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A- :1 'If! 3. 5 T I - V- I, Ht -Xtf-v rsi v:p V'TttinrrTi toIi i?5?6?-?? l. j i1 : . aasttagggg ' i1 i ii i,i i,ia '.' ,' i, 'mi'j, ii' " i , i, i i,!'." n i ,,u'i I'vmmmsBmmmmmmmammmmmmm '-i' XJU JL'X lUilTIVrA. ""n w-Ofc. V. V tJLAOKNALI..-1 -It 18 With j vUf loss ID the two affairs were two Killed and 1 Jpavinff no atona ithtnrhM ti mihuuiumi, hf Utnh liT'i' ' 1 ,J ' i - ----wa , KA14MQU.gr. MONDAY. DEO. 12. 1864 ' , t WA.TOtf FOR THB filMi ma'bv ' " .: VT1,"T tabaorfbert th trouble fmaktagenQalrea i Tf. "-Tl'.r. ' " '"""I make eroea mark an th tf-T: ",5",I,?,rwMUmalI forte about to .' eaplrerMdifnot Bromtitir fad th .in. J stepped. - ratonfortBeroiaraBindB moe Tli Jfewa. " W refer to nr (elegrtphio colama aod the ,t exftwta from Virginia, GeorgU and Soutb Cer ! V 'vc'io PP0 t0 wok ne m tee reached nj. f ...We hate i&ur rumor of fiahtinff bttvonil WaI- . , . x - " ' aoo, but we koof nothing beyond what will be iV found elsewhere in this paper. ' LcftslttlT Snmntarr ; nothing of muoh intoreet was done in the two . Houeeepn flatarday .last. The Revenue bill was reported in t!i House. A motion for ao tajournroent on the 18th iast. ttJ meet again - in Marob was laid Open the Uble ia tho Senate See proceedings, : ' , 'J' Carrier's Address. v , The Pro$kn will be famished for . year to the person who will furnish us an aooep- , table UhriBtmafl Addroas for the Carriers. The manuscript must be Landed in by the 'lib iut. . Mr. Stipe's Resolntloni. , i qe rouowing resolutions protesting agianst the OTcrthrow-of State Sovereignty and civil lib- , erly, were offered in the House, by Mr. Stipe, oflforsyth: xfolttd. That we aixlone and reaffirm th DatW reMlDtioiw adopted by tha lut Gnral Aueuibly of thb Btate, prateatinff kgalnd the unoonitltational aota and vanrpationi of lie lut Conj rot which, r In tha foi- Xtiutiotu emttrning etrtain Ack of tht hut Ovngrt of (A CenWr Stat,.. itaofoetf, That, wbile tha people rf Uonh Oarolina baaer beta and Kill are anxicunto itric?atn tha admiDtttrltinn of tha CuDfederate (fOTernmi : n " r-rr , lagiUmate way, and to promote the jucceM i ' tc.nn moa eauaa in order that wa may hare a St.1j ni bonorabla peace, they Tiew with deep concim tad alarm arery infraction or tb Vonatitution by he (;on Bfaaaof tba Coa federate Statea, and thi OenerM Aats oiy aotn,in ineir name, prteat ava ' do4brin their name, prteat tainitnirh luftcllom aa of pernloloM atampla and fatal tendency. ifuolva, ibattbaact of the late fougreea, entitled " an at to anlpend ba pririlcire of the writ of JUi rorpai ia oertalo catea," riolatea tha fundamental maitm of republican Rorernment which reqniera a aenaratlon of the department, of power, clothea the Eiecutive with Judicial fonotiona which Conjtreai cannot sonatitntlonally confer rrenonthe judiciary Itself, and eet at naught the moat emphatic and aolenm gaatanteea of the Con stltatlua. - Jitnhtd, That thla General AMemblr, representing tba people of Worth Uarollia, lth not ooqaent to tha aaerifica of the vital principle of free (fBvernuiant, ia a war tarried on lolely to aaeura. and perpetnale them, and doth deolara that no ' ooaditlona of public danrr,' ptaaent or proapeatitro, probable or pnealble, can render the libertiea of ti people iaoompatible with tba publio aafety. Ke,oht4, That, the act of tba aim Congreia, entitled "an act to Organi. forced to aera during tba war," declaring all white men resident, oi the Confederate Btatea betweea the an;ea of aerenteen and fifty to be in th. aaillitary aervicat ttabractog In in provieione erery State ollieer in all the department.; Beourire, lieeiala tif, and Jwdieiary, and ubatlng all the indnatrlal pur auita of tha oonntry to military anpertlalon and oontrol rednce. tba State goTtramenta to mere prorialonal ad miniatratinna, dependent on the grace and favor of Con grcaa and the Kiecotiye, ia deatructi. of State Sorar einty, and Import, aa aaaertion of power on the part ot UonRrew to eonrert tb. Confederate government Into a coniolidated military deapotiam. , r Hmlvtd, That thi. General Aaaembly doth tberefare i eqneet our Senatora and fieprcaentntitea in Unngreaalo nee their beat endeavor, to procure a repeal of the firal mentioned act, and auoh modification, of the eeeond aa ball aeoure tb. right, and prmrve th. integrity of tba State of (be Confederacy. Jltnktd, That a eopyoftheae reaolutlon. ba trana m it ted to each of oar Senatora and KepreaentatlTerio ' Vrvaaa i vasal againat placinc auoh ado, wnereaa, Ibl aolema proteat ot a sovereign State tba President, inatoad of beini arbitrary powera in tha band, of by the demand of the mnatabaolnte and deapotie nowere heeded by bin, w fcUiw. WbK'h ara nothing Inu than thittka Autnn ..t k I which, in all free Oovarameata. ia Innkx! nnn .. A .f tba great bulwark, of civil liberty, .ball be placed nnder hi. control, and that, exoeptby lvw, there .hall be no ezamption. from militerr aervlca; ertn of officer, of' a, Horereign State, erebr evincing a determination to oonenlia.te all power in hla band, and to atrikedoaa aha freedom and the aovereignty of tba Bute, by aaakiagth personal liberty and action of all State offloara aubaervi ent to and dependent on Aw wt7f, and thua arrogating to himaelf the power to regulate and control the domtr train and internal eonoeru of tba State which belong exolueival to the State, tbemtelvea. Tberoforo be it. itweeei, by tk, Gtncrnl 4aaaWy JVerfA CevoliM, Tbat oar Senatora and BepreaenUtivea in Congreta ba Infracted to pntt.i, (a th name of the 8ortg Stat. againn placing aucb arbitrary powor. in tha band, of "i!2f"' "Bd f,Mt tbe "'penafon of the writ of wmgnw, regaraiva. ot inetr proteata, oonfer on him the deapotie pora alike da- evrwiHvaDi ine ii oeny or tn UiUmb anSMbe aovereiira. f f the State, that they are herebv lnatruotad to with- "". wwgraa. ana rotarn to their home. 1 , HI . I n, , v The loving brothers, the Confederate and the .Coruervaiive, are' both not only satisfied but re joiced at the election of Hon, Thos. S. Ashe as C. 8. Sen-tot. " Well, we are sure we, are, True, , we preferred Hon. K. G, Reads to any ether gentleman in the State, and so stated but after ': M" . m a 'a i ' - . V " cne nrst tew ballots we saw there was no chance for him or any other prominent member of the ' Conservative party, and we so stated to several Of our friend; for w knew Utat the Executive nd a few of his particular friends had blocked the game. Mr. Ashe is a gentloman of ability - and integrity, and had we been a member nf the , legislature W do not hesitate t sav that we would havo preferred hm to either Gov. Vsnce or sir. liilmer. We are satisfied with Mr. Ashe C .-.J "'a.' - a .. a ' -'.-' 1 - . ui-TiMAruMS.- r onaerrui as it may seem , . President Davis and President Linoolo agree en- . tiroly in qs thing, vis ; Davis says "fight it out" - Add Linoold says;" fight it out. -These pi the, J ultimatums of tho two Presidents, And it is plain " that tb States must fall back upon their own sovereignty jtsd arrange .a peace, or suffer; the .- struggle togo on obtil one of the parties shall aubjugato iho other. '":y -'i- -' " . f- ' 1. 1, i '. . a n. ... r V 1 1 . .-' ,-ir'fc ? z r Tauikwe Adravadnf oa Kinttoa. , ; V'.'We. learped laea-nightj that 'dispatch -ws ; received here late yesterday .afternoon, stating tht I Yankee foreo iras advanoing on Kinston ." and withia two miles of the place. ' We heard . botbingas to tho strength of this forte, but snp: ; pose it is"nothing but a raiding party and "we have no donJbi'Wt the 'neoessary. step' will be t once taken to 'drive it back to UiwlerO ; " iball no doubt hear more from It to-davt' i Blaokkau., deep egret that we annbunon the death 0 ol, 0,' C: BUckiiaH23d Jf . llegiient...'- A letter from bia'tmfafV Dr.O. Vf JJIacknall.- to "the Editor, sys r; ; , - '. - ti beoomes ray painful duty to tell you of the death of my brother, 0, 0. Blaoknail, Col. 28d N C. Regiment, He died reoontly in Win ehestec, Va., from the' effects of a wound rer eeived in battle at that place. He fell in the en emy's hands but was treated with great kindness and consideration. Nothing was neglected that, oould have been done to promote bis comfort." 4 i Col. Blaoknail was not only a gallant officer, but noble hearted, high-toned gentleman. - He was a man of pleasing address, of floe intelli gence and noble impulses widely known and highly esteemed. He was among the very first to answer the oall of his oountry has braved death at the cannon's mouth on many a bloody field-y-was three times a prisoner, and at last, ia thfjiirth year of the war, foil, nobly doing his J duty. Hp leaves an interesting family and many, lnany.lt lends, to mourn liis i . We commend hif strickeniimily in their affliction to Him who has promised to be a friend Mo the widow and a father to the fiyihorleKa. Among the many jew els our Statfltiifs saoriOced Upon the altar of the oountry not were braver, more gallant or devo ted than Col. Blaoknail May his spirit rest in peaoe. FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. MOBB FIOUTINU OS THE HAVANN AH St CHAJRLRS TON BOAD. GENERAL BEAUHEGAJTB ARRIVED SffEK MA AT' 8 MOVEMENTS. We have August papers of the 8th but tbey contain but little news Tho following items are-from the Chronicle do Sentinel of the 8th : VBOH SUKHHAN's ARMT,. Our only advices from the projfress oi the en emy consist of rumors that tliev are erossinir die Savannah river at Sister's Ferrv, in.Effingham county, about fifty miles above Savannah, Uur scouts on yesterday brought in several prisoners captured near the river some forty miles beiow this city Oo of them was a Cap tain, aud o dashy looking fellow WHO WBRB TUKT T A (fentleman who was on the east Side of the Savannah river on Tuesday, near Brow's Ferry, states tbatboiit two hundred feavalry made their appearance yn this side fatly in the morning They drove to iho river and appeared to be re- eonnoitennp. He believed them to b Federal. If so they were probably examining tho ferries, irbicb o learn are all vigilantly guarded on the Carol it. a side We believe they will fiiid the paHsngo over the Savannah a bard road to travel. BALLOON INO. The quid nuncs were busy last night specu lating pn tbe appearaneo ot a balloon in tho di rection of the coat t, whioh passed ' towards the southwest, some with keen optics declared that it was as big ns a bouse. It is possible tbat it was a Mgnal from hbennao or the fleet. The following letter is from the Conntitution- alitt of the same day : Nbar Charliston & Savannah R. R., ) December 8, 1864 ) . On Thursday last tbe Yankees made another attempt to cut the 0. and S. R. R., at Graham ville, but met with their usual misfortune. - They advanced with a force estimated at about six thousand whites and negroes,1 with eight pieces oi artillery ana a tow cavalry. They were allowed to approach to within about fifty yards oi our worns, wueu we opened upon Ihera with eight pieces of .artillery, charged with double ucaueu oauisier, causing itieni to retreat luuon faster than they advanced. ; iney aiterwaras maae anotuer charge upon our front, and two upon each flaok, but eaoh time they were signally repulsed, our boys dri viog them uuder the ooverof tbeir Rnnboats. not giving thcra time to stop for their knapsocks and. Disoaeis, wtucn iney ie to toe rear waen they charged our works. The brunt of the fight was borne by the Geor fjia State troops, who behaved nobly and fought ike veterans. Thsir behavior was the admira. tion of ad who saw them. . Our loss, as near a? I can learn,' was eight killed and fifty-two wounded ; that of the enemy t i nrt i a . . very noavy, a wo uunarea dean were found iu front of oqr works, and numbers' were scattered alorg tbe road for two miles. . , ' We took but two prisoners. The first question they asked was, "Where is .Sherman r They Were briefly and politely informed that Sherman was in -, the place where there is a large number of Yankees. I was evidently their intention, in oase they sucoeedod in gaining possession of the railroad, either to hold it permanently or to mar oh onto the relief of Sherihin, as thoy had with them a large quantity of tents and camp equipage, and most of their knapsacks were, filled with bacon. " ' BaMi-OocASioNALr-" The Savannah Republican, of the 7th says ; We hear of quite a "gallant aoheivement of our cavalry in front of Ostorhaus' corps, Sunday last Ataauradinff party of Yankees, two hundred strong, who bad been robbing everybody withiu tbeir reach and were returning loaded with plun der, were attacked by four hundred of our caval ry, under Col.; Pratker, and, after a severe en gageuient, completely routed A tortion of the party were in buggies nd earrlages. whioh the v lad stolen, all of whom, attrounting to thirty, were captured. A considerable number were killed and .wounded. - The Yankees were bur- sued by our men and driven into -Oaterhaus' amp, in which tbey took refuge, . Osterhaus ens out a regiment of jnfantry to repulse Pra. ther, but ' the ' latter, .after a brief engagement. captured the whole 'of them. He ' was about making away, with his"prisoners 'and -rescued booty, when fie was attacked by the whole corps and compelled to abandon ' his osptured men in werfe" Intoo order to save his own. Tbe thirty-first taken two anain .were two rilled an even wounded, several pf tho latter mortally; r The Chartestori'iiSvvttini nf th tip to a lata boor' iast night, ' the" passenger1 vru iroTD oaTannao naa not reacna una oity. ' We learn however, from persons who arrived in a freight train,, about seven p.,m., thatsovere flghtipg was going on at noon near poeotaligo. It was also stated that the enemy bad attcked voosawoatonie, ana after Bgntiog the 'greater part of the dev. . had been drfven tack h nnr fotoes at that point. , We cannot fully vouch for the correctness or these statements ; but then is no doubt that hostilities have been actively renewed uu vae line oi toe roaa. we await further par Uoulars to-day. , w Oeu . Beauregard arrived at Charleston on the evening of the 7th and left immediately for the Scene of hostilities on the Charleston and Savan nah Railroad. LATER " : . We have Augusta papers of the 9tb but thsy contain but little additional news'? Tke Chronipk and Sentinel of Friday says : It is rumored in the streets this morning that a I, r . t , . . uuciuma luaiu lorce is ae iumDer two-ana-a-balf. on the Central Railroad. This is ab6ut twenty-five miles from Savannah. If this is cor rect, both armies are now within about ten miles of each other. . Brisk times ahead. A gentleman who has just come up the river about eighty miles, informs us that no Yankee bavo crossed the river between this city and the point from which he came. He reports tbat the Federals arc burning everything in their- way. No Yankees havo beou at Demera'a Ferry, or the vioinity. It is atatcd t hat the telegraph operator at Sta tion Two and a Half, foil back yesterday to Sta tion Number Two. ' Of the situation the Cbftfuftonaf of the "same day says : " - . There was some slight skirmishing near Coo eawatchee, on the Charleston and Savannah rail road yesterday. Sherman's columns are very muoh scattered. At last account. Hardee was skirmishing with the enemy's advance in Effingham oounty, while Wheeler was hacking and pegging tway at th? rear guard, no lees than forty miles this side A corps of the enemy ia foraging on tho west side of the tJmechee. From this dispositiorof foroes, it will bo Seen tbat the hoatjlo corps are Sprawling over a large spaoe, and not a little demoralised. We take it, that now is the golden opportuni ty for Hardee to strike. If he should delay much longer, Sherman will have annnle time to combine h is fragmentary divisions and deal us a solid blow. The impression prevails that an attempt to cross the Savannah river, at or below Sister's rerry, will be mado. Precautions of a novel and formidable obaracter have been taken to pre vent the execution of such a design. The end ' Mpidly culminating. By the first of next week, Sherman will have terminated his eventful march. Whether suuaenafiil or nnt. th. 1 lumre aione oan demonstrate. , If tho armies were confronting each other within' twenty miles of Savannah on Friday, an engagem nt must ltave taken place before this time, and Sherman'must either have made the coast or had his army hurled back, beaten and demoralized. Let us hope die latter, noarnto abound savanwaii. The Charleston Mercury of Friday says! All the other passing events of the war are, for tho moment, subordinate in interest to the Operations now progressing Ob the important lines of railroad whioh fcrm the main avenues to Savannah. ! It is certain that Sherman's advance yester day had cnoountered our foroes, under Gen. Hardeer at or near Station No. 2i on the Cen tral Railroad, aboiit twenty miles from Savannah. Severe fighting was goiug.on yesterday forenoon; but we have no trustworthy intelligence whatev er in regard to the result," Various tumors con cerning the engagement some favorable and some otherwise were afloat yesterday; but as we are satisfied that tbey were merely' sensation stories, we re'Vain from repeating tbem," and await more authentic accounts. - From the line of the Savannah itailroad we have news of a more definite charaotar. On Tuesday, it seems, the -eneni V advannad m nnifit. ,about one mile from the railroad, and about five miles trom Jfocotaligo, Here they were met' by our foroes, and speedily driven bok, with some loss. The movement is believed to have been a recounoissanoe merely ; fm during Tuosday night, the enemy retired to tbeir entrenchments, and could not be seen next morning. " : At an early hour on Wednesday morning a torce, eonsisUng or the Citadel Cadets Captain Thompson, and the 47th Gaonria., thai afhnla commanded by Major J- B. White, of the Ca dota, were ordered to advauoe and reconnoitre the enemy's position. This thev did. in wallant style. The Cadets deployed as skirmishers, and the enemy, surprised, apparently, at the vigor and boldness of the attack, retired some distance bofore'our advanoing line. Soon, however, the Yankees were heavily reinforced.' and discover-' irjg the number that were obnosed ta thm ' "H"" wt iiicu, wuu, in rarn, were toem selves obliged to retire to their works near the railroad, v They were pursued tilkdark tg with in. one mile of tho railroad. .whero the enemy halteuTnhd entrenched themselves strongly. v ' They held that position unmolested during Wod nesday jtight and Thursday. It is not nnKkely' that the fighting mav be renewed tn-rl we , have confidence in, the, ability of our foroes to hold the railroad in any event. ; ; " , ' Amongst our wounded tn thn GoUin An 'Wednesday were six of our gallani-Wounir Cita del Uadeta. Their names are k follnw. s T lmir. A. Coflin, AR, HeVWard. "J'nuenri Rarrivll A. V. Green. W. J. F, Patterson and E. C.' MoCarty. They were brought to the city , on Wednendalr niaht. and all are taiutnrlv raraA tnr and doing well ' ' The Savannah .Republican of. the 8th' aays V There, ws heavy fighting again yesterday at two point m the Charleston and Ssvannah Rail-road-t Cooeawhatohie and between them anJ Pecdtajtgo and the. report is that the enemy' tng no stone unturned to eet - possession fliet; work, but we have a good prospect of de t'eating their purpose in the future as we have in' bA past v' y X-? . - 'r V From all we can learn, there was some unoot. oessary exposure of our .men in small bodies in' the Tuesday's fight, and we' suffered considera bly from tho error. " '; " . f' ; A Belly-cose Article '', -.vWe.bave to often spoken oa the food question and so little attention been paid to what we have said by those in authority that we hayed d roped, it, but as the following, from" the Wilmington Journal may fall on good ground and bring forth abundantly, we copy it s ' . The people must be fed. We have no hesita tion in asserting this. They can't be fed save I by tbe results of agricultural labor here at home. A We can't import from abroad, and. we ' can't transport domestic produce for any distanoo even within the limits of the Confederacy. , We are not now going to. utter mere oom plaints, for to that sort of thing we are as muoh opposed as anybody more so than most people. We know tlio high the paramount importance, of providing for the public dofenoe for Cob federate, safety, and are willing to yield all that can be yielded for that object. But there may be differences of opinion in rtferonoe to tho poli cy we do not mean the military policy, for of that we do not pretend w judge but of the gen eral polioy pursued in carrying out. measures looking to the safety of the Confederacy. Very many most intelligent gentlemen, farmers and others, bavo spoken to us reoently of the groat liability to failure in the matter of provisions likely to be produced in this section by the with drawal of the white men, called out, and hmt out as Junior r Senior Reserves, Home G surds, Lbht Duty Men, or whatever elso mav be their classification. We have been earnestly spoketr to on this subject by more than one, two, three or a doaon. We have no doubt of the truth of what has been told us so far as New Hanover and Brunswick arfl concerned, and we see no rea son to doubt what we haVe heard as t other sec tions of the State. 4 ' . We oanhot pretend to enter intc the merits jjf trie case, since with, most of the circumstances connected with it we are only partially acquaint ed, It ia not for us to'suggesf, ueh leas to ap ply a remeay wuen we have brought tbe mat ter respectly to the public attention, and especi ally to tbe attention of those who are better able to judge of all the facts, and possess the power to deal who them, we mnst presume that we have done all th it devolves unoo tts. and all that is proper that we 6hould attempt to do. We would merely reneat.' in concluding. the sentence which we employed in commencing i no peopie must tie rod. unless that is done, the" Confederacy is done. The army has been likened unto a serpent, because it is a huge thing that orawls upon its belly. Without you attend to the belly. The army is used up, and so are tbe people, and So is the eause. People cannot lone be Wt-gerenta after they have ceased to oe Muy-gerents. . r i ' i. ' ii TBE MOVEMENT TOWARDS WELDON. The Petersburg Ezpreitol Thursday says : A heavy column of" Yankees, oomposioc in- fabtry, artillery and cavalry, left onr front night beforti last, and moved . flut on the . Juresalem . rlauk Road, . Tbey were .reported yesterday morning at Proctor's, some twenty miles distant. and still in motion. Elated, by the . success of the raid on Stony Creek, Grant, has probably started out a larger and better equiped body of irwpa vu m aimuar expeuiuon lurtaer oown tne Weldon Railroad. That it is a raiding party, we nave uttie uoubt, but its destination is un known, save probably at headquarters. This column is said to embrace a large force of in fantry, with A qiianlum $ufficttot artillery,, but a small foroe of cavalry. If Such is the ease. we oannot think the expedition ia destined for any distant point, as to venture far in the interi or wim infantry almost alone, would render it an exceedingly dangerous one. We shall hear something further to-day, and hope to ohroniole its utter aeteat and failure.- urant may, possibly, intend this movement, as a diversion in favor of more important opera tions elsewhere on his lines. He mav take ad vantage of it to bring on his attack. On the north side of the James, where, it is osskively stated, he has been receiving and massing large bodies of troops: V . ;-"'. . This movement as the' only One of any in terest pocuring on these lines yesterday. . In faot tbe day passed off with muoh more quiet than usuavand not until lato tAthe afternoon,' was tbe sound Of a cannon -. heard. ' The dav" was gloomy and rainy and unpleasant fin- any kind LATIR. , The Exprtu of Friday gives the following facta and speculations concerning the movement on the Weldon Railroad ; . . The grand raiding party which left our front on Tuesday night, and marohed. down the Jeru salem flank road, is still advancing. The col umn consists of the Fifth Corps, two divisions of the fteoond (Jorps, fifteen : regimento ol eavalry, and an abundanoe of artillery: Proceeded br lL .1 it. ..' .1 . .. wiu onviurj, me euiirs ooiumn crossed the not toway river t Freeman's bridge, . twenty-three miles south east of this city, and struok through Sussex county' in an oblique direction towards the Weldon BAilroad f it w reported that Sus sex vxmrtnouse was destroyed on tbeir route. ana other depredations and outrages committed. A portion of their eavalry was encaged in skir. mishing with our foroes at or In the vicinity of Jarratt'e depot yesterday, : with what result,' we were unable, tb ascertain. .The; force that va- peared there was probably only a detachment irom toe main body, , whioh was, moving . down we roaa. - , A - - ..' V'' i-' - The nearest destination of this nnlumn Ka. lieved to be Bellfield, an important depot about i . uuiu oiocBuurg auu twenty . mues rrom WcIdotfaThere is at- this pointy "one of the most substantial and costly bridges on the road, and the enemy may attempt jte destrnotion with that of tbe buildings about the place, end such tores,as they may find.- They may however; en deavor to strike the road at H reksford; and move at f no oi more plaoeS. but oould bot asosrwiu tue trutu oi tnese statements. i 1 We do Bot believe, nor Js the opiniob general,' that this heavy column of troops is a mere raid- ' ing party - We think a bold, and rapid dash will be made on Weldon and an attempt made to '' offobt a permanent lodgment thereA Bellfield, at whioh they are' aiming, is only . twenty miles .from" WeIdonone davr march for. infaoky on a good road. Wherefore should -two corps of infantry be despatched to destroy statibn,whfQ cavalry would answer every purpose, and acooin.. plishthe werk muoh sooner T I is a grand flank movement of Grant's,' designed not only .to capture- the ter important point of ,; W, eldon . ' and to hold it permanently, but also to: oreate a diversion in favor of Sherman , who ia now so sorely pressed in Georgia. A day or two will fully dovelope the intentions of ths coluniu. . The Sixth Corps from Sheridab't Army if now in our immediate front, having reiievd the see pnd corps, which hits gone towarda WeldonVThe greater portion of Sheridan's army is believed to have 'joined Grant. Everything pbinfe to ttir ring news, and dvubtles the next few days will bo marked by the most momentous event of the campaign , ; ., I..'.-- "'''. u Oood News frosa Heed If the following, which we find in the Augusta Register of the 9tb, be tree,' Gen. flood is lu deed doing a good work iu Tennessee; and if bU sucoesses be as represented wo hope to bear of some of that uprising in that State which haa been so often and so long promised ; Persons who have arrived rocently from the Army of Tennessee, direct, report tbat we gayv the enemy a severe whipping at Franklin. For rest has been playing mid havoc witY their rear, while our main army was striking their front The prisoners captured by us are reported to number six thousand. This U seeing the New York "Herald's" one thousand, and going five better. ,. ";';-' ;. ... , f A dispateh from the army says the men ere all in fine condition, and have an abundance, to eat. Tbe land is said to be overflowing with provisions. ; - , ' The spirit of this army ie aneonquerable. They are on the soil of tlie Old Volunteer Bute, uuuy of them have their faces homeward, and it will be a terrible force tbat can repulse them.-? Thomas cannot bold then! back- ' ; . Tufc UosnwuAOoas anp Tobjii A gentle man writing to us from Wilkesboro' 6th instant, says: . ; .,.-v .,, .., "A terrible state of affairs has been inaugu rated in our county within the .last few days. Men professing to lie Home Guard have some aoross the mountains to search, - as they lay, for stolen property and to put down the "robbers." They were carrying a high hand and borning out a number of suspected persons on Rousing River, which excited the oitisons on Mulberry tad caused a small body of them to move in the di rection of the "raiders," aa they termed them, which resulted in a oooflfot on Cane creek, in whioh Lewis Sebastian, P, M. at Hay Meadow, Wm. Sebastian, Sebastian and Wm. Walk er were killed. , The Charlotte an4J3aliabury papers of Satur day inform as that thoee' places have been visited by snow, rain and sleet, and that the weather was intensely cold. We had some of the tarn here, though probably not so muob as fell U the np-oountry.' ' "'" '.."J ; . 'u . Nsw ApviRTiBSHiNTa. James M. Towlae Auotionaale Wednesday, the 14th. V " ... House for Rent Apply at this office. Meeting of the Donors and Directors ef the Orphan Endowment Fund. , The Wilmington Journal is delighted and re joiced at, the election of Mr.. Ashe to the Senate. Of course. , OCR TERMS. j -' SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO TEE PRO- GRESS-1ND UCEMENT TO RAJS The foilowina awtoBBcad thalrt of Ootobar, wUI ba atrictlr adharad te In all caw, and ail money rsoaltad wiU b credited In ae it term, of eahaarfntla I i to tha Paoaaaat, eordaao with the, flgorei t uauy paper, sU months .... 1A00 U.00 UIV.HHIBltti.,. AO . weeuy paper, three months -- slAkientbA I 10.90 f "JfOTM SMdlng es fit mbwlbers te th OaUv or Weeklv caoar. forthraa or .la umiKi. a,- di m-mA 1. copy of tbe paper for th tarn length of time, grmii. Perwinot eonv.nie.tto aa Kxpreai Offioa aaayaaad nosey by mail without teach riak. Tb paper 1 .top4 in all nw whea the Ua paid for ipira7and nbeeri b.raaboald Bote the time or wateh far ah lima al..b aad raoaw befor tb time rant eat, a4 thaa thev wiU notmia. tbapapar. . . ..v J;r.. NEW ADVEBTISEMENT3. lnaiortaaia.t Sale TO WEDNESDAY. ijmntitm. mas sals pj;un.jmok''WihMAwii' A . 1?X o'clock thU day., trill alio b told, oa usjir Boy, X7 yean olda goqd Waitmaa and Hoa Servant, faithfol and treaty I one beanttful tonngBtood- araj one gooa iwo Hon Wagon and Hamea.,ad ofdrvCHalt - JAURn M rnvim' PesIMf . , . , Aaetofiav 1 H.T JXTSrW ;jn otic c3 3nHRB WILL BK A MBETUTtB 07 f HR pOIfORl L " 0 Orpbaa Eadowleat Fund" and af U. U-eatorjifn the baaemant of the B.pti.t Chnreh, In thto , t, on inunaiiAI, tb llth orDeoember. at 11 o'elwk M . A full attndaae It detlrabla. ' i., . Ef V vnsneAit ViAmh 1 0 S OatMt, Finaneiai Agent . ,. Pa UAt .- -A' DWBLLlfi AND tSTORK HOUSE, fJOKTAlJT JV tng eight, roomi, with kitehaa. amaka.hsaea aed . a good gardaa attached Sltaated near the centre f. Fayattevllle atreet . One of tha heat huainoa atasaata hlty; fotteaaioa given tfceltt day of Jaaaary, ia :
The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 12, 1864, edition 1
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