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V JU |J Jf ? XII, LANCASTER C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 30,1363. NUMBER 31.
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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, '