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<Tljf ifiijw. LANCA8TERVILLE. B.C. Tuesday Morning, July 12, 1861. 91 Our section ?an visited Willi a refreshing rain uu Saturday, after un uninterrupted drought of about four week's duration, it was not general, r.s we learn thuro w.?s no rain a few miles West of thin place.? Several portions of the District had received rain a few days previously. Wo hope these rains will bring forward the corn crop, about which there is common com plaint of backwardness. e nre requested by llie' Soldier'a Hoard of Relief" to acknowledge the reception of one hundred pound* of Hncon from Mr. Joseph A. Co on milium, to be distributed by the Hoard uniting the destitute families of soldier* in their charge. Tho Hoard, while appreciating this handsome donation from Mr. (J., would be doubly gratifie'd if bis worthy example should he followed by other contributions lor the same laudable purposo. They Mill cheerfully undertake to distribute whatever a generous public may sec proper to bestow. Committed. l.eander IMyler, tho youth who, together with William l.aney, wns charged with the killing of Marion IMylor, a few weeks ago, Voluntarily gave himself up to tho Sheriff, last week, and wns committed to jail. Mia nioiiur, I'lylor, charged with implication in the affair, to the extent of encouraging the net, has since been nrrested by the tSheritr nnd likewise lodged in jail, l.nney has not been arrested. Wo understand he belongs to the ariny nnd is perhaps row on duty. Want of MoneyThe neglect or inability of the Government to pay its soldiers, nnd other creditors, is producing a fery serious irconvenience among lb. oxy persons who are dependtlit upon money resources for a living. The failure of the Government to put the money in circulation, by paying oil' its claim ants, necessitates a failure among individual obligors to meet the demands upon them, ard thus gt ncral distress and inconvenience upt rvents. And it does not appear that there is a piospect of the** difficulties being rp<edily removed. It is said that money enough for the present emergency has been printed in Columbia, but by some incxpllcable ni rnngt inent it lias to tie sent to Rich inond and there counted before it can b<kniH oltl Am I rumnnrlution ?? I f i l? s?w??v.l f - is for llie present uncertain, and ait the Clerks who count tho money are said to bo all iu the nnny, it may be a long time yet before the soldier* and other* can g? t thtir pay ; unless common sense will suggest to red tape acme expedient by which the money can be counted and paid out some* where outside of the limits of Richmond. ''The Children's Guide." The first number of the second Volume of this interesting and valuable Sabbath School paper, comes to lis in u new dress, and generally improved in its typographical appearance, (which, by the way, was very good before.) We have observed lire course of Ibis little paper for the past year, and find evmthirg to reeomniend it to the fa. vor of Sabbath School teachers and herein of families. It is perfectly free from Sectarianism. The new volume bgins with the _? o ...i, ? ...... .1.1 ? JUI) llllKIIurr* i oimim w iiu iii<? > ur?nu iu send for il should address John W, llurke, >l:u on, Georgia. Twf.ru: For n single copy six monthsgl.CG For Ten copies lo one address 8,00 1 For tw enty copies to one nddre*9 16,00 For Fifty " " " 40,00 For 100 " " M 80,00 'i'he money must always accompany the order. ' VallandighamThe press generally seems to anticipate important advantages to the Confederacy from the present attitude of this distinguish' r exile, w ho, it is known is now at hu aie in Ohio, in defiance of the edict o! . .brnhnrn the first We nic not so sanguiut as some of our colemporaries, but the rea sons assigned are at least plausible, lie has alrendy been elected a delegate to the Chicago Democratic Convention. This in dicatcs? nay, gives the assurance?that lie designs to participate actively in the Fiesi denlial campaign. Roth his personal ai.rl political influence exceeds that of any Wes tern man. His presence everywhere in the West, and especially in Ohio, ha* alwa>* Wen hailed w ilh acclimation by the people it in wen known mm, w nni mi c*nr, nt received the largest vote ever given by tlx democrats of Hint State for the office o I Governor, and tl.at he una constitutional!) ' fleeted and defrauded, by the torrnplivi influence of Lincoln out of that office, nc honest man in Ohio will deny. Ah an op poncnt, theji, of the abolition nominee fo President, at loose in the field, be is to b< dreaded, Arrested and imprisoned, he ii also to be dreaded. Hither horn ot thi dilemma presented to Lincoln, and he ia ii A quandary. Vallandigham's name has bssn sogge* led na the proepertlvo nominee of the Chi eago Convention. We think it very impiob able, however, that he will receive the nom ration, aa be Is lot ?o available with thi whole Democratic party as ilcClsllun, am some others. The Courier publishes s private telegrafl which announces the death in Virginia o l^sut. A. A. Allemong, a lawyer and uiem ber of the legislature from Charleston from the effects of recent wouude. ^. ^The Supreme Court n| North* Carotin has affirmed the constitutionality of th eon?cripti?n law, as also the taw rsriderln liable the principals of substitutes, .lodge Maalo and Bailie concurring?Judge I'eai poo dissenting. Editorial Brevities Mi.jor General A. 1'. Stewart lias been promoted to the vavaui Lieutenant Generalship in the army of Tennessee, occasioned by the death of the lamented General Polk. The Richpiond Sentinel, of the 2d insi, concludes n lengthy editorial on the warns follows: "The Southern skies, we repeat, are growing brighter. Have patience. A few more efforts ; a* little while longer of suffering and deprivation, and to sure as there is a just Providence ruling the affairs of men, our independence will be achieved, peace restored to our land, and the now desolate homes of our people be again the abodes of plenty and hospitality. v_ r.r? i iv a i< iiuiibAUt ^ulumoia.-?\^nrn >1111 lie despatched for Lee's and Beauregard's armies July 15; fur Johnston's army, July 19. Address M. I nllorde, Chairmen, Colutnbiu, S. C. A now conscript denounces the conscription net as "a relic of the barbarous nges," from the fact tnat ho has been drawn in Atlanta and quartered at Dulton. 'J'lm happiest augury of pence, (says the Mobile !{'fcifler,) which the telegraph wires have flashed to us for two years, is the action of the Democratic Conventions of Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois. They have sent delegates to the National Convention, with instructions to vote for n peace platform framed upon the principles of Long's speech. In the recent cavalry fights in Virginia, when the Yankees found they would be captured, they cut the throats of their horses and destroyed them. Information lias heen received that a Yankee fleet of gunboats and Monitors is ready and about to sail Irotu New Y ork to attack Mobile. 1 he Confederate States steamer Atlanta waa launched at Montgomery last Saturday. The boat cost ?125,000, and iOO.ouo tee I of limber were used in her construction.? ller length it 105 feet, her extreme breadth 40 feet, and her carrying capacity about 605 ton* The Atlanta i? the second largest gunboat ever built at Montgomery. H? r machinery is ready, w:d will be put on in a lew da) s. Who are the happiest men ? They who live to bcuclit others ? who are ulwava ready with a word In encourage, a smile to cliei'r, u look to persuade, and a dollar to assist. (ion. Johnston is represented (says,the Carolinian) n? having withdrawn his arm) troin its late position with so much delib oration that not even an old bucket was lost From the beginning to the end of the campaign, he has played the game ot War us coolly as if he were seated at a chess-boaid. This last move, Wo tnii.k, will he hU|t final one ? his next will be to deliver battle upon the hanlts of the Chattahoochee, if Sherman should dare to take itp the gage he wiil tin re throw down (Jen. Johnston has issued a strict order, in which ho forbids all subordinate coin matiders lo (five any data to repi^lers and eorrespotideiils. A stall' officer will visit the com spondeiits and inform Ihum that it' lin y do not delist from giving exaggerated accounts of a hi u 11 all.no, or the detail* of operation*, tliey will he excluded from tiie line*, it lion combatants. The Memphis Af-ptul considers this oider right and pro per arid sees in it, besides, a valuable aux iliary to the editorial fraternity, in suving to it time now lost in pursuing und trifling long w inded communications. The (jKowinu C it oil?All iiccoimfe, says the hynchburg Republican, represent the crops in the surrounding country ns being of tlic most promising character. It Was at first supposed that the recent raid of Hunter had done great damage to litem, but wo now learn from all quarters that the damage Is very light, and that it will 1 not materially reduce the general yield ? I'he most serious injury inflicted upon the ' i.inning interests hat been iu the low ol 1 ! labor at a moment when it was aioat noedf ed. We hope, however, that even this dif! ficully will not prevent our friend* from staving all their wheat anil properly working, 1 all iheir corn 1 If a kind Providence shall continue to faror tit with good seasons, we may aufely predict that the grain crop this year in Virginia will largely exceed the crop of ' Inat vcar. The grata crop, too, it alao aaid * to he unuauully heavy, ao that neither man ! ner beast !l iu danger of starvation the * coming winter. The food crisis is pasted, am) we confidently believe tliat if we arcbut true fo ouraelvea, a kind Providence will continue to safely deliver ua out of every trouble. liupatieoeeThe tedious length of the campaign in Virginia, hat caused a rentiers impatience with some persona. They had expected t? nee (irant w ound up a mouth ago, after the terrific battles of the Wilderness, Npotsyl i? vania C. II., Cold Harbor,&c.; and they arc ^ impatient at the long protracted struggle. Hut if they will calmly reflect upon the actual results of the campaign, they will dia ...... k..... I...n U?.... U/lik I. , than twenty tliomnnd eaauallira of all . kinde, aa a voteinporary remark?, (ion. I*e? e haa actually put hart Je combat a number ol d the enemy larger thaH liia whole amy ? The Confederate atrength of Virgfnia-u not materially leaaened, while with nil hla 11 reinforcement* (irtnl'a army ia virtually I ruined. The proportion of the loaaea from '* all cauaea haa doubtleaa been in the ratlu it of Av? or more to our one, and the moral ell ret of the fighting upon the enemy thui far haa been more diaaalroua than a defoal e rould havo been in any ainglo open Aoit U light. Tho ro?ult of tha campaign in Vtf gioia aurpaaeea, in our judgment, all rea< i aonablo antkipaiiona, and ahouid be mat' tor of thonkfulncae ioetead of itnpalienoo 01 complaint. Wo havo never looked for anything flue than a protracted struggle, and in the course of 'that, wo certainly never hoped to see such stupendous losses indicted upon the enemy with so little sxpendituro of blood upon our part?Italeigfy. Confederal<?. The "glorious Fourth" was, ns usual, pleasantly and properly celebrated in the good town of Columbia. Stores were cloud, the great bell was made to ring as merry a peal as could bo elicited from its iron throat, and in the afternoon a happy concourse gathered together to enjoy nuisie in the Park. The most notable demonstration of the occasion, however, was the illumination of the jail. This was got up by the. Yankee prisoners?a curious proof of tlio cruel treatment which,according to truthful Ynnkec journals, tliey are accustomed to receive at our hands. The trib utes paid to the memories of the day by the captives and their captors was a strange illustration of the times.? Carolinian. Maxamilian's Proclamation On the 528th of May Maximilian Issued the following proclamation Mexicans: You havo desired me. Your noble nation, by a spontaneous majority, have selected me henceforth to watch o\er your destinies. I deliver myself up with joy to this call. However painful it may have'been for ino to say farcweil forever to my native country and to mv kindred, i have _ i j.. J ? ...... . . * ii111'iiuy uo'iu 11, 11111y pers'iatlC'l llial the Almighty has called me, through yon, to the noble mission of concentrating all my might and soul to a people who, worn out by disastrous combats and warfare, sincere, ly desire peace and prosperity?a people who, having secured their independence, wish now to enjoy the fruits of civilization J i- . 1 uuu irue progress. Flie mutual confidence with which we are animated, yen anil I, will he crowned with a hiilliant success, if we remain always i united, to valnrously defend the great principles which ore the only true ami durable foundations of {Slates; the priiu ip'es ol inviolable and immutable justice, if equality, under tho law, the path open to every one, to all caret rs and social positions; the complete personal liberty, as riohtlv understood, si curing with it the proleeiion of the individual slid of property, the develop iiciil ol the nation's wealth, improve menl in agriculture, mines an I industry, the es labiishment of means of comiiuii ication for an extensive commerce ; and, tinally, the development of education in ul! its relations w ith lite public interest. The blessings of Heaven, and With tliem progress and liberty, will assuredly not fail us, if all the faoUoiis, allow ing themselves to bo led by a strong ami loyal government, shall unite to realize the oLieet wl.i. li I lo.v.. ami if we always e->tiIinoV* to lie animated by tlie religious s> iitiinciits by which our beautiful country ha* distinguished itself even during us m st unhappy periods. The civilizing H-g ??( France, raised so high by lier noble limpcror, to wlnu i you owe tlie rcgtneralian of order and | cnec, repre: ent? tlic-e same principles. Tni* is w lint tbe chief ol iiis forces said to y ou a few months since in sincere nnd disintorested languagt?as a I'urer tinner of a new era of happiness. livery country vvliieii lias wished to have a future has eomu to lie gre.it and strong by following Litis road united and linn (iod will give us strength I i reach the grade of prosperity which we dt sire. Mexicans tlie future of your beautiful country is in your bunds; as to myself! otlcr you a sincere will, loyally, and a'liriii intention to respect your laws, and to cause them to bo re-pecttd with an invariable authority. (irtd and yeur coiiihlercn constitute my strength. The banner of independence is my symbol, my device, yoti already know ? "equity and justice i shall lie faithful to it all my lil'u. it is my duty to grasp the sceptre and lite sword of honor with lirm nets- It lit'ci'inrs the inevitable task of the Kmpresn to consecrate to the country j all the noble sentiment* of a Christian \ ir tue ami the sweetness of a tender mother Let us unite to gain the common end ; 1st us forget past shadows ; let us hury the cdit?m of faction, and the aurora of peace and merited happiness w ill shine again radiantly over the new empire. Maxi.iiii.iam. "Vera Cruz, May '.17, 1364." * MM ?1? The Battles in Virginia Viewed from AbroadW e are if.1flil.ol to Lien irentleimxi eim. ! nrcted with the litboor.ipliio establishment", ' for late Kuropean papers, IrOin w liicli We ex Unci the following : The detail* of the yrent buttles in Amvri> ea are calculated rather to enhance than diminish the sensation u illi which the fital telegram* wore received. There lias been uo exaggeration, no over strained description of the conflict* or the enrnago. If, in. deed, it be recollected that even the long report* of furious fighting a hich wo yeaterday published still leave two days of aan< quinary action unaccounted for.il must h? allowed that war has never come before u? in * *hnpe ao appnling. perhaps the Amor ban* may be proud of the pre-eminence but they have certainly fought more de*. i peratcly, for a longer lime, and with uiou dreadful slaughter than any nation before them. It would not be impossible to match ' the results of any on? day's battle with tcricn iroiu li e wure oi lit* ilia world | but naver, mo should think, in tlio history of inun, were live euch bull it * us Hum compressed into eix successive days. It it bnrd to conceive how nature could hav? supported the exhaustion ar.d the strain.? I Wo have bean told that nfter a single da/1 > hard fighting Iho lassitude and reaction ir I oven a victorious army era audi that mm I freeh force might eeatch it* lauiela trout ii whereat here are two artniea holly ongagii > lo the work oS alaughter from the mornin; of Thuraday ftfl the night of Tuesday, witl r acarccly the inUruiisaion of au hour. Oi every day except Saturday thero wan n pitched bnttlu contented with the utmost fury; and even Saturday was devoted to inarching and lighting on the march. Nor were these prodigious operations divided among inucense numbers brought into nation by relays. Neither army numbered apparently above 100,'JUO men, nod of these every inan *eeni3 to have been engaged in j every battle. Indeed, we are expressly 'old that the Federal "reserves" were brought up on the very fn>t day.? howhtrt Tiints, .VIf y 2-1. Army Intelligence, In tub Field neaii Hum's Station. July *4.? In order to eounterael a flank movement made by a large force of the enemy on our left, the army commenced to withdraw from the neighborhood of Marh etta*night before hi?t. The movement wan I....i...1 ? ..i:, IL.. J along 1 luou'n front, earned Itv mi attempt I of tlin enemy to plunt batteiies to eoiiiinmni j tho river. Our artillery opened on tliem, theirs rt* plird rapidly, but Were noon fileltced. The eneiny uhnrgid (ieneral M ite's ckir; rnisliers yonterd.iy at i^uelln, our cavalry pick eta waited unlil they got half w at a ems* I lie river, then tin y opened on them, and drove them back in great confusion, U'r.HP.l it: tr 1II1111 V " -' !? J THE AssAUI.T oN FiiIlT J -HNSoN. Marly yesterday morning ?.i<- >*;?:?tcl??**< were rweivi'il by (ii-ncrnl Jones,ann Mincing lb -t the enemy bad made a ?1 < t? riitirn*>i assault upon Fort Johnson, in fmty eight barges, but were handsomely repulsed by the gar rison of that post, under l.ientenaDt t 'olomj Joseph A. Yates, 1st S. (AilillerV. We , cnptuied in the atVair 140 prisoner*, 115 i aland of Hniull arum and 5 live bargea.? Only II out of the 4S barges wl.ich made the nltnck were neen to return to Mattery (Jregg. We are gratified to be able to elide on official Authority that the enemy on Juno? island fell back hastily before our troops sent forward on Sunday to feel II.em, and that our picket line is now re established where it was before the move began. lifiiernl Hobcrlann reports mm inr ?ur * my landed at White Point, Mid udvrmced to i King's Creek, where they were rr.et, and i j*fl*?r h sharp skirmish tell back. Our loan i fury slight. ! The bombardment of the city goes ou ' Thirty shota were fired <>n Satiirdij and 5 thirty-three on Kund^, up to six p in ? i There lias been considerable tiring on tin > Slono and Kdialo, and a bri*k shelling o - Uattsry Pririgl'e baa been kept up. Twt > monitors ware in Hlono yesterday. Heavj i tiring wits going on up t o the hour at w hie I t we want lo prets la?t nigttt, but we eoub ; not nscerUin the cause.? CharleUun Mer 1 cury, 0Ik intl. | Tlfs news (goin James Island th? pa? two days has presented no fealur? of espe I cist inUirsst. Th? eaeinv ?cents to retail I " -J (Jen. llardoo'e corps, though in some places not more tlian -10 < r Lt) yards from the cneni}\s lines, did not hegin to move until just before da\light yesterday, uiid was conducted so quietly, that the enemy was riot aware of it until the evacuation : was completed. Not a gun was fired during the night, ex eept from Ki-nnesaw mountain. Ahout sunrise they hoisted r. ting on Ketinesaw\ An hour or two Inter they advanced, Jeav ing Marietta to tl,e left, and passed uear the Military Institute, where our cavalry com-, tutsiaed skirmishing with a brigade. The enemy, this noruiirg, attacked said foice, (l(;0 dismounted cat airy,) and were compelled to retire. We captured ill) heavy rilles, a lew prisoners and horses. 1 lio cm my navu been leeling lor our position to day. ('uusidcrable skirmishing going on ? heaviest along French's trout. ( II ATTAI'IIOOCIIE Kivf.k, July 5.? All quit't this morning. The enemy yesterday j burned l.ewellan the Junction of the Atlanta and Decatur Kailr >ads. Some prisoners were brought in last night ; among then. Lieutenant Werl of the ! 1 OUtli Indiana. There has been very little , skirmishing today. The enemy is \ ery cautiously feeling his way. They yesterday burned the paper mi'.i at Kuswcll. A Yankee Major and 10 privates were brought in this evening. Mf.IIIDIAN. July C?A special de?patcli to the Clarion, from Krau.l iii, savs the Yankees occupied J .cks-m at nohn, on yes I terd.ry, (jell. Sloeum says his obj ct is to J destroy tlie raiiroiols ami hiidges, and will then return to Yicksltnrg. I lis lorees are estimated to 2500. Veiv heavy bring wio heard to-day between Jsekson and (".?nt??n CiiaT'i'Aiioi ciiki:, July 7?With the exception of occasional skirmishing this tie-rii ing by our batteries on thu l ast side <4 the river and Turner's ferry, replied to by tho-e of the enemy, all quiet along the lines. Among the pii-.oi.crs brought ill to day are Col. Mherinan, (J n. I to want's chic! of stall, and Ids orderly, who were captured hy our pickets w idle making a reconnois sauce of our lines and works. .MAiiioiAN, July 7?The Yankees left 'uck.Ni n yesterday af.criioon. No private property Was destroyed. The object "I the expedition was to destroy the railroad between Jackson and ('anion. Telegraph communication with Jackson resumed. Jackson, July 7?The oueiny.estimated at 4;(J00, occupied this place til! 4 p m , when they cvaciia'.t d, iimting hack on the Clinton lvoud. Our Idrccs arc in their lioni and llank. A severe tight .occurred lour miles West, fri in daylight to 7 o'clock this, morning ; since then ali quiet. No particular damage to tl.e cili/.-mt, except negro Ate.ding. Negroes ol all ages, regardless of sex, w ere carried olT hy app ireiit force, I and litany citizens arc left without a single servant. No damage to the railroad or lei. cgrnpli olfice. ('HITAIIOI :illi:, July There was \cry heavy bring last night i his foothold upon the Island, and his | forces were drawn up In line of battle all ' day Tuesday, confronted by our own troops. ] Some skirmishing look place during the | day, and it is elated that we bnd a few of i our men, belonging to the 1st South Car' o'ina Aililli-rv and 3'Jd Ceorgia, wounded. ! \\ r? could learn no names. Two monitors, in conjunction with the wooden gunboats in the Stono, were shelling our lines at various times yesterday.? Courier ifllU in St. From Virginia. Pekehmtjiu;. July !.?4 l\ M.?The enetny are still in our front at nil points of | tIt0 old lines It is thought doubtless l)i:vt some of their forces have been sent away probably either to the Noitli side of the Appomattox Mid James River, or WashI inoton eity. At every point on the enemy's line, hug? (] es havo becti displayed to day j and bands iiuessnnlly playing. l.rss tlian I the uatinl about of shelling ai.d tome little i picket tiring. | FKTF.itsitu 1.(1, July 5?There was brisk | skiiruiuiiing a'ong our lines on the centre and right last njght, with heavy shelling from the siege gnus at intervals. (Jen. Ander-rui, Longstreet's Chief of Artillery, was slightly svoiindud a few days since, but is doing ijuile well. CJeii. IJiisbrod Johnson was slightly wounded yesterday, but did not leave the field. l'F.TEnsBUKG, July G?Tin? situation around tliis place is unclnmge J. Very little skirmishing to day. I'F.TRttsiiurG, July 7.?The day Ins been unusually quiet ; scarcely any sharp shootinand little cr n<> shelling. Tim weather is extremely warm and the roads deep in dust. Richmond, July 7 ?It is reported that 'JOO Yankees were surprised and captured at Martinsbtirg last Sunday. Four pieces I of cannon and stores, including extensive preparations lor a 'till of July dinner, were also taken. KKOM TIIK TKANs Mtsstssirri. A despatch dated Clinton, Ln., July tith, via Mobile, says: The steamer lago, tended with Cotton, was captured and burned by our trneps in ; Arkansas r iv cr. AM "registered "enemies'* remaining in N'evv (Moans nr* ord<-ied to report to tiie I'ro/ost Marshal, to he sent beyond the lines. Delegates have left New Orleans to attend the Chicago Convention. Over loo men, deserters faun the Van' I kee army, have In eu arrested on lis ;r way to .M. v o to join Mixiniiliiun'n army. Cm:by is organi/ing u force ?t JO,CUM ii;i n, either to reintoree Sherman er lal. Vaiic.* i...d threaten Mobile and Dclnoj oil-. The sleani'T I.oni^i.n.a Hell, a government transport, was burned at the levee at New < Mentis lately. tiohi commands i!R.*> cotton 1G0 Nor thorn JieWiThe ll.illimort: tia-oite, ot the J8th, says the news from < Irant's army is unimportant, j Raids of Confederate cavalry are tn-iimi-ly J inlerriipting Sheiman's communication ? On the Isili, \ hnrton, witli - .Vm> men, capt iirc.i j'.Htl destroyed, lutwoen Ki: B'*t< n ntiii D.ilton, live truins loaded tsuii ?ii|-|?!it*** fot {Sherman's army. On the -Otli, two other siipp!y tr. ilia were captured near I Itvsa.M The 11* rai l, i.f tin- 1st, says Secretary Chase i:as r?-i.i-?i. Vuioiis causes are assigned. Chase's I'ri.uiis c!aiiu that lis i determined a month ago tt? retire at the <11(1 ?il the lineal year. Fesseiulcf lias Let n apj'oiriti >T in his place. Operation? in gold on the 30tli were extreiiiciy vtiid? prices ranged between -40 to U I I. Lincoln in a letter accepting the nonii' nation, says the "position of the (iovernI invlit in relation to action of France in ATexii-O will be maintained. Ti iu Washington Chronicle, <>|' the 3d, contains a special despatch from k.-HQcsuW ! .Mountain, June .ITili, which k.ivs a severe I attack was made this. morning #by ci j portion* of the -1 tit, lM anil Legari's coips, on tlie enemy's crest ami centre, right anil left, 'l'lie light lasted two linura, but our j men were compelled to give back befoio the severe tire <>1 the enemy- Gen. l'arker j was killed and Daiiiil MqCooke severly wounded. Our Ion* was 2,0t)0, but mc now hold a position consi icrab'y in advance tl wi.ere the lighting occurred. Congress passed tbo enrollment bill en tlie 23d. It piovide* for the reception of substitute*, repeals the comtnu'atiun law, and require* lifty days' notice of a dralt. Secretary Chase, on the tie ol resignaI lion, wrote a letter inking the raising of four hunorcd millions additional taxes ibis year. Tbo Chronicle fears that Congress is in such haste to adjourn, '.but no additional legislation will be d.gcsbd. The Chronicle, noticing W ikon's raid, says keep tlie railroad* cut, and general ' starvation in a month or two will take the i rebel capital, w itbout the aid o! (Jen. Grant. I .... . e ... . Jj-J i men! t<> llic oio |.-r a Kepuhnc-in torn) ol Government lor the Stales) now in rebelI lion, which provides that no Slate declared by the President in rebellion, shall vole toi President or Vice President. The House i is yet to ael. The Now York Herald of the 4th mye that St.iunlen had telegraphed to Gen. Ihx that Kirhy Smith was crossing the Missis* ; aippi. I Several confused telegrams from Hnr per's Kerry indicate henvy rebel forrea tnuv > in?' in that direction, in three columns. f Tho Ilaltiuiore Gazette, of Hie 4th, aayi > that all communication* between Lilth J Rock and Memphis were out off. i Provisions of all kinds have udvsncet i largely. llultiinore was greatly excited on Satur day with rumors that rebel cavalry and in t fantry hod ap|fl?(hrd neas Mnrtinsburg AC Uat accounts, Genera! Kelly had etracu. ? ated tho town. Northern paper* of the 4tli received ut ' . Petersburg. announce that Wilsen'9 raiders have re'anted to (iruit's lines, hut admit that he sustained immense loss, though lltey claim that Itic result achieved conipeusate for his losses. The country in the rear of (Jrunl's lines is represented as tilled with stragglers, and I the crops entirely destroyed by the enemy's | foraging parties. it ?n> tm AN ACT to IIaise Mosey to Iscrea-e the Pay or Soldiers. The following Act makes an important a'ddilion to the taxes, us established by other laws: I Tlu? Congress of the Confederate States of America 'to enact, That upon all subjects of taxation, under existing tax law s, there shall be assessed and levied a tax equal to one-tilth of the amount of the present tax oti the same subjects for the year 16 14; which lax shall be payable only in ("unfed, eruto Treasury notes, of the new ai d shall be collected at the sains times with other taxes on the same subjects, under laws now in forec. Kkc\ The money arising from the tax hereby imposed, shall he appropriated, lirst to the payimnt of the increased compensation of the soldiers, under the Act passed at the present session Tiik Crops is tue Vai.i.ev.?The Rockingham (Vn.,) AVgts/er, s.ij 9 n sight of the country now makes I lie heart glad. Cod is going to give as a most abundant harvest. The grass and the grain looks unusually promising, whilst the corn and the fruit I.-. ... 1 1. ... 1 ; ? iik o i.inijf iiiiu iriaji ir.rir n.'ir.il.-. at the pro-poet of filling to overflowing the measure <>f the gills of a bounteous and bentdkv nt l'lovidence. W illi the Vankcos defeated, We sliali bo ilia suitable frame of mind t?> el joy these gifts of the 1 Universal Father." ? ! * Q' ai.ii ications of an Editor.?An English writer says : "A good editor?a competent new-paper conductor?is like a general or a poet, born, not made. Exercise at.d experience give facility, but the qualification is innate, or it is never manifested. On I be London ii.oly | apers, all the great bistori.u s, novelists, poets, essayists, and the writers ot trmeis, have been tried, arid nearly every one lias 'ailed." '"I e.aii," said tbe late ed:t >r ?il tbe I.ondon Tinr s. "find very soldi in a man of common sense." Nearly ail suecos-tiil e. it. 's li.:vp bi i n of this description, A good'editor seldom writes milch for bis (taper?in? reads, judges, selects, dictates, j Jlllcix mil iMinliinuii ??r. \ lixjl.* ..11 il.!? I la- has but lit;!*! time for com portion. To write for a paper is one thing?to edi. ttr.ollirr. \ ion THE Lancaster LEDGER.J At a meeting of tlio i-itizens of Lancaster h'-ld at Duller on the 'J l of July, ('opt, II. It ('lylnirn w.-s uni.niipously nem'nated as a suitable candidate to represent the I)istri t o( Lnuaslir in llio next Legislature. Cap!. t'l) burn was one among the first who responded to the rail of his country and lias In i'ii in teniae i ver since ; ninny are the !>atties that he has passed through and in-itry are the honorable sears that attest his gallantry and bravery in the defence of our d> nrest rights and liberties. All who know ('apt. Clyburn are satisfied with his ability t > properly represent the District ' in the Legislature LOW Lit BATTALION. OBITUARY. "Life is n sham, a Meeting hour How soon the vapor llies; Alan is a tender, transient llower That e'en in blooming Jies."' Died in this village on the 2d July inst., Franklin Adams JIassky, the only child of llurllcl F. and Mis. Maggie Massoy, ago 7 I months. IIlow soon our fondest charms of earth pass away. Often times those we love most tender* ! ly and tiio?e whom our fomlest hopes cluster | mound, adding so much to life's charms ami , bles-ings, are nipped by the icy touch of lllii timely death. We are giievod to pen a tribute i to thin only child and doubly grieved when we think of his distant Father, upon the hloody battle fields ot Virginia. Hut the "God who . commands must he obeyed" and has beckoned h.s .diild to a f.tiier, cole ti.il clime, where the bright angels bask in the sunshine ot eternal glory. Christ pays, "suffer little children to come unto me and loihid tlfbni not for of nueli I-, the kingdom ot God." liright spirits. Their ha11'.s are tuned celestial to the praises ot God and the heavenly arches ring with sweet music, in praises to liiin. Guardian angels they guide our pathway through life's toils ; as care and trouble heitye our bosoms, and the weary soul seeks some lone aud secret place, those angel spirits look down from their homes in the skies upon us, and bctkons us on ; yes, their gentle spirits are ever ami near ministering to the sad and broken hem led parents, and shedding bright light over their depressed spiiita. They are our hope to lead us 0:1, and as wc ga/.e upon the blue vault ol heaven, bespangled w ith J it* millions of glitteiing gems, do we not imag 111< <uu' oi uiusc iu ut "a uc.ir ucparieu lime on*.' "Lot sickness blast, let death devour. If heaven must recompense our pains : Perish the grunt and f ide the flower, If lirui the word oi (Jod remains." S () U T 11 C A It O L I N A. LANCAS1 Kit DISTRICT. i>Y P. T. Ilatamond, Rsquirs, Ordinary ) for said District. 1 WIIERKAS, Stephen T. Small haw rp* plieo to me for letters of Administration, on all and singular tlis floods and Chatties, ' Right* and Credits of Martha M. Taylor late of the District aforesaid, di seased. 1 Tl 1KSK are, therefore, to cite and admonish nil and singular. the kindred and . creditors of ths said deceased, to be and t appear before ins nt our next Ordinary's Court for ths said district, te Ws holden nt I, tncustor Court Douse on the 19th day of ) July inat., to show cause, if nay, why i the said Administration should not bs granted. , t i Given undsr my hand and seal, ' < US. > this 6th day of July in ? ,-*w/ yth* y*ar ?f 0,,r I'ord one thou. . sand eight hundred asd sixty four, and in . ths eighty niiislhysar of ths insspsadonss of the Mints of South Carolina. ttl P. T. HAMMOND, ^ O. I.. IV. July 13, 1M4. -Mi Annouuoenx^H FOR THE SE]^H w authorized to Georgo McC. Witherspo^^^H repiosent the District Seuateof the ensuing We authorized James I< lived as candi^^^^^^l Senate ut the ensuing FOR REFRESEI^^I The friends of \V. M. nounco him candidate District of 1/monster in reBeritatives in the en->uin^^^^H Mr. Editor.?You Mr S. (I. MiKSi'y a cnndi^^^H| seutntivo in the next \Yu are authorized to A. Moore, Kitq., ns ci i the I Ioiiho of Ileprerten||^^^^H Wo are requested t>v T. K. (Jnreton to notqpv.iU^^^^| sition of lfepre?eiitutive FOR SHERI^^H Wo nre authorized to an^B^| NT S'/.u-nll it4 n rnnriiriuti* canter District for the enatl^^^H FOR TAX COLL^H Mk. KditoR.? Please H. Vnnlandinphnm a cand^H^H fire of Tax Co' lector. Many Friends to Wouhded^B (ili EAT ATTHACll THE PRIZE STORY? and tiif. prize poem ekijfl JUDITH Will be commenced Southern Field und^H Published at Gugu:Ra,^^B SATURDAY, JULYJ? These beautiful Literary usual vaiiety oi choice 01 iginal^^^M licles, embracing ROMANCES, POETRY, ES^^HB ES, AC., Will ii.al?<? tiiis popular IIOMF^^^h usually attractive to the is the time to S U B S C K 1 li E^H The Proprietors, determined tli^^H AND FIRESIDE bhall be FAMILY PAPER iu the ConftH the following liberal terms for Clu^H l.'i Copies, C Months, . H 7 Copies, 6 Months, "Copies, 0 Mouths, 1 Copv, ti Months, . CASH INVARIABLY IN jySewa Dealers supplied ilreil Copies. All orders must l>e ftddresset^^^B STOCK Tu^H Augus^H 22 SALE OF COTTJ l WlLL'bFFBRat public uM highest and beat bidder on Yv'^^H doth July, 1804, nt the re?id|^H Criuiininger, nix bales cotton^^^H the property of \V. li Grcvo^^^J sold for the payment of taxe^^^J federate Mlatea by anid (Ireeal^^H JAMES R. ? 18th District July 5, 1804. ENROLLING OFifl I IE Al) <i'lt'S., 1 auwste^^B Jaly^^| I. The attention of the eomtnuuding Ileal Compuni^^^H District, S ha^y|^^^H Ollicor white uieu between setl^^^H years of age, and of all twean the ngea of cighteen^^H ding in Uieir rospecuve anco with an order inHued quarters in directed Tliey are again called on report immediately. The who tail to do no on or 1801 will be reported. II. All persona liable to liave not been examined Board in this District, are to appear at the next mcctii^^|H cal Examining Board. Tbot^^H dixregard this order, and thoa^^^Hj time have never reported will be eonaidorcd aa right of examination und^^^H xi ription. Such persona without examination to struction, unless evid>ntl^^^^fl at this oll'uo. It is place themselves in this m let l.ieut. and Enr^^H Lancaster July 6, 1864. NOTICE. I 1 hereby forewarn a i [*< r|^^H ding for a noto given by nrs^H for $175. Sard note is dateB Ant January 1864 ; aa the conifl Mid note has failed, nnd I wi? unless compelled by law. June -JH, 18(14, -fl Hags! RaM Tiie ti^heat market prk^S fur ill I clean cotton and line^H or aranll quantities deliverad^H Persona in making tip their rn<j* will |nri*iic bv careful no any woolen scraps C B NORTHROP Attorney at 1 AND 4 MOIJCITOU Ul K| Will practice in Loacaanrni'jfl 4^ fiiff DiatricU.^^B ?^FFICK. AT (.ANCAS^H October Slut, 1861.