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?f)f ?hm%m&Xsx I TOLUME XII. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 17, 1S63NUMBER 19. THE LANCASTER LEDGER Pifelifthed every Wednesday Morning: BY W. M. CONNORS, Editor and proprietor. TERMS : la advance, It.OO At the expirstien of Six Month*, . . 1.60 At the end of the Year, S.Od Mo paper discontinued until all arrearage* are paid, except at our optiou. ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at two dollar* per square for the first, and one dollar per square fer each subsequent insertion. A square to consist of the space of 12 lines, B- evier type. No advertisement considered leal than a square. Yankee Details of Grant's Opperations at Viektfbunr. New York papers of Jutie 3d have been received A letter to the New York Titaea, J.t.J t- el. r s ? I uaicu id ma rear 01 v iCKSDdrg, May 34th, gthe following account of THE STORMIRO OP THE WORM. About half past ono IJInir's division was all in lint, acrtened by the w?si of the feral range of bills behind the rebel worka. At precisely 3 o'clock (he various regi. menta roae to lhair feet, and, with a tremendous cbeer, started at double quick over the kill. Passing over the crest of the first hill, behind which they lay, the charging column saw lo front of them another hill about 600 yards distant. To reach this, it was necessary to descend a slope for about 350 yards, the surface of which was broken with deep gullies, "and coveted with fallen timber ? Down ibis our men rushed in double.quick, took a moment's rest st the bottom, end then commenced the^tcsp ssssat beyond. This slope is covered wilh an abattia of heavy timber, beyond which ia a high rail fence, then a ditch ten feet in depth, then a nearly perpendicular aacmt, aome twelve feet in heiffht. and then ths r?i?i > _ . r-. -^v. tod rifle-pit, protected by a airong stockude ten fact io height The d'.tche* around the worka were com maoded by ao enfilading (ire from guna mounted upon traverses, while to the right end left were worka aod buildioga and/tlier objects, behind which rebel aharpehootere eould find protection, and poor a destructive fire upon an enemy, after aa well ae before they bad gained the interior of their main werkb. The Thirteenth infantry, Fonrth Virgin*'. ? Forty Seventh Ohio, One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Illinois. Sixth and Eighth Missouri, and posaibly one or two other regiments, gained the ditch The conflict waa "abort and decisive." In twenty minutes the brigades had aaeended the hill, and returned minne some eight hnndred men. The rebele mowed our gallant fellows down with grape/* canister and ftoushetry ; tbey were protected, we had nothing to shield us from the deadly storm. The brigade under Oeneral Tayer advanced, aod fall back after Buffering some ugm iou. tlad McL'lernaod advanced, a* vm intended, tha capture of Vickaburg would undoubtedly ha?a Ukaa place at tha tiah of this firat aaaault. asbel couxTKSY. Many of our wouodad ware left on the field until after dark,particularly thoaa who were lying eloae to the rebel worka. About midnight the enemy called to our akirmiah> era not to fire upon them, at they ware about to carry in aome of our wounded.? At tha came time they built a fire upon the parapet df their worka, atuck up a am?ll while flag by it, and then called to our men to come and earry off the woundad, aa they would aot be disturbed. Thia waa done by the ambulance corpe; guided by the fire, they went all ovei the ground covered by the fight, even in the ditchee before the werke, and befora morning had secured vary wounded man left upon the field, a UASoa or quiet. Tbe next two day a, Wednesday and Thursday, were la the main quiet, except in in* cm* of tha batierwa Not leaa than fifty fuiia, of *ix*a varying from aiz to tbir ty-pound*r?, wera mounted in th* r*ar of Ik* <|ty>at abort dlatanrca from th* *n*my'* w*iV ?' ud th*#? from daylight llil dark, and gu/ of tham from dark till daylight, kept a caaaal*** "pouadaring" againat the r*bel d*f*ne*a. On th* rivar aid* th* gun and mortar boat* war* alao buay, thu* fairla anoircling th* rebel* with thunder and l?* ; bat th*y ***m*d to car* vary littl* for ft, raraly replying to oor fir*, and arwmirsjty paying oa no otbar attantioa than keeping * vigilant watch opon th* m*v*m*ata of mm* labitn tftmi AM4VIT An KtrxruB. Wedaeeday tad Tboraday ?tn gives ay I latka srttJbry, aid to geUisf our mm I ready for another attack, which took place at 4 p. tn. of Friday. 11 it needless to giro particulars?tl was in the main like the other, only on a larger scale, and it met wi'h a repulse as decided as did that of Tuesdiy. The uaunl character of assaults prevailed in this?some pa! I mi t heroes went up the lijP into the veri di'ches ; others failed when halfway up; others never started, hut sought safety from tiie deadly atorm behind tug* and tree* ; many htarled vid w ent ferwiird bravely. but never returned Steele was repm*ed. Itluir were rntruated, or from the dreadful char artar of Ilia work to ba performed, I will not attempt to decide There appears to have been a waot of co operation bat wean aobordinata and auperior officer# and com maoda. Storipiog partiea want gallantly forward, bat wara left to pariah for want of aopport. Royiinenta and brigadea advanced nobly, but only to ba divappcinted in their expectation of receiving aurcor and help The reault of lha battle hae bean dieaa trooa to ue'ln the loaa of nearly 'J,000 brave men. We have loet no grourfd, and the army U not demoralized by it* recent failure to lake the atrongeet fortified poailmn in lha South. The rebela. no d->ub , ferl encouraged by thdir aocca-a in keeping ua from their worka, and thia feeling may op crate agninot ua in diapellmg Hie gloom and daapondency which could not J>ut pro yail in an army touted fur the fifth eoccea aive litna, aa the rfbeie ware at Uig Slack Hirer. our Loea. A aorraet aatimala of our nn tl.? 22d will place the figures si 26oo killed sd sounded. It ie impossible to get an accurate statemeat so aoon after the et<gago ment. I find a disposition on the pert of ?*ery command to exaggerate. At several division hospilsl* I heard ?ealerdae of a ihousaod killed and wounded, when less than two hundred would t-over iheir loe* Our loaa on (he 22 J was much leea than at Champion Hill on the Itfih, but indudea a largo number of field and compar.v off core, from the fa?l that the rebels at Vicke burg had a ehance to "pick their men." which thof did Ml have to auch an silent on tha I tth, whan thejr had to meet ba on mora aoual Isms Tinder aatar of > work, there *u notMnf to hinder the rebele from eeleeiing the loaders of our infantry column* ee they merohed op io face of their deadly fire. The rebel loee wee trifling?how ninth I eeooot wy, but probably Uee ibea uoo was repulsed,.Hanson, L"gnn, McClermand, everybody?w'e gained nothing of ground ; we IoMt in killed and wounded in left then half un hour iwenlv-five hundred men It wne every whe'e the s itite ; down a broken hill under showers of grape, cnnis ti-r, fragment* of shell* and musket bull, up a long accent covered with almost impene trnble abnllia. broken inlo hollow*, nearly insccssaible to n pedftrian in lh" moat peaceful tirnee, and searched in every corner by the deadly messenger* from the cre<t One* up thete, a wide ditch on the opposite tide, rising nearly perpendicularly twelve feet, then a high atockade. from whose double loop-holes death v/ae fl ashing forth unceasingly ; upon heights beyond a Tort mounted with guna, upon the right and left work* with cannon pouring a mur dvroua enfilading fir# hlorag the very ditch into which our advance were crowding, vainly looking for eome place in front of lliem accessible. It was in vain?they could not get over, if there w?a no enemy beyond, anjjias they ehould first fill up the ditch, batter down the elockadea, or mount Ihein with long laddera. And ao the gallant men who had gained the direct line, regained the hill beyond, and the accoud assault is onded. Genera! Carr ia reported mortally *oun ded. Col. Uolllnge ia killed Col St.ne of Iowa, has an arm shot <>ff Lieutenant i Colonel* Captains and Lieutenants without number hava gona down, killed or wounJed, in tl>ia charge, which G? n. Sherman pro nouncad mora deadly than that whii^took ' Ssbaatopol. Wa have now ?ant for apades. and bare after the work of reducing Vicksburg will be done mora by digging than charging.? Today (Sunday) is quiat every where, the main woik going on being the transfer of our wounded to hoapital boata en the river THE RESULT. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mereiol, writing from the battle held, put* down the Yankee loaa an the 2id at 2,600. which is doubtless far below the correct mark. Wa extract ilia following from his letter : I bate attempted no lengthened descrip tioo of the carnage near Vickaborg on the 22d, for the reason that nothing occurred during thu day a description of which would be more interesting, bersuae more detailed It was nothing more than a aingle charge of the enemy's worke. which should have been mmultaneous, but was not. It was un?ycceaslul and disastrous, whether from bad management or diaobedienre of orders on lbs part ot those to whom high commands fourth of our* Tw.. rinii|i uira <t I lit* 7th 51 it to ii ri *vr? taken primmer* Thi* in dude* all of our captured, I believe, except tho*e of our wounded who fell into tlt^ir hand* ot the fortification". The Weet According to mine theological wnlari. wlio have undvrtukeii lo unravel the my a leriaa of prophecy, the combined ho?t* of G >l' and 51'kgng are lo meet ill the Great Valley of the Mi**i*aippi no lie time be I ween the year* 18? 0 and 18"d, when the i!rmii buttle of Armageddon ahali )> fouoht M this buttle, tlie blood is t<> flow until it enchea tlie bridle bit of the horsemen. aud i "Blink," it to mine fiom the cnrcaasea of l> i? ?lain I tint will acalter pestilence and mourning though the whole land It ia to be the gr.ateat and laal battle on earth ? be filial contest between liberty and dea potiem ; it it to de? ids not only the fnte, ?nd ahupe the future political cliarncter of it c Weatern Continent, hut is like-rise to produce a resolution in all the threat inon urchiea of Kurnpe. The rauae of lilser'y la to ui >ke Hie fiivil triumph* ; '.lie ancient inonarcha of the Old World are to give in before the conqueiing boats, larael ia to be restored, a democratic theocracy is to be come the reimgnixed (jcnernnirnl not only n North America, but throughout all Ko rope. I'oland i* to be r? atored to tier ancient libertiee. dems^o/'-m ia to hire ita funeral obeequias, the .Millennial Keign ol a thou aaod yeara i. to ael in and (it is hopedj Hie Puritan Round lleaOs and Yankee politi ciana are like their great Chief in ihe lower world, to be put into cluae cuatodv where thev may no longer niaturb the publ.c peace bs a ayat ein ol interiiiaddiing with affsira that do not com am theui. The aanguinarv conflict which has been progreeaing at Vickehiirg during the paal ru un?, iiiti ai i-o-i tun 01 the 1 m.k>* Government lo h?Sird everything in the conli<l, tli* continued flu* of reinforce merits to both armies for several week# |>ant, ill* dreadful carnage of the Yankee troop* and nfTenaive al*iicl< arising from their rot ten carcaaaes ; Hi* locality of tlie hostile aruii*a, their yreat and increaaicg numbers and th* parioil of time iu which theae events ar* transpiring, eerv* to retniod ua of Dr. Hit Id wm'a "Unit*d Stales in Prophecy,** and his theories of Hi* great Armaged don. It cannot be claimed aa a verification of hi* **Proph*<-iea," ho* e^r, tine* the character Sod material of both armies laclt tnany of the raaentiaU apecilied iu hie "prophecy "?Columbia Sun. Northern He we At a Vallandigham meeting in Newark, N J , a resolution waa adopted declaring it ihe duty of the people to deiu <nd of the Ad niniatration, once and forever, to deai?t from auch deeda of .leapotiein and crime ? That they have reaaon to fear I hit it i? th* settled purpose of ihe Administration to establish a de-poliain, and should th* lime arrive when rulers shall madly attcmp' to deprive the people of appeal to the bellot box, it will be llieir pi tin right and duty to l&itluirAtV titaair I'nn?..i fr...as -??-h /I uirfit. [Loud ch*er? ] A ri?l from ( ?(i I'urter, in lavor of fr??e iprrrh ; od that theae of hi* name and b'ood will not fail ?o tight for it. Af?o, a latter from Tiioiiiaa'll. Seymour, of Coouecticut, in favor of peace. The World publbhee a apeech delivered ill Philadelphia before the Democratic Aeanciation, by Meiiafor Wall, of New Jeraev, which declarea in favor of a ceeaatiOD of hoetiliiiea Of the three alternative*, subjugation annihilation or aeparatiuo, he pre fere the latter a thouaand time* I'rveideut Lincoln h?a revolted Burnaide'e order prohibiting the publioatiun of the Chicago Timet New* from New Orleans had been received, giving an *<-i-nuni of the d>-etrnction of ihe town ot Franklin, lot . by a Yankee gunboit.ii) conarqnvDi-e of the boat having been fired upon by guerilla* near that ' place. The Northern papera announce, offieia ' m that Admiral Kanei* t<> eopureed? Aduiiral Dupont jn the conitsaiid of the South At '.antic Sqeadmn. Fan* Tl'LLeaoMa ?Oificial information received, *? the Micl.inoi d Kiamin?r, in duces the'belief that wine operations are al>out to be reneaed iq 'l\ n Roa ncranl&'a d> witnttraiinn* within the laat law days indicate that he is about to make an advmwe. It i?, however, impossible to say whether he mrditatce a b<>na JliU attack or in only thieaieniog. to rtevr ua from ending reinforcetnaa it to Vickaburg. Pkaoc Co?virrt?* ?Tho N?* York Htrtld nromo in aiwoh ennoidorahlo impor Mac# 10 Iho Pooeo (.'onvonlioQ. which wm to bo hold on tho Id iiut., and oaya l>>o v. or Domocrau atom U bo abiaiog io wilb Ibo A California Story. In the Northern part of thla State (Caii forum) it a t'rei.m called Yuba Kiver A croaa it name enterprising individual built a bridge; and on the ballet nomebodv viae umn three or four Imuw". Tim inhabitants called the place Yuba Dam. Three barn were iuatantly erected, and the "lown" increnaed rapidly About noon one cool day. a aojourner in tho land paaaed thia flourishing locality, and seeing a long.legged specimen of humanity in a red rhirl smoking bt fore one of the b.ira ; thus addressed hiui: -Hello r j "lle'lo!" replied the ahirt with vigor, removing hia pipe from his month. "What place ia thia !" demanded the traveler. whoa* nam-- was Tltomp-on. The answer of the ahirt waa unexpected: I -Yaba Dam !" , [ There wra? nbout fifty yard* between them, and the wind waa blowing. Mr. Thompson thought he had been mistaken. "What did you ?*v ?'* Im aaked -Yuba Dam," replied the ahirt cheerfully. "What place ia tliia I" roared Thompson. "Yuba Dam !" natd the ahirt in a aligliily elevated tone of voice "l.nokee here!" yetled tl* irate Thotnp son, "I aaked you politely what 'his p?lce was. ?hv in IhnnJ^r H.m'i I The aunnget became excited tip roue 1 and ra^plivl with Itie voice of an eighty . pounded: 'Youba Daui ! Do )ou he?r ihatT In a eiioute Thuropacn, barning with the ( wraln of the rtgh t.ous, jiniped off' hie horae and advanced on the alranger with an eipreaaioii not to be roiateken. The ehirt aro?e and aaauued a poalurecf offence and" defence. Arrived within a yard of him, Thompson aid: "1 aak you, for tbe l*?t time, what place ia tliie!" Putting hia hatd to hia mouth, hia opponent /oared : "Youba Dam t" The next minute they were at it. Pi rat Thompaoo waa down; then the ahirl; then I it waa a dog fall?that ia, both wera down They rolled about and kicked up a tremendoua dual. I bey aquired around ao ener gelically, that you'd thought they had a dozen laga instead of four It looked like a prize tight between two pugiUatic centipedea. Finally, they both rolled on the bank and into the river. The water cooled iham They wrni down together, but cam* up arparatelv. and put for Die ahure. Uulh ietched it about the aama time,and Thotnpana acrainbled up the bank, mounted hia warlike aleed, leaving hia foe gouging the mud out of one of hia eyee. Having left D biiMoeat portion of the town?that ia, the corner 'where the three bare were kept?he alrocu a h?u?? in the auburbe. before which a little girl of about three yeara old wn? placing "What ul.ice ia thia. aiaav V ha The little girl, frightened el the drowned ret figure which the stranger cut, streaked it fur 'he house. Having reached the door ehe stopped ?turned, and squealed?"Oobbee dam !" * , "Good heaven* *" aaid Th'>ro| eon, digwing hie heeU between his hnr-e'a ribs ? ' ''good heaven-! let ujrt get nut of thie hor rid place, where not only the men. but the very babe* and auekliuge, awrar at loudenel*e travellere!" Cocrrsarirre ra<>M a New Quarter. ? We learn that some new roanlerfeiU of Confederate notes, of the denomination of 5. 10. HU and SO dollars, recently put in circulation here, have, through the energy of officer flick-*, been traced to -one of the Ntaeinere which have lately leached thie port from Na?a >u Two individuals, who were found to have a quantity of the epunwue bill* on their pereor.a. have been ar rested The vigilant eye of the detective is now resting upon other part'ee suspected of the grave crime 'I he counterfeit* are tolerably well executed, and our people will do well to be on their guard.?Char U'tion Mercury RavocATtoa or ar Kxvquatur.?The Pre*ldenl bee removed and annulled the rr tqzatur hitherto given to the Untieh Consul of Kk-hutond, in consequence of hit a*, -anting to act in behalf of the Government f her llriiaaie Mj#-ly on matters recurring in the State of Mie?i*eippl lie wee requested to e-'bmit to the Secretary of State his COO war c..tn!!i.A*i?>"t oainr# ao? fimhar eorra *poud?iica could ba livid *iih lum aa Brit* i?h Convul of the port of Kirlimond. Wl'hout accadinir to Oito raqua*t. ho entarvd into corrrapoodanoa. aa hi* M <lc?iy'a ConMil, with Iho Svcroiarj of War, Uiarabjr diarafardlof tha lefi.ioiala authority of thla Uuvartiroenl ' < - rorrtapniidwt of an AlWnte p?p?r mts 1 that V?II*ndigh^n? will b? mq( la n?d>?Mly ihroagh o?r lin??, by Ui? Am mtair, to |' MANSION HOUSE] E. Or. Robinson, CAMDEN, S. C. The subscriber returns hie thanke to hi friends and the traveling public, for the lib eral support fie hoa received for.the laa 'welve vears; and would slate ha has com menrid this year upder new auspices, and pledges himself that every exertion will bo made by huu?o'.f sod lady to give satisfaction and keaftbup a "FIRST BATE HOTEL, , with clesn aod comfortable rooms and at) orderly Huiiae. Ilaviog a Firat rata Cook and good aervanla, traveler* may depend upon .good accommodalioa at the old Mao aion. Indira or familial (wiahing it) will b< furniahed with a privata labia without ax-, tra charge. I Ilia aUblei will ba found iti good order,] with plenty of provender, aud two faithful Oeilera. Ilia Omnibu* will be found ut tha Dapot every day on the arrival of tha Train*. K G. ROBINSON, Proprietor. April 8. 18o3, V-3ia THE FINE LARUE PREMIUM JACK CRURUBUSCtt Will be nt the tlmiiiiioDd Place during the Spring aaaaon of '63. ilia term* ara I ?$20 the insurance. Hi* ColU are large and tine Persons are referred to the neighberhood of TaxihaW for the aire and quality of hia Colls Apply to the Groom at the Hammond Place. I'lna JACK haa been awarJed a premium by the State Fair. April 1.1863. ' 8-11 | > Fine Stook My Ihoegh-bred Home , I DAPPLE JOHN will aland the ensuing Spring Seaaon, com* in en c in g the tirat week In March, at ay residence near Hanging Rock. llAl'I'I.E JOHN is full-blooded Jenua and (Canadian. He la ao well knonfa in thia section that it is scarcely necessary to say anything in commendation of his superior quniiiiee His Colls speak for themselves, sod thsy are unhesitatingly pronounced bv good judges to be among the best stock of our country. For fineness of form, spirited appearance and activity of motion, he la eel excelled by any horse in the Stale. XIares from a distance can be accommodated with alab'ing end pastures Terms : for the Insurance gJO 00 JAMES M. INGRAM. Fab 35,1863, 3-if WILLIAMS * ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AID Solicitors in Equity. LANCASTER. C. II., S. C. Will practice in the District of leipcaster. Prompt attention given to Collection, Mr. Williams may be cousulted at Yorkvitle , * A. C., and Mr. Allisos at his oiice in the t)ourt House, at Lancaster. i July 3th 1858. SI? tf Dr. ALFAED CRAVEN Heslduui kirgueai Deallat, . yohkvii.lc, e. c., Offers his Professional Services to the cilL teas of Lancaster VUllage and aurrour.diuf country. 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