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Wto forMlc YORtCVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1862. OBITUARY NOTICES, &c. AH Obitnary notices and Tributes of Respect left at this office for publication, will be rated and charged for as advertisements, and payment required in advance. ? ? ? COMMENDABLE. Attention is direoted to the advertisement of the Messrs. Miller. The step taken by them is praiseworthy, and we hope that next week will enable us to. announce other "Richmond's in the field." Who will speak next ? 4V '. ' 12TH REGIMENT, S. O. V. We are gratified to learn that bat few casualties were Bustaioed by this regiment in the recent battle at Fredricksbnrg. In Company A., no casualties are reported.-* In Company 6, private James Cobb was wounded in the hand, and private Wm! Findley shot in the nose. In Company H, "nobody hurt." The health of the regiment is now very good. Correspondence of the Enquirer. Columbia, l)eo. 21, 1862. Yesterday waa the Anniversary of the Secession of South Carolina, but, alas ! the flags that so triumphantly floated two years ago, were now at half-mask in respect to the memory of one of Carolina's noblest sons, who had sealed his devotion with bis heart's blood, and whose body had been borne ^ home for interment, and to render the da; still more consecrated to patriotic impulses. The ceremonies were fall; appropriate to the oeeaaion, causing man; to reflect, "it was a bloody field where Douglas fell."? Tbe procession was quite large, and man; wondered bow so man; well fed citizens conld refrain from taking a part in the battle's van, when tbe; saw bow highly th<; hero's remains were honored b; their presence. Oat of 400 names enrolled in Cant. Casson's company of this place, there are less than 100 in camp. & * The Legislature adjourned on Thursday last, the 18th inst. to meet agaia on the 20th of January, at 7 p m. The; have perfected but few bills of importance, leaving several others that should have been paramount, until after the recess. The; killed the Executive Council, for which ra.the; deserved a treat, but the; kept up a regular built Irish wake, that makes the ear still redolent with their lamentations.? The Soldier's Relief bill, tbe Stay Lair, the bill to arrange a system of negro labor have all been given the go by for the time; and tbe bill giving the election of Field officers tn tbe 1st Reserves, that had passed its three readings in the House, and two in tlae Senate, being on tbe calender for the 3d, was 3nounder in the bustle of the Governor's election, and left to be perfected when the term of tbe 90 day Bobadils shall have expired. The bill originated with Mr. Lowry, in the Ilouse,?-who Dever lost sight of it, as has been said, or supposed, but it was allowed to repose quietly in the Senate for six or seven days, when it was exhumed by Messrs. MoCaw and Moses, bat too late, as it is now seen, for practical purposes. - - ? We bad a smart little fire here, on Friday night last about 12 o'clock, which broke out in the blacksmith shop of Donglas & Co's swotJ factory, in Washingtonstreet. The loss as a general thing, was not great, though we hear of sundry individual losses which are not well vouched. The coneern will be again under way in a lew days. The South Carolina College is still occupied by tbe Confederates as a Hospital, in spite of all the eloquent rodomontode of its alumni?it is admirably adapted to the purpose; and as the Governor is to occupy the President's bouse, also rent free, I hope Governor Bonham and President Davis will get along better than the latter did with the Five Governors. The Companies of Reserves are all in good health, quartering at the Jail during the day and at night guarding Confederate interests at points deemed necessary^ "T?ey would like to be at home at Christmas, as they are so nigh ; but yet they reflect how many of their friends and brother soldiers are exposed to dangers, and the "peltings of the pitiless storm," so they wash up their dishes, mix their dough, and "put on beef to bile," with all the non cbalance of their good old women at home, who would be amused at their cleanliness, but pleased to know what good natured cooks, they have for husbands. The weather has been very cold, but clear, for a few days?there is always a stir about here, but everything is held at fabulous prices, and the denizens seem to buy and sell everything, as they do their meals, for the present want and no future. One of tho Confederate bill robbers lipped a bar from the window of his cell, in the Police Office, on Friday night, and skedaddled to the Yankees, perhaps?the rest, with the addition of anothers "young lady," from Augusta, Georgia, are safe in our attio. Salt is still coming down, as well as Groceries generally. When transportation can be obtained, we hope the Extortioners who have been so ably sustained by our Legislature, will sup sorrow in this world, as they will get their deserts in the next. E. \ \ EDITORIAL ITEMS. A letter received in Boston from Gibraltar, dated 18 th of October, states that the commander of the Confederate steamer Samter, was murdered on board, date not given, by the second officer, named HeBters, of Soath Carolina, The murderer was arrested and imprisoned. Died on the 19th of November, at Malvern, Worcestershire, England, in the 53d year of his age, R. Caldwell, Esq., of the firm of R. & J. Caldwell, of Charleston, S. C. The members of Cnpt. Foster's company, (the Catawba Rangers,) have subscribed upwards of two bundrod dollars to purchase salt for the families of soldiers, and other needy families in Lancaster District. The money has been paid, the salt purchased, and deposited for distribution. Lincoln, in his message, calls the - ** * j?_f * negroes "American citizens or Aincan aesoent" This is a refinement of expression quite unusual with the great American buffoon. We are informed).and much pleased to state, that Colonel John H. Morgan, whose exploits havo gained him so much well deserved fame, has been appointed by the President a Brigadier General in the Confederate armj. General McClellan lately visited a public sohool in New York, and in an addross to the boys told them they roust excel the present generation "in truth and honor." We hope they will tako his advipe, and never send false despatches. Our "army of Tennessee" is composed of three corps?under Polk at Murfrcesbcro', Ilardee at Shelbyvilie, and Kirby Smith at Manchester?tho whole under Joe Johnston, with Bragg as second. Gen. lieth commands in East Tennessee. Rev. Henry W. Hillard, formerly United States Minister at the Court of VienI na, was recently admitted into the Georgia i Methodist Conference, and elected to $1- i der's orders. The Austrian authorities have been 1 making experiments with gun cotton, by ( cannonading one of their forts at Verona, j The success at 000 and 1,000 metres is said to have been, incontestable; and the impulsive force of the cotton as compared , with powder is as nine to four. { ?? The latest advices from Mexico are ' I . ;iii*?ss. . . , important. Tho Freneh armies were mas-1 ing triampbant progress, and had oaptured the cities of Jalapa and Akarado. ?? The Washington Star says : "Tho failure to bag the rebels has stricken the whole country with feelings of painful sur- ' prise.'' It- adds sa'caaitcahy, that perhaps ^ the aTmy was not gotten up, after all^ to annihilate the rebels, but to guard Wash- i ington, and advised that it go into quarters 1 for the remaining winter months. A Yankee paper, in noticing tho re- t cent capture of one of Stuart's scouts, says : According to his statement, that General i t had at his disposal a body of men whose 1 exclusive business was scouting. The oris- ' oner congratulated himself upon having ( been taken by a whole brigade, as his repu- t tation would suffer in Stuart's estimation, < if he had been surrounded by a less force. The will of Washington was Btolen ] on the advance of the Abolition army into I Virginia, and has since been sold to the 1 British Museum. It was the last production of his pen, having been written exclusively by Washington It was deposited | in the Fairfax Court House, and was stolen by a Federal soldier, and has found its way, notwithstanding the general announcement of the theft, into the curiosity-shop of the , British Museum. ' - j Spiller & Burr, of Atlanta, Geprgia, ' havo completed their machinery for making pistols (navy revolvers) under a contract with Government, and will soon turn out | forty pistols daily. Two years ago, Sam, Colt was ready and willing to make pistols in and for Georgia, but his offer was not accepted. Dr. J. B. Jones, of Chapel Hill, Orange county, had a plantation, on which were fifty-one negroes, in Lenoir county, , "Three lufteslTom Kln9ton. Oq the advance of the Yankees, and when it was'evident ' *. our troops would have to fall back, the whole bodj, with one exception, who may have straggled off, packed up their bundles, formed in line, and took up the march to the residence of their master; a distance Jl of one hundred miles. The following are the appointments made by the Methodist Episcopal Conference at their last meeting at Spartanburg Court House: For Catawba District?Robert P. Franks, Presiding Elder. Lincolnton?Osgood A. Darby. Pallas?James D. Carpenter. Pincville?Jame9 C. Stoll. Charlotte?Dennis J. Simmons. Charlotte Circuit?Louis Scarborough. Cataicba?Augustus R. Benniclf. Lnwir Robert C. Oliver. Morgan ton?John Watts, James M. i UHne.~ Shelby?George W. Ivey, Abram P. Avant. Yorkville?John W. Humbert, Iiobert B. Alston, supernumerary. Roil: Hill?James T. Kilgo, Daniel May. , Eugene W. Thompson, Chaplain in the ( army. In the army. 1 j Preparing to Retaliate.?The Ma1 con Telegraph announces that fifteen Yan kee officers bare been brought from the vicinity of Murfreesboro', Teon., and placed ia close confinement at Macon. The objpet Ql is to make them answer, by their lives, if j, necessary, for some of the many horrid h murders they have been perpetrating in Tennessee and Kentucky; It is hoped that a our Government now intends squaring all q accounts with the Abolition authorities. 0 - f( List of Acts. q An Act to incorporate the Exporting \ Company of Sooth Carolina. a An Act to charter the Shelby and Broad 0 River Railroad Company. p An Afth fn snnnrflM the nndne flotilla- ?. __rr ? ? t( tion of spirituous liquors from the cereal ( grains of this State. * An Act to abolish the Executive Conn- t] oil established by the Ordinapoe of the Con- j] vention, entitled an Ordinance for strength, t, eoiog the Executive Department during g the exigences of tbe present war. J An Act to enable the Charleston Savings d Institution to purchase and hold real prop* ]( erty. a An Act to renew and amend the charter 0 of the Swedish Iron Manufacturing Cora- ri pany of South Carolina and to charge this w name thereof. / k An Act to incorporate the Carolina Cot- 0 ton and Woden Factory. An Act to organize and supply negro labor for ooast defence, in. compliance witb requisitions of the Confederate Government. * Ad Act to make appropriation in aid of * the families of soldier# and tq repeal an Act. P to afford aid to the families of soldiers, rat- jj ified on the twenty first' day of December, in tbe year of our Lord oue' thousand eight v hundred and sixty-one. ' T! An Act to provide for guarantee by the ? State of the bonds of tbe Confederate Stater. , 4? Act fo authorise and empower certain regiments to elect their field offioers. i " iflfii 9' Prom Goldsboro*. North Carolina. P Goldsbobo', N. C.,- December 17.-? The battlehas been raging furiously all day, j5, on David Everett's farm and in that vicioi- ? ty. The right wing of the Yankee array w extended nearly to the Neuse River, about ? four miles from this place: Between two and tnree o'clock, six Yankees, under cov- 0 er of their artillery; reached the railroad e bridge and set it on fire. It was. entirely 0 consumed. Five of the bridge bowing p#rty were killed on the spot. Later in the day, our forces gallantly repulsed an attempt of the enemy to cross the county bridge, and 11 drove them from their position on the other side. Our troops fought like veterans, and a when the firing ceased at dark, had fully maintained : heir groundThe slaughter of the enemy is said to c. have been heavy. Our boys drove them from their pines like frightened turkeys.? The loss in the 31st North Carolina Regi- 1 raent was slight. Later.?The enemy has been dri.*en 8! three miles from his position this evening. 81 Our troops re occupied Rinston Monday night, the enemy evacuating it and burning the bridge. Of Colonel Mullet's Regiment one bundredjujJ u>u have already come io. Five company officers, including Lieuten- 0 ant Hill, are reported killed. Goldsbobo, December J8.?Tbo bottle w of yesterday resulted in the enemy's taking the back track last night, for parts unknown. ol rhey arc reported as having .passed White ei [Iall to day, sixteen miles hence, on the Neuse river, N > Jf The greater part of yesterday was spent ^ in on artillery duel, resulting in a very ,a slight loss on our side. In evening, 18 General Cl'ragman's Brigade crowed the river, and by a masterly movement caused 4" the enemy t? skedaddle, having lost at hh^t ^ thirty in killed and wounded; seven orV sight only killed. "} The 52d Regiment N. Carolina troop9, " suffered most, having lost about eighty in killed and wounded, while charging one of j, the enemies batteries, across a field. This . #1 regiment behaved gallantly. A part of General Davis' Mississippi *j' Brigade was on the field and bebaced well. The Yankee hospital near the battle field * E>ives evident signs of numbers of wounded. Among them four amputating tables were found. w The railroad for miles has been torn 5p & and bridges destroyed. A fine mill near the battle field was burned,' and numberless ^ acts of murder and incendiarism are re- ^ ported. . . Our entiro loss in killed, wouoded and missing does not exceed two hundred. If the Yankees had given our forces battle to-day, their chastisemeDt would have A been equal to their crimes. It appears ri they came only to born, murder and des- t< Iroy, and they bavo succeeded only too well ci thus far?fight they'dare not do. Correspondence of the Richmond Examiner. Fredericksburg, Dec. 17.?An into 1 resting ceremony took.place here this eveniDg. By agreement between Gens. Lec si and Burnside, the prisoners held by both w parties were paroled. Col. Fairfax, of Gen. & Picket's staff, conducted the ceremony on if our part. Most of the prisoners taken by d us having been sent to Richmond, we could u muster but two hundred and seventy three. i< The Yankees brought forward four hundred and seventy six. Each set, was drawn op b on the river bank and paroled, and then fi sent over to their friends in boats taken n from the pontoon bridge just below. The b Yankees sent over the first loads, and tfie w same boats took back a cargo of their own c men, and so on. Most of our prisoners belonged to Archer's Brigade, A. P. Hill's division. From one of their number I learned some inte- h resting facts connected with their capture and subsequent treatment. o A mile and a half above Hamilton's tl crossing there is a boggy morass, which our Generals thinking impassable, had left un- b guarded. The enemy, however, pushed c through the bog, and turning the flank of n Archer's brigade, captured some four hun- t dred men. These were immediately sent to the rear. In five minutes a portion of t Early's division charged forward and actual- ( ly captured the same troops that had takfen t our men. The Yankees sent the prisoners by the cars to Acquia creek, where they 1 were put aboard steamers and were on the a point of being transferred to Fortress Monroe, when they were recalled to be paroled, e On their return towards Fredericksburg, g our prisoners met several trains loaded with a ammunition and ordnance. 1; THE iai8H BRIGADE. . j A citizen who remained here daring the ccapation of the enemy, gave me some iteresting facts concerning Meagher and is brigade. Meagher had his headquarire in a small wood honse near the river, nd gave his n>en the fall ran of the town, 'hey employed their leisare in breaking pen shops and storehouses, and rummaging ir whiskey, whioh they found in sufficient uantities to keep them constantly drunk. Vhen the brigade was draWn up on the loroing of the 13th, Meagher, just previus to the rally from the town to attaok our osition, addressed his men in a florid highilatin speech. He told tbem the hill Marye's) had to be stormed, and that they rere the boys to do it; reminded them of tie gallant deeds of the sons of Erin on all tie celebrated battle fields, from Waterloo ) Williamsburg ;vand wound up with a lorious apostrophe to tho Star-Spangled ianoer, which with the whiskey they had rank almost carried thejljgigade off of their :gs. They responded jrith three yells, nd, the word being given, rushed to the h&rge. . In the coarse of half an boar they 9-ebtered the town, brokea, scattered and ^hipped. The Confederate ballets had nooked all the whiakey and enthqsiasO) 4t of them together. BATTLE FIELD PLUNDERERS. During yesterday and to-day I have seen deal of battle field plundering. As I 'rite there are upwards of a thousand men ickiog about the fields in front of Mafye's 111, where the de?d ere hiqg by hundreds, ut tbey are merely the gleaners j the hares t was gathered yesterday eveniog by oar ioket regiments, who were the first on the round after the enemy ceased shelling.? tattle field plunderers may be divided into itee classes, according to the date of their rrival. The first npon the field ran hastily IpRg ffo? corpse tq qorpse, inverting the , ockets, and keeping an eye to watches and jwelryj the next olass are content with an teens, boots, great coats and pants; the ist are the gleaners, who have to put up 1th under clothing- Those are still at 'ork, even whi]e the burial party are perarming the last offices for the dead. It is urions to see with what nonchalence they gamine a man's undershirt or drawers and, pop finding it to suit their tastes, proceed > strip him of it. Tbo artillery being alays in the rear qf the infantry/get very ttle of the. valuable plunder. When the jfantry return to camp they sell by auction loh of-their booty'as they have no imrnedito use for. The auctioneer stands on a ;u mp and cries the bids irith almost as lUQh aamostncss as a regular Richmond rier docs a sprained mole at the hqrse aqcon on Council Chamber Ilill. In my previous letter I omitted to slate lat several intelligent prisoners informed ie that "lJurnside's statement that he pent the whole day of the battle on this de of the river is all a lie." They say he, id not come over at all during the fight. Loss of the Enemy. The Richmond Examiner learns that an Ecial letter was received yesterday at the Par Department from General Lee, In hioh he makes an estimate of the enemy's >ss. He declares that from the statements f "intelligent" prisoners, the loss of the acmy was about nineteen thousand ; and iat citizens of Fredericksburg stated that ie. Yankee loss was ten thousand- Geo. ee then ppqeeods to give his opinion, after careful survey of the battle field, which fbat the loss of the enemy is nearer the iftmate made by his prisoners, viz : nineen thousand, thuD that of the citizens of rederiok^burg. The Richmond IVhtg states that the eneVs 1 oss in the battle must have been terBtyjMvere. As late as Tuesday four hunred hud fifty dead bodies lay in heaps iu ie smalNield where Cobb's and Kershaw's iroes werev engaged, and this after twolirds of the original number In that single eld had been buried. A gentleman who as been on most ofthe bloody fields of the ar says he never before witnessed such a locking speotacle as was here presented. The jEnQairer says: "The information hich reaches as contioaes to attest the ireat severity of the enemy's loss." The Washington Chronicle, of the 16th, as been received In Richmond. It canlios the following dispatch from General lurnside to Lincoln : Heacqvarter's Army Potomac, 4 A. M., 14th Dec. The President : I have just returned om the field. Oar troops are all over the ver, and hold the first ridge outside the )wn and three miles below. We hope to irry the cre9t to day. Our loss isi heavy ? -say five thousand. ,D A. E. Bdrnside, / Major General Commanding. 'os The only editorial allusion in the :lc to the battle, is a brief paragraph, whi< iys "Gen Burnside is entirely satisfi ith the result of Saturday's fight, as ^ 11 the general officers, and the whole ar ^ i in excellent spirits. More than thi/8 . o not know, and any speculation one , lovements of the army would be n/? . He." ' . The Examiner thinks Burnside '^" ^ ^ les. He left fully five thousand .6 eld. This is what he means, p^03 ^ o acoount of those carried away ii\ am" . < ulances. And we add, that h'?Pe8 * J ?' ' tt j'i .... i the I j rere doe realized. lie aid not * rest- / lie* Letter from Bichmo^ # J*| The following extract is ta^ # wag 3tter dated Richmond, Deoenf "In the late battle at ban or brave troops made fearful. ? oaa he Northern Hessians. ' ^ j c <.Gen. Robert Lec.ar<,onf0dc^ m0, nee ever seen in the South , ^ w ,0 ^ j. Every one pMd.eto th.tln(,etl mM ;mphant whenever and wr ^eaJ be enemy. . ff tav0 e ^rif r f > lime.an<1 npo. ? N?. i/S nand here nn- brsv ren. Arnold Elzey is in j3rjs il he returns. ,cretary ?f the serf. "Hon. 8. R. ^ and his friends ded, iavy, is ill with pneutr rp re very fearful of the ^ be iIing eDgl "The small pox is It ?n, hav0 a burj ixtensively in RwW, ?m keep- i? tl ;ood effeet-for loaf<\ M(J whia. witk way, and the price ^ally." nonj ;ey, will come dow J' Bubnside's Official Staiejient of bis Loss in the Battle of Fredericksbubq.~Tba Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 16th, has been received in Alia city. It contains an official dispatch fern Burnside to Halleck, dated on the nigh of the battle of Frederiokabnrg. The deipatoh gives no particolars of the engagement, bat says : < 1 dout think ray loss will fxceed five thonsand men." Barnsides quibbles. He Ietf fully five, thousand on-tip field. That is what he means. lie tu?es no aocqant of those earned away in hi/ambulances. Rkhiond Examiner. Late from Arkansas. c Vicksboro " Miss./Deo. 20.?Farther partioalars of the late battle in Arkansas have been reoeivad fh Vicksbnrg Itwas fooght ?t Prairie G#ve, near Cane Hill. Oar loss was 250 kUed and woaoded the enemy's loss was 1J00 killed and wounded 300 prisoners, 30 tagons of elothing aod four stands of colo^. AH accounts represent it as having-)een a;deois*ve victory for tho Confederates/ General Green and Cold* nel Clarke, of Mpsouri, ire reported to have been killed. ' ? ' Qen. Lie's Official Beport. The followijg official report of Geo. Loe was received & this city in yesterday : Headquarters Arm? HIortmern Va., Decemjer 14, 1862. The lion. fScd'etari/ of\Warf Richmond, Virginuf. Sir.; Oi the.night of be XOth instant) tho enemy ootnnienced to throw fhrei bridges .^ver the Rappahinnook?two at Frederiolabnrg, and the tlird about a mild and a quarter below, bei the month'ol Deep ruqj^ s.;- **-i ' ' $ The plain on whifh 4?rederickabarg stands,is so completely oojjtoaoded by tho |$ls of Stafford, in po8e$jm of the eoetn.y? that no effectual oppsition could be offered to the construction if the bridges or the passage of the riyeif ithout exposing o^r troops to the desirqptife fire of his numerous batteries. Po^tiqs were, therefore, selected to oppose' he advance after crossing. Tho narrowjiesj of the Rappahannock.. its windtnfcrcflUna and daen bed. Afforded opportunity % o construction bf bridges at pewits bqyoi the reach of our artillery, apd the h ka bad fco.be watched by skirmisher* 'ie latter, sheltering themsel^n behild t Rouses, drove? back the working parses ' the enemy at the bridges opposite the oy ; bat at (he lowieit point of crossing, w ire no shelter could be had, oar sharp shelters were themselves^ driven off, and the qnpletion of the bridge was effected about njm on the 11th. In the afternoon of thatiy, the enemy's battelies opened upon the cy, and by dark bad so demolished the boup on the river bank as to deprive our skitiisbers of shelter?and, under the coverjf his guns, he effected a lodgment in tbapwn. The troops-tvhich bat gallantly held their position^ the ciy, tder the severe cannonade during the ay, resisting tho advan oe of the eMm? at very,step, were withdrawn daring tne bl/t, as;were also those who, with equ?? Had maintained their post at "the"nwest bridge. Under cover of daiknoas yd of a detise fog, on the 12th, a large fee passed the river and took position ou t5 right bank, protooted by their heavy g?s on the left. The morning/the 13th, his arrangements for attaofbeing completed, about 9 o'clock?the ovement veiled by a fog he advanced t^ly in large force against our right win/ GP?* Jackson's corps occupied the ri{t of our line, which rested on the railro^i Geo* Longstreet's the left, extending afg the- heights to the Rapoahannock al/c Fredericksburg. General Stuart, wit^wo brigades of cavalry, was posted in * extensive plain on our extreme rigb' V * As so<as the advanoo of the enemy ] was disced through the fog, General Stuart, tb his accuBtoroed promptness, ] moved t a section of his horse artillery, which ^DCC1 w'th effect upon his flank, and dit uPon the gallant Pelham a heavy ( firej wjh he sustained unflinchingly for j aboutF? hours. In the meantime, the j enem/flS fiercely encountered by General A., prill's division, forming Gen. Jackson'aRfit, and, after an obstinate combat, , OnrinfT this ftttnnlr whinh mas icpyi" ??o ? "* ?-w-. j proved and hotly contested, two of Goo. v Hi) brigades were driven back upon oar r 8c(? Hoe. F B in. Early, with part of his division, bej^rdered to bis support, drove the enemy t ^ from the point of woods he had seiz- a fand pursued him into the plain until ~ ested by his artillery. The right of the iiny's column extending beyond Hill's ? nt, encountered the right of Gem Hood, ? Longstreet's corps. The enemy took _ session of a small copse in front of Hood, ; were quickly dispossessed and repulsed -1 h loss. i J Daring the attack ou our right the ene was orossing troops over his bridges at fo sderioksburg, and massing them in front be Longstreet's line. Soon after his reso on our right he commenced a series _ jttacks on our left, with a view of ob- * ting possession of the heights immedily overlooking the town. t These repeaattacks were repulsed iu gallant style the Washington Artillery, under Col. 0gi ilton, and a. part of McLaw's Division, ich occupied these heights. ^ The last assault was made after dark, b>; sn Col. Alexander's battalion had re- ? ed the Washington Artillery, (whoso nnnition had been exhausted,) and enthe contest for the day. The enemy ' supported in his attacks by the fire of J ng batteries of artillery on the right ? k of tho river, as well as by his nnmer- cd heavy batteries on the Stafford heights. U- I J T A.I. ? -1 i! 'ur mas aunng me operauoos, since me in rements of the enemy began, amounts un bout 1,800 killed and wounded. A- ao ig the former I regret to report the ^ ;h of the patriotic soldier and statesman, pui j. Gen. Thos. R. R. Cobb, who fell r a our left} and among the latter, that 7^ e soldier and accomplished gentleman, [. Gen. Maxcy Gregg, who was very msly, and, it is feared, mortally wounduring the attack on our right. pt be enemy to day has been apparently ^ iged in caring for his wounded and fing his dead. His troops are>. visible th? leir first position of line of battle, but, u tho exception of some desultory oaniding and tiring between skirmishers, D - ' v he has not attempted & renew the attack About five hundred and fifty prisoner* wet taken during the engagement, bat the fa extent of his loss is unknown. , * I have the honor to be, vejjr respectfallj your obedient servant, ~y l ^ I [Official] R. E.IjEE, General. Charles Marshall, Maj. and A. D. C The report Sf oar casualties is distribute aa follows : m'law's division, Barksdale and Cobb's Brigades... .^..r 11. Semmes' Brigade.'. Kershaw's Brigade .* 25! Straggling cases......... 1 Anderson's DIVISION. Wilcox's Brigade.......^.......*....... ! Mahone's Brigade?.'. ! :. raj$6m's d:visioi?D . Cook's Brigade. 291 A. P. Hill'siDivision, about.... 601 Early's and Taliaferro's commands,... 301 D'.'R. Hill, throat 11 Washington Artillery, about.......... 21 1,611 Piokett's Division 4( Hood's Division 10( 1,76? LAfE|T_pWS, Affairs on the BappahannocTc.N^ Richmond, December 19.?Information from above represents all quiet. The report that the enefey were crossing the Rap. pahannock below Fredericksburg is unfounded. No nevs of ioterest has been reoeived in official quarters. Richmond, piember 22.?Gen. Harap. ton has made # crouit of the enemy's Hoe aod found him itj full force on Boll Run and Du id frees, noving slowly towards Washington. Hasp ton's cavalry destroyed a quantity of lamlw and, wagons belonging ' -to bis train, and tflfc a. fow prisoners. ! :The H$rahl, of the 11th, says the best appointed army tb| world ever saw, has been whipped by rjjpraufflns, : Fromtho West. . ; ^ Mobile, Deoenjer 22.?The Advertiser and Register has ! despatch, dated Marfreesboro, 20tbj (hich says that parties from Nashville, r^rt the enemy extending and"strength eoibj the fortifications." The reported evaonatp of Nashville originated from tko suppose departure of troops for Mississippi- 1 Louisville paps, of the 18th, contain the official reportf the enemy, of the bat- . tie of Frederickajrg. Their total less 'was estimated at 13,t5. Advices from rashiDgton to the 18th, state that the Li aln Congress have passed the army bill ap ipriating seven hundred } and twenty-one lions of dollars for military purposes. Philadelphia pers of the T7th say thai* ^ a despatch from irnside to Halleck, dated " yesterday cvenii says : "Prom the conviction that theiemy's front coold not be 11 carried without taster, the army was with-, drawn across thi appahannock." 'I A report was circulation that MoClellan had been sn oned to Washington and ?! Was in consultai with Lincoln and his. y| Cabinet. It is posed that will be re- ? instated to his f or command. ar The Jackson &issCppian, of the 18tb; wj says : "Intelligi from Grenada to noon w of Saturday, i3 it the enemy advanced J* his main body t )ffecviile, sixteen miles jfo North of the Ci nsba lioe. Light skirmishing was kef > between the advance ^ pickets of both a es. The force of Grant ? is variously esti^d from forty to sixty tni thousand infant! vith cavalry awLaiiillfl- -2^ rv" . & a,M 7 1 .ICC Prisoners say it a continued advatoee has been determk upon by Grant, who, net confidently expel cur troops to retire.On * His approach, ^army was in fine spirits. *u L...-, ' ^ ' , ' v i~ ^ Tiie brble afield ?We transcribe, "~" iays the Charles Courier, the following _ torn a letter reed in this city, dated f Richmond, Decdr 15 : in d "Your brotbejsafey He has a slight vonnd on one oh ribs on the 16ft side. le owes his life (laving bis Bible in his >?p oft breast pock! I have the Bible and then rill send it to yd the first opportunity, {*? le js thankfal tfce had. the good book 0 near his heartHe is at the Henning- and en Hospital, anell not snfier for any- _y, hing." VrOTICE.-WHAVE 20 BUSH- g'l 1 1 els of Corn for iltnua distribution amonff the _Tt Miii v j c rn:iii/wtautiLMEKS. Also, one Tfieii wltel of HALT, fiy tlid\RT. Apply to J. C. MIL- WDe EB, at the Store of W. D. It J. C. MILLER. 5i?U December 24 ; 52 tf 0f Jti TO IB NT.. H TQTEL TOJENT.?THE 'HE- '* LX itALB housed ximi qiiiu pi iiinna? ill DeKsIb streets, ij iden.wlth nil the Furniture n* mplete. The UOUS [PREMISES will be rented ? r one ycir, from the Jtpnuary, 1862. None but re ry ( mulblc persons will le td with. Applications moat ^ , ad dressed to the unifcnd- - ? *KJJOHN WHITAKER, to me Pfcl Cnmdcn Hotel Company. pwU December 24 f 52 It BOY1 ?J nj The orkfilieIle academy. THE pen of'the YORKV1LLE BS3 MALE yjEMY will be resumed-on of Jar !LkSS! MONDAlStU of January. Admit 'ftrm??ch??//MiMtilta.M/oawt: Given jrar Rcadin?fR d Spelling,...,..?7 50 ln? ?S83P ArittanctKllsh Grammar and Ge- S|It raphe,: ... ..,-18 50 pen' tia, Greek, French, rfatbemntics, SO 00 ntlngfht expenses, p^l?n, , I 00 Dee Smdeete Charged fio( "me of entrance, and no de etion Binde for anyihPt protracted sickness, except m l spectyi contract. R- LATHAN, Principal. I < IVccrther 21 53 tf X I r? ?r ? at the FOR SP OB REST, d^1 nm iwivmi, i c. i 1 House is a trood THREE 8TO- 4 ^ySIL? hICK BUILDING, nearly new, A > jfiFSSHBAi. Jnlsbed, Willi VERANDAS' Tth ^XX l r~iCTp"*W| f, it contains 35 ROOMS, some of E?3ifimB5- tjonis are large and a? weU finish- De-c as anjta tlio Qtafl ^ -r l UtilljD WITH GAS. theBildlngU a'DRUG STORE, now rented.? FLUX h pre erty L locV M^n Street, and is In the,005. SffifeftS 1 -i!SWJBlOF WATER, TA< I all nbssnrv i'lUngs. Tenna. mado to suit the v Ih chUfor L^ Apply to W. E. ROSE, FLUX. Pi ? * YorkvUle, 8. C. letter 24 & tf_ Ju'y 1 ebLINA?YORKDIS- TA( W JANE J. SHERER k OIVENS 19 R< as to me for Letters of Admlnlstra-. JW.UX. 1 .itlieRoods and chattels, riehts and V. fcK, late of the District aforesaid, Jnly 1 J ' ' . 'heat are, thnr<< cite and admonish, all and singu- T_A_( thoklndred aittors of the said deceased, tabe . I ? nptenr beforel oar next Ordinary's Court ibr pf hy uall-District, tdldea at York Courthouse, on the dim.of Januari to shew, cause, If any, why , softl Adminii-trlotild not be granted. Jnly 1 enhmder my lis Seal, this 19th day of December, -m- a r 1 the year of oubne thousand eight hundred and I Al xty-two, and llghty-eeventh year of the Inde- U Rd sndcncc of doullna. FLUX. JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. I) eceuihcr 2-i ' 52 SB July 11 |7k}r sale!?two very fiste X- full bred Cobbctt and Essex BOAR PIGS, lOmcuths Id. Par further particular* apply at die ? [J a ' ENQUlRfcK^QPPiCE. I December 94, saVl*ii*irv 83 . ; ;South Carolina?york di&D TBCT.-VVhereas. DEMP8EY COOK h<u up. lad loisn for Letters of Administration, on nil andslnilar the goods' and chattels, rights and credltr?>fTHQMA.A f. YOUNGBLOOD, late of the District aforesaid, de,1 ased. - ''These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, 0 kindred end creditor* of the said deceased, to he and nnmr bofct* me at our next Ordlnaryhr-'iJotirt'fbr the said jstrtet,to beholden at York. Court House on the 12th day [ January next, to shew oMtse,' lf ahy^ nrhy the salt! dmlulstratlon should not he iraated., . Ivcn under my band arid Seal, this 24tb day of D< eeudn rs 1 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred .tint tslxty-two, and In the' clghty-sevenflj year of the Inde pendencc of Soutli Carolina. i d :T.j , JOHN A.<BROWN, O. \V U. ; house AWO LOU'- EOH HLE, ' THE undersigned offers for sale, or in erJ3Kfc. change for NEGRO. PROPERTY, Ids very iiilTHa valuable H0U8E-AND IdJT,.sttnated on HiaiHM ' %J4} iiffTM* BUcct, in Yorhville," Jf. 'ffcc MjUHl HOUSE contain* kLx room*, with n rtr.place In each. . J" , Fhe OUTBUILDINGS, coiwhrtftjg. of-SmruuV Hni^.v, Jok Kitchen*, Mo.n-Houiw, Luraltfr-Hmiw, enrm-r Ja*e and Corn CrU>, arc nearly new, hatrlne:lust rnccnUy JThe lot la mpplled with a well of' ftXC'Ef.LENT pTEE, and contain* everything neenauaiy tor ennvc 1 nee and comfort?making lite pniperty the mutt -tleairn1 In 7orkvll!e. * ! 'or Term*, fcc., apply to THOjrfAS DAVIES. ; Yorfcviiie, S. < ^-Tfie Carolinian will nleaac copy two gfcoka, Daily, ' I *end account to thi* omcc. ;?ec?mbCT 34 ? *.? - tf ; iTATE OF SOirm A.y ^ ^ ^ ^' HEAD-aT:.\RTi:i!.-, Coi.r>uij>, a: C., Doc.^9,1NW. Tfr.; ARTHUR, Esq., is hereby . JLApotated Private Prcrotary to lib Excellency the ??4 of Efcellcncy Gov. Don tarn. \ # J..J. M.OaMjJfcej %^ V r Acting frftotfc S?/etnr>% D<r 34 a n OF SOU ni CABOU\ *. r -Y*T Ilf?p*CTU* UE!IJl*A^? l/rnct, ; ... II * VfirP- Couutaniv Ss C.t Deceml#* lb, 1692. ' nE!mORDER3XO. l. * A feD P. ALDRICJI, W -dX SON, A. JfAMItTQS jOYKftf, WILMDT C. lhiuRE, JAMES W. HARRISON, ROHfcaj . G- M. & O. UA v(S- M ELTON, WM. if- EVAV?, JAM! (PARKMAN ami J^MBS N, LIPSCOMB, bavlnj bpointed Aids-de,Cnmp to Uie Qpuwwnilermhe rank of Liadnut:U Cotonel, W^JBkMp:. Byx iftlio Commaoder-iu ChleiU - t ? - ' .r A. Cr GARLWGTOV. ^uUtat^I^OcncnUot^t-. ' SMOF SO?TII C4ROLI?4. tY.HI3-pH^Y,M,.L.'B0NHAM, BOVKRKOR ANfojwANDER-lN-rfllF.F IN AND OVER 1 Act en Iwjto to afford aid to the families <>i" Si .1 crs,' nU Iq.thft tWMUy-fln-t (lay of Deccmber^n-tith tar ofon dfoethousand eighthundred nnAsixty-ouc," 1 anprof ?rol'8ix hundred thousand doUnrs was made r the 10 irihe families of Sniffle rs; .And whereas mf ipolntns fjhe "Board*.of RcUeP' to ndrtfnlster said' nd, wft Itf by tlie General "Assembly in accordance Ith the spns of raid Act. Now^t <& lyM. I?. BOVflAM, Governor and. C'otnmder-1 Ifja.and ovefthc Syttc aforesaid In view the pr pmpohnnce of Unmedlnte relief to the desat fan nf soldier*, and the danger of mrtfcrins and decs* il appointment of the Board* for the distribution aid a] (ration be delayed until tho appointed re-assibling i General Aagembiy, do fsshe this, rnv Proe~? nation/inting tlia Boards of Belief created Itj tire feral E -Districts by, tuid under the provisions of Act cn "An Act to ajford njd vo the families of Soln,"n ton the 21st day or^brcesnber, A. "P.. Tftil, be and uutc-thc Boards of Belief for the dlstrfbnrinn the fui i aproprlated; and U&Aid Hoards, hereby pectedand empowered to apply fpr, receive 1 P^y1 hfirst instalment of tbo Mid appropriation ui :ord an 'lithe provisions of the afopvnid Act tirst ore f* v hi Is appointment to continue nntil tlm rewngyy ? General Assembly and tjje making of a 'en utMnvLna >iu ve ?K,. a'.lf-; *?, , , r/ r"'" m*M w,v ? -y iwiwviiliiiu. I"*j tnptlcth day of December, In, the year of *.]mtr 1 cto thousand ejgluhundred and sixty-two. T JH.-L. BOffllAM, v. K. 1 rrpeptity Secretary of State. icccmt> i | //J . ^ It. "jhtac notion. )WIl jo the proximity of small ' pox 4r tk-n, and the "prevalence of the disease Inerent Moi of oar District, "I am Instructed hv ncfl, thiwiy to notify SLAVH OWNERS, that i and aftlfc 4te (until fdrthtamotlcc) no NEGROES > the cok Jjf be. pennlttcd to come to town, after dock, Pi wji or without a pass, neither will they ermittc(i|r,n(thrnujti tintvday, unlws sent by the ler on ?di Minna, and so stated in writing, and I, they miotiiter about town, but leaveIraniedlmcKn the Alain of said errand, as thelWAKHlAL en ordflto trcst and canfihe alt thus found. And after no CRflwIll be permitted to bo out upon the sta after 81 od p. M., under penalty of whipping confinemd 3. A. MeLEAN, J Clerk of Council. Mkrine^ t i. J8,1663. 51 tf Ol'THiloLraA^-TOR'K DlSTRICT.? rts, JOHN M. QMSON. has V I to the fo ti -s of Administration, on all and i\ar,tho goods battels, right* and credits of ENOCH TER, late < (District nforosnld, deceased, tese are thei >(, cite and ndniOnlsh all and singular, indred and yrs ofthe said deceased, to be and ar before m? unext Ordinary's Court for the said id, to be ho a York Conn House oh'tlie 5tli day inuaiy next, cause, If any, why the said Adttratlon shot )| be granted. " ^ a ttndcr my I mil Seal, this 10th day of December, the year of 0 pti oae tnousand eight hundred and ty-two, and iwjhtytfleventh year of the Imitpenlee/if Sni)lhyJ|a^ t ;JOBN'.V BROWN, O. Y. D. cember 17 It -51 2t ) tJTH (pfe&ItfA?YORK DIGrBK5T>-V ei-iL Av WALKER has applied for Letters dninUtration on nil and singular, the and chatte gUiand credits of JAMES T. E. VY. D, late of tt btfft aforesaid, deceased, see are then tolte and admonish all and singular, ndred and tjtotiof the said deceased to lie and apicfore me t ir hit Ordinary's Court for the said ct, to be hoi at fork Court House on the 5th day tunry next, sbtv cause, If any, why the said ilsiratlon si I pi be granted, under my ai( Seal, tills 10th dey of December, icycnr 01 cyort one tliousnna olglit hundred and y-two, and [he eighty-seventh year of the Inde. denceofSdCabJltia. i JOHN a. mows. O. Y. n. ember 17 L y. 51- -t ^ aLOW-tANTEQ ^~10^ 15, ?r20 pouadlT.tLOW for fnrnflv use. Inquire ' 'ENQUIRER" OFFICE. unber 3 ) 40 " .' v- v . tf livMolsalt, ~ few sacj al Charleston prices.? for Sole b i U B. T. WHEELER. _17 p SI If COB'S JCRDIAL.?A ~SURE emcdy folIAlRUCEA, DYSENTERY, and Sold for ?IOt | THE ENaurRER OFFICER n_ as - u DOB'SJORDIAL.?A SURE emcdy fofrARHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND Sold foKsl nt T THE ENQUIRER OFFICE .1 jy as.- tf ^OB'gj&IAL.^A SURE smedy f< U.dlRHCEA, DYSENTERY, AND Bold fo isi at I TIIE ENQUIRER OFFICE. I - j SS tf JOB'S CORDIAL.?A SURE medy fl ILBRHGBA, DYSENTERY, AND Sold fcksf at " rT yilE ENQUIRER OFFICE. I j* 28 tf !?VR^ln/lPTNTAT A armn w/vivx/ixiu. IX (j U XVJJi s dysentery, and vTT the enquirer office. i ' . 2? if 7