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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1862)
t ; i-w* ia« Mtl'.edgmii* Buorder. ituauil U'luUUvimif Ule General A» ■ mbtj, S' mloii l 801, A pp: oveU by (be Governor# ’« a,.*.r tra: taa of 140,1.00 for ob e" Me j)j i.i Ajmlac’.x tu, Chattahoochee and H Torn, . : ;o appoint Ccmuiifwioaers to re ou mi iii .mao th- ;-ome. F r■ * ■ tie: ot Maltha Hmtey, widow o! Wits m.ftailoj, of TuonioH county. \ To |u tt • üßneeessary conauupltea of at am by n tr* and inanctecturi'* of spirituous liquors in G oi a 4. Io au‘ / ifi*' O o ary l f'lka county to ra.M a term n Court on the sr-copd M.nday in •D'OeuV'r, ;* rmi ad of the firs Monday, iu "lf*r Cftl.eb, is mid oradiltete of Gto-rit.. VS Waal do .eased. 8. i , e yri-'to ” oney for sbstrucling the nav r .. i of thia State, aad to authorize th (lov.tij rto exp* t ' ,c same, or to much thereof a a ... .y b ; i -er-aaery. 7. T . . rao; relief to the Banks and people of thin Slut*. e. To at lend the i.me fer the payment of the f< i * oar IWSi, so far tt raiatea to the county of Bur so. W. for l i . tu- miner children of Sophia and William Mcßride. 10 i -ai w dui.o atraloM ol John U. ■Lewis, to i *.li lot of land No. I>o, in tbe Sin district o. originally Bee now Quitman oonoty, nod to wake titles to the Same. 11 lo . utii: r<a . and require the Treasurer of this...so to ...uk oi-rtain advance., uu 1 for other purpo.ee. IS. To i. i, Owen .frn.th and Angus Morri aou tu ii,as. .i<i ad sufficient titles to a certain tra ;t r p. r< .ol ..t itu Brooke county. 18 'loappiop louiity to procure nud lurn thfi i .ii f, .ho. , cap* or hats and hlaukets for th< sddieisl e... Georgia, and lo provide for r»'a up the I H ire. it it p >1 g to rriu.ti ol A.i Act" us was pa: -li it, liuO, milling lot of land No. ti, to Tal- Ih. l o op;, the ptop'u of Georpia with salt, on , p., t !luit mon: y for the aurne. Id. To < out,mi in ioroe the act passed for the i-i. i nun /.i account of non-specie payment p 1,. ;.-j el.clion ol Gomunsaion , i ol Mu.)mon id. the year latiS. i in .id i xplura “Au Act” to appro -1,, :. . T-l", o- --i the uhstmciion of certain rivers ~ , . no,•' to Uppo'nl Commissioners to re . uisatht siiue, uppro.ed 13th Nov, io ch -,. k e the 2d section of an act to alter ,mi i Koed laws oi this State, approved in H ii, 1818, so far an to extend aud define .. . , H uicti persons ehali bo liublo to work u, il public roans. nil irm.e the punishment ol Junius It. W 1 i cunntv, who in now under sen -21.. h o au: i ui'iso and empower Wm. H. Gone of ! {l , r ,o i".'t t s cxi-eat rol the estate ol James U Hbtv I.H of L >-Villi H county. 22 ,'■« ref vc Reuben King of the county ot Uelu'U the payment ol hts taxae for tbe v< »' 1 > .; o i . ;mpt Mil.er Uallowesoft e conn vii V ud. it, Iron. l the payment of taxes on certain property. . j | , u relict of Laurent DeGive, Consul at Atlanta, (la ihe consHutot the trial* to purchases ui .i . OniifederateHtutßS to cartuio parcels ot r. ■i> eiues ot Savannah and Macon and im U ..a id iauti proposed to bo purchased in, the county o’ Bibb. ;. ,r ; , i.i. iii„ Tr sui i and Goniplrol lol . ,1 i die Siulc lolssu-change bills tor ti„. . i.., u..', r Htipcrvisiou of the Ooveruor. a ,i ' ~ ,|i,.,ri i.. ntoiiev for Hie inauulaoiure of iv ui . ao i ■ , c and eiolbiug lor luc o nc-. . t iu i.iwVidc .'nr tii.> raising snd and sbuice Uic 1 ' ihe »■! y:, i on -. : ;u'• fhc computation ci ,»; g »exeontom, adinfnistru t , . . • 1 o' .Cl ti iiulnoS. gg' ir , i, k i val.d an ordir p seed py i, I L uo e County, levviegun ~ / l erof loi tbo BU|> ort 0 [ • fuldreu for the year 1362 yi .ii h.v, 1 ! ocorporations of this , , . raud on scconnt of ts;« 0, , ■ o i hun,, . biils now isßued, or i , [auflt-r bo > sned uv them by au - ,r ; , , . to td Nov. 166!, are agl I"', ?T. f, ; liz '.hO BUBIB. g • u i vto mi am to incorpor :uin.' , Trust, aud Loan (Jom ..i j .i! co. i . powers him privileges " 1 to Die 14, 1861 t\ i' 1 x' >eilby theloferhrOourl m y. , • • .f. uio .i 1863, tt 1U lor other ■ T,i 7, . : . yin iu tlio ser' 04 of tho c ate of Georgia, t r ,, m i, iti'l, an«l for tha rolUf of such o, • „ o 1...0 between tbn counties of Pi , ri 1 . il i aid u portion of i| u . ( I i■ (I i,< Uural >i n and lor other 84 i. ii ■ H.iic against loan by J-jlauU i. ,'j t . ~jn .. s monov to reimburse the I’rofluu. or .i in* Stale koud such money 03 he bus iu i ! I, to enable the Governor to ear,\ • i uim - r the noimalao nrc of salt j.i V'i .ml ' ribaliou u nuj-at the families ol soldier* a bothers in Ocorgto. I >1 an aul 10 allei ami i t il ' . hur'fli of the cities of Ooluubus amt Albany, and ;or otiuir purpose*. , v ■ , , t layer andllonuo lot tbeoity ni Colon bug the ; ttw nn.l authority to elect all city pificma m ’ lor other purposes. .< p i hi of a « iters, mJuiiuistiator,, as* ir ,p o tli.i Ain '.a Georgia fasil -4 .. com ' > hi, ii i- ol nuiioad and bank atoek j ,i it several r* 4 ■il. . Pan : l, iv. jot this iUave. •1 ' H „l >. . i olecp.>n ol James Castleber ry, t> • Cli .tt Looc'cee comity. _ ■lB. Y. ■ u . mcorpara’.oi o.itton auil wool tiu i . , iv, . i' ! . publish lists of stock holders 44 Tu i itt cllon of an act to amend ihe l’-i i o i.m ta 1 e approved February 45 To pro' e. u atiou lor stills sen and by tin' Governor. • 46. To au'lt rz. r ..I tract the Governor to pay the li m .ton. T i . tli oases therein men tioned 47. prat cut tip poisoning ofUsh tu' 4tny of the coo m tliii. St* , and provide certain penult;. ; au'Oiis*. tli« same. 4s. ' ■ad act to point onl the mode of *BCi> - ill# relit fri iil support to which wi ewa a o . utltl. and out ol the estates of their n." -d 1n..!.) uidoatidparents, where letters fen a ig;y or of ..t aiu’.Mra 1 ion shall have been ur»i ,ii ■ for i r purposes, approved 19th TVsbruar ISSO i\f. T rep nl si innch of !.n not aSHOtildd to 29d jai uai i . 1862, includes lot of land So. 63, ■i tli ■ iv. t h>. af gunner county, in the county of U e cinnlV linos between Johason unit , ,;td i> t-v n the counties o f Schley and i : vlor. M. r in!.’., ol tha Georgia Academy forth mind. 6‘i. T ■ i bn >noon bMweeu the counties of NchU.' ii Macm 5: t .... ,!-• s- pier to sell herself into 81 ;• ■ -ra , • p.iivu .'i Triou til Chai r's ppvt'i r ate i sum of money therein named' , rruin • reon- therein nauiod, and tor other purpose!* 88 so a > .■ , require the Ordinary of l;4j ri , . u ■ t" -.rant If sos administration on 1.-, S. sB. U. ilvie to his wtdow wile u» bond and a, eur.'y A■! to untborite t'eu Oni ,rt v ... r,' 1 : , • to grant letters of idmi:‘i r.i ) ' >ty 4 H .'ton on the estate of , y B e i. a nhout reqmnugibond ‘J ' , ' r.+r; end to keep said estate i llt M!ier t c, rt*i cases ?, s .I, >i> rm-et rv to ,o act to prevent the uu :’7 . ..arSJSJTS si au,o ii pUnt'ag and ut" \ .i>t‘ - 8:a." o»*r » certain quantity us land "i c ftondu: pg the war 6t> tor oh " U ' guardians, administrators, eieeutors ..nd uvn fs. . Ce’ "o f'S" h' nil „|‘> ro. Directors ot the South Wee rr K irond. . 61 . o , i „ cod the several Jud ciary Act-unw 1..-,- ■■ thi State, co far as relates •o Jus pp v .( Docember, 1811. 63 To *!•.••■> 1> otti.-Mlt# of the Stave to make till*» t" ad and et' r piroperty sold bv them >1 run. : n eures 6? To i- t'tet'.ini, vo .or General a olerk. 64. i ' app .pi :-.t- :ut,d • ihe uses of the 66 To aui ' t» *rt vinto mt of Trustees tor tin Ma di- A, m■. in the city of Columbus • 66. To r -nge to 'ne ociwsan the couauei of Ooffee and Clink.. . *-*» .u - ■«. y'SeW TaH ,<r. «• TANARUS, e* ge ‘ne t'"c • hotduig the superior Eton «r and 1« RWSOLCTIOf- , . ~ . .. e ~< > Sr.v*,. ‘4l , ÜB4 ! , ' i • t>- women ami child- ! *'« ,■ tee to eon -ider and re- j ; a-."- • \ crr'cm* »'««•* aspwy. I f f r > 'c ' tra. poneticu of cult to j Georgia , „ 4i. vc e •«, of tavasnafc t , ih «h ■* «• .. gi.'> G >«i »«rthe f!o- I g v K - chi v. - nr armies over our tTo a ■fU .». • t antral vaccination j 01 vr g. .» • - 'haDe-fand ! ’ , , cj‘ "-ids ;rtl.e people of tbia I hr Go'trr.r to provide cioih t' * destitute Georgia u-cops in C °in le * ' v Vc e Governor to appoints oom * u " w . • ...a. a io audit claims for mltni.ne o* « , ? *Y‘ l C r: roe tom'i transportation **• najoff c.usmuwo cfthree from ih. ißecafe a'. fire from the House to investigate ih! OtVV • .cool U:v Qaarwaiter and Bom usaarv G..E-T~ri w ! i*. Deaiar.n* tta jacs-.-cn ot me Btate ep«» ‘b« I coutraeis made ior the manafaCtureo* sal. ■ , ! and authorizing the Governor t o e *-• ! artaagements to c “ rit 4 1 ir.i.soiuaion of gall ootu.ecu in.re V i J :h U H» qu I ring T.fe'" tux pavers of tbuiSjateto I g.v- i'inth. blfnd, deaf and dumb children in tbw ! V n'Th . ks to the Lad eg oi this State fur th., - fo«;‘g ald nfeCesiiUea r ( the .7 Beques iog in. Oov. ft .. , be I- 'senger ( ars to hia po.. r for the transport.- (JwAjfiJ. j. «. ! eotitiUep<*rßouß ]’4 An to tiilpUiUDl ot j. r Europe Commissioner front the H '!l Aothorizlng tee Guvsraur to have sail irons- P0 22 0d Anth Q Sgthe impressment of free negroes ailKn ol wmmisamneTs ior the town of Madison for the ' 4 Ui UDDoint a joint committee tu r^Pu rl °, Q B ‘hi Haii-.ing a comunttee to examine anew work r 0 ?onsTl,dM'f r b e‘Htl“tng 0f of Ihe House and tbs -Seuute on vue Tuuatic ** ‘ u n'o provide Ambulance Cars ior vbe sick ai--i wounded soldiers on tbe State Xtoad. sl To appropriate the School Funds ot Gilmer *" ~1. Concerning tne oolleciion ol dues to the State Road and to the State. ... U‘2 lieiauve to the Soldiers ia the aiiutoi y Bel li c spall l Uhlisu ihe remainder of the acts and r. '.uiuii:‘iispa-.s-ci and approved, as soon as re ceived.] Tbe Battle at TietSerlchsbura. A letter f -om the camp at Fredericksburg, dated tbe 18th, nays- We are here, near the great line ol battle, and will briefly recapitulate what we have seen and he ird The enemy attempted the passage of the Rappahannock by iuymg Town their pontoons at one o’clock on Tuursday morning. They were pvi initted to g t than- bridges bull fluished Deiore our men tired upon them. About dawn, however, the I7ih and 16th Mibsissippi, a part of Barks dale's Brigade opened liie upon them, kidiug aud wounding 11 large number. These regiments were armed with Springfield rifles, and ior a while, diOve tbe pontoonera from their work, iuen it v. uH that the Vankees opened upon the town, with snot shell and grape, to the destruction of the houses and the terror of its panic-stricken inhab its Is two thirds ol which were women ; hut do tittfe or no harm to the gallant band of iiis Bissippiaus, who were there to d.spute their en trance The, bring upon the town was not re sponded to by our batteries. And here the tnag mhcsnt spectacle was witnessed of the Yankees th ing lour mortal hours upon the town ot Freder ick sour g with batteries placed close together, over a space of nearly two miles, auci ranged la three tiers Ai ft result or their fiendish work, the two squares on t e North side ol Alain street, uu wired w:.B f turned the Virginia i>unK and Post Oilier w-re entirely destro»til—the enemy throvf lug what .u called “liquid fire.” The sight is rep resented by mose who witnessed it as cue ot sur pu ißing yet ternole graud ur. The inhabrtaoth who were caught us.de can te,l of many hair breadn. eds«p.'U. 1* ono instance twenty Seven titleswont through U frame house, lu whmn were some eight persons, without killing ua> Ot them, hiotbe who sought I'Ucltcr from the saeliß in t.ioir cellars were compelled to vacate because ot the houses catching on hru over their heads. The house i long tue residence ot Mary, ih; motlrr ot WaslaagUi:;, was shellod aid nearly ! destroyed. ... - , i While in the town tr<he.d high carnival, I breaking, destroying (tud plundering 911 that l y i in their way. . , . ! T'ba dm u oi rcl'nntry pcr.or&r doy out men • thus tar ohalien • our adiiuratioL, and n.'nuie us : t'j ft t wlt-u th great strut-glo comes, evoy mar Will feni'l saty no liis ru v. The stray ;s lit hut i health uud • xcellent eon is; only three r.ok Were t reported on tha rolls of one of tho largest bug ? adcu ci tho aruiy on the 13th. i A Georgian, cn picket in town on Tuursdaj night, ku.cd one ruau und brought outtix pruou ere. A.i of them thus caught wetß drabs; sue it 1 !; ■■ and that rations of whiskey arc iiee.-y sup plied the men li is also reported Unit the tiral Origa 0 which came across, cad to bd loiceT hi tha point ot the bayonet. The lighting Dec. 13th, was mainly artillery Jiviiind 110 0 .is tho river and pickets lighting. The Yankees tn-d tu force otyisona who r.- inaiued to go aercss the river. The Yankees have as rnau , aa five pontooc bridges. Tbreejust opposite the town and twe just below H. The galiunt Mississippiacs undoi B-rktciaia kept back the pentooners for nearly twentv lour hours, notwithstanding tieir cz posnre during the entire time to shot ur.d thell, THE BKFOGEBS Thß amount oi suficiing itiil ci-cd on the ucu combatuntsot Fr. delictshurg by the unpiinci pied foe, is heart- rending. The picture which meets the eyo at every farm bouse, cabin and hut lugitivea from buruing bome3 cad desolated heartbstonea, clustered 111 melancholy groupa in tho bouses and übout tha yards watching the clouds hovering over ihe ill-iut-d cuy and listening to tha steady ro»r of the armwiy whose every volley adds to the already t.rr.bla scene of de structiou—ia enough to-uilect. the stoutest heart, and lrom the most charitable call out curses on the Infamous authors of to much misery. The continued inaction ol the enemy gave assurance to U number of families who had lor many weeks been sutlering within sight of their homes that tho danger ol bombardment uud passed, and within the past few days they returned to the city They wore startled troin their dreain of security by the hissiug shod through the bed chamber, the rat tling of grape iu tho street, and the solid shot openin ' ns way through roof aud floor, even of churches and ploughing up the very bouts ol their ancestors in ihe churchyards. The shrieks of women with their iutauts iu their arms snatch ed hastily from peaceful sleep, as they rau in 1 ranlic aoiazomeut aud terror through the streets, was enough to appal any but a \ ankee s heart. Som i sought refuge in tbeir Cellars, blazing raft ers and sttjaodug timbers ovevuead ar**ve them ag.iia into the street, ilow any escap-d is a prob loui whose solution must come withiu the catalogue of miracles. There ara rumors of women and children having been killed, or polishing i-inid the flames, but amid the contusion ol conflic.iug re- piorts, we can iffina nothing definite. Between th? present terminus of the railroad and Hamilton's crossiug, about two miles, we en countered numerous fugitives from ths burning city- An obi ruau, accompanied by his wife and four or five children, wusmiekiug a roof to shelter them. They saved nothing but the clothes on their persons, ihe reeui.s of long years o( toil remaining iu usheß behiud them. A most affect ing eight was a widow with four .little children, some barefoot, und o'.heic iu tneir uight clothes, following her weary steps. Au infant n her arms was crow ng 'msi y unconscious of the tearsoours ing silently down tho mother s cheeks. This scene, however, lot ms only pc.'t of the sad picture on every hand presented. L.-t us hope that every exertion will be made by the benevolent to miti gate the sufferings of these poor refugees. Ns*n BaTTLv Ground at Hamilton’s i Cbossino, Dee. li, 1862« j Since the close of my letter on yesterday the battle has been raging fiercely and furiously along * line old miles, reaching from a point just Falmouth aloug the ri''e.' as far down as I’ratt e. The ball opened on onr lett wnh aitiilerv aoout a. m , end was carried on with heavy guns until about half past oue whta the infantry first weet into act on on onr right. Then it was that, for hours, the combat raged with au i a tensity at least equal to, it uot greater, than anything that has occurred during the war. Your correspondents wore on the right, and of eourse can speak with more accuracy m regard to the fighting on that wing than on toe -est. Jack son sustained by A P. H ; J, bore ihe brunt ot the battle, aud m-biy did they sustain themselves. The Yankees fought wed, but wera repeatedly driven back At on" rime, it.was said, th?y nad been forced back to the extent of one a D d aha t utile? Our line of battle exter fd a.ong the rail road track, whi st that of the enemy was formed on tbe couutv roed run ring parallel with tberiver. Ueve tht v have the benefit, m cast of being .orced back, of the natural fortifications which the ditch eg, lor the purpose of draining. * n urn toad will give them. U may be arked why were vh-v showed this advaatagef The **»**«£ mUiVba lbut tee t*Be*nyV pnD« from tne north o* tne tit ar com man deb this position, aB a ’) > t-, n s - > IV oar Generate for fle * ;cu:MTe -*.tnrations r; ; suptr of, beinaf all along ,an t*-a t VgeniU Gcprs 'ku-ed by w ds ; The traop > ot 'he e .; my on tips wiry w- ,p -' ; iy old rr.vq b -eg M ade’s Penueyivani. K -erv»» : and r'tSß «.u’- corps under lb- '.-nmedists com mand o! G u K*yt o.Js The prisoners cs fared by our mar, some 250 in-nnmoer, sa■ 0 'h! t B.m;- j side ccmn-.N-.ded ou the J-'d in perron We [tare seven Y:.vkee commissioned officers fb: prtaorttrs seemed by co meane dissatisfied or ! being laktu. utr or TB* WOCNCSS . The Lnquirer giv. 8 a list of the wontaed imat | hadar'ivea st B’.ohmond up tc- the evening of ihe - 14th From twe se.ect tbe foifowiag Fioßia—Pr.vaves J Craft. Thcaua Miye, JN Fuidieg T ti Harpei, WTSwaihs, E Curl, Lieut J L Pms.es H Lsw e,D B rndns, J Mac I C Robert?* G W ouiitb, J 1 Bracwdl, C Olne o, L t G Jandon. J McOaw Georgia- Pr.rates H J Kampton. J U crp-ey B laUra, C W Matnvwr. V. D Chapman, J 1 1 L vd M M Ntofolaon, J Daroy, A Carp ater, \' j Hiring, R N' Rohinaon, J Btepnens, A large aumber ot cases oi small pox ha. c oeih »ud tow exist ia Eon*.on County, f.& ,in a , aeighborhood atcut two tti.es es*t or Buebynile, The residence of Sen. War, A. Graham, *4 Hillsboro, >'• C., has beea destroyed by fire. iOCfdtnU at the »et«6S ffoat ablitviiit, Trom the Memphis Appeal, now published at | Jison, Mise., we take the following inc’dent of. the retreat of our army from Abb»villt—written | hv a member of one oi tbe cavalry divu ions : Un Friday evemog, the kith Novomber, the enemy’s advance guard drove ia cur pickets at j Hally Springs, and entered thA pace iu force. 1 he r.i xi .fay tbnr udvar.e ng co ! omn was gallant- j ly asv.i ked by Major Saunders' battalion of Mis- j i;, cavalry i numbering only about 00a him- J p r ,and rn- with a lo:-s ol twenty or thirty killed m th; s ■ of the ea 'HIT. «r.d only three on cure ! I v -2 however, u&a but momentary, and the KederrJs, having brought a sacuon ot artillery npon the scene, continued slowly to advance. At O and VVaterterd, Cos). W. H JacSsou, ourabiechief of cavalry, with what few forces he then had at • sand Epusel, formed hts line ot buttle, and, with a Ee disn of aiti lery, replied to the enemy gun for un ; but was compelled slowly to retire by the cver'whelmiDg and superior armed numbers ol the foe. From WateHora ti the Tallahatchie river, during Saturday and Sunday, our cavalry ad two piiccs of artillery skirmished with the enemy at every point where a small force could be made availably against a large one, falling back slowly and in good order, and with but little loss on either side. On Sunday the main body of the army commenced the retreat from the strong position tn front o: Abbeville. A largo army of Federal* *as said to begetting into oar rear by the way of Charleston and Oakland. Colonel Mc- Culloch’s brigade ot cavalry was sent on with the advance guaid of tho army. The Texas cavalry, under the believe, of LieuteDant-001. Unffitli, was seut to meet tbe enemy at Oakldkd. Sunday night, what was left ot Col. Jackson’s division ol cavalry, comprising the fragments of Cols. Wheeler's and biemmons’ brigades, formed in the rear oi the retreating army, and slowly wended its way through torrents of rain to Oxford. t Oxford, the cavalry aud one brigade of in factry, remained all day Monday and part of Tuesday, the 2d inst., while tue reot of the army and the immense wagon trains slowly wended their way through mud and mire, by two roads, southward. Tuesday, about noon, the advauco ot the enemy was descried a short distance north o’. Oxford, and fuavy skirmishing at ones began, on both the Wyatt and Abbeville roads. On the former, Col. BalleutinS commanded, and carried his men into the tight with a skill ana gallantry that have become the admiration of the army. Tbo hcrse3, however, of a considerable number of hi ; men, who had dismounted for the prrpose of charging the enemy on foot, wsie un ortnnately stampeded. Subsequently, most of them were recovered. On therigh', on the Abbeville road, the skirmishing was not so heavy, though there, on the luit, the enemy were luccesstully held in check until everything of much value was sa’e Is got off. , . ... During the whole of this retreat, the enemy £f,pt several thousand cavairy, with long ranged guns, (Colt’s carbines,) and navy repeaters, in tht-ir front, who, on approaching oar retiring 00!- n -in would dismount, and come up to tbe conflict on loot It was thua at Oxford, in the skirmish north of mat town ; but wbeu they came into the [>;■ c , which tney aid just before th; .est ot our infantry were leaving, th#y did so with infantry iU By nightfall, the last armed Confederate had 101 l the towu, and iho gallant soldiers of the Eiouth, horse, loot, uud artillery, were all ready, aud with U e most p.r ect deliberation, splashing their way t rou lu.i, and stop, and slush, towards Coifee yi 0 a heavy cavalry picket occupied the hills in sight of Oxford during the Bight, while the mini nody of the cavairy termed in several lines ol battle at convenient distances and occupied the roa ’s from there to ibe Tckuna liver, ihe next day there was great difficulty ia crossing the tra us ovtr the bad fridges and bottom ot that fclrra a:d tut little progress .vis made by the Civaiiy lores guarding the rear. The enemy, however, made no attack during the day, though several times at ight Wednesday the rear guard empau nearly 0pp0..".e Ml r’i:'gd.T. *, at which place a largo body 01 Th.; fteem; —both infantry and caval y-passed ll;e * veiling before, evidently with the intention ui enuiog' v.s ofl from the main body. Sire er, 7ugh, ii"X' mcruing—Thursday, the'4th inataut —while the enemy’J skirmishers were plainly discernible, only u few hundred yards off, udvano ico upon onr rear by the same road upon which w; were moving, intelligence was brought that a column had man,; ila way round by rt’uter Valley, eod Was nwbiiiug our approach at that paint Our brave beys charged right on and right into (ii, :.,1 in sight cf Wat *r Valiev ot the north, Col Ba icoti :e Vending the van. tiere the fire lor a U v moments was sharp and deadly, especially to tat Yank'.oq sever..! of whem were made to bile the dust. Oov loss ia kil’td, none The enemy fed b ;ok to i-.ti ambuscade lin y had prepared for ns, hat into w ioh we wyre too well “posted” to follow them. Th : ••inar guard” cf ctvalry than oor.tinued the retre-at—some through, and some making a dj'.onr to the left c: the little village o: Vv'uter' Valley, hait-rg to bum trestle work, de- Btrsv fciiclgei-, huru co ton, clc., ail in geed order, d.di 'erately and without comosioa. Ail day Fiiduy aid put of Saturday the army, was dfciaiued ot G-oflesvilio by ilw horrible con dition of the roads. On Friday evening, the '‘Battle ol OoffeeviUe ’ was fought. Compelled to turo i.i bar by the elown.ss with whioh the trains wtre moved, parts of Generals 'filghman’e aud Kust’fl tlivisiyns iormed io line c-t battle on the bids three quarters of a in la north of Coff.-eville, and with the ouvdry and six pieces of uriillety. in the center, quietly awaited the onsat of the ece mv a- were sh wiy driviug in a small parly ot our shsrpahnoteis which hud been bravely skir mishiag with him for more than au hour Iroiu one to .w i miles iu front Our sburpshooters at last got ia, and lha enemy’s line ]ul least two miles long] was plainly seen coming r?n cautiously in perfect order, Just then the enemy’s artillery opened, and oui’s began to reply with a vigor that must have ustouis-i l d me boastful invaders, who thaught they wero advaac.ng to an easy victory. Ai’-t r our artillery had piaye i upon the advan cing Federate about n haii hour, ihe order was given by Ge.ic-ral Loved to advance upon them and to • ; rete’em.” And press ’em we did, for two hours ox more, driving them lour miles, aud worst ng th mat every r.Und they made Tbe army 0 Grant ia alnus; entirely mado up ts Northwestern meu, uud they, we know, fight bet ter than any olber Yankees. They showed it on this occasion They contested every inch ol ground with a gallantry wot thy of a bettor cause. Hut they could no- stand belore the m; nos Fort Dor.. Ison, and (he devoted men of the Month gen eral 1 lighting for their bames and flresides. V»’e droV them till dark, killing several of their best a-ad iveat otScers, and many of their men. Lieu tec ; Colonel McCullough and a major of the 4th II ;.n ;■ s, besides sveral other officers of inferior raid -vt re certainly killse, and it is affirmed by ones, oar men who escaped from them afewdays aftti he fight, that the celebrated Colonel L3O, con in lading the Kansas and lowa cavalry, was also moEg the killed. When the pursuit was aboil closing at dark, the enemy—c.s we learned alto! - irds irom themselves under their flag of true’;-—were everywhere breaking mwildcoulu siou sling their whole line. Another bait tour of daylight would have witnessed another Menas gas rout Our lost, was small; only abou firs killed, and fi teen wounded; while that of the enemy was front sight ter ten times as many; attain -seme of their deserters and priaoneers who escaped from them after the fight placing it as high as 360. In any event, ws *' slash and" them bsautilully'’ at Cotfeev.lie, after having so long and so unwilling ly tiiowu them our backs in compliance with the ordered ur Lieutenant Genera . Ail our men behaved well cn every part o! the field. Tuo last of our army did not leave Coffaevilit nni.t Friday ..veiling—in eed, onr pickets were stationed at that pluo, Friday night, and have been tv. r since and yet such was the effcot of ti e unexpected blow administered on that day, the teeny have not since then advanerd a foot, Oa t,ie cootrarv. he has fallen back some distance bey J Water 'Valley, in from, and probably to thu Mississippi bottom. Tue Yankees os ths Florida Coast.— We learn by a private letter, dated Mariana, Fia., December 16:h, that the Abolitionists recently made another visit to St. Andrew’s Bay, destroyed all the boats t ,ycould not tike away, and broke into and P'.’v iered every hon e in that vicinity—destroy iu ; everyauicle of furniture they could not cairy away l'iity took one prisoner, and ccnfined him on i era the vessel, and then plundered his store and u wei'.iog house, and killed all his stock They hr k; nto the r nlv house that was occupied by a fam !> , and robbed it of whatever they wanted, brer ip and destroy. A sev.ral things they could not . :y away, and even broke open the ladies’ tru..«>, and tele and destroyed their dresses— Oce and aegro, u free man, ot “secesh” proclivi ties, whs rob ted by th.ee vagabonds of everything , had All the Sa t wciks haTe been destroyed, and the piece has been des-.ited by everybody, except the thieving imps of Lincoln. Th .sc sa-age a , . ~ we arc told, ware pom uitted by , rd;r of Capt Heart of the steamer Albatross, (i; i. Hr. ot t hr brig Bchcd, and Capt. Turn.r c the schooner Wcnderrr Their names should he puhhs'ted i•: th ? world, and noted by cur an tbri u • i long wnb -m- iuUrtouE c-ataioguo t! the Pep.-?, McNeils aoo Batters. At Apatachicoia, tfie \ enkees are represented as he.ug uunsnally aenve, making preparations VO asueud the ritdr. Up Saturday last, a gunboat landed at the wharf, and on Sunday morning the y . r .k p-f. ; i.n of tbe town. Tbe lorce ~v A" vcbicdla is rtnresenieu to be .. . ’ ' u: . very preparntton w u making, it was t ra . t t' ascend the river. 1 \V "■■ ler.v'r-.d tost cur anther use: ’he rwer are •; k n.- vigorous preparetioss for defence, '.''n, htiie apprehensions are ,el:. /We think ’ . —>robah ; thu’ the Yankees will attempt ’ . „ r'.tVb j river very tar until th* wet season i )i;( t cit ; ,;clv bebo.'ves those in charge ot otr river crienc-*. to b* vtnilaci and active. A c -respondeat of the Richmond Enquirer 4 Tc , a, for.owing particulars of the aentb of h A group ct officers a insisting cf Gen. Cobb, bis Ai utarft, Oapt Herring, Gen. Cook and-la iijo.aut. Capt. Hni.er and Capt. Brewster were standing in the telegraph road, near the scene of anion, when a sheli exploded in their midst, a pieoe of which struck Gen. Cobb cn the thigh, the sax. puce also striking G 6-. Cook on tbe leu tvtnpie, fracturing bis sxui! By tbe same explosion Cuf Brewster was badly wounded jtut a o T « the knee, and Oapt. Herring seriously fa vise hip. Gen. Cobb, cn being struck, quietly aekea lor »tourniquet: a siik naadkerebtef wae mads to. serve the purpose as far as poseibte, but to Utile avail He Was led irons ths Beld, and all the aid reniered that medieei skid could devise, but in vain. He expired in e tew hours, freely , n., bia hia in defeneeof his couatrr’e free- General fce- » OHeW iiepors. The following rep rt cf the r-oertt'oee c. a. a.-my e»? received ■ -'.bst-he -Vjr ’ '■••pai 1 meat UsAtiwiAaTtas. & . lYiaauuA, "ff*« UonOimilOttlitL. :; H V. - ■ Oa the mgh ; -• u t, ihsens-' my commenced 4n it Kappsiiaonock—iw. o 0.) third about a mile at vt Deep Kan Tbe p'ainoi. nhT vcrapleieiy cinimac-t- . by uosssssion of the eu lion could be offere-t ... bridges or the passi 2 the ri er posing our troops t. ht and« «.- ictive ti»' ot t numerous batteries. Positions were selected to oppose l advances a ei n - narrowness oft! Bsm tk,its w coarse, and deep be .ed opportuL ■ the construction of ridges at points beyond tr. reach of our artilier tad the banks had watched by skirmi era The’.’.ter she'' themselves, drove b 1 the wori ug perl the enemy at the br gee ppoeite th e c tj the lowest point of eg, where no eruld be bad, our si ,?3hooiera were the' ! driven off, and the c -u.-rioa-..i’he t.- d-je ' • j effected about noon ;..s Hi: In the afternoon c hat ay ar teries opened upon and bv dark 1 demolished the bou deprive our skirmit cover of his guns, b .-ct-d •-.-•uga? 1 q town. Tbe troops which ‘a.i; -;i toe' position in the city, '.p . • w.rt .mma-, during the day, reai I te advance of the ei my at every step, e sxto 11 awn .'.uring night, as were also .*e ’"ho 1 t:t euaa ‘.era had maintained the om- at 1 1 ov * br Dnder cover of darl ae- nd -rs is deci ft> the 12th, a large so: passed 4 fei an position on the ri| ii»..k, pr ■ by *a«if heavy guns on the The morning of t ' -s : /“ attack being com movement veiled b io 3 —he 4vat- *-1 boldly in large force agai -v . - rigi win,, Jackson’s corps oc up cd the rigr.‘. , which res ed on street’s the left, ex -hug r- K -- ' ’* the Rappahannock, -e Frederick* Stuart, with two b: > n the extensive pin u. extreme r As soon as the a . ;e of the eoe covered through tl , inert-■f* accustomed promp • cred ur his horse artillery, w fa 0] i his hank, and drew upou the . ....u. a heavy fire, whioh he sustained ueflinchingly for about two hours. In the meantime the enemy was fiercely encountered by Gen. A. P. Hill’s division, forming General Jackson’s right, and after an ob stinate combat repulsed. Durisg this attack, which was protracted and hotly contested, two ot General Hlfl’a brigades were driven back npon our second line. Gen. Early, with part of bis diviaiou, beiug Or dered to hie support, drove the enemy back from the point of woods he had seized,and pursued him into the plain, until arrested by his artillery. The right of the enemy’s column extending beyoud Hill’s front, encountered the right of Gen. Hood, of Longstreet’s corps. The enemy took poeßesiiioD of a email copse iu front of Hood, but were quick ly dispossessed and repulsed with loss. During the attack on our right the enemy was crossing troops over his bridges at Fredericksburg and massing them in .front of Longetreet s line. Soon after hia repulse ou our right he commenced a series of attacks on our left, with a view of ob ta’ning possession of tho height 1 immediately overlooking tbe town. These repeated attacks were repulsed iu gallant -style by the Vvashingion Artillery, under Ooionei \Vniton, and a portion of Mcl-aws’ division, which occupied these heights. The last assault was made, after dark, when Colonel Alexander’s Battalion had relieved the Washington Artillery, (whose ammunition had been exhausted, ) and ended the contest for the day. The enemy was supported in his attack by the fira of strong batteries of artillery on ihe right bask of the river, as well as fay hia numerous heavy batteries on the Stafford heights, Our loss dining tbe operations, smee the move ments of the enemy began, amounts to about eighteen hundred killed end wonndtd Among the former I regret to report the death of tbe patriotic soldier and statesmen, Biigadier Goo era! Thomas R. R. Cabb. who fell upon our left; und among the latter that brave soldier anu ee coroplished geutlcm u } B r igadier General Mascy who Vas very ;_ei:ously, audit is scared inor'ally, wounded during tbe attack on our right. The snomy to day has been apparently engaged in calling for bis wounded and burying his dead. His troops are visible in their first position in line ot battle, but, with tbe exception of some JBsu-t ry cannonading and firing between skir - crushers, be has not attempted to ren;w the at tack. About five hundred and titty prisoners were taken during the engagement, hut tbs tub extent of his loss is unknown. T have th3 honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient sotvaut, i Official.] R. E Las, Generai Charles Marshal, Major and A. D. C, Prom the Athens Banner. ueaih of Gen. T. U. It. Cobb. tv e have robbed our columns in mourning tor the foes of a noble patriot and Christian hero. The mail of Sunday lu.3t brought us the intelii gencr that Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb had fallen ra battle on the 18th mat., before Fredericksburg.— We have never before seen such deep and universal sadness settle upon our town. His loss to the State and Confedeiacy is great, but to Atiiensir riparabU, other men may till hte place in the army, and. iu public life—none can till his place iu this community. The friend oi the distressed, the universal counsellor, the pillar of his Church, tbe prime mover ru education, to whom, in ohort, ail looked’ to lead in every public interest, aud to advise ia every difficulty, all this, and more, was he iu Attune It is embarrassing to write of Gea. Oobb, be cause the simple truth s junds like inflated eulogy. Uls qualities ol Iliad and heart ware iqualiy ad mirable His intellectual powers, cultivated as they were, but extensive and piofonnd study, placed him at the bead of his profession iu the State, at an age when tew lawyers are kuowu beyond their counties. The tide of success ia his priictioi hardly ever met a check; it would be d'fficult to find another lawyer, engaged in so many causes, who hus los- so few. The highest political honors were easily within his reach, but up to the time that he felt impelled by duty to promote the secession of Georgia in 1860, he had firmly declined any part in politics. He became a member of the State Convention, and ol the Provisional Congress for the purpose of carrying through the revolution which he had advocated; and then, ia spite of the anxious wishes of his District to retain him, ha withdrew from Congress, und entered on a military career. Tha high qualities displayed, aa Colonel of the Legion cahed by his name, won from the Presi dent a commission as Brigadier General; though the batt'e in which it was his fate to fall, was the first opportunity that had offered of commanding in any important engagement. Those who knew him, indulged the highest hopes of his military success— hopes now buried with him. The most striking quality of Gen. Cobb's mind was bis untiring and indomitable energy. He *• knew no such word as fail.” With him, to de cide was to resolve, and to resolve was to begin to execute , his power to do was beyond any we ev er knew in any other man. This quality neces sarily gave him asc-.ndency and control over the minds cl otherq and enabled him to accomplish oftentimes wbat seemed impossible. But, more than all, be was a good man. A kinder heart nev er beai, a more open hand never was exteaded to the ueedy. Distress and suffering never failed to find a friend in him. Not merely his money, but his time, his talents, were at the call of mercy. Os his domestic life we will not speak. To ihose who knew him, as a son, a husband, and a father, eulogy would seem poor and weak No words of ours can do justice to his devotion to those withiu the sacred circle of his home. On sorrow, such as theirs, we will not intrude. Nothing could have so proved how strongly his sense ot duty urged him into the army, as the fact that be con sented, for that duty, to be separated from those in whom his very existence was wrapped up. Gen. Cobb wag a sincere, zealous Cbmtiau ; a Christian in heart, in intellect, and iu life His Church will long teei the loss of its most efficient member. We could write much more ou luu topic, but we forbear. His career has closed His brilliant sun has gone sudd-mly dawn, wheu it had not yet reached its meridian height. In the full vigo of his powers, in the very midst of his usefulness, when all hsbad dene seemed but tbe prelude to greater things yet to be done—death has claimed hun lor a prey. His name will be long remember ed—may his virtues be imitated. The cause in which he bled i.as had many glorious martyrs—never a purer, braver nobler than Thomas R. R Cobb. “When Spring with dewy angers cold Ret res to deck their hallowed mould, Let Honour come, a pilgrim gray, To bleis the turf that wraps their' c:aj And Freedom (or awhile repair, To dwell, a weeping h*rmit, there kuwt tr»s fllsssitst. The following extract is taken from a letter dated Richmond, Dec. i4: “in the late battle at I’rederlcXsburg our brave troops made fearful bavoo among the Northern Hess', ana. “Gen. Rober; Lee s a:my t the best! have ever seen in the Southern Confederacy. Every one predicts Jhat n vUi be triumphant whenever and wherever it meats the enemy. “Gen. G W. Smith and etaff have gone to North Carolina tor a short time, and Gen Arnold Eiiey is in command here until he returns. “Hen. S. S. Mallory, Secretary of tbe Navy, is ill with the pneumonia, and his friends are very fearful of the result. “1 be small pox is said to be prevailing exten sively in Richmond It will have a good eflest— for loafers and Idlers will keep away and the price of provisions, and whiskey, wtII come down mate* rially ” Tbe small pox has nearly disappeared from Gn®n, Ga There were twelve oxsee In the town, only one of which was fatal Th# rest are well or last recovering Thirty-seven bales of cotton on th* plantation of judge 0. 0. Howell, were set on Are by incen diaries and destroyed, on the night of the loth last. The gin-honse was also fired, hat by great exertions was asved A trunk was takes from the house and broken open, but fortunately no* <£(jnmicle & JltrcttidL AIJCTI IST A. GA.. llfcsUAV MORNING, DECEMBER 23, IMJ. sVli AbWAYb stop the Obboniol* A Sxnti .ssl at the end oi the year, or the time for which it 13 paid, of which each subscriber will receive notice in the paper, so that it you wish to con tinue it, it would be wellto renew your subssrip iion at least two weeks before tbe time expires. WB CANNOT change the address of a Sub scriber unless he gives us his former as well as his present address. WEEKLY CHRONICLE Sc SENTINEL. In consequence of continued advance in the price of paper, and all other materials connected with our business, we are reluctantly compelled to make aa advance in th 9 price of our weekly paper. From and after this date, (October Ist, 1881,) the price of subscription to the Weekly Chronicle dt Sentinel ia ’Thbbb Dollars per annum, in advance—On* Dollar and fiftt cbnts for six months. No subscriptions received for less time than six months. Hereafter there will bo no “ club rates.” Confederate Note* and Bonds. We are glad to find that the efforts made by the Government to cure the evils of a too redundant currency mp bqjng generally seconded by the peo ple, aud that the judicious law o! the last Congress is having a better effect than we had hoped or an iicipated. By that law, all Confederate notes dated previous to the first es December, 1862, can be converted into bonds bearing eight per cent, interest, provided they are presented for payment a t the Treasury or sny of the depositories in the several States, by the 22i day of April, 1868. A tier that date, they can only be converted into bonds bearing seven per cent, interest We hope the people will continue to uphold the efforts of the government to reduce our too redundant currency. Not only self interest but motives of patriotism should induce them at once to invest their surplus capital in Confederate bonds. Half tha evils of high prices, which it is too much the habit to ascribe to speculation and extortion, injustice ought t-o be ascribed to the inflation of the currency beyond the demands of our limited trade. Too much money has, from the unavoidable necessities of the Government, been thrown upon the market where, like every oth r loramodity, its value is governed by the im mutable laws 01 trade-the law ot demand and supply. The eff’-ot of such Inflation has not been unknown ia the present generation—all canreiol lect how even gold dspreciated and goods were enhanced in vain* after the gold discoveries in California—many can recall fha wild speculation and enhanced prices ofl 83 f or thereabout, caused by an inflated paper currency, which collapsed withys. crush aud ruined many an enterprising trader and many innocent of speculation. To avoid a similar catastrophe cur government ha* wisely and in time resolved gradually to con* tract its paper currency and no well wisher to his country will refuse io sil in the good work. it is useless to repeat that no better in vestment can cow be found than Confederate bondr, that fp.ct has been dinned into the ears of tha peopie till it bos become f-s wearisome as a thrica told tale. Most men believe it, for it rtquires no Solo mon to p roeive that ths credit of the Government has become so intimately interwoven with the credit of Individuals that.ibe ruin of one will en tail the destruction of 'bs other Probably never before in tbs history of finance has any govern meui mace its curretcy so exclusively the curren. cy sf the people. Other people have coin or bank bills with which eo buy and soil, we hare nothing but Confederate money, with the exception of in significant change bills No other people, there fore, Bver hud such a stake in maintaining the credit of their government, and it is stark math ness and fuicida to refuse to aid ia that object. We have heard it urged that tbe very principle i upou which our gcverniEf nt te founded, the prin ciple of scccseiod. acts ss a drawbac* upon Con federate credit. Let the objectors rest easy—‘here w it be no mere secessions for many alongyear— if at ail—not till the present race of men “have dons with things below,” for there will be no cause for 'hi application of that remedy Wa shall, when our independence te secured, bs a homogeneous people, with no conflicting in terests, and can, by no possibility, inflict such wrongs upon each other as will not recoil upon ourselves, or which wiii demand a resort to that fast remedy, secession. A danger may arise from ambitious demagogues—from self-seeking, seif important, and vainglorious Governors, and other high officials, such us even now, in our hour of tri al, are playing such pranks before high Heaven, ‘as make e’en angels weep,” but tbe people will have learned the wisdem to keep such men out ol pow er in future. They will frown indignantly upon all those who, by word or deed, attempt to destroy the cohesion cf the Confederate States, cemented together by the blood of many a battle. No, we fondly hope that the political doom of such dem gogues is at hand, and without tlmm, there is no danger of further secession. Still, we cannot deny that tne conduct ot some of the State Governments and Executives tends to countenance the idea that they imagine there is some diversity between the States und the Con fedt racy. They are not entirely guiltless of separating the interest of the States from that of the Confederacy They take upon themselves powers and duties rightfully belonging to the Con federate Government, theyvwiden trifling differ ences which might be easily composed by a little concession ; they place obstacles in the way of Confederate laws and of the common defence All these petty and captious proceedings help to weaken the faun of the people in the stability of the Confederate Government, and, consequently, iu its credit. Timid men fear to invest their sub stance in tha obligations of a Government in which they think they sea the seeds of another crop of disunion already germinating But tha man who knows human nature, sees in these displays only the struggles ol duli men to do something smart, and the tip-toeing of little meu vo show promi nently above the crowd, Thera is no danger of anyibing serious resulting from their exhibitions. th?y must do something to be talked about, and when that object is- attained there is an end of their bluster, which only does harm by causing people who do not understand them, to believe they m-an mischief, audio be deterred thereby from a chosen course. . Some of the State L .gisiatures have proposed to endosre the cTeait of the Confederate States with their own—a measure that mast, to tbe ex tent of tho endorsement, lend credit to the Con federate obligations Others have raiused or neg lected this endorsement. Our own State Govern ment, wa believe, refused to adopt this course, but they have done that which amounts to the sain* thing—they make appropriations for de fense, and to relieve ihe general necessities—they take upon themselves work that properly belongs to tbe General Government, and expect to be re munerated from the general fund, when peace shall come. What is this but lending the funds of the Siat., tj thi Confederacy, or endorsing its 1 ensffitf The evil is, That Euchanindir. c. ardor: e ment baa not tbe same good effect ax 1: aomi dt- 1 rectiv. Ts a State caa invest its funds in Confed erate obligations, by"conaen'uLg >0 receive &U debts due it in that cnrretfty, why not conelnde the good work, end help to bear up the national currency by directly assisting it with its credit. Os tbe various channels into whiec capital is now flowing for investment, Confederate bonds are as good as tb* best, yet we And, for some strange reasons, tbe bonds of State* and corpora tions bearing a higher price fn the market. The idea seems to have got abroad that if we fail fa the present straggle Confederate bonds alone will fall m the shock—but as we have already said, the Confederate credit is »o interwovea with the credit of individuals and corporations that o*r ruin as a nation entails the ruin of every private interest. Confederate credit Ties at the base of onr whole system—upon its nuiateawce depends our nccete In this war Not only pecuniary inter e*s, but patriotism demand* that it should be kept soJnd, and the Government can with jaatioa look to every individual among the people to aid it Is its endeavor to uphold its credit by reetralsisg the redundancy of its currency. Let those there lore who have mesey to Invest, fond it where it wifi benefit, not only themselves, hat their country Steward** Letter*. Extracts from Seward’s letters so Mr. Adams, the trailed States Minister to (fteat Britain are given in the North to papers. They cous itute the defence of bis policy end a plea for forbear ance to foreign governments, und are emiuentlv art-ul and Sewardtst The dread Oi inter erscce by foreign *c tti*? cc-oiosi dov> ou her», pervades *6-1 sn»'* vine to tee whole cor respondence. The suhj if ;S .itecn-s-iO a. c xiove; > .'-.-■.I the poli cy .if ihe Federal gcTe-uoient in regard to it— the blockade and it* in-oi upon turapean commerce—parties ai the Not th and the signiff*. cance cf the late election*, and the present con duct and ulterior yarposes of the Federal govern ment, Reward in tbe firs, letter of tfis series defends himself against the assumption that bis govern ment is favorable to the perpetuation of slavery, by which mistake ks sny a the cause of the Union is prejudiced iu Great Britain and France. In the course cf bis defence agstas; this “assumption,” steward revea's same truths which, however well suited they may be to the latitude cf Exeter Hail, have been kept in abeyance here, for a reason which Seward himself assigns, to wit: because to proclaim a crusade against 6iavery would de prive his government of the support of the friends of the Union who ars not opposed to slavery, Still he insists, that the war though made sot avowedly for the destruction of slavery, ai • s at that end, for “ if the Confederacy prevails slavery will have a Constitutional, legit mate and ac knowledged State, devoted to itself aB a para mount ofcj ct of national existence, if the Union prevail tbe Government will be administered by a majority hostile to ths perpetuation and forti aeutiou ot slavery.” To show that the operations of the war are as much against the existence of slavery as though it were wagfid directly and avowedly against ita existence, ha cites the fact that wherever the Federal armies have appeared they Lave stepped between the slave and his mas. ter, and freed the termer from the control of the latter. Further to demonstrate the enmity of the Fedetal government to the institution, he points to the manner in which it Das acknowledged ihe equality of the white and black races -its efforts for the suppression of the slave trade, emancipa tion in the District of Columbia and its favor of the recognition of Liberia end Hayti. In a sec ond tetter Seward announces the purpose of the Federal Government not to allow the war to be protracted to the exhaust'on cf either party, or to the bringing into the conflict of foreign navies and armies, and bints that the order for emancipa tion to take effect on the first day es January next, was forced from Lincoln by military exi gence. Thrije revelations oi tha ulterior purposes oi Bsward are vaiuabte to us., whatever may he the effect upon foreign na'ions. They drmona.rate that the war henceforth will be for the extinction of slavery—a fust often asserted and aa often de nied by Lincoln and hte men Tho piea of mili tary necessity, which excuses so many rascalities will be made the excuse for this crowning vil lainy to those who need an apology for it at home, and to these abroad whose whole system of industry Is based upon ths maintenance of the institution. The Not them Abolitionists ana English, who are worse than the others, inasmuch as they act white the others only preach, need no apology for such a flagrant wrong. Seward, upon the humanity of England and the complaints of bar people about the block ade, te rather caustic; but the remainder of bis production contains nothing worthy of note, ex cept tbe threat that any interference on the part of foreign powers would bring on a “war oi con tinents, f, war of the world, In which, whatever etes may revive, the cotton trade, built upon sieve labor in' thiscountiy, vviii be irremediably in the abrupt cessation of human boadage witbir, the Territories of tbe United State.?. In reference to tbe late Nottharn steetioas, Seward labors to remove the impression that any party at tbe North is in favor of recognizing the Southern Confederaey—as to which he teti-j us nothing new, though il may be new lo the people for whose eyes tbe letter wea intended lire Battle ol ttoe B»pp«h»nnoex. It is evident that there live been as yet oaiy partial engagements beiweea the forces confront ing each other upon the Rappahannock, i’bey are merely preliminary to the great barite which is yet to oome oft. Partial as these nghts have been, and partici pated in by only a few divisions, not one tenth of the estimated force of the respective armies, they have been attended with that amount cf blood shed so remarkable in aii the battles of the present war. Our State has to mourn the 1c33 of e Gen 6 • ral universally respected as a civilian, admired as a soldier and beloved 03 a Christian gentleman No man’s death will be more generally mourned than that of Tims. B. B. Cobb. His life has been offered a sacrifice npon the altar of his country, may the memory of his patriotism live forever. We wish we were able ts say any thing which would relieve the anxiety which 1 3 agonizing many hearts to-day There is probably no fam ily among our readers which has not some dear kinsman or friend in the army in V irginla. Ths names which wiii be found in cur dispatches wii make known the fate of but few—the great mass of cur people must suffer the terrible suspense until the list of casuahties is received. It is. how ever, a consoling circumstance, that the mortality among cur soldiers is comparatively Bmall, though the proportion of wounded is isrge. Most of these are slightly hurt, as is usual in bfettles, and the fact that the numbers have baen so readily ascer tained, and that the bodies of the dead have been recovered, is an evidence, besides the assurance of the telegraph, that tbe advantage 01 the tight reaiaicsd with our army. tIu.NOK io ths Gallant Dsad.—The remaini ot Gen Thomas R. R. Cobb, who was killed at ths battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on Saturday, Dec. 13th, arrived in this city by tha South Car olina Railroad Wednesday afternoon. The body was tu charge of Rev. R. H. Portsr, Chaplain of Cobb’s Legion, john C. Rutherford, A A. Gen-, 0 M. Lumpkin, Aiddecamp, Lump kin. Jesse, the faithful body servant of General Cobb, and greatiy beloved by him, also accom panied the rssert. A procession was lormed at tns depot, com posed, as follows A detach meat of the Richmond Hussars, Cos. A aud B, the hearse with the re mains, the body servant, Jesse, and the escort above mentioned, the c'-rrgy, members of the bar, Mayor and members of the City Council aud citizens. The train having arrived too late to make the ejnnection with the Georgia Road, the cortege moved to ths City Hall, where the body laid in state in the Council chamber duriDg the night, it proceeded cn its way 10 Athens Thursday morning, A committee from companies A »-d B of the Bichmond Hussars was detailed to remain with 'ho body of the deceased last night We should mention that the body was eacasea in a strong bos, the coly decoration oeicg evergreen wreaths placed upon it by iftbiee Aiken, 8. 0.,t0 testify their respect for »be ae partad hero, Cotton Cxans.-Our Milledgeviiie deni states that the Cotton Card Manufactory c Messrs. Lee A Cos., CariersviUe, Lai been removed to tbe-State Penitentiary, where A «'• D “ . on-m Po-: the present week to a few oi; i machine* will be du P lfoated. and they enabled to &U very beery orders. Uis -ae d»_ Sign of ihe State authorities to out las cards * a small margin oncost, which in the oonrw of a few months will suable families to cup?*/ *«“* selves with cards at about I* a parr Our correspondent a.ao states f ‘ tfi-m m circulated by an Atlanta paper, that/ a-. m in Columbus have run a set of machines tnroug blockade, is a mistake. A mechanic >3 engaged in trying to invent a a machine iheia, out it is not in operation We learn that the enrolling officer of n-ictu eounty has been arretted and Imprisoned, by order of Judge Thomas, for consenting and send ing to the samp of instruction the mas who '-as released by deeUien of Judge Thomas on writ cf Habeas oorptu some time since it wili be recol lected that w* publiehal the deoi*>on ia tbe case. regret to iearn that the firemen of tbu o<*y have been enrolled as conscript*. With the vast interests which the government have here, it would seem very poor policy to duetto? It* fire departsest They have one* been exempted, hot ft appears there is b#v#t to be o»7 certain or tx gj Made of anaemttnx thaasaaeslst law. Tn* "Watf New*. It te evident teat a general movement of ail the enemy’s forces ia in contemplation, er in execu tion along out seaboard and land borders. Un usual signs oi activity arc displayed, not only ia Virgiua, but ia tV> Watt Raseuerans tteUvs h : ? ed*aace m i'eaoessae; but th accoouts >i..m tb~t directum assure us that be Kill soon bs foiced lo figbi, reheat or be shut up and bes e.ed in Nashville. He has now a Confederate General opposed to trm, who is not pattern under driavs, and who =r.H not suffer him to spend the w'i, «r quivtiy ia tac-Ottpita! of Tennessee lYom fJississ ppi, there is nothing encouraging. The contest there is enveloped in doubt aud gloom. Without placing credit io the Northern accounts, whieh claim for their ‘orce3thepo3 ssssion of Greaaic, it is evid int that we have lost much ground, and that our army has baen forced back many mites since the battle of Corinth. Ilio Confederate army there is far inferior in number to wbat is generally supposed. It has received very scanty reinforcements, tor the story of Hindman’s having crossed th3 Mississippi with forty thousand raea was shamelessly bogus; while to ths Federal army a continuous streausof mon ha3 been pouring iron* the North West to replenish its ranks. The multitudes which are to be hurled on oar handful of heroes there, are not not yet fully ready to move; when their prepara tions are complete, a desperate coutest will ensue for the possession ot the great valley of the Mis- Bisaippi-a contest whieh, we fear, will be hope less, unless our forces are brought by reinforce ments to something nearer eqaulity with those of the enemy. The advent ot Prasi 1 ent Davis, who has declared hts intention to sharo tho fortunes of the Western army, will infuss anew spirit iuto the array, and arouse the population to more energetic action , still the prospect ia Mississippi is less cheerful than iu any other part of the vast field of wai, The retirement of Burnside tram Lea’s front .8 an acknowledgment 0} defeat ia the fight of Saturday Had h3 bean able to hold the footiag he had gained on this side the Rappahannock, his retreat is inexplicable. It is possible that Gen Lee's supposition is correct and that his inten tion is to attempt a crossing in another place, but the supposition that hia army had become de moralized, reminds ua that we have had frequent, and credible news of the domorolia ition of the Yankee army after every halite and very frequent y without a battle. Demoralization is becoming as mach a bye word aa recognition, intervention, mediation and ail those expressions which came ao glibly out of men's months in these t irae3. We are disposed to think that B i-is'd > is about to attempt some ruse, but we see uo other road by whioh his “oa to Richmond" c ia now be executed. We should not grieve to hear, however, that Gen. ’ Lee bad retired lo some position nearer Rich mond. The greatest danger to the Coufedeiate capital te not from Burnside but from the South side. If the expedition which !at-!y sailed from New York under the command of Lanka has ai rivei in James River, .which was us destination according to' one conjecture, tho eu ray’s forces' within airikiig distance of our railro. and eommani cations with Richmond eanuot amount to less than fifty thousand men, and that those communi cations are uot sufficiently guarded ;s evident from the fast that a small force of X ankee cavalry were able, so far as we know without opposition, to take possession of the road, destroy the track and bam bridges, it vs oi vital importance that these eoiumunicatiiia.i rdohlJ fl- tiaiutnr upted, even if Lae mire* and yields to ths enemy the exhausted country between Richmond and the Rappabanaork. It caa bs recovered, na it has been heretofore, when the fore, pressing on the capital from the South is annihilated. It fs evident that the great anaconda is right,eu fag bte foids for a deadly effort upon the Confed | a.rscy—R is to be a last tfro*’,'. If we are prepar and i s/iib courage aid constancy to sndare for a time, j j the wnret of t ote war will bs over—if we faint and j fatter now wa shall have spent tbs lire* of our j I brave men, - l i ii iop' lied our itbrr-.isi* aud -.he • heritages o< our children in vaiu •«he Sis lift tn ihe Norliura Sk». Hte plain enough, from the news that we get rrom the North, that 'he feeling In favor of peace *3 growing every duy, and that Lincoln’s Adtnin ietmtion is becoming mote and uiora unpopular. We have only to re!er to our telegraphic columns this morning for evidecc-3 of these tacts, ibe people there Lavs not. yet arrived ai the point to yield up the contest cn anv terms, even on these dictated' by the Confederacy, but it is evident that they are rapidly approaching that conclusion. The sentiment of nationality is becoming weaker is the prospect for tie restoration of the Onion becomes darker. They cannot much longer en dure the cctsation of the couimeiceby which they p.-s-pd—the dtprersicn of tbeir industry—the ac cumulation onheir public t ebt—the iocressa of taxes and Ihe depreciation of their currency. They have not the same stimulus to carry on the war which ws have, for there appears to be. 00 idea of patriotism among them, they may have entertained a hops of conquest and longed for the glory of subjugating the “ rebels,” lut no incen tive on. their side can Ls equal to those on ours They are not fighting against au invader, for al idea of invading the North appears io have been given up on our side. They are not fighting in defence of their roil nnd their homes, but the leaders are only actuated byths lust of power and the followers by the hope of gain. It is not to be wondered at then that their pa tience and enterprise begins to tire, and that the successive defeats they have met with should ms gust them with She war, since the objects for which they jiave carried it ou are not such ns to innpire enthusiasm or such ar wiil enable them patitmtly to endure defeat. They eee every attempt against onr armies fail, tlieiv most elaborately plaane-* expeditions overthrown, they Und themselves not withstanding their vastly superior resources infe rior in every attempt ogainet our ill supplied troops, and they art beginning to discover that their role in life is not war but ths plodding arts of peace. They have at last discovered that they } avo undervalued the South—its 3trenglh and its courage, and that they had over eatimaled tbeir 0, n They are so astute peop'e, ever readv to abandon a useless or a losing operation, and in the class of desperate undertakings a majority of them count ihe subjugation of tha South. The defeat of Burnside and the failure ol till their rrcent operations must go for towards in creasing tbe disgust of the war, which had almo st culminated in the recent elections. A large ma jority of Ihe Northern people will soon bedemansl ing peace on any terms. The wide spread du satisSction which exists, cau no longer be con cealed, U breaks cut iu elections, m note, '*» resistance to the draught in tho unresisting suit render of their soldiers as pi owners of war and i» many other ways. The chicanery by which dee . feats ere transformed into victories and their lew , and small successes are n -gnifled, cannot deceive . the rasl contents. Line .fo’s government has lost ! the confidence of the Noitbsrn people and nothing j cm ir store tt except a . airs of brilliant victories j in ihe ibid.v. fob sue no* in the power of their j armios, immense as they aro, to gain. We think the time approaches when me North , will br wiHing to listen to terms of accommoda- 1 Ton, We .have but to ensure and to struggle a j htfia larger, and the sun of peace and prosperity j eha':l again revivify our land. • Txa Nssr Coen Chop —Are car plentars an forawr* preparing for u largo crop o' provisions I.j - r Vvllt . r wilbo-it a continuance ot the war, i. is important that there should be prepara tion for a very full crop of provisions, if cn: port* are open to European trad*, o«r axrplns bread grains will find i:ady markets at remune raiive prices. It is ftw the interest of the c'/en try, whether there <3 peace cr not during the coming year, to punt a larga com cron. Ws have given onr reasons for this advice several times, and we therefore do not think it necessary to do so again. Bat we say to ail pianlers, do not fall to raiß9 a large corn crop the coming yoor. A Yxi-SAXi-B Txofrr.—We have seen a splendid gold watch which wa# taken by a Confederate sol dier from the dead body of a Federal cn ihe battle field at Williamsburg, Va. Oa the inner portion of the case is the following inscription; “Presented to Thomas Baker, of Sew York, Jane, i960, by Idwd. A C. Judson, alias Ned Bactiine. A token cf esteem founded upon intimate acquaintance, faithful servicea, and unalterable friendship.” The maker’s name |i Wb, Brown, Liverpool, Ho. - L gl*l The case U heavy, and the works beauti fully gotten up. Tb* & shmond negro market has improved rate New puMtltUsni, Te* Camp Fisxs, Battle Fibli.3, and Marcus Oi tkb Sodthsbn Abvt; by “Personne,” Army Correspondent of the Oliurlestou Courier 'I he übovj ia the title of a volume now in course-" of publication aud nearly ready for issur. Its ob ject is to pr-oe v.; a p ete , of army life in every phase, aud iu etubrav..- meh iccalents, anecdotes, tk< tell as uuJ-uefccripri u.-- rvugiag "irom grave to gi), irom lively to Hirers,’ eo may uot find their way into history, and ye rngDi to be perpetuated among the annals ct ,vnr. ip e is ia t noted for amiiseui;-. l us well ae instruction, and these pecul arities will b; bo combined that It may term an addendum io any complete narrative of the present time that will he hareaf.er publish ed The efforts of the writer, however, will be greatly facilitated by contributions of incidents f, 0:11 other souic os than his own personal budget, und he respectfully requests our-soldiers, whore ever they are, to send him all interesting materia! at their commaud. If anecdote, pithy and pointed, has ealiveued a cainp fire, cr a daring has marked a buttle field, or the character of the Southern soldier baa been developed in any man uer, let it be rrcorded, aud it will be the pleasure o! the author to rece ve and incorporate all each contributions la the forthcoming volume. The same writer also announces a volume in piogress, illustrating the devotion of Southern Women in the War of Southern Independence Any fuels pertinent to this subject will also be welcomed, and, if pioperly authenticated, bo adopted as a part of the history. Address F. G. de Fontaine, Courier office, Charleston, S. ( Richmond County Superior Court.— The ad journed terni of the Richmond County Superior Court commeuc: and its session at the Court Room in the City Hall Monday forenoon, .Judge Iver sou L. Harris presiding. The illness of Holt, wc learn, wilt uot permit him to attend at this term, but he hopes to be able to resume ius judicial duties by the Jauuary term. The charge of Judge Harris to the Grand Jury was a masterly and lucid effort. He called their attention tc the crimes of carrying concealed weapons, gam bling, selling liquor to B'.aves and our relations to t ,eui generally, extoriioa, Ac. On these and other important topics, ha tpake with clearness a :d eloquence, and his remarks weie listened to wiih profound attention. The following is a list ot the Grand Jurors iot the present week • Jesse Ansley, Foreman: Geo W. L. Twiggs; Thomas Wynn; ffm. Summirall; Thoß.J.Bran don ; Uriah Slack; John G. Hahn; Jacob H. Lowery ; Char. T. Rich ; Wm. P. Lawson ; Samtipl Dxelle, Sr.; Liwis L. Ingalte; Richard P. Spei man; John B. Moore; John H. Jones; Hemv Rossigno!; Wm. J. Ansley , Adrian 0. Ives. Supsbiob Coobt.—Two criminal cases Were brought before the Superior Court December 16, that of Thomas M. Broom, indicted for murdet; and that of Ohas. M. Duval, ind ctsd for cheating and swindling. ’The case 0! Broom was continued That of Duval came to trial and occupied tho bar ance of the day’a session. The jury brought in - verdict of “guilty. 1 He was sentenced to pay fiaeoffluOO and to six months imprisonment-in ' ths county jail. Superior Court—Sixth Day.—Tne umi 01 Patrick, a slave, the property of John Wilkinson, charged wiih an assault with intent to commit a rape upon a free white woman, ccenpied nearly all day yesterday. The ease was conducted with great ability by the Attorney General and lira counsel for defense. L was finally submitted to the jury, who brought in a yerdict of “ guilty in this case is death. The prisons, was remanded to jail, and will be brought into Court on Monday morning, at 10 o’clock, to receive bis sentence. Judge Harris dismissed the Grand Jury wuL 80.08 pertinent and forcible remarks, thanking them also for the rerrpliment they paid him in their presentments. Tie petit jury was dismisses and tbe Court adjourned for the weak at near 4 P. M. A true biil fov murder Ima been munil agaii-hi Harmon ilossly, charged with manslaughter, and committed samstime e.go before a board of Mag tetrad;*. tt« «ppE»«L*.. h “’ *»*» VV iUuJ 10 baii ’ ia the sum of 110.000. Mosers. Hhcwmako and picquet arc for the defendant. Tus Fsoebal Raio in North Caropihs, Vv r gather the following items concerning the late Abolition raid tn'o Noith Carolina from the vt >•. mtugton Journal; The first dash made by the Fed ral cavalry * £-• or. the 16th. The telegraptt lines wero cut, he tween Alouut Olive and Milton A portion of th railroad track between the same places was torn up. , . „ „ , The Jowu mail tram, in charge 01 Conductm Browning, made a narrow escape. Luckily the tact of something being wrong was noticed and the train was backed rapidly to Ctoldsboro, where tbe alarm was piveD, rhe enemy’s force advancing agains. Woldsjfo is estimated at twenty-tour or twenty five thou sand men, and to consist of the united divisions ol Banks and Foster, tbe latterconcenlrut.dat and advancing Horn )lewbern, the former, ban s having been landed at Beaufort and advanced from that place up the Atlantic und North Caro lina Railroad to co-operato with Foster. The most damage done to tho rail oad is li.e burning of the bridge and trials work over Go shen Creek and Swahip, about sixty-hve mlleb from Wilmingtou. A small bridge bos alto been burned between Goshen und Faison s. Goldsboro is still safe, and .8 Uzely to be *0 The enemy have been w itbin Six miles of the place. Tbe Journal thinks this is 03 near as they will eve, get ■ und also tbiof s that the worst is over and that the road at uo point can be . eiz-.d and be.-J by the enemy. Faoa New Orleans —Tbe Mobile Advertiser has received New Orleans pupers to Dec. 11 From that pap-r we gather tho following news : The receipts oi sugar and molasses on the Kith (rom the Mississippi coast, amouu.ed to 71 1 hogshead* end 1065 bbls. . . Communication with toe interior, via .he is now as high as Piaquemiue, H>« mtie. afiWv !he city. All the sugar end molases in th.s pion is to be taken to New Orleans. 8 Wood is selling at ter dollars u cord .a th. Cl The railroads lunouig , u to the e,ty oo not ro fenouffh hardly to tbcir rxpeoaed Ce T T here isfxtensive suitemg t oug .uat poriioo oi the L.ke Shore under Federal rule. **o«r.in that section, is selling at * ro “ ' bushe? dollars P er i , w" e {o b°e thirty fiv/ centner p’o ,1* two doila’s per gallon blcon‘seventy cents per pound. Mgome of thr. fiulf nbore rillagee there *«* a p ahoea nor a yard oi wool clothing or a blanket to be baa at cny price, ands It fifty cents per pound when ' aII men. women aud children lay ai to the .soutt., woo wish to leave the city, were to he permitted to do so, on*or before f)ac. 10 A conveyance wan to be furnished them. Each was to be allow cd only fSO worth ot clothing. All persons arriving at New Orleans in vessels will be required to take the oa’h oi allegiance .0 I itet In before they can land. Thu EoETV-FiFTH yiOßGia Rsomsss—loo Macon Telegraph says ths follow ing is a list of casualties in the 4 c -th Georgia Regiment —oom - manded by L* Col. T. J. Simmons Company A—Killed, Vi J Willis, wOU-Jcd, Corporal Youngblood, Brooks, R wie, andjrajns Company H-Wonnded, Hnihvan and rtgram Company <•—Killed,.) 1, Hutler, and four man slightly wounded. Company E—Killed, J E l.njd, and six Euan slightly woanded. Company F—Womack ana Feaeoei sounded, Company K—Wounded badly, L ent. Met vary.. Slightly, Nibbs, Fitzpatrick, Wilder and Foweli. The stall'era all safo. •ms-Wednesday, the dwelling bouse u uu pied by Mr P P.. Rose, jost cur office, on Z'.Y'.i stc. et, again caught Ere is ca be furw wan fro* a defnetiy# chimney. Tkn hose apparatu* of the Hew Piatt was npnedily brought to bear -upon it, and Urn fire wan soon extiaguiabed, -~jf- ft,B Richmond Dispatch of Wedawdhy ■ays that 2,050 of tbs Confederate wounded «t Fredericksburg bad already arrives Rictacad. exclus ve of those who were arr iyed. fm jg- a man named Baxley was arrests* t« Atlanta, Friday, upen the charge of tampering with slaves and giving them passes to reach ths Yankee lines The proof against him is very conclusive, j/p The Boston Post says that tbe Biehmon correspondent of the London Timea, whose letter* have been extensively copied here, Is no othe. than Hon. Wo. L. Taooey. Psaaoski.—Brigadier-Genets! Tooahs pas«*a through this city, Wednesday, on his way to his command in Virginia. Capt. Lord King, son J?ou was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, D*c*K bet 18th.
