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From Un Charleston Courier, Oct. 23*.'. Fighting at Coosawhatchie and Poeotaligo. The threatened movement of the enemy's forces under Gen. Mitcbel, was made upon our main land on Wednesday. A dispatch announced that several columns were in motion; one marching from Mackey's Point to\var.,s Poeotaligo, and the other on * bosawhatchie Trom Bee's i reek, about <?"m tK? Wailrnail TliP ?<tr<*ni/fll i?f OC ? CJ IUIIVO IIVUI IMV Q W. the enemy was not stattd, bnt our troops were drawn up ready to meet and fight the invaders. Col. Walker was in command of our forces, near Coosawhatchie. Official despatches received in the city Wednesday afternoon confirms the above, and stated that fighting had already commenced with b >th columns of the enemy. Our forces were thought to be ample to hold the enemy in check until the arrival of reinforcements, whi.h were being rapidly sent forward from all |,oin s on the railroad. The 46th Ca.,and Eutaw (2othS.C. V.yliad been ord?red lorward. 4 o'el ck. Another despatch received, states that the enemy had advanced on and taken the railroad at Coosawhatchie. I ol Walker had a sere e fight, but was ho ding his ground. Reinforcements to relieve Col. Walker were moving up rapidly, and it was thought toe enemy canuot hold his poisiti n but a :ew hours. Latest. A despatch from Col. Walker stales that he has driven the enemy from OldEocotaligo, and will advance in pursuit. Keiuforcembnts had arrived to his relief. -Skirmishing had commenced and the enemy were retreating Defeat of the Vand\l3 in Carolina.?The oublic mind was greatly relieved yesterday morn iug by the despatch from Col. Walker to (len. Beauregard, announcing the repulse of the Yankees at l'ocotaligo and Coosawhatchie, which we are kindly permitted to publish: About 10 o'clock our community were rejoiced at the appearance of the following order, which was published on the bulletin boards of tue priuting office-: Savannah, Oct. 23d, 1862 By Order of G. T. Beauregard : Tne abolitionists attacked in force Pocotaligo nr. i Coosawhatchie yesterday. They were gallantly repulsed to their gunboats at Mackev's point and ^ llee'a Creek landing by Col. \V S. Walker contiuauding tbe district, and Col. C. P. Harrison commanding the troops from here. The enemy had come in thirteen transport- and gunboats The Charleston and Sa\annah railroad is uninjured The abolitionists left (heir dead and wounded on the field, and our cavalry is in hot pursuit. It. 1. Beauregard, tjeuerai commanding. Cuvrlestov, Oct. 24.?Toe fight at Pocotaligo resulted in a comp ete victory for us. Our loss is tifteen killed and forty wounded. The enemy left lorty dead on the field. His total loss, confirmed by accounts of prisoners, is not less than two hundred killed and wounded. We took eighty small arms. The enemy's force consisted of six regiments, with one field battery and two boat howitzers. uur accounts from the scene of the enemy's demonstration, on Wednesday last against the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, are somewhat meagre as yet, owing to the tact that no communication by railroad can be had, for the present, with Pocotaligo?the trains being employed for military purposes. At an early hour yesterday the telegraph brought the news that the marauders, repulsed in their advance at Old Pocotaligo, and driven back from the railroad at - oosawhatchie, had retreated hastily to their gunboats, but we were left in uncertainty as to the extent or resul.s of the fighting. We also received, last evening a dispatch from Savannah, raentoping that twenty-one dead Yankees were lying near Pocotaligo, but no further details had reached that city. Of the manner in which the enemy, after gaining the railroad at Coosawhatcbie, was driven therefrom, we have no particulars, it is stated that, as the train from Savannah to Pocotaligo approached Ooosawhatchie, the enemy made signals to the engineer to stop. The latter paid no attention to the signals, and determined to run t.;c gauntlet. As he did so, the enemy fired, killing Major Harrison, of the 11th South Carolina Koginient, the fireman on the train, and slightly wounding the engineer. jTo the Planters of Middle, Southern and Sou hwt stern Georgia: Marietta, Ga., October 17, 1862. An eminent necessity has caused Governor lirown to appeal to you for a laboring force to lork on the defences around >avauuah. 2s o more i >:groes will be received than is actually ueeessary t t? complete the work iu thirty days. Agents will L e in the several counties to receive the negroes a., d receipt for ibvmT* A. Parsons, , (Jtsryjl .S'^crtotqtftat * I Heat of ibb Hvmak Body.?One of the most j i ! useful instruments which the ingenuitv of man has '' 1 * J 5 * ? n | , uevisea is ine luennumeier. 1 ms iushuuicuiuvm 11 not enable us to estimate the actual quantity of i heat contained in a substance, but it indicates the. < propo.tion ot tha. subtle fluid that is sensible? tiiHt is recoguizable by the sense ot touch. The dusky lliu .00. clad in his solitary garment of cot- 1 ton, and the Laplander in bis suit ot lur, are placed 1 in the most opposite conditions in relation to the 1 heat of the sun; the Indian is exposed during the I whole year to old Sol's most ardent beams, whilst 1 but a scant share of its genial rays g>.es to warm thcLapuLder. But,it we place the bulb of a thermoiaetcr beneath the tongue ot a Hiudoo we would . tiud the mercury to stand at 98 deg. ot Fahrenheit's , scale, and if we repeated the experiment ou a Laplander we w\.uld obtain an identical result. ftu-j merous experiments 01 this nature have been made on individuals iu most parts ot the world, and the j results lia\ e proved that the temperature ot the , blood ol man is 98 degrees Fahrenheit whether he j be iu India or at Mova Zembla, on ihe steppes of Kussia. or the elevated plateau of America. This invariability i f the temperature ot the bodies of men appears the more Wonderlul when it is considered chat ti e range of the temperature of the medium in which they exist exceeds luO degrees, Fahrenheit's. The human body resembles, in some degree, a steam boiler with innumerable safety vaiVc*, in the torm of pores ju the skin. Ferspiration is caused by the heat of the body converting the water in the anima. Irauieinto vapor,which escapes through millions of pores in the cuticle. The expansion ol this vapor over the whole surface of the body exerts a rclrigerating action lor the removal of surplus heat lrotu the animal system. When the pores of the skin are closed and pe.. juration prevented, the surplus heat generated in the body is prevented from escaping, and lever ensues. A. clea.i cuticle is as necessary to health as good lood and pure water. Your Country.?An old soldier, in appealing lately to his son to go and hght lor the uovi-rnnient and the Union, said: ' Perhaps you h.ve never thought what your country means. It is all that su. rounds ^ou?all that has b.-ought you up and fed you?all tl^at you have loved. This country that you see?these houses?these trees, those girls who go along there laugh.ng?this is your country! Ihe laws which protect you, the bread which pays your work, the words you interchange with others, the joy aud grief which come to you from the men and tliiugs among which you live?this is your country! Tue little room where you used to see you. mother, the remembrance which she has left j you, the earth where she rests?this is your country! You st*e it, you breathe it, everywhere. Think to yourself of your rights and duties, your affections and your wants, your past and your i present blessings ; write them all ?nder a single name, and that name w ill be your country. ?v e owe it all that we are, and he w ho enjot, s the ad- \ J vantages of having a free country, ana does not , accept the burdens of it, lorfeits his honor, and is > a bad citize.j. Do for your country what you 1 would lor your father and mother, Your count.y \ is in danger.' j m m m < Tue Spirit of New Esola.vd.?The following j is an extract of a private letter, dated Framing* 1 ham, Mass., Oct. i, lc6.: j " You express surprise that my husband has en- j listed! 1 would think it a disgrac if he did uot, i as 1 think it a disgrace to every able bodied ma.i 1 who r. fuses to answer his country s c.dl; and I know few so able as he. So 1 send him lorth in the full con iction that he is in the path ol duty, 1 and that a blessing will descend upon him in the 1 f vfl???K Mmn on the blhodv field, that COula U t reach him by his tranquil fireside in these stormy < times. k. a/ ( Bishop Rosecra.\b?As Bishop Rosecrans, (brother of the General) was at dinner recently, ' the conversation reverted to the war. " It would seem to me, Bishop, that you and your brother, the General, a>e engaged in very dif. ferem callings ' " Yos, it appears 8 ;," returned j the Bishop. " And yet " he continued, ? we are j both fightiug men. While the Gener J is wielding the sword of the flesh, I trust 1 am usiag the sword of the Spirit. He is fighting the rebels, a.,d I 1 am fighting the spirits of darkness. . There is , this difference in the terms of our service ; he is ! " * "" -*1- **-V. J1I om firrVitinor withnnt ! I Qgnitng WllU IIKV, niiuu JL huj ..bwwwe ... | price." ? A Ni.w Pipe ?Mr. Robert Heneage, of Buffalo, : lias i.iVented a pipe entirely upon new principles, and destined, in all probability to effect a com plete revolution in tobacco smoking. The editor of Buffalo Express says that he has tried the pipe, and found it to be all that itpcomised. The tobacco J iu the buwl is lighted at the bottom, ?d bursa wp- ; f? i. j -i -i Atrnmmammmmmmmmmmtmmsam. ward. The stem is inserted in a cap at the top, which also has a chamber filled with cotton to purify the smoke. The contrivance is not comj lifted but simple, and works to a charm.? Quebec Chronicle. White and ftfccro Labor.?Among the many attempts to excite opposition to the President's Proclamation, the>e is none more lalse, detestable and attrocious than the assertion that emancipation wih bring i-outhern negroes to the Fiorth to compete with our workmen, and bring down the price oi w ages. In his locent speech at Brooklyn, N. Y.. Cassius M Clay thus , lluded to this prejudice : "Gcrma .8, Irishmen Frenchmen, why 1 .A -II * 1* *~A ~ are you acre ai an i 11 10 uctau; c juu ucic uuu a go ernment based npon the broad principle of liberty to all buw&uity. ^Appla. se.) Sh.,w ine the man who would to-day oppress a utau on account of his color, aud 1 w4.1 show you a man who will, should it meec his nds, oppress you to-m. rrow. But it is not true that this inte terenc with your labor will take place in consequence of Emancipation. Emamip tion will, in lact, but concentrate b aek labor in the South. A Shout Axswta.?One ol the euro ling marshals the other day, received a strong hint lruma down town leaiale. Stepping at the lady'sb use, he found her bclore he. door endeavoring to effect with a vegetable huckster a 20 per cent. abatement ii the priee ol a peck ot potatoes. 44 liave you any men here, madam ?" 1 he reply wus grutt and tu. t?44 Mo." 4 Have you no husband, madam ?" 4 Mo." 44 Mor brothers t" ".No. ' ' Perhaps you have a son, mad m ? ' 44 Weil, wha.. ot it /" 441 should like to know where he is.* " Wei:, heisu't i.ere." 44 So 1 see, ma'am Pray wber. is he ?" 44 In the I ..ion army, where you ought to b_. ' The marshal hastened round the corner. He d.dit 't lur.her interrogate the lady. ?The Nord of ..russels says that 44 a French captain is sa.d to have just returnee from a voyage to Africa with specimens of a plant the name ot which is still kept a secret, and which, submitted to some chemical proce. 8, yields a substance perfectly resembling cotton. Several pieces of stuff have been wo. en out of it, and speeimetis , submitted to the Emperor of .he * reuch. These stud's are descri. ed as stronger than cotton tissue, equai :n fineness and 60 per cent, cheaper, ihe plant abounds both in Africa and America, and wi 1 thrive very well in Algeria. The Nord adds that a company is being farmed to work this substance on a large scale." Regular line or packets between new yore AN I) PORT ROYAL, S. C.?The undersigned will des[>atch a vessel twice a month from each oi the above named ixirts. For Freight or passage, apply to JuHN pms, Agent, Bay Point, S. C., B. H. B1ABY, 56 ureenwicn St, N. York, ay The Brig "Leni," of this line will sail for New York >n the 30tli inst. She made the passage here in 4 days?^ beating the steamer "Ericsson." AMERICAN WATCHES FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS. f\ me American Watch Company oiWaltham, Mass., give nonce that they lately issued a new staple ot watch expressiy designed .or soldiers and others who desire a > *? watch it a >h <uc, a., price. These watches are intended to take die place of the ch- .p anchors and lepines oi foreign munuacture wiui which the market is hooded, and wlucu, us jvery one knows, were never made to keep tune, being reuse mauulactures, unsaleable in Europe and scut to this .-ouutry for j ?/.eyuty and < ? in-niny puiposc* only. Our new watch is most substantially made, cased in sterling silver, and is a reliable and accu rate Line-piece. it is littered at a price but little above that which is ashed iui tl? j trashy anchors and iepincs already re .erred to. Y? e have named this new series of watches Win, Eliery, and tiisy tnay be found at the stores of cur agents, cbancey u itobouis, Beautort; Douglas, Steele u- Co., Hilton Head, for the American Watch Company. H. A. RORBINS, General Agent. JUST RECEIVED, AT 1H? UNION SQUARE STORE, uuder the Post Office?a line lot of Letter and Note t aper?ruled and plain?extra super .nd common qualiues: Envelopes, bull, Wnite, Tinted, Opayue, Pn.notic, c..? ail sizes and qualities. Steel and Gold Pens. Ink?blink, blue and red. inkstands, paper lolders, erasers, port lonos, pen knives, prize stationery, -c. a c. Also, Patten's Manual lor Officers, infantry Tactics, Dunne's Engineers Manual and various other books of interest ana vaiue to the soiaier. Also, a hirgo variety of Novels, bou0 books, pictorial papers, uid by euci. mail the latest issues ot the New York dady papers. P)RT ROYAL HOUSE, HILTON HEAD, 8. C.?THE Subscribers wish to inform their irieuds and the Pub..c that their House is now open for visitors, tue traveling public and permanent boarders, on reasonable terms. No pains will be spared for the comfort .of guests. FRANZ ?* GILSON, Proprietors. SROCERY AND SUTLER STORE-?Hews, FRANZ dk G1LSON will keep constantly on bud, at their large W arehouse under the Port Royal Rouse, a good supply of Ship's Groceries and Sutter's Goods, which will be sold at reasonable prices. They will, also advance money and take bills of credit on Shipments upon the owners in Boston or New York. Reference Col. Peter Dunbar, J. J. Dunbar Co.;. mil j Simpson, Benton u Caveriy, Potter cf Snow and C. L. Curtis. All of Boston, disss. FRANZ <? GILSON. MR. C. G. BOBBINS, BEAUFOBfr, 8. C.. IS NOW ESTAB liahed on the corner opposite "Stevens House." He. has always on hand, for sale, the most desirable goods for this section of tile country, auditor army uses, at the lowest prices.