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1 IM III % Cfiiijpt. LAMU A8TBBVILLS, Tc. Wednesday Homing, Jane 10,1863. The Crops. A tide into the lower portion of lite District, last week, enables us to speak from personal observation of the appcarace of the crops in that direction. The late rains have bad a tine effect upon the crop* of ever; description :? Corn, though not Urge, liu a very healthy and thriving appearance. The oat crop has also been much benefitted by the rain*,and promises a good yield. Early wheat u being harvested. Tlisie is some rust in the late wheat, but it is believed that the graiu is not injured. The yield oi wheal will be fully as great as was anticipated. The Sugar Caue has been planted extensively, with the view to make syrup, aud is looking /ell. The piovision crop, upou the whole, is as promising as we could ask, and * much better, peihaps, than we deserve. As regards cotton, his majesty only appears occasionally, artd then in that diminished and limi' ted extent and proportions which he has been .wont to as.-uuie since his deihiouemsnt. The Newt from VicksbargThe news fioiu Yicktburg (to be seen elsewheie) is decidedly more encouraging than were the reports of last week. The enemy has sign illy tailed to carry the place by storm ?? UU auuncu immense IOIS. Johnston, St last, is moving, with a competem force, to tbe relief of tbe beleaguered city ; and Grant, if be doe* not raise tbe siege and retire by one of the two outlets said to be open to hiui, will soon find hitusclf between two fires. Tbe news of Johnston's descent upon Grant's rear tuay be looked lor at any moineut. Public confidence in Gen. Peinberton seetus to have been restored aiuce tbe publication of j his reply to tbe demand of Grant for the sur- I render ol Vickabuig and his gallant address to ' his troops. No moie patriotic sentiment* have | been utieied by any General since the commencement of the war, and they are a fitting rebuke to thai public opinion, which, uufoi tunalely, is | loo prone to suspect the motives aud condemn j lbs acts of our public uieu, without adequate I knowledge of the facts and circumstances upon which tbe censure is based. There are accounts (somewhat scattering and unsatisfactory) of the storming of Port Hudson by the enentr, at which our tmSm, rt-.. i er?l Gardner, were eminently successful. Vast' numbers of the enemy were alaiit, among iheuj, ' General* Sherman, l'ajne and Grovsr. Port ! Hudson it will be remembered, ia our other stronghold on ihe Mississiaaippi, about 180 mile* below V jcisburg, and at arcely leaa iuipoitant to the t Voided crate* than the latter place. Por further particular* of thi* affair, we refer to the report* publiabed ou another cob . uu.n. The Comb&hee Raid The eneuiy ha* recently perpetrated a auc* ceaalul raid in thi* Stale, along the bank* ol the Coin bah r* river. Property to the value of J : about six million* of dollara was cither taken I off or dealroyed. Six or seven hundred negro* i w?r* carried away, belonging chiefly to W. C. Ueywood and C. T. I?wudes; and many thou* ; and bushel* of rice and other provisions dt* atroyed. The town of Dluffton, (as will be. seen by the reports elaewber*) was almost entirely destroyed. The vandal force consisted of three companiee of negro*, commanded by whiles. Tbsl these miscreant* should have cou.mib ltd luch depredations and made good llieir eecspe ia truly humiliating, and ahoutd ad won. iah ua to in constantly upon the aleit. It ia the dictate of prudence (says the C'arefinian) ' for our people to prepare theruaelfea every- 1 where to meet the dastardly loe that skulks in j (frrkneea and uaea diabolical msans to destroy ; .Our (ortunaa and our live*. Raids within our bordeis should be watclied and guarded agaiuat. They can be always met successfully If we are prepared lor them Let everybody make immediate preparation for Montgomery and bia Massachusetts Regiment, which is on ita way to Uillon Head to reinforce Hunter's army.? We trust our troops ou the border will not I hesitate as to their duty in welcoming them to our toil. 0>?. PcuBieroK'e Spbbch ?The Aluaifippxan pubbahea a vpeech made br General P?mb?ru>n, after three rcpuUee of the enemy. It it m folio we : You here heard that I waa iorompatent and a traitor, and that it waa my intention to eeil Vickeburg. follow me and yon will eee the coet at which I wMI eell Vickeburg. When the * Uet pound of beef, bacon and flour ; the I eat rrein of corn ; the Ipat cow, and hog, and heree, fad b**n conaumed, and the laet man wall have peri eh ed in their trencbee, then, and only then, will I eell Vickeburg. Th? 8a*annab Republican learna that flri*. flan. W#, II. T. Walker hu beau promoted tp a Hij?r Oeoeralehip. Fond Your Bills. We observe that tbe Richmond Ranks havi given public notice that they will decline to re ceive on deposit, from and after the 10th in etant, any Confederate note* which bear dan prior to the 1st of December 1862, Congres' having declared that said notes are not funda ble after the 1st of August next, at the pleasure of the holder. This action of the Ranks has, no doubt, U some extent, been anticipated by tiie public, ii; lew of tho Act of Congrees making disctimi. nation* between the bilia issued prior to lsl Decenilier laat anil bills issued since that date. By the Act of Congress all bills now in circulation are fundable in scveu per cent bonds until the 1st of August next, alter which time, the bills issued subsequent to 1st December 1862 are fundable in four per cents, and the issues bearing date prior to 1st December are not fundable at all at the pleasure of the holder.? This action of Congress, giving preference to the new issues, will have the effect to exclude the old entirely from circulation. The Banks will not receive them on deposit, and all such bills in the hands of the holders after the first of August will be worthless as a circulating medium, but will be redeemed aix months after the ratification of a treaty ol peace as indicated upon their face. These bills, tlterefore, though excluded I rom the circulation, will, nevertheless, he just as good as any other of the Government promises to pay, with the single exception that they will draw no interest. We would suggest to any of our readers who many have these old issues on hand, the propriety of fuuding them while they have ths opportunity. The asven per cent bonds will be far preferable alter the first of August. The Act of Cougrcss, nullifying the privileges which the old iesues bear upon their face, ia by no insans creditable to the Government ; but justified, to some extent, by the great redundancy of the currency and its consequent depreciation. The object, no doubt, was to force these old issues to be funded end thereby relieve the circulation to a very great extent. The effect of drawing so large an amouut from the circulation will be to render inonty scarce; to l>e followed, we trust, by a pioportiouate reduction in the price ol all of the nccetsaries of life. Particulars of the Fight at Port Hudson. u*- si-- r-n?s # - ii c gii> tui iiMiumug parucuitra 01 me uMult made by the Yankees on our fortifications at I'oit Hudson. The news, thus far, U satisfactory. We hare the greatest confidence in our Generals commanding at I'ort Hudson. With this preface, we give whet news the prisoners bring. They state that the Yankee troops had made two desperate assaults, which were repulsed with immense slaughter. When ordered to make Lhe third assault, they refused and swore they would4"not be led into a slaughter pen." Your ol the AbolitiouGenerals were seriously wounded, whose names we were unable to ascertain, with the exception of Geueral Stafford, who was shot through both legs. Genera) Grover, it is also stated, was killed. Some parts of these rumors are hardly credible ; such as that, of all the men taken by Hanks into the fight, only 3,OUO escaped.? General Hanks' entire staff was captured. Of our uegro regiment which made the assault, fiOO ware killed. We further learned hat our gallant General Gardner had given orders to take no negro soldiers prisoners. If this is'correct, we are glad to learn that he has taken the initiative in that respect, and have no doubt be will receive, which lie well deserves, the thanks of every true Southerner. rumor was prevaleut on our stieeta that the firemen of New Orleans bad raised a riot there, and had not ooly whipped the Yankee troops, but tbat General Bowen, the Yankee commander, bad been killed ; also, that the firemen had fired nearly the whole of the Third District. This, however, as touch as we wish it to be SO. reouircs confirmation Later and Cokfirmatort.?Tin following is a copy of a hasty nolo written at New Orleans just before the tout containing the prim, onars left the wharf. It is from a gentleman of high character New Orleans, Kay 29 ?Tremendous fight at Port Hudson on the 27th. Yankees driven back with a loss of 3,OOU killed and wounded. Generals Sherman, (since reported dead,) Meal Dow, Chapin, and Niekcrson, wounded Oenl era! i'ayne kills J. Negroes, to use the Urn guage of an aid of General Sherman to II, hlvaue, "massacred." They held our outworks for two hours, but the lbth Connecticut and ?<ib New Hampshire caught the infection and the whole cou. ceru broke and fled. They report the Lluiled btalea aloop of war Richmond aunk ; aowe aay it wm another veaet-1. TUia ia their own ver* aion. Baiika not in the fight. All under tha direction of Sherman Ha waa brought hero laat night. Kegiatered enemiee will anparently he iafl alooe lor a while. ? Atlanta inttllxgen etr. 1'obt Uu>ao?. ? A friend baa permitted ua to copy the following extract from a private letter, dated at Mobile the lat inai , written by a gentleman recently troin New Orleana lie aya: "I joined the amy at Port lludeon, near wbkh place I waa captured on the 2d of May. i nave dmi paroieu and am now bora. They have btan fighting at Port Hadaou, at In tarvala, tor a waak or mora. Bank* marched a regiment and a half of negroee in front and attacked tba lortiflcationa. Only 76 of tha nagroea eecaped. Tha mat ware alaughtared In the attack. Uenerala Dudly and Sherman (Yankee*) were killed. We also hear that , General Orover was killed. They loat very I neavily in officers. Sherman was riddled with < balls. The Yankees in New Orleans are low * spirited since the late battles in Virginia, at i t Vicksburg and Port Hudson." i TELEGRAPHIC. _ , Loss of the Hartford. ! , Atlanta, Juqg 2.?New Orleans refugees i state that it is fmnily believed that Karragut, t finding the llaitrord in a sinking condition and 1 t ' too weak to return past Port Hudson, stopped t I the ship and destroyed her near the mouth of Ked Kiver, Farragul with his officers and crew < are now in Near Orleans. I From Vicksburg Jackson, June 3.?All was quiet at Yicks. ' burg yesterday. There was no firing heard. ' i Grant is evidently inuking preparations for a inoveinent in some direction. The siege of Vicksburg so far is very encouraging to us. The enemy have been repulsed with immense slaughter in every attempt to storm our works, Grant will be compelled to raise the siege in a few days. The reported returning to Grand Gulf or storming of our works is looked for within the nest forty-eight hours. The Memphis bulletin, of the SOlb, claims 6,U(fO prisoners at Young's Point. The news from Yicksburg is not considered stimulating. The slaughter on the part of the Federals is not so lartze as at first. 1 The piece is closely invested, end no.appre- 1 ticnsiniis are felt as to the reeult. The greatest * confidence is felt in regard to the result at Vickshurg. The interesting details of Thursday's and ' Friday's tight at Vicksburg are coining on.? (riant used cotton bales for moveable breast . works in their attack. 1'einberton mounted 200-pounders and directed Ins tire at tne cotton balss, mowing 11 down who'c platoons of the enemy. An official dispatch states that the enemy's loss, including the action st Maker's creek, is * i.OOU. > . * Confidence in Gen. remberton since his an- * swer to Graut is lully restored. No leais aic telt as regsids the result either ^ at Vicksburg or I'drt Hudson. Moun t, June 4.?Gen Johnston commenced , ( hit advance from Canton towards Vicksburg, is the Yazoo, ou the 30th May. Hit army ta iu splendid condition and spirits buoyant. t From the United States. ] KlCIIMOsn, June 3. ? Northern dates to the 1 1st received. y Dispatches from Grant to the 2iith received at the War Dcpai tment, represent the seige as progressing satisfactorily, and that he is abundantly able to maintain the investment and re- * pel any aitack on his rear. ] A dispatch from Vicksburg on the afternoon p of the 28tli says, no further tightiug since Monday * A dispatch from Murfreesboro' on the 2Mb sutes that Grant since J-unday made something '' like a general attack upon ihetuhcl woiks, but failed to cairy them, and had thereupon con- 0 eluded the place was loo strong to be taken by 11 assault, and had opened a terrible, sustained '' tire with arulleiy. P Another dispatch of the 26th states that on r the evening of ihat day i>siul>erton had asked d a truce tor two hours and a hall to bury his ^ dead, which we granted 11 Caiao, 31st. ? A dispatch says the fighting P on Monday lasted six hours. The battle was 11 enewed on Tuesday. Few, if any, of our bat- ^ teries have bceu taken, flanks' forces have ' not arrived. 44un nriwms ! , - - f ?l?|lb. I They will b? aenl to Indiana poha. | ? The Herald *a)? that accoiding to latest ad- I1 vices Pstuherlon will be able to hold out till ^ Johnston raises (he Beige and engages Giant in ? battle ^ 11 Porters official dispatch states that the eipe 0 diliou oeiit up the Yazoo destroyed and captured 1 propeity valued at two millions of dollai*, iin '* eluding three powerful rants, una monster 31U. 11 feet long, itnbuiehed. The Peueial loss was ? one killed and seven wounded. " Gen Kurnside has .communicated to Gen. Bragg hia deterininalioii to hang all rebel offi ' cera hi bis liauda in Case of relahatioii for the two spies tried and executed according to the l' u ages of %ar. M __ h From Eiobmond " IlicuuoSD, June 4.?The lateet returns indi U cate the election of Kz Governor Smith as Governor, ami Samual Price as Lieutenant Gover- . nor, of Virginia. * Kcur ot the candidates, members of the last ^ Cougreaa have been' defeated, viz; Garrett, Lyons, Butler and Preston. Tha Tiedfcai worka are r.gain in full blast. The machinery destroyed during ti e late tire having beeu replaced they can now curu out , guns rapidly. ^ Bicumond, June 4.?Yallandighain in hia ^ idill t'lffl to tlie tJ iE?i? ? *l- - v? x/MlU IIUIll tllC military prison at Ciucinnati, on tha twenty* w second trfM.y, 863, declared ha shall reeog* I [J uue allegiance to tin own State and Govern. q mailt wharesoaver he may be, as being in all things just tha same as it he remained *u|>oti the oil. m From Mobil* Mount, June 4.?Refugees at Pascagoula report another brilhant victory at Port Hudson. c| Hanks is aaid to have loat an arm. . Tha corn cro(>* ia Alabama and Western y Georgia aie in a moat flourishing condition, f and promisee an abundant yield. Tha late rains have been /cry beneficial. From Charleston* CasaLBrroH, June 4.?An official dispatch from Gen. W. S. Walker, dated at Pocataligo j report that the enemy fired the town of Blun* * ion to*aay, out our I ore eg engaged them and I V prevented their further advance. later dispatch from Lt. CoL Johnston to 1 Gen. Walker, say* : f "We are now in Hluffton, which place is in lames. The enemy have retired. No one hurt in our side. "In the raid on Combaheo, the enemy car? tied away about 100 negroes, and destroyed early a million of dollars worth of property. IMPORTANT H0M1R. A geiltleillRII Ol ttilS I Mty who arrived last evening from Montgomery, | Ala., says tliut when lie left that place, there < was a report from Vieksburg that Puiubcrton I made a feint ot evacuating part of hi* work*, < whan the enemy rushed in, only to be met with immense slaughter frotu artillery placed i io as to take them with n taking fire. I It is also reported tliat Johnson has an army >f 40,<10(1 men ready to move upon Grant's I ear,?Montgomery Daily Confederate, Jane 1. < From Kcropk.?News from Kurope to the | 19th has been received. In the House of I Lords Marquis Clauricaide denounced the seizire of hritish vessels by United States cruisers I is a violation ot the laws of nations. ] Russell defended the cause of the American jovernmeiil. lie said all their coinuiuiiica- I ions showed they fully lespect international , aw. The law-olliecra of the Crown report no < national ground of objection to the decisions of | be prize Courts. i Lord Derby lully concurred. Russell thought *1 very allowance ought to lie made for provocation, I Kevtrdy Johnson, in it recent letter to the t'ew York Journal of Commerce, declares his ; ipinion that the L'nion feeling at the South is lot so completely extinct that it cannot be re- | ived. lie expresses the belief that if the < ioulh could be satisfied that, "the war ended, | he Union will be as it was intended to be, and ras before treason und fanaticism involved ns n the existing war"?that there would be a ( nulling up of the Union sentiment and a sat | tfaclory reatoialion ol the Union, ' II he really i nigs such an idea to his bosoiu, lie i i as ilclu- j led as a man can be by an iym* fatuun. i Nxw I'ai-xk Mill.?We Lam (says the An- , ;u?u I oustitutioiiAli.it)) that some enterprising ;enllemen (Yum Georgia' went to Tennessee a | hurt time ago ami purchased a paper mill that , ran exposed t > the enemy, ami succeeded in , cuioving its machinery just before a raid oi ( he enemy swept through the region whore it , ra.s located. It is to be put up somewhere in ieorgia. We learn fiom a Teuueasee exchange that here are twenty-two army hospital* iu Nash- , ille, ami mi the 23d ult , another was opened ( apable ol accouitnoiialiiig 3,000 sick soldier*. t "he city ol Memphis is pne vast hospital, and t et the sickly season has not begun. t At a meeting of Co. I). 1st S. C. Kegt (Col. iilpalrick'*) held at its camp on . Ulaekwater liver, Southampton County Ya., the lollowiug reauilile and resolutions, were unanimously dopted, to wit: In the providence ol God this company ha* ieen sorely bereaved. On the 2i?tli of April, a(3, our beloTed Captain, I)r. it J.. Crawlord, i laiucastcr District S, C , was placed in comland ol a 1'ickett Guard in the vicinity ol Sufjlk. On discovering that his picketta woie j mated in place* ot great danger, ami of no corespoiiding advantage, ha undertook to with- t raw tliesu, and went in peiaon to help in periiriuing that act of humanity. Whilar on this 8 iiission, a shell from the enemy exploded, a ( lortion of whi?h passed through hi* neck, caustig immediate death. Ilia remains were j nought Irom the field and sent to his native i hs'ricl, where they now sleep among hi* km | red and friend*. Captain Crawlord was one f the best of men. lie commanded our comany, from its organization, until the day ot is death, lie had been with us by our camp res, und on the march, and be had led u? on lie tiold ol battle?ol blood?of victoria*. In very position, amf at all time*, he displayed he qualities of a high-toned gentleman, an umble christian, a warm friend, a heroic pa- 1 riot and a good commander. Hi* treatment f this company had so won our heart* that we II loved him a* a brother, and his death i? irroly lamented throughout this Brigade.? 'hetefore, be it Ke*olv?d, 1st, That in the loss ol Canlain Crawford, lis company ha* been deprived of an able and '' rorthy commander, ourselves individually of a lenu tor *110111 we mourn as lor a brother; " nd|our Iiisuict ofone ofit* matt prominent and c seful citizen*. a 2d, That we bow ubinis-nvely before the ( ill of the I?ord, "who hath given ami who { ath taken away," and that we return unto j lint our heartfelt thank* lor the well founded ope, that whilst we are Itowed in sorrow, our aptain and Iriend ia in the lull enjoyment of ( race and glory at the right hand ol (rod. 2d. That our deepest sympathies are tender- * 1 to the widow and orphan childien of our parted friend. We well kuow that their loss ' irrepar .hie?and we reverently aak the bless* " ig of our Heavenly father upon them 4th, That a copy oi these resolutions be forarded to hi* family, and also to the Lancaster edger and Southern (iuardiar., with the reuost that they be published. Lt. J. II. KIKK, Chairman. Lt. L. J. PlRKY, Secretary. Rags! Rags ! \ We will pay 7 cents per pound for nil lean cotton or linen Hags delivered nt the e wdjgcr OtHce, this being the price whioh the J Idle advise us they will aU??v la atchan^o I >r paper. April 'J9, IS tf C B NORTHROP Attorney at L*aw AND .oijcrreu i\ Kitmri, * ^ill practice in l,anc.wter and tbe neighbor. 1 ing bmiricte. OFFICE AT LaNCASTERVILLK. October 21 it, 1841. 17-1 y | % L1- . .il ! L! J ADJIITlVT 1UII IVtiPWCTflll CKS'SR*1.S OFFICE Kiciuiond, May 11th 1868. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 68. 1. The following notice, relative to exchange prisoners, is pub ished for the information of all concerned : gaXUIIANliE NOTICE, N'o. 6?The following Confederate ollicets and men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so deflated : 1. All officers and mm who have bean deli vi Bred at City l'oint u< any time previous to Mav Bill, 1 Still. 2. All officers captured at any place befo-a the 1st ol April, 1303, who have beeu released an parole. 3. All men captured in North Carolina or Viri jinia before the 1st of March, 1SC3, who tiave been released on parole. 4. The officers and nun captured and paroled by (teueral 8. 1'. Carter, in his expedition to Last Tennessee, in December last. 6. The officers and men captured and paroled by Lieutenant Colonel Stewart, at Van Duren, Arkansas, January 26, 1863; by Colonel Dick* sy, in December 1862, in his march to the Mobile and t.hio Krailroad, and by Captaiu Ca* neron, at * ortuth, Mississippi, in December, 1862 6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford, Mississippi, on the 23d ol December, 1862, at Desark, Arkansas, on the 17th of January, 1863, mill at baton Kouge, Louisiana, on tlie .'3d of February, 1363. 7. All /icrxon* who have been captured on die sea, or the wateis leading to the same, or iipou the sen eoie-t o( the Confederate or Untied States, at uny time previous to December loth, 1803. 8. All civilian* who have been arrested at my time belore the 6th of Msv, 1863, and released on paiolc, are discharged Irom any and every obligation contained in said parole. If tny Mich person has taken any oath ot allegi> nice to the United Slates, or given any bond, )r it his release was accomplished with any otlner condition, lie is discharged troui the same. 0. It any persons embraced in any ot' the bregoing sections, or in any section ot any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are dedared exchanged, are in any Federal prison, ihcy are to be iuniieiliately released ami deliv-ired to the Confederate authoiities. HUBERT OL'LI), Agent of Exchange.. Kichiuond, May 9th, 1863. II. All persons, whether citizens or soUiisn, lie expressly piisfiibited from using, or lusmy uaiiner iiiterleriug with fuel, or vrood cui and lelivered tor the use of railroads or railroad oiiipauies. It is of the tirst importauue thai. Ins order should be observed, and. it will be.i itrictly obeyed ami enforced by the army, ity order, (Signed) S. COOESRy'. Adjutant and Inapeclor (teneral. . May 20, 1363. 16-? S. C. COLLEGE. Fxcti.tv Room, May ilth, 1864. THE Trustees of the South Carolina Collage, . I their Semi Annual Meeting of the 6th in taut adopted the following resolutions, and orlered that it be communicated to the faculty :. Uetolvcd, That the Faculty give public noice that the duties ot the College will be re* umcd oil the 1st ol October next. In giving this notiiy, it is due to the public o add that measure have been taken to ne. ure possession of the buildings by the 1st of uly, if possible, so tliMt the necessary steps nay be carried out to tit tliein lor the occupany of the students. M. UHOIIDK, Chairman of Faculty. May 27, IS6S. 1 ti?3l. South Carolina, LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY I'. T. HAMMOND, Esq , Ordinary for *nid District. WHEREAS, Mrs. M. N. Crawford lias pplicd to me for Letters of Administration >n all and singular the Goods and Chatties, tights and Credits of Dr. R. 1. Crawford ile ol the District aforesuid, deceased. THESE are, therefore, ty cite and adnotush all and singular, the kindred and redilnrs of the said deceased, to be and ppcur before nte at our next Ordinary's 'ourl lor the suid district, to be holden at mncuster Court House on the 15th day of line next, to show cause, if any, why he said administration should not be irran. ? ? 0 ?? ed. iven under my hand and aenl, this 30th , i dav of May in the year <>t our L. S. > Lord one thousand eight hundred f 3 and sixty-three and in the eightvevenlh year of the Independence of the State of South Carolina. P. T. HAMMOND o u o. June 3, 1863. -11 KERSHAW & CONNORS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AN3 Solioitors in Equity. LANCASTBKVILLK, 8. 0. ir Will.attend promptly to all buaineaa iitrusted to theui. I. B. .X.0K.SHAVV, I \r. M. CONNORS 'aioden, 8. 0. Lancaster, C. U A.... in nm fftug. ft V, IUJ9, Fresh Arrival. Writing p.tpur, Knvelnps, Steel Pen*, Spelling Hook*, fine Comb*, Puck Comb* , Side Comb*. Shawm? Suao. Pin* and Sm.nl I'll mad. Under Ledger office. J. B. BOYD. March 4, 1SGJ, 4-tf