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'ljr Mqcr. ' JLAMCA8TERVILLE.S.C Wednesday Morning, April $2, 1863. Religious Notice We are requested to say that there will he preaching at the Itaptist Church, at this place, un Sabbath next, at II o'clock, by Kcv. 1'. T. Hammond. Favors. 'Wo arc indebted to our friend, Lieut. K. G. (Billings, for a lithograph di awing of the doubleiurrettcd monster, Keocuck, sank in the late -engagement beUrten the Yankee Iron-clad fleet and our forts In Charleston harbor. The i -drawing may be seen at our office. The Keo* ajuc-V was said to be a powetful vessel, and one fro in which the enemy, no doubt, anticipated the most important results. Being constructed differently, however, from any of the other I iron clads, it is thought that the sinking of the j Keocuck is no sufficient test of the sireugth of] ttie others. Ite this as it may, tbero is no rooiu tor reasonable doubt that several of the oilier* engaged were materially injured in the fight. We are also indebted to Mr. K G. Robinson of the Mansion House, Camden, for acceptable favors, in the way of Charleston daily*, forwarded froin Camden. Call for a Public Meeting?The Food Question. A correspondent, whose article may be found on another column, suggests a meeting of the citizens at the Court House on Moday next, to consider the recent proposition of President Davis, to furnish supplies to the Government, upon the plan submitted by the Secretary of War. We hope that llts spirit of our people will be nlisted in this matter, and that they will freely sell to the Government whatever quantity of provisions they may have to spare, after inakine Allowance for home necessities. When the sob dier* are in want of food, and the people at borne, in many places, are needing the suhstan tials of lite, it is no time for the producers to tioard their supplies. It is bettor to sell volun? tarily than to wait and have your surplus supjrlioa impressed by Government < fliceis. It is believed that the piovisions in the country arc adequate for the wants ol all, it they can only be got into maiket and diatiibuicd where they are needed. The proposition of the Government, aa embraced in llus plan 01 the Secretary ol war, jpublished elsew here, ia particularly favorable to the producers. Let all who wish to avail themselves of its terms rcpoit at the pio< posed meeting on Monday next. The Cotloa Law We publish on the first page of this paper, lor the information of our readers, the Actot the Extra Session of the Legislature, am enda* tory uf a toimer Act, limiting the planting and cultivating of cotton. We believe that the quantity allowed (one acre par hand) ia about what is right undrr the circumstances, and that it is heartily approved by a large msjoiity ol the people ol this section, however it may militate agahist the wishes ol a few, who desired to plant largely of cottqii. We only reQiet that Ili? law is not general among the cotton Stale*. The Ueorgii Legislature haa not come up to Got. limwu's recommendation* upon thia pointy They refused to pats a hill limiting the quantity of coltou ground to one acre per hand ; alterward* they agreed to reconsidei anU final action haa not yet been reported. ll the regulation of one acre to the fieldhand w*s common among all th cotton raising States of the Confederacy, the question of (ntore supplies ot provisions would be rolved beyond the possibility of a reasonable doubt. The Cotton Panic and it* Causes. A few weeka ago there was a rapid advance in the price of cotton. Thia, now comparative^ Ulricas coin modi ty, ran up, in the. apace of a jaw uaye, drum twenty cthis lu loity-ouu cents par pound. Speculator* Iroin the cilia* Hock ad to lha rural Districts before the advance had become generally known, and bought up Urge quantities at twenty Are ceqls, when it w?a sellin Augusta and other places at lorty cants. The whole country was excited on the cotton question, and it absorbed the attention of thv paopla to the exclusion of far more important matters. Men were more coucamed \o know the price of cotton than to hear lha result oi the Uat battle. Out an antidote for this un ^ wholesome condition ol the public mind, generated and led by the God of Mammon, is suddenly administered : the decline in cotton has been as sudden as its adeance a few werks ago was rapid ; from a margin of about forty five cents, it has tumbled down to twenty, and the public mind is expected to aubeide quietly in its usual sober and healthful channel. The causea for this decline in the price of the great staple are no doubt various ;.but principal'among them is the tax which Congress design* to lay on it. The tax on cotton will probably be as much as fifteen or twenty dollars per Male in the . hands of specuUtor* and eight or Ian dollars per beta in tb# bands of produoers. Another reason for the decline in cotton, ia, thai the people begin to realise that much of lha surplus money which lliey were anxious o Short tins ago to get rid of, will be needed to av the lorth-coniin* war Tax W? bauU ugfMt to our readera not to bo too eager to iorut their tunde, but to provide liberally for iho tot?aay at leaot fir# tune# u much u they paid loot jear. Pxacc IHtoorxcTa ( the North ?The (Jbarleeten Courier haa tho following : A letter from New Jorooy, March 23, written to a gentleman in thia city, aoya : "At proaont all oyoa are turned to tho good old Southern city, which ia Menaced k. ?. f.miJ.kU l?il mnA ....I ' No doebt you are all prepared for lh? eonDiet, aad will win a aignal victory, or por> iah ia Iha dafcoea of your city "There ata thoaaanda of Paaeo men all tbroefb lb* North. The opinion ia beginning to prevail very generally that the Month eanoot be eonquered ; but the politic-Sen*, both amongat the Democrate and Republi* eana, will urge on the war. You need eft' poet ao quartern from any of the bonding Northern men. Nlae ten the of the North, of all partioe, would be willing to terminate the war and vivo the South tha Crittenden Compromise, or rm mora, to restore the Union ; bat mn yet tha mnjorUy ara opposed to rtcogaiting tha Southern Confederacy. A Union defeat at Charleston and on Uie JJWejseipjd y bring about <jaite a change.' From Charlestonj It appears that the victory over the Yankee j Iron-clad* iu Charleston harbor was even mote complete, ami the damage to die enemy more I aerioua, than at first supposed. There doea not i seem to be any probability of an early renewal of the attack. The Mercury of Saturday last, rays: Reports reached the city Thursday afternoon through parties fiom the French ateauicr Catinet, to the effect that the results of the recent battle of Charleston were far more disastrous to the iron fleet than any account yet published would indicate. Two of the Monitors, it is anid, were completely riddled, and (an with diflicul. ty be kept afloat. The rest of the turreted monsters were so badly battered and injuied as to render it impossible ior them to go again into nclinn until iltou !"? ?" ??1? ?? ' 1 Lei the Committee make deliveiy of the supplier on receiving payment ot the pi ice, and assume llie duly ol paying ii over to the citizens who have lumishcd the supplies 111. Wheie the duty of the Committee is performed ii. any lowu or city aZ winch thsie may be a (Juaileiuunmr or Commissary, no fui tlier duly need be lequired ot them than to deliver to the officer a list of names of ihs citzena and of lite supplies which each is ie?dy to furnish, and the price fixed; whcieupon the officer will hnuaelf gatiiar the supplies and tuske payment IV Where the supplies are furnished in the country, the coat of transportation to the depot wilt be paid by the Government, in addition to the price fized by the Committee. V. As this appeal is made to the people for the benefit of our brave defenders now in the army, the Department relies with confidence on the patriotism of the people that no more than just compensation would be tiled by the Committees, nor accepted by those .whosechiel motive will he to sid their country, and net to make undue gains out ot the needs of our noble otniers. JAMES A. UkDDOV, Secretary ol War. [run TMi lakcahtkk lkuukr.J The cituen* iif l4iirul?r District are re quoted In meet at U*ict?t?r I'ourl Mouse, ou Monday n??t (Hie J7ih), fur the purpose of considering the uddrraa ot I'reaidcnl Davia to tho people ol the I 'onfederact, and the plan suggested by the tSeeraiary ol War to raiae a aupply of meal, for the uae of the arinv?and to lake action thereon. We are told by the I'reaidcnl, that our aoldiera, at limes, are leduied to half rations in ounar* quen. of the difficulty of gelliug aupphea. Thin declaration ia full of meaning, and it is warning, which inuel not go unheeded ? ll In far bottei for ?a, nod our faroilira and nlnveo to eubmit to half rations than our | soldiers. We can make the sacrifice, and WO Ought to do it?lot oa rather humble oorarlvee than to be liouibled by our enemiee. The call newle, to provide meat tor the N.iioirra l l* Unvrriin>?iil nwt you to (fiv?, but i? ?Hi any earplua you h?'? to apnre, and to receive the refer M juat cowprnattion, lo be fixed by a committee of your ov* n District. lo b? appointed by lbe MM-eiiiig un next SJ< onlay. ThU ie ne bceJIcM,.?r acedlau call. I McOOTTRY. ^ TN Cr J? ila CHiniot he obtained at l'ort Royal. In the meantime, the vessels are in no very secure plight to undertake the voyage to Foitiess Monroe. We give these accounts as they reach us, without vouching (or their truth. The L'ouritr also has the following: From tik Coast.? lie-liable inhumation received in the city yesterday stales that the enemy aie leaving Folly Island. It was also rumored and believed that the Yankee troops on Kdisto, Seahrook's and Kifmah inlands were euihui king lor Hilton Head. Hunter's grand aimy which was to lake possession of the city after the i eduction of the foils and balletic* bv the Monitor Heel, it is believed, have been leavs iug for their old quarters as fast as their trims' ports could take them ever since that disastrous repulse*. We learn from a late arrival through the lines from lliltou Head that the Y'ankees there freely admit their Monitors to be a total failure. Our informant, who was there at the time uf the arrival of the first Monitor after the fight, states that she was towed to Hilton Head by two steamers, and came iherc in a sinking condition, llcr turret had been crushed in some places by our shot about half way thiough. All of the remaining Monitors had arrived before he left Every one of them were more or lost crippled, and exhibited numerous marks of the terrible ordeai through which tliey had passed. The turrets of mostly all were-so badly damaged as to have entirely lost their revolving power Three of the Monitors, it was repotted, would have to he sent to New York for repairs. The other three, it was thought, might be repaired at Hilton Head., Plan to aid the Government in procuring Supple* for the Army. Appended to the recent lYoclumaiion of President Davis to the people of the Confederate States, recommending the planting ol large piovieion crops the present year and urging the people, by every meant in their power, to assist the Government in procuring present supplies for our needy and biave eoldiera in the field, is a plan proposed by the Secretary ol War, by which the people may aid the offi. cere ol lite Government in the purchase of the bacon, beef, Ac., known to exist in considers hie quantities in some poitiona of the country. We publish the plan below and commend it to the attention of the people of our section. A vast deal of good may be done in this matter by the people si home, by means of timely apd well directed exei lions : PLXN SlGriK-TKD IIY TIIB SECRETARY OF WAR. I, Let the people in each county, parish, or ward select at public meeting, as early as convenient, a committee of three or moie discreet citizens, charged with the duties herciualter mentioned. II. Let it be the doty of this Committee to ascertain from each ciliz- n in the county or parish what amount of suiplus meat, whether bacoi., pork, or beef, he can spare for the use of the army, after reserving a supply for his . family and those depeudeut on him lor hard. Let this Committee til s price which is deemed by theiu a just compensation for the articles furnished, and inlorin the citizens what this pi ice is, so that each luav know, before delivery, what piice is to be paid for the articles furnished. Let this Committee make ari angemcnts for the transportation ol the supplies to some com veuieul depot, alter consultation with the officer who ia to receiva litem. WAR NEWS. From the Weit. Chattanooga, April 13.?In the fight at 1 Franklin, Van Dorn attacked the enemy, | wim i.uuu envuiry and freeman's batteryThe Federals retreated, but advanced again with large reinforcement*, when a bloody fight ensued. Freeman'* battery was cap 0 lured and Freeman killed. Our loss was ^ heavy. We retreated from the place after ^ six hours hard fighting, later accounts represent lh* recapture of our artillery, after the fall of Freeman. We look no prisoner* n b Tullahoma, April Id ? Information wn* | received to-day. Minting that Wheeler cap- ^ lured two train*?one between Imuiavillu j and Nimh"ille the other between Nashville and Murfree-horo. with n large number of j ^ men and officers, destroying the trains All quiet el-ewherc. 'I ULLAHoMA, Aapil 14 ?Further from b brn Wheeler confirms the capture of I wo trains, containing #3'?.H0U in green bacas < and a number ol pr.-ooeia. including three of Ko-ellcran7.'s s alf It is calculated that , | iturii wete killed nod litlv mooiided of the ! M | elicon ()u?* i ilia- - o* l\ ? Ightlv Woutl- ? I del ? ( IIA t T A Nooft A, \ pi 14 ?TtiU III.ill house J s | tiltiuMie-l o i lot ' l)i?tilieri w as des- i 0 trilled b\ tire *. I It to day. together wi.li ! b a quantity if grain !> * ?'7,000?insured ] o for ?2,000 Tiie rumor* ol V-aii UoroV fighl at Frank- ' ? lin prom to have bi en exaggerated. Tl'? ; ? I< ah wan only 5>> on each side On y a pnr- j' t'on of FrueniiiG1'! b-?t: ry wan eapurcd l>y i f lh?* enemy. which v\?h itnniedi^ely tetikeii. I * All quiet al'iu|{ the lilt**. u Major Dick Md'ann has capture! atinih ' cr train ?>n tho N &. (' Itailroad, and i.l*n j j deslrmtil a long wnjjjtnn train. i ? I'm (i more non-boat* a ml three iruoMporls | n the Cumberland river hn-e been tie* j , Iroyed by Wlireler'* command I 'J CSiXty contraband* have been allot and r liuni;. H?ncral of whom were clothed in Yankee uniform*. i I Affairs Around Charleston t HakLkstmN, April 1-4 ?All quiet to- j n ni^ni Tin- enemy occupies I uh ?' Umml, , | Kiawiih 1*1 inii and >?nlirnok,H inland in | connidcrui l>- lorco protected l?y a lew pun- I j bonis Ail III ti tiH|o<rln li ?vv li lt this *i ! r clniii. ! I I a Fiom 1 ullahoma. I ,t I U ATT A N<i OA. >pfil id ?All I* q i? 10 | ilie V ICI.i > r I ii .i . una j ,. I l.e t >?le. icco iii* of ti e h.i'tle of I Fiankou cot'iii in ie k. Imp if '' i |?t a. i I ,, Freeman, i I i iceliiuii'% nailery j ,, A' gentle in.ill jual thump from la.ui>- I j, il le, report*, ill add) I lull in SturiiMde's coi pa ' r a division troiii Franklin's col ps, cumin" III I v reinforce ito>oncroli Z ? From Richmond ItICIIMoHD, April 15. f Fitt.DeiticRHiiUKQ, April 14 ?t.'aiinonad- |i inp was lirurd here yesterday in the dtiec d linn of Kedy's Ford, twenty lite miles e above lieie Nu pariiculnrs have been ri? i i eived J The Richmond Wl.in lias Northern dales c ol ihe 13111 i'neir m counts ol the Char* m lesion liU..l sats that toe tire Which upelicli I t on the Keokuk, of lour or n.e nmidicd i pons, ha> never, perhaps bee equaled in ! lite bislnry of the wot id While ihe balls ? truck her every inom.-ut, ber puna w-uked Willi vipor and precistuii, and it auoii be culllc evi lent thai she <ar not as unprtv " liable as lite Fricnuli Monitors As all iron cl-.d, s!m Wua >i lull nr.- 1 .ii* rcli'l It.t 111* | I ' ' am-ined lo penelluie turn- eiiai!) Hit wood I en true!; mid durinui itiir.y minute- one ; ! hundred shell- -truck tier, ninety ut' wl.ieh : I I I were WHler line ?li<>l? : nlie w hh perleelly | j rildlrd ui*d Mink Iiiai ttuiirililig hlir liiid j ttiiriceu -erioual> wounded, iVVn limn .ill v. ' i lie iron in not -eriou-y ituinMped t he rrbt'lt iini<i uiik .1 *"??: >" tv lie It Lr kn uniu lor till "Met it ! ' ' r V I iii r mi ii i IIU lit r I | II.I* l?, Il < II U ,ii Ir-mil liullu.r ! nllti iinitlr ii - i ? ii i hhiiiMMitiilier, en. kf ten In it - i< fee nun -.iindil in ! 1 | I !! (1 III i f - .iiiiiImv J oV line Vi m | nel mid lui i tt ii iiu proof ut Ilii- in* ill- | I IIT.ib.ill t i.l i? U11 il.ito tl ifi i Arr.iv. ii.i ni? Mile t>i ing i in. v i o liii w | , tlie Ki'?i|r UK .1 p i II .t reported (lial further i.elinii for die preaenl in lo tie mi-ponded. The I leruld pub lat e* u r pnrt lll.it fjell Alel.lellmi Inn tendered ni- reelynut.on 1 HUM bL'lli.PK 1 In vlo-ili^ u -pem li in I'm imnelil LonJ ^ Kua-eil aald, OepriiiJ opmi il nit Luuli if ihul war i? lo vn.iiir it it fur belter it ahuuld crair Willi u.r ctillvlellull, b -111 on Ine part of Hie Norti. mid die Sfnuiti, that ibey can never live again hi.ppilt r.s one cuinniiiniiy n .d one llrpobllt.' mid 'nut lie leriliillu'lon of hnalilitiea eitn tie?er ie b might nbolil lay tl ? .it-!-.. ......I!. ... .. - - ' - - - ?. V nu?i?v. Uirmnuuil I'f M M V ? CI ?l MI Ul IIIIJ | Kurcpa.ui pi.wor i I From M mphit, Teun. I J?CK??R. A|?iil 16 ?Tilt rlir.Ill"* Ifi'iJH I L<kr |'ri?? ldt*lu*a lm? r IIMiV?ii down '11 I WWiln^Vii kiltU't,' 1 I fati'tlri* j-i-i tt' ? il i turn'd r> |M'i j 11 ? I II in it Mil >111 f *11111 III III pit * iHit t,i?- i( it i,^ p in Vic ?-b i|{ | I#.* i?'rr? r ?, v tii?ii t inn'fill- III triiiomi'i.i'fil nit 1' MlM.a, A ?pr?liI diap.itgh lo < Afpt ll i pnf r III III ill'i-lim* fil l IIIIIrill |tfi*lmlr*i ill ^Irlll | p'ii? nn ilm rit'Cipi i.l newt I'moi 1 hhiib* lull, which fapnried that tlV* llMMlnr had burn auuk Tmno* '*#* aioncv fill limv ly, and j war* fm.dv nmdc at I wanly par raai. dia. ' count oo uracil back*. The V?n4i-a? mid oN.?r? m iimliy rcfuawd to rrveiva lh?o. ISrVara! nryru rrgiuje.ila waul do *II nU T<mradn/. t 11 From Vicktburg. i? Vick?buko, April 16. > I ? tin itoUilr, Apill 10. I |k Th? y.Bkn i? Bill) in atgbt .. |1 tf - * "" ''' * " J? * 9 . A ?^ The Yankees have abandoned the Hushtucana Expedition. The Yankee Cavalry entered New Carhuge hist week and still hold possession of hat place. Jackson, April J7. Eight boats passed Vie.kaburg last night -one was burnt and two disabled ; the ther live passed successfully. A rumor that the canal from Mu'ikin's lend had reached the Mississippi, near iew Carthage, is believed ; also, the coniruction of butteiies oppo.-itc Vicksburg, nd that a Jew lias been paid to burn the ridge "Big Black " Viiksbnrg is to be allneked within ten ays. All the officers absent have been orercd to report opposite Vicksburg. Sixty.four steamers have "left Memphis ar Vicksburg, carrying soldiers and "nigers." The Memphis liu'UUn and Argus have ecu suppressed, and thu editors nrrtslt'd. Confederate Congress. Richmond, April 14?The Sonuto was hull) occupied to day in the discuss'on of hill to confiscate the leasehold interest lid slimes of stock owned by alien enelies in telegraph linen. The further eon. ideration of the bill was postponed until i) uioirow. The tax bill and exemption ills air now pending before the committee f conference. The House passed joint resolutions deluring that inartiul law, in the sense of an i bitrury suspension of all tbe laws and civil ir.siiiciions, cannot exist within the Con. L'derale Stale", nor in any sense only by irtuc of legislative autlioiity. Also paused bill to regulate newspaper postage. Richmond. April 16?The Senate today msaed the House hill to establish a Nitre ed .Mining Korean, but rejected the Kxtnpiion Kill, as amended by the Committee if t.'onferunce, on a motion to reconsider. I'ne List aci of lust session will accordingly cumin in forcu. The Sennte also passed the House bid o liquidate Ine claim due the State of Ala* lama fur tlia ilan"'' ITI...5.I.. I'ho Ilouse panned u bill to provide payunit for horses l,u??. or disabled in the (Jon eccr.ite service ItfcMMoND. April 17.?In liie Senate In ay llie II ?u?e bill Was passed to dtspluce roin i lu* Q.uni i cruinsler's mul (lonunissary luiiiil elerk* liable to Military duty, . 1 to detail tor cleiicnl duties disabled m>I lor* ; ihe Mouse bi.l v\ liicli passed early in -**>onii repealing ceilain clauses of the \ ui,i ion lie*, was taken up and amended i? ulin'itutnia tiie cluunei of me Venule it ll.e exeuip i ri bit! relative to overseer* n plantations, and wu* lurlhiT auiend< d by iicorporutiny nil provisions of the Confernew Committee on the exeinplion bill, ilucli was rejected yesterday, less the paryraph relative to overseer*, etc.: ill tliis iiape the bill passed after u louy debate. '1'no Mouse pissed the exemption bill mm tne Committee of (Jonferenvc ; also, I.lssed I ho bili to allow hospital nccoilltnolutions to the sick and wounded officers at me doilar per day ; also the Mouse adopted he toll" a my device for tile Heal of the v)utea?equestrian portrait of V\ uahinytoii, oppied from the tnonuiuenl at Richmond, urrounded with a wreathe composed of lie ehief .iyrieotliir.il products of the South; notto? JJto Ducr Yincemat?"(iot? beiny 111 r lead we wi.i eoiiquer." I lie Mouse tiieli em into secret session on the tax hill. A Runt to W ukk ifotit Ways?An old ;eiiliviiuin eauie into our office the other lay expectiny u? yet the paper forlwodol ars a year. \\ hen he lound thai the piieo i.ol he ell advanced, he said lie eonldn't land it. In .oder to be accommodating. t? to d him we would do us we had done telore the war, lake two bushel of corn or a year's subscript! >n. liul he whs not viillny to trade in that way, because lie :uuld yet $5 or $(i for the corn, and th?t im more (imii we itikfil fur . e paper ! Kxaclly kii. lie could nee wl?y ic should receive lliiee times as in tit- ti lor :oru, but t'oulil not see (oi .'.id not want to teej why ?' e should ask oite.lliird or Olio itull more for our viuik. The oid gentle* in-i.i Wii> willing to work the rule in one w.ty. 'in' not in liotli imvt though it coal lit in toil ill u if itny more to r.i?e iru corn a nci' lit- wui Hutu belora, wide printing ui.ilt*riul> have I w ice ln|i|tlcd iu price. f>o ? >o?? ihe world. I' S ?Nevernl oliitrt have since conic ill ui.il paid llie.r lour dollars, Willi Die rrUmik 11ntI tot' price ol newspapers had not ad. on ceil in proportion lo oilier thing* ; und one olU filctid w lio had already p.ild for his piper, C.iliie buck ulid ofTered us nr. uddl tiouul dollar. iSoine people nre willing lo let Others l|tu as Well as themselves.? Chmlotte Democrat. Km 'Kin I mt kc or M'rroLK, Va ? I'oere w na ? rumor on llie street lust ee.-n my lhut (ieiiwritl Loitystreel hud pushed into Suffolk, driven the enlmy out. and cap. lured the place The news was brought lust night bv panes from Unit section.? I I,e rumor ion. bo true, but Ihe War l)e* (ini linciil hud received no such inle'ligeoce p to ten o'clock Inst nig si ?Uichmond l!x iinmer, I Mh in?(. h Hi m thk Uoast. ? an otlicer from Jainca' I Iiiml who arrived in the city .Monday af eroOoo lepoited the enemy rapidly leav* t . ,es I'land. A slight nk i r mi alt had pl.ice beiWrtMi lite pickets. Sen-Pal it lii* enemy Mere wounded, with no ciieuit leu on our aide. Mx inn.upon* mere ml iliiil teinniiied mi M'.iim Klttndni afternoon. U i? i elieVetl ihnl l' e enemy are withdraw. iij; Uielr fort-da from nil Ilia pointa where .'ley recent I y landed ? Charleston Courier I -UK intt. The Federal Surgeon General, in return for lie courtesy exhibited by the Confederate auhorities in sending a liat of Union priaonera rho died at the South, haa made and Bent to lichmond a liat of Southern priaonera who iae? died in Union hoapitaia. The liat from he South ia much the largest. * Our Financial Situation.?The Richmond Whig si*vh i We have the most emphatic nnd valuable encouragement in the tidings from Knglnnd that Cotton notes are selling there at u premium, and thnt more than fifty millions of dollars have been offered for investment. It will require but a modicum of financial ability to turn this fact to the most material advantage to us. Our currency ought toon to bo equnl to gold?and will be, if Mr. Memminger will only arrange, as he can readily do, through lite instrumentality of Cotton, t<> pay the I interest ol the public deb', in gold. The j action of the British merchants and Bank ers in this matter is the judgment of tho moat sensitive and intelligent tribunal on e irth, thut our independence is ettublishei ufid that our public faith will be observed. FkoM Abiioad.?Wo have reliable information that one of out most accomplished naval officers is about to start with a fine vofufct on a tour of exploration, to rival the doings of the Alabama?and that another will be read) on the 1st May, under another I gallant commander. The exploits of the j Alabama hme done good service, we liuve j no doobl the new vessels will r.dvntice our i reputation n* successful navigators.? South ! Carolinian Eighteen citizens of Clarendon District have offered corn for the soldiers at SI per bushel, amounting in ull to more than 2000 bushels. Let the lists of ail who will do this be continued and extended in our ex i changes. j A private letter from New York, dated March to, says : "The general desire for peace here is certainly not less than it can be with you.? I could tell you many astounding fuels, but ! must be silent, for talking or writing one's sentiments here in opposition to the Government is death. A recent inlamons law forbids, by a line of ft 0,000 or several years imprisonment, tli? sending or receiving a letter South. lias history ever recorded such proceedings*" OBITUARY. Weparted this life on Friday the 10th iliat., Makt E. Hancock, daughter ol 11 K. and N*. M Hancock, aged 16 years -1 months aud 10 days. Mary hod hccn a member of the Moriah Baptist church for three years and aix months, in her last moments she professed to he in the full triumphs of iuiih and in her dying words she was heard piaving her Redeemer to hasten his angels to meet her and convey hct to his kingdom above. She leaves behind a father aud mother, lour brothei s aud three sisters to mourn her loss. NOTICE. Al.l. persons having claim* against the Estate of Rebecca Trusdel. deceased, are requested to entile forward with them properly proven on <?r before the fir-1 of July next, as til is notice will be plead in bar a I gainst all elnnas presented after that date I Also all persons indebted to the said Estate I are requested to eoine forwnrd and make payment. 'I'. J. CAUTHEN* Ki'r. April 32. 1863, 11-It ENKOLLLMI NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Surgeon Claywill attend at Ijuicnsler Court House, on the 5lh of May next, for the purpose of ex aniiniiig persons liah'e to conscription, who claim exemption on seeount of physical dis ability There are vet about '25 persona in the district who have lulled to report, and imie-H thev come forward atid enrol on or before Hie day previous to that announced for the Examination, v\ ill be proceeded agali at and (rented us deserters. This is I tie last chance for tin.-a who are now liable to conscription, to avoid an unpleasant vi.it from the Sheriff. * I. M CRIST. Cnpt and Enrolling Olliecr, (.minister Dist. April 22, 1863, ll-2t. PRUO LAMATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXKCUTIVli DEI'AIIT.MEST, COLUMBIA, April 18, 1863. ! IH'.RKAS, 11,u pre?ent.?upply of pro j v T vision* in thi* Stale in needed for tin j *iib*i*t?ncc of the people thereof and tin soldiers of ih* Confederacv therein : Am whereas, it i* iteeined important to preveii ' the exportation of Ilia same for speculation Now tnerefore I, \I 11 l.KIM ?K 1, IK )N II AM, Governor-of Sou'h Carolina, by vir , j toe of the poweravented in me under tM | Constitution of thia State, do i**ue thia, ni> Proclamation, and forbid nil peraona, foi the -puce of thirty dty* Iroin thia date from Xporing beyond the limit* of thia Slate, any null, bacon, poik beaf. corn. meal, w heat tloiir, riee, peaa, or polaloea The following person* ure excepted, viz : Qoariermnatera, Commissaries, and other amenta of the ('onfederate Government purchiwing provi aioiih lor Hie army,-who m>i*l exhibit *nti*factory evidi nee of tt.eir official character and authority ; persona from (Mher States whi purchu?e for llieir own private uso and consumption and not for aula, who ahull make oath to lliut effect before the next mnt>intrnte previous to the removal of the article* purcha*i d, which oath tha magistrate ?lm>I pre?eive and furnish for the use of the Snlieitor of the < ircuit when requir ?d ; agent* of coun ie* towns, corporation* and Soldier*' Hoard* of Relief, of other States who exhibit aalisfactory proof of their authority to purchase auch provisions in behalf of such counties, towns, corporations or Soldier*' Hoard* of Kelie' for pub' lie une or .for distribution at ansts and char, oe , and not for renu'e or profit Salt made by nonre*idcnta nnd cargoes entering our porta from abroad nr? also ex caoted. It is enjoined upon nil nhsriff*. niajjistrain* and eoustaliles, and a' 1 good citizens are appealed to, to aiJ in the enforcement of this I'roclainalion, and ?U? of the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to force sny Proclamation of the Governor prohibiting the exportation of provision*," ratified the tenth day of April, A l> 1803. Given under my hand and the seal of the Slate, at Columbia, this eighteenth day [L ] of April, A. 1) one thou*und eight ftondrad and ai/ty-lhreo. ?. I- BON MAM. W*. R. Huntt, Secralar> -f Suu. I April 22, 1M?. 11-lm r \ \ * Mansioi JE? Cjt? RO CAMDI THE SUBSCRIBER RETti Friends and the Traveling Publ received for the hut twelve yeai menced this year under new aut EVERY" EXERTION WILL BE MADE R islaction and keep up a i FIRST M WITH CLEAN AND COMF Orderly House. Having a First Rate Cook a ! Travelers may depend upon c;o< Mansion. Ladies or Families (wishing i vate Table without extra char His STABLLS will be found Provender, and two faithful Ost His OMNIBUS will be found , arrival of the Trains. E G. ROI April 8, 1SG3. VALUABLE COTTON AND ,(il!AIN LANDS FOR SALE. j THE subscribers oflers at private snle a valuable plantation, containing 2100 acre*, i situate in Lancaster District, and lying on the waters of Little Rocky Creek and Ce | dar Crsek, bounded by lands of William C. j Cunningham. Joseph Cunningham, Dr. McI Dow. aild others It I.ab. ? 1 ton ioiiM in the Stale, and it it* seldom that such lands are brought into marI kef. For further information npply to, or ad| dress by letter, the undersigned at l.ancaa* ter C H , S. C. D. W. BROWN. April 22, 1863, 11 ? 1 in COUNCIL CHAMBER, April 'iOth 18C3. The owner* of IIenl Estate or their agent", ore notified that a tax of twelve cent* on | | the hundred dollars worth, has been iin - ] | posed, by the Council, and they ure requasj led to make payment to the Treasurer, on I or before the lirst day of May next. By older of the Council. WILLIAM A MOORE. Sec'y i.\- Treaiu'r. April 22, 1863. 11-21. ! Notice to Guardians and other Trustees. ALL Guardians and Truatreea appointed by the Court of Equity for Lancaster l)iatrict. are hereby notified and required to make and render before me, their answer and returns <>n qr before the 12'.h day of May 1863. Rules will be issued against def.iul ters. JAMES II. Wi l l IERNPOON, Com'r. Eq'y. L. D. April 22, 1863. 1 l-2t Rags! Rags! ! \V# will pay 8 cents per pound fur all clean cotton or linen Rags delivered at the . Ijfdmr Otlice. April 15, 10 tf NOTICE. During tnv absence in the army, Andrew JulniHtnn \a i,I i.cl us my Agent for the . I transaction of any bu?m?--s that I mav leave j unsettled. W. A. BIGGART. Lancaster District, April 13, 1863, lo 4t | VILLAGE LOTS FOR SALE. Offered, at private Sale, a Tract of Land, j continuing sixty seven acre", fortv or foriy- j live acres of which is in woods; situate in ! the aouthern suburb* of Hie Villugu of I^nn' caster, n portion being wiluin the tncorpori nte limits The Tract eiubracea the old Mu?ter tield. It is susceptible of being di I tided into several fine building Lots. For particulars, as to terms &.C., apply i to \V M. CONNORS, Ag't. April 15, 1063. 10-tf THE FINE LARGE PREMIUM JACK CHURUBUSCO. Will bo at the Hammond Place during j the Spring season of '63. His terms are the insurance. His Colts are targe and ' fine. Persons are referred lo the neighbor hood of Tuxitbaw for the size and quuli'y ' of hia Colts. Apply to the Groom at the Hammond Place. Thia 'ACK haw been awarded u premium by the State Fair. April I, 1663, 8-tf ! ESTATE NOTICE. The notea and Boeks of account of the Kstale of the late David Billings have been left in our hands for collection. Persons indebted to auid Rotate will please make immediate pay neat to the undersigned, and those having claim* against the time will present them, leoullv attested, within tti? time prescribed by law. KKKSllAW & CONNORS, Alty'e lor K. ti. BILLINGS, Ad'm. March 25, 1863. 7-6t. NOTICEPersena icdsbted to the Estate of the late i A. C. Dunlap are hereby informed that their ! notes or accounts are at the Store of Messrs liasselline & .\Ins*ey, where all who wish to settle inny nvail themselves of the opportunity of doing so. And all persons 1 having demands Mgitinal said Estate are re* quested to preeonl them at the same place for payment. S. B. MASSEY, Adm'r. Marsh 4, 1863, 4-8l Freeh Arrival. Writing paper, Envelops, Steel Pens, Spelling Books, fins Combs, Tuck Combf, Side Combe, Shaving Soap, Pins and Spool Thread. Under Ledger office J. B. BOYD. March 4, 1M3, 4-lt JUST RECEIVED. . 10 pieces Fancy and Mourning Prints. Also, I .inert x'am brio Handkerchiefs. J. B BOYD. March 31, 18?J, g-tf ? ? i House. IM>SO>, SN, S. C, fRNS HIS THANKS TO HIS ie, for the liberal support he has rs ; and would state he has com;pices, and pledges himself that Y HIMSELF AND LADY tO give 8HtTJ? WOTT <a> ju juc v/ cjb jl3jl3j OUT ABLE ROOMS AND AN nd Good Servants, }d accommodations at the Old t) will be lurniahed with a PriGE. ill good order, with PLENTY of lers. at the Depot every day on the IINSON, Proprietor. 9?3m. M/kTIPP rnn mi V niirrnn PIUllLIk 1U 1 A riillittO. The Tux Rooks will b? opened as soon a* they urs rscsivsd. I will be at tha usual places of receiving taxes oo the following days, viz: At Mnthias Crenshaw's,Friday April 3d. At Nelson Bell's Saturday " 4:b At the Court House Monday (Salssdsy) April 6th. At John S. Small's Tuesday April 7th. A) George M. Funderburtt's Wednesday April 8th. At Taxahaw, Thursday April 8th^ At Horton's, Friday " 10th. At Pleasant Hill, Saturday April 11 tin. At Mrs. iluoy's, Monday M 13th. At Craigsville, Tuesday u 14th. At T. R. Magill'a Wednesday April lMfar At Uelair, I hursday M 16th At Rous' Store, Friday 44 17U? And at the Court liouae Salssday in May. The Tax Books will bs closed on the I first day of Jane ; all returns must bs mad* | on or before that day. A late Act of tho Legislature requires all owners of slavos, or employees to give in on oath to tho Tax Collector, the number of bando owned or employed by them (in agriculture) between the ages of twelve and fifteen, and fifteen and fifty.five, and fifty five and sixty-fivo, I under a penalty of one hundred dollars for I each hand. J. R HUNTER, T. C. L. D. I March 18 th 1863, ?-6t | Fine Stcok. My though-bred Horse DAPPLE JOHN | will stand the ensuing Spring Season, commencing tne first week tn Maruti, a: my residence ?eur Hanging Rock. DAPPLE JOHN is full-blooded Jenua and Canadian. He is ao w?ll known in tfiia section that it is scarcely necessary to aay anything is commendation of his superior (Hiulki#!! Ili?4 I 'ftlbt uitfloW Ihomjalu.^ ? --- -r?" ?" and tbey mre unhesitatingly pronounced by good judges to be among the boot stock of our couolry. For fiueo?aa of form, spirited appearance and activity of motion, bo ia not excelled by any horae in the State. Mares from a diatanaa can be aeeommo* dated with stub'ing and paaturea. Terms : for the Insurance SHO.OO. JAMfclW M. INGRAM. Feb. 2d, 160*. 3At KERSHAW ft 00VI0&S, ATTORNEYS AT LAW a?3 Solioitors ia Xquity. LANGASTERVILLS, 8. C. iy Will attend pro nap by ia all boaiaas# eutrualad to thsin. J. B. ?v 3RSHAW, | \Y. M.CONNORS Camden, S. 0. Laaeaater, C. Aug. 10, 1862. C B NORTHROP. Attorney at Law AND SOMCITWK IN IdPITY, Will practice in Lancaster and the meigbber* ing Districts. OFFICE AT LANCA8TB1VILLI. October 21st, !Wl. Sl-ly HELTON A WITNKEJFOON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW All Solioitors ia lqtiif, Will praetiee in l*aasasler and tba ding Dialriafca. C. D. Uiltoi, I B J. WnauiMi, Choatar, 8. C. | UmuIm C. N January >1, 1860. 4I?4 Dr. ALFRED OR AVE If Keaidant Hr|?*a ? (!?(, ToHtrii.uB, a. 0., Offer a Ilia Prof?a?ional Horriaaa to IWo oitl. x?na of Laneaaler Villlafn and aurroandiaf country. ARTIFICIAL TEBTH Inaortod oa Gold Plata, from ona to a fall aotto. Juno 1 lih, IS56. IB?ly WILLIAMS * ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AID Solioitors in Iqsity. LANCASTER. C. H., 8. C. Will practioa In tha DistHot of Laaeaator. x-rompi tmntton flT?A toMlntiiv. Mr. Willi a m mtjr Im eotiaalud at York villa, 8. 0.% and Mr. Allimm at hia oIm in tha Govt (louK, at UntiaMr. July Tih 1868. 41?If wanted" 9000 poitnda of COTTON R AON. J. K MP. * Jan 9. ?MJ * "IHT