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VOLUME X II. LANCASTER C. 0., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 20, 1363. NUMBER 15. the_langaster ledger Published ?very Wedneilay Horning BY W, M. CONNORS, Editor and proprietor. TERMS: In advance, $2.00 At the expiratien of Six Month*, - - - - 2.60 AX the end of the Year, S.00 No paper discontinued until all arrearages re paid, except at our option. ADVERTISEMENTS. Will be inserted at two dollars per square for the first, and one dollar per square lor each subsequent insertion. A square to consist of the space of 12 lines. Brevier type. No advertisement considered less than a Hquarc. The Great Victory. It is now certain, says the Richmond Sentinel, thnt tho late victories near Fredericksburg were the most decisive of the war. Gen. Lee himself has so declared ? The number of prisoners captured is still uncertain?mix to ten thousand. The I ohm of the enemy supposed to be five to ten times aura. The number of our killed estimated by aome at eight hundred to a thousand A large number of our wounded reached here last evening. About one hundred eaptured Yankee officers arrived by the same train. The Equirer anys : As to the materials of war, wo have heard no estimate, but nre informed that, as for knapsack*, haversacks, overeats and coals the ground was literally covered. Thousands of arma were scattered over the held. Fifty three pieces of artillery were captured The prisoners aie said to number teu thousand. The condition of the wounded brought to the city is moat remarkably good. The very large number that wnlked to the hospitals, apparently but slightly wounded, waa moat gratifying. The estimate of our lost has decreased from 10.000 to 8,000, and many that we have conversed with do not think it will reach 8,000, including killed, wounded and ynissing. The Examiner reports: Our loaa in killed, wounded and missing la roughly estimated st ten thousand The enemy's killed and severely wounded alone it ia thought will amount to that number, leaving out of the account his slightly wounded who escaped, and the seven or eight thousand prisoners who have been taken. A gentleman who walked over the ground alter the battle informs us that for ten miles around Chancelloraville the Yankee dead almost literally cover the face of the earth- From a casual observation he estimates the enemy's loss as five timet greater than ours. We have been unable, in the confusion attendant upon the arrival of the wounded to obtain any satisfactory details of the respective loss of our different regiments and batteries. There are many wild stories of regiments being "cut to pieces," which are unworthy of credit or repetition. The army intelligence office will, in a few days, be able to give to all who hnve friends or rela him iu mo anuj , uuiucnuc juiortuauuo re garding them. A correspondent of the Enquirer write* concerning tbe main battle at Chancellorstrills: Our loaeea are fully 6000, whilat those of the Yankeea are confessed to be fully 36|000, and about thirty pieces of artillery. We have captured very near 8,000 prison* rs, aod have lost, ^1 suppose, about 1000 prisoners. These results of the light point looat conclusively to a most brilliant Confederate victory. We have captured one Brigadier General and any quantity of field and staff officers. Generals Slocumb, Howard aod O'Neill, of the Yankee army, are reported killed, and "Fighting Joe" said to be slightly tirai?i'v.? - ? ? i ? ? ? 4* - * wvuuuuu. ucirr urn uno muny ouier good and true officers and men who have fallen, but our report would be too lengthy to enable ua to make mention of all, no, preaum ing that my report ia long enough, I will cloae. Gen Lee's Congratulatory Order. Headquarters Army Northern Va., May 7, I8d3. General Ordert No. 69?With heartfelt gratification, the General Commanding ex preeaea to the army hia aenae of the heroic conduct displayed by the officers and men during the arduoue operations in which IK?f knffn inat Kaan ? / -?-J? wuuci Hying vieiaaitndea of heat and atorm, yon attacked the enemy, atrongly entrenched in the deptha of a tangled wilderneia. and again on tbehilla of > rederiekaburg, fifteen milea diatant, and by your valor triumphed on ao many flelda, and forced him once #iota to teak aafaty beyond the Rappahao nock. While glorious victory entitle* you H to the praise and gratitude of the nation, ot we are especially called upon to .return gratefully our thank* only to the Giver of ba Victory for the signal deliverance he lias co wrought. It ia therefore earnestly recommended to the troops to unite on Sunday next in ascribing to the Lord of Hosts Che glory due Hi* name. Let us not forget in th oo: rejoicing the brave soldiers who have ac fallen in defence of the country ; and while hi we tnourn their loss, let us resolve to emu- pa late their noble example. The uriuy and re country alike lament the sentence for a time re of one to whose bravery, energy and skill er they are so much indebted for success ? ou The following letter front the President of a the JCoufederate States is communicated to fe the army, as un expression of his upprecin- > lion of your services : gc "I have received your despatch, and reve- ht rently unite with you in giving praise to tJ?i God for the success with w hich He hna w crowned our arms. In the naiue of the people. I offer their cordial thanks to your *'i sell and the troops under your command tr< for this addition to the unprecedented aerie* ?ti of great victories your army has achieved re The universal rejoicing which has been pro- all duced by this happy result will be mingled wi with general regret for the good and brave wi numbered among the killed and woended." fr? (Signed,) It. E. LEE. tin Stoneman's Qrand Bounds M General Stoneman, who conducted the en cava raid against the rail ronds in Vir I Li ginia, has certainly distinguished himself, > and must commaud the admiration which w< honorable and high minded antagonists Gi moat always accord to sucli instances 011 Why he was permitted to take such a J"' round w ith comparatively little molestation, ? and to take otf so many of his men salVIv, is a question demanding attention and in Li quiry. That our readers may understand the nature and extent of this movement, we 11(1 .L ^ >. - . rv give vne ronowing summary noin the Kich- v" inond Enquirer : The Yankee forces lately engaged in r?( raids upon the rail road*, were composed of '"I twenty .eight regiments, all under (Jen. Ku h'toneman, a force of at least 15,000 men ry The detachment of 10 large a body of troops upon auch an expedition, w hile a battle like that just fought in Spots) Ivnnia was in actual delivery, will remain one of the inexplicable manoeuvres of Yankee th strategy. Fifteen thousand cavalry is a 6l most formidable force, mid. judiciously used 5t! .U- i. j - - UII lie uauir lirnl, llllglll 11J * t' C.'lUiflJ ll? IT Uy reparable Ion Hut I looker hat aeen fit to vit expend thia formidable force, not upon the wi battle-field, but upon the undefended rail- Vi roada, and what dnmage has he dona ' ho From all we can gather, three engines br have been partially destroyed, the raila torn tal up at aeveral pointa on the lines, creating a no delay of transportation of poaaibly two or im thrae days. The exact amount of the injury Ini done to the rail ronda hae not been aacer- an tained, and the rumors and reporta are ao tri conflicting and contradictory that it ie folly eel to repeat them. We learn from a gentle, gr man who was captured bv them at Ash. W land, and whose horse was taken, that no on damage was done to cars, except, perhaps, no to the engine ; that the force was expecting tin to be captured ; that a Col. Davis, coinman un ding the force, so expressed himself ; thut gr hungry, dispirited and jaded, many of the I in men expressed openly a desire to be cap. re> tured. eri Another pnrty under Col. W'mdhnm pasr.- tei ed through Louisia county to wurds Colum- bu bia, on the canal, and being followed by (ien. \V. II. F. Lee, were overtaken and bfi dispersed with s loss of thirty prisoners and c^, aix kiilsd. The destruction or injury of jj? the canal was prevented by Gen. Lee, who ^ was uuable to follow them upon their re un treat from the blown sod jaded condition u,4 of bis horses. pU The enemy, about five hundred strong, (cavalry,) entered Ashland about half past \(] four o'clock, on Sunday aftftnoon, nnd piled t|l( up a number of logs on the rail road track, his to obstruct the poseage of the down train, anl which aoon after appeared. Aa it came up, tju they took possession of it, set tire to the j engine and several of the cars, aft.ir robbing ' mail car* of about a peck of miscellaneous as letters, (nor.e of any importance,) nod de (,'n taching a portion of the train containing let about two hundred sick and wounded Con- (hi federates, a part of whom escaped the rest ma were paroled * of They tore up some twenty-five feet of the track at Ashland Station, and performed a similar "feat'' some half a mile below, beeidea breaking into a small wooden culvert. The whole amount of damage will be repaired by to-day. thi From Ashland they proceeded to Atlee's, thi on the central railroad, which they reached yesterday morning, where they tore up a coi portion of the track, and came down to the thi Chickahominy and destroyed the bridge? Ch The damage done hsre was very slight the an< bridge being a small concern, and the real Rii of the damage hardly worth mentioning. bei I Another parly visited Hanover Ceorl ? nunc Mid burned I he depots, lining no her injury worthy of note. They then proceeded down the North >uj< of the Chicknhominy. direction their uraetu*arda Williamsburg. Northern News Petfksrukg, May 10?The Kxpreaahas e New York World of the 7th, w hich knowledge* the defeat of Hooker, and h retreat In (lie North bunk of the Rapihannoek. It aaya I.? ! in being heavily forced Again a victory. Sedgwick's treat begun at midnight but una diacov. ed by the rebels who played terrible hav! nil illM llflfitntina killiiwv un^ r -vv,,w? " " "R MMU Inxge number. The World my# it* wor*t nth of the result of I looker's efforts are ore lhac continued. He has been outmeraled and outfought. Nothing has been ard from Sloiiemnn up to Wednesday ght. It is generally believed that his hole force is captured The World auva Heintzleman is on bis ay 'o I looker with thirty thousand fresh ?ops. and eighteen thousand coining from lotlier quarter. {Suffolk of course. The porter hopes these will enable the Federt to retrieve the disaster. Fredericksburg is recaptured by Jnckson, the fighting rs desperate. I.ong-'treet'a forces rushed no tSutlolk and arrived in time A paril list of the killed and wounded, are giv ; among the former are Urig. Gen Molt, iij Gen. Il .rrv, of Maine, Hrig. Gen. Schuleling, 14tli corps, and seventeen t.'oionels, eutensnl t'olouels and Majora, and twenI1-.... J i . nnu ilU'uirnanis J he miididarv liii*f;idier liencrnl Whipple, nrral Devine of Maine, Hsverely ; thirtye Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels and Ma ?, and fiflv two Captains and Lieutenants innny mortally. Ynllnndingliuin is at the Burnett House, ocinnali, under a strung guard. Ilalleck hns ordered all the store* and her valuables to be removed from Acquia eek Over four thousand rebel prisoners have ached Washington up to Wednesday ;ht. Captured in the recent battles Ten in* of the celebrated New Orleans nrtillc were alao captured icitement a#the North?Arrest of V&llandigham IaCKSoN, May II. ? A apeciul dc?pntch to e Appeal says the Chicago Timet, of the ti, pubdnhes n despatch, dated Cincinnati, h, which says Valliiiidigliain was arreted a coinpauy of soldiers, on a charge of dating liurnaide's death o'der Soldiers re distributed through tlie neighborhood I'landigham advised every person to go me The soldiers then surrounded and oke open his house Vallandighuin ha* ten high grouod, declaring that he wit I t &n?wer the military. He will he tried mediately, forties nave gone to Cleveid to ntlempt to get up a writ of Kalrat rj'Ut ill the United State* Northern Dis ct Court of < Mtio. Vallaodighsm haa been nt to the barrack* His arrest created eat excitement in Montgomery Cour.lv agon idfta of people flocked to Dayton, hearigg the news Hurt aide aerit cann and troops into Dnyton Pistol* were ?d at 10 p m , when the Journal office d other building* were burned, the tele aph Wire* cut, and the bridge of the (Jo mbua and Xenin Knilroad burned. The lidiince of Col. Ilarral, the I'rovost (ten il, and others were threatened. The la it advirea state that i'hillio*' linu.? > rned I.atf.R ?^Northern dates of the 10th have en received They contain the following irgea ngsmat Vall?ndigh?m: On or about ; first May. he addre?a?d n large meeting Mount Vernon, Ohio, dec lwring the war necessary and crilel. and not waged for I preservation of the Union, hut for the rposa of crushim; liberty and establishing ipoii-m ; denounced Hur"side's Order i. 38 as a bane usurpation of arbitrary nu iritv, and that the psople should inform minions that thev had uaorped pow.-r i they wo..Id not submit to audi re?tricns. The rr.spkctiva loss or the Northers d Southern a knie* in the Batter or lahcellohhvii.lr ?Frofll t surgeon wt.o t Fredericksburg on Thursday, we learn it the auigeona in (jeneral Ia-c's army ke tli* following approtimate estimate our loss in Uie recent-battles : Wounded, 7.000 Killed yoo Musing 1,200 Total, .... 9,100 This estimate ii liberal, and It is K?li?.--.A it our actual Iota will fall below rather 10 aiceed that aum. The enemy'a loaa ia more a nubject of ijecture, but from the number of dead kt encumber the ground for mile* about ancelloraville and behind Frederickaburg. i the priaonera now on their way to ehmond, it la believed that it muat be [ween twenty and twenty live thousand. Richmond Exammtr i Death of General Jackson. The intelligence of the death of the no. ble Slonewad Jackson full" like a thunderIxilt upon the heart* of the people of the Confederacy. The telegraph announces that he died at Guinea Station on 'lie 10th instant, froin the continued effect* of hia wound and nn attack of pneumonia. A nn I m>n mourns the loss of a great and (rood man, and one whose services were scarcely second to those of the noble I<ee himself. General I.ee nnnounces his death in Geu'l. Orders No, 61. as followa : Willi deep grief, the Commanding General announces to the army the death of General Jackson, lie expired on the 10th, at a quarter past 3 p ui. The daring, skill and energy of this great and good soldier, by the decree of a wine Providence,are now lost to us, but while w4 mourn liia death, we feel that his spirit still lives, and will inspire the whole army with his iudomita hlo courage and unshaken confidence in God, our hope and our strength. I.et his name be the watch-word to his corps, who have followed him to victory on many fields. I*et the officers and soldiers emulate his invincible determination to do everything for the defence of our beloved country. (Signed) R K. I.I.K, General. i lien. Jackson. Ths Richmond Examiner gives the following version of the wounding of Gen. Jackson : At midnight, on Saturday night, his men hei ing drawn up In line of battle, a body of troops was seen a short distance in advance-of our line. It being doubtful whether they were friends or enemies. Gen. Jackson and staff rode forward to ascertain. Whilst he was engaged in rcconnoitering, his men being unaware of 1 bis movement, mistook himself and staff for J enemies and fired a volley into them, instantly ' killirg one of bis staff and severely wounding Gen. Jackson and Msj. Crulchfield. One bullet passed through the General's light hand, whilst another struck his left arm below the elbow and ranging upward, shattered the hone near the shoulder. He instantly fell to the ground. His brother in law, who was with him, laid down beside him to ascertain the character of hie wounds. In a moment the unknown troops in front, who proved to be the enetur, advanced and captured two other staff oAcer* I who were standing over the General without noticing hiin. Soon after, four of our inen placed hiin on a stretcher, and were bearing i him to the rear, when they were all shut down, j The injury to his right baud is severe, one of the bones having been shot away, but it is bej lieved he will ultimately recover iu use. General Forrest's 1>ate Victorv ? | General Forrest's recent grand dei>ur from Spring Hill in Middle Tennessee, to Courtland, Alabama, and thence through the Northern portions of Alabamu and Georgia, 'in pursuit.o! the enemy, was the uiont brilliant performance of the preaenl revolution, if not in the history of wars from liuie Immemorial. If before this, his deeds were not sufficient to ensure his name an immor talitv, this last b"Id exploit would of itself establish hiin beyond per adventure, the greatest of cavalry chieftains. To start from the centra^ portion of Tennessee to the North of Alabama to the assistance of another gallant officer, there to meet and iiuiu in cnecs a lorce Willi cavalry, artillery I and infantry, double that nf hia own veteran j command, to pursue theui through Courtland, then to turn in pursuit of another pur ty, '2000 strong, already in the alart of him to ao op) oaite direction, nearly a hundred milea, to follow them through a mountainous region one hundred and eighty milea, and at last to overtake them and compel them to surrender to 430 of Ins men, la a feat a > mom-llou* a* to seem incredible if the facta did not establish the reality of the occurrence?Chattanooga Rebel. The Wheat Crop.? The Montgomery, (Ala,) Advertiser haa the information from every section of the country that the proapecta for a large crop of wheat the present year, ?re better and brighter than they were ever known before. An manual breadth of land was put in wheat lust fall, and thua far it hne entirely escaped injury. The season haa been peculiarly favorable, and in aome places it is now considered beyond nil danger. In some portions of Alabama? and the Register presumes the same is true in regard to other Slate#?the breadth of land in wheut is an great that the lew inhabitants left in those sections of country will not be able to mi?? tl?? ? Fifty Dollars Reward. IWILI. pay the above rewardTor the apprehension and lodgment in jail of Terrell, a alare who haa escaped from juatice. Said Terrell ia about Six feet, three inches kifiaK a nl.. 1? 1 * * -i? i njionen ; <1 urk complexion, and hie front tee'Ji very much broken or loat ? Suid negro waa convicted on Saturday laat of perpetrating a rape on the peraon of a white woman?the wile of a volunteer. KLENOR SIMS. Laneaater Diet , 8. C , April 89,1883 19 4 ' Tribute of RespectAt a meeting of tho lumbers of ths "DeSaiissure Light Artillery," held at Camp Gilbert, May 4th 18K3. Usui. 8. M. Richardson was called to the Chair and Serg't. J. P. Khame appointed Secretary, 'the Chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to pay a tribute of respect to the ..... ..r ...... .) i J iiv.iiui j ua v ii i Ucconncu cuiiuhuii 111 urulh, Corporal Julius J? Cooper, who departed this life at the Ladies Hospital, Columbia S C. on the ? day of April last On mo- 1 I lion of l.ieut. A. A. Gilbert the chairurtui I appoiuLed a committee of three, consisting 1 of l.ieut. Gilbert, Corp'l. Cross and Corpo- I nil Duun, to prepare a suitable tribute ; tho 1 Committee otter retiring a short time, re- 1 turned and through their chairman, who ' briefly mid louchingly eulogised the char acter of the deceased, submitted the follow, ing tribute which was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be published in the "Sumter Watchman," "Camden Confederate" and "Lancaster Ledger," and a copy sent to fcmily of the deceased. The circumstances which have assembled ua together are those of bereavement and sadness. Our roll, so long blessed with deliverance from the blackened marks of death, has at Icogth been brokeu. Julius J. Cooper has been taken from ua and ia no more. A sad breach hay been made, carry* iug away from our companionship and In ding w ithin the narrow limits of the cold, dark gr?ve?n loved comrade and genial, warm hearted friend?one whose presence was the signal of good cheer at the mesa, table or around the camp lire, while it gave encouragement and resolution amid tho I >? icnuurA ui niB camp, oecuiise he loitered not in the hour of trial or of danger, I and with the true zeal of patriotism discharged with cheerfulness the duties of (lie soldier, and met, without complaint, the pri valions, disappointments mid irritations of the camp. The light of such a countenance t gone out from our midst, produces dark* ness indeed, dissipated alone by Hie reflection that it is infinite wisdom, which cannot err, that created the melancholy void. lienealh the Almighty hand we bow, whilst with hearla swelling up with emotion, we shed the tear of hallowed pain ?nd regret for the departure of ou^ cherished friend, ilia memory will eve^ie dear to us, be embalmed within our hearts as a precious jewel, as "Apples of gold in pictures of silver," to decorate and adorn our altars of friendship and affection, and us the tado less wreaths of virtue and truth, there too 1 entwined, emblems of his north and char[ acter. To his bereaved relatives nnd friends > we extend the warm hnud of sympathy. ? | Our loss is heavy but liie^^i* heavier ? I \\ ith them a more tender i^^Mcred lie has | been aevered and the aliarp of bereave inent penetrates the mor^Vallowed preI cincls of the ^>eurt Let tlietn be comfor: ted by the remembrance of h:s virtues and I the high esteem in which ho was held, by I the onod hone of his ?tein?l ?.ill suit Vis " - w - fc--" ??' the reflection "it is God who hus bereaved thein " Fine Stook. My though-bred Horse DAPPLE JOHN I will stand the ensuing Spring Season, commencing the lirst week In March, at iny I resilience near Hanging Knrk. DAPPLE John is full-blooded Jenus aud Canadian. He Is ao well known in this section that it ia scarcely necessary to say anything ia commendation of hia superior qualities His Coll* apeak for themselves, and they are unhesitatingly pronounced by good judges to be among the best stock of our country. Por fineness of form, spirited nppearance and activity of motion, he ia oot excelled bv aov hfirm in lh? Ml?u Marea from a distance cao ba accommodated with stabling and paaturea. Terma: for the Insurant* f Ju 00. JAMES M. INGRAM. - Feb 25, 1803, 3-if HOUSES AND LAND TOR SALE' A new and handaoine residence at private sale in the village of Lancaster S. C. eon* laining 11 upright room*, with all necesaa ry out-building* including atablea and ear* ring* houae, ami good water. * Thar* are adjoining 24 acrea choiee wood Jand which will be aold with the Houae if * deaired,. Alao that 2 atory Store aqd law office oppoaile the Court Houae. For particular# apply to A. MAYER, ,.! i n it u P or to " WM. MoiiUINNIS.^' , Columbia 8. C. | May ?. 1863, 13-if Tha Charleston Courier, and Columbia Carolinian Mill publish triweakly for oaa mooiri ana lorwara Dill 10 una office. JUST RECEIVED. 10 piece* Fancy and Mourning PriaU. Aiao, Ijnen Cambric Handkerchief*. J B. BOW March 31, 18153, 8-tf