The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-11-11
Editoria! Drsvities.

The Richmond Sentinel says that no pro
gresa hiss yet been made, and no chang.
has 'ranspirsd, 'n the negotiations for o be.
ter understanding on the subject Of err
changing prisoners Of war. Tho Washing.
Ion authorities have neither accepted no,
declined our propositions. oe submilted rna
onss. They continue sort Of irr~gulau
and special exchanges. as if to keep the
question open; perhaps to keep down the
muImarings af their own people.
At - recent sale In Richmond, a negro
girl sold for $1,000. For others. price,
ranged from % 800 to $4,000 each. I,
would "ppsaf that notwithstanding &a,
times, negioss are in demand.
The Confederate says tha, during the pa.,
week the citizens, Of Camden hare been
greatly sxereisrd al the appearance and
prompt action Of the horse imprsssing Off,
Ger OF Ksrahnw District, Nr. Geo. Hail..
-Four o: the most prominent commnnders
in the Fedaral army are Catholics, viz: Gems.
Meade, Roncer,ns, Gilmore, OF Charleston,
and Foster, Ia North Carolina. This state.
'nent IL made on the uthori,y Of he New
York fieral, not the best 10 the world.
The Eraminer says that m order f,on,
The War department n; Richmond hs. gone
into cffeSt, which suLj.cis 10 con.cription
and enrolment nj! clerks who entered upon
e'erkshiPs at the Departments since octo.
ber 1862
Presiden' Lincoln, SO Washington reports
| state, instructed Gen. iIooker that. Il. puss
ing through. Kentucky, he must, carefully
| avoid the county Of Bourbon.
Hon. James Farrow has been rs..I.c,.d
to Congress from the Fifth Congressional
District BY majority OF I,I45 over bix
competitor, James p Boyee. Esq.
All the banks Of the Confed.racy are in.
sited to assemble at Augusta on the 18th ot
November to devise the means Of rem.,..
ting our currency. The members .lrc, O,
Congress arc Invited 20 meet with them
! a single 6rm pays one hundred and ff,v
thousand dolIors a year TO tn. London
Times for advertising.
! Inc New York World charges that
nom twelve to 6fteca thousasd men from
Psnn'ylyania In Meads's army. xvre fu,
ioughrd to 20 home and vote in the Int.
elections; that Meade began his mo v.men,.
Tor retreat soon after his army was weaken.
cd oy this taking away Of Rrpablican SOL
d'srs for political purpose. IN P.nnsy lvanis
| A correspondent Of an Atlanta paper,
writing from ths army Of Tennessee, say,
that the OBJECT OF the expedition of the %, 4
u't. wns to dislodgs the enemy from
Bro~s Ferry. and it seems no idea wa. had
Of tho enemy. overwhelming force, 90 tLs,
Instead Of surprisiog the enemy, We wer,
sniraPPrd ourselves.
The next ses.ion Of Congress, will cum.
menes on The fr.t Monday ia Dsccinb~.
The present Congress expires the 2ad Of
February 1866. at which time the new Sso
asors and Representatives iaks their se.,s
The Holston Methodist Conferrnce. ro
Gently held q, AshssiIie. N NJ, expelled i've
preachers. Mssss. ". II. Rogers, w. ID.
IL. Doggan, r. q. BLACK burn. Jonathan 4.
Man and Wiilia,a Miiitarn, for di.ioyaI,y
10 The GovernmcnL
The gallant Mo,by is again in III. saddle
On Tuesday Of last week hs made q forav
upsn tho Yankees, within a mile Of sIead,'.
hsadq"sr'srs. near Warrsuton, killed three.
wounded several. and captured SO white
f"nk.cs, soms rightecn or twesn,y black
ones, aud one hundsrd aud thirty mule. and
horscs
We learn, says the Atlanta Appeal, that
sitsr M interview With Ps..idrnt Davis. il
I'm. bre" determined that General Polk
saHll be n'signed tn duty in mississippi, In
s,e place Of General lIardss. xho vii. rs
sum" HE former position in IN, army Of
Tennessee.
The enemy now ho'ds the possession of
the Nashville and Chattanooga road up To
Browne frrry. within three mile. Of Chat
'Ano"ga' where they haven ponto"n bridge
which enable, ihsm to rsinfo,ce their troops
IN Lookout Valley. TLis gi,ss them a dc.
s'dod advantage in opening q nearer com.
munica'ion for obtaining supplies, and may
indoce 'hrm 90 attsmpt tho pe..e..ion af
Lookout Mountain, which would, In cn.e of
sasssss, give them = el.sr road TO chawa-
noosa
At the suggestion Of Edward Eyerst,.
shs Yankee dead will bs ini,rr.d In IN. Sol.
e'si" Cemetery al Gettysburg. before the
dedication, on the 18th Of Novrmbsr, and
She work WAS 10 commence ou III. 26th Of
iaai month. The requisite number Of coffin.
WI De Furnished by order OF The Secretary
Of wa. The lots for sssh Stat. ar. "a be-
'A'd od By an accomplished Isod.e.p. gard.
nr.
The fankss sommand.r ii Murfree,.
OOgD. Tenn