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f t <% Cfinjct. ^LAHCASTEEYILLErS.C. Wednesday Morning, Aug. 26,1863. ^? ? keturi J. J. Porter and Jame* Millar will accept our tltanka for late paper*. The diought iu tliia viciuitj continues, and It* efl'ccta are serious. The Sonnd of Cannon. Incredible a* it may scum, there ia little doubt of the fact that the cannonading at Charleaton can be heard at iliia place?a distance of perhap* 140 luile* oil a direct line We t>.?- .? * number ol persons, both in the town and country, who say that they heard the report# distinctly on the 17th. They say that the sound is different from that of thunder ; or front the sound made by a grain thrtt/irr, when | heard a mile or two off. W'e had thought that the imagination had something to do in wafting the repot t of cannon this far front the seashore, but the accumulation of evidence stag, gets our incredulity. Fire. For the first time within the last several years, our quiet Village was distutbod, on }'ri> day night of last week, by the alarm of fire ? The new and handsome residence of lie*. 1). J. tfuigley ?u discovered, about 10 o'clock, by one of the servants oil the premises, to be on the. The fire seems to have begun In a basement mom, and when discovered it had communicated with the room above, the flame* protruding out at the windows. But an iuconsiderable portion of the furnituro -was saved. The night being very cahn, the fire did not eitend to any other dwelling?not even to the kitchen or out houses on the premises. The moat of the white family, including Mr. Q., were absent from home at the time. There bad been uo fire in the house during the evening, or for several days previous, and hence it is suspected that it may be the work > of au incendiary. The loss is heavy : besides the house, valuable lurnilure, clothing, lie., we leern that there were eeveral thousand dollars ia money consumed. From Charleston. The latest accouuls from Charleston are net encouraging, and would indicate that the ene* my are in a fair way te secure their much coveted prize. We, however, hope (or the beet. Charleston will uot be yielded without such a eiiuggle as will make the enemy pay dear for hie success. Below we give, in a condensed iwiuj, hi* new* 01 namruav and bundsy : Telegrams from Charleston Kilt that afisr a furious bombardment from the euemiee Aeel and land batteries on Friday, Uen. Giluiore, at U o'clock Friday night, acut a communication to Urn. liraurrganl demanding the surrender of Sumter and Mortis Island batteries, with the notification that the city would he abeilod in four hour* if not complied with. The demand waa unsigned and waa returned for the signature of the wiiu-r. It waa theo signed and returned at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Uen, B. in hia .reply, charged inhumanity in the violation of the laws of war and threatened retaliation ? bout 2 o'clock Saturday morning, the enemy began throwing sheila into the eily from a hattary in the Marsh between Morris and Jamea Island, at a distance of fire miles from the city. Twelve eight inch parrott shells fell in the city, but no casualties occurred. On Saturday 904 sheila were fired at Sumter, of which 419 struck inside and outside the fort. The perapet was undermined and the North and West wall and archaa fell in and guns dls. mounted. On Sunday the Are was resumed from Monitais and batteries. The East wall waa breached and shot swept through the fort. Lieut. Boylaton waa wounded seriously, and Cot Rlielt, t'apt. Fleming, Lieuis. Scaniin and Ficktand, slightly. The Fort ie said to be a ruin. Col. Ilhett is ordered to hold it, even as a for. lnra hnn*. unlit r*li??il * I ? Sunday Gen. Gil in ore sent a communication, firing notice that at II o'clock I*. M. Mot.day, he would open fire on Chareaton, and 1 n the mean time non combatants could go out. We bare, up to the time of our goiug to preee, no report of Monday's operations. RcUtlT# Strangxk of tho Confederate and Fodoral Army. From the reports ol the progress of the draft at the North, it does not appear that Lincoln will secure a large accession to bis forces iu the field from tbst source. It has preran to be a greater humbug than we had anticipated. It is a capital aource of rsrsnue to the Got em1 Bisnt, but if lbs object was to procure soldiers, It has signally failed to affect that purpose. A large aumber of thorn drawn are eiempt on the ground of physical disability, and a still greater number commute by paying the three hundred dollars. If the accounts which we get (and they are from Northern sou rose) are not great Jj stagnated, it Is reasonable te use mi that not one.fourth of the number drafted will e*er get into the army. The draft not supply the ordinary loss from diseaso. These facta show the great unpopularity of the draft at the North. They also ahow that Lincoln, in all probability, will not be able to reciuit his army, by this means, much beyond iU present strength. l'rcsident Davis in his address to the soldiers of the Confederate States tells us that if all the men enrolled were in their places, our at my would b? numerically superior to that of Ae United States. If this atatcriant be true, then, it would seem that the only cause of alaim at this time is in regard to keepfng our armies together, A vigorous enforcement of our conscription laws will give us a larger force in the field than Lincoln will h vc after theopeialion of the d;aft. The question, then, with us is not one of ability to maintain our Government, but of will and endurance and concert of feeling and action among ourselves. li the people will for a moment lose sight of self and divest themselves of the mania for making uionev ; act in a way to disarm disaffection, cncouiagc the brave men who have borne the brunt of this contest, and sustain the Government, it will not be long before a bl ighter day will dawn upon our cause. Twelve months will not elapse before th t North will break down under that popular disinclination to take up arms, which we see manifest in the operations of the draft now being enforced. A communication from ltqbert Tyler, Kesia- i trar 01 tin* Treasury, published in the Sentinel, nays the whole amount of treasury'notes issued since the Government went into operation is exactly sis hundred and twenty-four millions Of this ono hundred and twenty-six millions has heen funded in bonds and stocks, andaliout a milling cancelled. The whoie public debt, including the European loan, nas not quite reached eight hundred and forty millions, against which' must t>c charged all the cotton arnl other assets no# held by Government.? The entire interest on the public debt does not exceed tweuty-threc million. The Couucil of New York has passed an ordinance appropriating (3,000,000 for the exemption ol poor men from the draft. The Mayor will sign it. 0BI1UARY la Memmorlam Departed this life in Uoapital at McPherson ville h. 0. on the 19lli day of June, 18*3, J. | JossTHia McIlwsin, iu the 18lh year ol his age. The deceased adds another name to the | long list of noble and patriotic sons of South Caioliua who have offered up their lives upon the altar ol liberty, and in defence of their homes and friends. Jonathan was a student in the Citadel Academy Charleston wlieu his fathsr enlisted. The noMe impulses of his nature would uot suffer hint to remain out of the army wheu hia father's ardent patriotism had [ called him, leaving a wife and a large family ol i little children unprotected and aliuoet alone, but when lire call to arms was resounding throughout the land, he felt constrained to ex change the peace I ul pursuits of a student for the more Stirling scenes of a soldier's life, and hsuca ha proposes! to seive out his fathers enlistment in the Catawba Hangers. As soon as i he had completed hia fathers teria he eulisted I in the same company, now known as company i ; "II" 4 th Kegiuiem of Cevslry, I or three years | I or doing the war,r and nobly uid be diachaige hia arduous and toilsome duties, in sunshine : and rain, through heal and cold, eight alter i night, mouth alter month,. standing ths tone j sentinel upon the out post, uncomplaining and , | reauy ti tne rail of duty. It waa not hia tut to paur out his lifa'a blood J upon the field of deadly couibat, uor did he en! joy the privelege of having faced the Ore and > mingle iu the uproar of claehing arm*, yet i bia duties were not leas perilooa or trying. The ideUe on an out-poet la at any moment liable 1 to yield up hia lile at the handa ol au iuaiduoua and akulking foe. Jonathan waa a jroung man poeaeaaed of many eiiobling qualities?uone knew him but to j love hna. lie left many frianda behind him to mourn bia early fall. Father, mother, brother and aiater grieve not (or 'Death'* hut a path that tnuet be trod, If man would ever go to God " We believe bia gentle aplrit ia uow in happy communion with saints. Kequieacat in pace. P. I Fell in the fearful battle of Gettyaburg, Pa. notify defending hia country'a rights, on the 2d July 1863, W. VV. JoiiaaoM. tie waa a mem. ber of CV>. G, 2d Regiment S. C. V. He waa a man of lovely diapoeltion, and irreproachable character, cheerful, geueroua and brave, endearing hiiuaell uot only to hia companions lo arms, but to all who came within the circle of bia infiuence. Participaled in the hard fought battle of Sharpaburg Md. on the 17lh September 1882, and waa ever at hia battle flag when called for by hia officers. On the ever memorable day of the 18th December 1882 at Fredericksburg when the call waa made lor volunteer* to act aa abarp shoote- *, he waa among the flrat to respond, where tm received a alight wound.? During the ait day* fighting around CbaocaL lorsville, and Salcin Church, ha was aiuong those hi front, who drove the cneiuy from iheir strong hold. We mourn the loss of one of Lancaster's beat and bravest soldiers. But his manly conduct, and patriotic courage, while in beule, ia enough I to cheer his brave comrades on to victory. For a number of years he had been a mean w.- .j-.k. n?.i? " - mi w ?"v ua^uM ouu rcn ot nearer urecl in Lancaster District 8. 6'., %nd through the man/ trials and strong temptations incident to bis soldier *if? be endeavored to live in earnest and constant preparation for death abeuever Uie. summons might come. /. B. 1L # HEADQUARTERS. 4th REGIMENT STATE TROOPS. Lancaster, C. II. Aog. 32, 1863. To the Officers and Soldiert of the 4th Itfgl: For the unanimous rote which you hare been pleased to give me, as your Colonel, accept inv lieartlelt thanks, my deep and abiding cratitude. Our nn?*iiiT?ii.?? o "o~??nnu in preserved. It is tor local defence and special service in this ijlate tor sis months front the first instant. Our country is iuipeirilcd, our Stale is invaded. The enemy continues ttio atlack upon Chaaleston with an apparent fixed and stubborn determination to succeed, either by overwhelming numbers, or by exhausting our noble und gallant men who, so far, have repulaeo liiui by an endurance, bravery ami heroism, deserving the highest praise and all honor, i have every confidence they will continue to beat back thai unprincipled and unscrupulous foe, until he shall give it up in despair, but our heroic men at Charleston may need assistance and telief. The forces recently organized in all probability will be called upon to go to their support. I*el every soldier do so promptly?promptness is always desirable? but in this cull it icay be atill mora essentialone days delay may give the enemy a decided advantage. We will not be ordered out unless there is a pressing necessity. Wlffh we may be called is unceitain, that depends upon the movements of the enemy. It may and 1 believe will be soon. Let evcry'man hold himsell in readiness, privided with three days rations, a blanket, change of clothing and whatever else may add to Ins' comlott, but with as little as possible, and that .necessary. Hear in mind ill it the vandal* arc at our gate*, that it iabetter to meet tliolii than- and drive tlielii back, than to wait until thev have reached our houic* and our door rtrpt. In the hiuguage of our President, "No alternative is leit but victory, or subjugation, slavery and the utter ruin ol yourselves, your luiniln-a and your couiiti v.? The victory is witlr 11 your reach, you need but stretch forth your hands to grasp it. For this, and all that is necessary, is that those who are called to the fh-ld by every motive that can ibovc the human hcait, should promptly rrpair to the post ol duty, should stand by llieir com' rades now in front of the foe, and thus so strengthen the armies of the Confederacy as ia nruie success.' The timu has come for every limn to prove himself worthy of his Stale. The iiemy is flushed with his receul successes, lie is galheiiug heavy masses for our subjugation and destruction, ilia ultimate success is our Irretiievable and utter ruin, lu tins contest South Carolina calls upon every man to do his i whole duty. Kecu'lect that in this struggle for | our independence, history has already recorded the tact in bright and glowing letters that South Carolina was the Aral in the r'uaige, let histoiy also record it in equally bright and glowing letleia that she was the last in the retreat.? When the orders are received to repair to the held and to the post of duty, let the fourth rally to the leecue in the "Double quick." | Commit your wives and the loved one* at home to the pioteciion of that Ju?t trod who will givv us llie victory, and to the kiudncas of the good people who are Ult behind?give youreclves to your country. Many may never return l* meet those loved ones and receive their sweet eiubiacca, but you leave tbvru the rich but melancholy inheritance that you fell in the hue ol duty, patriotism and liouor. JlMba 11. W1TIIKRSPOOS, Col. 4th Regiment. Aug. 24, IMS, South Carolina, lancamtkr district. BY P. t. HAMMOND, Keq , Ordinary for said District. u*r ih* ir i. .* *2 ci. itr c? > * .. ?n. ??. . ?. nv/t-iaa hat ?|?pli?*ti lit nil' for I.?Ucr? nf Administration oil nil uliii niujrul.tr I It m (ion.In mid Chatties, Rights and Credits of JOHN ADAMS late of I lie Dtalncl aforesaid, (Jti'e.ittnl. Tl It-SM are, therefore, to cite and ndmoiiiah all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before mu at our next Ordinary'# Court lor the aaid diatrict, to be holdeii at Lancuaier Court ilouus on the 7th day of Sept. oeit, to allow cause, if any, why the aaid adiuioiatralion aliould not be gran led. Liven under tny hand and teal, lliia 22d v ?v*- iduv of Aug. in the year ot our < L. 8. S Lord oue tliouaand eight hundred f ?v-?- ) and sixty-three and in the eighty* eighth year of the Independence of the 8late of South Carolina. P. T. HAMMOND o l. ?. Aug. 26, 1863. -it. S 0 UTH uTiToLl NA. LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY P. T. HAMMOND, Eaquire, Ordina. ry for aaid Diairict. WHEREAS. JONATHAN WALLACE ha* applied to me for I.altera of Adinintalra. lion on al! and eiugular Hie (iuoda and Clialllea, Rigol* and Credit** of J. K. Wallace late of the Diatrict afore*aid deceased. THESE are, therefore, to cite and ad tnoninb all and aiugulur, the kindred and creditors.of Ine aaid deceased, to be and appear before tne at oifr next Oidinary's Court for tiie aaid District, to be liold*u at Lancaster Court House on the 7th day of Sept. next., to aliow cause, if any, why the aaid administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 23d j jay of Augt. in the year of our I. 8. > l/<>rd one thousand eight hundred j and uisly-lhree and in the eightyeighth )ear of the independence of the Stele ot South Carolina. V. T. IJAJJJJOND, O. L D. Aagt2?, 1W3, STATE OF 80UTH CAROLINA. ADJ'T AND INSPT'H OES'S OFFICE, ) Ciiablkston, August 14, 1?CS. ) [SPECIAL OliDER NO. 35 ] AllKRK HAVING BEEN A FAILURE To if ORGANIZE the quota of troops required from the Sixteenth Regiment, S. C. M., into Companies in accordance with General Orders No. ti'.i. No. 21, and No. 2V, issued trom this office, and it being necessary to have a more accurate enrollment of pontons belonging to said Regiment, and liable to military duty, ami to dratt under said ordeis; it is hereby ordered, I. That all male persons in the City of Char Itston, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, except such persons as have been regularly mustcied into Confederate service, be immediately enrolled. II. This enrolment will include persona who are on duty in the regular of volunteer militia organizations ol the city, as well as those who are not, and also persons w ho are absent from, but arc citizens of, Charleston?temporary absence not to be regarded as a change ol residence. III. Absentees who claim that they are not liable to military service in the city, w ill be required to produce at this Oifice certificates from the commanding otliceis of the regimeiits in .1- -- i .... mum uk'7 cianu mat liicy aru liable to such service ; if between tho ages of forty and fifty years, that they have been subjected to the late draft. IV. To effect this enrolment, the following named persons have been, and are hereby, detailed and appointed Enrolling Officer and Assistant Knrolling Officers, and will report at this Ottice on .Saturday, the 15th iusl., lor iusliuclions. Knroihfitj OJictr?JACOB WILLIMAN. AlSISTlST KNHOLI.IMO orriCkRS. H'urd No. I. ? MO.SK5 LKVY and K. M MOKELAND. Ward No. 2.?W. R.-BRAILSKOKD and T. A. WHITNEY. Ward No. 3.?DAVID BARROW and S. D. KIRK Ward No. 4 ?A. J. SALINAS and K. TEN- I DKKUA8T. I Ward No. 6 ?U. W. CARR and II. E. DOTTKKEU. Ward No. 0. W. AIMAR and JOHN DAVIS. Word No. 7.?DAVID RIKKUandT. K. U. MI I.KS. Ward No. 8.?JOllN McrUERSOK, E. P. SKIUMOLS and C. Y. RICHARDSON. V. A separate Roll will be made of persons between forty and fifty years of age ; and all pet sous betWeeu said ages are ordeicd to re. 1 port their names to Mr. JACOB WILLIMAN, Km oiling Officer, at the Confederate Court House, in Chalmers street, on or belore Wedi tiesday, the I8lh insl.; and parsoi^f failing or refusing to report will be liable to arrest and punishment. VI, No claiuii of exemption from service will be considered by the Enrolling Officers, but all such cases will he reserw^il m.iil !? - .? rollment ha* been completed, when they will be determined on the prool made at thi* office VII Thi* enrollment ia not intended to disturb the pieaenl oiganizalion of city troop* until a new organization ha* Ween etl'ccted, which | will be made known by pubhahed order*. V*II. All oiiictr* of the militia, including the temporary rolunteer organization* in the city, ara required to aid the Em oiling Oilier in the ezeculion of thi* order by furiuahing him with list* ol person* belonging to their organizations, with a statement ol their age*. By order of the Commander in-Chief. A U. liAKMMli TON, Adj't and liup.-lirnerui of S. C. Aug 26, 1863. 28-lt. H?ADaUAETK&8. CAMP OF INSTRUCTION. Colcmhia, S. C., August 13, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS NO 183. 1T1IE Superintendent of Contcriptiou hav. <4 ing ordered that "all persona in the aiz months' troops," organized in this Statu lor local defence, shall be allowed "to remain in their I organization* for tha present." the orders from these lieudquarter*, ol July 27, me to modified ax not to attect those persona who were member* ol said Regiments at |A? timt thzy ittre organized. II. Knrolling officers, until further order*, will not register "a* volunteer*," give certifi. catea or transportation to, nor in any other manner interfere with those who were member* of *aid Regiments at the time ol their organization. As to all other* liable to conscription who were not member* ol said Regiment* when organized, (and who are required to re* port by the orders ol Julv 2i) they will proi ceed, aa heretofore ordered, to conscript those who do not report "a* volunteers" by the 2uth iusL, and go forward by the 1st September. C. D. M ELTON, Commandant Conacripu S. C. [Lancaster Ledger Print.J Aug. IV, 1863. 28--.it ~ESTATE NOTICE ?All persons indent- I ed to the late John A. blackmon, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, aud all peisons haviuu demands seminar ih> ceased are hereby notified to preeenl Uieiu to the undersigned, ou or before the let of October nest. JOfcL D. ltLACKMON, Adui'r. Aug. 19, 1848, 38-21 JUST REOEIVfiXX 14 BOXES of TOBACCO. J. B. BOVD. Jmly 1, IW. 91-11 I RTATT? nif BftTTTTI PiBATTB? < vi w vuuuuma' ADJ'T. ASD I?HPfCTOR GKKEUAL's OrflCE. CHARLESTON, S. C., AllJJ. '20, 1863. <SEXERAL ORDERS AO. 34. Jfe CARD UNDER T1IE SIGNATURE OF SJi COLONEL J. L ULACK, First South Carolina Cavalry, having appeared in the pat pets, inviting hoys under conscript age to vol* untdcr lor mounted service in "Uainpton'a Cavalry brigade," it is hereby ordered that no one between the ages ol sixteen ami eighteen years shall enter the organization proposed, or any other organizations, except such as are au' thorized and culled for by lit* Governor and Commander-in Chief, Uy Act ol General Assembly persons botween sixteen and eighteen years Ol age, aa well as those between forty>live and fifty, are made liable to military service whenever the Governor deems that the exigency re?|uire* troops for the ,defence of the State. In the re< cent organization ol troops for local defence for six months service, the Governor has thought proper not to include persons utlder eighteen years, but they may be soon needed for sorvice in the State. I f or these reasons, and the additional one I that the Coulederate Government has not cuii braced persons under eighteen yeara of age in the provisions of the Conscription Act, the above prohibition against raising troops from | this class by volunteering for coulederate sue vice, is announced, ! Rv oider of the Governor and Commanderin-Chief. A. C. OAKLING TON, Adjutant and Inspector General 8. C. I Aug. lib, 136.". 2d?2L 8TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. AltJ'T. A INSPECTOR-GEN'S. OFFICE, ) CiURLKtrrox, Aug. 12, 1868. J (JEXEKAl. ORDERS yo. 32. QUE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE IHU CE1VED a mnjority ol votes at an election heid on the 3'.si ult, lor Field Officers of iLa Regiments organized for "local defence amfc special set vice in the Stale lor the term of sis uiontns, in put nuance ol lieneral Order No. 28, issued from this Ollice, are hereby declared' and announced duly elected to the Offio?*aebereinatler staled, and will be obeyed w4 rci< peeled accordingly, to wit: nasr anoiukKr. THOMAS HOUEKTS, Colonel. W, L. IK) lit its, Lieutenant Colonel W. E. WKLlioKN, Majhr. KCONU UkOIMk.HT. WILLIAM KOKO, Colonel. ti. A. LEWIE, Lieutenant Colonel. WALTER yU ATTLEiiAUM, Major. rot'HTM RkOIMKNT. J. II. WITIIKKSPOON, Colonel. F. M. MELE'lT, Lieutenant Colonel. J. V. EVANS, Major. FIITU RW3IUIKT. .J. II. WILLIAMS, Colonel. JOHN A. UllADLEY, Lieutenant Colonel. L. P. SAOLER, Major. II. In the Third Regiment there was a failure to elect Field Officers, owing to the ,failure to organize the Companies in uied6lh Regiment, S V. M., before the day ou which the election was ordered to be held. * An election for Field Officers of said Regiment will be oiderrdaa soon m these Companies hare been organized. III. The Colonels will nominate persona for the Regimental Matf?one Adjutant, one Quar lenuaater, oue Surgeon and one Assistant Sur1 geou?their appointment to be subject to the approval ol the President, Colonels will report their nominations to this office, and they will be forwarded lor approval. IV. The Colonels commanding these Reg'n menu will hold themselves in readiness to rennrt urilh lltuir soh..?a?.-? ' - *L " i | iivii iv?|iwMfo tuiiiiuaiius, at iav shortest notice, fur duty ou the coMfc By command: A. C GARLINGTON', Adjutant and Inspector-General of A C. Aug. 1?, 28-St. PROCLAMATION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEl'ARTENT, Ciuklkmtos, Aug. 8, 1843. "MWIIERF.AS, I1Y INFORMATION KE^ CE1YEL) AT thia Department, it appear* Uiat in Charleston, ou the 31th December last, a untu l>y the naine ot .SAUL. COLLINS was slabbed in the breast by aoiue person or persona up to this time unknown, and that the said SaML COLLINS died instantly : Now, therefore, I, M. L. BONUAM, Governor and * oiiimaiidcr-in-Chief in and over the aforesaid State, do issue this my Proclamation, offering a He sard of Three Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of the real Murderer ot the said SAML COLLINS, into ?ii/ ol the Jail* o( ihia .Sute ; and, if more than one, an additional Howard of Three Hundred Dollar* for each one who shall be pro red to be an accomplice. " Given under my hand and the seal of the [l. a j Stale, at Charleston, this eighth da? of August, A. D. I M. L BONMAM. Wm R. Hustt, Secretary of State. | Aug. 19, 1969, 38? I m. Rags! Hayi!! We will pay 7 cent* per pound for all clean cotton or linen Rage delivered at tire Ixdtftr Office.