The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-11-15
Editoria. Brsyitlss.

's' ehres Yankees were captured on Big Uchse,
few days ago, Ly two isdies-Mrs. Bea,on
and Mrs. Williamson, OF Russell county-and
were carried to Columbus, accomp.nied by
their captors.
Our western exchanges speak Of the recent
night Northward Of one Josephu. amp. who
u making much capital amouy the Abolitoni.,.
as refugee irom Southern tyranny. He claim.
10 have bser an editor Of the Ahaata C,onf,d
frdcy From TIE general estimates given of
ms Character IL is thought the last letter Of his
oaPtsn'al aPpaliation might, with propriety, be
tho prefix 10 his surname.
The Examiner entertans the idea TINT Grant
Will leave portion OF bis army, du-,ug III.
winter, IL. his foi tifcatons. and TAX. tn. res,
down South against Wilmington and charles.
ton. keeping the Weldon road for comm nuuica
ton, aud using the Newbern road and the Nor.
'oik road to supply h.n.clf FROM the rear.
"reeiey estimates the next Congress will al
vide politically thus Senate-Rspublican
iorty's'1, Democr ate ten House--Repui,licaus
Z" hundred and City one, Democrats forty
eight And he adds: Thcre can b. no ressu
""~ aou" that even in the palp.ble ilnpossi.
-b'iity Of AcCisiian's election, each uu.... of
Cm'g'css VII be rno'e iLau t~o-tbird- Union
-'eb probably tl.rcr quarters
lhc Cha lottes' lie VA throni,ie says;-
c latch no:iccd groc".s Tor nlakiss sur.
sN'm .,oius'es, by -t-dn wk,.h deserves ,pen.
ta'n"s. ". liar = r ,piis,or OF ths foundry
~"'k- "'-thl. place, ihvvntcd the process, aud,
a'tc' murh t,vuble and expense, iound the ex.
Psr'nieut not o"s pto6t.Lle, bu; Ut gr-st oou.
ve"Ie'rce to the" rie;ghDorh,g laraaeis They
arc daily sending inthen, cane by wagon loads,
a''d the ingenious ioscnser has tn. sa a,i.iactou
ol p'a"ui.etating 'one hundred gallons Of the
best quality Of s0gbum n'eI.sses per day.
Ta,l4homa is little town on the Nashville
and Chauanoog. .RaiIrosd, about ssvsnty miles
rom Nashville, aud little more than seventy
fom Cnattu'oosa. TuIl.homa Is in he edge
OF Coffee County, aud contiguou. arc tile Coua.
ties oi wsurn, tiankin. Lincoln, Bedford aud
Maary-a rich section. and, win ,he ,.esp,ion
oiBediot d, blled with sb,sve, Southern peo.
pie. II Gen. Hood eau hold the Nashville aud
Chattanooga Road at uhis,p0ia, awhi,e, We
doht seeswby lie may hot.so utterly destroy
sherman's commvnication d 70 mat o ;.,n.c~
sarytor him towayon aud foo, il out via spar,.
or East Tsnnessee,s =
The Yellow Fever. At Newberb, n. O, has
aba ted'si',cs the cold sweather. While il ragged
As an epidemic, ths daily ayer.ge Of death. was
hiy.seYen. On one day two hundred and si1.
y::se'en persons died Eighty soIdiers. Gf the
fhteea'h Copneetcus .disd n sons day; aud
this WHOLE regimen: has been nssriy aunildla
ted. Tho Provost Marshal AID Ten ci.sks died.
NUor lawson was his name. sCsplain Stone,
ofFort anderson, also died. IN ssH, oven sig.
teen hundred Yankees have uperishcd. sud
about. one hundred citiIens-one thoussnd
q sssenhu''dred and sky IA. all. -
Tie London Insr1 iur,dshe, as,a,smsns "iu
part" OF ihs.iinports Of cotton aud tohaecu into
England, from tie Copie,ier.,s States, iron, ,hs.
-arss Of September ,o4hs FIRST Of October. .'T6s
total q'unde Of cotton received during ,i,s,
pesjod isrcportsl % have been IA, ,s34 bales,
the value Of Which in. round nuad,sss isaUou.
~, ,o,aSocoS OF shs sessels, twenty I've cleared
from Maianoras. the qiaqity brousht by ,lrs,n'
being about ,oco bAIss. - ~
The Henderson (Kene,cky .lssss. ,ays thai, .l.e
geeat bulk Of 'hs.qfaf,ed aaerfhf Keq,usky sse
going into the rebetservios.
Our readers should bear"in. mind that there
remain butssyOn weeks dorng which ihe'sld
issues q the Contedersra. notes Of Is snd pp.
'~rds ~dll be redeemed by the aoscrnarent.-.-
A6sr tbeSais..of Decefnbee. al. outstanding
.dotes of these issues wi'lb be sutjece % lax OF
100 .per. ceut., and viii consequently be worth.
,ess