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' <?|jf rr?Tr if-- i n i ? ??? ? i ? LAN C ASTER VILLE, 8.6. Tueaday Morning, Feb 21,1866. 9 L.... In view oftlie rumors which had reached us of the tapid and continued progiess of the en euiy, meeting of the citizens ef our village and vicinity was held in the I'ourt House on Friday to consult as ta what stepa, ii any, | should bi taken uudsr the circumstances; and the result was the adoption of such measures f defence as are within our retell, in case the j enemy ahou'd threaten this |>arl ol the coun- ! try. It is not probable that our place will l>e in the line of the enemy's march, ahouhl he ( succeed in driving back or passing our armies below ; but it ia well to he piepared lor any euieigency Against a superior force, of comae leaistance would be worse than useless; but against bands of ruiding parties the means tor local delence, if propeily uaau, aie adequate ? W? a sit our leadcis against giving ^redcnca to the inauy sensation luuiors that aie afloat. Ihe Key Stone. We are under obligations to the publishers, Ve?>er* Wm. H. Smt*"i A" ("?>., Ilalcign, N. C., lor the Scbiuaiy tiuiu bat if "The Key Stone," moil thly Magazine, devoted to the imaiest ?>l the ancient and honorable Kiaternity o( Free and Accepted Masone. Thepe-ent nuitibei It. k an alii active table ol conunU, ciat lacing ration* subject* lelating to the ptincipIeK and piaclicc of the Older. It ia the only work ol the kind in the Confederacy and should have an extended ciiculalion; paincnlarly at this time when 11 gcneial rcviv.d of Fi ceuiasom y rtmt to be in progress (tii ..iighont the conntiy. We commend i' to tin- Ci?pt It isairont the M/.e of the Masonic Magazine* published in tire t oiled States bvlm? tin w*r, U piiutedon good papai and atilched and Irtuiiiiad in handMmii" Aiten. Tinii: una copy six uiontha f I i>, I'J copies Flow. F rrm iht Front Kiom the many mmora that ara afloat ?t find it ret; difficult to altcit anything etiliiah leltahle in regard to the movement* of the anamy. It appeais to lie qu:l* rariaia, however, that they ate within a few mile* Ol Columbia ; and that heavy fi^lifig *?? in progress tltere tm 1 hiu .-day and Kiiduy, aiili itrtilt* unknown ' i at ili? tune ol penning this > olice Time aia eoi dieting statement* as to the Inrce of the I eiicmv ut Columbia?out account i.-i that tltev luirt onlj Cavahy ami another that tliev ?>h in i loiCC, ami that iko m iiii body of mil ar- { my have Ulleu back u> Columbia ate a < now j votilionline them. We will thiubtUaa hate tuoie talivlactoi] intelligence brloro going to | it e.*?. Tlie "nl joined written auteniniit wai lecaiveii tiotn Cnindou by Saturday'a mail ? U t?<l on Fiiday : ? "Our latent iiilottiutlton fiutii > V.umbia ia up , j to one o'ck>'k yeaterdar. -At th it houi the lelegia|ili opeialot at Columbia luld the opeiator at kingafilla that our foicea had iwpulned I the enemy and diierti him I afk. Couunuuua lid heavy tiling iir.nd h>ie duilng the day ; Up lo tout 'oh.ik, when ll giuw lainler M if receding. I'tevioua to this our army IiaU been dtiveii poor* llie liver, end ilie budge burnt. Gen. Beautcgaid Mated to the troops at three o'clock yoateiday morning, that it they could hold eut 48 hours, trna the day lietore, that laige leiuloiceiumiu would arrive. 'Up loft .o'clock last wight thee ha I liot got 16 Kingrville. \Wu braid cannonading lliiou^h.ul lart night, .and until too houijgago wHen thr wind got so Ihigh that nothing could be heaid. A tiain iwitb too troopa ate houtly expected line on (their way to \\ iimalioio. Telegraph toiniuu | nication between Knigrvillr at i| t'l'lumbia haa ! been interrupted. We icveivcd no tuui'a f?ooi | any quaiter la?t night. Weaie eapccong a ' couiiai from Columbia at J o'clock, the me I ' carrier aaya ho cannot roaiai.t till that hour.? It la repotted and gvooially believed that Charteuton baa boon evaluated. Tlieie arc tboua* 1, -r .M?.. _ !,. UuJ.. . t foundation," (Will I.itka. Cnl Tin, Saturday lab 19, 4 o'clock A. k i ?Tim enemy had poaasa?lou u< Columbia at \i o'clock?heavy cannonading took place? iluiing lb? bombardment many M>uaca were struck oti Main Street?few casualties a>e ra ported, Boiae oflleiala bad been placed under arrest by the aneat)?namea unkaown. HV heeler's Cavalry at iaat account* was be. twean Krdgeway and Winw-boro? Inidgeaover 1th* Congaree and Saluda burned by our Mrce*. Pl|*atba* is reported to be moving down bj ' way of Abbeeille?destination W iiiiiehwro<? llier lot or? l>y ?y of Islington, wutle troops /raw Cheileaiot. are en rpute lu our aeaialanca, good d?al of e?cii*niei.l prevailed among ilia cltlirna ,111 cunaeqtiauce of die Hombeidaient, but i>o doubt ol a final ^suc-ceaa appear* to be entertained by (he military autboriliee. The >eport ol Geu. Butte.'* death is entirely _ without foundation. Still later report* aay the enemy are at WifltJioro; our torcae falling barli belore (hem. Wi hear a thoAuud and on* tumoia indicating Jha near approach ol rtitviay to our locality, but noUiing that can bo regarded ae reliable. t V * ? En? L"J IMJMIL'J'JI . JF*i' Nectssai y Reforms. The Chatlotte Democrat has aome *eiy just and app:opiiute remarks on the necessity for reform in the cnuducl of the people generally and the management of the office holder* especially. Hay a that paper: "We wish to talk plainly and candidly on this sohject, and there tore suv that unlew two thiids ol the ofiicehoMera and employees at llic various posts throughout the Confederacy are di-miiseed and sunt to the army or allowed to go to their homes, we fear the worel consequences. In saying this, we are euie we are not prompted by feelings of ill will towards any individual officeholder, for a laigu number of those who are iu oilier are only doing what Many others would do if they had the opportunity, via: tilling poeitions of no practical benefit to the country or cause. We do not abuse the individual who tills one ol three offices?neither do we consider it dishonorable in a nian to hold one ol these offices ?it the present occupants were to resign, some One else weuld jump into tiirir places?but we do con emu the i regulation or law of the (>oveminent wtuch cieates so many oilers Or permits them to exist. From observation and infm illation coiHiiiiinicaled to usi w? rm l-.i ? believe (but (lie public business could be transacted by one third of lb* present number of a bile uiva employed at the vaiioua post,*.? 1 JicoHoiiii/, ns weli as oilier considerations, demands that the number id titliceboldera should be diminished. And we would also remaik that no one should be pel milled to hold an office unless ho is a citizrn of the Con fed ?i acy and fully identified with its late for Wtal or woe. And, fui liter, no officer who is not scivin^,' in the field should be Jiermilled to keep a horse (for his own use) to bs fad nl Government expviiso? florae* aie needed in the army and on Unas, and corn is in demand to feed the soldieia sad their families?ami if officers keep hoi sea at their own individual ex|i?nse, -they should be liable to impressment like the horses ut other people. * ~ """"'?"""" 1 The appointment of Ueneral Hampton to the commandLot two mtch division* ?i> those of General* butler anil Young, (rays the Soulli ('uruliHuiii) i* an emi nent ol euccera. II# in once more at the head of the men he ha* no often ltd to victory on Virginia field*?men on whom both the country aud himself can depend and we may, therefore, look for a repetition here of tiie gallantry which ha* been bulletined fiom every battle in which they have had a pljce. The uuival of ileallrcgard, the thought that Hampton is in the saddle, the in operation of Gan Johnston, who, although lor lire pieseul "behind the acetic*," doe* not withhold In* skill and expei iaiicu, whenever demanded, to gt'lhet wilh a score o: oilier fact* of mi enrour #K'"K cliaiicir', winch sliou d not be publi.-hcd, me eveiiU*tlntl may well give our people great j*yRome after the Battle of Canon. The noblest mid mod' soul inspiring passage ill mII his'ory ia that giving *J' account of the luct cl" .. i Roiuana after their dinaatroua oveitlnow at Oannre. This battle eras (ought in ih* lli. d \ear ol the Caithagiuian war, la each pieviims year Hannibal had Inflicted severe Helen'* on the Roman*: >'iiat at Trebhia aid alteiwaids at l<ake Tbiasyuieue. l'ut the Komau losses at Caiiuai'aere tar greater than in either of the preceding battles, and seemed, at the time, alin->ut to liava annihilated their military strength. It put Ifanniluil at once in possession of the most southern State ol (tally, whilst much of the north was held by the eta Alpine Gauls, who wore his allies, fottning part of his army. Capua at once ubinittcd to bin:, and nothing was left to Koine but a eery small teriitory iu middle Italy. In this emergency, (remark* the fitniin*!,) when liie Si iiAir beard ol the defeat, it immediately assembled, foibade all lamentations, and adopted elHviet t measures to prevent any aaaeuihlage* at the people for the purpose of diecussing the subject of peace, and, toon alter, a hen Hannibal sent ten Roman prisoners to prtrprNia eunie terms of accommodation, the Senate would grant them no audiaiice, refused to peiurit them to enter the city, and e*iit litem coiiu-mptuoueiy back. Varro, the Roman general who had imprudently and raalily brought | on the fatal battle, was met on Iris return to the city by a deputation of the Senate and tinpeople, who b.ulc Iiim welcome, and publicly Hinitcu HUM, IUI mat no nail 1101 (M?|)?iri'a oi the Republic." Speedy end effl- tent measures weic put in upviation to recruit tlie army, end i rigid eumptuer^ lew* were euected and en| tiiiced, to prevent all waate or tueleee eipcinli J ture. The battle of I anna' tu the culminating point in the fortunaaof Hannibal? the grcjleat chieftain ot ancient or of modem tiinea. from that da* Hie alar of hi* fortune uteadily waned, and, although the war continued lor ritteen yeare, he von no more great victoria*, and waa lina'ly delMtei aud dr^en inio baninlnn -nt.? Tliat terrible overthrow which threatened Hoaie with apeedy and uturr deeti action, waa the oceeaion of her aub*r?piant triumph, for it fully eronrod the unconquerable apirit of a hiava and noble people, reeolfad to periah or ha fraaSimitar paeaagea are to be found lit the hietory ot alinorft all uationa, Caching the leaaoti that none but a Ju xJcd, tortile or dnttoralioetl proyU com bo Mubjtuinlodt 11 1 1 ui alan""j-*j1 Editorial BrevitiesThe Canadian authorities have passed an alien t>H), excluding from their territory Southern refugees who violate the right of asylum. Memphis papeie way that a British agent fiom Liverpool at Corinth, ia paying forty cents for cotton, par* gold, and part supplies. They also tote that considerable cotton, after failing to gel within our lines, has been taken to Corinth, ? A negro teant.-tler was shot at a few days ago, at Savannah. by a truard. for insolence. He was slightly wounded in the jcft breast. The IlnpubUcan pays some of tlic uiale negro population are golfing altogether too uniulv of the streets; and inform* tlieiu that order will bu maintained. The news fioni Pari* is in eorroboration of previous reports that Louts Napoleon haa taken par in land foi his services to Maxaniiliati. The piorince of Sonora, of which he has thus coina into possession, is bounded West by the Gulf of California, Noith by Arizona, Knst by Chihuahua,'and South by Cuialva It* interior position will retider it necessary to a secure occupation, that Nupcdeon extend his boundaries or keep Maxaniilian well in hand. A?MY CoKKSSPoNDKNCE of THK l,E?GER. I'ktkr-bukg, Va , Feb 7. 1866. The penco rumora, which flew as "wild fire" over the country, awaking anew the hopea of the peep.u -and nruiy, that an ami culde adjustment would be made of our ex. is'tng dillieult'e-, have litinll\ come to n head. Our ('oniniUaiooera has returned, bringing with tliein the condition* offered bv the enemy? which is nothing le*s than iincnn diiiunat tuhmittion and alutlitiun nf slavery. These were the only terms of pence the enemy would entertain, which amount* to I immediate recognition, bv H*. of the equn'. itv. social and political, of the negroes, and unoond.lional submission, witli the pains and petiailiea of rebellion ? cuntiacnliun of properly arid the penalty nf denth to no innny un the mercy of lh* unurper may confine Die |>ani***ieiit Thus ends the graut peace exci.eliicnt. Wc believe what liaa taken place will eff-ct good for the cau?e ; it will have a tendency to quell (hone peace faction* springing up over the country, and occa eionully. manifesting itself in our chief leg ialatite haila. Having utade au honest effort to wpen negotiations, w hereby peace might he a tlaineii, alike honorable to both parties, arid having met with terms ao degrading in their character mid ruinous in their effects, 1 we have bat one course left us To yield . now that we are fully acquainted with the I evil design* of the foe, would he to eurren- ' der *11 to their mercy? 'ibcrty, property, lil>?ami to Indtira * falure of alavary, ao intolerable, thai would drive u* to war again in laaa lliaa nix otolith*. However much we d*?ir? pi ace, (hen* propoiilioiie, no liuniiliuiing and degrading to aoutheru ' apirit, caauol be entertained. 'I'hcre were aoma wlio believed honorable term* of reconciliation arid recoiialruclion j CouWt b? obtained, uhd de?ir?d lo eee noma eil'uil iii that direction. The ?tf<>rl haa bean made by tlirea ot our beat ?tuteMi?en ?and reunited, ?? V?u bate aucn, in luruia | loo in?ulliiig lo bu countenanced The re | cofiilructioniat ia required to consent to the aouial and political equality of the nejro? I to the degradiiion ol himself nod children ? hi* own iii.pov*rinTin<anl and rain With such a picture hrld to >iiga2e?Urmr to ofriendli lo l.ia at uipalhina who can doubt hia futura determination to lijfbt to the luat Thara w ill be no rccoiiNtrnclionial* ill tbeaa alaU-t when thaau terms are read by II u people?-unity of purpose will rovein them I iii lb* future ? they will be agmu united mid rally to llie ?epp?wt of II.e cau-e * in lHtfi. 'I'll* mantling terui* offered U ?, h?? ' had i lie effect of vwcnring harmony and uni tinn u?. u? one m-m, in our holy war fur { liberty, avlt preservation, atat* and irniiMd. In a > honor. I'll# moat d.ftii ult barrier in our way, at | yreirDl, i? tiie want of men, to balnuce the | heavy loviea of .he enemy now being made ' preparatory for Hie apring campaign Oar army haa recruited to a very ferwidab'c aute, theugh il ie not ayppo?ed to be mere th ?n half aa alrong, lahienr. tlly, ae that of ihe enemy. (.'ongreas haa been adopting mai urea, looking to the inuranee of arm, heartug men, by the abolition of all poet qunrI lertnaelere and tiutrmiaeoriea, but Una, we fear. Will prove ae inetfaetnal aa the abjJiehutenl of Regimental qiarl?rui?ai?r*? who, if one of them ie in tp* rank* to day, with liia uiueket. he ia not in I.ee'a army 'I'o come plain I v and ?q>tarely up to the truth, aa tfc how our army aha 11 be reeruiled, we ' e#e but one rleuiiRl hfl ue to fall back upon, and that element ie more corree.ly under State uelherity than Confederate. # Independence and emancipation ie far preferable lu aubjugeiieu and abolition. If reconalracliea or eyibj oguuwu take place, abolition ia j.iet a* a?rlaiii to f.oluw, aa | aurrly ae night foHewe day. Wa have lo*t % ground in the Inst rutnpaign?our armies hn*e keen pressed buck by oterwhelmirg numbers? by mere brute force, and now if *e would atop the further progress of the eueiuy, v\# muni brni2 nil our eneri?ie? and strength to bear. 'I'lm eegrnea mutt be put under arm*? dUriplmad and brought to bear upon the foe. We are aware Of tlm popular objection* to Ibiv tnaaaure but wbeu campurt-d with the i?tnka at ritk.lliey are at' secondary ronaitlerolion. We ara favorable ty awning the laal able-bodied >n?jjro, rather tkun aubllilt to defeat. let Yankee rule prevail, and the negro at ill hold the balance of power at the ballot box, and the wlnlo man will be placed banaulh bitn. I hia would Le intolerable, and extermination ol the race w ould necessarily follow. At tbia iv a matter for Stata action, ami j not (.'iihk'lt*r:ila , * * -? ?? ? ,...? I ...... ?... t I uur litll# I'ul taetto S'.nle, a. she was (lie fir.il tn fur) llie "Bonnie Blue" to the trie breeze of lleupen, wilrb; the first to ten der to our General iii-l.'hivl the tir?l !? %y of negro soldiers to the Confederate States. Grti. !.? ? favors the meusuie end has expressed his willingness to put them in pr< per discipline and wad them into b.tille. Promise o! reward si ill be nacessnry to act as a stiiuuloun, but puihaps it m y not b? accessary to give them their freedom ; we leave this for wiser beads to consider ; but even should it be found necessary, it would i be infinitely more preferable than snbj iga lion and abolition. Since there i? nothing left us hut to . tight it out .' since the enemy bus n fused to listen to any dl*eu-?*io:i of the matter ? let as all determine, '.bat the tight shall be I a good one?it shall be a light to shic-h { our children ahull point with the prde of freemen na the campaign which snde their eonntry free of the do?pols heel. I .el tis do our duty and sse all tTie element* God has bestowed upon it*, and lis mill neither forssUe us or permit m to be overcome ii-.vw a K.._ i ince \eaterda? netting on our extreme tight? the enemy Inn li<-en rcputaeo mo far ? - it W great eluiighter?hit Brigade hat not yet been engaged. I know nothing reliable. Will write again a? soon aa tba buttle i? over. More aeon IA )t .'A I The enemy in BarnwellWe have converaed with jdmitera froni Barnwell i>ialricf. who have mude their way through the linen of the enemy'* advance. uhJ'vvIiu represent their conduct > still thoroughly characteristic of the moat brutal vandalism. 'I'lie \ illaga el iluford'n Hridee lis* been burr.ed to the ground; Ilia ie*i? dciicea of tha planters, on the route, which were left urn scupisd, * ere invariably da alroyed Aid where the IVmiMra still re. m?ined in their dwellings, they a era subjected not only to robbery, but to varum* kinds of insult. Pistol* acre clipped to Ihe bosoms of anmeo, mothers and wives; the robbers refused to wait until doors and 0 4 drawers could he unlovkcd, broke open ruthlessly the finest cabins's and apartments, de*tro\ed or curried off" at p'easore, sod to etiforca tl eir demands threatened 1 lioir 11 a Li it u ilk lira oViir iko Lauile < f !. inhabitants. They traversed lbs precincts, it uppers, in scattered binds of fifteen or twenty, sometime* nidi nnd romehm>-s without nn? oflii?r, the oflicer in general , cominsii'i of li.es* predatory parties being i understood tn be ft Colonel Kobbiiv, who evidently nud emphatically deserves lit it I the Utter (i should be restored to his i nine, ss ol' natural right tslonging toil, lie was probably chosen for hi* woilt bceousv of bis merits sis picaroon?Columbia (lumrdtan. . Take Care of your Confederate Money W's think that the pefiod of suprrabnn, d.iiivt of Treasury notes is near its close The amount in eireulsiiou is to be limited to on? fttndred and hft) millions, in?tead f five hundred millions, as it was not long go; ami itiul hundred and titty tniihufi* ia to aeiird not only tin* pur poem of trade but tlia rt quirenicn'a of il.e people lo p?y ih? tl?w eiiormO'ia laxra which C'ongrma i? a bout <>' levy. It U aaid thoa# luxea will hereafter amount to a?veo hundred mi lioh" of yeal?Aal i?, lli? full amount annually ' required to support tlia government in Htm proaectitieA of Ilia war, until tlia tankeea ( all be willing to make |rai?. it would be unwiao, of coaraa, and even unjnat, la throw all the burden of this upon the 1'rea. ant, if any pait of it coild be postponed lo lha Future ; but that cannot be, fur the pao. I pie do not lot) the government bond# to any considerable extent, and it would not anly ba nealae* but nbaolelwly.injurious to i to ixeue mora Treuaury note# Tlia go?. aromnit ba# but three u|*dee by which lo provide mean*; the issue af Treasusry note#, iba sale bond*, arid lha collection ol taxaa. Thp two firat having been rxhaus ted, lha third only remain* The taxei #, ) ? ?mammwar* m*wm?tana will b? high, very lii^h. Hot, a* heretolore, lh? people will piy tlnou c liter In Uy . They am the p. ice of Liberty ; nod U is | better to pay tout price than to allow the i yaiikeeu to lake all nud to our liberty along I with Hint all. 1 What wa desire particularly to impress opon our leaders now, in the fuel, that it will take the whole amount in circulation, four times each year, to pay ?e?cu hundred million* of dollars of taxes. Probably a large portion will be made payable in kind, and not in monev , but ulill there will be ?o > much remaining to be paid in money as to i create a use for all the Treasury notes that 1 U)oat people can command What will be ' the consequence*! An int citable scarcity of cuireocv, its certain appreciation, and an | equally certain depreciation of the values of all oilier thing*. Those who have breii scattering their treasury nine* a* if they were little better tuan so niucli wraste paper, and thereby duuiag'ttg the cause ot their roun'ry, will have abundant opportunity urid leisure to repent of their folly and wast of patriotism.? t'aycllevilte Ob WTICT. Gen- Lee Assumes Command of the Confederate Annies. ltlCHMoRO, Feb lb'.*?(irll. Leu's General Unlet, No. 1, assuming comm tnd of the CunMarnte armies, contain* the following passage : "Ueepiy impressed with the difficulties and responsibilities ot this position, I hunt' I bly invoke lite guidance of Almighty God I reiy for soccer* upon the courage and | fortitude of the army, sustained by toe putri| otism and tiriiine** of the people, confident that their united etforts, limit r lisnveu's b essir.g, will secure pence and iiid?p< n dene* UEUUlilTIMi OA Ml'. Lancaster, II , S. ('., Feb 17, 18t>5. K I'. Ai.LlsuK, Ast. Fn. Ulliie r, lain ens* ter I)istrict, ?S. (J. I am directed b\ order from General l.ee to collect all llio cat airy accoutrements in t.ie possession ot iiliz?n*. I dtsne you to make a ivjucst of all ciliu ns, to bring tlieiu | in, nnd give a certificate of (lie price paid j for said articles, and the uni out will tic re | funded by 'he Government. Auv citizen I refusing to comply with this order, you | will immediately euiid a squad wf uien to I take possession of such property. \V. 11 KlitKIR, I (.'apt drc. ENROLING OFFICE, LaVCAHTKR. C. 11 , Ft* j. 18, 1865. 'l'o the Cilitent of' Lancaster I)iUriel, S C i In con* pi inn-e wi.b the aboto request ot . Capt Ivirkir, I hereby give public notice I that all persons, too ing cavalry acceuti*. incntaiu th.-ir possession,-w ili come lor 1 wiird proudly ai d deliver the initi to in* ! at my office. Certificate# will he given ia | ' ncc rdsnra wi.li the above or.i*r of (.'apt i iwkir In crse of any pcratiu concealing , "or refusing to bring forward, such accoutre ; llielits. prompt measure* aid be taken to 1 * If ml <'apl Kirkir niiv axMitanee lh.il he uiny | [ deniru to enforc* llipir iuipre??inent. Il ix ; hoped I lie cilitenx of laincaeter will re a J i pcnd promptly, and that Urere will hp no I ripppuMiy tor uiipre-n-enl. Tho ami die.* i mid bridle-* are now tieedud i.i the held ? j | DpIiiv i* certain1)' danjjerons, ami 11 uv be J probe*h ruinou* R E. A 1.1.1 SON, A. K. O. Ac*.iii|( Enroling oliiccr Lancaster Duiricl .vo. (la. Feb 11. 18S5. ?if. ; outli uaronna, LANCASTER DISTRICT. BY I). A. WILLIAMS, Require Ordina rv for said District. WIIKK.KAS, UI'.SLKY IMI.TON h-A applied to in? for 1 < -tter? of Adininis, ir.ition, tie horns noti, on all mid singular the | (tonda and Chatties, K'^iiU and Crrdiu of i JOHN MASSKY, late of the District I aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and ndinou- [ iah all and sinoul.tr, llie kindred and credi* tors of the nuid deceased, to be and appear ( I before trie at our neat Ordinary'? Court for j the said district, to be holden a*. Lancaster Court liouse on the tt.n day of March i next, to allow cause, it any * by the said administration ahouldnol he granted, i . (liven under my hand and seal, ; < KS. >thia the Ibtn day of Kan. ir. j ( j the year of our Lord one thou- ; sand eight hundred and Sixty rive, and in the eighty-ninth year ot the Independence 1 nl' II... ..r si....,u I*.. ? I). A. Sk 11.LI \.\1S, O. L. D. Feb 21. IKt k .21. WAll TAX NOTICE. ; War Tax Ofiice, near Pleasant llill, S. 0. i TAX payer* uie hereby notified that the !)? purimeiit require* iiul tun Advnlo,-?n> Tax, (non Agricultural J and Soldier* lax nilniI lx? collected forthwith. Thia office will be kept open fifteen day* for Hit- purpo-a of collecting emd tax, alter which tune Kxecuiiona will bo ianied againal all de . laul.ora. JAW KM R M AGILL, 18lli lJiotnct Collector, M. C. i Feb. 14, Ifctid- 1 St. ii ih'i'ii i.wm1" g i.i Estate J. W. Williams. All person* hariug di tu.tnds aguinsl the Kalate ?t" J VV. Williams, dereu-ed, are H-rebv notiliad to present them without da?t ; and persons indebted to ?uid K?tate will tiiuko payment to the nadersiuned. M A R. SMALL, AJuj'x. Feb li, 3t NOTICE. " AIL registered pemoin a 10 required to ilak? their relurne for the laat quarter enling December dial, 1864, in twenty day*, l'lie riMseeaora w ill be at l.nncnster (*. II. 011 Saturday tlie 25th in*t, for the purpose of irking auid returns All defaulters in ma?intheir returns in udvaloreiu tux will nuke their remrua at the same time and place il" not made befuru aa lb* books must. L?a cloned UJ>. J H. UOBLKY, U il.DUNCAN, Aaaeaaora. Feb. 14. 1806. 'it. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. UY"virtue of an order front I). A. Williatnn, Ordinary, for Lancaster District, I will sell on Ilia 2d day of Marah next, at tba late rtsideace of John t'lyburn, deceased, siiuale at Tuxnhaw in anid District. all of I lie personal Lstale of aaid deceased, consisting of Eleven Negroes, two -rlules, 1 Horse, 2 Wagons, 1 Buggy, Fititeen or twenty Bales ol Cotton, Corn, Fodder, chucks. Ih.use-hold and kitchen lurniutre, and many oilier articles TkmMs: Twelvemonths eredit'with taota and approved securely and intereat from , date lor nil suui* over five Dollar* JOHN L ROBKRTSON, Adtn't. Feb 14, 18C.5, St. A Correction, A LI, persons are forewarned npainst tr*-. diny for a note For one taou*Mjd Dollar*,, ^ ivao by me and oiade payable to K. tj. Lin k ham or bearer, dulad May b, )&t>4. and duo one day afiar duta '1'lij* in a balance af til I t ii hundie>i dollars due io a lioraa swap For uiy son for cavalry service, 1 have tandried pay maul of said note twice or thrice, and the money liaa been refused each lime, and 1 therefore notify the public thai I will not pay unv part of that not* uuleaa compelled by law. ;. J. LOR iON. Fab 14, 18f>6. Ui TAX IN KINDA LI, persons p'anlin^ in luincastsr District nnd liable to pay the lithe tax aiu hereby notified thai their return* under the fir*t and seCorid class of ekliuialea must bs made before tne -6Ui iuat , in default of which they will be reporter u? defaullsrs and dealt w ith according! i i, A JONLS CROCKK s.sasor. Fab 7, * at Medical Notice. The undersigned hereby gives notice that he Mill hereafter sliarge tor medical aer?icee in accordance with tlie following regulations, via : Producers. whit hme a wrjilux, will bo charged Ml the rate* wliictt pievuiled before Ihr war, to be paid iu produce at old prices, Or, if they prefer to pay In cnriency, thee the equivalent ol miicii produce iu (urreiicy. Non-producers, and producer* who have no Httrplu*. will bu charged at a reasonable advance, in eurwnry over the old prices. K Si. liULkllAM, M D. Jan. 31, 1 *65, 41 SHERIFF SALE. By Order ot th? Ordinary. Jane Sieture, App'l. J Order for sale ef va. > Ke.il Estate ef P. James Steele, et al. } Steele, dee'd. Dv virtue ef aa order from 1). A. VVilliama, Esquire, Ordinary tor Lancaster District, I wi>> sell ai l.oacaster Court House aii liie first Mandav in March next, between the legal imurs of sale, the land belonging to the Ks'ate of Francis Steele, deceased, situate on the waters ef Camp * fJreek, udjeimtig lands of II. it W. Ilelk, T. M. Relic ned ethers; containing two hundred acres anore or less Terms?Twelve meatus eredit with ia. leresi treai day ef sulo, except so much eash as will pay the coal and expenses ef sale, the porchaeer to give bead with goed seeu, rily and a mortgage ef the premiees, it deemed nece*aary te the Ordinary, fer Ike purchase nsonev. AMOS HeMANUS, S L D. Sheriff's Ottice l.aeeasler C. U. IVb H, 1??5, 1-St j DAILY CONFEDERATE. PUIIM8IIKD AT R N. C. A M. GORMAN A CO, P**pnetor?. DAI t.Ydlt5iTl< >N, for H months $)2 " ^ " 3 " "7 M ? M | (4 , # J TRI-WKEKtOf, for 6 months 7 44 14 3 M 4 WKRKLY KDITION.for 6monlhs*6 No HiibieriptionH received on any other thMl the above, nor for a longer or ahonher per'mt.