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'Terms of cripti on.
Tri-'W'etkljfper month " ! > * - $2.00
' '' for Sii Vontlis - - - -$10.00
Wbefcjy, - - - b- $.10 00
-Rates ror'Advertising:
? For one- Square?ten, lines or lens?FIVJS
DOLLARS for the first insertion, and FOUR I>OI. j
x LARS for each subsequent. , ?
OSrrtrAity> ifoncES, excecTing one-Squnrp, charged;
at advertising rates . . i \ '? *
Trauflient.Adverti.-'erueiHs and Job "Work MUST
BE PAID"FCHi IN ADYAAOif.
.. - No' deduction made, except to eur rcgitliir nitl'frtis7
' ng paurbos;.
gen. wtfeftler'n "command.?much c0iu-..;
plaiut has existed in the country concerning
the atrocities of roving;, bands of plunderers
calling themselvesbeing called by the peo
- P'e "Wheeler's men." -In order to test the
- trntli of the stigma ujjioh life, command, Gen.
' _ Wheeler has recently sent out-detachments for
and'wide toscour the country^'?nd apprehend
" . the maruders. Satisfactory proof has beeo ob;
lained- that of tKc prowlers in Sherman's rear,
few, if af>y, belonged^to Gen* Wheeler's forces,"
thovgh so .denominated. .The .thieves caught
hav^tacned out to be de-erters^ from various
s infantry. organizations, . and one, a released
Milledgeville convict. Htradredfc of horses and >
mules" have~been retnrned to citizens by Gen.
Wheeler^?"Constitutionalist." i
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x- * ' Reinforcements.?As wo pen these lines,
* - ? 11 1? xt
.glad ^boqts, ringing loimer. anu jouucr iu uie
night Jiir, "greet our ear. They come-from ;flie
hearts of our own gallant sons,. led by a South
Carolinian, who has, with his sword, engraven
- " his name upon the. tablets of fatn?; they^com'e''
from.the veterans of a hundred field, now; for
^ . -.the first time, in a terribio war of - nearly,' four
^--^^'ear?. cn tha
.V soil oftheTrown beloved State. 'The record
they have won in other States presages what
they will do in the defence of their mother.?
We bid them; and wc know witlfus the entire
. v State will bid tbem, welcome liome.?"Coinin'Jr'.
bia Guardian. '
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Rebel Raid Frustrated.?Wabhin6toi:,
December, 21.-^Tbe Navy J)epartm.4ntr has rc'f,
' ceived a communicated in from Commander.
Parker, commanding the Potomac flotilla, in
which ne says that learning from the Provgst
Marshal of Baltimore that the enemy were
massing boats on Coon river for the purpe^oj^
V"r making a raid on the bey, I sent tbe^<^^ir?
de Lion and Mercury tlntner on vk.
Btant, undei.coramatid of Acting "*orrris.
Tbey found thirty-op^lar,^ boats and
two cows, all of wbidK?ere captured. Tba
^ Home Guards iniforce. made a show of
lesiatftnce, bu^^crc jgtfickly driven off.
his mendacious Madame has
. tfflTfsuaUj^fcoayTn killing off our promt
, . ? Dent men, within the last few weeks. She has
killed President Davis, because- be bad a
slight attack of neuralgia in the face; $be had
Eorrcst assassinated, Gen. Price killed from
apoplexy, aod now we,, suppasc because'they
- won't stay dead, she makes Gen. S. D. Lee kill
*' Gen. Hood by a telegraphic dispatch to Gen.
Beauregard, which is-just as false as all-the
others. Won't somebody' be kirfd enough to
find out where she lives, aad either Jcfll lier "or
cat her tongue out"
T* TT T*r- 4. V.. ?_. 4K..4
tkom xiuujj.? ucuoyujv ly yy uuc umi.
the enemy had received a heavy chec!T~'hear
the Tetmessee.river, and that two entire brigades
fere takon from him; aiso that Forrest
hat captured an immense wagon train, with
many -more prisoners. ; It is again said that
Forrest has bean made a Lieutenant -General;
but we-doubt it. Who ever heard of a Lieutenant
.General who waenot a West Pointer.?
Rich. Examiner,
' 1 CojJ. JXoflBT.?Wo are highly gratified to
fearo,. says the Republican, from and authentic
- ' " source, that CoL Mosby is rapidly recovering
L- ' < from his wound^qand in a short time m
F the saddle Qgufti;?Rick. GeV'V'%^
WL'^u Ie the moon l^a^^Jfidthritt.-?
Hy When it declines from tj^^ffcss.of- its prop?
^H^L^^JJcrityandgets reduced to the last quartefr.
' wEDHESBAY '11
From Mobile?Prisoner? Ezoa^i^^f^rile,
Jan. 5.?SixTuindred and four pruranera; "comprising
,-tbB Fo: t G?incB*garrisou, amTOd'(n)Jho,bay ttfjeereIning.
They will lie delivered to-morrofc ..i
Latest from Sherman.?The Hereto if of ye?irday
says: An official despatch frrm Grahamvillej&att'dSupday,
January 8tb, 11.40 p. rp., says : "W^have
no news bfjhe enemy this morning.'1" It is-Kwrtedthat
Sherman ha^sent the l&tli Corps round -ia'Peau-.
Jort, to co;/operafo:#it}j Foster; b'nt this is notf- certain.
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I'l<> SiMupviair.v nw Tit? vrr/ fnvTixTTKn.?The AiLfustu
j. C'/tiOAtcfesayB.the commandant cf tlie petit received
, orders Inst night to contfnne tlia suspension of jfeeJ
j ovt-r the South Carolina Railroad for another wwkT?
i. Many a one went away firm the depot disappointed,
j this-nioruing. A fter going to the depot on' Bt<ch ai
| rainy, disagreeable, morning, it was really, too j^ad to'
, have to. turn round and go home again.. It iss^jd the
embargo will bo removed next Friday. I.-oBt week it
was said it would be removed yesterday. ;
The Yankee papaia -qre having a great .contrive;sy..
amongst tliera as to.who is to blame lor the recei^rdLs-'
graceful failure of the Butler Porter expedition.* The
j The Herald, Times and Philadelphia Inquirer attempt
to make old Butler Uie-scapegoat; but, the 1fibune
takes up for Butlf.r manfully, and throws the jblame
of the failure upoD the nary. It-matters little ^to us"
how this question is settled, but -fro hope the qnarreb
. may be loDg and heated. Onr people know that, under
Prqyidence",'"<Ke"successful repulse oP'tbe fctdd'
armada was^due'to the drill of our. "generals; a^f;'tlie
splendid wiini^e o^ottr fesopp," " {
-? ? ? '/ * ' '
Gex. Sherman's Qi^ee and- Scouts.?Gen. Serb- X
K . , - ' 3J
man's guide, says a Yankee newspaper is an j)lq/nan,
a native Georgian;-and a .wealthy slaveholder. 'MTien j
.the war broke out lie denounced thn Southern lftriefsi--,
j m-i'l In toii.;i!>|'igna? aPliid L.Tnifin nnnlimonla n-nBCOO
j pelled to lrnve his home near Macon, between two
I days. His neighbors- missed him, and, suspecting
i rightly that he had'gone to Join the Yankees, they
I followed him eToselv that l.c was obliged to hitfeln the
mountains in lb?northern pad&C-*htTSlate for Boveral
weeks. He is well kp*rftito all who were in the
habit of visiting hfl&fctmrters n Jear ago.
A Rich bat^ or Nobtiierx News by way or the
" WEST.-SyfATOBM, Jn?. 6.?A spceiul ?o the Aduertiser
??rta Seuatobia, of the 4th, gives Northern dates.
jpef sny that Shermau is moving-on Branehville, via
vthe Altatnaha r^cr:
A Washington special says tfiot Sherman consltfore
Branehville more important than Charleston, and will
take the former.
Grant Buecesa has beonprodictf d for the. fleet off
Wilm'ingtoii-'
Five thousand negro troops occupied Tort Fisher
, temporarily, but the Fort whs recaptured'and most" of
the negroes being killed unit captured the balance roembaiked.
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- UUD JDLt'.SS THE*J>UXb. *rt3 rcaiu iruuj IUC
Wilmington papers, that tho junior rseenre
forces acted most' gallant and distinguished
parts in repulsing the storming part) that attempted
to capture Fort Fisber on Sunday
night.
The.Journal says two attempts were made to
take Fisher by storm, but both were gallantly
repulsed by our junior yolunteers. We might
' mention many instances of individual gallantry
then and there pefforiped, but forbear,-, as we
could hardly foil to do unintentional injustice,
and we hope soon to haye-a4?U accotrtt. * '
And the Carolinian makes mention ,offt company
of "extra" juniors, composed of boys from
ten to fifteen years of age, who reported to
Wen. Holmes tor duty, armed and equipped lor
the field. The Geperal, thinking them too
young, declined their services, upon which
tbcy informed him that they were going to
the front at all hazards. Gailant little fellows.
It shows the proper spirit! We learn.that
they are to be sent in,charge of the Yankee
prisoners.?Raleigh Confederate,
A badly-bunged up Emerald Islander in
responpcfto the inquiry,. "Where have yon
been ?" said, "Down, to* Mulrooney's
wake, end an illegant time we had of it.?
Fourteen fights in fifteen minutes J! only one
whole nose left in the .house, and that belonged
to thq tay-kettle." '*>. ,
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- =, -" . :$*?^r'f^ys^^k-'txiv-r^'-^-- '^i'vi
*;";' frqfat&b coast. ? 0$m
"Cniinti:6i5d^v3&itj; iO-~I!he enemy,5frrjCr;
ported all toTUvv.ego?e back an<1 recr<?&ed, atl'
8crivens"Fciyye? -A flag of trtrcp talcea ptyte^rthe
Sa van nfth I&vpr, ,n oa r PuT^^ux^.-ta^o t~
row, for thereccpifooSavannah.'
V' 2? ' <> ]' .' **&?.>" .. '
, . -sbv^v^-'-^r ""^~a*':*' -
*? ?V-rvVv***"* SV.kt rrrrP ~^T
"* V . lYJV:NgE^g3t-*p! & *y o;.\ .
UiCHMOsb^' Jtfflt&ty' 0.?-The ^Baltimore
American "of the oyi lias been reeled. '
7 Tlic.nrniy ^rasorganizing preparatory to tbbs
commencouientof a new campaign '
A telegram-from Courtland, Afa.v 6ny.-i vtbal
Ste&d^n c^tured and burned Ilood's pontoon
trai^1 and captured "iri)c hundred mulc?r
Qy.eTbne thonsend wagons and two hundred
reported .peftr KiusScll vilLc.
Secretary Slantop^a^gotie to' Savannah io.
confer witfi SHnm.
' Tworty-five bnc^^wore .burned, forir thousand
carbinea and a large amount of ammunition
captored.- " . .
, G&NUOOiyS OFFICIAL-REPORT. -
KichMond; Januarys.?uenevai .ppou re-,
jrorts from -Bpribg Hlllj AIa^: December- 27ili,
on tft{ibpirj|iihg oif. the l-5tb r|t.,. m front.
^.NasWifJ^iifio erteiny attacked ^botli. flank?
ofiiajarroy. ^ey;.^cr^;re||^pd^ii^^-'ing!>t
lioZvy 'Jy^-jT arro&iiiQts <Tror? ,
in his infantry outposts on the left, think.
Early ou the I6tlr,1l)e cnemy inade a^gen*
era! attack on our entire line." AlKtheir'assaults
were repulsed with heavy loss. until -3.30
p. nr., when a portion of our Hue to the left
centre suddenly gave way, causing our lines to.
(rive wav at all Doints. Our trooDs retreating
0 ?r x 4 . ' - w
rapidly, fifty pieces of artillery and several ord.nance
wagons were lo9t by us on "that day ?
Onr-IosS in-killed and wounded heretofore has
'
been small, and that in prisoners not ascertained
Major "General Ed. Johnson and brigadier
Gengrals- S..L, B. Smith and II. K.' Jackson,
are among the 6apttired.
? LA
TBg&JJUR OPE A N EE WS.
Richmond, January 6.?European advices of
the 25th-say that the Popo of *Romo, in response
to the Confederate nmuifesto, .applauds
the patriotic sentiments expressed therein, and.
deplores the further continuance of the bloody
struggle. He will not fail, ho says, to avail
himself of a favorable opportunity to- urgepeace.
'
Cotton firmer in Liverpool, at an advance of
1 -2d. S
. 11 * MoLTri??fCATION
OF A GBAIN OB VHEAT.
?A gentleman of Henley-on-Thames offered
a farmer, wnen at tbe market, a dinner and a
bottle of wine, if he would bring biin a grain
-of wheat on the followiug market day, and
double the guantity each week until that day
twelve month. This was acceded to for the
moment: but the follomng statement will perhaps,
satisfy those who have never entered into
similar calculations of the impossibility of
fulfilling such an agreement :?-Amount of the
number of grains, 4,503,500,627,370,495;
nuumber of bushels, 12.509,998,864; number
of quarters, 1,563,749,870,; numbers of loads,
612,749,974. ;.
. -
"I say, Jim, I want to gib you a sort oh
cunnundrum." "^Tah ! wahl Sam, fotch 'em
on." "What am datyou can do only once as
[ong as you lib !. "Why, nicger, dat am to
kill myself wid ealin' pcssunHht, ob courso."
"G'away, cbile!?it am disr you jist -cotch
a pig, and cut he tail off, smack, sraoove'np "
i / ' * i
U' a DMT n.tHir^'y m pa,
rea cUlytja'S 'lie.li
tj'mes-'afc fcirq?.. What opinmm^S^^S^S^m;'*^K
feel for the myna^ of.idhhfjrfteiit
der- Kia ciJt^and/?-"Lieutenant
General comman di p g,:
QjitS of tho United States, and mosJE'k$;.np|S^^^^B
1 he -highest legal-ta-ikunil of .Scotland,-ntf ||||||^
long since, ^ecide#,tUat, accbir^o^
of the contract, and is' anffioii'ut * to'/cobBfHut^8^J|
or even without the'-.
A PPENDJ5D
(1 MITTEN composed of .
Parko", W. "Dixon, li. W. R. B?air>Ji)0; ^^QeSaossorb^j^'-''^-^!
have by my request-ami in &
tnryof.War, orders ''to pay piiis^^^rti
csd appraisers."-, eet the price at Si2~VQT:iS&l^^P)Xi^^?^i..' :'Hm
barn-doors shelled: and sacked.:
ample-and sufficient, and I now appefl%p^ui-'dho^dfr ^.V*!^"^
all to call upon my;-Agent Mr/ BellV|t/-t)^rdfik
sacks, and fill up rny'Vtore house
our armies in Virginia ale much inwapt. A'-'^MK^r
the wise is sufficient ' / ..- J9r.'-7S&jj ;..
Your ob't/serv't:
:.'4 JAMES
. Capt' i D?v-' Q.. MastorTr v ,-r.
CAMDEN,Jauubjy^J^;5.';.-'jsj.ijp'fz i'i
In obedience to the request^ Capt. SowwV Divlflr-V*
ion Q. M., we assess the price 'oFtoruit^ ho paid Jar
by the Conledffittito 'States Gorerhmeav^i
District, fir the month of Januaty/l&ifif it, ^i'~pow
bushel, of56pounds.
. . A. H. BOY.K&,
- ' .. - wai..Drf&?fr^:rt
' L: w. B. bizmfs ??* i v?-;
-> / JNO. M; .DESADSSDB&V%
J??'!l ' : * " /
Dissolution of Copaftnsfe' .:>
" ' shin. ^
/pHK FIRM OF MERONEY & BOSWRLL
v -L' dissolved by rautualopnsent.on ti^e 1st &0?5Bh-)~>
January, 1865. Persons holdingclaims ofiny<le5d^./>r^jp
tiou against said firm will present'tba sanxfTb^ payiVr
ment. ' MEB&?^-4'liOSWiBe^^^^
January 6 '^
. . War Tax..Office.. p^-?M
Ret ail dealers' and other regkte^^^
persons, including Mfilers, Yffoneria, '
hereby required -to make tb^jhrretiirns WltTiin
twenty days,; of sales for. thequarjer'-eilding 31e^utt^|ftjijj|U^fl
All persons who have nn^made thejf"rel urn
' erty for the ad valomn ,ta?ym\i\d do well' tyi
as are aboi}t to close the
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