, r , t , t'
Pittidityo Jane t 4
presume. He was, conveyed to his residence
but a short distance offi .in an insensible
state, and surrived but , a short time. He
was- aged 79 yeats, 1 month and 14 days.
AnothehOn' Tuesday, Mrs. Gorroste,
'rife of !dr. MiehaelllonderOiving - at — Wa=
terloe, fell suddenly dead. She was at an
advanced age, but in the enjoyment of her
usual health. Apoplexy is 'supposed to base
. been the cause of her death.
The , Proclamation.—Abraham Lincoln
(says the Press,) has proclaimed the down
fall of slavery in the United States. The
Proclamation we print this morning announ
ces his decree in brief, eloquent, and immor
tal sentences. It is not an argument, or a
defence, or a laration; it is simply the
frank announcemen of a brave and frank
dv ,b
man. Those who ex)
sot to read an invoca
tion to blood and massacre and rapine will
be surprised by'the si,snre and affectionate
warning of the President to the people whose
detveranee he proclaims. The beneficial
power that declares freedom does not incite
murder; it takes away the burden of nation
al death from the hereafter, and makes the
country of our children the country of free
men. This is the general thought that per
vades the Proclamation; but that which is
practical and immediate; is the conversion
of this silentooppressed, and anxion.s race
into active allies of the Union. It- adds a
reserve force to the army of the Union, and
makes three millidn of slaves three million
*table-bodied recruits, who have only to
ees the Uninu,banner to follow it with their
tires. It takes away the labor that sus
tains the power of the South, and adds to
the military power of the North. It is a
war measure, and will add strength to our
armies and glory to the object of the war.
These ideas should be impressed upon the
minds of all who read the Proclamation this
morning. Let the people accept this great
deed in the spirit that animates the Presi
dent, appreciating the beautiful sentiments
in which he declares it to be an act of jus
tice warrented , by the Ccustitution, upon
military necessity, and invokes the consider
ate judgment of mankini, and the gracious
favor of Almighty God.
Sest'enced.—The sentence of the law has
lren passed upon FREDERICK SMITH by
Judge Weisel, of the Circuit Court ter
Washington county, 3.1 d., for the murder of
Arms TRACY. The ller add states that
smith exhibited much more sensibility than
he did during the progress of the trial, shed
ding tears freely, and seeming for- the first
time to realize the awful doom impending
overt hivu. The governor has yet to desig
nate`---,
the day for his execution. „.
i rirrest of Desetters.—Three deserters,-U.
S. soldiers from Frederick, 'Md., were arres
ted near this place by 'Constable HERR, and
others, on Saturday last.„ It appears that
they robbed several individuals in Frederick
county, and were pursued to''''':this place by
3e parties . A ft er an' examination before
stice SfettEn they were sent to Chambers
-burg and lodged in jail. The roes have
since been claimed and taken b ck to Freda ,
erick.
taP Tennotee is dying of slaveliolding
treason. More than half her area has: been
deeolated by the horroni of civil war, and the
residue is likely soon to undergo a like :visi
tation. Treason will ndjer cease to poison
her blood while slavery remains. _ Cknweive
then, the infatuation of certain of-hetlea . ding
Unionists in caking that the proclamation of
freedom be not made operative on her mil
Why not petition that she be_ surrendered
to Jeff. Davis atence ?
Meeting of the Losild4re.—Tho 'Legisla
ture of` this State KISt llarriaburg, on
Tuesday. V. Lawrence, of Washington
county, was, Speaker of the Senate,
and JOhn.Quisna,"of*dford eettety, 'Spoa•
ker of !halms.'
260" Th- Charleston. :Mercry ear •, Nit e
xankees love the itigger." :i The Louisville
'Fserso/ ibat.:the complexion , o r, a
1 5 . 1 . ga 4 1 4 til;n of 'Auf prikOlon .of
the 4iiistit - ik a pretty stiietk : incliestion that
the chivalry the aigstor."
011irty404 of the eiraexiii)6l n.
apapidindians were bang itsiiitigi*A 10
Ito &Wag) , last 11;644lowelvw;
4 - 401,t0edstrat thly ; !Pley
'at' once
!4eii4;44o6*6[Orisl46,lroi! '4140,An4;,.'
_4,a - •
_/- '
"s•- -
the brink of ilia, aliai,,thaiire cannot le Lie
watatilt 100.04 Ogingetst ** 11) , 1 4 .
•
, s.9 . (50 1111 , 1 4) itCfted*ih';',,4Bßtoi
An *tinytrailsitis -if by
magic, add is tptetidinedislielniivirid* &gag
tion over the lendi.and the eight of the pal- .
lid corpse'And the .mangled
veterans luta made even the -AtiM' fitiviiiiiti
with , thelortoin,tif the featifuLAttaggleiAn,
Whiob. : are engaged:; But O** # 1 %? 4 ,01c
•ieni shodld : be nqhing but
in the soil whereill hearts
tillitsoh flit the ietvitticin,
Itepuhlin, theta, are Men who
toss who are Undermining
beautifiil edifice, and stho
*PS Sending Cotiewniid distress into thews.
ends of honfee that hitherto have 'been }l4l
- It will b6lllloo6Blllii, estimate the
evils that betel - lien . brought spowthenation
by this mad hailed of treason. Cities in its
wake have becotne dens Of pauperism and of
crime, teems have been sacked, fair fields
have been laid waste, and families that have
heretofore lived iii luxury and ease, have
been reduced 'to abject poverty; and yet the
men who bare brought this calamity upon
our country, eau find those who palliate
their .rimes, and who denounce those who
are striving to save the tuition from destruc
tion. The new made graves in every village
church-yard, bear melancholy evidence of
their treason; and the maimed and mntillated
heroes whom you meet in your daily walks,
are living, speaking witnesses of the enormi
ty of the crimes of these blood-stained vil
lains; yet you meet hourly. those who would
extend to them the right hand_of fellowship,
and would welcome them back into the Union,
and confer upon them all the rights and
priviliges enjoyed by men whose souls are
free from the,guilt of treason and of murder.
To-night many a widowed mother, sits
with crushed heart, sorrowing for her gal
lant son, who fell at the post of horair and
of duty, and who, perhaps, lies buried among
the promiscuous dead of the battle-field.
Many a fireside is Bad and desolate to-night,
that but recently was made joyous and hap-
Ey by the pleasant jest and merry laugh of
some loved one whose tongue is now silent
and whose heart its still in dead ; yet we are
told that the men who have brought this
desoladon and sorrow upon our country and
people, are our brethern and should be for
given.
Can the fond mother forget that
One lope of her heart—the idol of her de
dining years, has. been hurried down to a
permature grave by the ruffian hand Of our
traitor "brethern." Can:the sorrowing fath
er forget the tears which he so recently shed
on the cast resting place of his heroic son '
who fell by the hand of these "bretherti."
When these wrongs can bo forgotten, they'
will forgive the murderers ; but not till
then.
GOOD,
'boa; died
'y
where I
,IHRI,
ZMIZI
Can it be possible that the loyal men of
the nation, after having suffered all the e
vils which have resulted from this unholy
rebellion, will consent that the foul fiends
w o organizedlt", — SVarbrbrought back — if - El ti
the Union, and be again clad in the robes of
power, and be permitted to hold up their
bloody hands'in the councils of the nation,
the equals of those who have stood by their
flag in sunshine and gloom ? Can they stand
beside tie graves of their honored kindred,
whose.blood reddens the battle-field, made
memorable by their heroism and their death,
and say with those wfio sympathize with
treason, that they will so hishonor the mem
ory of the gallankdead, as to forget and for
give those who slew them? they con
sent to any settlement of this struggle, which
will permit the leading spirits of this rebel
lion to escape without satisfying the demands,
of justice, by ending their criminal lives on
the galloirs? Lot those new bo dealt with
as therdealt with John Brown, aid the loy
al men of the nation; and those who are
mourning over the graves of the immortal
dead r will be.convineed that our rule's are
net'nfrsiii to deal out impartial justice to all,
and to punish those who offend against the
majesty of . cite la*.
,Certain traitor -sympathizers in Now
Yorkbare been trying to Corea an issue be
tweon Vie National Administration and the
Courts of that ' city by urging the indictment
by their Grand Jury of Secretary -Staunton
and Ms subordimiteis for arresting such men
ar Marshall Katie, but they have faiWtlie
. •
Grand Jury refusing to become parties in
the aid oftmitors.
Though the exertions of Mrs. Lin
coln, the Wife of tho President, and Mrs. Ca
leb B. Smith, the wifti .tle . Sittetary of
'the Intaiior, n.bounteous Christina)/ dinner
- was 'stoied - 14 to every inisOrsoldier *the
.Washttigton,, loapitals:' Many , 'reagaificenti
don4na 'wire made far flat, puriele, ampng
thenriihit‘ of Mri LittColn i 8 said co have
boo the, finest. ovorthree tons. 'of poultry
several hundree brt,hels• af - apples and), eran
„berries; ti . qpantityof
were distributed -among thaiyariptilhospit t
ads, by her. • ' , • ;
• .Vl7/ed. 7 -=The g allant Co k r . 13. gpvev*,
of the rith,flagimftit,, P. Y. , ie, lepOrted a
batilopt
Meaboin'. Cot
ter4nirg,
ad ' l i4 - 1 0etiit*,*Atet! . >, ;0 .-
ietiabbitilifili :0-',,._, 7l illik
) 1 10 1 :i ,"i..* : tY:'. / . 0
..:- . .;:OW.SS
A 1 0044° : 2 nekiiiio 04
y. i . Ahokieli!otilo'.l* tiVii, l fio ,
itifriiikihodo4whioti iealiyotttitied in tie
Stkit isf•l s ,it*tu . 4y, t: " •': •. '.„
.!Ait - 4isii.. Ilaborr's- tooli ,49,130:041.14,
who, at *tines, iMbiliedrith4 freely; was 'in
-the habit trinettretitidihii t44-:-whiiit'iun
der theintbienee of, strong. drink; = ''On One
0.
of ttiese eecaideni;,ikse ; hippened;thet, lobe
, hel titheti:&Aethiiit hiSh6etiltothed pOrtid4
When, thw,Wife i .,tatiiiwidvatitag-of kiw-li
ingmsreek in the Armes," gave him what he
Molt 'daily d'esbriedi a ireniendorii"loggingi
On hie firstawftrance in the village, John
was met by . A comrades, among whom was
his friend Wm. McAfee; who, accosted hiui
thus, "John,
.1. - understand that your, wife
gave yowa, god drubbing , apt. night.'' - TO
which John pronfp4 replied, (',Well, she
did that thing hitt bang we .if .t iiidn',t break'
up,c'verithifig in the house while she was
doing it." .
Here we have in a nutshell the spirit of
the rebellion. if _they cannot succeed ,in
their helborn purpose, the febels will find
comfort in having ruined the eountry. '
158th Pennsyhania .Fnfantry.-z-This regi
ment under oommandnf Col. 311Kibben, has
left Suffolk, Va., and gone - to Newbern, N.
C: A large force had bees Collected at Suf
folk. but the mon are now being , rapidly
shipped southward.
Gm. Charles Campbell.—This brave offi
cer is hardly expected to recover from the
severe wounds. he received in the battle at
Fredericksburg. He received two severe
wounds at the battle of Fair Oaks, last sum
mer, and had just recovered sufficiently to
take the field again, about two months since,
and now is suffering from three ghastly
wounds.—Pilot.
Loss of the Monitor.—Tho gallant little
"'Monitor," the conqueror of the rebel steam
er Merrimac, was lost off Cape Hatteras on
Tuesday a week. She left Fortress Mon
roe on the day before, and foundered at sea.,
Two of the engineers, (Hands & Lewis, of
naltimore,) and thirty-eight of her crew was
lost. The kiss of this noble little craft it,
much `regretted, as well as the loss of life.
ETIIE=I=II
®'The BaltimorC and 'Ohio Railroad has
been opened for travel to Wheeling and
Parkersburg. • Thirty miles of the road and
half a•dozen bridges were reconstructed in
less than twenty days. /
2€B—The President has approved the bill
admitting Western Virginia as a state of
the Union, and it is now a law. The bill
was signed by the President."
Important from Mississippi
The Rebels Admit the Capture of Vicksburg.
HOLLY - SPRINGS, Miss., Jbn. 4.—To Ma
jor General HaHeck, Commander-in-Chief :
Despatches from General Sherman and the
naval commander were received at Helena on
the 31st. The gunboats were engaging the
enemy's battery. Gen Sherman was inland
three miles from Vicksburg, hotly engaged
with the enemy.
From-rebel-sources-flex
da Appeal of the 3rd inst. says :—"The Yan
kees have got possession of Vicksburg."
Since the late raids this department except
the troops on - the river, have subsisted off of
the country. There will be but little in the
North Mississippi to support guerillas in a
few weeks. D. S GRANT,
Major General Commanding
PERSONAL HABITS OF 'NYE PRESIDENT.—
Those who know the habits of President
Lincoln are not surprised to .bear of his per :
Bonet visit to General Burnside—nor would
any such be astonished to know that he was
in New York at any time. If he wanted to
see anything or anybody, he would be. as
likely to.come on as to send. Ho has an or
bit of his own, and no one can tell where he
will be or what he will do, from anything
done yesterday. If he wants a newspaper
he .is quite as likely to go out and get it as
he is to sepd,after if. If he; wants -to see
the Secretary of State, ho generally goes out
and makes a call. At nighti from ten to
twelve, he obits* makes a tour all around
—now at Seward's and then at Halleck's;
and if Burnside was •nearer, he wsultl see
him each night before he went to lied.—
Those`who know his habits and wanrto see
him late at night, follow him round from
place to place, and the last search generally
brings him up at Om. Halleck's, as he can
got the latest army intelligenca there. . Who
ever else is : sleep or indolent , the President
is wide awake and aroun4l. l :. Corropondent
Boston Journal. -
Mel==
JOHN 'MINOR BOTTS HEARD FROM.-A
late' rumber of the Grenada (Miss.) Appeal
publishes a letter from Richmond, which has
the following in relation to John M. Botts:
"The name of John. M Botts has turned
up again in the public prints. , Since his dis
charge,front_Castle - Goodwin; some months
ago, ho, has remained upon' his farm near
that city,,acquiescont in the exiatibg .state
of,affairs, waitingn&many suppose,- for the
overthrow of the 'rebellion,' and the_restora
tion of the United States GovernmenT. The
occasion '3f thi recant mention. of his .name
is the'faei that he-has been presented with •
a, magnificent: estate, in, thi3 1.7 of Cul:;
"pepper, recently
• purchased from
,Hon. Jere
tidal) Merton; by Franklin Stearns, Esq.,
whe waain former. days itr ardent political
supporter of, Botts; and Shared his imprison
ment in Gen, Winder's jail.
Custom!' Tainter,
7:11O diedi in Hartford, (iouu., a few weeks
ago,left property - about 4a,000,000,•
to hl wife:and' two': ciougirtors. in hie grill
he In.ibida babel: of bra 'daughteia to :awry
a foreigner or a native a: .Soutbero or
slaveholdink State, under
,peoalty of forfeit
ing her in.tercetproperty. :
PAtiON
110- ,p
• en Ox - D , hiteliftreo4,k.A
'I ., `" t am wQG
*V,
-Blacks tq Le Rearcia iste6 ad' '16114 Mt
'; • (.'l,c I Y4t i i• -
: .•.,: - ,, , ,..A. 7 ,1g,t00k,kiiitip5i f .:..,„;,;'.,;, ; ,',„,„„..,' ~,,
WlLAnwArk;
_On •04' WE:444066nd day et
-Saiitiiiitie4 lit dill 4Ai oratiriaNikiiirott,i
sand ogl4 lipwita - oPatsit*tiiiiiisAioabi-:
iiittio*wai lashed llftlie ' f iiiidiiit S' or. the
tikk
bi t i B 'eetitituiziiit;t4i4i)theOltiqgz,
' the - of ~.nt to int :,:
k.-- 4 !That,, . i the iiiiit day Pt January , . in , the.
,
`year, of.oni Lard one thousand eight hairlke&
and sixty-three,•4: - ,lieriOns held
_ea : slaves
Within any Stide, for designated part of al
Siete, the , people 'Whereof shall' then be in
rebelliikit against,
the United States,Shull be
then,: thermefofward. and ' foriiver, free, . and
the Executive.Geireitiment ,-'of the . United
States; inelkiding.the MitterY.end.:iiavol aii
riherity thereof,,will - .reioghien and :Maintain
the freedorn,ofe4h persons , and will do , to
act otrwis to ..r epress skanlik:fmisonii, di any of
.thetri,..durinyeffort t 44, may ,make for their
, itative. freedom. _That the, Eieentird: will,.
on the first day
. of January ' aforesaid . , by
proclamation,, des ignate the. Statile and parts
of States, if any, m Which the ikeephitheSre-•
in; respectively,. shall then be in rebellion
against the 'United States, and
• the fact that
any State, and the people , , Shall, en
that day, be, irk good ,faith, represented in
the Congress of the :United States, by meal
berg chosen thereto, at elections, wherein a
Majority of the.quilified voters of Such State
shall:have partickpatell, shill, in the absende
of strong countervailing testimony,, be deem
`m conclusive evidence thet• snail State and.
the people thereof are not then in rebellion
agaitait the United States."
Now, therefore, I,' Abraham Lincoln,
President of the nited States, by virtue of
the power in me vested, es Commarider-in-
Chief of the Army and Nairy of the United
Ssates in time of • actual armed rebellion a.
gainat the authority and, Government of the
United States, and as a fit end necessary war
measure for suppressing the said rebellion,
do, on this, the first day of January; in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and silty three, and, in accordance with
my purpose so to do, publicly proclaira, 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 where
in the people thereof respectively are this
day in rebellion against the United States,
the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Lou
isiana (except the, parisheref St. Bernard,
I'laquemiues, Jefferson, St. James, Ascension
Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St.
Martin, and Orleans, including the city of
New Orleans), Mississipp, Alabama, not ida,
Georgia, South 'Carolina, North Cirolina,
and Virginia (except the forty-eight coun-.
ties, designated as West Virginia, and also
the counties of Berkley, Accomac, North
ampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann,
and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk
and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts
are for the present left precisely as it, the
proclamation wore not issued.
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,
are, and henceforward shall be, free;
and that the Executive Government of the
United States, includinc , the military and
naval authorities thereo f, will recognize and
maintain the freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so
declared to be free, to abstain from all vio
lence, unless in Apdessarq self-defence, and
I reccommend to them that 'in all cases,
when allowed, they labor faitefully for rea
sonable wages. And I further declare and
make known, that such persons, of suitable
La - condition,-.will be_reeeised_inkk the armed
1
service. of the United States, to garrison forts,
positions, stations, and other places, and to
man vessels of all sorts in the said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed,to be
an act of justice, warranted by the Consti
tution, upon military necessity, 1 invoice the
considerate judgment of mankind, and the
gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States- to be affixed.
[L. s. ] Done at the city Washington,
this, the first day of January, in tho year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sit ty-three, and of the indepepdence of the
United States of America the eighty-sev
enth. ADRA.IIA:VI LINCOLN.
By the President : W. 11. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
The Latest New Direct Pim. Vicksburg.
• CAIRO, Jan. 4.—The" IMphis
a copy of which has justbeen received, says
that the steamer Butler .had arrived there
direct from the fleet at Vicksburg, which
place she left on Monday evening, the 29th
inst.
Fighting had been going on for fisli,Jays,
commencing on Wednesday up to Monday
morning. General Sherman had captured
three lines of the enemy's works.
The •firing on the •fourth and last line of
defence, on the Jackson and Vicksburg road
had cenega, and the indications were that it
had surrendered. ,-
This lino is just two miles from Vicksburg
and_ there was , nothing between General
'Sherman, and the city but-the trossel work
of the- fitilroad. •
Beforamoving to take the city, General
Sherman sent a brigade -to cut off the com
munication -with Vicksburg by the Shreve
port Railroad, which was successfully accerri
plished .
-General Shafting"; was reinforced , on..Sfm
, 9 on
.Sum
day night; by o,oo,lyrnen from Gen. Grant's
army,. by the. Way of the- river.
The whole Federal force before Vicksburg
is near. 40,000 Velp.• • . ,
. Wedged itaduntn - we had eaptnred
ten ...juns'and-seven hundred prisoners. Noth
ing hits yet been heard from the .forces, be
low. • ,
The Videry Over /brut. '
CAIRO, Jan. 5.---Gen.. Sullivan, with a
force of 6,000 men, attacked- Gem Forrest
on Thursday. morning at Runt's .Cross Roads
twelte mites,from Lexington, Tenn. it was
a sorniejnigagement, lastingall day. A gun
boat patrollei the river, : which prevented'
the, eela from crossing. They fought des:
peratelyebikvenci;finaily routed and
tored, with a it)* of 1;400 killed and wound
ed, an 4-400, captured. We. also took,. 35a
horsa,nearril.Poo jitand of arms, and
hwi ,,,, iii..,i. .7,.,
tioif
7
47.-; t,.• pAi o`,k
- -r
. 4
„ .
~h 0(
06 . 0 .
El - M OF VON'
7 --DiSO nRR. '
OVlCltztrOßle tetittmatrin.
• - •
Loinsvitim, January. s.—Ohr edition
tioni'Mtiffiees - Vein,'ffelifintatit • the :-Fttdatal
viettill titniiiiint& :The entire rebel 4 till
is Ageing toivartht Tullahoma in gloat
DESPATCH FRbM dEN. ROSECIitANS.
headquarters 144C0rp.!, Depart
Meat. of the COMbeiim#l; front of ifiarfrti*
baio'; ;Tannery a; ifa;.l4latliville.TO IL W.'
Genernl46-Chief: :On tliti aath of
Ilegeiubor `wia:Timiehed &fit 'fittibirillb . in
thiee'eehimna r -Oenetal aidbink'S doi;po by
. tft - e *lOl3 - yole OonOial' Thom
kroin its eniiiiintniebtr . oe the 'Franklin take,
tiia Wilson iik ! Niiiiil`Oilitebdo4'iii - the main
IVini-freesb*'
The left and eentri.inet with a strong .
aistance Suehlattlie nature of that. country
'perMitsLielling Billy 'routs 'Skit-toil - by
,eedai thickets, :and 'farme'hititietited' by
Banal streains; with rocky bluff foil&
ing serious obitaeles.' ' ' ' •
Gen. McCook drove Ilarilee's rebel eoips
a Mile and a half from Nciltkbstille abttoedu.
•
pied the niece.
.Gen. Crittenden reaebed within a. mile and
a half of Laver_ ne •
.
Gen:l%6lllas ieaehed the Filson Pike,
meeting with no serious iofiposition.'
• On the 27th, Gen: McCook tirovelklidee
from Nolansville and - pushed EL retolinoitei
ing division six mileS tciwitid
and found that Hardee had- retreated to.;
wards Murfreesboro' , , •
Gen: Crittenda fought and drive them
emy before him, and occupying the iine..ol
Stewart's Creek, captu'ring some sisfnei
with slight loss.
Gen. 'Tlicanas occupied the vicinity
Nciianatille, and was 'partially surprised,
thiown - int° confuSioh and driven back.
Oen. gheridan's divisoii repulsed the enk
my four times, and protested the flank of the
centre; which not only held its own, bat ai
vanced until' this untoward &Vent, which emit
pelled me to retain the left wing fei 'support
the right until it should be rallied,' and as.
sumo a new position.
On the Ist the, rebels opened by an' In
tack on us and were again kepuilsed.
On the 2d they skirmished along the free
with threats of an attack until about tt a"
clock ib the afternoon, when the enmity di
vaneed in small divisions thrown across Stonk
river, to °Coup) , comenatiding ground.
While reconnoitering the ground_oecupied
by this division, which, bad no artillery,
saw a heavy force emeiging from the woods
and advanced in line of battle three lines
deep. They drove our little diVision before
them after a sharp contest, in which, we
lost seventy or eighty killed, and fin woun
ded. But they were repated by Negley's
division and the remaining troops 3f the left
wing, headed by Morton's pioneer brigade,
and fled far over the field and beyond their
entrenchments, their officers rallying them
with great . diffie . ulty. They lost heavily,
and we -3ccupied the ground with the left
wing last night. go
The lines were completed at 4. o ' clock is
the morning.
DESPATCH FROM OEN. MITCHELL
Headquarters, Nashville, Jan. 4—To Eon
E. N. Stanton, Secrettuy of War: Skir
mishing commenced ou the 27t1i, our forces
follotctlg the enemy closely, and driving
thea3-until-the-eveninft-of-the_Bll
On the morning of filst, the enemy
attacked our forces at daylight. Since that
time, the fight has 'been progressing steadily,
This is the fifth day in the same, locality.
If the whole Richmond army oes. not get
here, our success is certain.
The fighting has been terrible. Oar array
has the advantage, and will hold it, Ood wil
ling.
I cannot give particulars. Our officers
have suffered terribly.
I have nothing of importance since 10 o'-
clock last evening. At that time everything
was favorable for us.
. ROBERT R MiTeirELL,
Brig. General Commanding.
DESPATCH FROM OES: ROSECRANS.
Camp near Murfreesboro', Jan. B.—TD
Major General H. Halleck, Commander!
in-Chief: Following' my despatch of last
e:vening, I have to annouhce that the enemy
are in full retreat. They lett last night.
The rain having raised The river, and the
bridge across it between the h..ft wing and
the centre being incomplete, I deemed it prti
dent _to withdraw that.wiag during - the night.
This occupied my time until 4 o'clock, and
fatigued' the troops.
The commencement of their retreat was
known td mo at 7 o'clock this, morning. •
Oar ammunition trains arrived during the
night, and to-lay was ocoupied in bringing
up and distributing ammunition and provi- ,
sions, and burying the, dead_.collecting
arms - from' the field of bnttle. - • It' bas Idled
raining all day, and the ground is very hea
vy.
/The pursuit was commenced by the centre
Vie two leading brigadeA arriving at the west
side of the Stone river this evening.
She railroad t bridge' was • saved, but in
what eonditionis nocknown.
We shall occupy the town (Murfreesboro,
and push the pursuit to-morrow. •
-Our Medical Director estimates the woun
ded lir thn hospital at less than' ev,000; and
we hive to deplore the loss 'of Lieut. Col
Gareschnorhose gallantry and gentlemant
deportment:bud already endeared hint to
.al
the t officerniir tho comma4d, , and whose gal
lantry 'on tlik;field of battle exalted. theirug
mirat ion. W. S. Roar:m.lols,
Major. General Ciernandi
diMEICIO
NASHVILLE, January s.—(From , Associa
ted Prelitstoir6pOndent.),..--The rebels - again
attacked out; forces on Saturday afternoon,
We wore posted strongly in rifle pits pi
they were , repulsed with terrible- Slaughter.
_The fight:continued for - ,twt• beam -
At A s Sundayinorning the rebels
comniettaidl*t,: and Stanley's curacy ,
enter - 44W o' and captured eir*„tuns 2 ;-stia•es,- e tc.' •
• 4.1'
T it) 4#6 . ii6jl44 tKif,,, i 4ii. 00t*.,,
--- . %I. - 6 egirvfietor4in - t -
7 -1 :I - Y, - ' t
tiaire.tibetiiditoki#: , 44i44 - .. tej*:
mutivoesvog; . iateliait .w 013616 zootridy l
Certainly ki11ed..,..;. , -; ...,• ;;;,-,,, ~i..;,;: •::::,_.
The ollatlq have beets thotocightf„* ll lod
oat. . • •,--.-), 2.A-.. ?,".',. ; -:5..., .
The Cumberland 'lti : fiel is "gig - 0100;0f.
The'Viter4iik7riiietit ; tejtr , -ina ii 4, u , fao4..
since last,. Wight: •-•.,.,, .. i „•, : ••. ; .: , i t .. ..:' 1 ,,,
LOVISVita; jai 5:"4 littei &Sri llar
.beneville,l4.,..SaYs titti.k_ . c4. 044,10artei dhl
i
not atteOpt , WiinttitreAdWvlll4.,• Unease*
and Vygidiii:*ailtMht/Aiiiii:.',l ' pg • the
•oharieikettN4W: 7 2l:lol4, ' i. west-.
ern feffikhtini - RO/ 7 ... 1 i .. 1 ;v s hllo. Cis slip -
posed they. ariatterripi,ing:to.dit.' : .
The Sontie,o -linS i s eosit iiigooa work
ing. order, but was iritegiiiiifW ail this "hie - -
leen• . - ...,,,' -.-; . ' •- •
. . WAstriscrrore f - .Twirl:4'v 6,.. 7 The, folleti:
Img despatch has ,lust beetVieeelied 'at the
War .Depatiefaiiit, ''
~,,,? : '
Oec4iguarierit:"Pe—i.q*ne;Ef the Cumber
/arid; Jan ttayi, 4. •••-.7Dlejet . 'General:it W.
Halleok, General-in-Chief: We have : fought
one of the greatest tiatqes of ;the wag, and
are victorious. ..1, ..' , ,
Our entire sueeeis..An tlifii.Pit ,was pre
vented 4 a surprise, of the right, flank, butt
we havemereithelesti beaten , the entity, 'Af
ter a three .rlayii;',hattler:. They . :fistd with
great preolpitatteri en`SiifuidAyrughti: • The
last of them oohing's 'of 41614 left this inor-.
ning. Their loss has been .very
Generals Rains And Reason ArS killed, _and
Generals Claiborp, Adams ; and PrAckiimidge
are wounded. .
(Signed) - ; W. S. Rosiotjorg.
Loutsvita.t; Jan' 6.--;-iletulgitartere. are
advised that pieviinis to the Illtirfredsbore
fight. - 1. 1 . the Aide' tr
news that a Frenoh fored of five thontand
had met antaiagaged - tiMOildian diVittion' of
twenty-five .thonsa.nd, commanded by Gener
al Ortega, and, after a sharp fight, the Mex
icans gave wary; and fled in , all direetions.z--
The vietoira took, possessionot.Pueblit, where
they await reinforcements, 'atid.Will then ad.
Vance on the city of Mexieo ninety milea
distant. , .
A French force of 6,900 men landed and
took possession of Tampico, which.port, it is
supposed, will be opened to the commerce
of the world..
A French frigate was roontly §oen by the
Mexicans passing through the United States
fleet off the mouth of the Rio Grande, 'crea
ting a panic in Malainoras, thd people think,
ing all the vessels worn French, and had
come to attack the town. Coal:lona° waa
restored whoa the facts became known.
Cotton has fallen twenty-ftve• mitts irk
Matamoros. ••
Missouri LagAlcamo nc
Proclamation;
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. s.—The• fol..
lowing resolutions was offered in the House
today, and referred to- the Committee oft
Federal Relations;
Resolved by the House, the Senate concur.
ring, That the proclamation issue d by Fr:esi..
dent Lincoln on the 22d •of September, and
the supplementary proclamation of the Ist or
January, will inaugurate a most important
epoch in American history, and, meeting
our full endorsement, we earnestly and re=
speotfully urge its rapid enforcement, and
will use our best endeavors to sustain it.
In tho Senate, a joint resolution to memo
rialize Congress to carry out the original
assessments was ortioreti, against the effortf
of the Socossiimists.
• -bat, •
he Emancipation -Proclamation.
Prrrssune, Jan. hundred • grans
were fired in this city at 11 O'clock, last night,
in honor of the President's proclamation. ,
ats..xairA.M.,, ,
Atahe residence of the bridei father,
near this place, on the 6th inst., by the Rev
D. F. Good, Mr Benjamin E. Price, to Miss ,
Ilurriet'J.• Stoner. :
• ompanying the above notice we ire 4 '
ceived a n , skue of the "good iliin&i," . foi
thieh we t , der the periies„ . .ettrAhanks and
keit wishes . or all the joys of a wedded :life. ,
May a kin. Providence guide-their- frail:
baiet and eheer.wieh - hissmile" their pathiiref
thro
is e\
, gh life. — ' . .
In his place, on the 12th . of Naivernbery-..,..
by the Ilev. Vir,,,E. Krefis, Mr: ./IL X. Bone-Y";
freak t‘Misi; Aignes L.....E—rouke, danghter _
-nke of *intialaster,, Md.' .
on,: the 3d htst..,f James
'ohnondSnannifattiough, _
laths and,O.,days:i
on the A.:inst.,: 01° , 7
Virginiaidaughter of
erg gosserti; ar*, 6 - Years
luring herfilnothif !re
it& sonealo had: learned
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4#' qot '
eli% fat *
them
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he Presiciene*
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ou ult., E7iza4t7s ;
'er of Daniel B. and Bain
fearlif r , , 10.1min:ha and 6