The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 08, 1863, Image 1
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T iQ L ,U ? E XII. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 8,1863. NUMBERB. "
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THE LANCASTER EEIHJER
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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
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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
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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
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. 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. ,
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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*
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