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LAMCASTBEyiLLE. S c7~
Wednesday Morning, Jane 3, 1863.
Mr. Joseph Clarke lias our tbankit for a bundle
oI Richmond papers. Also Mr. Win. Robertson
for similar favors.
Rev. D. J. Quigloy will accept our thanks
for a file of late papers.
Mr. F. Oamcwell Fuckctt assumes the editorial
management of the Clarendon Jfannrr.?
lie Introduces himself to the readers of the
fiannsr through a chaste and well written salutatory.
Rince our last issue we have been bleaaed
with lefresbing showers of rain, which, we
loarn, have been general throughout the Dls
trict. The weather is warm, and the prospect
for a provision crop never better.
A paper mill in Urecnville District, known
aa Dunham's Mill, was destrcytd by fire on
Monday of last week, the result, it is supposed,
of spontaneous combustion among the rag*.
At the request of a correepoodent we publish
the prmrnt address of the members of Cspt.
Foster's Company of Cavalry :
Mr.
Co. 11. Hulledge Cavalry, cars of Capt. Foster.
Pocolaligo, O. A Savannah R. K , 8. C.
Cos rink rate Cohobess.?As the duty of
electing members to Congress will devolve
upou the people the present year, it may be of
iuterest to those who do not ltoow, to state
that the present Congress expires on the Std
of February, 186 4, at which time all of the
members of the House and a portion of tho
Senators vacate their seats. The last session
of the present Congress convenes on the first
Monday in December next. Flections for membfrs
to the new Congress, if we mistake not,
wjjl be held on the Aral Wednesday in November
next in all of the Statee.
The Hewa from MiMiuippL
The reports from Vicksburg are still meagre
end somewhat uncertain, but rather more asearing
than they wtre last woek. General
Johnson's official dispatch I* encouraging, and
Is lb* latest received, being up to the 17th ultimo.
The Yankee accounts differ materially
from our own, but as they are sons fivs days
older than the dale of Gen. J:huson's dispatch,
lh*y are not entitled to much credit The
fighting, no doubt, has been desperate and up
to the 27 th ult., our uiee held their owo. It
seems to be uncertain whether Pembertoo or
Btevcueou commands at Vicksburg. Johnson
is somewhere on this side, iu rear of the enemy,
au?l we still have much reason to hope that
that sagacibu* General will yet be able to attack
Grant in a way that will ensure his utter
defeat and capture.
Important Eniti at Hand.
The impression has got abroad that a bril
liant and highly important movement is in contemplation
by the Confederate authorities.?
There are signs which favor this belief, but
whst the contemplated movement is we can
only conjecture, and would not announce it if
we knew. late issue of the Richmond Examiner
says : "There is really no occasion &>r
panic about Vicksburg. Whatever may be the
result of the military operations around it, thair
Interest will soon be eclipsed by grvater events
slsswbere- Within ths next fortnight, the
campaign of eighteen hundred and sixty-three
will be pretty well decided. The most important
movements of the war will probably he
made in that time. If the Confederate stindard
U again victorious, u may be hoped, with
much and solid reason, although mere victory
will not immediately sad the war, it will destroy
the efficiency of the eoaasy's army lor the
rest of this year. If we gain ah'that is now
fairly passible, an entirely new character will be
given to future operatioos, which will relieve
the country of half the 1 offering it has hitherto
endured. Now is the noble day, the fortunate
hour lor the Confederate array. At this time,
if ever, every man should ba at hi* post."
Militast I raws.?"Heroes," the Richmond
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, la
hie letter of the tfttb, has. the following items .
Rverybodv In town and country assures you
tfest Lee will make a forward movement some
time this week. They say Hood is in the advance,
and our cavalry sonoentrating in the
rear, etc. If Hooker if not able to foil this
movement, it will not be for the want of information.
But why do regiments cootinue to
come ibia way f
The Richmond Stammer Mfi:
Wi boar it rumored that G?n. A. P. Hill
and Gen. XwaU haee been appointed Lieutenan
I-Generate. We hope there may be truth
la the report, feeling confident that each projaotioae
rroeld be moat frelefal le the whole
ooaafp
What Does it Profit Ub 1
The following significant paragraphs are
copied from the Charleston Courier. It has
long boen a question in the minds of many persons,
whether the country has resllv derived
bent tit from the unprecedented success which
has attended the blockade runner* at Charlcston.
And the people, too, have been led to
entertain the singular suspicion that, the risk
of running the blockade doe* qot depend so
tuuch upon the strength of the blockading
squadron as it does upon the character ol the
cargo : vessels taking out cotton, or coming in
freighted with Yankee notions, rarely fail to
get through aafely; while vessels freighted with
Gorcrnmeut supplies almost invariably get
caught. All this is very well lor the gcutle.
man who are making money by the operation,
but while it has a demoralising effect upon the
public mind, it lias also the tendency, as the
Courier suggests, to protract the war.
War contractor* ami blockade runner*, North
and South, are praying and preying on th*
war, and hoping earnestly for a continuance of
the war, without reference to tha results, at*
cept in their profits. We cannot say whether
the prayer* of such persons avail much or not,
but it is a fact of fearful significance that we
are building up among u* a party who?e interests
demand acoutinuance of the war.
What proportion of the Cotton that has left
this port withiu three month* ha* reached a
tdf-eign neutral port ?
We will be under obligation* to anj friend
of competent intormatiou for *n authentic answer.
I* there much gained by suppressing distil- I
lerie* at homo?supposing they bav* been suppressed?aud
Importing Yaukce liquors from
Nassau f
Corro* KsTiMsTia.?With reference to the
ainouut of cotton which the eipeditioo of Bank*
is likely to succeed in Mealing on its route, the
correspondent of the Herald writes :
It U estimated by thvse who have the means
of knowing, thai at least two hundred thousaud
bales of cotton will coinc to this market out of
"the couutry recently occupied by our forces.?
This is a very large amount; bat 1 see no res*
son why it should not be so. General Bank*
i? determined to make the most of hia conquest
in every way, and I can aee clearly that bis
cotnpaign will fat more than pay eipenaes.?
I<ouiaiana is conquered ; it ia to all Intents and
purpose* our* ; and Jeff. - Davis may make up
his tnind fully that such is the case, no matter
how disagreeable the dose may he.
Important Meeting in Mew York?A
Demand for Peaoe.
It appears that another meeting has teen
held in New York city, on the eubjecte ot the
proceeding! in the case of Mr. Vallandigham
and of the war. The resolves adopted by this
meeting are the boldest yet put forth by any
Northern community. They are unconditionally
opposed to the war, and in favor ol immediate
.peace. They denounce the administration in
unqualified terms, and reprobate in the aroogeat
language its invasion of personal liberty
in the proceedings against Mr. Vallandigham.
They further disclaim the action of the leading
Democrats of Albany in putting forth an ad>
drees whose sentiments ou the subject of the
war are obnoxious to those who adopted these
resolutions. The speeches on the occasion
were bold and defiaut. They contain none of ,
the cant against the rebellion which has been
indulged by prominent Northern politicians dis<
approving of the proceedings against Vallan.
digham?and they show no truckling to the
despotism at Washington by claiming credit
for helping on the war 1 The resolutions and
speakers were for once consistent and manly.
Tut Yaskbbs on Follt Islahp.?The Yankee*
seem to be quite busy with their preparations
for a lengthy stay on Folly Island. Tbsy
have cleared out all the brush and bushes under
the tall pines, which attend nearly to the North
end of Big Folly, and have pitched their leu is
underneath lU shadea Large fires are to be
seen daily, showing that they are eitending
their clearing operations towards the Nouheru
end of the Inlet. Immediately iu front of their '
camp, thSy have thrown up sen 1 fortifications I
ww fi nr. it art inn fiDuinat in* aifeoh ittwvr* ?K?? I
r -n? "* "*v -"-v- j
and in front of these again appear* to be a '
heavy abattia. from the tnid*l of the pine* .
arises a tall ob*ervator?, recently erected, similar
to the one at Secession ville, but somewhat
higher, overtopping the tallest pinee, and giving
from ita lummit au attended view. Their
pickets aie still stationed at Little Folly, separated
from ours, on lb* Southern end o< Merria'
island, by the inlet, across which frequent conversations
have been held. They bars also a
flat in the creek back of Folly Island, with a
tent pitched upon it, need doubtless at night by
an outlying picket. They seem to be on the
alert, and aae every precaution by day and
?? *??> to present a surprise.? ChmrUiton Conrirr.
The Richmond Kxtmitur state* that the
aasooat of Confederate S'ates Treasury notes
bearing date anterior to December last, was
600,000,000. All of these, it says, "will soon
have been converted into bouda, or if not, will
cease to be curreocv altogether. Thus, five 1
hundred million* of currency will he wiped, aa
currency, Irani existence ; end the money man ,
kct be relieved by the heaviest depletion ever j
known in the annele at nubile fininr? " The >
notes must be Rinded before August 1, 180J.
The Herald adr iaee a chaoge ot but of llooki
et'a eimy, and say a experience and com j?on
sense plead strongly in faror ot nosing upon
Richmond by war of James riser, according to
the plan of Gen. MoCleUan.
On Saluday all tbe sugar iu Atlanta was
Mtma Dj to* uoT?ro??nt Th* Confederal*
Coa^iiiiOBMt u*d*r ih* imprranMot ?* &x*d
lb* p*M <4 fttptr at Tfc ?Mi
TELEGRAPHIC.
Northern NewtRichmond.
Mar 27.?Northern d?t*? of )>?.
2f>th, contain full and exulting account* ot vicloriaa
at Baker Crvek and Big Black Biidga.?
The/ claim to hare captured several tliouaand
priaoner* in the two battle*. The Herald saya
the Pi evident ha* received detaila from Grant,
ahowing that be had lougbt five battles, captured
64. gun* and 2,400 prisoners. On the
19th, there was heavy lighting near Vicksburg.
Sherman lost 601) men. Steele holds the rebel
water batteries. Ou the 20th, Steele carried
the rille pits on the North The right of the
army rests ou the Mississippi, above Vicksburg.
A petition i? in circulation in Ohio, demanding
of the President the unconditional raleaae
of Yallandighani.
Sewn from Mexico atatea that the siege of
Puebla ha* been suspended until the arrival of
reinforcement*.
The Navy Department baa received information
that Far rag u l is actively bombarding
Port Hudson.
The Nashville Union, of the <2d, haa date*
from Cairo to the Tuth, Colonel Clairtou made
a raid on Selma and Little Rock, dealt oying
two hundred thousand bushels of corn and several
large building* containing commissary
tores, and many grist mills. He encountered
a rebel brigade, and after a small engagement
retreated. Colonel Hatch made a raid from
Corinth, bringing in lour hundred prisoners
and aix hundred horses. He encountered the
rebel* near Tallahatcbio and escaped unhurt.
He says the rebel* have evacuted Farmington,
after destroying the batteries.
Ksw Yokk, May 21.?Beast Butler haa been
summoned to Washington. It is believed he
hM been appointed to a department, Geo. Curtis
being relieved.
Meagher's resignation has been acceDled.
Arrangements are being perfected to add
100,000 cavalry within aix month*.
Siege of Vicktburg?Offloiel Dei*
petohee.
The following despatches, from General Pernbarton,
the commander at Yickaburg, were
aent to Jackson, Mississippi, and from thence
telegraphed to !'re?ideut Davis :
VicEnnuao, May So.?The enemy aaaaulted
our eiitrenchmeuta veaterday on our centre and
left. They were rrpu'eed with her.vy loaa. Our
loss in email. The enemy'a force ia at least sixty
thouaand.
Vicksbcro, May 21.?The enemy kept up a
heavy artillery fire yeeterday. Two of our guna
were diatuouuted in the centre ; our worka,
however, were uninjured. Their aharpahootera
picked off officer* and men all day. Our worka
were repaired and our guna replaced laat night.
Our men are encouraged by a report that Geueral
Johnatou ia naar with a large army, and
are in good spinU
. 2 p. m.?We have had briak artillery and
musketry firing from gun-boata.
3 p. m.?During the paat two days pansporta
with troopa have gone up the river.?
Their destination ia unknown.
Richmond, May 28.?An official Telegram
from Gen. Johnston. dated 27lh inat. state*
that Gen. Stavenaon report* hard fighting haa
been going on at Vickeburg since Tuesday of
last week, with continued succeaaes, and that
the men are confident and in fine epirite.
Mobile, May 28.?A special dispatch from
the reporter of the Advertiser and Register,
dated Jackson, 27th iaat. says :
Reporu from below state that Bar.ks haa
| croaeed his army at Bayou Sara.
Federal deeerters confirm the report that
greet carnage occurred during the engagement
before Vicksburg
Grant aent a flag yoetardar about the aiek
and wounded.
Petn barton U burning Tar and using other
dieiiifecuiila to save hie troop* from the effect*
of the eteuch cauaed be the Federal dead lying
in front ot our works.
The slauguter o( the Federals is far greater
than during any battle since the war com.
menced
The Mississippi an states that two gunboat*
were eunk at Vicksburg, during a recent engagement.
The Miaeieeippian, of Tuesday evening conmine
a report ot Saturday's battle at Vu-ksburg,
which reuresente it to have been the ino?i
stubborn of the ? r.
News hu been received from Memphis at
Hrruada and believed at Memphis, that Helena
haa been racapUtrad by the Confederates. Af
terward* a telegram was received from Oxford
at Ganada, which aeya Helena waa aaptured on
Monday laat.
A man trom the river who haa reached Cantoo
aeya, ha read a dilpatch directed to Col.
Ferguaon, that Marmaduka bad retaken Helena,
and hanged a regiment of negr^ee, (340) with
the Yankee officers.
The tjuartenaaeler at Canton aeya poallivaly
that the aiatement may be relied on.
Yankee gunboats ara reported to have arrived
at Yaaoo city.
Jackson, May it.?Com. Brown rank four
boeta in Yaxoo Mieer, which blockaded it, savlug
all the others.
The Federals bee# been so severely
punished in their different assaults upon Vickaburg
that they have fallen back and gone to
fortifying.
Their numeroua dead Mill lie on the field,
and the stench ta awful. Their loss is various
ly estimated at trom 10,000 to tft.000 men.
They are reported to be hauling aeige guns
from Snyder's Bluff. ,
TK<> rnM il?U ik.i n: _i a
. ,.v; ? - ?? ? <?? mciiinonu wm
taken, and that all they had to do was to take
Vicksburg and end the war. They were shelling
thia morning.
Mobile, May 29.?A special despatch from
the the reporter o( the Mobile Advertiser and
Register, at Jackson, says that the enemy retired
from the immediate front of our forlifycallona
at Vicksbuig, and is reported to be forth
I V***r 5oro* 10
Yankee Acconnta from Vicksburg.
RicniiOM), May 48.?A copy of the iV. Y.
Herald of the J6th Inat., has been rereived.?
Com. Porter's official dispatch to the .Secretary
of the Nary ia published. It gives the particulars
of the capture of llaiues Bluff ou the 18th
iirat., with the gun*, tool.*, camp equipage and
all kinds of ammunition, enough to last a long
aiege, but as the gun carriage* may again fall
into the hand* of the enemy, they were burned.
The magazine was blown up and the works,
generally, deatroyed.
Ou the 19th instant, aiz mortars were placed
in position, with orders to tire on Vickeburg
uight and day, rapidly as they could.
Intelligence of the probable fall of Vicksburg
lead to a decline in gold and exchange, which
had reacted upon pronuce, and atocks. The
gold market clotted at 142 6-8tli*.
Pktzrsuuro, Va., May 28.?The Baltimore
jtmrrican of the ?dth in St., evening edition,
publishes dispatches from Vicksburg reported
as official, dated >7iday night. May 22, 9 o'clock,
1*. M.. which says:
"An ordnance officer writes?our lose is not
verv heavy for the position we have gained.
The rebels make lirtn resistance. I think we
hall have the place to morrow. We dompletely
circle the town and to.night our men hava
colors planted ou the enemy's works and are
lying on ike extreme alope.
linn and mortar boats are iu front of Vicka|
burg, and we have captured thus far 6,UU0
prisoners w^th 74 pieces of artillery.
Grant ia in good spirits.
If we take \ Ickaburg we shall secure 1,6000
prisoners with f euiberton k Co.
(Signed,) 8. C. Lvroan.
Vtllandlgham in Tenneuee.
Fostkbtilli, Tenn., May IS.?Vallandigbatn
reached our lines under a flag ol truce this
morning, from Murtreeaboro. Gen. Martin refused
to recognize the flag. The enein<r' then
left him between the lines at hie own request.
Gen. Martin received him as a citizen of the
United States, banished from his home and
country, becauae he had dared to resist a tyrannical
government.
St. Loci*, Mo., May 26.?The rebel guerillas
captured the town of Richmond on Tuesday
with the Union force* which occupied it. They
a'ao plundered Plattaburg and took $11,000
belonging to the State.
Muaraauaoao', May 26.?Large bodies of
rebel cavalry are goiug Southward.
Ureckenridgee' Corps haa (alien back from its
advanied position.
There is considerable talk of danger in the
vamnet.
Under [the Beast,] ia mentioned aa Stanton's
successor.
Tullahoma, May 2*.?Tlie Federal hare exiled
Vallanu igtiain, and he was brought unde.
a flag of truce yesterday, and left by them on
neutral ground, immediately io Iroot ot our
picket* at Foaterrille. He ia now at Shelbyvilla.
Naw Flocb.?The Montgomery Adver titer
ia informed that a quantity ot new wheat, raised
on the larm of P. T. Grave*, Esq , ol Lowndes
county, Ala, was ground at Oapt. Edmund
llarraion's mill in that county on Saturday,
14th.
Advice* from Mexico state that the French
army at Pusbla has met with disaster after nine
ineffectual efforts at an assault. The French
loss ia put down at tiCMK), and the army retreating,
being pursued by Uie Mexican*.
Tt?e reports of auction sales in the last papers
from Cbafleston show a very desirable reduction
in prices. In some cases, goods sold
for (0 per cent. Ie?* than at previous sales,
and in but few instances did they hold former
prices.
The Washington Chronicle, of May 2fr, in|
forma its readers thai tbe Monitors appointed
to take Charleston will attempt the reduction
of the outer forts along the beach before they
| attack Fort Sumter.
"Whst will it profit a man if he gains the
whole world and loses his own soul " is a question
that was asked nearly two thousand years
ago. Many persons are now experimenting on
the answer.? Charlatan Courier.
We understand that Gen. Ira bod en, on his
return from bis expedition to Northwest Virgin)
is, captured at Hummcraville, in Nicholas coun>
ty, 40 prisoners, 20O mules, S2 wagons and
four days rations for bis command. The rest of
the Ysnkee force at that point, ran off, being
heroically resolved, like Hooker, to run wheu
they pleased.?Air A. Sentinel. 24/A.
Sotth Carolina,
lamcavtkr district.
I^Y P.Jf! HAMMOND, Esq , Ordinary
lor wmm vpmoi.
WMKRBAH, Mrs M. N. Crawford kM
applied to me for letter* of Administration
oo all and singular the Goods and Chatties,
Rights and Credit* of Dr. K. L. Crawford
late of the District aforesaid, deceased.
TID&E are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular, the kindred and
creditors of the said deceased, to be and
appear before me at our next Ordinary'a
Court tor the said district, to be holdeu at
Lancaster Court Houae oil the lAih day of
June next, to show cause, if any, why
(he said administration should not be gran
ted.
Given under my hand and aeal, this 30lh
. 4 dav ot May in the year ot our
1^ Si. > Lifti ona thouiuii.l nit/hl
/ jtttid aixly three mid in the ei^hUMvfenth
rear of the independence of ihe
State of South Carolina.
P. T. UAMMONP o v. o.
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A CARD.
Au etperienca, however limited, in tlio second
Auditor* Office, wty be useful to the
claimants of deceased soldiers. During the rei
uiainder of iny brief stay I shall cheerfully and
gratuitously exercise in behalf of the relict* or
representatives of those gallant men of this
District, who in illustrating the heroic virtue*
of their ancestors, deserve our grateful remembrance.
L. C. NORTIIOP.
Lancaster C. H.f Mar J9, 1863, It pJ
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERALS
OFFICE
Richmond, May 11th 1868.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 68.
I. The following notice, relative to exchange
prisoner*, is published for the information of
all concerned :
aXOHAN'UK NOTICE, No. 6.?The followitnr
Confederate officers and men hare
been duly exchanged, and are hereby ao do.
clared :
1. All officer* and mm who hare been dehvi
cred at City Point at any tone previous to May
6th, 1863.
2. All officer* captured at any place before
the 1st ol April, 1863, who have been released
on parole.
3. All mm captured in North Carolina or Viri
ginia before the 1st of March, 1863, who hava
been released on parole.
4. The officer* and men captured and paroled
by General 8.1*. Carter, in his expedition to
East Tennessee, in December last.
b. The officer* and men captured and paroled
by Lieutenant Colonel Stewart, at Van llureii,
Arkansas, January 2b, 1863; by Colonel Dicki
ey, in December 18C2, in hie inarch to the
Mobile and c bio Krailroad, and by Captain Cameron,
at t oruith, Mississippi, in December,
1862
6. The officer* anil men paroled at Oxford,
Mississippi, on the 23d of December, 1862, at
Desark, Arkansas, on the 17th of January,
' 1863, aiul at Baton Kouge, Louisiana, on the
28d of February, 1363.
7. All per*on* who have been captured on
the sea, or Uie waters leading to the same, or
upon the sea coast of the Confederate or United
.States, at any time previous to December
10th, 1862.
8. All civilian* who have been arrested at
any time before the 6lh of May, 1863, and released
on parole, are discharged Iroin any and
every obligation contained in said parole, if
any such person has taken any oath of aliegi*
ance to the United States, or given any bond,
or il his release was accomplished with any othi
er condition, he is discharged from the same.
9. If any persons embraced in any of the
foregoing sections, or in any section of any previous
Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared
exchanged, are in any Federal prison,
they are to be immediately released atul delivered
to the Confederate authorities.
ROBERT OULD,
Agent j*( Exchange.
Richmond, May ??h, 1863.'
11. All persons, whether citizens or soldiers,
aie expressly piohibited from using, or in any
manner interfering with fuel, or wood cut and
delivered for the use of railroads or railroad
companies. It is of the hrst importance that
this order should be observed, and it will be
strictly obeyed and enforced by the army.
By order,
(Signed) 8. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector Gsneral.
May SO. 1863. 16?6x
S. C. COLLEGE.
Facclty Room, May 11th, 1863.
THE Trustees of the South Carolina College,
at their Semi Annual Meeting of the 6th in
sunt adopted the following resolulious, and ordered
that it Ire communicated to the faculty :
Ketolved, That the Faculty give public notice
that the duties of the College wilt be re
sumed on the 1st or October next.
Ir. giving thin notice, il is due to the public
to add that measure hare been. taken to tte. .
cure possession of the building* by the 1st of
July, if possible, so that the necessary steps
may be carried out to fit them for the occupancy
of the student*.
M LaBORDE,
Chairman of Faculty.
May 27, 1601. 16?St.
F.KB8HAW ft CO V HOES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AHD
Solioitora in Equity.
LASCAS TEKVILLK, it. C.
tr Will attend proiaptly ta all buaioe**
en trusted to theia.
J. B. .V&R8IIAW, | VY. M. CONNORS
Camdca 8. C. Into caster, C. If
Aug. If, ID&9.
C B NORTHROPAttorney
at JLaw
AND
MOfslCITOK IX E41UITV,
Will practice in Lancaster and tbe neighbor,
ing District*.
OFFICE AT LANCASTERVILLE.
October 21st, 1661. S7-ly
Rafi! Raff '1
We will pay 7 cenU per pound for all
clean eoiton or linen Rag* delivered at the
Ixdgtr (.Mice, tnia being the price wbieb the
Mill* adviae ua they will allow in exchange
for paper.
April JO, 12 tf
x rosn jarnvu.
Writing paper, Envelop*, Slcel P*n*,
Spelling Uooka, An* Comb*, Tack Coraha,
Side Comb*, Shaving Soap, Pin* and Spool
Thread.
Under ledger oflSc*.
J. B. BOYD.
March 4, ! ?, 4-tf