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lroR TIE LANCASTER LEDGER

1t is not probable that the Federal
Government Of the North will ever recoc.
nize our independence. There are many
signs that that Government will cease to
exist and that we shall obtain peace only
10y treating with tie States separately or
with fragments of these. 1t may he sew.
eral years before this shall hapnen aud
for this reason we should be wisely pro.
VIdent in making 'ang,'urni> /" live
within ourselves. Let us multiply the
number of our manufacturing establish.
menls and Of oar mechanics. /, is upon
these we mast now rely for mary Of the
necessaries o! life. This great object is
before US and we should meet il promptly
otherwise we shall, even if aot oserrun,
be the most miserable people in the world
Why have not individuals, TO a greater
number, embarked in the business OF
manufacturing! They are fearful tina,
peace may come aud then they should
become .""s IS Cannot our Government,
secure them against loss Are not life
and liberty worth the amount Of the an
pretended ossi
The ship Of state, iu this revolutionary
storm, cannot be fitted out without the
ne:essaries of life be supplied 10 those who
! l,nr =,
who have The management OF her to p,o
vide the ways and means necessary foI
this purpose? What should we think o
the Captain Of a vessel who would launcl,
her on II stormy sea for a long voyage
without firs, providing food and clothing
or his seamen? What will the future
historian say Of the Southern Confederacy
should it fail to establish its independence
through want Of things which even
moderate forecast and stalesmenship might
have supplied. That people should have
suffered for the want Of food and clothing
and therefore lost their liberty in coun
try like the South would indeed be a par.
adox and throw lasting infamy upon her
rulers.
But it may be sad tina, the governmen,
has not the power to do what is above su
ggested. The safety of the people is the
end OF gool government, and If thatre
qnire it, the government should have tina,
power, directly or indirectly, to effect tha,
Object. J. +. G.. MITTAG.
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and observed by every sol
der. The principle upoo which and the
objects fer which armies shal. be EN-
p'oHed ia suppressng rebellion must he
determined AMI declared 10y the aulhori
ties, and the Chief Executive, who IS
charged with the administration Of the
national affairs, is the porper aud only
source through which the views and or.
ters Of Government can lie made known
to the armies Of the nation.
Discussion by officers and soLliers con
cerning public measures determined upon
"nL declared by tire government when
carried bel "nd the ordinary, temperate,
and respectful expression 4 oYrnion. tend
yreauy 10 itapair and destroy the dissr-
line aud efficiency Of The troops hv sub
suu"ting 'he spri. OF political faction for
the firm, steady sud earnest support Of
the authority q the gnv.Sn0ient, which
is the highest duty OF the American sol
dier. The remedy for political errors. il
any are committed, is 20 lie fuund only
Ia the action "i the People at the polls
la thus calling the attention of this ar
NV TO the true relation belw wpen the So,
dlers and the government, the General
commanding merely Hd,erts 70 an evil
against which il has been thought advi
sable during our whole his;or, to guard
the armies Of the republic, and in SO 60
ing he will no, be considered by any
right minded person as casting any re.
lection upon that loy~l'y aud good con
duet which has been so fully illustrated
upon SO many ba,leGelds.
ln carrying cut all measures Of public
policy this army will Of course Le guided
by the same rules Of mercy and Christi
anity that haze ever controlled It's con
duct towards the defenceless.
by command Of Maj Gen. McCLxLLAx {:
JAS A HARDIN, Lieut.. Col,
Aid de.Csmp aud Ac,'r Ass. Adjt Gen.
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Clothing and Shoes for the Army.

We cannot avoid again recurring to
this subject. It is the most impor,sn,
one that can at present engage the alten
lion, not only Of Congress and the War
Department, but ofIhe whole country. IL
OR troops can be properly clad, properly
fed, and properly cloIhed, we may defy
the enemy to do his worst. For the ar.
,icle Of food we learn that ample provis-
ion has been made. For the article OF
shoes we observe that Congress has
passed law to organize corps OF 1000
shoe@aIsers for the public service. fhey
are enough, il il lie possible 10 procure
leather. which we believe il is. Il is here.
especially, uhat the patriotism Of the men
and women Of the county might come
in ss powerful aid !. to the Government.
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From tIe Chariesfon Courier.
Our Army Correspondence.
M,vr,Seu,.vo V, g., on

MAHrlSsnuno, Va, Sept. 90, 1862.
One of the most creditab'e actions Of
the campaign was performed by the brig
ade o. Gen. kershaw in s,orming and
carrying the strong position Of the enemy
on Maryland Heights previous to The
evacuation Of Harper's Ferry. The laps
of time is no excuse for the presentation
o! the interesting facts at so late an hour.
Detailed for the special duty by Gen.
McLaws, the division commander, the
brigades Of Generals Kershaw and Barks.
da'e, OF Mississippi, march from Browns.
vile (eight miles from IIarper's Ferry
on Friday, passed through Sullivsn's Gap
in the B!~o Ridge, ascended to the top
Of Elk Ridge and thence moved towards
Mary land Heights. The nature Of the
road, or, in truth, there WAS no road. for
the command journeyed among rocks
and through unbroken woods, prevented
ambulances, wagons or vehicles Of any
kind from accompanying the expedition.
and the provisions Of the men were car.
ried in their pouches. At six O'clock on
Friday evening they were within mile
Of the position Of the enemy, VINO were
found to he strongly entrencbed behind
a strong atattis which extended a cross
the Heights. There was no possibility Of
thanking them, lecause Of a precipitous
ledge Of rocks on either side, aad when
the line Of battle WIS formed the next
morning at eight o'clock it was TO ad.
vance directly in front OF the formidable
works. The Regiment. assigned to per.
form the dangerous work were the 9Th
and s:h, bu, the latter being separated
from its mate by a edge Of rocks, the
main attack devolved upon the 1th.-
These charged over the obutts with
yell, and in less than twenty minutes The
position was carried.
The enemy, twelve hundred strong, as
stated by prisoner, attempted to check
our men. but once in motion they never
stopped until .hey saw the Fede,aIs fall.
ing back upon their principal line of de
fence, five hundred yards IN tue rear
This consisted Of another aJattis, one
hundred yards wide, and strong breas .
work Of logs, just high enough for diem
to stand and shoot over. Here the Sew.
enth and Eighth regiments, the latter
having come up after carrying the first
position, advanced 20 the attack together.
The federals had three full regiments Of
a thousand men each-lhe Que Hundred
spd Twenty first Ohio, the Fi.. Mary
land regiment and the Gsri5aldi Guard
OF New York. A tremendous FIRE Of mus.
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Important Order of Gen n Clellan Rel.
alive to the Emancipation Proela
matinn

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
seems 10 have caused much dissa,isfac
ton in the army, and Mcclellan has
been forced 90 issue the following oder
relative 10 the subject :
HEApeuRs Army OF THE PoroMAc, !
October 7lh.
GENERAL ORDER l63.-1he attention
OF the officers and soldiers Of the army Of
the Potomac is called TO General Orders
No. l39, War Department, September
"a. 1862, publishing to the army the
Presidents proclamation Of September
22d. A proclamation Of such grave mo
ment 10 the nation. officially communica
Ted to the srmy, affords the Genera. com
manding an opportunity Of defining spe
ci6cal,y to the officers and soldiers under
his command the relation borne by all
persons in the military service Of the UNI.
ted State, towards the civil authorize. of
the Government.
The Constitution confdes 10 the civil
authorities, legislative, Judicial. and exec
utive. the power and duty Of making, ex.
pounding, and executing the Federal
laws. Armed forces are raised and sun
ported simply to sustain the civil suihor
titles, and are 10 he held in strict snbordi.
nation thereto in all respects. This fun
Gsmen,sl law Of our political system /.
essential to the security OF our republican
institutions, aud should 10 thoroughly
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S y y L Ii T. IL OLIN A
LANCASTER DISTRICT.

LANCASTER DISTRICT.
In Cour, of Ordinary for the said District.
In matters Of Probate of Miss Mary T..
Blackmon's VIII.
WHEREAS, The Petition of David
Ch"is aud wife Catherine requiring n certain
paper purporIing to be rho last Wnl and
Testament at Miss Mary Elizabeth Black.
mtn d'eeased, To be proven IN sol, mn form
"r dne form at law, and. ! have appointed
Friday the 3lst day OF October next for
that purpose, md, whereas, there nre res.
ding ont "f the limits Of tho Stat, and Dis
trict aforesaid some of the hairs nj In,y ,o
wit: Josiah BInckuon and lames J.fT.,s :,
BlackmonG' dead)to his children (nam,, NOT
known) You aud racn OF you ar. h,rssv
notified and udmunished, tore,nrr with uiI
whom II may concern, TO be and appear be-
Tore the Court Of Ordinary To bc holden n,
Lancaster Court House for the District,
aforesaid on the day and date as above sta.
ted.
Given under my hand and seal Of oliic,
this 2i,h day Of July 1862.
j. L. HAMMOND, o. I'D.
July 30, 1862. loam3m IF. y
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Wholesale Counterfeiting.

The Atlantis CSnfederaey has examined
package Of fifteen hundred dollas-sll
IN hundred dollar rbiils-coun,erfeits Of the
Confederate notes-IIoyer Il Ludwig
plates. They are Oot tie ssa.s ,hAl Was
pu, sfioat some time ago. These bills
had number Of striking points Of differ
ence. and were easily detected by the
description. The new coante1feii is far
more accurate aud fficult to detect, saI
Is very dangerous. Tie previous one WAS
better engraving than the genuine. sad
'n better paper this is the same quality
Of paper, and the engraving appears 50
exactly like it every way. ,hs, the differ
e"ee Is only discovered 10y n eor.fui com.
porisoa, and by n person who is used TO
handling and noticing it.
The Contederuey gives the following
points about the bills 10y which they
may be detected
First. On the left hand end Of the bills
is n sailor standing up. and above his
head "a a shield ON which tho foIl.w,,
" lords are inscribed :"R.ce;v,bls in nav.
ment OF all dues excep, exnor, duss" I,
the genuine. the lower point OF this shield
is about the 10Th Of An inch above ,bs
sailors hat. In the counterfeit, the point
Of the shield Is imperfect ; the point 10
not made. If perfect. /, would coma
down lower than the TOD OF the hat. In
the geouine, the point j. nearly over the
centre of the ssloIs bead-a gu1 10 The
lef. in the counterfeit, ,he poiut Of the
shield (f it had The po,nD would be over
the L1t land side Of the sailors hs, Lran,
or near whers the brim jo,us the crown
Of the hst. This defect in the pois, Of
the shield, and its being placed further to
the left Of the sailors head. and extend
ing lower down. and no, directly above
the head as IN The genuine, is tue mos,
prominent mark Of distinction.
Tie ~~gon wheel this time has the
proper number Of spokes, aud they are
dun and dark like the genuine-onIy a
little more so-not light and finely exc
cu,ed, like the former countefeh. The
mule attached to the cotton pres. i. also
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TROUBLE IN TnE lASREE CAMP.-TL.
Richmond Examiner obtains. hom a
gentleman of intelligence who left Wash
"gLon "a Wednesday lest, the following
s"ten neni' which. 1t thinks. gives ara
n'nal and satisfactory solution Of The
question. On the receip, Of LincoIu's
emancipation proclamation, McClell.o's
army was thrown into y terrible fer,nen,
winch threatened obreak into An open
""u general riot. The Republicans and
democrats were Instantly arraved ia
deadly hostility. the latter declaring that
u Tie Proclamation was 10, ~ubdrawn
ihey would throw down their arms. or
u forced 10 use them, would turn them
against the Abo:Itionists, for whose ad
vantage ard advancement tie war was
'e'ng prosecuted. All the efforts Of their
commanders having failed to pac,fy tho
"ooP'' Lincoln WAS ieiegraphed for and
set out at once for the army. The success,
OF his mission is not definitely known.
but II WAS said in Washington that not.
~''hstaud'ng many promises and exp:s.
nations made to the troops, he had not
'ound It possible to allay their excite.
meni, and had returned home leaving
matters little better than he had found
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$40 1sE AssIb!

4 NunnWay from where We had them
81 hired. near Chester. in June last. our
w three Negro men, Viz BILL, GILES
and HENRY.
Bill aud Giles We bought The 9TH of Last
Novcmber, nj The estate sale of Ed. Leach
on Broad River, in York Dist let 'rr-v
being brothers and having r-latirn. in In
ncishb"rho"d where we purchased them.
Is more than iikeley they have mad,
"nv back L" their old nrIghburhnod
I'LL IL about 26 years old, 5 feet -
high, will weigh 100 or I6u us)IJrUI
very BLACK; rather shurpci "a
quick when spoken TO.
Giles, his brother, is abou
D feet . inches high will
i'*ery black, and walks wEklii,RrI 40
and feet turned out il lron sVOS
Henry, We purchased, eiiabis p. C,,. C.
h'veS un the Calawba nv Nsw. .3 y.,r.
DID, well sc:, 8 feet 10 i'll .s,1.., mi vI,I
weigh i75 pounds has, hrny nnd
speaks slowly ; In, So Ts'sr s'srract.r a.n
runaway. May 20 to Dry thing, N m or Wa'h. n" "
'nglon city, ii Is hari feat si.i~Lrr. fl. w,Ii
=" as he Is n genll-GA ray,J rh.y
al ran oil about the, -.
We will pay s75TIlk for the u,,ss
Tweed live" III in any .", jd, ryAL Of .ne% de-
These boy. may. .1slsxcv. " make snrir ~ wav
,,,a N"'a"' as some .i..anss Nh this place have
'".& DUNovANr.
Aug. 7, Is6SsH righ.
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The Blockade Business at Nassau
How it is Done-lnsult to the u. s.
Consul.

A letter from Nassau, N. T., dated the
26,h ult., says there is very little com.
merce with the South compared with
what It WAS a few months ago, aud con.
uaband goods are lying there in wnni Of
vessels to carry ll'em TO Soulhc,n ports.
]; adds:
All the principL warehouses are flied
with these goods, and de, have 1t" room
10 stow ANY more. kaSe seen some
shipped imrnrdIntel, before the eyes of
The Aurericsn C.,nsui-I mean arms, &c.
IL seems tina, the principal merchants 80
called. as they have TO complete what
real merchants have begun-uarneiy, for.
m"rding coutiAband goods to aid the reb
els are nearly conv,"ced that the b ock
s'l'ng ships are too much OH the alert Tor
them 1" risk any more goods.
o." s,-s"er- the AngIia-hns tried
II, tut without success. She proceeded
as fu II. Charleston bar, and there met
"ha; she did not expect, and wRs chased
nearlv all the WAY back There is anorh-
er now loading for one II the blUckaded
ports. This is her second trip. She made
one successful, and is going to try it again;
but think she will not be MS fortunate
Ms on the first. The regular packet steamer
Kate let f.S dsys age with cargo OF
con,raband goods.
There are very few arrivals from Enr.
land. Ii seems that Earl Russeirs letter
to the Liverpool meret,ants has put a
stop to il. | don't ihink they liked It
much. Any how, | am quite sure the
rebel agents here did not, MS some sad
he mnst be mad others said th., he
never ~rote it. sDI blamed Mr.. Cay Tor
it.
All the steamers that come here are
consigned TO the houses OF II. A. Il Co.
or to :. & Son. The senior member OF
the former firm took passage in the
"'~N' ""t eSS&ae NJ" tiial no
ted pirate, Senmes.
The steamer ie,erhctf has sailed for
England With cargo chiefly OF cotton
that has haen LJough. here from South
erD ports. She ~ss frsigh'ed by ii. A. L.
Co., and S. d Son. A few days before
she left some dispute arose be,wce. the
junior Wember Of the former firm and
Tue senio~ 1!~Jnher OF the latter. The for.
ner WIS called "Besuregard," the latter
"StonewaIl Jackson" and a fight ensued
between these Two rebel agents and enc.
m'es 10 om country: the latter, however.
got the worst Of il. The former WAS IA.
Ken before n magistrate, and fined ten
shilings. The latter has entered An .c.
''o" Tor two thousand pounds damages.
II he succeeds. all tha, they have made
bs the ee5el agencies will be Lu, OF little
avail to them.
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and blacker ink. A man skilled in such
matters can see ut once that they are
written nv an effort, and 40, bv free,
essv natural hand.
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Let every body who has n scrap OF l.alh.
er that can by exercising the most severe
self denial, devote it 10 the service Of the
country. Let nobody who has leather
part with i, to any body but 40 agen, Of
the Government. Let everybody who
has no leather, but has money, contrib
ute Ms much as can he spared by any
possible means, TO purchase Ieather. Let
i, he bought il possible wherever it exists,
even from spectators, at any price how.
ever exorbitSat. Send all the old shoes
You may have and can spare. to tee haH
so'ed Tor the troops. Rake and serape
together every scrap Of leather YOU can
possibly lay your hands on for this holy
purpose II the whole people will Sc, 20
work, the army can hr shnd and kept in
shoes, aud we feel assured that they will
set 10 w",k in right good earnest
So in the way Of clathiug and blankets.
Send everything YOU can possibly spare
Get oznaburgs, where YOU have no blan
kets to spare, sew the pieces together.
and stuff them with cotton. Learn ,u
sleep under rs few hlanke's as possible.
that you may send the overplus 10 the
soldiers.
Remember, mea ard women Of the
Confederate States, the Srnn OF Virginia
is standing guard over you, your homes,
and your liberties, no matter in what
part Of the country you may be. II once
that army be forced TO leave the field.
from the want Of clothes TO keep of the
piercing blasts, and cold rains, and dri
wing SHOWS OF winter, the wave OF invas
ion will sweep over the whole land, and
bury you underneath it. And winter is
rapidly approaching. Our men canno,
stand guard or march over the frozen
ground without warm clothing, socks.
and shoes. The cold will prove more
terrible than ,he hayoue,s Of the Yam.
KEGS. They will be compelled to leave
the field if they have not these comforts
And are You not proud OF tha, army =
II has won for you already name
which no people ever bad II, the com
nencemen, Of a national career. Il has
fought battles and game! victories sufii
clent TO have conferred lying lusre on
any people tha; ever existed. II has pro
,ected YOU in the hour Of need. Blu, for
its courage and devotion you would Le,
at this monent, the sui jec,s Of the most
hateful tyranny, and the mos, odious ty.
rant that the world ever beheld. You
would be the subjects Of the Yankee ma
ton, aad Of Abraham Lincoln. DO YOU
no! owe them, thee, debt Of gra,itud.
which the labor Of a long life would no,
he too much to ex,inguish
Blu, they ask Of you in return only to
give them the means Of serving you still
farther. They want only clothes to face
the xeatLer, and they wiH sWiI be ready
to fight for you 10 the last drop "f their
blood as they have fought Cor you hi,h
ei,o. You are not expected to do all
but to do the bes, you can. The Gov.
ernment will do the bes, it can, but tue
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
(ln The Common PieQS)
Dudley NJ. Usscry,e, al. } Declaration

~. in
s.mueI Spence. : Attachment.
Whereas the Plaintiff did un the second
day OF December 1861, Tile his Declaration
against the Defendant, who GAS it is saidy i.
absent fom and without the limits of the
Stale, and has neither wife nor Attorney
known within the same, upon whom copy
OF the said Declaration might be served.
IL il therefore ordered that the said De.
frudan, do appear and plead to the said
Declaration, on or before the thirl day OF
December next, which will be in the year
OF aa' Lord one thousand eight hundred
and .ixtN.two, otherwise hnal Judgment vii,
then be given aud awardrdNgain,t him.
ii. J HANCOCK, Crk.
Dec 4th, lS6l.-I3-ly.
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The DAILY BULLETIN
G A ia W BA JOURNAL,
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THERlCHMOND DISPATCH.
BY coWARDIN & HAMMERsLEY.
RICHMOND, VA. .
DAILY SEgIWEEKLy AND WgEv,v
TERMS---Cash in Advance

1--WE DAILY DISPATCH is served 10
i Subscribers at SIX AND QUARTER cy,rs
A WEEK, payable TO the Carrier weekly
pnce for mailing. 81 a year, or sa.50 for
six months in advance.
TIE SEMI.WEEkIY DISPATCH il
issued NSery Tuesday and Friday at 81 in
TIL WEEKLY DISPATCH is.ued
every f"iay.sn mailed to subscribers at
81 per annum.
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UT1CE.-hs il Is believed that tho
~ Estate OF Caswrll MobIey, deed, Is in
solvent noiice Is hereby giyer 10 all per.
sons having claims against the aforemen-
uohed Estate to present them ie !nIIy au
then''c"ted within, six months from date for
pro ratio distribution.
j.. d. aoBI.EY, Err.
Pleasant iiili, .. e., July s, 1854. 2s-n
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4 NunnWIy from where We had them
81 hired. near Chester. in June last. our
w three Negro men, Viz BILL, GILES
and HENRY