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<% i L ANU ASTER VILLE, B.C. Tuesday Morniug, April 19, 16S4. MTare Creek" will always had a welcom* place in our colutan*. Our esteemed follow.cilUen, Dr. W. C Cauthen, manifests his friendship for, nad appreciation of the wants of Ilia press, l?y ?eliding um a very liberal contribution ef rafa lie will accept aur hearty thanks. The article fro*? "A Neldiar'a Wife," aaat ua for publication, though containing aaueli that ia true and adiniiaible, iu iatermixsd with aentimeiita and language, the publication of which, we ceactivc, weuld be injurious to the public interests ; and | lience we nrc reluctantly constrained to decline |>ulit lulling it, unleae revised and sheru of its objectionable features. We would net hesitate la publish liar Btrlclurea upan a certain class of pcrsaua, far innuy af tliem richly deaeive ii ; thaogh thaie are lionora hie ?xceplians w hich our fair correspondent aeania to have overlooked. The ol jeationa relate to other grounds, which douhtlaaa readily occur to the author. For the Relief of Charleston. Mr. Robson requests us to call the attentioa of thoao parsons ivka liava promised applies far the relief of Charleston ta the naiaaaity af delivering the an me as early aa possible. He furnishes uaq uestienable evidence that tha city is in pressing want ol Ill VHP tu |>|'i irx, tOI lioppt I (I ill OUT pceple will no understand il nad nuke early ar. ranfeMeute tor Hie delivery of the supplies which ha engaged during last Fall, He I nine requests thai they will send In tj eir h'IIh immediately to Messrs Hssnelltnu & k Mani>ey, that he may nettle tlieiu before ha leaves tIiIm place Board of E xamiaera. 1 The late orders from the Bureau at Can. 1 acriptiwn require the organization, in each I | District ar County, of a Board to consist af | I not more thai three af the moat reliable 1 1 ami intelligent citizeas, between the ages | | I of 45 mid 50 )sars, and who "have bean en- j a 1 rolled nud detailed far the service. These ' Beards will he charged with nidiug the lo- j 1 eal enrolling otlioer in ohtaiaing infoinm. tion concerning all applicntiona for exetiip I lion and detnil, l?r agricultural or oilier in- I f duatrtal* purouita, and alao In furniahing rfll I information which may be needed in the ' duliaa impoaed upon the enrolling oflieera ! We loarn that the Board lor lliio Hiairicl i? coiripoeid of tin* following genth iuen: 3 B. Mu??ey, Jane* Crockett, I. \V. I InnEnrollment of Free Negroes. Au order Iran beon iaaued requiring the immediate enrollment of all iiimIo Iree tie- ' gron end free prrtionit of color between i ^ the age* of 18 and 60 yeura. "All oueh j i will fir lie Id liable In perform duly * ill) j i the army, ur in connection vyili the military defence* of the country, in tho way of j K working upon forliliealiotie or in govern- I ment work* for tho production or prrpuruI lion of materials ol war, or in military hue- j pilala." While tr <b> not xVn.n.itkize with uiAnv . 1 of the ]i>r notion* in regard to the pr??p-^ . er management and diapaailion of free ne| grace, can ?ru no good rea?on why thi* | ! tlaae of our popnlutian aheuld nat bear aome of I lie burden* of ,t lie ??r. T4ie law w hich auhjacta the able-bodied among them , to military aarvice ia proper and timely. Tha following capy af an Act of Con- | I graee, which w e have been at aotna trouble to prociire, ia published in answer to neveral enquiriaa w hich Im'a been addrenard ta ; ( ua upon the euhject-maller in point: An Act to authorizr tmf. diacmai:#! or certain civil OFFICER)! FHoM tiik mili- j i jart service i'f the corfeder ate | states. Tin Congress of lli* Confederate Stales I of America do enact, That any officer, non { commissioned ?fbcer or private a<>w in tliw ! Military serviae of lha Confederate States 1 In liaa bean elected or appointed alnce en- | terisg ?aid service, ar who may hereafter be elected or appointed a Senator or Kep resentalive in Congress, ar in any State * legislature, a Jud^a of Ilia Circuit, District ar Superior Courts of law ar equity in any ' Stata *f tft* Confederacy, District Attorney, Clerk af any Court ot racard, Sheriff, Ordi-j nary, Judge ?<l sav Caurl of probata, Col- , ' lactoT of Stale Taxes, not to oxeecd one I for each county, parish recorder, upon fur- I B'shing the Soar at or* of War with evidence I of such election or appointment, if an otli- j cer, hio resignation shall be promptly ac ! septed, and if a nun commissi..ned officer or V private, ho shall bo honorably discharged" I by the Seeretary af War Approved April 2d 1363. A true copy James McMaTTmf.ws Ijiw Cl'k Dap Jos. Editorial Brevities I Our guerilla* along the Mississippi atill | continue to anney vessel* pi)'lit on t,l<> { river, Iloat* are tired into and men killed 1 and wounded every day. * II was the aayiag of the Jewish Rabbi, j "that if %eea w ere ink, the trees pens, and , the earth parchment, it would net he sufti ient to write down all the praisee-due to (Jed fer liberty." It ia a wonderful illustration of the vale* f Government interposition in repressing the ejtoitiuna of inonepoly, that salt, enre the deareal article of onr domestic con aemptiee, is new tin* cheapest t In the city court of Mobile, en Monday laat, Jacob Kiehend. was eonyipted of the I crime of extortion. % He wae lined $M)0, and eeutenred to thraa month# imprison' ment in the county jail. * I The Ashville (N. C.) jVrvt of the (111 March asya: -The auction sales hero laot wcrlt showed a downward tendency in every || aperies of properly. North and Houth (?nr olill? hunk bills brought only 31 to 3} Tor < on* in C?>uf*dcrnte money. *1(1 Issue.? ' Money is growing scarce rapidly." A heard ot ofhser* in soon t* nancmhle at Richmond to exuniiiio ?tid report upon the justice and amount of claims of parties 1 wbo hnv* lost negroes impressed for labor n the public defences?tu include those who linvo escaped to the enemy as well as those who have died from injuries or disea ses contracted while in the service. At an election in I.envanworth, Kuiimus, j on the 4th, tl^c polls were seized by the | , (Copperhead mob. Mu>nr Anthony was : bouton 'I'kc military refusud assistance? I The Copperhead ticket was elected by six | ( hundred majority. j ( a ncgre colony hcui to ifay?t by Lincoln I lant, year have Urea bought back to Vir- 1 giain. near Alexandria, in n deplorable con- J diliou. They tjufl'ered extremely during i their etay oa the ialnad te which they were < aeat, aud the whole colony came near per. i iehing. i A gentleman whe wne for a time n pris- ' eaer at I'aducnh, any* that it ie the depot of dcpotH of aupplic* fer nil the South wee* *' tern nrmiea. A yenr nge the value of grain and other suppliea there wan estimated nt ' $15 000.000 Since Hint time the amount ie aaid to have incrciUed te roui? 20,000,000. Ferrcel buraed nil the elore-heuaea and ' military headquarter*. i There ia a serieua echiam in the Mormon , ranks. The iiceaNienMti declare agalast I i polygamy nnd content themselves with one I ( wife?at least one at a time. An ergnui- < zation founded on this idea hue been formed 1 is Ciscinuuli, under the leadership of Js- j soph Smith, Jr, and l*snc I). Kadgvrs? i They say that they have miHsisnsries operating in Hrighaiu Young's dominions, who i are very auccenoful in making cssverta.? This present rendezvous is in the vicinity of Chicago, bill they have purchaaod 30,000 | acres ?? land in Missouri, where lliey intend to settle when the air is over, and build up a city for the habitation of the faithTa!. A recent letter from I'aris rslatea the following: At tho last reception at the Tuilleries, the Kuiuersr was cenversing with some one ti the American war, when liia little sen sppreuched ' l'rincw," said the Emperor, "you have lie*or heard of the American war. have vim ?" "(Hi ???" !.( the ro*al avion. "Well, which aide are yau in favor af?" anked the Koipurur. "1 take the aide of the ConfuQpratea," replied Him ciiild. "Why ao ?" anid tlie Kiuporer. "Hecuuae thaw are the weak eat, und tight the licnl,*1 anid the key. Well anid, far the lit. tie fellaw ! Ila'll iniiKe a n?u. The Northern paper* amy ihe Spring campaign w ill be apened simultaneously on nil aid re, and that they ha?o goo,000 more mm thaa they hud a year ago. Mr*. Senator Dauglan in tilling a twelve hundred dollar clt-rkehff) ia the Trenaury Departmental WuNhitigleM. Thin ia etntrd positively by n Wiiahingtan earreapondant. We ragret to announee (say* .the Char leeton Mercury of the Jitli) the drntli ef the Hod. R. K. W. Alston, Ex-finvernar af <t r-* 1! ll J!_ J J ? n?n ji: cummin.i. ins uiea n nurnnay last, at hia plautiilioa ob I'ee Dee Tlia collision between a parly of citizen* nnd the anlharitien at Clinrlesten, III., win greatly exagerntid. A letter in Ilia Chicago Vi/nn aayn nut mare than thirty Man an aaeh aida were engaged, uad ?0? r aa affray the citizana want heme Thy re wat na eubv qiii-at aaaemblnge of Copperhead* in tku vicinity. Nathing new hare to-day. Say a the Southern Church tnmii : "W? undrrataad. fraie a source entitled to reaped, that (Jeu. late has bean entitlement only twice* week. Wa think it very likely the Cieneral r auld get Meal in uhnadance, hut ha will not fare better than hia nen " Should aat we who are at hone be willing ta tare na hardly aa they, for the nuke of the cm una ? iroa LANCABTKK UNU.I Camp I2tm S. C. Kcuimbrt, April 6tli 18(?4. Mk KaiTo* ?There ia n? new* ef ape. a in I interest afloat at tkia lime. Humor* predominate but na vet,everyIfeiag remaina quiet. , The weather hnachangid to worse, and anew, alert ni:d rata Iiuh been falling, oil" and on, for the laat two wnuka. Mo me may very accurately conclude that military operation* u blockaded far tlio nevt two , week* to come, if not longer. Cur latent information from the front ia aOmewlial contradictor), but it give* no indiealioa of the immediate opening of the campaign. It ia now believed, 1roaa recent change* in the Yankee army, thnt Virginia ia to bo i again the principahtheatre of the war, duT- i ir.g the coming apringaad *i: miner It ? ?* thought aome time hack, that the fighting , thia year would be transferred to the West, ' but it now appears that opinion haa Chang- ' I od nod llio major portion mark Virginia na ! <i... w..,i. r r.. ifl.u u..k ..t 11.1. ' , r#v?r?f opinion la due, perhaps, to the recent change in commanders of the Yankee force*, which y?u am before Dim, acquainted with. Gen. Meade, like bis "mar. tyred predeceaaora" hae rua hie lace and bee* gathered unto hie fatbera ; and a hero 'by the name of Lieut. Gea Grant now reigne in hie ateud. Ilew long I hi* valiant chieftain will beast of hie victories and lavish in his glory, ie lobe dcteiinined at no distant day. Ilia name j* held up by the whele Yankee nation as a hideous meneler against rebellion, lie is saluted ?s the captor of Vicksburg , and the victor ef Chattanooga, Iresh from the fields of carn*?t and victory, with laurels unstained b) a sing.e driest The day will mAoii ewtue when his military talent , will bewailed into full play, whdh Ins vain \ beastlnga will be brought to the teat; and , let.it come when it may, we have no doubt, j but that the issue will be fratif>ing to the i Southern people I Grant boeata that lie can, with thirty i iknutaiul men, "wipe out" Gen. Lee and hit victorious veterans. This is his artful ruae by which he expects to calm our Generals into security. It is well kaown that Grant be lie Ten in "heavy battalions," and lis will secure nil the men that can be collected be* fare hs initiates a forward movement. Our Generals have not been idle in the matter of preparation. Lee baa made his calculations with that same sagacious reasoning that ever characterizes hi* movements.? Grant, of his own she ice, selects Lee a* his chief adversary ; he take* command of the "jinny of the Potomac," it is said, under good organization, lie ha* avowed that Richmond must full ; mid it appear* that lie desires to cap hi* military fame by the a?complishmcnt of that feat of anna, which has witneased tho laurel* of their "young Napoleon" and ho many other*, of their gifted ehiefiaiaa, wither and die Itut he' la now the only l?ope of the Yankee Government, and if he fails to make an entrance uto Richmond during the next eight months, this Government i* an established fact bey end s doubt?tbo Confederate States mill be recognized by all Kur.?JTo sa in independent nation. So it stands us iu tiand to use our utmost powers?by vigor ins mown ponce in certain ; uy aeieui llttt war in indefinitely prelanged. We hc# (milling ahead, ut 'his tiiue, but that which is calculated to animate and itrrrigllien coilidence. The note #f unircri ?al preparation throughout our laa l haa lone inttch to ealivrn desponding apirila, while it has uniiiifcatly hnd u counter ell'ect jpj>n the atieuiy. We to day, after three yearn ot the severest trial that a peaple were subjected, p*#*?nl a frent more forun iduble than at any period since the coiuinenceinenl of the war; and if there ev#r was a doubt as to our ability to deftnd #urswlvea against subjugation, it. should now ceus# to itistuibth# mind* of the luont tnniil and Impels**. W# ani urianJ this struggle with almost nothing at ?ur command ; blocked up from the commercial w?rld, we hare had I# depend chielly upon our uw n industry fur support and national life; and now at the beginning of the fourtli \ ear oi the war, notwillistajiding the udvefoe circumstance* under which we Inhered, hat o gradually improved and strengthened our condition, and present a more dehunl and " lid phalanx to our foe. The queaion naturally presents ilaelf, ?uu auch a penple he aucjugated ? The moat cowardly should not talk ot surrender; the luosr desponding slinuld not think of failure under such auapitious promises. (iotr. Valine, of North Carolina, lias hewn reviewing and addressing the North Carolina troops lor the last week. The weather has been a very disagreeable harrier to mar Hie pleasure of listening to the Cover i.Or. And we assuio you it in n rich treat to hear him. Hit apetCMe* are vivifying mid inalructivu, ami are received willi err lliusiuaai by all the troop-, from evtry Slule. He possesses an inexhaustible store of umcdolea alio aetn.Nto be well schooled in the art of disposing of them, lie wax termed iu hi* cruras* for Congress in li59 us "Zvb Vance the wag," and aiaco I have heard It ink, I agieo that the epithet has not been inappropriately applied. ,l(p ifliitxd hia reinaika to the crowd l.o was addressing, aa lie professed to know exactly w lint the auldiera wasted. He appke rtl a.'ina length nkaul the ditlo>al aoiilinienl which ia anid to exist in North Carolina ; he atated that there wna a set of people there who tcuulJ talk, but that was an nicy reiuu u* l licy liktl oiud some pmtty hard things, liut ho would take rare f thrm. iiv exhorted the neldier* to look after tho enemy in their trout, and lie would look after them fellow down ia North Carolina: that ninotees-twentieths of the peu|d* of North Carolina weie loyal to the Confederacy ni any people in it. It vwi true that there was soiao grumbler* and fault-finders, hut all that thin class w antod wat exemption from military service ? lie p! edged hia honor te the faithful oxecu tion of the Conscription Act, und to the woll.iro soldiers families, lie eiled a few individual instances of extortion'by the citizens, but said lie left thou) to be dealt w ith by tho aoldiero after the war cloned, llo spoke of tho encouragement he haJ recciv. ed froia the chaerfutsoas exhibited by nil the troop* ; that tho Confederacy had stood up agniiiat uno<|ital numbers for (hree years, and maintained thnt it would atind up triumplianl to the last In liia opinion, this is the last year of the war if every man docs hit du'y II* concluded his remarks bv exprensmg hi* strong desire to '-noon wslceme his brother "Tnrr hoeln ' back te their nativO State, where ho could sddreae them all in a "family way " I nm inclined to behove that (leu. Long Street will shortly make s junction with una army. It it ao turns oat, Lien l.*e will take tlifl initiative aioirairiit ef the Bsaipaign The heal.li of our Raiment ia tolerable. One caso of u,tli?lc? iu Compiii y "l.M Take the arm? generally, there ia b aa sickness than was oter known before. I understand about 400 Assistant Surgeons baa been thrown oxerWonrd in Richmond and put is the ranks That is certainly a good move in the light direction If there ia any hum* bug that exceeds Knottier, it ia the materia medica sf the Confederate Slates Your*, IjOCAL. Mr. Editor a card published in your laal issue, over the signature of T. II ('ly. burn, addressed to the voters of I*ancaster District, appears to lake exception to the course pursued by ths uianagsra in declaring abortive the late effort to elect a Clerk, Mr. C. saya that he was fairly elected dielie ia perbap* not aware that be did not re odjve the largest number i.( vetea eaat on that occnaisn. Of the votes received and counted up to the day eu which the inana gers met te declare the electien, he* wae xhaad.M shewn by the etatfinent published in the ledger but a return received sob recently*frem Jenkins brigade, put beth of hi* present competitors?Price ami ' Twilty?in mlvunce aT him ; and it is i*?id that u return wan forwarded from the Hampton legion, but never received, which i would liuve tnnde Twitty tiia highast can didnta. Presuming tlint Mr. C. would not want the office except through a fair ex- j presxiun of the voice of the people, 1 iinag- , iue that under thu above explanation, ho i can orgi- no objection to lliu course which j i has been pursued is reference ta tliis rant- I i ler. PA I it PLAY. || *[rOH TilK LAXCAaTEK LEDGER.] j 1 I I Picket Post, May River, S. C? > i April 4lli 1864 \ tin. Kbitor :?Near this post is a benuti- I ful gr.ivc; lliu tress slirouded with long i mess. And wrro il nut s? contiguous to a camp it would be a til place fur solemn and , serious uieditntien. 'i'tae fn?t thought that ! occurod to in y mind was one of sorrow nnd | sadness. 'I'lie muss as it hangs from I lie stems and branches of the tress 1 thought a i tit cablem of ay unhappy country : of the lourly wblow's broken heart, sad the low murmuring of the wiod* rutainded me of ! the helpless orphan's plaintive moan. And j 1 I thought of one that's fur away who sighs i ' for my return and of those lonely babes | that cluster round Iter knees and there learn | 1 to lisp their infant prayer. While thus I i stood musing on the scene before uie I dis- ' covered an op'aing hud emerging from its messy covering which if tlio course of nature is not interrupted, will soon in eon I junction with nuiay others, scarcely percvp. | (ible, give a dilferent plinse to the new | mournful scene 'J'ho moss if not entirely hid, will be at hast to a grs.it extent obscured by (lis foliage of the trees and thus , ruled iu nature's living green, this little "w il i^ierness will rejoice and blossom as (h&! i rose." We are constrained is look from j uaiuiv up 10 utuuie Ot<l aliil adopt the ! laagiiaga of the poet: "TIll-He are thy woiks thuu parent of all good, Almighty tliitie tliid univcnal frame; Thus wondrous fair I Thyself how wondroua then." Theae are duya of end adversity! For three yeura the aloraa of war has been deI instating this fair , land of eurs and there is I scarcely u house that dues net inourii the j loss ut one or muie who Mow till a soldier'a ! grave And like the little grove in which I | write our whole land is draped in mourn1 ing. Deep ecpulchrnl groans lull sadly on I the liai'ning ear and sorrow reigns supreme. J Hut "though weeping may endure for a night jay euuieth in the morning." Ana if enr present troub'e* are viewed ill their proper light, th?y will prove eventually Welting* i/i disguise. Heneatli the sable shraud that now envelops our onee happy eountrv tliero lies a germ, which nurtured bv Patriotic hands mid watered hi lb? rir?r el blood alied in dtftiiiee of Southern Right* will ere 1 r?4f unfold lis beauties; and rising in fijjsfitic and graceful proportions at tract lli? admiring g?*e of an astonished world. Do you usk 'tie aoiueiielatura of i thin mngait?enl object ? D is the tree ol i Liberty, hion* and daughters of the South would you ii|>. i? under this liberty tree and be reg.ibd with the fragrant odors of Iude|ieodeni'c. Then yau must parse veie ill your sflTorln to i-ectire llie prize 'J'his in the near of trial and if we continue true to ourselves and our country, lha day of triumph is not fur diataiil. Then yau aiuy In ol only repose in the shade of our label ly trve and be regaled willi the fragruul odors i ] of Independence; but pluck from it* luxu| riant boughs the galdeu fruit no long and i i sa nrdeii'ly desired. I Tliau children ol the sunny South, A rif'll l*?lif:iiil vnui. IniU And tulure bard* will rise to sing The gloiias of your happy state. CASK L'KKKK. | Army Iutelligence. The Blast pwil.int a.iny nev received during the |>usl week, is the report of ?n other Confederate victory in the Trans | Mississippi I eparlnent. Mississippi ii\er | advices from furious points, report a gc.?t bslt'o bitnrefS Kirby Noiith and bulks, near JShruvepori, in which littsks was defatted with a lo*s ul I 4,but) men. liatcu Rouge slid other hospitals are lull of Yrn ke?< wounded. Northern papers ado it this defeat. The Baltimore (iazelte says u battle took place at Coin river, near iShrn?e port, on the 1st inst , but the in litnry aa III rilies have vouchsafed us no information concerning the reeult of ths battle The New Or'euns corraspundsnt of the World idtnita It o Federal troops so badly huudlwd thai the eapcditioN wi'l be abandoned.? The brigade of negroes w as entirely broken ' up in the ehgiigswvowt,. which resulted in their cauture. The liilelln aava I lie rs is no doubt ilini the T?ene nrul l?uf?orclie re- 1 glon* will once more be ubaaduned by the Confederates. Western advises announce the cipturo of Fart i'illow, with twe regimenta, eight . to twelve hiimireii uegrntSN, eight guns ned the deatrnctiou af twa transports. bMihuig of interest frain other quarters | * - , ? Northern News. Thurlow Weed thinks the Yaakee Cosgrros haa closed with regard to Mexico, and will throw Nopoleon uad MaiimilUn to the arm* of the rebel*. The ^tepubllcana have carried the Gu. beraatori.il election in Rhode (aland by a email majority. The eniaocipalieniata hare carried the Hlh ('ongressional District of | Maryland by an overwhelming majority. ( A telegraphic despatch, dated Baltimore, 7th, state* that the movements of the troops are very active The Ne* Jersey Legislature has refused te allow aeldier* te.rote. i Henry Clay's widow, aged S3 years, is dead. The {.nuiaville Journal sa y a that several ' men have bean arrested below Hickman, Ky., for organising guerilla com panics ? | Their purpose is to interrupt the navigation i ol"the Ohio aad Mississippi Rivera. Great frauds are perpetrated throughout i the Northwest by enlisted men, who have i received (>overn>nelil and local bounties to enlist. When their regiment* move South, the recruits do nut appear. I Paul Morphy, the chess p'aver, has re- < turned to New Orleans. The Yankee papers suy lie is a persistent rebel. The judges of eleetinns in .Maryland have been ordered to ''administer the oath of inquiry to every person offering to vote, that J such person has not served in the rebel I j Army, nor has either directly or indirectly < given aid, comfort or encouragement to I ii...... I --L u: -- !- - - ' mk'oc i Li nuaru r i* wc 111 vi T1 ajJ.JHlil Wit? U Ul 11*41 States." The Unconditional Union Central Com- v luittce, of Frederick Ceniity, ha* expelled Charles Cole, publisher of tlie Maryland Union, from that body, on tiie ground el opposition to emancipnlien. At an "Unconditional Union Meeting," in Baltimore, oil the 1st, Winter Davis de clnred hiniaelf opposed to voinpertsulien far > enlisted slaves, and stated that the Uenerul -i l?o\iTHnicnt would never pay ono cent for J the emancipation of any slave. ( la the Mouse of Representatives, llenty c Winter Duvis, from the Coinniittee on Foreign Affairs, reported a resolution declaring R that it does not aeeord with tho spirit of the people to acknowledge n nionachienl Government in Mexico under any Kuropean power. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Baltimore American says.thai Burn- 1 side's expedition, now tilting out ut Anna, polis, will go South, but "will bear an inti latr relation to the oper.itious of the army ( of tno I'otomac." ' | L l/inceiu has dispensed with the eeroll- j j went of negroes in Kentucky, on the pledge | ( of Br:itu\etle that the Statu would furnish i t 15,000 men without conscription of the | blin k population. Maximilian was to start for Mi-xic > on the ( 13th. He had refused Nlidell an interview. I | The new Kmpirc is said to be strictly neu- j tr-1 iu relation to American affairs. , ' Nonherti dates to tlie 'Jth, state thai j St?ele, their CJeueral In Arkansas, has driv- , n '.lie < 'enfederutes from Arkadelphia, and I is now advancing 011 Price's main army. The Yankee Senate lias adonted ? initif ' resolution, proposing un uMenduirnt to the ' Conatitutien, prohibiting slavery. The vote wum 37 to 6. < 'hief Jueliee Taney ha* resumed hi* sent on the Supreme Court It>ncli. J A Purrott gun, at Cum tilings' Point, after liai lag bt-eit discharged about 5000 limes, humted recently.* Nashville dates of the 10:li say there wae considerable excitement in Nashville in i conscipieoca of tin* pickets having been illiveil in at Coma*. It i* believed to be a | teinl ut Forrest to enable him to go South i vvilli a train containing the plunder taken at Paducah. Col. Fox ofi'eie.i n resolution in Con* grexs prop..king tlie eirpuUioii of Cong, o! of Ohio, |? r sentiment* uttered iu debating the recegn.tien ol' toe Soalhcrn Confederacy. Gold in Naw York on the lit!) was 176| < Four thousand Fedarrtl tramps occupy ' Kagle i'lias, 41)0 milts shave liravvntvide. ^ The French arc marching on Malamoras, and u light ban taken place in which tt>e French were victorious. Cortinaa had isatiad a proclamation ordering nI! the troops to be concentrated- an the Lis Grands to resist tho occupation of that ph.ua by the | French. The \\ ushiligtoa correspondent if tha lli/rld ??)s preparations lar the grand [ | movement on Kiuhtnond ate going forward ' witii energy. Mmith w.Il command the id I army corps, and puah up the I'eniuaula, ( whi e tha army of the I'otoiiiuu keeps l.ec'a ? army vigorously occupid. Lurnsi.ie will ' a tempi to hold tha route from Goldsborc'. Resolution* for the expulsion of Long, af Olna, were still per.ding in the I louse.? , During the debate on Halurdny, llanie, of JUary land, said tha South could not be sabjugaled. Gad Almighty grant it never may he. i hope yau narar will subjugate the South. A resolution lor the expulsion of Harris, w as offered, hut tailed for want of a two lluni* vat*. The resolution* for the expulsion of Long failad far want of a twa-tnird* vote. Tho dahulc an the resalutionn were very personal, producing excitement and e.a^fnMoll. | OBITUARY. ' KmaMaaamaaamaBBamaaawmaa I Departed this life on thsSnih ultimo, after a ; 1 abort illness, Mattik ltii.lisua, daughter ot ! I Capl. K. 0. ami Mia. C. Itillinjs, aged live year*. { < Maltie ?a? an interesting child and the pride 1 1 ot her parenla ; hut our heavenly Father haa seen tit to remove her from this world of aorrow | lo one more congenial to her infant puiily.? That she haa escaped the trial* and dangcra ill- | cidelit lo this hie and is now a participant in the glories ot the Spirit Woi Id, should hs a consoling ictleclion to her parent* in their beleaveuient. There is no cause for regret in 1 this dispensation of Providence, hut everything 1 lo inspire the hope that our luluro will be as ' bright and glorious as Maltie'*. "Siller little children lo come unto me." Annouaoomenti. NVe are authorized la announce T. II. 1 Clyburn a candidate far lha office of Clerk \ of the Court for l^tacaatar District. W? nre aulhorisad la annouaea Col. H. < K, I'rica as a candidal* for the etfiee af 1 Clerk el loe Court for Cuavaiitr District. t TM friends ef John \V. Twitty, of Co. ] "II " 4th Regiment X. C. Cavalry, anneunce Innt n candidate for the office of Clerk of the ( Court at the ensuing election. * , FOR TAX COLLECTOR* ~ \ Mr. Kditor?i'leaae anneunce ('apt ,N. II Vanlandingban cnadidute fer the ef , ftce ef Tux Colics tor. Me ia a disabled | noldier , Mart KhiDm to Woukded Soi.pier*. | Rags ! Rags! ! Th^highest market prices will be paid for all clean cotton and linen rags, is large or email quantities delivered at thia ofice. I'eraona in making up their packages of j raga wifl please be careful not to include , my wooleu acraps' tf Notice, JJR. I\ T. MURRAY, of Tort Hills, S C., will ucl as iny Attorney during my ibsvnce. 1). J. QUIGI.KY. April 19, 18G4. * * 10? 3t. $50 REWARD, RUNAWAY from the subscriber about h? 1st instant a negro boy named 'l'OM, wenty yearn old, topper color, five feet ton lichen high, w eigha uboat 1 GO pounds, looks lowu when spoken to mid has a scar on his eft arm. lie is supposed to be in the leighborhond of W. W. Rrown's plantation, icar the Ferry, as he has a brother living lieie. The above reward of Fifty Dollars i ill be paid for his apprehension. JJAMKS M INGRAM. 11 u ? I? (\ si r' April 19, 1184,' ' 10?tf HEADQUARTERS. CONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT, ' ?. Colombia, April 5, 1864. SI'ECIAL ORDERS AO. 51. I M AJOR Al.l.KN J. GREEN is ami|;ned I to duty iih Commandant of tlie Cuinp if Instruction of this State, and will be ibeyed and respected accordingly. By order of M?j. Melton, Cond't Concripu. ISAAC HAVNE, l.;eut. and Adjutant. [Cancaatsr Lodger Print.] April 19. 1864. 10?it. CIRCULAR, HEAD QUARTERS. )?rARTur.NT or S. C , Keokgia jimi Fla. Charleston, S. C , April 4th, 1864. la urdor to expedite tlia forwarding of mckxge* la tlia, soldiers in this romiiand, ^icniuiiuut J. J Mallon, in addition to hit renrral duties, in hereby nn*oun?ed at :? 'ant for the reception of packages forivari led to the troops in this Department by ,heir friend*. Ho will in fit a arragemeatn to receive at he Railway Depot*, and from tba Express Joutpany, all packages or parcels addressid to soldier*, and will he held responsible "or their pron pt dlstritiation. >->|iv(-.iai auuuuon anemu D? paid id the Predion ef bcxcH,&e. I'lie lie mi* of the loldtcr, and letter ?f the company to which e belongs. or the wnaac of the CaptniR, a* well UK I lie number ef the Regiment, should ?o ia the address. Package* must net contaia mere than iier bunded pounds?be well eeeured? and eeat at the expeuse of tbu shipper. My eoaimai d at' General Kenhregnrd. 11 WKUYtiti FKILIlMN. (Japlain and A. A. (J. Having been a<*'gned to the above doty iny otlice will he fer the pruseal an Hudiou tit. 3 de?i* from King St. JOHN J MKI.LON. l.ieut &c. April 19, 1164, 10?1 m Pork Returns, r|"MIK assessors will attend at the follow. JL ing place* for llio benefit of those who Iiave failed to make their returns of I'oik inti neat Cattle : At Small's, Thursday, April '21st ,\t Taxahaw, Friday, '* g'J.i At I lurtous, Saturday, " 23d At Mrs. M. C. Iluev'a, Monday, " U5lh At T. It MngiU's, Tuesday, " 2Gth At ISeilair, Wednesday, " 27th At laincastvr C. II, Thursday, '* 28th At John \V. Twitty's, Friday " 29:h At I'leuaant Hill, Saturday, " 30lh Those who fail to pinke their returns, at anc of the above named appoinment*, will lie liable to the penalty. Those having ju.Mterly returns to make can attend to it ul ihe same lime uitd places. J. 1J. MOBLKY, A?ieu*r. April 12. I8t?t. 9 ?3t. IIK.M) (Alt'.S KN'lt. OFFICIO l.AXCfcxTEK, C. II. April 18, 1861. felNROl.l.MKNT OF KltBE NKGROKS AM) FKk.Fi riiRSONSOF COLOR. I. Pursuant tn order* of the War Do. purl met.t, mid in obedience (o orders froiu Major Melton, Commandant of Conscript*, the immediate Kiirolluieul of nil main free negroes and free person* of color, between .ho age-> of eighteen and hfiy year*, real i?nt hi linDcaater Diatiiet and fouud with* n the MHiie, (out including those who are free under the Tronty ot I'srin of ltU3, or under llio Treaty ofSpam of 1811),,; is hereby ordered, and all such nre r*i|uired to report it thin i ftie* on or before the 80th instant. II. Any and all such, failing or refusing to report on or before the day above desig Ifllml vti.l La* inmixltalellu thneoafr? .... ? w . ? MVicnilUi a J I I'M i'd itud brought up fur enrollment. J. C. MILI?S, 1 nt Lieut, mid Unrolling Officer, Ltncusler District. April It. 1864. JO?If. ENROLLING OFFICE. llEAO-Q'R'fi)., I.AKCASTER C. II., S. C. April IS, 1864. I. In pursuance of the provisions of na Aut of < 'engross, entitled "ah Act to organize forces to ssrve during tlio w?r," *j>proved February 17,1864, all white men w ithin the limits of Lancaster District between seventeen (17) and fifty (AO) years ?f age, net sow in the military service of the Confederate States, are hereby ordered to report, without regard to feroior oxemp litis, discharge from servise or any pretext whatever, at these Headquarters for enrollment. li. All certificates if.exemption heretofore issued liaviag hssn repealed by the Act of Congress cited, (exsept exemptions i.f isail contractors, drivers of post coaches sad hacks, and oo account ef religious opinion) such certilicatea are hereby revoked aad persona balding them are ordered to report to the Enrolling Orticer. III Every app'.ientioh lor exemption fexcept lor physical disability, for Confederals itn<l Niate ollicers, and railroad otbeera and employees) must bo presented to iho Enrolling Oftieor in w riling, supported by the uflidavit of the applicant and other sworn testimony, previous to Ilia mealing of I be Examining lloard. It is required thai such applications be investigated before say one ma be examined by the Board. I'oreona who hare no claim far exemption except on lecounl of physical disability seed sol re fiorWjintil the meeting at the Examining Board, af which due notice will be givan. IV Government agents and all their ueliatants aad eiuplayraa ia any department )f the government, who are net specially DXcmpted by act af Congress, ara included a thiaordar. V Persons lutkarts exempt and yonlha a ha have just attained or ara about to stain the aga of eighteen (18) years, will bi illowed to volunteer, by reporting to the Eniolling Officer before enrollment, inte lompiiniss which ware organized prior tc ^pril 16, 1862, and which are belsw ths minimum numbar prescribed by regulations J. c. iiit.ix, 1st l.ieot, and Enrolling olYiesr Iwincnelar Diatriet So. Ca, (Wlice Hours.?Prom 9 o'clock A. M. ts I o'clock P. M ; and from 'J o'clock P. M to 6 o'clock IV M. April IS, 1861, 9?tf. 1 Notioe to Tax Payor?. I WILL ha at IUh ?H?al pUuaa of racvl. ' , viog tnxva, ?u tba I'ollo wiug daya, viz: j At I*aucaalar Catvl liouaa on Monday nod Toaaday tha Ulat and Md day a of - Murah. At lira II. C. Haay'a, Monday, March I4tf> . At Craignvilla, Taaaday, " 16th j At T. K. Mapi'ti, Wadaaaday, " Jtfth i I At Ballair, Tharadar, " 17th ! At Roaa'Mtara, Friday. ? I At Nelseu Ball's, TVeduesday, Marsh 23d i At Matbias Creashaw'e, Thursday, " 24tb | At I'leaaant Mill, Friday, " 2bib ' At BuihII's, Meaday, M Mth At (dee. U. Faoderbark's. Taeeduy, " 2Uib At Taxabaw, Wedaeeday, " Uevb At Msrtsn's, Tbaisduy, * 31st and ut the Coerl Heuae RalestUy in May, Ths tax books will be closed oa Balsrday, the 21st day of May; all retoras most be mads en or before that day. All perseuu engaged in agriealtare are repaired to moke a letsra ef tbe aainber et? bund* ee eat ployed. Taxpayers are repaired by law U? aiske tbeir returas, sad pay their taxes ia tbs Dielriet, wbsre tbs preperly is I seated, j Vise rspess urs required to make their reterse and pay their luxes daring ths saoath I m( Aeril' J. K. Ur.NTKR, T. C. L. D. . r?k. 84. 1M4. 1?Mm ELECTION "NOTICE. * The Election for Clerk of the Court for I.nnenster District, held the 8th instant, having been declared void, Public Nolim is hereby given that nil Klectien far taul J ojjice will be held in Lancaster District en Tuesday the 'Jfth day of April next, in the manner prescribed by law. Cells to be epenud nt 9 o'clock A. M. and elesed nl 4 P. M. by at least two managers ; at each box, who have been regularly appointed by the Legislature. Certificates of the result nt each precinct sill We made by the respective managers after elesing the palls en the dsy of the election. The uianagers, er at least one from each box, wilt meet at the Court lleuee, on the next dsy iellewing the election, te examine the ear- . tilicales from the ditTerent precincts, aggre gate the returns, and declare the election. The attention ef tiie voters in the army, iron this District, is hereby diiested ta the Act of the Legislature #f the State, enabling those engaged in military service te exercise the rights of sufferage, ratified en the 6th day of February 1863. The Kxeci ulive of the Stale will ba apprised ?f the time of holding this election, that lie may causa to ba forwarded the necessary blaok forma for the schedules and certificates, as required. J. T. K. BULK. ) S. J. DUN LAI*. > Managers. R. E. ALLISON, ) nnd ethara. hi rah IS, 1S64. 6?St SOTth CXKoLiNAT LANCASTER DISTRICT. In lh? Court of Ordinary. ? \Vherons Samuel Siais hath hy his Attorney, or I'rector, tiled in thia a (flee a no. ticej requiting tha Will *f hi* father, Brvio Sims, docsum-d, tu be proven in solemn er duo lorun of law : These are therefore ( cite aud rsqsire you and each ofyon.tn wit: Klii.ibeth Sims, the widow of tho eaid Krvin Sims; the children (if any nre living) ef Joseph Sims, deceased, (their Jinnies not known) ; the children (if any nre living) ef Nplhaeiel Sims, deceased, (their names net kiows) ; the children (if any are living) of liiddy Kiinis, deceased, (their names not keowe) ; J arret Situs; Frankey II Keuves, and has, bund Jutnes ll.ltcevs; Mary Snrtin, daughter of polly Sartie, deconsed,; seme ef whom nre supposed'to*reside beyond the limits of this Stale, and all of whom would have been interested in the folate of eaid deceased, as distributees and heirs at Jaw, provided he had died intestate, to be and appear before me in the Court of Ordinary to bo holdun at Lancaster Court House on the 9th day of June next, then aud there to show cause, if any, why the said Will should or should not bo proved and cstabi lislied in due form of law, for what cause the same should bo set aside or established, and to nueh other and further allowing and proof ?? ytiu or either of you, the said parlies, may deem necessary and proper and ndvaatiigcouH for your respective rights and interests in the premises. (iiven under my hand and seal of Office, at Lancaster Court House, this tfre 4th day of March A. ?. 1864. 1\ T. HAMMOFD, O 1, D. Maroh 8. 1864, 4 ? 3m ' To Mule Raisers. fv The Fine large Preminm'JACK CUURUBUSCO, will bo at the Hammond place the Spring 18U4. Said JACK wus awnrded a preuiiutn by the State Fair at Columbia when It years old, in competition with full grown Jacks, For the size and quality of his colls refer to ult that have aeeu them. Care will he taken to prevent nccidents, hut will not he responsible should any occur. Terms $ii0, and $10 of that, in all cases, must be paid when Mares are entered, and the other $10 will be due when the Mares prove to be with foal. The Jack will he limited to 30 Mares. Apply on the premises and pay the entrance money to tho I Groom, &c. &l?roti 8, 1864, 3?4m NINE BALES COTTON FOR SALE The Confederate States, i vs. > Distraint for W. K. Greenfield ) Taxes. By virtue of a warrant to me directed by James It. Msgill, I8lh District Collector, I will sell, at the residence of Jesse B. Slabley, on the 80th day ef April jostant, uloe Bales of Cotton, at publ iooutcry, as the properly ef VV. K. Greenfield, to satisfy a debt due by the said W. K. Greenfield t* the Confederate Slates for Taxes. Conditions of snls cash. J. A. WEANER, Depute. April 6, 1864, ??8t WILLI A M 8 V ALLISON. ATTORNEYS AT LA W ARB Solioitors in Equity. * LANCASTER, C. H., S. C. Will practice ia the District of I.asoaslee, Prompt attention given to Golleotioai ' Mr. Williams may be consulted at Yockville ' 8. 0., and Mr. Allison at his elttco in the i Court House, at lamesster. i July 7lh 1868. 81? tf | THE .SOLDIERS BOAKI)OP KKLJEP i appointed by the Legislature, te attend te , 'the interests of soldiers faiailiee, hereby give notice te all in arrears fer the 8 per cent Tax, that they ars requested to deliver te the Secretary, Jooea Croekett, at Ma i Store in Lanoeelsr, on er before the 1st A May prex, far dislribulien. JM J. ADAMSLXI