-M # - * ? m . boary fire OB the flank and rear of oar loner batteries, aad compelled oar troop* to fell back a ehori distance. Tfcefoa* on tm? ride was & Private W. II. Ancrom, of tlie Palmetto Guard, killed oa lbo field, and five other* severely woonded, two of thero mortally, and rinco dead. The bet words of the gallant Tooog Ancrmn wm as exhortation to hi* comrade* to preset cms and save their piece*, regardless of himself. Eight artillery lwrw? and oiwf ambulance mule were killed. Xo ejwttaiities eccarVed among In conaeqaeace of U*e 1?&8 of mrr nonc*, two howitzers were kit behind, ?fbteb were after* ward* brongiit in. at a kief boor in tbe erentog. The expedition wa* wet! ftassod, but - |?rtlr tsbcamed from unavoidable eonUngcnOa Oxtr troops however, h*r?$ been tSit&obi* by the trial, ami win vet snow wbat t&cr arc aula ts> ?ccostjplisJi wfteneter ther arc called ^ t^poo for actkm. OXE KUSDRSe AKO ftaVEUVT-TfllJtO DAT. Wc have had nothing of *ptckl intemt to mate since Tt*TOr*Tft OAT, The enemy fired ten more *M1* at the city between two and three o'clock Taesday morning, &*e of wbicb fell ftb^t Ihtring'&c day ^ torac heavy gring wa* beard in the direction of )$toao and $ec?*sionvyS?% lb# cats*# of wbicb War not ascertained. About ?i* o'clock Tnc*da? cfcning the crwmi? rc-opened fire on the city, and kept it op notil aeven o'clock.? TwoSre tbelb were thrown, with aboet the u?iia1 effect, the damage being oaroparitirely trifling. Onr batterio* kept up a constant fit? on the (enemy thnmgbont the day, and cc?cd firing at night. Affair* at Fort Sumter continue* | iATV. -r 'litd *i *be ?*f thi? morning. Xobwly imtl The beard tn the direction of Sumo ?m* v u fakement between our Utteric* at $ccoMtonvsL-e ami. tbe enemy at Light Home inlet, on B&*k I*Iaow & ~ ./ "$*$& 4 ,;? '' ' t : 'if * V'"* ??MB? ?p? ? V evinced no deposition to charge, bat kept op a running fire with revolvers Tbe tetreat was conducted with cotwnm mate and succ&a. Lieut. Pointer, of General Wheeler's Staff, was indebted to his courage and coolness for a narrow escape. Two of tbe tnmy bad their sabers drawn over his bead and demanded his surrender, when he "deliber ? . ? *. ? i j .1. . .1 .. ateijr arcw a \>mou xmea one, ana .me outer lied ?fier dtsehargeing hit revolver, the *hot passing through that officer * orcrcotL Otjr cataaluie* turn op ?two killed, fire slightly wounded and six taken prisoners, The taw on the part of the enemy * a* ttx killed and ten or twelve taken prisoners. , LATENT FROM TXXA9, ARKAXBAA axd !.OrtfttAX>. Atla5tas December 23.?Later intelligei.ee from liooston, Texas December 3d, via Shtcverport, La., December 18lh, hssjott been received. Geoeml Kirhr Smith hat taken the field against the Yankees in Arksoax The cnctnv bold Little I lock with * force Mppowd to be a five thousand strong. under the command of Steele* The season t? dnrj and the country is in excellent condition for military moremcnu. The river* are lower than thcr hare been known j for rcsttK In Texas the Yankee invasion it the sole topic. &ottng and old art pleasing to the acetic of action with unprecedented nnanmitj* The people arc moving their negroes and dri* ring their caUie into the interior, stripping the ooast and teating an open licit of 6ftv utiles wide. The enemy at Matagorda Pa** arc preparing to adranee along the beach to the month of 1 the Brazo* river. The Yankee marine batter j tea on the ?ieat?en? on the MwsWippi. hare committed great havoc on the West aide of the river. The enemy bare been raiding aoroc ten ! mile* inland, stealing everything, erca down to . negro blanket*. lat**t svaoriCAir vtwa* 1 nicvtwoan, December 27.?We hare advice* from Liverpool to December 12, ll?e Confederate steamer Pamparo ha* been formally acifed by the Cttrtom*, authorities "The /fa/7**Atf**w>rk is rapidly approaching completion at Calais ttimia, in her reply to the proportion (or an European Congrow, eipromc* an ardent desire for the pacification of Europe by an andcrstanding between the aovcriga*; bataaya it? ?. ^4 - a t? IWtapWilWC mu UH9 JMR|WVr VI IUC rivnvu should define the h*ri* upon which the .underj standing should be established. The A Mama wa? expected at Madras. The <'Vnfcdcrate Loan ?r? quoted nt 36 a 46. The Liverpool Cotton Market wan firmer, * and price* 1-2*1. higher, (tonaob 6L The llnti?h Crown Uwrem bate pronounced the . ondcttwation of LritUb bark $pri*pM by the New York IK-trict Con ft Illegal and % elation*, and Lord Lyon* k to remotunrate. The J Ultimo?* Gxstti* wti that the two *!earner* built at Glasgow for the Confederate* hare Uccu purchased by the Euariaa Government, Otuyoc C. IL, DwmW 2fi,?Gen. Itowcr made a circuit of the entire Yankee array during the pa?t week. Starting from Fredericksburg and entering the Valley at Conrad** Store, he burnt the bridge orer Poncft Head Stun, near Langaton Station, joaloot from Alexandria, capturing and destroying the troops left a* guard. Owing to the nigh water and bad weather, he was prevented from doing ? * > - more*, itfcgg? i noxcg cjitwij |Ni?wg w? dul not overtake bim. Homer waa forced to . * ira Use lin!) Han, Oar km wa& very altota* if any. . ? \ The enemy, while in pursuit, destroyed two UnnefK* containing leather,* at Sperrrirille, Rappahannock county. Abo,.two tanneries, a door mill, and tome Government workshop* at Tom, in Page county. ttty committed many other piwmi, including the taking ewer of negro**, ami *hot a Confederate named Smaller,'at Washington, Rappahannock coutt* ty, after awreodering. ' Parties ju*t from Culpcper report the enemy ia he pulling dawn all the racial and outhousea in thmr Utm* including all the churches, to coa+invrt winter quarter*. The enemy arc issuing ration* to c intent in Culpeper county. Th? enemy moved some infantry as far 10 this direction as Mitchell** Station, on Tbura* day evening, to aet as front pickets and relieve the car airy to go rearwards to recruit, & % Fort Jacacaoy.?The mutiny of black troops m tb? oar of the Vankaot it a feature in the war. It will prove a tboro to tiie Yankees and '?tttfMmlwrtM in U/Ml/in j>rwMM' u1~?? ? " -v-i,*., and Eictrr ball. The example u one likely to Income contagion*. Sambo has already found out that Yankee? do not know how to treat re* speclaide (Urine*. It take* the Southern gens ticrnao- to know how to place and to appfei ciata him. The suggestion hat been made that President Darit ought at once to offer i by proeWtmation freedom to every Soothern i negro who it enlisted in the Yankee army, s on condition of coining to om linen, w&h hit : ?nm and accoutrement*. A general contra bind llegira following ?uch a prodamation would astonish and frighten Abraham Lincoln , ont of ai least two years of hit time of pcrpetur a! dictator. % ' > w v'_' ~ - " 'C -r- r* r .w? . * :f|& *' #'*' * q it.':n ^)fL - -IP ' v-; M' -*f, * Gen. Bank*, by the way, is having bis temper sadly ruffled by events in bhtoiiiury do. minions. Dick Taylor bangs his generals wherever be meets them ; the Mississippi nver is too hot for b? transports, and now his niggers bare turned upon him, mordcrered all the Yankee officers over them, aid are holding Fort Jackson fm the benefit of their lawful ) master*. Banks must be disgusted.?Mobile, ; Jltyiitrr. * - ^ * ,B rT*l?a mac i 1m .1 l.laa. ikam in i*>w\r) 1HV vwy VIWB HrjMi ; time with the bc*1 husbands tbe army affords ?arc plying their tiny firgcn jealously for tbe j benefit of tbe soldier*. Tbe Savannah Rqmtb j /#>? * M?J>J The knitting of seek*. glorea, and neckties \ has been a Regular employment among them, j anlf many a dollar hat passed through our j ! hands alone, that eras the product ef their wrings and handiwork. "We hare before us j i sow the noblest contribution of them all. Lit- j tie Bessie Hamilton, of Bryan County, has sent \ t? Ha excellent pair of sock*, and one bhndrcd r | dollars which, to a f*ot? .accompanying them, ] aho boff* i? to give m a "Cbmtmau piescot" to j the aick and wounded roaldicrm. I Tribute to Ifk'JIctnory of CttsrlciJ. j fthstvissott. At a meeting of the Semkm of ibe nresbnerian Church of C* ^i?s, beld on I be 27 lb i mU pment. Rev. & H. IIat, end Jobs Workman, W. H. a Workman, a J IfcCieigbt end A. Sf. K?*rfjr, Ruling Elder*. The fallowing preamble and r**ela* Uoa? were unanimously adopted: gtootUwlani renting of the Sewooo cf ihl* Church, we have been called wpcm to mourn Uie dtwlh of e be* j loved aod uacfidmember-CIURLKS J. SIlANNOX, 1 who hat been as active Ruling Elder since the 28lh of | October 1832, at which time he wa? grdaincd, having j tanked with this Cbcrcb on the Irtof M*y previous, then under the charge of Rev. 8. 8. Parse, & D.~ Punctual and regular inbU attendance,bb i&terocorae \ with bfr bmhna in Urn 8**km was Always oarttoo* j and agreeable; firm in bis optokma, ha aver manifested < Oiri#?*?u meant to Ute cminkrtss of othora?of sound i j&dgmrat* aod deeply l&tmtttd to the spiritual w*J? Ut* of the Cbtnrh. Committid to the overnight of the Sesato, hi* vlcvri were highly valuedand m*bed with that to which they were emHled. Ia the reception of number* to the church. it was always an ocoaskm of IoUt*?< to hint, and com ooeld laii to sit the cordial welcome he extends*! totbtm. On U*? 24 inu?:cnh having served his gonsreito, early eootpfetia# hi* totb year, he pasard frccn time I to el*roity, after a brief illaeat of sixteen days, to mart, we bstsbiy trout, in the bosom of that Sartor, whoso profetttd forraat he was. Be ii /famfeed, That we deeply tatmrn the death of tmr I brother, C J mujtxo*. and shall ever cherish a grateI fttl recutle.tto of him ttitrfcoww? and bnsbw ly regard j as a member of this Seaaloo. ^ /Wt*< That Utb tmuwto he enured upon ow hock of record, and a pege he dedicated \o hit mean dry, with bis ago and length of time a Kultog Kid*. ArwdocC That a copy of tfcu tribute b? ftintUhed the ftuniiy of cur deceased brother. and published in the IVnwU Journal and ttothero Preabytrrw?n. From tbdlitao:** A li. K KSNKDY. December 2ft. !$?. Cfefk of Scssto, JL OBITU4KY. PfWP-In Camden. R C. Grade, kirely ard s&Labl* e warn fhettd. a dertxcd wife. i tender mother end ntncm Ctihethm \ Thocf^i a etrenpw among atreogn**, the had jnt lead* < benetf e hem* tr? metiv Heart*, who, white titter mourn her ?*Hy tote, ?m*i feel that ehe hash hw ensured info the met <4 God?lying down wish her Sevtoar in ihath, to rtm with Him to the life Immortal "Thank* ho nnto God who gtvetb tu the ricbarr through our herd H. H: IK MEM OR!AM* nil m tbajlsl ?S?w?ml*r ea the bloody fteM f ChkhameogiO^ h UXBALD, eot of the hmvm'tbd beet w>Wk** $? the CwMtWf, He entered the aervfcw oCJNRtaifedefete State* oa the ftth oC April IM1 aa?^Hvato?ad 'waa promoted on the Uth Hay. IMS, ?the office of Sergeant, which poet he atWi till (a tila aflMNk Hm Imti in^l with ftUaoiry ba lite memorable banks oC M*n*sj*?a Fkto, 3?*lta cratod UWuiwod, fe*ryiaftd Heigb ta, &t?r psbtttg. Getlyitafg iwl Chidwnw^ >wta* h* aspired, pwrwd through lit* tatt% *>bl? - doing hi* duly hi wmurfa d of On, K, td ?o, ?i fia native t>i?iriei hat reason to be proud of bin. cw*?f to mourn hi* low. He tbepa the ?fefp of the Ware IV*** to hi* aatau A Kwrto HOTICE- ~ ~ A LI arson* havhtg claim* agpta* the aetata of J*ie Wttan,d?***edt w8l?*?Mst tba tww r will be found at ro? office ?wj day (Sundays excepted) during the month of January, Notice w01 be Ipiwj wh^n the A M*a?or Will rfc*t trws air? treat precinn* in the FKttnct. /&. ML K KENEDY, , JeiDATT 1 5 C. lith 0. IX - . t t ! | , j MILLKRS ALMANAC JOB 1??4 FOR MLB AT THB PORT OFFIR. January 1 1 * ' I ^ " 1 J1 'I' MMKBBJgggEI^ CIRtmB. ft On Sttrral SfkOeri Board* cffy&f fit At Steie. COMFTROLLKR-GKNKRAI/S OYYIGB, * Colt misi. 8. c., De*.*3?1w8. THE SOLDIKR?' BOARDS OF RKU?F 1IF7B1&* X aercrai IK*lricts end Pariabe* of thta Slate, Mm hereby notiStd ibat, onder tbe rcfjatftmefiU of tbe Act of December )?, 28 S3, entitled "An Act u> male# prorinion for"the wppon of the fa m Use* of cokfofli t Jrocn tbia State in the Confederate aod Stile mrioe, the amount appropriated by aaM Act has beea appoft toned opoo the baa in of the white population tbowa * * ? - * ?* !_ .1^ .1 _ 1..I i>y in? c*L-?ua w j??y, asa mi jone mi uw kbwbw below, Tbe Ad afortsaid reqeinag the prer&ows of the "Art to make appropriation* to aid of tbe famillie? of ?oW5er*,>* dc, ratified Deceabcr 18, 1$CS, tn 4 be observed, notice la also hereby given that after one fcenb of the aatooot now mbjert to the draft of the * Chairman ot each Board haa beta' drawn' from the Treasury, a statement ol tbe tras&tctio& of each Board m required to be made to the TrewtrhrPbf the Bivbdoati in which the Board la located, before afpp further paymeat can be made, which will be tbertaiief spc? quarterly drafta upon the Treasury* Cftairtnaaof theeeepeetive Board# are particularly requited to aopeMiotfitta with tfcie office at aeon as they are prepared to proceed in Sire discharge of their dtJiicA. Pari*ncirtr attesttafia c*ra to tbe Act of Decern wer 17, 1868, (poUwhed in xhrGwdut* of Slat inrt J ui aU **? W? U>*7 yi^rti u> b? nutde to (bit o& & beicreiko flm day of fcbnt> ?fj twit, which rrpofti *hou& pro Ih* suorttiiftfcNi rtqalrodictrtwhrtimowa, ftreotiforarity thi tb*> porMootof Mid Act JAMX3 A. BLACK, Cotsptrolfer GoaawL Apmmoxsttxr AbbevtOe. #1%M? Acxtam, S^4w Boreweb, *?,?? 41 Owner. 11.M4 W QwmiMd, IJ.4W so CUrcodoe, 0,903 10; . Jfetftegtoe, K.dui 91 ., KfyHtetdt, * 2^m OS FoWWd. U.0S5 OS :'i *< 2?tm4Sr Jtexfeftw, SyOSS IK i ? tsi*.** u MUKHSWT, (VfttlV f? Laurvw* lt<$93 Lftxinjgtoa, K^O Maiibgfo, - M26 It JUwtenj, ^ 11,463 99 umk, 6.34t It" Picton* 14,313 K Rrcfetod, 1MW St ?pfthaiib3rg, SLtU S3 Sunt**. .18,333 19 f*.M?b?w% r 3,313 33 Cnioo, 11X9*9 19 Tofk, * *6,616 33 Ail aim* %9i9 30 ? CferiK Ornish, l&rr 99 Hoc?j% *Mx 63 Marion, ^ 13,163 63 Priw* tei Wizty&h, 4,431 &t Prion* WUfea* M? 36 8L Aodrcvit, 633 43 J6L BartlKMMBCva, 3,613 33 St. eccrffert M??tir 3,963 63 Sl Josob** Qoom 0Tttfc? ^ rJTI^rv,i. . v. i??L Mr WM D KTYItrtlf (wboaa fcrfwc^turtrr* am nk Cataden) in authored to mow pi m my mw fof *bmtew ami Oats nur be delirmd to turn, and In tttrj instance but receipt wtQ be a good voucher to the JUMNT tor the amotsst tpectjidt ! bet tkalewy Planter will feel it bis duty to gtt* the ali jidpotire bit prompt attention u our armies * * aro mad*la need of com and oats* ! am authorised pordutttng^Quartan&sster for Dl*. trie* So. a, and as the prku of 90m has ham pot bp to $3 bO per bftthel, I trust ercty bushel not abao lately requital for home ooneampdoo wilt he reported to my agent, who to always ready to boy end pay the money tor the same. Terr respectfully, JAMES SOWERS, Cfcpt end A. Q. It Florence, & C, December 12,1S&1. January \ x tf AjCfood Chance to Invest Profitably! T^HE entire outfit of the Awry DitpUch, iodadra* A Pr?w, Type, Ic, all nearly new, will be acid ate bargain. Buy while you can. Apply to Gilbert Jfc' D?rr, Sumter, &. CI AT PRIVATE SALE SEVERAL PARCELS 0? VALUABLE REAL ESTATE in the town of Camden. Also, several likdy and rahiabfe Kegrpea, among them house aer* rant*, washerwomen, amftreaaM, bekwKr?g to the residuary estate of the lata Charles J. Shannon, If to* disposed of a* private safe, the shore prop erty trSI be aokt at pewte *?e> bistro the H?rir< in CexBdeo. on the first Siocda? is Febjoery tiwxt, femn* the first day bf the maaih, f THOMAS B. 8HANX02S, I v , Wk. M SHAKMOS Junuryl , % I ? , "< ... ' . -.A