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I ?|ur SLiriripr* V JU |J Jf ? XII, LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 30,1363. NUMBER 31. /.I*ll P I * Hit 1 nmn n i ni.nriK I .J " -- 1 m* kftlKibU. r'nkliphod bjtj Wednea Uy Morning W, M. CONNORS, Miivrana proprietor. TBRMS: f.m edyjmoe, . . ?2 U0 At Ike expiration of Six Month*, - 2.(0 I ik* end of th? Tew, - S.00 V* paper discontinued until all arrearage* are paid, except at our optiou. ADYERTISEXEHTS, Will be luserted at two dollar* per square for Ike frst, aed one dollar per square for eaoh subsequent insertion. A square to consist.of tke space of 13 lines, Mirier type. No advertisement considered less than a square. Legislature of South Carolina. Called Session <>j September, 1863. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. Senate.?Senate net this day, at l'i nVlnob ?? !,? P...-'..J LI? ??f- i? ...... innirm, KUIJ. ?? 111 17. Porter, is the Chair. The Clerk rend the proclamation of the Governor calling this aeaaion. After which, the following new Seoatnra appeared and were qualified : J. 1). l'ope, Tlioa. G. Bacon, and B S. Jonca. Menace. Moaea, Maiming and la**cane were appointed a Committee to wail on the Governor, and ioform him that the Senate had organized, and wa* ready to receive any communication from him. The following meaaage was received from hit Excellency the Governor: JSjwuwya {JtrAKTMExT, Columbia, Sept. 21, 1S63. OentUmtn of /the 'Senate tnd Ilovtr of Reprtttnlatitet: The <lay Tor your annual ni*-etiog ia eo near at h^nd that i should nut have invoked you again in extra Mcaaion, but fur w I wit I deem a preaaing emergency admitting of no delay. The progrea* of (lie war lor the laat few months haa not been favorable to oar arme. The brilliant repuUe of the ene my'e ironclad fleet on the "7th of April laat in Charleaton harbor, hoa been auccceded by the fall of Vickaburg and Fort liudaon ; our retirement from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tenneaaee. and alao by our evacuation of Morria laland, but uol without a stubborn resistance by the brave garriaona of Wagner and Gregg, under a lire from naval and land balteriea auch aa no works have ever before withstood Fort Sumter etill holda out with an infantry garrison which haa recently achieved a brilliant auccea*. Her noble raina afford the beat proofa lit ike ifulAmlletile ?' k- -* - ? ???? ?'? -i ?- wi miv uuicrri iod man of tlio tint South Carolina Artil lory. Oar malignant foo is now eroding /on Morris Island powerful batteries of Par rott guna, and repairing his damaged fleet, preparatory to another and more deleruiin ed attack upon our harbor oulpoats, whilst ilia land forces are being iuoreaeed with the hopei possibly, of carrying Chaaleslon in u combined attack by land and sea. The call of the President for live thousand troops for six months' eefvico within the Stale, beginning the first of August last, has been promptly responded to, with the exception of live companies, now in process of organisation. This requisition and the enforcement of the Couscriptiou Act to forty five, embracing almost the eutire population be tween the ages of forty and fifty, so impairs -IK.:-,..- ~r ? >u? <mvnniv; UI UUI lunula OrgaflKMIIOn that I hod it impracticable to obtain readily a fore* adequate to auch emergency aa Mtn likely to be upon To meet the** emergencies I have endeavored, under your late Act aod the Aol of 1841, to ralae a volunteer force of one mounted regiment, two eompanit a of cavalry, and one battery efartillery, for service uheraypr in the Mute they may be needed. Thia force haa not been ^ promptly rai?ed aa the occaaion requires, and I have therefore felt it my duty to again convene your bodice, and to recommend to yoe that you device aueh plan, aa in your wiadom may eeem eipedient, fur furniahiof for immediate service a military force of at leaat two regiments of infantry, one of which should be mounted, and a proportion^? force of cavalry and artillery, /^eo, that thp law be ao amended aa to plane in aome military organization, for the defense of the State, ovary able bodied citizeb between the ages of aistoan and sixty, not ia Confederate aervioo or Qtherwiao I#* gaily exempted. The immediate danger to t>e apprehended ariaoa from raidjDg parties of the enemy, who may dash suddenly into the State from Tenneaaev. through upper Georgia, or the passes of the mountains of North and South Carolina. Should the enemy in large foree attempt invasion from these sectiona, the Confederate Government will', no doubt, afford adequate protection. Dot, to repel ralde and to protect our Irr Biue*, inn state htrneif should make prepartition. The persona to compose the organization* ahould be the nb'e bodied cili zena between sixteen and aixty year-* *>f age, not iu Confederate service or otiierwiae legally exempted ; and in thia class should bo embraced all peraona who have procured exetuptioua by furnishing aubatitutea. No one should be relieved from the doty of defending hia home because of having (urniahed a aubelitue for the war for Confederate service. Aliena who have declared their purpose to become citizen*, na nlao auch as art domicil -d amongal ua, enjoying the protection of our law*,ahould he included. I recommend, nlao, that the claaa of those whose service is limited to tlie din irict or regiment in which tliey reside, be reduced to the lowest practicable point consistent with the safe policy of the Slate. 1 call yottf attention to the Report of the Adjutant and Inspector General upon this subject, herewith transmitted. In connection with the subject of exemption*, I call your attcotioo to my correspondence with the Commandant of Conscripts for South Carolina, Major C. D- Melton, who is the successor of Cel. John S. Pros ton. willi whom. i?re\ioumto vour U-i tension, I liutl a correspondence, a copy of which wan then Irun.-uiiCrd lo you. Anolh er copy, as also a copy of tliat with Maj Melton, is now transmitted. Thia subject cuIIh fcr legislation so as to reconcile as far as possible the d.tfrrepce between the lawn of the two governments, it is nn important question involving the jurisdiction of the two governments, and needs to be delicately handled. I am satisfied our true policy is, as fur as is compatible with tiie constitution il lights of the State, to con form to the law of Congress on this subject I have not felt ut liberty to make any deatiuction between lbs clashes exempted by our law when the ensea have been made, but have claimed the exemption of nil alike. The action of the Kxecutive Council, on the aame subject, and the action of your two llouaes, ut your laal aesaion (the House approving and the Senate by its silence nc quieacing) made it proper that I should reply to Mai Mellon aa I bad dons (*?.! Prtwloo. Additional legislation ia needed to enable the Executive. through civil or military authority, or both, more etTeciuully to uid the Conlederste (Joverninenl in arresting deser tern from the army. Ill tuoal e.ieea the absentees have probably not left their cominanda with the intent to desert their color*; but the result of their absence is the sume, as far na the good of the service and protection of tiie country ia concerned I have endeavored, so far as 1 waa authorized, to atford assistance, but the law ia inadequate to such efficient aid aa is needed Many construe your late act on this subject to mean that the Sheriff- arc not to render aid to lha Enrolling Officer till resistance baa been made. In all auch casus the deserter, of course, makes his eacnpe. Such law aa you mav think proper to pass should embrace deserters from State service and noma man pitman aiding and abetting da aerlera in eacaping troiii the aruty, and in reaiating or avoiding arrent. I invite your attention to the operation of the ayatein of impressment udopted by the Confederate Government. I nm informed that in aome Nectiona, where ttie people have little more than ia nb^olutelv necen aary for their own use, it ia apprehended that destitution * ili be brought about by ita unequal operation Coining an you do from every arction of the Stale, you are doubt lena better informed upon this ? abject than myself, and better prepared to adout a iu dicioua policy than I am now to auygeat it. I have called I hr attention of the ('onfedernte Government to the aubjecl and kugge*. led to them the probability that the eollec tion of the lax Io kind, which operalea more equally on all, would obviate the neceaeity for the impreeemcnt of proviaiooa. The axalem adopted for formatting labor tor conat defeucea haa failed In acconmli.li r it* purpo*e. l-nrge numbers have avuilea themaelvea of the provision of the law and paid the tin* of on* dollar and tifiy cent* instead of furnishing llie iubor; and other-, with the hop* of impunity, have neither furnished the labor or paid the tine With the money collected by the agent lie has been unable to hire auy labor. I recommend ao amendment of the Act* on this subject, so as to abolish the fine and so as to authorize the Governor, through the Commissioners of Roads, (who in the main are true to their trusts,) to impres* the la bor requisite to enable hiui to respond to ma cans 01 the tyoinraandiog l?*n?ral, ^iving credit for all labor previously furnUlied, and that the lime of service be extended to two month* The free negroes ahouid l>e included. I doubt not that there has been cauae for the complaint heretofore made aa to the treatment aud detention of the negroes, but it ia bolie?ed that through the instrumentality of the energetic State Agent, (whose report is herewith tranamiu ted,) tnaiiy of the evils have been rauiedied. M. Ij. BONHAM. From the KmIvigli (N*. C.) Age. Our Conditioo. Mr. Kditor: Tliv affair* of our S'nte nt present are in a deplurnb'e condition; ntid' inateud of nny proped of thing* jfti??u better,,they seem to be growing worse daily. If *f are overrun by the yaukve*. mid are made to become mere vassal* and trilmtn lit s Ui the unprincipled t aiidnl* of I he North, the people of North Carolina, and especially (he grain producer* and capitalist* of the State, will hate to bear must of the blame. I A now that aonie of the secular paper* of tile Stale have contributed a great deal to ward* the present condition of things ; but their part i* comparatively mn il! with that of the euro, w he it, bacon and money speculators. 'f'hese are Ilia leeclte* which are draininrr out lh? iif?- IPood <?< ,..ir i'nnf...tu 'racy, depreciating our currency, disbanding our armv, filling our mountain* with deaertera froui the aoldiery, and converting hundreds of our lea* informed backwoodsmen into loricn and bushwhacker* 1'hev are doing litia by withholding the prime vv?..wv - VI >110 ( I vill IIIC ItlllUItT* IUIilllieft, or exacting such enormous prices that llie poor women and children of our brave not diers are nut able lo procure these commodities; thus causing the wivt-a and moth. eiH of soldiers to w rite to their friends in the urmy and br.g them to eoijiu Imuie and keep them from aiitVerii.g. These thing* I know lo be no, Standing the other day in a de pot in Western North Carolina, ? the train was about leaving with aome deaerUrs for the aruty. I heard an old mother say to her sou whom they were carrying back lo the artnv, "You inuat go mv eon. but come back as aoon us you gel there, and bring your gun with you ?tell nil the boya io bring their gum and come home, for we will all perish here if lltev dou'i come home and kill f)te speculatorsand then turning to me with tearful face ?he said. "Mr. A. ought they not all lo pome home ? for we poor w oil)en folks here cannot get one lno.li. el of wheat or corn for our money, and we mual perish." ? nid I, ' Madam, your aoti is needed in the snnv ; and unless our country is a unit on this subject, we will be a ruined people" Said another lady, "We know that, but what are icr to do ! ? Nut one pound ot salt can we gel for love nor money ; not a pound of meat nor a bushel of corn will the people *eil to us tor our money ; ami in the name of tjod must we perisli thai the South ujuy be establish ed V I left these women Willi thirty or forty atandmg on the platform. some praying for peace, and aome curainjf the war. Now, air. the above ia the atata of things in the iiioonUiinoua portions of our Slate ; and unleaa the people who h.ive the |*rnin will antler their palrioiiam to predominate, the routing result i? palpable. 'I he roldiera trill dreart and come home to the raacue ot their famil'lS", when they learn much things Irom their moihera, wivea, and aialera at liana. The great majority of the army are poor men who havo nothing at hoina hut their tainilie* to fight lor I l,ey a re wiae enough to know that they are exposing themselves for the properly and slaves of the capatali'sl and rich planter*. Now, when they learn that the former of Iheae hn*<e made the money of their wivea und their children laltuUst, and that the latter wid not sell their taimliea brea<l, what may we expect? I heard a mnii any the oilier day, that he had hundred* ol bushels of wheal, but lie would net aelt a bum,el now. *'VVhv not, Mr. ani l I ? Uecauae I can't get but $7 per bushel now ; but before spring, w heal will bring * < 5 per busnel." I am a religious man, but i confeaa to utv sin in saying that, at that moment I fell like ahoottng the wretch, though 1 said not a word. Will the good and jnat God aver let ua prosper while we treat our fellow crealurea in thia manner"? Will lie allow a govern meut to be auceeaafui in forming itself and in being recognized by the nations of the world, 4i free and enlightened, whose very eUnmi.ta -< - .In..-.- .1? .1 -i. ?. . ' ...imv.X ?'? ? iMmm ^ rMO f ? Meter, hsvkii. I* iliere any consistency in laboring, heeding and anfTering to gain the national freedom uf a people who are daily rivaling the chain* of ?e verity upon heir fellows and brethren in tho manner above mentioned t Nay, indeed. We believe in the juelneaa of the Southern cause, and that we shall ultimately pre vail over our enemies ; or that they will become willing to let ua leave them and become an independent government. Dul unless our people repent of their uiultiludinon* nine, and e?pecially nt the eina of aeltislinea* and eal<?riion , of lust and neglect of religion and hi roq liretnetil* of the g.n pel, the present gm r.uion will a eep hi the duet ere this happy re?ull will be accoiu pliehed. It ie tim.' for us to awake to our interest in thie miller. Kdilore may write, minis, lets (pay preach, politicians may talk, generals mat command, annus may ' ght, good incti may pray, infidel* may aiieer. but till we become a bettor people tban we | pow are, the great (j?d will not give ux an 1 honorable. lasting pence. A nation cannot auccccd in the accomplishment of its purposes, when its inonl prominent luembcrH 1 a;o ualng the morals, blood and happiness of the other portion of ila members, in inukinu immense fortunes for themselves and' j their children. J These are plain words, Mr. Kditor, and I they are true. Something mu?t be done for our noble State, nnd that speedily, or she will ruin herself and endanger the Confederacy. Ho they not see it? Will not the farmers and planters hear before it be cornea too late? In the name of all that ia dear, what do tire people mean ? It will be too late wheu the yankee hords have overrun our whole State and we aro chained up<>n our bask* like poor Maryland. Kvery mac among r.a ought to value Confederate mon?)r n* gold : snd everv one who hold* lb* prime commodities of life, should regard every other man in the Houth hit brother, end act aceordtnifljr. Then aveeet peace would *"on revisit our bleeding laud, and God would blcaa u? abundantly Fl IIIX). Happy llome.N. NViiy MkthUiiklah Got eo Old?\V? were opou the street* a few evenings since, nnd heard a moat novel explanation of the tinlotinding greet age of the above named character. A number ot men were talking of the recent conscript call and Its effect upon the people, when an old worthy remarked? Well, Mr , I have studied a long w hile abeul it. and just now determined w hy Methuaelah got to bo so old. Von see, in hi* day there was a conscript law, and I evetv time a new call We mads o d Me hu seluh run hi* age up a hundred yesra?junt enosgh to keep him out of the conacripl. A heap of men iu liieae days are playiug . 1. _ i J I u,i name oooge.' IVm could not help thinking to ouraelves that the old 4J*-n11 ouian wa? quite right, and that uihii in thesedaya grow old alarmingly faat t)nf 01 tw# o| our acquaintances that were only 36 two yearn ago, are no*- 46 ? grown ten yearn in two ! Verily, the war I haa wrought out great wonders. auch ? were not ?ren tinder toe ?uii before. We | are very much afraid some ol thene gentle: man will die of old age beforo they lifee n I turn at a second wife PoiaosEb Hali.s?The Yankee papers | say that their armories are now engaged in 1 the manufacture ot a poisoned ha'l, which will prove "a fatal extinguhiher to rebellion" whenever it atrikre. It ia a Minie hall in three parts?the point being of aoinc hunt metal, coated with a poi-ounua solution <>t copper. When the ball striken, the three parts separate, niid the poisoned point penetrating deeply bemud Inv collar and cup, w hich makes up the remainder of the ball, cannot be extracted, and will infflct an incurable wound, tne copper coating produ cing gangrene in a few hours. Instate ot* Rebecca Truesdale, deceased. The undersigned having applied to the Court i of Oi dinar y fgr 1-aiicastcr District for p-jrrnie, aion to iuake a final settlement and distribution of the Estate ol Rebecca Trueadale, 'decoaa-td, I the Legatees, and all others interested in said j Relate, are hereby n uiticd to appear at the i said Court, (o be holdcu at I-aucsster Couit House, on tha 10th tlay of October next, to ahow cause, if any tipsy can, why tl^applicatiou aforesaid should not he granted. THOMAS J CAUTIIEN, Executor Rebecca Trueadale, dee'd. July 8, l?t>3, > >?8ra IN EQUITY. LANCASl'KU DISTRICT. I Wiiliain liclk, any} other a. i va. t Hill P.-i'i? I Anna Hulk and other*. J It appearing to the detection of the OTmI miaeioner, li.et J. liruen Fundarb ark, end MarI the Jen# his wile, two ol the defendants to the above bill, reside without the limits of this Bute. It is ordered on motion oI Willie me A Allison, solicitor* tor complements, thet seid J O. Vutiderburk end wile Mertbs Jen* Kutn derburk do eiuwer, plead or dsmur to the odl in above esse on or before the 3bth day of Oc> tober 1863, otherwise judgement pro coufeeso will be oidereJ against tliern. J. U WITHXRSPOOM, C. K. L. D. JulyS, 1861. 33?Sib. V1LLAI1E LOW FOil SALE DJsrvd, at private Sale, a Tract of Land, containing sixty seven acre*, fnrlv or lorlyacres of slrch is in woods; situ it* in ihe southern suburb* ol the Village ol' Lancaster, a portion being within the i icnrpor. nte limit* The Tract embraces the old Muster belli It is susceptible ol being divided into several tins b Hiding Lots Tor particulars, s 1 to terms dtc., appl r to W. M. IJU.IMOitd, tg'f. 1 April 1 A, Infi'J 10-tf [ THE DEFENCES NEAR CHARLESTON-DIVISIONS NOS. 4 AND 2 3 TO supply the requisition of tlie General vt commanding the Department, and in pur' nuance ol the ordeiaof hi* Eacellency Governor : Honhain, the Commissioners of the Koad* of the several Parishes and the authorities of the I cities, towns pud village* within the judicial Districts of Charleston, Colleton, Iieaufoit and Georgetown, including Lower All SainU, are I hereby required forthwith to summon all per i hoii* In possession ot slave* liable to Koaii duty f within the limit* of their authority, to deliver 1 one-fourth of their slaves liable to such duty. , at the Depot* nearest their owiicn^rcsideuce, oil WEDNESDAY, 14th day ol October pro*., | j at lb o'clock a. in,, there to await transport*! lion to Charleston, for thirty days' labor ou the j fortification*. II. The Commissioner* of t|?e Road* and tho I authorities of tho towns and villages within the | judicial Districts of Lancaster, Kershaw, Chen : lei#eld, Marlltoro, Darlington, Marion, Suiuter, I Clarendon JA" illiaiusburg and Ilorrv, including ) Upper All stints, are lieieby required forth| with to summon all persons in possession of . slaves liable to Road duty within the limits ot [ their authority, to deliver en* fourth ol their i slaves liable to such duty at the Depots nearest IUCII vwuvra n'HiuiMlce Oil I* III l/A 1, I OUl Uc ? tober pros., at 10 o'clock a. iu., there to aw?.v ' transportation to Charleston, '"r -u: 'J labor on tho fortification*. III. Under thin call, tha Commissioners of f Road* and Town Authorities will allow credit to all owner* for the laljor they hare furnished above their quota, whether the same *?i vol' untecred by the owner under the request of the Confederate authorities, under the f'roclantation of the Governor, or, a* waa the case in July<call upon Second Division, w?s detained in service beyond the thirty day* required. IV. Owners whose slaves have recently been j impressed, 01 wboe? slaves may have been iiu| pressed before the day when tnis labor is re* quired, are not entitled to credit under this call t for such impressed laboi, unless they have ! hitherto furnished their respective quota*. Kor ^ ! those who have hitherto tieen in default, it is ! both legal and just that the impressed labor I should go to the credit of tue past calls which ! thej failed to respond to?not to ilie present I call, for this would give them the advantage over those who have answered to all the calls. V. Receipts, will bn given lor the negroes at I the Depota, and assessments in duplicate are j made of the value of the negroes before they ' aie put to work. VI. Owners are requested to furnish their I ncgioea with spades or shovels aud tlree days' i ration*. | VII. Parties iJho hire substitutes will furnish l i me with a copy of the receipt uksn for such I substitute, in order that all p titles may bo protected i VIII. Tho Iris of the Legislature have uow ! been distributed, and the Commissioner* of the Road* and the Town Author.ties can now tho1 roughly infoiot themselves of their iuipoiUut f dunes iu connection with this aubjoct WM. M. SHANNON, Agent of State of South Carolina. | Camden, 8 C., Sept. 6. 18611. (Lancaster Ledger Priut.J _>ept. U, 1B6S. lm. Fine Stook. My though-bred ll??r?e DAPPLE JOHtf will aland the ensuing Spring Season, commencing the lira! week In March, at a residence near Hanging Rock. DAPPLE JOHN ia full-blooded Jenus and Canadian. Ha is ao well koown in Una section thai it ia acarcely necessary ta oay ' anything in commendation of liia superior qualities liia Coite speak f ?r the.(Metre*, and they are unhesitatingly pronounced bv good judges to be amoug the beat stock of our country. For fineness of form, apiritad appearartca and activity of motion, he ia not ; excelled by any horse in the State. I Marea from a distance can ba acco'Uino. I dated with stabling and pastures Terms : for the Insurance $i0 00. JAMES M INGHAM. Fab 25, I8S3, 3-tf LANCASTER STEAM MILL. " t \m n I /-A a a ItnllK nub*chb?r roapoclfullj inform* h ? <f Irienda and lha public, thai liia Steam Oriat and >'toar Milla are in complete uparaUoo.? Particular attention ia paid to the cleaning and grinding of Wbaal, the emitter, acraena, and other machinery, ara tilled up on iba moat urn proved principal, and cannot tail to give entii a aatia'acuoa. My thank* for paal patrongo, and * bopa a contiuuanco of llie wmo. GtiO. SINCLAIR. Sept. 4, 1883. 30-1 in. THE B uTTeT 1N. f BY K HTTEITTON. TERMS FOlTsUBSCRIITiON : n*II T ? ? For nix roonU, ?j <yj " one year, 1500 TH WIMLT BVLLXTIW : For nix months, . 5 (yj ; " one year, 5,00 CXTiWHA JOCH1L?Wtmr * For ona year, pj (Iq '^ rfot'e*, K P., Rnpi ft, '