bud on Hoard a cat ' 1 0 of great value lo us, consisting of ilia- | liineiy for gunboats, ivit'.i guns and gun , omtier and tome MorWineii vv lio were lo ! < rsliuct pa.'.ie? lice in refertnice to the I ' litIIItt.it'III10 o! I.ell projectiles The bulk ! 1 tier height v\aa about nine hundred tons i eight and measurement. ( Iiiteiesting frcm tbe West. ( u.iTTAS 'i ua, Jaimury 30?Whee'crs " uVa'ry dc?lriiycd live more Ir.iiispoil* on lie CumberImiii, Inst Tridity. The same ommuiitl dc*lro\etl an engine and train cf at*, and captured 3d prisoners on llie Naslr* | ille and t liattanooga ltoad, last Saturday ! 1 From Charleston r ('iiai:i.K?ToN J ui 30?Scout* j 1*1 re ni'nt report thai I'inekney, l).inio*kv and In!In 1*1 Hid* liiiVi been evacuated by the iiemy. Tortv seven sail teasels art; reported at | I Hon Head The gunboat ./-./in J' Smith, carrying j li'tan guns and about two blind ed men. | ' iirrt'iider< d to our forces Ibis ni'leriioon nt*. | ' er a shnrp engagement in Stoiio River. | , (?ne oilier gunboat esc..pet in eripp -d ' ondilion. Our forces were under the conun-md o! I .ieut Col. Yule*. Highly Important from Charleston Attac k < n tiis Hi.ocxadims Fi.bit. \ CitAn'.i r?Tox. January 31 ?Several dtii go, (it'll ftip'ey despatched a force of ar> ; i 11 f r \, t-o in inn i ded by I ieut. ("ol. Yates, lo ' .line*' Iilaud. wi h the de*ign of attackiiig ' lie Yankee gunboats rnr?in" hi Stono , ? i ver. about eight iniIt-A from '.lie city. Col. t 'at? s posted In* guns, t m only-one in mini- I cr. in a tr mi tin- e, rcaci.ing on lai h sides ' f tie liver around the gunboat John 1' ' uiiilb, and at t "'clock \e*Nrday (Friday) r flciiioon, opem d :t concentrated tire upon I rr Slut replied with broadsides. Ti.e ' ng-igelln-llt lusted One hour, ? hell the Jfl?|t_ | out nan i d down her tltg, si;.., ?i.v . , onuiiioiiuily, willi < lie Inn dr.- i ami eighty , j r H-.m-r-i ?Si.? c.iriied el.ivuu guns; iinny ' I I I lie crew ? pro killed and wounded ; our 1 j s *vu? only one in >n Wniimied Oilier ( cry important tnov emeriti are'in progress , ere. ' I I '1 lie two iron clad gunboat* fl.ieora ni.d r 'atniello Slate, with three sle.iiiiers a? tellers, went out hex ond tlie bar, at 1 o'elork ( iih morning, to nllnck the lilucksden.? j 'iring lo-gaii aooii alter one, and for a time 'iih very rapid and eoiitinoua, Afterwards slackened,bu*. continued at intervale until o'cloek tliis morning Oaing to it fog, ' ie result is not yet ascertained ("omino>>re Ingraliniii is aboard the Palmetto Slate, ? Commander of tl e expedition. I.ATKaT. J j ( it a K i. he r>'N, January 31.?The expedi , oil warn a complete aucce-a W'e liave au- | until- ii.fnrmttlioii that the I'almt t to Stale c ink the Yankee gunboat Mereedita in live j . itihoii-a of water The captain ntid crew J prniiiiwro^ nixl * 1 1 ' * "I.M ?nw ('nil iru. i nry t | cjfged for anaintanua when their vcanal | itn einkiiig, but wu had no bonli to offer ' fin, and thev were told to ehift fo? them- 1 i I u slfea. J , '1 lie Chicora mink one gunbont, name un> nown, mid net on lire the 'Junker City, I hich atruck bar H ig, but utter wurd* en- " ?t*ed in a crippled condition. The block- { Je la ruined?not'a blockader in eight. Oar iron cbtda ara cruising triumphantly off the harbor. The whole Yankee ?<|!i;ol ron hi>s fled. The prisoners taken in Stono wort brought to the city thin morning. Comino'lore Ingruham's official report corroborates thenlovr. Our community are intiuli elated and excited. Confederate Congress RICHMOND, January 'J8.? In the Senate Mr. I'helan, of Miss , introduced a bill foi condemnation to the public line of all cotton within the Confederate State*, which wu? referred to a Select Committee. Ttiis Su preme Court bill was fuithcr discussed. In the I louse, various nrouosition* w it. submitted, hut n<? definite action wan had upon any Milject. NVlien tl?t? exemption bill was taken up, tli? House went into Me ere*, hi'hmhii. Uicii.Monu, January HO.? In llie Senate Mr. Baimxell, from the < 'ouiuiittvc on I'inui.ee, presented a bill to regulate tiie ettr. reney, pro*i.ling llinl Treasury notes, fuij' liable in 1 per cent, bonds, shall be so funded on or before the l&t ( f Joly ; afterward*, only fundable in 4 per cent, bonds ; the new issues to be tuudable \\ i Ititi six n.ontlis from their du'.e in > per e?-nt bonds ; afierwaids, in A per cent. Tiie bili to organise a Supreme Couit was further discussed by Messrs Sr mutes and Vuney Tl.e I louse debated the Exemption hil in ''ommitlt-e of the W hole, and adoptee an aineiidiiieiit that no person shall be en rolled who has a suLstitin; in the army furnished in accordance with orders hereto f? re i-sned b_\ the Secretary r-f War, unlest the substitute has or shall desert, or lias oi shall become liable to military service? The (Jon ni'tUc lose and the House ad jonrned to lav. HYMENEAL Married, on the 'J'.ttli iust , nt the icsideut'i1 o( Itev A. Ivv, l.y llev. \V. Patterson, lt?v. It. T. N Stkvo.v-on of the North t'aiolina Conference, to Mtfe I.. \V. Ivv, of Lancaster District, S. C. OBI l UARif. Died, <?n 14th of December 18(12, at Fredprick-burg, Virginia, Solomon II. Tuylor, aged thirty live years. The deceased was a member of Company A, '('apt. Wylie) Mil IScgiiiicnt, S C. Volunteers, lie enteie.l the servile ol his country in Ju'y 1802, tiinl bom that time until the period o| lis ilva'li, lie was prompt unit (aithfol in the lischargc nl his iluties as a soldier. He was a ;ninl neighbor niul an honest ami upright cili tell, lie leaves a wife uiel two elnhlreli ami nany relatives ami liiends who deeply lament lis death. Depaited this life on the 10th of September 1802, in J< Iferson county, Miss., Mr. Samuel ioodail, leavii g a wile and child to lament his oss. Departed this life on the 20th of November 802, -ainiller Jane (ioodail, aged 1 months and 2 days, daughter of Samuel und Rebecca Jane ioodail. iNUTICE. BV pi rinissieit of I' T. I Iminnond, Ordi nary for l.nncust?r District, wo will *e I it the lute rcsideiico of Margaret! Mr.Murny, deceased, on Tuesday the l7tl? day of Ybruary next, FIN I'i YOUNli nl)d I.IKK .Y NK(il{Hli8, I I lurae, Cattle, lings, sle ep. Corn and Fodder, Huron and laird, me Hale Cotton, one 2 Inmo Wagon, bun-hold and Kitchen Fiiroittire, anil ins IV other articles too (villous to mention. Trrtua niacle known on day of e be. .It ISKl'11 ROIHiKRS, R K. ID Mil VSON, A iin'r. Will anIli'Xed Jan iti-t '.8(13, 62 if Hf.tice. 1'iY order of i'. 'I1 Hammond, Kaquire r>r*l I III. r \, I wii! s.-ll at the late restiiciivo ol John Mu.Murrv. deceased, on Tueaday the day of Fehru irv next, a valuable NKf i li ( t \| \ N, JIM. a prune lie! I h ill I. Conditions, a cir.lit id Ten inoiillts, with i .ti rent front da'e. Jt HIM 11 MoMCRIt \V. Adm'r. W ill annexed. Jan. 3 1st I8K3. 62 tf Hccruits Wanted ABSENTEES RETOUT J I am nnthoti/.ed to nnnoum e "the partial oispeosion of the operation of the Conit ript law so uh to permit Const-riots to I'oluriteer in llie company of tlieir own sore lion, without passing through Camps of n-troction, and receive the hounty smt otii>r benefits provided by law tor Volunteers." have been detailed under order* Iroin(Jen. NV. Smilti, to receive voluiitvcrH or ('onicripta and muster the in into any company, bey may aelrel now in service in this emu. Itand, pnrt'cu'nr'v in Company fcl, Capl III.hull, 22d Ue.'t S t'. V Now is the pj'or' utiiiy lo noloot y> ur mvn Company. It i-i inv duly j* ???> to . ppr? In*inl all atra^ ern ninl il^crlfm and mich an are nbneiil * ill.uul iwt*? , iu lii .ill wlio report irufiiptl v ii lull pardon. I lru?t tlml no exr< hi i iiiennufea hi iv In* iifivn^ury to reph.ee ii nrnice, any nold.ci Iroiii I.mtcanU'r Dm net. All iilmente -n from Company K, ^apt llinnon, 221 Uej(t N V. will meet lie at I .iineiihier (' II oil lite IGtli day of -1 briuiry next. Tli(>?? who arc able will eporl for duly, umi tlio-e dinnbhd by nick* lean or di*ea?e lo be excused by Surgeon's ertiheale on llmt day. I wiil remain here hirty d iva on detail an above W I. BI..M K.MON, Serpt. Comp I'. 22d Kejjt. S. C. V. I.nitcnnler C It , S C. Jan 31-1 I8li3, 5%?if .soutttcakollna. LANCASTKU DISTKIGT. 1JY l\ T. Hammond, Enquire, Ordinary ) for Miid Dintrict. YVIIKKK \S, VV. J STOGNKIl haa apdied to rne for Isjltora of Adiuiniatrainn on ali and tonsillar Hie (ioodn and 'liiltle*, Itigliu. and Credit* of Able Jroom 'lute of the Dintrict aforesaid, doleaned. Yhene are, therefore, to rile and ndmonnil nil and singular, the kindred ami c liorn of the auul deeeuned, lo bo and nppenr >?fore me at our next Ordinary'* Court for he Kind dmlrict, lo be holden at laincaster Jour! I tonne on the I4ili day ofFebiunry nnl, lo abow cause, if any. why the naid dun mat ration should not be granted ^ ^ (liven under my hand and aenl, . i?.s. > uuh llie 3l*l U?v of Jan. in I .^rvw J llu" > enrol our l.?rd one (liouiMi'l cigltl hundred and Sixty three, and in he eighty-oeventh year ot the Independence if the Stale of South Carolina, P. T. HAMMOND, o. u. n. Feb 4, 1Mb:*. 6J-JI. LAST CALL TO CONSCUH'J'S j~ TO liKI.HT. ! <1 'I 11 i ', undersigned is again mi recruiting { c| service in Lancaster District. According to I ' the Uegiiltttions of the War Department, nil (U ' persons liable to conscription are allowed (; , to volunteer in any company tl.ey may se- [) ; levt and will receive ull the benefits allowed I by law to volunteers If they do not vol- R(l , uiiteer they will he reported to the enroll- fc, , | ing officer as conscripts. H . j I will pay Fifty Dollars to each and nny i able bodied man why will enlist in the First ,,, 1 it,.,,;.. - ..., ... iinquiry, siimotioa in I'ort Bi. 1 Moultrie, where soldier* are well fed, well iir clothed and well paid. SI K. C5. nil .III NG*. nc I.icut. and Recruiting Officer. tli ; l Feb. 4, 1SC3. 53-1 f. be ' i ~ '!> Reoruits Wanted. ?r er ' r I'M IK operations of the Conscript law 1 having been parlhiliy suspended, all (,n 1 persons liable to conscription arc afforded or an opporliitiily to join companies of their |8 own selection, without panning through til , ! Camps of IitHtruction, and will receive the |jv ; houtity and nil other benefits provided by : ia v for volunteers. Im I The undersigned ban been detailed to r?- J;l i | emit for Company 1. (Capt. Steele) 17tb i Keoiuieiit South Carolina Volunteers, nnd |,n hereby culls upon all persons iri this vieini- cr ty, liable to conscription, nnd others iiblo to I enter the crvico, to come forward and vol- mi . unteer in his company, The opportunity Ce j allot ded persons to volunteer in companies i ; ?.r their n? n selection will be ot short du. tu ration, w hen enrolment under the conscript ?h ; Act will commence. All who will avail ' iIh'Iimc.vos ot this opportunity, and wisli to iu , ; join t'apt. Steele's Company will report to 1 , lire at Lancaster Court liutise on Tuesday, 1 the I lull instant IV.r .?l!.i~ ? 1 ? IVI viiiinuiiCIU f IIIIU XII lor I 1?|] thai time, for u few weeks', nt my residence w ' j near Curcton's Store t. \v. anderson, o. s. w ('mnp. I. 17th Reg't S. C. V. M I 1' el>. *1, 18 J.. i>J - 11. Attention Tigers. ^ All persons, members of Company I, I (('apt Steele**) 17th Regiment South CarI oliua \ oliinteers, who are absent from their eomin tiui without leave ars hereby notified | to report to the undersigned at I.ancasler i^> I Cotiil House, on Tuesday tlie 10th iuslaut, tor examination. | All those who do r.ot report to me on that day. as above directed, will be consider i j ed as deserters, nnd steps will be taken to J. ' h ive them arrested and confined in thu Dis- of ! (riet jail until tliev can be forwarded to by their t otupaiiies under guard. on T. W. ANDKNSON, an () S Cotnp. I. 1Tlit Regt. S. (j. V eit l*eb. 6. 1X03. 5d-tt fie III! S U U T 11 C A ROLL N A. ? | I ! LANCASTER DISTRICT 1)Y l? T IIAM.'ROM), Esquire, OrJina-! J rv f->r said District. \VIIKRI:\S. JKKK. It. CONNT.LL has applied to me for l etters of Admiuialrn lion on all and singular the Goods and Chatties, Rigiits -mi Credits of James II Williams late of the District aforesaid, deceased. J TllKSKare. therefore, to citn and ndin on i - |i all and singular, the kindred nnd at, creditor* of the said deceased, to bo and ,,f appear before me nt our m-xt Ordinary's t|? Court I>t Hie said District, to be liolrleii nt Jj, l-sncasier imirl 11o.tae on tne rotn Uny ot ?n I February inst, to show cause, if any, why the said admit.istr.ilioii should not be granted Giien under mv hand and seal, tliia tlnd i ) .lay of Kebiiary in the year of our / I.. S ' Lord ono thousand eight hundred f ?- y and sixty-three and in the eighty seventh J ear of the independence of lite State ot South Carolina IV t HAMMOND, O L. D. *" Feb. 4. 18'id, ? 2t "" ? " bf is O U T 11 (J A R OLIN A,1 y LANCASTER DISTRICT. 1 1 > Y F T. HAMMOND, Esquire OrdinaI M.J ry for said District. \V 11KR K AS, M. C. Heath, l'*?q , has I applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the Goods and Chatties, cc Rights and 'redits of Merchason MeNeeley a1 ! la'e of the District aforesaid, deceased. re TIIKSK arc, therefore, li cite nnd nd- j il | ni'-nisli all an t singular, the kindred nnd J in j creditors of the s.iid deceased, to he and \ il ; .>( |?i-nr jroiore m iti our next Ordinary's j | ('ouit for Hit* suid District, to be Imldeii at | i I..measler Court House on tlic 111ti day of j ! February next., to show reuse, if any, why I _ j llie said administration should not be gran- I ted Ciiven under my linnd and seal, this 28 th ! I -*- ?? j day of January in the year of our | J | < l?. S l.ord one thousand eight liundred j i f J.'"d sixty-three and in tiie eighty- I |r seventh year of the independence of the ( I Stale of Souili (Carolina. i\ t Hammond, o i? i>. ? Fed. 4, 18.13, ?*i South Carolina, el I. A \ CAST Hit I MSTItlCT. I' )Y I?. T. HAMMOND, Ksq , Ordinary ! ,3 for said District. | \V 11 Hit HAS, Martha M. Taylor has | j applied to mo for l.etleraof Administration j on nil ami si::g"lnr the (roods and Clialtlea, | !n Bights and Ciedits of S. II. TAYl.OH ' j lute of tiie District aforesaid, deceased. I TIIKSH are, therefore, to cite and nd- j Cri moiiisl) all and singular, the kindred and , 111 ! creditors of lite said deceased, to be and ; appear before mo at our next Ordinary's ) I CiMirl for the said district, to be holden at I j l.aiieusli'r Court House on the I'Jili day of I i Feb i;ext , to show cause, if any, why j j >he said administration should not be gran ; ^ (liven under my hand and seal, this 20: li I i i duv of Jan. in the year of our \ 10 L. S / l.ord one thousand eight hundred ,n i ( ?j and sixty three nnd in the eighty* j I seventh year of the independence of I Ire . Slats of South Carolina. in IV T. HAMMOND ol. d. w Fib 4, 18?3. *2-2t. 1' JUST RECEIVED ( UNDER TIIE "LK 1)0Kir OFFICE ) 1 II \I.K t 4 DOMKS riC. 8 BOX KB TOBACCO, all pricta. WRITING I'AI'KK, NOIfclWPKR. I KNVKI.O|\S, STEEL HENS, SPELLING HOOKS, I'll'ES, SLATE PENCILS, and SXVFF. J. B. BOYD. Jan.23,1863, & I-if CATAWBA ft RAPE ~ J n A few thnuaand Catawh* (irapo Cutting* can be hud bv applying to me at my reaidence any lime during the month of February or until the 1 Mh of March, at Ten Dolliira per thouannd. JOHN FOSTER J .n 21, 1463, ft0-3l EXCHANGE NOTICE, No. 4.~* The following officer* and men have been uly exchanged, and ate hereby eo dtured: 1. All officer* and men captured in Keuicky, Teriiesiee, Alabama, Mississippi, corgis, Florida and South Carolina, up to eccmber IOth, Ifltj'i. 2. All officer* ami men captured in Mia. >uri, Kansas. New Mexico, Arizona, Arinttn* and liuuinniu. no to Janusrv ! ? 1 -'? IG3 3. The two foregoing sections apply not ity to < tViecrs and uien of the Confederate rvice, but also to persons captured in nis or hostile array against the United ales, whatever may have been the ch?r? ler of the military organization to which y were attached, and whatever may have en the tcrina of the paroles given by em. If any are in Federal prisons, they p to he immediately relsasrd and ielivrd to the Confederate authorities. 4 Al! persons who hava been eanturei the *mn or avncoaat of the Confederate United Elates, up to l)tctinb?r 10th, till If anv audi are in Federal priaona, y are to be immediately relented and deer cd to the Confederate authorities. 6. All Confederate efticers and man who ve been delivered at City Point up to nuiry 6tb, 1863. 6. All Confederate officers and men who* ve bean delivered at Vickebnrg up to Deinber 23d, 1862, and including aaid data. 7. A!i paroled Confederate officers and en receipted for at Vickebnrg, ap to Daiiiber 23d, 18?'J, and including aaid data. 8. All Confederate officers and man capred and paroled at Fredarickabarg, Virnia, in December 1862. y All Confederate officers and men eap. red and paroled at Coldaboro', North uolina, in December, 1862. 10 Other uiiacellaneoua and minor exmnges, of whicb the appropriate officera ill be duly informed. Note?All Confederate officers and men ho have been captuied in Virginia or aryland before the lat of November, 1862, id nil Confederate officers and ineu who miy time bad been delivered at Aiken'a inding, were declared to be exchanged by former notice, No. 3. ROBERT OULD, Agent of Exchange. Richmond, January 21, 1863. 60?6t. state J amei Summtrville, deceased. t I.I, persons having demands of any V character or grade against Ike Estate Jumes Suinmerville, deceased, are herenotified to hand them iu for settlement or before the 26th day of February next; <1 all persona interested in aaid Estate, her ns legatees or heirs at law, are nolid to be present at the office of the Ordiry at Ijincftsler Court House on that day, a filial aattleinenl of the matters of the itute will be made. Tsin notice will be plead in bar to all davnds, of whatever character, presented af' the dny above named. <j. \V. SUMMERVILI.E, Lancaster C. H., fc?. C. Agent. Nov. 26, 1862, 42?8m Eatat# John Williams, Esq. i LL persona indebted to Jolin Williams, V Esq , are notified to make payment, d nil persons having claims or demands any character, are requested to present ? same within the term prescribed by ivr. This notice will be plead in Bar loy demand not so presented. JAMES U. WITHEK.SPOON, Adni'r J. Williams. Lancaster C. II , Oct. 37, 1862. 38 ? 3m. Estate Notice. A LI. persons indebted to A. J. Sistare, ceased, are notified to make pnyment, d all persona having elaima or dcinds of any character, are "squatted to esent the same with lb* tiuie prescribed law. AGNESS A. SISTARE, Admr'jt. Jan. 7, 1868. 48?lm. Estate William Ross. ALL persons indebted to Win Rosa, de>used, are iiutilied to make payment, and I persons having claims or demands are quested to prcsen I the saine on or before te 7th April next or this notice will plead i Bar to any demand not eo presented, as le Estate must be settled. J. II. McMURRAY,. Administrator. Jan 5th 1862, 48-3m ESTATE NOTICE. [PERSONS indebted, either to the Estate L of laabella li. Cononra, deceased, or rat of Andrew J. Connors, dectaaed, will lake payment to the undersigned. l'erins having demands ngainsi either or both f said Estates, are hereby notified to pre. nt them, in legal form, to me, for pay. leni, wuriin me tune prescribed oy law.? his notion will bn plead in bar to any Hiuia subsequently prannlid. NV. M. CONNORS, Adm'r. Dec. ?, I8CJ, 42?3m. NOTICE. During my absence in the Legislature y ntUce and business connected with the rdinnry's Ollice will be !cf' in charge of l> I la.In, Ksq , who is authorized to reive and receipt tor any faea due ine in. y othee. P. T. HAMMOND,O. I* D. I.ant-aster C. II , S. C. J.iu. 15, 18B3. tf ESTATE NOTICE Persons indebted either to the Kstate of unford Horton, deceased, or that of WiU r. 1*1 Maker, deceased, Will make payment i the urideisigned. Persona having de.. Hilda against either or both of said Kstalea e hereby notified to pre sent them in legal >rnt to ua or either of uafor pay ment wilhUie time prescribed by law?thia notice ill bo plead in bar to any claims subaenentlv presented, WM W. BLACKMON. john Gardner! A4mwn*?rntora. Jan. 91, 1863, 60-*i KKBSHAW * CONNORS. ATTORN RY8 AT LAW AND Solicitors in Equity. LANCA3TKKTILLK, 8. C. itr Will attend promptly to all buainM*. Akruavru i?? mem. . B. .K SRSII A\V, j XV M CONNOR* ' amilo) 8. C. UncwUr, 0. K Auf. 10, IH6?. WANTED. 2000 pounds of COTTON RAGS. J D. BOYD. J*n ^S. 1803 61-tf