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J". T. HERSHMAN, Editor. FRIDAY, HIA1T 2, 1862. Acknowledgment. Capt. W. L. DePass acknowledges the receipt of forty pair of Socks from the ladies of the Kershaw Aid Society, for which ho rotnrns thanks. The Daily Prayer Heeling. It will be gratifying to our soldiers in camp, to know that these meetings arc kept up with unfaultering interest. The fathers, mothers, wives and sisters of the loved ones far away? exposed to the dangers of the camp and the hazards of the battle-field?meet every afternoon, to invoke the protection of the God of Abraham upon them?who is the hearer and answer of prayer. lie has never said to the seed of Jacob?seek ye My face in vain. The Wheat Crop. We understand the prospect for a good yield in the upper part of this and Lancaster District of this important grain?especially in view of the Dresent nricc of flour?is vnrv *>n 1 IT "" J couraging. A difficult)' in gathering, after maturity, is apprehended, as there arc so many in the service of the country accustomed to do their own work, having exchanged the scythe for the sword. We hope those who have hands, and are at all convenient, will not fail to send help to save the staff of life, so necessary to the support of those at home, as well as our army in the lield. We call upon all who can, to give a helping hand in this important work. Wheat, when ripe, cannot, like corn, rcmaiu in the field without serious injury. Our Condition. While we regret the surrendering of so | many forts along our coasts, and the taking prisoners our brave men who endeavored to defend thorn?many of which ought never to have been attempted to be held, with the immense disadvantages our enemy have over us on water?there arc connected with them matters we cannot understand, and will not find fault, unless we could be assured on whom to cast blame. But with all before us, there is nothing to discourage in the accomplishment of our great purpose of deliverance and liberty. What are our enemies to gain from taking New Orleans? Let the reply of Mayor Monroe be the answer?with brute force the Yankee commander could enter the city, but 110 citizen would raise his arm to take the Flag of the government of their deliberate choice down. The strong attachment of the people to the new and detestation t? the old dynasty, could not be changed by the presence and threats of an armed soldiery. How many men will it require to keep down the people of that city ? and with the very great probability of Yellow Jack amongst them, they will find themselves in a condition more unpleasant than before they passed Fort Jackson. The fruit of their expedition will prove to them, we hope, like the apples of Sodom. With our large army yet in the field?which we trust under God will be able to check the onward iYiAvnmn?f Alir iaoc l??f < l>n ^f UiVIVyUIUHU V/* VUI IVV.O IVU HIV/ ?T rtll/II ? U1 U U1 every Southern man be, "give me liberty, or give me death," and strike the foe wherever he appears. They will then find out the spirit of the Southerners can never be subdued but by extinction. What Will Be the Result? The Mercury of yesterday says: The Richmond papers of Monday throw but little light on the capture of New Orleans. The Examiner surmises as to the direction General Lovell will take. On the supposition that lie will join General Beauregard at Corinth, it is calculated that an immediate action will occur there, or that an attempt will be made there at once to move the forces under Beauregard eastward. The situation is said to admit of no - U A. * oiner alternative. The loss of the great cattle country of Texas is accounted as not the least disastrous result of the ill timed fall of New Orleans; and i some appreciation of this loss may bo made j when it is known that droves of cattle to the | amount of more than two hundred thousand head were being driven through to New Orleans at the time of its unexpected capture by the Yankees. It is understood that the subsistence of its armies in the field is likely to be a question of immediate concern to the government. Much of the cattle country in Virginia is already in the hands of the enemy, and the Examiner thinks that a sudden concentration of our forces in Virginia or Ao the eastward is among the measures contemplated by the Government. I From Richmond. official intelligence gen. lovell evacuated new orleans. Richmonc, April 27.?Official despatches received this morning state that, the enemy's fleet approached New Orleans and demanded a surrender. Gen. Lovell refused to surrender, and evacuated the city with his troops, falling back to Camp Moore on the Jackson Rail Road. He first destroyed all the Cotton and public property which ho was unable to remove. The new iron-clad steamer Mississippi was burned to prevent her falling into the possession of the enemy, 1 ? r _ iwinin^ i9 emu uuuut luu juuuisiaiia. [Later.] later from new qrlean8? interview between mayor monroe and the enemy various rumors and reports. Mobile, April 27.?On the visit (under flag of truce) of Mayor Monroe's Secretary to the Federal fleet, the Oomodorc promised him to make a renewed demand for the surrender of the cit}*, but he had not done so up to 5 o'clock this afternoon. * The Confederate ship MeRae came up from the Forts under flag of truce, having on board forty of the wounded at the Forts. She comifmnicated with the Federal flag ship, the re suit of which was not l^nown. It is rumored that the Federals refused to let her return. The Foreign Legion are keeping guard over the city and preserving order.. In a conference held with one of the Federal officers, after the correspondence between Mayor Monroe and Commander Farragut, the officer left, declaring he would shoot down the flag on the City Hall if it was not hauled down. He actually brought liis ship in range, but has not fired a shot thus far. It is reported that several French and English men-of-war arc below, and have entered a protest against shelling the city. It is believed that the Yankee vessels are short both of provisions and Ammunition. We arc in a state of starvation ourselves. The city is remarkably orderly but the excitement is intense and the feeling of deep humiliation verv general. Further than this everything is the same as when the enemy's vessels first appeared. All are awaiting the shelling of the city if the enemy have the courage to do it. [Second Despatch.] later still evacuation of tiie forts on lake ponci1v ktrain confederate gunboats destroyed?river boats burnt. Mobile, April 28.?The Forts on Lake Ponch art rain were all evacuated on the 25th inst., in great haste with a considerable loss of supplies. The guns were all dismounted, not destroyed. At Fort Pike all the buildings were burned including the telegraph office. An operator has gone to the extreme limits of the city to open an office, if possible. All the gunboats on the lake have, been burnt by our people. The Mobile river steam boats AVhitman, Brown, and another name unknown, with several others are engaged removing troops, stores and ordnance to Manchac, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Manchanc Bayou. [The latter is a small stream forming the South boundary of East Baton Iiougc, and communicates with the Mississippi on the West and with the Amite on the cast. Small steam boats ply on its waters.?Eds. Courier.] It was feared all the last named boats would also be burnt after the removal of the stores. The Yankee fleet at Ship Island are again returning to that station. From IliclimoiMl. official dispatch from general i.ovkll. Richmond, April 28.?The following official dispatch was received this morning by Adjutant-General Cooper from General Lovcll: "Camp Moore* April 27, 18C2. Forts Jackson and St. Philin are still in rmrwl . , ft condition and iu our hands The steamers Louisiana and McKae aresafe. .The fleet is a', the city, but they have 110 forces to occupy the place. The inhabitants are staunchly loyal.'1 a spy iiii Richmond, April 29. Timothy Webster, the spy, convicted by Court Martial, was hung to-ciav at uamp jjee, near tins city. Sixteen Yankee soldiers, captured by some of Stonewall Jackson's men, and eight Unionists, arrived here this evening from the Valley. Correspondence Between Flag Officer Farragul and tftte Mayor of If cw Orleans. United States Flag Ship Hartford, Off New Orleans, April 28,18C2. To His Excellency the Mayor of the City of New Orleans. Sir: UpoD my arrival before your city, I bad the honor to send to your Honor Capt. Baily, United States Navy, second in command of the expedition, to demand of you the surrender of New Orleans to me, as representative of the Government of the United States. Capt. Baily has reported the result of his interview with yourself and the miiltary authorities. It must occur to your llonor that it is not within the province of a naval officer to assume the duties of a military commandant. I come hero to reduce New Orleans to obedience to X _ ll - I I* 1 - io uie mws 01, ana vindicate me otfended majesty of the Government of the "United States. The rights of persons and property shall be secured. I therefore demand of you, as its representative, the unqualified surrender of the city; and that the emblem of the sovereignty of the United States be hoisted over the City IIall, Mint and Custom House by meridian this day; and all Hags and other emblems of sovereignty other than those ol the United States to be removed from all the public buildings by that hour. I particularly request you to exceTcisc your authority to quell disturbance and restore order, and call upon all good people of New Orleans to return to their vocations at once. And I particularly demand that no person be molested in person or property for professing sentiments of loyalty to their Government. 1 shall speedily and severely punish any person or persons who shall commit such outrages as were witnessed yesterday, by armed men firing upon helpless women and children for giving expression to their pleasure at witnessing their j old Hag. I am, very respectfully your obedient servant, (Signed,) D. G. FARRAGUT, Flag Oflicer Western Gulf Squadron. Mayorality of New Orleans, City IIall, April 28, 1 802. Flag Officer E. G. Farragut. United States Flag S/iijt llartford. Sin: In pursuance of a resolution which lie thought proper to take, out of regard tor the lives of the women and children who still crowd tins great Metropolis, General Lovell lias evacuated it with his troops and restored to me the administration of its government and the custody of its honor. 1 have, in council with the city fathers, considered the demand you made of me yesterday, of an unconditional surrender of the city, coupled with a requisition to hoist the flag of the United States on the public edifices and haul down the flag that still iloats in the breeze fiom the dome of this hall; it becomes my duty to transmit you an answer which is the universal sentiment of my constituents, no less than the promptings of my own heart, dictating me on this sad and solemn occasion. The citv is without, moane J ? of defence and utterly destitute of force and material that might enable it to resist the overpowering armament displayed in sight of it*' i I am no military man and possess no authority beyond that of the execution of the municipal laws of the city of New Orleans. It twould be presumptuous in me to attempt to lead an army to the field, if I had 0110 at my command, and I know still less how to surrender an undefended place, held as this at the mercy of your gunners and your mortars. To surrender such a place were an idle and unmeaning ceremony; the city is yours by the power of brutal force, not by my choice or the consent of its inhabitants; it is for you to determine what will be the fate that awaits us here. As to hoisting any Hag other than the Hag of our own adoption and allegiance, let me say t.Q you that the man lives not in our midst whose hand and heart would not be palsied at the mere thought ot such an act; nor could I find, in my entire constituency, so wretched and desperate a renagadc as would dare to profane with his hand the sacred emblem of our aspirations. Sir, you have manifested sentiments which would become one engaged in a better cause than that to which you have devoted your sword. I doubt not but that they spring from a noble, ; though deluded nature, and I know how to j appreciate the emotions which inspired tncm. ? ' } 4 , ? , You will have a gallant people to admiuiatcr during your occupation of this city?a people sensative to all tbat cad, in the least, ctieet their dignity and self-respect. Tray, sir, do not fail to regard their susceptibilities. The obligations which I shall assume in their names shall be religiously complied with. You may trust their honor, though you might not count on their submission to unmerited wrong.In conclusion, I beg you to understand that the people of New Orleans, while unable to resist your force, do not allow themselves to . be insulted by the interference of such persons* as have rendered themselves obscurely contemptable by their dastardly desertion of our cause in the mighty struggle in which we arc engaged, or such as might remind them tfco painfully that they arc the conquered aud yon the conquerors. Peace and order inay be prcseved without resort to measures which I could not at this moment prevent. Your occupying the city does not transfer their allegiance from the Government of their choice to one which they have deliberately repudiated, and that these could simply render obedience which conquerors arc entitled to expect from the conquered. Respectfully, JOHN F. MONROE, Mayor. Late Northern \cw?t. Norfolk, April 29.?The Philadelphia Enquirer, of the 28th ult. says : We learn that Lincoln was received on the 26th with all the honors of the crowued heads on board the Frnnrli Frifrntn (insapndi at. Wjntliinnrtrm Count Morcier was present. CHicaga papors, of the 27th, state tliat Beauregard is evacuating Corinth and going to Memphis. Buell and Beauregard have effected an arrangement for an exchange of prisonI ers. Butler is busy preparing for an advance on New Orleans. The Federal General, Clias. F. Smith, died I from an accident. Washington, April 26.?The ratification of the treaty agreed upon by Seward and Lord Lyons for the suppression of the slave trade will soon be exchanged. The main features arc, a mutual right of search, and the summary punishment of those engaged in the * trade. Baltimore, April 26.?Our dispatches from Yorktown state preparations are rapidly making for an attack. A special dispatcli to the Chicago Times says, that Gen. Mitchell's Division had arrived at Tuscumbia, and lias possession of two hundred miles of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Large reinforcements arrived at Pittsburg on the 22d. XT \r a i ~ w * i ^ i\k\v i okk, April v. i.?Advices from iNassau, N. P., state that the steamer Nashville returned to that place after an unsuccessful attempt to run the blockade of Charleston. One of her paddle boards was badly injured., She has a full cargo of guns and ammunition brought by the Gladiator from England. Fall of Fori Macon. Wilmington, N. C., April 29.?Fort Macon | surrendered 011 Friday the 25th inst., after a bombardment from the land batteries of 10 1-2 hours. The batteries were placed behind heavy sand banks, the breaching battery being distant only 1100 feet, the mortar batteries 14U0 feet. These batteries were so arranged at- to be entirely concealed from tbc view of tbc fort. Our loss during the bombardment ' wl^7 killed and 18 wounded?two of the latter mortally. The enemy's loss is not known. It wamUpulated in the surrender that the garrison should be allowed to retire on parole, with all honors of war?the ofliccrs retaining their side arms. Col. White and 155 of his comjoa\<d arrived oil' this bar yesterday afternoon on bjbard the Yankee gunboat Chippewa, were trans erred under flag of truce to a river steamer, anc reached here about midnight. Col. Whjitt is said to havo saved all the public papers,of the fort. The rest of the garrison were hp the sound from the fort fwricE. Bank of CAmLen, S. C., April 18, 1862. THE ANNUAL MElKTING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS of this BankJLill be held in the Bank Parlor on Monday, thec?h day of May noxt, at 10 o'clock, a. m. April 25 1 \Vle WORKMAN, Cash'r. Jtw?_ DURlKCi MTsaii^fNCE, MR. .IAS. DUNLAP will act ( March 21 j Wit^W>MAS J. WARREN. A