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TOLUME XII. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 17, 1S63NUMBER 19.
THE LANCASTER LEDGER
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BY
W. M. CONNORS,
Editor and proprietor.
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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.
AKTIF1CI \L TEETH inserted on Gold
Plate, Irom ooe to a fuN sella.
Jona 11th. Ift.Wt * -
IV??I J
MELTON * WITHKR8POOH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AMD
Solioitors in Equity,
Will practica io UscuUr and Ik* aurrouading
Diatricu.
C. D. Miltom, | U J Wi-piaaaar*oM,
Cluwlcr, 8. C. I LiiiouMr C. II
January I J, I860. 4A? I '
* 0 E. MORTHROP.
Attorney at Law
AND
AOMC1TOK in equity,
Will pratttM iu La?air aod lha aaigbbor.
ing UiMncu.
OrriOB ATLAMOAArCRTILUC.
Oclobar S 1st, 1141. 91-If
KERSHAW * OOIMORS.
ATTORVITS AT LAW
AK
Solioitors in Equity.
LAEUAdfEltVlLLK, A. 0.
fW Will a??d preaepAjr M all baalaaaa
tulrc*U4 co ih*n.
J. b. .*?K.4ilA?V, | W. M. CONNORS
owtdM. d. a UuMitf, a u
Aug. m mn *