The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 01, 1864, Image 2
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LABCABTERVILLK. 8. C
Tuesday Morning, Hot 1, 1884.
LUL i.l?. i- ,
IVriptu indebted to tlii* office, eitlief iiv
provision* or in caali, are requested to j>uy up
at their fiiat convenience.
Wc have boon requested to state that it has
been proposed by the ladies of Yoik*Dn>triA to
present a suitable Banner to tlie 12th 8. t'.
Koittinenl: and that an invitation lias lieeu ex
tended t<> the lathe* ol I ancaster to participate
> with theiu in this patriotic (impose. We douljt
not thai there are many It lentl* of thin gallant
Regiment among u?, who would i>e (dca^od to
contribute something to the object in view.?
Coiitribqtiona left with the Kduoi of this paper
will be forwardl-d to the proper quarter.
It ia puppn*ed tliat about one thousand dollars
will be sufficient to delray all ol tlie expei sea
ol tlie enterprise. An oarlv response from tjse
ladies is requested.
We are pleased to learn that ottr voting
friend, T. Frank CI) born, late Lieut. - Colonel
of tlie 14th S. C. Ueglnieut, hits been promoted
tn ikit I'nLviiblnw fka? ?a?.*?
w M<v % wviivi%; v? kliav ?v?CI Ml curpa, mil*
is a .diotinctinn which hta meritorious conduct
aa a soldier and an officer, throughout the war,
has wall earned. He entitled the service a
mere boy, and ha? bat teeenily attained his
majority. We hvliern that ha ia the wruial |
officer Itoni tlia District, in the genera) service,
who Iran attained Die rank of lull Colonel, die
lamented Col Hames having been the first.
Oar Woauded
We leant from lion. Uao McC. Wilhwrspouu,
* who has jout returned from Richmond, that the
wounded hoot latin-aster in tlie hospitals are
doing well, and receive every iicccs-ary alien
tien. None have died since hie date ot his
letter, published last week, ev*'l>l W'. A. Kioltsnlaon
ol Co. "0'' 1st Reg't^ S. Failc of aanie
01 n>|-any, sick from dlatrbca ia uot doing well.?
The men a* e generally ill fine ajdriwi and the
I meal con l> donee prevails alxAii KicUtunnl "
From lhe Valley.
The ('audit.a 7mm I wis aotue late advices
I from tire Valley, ftom an officer who left lino. '
ICa. It 's command nu Monday morning last. At
thai lime Lai It 'a forces acre St New Muiker*,
an J a. I nam quiet. The enemy hod shown no
d njM?ilion to proas bint, and our hir< c* aye
B quietly teaiii g and troupe rattoig trQui Ihe weor
m iff 1 *Oi <W lite loaf l*m* ?l?
T.
Tli i? officer mij ? that the 10001111(4 of i|j<- lele
Iw'.larc very much c kaggciatitd, and that our
kiimi Im- im.I Aiataiurd U.ilf the iltojtt'i rapiwM
illed in tin* iiu'umiW kflidi Inure IneM puh
ihtn-d. i?mi whole loan in primmer*, lie m).-,
will mil riVwiil two bundled; our kf'hil and
Miuuded ?ix 01 Mrvmi huiithad ; ami om loSa of
aitiileiy, ?ggi igji'ely, twin i# dkcaly three phew*.
Thin m the iimi lolnl vrl ti?? joa-w mtsla.licd tijr
Out aiiny.
lb* wiicin y 'a Ion* in killed an J wounded wan
?i y heavy. We l*mn limn sources worthy of
the high at credit that &hciidau is known to
have cerium I) luet ais thouaand. In the early
part of Ik* fight hia men fell liefoic our Uuo|l
like grain before tli* eickl*.
g
iDriokao Oflmtii
u exchange rental k.s that our cause has
w Buffered moe* tioui ?i unkeinirn.* among office.*
I in lha ainty, than from all .other evil* coiiihiit'l
?1. W liwn circoai*taticna have coiwpncd to
give ua victory, like a midnight thief it haa "j
atepped in and. rokted ua of tho lanrela we
might a* easily ltave won. Our tuiiiiee hate |
i been demoralised by its pernicious iid1ifei.ee,
and our genet ais the vietiiua of it* |xojr, when
tlie advantagea wete maijiiy on our aide.
It is calculated ? aud We can acaiely dnuht {
the imputation?that our late dsantcr in Vir- <
ginla ia mainly attributable to this cauae. It
i? painful to think that the aalvatien of our |
cauae?the vital inteicata of a great nation 1
ahould b* hazarded in aucli a way, that heads
rfjing with the dolirium of whia^ey should
have control ol armies mi the liowr ok tmtile ,t- ]
4g1.1l why ia ikia^? IUi > w? not gotpi mm |
enough, ol Wigli moral karacier, of temperate
habits, roW.billing the other quahlnw requisite
to (itafriytiiiai, to lead our nieu iii-lmtlk)?
Where waa an aunjr wear safe in other fianift?
? TV bat people mcure witti tlttnr dwntinic* coiiAi
ltd to (tie keeping of men wbowe brain* aie
constantly darkened by tfi# org if s of lUctiu* ?
n?b moral troi lf? aliould tx? il?.- cliirf akahdaid
in lUc real* of iMtfiWuy |iirlriiiitii(?Mflirirty
Ike firat rrquirile lo |KOiiioii?ti. A atom, a 1
aoVrau, k warning rUmfli', mit o|ifr fur ilia,
good of tli# private ia llie tank*. bhJ lor tho '
I whole counny, but for Hi# benefit of thn#u who
aap ir#r lo high fkort, -Imohl t>" made of every
uaii'cr wimw WMim ( I tiara hot ?irnlly culiipurt
with a high MiM of morality.
Ah(J? Irwm moral advantage*, in other refpcclt
the u4il( ait luu giMt ag?iu?l u* to liaXprd
an engagement at any lime under the lead
pf ilruitkru and imbecile -re. We cannot
aft'nil to tool Mint (tie numerical alaniiglli a*
gainat ue, unices ail the literal power on our
aide is brought to bear hi bift b^ifcl/. Ow
hope rceta in making no whai we (grit in pby?
. ttieal by atoeel atiengtk. II both be egainat
a, then, indeed, at* we hi a deplorable eoudi'
tiau. It is high thus an eaample atiyukl.W
fade of eoa>? pue?await an' aaample aa will
m
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imrnrr wlll'lll'Ttfl W?le Dliualll ap|>CMI > lea- (
HUHkhk hope ol HUU'tKt, .
The ?oepotiK mv' nu* in the hands of CoiiICTee*.
Tilt- M*Uf cam do nothing. The poo- <
pie CAM do nothing The President will do ,
nothing. Congress alone liae the power uy its
courage and window to strike a blow lor peace.
II it would reassure the army, it had better
act; it had better act it it wuuhl reassure the
heat I ol tile whole uouiitr*
SditoiiAl Brevities#
fieneral Howell Cobb lia? pui cliihe.l a residence
ill Smuter, So'illi Carolina, and M about
to leiitovu. lua latin I) there.
Tim liendt>r*on (North Carolina) Times says
Uoeernor Hoiihain, ol South Caroline, is fortifying
the mountain pnmi South of HindetVon ,
. a
The man who crooks for the stoppage of the
war on ottr pari without a corteep ending -disposition
<m the part of the enemy to atop it, ia
not only an enemy to hie coenuy but an sue,m.T
to himself, If he would tars his ptopr-itf
ami hitn?eJf bom bi-gg.uy and *ag?l?oiidisui, it
is Uia^duly to itid Mini stienglheu lite arms of
his government by eeery means in his power.
tl -
nv IMIM pl?VI|>IT*lUM |||?* Oil da)' III III-. Cliwk- '
ing, and will cnrae lil?i??cll inr hi* loll* when
itral c? il day ewflturt. 1
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An egotist will -pi-nil of himaclf, ei- (
rtii-r in puMv ui in c?Ai-m(- ; but a model man
ever shuns inditing Inifwicit tne auigwct ot his
tun vcilsirotfll.
G ii liutgg n0'"* lo Wilmington iimpouuily, ,
but wiU retain to Ktciiiiiond wink tin.*" wiitrgemi
which calk. him Ui Wihnlngtuu shall i
kale (liHnnl.
The perception nf wtniaii la an quick an ,
lightning. 11?.-r pencilirtinii i? imuiligii? almost'fflstiiict.
Hv a* glance kkc will <lraw a (
deep am! jnst wiii'lutiuii. Ask tier liow ?li<formed
it ami alio cannot m???i tin- ipiestajn.
Wink site liu-tH? Iter instinct she is Warcoly
evuc dti'i'iwiil ; but alio ia generally lo-i when
he begins lo leason.
The sections through which Mood's men >
have lately passed abounded witli good things
I'Wvnl ami in tile greatest abundance* At f.'edar
Town (lie farmers actually quarrelled with t-asdi
otiier as to who should sell the army cum. Aa
the in uiy rone an eminence overlooking Cedar
Valley, a gi easy btitlei nUt at Rim head ol the
! cwlunin wan heard to aiilaiui?"Stiuro, b?ill 1
| here's coin enough lo lord itlf ( Vnifedctac^." 1
No giamler iniHtar) oxhibilion has eewr baeu
viliif snwd, than ihallietwecir tlio North tuvB Uic
South. No iiidre brilliant stroggk attorns the '
r .nuance ol lusting. We * tape I to day a Cmi- '
spicuoiis inai It 4n 'he long succeraiou oi tli*
iiuinan .dntlua. Sink or awim?lire Oi- Ate; 1
Grecian triumph or CMtllmgetii-tn (loom; ttq 1
Ui i.Hi rictory or darmatiaii rflin , Prussian 1
glory oi Caucasia" eaik?our record In cant
plele , we stand botoie the world, and will lire
with |.o?leiity, a< an example nt gallantry that
will awaken a<ltnli at ioii*^t litre ver Ikr Moody
Confederal- wtuijt I* breathed among men.
Llcutenaiil-Oelicral I.ongatrQct haa tafceu the >
fiehf again **??I, iii a alining order, armj*<M '
command ol li Id oijl cor pi.
I
Tlie Kicliiuoini ^Sentinel can In in* a circular (
from Secretary Itenjamiii, giving ail e*pontmii
! of the finances of the United Slalaa, liaxed a lion
oDiciaiMiala. lie uelinillea the debt ol the
United Stater, ou j|ie kriltii M.iv next, at
$'240,000,1)00, Involving an annoa! charge up [
of the Trcnauiy of mi amount-neatly equal to '
that accumulated ill (itnt Britain for t*o c?t.
I'l ltic*. Tli# circular it lddrea#*tl l(( "Hon. A. ^
Du-Hcy Uau^, llruaaela. J
Tho Pieaidenl.liaa iamfed ? proclamation ap?
I' pointing tlie'lftth of Noraiiihaa at a itayAo h? J
apcciaily <fe?oted (tf the woridiip of Almighty
<?pd. lie iovokaa^iie people u( pie CopfadV'
rale Stale# to awrhblo on that day in theia rv
apeciire place# ot rniblie ororahips-atnl to Wllte
III prayer to Hidlr lUavanJy Pathar lor dultveaaucaantl
(fcace. a .
fcrafta la 12 mfWa ' North weal ol Atlanta ;
Pateon ia 11 luilea la tlie flpasa direction from
0
Fgl-JLL'I!" L-- .. I . 1
eradicate this evil, root and branch, from the
highest to the lowest. Who it shall be, let I
those hi authority determine. And il there are i
bundled* deserving lliis'i eti ibutive justice,Met
"it not be withheld in a single "Instance. The <
country is sink of this evil. The peo{de arc I
graving weary of ih l'ubhc aentiiueut demand*
a remedy, hat the tranagi eaaors be
U<ought to Judgment, Homebody has to puy
lite lorfeituie; then let it be the guilty onet.
it were better tliat tiiey should sutler than the
whole aountry brought to rain*
* r-s*
The Montgomery Ma*l, favoring the idea en- >
' ley lamed by Vjpu-l'reaideiil Stephen* and Mr. .
Uoyoe of a geneial (.'Witeiuimi of all the-State*, I
Noilli ami South, to tonault upon tot net ol
peace, .-ul.iuits the following simple plan lor
uairyjug ttieaa vied* intojipciatioli :
The plan lor obt:tiji|ng this general convention
la simple. Let Congi eaa express itself upon
the Miliptn, appoint tlnee ur tare coiiiinisaiouer*
ol national lepulaitou logo to VVaaliiugton ,
1 ami lay lite matter uWore lite United Mate*
I Government. and our woid lor it, the scheme '
[ would eitbei meet with an aiiiriuativc response, i
or, in the event ol a i ejection, so divide the
counsel* of the eueiuy, a* to break one hall Ute
loice of liia blows in tbe spring. Suppose Lmcolii
should decline, he would then put toe war i
on a tiectaicd looting ol extermination ; i>up- ,
pose he accept* ? what an opportunity doe*
the silling ol such a body oltur to Kngland and
KiaiK-c, who have always ?xp< eased a desire to i
m
m i 11
ki^tci, and Tunnel 11 ill is 7 milea from Dalloti.
Kroui Tunnel iiill to Chattanooga the I
diatauce ia 31 jnile*. The whole distance from i
Atlanta to Chattanooga, by the rail road, upon |
ahicu all the above nauied placea a*e located, |
living ' 38 uiiiee. I
i'i?i-.- ?
> ? loiarienoo Courier ih adviied "thai
in effort ia being made which will have u I
tendance lu nniteriully reduce the prcaent
^irii'LH of bloi-lcadx good*. The matter ia ill
the liinidx of lead'ng men nod officer* of j
the various cos panic* and now umlerroniirierntioo
* Them ia therefore, to our cili
(ana an agreeable pronpecl of a large tuuitf'ed"W"
hi priori." ,
[Armt ConukiroaDRNCK or thk I.mhjir ]
Col Edwin F. Bookter
Cant l2th S. c. Kfvimlnt, Oct 14, I 8(14. i
Mr. Kmror?iSiiioe the douth of the hfUented
Muriiea, - thin Regiment han met
<vith oo loan more regretted, than lire tail <
il the noiiie aod iralUnl Col. Edwin E
Hooklrr, who fell pierced through the braiu <
on the IJUlh ull .while leading hitcommand I
n a charge upon the enemy'n lines Though
i stranger to the majority ol your readers,
we fact ii would be doing injustice to the 1
{allanl (lend, to pass his death without re- 1
mark. Ills worth, us a geutleruan, patriot I
and soldier, couibuud with all the efvutentn I
?l a pure au?i pious iiisu. beside uis etliuiene.y
us a commander, wsrrutils this brief
tribute to his nieiuery.
Col. bookler was a native ol* Richland
District, South Curuliua, and received Ins
education principally at the South Carolina
College. At ull early age, ho atrong was
the confidence place d lu tnpi by his fellow
L'ilizcns, lie w as chosen their Kr-piesciita
live in the la-gisJa'ure. by Ihu largest vote
6?sr polled In liia District; h# waka nieinker
ill i Hal Unity at the liiuu South Carolina
Imiui the Federal Union.
At the cnuiinent-eiHenl of the win lie was
I luplam ol ll.a "KiekliNii Guards,"'?a coiu I
pany rui'td t>y Km lather during the days
nulltic alion? and entered service in the
Second Sooth Carolina Regiment?commanded
by Col ios It Ker-iid?v, Tliia
Regiment being partly dlnbauiled, When
ihe call ??- atwOo lor tr?t?ps to go to Virginia,
In- returned home wlih Iiis omtipany, '
le.ifgioued, and allaohed it to the I'Jill S. '
U it eg. uiec U moee which I line he lias participated
in all Ilia important batlira fought
m Virginia an^ I'ehiiay It ania?having been
ictsrely wounded three tiiues oel'ure his
death,
Its was n gintri fvtJirr, an exaellent r?w
manlier aud an eieuipary e'iriaUaii. The
nun ?? ?' 1 1 * '
....... g uiwn immitiiuK in til* III.-,
hh rnniwltiivy of pnrpnay.? I
tl*i mm* >iiupla Mid uim atuiilatiou* in hi* !
Iuii?i'* and tuminar*, di'rcl ami urnliMguiarti
Ul nil I.I* lrniiHii.-iii.il* ; tii* trank urii npi-li
miuiilviMiWH Mil* I In# mirror of hi* imre
mid imbiv mouI. llr Wna t lilliiiMtuatn-nlly
J?-toi*.l lo ihe caux, l??-tirving it worthy of
nil llit# am-rihnoM he i-aulii ?iuk?# fur our na
UOTlni ii.O. (ji iiCiiic? ilia }iri< at? lifa, a*
w all a* hi* public, M:i* uiaik.il by U.c
Kfi-aiw-t purity, and mi accordance m nh tinliifhnnt
at mi J..rd of morality. No pefaun '
?a. upi?-d a hl^hrr plan** in the uffi Clion* of 1 ,
r.'lloM t?ilif.iH h?.I .,...1. ? ? 1.1 ? #_ I
" " "" "-p1""'""" ? j I
ihia lltlguie, thai he ?n? mil verbally hi*~ | ,
sorUvd xet'oiHi to no Dim commander, |
Tliui, in the (,uli primta of manhood tod
llHrfulMraa, nt the ?ur 1 v njfe of t vt nnly-ail, |
Itii* patriot, au!d?er and bero, Inn fallrn a !
Iliar.)r to llic enOae ?o dnr lo liin kf ?i I. '
lie U-aVe* ? d?vul*d mwlhrr ?od utaay tor' (
ruling relatives nail friend* to mourn hie |
dnn.ta. Ilia irnmirn *er? lakert borne for.
iitivrmmt He Boar fill* a bero'4 gr+\e, j |
leave* U> liia c-ienlry live rich le?nev of i
kia example; t'? hi" Recurrent, a bright un- i ,
artiiird I.one, and to kia fried t*, lite aemr. ,
raiice of a real beyond lit* ffave. I
i/) i
Army UuHifeooi.
. mnoc or j:H*"'i-taT.?a ?474TM OAT.
NoiWiny i/f importance hat occurred >im-? i
aur lant report After the fetv tdio. a fired
?t mv \-i?y duripg ihe lire, I he ut-illv / ,
m.niivd perfectly qniet VW? remainder of
Lit* iMtflit. MiiniI*) morning, * monitor off
Cinuiniitg^' Point Hint IUn*ry re
opened hce o? it>* wntktd Mr iinei Klern, (
eecjt Army It*? shot*
t I 1
In tin* Hft erirotm, ??rt Menllrie Hfiii Bat ) (
Lnry Merino, o? Sohiveu'a friend. opened ? |
N'urm hrq on lite Monitor tut* ltr*d fori) j
>t?(Vt?. The monitor hm klmrk nwertl 1 (
tiiai'h nod AMtty ompfl'fH ro iiiovh ott '
Mtid anchor K>*?r Jo.?n Mia channel out of |
nur. ,
T&rra ww euttring ?n Sn?ut*f, nor no
fortker hriof on the city.? ('karlethm Caw. ,
rier,
9.0111DA.
Wi? have lulhfirtii! information, My? the
Molrtle rtdvriliter and Kegiater, ef the SJUlh
inal . Mint on Tnredny lent, the 19th Intl., 1
Cepl Aneee, with Ui? cenaute^, fought the 1
V
1 1 - L m <9 mmmrnmmmmm *1 i i
Y*Dket'? for four hours, driving them ll
Ihejr gun bouts, w ith a Ion* of betweet
thirty and forty killed and wounded. Tlu
|/m?j V?'II>I?IVU VI UVU llilanir\ , Hint llMG
landed tliet morning m'ix miles below Mil
Ion. Cupt. Amos lost three wounded.?
What Kin fore* waa we have not definitely
learned ; but it was sotHcietil to whip 60<J
IfHukrr*.
The correspondent of the Moogotuery
Mail thus wriloM:
N^k Lafayette. Ga . Oct. 16. 1804
ON THE MAItCH.
To day is the first our mail agent ha>
Mailed us since Me left Dallas, when I
wrote y<u> a briel (i is pa ft h. Mince Don wt
have been having a pretty good .line, not
withstanding long marches, short ration?
tnd cool nig'ita. with Meant bed-cloihtng
Ob'K CAPTUKEH.
Our march on Dalion was peifeelly sue
resatul. The railroad \<us etlecliiuiiv de?
troyed from Calhoun to within two linn
irtni vardt of LL#? Krirl.r^ .? U 1
j ? ? - ? tib 1%1'iwvu , mm
from two hundred \ urd? thin ?id? <>t th?
brigde the deatruotion huh complete it
Tunnel Hill. At Tilton Hcvw^lurt'd ubotil
three hundred Federal*, ut Million nbotil
two hundred tygethir *ilh one regiment
[44th Colored Intnntr)} numbering ??>en
hundred, beaidea forlv more Yuukeeu in ?
bloek-houae nbove Million.
iiok r>?R tkmnk.hhee.
Tunnel Mill wus evacuated before our
troops reached it. Our cuvulry penelrulei
to KingL'old We captured four pieces o
artillery nU Million, beaid.-n mine ration*,
clothing and oti.er spoils. I tluhk the proa
peel of spending Chiifttmv* in Middle Ten
fit-save encouraging
A rosTaciupr.
Al-PIMC II..4 f U ' 1 M
?, ... .. io.??/ur .iiuiti nycii
iin) Hut leave until morning, so I opened n?)
letter In itiiurin. yutl Hint we reached tlii
jdace uu llie Alubainu Mini tjeorgia line, yes
lerday eveuu.g, after u march of twuiity
ttnee and u half tiiiJax, wnich we ni-coiii
pltslted liy three o'clock, I'. M J'nMty gooi
lunching 14 it nut!
Fiom Vugiuta
Uichmond. Oct Ud ?(ii-n Karlyli.is is
ued n lengthy und etoiyuent address to It 1
troops under Ins command. 01 which he at.
tributes the recent defeat to the di-gruce
ful propensity to plunder and puiim Hi
uppcals to tlie 111 trt stand l>v their eolors ii
Hie future ut ml hazurds und letiievt then
reputation. The undress dues not ndmii
at eondetlsalioO, and it is Itio long to Iran*
nut in full.
pKTKHaBUKo, October 26?The enemy
nave receded m short dia'.rnce onlv, to tin
point of the road, but it amounts to nodi
ing They are supposed lo have done thh
iu o-der Id. pi?\?-iit mi cull I ud i- tin* from mi
( beslerlie'd butteries and to jji-t more eli
yiblr ground tor their line of enrtnwork?
The enemy are still bmy t\?rt?t>ii?jf theii
Vin~?. and rtrrvikiay ni present indicates i
purpose oil their part lo act on the deiifeu
ai?e. TheToree of flie eitvnn in our Iron
ia ehietlv the Ud and 9lhcoi|'M I'icke
tiring ami sharp shooting are of duly ?c
orreries, nullified nctuisnuull v vei;hdis
charges of nrltillery. Ibieerters report the
nnrniv bui'.dinj; winlcr ijinirleit n ro.it of
their line*-of wotkn
Our n?n ?rf veil f, J Hnd rec*mi({ f?l
xupplica of clolhui;; and b'ank. t-, mid nit
in good A good maiiv recruit* ari
coining in, underlet' oider revoking do
faiia
1**1 KKftBURG, Oft U7.
Th* enemy in reported to be iim.ing if
heavy force lii. infantry, i.rlillerv mid on*.
?lry, tliin morning. *??> our extreme fight
lid heavy xk initialling h.ix bc? tl goil'g or
rnnre xun rinr, ?i It.at point and ?eu n milebo
I on bore In in ecu th - Weldon and t-'ifml
Side Kad Koitd.
I'tTKKfBUKtt Oct
I .aat about dark I lie rllriny chart;
ed (mir works on K.f\t? r Komi, rupturing i
mull portion of ilo in from which howev? i
they ?'?re quiiskt) dislodged Midi do- lorn
of about h dozen | (laoiiera. Our lni>n Very
uuull.
l?t. Col llarrin'-ii and W'iie of \Vine*i
brigade, nen1 rnpturid by die enemy.
About leu oNei??.-k luai ni^hl the enemy
i-korged our works on Jerua'ilern I'luuk
Koad, capturing part of our picket line auC
driving in the rest of it. About IJ i.YiOck
however opr line .>? re eatabli-bed on 11 > i<
|?url in the light of ve*irr?W^ evening ot
Lb* Bet Lin I'lunk Road bvlow here
Three b'altle Hug* were mplufod Iron
lite enemy And about 200 prienntf* Inker
yeererdey.
hjothtpg w as heard from belo-v (hie un r
iAf
The enemy'e ? a v a I r y are on n raid to
warde South Hide Kail liond
Richmond. Oct. 28.
The following olfn-ial di?pa(ch w?* re
reived from Gen. Lee at the War Depart
guul to aight.
Hon. Jut A. Stddoii : Gen !! i! I re port m h
i Hint tRe attack oP Helb upoti ibu enemy ll
f Vetlefdilt at lio^dell Road Wua made b\ |
I Millions with three brigades in front?nt
tbe untiie time by Hampton in the rear.?
? .\tiltlili1M i'lllll li.ruu "lor- r.#* ?l." C' I
w~r . M. vv KM uv V > ' | \/1 J VI IIIC VIII
artillery. The latter cyjild not be brougnl
i oft, tbe enemy holding the bridge. ,
In hii attack subsequently by the enemy,
Mali one broke tinutigh their line of battle,
ami durirfg lite night the enemy retired
from I fie lingdeu It Mad leaving their woun- ~
ded mid mure tlian 25o dead on the field.
, ^huut 9 p ill a email flWce assaulted and |
took possession of 'our works on the bat,
terv rTtnd, m tiont of Petersburg, but \\Pre
soon drivel} nil'on the Williamsburg Itond. ''
, \ esterday Field captured upwards of 400 e
prisoners f*even colors of the enemy were
. left, witii a nuiuher or dead, in front of our J
frorks . I |i
The enemy have retired to their former position
"
, Northern News. ii
> A special despatch lu llie Alobile RegisI
ter, dated -Senuui bin, 211 |i, ?ays tlio St.
I .tin is Republican, ot tin- 2lllll, and Mein* ?
t pbia Bulletin, of llie 22d, state tliat I'lice v
1 is in possession of the country from Alar1
shall lu lie xiugl.ui. KeBeral combinations
say they will compel him to hght his way '
nut ol tlie Statu. He ieil liooimvillc on.
the 14th, with 4,000 ot his troops. At
tiias^ iA', large accessions were made to
I his Ioiyu. Q ia.ilrcll and Jacknian are re- I
, ported to huecjoined him Anderson and c
Jnckman tcciuited 8,DUO men North of the
-, Missouri Kiver in live counties. (
The arniv is in line spirits yiJ spoke ol' u
wintering in llie Slate,
t The St, Louis Democrat sals il cannot
I cotUM-tt' tliv fueI llmt lliti rebel trmv is as
? suuiing alarming proportions, and is constantly
gathering a rim from unsupported ,
gurrinon*. '11| Glasgow, the Federal gir
risoti of 6011 was unp.urcd and 200 citizen* *
i surrendered.
(>reat excitement- prevails in \yrMerri
Kentucky, in anliuipaliun ol'a raid from I
KurreM '
Richmond. (Jet. 2'i ?Now York pipers i
e and tiie Dnlriinore American, of '.lie evening
ol (lie 24th, have been received. Tel- ?
egrains Iroin Kansas City give a confused c
' account of tue tmtife between Price's ar "
' my and the Yankees under Itoaeneranc,
r Curtis, i'nilik aiid Pieiisintou. Thy fight
1 occhrrcd nh iht' 2|rt, between little Mine '
lliwr and Independence The latest tele 1
grain cluiure a Yankee victory, .and says
' Price is reported retreating rapid'y South,
pursued by Pleas.illtoil. Among the (\:n- ^
federates killed is Todd, of Missouri.
Application lias been made to the Super
I inr ( 'niirl in le illl fitir.* t..r ?? 1
1 eomnel tin* (inventor in tlimw out tin1 sn|. 1
, .... 11
diem vote on t lie (.oiisiiiiiijon. The Ju i^'e 1
r I lefufe* to aw aid tin* writ, mid aii n(>|><-;<I '
i ; litis lii-oii tiiki-o to tin; (JourI of Ap| t-alti. |
I In (iraiil's at uy, the- eleet iotieorino ones k
I bii?kly on. Nolliir^ troin >li- rman'i ariay !
I for lour day a, except reports of ii ? eontin- ! ^
j nod retreat of Hood. A i r it in Irom Allan j
la loid urri-cd at I'iIIihi ' t
j Hkvasi aim* i* ihk Vai.lkv ?Sheridan k
t
! HccUl Li? have illiil t h . .r. n <r LI j xv-.ii.
j ' led tin* orderi < ! lii* master, ((irant,) l<? *
d.siroy e\?-ryiliU g. and "mnke the Valley j
t i ?>nf barren ??>ie " A correspondent ol i
the Kichmrit.d Lxumnier, writing from!
Karly V command.
Wfint Aillla and his vandals perpetrated j
| ill tlie h. nnlllol plains (if Ilalvtias been re.
1 c||aeled here by Mieihian Mini Inn millions I
From Ml. Svdnev, tell mi en fclrisl ol Miami- '
, ton. to la-elo vvn, Irli II i i I *-is I*' m III Harper's j
, Ferry, ? distance "of about one hundred j
nub*, it leriii" to hme bitn literally bias j j
ted by this bosom of deal rut; i ion in human i v
1 | I'orill .Not a ill il is kllovvtl to be let! till > |
I burned livery bam lias been laid in ashes j (
Kvery wheal stuck, every bushel of wheat 1
' und everv hav nck has been destroyed.
| 0BI1UARY. i
I)ied, the rtth of Aug. ls?>4, at Jackson llos ,
i ' piul, llifhiiiood Vs., \VM J H()||IMSU.V, of j ?
wounds received in clurgt1 on t!ie enemy's i
line of entrviichmeiils, on t,'lay's farm, Chester*, j
held. Vs., on the tinth ol May 18'lt, in the Still j (
year 01 ins ?>;? .
1 'lie (liCMMil enlisted enily in the campaign
under Cspt J. K. Steele, Co. 1, 17til lieguneiit 1
1 S U. V., the I 7 tli May lhriJ, au<r made a coil- 1 1
I ^intent luriiii'Dr, a good soldier, diping Ina lein '
, poral wailaie with us here on Caith. He wh.h .
also a consistent member of the A* It. Church, ' *
* i worshiping, loi seeend yems previous to his I
I enlistment i? the armv, at r-liilnh congregation. 1 (
fli* conduct and deportment, especially since 1
he cnteicd llie service, was that ol a cliimliuil, !
' a aoldier, not only a soldier of his coutitry hut a 1
i soldier of the cross. After i eceivnig Ins wounds
he was first sent to the 1st So. t.'a. Hospital,
I'eteishuig, Vs. ft was,the wtiteis, privilege
* lobe, witii him hecpieiitly lor the fhst six "
weeks ol his paiiilul affliction which lie bore I
' with that calm, chiistiau fortitude, that the
christian only can feel. When the hand ol the
moat high is laid upon him he would at times
apeak ol the unceiiainty of his recovery, and
appeaicrl very much depressed in spirits, not ]
apparently at leaving tins ti oublesouie world, I t
* lor (be so expressed himself,) but the deplora- 1 <
trie condition bs would leave a wiia slid lour I
a
u.m ! l?mtm J Ui
elples? children to mouin then lots. But
ierc is hope end consolation for the chribtiao-.
They will meet, they will meet,
\N heie lore i an never end,
They will meet wheie bo putting
Can sever Mend from friend.
They w ill meet where their spirits
t an know no wiid despair,
luey have liere, dear hieiids,.
But they hate better there.
C. ?
Announcements.
FOR SHERIFF.
The fiientia of W. W. Mu?kin anouunrt
iin a candidate lor .Silent! at the etinmug'
I ect ion.
We are authorized to announce Cupt J.
> Cnskey a candidate for ISherifl at the up*
Touching election.
Mu. Lorroit:? You wit) please uunouuce
'apt. A. Sr. Nisbel,ut> a candidate tor iihcrll,
oi Lancaster Dial riot. He is u private
ii Cupt W. 1.. 1 >el'ass'Company of Light
Vrlilli.ru V - *
1'IAiM i nihflUS.
We ure authorized to announce Cnpt
\. 1'. I'lnler a candidate for iStieiilf ut tnc
uiuiny election.
Mil Kmroji : ? llcuso announce Maj. M
liitoii, u candidate lor JSIieritl' of Luncaater
liairict, and oblige
Many Fkikmj*.
We are auiimrized to announce Sergt.
' 1?. Mobiey, ut Cupl. l)?I'a?->' JJullery, a
aiid.dalu lor ceieritf ut the next election.
The friende of Col. John B. Coua.iri anounce
niui a cutidmal* for Mlierilf at the
ueuing election.'*
We arc re juesied to nnuounce J. M.
iuiutl a* a cununlato for fiiientf.
Mk. KuiTtiR.?'lltttMM announce John II.
YOuina, a pn Vale 111 Co. "A" lot H. C. In.
uhiry, u? a enndidate Jor einor ill at ih? *n
initio clecitoii and you will oblige,
Many OobDitnu
We are requested to utinouiica Mr. (Ja)oru
Kivjil ^a member vl the 1 lampion
.cgum) a caudhUlv tor Slicritl al low ?u.
mug tlecliun.
We arc authorized to.annouDoe ('apt J.
f. So well a*1-#'candidate I'of Sherilf ot I,aututor
l)i?Trnvt for Uiw ensiling lertn.
'LAX IN KIN0.
I AV1I.L receive Tax in Kiml for the jear
8tl-> tnnil ito* Kith d.-iytd Xove.mbci iiixton
hat day the hooks will be closed.
" " S. B. MA8SEY, Agt.
I>c|?oi No. Sect: 1, g. It. B. V.
Nov. 1, IBM. *' as- .ft
attention Snhonl T?anVi.
ers.
A1.1. who neglected to hand ill their ccoimU
i" the H<will piceent ihem to (lie
ndun'ijjiiii], <it i??? < .
I'ay U<i\ Come l.-U MolftliM' in January,
11. II. W. Khl.K, Treao.
N- v. i, imii.t *. a , it'
ESTATE SAL&
IS V virtue of an order from the Ooty^of Oriimry
tin Imnciifter Hisirict, I will soli on the
rtth day ol November iust.,.tiie .personal Ki?te
of the late Hiition lilackinon, oceeaseii,
o si-iiu- ol \<-gioeri, iltnSes. t>iiu k of vauou*
ii<?t i, \\ aggon, Household und Kilehan turniuie,
fanning mid plantutiOi. tool*; and u variey
ol othei article*. Also Corn and otner promioiia.
Term* made known on dav of sale.
JOSKPll It. IlLAC'KilON",
AUiu'r.
No?. 1, 18fi4. J .18 'H
TAX JN KLNl)'
l'os^ QOAhTEIIMASTKIt'd OfFlcC,
4 mr CotigfeHsJTinal Distrirt, Cberiue, S. C.
October UUlh 180-1
I'KOKIK'WIS are hereby notlfitH^ Ihut
lie Tiit in Kuni Ih-poiy, in tinh Dn-lnci,
?ill be kept open ill.Ill It.e 10th of Novatuier
hext.Jor receiving baluitat: <ftf**titTu< of
r<'po|1803 After thai lime,all KajLjiunte*
mpatd, in whole, or in part, will lie Turned
iver to the District Collector, for tlmcol
eclion of the penalty, in default bj"<lcllvery
n Kind. i t
Producers who hold receipt* for urodnc*
leliyered on account of 'Pax in Kind will
uive 4heitmeve* ana Uie~oJhcer$ infi ll trou
!e by presetting such receipt* to the Tux
ii IvMKl'AgMiitM, ihnt lltsy um) bo credited
U their Ivstimrfte.*** ' * ?
N?*tTu?flpt is valid, unl^-a^it-.yjipresfefc
ipon the luce, thut fhe'prodhre wan beliv?
rtil "ffli *ccA\iflt^'Fiin iiKKliniH' When
ffm i^irol ao atate d, Iht- Tax pa/era ahou'ld .
nak# iityidavlt, of the fact*that' tH? produce
k un dcliven d ou account of Tax in Kind,
lefore u Mugisitritfe, hulorl' prtm?Titiiig such
t-cvLUta. *" *
Clf AS. A. M Al.l.OV,'Ciipt.
and Foal Q. i|. 1st Coirr-Htat.
Nov. I. VtUJt, ?8?2t
DUUINtj my^?ba<nc<f firth** milKirrv .
ervree^Dr Robert fc?. Ucckhx^i* my *uhorizud
ng-rjf *
. . 1,. IUCAUTIIEN! *
Oct. 25, 1864. * , * ? . 37-21
W4LL be aold at T rn"iir Him
Monday hi November, a flira
h? K-uaie o( uiy lather* Ta^^|gfi|>ViTvr%
in day of aale. J, 'W.jBtUUUL
Out ??, ! ?*,