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ijf irpiitj?t. LAN CASTER VILLE, B.C. Tuesday Morning, May 31, 1864. \V? are under obligations to several of Our friend* for papers received by hand in advsrce of the mail*. Such favors are of material advantage to us and are always appreciated. We are indebted to several friends for information from private letters of casualtie? and other matters of interest from the army. Others will oblige in by furnishing f?r nillilinalinn ?iivl!iin<* nf 1 ? , "* l">CICBI which they may receive from private sourCN. We learn thut James I.mk, of General Johnston's nroiy, non of our fellow.lowns<oim, iumea K. lawk, lit slightly wounded; alto that Cnpl T. N Conner, formerly of thin place and aon in-law of Mr. latrk was lulled, lie was a hue looking and gallant officer. The agents of the Government, we un dereinnd, huve instructions to purchase provision supplies, of all kinds, at market rales , This would indicate that the lax in kind is becoming exhausted. Th< insikvt prices in this locality being very uncertain, a committee of disinterested persons, organized at the instance of the Commissary agent, recommend the follow ing prices to be puid fur Icuding articles:? Corn $8 per b <sbel ; Wheal $15; Bacon $3; flour 8-t5 per 100 lbs. These rates, we believe, are somewhat below the prices tvmi-ii naTu ruled Heretofore ; though in all probability, considerably higher than such articles will be wurtli aix weeks hence.? Nothing short of the most serious military disasters can keep prices up to present lig? urea. The Government (by a special arrange* meni before adverted to) is disponing of the tithe corn in this District at $3 per bushel. Thin advantage is of course intended only for t/idtgcuf persons. Persons who have the means can do as the Govsrnmenl is do itig?pay market prices. We learn from the Commissary agent that lie has engaged upwards ot fifty thousand dollars worth of supplies in this District at umrksl rales. Tlie army news for the pnat week, which we have condensed ntid publish else* where, is generally favorable. The noble ariny ol Gem rul Lee remains intart, though a uiovs nearer Itichuionif Ins been necessitated by the attempted tinnk movements of the i In my . '1 be luteal account is to the effect that both armies were moving in lines almost parallel with each other in the direction of the C'n| ital This is a bold step which our enemy has taken and argues,either Very great confidence or extreme reckless nets. We Jo not see in this rapid develop ment of the enemy's dsaigns an) cause for alarm ; but we would not essay to banish trout oar readers the milurul and intense anxiety which the situation produces. Kre this time the two urmies hare, in sli probs bility, nti t in another death atruggls ; but we have every reuson, froiu the past invincibility of our urii'}, to be hopeful; and we de not believe that the Givi-r of all victory will peiiuil us, in this critical period, to be overthrown. i 'the inctf.y's accounts of thler losses are very satisfactory. Grunt has lost immensely. Their own figures sdotil I rout feity to fifty thousand ; including fourteen General officers; Our loss in General officers is very hesvy, but our gwneral loss is far be low that of the sneuty. lloth sides claim 1o have boen reinforced since the lact fight. >1- ^ _ aii aecounia irotu iieorgiu cencur it tha expression of cqf.tidence in (he result of the impending confl.ct between Jehnaton and the enemy confronting hint a?? The Five Per Cent Tex Arrangements for colliding the tax imposed l>y liie Act of February 1864 have been perfected much eaflier than waa anticipated. The work of aateaaing and col* leciing in thia District begins on the 13th of June, according to a notice frvui the collector published in our fast issue, and which ia continued in the preaent iaaue. The lax U a sweep'ng one, aad to render full at.d accurate return* will require considerable preparation on the part ol tax payers. Tha proper way ia for each tax pay er to tntke an inventory of his entire oelate, real, per aonal, and mixed, somewhat after Ihejtlan . adopted with the estatea of deceased persona. Thia inventory should be classified under appropriate heads?such.as are eno merated in the Collector's notice?and with Ihia preparation the4ax payer will bo #na. bled lo answer promptly and understand ?Jogly the questions that will be propound d to liim by the Asieskors. W ithout it, ho will And, when ho gee? to the Assessor, that bo ia unprepared lo make hie return. ? # Anaw?ra t? queationa in regard to pro[? *Hy wiW ho required under the aanciity of an oalk, which the Assessors are inalrucUd to formally administer lo each tax payer. ?*ery precaution, we preauuie, will be teken to prevent imposition, and to m?kn the law yield the greatest poaaiblo amount of revenue. The lax, apprehend, will be larger than moat peraone suppose. Kxtendiog to every conceivable aperies of properly, it Will aggregate aaoro than would he warranted by calculations baaed upon genaral rati, /nates, 't'he exemptions, about which there t>aa been ome queatioa, will be allowed ia ao caae where the property if the tax payer, exclusive of household furniture,exceede onp thpi)"*od dollars ia value. Tns deductions for the tax io kind have not yet bean settled , but ia all probability such deductions will be Use llitn ie generally eon. k templaled. Credit for the lax In kind will only be allowed upon the value of the prop* I 'rty employed in agriculture, and a atriet 9 'yMtrualtan at this caase of the law would perhaps exclude a large preportion of the land and more than one half of the slaves in the country. I .and not actually in cultivation, and all slaves that do not actually labor in the field, may not be regarded aa employed in agriculture. No definite instruction* have yet beon issued relative to the credit to be allowed for the tax in kind, but there doubtless will be immediately after the adjournment of Congress. In the*mean time, however, the propriety or preparing lor a heavy lax is obvious. It will be better to lay up loo much, than to fall short of the amount that will be needed. The Battle of the 12th May. The Yankees, with a great flourish of trumpets thonghout the North, claim a victory in the buttle of the I'Jth. A correct version of the affair is given iu the following condensed statement from the Charleston Mrrcury. It agrees substantially with all the accounts of that days light (except Northern) that we have seen ; "On the lilh instant a desperate battle was fought at Spollsylvania C. H., Grant's forces advancing upoa our lines with extiaordinary vigor and pbrtioacy. The most reliable accounts agree in the tact that the Yankees were repulsed with fearful slaughter. Kurly in the light, however, they (fid under cover of a fog, surprise Gen. Edward' Johnson, occupying an exposed position in front, nud look souie fifteen hundred prisoners and 18 pieces of artillery. But the whole streDglh of Grant's uraiy wss sxpenHuH in t/nin ui.<1 I ..-4 ! ?. JI ustrous failure, our louses being in compmisou small. It was upon the result of thia great engagement, that Gen. l.ee, on the 16th, put tor It) the order of congratulation to his army. It waa upon the mishap to Gen. Kdv\aid Johnaon that the Yankee Government baaed their lying grandiloquence concerning the whole action. Their statements of their losses are very satisfa;tory." Editorial BrevitiesRailroad communication with Richmond upon the Danville route ia now complete and unmolested. The mails are now carried upon that route. A negro woman war arrested in Atlanta a few days ago for offering dog meat for aale in the market. European advice* of the 2d, aays that Earl Russcl lias again defined h*a position towards the two it-publica of America He has little sympathy for either on account of their treatment of the negro. laite arrivals from England state that the Confederate loan had risen on the news of Banks' defeat, and the attack hy Km I Derby on the Government, in relation to the Confederate rams, which, it was supposed, would be released. Gen. Stuart's funeral took place at St. Jauies' Church, Richmond, on Friday, 13th. The nttepdaoee was immense, nnd ali the high oflicera of thd Government, In both the civil and military branches, were present. General Lougstrcet was shot through the neck, the ball catering just below the "Adaui's apple," passing over the collar* bene and down Uie ahoulderblnde. The principal danger of the wound is from the sloughing of lliu carrnted artery. Among our caaualiliea on the 13th are Brigadier General Perrin, 8. C. killed; Brig auier vvumer, ei me stonewall brtgide, wounded iu the arui ; Col. Garnett, of the 5lli North Carolina, killed ; lirig.idier lien, triil McGowan, 8 C reported1 wounded. Uertnuda Hundreds, the scene of General Uenurvgaril'a late successes, ia near the mouth of the Appomnto* river, on ita we*, tarn bank, and but ten milea from Crewry'o HlufT It ia alao wilhia two or three hours* march of the ilichtnoad and Petersburg Railroad. It ia in Chesterfield county, and ia 56 niilea from Richmond by water and about 50 milea by laud. From Richmond papora wa learn, that Gun. Fetuberloo has resigned hia commie aiou aa Lieutenant General, and nought active service aa Lieut. Colonel of artillery.? He waa assigned to the cominund of the artillery defending the approachea north of the city ot Richmond. It ia aUlad that the last survivor of tho Id North Carolina Regiment, one of the iirot iu the war, waa killed in one of* the battles near > pottey Ivania C. II. Atlanta ia new overflowing with retageea from the country above?many of thom entirely destitute, having been stripped of ovciything. The Yankee Generate Seymour and She* ler, and a number of other officers, passed through Columbia Monday p. m , en roult for Decatur, (is. .Two long trsina of Ysn? keo privslce arrived and departed on Saturday evening. Cuaaltiea. Richmond, V*., May 9th 1864. ifa Kditur?The following named in?*n of Capt, J, II Kirk'a Co. "D," lal H. C. V. ??* wounded on the 6lh ioat, ia lb* battle of the Wilderoeaa : Corpl T- A. i,alh*n, atoronch, alight; T. O Wllkiuxoa, left hand and breaat alight; J. T. Faile, left knee alight; J. W. Adama, through left leg, Qeah j J oho l>. Caakey, right arm aevere ; J. P. Grahair, left arm ? .ght; p. A. Mclnnie, back alight; A. Small, head alight: The lighting waa not ever. Tbeee are the caeualtiea of the 6lh. Youra 4lc. J. T. Faji.b. The following additional eaaualliaa ia the above company are reperted : Killed ?WiUjajp Neabih Wounded ?Itobt. l^aoglejr and miaaing; Robt. 8ulll?a?, alight. We have the following additional caau altiea: Capt. Kirk, alight ia face ;'Jphn 8. free. ha*, alight; W. G. Daily ; K. M. Kirk, ver] light; J. K. (.ark, alight in hnud ; John C Sec res l, alight iu ahuulder; II. J. Wallace alight in head. Thia company eofered th light on 6th with 25 men, of whom 12 wer wounded. The additional casualties wer< received after the 6th. ^ Rattle-Field, May 9th 1864. Mr. W. M. Conhoks?Please to publisl the annexed liat of casualties from our Die trict in Co. "A,' 6lh Regt. 8. C. V. for tin information of those who have relatives ii this company : Cupt. W. G. Stewart, sup posed to ho taken prisoner. J. J. D. Carnes, supposed to be tnkei prisoner. Jackson Moore, one of the bones of the le j broken. Sergt. J. W. Plyler, flesh wound in (hi araj, Yours Respectfully, W. R. Dunlat. We Are nrrniiltuA t? .....I,., n... r..li ; ? extract from a private letter from Rev. Mr Craig, Chup'.ain of the 5th Regt., datet near SpoltsyIvnnin C. II , May 0th, which contains information of a number of Iain canter friends : Lieut. Benj. Dunlnp is again on duty it the field. We hear of no casualty to hint T. Wright, Lieut. John C. Witherspoo* o Kirk, up to last night. Capt. Slewurl wa certainly lakou prisoner. It is probnbh that he was not woundvd. The last seel of hitn the Yankees were around him. Col Cownrd has been compelled to leuve tin field, though ?ol dangerously wounded.? The enemy fight uiore stubbornly than ever The battle is not yet nt ull decisive. Tin crisis is not arrived. The scene cannot b described. The enemy charged and ba>u netted a part of Kershaw's brigade. Ma] God crown us with victory. The figlilin; on both sides is that of desperation, fin half of the 6th Regt. is killed, woundei and missing?it went ia with 270 all toh ?134 failed to anawer to Saturday morn ing'a call?only about 15 are dead. I heal of no casualty to Sam Williamson?think he ia safe- I heard that Wrn. Twitlv wa safe Friday evening I saw Carle.* fhn veiling, well. Capl. Sims safe?alae Tin NVylie. SrOTTsVLVaaiA C. K , Va. May 14, 1804. Mk EniTon I forwnrded for publico lion the casualties ill our two companies ii the battles of May 5th, nnd bill. 1 did end you a coireet report of the killet wounded and missing in Coinpiny I, an fa an can be ascertained, including all sine* the lighting commenced. killed :?Privates, T. M. Adams, \V. XI Barton, J. It. Belk, J. P. V. Turner, and W T. Sialare. Wounded:?Capt. W. J. Stover, sever flesh wound in shoulder; Lieut J. C. Rol lings, slight on the ankle; Karg't. S. II Huey, slight in three places; CerpTs J. A Montgomery and W. H. I). AleAleer, aligh on the ear and head; J. 11. Koberlaou i hand ; J. N. Porter, arm ; J. U. Adams, shoe frsin shell ; W H. Bruc?, severe flesh woun in both thighs; J. M. Ilngins, severe i breast ; J. L. C. Porter, leg amputated ; F J ^M. Steele, severe in right arm ; A lei (n ..ir ?r i.. . i? : " vvivi in vnu va iv JJ | #118. 1 njlVlf llglll I hip; K. Plyler, aevere in arin ; VV. L'ren haw, J. W. Denton, and J. R Neul, aligh in head ; J. L Burton, ley amputated. Missing and supposed to be taken prii oners:?Snrg'l. W. B. Twitly, T. J. Dun ran, W. M Mathi*, J. T. Holton, K. ? 'L'erry, and J. M. Richardson I have no report from Company K, a yet, but I learn twey have suffered aeverel] The lighting ia anil going on, and ou troops aeein confident of aucceM. Vvura, Local. R. S?I think we will be successful here but it ban bo en the most terrible battle o the war, and haa taxed the eourage (fin Certitude of our soldier* to the fullest ex tent. I snw Mnj. Gen. Wadsworlb niter h was dead. The Yankee* have autTered ter rible slaughter. They would charge bu breastworks with five or aix lines at a tiui and they were inewed down like grass. I was awful. l<ee is smart enough lor Grant though Grant ha* a large force. It ha been two day a now since an* regular en gugeuicnt took place ; the armies are lyigi here opposite each other in line. I can conjecture the intention of Grant or Lee. Local. The followiog extract from a private let ter from Cel. J. II. Wllherapoon receive* in thin place, contain* a list of casuallie in Co. E, 12lh Rcgt., with other infuriuu tion: Richmond, May 18th. I wan at Jackson hospital yesterday.Eli Dunlsp, Gooch, Wssley IMyler, Cap Siever, l.ieut. Rollings, (W. A. Marshal sick not * ponded,) Win. Roberts, Faiti (son of Rev. N. Faile.) W. J. Wiiliann James Graham there, all doing very well. 1 ascertained that in Capt. Hlarkmon' company, formerly Capt. Frank Cl/bari the wounded as follows : W. J. VVilriamr, head slight ; Wn Rol arts, thigh ; John N. Howell, arm ; Jos I Johnson, thigh; John Williams, leg; G T. Miller, side ; John Mungo, ankle ; J. 1 Paile, finger; John C. Black iuoij ; Geoig Lyles; D. P. Gardner; P. Dean. Missing?Lieut. Blackmon, in cornmar of company, supposed killed ; Warren Wi Haaaa ; Win. Johneon ; W. J. Bowers, kill*-. P. I*. Lylea ; J. J. Oaten, killed ; John 1 Blackmoa ; Lieut. J. R. For ten bury ; Wei ley llunphies; - Meody. The wounded are doing very well, wound generally alight The danger is eraaipela or gaogreen. Jackson Hospital ie the be* Extract of a letter from Lieut W. Mch Mittag, 34th N. C. Regt; Battle field rear BroTTsTLVAMIA C. H. Va. May 16, 1864. i>aa a Father;?By the blessings of Go I am well and safe. W'e have been lighl ing ever since the 4lb of May. The enem have loat heavily. The loss of the cbviq ia Mid te he over 90 tbw?end. r Army Intelligence. Hanover Junction, May 23?10 p.n About noon to day the enemy npproi b td the Telgraph Bridge over the S< 9 Anna. In the afternoon he attacked f gunrd at the Bridge and drove it to aide. About the same time the 5th Co Warren's, created at Jericho Ford on i ' left, and woe attacked by 1'. Hill . his advance checked . B (Signed) R. E. LEF l Richmond, Hay 24.?Official ioforma nays the Sheridan raiders crossed the munky at the White House yesterday 1 moved up between the Patnur.kv nnd A tapony, probably to rejoin Grat's corps ^ Richmond, May 2b.?The only n from the Southside is, that two inoni ? dropped down the river Inot night, hsve passed from view of our scouts morning. > Atlanta, May 26.? A reporter from front arrived Inst evening. He says Wl Ivr utlached. Cnssdale Tuesday, and def 1 ed Woolfurd's cavalry brigade, burnt wagons, and brought off 80 more, bcsi capturing 160 prisoners. 1 The Yankees are running cars to C Station. r 'I hero is s report that 3 Yunkee C< 4 crossed the Etowah rivlkr on the road p Dallas. Looking for fighting soon. Tl 1 was slight skirmishing 'J'uesday eveing Wednesday morning, with Popes corps ' The Yankees levy contributions ns I march ? burn all mills and residence vv'i-.... i *- - .? ?.?rio unucn unvo icu iney destroy ev 9 thing. b thhf.r. hundred and twenty first i The enemy on Tuesday fired a thirty-fivs allots ut Hie city, and a few ' ut our batteries adjacent te Fort John ^ On James Island nil wan quiet. Tl j are no further signs ut the presence of enemy. One Yunkee prisoner, who se _ to be a complete blockhead, was brot to the city. He was captured on Men Two Vunkae dead bodies, left uuburiei H t their comrades, in front of our lines ( James Island, were found on Tuei morning:?Mercury, 26th in*t. From tho Asmy of Northern Virgii Ashland, May 27. Advices from the front is that the en j have crossed North Anna, and are ngaii v the move, iu the direction, it is suppose* I our right. r The eneuiy are said to hare made ai a fort this tnurning to burn the bridge the North Anna, on the Telegraph road were roiled in tint attempt. There \?an akirmUbing thin morning, alno Rome between twelve and one o'c I a* I night, but it amount a to nothing. Richmond, May 2 Official information received iu refer to the udvuncc of (irant anya that his " wus crossing the l'atnunky, nl lianovel * We learn thia morning tiiat he in mo " in thia direction. L Ashland, May 2 Our aruiv in moving rapidly in a Iin " moat parallel with the route which G in following. At 12 o'clock n heavy f of infantry had appeared at II.mover C n and were presaiug our cavalry back at '* poiut. 1 Two prinonera jutl brought in belong to the 6th corps, says that their coram 1 received erdem yesterday to inarah to 1 White House. Atlanta, May 27.? Johnston's advi came up wilh (lie enemy at New II 8 four miles Knal of Dallas, at noon on V ' neaday. Hood's corps was the lir*t in r fight ; and part* of Stevenson and U man'* forces only were engaged. We but one line of battle. The enemy ehai ' tw ice, and were handsomely repulsed. ' Interesting from the Traas-Miamsi a Clinton, La., May ut, mu Summit, 'J ?Bank* has escaped from Alexandria way ef Shreveport. A. J. Smith's c has gone up to Nalchcs and Vickaburg; balance in lull retreat toward* New e t leans, being now at Margnnsa, on the V , l>iink ef the river. M?j Hen. Canby ^ arrived and assumed command, ltanks I ing gone to New Orleans. It Is rrpe snd believed to be reliable, that Lieut. < g t Dick Taylor is crossing Atclisfalava K twelvs miles below where flanks cro? Banks* troops are reported, on goeti toority, to be very much demoralized. Northern Accounts. a ^ The New York Herald of the 14th, i accounts from Grant's army, claims tl desperate battle took place on the 12lh i in which 4000 prisoners, 30 pieces of tiilery and Major Generals Edward Johi ' and Stuart were captured from the rel ' ll adds that General Lee had relrcate L"' The Herald claims the aggregate cnpl '* I Kl- rir.nl II.... r.. I.. .11 . U.. e.Li. ... ; ,u IMO '*111"? Ml been 20,000 prisoners and 40 pieces o 4 til lory. It admits a loss of 25 000. ?? An engineer officer, writing from W ington, aaya thai Grant's losses hava 1 ' greatly exagerated. He doea not I they will exceed 35,000, including nkul ' Sedgwick, SteveBaon, like and other kee Generals, have heeo killed and bu 'e The following i? Secretary Stanton'i deapatch la Major General l>ix, at York : "The eighth day of-the battle cl '* we having between 8000 and 4000 pr era in aur hauda for the day'a work, ii ding two general officers and ovar tl piecea of artillery. The enemy ia obati and eeema to have found "the laat di " We have leat no organisation, not av '* company ; while we have destroyed or '* tured one dlviaion, (Johnson's.) one brig v. and one regiment entire. Lincoln haa called on the Govarno Maryland for troopa for one hundred <1 The Herald announces, with a lloiiria trumpets, lha evacuatiaa of Dalloo by d Johnalon. Gold in Now )forh 170. L. Sherman telegraphs tftat he haa li y lleeaca, after a atubbom Qght. Ileeetim y hia lose at 3,000, and aaya that he .is in pursuit of Jwhnatoo, and keeps tfce jgili repaired within Bevcu miles of the Yi u. army, In their icnr. ach* Sheridan bus readied Butler, lit >uth that he could see the gns lights in the mond, and that he had henty*tights, an< this aucreHsful in all ; he took three hui irps, prisoners aod was inside the rebel % our and could hate taken Richmond bu and ignorant of Butler's position. Northern dates of the 21st received 1. Grant telegraphed that an effort tion made on Thursday evening by K we IPs Pa- to turn the Yankee right, but was pre and ly repulsed. Three hundred prisoner lat, into the Yankee hands, besides many I and wounded. The Yankee loss wai ews wounded and 150 killed and missing. [or? Staunton assures the Nollhern ftI)j thut over 26,000 veteran reinforcen this have been sent to Grnnt. "No reports Butler. The Red River is blockaded ut i points by the rebel shore batteries, eat' Cttr,,eJ? who is about to assume come 100' Prom,?vs? to remove them early. S das has been removed and Mnj. Gen. II succeeds liim. ?urs ^ dispatch from Sliermnn, dated T day night, nt Kingston, stales that d irps *',al d?y ',e 'md Pu,,hed a column be jw | Kingston in pursuit af Johnston as I I (A hnrrl fitthl ?? All-..!- I vre * * j ed for. una The New York Times't Was hit jM.y correspondent, of the 15th, says: 8 Over 12,000 of our wounded have ury, brought up from the battle-field am tributed among the hospitals in thii ?*T an<* Alexandria. A large number sti main at Belle Plain and Fredericks U,"e Awaiting removal. Thousands still I " ? the battle-field, son. l,e,r* Confederate Congress. the The present session has been mue e.ns . f ( ^ cupied in tho discussion of the Halxa pvt. A resolution in the Mouse dec j it inexpedient to repeal the Act suspe the writ wns negatived by n vote of i on ' ^^y 33. Messrs. Boyce, Farrow, Simpsoi *> nnerspooc, of this Stnte, vqted in f nnd Messrs Ayt-r and Miles against th olution. J. T. Leach, of N. C., introduced r< en,y tions for appointing commissioners to " *n t'nte for peace, on the bnsis of the ind ' ?n dence of the sovereignty of States. ' on the table. ' On the '20th the Senate agreed u over measure, doubling the present rate of ^ut penaalion to membera of Congress. The following business has beer l #n posed by the Representative froin tbir lock District, Hon. J. il. Wilherspoon Uesolvfil, That front the 'fax on th ' ue ot property, employed in agricni eoce under the t?t section of the Act, "to left additional Taxes for the common de and support of the Government," app 1 *7ill Felruary 1864, shall b? deducts vm*? value of the Tax in Kind of and fo year 1863. delivered to the Goeernme 7. Referred to Cemmitlee Ways and Me ,, n| A resolution to authorize the est* luent of a daily uiai! from Camden to ranl caster (\.H. ' orce A resolution instructing the Coinu II., of Ways and Means to inquire int that propriety of authorizing the sale of eo of the tax in kind as may be necessar :ha use of and nunnnrl nf lh? >'"? soldiers and the necessitous non-prodi mud ? lh" From WashingtonA gentleman who arrived In this'cil mce evening, nnd who left Washington ei P?> the 19th, says the negro worshippers ' ed- very despoodenl nt the situntion of a the notw ithslnnding the rejoicing of the i 'nt'* paper* over pretended victoriea. O h*o other hand, those whose sywipathit '8cd with the C onfederulu Slate are che and confident of the early aucce** 01 ppi- cause. [bih. lirnnl'* losses are estimated at ove i, by OOO. The Administration presses pr nrprt that our loss exceeds that pf the Fed tl,e but the number of Wounded broug 0.. Washington, Alexandria aiid Haiti i'eat with the known fact that thouaand |)#s remain in Frerforicksburg und on the liav- convince* the people that such is m rted truth. Lien. Grant's men ar* said to be clamoro jver another leader. They nay he ia rei ised. l,|e lives of hin aeldiera, knows nc I au- strategy, and hopea to aucceed by force alone They demand that McCI or aoaae tnun who haa brains ynoi handle a large army with skill, ant n its noine care for the lives of his soldiers isj a k? P'*c?d ov*r thorn, inst.. There are two significant facts to ! ar> served in the papers we have 'been p anon ,e<* lo *hich aeem* to us of much >els. First, the excited and anxionn call fe j uhtesrs for one hundred dsvs, which i urea w eakness of the enemy, caused bj have i'?"icn*? losses ; and second, that in n f ar* l,,w papers before us i* the price o quoted, whether for the reason lha ash. *1** 're*^y advanced, or that s rise ii been e<^' ",nl stop the quotations hlnk 11 ,ak,'H p'"ce, is not known.?Jiici 1,??_ I Sentinel 23d intl. iried. lroI Tlnt LA*?*,T?* LIWM 1 i laat W. M. Connohs, ?lo a cemm New tion froui "Flint Ridge," eigoed "Man oaee, tare," which appeared iu the Ledger ieen 24lh iaal, my name ia propeaed aa a Jclu- ble candidate for Slate Senator, to i liirty allow uie ta raapoad through the earn oata diuta. Ich.'' Firat, I have no ambition inclining en a auch a poet of boner and, in these rap- fearful reeponaibilily. jade, Second, The timaa we are in, ca auch wisdom, knowledge and under ir of ing af petition ia aaoitabla Kapreaen laya. that I have net vanity enough to ? h of me that 1 am qualified lo meet the rt > Jo. aibililieain a correct dieeharge ofjhec Third, with thanka lo "Many Vatar iken the kind faalinga which prompted latea preference, I aak their indulgence w full bow politely but positively out. oad W. Y. itnkea Iron tub Lancaster ledger, j Mr. Editor:?In your issue of the 10th ? saya I see my name announced for thu 8enate? Rich- in a communication signed "Many Friends," d was and also in your issue of the 17th, that annderd nouncemenl is endorsed in a vary complivorks meotnry manner, In n communication signed t was "A Soldier." As the lion. P. T. Ilnmmond x will not be a candidate, and having no choice at thia lime but to obey the will of the peowas pie, I accept the nomination as tendered, ( corps and if elected, will endeavor, with the mast , >uipi* poueuv mougni ana laoor, wun Tne DlitUDiesi fell self-distrust, to discharge the responsible ' cilled duties devolving upon me, to II* best of j < GOO uiy nbilities, and study to advance the in* , terest,-honor and dignity of my Ntate and ? press District. And in conclusion allow me to 1 nents return uiy sincere and, grateful thanks to j from "Many Friends," in deeming me worthy to , fill so important nn office, and for thfe high j many an<^ lettering eulogy (though undeserved) < Qt,n of uay talented friend, "A Soldier." and', JAMBS L. HEED. | leigle i unter Announoements. * I htira. FOR TAX COLLECTOB. I uring Mr. Kditor.? I'lease announce Capt N. < yond Vanlandinghnin a candidate for the of- 1 t (ice of Tax Collector, lie is u disabled 1 ar as ... soldier. i .ook- Many Friends to Wounded Soi.uiF.ns. igten IjUNAWAY from the subscriber on the r IV '23d of March, a negro man named kfe> Chapman or ctfap. He snys his namo is Win. Chapman,is about 5 feet 10 or 11 ind dis. ohes high, large features and very black, * city lisps a little in speaking, he is very stout ill re- and is supposed to be lurking about Mr. t bu Nortbrop's plantation. I will give 60 DOL- , .. LAR8 rvward his delivery to me, or any ? ,e on juii in the State. P.T.MURRAY. i May 31, lid t. H 1G?2t. i h ec. * ENROLLING OFFICE. IJCor HFiAD-Ci'R'S , Lancaster C. If., S. C. 1 Inring 6ftiy 28, 1864. j nding I. All militia Officers, commanding Beat J 314 to Companies in the '21st Regiment 8. C- M., 'J j are hereby required, in accordance with or- ^ , 8 ders from Hie Adj't. and Insp'r. Gen'l of i avor ; ^ (;, io furnish the Knrnlliug Officer forth. i e res- w ith complete rolls of ail white men be- * twesn seventeen (17) and fifty (60) years ?aolu 0fnSe nn^ ?f al' Dtproes or persons of coloi between the ages of eighteen (18) nego- an^ hfty (60), now residing in their respec- 1 epen- live Beats, with their names and ages sta- I l>aid '"d therein ; in order that those who have 1 failed to report for enrolment uiay be dis* covered. pon a II ?|.jie oc^jve co-operation of all pntriot com* ic citizens, who are well-disposed ' to our Government and to the great cause tor ' i pro- whieh ?e are contending, is volfcited in i forwarding to the Kniolling Officer correct < 1 ' c and definite information of those who huvs : deserted from the army, and of these who e val- are skulking from their duty or avoiding It urn conscription, in this hour of our trial. ,|eVy J. C. MILLS, fence 9 1st tieut. and Enrolling officer roved Lancaster District So. Ca. d the May 31, 13S4. )6-lt. , VH STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 ADJ'T AND INSP'TR GEN'S OFFICE, y luai (,OI>l-MDU, JlDf 'JU, 1 tU>4. iy on GENERAL ORDERS SO. 6. j were T 1N the present situation of afTnirs#it is J. deemed proper to direct the attention 4 " 1 of the people of the State to the lat aec- ^ lews- nf nn ^cl 0f General Assembly en t> the titled "An Act to provide for Volunteer " ra are Companies of Mounted Infantry and for 1 erful lher purposes," herewith published, sud 1 ' to call upon all male citizens capable ef our bearing arms, and who are not liable to J Confederate military service, to organize e r 10,. themselves into companies iu pursuance of elend l,H provisions. n , . II. Companies organized in accordance 1 er* *' with said Act, npon presenting their Ndls F I^t t? to be hied in this office, will he accepted } more, for the service therein provided for, nod 11 s still will be armed and furnished with necessary * j-^I .j ammunition. III. The troops called into service under 9 this Act will be subject to the orders of the Governor and Commaiider-in chief, and u* for whilst in actual service, will bo subject to t 'kless Articles of War and Army Regulations t of the Confederate States, and shall receive i thing name pay and allowances as Confeder i brute nte troops of the sauie class are entitled to. I lolUn, IV. The commanding officers of compan- i igh to a"d the corporate authorities to whom t . . arms have heretofore been delivered, or t ,as who now have the same in custody, are \ , shall charged with keeping them in goTd order, and any necessary expenditures tnade for be ob- that purpose will be paid by the State upon e r in it- lh* ?ccouMs being duly certified and approved at this office, force, jo ? o * o > r vol. By command: < thowi {signed J A. C. GARLINGTON, thotr Adj't. and Insp.-Genera, of S. C. ' Official: ?. A. Folliu. A A fl_ either ' f gold EXTRACT. ( t geld Section I. lie it enncted by the Senate i fear- tD<* House of Representative*, now met . nod sitting iii General Assembly, and by e ore the uuthority of the snme, That the GoverKmmrui hor ^ hereby authorized to accept as many Volunteer Companies of Mounted Infantry as may l>e offered, to consist of not less than nix ty four, usr more than one hundred zueo, exclusive of Commissioned unica- Officers, who shall be organized by him . Vo 'nl? Battalions or Regiments by the elecQf tion of Field Officers if the number of said Companies be sufficient for that pur^ > ?< and amid Coupanies absll be sailed out at which, the discretion of the Governor, to suppress le ipe- iasurrections, or to ropel actual or threatened raids of the enemy within this State, and shall he discharged from aetual service whenever in his judgment the actual neces timet, sity for such service has ceased. e o o o !1 for *'? l?64 16?It. suod. jfQQ and Factory Yarn. lativs, * istisfy ' w'" "chftnge 'roQ *?d Factory Yarn for Corn and llacon on the following terms pspen. . ,q pftun(tft )roo for 006 Bushel Corn ; lutieo. ^pounds Iron for one pound bacon: one .? r~. Uh,*- v ? - .v, mm, nny nio Irom 8 to II, fur 4 their buHhct.com, or IS pouoj. Bocon, d.lh.r.d hil.ll M Fort Mill.. , ~ ?? H MASalSY, Ag.ct. ~v?j M fo' ? FRONgBGRQgft fc CO. >N. May 1, j854, lg_?t ViimUI# iv< 0JA\JIL<U. May 24, 1864, J6-6t. AUCTION SALE. I will nell at ljsacaster Court House ou ?alead-iy in Juno next, at Auction a lot ( >ld Carriage Iron aud Steel. J. H. McDOW. May 24, 1364, 2t COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, May 19, 1864. In view of the urgent necessity at presnt existing for an increased supply of subisteuco, tor the troops frotu this section of lie country, and in view of those peraonar rho, in order to be exempt from service, uve given Bonds to supply the army with certain number af pounds of Bacon and leef: Xolice u hereby given that I am ready u receive the said meat, in 100 lbs. of Baon, and 100 lbs, netl Beef (to bu*detivered n foot) for ensh able bodied slave on the irta or plantation within the ages of It od 60. L. B. NORTHROP. TAX PAYERS. WILL please prepare invsntoriaa of their entire estates, (oVvbsd by tbem on the nth Febraary, 18o4, er held by tbem In a rep. reaenlaliva capacity for others,) prerione to the time of making their returns to the Aaaeasora, embracing the number of acrea of Land, number of slaree, ho rata, mules,ansea, jenueltn, cattle, eheep, goals and awine, number of pound* of cotton, wool ana tobacco, number buebels corn, wheat, rye* oats, buck wheat, rico, and all ether grain, lao the ameunt of groceries, flour, meal, sugar, bacon, Inrd, dtr Spirituous liquors, wines, cider, vinegar, Slc. Ilousohold and kitchen furniture, agricultural tools and im< plementa, and all tools of utorhanics ef ither*. Musical instrument* and all artielea of domestic use. No. of carriages, wagons, .-arts, drays aad every epeciee of vehicle on wheels. Ail gold and silver wares aad platea, jewela, jewelry end watches. Alee nooks, mepe, picture*, paintings, statuary, ind all other works of Art. No. ef shares d banks, railroad companies, 4lc. Amount if gold mid silver coio, gold dust, gold or lilver bullion. Amounl of all solvent cred* ts, bank bills, and all other paper Issued is currency (exclusive of non-interest bear* ng Confederate Treasury notes sod net mployed ire a taxed* business.) Value of ill personal or mixed property, not embraced in the foregoing. Slaves will be returned and tax on their value paid by the Dwnera, and not by the hirer. Much line will be saved by the tax payer, making a iat or inventory of his property as abovs udicated. JAMK8 K. M AUILL, 18th District Collector. May 24, 1864. 16-tf rax oq Property, Moneys and Credits, under the Act of February 17th, 1864. The Assessors will nttend at the following itaes and places lor the purpose ef receiving eturns and aasesiing the property, moneys ind credits, embraced in the Act of Febru* iry 17, 1864, viz : \l Malhias Creoshawa. Monday, June 13th \t Col. Nelaon Bulla, Tueaday, " 14th Jnpt. T 1. Cly bum's, Wednesday, M ltth \t'i'axahsw, Thursday, " IGtli M Rev. Robert lingler's Friday, M 17ll\ \l John 8. Email's, Saturday. " 18th \t Mrs. M C Huey's, Monday, u 20th iiessrs Craig & Taylors, Tuesday, " 21st I' K Mugill's Store, Wednesday, " 22d \t Bellnir, Thursday, " 23d M John Rosses Store. Friday, " 24th M l*aucasler C. 11., Monday, " 27th M Fleueaut Hill, Tuesday, " 28th JAM ES R. MAC ILL, 18th District Collector. N. B.?The Collector will also stlond st he times and places above stated, to enable turtles to use their 86 notes, in payment if luxes before the 1st July, 1864. I A MOM U If 1/711 r A. A. C.S". May 34, 1864. I6-tf. To Mule Raisers. 1^ The Fin? Urge Premium JACK " CHURUBUSCO, will beat th? U? Hammond place the Spring 1864. laid JACK wa? awarded * premium by th? itute Fair at Columbia when 1} yearn old, > competition with lull grown Jacka, F?r lie size and quality of hiacolta refer to alt hat hcv? aeen th?m. Car? will be taken to prevent accident?, >ut will not be responsible ah o a Id any o?. ur. * , Terms $30, and $10 of that, in all eatea, ansk b? paid when Mares are entered, and he other $10 will be due when the Mares trove to be with foal. The Jack will b? united to 80 Mare*. Apply on the pre rases and pay the ?ntraoc? money te the aroom, Ate. March 2, 1864, 8?4m $50 REWARD. RUNAWAY from the anbacriber about he lat instant a negro boy named TOM, wenty yeara old, copper color, five feet ten nchea high, weighs about 160 pounds, looks lawn when spoken to and hat a scar on hi? eft arm. lie is supposed to be in the l?lohK,.rtin<w4 W VV n ..??? Vt mrm ff UIUWII pHIUMilUU tear the Ferry, as he ha* a brother living here. The abuse reward of Fifty Dollars k ill be paid for hie apprehension. JAMES M. INGRAM. Hanking Rock, P. O., S. C. April 19, 1804, 10?if MELT OH & WITHER8P00H, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solioitors in Equity, Will practice io l-aneaster and the eurreuAs ding Diatriota. C. D. Meltou, i B. J. WiTHERarooN, Cheater, S. C. | Lancaster C. H January 11, 1860. ?t NOTICE During my absent* in the army Aaoa McManui ie authorized to act aa my general agent. Peieooa having buaineee with the Eetate of John Maasey, dcceaeod, wiU apply ts him. J. C. MASSEr. May 17, 1864, 14*^1 WILLIAM8 * ALLI80H. ATTORNEYS AT LAV AHO 4~ f mwwawa w* m JBUttlbV/ LANCASTER, C. H., H. C. Will praetioe In the Dletriot of Lancaster. Prompt attention riven to GelleeUoaw Mr. W iu.iA.iie may be con willed el Yorkrille 8. 0., end Mr. Auiwi el hU eMee la the Oeurt Hopae, el Lancaster. Jaly 7ih ISft. 01?tfgdfl K%fl! iUgT*! tJM Jfhe highest market price* ">M H clean cotton and linen rays^H^^Hfl or email quantltine delivered el tifl H Pereope in msbi^Mttuhsj r*(je pleeee any weeleo scrips