The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-06-14
EditoriA. Brevitles.

'hS'"S"b VIC NiShtbouu correspondent
of the Mercury says: at is now known
that DaaIgren played spy in this city for
six weeks last winter, and extended his sb.
serv",ions 10 Petersburg and Whining, o
Ills assumed name was Lieut.. Murray. He
had pass to. go where he pleased, from
Gen. Winder, etc"
One OF our exchanges professes TO be able
10 state something definite regarding the
movements Of Gen. Forrest. lie left Co:
r'n'h' Miss, on Saturday, the l7th of Nav.
with force Of eight thousand. five hundred
cavalry, and moved eastward. BY this time
no Is certainty in Sherman's rear, though
no intelligence has been received from him
since The above date. The Yarkees. by this
time, know ali about his movements, and
u ence there can be no harm in making pub.
lie this statement. 1t is given upon un.
ques'ionable@ulhori,y.
ihe "Brewer Gold Mine" in Chesterfield
District, is announced for sale under ne.
anessra'ion, on the 5th July. ut Cberaw.
A farmer in Noxubee County, Miss, re-.
ports an eve that lately presented her own.
or with four lambs, three Of which lived
and were thriving, the fourth lest by neg
lect. IL is mentioned Ms a rnre Occurrence
.Sherman's brutality has almes, ee!ipsed
hat OF Beast Butler, lie has issued a proc-
lnmntion at Rome, Ga, commanding all the
implements Of husbandry TO be delivered
up to be destroyed, and ordering all mules.
cattle and horses to be turned over 70 the
Yankee brutes. Houses have been s,ripp.
ed even Of provisions, and rslions dealt ont
10 families.
All Of his Generals have submitted their
reports 10 General Lee, as We learn frem
the Richmond papers, and 10000 will cover
our entire loss Of killed, wounded and miss.
ing in ,hesrecent series or battles with Gen.
Grants army. The Superintendent Of Hos
rita's reports officially tha; lI,l3o wound.
ed from Gen. Lees army have been receive
cd aud distributed among the various hos.
pitfalls. IL appears, then, that 2,s7O, the
balance of ths 1000 covers our killed and
missing.
Grant is very nccomms sd.ting. lie sends
hi" men up 10 our Notifications, whcse,
without much risk 10 the Conf.d.ra,es,
they are slaughtered by thousands. Had
Mel lelisn. or Burnside, or Hooker. bee. in
command. they would have retired to tn.
north side ofthe Rappahannock, and placed
the remains Of the ".Irmy of the Potomac"
in safely, after the battles in Syot,s, lvanis
county; but Grant CONTINUES to butt his
he"d. agnins. Gen. Lees army, and we trust
will continue the game, until his army Ia
reduced to such condition that he will be
unable to save any portion oft.
All citizens patolled to May Hh, and all
soldiers delivered at City Point up TO the
present time, are declared exchanged.
Bottoms Bridge is on the road to Will.
iamsburg, and IL not far FROM the bridge
by which the railroad from Richmond 10
West Point also crosses the Chickabominv.
a little above is the Grapevine or McCIsI.
Ian Bridge.
Fer sometime extensive stealing has
sees going op ia the Medical Purvsying
establishment, Richmond. The parties
have been arrested.
The cadets OF the Georgia State Military
Institute have gone into tn. field.
The Savannah Republican learns that
Gen. Toombs un~il iliing to be idle wren his
State is invaded, has joined Inc militia ns a
private and reported to Gen Wayne, at
Atlanta, for duty.
Major General Ander, on has, We under
stand, been appointed Lisut. General. Ker.
shaw has been commissioned Major General
and assigned permanently to the command
Of Mcl.aws' Lii isipn. Coils N. w. Gary
and Stephen Elliott have been appointed
Bngadiers the former command. n cavalry
feree, end the latter Evans old Brigade.