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Proclamation by the President.

1t is meet that, as a people who &C
knowledge the supremacy Of the living
God, Who should be ever mindful of our
dependence on Him should remember
that to Him alone can we trust for our
deliverance that TO Him is due devou,
thankfulness for the signal lnercics be.
stowed on us, and that by prayer alone
can we hope to secure the continued man
Hesitation Of that protecting care which
has hitherto shielded us in tho midst OF
trials and dangers.
In obedience to nis precepts, we have
from time TO time been gathered together
with prayers and Thanksgiving, and lie
has been graciously 10 hear our supplica
tious Of His favor 10 our armies and our
people. Through mary conflicts wchave
now attained a place among the nations
which commands thsir respect; and to
the enemies who encompass US around
and seek our destruction, = the Lord Of
Hosts has again taught the lesson Of His
inspired word: tha; the battle is not 70
the strong, but to whomsoever He wilelh
20 exaIt.
Again our enemy, with loud bossting
Of the power OF their armed mon and
mailed ships, threaten US with suhjuga
ton, aud with evil Vaccinations seek
even ia our own homes and y; ouT ow :.
fresides, to pervcrt our mon servants and
our maid servants into compIsuces Of
their wicked designs.
Under these circumstances il is nv
| privilege to invite YOU once more to meet
together and to PROSTATE yourselves in
humble supplication to Him Who has been
our constant and never failing supper, in
the past, and to whose projection and
guidance we trust for the future.
To this end |, Jefferson Davis, Pre,i
den, Of the Confederate Siates Of America,
do is'ue this, nv proclamation, setting
spart Friday, the twenty seventh day OF
March as day Of fasting, hsmiha ion
and payer, and do invite the people Of
the said States to repair on that day to
their usual places Of public worship, and
to join III prayer TO Almighty God that
lie will coL,inue lis msrciful protection
over our cause, that He will scatter our
enemies and set at naught their evil de.
signs, and that lie will graciousiy restore
to our beloved country the b!ss.ie gs Of
peace and security.
In faith whereof I have hereun;o Sc,
my hand At the city Of Richmond on ,h G
27th day OF February, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
siE,y.,hree.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Bv the President.
J. i. BEsJAMfs, Secretary Of State.
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The Battle Field.

Or. Cross, 10 the HoiSton Journal, thus
describes the field of battle on the day
after the fight at Murfreesboro.
All how many expired with The year.
Here they lie, friend and foe, in every
possible position, vast promisouous ruin.
"They sleep their last sleep they have fought
their last battle;
No sound can awake them to glory again.
After pretty thorough inspection Of
| the ground in tho rear OF our lines, from
Stones river 10 the extreme left, ride to
tho front, whore the dead lie thick among
the cedsrs, in The proportion Of FIVE Yam
KEGS 10 one Southron. Here the sigh,s
to sickon the bravest hearts, sad lesson.
for human passion and oppression. Here
is foot, shot of at the ankle, fue
model for a scu ptor. Here is an officers
hand, severed from the wrist, the glove
sill upon it, and the sword in It's grasp.
Here is An entire brain, perfectly i,olated,
showing no sign Of violence, as if care
fully taken from the skull that enclosed
it by the hands Of akilltul surgeon.-
llere'r a corpse, sitting upon the ground,
with its back agains, tree, 10 the mos,
natural position Of life, holding before ito
face the photograph likeness Of a good
looking old lady, probably the dead mans
mother. Here is poor fellow, who has
crawled into the corner Of fence TO read
his sisters letter, and expired in the act
of It's perusal, the precious documen. still
open before him full OF atlec,lona,e coun-
sci. Here is handsome young man.
with a placid coun.enance, lying upon
his back, lis Bible upon his bosom, and
his hands folded over il, as if he had gone
to sleep saying his evening prayer. Many
others present the melancholy contrast Of
scattered cards, obscene pictures, aud fl
thy ballad books-"misrable comforters"
for dying hour, but an instructive com.
men.ery upon the Yankee cause. One
lies upon bis face, literally biting the
ground, his rigid fingers fastened firmly
into the cory sod and another, with up.
turned face, open eyes, knit brow, com.
pressed lips, and clenched fists, displays
all the desperation Of Yankee vengeance
imprinted on his clay. discovered heads,
arms, legs, are scattered every where; and
the coaIguIated pools O. blood g!ssm
ghas,ly in the morning sun. 1t is fear
iul sight for Christian eyes
And now, gentle reader, if thou hast
"suPped full Of horrors" the fault is not
niue nor General Bragg's, but Llncoln's
and Stewards, and Johns ms, and Ros
encrans's and God and the South will
hold them, with their abet,ors and coun
selIors, responsible for the sheep they
have led to the slaughter and il there is
justice in Heaven, and re,rbu,ion in the
wrath of outraged patrio,ism. their mur
derous ambition shall oe teqnited in due
time. Meanwhile, let US commit our
cause IN humble prayer to Him who
judgeth rghteously y and emulate our
Divine Eremplsr-
Who, offering gutless blood that guilt might
live,
Taught from his cross the lesson to forgive.
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[From tie LiHi. Rock TIVE -Demccrat. |
The Situation In Arkansas.

FROM me LiHe hocR ITee -DeH6Crdf
The Situation In Arkansas.
Since writing our biief notice two weeks
ago, ofthe fail of he Post, wherein we
expressed our conviction ths. the enemy
would stil never get control Of this river,
he has made no attempt whatever to do
so. There has been since his success at
the Post, plenty Of water for him to try
1t, at least portion OF the way, aud yet,
when lie has ascsnded White river with
his gunboats and transports as high up
as Des Arc, with the arowed purpose OF
marching upon this place acros. the
country, he has not thought proper to
attempt the ascent Of the Arkansas river.
Perhaps he has some idea Of the difficult
ties attending such an enterprise. The
navigation CT the river Itself, with its mar
row channe', rapid current and thousand,
Of snags, woul! alone present many dan
gers and difficulties, bu, lined as it.
banks have been, since the fall Of lhe
Post, by Gen. Walkers whole army, lie
will have sheet Of FIRE to pass through
that will neither be safe or comfortable.
No one thought the Post of Arkausa,
An impreGnable place and but few
deemed it any for,iGcsnon whatever, to
the river. 1t has served its purpose. The
stout resistance there offered by threo or
four thousand brave men, to the force Of
the enemy numbering about 10000, nc
companied by their gunboa,s, has taught
them a lesson that they will not soon for
get. They will be more wary in encouu
terng our whole army, composed Of the
same sor, OF stuff AS tne handful at the
Post. Our reliance is now, as il has al
ways been, upon the stout hearts and
strong arms oE our troops, placed in such
position that they cannot he overpowered
in detail. They now occupy ihs, po.i.
ton, aud we are coniden, that the enc.
my can never take The Arkansas river.
by dint OF luck apd desperate courage,
if they possess ii, they may get = few
puuboa,, mast our ,,oor. q, ,Lsv dJ a,
Nicksburg last summer, but that will
avail them nothing. !, will only sulj.cr
them to tie possibility pf capture, which
will no, only l.. no.sibI. hu, Li,hIv r,oh.
able. We live on an uncertain river. 1,
msv be uayiosL,e far Tho Isr,.s, ,;vod
boats one dav. and in ,hre. d,v, mo,e
down 10 low wa,or mo,L
Wa h.v. o oo,f,,
sr.,s CorarJ w.ll.or ..lo h.. .nn,-o
of ,bo Ioc,rca or a.. l,,p,o
RlnU . .,.urL ,,
snerr.,;c Tia ora,r h,, oL;a,
will do j, in cripu'ed conJi,ion. Gsn.
ersl Holmes we all know. His hear, Is
in the cause, and i, is with US here in Ar
kansas. lie is pure man and a pa,rio,
and will leave no etfor, unlried to drive
An invading enemy from our soil.
Dur Goyernor has c.,IsL e., ,roor, -
serve in emergencies We hone and We
believe the call will be promptly answ.
ed. The people of Arkansas po.w;,h.
standing the absence Of so Ia,os . ,uu.
ber Of Them on ,hs o,b,r aida -, H.. Az.
sissi ppi river, still possess both tie mum
a.
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The Negro Enlistment Bill.

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The Fortress Monroe correspondent Of
the TimeSsays it is notorious fact that
certain privstes Of lhs 03d New York
regiment have kidnapped negroes aud
sold them to sscessioni,.s outside The Fed
eral lines.
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5 0 u L Ii G a 4 OIL N A
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
In he Court Of, Ordinary.


w HEREhS MR.. ISRAEL HOOD, OF
w Pickens County Alabama, hath by
his Attorney or Proctor, filed in this office
a notice requiring the VIII Of his Grand
Father, James Summerville, deceased, to be
proven in solemn or due form of law.
Therefore, do hereby notify and require
you and each Of fyou--Amanda Summeryille.
Amelia Suuimorville, Hentisits Summer.
vile, Mary, wife OF Robt. Cunninpham
eliza Hood, wife Of Samuel Hood, lame.
r Summeryillc, George w. SumnneryIlIe,
and the children of Hugh SummeryiIIe, de.
ceased, names not known. also the children
OF Martha Cunningham, deceased. 10 wit
Ann Johnston, Joseph II. Cunningham and
Robert James CnDningham-a number Of
The parties reside in Piekens Comfy Ala.
bama-all Of the distributes under ,ba
provisions Of the said VIII, as well as tbos.
who would have been interested in the
estate OF the said Testator, provided he had
died in'ssiate. 10 DO and appear before me
Thursday, the 2sth dsyof May ne.t. in the
Costl Of Ordinary to be holden al Lancas.
Ter Sourt House, then snd there 10 .bev
cause, II any, why the said Will ,hon,d n,
should not be proved and established in dn.
iorm oi iss, Tor what capse the same sbopId
De set aside or established, and 10 such 9th.
or and further showing and proof 5, var
or either Of you the said partie. NAV DEAN
necessary and proper and advantageous for
your respective rights and interests in IN,
premises. WV
Given under my hand and seal Of of6cs
a. AZ hane,'Ier Cont House South Carolina
this goth day ofFebrusry 1868.
y 7. HAMMOND. o. I'd.
FeS -, rcos, sam
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PAYiSG DEBTS Matters have changed
wonderfully within the last year in regard
to paying debts. Many debtors are apx
ious to pay, but creditors are not so anx.
ious to receive, and we hear the com.
plant frequently that creditors are un
willing TO have the notes they hold set
tied. Debtors ought to begin to think
that we were right in always opposing
the stay Jaw, for had it not been for that
law many debts would have been can
ceI!sd before this, aid the debtor would
not now be compelled to have interest
running against him. Those who took
advantage of that iuiquitous Law must
now submit to have the advantage taken
of them, il they are considered goo,!. II
is said that turn about Is fair play.n
though We know that some people don't
bslieve it Charlotte Democrat.
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OMRNs OF YEAcr. correspondent
Of the Fioridian and Sentinel, writing
from Fredericksburg, give the following
singular freak Of nature place in his let
ter. lie says:
While speaking OF peace there is 10
gend connected with a spring near Fred
erick'burg, which will relate for the
benefit of the curious:
According TO ,rsdItiou, hi. sprug WAS
discovered running three months before
the revolutionary war. Three mouihs
before treaty Of peace it dried up and
ceased to run. Ii commenced running
again three months before the war Of
1912, and three months before its close.
As in the revolutionary war, it again dried
up, and so with the Mexican war. Three
months before the fsN Of For, Sumter il
commenced running and short time
since dried up.
give for my author an aged man,
who WAS born snd j, living near the
spring and WHO has considerable proper.
tv, and offers 10 bet il all that We will
have peace in three months from the dry
ing up Of the spring.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
BY the President.
J. 7. BEsJAMS, Secretary Of Stat

BANK NoTEs We learn that some
surprise has been expressed in the coun
try at the Advertisements in tue papers
OF Raleigh, Wilmington and Fayetteville,
offering to purchase the notes Of Banks.
1t ough, TO lie sufficient to quiet any un
essinsss produced thereby, to state, th a.
these movements probably proceed from
Richmond, where bank notes are used to
pay for Northern goods 10, be smuggled
across the Potomac into the Confederacv.
God and silver and Stale stocks are not
always 10 be lIaj in sufficient quantities,
and next 10 these the yankees appear to
like Bank Notes. No one could expect
them TO receive Confederate notes, for
that would expose them to the danger Of
a residence in Fort Lafayette.
But we warn people in the Confeders
cs who may seize upon this or any other
prsteSt as reason for refusing or discred
't'ng Confederate nots, that !hey will
thereby be LAYING up for ,hemssve, an
evil name which viii. slick 10 them as the
name tory stuck TO those who worked or
fought against independence in the Revo
luton ofl776. The cause depends upon the
goodness ofthe Confederate currency, and
every man and patriot should receive it
as ready as any other curreocy-indeed
we say more readily, since he thereby
helps the sause.-Fdyetteriils Observer.
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General Scott's health is said to be
failing him fast. He is confined to his
apartments, almost. entirely helpless, and
what is worse, it is said that his mind at
length is breaking down under the
weight Of years and msatsl and bodily
trouble. lie receive s<sy few visitors
and these only bis sssss ipd~ste friends
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Nlnty-sir thousand live hondred and
sIxty.two bales of government cotton have
been sold in New York since the block
ade ofihe Southern ports, averaging s2Os
per bale, and ranging from 90 cent! 10
sl20 2 per pound.
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER
Published every Wednesday Msrning
". N. 90 n N O n s. ,
Editor anl proprietor.
z e z II 3
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advertisement considered less than q square.
The number Of insertions must be written on
each advertisements, or they will be inserted till
ordered ont and charged accordingly.
Semi Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adver-
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quarter per square for each insertion.
The following deductions will be made in
faver Of standing advertisements
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Announcing Candidates for Office, Five
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E Communications recommending can
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or individual interest, charged at advertising
ates.
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vance. Attachments and other legal notices
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The Chattanooga Rebel says; We
cannot too strongly urge upon our friends
tho propristy Of planting no more Cotton
than is necessary to raise seed for another
year: We repea, what we said on n for
mer occasion Let every effort be made
in every State to secure the greatest a
mount Of food Let tie people go to
work now to make clothing. DO not put
these things of. lie, those learn TO spin
and weave now who never knew before.
The highest compliment that can be paid
any young lady, after this war, will be
that she spun and ~ore clothes for ber
brothers and friends in the army. lie,
the wealthiest and most accomplisbe,,
set the example Of plain dressing and
hard work"
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ESTATE NOTICE.

DERSONS indebted, siths, TO the Estate
l. OF Isabella II. Connors, deceased. or
that Of Andrew J. Connor., dec, sod, will
make payment to the undersigned. Per.
sons having demands agsinsI either or both
Of said Estates, are hereby notified to pre-.
sent them, in legal form, to me. for pay.
ment, within the time pre- .cribsd by law
This notice will be plead in bar TO any
claims subsequently presented
w. n. CONNORS, Adm'r
Dec. ., 1867, 43-Sa
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Secret Political Societies.

In his reply to Judge Leavitt's mo-
tice in the Vallandigham case, Gen.
Burnside says:
"The press and public men, in
great emergency like the present, should
avoid the use of party epithets and bit
ter invectives, and discourage the or
ganization of secret societies, which are
always undignified and disgraceful 10 a
free people, but now they are absolute
ly wrong and injurious; they create dis
sensions and discord, which, just now,
amounts to treason. The simple names
patriot and traitor are comprehen-
sivo enough"
The views here expressed in regard to
secret political organizations are those
we h ave ever entertained. We have
always looked upon them as unnecessary
to good government, and especially to-
one like ours. On the contrary, we have
regarded them as liable to become in
struments of much harm. However
well designed or con nducted at the out.
set, they offer. facilities for selfshness
which are almost certain, sooner or la
ter, to tempt unscrupulous men 10 seize
upon them. This would be true at any
time, but especially at a period like the
present, when society is so disturbed
and the public mind unsettled and sub
ject to extreme excitement. The estab-
lishment of one such party tends to
that Of another, aud when the people
become divided into secret organiza-
tioDs, in opposition to each other, the
country can have no security against
the hostilities which they are so liable
to provoke. Each shut up to its own
policy and plans, and solicitous chief
ly to circunvont, rather than candidly
consider, the schemes Of the other, its
members would have no opportunity
and little inclination for that examina-
ton Of tie matters at issue SO essential
to safe action. On the contrary, their
minds would become more and more il.
liberal, while their passions were pro-
portionably infamod. With antago-
nistic organizations thus isolated from
each other, aud all knowledge of their
designs and proceodn.s 8 olfacd to. each
respectively, it is plain to see the natu-
raj result.
We think, then, the warning and ap-
peal Of Gen. Burnside we'll made, and
would be glad to see them needed by
all parties, for We regard them as appli-
cable to all alike. With him we think
that every cause of "disse sension and dis
cord" should now be carefully avoided.
There is no duty which the private cit
izen owes to his country that requiresln
oath of secrecy in its discharge. His
duties are plain and distinct, and those
Of one man are not different from those
of another Marietta Register.
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Who are Entitled to Pensionsp

The question is often asked, "Who
are entitled to draw pensionsP" The
act or Congress, Puesed JULY 1899.
made liberal provisions for granting
pensions to disabled or invalid soldiers
who have served in the army of the I'm
ion since the 4th of March, 1861. and
also to all widows and children, (under
sixteen years of age,) as well as moth
ers ana dependent sisters Of soldiers
killed in battle, or who shall die by rea-
son Of wounds received or diseases con-
tracted while in the line of duty. The
provisions, as a whole, are much more
liberal than the old pension laws for the
Revolution or the war of 1912. The
amount of pensions for total disability
are fixed as follows:
Non. com missioned officers, musicians
and privates, per month, So; Seconc
Lieutenants, SIS; FIRST Lieutenants, SIT
Captains, $40; Majors, s25; all officer
of higher rank, $50.
But largo majority of those accept
cd as pensioners are only partially disa
bled, and the amount of pension is ra
ted according to their disability, whic'
may be e.fourth, ono.third, one-hali
two thirds, &c. The disability is base
on the proportion which the effects of
wound received or disease contracted i
public service actually disables one frol
obtaining a livelihood
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How a Man feels in Battle.

There can be nothing more puzzling
than the analysis of ones feelings on
battle field. You cannot describe them
satisfactorily to yourself or others. To
march steadily up to the mouths Of
hundred cannon, while they pour out
fire and smoke and shot and shell in a
storm that mows the men like grass, is
horrible beyond cription-appalling.
1t is absurd to say man can doit with
out fear. During Hancock's charge at
Fredericksburg, for a long distance, the
slope was swept by such hurricane of
death that We thought every step would
be our last, and l am willing to say, for
one, that 1 was pretty badly scared
Whatever may be said about "gotting
used to it," old soldiers secretly dread a
battle equally with new ones. But the
most difficult thing to stand up under.
is the suspense while waiting, as we
waited in Fredericksburg, drawn up in
line of battle on the edge of the field
watching the columns file past us and
disappear in cloud of smoke, where
horses and men and colors go down il
confusion, where all sounds are lost il
the screaming of shells, the cracking O.
musketry, the thunder of artillery, anC
knowing that our turn comes next, ex
pecting each moment the word "for
ward" 1t brings strange kind of re
lief when forward" comes. You NOV
mechanically with the rest. Once fair
| ly in for it your sensibIities are strange
ly blunted; you care comparativel
nothing about the sights that shocke
you at first; men torn to pieces by can
non shot become a matter of course -
At such time there comes latent sus
tenance from within us, or above u,
which no man anticipates who has nc
been in such place before, and whicI
most men pass through life withoU
KNOWN anything about. What is it
Where does it come from?- Cor. Spring
field Republican.