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E^42S^W?B^i:??e^^to wregulprMTwtWog ^ J.T\ HER3HMAN, Editor. Friday, juIvb ??, i8?3. *" " ui . ~ Op the 21st inst, the lower part of this Din- < trict was visited by a severe hail-storm,with heavy wind, prostrating a great many fences and injuriog considerably the growing crop. The plantations that suffered mostly, so far as we have been abie to ieam, belonged to the estate of W. A. Ancrum, Col. T. J. Ancrum, Major A. H. Boykin, Col. J. D. Kennedy, v and others whose names we coold not hear. Death of C. XV. Peck, Esq. On Friday evening last this sad event occurred. Althongh Mr. Peck's health had been feeble for some time, such was his energy and ppwer of will, that he continued to atttend to his labd^ious duties until the last. He was a devoted and faithful teacher, and our com' mnnity has sustained a heavy loss in his removal. On Saturday afternoon his remains were followed to their resting place by his affectionate scholars, and hi* brethren of tjje Masonic order, of wh:>b he was,a member. \ War ff The newsfi-om Vicksbnrg and Port Hudson continues, encouraging. With the forniej we have reason to believe Gen. Johnston bascommunication, so as to enable him to act efficiently when the proper time arrives. The numerous repulses of the Yankees must tend to cool their ardor. Their situation cannot be a com* fortable one. We can only wish it was a thousand fold more so?that they, had no water to quench their thirst, and the heat so intense as to consume their vile carcasses. From the army of Northern Virginia nothing positive is known. A * A|i ?ngli?h Opinion of Gets. Stouc wall Jackson. He was animated by the spirit which rendered the soldiers of the Commonwealth irresistable in fight?which carried Havelock through incredible dangers to the gates of Lucknow in triumph. The Christian and patriot soldier achieve the last at?d greatest of his successes in dying for his country. He perished doubly a martyr, and in his last breath attested the righteousness of the cause which he sealed with his blood. Tho Northern Republic has produced no heroes of the stamp of Jackson. One such man might he the salvation of them yet. Blatant demagogues at home, bragging imbeciles in the field, afford a spectacle so absured, and yet so painful, that Europe knows not whether to laugh or weep at the degradation of her children. The Northerners want a man to do a man,8 work. Tho only great men of the war have been developed in the South. It is very difficult to-explain this. Some may call it a fatality, some a providential arrangeimnnf TKat if ia Q it of rvsAOAnf I pmvmwi <v ?o ? iwvw ?W c\w VO\/U V ^IJUUgll for us.?London Herald?Derby,organ. ' ' . v I "A Spirited Dash."?Yankee papers of the 11th, in noticing Pleasanton'* passage of the Rappahannock, says: "The fords were captared with out loss. Beverley's Ford was taken by a spirited dash of the 8th Illinois and 8th New York Cavalry Regiments. We were on the south side before the enemy were aware of *<." This is almost as idiotic as the telegraphic dispatches from Jackson. Two regiments take # a ford before the enemy are aware of) it, and ? that is M a spirited dash." A lonely Bedoum , cornea to a pool in the middle of the Desert of Sahara and wades leisurely through it, and that is "a spirited dash." A strong man, living .in a deserted house, with all the doors locked and barred, goes at midnight -tito a cjdsetand ?rops a pebble Vito a tea-pot, and that is ua spirited dash." Robinson Ctusoo penetrates the depths of a great forrest on the island of Juan Fernandez, and there sticks a hatchet into th&side of a soft tree, and that is "a spirited dasn.,:? Richmond Whip. % ^^ AJML V I the president to d^ i? h? j WethiftK di^cfetion W wisely exercised. , The war entbnisasm, which Animated many to volunteer in the beginning, baa, in the natural \ course of events, subsided. It is not in barman nature to maintain so high a pitch of entbhsi- ] asm as then existed. Both the mental and | physical man would have given way under such , a tension of the spirit and nerves. The war 1 has become a stern reality, a matter of sober , juugmont, and nupibfers will not volunteer to 1 grapple with tho realities of life, particularly where life and death are in the scales. Volun- ' teering having, almost entirely, ceased, ?nd the ( list of persons, under 40, subject to cooscrip tioa being nearly exhausted, it becumes noces- j sary to call out al^over 40. It indicates a de* , termined purpose of the President to prosecute | the war with the greatest vigor, during the , present Summer, and to follow up the victories , already obtained, until "tho last armed foe ex* pires," or?is driven from our soil. * . Brownlow's Son. A letter from Shelbyville.Tenn., in the Mobile Advertiser, says: The most daring and dashing of the cavalry leaders on the Yankee side in Middle Tennes- , see, is Colonel Brownlow, of Khoxville. He is young, rather hansome, a great dandy and lady's man, and, like his father, a gas pipe or 1 blow-hard of the most terrific description. His Lieutenant Colonel is Andy Johnson's son? two .nice young men for a small teaparty, truly ! Though commanding a. regiment, Brownlow is < nearly always out at the head of small scouting ' parties, trying to ambuscade our boys, and leav- < ing saucy messages in writing for t.hem at homes on the neutral ground. In ono of the mesages j about a month ago, he offered $5,000 if 100 of the best men of Pa^erson's regiment would < come out and fight him and 100 of his men on open ground. Col. Patterson refused to allow this braggadocio to be noticed; but Lieut. May offered to come out with eighty men and meet him ont, just for the fun of the thing. , Brownlow didn't accept; and ever since then ; May has been trying to catch Brownlow, and Brownlow to catch May. May very nearly succeeded one day. He got on Brownslow's trail and came up with him, their parties being < equal in number. After a brie'f carbinic and pistolonic interchange, Brownlow aud his men fled, aod May and his party pursued. May ( tpok individually after Brownlow, but the latter had too fleet horse; he, however, left his cap and telescope on the road, and May now has them as keepsakes. Latest from the West. Jckson, Juno 23.?Col. Wirt Adams, caval- ' ry attacked 400 of the cnemv's cavalrv atB??r ' af .~ ' ~ / ?" Creek, near Mechanicsburg, yesterday, routing 1 them, capturing their artillery, and killing or 1 wounding 100 of their number. Our loss was 25 killed and wounded. Amongst the latter i was Capt. W. Yerger, who distinguished himself in tlio action. While the Yankees wefe at Panola on Friday, Chalmers attacked the 2d Illinois Cavalry four miles south of Hernando, at daylight, killing, wounding or capturing all of them except one company. Gen. George, with the State troops, aud McCulloch, are four miles in the rear of the Yankees, who are now marching northwards. Jackson, June 23.?A bearer of despatches, who left Vicksburg on Wednesday, reports that the enemy on that day made a desperate assault on our centre. The engagement lasted four hours, and the courier escanedthrrm?k .?x~ """"" i?uw enemy's lines during the melee of the battle. He knows that the Yankees were repulsed with heavy loss. At the time he left there had been nodosa on our side. The assault was more vigorous than any of those which has proceeded it The rout of ihe enemy was complete. We have no further official, details in regard to Saturday's fight Osyka, June 23.?Heavy firing was heard this morning near Clinton, La. it is supposed to be a conflict between Lyons and a portion j of Ranks' array. On r forces have fallen back from Milliken's Bund, being unable to take all the enemy's stockades. The enemy are burning all the small water craft in the neighborhood ofNatchez. Persons from Memphis say that many are taking the oath for want of means to come away. Sown reports tbat wso Wared near CHnton, on 8*trirday eveping,wi|b his foraging trains?62 wagons of commissary stores, 208 males, 30 Yankees, and; 82 Bfegroes. Fire negro deserters and one Yanked prisoner arrived bore this evehing from Clinton. A private letter from New Orleans reports a terrible mortality amongst the Federals there. All the public and many of the private houses bave been converted into hospitals. < . Jackson, June 24.?Several private letters, received from "Vicksburg, dated Juno 17, stato that the utmost feeling of ponfidence exist in their ability to (esiht any assault; that our entire loss, including Wednesday's fight, is 625'. Among the killed is Col... Garrett and Capt. Gould; of the 50th Alabama. The shot from Graft's batteries never injured one?many go over the city and plunge into the river. Even ladies come out of tli&r boases at night to witness the bombardmeut, which is represented as being perfectly grand. All concur in the statement that the garrison is bountifully supplied with provisions. Full rations are still issued. rpi l ? xueru was ncavy nnng in tdat direction last night at 10oTclock, and still continues this morning. Gen. Taylor had a skirmish with a small force of the enemy at Richmond, La., on the 17th. ; The firing at Vicksburg still continues. It is far heavier than any ever heard. Official despatches state that Gfin. Chalmers mnk three transports below Memphis on the 20th, and disabled another. From Virginia. Richmond, June 23.? Sixteen hundred Federal prisoners arrived here this evening from Winchester, including two hundred and eight officers. % It is reported that Suffolk was evacuated Mid burnt by the Yankees yesterday. About 1,000 negroes were taken at Winchester; also, a number of tories and leading Yankees. Richmond, June 24.?Reliable information has been received that Hooker has crossed the Potomac. Other news indicates that the next battle will be fought in Maryland. No important-engagement has occurcd since the affair at Middleburg. Vallandjgha*m.?The Wilmington Journal1 of Wednesday evening, says : We trust that interior cotemporaries will at last stop blowing and talking about Mr. Vallandigham. There are some things ?f which the least said the better, and appreciating this,- we have sofar said nothing about the movements of this very clever gentleman from Ohio. We would now state, however, for the benefit of whom it may concern, that Mr. C. L. Vallandighom is no longer within the bounds of the Confederacy ; also, that he is the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio; that he it a strong Union man, but does not think that re-union can ever be secured by coercion, but goes for peace, hoping that Union may result;, bnt, at any rate, he goes for peace, preferring even separation to subjugation or extermination. On a time during the ^American Revolution (as the story once went) General Charles Lee hi ito of o rvnKlio A I ? 1- ? -? ? Tvno nv c% liUUBU III AlHUHIUflj ID COIlip^tiy with an old officer who was a native of Scotland. After drinking together pretty freely, Leo observed to his companion, " I have one fault, which I hope, Sir, you will forgive." " What is it?" asked the other. "Why, to be plain," said Lee, M it is exactly this. When I am mellow with wine, I am very apt to abuse Scotchmen." 441 too have one fault," replied the Scotchman, "and if you will forgive mine, I will lorgive yours." " And what is your fault?" retorted Lee. " It is, Sir, exactly this.?When I hear any man abuse Scotland or the Scotch nation, I am very apt to lay my cane over his head." Mrs. Pembrrtov.?The deserter Douglas,' whose statements figured so conspicuously in the papers of Saturday, asserts that Mrs. Pcmberton was killed in Vicksburg by the fire of the Yankee batteries. This is a lie out of the whole cloth. Mrs. Pemberton has never been in Vicksburg, and is at this moment, and has been for months, safe and sound at Hainesvillc in Alabama. She is a Norfolk lady, and we publish this statement to relieve her friends from the terrible anxiety such a report must ereate. We assure them our information is accurate.?Richmond Dispatch. THE DIRECTORS OPTHTSBAikHAT^ ordered that a dividend of Two Dollars per aJupfArAT its stock, being. at tbi rate of 8 percent, per anaumr v| be paid on and after tb* 1st of Julj next The iatoo will be paid at the usual places, to-wit: At the Merchant's SAnk of Cheraw, Commercial Bank of Colombia, Bank of Charleston, S. C., and at {he Counted <**" ' this Bank. . . W. H. R WORKMAN Cashier. June M . 8j CO*If FOR SOLDIERS fAKIUlESThe toldierVbpard of relief met on the 3d instant, when reports (io part) from the committees in the Beat Companies was bftndedto them, which show the following contribution : * Two hundred and tyenty bushels of corn .given o the board without compensation-~-to be distributed as they deem beet. ; Five hundred and forty-four bushels corn, to be sold to soldiers t% * -'A' ... families at ono dollar, and one hundred and tiinety three dollars in money to buy corn, and brty bushels of wheat. This corn is now on deposit in Cafnden, at the mill of Mr. John Gaskins, Granny's Quarter creek; at the mill of Mr. J. H. Vaughn, on San-* dors' creek, and at the mill of Captain E. Parker, over the river, can be obtained by soldier's families by application to Mr: Jesse Truesdale, Flat Rock; Mr. J. Ross Dye, Liberty Hill; Mr* James Team, over the rivoi1; or James Dunlap or the undersigned at Camden. / The board will meet again on the 24th inst.f . to act on the subject of the supply of corn to* soldier's families, and earnestly request that all the committees will report by that time* The quarter beginning first of July is the trying, period to soldier's families. The evidence bofore the board is, that suffering now exist, and will extend to other families, after first of July. The effort of every man in the district might be well applied to procure the corn to support these suffering families. By order of the board. J NO. M. DESAUSSURE, Chairman. June 5 2 - ^ ITMANCE. j . -* -? ?. HAVING BERN APPOINTED AUKNT FOB '* the Insurance Company of the State of Virginia, 1 am now prepared to tako Risks . Against Loss or Damage by Fire. Persons wishing to insure their property, will have a favorable opportunity of doing so, in perhaps ns safe a Company as there is in the Confederate States. May 22 N. D. JUXLEY, Agent. DEKALB, Camden, S. -C THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS HIS FRIENDS and the travelling public that he has leased this commodious HOUSE, so eligibly situated in the growing town of Camden. His personal superintendence and best efforts, aided by competent assistants, will be devoted to the comfort and satisfaction of guests and visitors. He confidently asks a continuance of the favors of all who have visited the DeKalb House, and calls from any. of his friends who visit Citmden. January 16 J. H. JUNGBLUTH. OFFICE QUARTERMASTER, Charleston, S. C , October 1, 1862. MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGE >T OF* this department, for the purchase of Com mid Fodder, in the Districts of Kershaw and Lancaster, Planters desiring to sell, will communicate with him. Particular attention must be paid to tho packing o the fodder, anefno water must be used. During the past year the Government experienced heavy loss from improper packing, and all such will bo hereafter rejected. MOTTE A. PRINGLE, Captain^and Assistant Quartermaster. The subscriber can be found at his residence DeKalb street, next west of the Presbyterian Church, October 10 A. M LEE. <( iW ATRTlMmmv 19 two young men of good deportment, ( Intelligent and Refined, are desirous to open Correspondence with Two Young Ladies of the same qualities, with a *i6w to matrimony. Any who are desirous of doing so, will address, with real name, to C.AM.D.,' Comptny " E," 2d Reg't. 8. C. V., Kershaw's Brigade, Richmond, Ya. May 16 , 2m