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m. aBisi\^jproptietow ' ^knt^ ^tfbsjjapcr: Jbr i|t ^Irontnfiait of fj>e political, j^otial, ^jtitnlteal anir Cammerfhrl JnimsJs of no^i^^^Tttci,. I-. V^felMElO.. ' YORK YULE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EYEKIKG, DECEMBER 21, 1864. NUMBER 51. " :r Lincoln's Message's We publish the portion of Lincoln's message to the Yankee Congress, in which, from the tactile relations we sustain to him and his people, we are bound to feel some * degree of interest. There is but one con* elusion which we can draw from it, and the whole temper and tone of the people North,, that is, the necessity of thorough, unceasing ^ preparation to meet and defeat they armies in battle: Qtm MILITARY OPERATIONS?PROGRESS 0? RECONSTRUCTION. The war eonticuee. Since the last animal message all the important lines .and positions then occupied by our forces, hare j been maintained, and our armies have stead-J xtv advanced, thus liberating the regions I .left id the rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, v Tennessee, mm1 ports of-other States, have again produced reasonably fair crops. The ] ? most remarkable feature in the' military operations of the year is Geuerai Sherman's attempted march of three hundred miles directly through insurgent region. It tends to, show a gTeat increase of our relative strength that our General-in-Chief should feel able to confront and hold in check every active force of the enemy, and yet to detach a well appointed large annate move on such an expedition. The result not yet being known, conjecture in regard to it should I jaot hare be indulged. Important movements have also ooeurred daring the jmb to the effeot of moulding society for^hltWhy in tl^e Union. Al' though short of complete success, it is much S in the direction that twelve thousand citizens in eaoh of the States of Arkansas and . Louisiana have organized loyal State Governments With free Constitutions, and are earnestly struggling to maintain and admin-1 ^ later them. 'The movement in the same direction, more extensive though less definite, ia Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, ahoold not be overloofa^'^at' Maryland - presents the example of complete suooess.' . Wary land n secure to unercy unu uuiuu iur all the future. The genious of rebellion will no more elaim Maryland. Like another foal spirit being driven oat, it may seek to tear her, bat it woo her no more. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. At the last session of Congress, a propo4 - eed amendment of the Constitution abolishing Biavery tUroaghoat the United States passed the Sedate, bat failed, for laok of the reqnisite two-thirds vote, in the House ' of Eepres&tarives. Although the present is4h?- ??ne ^Jougross, and. nearly the-same dom or patriotism of those who stood in opposition, 1' venture to recommend there: consideration and passage of the measure at 4 the present session. Ofoouroe, the abstract question is not obanged; but an intervening . election shows Almost certainly thai the _?/ next Congress will pass the measarej-'if this does cot. Hence there is only a question ":r. of time as to when the prepoBftd~?Cteftd>nftatr will go toihe States for their'action j and, as it is togo st all events, may we not agree that the Sootier the better. It is not claimed that the election has imposed a duty on members to change their views or their toteB, any further than as sn additional element to be ooDshiered. Their judgment may Jbe effected by it It is the voice of the people, cow, for fire first time, heard npon the question. In a great national crisis like ours, unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable? Jg* akoost indispensable; and yet no approMb to snch unanimity ia attainable, unless some -??" ? sj ?.:n- c\,n piu w buti wo> . y* hw majority, simply beeaase it is the will of the majority. In this esse, the common end is foo maintenance of the TJniOQJ and among the means to secnre that end, snoh . will, thoagh the eleotion is most clearly dedared ia favor of such constitutional amendment. ' ' THE REBELS MUST BE SUBDUED. On careful consideration of all the 6videnoe accessible, it seems to me that no attempt st negotiation with the iosnrgent leader coald result in any good. He would accept of nothing short of the sewrewe of .W the XJniop. His declarations to that effect are explicit and oft repeated. He does not attempt to deceive as. He affords as no excuse to deceive ourselves. We oannot voluntarily yield it. Between him and uS tha issue is distinct, simple and inflexible. It is an issue whioh can only-he tried by war, and deotded* by victory. If we yield we are beaten. If the Southern people fail him be is beaten. | Bilher way it would be the victory and defeat following war. What , tajej however, of him who heads the insurgent cause is not necessarily trueof those . who follow. Although he eannot reaccept the Union they can. Some of them we know already desire peace and reunion.? The number of suob may iooreaae. They can at any moment have peaoe simply by laying down their aTms and submitting to - the national authority under the Constitution. After so much the government could 'r.v. not, if it would, maintain fir against thorn. The loyal people would not sustain or allow .? it. If qaesttons should remain we would adjust them by the peaceful means of legis-. "? -AnfaMnMi rtnnrfji aim! vn>u Hium. toog'ooly in constitutional and lawful channels, some certain and other possible questions are and would be beyond the Executive power to adjust, as, for instance, the admission of members into Congress, and whatever might require the appropriation of money. Executive power itself would be greatly diminished by the cessation of actual war. Pardons and remissions of forfeiture, however, would still be within executive control. In what spirit and temper this control would be exercised can be fairly judged by the past. A year ago general pardon and amnesty, upon specifier terms, were offered to all, except oertain deviated classes, and it was at the same time made known that the excepted classes were still within contemplation of special clemency, '-jag ~ ...V5J V", " ?*? 1 , - , . Daring the jeer many availed themselves of the general provision, and many more woqld, only that t&e signs of bad faith in some .led to each precautionary measures as. rendered the practical process less easy and certain. Daring the same time also special pardons have beep granted to individuals of excepted classes, aud^no voluntary application baa been denied. Thus, practically, the door has beenfqr a fall year open to ail, excaptr suoh as were notin condition to make free ohoice?rthat .is snoh as were in custody or onder qonstgaiut. It is still so open to all y bat the time may come, probably. Will come,; when ppblio duty shall, demand that it be closed, and that in liea more rigorous measures than 'heretofore shall be adopted. V";iC f. TH* XNP OF MAYSVKr . resistance to the national authority on the part of the insurgents as tie only indispensable condition to' coding the war on the part of the government, I retract nothing heretofore said as to' slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, end that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retreat or modify the Emancipation Proclamation; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms bf that proclamation, or by any of the Acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means,'make it an executive duty to re-enslaVff sn<Sh persons, enother, and not I, must be their instrument to ? i . -P_ T | perioral is. id stauug a oxugie ouuuiuuu of peaee, I mean simply to say that the war will-cease oq the part of the government whenever it shall bave ceased on the part .of thgse who began it. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. how the message was beceived. A dispatch from Washington says: , Daring the readipg of /the President's 'Message in the House of Representatives, was several times interrupted by applause, especially the oonolnding portion, in which he says he will not be the instrument, to reenslave each persona as are made free, by the Emancipation Proclamation, or by any of the Aot of Congress; and where he says, that, "in stating a single condition of peace, hft meant to-say that the war will cease on thd part of the government whenever it shall have ceased on. the part of those who began h." The applause was by clapping of hands, with exolamations, 'Good !' (That'sright/ etc. The Speaker rapped with bis gavel to prevent a further infraction of the rales of decorum, although it was evident that he himself shared in the approval of the deejsionaof the President. To The Publio. At the late sessions of the Sooth Carolina Conference, the undersigned was appointed agent of that body, to raise fands for the education of indigent children, of deceased and disabled soldiers. The obligations of gratitude to the gallant soldiers, who have given their lives in defence of their country, combine With the inspiration of patriotism and Christian charity toteommend this cause to every heart. The importance of educating the children of the State, at all times worthy of serious consideration, in the peculiar circumstances of these times, cannot be over-estimated. Regarded only as a measure of polioy, it is jadioioos and wise ; bat when the elaims of orphanage and-the obligations of patriotism, and the debt We owe to the noble dead, who sleep on every held of their ooontry'j glory, are considered, every generous heart mu$ surely respond to-the call and swell the oohtriboticBs to this most worthy and benevolent object. ~ ; The following plan, proposed by fchftSoutb Carolina Conference, is eminently practical, -and famishes the nyans .for immediate usefulness : Whereas, the iudigeut orphans of deceased soldiers, the children Of disabled soldiers iu destitute circamstances, and wounded young soldiers Without means, may desire au education, have special claims upon our sympathies as a christian people. And, whereas, the intellectual and moral education of this dess is recommended to us by the warmest feelings of patriotism, as well as by a profound sense of Christian duty, therefore, it is by the South Carolina ConResolved, That a fund shall be raised within thebounds of'the South Carolina Conference) the interest of which shall be M v i i i - it.- .ii- ii : :i_ sacrealy aevoiea 10 mo euaoauou putnamy of indigent orpbaos of sobers who have been killed in the present war, or who have died of disease contracted while in the service, the children of needy and disabled soldiers, and also of wounded soldiers who are fa indigent circumstances and who may desire an ednoation as a means of honorable subsistence and usefulness. ? Resolvedy The education of the above named pleases shall be conducted within the colleges and schools already existing, under the patronage of the South Carolina Conference, and such other schools as may be established or sanotioned by that body, Rootled, When the fand shall be no longer needed for the ednoation of those for whom jt is primarily intended, said fund shall be at the discretion of the South Carotina Conference, to be used either in assisting spoh indigent persons as may promise most usefulness to the church and State? whether orphans or otherwise?to obtain an education, or iirpromotiog the general cause of education, as an endowment fund in connection with florae one or" more of OUT col leges or schools now existing, or in such other way as said Conference may deom most expedient and advisable. Resolved, A faithful record shall be kept of the amount contributed within the limits of eaoh Presiding Elder's District as now constituted, and- the appropriations made from time to time by the Conference to the applicants from these Districts, shall be in proportion to * the amounts collected from them severally. . Resolved, Tho Presiding Elders shall furnish to the Conference at each annual ' . - 4, * "* %r 'Jt, -t ** _??* H .?< ?'r- ij-^WV1 - ^ V'2*. * 'J ' session, a list of the names?-to be ihadb out I by'the Distriot Steward?of thejrapils ontitled to tbe. benefit of the aforesaid fond; within the several Districts, in the order in whioh .it is desired they shall be edooated by the Conference, from which list as many names shall be taken, beginning with the first and proceeding in order, as the appropriations for1 the several Districts will allow. Resolved, fn furtherance of tnw,generalv plan of educational benevolonce^itis deemed of prime importance- by the Conference and is hereby earnestly recommended, that "the endowment of Wofford College shall hp oompleted as early as practicable, to enable the Trustees to place the,advantages of this institution as iar as may^De wiimii r;auu ui indigent orphans, made,so bytheyrar, and also of wottnded soldiers needing assistance, mtiin the limits of tbo'Soitt Cuoli ference. ' ts-? .* Resolved, m Presiding bishop is hereby respectfully requested to appoint Rev.. Whitefoord Smith, D. D./to ictasagentto raise .the fund described in the first resolution. The undersigned indulges the hope that the cordial and ready co-operation of the public will makeiiis labor of lcver.au easy "J '1 . L v' * *nd!>,^Pt;tlTEFQORD S.?nTH. '.?-> - - ? 'mil * t. -* v,A Voice from the Army. Messrs. Editors :< Please allow a soldier the privilege of using the columns of your valuable paper asamediumthrotigh whioh we. may tell the people at home what we c(ffiQeffe*to-be their duty; and, if possible, to stir them up to a Bense of that duty. They seem-to $e opposed to the'"tax in kind law." -Why ? Because they do not get quite as muoh pay for their prodooe as, they would in the market. We wjjold like to know if the Government price >!or produce is not equal.ta a soldier s pay ? Even the soldier's wife is opposed to it; We are surprised, for we did'not think that South Carolina had a woman who ^raa not willing to give her fiusband or sons half she had. Instead of this, we hear that they are not willing.to.give one-tenth. - Is this the propof fooliiiff fnr a anfrt n? o mntJiA* it\ }ltv? f(V. ,-w-O T*"" wards her hndband or sop, who is baring his breast to the foe ? Others say, if they are to aell to the Government -for the support of the soldiers, their wheat at $8 per bushel, corn at $5, Molasses at S8 per 'gallon, wool at $5 per pound, fodder at $5 per bon-r dred, and other produce in the. proportion, they will not try to raise anything. Now we want to know if any true South Carolinian will make use of any snoh language. If so, bar services are Dofc' p^petly appreciated, for all of yon well know that we are fed by the'<taxin kind." If zpenj^e hot willing to rabe provisions at such prices, let them come forward and fight for 911. per month, as that is st> much letter pay than they get for their produce, and as for-the ladies, we appeal to their affections. We are willing to fight" this bloody crusade through, and intend to do so,* bat at the same time, we would like to have something to eat. If the people at home are' opposed to feeding the soldiers, our limited supply will give out, and then what are we to. do 7 If those at home will do their duty and feed us only on half rations, we will whip the Yankees, and peace and prosperity will a-: gain smile on ns; but if yon falter in yonr duty, we may be' oompelled to straggle many long years, and at last give op the straggle from sheer hodger. You will Vbeii see the folly of withholding yohr provisions" from the soldier. Bo not lay the flattering'ono^ don to yoor souls that the Yankees will leave you more than, nine-tenths of your produce?they will not Jeave you even a half-loaf. Ponder well on this. Meet the assessors promptly and pay your titheeoheeis folly, for this is all that we poor soldiers have"to depend' upon for sopport. Soldier's of McGowan's briaaitf. Petersburg, Va., Oot. 19,1864. What Discourages the Soldiers.-*A* soldier of Gen. Hood's army, in a letter to the Selma. Reporter, speaks of the discouragements he had and ids comrades met with while passing from Hood's to Porrest's command, throdgb Georgia and Alabama. He says when he left- Hood's army he was cheerful and buoyant, not the least spark of despondenoy was larking in his bosom; bat when he got to Griffin and Maoon and Montgomery^ and saw so many useless shade officers in those places, and so many men Unn.'.mn nkftnf fKn ofrnofo dmna nnfliincr iUUUgiUg UUV/UV KUW WW4WVWW wvxug and heard so much gloomy forebodings uttered by those .who are staying at home, he began to feel gloomy himself. After describing what he saw and heard, he doses hialetter thus? - ? It is suoh influences as these that operate upon the mind of the soldier.- He leaves the army bopefnl and returns disheartened. Let me say to yon, men in the rear, that we who do the fighting are not whipped, and if they will have confidence-in . us we will whip the fight. Be cheerful, be' hopeful, and with all let each man be determined, whatever his positton. may he, to do all he can for the cause.' We will win.- Napoleon's veteran's never waded through fields of greater carnage than we have done (in pro portion to numbers) and whiek we are witling to do again. Then, in the name, of all you hold sacred, whether-in money, loTe'or life, I ooDjnre you to act like men. - To the fold men I would say, speak in the presence i of soldiers hopefully and encouragingly.? Let no croaking be heard ip. our land, from males or females. ' yi .HI. ?? An Intrinsic Problem.?In East Tenv nessee lately, a youth, Whom we shall call Tom Smith, .mamed the widow Jones, and invited his .father?a veiy gay widower-^to the wedding. The widow bride, of ihe^ ' boy had a-blooming daughter, #81* whom t Smith, the father, fell in loYe ' at night," courted and married.' The son married the mother and the father married the daughter. The question arises as to wbait is the relationship of theparties in the maty rimoniar unions, and what will be tbp'relatiooship of the offspring ? ' - ; ; ;r~" - ' Peace. , This is a word often heard now, and expresses what many most earnestly desire and long for. Like'other blessings, its value was. hot appreciated until it was forfeited and lost. Bat if we cannot "have peace with the .Yankees, canpofc we have peace among onrsehos ? "Was"there, em a'time when it was mere important,' yea vitally necessary that we should hive peace and anion among pnrseives|few sorvivors who ojing to thf wreck of p once noble ship on the rolling. f*f? of mid-ocean, should not spend the day in strife, nor crush the weak ones who BhW signs of perishing. And what is" oar condition? Look at it oalmly and answer. And yet ~ we see no lack of divisions and-strifes, and hitter personal hatreds end persecutions of men worthy of abetter reward? And this even among those who "profess t6 follow the teachings of "good will; towards meil V Enemies we havey powerful and numerous, and. - ? "J". it: ^ ^ -A active epougn to awaxen. an oar anxieties. And enediies weir Jive, 'secret and intertwp ned with oar very social and political fabric, > whose future obrldnet none canfkthom, al1 though many anticipate the worst; growing bolder as tbey grow more namcroas, and I th<F effective restraints of the master mind are gradually being withdraw*! And are we slarabdrin^yer these perils ? Is there no oommon danger sufficiently appalling and efficiently near, to absorb and swallpw up all minor personal animosities, and unite the small remnant trhioli remains inunked efforts to breast the coming vtorm ? When ajsoantry has but a small fragment of its wbitevroale population left at home, and. these are engaged in"biting aod devouring one another," what'mnst we expect ?? We .know that toe have had evil returned for good, and even our "good" has been ; ovil spokan of; we have beeir snapped at, and if not devoured, it was only because we were rather tough*perhaps for the molars of our enemies. Bat thank God ! .we Stilt survive to praise him, and would gladly see at better-state of thingsprevail, and all unite in aiding abd strengthening one' another for the ooming events. For unless we read erringly the signs and portents: around as, flfo a ?a of. hanri vli'An tin man .will feel I WIMV ?w WW MMMW1 UMVM WW .. ^ , independent of his neighbors help; and when some .of the heartless one's who are now rejoicing in plenty, will learn in a sad school, the duty of "bearing one another's burdens?Sumter Watchman. . i ?>? f ' . tGF* A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalittj writing from Milledgeville on the 29th ultimo, says : On Sunday, the 20th, the Yankee army entered tbifl nnfortunate town. Ktijntru&s cavalry, or rather a portion of it, some six hundred in number, were the first to oome. They behaved with tolerable decency. On Jhe following day the infantry marched in, composed of the 14th, 20th.and another corps, the designation of which I have forgotten. The remaining oorps did not disturb the town, but made a detour towards v - ' J-i VrS ! i . macon ana urnswoiavuie. . While here, scenes of outrage and rapine transpired which would be too horrible to relate. I will mention a few graphically, leaving the rest to the imagination jjf 'the reader. A wholesale plunder of houses was inaugurated. Gold watobes, silver plate, olothing?anything and everything that con Id tempt cupidity?was stolen. In 'their'lust for gold*they frequently maltreated persons of bdth sexes,"thinking to" extort by torture. The principal sufferers in this respeot, were the Messrs. Weitzfelder, and a daughter of one; of the flame geptlemen,. Cows/ chickens, and horses were slaughter wantonly.' They burned, the peni- . tefitiafy, arterial, depot, railrosd bridge,' and the- bridge aoross the^Ooonee: The magazine was blown np. The State House was muoh defaced;' carpets and desks were haoked to pieces, and book* strewn broadcast. Out of (he carpets they made horseKlonVflfa . The.most dreadful thing was their violence towards t ho ladies. At lqast six or seven suffered the last extremity.. One young "|prl became erased in consequence, and has "been sent to the asylum. Other ladies were'stripped of their garments, and) in such a plight, compelled to play the piano, and, in the event of a refusal, switched unmercifully. . Let Georgians remember timae things in the day of -battle: : ' ? | . Science and Gallantry.?The philosophers at Hath havojbeen discussing a.somewhat strange question?the relative temperature of the two sexes. Aristotle*sttribuI ted greater warmth to the male, W some who came after him disputed this position. ; Now it seems, if Dr. Davy's^experiments are correct, the Greek was right. * Dr. Davy has recently made some observations, using a thermometor of great delioaoy, and tatfbg for the purpose of his experiment three men . - m;_ j lIjil . nr?i ana tnree women,'an ja goou msiuiu. xue tempera tare of tbeinen varied between 99*nd 99 i; that of the women between j 971 and 98. Some - discasaioo arose upon ( these statements, which gave the president j of the section an opportunity of ahowiog that science can be gallant'as well as statia- j tidal. Whatever difference of opinion there might be, he said, as to the hceoraoy of Dr. j Davy's oonolasions, all would agree that if ( men were-more warm bodied than women, the women were the more warn hearted. .9Gb The worat act of this war has been 1 the recent devastations in Loudoun and ; Fanquier. The oedar was indiscriminate . to destroy everything that copld sustain man ' or;beast-j this in a region lying helplessly 1 in the possession of the enemy for twelve iqqnth's^.mdeed, for the moft; pwrt, at all } times daring the war. men have become the hoi advocates! of in' everlasting strife rather than submission I or compromise, and,' mirabilc dictu, all : the Universalis ts believe in heii fire. * * - - i" - * m. k j> ck_> ' &*'; ' ' . "* < . , s, \", ,. ?' cv; ; Fvafefew- fe>5&_ldCir 'I ' - v' v- Poittie YorkvUleEnquire:. 5 . ' .. ' ? ? USES TO ; . . # ' Long seems the time since last we met, Tetmany moons have not been waste d, Bat my fond hean cannot (target . . ' . . > The fleeting Joys ft* truth had tatted. - Bach little Joke that piwted'ln judriess, Has now a place to raem'ty dear, , Apd often In my hours of sadness - , . * . Checks the gloopi ft cannot cheer. : ?." _ ' V- - '> Coold I butbope ooesijfc frodtyoa.. Were wafted o'er the lengthnlng ray,. ~ 'One little thought for one so true,' ' ' * rWoold glad mfton my cheerless'way. We soon may'me?,oh,.l6tthlne?yes, ' ^ #A welcome speak, tho' tongue refrain, The cheek Vcaraation will Implies, . ' ' . "F??, I am glad we meet again." . Then when stern war no more alarms, * When peace Its gentle wings outspread, ' : Oh, then may we In others arms, Together seek llfeS /ottrney's end. ' D. J. J. P. GUI's Biuallon, Florence, S.C. r t, A Romance in Real Life. An Abducted Daughter Discovered After an Interval of Twenty - Seven Year}?-An . Heirm. The Taunton (Mass.). Republican is to sponsible for t the following story : - A romance in real life has joat come to light, aud is at present foe chief gossip of this city. The foots, as related by an intimate acquaintance of the fortunate family, are as follows: It appeare that about twenty-seven years ago, a Captain Brown,whose family resided id Mattapoisett, was the overseer of the estate of Mr. Henry E. Clifton, a wealthy gentleman of Richmond, Ya. From some cause, which still remains a secret, a difficulty urojjg between Captain Brown and Mr' Clifton, wherein the former considered himself theraggrieved party. To revenge himself for the supposed wrong, he stole 1|r. Clifton's infant daughter, then bat six weeks old, on tbff day she. waff christened; The child was brought to Mattapoisett and seoretly adopted by Brown and Ms wife as their own.? She was namefl J alia, and grew to be a woman. When only sixteen years old she: married Mr. Isaac 0. Pierce,;' a printer, who learned his trade in Fall Riv-' er. Several years ago, they moved to Taun-; ton, living for a while at East Taunton,'but recently at "the Green.'^Two ohildren have been born to them, one of whom . is" notr living. During this long period Mrs. Pierce has lived In blissful ignoranoe of her high parentage, and Mr. Pierce, who took her for better or worse, had never imagined himself the husband of an heiress. He abandoned the priotfcjV trade shortly after learning it, and for several years has earned : his daily bread by. the sweat df his brow, at Mr.. Mason's works in tbw oity. This is their history until recently. Now comes the denoucmcnt. Last summer while Rev. Mr. Talbott, of this oity, was at Saratoga, , lid became acquainted with Mr. Ciiftou and wife, wbo, it appears, at the breaking put of tbeji^bellion, converted their Richmond property iuto cash and mqvod to Baltimore. lb the course of conversation'with them Mr. Talbott remarked upon the striking resemblance of Mrs. Clifton fo a lady parishioner of his in Taunton. Nothing particular was thought of it at first; bat on his repeating the iremark, Mrs. Clifton inquired the age of the lady. On being informed that she Was about twenty-seven, Mrs. Clifton immediately said to her husband "why, that would be just the 'Ego of our daughter that was stolen." "The matter then received their serious attention. Mr. Talbott was .taken into Jheir jmofidenoe, and inqwiiyv instituted aa totba rented parents of the young lady,; He returned to .fyufcton; had a conversation with Mrs. Pierce iuregard tober parentage; informed her of the Saratoga conversation, which led her to ask, Mrs.'Brown, wbo, she had never doubted, was her own mother, if she realty" was such, at the same time telling her the. reason of the enquiry. Mrs. Brown, who had kept the secret .of the Child7! parentage for twenty-seven yean was so overcome by the question and the development* of the facts, that she immediately became ill and died of the heart disease. 'Before her death, however, she acknowledged that Mtb. Pierce was not he? own daughter.' Captain Brown di$d a number of years ago. ' "Within a few weeks the affair has developed itself rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton and ^ Mrs. Ptdrce have met each other, and the old colored woman, who noised the abducted infant, has recognized Mrs. Pierce 1)5 their real child by a mole on her shoqlder I The identity of their long lost, daughter" having been fnltyr established, Mm. PiercC and hex husband hqye"been invited , to live with the Cliftons and share in their wealth; and this they are preparing to do, having "broken up boose keeping and dis posea 01 tneir iuiimuia. . .. . "The cream of the affair is that Mrs, Pierce, is an only child, and therefore sole heiress to an estate said to be wOrth hnnireds of thousands, if not million^'of'dollars'] or, as an old lady; Wend of Mi?. Pierce expresses it, '<?a trifle less than two milliofls.". IOraVlog been rumored that ! Gfip*Pierce had, applied for a divorce from her husband, she has published a card indignantly denying the slander." - A^GAiLA-wr APpaIe.?On*the flth injtant, Ooifipany A, of the 21st Jtfew , York. ?y^ry, started out from the vwfiipy ^ Winchester to capture Baylor's company of the 12th Virginia cavalry3.' ^he latter met' them near WKrte Poet, and ^led, wounded and oapturod all bat thirteen. The. Yah trees numbered sixty, and Baylor's, command forty men. A few days before, Baylor <?|&ufed thbgafcrd ojt. Cbiariestowri and at Key's Switoh. " His prisoners, eightytee-w. e. w. cobi),ae '(i?iwr,it tti time of his death, ww about to assume tho. military 'Governorship of ^ Hontsville, Alabg?% K-'-t ' A '' "SaBK' Congressional. 4 Richmond, Deo.l2.~The Senate passed a billto authorise the tnnamnsion'of newspapers to soldiera free of postage; also passed a bill' for the employment of all free male nogroes and forty thousand slaves to work upon fortifioations and perform other labor connected with the defences of the oonn?y. Gen. Joa E. Johnston ocfeupied a privileged seat in the Senate Chamber to-day. In the House the Seqoestratioa atod Currency Bills were farther disoaaed. .. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, offered the following:, , - Rttolvcd, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of making a, more liberal exemption Of the property of soldiers from taxation, and whether property and effects necessary to the support of soldiers' families ought not to be exempted entirely from taxhtion; and the deficiency created in tlie revenue be supplied by an increased tax'on. the property those who remain at home., The resolution was agreed, to. Mr. Garland, from the Committee on Poet offices and PosfrUoads, reported baok a obiil to mail newspapers to soldiers m the field, free -of postage," with a reoommenda tiontbat it pass. The bill was passed. ; Richmond, Deo.-lS.-^Jbe Senate passed a concurrent resolution for'a^eoesa frdm the"24th inst., untiHhe 2d of January. Mr. Orr, from the Committee on Foreign Affiuij, reported baok &r. Henry's resptolutions defining the position of the Confederate States declaring the determination of the war till their independence is acknowledged. The resolutions passed?yeas 16, nays, none. A bill to provide for the remission of penalties for nondelivery of bacon tithes pined: In the House the sequestration and ourrency bill were discussing. A bill increis-. dog the pvfof members of Congress fifty, per cent passed?yeas, 45 ; nays- 41, Several bills were reported and ordered to beprinted. liioHMOND, nee. 10.?in we flouae, Mr. Turner offered a resolution requesting the President,; with , the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint thirteen commissioners of each State, to tender to the^SdjR ernmentof 'tho United States a cdnffereriee for negotiating an honoroblo pease ; fiiiicg ip this, to use all proper efforts for obtaining an immediate exchange of prisoners, and if possible, to come to such understanding with the enemy, in regard to the fature conduct of the war, as may tend in some degree to mitigate its horrors and atrocities.' Mr. Barksdale submitted a substitute, the preamble setting forth that the Government of the United States having repeatedly refused to listen to propositions for an honorSblepeaoe or mediation, have thus manifested a determination to continue the war. The first resolution says: "Whilst reitera* ting our readiness to enter upon negotto; lion for peace, whenever the enemy iseo inolined, we will pursue without faltering the course deliberately chosen, for.tbe preset vation of oar liberties.'*'- The second re#oIution is as follows : "The mode prescribed, by the Constitution of the- Confederate States for making treaties of peace, affords ample means for attempts totbateod, when ever the Gov?rnment of the United ?jtates evince awillingnew.to enter upon negotiasubstitdte wu rtad, the hoar h&vifig expired, the House reeolved into committee of the whole, Md reeoned tte opneidera&* JS ft Ms* fered a HU08titute, Vfmcn was. under consideration when the House adjoarned. ' '?"[ ' Hood's Erograwww, The Montgomery Appeal has information Which leads it to believe that in the event that Gen. -Hood finds the defences oifNashville too formidable to joatfy an attempt to catry them, hewill move to thedeft of the city and.mafce GkrlWyUle, sixty five miles below,on the Cumberland river, his headquarters for the winter. At the same time, he could capture Fort Donelson, thirty-five miles beldwHm the river, and FoH Henry, which ia twelve miles front FofrDonelsbn, on the ^eppessee river,Tbia-Would give oa the command of both rivers, and frocr ik/t ?\aa?tfnn at Plnnlranilt/t tk/t n*mm tut? j^yoibum aw viaiaoT.iiw kuw a Lilly uuuiu. draw ample suppliel from the prod active ooUaties of Christian, Todd, and Logan, in Kentacky. Within a radios of twenty-' five miles of CJarksville are not Jess than thirty Qrst-clqss Soaringmills^d the sapply of porn and meat in that section ip inexhaustible." Besides, recruits would flook to oar rabks by thousands, and when spring opens, the army would occupy a commanding position, be supplied in evCTy particular, and greatly increased in numbers. .js ?mu> .'vp>?'-?* ; y 'irei Prom tbe Trans-Mississippi. The Mobile Advertiser gives as the annated late news from thp Traps-Mississippi Bopartment: ' - There is no reasonable doubt that by this time Fort Smith is in our possession, leaving in the far Western portion of the de: ' partment no Yankee forces, except about 1,000 men at Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee, country, which can be e^ily, overpowered, tryfhaving captured nameroas trains wdo'e ^*8 naol id September last. , ..The Choetaws, CherokeCs, Creeks and Seminoles h^ve upwards ofV;0.00 ^eQ in arms, are firmly jwitad, to., ike Southern cause! 'About SjOW.Cherdkees add-GreeksIS fclip Opinion of Stand Watie that not more Wri liWiist preiL, to the eaptta. <rf F.yetteviUe. ? , The Yankees still hold . Little Rock on sufferance.. 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