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WEDNESDAY, JAN
WESTERN sutimitßM.
We have a nunibct of sitliscribilmecat; ,
tered over the Weetcrn Steps who lave
received the IVlesselager over three yearn
and a half without paying us a cent. If
all our patrons were like these friends, we
e on the townallip"4 in thirty
ys. We again specially invite this class
r sukseribers p u •tolt e CaP
Whis °rise sad r and if WAY can
not comb in person' and settle theft. sub
-egsriptiono; they can r ~ nit us the wenonnt
rine by mail at ,onr risk. No expose for
deloy,-gestletneri-Lsend *long the money
if ibilaili4lo4 the paper.
WEk t 0 BE THANKFUL FOR.
Chicago Poet enumerates the tol
l...ant reasons why we should give thanks
this year
1. Because the air we breathe is still
tree, and not taxed for internal revenue.
2. Becaime Greelty's 900,000 men are
still liable to be drafted.
3. Because one rebel isn't equal to five
lJnion men.
4.- Bicau9e greenbacks 4ire not worth
less than fifty benti!L on the dollar.
5. Because printing paper isn't half a
dollar a pound.
23ectause the rebel army is hemmed in
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
and has 'fio other alternative but to fight
te.'not to fight.
7. Because the rebels still protest their
intention to "die in the last ditch," (giv
irig ground for a suspicion that they expect
to die scene time or other.)
8. Because the radicals have not yet
prevailed upon the President to mini the
moon into green cheese by proclamation.
9. Because "Washington is safe."
NEGRO PAtITERIBK.---11NOLE UM.
The Journal of Commerce has this arti
cle
CUDTHING VIM CONTRABICADIL-^lt is
reported that a contract for the manufac
ture of 50,000 suits for contrabands has
berm - Awarded to an extensive clothing
house in this city."
It is not only "reported"—but it is true
.ketirnest—fact. 60,000 negro nairpers
are to be clothed by Uncle Sam--and the
contract fot the clothing is here in New
York I
The authority thus to use, (a+ misuse the
paths money; thus to appropriate from
the Treasury without act of Congress, one,
once, could well inquire into, and dispute,
but this new theory of " the War Power"
"swam," "ordains" anything, everything,
and takes not only money from the Treag , -
Ury + without consent of congress, but even
from individital pockets—if it wills.— [N.
.1r; Express.
"UNCLE SAWS TAILOR SLIOP.—The Lo-
OR (Ohio) Gazette thus hits off the con
tzpo the_civverptuent has wade with a
-sew York firm to furnish 50,000 suits of
clothing for the contrabands :"
Ca* S all yoa''Free Americans of African de-
scant,"
Do wisest ob alt "measures" gtts de &fiber
= meat's consent !
Aille'roordered to de Tailor Shop, to git our
:.. • A "measures" took
-Parka* shoddy in the case, flit Uncle Sam's
da "crook!"
Cassar--Sambo—Pompey !
Be movin o' your Boots—
And go down to de Tailor Shop,
Arid git vo' bran new suits!
Pe lady-killin' Gumbo has gone and got his
L, close,
4pd makes a big scemisation now, in ebory
ecetad he goes ,
tie wears a fur:trimmed obercoat, and broad
cloff pantaloons;
'And wla de ladies passes all de bressed actor-
';_ppons
Caesar—Sambo—Pompey
) . 4 e movie ob yo' boots—
And go to Uncle's Tailor Shop,
And pick yo' out yo' suite
G 6 !—foh de Gubertnent has lots of suits
• to snake
Dar is four million measures which de "crook"
. has gotta take
And story. mbrnin' airly de Shop is always
. •
And dit4dockais bery bieey wid de cotton goods
:ined•wool. •
VBe bonsai to hab a suit ab close—r II take a
long tailed Wins—
i). groaah•ma deytie green-backs make, and
• .roseana ob 'stn. too !
not ah de 'spenses stop, when to de shop
rim went ;
Dsy're paid by "Free Americans" oh 'Mexican
dement !
. Wt. Coessr—Sembo—Pompey !
Be movie ob yo' boots-t
-go. down to Uncle's Tailor Shop.
*ad git Y9' Sunday suits!
IT OPERATES 'ALREADY.
The rebel President, anticipating the
emancipation proclamation of President
Lincoln, issued an edict against Gep. But
ler and liis officers in New Orleans, and al
so against the negroes found in arms
against the rebel authority. On the first
pc as present month our. President issued
his:4ole, giving freedom to the three or
Any millions of slaves in the country; the
014 response we•have seen is the following,
from wills, of the 341 inst., and pub
lished is yesterday's papers here :
NAIL contrabands , captured on Federal
*soft testis* are shot. Twenty of the
are lying i a the Murfrees boro' pike."
Last week we published an account of
nineteen of these deluded and unfortunate
slaves being lung -in. Eastern Virginia;
and now , how Nashville, wit have an ac
count of twenty more having heen shot
Agiri — 1 1 144 0 ,m0d dogs. Now, who are to
bbmpKifie *is' monstrous condition of af
falser 404 , the poor victimised blacks;
*qv ash the innocent victims of our abo
lition teadliers, who have been laboring to
dl in the 'war for thr-Union into a bloody
war of extermination CA servile insurrec
tion 'lre &heftily see some of the effects
cortiolgtelltination. ty pOot victims,
with Whits in their kende. 110414IPPit
highway in. Ten nesess. T,ho PIPPlie
airlirinnp.ttiirlirltre Limo .
The decree has gone forth, and every slave
caught asserting his freedom will meet a
filar Oite ^ ,lithcae4ientioned. And this
ist tie htighoilog "1 the end of that ILE
i tiiion iih 4 has carried tlib eau n try from
one stile to auothe4 until there is noth-
I lag left to be dohe but the raising of the
f black flag,• which will bear upon its no
-1 earned folds, "take no prisoner,- and give
no quarter." When that time arrives,
which we fear iti not far distant, 'Melt
will civil war have reached a degree of
Isavage ferocity which the world has not
seen—Pitts. PoLi.
4, 1563,
The Abolition Proclamation.
THE SOLEMN PLEDGE
"I have no purpose ; threetly or in
directly, to interfere with the institu
tion of slavery where it exists. I
believe I have no lawful RIGHT to
do so." —Lincoln's inaugural Address,
March 4th, 1861.
HOW HE KEEPS IT.
PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.
Negroes Allotred to Serve In the
WASHINGTON, JANUARY 1, 1863.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMA
TION—Whereas, on the 23d day of
September, in the year of our Lord
1862, a proclamation was issued by
the President of the United States
ontaining, among other things, the
following to wit: That on the first
day of January, in the year of our
Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves
within any State, or designated part
of a State, the people whereof shall
be in rebellion against the United
States, shall be then, thenceforward
and forever free, and the Executive
Government of the United States,
including the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and
maintain the freedom of such persons,
and will do no act or acts to repress
such persons, or any of them, in any
effort they may make for their actual
freedom;
That the Executive will, on the
Ist day of January aforesaid, by
proclamation, designate the States
and parts of States, if any, in which
the people therein respectively shall
then be in rebellion against the
United States, and the fact that any
State and people thereof shall, on
that day be in good faith represent
ed in the Congress of the United
States, by members chosen thereto,
at elections wherein a majority of
the qualified voters of such State
shall have participated, shall, in the
absence of such strng counter
vailing testimony, he deemed con
clusive evidence that such State and
the people thereof' are not then in
rebellion against the United States.
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lin
coln, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me vested
as commander-in,Chief of the army
and navy of the United States, in
time of actual armed rebellion against
the authority and government of
the United States, and as a fit and
necessary war measure for suppress
ing the said rebellion, do, on this,
the first day of January, in the year
of our Lord, 1863, and in accordance
with my purpose so to do—publicly
proclaimed for the full period of one
hundred days from the day first
above mentioned—order and desig
nate as the States and parts of States
wherein the people thereof are this
day in rebellion against the United
States, the following, to wit :
Arkansas; Texas; Louisana, ex
cept the parishes of Saint Bernard,
Plaquemines, Jefferson, Saint James,
Ascension, Assumption, Terrebone,
Lafauche, Saint Martin, and Orleans,
including the city of New Orleans;
Mississippi ; Alabama ; Florida ;
Georgia ; South Carolina ; North
Carolina, and Virginia, except the
fortpeight counties designated as
West Virginia, and also the counties
of Berkley, Accomae, Northampton,
Elizabeth City, York, Pricess Anne,
and Norfolk, including the cities of
Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which I
excepted parts are for the present
left precisely as if the proclamation
were not issaed.
And by virtue of the power, and
for the purpose aforesaid, I do order
and declare that all persons held as
slaves within the said designated
States, and parts of said States, aro
and henceforward shall be free, and
that the gltecutive Government of
the United States, including the mil
itary and naval authorities thereof,
will recognize and maintain the free
dom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upor_ the peo
ple so declared to be free to abstain
from all violence unless in necessary
self defence, and I recommend to
them that in all cases, when allowed,
they lauor faithfully for reasonable
wages. And I further declare and
make known that such persons of
suitable condition will be received
into the armed service of the United
States to garrison forts, positions,
stations and other places, and to man
vessels, of all sorts in the said ser
vice, and upon this act, sincerely be
lieved to be an act of
,justice, war
ranted by the Constitution upon mil
itary necessity, I invoke the consid
erate judgment of mankind and the
gracious favor of Almighty God.
In "witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United Staten to be armed.—
Done at the City 4.4. Washingten, this
the first day of Jamiary, in the year
of our Lord, 1868, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States of
America the 87th.
ABBAHAIi LINCOLN.
By tho President,
Wm. H. SEWARD, Sec'y. of State.
v-The proprietors of the True
Presbyterian, Louisville, Ky., give
notice that they expect to resume
the publication of that paper early in
Yanuary, 1863.
Army.
ALBANY . , Jan. : 76-74.111Wern or Sey
mour sent in kris message to the
Legislature toed '., On -the subject
•of national afkiris, he says that not
only is national life at stake, but
every personal, every family, every
sacred interest involved. The truths
of our financial and military situa
tion must not be kept back. There
must be no attempt to put down the
expression of public opinion. Af
frighted at the ruin they have
fraught, the authors of our calami
ties at the North and South, insist
that this War hits been caused by an
unavoidable contest about slavery.
This has been the subject and not the
cause of the controversy. We are to
look for the causes in the pervading
disregard of the obligations of the
laws and constitution and disregard
for the 'constituted authorities, and,
above all, in the local prejudices
which have; grown up in the two por
tions of the Atlantie States—the two
extremes of our country. There is
no honest statement of our difficul
ties which does not teach that our
people must reform themselves as
well u s the conduct of the govern
ment and the policy of its rulers.—
It is not too late to save our coun
try, if we will enter upon the sacred
duty in the right spirit and in the
right way. Where it is the right of
Our government to decide upon mea
sures and policy, it is our duty to
obey and give a ready support to
their decisions. This is the vital
maxim of liberty. This war should
have been averted, but its flood gates
were opened.
The Administration could not
grasp dimensions nor control its
sweep. The government was borne
along with the current and strug
gled as best it could With the resist
less tide. Few seemed able to com
prehend its military or financial
problems. Hence we arc not to sit
in harsh judgment upon errors in
conduct or policy; but while we con
cede all these excuses for mistakes,
we are not to adopt errors nor sanc
tion violations of principles. The
same causes Which extenuate their
faults in judgment must make it
more vigilant to guard against their
influences.
The Governor urges that econerny
and integrity in the administration
of affairs aro vital in periods of war.
He says meddlings and intrigues
have 'thwarted and paralyzed the
valor of our soldiers and the skill of
our Generals within the influence of
the capitol, while our armies have
gained victories in Acids remote there:
from.
The Governor says the national
constitution must be held inviolable,
and he contends that the rights of
States must be respected as not less
sacred, A consolidated government
would destroy the essential home
rights and the liberties Of the people,
On the subject of arbitrary arrests,
he says : The suppression of journ
als and the imprisonment of persons
has been glaringly partizan, Con
scious of these gross abuses, an at
tempt has been made to shield the
violators of law, and suppress inquiry
into - their motives and conduct.—
This attempt will fail. Unconstitu
tional ants cannot be shielded by un
constitutional law, I shall not in
quire what right the States in rebel
lion have forfeited, but I deny that
this rebellion can suspend a single
right of the citizens of the loyal
States: I denounce the doctrine that
civil war in the South takes away
from the loyal North the benefits of
one principle of civil liberty. It is a
high crime to abduct a citizen of this
State. It is made my duty by the
Constitution to see that the laws are
enforced ; 1 shall investigate every
alleged violation of our statutes, and
see that offenders are brought to jus
tice. Sheriffs and District Attorney's
are admonished that it is their duty
to take care that no person within
their respective countieE, are impris
oned, nor carried by force beyond
their limits, without the duo process
of loyal authority.
The Governor, at some length,
condemns the exercise of power un
der the martial law as destructive of
the rights of States, and of the Leg-
islature and judicial departments of
the General Government. He de
clares that the President's emancipa
pation proclamation is impolitic, un
just and unconstitutional, and calcu
lated to create many barriers to the
restoration of the Union, and ho ac
companied by a firm and conciliatory
policy to restore our Union with Ihe
least possible injury to both sections.
The Governor concludes : "At this
moment the fortunes of our country
are influenced by the results of the
battles of our army in the field,
which must he supported. All con
stitutional demands of our General
Government must be promptly re
sponded to. Under no circumstances
can a division of the Union be
conceded. We will put forth every
exertion of power. We will use ev
ery policy of conciliation. We will
hold out every inducement to the
people of the South to return to
their allegiance consistently with
honor. We will guarantee them ev
ery right, every consideration de
manded by the Constitution and by
that fraternal regard which must
prevail in a eommor country, but
we never can voluntarily consent to
the breaking up of the Union of these
States or the destruction of the Con
stitutipm"
WANTEO:
FIVE THOUSAND customers to
limy my boots, shoes, hats and which
I have reduced in price, notwith
standing the rise in boots and shoes,
hats and caps. I will sell the balance
of my large stock at old prices, in or
der to make room for my Spring
Stock. All in need of anything in
my line will find it greatly to their
advantage to give me a call as you
can save money by so doing.
• C. LIGHTCAP.
Plus of tt fag.
Thee hierfreesbore Battlti—The
Rebels Retreating.. Gen. Ron
eieralis' Report.
Murfreesboro advices received hi
LoulisVille last night, represent the
Federal victory as complete The en
tire rebel army is falling back toward
Tullahoma in great disorder. Gen
eral Rosecrans telegraphs to General
Ira Heck the following report :—On
the 26th of December we marched
front li - ashVille in three columns, Mc-
Cook's corps by the Nashville pike,
Thomas' from its encampment on the
Franklin pike, via Wilson's pike, and
Crittenden's on the main Murfrees
boro pike. The left and center met
with a strong resistance, such as the
nature of the country, rolling or hil
ly, routes skirted by- cedar thickets
and interspersed by small streams,
with rocky bluff banks, forming se
rious obstacles. General McCook
drove Hardee's: corps a mile and a
half from Nolinsville, and occupied
the place.
Cri'aenden reached within a mile
and a half of Lavergne. Thomas
reached the Wilson pike, meeting
with no serious opposition, On the
27th McCook drove Hardee from
Nolinsville, and pushed a reconciler
ing division six miles towards Shel
byville, and found that _Hardee had
retreated towards Murfreesboro.—
Crittenden fought., and drove the en'
ems before him, occupying the lino
of Stewart's Creek, capturng some
prisoners, with but a slight loss.—
Thomas occupied the vicinity of Nol
insville; where he was partially sur
prised and thrown into confusion and
driven back. Sheridan's division re
pulsed the enemy four times, and
protected the flank of the center,
which not only held its own, but
advanced 111)01 this untoward event,
which compelled me to retain the
left wing to support the right until
it should be rallied and assume a new
position
On the first, the rebels opened by
attack on us, and were again re
pulsed: On the second, skirmishing
along the front, w;th threats of an
attack until abort three in the after
noon, when the. enemy advanced in a
small division thrown across Stone
river to occupy the commanding
ground. While reconnoitering the
ground occupied by this division,
whiCh had no artillery, I saw a heavy
force emerging from the woods, and
adVancing in line of battle, three '
lines deep: they drove our little divis
ion before them, after a sharp con
test, in which we lost seventy Or
eighty killed and three hundred and
seventy-five wounded, but they were
repulsed by Negley's division and
the remaining troops of the left wing,
headed by Morton's pioneer brigade,
and fled far over the field and beyond
their entrenchments, the officers ral
lying them with great difficulty.—
They lost heavily, We occupied the
ground with the left wing last night.
The lines were completed at four
o'clock in the morning. This occu
pied my time until tour o'clock and
fatigued the troops.
The commencement of the retreat
was known to me at seven o'clock
this morning. Our ammunition
train arrived during the night. To
day we engaged in distributing the
ammunition, burying the dead, and
coilecting the arms from the field of
battle. The pursuit was commenced
by the center, the two leading Sri
gades arriving on the west side of
the Stone river this evening. The
railroad bridge was saved, but in what
I condition is not known. We shall
occupy the town and push the pur
, suit to-morrow.
The Medical Director estimates the
wounded in the hospitals not short
of 5,500, and our dead at 1,000. We
have to deplore the less of Lieut Col.
Garesche, whose capacity and gen
tlemanly deportment had already en
deared him to all the officers of this
command, and whose gallantry in
the field of battle excited their ad
miration. (Signed)
W. S. RosEettaxs, Maj. Gen. Com.
In a later dispatch, dated the 4th,
Gen. Roseerans says : Following my
dispatch of last evening, I have to
announce that the enemy are in full
retreat. They left lust night. The
rain having raised the river, and
the bridge across it betwcun the left
and center being incomplete, I deem
ed it prudent to withdraw that wing
during the night
LATER FROM THE BATTLE FIELD.
The Nashville correspondent of
the Associated Press telegraphs the
following:—The rebels attacked our
forces at seven o'elock p. in., on Sat
urday. They were posted strongly
in rifle pits, and were repulsed with
terrible slaughter. The fight contin
ued two hours. At 1 o'clock, Sunday
morning, the rebels commenced to
retreat. At noon Stanley's cavalry
entered Murfreesboro', and captured
a number of prisoners, guns and
stores. The federals, on Sunday
morning, in force, occupied Murfrees
boro'. The enemy has gone to Tulla
homa.
Fifty-four hundred of our wounded
are in Murfreesboro. No Confeder
ates or guerrillas are on the road,—
Gen. Cheat ham is reported killed
by a shell in a house at Murfrees
boro. The enemy is whipped out
and gone. The Cumberland river
has risen four and a half feet since
last night. Other sources say that
the Federal are driving the rebels
towards Tullahoma,.
EAD(WARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CUMBERLAND, Jan. sth '63.
To Major General Banta., General
in -Chief
We have fought one of the great
est battles of thu war and are victo
rious.
Our entire supeess on the 31st was
prevented by a surprise of the right
flank, but we have, nevertheless,
beaten the enemy after a three days'
battle.
They fled ; with great precipitation,
on Saturday night. • •
The last of their columns of naval- I Oatier's East Tennessee Expedition.
ry left this morning. Their loss has
been very heavy. , Great Destruction of Rebel Property.
Gene. Rains and Hanson are kill
550RetialsAllled, Wounded and
ed. Gens. Clardon, Adams andl
,aria, tee.; apc
Breckinridge wounded.
W; S. ROSECRANS.
NAsnvitor,E, Jan. 6.—Over 600 reb
el prisoners and 19 commissioned o.
fivers were brought in tb evenitv:.
Unofficial r: orts state that canon
ading: was heard some teri miles from
MurAteesbo:;=2;.
Our forces are pursuing the rebels
Bragg may make a stand at
lahoma.
Our )ess in killed and wounded won't
reach 10,000. 7he rebel loss is dou
ble that of ours.
The wounds of our soldiers are
mostly slight.
The best buildings in Nashville are
taken fOr hospitals aL .1 the wounded
wilt be well cared for.
News from the front is meagre and
unimportant.
There is four feet on the shoals
- Weather clear and cold.
Col. Dickey's Cavalry Raid.
The particulars.of the raid of Col.
Dickey upon the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad are given as follows in a
letter from Holly Springs :—Colonel
Dickey, with eight hundred men
from the Seventh Illinois and Second
lowa, started eastward from Water
Valley, and reaching Tupelo, sent
two companies of the Second lowa
to burn the trestle work on the rail
road north and south of that place.
Another detachment was dispatched
to Coonewar, where a quartermaster
of Bragg's army was captured while
on a :visit to relations. The rail
road depot containing a large
amount of commissary stores was
burned and all the bridges, five of
them large ones, from thirty-four
miles from Saltillo to Oxolona, com
pletely destroyed. This was done
to delay or divert the movement of
rebel cavalry in the direction of Cor
inth or Jackson, and the affair result
ed quite successfully as far as that is
concerned. Colonel Dickey reports
verbally the destruction of fifty
thousand bushels of corn at Okolona,
besides the commissary stores, five
thousand feet of heavy timber for re
pairing trestles, and the capture of
two hundred prisoners, including
cavalry, scouts, and cotton burners,
together with one hundred and four
new wall-tents, and eighteen boxes
infantry equipments.
The MeCleruand ExpeOhiou
A special dispatch from the Yazoo
river says - , —The advance of the ezc
pedition down the Mississippi river
was marked by much destruction of
property. lialt of the town of Fri
ar's Point was burnt down. The
plantation building at the mouth of
White river were also burned.—
Gaines' Landing was destroyed. A
thousand cords of wood around Milli
ken's fend were entirely burned up.
At every land;ng place the troops
applied the torch. We arrived at
the mouth of the Yazoo on Christ
mas morning, and moved into the
river on the 26th, debarking the
troops on the 27th, eighteen miles
above, Vicksburg. The army moved
forward early. The day has been
spent in building bridges to cross the
creeks and bayous. Sherman reports
that he will be on the bluffs back of
Vicksburg at midnight to-night.—
The whole army is ordered to ad
vance at daylight to-morrow. There
was some desultory skirmishing to
day, the enemy resisting the buil l
ing of bridges. There was no great
toss on Our side, and the work was
prosecuted without interruption and
with success.
Everything is encouraging and
promises the speedy and victorious
termination of the seige. The ene
my is reported fourteen thousand
strong, and strongly entrenched.—
The rifle pits extend entirely around
Yielvsburg two miles from town.—
Seventy guns are in position on the
Mississippi front. The gunboats
made a demonstrstion on the batter
ies on Haines' Bluff this afternoon.—
The action lasted an hour and a quart
er and was quite brisk. The enemy
revealed seven heavy rifled guns. all
mounted in separate batteries on the
face of the bluff. Their position is
formidable, defending a raft that ob
stracts the river.
Our troops are now getting in the
rear for an attack on Vicksburg on
Monday. Parragut and Banks have
not yet arrived, but is hourly expect
ed. Jeff. Davis: was at Vicksburg
from Saturday until Tuesday morn
ing.
Important from Vicksburg—
Five Days hard Fighting, so
A Memphis special, of the 2d, to
the Cincinnati Commercial says :
By the gunboat Rattler, Captain
Lanthorne, which has arrived direct
from Vicksburg, we aro in possession
of additional particulars ,>f the great
tight for the possession of that city.
Tlia Rattler left Vicksburg on Mon-
day morning. At the time she left,
a terrific fight had been in progress
for five days. The attack was made
en Wednesday. Up to Monday
morning Sherman had succeeded in
possessing three lines of the enemy's
works. The firing on the fourth and
last line of defences, on the Jackson
and Vicksburg Railroad, had ceased,
and the indications were that it had
been surrendered. This last line of
fortifications from the rear was just
two miles from Vicksburg. The im
pression of the officers of the Rattler
is that there is no doubt of the fall of
Vicksburg betbro this time.
ler In consequence of the threats
of Jeff. Davis against Gen. Butler
and his officers, commis9ioned
officers iu our hands will be retained,
and only privates and non-commis
sioned officers given up. To this ex
tent the exchange will continue.
iForty-eight missionaries are
now in the service of the American
Baptist Homo Miseipp Society.
11 EADQUARTERS, CINCINNATI, Jan.
7.—Maj Gen. 11. WHeck, Gen.-
in-Chiet : I have just received a dis
patch iroin Maj General G. Granger.
that the cavalry forces. about 1,000
men, which he sent to East T mines
e,eo on Dec. 21st by my order, under
command of Brig. Gen. P. Carter, to
destz'oy the East Tennessee railroad
bridge, Sze., has been heard from.
Gen. Granger has just received a dis
patch from Gen. Carter at Manches
ter, on his return, gating on the 30th.
he entirely destroyed the Union and
Nat uaga bridges with 4u miles of rail
road.
550 rebels were killed, wounded
and taken prisoners; 700 stand of
arms and a large amount of flour,
salt and other rebel stores, also a lo
comotive and two ears captured and
destroyed. H. L. WRIGHT,
Maj. Gen.
Exciting from Vicksburg ! !
Our Army in a Perilous Position !!
CAuto, Jan. 7.—We have ono days'
later intelligence from Vicksburg of
a highly interesting and exciting
character. The rebels have concen
trated all their forces from Jackson
and Grenada, and all along the line
of road, amounting to 65,000 men at
Vicksburg.
This overwhelming force attacked
Gen. Slierman on Monday causing
him to fall back to his first line of
defences. The rebel entrenchments
and fortifications extend back from
the city six miles. General Sherman's
force had fought itself to within two
miles of the city, when he was at
tacked ny the superior force of the
rebels.
The fighting on Sunday is repre
sented as having been desperate in
the extreme. Batteries and fortifi
cations were taken and retaken;
whole regiments, and even brigades,
fought hand to hand over their guns,
for the possession of the defences.—
The Fourth lowa regiment lost six
hundred men killed, wounded and
missing. General Hovey, with fif
teen hundred men, was sent to ex
ecute a special order, but since then
had not been heard from. Fears
are entertained for his safety..
Nothing has yet been beard from
the Federal forces below, nor can we
learn that our gunboats have taken
any part in the action.
It is reported that rebel steamers
are crossing from the _Louisiana shore
to Vicl;slourg, and are supposed to be
car ryirg reiuforcements tp the reb
els.
The last accounts stated that the
rebel Gen. Holmes was marching in
ethe direction of Vicksburg, and that
it was not improbable that lie had
already arrived there.
General Zit L. Smith, of the U. S.
A., has been wounded in the breast.
There was some fighting on Tuesday
morning after Sherman had fallen
back, but it was thought that he
could maintain his position. The
report that Sherman was reinforced
by Grant is incorrect.
It is reported that Gorman is evac
uating llelena, Arkansas, with the in
tention of occupying Napoleon.—
Gen. Sherman's loss estimated at
tour thousand to five tboaand.—
Tiains are running on the Memphis
liailroud to Lagrange. General Jo
seph E. J,..linson commands the rebel
forces at Vicksburg.
Important from Gen. Rosecrans.
Our whole loss at Murfreesboro' in
killed, wounded and mis s ing, says a
Louisville dispatch, is not over 7,000.
The rebels lost from 12,000 to 15,000.
Our army is chasing the rebels. Our
rear on the 6th was eight miles be
yond .lurfreesboro'. It is reported
that a rebel wagon train was cap
tured eighteen miles beyond .Mur
lreeshoro' On Monday. The rebel
General Raines was buried on Tues
day. No demonstration was allowed.
The bodies of Gen. _Hanson, Captain
Todd, of the 6th Kentucky, and
Capt Ferguson, of the Louisville Le
gion, were brought in yesterday.--
Considerable quantities of contra
band goods were captured by • our
pickets. Fur several days the weath
er has been cold. The river is on a
stand.
Ayer's Compound Extract
Sarsaparilla.
Nil one remedy is more ttemied in this country Man
a re!iahle A LIEHATIVE, but the sick have been so
tremendously cheated by the worthless oteparatious
of ts:alsaparina abroad that they are disgusted even with
the name. Yet the drug cannot be Manual Mr the. im
posittons from which they have stifle:ed. Most of the
so-called Stosapatillas. in Me market contain Mlle of
the virtues of Sarsaparilla or any Ming else. Tli,y are
mere slops—inert Ind worthless, while a concentrated
extract ;if the active variety of Sarsaparilla compound
ed writ' Dock, Stelingia,:lodine, etc.. is, as it will ever
be, a powerful alterative and an effectual remedy. Such
is ' yer's Extract of Sarsaparilla, as j:s truly wonder
ful mires of the great variety of complain's which re•
(mire an alterative elediCie a bare abundantly show u.
DO not, therefore, discard this Myatt; ;Me medicine be
cause you have been imposed upon by something prts.
tending to ha Sarsaparilla, while it was not. When
you have used A'im's—thee, and not till then, will
you know the virtues of Sarsaparilla. For minute par
i rulers Of tan liseares it cures, we refer you to Ayer's
American Almanac, which the agents below named
will furnish gratis to all who call for it.
A vsn's GATIIAIRTIC Pima, for tie cure of Costive
ness, Jaum:ice, Dyspepsia, indigestion, Dlseutary,
Foul Stomach, Ileadadm, Piles, Rheumatism. Herat
burn arising moo Disordered Stomach, Pail', or Mot
hid Inaction of the Bowels, Flatulency, Loss of appe
he, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, %Yantis, Gout. Neural
gia, and for a Dinner Pill.
They are saga -coated, so that the most sensitive ran
take them plensantly, and they are the tweet Asperiet t in
the world for all the purposes of a family physic.—
Pries 25 Cents per Box ; Fine Boxes for SS.
po not he put ntf by unprincipled dealers with some
other pill they make more profit on. Ask for AYER'S
and fake nothing else. Pio other they can give
you compares with this in its intrinsic value or curativs
powers. The sick want the best aid there Is for them,
and they should have it.
Prepared b), , Dr. J. C. AYER 4- CO., Lowell, Mass
SOLD
1. CELSIGIL, WK. A. POILTM and S. A Tar
VEV, Wayneshure, and one trader in every lown in the
coonmy. Jan. 13, 1r0.4•
ORPHANS! COURT SALLE.
BY virtue and in pursuance of an order of the Or
phans' Court of Greene county, there will be ea
ctpsee to public sale on the preptises on
FRIDAY, FEBIZIIA R Y 20th, 1663,
"goo acres of land, more or less. situate in Jeffer
son township, adjoining lands of Eli Long, WiltiaLi
Gwypn, Jacob Rush, Abraham litout and it there.—
A bout 100 acres of which is cleared. and Mu thereon
erected a two army frame dwelling house. There is
also an apple orchard thereon, and the land well tim
bered and watered, and well adapted to grazing.
TEltktd:—Ont-third at eon ion wde, one
third it one year thereaft,/ and - the residue in two
yeas. Said Wit isSCJaeob Illizenhaugh, deed., lad
will be sold by rue as his adstinistrillor.
Jaw 7, issiw, WM. DEVALL.
SIZEILUT'S SALLE&
Exponas, asuedput of the Court of COO
1100r Vistne of Mind?, Write: of Fieri Facing and Veil-
JllOll Pleas of Greene county, and to me directed, there
w ill h e exposed to public sale at the Court House, in
Waynesburg., en Saturday, the 7th day of February
next, at one o'clock, p. in., the thllowim , ' property, viz:
All the tight, title, interest and claim of John C. nutty,
of, in and to the following described property, situate
ihthe 'Bor.of Uarmichaels, Greene , 0., Pa., hounded
and described as follows, vii. : lots Nos. eight and nine
in the original plan of said town, lot Nu. - 9 fronting
on George street on the South 50 feet, and bounded
• on the west by Pine street, and running back 150 feet
, to whisk,,, alley. and bwlllifftd an the north by Whis
key alley. and on the east by lot No. and having
erected thereon a large frame stable ; hut No. 8 front
ing un George street 50 feet and running back 15(1 feet
to an alley.boutided on the south by George street, on
the west by lot No 9. oil the north by Whiskey alley,
and on the east by lot of B. M. limner. Also, lot No.
sixty, in the original plan of said town, fronting on
Market street 50 :eet, and running back 150 feet to an
alley, bounded oo the east by Market street, on Alre
north Ire 0 recite street, on the west by Walnut alley,
and on the south by lot of .1. It. Wood; and having
erected thereon a large Into story log and frame house
and kitchen, all weather boarded, smoke house, large
frame stable and carriage !muse, and other out build
ings;there is also a well of water in the yard and ev
ery variety of fruit trees upon the premises. Also, lot
No. ~ix, and the one-ballot lot No. Ave, in the origi
nal plan of said town, said lots adjoin each other, and
front on Plne street 75 feet, and run back 150 feet to an
alley ; the said lots nu ether apt.bcatinted on the West
by Pine street, on the south by Whiskey Alley, on the
east by Maple alley, and on the north by lot of Henry
Sliarpneck, (being the other half of lot No. 5;) there
is erected mion lot No. f a large two story brick house
and frame kitchen, and also there is every variety of
fruit trees neon the premises. Also, two lots under
tmce, being lots Nos. One and two in the original plan
ofsaid town, each lot fronting on Pine street 50 feet
and running back 150 leer to an adey ; lot No. two
bounded nn the west by Pine street, on the north by
lot No. 011 e, Oh the east by Maple alley, and on the
south be lot of James (Ace; Lot No. one hounded on
the we,/ by Pine sneer. on the north by Strawberry
all. y. on the east by .Maple alley, and WI the south by
bit No. 2. Also. one, half acre of land. noire or less,
situated in Old Town, and being in the borough of
Carmichaels, bound-d by Muddy Creek on the cast, on
the north by lot of .1. U. Burnett, and by road and
bridge on the west and su n lit west, and having erected
thereon a two story frame lions,,•. and kitchen, smoke
house stone stable and a well of water.
Taken in Execution as the property ofJ C Hufty,
alias John C !tufty, at the suit 0 l James Lazzell,
ALSO,
A:I the right, title, interest and claim of Wm. Schuller,
of, in and to a certain tract of land situate in Cumber
land tp., Greene county, Pa., bounded on the east
by
the 51011ring:theta river, oil the south by land of John
Fuller, on the west by lands of.lobit Crago, and on the
north by lands ofJosepli Crago and others. containing
one hundred acres, more or less, whit about seventy
acres cleared, and hawing erected thereon one hewed
log dwelling house and kitchen, log stable and other
outbuildings; also, a tenant hotn,e with garden attach
ed, there is an excellent apple (irritant cn the premises,
and other fruit trees, also an abundance of coal, and
the whole farm well watered, surd in a good state of
cultivation; front fifteen to twenty acres river bottom.
' Taken in execution as the property of William Schil
ler, at the suit of Presley Swan.
• A LSO.
All the right, title, interest and claim oflllorgan fledge,
surviving Joseph Scott, who were partners, doing
business as Hedge & Scott, of, in and to a certain lot
of ground, situated in Centre tp., Greene county, Pa.
adjoining lands of James Patterson, Caleb Grimes a
others, containing seven acres, more or less, all clear
and enclosed, and on which are erected a fran.e buil -
Mg, one and one half stories high, and used as a dwell
ing house and store room, a frame stable, and other
out haildings.
Taken iu execution as the property at Morgan Hedge
surviving Joseph Scott, who were partners, doing bus
iness as ••fledge & Scott, a. t the suit of !kooks, Fulton
& Co.
A LSO,
Ad the right. title, interest and claim of Samuel Rob
erts of, in and to a certain tract of land, situated
Centre to., Greene county, l'a , adjoining lands of Ed
ntond Smith, Thotttas 6mith , Win, Goodwin and oth
ers, containing one hundred and thirty rens, more or
less, about eighty live acres of which are cleared, and
has ereeted thereon one hewed log cabin dwelling
house, a new frame barn and other out buildings, also
a young n,chard of excellent)t ft nit trees.
Taken in executilin as the property of Satnuel Rob
erts at the suit of ft sa Ross.
Sheriff's Office, Waynes- ) THOS UTAH,
burg, Pa., Jan. 7, 1863. Sheriff.
I N N t n h e 3
J r p . b ri e , n !tie
rm u t t,6 o 2 f G I
n r etehnee
matter
of
the Partition of the Real Estate of Jacob Hia
enhaugh, deed. And now to wit, December 17th,
1662, the, Court award a Pleuteis writ °inanition upon
the following Real Estate of the dec'd., %iz tract of
land situated in Jefferson tp., Greene county, Pa., ad
joining lands of Eli Lone, Abraham Stout, William
Gwynn and others, contaloing cote hundred and sixty
acres, more or less.
you Lucas Prior, (Ilia of John Ilizenbaugh, Jacob
nixenbaugh, Isaac Ilixenbaugh and Bowen llizen•
hatigh, and each of on, are liere.by notified that en
Inquisition will be held on the above described prem
ises on the 3rd day of March, 1663, to make partition
and valuation of the said premises to and among the
heirs, When and where you may attend if you see
proper. THOS. LULAS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's (Jake, Waynesburg, Jan. 7, /663.
07LPILANS 1 COURT SALE.
- DV virtue of au order of the Orphans' Court of
XI Greene County, No. 37, June Term, 18112, the un
aersigne,l will expose to sale at public out cry en the
premises iti Franklin township, on the 11)111 day of
Feb., 1), 1883, the following tract of land situated in
Franklin tp , Greene county, Pa., combining ninety-six
acres and three perches, adjoining lands of John Maple,
William Orndolf and others, being purport, No. 1 in
the Partition of the Real Entitle of Isaac Shriver, late
of Franklin tp., dec'd.
TERMS OF SALE.—One third of the purchase mon
ey to he paid at the confirmation of the sale ; one
third in one year thereafter with interest from the date
of the confirmation of the sale, and the remaining third
o ln y ears thereaf.er, with interest from the date of
roefirinaiion in* ilie sale. THOS. LUCAS,
Slyritrs office. Waynesburg.. inn 7. '63 I Sheriff.
131 virtue and In pursuance at the directions contain
ed in the last witl and testament of Barnet 0. Neel,
late of Cumberland tp„ dec'd, and an order and decree
of the Orphans' Chnirt of Greene county, there will be
eiposed to public sale, on the premises, on
TIIURSD_I Y, JAN. 29th, 1863,
a tract of land situate in Cumberland township afore
said, at joining lauds ofJuo S. Flenniken, John Crago,
heirs of Thoinas an:het - son, dec'd. heirs of Win. Cloud,
deed, and others, containing
A 4 6 .411. 6 R E
more or less, about 160 arres of which are cleared, anti
has titer.on erected a brick house twn stones hirh, a
tratne barn, two tenant houses, &c. Said land is well
watered and well titnitered, and abounds in good stone
coal, limestone Sr.c. "Ilnd property is very desirable
on account of its location, b e i ng within one toil, of
thin Monoogsictda river, and well adapted to either
tannin; or grazing purposes. It will be sold in one or
two parcels, to suit purchasers. Terms made known•
00 day of sale. JAMES NEEL,
ALIFF N EEL,
Jan. 7,-3w. Elecatois of Burnet 0. Neel, dec'd.
GREENE HOUSE RE-OPENED.
Great Bargains in Dry Goods
-Ij,S just returusd frcoi the )astern cities with the
large -t stock of (1001)3 ever brought to this place,
%%luell was bought low and will be sold at about old
prices. for Cash or Produce. Ile Invites !articular at.
Ern Owl to his large Stuck of
XV.V. A. It he found at the "Greene House;" Joie
reinnin at the old room up town. Call soon at
either stand.
Wat Lesburg. Dee. 17, '152,
ODD FELLOWS SAYING ASSQCIATIO
ItAL I ATAWAtmI 3N21
Chartered by the Legislature MA. 27, '62
.1. F. RANDOLPH, President; .1 F. TEMPLE, Betty;
WM. A Pr I WIER. Cashier,
MAN AG CllB.—Wni. Da% is. IL. W. Downey, Norman
WffileY, D. W. J. 1,. A:cConnell, Josiah Por
ter.
1 . 1.1y'• • MI Rosiness Comaorlicatinna should be ad
thessed to Was. A. Porter, Way nesburg. Greene coun
ty, Pa. Collection• prompay attended to.
!mauls and Dis..tiate load o. Bus mesa day every
'rha.ralay. Dec. 3. 'li3.:6tnos,
lof Adininistrstion having been granted
by the Ilesistcr to the undersigned, upon the estate
Of Elias etillwellotlecessed, notice :is hereby given to
all persons indebted to said estate, to make immediate
pftymetit ; and those having claims against the same, to
present them duly autheiiiicated for settlement.
?CAW Ahi BELL,
Adeu'r Mosta tp.
B Y
Administrator's Notice.
T ElTEltel of A iimininua havie.g been granted
JI L A to the undersigned upon the eflai. Of MOBEP
11EN ItY,dec'd, of Centre tp., notice is hereby given to
all pier6oslll indebted to said estate to make immediate
pat men% and those having claims mightiest the stuns, to
present them duly auttreatemted far Sett!*went.
AtCPRENDA HENRY, Adm'r,
Jtteileire .7i.'6s. 61,
• Adminitsfristorls NOtlce.
Lsrralits °fa &ministration having heed padded to
i
the undersigned, aeon the estate of Elizabeth Zan
uteruton, deed.. late of Whiteley tp. Persoi.s knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are requested to
wane torwact a9O , NW 411, okutikimit 00" having
claims against said estate are requested to mean emaik
papally authestieaSettarsetthnatesit.
HENRY ZIMMERMAN, Adaer, WRRaIst IR.
Jae 7.11167,
LE 6AZ NOTICE.
MIIICUTOREP SALE.
AND ChniiiNG t
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
BOOTS AND CLOTHING 1
C 7. Xi°
Administrator's Notice.
1)41e.. IT. '62-61