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ikanta&ttr SLjriSrffjrr* 1 YOLUME XII. LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 2,1863. NU M B E R 30. THE LANCASTER LEDGER fnbliihed every Wednesday Morning BY W. M. CONNORS, Editor tied proprietor. TERMS: la advance, 12.00 At the expiration of Six Months, - - - 2.60 At the end of the Year, .......... 8.00 No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except at our option. ADVERTI8EMENT8, Will be inserted at two dollars per square for the first, and one dollar per square for each subsequent insertion. A square to coneist of the space of 12 lines. Brevier type. No advertisement considered less than a square. l?oa TUB LANCASTER LEDOKR.j Reflection*. Fast-Day Evening. We hav? been again called together by the Chief Magistrate of our Confederacy to eonfeas, mourn over and repent of our individual and national oins. Now the first duty that followa is this : "lo bring forth /milt wieet for rtpentance." There are va. rioua ways in which true peniteots may exhibit the reality of pretentions. There is one particularly acceptable to God and beneficial to man. It is this; a universal diffusion of the eacred scriptures. And this is a ouiy we especially owe 10 inose noble, selfsacrificing men, who are now between um and our unprincipled and implacable Toes They should have this precious treasure in their pocket, to ebeer and sustain their aouis amidst their perilous duties And lo this end, i propose that all the citizens unite in the formation of a Bible Society ; and call it liie l<anctister District Bible Society, snd let it be auxiliary to the Confedorate Slates Bible Society, and that our contributions be conveyed lo the soldiers through the Agents of the present Society. And that every congregation, Sabbath School Association, and neighborhood (if there be any that has no church) organize societies auxiliary to the Diatricl Society. And let there be a regular Anniversary at the Court House when all the patriots and Christiana of the District can meet together, and talk of the goodness of God, and stimulate one another to luve and good woiks. One benefit resulting from this measure is, much good will be done for the poor, suffering soldier, who has now become an vinlla l/X Irnnw utk.il k? -J ? ? Miaivu* *? auuif wu?i 1IC UiUOh UU 1(1 Ut) saved. There is now s very cheering and refreshing revival spirit in the camp. Many are seeking reconciliation through the glorious Saviour. Let us encourage and assist the good work. These brave men are do ing more for us than the price of a Bible. Jlany of them on jfca Held of mortal strife lost their Bible ; jfiji cannot procure an other unless it if MM to them. We can do it and let ua Jf fcfejfhe religious in tereat that ia n#w ffM where manifest among the sqigiaMjfph loudly for the Another bsjp?lM<|tfca Anniversary will call together afeN ftar all the christians of the District, anC JPord them sn opportunity of cultivating) acquaintance, friendahip and co operation in doing good. 1 ha?e sometimes thought if an inhabitant of an other planet were permitted to visit our world, and witness the coldness and reserve that is sometimes exhibited among th* different denominations, he would reasonably infer, they did not brieve in the same Clod, and did not expect to meet in the asms .heaven. True christians may 10 this world by different names; bftftiAtir denominational titles will not the threshold of hesvan. All in heaven are known only as saints?as followers of the Lamb. Whilst on their earthly pilgrimuge, they have the same image upon their souls, .fchs same grace in their henrls, the same Bible in their hand and the ssuie heaven in their aims and desires, the same CJod and Saviour and sanelifier. There caonot, therefore, bo a very great difference between there, and they ought know it. And still an other advantage ia: we are ourselves great y benefitted by the good we do others. "The liberal ioul ahall be made fat : sad he that walereth ahall be watered also himself." Our happiness is proportionate to the happiness we euofer on others. Every favor wo bestow benefits ourselves And the highest Authority said "it is more blessed to give than receive." Recently the Tirtah Bible Society held, lie Anniveraary and between $150 and 200 were eoptributed. Subsequently thai venerable and liberal society?the Indian Land ?observed its Anniversary. We have not yet learned the result, uul its past history prove* it is always ready for every good wort, The Waxbaw Society has lost its PdBIl, bat U is hoped it will col die.? . ^^HKecieUe* not board front f, Without Hpecifving any Church, Anno, elation or neighborhood I would any citizens one and all what do you nay ? Will you not come in a eolid phalanx to tlio help of the ^ord ngainnt the n)i(?hlv SVLVANUS URBAN. Aug. 2Sd 1863. The Strength of Armies [From the i\ew York Old Guard.] \V? have tl>e highest evidence. Wen Divine authority, for believing that "the race is not alwavs to the swift, nor the battle to the strong." l)ut it ia a truth hard to be realized by men who are awollen up with pride, and driven on by the blazing fires of revenge. The deluded despot who exclaimed, "Is not thia great Babylon, that I have built by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty !" wua taught thia lea. aon at Inst, when all his mightiness crumbled, and left huu to* share the fate of the beaata of the field Baby Ion builders, in all nges of the world, have aeemed to be especially blind to the rule of Divine Providence that "the battle is not always to the strong." The passion blinded Nebuchadnezars in' the British House of Ixirds scorned the warning woids of the great and sagacious Pitt, wnen lie wiuiiuereu iiiki uicir ea.s, "wiv Lords, you cannot conquer America ?" But time nnd the fate of buttles settled the bus inoss quite another way than they would believe, until they hud wanted millions ?f treasure, and many brave British lives to boot t Now, it is time to think of -these things a little, and measuring the events of the past terrible year, luku council of history and our own experience, to see whither we may be drifting on tins tide of blood ? May it not be possible that, in the end, we shall have nothing to show, lor all we hsve suffered, but the blood we have shed nnd the debt we hove .amassed over our own heads? May it not be possible that we shall couie si last to acknowledge the w'isdom and patrioiisin of the follow iug words of ('resident Lincoln in his inaugural address ?? "Suppose you go *o war, you -cannot fight always ; and when after such loss on both aides, nnd no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you." lias not our expeiieiice satisfied us that possibly there may be something in these words woitli our hetding ? Have we forgotten how soon we were to end this horrible rebellion with the 75,000 men first i... K..I.I t rv .... lunru niiu iiic nciu i ?? c were nuro umi it win to be'all over in three month*, and therefore our firet army wan only enl'mled for that time. Then entile the demand for 300.000 more ! That wan to do the buai neee in no time. Soon the world wne n?lounded to be told that we had an army of 760,000 brave men in the field. That, aurely, would make eho'rl work withjtlie accura ed rebellion ! Hut no ; we had toon to nuke another call; so that ali the men we have had in arine since the beginning of our troubles cannot be less '.han MOO,000. Alas! two years ofbaltlea of Hood have passed, and we are aoon to conscript 000,000 more! Where shall we be able to slop? When those 600,000 ate properly trained for the service, will their addition to the army mora than supply the loss we shall suffer between this limea^d that? la it propable that, with this addition of 600,000 more, our effective furce will t be greater in four months from this lime than it ia at the pres ent moment ? , The way we are going on, we ahall need a new enlistment of 600,000 meo every four months to keep our artny up to the standatA t\ f tf nr*s*?n* tvm fnroa An.{ oL-an then, if the policy and npirit that now rule in Waahingtoo continue to the end of the present Administration we shall have sent two millions more of our brave men to die in the battle in vain; for the Union will never be snved while tliia war upon the do* rnostic institutions 0/ the revolted Slates continue*, lie fore Secession is conquered in the South, Abolition must be conquered in the North, As long ss we put our trust in nothing else but the might of the aword, we shall fail. God will surely teach ua this hard lesson, too, that *'tha battle is not always to the alroog." God and our brave forefathers taught Kngland that lasson ao effectually, thul peither Uia British nation nor the world has forgotten how. And that, somehow, seems to be tko teachings of History?"The battle ia not always to tha strong " God is mightier than bailies, nH KntHa llm fit!** ftf lh? wtraiaU an/i I ho lemwt ? ? ~"ts lika in the liollow ?f hie hand. To commence pretty nosr the beginning of historic battle*, we may learn that the number of Pendant under King Cyrus was but aliandful of men, compared with the mighty hosts of Assyrians, over which they were finally comp.etely victorious. And than afterwards lha Macedonian*, who beat the Persians, were never over forty thous and strong, while their enemies were six hundred thousand. The little Athenian army of 10,000, fighting for tbeir liberty and independence, drove back and overcame 120,000 Peraiaua at Marathon. } ^ \ In all fatuous victories of the luicedemoniuna they had never over l'i.000 soldiers at any time, though their enemies had,often twenty lime* that number. Almost everv one ot" the celebrated vicloriea of the Roman* Mere achieved over fur greater number* The great Csanra'a armiea, whether in Pharanlin, Gaul or Germany, Mere in no > proportion to those he conquered The army of Marina Man never over 40,000. M'hile that of.ihe (Jinibrii. Mhich he conquered, wns 8OU.U0O. The famous victoric\of ^Etius and BelF | sarius, over the barbarous Northern nations,' were won with numbers astonishingly small. The same ia true of the first great victo ries of the Turks over the Persian kingdom, and of the Tartars over the Chinese. In all the immortal victories the re I nowned Scanderberg achieved over the Turks, he never brought together over nix teen thousand tuen, though his enemies often numbered over a hiuid'cd thousand To come down to Inter tunes, the Kng lirh victories at Creasy arid Agincour', S" ruinous in history, were gained with iucred ible disadvantages ol nil tubers. The aunie must be said of the grent victories of Charles VIII, in Italy ; of Henry IV, in France ; of C? istavus Adolghus, in Germany ; and of Charles VII, of Sweden, in Deiunark, Poland and Muscovy. The j king of Poland, who had an artnv ol twen. ty-lour thousand strung, he defeated and j drove from his throne wiili n for. ? of less tliAn twelve thousand; and tin? Kiianimi nriuy of eighty thousand wua beaten by him with a little army of only eight thousand. Nor must we forget the lute of the groat Napoleon in Russia Napoleon invaded (( at country Willi an army of aiz hundred and thirty thousand -ol tiers. and waa finally completely Vanquished and driven out of the country, allliougti the Russian* had never over two hundred and fifteen thouaand men in li e field nt any one time So, we perceive that the page of history abundantly auppori* the Divine Word, that the ballhudtall not always be to the strongThe last year of our own horrible experience ia another proof If we may rely upon the word of the late Secretary of War, Mr Cameron, we have enlisted, in. all, 800,000 men ; and yet, lit the conclusion of the Richmond battle*, it was auid that we had. all counted, leas than 300,000 soldiers left ill the field. This 'would shuw a loas of 6OU.U00 men in a little mure than one year. Call it 400,000, to Ire wiihln the mark, and then ponder upon the thing u little ; and at the same time reflect that our gunboats have saved our armies froin annihilation. It is estimated that the South lias lost two liundfed thousand men in this war, w hich iuakeawof while men lost on both aides, six hundred thousand. Now, a Senator boasted the other day that "we had already liberated fiftv thousand negroes " Yes, we havu abed the blood of twelve white men for every negro we have set free And what now is the prospect for the fu lure 1 Nothing bill disaster and ruin. The programme is to exterminate the white race in the South, to plunder and burn their towns Slid cillea. Rehire IjiuoIii'm term nt ftk-e ia up, he will ancrihce the live* of u million in<<re of the citizens of the North in (malting on ihia atrocious work ; and even then lie will only have a'.epped knee deep into the fathomless ocean of hlood which must be shed before the horrid crime could b* accomplished There nre, not men enough in the North to carrf out the l.in coln-llutler achenie L l tl.osrf who be lieve in it show their faith by their work*, and pour out their own blood in the horrid eirile. Ia>l them not meanly hide behind the three hundred dollar clause, and force the virtuous and peuceable poor to aacrilice themselves for an object which every pa triot uiuat hold in eternal abhorrence. If the coi.Ilict were lo restore the Union or to preserve constitutional freedom, a nun might feel aoine impulses of honor and glory in going out to die. But to know mm our wuai ont r up hi* III** lo Tree the negroes and enslave the while race, rauat till a proud uiuii'* aoul lull of unquenchable indigoaiio/1 und horror. It i? pA*aible ibut you uiay foiee sueh men into the army ; but ean you wake Iheoi fight ?? What would be the reliable force of a million of auch wen in urui* ? The Teaciiimu* or Hoi.ma.?We understand thai a 1110*1 deplorable condition of affairs exists in Cherokee county in thia Skate. The t<>ries of that neighborhood und the deserter* froiu our army huve seized ihe jail and court hou?v, and threaten the luyal people of that county. w- 1....... .1... ? <*~i * - 11 ** ? ICMIH kMHi UIIB VI lyUI. H men, n.lined I'help*, from Kock Mount, Mas shot (lend by u deserter in Knndoipii county a day or two ?^o. The body of tins man readied thi* city yesterday. VVbo m rssponsible lor the blood of tliia mas.? Phelps Ma? one of a squad of men sent to arrest deserts re.? RaUtgk Stata Journal. From EuropeRichmond, August !J3.?Through late Northern papers *e have luter and highly important new* from Ktirope. The King of the Belgians recently gave an audience to Mr. Jewiit the American friend of mediation. The King believe* the dacinlon just and that the Tribunal for Pnrflirn AfVuirw will mttniit Inr the restoration of pence, with other Govern inenta. That they should not be unwilling to join Fiance in working in the interests of peace, now that the South ia forced to such a policy. That humanity nnd the in terents the world has in a general peace invite friendly action. Taxks?A circular froin the Commia. sinner of Taxes gives the construction ol the forty-lourth Section of the Assessment Act. When holders of n credit is unwilling to receive payment, of the amount it repre senta, in Confederate notes, nnd values it nt a higher rate, the Assessors shall value it accordingly. All credits with a premium in Confederate notes, or so valued by the liolcdr, should he valued and taxed ai the premium it bore on the first day of July. Another circular nl!?wi farmers to reserve in addition to articles specified in artide forty-three, instructions 15th May, only one hundted bushel* of corn or fifty bushels of wheat, or any proportionate quantity of each in accordance to the first Section of the Tax Act. i South Carolina, LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY P. T. HAMMOND, Esq, Ordinary fur Mtid District. WHEREAS* Mr. W. M. ADAMS ha* applied to mo Tor Letter* of Administration on all nod singular llio Goods and Chnttle* Rights and Credit* of JOHN ADAMS late of the District nforesuid, deceased. THESE arc. therefore, to cite and admonish all and Modular, the kindred and crwditors of the *uid deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinnry'a Court tor the snid district, to be holden ut 1 juieiister Court House on the "7th day ol Sept. next, to show eaone, if any, why the auid administration should not be gran ted. Given under my hand and seal, this J 2d t -ws*. j dav Aug. iu the year ol our < 1., S. > Lord one thousand eight hundred ( ?^ ) and sixty.three and in lha eightyeighth year of the Independence of the Stale of South Carolina. P. T. HAMMOND o i. n. Aug. 26, 1863 -31. SOUTH CAROLINA. LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY P. T. HAMMOND, Esquire, Ordinary for said District. WHEREAS, JONATHAN WALLACE has applied to ine for Lsllsre of Admiuialra tion on all aud singular the Goods and Chatties, Right* sod Credits of J. F. Wallace late of the District aforesaid deceased. THESE are, therefore, to cits aod admonish all and singular, lha kindrad and creditors of the auid deceased, to be aud appear before me at our uext Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdsu at l^ancasler Court liouss on the "7lit day of Sepl? next., to snow cau*e, if soy, why the said administration should not be irranI i?d (iiven under tuy hand and seal, this 23d J uay of Augl. in tbe year of our I. S. > l#ord one thousand eight hundred } and sixty-three nod in the eightyeighth year of the independence ol tne Stale of South Carolina. F. T. HAMMOND, O. L D. Augt 26, 1863, ?at PROCLAMATION. STATE OF 80UIH CAROLINA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTENT, CiUKi.E4To.il, Aug. 8, 18AS. JMgUEIlEAS, IIY INFORMATION HE ChlVKL) AT Una Department, it appoan that iu Cbarleetou, on tho 24ih December last, a man by the name ol 8AML. COLLINS wai niabbed in the biesat by some per*on or per none up to this time unknown, and that the said SaML COLLINS died instantly: Now, therefore, 1, M L. HONHAM, Cover, nor and t oiniiiaudci-iu-Chielm and over the aforesaid Stale, do lasue thie my 1'ioclamatiou, ottering a Reward of Three Hundred Dollars lor the apprehension and delivery of tho real Murderer ol the said S.vML COLLIN."*, into any ol the Jails ol thie State ; and, if more than one, an additional Reward ol Three Hundred Dollar* for each one who shall be proved to be an accomplice. (Jikmi under iny hand and the acal of the [l. a j ftUle, at Churiealou, Una eighth da) of Augual, A. D. I3CJ. M L BONIIAM. Wm. R. liu.iTT, H^fUry of btal?. Aug 1?, 1W?, U-l?. Estate of Rebecca Truesdale, .1 deceased. 1 The undersigned having applied to tho Court ft of Ordinary for I .an caster District for pennix sion to make a final settlement and distribution ft of the Kstate of Rebecca Trueadale, deceased, I the Legatees, and all others interested in said ] Kstate, are hereby notified to appear at the I said Court, to be holden at Lancaster Coart I House, on the lOtb day of October next, to I show cause, if any they can, why the applies- J tion aforesaid should nut Ire granted. U THOMAS J CAUTIIKN, 1 Kxecutor Uehecca Truesdule, dee'd. R Julr 9. 1863. 42? Sin J IN EQUITY. 1 r LANOASTKK LUSlKlUT. A William Dclk, and others. 1 vs. V llill for Paitilioa. Annn Iiclk and others. J 'I It appearing to the salilaetiou of the Com- I > missioner, that J. Green Fuuderbui k, and Mar- , , tha June his wile, two ol the. defendants to the j above bill, reside without the liiuir* ol this State. It is oidered on motion ol Williams k Allison, solicitors for complainants, that said J G. Fundeiburk and wile Martha Jane Fun. derburk do answer, plead or demur to the bill in above ease on or befoie (he 'Jutli day ol Oct tobcr IS63, otherwise judgement pro cuulesso j will be ordered against litem J. II WirilKRSPOON, C. K. L. D. Jul/ 8, 1863. 22 ? 3iu. 1 Fine Stock. A My though-bred Horse DAPPLE JOHN 1 will stand the ensuing Spring Season, com- 1 tneijcing the tirst week In Meruit, a*. iny | residence near Hanging Rook. A DAl'I'l.K JOHN in full-blooded Jenus I and Canadian. He ia an well kuo.vn in Una M "section thai it is scarcely necessary to ear l anything ia commendation of Ins superior 1 qunliiiea. His (.'oils speak for tneniselves, 1 and tliay are unhesitatingly pronounced br good judges to be among tb? best stock of fl 1 our couulry. t'or fineness of form, spirited appearance and activity of motion, he is not excelled by uny horse in the Stale. Marc* from a distance can be accmuinadated with stabling and pastures, iwrius : for the Insurance Jjiu 00 JAMKN M. INUIt.Wk Fab 25, 1863, 3-tf WILLIAMS A ALLISON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW AMD Solicitors in Cquity. Lancaster. c. H , g; <;. Will practice in the Oislrict of Lancaster. Prnmnt atUnliAn ?i??? ?An?ii..?;.. _ . - ?f- |IKU VV UUIKUllUD. ? Mr. Williams may be coaaultad mi Vorltnlle, S. C., mid Mr. Allisox at In* oJlca in 11* Court House, at Lancaster. July 1th 1HM. -J I ?tf ? I MELTON ft WITHEaSPOON. ATTORNEYS AT LA# anl> Solicitor* in Cqaity, J Will practice io lAtucaaiar and ma surrouading District*. C. D. Mkltox, I M. J. vVirrtenaroos, Cheater, H. C. | Laucmler C tl January II. 18tf0. 4S-1 Or. ALFAED OAAVEX Aieaialajut MMrK??M DmilUl, yomkvii.ls, a. o.f UtTera liia Professional rjervicos to Ilia otii> /eoa of'ljancaaler Villlage aud aurroui.Jiaj country. AKTIFICI \L TEKTil inserted oo GulJ Plata, iroin una to a fa.I aclte. J una lllii, I did, Id ?ly C B NORTHROP. Attorney at .Law ' I AND |M>Lii:iroit in ixiurrv, Will practice in Lancaster and the neighbor* io| Dietneta. OXKICK AT LANUAHIKKVILLK, . October tlet, 1061. 31-1J ; VILLAGE LUTrf FOE SALE j Otleied, at private Halo, a Tract ol Ltnd* ' containing eixty mho acre*, fort* or lorly* 1 live acre* of winch i* id wood* j simile in lha southern aubarba vl Ilia Village of L*a< 1 easier, a portion beiog wiuna Hie ntcorpor* 1 ale liunle. Tua Tract embraces the old Aluaier lieid. It la au*ovplidie ol being di? vided ioto eevaral line banding Lola. f or particulars, aa to terut* die., apply to W. Jd. UO.M.XOllH, 4g l. A?*il I * lie*!* njnii ?, isua, IU-11 ~ JUS r KBOiJIVdoT 14 U0XK8 ol TOBACCO. J. B. BOYO. J?If I, INI, |l-ff 0,