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DAILY TIMES. -aaREH, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Tuesday Morning, December 11, 1864. [Correspondence of the Columbus Times.] Mobile, Dec. 2, 1864. Dear Times : The past few days have been remarkably cool for this semi-tropical clime, but the suu is abroad to-day and we are pleasantly reminded of being yet in the land of the pomegranate and fig. Prom five, the blockading fleet has been increased to nine, boats—ugly, formidable looking crafts—riding as securely and idly at anchor as a “painted ship upon a painted ocean.” There is much destitution and suffering among the captive Alabamians confined in “Ship Island” prison. Through flag of truce yesterday our authorities were informed that they could advance any contributions under “sate conduct.” To this end, a boat, freighted with luxuries and substantial, is now moored at the wharf ut -‘.Spanish Fort,” and will pro ceed on her errand of mercy in a few hours. Messenger of comfort and hope ! God speed i and bless your mission, before more of our j brave but unfortunate boys are consigned to j final repose beneath the sands of that bleak i and barren island. The increase of the fleet, in connection w ith a rumored advance of the enemy from Pensa cola, looks somewhat significant, and doubt*, less portends more than our seemingly inac tive authorities anticipate. Asa strategic poiut, Poilard may be the goal aimed at, though it i3 by no means im probable that the enemy may be seriously in tending to try his power against this city. Neither by mail nor telegraph do we get much news from Hood's army. It has disap peared entirely from sight. It may, however, be alive and stirring, and going on to accom plish great results. it is said that the order of the Secretary of War forcing all detailed men to the front who are not directly engaged in Government work shops is rapidly increasing the greatly de pleted ranks of that army. The order did not come before the necessities of the country de manded it. The great curse of the times is the spirit of procrastination which has taken possession of all wdio breathe the atmosphere contiguous to Richmond. There are many more men within conscript age who can yet be spared and sent to the front without detriment to the general good, but in doing this anew system should be in augurated discriminating to none.- The policy of investing an enrolling officer with plenary powers is not only unjust, odious and despot ic, but divests the individual States of every restige of sovereignty. Let the Governor of each State appoint commissioners, over con script age, in each county, before whom all persons desiring exemptions or details shall appear—iheir decision, however, to be ratified by the Governor. A letter to the Charleston Mercury handies this question ungloved. The views of the writer are terse and just. These commissioners, he asserts, would be a hundred fold more capable of determining the actual wants of the country than h tyrannical en rolling officer who seldom ever loses sight of the spires ot the village to which he is ordered. !f these commissioners detail a farmer, impose on him the necessity' of managing more plan tations than his own. If a minister, lequire him to preach the gospel at least on every Lorn’s day. If a physician, compel him to do the practice over an area that will occupy his undivided attention. It a mechanic, satisfy themselves his services are indispensable, and that a negro workman cannot be obtained to supply his place. If a schoolmaster, ascertain that teaching was his original profession, and taut it is nut a dernier resort to evade the law. Such a scheme could but work well to the country and the Government. The solo ns of our Slate have assembled in Montgomery and dispersed, after a few weeks of wrangling buneoin and gasconading, result ing to notiiing creditable to themselves or ma terially beneficial to the Commonwealth. “Montes Inborat" Jv. Too timid to meet the momentous issues of the day, lest their per sonal popularity might be compromised—de-< voting hours and days in discussing the pro priety of granting further exemptions and relieving cerium parties from standing guard over-Yankees captured and sent to the rear from the army. The time, lam inclined to the opinion, might have been more profitably employed at less expense to the State. Hon. C. 0. Crow, of native American notorie ty, is now acting inspector of Baker’s brigade. Bis earnest and eloquent advocacy of his po litical tenets made him a great favorite with bis party previous to the war, and the bold, decisive and patriotic course pursued by him since the struggle oegan, has not only largely increased his circle of admirers, but success fully vindicated the purity and integrity of his prime tp ■ Generous, social, brave and tal ented. Oapt. Crow, though yet ft young man, promises to rank among the first of the many noble and gifted sous Alabama has given to her country. DAD BURNITT. Roger A. Pryor’s Capture. The Times devote- three quarters of a column te aoudi-i.dk. and ohit-chat in regard to Pry or, his per# mil ai>i-e«rance, his actions, Ac., whilst in’Washington. He is spoken of as a Virginia “hidalgo,'' and it is noted that he presents a “spruce” appearance— being attired in a splendid suit of grey. Evidentb the Yankee correspondents mean to make « "lion” of Pryor to the extent of their ability- Mr. Pryor is reported as having given the following opinion in the matter of Sherman, as contained in a Washington dispatch : Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29.—The latest in form a ion from the South is probably that from Kx-General Roger A. Pryor, who was brought hither to-day as a prisoner, and lodged in the Old Oapitol. I4n wa« captured last Sunday, near Petersburg.— ” .... g en tlemen, who shortly after that occurrence were Present during a conversation with him. say w. l itted that Sherman had captured Macon and »m«dgOTiUe and that there was little, t any doubt * r .nid nro-rcss he was making, that he had from tho rapid P y , jje would encounter eaptur u .Augusta , . marc h to theseaboard; nothing serious to lmi „ os «ession the southwest that with Augusta m and that no troops man w..i more alarm than any other officer in t e «rvic6 of the United States, and that the PT«-■ the S .uth would not be .o communicative ashere urfore t ogaidiug Sherman s movements. Hej rur thcr sad it was reported that Sherman had hbera ted ii nu ber ot Federal prisoners and armed them, Vit *lva This rumor id counriuatton* The soil .wing from the Her, ld indicates that he has been -e rate Fort Lafayette, and that he will proVifth > returned ; Washington. N- Roger A. Pryer arrived bere this* iu-..riling. llt >v©3 to night for Fort La fayette Me wttruote.d iii'-eh attention as he was es eorted vlown • h<* aver, eto the Capitol under guard, anU was recoguiac i by many of his for mer acquam tanneshere. it is prob -ble that ho will soon d_6 re turned , as ,t is unde' - too i that Captain Burbridge, for whose capture he was i ,ken in retaliation, is to t« re; urne-t. [Ft m the Chicago Time's.! numerical Strength of Federal and Rebel Armies. Now that the excitement attending the Pres idential election has past, people can look dis passionately at the civil contest in which the nation is engaged. There is no farther need of giving a false coloring either to our own capabilities or those of the rebels; casting from us all useless exaggeration, both parties are in a condition to view everything in its own proper, natural light. The nation has before it not only the occur rences which made up the campaign of 1864, but also the rtii.iiris of the »ari<m** offimais of the Confederate Government. Tne latter em« brace many assertions of which the former is the touch-stone, whose contact reveals their j truth or falsity. From both are we enabled : to arrive at a tolerably just conclusion with I reference to the material strength of the rebel lion, and also its resources and the spirit which animates it. Aggregating these data, let us see what are their logical conclusions. With ui.important exceptions, the attempts of the rebellion during the past season have been confined to defensive operations. Al though the defensive is a position in which the minimum loss always accrues to those adopting it, and the maximum to toe assail ant, it almost invariably may be accepted, when prolonged, as an indication of numeri cal inferiority. In war, when possible, the position of the attacking party is chosen for the reason that to that, side there is attached iiie moral effect—which is, of itself, no small additional percentage to the strength of the party which possesses it. The offensive usu ally carries the force adopting it into the en- j emy’s territory : and thus relieves the one country of the enormous expense and inter- i ruptions to industry incident to the presence of contending armies, and at the same time inflicts all these evils upon (he other. Not only is the assumption of the defensive by the rebels an unwilling confession of nu merical inferiority, but we are able to reach the same conclusion from actual occurrences on the battle field. On the Potomac, Grant has, from (he beginning, outnumbered Lee in the proportion, latterly, of three to two, and earlier, two to one In the Shenandoah Val ley Early, with an army which at no time ex ceeded 25,000, has been again and again driv en by Sheridan with a force double in num ber. In Georgia, Hood, with a strength of not over 65,000 at any time! has been battling with Sherman, ■whose aggregate number has been close upon 100,000. The 20,000 who came up with Price on his grand raid in Mis souri were easily outnumbered and repulsed by the impromptu armies made up in Missouri and Kansas. Everywhere it is the same. Wherever our forces have met those ot the enemy we have never been lest than three to two, and in many cases two to one. We can therefore conclude, with the utmost certainty, that we have the advantage of superiority, and that the rebel forces are about as follows: Beauregard in all 45,000 Lee 16,000 Early 15,000 Price 20,000 Mobile 8,000 Charleston 6,000 Other points, say 25,000 Total 194,000 This is a large estimate, especially in the case of Lee, whose Richmond garrison, and Lynchburg and other detachments, do not probably number within 10,000 the figures which we have given him. Against this we have a force about as follows : Grant 75,000 Sherman 50,000 Thomas and Washburne 50,000 Gulf department 35,000 Steele 28,000 Other points, say 40,000 Total... 298,000 Official figures would add to rather than re duce this estimate. In round numbers, we have a force of 300,000 opposed to a rebel strength of less than 200,000. It may be ad ded that this difference is none too great to sustain successfully the positions adopted by the belligerents—that of offense by the North and defense by the South. The limits of a newspaper article do not ad mit the discussion at one time of all the points involved in a consideration of the rebel re sources and the probable and natural dura tion of their resistance. Having disposed of the question of the numerical strength of the belligerents, we will defer the discussion of other considerations to another day. [From the Condon Times.] The American War Lapsing into Barbar ism-Extermination and Annihilation of the Sonth for the Negro. It is evident, from the whole tenor of many recent articles in the Southern and Northern press, that the war has lost its original char acter, and is fast degenerating into a savage contest. The North more than the South is to blame. The North is the invader. The North commenced hostilities against women and children, and forgot the decencies and amenities of civilization in its treatment of the helpless inhabitants of conquered cities. The North first appointed “rowdies,” pig drivers, muie breeders and habitual drunkards to high commands, making choice of ruffians who did not look upon war as at the best an unhappy ne cessity, but who loved it for its own sake, and considered it a glorious opportunity for un> limited indulgence in the most brutal passions- It was the North, through the press, its poli ticians, and worse than all, through its pulpit, that first broached the idea of “exterminating” the whole of the white male population of the South, in preference to the acknowledgment of their right of .self-government. The cool ness with which this idea is advocated is enough to make the blood of the unimpas sioned bystander curdle with horror. A quiet, thoughtful man, filling an official position in connection with the library of a legislative as sembly in a Northern State, a person of culture and refinement, who has made bim- selfj a name in American literature, under took some days ago to prove to me that the Southern people were wicked rebels against “the best government in the world,” and if they did not immediately lay down their arms there was nothing left for the Federal author ities but to exterminate them. On his being asked what he meant by “extermination,” he replied that he would not leave a single male inhabitant alive in the whole South except the negroes, and that from the newborn boy to old man of three score and ten, he would put them all to the sword. “And what then?” Colonize the country with Northern people,” he replied, “and develop its resources to such an extent that it shall become the garden and paradise of the world.” And what would you do with the negroes?” “We shall prepare them for ultimate freedom by estab lishing a system of serfage, to be followed by a period of apprenticeship.” “And you would deliberately slaughter the whole white male population to attain a result which, had not the Northern people interfered with the ques tion of slavery, the South would, in all proba bility, have accomplished czproprio motu."— “I would,” he replied. “We have got to do this thing, and we’ll do it.” Another educated man, educated as Amer- icans are, up to the age of fourteen, and then thrust into the business of life in a counting house, a store or a workshop, expressed in still more forcible terms his approval of extermi nsting the Southern people. On being asked whetherlbe public opinion of the world would permit the perpetration of such a stupendous atrocity as the slaughter of a whole people, he replied, with the greatest unconcern. “Why aot? Did not the British Government au thorize the massacre of Glencoe!" “But that,” said I "was a small matter, even if the Govern ment of King William were guilty of it."— “Great or small, it was all the same principle Besides, there is the more recont case m In dia, where the British Government blew a whole nation of Sepoys to pieces from their guns.” “Do you know what a Sepoy means ?” I enquired. “Yea, * native of India, which the British Government holds by m:;. fo r ce against the will of the people. A> jby the same kind of force we will holu j the South, if need be. They must give up I the struggle, or be driven out, or killed out, till not a be left, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.” There is no necessity to fill up the hiatus. Any one at all conversant with the habitual prolanity of the American I multitude, can supply it without difficulty, j Were persons such as these alone in the ex j preesion of such sentiments, their words might pass for nothing better or worse than the fren zy of lunatics ; but, unhappily, the same senti i meats are entertained by thousands of blond i thirsty uactuaries, woo nave eo.i»m.-eu selvee that the restoration of the Union will make the Americans the masters of the world; and that Union, in this sense, is worth more than the liberty of the whole race, or than the lives of any number of millions, who may op pose it by force of arms. “ Unconditional submission,” or “extermination,” these are the sole alsernatives which they hold oat to the South. The N. Englanders ,or the “Yankees,” properly culled, are the persons who most commonly give utterance to these extreme opinions. They do not lose temper in expres sing them, but are as cool and quiet in tone and manner a- if they were discussing the raosi. ordinary business ot life. They - snivel and drawl in preaching extermination just as they would snivel and drawl if they were sell ing “dry goods” bet 'nd a counter, or inter changing a casual remark with an acquain tance about the weather or the crops. They leave, however, upon the mind of the listener, the impression that they are thorougly in ear nest, and that when they threaten murder and extermination they mean what they say, and would be as ruthless in act as they are reck* less in assertion. Further from Europe. The N. Y. Herald contains the following: The mails of the Asia reached this city from Boston yesterday morning, bringing our spe cial correspondence from London, Paris and Berlin, with our European files, dated to the 12th Nov. Our Londou correspondent furnishes the important information that the rebel govern ment had concluded a contract with an emi nent English firm for the immediate supply of two hundred and fifty thousand Enfield rifles for the use of the rebel army. Each gun is to be paid for with a fixed quantity of cotton, valued at a stipulated price, averaged on the gold basis. The English traders are to under take the cost and risk of transportation and delivery, and hope to receive a sum equal to ten millions of dollars in gold, which they think will leave an ample margin of profits. It is said that Jeff. Davis contemplates arming the negro slaves of the South with the most serviceable of the old muskets hitherto in use by his troops, while the new rifle will be served out to the white rebel soldiers. THB FLORIDA CASK ANXIETY TO KNOW LORI) PALMERSTON'S COURSE IN THE AFFAIR. Some disappointment is expressed, not only in commercial circles but, generally, at the circumstance that Lord Palmerston, in his speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet, on Wed nesday evening, omitted to mention the last and most flagrant outrage upon international law committed by the captain of the federal ship of war Wachu3ett in cutting out the Con federate sloop Florida in the harbor of Bahia. Possibly, as the subject is one directly within the province of the Secretary of State for For eign Affairs, the Primier preferred to leave the mat er in the hands of Earl Russell; but, be this as it may, no event since the seizure of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, on board the royal mail ship Trent, has caused so great a sensa tion in the metropolis. Earl Russell is at present in the North, but as the noble lord will probably soon have an opportunity of speaking in public, he may consider it consistent with his duty to state the course which he has ad vised her Majesty to adopt in this grave con jecture. Had the Florida been in a French, or Russian, or Austrian harbor, the federal com mander would not have dared to perpetrate the piratical act which has added another in delible stain to the Federal flag. Brazil, though occupying a geographical position of great importance, is a weak power. The ma jority ol her fleet consists of sailing vessels quite unable to cope with the iron clad frigates of the federais. But this very incapacity to resent ill treatment ought to entitle her to the sympathy and assistance of the great European Powers. Great Britain, more than any other nation in the world, profits by the trade carried on with Brazil, and it behooves her, as the fore most maritime power, to protect Brazil front the outrage which ha3 been committed upon her. Unfortunately, however, in consequence of the overbearing and insulting policy pursued by Earl Russell towards the government of the Emperor of Brazil, all diplomatic relations be tween the two countries have long since been broken off. The present affair might, in the hands of a sagacious minister, be made the means of facilitating the return of an entente cordiale between the two countries, and it is to be hoped that Earl Russell will not allow the opportunity to escape. NAPOLEON’S OPINION OF THB CONTINUANOB OF THB WAR. During the Empeyor Napoleon’s stay at Ly ons several deputations of traders of that city laid before him very melancholy representa tions ot the commercial situation, and insist ed particularly upon this—that the winter was likely to be a very trying one for the working classes if the American war should continue. According to a provincial journal, the Union dede V Ouest, the Emperor in his reply to the addresses, said: “ Unfortunately the news from that quarter is bad. I have reason to think that this fatal war is by no means near its end.” The Herald’s Paris correspondent writes : Paris, Nov. 12, 1864 —The Constitutionnel of this morning has a long article in regard to the seizure of the Florida, in which it in vokes all sorts of vengeance from civilized na tions upon our heads as a government. Strong efforts and sharp intrigues are being made use of by the rebel agents in Europe to induce the maritime governments to rub Brazil on the back and cry “,Suboy.” It is to be presumed, however, that our Government and that of Brazil will settle the affair satisfactorily to themselves, if not to the rebels and their sym pathizers. wm • mm A Characteristic Incident. The Richmond Whig relates the following anecdote of Gen. Lee: A gentleman who was in the train from the city to Petersburg, a very cold morning not long ago, tells us his attention was at tracted by the efforts of a young soldier, with his arm in a sling, to get his overcoat on.— His teeth as well as his sound hand were brought into use to effect the object; but in the midst of his efforts, an officer rose from his seat, advanced to him and very carefully and tenderly assisted him, drawing the coat gently over his wounded arm and buttoning it up comfortably, then with a few kind and pleas- ant words returning to his seat. Now, the officer in question was not clad in gorgeous uniform, with a brilliant wreath up on the collar and a multitude of gilt lines up on the sleeves, resembling the tamous laby rinth of Crete, but he was clad in a “simple suit of gray,” distinguished from the garb of a civilian only by the three stars which every Confederate colonel in the service by the reg- ; illations is entitled to wear, '>?!£ And he was no other than our cb ; ef general, Robert E. Lee. who is not braver and greater j than he is good and modest On Gen. Grant’s ! recent reUrn from New Jersey, to tbe army of i the Potomac and James, by the detention of the train he was forced to stop in Philadelphia. Being recognized by a soldier, he was so crowded by the gaping multitude ever ready in Northern latitude to look on any military | hero of the hour, be he McClellan, Hooker, ■ Burnside, Pope or Grant, that he was forced to take refuge in tbe mayor’s office, j Well, Gen. Lee comes to Richmond, visits the War Department and tbe President, at i tends divine worship at St. Paul’s almost ev ! try week, and though our neople love him as j our fathers did George Washington—yet he ; is never subjected to any annoyance, save a i look from each pas9er-by which silently says ■ay Ged protect and bless you. <CKPORTB «r TME PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act o> Congress in the yew 1863, by J. 8. Thrasher, iu the Clerk’s offiee of the District Court of the Confederate States to the Northern District of Georgia. Mobil*, Dco. 13.—Specials to the Advertiser from Senatobia, 10th and lltb, give northern dates to the sth. Lincoln’s message is published. He says all the lines of last year have been main tained, and Federal lines steadily advanced. He believes the recent election indicates the intention Oi iho people to eustaiu m.- Huuji.iisi.ral.ion. Ho regards the emigrant scheme under Providence as the principal means of repairing the ravages of the war and replenishing the national wealth.— Notwithstanding the losses by war the voting pop ulation has increased 145,000 votes. He thinks that negotiations with the rebels would amount to nothing, as they declare they will accept nothing short of a severance of the Union—an issue the north ennnot accept. Nothing but war and victo ry can decide the question. Thinks the time will come when more vigorous measures should be ad opted te prevent armed resistance to the national authority on the part of the insurgents, as the most effectual method of ending the war by the Govern ment. He retracts nothing previously said in re lation to slavery; repeats his declarations made a year ago, does not attempt to modify or retract his proclamation, nor will he return to slavery any person freed by Congressional enactment— Finally the war will cease on his part when it ceases on the part “of those who began it. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Chase as Chief Justice. A special army corps of twenty thousand strong has boen organized and Hancock commanding. There was no material changes about Nashville up to the 3d. inst. The rebel line of battle was in two miles of the city. Both sides entrenching. There is no rebel force north of the Cumber land. Hood can subsist in the country, but the Feder als hope he cannot obtain ammunition. Another dispatch says the rebels are Greeting works within one half mile of the Federals. Hood pressed them hard. The Federals admit a defeat at Stony Creek. Steele is reported to have left t J/emphis with 12,000 men to reinforce Thomas. Hoods large cavalry force oompells the Federal cavalry to remain inside the entrenchments. Rumors of reverses to Sherman prevail in Washington. Magdalen. The Hebrew girl with flaming brow, The banner-blush ot shame, Sinks at the Savior’s sinless feet, And dares to breathe His name. From the full fountains of her eyes The lava globes are rolled — They wash His feet, she spurns them off With her ringlet scaf of gold. The Meek One feels the Eloquence Os dosolating prayer, The burning tears, the suppliant face, The penitential hair; And when, to crown her brimming woe, The ointment box is riven— “ Rise, daughter, rise, much hast thou lov’d, Be all thy sins forgiven!” Dear God! the prayers of good and pure, The canticles of light, Enrobe thy throne with gorgeous skies. As incense in thy sight. May the shivered vase of Magdalen Soothe many an outcast’s smart, Teaching what fragrant pleas can spring From out a broken heart. James R. Randall. Gen. Grade was about thirty-one or two years of age, a noble hearted man, a ebristian gentleman and a true soldier. He was loved and respected by all who knew him, and idol ized by his command. As an officer, he was always remarkable for his energy and indus try,-was always where duty called him, in the field or in the trenches, and never asked his men to go where he did not lead. He was universally considered one of the bravest and most promising officers in the service, and by his death the country loses a valiant friend, and our cause a staunch and unflinching sup porter. At the breaking out of the war Gen.. Gracie was a prominent and prosperous mer chant of Mobile, and was the agent in that city of the celebrated English firm of Baring Broth ers. He was a grand son of the Archibald Gracie of this city, who, half a century ago, conduoted business near the foot of Sycamore street, in a building called the “Brick house,” so named because there were then no other brick house in that part of the city. It was only a few days since that Gen. Gracie viewed the spot where his ancestor formerly lived.— One or two Sabbaths ago, Gen. Gracie was confirmed at St. Paul’s church in this city. [.Petersburg Express. The lion. Joim Slidell. In the last volume of the “Old Merchants of New York City,” we find the following notice of Mr. Slidell: His father, John Slidell, had a soap-factory in 1794, at No. 50, Broadway. He lived at No. GO Broadway, where his son John, the future ex-Senator, rebel Minister, &c., was born. In the same neighborhood lived John Wilkes, who was a public Notary in 1792 ; he had sev eral sons, the youngest of whom, Charles, is the celebrated Wilkes, the hero ot the capture of Mason and Slidell. The son of one neigh bor became the captor of the son of another. These boys —old boys they are now, both be ing upwards of sixty-five—have played to gether in their early days, neither dreaming their future destiny, or how they would after wards meet. When John Slidell went on board the San Jaeincto, and met Commodore Wilkes, what curious sensations they must both have felt. The old “First Ward” times, when as boys, they went together, played to gether, and snow-balled each other. Slidell served his time with his father, and followed the same business with his brother Thomas, until 1817, and after this went into mercantile business in South street, with James McCrea, and was unfortunate in 1820. It was about this time he had a duel with Stephen Price, manager of the Park Theatre. They fought in the morning, and Slidell shothis antagonist, giving him a bad wound. It was the failure of his firm and the scandal of this duel that determined him to go to anew State, where there was an opening. He pitched upon New Orleans. Alexander Slidell, of the navy, who made a great noise a few years ago, by hanging two men on board his vessel, the Somers, was a brother. One of the men happened to be a son of Jno C. Spencer, then Secretary of War. Previous to this his name had been changed to MacKenzie. He died some years ago. Sherman’s Moral Philosophy.— We have Sher man’s word, says the South Carolinian, that it is his wish to conduct the war on civilized principles. It will be our fault, he insinuates, if he does not. If the people of the country through which he f passes are such savages as to attempt in any way to obstruct his march, he will regard himself as absolved from the obligation of conducting himself like a Christian and a they arebarbarou* enough to burn the bridges and break up the roads in his front, ihe will feel himself perfectly justified in ravaging their fields and in destroying their housesland crops.— The inhabitants of an invaded district have no right to annoy an invading army in any way. To plant a single obstacle in the path of the benificent power Which comes to take care of their property and to relieve them of‘The weight of too much liberty,” is a crime justly provocative of the bitterest retalia tion. It is their business to stay {at home and lsok on, while their grain and meat is devoured, their horses stolen, and their negroes decoyed or forcibly carried away. To try to prevent any of these from | falling into Yankee h-tnds, is an o*trage to be pun- I ished with fire and sword. This is the last Yankee ! verson of the laws of civilized war. It is of a piece with Sherman’s mode *f thinking and writing on i every subject, 1 About five thousand of the enemy are cut off at Murfreesbore*. the O I TY. T- J» JACKSON LOCAL EDITOfi. Salbs ■ f , Liviugsiou k Cos., will sell to-day w». tobacco, clothing, furni ture, Ac. Let every body attend. A Cold Snap. —We are again having a spell of weather as cold as one generally sees in these parts. We saw ice yesterday morning two inohes thiok. Columbus Local Items in 1838.—1 t is pleas ant and profitable occasionally to indulge in ret rospective. It oarries-us back oiten to first princi ples—shows us what we were, by which we can better arrive what wo are,and leads us in anticipa tion to what we probably will be. In the absence of interesting looal matters, we copy some local paragraps from the Columbus Sentinel and Herald of February, 1838, nearly 27 years ago. Many the changes since then, but perhaps many of ou r older inhabitants may find a sort of melancholy plea ure in perusing these items. Thepaper from which wo clip was edited by B. A. Iverson and J. W. Webb. Perhaps we may make other extracts when not pressed with interesting news matter : Court House and Citv Hall. —ln our ad vertising columns will he found a notice inviting proposals for building a Court House and City Hall, on the public square which has, for so long a time, stood vacant. We have been shown a plan of said building, drawn by our follow-eitizen Michael N. Clark, Esq., and which has been ac cepted by the committee. The draft displays much taste and exhibits a building of fine exteri or, and internally so arranged as to afford all the comforts and facilities of conducting a Court, and the business which necessarily attaches thereto, j The joint committee from the Honorable City j Council and Interior Court, will not cousider us as disposed to flatter when we say that too much credit cannot be awarded to them, for the zeal and energy with which they have taken hold of this matter, and that their reward will consist in the gratification which they will feel when they shall be able to point to as good a Court House and City Hall, as the State of Georgia can boast. Streets, Ac.—Our streets are better than some through which we have travelled in our day, and not so good as others : and if all the public hands are kept constantly at work on great projects, as sewers, etc ; we are quite sure that the minor consideration (as some may deem it,) of keeping 1 the streets in good order, will not be attended to. i Not having time or room for a full argument, we will content ourselves with a single example—we quote Crawford street directly opposite our office— “charity begins at home.” We are aware that the committee on streets are vigilanUand industrious, but they will exouse us for hinting that the warm weather is approaching, and they cannot be too particular in having the streets and back yards Well cleaned. A strict and vigilant police will ensure good order, cleanliness, and health in any city. Races. —The second series, “revised and correct ed,” of Spring Races over “The Western Course,” will commence at this place on the Bth day of May next, as will be seen by an advertisement in this day's paper. The purses are good; there is twenty one hundred dollars to be carried off by some for tunate owners of swift nags; it is a “big pile” for these pinching times; bring up your horses. If you're going to enter that mare bring her up. Hammond will be here with John Guedron and Gerow, and has sent word that he is the man what has got the “goers,” and that any horse entering against those of his train, nqay just exactly ealeu- • late to have a leg sawed off close up to the body. “Come on Macduff and cursed be he”—who lags behind, or gets distanced. The Season. —For the last two weeks we have had the most unpleasant weather imaginable. As Hood, of comic memory hath it, “first it blew, then it anew, then it rhew, and then it friz ” and despite the laudable exertions oi our City Council, in ditching, filling up, levelling, etc. the lower parts of the fair city of Columbus were for some days in excellent boating order. We did not sound the depth, but doubtless, in many places, it was “ by the mark three”—feet. Some of the “water privilege” lots about town will sprout, next summer, an abundance of—frogs and mosquitoes. But now we may hope that Spring, sweet smi ling Spring, has come at last, with its song of birds, hum of bdßs, and fragrance of flowers, to atone for tho rugged north westers we have lately experienced. Already the grass is casting off the dun hue of winter, donning its fairest, garb, and “greening beneath our feet;” tho robin and lark are carrolling forth their lays to the morning sun, as it rises in unclouded brilliance, and all nature seems bursting into renewed life. There is some thing cheering and invigorating in the breath of Spring. The hot blood of youth bounds, in freer current, through the veins, and even palsied age is favored with unwonted elasticity beneath its genial warmth. And why should not man, as well as nature, wear a jojous smile? One half of the ills that hang upon us, incubus like, are merely ideal—creations of imaginations prone to look on the dark side of everything; and frequently arise from artificial and superfluous wants. Much of man’s hifppiness or misery depends upon himself. Do all for the best—be contented—be happy— place implicit confidence in the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and all will yet be well. Tho enterprising owners of the steamboat Floridi an, we are sorry to say,have met with a serious ac cident. It is probably known to many of our rea ders, that the Chattahoochee, of all the streams in the world, rises tho quickest, and falls as soon. For several days past, the river has boen unusually high, so much so as to overflow emireiy the level of the first wharf. Over this level, on the night of the 19th inst. the ill-fated Floridian swam at ease. But although there was plenty of water on the wharf, for the safety of the boat, on the evening of the 19th, yet like the deceitful water in the cup of Tantalus, it’was not there on the morning of the 20th. She was heavily laden with cotton, and her enterprising Captain waited only for the ap pointed period, when “nature smiles to usher in the blushing Queen of morn,” to weigh anchor, and glide safely and quickly away to her place of destination, when lo ! in making an effort to start, she was discovered to be fast aground. Every ef fort was made to get her off,by throwing overboard the cotton, prising, Ac., but every effort was in vain—the inconstant water receded faster than ever, and she now lies high and dry. Cotton Statement. —We have been - politely favored by Mr. F. Ruse, with the following state ment, showing the quantity of Cotton on hand the Ist February, 1837, and 1838, and the consequent increase of this season over the last. Old Stock, 5,208 bales. New receipts, 29,078 do. 34,286 Shipped, 16,884 Stock on hand Feb. 1, 1838, 17,402 Receipts Feb. 1, 1838. 29,07S bales, do. do. 1837, 24,729 do. Increase, 4,329 Tho article has come in rather sluggishly for the past week, and prices seem disposed to a de cline—the fair quotation is 7 @9s cents—money scarce and growing scarcer. Crurch Consecration.— The Episcopal Church in this city, under the pastoral charge of Rev’d Mr. Carnes was consecrated to the service of the Most High on Sabbath morning, the services of the altar being conducted by the Right Reverend Biehop Kemper. The ceremonies were exceedingly interesting and impressive—the music delightful —and tho discourse delivered by Bishop Kemper was full of eloquence. This church is in every re spect an ornament te our city, and while we con ce ve that it comes within the circle of our duties asi public journalists, we feel great pleasure in no ticing each progressive step which she takes in hor march through a moral wildernsss. <‘The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Awful!— A geatleman just from Apalachicola informs us that as he passed Tennessee Bluff, alias the city of lola, which the St. Josephites have lately laid off at the head of railroad No. 2, that the aforesaid lola was unmercifully submerged in a wildercess es water. . . The gentleman gives it as ms everlasting opin ion, that if anybody ever gets to loia to live, they will have to rear their houses »n stilts, and when ever they have to go out, must, in self defence, clap a life preserver around their necks. What a pity ! i Steamboats. —We noticed at our wharf on Mon ! day, two new boats, at least new on our river—the Lewis Cass md the Tropic ; each Hoat-as wo were ; informed— capable of carrying: 1,000 bales of cotton. | These boats are elegantly furnished, and have berttis for 40 to 50 passengers, including state rooms. lhe more the merrirr.” is an oldfajdnoned saying, but we are thinking that freights will catch a lofty fall, from the number of boats which arc almost daily booming up the Chattahoochee for .the first time.— Our merchants have been complaining most bitterly at bring compelled to pay $2 oO per bale on cotton “ all's well that ends well; east off that hne and go ahead. _ , Stkambr Robnet.— This splendid boat urrivedlat ; eur wharf with upwards of 1300 barrels, from St. Jo seph. and has departed with 800 bales of eotton. She is commanded by our old - friend Capt. • Wood, who commanded the first steamboat that ever •a enchanted hour in life 9 history. j AUCTfON SALES | kills, Livingston A Cos. ( .Tuesday. 13th December at It wfc will sell in front of onr store * we 1 Mahogany Settee, 1 “ Bureau, 1 u Bedstead, 1 Marbie Top Centre Table, 1 Wardrobe, 12 Caue bottomed Chairs, Extension Dining Table, Hair Matrasses, Feather Bedt, ashstands, Looking Glas*e*, Crockery; Safe, Seales, Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables, Hardware, Tin Ware, Books, &c., &C-, (fee. dec 11 td $lB By Ellis, Livingston *fc Cos. large and valuable salb At Glenuille, at Ala. WILL be sold in Glennville, Ala., on Tuesday * ’ December 13th, at 11 o’clock, Avery desirable House and Lot. The house has five rooms, an out house with two rooms and other out buildings. Ex cellent orchard, with twenty acres oi' land attached, including 26 hogs, horse and rockaway, cow and calf, express wagon, sugar, large lot poultry, household and kitchen furniture, crockery, bedding, etc. Sale positive. Titles goods. Terms cash, dec Std $45 By Ellis, Livingston A Cos., — » WE will sell on Tuesday, December, 13th, at 11. o’clock, in front of our Auction Room— -1 Close Carriage and Harness, 1 Very Fine Mahogany Piano, 10 bbls. Corn Whiskey, 100 lbs. Sole Leather, 55 Sacks Salt, 1 Lot Ready'.Made 2 fine Saddle and Carriage Horses, 2 Likely Mules, Cows and Calves, tfcc., &c., <£c. dec 10 td $27 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. GROUND PEAS. AN TUESDAY, 13th of December, atllo’cloek, we will sell in front of our Auction Jioom, 250 Bushels No. 1 Ground Peas. dec 10 $9 TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE IIATLESS ! I WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter skins, mink skins, beaver skins, and all other skin* that have ‘ur upon them. I want them for the pur pose of making hats, and will pay the highest cash prices, or swap hats for them. 1 will give a gjod rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins; a good coon hat for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat for three beaver skins; a good wool hat for twe pounds of clean washed wool, free of cockleburrs. and cut from the live sheep’s back, ard so on. The skins must be takon from the animals in winter and be well stretched before drying. Parcels may b» sent by express, and hats in the same wav, J. A. TURNBR, Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9,1864. N. B. —All Georgia editors who will copy the above notice, four times, including this note, and also the following prospectus, the same number of times, sending me their papers in exchange, with the ad vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free cfcharge. a good, soft, rabbit fur hat which wil bring in the market $100; provided they will have their heads measured and send me the dimensions' files’ Register Revived. PROSPECTUS OF THE COUNTRYMAN, iV ILES’ Register, the most useful journal ever In issued in America, has been revived in the pub lication of The Countryman. This journal is a fae simile of its original, in the number and size of it* pages, its typography,and alfthcffeatureswhich gave value to the standard publications issued by Me. Niles. Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Coun tryman has others which should render it still more attractive—to-wit: a department of elegant litera ture, rejecting the style of Yankee literary journals, and modeling itself after the best English miscel laneous weeklies, at the same time, beiag stamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi nal with and peculiar to itself. An altogether novel feature with it, is that it u published in the country on the editor’s plaitatiea, nine miles from any town or village, and deroUjl much attention to agriculture, rural sports, a*d everything that interests the country gentleman. The Countryman is a handsome quarto, ofsixteea pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation, near Eatonton, Ga„ to which all communicatioß* should be addressed. . Our terms are $5 for three months, of S2O per annum. Send all remittances by express. J. A. TURNER, declod4t Eatonton, Ga Wanted WE wish to hire for the ensuing year, six good Negro CarpeLters, one good Blacksmith an 4 one wagoner. dec 10 2w JEFFERSON A HAJ/ILTON Sun and Enquirer copy. Wanted. i)AAA LBS. PORK, for which we will p*# OUuU cash or exchange salt, dec 10 6t JEFFERSON A HAMITOJT Sun and Enquirer copy. A Plantation (or .Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Pianta -1 tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or lee*, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land, the balance superior pine land. In a favorable season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed cotton, may be safelyjrelied on. On the premises are first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta - bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable. < There are two orange groves on tho place, one e» the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove m young but in good condition, embracing not only oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits. The place is finely watered and healthy. A rar» opportunity is offered for the investment of C*a federate money if application is made early. Titles perfect. Apply to R. L. BASS, Columbus, or VAN MARCUS. dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock S3OO Reward !—Stolen, T?ROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE T CASED GOLD WATCH, with the initials * F” carved on the back of it. The Watch has a face and steel hands. -a A reward of S3OO will be paid for its recovery n Xa3r kcd ' by leaviDg U SUN OFFICE Coffee ! Coffee! 200 POUNDS CHOICE COFFEE ALSO, 200 lbs. Black Pepper. STANFORD * CO., nov 30 3t No, 78, Broad Street- Administrator’s Sale. ON the first day of January, I will sell at outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acre* (more or less) of pine land, belonging to the eiiAW of John Bird. On the premises is *a fine spring « water, negro cabins, etc. w. ft. ”OFL. ( dec6w4t FOR SAIiE 1 Of\ , ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation. v<* OU > hundred and seventy in the woods. place is ncai the ten mile house cn_ the road, and is snugiy improved for the times. - • L. A!* n( , ?9 At* CoiumbusJ^l- Plantation to Rent or Sell. ANE and a half miles north of Union Springs'M*' 0 con county, Ala. It contains four hunci' eighty acres, a little less than four huo cleared. Most of the cleared land is black prs** and creek bottom*. 1 dec Slw Union Spring*,. To Rent, A BLACKSMITH SHOP with six *r It#*- ‘Vll C tP PUU ‘ APPIj at TH!S CTIIM Wanted. onn nnn feet ash timber. i* »i»» k jfl iUU.Uuu inch, «r by the aori Ai’J* ° U i« 2 Y 6» rnmeßl W ‘ >rk *‘ JOHN • 11AT * •