The Charleston Mercury from Charleston, South Carolina • 1

r- e-sifw'sr 1 1 1 A AX A -1 i VINDIOK NULLO PONTl SUA 81 LEGE It'SB RKOTUMQDE 0OIENTDR MB ASHTTM IX ABVASOB -44- VOLUME LXXXL CHARLESTON SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 1862 NUMBER 11635 LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia Wednesday December 17 Senate House of Representatives sent to the Senate a message hich was concurred 1b and a loessaee' returned accordingly) proposing to the senate to mo into an election for Governor and Commander-la-Chlef This day at quarter past 12 o'cloclt "Jhe House of Representatives returned to the Senate with is concurrence complimentary resolutions la relation to Brigadier General Walker and Colonel Thomas li Lamar Mr Moses from the Committee on the part of th Senate to count the ballots for Governor reported that Miiledee Bonhiin hid received a majority of the ballots cast He was therefore declared by the President duly elected accordingly Mr McKewn moved that a Committee be appointed ts wait on the Governor elect and inform him of UU election and inauire when he will be pleased to Qualify and that a TELEGRAPHIC NEWS: me ViMrAlGNIX VIRGINIA-LATEST NEWS FROM RICHMOND Richmond Decembarl'X-An official despatcb received this morplng from Htiadqaarttra Bear Fredericksburg says Ibat "as far as can bo ascer- 4ine4'tbe enemy lias disappeared ijn our imnie- diate feoct and has re-crossed tke Rappahannock Ha may be meditating a passage at some other point" TEE LATEST FROM NORTH CAROLINA Golis30ko December 8 Colonel FaEMONT Chtef Engineer tn the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad baa just arrived here from Wilmington He passed over the entire track to the Neuse river on a hand car He eays that he can repair on the road in two days and the bridge oven the Neuse in six or eight All ia quiet cow -A reconnoissance last night by a squadron of the Third North Carolina Cavalry under Captain Careowat found the enemy encamped about two miles below Whitehall Citizens represent them to be cut of food and ammunition and very badly scared Rumors here this evening represent that reinforcements have passed Kin-ston oa the south side of the Neuse to succor Uielr skedaddling friends As the smoke of the battle clears away it reveals a considerable slaughter among the Yankees at Whitehall on Tuesday 100 of their dead were left unbailed upon the field and a pit one hundrtd yards long and filled with their dead has been found Only three companies of the 59h and tbr 11th regiment were engaged Col Febesbs of the 59th 'with 18 men of the 11th fought the enemy for several hours until reinforced by three of his own companies who were eubseqaentlyrelieved by the II ih Col Leves-THobps under the immortal Bethel flazwho ultimately drove them from their guos into the woods The 3l3t was on the field but with the exception of one company Beems to have taken no part in the action James Morehend moved rapidly over ground perfectly open- fighting astheywent to within thirty paces of the enemyi who were endavOring to maintain their pokftioa concealed in tali grass bchiad a covering of log?" Here an obstinate flht took vlace for fifteen minutes iwhen the hue of the enemy broke in nil directions before a charge ol ihebt cond and Ninth They made a fruitless effort to re iorrn undet the protection of their battery when the battery itself was ciptured nudits fla: adds anather to the trophies of the Ninth Here all resistance ceased and Colonel Moore commanding brigade in reply to a demand of Captain Crouch of the Ninth consented to surrender his entire cammmd consisting of the 104th Illinois 106h and 108b Ohio regimentf a batulion of Indiaua cavalry and a section' of artillerv the atjgregatevnumher of prisoners being 2006 Four hundred horses forty wagon loads ol Quartermaster and 8atler stores and five guos were brought off safeiy All other articles of value were destroyed It will thus be seen that less than 1200 men the whole number Qt the detachments from Ciukefs and Chenault's regi men tB aud the 2d and 9h Kentu ky and Cobb's battery utterly routed a force of "nearly twice their Btrengtb while the remainder of the cavalry did effectual service in guarding the avenues of escape A success so decided and complete could not have been achieved without the most signal bravery on the part of the forces directed by the highest order of military talent The courage and judgment which on every battle field have characterised Colonels Hunt and Duke shone consj icuously here while the mere presence of General Morgan seemed to insure success It is universally re-i gretted that the gallant lad Craven Peyton already distinguished and who on this occasion so won the admiration of all by his dashing bravery while carrying the orders of Gen Morgan was w-unded and is now amsoner A few shells fired at onr rearguard by forces arriving after all were safely over the river produced no offect The prisoners were marched back to General Morgan's headquarters near Murfreesboro and there paroled Thirty hours found our forces again at Baird's Mdl they having in the mean time rmrched 50 miles crossed and re crossed the: Cumbeiland river and won a battle Onr loss ia killed and wounded amounted to nearly 100 men Among th in were many noble spirit? and once more Kentucky's union with ber sister States of the Sauth has been cemented by her best blood Oa the afternoon of he fourth day the 2d and ttie 9 marched back through the Btreets of Murfreesboro waving in answer to the plaudits of their Mead liseir cap ured- banners -The- 2i having the fUg of the Ohio and the 9th bearing "under their own the colors of the battery and thel04h Illinois One of the Ohio regiments taken styled themselves the "McCook Avengers" ance wtth requisition of the Con federate Government Tie report was agreed to ami the bill received he third reading and was passrd thi title was chanced into "an Act" and it waa returned to jhe Hone of Representatives- Mr Les sne introduced a bilt to auth rise the btk ef this Ptate to purchase Confederate and Mate sccuntt-e The bill received the first rearfinsc and was referred to the Committee on Finance and Banks The Houaa Representatives returned to the Senate a bill to alter and amend an Act to afford aid to the famllea of soldiers passed in the year A 1 lStt Adjourned House or Reprbbbstatiybs The Senate sect to thW House a Mil to ineirporate the Importing and Exporttrg Oompny of South Carolina also a bill to enable the Charleston t-avlcgs Institution t- purchase and hold real property also a bill to renew ami amrnd the charter of the Swedish Iron SJanafetudcff Company of Sou'h Carolina and to change the name of tve 8roe uUo a hill to charter the frhtlby and Broad Hirer Railroad Company Also a bill to incoporate the Carolina Cotton and Factory which were severally read the Uud time and the tlt'es changed to Acta On motion of Mr Ilariestou Read the House proceeded to the consideration of a bill from the Senate to organ-ganizs and supply nevro labor for coast defence Incompliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government which had be-o made the special order of the day for this day at 1 o'clock a which was read the stcond time and returned to the Senate Mr JoDes fiom the Committee appointed on the part of the House to count th ballots cast for Governor and Com-mmder-ln-Chief of the State of Souih Carolina reported that Hon Ronham had received a majority of the votes cast aad was consequently elected Mr Hutson Introduced the following revelations which were considered Immedsately were agreed to and were orderdd to be sent to the Senate for concurrence Jiesofvd unanimously That while we are grateful to a men-lful God for Again enabling us to repel our remorseless foe we mrn with bitter grief the costly price which In His inscrutable wlsdcm He has required ns to pay for victory Resolved vnanintow'y That In the death of Maxcy Gregg while with his sword those great principles to which hehd given a life long support the State feeis that she has lost a brave and skillful soldier a wise pure and consi -tent statesman and a most loyal cltiaea And while It Is 'becoming to bow in humble submission to this most severe chatt sement to mourn with real sorrow Is the tender privilege of a Christian people Meoiv6d unanimouli That 'o evlnoe our deep respect for the life character and services of General Gregg this Legislature will proceed in a body wi its officers to receive and escort his honored rt mains whenever they shall arrive to be laid in the bosom of the mother he loved and honored and that his Excellency the Governor be Invited to unite with us in this and sad tribute to the lamented hero Resolved That our sympathies aredue and are tendered to our sister Georgia who nr urns like us a loyal honored useful son In Thomas Cobb she Ms lsl one who was worthy to be the comrade and compatriot of Maxcy Gregg Resolved unaninwusly That copies of these resolutions be sent to the family of Gen Gregg and to the Governor of Georgia A bill from the Penate to alter and amend "An Act to afford aid to the families of soldiers" passed A 1S61 was taken up and read a second time and returned to the Senate The Senate returned to this House a bill tc authorlie and empower the Hrst Corp of Reserves to elect their field officers (The Mtle of the bill having been changed so as to read "A blU to authorise and empower certain regiments to elect their field The was read the third time and passed in the affirmative and the title waa changed to an Act Adjourned dia ely thereafter countermanded the order of his pred'cessor and the canuon were never The promptitude with which we acted elicit a vote of thanks dattd the4h of January 1801 from the Select and CommoH Council ot that city "to the President lhs Attorney General and the Acting Si cretary of War" Mr Uoit After this statement how ahail we account for the explicit declaration of Gen Scott that "accidentally hearing early in March that under this posthumous order (that of Mr Flo) ol the 22i December) the shipment ot these guns had commenced 1 communicated the fact to Secretary Holt(acting for Secretary Cameron) just in time to deieat the robbery Aud this is the same Secretary Holt who bad countermauda 1 "the posthumous order'rin the previous And strange to 6ay these guns but for the alleged interposition of Gen Scott were to ba sent so late as March fcom the loyal States into those over which Jefferson Davis had then for some time presided Had Gen Scott reflected for a moment he could not have fallen into this blunder It is quite manifest he was "without a printed document and my (hit) owu official papers 3 The Govt rnment had on hand in the year 1859 about 500000 old muskets which had been Condemned "as uu-uitabJe for pnblicservice" under the act of the 3i of March 1825 Tney were ot such a character that although offered both at public and private sale for each purchasers could not be obtained at that rate except for comparatively a small number Oa the 80th of November 1859 Secretary Floyd ordered about one-fifth ot the whole number (105000) to be sent from the Springfield Armory where tney had accumulated to five Southern arsenals "in proportion to their respective means of proper storage" This order waa carried into ttftet by the Ordnance Bureau in the usual course nf administration and without reference to the President It is but Justice to eay that from the testimony before the Committer there is no reason to suspect that Secretary Floyd this order from uny sinister motive Itsxlate was mouths before Mr Lincoln's nomination for the Presidency aud nearly a year before his election aud while the Secretary was still an avowed opponent of secession Li-needfthe testimony ot Col Craig and Capt May-dadier of the Ordnance before the Committee is wholly inconsistent with any evil intention on his part And yet these "condemned muskets" with a few thousand ancient liflcs of a calibre then no longer used are transformed by Gen Scott into "115000 extra muskets and rifles with all their implements and ammunition" This is the first time I have certainly there was nothing of the kind before the Committee that ammunition was sent with those condemned and inferior arms to their places of otoi just as though they had been intended not for sale but for immediate use in the Held The truth is that it is impossible to Eteal arns and traurport them lrom one depository to another without the knowledge aud active participation of the officers of the Ordnance Bureau both in Washington and at those depositories It may be observed that Col Craig the head of the Bureau at this period was correct an officer and as loyal and as honest a man as exists ia the couutry Yours very reepacUnlly James Buchanan Wheatland near Lancaster jv 17 1802 THT YANKEE BLOCK OH! AT NASSAU AND BKUMVDA From the London Times We must not bs precipitate iu coming to an opinion on the intelligence just reporti from Bermuda The proceedings of the American squadron In those waters are certainly calculated to irritate cur feelings if nut provoke our reseiit-nirtut and the notoriety already achieved by tho vtttcer in command may naturally be expecttd to ajrmte onr suspicious We are bound however to observe that the case has two aspects and we are by no means sure aa yet that the Federal have done iu this matter auyLhiuR more than we ourselves under similar conditions should have 1 If Ijjlg NOTES OF THE Alt TffB PAS3AQS OV T3S RAPPAHANNOCK The army correspondent of the Richmond Ex-aminer writing from Hamilton's Crossing on the 13b inst 'says HAMttfTON's Crossing 1 I December 13- o'clock 1 have obtained an authentic account of the crossing of the appahanndck at Fredericksburg which I hasten to transmit During the early part of Wednesday night the enemy's wagons were busily engaged haulicg pontoon bridges to the river their rumbling being the only eonnd heard in the deserted streeta of the ill-fated old town At four o'clock on Tnursday mornlog the 17ih Mississippi regiment Barksdale's brigade being on pioket within the town were Ordered to the bluff overIookingUhe6itH of the old railroad bridge The moon was brilliant and by light onr -men could distinguish the enemy's forces oxkiog like beavers on a pontoon bridge stretching from the Stafford bank towards the footof the binff Io the course of an hour the bridge had been stretched to within sixty yards of the south-ro' shore The woik was going bravely on and the bridge as far as eompleted was thickly covered with mea when at five o'clock the two'companies of the 17th who were lying on the extreme verge of the bluff were ordered to fire The order was deliberately given and executed At the crack of our rifis the bridge-builders scampered for the shore leaving their dead and Wounded thickly Btrewed upon the bridge Id a few moments they returned and bore them off Imrntdiately there was opened upon the bluff a terrific fire of shell grape and musketry which was kept up with littie intermission until five o'clock when our troops retired Twice agalD at intervals of half an hour the enemy renewed the attempt to complete the bridge1 but was in each instarce repulsed with heavv loss In every case the Yankees ran out to the end of the bridge but on receivii our fire retired with equal nimblemes After the third repulse of the enemy the whole ol Barksdale's brigade was ordered to the support of the 17h regiment and were put into position some in rear of the bluff aD4 others higher up and lower down the stream At this juncture the euemy's fire from cannon and small arms became so tremendous and overwhelming that our foree waa only preserved from destruction by laying flat oa their faces In every instance In which a niaa ventured to raise his head from the earth he wa instantly riddh-d With ballets or torn to pieces by grapeshot It must be borne In mind that the position 'occupied tby 'bur meu was swept by the enemy's batterie3 and sharpshooters not two hundred yards dbfant on the opposite heights Notwithstanding the precaution taken the casualties among our troops were numerous und Bevere A shell knocked down a tall chimney on the bluff which falling amongst our men layiDg beneath it wounded twenty-eight of them Ot er casualties too numerous to mention occurred It I3 estimated that whilst onr men were under this terrific fire their loss in killed and wounded was at least one hundred and fifty Towards 5 o'clock pm three routing cheers from the river bank beneath the bluff announced that the euemy had completed the bridge and that his troops had effected a landing on the southern back About this time the order for a retreat was received by our men The regiments of the brigade fell bacK by different streets firing as they retreated upon the enemy who closely followed them The bii-gade rendezvoused at the market house and faced the enemy A sharp skirmish ensued but our troops acticg under orders again-fell back and left the town in possession of the enemy Daring the evacuation twenty or thirty of our men not heariDg the order to retire were taken prisoners It Is said that two giments sent to cover the retreaclbPieflsd disgracefully when opened On bv the eneiay'a cannon from beyond the river As I am not fully satisfied ot the truth of this story I 6hall not give the names of these regiments DariRg theaiccurrence of tho incidents i have related the town was fired as I informed yon in my last and several ciliz jha who from one cause and anotner still lingered in their dwellings were killed The citizens sever I hundred in number who had returned to the town under the delusion that It would not be attacked left it during the day single or in families and sought for refuge and eafety in the" country They are now scattered about some in cabins and some in the open air This morning I met two women each with an infant and several Utile children wandering along the railroad The children were all baretoored and ft made the heart bleed to see their little bine feet treading painfully the frcxen ground blindly following their poor mothers who knew as little as themselves where 10 seek food aud shelter Nearer the town we saw three womn with a number ol children who bad eiablifrhcd themselves in a three sided shelter built of rails and covered and lined with wheat straw The open side of tire shelter faced the south and the unconscious children warmed by the genial rays of the suu re playing as merrily as if there were neither war nor trouble lu the world In two cabins within a mile and a 'ha' of the town between twenty and thirty women aud children were crowded Au old gentleman who was standing near oiw ot the huts informed me that THE ME lie URY SATURDAY" DECEMBEK 20 1862 THE CA MP A ION IN TENNESSEE MtfBPKBBSBOBO Tbnn December 18 Ahdy Johnson has issued an crder for the assessment of 150000 upon the cilizsDS of Nashville on the pretence of providing relief for the poor and suffering Prisoners from Nashville report the enemy to be gradually evacuating the city and moving in the direction of Bowling Green TfiSy are removing their heavy guns across the Cumberland Elver This movement la supposed to have for its object the reinforcement of Grant's army William EL Polk died on the 13th inst messHge be sent to the House of Representatives requesting the appointment of a similar Committee which was agreed to and the House returned a reply agreeing to the proposition The report of the Committee oe the College Education and Religion en Message No 4 of Excellency the Governor relative to the South Csrolina Co'lege was agreed to and was sent to the House of Representative for concurrence the President laid before the Senate the following telegraphic communication Richmond Decemher 1 61 SC2 To his EeeGMency Governor Pickens Brieadter General Maxcy Gregg died at fire o'clock on the morning of the 15th lost near the battle field upon which he felL His remains will reach Oolnmbia on the morning of the ISth A HASKELL Captain A A Mr Oswald offered the following resolutions which were agreed to and ordered to be sent to the House of Representatives Resolved That this General Assembly has received with profound sorrow the intelligence of the death of the late General Maxcy Gregg and mourn his lossss that of one of our purest aud best citizens and a soldier who has not been excelled In pa'riotism and valor Heaofved That a Committee of four Senators be appointed to make suitable arrangements for receiving the remains of General Gregg on their arrval In Columbia and in co-operating with the other authorities in paying a suitable tribute of respect to his memory and that a message be sent to the Houe of Representatives proposing the appointment of a similar Committee to confer with the Committee of the Senate on this subject 5fessrs Oswall Mores Maxwell and Arthur were appointed the Committee on the part of the Senate and a message sent accordingly The House of Representatives sent to the Senate resolutions in relation to the death of Gen Maxcy Gregg (recommending that the General Assembly do attend his funeral services) which were concurred in and returned to the House Mr McKewn from the Committee to wait on the Governor e'ect and inform him of his election reported that the Committee had performed the duty assigned to them that the Governor elect had signified his acceptance of the office and had informed the Committee that he would be ready to qualify to-morrow at 11 o'clock a Mr Mazyck made a similar report from the Committee to wait on the Lieutt-ntant Governor elect informing the Senate that the Lieutenant Governor elect would quality immedl itely after the Governor Is qualified '( he House of Representatives returned to the Senate a bill to organise and supply negro labor for coast defence ia compliance with requisitions of the Confederate Government The House of Representatives sent a tnesssge concurring with the Senate In their resolutions respecting the reception of the remains of the late General Maxcy Gregg and do at point Messrs Lide Brice Perrln and Graham as the Committee on the part of the House Mr Bormeau said: Ma Psuesidsst It becomes my painful duty to announce to the Senate the death of my pedecessor the Hon Wagner of Christ Church Parish He was a native and a graduate of the Charleston College For a brief time was engagod in mercantile affjra He was the Secretary and Treasurer of the Blue Ridge enterprise In early manhood removed to Christ Church and became an energetic and successful rice planter He was not allowed long to remain in the quiet seclusion of private life He waa called to represent the Parish in the lower brancu of the General Assembly He served three terms in the House and at the Una of h'a death was la his second term of service In this body His career as a legislator was on of great influence Though not a debater his great personal popularity food judgment and tact couched with rc tivlty and great eamestnesi contributed on many occasions to decide the issua After the secession of £ouib Carolina 5n 1860 Col Wagner though not liable for duty ta the field promptly sought service aud was appointed Lieutenant in an artillery company He was rapidly pro-moled He escaped unharmed the perils of the desperate assault upon Secessloovllle battery on the 16th June where by his courrge and presence of mind he materially 'd in the defence of the works He ejwuped the dan-eers of battle only to fall on the ICth of July by a sad fatality His long and useful career In this body afforded to you all a knowledge of those high quaUties of the heart which he so bountifully poiseesed Warm aad ardent in his filend-hlp this feeling was as warmly and sinc-rely rectpr cattd by as numerous a body of fi lends as ever fell to ihe lot of one man Hewas an open-hearted steadfast friend To those la the humbler Walks of ilfe who sought his assistance he was ever ready to render relief Kiudness was his nature generosity his habit In the death of CoL Wagner at this time the country has sustained a great Iobs from the breaking ou' of this war he gave himself without reserve to his country and nerer left his post to visit his plantation though but a few miles distant since going into service Brave high-toned and conscientious he commanded the confidence of all Mr President the death of one even in the sere of llre possessing all these qualities of head and heartis paiulul to his friends but It becomes doubly so when he is cut off suddenly In the prime of manhood and in the midst of his usefulness With these brief remarks I ask leave to submit the following rfsolu'lona Jtexolted That the members of the Senate have received the announcement of the death of Col Thomas Wagner with profound regret Resolved That as a marlc of respect the members of the Senate wear the usual badge of mourning Eetlved That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Clerk of the Senate to the family ofthe deceased Mr Manning said Ms Phksidknt I cannot forbear the expresslen of a word of affection as a tribute to the memory of my friend whose death lias been noticed in such just and feeling terms by the Senator from Christ Church In peaceful and happier years none who beheld the open and ingenuous face of Thomas Wagner would readily forget it It was so genial sofankand manly that m-n were attracted to him by an Irresistible lmpuloe Nor was there disappointment upon a more intimate association 1 Bctrnsidb doubtless has under command an immense and admirably equipped army: Say he has lost ten fifteen or twenty thousand men in the battle of Fredericksburg This would be but a email proportion of the forces in hand and barring the demoralization produced by so signal a failure as this attempted advance and the extraordinary disproportion of the slain there is no reason why BrjBNSiDB should noj try it again forthwith at some other point along the Rappa taannock This repaise however bloody would hardly deter a great General bent "upon striking at Richmond There is a strong pressure on the Yankee commander to proceed His reputation bis opportunity M'3 future are staked upon the success or non-enccess of the move He has-a howl at hi3 back to drive bim on Bat notwithstanding all this his course is by no raeanp clear If he delays and hesitates and attempts a "change of base" It will take probably more time than the Si If II done without my scrapie at ail It would be useless and indeed superflaon? to disguise the fact tout the Confederate hav received aud are receiving contraband cargos from this country Everybody knows tiis though everybody also knows that the Federals are importing euch goods iar more largely than their Northern mob will allow him and the military- pli mi ill antagonists and that tney have certalaly uo right to tiik about breaches of neutrality One half IN A UG URA TION OF GOVERNOR BONHAM At eleven o'cl- ck on Thursday morning- ihe Gpneral Asemblj mt io the hall ofthe Honse of RepreseLtativea in Columbia to attend the Inauguration of the Governor the Hon Bonham The 6eus of many membpra were yielded to the immense throng uf the eeclle ec-x who were crowded out of the gallery Governor PiCKBNSand Gen Bonham ascendtd to the Speaker'o detk when the former made the following addre-s which was revived with repeated ajpluue Cfenllemen ot the Senate an3 Hcm4 of Bepreaentatrcea difficult to fin language la wjaich to express my fetilogi on this occ ilon Two yea ago when I was sworn into office at that desk clouds and darkness rested upon the future fcince then £-tate baa passed through tbe severest trials to wbicn people can be subjected It was supposed by some that In an appeal to anca there might division as but ihat appeal hka been made aad that (Jed the result ih'ors that as far Somh Carolina la concerned we are a united people There -Is now no up country no low country but the State is one and the same From he yeoman's cottage on the mountain slope even to tlis mansion whose broad portico expanos its sunny columns to the ocean view we are one aud the same family We are a band of brothers around the same stone an I kneeling around the same family altarr LoDg icg may ttU last 1 ier may hve been grievous wrong done tn our political local matters but time will beai the wounds that have been created As for me" my wl oie heart is alone in the Independence of my country and I can forget all eaye her honor and -r interests 1 have had difficulues and trlali but with becoirlng reverence before a gher power I here declare atlnmy puolic con I have never tor one moment felt an emotion separate from love and devotion to South Caro ina Only a tew year ago and the vessel of t-tate flooted as it were over the glassy surface or a placid lake but the demon of fanatlc'sm rose and flashed his gleaming blade athwart the prow and with a demon's fary has turned that lake into a sea of blo IMi ijiate has So tar nobly met her destiny She has had much to encounter but through her whole history from that day in 1770 gtanding alone beiore Ihe fi st Union was farmed when she met the enemy at Moultrie in victorious defiance she has never once faltered In her ii ect and lntnfy course even op to the 27th of December 1860 Then it was in the same harbor and from the sme fort abandoned amid smoking ruins by our deadly foe that the satn! enchanting spit it of heroic defiance in her people again called the Phoonlx of a new and glorious Union to rise from the ashes of ihe old 1 hand the Htate over to my distinguished successor and here proudly say that through her whole car er up to this dy no stain rest upon a single feather In the plume that waves ovet her brow Amid the great event around us my acts now pass into hlsory I have done what 1 have done I court scrutiny Into those acts and ask no favor from any earthly tribunal save my coo -try and posterity I now pass the In' signla of office to your hands and may God In His mercy of their navy In iact Is eiupk3'ed iu loading munitions ot war lur themselves while the other half Is engaged in preventing tne 'ontede rates from repaiiing to the same markets But there is no help lor this apparent unfairnees nor can we allow the consideration to affect our baton will be transferred by the Lincoln dynasty to a new chief Hookkr or some other If therefore Buensids withdraws from the Rappahannock the transfer will occupy some time and meanwhile active military operations will cease in Eastern Virginia In Tennessee we have little idea that Rosbcbans will come out of his works around Nashville to fight Gen Johnston He is more likely either to evacuate thu place as the despatch to-day would indicate or he will attempt to garrison and hold it against a trusting to relief So soon as the Cumberland River ries Indications now point to the State of Mississippi and particularly theworks at Vicksburg as conduct towards either fedligerent Tne re6uh is due simply to the accidental preponderance of the Northerners at sea and tho ndvautaire would at ouce pass over to the Southerners in all Its value if a successful battle or two were to give them the asctudeucy fjjth sides come to ne for supplies and boib are served with commer 11 1 I Pi cial impartiality' The Federals sail feariesely away from York with their cargos hut the Confederates have hostile squadrons to elude on their voyage aud blockades to ruu at the end of it They try theretore ail theo dmary tricks oi the next scene of large and earnest operations a contraband trade aud there ia au obvion-t likelihood in the supposition that they have ditc avtred the convenience to which the Bahamas and the Bermudas may be turned in the prosecution of at the lime of the threat ol the enemy to shell the town he had moved his household goods aud personal property into the country but that a few days ago thiiiking there was no danger he had the trathc It is tar easier to run from Nassau to Charleston than from Liverpool to Charleston and so the run from Liverpool to Nassau forms a carried them bacls His house was burnt yetster preliminary But the ederals understand thrsc day and everything he bad in the world consumed in iu I am afraid that a number of citizens have expedients as well as ethere and as their ohj ct is to intercept this traffic they cru se off our islands as the likeliest place lor the purpose Esactly in the same manner as we ed ourselves with him for the expression of his countenance was the tn to argue that the true way to stop the slave trade t)een canght in the same way TUB CONTROVERSY BETWBKN BX-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN AND GENERAL -A STUNNING LETTER FROM "OLD BUCK" Since his celebrated correspondence with Se dex of his mind He had a heart sir which was peculiarly susceptible to was not to roam about the ocean or cruise along th" coast of A'rica but to blockade the ports of Cuba A road is best watched at its narrowest the sentiment of friendship Whatever was worthy and manly in human character quickly won hla regard which poiDt and the Yankees are acutely attemptiug to once obtained he preserved to the lat with as much ten cretary Marcy Winfield Scott has never made a greater mistake than when he published bis late derness as fervor Nor was his friendship a sentiment onU' catch the smugglers before tueyget out to sea it waa earnest and active and constantly btrlviog to pro For all this upon due consideration we can mote oy woras ine interests or ii onject attack ou Ex-President Buchanan Buchanan hardly blame them It is certainly not for our woiooei Wagner commenced public life as a very young MORGANS VICTORY AT HARTSVILLE AND INTERESTING DE TAILS lOerrpondnoa (if Atlanta InteUig encer In Cams seas Mfefbeeboko' Tens D'CemberS The rumors contained in ray last letter of the Hartsvillo fight are fully confirmed by arrivals from the scene oi action I have obtained xhe fallowing particulars from an officer who participated ia the engagement Six hundred men from Gano'a Texas aad Date's and Breckinridge's Kentucky renimunts under Col Basil Duke: and the second and nintn Kentucky regiments sevtn hundred siroujzv and bb's Kentucky battery under Col Tnomaa EL Hunt left Beard's Mills Saturday morning for Harisvillev Tae troops reached Cumberland river at midnivtht and succeeded in crossing the artillery by daylight At snn up Cobb's battery supported by the Kentucky ninth' opened the ball The Yaukee artillery was soon feileDCt and the fight then raged for mor than an hour between the infantry the enemy constantly retreating The river at last put an end to this when CoL Moore of Indiana acUng Brig surrendered his entire force composed of an Iu-dlana and the 104thItlinoH and 10 8a Ohio regi mcnts The prisoners to the number of more thm our entire force engaged are txpected at Murfressbro hourly Five wauon loads of gant and 40 of Quartermaster and Sutler's stores and two pieces uf artillery were brought oft Ttie gallant Gen Margin com ramde the expedition Cols Tom Hunt and Duke displayed their usual gallantry tud skill while th troops won additional laurels for the Keutncklans in our army MORPttKE3BoRo' Tenn December 9 The defeat and capture of an entire briiradft at Hartsvllie Tenn by Gen Morgan on the 7oh Inst was a st briliiant exploit The cirenm-slances atteoding the affair the obstacles overcome the fonivude and endurance of our troops in a march of aluiost unparalleled severity aa well as their dashing courage In the fight covered them with glory aud added another to the many feats which haye made the name of Morgan world-renowned From an oSleer who participated 1q the expedition I have collected some particulars On Friday the 5ih inst the Kentucky brigade left their encampment near Mur frees boro' in a blinding snow storm which however had no effect in chilling the ardor or repressing the cheers of the' gallant Kentnckians as they bore their colors already covered with records ol glory gained on hard-fought fields once more towards the enemy Without overcoats and poorly Bhod they pressed on 18 miles through cold and uiud and bivouaced that night on chaste beds of snow with but their scanty blankets for a coveriog Here the brigade remained until 10 o'clock the sen day when the second aud ninth (formerly known as the 5th) Kentucky regiments and Oobb'a Kentucky battery under command of Col Thomas llaut together with a portion of Morgan's cavalry under Col Basil Duke wUh his moaotain howitzers the whole under Gen Morgan moved in light marching order towards Lebanon It then became evident that a movement of importance was projected and that the credit of fcuecess or blame of failure was to rest entirely with Kentuckians and cheer after cheer went up as the to veteran regiments of infantry greeted the later recruits which Morgan had brought up with him from Kentucky At eleven o'clock that night the command having marched twenty miles halted on the banks of the Cumberland within five miles of the enemy's camp near Hrtavi4e Now commenced a task which to a man of lees enterprise nd energy would have secmnd impos-eible and the successful crossing of the troops in 'two small ferry boats almost in the presence of the eoenjy and fifteen miles instae of bis lines is certainly one of the most remarkable aud daring feats of even Morgan himself The crossing occupied five hoars and at five o'clock a on Sunday the 7it the men Shivering and cold were hardly ble wiia their numbed fingers to obey the order to load yet they stepped off briskly towards the camp Blill five miies distant The last uiiie of march of twenty-five was made in double quick when tnrclDK an augla in the road the enemy's camp lay before them His line of battle In beautiful order stretched to a formidable length along tbe crest of a bill' which rose from a deep ravine intervening between ibem and our lice of battle which was rapidly formed on the opposite elope Cobb's battery on the right supported by the 9h Kentucky with the 2d Kentucky immediately on its left and eUU further to the left portions of Ciake's od Cheoault's Kentucky regiments of cavalry dismounted for the occasion The ball was opened by Capt Cobb's battery and the dismounted cavalry deployed as skirmishers rushed Kalian tly forward in fine style drove in the eno-my'a eterrsicclsra on tea right and boldly attacked their raatn line Tbf Setfond Kefitncky was now draerea forward metlnat Ihe enemy and attacked them in a manner 'ancending father slope In the from ot a galling fire-The posltosn of the battery uraa and the Ninth advanced ata double 2Qia la a combined attack on the whole line ifitltfbeat led la tplwdid style byCapuia interest as a nation to impeach the belligerent in his reply plucked Scott as if he had been a man Kirst as Representative and then as senator from Christ Church These hall witnessed for many years i leal activity and energy In the management of the affalrg nifbt of search and tue a eaerais nave not tc tually exceeded their privileges It would be im of Ms constituents and or the Ptate politic as well as urjast to iutertere with their proceedings They canuot be allowed to presume Colonel Wagner was deeply Irabaed with a love for his native 8tate and entertained equally a decided spirit of ag or to encroach nor can they reasonably complain if we look with more than ordinary suspicion on Gen McClebnaisd's expedition soon to descend from Cairo i of formidable proportions of itself Grant is already there advancing with nnmreous forces Aud if a-? has been stated reinforcements are further concentrated upon Mississippi from Missouri Arkansas and West Tennessee it will require excSlent generalship and the utmost promptitude and exertion on our part to foil the enemy and drive him back from the acacmplish-ment of his object 1 We therefore look with anxiety to Mississippi and trust that every effort will be made to save Vicksburg ami rcdaira that State Officers men and arms should be supplied on the spot to the extent of the capacity of the Government for the indications are of danger 4 Reeonstruetlon' The Richmond Whig strikes the nail on the head when it says: "The plan of ex-Senator Bigleb of Pennsylvania for ending the war consists of a suggestion thtthe Legislatures of the Yankee States shall petition Congress to call a Convention for the purpose of re constructing the Constltu -tioD' with view of mnklng it satisfactory to the Confederate States and inducing their return to the Union Mr Bigler mistakes the point of the The uK was not in the Constitution nor did the Southern States withdraw on account of dissatisfaction with that instrument No alteration of it even If such alteration waft left altogether to themselves would begin to satisfy the Sjuthern States What they object to and what they never "will cenae to obj ct to is association witv the Yankee race on any terms If Senator iOLkr could 'reconstruct' the YEkee from head to heel Inius et in cute In mind 4 in heart soul and body po that there would be no atom or instinct of the original beast left we might then consider the question of reunion but even then wonld probably determine that it is best for ua to be alone" This Recess The General Assembly adjourned on Thursday to meet" again the 20h of January next gression a people whom he honestly believed to be her hitter and vindictive enemies He evidenced these strong opposite sentiments In a marked manner throughout the movements of an omoer so notorious as Com both his political ana military career modore Wilkes Wilhiu these limit? however tbey are free to exert that power which their When the government relations between the two great maritime ascendency gives them and we musl sections or the late Federal union were levered Colonel Wagner was among the very first to promote military or- say that with the exception of the case of the Gladiator they do not appear to have iterlally gsnizauons lor tne Of fence or tne state Enlisting as a Dless you and my beloved Mate I The GuVcruor elect thus introduced epoke as tollowi" Gentlemen oftht StnnU and Hons of BepretenUitjtts To be the Chief Magistrate of Honth Carolina is at any time a flattering distinction but especially Is it when the Confederacy is in the throes of mighty revolution inaugurated by that Htate herself With inujh distrust of my own abilities I assume this responsibility but with Uie aid of the patriotic citizens composing your bodies and with a firm reliance upon the great Ruler of events I shall devote mys lf to the duties assigned me discharging them fairly and impartially and leave il to posterity to judge of the rec ltude of my conduct A fearrul war has for near two years been waged against us by a fierce and unrelenting foe Already has it cost the Mate many of her noblest sons The friend of my my comrade In has just yielded up his life a wtiliog sacrifice for our Independence Our entire State Is cow paying homage to his memory and his Bom an virtue The success of our cause will much depend npon the harmony of the Confederate htat and State Governments and whilst we must never los sight of the rights of the £tate wisdom and patriotism alike dictate that In every legitimate way we should sustain the Confederate authorities to wboa the conduct of the war has been mainly confided Upon my humble efforts to carry the 8tate successfully through the trials that await her during my term 6f office Ilnvoketbe blessings of Almighty God And cow sir I am prepared to take the oath ol office The lion A Aldkich Speaker then administered with dignity aud solemnity the oath to Governor Bonham and to Lieutenant Governor Weston The President of the Senate tben requested the Senators to return to their Chamber where he would deliver commissions to the Governor aud Lieutenant Governor This huvirg been done Sheriff Bkaro proclaimed" from the easttrn potcb with energy orj3 force the fact tLat Governor 31 Bonham: Lad been inaugurated as Cummahder in Chkt oi South Carolina private a company of regular artillery upon Its organ overstepped their rignts mat mey have gone to iiitfon he was immediately male First Lieutenant and the verge ol ill gahty by no means improbable was placed In Port Moultrie In the defence of tht for tress during the bairle of Fort fcumter he behaved with distinguished gallantry which won the confidence and com 8but neither is It improbable that they have had sound reasons for their eagerness They assumed a perhaps with sufficient warrant that in the pliments of his superior officers tnd rising rapidly in rank he soon became a Lieutenant Colonel in a regiment of ar Bermuda waters were lying Rhipa consisted to tillery their enemies which would be lawful prizaat sea During the progress of the war amid all Its varying fortunes Colonel Wagner was always confident vigorous and intrepid and infused these characteristics Into the minds of those around bim Upon the gallant field of Secesslonvllle Col Wagner dls played the lofvest traits of heroism He shared with the brave Lamar the glories of that day and their names as brothers In arms will descend together in history 'As on this glorious and well foaghten field They kept together In their chivalry" Both survived the dangers of that memorable dev Mr goose Instead bf a peacock Bcott ventured upon a rej ainder which read more like a confeeslou than either attack or defence The merciless "Butk" horns him for this in a style which will cause 8cott herealter not to venture on accusations without having his "documents" at hand We find the following extract from this sur-njoinder ot Buchanan in the papers' It effectually end utterly disposes of the charge that General Floyd unduly accumulated arms In the Southern Slates "Lhulenant-General 8cott had a bad night" doubtless after reading what Buchanan had to Bay I should have nothing more to add had General Scott in hla rejoinder confined himself to the topics "embraced in his original letter Ue has extended them and how for the first time in a Sarcastic and no kiudly spirit refers to the alleged stealing of public urm by Secretary Floyd and their transportation to the South in anticipation of the rebellion The most conclusive answer to this alley tiun is that notwilstandlug the boasting of Mr Floyd at Richmond evidently with the view of conciliating his new allie cited by the General aa his authority 'no public aruaa were ever stolen Thi fact is established by the report of the Committee on Military Affairs the llouan ol RepresentatiYffl cow beforu sef -iaad by Mr Sunionof Ohio their Chairman ou the 18th of February 1861 and to be loand io the eeond volume of the Keports of CommiUees the House for the eessjon of 18(50 -61 "This report aDd the testimony before the Committee establish 1 That the Southern States received ia 1860 leas instead of more than the quota of arms to which they were entitled by law and that three of North Carolina Mississippi and Kentucky received do arms whatever and this simply because they did not ask for them Well may Mr Stanton have said in the House "that there are a good deal of rumors and speculation and misapprehension as to the true state ol the facts in regard to this matter" 2 Secretary Floyd under suspicious circumstances on the 22J December I860 and but few days before he let the Departuitui had without the knowledge of the President ordered 118 Co-lamblads and eleven S-pounlers to be tnnport-ed from Pittsburg to Ship-Island and Galveston in Mississippi and Texas This fact was brought to the knowledge ol the President by a cmu unica- tioa from Pitta burg aad Secretary Holt liuuie- President to yield up tbeir lives to tbetr country -UI In Its service indeed but not as either woulU bav wished to di upon the held of battle striking to the last axtioatihe ene mies or their country Mr President there were three friends especially at tached one to the other who for years were associated in these halla and subsequently la the armlea of tbeir conn- 1 out wnicn wonia De nisei? encuigu to elude them if they got clear awny Tey therefore lingered about the harbor and hUDgabuutlheofiiug as long as they could justifiably doo and perhaps a little longer They watched the port so closely as almost to blockade It and they stopped vessels that might been reasonably allowed to pass without challenge In these proceedings there may have been something extravagant as well as much that was pro voking but on the oth'jralde there was prooably the practical provocation of puccessful smuggling The population of the id id da we may be pretty sure is Southern In its sympathit andmny a cargo has doubtless been ruu through the aid to the vRniare wHich these harbors have furnished The Federals know this and it is but natural that they should strive by all the means in their power to break np the trade Whether in these pro ceediugs they have transgressed the rules of inter national law or whether they have limited their operations to the sharp practice of a ffl jd aud Vindictive belligeient Is more thanwe can pre cisely say at present Ia the former case thev must be brought to reason and they may well indeed be content to obsirve a law which Is ppera-tlng so decidedly in their own favor But if as we should be disposed to surmie they have done little more than press their privileges as rigorously as possible uuder the provocation given them by a brisk contraband traffic we think we may as well make allowance for their temptations and put ourselves in their place before we pronounce try Johxison Wagner aot King One yielded op hi Rfe on the consecrated field of Manassas the second wlibia the Consignee per latrleto sand Savan-nah Kaliroad December 19 1S06 bushels Corn btQi liuhels Rough Elee 12 tlercej wsls of Moultrie and the third upon the plains of geceisloo- vllie They rest not remotely frjm each other lathe toll of the Btate which they loved so welL And hereafter when Tns Third A despatch "from Colonel Nance ol the 3J Regimen 8 says "I lost about 24 men killed and 140 wounded All the field oScera were wounded and three senior Captains and several Lieutenants were either killed or wounded -My loss la the heaviest in the brigade" The regiment behaved gallantly 2 am doitg very well" K'oe 5 Coils iiope bales cotton Furniture Mde 4c To MJ Guerin M-j Prlngle Maj Chi Ids fraser Dill Middleton A CO O'Hear Koper A Btoney Bliisell Barnwell A eon Heyward Lieut Corbett Crais- peace once more spreads her blessed influences over the land brave men and patriotic women wlU make a-eatorea of Capt Wilkinson Col aid Capt it tiler iilrdsng respect and reverence as tbey pass the pot a where they rest and littie children in robes of innocence will scatter the purple flowers over their graves to keep tbeir memories fresh forever Dr JK Boyd Haiclcftou JU aud order Mr President I second with many sad recollections the resolution of the Senator from Christ Church XTl AKIN fi NEWS The preamble and resolutions were further advocated by feeling remarks from Mr Wilson and Mr FlckUng and were CliarIstonLat Lon unauiicottsiy agreed to On motion of Mr Moses was furtAsr ordered that th bum risks 7a 5k sets la hiqh WATim 6a 31 Senate as a mark of respect for the memory of the de ycxi lbsoth POKTiiArr of Ex Governor P105KK8 by our native artist Ibvtno Jr has just been completed In Columbia The t'aro-linian speaks of it ia terms of high praise Important it Tkub A despatch received via Louisville announces that" the Governor of Michigan has issued-a proclamation declaring that if an armistice be not agreed toby the 1st of January next he will recall all the "troops from that 8tate ceased Senator do now suspend buaine aud the Senate WIND at crteeu minutes past 4 suspended business until 9 upon their enducf 3 -At 8 the President took the Chair and the Sanata An lectku tor city ottteeta wns teld Colum AKKIVKD Dkokmk 19 proceeded with baslnesa bus Ot on Saturday last at which CoL Xhsj rtDort of the Committee of the Whole on a Mil to or- Schr BoJJ Roy Cannon from Bast Point vtm HO hart reit Rice To Kldtotoa Co ua 4 Fricl ilh iu was elected Mayor uud supply nefro labor for ootK dtfenof ia oonspU.