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TN view of the increased demands upJ_ on the Way-side Home, the Executive Committee charged*with its managment have appointed .the Mowing gentlemen Agents of this institution to solicit contributions itt money and provisions, and beg that these friends will act promptly without further notice! The conductors of (he various Railroads will give their generous aid in the trans portation of ail supplies. JAMES S. G1BBES, Chairman pro tern., And Treasurer Way;SMe Home. Dr. Lewis Dantzler, Vance's Ferry, (Orange Pnrisli.) T. Zimmerman, St. Matthew's,S. C. O. Whllteinorc, Orangeburg C. H. Rev. T. 0. Frierson, Klngstrce. J. H. Dingle. Sumter. Rev. B. N. Snares, Barnwell. Col. J. J. Ryan, Biackvillc. E. L. Kerrison, Columbia. Rev. J. R. Dow, Aiken. Silas Johnstone, Newberry. II. B. McMaster, Winnsboro. Rev. J. B. Adger, Pendleton, Rev. W. A. Gamcwcll, Marion. A H Vnnda Pun An/Jprfinn. 1 Rrv. C. McCartha and W. M. Lavwon, Abbeville. Lieut. Col. John A. Bradley, Chester. William A. Laua, York. J. Kyle, IJsq., Laurens. Rev. J. D. McCullough, Union. C. J. Elford, Esq., Greenville. Rev. W. C. Klrkland, Spartanburg. Dec 13 51 . Ip. THE BOLL OF HONOR. To the Families of Deceased SToldiers TELE Legislature has continued the ngency to record the names of soldiers from this State who have fallen hi service or died from disease during the pfesent war. The following resolution > as adopted by both branches of the General Assembly: 41Resolved, That the Agent ^lo urge, by public advertisement, the families of deceased soldiers to report to him, ftiat he may have the means of verifying and correcting Regimental returns." In accordance with the above resolution of the General . Assembly, I earnestly request the families and friends of deeeascd soldiers to forward to me the names of the brave men who have fallen in battle or died in service during the present war. The information required is the name, rank, number of Regiment, letter of company, date of dealt), cause of death, in what battle, or where died. I would also earnestly request all the commanding otlicets of Regiments from this State to forward me official returns of the casualties in their respective commands from the beginning of the war, and to continue said returns during their term of service, so that the Roll of Honor maybe as nerfact and complete as possible. " * " WM. 1J. JOHNSTON', I Itccording Agent ot' tlie State. January 6 1 It IK THE COURT OF ORDIKARl^ YORK DISTRICT. For Division or Sale of Real Estate of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. Margaret W. Floyd, Applicant, t?. David J. Flcvd, James Floyd, Carroll Henry, and Wife, Mary J., S. G. Kennedy and n child (whose name isuu-' knqvvn) of S. G. Kennedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy, deceased, heirs of George Mc. Floyd, deceased. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Carroll Henry, and fVifo, Slarv J., S. G. Kennedy, and a child; (whose name is unknown) of S. G. Kennedy and Elizabeth G. Kennedy deceased, defendants in above statCQ case, reside without the limits of lids State: It is tltere fore Ordered that they do appear and object to the division or sale ot the real estate of George Me. Floyd, deceased, on or before the fifteenth day of February, 1864, or their consent to the satnc will be entered of record. (*88) JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. November 11 45 3m IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY, YORK DISTRICT. To Oliver F. Parish, R. R. Parish and V. F. Parish. WHEREAS, J. LEANDER EARJ J ISH has tiled a petition ill my office, praying to be permitted to prove in solemn form, u paper which has been admitted to probate in common form, as the last Will and T-stament of ARTHUR PARISH,deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish you, the Said OLIVER F. PARISH, K. R. PARISH, ami D. F. PARISH, to appear at my office, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the ISfH day of APRIL next, at 10 O'Clock, A. M., with such witnesses as you may deent proper, for or against the confirmation of said Will, civnn limlar mc hand and seal of Office, at York Court ft.. S.i House, tiiis 13th dav of January, 1864. ($12) " J. A. BROWN, O. Y. D. January 13 1 3Un STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT. Koddey & Co., vs W. B. Dunlap.?attachment. TITTHEEREAS, the plaintiffs did on If the 15tb day of October 1863, tile their declaration againm the defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of this State," and lias neither wife nor attorney known within the same, upon wiiotn a copy of the said declaration might be served, it is therefore ordered, that the said defendant do appear and plead to the said declaration, on or before the 16th day of October, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be awarded against him. ($16) S E. MOORE, Clerk. October 15th, 1863. ? November 4 44 qly. IX EQUITT?lOiyi. DISTRICT. William Clirtnn and Wife, ) vs. , Bill for Partition of Lund. Sain'l Cowry fc Wife, ctnl. ) # 4 XT appearing to my satisfaction that Luclan Miskelly, one of the defendants in above case, resides beyond the limits of tiiis State: It is, therefore, on motion ofJ. Bolton Smith, Esq., Solicitor for Complainants, ordered that said atwent defendant, do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill filed in litis case, within three months from the publication of tiiis notice, or said bill will be taken pro confcjso against him. November 21,1863. . ($21) WALTER b. METTS, c. e. y. d. November 25 47 3m A "supply of gWd Tetter Envelopes for sale at the "ENQUIRER OFFICE.' November 26 48 The Iron-Clads a Failure. We are indebted to the Charleston Mercury for the following important transcript of Northern News u , At the present session of the Yankee Congress there have been some very interesting documents communicated with the report of Welles, the Secretary of the Navy. That worthy, it will be recollected, had strong faith in the iron-clad monitors, and insisted that Admiral Dapont should ?bccupy and hold" Charleston* by their aid. The contractors for building them, having more faith in than knowledge of them, also olamorea when their oostly work was- disparaged. Between the two sets Admiral Dupont got into bot water, and the Yankee nation let his reputation down a few pegs, uut tne inrormanon given in bis report shows that he was right and his detractors wrong. It.will be of considerable interest to the reader to know what that report embodied on the subject, and, accordingly, we make some luminous extracts below from the officers commanding the vessels. We preface them with the following extract from the New York Journal of Commerce, whioh, like *tbe rest of those papers that lack full faith in the wisdom of the Washington Government, thinks that the iron-olad invention has not yet proved its right to what is oiaimed for it: England And France, which directed their attention first to the attainment of this 1 object, have reaalized only a moderate suocess. One essential fault to be overoomo (aside from the wrenching and strain to < whioh vessels of this class are subjected, starting plates and opening 6eams) is the violent rolling in comparatively calm wafer. Their decks are often flooded with water, making the use of artillery impossible, as , under such circumstances no port can be opened. Speaking of a recent cruise of , the Frenoh iron-olad fleet, emrcsslv desien- , ed to test their sea-going qualities,' the Opinion Nationale says, "the rolling was terrible,1' especially on board the Normandie, at first reported so great a success." The English ouirassed shi v Warrior was the first to exhibit this direct, and reports in both French and English papers use equivocal terms in reference to all the latter exploits of these ships, built at such enormous expense and the authors of such great expectations. v Rough weather speedily sends them into ports, badly damaged. Notwith-* standing this, progress has been made towards securing the desideratum now demanded of French inventors by the Emperor. In the United States the exigencies of war have stimulated the skill of engineers and artisans to wonderfal performance#^ but as yet; unless we exoept the | Roanoke or Ironsides, it is doubtful whether we have a single plated ship which oould live in a rough sea. The upshot of the matter is that so far as relates to an iron-olad navy for deep seu service, its feasibility remains to be determined. There are skilled naval architects who already pronounce the idea visionary and the attempt a failure, as impenetrabilitv brings with it the sacrifice of speed and safety?two essential requisites. We shall know more about this by-and-by. Iron clad gun-boats and rams for smooth water, for harbor defence and.inland service?these depend for success on wholly different considerations, and their value may be regarded as established. . We annex below extracts from tho reports of the officers. Captain Drayton, who 1 commanded the monitor Passaio, says: At the fourth shot from 11-inch guns, I was struok in quiok succession in the lower part of the turret by two heavy shot, whioh 1 bulged in its plates and beams, and forcing together the rails on which the 11-inch car- ' riago worked, rendered it wholly useless for the remainder o'f the action, several hours being necessary to put it again in j working order. Soon after it wa.s discovered that there was something the matter j with the turret itself, which could- not be i moved, and on examination it wad found Ahat a part of the bras3 ring underneath it had^ been broken off, and being forced in board, had jammed ; on clearing this the turret could again bo moved, but for some time irregularly. A little after a very heavy rifle shot struck the upper part of the turret, broke all of its eleven plates, and then glancing upward-took the pilot house, yet with such forco as to make an indentation of two and a half inches, extending nearly the whole length of the shot. The blow was so severe as to considerably mash in the pilot house, bend it ever, open the plates and squeeze out the top, so that on one side it W?s lifted up three inches above the top on which it rested, exposing the inside of the pilot house, and rendering it likely that the next shot would take off the top itself eutirely. Captain Rodgers, of the Weehawken : Two or three heavy shot struck the sidearmor near the same place. They have so broken the iron that it only remains in splintered fragments upon that spot; much of it can be picked off by hand and the wood is exposed. * The deck was pierced, so us to make a hole, through which water ran into tbo vessel ; but it was not large. Thirty-six bolts were broken in the turret, and a^good many in the pilot house, but as these are concealed by an iron lining, I have no means of knowing how many. At one time the turret revolved with difficulty, in consequence of a shot upon its junction with the pilot house, but it worked well again after a few turns had beeu , made with higher steam. Captain Worden, of the Montauk : I desire to say that I experienced serious embarrassment in manoeuvring my vessel in the narrow and uncertain channel, with 1 the limited means of observation afforded ' from the pilot house, under-the rapid and 1 concentrated fire from the forts, the vessels i of the fleet close around me, and neither 1 compass nor buoys to guide me. After I testing Ae weight of the enemy's fire, and ' observing the obstructions, I am led to be- 1 lieve that Charleston canno.t be taken by i the naval force now present, and that, had c the attack been continued, it conld not fail to result in disaster. " ~ t Commander Ammen; of the Patapsoo : c Forty-seven projeotiles of the enemy 8 struck the vessel. No damage was done ' whioh disabled her, although injuries were * received whioh multiplied would do so.? F Forty bolts of the smoke stack were broken, 1 and a ohain around it will be necessary to * its continued,security. * a I think a want of vision one of the most 0 serious defects of this olass, making it im- 0 possible to fight them advantageously, to v avoid dangers, or to make a satisfactory re- 1 connoissance. 8 Another question of great importance, ? as relates to their efficient employment, is the character or the battery, if it is pro- , posed to batter down forts with a 15-inch gan, then it is qaito plain that we have to v come within distances at which heavy ord- ' nance, if employed in heavy batteries a- v gainst us, cannot fail in the end to injure f or perhaps disable as. . Commander Rodgersrof the Catskill: * I was sarprised to find even with this se- v vere fire that these vessels ooald be so mach ^ injured in so short a time, two or three hav- ^ vng passed mo daring the action to whioh some disaster had happened. This vessel was struck some twenty times, bat without ^ any serious injury, except one shot upon ? the forward part of the deck, whioh broW j, both plates, the deck planking, and drove g r?nun thp iron Ktannnhinna nnofninincr f.hin beam about one inch, causing the deck to ' leak. Commander Fairfax, of the Nantucket: Q Our fire was very slow, necessarily, and not half so observable upon the walls of the ^ forts as the rain of their rifle shot and heavy a shell was upon this vessel. After the third ^ shot from the 15-inch gun the port stopper ^ became jammed, several shots striking very ^ near the port and driving in the plating; it S( was not used again. .. , r As the fleet withdrew the forts material- ti ly slackened their fire, evidently not wish- b ing to expend their ammunition' without tl some result. Certainly their firing was ex- si celient throughout; fortunately, it was di- ii rected to some half dozen iron-clads at a tl time. The effect of their fire upon the Ke- p okuk, together with that of their heavy tl rifle shot upon the monitors, is sufficient b proof that any one vessel could not long e have withstood the concentrated fire of the gi enemy's batteries. I am convinced that, n although this class of vessels can stand a a very heavy fire, yet the want of more guns ri will fender them comparatively harmless sl before formidable earthworks and forts.? a 1 must say that I am disappointed beyond measure at this experiment of monitors overcoming strong forts. It was a fair trial. Lieutenant lleardslee, of the Nantucket: One rifle shot struok on the lower corner of the 15-inch port, denting the outer plate about one and a half-inob, and bulging the c whole thickness, so much as to prevent the port stopper1 from swinging. This shot was b received after the third fire of the 15-inch,' ^ and disabled the gun for the rest of the lj fight, we not being able to open the port.? tl A lQ-inch shot ftruqk directly opposite, and F near the top of the turret, starting a nam- g ber of bolts, and breaking the elampering ci inside. Daring the aotion the turret be- b came jammed. Upon examination, we dis- p covered six or seven bolt heads and nuts p that had fallen reside and into the recess n jround the bottom of the turret, rendering Y it necessary to key the turret higher in or- st 3er to clear them. Upon attempting to re- u rolve the turret again ^ to day, found that tl mother had' fallen since the first were re- it noved. The pilot house was strttok once, ol 1 square hit, but doing n# damage. This 0 iide armor was struck nine times?once be- rj ow the water line. A number of the side- tl dates are started so muoh that another shot 1 Ii q their vicinity would, in my opinion, M mock them off. One bolt wa8 driven U ;hrough tho iron, and is buried in the oak. sc One of the deck plates is started from a Ii blow on the side-armor. The smoke stack vas riddled in tho uppor sections, and re- cl jcived five shots in the lower sections?one p, 1 solid 10-inch, fell, after striking upon the w deck, and was secured. fc The steam whistle was cut off. The deck G plate was cut in twelve places. One shot te 2Ut through the iron, and about two inches C into tho beam, starting the plate, several si bolts, and the planking for some feet below, re This was directly over tho Andrews' pump, cc in the engine room. The others are notse- cs rious. The first disoharge of 15 inch gun di blew off eight of the heads of the bolts se- tl ;uring the muzzle-box. The discharge of as ;h? 11-inch gun, or else the blow of a shot te )n the turret, lifted ono of the perforated n< Dlates on top. These plates are not proper- di ly secured. The other turret plate, in the bi 15 inch port, is started about one-fourth of ec >n inch?the next layer in a less degree.' ui A f tK A Afl^ f A fllA 1 1 AAtHMAMA PI jLfiv nuc "guiuco tu tuc xi'V/auiagc xx were carried away through the gun not be- th ing properly compressed. Some of the wi D;ear to the engine-room bell was disabled S< it the first fire, causing trouble and confu- cc sion in getting orders promptly conveyed B From pilot-house to engine room. in Capt. Downs, of the Nahant: fic We soon began to suffer from the offects b1 of the terrible, and, I believe, almost un- Pl precedented fire to which we were exposed, m and at 4.80 the turret refused to turn, hav- ^ ing become jammed trom the effects of cr throe blows from heavy sjiot, two of them re on the composition ring about the baso of the pilot house, (one of these breaking off of a pieoe of iron weighing seventy^eight lbs. M from the interior that assisted to keep the pe bouse square on its bearings, throwing it so with such violence to tho other side of the ca bouse, striking, bending and. disarranging m< steering gear in its course, that it bounded su from the inside curtain and fell back into &( the centre of the house,) and the other on ha the outside of the turret, bulging it in and re driving off the 1| inch apron bolted on the tu side to keep id place the. gun Vails, and [i lown Qn the main race of turret. The bolt-heads flying from the inside of be pilot house, at the same time, strnok lown the pilot, Mr. Sofield, twice strnok. i nd senseless?and the quartermaster, Ed- ) card Cobb, helmsman, fatally injured with raotured skull, leaving me alone in. the, >ilot house, the steering gear becoming at ; he same time disarranged. We were within 1 ?00 yards of Fort Sumter, unmanageable, ! nd under the concentrated fire of, I think, < me hundred guns at short range, and the i bstruotions close ahead. But fortunately 1 re got the preventer steering gear in work- i ng order in time to prevent a disastrous*re- i ult. Getting my vessel onoe more under I ommand, I endeavvred to renew the ac- i inn Knf AiIiIa nffrira fr\ fnvtl 1 IUUJ uuu un^i iupctticu iuiuc cuuio w nu?u ? he guns on to the fort, I concluded to re- I ire for a time from close action and endea or to repair damages. i We received the following injuries to the ] easel and fittingS, besides those already < numorated: The plates on the side armor i roken badly in several plaoes, and in one, 1 rhere struck b^ two shots in close proximi- t y, partly stripped from the wood, and the rood backing broken in, with edging of t eck plates started up and rolled back in ] laces. On port qnartar, side armor deeply 1 dented and started from side and extremi- ( y from stern. The deok is struok twice | amagingly?one shot near the propeller ] rell, quite shattering and tearing the plat- ] g in its pasrage, and starting up twenty- 1 ve bolts; another starting plate and twen- \ y bolts; and slighter blows-are numerous. ( In smoke-stack armor there are* three 1 hot marks?one that pierced the armor, < laking a hole fifteen inches long and nine i aches bread, displacing grating inside and 1 reaking seven bolts. In the turret there i remarks of nine shot; fifty-six of-the I olts are broken perceptibly to ns, the bolt eadsflying off inside the turret, and the olts starting almost their length outside, ome of them flying out completely, being sand at a considerable distance from the arret on cffeck. Doubtless many others are roken that we cannot detect, as by trying hem we find others loosened. One shot truck the upper pait of the turret, breakag through every plate, parting some of hem in two, three and four places. In the ilot house there were marks of six shot, hree of them 11-ineh; twenty one of the olts were.broken perceptibly, and others vidently started. The plates are also muoh tarted, and the pilot house itself, I think 1 moh damaged and wrecked : indeed it is I iy opinion that four more such shots as it | 2ccived would l?ve demolished it. One i hot at the base broke every.plate through, nd evidently nearly penetrated it. -m-q iaw rion1 Tnaartli UfhaAl AIAUJ VX UUVl Wi. V VOVJ/Al VT iAOVAVA ' "P. W. A." correspondent of the Savan- ( ah Republican, gives the following bio. 1 raphical sketch of this accomplished offi- | er: ] This modest and excellent officer was 1 orn in Augusta, Georgia, on the 10th of I pptember, 1836, and is consequently on- I 1 27 years of age. Early in life he chose I re profession of arms, and entered West i 'oint in 1854, being ono of the first who { raduated under the five years rule. His i areer at West Point developed the fact that t e was one of the few who was born to the t rofession of arms. 'Whilst other students 1 assed their leisure hoars ia sports and in ( jading the romances of the day, young t Wheeler would be found in the library, t .udying with the deepest interest the vol- t mes which treated of oampaigns' and bat- < es, both of modern and ancient times, and i examining' military maps .and the plans , : battles of distinguished commanders. In ? October, 1859, he was ordered to the caval- ] j school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and 1 lere remained on duty duriog the winter. s i the spring of 1860, we find him in New *r texioo, stationed, respectively, at Forts c nioo, Craig and Filmore, and engaging in t jveral important scouts against the hostile ? idians. ? c Early in Maroh, 1861, seeing the storm a oud of war gathering over his country, he g romptly decided upon his course; and 1 hen his native State seceded, he at once n irwarded his resignation and returned to t eorgia. Immediately on his arrival, he p mdercd his services to the Congress of the fl onfederate Government, and was commis- e oncd first Lieutenant of Artillery in the w igular army, and ordered on duty,at Pen- e .U OniiA kn MokiktiA/] nn mnnk 70il nri^ A Hi*. JLLCiO uu CiUlUllCU ou luuku nv,ui auu u ipacity, that upon the special recommen- v xtion of Q^d. Bragg, the President daring .0 le summer commissioned him Colonel, and q isigned him to the command of the nine- I enth regiment of Alabama infantry. We j< 3xt hear of him at the head of his well :illed and gallant regiment in thfc bloody ^ ittle of Shiloh, where his behavior attract- 8I 1 the attention and received the encomi- tj ns of a number of distinguished officers. ^ e had two horses shot under him during a, .0 engagement, and led frequent charges ith the colors of his regiment in his hands. 8l >oa after the battle, he was assigned to the ei ?mmand of a brigade, and when General eauregard withdrew his army from Cor- a .. rr., i j L:_ l. j ta, to wneeier aua mu unguue was uuuled the honorable and perilous duty of c, inging up the rear and beating baok the 0j irsuing column of the enemy. The nu- <j( erous conflicts with, and charges upon ^ e Federal forces at Bridge creek and oth- 0j points, tell how well they executed this f sponsible trust. 0, la July, 1862, he was placed in charge se the cavalry connected with the army in 1, ississippi, and in a few days thereafter he m metrated the enemy's lines, destroyed bi vera! bridges on his Ijno of commnnica- of tions in West Tennessee, engaged in nueroas conflicts with his cavalry, captured a re lall train with a number of horses, mules, tr J., and burned 3,000 bales of ootton whioh of d been purchased by the enemy. He ly ndered most valuable servioepin the Ken- w oky campaign. His conduct at Mum* H fordsville elicited even the praise ofv the i enemy. Daring the battle of Perryville, < he succeeded throughout the whole day, by i his stubborn resistance, in keeping back the I entire corps of the enemy. As the enemy " formed bis lines on tho hills west of Perry*. 1 vllle, with the evident intention of turning i oar left flank, Col. Wheeler charged and I pat to roa't his advancing lines. When i the command-in-chief decided to retire from i Kentucky, Wheeler was appointed chief of i aavalry, and assigned to the duty of cover- t lag the retreat. This duty was performed 1 with great tact and Bacoess. His effective i force did not excoed 1,000 sabres; yet, so i ingeniously did he display this small force, ] that be protected every approaoh to the -ar- ( my, and compelled tho enemy to advance in long lines of battle, under the impression that a heavy infantry force was in his front ?thus retarding bis* advance, and restrict- < iog bis march to six aod seven miles a day. [ deed, General Baell state.d officially that General Bragg's rear was covered by oavalry which was handled with more skill than bad ever been Known under similar circumstances. After the Kentnoky campaign, upon the mited recommendations of Generals Bragg, Hardee, Polk and Breckenridge, Colonel Wheeler was commissioned Brigadier General, and sent to Middle Tennessee. Soon thereafter, on the 26th of December, 1862, Rosencrans commenced his maroh on.Marfreeeboro. For three saccessive days Gen. Wheeler so disposed his forces as to indnce the enemy to believe he was resisted by >ur entire army. When General Bragg vas ready to reoeive the enemy, Wheeler quietly withdrew at night fall within the nfantry lines. After a fow hoars rest, "to lorse I" was again sounded, and witn about 1 300 men he made a cirouit and feH upon ;he enemy's rear and wagon trains. Train i lfter train was oaptured or deslroySd, and j auilding after building filled with valuable stores, was burned. The loss sustained by ;he enemy iu wagons, mules, supplies and 1 material was immense. At night be oamp- 4 ;d bis weary horsemen under the light of y she Federal oamp fires, and on the follow- { ng day, he joined in the fieroe oarqage of ihe 31st December, charging repeatedly up>n the enemy's linos and rendering most important service ic the great battle. Upjq the conclusion of ,the struggle around . Murfr^esboro and the withdrawal of the Confederates, he was again called upon to jover the retroat of the army. For five dayB be held the enemy in check after our infantry had evacuated the town, and thus gave our forces time to remove their trains, rod secure theiff supplies. ,. After the battle of Murfreesboro, Genera] Wheeler was ordered to work upon the ene- . my's line of communications.. With scarcely 500 effective men ic bis command, he commenced the maroh, and amid the beating snow- and ice hunted up the onemy's j itores on the banks of the Cumberland, md along the railroad from "Murfreesboro to ! ? - - r - - . ' t a i 1 Nashville. A dozen transports, laaen wun rich snpplies and guarded by a gnnboat, * jonnd for the f'Army of the Cumberland," j fell a prey to his bold troopers, and their . slackened halls soon lined the shore. The irmament of rifled guns belonging to the j gnnboat, a number of small arms, and val- ^ lable supplies of ammunition, in addition j ;o the cargoes of the transports, fell into heir bands, and were either destroyed or jrought off. Not less than twenty other j ;ransporis, guarded by ironolad gunboats, ;ook fright, threw overboard tbeir valuable itores into the muddy Cumberland, and 1 ;hus lightened, were enabed to escape the 1 laring Confederates. At Ashland, on the north bank of the , ive'r, the enemy had collected immense < mpplies of subsistence. Although the Cum- ( rryf,n mn/ik otortllfln Ko rooorif rQina J U II U LIU Vfua UJUUU DTTVI1VU *J J tWVVMW I iVheeler swam his dauntless horsemen over t tnd drove off the guard, consisting of a ( egiment of infantry, and destroyed stores f lovering several agres of ground. ,About his time ho was joined by Forrest and D lis command, the two uniting with him in e ihasing the enemy into the forts at Dover, j >nd in capturing a battery of splendid rifled 0 ;uns, more ammunition and small arms, a 0 inndred prisoners, a wagon train, and a c lumber .of mules and horses. On his re- 0 urn to army headquarters he took other t| irisoners and a train of cars. The loss in- s licted upon the enemy during this brilliant xpeaition, in which a formidable^gunboat n ras foroed to strike her colors to "Wheel- c r's horse-marines," delayed the advance e f the enemy for several months, thus proing it to be one of the most effeotive raids ^ f the entire war. Before he reached head- Cl uarters he received a telegram from the 'resident announoing his promotion to Ma- 8| ir General of cavalry. ^ But I cannot follow our hero through-all pi is brilliant service, nor recount the many w lccessful skirmishes, battles and expedi- ri -? -i.'.i. lio finnirofl Af thA <?rAat 0111 1U WU1UU u? ? B attle of Cbiokamauga, bo took an import- a at part, capturiog some 2,000 prisoners, a to aio of wagons and ambulances, and a large rp lpply of medioal stores and other proper- ai rty. Soon after the battle be undertook te ) make a circuit of the Federal army with re force of about 4,500 men. He crossed le Tennessee river at Cotton Port, and re- it rosscd it near Huntsville, after an absence F nine days, during whioh he crossed WaJ- hi en's Ridge, the Sequatohie Valley and ie great Cumberland range. The results : the expedition may be summed up in a iw words.. He captured and destroyed rer 1,000 wagons and their contents, burnt iveral large depots of supplies, took over of 200 prisoners, sabered more than 6,000 yc ules, destroyed several important railway hi ridges and muoh trestle work, and brought re F a great deal of valuable material. fa But enough has been said to show the sp ader that in General Wheeler the ooun- pi y possesses a zealous, energetic and able or Beer. He is a small man, and exoeeding- tb modest, and is content to do his duty in ac hatever circumstances ho may be placed, si; !e kept jumself dear of all intrigues for de or against others, being content to mind his swn business, and to do- his own work at my point and under any officer, aoeording ( to the orders of his superiors in command. Like JaokBon, Longstreet,"Hood and Cle- ' burne, he looks to the good of the service, < ind the saooess of oar army, rather than j to his own selfish > interests. The rise of j suoh men, like the stars in the heavens, nay be slow; bat they are sare to retch | heir zenith at last; whilst these restless, selfish spirits which seek to dazzle the public eye by their fitful meteoric light, will 1 is certainly disappear in the night of obliv- < on. Fortune stands ever ready to bestow I her favors upon Temperance, Energy and 1 jcnins. j I < >?. ... 1 ; 1 Our Industrial Besouroes. The following letter to one of the acting < editors of the Charleston Courier, is from < t young oitizen of comparatively eminent 1 jualifioations in engineering, and^construo- ; ive and designing art. In anticipation of 1 he war how on us, he, some years ago, re- 1 ugtred m rniladeipma a piaoe not only >romisiog bat yielding professional emolu- . | nents and reputation. He repaired jfi eported to bis beloved native State, 4Rth J Carolina, and has sinoe been aotively and tarnestly engaged in arousing attention to he important objects of our duties and taoqrces in arts and manufactures. The leter was not designed for publication, but we ake the liberty of presenting it, omitting iome parts referring to the location of the vorks mentioned, and other topics not of jublio interest at present. ' ; " We shall be gratified if we cad in dace or avite the active co-operation and corres>ondence of any citizens who can aid a most neritorious and patriotic citizen of approved notives and qualifications, in. a most impor;ant enterprise. For this purpose we incite attention to the letter from all readers ind exchanges, Macon, Ga., January 19, 1864. My Dear Friend:?I have been a long ;ime silent, beoause I have been at work endeavoring, by all the means in my humble way, to arouse our people to the neoesiity of laboring as' well as fighting during this war. Would that they had listened to the notes of warning repeatedly given by pour able pen, we would now have been ex- ; iltant over our suooesses instead of despondent under our reverses. Had my humble mggestion been put into practice the "Iron- < jides" would have inevitably gone to the ; bottom with Jwe holes through lier^ instead , )f only haying her ribs shaken. When ; irill we become a practical people ? ( In Virginia I had $500;000 subscribed , jy ten men, the first business-men in the | alaoe, and Jive of them would have taken , t if the others, could have been induoed to ;ive up their interest. My purpose is to ' jrect one of the jlnest rolling'mills for rails , fcc, on this continent, and the largest, bar- , ng the privilege of using the whole water power of the selected stream if I should, in 1 ime, need it. The location is one of the ] inest I have ever seen, and the Company iave a large plat of land lying between a ( janal and the river. ] In addition to my labors in that line, I ( lave been endeavoring to induce the Gov- . srnment to organize an "Artizan Corps," \ mder the general direction of a new "Ba- j reau" of "Arts, Mines and Manufactures," ] mder whose entire control shall he placed ] ill the mechanical, mining and mannfaota- ( ring -resoarces of the Confederacy. The , Dhief of the same to rank'as Brigadier-Gen- { ;ral, with assistants in eaoh State, ranking { is Colonels?all to be practical bosiness ? nen, whose doty it shall be to organize the ( 'Artizan Corps," oomposed of all men of i ? -s it.: t! I )very trade, ana 10 direct tueir uperatiuua. Every man tfho oanr wield a hamnler, ply j ,n awl, or drive a nail, ought to be detach- p d, or detailed, from the army, and all at p tome coosoribed and pat to work. It is jj nly by thorough organization and division *t; f labor that oar small "Artizan Corps" a an supply the wants of the ooantry. This ti an only be done by concentration under t] be best skill tbo country can afftrrd under f, uch oircumstannes. One man can be made f< j teach thousands. Private establishments a eed not be interfered with, but their effi- w ieaoy might be greatly increased, and their a stortion stopped. * . jE Our army and people must be supplied hi 'ith food, clothing and equipments. These in mnot be attained in the usual way. 0I All contracts made by other Bureaus A lould be referred to t/mBareau for execu- 0j on. Much corruption would be thus stop- 0i ed, and incompetent army and navy officers hi ould not be placed in fat offices to the detment of the cause. This Bureau should have the power of hi eating minor ones, and be subject only w i the control of the President. Our rail ar lads would be repaired, gunboats, rams sb id'other powerful engines of war complo- th d, and the eternal jarring between Bu- th aus on such subjects stopped. an Look thi? matter carefully over and give Tl your aid. to Excuse this long letter. I have not said th ilf that I desired to say. mi Yours, most truly, - ve THOS. E. MoNIELL, G? To W. B. Carlisle, Esq. . ne ? v. pi; Founder in Horses.?A correspondent th the Country Gentleman'saya?I send ty iu a recipe for founder in horses, which I ah ive never seen in print,, I have used and hi oommended it for fifteen years, and, so ga r as my experience goes, it is a sore and ty eedy remedy. Take a lable- spoonfull of ad ilverized alum, pull the horse's tongue be it of his mouth as far possible and throw se. o alum down his throat, let go his tongne tic td hold up his head nntil he swallows. In try x hours time (no matter how bad the foun- bl< ir) he will be fit for moderate service! oo< i ... * ir*' * rA' The Planters. J. W. Fears proposes through the Mason Telegraphe Convention of the Planters of Georgia, as the best mode of inducing the concerted efforts which will seenre a prompt distribution of the extant 'supplies for Government use, and the necessary preparations for a foil provision crop this year. Mr. Fears writes: I do not speak of this subject asone who bave no knowledge of farming and the necessary expenses of a farm."" I "was raised in a plantation, and handled the plow side by side with the oontratmhds^ (my father, u many citizens of Georgia know, was a planter, and his plan was, bofB should know bow to work.) I well know that if shoes, cloth, hats, hogs, mriee, etc., are all raised at home, the sopplies of corn, peas and potatoes at $1 per bushel, pork at 50 oents per pound, wheat $2 per bushel will pay expenses, and put a very handsome profit in the pookets of the. producers. This beiag true, and no planter ean dispute it? what is our duty as planters ? It is plain?sell our surplus produce at the prioes named above Which will relieve our Government more than all the funding of ourrenoy that has been or will be done, and it will give more value ta our money than any plan that Mr. Memminger, or any other man, has suggested, or can suggest. The Government would not expend one third of the amount whioh the present rates require to be expended, and our army and people would be fed and clothed. ' * " %>'<" ,* So 'far as I am concerned, I will not hesitate to say what my purpose is, let others do as they will y it is this: As a merchant, I have made it a role in my business, not. to make money on the staple provisions of the oonntry, such as are raised on our farms; and as a planter, I will observe'the same rale, being content with the profits on prodace, sold at the prioee I bare named in this article. I have two farms of my own, and one chat' I am Executor of and interested in. With a large- force .on two of them, engaged in producing stock and provisions, I may safely calculate that I will have from 8,000 to 12,000 pounds of pork, 5,0000 bushels of corn and other produce in proportion, to sell. I now say others may do as they wish, I will sell my surplus provisions, as soon as they are ready for market, at the prioes above named, giving the Government and soldiers' families the refusal. '* I mentioned this idea, arour>dnty as planters, to two of our largest planters of " Georgia, who raise a large surplus of provisions; and they urged me to put this article before the people. I have done so, end [ hope all planters who agree With me, will consult over this matter in their counties, ind let the appointment, for ihe Convention be made at an, early day, and ev^ry county lend delegates to this Convention. Atrocious Treatment of Confede. kate Prisoners.?The following article from tho Chicago TUne*, shows how"the ibolitionists treat our soldiers when they get them in their power f ' "About four weeks ago, one of the pris>ners was kindling his fire, whicn act he bad a right to perform, when oneof the guard accosted him with, "Here, what are jronjloing there V' The prisoner replied, "That is notyour business," when the gnard instantly drew his mu9ket and shot the fel low dead. It is said, also, that a mulatto boy, a servant of .one of the Confederate japtains, and, of conrse, a prisoner of war. who was well known to have a pass to go inywbere within the lines, was walking inlide the gnard limitB abont a day after the tbove oconrrenoe, when the gnard oommanled him to halt. He.did not stop and was nstantly killed by a ballet. It is also charged that, at the time the * liscovery was made of an attempt on the >art of some of the prisoners to escape, a arty of three or foar hundred was bodied together and sorroooded -by a guard; bat one of them was poshed by a comrade nd fell to the ground, and that instantly be unfortunate-man was shot, and that Iree or four others were wounded. It us irther stated (bat it is no unoommon thing )ra> soldier to fire on the barraoks without ny provocation whatever, and that two men ere thus shot while sleeping in their banks week or two ago, no inquiry being made ito the matter. No court martial has been eld, uo arrest has been made, though witht the past month ten or twelve of the prisiers have been thus put out of the way. .nother instance need ouly be given: One : the prisoners asked the guard for a ohew tobacco, and be received the bayonet in is breast without a word." To Cook a Husband.?Many good asbands are spoiled id toe cooaing; some omen go aboat it as if thej were bladders id blow tbem op; others keep them conantly in hot water, while others freeze em by oonjagal ooldness; some smother em in hatred, contention and variance, id some keep them in pickle all their lives, iiese women always serve them hp with ngue sanoe. Now it oanhot be*snppoeed at husbands will be tender and good if imaged in this way; bnt, on the contrary, ry delicious when managed as follows: 9t a large jar called the jar of ftithfnlss, (which all good wives keep on hand) ace yonr husband in it, and set his near e fire of oonjagal love, let the fire be pret- hot, bat especially let it be clear,-and ove all, let the beat be constant Cover mwith affection, kindness arid subjection, rnished with modest, becoming fiuniliari, and spiced with pleasantry, and if J d kisses and other confections, let them accompanied with a sufficient portion of arecy, mixed with prudence and moderam. Wo would advise all gooctwives to r this recipe, and realize what ah admira* j dish a husband makes when properly eked. ' 7- W : ~a y r'\j s