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% % WLmimtitxx IMrgpr* T iQ L ,U ? E XII. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 8,1863. NUMBERB. " , , w _ _ . . _ __ h THE LANCASTER EEIHJER /^mbliihqd every Wedi*e? lay Moving , *y W, ? CONNORS, E4I(or,and ^oprictor. :==?== 1 TEBMS: fl? advance, * $2.00 At the expiration of .Six Monthn, .... 2.60 At the end of the Year, 1.00 Ne paper diicontinued until all arrearages are paid, except pt our optipn. APVERTI8EMENT8, Will be inserted at two dollars per square* far tba first, and ona dollar per squara far each subsequent insertion. A square to consist of the space of 12 lines. Brevier type. No advertisement considered less than a aqusre. The Confederate* in MarylandA letter from a Confederate soldier, in the Petersburg Kx press, dafed Williamsport, Md., the 17th. gives the Jftjo wing account of the croaaiog into Maryland : We tarried in MviintbHr; only long enough to gather oqr spoils, and frqm thence came to Una place, arriving liara night b?for# la^t. Martiuaburg ia strong fur tha old Union, aqd several Yankees ware found concealed ,)U tl^a houses, e??? alter the own or* bad awwrn Uiat none were there. All that part of Virginia, 1 fear, with but very few exception*, to unaound to the cor*. Bat of ail the aighta I have ever aeen, bod* can compare with thia ,town. On eroaaiog the Potomac, and enteriog the plaee, I was at the .very head of the column. Not a spql, epve a few .Ijoys spd scattering Confederate.cavalry, graced the scan* All the atpree and every hone* was clueed ; and every window ana story csrtajo was down, as if fbe sight of a rebel could not bo tolerated. On advancing further info the town, a few faces (woman's cqrioaily) occasional* ly protruded frgta a prindow, and groups of men cou|d be seen gathered qn the street corners At one corner about a half dozen young girls ware collected who waved their .handkerchiefs quit* bravely and cheered us. This ws have named secession corner. I cut the buttons from my cost to give to these girle, for whieh I hoped to get in return breakfast#, dtnnsra and suppers. But {generally the women looked verv gram, as f hesitating between a laugh and a cry, and the man looked serious, sod wars as mule as blocks of granite. All betrayed an evident fear. After dark, I want to town f.om our encampment, and saw a good many ladle* on tha atraeta. All declared their ay m pathy with tho Sooth, but said they were afraid to make manifest their preference, as I beowon in iWll ,<lrol?. Tbe ciliien are quiet and read/. Sra.LLaTsa.-Th* Frederick aba rf rped jap ke M^/raf tke Jaactiop. A irai* on fc# I their name* would be repealed whenever the Yankees returned. But the uen remained silent Little, however, did we eare for these things, and yesterday Gen. Rhodes opened ell of the tores, and made the proprietors eell to aoldiers for Confederate money. Of course artiolee qf every description were immediately advanced?coffee, for instance, at 60 cente par pound, and ,*very other artide in like proportipn ; but no greater extortion wae allowed. in the evening, all the men and officers, eave the staff officers, were ordered out of town, and the Government impressed every ! thing it wanted paying in (>nfede> /ate money, and if that was refused paying none at all. The merchants had concealed .their goods Jo every conceivable place, bat a rigid eearch soon brought them to light ^The people say nothing to all this, bpt you can aee that they sell with a very bed grace. YaakM Said near Richmond. RlCHMOSD. Jsa* Off Inform,!:*... ( been received thai three regiments of Yao kee cavalry, with two bowilxera, lad Tuostall's Station, laat evening. Thev appeared in Hanover County, thie morning, and fir*4 on a material train on the Central Railroad. The engineer revereed the traio and eeeaped. The Yankees have poaeea. aloo of the Centra! Road, and will doubtleee proceed agate to Aahland. The tele wraph wires were eat thle forenoon. The Orldgap cm both roade are guarded by infan try. No train ia expected from above ,|hie evening. Lana.?The raidere reached Sooth Anna bridge, on tfce Central Railroad, at % o'clock, and ware reeleted by the guard. A depatch report# the fight progressing. The telegraph ia working finely yo the Frederiekeberg Road to the inaction. The toemy bornt heme end attempted to deetroy the crops in their progress through the country. Aleo stole Ma horses and movable property. The proximity of the Yao keee to the aity bee occasioned ao appra* | this road, which arrived tins morning, at 4 o'clock, from Taylqraville, brings n report that a body of Yankee* have crossed the road in the direction of tho canal. Before burning the bridge, the enemy fore up the track aoote distant;* near Hanoyer Court House. After the bridge was destroyed, they went in the direction of the bridge over the sains stream, qp the Fredericksburg road, but being informed by citizens tbst a large Confederate force was at that puint, they returned to Hanover Court House. Jt U reported that there were only two con boats at the White House vestardav. Ro Yankee* visible. We had biR eighty,men at South Anna, op lha Central Railroad. Tho Yankee* were fifteen hundred strong, with two pie rjtsa of cannon. They attacked at 2 o'clock apd captured the larger portion of the guard. Six pere killed and fourteen wounded. The ropistance wa* desperate. The Yankee* then burnt the bridge, and next proceeded to .Col. Wjckham'a, where they burnt Ilia bnro. took all hia horse*, and carried off (ien W. 11 F Lee, who waa wounded in the battle of Drandy Station. Our wounded lliey paroled when they left Hanover Court House, fiotn which point it ia reported thev proceeded in the direction ol White iiou?e. They had atohn J85 mules | during the foray. 'I ho destruction of the bridge will not interrupt railroad communication with the Valley. * ???^??Highly Important from tho 8onth> west. Jackson, June *29.?Official despatches from General Dick Taylor, dated Alexandria, 26th, amy he stormed and carried at the poidl of the bayonet, with unloaded guns, the enemy's position at Berwick's Bay, capturing over 1,000'priaonere, ten heavy guns, and a large amount of stores. The lose in killed and wounded ia not known. The same despatches say their position at Thibodoaux was also carried? by whotp is not stated, but by General VValker supposed. This gives us commaud of the Miesiesipi i River above New Orleans, and enables us to cut ofT Banks' supplies. Jackson, Jane 29.?Late advices from Vicksburg have been received. They report no change in regard to affaire. On the uight of the 21st, the enemy sprung a mine to blow up an angle on the works, which was a complete failure, killing a ntimber of their owo men. The Vicksburg Citizen, ot the 16th, 19U> and 23d, have been received. It says that for twenty eight days incessant showers of shell have been rained upon the city. The lowest estimate places the number at a thousand, and but three casualties have occurred. The streets are daily filled with people, including women and children, who go about free from danger. On Tuesday, while they were working off their edi> tion, a thirteen inch shell passed through the office, scattering casts and type; no one injured. One of the enemy's gun-boats is flit nrrminJ Kulnu/ I ha pilu A numK?? of ?? " J ** "MW v"/ u,,Miw%l Wl transports loaded with troopa hava gone down during the past Taw daya. The enemy haa bean tiring incendiary ahella for three days, bet cauaing no damage Maj. Hoadley, of Arkansas, commanding the water battery, and Maj Martin of the Utilh Louiaiana. were killed laat Sunday, and Col. McLaurin, of the 37lh Louisiana, seriously wounded. The CUiten confirms (he n?wi of the heavy bombardment laat Saturday, and says our loaa waa comparatively noth ing. Alt know and feel that Johnaton will arrive in time. The general tone of the editorials ia cheerful. The paper is prioted on wall paper. The Scats at waauusuyoa.?K gentleman who cape through Ike Hera since the rapture of Winchester hy Mr forces aaya that the newspapers couvey a veiy inadequate idea of the ex taut it the alarui at Washington-Produced by the news of the advance of (jen. Lee'a army. Kvrry available man waa being hurried to the capital for ita defence, and the whole city waa in a perfect furore of alarm and excitement. Official information, received here, atetca that under the inflaeece of this excitement Berneide'a corpe hae been ordered from Kentucky to cuoatitute a portion of the ar my designed fur the defence of the Yankee tfodom ?Richmond Dispatch. A writer in the Herald, from llageraiow. Maryland, aa/a : "Parnara from Pannaylvaoia, who came into Hageratown. early Ihia morning, alata that aa eoon aa tha rvbala got into the Stala of Penoaylvania, they look avary horaa, killed avary othar animal, and buroad avary kenae and barn and hay rick on tbair rente." Wa bopa tkia ia tree, bat it naada oonlir. ma lion, aa wa hava it from no otbar aouroe. A Cincinnati telegram aaya it ia reported that 1,000 eitixeoe uf Indiana are encamped .a ?I a * > Divvuimgieoi ier in* purpoM or reaMU I i*|f U.? drift, tod Ihat thajr hiT* piekila ogil *ifhl ail** wound town. Just from Vicksburg. This morning, we had the pleasure of meeting in our office Mr. N. F. Cox, n brother of our well known citizen, Mnj W. 1). Cox, of the ttrtn of Cox, 1U1I & Co lie left Vicksburg on W ednesday, the 17th ,inst., and brings cheering intelligence from the beleaguered city and the men under command of Cen. Feinburton. He waa several days in reaching Jackson, nnd had a number of military adventures and hair breadth escapes. He brought out with him very important despatches for Gen. Johnfilon, which were safely delivered | and in due time. We would take grant pleasure u describing the manner of .his getting out from VicUaburg, and the thrilling incidents connected therewith, if it were prudent We *iU only say that he came right through the Yankee lines, and though Ilia escapes were narrow, he was not at any lime arrested We will leave it f ir Y'ankeedom to gueaa how lie passed through them without being Is sen up or inspected. tie says that perfect eonfidence prevails among our men. They are fully able to hold Vicksburg as long as they have anything to eat. The utmost enihusiam prevails among them for lien, i'emberton.? Strange how changes can be wrought in the views of men ! When I'emberton with bis army retired before Grant, alter the buttle of Baker's Creek, and came into Vicka burg, the soldiers, almost to a man daapiaed .........i-,l k;... ... der the city at ?nc?. Since lie lm? ah own hi* lighting qualities and hia determination to hold the place, their admiration for him koowi no bounda. S oldiera alwaya love brave fighting commander ; and a aoldier who may even be a coward himself. de*piaea a General, a Colonel, or a Captain who ia not brave. Our total loaa at Vickaiburg in all the assaults which the Yankeea had made upou it up to the time Mr. Cox left, waa 625, of whom only 126 were killed ( rant's ditches are within on# hundred yards of our fortifications in one place, but nobody is unaaay about this, tie waa mining, and I'emberlou waa couoterminiug when he left. I'emberion has provision* enough to laat him months. Nobady ia in a hurry ? All aeein content to wuil the "good lime coming.". No sign of starvation ; no faltaring in enlhuMam or rontidmce on the part of the soldier* or the people.? Atlanta Confederacy. Geographical. The town of Milliken'a itend ia 25 miles above Vicksburg, in Madison pariah, i* situated three miles above the feot and seven miles above the head of the bend, and ha* about 250 inhabitants Terrapin Neck, a very narrow point at the head of the bend, if occupied by Gen. Smith, with a few pieces of artillery, would not only efTrclu.11., ...> ..? .11 1:? ? - ' J vu> UII ail au^i|iiir?t uut ail reinforce Simla for Grant bv the river. I-ake Provi. dence, the old pariah aeal of Carroll pariah, ia 75 inilra above Vickabnrg. Kiclnnood, l.a , ia about dO mile* diatnnt, due went ot Vukeburg, on the Vickaburg and Shreveaport Kailroud. New Carthage im nb >ut the aume dintnr.ce, southwest ol Vickaburg, on or near the Miaaiaaippi Young's Point ia juat above Milliken'a Bend, and nbout twunty inilea northeast of Richmond. Cumberland ia on the north bank of the Potomac, in Maryland. It ia the eaatern terminua of the great National road to the Weat, and the weatern Urminua of the Cheeapoake and Ohio canal. It ia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 197 nnlea weat by. north of Baltimore It ia in the midst of the fmmenae coal beda. which nup ply the ocean steamers and manufactoriea of the Bast. It conlaina more than 10,000 inhabitanta. The little Caropon river traveraea Maru pahire county, Va , a lew mite* weat ot the Great (^acopon, and ?nlera the Potomac live tnilea below the junction of the main branchea of the Great Catopon Kingwnod 'l'nnnel, the one deatroyed wna 8S milea weat of Cumbertand, a magnificent a truelore, sol i JI jr arched, bnill lor two track*, nearly ooe mile in length, and coat $1,000, 000. Hageratown in nine miles from the Potomac,'Jt> miles northwest of Frederick, and 86 tnilea writ of Baltimore It is the terminus of tho Franklin Railroad,and contains ttfiO0 inhabitants. (jett)sburg is flourishing town of 5,000 inhabitants, 86 miles southwest of Hurriaburg. &lcConnels?illv, named above, is probable VlcConnellaburg, a amall town 70 miles W. 8. W. of liarriaburg. Hancock ia on the north side of the Potomac, in Maryland, and on lha great Chesapeake and Ohio canal, 12-t milea from Baltimore. Tbe Point of Rocks station is 1*2 milea east of llarper'a Ferry, and 11 miles west m m m - oi Monovftcy Junction. Th? Herald aaya Vallandigham haa ran lh? blockade aafely to Naaaau, wbanco be will go to Canada. The Toothache. ? An exchangegiro the following: "Sly dear friend," aaid II, "I can cure your toothache in ten minutes " "How ! how I" inquired I. "Do it in pitty." "Instantly," aaid he. 'Have \ on nny alninV "Yea." "Bring i? and some common anil." They were produced. Sly frieud pulverized them, mixed them in equal quantities, then wet a small piece of cotton, causing the mixed powder to adhere, arid placed it in j my hollow tooth. 'There," said ho,'if that doea not cure >ou, 1 will forfeit my head Von may tell thia to every one apd publish n ever) win i*-. me remeay is iniaiiioie. | It wan .is lie predicted. On the intruduc . lion of ths niix'-d alum and salt, I experienced a aenantion of the coldness, which gradually subsided, and with it?the alum and ??ll?I cured the torment of the toochache. How The* l)o It?a gentleman who recently succeeded in gelling out of the enemy's lines near Washington, N. C., informs Wilmington Journal that the universal cus lomed of the Yankee soldiery there is to plunder all alike, the poor as Well aa the rich. They take the widow's last egg or chicken, equally with the planters last slave or horse or cow. Submission brings no protection. Their friendship is equally fatal with their hate. Yankee Cavalry at IIkookhatkk.? About midday yesterday some thirty 01 for* ly of the Yankee cavalry dashed in Urookhaven, burot u^> eight curs, and left in an eastern direction. This was, perhaps, hall the ouiiiber of cars which was below Jackson, and will very materially Intei fere with the limited mean* of transportation between Urookhaven and Jackaoa. The Federals only staid 20 minutes, and did no darntge to the track or place ?Jack. ion yiuuttippum, 'ibtfx. Latest >kom PuhT IIudsom ? By a gen. tleman from Clinton, we learn, says the Natchez Courier, that a courier out of Port Hudson to General Johnston, aaya oar loss in fifteen attack a had been but two hun* dred, killed and wouuded; Federal loss, over 17,000 of all colors. In last Saturday's attack. which Isatefl six hours and was ierri hie, the loss of the eiietuv was heavily increased. P'e.ity of provisions, and the garrison in the heat of health and spirits ? General Gardner confident?Jackton Mastttippian, 'J6th A Winches or correspondent of the Whig dated liis 'J7ih, mentions a report that Kwsll certainly holds )iarri?burg. Pa. Au .dicer professing to be direct from there say a the people are very submissive. The report needs confirmation, but the latest Philadelphia papers report Ewell within twenty-six utiles of I Isrruburg on the night of the 24?h. Philadelphia p iper*, of the 2Mb, have dates, from McConnellsburg of the 14th, which statu that the excitement along the border remains unsbated. Business is at a perfect stand stiM. The prospects of reaping the coming harvest are Dot encouraging. The rebels aro overrunning Franklin County. MANSION H 0 IT S R ?? .. * V ma. v V/ % . G. Robinson, CAMDKN.S. C. The subscriber returns his thank* to his friends and the traveling public, for the lib eral support he has received fur the last twelve years; and would stale he has com , menced this year under new auspices, and pledges himself that every exertion will be made by hitnve'.f and ,ady to give satisfaction and keep up a FIRST RATE HOTEL. with clevn i-rd comfortable room* and an orderly Mouse. Having s Pi,si rate Cook and good servant*, travelers may depend upon good accommodation at the old Mussina. l.idies or families (wishing it) will be > faruished with a private table without ei ire charge. ' Mis ^tables will be found in good order, with plenty of provender, end two faithful Ostlers. Mis Omnibus will be found at the Denot erery day on iho arrival of tha Tram*. K O. ROBINSON, Proprietor. April 8, 1863, il-iiu (TB NORTHBOP- "r~ Attorney at Law AND MOlrlCITOK IN EQUITY, W ill practice in Lao caster and Uie neighbor, ing Districts. OFFICE AT LANCAdTERVILL*. October 21st, 1861. ' 81-1J Ilagi! Hag?!! We will pay 7 cents par pound for all clean cotton or linen Rage delivered at lip Ltdgir Otfioe SLAVfi LABOR FOR THK f. * COAST e DIVISION NO. 2. u 5 THE (i^ncral Commanding, having made ,4 a requisition on tlie State Authorities tor Twenty five hundred Laliorcra, the Coinisaiooi * em ot the Roads and the Town Authorities I witluu the Judicial Districts of Lancaster, Ker- l shaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Dailington, Mart- t on, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and Horry, including I'ppcr All Saints, will forth' I w ith summon all shareholder within their re | 8pCCUTU limns 10 ucuu-i uuciuunii ui uieir slave* liable to road duty at the Depot* nearest * the owner's 'resilience, at 10 o'clock a. in. on < WEDNESDAY, the fifteenth day of July pror. i [15th July |, lor tratispoi talion to Charleston tor thirty days' latior on the fortifications. 1 II. The Legislature, at the April session exempted the owners of one road hand from liability under this Act, those who own two or three, or a fraction over a number divisible by 4 one-fourth, will send forward one hand for such fraction, or two owners having such Irmnctioni may unite them and send one hand out of every lour. III. Overseers at the rate of one to every hundred bauds are allowed, to be aelect^d by liie owners and paid by the Confederate Goveminent Fifty Dollar* per month IV. Keccipt* will tin'given at the Depots for the negroes, and as essinents in duplicate are made of the negroes bo to re they are put to work. V. The Act requires the attendance of one ofahe Commissioners at each Depot: he will be ?. 1.- ... 1. 1-.. .v. Mill -J} 1 ACllll UkUUlUVV ?V IQVlipi IUI MIW ncet oca. . VI. Owners are requested to furniah their hands with spades or shovels and three days' rations; the Government bare promised to return the tools, and coioiuutatioii will he allowed ior the rations, VII. Owners who hire substitutes will furnish me with a copy of the receipt taken (or V such substitute, in order that the Government ; and all parlies concerned may be protected. VIII. The press of business on the Railroads I making it difficult for the companies to lurnUh transportation at a given hour ; the Commissioners, Sic , will cause the hands to assemble at the hour named above aud there wait the passage of the train. IX. The undersigned, after three monthr experience takes pleasure in assuring the slave owners that every possible care is taken of the negroes ; ineir health has been good, and every possible comfort has been provided. They are promptly discharged at the end of the thirty ! days, which is not only salisfabtory to the oilier a* complying with his just and reasonable 1 expectations, but tins constant rotation is ai' moat a sab-guard against camp diseases. X. The credits due being aliqost entirely ex* haunted on the last call, it ia earnestly hoped that the number required of this division will be promptly lurnished; one fourth of the hands, , il sent lor ward, would more than supply the demand. The importance of the work is sqch as should induce us all to mke every posses saciiCce. The call lias been postponed JRTl the press of the plantation work is over ; it would have been made for June but for this motive, and a prompt and lull re.pom-e to this cail may make il the last on ibis Division. WM. M SHANNON, Agent for Lh s Stale of South Carolina. Caiqden, S. C., June 13th, 1863. Juue '24, 1803. 90?31. , i A juib ai*uua< My though-bred Horse DAPPLE JOHN will stand the ensuing Spring Season, com* inencing the first week in March, at my residence near Hanging Hoi k. DAPPLE JOHN ia Jull.blooded Jenua and Canadian, tie ia ao well known in this section that it ia scarcely necessary to say anything4a commendation of his superior qualities His Colts speak for themselves, and they sre unhesitatingly pronounced by good judges to be among the best stock of our country For fineness of form, spirited > appearance and activity of motion, he is not excelled by any horse in the Stale. M.tres from u distance can be accost modated with stabling -nd pastures I Terms: for toe Insurance gio 00 I JAMES M. INGRAM. Feb 26, ISttt. I-if WILLIAMS A ALLISON. attorneys at latf AMD Rnliniiora In P/snDw Itl , mm 1 ? LANCAMTKK, C. H.t rf O. Will practice in Uio Diatrict o( UuaMl* Prompt attention gifon toCollaatte*.. Mr. William* may Uj cou?ult?d at VorktilU, 8. C., and Mr. Alliaom at hia odtaa m tha Court Uouae, at Lancaatar. July 1th l?A?. tl?If Dr. AIaFACO ORMir Ue?ld?Mi DeolK roMCviLLS, a. o., Ofiara bia Profaaaioqal ftorvicM to tbo (111saaa of Lauiuaalar Village aud aurrou c.dlag country. AKTIFLCI \L TfclKTll ioaarWd on OoU Plata, Irom ooe to a fall mU*. Juoa ilib, ISM. 18?1* m - m