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the Canrastfr fcDger. #4 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. i /amilg aafe 3^alitiral Hfmapapft?Ptnntfli ia t^r Irti, irititti, ?ittcatn?, tf&ncatimi, Jgriniltiirc, Sattrnal SrapnmrtDtnta, /orrigu unit Dnrawtit 3lnni, anb tbr Btorktti. T SLUM I XIII. LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH. CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 21,1864. NUMBERld. j THE LANCASTER LEDGER fiWikei every Tuesday Msming Y W. M. OO If If ORB, IMIieraad ^reprieler. TERMS: For Hi* Month*. in advance, 8*2.00 For Three Months, in rdvance, I '25 Whoa aot paid in advance, fifty per rent. pon the above ratoa wil! be chnrged Puyaaont within one neath from the date of A oobicriplie* will be considered in advance. HoKocriptiona will aet be received in ad <*n<n lur mnjtr term man mix months, r far a shorter time than three months. We paper discontinued until ?H arrearages are paid, axeept at onr option. BTBRTIBEMBHTS, WIN he inserted at throe dollars per square for the ftrat, and ene dollar and fifty cents per oqtmre for each subsequent insertion. 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Obituary Notices exceeding the announcelosent, will Be charged tor the overplus at regu r advertising ratos. |dy Tributes of Respect, rated as ndvertismeits. ( gwo? . i From the Seat of War, The following highly interesting news, il copied from the Richmond Examiner of the l'2ll^inst, Thursday last : Richmond, May 12. The following dispatclf was received by U?d. liragg, from Gen. J. E 15. Stewart, dated Ukad Qcartkks, Ashland, j May 11, 6:30 n. in. f To Otn. Bragg ; "Gknkiial:?The enemy reached this point just before us, but were promptly whipped out after a sharp fight by Fitz Hugh Lee's advance, killing and capturing quite a number. "Geo. Gordon is in the immediate rear of the enemy. "I have intersected the road the ene rov i* marching on, at Yellow Tavern, ill* head of the Turnpike, six miles from Riclynond. "My men and horses ffte tired, hungry and jaded, but all right. J hi. I). Stkwaht." Soon after the receipt of the above came another dispatch from Gen. Stewart, stating that be had arrived at Yellow ** Tavern, six miles from Kicliinoud, the point where he expected to cut off the enemy, but that he had found none ol them tjtere; that they had probably turned oft" on the road leading to Dover's Mills, in Goochland, and adding that his - #noeo were pressing closely." The above forced the conclusion that the Yankees had concluded not to "take Richmond," and finding themselves closely pursued, wisely switched of!' or. another road. It was supposed.that they were making to Dover Mills with the intention to,cut the canal and then cross the rivet At that point nod make their way to the Army on the south side. The strength of the expedition of the enemy is variously estimated. Accounts place tbetn at five thousand, some at ten od others at fifteen. A scout who eaine in yesterday and * who is regarded by the military authorities ae a very trustworthy man, states that the enemy's forces were seen by him, and that they were four hours passing a given point. This would indicate that they were io large force, lie further etatea that they had a large number of wagons, ambulances, Ac. From Gen- Lee The public tnind was niucb reliever! laet evening on receipt of the following sliepatch from Gen. Lee, dated SrOrTBYLVANlA C. II., ) via Guinea Station, May 11. f Horn. Secretary of War: Gen. Gract'e army ia entrenched near I this place on both eidee of the Brooke I Road. Hk Frequent skirmishing eecarrsd jester* W day and to day each army ie Endeavoring Bmwdiscover the Dositima^fithe other. I^Hkday the enedjj^BotM our linee several VM1* hb infantry ^'jereui poirt^, particularly on I MM by Ander ! ton. The last, which occurred after sun- j j set, wag the inosL obstinate, some of the enemy leaping over the breastworks. They were easily repulsed except in front of Dole's brigade, where they drove our men from their position, and from a four gun battery there posted. The men were soon rallied and by dark our lino was re-established and the j battery recovered. A large body of the enemy moved around our left, on the evening of the Oth, and look possesion of the road about midway between Shady drove and the Court House. 1 Cien. Early, with a part of Hill's corps, drove the enemy back this evening, taking one gun and a few prisoners. Thanks to a Merciful Providence, our I casualties have been small. Aiuong the wounded are Brigadier Generals Hayes and 11. U. Walker. (Signed,) II. K. Lke. Front the Richmond Dispatch, May 12. The Battle at Swift CreekA fight occurred at Swift Creek, three miles from Petersburg, Monday. It lasted with more or less vigor for some two or three hours at this point, and skirmishing more or less sharp went on upon the north side of the creek nearly to Fort Ciifton. Our troops at the close of the day occupied the position they held before the fight began, and we are glad to believe that our Iocs was not comparable to that cf the enemy. TUB CAVALRY K A It). The cavalry raid, numbering 4,000 men, under* Gens. Custar and Marrill, which was first heard from at Denver Dam, arrived at Ashlaud yesterday morning, where a fight occurred, the re suit of which is^iven in the following telegram from Gen. Stuart: About 0 o'clock Gen. Stuart arrived in the enemy's rear on the Brook road, and Gen. Gorden in their rear on the Mountain road. The two roads join in the Brook turnpike at the Yellow Tavern, about six miles from Richmond, and the intention of the enemy was to come down | the turnpike, cross the Brook Bridge, go around to the Meadow 13ridge road,-and then down the Peninsula. This plan wan frustrated by the burning of the Meadow bridge by our troops. This tact being discovered, the only mode of retreat left was to beat Gon. Stuart at Yellow Tavern and go up the Brook or Mountain roads, or to attack the battery at the Brork turnpike and cut their way tnrough. The former mode was tried, and about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon tbey attack Gen. Stuart, who, with l>sHax's and j Wick ham's brigades, repulsed them.? The fight was a-very hot.one, lasting over an hour. Among our casualties were Lieut. Col. il. C. Pate and five Captains killed. On their route from Ashland, Gen. Gordon, who was in their rear, attacked them three times, using them Dp badly r every time. There hud been no more fighting up i ; to a late hour last night, nor had the j enemy made another etlort to break out at Yel'ow Tavern. All damage done by the raider* on ( i the Central road hat been repaired, and i the road will probably be in running or der to day. j It was reported that a body of the en | einv on reaching Ashland had turned off , ou the Dover Mill road, but of tbia we ( have no reliable information. iiik fioiit at fort clifton ? gunboat ! bl'bnkd. i A fight occurred at Fort Clifton on , Monday last, a point a few inilea above City Point, on the Appomattox river.? | i The following letter, from the officer in oxnmand, gives the particulars of the af, fair: Fort Clifton, May Olh, 1804. ] I can't refram from writing you a line i as goes in to tell you bow (iod has blest us this day. My heart is gushing ' | in gratitude tor Hie kindness and protec I s: i ' - - ? - nun, nu lor iue signal victory tie gave ua over our aneiny. I was attacked this morning on the left by a battery of six rifled guns. Finding that my pieces on this side could .not reach (hern, I put inj men under cover, and they soon got tired of shelling us.? After things had quieted down I had just got to my left, three quarters ef a mile Off, when a fleet of gunboata appeared in 1 tba river. I engaged (betn for five or six hours, crippling ene, which got away, and driving back all the rest, save one, which I disabled. 1 started with twenty J men to board her, ?Un sbe took fire from ooe of my sbell, was abandoned by the eneinv, and burnt to the water's edge. The river here is now quite clear, hut I am hard at work, Ac. I From Petersburg. Wkldom, May 14. j Passengers from Petersburg report no fighting in Chesterfield aince the 71!? inst. The enemy still hold the Railroad and an attack may be expected by our forces at any tuomeut. The trains will run through to Petersburg tomorrow. Our forces are at Swift Creek. All business haa been suspended in Petersburg &nd every man has gone in to the ranks. All here and in Petersburg are confident of success. No further attack baa been made on Drtwiy'i Bluff. Four gunboat* base been destroyed. Pktkkbbl'Ru, May 15. It is rumored that the enemy attacked Urewry's Bluff last night and were re pulsed, basing lost one thousand men. Gen. Stuart. IVrKKaiiL'RG, May 14. Gen. Stuart died on Thursday, from wounds received on Wednesday, during the battle in front of Richmond. All is quiet bere to day. In Gen. tlagoud's Brigade, in the fight at Walthall Junction, near l^e'.ersburg, on oaturilay, 7lh met, [our uut of seven field officer* engaged in the fight were killed. Among thoee killed nnd wounded we learn of the following : Lieu ten ant Colonel Dargan, of the Twenty first South Carolina volunteers, killed in the engagement of Saturday , Col. J?hu G. I'resaley, severely wounded in the left shoulder ; Colonel Graham, of the Tjrtn ty first South Carolina, was wounded iu two (daces, not very severely ; Captain William Ii. Stouey, of General liagood's siatf, supposed to be mortally wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel of the Twenty seventh South Carolina, (name forgotten) was se verely wounded in the head. ^^ Point* of intereat. Looking hi the map, (hhw the Mhcoii Confederate.) we find the lute battlefield in Virginia in Spot ty Ivanta county, fortylive miles north of northwest of Richmond, sixty miles south of south west of Wnsh ington. Gen. Grnnt is, therefore, fifteen iiii es nearer Richmond than (Jen. Lee is ut/.i.: tl- t? i > ui i ue mcnrnonu, rreoerlckshurg and t'olomac Railroad runs through the eastern ead of thai county. The renowned city of Fredericksburg in in the northeastern end of the county on the Rappahannock river. The battle whs fought fifteen mile* from tb*t city. Chtalertiehl in that county immediately across the river from Richmond. , Chester Court-House is about thirteen { miles from Richmond, on a direct line.? I Petersburg is thirteen miles still farther south, sod is about half that Histanre from City Point whe?e the enemy recently landed. Fort J.)rev^ry is on the James, a few miles fropi Richmond, and is the main work guarding the water ap proaches to the city. Negotiations. We make the following extract from a perch delivered in I he Yankee Congress, March 5, 18Ct, by Mr. Vorbees,ol Indiana : "At no distant day, when the horrora of this war can no longer be borne, the Various proposition* which havo been made and rejected in behalf of ealight ened negotiation and constitutional reato ration, will be gathered up and hurled at those in power aa an accusation more ap palling, an indictment more damning than was ever leveled against a murderer upon bis trial. Nor can they, in that hour of their fear and calamity, at which tha rii>hl?mi? s'urM mill I> .ml n>"?t bide their guilty heads under the aseer lion tliHt tlie South would not treat for peace.' Yea ! peace which shall restore the Union, under the Constitution, aa it Wlis written by the fathers, and m it list b en interpreted by the supreme judicial tribunals. "Why came that wasted figure, that gifted child of genius, the pure aod elevated Stephens, of Georgia, from Rich mend on his way to this Capital, in th.fr rrna summer of 1803 f Was it a trilling cause that moved him t All the world knows that his judgment and his hdhrl clung fondly and to the last to the old Government, in whose councils lie bad won to roucb honor. It ia well known tliet he bee never embraced the auicidal doctrine of State aeeeeaion. The right of revolution ie the ground upon which he atanda. The malignant portion of the Southern preaa, loo??ueh miachievoua and damaging printa a? the Knquirer, and the Kxaminer, at iXichuiond, and the J Iiegiater, at Mobile, who coniinually crip : pie the intereat and frieede of humanity, in tjbia baleful coolest, aeaailed Mr. Ste 4 pbeos fur his Attempt Rt negotiation,which j they averred would lead to re union.? I Yet. with these things wtdl known, and, ' perhaps, ruuch more, which now s'umbers in the secret drawers of the Executive, j this great messenger of peace, this most acceptable mediator between an estranged j and misled people, was denied a hearing, I turned back in silence, and the festival ' of death commanded to proceed." The Dinner at Cnreton's Store A correspondent of the Charlotte Dem | ocrat gives an account of the dinner given to the 4lh Kegiment S. C. Cavalry, by the indies ol Union (Jo. N. (J. hikI Lancaster S. C., at "Jackson Academy," near j Curelon'a Store. M. C. Heath, Em] , met the Regiment and tendered the hospital* itiea of the people. We make the following interesting extract : "As we appvoeched the Academy the first object which rr.et our gaze w?a a large arch of cedar extending across the road, decorated with the choicest (lowers; also, above it on a large square canvass, the motto "Welcome our Defenders," the letters of which was made of cedar leaves. Heneaih this we al)*passed and broke to the right and left and secured our horses to the saplings in the grove, then march-* ed by squadron and formed in mass in front of the Academy. Dr. T. K. Cure ton then addressed the Colonel and regiment, inviting the officers and men to partake of the dinner prepared for them hy the Indie* of North and South Car lina, reminding them that they here stood near the birth place of Oeu. Andrew Jackson, lie then introduced Min Anne Cureton, who stepped forward and pre* j vented the Hag-bearer with a wreath com > posed of cedar and Howers which she at inched to the Hag, ?a\ log-as she did so : *'1, in the name of the ladies of this vicinity . present Ibis wreath to the 4ib Kegitnent S. C. Cavalry, feeling assured that the Hag to which 1 now attach it will ever wave victorious until the last foe is driven rom our soil or buried beneath ita sod." i To which Col. Stokes replied, '"So long | as one man survived, that Hag should j wave victorious or h? -hi* I "UTOl ? (bit much be would any for the 4tb Regiment." Tli? color-heaier lUn responded, reiterating the words of the Colonel, mid {"tying bandtome compliment to the ladies. Three hearty cheer* were then given f?r (lie ladies of North and South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA'S UKAL). BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HOHOR ? HAVING received frequent applications . from the friends ol deceased soldiers to place in a permanent form and make it accessible to nil ?hn might desire a copy, the "ROLL OF HONOR" on which 1 am engaged tor'lhe State, I propose to publish I s work more extended in its scope and de| sign than the State Roll, embracing' Itiv i ] graphical Sktlchet of the officer* and men I from this Stale who have fallen or died in I service during the present war, and whose ' friends may furnish me with the necessary ! materials for such sketches. The plnn is this : The friends of the de1 ceased soldiers desiring a place in this work j will forward to me the necessary informs I ..... >v i.in?u u)' iur puoncation (he bio- j graphical sketches, or send me the notice* j they wish inserted, w hen they will b? rel vised and compiled f??r publication. Kach biogrnphiral sketch iiiuat be accompanied | ; by the name of at 'want one subscriber and Ten Dollar* lo defray the expenses and la- ! bor involved in the preparation and compi- 1 I lation of the sketches, for which n receipt will bo given entitling the holder to a copy 1 of the work at the auhecription price. I am perfecting arrangement* with a lead. ] ing publishing house for the publication of . the work It will be published in monthly ! numbers, and issued in the treat atyle of letter prean printing, on tjnc white Knglish book paper and printed with the beat Knglish Ink. Kach number will contain ono or ' more portraitaof officers and men who have ; distinguished themselves during the war.? { , The twelve numbera will maxe four hand | some volumes. Terms $5o per annum, or for twelve numbers, payable on the publication of the K..I ' . . ..... ..uiiii'or, wi which nun notice will be ! given. The wotk will be continued until , the Koll is completed. Those intending lo subscribe or furnish biographical |ltetche?, | should do so without delay, ss the first edition will be limited to tbo number of subscribers. . Address WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, Columbia, S. Feb. 17, 18414. 1?41. KIKS1AV * OOVIQKl7 ATT0RHEY8 AT LAW AR3 Solicitors in Equity. LANCAHTRKV1LI.K, 8. . tr Will attend promptly to all business i [ Miiruatad to them. J. K .vZHrtllAW, | W M CONNOHf Oimdm, 8. 0. (i*iiea?l?r, 0. II Aug. 10, I860. DAILY CONPKDERATET" PUBLISHKl) AT RALKIOH, N. C. A. GORMAN A CO , Propriotora. DAILY BDITION, for b month* ft I J 7 M H M 1 M 2 TRI-WRKKLY, for 6 month* I'.'.'.l 7 - ? 3 - 4 , YVBF.KLY KDITlON.for 6 month* .... 5 No NubrtcriptioQ* received on nny other term* than the above, nor for longer or hortbor pofu>4. . | HEADQUARTERS. COM MISSARY-UtSN'S. DEPT. 8. C , | COLUMBIA, S C., Ma) 4, 18U4. r|^HE below named peruana having excJL voted Ard tiled their bond* ill tliia Do- | partmeut, in compliance with the requiab tiona of an Aet to amend an Act, entitled ; "An Aet to auppreaa the undue dialHIalion i of epiriluoua liquor* in thia State," paaaed 17th December, 1863, are appointed by hia Excellency the (iovernbr amenta to maou facture aad aell u limited quantity of AJco hoi aud Whiskey, in the Uiatricla named, to regularly practicing phyaiciana and reir ialered druggiela of anid District*, for nied j ion I purpoaea. All other persona dialling in Ihia Stale are doing a# in direct violation of ihe law, and are amenable to 'la penaltiea. It ia the duty of nil leadera of patrol to report all nuch person*, and of all magiatratea to aeizo and nuppreaa their atilla. All peraona to whone knowledge a violation of the above named Act, by agcnla or othera, may come, are requeated to make affidavit of the facta before any magistrate, and forward the anaie to thta Department. Heraooa deairoua of being appointed agenta to manufacture and aell apirita In any of the Dialricte in which no appointment have been made, will aend their npplicationB, recommended bv the dnieantion of their District, to thin Department, when the anine will be aubmiited to liia Kxcrllency the Governor for approval and ^ontirmalion: Thoe. Rutins, Abbeville District?Poat Office, Abbeville C. li. A. Campbell, Anderaou Dialrict?Pont Office, Anderson C. li. N G. W. Walker, Barnwell District? Poat Office, Barnwell C. II. , Beaufort District?-Post Office, H D. Sohnr, Cliarlcatan District?Poat Office, Charleston. , Colletcu District?Poat Of-. lice, J mm Massey, Choaterfield District?Poat Office, Jeflerar.ni Jatuea Reid, Cheater District?Poat Office, Cheater C. II. W. 8. Mitchell, Clarendon Dialrict?Poat Ofli<*, Plowdtti Mills. I I > < ? w. mui-iiy, irarnngion Uislricl?t'ost Office, Darlington C. 11. \V. 11. Dorn,* Kdgetield District?Pout Office, Longmin-V K. H Suber, Fail (led District?I'ost Office, Strother's J 1* Pool, Greenville District?Post Office, Greenville C. H. .Georgetown District?Post! Office, ??? J R Cooper, Horry District?Post Office, Conway btfo 1). 1). Ilocott, Kershaw District?Post Office, Camden. 11 N Curler, I.aurens District?Post Office, Cross llill 1) A Gulp, lani'Mlir District?Post Of (ice, ljiiu-Asier C. H. 11 J Kpting, Lexington District?Post j t tffice. Hope Slut,nil. W L Ijegett, Marlboro District?Post ! Office, Bennettsville. S S Smith, Marion Diotrict?Post Office, ^ Mullins' Depot. , Newberry Diarrict? Post j t )ffice, ?? I.NV Dssh, Orangeburg District?I'ost, Office, Ornngcburg L. II. Win. ('ouch, Pickens District?Post Of. fice. Pickens C. H. F A Weaver, Richland District?Post oifw i K McKlvin, Sumter Dialrict?l'oet Of (ice, Shiloh. C I! Maiuinett, SparUuburg Diatricl? Waal Office, Bivingaville. J fi Hi*, Uuioii LMalrict?Poet Office, Union C. H J l> Harper, Williauioburg District? Poal Olfice, Kingotree. R A Block, \ ork Hialriat?Poet Office, 4 Yerkville. By order af Ilia (inveraor. RICHARD CALDWF.LI* Lieut. Col. ? <! Cam. Gan , S C. May 17, 1864. 14? It. HBADQUAKTER8. tywimioo.im-ucil'H, 1IKPT,H. C., I Columbia, May 4, 1864. rpilE attention of lit* public is respect. 1 fully called to the following notice: Under the Act of 10th April, 1863, a central distillery waa eatabliahed at Columbia, aad the below named ager.ta, all of whom have hied their bond* in thia depart ineiila, were appointed in the aeveial Disiricta and i'arishoo to bell apirita to applican la under oertuin ragulalion*. vis: | l?t The apinl* are delivered by thie de- ; partmcnt only to regularly bonded agent*. I who alone are authorised to aell and distribute the name, for current funds id The apirita are to be sold only for | strictly medicinal purposes, and only on the ' > certiticate of a regular practicing physician I that they are re<p?ired for strictly medicinal purposen ; and the written pledge of the purchaser (which must in ali cases bo tak< en) that they are so required, .and will bo J so used. 3d. Agents and others are not allowed to charge an advance of more than 33 per cent, on tt>e cost of the spirits. (which is 96 per gallon for whiskey,at the dislillsry) aa per section 3, Act IGUi April, 1863, the language of which la: " That it ahall not be lawful for spothecarlea, # phjraloiana, or any other persons, who ahall purehaae or proeure any portion of the alcohol or apirituoua liquors distilled by (he authority aforesaid, to resell or die poae of the aamn. in any quantity, to any peraon or persona, for any other than atrictly medicinal purposes, or at an advao^ of more than *36 per c? ntum on its cost; and any peraon who shall violate the provisiona of this section ahall be deemed guilts of a misdemeanor, and, on eooviction, be iatprisoned for any time not exceeding six months, and fined in any sum noteteeoding floe hundred dollars." Alh. Agents are recommended to sell in j small quantities, rot exceeding on* gallon to any one person at a time. Agents are informed that they will be oopplied with spirits, in turn, as fast aa the same is received from the central distillery, on application to this department and pay* meul of cost, including expense of parsing for shipment, freights, die. Net more than one barrel of forty to fifty gallons wiil be sent to any agent any one time. AJI persons to whose knowledge a viols tion of the third section of Act 10th April, 1863, as quoted above, inny come are requested to mnke affidavit of the facta before any magistrate, and forward same to this department. Persons dexiious of being appointed agents in nny of the Districts or Parishes in which no appointments have been made, will send their application to this department, recommended by the delegation of their District or Parish, which Will be submitted to his Excellency the Governor for approval and confirmation LIST OF AGENTS. Edwin Parker, Abbeville District?Post Office, Abbeville C. II. , Anderson District?Post Office, , Barnwell District?Post Office, Snmbel Solomons, Beaufort District? Poat Office, Kobertsville. , Charleston District?Poat Office, John May, Colleton District?Poat Office, St George's. D J MeKae, Chesterfield District?Pout Office, Cheraw. ????, Cheater District?Past Office, ?? , Clarendon District?Poat Office, Flinn <V, Hart, Darlington Diatrict?Post Office, Dnrlingtou C II. G L Penn. Kdgefield Diatrict?Poat Of (ice, Edgefield C II. W K Aiken, Fairfield District?Post Office, Winnsboro. R I) l*ong, Greenville Diatrict?Poat Office, Greenville C II. P. G White, Georgetown District?Poat Office, Georgetown. ~ J II Norman, llorr> Diatrict?Poet Office, Cunwayboro. W MeKain, Kershaw Diatrict?Poat Office. Camden ( Jonas Croekett, Lancaster District?Post Office, Lancaster CM. J If Henry and J Ward Motte, Uarrni Diatrict?Poat Office, Laurens C II. II J Kpling, Islington District?Post (Office, Hope Station. J A Sutherland Marlboro District?Poat Office, Benncttsville. W C McMillan, Marion District?Post riffi..* i" M J VV Grierssn, Newbery District?Post Office, New berry C II. J A K lioliuan, Orangeburg DistrictPost Office, Orangeburg C 11. , Pickens District?Post Office, C il Miot, Fisher & Heinitsh, and P U j McOregor, Kiclilnnd District?Post Office, Columbia. Il K lleinitah, Spartanburg District?Post Office, Spartanburg C 11. McCagen &. Richardson and Johp Tumpsoa, Sumter District ? Post OiKce, Sumter. F II Cloru, St Bartholomew's Parish ? Post Office, VVnlterbsro. , Union District?Post Office, J S llrockiogton, Williamsburg District ? Post Office, Kingstree. I) It odd v. York District?Post Office, Keck Hill. J 11 Allisos, York District?Post Office, York ville By order of the Governor. RICHARD CALDWKI.U Lient Col. aud t 'omnueaary.Grn'l. SI. C. | [Lancaster ledger Pi int.] 1 May 17, 1864. 14?It. "THE MERCURY" Mew S*rie*-Vol. IV, K*. 1. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. On or about April I6lh, 1864, I ahell resume the publication of Thp. Mercury, which waa publiehed at Tarboro' N. C , until December lllh, 1861. It will be publiehed weekly in Raleigh, N C , in quarto form?eight pagoa?aize of the Mug m dm Weekly, llluttraled Aewi and Southern Field and Firttide?and will be gotten up in the very beat manner that the Ucilitiee and preaa reaourcee of the eoiintrv will iiii#w, nnd will be devoted to ? dignified standard ot Polite Southern Literature. Current events will be duly chronicled, and an uni|iialilied aopport of a vigorous prossculien of the War will be given. To each inattera aa I niav deeiu it eocutnboat to re fer, editorially, I aha.I do ao independently ? being neutral in nothing?always keep Ing thu two great land marka of Southern Independence and Southern literature aleadily In view. Ksch number of The Mercury will be handsomely 11.LUST It ATKD with beautifully executed engravings of subjects taken from the best original contributions. The moat liberal prices will be paid for Contributions of Novellettes, Poetry, Romance, Kaaays, Criticisms, Sketches, Incidents and Anscdotea of the War, Witticisms, dm. Those desiring to begin with the first issus may rduit aubscrimion* at r the following * TERM8: I Hsbscrlplion 6 Months, ' $10 0 " 6 *0 1 - t * ft No Subscription Ukoo for shorter period lltsn three months, nor for n longer period then sis months. The Undo sopplTed st $?ft per hundred. WM. R. SMITH, Editor 6l Proprietor. Rsleigh, N. C. April 36, II DrT AJLPRED CRAVEN assistant l?r|?*N Demi 1st, tors tills, ft. o., Offers his Professions! Servises to the sillseos of Ismcsster Vllllsgs snd surrounding country. ARTIflCI \l. TEETH inserted on Gold Piste, Iroin one to s full setts. June llth, IH.M, 16?If c. B- MORTHROP Attorney at Law AND MOLICITOK IX 146$ U IT If ? Will prsetice in lAiiosster snd the neigh Lor- ' itig Districts. OPKltiK AT LANGAHTMVIftLK. October 11*t, 1661. ?l-lj | A NEW8PAPEK FOK TIIE TIMES I ' o SOUTHERN TCONPBDERiCr In one ef the largest News Papers publieiisd in the South, and has all the advaiages that eligible locatisn.good Army correspondents, and an able Editorial corps can offer. It is an Independent News Journal designed to give the News of the day, review public measures, and maintain tbe rights and interests or the South, without reffsrence In party politics. Thk Daii.t contains twelve columns ef r k. ?i ? - irrnn icuumj{ dinner, wen printeo en clear while paper, and ia published at 916 00 fer three tnontha. To Newa Agents,per.cepy. 16} casts. At Counter, 26 The Wbeelt ia a eery large and band, some sheet containing the general Newe ef the country, and particularly the War Newe. The Telegnphic news of the whole week, and other cln'ice selections from the eelumns of the Daiiy are embraced in the mat. ter of the Weekly. Subscription price #4 66 , per quarter. 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