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xj. -'latest army mewsr KictiMOKDr T^ec^bcr 0.?The ipaln body oftbe etrirnttV rajdi&ir n*rfcf. are in t?ie vie: nit v * '?v f i. ~ = ?*. ? x>f Quatffck tLirty tniies South of this ci y.? Fighting ii33 been going on there to-day, but iiihe re&oiw -have tiot been ascertained. Our forces hold EclSeld anil the bridge-is-strongly : guards^. The enemy destroyed Sussex Court i- iious#oh' tfielr Voutc, and seized "horses and * ' j J ? , Richmond, December 10.?The Whig wivs: In spite of the rains, tnow atvd nuul this morinornibg, active hostilities are going on on Inclines below kichtnond. Our lbrcca arc in line ' | of.oatt!e. The enemy were diiveu from, their* } exterior works this morning. Q- ? ^ 'JSixvr S'ARaix, December 10.?Lieutenant . Baylor, of tlie 10th Virginia Cavalry attacked E two corps pi yic 'jist raw i oi k, uavjurv, near Milwooil, lark county, lie killed and Captured forty, atid captijred thirty-rime ho&i-a. ?* NEWS. RVrnkoxD, December 10.?United State*' paper* of the Sth rave Weil received. The Jlcrald/in its sunmaty of new?, says: "The .artuiea of Hood and Thomas still coiifi ant each ^ . ~ otborHii front tff Nhriivilfe. On Ttfosdnv there v,as heavy skirmishing on belli .-ides, both re- , Uining their relative 'positions of Monday.? i J lood sent a flag of trace to Thomas, proposing ^ 5iD eiv.h.'^ge of prisoners. The latter replied . r 5 lhatthe men tic Titfd eapttrfod had gone north- | ward beyond his control.'* Hood's headqnar- < tors were within'six miles of Nashville. The i ,r rebels attacked onr works on Monday, bat were aqven <>ff with loss. Six pKJfces of artillery. , were eaptnred and Some prisoners. ' j Detroit was again greatly tfxdilcxl in ahtici- i nation of a rebel raiu 'from'Canada. t" Abraham Lincoln made another sjiecch on 1 mgjbt* to ft serenading party, in j j wuifch 1?fc *aid w had- no-good n'eita to tell tliWfa that he had no bad news ; that ' jtfcrt most interesting news was from Sherman ; ' that ho could net tell where "he wotild come out , at prtsont. ^ilepfroposed tliree cucers for Sher- j m man. S The New Ycrkgold market was very 'much *< V excited by the introd.u-jioa into Congress of a : law prohibiting the speculation in gold, and by B tJMj&hobf Lincoln'*? message. ^The latest quotatlons, 242. ' T ^ On Tuesday the guerillas captured and bnrnI : "" cd a schooner and steam tng off the mouth of ] L * Warwick jivcr. IB ^ ViLiTARr Execution.?Benjamin Grovor, private in B'Company, 1st Bat^aliou Foreign 1 ? Legion, suffered the extreme penalty of milita-' 1 9 . ry law for dcicrlion, yesterday morning, at a 1 poiut a tnile and a half- from the cH.y, and 1 ! ju^l beyond the Charlotte Railroad. Ho was- 1 i|j^ a native of Fairfax, Va., was about twahty-flve ' HPt. - years old and of Ordinary intelligence.- He fT joined the Yankee-arfriy and wAs cnptiired by our troops during Iho present "year. Subsc- " l qtiently, upon taking the oath of allegiance, as a native of Catibda, be was released and join I the Battalion cbniriiandt'd by Lieut Colonel Tucker. Aliobt two Weeks ago he deserted * sad ^as caught not fat" from Angosta, making f his ihiy'tOwArd Sherman, He was brought j back, court raartialdd, found gnilty and cdn^1 wr ' defaced to death, As stated above the sentence was carried' iiito effbot yesterday, rn the . presence of the fcfitrre battajion. . Twelve rticmj bers of bis oiwn eoujpany were selected'fts the firing party?six of them having guns loaded with'ball. His spiritual adviser wet? Rev. Lawrence P. O'Councll and Rev. J. P. O'Con. nell, $nd their ministrations were uncasing. At tWhour aDDointfed' die bnsotSr Was fas B^^^teccd to tb<v Stol^^jiiLrj ng~<lgtail dirawi} np W to wHTSmTsiir^iccs^orhim, and Captain Lotus' ^ lV*er, of Company B, comrrmndlhg, 1 tskbd ; *' hkn> Jfbe wished to1 ?ay ?nything,w**He tlrtSW B8& a lOrig breath and distinctly answered, <4NothHb ing.M At the crack of the twelve rifles he fell || ^Laud died without a struggle. Four out of the Hksix bullets struck him?one passing through Ibis heart. His body was- by - permission diPftctcdto bfe interred in the Catholic eemctary, (Tf he being a member of that denomination.? Guardian of the 9 th. V Eighteen millions of new cents and six miU Sr Hons of two cent pieces have been coined by ^ the Fedef'sl mint within-the last two months. wBSHIKBSw^ ??it 1 L~uiu~i~iu?wn? Boarding fiflouses. Boarding lioUSfea Sre institutions. They, arte singular plaebsj a |icfco1n of aa dbsertviog turn of mind can obtain hi oue of I hem ? better ?no\Hedgfe of the human character than any "oilier bamtalibn on the- fa'ce of the gloDe.? It" contains very often individuals of every temperament and peculiarity, from an old maid of forty "down to 8 KireoX ytmrig miss in pantalettes and flowing curls, from the dilapidated bachelor of sixty to the promising youth of twelve. It is the Sttene, too, of Yery iflitfy Wiotfs'ilrcradbtsJ stance/' us yeHow plash. would s&y, Mr..Suoolis, who is an ifiag iishwan of recent importation, complains in a nitfnher "inost distressing Co the landl.-tdj that the articles which he ha3 been obliged to. breakfast off, natluly?fritters, areoot justllie thing to work upon, awh bo wotiW wish a change made if possible; l36cfstct& is his prefm-neo jttiri Ije suggc$ls it as a morning diet. "Sleckf'-; who is from dpVro-east souic where can't stomach a.lleartj breakfast, and insists upon things remaining as lhej nre; h6 is pcffcrtlV satisfied I .l!_l .1 . ,1 .. ? L^J linn inmxs mat mose who are uoi, uau uuuer leave tbe ranche. -? - * ^FiuJfcinar ejects to hashp'not beca'Ose he don't like the dish, but thinks it would be more satisfactop- lo his pulutc, if he kuew of what it, w:is composed. lie says it bears a strong resemblance to a bass of worsted stocking* pretty well cut up, a pretty .good compurison by the way, but not at all suggestive-of appetite. ' . v^' ittrsls tfoheVlferff t beh^vtboacco #tuoko and hopes tfyat no geuHoniahy "as is a gentleman,"' will smoke segaV or pipe iu the parlor, j while Puffer, who is a Jover of tbe weed, be-, sides being a dewced good fellow, thinks it-a. hard thing if a man can't smoke whet-eke' pleases; at the saiae time he ofc^dr^e feels the greatest respect for Miss Jones. The conscience is, PufFer and Miss Jones, :are-at daggers' -point for some time. r "ljrotru" is dissatisfied with his room-mate, and snggfcsts that to make ihlftgs, agreeable, "Tompkins" had betfer'paok up his dry goods Ifrd 'ptlt out, while the latter individual, who is something of a philosopher can't see any reo-" son for such an unwurrautftble proceeding, and geutiy hints that if "Brown" wishes to be alone be had better seek some other habitation himself. And so ft goes dn-j. 'cvety one cobiplnining ind having hs thny think Borac just cause of :oiuplaint. Sunday is a great day among the hoarders, rhcy are usually all at homo. The routine af the household is somewhat varied from that af a wvek day. and all hands mel in the anti cipatiun of something good tor dinner. no sooner does th bell ring" its first note, than a promiscuous rush is -made for the table, ami on more than one occasion, we have known individuals to loiter around the dining room door, to be ready nt the first warning, poor lurk to the one who comes late. Scandal likewise finds room for exercise in a boarding house, -ami scandal-mongers are often made.to pay tho penalty of a thoughtless habit. In 6 ct everything thritcould tend to make tip this world's miseries is to be found in a,^ louiicilc of this kind. Yet they are always rull, na matter if they arecver so had, and just is long as the world wants, just as loDg will :heje be boardinu houses, where a gentleman ind his wife or two single 'g6triletocn,' can be lcconrraodated with fulj or partial board.? Terms bery'rtioderule. KINUtUE HOTEL. fBE SUBSCRIBERS 5SEO ilSAVE TOI.VFORM. tho travelling public ChaLjLav have leased md- re-ojjiened_ (be' KINGV1LLE HOTEL, at the Junction V Hie South Cnrolinii and "Wilmington & Manchester Railroads; arid ilipt bendeforth passengers' on these reads may expect a GOOD MEAL at tbi&rtfbuto. ;? ' " ; Tlio subscriberp are.aware'1 that, under its former management, the KINGVILLE HOTEL was ttllpvred to suffer Tn reputation *but' they hove determined that, under their directorship, it ahniHie kept iitaitp the standard of a FIRST CLASSt^ATING HOUSE, andthcy. therefore ^'solicit' the patronage of tho (raveling public. BATES & MILLBR. " May 11 0^ CONSIGNMENT, %, JBTEIRCES SALT ; : ^ O-BOXfeS TOBACCO ; . . . ' ^ casesr'omoKing xonaceo; 10,000 Segr.rs ; 1 fit) doz. Fine Tooth Combs ; 20.000 Fine Needles; 5 ) great gross BonedJuttcns ; 30 small bcr.es Tobacco '50 doz. Colored Sewing Silk ; 1 case of l^oys Jackets ; do. Socks; Four per cent. Tax Paying Bonds, for sale. 'Apply to B. A:BENJAMINOctober 19. CArT. J. J. NELSON IS MTJ AUTHORIZED Agent daring my abrtmee from Kershaw District, J. B. Hickle vmw**. ; '. * . . - ; I- ' ' - ' '' " * A -i />-. '. - - v' ' -.-v.: r? ' ' : ? g . ^ -V * " J'-,:"- Tv " " v.." - V * w'tiii'*." ' ~ ' 7 ? ii xm^ xmu in i ! * -Mini i n' m -IWHWI Wd AT.ABAMA f , ^ W. iFire Iiasuran.ee?otiPASy. The undersigned as agent fi5r the above Southern insurance Company, is prepared to issue policies of insurance against loas l>y Fifro on in buildings &c. W. L. DePass. a^Jrii 13 ' ly . nnDE SUBSCRIBER HAVING ACCEPTED THE ax J| Agency of tlieMUTBAL LIFE INSURANCE ? COMPANY .of Raleigh, North Carolina, for CAM- T DSN AND VieiNITYv ia.prepared to receive ap- *plication* for polfcie* ofLIPE INSURANCE, on ?" the most reasonable terras. The Lives on SLAVES , *n( insu'red at moderate rates. - -. 001 ter W. L DePass, Agent, i a? April 13 ly osl . . , 1 NOTICE. 7xi 1 rViVEiiY AUR ALili 1'f.MUflO t HU.U a"i ting <tny one on my acetant,- ~ except fjikfcrigb a ' written order from m'yscTf,nijrvrifa or my authorized* ct^ agent, B. II. Brown. T. 8. MY2RS. *n< Sept 29 ' tf gj STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ^ EXK^mrK DEPARTMENT, CoLxr?mA,,S. 0., Decembferl, .1864. , rrUE ACCOMPANYING ACT, "RATIFIED BY A the General Assembly, on the 6th instant, is published for the information of the militia of the. State. ' By order of the Gottmor. * 'B. P. ARTHUR, * Pmmte Secretary, j AN 'ACT tO ALTER AND AMEND THE-HTTLITTA' v . *; LAWS OF TliE STATE. ji Sec. 1. 'Bo ft enacted by tire* Seriate 8nd House of ^ Kepresenlative^now mot and sitting in General Asfembly, and by the authority of the same, That Irom T and after the passage of tbie^A^ti all free male white 1? persons within tlity State, wfoetjx tlie ages of sixteen as t and fifty, not exempt from actiro service without the rep limits ot the District in which they reside, by the mili- Hai tia laws of this State,'shall bo liable to active military conr duty without the limits of the State at the call of his I Excellency the Governor, , . . mal Sec. 2; That the Governor shall have authority, nan whenever in his judgment it is necessary for the dc- I fence of this 9fnte or of the adjacent States, to order at < out of the limits of the State such portion of those lia- ti ble to active railit'Sy .duty, and for such a length of timo as in his judgment the exigency may require.? ,1 And that in addition to the other penalties prescribed by law for defaulters, the Governor sliall be autnoriz- 2 ed to order the arrest of all such as may be liable to I military duty under this Act, to the intent that they may bo -compelled to perform the duty devolving upon f tliein; Provided, neversholess, That he shall at no time place such militia beyond his control, so as not to bo able to recall them at any moment whenever tha nooessiliesof the State require it ' Stc. 3. That .all free male white persons within the State, between the ages of sixteen and sixty, not embraced in the active militia, shall be liable to military duty in cases of alarm, invasion, insurrection or as the posse comitates nnywhere within the limits of the State. Skc.'4. That the Governor shall have power to allow an exemption or detail i? such special cases, cither of 'necessity or of public Interest,- as in-his judgment should -be made in .either or both of the said classes of militia. r} Sec. 5. That all Acts or clauses Of Acts inconsistent with thia A'ct be' fe DC tiled. T In the Bfenato <HbUse, the1 sixth '-daybf December, in JL' the year of our Lord tone thousand eight hundred wit and sixty-four, and the oiglityvjtfnth'year of the ao'v- Sta creignty and indeoendenoe-of the Srate of South Ca- the . rolina." " WM. D. PORTER, : ,we President of the Senate. the V R.B. BOYLSTONv dec'lrt-6t Speaker tiooeo'of Represent atives. ] ' All the papers in the State publish one week. Slave Labor j FOR tBE COAST?DIVISION" NO. 2. J LCO^lb'SSIONRRS -OF ROADS AND THH- J Town Authorities within the* Judicial Districts of* ' Lancaster, Kershaw, Chesterfield,. Marlboro, Darting- ton, Marion, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and; Horry will forthwith summon All slaveholderAwithin . their respective limits,to deliver ONE-FOURTA-(J)'or *fl 'theirsieves liable to Road duty at:the Railroad-Depots fT nearest thfe rekidehee*D TUKSDArY, the 10th dayhf; |X January next, at 6 o'clock a. ra.yjthere t?-await traps? for portation to Charleston for. thirty daya' labor on jttie rfrc fortifications. - -r . W II. Commissioners of Roads'and the Atrthbriffvs lro above named, who have not furnished the Returns pu called for fa CiroObr of.lOth October - last, from, the ta officoof A pent, of tho State,'are requested to forward them at once, a8 th'oy wo wanted for immediate use.? these Returns will give the names of all Owners and the number of their Boad Hands. R. B. JOHNSON, -a. 'Ifcdnt ofStote of South CaroUba: Camden, December 4,1864. dec 13-*6t-TV. ^"Carolinian, ity and Courier* will copy, trwic^ r a week tor four webks; papers in the jjlfiston <&??-?. ? wtteltfer'WurV^kft \r-^ 7. ' g ' l - *% " Vw . ' -*.?/% v. - I ~ - . vjj . %T* - *' v*;.**''J % 14 8 ' ! ggg r r?. [ agr UTATIS OP 90|IT^ JUJ/T13TD nr3FIOTOrf^i*U OMC| ' COHncp.iA, Ptpe*^ V1.W4fira/tA L ORDERS NQ. 19. '?. i 13, Current'striee. olffre,ty^i*r^| Ibo ' ponies oi^nlzad'TW' aerrtceS&find tu&r nfstricta * 1 persona liable to ?pdjjertic* Wt awtetoolled ia upanies, to prcrood to Cijarlqston, ia hereby ctjja* mand'ed, jrrid thejr wi)lpsp?eed to Hamburg, 8." C, x i report to Lieut. Col. W. 0 DeSaussure, A. D. C., Iieretcfoi e directed. y _ , [L Paragraph I of Gehfral Ordera ITo.'-16, ourront ioa, from thhj office, TCquiri&g ?)1 pereotas cMsiiflfc ; optionWm militia service, on tbe Mound a?pb/il diuabiHt&rto appear ba loco the flafltdjaing ilbtersd r Celttwijjui or tli# Surgpoo-Gfeeral X is fo i'nr modified that perwBB vrho'^prf been roil!/ examined bj the Boards of tonfcderutpSptgeonj fexempted from Confederate ^'rtfee on tlia,gi$fl$ji > Xi-mttient disability, will n6t bo required to appegr ore the Board at Columbia or the Surgeon-General, , will transmit copies of their certificates, through commanding officers of tympanies! fcrtbe'aifi fhoib intent*. to the Surgeon-General of the State?and in intents where no "companies Lave been organized, - jctlr to the Surgeon-General?-the conioa'bf said ' . - tiflcule to -pe certified by ? toufciatr^te orn tapgu- x M ex ojftci). Jy otfer: A. G. GAKLtSTGTOIf, ArijAwid Iaapoctor-Cerfottf 1, 0. )eo. A-rfi*.. o * . . ' ,',i. ">. ' ' * _ 'upen of ?t^U puWiih one . ITATE Of SOl Wl CAROLINA. ' iaixit a-s? nwPfi^^o^N.'s. ovrria, ^xutiii v.k.?v..aA laicx WliVJiOIA, (lUIOiUUCt UV, 1UVT* WSBAL ORDERS NO; 18. THB COMPANIES ORGANIZED Sfcft> TICK beyond the limits of ibeir'PislfibtB, Aamiil ihe persenq 1 table to.saidservice"#ho have &ilW to \ . ort, will proceed ta Charleston, S. CL, .instead of mburp, S. C., and report to *Iaj. Gen! bamaelJpnfli, laanding Ditttfict of South Carolibk. ; ' >' I. Companies, otl their arrival In Cbarfestan, 'trill1 (e requisition on ttaj.. W.. G.Ioson, acting Oril* ice Offioar S. C., for arms, <tc. * II. So much of General Orders No. 15 and.No..It conflicts with these ardors, is hereby countermand V. iyooamand: A. 0. GARLINGTON, Adj't and Inspector GoaeralS. G. )e?. I,?8L 'apers of State copy three time?: ' . ?' '' .... ITATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ADJ'T AKD IKSPKCXO R-G Eif 'S OPFI01, Columbia, Decwgber S?1MA , UtE&AL ORbBRS NO. 20. A PPO INTERS J"0 .fHESTATB MILITARY ? Academics taring befm ordered-to report forjlff--, ' b io Major J. B. TOnYE, c<>mmhricting BattBlidri' . . te Gadeis, tli6 comma'n^ilhfc 'cfecofrB of companies df militin futceof this'State! in-which such appointed > enrobed for -service, .will transfer their naq?oa J? Battalion .Ma to Code La. 5y command; :,"J' ' ' ' (Signed) A. a OABIJKGTlMCi , f ; * -tApjWd Ji>Hpec>orJJ4?w*i DfBciahfl.JLI'OLUK. A -A^-Chmlec 12-Jt . fllf'Eapets dfSlafetpgy tWies.- -"'i ar- >i jpir.tfti.; ^ STAVE OF *OCTI1CAROEHA. JtDJ'T AK?i^8P.GE?2RJLL^ OfyiCBr 1,^. fJSfUL.OIWEIlS NO- 38. DB. R. W. GIMBS, Jji.JDR.., g AMURL. hjgt [ : an# Dr. B,F.wA^KiSs will constitute aUoard v "the &atnlcfltloii 6f jferijnhi whb claim 'totemptloa ' - . ub Militia bbyoud -'their: Districts oo'thd' ~ sand of physical disability, and wilt designate: the ura in each |duy, oegiwtng' With vMy by blication in the Columbia papers, jrhen, they wall ?x-.. ? line said applicants. TByOKfcrr A. CLGi BLlHGTOWy novSO?6 Adj't and fn& Gen'lj&iC." iy All papers in the BtoteA^l copy for.onf wreak. V--' . : . ' W. 1 Negroes to Hire. tt^wno kPVTr^" nvk KWMlbW^ .. #1 V .. : > ' : ' ': > ' '-** ' ' - * - v l 'r - / ' ' ; ::' >-.- v . ** >?. /- -s >-/ ' * r-%^^ ;-w " - ;"';'?r *> ' <V