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m. ... l anc aster villeTb.c. Wedneiday Morning, Aug 12,1863. The orders Iront the District Unrolling Of. ficer, in this paper, should engage the attention el all males between wic ages 01 ie aim to Tears. We direct attention to tlio "Address of the President to the soldiers ol the Confederate States," published elsewhere The weather lor tin last ten days has been ox. ceaaiTcljr warm. The earth is very much parch, ed with I.eat, and unless there isjain soon the corn ciop, in this vicinity, will be manually Injured. Mr J. A. Cunningham, subsistence agent for this District, has shown us tiro revised Schedule of Government prices, arranged by the Commissioners for South Carolina, to com linue for one month from lire first of Auguat, or until revised. The only material alteration which we notice from the Schedule tor last month, is in the price of Floor and Wheat.? Flour ranges Irotn #18 to $22 per barrel, according to quality, and wheat from $3 to $4 per bushel. Mr. C. informs us that he is instructed to report for impressment, all subsistence in his Dis trict, bought with the vi?w to aell again, at prices beyond thoae fixed by the Government Commissioners. The Situation. The cloud* which a short time since were ao portentious of disaster to thu cause of the South are already partially dispelled, and the gloom and despondency which had settled upon many J of our people in consequence of a succession | of reverses has given place to somewhat of renawed hope and confidence. The danger which threatened the army of Gan. Lee, in its retreat from the enemy's country, is passed; aud re liable accounts assure us that the aruiy occu pies substantially the same secure position of -defence that it did picvloua to thelate iuvasien. That the losses sustained in battle have been fully made up by reinforcements, and thai, with She exception of the ordinary wear and tear incident to a rapid snd laborious campaign, the army is in as good condition as it was three months ago. Kichmond, therefore, is in no immediate danger. The force of Gen. Lee is adequate to repel aud punish any attack in that -quarter. The enemy is still prosecuting his designs upon Charleston, but he has gained no sub stantisl adrsntage since the little success he achieved at the commencement of the attack. His efforts have been of the nuAt determined and energetic character; aud yet if his luture progress is in proportion to his success within the last month, it will be many, manyjuooths, if ever, before lie gets possession of Charleston We ere assured from trustworthy sources that if the labor now urgently celled for i? supplied by the planters, Charleston will soon be in a condition to atand the aiege indefinitely. Much higher confidence than that entertained a short tmnxago is now felt In that department. In the North-west there has been no late important developments. The new line of defence assumed by Uen. Bragg remains intact, and it is thought his force is sufficient to prevent sn advance of the enemy into East Tennessee, North Alabama and Georgia. In the West, where, apparently, a short time since, our greatest danger lay, active military operations have comparatively ceased. The enemy, seemingly content with his successes for the present, has retired to his strongholds on the Mississippi; doubtless with the view of protecting the vast commerce, which, so long pent up, will now float upon that stream. Active campaigning in all quarters is probably over for the present. Both aides, exuauated with recent efforts, are content to assume the . defensive. But ihta inaction will not be of loug duration?both aides are busy with preparation, and, unless in the mean lime peace ia brought about by means of foreign complication, or through the influence of the pesos party at the North, (neither of which la probable) the vandals will precipitate all their strength upon us during the >*all months Although there should suit, it ie possible thai we have not yet reached the worm, end that lha flghting duriog the lat, Ur pan of the preeeot year will be more deeperate than any that we have yet earn. The ' people ebould nerve themaelvca lor what U before them; and with faith in the aaaurauce that Providence will defend the right, abide the iaeue. RvtWiTior or Ouiut Paica.?The Ifoub goroery Mail, of the lat iaeL, eayi: We have learned, with great regret, that Geo. Price hae reeigned hie eommiaeion, and retired from the army in Arkansas. It i* eaid that being placed In a eubordinate poeltion to Gen. ifoimee, he waa unable to execute hie plana for the liberation of Arkansas and Miaaouri from the presence of the Yankee*. It ia aleo eaid that daapalring to receive from Preel* dent Davia the position to which he wee entitled by bia militarv service, he Anally determined to rwtiro from hie commend Religioui Notice. In consequence of a meeting which is to bo held at Mt. Caunel, embracing 23(1 of August, and at which the Sacrament of the Lord's Supi per will ho administered ; there will be no preaching at Camp Creek on that Sabbath, but preaching at Iamcaster Village at 10 1*. M.atid 4 A. M. C. E. LAND. Illnksk or Gun. Floyd.?The Richmond | Examiner, oi the 3'Jth ult., says: I wc lean; with deep regret that Gen. John It. Floyd, who, since his retirement from the | army, hits been un invalid from diaea.se con i traded in the camp, now lies dangerouslg ill at the r cm deuce "I his son-in-law, near Abington, Yiiginia, and but slight hops are enter, tained of his lecovery. The Conlederacy, and especially the people of Virginia, will receive r this announcement with son.m. llr.xicb Dkci.arkii anKmi-irk,?Thoateamer lloanake, f.om Havana, on the -'.'d instant, arrived at New York on Monday with advices from the City of Mexico to the loth ult. A council of notabilities, held on the loth ult., declared that the Mexican nation, through them, select an empire as the form of Government, and declare Maximilian, of Austria, Kmperor. Should he decline the throne, they implore the French Emperor to seleet a person in whom he has full confidence to Occupy the throne. The proclamation was immediately made I public, and a coutier posted to Vcia Crux, and I from there it was sent by a French steamer to Havana. A salute was fired at Vcva Cruz in honor of the cvcfit. From Morris Island.?All was quiet on Friday. At i o'clock a gunboat came up and threw about filly rounds of shell at liatteiy Wagner and the neighboring sandhill- ami tben retired. It is reported that during the j day there was a flag of truce from the enemy, hut its perpoi t hart not transpired. At sun[ down Mattery Juiukius opened, uud was atill tiring at a late hour last night. There were hut two casualties at Battery Wagner : I'ri. j vate E. Burns, of Company B, Charleston Battalion, and B. A. Sliubin, of the isiege Train, who now lie wounded at the ho-piul in Trap' icann street.?Mercury, N//? intt. Moan Negro I.ados Wantad Immediately ron the DsraMCE or Charleston.?An iuu prestujn, we regret to learn, has heroine* very general amongst the planters ot our State, that the military authoritieM here have already ob> taiued aa much negro labor as in requisite for the proper and energetic prosecution ot the work upon our defences, and thai, therefore, no more slaves are needed. This, we arc aui thorixed and requested to state, i* a grave mistake. A vast amount of work, of a very mi. portant character, remains to he accomplished, and there is still urgent need of as many .negroes aa the people of Uie State can supply lor the emergency. The greater the number of tlin hands furnished, the sooner will Uie necessary defences be completed and the negroes returned to their owners. We are also informed that a number of experienced and competent overseers are wanted at once, to supeuutend the lal>or of the various gangs. Let our planters, then, hasten to send dowu more negroes, while we have the opportunity to make their labor available. The late of the city may turn upon the piomptitudo of the people of South Carolina in answering this last call of the authorities.?CKarletlon Mercury. From General Lee's Army?Severe Cavalry Fight Near Brandy Station.? The Central train laat evening brought the tidings of the recommeucement of hostili ties ou the LTpper Rappahauoock. On Kri J day afternoon our picket*, near Brandy j Station, composing a portion of General Mahone'a brigade, were driven in by a large body of the enemy?aaid to be three brig ades eirong?cavalry and artillery Our infantry fell bark, and General liamplon'e cavalry, commanded by lieutenant Colonel Baker, advanced, General \V. 11. F Lee'e and Jonev' brigadea being within aupport ing diatanco. Hampton's brigade fell upou the enemy at a bri^t charge, and for a few minuter the tight waa fierce. But the im< petuoaity and daah of the old brigade waa too murh for tha Yankee*, and they broke and recronaed the Kappahannock in coofuaion. In the short time that the battle iaa ted Hampton's Lrigade leal every Colonel of the command by wounds, but none wera cillsd. Liautanaol Colonel Baker, in cornmand, was ahot through the left arm, as also waa Colonel Yonng, of Cohb'a Legion; Coloooi Black, of the First South Carolina cavalry, ahot crotowioe through the palm of hie right hand by a inioie ball ; Captain Blair, First North Carolioa, shot alightiy In the left breast. Our loaa in tha fight was aaid to be upwards of fifty killed and woon> ded. Tha Yankee loss waa heavy. and we took a number of prisoners, and (oat but a vara few. Tha Yankes cavalry is aaid to been commanded by Kilpalrick, but we.rather expect it waa Stoueman, with parhaps the bulk of his force, operating aa a feeler for | tho whereabouts of General Leo. Paasen I gers represented General Slocutn, of General Meade's army, on tbia aide of the Rap pahannock, but we heard no confirmation of it-?Richnvrnd Examiner. Gilhore'c 1-ossaa?A Northern paptfr informs us that "from private aouicea it has been ascertained that General Gilmore'a loan at Charleston by casualties and sickness amounts to about one-third of hia original fon-e. He hua not asked for reinforcements, nor has he. any intention of abandoning the attack." It is add ;d that "the authorities at Washington are determined upon the reduction of the forts, and he will receive such further aid m circumstances may require." TELEGRAPHIC. From the West. Morton, August 3.?A Urge number of Chiefs and Rraves of (lie Choctaw tribe passed through here yestciday, on their wa^ to visit the (ireat Father in Richmond. (irnut has established a garrison of about 3,(?00 at Natchez. Wilt Adums' scouts bring intelligence that Ranks attacked Dick Taylor at Donaldsonville, on the ".'id ult, but was defeated, with a loss ol fi.Oon, including 4,001) piisoners. Taylor's and Magmder's forces have since united on the Tcche River, which, if true, will enable Taylor to place in position the siege guns captured at Thibndeau* and blockade the river below. The latest intelligence from the Mississippi River represents the river above Vicksburg as sw aiming with gun-boats. Ten transports were counted below Vicksburg and Natchez, last Friday. This does not prevent communication with the Trans-Mis-issippi Department. Ac wuiiu irum nun siue aie ciieetllig out contraband. Tim enemy have |>h<ceii a garrison of 2,600 men at C'lrthage, which is a prominent point on the river. Logan is watching the movements of the enemy, ami we will hear from him soon. No troops have gone up the river save Mcl'hersoit's corps, a part ol Humside's command. Northern New?. Kicuuosn, Aug. 6.?A flag of truce boat ar> rived at City Point to-day. The New York Times, of the 3d in.st, received, contains the following: Lincoln has issued an order declaring that the law of retaliation will be fully carried out, and for every soldier killed, in violation of the laws of war, a rebel soldier will tie executed.? if black soldiers aiv taken prisoners and sold into slavery, rebel soldiers taken will be con. fined to hard lalair on the public wotkt. there to continue until the blacks are liberated. Yankee accounts of the battle of Urandy Station admit a heavy loss. Charleston dates the 31st ult., state that Gen, (iilmorc had succeeded iu erecting a long line , ol batteriys within two hundred and titty yard* of Wagner, and was mounting three heavy two hundred pounder siege guns within one mile ami a quaiter oi f oi l Sumter, with which he expected the tori would he reduced. The New York Times says: From the interior of the town* of this Slate, as well as from the New Holland States, we hear that more than half those dialled par the exemption fee." Richmond, Aug. A.?I'ope Pius IX, haa addressed a letter to Archbishop Hughes on the | subject of the American war,-urging peace and I desiring liint to confer, for the purpose of pro-, moling the peace policy, with the Archbishop of New Orleans, lie directs him to omit tioth- | ing that he can undertake and accomplish by 1 his wisdom, authority or exertion, as lar as | compatible with the nature of the holy ministry, to conciliate the minds of the combatants, to pacify them and to biing back lite desited tranquility and peace. An expedition which ieft Yicksburg a few days ago has armed at Kort Hudson. Grant is reported to be commanding it in person.? Its destination is unknown. Junction, Aug. 7.?Usdtimore Amtrican of the 4lh leceived. Th? ssrrvs^ondence of the Chicago Tun'* of IhS ISth says Koseciaus' army is advancing victoriously. Northern corres|*ondence speaks in exulting terms of the Yankee success and ridicules the idea of foreign intervention ; it also ridicales the heavy losses to Yanks* oommeicc by the Floiids and Alabama. Tbs rsrisisnio to the dieft in Illinois and Indians Is sot considered fo-midsble. Nothing dsw hoin I.ec's army. A gentleman who Irik Washington on Saturday stales that Mvado'a army. It is thought, was leceiving no reinforcements as yet, except a few negro regiutnius, whilst many regiments of hit command, whose term Jias expired, were' g ting home. It says a large force was conceutiating at Fortress Monroe to operate against Charleston. He thinks Grant's army will next attack Moble. tie represeUls things as quiet in th. Writ. .../t ? -V- -L - - ...? .w Miu v*|?i vwv# IIIC U^IIIIUU mil IQ?] draft will be gently but sural/ enforced. From Riobmood. Richmond, August 7 ? Official despatches lends; state tbal the Yankee tlotid has passed Boykin's ou its *?; down the liver. A monitor and one gunboat were, it is oelisred, mate null/ damaged by the cannonading to which they were subjected below Chapin's Bluff. The Yankees aboard the gunboats were badly terrified by the eiploeion of a torpedo, and nutubers of them could have been picked off Dy sharpshooters. A special Court of Inquiry is callsd to meat at Montgomery on the 18th instant, charged with the duty of inquiring into the events of thh late campaign iu Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana during th# months of May, June and July, and especially into the matter of the sur render of Yicksburg end Port Hudson. The Court will report ell the facta, together with ite opinion upon the merits of the case, Eire hundred Yanksc cavalry are in Stafford county, robbing the people of lha little lood which hee been col lee led since Hooker's defeat. They are aleo arresting citizens. .mwmtm fiuivyeRichmond, AegWit 6 ? The steamship America hat hmth4 >1 New York. She brings (ivies* ! fM ult. The British Phfttanient si pec ted Id adjourn on the 'iSUt oil. The news of the surrender of Vickeburg nd of the result of the battle of Uettyeburg, caused considerable excitement in Kngland. The London Times' City Arliole, uf the 21st, says : "The hews has been received with a mixed feeling of surprise, disappointment and satisfaction ; surprise t the sudden collapse of the Vickaburg defences, disapponlment at the removal owing to the retreat of Ia?, of nil prospect for the termination of the war, and satisfaction in conlatnolaline th? tei.dnm iki>u? by Knglnnd iu not ha"iog permanently yielded to the recent pressure for recoyni nun ui me vunieuerate otntea.'' The Confederate lman wan quoted at from lour and a half to three and a half discount. End of the I.a*t iiaid into North Carolina. ?The \ ankee column* which marched into North Carolina have retired. The two which went over North Carolina soil went back to Newborn, and the party that marched into the Stale from Suflolk, composed of Spears' and I lodge's cavalry, reached SutVolk Sunday fort noon about 10 o'clock, and at 8 p, m took up their line of march fur Norfolk. A battery ol eight pieces, known as Howard's Regular U. S. Artillery, which ulso accompanied the cxpedi' tioti, proceeded to Murfreesboro", whence it will be shipped to Ncwbern, N. C. This expo dilion was under the command o( Colonel Spcurs, and the inuu freely acknowledged in Sutl'olk that the expedition was a complete failure. OBIlUARY. Sleep, dearest sleep where none ever wake lo weep, How sleep the brave who sink to rest, Hy all their country's wishes blessed. Lieut. M. R. Hinsos, one of the four sons of Daniel Hinson, of Lancaster District, S. C., fell upon the battle held ol Gettysburg, I'a., ou the 2d ol July 1883. He had strong lies to keep him at home with his family, but the condition of the country re. quiring every one to do his duty, he piomptly volunteered his services, on the loth day of January I Mil. and left his home lor active service, ou the 28th day ol April, ol the same year, as a private ill Company II, 2d Regiment of 8. (J. V. After serving in the rapks, for about fifteen months, and having been engaged in the-1st Mauassa battle, the I'euiusula campaigns, and the battles around Kichmoud, ami having passed salely through theui, he was elected a Lieutenant in the company. After his election to a Lieutenancy, he also passed salely through the battles at SUarpsburg Aid., Kredcrickaburg, and Chancelloi ville, Va,?and j from thence back through Maryland, to the slaughter pen in Pennsylvania, where he lell a victim lo death, under the murderous shower of shot and shell Irorn the enemy. The writer of thia can testily from his own peisonal observation, that the deceased was ever calm and cool in the discharge of the many duties eiu cuuibent upon him, both as a soldier and as an otlicer, and he can truthfully say, that Li. lienson had not an enemy in caiuo. lie has heard his cool courage and deliberate actions com. mended, as being worthy ol his rank. The deceased, ilever had the pleasure of visiting his home und his friends, troin the time he entered service. Thus our country has lost a noble young man -...I ? lK. . .-*>1 i - ? Iiu i^nuaiiw oiuccr, ami Willie wo mourn UH un- I timely death, w e leel that ho has (alien as every patriot should wish to fall, with hut lace to the toe?battling lor his country'* right*. He leaves a devoted lather and mother, sisters and brothers, and two darling little bubes to mouru over his absence. Also he leaves an affectionate brother in the company who has stood by liiin in the great conflicts through which bo passed to utourii nis absence; his grief may be lelt, but it cannot be expressed. May bis memory linger around bis family and Iricuds, and mav his little ones tollow his exemplary life as a man of honor and merit, and may his little ones be upheld by a prolouiid love for iliui who loves the upright. He lias ever had the appearance of an upright and christian heat ted soldier. O may he ever rest with Him who is able to give rest to the w eary?for there is rest for the weary. A Kiut.ni> anu Comrauk. Howard (trove Hospital, Vs. July '21, 1(46 3. HEADQUARTERS. ENROLLING OFFICE. Lancaster, C. II., August lith 1863 1. In obedience lo orders from May Mellon, Commandant of Conscripta, isnusd on the Itftlh ult, all persons within the ages of 18 and 45 years liable to enrollment, are required to report in personal this office on or before the IwenticlU day of August iust. This order includes all persons between the ages above specified embraced in the Isle State organizations. 2. The orders of Maj. Melton sbove mentioned, which have been published in the l^tncaster ledger and other paper*, and also in hsnd bills extensively circulated throughout this District, designats vsry accurately those who are now called upon fo. enrollment. S. All necessary information fof the gui dance of those concerned will be found eon tsined in said orders, and persona liable to enrollment are herein warned that they will be required to conform atriclly with the terine of said orders. 4. All who fail lo report at this office as volunteers by the 20th August instant will forfeit their right to volunteer; and will be immediately enrolled as conscripts, and dsalt with aa such. 5. Captains and commandants of Heat Companies io laocaatsr District are hereby . - -j; ! <? iu i?uiu iu utm uiiicm m? DklOrl of all peraona within tho agee of 18 and 45 yaara without reference to exemptione. K. K ALLISON, Enrolling Officer for Lancaaler Diatrict. A?g. IS, 1863, 37-it A Substitute Wanted. To take the place of a gentleman in the 12th Regiment, 80. <Ja. Volunteers, in Virginia. Kor a reliable and able bodied man, orer forty-fire rear* of age, four thousand dollars (|40UO.0u) will be paia.?Enquire at thia office. tr Southern Guardian aud Charlotte Bui-1 letin will give three insertions and forward bills immediately through tbia office. Also direc. enquirers to this office. JolyW, . M IL < . -l.-LL ?gat...J] Jg Address of the President to the Soldiers ef the Confederate States. After more than two year.* of a warfare acArccly equalled in the number, magnitude. mini leanui carnage or iu uaiucn ; u wariare in which your courage and fortitude have illustrated your country and attracted uot only gratitude at home, but admiration abroad, vour enemies continue a struggle i? which our filial triumph l%u*t be inevitable. Unduly elated with their recent successes, they imagine that tem|iorary reverses can quell your spirit or shake your determination, and they are now gathering lieavy masses for a general invasion in the vain hope that by a desperate effort success may at length be reached. You know too well, my countrrinon, what they mean by sacccu, 1 heir malignant ragti aim* at nothing lees than the extermination of yourselves, your wives and children. Thoy seek to destroy what they can not plunder.? They propose as the spoils oS victory that your homes shall he partitioned oiwong tlx wretches whose atrocious cruelties have stamped infamy on their Government. They design to incite servile insurrection and light the fires of in. cendtarism whenever they can reach yeor homes, and they debauch tho interior ra?e, hitherto docile and contented, by promising indulgence o( the vilest passions as tho price of treachery. Conscious of their inability to prevail by legitimate warfare, not daring to make peace lest thcv should be hurled from their scats of power, the men who now rule in Washington refuse even to confer on the sub* ject of putting an end to outrages which disgrace our age, or to listen to a suggestion for conduiting the war according to the usages of civilization. * Fellow citizens, no alternative is left you but victory, or subjugation, slavery and the utter ruin of yourselves, your families and your country. The victory is withiu your reach.? Vou need but stretch forth your hands to grasp it. For this and all that is necessary is that those who are called to the field by every motive that can move the human heart, should promptly repair to the post of duly, should stand by their comrades now iu front of the foe, and thus so strengthen the armies of tha Confederacy as to ensure success The met* now absent from their posts would, if present iu the field, sulticc to create numerical equality between our torce and that of the Invaders? and when, with any approach to such equality, have we failed to be victorious ? 1 believe that but few of those absent arc actuated by unwillingness to swrve their country ; hut that many have lound it difficult to resist the temptation of a visit to their homes and the loved ones ft out whom they have been so long separated ; that others have left for temporary attention to their affairs with the intention of r?i. turning, ^id then lutve shrunk from the consequences of their violation ^o( duly ; that othi era again have left their posts from mere resli Icssuess and desire of change, each quietiug the uporaidings of Ins conscience, by persuading himself that his individual services could have no influence on the general result. These and other causes (although far less disi graceful than the desire to avoid danger, or to escape from the sacrifices required by patriot ism,) are, nevertheless, griuvoua faultt, and place the cause of our beloved country, and of everything we hold dear, in imminent peril. I repent that the men who now owe duty to their couutry, who have beeti called out and hare not yet reported for duty, or who hare abaetiled themselves from their poeto, are autlicient in number to secure us victory in the struggle new impending. 1 call on you then, my countrymen, to has' ten to your camps, in obedience to the dictates of honor and of duty, and summon those who. have absented themselves without leave, or who have remained absent beyond the period allowed by their furloughs, to repair without delay to their respective commands, and 1 da hereby declare that I grant a general pardon and amnesty to all officers and men within the Confederacy, now absent without leavo, who shall, with the least possible delay return to their proper poets of duty, but uo excuse will be received for any delay beyond twenty days after the tint publication of tins proclamation in the State in which the absentee may be at the date of the publication. This amnesty and pardon shall extend to all who have been accused, or who have been convicted and are undergoing sentence for abseuce without leave, or desertion, excepting only those who have been twice convicted lor desertion. Finally, I conjure my countrywomen?the wivea, mothers, sisters and daughters of the Confederacy?to use their all-powerlul iuttm ence in aid of this call, to add one crowning sacrifice to those which their patriotism has so freely and constantly offered on their country's altar, and to take care tbat none vho owe ser. vice in the field shall be sheltered at home from the disgrace of having deserted their duty to their families, to their country and to their trod. Giveu under my hand and the seal of the Con> federate States, at Richmond, this 1st fJ... 1 A. ... X- iL. -J ^OlALj U?T IN AU|JIUV, ID ID! JMT U? UUr Lord one thousand eight hundrod end sixty-three. JEFFERSON DAVIS. By the Fresident: J. P. Uknjamim, Secretary of Bute. [Lancaster Ledger Print.] Aug. 12, 27?2t SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, Columbia S. C. July SUth 1261. Mr. J, A. Cunningham has been appointed an agent of this department, (or the purchase of bacon, flour, coru, wheal and beet cattle, in Laucaatar Diatrict. Tba "aohadula of prioao" ettabliahed bj the board of cotmuiaeiouera will be paid lor the a bora article* of aubeiatauce.? ll u to be hoped thai the planter* ot tba Diatrict will coiua forward at ouoe with tba above Huppliea which are much needed. L D. W1TU KRSPOON, 'Cfcpl and A. O. 8. Auf. ?, IMS, M-lt Raira f RAOrm I I We Will pit; 7 cents per po ind for all cio*a oouon or liovp Rage delivered el iJW l/t^gtr Office.