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We listructed the carriers' yesterday ;iorning to lave'a copy of the Ne6s at the residence orjpliCe of b'uiiess of 6very yesident in t).,toY atid ir.aily-.41 our friends failedto receite a. oopy, ,high Wa sent as a.spdoineu, we, regrFt the occitrrence. - Specimdh eIcple -w ill be sup by chj' lig at"flie ofice, where *e irill be PI.ased to r,e1iv orders at any'tii'o and enter %pxa bs'criptions T The appe-ranp of the eswe yeater.1 4y', we rvgrot,,fIl short of our expecta tions in conisequelie ot the re-adjhsttPet of machinery'and the want of applianfcs not yet coniplbtod. '[n a .few days ( S Va to ioniplete every arrvng n t nec ' Ary, and Ipn we assure our friends tRat mepani6l'appeardince, -f t)e INews #ball be qi 1o that uf any other Paper pybished h ofederaly. We;rd*ired on Sunday night from passengers and other sources, a quantity of rumors of the most exciting character, but alth6ugh we concluded they were mainly correct, we did- not give publiei4 tv to them, for the rea'on that we' re gardad them contraband to the premt, inasmuch as out telbgrnphic agent did not furnish diApatches on the. ame sb. * ject.. We wiil endeavor to avoid' givig publication to sensatiotal reports, as the ptiblic mind is already. suffloinntly pgi. taied and we, now' catitioli the peplo against 'lending a willing ear. to the nTany rumors which may be put afloat. by "the reliable gentleman,"- esyecjally the one with "the black carpet hag," as' no donbt he is much more alarmed than * hurt. DE'PA RTURE OF THE NILITIA. The militia forces, liable to dut.1, in Fairfield District, departed cn Satuday afternbon under command df Col. Jtms _A. 4u .., to rendezvous at Coinmlya; - S. C. TVhe men nppeared to 'bo in ex 'cellent trinm and chieerful.. TFhey wil do - th.eir dudy \vhen onlied upon to face'the invades'. - May Gon protect an'd retuna them in safety to their friends and loyed ones. Of oairse itcno eepce that we -will furnish a full history of pasalny *efef1intil li-140 received a fd1l1shaw~ - 'of sid'hangee. We -will. do th2, es, ug~derl.e circtiinstanaces. thatPwe posd *blycain.. As soon as* pape0 corpreence *comimg to us, and we have' a widerscope fr~ making onr"selections, ive will n *deavorto fill our shoet 'with more inter esting matter.~ ', Ifpn. B. F'. T'errv haq rectdved;to pYpointnentof Judge of t'he Confederato States Court for the - Distriot of South, Carolina, vice Hion. A. 0. Magruth, who resigned in consequence of havinig beeni elected Governor of the State.' i Honor Judge Perr.' qualifida and entered *upon the duties of his re, oonsiblo poe. - sition on Monday lat.--Colefi'm'a Guar *Dr. Johnh,ori," at a'.late pe riod of his live, observed t9 Sir Joshua I Jf,a ntan:does not .make ne w .pces p he,p'asses through .ii soon find himself left a nie. Sir, should keep his f 'eridship in) coilr s tant repair." scussit)Igl@p'rbbility of recogiit.ior by the great pore.s of Europe, reniids us of the following historical abd:politi. cal truths: 'France,-on-thr 5h .of FObruary, 1 /98 aCkowlPds4#AhQ in4q!jetqnni bf the thirktn AA can .olonies, .no sny indepindi,1it States. Lve the ar. tie M Cnnfiration : wer onot then i T T'he Unite Netherlands' fl. lo'ed this puipl .6ber8th, 17h 8 and. Swedex: ji'd ft, I II Britain, in the Treaty of -, ul .u t'd e tnber'3dri8,' recog4ie' the se'tl-a t atdh in' liqe'in'; a8 so niany npn ont'dninitis~ 'Thiis recog. nition eiimracd Virgink Nott Car. lina, South Carolina ai,pogia by hame; and it territorially included keni Lucky, T6niessee,'Aliabhia and Misvis Bippi. Tho reinailing Confedeste States became possessed by titeir orgAitigationl kid admission, of equal rights.with the briginal States. aid stand on th'e sadin footini The independent .natioftalit,y of Texs was recognized by France in 183(1 and by Great BritAin in' 1.840. She did not enter the Union until 1.845. In no other form' has tli natioitalitv 5f the American States ever been. nec kOw.led k-d.by .the. Eu'tropeAn Co,utv:. 1oh' Ualue Ws'seIt in 1777,' to roe ent the States in France, and was soon lfter'succeeded there by Dr. Franklin. bey otlir received their authority from ie. gigr of Delegates" ofthe set -rol $i4u. the' Articleeof (dnfeder. ion Were not adopt,ea'till !far9h, 17'81. it. Adams' tinder an -appoint.ment re ivod W776, remained as Ministe'r to Enljgald pi 11788. 'Thbe Uni'on formed by the A rticles of onfederation -wasdissolved Mirch'3d' 1789-.' ''he.jUnion under the Constiti. ,ibnAid''not' go i'nto operation until April 10, Psq, hind then only ad eleven States,' Rhode Ishid and North Carblina, for a ,ime-remaining aloof. In ill theue Jianges for the agetbny or 6du.ting theii- foreign iniercourse. the 'tatie'ditnd io. notification ncessary .e other g6yernments. No, r6og:itiol mas auked for any such nation af' the "onfederat.io of States, fbr there was no mch created; nor any such nation as the Unhd' State, for'' thei same reason. Che goverumen. estUblished by the arti. ,les of Confederation, aud y the Con. ktitution, were the mere foreign. agenctei :f the Statt, the true sovereign whoe m.tionalit. was already acknowledged. l'he European governments conceded to Is the righ, to change thm form of this Ncy whenever we pleased. The rec. )guition of. the inidependence of the itatev survived all thee changes )nl. iarmad, the disbanding of the Confeder. %tionl-in 1183 ; tlm.iliterregnium of fifty. -iglt laym that followed ; the separat,ion >r the States which-then continued for -omel tine, Rhode sind and North Car. A)la re'iaining distinct; and the accei ;ion to the-number of Stateswhich lfler wards occurred from jime to time. 'Thle ,Vinsters sent by the Federal agent were rectived onl the original ackitowledg-e. nienstof the ntAtionality of the several iates and no. other. 'No other was de ;ired, no other was proffori-d, no other was thonght necesry or appropriat6. SLetus ut>tieo somie of the dousequenl. .es. which inay be deducod from this eiew of. the case, looking al it from a oreign stand point,'and excluding all -eference to our own eon troversy as. to ,e .right .9f 'Secesion, France and Snghad nitight any' tt.li~ r. Iiancolu was s;ppointed int 180 by an elettion itt vhich all the States participated; that hus heo was l-egularly dbnstituted .the1. liijupn.at.ic repteaent tiv.of al bhe Statesj gr specified tenm: thit, as t, Eu. ope reqogized'him aa fajgoluIed accor ling to our own formi. Aftoe he fogrth f March next lhe willmsdn, however, dltffrent charatter. - Ie .will -h4ve eui' o jn ua 'terai of service t*oiyhiefs an9ug t:aus, dclbdged b) Eu Oipe as-.mdependent, had noq part' iin L1s , conimlissionl from Virginia. -and '~'th CArglfla, ir' the rest of the Con e ~rate Statea. ,He 'can :ho6Who "aft horityw topresen) tlierh.' di~e e Iatf,er lates at* nce re'trained, ahd gere ex ulided, fromr all eshare in his appointment. Pthig, ;1nrope is duly noafiell, and it rould b''bth an outLge'and a' perfidy o acknowledge,sas Alio reprsetaitv tf States recogoited as inidependnt a i' igent in whos a.ppoiiltment they had to-share. "A0 well 'n'iight the-Einperk We~ci~hllijp"uaadhidE' to represent the Jn iderate $tatsa'as The man whto rules it Washingtosn Virginia and te R.ave'' claimeod(to cohange their' fary igency fretLu~ently in tlie past, and it i as~ bAn . acrdled---how : en tle t'ight be jpiioned now ? Their responsibility for Lincoln's-ap pointwas as organ for foreign inter course, Ihau ejof 1disgharged by 'the er-' piratiorn of the ' errm for which he was elected. Ia the now appointment they n, .ar, nproe 0)wed ef ani . co 1(catiobe p4ten it r entfthl .ither in bu for . W e vi4& uis tb ' well be adopted by Fraicep And ENgta without rpference to tl-e'other- netWof our caose; atid,-we (10 lot-ke1how they: .Un b6 Vvvrloo ked or how they cold .bVe nMet.' Ai 4 taking ito osdrto 't6e dutties4whli'thesa goiienets pwe to tbir O* j p t' their. owu digni ty, to soud riternatidnal pi-incples, and to 4s-lubles,.,h'oYeQt*,."whi i ley love declineo uxtil tl1g neglect h*at be. -cm=a evere reprdach-r we . t,hink it ,ery" reasonable and very. probabl e that they w.ill hided prqft by the common opportitity to' aban*q1 thbeir -present positipnt wit4 a good gr'ace. In a r town debate in - Congress, Mr. Wiflil spoke as follows: "rhe Pisident. in a opeoch in-eorgd, stated that tNi-tliir4s of the arriy Wre absent. CQmpel these men to return to their poste-and you.have no meed foinogro soldiersO Mr. Browne-"low,willyou get them back?' Mr. Wigrall-,-How! By placing thaf great captain, Joseph. . Johnston, in1 cornmand-of that army. Do that, and these men will need no invitation or ap. peal to; return. ,U ( Wigfall) was fight. ing ir .slavery,.,.ad for. i'othing else. The patent, of uQbility is in the color of the-skin. He wa nted to live, in no country in, Wih the riin who blacked his boot anu n.ttriid his horse was his equal. O V the, '#qgrqes ,iiskjts and .nake th6iA spil diQrs, andte ..ne ubjoe, introduced for discussion will be miscegenation-the neg'o,wonch will be placed on.an equ atity iith our wives, our mothert and our 'istfrt He wanted to live in no free negro cotutry., There- were' white nief enmgh on our nl ster rolls to win this right; and- he thanked God that we now had an officer in .command of the arnies )f the Confederate State.q, who would so lirect. -matters as in all probability to neg1.te success. We See no real,"tangible cause for de. ipondphey., The great heart of the nktion, he bon6 aid sinow of tie country, the )rave. veterans in-the Iield- all, all are lopeful; yea, sanguine of ultimitto suc 'ess. Why shoqld -we despond? Is not our lause just. and will nov the God of battles lefend the right? Our material is yet mn e, and adequate knd suicient -our re.s-oirces abundait; knd let but the popularpulse ofour gallant 4riy-all vibrate with unanimity-andl lepend itpon i. t yj wiil not. b, far dis. ant when the bjght. .sutn of liberty aid ndependence fil sh ne upon us.--Cob. L?tlbiar Carolini 4n. While tle Pinc ot Wales Was at Heb. -on h and his#wte obtainid pernission to visit the Cavdof Machltli, Abraham's mrial place. ihy aro.the firstchristiatis Iho hav hoin allowitd .0 enter it silcu he Criuadu. nearly seven huinidred years tgo.. Dr.St nleylays everythingis kept I it the moat .leautiful order, and gothiig :ould bu more satisfactory than the sataLe n which the t ombs are preserved* Abr lam, Isaac, Jaco, Joseph iSarah, Relo :aand Leah arl buried there. The , New / York ferahl proteswt. rgainit the dr,ift in, that' city, ts beingj hispropertionfite. It says thatCbecans New York/"voted for' McClellan, the A.dminist,rntiou appears determined to invet.rcyvenge ha an exces.sive anid im. uset, enrollm 'he Houston' AIeq;aphe says the nitre tudnng bnreau in Texas is now pro. li4ig nitre enough to supply the. do ~artnwnt with gunpowder. I't is capa. >lo of liroduciug 5,000 pounde. ye.. day. Says A rtetnns Ward: "Yu ma djffei is much as fou ploase about the style of , Tonng lady's figger, but I tellfyou kon. etially ifshe ' has forty thousand dl rar t;hp figger is ,au as- near ritea r'ou wvill get it. R, pyeh&s., agoed hcuseseat, - er and Ironor. 'Il'sab,.a.comfortable .hotne and 1Jnd reett.a will be given.- - - 5~FaQrsas,,D n). T~IM partnons weqau ~ eAdva. iIem Tax ioN t and'Sol e intax pagetat Tity medi. e soldierg tax ofe t to'te paid'in orn Agr*iUlkra(proport.1,i ll be J n a Y~nbrblesineing onthe'.1st a.f uth'i dexWa' f to' e1mend of Mept,Ad as soonks1 t4fl i- tithe a 61 Ard cu'e frirn thP $ ge blaster a certificate stating tb alue .of the ~iJte so that' tlie deotot1on - sy be snade by ~lot ColleloI.ia6 any<balselefoA4 0.3 I.' TifOMPSON, feb 18'6-dlaw6tw1awd UTIT CAR, , YOM TUE F n apavalry engagerment ~1itFr~ weith Gecn7Kilpatrick near Aikan, i2a 'thel,.r ied. by erblsnce .iarging aixg - i c e - Oes to theirrnfn#enchm ut. .Ugivy .akirnjpaung i.s .goimg on 0 angeburg the eiact iesilts 9f whichi have noi lm:ard reported. If ourtIoo should.bq, corypOle to ietir.p from ti peIt, We stppose they w0i,l take the of 11.t Co1ga; vqr t6 piotect .t positiOns ol'KingAP.A,and Coim))im. dono knowhow1arge.cro iiro yesterd.V' below Oranigebut TI would appear to be a divprgeutnV m t direction they4iavehitherto pur.%ed, a' my'iidicato the purpose. of crossing i. Sante,o, A hd going to the eastern part theto tpiepaP thence 'iCoNorth Carolin cutting,the North 'aitern 'Railroad. Florence. Itrumor locate otjijpr parti oi the 'North Edisto about Joba' Brid an nehr,dott' P. O. Thiese howeye ack conl,rmatiun. f The cars yesterday proceded no furth down than Louisvilp- Guaids'n, 131 VIRGIN (A. AFFAIR W.TIJ :rM E Ei .N RATCIN .tUN. iThe following. official dispatch fro on. Le,e has been rei.ved at. the' W uns's , y Non-rui.:nI VIno1I1NTA, * . ..1Febr'uary, 6, 186 7- Gen. A Coocper: !Iiheenemy moved-instroig t6rceye tordny to latiher's run. Part of h infantry,'i*' Grgg' civalry, crosst and proceede i on iho Vauglju oad, ti infinry to Cattail creuk, zhe cavalryI Dinwiddie Court [Hbule, where its'a vance encountered a pertion of otirI airl.- hnd:retired. In the afternoon par of IHill's and Gordan's tro.opa demonstri ted Pgainst the left, of Iatcber'ara near Arastrong's ipill. ' FiVding hi i%trenched, they were wit.hdrawn aft ,drk. .During the night the force h had allVanced ieyond the creek rettin to it mnd Vere repprtpd to be re-crossin Thi$ Diorning Pegrau1's diQinWovi ,down -the right bnk of the creek to r coinipitre, whe're it, was- vig6r.ouslyI a tacked. Th" battle vins obstinately dor tested for several houia,'but Gen. Pegrat being killed, while brAely encouragin hiA iien, aIId Col. Hiof'man woundec soine confitsion oceurred, and the divi ion was pressed hack to itj original p( mition. ,Evans' division, ordered b) Gen. Gordon to support Ptigram's charp t'd the enemy nd fored 'Iim'ba|ck, bu w m turn c.mpelled tu retire, Mi hone's division arriving, the eretny wit driven rapialy,t b lis, defe.ncev on Ha eher's rum, Ouriloss is'reported to I* small; that of the e Iue,i.y . 10r. siEppose . (l, Joln C. BreckiAri'dge entere upon the dia<;harge of hma Wduties as Se !r of War. 7th ins 4_IIit see elffAts offid 11HARLOTTY &.1. R. COAuMIAIA. . (., .anniry U NTIB furtherni :ice. jiiq e not receive nr forward FLtEIGil1T for Chxarlotin nr poin fe 1'G5 .GenealSuporinidn 1411e, Xe. 'eeps45 o N?ane of 11 8OUTli' CAROldNA COLlIn(GP - Or.AsNAa,. January 16, 1ty5. Jto. a thip Jtecordi, I earnxestl appe41. 'et famillas 4r friends of eur de ooueadjs s to sndateattenacetheir nameu &c., whRlelb hi'ea anopportunity to secure ~rpirate lifotm&tI.tr.( Hlospitair egisteri and Iofortsdf dasauiutes fremx th be ay ccr4 lefloib'ut In thieLnformsaiol requiredg jriuul be obtainled at, hton& The Record',ill date biok to tie ginninj af the war,'fud Inoinde 911 who'hure l:1 kiliWI in'a(ttJ 'or -dledfof~ wounds ;-reoeived n' bittle, or'.from 'disease or .accident'. Ii roer have ;beena so .fortuCate .as not to lose rries.d or wxel#tive, ye? remsjnber that ilai 3oblto rees from 'o4 ip4 theonamneof but.one frel mout .ho had gone from vour nelghb6t,o to die in our cause.. Give.-1. -Namp in fell.. 2. Fron, yhat District. 8. Reek. 4. Cornpany. 6. RIegiI ent and armn of agrvige. 0.' 1)id, year, t'n Iayr7. CAnse of goathi, and remarks 'a where bedied,~, ppevlousl3uwoundel d - Cipulablanks .to be filled wlfl 1e$se mue4 e *heMn-No fee erezpeu, idteeu y y' obp. 6rhaving the re. uad9e ~l~a is;etdJeeoing to fulfall a ter'edi 4J.' t - in me ting . now, a re ording wfor 4I n5aueso i e.Shqrn was sent ,r iolvjhooabe T. T Iit , AP*o9MT;.V0 A AT oir rad U.1ATIoN AD PRATn, 'TIyA '.-The Congress of the ertt. Ihave, by a joint resolu. , V ft ppoint a day of publie an titighn n prayer, with ,bank,. i, Ivin.o A G eld. IL Is our duty, ait all' timel,, andi n n.*.eAPOn of PNi trial tipkiiowledge our'depend. ftnd to bow Ink humble ' '10 ils footsoo,confessing as ;r%f 6 'Upplicating Hife gracions at, pa I Ilim iv.ine heol), e. 1 ti.rpe hanks for thts Meh ich 119 isYo i b e ir of m, tiers; that 13 a' lir r armie's, and ~~an inds.lfi rPnd An ender untco lis holy n praiso -whiah ro Prso "jklet at goodness. amw a, for the le has eend. ed to 118 a nd suffcrings o protracted a ody war. 'sNow, jef-; .Is JE''FER80N DA VIS. Preskden MU Contederato Slatem of Amerer.. le tIIs, mly proolamtlion n AppoIntt AY, te 10t doy of' Marelt ir next,, mo P. pu blic fasting, humiliation aMd.pray th t ahanksgiving.) r*r "in voking*1 andi guidance (if Aklmighty ' earaeftly.hvite all soldier -tad ti bl erv ndte.4amein pr of rei lt ence and prayer. q- Given.it hand and .the xetj' ofjthe m. l n atex, , r0 dt&tond, this t n ay o Jhuar i@h year ofr n e thousand eight hudrie JE .RS Ayie. oi in; Senre(ary of state, fe fio Pielas, of tile 1Idesphjg T' UT Ti.' CONk-EDMnACY. Qo rx res ii catdprarr irRai 11141,mapd, Febi. 20,4, it d and. r*e!*ahe.f i tdiers Ia f NerVibern Virgini,% are here. .yanl arratigernient hav'ibis day d 0 ti the Souhern ress rry all packsgei OI6F food and V to IichMon, Va. . c qdvauiAgos thus obtained SPresm company, &be following n unt be observed: S Ast.0 ocortili more than one bpo be W ell secured, and plainly n5.. JU 1theoexpenveorthe ship f the Soldierp' Belief Associa. 0 iocated &$'Tollowe: y r6lina,. at Baleigh ; in BoAk 11m11iia; In beotia, at Augusta; it Montgomer,i or to any ther one oif teeAscainae d of these Assonitions will here of tnem, and ghjip daily, by russ Cowpany, to the propr respective States at Hichmond hem distrIbte4 to the proper Dora. wisheS of the soldie , ad to yergain and speedly oiamublea te Southern oxprte Com *d to give this ffeight prefer. - r,tinese iand, in order thst 4 .tthe oucess Of so ,0 threveral railroatt questod to reand ther aoe ailitis ias will ens hera Express% Company as nhiyof tha Traspra-,b rcas,wan the pr sopia eiadsto withdrto theroer ertfora tda raeln S isof the fAociLanti wil neSin athe razr oe ara djo to gae iigs hpeer. thbielsmy-df iorer Vhe t,qCol. ad toarerm'r.h a taneUen ae coG ete r ea Express Company ac neadbiandyrefatieofrasodtars ofl Northe Vini adoele they ayo prepae tloi arryeot sV ertog ocd in: teave, atj.i thewl do al other or euresoy tse. piiee tr ',:b Noriy.fNotia h. 6x tr Gm'. era Ezwss ompan herb tho r pteae. -ar u a aE annO ned Ia the abo. at he twil d -si hi od fIl o echisetin *ed.asSpcia e a en-hl mor te nledsls rerd atees.u. rla hl e noexceed ilyfu tu t ithog a qae.pni te s8eilo