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? ?t>? WLmitmUitv SfctlJgpr*. VOLUME XII. 'LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUG. 26, IS63. NUMBER M . mnn * ?i.. i ..>?"*> *- 1 - iriCi LANUASTEK LKlHiKR fubliahed every Wednee lay Morning BY W. M. CONNORS, Editor Mild proprietor. TERMS: In advance, $2.00 At the expiration of Six Month*, .... 2.60 At the end of the Year, S.00 No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at our option. ADVERTISEMENTS, Will be inserted at two dollar* per ttouare 7 . B And Wagner sustained no aerioua injury? * Monday afternoon, the enemy, it ia reported ai directed the firing of their land balteriea, and one gun boat ngynat our batteries on * ' Jamea' Ialand, but witn w hat result wo we;e ni unable to ascertain. f' Our caaualties of Monday, considering U the terrible ordeal through which the fort al and batteries pepaed, are aery few, number- tl ing some eight or nine killed, and from al thirty todorty wounded. Fort Humter had a one man killed and thirteen wounded.? ci Among the latter are ('apt. Julius Khelt, in 1 Jeut. Middleton and Ideut. Johnson alight- o! ly. A quartermaster's sergeant lust the g fingers of one hand. al On Morris' Island, we learn seven were ti killed and twenty four wouoded. At Bat- ui tery Wagner, Capt. Wnmpler. of the Corps n< of Engineers, Corp. Eugene Baker, and Pri* pi vate Ogier Martin, of the CalhouQ Guards, si of this city, were killed. The two latter, | si and Private Campbell King, of the same pi company, were loading a gun, when a ahell tl from the Ironside# exploded on their piece, * killing Baker and klarlin ; and wounding d King. Captain Miles, we learn, waa ulau h knocked from Mia parapet into the ditch, h but recovered very soon, and resuided his tl position. fi The wounded, together wi^h the bodies o of the killed, were expected by steamer last evening. The Aring between the land bat> b teriee is still kept up slowly.?Ckmrktttn it Courier, IS/A. The Hews from the Forts and Batteries ?Progress and Results ff the Bom bardment. d The Aring no Monday night had been C alow, bat early In the morning the bom- 01 bardment waa renawed with not laaa fury m lbs/9 was aihibited on the previous day.? ai for the first, and one dollar per square (or each subsequent insertion. A square to constat of the apace of 1? linea. Brevier type. No advertisement considered leas than a square. !L_., Terrific Bombardment. As we have anticipated for some time, tiieenem>'a fleet inaido the bar, consisting of the Ironsides, six monitors and from thirteen to fifteen gun-bunts nnd niortor boats, opened a terrific tiro Monday morning. During last week, the fleet took l^t very little part in tha daily firing between the land batteries, but were observed to be actively employed at times apparently in receiving supplies and making arrangements for another regular attack. The bombardment commenced about 4 < o'clock a. m., the Ironsides and the moni- i tors firing very heavily on Batteries (iregg i end Wagner, and the enemy's loud batteriea playing upon Fort Sumter. Our batteries responded effectively, aU j most every shot' striking some one of the I iron clads, and compelling them 10 change i their position repeated I y. < Between 10 and 11 o'clock, the Iron sides, i six monitors and six gun-boats engaged | Fort Humter, the Ironsides and monitors i rounding Cummings' I'oint and taking po- i aitien not more than three quarters of a * mils from Sumter. The latter withheld it- > bra until the veeaela get within the short- I est range possible. When clone op, the ? fort tired, every ehot etriking and taking ef I feet on the advanced monitor* and the Iron i aides. A hefvy fire was alao opened upon > the veeerLs from Battery Gregg. The ene- I my finding it was too hot for them, a aig. a nal was made, and about half paal 12 the vessels moved off, one of the monitors it is a believed in a crippled condition. v Before the tleet got out far, the flag of li the Ironsides whs seen at half maat, and t shortly after the flags of the other vessels e seemed to answer that of the Ironsides, and ti were also displayed at half mast. This is s aopposud to have been caused by the death d of soma piomioent officer on board the at- p tacking vessels. The firing of the enemy's e land battery upon Fort Sumter continued 'a without iutermisaion after the fleet left.? a The Ironsides and two monitors ranee ed o the engagement with Fort Sumter for a s abort time in the afternoon. b Notwithstanding the severe fire to which o the fort was subjected, we learn that the li damage is very alight in comparison, and f? will be quickly repaired Ballerina firuro ir Three Monitors and the Ironsides assaulted Battery Wagner,throwing at the same time, from their position on the oiher side of Cunimiiiga1 Point, an occasional shell at Port Sumter. This continued till 10 o'clock, at which hour the fleet ceased iU tire and. drew off for a while. In the meanwhile, the land batteries of the enemy, made up of five Parrotl and two Ittfhi guns, were directing their shot* at Sumter. They opened fi;? nhoiil G a. in., and kept pounding away for the remainder of the day. Their fire, however, though heavier, oerhsoa. bv n iron or two t" . . . ?"*" continuous and leas accurate than on Monday, owing, we have it upon nnqucHtiuhnhle authority, to the fuct that they were much and aeriously embarraMsed in their operation* by our batleriea upon James Island. Between two and three o'clock, p. in., a aingle Monitor engaged Fort Wagner, nnd was driven off in h disabled condition. That obaiinate fort is nu Mining as ever ; and the brave officer at present in command, Col Keitt, declares that he will hold it aM long n? there is a hillock of aand upon the island. i There were no casualties in Fort Sumter ( up to a late hour yesterday afternoon, and up to one'o'clock. p, m , none ut Fort Wag | ner.? Mercury 19//i intl < (l'l bl.hh|ld by keQUF.*t.) i [From the Confederate Baptist.] 1 Rol ant he's Letter. Dear Confederate Baptist: Being detained at ttiia place on account of nusL-onnection of the '.raina. we propose to < mribhle you a few linea, by which your I reader* will tie .informed that we are on our I way to the grand old ariuy of Northern Vir t ginia, having determined to go forth again i Lo battle in the defence of thuse right* most j acred to man. Notwithstanding we hav* i } tiirf arm, resulting from gunshot wound t received in the tirut hattle of Mtinassa* t plain*, and have al*o, teen legally exempt i i? teacher, bv special order of the secretary 1 df war, we tiave re*olved to claim another I 'place ir. the picture" before it ahull have < eceived the linialiing louche*. The time i|*a arrived, too, in which every man that c ran shoulder a gun ahould ruati to the bit- t [le-lield. and aid in healing hack the foul ? nvadera of our soil. The a'de bodied man h ?ho stands back now will bfdiagraced, and n lia condign puoiahmciit will be nothing f ihort of eternal *hmiie and ignominy. a We oiuat not wait till the enemy i* right 1 our doors before we go to meet him, but u re must step forward and repel him before ie shall have gained u foothold within our lorder*. Beside* patriotism, which is { r nougn ul iiMelI to cause nil true men to j w ght, there are other considerations that hould induce us to exert every nerve to ti rive back thu invading foe, the most im* (I ortant one of which is the fuel our moth u ra, wive*, sisters and a*oel-hearls will be ? ubjeeted to the uioal outrageous insults, N nd compelled, perhape, to starve for wmiu <1 f provisions, if our inhuman enemies should w ucceed in penetrating the interior of our it eloved State. Their hatred to South Car u< liria is ao intense that there would be no It mit to the devastation and ruin thul would f< illow in their track. Then it becomes the w operative duty of every able-bodied man, gi bother exempt or not, to buckle on Ins r? rmor, and go forth to the conflict. vi We truel that n few more hints from ?\ Tom llrowrn" will have the desired effect, li [id drive out sonjr of those stout, ruddy- n< iced government clerks and officials in t'o- I. i in hi a. and other cities. It is a perfect is lamo to aee how much injustice is done in if lis respect. There are numbers of clerk- o| liips aud offices tbst could be tilled by in leo who have beeu physically doubled y ther in battle or by disease ; and by send ig those stout fellow* that now hold thoae liic* to the field, our army would be fr really strengthened ; and by doing this, -lu so, we would be show ing our apprecia- w on of the high services rendered by those tii nfortunate men. Kven while we \? rite tii dw we see numbers of hale young men in asaing the streets with their broadcloths II id stiff collars on! And what is still more el uprising is the fact that our young iudies ?i ermit them to keep their company ! Hut In tere ia certainly a day coming when they (.' 'ill receive their just deserts,and be bran m ed ss unworthy the name of men. We el vui usii *.uuj,'renil Will LlKe step* to Jtl ?ve a mora ju?t and equi'nble order of w lings. The uiun who declare* h> line If In ?S ivor of audi a move will be certain to get ne vote. The train will soon leave, and we inunt H e off. We will write you again on arrival it l camp. li Till then, adieu, . li lloI.A NTH i , fr Charlotte, July 26. v Runiamin jAKn*Aw - ?1 1 - .-...uxiu, * cumi?u iinn, was ct rafted in the town of Scio, Alleghany di ouoly. tie reported promptly at the office In f the Povoat Marshal and offered a white aj lan afQhia substitute, who was accepted it id awern into the sorties, r? Supply and Price of Wheat. Complaint* are heard from every quarter by the consumer* of the xcnnt. or rut her no, supply for ilie demand* of those who need it. The little that can bo obtained i* nl moat enorinoua price*?generally at the rate of *ixlv dollar* per barrel for Hour There ih but one cau-e lor thi*, mid the plain truth should he Mpokett out The planter* Mre rehpotiailile tor it You refuse to *ell vnur wheat, except a little to upeenlaiora Van are holding on for enoiinou* price*, with out regard to \ital ciiciim*taiifcH An \l> olilion war i* up<r\ us all h is ynw war ?a war to lake Iroui you tour iirgiue*? Vet von refuse to let the aoldier mid hi* family lint* bicad. A large portion of thoae tiehting your battles bate no negroea and Ut ter expect to hate any, and this \ oil all well know. V?>n Mill be the *uilerera ami not tin in if your ?.-ii<i-?- t.iiIt*. Want lias the poor mechanic and oilier* to liyhl fur toil tin* principle," lor theiiitclveii, and the negroes for you?ntid yet you refuse 'hem und Ineir families the needful supply of breinl ? So long na IIhh continue*, our enemies might juNtiiM m<-1I lulu) or dcalroy our crop* um for llieni lo remain in your hand*. I'he hands of llie Holdier* arc being para I) red and iheir lieaila are made taint b\ you. The linien arc glootnv. ami yet your lienitft appear to be more and more bard ened to your frllo* men ar.d blind lo your own intereata ?Mar.nn Journal and Met ""H'r. Removal of Non CombatantsIn Accordance Milh tne aoieiini expression 31 llle peop.e ol South t.'iimliliu. tlirooifli -j heir sovereign ("onvcnliuii, the G ivttrnui tin* i?aucd tut proeiuiiiMiiuii announcing hat Charleston ?h.ill "lie defended iti uny :oat ol life or propertv," pi.t-lrirjii^ "u re j lulae (if the enemy Willi tli?* ilillie city in uiun, to un evacuation or turn nJer uii uny | erum whatever." .Tocurry out Hie* view* he ('onv erilion elected a coniiflisMoii to re- | move the iion-coiiibutuiila unit iiegroea uml liter properly, consulting ol Meatri. C. M h'uriuuii, Charles Kerrmon, U. N. liourdin, r. A. Trenliolni ai d W It Porter. These gentlemen hate nolilied thai nonto inhalants, without distinction, will be urniilied w ith ruilroud lr?ii*poriuti>inf liieuivlve* iii>d lurnilure nud lauiilv supplies, ul l*'f the uhutt! intea ; uml lno?e tumble to I i lee I uuch charges will be supplied with i ree ticket*, and place* ot refuse mui sub- 1 iatence, upnll pmnl ol tlo-ir limlillily. | ' Toe commissioner* urge reinovui u* early ' s pr. clicubte?Southern (iuarjian. 1jiicot.li tiik I'ci:Mant.KT I'l k-iDH r or J HE NohTll ?A gentleman < f rcnpeciubiliy, , rho formerly ri presented one of tl.e North rn border counties in the Virginia l.egi*la- s ire, wh* recently arrested by Federal au- j lority nod luken to nshlngion lie tin c Iter a tinje .iberuted. and waa bv l.incoln'u c rder conducted Into liiu presence. The orthern President nuked liiin "how loop * id the Southern people think thia war ' uuid lust ?" The reply was, 'They think I r will end with your ndmii i?lrution." I,indn Very cooly replied, " That will proba- . f i. i...i ? i .? ikm * mug a* i me I liin m no tiuie j >r election* !" These are nearly the exact j p orda of the con vernation ivm reported by j ? nod authority to us Whether it he cr ' (, clly reported or not, we ?re w?ll con- t! need ol one thing, und that la: that if thin J ti i?r i1oe* not end before tlie time of elrc- ] ii ng the President of tlie Federa f Sta.e-. I ' liiody will be allowed to to- ehcted Save * incoln. "Aut ( <r$ar nut nullui" If he ' ' not to be cioineii, the bit lot box will ei I '' ler not be opened, or will he Ho disposed 1 r after heing opened a* to erol in defeat- ' H any change of rulers.? ItichmonJ />u i uch- ' n I t< f'oRC R KsatoN a I. Kmctm.ns?We lenrn tl oni a well informed member of the I.egis j lure of South Carolina that no provision [ e as made by that body for holding the elec j h un ol member* to Congress itt the usual J tl me in the month of October The "Com | ' illee on Confederate Relations in the j ' oune, presented resolution* to meet this i id 'l'hey were agreed to t?t tho House, irt sent to the Senate tor roneurrenre ? f i the Senate they were referred to the ontiuittee on Privilege* and Kllction*. hut ( jver reported line It lo ihe Seriate. The r ik f - i 1 - - rv.iu.i, niriri"ip, win ma ink** place unlil c ''er I!?? meeting o| li e I.cgial.il ure, ami (l ill nn>al pr.ili bW be in J.uiuarv, I8'i4 ? t< outturn (i uardian , it ?? ? ? n VVuekr la M ok Tun !? A? moat of the iiUlliern despatches are dated nt Morton, b may interval the reader to learn that Mor ? in ia in Srott County, Mi?sieaippi, about '' lirty-four milea Iroin Jackson and sixty " mil Meridian, lying exclusively on the * >'eat aide of the Southern Railroad. The J llage par excellence ia but a poor affair # instating of a tew straggling frame real- ^ sticea built like ao many oilier railroaO , i#ni, but with little u?e for architectural tj ritfltl <tf me A -' ?* ie abrupt hill* of ih? locut in quo, appn J * tally tha pfvaaara of ibo brat Millar*. It A Uuod One.? When our arntv entered Chmnbcmbiir);, I'a . Homo of the Union femules ot the town, relying on their Hex nnd the unilmitrv of the rebels for protection, jawed the troops from window* nnd doors iih they passed by. There whs one of thene women whose fondue, we Htippo-e, could not do justice to tlie oecihioii, who tlonr itdied Iroin her bosom n srtt ill Union fl isf. sod who, t.-iudiiijr in n door, Qtadc ull tnniiner of ujfly fuee* at our trooi s ns thry \ r,*h,*<t ,.l...... II... i? ? i-- * * ? v 1 ' iirr. i iiirnnip " caught | it tartar" 111 tiiiK'ng a uiuuiii at n tn)l ' tag | ged rebel" in 'he ranlii<, who, living hia vea in disdain nil the llag tli.it wit,,i>il Iroin | tier lire.mt. exclaimed "Madam, ymi Intd bet- | l r liar that tiling from your biiMom ? we rebel* are hell on Ktoriiiiiig breast work*!'' Thin no .completely "took Iter down" thai abe hasn't Hindi* tin Mllgl)' faee" since ? Milton (.V C) ('hronirlr MoRToit, AugoMl 11.?Sherman, ha* issued an order?a copy of t*lncli has been received here by fl >g of truce,?claiming that as nil the territory in Mianisnippt ha* been captured, it kIii.II be regarded aa neu trul ground, nnd the people be allowed to peaceablv decide. Whether thev are Union. ista or Secessionists Molestation l>y (lie Confederate* will, it i* threatened, be fol lowed by Federal torch incursions. Address of the Piesident to the Soldiers of the Confederate Slates. * Alter more tloiu 'wo yen* of a warfare scarcely equalled in the number, magnitude, slid I cm 11 n I carnage ol its battles , a am late in which your coinage and loititmlc have illustrated your country ami attracted not only gratitude at home, tint admiialion abroad, voif enemies continue a at niggle in which our tinal liiimi|>h iuu?t he incviUthle. Unduly elated with their recent Mid-ease*, they imagine that temporary icveiscs call quell TOttr spiiitor shake your detei minalion, ami they are now gathering heavy uiawea for a general invasion j in the vain hope that by a desperate effort success may at length he reached. You know too well, my countermen, what they in?an by success. Their maligoani rage aims at nothing Ices than the extei initiation ol yourselves, your wives and children. They I seek to destroy what they cannot plunder.? They propose a.* the spoils of victory that your | homes shall be partitioned among the wretches f , whose atrocious cruellies have stamped intiiiny . on their Government. Tbev design to incite { servile insurrection and light the tires ol in. | rendiarisui whenever they can reach your j homes, and they debauch the interior race, 1 liitheito docile and contented, by promising ' ndillgence of the vilest passions as the price j ' >( treachery, Conscious of their inability to ' ' irevail by legitimate warfare, not daring to | < nake peace lest they should he hurled troui> lo ir seals ol power, the men who now ruin in i aahii.giou reluse even to confer on ifie sub1 ert of putting an end to outiages which diepace our age, or to listen to a suggestion for | :ondu< ting liie war according to Hie usages of ! initiation. Fellow citizens, no alternative .a left you but j ictorv, or subjugation, slavery and the utlei J . ..... /.i .1? :i ?... ;i>ur lamiuea ami your ouutry. The vicioiy ia witliiu your reach.? 'ou need but Mi etch forth your hands to ;raap it. For this and all that ia neceaaary ia hat tlioae who an: c.illed to the held by every unlive that ran move the human heart, nhnuld 1 ] loinplly repair to the poat ol duty, ahould [ | land by their colliiade? now in Iront of the 1 _s le, and thua a<i strengthen the amiiea of the j J 'onledorocy aa to enaure aucreaa The men i oar abaeut from their poata would, if preeent ' i the field, atlfhre to create numerical equality 1 etween our lore* uud that of the Invader*? I lid when, with any appioucli to aoch equality, ' ; ave we failed to be victorioua * 1 believe liut but few of thoae abaeut are actuated by uwillingiien* to aerve their country ; but that any have found it difficult to reaiat the temp ^ slum of a vifii to their holiiea and the loved nea fiom whom they have been an long aepw t iited.; that other* have lelt for temporary at< entiuii to thoir album with the iiiteiilion of r?i J inning, and then have alirunk fiom the coil* rquence* ol their violation of duty ; that otlii J 11- again have left their |mela Iiooi mere real' *?ne?* and deaire of change, each quieting lie upbraiding* ot Ilia conauieiice. by perauaing Inuiaell that bis individual i?ei vicea could ( eve no influence on the general renull. t Theae ttnii other ctuiei (although l?r lent di?i c raceful than the dealt e to avoid ii*.igi!r, or to ncapo fi out the aaciificea required by patriot- | mii,) are, nevertheieea, grievou* faulla, ainJ lace the caure of our beloved country, and of Very thing we hold dear, (|| imminent peril. I i-pc.il that the men who now owe duly to their ountry, who have Insert railed out and have ot yet reported !or duly, or wno have abaeurd llwniielvea from their po*U, are aufflcieiit ^ i number to aet-uiu u? victory in. the struggle ew impending. ^ I rail on you then, my countrymen, to haa> ni to your caiup*, in obedience to the dictate* I honor and of <luty, and ftuinmoti tlioae who ave abedlited themaelvea, without leave, or rlio have remained almeut beyond Uie period llowed by their furlouglia, to repair without clay to their revpective roiuiiianda, ami 1 do ereby declare that I grant a general pardon nd annieely to all officer* and men within the 'onfedeiacr. now absent witnoat I !.? hall, with the lea.u po*?li?le delay return to ticir proper puaU of duty, but n<> eicuae will ' ^received lor any delay beyond twenty days ' Iter the hi at publication of thia .proclamation C u Ilia State in ?bn h the abaantae may bw 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 underating sentence for absence without leave, or desertion, excepting only those who hava been twice convicted for desertion. Finally, I conjure my country women?the wives, mothers, sisters and daughter* ot the Confederacy?to use their nll-powertui inllu? once in aid of this call, to add one crowning sncritiee to those which their patriotism has to freely and constantly offered on their country'a altar, and to take care that none who owe ser. ..win mib uciu ?i mi i tie gnciKrcil a*, home Loin the din^ii'ttut having deserted their duty to tneir Utilities, to their country and to their God. Given under my hand and the seal of the Con* federate States, nt Richmond, thia lit [Siuj day of August, in the year of our Loid one thousand 'eight hundred and sixty-three. JEFFERSON DAVIS. By the President: ^ J, P. Ukmjamin, Secretary of State. I Lancaster Ledger Print.] Aug. lt> J7?It IN EQUITY. . LANCASTKK 1MSIK1CT. William llelk, and others. ) * v?. v Bill for Partition. Anna Hoik and others. ) It appearing to tlie satiiacliou of the Commissioner, tl.at J. Omen Kundcrburk, and Msrtlia Jane Ins wile, two of tlie tlefendanU to tho above Inll, reside without tlie limits of thia Stale, it is ordered on motion ol William* k Allison, solicitors for complainants, that aaid J 0. Kundertiuik and wile Martha J ana fun. dot bulk do answer, plead or demur to the bill in nboyc ease on or before the 'ioth day ol Oc* lobar 1 Mild, otherwise judgement pro coulesio will be oiderei against them. J. 11 W1T11KR.SPOON', C. K. L. D. July 8, 1813. A as?Sin. Fine Stook. My though-bred Mom# DAPPLE JOHN will aland the ensuing Spring Season, eon* niencing tne first week In >i ircli, a'. iay resilience near Hanging Rock. MAl'lM.K J'fllM ia fall-blooded J#nua and Canadian. lie la ?o well known iu this seel ion that it ia scarcely necessary t# #ay anything ia coriiinendntioii of bia aup#rior pi.iluie* Ilia Colte apeak for in#ma#l*a?, snd th#y are unhesitatingly pronounced br good judges to be among to# b -at slock of Mir country. Kor litieneas of form, spirited ippearaiieu and aclivn y of motion, be is not rxeellvd by any bursa in tho Sin Vin e* If.ini * that moo cmii 1>j nocn'OinoI tied Willi Rlablill^ 1(11 J pint lil.ee T?riua: I'ur Hie Iu?ur*ac? $.40 00 JAMKS M. INGRAM. Keb Ji, 1803, 3-lf WILLIAMS * ALLISON, VTTOKN K YS AT LA W amu Solioitors in Equity. LANCASTER. C. II., M. C. Will procliuo in tlie District of LoiiCAAlor. 'rompt attention given to Colleetion.. Ir. William# tnoy bo comultol ai YorltrilU, I 0., aiuI Mr. Alu*o* ot In* otlic* in too 'ourl Roiutf, At LoucAAlor. July lib 1858. J I?if ~ MELTON * WITHER8P00N, VTTORNKYS AT LAW and Solioitors in Equity. ViII prAclieo in l^nicAotor And Hie ourruun* din^ IJiotricU. 1). Mcltu*, I 11 J. Wi riiKH?rooM, Cheater, S. C. I l^moAMtor C. K unitary II, 1880. IS?l Dr. ALFRED ORAVfJtf Ktnlduul ?urg?s*M Omitl*!, roHKVIIXB, ?. c., iffem hi* Profeaaionat Service* to the cHi oil* of laincaater Villluge ami aurrour.diog minify. Alt 1'IFiCl \L TKKTU ineerted on GolJ 'Ule, irom one to full actio. June lllh, ISM. 16?|y ~c~ b. borthropT Attorney at JLaw AND iOliK'ITOK IN KQtllTV, b'ill practice in Laudator an 1 the neighbor, ing Diatncu. OPVICK AT LANCASTKRV1LLK. October Slat, 1 HOI. M-l ? - - / KK it SHAW * CO tflOAt. ATTOAISTS AT LAW AN 3 Solioitors in Equity. LANCisr KKV1LLK, A C. Will ?U?ii4 pro opUy to *11 bu?in??* iiru?uU to Mima. , U. ?/;ii.UlAvV, I \f. XI. COSVUHH Aioiltfu, i. U. UuMMr, C. U Alio III IMSU