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Ihe Battle ofFrederick sburg-The Alb.
oEti0nists Repulsed,

RICHMOND, December l4-The fol
lowing dispatches WAS received from
General Lee late last night:
"At o'clock this morning, (Sa,urda, J
tue enemy attacked the right wing, and
as tue fog lifted, the battle ran along the
line from the right TO the left unit G =.
m, the enemy being repuised At al points,
thanks be to God. As usual, we hav, to
mourn the loss Of many brave men. |
expect the battle will be renewed n, La,.
light to morrow morning.
(Signed) ROBERT E. LEE
Approved by the Secretary of War.
TO GEN. COOPER: Gen. HAMPTON re.
ports tha; be ene.ered Dumrr.rs aud
captured wagons with stores and took
h!ty prisoners. All Of which he brourh,
to the Rappahannock. Sieg.I is exprc.
ted at Dumfrees to morrow.
(Signed,) ROBERT Z. LEE.
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vas referred TO the Committee on Incor.

was referred TO the Committee on Incor.
porations.
Mr.. Martin introduced bill to author.
'ze the Relief Committees throughout the
State to procure and distribute corn to
The needy families Of soldiers; which was
read the first time, and WAS referred to
the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr.. Wallace introduced n bill to pre-.
vent the undue consumption Of grain by
disliIlation which was read the frs, time
and WAS referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
The Senate returned TO this House A
bill to authorize the State to guarantee
the bonds OF the Confederate Sra,es. the
Title having oeen M ended ., 10 TO r-ad
"A t'll to provide for n guarantee by the
State OF the Rouds of the Confederate
States. The LiII was read The third time
a"d It WAS ordered that the bill do pas. ::
''s, the title thereof he changed; hat i,
be called AN Act.
The House adjourned a, ten minutes
to four.
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The Society Of Woman.

n" society is more profitable, because
none more refining aud provocative Of
virtue, than that OF retined and sensible
women. God ensbrihed peculiar good
ness in the form of woman, that her beau,
~ might win, her gentle voice invite, and
rhe desire of her favor persuade mems
s'erner souls to leave the paths of sinful
s:rife for the WAY. Of plsasan,n.s and
peace. But when woman falls from her
best emlnence, aud sinks the guardian
and the cherisher Of pure and rational
enJoyments INTO the vain coqnette, aud
hsuered idolalor o. lille fashion, she is
unworthy Of an honorable mans love, or
a sensible mans admiration. 2eauty is
then but, Nj best,
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Senator Wilson Of Massachusetts ha.

Senator Wilson Of Massachusetts has
prepared. and will immediately introduce,
a h''l in aid Of emancipation in Missouri.
inasmuch as the Constitution If that
State t"rb'ds emancipation with"u, com.
pensalI"n. It is proposed to give the i'm.
mediate prcun,ary Md Of the Govern
mem toward emancipation IN n military
measure. The p,lI will offer frs, in.
"a'ln-"t Of !O,oO0,UOO for rhi. pnr
pose, VI" Unable provisions to insure
the "ccompI'>hneu, Of its purposes.
Among the important business on the
c'i""dar of the House of Representatives.
let over from last Session is the Senate
bill admitting West Virginia AS State
Into the Cur"n. This hill is made tho
special order for next Tuesday The New
York Tribune urges the passage of this
b'I MI the prompt admission "f 'rhe
new State of NirAinia." The Tribune
SAYS:
We took occasion last session, at dif
fe'ent times. and more especially while
the tall WAS pending before the Senate to
express ver> decided inleres, it its pas
sage We lelre,e Inat West Vnpinia
ought to have been State in the Union
ere tbs. Tho people of tina, sec,ion were
the first Of all he slave States 10 take
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IHE RICHMOND EXAMINER.
DAILY, sEuI-wGEKLY AND
wEEnLY.
TERMS:

Inc DAILY RIcHaosD ExAnrssx i. d..
''efrd l" s"Usc'IUer, al TwESrY-FIvE CENT.
PER WEEK, paN abe {" Tia. carr.-r w...iv -,
ih"hh CENTS PR cory NJ The coun,rr.-
r"ee For tn"I'I"g, ~ per year or Is for
SIX months, ~ Tor inrse months, ~ for
one month, invariably in ad. .anc..
Ihk oLki-NkEKLY EXAAIyhR i, i..u.I
every iur.ia, "nu f'rId.., al IS, 10 .n.
''n'e. The SEnI-WElKLY shi uut :.
matted Tor iess tenn Than elk MONTH.
~nch u So
l"e EAAaIssR - published on III, casa
system ANA viii no, depart f.um it uu,l.r
ny circumstances Persons who J,,r.
s'' '"r paper viii please arromp.n, ts,ir.
order Wan The cash
ie's"n. sending subscription, mas, do i,
't i!irir own fIsk.
me "kkkLY EIANiSEK i, issued ever,
riu"' aud maj" Il ~ >u0.crIhrr. All "a ~,
"nhuu. IA ad'anUc The ..skxly ,', a.,
"e iu''iri Tor less t..u lw.n. month,
33--6m.
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The Enq"trer's correspondent, says the
prisoners captured by our men nurnl,er
two hundred and fifty. 1t is ,aid ,ha,
Burnside commanded on the field in per
son. We have some seve. Yankee com.
missioned officers Tn. PRISONERS were
mostly taken 10y Fieds' Brigade and hv
Lawton's Georg. Brigade The l4h
Georgia is reported to have suffered -
vere'y. Archers Brigade is reported to
have lost great number in the fight.
and also in priscners. We los, during
the day two pieces of artillery. The
br'gsdes which suffered the mos, xre
Lanes, Gregg's and Archer's. The loss
IN A. T. Hills Division, in killed aud
wounded, is about three hundred. The
results Of Yesterday are favorable 10 us,
though nothi"g decisive WAS ach eved.-
The es'eLt OF our loss on Saturday is con
)ec'ured, hu' II Careful c"npar son ui the
statements Of the wounded is tha, i, does
not exceed five hundred killed, AMI from
twenty five hundred to three thousand
w"uHd"d. E.-rl's D,vlsrn, commanded
by Gen. Early, is sad TO have suffered
severely III the action. BarksdaI.is Brig
ALE Was sufferer IN the engagement,
and did honor to Mississippi
The Fighting commenced this morning
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Malicious Conduct.

Some days ago. Major Rucker WAS 10
conversation with fair, f~t and forty
bn1om widow Of an adjoining county,
when by accident, she meutioned abe
age of one Of her admirers, stating tbs,
he w"a not quite 80. The Major made
mental note OF the fact, and soon de.
parted. lie went stra,ghtwav in pursuit
OF bis juvenile sdm,rer Of the attractive
w'd"w, whom he had before learned WA,
q little more than 40 years Of age
When !e arrested Mr. johnson, Rucker
stated that he regretted to info.m him
that he WAS under the painful necessity
OF c"nscriP,ing him. IL have learned"
SAID kucker, IRON Widow that YOU
are only SO; she says that you told her
So and feel it my duty to take you
do~n to Colonel Blake"
"Oh ah yes. said Mr.. johnson, sin
f"c', "r, to tell you the truth, sir, | did
just little TO Widow-. wanted
yes-l wanted to get msrrieJ-you un
d"rstH"d, don's you, Major y
Il don't understand ~nyth ng abou, it,
sad Eucker, "you mus, 20 with me"
NJ. Johnson's knees ,mote one another.
and IN tremulous accents he besourht
Major Ruckrr to p-rmi, him to send for
the old family Bible. Ills was xrieed
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The Great Battle ofSaturday-the Enc.
my Driven Back two Miles with
Immense Loss

RicHMoND, December l4.-Passsng-rs
by tins evenings train report that the
enemy was driven back TWO miles yes,.r
dat, and our troops occupied the battle
field this morning.
Our loss is variously stated. probably
not more than five hundred killed and
twenty tive hundred wounded.
The body oi General Thomas r R.
Cobb was brought down this evening.
The enemy's loss is represer ted ~ in.
mensu. One thousand dead Iav 10 ore
field. The Federal General Hooker ia 70
ported killed.
A private despatch from Genera
Stuart says:
ave have had great fight, and re-
pulsed the enemy at all Joints. We hav.
lost many good officers and brave mrn."
Passengers also report Ne nave hfieeu
hundred prisoners. When the tram left
this morning. heavy firing WAS in the d.
rection Of Fredericksburg.
RIcHNoNp, December l5.-The papers
OF this morning contain additional par'c-
u!ars Of the fight near Fredericksburg, on
Saturday. The fishung OF Saturday WAS
chiefly by Longstree,s corps, n part Of
Jackson's corps, being in reserve at Ham
i!ton's Crossing. A. =. Hills Dvisod, "i
Jaskson's Corps, was in the battle n, the
time. General !. r. 4. Cobb was slam.
His legion was holding in check fifteen
thousand Of the enemy Our loss in the
battle is varlously stated At ak hundred
to one thousand in killed and wounded.
The slaughter Of the enemy was yer,
great. Our artillery was admirably
served. General Gregg, Of South Caro-.
lima, was very severIy wounded and it Is
believed mortally, as he was shot through
the body. General Pender was slightly
wounded.
A special correspondent Of the Erani
Gsr says the result OF the fight on our
right wing may be summed up briefly AS
follows we drove the enemy back. kill
ing three to one, and at night held tie
ground occupied by the enemy's ba,re,.
les in the morning. The enemy had
twenty thousand men engaged on this
wing. while altogether, from frs, to last.
we had rot more thsn ten thousand IN
line Of FIRE. Longstreel's victory WAS
even more complete. He drove the enc
my into the streets Of Fredericksburg
killing At least five to one. At dusk, The
firing ceased simultaneously on both
sides.
Among the wounded who arrived iu
Richmond on Saturday night, WAS Lieuts.
N. ii. Jenkins, OF the 81, and T. A. Deal,
Of the 81 South Carolina. Among the
arrivals Of wounded yesterday afternoon,
was Lieut. J. X Parker, Of the 9Th South
Cnolins.
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5 D U + II g A OLIN
LANCASTER DISTRICT

In Ordinary. In matters Of Proba,. ofu,
cSn-l iloIton's " ill.,
Whereas, Andrew Johnson, E..rnto, of
Michael Horton, Deceased, has filed MI. p..
'''on IN this office PRAYING to be per,n,,ed
!" swear ana examine Witnesses upon III.
ir"ba'r ~ dye f"rm If law of III. said WIN
and Cod'c': for The publishing aud cvnliru.
ing thereof
lhls Ii theref"reto norify and ci, IN, sbiI
are" nnd The eHt of Kin Of the said MI
c""ei 'i"f'"i'' deceased, who r.sidc out
tue 'ihits "f the State of South t.u,,l;u.
.iore"aid. to Wit: rJuAnah Moore. pu,irL
~, Horton, son "f krrci.ser Horton. d.c'd..
Children "f Martha J"rns Horton. d.c'J -,
Their name- not known-and SaDt,,I uo,.
.oh'' TO =" and "ppe.r per. on ,ll, .or Ly tn.i,
'""iuI Att"tne!, Ia the Urdnar,', C,,u,t l..
oe "o'uen at Lancaster Court iiouss for IN.
District - l.rnc"slrr Oh Thur,d,y h,. l7,L
d.S OF N",embrr next, and tail unt unJ.i
'"e peh1'ii", t"at may fall Il ercun
4. i. uAAiIOND, OF ID
august ~, 1861, 19-"n3m w. Of &
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Legislature of South Car
olina.
Saturday. December l3.
$.-.S~
SENATE.

The Senate met a, IL N. Prayer b,
the Rev. Mr.. Walker.
Mr.. E. G.. Palmer submitted the re
turn Of tie Commissioners OF Free Shooi.
for Fairfield for The year 1862; also, the
report Of the Committee on Finance and
Banks on the memorial Of the Mayor
and Aldermen Of the City Of Columbia,
asking an appropriation for the relief OF
the transient poor; which was ordered
for consideration on Monday next.
The Committee OF Conference, to whom
vas referred the matter Of recess, ne
ported that they have considered the
matter, and recommend the adoption OF
the appended resolution which was
agreed to:
Reso!ved. That the General Assembly
will take recess from Thursday, 18Th
inst, at II M, until Tuesday, Goth Jan
usry, 1868, at Up. IN.
Mr.. Moses offered the following reso
luton, which was agreed to, and sent to
she House Of Representatives tor coLcur-
renee:
RssoLvsd, A tue sense Of the LegisIa
ture, in view Of the intended recess, that
the Committees TO whom the contingent
accounts OF the State ara referred, he re
quested SO 10 report, il possible, that II
bill making necessary appropriation there.
for may be passed before the recest.
The unfavorabe report Of the Commit
tee on Finance and Banks on a bill TO
punish persons or corporations Tor sale or
purchase Of bills Of the local banks OF
any State in the Conlederacy At a pre-.
Eium, was, Oh motion Of Mr.. Moses, or.
dered TO lie on the table, and the bill was
taken up for the second rsading, aud was
agreed TO.
A bill to suppress the undue dstiIIa.
.ion Of spurious liquors from the cereal
grains of this State, received the third
reading, was passed, It's title changed to
ian Act" and sent to the House of Rop,
Tesentatives.
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An acciden' Of h, ~, commonly mel
anrholV character occurred nj SulIiyau's
Island on Wednesday afternoon.
Wnile three men we're rsmming home
a shell into rife canron. The missile .x.
pl"drd. The rainmer tore of The ann Of
Two Of The eunners aud The hand of the
third, md fifteen soldiers standing near
tho piece we're more o. Isss injured BY
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NAPoLEoNs MEDIArtoN.-A despatch
from Washington to the New York Tyi
b""e says private ndvlces from one of the
mott eminent friends Of America in
France. represent that ihe recent nGer Of
mediation by Louis Napoleon is there re
gnrd"i ~ The expression al q deliberate
H"h msIure' purpose, from which the
Emperor wiN not recede, and that il is
considered serious hIow TO the cause OF
U"ion cu",e in Europe, sod to the csuae
o' Freedom in Europe not less than in
America. Rspubicanism is discouraged,
a.d wears sober look, and despotisa
tIiumphs IN our divisiuns.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
At the hour 10 which the House was
adjourned. the Clerk called the roll, and
the deliberations were opened with pray er
by tie Rev. 8. b. Jones.
Mr.. McKins,ry subnitred the return OF
the Commissioners OF Free Schools for
Fairfield District, for 1862.
Mr.. HemphilI, from the Committee on
Accounts, made report on the report Of
the Comptroller General, on the conlin.
gent accounts Of the Upper Division 4;
and. on motion Of Mr.. HempbiII,
Ordered, That the report Of .he Com.
mities on Accounts, with the accompany
ing papers. DO placed on the Clerks desk
for two days, subject to the inspection Of
the members Of this House, and at the
END Of that time be submitted for consid.
sratiou, without reading.
Mr. May introduced bill to incorpo.
rate the Edisto and Ashley Csual Com
psny, WHICH was read the first time, an
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"A pretty play thing,
Dear deceit"

We honor the chivalrous Difference
which is paid III our Isnd to woman. 1t
proves that our men know how TO respect
virtue and pure affection, aud that our
women are worthy Of such respect. Yet
woman should be scmeih ng more than
mere woman to win US to their society
10 be our companions, they should ~.
hted To he cur friends to rule our hearts,
they should he 'lrserving the appreciation
Of our imnds. The'e are uauy such, aud
that ihrre are not more, is rather the
fault "i our sex than tbeir own; and De
spite sII the uurIhnv scandals that have
been thro"n upon them In pose or vers,,
they would rather share IN tie rs,iuna.
OF men OF seIss than Listen
TO 'ho snly compliment. Of Ioois AMI
msn "ishon"is ,hem, AS wed as .lrsyrn,es
nruscii, when h.. seek, taer ,..yle 10,
die pn>time. a"d not for the Improve
meul of hIs muJ aud the elevation OF nls
heart.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
(In me Common Piea,)
Dudley NJ. UsserY,st al ! Dsrlax.,i..

Duo'eJ NJ obsery,st al J DeeIaration
W. Sn
sam..I Spence. ! Attachment.
Whereas the Plaintiff did on IN. ,.ro,x
day Of December 1861, file his D.cl,ra,;or
against the defendant, who Gas it is said) 10
absent f:om AMI Without The hai,s Of ,h.
State, and has neither VIII. nor ATTORNEY
known within the same. upon whom copy
o' the said Declaration might be served.
|" therefore ordered that the said De-
fendant d" appear and plead to th, said
Dec'arn''"n' on or before the third day OF
Decemb-r next. which will BE- in ,hs ysar
Of oni Lord one thousand eight hundred
and rixtv.t"o. otherwise tinal judyment will
then be given pud awarded against niu,.
ii. J. HANCOCK, Crk.
Dec Ith, l86l.-l2-Iy.
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The fragments OF the shell. Some Of
these, it is feared, will lose their sight
Charleston Courier. 18Th.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

Will be inserted at one dollar per square ior
the frst, aud 6fty cents for each subsequent t
insertion. A square to consist of the space of
~ lines. Brewer type. No advertisement con.
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True Democrat., 1862-12-24

engines, could, however, be kept clear and in Eunning order; which would be 2 great saving, for were mills to lie idle for some years, the machinery would become almost worthless.
 As soon flax spnners stocks run out they would again become buyers and derange prices considerably. Cotton spnners, l think, would then find that iute and hemp were not cotton spun in a cotton mill, and that they he'd better buy the yarn at the flax mills, and that altering cotton ma chimes meant throwing them away and replacing them by new, coarse, strong flax machinerv.- Hemp, fax and jute are Q yard wide. more or less and if they were but inch long, they could not be put on cotton card without tearing to pieces The invention must consist in shortening the fibre and also in softening it, or else in using flax ma. chimes Flax is soitened some by time, by pres sure under heavy rollers, and other such contriyan- ces out such modes would be useless to pyodurn the required sottness in using hemp and iute in cotton mills Sleeping 1t in some chemical pre- paration might do, but th.s would be far tQo slow and expensive process. I5sis easy Co shorten the fibre, for the flax machines called s Robinson's'' will do that: but this is working in the wrong direc- tion, for shorter the fbre the less the value and to do as little as possible of that is the aim of flax spinners The line or long dressed fibre that will make 70s yarn, has its to17 short fore spnsinto 4(ls only.
 The so per cent of spinGles that l stated were occupied by regular fax is made from flax that is pulled before it is quite ripe and then watp1rottcd the effect produced being q soitening of the fbrc and a consequence, the destruction of the seed - Ore third of this 90 s made from the 0tc, or short fibre of the flax; so f cotton spinners look fo, quantity to supply their mills. this tow would suit
 infinitely better than inte or hemp, and is also bet ter in quality. Flax spiners, however, would not sell it; their business interests and capital forbid any such course.
 The above article las reference to the mills ol Great Britain and Ireland, and the intention is tl show that present supply can De diverted and chang ed but not increased at al and therefore, distrcs of factory operations will, in no wise, be relieved It requires no invention, however, to replace man ufactured goods for year or two by silk, woollel and linen fabrics.
 wish you would send methe foreign account for when my old trade is touched upon feel in terc.tod
True Democrat., 1862-12-24

to depot, four miles from our place of meeting, but before they returned the aiofesad Rennick drove in my pickets. At once ord cred my men into line. and superntended ae loading of their shot guns, and then took Iay position, on an emiDence, which was coveej with heavy timber and underbrush. Just After day-break the vandals made a charge into our camp, but fnund m enemy there, anu as we did not wish to avoid fqht we shouted to let him know where we were. He at once surrounded Us. | urged nv men to keep cool and not to fire until they could sce inc eaeles on their buttons, which order they oheyed to the letter. The enemy closed in on us with his left and after he had fired two rounds gave tie signal for my men to go in, and in less time than it takes to record 1t, wehad driven them from the woods We then charged the right and cleared the field without the loss of single man. The los. of the enemy WAS twesyc killed. among them lieutenant, and twenty five wounded !; among the latter captain and lieutenant, both severely.
 The fsht vas near the farm Of widow Elot. who has several grandsons in the Confederate States army. Renniek carried his dead and wounded to the front of her house. called her out aud told hey to book at what " her kind'' had done to his men. He then took her invalid son anu her nephew JAS. Rollins murdered them before her eyes and applied the torch to her house and buildings, destroying all her property He also burnt the houses of Her son and son-in-law and drove of all their negroes and horses to their camp.
 I succeeded.in getting l3O men together, and left for Dixie. We joined the liIst Brigade. in Newton county, Missouri, on the i2th of Septem- hor after fighting and skirmishIng with the enemy for 250 miles. Respectfully,
 H. NJ. WOODSMALL, Capt Co. c, Mo. Cavalry.