The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, June 24, 1863, Image 2
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, LAHCA8TERVILLE. s7c~
Wednesday.Morning, Jane 24,1863.
We learn that Capt. James K. Magi 11 has re
ccived the appoiutment ol Collector of the War
Tax for thin Diatiict, ami Mr. William Robertson
the appointment of Chief Assessor.
The rains iu this vicinity have been abundant
for I he last two weeks. On Sunday there was
a heavy storm of rain at this place?the heavii
est, uv uu, m>i '" ? imicii me present year. it.e
crops, generally, are ill flourishing condition.
The intelligence, thiough Northern sources,
of the advance of our army into Maryland and
Pennsylvania, is highly importaut. The North
seems to he in a furor ol excitement, uot un<
mingled with consternation ; and it is to be
hoped that they will soon be made'to taste of
that bitterness of Invasive warfare which they
have pressed to4he lips of the Southern people.
The Second Labor Division, iu which Is embraced
the District of Lancaster, is agaiu called
upon to furnish one.fourth of the negros, liable
to road duty, to labor on the fortifications near
Charleston, for thirty days. See the orders trom
Col. Shannon, published on another column.
\W The notice of the Ladies Kniertainment,
for Friday evening next, appears agaiu in to*
day's paper, slightly altered as regards the
terms of admission. Those of our readers who
can attend, should do so, iu anticipation of a
most iuteicsting performance. The Programme,
wmcn we nave been permitted to , contains
some sixteen different scenes ; and these are
iutarsperaed with Charades and a number of
(he most popular song* and duetts. Such a
Programme, with such performers as our I.an.
caster ladies have hitherto proveu themselves
to he, cannot fail to be highly entertaining.
Roll of Honor.
Mr. V. O. DeFonUine announces the preparation
of "South Carolina'i Roll of Honor"?a
volume whose design is to perpetuate the name
of every soldier son of the State who has fallen
by disease or in battle during the war. In furtherance
of this .undertaking, the request is
tuade of every family who have been thus afflicted,
to send promptly to F. G. DeFontaine,
Spartanburg, S. C., a biief biographical sketch
of the deceased, embiacing name, age, place of
birth, occupation, regiment and company, and
incidents of liattle or attending death, aud especially
such dying declarations as may reflect
the character of the patriot and hero. The
whole will then be levised and arranged in al.
|/uai/rMC?l iu;ai, *HU JllftUllSilCU U IUUII illCr
the war aa possible.
Troopa for Local Defence. t
We publish hi this paper '.he Proclamation
from Got. Ilonham, with accompanying order*
from the Adjutant and Iuapector General, in
relation to the new levy and organization of
troopa for local delence, under a rw<|uiiilion
from President Davis. It appear* that the
president haa called upon all of the State* for
a portion of their reaerre force, or militia, to be
organized for duty in their respective States,
for the period ol six months from the let of
August next. The object of this call is doubtless
U) guard against the destructive system of
raids which our unscrupulous loe hat inaugurated
against us, and that the forces now in the
field may be masted for active operations against
the enemy. The call upon tins State is for five
thousand men ; to be raised by volunteers in'
regular pioportions from each militia Regiment,
if expedient, and i( not, by draft on the 7th ol
Julv An wliirK Aaw i 'nlnnela t*f Dsei.tisnls
required ti> assemble their respectire commands.
Y or particular* we refer to the orders
of the Adjutant General, pvtjuhed elsewhere. 1
Also to the address and order* of Col- Witherspoon
to the 2let Regiment.
Governor Vance ha* issued a Proclamation,
convening the General Assembly of $orth Carolina,
in extra Session, on the 30th insL The
object, it is supposed, is to change the law au*
thorizing Tax Collectors to receive all issue* <>f
Confederate notse in pajnjenl of Uies -to sielude
those issued previous to December let,
1862, inasmuch as tucy are not fundable after
1st of August.
trot THE LSgfASTEa LIDOS* j
The President of the Confederate autre.
hu called upon lb* (igvercor of South
Carolina, for h?e thousand men. for local
defence and apeci?l service, for a period of
ail months front the let day of August
neiL The men between the ag*a of 40 and
45 years, are first especially called upoo to
volunteer, to make up the requisite number,
^n the event of a failure to do so, a draft is
ordered by the (governor, of the men between
the ages of 40 and 60 year* who are
"liable to actual military service beyond the
Jimita of their respective Districts," to meet
said requisition, (t is to be hoped that no
draft will have to be resorted to ; that the
e
man between 40 nod 45 years, (and who
are already liable under-the conscription
art), will reepoud promptly ; by so doing, it
will relieve those between 45 and 50 years
from u draft All persons within the limits
of the 21at Regiment, (l-ancnslor District,)
liable to any military service by the laws of
the State, are required to meet at I-ancnstcr
Court Mouse, on Tuesday, the 7th day of
July next, at 10 o'clock a m , for the purpose
of meeting the requisition. The quota
frorn this Regiment ami District, under the
apportionment of tho Adjutant General,
will be 95
li> the event of j? draft, oiTicers of the Militia
between the ages of 40 and 50 years,
will be subject. Persona between the nges
of 16 and 18 years will not be liable to the
draft. Volunteers, of any age and with exemption",
will be received. The two companies
organized in the Regiment, in Keb!..<
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...... J I?ni, mo Uiauiliueo. <>upIni!lH Dt Ut-ul
companies will prepare anil return e.irly on
the morniog of the 7th July, or sooner if
possible, accurate roll* of all male* re?i
ding within their respective heats, between
the ages of 40 and 50 years ; they are re
quested to read carefully the proclamation
| of (iovernor llonhatn, and the orders of
Adj't General Garlington on the subject ?
Company ottieots will be elected the same
day. The purpose of the enemy has been
to subjugate ; failing to conquer us in the
open held, he has resorted to a aystem jf
Raids. Ilia purpose now is fiendish and
malignant; to plunder devastate and destroy
?to burn our houses, kill our l(ve stock,
lay waste our farms, destroy our crops and
provisions, and excite mischief in our slave
population. 1*. is to be hoped the forces
called for by the President will ba prompt*
ly organized. "For two long yeurs our brothers,
(in the patriotic language of Gov. Don
ham;, have borne the brunt of the war for
Independence, on the frontiers of the Confederacy;
the time has arrived to ahow curatives
worthy of th6se gallant men by pro
lecling their bouses, their wives, and their
'cbildern, in common with our own."
JAMK8 II. WITHKRSPOON,
Col. 21st Regiment, S C. M.
June '20, 18G3.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Capture of Winchester?Glorious Victory!
Richmond, June 17 ?A despatch o< the 10th,
from the Rockingham ReyUtrr to the Agent of
the Associated Press, nays Kwsll atteckeJ the
enemy in Winchester en Saturday, touglil them
on Sunday, ronewed the attack yesterday morn
iug, at 4 o'clock, and altera snuggle of one
hour, tha Abolition (lag was lowered, and our
victorious veterans took entire possession,
when the command ot liilroy, numbering six
or seven thousand, surrendered, together witlj
all their stores, embracing several hundred
horses, wagons, equipments, artillery and
trains. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing
wdl uot exceed one hundred. So officers
killed.
Richmond, June 18.?Passengers by the
Central train this evening bring little additional
news from Winchester. The number of prisoners
taken was fully 7,000; from two to tbree
thousand horses, and an immense number of
wagous.
The Yankees have entirely disappeared from
Stafford County.
Before the capture of Winchester, Milroy
notified the rebels that he would burn the
-town it an attempt was made to storm the position.
Kwell replied that he would hang every
Yankee captured.
Hdrthern Newt
Shilhyvili.s, June 19.?Northern accounts
rutic iu? me reoeis|*uranceu AH notes Deyoml
Chainbersburg. on the 16th. l?cn. Tyler tele*
graphed officially bis retreat and the capture of
the Federal forcca at Winchester.
Wasiiisuton, June lb.?Lincoln has issued
a proclamation calling for 100,000 men to repel
the invasion of Msrylan'u, Northern Virginia,
Penney Ivans and Ohio.
Haxkisduho, June lb.?Despatches from
Chainberaburg and Uageretown stale that the
rebel cavalry wars at Pcrryvillo and Martina*
but g on the 14th. Hard fighting was going on
and the rebels had driven Reynolds from Perryville
and were advancing on the capital.?
The towns and citiea throughout Pennsylvania
are in danger. , ?
Latss.?Private despatches state that on tba
lCth, the rebels wei e at Chamberebiirg in force.
The Feberala were removing in railroad ma*
chinery, stock and stores. There ia great ex*
citcment and alarm.
Governor Curtain has called on the cituens
of Pennsylvania to defend the State, saying
tha? Philadelphia ha# not responded, while the
energy are in Chamberaburg. lie reproaches
the j'en nay Iranians for sniffling about the
length of service, when an exigency exists ?
Despatches stale everything gloomy and no
army to save the country South of the Suaquebauna.
Baltimobc, June Id?Gov. Bradford has
called on the peopl' to rally for the defence of
Maryland.
Despatches from Rhode Island, dated the
Iftth, state thst Gov. Smith convened the I-e.
gialature on Tburwiaj, for the pyrpoee of raining
troop*.
rm^bKLrHU, Juno 19.?The Mayor hen
iaaued hie proclamation, closing the atoree, ao
that the occupanla can joia military organiiai
tiona to defend the city.
Niw Ton, June 19.?vAl) tb? regimrnU are
getting reedy under artna. Jo Brooklyn, the
bella were rung at midnight, aummooing _men
to join regimcnta leering immediately tor Philadelphia.
Oor. Andrew, of Maaaachuaetta, tendered
Lincoln ell bia available militie force.
' The Lateat Newa.
The following diapetchea were reeeired from
Camdeo on Monday evening :
The only newa we here from our army of
Virginia is derived from the N. Y. Herald of
the 18th. It says the rebels have retreated
from Ohauibersburg, but are in strong force at
Williamsport. 601) of Yankee cavalry were
captured by the rebels near Greencastle. Har
per's Ferry has been evacuated, but the Maryland
Heights are strongly fortified and yet in
the possession of the Yankees. Hooker's army
was near the old Bull Hun battleground on the
16th. The fortifications constructed on the
hills opposite Ifarrisburir are eonsideretf anffi.
cient to defend the place, but the people ate
disposed to underrate the danger of the ci.ty.
Nothing important from the West,
NOTICE.
ratlin COMMISSION'S. OK ROADS AND
, Town Authorities, having collected fines
tor default for slave labor, on the coast, will at
once forward the funds to me at this place, by
private opportunity, by Express, or by Hank
checks payable to my order. Remittances of
bills by tuail are not authorized.
WM. M. SHANNON,
Agent of the State South Carolina.
Camden S. 0., June 18th, 1868.
June 24, * 20?2t.
HEADQUARTERS.
COMMISSARY GENERAL'S DEPT. S. C.
Colukbia, f5. C., June 13, 1863.
, JKXAOTICE is hereby given to the "Doards ol
[ $1 Soldiers" Relief'throughout the State that
' they will he supplied, as heretofore, with Ocean
Satt, lor distribution to needy families of soldiers,
at cost and expenses, on application to
this Department.
By order of the Governor.
RICHARD CALDWELL.
Lieut. Col. and Coinmissarv tiunflral S n
June 24, 1863, 20-11
HEADQUARTERS,
COMMISSARY-GENERAL'S DEPT. S. C. I
Cotxxuu, Juno 13, 1868.
B^lIE Act of General Assembly of April 11,
1663, on titled "An Act to suppress the
distillation of spirituous liquor* in this Slate,"
contains the following provision, viz:
"That his Excellency the Governor on being
satisfactorily assured that an increased quantity
o( spirituous liquors, which cannot be otherwise
procured in this State, shall have power
to have manufactured, at some central and con*
I veulent location, by skilled and responsible
' agents, at fixed salaries, to bo appointed by
himsell, such quantity ol alcohol or pure spirits
as shall be deemed requisite (or the purpose
aforesaid."
Notice is hereby given that proposals will be
received at this office until 1st July neit, for
furnishing this Department with one thousand
gallons of ALCOHOL, and fourteen thousand
gallons of PURE SPIRITS, during the present
year; the same to he manufactured by skilled
and responsible agents, under the supervision
, of the undersigned, at or near Columbia ?
Roods with adequate security will bo required
for the faithful performance of the central is.
II; ur^rr of the Governor:
RH HARD CAM)WELL,
Lieut. Col. and Commissary .General S. C.
June 24, 1863, 20? 11
Ladiet Entertainment.
TIIE Ladies of lotncaslerville and vicinity
will give a varied entertainment, consisting
of
CitaaanKS, if rate an J TaiilraCx,
at tlia Court House, on Friday evening, the
26th instant. The object of the Exhibition is
to collect tunde, to he expended for the benefit
of our brave soldiers. The public are respectfully
invited to contribute, by their presence on
the occasion, to this laudable undertaking.
The doors will he opened at half pan 7 o'clock
; performnice to commence at 8 o'clock.
Admittance fee #1.00. Children and servanle
half price.
Families exceeding 1 In number, will be
charged for the excess at half rale*.
June 17, ldd*. 19 St.
FOR SALE- ' '
Fioin 1 to 4 likely negroe*. One or two
fellow*, from to XD year* ol J. One woman
anl child, young and likely. Enquire ht this
oftice. June 17, I9tf
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
The Co partnership of Koopmun k Soramert
ia thia day diaaolved by mutual content. Kit her
party will sign the name ol the firm ia liquidation.
#
All peraons indebted by note or account
will pleaae make payment to the undersigned
or to their authorized attorney, Mr. M. prucker.
M KOOKMANN.
L. SOMMKKM.'
Camden, June 1, 1X81, 19 t
VILLI i Mi LOTS FOR SALE
Offered, at private Sale, a Tract of Land,
containing suly seven aoree, fortv or fortyfive
acres of which ia in Woods; situate in
the southern suburb* of the Village of l-ancaster,
s portion being within the incorporate
liiuila. The Tract embraces the old
Muster field. It is susceptible of being di
viaed inio ?e?erai nne outming UqIs.
For particulars, as to terms die., apply
to W. M. CONNORS, Agt.
April 16. 18?S. lu-tf I
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE 4)EPARTMKNT,
C? lumbia, June 16, 1863.
jilt I'll vandal foe, unable to cope with the
XjF Confederate forces in the open field, hove
resorted to a mode of warfare which arouses
the indignation of every heart capable ol a pa
triiyie emotion. Not content with wresting
peaceful citizens from their houses ami confining
them in loathsome dungeons, and with seizing
our contented slaves and inhumanly placing
them in military organizations, to be shot down
j, in the front of'battle, they hare inaugurated a
system of raids into the interior of the States,
stealing negioes, burning cities and farms, destroying
live stock and growing crops and
spreading desolation everywhere in their trnck.
To meet this condition of things, and to render
practicable greater concentration of our forces
already in the field and afford adequate internal
protection to the States, the President of the
Confederacy deems it expedient to call for a
portion of their reServe force for service with
I in tin ir respective limit*. Upon the Governor I
of SouttqCarolina he call* for five thousand men, j
| tor the period of fix months from the first day
of August next, to he furnished by draft, unless
ir the inlet mediate time a volunteer force,
organized under the Act herewith published,
j "To provide for local delet ce and special service,"
at luast an equal number be mustered and
reported to the War Depaitinent as subject to
the call of the President for service within the
State.
These organizations inay be voluntary, a*
will be seen by an examination of the Act, and
and are for special service only wittiin the
State, under ofBocra of their own selection, and
with the privilege of remaining at home in the
pursuit of their ordinary avocations unless railed
for a temporary exigency to active duty.
Now,therefore, I, MILl.KDGK I.. UoNHAM,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over
the State of South Carolina, call upon the peo*
pie of the State to assemble oil 'he day fixed in
the annexed orders, at their respective Regi
uieutal Parade Grounds, and to raise and oigsnire
the furees called for by the President for the
defence of the State. For two long years, yout
brothers have borne the brunt of tbi.s war for
independence on the frontiers of the Confederacy.
The time has now arrived to show yourselves
worthy of those gallant men by protecting
their homes, their wives and their children,
in common with your own.
Until the above organization taken place, it I
is recommended.to the citizens of the States to
continue existing vuluutary organizations and
to form immediate others, with such nuns ss
they have, for the protection of every neighbor
hood, espe ially along the rivors and arms of
the sea. Manv a deadly volley may succssfully
delivered at the raiders in their boat* Iroiu the
bluff* and lorcsl* lining tfieir bank*.
Immediately after the requisition of the President
is filled, the Governor will take steps for
a more complete organization lor ueighboihood
protection, of ouch as are lea* fitted, by years
or otherwise, lor the active duties of a camP*8?
(iiven
under my hond and the seal of lha
[l. ] State, at Columbia, thia sixlreth day
of June, A 1'. oiio tlio mand tight
hundred n^d aixly three.
M I. HON H AM.
Wm R. 1l L'STT, Secretary of fSlute.
An Act to Provide for IsKal Defence and Spe<
cial Service.
Rictios 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That the President
| be and he ia hereby authorized to accept the
services of volunteers of such kind and in such
proportion as he may deem expedient, to serve
lor such lime a* he mar prescribe, for the de?
leuce of exposed places or localities, or such
special service as he may deetn expedient.
Suction 1. And such forces shall be mustered
into the set vice of Confederate States, for
the local defence or special service aforesaid,
the muster roll setting forth, distinctly the service
to he performed ; and the said volunteers
shall not be consider* 1 in actus!* service until
thereunto specially ordered by the President.,
And they shall be.entitled to pay or subsistence
only for such time as they may be on dutv un
der the eiders of the President or by bis direction.
Simo* 3. Such volunteer forces, when so
accepted and ordered into service, shall be organized
in accordance with and subject to all
the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to
provide for the public defence," approved
March A, ISA I, and ruay be attached to such
divisions, brigades, regiments, or battalion as
the Preaident may direct, and when not organized
into battalions or regiments before being
mustered into service, the Preaident shall an
| point the field officer* of the battalions and
i regiments when organized as suck bj him.
I Arraovso Agust 21, 1801.
-o
8TATX OF SOUTH CAROLINAI
Aw't. awd InarfcToit-gaaebal'a Orrici,
Columbia, S. C., June 10, 1863.
GENERAL ORDERL NO. JO
To carry into effect the proclamation of hie
Kxcellenev the Commander-in-Chief and the
Act of Congress, "To provide (or local drfence
and apcoial service," it is hereby ordered :
1 Thtt lh? ?? '-L ?? -
.?...g uHiwra vi me aillUa
Regiment* aaeemble at their uaoal place# of parade,
ou TUKSDA Y, the 7th of July next, all
peraooa within the limita of their reepective
command# liable to any military aervice by the
l*w? of tho Vtate, and call for Toluotoore to
IW- tm II -L
neet tlie requisition of the President of the
Confederate States on this State for troops for
local defence?persona between the ages of
forty and forty-five to be included in the call.
II. On any Regiment failing to furnish by
volunteering ita quota of troops, which is fixed
by General Orders No. 21, accompanying this
order, the commanding officer of such Regiment
will immeditely draw lrotn those liable to
"actual niilitarv service hevnnd th? limit* r?f
thcirireHpeclira Districts," between the ages o(
torty and fifty 00 and 50) years, a sufficient
l umber of men to make up aaid (junta.
III. The commanding officers oj Regiments
are required immediately to organize the iroopa
thus raised into companies, of not loss than
sixty-four (64) and hot more than one hundred
and tweuty-five (I'25) privates, by holding sloelions
for company officers, viz : one Captain,
one First Lieutenant and two Second Lieuteio
ants, the non-commissioned officers?four Sergeants
and four Corporals?to be appointed by
the Captains, and immediately rolurn to this
office certificates of said elei lions and rolls of
the companies.
IV. The commanding officers of Beat Companies
are required lo prepare and return to
the commanding officers of their respective
Regiments on the day above mentioned, accurate
roils ot all male* residing within their re*
spectivu beats between the ages of forty and
fifty (40 and 607 years.
V. Officers of the militia between the ages
of forty and fifty years, will be subject to draft.
VI. Companies organized under this order
will hereaftei be organized, by orders issued
from this office, into Regiments of ten companies
each, by the electiou of field officors; and
when called into the held, will be mustered into
Confederal service, for local defence and spei
rial service within the limits of this State, for
the terra of six mouths from the first day of
August next.
VII. The commanding officers of Regiments
aro charged with the prompt extension and execution
of this order, and any default on their
part, or on the part of any officer, will be visited
with the severest penalties of the law.
if v command ot the Governor.
A. 0. GARLINGTON,
Adjutant and Inspector-General of S. C.
Juno 24, 1863. *20?21.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ADj'r. mu INSPECTOR GeSF.RAL's Orrici.
(yOl.UMBiA, June 17, 1863.
GF.XERA!. ORDER AO 21 ?ExtraeU
m
II. Ths following persona are exempted If
Act of the General Assembly of this State from,
"all militia service, and, therefore, from draft
under General Orders No. 20, viz : the Lieutctii
ant Governor ; the Judges of the Courts of Law
and Equity ; the Ordinariot; t lerks of tjia
Courts of General Sessions and Common PUasc
Sheriffs: Masters. Commissioners and Keei-t^.^.
in Kquity ; the Secretary of State ; Surveyor
General ;.Comptroller General anil Treasurer*
ol the Slate. And the following persons are
exempted by said Act from ' actual service be.
jond the limits of their respective Districts,"
and will not be subject to said draft, viz: The
members ol both brauches of the Legislature
and their respective officers, including the At<
toruey General arid the Solicitors of the State ;
persons in Confederate aud State military service
; officers and cadets of the Slate Military
Academy ; regularly officiating clergymen ; regularly
licensed practicing pliysiciaua over the
age ol thirty-five years ; one apothecary to each
regularly established diug store of six months
landing; officers and Faculty of the South
Carolina College, and Professors in other incorporated
Colleges and Tlieoiogical&chools, while
such Colleges and Schools are in operation; tha
Superintendent, Teachers and Steward of the
Cedar Springs Asylum ; school masters having
under their charge not leas than twenty achatam;
all lirauch Pilots; ouo while man to each
established ferry, toll brige or toll grain mill, if
actually kept by stfch white man ; the President,
Cashier arul one Teller of each of the
Hanks of the State ; the Treasurers of Savings
Institutions of the State; the officers and men
of tha City Guard, aud officers and forty men
of each Firs Company of the Fire Department
of Charleston and Columbia; the officers andaa
many employees of each Railroad Company as
tha President or Superintendent may certify to
be necessary to the efficient conduct of its bus
iricsa?provided that it shall also be certified
| mai iiio duties 01 sani employees cannot be discharged
by slaves; the Superintendent sod
Keeper of the Lunatic Asylum and their assist'
niits ; Stewards or Keepers of Poor Houses;
the Keepers of the Arsenals of the State ; peri
aons holding office under the Confederate Stales,
escept Deputy Postmasters ; persons employed
by the Slate or by the Confederate Stales in
the manufacture of arms, munitions of war and
army supplies; all persons actually engaged in
the manufacture of salt ou the sea'coaat; the
membera of the Boards of Relief of Soldier's
families over forty .Ave years of age ; overseers
having certificates of exemption issued from
this office ; persons above the age of fifty years,
and persons between the ages oil eighieeu and
forty.
Persons under the age of sigh lean, though
liable to service beyond t^eir respective Dili
tricu, will not be subject to this draft.
111. The commanding officers of Regiments
will regard as valid all certificates of exemption
issued Irom this office to overseers and toother
persons enumerated in the foregoing psrsgraph
nTiki. ?A I r
tificate*, but who show by proof, in writing and
on oath, that they are clearly entitled to be en
erupted according to the lew aa above elated,
will not be euEjected to draft.
IV. -The organization of companion for activo
service under General Order* No. 10, iaeued
from thia office on the ISth of February last,
being aurpereeded by General Orders No. 20,
aaid companiee are hereby declared to be dia>
banded.
i)v command ot the Governor.
i A.C. GARLINGTOM,
| Adj't. And loap.-Uonoral of S. C.
| Jana 34, 1863, tO-l|