The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-09-27
EdiioIia! Eli eyiiles.

The New fo'k Times Of the 3Oth says that
the secret o toe surrender OF Fort Morgan ia
.hat the rebels weIc really starved out. tele.
SraPhd you two weeks ago that it had been
the practice TO supply the fort only for a fort.
night at tune aud that the claim of the rebel
commanGant, that he was pvovisioned Tor xix
months, was all hum1ug. Ihc event has July
borne out The statcruent.
The War Department has OF dcred the lcpi,.
Il alton OF all male white persons between the
ages OF seventeen aud fifty years who are moi
now actually in the field OF ia the escryss, and
also of all boys who will attain to the age of
seventeen within the next Twelve months, with
the month in which they will become sevegtcen.
The 81 'ounds Of exemption or detail will ako
have to be given.
We avail ourselves once more Of this oppor-
t,mity to bcspeak the attention Of our readers
to the fearful tendency oi high prices, hoal ling
and eAtoriion. These are. considered 10y those
who guatd ilie des,inics of the Republic, as
nore dangerous than mere disloy y.lty, dsssrtion,
o. the succes;' Of the enemy Tor these last are
within tire control Of our own govcrnmental
energy aud power. All ellc other evils men.
toned, We may hopc to put down 10y force of
ANS; but these, they carry their injurlous ci-
te"s now, beaIirts directly upon the Efforts Of
the government, and they reach an arm of
blight and destruction into the future.
AH exchange announces the mar, iace Of
James l.. Ice and Miss Harriet A. Freeze We
nope they will be sbIe'to keep cool ti,is warm
weatlier.
The world is Coming TO an enc ialsS5. Pro.
lessor Seumayer, OF Munich, says so. lie adds
that comet will run against the ca. th aud aLr
sorb il as one drop oi me-, curry aLsOrbs auo,her.
A ASol untary missonaryt to Contsderate sol .,
diers estimates that while in the population of
Uhristendom oD.y one-eghth are Chri,tians,
one-,hird Of therGen nour armies are,
Isis said 10 be Shertnan's plan, after allow.
ipg his .roops aslitds res. ~ push forward
three separate columns--one against Ma oil,
one sssinst Augusta and one against Moalgo,a-
sryi at ieast r's is the plan which some OF lii.
minor siliCss understood would DE carried
out.
We have accounts Of issi uits 10 our army
pouring in from beyond ,he lines, whi0h are
very cirserirg. but the details OF which II
would not he plndeut, 10 publish, says tae Sch
fneL W. extemd tothose brave alltes-a' 'tIearty
welcoPs. AND accord TO them.tlleir s,erites
praise.
. The citizens of spartanbprs District, by a
public n's.tng. have invited aud .pgses,ed
necsting oil pIante,s, delegates. according, to
representation form each district, TO assemble
N Columbia early in October, to consider their
dudes.under the present condition of the cur.
rensy and prices - -
' II is said that Frederick the Crest required
apthe Judgments OF his county, condernning
pcrsops 10 death, to be. written on blue paper;
TIM. he vas constantly reminded of diem a,
t'ey lay on hi. .tahle among other papeSs, frola
winch they. we're readily distinguished. lie
usually took a long imesto consider suclr ca sses,
ami thus'setan excellent example TO ,sovereigns
OF their duty.
The Charlsston Mercury says thai the Pres.
idcnt has, blythe earnest COUNSEL OF Gen. Pee, =,
rendered 10 Gen. Bsautssrd the co.nmasG OF
tho'm1ny in Georgia.