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I I 4 v m ; i' ii i i ii i i i i ~^ LAJIOAJTMYHXK. 8.6' """' TbmA?7 Horning, Aug-16, 1864. \ in 1 i~J tmm fW An stated bat weak, w? are obliged to require pruduoo Irocn producer*, in payment .of local advertising and job printing. *wi v <uc rt(|HC>wa to UJ intl IMT, V A. * Plvler will preach at Waxbaw Church on Oie first Kiklitlh in September, Supplies for the OoTemaient. Mhjor Ckrrington, of the Quartermaster's Dopari men t, ia at this time In our village for the purpose of purchasing suppliea of corn and oats for the homes In Qen. Lee'a army. Our otyect iu llita brief notice ia merely to apprise the people of the District generally, that they will be called upon to spare whatever they can of 4 .these articles. They have always liberally res. ponded to cells of thla nature, aud we cannot 14 doubt that they will do so now, when the emergency under which the call la made ia explained to them. As a preliminary step, a meeting of citizens la expected to be held here to day (MoimI*;), the result of which will not be known j until after we go to press. Distressing Accident ' .On Saturday afternoon last our community wu startled by the intelligence that Peter Wy? .lie, i eon ol Dr. A. P. Wylie, of fleeter, had been killed lit the outoklrU of our Village by the accidental discharge of a gun in hie own i *> hand*. There wae no one with him when the accident occurred except a email negro boy ; but there eeema to bn no doubt ol the faot, from the nature of the wound, and other cir. cumttaiieea, that the gun waa accidentally discharged In Ida own hand*. The load entered hi* breast and ahouldcr, killing him almost inatantly. A jury of Inquest rendered their rar^ diet iu accordance witli these facta. The deceased waa thiileen years old, and a try intelligent and promising youth. He had been hare but a few daya, on a visit to his relatives. Hie sad fata has enlisted the sympathies of our community with hia sort owing i elative*. j ? Far long bed Soldiers The following arrivkU at the "Soldier's Kent" in Camden, of soldiers fi-om Lucailtr |r? ?e| ported lu thk Camden Journal : ; | . W. A. Fuudetburk, III Uegitncnt, B. C. lu[J fintr^. w M. Fail?Co. I, nh s. C. V.?elek. T O. Wilkinson?Co. D,,4Ch Regiment S. V. I T.? wounded. I J B Hilton- Co. D, lat Regiment 8. V, V. ' ?nick. fi Jot in ?. Hammond?Co. 11, 4(h Regiment 8. | jC. Cavalry, Butler's Brigade-?eiok. I < ! tkla institution is of important benefit to sold it rs passing to and from Lancaster, it ahottd be liberally aided bjr our citisens. Conttibn tiona, particularly of pNrUuM, would no doubt I be very acceptable, and would peril* pa aid In alleviating the suffering* of nan; wearied and aack Midler* irom our Diitriet The following inter rating eatracta are from a private letter received Irom Mr. N. B. Crdg. Co "I" 17th Regiment, and refer* to the affair of fOtb July. The ceaualtiee in tbia company era reported alaawhere t W a had a aovaro fight day fihfore y eater day. The enemy apt nag one of their tninea and blew up a battery of tbree gun*. and a portion of our liuoa, with 2 couipauiea of the 2*d, one of them Co "K," and 4 compauiea of the 18th; killing and burying aliva nearly all of theee companiaa. The enemy tnoaaed hia troops. Imoulj MgrMi, at thli place and charged our iinee. Our Regiment being neat to iht 15d, it had the biunt of the charge to bear. Wo fought them gallantly lor about two bourf, bat they i maaaed into oar trenoh, overpowering ua, arid 4 beat ua back about one hundred and tifly or f' two hundred yards from the mine. Wo dispja. I ding and giving back inch by Inch. /! We were reinforced about lo o'clock 1. M , charged the work* Irom ' the roar and carried them, tiling the tranche# three and four deep in plaeee with the deed?mostly negroes?who were abot and bayoneted in the breeet work* and uy(h| to get oat. In thia charge "i recovered eS of our front Una ; but immediately I opposite and la rear e# the battery blown up we had two reeeree ttnee about 80 or 100 yards Jong each. The enemy meaeed back In thott huca lo aave tbetnaeivea?ikane lines were altto ao strong that they ueuld protect themselves from the front?we thee had to aanke a second I charge from the rear, which waa done about 1 P. M., the remnant ef ear RcghnSnt pertloff paling. * e Oar company bee nine men left (or duty.? Everything bee been ?|utet a*wee, an armistice waa agreed on thin uiotninf early to briug in the death Our deed bad eU been ;buried be fore. The eight after the tght where the mine wae Mow a op beggar* description May God , preserve am teem ever beholding another uch The subjoined eatraeu of e private letter rp fl ceived in Ibis plaoe from Lieut. W If. MitUg, refers to the battle of the 16th and iHH be found lo ferreting : raTsasevno, Vs., Aug. 18?4, Oat "1114th Regt. ?. C. ?. There waa ronr bard fighting on oar left on Saturday, Tbe cnerr.y blew ap a portion ef our work*, and then cbarged i they or led out "no gasmen.'' When they esoeeed our woifca our faRent boy* gave them what they <_n1lcd for. Oar lorn wee not mseh in proportion to the enemy's. The baas cowards pieced their aegioeo in front, end this la etroag evidence to me that Grant's army ie detwoialmed. yke (negroes aay diet the* were driven to th? front, and bad orders to MM every body old and you Of before them. I am nek satisfied that a Jim God wM not allow these mm ftp em and robbers tn prosper l? their wicked muse 1 am wary I I confidant that we will establish our nationality, and every atop that oor enemies Uka makes our men npre united aud strengthen* our determination tp be free and ii)dip?iuieut or to fill honorable graven. e a ^Everything ia eery quiet, aud it aeema like Grant, since hi* failure to accomplish anything by mining, has eoute to a dead halt. deserter came acreae the river last night. I talked with him this morning; he aays, that the ene my have moved ell oi their heavy artillery from I * .1-1-1 -? ? ?? nyi!i,#iwli tmuK ion k m true, lor they have not Iked any heavy guns at u* in two of three days. He aaya that they are mining at Drury'e tiluff, but I do not think that they can effect anything .there lor a ditch could be cut so a* to let water run around the works and protect them tyvm any movement ot that kiud. a' I em not diaposod to boast of the condition and ability of our armies, but I sincerely believe, that irith Utc ees'stsnce of God, we will I be able this year to convince the enemy that it Is utteily Impossible to subjugate us, and that a people who are ftgliling lor everything thai la drar and sacred on earth cannot be overcome by base hirelings and murderers. Casualties,We published jut week a partial report of .oaaunlties in Co. "f 22d Regiment and in Go. "1" lltfe Regiment, sustained in tlio explosion and battle ol the 80th of July. The loss in these two companies, as will be seen by the lists published below, yu greater than at first supposed The carnage, for toe limited area embraced, Is without precedeut during the war : Casualties in Co E , 33d Si C. Regiment, in the fights uuund Petersburg: Kijled.?John Bare field, William Q. Caakey. . 'Vonndrd.?-0- A. J.v'es, krtee severe ; J.. I nt U-.I a-? -.a *. i. uimsr, im m n'tre ; U. J .Miller, iirin alight ;'Kdwsrd MeMsows, arm slight; J. 1. Parker, faee aeriuit*; J. tt. K<>\vt!,l, head light ; U. JT.ConncJl, hand alight. Minting and *opposed captured : James U. Wjlljauia, |\re?slv Perry. Yours, At.c., T. II. CLYBUHN. pETRamoRO. Aug 1 ?Since writing the above ik? ?-nenir sprang a mm* a' Pogrmns Virginia Batterjr, of which tha ISlh a'nd 'J'id i 8 C (UginiMHla arere in aupport, and the I fallowing am the casual list in Co. B. Md 8. C UrginMit: fcilltd ? William W. Ponder bark, John M r?pd?rlinrk, Laoey N. Ponderburk, W. K Whs. J. W gat ridge. Wis N. Kat ridge. W,n EiUidgt, G. NrJoyner, Samuel 'lob : beat, John J. Smsy. .Wogndrd ?VV. L. Blankmofl. aide alight;1 J. T. Hosa, contusion, head and f?p? serious; U C. Lanar, contusion, head and lane, right lag airpdUted ; Jamee H. Harris, contusion, beck, brenal and leg aeriowa ,Cbap Katridgc, contmlon, beck at*vera; L. P. Gordon, eon t Avion. It*ir aiiirbt Mtpaing aopeoacd captured. Li. A. W. Ibaik, A 1*. Wallers, Nicholas Came*. 8 ighlly injured und nt>' able for da|>; (,'apt. J N: Shedd, Lt G VV. Ponderborg, I. H Waitara, On Holder, H. ft Kape, J. T. Pnnlipa, James Adams, Aaron Adaina, Me., JMmb. * 1 ' Youra, T. H. C. The following arc the reauatflea reported in Go. "1" 17th 8, (J. Regiment. We laern that doling the aogagrment C'spt. Steele, of tbia company, coutinai'ded the Regiment, <A?|. Mo Mnktcr acting Brigadier Killed.?Sergt. J. 8. McMurrj, Private* ft. W. Campbell, W. V. Gardner, \y, A. (lank Wounded.?Lieut. 1. T. La than, daogeioaa. \y ; Privetaa N. D. Cinig, slight; W. G Kail, arm aud breast, severe t G. W. Jaot, slight; W.J. llenaoit, alight. Mlaaing: Cbrpl. R Key, Privates V Dean. 8 J Faulkner, W L k'aulkuer, A R Jam, A X Un?aon, A J Rotiiusou, J ( Thomaon, WiUotj Wallace, H V WhIUaker, J T B CVaig, J L How rd . . * ? 1' . . BditorUi BnvHiti ' The Montgomery, Alabama, J/iai/of the 2d (oat, aayi torn U a drug in that market at per l?ii?hel. The GudrJimn re porta that eome tt or 80 enact of tmal* pox bare occurred within a few mijct of Monti cello Poat-Offlcc, iu Fairfield Dia* trict, 8. CL The annual Contention of the Bible 8oeie< tiet of South Carolina will bo held at Spartan* burg Court IIoum ?u tha third Tuesday in September, I8M. A few day* after General Hood aa?unied the command ?f the Army ol Tennessee, he, with his atof,/rialN all the lioapitala at Allaota, and the resnlt of Ma strict Inspection was re? turn of fifteen hundred men to the front. . M?|. (ion, Maury, of M9bile, ha* be?n ordered to tako command of the Dppartiient. of Alabama, Mississippi and Rest Lohlsi^tta?a place nude vacant by Gen. 8. D. Loo being assigned to the command of Hood's corps iu tliesrmy of Twin' essee. Gen. Iliggins succeeds flen. Maury in the Mobile District. JUljuwi i 1 frntmrnmamm t [son TUK Laitplantsa 1.800**.j NIM KRA vK's Pun, Jvly V>, 1864. MP Editor :?Tts ft)ov*ai?nta of tha enemy for the last week o> this aide of tha riser, f^Noyth j hay* been active sod oI soma importance. I hava.not thno to writ* y+u 9*17 p*n?iw? Uelor j Ip-dift n*il will leave. terti.% ??n. a flank nto**<nent on lira rnemt ' poailloo n??ar libera MM, oo Ilia - ft?h inal. TWa>neifty'*?4 rooted and thair eanrion captured?MeWoWtfa'a Arigada oaptqvfuf ilia bailor*. th?r loa* ?w not amy heavy. Tba Hlh R?giaae*t eaptared two of ft?e * m guns and succeeded in getting one of them Olt? of the field ; ll^e other guns were ab??n doned nod subsequently foil into the heoda of the enemy. All the home* attached to the hettery were kitted which accounts for our net bringing off ail tbe guns. Toe enemy'a loas was heavy, both in men and horses?cavalry. The following includes all the caaualties from I em-aster : Companv i. 12th ft. C k ??^l?? Wounded J. K. Neat, dangerous in boulder. Company E?Wounded?W- S. Foulkinbury, slight in ahoulder. In Capt. Ben. Clyburn'a Company 1 hear from a reliable aource thai Nnuiiui Ken nington wm killed, and Jehu Bailey slightly wounded. LOCAL. iron tuk lascwotkr lipoxr. j Bivouac 2d 8. C. Regt. July 25, 1864. | Ma Editor.? I learn from friends just from the District that my name has been I proposed in the "Ledger" as a candidate to I represent the District in the lower branch nf our nejc t Legislature. For this act of kiudneffs I know not to whom I am indebted ; as i had never dreamed of auch an un expected monifusio of generous esteem and grateful feelings for me. Bi^t with the many urgent so^uiUUoos I have receive*! from j brother soldiers In the army and in private communications from friends in lire District whom 1 always leel it an honor and my | duty to serve] I must .express my willing | ness, whatever toy xshaneee (pay be, to be a candidate J t>*g llicui to b*U?v.e how grateful I fuel for and how sincerely i appreciate the evident-en of high regnrt^and tne,nsl>M<>p Ahey have expressed for me ; and would say to niv fellow jniixt-psiind brother aold*er* Marti if I ahouWi have the tiouor to be their choice I ahull endeavor to nerve 1 heui faithfully?by eonatun'.ly and ssviduoualy Jatroriog to promote the mierenl of { each and every one and the intercnt ol ; my aujQ'ering country to the very beat ol my ability. Advarting to any .being, in the army, 1 may add that, if I ahoqld f>e elected, the conncjumieaa of my dutr to my country and tba bright examples of mv fallen com I radvu will iQoa^t assuredly atunulale tue to remain in aervice I am very renpeetfully jfojar auoet obedient aervent, B R. CLYBURN. Army Intelligence. From Virginia. Ht^MMoajy. August 11On Tuesday last the Ordnance Depot, at City Point, explv .ded billing n large namber of Yaniteoa. The New Yorh Tunes nays that forces are concrnCrating 00 the Upper Potomac, 1 to operate sgaiost the robele in that sea. tioo Grant and (tuff visited Harper's Farry 1 last Sunday. I Private advices represent Kentucky quiet. ! Revolutionary aentiu>?nta ?? 1 rapidly. and prominent citisi'O*, heretofore Uuioiiitte, or* duw operating ailh the peace party. . j The raeideure of the widow of M*j. John Saddon, (brother of the Secretary of War,) ?w burned by ardor, in retaliation for IheJ burqiug of Montgomery liiair'a Itouae. From the Georgia Front AvlaNTA, Aug. I'i.?Uiixk ekirmmbing oo ttie rilrruu left. Tha battariea on Ma' ri*ll* atraet and Knt alreat rqad opened pun tha city at I o'clock this morning mod u?nUuue up ta tha preaenl time. No caaaaitlo* reported. I'K. ....... t. ..Ill U)? lrA, but malting oo effort to extend tbeir rigfit. ?^ aa From Mobile. ' IfoOILt, \*g. I I.? Heavy firing reported It Prfrt Morgan Tuesday and Wedoraftay. To-day tha telegraph wuaa w?ri cut betwran th? cilf and fort. "Two vaiuli off l)ay river bar ihia evening. The bay ehorea, are eoeered with the define of Fedu/al vri eele. Large qnaniiliaa of lar, pilah. and tarpentine have bean burned to prevent (be enemy from getting it Troupe daily arriving. General good feeling prevail*. Hortbern Hew?A special dispatch to (hi VVImk ^ob PeUrnburg, mye Northern 4iIm to the loth, lUI* that the rebel* were completely rooted in the tight il MoorflilJ, with tire Ium of HOO priaoner*, and were parsoed by Averill 2b Mile*, itrad'ey Johnatou'a staff rulers, artillery train*, and a quanta) of sineJi arm*, were captured. U?Oiu*Uad barely eeenped. Johnson were the insignia of rank. Mid subsequently a#**p?d. The eamnaign bit opened actively in j Florida, and ia proaevuted with great aue-1 eean under Ithney. He tiorore papera of yesterday aUte that the Yankee oavalry occupy Martinaburg. Sb?r j idan reports hla force* moving up tlto Hheaaadoeh valley againut the enemy. At 4 ' o'clock, Wednesday, akirminhing waa go. . Ing on tea nwiee from Wlnchealer. Grant . h*a returned to t*l?y I'oiat. Itia aaeerted ! that Htanton ha* tendered hi* reatgnatiea which wss promptly MMVira oy Nliwlll M?w Orleans psfwri .0/ th? hlh stale thsl j the T?eum*eh etruek a torpedo opposite Port Morg*n ??d wsnt d??? immediately. All <>a board perished, ineludihg Ih* ssptsiu, eiwept at OS. who wars roads prisoners. After Um fort was pnessd, the Tennessee cams Bp through the fleet of wooden veessla, delivering hrosdsidss and looking for I ha Hertford, toe flog ship of Commodore Parrefwt. The Mooongabela bors down And utraek the Tennessee amidships; the Hertford than wot alongside, and ths Tan' Baaaea poarad hrosdaidsa into her psitholes ' asmilag, as lbs Trsa Doha sere, a fearful loss of Mfb on the Hartford. Tba Leakswsoaa and othara cans to tba < raKaf of ??rr?|W, ontit tba Tahsaeaaa surrendered krcapkp paiboncas Rkoaitohid,? Mr. Jo.Kpb Barbae, Dr. Wui. K, Siltet anil Mr. William Christmas captured yesterday, in Watereo Swamp, about ttvs miles below Oaraden, two Yankees who were {probably escaped prisoners, making tbeir way to the coast. On being searched, at Capt. Leitner's office, there were louud upon thurn, among otber things, two well executed maps?oue of the Georgia Rail Hood, aud the other of the country from Columbia to Beaufort, N. 0. The prisoners nere lodged provisionally in the jail, and forwarded this morning, under guard, to Colombia ? Ctpndeti Journal OBITUARY Corporal M. L. DUNLAP, of Capt. Poster's Co. 4th S. C. Cavalry, was wounded May Zbth near Richmond, aiul died in thai city, Juue hlli 130-4, aged about 2'2 years. The subject of this notice was a native of .Lancaster District, and with tunny others of her noble sons, be volunteered efirly in lire war lor I the deleiicc of our country, lie served on the j coast with great fidelity for about two years, | and when his command was ordered to Vir\ ginia in the spring he went. Moon after they I arrived in Va., they went into (rattle ami while nobly contending with the enemy, tell,-mortally wounded. The best of all is, he was a good "soldier of Jesus Christ.'' Having the advantage of pious parents, he was emuy uitloctnua1 ted in the principles of Christianity by which he profited. And no one perhaps can point to an act of his Nfc that could he considered otherwise than the liuit of the uohlc christian principles in which he was instructed. He lived a consistent member of the M. K. Church, Sollfli, he died lar from home and we believe mat he rests in heaven. Bis bereaved parents had the melancholy j satisfaction of bbtaiuiug Iris Lardy and of burying it near the Church where be worshiped.? The largo coueouiso that attended his luneval obsequies, attested the esteem in which ho was Iraki. * A J.4J. _ r J- . . . 1 Announcements. FOR THE SENATE. * ~ j VV? are luiinorizt'a to announce Tlwri. George 11c'VViliierspoon n camfThale t?> | ropioseat tha District of Lancaster in the fireualu-of the ensuing Legislature. VV? sre utithuri/.ed to ami mince Capt. James I. Heed as a c audidale for the Stale Sonata at tiro sasumg election. FOR REPRK8E.M i'lVEiv Mu, Km r oh Tup will |>Iwm announce Mr. J. A. Cunningham caud folate for Hept eauntdtire in the next Legislature mid onligc luaiiy It ieu<i-c Tax* ii a w." Tli* fneuiis of VV. M. Connors, L?q.,nnnounce linn a candidal*. to represent the District ol l^ancmrter iu tli* II.iiho of Repr?**utaliv?* in lire <-naumg "legislator*. ila. Entreat?Vou will pie.iso announce Mr S. B. .Mai?*y ?rnn ii<ti?te lor Representative iu the next I*ogi*luture and obltfi? MANY RoLDIRKM. W* At* authorised lo hiiiiiiiioc* William A. Moore, Esq., ma a cmididuUi for a e?-at in the House ol Keproaeulalives in tli* next Legislature. We ure requested by the trieiui* of l>r T. K. (Jurelou to nouiinute turn tor the po Mtioo of Representative in the next Loginiuture, F0R~iHERIFF7" Mm. Editor?PL-h** snnounue John II. Adams, s private uj Co. "A" 1st N fj, In i fan try, as a candidate for Sheriff si the enI suing election snd you will oblige, Masv SOLIUKRh. We sre requested lo snnounce Mr Oy1 born Floyd s candidate for Sneriff at the ! ensuing election. J We are at|lhoriz?<1 lo niinnuote Cunt J ! 2So*e*l a* a cnndidxt* Tor Sheriff of Lao ! caetor Dinlrict fur (he ensuing term. FOR ORDIKARY The frienda ??f J. T. K Uelk announce him an caniidale for Ordinary at (ho next | elect lop. ,j Mr. Kditok.? \ ou will please announce Mr. J. Adeura a candidate for Ordinary nnd i u , v..?i?T wi*m rnir.)ui. We are authorised 10 anneunct* Mr. Jan. I K. Hunter ? a candidate lur Ordinary at j the enattiog a lection. The friends of Rev. W. F. Iruinguia announce bint a candidate (or Ordinary, tor the ' eneoiitg term. I '. TIT ????? FOR TAX COLLECTOR. Editor?Hlceae announce (.'apt N. 1). Vanlandinfhain a candidate for the ifi (ice of Tu* Collector. tie ia a diaaiiled I auldier. , Mast Fate.hp* to WatwptB Sor.r>tEni. TAX IN KIND. THE citiaena of the District are hereby noti fled that I em now prepared to receive their i returns of the tax in Kind lor the year 1814 ? It is euppoaed that the farmers are now ready to make return of the billowing articles ; to | wit: Wheat, Oate, Rye, Wool and cured Hay. JONES CROCKETT, Aaeeeaor Tax In Kind. I r r> nan i? >. .... .. v. u. o. y., Aug. 10, mo? it?II i PLANTATION FORSALE~ I 1 OfFNR at prirtu mU my plantation, situat* on Um water* of <\iop CYoek, bounded by lands of the Katat* of Mrs.Brown, iI?ccmciI, kn<i? of H. V. Maaaey, James Thompson and other* and containing four hundred and thirty aero*. A txmt Ifto acre* is in wood*f and thoro la in cultivation euAcient Cm- the employ of about ?ii bands, a good proportion of which m Iroab and productive. Ou the premises are two ' settlement*, and I will eeM the whole together ! or separately to salt pttruhitaers. I If tb? purehaaer deairoa I will take negroes in payment. If not disposed of privately before the first of J?nu-try nest, aald land wdl oiItber be sold publicly or rented lor, tho ensuing year. a. OaKTEII. 4?f l?, lUi *?4? Is O U T 11 C A li O L I N A. LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY JOHN NV. TWITTY. Clerk, acting Ordinary for said District. WHEREAS, B. U. Hancoek has, rpplied to me for Letters of Administration, on All and singular the Goods and Chatties, Rights and Credits of H. P. Hancock lat*r of the District aforesaid, deceased. THE Ski nre, therefore, to cite 'und nd. I [ niunish nil and singular. the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said district, te be holdea at Istncaster Court House on the 25th day of Aug. in?t., to show cause, if nay, why I the said Administration should not bu j grunted. j Given under my hand aad seal, I,. N. this 10th day ef Aug. in ) the year of our I.ord one theu. wand eight hundred and sixty four, and in the eighty ninth year of the Independence of the rilnte of South Carolina. JOHN W. TWITTY, Clerk, acting O. L. I). Aug. 16, 1864. -21. NOTICE. After this date, I avill be at tho Court House for the purpose ol attending to the dtftirs of Clerk and Ordinary, oil Monday. ThuraHav and 8ai urduy ot eacli week. Owing to tlie wanted I a house, and other ditliculties, 1 will not be able to ntovo to the village Jor a few months- 1 doaign to do so dating the vear. JOHN W. TWITTY c. c. o. r & o. s. August 9t!i 1861, 90?it NOTICE. I WtM. be at lunicnsicr C. II , on Mondays, the "JJ-l it.at , fur th?* purpose c.f paying nut to auek of the paupers of the District !ns may he entitled front the funds in Lie hands ot the Commissioners of Poor, IRVIN CLINTON, Chm'n. Cont. Poor. August 9, lSe4. "it??2t. STATE OF aOUTH CAROLINA. ADJ'T AN'D INSPKCTOR.QBX'S OFFICE, Coixmria, August 3, 1844. TUB CUT. A R. JkV answer to numerous inquiries J to tHiet office in relation tu the militia laws of thi>i State, the following announcement ijt made: (. All titaTo white persons resilient iu this titate, between the Ages of sixteen and sixty j years, capable of hearing arms, except persons ! ' who arc exempt (roua ''all militia service," Are | liable to militia duty, both ordinary and iu the ( Hold, iu times of alarm, insurrection or invasion' 11. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate service and detailed to remain ut homo in civil employiiionta or pursuits, or who have been exempted from Confederate service during the continuance of such exemption or detail, are liable, as other citizens, to militia service in times of invasion. * I 111 Persons who have been cnrollad fort ! Confederate service, whether geneial or local, | allhough detailed to remain al home, are not ' eligible to any militia oAtce ; "and no one liable j to duty in the Confederate nervice, unless he be exempted front said service ninler the provisions o( the Exemption. Act of Congress, shall hereafter be eligible to Any militia otlico, (A. A. filh February, 18rt3 ) * , IV". Detailed men who have been organized as such into companies for local military service | by Confederate authority, will nut be' held lisI ble for milita service, I V, Militia officers in carrying into execution I General Orders So. 8, series 18tl l, from tlu< office, will be gov?Jfiied by the foregoing instructions, and held ill readiness for actual service in their respective commands, inobedu ence to said order. My command: (Signed) A. C. G ARLINGTON", Adjutant and Inspector-General S. 0. I . n ? * - ' uuiviu i vi. a. rvuLli, A. A. U, Peritona exempt from all militia duty : The Lieutenant Governor; the Judge* of the Court* ol Law and Equity; the Ordinaries; (Tlerki of the Court* of Comntoti I'leas end General Sea. i.wnfi Sheriffs Muster*, Cninmiitaioners and Uegixturn in Equity; tho Secretary of State;' Surveyor General; Comptroller General, and Treaaurers of the State. Aug. V, 1864. . 56?It. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADJ'T. AND IN.SP'TR GF.N.OFFJCK, O-. ? " ? - 1v<<ii.iij*ikiAi nujj. J, lone. GESEBAL ORDER SO. 9. KX.TRACT. , ft MAJOR General* and Brigadier Generals of the Militia of this State, claiming to he in commission, will report to this office the dates of their commissions, with thoir po.ttofflces prior to 12th instant, as on that date orders will be issued to fill all vacancies. By command: (Higned.) A. C. G ARLINGTON, Adj't and Inspector General S. C. Official: * G. A. FOLLitf, A. A. Oen, I AUg 9, 183 J , *8 -It ' -- m1. -'?I.. iiJLTHeadquarters, Coasoript DepartmentColombia, July BO, 1844 OENERAL ORDERS AO. 8. TL1E Secretary at War having decided (1% that the Conscription authorities Lata i uu juiiadictiou over the clause# of Reserves, except iu tl.a grunting of Mtmptio*w under the | Act ol Congress, entitled "An Act to organize forces to servo daring the War," it is ordered, pursuant to instructions of the Superintendent of Conscription, that all Detail* heretofore granted to persons of the Reset ve classes by tlie officers of conscription be and they are her-by revoked. Details of persons of these classes will hereafter be made only by the order of Brigadier General James Cnesnut, commanding Unserve Forces in this State. . M. Enrolling Officers will proceed at once to furnish to Brigadier General Ghesnut a rqll of all persons Of Uie classes of Reserves whose details are hereby rovoked, giving their ages, the date and period of details, and the purposes for which such details were granted. 111. Pursuant to orders of the War Department, Enrolling Officers are made subject to and will obey all orders of Brigadier General Ghesnut. G. D. MELTON, Major, Gout'dt Conscripts. Aug. V, 1864. iiO?*t. HEADQUARTERS. Reserve Forces, S. C.? Columbia, July 80, 1864. UESkRAL ORDER AO. 4. If ALL details of persons of the Reserve classes heretofore granted by the Conscript authorities, now revoked hy General Or ucr ?u. o, v-oiiscript Department, S. C., are hereby revived and continued upon audi term*, mid for same period as originally grauted. II. Enrolling Officers will forward to these lleudqnai ters tin) Rolls as indicated! hy Major Melton, Commandant of Conscripts, S. 0. III. Applications for details will in future be made through line local Enrolling Officers, who will iuvesligate the cliams?being governed by the Bulbs and Regulations prescriueil hy tho liurcan ol Conscription. The papers will itieu be lor warded to the Commandant of Conscripts, for his examination and reference to theso lleiidipntt'ters, where iiual action will be taken upon them. Hy couimand IBsg. Gen. CfiKSNCT. El). If. BARNWELL, . A. A. Gen. . Aug. 9, 48C4. 26?31. i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ; ADJ'T AND INSFT'R GEN'HOFriCE. Columbia, July ad, I8G4. . a i: XE It A !. OR D eh s xo. a. TIIK MILITIA of the State, including all persons who are liable to actual service in tunes of invasion, will hold ttfeinscivcs in readiness foi active service on the shortest notice. II. The Commanding oflioers of llegimenta who have tailed to maku returns in pursuance of General Orders No. 7, will proceed to do so immediately, and complete the organisation of their icspectivo commands as therein directed. in V/ii?nt?<w ??k * .... wui|>auinui mounted nen or of Infantry, organized tn pursuance of Orders heretofore issued front litis OiKeo, will bo accepted and arntcd. IV. Tho Commanding Officers of Regiments, (the ranking officer of tho line where there are no held officers,) are charged with the prompt extension of this order to their respective commands without further notice. By order of the Governor. A. C. GARLINGTON. Adj't. and Iusp.-General of IS. G. .lug. 2, 1864. 26?31. . ' SOUTH CAROLINA, LANCASTER DISTRiCT. I}Y JOHN \V. TWITTY, Clerk, and JLj acting Ordinary for said Diatrict. WHEREAS, Wjllinin B. Nalaon hna applied to me for Leltera q?Aadminiatration on all and singular the Goods and Chatties, rights and Credits of WILLIAM NESB1T luie of ths District aforesaid, daeceased. THESE are, therefore, to cite and admonish nil and singular, ths kindred and creditors of the slid deceased, to lie and appear before me at our next Ordinary's | Court for the suid District, to be holdeti at, Lancaster Court House on ?isitw... -' August |n*? ., to show cause, if any, why the said administration should uot be granted.. ? . * , Given under ray hand and seal, this 1st 1 day of August in the year ofeur I,. 8 > Lord oue thousand eight hundred ) and* sixty four and in lire eighty ninth >ear of the independents of the Stale of South Carolina. JOHN VV. TWITTY, Clerk, and acting . 1,. D. ^\og. 9 1864, . ?sit WILLIAMS & ALLISON. ATTORNEYS AT LA W AND TCI :i_ wviiwikUtS iu JUl^Ulby, LANCASTER, O. H., S. C. Wilt practice in the District of Lancaster. Prompt attention given to Collections Mr. Williams may be consulted at Yorltrilla S. C? and Mr. Alliso* at his oittce iu the Com sHou4e, at Lancaster. ' July Tih 1858. 21?If 0. B KORTHROB, ! . Attorney at Law AND SOLIC1TOK IN I^VITV, Will practice in Lancaster and the neighhojr. ing Districts. OFFICE AT LANCA3TERVILLE. October i I si, lHftK *1-1 Raja! Rags j J Tim higheet market pricea will be pa!4 for all clean cotton and linen rage, in large or email qnantiliea delivered at thia ?Am 1'erioq* ia making up their paekqyp ?f rage will pleaae be eareful not to blMl any woolen eora\?e If