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? ft* ftefcriUr f r f; vorkville, S.~O! WEDHEBDAY EVENING, DECEMBEB16, 1863. - NOTICE. , In consequence of the greatly increased prices or all materials connected with the publishing business, the following are onr rates of subscription and advertising: ' soascurnox. u For one year, In advance....... ...$4 00 For six months, In advance, 2 00 Clubs of 10 or more.for one year, in advance, each 2 50 AOYKKTISIKg. 83 per square of ten lines, for the first, and $1 for each subsequent insertion, in this size type. No advertisement counted less than a square. Announcements of candidates 813 per year, Invariably in advance. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements, and charged accordingly. Aprfl 93,1863. 19* We regret the , non-arrival of onr Correspondent's letter from the 5th Regiment of State Troops, in time for this week. We do very.tauch hope it will be the last failure. 19* Special attention is called to the Confederate Tax Collector's Notice, whioh will be found in our advertising columns. Mr. MoLean earnestlv desires that persons interested will be punctual, and save farther trouble and expense. ' Prom Charleston. Chariiston, Deo. 11.?The enemy again shelled the oity at different intervals during the day. Some six buildings were struck but no person injured. About 9 o'clock this morning Fort Sumter took fire, ' cause unknown yet, and communicated to some of the outer timbers of the work on the southwest angle. The wood work was : burned and some ammunition destroyed.? Several casualties ocoureff. The enemy's land batteries opened heavily on the fort dui ring the progress of the fire, which was replied to from Moultrie and our batteries. Heavy firing was kept up all day and ceas< ed at dark. Damage to Sumter not material. December 12.?The casualties at Fort Sumter yesterday were ten killed and thirty wounded. Among the killed is Captain Jtrost, A. C. S., Sergeant Swanson, S. C. artillery. Cspt. Gaillard's oompany of regulars lost three killed and two wounded.? Lieut Col. Elliott was slightly wounded in the head by a piece of briok, but remains in command. P. C. Elliot, of thff signal corps, is among the severely wonnded. No firing last night, and no more shelling of < 5 the city. December 13.?The boiler and pattern shop of Eason's foundry took fire about 9 o'clock last night and were destroyed. ; Eleven shells were thrown into the city ' between 11 and 12 o'oloek. Several contained Greek fire, whioh burned some ten or fifteen minutes after the explosion. The enemy fired from four guns simultaneously. The firing appeared to be exceedingly spiteful. No firing on Sumter. ?? ttv/vm vivoinifl Richmond, Dec. 12.?The Enquirer leans that Geo. Morgan crossed the Ohio riflur near Ashland, and made his way to the Confederate lines. It is not known when he will visit Riohmond. Richmond, Dec. 12.?The President has informed the committee of the tobacco trade of this city, that the Confederate government never conld nor wonld object to the shipment of tobacoo, actually belonging to the French government, if cleared from a Confederate j?ort and not touching at any point in the United States. The trade adopted a resolution- declaring that the said tobaeoo was not bought prior to the 4th of March, 1861, as represented in the order of the Federal government consenting to its removal. Judge Ould has informed the Yankee authorities that no more food or clothing will-be allowed to be delivered at City - .Feint for the nrisoners in Richmond. After I the present supplies -are exhausted, they rill receive the ratae rations as our soldiers in the field. Bristol, Deoember 12 ?The news from the front is decidedly encouraging. Our cavalry is still at Morristown, and the enemy retiring. Longstreet's, Hansom's and Vanoe's commands have been consolidated, and perfect confidence is felt that Longstreet will hold the oountry. Vaughn's oomm&nd has snoceeded in joining the main From the West. Atlanta, I>eo. 11.?a speoial to the TntelXgcrfcer from Dal ton of the 11th says the enemy has gone back to Chickamauga, leaving pickets at Mission Hidge. Two corps crossed the river at Bridge's Ford. The track from Whitesides to Shell Mcund has been torn hp and the railroad used as a I wagon road. Three small boats are running | up the river to Chattanooga. Indications are apparent that it is the intention of the enemy to go into winter quarters, intending to send 30,000 reinforcements to Meade. Qrant is to superoede him. Direct information says Longstreet was at Bean's Station, 50 miles from Knoxville, on the 8th. Col. Ives, the President's aid, has arrived, supposed to report on the condition of affairs.' From Kentucky.?Bristol, Deo. 5. ?Nothing to-day from the front. Mr. Shanks, of the Provisional Council of Kentucky, captured with faorgan, in Ohio, and confined at Camp Douglas, from which he escaped, has arrived here. Be says the Yankees have bridged the Ohio river at Cincinnati, and thus connected the Kentucky Central railroad with the Ohio roads, and bavo changed the gauge of the Louisville and Lexington railroad, making one unbroken connection from Cleveland, Ohio, to Nashville. He further says that large droves of hogs and cattle are being sent to Cumberland Gap from Kentucky, and that large numbers of Morgan's men have escaped from prison and have gone to Canada. There are no Federal troops in Kentucky, except at Camp Dick Robinson and Lexington, and small scouting parties on the border. jgT' The news from Longstreet last night was that his command had reached Beano's Station^ which is about twenty-five miles west of Bristol. His retrograde movement ^ias been very successful, and the Yankees i have doubtless abandoned their "pursuit." Foster dispatched that he ?might be able to infliot some damage" on our rear, but gave little hope of a vigorous effort in that direotion. ] There are some indieations of the renew- < al of active operations on the Rapidan. The , impression prevails that Meade will advance | again, but by another route. Oar men are < represented to be in splendid condition, and ( receiving large supplies of clothing. Richmond Whig, 10<7*. IT"*!* - ] Circular. , WAR TAX OFFICE, j Columbia, S. C., Nov. 23, 1863; t Whereas divers persons have been re- I ported to this office as having endorsed upon their "oredits" their willingness to re- i ceive Confederate Notes in payment, and as 1 having thus reduced the assessment of such < credit from what wonld otherwise have been ] a much larger assessment; and whereas such parties are said to have subsequently i refused to take Confederate Notes in pay- I ment, upon the subterfuge that they swore their willingness to take Confederate Treasury notes to dat, with a mental reserva- i tion that they would not take such Notes to morrow. All officers, therefore, of the Confederate War Tax in South Carolina 1 are hereby instructed that the returns in all I such cases aro a fraud upon the Act of Con- i gress, as contemplated by the 9th section of ' the Assessment Act; and such returns are < deemed fraudulent ab initio; and such officers are hereby further instructed, upon 1 any such case being brought to their notice, that they proceed to re-assess suoh tax-pay- ;< er at the proper rate of value without regard to any endorsement previously made 1 upon such credits; and, further, that the party be forthwith indicted before his Honor Judee Magrath, in the Confederate < States Court, for the penalties prescribed under the 9th and 29th sections of the As- 1 sessment Act. The Act does not jlireot any notice to the tax-payer making such fraudulent return, but it is hereby direoted ' that five days' notice be given, thus following the spirit of the Act in other particulars. . The Act of Congress does not contemplate the idea of compelling any tax payer to take Confederate Notes in payment of his "credits,but it does contemplate laying a tax 1 upon the premium of such credits in con- ] federate notes, and when the premium is i fraudulently sworn away, the Aot further contemplates stringent penalties for such^of- : fence. In all such cases the .Tax Books < need not be defaced or erased, but a sepa- i rate list, under the head of "Fraudulent ' Returns Re-assessed," may be opened in 1 the back of the proper book, and the names ' entered therein; the tax of the fraudulent return and under assessment, (if previously < paid,) being considered so much paid on ' account of the true assessment subsequently < made. All offioers of the Confederate Tax I in South Carolina will take notig^and be governed accordingly. 1 JOS. DANIEL POPE, ? State Collector. < Congress of the Confederate States, i In the proceedings of last Thursday we ' note the following: SUBSISTENCE AND TREATMENT OF YANKEE | PRISONERS. Mr. Wigfall, of Texas,'offered the follow- ] ing: ' 1 "Resolved. That the committee on mili- , 7 tary affairs be instructed to enquire into f the subject of the treatment and subsis- g tence of prisoners of war in the hands of ] the military authorities and report the re- t suit of their investigations to the Senate." ? Mr. Wigfall said he had offered the res- ; olution because of a statement made in a f quarter which should entitle it to our respect, and calculated to secure for its ere- e dence among foreign nations, that the pris- ( oners of war had been improperly and badly t treated. For himself, he believed that the ? prisoners were really better treated than ? they should -be; but, because of the source j whenoe the announcement had come, he thought it proper the Senate should take | some authoritative action and direct inves- j tigation, that the real facts might be made ( known. The resolution was agreed to. j THE LAWS ALLOWING SUBSTITUTES. Mr. Sparrow, from the Committee on I Military Affairs, reported back, with the 1 recommendation that it be at once passed, * the bill to prevent the enlistment or enroll- 1 meut of substitutes in the military service * of the Confederate States, and to repeal all ' laws permitting or authorizing the same. 1 AT - Wiorfnll mncofl fn ofpilro fhr> clause providing that all laws heretofore ' passed permitting persons to famish sab- 1 stitutes be repealed. Lost. The bill was then passed and sent to the House. ( The following is the bill as passed : ( "A bill to prevent the enlistment or enroll- , ment of sulstitututes in the military service of the Confederate Stales, and to repeal all laws permitting or authorizing the same. " The Congress of the Confederate States ] do enact, That no person, liable to military ( service, shall hereafter be permitted or al- . lowed to furnish a substitute for such ser vice; nor shall any substituo bo received, ( enlisted or enrolled in the military service , of the Confederate States; and that all laws heretofore passed, permitting or allowing : persons liable to military service to furnish i substitutes for the same, or authorizing the acceptance, enlistment or enrollment of any ; each substitute in the military service, be, ( and the same are hereby, repealed." ?ian? j A Badge of Female Disloyalty.? We find the following paragraph in the : news column of the New Orleans Era: Not to wear crinoline has become a badge i of secesh principles in the Southwest. Al- j though hooped skirts are plenty at Memphis, the women have agreed among themselves not to wear them. It is their secret sign? their badge?their rebel .flag. No longer allowed to flaunt past our brave fellows witb their emblems of treason pinned to their dresses and bonnets, they have hit upon this plan.' They will wear no mere hoops. That is their rebel mark now, and one, the other day, when asked if such was the reason, she tossed up her head and said : "Yes, it is, and you Yankees can't make us ^car hoops, neither." The Scheme Of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the Relief-of the Finances of the Govern- ( meat and the improvement of the Con | federate Currency. ] The following is the scheme suggested by Mr. Memminger, in his report to Congress, 1 for the relief of the Government finances < md the improvement of the Confederate ! Currency which, notwithstanding the crowd* I 3d condition of our oolumns, we present to i )ur readers: I * SCHEME PROPOSED. 1 1. That Congress forthwith authorize a , loan of $1,000,000,000 in 6 per cent, honds, the principal payable in twenty years, the interest semi-annually; to be extended hereifter, from time to time, so as to consolidate the whole public debt. 2. That the Seoretary of the Treasury be to oaH of. r\or no m?nu nf f.liA Raid >UbUUiiAGU IV OVIi MM |/w* hw immv> ? ?? bonds as will be sufficient to take up the outstanding currenoy, and to pay the appropriations made by Congress. 3. TfiSt deposits of Treasury notes on account of the said loan may he received at the Treasury or any of its depositories, or by Commissioners to be appointed; said deposits to be in sums of one hundred dollars or in sums of whioh one hundred is a perfect divisor. 4. Certificates shall be issued for suoh deposits, which shall entitle the holder to bonds for the amount, with interest from the date of deposit. If the deposit be made in the month of January, the bonds issued for the same shall be exempt from the tax of 5 per cent, for the present year, hereinafter mentioned ; if made in the month of February, they shall be exempt from one-half of the tax; and if made in the month of Maroh, they shall be exempt from one-fourth of the said tax. Offioers, soldiers and Beamen in service shall be entitled" to exemption from the whole tax for sums paid at any time before April 1, 1864. 5. A tax of 5 per cent, shall be imposed on all property and credits (other than the new issue of notes hereinafter mentioned) which may be held on the 1st of April next, to be paid on the 1st of July, one-half in Treasury notes and one-half in coin, or in the coupons of the bonds* issued for the loan. 6. In ease the coupons should advance in the market to a premium exceeding 25 per cent., any tax payor shall be permitted to pay his tax in Treasury notes of the new issue, with 25 per cent, added. . 7. Within six months a new and improved issue shall be made of two hundred millions of treasury notes, in substitution for that amount of old issues, and all the old issues 3hall be canoelled, and the faith of the Government is pledged not to increase said issues. 8. Notice shall be given to holders of treasury notes, (other than the said two hundred millions) requiring them to present their notes at the Treasury, oc.at some of the depositories, on or before the 1st day of A.pril next, and receive payment thereof in bonds of the said consolidated loan, or in ipfault thereof the notes not so brought in shall cease to be current or receivable at the Treasury for dues, but shall remain evidences of debt payable by the Confederate States according lo their tenor. U. Id ttie States oeyonct tne Mississippi the time mentioned in tho last olause shall be extended until the 1st day of July. 10. Six months more shall be allowed all holders of Treasury notes to oome in and register and verify their notes as demands igainst the Treasury, and exchange the same for a certificate of debt y or if they prefer to keep the notes the name of the lolder shall be endorsed thereon, after which he said notes shall be negotiable only by special assignment, and all notes not so re?stered within the same time shall be barred rom'any further olaim on the Government. 11. Any holder of a bond of theConfedirate States may convert the same into one 1 >f the bonds under this loan y the 8 per cent. )onds at par, and the others at a proportionita rahr' nnrl tVip lrtnn shall ha pjrtended fin is to absorb all bonds which may be offered exchange. . 1 12. The interest coupons of this loan shall i% held equivalent to specie in future dealngs of the Government, and shall be accepted in payment of any tax hereafter nade payable in coin. 13. The faith of the Government is cledged to make adequate provision for the cayment of the principal and interest of ho said loan by the continuance of the tax nentioned in Artiole 5, until a census shall )e taken, after which like provisions shall | >e made by direct taxep or by duties on im- ; jorts and. exports. 14. The notes of denominations under j >5 shall not be affected by the provisions of his scheme. . To Impressing" Officers. Wo call the attention of impressing officers and agents to the subjoined communication of Maj.. C. I>. Melton, commandant it this post: Post Headquarters, Columbia, December 11, 1863. Dr. R. W- Gibbes : Sir: The Commanding General, having been advised of the formation, in this city, cf a "Mutual Association" for lowering the prices of provisions, h.as ordered that the impressing officers and agents shall not seize on the way to Columbia, any provisions or supplies purchased in good faith for the said Association. The agents of the Association who may be oharged with the duty <Jf purchasing supplies will bear each a certificate of appointment, signed by the President of the Association, and attested by the signature of the Mayor of Che city, under the corporation seal. You will serve the interests of the com- I munity by giving this matter publicity. Very truly yours, C. D. MELTON, Major Commandant Post. IJCirrnv-nn-nv Tfl fin TNTfl TTTK SvRVTrW ?The Senate of Georgia has unanimously passed resolutions providing that every ablebodied citizen of the State, over fifteen years of age, shall be immediately enrolled, ordered under arms, organized and ordered into active service, for the defenoe of the State, at such points and for such length of time as the Governor may direct. Nothing is said about "over sixty," so every strong man in Georgia- not already in the service may go to work and brush up his armB. Yankee Efforts. The Yankeos, who have a wholesome fear 01 )f Charleston rebel inventions, are obliged ^ :o use extra efforts to hold their fleet from 1? 11 jarm : Hilton Head, November 28.?The re- I wfcdesign of bfiilding a covered way and Q Greeting a stookade upon the sea faco - of D Port Sumter has been frustrated by General 41 Gillmore. The calcium light of Professor 6 Grant is?kept upon the ruins all night, and 0 the rebel working parties are fired on when I they appear. Two calcium lights, planted in Fort Putnam, (formerly Gregg,) make a 11 local illumination four times as brilliant as t the full moon on the clearest night. The Ironsides, besides her protection of * rafts, which surround her on all sides, to fend off torpedoes and segar steamers, is a supplied with the calcium light. This is 1 kept revolving all night. As it sweeps the horizon for two miles in every direotion with a wide belt of light, it lookB like the flaming eye of some huge Cyclops, or like the pre- 1 sence of Una in the bosky wood, where she * "made a sunshine in a shady place/' No Nereid or Triton, no dolphin or mermaid ( could pass unobserved aoross such a path of 1 light. Venus, wben she arose from the sea, * could not have been more dazzling to the E beholder thaw is this illuminating power.? tIt seems to penetrate the waters and repeal f the secrets of the ooean waves. 1 ..... < The McCookS and Capt. Gurley. The correspondent of the Confederacy, "One of Morgan's - Men," writes as fol- , lows: \ ' A correspondent of 8 Northern paper, in speaking of Capt. John A. Gnrley, says: "It is some satisfaction to know that we have at last sncceded in capturing Captain John A. Gdtley, the murderer of Gen. McCook. He has been sept North to be tried, where it is hoped he will be hung without benefit of clergy." Capt. Gurley is one of the bravest and most energetio officers in the Southern army. 'His killing General McCook was perfectly honorable and strictly in accordance with the rules of war. It was simply the boldness of theT deed which rendered his name sp famous among all honorable men, and so hated by the Yankees. Gen. McCook had pressed a carriage and horses from a Southern Rights gentleman of Huntsville, and it was the faot of his being in ihis carriage whioh enabled , Capt. Gnrley to identify him. He was traveling with his entire brigade, and was ( surrounded by a body 'guard.: Capt. Gur- | ley attacked the guard and drove them off, , and demanded Gen. McCook to surrender, r and, on his refusal to do. so, he shot him. ( He was justified in doing so, and if we had j a few more like Capt. Gurley the eountry ( would be rid ol many otner lankee sooqq- ( drels wearing the stars of a general. The ] object of this notice is to call the attention ( of our Government to his capture, for, on- { less the Yankees are notified that we will ] retaliate, we fear that Capt. Gurley will nev- j er again return to his family and friends in j the South. "We wore informed by an officeriwho was i confined in one of the prisons at Cincinnati, | that while Morgan was in the neighborhood ] of that city, an old gentleman came in and J inquired of Gen. Morgan's officers "if there j was such an officer in his command as Capt. { Gurley." The officer addressed replied ] that there was not. "Well," says the old | man, "I can sleep, but I had determined, , if Capt. Gurley was in your command, nei- \ ther to eat nor sleep until I had revenged 4 myself in his blood for the murder of my ] son." The old gentlemen remained a few ( moments longer, talking over his former | deeds of valor and the good service he had j done bis country during the war, with his j splendid repeating rifle, although the duties ( of his. office as paymaster had not required { his presence in the field. When he rose to f depart, he remarked that he was sorry that Capt. Gurloy was not with Gen. Morgan, for be had resolved to wreak his vengeance ] on him, even if he had beqn a prisoner; t but, as he was not with the command, he f supposed he would have to kill somebody ( else of Morgan's command. When he was gone, Dr. Miller, Surgeon, for Dick Morgan's regiment, asked the Yankee offioerof 1 the day who that man* was. The offioer c replied, in some astonishment at his igno- a ranr?A <<Whv. sir. that is thfl crrput Maior t Dan. McCook, the father of the 'fighting McGooksj' I supposed everybody knew r Major McCook. i "Then," says Dr. Miller, "if he goes 1 following (oo close to Morgan ho will get * something he didn't want." A few days 1 afterwards the Cincinnati payers were dra- 1 ped in black, and the first announcement f that met the eye, "Melanoholy Occurrence. 1 One of the most dreadful incidents connec- G ted with the unholy raid of the thieving ^ Morgau is the death of.Major Dan. Mc- * Cook. He was killed near Buffington Island by one of the horse thieves, who shame- ? lessly robbed bim after he had fallen mor- 4 tally wounded." The paper then went on ? to give a history of his life, and mentioned * the singular coincidence that ho was the c third of the family who had been killed J during the war on the 21st of July. The e youngest son, Daniel, was killed at the trst a KnUlfi nf TVf nnnaann. r?n thfi 21st of Jalv. c 1861; the second son, Robert, on the 21st 8 of July 1862; and the old man, Daniel,-on 1 the 21st of July, 1863. Perhaps it was the approach of the 21st of September that made Aleck leave the battle-held of Chiokainauga in such hot hasto. From the bitterness of feeling expressed v against Capt. Gurley^ at the North, I fear c that, unless our Government have their r attention called to his case, he will be inur- ] dered in prison, an.d we earnestly hope that j the Secretary of War will not fail to do t what he can to prevent so foul an act of i revenge for his heroio conduct. c Army Letters.?We are requested by ] Colonel W. E. M. Word, special agent of } the Post Office Department, to say that the a Postmaster-General has established a post c office to be called "Northern Army of Vir- c f/iiiia," and appointed Captain John L. Eubank, of Richmond, postmaster. Said office is to De located nea* tfenorai Jjee s r army, and go with '"it whereever it may"go, t and the postmasters in this State and in f other States, finding letters in their offices 1 for this army, will confer a favor on the sol- t diers by sending them direct to this new < post office, and thereby expedite delivery. Charleston Mercury. s Richmond, December 2.?One of the n dits of this fertile oity of rumors ia that le agent of the State of North Carolina, itely from his post in Europe, reports that ie dicision of the orown officers of Great tritain, will be to release the rebel, rams , ow under the prohibition of that Governlent. Also, that it is the settled convicion in England that a grand and united ' Sort, which it is not doubted will be sue- essful, will be made at the next meeting of i 'arliament to defeat the Palmerston Minis- , ry, and bring about a change of measures : n regard to foreign relations, as they effeot ' he war in America. And, it is confident- } 7 asserted, that a recognition of the Con- ] ederate States will be secured this winter. Vive la recognition, it will he born again ,s often as it is hilled. Certainly we are tot a despondent people. ? T\ M r% 7 7* Special uor. uany itepuuucan. Dalton, December 3.?Oar loss of arillery in the late battles amounted to jast hirty-eight pieces, namely: Fergnson's lattery, 4 guns; Howell's, 2 guns; Movant's, 2 guns; Dent's, 5 guns; Scott's, 3 ;uns; Yates', 3 guns; Faber's, 3 guns; Jarity's, 1 gun; Oliver's, 1 gun; Ander-. ion's, 1 gun; Slootfmb's, 9 guns; Cobb's, 1 guns; Harris', 2 guns; Massinburg's, 4 guns. Two siege pieces were burnt at Chickimauga Station. All are not equal to our japtures in the battle of Chickamauga. Cor. Savannah Republican. The Governors op the Confederate States ?The following is a list of the Jovernors of the several States composing ;he Confederacy: Alabama?Thomas H. Wats. Arkansas?E. Flannagin. Florida?John Milton. Georgia?Joseph E- Brown. Kentucky?Richard Hawes. Louisiana?Henry W. Allen. Mississippi?Charles Clark. Missouri?T. C. Reynolds,?(a refugee.) North Carolina?Zebulou B. Vance. South Carolina?M. L. Bonham. Tennesseee?Robert L. Caruthere, (a refugee, not yet inaugurated.) TeXas?Pendletan Murrah. Virginia?Wm. Smith, (from January, 1864.) ? The Latest "Fashions."?Our ladies grill, doubtless, be glad to learn something )f the styles of dress in vogue this winter in the .Northern cities. Uur items or miormation are few, bnt entirely reliable, as we derive them from one who has "been there." The hat, whioh was much worn daring tho jammer, is entirely oat of fashion.. The bonnets were worn qaite large, the centre )f th.e front reaching over and arohed; bat ihese went oat of style . at the commencement of cold weather, and are supplanted by unaller and more tasty ones. The new style fits more closely to the head, and does [jot expand so mach in front, while a pretty, indescribable bend gives a lovely phape to the sides. As orimson is the rag? .as a color, bonnets are mostly trimmed with it? Crimson cloaks,- such as were formerly worn to the opera, are mach worn, and orimson Balmpral skirts are the only kind nsed.? Hoops are worn very small, and the dresses it tightly and mostly trail,?all those in ityle being braided. Small, plain white inen collars and cuffs worn outside the ;ight fitting sleeve, with sleeve buttons, are iniversal. Walking dresses, with two little laps dropping from the waist over the skirt jehind, like pigeon tails, are worn by all. Bat most sensible of all is the ladies' gait<? in linnnTT tritli Hunt gnlfl .aj nmuu ao uwu I J J IliVU VM?VM hv^v> wi ;he color of the walking dresses were oomng rapidly into fashion. The great "rage" s crimsoD, whioh ornaments every artiole of sostame and is seen everywhere. Buttons he color of the dress are nsed in great proration.? Charlestoa Mercury. * " The Great Virginia Express Line."?The following "advertisement" ippears in a recent number of the Springield (Mass.) Republican: jreat totomac and rapidan through route !?promptness and dispatch ! Meade and Lee's through express, weeky line, between Alexandria and Cnlpeper, lonneoting with the prineipel points North md South (especially the old Capitol and he Lihby prison. The subscribers, having completed tbeir arrangements, and gotten their lines into unning order, will hereafter, until fnrther mtico, run their maohines ("the Army of he Potomao" and the "Army of Nojthern Virginia/') every week through Culpeper, i/'a., to AJexandria, Va., and vice versa, giving their personal attention to the ranting of e&oh train, Lee preceding Meade at proper interval on the oat-trains, and fteade preeeding Lee with similar regalariy on the in-trains. The perfect familiarity of these old stagers with the whole route in qqtttioD, and he frequency with which thdynave travirsed it, Enable them to oaloalate with perect accuracy the time of arrival at the indicted points. Having gotten up all their ooomotivcs and rolling stook regardless of license, and patting them throagh night ,nd day alike, they are enabled to disreprd the ordinary drawbacks of weather, tatc of roads, etc., as those who do a srnaler business cannot. Patronage respectfully solicited. G. G-. Meade. It. E. Lee.* * Piling itJJp.?In California, any stipdated rate of interest is lawful, and the , mrrent rates are often fearful. In Januay, 1861, (not yet three years ago,) Daniel t. Vance borrowed 81,300 of Morris Wise, tayable on demand, with compound intcrerest at 8 per cent, per month. Not beng paid, Wise sued i^and obtained a verliot a month ago, for the snug little sujp of live hundred and sixty millions of dollars, tfot feeling able to lose so much money, j Vise concluded to strike off one hundred ;nd forty millions from the amoont, and inly have judgment entered for the trifle , if twenty millions. * mti The Conscrippion in .worth uaroli- rA.?North Carolina has furnished during ' his war nearly 100,000 men for the Con- j ederate army. For the year ending in July i ast she sent 11,874 conscripts, and between hree and four thousand volunteers. In her [uota there has been only 2,040 substitutes ?a smaller number in comparison than my other State of the name population. LATEST NEWS, Prom Charleston. Charleston, Deo. 14.?N> firing last . light. Nothing new this morning. No firing to day and nothing onasa&l, exsept that we hare one monitor less to fight. A.n official dispatch from General Walker, it Pocotaligo, of the 14th, says the Yankee paper, the New South, published at Port Royal, received by flag of truce, contains a report of the sinking of the monitor Weehawken in a gale o$ Charleston harbor on Monday, 7th December. 28* lives were lost. Prom the West. Bristol, Tenn., Deo. 14.?The main body of our army remains at Kogersville.? Loogstreet's headquarters are. at that place. Large droves of hogs and cattle are being gathered up in East Tennessee by our cavalry. Burnside is reported marohing towards Cumberland Gap, but uothing official is known in regard to this. Prom Virginia. Richmond, December 18.?The steamer Chesapeake from New York to Portland, with a cargo valued at one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, was taken possession of on Monday, the 7th, by sixteen labels, Who were apparently unarmed passengers. The Captain was put in irons and the second engineer killed. The capture took place twenty miles northeast of Cape Cod. The-^aptured officers and crew were landed at Partridge Islatfd. The steamer then started to sea. When last seen she was lying alongside of another vessel, apparently taking in ooal. A fleet of vessels have gone in pursuit. The leader of the party which captured the Chesapeake, was Henry Brian, the 2nd officer was Lieutenant Burr, one of Morgan's men. resolution was .adopted by the Federal House of Representatives recommending efforts to secure an exchange of prisoners .in the hands of the Rebels. ' Teas, 106; nays, 46.' A Home Thrust.?-About two years ago a cabal was got up in this oity against General Beanregard. A General, now out of the army?a good and gallant and brave man?win indireetlv asked to ioin it. and made this reply: "I cannot be his antagonist, but I would fain be his rival." Brave and beautiful words, spoken in the right place, at the right time. This anecdotewe have just heard on good authority, and the General is Gustavus "W. Smith. Southern Punch. V3T A Young man writing from the battle ground of Chickamauga to his brother, among other' incidents, relates that he saw two Yankees burying a dead comrade.? They "had dug the grave north and. sooth, and when they were about to consign the body to it, a dispute arose as to which way the head should be laid. "Let's pot it south," said one. "No," said the other, "Let's put it north, for it's already been too far south for it's owu good." Georgia Legislature.?Both houses J A.'? 1 l- ? u:ii T* paseeu iub guucrtu uk& utu. jlk cacuipts tnu thousand dollars worth of soldiers' property, and leaves a tax not to exceed one per oent. on all other property. It is estimated that it will raise twelve million of dollars, and with the income tax of the State it will pay all the expenses of the Government without incurring farther indebtedness; and thns Georgia resolves to pay as it goes. Gamblers.?A bill wns introduced in the Georgia Senate on Monday, by Mr. Ganlden, to rid the State of gamblers.? The penalty is thirty-nine lashes and confinement at hard labor in the penitentiary, for a term of not less than one yeafnor more than five years. special ftfltitts. Notice to Tax Payers. THE time for paying TAXES on PROPERTY and CBEDlfS will expire on the TWENTY FOURTH inatant, at 4 o'clock, P. M. All whofhll to pay on or before that time will be liable anil subjected to - tne pcnuucs 01 uic Tax Act. . ' J. A. McLEAN, 31st District Collector. Dec 10 00 . 9W. Pine Opportunity for Investment. DESIRING to retire, I offer for sale the SOUTp CAROLINIAN AND COLUMBIA BANNER OFFICE, with the papers,?daily, tri-weekly and weekly?BINDERY, JOB-OFFICE and ull,appurtenances. The lot measures G6 by 130 feet, and the building is well adapted for Its purposes. There is a valuable HOE (CYLINDER) POWER PRESS, an ADAMS PRESS and RUG- 1 GLES CARD PRESS. The ENGINE is a very aupeiior Hoe's vertical, and the supply of TYPE and MATERIAL abundant. The circulation of the paper Is equal to that of any paper in the Suite. Terms cash, In Confederate bonds. R. W. GIBBES. Columbia, December 5, 1863. Ip ??? nan??????? ?titearj. Dud?In Laurens District, December 1st, 1863, at the residence of her grandmother, ANNIE TOLAlfD, daughter of Walter B. Melts, Esq., of this place, in the 5th year ofher age. But little more than a year lias elapsed since the mother of this promising child, a lady of rare Intelligence and piety, was caJled to a better world. And now the child which more than any other bore tbe impress of the mother In mind as well as body is likewise token by the Great Shepard and laid upon JJiis bosom, housed in that same heavenly home. We" remember-well the dcep solicitude felt by this Christian mother in her lost Illness for the tender little ones whom she was to leave in the sinful atmosphere, amid the wide blasts of this dark world; and well too do we remember the triumph of grace over nature enabling her finally to commit them with all calmness and assurance to the keeping of her oovcnaiit God. Who knows, but that He who sccth not as man sceth may have answered, tbe very prayers in which so precious a trust tfas committed to Hltn by a dying mother, in relieving from the burden of the fiesb, the attacks of temptation and the dangers of a perilous .pilgrimage the" young spirit that now reposes In ineffable security and peace on the bosom of its God ? Dear Annie! We drop the tear of affection over thine early grave and shrine thy sweet image in otu- heart of hearts; yet we rejoice, while our eyes are Streaming and our hearts are bleed ing, to know that thy budding beauty lms buret into glorious bloom iu the courts of the heavenly paradise, and that thy young intelligence which gave such bright tokens or promise, grows and expands fore vcrmorc ; us thou, blest child, bowest. low before the throne of thy Savior contemlilating, in rapj cxtacy, the riches of His grace and drinking in the sweets of His eternal and Infinite love! ^ , In Ebenezerville, November 21th, MIL EDWARD AVERY, an aged and venerable citizen. The deceased .was born in Virginia, "November 11th, 1792 ; and emigrated to South Carolina, 1815. The last 35 years of his life were spent in the community of Ebenezerville. Gifted with-fine common sense, a strung will and extraordinary energy of character) hd'im~fi?cWi)yh marked nan In society. He possessed that generosity of heart and ^lightened public spirit, so characteristic onhc noble old Virginia gentleman. From the earliest recollections of the writer, bis house was the seat of the moft liberal and elejnnt hospitality. Mnny, doubtless, in all parts of the land will Jong and gratefully remember the Old White Mansion, . tear Ebcnczer Church, and Its intelligent Independent, 4 jortly and worm hearted proprietor. He hpda very, high ippreciation of tlie lmportancif d'T Education, for many 1 rears he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the >ld and honored Academy of Ebeacxer. And to his influ nce and exertions, that 010011 loved Institution Is largely ndebted for its great usefulness and success. He was a member of tlie Presbyterian church. Seldom sras ;tiis seat vheaat on the Shbbgth, and. he was always a nbst respectful and attentive lUteoer to the word. He took 1 deep Interest in all that pertained to the Interests of the fllfl Church of Ebcnczer. The constant friend 'of the Pastor, he was | always ready to counsel and support him. ' Mr. SMB Avery's death maXci a wide breach in Ebenezer! We know It Is deeply and painfully felt by that highly respectcd people. JH His lust sickness'was severe and somewhat protracted. But he bore his sufferings with Christian sabmlsslon; and M In view of death, expressed entire resignation tp the will ^ Jl ofJils heavenly Father. Wa. esteemed Aiim almost as a ^ father whilst living, and rejoice In being permitted to hope, . j that he now rests from all weariness, pain and sin in the > ineffable love of Jesus in HU kingdom above. A*"s. PHILANTHROPIC LODGE" NO. 78, A.-. F.\ M.\ Regular Communication of this 1 T.ndirn will be held at the Masonic Hall. Mondav Evening,^1 lit inst., at 6% O'clock. There wilf be woric in the Second and Third Degrees. Also an Election of Officers for the ensuing Masonic year. Members will please take dire notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly.' J. ED. JEFFERYS, ficc'ry. YorkviHC, 8. C., Dec. 15. 50 lw Notice of Information. I have distilled on6 Run of Persimmons, and.have found ft to make as much as fruit to 1. the barrel, ofjbod spirits, and I am mashing twelve bushels to the barrel, and foar barrels make one run. Any per- tfSagO son wishing to. have some made, can put in 2,4, 6, 8 or 10 bushels in the barrel and have it distilled, and get ItU part the same as if he had a full barrel; or I will giv? two dot?" * &2M| iars per bushel for all I can get delivered at my distillery. J. L SUTTON. ^ December 16 50 2w I /COMMITTED?TO THE JAIL OF \J York District, as a runaway, on Sunday, the 13th I Instant, a negro man, who calls ills name MINGO, and f says lie belongs to Jlnydon Williams, of Edgecotnb County J N. C. The owner la notified tostome forward, prove prop crty, pdy charges and take him dway, or he will be dealt ^ with as the law directs. * ,! JAMBS MASON, Sheriff, York District. Dec 16 50 , . ' Q OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISO TRICT.?Whereas, JOHN R. PATRICK and A. 8. j WALLACE have applied to me for Letters of Administration on ail and shiaular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of MARY"H. PATRICK, late of the District, aforesald, deceased. Tiiese are. therefore, to cite and admonisli all and singu lar, the kindred and Creditors of the said deceased, to be ? and appear before \nc at our next Ordinary's Court ft>r the said District, tobe holden at-York Court House on the 1st day of January next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my bond and Seal, this 14th day of December. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred nnd sixty?-threc, and in the eighty-eighth year of the independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. December 16 50 2t EXCHMGE NOTICE, SO. T. Richmond, Nx., Oct. 16JT853. T^HE following Confederate Officers * JL and men ure hereby declared duly exchanged:;, I. All-officers and mcp captured end paroled at any thlie Erevlous to the first of September, 1863. This section, owever, is not Intended to lncludwany officers-or. men. captured at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, except such as 'were declared exchanged by Exchange Notice No. 6, September 12, 1863, or-are specifically named in this notice. But It does embrace all deliveries made at City Point or othOr places before September 1, 1863. and with the limitation aboye named, all captures at Port Hudson or any other place, where the parties were released on parole. II. The Staffs of Generals Pembcrton, Stevenson, Bowcn, I Moore, Carton, S. D. Lee, Cummings, Harris and Baldwin, j and of Colonels Reynolds, Cockerell and Dockcry.'thc offl- i cers and men belonging to the Engineer Corps and Sappers * and Miners, and the 4th and 46tb Mississippi Regiments, all captured at Viokubnra, Juiy 4, 18G3. . III. Tho General Officers captured at Vicksburg, July , 1803, were declared exchanged July 13,1863. ROBERT OUL1), Agent of Exchange. November 18 46] 1 a*.. QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISO TRICT.?Whereas, GEORGE L. RIDDLE bos applied to mo for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the good* and chattels, rights and credits of WILLIAM G. JOHNSON, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. 1. * 4 These are, therefore, to clto and odmtuiish all ao^ptagu lor, the kindred'and creators of the said deceased^hj: nc and appear before me atour next Ordinary's CourtKfihe said District, to beholden-at York Coun House."oirtbe 81st dav of December Inst., to shew cause, if any, why the sold Administration should not be granted. * * Given under my band and 8oal. tills 7th day-of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. \ Decembers 49 JJt-. * COUTH GAEOLINA?YORK DIS0 TRICT.?Whereas, JOHN J. POAG has applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and shwuiar, the . eoodS and chattels, rights and credits of ?. WALKER POAG, ifite of the District, aforesaid, deceased. ' '% These are, therefore, toxlte and admonish All and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordlnary/a-Court for the said District, to be holder) at York Court Houae, On the 81st day of December Inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. , Given under my hand and Sea), this 7th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and < sixty-three, and in the eighty-eighth year of the Independence of South Carolina. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. December 9 40 2t HEADQUARTERS, COMMISSARY-GENERAL8 DEPT, S. C., - * j Columbia, 8. C., Decembers, 1863. i T7J7ITH a view to assist the. needy j T T families of soldiers In the preservation of ihelr meat the distribution of SALT for the quaiter comraenc- 4 ing January, 1804, will be anticipated ? Boards bf Soldiers' Relief are, there) ire, notified that OCEAN SALT will be Airnlsbed them a. cost nnd expenses as heretofore, on application to this 'department. By order cftbt Governor. RICHARD CALDWELL, Lieut. Col. and Commissary General. S. C. Dccebmer 9 49 ? 3t HEAD-QUARTERS. ' MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Colombia, S. C., November 35th, 1863. j I THE Medical Board for ths exam- i inatlon of Conscripts in the SIXTH CONGRR88ION 1 al uioi Mui, win meet reguiariy in me jcmroiung umci: . , at YORKVILLE, on die TIIIED MONDAY in every month. ... II. All personh boldingSurgan's Certificate ofEiempdon doted prior to the let of November, 1863. will appear befbre. the Board, on the 21st of DECEMBER, for re-cxamlnatioo. - ' **" III. Persona liable to this Order who fail to report, wllfc . gUtb^Cuugi1' ins EQinTHimmsmHjr. Wiiliatn Clinton and Wife,) sa. V } m for Partition of Land. ! 6am'l Lowry & Wife, etal. ) ' *. rC appearing to my satisfaction that Luelan. Mlskelly, one of die defendants in above case, resides beyond the Uwim of thUState; It is, tbereffere-, tm motion of J. Bolton Smith, Esq.. Solicitor for Complainants, ordered that said absent defendant, do appear and plead, answer or demur to tbc bfil filed in tbia case, wftbln three months from the publication of. this notice, or said bill will be taken pro coufcsso against him. November 21,1863. (Mlf WALTER B. METTS, c. e. v. t>. . November 25 47 .. . .y, . 3m Wagon and Mules- ~~ ' Subscriber wishes to purchase I a two or four-horse WAGON, and from two to four MULES, for which he will pay a good price. ' JOHN HORLBECK, ' r , . Charleston, 8. C. Persona having cither to sell. wHl please leave word at ? . t&eXKaoyw*,1Office. t .. 7 ? December it 48 ^ ' 3w SLAVE LABOR. 1 PERSONS having demands against the State for Slave Labor done on the Coast, under, the subscriber's control are hereby respectfully notified that they must have their respective claims made' out, with a power of Attorney attached, and subscribed before S. E. MOORE, Clerk of the Court tor York District, on or before the FIFTEENTH OP JANUARY" next. a. m Mckenzie. December 9 ' 49 tf /2.0LD W-ATOH,?Wilt ba sold at # VJI Yak Court House on the F1E8TiMONDAY IN JANUARY next, a good GOLD WATCH, the property WILLIAM C. PATTERSON, Administrator. December 0 49 < 2w m AST 1SOTICE.?ADMENTSTRA J TORS, Executors and Guardians who have not made tholr'final returns, are hereby notified to make their annual returns immediately. Thfcec falling to do so, will be dealt with as the law directs, without respect to persons. J. A. BRCWN, O. Y. D. December 9 . 49 3t "VTOilCE.?The Creditors of Wm. P. x t McFADDEN, are beteby.notified to meet me, at my Office, in YotJtville, oh SATURDAY, 19th instant, to receive another dividend of the-Assigned'Estatc. W. I. CLAWSON, Assignee. December 9, ^ ' 49 ? 2w FO R T AX COLLECTOR.?-W E are authorised to announce Capu J. W. MITCHELL as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, for York District, at the ensuing election. . September 30 . 39 te* _ TP 0 R T A X COLLECTOR.?WE been requested to announce Col. ANDREW ^ cand^djut for tbe office of TAX COLLECTOR for YORK DISTRICT, at the ensuing election. September 9 36 tf 7VTOTICE.?CORN, Bacon, Wheat JL1 and PLOUR wanted for the GOVERNMENT. IV. H. McCORKLE, Agent. -April 29 - .? 17 tf Tie exercises of mrs. BLUM'S 8CH&OL wlU be suspended on the 16th of DECEMBER, and resumed on MONDAY, January 4th. ( November 25 -47 _ tf A supply of good letter r Envelopea for aale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE,' k November 96 4S tf M j I ?d