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tVILMIiVCx I ON JOUttNAL, COXf ICUKUATB STATES OF" A3IKKICA. WILMINGTON. N. O., THURSDAY, DEO. 15, UCi. A Report obtained credence here Monday after noon, that Sherman wag shelling Savannah, or if not Savannah, at least the railroad approaches to that city. We are disposed to doubt thi?, bat not to deny it en tirely. "We hardly think that Sherman could carry a sufficient ordnance traia to enable him to maintain any protracted siege at any well-defended point, or even to fight any number of tolerably well contested fights. Bat &i Sherman has turned c8 fr.m the fortified points, and has generally been allowed to pass along without mo lestation, most of big ammunition is probably unexpen ded, and he may think himaelf entitled to make a eplurge at Savannah. If he seriously tries that game, he will be likely to make a serious mistake, we think. As things appear to ui, it h the ray oonraa we ihould like him to adopt A Bkpoet was brought here Tuesday by tha cars to the effect that the main body of Sherman's army bad erbssed or was crossing over the Savannah River at Sisters' Ferry, to the South Carolina side, aimicg pro bably to reach Fccotaligo, ted thcro form a junction with Foster's corps. The same report raja that one corps of Sherman's army, that command-.d by Gen. Slocum, had been engaged with cur forces Ca tha Georgia side, near Sa Tannah, and had beca very badly used up, being four thousatd prisoners. The lo?: cn both sides ia said to imve been h-:avy. It ia also reported tbat a courier from Sherman to Foster had been captured, and that bis despatches urged Foster to come to his assistance, as his army was Etarving, ani without asaistancs could not reach the coast. "We give these reports cb we get them. We can only Bay tbat they reached Charleston cn Monday before the Northeastern can left, and were brought up by them to Florenco. Those vho gavo them to us reported them correctly C3 they heard them. They are probably cot without some foundation. FflO.I THIS SOLI II. We wrote tha above Lead in the hops of being able to bear soinetb ing from Georgia or beyond, cither South or West. We begin to f :ar that luc search will turn out Liber in vain. We hear lepqrts of tLe enemy b&v'wg lost five or tix tLcuEatd men U ken prisoners coar Savan nah, alio of a portion cf our force having been eurpris ed near Tocaialigo, &c, ic , all cf which we most po tently -tio cot believe mere iLan euits us, and that at present i3 very little. Scm? fuict ecepicicn of txuth there may be in be h reports, althongb we think the capture of YuLbce pria xets cujhi. to be credited to Hood's army, and the Pucataligo Lueicces ia fcimply this tbat at first tleer.;my lather got the better of an encounter on Friday or Sturday, but that cur folks rallied and eubscqaently n-pulsed "theta. After searchirg tie SavacLah papers of Friday and the Auguata p.&prrs cf riunday, v;e are compelled to say that we rave bten able to nothing whatever caiea lated to throw acy additional light upon the situation of thioga io Georgia. There is Lot a ray not aghropee notB gleam. lcMrta' Diiiiiir ottfg Co'iiIfou(oi8i On Saturday a br ght-fced tn.l bright-eyed boy of nine jeara cf pge crime into cur cfScn with $40 fcr the Soldiers' DrDirer, bring a coatrbution to that cbj ot by bimBcif siid tiskr, a little o!der, children of Mr. James McCciiBrE, cf the Exprcsp. W6"eckno.ltdge them lhaj : Norm ax, 9 yc:i:E , $20 Molue, 11 jecio, 20 And we take pleasure in eo doing. Oar little friends beloDg to tha i.ext generation, and in all human proba bility will live to erjoy ths fruits of the straggle ia which the pvscent i nor; ergaged. Oca Yavva Fkiexds. Vre received Monday from two promising and patriotic little boys, sons of Mr, Jo3Ern McLaubix, tLc fo'iowin contributions for the 8oldiera' Dinner : Naiu. S $16 LccrLur Y.,, . , , 10 $25 Foil fcOLDIEK9' DlXME. Monday Dec. 13th : Ma. SUNDHEIMEit, , 650 Dr. J. T. hen ,ktald 100 Mjsa TncaasA Marshall, CO For So-ihsrs' Vixszr Tuway, Dec. 13th : Mrs. W. B. Flannke,. .eioo CoaniljsUin' Klactlon. Jadglng from the number of tickets already brought forward, wc choald jnOge that the pending election for Commiasioncrs of the Iowa o' Wilmicgten is attract ing more attention than it ban for some years back. The government cf tha Town never recjuired more prudence and firrancta combined. TLq events of the war have in a measure torn things boss from their moorings, whilst the peculiar character of vli8 trade bere that c f blockade rnnnicg briegs in a larga fixat ing population, not the most p.incnable to the uimal re Etraints of society. The eamo precautions that would have been sufficient to guarantee tho peace cf town find the safety of property in uu,l, quiet time?, will be found tot&l'y inadequate to cccuro tbtej ends under ex isting cireumstuueea. We have poipte-d cut bat acme cf the difBcraltie-s to be eccoun'ercd. Breaches cf tbe peace and crimes by Tiolence maybe-due to a fijating white population, luch as we have tl:ud:d to, but we think that cfhnces Egainst propei ty, each cs thefc from dwellings, break ing into and robbing fowl-Louses and emoke-honses, and he like, are ruaioiy the work cf crgnxs, and of them there would appear to be a gang, or gasgs. Dfuakenue;3 i3 ba.l enough in itself, but itmiy be aggravated by a'tei-dii: cireamsrr.ncc?, as for instance, if it lead3 to tiief:, robbery eaJ other diaboneaty, which it is bouad to do in tLe case cf negroes. It is unfortu nately too e.rriiia that drnLkeoncts isgetlicg very com mon among the colored population. It has been re marked to us by a great many people whose avocations give them far better opportunities cf judging than we possets. Let us say plainly tbe coming year fa likely to be a year of trial harder taan any wc have yst gone through with. It will indeed try meu'a souls and all that is ia them, and Wilm'ntoa cannot ia any event hope to es cape her share ot the trial. Ia the whirlwind of war, Bhculd that envelope cs, mere maoicipal authority may for a time be paral.z d, but even then judicious firmneea on the part of ti e " city fathirs ' may net be alccgeth sr barren of good re&ults, while ia the meantime very important interests will be committed to their charge. It is perhaps veil that tree should be a fall latitude Of choice, and that citiz?ns a loaid exercise it carefully Bnd .houghttnlly. 'j bty have the.ona nnd will no doubt sxerciss the ctLer. We are cfflcially informed that the Yankee trere on Baturdaj laat driven from Beifld. on the Weldon and Petersburg Ball Boad, by Hamppom b cavalry and A. P. Hnai In antry forcea. Tbe lait known of the al nation wae that the enemy had teen driven back eome li milta nai oV aiYftirj were Btiil ia pais ait cf tbem, ' - - P- VV. A," in a rtcctu Later from Richmond, eu'y that CcDgrm will not piobly interfere with printerp, because printing "is an art or mvfj'ery which requires time to learn, ard ( f ticne who have fcarccd it Hie sap ply is. clready inadiquaie, vrl ereas everybody is eup poyd capable of btirg aa idifor, tLat n quiriDg neither aptitude, training, nor experience. Perhaps Congress is right. Everybody thinks he or Bhe could manage e newspaper rnach better than ever a newspaper was mat: aged before ; tut we would warn ' P. W. A ," and Congress too, tbat a3 a general thing they will fail lo Teach the great body of the editors un lets they take the printers Few pap rs ever could be gaccestfully carried on at the South without the presence of a practical printer in tbe management. Still fewer will be Bisthiced undtr the terrib'e pcrew pressure that is now clcs.cg around the papers of the Confederacy. That prcsau e, we thick, will tie locg d.) all th weed- leg oat that easy be necessary. Amoxq tho objicta intended to be ejected by the advance of a portion cf Grant's force in the direction of Wtldon, we mny fjiily acsame that the creation of a diveriion ia favour cf Shebhax Lold3 a prominent pbce. The anemy knowa e s wiii v:c do that Shrbmah's position is what might b2 called "ticklish." Uoexpec ted forces have appeared v.herever he has turned bis face, and have compelled him to swerva aside from Ma con, from Augs3 a, and from every other fortified point, with the single exception of Milledgeville, which, we suppese, cosld Lard'y n regarded cs fortified. lie hoped to be cble tj sweep elowu upon Millen and other points, aod to liberate and arm the Yan kee prisoners cotCacJ there, lie did reach Mi.Ien, but the birds had flon. lie hiis not reached, and he can not reach any other poibt wheic such piiai-ners arc The New York Times srid list Sueemas's object was not to take ciaes or hold territory, bat that what that object vras would duly appear. It was undoubtedly the liberation of the Milleff, AcdeiEcnville, C-Iambia, Flor ecc?, end other pri;cc(.ii. TLat clj.ct husnot been ac complished. But the eccccy La3 btc.i forced to turn Ltide from priE:a sppartntly within hia grasp, the great powder mills cf Augusta tie shop a -nnd depots of Macon are still safe. TLe forces tLat ccicr tiled this coarse are gathering, if rtt alrtaoy gatLeit(J to envelepe him as ho tears the codst. One tvay or another the en emy know iLis. Thoy wis'a lo prevent Ehebjian's peril from being iacreas. d by tLc addition cf any men to the hostile lerce that already c-nvirocs fcim. Hence this expedition toaius Wtidoa, calculated and intend ed to prevent aiv larti.cr icicfoicimtuts beinof sent from North Carolina to Georgia. TLis we think h one explanation of Grant's move. Ha could hardly hope to xcaoh ary irxjortaiit pciat in this Stale. The ut most he could ic-afconably cxp:ct to acccmpltah would be the destruction cf tLc Wtldcu bridge. "No army tqaal to the oe casioc couLJ niarcii to Wilmington with i base cn the Jacaca Iliver, or even oa the Roanoke. Toe countjy is not ei.Lcr suQcie&iiy p 'puloos or EufS- ciently rich in pro'.isio: s. lYe eaair, we thinlr, would apply to a march iovv0rca Rileigb. We extract feom the Georgia acd Scuih Carolina papers whatever eara to us calculated to throw any fight upon the situation : Tho first tz'.rac!: "e el all m.ke r ill bo From the J-ula Cor.gt:cs.:oa&lJit, 9tL jiiat. The-re v?us tun e slibc f imuhiG near CooEawhatchee on tne Cluri-s oa a:d nvinLali rttilroa-i 3e;ierd-iy. St.ers'. miV c-j.'cici b art- vcy aucb so.ittertd. At last ac coun8, -Kstd.e whb EkirmiJ H k with the enemy'H advance lo 3 'Jen am c ua y, vL'is V tseier whs hackiii and pec gi g uwiy at Le r--ar t uici no less than forty miles this aide. A corps v t ;he eat2l is fortgiag cn the wea Bide of tLe Og'-chee Kfom thit) ji:!p.-t;t'ua uf forces, it will t e eon iLat .tic h etiie cjrto u:e spravvlicg ere a large space, and not a nviQ u zmdV.zu. We teke it, that now 13 i.e to d u opportunity for llir- dt-e to btriko. It h b. oud duliy iauch lorger, S-hetman wiil have a'pie ini.e to c-moias n:a iragmcaiarj diTisioLB ftni deal ca a fJi-J Llo- Tha impreB ioa prevails th.it an attempt to croFB tho Ea vannab riter, at t r t-ejow i- s er's Fenj, mil bo made. Prt-cautiota f a uovel d furn.id L!e cbaractor hmo boca taken to prevent th9 txecuiivrt such a design. Xhe end ii rapidly calaiinat.rfr. By the flrBt of next week, ti.;eraiin will lave lercsiaitDd Lid oveattnl Eiaich Whctaer tucccsf ul cr r.ot, tro tutcira aioao can dtmoii ttrate. Killepgkvillh. We hav? received a copy of the Con federate Uuiou tUted U ceoiljcr 6;h it his a graphic ac count ot tbe Yuukee itivoaiuu, Lot diSaring Bnuenally frcm oar publii-hed ct-r.-ecpotaeaca. A great political and teli gicua tranem grid .uiiou has takea piaea at the btate cap ital. All the r6CC'tB?ractic,D:Btj and tepid war men have become the hot advocates cf aa everlasting trite rather thaa Bubmiaaioa or compromise, and, rnrabl9 dictu, all the Universalize bslieve ia Le 11 re. Fbom Hood'3 Akmv. A rcntlcn:an rA.o arrived In the oitv peBtoidav afte;n -oc.-from itacon, et:ite that an oI3 cial diepatch had beta rtte ved those from General Hood, svtinz h had ergnged tr.e zzvj ia lha nciphboihood of Nasbvilie, gaiaicg a vic'.er;. aj-i c?rturu;g ma thousxtc! prisonere. The Savannah IhpubUcan, cf the 8:h, denies that there is any founditioa for the report iu the News of tha day previous, copied into the J carnal cf Saturday, about a fight at au ou'pcst cf Savannah. It says : That F.eaT After dl'tpfat prqatrj, vs hva been an able to find the H'igUiett aaihoiity lor the allrged light ".vt tho front," reported by tlie Morning News or yesterday, la which " a utiwD.sf 1 jicq ( f cav-ilry a. d iiifantry " were re pu std t',' e-ul. Ficr. on Tutitl iy. i'ho Colonel in ready to whip doable hiA sbt i;tatvcr it may prt-Bent itself, but wo hsve rcaoon to b.-U-vo ibt tbe opportunity has sot been offered ia thf? i .ni ; c .paisa. We trAe t'je lolloping i i relation to matters at cr near the line cl toe Ci&rics'.oa and Savannah Kailroad from the Cbaricstoa .Courier, cf the 9h : Fno PoooTLLHio Vs Ic.i'u thit cn Toeiijy a force of the enemy sdvarrfd t jw'.Oi Coo. i; wt-atcb.se, burning Tut afliay briiie. la y ei.i a-. .ckd Oy Gu. Gr troll's commaud and dtia bick. Vif.UtsBdiy moiclrg a portion of our lc. -f i, Ban)'. a wr-:h 1. 1 a oe:npacy of til tadel Cadets, utider CarV.-.-s 'iur.Ei-.oa, and part ot the Georgia 4.7th Reimsiit, tho wLo ; uudr :-.?.v-r J. C. White, had a sharp QjLt wita a heavy f-acn .-f the enemy neir Talaiuny bridge, aboat fivo niibsi bsiuw 1'oontaligo. They advanced tuwardi iho iidi. 11 uJ, Lut we's driveu back. Tha Cadts, vho wt-re brs. d-pl -ytd at sktiniiBhors, fonght them aboai one to six, ad braved hkn velerany. We re pret to lern tint C-J-t W. J. F. iVaeron, ot Charleston, wan ae-rioaaty woaaded. Lav tag beca !jotio two places. thronrh tho lo'i mg Ld t Mh. brought to the city on Wed&ifcd.'y Lii;hi. C;det A. J. t-ocu, ot Coiarabia, we slightly wouudc-d l:i tho lac-o ; Lie at. A. Cofiia, oi Aiken, hie a severe voui.-iia the t.Ui-u ; u--d:t Jou. Barn well wa thoi iho uii the thiAh ; Csidt-t ri. C. Mo'-'arty through the lit ehoaid.T, but n-jt dar gercu.ly wtuaded ; .adeu a. B. Iiawaid waaica ia ttia leit hand, 'ihere were ere cr two erih':r tr 2'i:g ca'. UAii;c3 ia tho Ua!ct coca paty. Amoeg lha oeor,. i-i j o: e va h; led ud saverai wounded, but we tiid uus 1-iru kow rdduy. The eceay hav3 landed a ljrge trcc c ..iactey'c l'oi.,t, and were ro ported adv coiiig t.wr ii v-ij t'ouutu-jgo. i'hoy wdl be lakes care cf. ihe loioo iiuh United iut wsub at Boyd'a Uiading Laa diaapptart-d. Tait wii ca toaht the Cadets on Tuesday was abi.ut a xa;i: iroai 'he Kail Head, and ia reported as euireachiLg. Our couuiiL-a iu tbat luoaliiy wni be mere si'.iiiiiioy at vft ticcuaaia. Tee Bavauaah eiB," ct kur-.uy, " Day be fore eetrday the eatmy e-caia iur.da aa aiietapt to take ihe Charlestoa &:;d vauttu K-vid, but, v,cxe repuled ttLd eaten bick. Yc't-iCj iighti&g cv'Ltiuued ueariy ad day, and haiaoi oea?eu at oik. Our forces had driven bci evfcry un'-i-, i? tcl th.' o.jin tai marie no prioress waaLevdr." It would appear fror. the Richmond papers that Grant ha3 been reinforced" by two corps from the Val ley, believed to be the 5ia ar:d 6. a. Tun telc-gr'iph gays that the 5r.h formed part oi the raidicg fares that star ted from Graiit's anny last week, takirg the route of tbe Jerusalem Platk Read, and tiwre Etruck across througa IScs3t.x, so ts to c me upon tbe Petersburg and Weldou Rj"d at Jarratt'6 Bl-tion, the next north of Bdlfield End llicka' Tuid. i Lc Fetcrdburg Express eays that Grant's army ia tLat Le;ghbo.hocd has not b.en reinforced by troops from the Valley. It would, seem however, a3 though thicga were working around Richmond and Petersburg, redemg the occurrence of dtc sive movemauts likely at any niJinent. It is said that Steele's forces from the trans-Mississippi, to the number cf fifteen thous ind, have been brought over and are to be sent to reinforce Thomas at NaeayiUe. The folio wiflsr from the Clr'r.tvn Courier ia all we re ceived jehlerday rtlativp t" n;it-.ry oporatirns ia Geor gia and on the Savannah J'ailrcad. The August pepers of Saturday coDtf.ia notbl ? relative to charman'a whera abent, and no Savfer.a.Th papetB came to Laad : Bbermm'a army !s t ported b'O ruovlisg to war da Ravan Dfth. We leirs bat th affatr at 5r.a ioa No 2, oa Thurs day, was simply porre slight sklrmUhicg. Tte opiuioo aeecia to prevail that Sherman intend to attack Savannah, bat that if he attempts it ke will be badly defetd. A re port nn i't circu ation vest' rdy ihat, cn the arrival ot dw forces at No Ii,hL&i tarried o& in tho dtrecti oi Hiater'a Ferry, which v-uld icdioate as ia'cntioa to crcaa into Honth Carobca lh e-emj near fccotaligo were re ported shelli'ig the rra-i Friday. About cce fcnndred pris oaerBfreui Sherman's army ivrTi'vta! in thi clt? yeeierday. the: wfcv Fr.oia savaxkah. TLe ObarlcatOQ Mercury cf the 12ch inst , says : Tbe interruption of tbe ordinary means of ccrrrru nicaticn with Bavancah, ucd the abgence or, what amountB to the same thing, the suppression of ail of ficial despatches reaching this ci.y, leaves us very much in the dark as to the progress of the important and in teresting campaign, now culminatiog at Savannah. We give, however, such tews s we have been able to glean. e Oa Friday af;f-rnoor, about I p. m., the ecemy at tacked cur position at Cocjwhatchie. Tha aeadult was kept up uh vigor and determination, for more than two hours, when 4ho enemy was fijally aud de cisively repulsed, with heavy lo-s, and retreated in hot haste, btace tbe-n all Las been quiet, we Deiieve', aiocg that part cf the Savannah Railroad hitherto menaced, except that the bLdling of the triick at iocg rarge has been occasionally rcsuaiee'. Meautiice Sherman has been pressing steadily towards the city. Oar forevs Lad fallen back to the junction of the Georgia Central and Cbailrston ai;d Savannah Riilroads. a&.ut three miies from the city. At tLb) important poiut, which commar.da bjth roads, Gen. iiardee took his stand. It was confidently reported yesterday, td we thick correctly, that ShermanV f rees were in Hardee's front, and that a demand for tbe surrender of the city having been refund, heavy fighting ensued, and was going on yesterday. Of the re-talcs, however, ;f any, lo hews whatever has react -cd cs. We may hear something to djy. The commuaity cf Savannah seem firm and quiet. For tbe present, the trains will ewue toiuaturough between the twa cities. The Ca vies ten Covrrcr cl' th-i 1 i -i xn&t , Las th followirg zwkws jr!o?r Tiiy, -oast. The enemy on Friday afiernooa made an attack on our lines at Coosa waicliie, and were egaia badiy re pulsed. The Sht took tlace between the lilifiony trestle work aud the Coosawhatchie briike. Tho heav iest Cghtir g wau between the enemy's troops, consisting of a brigade of infantry and artillery, estimated at about three thousand, comenacded by Gtn. Iliteh, end the Georgia tioopa ur.der the command cf GcniL. U. Gar trell, cn cur rigiit. reatihg on TiliGnoy Creek. All accounts concur in statiag that tbe fight was hotly contested. Cue frree was estimated at, ivit over nin hundrid, consisting cf detachments of the 5iu iyjd 47$h Georgia, and the lrt nod 3 J Georgia Reserves. Skirinibbim: c .mmcnced eariy in the m- rniog and was kept op with more or less vigor until 4. o'clock in the afternoon, wht-n the engagement became gtxcral Tbe eLemy attempted to gain popseesion of the Tihfin ny Cut acd ties le work, an importatit po ition com manding the line of railroad at Coc-sawhatchio. Our trooils, on the ecctnj'ij approach, gave a ohver, aad be fore they could come up charged them with grout gal lantry. Th fuht LiEted about two hours nod a hlf, the enemy bek:g finally driven tack to their entrench mentB. i he enemy'e 1c s is siii to have been Leivy, while curs will not exceed one hundred killed and woun ded. Gen Gartrel! wa9 painfully wonnded by a frag ment of a shell in the arm end side. Capt. Sefiidd, a brave and gallant effixr of tbe 47th Georgia, was kill ed on the field ; Captains HeartLctt and Wood, of the Firtt Georgia Reserves, were wounded. The Reserves have rtoe-iVi.d the highest encomiums for their dstioguii-iiul bravery.. TLe color bearer cf the Fast Georgia hiving beca ouiidc-d, a Lieutenant w!iO3P nnmfl rp fn:i!r? nnt l.-o-rs in-,r li.-ild r A rn a U i .1 - forward was ki.K-d within thii t-y yards of the enemy's line oi bdttle. From priLOne-s trn in this fiht aa wtil as from some of oar own m n who were captured ood a.terwards tseaped, we learn tbai the enemy estimate tbeir loss in laet I hursday'g ergegf inent at between seven and eight hundred killed and wounded. Oar lo3 in to g actio was a.v-n killed end fifty wounded. 'J he enemy have evacaaed Boyd's Lindic g and es tablished their base at Bee's Creek, from which there is a direct road to tho Cccsawhatchio rail road bridge. Their gunboats in Bee's Creek coaamand the battery in their prestnt position near the line of railroad. A dis patch trem Mr-jor General Jones, received last evenitig, reports ell quiet at Coosawhatchie and Pocotuligo. Of Shercaau's woveme-its we ber plenty of rumors. Our latest and most reliable intelbgerca states that he is moving cautiously to wares tho ooRst below Savan nah, probably fcr Genesis Point. Fighting was re ported Saturday at Monteitb, about ten miles from Savannah. The Savannah Rail Read was reported torn up from the former point to the junction of the Central and Suvannah Rail Road. A day or two will develop Sherman's intentions. Our preparations to defeat him Ti believed to be ample. Sltga Mattel a. F1V3 aUSDRSD ASL TW2NIY FIIIST DAT. Th exchange of prisooers progriisss rapillv. Oar truce steamers carried down and delivered 996 privates on 8atuiday. Oa tiuaday, 1117 privates and 22 fB- cers were dclivtred. Anot'ier instalUucnt wiil bo Eeot down this moroin?. Mecury. Iglsliiir ot Rorili Ceroltiia: Oa Thureda? tlox. Thomas S. j she of AtBon, was elected Confederate States Senator for six years, from February 1866, in place of lion. W. T. Poiercii, whose term wiil then expire. O. Randolph Thomas E:q, (modsrate Holdenitc) of Carteret waa elected Sccretury of State, lie obtained 4 majority over Mr. Faribault, his competitor. TLq following fa the final vote for Confederate Spates Senator : - IK THE 6KXATE. For Hon. T. 8. Ashe Hr. Speaker ard IfeEsra. Avcoek, Br son, Courts, Crnrap, Ellia, Grier, Hal!, Rarris, Kirb, Leitch, Lindsay, H. Cotck e, McKchern, feii ler, Fatten, iitcfcd, Powell. Bmith, Hpeiht, btra'-phac, Taylor, Ward, WLitford. WigRiaa, Wright, Wynuc '27. For Hon. E. G. Heado ale&Bis Adams, Arendoll. Bsg ley, Btrry, B'ount, Dick, Jones, Lajaiter, Long, Si -nn, UathewB, Odcaa, Pool, eacders, duead, Warren acd Wia stead 13. tor nou. Jno, A. Gilmer tlesars, Hortcr., ."sreh and Patttrcoa 3. IS THE HOUSE. For Ecu. T. S. Ash?. Meatrg. Al-tcR, Auitir), Daxiir. Beam, Bcnbury, Bojd, Brown, of Madison, Brown, of fceeklenburg, Bryan, Caho, Carsoa, Cobb, Cohtner. Crar foid, of liowan, Crawford, of Wayne, Davia, at Hul-fax, U(ivis, ot truiiklin, fcaioe, irwm, I'aiaon, Farmer, Ga kla, Gidney, Grisr, .ri-8 -ni, Harris, Hai-se!, Eiawea, Headen, W. J. Joyner, Jndkina, L?.ce, Laihain, Lewin, Lit tle, Love, McLean, Murphy, UU'terbridge, Pattoa, Polk, Powell, lieibbardt, Bua, bhepherd. bhipp, brxiuh, of Ca barrus, Bmita, of JDapim, fcutciJ, ttrotg Tana, Wheeler,. Wooten - 63. Foj Hon. E. G. Keade Sir. Kpsakcr and McssrB. AU'bod, Alfvrd, Amis, Abheworth, Bmss, Best, Blair, Bondd ol Beriie, Caldwell, CoUaway, Carson ot Alexandsr, Carter, Clapp, Cowles, Craige, Cunningham, Flynt, Fowte, Gibbn, Hadiey, Hanes, Haniog'.oa, Harrison, Headen, J. ii Hen ry, Herbert, Hoiton, Hortcnot W&taaa. Hoi ton of Wiik-e, I-tbrll, Jcrdan, Lyle, Maoh, MoAden, McCurmxk, MiGe hoe, McMillan. Moriaey, Morrill, Pa terpen, Feao, Per kins, Philips, Biddick, Kogers, Basaell, fiaarpe. blaimoLS. Smith of JohwtOD, fctipe, Waugh, Wheeler 53. For Mr. tmith Messrs. Bond of Gatei1 Dnke, Lowe acd Pool i. For Mr. Gilmer fcr. Shober I, So Hon. T. S. Ashe, having a majority cn joint ballot, was declared elected. In the Hcase on the same day resDlulions ia favor of Powell, Lowe k Co., and bill's to repeal the prohibi tion of fish traps in the Big s vamp, to allow bounty to citirens of North Carolina ia the O. S. naval service, for the relief of Hugh B. Guthrie, and to incorporate the Conftderati Joint Stock Publishing Company, the Linville Iron and Steel Work3 (capital stcck $5 000, 000 ) and the Cranberry Iron Works, (capital stock 2,000,000 were severally read a third time end pass ed. Wk had tangible proof Monday morning of the fact that there had beea freering weather around. The pudiles io the etreet were frczan and the wet sand was hardened into ridges and crunched sharply under the tread. Water buckets ceassi to be receptacles of flaid, and it is even said that some of the new dip " had a cum of ice upon it. It was cold and it is s j now. It sleeted and enowsd in Salisbury on Friday and Saturday. Cofederatii Cottoji. Daring the month of Octo ber there were imported -into Liverpool, 14,534 bales of Confederate cotton, and 495 boxes of Confederate tobacco. Of tha cotton the greater portion was ship ped to Liverpool from Naeu, B. rmuda or Matmo roa. Some littia went-by way of Havana. Ox the 10 Lh of October, tha sevfuty-fourth anniver sary of the birth of the Very R;vret d Theobold Mathxw, the Apostl- of Temperance, a statue raided to his honour by ihe citiaecs cf Cork, Ireland, was un veiled. Father Mthew is rcprcaeur.ed in the act cf blessing the m-aitituda to whom he Ln3 jast administer ed the pledge. Tee statae L? cl branra and cost 1,000. It was exe cuted by Prince cf London. Ir the Wilciirjgton Gaa Companj would give us a regular light during the cvenicg, from the time it is necessary to uee gaa, i; would be a great improvement upon present a-racgesents. CovartT Coust. The Court cf Pluag acd Qiarter Seasiocs for this county, commenced its seagions-here yesterday. Owing to the prcnlb.r circumstances cf the country, the attendance is quite em.-;'!. I o? tie Journal. H5X3. Eoitos3 : As the election fa? commission ers occurs on Thursday next, and tho 1st of January will fcOOD ba here, it is proper to call attention to aa evil which, if permitted to continue, will soon be Ujond remedy. I ailcde to ths way in wMch negroes are al lowed to hir tbeir C3?n time. At the present rates of labor, a smart negro can easily make from one hundred to two hundred dollars per wwk not ounticg hi3 profits by epfculatioa, ko. He pays Lis master, S3y thirty dollars ; ejften Icps. I do cot ot j-:ct to the price oi labor, believing that like everything else it is con trolled by the immutable law of truth " supply and de mand," but I do object to the tegrces having sach large command of money ; the evils resulting are nu merous ; tbe negro is icjared morally acd phys:cally ; disconte nt is cansc-d amorjg fJie regrocs who are hired by the jear, who hare net the oppcri unity of making aa much mcmy, acd hwice cr.noot live as high ; our ne-groe-i c me in. ecmpiitin with e ur white population for every article in ihe m:rkc-, thus et hiini.'ifg prices; ia eubuicbostion, thievirg acd dit'sipa'ion is the naturel rteuir, for it ia well known that the African cannot 6tand prosperity, nod are thriftless. 1 have worked ;weLtc-hve hired bunds 1:1 town for the, list thrte years, and have had mere trouble with them dar ing the last s x months than all previous time. Eviia ure easily pointed cat, the trouble bi in io Cud the remedy, L think in this ca?3 it is easily fou':d; we mutt have transient labor, 'there are many here who tor a fair compecsatinn would becoue agents for th$ owners ef P' gros. The ev.-tier who prefers to have his ne .-rota wcrk by the dav cjlu plgo.i him cr "her m charge of bis agent; the parties wanting labor for a few daj8 can go to this agent, agree for price, &j , pay ing the ag;nt th amruat of hire; the owner cuu iu s'ruct the age-ut what he desires paid to the negro ; when the negro is tot at work he should be at the of fi:w cf ihe i.gent subject to call ; in this w;y the owner will receive fuil morket vulae or his labor and tha equality amorg the itegices be main (cine d. The elave owners an t the Toirn Ccui'oiKEioners are clearly n sponsible Lr the p'rcTcnt stale cf thir.gs;.1h2 fl st ler disotfyifig tha !w, crd the latter for not eu furcinj it. ORDER. - V.'AY HOS'ITAL Wo. 5. ) WlLUQfOK, n c. y Use 13-h,loei. J Mr. JFullen ibir: Pkae allftw rro to ci ireet a n istks in yt nr itsne ot the 1' h i'lst., concornisg alisa H. A. LuI'k daaaiioaA to 'his . 3piti. bonis friera there 'Bi.T.es thiife the fclc of this HoBpital have ben BastoSa-d by natrtiiicuta bestowed upon tpein oy wit-s u a. ao, is-ji.ti'so io my K-vern- ui:-Dt, MiBff Bnie atid uiysslf, l lesl tonstruiaed to eay that ine atsertion vt onr friutd is by do means correct. I am natisli sd however, ft. Edittw, thai if it wei- ceecEnary, j'i a Baie wcn:d render us every asiiii.&nee in isr povsl-r io make onr s!sk ooea'ortabla. P.. S HtLSET, . - &n?i:feoa ia Chagj, Frcm the Astusta Keg:8'-r, Dee. II. EilEStiJi AA'.5 SlliiqrUKAT IiOnC'3 AEtTASCK, In the rarer suspeoso with which we awnit the result of Sherm-m's retreat to a new base ou our coast, we shall not lose eight of tbe advantagea 'which aru likely to grow out of the grand strategic movements which forced him to evs cuate Atlanta, arid to look coastward tor the security of his army, The roiit which bos so long obscured the movements of General Hood is at kDgth breaking, and the golden bow cf victoiy arches -the horis m in that directroa. The march cf Hood's army from the borders of Alabama to the heart of rennesst-e, has beea signally euceessful ; the raw re cruits left to impend his march, have united before him ; the fortified posts of tho enemy have one after another eapitnla'ed ; ai.d HnntGville, Chattanooga, B.idgeport aud histor Murfreesboro', are ours; he baa been routed, horse, foot and dragoon, from his last desperate stand at Franklio, and our vic:orioas legions flaant tbeir proud banners arouod the entrenchments of Nathalie, into which tLe re'-reautg vandals have fled for security. If our latest advic a are true, they have ecnrwl one of the most crosincg defeats of the war ; ana meir own accounts admit tne retreat ou N&siiVi.'Ie, and tha immense debt uci ion of the property of our loyal citizens to'prevent it trom being U3 d to supply our army. Wfcattver fJoodV future movements may be wnetl e-r to press on to tl e Ojio, or co-operate "vitb Breckinridge in rdievinsr JiSt lenntssae, and re oper ing the upper route to liie-bmord, be has accom- plisbed results which demonstrate the wisdom of his pfaos, and mark hid last campaign as one of the most buliiaut of the war. lie has not only driven bheiman from At!nta which he never could have dona by confrontiog him but he has recovered the strongholds wnica marked the acvance of the enemy into our state, and redeemed uppr Georgia and most ot Ten ntEsee. He Las recovered territory whcee temporary occupancy cost the ememy millions of dollars, and thousands of lives; nnd given to the enemy and the woi Id the mast coavincit g evidence of our c-pirity to defeat all schemes for our subjngatiou. To day he in vites the theuauus of refugees from Cherokee-Georgia and the volunteer State, to come back to their bom:s, aod thouiaods of hsarta are sweLiag with a joyuus and ijratefui response to the euaimaiiS Bo macn for tne victorious advance of the dasmcg Texin. He has p.tccmphshed these gratifying rebubs with very trilling I033. It is said that he has rec-ivtd acct:saiouh to hi3 forces much in excesaot the Lots sus tained. He has iofi cted serious damage upm the enemy, capturing their garrisons, and destroying im mense quantities of srores, not to include the thousands reported hors de commit from the victory at Franklin. J Le withdrawal ot Hood from Shi rman's front left open the road to the ocean unobstructed, and he sooa fotiad that be must take this route for a water-base, or make a humiliating or dangerous retreat ove. the? mountains. It was in this desperate strait tbat be boastfully announced that his course was to the South. He was afraid and ashamed to acknowledge his incapa city to hold Atlanta by an unequivocal retreat. So he goes forward, but with all bis bating he caDnot con ceal the fact that be ia flving from an untenable posi tionthat LXocd has fcrced him to give up the dear bought fruits of a long campaign, ae.d abandon hia boasted hold upon the heart of the rebellion. True hia coarse is marked by those acts of cruelty, enl wadte, and nlunder. which have d sgraced the enemy through out the war women and children, and other helpless non-combatants have been made to suffer, acd hemes once the abode of peace and plenty, have been sacked and despoiled ; but al! this does not weigh a feather toward atrcomplishing tbe hellish work of subjugation. The spirit of resistance grows brighter than ever ia the hearts ot the people, who have renewed cause to hate the remorsehsa vandals. These personal trials to a portion of our people, constitute the chief rtsalt cf Sherman's retreat, admitting that he reaches a secure base on the coast ; an admission tbat we do not yet deem probable. A base on the coast t fiords mm no new advantases, except the single one of obtaining supplies for his army, lrom which Hood cut him o2 in Atlanta. The enemy has held for years Port Royal, Brunswick and numerous otoer ports affording all the advantages whica Sherman will secure, as bases f.r operations against the interior, unless he shall go to Savannah. As he his shunned every city and town having any raaaos of defense oa his route, it is cot likely that be will attempt to reach that eity. It wiil perhaps be fortunate for ua if he does. In this hurried glance at the progress of tha two ar mies under notice, do we not fiad much more cause for congratulation than anxiety and gloom ? A month ago Sherman was in the hurt cf oar State, which be bad - J reached inFpiteofour best means of defence. His ruiua mrrassea every portion pi mo interior, ana au cur cities' were apprehfneive of an advance. To day he is floaod ring in the marshei of the Cooaawatchee piayiog for the advent of some of bis maslers water cratt, which are said to penetrate "wherever it ia a lit tle moist." CITY OP TIIEBBS. IT A TBAVHL-FR IN EGTrT. Thebea must have been the greatest and most mag ciGcent city in E2ypt. Almost as old as the fbod, situated in a fertitt: valley, where it expanded to a th, and adorninHg both banks of ty TaakeeganJ ZZTZ " "4 "lwl f :nt, wealth acd architectural -nred 83 bCTPeH- own of ancient civiliiation. Pa0! PE t'EBSBUifj. ana Epuvnaiu ampnuoeaire the Nile; it was in extent, elorv, the flower and crow Nearly a thousand years before Christ, Homr sang us nunarea -gates, ana eome or the sacred pre pne speas oi u as neicg populous," or containing a mul titn.lG." ?Cn or, can vteit Ua nn nnnrl!plpr . (..v.wv.w ...-...v... iuiLa ur rujer amvug me Eorgroas mausoleums OI lis kiroa arrt nn'roMi wiihnnl- KpiT.ir irln imnxaBAI viili iuvvB mv- 'ut itiy iujunoot.u nioui 1 K u k - l , wui'Mk tutcitenu uy ilc uiiiiut iriond. a miecTau:c representation of Arao nitn ard fqaalionets 11 over wbelmirgly powerful, acd the imagination is continual ly struggling to restore and re people the city, aod look upon its splendor ere it was devastated by thi Persian corqaeror. But these mournful relics and it otter delation teach most impressive lessons. Thousands c yea-B bars rolled alonz, And bchald P;pi. cB in piide ; Acd witnessed ace era ,f crmio and wrorgj Till men by nations died. Tbtmrsfs of tamraer Rune have ehono, Till earth grew tright beneath their away, S'wc9 thru, nt)teactfd aad lona, Wert rendered to decay. Some of tbe mud cabins ia the pres3at village of thebes are omit among and upon tho grand old rums i f t e temple df Luxor. Magnificent columns, covered wita.bieroglyhK 8, and still standing m their original positions, are fhi-.-d arrund atd half-covered with the ceumu!a-ted dast and filth cf asres, . while some are en tirely obscured by the wretched hovels that cluster about theen, and can be seen only by entering these re- cae un u.tad uij piiii.is vi oicue.eiqrasiteiv cmseieu. wanrft r through the ballri, that yet remain, and survey their vaft gatewdys ana co.osai statutes, you iVel tbat they who builtttura were mm o( genius aiid power. Ooeofthe roost b?cuHful clj cts here is an obelisk of red c-ranite, more 1 ii-mi 'hree. thousand years old, and yet its ap pearance .-:i i!s hie;olypbie? ere Btill fresh and un- imp ured. A mile cr d a half north of Laxor sre the ruins of the graodcSE tempi,1' ia Evpt, if not in the world. It is impcesible to di-scribe it. It ia the temple of Karnak. Oue mast ecc it-, or bo will have no adequate idea of its astocishiu ma;riiude and be-anty. Saen an array of gates, towers culamcs, obelisks and statues, is a perfcot tars-tl. 1 uirjit ota tcmphy including its ariousi balls ard apartments, twelve hundred feet long, and about five Lundtcd fe-t wide, its massive walla rising like pal it-ades, tiid i'8 immense pillars iiko forests with aven ues leadiag to it. Irum each point of the compasa along which in somo ia3tance3 for miles were ranged donbie rows of colossal epbinxjs of gray, red aad black gran ite. Ihe ecliSee is ?std to Lave cceapl.d about 75 acres, it having been enlarged from time to time. In the erand h-dl there are Ef.il 6tending over 100 columns tare feet, in diameter, ood rnaoy of them 60 feet high All ore cjvercd with various hieroglyph ical sculprtureG and paintings, whose colors are at ill bright, after the lapse cf Lniny f r?y couturiea. Ia one place you see a g oup of Jews hd captive by an Egyptian Kir?g I'ne eaaracurs inte.-pretci aree witb ihe Bible ac coant of Shish-k'3 vie'-ory over tie King of Jadah, a vcnuoatioa of the eacred record. Profound and van ous are oi-c-'s reflections &3 he waoders amidst tbe-ee sublime relics, fall -n columns, broken obelisks acd shat tered sphinxes. What immons-a processions oi people once marthsd along these avs-nues, gathered in these halls, and worshiped at the er rinc of Amnion ! What treasures Lave the votaries lavished urson their goJs Grand trc the templts of Luxor irnd Kernok, there were othe: a on trse opprsaite or west side of the river, well worthy of belonging 10 toe city of a hundred yates Pa-siog 8oai . two miles ovr a fertile plain, onw a pert of Thebes, and you come first to the temp'e cf Koorueb; tdrthir on is the famous Memnrsjjium ; and still beyond is a Ciuster ot tempies called Aiedecct tiaboc, 1 group all these together, thoush each deserves a separate de scription, for they are certainly grand eld structures ncn in immense cojuuh s and various eculptures and paiutirgs buddings, "of wcicn the very rams arc trementioop." Iu the last is a ball which was remodel ed atid iieed rs a church by the early Christians. Here wa3 a room tet apart in a heathen temp'e jor the wor ship or the tins God. Here the diecipie3 cf JetU3tonce L.ff.?red p-'ayeis ia Hi3 cams, and eanar hymns to his praisa. . Oa the bordor cf th-3 grzzz va!o cf plain not far from the temples Jast alluded to, are two colossal s atues, in a eittiug posture, about sixty feet high : one oi which, that oa tho right as you approach from the rivr, i3 the renowned Vocil Mtmaon. It ia aa immense figure of Remeses, find was reputed to give forth a musical soucd at the rising of the euo. It was visited by emperors, philosophers ucd poets fiom all distance, being attract ed by its f'.ims. Oae oftxir Arab guides cbmed up to a gr eluded spo. near iiE bead, where lie struck a Btone tbat bad a f jiut acd peculiar jingle. This may explain ihe o'd ucd wonderful vocal phenomenon. The statue byits;dai3 nameless. Together ttey form striking objucls on beicg approached irom the river. At tLe Memuouium there ia still a larger statue of Rem;Be3, once a &iDgle block of granite, rmt now thrown down and broken into several pieces. If ore marvels, a3 weil aa be rrsy, at the hamaa power that nvtde, tran spo ted, acd eet up e-uci stup nduj monuments, it is scarc;iy lefs a matter of womrer ho-v tbore eariy, inva des could so thoroughly shatter them. Kri'TS. Amseikcs Your ccntribaehun ia at hand. We like its flaidEe.-a. It is like oato a sandhill. Natur has did a good thierg for yu, aad yu edghs tu be wdiiog tew dew a good thing for natur. 1 his line in your producshun strikes us as very bu'i'al and origin I : "And lara the inxury of dewirg goud." Goldsimih hisstlf mite hav bin proald cv fcica a line Aud pgsin : "Oh, would sum poer thegiby giv ua cv seeing ourself an uthers aee ua ; vour idee ov iotrcdusirg the Skotch acksent intoyonr stile, is very bapp-.e. If yu never hav red Robert Baroee, yu will be eurptiard tew lara that biz sule very much refcubles yu;ej. Oose. more ju say Tf isrooran-e iz bliss, 'tis faliv tt-w be w!s3." This sen'iment iz j at z ttu as tiz common. Pope, it think, Laz eumtbit g rimilar ; but au grate mtndji sucuUm s ex press theiiseit alike. Yuri coatribushua will appear iu our isca, with a wood cut piktur ov a sw bak at the too ov it. Flora Yu sa that " Yure Adolphus has proved uotru.und ya must die." 1 never advise deth un 'er ecny circuaistauces, altho it proberly i3 cheaper jiat now tew die than it n tew live. Uear up like a man under yure dispenceshuna. Takesum piils ; but if yu find that yu are so bound up ia Adolphus tbat fissick want wurk. h re out, to teach a diatrhk ekule. ar-d it won't be 3 months before ju cm exklaim, wiUa the Pa triark of old, Adolphus de d d 1 Bfa I thiLk saiuly a3 yu du, " this wurld iz awl a fleetin curkes, for mau's illuahaa g,ivdr," bat tbataia't no rezin for not pitchin in and being ihushuned ense in a wane. 1 woutdo t givj a cct tor a man wao mum t been illueluned, and who dida'c expect to be s-jveral times agin. Matthew. I see bi yure letter that vu have deter mkei lew etuddy miniany. Yu sa yu hav doubts about yure talents beiug eutfii; tew make a minister; i don't thick tbat ought tew blutl ya oph, lor 1 hav sav meny men ov aimby mean talents, who got tu be first rate ministers. PniLAXDKE. Yu ask which iz the most beet, tbe married or the siogh; coodishuo ? Most evry boddy, at 8uaaetime in their life, haz tride the single state ; alsc most every boddy has hankered after the d iubie siaie or marrid cos;disriun. I have tried both states, and am reddy to aware, that if a man kun eit a woman woo kan fri Dankakes cn both sides without burnin em, and doa't banker tew be a wimmin's komcnity,- the marrid state iz a Heaven and arth awl tew onst. Hut after awl. the marrid state iz a good deal like fading out ol a cherry tree, if a person doa't happen tew git hurt, it iz a good reason for not triemg 11 agin. A French paper in one of the dc-partmenial cities makes tbe following fei:gaiar announcement. Napoleon HI has just received from the Pope the lance from thj tomb of Charlecmagaa." As a g,reat Christian relic this object is of ieaouteetib'e value and it is said that the Eoipercr whose faith in his own des tiny is no secret considers this gift as a presaoge that he is called to fill tha role of Charlemagne in the reafce ratioa oi tho Church. u'sivc soofles, amid yelpirg eura, brayiog dock'ys, kiicg towls at.ei tiirty A raw. Hat a ya look up- .1 . ..u :n ... .1 -r. i i- t . TELEGRAPUic n porta of tha Ireaa Aa oclafiM. . t n V" " :r r m th, yPel J . kJ BsiiHii. in inn l1!..!.'. nan. . . Coart of the Confederate Btatea for tha N . . ' p viaoe rr ft... n:..t . - r.p. ort hern Dimtu. or ueorgia. FBOM THE VliiGtSU VALLEY B.or. of th, i2tiX vast! cisrk eonntv. r ice aiBt WOW XOlk cavalrv ..j uaut of . . . M rKTeiuiia, Ta., Dee. a.h, uci f . J "ue "emy". rafdlng column j4 1-, - "--"j "'ny mua ncuth of ttia city. fiem MK hn been going on th re fo i,. u... .v . h - -'ii uni lua n ku'i BnS n,t ua:a Bo aiij, a?d tho br: l ' I is atrorurlv ffnrdd. Th annm ' ' ' m- r V""U uusLroVfl SnuauT 1 1 ,. . I 1 .ll'0 tV irnwrw. BA.D WEATHE3 ABOUT IttClitfOND. ElCUMOM Doo. lli'b, ;.SCf The c venfeg's Whig ay, id apite cf th s,eow ' . mud, there were strong i: dic&tiona tbia raorr ii r; , f p ',.,.'" hc8ti:itie oa the lines below Richmond. Our forces in line of battle. The enemy vera drivon IVoai the'- tv rior woiks oa car left this rooming. siouarom Uichmo.nd, V;c. llih, Wi. v" "'v.ULu j.JU jcsicra iy w-rs (,L a reeonnclasance by Grant and Loagatrect. Th? rceu' , ere uaimporiact. FBOH. Tt!E UNITED hTAT.-.S. Eichmom), D. c. !C!h. 1S-U. United Btatta psp.rs, cf thj 8'.h last, l ave Icon u ecived. The Hetald' news aammary aaya th: thi arni'cg ni!(Cl Thomia and Hoed atill eoufroat cash o'hDr in V.i s vioii.; y of Nashville. On Tueadsy there was Ekirm'shipf acd Loivy c;;i:ro . adirg. Both aides are BLreEgeuiDg thci; reject vu n, tiocs. . On Monday Gen. Uocd rent a flig cf tracoto G: r,. rdl Thomas, propoeiDR an exchaj ce ol prisciicra. Ti e l-rt r repiisd tbat tha men ke Lndcaptard had been scst ward, atjd were bC'jrontihi3 control. Hood's headqarteia, oa Tnoeday, were a'x roil n f .u-jj ofNathTille. KueBtau itd tllilroy Li-ld Vorfrcbhor't.' A body of rebels aaraa.lt.ed a block house near t! 1.1 .ro cn Moitdij, but were driven off wi h a loH tf his pi.-cta cf artillery and a Eumber of prisoLC S. Detroit Is aain greatly excited by tlio aal!cipati:n cf a raid frcm Canada Lincoln mado a short cpccali on Wedncd ly rkht to a sereaading party. H,e had no giod uewa to t(-!I thcra : tet he had ne bad news. Tho nv.st luiercstia.-r n.'na n.w -i from Shermac. Wo all know where Le went in at but i can't tell where Le vill come out. Ilo xrcuoeLd tli.-.-r. chGers f r Sherman The New York gold ma'ket wa3 cxcri'cd by a b'.l! intro duced into Congress prohibiting Bjiec ila'i ju in gold, r.ui by the tone of LJscolu'a Message. Taj litcet q lotatiots were 242. Oa Tuesday guerrillas captured and burned 1 slo r.t r and a stBim tn-at tie mouth cf Warwick river, tl miles abovo Fort; ess Monroe OFFICIAL Fli'Jil ;KN. LI.U. Dicn aoND, Deo. 11th. 1S-U. Au cffioisl to'egram frcm (?ereral Lfe, yesteidiy. (loth inat.,) Eaj b that Hampton, after driving tho near, 's c iv i!- ry upon htn infantry, on ike aftercoou cf tha Sih rrci . . I the Nottaway river ard reached Bel'Jald at dali ,;: t "f;t.ior- day. In the afternotn the ei eruy attr.tk d onr -o-i k;i .t 'hey were ucceKBfully rcaijted. Ibis moraiur t!j c.i -.-.iy is reported retiring aid Hampton f dlowL g Ue-ri. "I'hu triage ever Mth-.nia liver w baveJ. Ca- J05, an f..r j kaown, ia Binail. Tha gtrrUoa uridrCol (Jarr.ctt, 1 - tcrvas, bahaved well. About nooa ;,cserd.y tin fi t :: vloioH of the. 2ad corpi of the cn'-ruy, bapporti- :r 'h r cavalry, forood back our cavalry picked on tho V-fjbn Road, Bouth ol the Appomattox, and ndvana?d towa-dd Diuwiddie Court Hou'e. To-day our cavalry, b.:i ro inforced by iafaatry, drove thorn b;ck acrcaj flu'cuer'd Run, cjpturlEg a few priaonsra and ic-Ctaliii-.i.in,j w: b'aea. FiiO i EUP.OPB. KlCUJIONB. liC. 11th, l?Ci. Earopoan advicCB of tho 23d sta'e that it w.h mpirti-u at Scutbaaipton thit Scmme' asw hip had ppruu;; ah-a!c ana was wieoKuanear fflacierra. The Times, cooimestiug on tho rc election of l iaj' i:., aaya that England will probably b9 eacr ia LU than -;tiKr hands; that he hiis gone through a con-s': cf d'-firr tv.id iBHulticg England, and we hopa h j will not repeat tha c.v petiuieat. Tka Cccfedirate loan has advacoed, cIoirg atelaty tro to sixty-four. Cotton has ft'1t'aced two pencj. FHO!i PEriiR-,Bui;a. PiTiKiBL'Ha, Dec. ll'h, 18(31. The enemy attacked our forces at Hlcksford u FriJny af ernoon and was signally repaieed. Tcstcrday ionr: i g ho retreated and was cLjbely pursued by our c.tv dry. Daring the retreat the entmy'a flii k waa Beveral tm- n struck by onr toicea, who, it is bliavd, did much execu tion, and capture 1 a number ot pennon. The enemy's colamn, it ii now thaatit, i rotura'rig d a comfltted to our front, havirg been iujov9iful oly in rob bing the oit'zmi of Busses County. A division of the enemy's infantry, with cavalry, ad vanced upon our right yesterday, but were LaaJrf rr.( ly driven back, with the loss of a few prisoners, a:.dtoa c killed aad weunded. FBOil THE UNITED aTATli.S. Kichmond, Di e. 11th, 15(51. Northern papers of tin 9 h last. hvo bf:on received. A Nabhvil'e telegram of Tturvdiy (i b) reports miticis at the front as having ucdergne ro ch iotr.0 Btiveral Federal guuboats attempted u )nuccetsfa,!y on Wednesday nikt to dialodge a Coatederate la!tery, ;our teen rcilc3 below Nashville. Forrest is said to havo arors'rd the 'uaib-rlir.d river. Tho impression prevaili at NashvilL) tbat Hood is evacu ating hi: position, tearing to 1 )k oa attack, f t ii nup pcBod that ho has commccod a inovernnnt to Kttucky. Ciiaae has b;en appointed cucccandr to Taney. In the SoLate oa Thoreday, Davis gave notice cf a j .int resolution for the retoration cf peace and ths Uni m. Eeward In a letter to Minifctr Ad imi, refrmen t u!lo tho agent of th Lly rpool b rair vi- it the mi it .ry p-i-eoes ia the Northera States to distribute aid to tlcfod r ate prisoners.. The letter i very B.rcatiic on Br iti.h fyrn pathiaers wi:h the Confederacy, and thinks tbat th j iu:-ur-ger,ts, in ccmriion with ell of .ur country rr en, vill rcjee ia being saved by their I05 al govjr!jrrent from thia grave insnlt of Lord Wbarnchr'fiee acd hia associates. Go)d eloacd on the 8th at 240. CONPEDEUATE COSOHrbB. Ejchmokd, Dec. ll'h, 18Gt Tho Sosata w&a not in sea:ion yesterday. In the Heuse the exemption bill reported from the Mili tary Committer repeals all foraor laws, on the subject, and proposes to exempt all unfit for mi iury service, tha Vice Frcnidfiit, members ar.d effiurs of Congress State Li gisla toraand such other Confederate and Kiate effloersas the President or lhj lawB cf their respective Statca may declare to bi necesBaiy ; L'inisters cf Belhiioa not ergaged in buy ing or selling lor profit; aaployeea of Acylum.; on; r dl tor for each newspsper and Buch practical Prin'.crs as Is presnnrd to be indispetBable to its publica tion ; ore ekiiled apothecary in each store ; all prac ticing physicians hetetcfora exempt, and not enad in buying or eeliiag their fees to be fixed by a board ct CommbBion'ors ia ezch State ; all teachers heretofore exempt ; tlo EU R,ad exeTptioni are renew ed with some modification; exemptions on religi joa groanda are continued oa the condition that the exempts pay an annual tax of Ave hurrdrcd djilars, and sell their siridns produots at echodule price . Tha last section author;' 3 the President to grant other exemptions cr details cn ac- conat of pubilo necessity, Jiatice or equity. PaOM THE UNITSD STATE; AND EUEOPB. KicnaoKD, Dee. 12, 13C1. Kew York papers of the 10th, have been received. Naahville telegrann of the 9th, report th? weatbar very oo!d and a heavy stoim of snow and ha 1 had prevailed all day. The rebel Hue appears iut&ct. No indications of an attack or of the rebels rmaing away. Gnnboats wont down the river again on t'ne .h, and en gaged aad Bllencsd the rebel batteries and returned to the city. The rebelt are Btill thro wing up earthworks. A rebel brigada kosgonia thedirsotian 0! Murfrel-bcio'.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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