Richmond Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • Page 1

jagMT-h Baaflays -aUliar tte ot Bt tat ass Ul a i.t»«_<_. TM gKMI Vt KKRI.T i. tmati amy metaXat bispaTiH raiaav, tv toaaaa Mt'KlslMl DRtM-i BTAM tat FRinr.RTCRBBURG--TBI jSKMV Tilt BAPPAHAKti sabHS Hat the battle In front oo Monday rt bat-a and tbe ep" bbW ar- tbrst the m. my will not again ah via Fflfltaalaj aaarab-B, when it tmaatS and predk-ied tbat the day Ztastetosa anotht bUody struggle. ajaa at reating the an atel aaa of the df- Stsatasjasara al thecit, i.i i iBtBM Fredericks-urg IVrenhar ICth.

tMs aaapbsb-bi te" flflaaaaflarei in onr Kapp-vltaaaaah, MaflW a paf-age at aoma 11. I.bf. Oen. Com'g. Hj-fr-f rtetbwwaatoarasi aaM the arrival of '-n afteaaaaa, which bronght down a dispatch, and the additlcnal lha) thai Btatoa deal from the rarof thsalgbt aTehaMarettatbaaa I lt the the victory uq thaa iliM aaiaaa and gui i hoai the Bt-atb side if the kaaakeeaoto tosah a aa set -hateeerbh totoaa be, (kaagaaf teas" i ha ngarioi as a con- toabOitF of hh own forces to meet Ibeaa i tba ConfeJerscy.

tn rs test that was fe.t rtro they toataei that the cue. trawa wlthoal general among the men was ing he BSSBBBaai nntil ade uapbwas abtateed, aai they had not the I r. 100 ef the Ultimate remit of a I tghl gaayc) -dad ta atr I I Stattoa and point. ihars a ara broagbl to ihe oiiy iartog iSategysstardsj aaddtetrtbnted dif. btett ate Voaia ot -bovA were stveretv, Lan only but aU mttaeit be cheerftd, astel Brlaaai gtattlaatoa had Bel rye.

shed rr.thor.t a.vaii...-. 11 kabarj. uu-vii wo-bubd inn ttiaoaaga ciiti- iLr.i rt o'clrrk dewa cf onr theweand vi BbattttoaaaM-MA tjsstt so'clock ra i-n'iy tiaiu with 309 ef ear arssexpsetoi tost night a fib tha mdal i Banthef af daabtoi Bteeeaaas in -ii-bted prtessasra aai they sil thd at the Jaaettoa, it ir to dry gasrd. Bsetr. Bwofthe wortnded Uoofedarataa who raexarrtved ap to 11 o'clock toat il ni 2,153 of car vtroended have beea I 1.5W bec-u broagti Src nday.

Tha arrival l.st aheaaeoasa-toa a Burgeon. The woaaaei Taakecs praise of ih. Jotenuin-d. valor ut all uniti te deals ring 'hat iht-y got nhi-iplag at Fredattohabaig they ever Ived Whtu rr-suli of the becoaua known thte villi no i i 11 bci.traa everyboiy. Tte Tan that the battte al aai t.r.*- okficui.

SKroatT. Fta Itowtog ofltotol rep -rt af Geucr.il Lea v. as lived in tola city yesterday ARMT Va 14in Beeeaaber, 18C9. i sraUi Si rre tar of War, Bichmonfl, sir-, the Bight at tte ldb ii si, tha enemy io inrow the at aad tbe third its and a quaner below, neia' Bsoaih Ran. ata on whicb ic-k i Hag a-aada is i eoaunaaded by ibe ill- in of the enemy, that no t-betoal oppotl: IDC flfen te liis oi tte tot tba pasisgeof the tivtr, vtr opt to tbe straettve Lis BBaaeroas Posltaoas tisoro, therefore, to aevaaofl cronxi-g.

Tho caxr.jv.-- 1 its Tiiuai.g ty a-fai. lor the pt-ints the readk of oar anil- I a ihs bSBBs bad t-j by tetter, shahertogthanwdvtahah-Bi iju-s drove bask par.io. ut tlie at toi-gas effosite city; bat potat of ci srbate no sbattflreoa-l iii w. re Ibeaantvea driven the coupiei i the br.dga wasaffeci-d li 11 8008 a ihd llth. tbs 0 omi day enemy's aaaa itic aa-i by had so ie tba tto r.v?r cauk at ti then "i umif- cover oi'Lla i Le a teigaieal in lha town.

troops so jaiiantly haia their to- tbs cv-, the sev.re ranntmsite dur- resist lag i.il?_ac-s of the enemy rftry nep, tttato th-j night, tefaal so who, with equal tenacity. Lad i then pytit A the bridge. -Cndei i teas darknaaa a.d of aaaaa tog, on li-th, I i farce passed tho liver autl toaai position on I te I tsnt by ilteir ht-avy on I ite of tbe 1 Uh, Lia for I tag nmnpteted, by a boldly iv large oat obi wing Uen corps tee right odour Ime, wLich rented on tie I the teft, extending I ta ihs Basfltebaaaacfc above Oen. Btaart, with two a jiosirsl in the on aranruaa li Has -'ivaace cf tbe enemy wua dla.ov- I ijeii. Sfuart, wr.h aconsi-atdpr uipinern.

eeuiou of hia norsu opaaed wiih ettect upon hi. fiank, S.atew upoa MM t't-i'iai- a heavy i he mifllnahlaglj for aboi-t two i "teBBBBi to toa BMfladf-Betfafl was by Gen. P. Ilia's forming Jacksoa'i righr, sad, after an 00-tiaa com- rspalssd Dariag this attack, whteh araa pratastef ant hotly rnntaatatf. two of uaa BUIs i.ri buck upon our Hecoad hue.

toaeral lariy, part of nhj beiag I support, drove e.tioiy bac. from I Blot woods Ue had BeiZijJ. and par a uei him plain ititd rirrr.st**d by urnliery. Thu tha -B-fay'S SBteaatog beyond at ea naatsrai tba rigiit oi Tlib gf-'tf Lagi The took lateill jr. iront tt Hood, tiui qu.ckly and rep-idt'd with loaa tbs attach on our right the wae troops -wr hi.

hridgts at aa baa iv Jront of Laagatrest- afiar lir r.jpL.'o- ca cur rii-ht Le couiajenceda i 'i' flttaaks oi. our left, a view of oblai-- teat ot tte overlook I lbs towa Vhsaa repeated hIIkIi weie re I ftoet gall aal style by lha Wa-hiaglon ArtU- oa ur Coteaal Wattoe, portion of tests (hvialaa, wUch caaagtoi -eights. mud- trhen Col i hsttaltea hati relitiveu the ajiimuaitiot had bei-n eaiausted,) Mdad tha eaadaat for the 'l he aaoaay JJWanedia hte attacks by the Ire ol -rtuiery on the rigat baak of tne ri vtr, ai i.iiiii'C'.'a- teavy batteries ou the I b-ghtfl Ihfl operatitiuii, alate tha move- tha enemy begaa, agsssaala to atoot 1800 1. the former 1 regret to tba 0 the paartoito gtif. U.

Cobb, wioo fell upon left ku BLuimg ihe latter, that toave Boidier Mihai Msxcy WM act, it ii feared, iartoff ths aefarh ear rigbi. tt-s-uiy io lit en engegwii tar ami dead. me vunbl.) in position ia JJ wita tte x-j-piio- of aaaaa nfc.i'n tLtni, "JJ -ttenp to rsaaw th- attatk. About BBadred iifiy wane taAeu during but ihe full rxteni flf Lis loss is il Very reepec-tfully, lour tb ffl i i tt. K.

General. -hratoag, Mcj. and A. hi. 0.

t'A'm FLOYBb and generally credited, that the laato tine, under commabd of (leuera- Jt, htj a aignsi aueccss ever tba eae- tU ton OD ausatneky sl a 11 eaaaay-afevesa, aoatptetely "-d that nine flstboeto, witb valaebto lr -ad Col. Billy and ifty men I'l, tM 'd. Kin prissaers taken. General Urtik to 9 the Peter's (i, bead of ttateateto t-tkiiV te tt Urrw DISPATCH. VOI XXIU.

RF.POBTBD VICTORY IN Intelligence was received in Lynchburg, Mon the that elty.) that our farces under Oenerai Johnston ware attacked by the near Mnrfreesboro', early on Saturday i morning, when a terrifi. battte ensued. Tbeene-i my far outnumbered onr troops, who gredcally fall back before them a distance of about ten miles, centering the ground inch by inch ai they retired! with bloody effcotsupon the Abolitionists. Our troopi received reinforcements Pa'unlay night, when tbey rallied, and r. Sunday aot only I recovered the around they bu 1 lost, but in turn for-cd the enemy a distance of four from the point at which BBS fight Commenced.

It stated that the ry; while perhaps not is a glorious one, and as one of tho fruits of it, it was c- anticipated that wonld be captured. P-t-engere from the yesterday evenlng.re port the enemy's loss a', five Our own Ls by thsm to be heavy. intelligence, while not official, Is bulieved to be rellab'e. That a battle has been we have certain Information, and it is hoped the eporttd resuit above in correct. THS FIGHTING IW NORIH OAROLI-t Tbe telagraph bm stated lhat on Monday (Jen.

Ev-aui fell back across ths Keu-e river and bnrnt thr- He retreated hetoro the overwhelming taaaa of the mik-H Pacs-ngcr-i from Wetiea on Mouday state that tbe Yankees peaaaaatoa of tbe Clinton road aa the south side cf the rtear, whilst toeeae oom-iy the north side. Bi-ery safla of the enemy's advance was hctiy con- tf-stcd, and the slaughter of the 1. to have been tatty great. General now haa a very stroDg and if reach hba in time he will not only hold his own whore he 's, but probably drive the back to Newt-em. -a.

TBE "OCCUPATION" OF GALVESTON. There -mv Is be a wrong impression aa the public mlutl leiative to the situaticu" Rt tc-n. The Island ol Galveston -a a stilp of land from three to toa rail -a from the land, thirty wilts in length, and from one to three milea wide. Tbe city of Galveston in alt.iated en the eastern end cl thin Inland, and extends la within a mile and a half or' ihe eastern point of the JLtaaai this point is the to the harbor, whi.h lies north Wiihin this harbor, said abreast cf city, lies tha Federal vessel. with their gun.

potattog at town. Ths is all the they hove got it. They Lave ir.atla peiuianen' l.aidirg, and rt-aily ta day hsve wort. flf Ibectty have oar forces. A few miles west ol the town ts tho tare and a ball miles in length, lha island with main land.

Our forces hold ihe ridfe9 with battartea on both and we are in ia'J I'js-eisiouof the ttsali IttsaaU our asoate i-cotir the city eatver they They aric.t ft'l wha appeit to be ant! thaai within hnea. Tho Federals kcuw tai. sd'l tlaro not prevent St. With their force only, lha l-'cietnln have WBB an tifphaat to a ibb-S ana tfaagr don't know what teds wiibu. They can't take th.y can't tetitgo aad so they atUl vrith tbotted guns at paaeeabte snd aie wt.liluglt' BBS whet tara np.

AMU OM.MERIIAS.. BORN Ite several isjapaal the stock market beti.i pub lie Bttsntl-TB l.eiug absorbed by the opur-liia. tear Fred liizia ton o3o so Confederate (lfiO Wa) pc par End interest. The action of thu Legirlaturea of thatr respective quotas af the war ibbt, will stre ag.hon tn-j bobbdence in bocda, aud l.ia-i to an W. regit-tered haniij at lot', fidt; Ncrili Qaroltoa atees, old taaaa, e-ghts.

P2O mud Interest. Be-broad boaii aai Mock, 10-aranc-, and 3-nk stocks Oui.d ttto teaaiaraa haa been vory light fir days. Ws quote gold, an before, at 8- 90 te ci 25 safibsg rates; VBgiuia itad Berth Caro-tea bank I South Carattaa and Georgia nOtiiij. there have baaa aa toqportaat Bates of real estate in city tor tea tiays, aai until the new year "seta iv" egwrattoas in thi. doaciption of property wiii continue light.

Ea lha faaasal market thers ta bet Rttto ebaaga Maea aartost report, though It wlll be that jta tendency in to H.i7_,_eo. Yet, Bsaapt in arttotoa of aatoaoa Bv-rciiy. unusual expense and toaahla to reaeb the market, there no coiioaabio alteration. Tho following quotations ere genura'ly by wholesale, though re prices, in but few iu.ta_ceß, are but little higher. Wheat uo hr.ug We quote from satoa at the mills aa rod SI Mrtod, v-ite 15, for prinvs Flour continues tiuil umior a large supply, bat prices are unctaagei.

Superfine Ih Bat-tag at 8-0, i extra at 821 BBS, and family at per bbl. Corn ia selling at $3. The in tha mnrkat i not large. Oats are ia vi last quotations. Cok.n Sltal in becoming more thaa ever aa arti.

cle of eaaaaaaattoat a-d Ij telling at 83.5.) per bases-. Tobacco market for To haaaahaahaaa dull for mma daya past, but an ujim) yesterday more a iaation, and quote from satoa at the Rxebeaaa follow-- 11 75, Common Leaf, 9X36914; Gooi fill SB, and Sl ipp.jg, $21 tv 11. ii it; i M-iag at 84 aa fc'lvaccijjf taaiaaay. adgaa no eaiweqeats Bsawa eMMO cents, and White Ctofl-Ssd at Li very hijh. Tha scarcity to tbs BBBrVat had diftiselttes ol transportation have car- to th.

unprecedented raie if to p.r gallon, The Mawtaaej atfU rather to advance than to reeaie. fiali to be grainally down to a ie. NBaebta siandiid, ihoaga the present piice, 60 16, i by to means low. LiQUOii- havo not advanced. a ill quote 82i for pri'Ui- aud I P2 for (fool A'iple Brandy, an laaraasiag demand in view oi' ihe near approach of Cbrlnmas.

Apples are par bbl, and 85 to 7 in boxes of one bash-i each Bacan, hognund, cents, while Rome dealers are netting new a Utile BsaeM oOcvi per bushel. Keeswax C3itta f.r 1 Butter 81.25<*> 1 50, th. package. Dried Fruit-oipples 61 Peaches 10; uapeelatl 150 per bushel. Onions $12 to 15 per btuhel and very Farmers would do well to send their Onion crops to Irish and et Potatoes are selling at VMM iliiO by the i.uirc'.

Clever heed per Timothy nouilaal ii. Tallow 50a' 10Basts p--." lb. 73 c.n tio cents per lb. Lard a ti'J cents. iiiik is very scarea and We uotjioe a sale of several thousand pounds at a house on Cary stree: al per lb.

for harness and sole. At Kent, Paine A sale yesterday tbe following prices were obtained i Manufactured Tobacco dark, a a bright per lb fc'mok. lag, Klllkinlck, per lb. 888)88 per lb. Muriatic Acid 55, Calomel 81.25; Chloroform $15, Morphine 4-1 pet ounce; tjuinin" 814 SO per ounce Opium 83.

per ib Kpeom Kalig 81.80 Super Garb. Boda $8.79 per tb. Cotton Yarns 80.50 per Virginia halt 50' ccate per Adamantine 82.25 per Ih; Loaf Sugar 81.87*; brown do. tent tm More or wonld suppose Batter to be sethfled witb the haagtog of Mumford tor "desecrating" tbe Stsjt and Stripes. We team, however, that bis detectives are st work to discover very man who waa connected with the affair, and that he promises to bsag them, if tbey fall into htenanda.

A geottomau who was a party to tt arrived to thte rity (be other day, stoi eaoagb to aaaapa froai the IrfttwM. HIP ESMOND. VAi, MORNING DECEMBER 17, 1862 i PROGRESS QF THE WAR. BUR-lIIDB'B MARBIDOUT. Thi Chicago limes, writing b.foro the tote bat.

tie, gives a little iaalght Into future. It aays: If a battle ahaU tabs place Bide of Riahraoad, i wiU be upon grouad choaeo by tba Confederates. Tocir with B'mhmond are aB opeo, nod they facillttea of traaaportatlon that wiii enable tbem io avoid a battte lf tbey choose ito retreat. Where tbey go, Gea Burnside mast follow, lf they mass their armies behind tbe fortiflcaiiona of the robel capital, tbey most bs attack end beaten there. If Gen Burnside Is to perform this feat, be will be I The work of dnoapltetion Is to eoatlnne until the man be found who can reduce ths rebel stronghold without engineering, or ditch digging, or thiTerse- I tion of batteries, or planting cf cannon, bat by simply '-throwing oar soldiers against ths enemy ks." Military science and experience are alto- I gather too alow for the impatience of the Adminla- Iti v.toa and the peril aurronndtag It.

Bssldes, is not education or experience that makes Gene! rail. "They are born, not made." They bave ht-ard mj Btsrious and hsve levetottons d-mled to others. President Lincoln te a General. A Kb time since he gave MeOtellan the benefit or hla couniel sb a tactician, aad wlihln a day or two has volunteered the same advice to Burnside. Witness.

i It la understood tbat the President hae fur nished a copy of hte latter to General i nnd on which MoClellan failed to General for the consideration and guidance of thai officer. The President has alio read this let! ter to arlous par Lies, and It will no doubt be given the public. It Is a document whioh will elevate i Mr. Lincoln lv thi esteem of all thoughtful men, and wll show concl naively thai he haa not been i content with the nominal position of in Chief, but haa studied the great principles unj tlerlying the conduct of military affairs." i The New York Timet te for tbe above. It is not burloaque, bnt truth.

The snbr-tftnce of that letter was to advise MoClellan of the necessity pmhlng hi. army southward Tha same order has been glvea to Burnside, and he doe i not obey lt, off goee hla head If ha does obey it, then there is just one thing that can save the Army of tbe Potomac from defeat- That will be the overwhelming confidence of Lee, when he knows that McClellan is no longer opposed to him. Tbis may lead him to give battle upon equal terms We should have bnt little doubt hi that cape that the generalship of Burnside and the valor of cur troops would carry the old flag safely through. But we have seen that there is no cecf of Lee's doing thte If he can draw our arn.y after him to Richmond he will be content to iet it waale itself away in the fruitions endeavor to keep open its communication with Washington. If penetrated to Richmond, and maintained hit-self there for a month, an expedition by way of the Peninsula may be sent tohii relief; but out tbis the attempt to carry the rebel capital by the present Army of tbe Potomac will only end in defeat -aster.

If It does thus end, tbe General ciu-cianding will not be responsible. It will be the Adminihtration has compelled the If shall b9 seat by way of the l-Btoaula the of McClellan will be approved. THK DRIFT If, The Chicago Times, speaking of the resistance I to the execution cf the draft shown by the people I in some part, of Wisconsip, says 17 deplore, of coarne, the violent reeists-ice to the dratt in two cr three locaUtlee In Wisconsin it it aa invasion of law and order, and an assault upon the authority of tha Government whioh cannot be just lied or tolerate 1, and which must ba adequately punished. Bat in innioting punishment, the example which the executive, legislative, rind Judicial branches cf tbo State Government of Wisconsin have heretofore set of -ntempt or and dlsobedieuoe te tew should be taken into consideration. The State of Wisconsin Is in rebe'ilon to day against the Federal Oiiverninent by legialative eneetmenta and jud cIkI gi.

It has existing laws nullifying acta of O.rg"*--, and an unreversed decision of its uourt denying the authority of jadg ment. of the Suprtma Court of the Dt ited States. These law. and this decision were aototionsly made for tbe of partus who had resisted the Federal authority by mob violence. We slitu'd naturally look to Wisconsin for violent Bflii stance to the draft, it would be extraordinary it in a Sta.e whi.h baa tocnlaatai such lessons to its peop'e cf iksbsdtenea as Wisconsin has inculcated, the draft should not be violently resisted.

The only wonder is that the reiiitauce has not been more widespread and formidable. We repeat, the guilty parties must be punished, but more taintary be the punishment of thojs other parii leaders cf a political have years held the State In au attitude ci rebollioa to tha sipremeauthority tf the Ct-natiinticn cf the Batted -tales. A -KM! AITAIN IN UL'RtSS -A IDSTOM-B, localizar of the York Tiateshaa a "rich item," as he considers it, io the tallowing i Ou Saturday last Admiral Gregory, of the U. S. aavy, hitEsalt' at the office of the U.

8. Hurray, accompanied by a tell, well-built, dark-comple-ioned, somewhat repulsive-featured, hut very polite g.ntleman, whom he introduced to lha Marri-al as Job C. Rich, who claimed to be a Captain in the Co-afoderate desired a pass into the land of liecessia. The gentleman wore an overcoat which the Admiral, without aay tog "by your leave, unbuttoned, and displayed to the gaze tho uniform cf a Confederate Captain as the best proof, In the absence of hia commission of the genuineness of hla friend's Admiral Gregory then went on to state that he fonnd himself unwittingly placed to a very and delicate position with regard to Captain Rich, and he thought his duty to the demanded thst he should lav the case before the United States Marshal and leave hixa to dial with it as be should think best, or as he mix ht be instructed by the Government. The facts were these i At the breaking out cf the recti lion Captain Job C.

Klch was a Captain of Marines in tho United States Navy, and waa stationed on board the 74 gun ship Pennsylvania, st the Gosport Navy-Yard, Norfolk, Va. Ha had for reveral years previous to that been an intimate friend cf Admiral Gregory, who, when he waa stationed on tba coast cf Africa, appointed him one of hit staff Among the many resignations of officers in the U. S. Navy, at the commenoement of the rebelii'in, he did not recollect of seeing Capt. Rich name; but the Captain now Informed him that his resignation was tendered in cue form, but had probably been burnt up with the Pennsylvania, which waa soon after destroyed by tbe rebels at tbe time of tbe burning of the Gosport Navy- Yard.

Tbe Admiral said he had never been able to ascertain what had become ot his friend Captain Hicb, and had supposed him long since dead, until -bout two months ago, when, to hte HurprisA, tbe Captain called npon him here iv Sew York and str.ted tbat he was a Captain in tOe Confederate army, had been taken prisoaer at the battle of Antieiam, carried to Fortress Monroe to b. aad that wbile there he received a letter from hte fatter, who is a farmer in New li shire, Informing hia. that h's mother lay at tie point of death, and implorirg him, her only son, to ban home that she might look upon hte face gam ere pissed ioto eternity. On sr-ttir facts to tbe Government officers at Monroe, be ran permitted to come North on bis parole, and tten on his way to New Hampshire. The hoard and credited his he ha.

no rer-Bin then to douDt with him into remlni-eence. of tbe past, gave him same patriot la and fatherly rebuked him for his icgntitude to tba Uovernment in uir-log against her in bar hoar of trial, and dismissed him to pur sue bis rarney to the bedside hia dj log mother. Two month- pssi sway and the Captain again calls npon the Commodore and announces that he Is ou bin return to his rebel masters. The Admiral did not say that during these two months be had come to doubt the truth of his friends state ments, but he did say that he could not consent tbat his loyalty and duty to the Government should by any possibility be compromised by having it shown hereafter tbat he had held friendly interviews with loving rebel Captains oa their bare statement that they were paroled prisoners of war. "Bow do I know," Bald he (addressing the Captain,) "but what you are here to obtain Information for the onr navyyards, Inspecting our gunboats, ascertaining onr forocsl Yeu cay you are here oa parole, yon having taken aa oath, bnt-you once took another oath." (The label Captain winced and his lips quivered at these home thrusts from bit old com-isnder, but he made no reply.) 'This," continued the Admiral.

is the most painful act of my l.fe; I wish to God, as I told tbe Captain morning, that he never had come near me; but since ne has sen fit to place me to this delicate position, my first duty is to the Govertonent In servi I am, and I felt that I ought not to permit him to escape from my custody until I had brought tbe case to tbe notice ef tbe Govern, ment, in order that ths facts might bs Investigated. I therefore surrender hia tote your hands, Mr. Marshal, and yon must do with him aa yon think proptr." Marshal Murray informed Captain that, nnder the stats of facts aa detailed by Admiral Gregory, he wonld be compelled to detain him as a prisoner until he could oommunisete with the Government at Washington. Tbs Admiral, by transferring bias te bte eustodv, hai ptored hut (tbe Marshal) in the aaa-c predicament that tbe Adaal ral himaelf was to, sad he oonli tot ao laaa thaa hoid bim until ha lasaivrd lascraattoaa for bis lineal The Marahal Imm-dtetely wrote to Washington, stating ths facts, and asking for tostrnc-oas. Ma will probably loam to day what la to ha made of tha Captain.

If It aboald tare eat that be never tendered hte rategnaUoa aa ofltesr ta the O- S. Bavy.heflaa be triad by eoert us a deserter, or tor tha erlme of gtviag inforaaetkm aud aid to the enemy. Bioa-urut of stobbwaja jaccsob. Tht Haw Tart jteafay RBtoeygm fbH-aa. a BB' moroua biography of Hlonewatt Jaeksoa.

We make ths following sxtracta Tear cer-reaponlent baa i-eass-ny biographical ahatcbes of tbe raoowned fitonswafl; bnt tbey all abound in incoaaUteaoiea untraths, and lnaccuractea. Ia tbe hands of soma Walefftons hu life, like the Short Indie rubber blanket of a long soldier, la stretched te suit the subject. Te ethers tbis eventfal history has baaa at a lamp ef slay to the bands of a of aay degree ef piaitte distortion or beauty, from a Hindoo Idol 'o a winged statuette of Apolly on tbe Lovely. Borne there be who I declare him a myth, a will-o'-the-wisp, a dancing I jack of tha wtidaarasfls, the ereattoh of a i aay amount of disordered; bnt tbey err, Mr. Bdltor.

BteaawaU Jackson te a fined I faot, a melancholy fact, a stubborn fact- and that bis Ufa may aat go down toto datkneso, I that his deeds of daring may not be wiped ont I forever like a sum in eimpie division on a sskool- i boy's slate, a historian ta to at ta faithful, capable and unbiased; like those, for lusta.ee, 1 who di tba biographical sketches for tbe Hew York morning that ia wholly compe- tent, end tbat careth not a pill for Borthern praise nor Southern commendation; in brief, one like those who, for tnrtaece, do the biographical sketches for tha New York morning one that ia wholly competent, and that careth aot a pin for Northern praise nor Southern commendation; in brief, oae like those who write tbs biographical histories for the papers aforesaid Such aa one is Anno i Domini, and he herewith presents a history which he is willing to take bte affidavy ii as reliable sad worthy aa though It waa written for one of those immaculate sheets-the Bew York dailies. Stonewall Jackson was born very early In to fact, ao young was he et that toteraat-ng period of bte history, that the date thereof lurketh not tn his own nor yet In thai ci hte pre-aat biographer. Sufficient be it to aay, he waa bok.i. The aueeatry of 8. J.

haa hitherto been shrouded In doubt. Some have asserted that he is dcs-ended I from Jack, sumamed the Giant Killer, aad that the "seven-league boots'' of the aforesaid J. the G. K. are yet in his possession, which accounts for the cc lerity of bis movements.

Others declare him to be an offshoot of the Jacobin family, tha founder of which was Jackaloo the Chinese Pirate. They are all wrong, Mr. Bdltor; Stonewall Jackson ia descended to a curved line from the Wandering Jew. In early time the Jew family waa rich, but one evil the heed of it went down into Egypt, "buck I ed" against Pharoab, and came back with nary shekel, having loat tbem aa ia that Interesting game. From that time till the discovery of the Mississippi river, the family wos too poor to have a name.

Stonewalls grandfather ran a ttetboat oa I the aforesaid river, and was extravagantly fond of tbe classic game of "old sledge." Be married, and In the course of time had fonr tons, whom he commemorate hte favorite Low, Jack, and the Game. JacL followed the ex- amp! of his father, married, and had one gon, tho subject cf this sketch, who was naturally called Sain son. And in course of time Jackson. A family trait lur-s in Stonewall, for at any critical stage of the game he is sure to "turn" up ara become the trump. Young Jackson to hia youth gftve great promise flf future usefulness, so much so that when he was sent to reboot he invariably ran away to play "tag" and "leap frog," to the constant study of whioh he owes hte agitity.

One day Jackson's pert, learnlag of his son's truancy, determined to chastise It out of him, and ao collared the Incipient hero snd i bent him over his knee, thus throwing a promineut part of the youth into bold ielief. Mrs. Jack- i son (the mother) then seizad shirt board with i both hands, snd proceeded to bring tbe youngster te a sense of his duty by diveia dsrous blows. Young Jackson squirmed like a fish-worm; bet. with that Sparta- firmr.aje I thst has ever distinguished him, shed not a leer, i At abont the fortieth blow tbe old lady paused while the old gent easai on his bold, aad inquired, "My sou, wilst tbou go to school to future I' The young hero raised hte read, wiped his sleeve across bis nose, and looking up into bis father's face.aaid say, old gentleman, why am I like a cabin pas- senger on a canal boat "My sou.

I knowa not." I sagely observid Jackson, ss.lor. "Why," said feba young incorrigible, with a knowing wink, "its because lam boarded astern The poor outraged father could only ejaculate "board Mm again old lady, board him again." "Not said the mother, dropping the shin board "You might as well larrup a StonetealL" From that day to this the hero haa by tho name of Stonewall Jackson. "Bm. mother," said the father, aa tbe released youth skedaddled out of the room to finish his gam. of tag, "What shall we do with tbe boy "Dot why Bend him to West Pint, he ain't good for nothln else." Stonewall went to Went Poini.

Many interesting events occurred during his pupilage there, the example of the Bew York soodenao. Stonewall Jackson pained a creditable examlna- tion, and graduated number two (from the foot) of his class, and the rebellion having Just commenced, waa immediately appointed a Brigadier General by the Southern United States Government paying hia livery stable bill at Weat Point and hia passage lo tbe rebel While passing through our army he stopped to make a sketch of our -n when an inoonaideratt- B.ntinel demanded his The sentinel was iumed.ately sentenced to b. hung, but was afteiward3 allowed to resign. Tbe New York papers have given Bach an accurate account of Stonewalls mllit-rc exploits that I need no more tban give a brief epitome, takea from that sauia sorrce. His first battle was at 801 Bus, in 1881, where he slew a whole division of the Federal aimy with bis own hand, ard then got slowed himself In thla battle both armies were defeated; but, unfortunately, neither of found it out in time to take adv an tags of it.

Tbe Union army wan greatly outnumbered, but "gained a material advantage" dispatches In June, he took eemmaed ef 500,000 men, (see Northern papers of that date,) and turned his attention to the political economy of ihe Shenandoah Valley. Not liking the state of the currency there, he determined te abolish BAnke; in doing whicb Beveral desperate battles were fought, in nil of which, though outnumbered, cur troops "gained material advantage," (see dispatches,) but our cavalry horses becoming thirsty, the army fell back to the Potomac to water them. Jackson'a horses, ago being dry, he pushed on for the watering but learning that Fremont had cut loose, fell back. Fremont foilowing, a deeperat: engagement took place at Front Eoyai, in which Stonewall would have been annihilated, bad not the U. 8.

Government stopped the battle (IJ. Y. Trio.) to hold a court of inquiry, to see lf Fremont had not paid three postage stamps too much for a bsshel of oats, through a California friend, to a horse of his body guard- While the court was In Stonewall -kedad died. Fremont followed, however, and would have bagged bim if he bad not taken the wrong road, (5. X.

Herald) and travelled North while Jackson was going South. Getting safe back to Biohmond, Stonewall bore a leading part in the buttles In front of that "doomed" (see all the papers) city. According to the Northern Jacks: suffered terribly to perron in battles. He lest his right leg at Hanover C.urt-House, and his left at Gainesville. The next day, while leading bin corps into battle at Savage's, his horse baulked in front of a barrel of beans, which had been abandoned by onr army, aad was to dismount and go it on foot, in doing which he lost his right arm.

Tbe succeeding day he lest his left arm at Peach Orchard. Two days after, at the battle of Malvern Uill, be atoopsd down to fasten his ih-e, and while In that position bis bead was blown off by a 103,000 pound Bhell. This waa the unkindeat cut of at-, but the old veteran merely raised his martial form erect, aud said: bleeding country, I cheerfully make tbe saeil-ee. Old head, farewell These are but a few of the wounds the old man has to the papers. £ren aa I write, the report comes that this modern lost another arm at Antletam.

Stonewall Jackson, la personal appearance. Is most it te said tbat the his teeth to a sharp point every otb.r morning. He stands eleven feet five baches (or five feet eleven inches, I am not certain which) in his bo he has got any. His hair is black. and was furnished to order by Bachelor, of Bew York, lo religion he is at times a devont least he followed closely in the footsteps of the Pope daring one of hte st others he is a colporteur for the American Tract any rate he has probably loft more tracks to Virginia than any other white man; aad, according to tbe papers, always goes into battle with a family Bible nnder one arm and a Greek Testament in the coat tail pocket, whicb he reads daring the intervals of the fighting.

da te abstemious In his habits, having been known to live nine day a off of one sardine and a barrel of whiskey. In dress he is extremely neat, never wearing a ahirt more than three months without changing it. To sum up, Stonewall, to private life, as Is a man, that we may never look npon bis like again." In his military capacity he ia, to qaoto S-eridan Knowlea, "in peace a temb, in lem'er." Farticulaks or Ota. MoR-Art. Last Ex.

PL-lIV-Cupi--- of Ttoo Thousand One hundred The successful attach by lien. Morgan, npon Hartsville, wss oaa of ths most extraordinary feats of ths war. Tbe foroea engaged to the affair on onr Bids were the 9th and -1 Kentucky Infantry, commanded by Col Thos. H. Hunt, Buatbertog 680 men, aad tba asvalry regtauataof Cbeaaalt, Daks, dsaastt, aai Huffman, with Cobb's Kaatarhy battery.

All told, oar fores waa sboat ipBBX Tbe oas-ay was the 30th brigade of Daaaoat'a division, ef three regiments oae battaltoa, a sqaadroa of aavalry, aad a aeottea ol artUtery. It waa uuiiiwaaa-i by CoL Abraham Moore, of Pern, Lasalle aa, Httnois. The Rebel Baotur aay The attach was made last after aanriaa; bat to fltaadof aarprtatng thcTaihees, they were found strongly posted ea tha tea af aatoep bLU, and to psrfsetltasof bettte. Oar Baa was temod -oder tbe are af tbe enemy, hat tt wag doae wtth great pi-eaaoa aai Attoroarbefa IB I hai eoatneaoad the forward there waa ao delay or hesitancy. Tba Abolittoaiata wens driven from their position, then through their camps, their battery of iaa Parrott gens captured, sad finally hemmed to the river beak, where they sarrendered.

The fight tested for oae boar and twenty minutes bnt in tbat brlaf period the firing was rapid and tbe content severe. Many gallant spirits fell oa oar side bnt we beeped tha field with thrice the number of Yankee atoto. The town cf Hart-vlite and some four hundred ef tha enemy were captured by Col. Bennett's com- I i-and. To J.hn Bbbot, of company O.

Uth Eanj tuoky rrgiment, belongs the honor of saptui icg ibe I battery flag of the enemy. It a beautiful piece aiitebnntirg, with tbe letter npon It. Tha kth regiment also has the flag of the 104 th Tit'note regiment Tbe rtg'm brought off tbe colors the lOUtb Ohio, wti-h, before reacbicg town, were, by orler of Msj-ir Ja-aes W. Uewltt, re- I verged, tbe Kci-jn down-a aigoaiof diitrcss. Bui the most remarkable fact connected a Ith the eapeditlon was the endurance of the infantry i troops.

They marched on a bitter night over fifty miles, focght a splendid battle, captured twice tht ir camber, cross td the Cumberland river twice, aad yet there waa no complaints head, and bo ao-aggltog Yesterday the twenty ona hundred AboUtlonlate captured in the engagemeat at Bartaville, on Bunday last, were brought to town and placed under guard in the Court-Bouse sonars. They are a motly crew, of all natlonalitier, from the nasaltwanged Yankee to the gutteral Dutchman of fresh importation. We saw bnt few really intelligent faces, and from these specimens, tha new levies of Lincoln mtu-t be composed of the offsoonrtogs of the North. The belong to tbe lOtth 1111- --uols, 106 th an 106 th Ohio, and 2d Indiana regimentfl We understand, also, that a company of the llth Kentucky wai found miing the party. -LiOC-AXi Man Killed by a inqneat was held yesterday by Coroner K.

D. Sanxay, near Gamp Lee, over the body of George My lor, a private in tbe Whittington Light Artillery, stationed near tha above camp, who was shot by private Stewart, of i Captain Mania's company, City Battalion, on day night, at an early hour, while he (Stewart) was aa guard at the wood depot, on tha Fredericksburg MUlroad, nearly opposite tho Old Fair Grounds. i The testimony elicited the following facte: On Monday night the deceased had left camp without permission, and visited the city for a spree, company with a comrade. In returning, he first i stopped in tbe shop of a shoemaker named Hati cliffe, on Broad street, and asked for whiskey; but getting none, be slyly took possession of a pair of i shoes, and, with bin companion, left. Upon ing at the depot, he went up to the sentinel and at- I tempted to take his gun from him, but with- nt aac- I cess.

The r-entinel then warned him to let him alone end pass on, but tbe fellow mode.a second attempt, bit again failing, he withdrew a few steps and seeme. to ba drawing a pistol, when ihe aentintsl lifted his gun and fired, the bullet taking effect lin his right shoulder and killing him almost Btantiy. His companion, who was standing near tied pteolpiUteiy. A cf the Whittington Artillery tes! tided that the deceased was a mest desperate char, dread of the mer. It was believed, also, i that he was a Yankee deserter He has a family 'in Cincinnati.

Ohio The. shoes stolen from cliffe wore found on bin feet The jnry returned a verdict that the deceased came to hia death by a gun-shot wonnd, at tbe I of Stewart, a sentinel, ta the discharge of huneral of the lute Qen. Maxcy V-'caiiis of this distinguished son of Sooth Garo- I at, who fell In the bloody conflict near burg on Saturday last, arrived in Richmond at a late hour on Monday night, and were placed in the office of the Provost MarrhaL a guard of honor being stationed there to guard and protect them Yesterday morning they were placed in the hands I of the uudemkvr, to be prepared for conveyance to Cclumbte, 8. 0., tbe late home of the lamented officer It was afterwards reconveyed to the office of the Provost Marshal, and laid In state till tho hour of 4 o'clock, when it was taken to the Peters burg depot, under the escort of the City Battalion and Public a full band. The procession, after starting from the Marshal's cflise, moved slowly down 9th street to Main, theice up to 7th street, and thence to the depot, tbe band performing a solemn dirge.

The funeral cortege prcs-nted au im posing but mournful spectacle. Th. Wounded Attention Paid At the Fredericksburg depot veiterday morning a I sorry spectacle wag presented. flat cars, laden with wounded soldiers, were there, waiting for to carry them off. About four citij sens were there, distributing some food to tha poor fellows, who bad been wet through by the terrible rr-'ii of tbe nigbt before, and, lying about in thoir rags, hardly mated' Dka human beinga.

Many of thssa had eaten nothing early the day before, and were half -BflStahsd This state of affairs is and the Gov.mtnsm should, is common humanity, taks some steps la hate better manage. iueut. Burglary On Mflaisy right the mere of John Williams, j-wtsler, Main -treet, near the Gld wa- entered and rebhe 1 of a Durnbsr of goll and silver watches, witb other jewelry, to the vai.iM of 112,003 Among the watches taken were a number belorging to customera, ana left with Mr. Williams for repair. Entrance into the store was made thirugh tho rear.

i PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURTS. Mayor'a Court, Tuesday, Dec. Keenan was cht.rged with being In company with Patrick O'NVa'i and another man (both now in the city jail) when they assaulted John Burnett and robbed him of a sh and other articles on a recent occasion On the lira! examination the witness did not Identify Kaenan aa one of tha who laid violent hands on him. When his name was called to day he did not respond; and it appearing that he wss a soldier, the Mayor de- terniined to adopt the expedient of sondirg him to the Proves: to be disposed of, G. B.

Thompson, Castar Tadiock, and John W. Sartan, were arraigned for examination on the charge of robbing Win. Rowe of 840. Bartea is the same man wbo is charged with an attempt to murder a man in Screamersvllle by shooting him ith a pistol a few Sundays ago, since which time all of tbe parties bave in jt ii on the charge of being concerned in theeffair of the shooting. The case of the robbery waa continued until Wednesday.

John Whittaker, a free negro, charged with forging Mrs. Louisa G. Allan's name to a check for 8300, payable at tbe Bank cf Virginia, waa examined and acquitted, none cf tb. evidence tending Ao criminate him. Patrick BollamJ was re tared to curity to keep the peace towards his wife, who accused bim of beating ber without cause.

The case of Madison Griffin, chargod with a forgery, whereby he obtained $15 fron Richard Reins, was heard and again continued, the priueipal witness being still absent George R. Courtney, a aoldier, arrested by the watch for drnnkenness, waa ehaxged with stealing a coat from Jack White, rnnr.wsy negro, confined in the aarne cell cf tho cage wtth him. The Mayor sent him to the Provost MarshaL Joseph Cregar was arraigned for the murder of Michael Homo. The affair, which has often been alluded to in the pipers, occurred r. few weeks ago at a place in Henrico a short distance from tbe corporation line.

The witnesses, who had testified on tormer occasions, when othsr parties were brought up for the murder, did not answer to their namea when called, and it wes stated in Court that the most material of them had made their way to Baltimore, end were beyond the reach of the process of the Court. The May said he had heard enough of Cre-. ar's action to justify him in refusing ball The cast! was conlinned for tea days. Kdward Boasman, a free negro, caught by tbe watch without a certificate, was committed to jail. Caroline, slave of John Amos, of Montgomery county, was arrested for naming about the streets in male attire and stealing a coat from Or.

Lynch. Bhe was brought into Conn in the toggery in which she fell into the hands of Idle watch. It was stated that she had absented herself from her master about six months ago, prior to which time she had often exhibited the symptoms of a crazy mind, the waa sent to jail to be called for. alave of Wheeler, waa tried for stealing two coats, worth 850, from John Cross, sad acquitted Hustings Court, Tuesaay, Dec. Judge Wm.

H. Lyons wills were to probate, ends small amount of civil boa i-ess done, whan the Court proceeded to try a habeas corpus case brought up by Messrs. John R. Gilmer and Samuel By lea, on behalf of Thos. J.

Corlio, Asa C. Haste, and Henry C. Hurdle, patties confined in Caatle Lightning aa auspicious characters. After the case was partly argued, it was, on motion, continue, till Thursday for another bearing. The Court aii a again to-day.

vriw commission hod.a STEVENSON A JOHNSON, Mer chants, office oa Gary, betweea 13th and Virginia sweets, Bichmond, Va, pay particular attention te tbe aale ef MAN ACTORED aad LB AF TOBACCO, WHEAT, FLOUR, COTTOB, COBB, Ac B. M. BTEVBNBOB, Of B. J. JOHNSON, Late Dtorell A Johnson, and Johnson, Trueheart A Yaaghae.

no TT-sLIGANT LADIES' CLOAKS, SHAWLS. Fa DRBBB GOODS, ABD PAMOY BILES WBl ova THIS DAY good assort want of ths above Goods, perch aaai at taa recent aale of ada goods at Charleston. 8. a Ateo, Hneabish TowJa Ltosaa, Ac. ALFRIB TOLL-MOB.

130 Mato street. Also, 98 bates Shirtings aai Oaaabarga AT. fSa-3 MIAT AMD VIWLSOB. GBIFk IH has Just reeelvai a large anaf-y of very saaarter BAAS MB AT aad VBJJJaOM, wtU save to aaataaiirs to aay styto salted tor. TELKGRAFHIC NKWB.

Ogcratteaa ea ihe -Itoslsalapi River. Post Hcdhoii, Das. It -Oa the aftoraeea of the 19tb tost, tbe Yankee gunboat Raws sai a wooiea beat, nam- unknown, eaabored eat ef range of tba lower battery. Capt. MeLane's company of cavalry arosied tha river to tba sight, aad hired aaagro to hall tha Essex.

The bail was promptly answered, and a small boat was teat aahoie, when tbe cavalry fired, killing aai two of tha Last night, Capt. Boone, with hte company of light artillery, srosscd tbs river, took apositioa opposite lbs wooden boat, and at dawn opened a brisk fire oa her, which was ani wared by bar aad tbe Basex. The engagement tested two bears, when tbe wooden boat retired behind the Essex for protection, ard both proceeds! down tbe river The enemy Bred to all one hundred aad taa shot a- Capt. Boone flrad twenty-five, twenty of which took effect; some passing through the enemy's boat- Theeaemy's loss te not known. We had one pn' veto slightly wounded ta tba band.

The enemy was badly worsted and driven off. Capt. Bocae's company acted with great gallantry. Theeaemy's pickets extend as far ap aa Donald-cnville. Lateat from the Klaston Pis lit.

Ooldsboro', Dae. 15 quiet below. Ths fight of yesterday was terrific, sad tbs Abolitionists seem satisfied to enjoy a holiday. Their depredations on the citizens haa been tbs aaata aa to other lestlona (9KCOMD DISPATCH Ooldsboro', Dee. 15 report of artillery has bean heard in the direction of tbe Unas since the last dispatch.

light at Taacanabia. Mobilx, December special dlapateh to the Advertiser and Register, dated Okelooa, 14th tost, says i "We learn from official aonreea thst ths Federals attacked aad rooted Badd's cavalry, day before yesterday, at Tuscumbia. Bo partienton received. Thirty Yankee cavalry advanced within two miles of Baldwin to-day. Scouts report a large force in the vicinity, and tbe cavalry camped Six miles south of Run fee last Bight are advancing to this direction to-day." From North Carolina K-LEiOH, December bill to raise ten thousand troops far State defence passed tbe second reading to the House to day.

Ths troops are to be taken from those liable to co-ascription. Tbe vote was close. A preamble, disclaiming aay intention to come to conflict with the Confederate Government In this matter, wss voted down. No fighting op to one o'clock to-day. The telegraph is nnder military surveillance.

Tbe Kaiiroad ConvenUeu. Aueuara, Dec. 15 Convention of railroad officials met here thte morning. Business ties were appointed, atai tha Convention then ad. journed until to morrow.

Yaakee Ganboate near Charleston. C.ukl-stos, Dec enemy's gunboats hsve again been shelling James Island at Intervals to-day, without effect. AUCTION By Benson fc Bra, Aact'ra. A DMIBABLR OHABCI. FOB IN VBBTMBBT.

The FASISH HOUSB," in Charlottesville, for sale st public Ruction, with all the HOTEL FUitNITUIU-, of every dascription, on MOBDaY, the tad of December, real estate will be aold for in hand, (or ell cash, if preferred.) and the baUaes on a credit of 1, 3, 3,4, and 5 years, with in-rest from tbe day of sale, payable annually with good personal security, to ba given, sec are 1 by uee. of trust or reservation of title, as 1 asay refer. For the peraonal property the terma will cash as tc ail sums of 850 and nnder; for larger aoma a credit of 6 months, with interest from day of sale, secured by negotiable notes, well endorsed. GBO. L.

PBYTOff. Sale by B.N.ori A Bro Auct'rs. de By Oeorge Walker, Aact'r. PUBLIC SALB OF FUKSITURS, FARMING UTSNBILS, be sold at public sole ou 7BIDAY, the 19th at the residence of John A. Solden, Charles City county, at hte place BnckLtmt" one and a half mites from Charles City Oourt-Honie, on James river,) all hia crop of Corn Provender of every kind, Farming Utensils, a te(ge nnmbe of Cedar ana Locust Posts, and all the movable property on the place.

be made known on the day of sale. By Sato vrill be conducted by Gto. Walk TheFAEM, 509 acres, with good. comfortable improvemente thort on, 111 be sold at private sale. For particulars Inquire of A MILLSB, (late Solden A Miller,) de 65 Gary street, Bichmond, Va.

BBAL BBTATB FOB offer for aale, privately, all the BBAL B8- TaTS to the town of Va, belonging to the estate of A 0. Fin ley, itee'd, comprising hte late Beaidenoe, the House and Lot, near Royster'a square, now occupied by Mr. Chandler, and several unimproved Lots. The residence is large and commodious, containing eight rooms, oonvsatoatly arranged, with all necessary ont buildings servants' houses, good stables, carriags-houae, an office, with two comfortable rooms; also, aa excellent Icehouse, end well of good water. Ths building te well located, the (some fonr or five scree) In good condition, and all enclose-.

Those wishing to purchase will do well to examine thte property, as it te to every respect one of the most desirable residences to the place. If not sold before tbe day of December, tbe whole of the above will ba oa that day, at twelve In the town of to the highest bidder, at public auction. Terns liberal, and will be made known on application, either to person or by totter, to the undersigned, at Va 0. FINLBY. ALt BI.K COAL ABB FARMING LAND, IN CCUNTY, FOB BALB.

Will be bm oa TUBBDAY, tbe 83d ef December, 1868, on Ue premises, tbe TBACT OP LAND belonging 1- a. O. Robertson aad B. L. Anders jn containing 638 seres.

Immediately oa tbe Farmville and Suoklngham Ptenkroad, sad to three milea of town of Farmville. Tbe laad te la a high stat. Improvement, aad te well adapted to tbe growie of wheat, corn, oats, aad tobacco, wtth aboat 75 of rich bottom Laad, ISO scree of original growth, and tba balance in open toad, with comfortable buildings, ta good repair. It haa three aeams of GOAL through It, of superior quality, oae of which ia being worked, and it yields abundantly. It te acoeaalble to Farmville, and by sailrot-' to Lynchburg, Petersburg, or Danville, when.

haa beea used for some time, aad te eonatdere3 the beat quality. We think lt useless to give a further deserlpii as aay one wishing to purchase will view the pi mises. Mr. B. L.

Anderson, who reatdss oa the place, will take pleasure to showing it. cash: the balance to six aad twelve months, the title to ba retained until tba purchase money la paid. R. O. ROBERT-08, B.

ABPERSON. AXOB BALB OP HOTEL FUBHITULB, STOCK. AND the 83d day of December will be aold at public auction, oa tbo premises, all tbe FUBNITUBB and FIXTUBBS of the Boydton Hotel, to tbe town of Boydton, the county seat of Mecklenburg county, Va As thte is oaa of tbe most extensive hotel estabUahmeata in tbe oountry, a rare opportunity will be afforded tbe public to supply themselves with Beds, Bureaus, Tables, Wastelands, Bedding, Blankets, and. indeed, every variety of Furniture requisite for keeping a first-class hi.tal fa addittoa to tba Furniture will be sold st the same time all tba ateeh of Harass and -attteon band, the Wagons, aad Agricultural Utensila, Ac Also, three valnabte Negro Servants, tba property of iha hotel company. The terma wUI be made known oa tbe day of sate 13- L- FINCH, Boydton.

Va. ALB OP VALUABLB WOOD LAND BBAB BIYBB IN virtue of a decree ef the Clrenll Oourt ef Powhatan, la tbe case of Wm. M. Sklpwtths admr Wat. 0.

Scott, Aa, wUI be soli at pahlte auction, oa tha premises, oa MONDAY, the Bed ot December. (If fete; If aat, the nest fair day. 3-t aarea af volaable wood laad la Powbatea "-'J-'-'-g MaJdaas Adventure, aad within 1. mites of Jaaaas river, with good reads teadtaf toeaa tha ptoea te the rtvar. Wtth the eaespttoa of a few aarea oa whteh aba dwelling bn-lt, the whole treat to 0, a-ahfltai, aaifroaawhtoh vast qaaabatos of weed aaay be aaat ay tha rtvar to tttohaaaai.

aai eareditof I i Sflsartty, aad er, tf aaiebaair, eaah it tmatniT. OTICA-Wta to tha hh-haat bidder, oa T-TUBSDAT. the 18th day of Pi Ban-bar, tote George W.Grog-ty, i all ef bte PBABONAL BSTITB. (Beat-Be eaasytadj Oreaa flf every etoah af flaraaa, tea, Taaaa tjUt haawaaatoeday ot aate, to HI Bili aiaaatj, ate bbb wtoa UMMTI, AAWr. ABk -ftlfuwfiltD i -aaaaa -r-v-BTiiaaunvvi ra aaaat raarsaraaai.

AtKrTltoM t-A-q-Bt Falsa a BMtotx to Laater atreet, FOB BALB AT ba aold at aaettea, oa tbe premtoaa. -a FMIBiT, toe IMb ISOB, at Wateeh P. BBaa. Woodaa Tseeaaaats to Fort Mayo, sad several vaeaai Lots, aaar te Lester street, sosne TNiiltaa aa Loalatana street These are weO sd to small tbe lota bandsoaieiytoaaaai. T-R-U-iAt aate.

Feraoea disposed te aarshsaa pri salary aaa sal oa 80. A. Mayo Baa. de 15 OOPMM tt APPBBIOM, Aaata. VBBY LARGB ABB LOCATBD FBIVATB DWBLLINQ AMD VACAMT LOTS, tbe Beat line of tob, betweea Ctay aai Lstgh FOB BALB AT beacat at aaettea, aa the Braatoss, oa FRIDAY, tha at IS o'eloeh the large aai art la eated private resktaace aow ia tba eceaaaaay af Mr Jaaaaa P.

Tyler. Tba lot has a front of 109 toot aad a depth of 190 feet to a wide alley. ItwUbe divided, so aa te with the aboat 88 feet, sad then two vsesat tots, oae oa the Berth and tba other oa tbe Booth of tbe dwaOtog. Ta-tMA-pne third st oaa aad two years, for bonds, bearing telenet, aayablj halfyearly; or all cash, at the option of the Barehaaar. de 15 OODDIB AFPBBBOM.

Aaeta. P. 8 DweLUng altaded te above te ths oae that tba tote Bishop Morris roatoii to. te-L, Aaefra. TTOUBE ABB LOT IB fcIDBBY, AT TUB JJL Oomer of Elmwood aai Pramb etraate, FOB BA-JB AT tba is unset ef Mr.

Joseph Saunders, we will aell et p-blte sastiha, on the on SATURDAY, the 90th her, le-si, at 4 o'clock P. tba LOT tooatad as above, froatteg 40 feet, air hesh 111 tost, hay teg thereon a neat framf-d DwtlLteg TIRBS-Casb. OODDIB A APPBRSOM, dei 3 SOUSB AMD TWO LOTS OR TBI BBBT Lino of Adams, betweea Cary aai Oaaalsta, BALB AT he boU st auction, oa tbe premises, oe TH DBS DAY, tha ltlh December, at 4 o'clock, tbe neat BBUBBBOI located as above, now ta tba occupancy of Mr. A. Alio, the two vacant LOTS adtotataw, each fronting 2ft feet, running beck alley.

or credit, as may be preferred by the purchaser. OODDIB A APPBBaOM. de! 3 Aaettaaean. LABGB AND YBBY VALUABLB BBICK DWKLLIKG, sad two vacant Lota, oa tba line of 3d, between Mala and Fraaklia ata. FOB SAI.B AT ba soli et aaeU tion on the premises, oa TB OBBDAY, ths 18th of December, im, at 3.

o'clock P. M- the large aai located Brick Dwelling now to the occupancy of Bey. Or. Mtonegerode. Tba bouse has aaaafa for a large family, besides the oeaal apartments for servanta.

After tbe sate of the dwelling, two Lota te the Borth of it will be sold, each frootlat 30 ran ning back UO feet. The particular attention of tbe public ta ealtoi te thla sale, as it is lastly regarded vary rateable real Ynlaaai at 1 Mi years, for negotiable notes, tataeeat added, secured by a trust deed, or ell cash, at the oafltaaof the purchaser. OODDIB to APPBBBOB, Aaata, P. tbe foregoing sals, wttl ba soli that valnabte Lot on the gouth side ef Main, batweea td and 3d atreeta. adjototog the raaliaasa ef Joha D.Blair, lag fronting feet by It.

feet, to an alley 13 feat wid above. O. AA. dell A S-S MIGBLf IMFBOVBP SUBTJBBAB FABM, tat the village of Bawling Green, three-fourths of a mile east of Btebsaaai, together with the personal effects thareoa, coa- Biatlrtg of Farming Implements, eight due Oowa, a quantity of Bheai Otis, Podder, Corn, aai ahnaka, snd a portion of the Household Furniture, tor sale AT tba request of tbs Hon Joha M. Botts, who is about to remove to bte tons recently purchased in Culpeper, we shall sell, at pobtte auction, on the In tbe village of Bowltag Green, -ear the turnpike, oa TBUBA DAT, the 18th Dtoembar, IMS, at 11 o'cloch.

hla beautiful and highly-improved FABM called mertteld," containing snout4steSOaeraa Tbeptoee baa been recently greatly improved by many new bnildinga, aad tbe repairing of the old oaas, aai to now well enclosed aad to a bi 4 atate of ealtlvation. Tha Dwelling la a brteh strnctnre, eoatatoing seven rooms, and te to good repair. Ia addtttea, there ara Kitchens, a brick Stable, ani a large frame one, built of ths best materials, aaai la moat a-chitectnral atyle, and equal to any to bs fonad oa similar farms. The Farm will be ao divided as te to the dwelling abont twenty aeraa, and tha remaining land will be told off tote tote from these to six acres each, according to a plat sad survey to be seen st our office. These lots are a-KUrably well adapted to market gardens or suburban ibbTiWiisia On the farm there la a fine young orebard, aai a garden well enclosed and tastefully arranged; kldes two wells or pumps of fine water.

After the sate of the tend, will be sold all tbe Fanning laaplot-ante, sight excellent Milch Oowa, tha ctobb of Sheaf Oats, Fodder, Oorn, -hacks, aai a portion af tbe Household Furniture. Posaeastoa Of the farm given by Ist January next. tbe peraonal effects, tor tha Land, one-third eaah; batenoe at oaa sad two years, for bonds bearing interest, (payable half yearly nee-red by a trust deed; or ail eaah, at tbe opttoa of the purchaser. de 8 OODDIB A APPIBSON. Aaata P.

very valuable Furniture ta in the above sale, ooaaisttog to part of Beds, Bad Clothing, sad a very superior Piano, de! 7 OODDiB A A FPU SOB, Aaata. By EL B. -eeta, Aaetiaaaar. TT-LBGANT FUBBITUBB, BOBIWOOB Fd TAYB PIABO, Ac, AT THUBBDAY, 18th Instant, at 10 o'clock, I sell at the residence of Major fformsn A Walker, Uadea Bow, Franklin atreet, bte elegant P.UBN-TUB-*, Compriatog, no doubt, tbe most superior ottered la tbis city for a number of yeara, having beea ed wiih great care. THB PABLOB la furnished la Boaewood Suit, (la Bniiais SILk.) ele.antly carved, Bxtra heavy brocade Curtains, mental oornlee, Marble-top Tables, One extra atee Freaeh Plate Mantle Mtrrvr, Blegaat Velvet Carpet, toty wide, ta pertast order.

PIABO. Ona superior Boaewood Piano, tall 7-oetevee, j-fB-te by Bannore. THB dB-HM Are witb the best quality ef Bosewood Bedsteads, Cabinets, Wardrobes, Waahatanda, Chairs, Hair sad Spring Mattreaaas. Ac. IB THB DIBIHa-800-f WUI be found oae superior Bitsnatoa Table.

Cuahlonad Chain. Marble-top Bcanfst, A large and aoUaottee of Praah Chiaa, embraateg complete Breahfau, Bataar aad Tea Bate, Oat Glassware, Ac 01UNOILIBB8- la tbe parlors are two very hanlioaii Ohsav tolton. Tbs whole eemprtetog ea aasartaaaet sf the very best ta quality and latest ta style, te wbteb aha ah teatloa of tbe public te part tea lily frlfifl. -WILL BB I vlll aell at same time, aa oaaa Ctarrlige sai ieaa, and a pair of thorough-brad Horsss. Thsy il be sold at 1 ooloek, aai may ba asea ea WeA aofteff, 17th tostaat, from lt toll o'eleek, ta heat an store oa Main street.

B.OOOK. Aaat. By Tardy A WUllasas, AarTra. LABGi SALE OF 080088188, BBT -0088. will offer for aate at oar Waaahaaas, corner of 13ih and Gary streets, oa TMTJBBDAY.

ltoh oonuneaclng at 11 90 bbte Brown, Clai-tod. sad Ornshsi bags arteaa Bte Coffee, 10 bbls Mota-ee-, 900 Backs Bah, 10 bbls Tanners' Oil. 10 tterees Btoe. 19 bales (50 pads eaah) assorted Oottoa Tsras, too lbs Copperas, tOlbaln-Ug. 10 boxes ft-rpentnia Soen, hhda Faaaily fiaradltosoa.

-Oa-egaOldDcaaiatoaNa-to. to ok at inaSirtoe af Bibt iaa Lattice Dreas Goods. Boon -htrteToaltooaat SBh MoaseUawa, Ovareoato. Taafla. ate A sa-eral aaaartaasal ef ether goods, eeaatat-M ef wUI bai aold wtaboat bataa to toe tot thaatoahef aaveral eeaatry stares, whJeb we are aaaaaa toatoae sat.

TAJ-PT A WILLIAM-BAaato. OALB OP VALUABLB slgasi. af Baflato -aaaraaaa-a. aau STBBvaateaa at Battoto jhitoh. WBaV Afaa, Leea, three haa yeara aaa vaaaaS boaaa sarvaata, Bah.li -brash to to ward eoaaty, aaaat ata aaaee taaaa faaaaaat mat tttkgtm aa the BaSaaA a.