The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 07, 1865, Image 2
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LANCASTERVILLE, 8.C.
Taeadtty Morning, Feb 7, 1865.
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We tie re<|?ie.?ted to diieet mention to h
notice lioui the kniolling ollicvr in Llii* paper.
We nit lyquciU'd to state that Rev. Douglas*
11mri i.-un will preach, ut Douglas Church on
the t!d Sabbath in Febi nary in.-UM.
The Peace Commission.
A Richmond telegram ha* announced the
very giaiilying fact that Vice Jbesidcnt Stephens,
Hon. K. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, and
.fudge Campbell, of Alabama, have bcVn appointed
a* Coinnh**imier? and bate proceeded
to Washington 10 endeavor to negotiate tonus
of peace aitli tin* Northern authorities Aa
the August* (.'?>vet* juatly obtcrvoA,
of the Vice Pi esident it i* uaclrsa to
peak ; hia fainw, attainment* ami juJgiuenl arc
co.eiteiwire with American politic* lor moie
than aipuuter of a ecu tut jr. Mr. Hunter was
foi in ant tiaia a ini.atoi liotn Vngiuia in the
old Union and, as Chairman ol the Finance4
lie i* man of eminent ahilitic* ami a Virginian
o! the nohleat type. Without Irving a violent
ecenaioniet, lie lum nlwaya been a thoiough
advocate of Stoic Highl.* aiul Southern itnle.
pendi'iice. Judge Campbell, at the opening
%ol the war, ?;ii one of (he Jilttice* of the So
pretna Court. l.le in regaidit^ an the lorctnotl
lawyer in Alabama, if not in the whole South.
Ilia gtliiua ia moulded iif the cunt of a Tan) or
Marshall. In politic* lie approximate* very
chiaely to the atanJaid of Mr, Hunter.
Ihi* trio utay he aaid to cotnpiiae the three
calnieet, wiae*t and moat coiimm relive intellect*
ol oui count)). We leal assuted that while
Cheie will be no lowering of the pi ids o( the
land. no intpulsivo obstacles will ho tluowu in
the wot ol on honoiol.le adjustment ol existing
diAiculties.
The wry (act of 1*rewi<1 tit Lincoln's having
agreed to teCrive them as commissioners, is
ch-ailj a vast concession on ths pnit of tha
Js'oilh, evincing a return oi reai>on which pi o
mines weil for the future.
At all even's, tlieie (stole a confluence,
and time uloue can develop its issue. While
we air let liotn advising our profile to he dca.
( niiiiil.'lit >! the re.nil w- a.?il.t > ......I.... !
(Item against undue pioxuoatica and iliu-otj
imagining*. Ltt us possess our soul* ill patjanca,
hoping the hast and ready for (lie .
i -t.
Tlte Itieliiimiid Stnthi-1 - >* the<-itruio?taiicoa
under which lit*-*- gentlemen It ive^lrparted
on their niiaaion, ia undai stood Iv Ik as
-lollwwa :
liUir having sought an oHicial joiitideiitial
inlei view With Mr. Da sis, drpai led lor W.iahiiiglon
ssith the asruianca that our ]'iei-idenl
wounl l?' willing al any time, without any obstinate
irgatd to lotas, lo aend an Agent or
vvouiuiiaaunieia to w esiiingnin io cunlvr about
Iter mis ol peace, il iulwnucd in advance llial said
ComiiiiHsiouera would be rrcetewMt
Uu lllair'a second viait to Rich too n.l lie
brought the i onsen t"oC Lincoln to noelve and
I stonier wiili an; agent*, inliu ipallv, aeut with a 1
view to Hie ie?u>rai?oii ol peace. The three
v gentlemen who Ult were theieupoti selected by
> the President, inij have gone without formal
credeutiala, ineielj aa inkn trial agents, to awe
whether it be possible to place confidence for
peace on an; basis which uiat a?.?e for attain'
ing ao desiiable leaulte.
The Ilichmond {inquirer llius repoita the
* teiins offered by Mr iilair: *
, The enemy ri/ willing to pet mil ua to die
j late our own (eitna piovi^eJ, only, we will not
dlkoolve lL? Union An? om?r?i.U. I'.' I
V ry, any constitutional ptoiiriun fer if a piotec- I
; tinn ami extension ; full coiapmtal ou (in
.jrttniackt) lor all the itrgroe/that have beeu
carriinl vfT during the* war; lUiy/Aim/, nrr??
thing ilntl we can ask or think, will .>c fiecly
1 granted, if only ?e will content to re unite with
Illiein. Thetc may uot have been exactly Mr.
Tllair'a lertua, but they embrace the substance
of In* mission, and do not in the least cxagerf
ate the extremity to which the enemy are will- |
1 ing to concede u* if we afill only return to the |
I Uuion.
^ After an arguiuent against the acceptance of
I any audi '.eruia and au earnest exhortation to
| eland tinu, itewng the extremity to which Lincoln
it reduced, when be would promise ae
M ch as it contained in them, the Kmjuirer coneludes
with a reference to a mode of compromise
which may eventually be proposed :
<P Theio is a compromise that yet mar open the
Jtli* way to i*ac?. It ha* Lean augg-eted that
tha United W?tn will acknowledge our independence,
provided a treaty of commerce, and
nt league oflenaite ami defensive for thd appli>
Canon of the Monroe doctilne to all tha Slate*
%tt North America, can be agreed upon. Whan
- that proportion it mad* it will be time awough
to dl*eua*. in the inaantiine, our reader* may
a* wall revolt a the sutjewt in their auntie?for
it i* net impiobehle that it may hecmna a lie.
1 |ng, tangible proposition before many month#.
A Washington telegram a?ya the whole subject
ol the eitliauge of prieonera I* near in the
heitia of (Ian (Jratit, and there ie reason to be
iieva a full eicbange will -kiii be effrrtld.
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s?i. -J-. Mr ill'- e-j J. . . ?
Editorial" BravuiesTiiv
Supreme Court of XorUi Carolina lia?*
lieeiiloii that bonded ugi irnUuiHt* having titMvn
or more baud.', an- not lubW to lionie
guard net *?:?. Tlie t'oui I further iVrkJoa UmU
Mail Contractors lor the C wffilciiile SUIviToii a
routes mom than U>it miles in* length, ate .tot
iMOIc to peifoim Home Guard service.
We Ulideigtalid that the government has decided,
in the earn: of Mr Augustus .^jmnu, late
ol Mi.-sis.-ippi ilccmsi'il, alio we an exempted
agriculturist, that wlu-rc a detail or exemption
was revoked, or the detailed or exempted parly
died, only a payment prorata (or the time the
paity enjoyed die detail or. exemption, would
lie exacted. This deCtsiou was elicited liuiu
the Seneiary of War bji a letter liom A (J.
Mayeia, ou the sul^ect of the liability ol
the estate ol Mr. hpmm, he having died a lew
mouths altar he war exempted.
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The Loudon Times, alluding to the present
attitude of the United States to Canada, say* :
In the present state of Northern feeling there
is much reason to apprehend some ouliage
which may render a i upline inevitable. The
Antei hau* ( either appreciate the strength of
Kngluud nor understand the uiiauiinity with
which a wm would tie prosecuted if liuccd
il|ioii n scluctuiit government ali<i nation, ami
the first re.-ull of thai war would bo the immediate
and irrevocable establishment of Southern
independence,
Tlit; KutjUirtr iliinks the piopo.?itintt to inipi
cpa nil the cotton and tobacco in the Confed
erary, now before llic Cong-r as cniinot but bo
attended with the beat remit.-, il adopted. In
addition to the (act that il would j;in the Got
ci nuiciil nmpic Laaia lor the redemption oi its
notra atid laind-, it would crystalixe all aclli.-h
a varies into an intere-le.I puiiiolism which
would make it ao plainly the interest of every
uiiiii to nuppoit the (iovernmet, that there
would no longer be any division among our
people, but unity, and hatinony would* extend
ilnouglioiit our land and revive the confidence
and laith of our people.
Wo nit told that gold in Richmond sold for
twenty-five ; in Columbia at 95 ; iu Augutlu it
waa aol\l at lorly-five- >
[roa Til X LAkl'AMTHa Lkl'OKa.J
C'awr uxow Richmond. Va.
J?niiHr? 'it). 1865
'I'.I TMtr p>: .pi.? nF MY lJA-T?HAL (,'|IAUUK.
? J lie execution I'lliy |?or|>onw (< ?n'o u
you, li?? b?ru lirUned Iruai d.i> to day,
for nbool nix week a. Will yon d?h; at lliia
late day, permit 11.14(0 wia'i thai llir year
on which wr i h\ entered, nit) be In you
a.y??r uf blvatng ! It hoiiIiI b'? ^ in in
one be.at', to wmli you ? h oj'fj ue.v-y eer,
l><r lli? it'll un ll.nl Md j< i l iin> ?nli muny
of inu b?u ahead. t'aal ; noil like nt)aell'
you inutl tliroUoti Ilia hi* year, b.-ar the
(iirruwii which have in I jimi nut.le a
deep indelible uoirk on our i ear la. ()l ui.i
li t ot Un ll lll.t . be forcible nnid Concerning
t its ?l?l year, "lit mailt la oil each Liow.ua
aihdo* o'er eacu heart." It wav u year in
whiun I p.iavrd through aceuea liiul acVer
ca be lorgMton. The) a?r< written on
the nieinery aud on the heart, aa it with a
pi'i. ol Iron Tu Dr and uiiue it brought
uiro?a, whiclt an )?t, llir hand ol' Tune
baa bean wholly unable to heal With uiu
ny ot you, I know the oatur thing haa hap
peiied, and with a melancholy ploamire
1 can offer you the sympathy wiich I now
in wall know how to give. In the day?'o|
Peter the people of U<id wefts "in heaviness
tiirotigh inanitold lempiationa, (or liials,)
uiid yet lh?) Could rrjofte with j >y unspeakable
mid lull ol glory," Lt muar ilieir faith
w a hAtd in, and their love ceutered upon
the naren Saviour, Jtaua (Jurist. May the
a.iUie luith auataiu you, and by Ilia gruaa
amy y eu be In ought ? ff in tlie end "conquerors,
uiiu uiorr than conquerors."
We are tjuiel and comfortable along Ike
inea ol lite North aid* of the Juutaa. We
h ve three cltapeU in thia Brigade. In
lit nr, a Very subetanltaf houa?, built by
?tiling liaiitla, .we have lor a niuulh past
i>ad a rrligiuua a*r?iee of aoine aorl every
and twice on ?vabbalh, unleaa neceaairily
prevented. I a >olri? thai the Iruita
do not appear to b? abundant, but we will
a?w the areil and truat the laird to give the
Increase in Ilia owo good-time and nay.?
Fnt) for Ilia blearing on a*. In other parla
ol ibia Brigade the Jteligiou* feeling ie
t|uiie encouraging ? and in ihia p?rl uf il
a a are awl entirely without bwpa and eneoeragrtneol.
We are eorry to hear lhal the people of
ilia country are all caal does, aa many aajr
"wluppad n liul auraly ihia in ou lima to
Ix i ktpytd i.el every bmm and woman
aooaider what wjl be hi* or her fata if we
ahuuld be whipped and l^en lal lliaoi re
member lhal no nan ia fit for or worthy of
libarty wnle?e oa ia willing lo giae up, aac1
rifice tverylking for it a leapt lienor and
truth In iba Itai year the ?#nkxe* hare
fi??t up aa much territory aa Ihey have
gained? yaa, inuah more. (rea. l<ee'e army
j? airongar to day than it waa on Ilia brat
of May leal Thin Brigade baa bad a caau'
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iiilly lor ert-ry man in ii?mucv tlie Int of .Mn)'.
Tliey lm?e killeii, womirftii or captured ot
l.iw eni-tjiy.T-erUiiil) Ik % e. |ie i tin |>m n? ui < n \
hi ?ix, tor iivry one ttiun iu (lie Uriy;?d
t unti il n nt* Hong iio\v n it Man oil tlu*
' morning of ik? Uaiilc ?>f ih* Wi'.doM??r?n.
I vv ? Imwe a??*rfct liutiili ail thoutMiidii.ru
| molar anna in Ilia I 'oniederney v auii lhey
| mil whipped. U p hue two a plenty
' ol' ike iiriiv?>.ii]i tood ami iiuimLd-i ol war,
if putrid lain nod |{o?.d judgement e;iU be
bitiuglii fully lo bear in bringing lh?iu into
U?e, and it Me Are conquered ll Mill not be
becunat' lit* our llccc.itlllea, but barauaa the
nation backed down, and sold liberty for
ubjugattoL, raiher ill*ii I*mi ilie former al
the price Kliivtj ull oa.imia aliv hate enjoyed
It, hate lu?l la pay for it. l.et lia
then ntf. ke et my li.it.o except truth and liouur,
lor I mlopcudetice, ami ll I iiilupendei^-a
ahull coat it all, let it go. ll tt e bo true lo
. UUfM'Ul'l, by the blcsalUL' of liod. w. ran!
be m hipped. \V? tn.ny be over run uud no
Uir nit wealth Mint couilnri ?r? enoeerneil bo
rallied, bul IrotM thene w? will recover, (or
if uoi Me cuii i:vo and die wi<ii??ui tiieui,)
ami Li rii we will ItuVe n country in m blch
we uud our children'* cnildieli . mi lite mid
hold ttji our heads.
I 'hope lo gel a luflotlgll noon, but *U|i
poae lli? brief nine I Mill bate, (and Hie
bud iyad? ennnidered) Mill put it out ofiny
potter to go further tli.ni lo tt?il my fitiiiilj
lu N. ti. May (?..d blenit you all, ia ill*
prayer of \ Our lri?ud and i'uator.
J. N. CRAIG.
Araiy Iulelligeuce.
i mkkmhk'i muttn??tt ?Tlie 'Courier"
of vVednraday ikjaAll the movement*
ol Hie < llwlliv indicate AU)(il<U and ilrnoch.
ville :<<? their point of deaiinnlion. Tm?iilielh
Army Corpa occupy Knherlavill* ?
The fourteenth army cuipa i roaavd Ki?tet'*
ferry M iitiJuu < Jjr Di'UUti t a brary
lorce of inlnnir), :> r 1111? r < and cavalry encamped
Monday iiiylit near ilia j Miction <?I
f.ilhehiitcliie and Uld Ulilor. mada. 'J'hia
lull* la belle* id in Jjv Hie llleetllh uod
8rrenl(?titii aiaiy corpa 'l'liey had creased
Mcl.ee'a Mill crock, and were engaged
hi ;e|?Miriii|( a bridge ul thai p*iat.
A hunt ten o'c'ock Monday riTorning the
wi: fin jr ad ain*? d with a con-idc ishle force
of infantry and urliilery from While I'oint,
a lid drove in oar rkirihisli lina three milea
to Kin^'a ('reek Al three 1*. ,M , our
tioopn advanced and drove IheUl back lo
Wniia I'oinl, rv-cniablmhing oor picket line
? here il v*as io lite morning.
Tuesday liitt a Dtiuy made a d?in<>*vlrution
oil our poMitnU al the pontoon bridge arrona
the >aikvh*4chia. but ralirad witliout ett ?v
ling ait) lUing.
Toe enemy, il i? rt|iorlrd, burnt Uc
Pnwraonville on Monday night, 'I'ltry ufr
alao reported erecting a b-tllery near Salkehalclna
l?r lint pitipnaa, aa in aoppoaed, of
ahelting the rail road al that point.
Cti&KLEaTON, Feb. 'J? A diapatcn from
llraxton'u bridge, al 7 40 laal night, auya lha
einmy advanced lo-day acioaa Ilia aw?nip?,
driving in our cavalry on our l?ifi within nix
in 11 of that place. They ar? auppoacd lo
ba in heavy force. There in a column of
envatry on the Augnalu road, moving rapidly
for "home unknown point. #
Ati.p in., raaierday, Ihe rnrmr Wad
ponaet .ion ol Mcliridge'a bridge, nod akir
miahing wan going on in front of liraiton'a
bridge. I II. enemy arc certainly moving
on Branehville.
Reception of o?r CommJuiontrs.?Inc
dent on their kouto.
' Kiciimobd, Jao. II ?General Grant irnt
in a flag ef truer to day announcing that
our ceiHuiiaaioaora would bo received at 5
P. ?
Accordingly at that hour, Mc**rt fiephrnv,
Hunter and C<ua|ibell, proevvdvd
out on the Baxter road, and under a flag of
truee entered the -enemy'* iin.a in front of
Wiae a Brigade of (ten Bovhrod Johuaun'a
Division.
They wera received by Col. Ilancoi-k of
Gen Grant'* aialT, conducted to a apecirl
train of cara awaiting in the rear.
The Coinmiaainorra will be entartaioed
at Grant'* Headquarters and atari for Wanh
ington to morrow.
Mr. Stephen* acrrast ??? permitted to
accompany thein.
Col. Hatch, aaeialant agent of Exchange,
accoinp-uiie* lb* cormniaaionrr* a* vaerrtary.
During th* paaaage of the Comini?aionrra
the breastwork# of the enemy a*'wall a*
our own w?ru eruwdad with aoldiars witnaaaing
tha no#al a ant.
Richmond, Jan 3K? It ia atatad that
whila paaaing through our lioaa tha <*oro?
miaaioQtra ware graatad with roeifaroue
alirara by tha trvnpa, ai.d that aiiailar d?m>
onatratiooa war% meat* by tha Vankaaa on
Uiair arrital within tba Yankee linaa.
m
i-r.'-uu . a? j.. u
Confederate Congre??.
Tli? Hennte hue <>|fnin pusned thw bill >?
tbori/iog t ?e IranamUeion of nvwnpapers
j to soldier* free of pontage, notwithstanding
, ttie I'rv-ideli:'? objorslion?yeas 13. naya 4
j ' In tha House, io day", Pejimttte eabniit|
ted the following, which ha tuppnrled it! an
I elaborate apeecli :
! Whmka*, AH nations have efor wit1
uraard with alarm tha eat a M i*li me ii I i f u
j loruiidable power ilt'tlierp vicinity, atid
I lr^rrfu.r, The people of the Confederate
Stale*, U* Well Mil lilt! United Stale*,'tin*#
? ?rr cherished the .resolution that *nv furt
liter acquisition iu North America by any .
foreign power would be incun^ieteiil with
their prosperity and development, r.ed
Whrrrat, The invasion of Mexico- by
Krstiii* l;u resulted iu the alleged e?tiibli?h
iDvut ?il u goe eminent founded uu tho von
M?nt id the govrruod, ntvtrtiulcM vv? lmr?
reason lo belie*# that ulterior fleergne ate
niter lamed against California and oilier
t'acilic Stale*, ?ki<h we do not regard an
parlies to liiu *nf now waged ngatttsl ua,
aether have puller furni-ttied niva nor
money lor ile prosecution, therefore li e
C??ngr??s of the Confederate States do
}(ao!ie, That the lime may not be dix
taiil when we will be prepared to unite a* ,,
a basis of the independence of the Confrd
(MHOVHKI, Willi IIIORe ino?l 1111 <_ r ?r A t i II)
ItiM principle* of the Monroe docliotf, and
to the currying out ?>f lho?e priift-iple* *:i
the North American continent. Referred
la I ho Coiuillittv on Foreign A flair*
The llouae of Kepreveiitalieea, pu*?ed
exemption hill, which provide* radical
change* id the pruarnt exemption l.iw. It
repeal* absolutely the lifieen negro law ;
provide* that no mail contractor under forty
year* of ag*'ahull be exempt, ai d limit*
the povvur of detail hitherto rested in the
hand* ol the President and MecralurV of |
ic . ic. _
?? ai. ?? r nave nil reason. eayn the Jtiehinmid
DnjMilch. (u b?!irv? lliul die bill, in
itrt present lorut, Mill puss llie Senute ?
Tlie ?eime of die Senate, aa rrrently ini-N
dentally rtprttrfd ill debate, i? in InVor ol
leatilig .untouched tlie exemption law now {
I is force.
Kicwmosd, Jan 31.? CJeti. I.ee'i? nornina- I
tion to the new grade of (Jeneral in Chief
mo prepared lnal week in the War I)epnrl
Oletit, by order of the l're?id?nt, but the
delay in-Heading it in to the Senate nrijen
from die President'* inability to oigg his
name in consequence of n eetere at luck of
neuralgia in riglit arm aud hand. The
I'reaideni ia atill confined to hi* room thin
morning, and may not he able for aoine
tfaya to reenter the one of hi* hand.
It ICM Milan Kali I Tin ll-m.li r? ? . - ..1
Ilia l?ili to abolish the office t.f all quarter
iriastara and coniiiunsarie* on duty at pn?ta'<d
depot*, urid to provide tor the appoint
I tit* itt of bondid ii"? iiis in their place. The
j act a I no repeals ail authority to detail per.
on* between the age* of 18 and 45 in a..id
I depart m-uls.
Northern News
The New York Hr.rald, df (lie 30tli, nays j
! not a word about the f ppoiiitineiil ol I'eace !
| (,'oniniianiooers by Lincoln, but haa u col- |
j u id it about Ulair's aeco oil *i nit In Richmond, |
I iu tba ahape of Washington c .rreapondence
The St. latuia corropondent of the Her
aid gr-vrfy announces thai Kirby Snti'h
is negotiating wi.h M?tiniili?n for the
trsnapoualion of hi* I'urwi to Mexico
Butler had a grand reception at I^owell,
on the iblh. ' In him speech ha said it wax
of no e*e to tiilk of piwc until ihe tebel
army in Northern Virginia was defeated or
captured.
Steward made a speech before the Chrix
lixn Comtuiasion in Washington on Sunday
night, 'J9ih, in which he aaid we only wail
for the submission of the rebels, which,
However, if delayed, neeessirily follows
tuiliisry ovsrlhrow
The I Hindoo Timet aaya oone of the Ku
roptan powers would guarantee the independence
of the Confederate Slatea, as hua
been proposed, even with an agreement to
abolish slavery,
M?. Kobssm, Agent of the CoaiUiitlre of
City subsistence for the pe >r and board of
relief for eoldiere fainiiies. cnlle-i unnn ?
*n?t prMtnM a Inter from the Mayor of
Charleston, iu which (Jan. Rturi|(ird iy|*
? the importance of promptly ending supplies
to the city. Mr. Kobatfto is prspared
to pay markst rales for provisions, or ho
otters in Kichaog* Salt, Iron, Nails, cotton
and wool Cards, Sugar, CofTss, Soda, limn,
itvillo Drills sad Oasii burgs, at reasonable
raloa. Ila la also authorized to purchase
the anrplua of bonded Agriculturists' W?
would recommend to planters basing any
provisions to spare to ascertain those favor,
able terms of eichange, by applying la Mr.
Jas. Duulap, of Camden, who has kindly
constated to act as bis Agstlt. 3t
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FOR SALE.
A good draught or aaddle llorae. A|>
pljr t?ar!y to tho uiioerxi^nud.
K B. ALLISON.
F?b 7, It
Ti Vr INI l/IVIt
J.IUi 111 1VI1.1I/*
AM. person* planting in lainc-istsr Din- j
Iriit and liable to pay the tithe tax air j
hereby notified that thrir retiirni under the j
tiral and second clan* of estimates tnual be
made Ik.-to re lite 'i&tli iu?t., in default of
- Iiicli tliey tail! he reported n* defaulter*
and dealt with' nrcnrdioifly
JUNK* CROCKETT, As?e?*cr.
Feb 7, 3t
Headquarters,
ENROLLING OFFICE.
I am ahtf.h C. II., S. C. Feb. 3,18t>5.
I'ltretlanl to Special Order So. 8, front
the I le-ulipiarler* of llri ?. lien. Coesnul
superintendent of Conscription in Nsulh
Carolina, and In compliance with a special
order of I<t Col. T. V Walsh Inspector of
the 1st ConoreVsional district, all I.iyfit
duty men (iiitaKsiyited ) all men detailed by
oroar ? ( the Uoiiscriplioii I >*}?-?ri itiuiil. ami I
all ollicer* of the'In valid Corp* (nna**i{jn? *])
w ithin (> ? limit* of l?n>ica*tur llistiiut, |
are hereby ordered t<? report in per-ori at I
(hi* ollic* on the 14th and 15 h diva of!
February ihataul, lor inspection, orjfnuixa* J
torn iVc.
l.t Col WaUh will Ur hare, in peraon, on
the daya above indicated. and Mill require
prompl and atrict coniplmiii-tt with thin
oriler.
ur I'he .Medical Bonrd will meet here '
on the 9th inntiint
U K Al.l.lSON, A K. O.
Aaiinp Knroiling olheer.
l.anc.later District ISo. Ca.
Keb 7. 1805. ?It
ESTATE SALEBy
permission of I). A. Wi lianah, Ordi- I
nary l< r Lancaster District, I will sell
[ on Thursday and Friday, the 23d and 2 till
days ol? Febiuary instant, a* the late residence
of UI.ASS 'JA8 ION, situate ill lh?
South Kaateru portion of said District, on
the water* ot Flat T'rrek.ull of tliu perish uhie
property belonging in ths F>inle ol
said deceased consisting of?
1 loraes, Mules, Cuttle, Hogs,
Bacon, Corn, Wheat, Uye, Oats,
and other articles ot produce.
Also Plantation Tools, Household and
I Kitchen Finuiluie and a large variety ol
I oilier articles.
Tkii.ms?Twelve months credit wrh note
! and approved surety and interest I'roui date,
! for all sums over lite dollars.
Land and Nee-roes.
O
I will ?l?i, ?t the sain* lime and place,
rent the Land mid hire the Negroes belong.
Hi}; lu said Ksielu lor tin*, ftui.uiidrr nt the
pi event )esr. It is one of the moat ml liable
und productive plantation* in ijincaaier
District. The negroes are about twenty in
uuniber?the most ol' them prime tield hands
and soute house servant*.
JOHN 11 WELSH, Ain'r.
F.b 7, 3t
Controlling Q M. Offioe,
s. o. ?*
I "TAX IN KIND."
Columbia, S. C, January 14, 1865.
COMI'LAlNT having bean made to this
(Nlice that unauthorized persona were
collecting and receipting to producer* lor
i their '1*1 I'HK TAX, the annexed 1'ara
I graphs Ni>*. I, 11, III and IV, of General
< >rdars No. 48, A. & I. ( ^ , aerie* I 864, 1
1 are published tor the informal ion ot all Concerned.
This nuiica is not intended to iu'
terfera with ttio Collection- of TAX IN
1 L' I M I t I - a I. ? * - *" "
nun'. ?? me "genua 01 ?ne uMicer< or the
Cl'imieriuaster and Commissary Depart
j msnte, who are collecting and forwardiug
' supplies te the army, and who have been
{ authorized to collect |y Officers oil Tax m
I Kind service.
| When troops requiring supplies are near
a drpo', i nd make dsirund upon it fur aup
plies, they will bo issued to the Staff or
| other Officer ia charge, in hulk, on hie re;
eeipl. J 11 kl .SLOAN, i
Major and Controlling Q..* M. of 8. C. .
[Kxtract.] I
(iI :\ER AL ORDERS AO. 48.
' ADJ'T. AND InaPBCToKtiKNEKAL'a CWtCE.,
Kickmono, May U7, ISM.
I THE receiptsot bonded Quartermae
' la tera and Coiauiissariea, and of Agents 1
i of Iax tar vice, are the only rereipta valid to
a producer for hie lithe tax, all others are
! worthless, and unjust impositions en the
j tax payer. It is elrislly forbidden that any
! other persona than those above named
shall give receipts for the Uilie.
It in .It _~n ? ? .
? v?wTw ?, wiivbiiuu ui iun?n oy I
| officer* ol the Quartermaster nod Commie
anry Departments ill the ti?ld. receipts w^
b? gifen monthly lb the District (Quarter*
master oh tax duly. 8111I1 receipt* mual
stale the iiaure and county of ilia producer.
Ill Quartarmaetere nod Commissaries
who hava mean* of tranaportatioo, and all
audi officers collecting auppliea, will give
, ' penal aiteution to thd ranioval ol Ihw tax
I iu kind from tolarior depute to railroad ala|
lieu*, aad to the supply storehouses of the
*"*? ~ '
IV. Officer* with troopa are prohibited
from forcibly taking posaeaeion of the (ax
dr^ota, or appropriating tha lithe. If thay
need auppliea, requisitions Iperttfor will be
made upon the tax officer or agent.
By order,
(Signed) 8. COOPKR.
A<ijutaataod Inspector General.
Feb 7, 1??6. ft J at.
9
" NOTICE"^
I hn?? appointed II. R. I'rice my Deputy
to attend to biisineaii in my ottirs on aurli
du>a aa I may b? absent; and tbe public
nre hereby notified that all uT?- liia acts as
Huih Deputy bavo -Ibe sanction of my antlioril
v *
JOHN W. TWITTV.
Cletjt Court C. P. & G 8.
L I).
F?b. 7, 1863. 52 *L
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA .
% >
ADJT. AND INKP'R.-GESL'B OFFICE,
Columbia, January 26, 1865. *
SI'/-: CI A /, ORDERS AO. 38? Extract? .
C1APT. WM. F. NANCK, A..A. Gun'l P.
/ A. C. S., luting br*n axiignt-d for
?:-l .. " J
...j vif>> m<ko nun iiii'h oria- ?
<|U:trlvr?, ?ili be obeyed and respected no.
cordinglv until otherwise directed . *
* ?
Hv order of the Governor.
(Signed.) A. C. GA KMNGTOX,
Adjutant aud Inspector-General S. 0.
Official: G. A. Pollin, A. A. <?.
Full. 7, 18G.Y ft2?2t,
SOUTH CAKOLINl..
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
I>Y I). A. WILLIAMS E^iiirt.OrdU
S3 nary fur ?:*id District.
WHKItEAS. J1NUY HAMMOND ha*
applied lo uiw fur Letter* of Administration .
ou nil and aingulnr Hie Good* and
Chatties, Right* and Credits ef E. J.
Hammond late of the District afortaaid
deceased.
THESE are. therefore, to cite and ad.
luont-h all mikI lingular, the kindred and
creditor- of tii? said deceased, to be andappear
betore me at *our next Ordinary 'a
| Court for II'C said District, to be holdeii at
IjineHKlcr Court House on the 2Hd day of
Feb. inst., to hIiow causa, if moy, ? hy
tlia aaid udiiiiliialralioD aliould not be (,raR>
ted.
' (liven under my band and aeol, this lat
j uay ol Feb. iu Hie year of onr
i. S. . l.ord one liiouaaiid eight hundred
?v? J and sixty-live and in the eightyninth
year of the independent-? of tb?
Stale ol South Caroliua.
D. A WILLIAMS,
O. L. D.
Feb. 7. 1865. ?81
FORRENT. ~
A.plantation in Lancaster District with
opeu land siiincienl for lha employ of tifteen
or twenty hand*. Krujnire at thia.
olti.-..
Jan. 31, tl
~ NOTICE.
Tli# creditor* fit' the Kitalf of I-itilctoft
M*"ler, (dec'd ,) will meet me at Lancaster
C. H , on ilia 14th February, Ibb5, for thw
purpose of tattling ?un1 Kil.ua.
ROUKR 1 11KCLKR, AJmr.
Jan. 30, 1865. 51 2t.
NOTICE.
ALL persons are hereby forewarned
agaiimt trailing for a Bole for eue llioueand
Dollars ijireu by di and Made pa>able to
R S. Beckham or bearer, dated May 5th
1H64. dae at one day. 1 have tendered pay.
ruent, and will not pay aaid note in any eih.
er than Confederate currency, uuluae cjuipelted
by law.
J. J. MORTON.
Jan 24; 1865, 50 8u
Medical Notice.
Tha ur>dar*Tgnad hereby girra notice that
he will hereafter ah trge tor medical eervb
c?-H io accordance with the following regu<
latione, vis:
Producers. who ha ie a turpi a*, will bo
charged at ttaa rate* wbicb picvailvd befora
the war, to bo pais In produce at old pricea.
Or, if th?y prefer to pay In currency, tbea
the equivalent of audi produca in currency.
r\ou producers, and producara w ho hate m
no aarpiun, will ba charged al a raaeorftfbie
advaoca, in currency ovar the old pricaa.
R. 8. HfcH KI1AM, M. D.
Jan. 31, 1866, 4t
SOUTH CAItOLlNA,
LANCAS'IKR DISTRICT.
BY D. A. WILLIAMS, haquire, Ordi<
.nary for aaid Oialrict.
i uiibKKAS, C. A. PLYLKR ku i?.
I plied to mo for l<eltor? of Asdminihlratioa
j oa all and singular tha Goods and Chatties
rights and Credit* of James Coatoaj
lata of tho Diatnal atoroaaid, daeceaaed.
! THKSK ure, therefore, to cite and ad*
moniah all and singular, the kindred aud
creditors of tha said deceated, to t>a and
appear before aia at our next Ordinary'a
| Court for tha auid District, to be holdea at
-Lancaster -art Hoass an tha 17ib day af
Fab. next , to show cause,. if any, why
lbs aaid administration should not be gran*
ted.
Given under my hand and seal.lhia 26th
I i day of Jaoaary in thsyear of ear
lis. > lx>rd una thousand aight hundred
| J and stity-flta and in tha eighty*
ninth yaar of tha tbdependvnee af tha
Stale of Saath Carotins.
D. A. WILLIAMS,
L. D.
Jaa.SI |Mt. -It
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