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t. r . ^ yORKVlLLE, S,. C. waaani? AT-ynmror e, hecembee 14, i864. ? -J KEW TERMS. From this daM the following will be the terms for the YourrtLLsBxQOiKEB, viz : gpfoprtiwi^tntfTinM^ $10 00 TmirTnpy fff ifT BWiiihii In advance........ 6 00 aays.-v mwmWM I ? ?} per aqoare often lines, for each" Insertion ; longer ones charged in proportion. -Payment required In ad? ? c VlECCi Oybltuaries and Tributes of Respect rated as advertise* menu, and charged accordingly. jM^ffgpc?aty compels us, for a season, ftp require Produce from Producers, in tlae District, for Subscriptions, Advertising and Jd> Parting. :?-?r ltBI[ JgL. To those of our friends who have pj^mtsed provisions, Ac., for work done, it ig parnftptiydesired that they come" forward with some supplies, for we find it itn possible to subsist on promises alone. Print~'i u'ii "'t? 1 era must eat as well as others. y3 wrshTk'a s?w * ,r- . . ,,.Wtl vnnv ftri: -p-EHTawxriz pnurrRS. Eloebscb, S. C., Dec. 10, 1864. Brigadier General John H. Winder, has been constituted Commissar}- General of Prisoners of War, a ne,w office in itfie Ca&fedfiTAcy, and has his head qmurfcers for the present at this place. Since his arrival, the exchange of prisoners between this point and Savannah seems to have been resumed, as we send off a thousand or so, almost every day, via Charleston. We have also been M<>'> *f f ? ? - , r receiving occasional fresh instalments, MpQJJg which is a dark mulatto, and a negro as black as the ace of spades, or hsi prototype, the devil. He looks strange to us' in his blue coat, as the f? - Tjp ?" * * |,i WWO* thA Alaoo 1TTA hQVTA CAAn Kll V r> A iiiov VA vuv ijO' uarw OVLUJ VUV UV is perfectly at home with his compan* ions, as any other "black sheep'' might be. There was quite a disposition to cat short this "culud pussons" career, bnt he was turned into the stockade, from which we hardly think he will be permitted to come alive, for .the foreign Ydiks do not relishjhis'scent,' and our boyswill hardly withstand the temptation of/"hitting the boll's eye," when the opportunity offers. The health of the Camp is improving, and we are now daily receiving accessions to our numbers. ^very day we have rnmors of changes of Commandants of the PoBfc, and of our removal to other points, where active duty awaits us; this is listened to with' patience, and it seems!g, disposition to be equal to the emergency; the only drawback seems the leaving at home of those who are as much if not more interested in . TTr the success of our arms, than the poor fellows who had not the money, the ~??i VUJLJUL^ vji LUC ?f IliniVCJ IV puiuud^c CAemption for their miserable carcases.? The time has come when every man win# take up his gun, and march to the poiutoSf dagger, Quarter Masters, Commissaries, Clerks, Raid Road employees, advisory boards, Medical boards, En. w'liflg officen, and gutters of dSW5jf&?% and halt, light duty men,, speculators, and all?must quit their long onjoyed quiet for a while, or be stripped of their ill-gotten gains and senx over me lines ai once, ju u^eY'j stay at home, they but eat the bread of the women quad children who they are too o^rardly in protect. Young men who can remain at home now, when they see old ones between 45 and 50, and boy^ of 16 and 17 bearing all the ] privations and dangers of the soldier's life, are "but sores on the body politic, 1 and sj^^ld.be roinoved at once by the speediest and most potent remedies.? i Of the vagabonds who play off their i pranis and fantasies before the Medi- i cal Boards, wc have only to hope that 1 actual diease of body may 30*on over- i take them of the nature they assume? their minds are too corrupt for worldly cure. The Legislature have passed a Mfli tary hill, calling out the old men and children, and wonderful to relate have struck out the clause appointing a Brigadier General, as Nurse, or Granny.? In lufifc, this last seemed to be the main object of the bill, to first create a necessity, and then an application; but knowing ojies, seeing no chance of getin^the annointment thrnnsplvfts. nnspfc o T .TI. T ' "I the wfyojie plan, and left It on the statute book with, its bare merits to recommend it. Btrira Brigadier must be made, and Governor Uonham tries another tack, in nautical phrase. One is proposed to be elected by the Legislature, or the officer* of the Militia they are to command ; tfeis pill is so gilded as to be eagfly fallowed, so we may soon expect to fiud the lobhy crowded with nice young man, or patriotic old ones willing to <}on the livery, and they in their turn will become the dispenser of like p^t^onsge to the smaller sattelites who are to flutter round them, out of harm's way: "Great flea* have lesser flea*, they lesser fleas to l.tte Vim, And so on, ad infinitum." However wnfair, it may be to take a ' man's meat, which he contributed to "save his bacon," the Supreme Court of North Carolina has dedided adverse ly in the case of the bonded exempts, and remanded them to service. Judge Sanders (old Remus) delivered the opinion, and even Judge Pearson coincided. The same Court have decided that persons in State service, .;becoming fifty years of age are entitled to a discharge; as we have some such who would be of far more service on the farm, a decision on the subject is" looked for from* this State. We go for ?Id men at home and the young ones in the army. It was proposed in the Legislature that the Reserves, under."theirexperienced officers" should be sent to the field," and their places as guard of posts and prisoners to be supplied *by the Militia. We accept the compliment, on our own part, and trust ,$at Gen. Chesnut will not .think they are poking j fun at him and his decidedly military staff, "Colonels" Barnwell and Miles, who, like Othello, since their armsknew seven years strength, have wgged their "genius over Blackstone, instead of Macombe, Soott, or Hardee I "Major" Melton will excuse us if we call to mind Ms claims on the black gown, before the war, as contrasting greatly with, the booted Major, and the "Captains" and "Lieutenants" in the. Quarter master and other departments may slip the lace that now bedizzens their collars, if they find their "experience" about to be removed with a chance to-smell gunpowder ! The "Solicitor" would have more difficult ca&es tp handle in his new, than his old field, and we wish him rid of them. Thb Yanks seem in great spirits since the exchange has been resumed; except the fate importations of Shermanites from Georgia, who expected better times in South Carolina. They have to make way for the older prisoners, and consequently have a doubtful future before them. Enlistments are still going on with the foreign element, mostly Irish and French; these seem to have been humbugged or drugged by liquor into^ jthe service, and though hunger and misery may have induced them to make pny terms to get out, we notice every appearance of satisfaction among them. There are among the prisoners, men of every trade, Jots of your "art preservative of all arts," friend Grist, for what place is there a Printer will not be ftnand?Shoemakers, also -abound, and many of them profess to be firstrate workmen. If our friend Tom Palmer,, r or Billy Smith were here, they might get out on parole some of their old countrymen who could assist them materially in their praiseworthy endeavors to take care of the soles of the good ladies and children of York. By-thebye, Mr. Herndon, of your town, passed by our camp yesterday, on his way to the stockade, where he procured a Tanner, so you will doubtless get leather after this. Enquiry is made here for our friend Chancellor Chambers, as his name does not appear on the Legislative roll; we have heard that the Secretary of War refused to furlough officers to attend the Legislature, but we see the names of many' among them J perhaps they have run thehlockade, which Sergeant Chambers cannot. If we get to Pocotaligo or Savannah, qur boys propose to furnish Yankee scalps for their Yankee brethren in York to speculate on?they think it probable.some of: the "country-boras" rill take a few, so it is suggested they; send their orders at once. 0 To the ladies, I am requested to say, that the old bachelors of Companies C, ind D, will try to get home about Christmas; we think they hardly deserve a furlough, but, poor fellows, they had no idea how forlorn they were, until they same to camp, with nobody to write to them; they were compelled to write to somebody, so it is possible some of you have caught an "old fell" and that Christmas may relieve their and your aching hearts. Sleepily, yours, E. PROM COLUMBIA. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 10,1864. Dear Sir: Your readers are now doubtless aware of the general provisions of the Military Act passed at the present session of the Legislature. For one I deeply regret the passage of this Act, especially in sending youths of six leen years ui age julv me ariuy, uever to he recalled whilst the /war lasts, which, according to my judgment, will he the result. I am totally opposed to sending the men from fifty to sixty out of the District. If these be ordered to die vicinity of Savannah, or Wilming;on, they might as well, in most respects, be sent to Richmond. York has been already so stript of men, that I' cannot see, how this class of men, so inefficient for war, and so necessary in more ways than one to the safety and subsistence of the District, can be spared. I hope sincerely, that our Governor will keep a well balanced mind, and never exercise the potfer of taking these men from their Districts. Strolling the other evening, I came upon the foreign battalion undergoing pr dress parade. There were in ranks a- C< bout three hundred, as I guess. They th consist of Irish, Germans, and French,' te who have deserted from the Yankees, in and have taken the oath of allegiance., ah Four of them were marching in a con- sh spicious position, enveloped in barrels, ? marked with the w&rd, Thief. I heard' to an order read to Ihe Battalion,' senten-" Ha cing one of the Battalion to be shot the sh following day for desertion. They are commanded by officers of the Confedate regular army, as I am informed. - . A ballot for Governor will take place . an VtiaoiIdtt tifltt T+ id nrnHahlp. thflTft | V" XUVWUWJ MVAVI AV AW v may be two or m0Te ballots before an election is effected. During the passing week, the House R( has refused to extend the number of ael acres for planting cotton. The Strut <Je remains at one acre. " dei The Bill for the relief of soldiers rat families, raising the tax in kind on rice, corn, wheat and syrup to threejper cent, be! and reducing the ty? on certain manu- a ( facturep to three per cent, has received a i two readings in the House of Represen- toe tatives. The Boards for York and get Lancaster should recollect, that the provisions of this Act extend to Indian 001 families, when the Indians, connected boi in the relation contemplated by the &c Act, have been in military service. ste The Senate jproposes to adjourn, sine _ die, on Friday next. r tai Yours, &c., W. C. B. dm PROM POR3? SflltTBIL "H December 8,1864Messrs. Editors /?rThere isatpres-* ent a perfect calm arOtiind'the harbor. Not a gun is to be heard. "Everything in4he way of warfare, is ajta stand.? Sp All is quietude and rest. The harbor on presents, somewhat, the appearance of inc former days. Several" large steamers raj are to be seen, daily, lying at anchor, we opposite this place. Each morning a large steamer leaves the city, with pris- doi onefs aboard, to be exchanged for our sei soldiers in the enemy's hands, on Morris No Island. An exchange is now going on, boi and will last for several days. It is said on that about twenty thousand are to be ? exchanged. This is carrying out the kill exchange commenced at Savannah.? ? Hostilities at this place are to be sus- hai pended until the exchange is completed, dea which will occupy considerable time.? ton This is rather a queer turn of affairs ski in our history. Thut the hated city hat and harber, against which the. enemy bef has vented his utmost ire, should now ? become the theatre of a large exchange Ne of prisoners. It shows to the world hm that our enemies have become convinc- wit ed that we are worthy of thp respect thii and character that this place has'estab- Th lished for itself, in firmly maintaining doe their stronghdld, and baffling all the _ skill and energy of the enemy, used for ^ its reduction.- This move, I think, au- an(' gurs a final acknowledgment of the strength and independence of the Souths ^ ' The armistice is very agreeably en- qq( joyed by the soldiers here, as they can* _ without any fear of the deadly missiles, Qai saunter forth and pass off the time in a tjje jolly lyimor, enjoying their repast with- g0 out molestation, which has not been the case, heretofore. It often occurs that, pr( amidst the enjoyment of a meal, a Par-' g^j rott or Mortar Shell would cause all hands to disperse in double quick time. j. During the shelling last week, a party ( were around a little lire on the parade . ^ ground/wben a shell came over and fell in the midst of the* fire, burying fire, ^ pots and contents in the. ground. The ^ party escaped in safety, minus their beef ahd vessels.' No casualties have occurred here since my arrival. Havv woi ing but little to interest you, at present, -s I olose. Yours, ' DARBY. PROM SULLIVAN'S ISLAND. wh( Drcember 7,1864. ha' Messrs. Editors:?Thinking it might ves interest some of your many readers, to ? hear from that much abused city, teei Charleston, which once buzzed with the tha din of social and commercial life, I take | firu up my pen to inform you that a flag of wei truce boat passed through the Harbor, ? to the outer buoy, on Sunday last, to tun make arragements for the exchange of ed 5,500 prisoners. The communication gon ended satisfactorily to both parties.? _ The exchange will commence on Tues- p0j day next. It is a God send to the peo- cini pie of Charleston, especially 'the old mal men, .women and children, as there is to 0f be no shelling of the city, until the ex- a n change is oyer, which, I understand, will tioi last some two or three weeks. The poor, helpless ones of Charleston are suffering deeply, in spite of all the authorities are trying to do for them. tee I have often asked myself the question, neg does it not make a man swear vengeance an? against the vandaljgm of the Yankees, when he thinks, in his leisure moments, ^ how his own and other families are suf- Sec fering through the means of a coward- bIs^ ly enemy, shelling a city at the distance eas of miles, that they cannot take by we^ strategy or lorco. , . mjt The discipline of this Regiment is ex- due cellent. Part of Company B, is,"at ?id< esent, in Fort Sumter, along with jmpany C,?all eager for a brush with e Yankees. Our boys, at Fort Srimr, keep the Yankees, at battery Gregg, very close quarters. Let one of them om himself, and about a dozen sharp ooters blaze at him. Two of the ankee officers, at battery Gregg, ^ent their long home, the other day?not iving-any Confidence in the rebel sharp ooters. They met their deserts. Tee Lira# Oejss? May Heaven bleas them Wc cannot stay at home .pur country calls for help We cannot play the drone. . ' . FaibPlay. ~~7T S '?.**' ~ > : ~ ... ? Major Hanes has aliened a school in wkingham County, Virginia, for disabled diers, free of charge. By General Orr No. $4, these fettrans are entitled, nnr circnrnstances like the above, to dr^W ioos in Jri^d. -The blookade running steamer Hattie, longing to the Latn&r Company, ran into Confederate port one night last week, with ratable cargo, discharged her freight, i]c an outward bound cargo, and put to i again the second night after. -A firm at ?ath, South Carolina, has *\ 1 x * ? 'j * % nmenced the * manufacture of binders vds, ?re bricks, -tiles, retorts, cruqiblep, . We chronicle this as another little p toward our ultimate independence. - The Georgia Legislature (says the Sumi "Watchman) was broken up by Sherm's approach, after first ordering every :ng into the field except, its owp mem ?; tbe ooutn Carolina .Legislature seems termined,to carry op tbe war to t^e last hi, except its awn members I ' - - { ri -A Tory Baid was made on Peidmont r .. r rings iu ,Burk County, North Caroling the night of the 29th November, result* ; in a serious less of property to Mr. Lind-1 r, the proprietor of the Springs. There re about" twenty persons in the oompany. - A Besturant has been opened in Lon*. a for fab-people, where nothing will be Ted up bnt viands which oheck obesity.-1 i doubt they have sawdust soup arid ar* r vitae bam. No danger pf getting stout them. . -Where hard work kills ten, idleness Is a hundred men. -The emmissaries at work in New York re not confined their attempts solely to itruction of that city. A torpedo wm nd in one of the berths of the sound tmer City of New I*ondon. The fuse I been lit, bat had become extinguished ore the torpedo was ignited. - The Yankee navy, as we learn from a w York paper, numbers at present five adred and fifty eight steam vessels, h an aggregate tonnage of 480,000. Of i number two hundred have been built. * . T t 1 e rest have been reconstructed. This !8 not inolude the sailing vessels. -The amount of interest on United States ids falling due in January is $0,300,0.00, I deducting the interest on the registered ids, the coupons now paid by anticipaa will amount it is reported to about $7,* J,000. -About fifty Confederate prisoners at mp Mortoir, Ohio, suooeeded in scaling i fence recently, at night, of whom forty aped. -The Western papers say that John C. jmoot is to be Minister to Franoe, and mon P. Chase Minister to England. - Late Yankee papers lay eighteen milis of .new copper oants, and six millions two oent pieces, .hare been coined withthe last two months. - And still pennies scarce among the Yankees, as they are imed xnnoh mora valnable than greenks. " 9 - Yankee prisoners report that Eilpatrick i shot through the 'head and mortally t I ?> 1 f * ; ' ?" mded, in the fight, on Snnday, at Walki bridge. - It is said that the Rothsohilds, for im August Belmont is agent in Amerios, >n Ann Vinn/lror? million! of bollard in. W WilW UUUUIkUU Uillltvuu V? UViHHH led in the Southern Confederacy. -The fifty-foilrth Massachusetts volunrs (negro)' wonld not take a oent less n was given to white troops. They stood i, and conquered, and the other day :e paid off in fall at white man's prioes. - One member of the Georgia Legislae, Francis L. Gue by name, has reportto Gen. Wayne, taken a musket and le into th.e trenches. Last May, the Confederate prisoners at nt Lookout and Fort Delaware were vacated, by general order, and the vacoine iter turned out to be poisonous. Many our men h$d their arms amputated, and umber died within a week after vaccina>. Confederate Congress. Richmond, Pec. 6-r-lQ the Senate, a ! was reported from the military Gommitto provide for the employment of free jroes and slaves to work on fortifications I perform other labors connected with defences of the country. The bill makes free negroes between the ages of 18 and liable to such duty, and authorises the iretaryof War to hiro or impress 30,000 < ?es between the sgesof 18 aid 45 years, < t of the Mississippi river, and 10,000 it of tho Mississippi river. ; I resolution reported from the same comteo to require State Legislatures to re- I :e the number of exemptions, was don- < sred and rejected. j j Siege of Charleston.--618th Day. All has been quiet since last report. No prisoners were taken down Thursday, the train conveying them having failed to arrive in time. Tlie steamer Laarel, with Col. Hstoh on Board, proceeded down the barhot and a communication had with Cdl. MqIford during the afternoon. The Celt will leave the Gaa Company's wharf with a thousand prisoners this morning. FROM ggop^lgg. We laarn that on Tuesday, a forge^dp enemy advanoed towards Coosawhatchie, burning Tolafigny bridge. They were attacked by Gen. Gartrell's cojnmand and driven bank. On Wednesday morning, a portion of ohr forces, among which wt* a company of Citadel Cadets, under Captain Thomson* and part of the Georgia 47th regiment, the whole under Major J. B. White, had a sharp fight with a heavy forge of the enemy near Tulafinny Bridge, about five miles below Pocotaliao. ** Thev advanced towards 'the railroad, bat were driven hfo|:. The eadete, who were first deployed as skirmishers, fought them about, one to six, and behaved like veterans. We rqgret to learn that cadet W. J. F. Patter-, son, of Charleston, was seriously wounded, having been shot in two plaoes, through the left lung and thigh, fie was brought to the city on Wednesday night; Cadet A. J ."Green, of Colombia,, was slightly wounded in the faoe j cadet Lieut. A. Coffin, of Aiken, has a severe wound in the head; cadet Joseph Barnwell was shot through the thigh j eadet iT C-McCarty -through the shoulder, but not dangerously wounded; oadet A. R. Hey ward wounded in the left hand. There were oqe or two trifiipg casualties in the cadet oompany.? Among the Georgians one wafekilled'tyn'd several wounded, bnt we did not learn how many. The enemy have landed a lpge, force at Maekev's Point, and were reported _dYl'-.-j- rvu t? mi auvjapcuig wwsrus uju rocoiango. iney will be taken care of. The. force which landed last week at Poyd'a Landing has disappeared That which fonght the cadets on Tuesday was about a mile from the railroad, and it is reported as ontreaching Our condition ip that locality will be more satisfactory at next acoounts. The faftrinth'Mws, of Thursday, says: "Lay before yesterday, the enemy again made an attemyt to take the Cahrleston and Savannah Eailroad, but were repaired and beaten baok. Yesterday morning, fighting oontinned nearly all day, and had not ceased at dark. Our foroes bad driven back every assault, and the enemy bad made no progress whatever." FROM SHERMAN'S ARMY ? -A report prevailed in the oity yesterday that.Gen. Hardee bad met and attacked the enemy at Station No. 2J. The portion of Sherman's army engaged was reported to be Sloqum's corps. No results were given. Cbarluton Courier, 9 (h. SIEGE OF CHARLESTON?520TH DAY. - The stormy weather of Friday and the heavy sea in the harbor prevented a flag of truce communication and the delivery of the Yankee prisoners who arrived in the oity Friday morning. The prisoners are comfortably quartered in the Boper Hospital until the weather moderates. * Another thousand are ezpeoted to arrive tbis morning. There ?as'been no firing. Sherman's army is reported still moving towards Savannah. We learn tbat the affair at Station No. 2, on Thnrsday, whs simply some slight skirmishing. The opin ion seems to prevail that Sherman intends to attaok Savannah, bat if ho attempts it he will be badly defeated. The enemy near Pocotaligo were reported shelling the Toad Friday. Aboat 100 prisoners from Sherman's army arrived in the city yesterday;. Charleston Courier, lOtA. . t&~ "We learn (says the Charlotte (N. C.) Times, of the 8th last.) that about 400 Yankee prisoners of foreign extraction, took the oath of allegiaooe to the Confederate States, and passed down yesterday morning on their way to ^Florence, S. C., to assist in guarding the prisoners there. They are all, believe of fbreigp birth, and will be sworn into the service of the Confederate States by the Rev. Mr. O'Connell of the Roman Catholic Chnrch. The Shamrook and. tho Palmetto are- to be entwined, in the ties of twin brotherhood, and float in triumph over the noe bloody field, and.Erin Go'Braogh and Dixie are tol>e turned to the notes of victory, and combine the" antbem chfros of the South redeemed. The Sootoh thistle las. also been pl^ntod in Sonthern soil and the land of Barns and Bruce and Wallace has furnished many a'stalwart son who bears aloft the banner of the bars and stars. Exchange op Prisoners.?The steamer "Celt," at Accomodation Kail road Wharf^ received on board Monday morning 1,000 Yankee prisoners, to be delivered, in accordance with previous arrangements, to Col. Mulford. Some of the prisoners, mostly foreigners expressed a warm desire to remain in "Dixie." What they wanted was employment and a home. They also expressed their greatest dread of being compelled to re-enter the Yankee army. Th? arrangements of Col. Batoh for the transfer of the prisoners were admirable, and the whole affair occupied bat a very short time. Six Confederate officers were received by4 Col- Hatoh on board the "Laurel" from the steamer "Eliza Hancock." These ggntlemen^peak in'the highest terms of their treatment at Fort Pulaski as compared ifith the barbarity experienced at Iftrt Delaware, Point Lookout and'other Northern prisons.-^- Charleston Courier, 7 th. From the Army of Tennessee-Account of the Fi?ht at Franklin. Tuscumbia, Ala., Dec. 4, via Tallahassee, Madison and Doctortown, Deo. 6 The following is the statement of the Rev. Mr. Browning, just from the army of Tennessee : A fight took place on the 30th ult., be- i tween Harpeth creek and Franklin, in wbioh the enemy were routed .from his breastworks, losing 4,000 killed and wounded and 6,000 prisoners. Gon. Cheatham's corps was principally engaged. The enemy are falling back to Murfroes- ; boro'. ' ' j Forrest is reported to be at Bentwater, ( between the enemy and Nashtilie. The enemy are said to bo concentrating at Murfreesboro'. Siege of Charleston?|2Sd Ifay, J Col. ffatoh on Saturday tookdown nine ^ hundred - end* ninetyThe ptfwuers ami Otr {? Sunday, eleven hundred and seventeen ^ privates and twenty two officers. We learn ic? that the delivery of about twelve hundred {!? mora will probably complete the ezohange aa arranged in the present oartel. the - KiW8 FBOM THM ~THB'OOiST. ^ J The enemy on Friday afternoon made an 1 attack on our lineftat Coosawhatchie, and were again badly repulsed.' The light took plaoe between the Tillifinny trestle-work and Coosawhatchie Bridge- ?hp, fighting waa between the enemy's troops, uuuo&ouug ui a ungauo ui lumuirjr tillery, estimated at about" three thousand, commanded by Qen. Hatch, and the Georgia troops under the command of Gen. L. _ H. Gartrell, on oar right, resting on TSfliffnny Creek. - AH aCooantS concur iv ita- Q ting that the fight was hotly contested^? Our fores Was estimated at not over nine 2 hundred, consisting of detaohmeuts of the lc?0 5th and 47th Georgia, and the 4at and 3d , o>i Georgia Reserves. i ' *de Skirmishing oommenoed early in the morning and was kept np with more or lees i ( vigor until four o'elook 'in the afternoon, J when the engagement became general.? S The enemy attempted to gain poeseesion of the Tillifinny ont and trestle-work, an important position,' oommaoding the Una of railroad at Coosawhatcbie.': Onrtroofa, on the enemy's appfoaoh, gave a cheer and before they eould come np, charged them with orput mHanLrv THa fiohfc nhnnt twn hoars tad ? half, the enemy being finally driven back to' thejr entrenohments. The enemy's loss-is said to have been very heavy, while oars will not exceed one hundred ri killed and wounded. General Gartsel) jrjur ; J painfully wounded bv-afragjnent of ft shell. From the prisoners taken in this fight, as weH as from somo of our own men who if ere >* captured and escaped, we Team that the * enemy estimate thfeir loss in lSktThursday'a tTe engagement at between seven and eight hundred killed ?nd wounded. Our lose in ^ this action was seven killed -and fifty act wounded...? e The enemy have evacuated Boyd's Land* ing and established, their base at Bee's Greek, from which there is-a direot road to set *V in ttJtJ the Coosawbatchie Bailroad bridge. Their km gun-boats in Bee's Creek command the battery in their present position near the gj line of railroad. A despatch from Major- at * General Jones, received last evening, re-' ports all quiet it CoosaWbatobie aid'- Poco-? taligo.?-Charleston Courier, 12th. -1 jjjjj i -ifl CXI The Fraoilin P^t. The first account of thp fight from our side reached us last'evening, via Tallahassee, J* and will be found under oar telegraph head, t tl r_ii_ i :.i. li'.i:.. .< a. ' xb luujr Busbuiuo our iunjrpreumuu ui iuc Yankee dispatch, showing that oar victory was signal and complete, and that oar pro* , press, at ltfst accounts was still onward? The dispatch comes to as without signature ? and was mailed from Tallahassee to Doctor* .jjjj town, the present terminus of the Cuban line of telegraph, but we have little or no u>e doubt of its correctness. Oar lorn in this action was heavy, and is greatly to be de* plored ; but the sacrifice is not without its oii compensation. The enemy lost the day, were driven from their works, and suffered p to the extent of four thousand killed and _J wounded and six thousand prisoned. Oar T loss was not one-third st> great, as we learn JL from a source belieVed entirely reliable. ' .to From the condition in which affairs were- u i left after this battle,' WW have reason to hope that Nashville is by this time rescued from J Abolition hands.? Guardian. & A ? ?1 ? ** ' * * BondbS Eximpts.?Judge Sanrfders of North Carolina, in the ease of the bonded pre exempts pending before him on habeas Cvrpus, has decided against the parties and ? remanded them fen the service. The opinion of Judg Saunders concurs with tjjia't Of ; J. ubiff doetioe Jrcarson and the other Jus- I tices of the Supreme Court of that State. \ "VTOTICE.?THE CREDITOBS OF J JL v the" estate of H. W. CAMPBELL, deceased are "ft hereby notified to present tbetrclaim* for payment, attested I as the law directs, to the undersigned, at her residence in TTL Lancaster District, 8. C. * This notice will be-plead In bar ' of the ctajms.of tach and every one who fail to opmply. - ? ^HARRIET A. CAMPBELL, Adtoinistracfic. 67 December 14 . 50 . ,8t SITUATION AS- GOVERNESS, O WANTED?In Yorfcvllle, 8.C. English, French, and i Music on various instruments, taught. References exchanged. Address immediately, MISS B.. 1 ? *B?I 173, a I - Charjottp, N. C. tl December 14 'I 50 J 3t* PHILANTHROPIC LODGE, W- " JL 78, A.*. F.;. M.-.?The regular COMMUNICATION of this Lodge will be held at theMA80NIC HALL, MONDAY EVENING, nert, 19th ln?tant, at 7 o'clock- There will be work of importance in the THIRD DEGREE, and an ELECTION FOR OFFICERS for the ensues MASON-. ( IC year. Members will take due notice thereof, and- govern themselves accordingly. . - ... By order of the Lodge. - * T- M- DOBSON, Secretary, yre t*m. ry December 14 30 It ^ NOTICE. . j PARTIES who may have old currency on hand, nre hereby notified that they can DEPOSIT the same with J. A. BROWN, Esq., on or before f the 1st day of JANUARY next, and thereafter receive NEW -w I8SUE in exchange nt the rate of TWO DOLLARS for M THREE. After that time It will not be Received In payment -L of TAXES.- J. A. McLEAN, ln?l Collector, ajlst District, 8.C. the December 14 50 2t PHYSICIANS' NOTICE. ? "INASMUCH as the currency of .our rj JL country has become mucb depreciated In specie value, s slnce-our notice published ln Febwary last, we ifow say to our friends and patrons,"that w'e desire payment, and w? Jrj wlU receive in payment for oorpnst professional services, * tlie productions of the country, at prices current in ourjnar- . ket before the war, our charges correspondent also tfrfth that date. Or, we will receive said productions in payment ifor said services, by multiplying the%um of onr demands, by so many times our usunl or peace changes, aa do equal the excess charged by the seller upon the said productions V above the usual or peace prices. Or, we will receive Coir- . m federate Money in payment of our demands, on a specie l.. basis. In nil cases In the future of this war. our demands j] will be held due, when oar. services are rendered. ?i .v&T T R.-A. CRENSHAW, -m1. B. WITHERS,. . , hi - - * "J. F. LINDSEY, . XI ' A. I. BARRON, CO H. a JACKSON. . pro) December 14 . '50 ' : - 3t - Indi Roberts Female Seminary, a SHELBY, N.'C.' " * *T ^HE fourth Session of this School ^ X will open 2d January 1865, and continue five months. B All that constitutes a liberal education will be taught, and N special attention will be given to prepare youpg ladies for 2=v feorAert. , ' W The Boarding Department Is under tlie care of Mr. andMrs Shufnrd, late of Llncolaton, N. C., who are well qnal- "pEl tiled to give entire satlsfadtion. ^ CHARGES PER TURK OF FIVE MONTHS (IN ASVAXCa.) Board (including washing and lights .""....$500 00 "f? Lower English Branches, 75 00 1 Higher '< ? 100 00 Mu'ic on Piano and Guitar, each, 80 00 Use of Instrument,.. t..n 80 00 ? French, Latin, and Greek, each, "50 00 I'alntlng and Drawing,each,... 10 00 II Incidental Expenses, 1Q 00 , Each young lady will be required to furnish sheets, bed Pf :overlng, drinking cup?, towels, fcc..fbr their room. * Special arrangements sen be made with the Steward ibr >oard to be paid in laovlsioag. r>7-, ' -l Apply at once to Rev. T. R. GAINES, Principal. X . , - or Capu THO. BBUTORD, Stewart. dim December 14 , 60 41 i t> * ' * ?^a/v . v ..I j ' - - j frollxrfcl office. "irORKVILm, 8, C., Dectpiber7,1864. THU MedW B6ard will meet at ! this office on MONDAY, J 9th Insiani^Jljrbite male Mm in York Dtotrftt,' between Hie if?-Wieeventeen H^and fifty (50) yean, Habf^^^copj^piiog, ^?ad ^who amlnation. illy unable to leave bone wili send their original fur igfu, with lite SWOH1V oortiflcate Of the Heading pbysiin, attesting the fact thu they are unable to leave borne d also giving a full and accurate etsMsfii ofrthc case, i furlough can be extended csMia. lnujwpliaodenUi ae conditions. T. w. K. ntOMBOW, mmnrz mmgm rr*TB ole south c*e?fclHt.' 'tfHKnwrapv t-; ' '*^ 1 *"? - ! +m'**?''*l */>t. *-Hb*? ,y!i ? ' '"; ? Adjctaxt and Ihipkctok Gmu%Otnra, Cotrx* i a , December 8, f?4. EN ERA L ORDERS XO. lb. ' 4 PPOINTEES to tisgtate Military Jl Academic* haehylmi oMMfc iwofr fortbWnh Major J. B. Wttng,Co?Mltli|TI>Hrt> iifTllilii dm 11 la State In which rach appofnteea haw beeh enrolled for rvice, win transfer their names to the Battalion State Cata. .V ?V ' r . ' . nrK-r-1' By command: 4, (Signed,) ASV. QAMLlNOrTQS, **? Q. ittL Decctaber 14' **'" T "^r" ,*'.* TATE OF SOUTH CABOiiBA. ~ r*v -r^TTro ^8# y^B^Bw^S6idl8k /jag^ i ?9njV ' p juM * * * . EXECUTiyB DXPAXTHHVT, ^ :! CounciiA B. &,'becemherlr,' TSty, "^HE accompanying Act,' by >. tbcGeaarM Assemble on Uic6thln?tinfc4s DubliRlied the Information of the Militia of the 8taw. jE^g^jjy'of . * IJT ACT TO or Tat* I for such a ?f cx^' icy may rapfiie." An? ttfeta stftte wtbe?t*r penle* prescribed bylaw for defbuK?*, the Governor ah ail be Jionzedld order tno arrest of oil rotci) a* mar be liable mlllu^daty under tbi* -Act, toWtebM^'lAfttly eyo^d^^t^sotunmterbwtMe to- rtsaStiSNd iny moment Wbrtiever the necessities of thsfeataYeBre It* "*''- <!" ' '* l'*' 'e'.,u4rt -.'nuh -v-n4 ? lac. 3. That nil frse male white p?lewWHadai mm ween the ages of sixteen and a zty,' net enfiaaca* totoe Ire Militia, shall be Uahle to rnPftiry dmy ?t w*e* of ere withta'the1^^* ftc :e*?. ttjr i . Ijtc. 4. Thanhs Gorboidntall have power to allow an Maption or detail In ?uch special-case*,' either of Wall < ror oTpublie interest, a* to Ma^ndem art should be mile either or both of tile said classes at Milkla. )c-f~'W lac. 5. That all Acta orclaubeeof Acta inconsistent with ntorbdfepedled. '"> ietw'*? .. ,r? tiumjwigT ,pj the Senate House, the sixth day of December, to 'toe rear or our Lord oat thousand eight bandied and stotybur, and hi the sisbty-nlnib year of tor toderelgaty and ndependene* of tne Siateof 8aatoCaralb?. io -o * ' w. d. posrrra, President of the Bdhate. B. B. BOYLBTON, Speaker Hons* of Ssuisitnunlsas December 14 ST ')*?, 1 'OUTE OAROLmA-T-TOEXDI8* THICT.?Wheread, Mu.'K. P. ADAM8 baa fegdtod ne for Letter* of Admlalntauton, oa'e# eadSMHgWw roods and chattels, rights tad ereditaofw." W ADAMS s of the District nrore*a?7dt* Ued'. U^r-iOtl-^: 'heae are therefore to Cite and adntobMUSMad stogpiar, kindred and creditors oftRe nM'-dtieebsM'.WM and apir before me at our nextOrft sag *?Q<nmfortndstodD frit, to be bolden at York'Court House on the 19th day of cemberlnst., to shew cdUse, if May, why the said -Ail narration snouia not t>e rranteo. . ? ren under my hand and Seal^tfttoVa day Of December, n the year of our Lord dne tbbWtaJfNdght hundredand Irty-four, and In. tt)e eighty-ninth yhar Of tip Indeen den ee of South Carolina. * JOBS A. BROWN, O. Y. D. )eecmber 7 v 4? T tl RENTAL-' N0TIC?.?WK'IN 6 7 my absence from Yorkvthe, I haw made arrangents with Dr. L8&LLE CKWKK^lbraNaJjr pf Charleston, take charge of my OFFICE, adjoining the ExQCtasa Iding, where jje jrlll^pifasedto nail o? toy customers, uual. He fg a gentleman of much -mierlence In my > of basin ess^and wffl, d?^jjmgMBg^gn^wdg>crDMDJI3TRAT0R,S NOTICE ? L^AU pereoMj&jdrttedjo the estate {# E.^M. HENsd to present them, property rfhxsted, vftfcffc: tie time scribed byftsr. ; <* -a c. a DExnamdM.-ypwcyudt,^ ^Voy^jPMflM. TNDER instructions from G. A. J THENHOLM, Secretary of the Treasury, I will rove for exdfislge, Ci H.Treaadty Notes of the Old Issue. Idcraofttld poted^who wish to exchange dtem for tcs of the New Issue, may deposit at any tLae prior to of January. 1865. 47?CCAW,?eposlaDy. November 30 r.*'" * "1 ' ?" ' ~ at the York Din. WALTER B MfiTTS, C. B. YotlfDht. JOHN A. BROWN, O/dinary, Yodt Dpt. ?. E. MOORE, Clerk Court, York Diet Dcoember 7 ?. 49 3t* KNYKIIitPEd f ENYELOPEAIJ ~"T7 '"Tynnnrrr ^rrz -e? r . rUST received and for sale a lot of ' excellent ENVELOPES, AT THE PBWTIW OFFICE. ....... .. -wF# r.ir-.-.T- * Ictober 26 43 c . T tf Fona&tA 'ALT that is dry and in good, condi7 Uon. AIM naoklQf TOBACCO, chewing TOBAC, CAROLINA BELLE SNflFF, NAJL8, GUN-CAPS, I a large aupply or EARTHENWARE. Ite. Apply to FREDERICK W. ROBERTSON, ' r'- Near the Depot. November 3 44 TOTICE.?GAS consumers that are T fh arrearage will PAY UP by the 30th of December, h, or haye their GAS chut off, and be ch?jged:$lO for u lecernber 7 . 49 3t " ; ISO BEWARD, ^HE above ^reward.will be given for ftwaiaberT ' " v'l 49^ ? ^AGSI BAdfi M R.1GS?M |7"ANTlj!D in quantities of from" five T ~ to fin'thoonnd pound* of clean "OOt^JN AND HEN RAGS, for which the high eat CASH PRICE will paid at the r PRINTING PrKOE; fovetnber 15 48 vVtf fXECUTOB.'S NOTICE?A I'l jerlv atteated within, the rlwu- nwHM iw, t>w. ?J mil 'WBBXrJP.T .fl ^ <8 > ' 4^ TEEL PBSSjr-rJiJST RECEIVED ahx of Gl?LQirE& FIRST QUALITY STEEL *8, at the irt: ; - JWftUIREH OFFICE. uin?t3 ~.3 tf OVERSEER WANTHK**?>-*hQ3i f a pleasant SITUATION aad UbaJUJVAGSSvtn be m* j ?i,??r n- mJL T? WHERLER. T U T I C JE .-?-SUGAR TO EX3 CHAJGB fafr" BACON ba porenunwit *tc6\*u~te.. ^ "8 '' | &vEav??