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. ? i-. , i. . , i . i.. ; ? Ihi ferMte tinaum* . " | VORKVILLE, S. C. ? WSDVS8DAT XYEXIH0, DSCBKBEB17, 1862. ; OBITUABY NOTICES, &c. , All Obituary notices and Tributes of Respect left at this office for publication, will be rated and charged for as advertisements, and payment required in advance. CHESTER LtTMIU"ABIES. The Ladiea of the Soldiers Belief Society gratefully acknowledge the receipt of $50 {fifty dollars) from the Chester Luminaries, the net* proceeeds of two concerts gi7en in our town last week. The yonnggentlemen composing the Company performed well indeed, and are entitled to - great credit for the manner in which they acted their several parts. We were almost persuaded they were profession al characters. > It is hoped by many that it will not be their last visit to Yorkville. Correspondence or the Enquirer. Columbia, Deo. 14, 1862. This hitherto peaceable city, has lost fttth of its prestige the last week. There has been three cases of shooting, of wbick the papers take no notice, and a forcible e&try of the Confederate Printing Office, where several drawers were broken open and bills to the amount of $24,000 abstracted, bat afterwards recovered, as none of the stamp had yet been issued "by authority/' There were four young men engaged io the affair, while a young woman of loose reputation, is also arrested, and imprisoned ss an accessory or witness. Several of the young men here served creditably in the war, hot it is thought have become parties in a plot originating in Angnsta, Georgia, which, it is hoped will be nipped in the bod. The evidence here on a strict examination, is fall and conclusive. The names of the parties are Wro. M. Leake, Jesse M. L*w?od, alias North, W. B. King, alias Williams, Eogene Horton, and that * of the female, Louisa Kelly. The-Legislature drags its length slowly along. Charters and Incorporations pass readily, but bills of great importance, are . hnrtbened with amendments, and finally iaid.on the table, or indefinitely postponed. to provide against extortion bavc been brought forward in tbe House, but tbongb ; there are many who deem some action necessary, there are others who prate of "constitotionalities," snmptnary laws, Ac., to the delight of landsharks, many of whom throng the gallery and lobby, if none occupy seats within tbe bar. Air. Yeadou, of the Courier, has thrown his force into every measure likely to prove effectual, with that generous, whole-souled impetuosity, for which be has become remarkable. .One of thejrills has been defeated, bat another, so amended as to be almost unknown to its author, has been made the special order for Tuesday next. A resolution has been passed authorizing the' Governor to distribute some 670 sacks of salt on hand, to the different Boards of Belief. The bill for the reliei' of soldiers' * -* ? - ; e i a ?(QJiie8 u id 11 lair way lur pwago iu mo Senate; it provides for to appropriation of $400,000. to be raised by general tax, and distributed aeoordiog to white population. A Board of from 3 to 15is to be nominated by the delegation of each District, the Treasurer of which is to receive a commission of 1 per cent, on all money "passing through his hands." The Exemption bill, if it ever comes to light, will be qnite a curiosity?it will either exempt all or none. X bill strictly to prevent distilling from the cereal grains will shortly pass, making the interregnum created by discharge of the Connoil, as short as possible, notwithstanding that "Common Sense," of the Carolinian, has discovered that pot ale is best to fatten hogs?that corn is best when the spirit is extracted ; and thna tho mar* ket will be fully supplied with whiskey, milk and butter! The proposal of Gov. Pickens, to guarantee by the State, Confederate bonds in proportion to its representation, meets with genera] favor; but we doubt if this opinion will bold, if such guarantee be prospective, rather than applied to those already issued. Hn? fltwarn r*\nr?f cliAtlM Kp VVII VVUtVUViMlrW VVTVIUWVUV WUVMIW vv ustaioed, and we can more readily sustain it by endorsing its currency, in common with the other States, for the future. I end the bill, as proposed; also a bill to eharter the Shelby and Broad River Rail Road, though widely different in nature, they may interest your readers, as they will both pass. The bill to authorize the First 'dorps of Reserves :to elect their Field Office rs, as of-; fercd by Mr. Lowry, has passed two read-1 iogs iu the House, and one in the Senate? j nothing is yet dooe or said as to disbanding; j in fuct, I doubt, as the Legislature will take j a recess after Thursday next, whether any | actioD will be had on the subject before j tbey re assemble on the 10th proximo. The Stay-Law occupied the House all day i Saturday?-the lawyers have pulled aod ! backed it every which way. making it ap- ; plicable only to the soldiers in service, or their sureties. The vote on the bill will be j taken by ayes and noes at 12 o'clock to day. ; It is said that money was never plentier, than now, and now is the time to pay up, : as Mr. Williams proposed, in current bill*. "Whatis Extortion?" has been asked by several members of the Legislature, who have sought in their lexicons, or witnessed the traffic at their own doors, in vain.? ' | We think a writer folly explains in the following extract from the Carolinian : "But again, some other man suffering under the disease of "Constitutional" nervousness, may gasp out, this is "invading private rights," and interfering with, the "law of snppjy and demand." This may be trne, or it may not be trae; but no man will be likely to complain who will be justly injured, or whose complaints deserve to be listened to. But whose are the rights to be invaded ; for whom this extreme tenderness is expressed ?. Why, the rights of the speculator, the monopolist and the extortioner, who are skulking at home, employed in the sole mAneV fnw Kimnr.lf uuusicos ui "uinaiug uiuuoj tvi uiuhmi and hisebildren, whilst his conntry is bleeding from every artery, and is in the deathstraggle for her existence.; men who are robbing the poor all around him by his exactions, and making the poor poorer, whilst he is "making a fortune!" "Invading private rights," forsooth ! by stopping him in his mercenary career, and applying a little of his private gains, to the support of those who are proteotiog the miserly, mean creature ? "Invading private rights!" And what has the Legislature done, when it entered the private dwellings of our people and seized the fathers, the brothers and the sons, and taking them from the families of whioh they were the only stays and supports, sent them into the army to fight, and, if neoesary, bleed and die for the defence of 0{te State? Every man says this is right, oecause necessary. But is -there anything which is necessary to prevent extortionv and which touches only the property of the citizen to be compared in hardships to that "invasion of private rights," whioh seizes a man's person, and sends bim where he is exposed to the hardships of the camp, and to fesyful wounds and death?" The election for Governor will doubtless come of ibis week?Col. Preston and ExGovernor Manning are . now in the van, though Col. Orr's friends, it is thought, will adhere to him, notwithstanding his declination. Col. Bonham is also spoken of, and Boyce, Miles & Co., thrown into the shade?bat, "sufficient to the day is the evil thereof/' It is eveo suggested that the election should go by default, and Gov. Pickens have a fair field of twelve months, at least, notrammeled by "Conventional" policies. Now for other matters. The 8th Regiment (Col. Witherspooo). left their encampment last Tuesday, though 6mail io numbers, for Georgetown. The 7th, (Col. Wilson) left the Fair Grounds on Friday last for Monnt Pleasant, opposite Charleston. Their numbers were also small, bat-prohafrly will soon be filled out, as the rebellion is now in the hails of Legislation?to whose wisdom they, the rebels have appealed. The 6th, (Col. Secrest) leaves this morning for Pocotaligo, though two companies, Capt. Perry Giil!s, of Chester, and Capt. Lowry's, of York, have been detailed by order" of Gen. Beauregard, to guard the Ordnance and Commissary Stores of which Colombia is the principal depot. So, we are here, in the jail, in comfortable quarters, it is true; but yet bull beef, corn meal, rice and soap is all the diet our stiff-necked rebellion has afforded us. Tho duties are very responsible, however, and by no means light, yet, as our companies have been ordered to report hsre at once, it is to be hoped a division of labor will secure more satisfaction. Maj. Gill is Senior, and thus Commandant of the Post?he is an unassuming gentleman and experienced soldier, and thus secures that peace tod harmony bo essentia! to discipline and a faithful performance of duty. Fast horses, and three story bonnets are all the fashion in Colombia now, if we except the Confederate uniforms, which admit of any style, color or construction, few of which, however, are intended for camp nse. Many of the wearers have brass enough on their faces to constitute them brazen images; aod we fear maoy are too like the serpent of old, who "wire in and wire out, and keep the people still ia doubt, whether the 'snake' that makes the track, is going to the 1car or just come back." We are but few "in jail" now, but a Whit for care, oar "ninety days" will soon cxp're. E. ? EDITOBIAL ITEMS. Judge Thomas J. Withers has been eleoted an Associate Justioo of the Court of Appeals. ?? A case supposed-to be small pox has been discovered" ivfcbarlottte, and prompt measures have been taken by the authorities to prevent the spread of that loathsome disease. It is reported that on tho retreat of the Federal forces under Gen. Sill from La.1 -- .1 i:^j vergne, lenn., toe oioer aay, mejr nppucu. the torch to the bouses of citizens along the road. It is further reported that Gen^ Bragg declares that in future he will not recognize the members of this division as soldiers or as prisoners of war if taken. Let no bale of Cotton now extant reach the Yankees. Let no Cotton be plan- j ted but for home consumption until wc are assured of peace aod independence. Let1 us recognize ourselves. By united determination on these points we verily believe the Confederacy can oou- j quer a peace before the next anniversary | of the occupation of Fort Sumter. Under the auspices of Capt. FiDnie, j the Nitre Bureau of Mobile is producing : -v? ; .-/ ff ;s V / 1 ' " and forwarding to Richmond from nine t< twelve thousand pounds of nitre per month, and this quantity will be rapidly increased ?? All Postmasters whose oommissiont exoeeded one thousand dollars for the yeai I ending 30th Jane, 1862, are appointed bj [ the President, and are not subjeot to military duty nnder the conscript Actj bat those whose oommission did not amount to that sum, are appointed by the Postmaster-General, and are subject to military duty if they are not exempt by age. The Rev. R. J. Grates, of Orange county, North Carolina, who reoently published a letter in a Richmond paper, detailing the wonderful energy and preparations of the North to crash the rebellion. has been arrested on charge of disloyalty and sent to Castle Thunder. ?* A late Nassau letter, written by a trustworthy gentleman to Cuba, states that seven cargoes of negroes have lately been offered for sale in Cnba by the Yankees. ??The State authorities have made a requisition on Lancaster District for ooe half of the negros liable to road duty, to work ou fortifications around Charleston/ ? The three French gentleman whose arrival has been telegraphed, are extensive bankers, who visit Richmond upo%profeasional business with the'.Confederate Government. The new Turkish Ambassador at Paris brings seven wives with him. TheFreboh have christened them Madames Monday, Tuesday, eto?a wife for each day* . : Graniteville Factory Goods have been reduoed in price about 100 per ceht. during the past week. . . . y , Remarks of Col. R. G. JfcCaw. In the Sekateon the resolution, instructing the Military Committee to report a bill, aivino the election of Field Officers to 1/ tr w *r the Regiment. la/vl <, Mr. McCaw arose nod said, 'that he hoped the resolution would prevail. That experience was a alow, but safe Monitor, and whenever States, like individuals, departed too far from well tried and established principles, whatever is the motive. Whether from patriotic considerations, or a mere desire to make political experiments aod changes, the result is that a return to those well established principles, is the surest and best remedy for evils that may exist, either real or imaginary. Sir, I regret very much to admit, that the District X have the honor to represent, has contributed largely its opposition to the present organisation of the First Corps of Reserves. We have four companies; two in each of the regrmente encamped near this city, who have resolved that they will not submit to the appointment of officers by tho Governor and Council; not, as they say, that they have serious objections to those appointed, but that they believe the principle wrong, and at variance with their ideas of Constitutional liberty. I say that I regret, under the circumstances that now surround us, that snob is their determination, for to my mind it is a matter of small moment, bat I feel it a duty iocumbent upon me thus to declare, what I believe to be their solemn resolve. Aod, to be consistent, they must oppose any appointments made by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, as is recommended by biB Excellency, ia his message now npoo our table. For they have declared in their meetings that it is the principle, on which they "base their objections. Then, I say, to be coosistcQt, they will oppose appointments, come from what quarter they may, This must be their course, or tbey will subject themselves to the imputation, that they are opposed to goiog into service, and as a consequence, that tbey are indifferent to the success of the war, a charge that I think yrouid do them great injustice, for I have neither heard nor witnessed any evidence of a relaxation on the part of the people of York, to prosecute this war until an honorable poacc is Becured and our independence acknowledged. Sir, the District of York has contributed liberally of ber citizens to this war. Sbe has bad in the army of the Potomac nearly two thousand soldiers, many of whom hare shed their blood and yielded their lives on the common altar, in overy battle that has taken place on that line, at Drainsville, before Richmond, at Manassas, and more recently, beyond the Potomac, at Sharpaburg. Had wo aoeess to the rolls of the brigades of Geoa. Gregg, Jenkios, aod R?ans, and of Division Commanders, Gens. Longstreet and Hill, it wonld there be seen .that oar soldiers, like all others from South Carolina, have nobly done their duty, and have never suffered their flag to cower and trail the dust. And I cannot for 8 moment persuade myself, nor do I admit that thoso who are now. contending for a principle, and who are connected by blood, and incited by the same motives of State and District pride, with those gallant men represoating them in Virginia, are opposed to rendering their services, yea their lives, to the State if necessary. Bat like their kindred and friends who have acted so nobly, under leaders of their own selections. Yes such Icadersas Means, Gadberry and Barns?they claim and demand the same privilege. And that all divisions may be healed?and to facilitate the organization of the corps of reserves; I think it wise that we should make the concession and grant the right cl&imed.? And I cannot conceive how the dignity of this body would be compromised, by thus acting. This is not a time, cither here or at home, when small matters should divide us and impede the concentration of forces that may be needed to defend our beautiful MetroDolis from the attacks of the base en euay tbat is now banging on her lines. I insist, sir, by adopting the course tbat I have indicated, all will be well, and in a very short time Gen. Beauregard will bave an army, ample for the defence of the ci ty and State. Moee Counterfeits.?We bave been shown two new counterfeits of tbe tjoyer & Ludwig $20 and $100 bills, concerning which there was so general a flutter a few months ago. Tbe counterfeits do rot ex ? ^ r 5 ) j hroit the differences from the genuine note by wfifieb it bts hitherto been usual to ' identify them, bat they are much rougher ' in appearance than the good bills, of which 1 they appear to be photographic copies. The r signatures are bad imitations of those on r the genuine notes.?Charleston Mercury. ; Columbia Deo. 13, 1862. 1 The following bill has been read twice in the House, and once in the Senate, and will pass: A Bill To Charter the Shelby and Broad River i x- ... Railroad Company. Whereas it is highly necessary for the full development of the iron resouroes of this State.that mineral coal should be introduced from the nearest mines in North Carolina : Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of i establishing communication by railroad between the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, from Shelby to the County of Cleavelaud in the former State, to such points on the Spartanburg and Union Bail1 road, the King's Mountain Railroad, or the Charlotte and South Carolina Railrod, as may be agreed on by the stockholders, the formation of a.corporate company is hereby authorised to be called "The Shelby and Broad River Railroad, Company/' whioh Company,, when formed-#) compliance with the condition! herein prescribed, shall have corporate existence as a body poHtio in each of the Qtates aforea&id. Sec. 2. Thatthe capital stock of said Company shall bt> five hundred thousand dollars in five thousand shares of one hundred dollars each; and for the purpose of raising the same, the Comptroller General is authorised, on .the application of .any person interested in the construction of said railroad, to require the opening of books of subscription atsuch ..places and at such times and by such persons as he may by publication appoint; upon which subscription there shall be paid, at the time of subscribing, the sum of five dollars on each share subscribed; which payment may be ia notes of any of the Banks of North or Booth Carolina, iu Treasury notes, or in any currency of the Confederate States; and iu default of suoh payment, the subscription of tbc person so in default, shall Seo. 3. That when satisfactory evidence shall be furnished to the Comptroller General that fifty thousand dollars of the capital stook of said Company has been subscribed, he.shall, by publication, oonvene a meeting o? the subscribers for the organisation of the .Company, at such time and plaoe as may, in his jadginent, suit the convenience^ the subscribers j at vhiah meeting, aDji at every annual meeting thereafter, there .shall be elected a Board of seven difootors, three of whom at. least, shall .be citiieos of this State and three as least, citizens of the State of North Carolina. Sec. 4. That the Company, when so organized, shall be; and they are hereby, declared a body pontic and corporate by the name and style of MTke Shelby and Broad Kiver Railroad Company," and by that name shall be capable in Law and Kquity, of par-, abasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal and mixed, and acquiring the same by gift or devise, so far as may be necessary for the purposes embraced within the scope and object of their Chapter; shall have succession of officers and members; by their corporate name may 3U9 nod be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law or Rqoity; may have and use a common seal; may make all suoh by-laws, rules and regulations as shall be deemed oeoessary for the well-ordering and conducting the affairs of the Company, not jBcoQsisteqt vyith- the laws of this State or of the Confederate States. Sec. 5. That the said Company are hereby authorized to construct a railroad from suoh points oo either the Spartanburg and Onion Kailroad, the King's Mountain Kailroad, or the Charlotte and South Carolina Kailroad, as the stockholders may select, toward* and into the North Carolina lino on the rbufe (hat may be fixed by the Company, leadiug to tho Wilmington nod Rutherford Kailroad in North Carolina, at or near tbcf village of Shelby in the said CIl-i. J il.i aUa r\T nrrrfini. OWtB J 8QU lOSi iUr IUO v* . sing the said Company, for constructing the said Railroad and conducting the affairs of tho Company, all the rights, powers and privileges conferred on the Charlotte and South CaroRna Railroad Company by an Act entitled "An Act to Charter ihe Charlotte and South Carolina Raijroad Company,".. ratifi d- -bp eighteenth day of December, ia the year of oar Lord oae thousand eighteen hundred and forty six, are hereby conferred on the said- Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company, subject to tbo same conditions and restrictions, except so far ? the special provisions of this Act may require the same to be modified and varied.. ^ .. ,r j .. v Sec. 8. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, aod shall continue of force for the term of ninety-nine years. l 'A Bill To Provide for a guarantee by the State of the Bonds of the Confederate States. Sec. 1. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House of Representative* nowfnet and sitting in General Assembly, ana .by the authority of the same," That theCovernor of - - - - " L- j u. tbe State, tor me time oemg, vc, ?uu uu 10 hereby, authorized and directed to endorse tho guarantee of tbe State upon the Bonds of tbe Confederate States of America, upon tbe application of the Government of the ' said Confederate States, to an imount equal to tbe proportionate share of'the State of of South Carolina, of the sqm of two hundred millions of dollars, in the ratio of tho representation of said State ia tbe House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress, thereby pledging the filth and the funds of the State for the payment of the principal of the said Bonde, and the interest to accrue thoreon: Provided, That such of tbe Bonds as shall be sold-jrithin the Confederate States, shall be disposed of to tho highest bidder,: And provided further, That in the sale, *h<$ter in this country or abroad, of these Bonds, this State aqd the citizens thereof, shall have the right to purchase the Bonis under its guarantee, in preference to all purchasers at equal bids. 7 WlNN8B0R0', S. G., Dec.fl. Editor Guardian : Please give aplac io jour eolumaa to the following telegras and thereby promote the oomfort of our sol dien: V- .V " " ~ Frkdbricksburo, Va.,Dec. 10, 1862. Rev. Wm. E. Boggs, Winnsboro', S. C You are hereby authorised to eolleot am bring on any contributions for the Sixtl South Carolina Regiment, or for this brig ade. By order of General Jenkins. R. M. SrM9,vBrigade In8pector. . Gen. Jenkins' brigade is oomposedof Ihi commands of Cols. Bratton, Walker, Cow ard, Dancan and Thompson, and the pres announce that Col. Geary has united unde him the infantry of the Hampton Legipi and Mattison's battalion. I will take pleaaore in delivering ah] packages of clothing to the brigade, whether sent to individuals, companies or regi ments. Let the name of this soldier he ae oom pained by that of this company andreg iment. The direction to be weli fastonec on. If convenient, let1 neighborhoods n nite in packing a box. Donations of shoes socks, blankets and under-clothing will h? most valuable. l ao tn^sc it msisedm tc end carpets instead of blankets unless in eases of extreme necessity. Forward contributions to me at Winesboro' by the last of December, and inform me by letter of snob packages, enclosing the Express receipt. ' Paokagea may tie sent tc Chester, or any depot on tbe Charlotte rail road north of this. WM. E. BOGGS, Chaplain 6th Regiment, 3. C. V. Daring Robbery.On Wednesday night* the 10th instant, Jesse M. Lawson, <dias L. J. North. William M. Leake, W, B. King, and Eu gene Horton, broke into the --Government Lithographic office, in the back; bnilding over Fisher & Agnew's hardware store, it this city and stole a number of sheets of the new twenties, none of which have yet beet issoed. Promptly on Thursday morning, Chief of Police Bardell was put on the track, and the parties were soon lodged -in the Guard House. A pifeliminaryesami nation was held by Mayor Goodwyn, yesterday, and all the parties, were remanded for 8 a further bearing. It will relieve thepublio to be informed-that all the abstracted sheets of notes were recovered.?Guardian. ? Improvement iii Confederate Bills. ?We have.segn pome speoimeos of the SI, S2, S5, *1Q* and $20 Confederate Notes. The health of Geo. Driyton is very bad, and he has returned homo. His brigade will be distributed. The. 50th 51st Georgia to Semmes'; Phillips' Legion and 18th Georgia to Cobb; the loth South Carolina and James' Battalion to Kershaw. i ? ?? ;i Richmond, Deo. 13.?(Letters from the summit, five miles east of Fredriobsburg, dated 12 m. yesterday, slate that a large portion of the town was doitroyed by shells and fire. The Posloffice< block was fired and bnrned; the Virginia Sank and Methodist Church and Tacketlfs Woolen Mill were also burned. The ?ourt House was uninjured. The fiight of the tew citizens who remained is described as a very distressing aoene. 4 It is feportod that somi five thousand Yankees have crossed f river. AH accounts speak oonfident'y ot % success of our arms when the general ./^agement takes plaoe. Our loss in killed and; wounded, in the skirmish on yesterday^ web about one hundred and thirty. Richmond, Deo. 14i?Passengers by this evening's train report that the enemy j was driven baok two milks yesterday, and. our troops oooupied battle field this morning. ~ ,:r* " just completedjiby Messrs.. Keating & Ball, Engravers, .<? Columbia, and intended foi the new and p&manentisShe of the Govern ment. Thej are extremely beautiful, in design and fini&bjr^uid will oompare favorably with the bank issues of this or any other conntry. $hey completely put. toshazpe all former issues <>f Confederate Notes, and, as an evideoc^of x>ur progress, are mosl honorable to cs as.a cation,. . 1% addition to their other recommendations, the "machine work" is so perfect that counterfeitera will find it next to impossible to counterfeit them.?Charleaton Mercury. ^ An accident of an uncommonly melancholy character occured at Sullivan's Island ou Wednesday afternoon, ' While three men tirere ramming home a shell into a riffiTl?rfn'on the missile exploded. The rammer tore off the arm of two of the^gnnners aod the hand of the third, and fifteen soldiers standing near the piece were more or less injured by the fragments of the shell. Somb of these, it is feared, will loose their sight. The wounded luen tore attended to ljy r> - rr.jL.'lt. oi?... l?j.i 1T:_'i JJT. Xiims nuriueun, ourgeuu uo ruit iauui* trie, who performed his duties with skill and tenderness.? Coifr&r. 'i THE BUCK A* Berwio&'s Bat. ?Tbe Mobile Register of tbo 0 th says : A rumor is current here that ah engagement occurred at BerWioVs Bay, Louisiana, a few days ago,'between! our troops at that point and a mixed force of whites and blaoks from N. Orleans,un which, the enemy were de&gjed, with considerable loss. Our troops, it is said, w^nt into the aotion under the black hag, Raptured between thirty and forty prisoners, and shot them all on thejagfc The Client ttegiment and the 18th' Louisiana are alone mentioned as having participated in the affair. ? Mill Louis Napoleon Determined on Mediation In American ASkirs* ' Richmond, Dec. 13 The Paris correspondent of the New York Herald, under date of Nov. 14, that Lord Cowley was informed by Napoleon that his conviction of the absolute necessity of mediation in Amerioan affairs was so strong, that if England persisted for any time in her refusal, he should not hesitate to aot without her, in conjunction with whatever other European' Powers- would associate with him. Gen. Drayton's Brigade.?A private letter from Virginia contains the following intelligence: __ The enemy's los^ps. represented as itne menss. One thousand deetf.Iay in one field. a Tha Federal General Hooker is reported 1- killed. P** . . A private despatch from Gen. Stnart says : "We have had a gre^t fight, and re: pulsed the enemy at^hll points. We have 1 lost many good officers and brave men."" ' LATEST NEWS, OUR ARM it nCTORIOVS. 8 Our Gallant Bend. . ? *' " ' A&i9 The following dispateh was received from r (ien. Lee late last Rj ^ At 9 o'olook this morning (Saturday)' the enemy attacked onr. right wing and as ' the fog lifted the battle ran along the line from-right to left, until 6 o'clock, p.m. The enemy was repulsed^^ll points, - thanks be to God, as uaaal. We have to mourn the loss of many 1 brave men. I expeofc theJwttTe will be resuj^ ah "day-light to-motww -(Sonday) mormq|^f > (Signed) > _ Robert E. in?^ 1 Approved by toe Secretary of War. ? i ? ? ? ?' '<? ?? - ^ Battle at Fredericksburg. *1 Crarceston, 3. <?., i. , A private dispatch bas just been recei. ved here in official quartern, dated Rich> mond, Deo. 13, whioh says : The fight to-day resulted in our favor. Gen. Maxoy Gregg, of South" Carolina, : T. R. Cobb, of Georgia, and Hood, of Texas, were killed this mornuqij. - \ One of the enefny's gunboats off Stono -shelled our pickets on Battery Island and " Legates, below Seoessionville, for about an i hoar, and a small force landed hut went back almost immediately. No one was burt on oar side. Five gunboats are lying off Stono and , I iJasah klnitlrii<]i??fl n*a /vflP sliia liAlak/M? cwigu Lnuuaaucio aic uu tuio uaiuv?? > t The Tight at Kinston. , Richmond, Deo. 14.?An ofiwial , patch received at the.War. Department from I Geo. Evana, in command of the foroes at i Kinston, N. G., says : , "The enemy made a demonstration yesk terday on Kioston, N. 0., on-.-ffar River, , backed by a force of gunboats. We fought 1 | them suoccssfally and damaged some of . their vessels very badly, when the enemy; retired. -1' It is opposed the obje.ct . of the enemy : . was to cut the Railroad at Qioldaboro. ! A telegram from Goldaboro' estimates J , the eoemy's forces at 10,000, andsnys they ^ , approached, within ten miles of Rinston. Gen. Cooper has received a dispatch from :1 Goo. Wade Hampton which says that be | i entered Dumfries and captured wagons with stores and took fifty prisoners, all of which he brcoght to the Rappahannock. ! Seigle is expected .at - Dumfries to-'inor, row. (Signed,) ^ R. E. Lee. | ^ From Charleston. - ] Charleston, Deo. 15.?The enemy a-' < . ! * commenced early this morning to shell I the woods from Stono River, sod continued \ nearly all day, without effecting, anything. ; An other .vessel from Nassau, with an as- < . sorted cargo and Government stores, has arrived.SafeIy at a Confederate port. "... '; ? . : ... . Reported Capture of Kioston by the: ? Federals. . Raleigh, Dec. l&^Intelligenee from .J Kinston states that 3,000 of oar troops- < fought the enemy from 6 o'clock yesterday t morning, until 1 o'clock in the evening, when Gen. Evans retired across the river. ; Gen. Foster sent a flag of trace, demand- ' iog an unconditional surrender. . General Evans replied hy telling him <to go to helM' All quiet now. A private message fronrGoldsborosfcttea "i that Kinston had fallen. . " J ' . - - . \ Richmond, December 15,-^The papers i of this moroiog contain additional particu- i lers of the fight near Fredericksburg, be \ Satarday. The fighting of Saturday,was ] efiiefly by Longstreet's corps, a part of < Jackson's Corp9 being in reserve at Hamilton's Crossing. A. P. Hill's Division, of Jaokson's Corps, was id the battle at the '! time. General T. B. R., Cobb was :slain. ? His legion was'holdiog in obeek fifteen I thousand of the enemy. Our loss In the. 8 . ... - * . i"! J- j? a 1 Oattie is variously stated at six pnnarea to . one thoasand in killed and wounded. The . alaaghter of the-edemy was very great.? J Ow artillery waf>dmiral;ly served. Gen. * Gregg, of South Carolina,* was very severe ly. wonnJed and it is believed mortally, as he was shot through the body. General Pender was Blightly wounded, ^ The Enquirer's correspondeuts&yathe 4 prisoners captured by our men number two J hundred and fifty. ' It is said that Barnside * commanded on the field ia person. W?? J* have some seven Yankee commissioned of- u ficre. The prisoners were mostly taken by ? Weld's Brigade., aud by Law ton's Georgia -? Brigade. The 14th Georgia is reported to bave suffered severely. Archer's Brigade is reported to have lost a great number in the fight, and also to prisoners. We lost Jj daring the day twoi pieces of artillery.? pi The Brigades whiob suffered the most are ^ Lane's, Gregg's and. Archer's. . The loss lg hlA. P. Hill's Dbrision, in killed and &> wouoded,is abontthjrechundred. There- 55 salts of yesterday are favorable to us, though " nothing decisive was achieved. The extent of our loss on Saturday is conjectared, bat a careful comparison of the statements of the wounded is that it does not exceed ^ five hundred killed, and from twenty-five K hundred to three thousand wounded. ?i A special correspondent ofthe Examiner says the reesult of die fight on oar rig^t ? wing may be summed up briefly as fol- ? lows: we drove the ettemy back, billing n three to one, and at night held the ground 01 occupied by the enemy's batteries in the morning. The enemy bad twenty thousand men engaged on thjk wing, while alto- = get her, from first, we had oot more.tbau tea I thousaud in line of fire/ I^oogstreet's vie- j* torjr was even more complete. Ho drove w the enemy into the streets of Fredericksbnrg, killing at least fire to one. At dusk, ~ the firing ceased simultaneously on both 1 sides. 2 .Among the woundejT who arrived in pn Hicbmond on Saturday night, was Lieuts. _ K- H. Jenkins, of the 3d, and T. A. Deal, H of the 2d Sonth Carolina; Among the J arrivals of wounded yesterday afternoon, J was Lieut. J. K. Parker, <jf the 8th South / Carolina. J " 1 ? I, LIVERPOOL SALT. 8a fWs&cks afc~ harle?ton jjriees.? ,0. ForSale by ^ R.T. WHEEI.BR. | De.e 17 ?1 if I tr\WIKG to the proximity of email , V^/'pox to our town, wtd the prevalence of the 4Uea?e ; in different section* of our DUtrict. I m? Instructed by Council, thu* publicly to notify SLAVE OWNBStS, (hat th?, titer mutt not toilet oJunit town, but leave jirtcntiitt. Jy upon tte^eztonoC^ er^djie^tbe MARSHAL kr P. i^uS^vaJ^at whlq^)( ?^dcon eincnt. afoi^'cv^L r YortajjUle,S. C^Dcc. 16,1662. * *" 5r ^Hr OB StfUTH^at jy ADJCTAXT 15D IvtrecTOR GENEStt.'i O/ries, GENERAL ORDERS NO. 46. * T ALL itopresetaents or arrfajMbf OiEcmn for Ninety days' service must be made according to tfaero)to>egati^ .iova?ed1tou three Headonenns; and made out by the offlcer^of the militia, as properly bekmxCOUTH CAEOLU^^TO^BISk} TRICT-^WKereM, JOHN M. ORISON, has trpiled to me.forl^ttet* of Administration, on ail and sirare toerflhret^c^^ad^lBuStoufilnpii.r. the kindred and creditors of the wild deceased, to bo. snrj OUtrfcr, to be holdea at "v'ojrJi Cour^oorennthe Sdi3ay sassiffiastis!^ fw-.vGiven under ray hand aad S^u thU dOth day or December, ^-tarthoycartf our I*Kd<>to:4ltttiand etairt hundrtd ai d sixty-two, and in the eighty-seventh ynS-bf rfSiifrfrjjg... dence of South CaroUna.thi,.. *A y+TX** josn a. brown, dry. d. December 17 .. ^ 51 Ixx. COUTH CAROLINA?Y0RKU1SKJ TRICT.'?Wbereaa. R." \VALKEtt' tan .applied t-ojnc toJLy era of A^ilnIstntrion on air and^hjjrtil^, tl ? the kindred and^Ldltors of th^trald^^l^duke't'^! pe?r before toe at our next Ordlnnty%;.COH? for the said WJrietvtobe bolden at^York Court Houwr.on the 5thday Qiren under ray hand ami S^tolsloth^day of Itocenlier, in the year of our Lord, one thousand ci/fht hbadred and alxty-two, and In the olxbty-se tenth year of the Inde COUTH CAEOLINA-YOEK DISTItlCTr?Whcreiw, JANE HENHV han Rpptipd lo me for Letters of AdralflfcitnUon, on aH an4 .ttnanlar, the LThtre offo^Dwtr?^1a^r^d'T ?f ^8E^f' ^EN avenunderraybwdand Seal, thU^fo day of December. In the year ?? ewLortJ one thousand eight hundred and sr^asia^rr?rir^ .^.uv, CQUTHCAB0LINA-Y0KKD1S These are, therefore, to cite and admonish ^Baad gWu u^ me juopreo ami creauora 01 inc sua-deceased, to be die said Dtttrict,to be baJdenat York Court House, on the Btil day Of December Inst., to show cause, If any, why - ' - JQim.A. BROWN, 0. Y..D December 10 - i-fCW -/> W\M COUTH CABOtmA-YOBK DIS3 TltrCT.?Whereas, J, A- MoI.EAN'W?-^lcd ,omcforLettersofAdinlnlttiatloaon all and slnpilarthe pods and chattels, rights and credits of WESLEY C. 3HEP8,-Iate of the District aforesaid, deceased.-*? These arc therefore to cite and admonish ail and olnfoUr, be klndred and creditora of the wild deceased, tobe -and ippear before ise at our hext OnRohry'a Court for the Said frbtrlet, to bo (toldeo at York Court House no the 99nd day if December it?t., to shew cause, tr any, why the said AdmnUirathw shooM hot BegrautediIn tlie year of our Lord one thousand eight haadrtfl uul dcncc of fcoutb Carolina. *jSt JOHN A. BHOWN.O. Y. D. December 10 L 30 brLetrea^ofd^^^lstnttltinon all^^slitgu^tl^MUs ho sa^S District, W ire boldcn at York CoortHoose.'on the aid administration should not be (ranted. _ ilven under ray hand and Seal, this 6th day of December, In tlio year of our Lord one thousand eight bomtred and sixty-two, and in the c)gbty-eeventh year of the Independent of South'Carollim. ?' !* * " * JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. December 10 k? .zS" 50 : - -'at 20UTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS^ 3 TRIOT?Whereas, JAMES EINLEY bits applied to se for Lotters of. Administration on all and sinnilar the oods and chattels, rights and credits of MARGARET McL WAIJf, late of tub District, aforesaid, deceased. " These ore therefore to cltc and admonish all and singular, lie kindred, and creditor), of the said deceased, to.Wnml f December Instant, to shew cause, If any, why the said Utnlnletr&tloa should not bo granted, liven nnder my hand and BeaJ, this 8th day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thotuand eight hundred and sixty-two, and In the cighty-scveoih year of the independence of South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS3 TKIOT.?Whereases. M. KOjBISON hasappplled to re for Letters of Administration on all and singular, toe oods and chattels,rights and credits of LAHKIN B. EOBNSON, late of the District aforesaid deceased ? r These are, therefore, incite and admonish all and staguir, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be nd Appear before toe, atour next ."Ordinary'# Court for io said District, to be bolden at York Court Home, on the )th day of December BwUto sliew etuae, if any, why the ild Administration sbotiltf not he granted, -, > ii? .?Seal, this 8th day of December, In the year of our Lord one ihouoaud oight huodrod and sixty-two, and in the eigbty-jeveuthy ear of the IndepenI dence of South CarellaS. .:t. v >t> - JOHN A? BflOwN, 0. Y. D. December 10 . . . iCff St SOUTH CAROLINA-YORK LISZj THICT?Whereas, MARGARET BKSHAM has uplied tome for Lettem of Administration 00 all and Biugu r, the good* and chattel/rights wd credits Of JOHN H. I (J HAM, late of (he District, aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to bite aad admonish all and sijigux, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be id appear before me hi our next Ordinary1! Court for the ild District, to be hot den at York Court Ffouso on the 99th ly of December instant, to shew cause, if any, why die iven under my hand and Seal, this 8th day of December, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the eighty-seventh year of the Independence of South Carotins. ? w iOH^ A. B?OWNi ft. X^vDDecember 10 . oO- 9t JOUTH CAROLINA?YOHKDISJ TRICT.?-Whereas, JAMES MASON has applied to e for Letters of Administration, de ionit nan, on :ali and regular, the goods and fhatteis, rights and credits of J AS. . CLINTON, late of the District, aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singur, the, kindred and creditors of die said deceased, to be ufTtppear be fortune at our next Ordinary s.Court tor die Id District, to bc'nbidch ait York Court House, on the96th y of December Instant, to abeqr cause, if any, why die id Administration shotUd not be granted, iven under my hand and Seah-dus 9th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand elgut hundred and sixty-two, ?nil in the cighty-sevcntiryear of the Independence of South Carolina. ... . JOHN A. MOWN, 0. Y. D. December 10 ... fiO 3t NOTICE?I WILL SELL AT THE . N late residence of NANCY MBSHEAU, deceased, on e 97th day of DECEMBER, instant, SEVEN LIKELY ECHOES, consisting of fflseosruman and two children? 0 boys and two glris.'lTerms made known on day of lc. M. VYALKEH,MnUnittraUr. December 3 jew .-c 4t YBUflNISTllATOR'S NOTICE.X. ALL nenoos indebted to the Estate of JOHN TUHSY, deceased, arc hereby nodded to make payment l:ii;dlate)y. Those liaving demands against said Estate will Mcnt them nroDcrlv attested. v > * JOHN QUINN, Mnimdrator. December 10 * 50 2t PALLOW.?WANTED 5, 10, 15, > L or20 pounds of TALLOW for femilv we. Inquire the "> "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. December^., . - 49 tf V SUPPLY OF GOOD LETTER 1 Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.'J November 20 48 f / /