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Holding Back Cotton.

The cotton factors Of Charleston have
published the following I" the planters Of
this State. We trust their recommends
ton will be complied with, and not bale
be sent to the seaboard from any plantation
ave the undersigned, Cotton Factors o:
Charleston, in view of the existing block
ade, beg TO present TO the planters Of this
State the following considerations
"Cotton, il sent to the seaports, could
not be exported it would. therefore, accu.
muiate in the stores aud on the wharves -
For this the want of accommodation would
be soon felt. increasing the ordinary risks
OF damage from exposure, Of robbery and
OF hire, and insurance would he obtained
with difficulty, anu at high rates
"An accumulation of produce in our ports
would be constant temptation To our ene-
mics to attack and gain possession of it,
and could be Of no benefi; TO ourselves
at has been suggested that Foreiga Gov
crnmenls might interest themselves sutii
GENTLY 10 induce the United States Gov
ernmeht to relieve the blockade at one Of
the Southern ports only, so as to permit
the export of cotton from that port We
know that the planters of the Confederate
States have patriotism and love Of the com-
mon cause too near at heart TO permit their
cotton TO be exported under such rirsum
stances.
"We therefore recommend lp our firnIs
the cotton planters Of this and other States.
TO SEND NONE OF THEIR COTTON
TO MARKET UNTIL. ruE BLOC KADE
Is EXPRESSLY REMOVED from all the
ports Of the Confederate States /; but to
make arrangements TO store il careful, and
properly under their own she'd and gin
houses"
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HoU KershaU's RegL Made Ready 1T is
said that when the I'd 3. G. Regiment, Col.
Ke'shaw's, was drawn up, waiting for or.
ders TO make its entry into the fight at
the Stone bridge-our Bro. Meynardis, its
Chaplain, came to the front and asked, that
he might once more pray with them. To
this proposition they responded cheerfully,
and the entire regiment bowed before the
Lord Of Hosts, while he led them in prayer,
Offering an earnest and touching supplica
tion for their success and protection. The
prayer was answered and they had SCARCE
entered the melee, before the fortunes Of
the day were turned Christian Advocate
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An Incident --In skirmish near VIII
'Iamspon, Va, where Jsckson was combat
un1 pat,"r,"ns advance towards Martins
burg the men had aimed their cannon too
higli, aud il shot above lhe advancing col.
uwn Seeing this. a Reverend gentleman
present. (Mr. p wno had beea a "West
Poln'er before lie entered the ministry,
stopped down aud aimed the cannon him
.eii, and NJ he rose no said "''be Lord have
mercy on IrT -ou!~ -FIREw The shot
did terrible execution, 0pc"ing n visible lane
'"rongn the ebemy's ranks The DO, said
"lb"se must be good words" and wished
~ hear .hem said ~, ,in
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NJ II l. ES

rNiiE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS A FINE
l. young JACK to those desirons "f raj
sing their own Mules. lie will stand dur.
ing the season at X. ID. VI. Dunlap, Hen
ry is the Groom and will use every effort To
prevent accidents, but the subscriber i. not
responsible IT any should occur
Terms, $40 Insurance, due the time the
mare proves 10 be with fUa.
In all cases where mares ar. traded. the
owner at the time turned. responsible for
services rendered
T. X CURETON.
Lancaster. April 81, 1861 8 If
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCATIElt DISTRICT

y. J. Gumble. who is in the custody of
the Sheriff of Lancaster District by virtue
OF writ Of capias al 'e-pondvndum at the,
suit Of Thomas K Mag;Il havirg this day
hled II, my office together with schedule
on cath of his estate and effects, his peli.
uon To the Court of Common Pleas. pray
ing tina, lie may be- admitted lo 10 bencft
f tho Acts OF The General Assonsbly made
for the relief Of lnsolvent debtors. II il
ordered. that the said rnos. X Magill AMI
all other the creditors To whom the ssid
y J. Gamble is IN any wise indebted.
Re and appear and are hereby summoned
and have notice To appear before the said
Court at Lancaster Conrt House on the
third Monday in October next. 10 show
cause IL they 9m why the prayer of the
petition shall not be granted
J. A. STEWMAN, Clerk.
FebnHry ~, 1851. 24-3m. pf $40
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Dispatches To Eastern papers annonnc"
the destruction Of the Democratic Standard.
at Concord, \ II, 10y the return uf three
monthcrs. The proprietor, fought, wound
ing two
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Copartnership.

CAMDEN, y. C.
TliE FIRM Of &. MATHESON g. co,
Il being this day dissolved by its own
limitation, the undersigned have formed a
partnership under the name of
MATHES0N & CO.
for the purpose OF continuing the business
in all its departments, and hope by strict at
tention to merit n continuance Of the pat.
ronage 50 liberally bestowed on tho late
firm. g.. BELL,
JAS. ID. MATHESON.
July Ist. 1861. 23-2m.
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TINS NAxgs SKrTI "a eneral Heapregard,
who certainly has the best right 10 decide in
the matter, hss determined to call tlse great
battle Of JULY 2lst, "The Battle of Manassas
PkIusIInf M Ead NE 18th win be called
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR. GENERALS
OFFICE,
CHARLESTON, July rs, 1861.
GENERAL ORDER NO 81.
4 LII PERSONS NOT ATTACHED
"A to any Existing Organized Company.
who may be in possession Of ANY PUBLIC
ARMS, are hereby ordered TO deliver sueh
Arms TO some commissioned Officer of the
Beat in which they may reside Officers Of
Beat Companies will report the Arms so
returned TO them to this Office BY order
Of the Governor
CHARLES II. SIMON1DN.
Acting Adj't and Inspec,or-G Geceral If y G.
Aug IL 1851 -27-2t
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

Will be inserted at the following low rates I:
One square (of l6 lines or less,) one insertion,
81 or, if continued, 10 cents for the first i'll
sertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent inser-
tion.
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John Anderson

49, THIS Thorough bred Jack is out
OF MARENGO. lie is Is hands
- high, years old, dark iron gray,
and. finely proportioned. lie will stand the
Fall season ut this place, on the following
terms: For the season, A1o oe,
Lancaster &. H., Sept IL, I66O.-3Itr
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Sale Of The Confederate Prizes The
Nrw Orleans Bce says the Confederate
.Sia,es Marshall sold VI public outcry, on
SAl"rdas the following named prizes, cap.
iarrd by our pr''ateers, ut the sums oppo-
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Notice.

DURING my absence George Nee.
Witherspoon will act as my Agent and At.
torney in fact, and is authorized 10 repre-.
sent me.
JAMES II. WITHERsPOoN.
April IL, 1861. IO,f
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-09-27

they say he, right down into my boots'-anG
after a short conversation he said, Il will give
YOU pass within my lines, but not outside
| don't think would let Mr. Lincoln 20
outside my pickets.' The changes he has
produced during the past fortnight are really
wonderful, when We co: slider the terribly de-
moraIized condition in which he found the
army on his arrival. A remark of Lieuten-
ant Parker's will demonstrate this. Before
Gen Mcclellan came here said that officer.
we knew everything that transpired all along
the line, but now We know nothing beyond
our own fort : and Vet two or three thousand
troops are arriving every day, and are silent
ly placed in position. One sure proof of his
ability is the extraordinary respect and posi-
tive affection he inspires in all who approach
hlm-oliicers, men, and civilians alike: and
his staff is composed of similar characters to
himself. Like our own Havelock. he is said
10 be exceedingly religious, and those who
acted under him in Western Virginia assure
me has horror of bloodshed, never attack
ing the enemy until victory is certain"
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"N hat Can ! DO -
SHORT ANSWERS 10 THE QUESTION.

|. If YOU are in a condition to leave home
that is, if the care of family Or estate do
not make your presence positively imperative,
II you cannot serve Your country better where
you are than in the tield-enist. Il is 4 du-
ty, privilege, an lonor.
III. If you canno; 90 yourself, send Your
money. Show your confidence in Your coun-
try and in the cause, by investing of ycar
capital, SO far as is consistent. in United
States bonds or treasury notes. Every
boarded or hitherto unused dollar should bt
thus appropriated. You will then have, if
possible, deeper interest in the success of
the federal arms
III. If you cannot 81 or send, give to the
government your sympathy. DO not grum-
bic. If you are thrown ou; of business, bear
II. Sad a man Of our acquaintance living in
factory village. who has i large family to
support, LAST year my income was nearly
eight hundred dollars; this year it will prob
ably not exceed three. But if We cannot
have wheat upon the table We will have rye
il VT cannot have rye We will have corn: il
We cannot have corn enough We will have
h.;ii enoush-only by the lst of next Apr.
Il, the Flag Of the Free float upon every fer
tres> and hilltop from the St Johns to tnv
Rio Grande"'
~. Remember. too, Gen Scott is 4 man
Mcclellan is man Lincoln and his adv
Sers are men. Al. are Liable to err and fail.
Over all, omnipotent. is God. Seek 10 know
what policy would BE- most pleasing in the
sight OF heavon-nearest right. Dare 10 al
voea;e ii, adoption, ana then inteycede for
is success. Then our country shall De So
we'd II. L.
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Training Artillery Horses,

The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
y. \. 'omR.;-id -tdreyt,sst says:
II requires considerable time 10 noun, the
guns properly for al advancing armv. 10 sun
ply them with trained horses, and especially
the right kind of harness. Tn. horse is
curious, Shy, lnqIi>tive animal. and when
first taken from the stable or pasture, for the
strategic purpose Of war, demands TO be
handled with great care and patience. He
must be gradually accustomed to the sudden
and marked change in his ,.ptus-,he cleam
OF arms, the roll OF drums, the tiauntin, Of
banners, the flash, the smoke and the roar Of
cannon. Il Is remarkable, however, that
when tie practica. war horse is thus drilled
and disciplined, his proficiency in wheeling
win gins and caissoas at tn, critical moment
Of iim'erinS ana unliinbering light artillery.
IS wonderful. Without word. without a
touch, without sign from man, he wheels,
advances and retreats with almost miracu-
loa> rapdity al times compelling riders and
suaners 10 spring to keep their saddles TO
escape his lightning like evolution.
Sleh war horses as these are intended TO
or, hav" been prac:icins before the window
'' your corFr>p"u lent on the parade ground
c; the fortress, MS morning. Some few Of
me More recent cJmerS rrarea: and >prang a
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The Romance OF amp.


On Nonday afternoon Two gentlemen
SOLID looking farmers arrived N Camp Cur
tin. sought N interview with the officer o:
the day. ana Informed him that they We're in
search Of a 9lc. who had strayed away. The
officer thought military camp queer place
10 hunt tor stray si:l>. especially as il reilro-
tea on the virtue and dignity o. the men-a
arms. nevertheless the gentlemen were -
liberty 70 make search. As the old son.,
says they hunted her high and they nantci
her low, bat they did not hunt her when a
year passed away. tor 10, III less than IN
hour She was found on guard. doing duty a>
\ sentinel, IN the uniform Of Cap; ku!,l ;
company OF Summer rifles, Of Carlisle. w
do not Know what name She enlisted under
10 protect tht honor OF her c0untrys ;iig
but her real name i >ophl. Cryder, and her
residence only about mile from this city
>he had oeen IN lapt huhn - company i
week. Is plump lass OF only sixteen years O!
age and mad SO completely rnsexed herself
that she cou.d safely BID defiance to ANY one
not acquainted with her TO detect her. How
she shirAed an examination, winch Is saia 10
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or further the accursed cause Of secessOnism
But they are evidently alarmed, and are look
ing about for hole to creep out at to escape
a Just retribution.
On last Monday the secesh of this county
had grand barbecue at Mayslick, at which
John c. Breckenridge, the oly-tongued, and
John Simms, the blacksuard, discoursed the
eloquence and sophistry to the small audito-
ry in attendance. As as offset to this, on
next Saturday the Union-lovers of old Mason
propose to hold similar meeting near Ma
rys'llle, at which Joe Holt, the Just, Andy
Johnson, the exile, and Gen Robert Ander-
son, the hero of Sumter, are advertised to be
present. However, the day of argument is
evidently past; the time for ac,ion,-bold,
osligerent, and Jloody,-is at hand. Trea-
son and traitors are held in supreme-that
s, infamous contempt; and the motto will be
no mercy to those who array themselves in
arms against tie state and nation. When
the war once begins in Kentucky, look out
for speedy and decisive action. The heads
OF Breckinridge, Magotfin and compeers, wont
be worth ten per cent. upon their original
value. They will go off like balls from bat
tlsdore or hot shot from the seething mouth
OF cannon. Yours for the Union,
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An English Opinion of Mcclellan.

The Washington correspondent of the
London Star saws that he has been introduc-
ed to Gen Mcclellan, and adds 81 do not re-
member to have met Il more modest. unassu-
ming, and yet self-possessed and energetic
looking man in any country | have visited.
There has been good deal of sickenng
adulatIon bestowed upon the youthful Gen
eral by the Press for the not very difficult
work he performed in Western Virginia; but
from what | could Judge Of him in some
twenty minutes conversation, for one feel
confident he will justify the highest expecta-
tions formed by his fellow-countrymen and
the Government. He brought to nv mind
the lines beginning:
Isaw young Harry with his beaver up
In person he stands about five feet FIVE inch
es he is powerfully built, and his head re-
minded me somewhat of that of the First
Napoleon. On my being introduced he
looked at me with penetrating glance--as
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-09-27
The TOOthache.

In the COURSE Of a short bat eventfl. Ete
We have met seven or eight individuals VIII
had never had the too,hachc BlisSful iSno-
rance. NAV their shadows never grow less
and when they shall have passed from this
indifferent world TO a better one possibly
but,well mo matter, ,)may it not be recorded OIL
a marble table ever their last resting place
Died Of the toothache." We have had it
1t is not delusion, nor a humbus, nor !;
JOKE, but matter in which one takes livel,
and paintW interest. With severe tooth
ache, il is as bad as washing-day in the hous
every day of the week, in its wear and tea.
on ones amab!e disposition. One gets a
mirror and casts reflections upon himself. b,
displaying TO his own view the remote recess
OF his face, to see if that looks worse than
;hc resi-. The view is not encouraging. In.
tooth ohStlnatcly gives no sign of The time i,
will cease aching. All is deSoatc within.
and the mouth looks like tcn-acrc lot tu
OF stumps. We try cloves, We try "pa;n
killers AMI instant reliets" withou, number
A tacetious friend gravelv tells us TO jus,
once try his remedy as he has never
known it to fail. 1t is is to fiji the
mouth with cold water, then sit on the stove
till the water boils As he closes his smart
little receipt, he gets several PAGES beyond
the stretching length of our right leg. ".
lay down, and We get up again. We care
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p,,,-r,.,, r,.,
,.,.' " ~ nm '''eHu o' ours yes
'e'da! morning on hearing Of the death of
jeff DAVIS remarked
Iha' accounts Tor that dispatch few DAYS
since
"Wh.t J;Sna-cb :" sail o,o.ho~
9Th. d;.n.,ob .h.
"a, u'>'''el l''''l ''f DAVIS was going
~ ie"' 'ie fe0eI troops IN person, was the
answer, as the motion of the hand was down.
ward.-NL Se,sjny
large circulation: Bob went into sey-
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Letter from Kentucky.
DOVER, Mason Co., XIV, Sept. Ii

DOVER, Mason Co., Ky, Sept. Is.
To the Editor Of the CaleIonian:
Events, stern and threatening are ,hcken-
.ng fast to storm in this dark and bloody
ground. Our neutrality, and consequent
exemption from the ills of war, are about be-
ing brought to a sudden close The occupa-
ton Of Hickman and Columbus by the con-
iedeTate troops is taken as the signal for the
UPRISING OF the people to expel from cur soil
the base lntrrdsrs. Our legislature, as the
papers have announced to you, has passed an
order commanding the rebels to vacate our
STATE forthwith. Our (secesh) governor, not
outstanding his sgotistcal assertions of 10y
a.'y to the Union, (Which everybody knows
70 be l.e,) and his reiterated determination
20 carry out the will and action Of our legis-
'atlre (Which nobody believed lie would do)
las vetoed this their first &C, of Importance
No!hing daunted thereby, they have passed
!; over his head, and it has just come to hand
;ha' he, yielding to what may have seemed
70 hin personal, if not public necessity"
ias agreed TO issue the required order. But
as snObody ,upposes the rebels will vaca,e
ne state In obedience thereto, the people are
volunteering by thousands throughout tie
State, forming new encampments, and pre-
parlng to expel them at the point of the bay
onet. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois have pro-
missed each ten thousand men, if needed, to
g.! the Union kentuckians in defense of
;aelr soil. The latest accounts from the re-
oe-s are that they have taken possession of
bowling Green, gutted the banks there Of
their specie and paper, and appropriated ev
rrything of value, in their thievish propensi
les. As a consequence, the banks of Gin.
c.nnati and other places have thrown out the
Bowling Green money, as vile secession
:ra.h
The late news from Western Virginia is
"saly encouraging, Floyd having been taken
'.a run as precipitate as that Of Bulls"
;as leaving Rosencrans & Co. in glorious
possession Of the new state of kanawha-
lhe Ohio bows covered themselves with glory
= TIA: affair, and the Ohio towns across the
Ever here have made the Kentucky hills echo
With their discharges in honor Of the achieve
nleLt
ihe sccesh in this vicinity, since the pros
pee, Of home war, are as quiet as lambs /;
! anything, more 'peace" "-ful than ever
Nany CT them look for the application of test
Oa,'s, and other healthy treatment for their
Constitutional ail.rent at the hands Of the
Attical aids of DR. Lincoln; ard they are
PFe.aEing their systems by abstinence from
he'r usual buster, for the expected prescrip-
"'l Some Of them say they could take the
an dozen times day, if required; as
H'I'h as 70 Say, that their moral sense is bu-
''el IN the same grave with their patriotism,
'"a they would not scruple to violate their
"'fa oi honor to save their worthless neckS,
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Fall of Another Railroad Bird ye.

FEARFUL EUTCHERY OF ILLINOIS TROOPS
On Tuesday night, the y O'Clock train on
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad containing
potion of Col Torchns 18th Illinois resi-
ment. while passing over i bridge at Huron,
ldn;ana, Is miles west of Cincinnati fell
through, killing and woundins over loo sold
Icrs. n special train Wa sent from Cncin-
matt late at night. to assist.
y despatch from Huron, dated at l.lO
"Wednesday morning SAYS: bridge No. Is
was broken in two. 1t let four passenger
cars down into the bed of the creek and one
box and one baggage car on top of them
The locomotive and one car passed over safe
ly. There were about 100 men wounded ard
10 or IL killed. The colonel of the regiment
says about that number were killed. although
nearly whole company are missing"
1t is thought the bridge was weakened by
malicious scoundrels, patterning after their
secession friends in Missouri.
Later accounts show the accident to have
been worse than at first reported. The six
cars which fell through the bridge contained
$50 men of companies +, +, G and l. and
the last two companies principally suffered
Capt Howard OF company was killed. Up
to Wednesday noon, so dead were taken out
ana more remained under the wreck. A train
left tor Cincinnati with 90 wounded. 1t is
believed at the wreck that 40 or 30 more were
killed.
Indications are strong that the bridge had
been tampered with by traitors. 1t was 60
feet span, 10 feet high, and had been lately
inspected.
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nothing for the Union, the war, the Sou. r.,
our friends. "Or the rest of mankind" With
a maddened brain We rush TO the dentists Of
fee, rudely kicking two small bows off from
The walk. We hate dentists, professionally.
We arrive there, and are politely invited to
slt IN their sott-cushioned chair. We look a.
round Us and see the fearful array of ugly
shaped, brightly polished, villainous weapons.
OF attack. called instruments. We are asked
10 open our mouth-there, Just little wider.
Is That the one? Oh-h-h. Yes. that's it
With a sardonic expression meant for sym-
Pathy' the dentist inserts sharp arrange
ment of some sort and girdies the toeth. He
then carefully produces the very ugliest and
most horrible looking instrument that man
has Vet invented To torture the face with. and
gets strong hitch OH the tooth. And then,
., horror, Type cannot express the ferd-
ish yell We send up. 1t seems a> if our head,
body, legs, boots and all, had been slowly
compressed into the size and shape of Bran
dreth pill-but that tooth has .seceshed.u
1t has vacated. yanoosed. The grim dentist
smlilnSly holds it up 10 US for Inspection
We look at it. \ b1ls tooth, and it has
lei' room enough for i've just ike it To be
sure, the mouth bleeds little, and the den-
tst b!eeds US little more to the tune of a
quarter. We feel in the world again, now,
and for a few bours smile in silly manner
at everything and everybody are so e1-
cessi'ely hap?y--Syracis&t Daly romier.
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me, through weary years and many dangers
and sorrows it has been perennial fountain
of delight and purifying influences, simply
because it was my home, and was ard is part
Of me. The rose at the gate blooms for me
now. The landscape comes when | summon
it, and hear the voices that call me from
lip, wh;c: memory makes immortal.
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FORT LMAlETiE-This Old for; below
New York. : getting 10 be vcr, fashiona-
bic place Of resort for gentlemen from the
South suspected OF being not yery well en-
p!oyed, and gentlemen Of the North who are
toun'. administering comtor, TO the enemies
OF Tie country. Matters are conducted with
great tnm- Gentlemen do not 90 there with
cut they are specially invited by the govern
ment authorities. The company is therefore
very seIrct,--Nasiua TArwqy,b.