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% J-i^L-LUL . IJi' 'I Ml' if" CfiUjft. LAHciUTMttSxi. ft. 0. Trntday Morn in;, Aug 30, 1894. W? publish on oor iral page a communication which girpi a lUt of the (General OMcere froui South Carolina in the Confederate aer. vice ; also ol the Colon e la and their i capcctire Regiment* It waa prepaied by a gentleman ol thia District, now In acrviee. We bare been gratified to meet in our village the gallant tV?l Book&r of the 12th 8- C Regiment, lie baa nearly recoveieal from hia late wound, and jmrpoaes leturning to biaooin inanu inertly. The intelligence from IVu-rsliurg and Rich wond, which wo puMtsh elsewhere, is o( the moat cheering character. Accordthg to Gen. Lee's official report (the General, be it reinem bet ed, never exagrrates) lire aamtuli upon the aneiuy'i" work* on Wednesday laat vu a com plete success, resulting, it would appear, in our repossession ot the Weldoit Railioad. Thia victory cornea in a moat opportune moment? on the eve of the meeting of the Chicago Convention. Already there ia a great deal said iu tha Northern paper* about Rending peace corn miaaionera to Richmond, and thia victory will give tone to and strengthen the riaing clamor among the people for peace It ia well to be guarded againet vain delusion* on thia subject ; but eurely, unleaa the sign* of the times great I y err, light U begluning to break through the deop datkneaa'by which we have been surrounded for the laat three yeara. CMQAIUMThe subjoined casualties ire report*! in Co. "A" 6th 8. C. Regiment on the 16th August : \\'o?n*i'd.?Sergt Thomas Nisbel, slight con-* iusion. Ail ltd,? J, Wesley Pijler, Dnth of Lioat- Porter. Wo regret to near of the death of Lieut. R. H. Porter, of Co. Mll" 4th & C. Cavalry. lie died in Virginia of disease contracted iu the service (lis lewiaian, we understand, were brought boms a few days ago. Lieut, l'orter bore tlie icpuiaUou of being, not only a very gaUatit, but a very efficient officer iu every re apect. Hi* |MifiU virtue* wero tU ?d (lie ukmi eieitijdarr kind, end add grtadj to ilw (tMral iegret dial ia iwlt at (lie intelligence iJ' )ii? death, lie had filled (lie pvaiiioti ol tiirt J.iruteiiaut in lata iianpaajr liout tlto date ol'ite i?oi(air>iblk>i> lit I9ti. The fciHuaiug otticera arc eligagrd, Ullder the order* ol' Major Grlce, t^uaileinieater, in juovwiRf eorn for General Lee'a command. They hare amenta tliruaglioul their reaprctirv din trivia. Turk and [jucmUi?Cap I John II. fteut, A. <d. M? Chester Fiirlrkl, Itichtand and Uxinj^ou?Cspt. A. M KhAtt, A. Q M., Columbia. Pickens, iudrnon.timuvillc ami Ahberiiie ? A. M. Vctiahlr, A <4- H., Abbeville. Kpm tanburg, Union, Laurent, Newberry and MgHMd?Cept. Charles H. Khstt, A. Q. U , Newberry. Tmb Chic am Comtmtiox.?Tha Democratic Pr? sidrniial Convention meets at Chicago on <ha Sttih inalant. A New York latter writer States that, aa Uia time for the meeting of the Convention approaches, "there are other names than .those of General MeCleilan beginning to be whispered about aa candidates. On# of these ij ex-President Fillmore. This gentleman. to'eat a vulear Dliriar. lias lean l??in? Jow dining the war, and bencc Ue is not obnoxoua to the ultu-pcace faction, while hie recent efforts on behalf of the Sanitary Commission, are supposed to hare given him aoine claiui to ' the kindly consideration of the war wing of the 1 Democracy. >?ernando Wood, it la aakl, wH) support hie ; but the McClellanites insint that only their men?the yoeng Nai-oiao*--ahalj be trotted out. Some think Ike jab might be compromised by pitting Millard ep for I'refldent, ami Mac Vtce-I*re?tde?it, Editorial Brevities tien. Wade Hampton has been appointed Commander in-chief of all the eeraliy connect ed with the Army of Northeru Virginia. We understand (aaya the Augusta Chronicle end Sentiaef) that auotlier military piison far Yankees is to be erected ou the Central Rail* road near Milieu. General 8cott completed hia Tlili year on Jana ?0*h. lie bail put the Memoir* of hia life in the han<U of NheUiou A C-o , for public* uoa, and rontreeteil for it* iaauc early tliia The GovaciiOf of Alabama baa followed the Worthy example of Governor lirown, in ordering the alien* of that Ktate to take up arm* in delonee el I Heir property, or, on the refusal to ' 4* aa, an leave (He Htete. [Amur C*Rai?rom>?avi or inc LiimmxJ ? Nun Dan by Town, Va. J Aug. It, 1864 * ? A large fore# of Ike enemy landed at Deep Betlaa, *a tHe North beak of the Jaaiee Kiver, a few daya ago, auppoaed to | be about Strong. From priaoaera aad deeertera, ?* learn there wae three aerpe efppeed lo Ihi* affe, leaaing ia the h># I *a? # m?m i i J? treuchinenta at Petersburg, ouly two corps including one uegro bilgsde. We have on thia aide of the river a force of about 10,000. inclining Gary a Urigade of cavalry, and to keep up appearancea a'ong our whole line the troupe were de ployed ia one rank, about three paced apart. Our line attended front Whi e Dak Swamp, < on the Cliickuhominy, to Chatio's LilufT, on the Jame* river, a distance of ten or twelve mile*, thougn not pruterted by breastwork* more than half that distance. About 10 o'clock in the morning, of the l6lh innt., the enemy's miaul ry made an advance on our left, on the < - - . ; ""J road, in the vicinity of Ktddle'a Shop, but finding the cavalry in l?ry?r force there than ihey rxprcled, fejl ,o*ck near Dorp Bottom after a aniail engagement. One hoar later they advanced upon our work* between the Chat lea Gity mid Darbvtown roada, protected by h-faniry,? Wright's (G?ur?W) Biigade "i'ne breaetworka at ttiia point had been haatily constructed that morning, and a ere not of a very forinida ble character, though the* eoeinv were re peaiedly repulsed by the brave Oeorgisna, before finally, by sheer force of overwhelm tog iiuinbera, ibev gave back'itnd the tnertnt for a titne gained a decide*! advantage, lie broke through our lino and took poaaeaaiuii of a considerable portion of ou< wbrke. lie eiijoyad thia advantage but a very brief time, when McGowan'a and line's Brig adea, having been luaaaed for the purpose uU'o'kiu.'l <1 > _ ? ? ? _.. uuwu ojiun nieir left Hank with the violence of a tornado, driving them in confuaiou, panic atriekaa from the fiulil ? The almighter of the cncuy at thin point waa oonnidernble, uio illy nagraea, who came up 10 reinforce the white Yankees Our boye refuned to take them aa prmonern, but some filty odd taken at other point* were started to Richmond yeaterday, and it in poaitiveiy known ltun never reached the city?you ean very canity guena what be cuuir of them Una taken tw the rear by a member of Company I, hu? ruyateriouniy mada hi* disappearance in the fog. Our loaa wan very email, nat uiora than *i& kit lad, wounded and minaing in Ilia I'itb Regiment The moat of the wound* are alight and doing well In Company I. Serg't ti. W. A. l'arter, ahot tnrougn hin, B?<li wound?doing Wall. Company li, j K. j Hill, lleah wound id Inft lora arm. None killed in the Laccaal?r Cotnpanua?only two in the Regiment,?J. L. Parkni, and K Dover, of York Diatriol an < i- ' ' ?(? < ? iiuat to amy. I a?w Kran Wtlliuua, of Ucry'e Bii(*d? of cotlry, yr?l?rdty. Ho rrpvrti no ittiuxliiM from Uoototler in thu lliiu|Mua ?ud oilier couun.iiitU in which our Ihelricl i? repre ifiilrd.io (oat Hiigaiiu. (Jtpi. It M Mima, wlm ?o in temporary command of the 7th Kt-giu ml ot luvulry, ia complimented very l**t<*|l> f*>r coiipphruwoe gaimitry We hope tUUli lo act; tl'U ulllulik' otllCvr occupy a piMtilioir Miiicli Uia unlitury knowledge en. liUu Lin to, -:iyiiig nothing of hi* ellicienl scrviccH luretuttxc reiidrfr4 lue aoun'rv. Mil ling (iuica ia l>ok?*n for in Hie V.illey ? Kcislyow witli Ina Wivtaiou of lot incitilea ittja reached Kurly before liu?. ltuiuor aaye Kafly la ug.iili a.I > itiicing Your*. . UxJ.il.. [?0H JIIC LAM.AtVTAK LKVSA*.| Sabbath School Celebrationlilt. KuiroK.? The allb|i*ct of Hitlihatn School* u oo? which will ii? dwob* be in l?ri.'?liH| In tlicoe ?hu ure iljic to the gnat iuiporteflee of religiously training Hit yi.uth of our land. I wouL be ((ltd to say uiufh on tliU topic, but lime ia u niting, aud other dutiea pressing upon mi- ?o that I cannot do tnore than alluda to it in coii nevtiou with the recent Celebration had ai Dauiaacua Church on the- Lane?strr Cir cuit. Tho Sabbath School at thi* Churcit waa joined by two others, ooe Baptist and one Union, on the I9tti inatant f.?r the purpoao of having a (Celebration, and thereby to advance the mtereaU uf all of them. It waa niy fortune to be preaont for the tirat time lo wiwe?a a Habbtlh School Celebr*. lion ; and such an intering scene it haanav tr.bevn ms privilege to behold. The little girl* and b>>va, and young Udiea and gen ttviuao, for tuany of the?v teo are regular attvndaiita, seemed perfectly delighted ailli the evereiana of the oc^aaioit ; mi J they ail umiiiH-airtd the greatest interest, while the whole audience *?( chained to lfce rare scene with the most exqui-i'e plenaura ? '1 lie programme w n? arranged and executed bv the polite <nd skillful Or. Joluiaon <?f (iai. iirignoornuoa. rite order wm lor the V)up(/ml?n4? nt of each K-hool t* dm<ie Ilia whole number of hi* scholars into two clfcaeea, then propounded questions from Hie Books u*?-.l in each rcheol. Kavli HuprriqUndrDt waa limited to 40 luwutea iu Which time hia iphool was to exhibit the progress it had made, and, alnii to make dectarnations and ?iiig a selected Hvnn: from the "Sahbjitlt School Ball" 'l'h?w exercise* having gone around in order, L)r Jolinaon favored the audience with an interesting ai d appropria eap*eeh;af er which Hav. (' 'It > lor and in\*rlf were called op oil to nddri'*a the School*, which of ?uur*? neither of ua could refuse. The Schools then formed procession and marched to tho lunir table* richly fqraishtd wjlh avarjr tfling the appetite.of u hsglthy man eould wish Tho girls and boy a devoured tbu delicacies apread befyre llieni with an earna*lr)a*a truly mquaing. . Kvrry thing wentulT with admirable teste; and J liinal aay tlia *?t||e which p*?*e4 bo. fof* inn on that day will uol soon ha for* gotten for it mado a lively, iiupfeaaion on ! the mind* of all. No fears need be iudulg1 ed for the nioi*|s of l)tni community ao long as tbeee achotHa confinue. Before I close I must nfrnliou their singing. The melody of those sweat voisea vibrating through the grova of Datftnsetls chained inv enraptured ooul to the choir ibori?for the moment I fell suspended between tVo world*! It. sublime ? arreting Ay spirit end swelling my luaart m. end in?girally drawing me onward to the aongaler* of the llt'd??uied?I know not that | abfcll hear tweeter muaic ihie aide of Paradiae. PASTOR. iron Tit t-AMCArrci LKUOKR. | Mr Kditor : ?You will plenae give place Tor a few linee in iho L*tiger for the aalin. fnetiou and relief of the friende of thodto , ~mu arm unionuiiateiy killed, wouni dcd nnd lapiured, dining the present camI paign In Co. K, *2*2d Kegiiueot, C. V., near i'?t?raliurg, Va Kirel disunities wan on the night of the 17th June: Private C. J It i I lor. wounded aim flesh wound ; Private (t O Williams and P. Perry, captured ? Killed in trenches on the 'J8th June; Private Jne Hareliold ; eu the night of the 18th Ju'y: Private W IJ. Ca*key, i mile in re* servo. Stray shot, at different date*: Wuun ded, K Ale Man ua, left arm flesh wound; J. L. Purker, lace aerioualy ; J. J T. liuk-er, fool aoriuuaiy ; Corp'l. I>. A. I.ylea, both logs Heii'oualy, on ths 20th July, by mining explosion?seen and recognised : Killed, Serg'l. W. W. Kunderburk, Privates Jeff. Kaalridge and J. W. Knalridge, those not recognised or aeeti alter exploaion ; Private, J .\1 Kunderburk, N 1, Kunderburk, H F Hnilo, W K Kill*, W Kaalridge, Jno Spray, >iam i i uioert, Him Hcrg'l li \V Juyner utter the explosion, mid mippuaed captured: l,t A \V titiih, iS*rg't A 'I' Waller-, and Private J N t'arnca, Wounded, Serg't W L BUvkinon, left side by ball dealt wound aerioualy ; Private O C Unvy, inaalied, ffnd leg amputated ; Private J 11 llarria, oimIimI aerioualy body ; Private J I T H?aa inaalied lieai and body aerioualy ; C Knalridge, inaalied aevere; Private N P (iurdun. uinatied right thigh ; others slightly w ounded Kigtit have reported for duty and it |a liuped more will return iu a lew day*. Keapectfully auboiitted. Your obi eervant, u w r. [rott Til K LANCASTEB LEU U K K j I a? e that my name haa been propoted through the Udgtr, aa a oandidnta fur the legislature In reply I mu?l aay that I have no political aspirations to gratify. No ambition to ot'oupy a # ?'- ainaug audi a responsible bod \ of meu. Tli#f*f?w a^ler returning to "Taxahew" and those of uiy friend' who solicited me privately in the early part of the summer, my warmeet Uianka fur their high appreciation.?t toy inertia, I moat respectfully decline the uomtsattos this time. J. A CUNNINGHAM, irnj Intelligent*. From VirginiaI'ttTKRaVUMe, AugDat 33 ?Since the tight on funday lite enemy have oeen engaged in extending hia lines Weal of the rsiiroml and towards the eily. The enemy new occupies the ground on which the batIlea of the last lew dava were foughl, and hi* pickets advanced some distance tilts side. The Vaugltau Koad. one mile West ?( Ilia i?ilroad, la alio occupied by ih? eneuiy, ?liu are strongly fortified there. HrtkrvBUko, Auguii 'lb.?Our forces an gugud llw enemy, and drove iu hia akirin lab Itaea in trout of Bermuda Hundred*, thia morning. capturing noma 60 planners 'I'ha engagcmrut laaip.l but a abort time Our loo Wai aioall For aaveral days pant tha enemy have bare picketing in front of Bermuda Huo* dred*, ait'i itcgroa* in front, and also on tbe liua of tha Weld?n road. No etiange ban taken place n'oce our laat report. Tbe eiioiuv have been engaged today ahiliiag hia foreaa to Ida left. Butler'a . cavalry engaged the enemy's cavalry, ten ! Utiles beiow, night before laat, and repulaed the effort they were making to draw iu our ; picket line* The loas a*a email Heavy , U _1 I k - ? 1 " nrinjr una ih-uu iirira ?nnia distance down Uir Kiim uf lli? WeIduii rood during th? laul hour??iiuw n??t aacerlainrd Kh.HH lib, August 'Mi. The foil"wing olhcial di>p?lch wu received laal night; llr.ACHj'lts Ahmt Northkrm VnsiHU, August 26, lOM. To Hun J A Sedd<>n; Uen. A P. I lit! illatlnd Ihe enemy in hw en I rmv omenta at (tram's Mtali.m yeatrrd*v evening At Itw Mvond aauaiilt he rwrricd Ihe mitre line Cook'* and MeKae's North Carolina Hrtgadea, under Heath, t>nv'i N (J Hrigadu, Wtieox'a Division, ' under Conner, with I'egratu'* Artillery, i et.?uj?oaud the aaaaulling enluotu Ooelioe j of brrautMorh* warn earned by thu mi>ji I under Hampton with great gallantry, Who i contributed largely to this euereee. Haven ] eland of colore. two tliuusaad prisoners, and nine pieees et artillery are in our po**ea> ah Ml, The loaa of the enemy in killed and wounded reported heavy, ours relatively email liar profound gratitude is due to the tirver of >il and lo our brave n>?u and Olftcera engaged. (Jltgnrdj R. E. LEE. fiTimivio, Auguat JO. The ilTaira Ml the VVeidon RailroUfl on Wwdnuaday w?i * very gallant ooa, and aUBcMaal'ul in iia ruaulia. While the enemy'a cavalry under Gen. Sprafa, wata engaged leafing up the track aavarel mi lee hay nM lUnn'i luulua Gan. Ilainpiixi attacked and forced then back behind tboir infantry eapporta. Hampton diajpounted trie men and foagbt their infantry gradually but ?lead>!y pueliing theW> back until tbey reached their at mug worka, one mile Uila aide of Keama, cepturjug about eight hundred priaonara. At tyre o'clock in th? afternoon Gun. Hill attacked the eaetuy'a forta, and after a abort but aharp tight took than), capturing a large 'number of pri?aoa and oiae piece of artillery, and >ll? enemy fled In groat eonfuaion. Col. Pi gram of R|ohme%d, (ggni tbo BHB ? MB captured guua upon the enemy w ith great effect. The number of priaonera w ill probably reach 2,600. Affairs About Mobile. The Capture of Memphis Mobile, Aug it.?Several Federal veaaela are eruieing below the obatrucetiuna in the upper bay. Semite report that yeaterday morning, the Federal llret haulml ur> clou to Fori Morgan and opened tire.? The fort replied and badly crippled two vessels on tlie Kaateru ahore. The eneuiy were landing and plundering near Point Clear. A apecinl despatch to the Advertiser, dated Panola and Oxford, say* Forrrat arrived at Panola lu?t night. The Yankee-loea was 600. The Memphis suiprise w a* complete, and the nighl charge exciting and terrific. Forreet eeut a dag of' truce, offering to ex. change prisoners ; but Waahburne refused, saying lie would capture him before reach ing Pu o!a. Smith, hearing of Forrest's movement*, hastily retreated from Oxford towards Holly Spring*, burning the Court House, the principal buciness portion of the town, besides many privets bouses, the residence of Col. Jacob Thompson, and committing many depredations. Our forces re occupy Oxlord and are pureuiug Smith. Mobimc. Aug 24. Fort Morgan is in the enemy's hands.? Whether it was surrendered, evacuated or blown up, is unknown. Keut.ria ??i. Aiding mul nothing reliable. Atlanta, Aug.'J J? \ deapatch from J(id??|niiu Male* that a Federal raiding par. lyiu heavy force li.ta appeared at Fayalla villa. Official deapatehce from (ien Maury in Mobile, confirm ilia capture of Meiuphia hv For rent Waahburne and atatf wore captured with Ilia city. Hixon'a Bridge, over Flint llivet, near Fayetlcville, wae burned thia uiorning. northern Newt. The Few York JlcraLl ha* letter* frntn Niagara Fall* which aava Judge Black. At torney (venvral under Buchanan, and Hay, IJnceln'a Private Secretary, had anotiier interview with Clay, Holcntnhe Si Co., and that l-Jneolu waa about to offer an artuia. lice, and propoae a meeting of Cumuiina*on era in Baltimore or some other border city. The Washington Chronicle line d.ilea frinu Meinphia aa late aa the Ulatull, w htcti at?lea thai ciiy Waa attacked St 4 o'clock iu tha uiorning by Forreat wiih 9000 cavalry. They drove i-i the picket* and daalied directly Tot the haadif itartera of Waehburna, who escaped ; they alao made a (ualt on Buckland'a headquarter*, who aiaa eacaped. Tltay Neat attacked the Irving prtaon and ware repulaed by the guard. They next t tailed the tiaya-o Houae, ax niwiliitif I,. II?II?' "" J " rv.<.-k v>| inia Hullurli, uui UIU BUI succeed in galling p?MM?itia of iiim Oar troop* how attacked Ilia KebeU, and on drov? thein from the city, kilittg 30 or mora. Our loot in killed and wounded about coma up to that of the k?b?b. New York telegram* aay that rumor* are current there in the beet tinaneial cir cle* that the Government ha* decided to end hve couiiniaaionera to Richmond to arrange preliminarily for peace. OBITUARY. Died, June 9th, at bia reaidcnce near I<ancanter C. II, 8. C, Sargt J A M KS KKARNKY JitNNKTT, of Co. "D, Tat 8. C. Regiment, in the 94th year of hi* age. Again pur country is called upon lo mourn the lot) ol one ot hei noble defender*. Ye?, a true, a brave, a noble aoldier haa fallen. One who waa ever ready and willing to do Ida duty. Brave, noble, generous, l.e bad endeared liim elf lo bia comrade* and won the reaped and confldenoe ol bia olticer*. lie paaavd a number of bard Ibughl battles unaeratcbed, but felk at laat a victim to disease contracted in ca:np.? The writer of thia feat* h.iwuI* ..r doing justice U> the many virtu** which to eminently adorued liia character, but having known and loved him well, is unw illing tlmt the earth thotiid cioee over hi* mortal remains without offering even thie feeble tribute to hie m?-uiory. Had, tad indeed ie thia atfiiilion to hie coiuradet. And bow much more ao muat it be to kit alinoat heartbroken family. But bia wari Aire la now over, and where ahull we find another auch Irtend and soldier? Our heart ! points us to ip> one who can take hia place.? Long, long will be be iniaaed by these whoa# privilege it wea to know him wall. But we hope the lose- ia our*, not bia. L. J. P. Sutoistcuce Department. Lanouaraa, C. If., Aeguat 25, 18C4. iu obedience to inttroetiona, aahw ia Krrtby fliw* to thoee who still hoM ihe miller* receipt* lor the delivery of the Tax iu Kind Wheat, that tbey mast return them at once to thia oliee, or aoaae didculty may arise as to tlieir credit for aanl delivery. L. C. NOKTHROP, A. A. C. R. Aug M, I?M, ;?tf SOUTH C ABO L IN ALANCASTKR IMSTKKrr. Offic* CMrt of General tteaai?aaaud Coniuion I'leee. I, John W. Twitty, Clerk of eaid Coert, in pmmlM of the direetioea of the Act of the Legielelere, l? ?wch eaae made arid provided, do hereby give public notion that an el?*elion for Tax Collector aod Ordinary for UocMtcr Dietript will be belt) on Tone day the llih day of "October heat, at the eetial plaeee of election throughout theaaid Dietriei. Witneee my heed at f -aneaater C. H thii lAlh day of Aegeat A. 1). 1844 JOHN W. TWITTY, Clerk G 8. ti C. P. Aug SO, 1444, ??-td . e ? m Announcements. fqiTTHK 8E*ATB7 Wi are authorised to announce Hon (Jeorge McC. Witherapoon a candidate to represent Uie District of Lancaster in the Senate of the ensuing Legislature. We are authorized to announce Cspt. Jamoe L- Keed a* a candidate for the Slate Senate at the ensuing election. ~ FOE RKPRE8EHTIVE3 " Ma. Editor.? Please autounce Mr. Joeeph (.'lark, fceq , a candidate lor Keprei tsenslive and oblige those who feel disposed to support hiui. We are authorized to announce ('apt. II. K. Cly burn na a candidate lor Kepreseula. live in the Legislature. > Tim fritnd* of W. M. Connors, Esq., anl noutice hiui a candidate lo represent the District of DncntUr iu the House of Repj reeentstivee in the ensuing Legislature | Mr. Editor.?You will please announce Mr 8. B. Mmsey a candidate (or Representative In the next legislature and ohj lige Mart Soldiers. We are authorized to announce William A- Moere, K?|., mm a candidate for a eeal I in the Huuiw of Kepreaculalivea in the next j legislature. . We are requested by the triends of Dr T. K. Curelwu to nouiinste him tor tlm position of Kepre-mutalive in the next Legislature. FOR SHERIFF. The friends uf Col. John H. Couenrl an noutice hiui a candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election. We are requcated to announce J, U Small aa a candidate for Sheriff. Mir. Editor.-?Please announce Jehn H. Adam*, a private in Co. "A" let S. C. Infantry, aa a candidate fer Sheriff at the en suing election and you will oblige, Mahy Soldiers. We are requested to atinoimca Mr Oabora Floyd (a number of the liamplon Legion) a candidate tor Sheriff at llie ensuing election. We ure authorized to announce ('apt. J N. Sowell aa a candidate for Sheriff of l>ancaster District for the ensuing term. FOR ORDI5ARY. ! Ma. Editor.?I'leaae announce D. A. Williams a caudidale for Ordinary at the emu ing election. He ia a disabled aoidier. Mast Brother Soldier* The friends of J T. K. Belle announce him as a candidate for Ordinary at the n*Rt election. We are authorized to announce Mr. Jaa. It. lltintoT Mai M n-J! __ v.muiuux iui v^rumnry nv the ensuing election. The friend* of Kev. W. F. It rasing ton announce hiju a candidate for Ordinary, for the ensuing term. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. i m r. Kditoii.? Please amiaunce ('apt N I He Vaiilnndinghiun a candidate for the of hce of Tux Collector, lie ie a disabled soldier. Mart Frikndato Woiihded Soldiers. * Tax in -Blind, .dll persons having loose receipts from this or any other Department ~4gcnt will present the same to me at I<anca*ter V. II. on or before the 12th of September next, .dfter that time they will have to settle with Capt, U. A. 11 alloy P. t|. M. I am ordered to close the books of this office on the 1st 8entember Ufii Tor Tax in Kiud for crop of l?6J. By order oi Capt. Malloy. 8. B. M .4SSKY, .dgant, Depot No I, Sec I, lit C. U. S C. Augntl So, 1864, 29 ? St Additional 10 per cent Tax on Profits. All peraena who hare failed to pay their ad< I ditional IO per cent Tax on Profile are hereby I notified that I will attend at Lancaeter H. { ! on Saturday the 27th inatant, to receire the Tax. After the expiration of lliia month parllee who hare not paid the abore Tax will be da* | faultera under the law and liable to ita peualtiea, JAMKH K. MAGILL, ltth Diatiict Collector. Auguat 3', IBM, 29 ? It ~ NOTICE. " I will expoae to Ihe highest bidder on Saturday the Id day of September, nil the personal Kataie of lieorV P Hancock, da;eaard. conni?linj,' aa folluwa : Two Mornea, ooa Saddle and Bridle, one fine Can, one (low, two Cupboard*, Ne. I Tabtea, NVuah Stand*, Deeke, Trunk*, Bede, three turned Bedeleade, a lot of Chairs, turned and aurally all new, and rarioua other arti.-l-a too tedioua to uiontioa. Terms made known on da* of sale. b a. Hancock, Admv Aug SO, 29? 'it Headquarters, Conscript Department. Cqlokuu, Aug. 17, 1M?. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 10. STurauant to orders of the War Depart^ menl, Enrolling Officer* ara hereby re quired to execute all ordara of M^j. (Jen Jones, commanding Department of South 6'arolina, I Georgia and Florida, for the impreaament of aiaraa to labor on the eoaat defence*. 11. Kaporta of their actions will be made to 1 the Major-General commanding, or to aoch offii cat as be may indicate. 0. D. MKLTON, Major 0>mJt. of Cbnscsipts, I Aug iW, !? ?. f??It., Slave Labor for the Coast, DIVISION NO 2. t COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND % THE town authorities wilhiu the'Judicial Districts of Lancaster, Kershaw, ? hcsterfield, Darlington. Marlboro- Marlon ? m W , , ? >-! uauiw, Clarendon, Williamsburg, and Horry, will forthwith summon all slaveholders within their respective limits to deliver ON K-llALF of their ulave*, liable to road duty, at the Kailioad depots nearest their residence, on TUESDAY' THE 27TH DAY OF SKl'TKMUER NEXT, at 8 o'clock, a. hi., there to await uausporution to Charlesloii, for thirty days labor on the fortifications. II. The Confederate authorities hare inado a requisition upon the State tor Two Thousand laborers monthly. The proportion of oue.fuurlh heretofore called for, htfd failed to supply half ol this uuinber. In view o( this fact and the great urgency o( the demand lor labor at line time, it is deemed expedient to shorten the interval between the calls, and increase the quota. This is no violation of llio law, lor it does not fix the quota o( labor, nor the interval between the calls, but prescribes that such proportion shall be called lor as will fill the requisitou, giving thirty days notice. Each Division in the order fixed will be reqirod to luruish this quota, and no injustice will be done to any. 111. All iiarties, whether individuals er companies, who own or employ more than one road hand, are required to furnish their quota, (one-half) unless lelieved bv n ? iivui i/e* pertinent Headquarters. This can relieve out; those hands permanently engaged on the specific wwik tor which the detail was granted.? Commissioners oi roads will give their utteutiou to this matter and report to thu office. IT. Greatcoufuaioii exists frooi tlm imperfect manner iu which the names ot ownera are given to agents at the several depots. It i? the duty oi one, or more ol the Commissioners, to be present to verily the quota ol each owner, and prepare correct lists. Within live dsys alter delivery on this call they will please lorw&rd to this office names of defaulters iu their respective divisions ot roads. K. U. JOHNSON, Agent of the State of So. Ca. Aug. 30, 1864. 28?tf. Headquarters, Conscript Department. CoLCMBia, Aug. 17, 18S4. UESERAL ORDERS ISO. 9. If THK attention *>( persons exempted or Ajt<4 detailed for agricultural purposes, and who have given bond to the Government, is directed to the following paragmph Irom Circular No. 24, Bureau Ol Conscription : "2. The sale to the Government, .or to the families ot soldiers, at pi ices fixed hy the Commissioners ol the State under the Impressment act, ui iue ssarxstaoierup.riies remaining alter furnishing the Government with the stipulated quantity of provisions. and which he may ra.se trotu year to year while his exemption continues, is made, by the Act of Congress, approved February 17, 1B64, one of the conditions of exemption allowed to an overseer or agriculturist. A claim is asserted bo some of those exempted as agriculturists to exchange such part of the aloresaid surplus as ^hey may please for supplies of provisions, clothing and the like, to be conisumed in family Use, and to sell to the Government or the families Of soldiers only what may remain of such surplus after making such exchanges. This claim is in violation of law and of their construct with the Govern* mailt, and cannot be allowed. "Upon satisfactory evidence being furnished that persons exempted as ovetseers or agricul- . lutisia have or are thus disposing of their surplus productions by exchange as atoiesaid, Unrolling Ollicera will arrest all such persons, forward thciu to their nearest Camps oi lustrum ftirtis tft Ito ro??Sa*aasl ..-.ail ** , uuui uiiu tcuou aitm.ll be taken and announced in their cases, and forward through the proper cbanuels of communication to thia Bureau a report of all the facta and circumstance* of each case. "Everjr agriculturist or overseer, upon re ctiving his certificate of exemption, should be informed that the action indicated'above will be taken in the event of not disposing of hi* marketable surplus in accordance with the re. quirements of law." U. OUlcers and agents of the Subsistence and Quartermasters' Departments are requested to communicate information to Enrolling OIB cera of all iustancea couiing to their knowledge in which persons exempted or .detailed for agricultural purposes have violated the atipula. lions ot ther bonds to the Government in the sale or other disposition of their marketable surplus. C. D. MEI.TOJf, Mfjor, Com'dt Conscripts. Aug. SO, 1864. 2??St. SOUT H CAROLINA, l.lNntUTVU nio-'pnf.w. . I 1/IOlIUUl, By JOHN W. TWITTY, Clerk, acting Ordinary for said District. WHEREAS, Rusanah C.Cnskey haarppliea to m? for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the Goods and Chatties, Rights and Credit* of John D Caskvf lata of the District aforesaid, deceased. THESE are, therefore, to cite ami admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the aaid district, to be holdea at Lancaster Court House on the 10th day of * Kept, next., to show cause, if any, why the aaid Administration should not be granted. J Given under my haad aad seal, L. 8. > Una U6th day ef Aug. ia j the year of onr Lord one theusand eight huadM *n(1 sixty four, and in the eighty nipth year of the Independence * of the State of (South Carolina. JOHN >V. TWITTY. Clerk, actiug O. L. D. Aug. 10. 1864. -SI. THE COM1U88IONBBS Or SOLDIERS Boer# of Relief, as well as al| concerned, are hereby notified thgt I an) prohibited from granting any tithe oortj to any person or persons, excepting soldiers wires, widows, and children and mothers dependent: and the fathers of soldiers, truly indigent and not well able to work?to such alone commissioners are authorised to gire certificates. J. ADAMS, Chai n. 8. B . Aug 19. WI, 13-If.