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fk ijorteltf (Jhninirre. VOR<VIUE, 3. C. | WKPHEfDAT IVTMNi , JAMUfcY 7. ICC? OBITUAJBY NO riCBsT&c7~ AH Obituary notices- and Tributes of Re- I ppect left at thifr?{fine for publication, will be rated and charged for a.* advertisements, and payment required in advance. /^SALT FOR THE DESTITUTE. Ct>b JJvOnw bus deposited a rack of salt j at the Knqmkkr Office, and another at tbe Ptorc of Messrs ffcrwio & J. ffer^s, with instructions to dispense the same to needy families in such quantities as may he tie\ eessary to meet immediate wants. Correspondence ct tbe Enquirer. CoLr.MttiA, lXc. 1'0, 1862. The Christmas holidays are passim: nway, very quiet and peaceably in this eify?the scarcity, or high price of povrder, curtailing i """ Siv^.* , .rth.ii i | me UtUat juvenile uemoiisinjuuis?, ??mi | "casualties" incident to such occasions in thttddca time. When this letter reaches I ..... - i many of your reader*, a New Year have j beamed upou us, and in retrospect we niky j hate to mourn the Joss of a dear relative, or j friend; jet w'e must not fnr?ct to put our j trust in God, and look calmly, confidently, j lid hopefully to the future On our pioiiieal I horizon, I think Isee the Star that jTomisec i a glorious future, oue like that of i>clhlehem, r ortends "plad tiding and ?reat joy." May this expectation be fulfilled, and tlie blessings of au honorable peace be oocc ! more felt by thcbravi, patriotic, and G ?d- I fearing people of our Sunny Svutb. ' t ? ?-? ?? in ctntinn ' IU W> l?rt, a m aw i u % . tbe bill giving the election of their Field j Officers to the Reserves had been ' snowed ; Under." r It was passed, and the Adjutant j General has ordered an election to be he'd j in Vf// the Kegfuiout* on the 1st day of Jan | tUty. In rhe Gth, the nominees arc, f.rr 1 ePPBlW v-' ' ' * ? i ''" 1 i Oulonelj W. Perry (iwl, of Chester j^ien*. j Colourl, Win. J. BvWtfi, of York ; OMajWr, ! Lieut. MeClerkin, of Fittifield~these trill j he opposed, doubtless, by the app.inteo? of i the late Governor aud Council, whose bouts, j I think, ire nctubcicd. 1 he Unserves, ; here are well, with the exception of colds, | brought on by exposure to night air for foiir hours out of twelve each alternate! night?and this duty is the mote onenms front tbe neglect of-the many at home who ! h??o refased to report, but who w ill bo j treated as deserters if tbey do not do sn by j 1 J* n?/ivthi,-i IPC 191 IIIVAIIUU. 1 V I Cap*. n*Uu'8.0lT,,iou) Cum piny of Ca ; Kiftry are piqueted at the Fair Ground;'? : everul of jour York friends are amon^ : them?>they have not done any Juty so f.r, tat are waiting orders. I think if u.ore than probable they will be sent tot!?e Coast, while we will.remain here our ninety days! ! < ^ i/c" unless an attack is luade on f'harlistbn, l f and *tco Then, our presence here,'may be- ; come the more n? eossaiy. The traius on the Charlotte road arrive here semi occasionally in schedule tiuir; ihe train which left Charlotte at f? p. m 00 the 22.1 reached here at 4 p. in. the ? .1 next day, twelve hours behind time, the ! envine eivinu out once, and the ears run- : "V v V ; nins: twice off ; they contained about 100 ; badly wounded soldiers, and four dead lud j ies, from tl.e field of Sbarp*bur?. The th it evening a body of troops, stud to le of Gen. Gist's Uritrade. passed up. On Tl urso'ay last "# innj:" t.f Tenres seans, sixty five in uuinlcr, said to he 11- ; ttouiats, spies, bridge burners, y^jjabemils, ' ptmerally. passed thou?h the city frooi the Charleston to the Charlotte depot, utid^i jtnard. They were a miserable looking : set, seeming as though thejr wei? feyeicd out of the mountain caves ; they pursued their "on to Richmond" with that duirged don't care, eh&rstcteti.-iic of low and un- j principled ccti. 1 cart feel f:>r a Nwhern tnan, when a piisoncr, especially if he should chance to be a gentleman?but a Southern traitor's slimy track is still as disgusting wbcu the fctt that n.ade it arc faraway. The Confederate Piiuting t ffiee robber, Jesse 31. Law son, who escaped from the Police iffice at this place some two week's since, was captured at the l.ou-e of "his woman" in Au?u?ta. Georgia, a sliott time after, and remanded, but he agaiu made bis escape by jumping from the cars, and is hou e*f in mi fit* llryan's llnok store, is the headquarters for all who wish to pass u pleasant hour ; though the blockade has had a salutary effect in excluding Yankee "Kivers", the ladies aDd gentlemen who visit Columbia can. find much to elevate and amuse, with all the necessary stationery to which one lias been used in palmier days. A wiiter in the Cnr/iiiinn proposes to chance the name of I nton I>iefrict to that of Gri'jfj, in honor of the lamented General. ?*Py?tet?ty pays every man his honor," 80 When ihe BftJiT nf hatclo i> over. And the tingle so uior< -tiu.-.il- t<> aims," we will twine the laurel with the cyptess, and render unto Cte-ar the things that ate his; but do not change the name of I tin it ?it whs the banner district for Secession, and it was in union and co operation we have been brought so near the goal of Southern Independence. ]>esides ?*(jregsr" ?ut;cests jams at long prices?and such remembrances may be painful hereafter. Salt has beeu selling here the past week (Wilmington salt") at ?17j per buslu I, hv | iho sack of J wo bushel* each. 1 notieI large arrivals of it in Charleston, and as > holders advertise it largely, and push it on I the market, feel vmranfrd it premises that it is falling uipidly, so that it will come within reach of all, though this/ may probably be too late for saviog this year's sap- 1 ply of bacon and beef. , . The weather that had been s") long dry, 1^ -changed its base" op Saturday night, and J i s^the Tain a deluge poured" from 0 to 12 j p iu , but yesterday morning shone forth I clear and pleasant, So that after guard I mounting at II o'clock, the larger number i of our soldiers repaired to the different i place? of worship?which many of them do ' m/t do at borne?and thus spent the day in I "a manner ltd ming all those who respect \ < their families at home, and appreciate, us , I holy, the cause that 1 us sepaiated theui for < awhile fn?ti? their domestic hearth, and the < -| sterner duties i?f K J C??hl'3iBlA, January ISjfc*. i The exit Hud the eutrance of the old and I ; i j new ve.tr, wo-' uiily remarkable for the ab-' ..... . . i a M sertpe of the usual festivities', business changes, and duns Yet Columbia keeps i ^ up its "dash,"and silks, satins, fast trot- I r" 1 lers, and any tooippasres ; though we need J J not the entrust to remind us of squalid poverty?that there is lamentation in the wilderness, '-Rachel weeping for her ohil- j i dren, und will not he oomforted, fur they " ere not." The city council are distriba- (' lino pine wood to the poor at one dollar a jc cord, end Wood sells at high prices here, | 1 while tic Ladies Industrial Association j 1 affurds at once work to the indigent, and clothing to our brave soldiers in the war. The 1st was the day the Adjutant General of the State, by Act ?>f Assembly, or. ^ ( dered an election for the Field officers of < the First Corps of Reserves. On' the morning of that day ir w?.? unrustian] by us t that G? ti. Ifoaure?atd had rt quested a suspension of the election hy the Governor, J hut who slated tl^at he had no option in the , ' promises hut to com mission the i.ffi.-ers 1 * *-. - ) . .. r..ir.tmnnto T n ? ?* *. ! ( y \ Hum S HjJ t i?r H '4 it i Ittl iJI.'*1 I ?l bkf I ? j st-fj !? ??? - of said orders, companies D, (if ' mo! K, of York, on detached per- J vice at this po-t, rind now under command , ^ of (*; j?t J T Lowrv. held elections, which 1 resulted in-the unanimous choice of W. j Petty fiill,.of Chester, for Colonel; John ] Mcilierkin. of Airfield, Lieutenant Colo |{ nel, and W-. J R.Vwen, of York, for Mijnr, i und the returns handed in to tlio Adju- I U tit's 4,flioe the same day.. Owin-; to the j action of ilie ofiicers of other companies in 1 this (Ikh) Iv'eioo'nt, no election was held, , < ?*o the above named gentlemen are criti:] -tl t r. eo iimissions. An election, was held also, j< in the > i Regiment, when the brave und t gtlhat Williams was reelected Colonel, < with a chanj: in his subalterns, nil of whom ha\e been commissioned. The coun- I cii, r.t It-usf the military part, is said to have j1 been ae'ive in bringing about this attempt 1 to set aside the Legislature, and over-tide tdov. ll oihain. us the Five did Ciov Pick- ( ens, but in this instance, if ri^ht is might, , atiothet failure is the result, and the Re>t;ves, untrainmeled by Conventional men- j ( dncity, tir.e prepared to do tliT ffnFy~'fof j , uhich they have been injuriously traffiuk- ' | cd antsy | At ..'..t..r.tr ..n ftio 1 .O nnnfhpr Pf < u>iut 'j v c?\#v^ v?.? - - - ? | plnshni-took place at the Fowder Mill, in i which some 30 J" pounds of powder was j desimycd. We eam.u? but think it strange ' t j ut Mich accidents recur in broad day- J lijjbt. and 'mob-idy hurt." The present -aecident" is nttrioufed to the fiiction of s'u.ne portion of the machinery. -f Jw.-ec M. Lawson, is once more a prisoner. and i:i irons at the jail in this place. After sundry feats of "-ground and lofty ' tumbling," (he was furmetly a circus rider) he was taken for the third time at the residence of his father, uear Montgomery, A!?buna, and brought here on Friday last. Tlte weather is warm, and promising ; rain which we think is much wanted.? ! Wood, a load about the size of a f.mr horse I one in York, sells at from $12 to $13! ? Ib-ef, in market, 20 ets per pound; Fork, :"><> cent- Ib.tatoes $2 per bushel Kirjts, dozen, To cents. Salt is stil! downward? whether owiai t ? the supply, or the prospects of open ports, [ cannot determine. The DMni/' of the city is pood for the times. Wuuuded Soldiers thrung the I streets, souse to have furloughs extended, some to get transportation; but all having n horror of the hospitals, which seems to j he common among soldiers. The "way- . side," however, of the Ladies, which fur- ! nishes temporary relief, is an exception? j it i* so well "patronised" as to render it 1 eminently worthy the utteution of the char- j j Stably di-posed. We notice the President of the Seoatc, ' and several members of both Houses of tho Legislature, still knocking round town. As Lincoln's Abolition Proclamation has fallen still bom upon u?, we look to a quick despatch of business when the body re assembles, on the 19;h inst. I hope so at least. There were several runaways on New Year's uay, one of tin in seriously injuring Mr. Jaiiney, of the Cuiigaree House, who is new doing well. The t ulletin Hoards of the Guardian and C'iro!ii.tan have been daily thronged by the news expectants, and they have been iitllv rewarded it' the glowing prospects of he opening year. I thiuk our attention will sooo be called to matters nearer boms, though the news of late indicate that the blocksder? ure making themselves scarce about Charleston* Tt?e president and suite passed by Culutubia a duy or two si nee, but the toadies were out of their reckoning, sod Jeff passed on his way to Charleston in peace and quiet, if the telegraph wires did not overtake hitu. Colds prevail iu our earap, some rbeutnatisui, but we tliiuk the houie sickness is father to mot of the ills our "silver grays" jomplain of But little over a month remains of their time; yet there are not those - v rtrrl - JLtl " wanting who do uot see a prospect of our icing retained longer. 1 think not, unless Charleston should be threatened, auJ in that case, 1 think those who would go horns ;ould be well spared '"from more honorable jompany. Mr PeSham, of the (rucrth'an, has purchased a site, uud is making arrangements A3 put up u paper ruill rear this place.? He ha.- the means, and I hope will receive hj fullest reward fur hi* enterprising spirit. There is no better luoatiou than Oo> ambii, and no better guarantee tor liberwli^ :y and fairness, than the name this gentlenan ha< already earned in hie editorial ja pacify. HurUn'a Cavalry are still at the Fair d rounds; farther than exhuiuing one of .heir horses from an old well, the uooot>ny of their live? lemain unbroken. 'Tis low 9 o'clock, the watchman from the market housp tower oriea oat "All's well, tod so do I. E. ' EDITOBIAL ITEMS. The |\wt office ko. wa as "Allison ,>eek," York District, S. (}., has been di? mntinued. - The two Augusta papers have raised heir rates of subscription to Uo dollar* a pear. --?? A lot of salt told at auction, io Richmond on the 231 ult., for 83 cents per jound The auctioneer stated that the iwner of the salt lost .000 by the opera ion. Speculator*, look out ! - The ship Caroline, which arrived at St York Thursday last, reported the bornog of -cveri! whalers by the Alabama. ?-7 A letter, well authenticated. saya fturnside, io bin depo?iiL>i\ Wfjre the C^urress Cow mitt e, eonfe?uu<l.hi* artny would lot let hint renew the 6-;ht at Fredericksiuru ?? The Nt-w Yotk Herald lay* that be rebel force at Vickebur<? i? stated by a iesciter to be seventy fire thousand old men and )?-unj? boys, who have been jjatbired together frotn the surrounding coontry. Tiny yubsist almost exclusively upon }orn l>? ad aod uiuia?8P* ? A motif: those recently captured at Hoiy Springs, "Mi-s , a few days aiuce, waa the wife of Gen Grant. She was, of coutae, released. - Geti Grant made bia eacapo Tbv Niw Toil Ilnahl incline* to the opinion that Jatuea river ia to be the aext route to Richmond. Ajmiliic-mttctihg io Caldwell coun'? 1 .. i- 1 ,1..., _u ty, lexas, luieiy rsaoivru mm hi pcni^ui who refuse Confederate money for debts, or" for any article they hs?e for ?i!e, or wbo hoard gold and silver.jor who, under pretence that they have nothing to tell, refute necessaries of life tu soldiers, their families or the Government except, at extortionate pi ices, aie enemies to theiK country, worse than open foes, and nl.ull be published in the newspapers as such. The high price of printing papor it causing some of our cotempor?riea to run up their prices of subscription to figures that look rather tail to those who know nothing about the enormous expense attending the publieaiion of a newspaper. For instance, . the piice of the Memphis Appral, now issued at J.ickson, ia two dollars and fifty cents per mouth That of the Aliuutippian is the same. A portion of the family df Genoral Beauregard arrived in Mobile on Friday, under perruii-ion given by Gen. Banks, and on their way to Georgia. The Mobile TriI/iinr Itarus that (lie wife of Goocral Beauregard wus too ill to be removed, and still remains in New Orleans. TU.% Viinkpp Treasure ia ??on a wild goose Chase" after specie. Yankee diplomacy turns to Sea ward for relief. Bat the worst of all is that the Well* that float the Yaukee navy are dried up. So ruu the "latest accounte " The Federal Postmaster General hat rescinded all the orders made, excluding from the Northern mails certain newspa^ pcrs presented by grand juries, and other, wise repiesented as disloyal to the Federal Government. It is a little singular that the Green j harks should be going ur>, just as Burn suhi is coming down. Governor Seymour's message, to th< X. York Legislature, it is said, will makt, a studied and venomous attack on Nev England, and perhaps intimate willingnesi for the expulsion from the Union as a no cessary step to induce the South to return I ~~ I'or the Ycrkville Enquirer. i Ma. Editor: The members of Captaii Harlan's Corps of Cavalry, nckDOwledg* their thanks to the following patriotic gen tlemen of lorkville, who have contribute* j the sums of money opposite their names, t( purchase horse* for soldiers to fight fSti} their eWitry, via: Joel W. Riviioson, 8 50 00 W. I Clawwn, 10 00 M Jonea .vT 5 00 Richmd IUre 10 00 J. A. Brown,......, 500 8. K. Moore, . 5 00 T. A. Monrp 5 00 It. T Wheeler 10 00 J. ltolion Smith, C 5 00 W. V .McFadden ..(. 5 00 J. R Sohuib 5 00 J. C: Miller .......>r.v 5 00 l?. U. Darwin,*.; 10 00 S. K. AWe........ 5 00 J It. Allison... 500 M. Elder 2 00 W. E' Rose,...;.. 10 00 J. II YfculH?r*i?6oo,.. 10 00 J. Ilerudoo, 500 Rev. R.iSrrt Lath an, 5 00 J Cr Limku).., 5 00 , ' J V. Moore,... 5 00 W?u. Caldwell. 800 | W A Lutta................ lOQOOatid ! more if rvquirod | E U.W A RD MOO RE. U ?ieut. , 11 urla u !- Oouioanv ' -i?O0?ij;afti8GS - <*u , ). For the Entjulror. 1 / MRc JAMESvM. Mr. Editor: The gentlemen whose * j name is at the head of thin article, a resident ofSautuolr, York Distiiot, hae fuj- '1 ' , J ' Bfti . l,i , nished soldiew with -leather to make their 4 ahuoa, at 37i cente per pound, when he I i, f , *?'' . ' . , i J could hare sold it at $2 or *8 per pound. ( | Such acts of a gentleman and patriot should , QOt pass unnoticed. < j/w kuward Moore, vi Jaotjary 3d, 1803 Jjfc 5 I Spoeoh of President Davis to jCSlq Leg- i j islaturo of Mississippi, D|(q^mber*"20. < j At boon, the hour appointed for the I speech of the President, theft*presentarire i | Hall waft crowded to ovrrfloWMii^? not a i ! space large enough to stand upon was left I unfilled.. Toe ladies oceupie^ hearty all ? the seats, leaving the men all standing. The i o?lle?y, too, wan literally tftrungrd, and < j many hundreds, perhaps had to torn hack I j di-appointed, ?o ere^t wi? 'tltd eaperoesn i of our people oheat,the President. < The President spoke uhout one hour and < a half, and during all.that time the drop of j a pin might havo been Heard in aiiy part of i the auditory, except wh< i the welkin was ' j made to ring with the loud and enthusiastic 1 I plaudits of hiii listenerft. y The President spoke of hi* lovA, for the i\j olil. Union FTe alluded to it, hfowover, i at a matter of regret, that the be*t afftciioD* of bit. heart should have been bestowed upon < an object so unworthy?that he shi ohi have -< loved so lung a Government which was rutt- 1 eu to itt very mn:. He had predicted' from the beginning a 1 fierce war, though it had assumed more gigantic proportions titan he had" oalcula- 1 tod upon. He had predicted far, not hecause our right to secede was, not an undoubted one, and clearly defined to thg 1 spirit of that declaration which feats the right to govern upon the consent of the governed, Jnjt the wirkf duett of the Noiilt would entail war upon the country. The present war. Waged against the rights of a tree people, was unjust, and the fruit ofYl;e evil pus>ion? of the North* la the progress of .the war those evil passions have been Lrought out and developed ; and so far from rs uniting with such a people?a people who?e descendants Cromwell'hud gathered from the bogs and fen* of Ireland and Scot ia?d"-^s^peoplo whose jg^ulerance produced discord \q 1 ftwwi'-'they weut? who perj^0ud CathpM^, Bpboop^lfans, and other Toil Subifcrifb; to their bigoieJ #3 fntraeted ^notions?wbo lung airebyrT.'.and did a thousand other thiiigs/^ft'utatod to make, theiu fureverJijr famous?the President was emphatic in l^s declaration that under to circumttan ifVi jcovfti he rontrJtt to re Utu'fe. Cheered by hit Vitit ?Although his duties required his presence elsewhere, yet: when he heaid of the suffering* of hi* owo State, and her.danger of. subjugation by a vandal foe, his feelings dragged-him to her soil. . He goes back with a lighter heart. ?t?l itui Moumn aliinh DJj I IXC UUUr liUlib \'l ? !??' uv^ivoniwj# ?? > ? reported. At Grenada he found the army sorry that the enemy had gone book. At Vicksburg they were ready and eager for the fray. Depression existed only among that | class r.f met) who were constitutional grumblers and fault finders, lie goes back cheer ed, but still anxious, for his Jrcart Is h re ?his attachment to the State has risen since the war began ; and he ton see dangers, though he believes the grda^esfc have psesed. / . The ,TranM-lUi?xi**ijipi Department'? On the other side of .the river our nwwpects are brighter than ever beforo, and W long he hoped that we wonld be enable^-!# pro claim Missouri free Kentucky, too, was an object of solicitude to him, and he spoke of ber gallant people in the kindest and most commendable terms. > At the conclusion of bis remarks, Gen Jus. K Johnston was vociferously called ; for. The scar-worn hero looked'a little , nervous while the Houce rang with loud, swelling and prolonged applause. * He arose and said: 1 ?Ftlloic Citizen* : My only regret is that [ I have done so little to merit such a greet. iog. I promise you, however, that -hereafter I shull be watchful, oncrgetio arid inI defstigablein your defence." This speech was greeted with tremendous, uproarious and prolonged plaudits. . Evidently General Johnston possesses the . unbounded confidence and esteem of Missiuippians. ? f i? - ! Additional from the North. > The New York World, in appealing to 1 Lincoln to cut loose now and finally from , his past and fatal policy, says : 4The most splendid army of the world,, with generals as gallant as ever led, and ' soldiers as brave as ever marched to victory, has met the frightfnllest disaster of the ^war. lly Gen. Halleck's orders, the army 2 ofrhe ltuppahannock was marched up a} gainst the impregnable batteries of the Fredericksburg heights, brigade after brigade, division after division, one after an^ other decimated, thousands upon thousands ? slaughtered, from daybreak to sunset, ontil t. its ruin wan compete, aodLjj yij^tdjcnty f it thousand brave ami uob\,,yn^ W(]t the 1 b: ^dgttiull aidea 'frith thXuj^j fL i p< blandetfng strategy; the io<Xnetent ?euK M eralsiiip, which hurled thctnXn fruitless Vty ddodL iiRver bra-vied itself so cLpiyuou*. j ja ly a^iu^iscrituimrte ulausrhter h\ lt,,mj,.r' by. wholesale. A?;in have you, Vrj|liUn Lincoln, by the hu:?d.ynf Henry \ j|aj q leek add Edwin iStrfaton, setu. mjjj to sj thousends upou thousands of t>orl)\lirs nod friends, apain -(desolation and auV,j, p to the homes and Jiearts of the peopV death that pives no life to the perixhk j nit ion, and sorrow which no patriotism c? aI console or the con - ci ou * ne?a-f of. 'u needftm.t thocph ciMstly .-elf-*nerifiefc ajfouupe. Hy\ the banks of the n^pjpahaittiobif there waajt daughter which wa?J frnitless. and. by twenty thousand firesides tears to day are shed which God alone can .wipe aw^?y? We beseech the President to dot loose now and finally fioin his past-ami fatal pol icy, and from the men of whom Tc^ enough to say that the Union and the-Cott^liiution i tnigbt bnvebeeu saved, Out that, with the r&uorces uf a continent ami the arms of tweaty tuiljluns of united freemen at their bucks, they hare, nut saved it. We beumbh him to call to his. Cabinet and aid, me ablest, bravest and beBt uicn jrf the nalion, and so, if our cans^js iuit past all remedy, by their help, aiid the' -ffcror of a jus? God, to make one hoal effort;for the salvatioii of the republic,;, which fruit lew luillionsdjave becu spent, for, and for widely ujorc-'thati.a hundred thousand lives hav6 been yielded up in vain. ' SftrcjB tbe President called Gem llalleck from tte West to nssnoie command of our uiuien; he has urbanized two campaigns, eacdrfof uhiclf has icsulted in disaster aud iirfgraceN /#Tjpe last of these . eatastrophies Lvthe wdr*?t,s?Dasmach as it is a more stuntH-thT^tiif fntafchlow to public confilence.? Oui earlier divjuinlitares did not lower the tone of the. pubijc mind or shake its confidence. The .iaimeasurable superiority of the North iyevery kind of tpflitury re-. Jourees, made doubt absurd and discouragernent pusillanimous. . Hut alter two such zrioriunu* . w& blankets a.- thc l'reeideut ind Gen. llalleck have put on the nation, il ardor, whai^cuu we further from' the cuiubtued.sturdily tiuJ imbecility of these officials but fresh accumulationsj national disaster ft .Of.what advantage are r uur uuparalleled resources, if rhey are to be^ thus sijuaudered by Administrative, and , military incapableJi who, as often as they >eud our brave soldrapfc tu battle, send them , . . Ui.tL y mi... -I,:., iu a 11 unite.-' uuiuiio-fj ; a lie emu i? uu i the breakers, and netting short of the.sum j ruary removal of the mcoruut an J faithless pilots cau save it frouftotu) wreck. Provi derive sent a heavy, ijliudirig rain storm on Mouday uijrht, tvftose protecting cover liuruside witbdr^ft his shattered army, and. rescued it ftoiWutfyei wise. certain ileal ructiou. C | The hour has.-truck wBen we uni t have an immediate change u^'meiaures nrfd of tueu or the next sound which greets nor ears will be the kueil. of the Union. T'ie public pati.ucc is cxhaj'lei.'. This stupendous Juggernaut uf mi administration eru-hes hundreds of thouMiifis 5f bgaVe Uniuu soldiers beneath itsllobdy wheels, but it makes no toipressiou upoiV the rebellion. With a new nnny of six hundred thousand men brought iVo the field, since ' Augmt, we are wur<e i-fjf to day thun-on any prcceediug day since * th"eVri|bellion brokf out. s " ;<. >- v? ' . Every leading uieasur.' orj^this Administration has been a mistake.v,This gdmiuia (ration has consolidated the South by an insane policy which has extinguished and j obliterated the Union: feeling widely prevalent in every Snjie except, $outh Caroli- j Qaat the beginning of the .war. It bus Waited prodigious lesourec.A^ squandered previous lives, tried the harts oMnyal inim, and exh'auatcd the long yuiTerip^'patienc of tlie country. It stands -before the wor|<j as the moxt yiytwlic <ni?k hunitfia tiufj fiiHu/'f. in hiitfoiy, . Never before was ; th^re such i contrast bettvten the goodness of> cause and the badness of its managetuefit j between resources and achievement; betwtfb promise and perform a nee pb'etween professions of liberty aod the practice of tyranny, as has breo exhibited by tul ministration of Mr. Lincoln. LATSSXNXWS, VICTORY IV 1FVV BAT^E&EffR MURFREESBORO'. II RA I)QC ARTKnfi iM I Ml FR K E^HORO', f December 31st, 8. 30 P. 31. To Cfmrral Bcmuryuartl:?We iHsuiled the tyctuy at seven o'clock this morning, and after ten hotirs hard fighting hare driven him from every position except-liis extreme left,.in which he has successfully resisted us. AVith the exception of this point we occupy ihe whole field. We dapjured fubr thousand prisoners, including iwo<"B:igadicr-Oencnds, thirty one pieces of artillery and some twovhundred wagons-and"teams. Our loss is heavy. That of the enemy much greater. (Signed) " BRAXTON BRAGG, General Commanding. < . '* / 2 Headquarters, Murfreesboro', f January I, 1803. To Gm. G f. Beaurrtjanl:?The enemy his yielded Vis strong position, and is tailing back. Wtf occupy the whole field, and 9ball follow hi?n. Gen. Wheeler, with his cavalry, made a complete circuit of their army on the 30th and 31st. He captured and destroyed three shundred wagons loaded with baggage and oommisjary stores, ind paroled seven bundled prisoners. IlAis again behind them and has captured an ordnance train to day. Wc secured several thousand stand of small arms. The body of den. Sill was left on the field, and three ethers are reported killed. ' God has granted us a.-happy Now Year. (Signed) BRAXTON BRAGfy General Commanding. -^CnATTANOCOA, December 31.?A special di^patdi. to the Daily lithe!. dated MurfreesV^ro'f De# 81st,-#ays j. The bloodiest day of the war has closed. Gep. MoCown's division attacked the enemy's right, dritring them back with great slaughter.? By three o'clock in the afternoon the enemy had been driven si* miles from our left iJ cenfre. General Wdllick, and a nurusr of Abolition officers, have been taken -Goners. Generals Sill, Woodruff and loOook, of the Abolition army, were kill- : jr--i Onr l<wr is heavy; that of the.ene&y Intimated ut live to our one. Cbo. Ruins, Col. MisNair, Col. A a fry, of te SW. Mississippi regiments; Lieut. B. . Knosand Lieu!. Tri.ste, of the /at Loui- j atia regiment, are among our ki/le?l. Col. I lack, 5tn\ Georgia regiment, nod Colonel j isk, 25th" Louisiana regiment, were ^or' | illy woumled. '/ Wharton's cavalry captured tvro thoasid prisoners with a lurtro supply of wagon aio*, nix) fobr hundrcd'beeves. Ve9terday W'fafelbr's wwrttfy IwttM faro kndreti and eighrycVrajjans in the enemy's V and captucod si? hundred prisoners. \urtryop-? cbveredjtbemselves wittygjory. ['\als Bragg a net, Poik displayed groat Jll(^\Bnt?nd heroism. ^Abatile may tfe resumed # morrow ('n'\v^X)nA' ary 1, 1863.?-The Daily ArH)3s iust received the follow ii)Lr troni\_)Vtrnor Hurrii-: Murp^^ro', Deo We attacked the enofy^, hisposittoy*f <? ^0 a. ro. The battle ijJl 5 p is.yur left wing drove the ent&8 r|ght baci? upon Stone River Our3c^jowa8 sttsdy, but the resistance of thej^my srabbop. We cap* turcd four battel and aboot'iur thousand prisoners. AuiX. them thw HrigadierGeneraU. The heavy #j both aides, hut the relative 1|^h not ki ?n. General llHiesAjJashvi s/was killed. (Signed) VI Q. ARRIS." y-!v *- ' 1 ; icuattan000a, de^bw&l. ?'Eightyekjht Abolition priso&t wiptn^Sd near Myrfreesboru', were bro<(Were'l<st night. Si^enty tliret^. more, wlfcigbt ^egroit, hafoe just arrived oh thi*lenitig(4 traio. J Tl? last party were captut yesterday by j Gep. Wheeler's cavalry, b^Lo RoiecraDs' < uruSy u od Nashville. 4* - J Mien. Morgan is returt)infcm ICcotuc J Ire, having accomplished hi*1aect, aud w Xw in t,he roar dfJioaecrans]^ \* belteY- i e.ti that, ilat'ord, FWst and fop Wve | j diied, making a force of fif<* thoattod * iiv.ilry in the rear of the Aboil arojf. . \ 0 h vtta n oooa/J* o uary fi put e h es Trotu \Vartrace atute that th^uiyshad . :..a ?kI -J tiui ucuupit/U | i'iui cceuvB v . *>*l80rotDg. Reports were still coming in Utojg jmy is-roturuiBg to Nashville. i ,a Parties jusi from the front tJjgf; Morgan had attacked and rdttted^e of llfteuffiuy at Gallatin. . . jr < i;^] J ^The following despatch has, bce^ej?. ( ed frotp Gen. Br??g' v -X ) TjLLAHOMA, January 5.?Unl (a (lisltAige the enemy from his eotrtnclBjg s and ^earning of reinforcements bei!^ i tolAi* I withdrew from hi* front nii^. ] foro.fchTv lie has aot fullowed. %. j airy are close on his front. (Skn.-d.) * RRAXTGN^BAGi $ TireRMOND, January G.?^ThofpJlaL j officii despatch was received thw'^enC j Clt^VTTANOOOA, January^6. ? To 1 5 Cwp'r; We retired from Murfreeal j in perfedt order. All the stores were saw j About fyttr thousand Federal prisooer* i 1 five thousand atand of small ari^s and tw?i ty foucr cannon, brass anil steel, have it rcMidy fieen received here. ^ - >y j (Signed,) R S KWELL, A.,& G. Richmond, Jauoary 5. C p^* m.?Th Riqiii&'r has Northern dates of the 2d,? Lincoln This issued a proclamation, deel* ing a.<< a fi| and necessary war m&Mdre f< the rebellion, thai all persons helilfcaslav< in the designated States and parts of- Stati are and henceforward shall be fretf.' U further declares that snob persons will t received into the armed service oMhe I States udoi) this act, whioh is sincerely b Tieved tone a&; net of jnstTOT,w^rarote<M the Constitution, of the Uuited State?, upc milittiiy necesa|ty. lie invokes the cOnsi< rate judgment of mankind aud the gracioi frivnr nf AlmSbhtv God. Loss of the Monitor. /: Richmond, January 5.?By flag octroi at City Point, it is ascertained that the iro clad goo-boat Monitor foundered off Halt ras, a lew days sjnee, and carried (j?* i with her thirty Bonis. Another ^rboui ?ays that all on board perished. Th? 6> cnu narrowly escaped, and threw oveyboai her armament and ammuuition. were supposed lobe on their way torW. njtnwton WAITED.?A. FAIR PRIjC J T T will bo |Niitl for KUGAR t'ANB SEED. ij B. P. BOPD j -Jamury 7 ; 1 tf F" REE SCHOOLS.?THE TEAC1 EKS of Free FclioW, will plea** present their I : ft>?uiL< to James Maxoii, on or before the l*t day of Feb I nrv'uext. B. S. MOORE, Treeturtr [ January 7 1 3 | \ dministSatrix notice.1 'J.\l All person* baClii" olalms against tlie date of i IV. WILSON nre hereby notified to present the same i ltic Uji.lerxijiii-if, property nttcted ;.and those Indebb lan'-t make Immediate payment, ax the rotate must ! wound np. LAVJNA j. WILSON, Mminutratrix I January 7 > 1 3t_ 1 PUBLIC SALE. i W! WILL SELL AT YORK ( J T r House, "on the first Monday In February next, I [the following property, belonging to lite estate or P. I Siinrll,defeased, via: ^ One House and Lot I in Vnrkv(Bo, situated on main street, now occupied by 1 I T). It J. ('. Miller, nx n Grocery, and J. W. Beard, as aBc 1 Store. Tin- upper part of said bourn contains Five Root ( On the premises are a good KITCHEN, SMOKE HOUl | and STABLE. ?ALSO,? LThc TRACT OF LAND Adjoining the village, lying wi [ lit the limits of the incorporation ; said tract contain* [ 12-1 ACRES, . and is in a high state of f uitlyntion. There are reve j-#ere..' of GOOD MEADOW land. Terms made kuo' oil dav of sale. ,T. C. NEAL, , J. M. HENDERSON. J January 7,1M3. 1 ' 4w Commissioner's Sale. I T"M VQTTTT'V?VOT?TT_ / I It A. Thouiaarti; tt at.) r*. > Bill for Partition of Lanit I Jane Jaekfiin, ct-.at. ) ? , ! TN obedience to the order of the Cou i JL of Enultv in above cane, I wlk expose to public sale, ! YOKK COURT HOUSE, ou the first MONDAY in PI ' HILARY next, a portion of Uie REAL ESTATE of DAV JACKSON, late of York District,,deceased, coiu!atlu| 512 Acres ' of land, situate in Telle District, and lying on the waten ALLISON CREEK, bounded by lani* of the e-tate of ! G. jUwrence, J. J. Wilson. Samt Hemphill and other* : Said lanils have been recently surveyed, and will be offei In tbrec lots?Plat C, contains ONE HUNDRED A3 i TWENTY-FOUR ACRES, Fiat D, TWO HUNDB1 AND THIRTY-TIIIEE ACRES, and PtatE, ONE HI3 ! DJlfi|> AND FIFTY-FIVE ACRES.. -S?J land* are in abfch state of CULTIVATION, j I veeltadopted lo tin- culture of COTTON and GRAIN, a ; dpi .ittumiiiiiof puri'b.ue/H la '.-itmeatiy directed lo tbesaii Tlie-alwive lands ivif tnf sold on a credit of ONE a TWO yEARS, in tqwl-imnuai instalment, with Inter | from dnyof sale. PurdUMir* will be required to give be j and two good sureties aId pay in CASH, the costs of tin pntreediiigs. nnd for aUneresj-ary papers'. ?7X) ' WALTER R. METTF, C- E. Y. D 1 January 7- ,| - 3 4l [/ AdmSstrator's Notice. f \ LL poLiai having ctoiSM> against 1 X'V. the F^tatc W,. NANCY MEftHKAO. jK'1 hen I > ; | notified to preeruvL *ame to the undendgncd, proper y ttextrd. And thoL,d,.bti'd to caid Estate,, are required i to make ImuiediaicWmeni. ,. , . v 1 -y s [' - > Y- M. WALKER, AdintnUtrator. January 7, 1803. VI 3w S SOUTH CAULINA?YORK D1FTttl(rr.-Witeref jt?EPH 0?. -8MARR, ha* *pplled' to me for LeUekf Administration, on all and ri?fular, the yond* and eWls, rffitu* xml credit* of W M. LANIER, late of the lijrict aJorwald, greased. j Ylieae are therefore toL. 3Bd adioonhdrall oitRalURMtar, the kindred and creditor* the *nki deeefoed, to he and ; appear before me at our iA ordinary'* Court Ct?r tfefifSM \ OUtrict, to be holdtiu U WCourt House on the.23d day of January lint., to ?hcw L,Pj If any, why the aaid Ad ministration should not lie fajtcd. Gl*ijn under imr hand aed tfc this 30th day of December, in the year of our l.onl ou thousand eight hundred and fixty-two, and lntheui*htfcv?nth year of the Indtpendenee ef South Carolina. T . !j JOHVA. BROWN, O. Y. If. January 7 \ - 3t* QOUTH CAROLlfcyQRKjSfe* O TRICT.?Whurea*, GMBte-tfrBKLRW- applhd to mc for Latter* of AdiaiuistmtfrW n|| and singular, the good* and chattels, right* and crAtsoi'Dr. W.J.GdttP, ; late of the District aforesaid, decked. > - V * These are tlier*(i>rH to cite and adnylsh all anil i>lnjulRr, the kindred and creditors of tfieMlKceMed to be artrt appear before toe at our next OrdlnaV, Court for thrvstJ UUtrtct, to be hoidru at York Court Wen- oit ttetRSrd "dny of January* lurtaut, to sliitf taiws any. whf Hie raid ; Administration should not Im; granted! Glren under my baud and Seal, thj# K ,|ay of JtUPthry, lu the year of onr Lord, one tllrxnuunijeht hundred tool *ixiy-threi, and. In the ctrhiy-rerenthWr of the Independence of South Carolina. '-><;Vr ''' ** JOHN" A. BROMr,G. Y. D. January . 1- - * " \ T 1ST OF LETTERS?feMAINjLJ lag ill tiie Po*t Office at Yuckrltle, Juiunry Li ! ?! '- ' VJL 1 Mrs. Margaret A?Iie, Mr. Aiken, Mm. E. Btuiwfflt G. W llojd, VV. C. Black, 9; MWE. J. Ityar-Ta: AcAAfery 1*. V flpiwu. Miss Rl n. Harnett. D. J. Barium, MstM. J. <*v* * eaey, MU* Al.l.-i Carter, VV. S. Dunlnp,.Mf*. J. D. Ed- 1 wards, W. A. Galloway, Mm. Jane Grant, .Illsh I'rle.-t J (Mickey Clin pier), ML* Louisa' Hope, ft Ionian, Y- C. f Jolinrt'Mt, Sarah J. Lowry,K. A. ImtWra, W,.M,L?wrj, { A. M- Latham, Mr*. A. A. Murphy, M. M. Montgomery, Caroline Malione, Laura Parker, Mm. Kllaab< th Patter. ?>i, , Dr. C. 8. BumcL, Mir* M. L. Knlifcani. SwcedMi Iron Man- J I ufaciuiing Company, J. M. Stirrer, D. Reroute, *Mlee M. " Wallace, H. L. Warren, J ante* Warren, :W; flkWirllek". ^ w,; Jjjgj. ?$> January 7 1 . ^ It Adjutant and Inspector General's OlHcc. Richmond, Va<, November 27th. 1869. GF.SFJl.1L ORDERS JVO. 90. ?1 EXTRACT,^ L-, ^ kr T7", UNDER the provisionsthe 2d f clause of paragraph 1 of General OjJer* No. S3. cotumi**iot?e<i officer* anil privates,'who arn incapable of bearlug units In consequence of wuuinU rceeiml (n la.t)<. but who arc otherwise lit for service, up: njqulrril, If n<?< otherwise assigned, to report to the nearest cwumttudant nf conscript* in tlielr respective State*, wlio tvlH. lf tliey aje Atted for such duty, assign tbnn to the cullerpmrof lleri and the enfttrcemeiit of the provisions 'jf tbi* order, with Bill power to call upon tlie nearest inlllwtO'.aulbority Tor such nssietancc a* may hp necessary lliercrnj .J,' . * * * * " In pursuance of the above "Bvtraer" Omnweneral orier* &i, all therein concerned will forthwith report lu per. no at this Camp of instruction. No. written tiaaiuJiaint :lou will be received a* a report. All who report will be mbjncted to examination by the Kxamln bit Board. By order: JOIIV S. ntBS'ltlN, . " - i~ - Cot. A, A'. Gen. Lfmumnrfant. Jjlmk* E. Black. Ad hi Lent of Post. January ~ ????? MS-t I have tto l>J2?|(gfe? 0 1W of ^p 'r!.J^V do mew favor u> orRSSfc ?SK'a?toi ta & <**&>? ??*? (Oft'Of t1"1 l"rlpn*k* , *! ;'-T ox. I sr^ssfij^^Sigja; PIT, Awl-ton' au:irt?nnn?t , . ,"C^: ,' KW?y,B.T. /? Klttewll, J. 0. o. v JJK gSSffijT" L,rroy,Uam'l IV ^,r ^ J rJuliten^Ts* W T. *> ; ; . . * Ura-?V- ll ?r?cl>e2 S. T. Lan?, W., 13Mt??, " A'a ... Looknart>?. * SSS. fc_ SSg#*"^ -. M?w?,"axx. UpW'i J-J" 0 Mineey, Jam**. Wfe < Martfc, ?^(rr> lunfcUj J- ' McfntynvT; r" ttakoc, V. v.. M^inWk, N. f&f ???*; ' M?n?, J- M. >> *Vx'k.J-M. MwwmWjJtf- .*?* ; ifc'f'"?' n M " Mersan, W. Ty ^doclt.nig; I). M- / t, &v>. Z:i: & ?? 1 I tJ? ^"?- Pntt-t ' f" 5' -w-.v* * v v ' ;VT" ^ r | J jj s- ^ ; * #v..-'?Mrtriij Oav/df r a. ? fHFF" > It.lnkjl))' . .^ ' ^VM. H. V' HP? Wmi--Js?'l "' Haw, J_ & % - Rufccwm.?. w. j|. -: SfellSih c,--.. 1 ""OBflryi ? > G.wd<o/t)L, Squ;van.N.. 0- Cood-nnp 4 ??, B.M^u ? 8*6 ? f' 883S* ? Hud'elno, rl Vau^mH'v^J. - "" |Bl^ H*rrrU, .Am. " ,1 r . H| E Whltmow.W.U. g I &5:f M Wm V Him, J. v. 1 wi^ Vr' n 7 ih!nni"'j' 1^ William*! J." T. ,' fl&B I- llSnv P rl H'llfOii, .A. Saw I fer.g wiS^n't* i I 1 ru. Hitey, O. B. ; I:.**'"- B' 1 . IB . IssaffS:* ! 'IS Jones, S. <\ ? I, Vif ' 1 Jonas, Jamm 1 ; wihSu'XliiS-^ 1 V floral ; Jaraw.O. M. ivirj'iv H &iBEV- V' " ' SS.W&- i <H b? g0||y V "" vV Young, Jnlrfr B. '/ KgM , , ?4"*? ~'gg ~ QOPTH C4QIINa?YORK DIS V lif uA] n* >* 2: H H- c i&ox^b.^u, and^wf .^wy';; 1 [m the kindred and credtof the ??Idd?**^^^rtsi \ &? mw before roc at otuK Ordlnary> Court f?w the ipS|j District, to be>bolden V^k Courtflou*e outHe l*h d?l < B IV. of January next, tniw cause,-If w>j wuy w ji< H?Q mk Administration mould be granted, iwcmbci /1 HwH n*. Qivenunderlayhandtgeai,tlvbi24U?dV?l(v, / ; BUB 8B fo the yew <dT.?mr Idooc ihoiwanfl eight !?"{*"* * f , ' alxty-tnto, and In tli<Uty-?svMiH yew or the Indc^ peudettce of South Citato lh" Decembcf 5H '' < QOUTH CABtm^?tORK DIS- 1 ?l O TgrcA?J.,8HBRER & GIVEN* wa GALLAUGR haa applled-Wino for Lctfrw of Atfinlnistration on aJLund llntjtof, tttgnod* and chattels, rixht* eSi- _ credit* of R. W. SMeREI,- Jute of the District aforesaid, ^^3 deceased. j TheaejuafTherefore, to ore nnd admonish all and sliigu- i. i iar, tlrCTUiidred and credluVs of the said deceased, to be Ill and appear before me, at lij next Ordinary ? Court for ' the said District, to be linlckimt York Court House, on the 9tb day of January next, >? shew cause, If any, why i I the raid Administration iboyu not be granted. i Given under mv band and Sal, thbr 19th day of December, J to the yearior our Lord og tbnu/mid eight hundred and ,3 illty-two, and 1ii the ?l|uy-sevcntli year1 of tltc I role- 1 rtpendeacc of South C'anliW; JK^? A. BROWN, 0. Y. D A , at December 34 . , ?; Ms* 2t $ iite mT. 1 )0f A few sa?ks afe ^?i^ton prices.? A. XJL'For Sale by *S /. . ? ? ? Mi l- wheelbr. red De.e 17 .. .Ff& . tf in 1 r ? ed "VfOTICE.?WFflAVE 20 BUSII_L 1 ELS nC Corn for iMuIUmm dlotrihutlon anion* the DESTITUTE SOLDIERS. Al*>? n,?. ' L *"} burtaei of SALT, by tbSftUtT. Apply to J. C. MIL- J 'nd LEK, at the Store of7? W. D. fc J. c. MILLER. December 24 53 ? I , h TTOR SALEpTTVO VERY FINJB wc J? foil bred Cot)b?Q?idE?e* BOAR PIGS, 10 ntemh old. For farther pi/tnlnr* apply at ibo ? "ENQUIRER" OFPIPE. I December 04, if I 7 /