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DALLY TIMES. J. W. WiRREH, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning. December 16, 1864. The News. From what little we can glean from our Augusta and Charleston exchanges it would appear that things ate coming to a focus in the neighborhood of Savannah. Report says that Hardee was bolding Sherman at bay t rce miles from Savannah on Sunday, and by this time some important actions and move ments ifctve occurred. Sherman is determined to stake at: on reaching li.c co»sl, and incase of faiiu . n; Savanna! will doubtless strike out to 1 ght or left of that city. We shall doubtle-•; know what’s what in a few days. Nothing important from Tennessee or Vir ginia Lincoln’s Message. T.« » r icf synopsis of Lincoln’S message given ns by telegraph, (says the Memphis Ap peal) aff.rda a tolerably clear insight into the animus of the and curnent, and is sufficient ly luminous to disclose the future policy of hi administration. Peace is far removed from hi- thought, and he deems it unnessary to enter into negotiations with the rebels on the subj cl, inasmuch as they refuse to return in' .> the mu', h loved embraces of the Yankee nation. I is clearly his intention to prosecute still fit Li her hie absurd notion of a forced re union of the States; to whip the Southern S « and force them back into the Union on terms prescribed by him sell and his abolition crew'; so that we need not anticipate a cessation of hostilities during his administration, unle -s by a counter revolu ic: in his unu country he is dethroned an i hurled rom power. We believed in the truth of the maxim that ‘•revolutions never go backward,” and al though the conservative masses of the North are slow to action and seem loth to take up arms in defense of their personal rights and Coust-ituiional liberties, this does not argue that they will not ultimately do so when they are convinced that no other alternative awaits them than to become the debased vassals and subjects of a tyrannical military despotism. At the inception of the war, Lincoln set out upon the execution of his “big job” with a united North, his whole people being enthusi astic in his support. Now, the case is quite different. His people are nearly divided.— He will hereafter have a large party at home t o combat, at the same time that he is press ing bis legions down upon the States of the South, lie, moreover, had in the beginning the advantage of a latent union sentiment at the South, which, thanks to his brutal war policy, is now entirely crushed out, and he need hereafter look for no sympathy in his country, neither from Union men or negroes. Even by the latter, both he and bis myrmidons are now held in detestation, and they will hereafter be made a more serviceable element in Southern defense than they have hitherto been. Whatever may have been Lincoln’s infor mation at the date of the writing of the mes sage, he lifts doubtless learned ere this, that his “lines of last year have not been main tained,” and the “Federal lines have not stead ily advanced." Our* the contrary, the mod material conquests of last year have been •wrested from him, and our army, instead ot lighting for the defense of Atlanta, is now thundering at the gates oi Nashville, while nearly the whole ot Tennessee has been re deemed. When the spring campaign shall have opened, Lincoln will find the greater portion of two years’ work to do over again; and if he found his job of conquest a big one at tbe start, he will find it a much larger one now. Then the Southern people had seine hope of some sort of an accommodation bv which the difficulties betweeu the two sec tions might be accommodated, but now they have no hope but in the triumph of their arms. Four years ol war has taught them many val„ liable lessons, which will not be lost upon them iu the future. Among oilier things, they have learned now to ensure, and in this lies the assurance of their ultimate triumph. [Special Correspondence Constitutionalist.] Letter from Richmond. Grant Still Inactive — Sherman — Jlood's Cam paign—Rumored Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by the House of Representa tives—a Horsewhipping Affair. Richmond, Dec. utb, 1864. 1 The expectations, rife a few days ago, ot an j early assault by Grant, upon me Richmond j lines, have not yet been realized, although j such an event is" daily looked lor. The inti mations ot the Yankee correspondents with Grant's army, as contained in the latest North ern papers received, show that a resumption ot active hostilities is contemplated by Grant, as soon as (he roads are sufficiently dry to permit of the movement of large bodies of | iroops. Many think, however, taut he will delay operations until the fate of Sherman is j definitely known. In the meantime Richmond is threatened with anew peril. This consists of a gun j which the New York Tribune correspondent boasts will carry seven miles, and which, charged with an incendiary shell, will lay the j Capital in ashes in forty-eight hours. The inflamuble material to be used is of'he nature . of the “Green tire,” used in the shelling of j Charleston, and is the invention of Berry, the individual who first brought the “Greek Fire” i into notice. Doubtless there is a great deal of the usual boasting in these statements, but . as the Yankees have positions near the city, , not much beyond the distance mentioned, it j would be well to keep a close watch upon their movements —the more especially as they are already engaged in testing the quality ot j their shells by practising along the lines near Petersburg. Much of the anxiety with which our com munity has been awaiting the result of Sher man’s "movements, has given way t<> a belief, that seems to be general, that he «■ ill not e - cape scott free in his journey to t! const. the papers here are not permitted to pub.ish anything official in regard to this movement, they rely upon the Georgia papers for the la test news of his whereabouts, and the state ments of the Constitutionalist seem to o<- gen erally accepted as the most re'ia. ,ur n.i t»f the situation. TheConstiU'tiouHHs f is e.iso extensively quoted, upon this subject, oy tho Northern journals—the Herald in particular —and lam frequently at a loss to know how or where they procure the news hvm its col umns. The news of Hood’s steady advar.ee into Tennessee, driving Thomas before hi in is most cheerful in its character. I incline to the belief that he will not essay to storm Thoru .as out of his position ai but (hat he will hold the Teunessee aud Virginia rail road, and force Thomas to a further evacua tion by the simple strategy of flanking As U is, he is in position, either to carry «' t to the barks of the Ohio, or else by moving into East Tenoessee, joiu and reinforce Geu eral Lee. This latter movement wilt depend upon Sherman s manoeuvres, in case he should reach the coast i t safety The theatre of war, at present, is a great chess board, and military giants are making the move3, I hear it reliably stated that Congress—or the Lower House at least—has passed, in se cret session, the act suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus. I cannot vouch for this, but I am inclined to think that it is so, as one of our Judges a few days ago stated, positively, that the suspension of the writ would take place in less than a week. I have heard no reliable opinion as to the Senate’s probable action in the matter. Speaking about Congress reminds me of a serio-comical affair that occurred to-day in the lobby of the House of Representatives. It appears that one of the honorable members from Missouri—so runs the story —wa3 sus pected by a lady of this city of having spoken slightingly of her; and this morning the lady in qaestion proceeded to the Capitol, armed with one or more horsewhips, for the purpose of by a castigation of the indiscreet gentleman. The time chosen by the lady—who is quite handsome, and some what gay spankerish in manner—for the in diction of the punishment was when the busi ness of the House was well under way, and quite alafge gathering present. As I gather the particulars, it appears that she had the gentleman called into the lobby an'd then, without allowing time for explanations, pro ceeded to horsewhip him soundly, which she continued to do until by-standers interfered and put a stop to the most unlesgilative pro ceeding. Mr , I understand, denies all knowledge of any cause o f complaint on the lady’s part, and as the lady is said to be some what non compes mentis , the whole affair is looked upon as a “mistake” on the part of the fair belligerent. The interest of the occasion is heightened by the fact that to-day’s Dis - patch contains a “Personal” from “A. 8., Au gusta, Ga.,” to the lady in question, in which it is stated, that a large legacy has been left her by a creditor of her father’s. I mention uu u.mes in th 3 connection, and merely give the affair as descriptive of every day life in the Capital. Larkin. [Special Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] Richmond, December 6, 1864. Gold has gone up to $33 for $1 ; and why ? “Echo” (the Madam of all wherefores) says, “be cause.” That is a very intelligible answer, and of course the subject drops. For financial mat ters do not trouble your correspondent. Let gold go as it may, his finances remain the same. The Provisional Government of Kentucky and the delegation from that State to the Congress are urging the President to create a “Department of Eastern Kentucky,” aud place at its head some rising young Kentuckian. The project wih proba bly succeed, and the commander will, it is believed, be either Col. Giltner of Maj. Chinewith. Both stand high as military officers and gentlemen of experience. The demand of that people upon our Government at this juncture is unque-tionabK— the recent revolution in the sentiment of the State is gratifying; and while they are groaning under the tyranny of the “brute foul” (vide Prentice) Burbridge, we should send them a helping hand. They will yet redeem their ancient name. With Kentucky as with all the North-Western States, our Government has failed to use tbe prop er diplomacy* They have need of arms now but there was a time when the people were ripe to defend themselves, if they hud only little advice and encouragement. More can be one yet by it than the “black valise” man accomplished in New York. Urge the Government to adopt such a policy. A member of Congress was cowhided in the Hall yesterday by a female. Cause alleged slander. No official news from Hood, though it i.-v be lieved, instead of being defeated at Franklin, as the Yankee accounts have it, he has gained a sig nal victory. The news from Sherman is strangely meagre. The weather >s beautiful ; but there are no wars or rumors of wars iu this vicinity to (lay. Larkin. Outrages by Yankee Generals. In the raid of Sherman through Georgia all of the outrages were hot perpetrated by privates and subordinate officers. In proportion to their num ber tbe officers of high rank were as guilty of as many acts of infamy a- the scum comprising their commands. In the county o! Burke, Gan. Kilpatrick stopp eo at it-. Louse of an amiable lady and demanded a dinner for himself and o Tieis. When the din ner was ready the lady ot the house was required to sit by the fireside while Kilpatrick, with three negro wenches, who were his travelling compan ions. took their dinners together, indulging during tbe repast in the most familiar and indecent con versation. The day after Kilpatrick dined at tho house of another lady of similar character, and when he had finished his dinner, turned his hireling esco't loose upon tho furniture and other contents of the house estroying with their sabres the fino cut lery, glass and China ware, Ac., Ac., winding up the scene by ordering the corn cribs aud other out buildings to be fired. A faithful servant put it out, when one of the vandals threaten, and to shoot him; but at this moment the cry of “Wheeler’s men” caused the party to depart precipitately, and thus the buildings and contents were saved. To leave nothing undone to complete the infa my of this Yankee General’s conduct—he caused all tho sugar of tho lady whose hospitality he had f reed, to be filled with sand as well as h r jars of smeet meats and preserves. Such was the conduce of General Kilpatrick. Wc cars well understand what tho lower officers and privates of such a General would do. At the plantation of General Cobb, iu Baldwin couid;-, where General Sherman made his headquarters i thirty-six hour.-, every thing was destroyed by his order, and his soldiers robbed the negroes of their shoes, blankets, clo thing, knives and forks aud cooking un nails. Ne nj'o women were thrown down and their shoes taken off their feet, and their cabins pilfered of everything they could put their hands upon. As none of tiis negroes could be induced to go off with them, tuey stole a boy about twelve,years old and carried huu in spito oi ;be tears usd entreaties of the child and his. mother. A widow lady, whose plantation joined General Cobb's was found guilty of being the nearest neighbor of this notorious rebel, and she was made to suffer for it. Though a defence less widow—advanced in years and confined to her house by sickness, she was robbed ot aH that Yankee rapacity could find and then the torch was applied to the balance, and in a lew moments she and her dependents were de prived of their last tnor-el of bread. This was at Sherman's temporary headquarters. These incidents are mentioned because of the connection of their leading Generals with thorn ; others far exceeding those in enormity and bru tality by lesser officers and privates could be enu merated without number. [Telegraph and Confederate. Sherman’s Army in Milledgevillc. - j On Sunday the 20th of November, Slocum’s Ar- 1 my, began -to pour in our devoted city. The few companies of troops which composed our Local Guard, bad been withdrawn. Most of the public stores bad been removed and' the ill fated inbabi- ; tauts were left to the tender mercies of rhe inva der. On Monday, Sherman arrived with the bal ance of his army. Most of the men belonging to j the city left before the army arrived Those who stayed, and our noblewomen, had to submit to all ! the insults, tyrann- and oppression which the in vaders saw fit to inflict. Robbery of every kind, ; and in every degree was the order of the day.— Disgusting scenes of plunder and rapine were per petrated in the presence, auu with knowledge of | officers of high rank, and when expostulated with, and asked to protect private property, we were ;old that they intended that every Southern man should feci that it was very expensive to be a rebel. Indeed they seemed.to think that everything we had belonged to them ; and that it was a very great crime to hide anything from them, and hiding did very little good, for they arc the most expe rienced‘and ah oil theives that we ever heard of, and know exactly where to look forbidden treas ure. A full detail >.t ad enormities practiced up on the inbabi uuts "f th:s place and the vicinity ! would fid a volume, and sumo of them would be to bad to publish In siior: it an army of Devils; just let loose from tee out (unless pit. were to in vade the cifutiiiv t *ci siln u„t be maeb worse than Suerman*- un,v. They wore iu igh spirits atd seemed to th uk the country was conquered. The damage done to our citizens in the loss of provisions, stock negroes, Ac., is immense but the spirit of our people is ail uncouquered. We do not believe that there is one l. oion man or Ina versa’i-' lett in the trad of Saerman s army. The Uni ,V tin n say they want no union with such mucr-ants an t the Univer-aIR s all admit that if there was in- hell before there ought to be one purposely f.T Siorm.n and his army. They did not' ucs-.r-i'. he . e House or the Executive Mansion, nor did they destroy the cotton factory in this place. They burned the Arsenal, the Penetentiary, the Railroad depot, the Railroad bridge over fishing Creek and the bridge over the Oconee, and they blew up th" powder magazine They burned two or three private dwelling.-- in the vicinity, but none in the city. The penitentiary can be easily repaired; the walls are not injured except at the gate and the large building co - the celftfor the prisoners being composed mostly of granite, brick and iron can be easily repaired ; the Railroad bod e across Fishing Cr. tk can be rebuilt in a short time as the abutments and piers are uninjured. The enemy remained herefrom Sunday evening until Friday morning which gave them time to pillage the surrounoi ig country for many miles. They strolled about the country in small par i«q frequently unarmed. A few resolute cavalry might have captured hun nreds of them. Large bodies of Wheeler’s men came into town soon after the enemy left, but they did not seem anxious to overtake them. One regiment swam their horses over the Oconee and pursued the enemy but she others loitered about for more than a day and said their orders were not to fight, and when they did move it was very slow. o ur cavalry were no doubt, uninten tionally, of great advantage to Sherman. It was currently reported in Sherman’s army that Wheeler’s men killed all the stragglers and desert ers they could pick up. This prevented Sherman’s men from straggling or deserting on the march, [Confederate Union 6th. Northern News. MATTERS A.BOUND PLYMOUTH, N. C. A leLerin the Philadelphia Inquirer says: Commodoi o Macome reconnoitered the Ro anoke river l ist week. He found an abandon ed fort ten miles from Plymouth. The guns were in position, but spiked. The rebels were found strongly entrenched at Rainbow Bluff, twenty miles above Plymouth. This is natu rally a strong position, and the rebels are bus ily engaged in building fortifications, to render it still more formidable. Anew ram of rebel manufacture has been built and finished on the Neuse river. She is known to be larger and heavier than the Albe marle. She may be expected to pay our gun boats a visit at any day. Admiral Porter has everything in readiness to give this new ram a fitting reception. And when she does come down the river—well, should she ever return up the river, it will be with the stars and stripes flying from her flag-staff. siierman’s movements. The enemy still know nothing of Sher man’s movements, except what they get from the Richmond newspapers. The following is a specimen telegram from Washington on the subject: The Government has received information that General Sherman had captured Milieu, on the Georgia Central Railroad, on the 29th ultimo. His army was concentrated, and it is thought has moved to Savannah before this. This news has created an excellent feeling here to-day. Millen is about sixty miles southeast of Augusta. An arrival from Port Royal, South Caro lina, shows that Foster was hard pushed for troops to get whipped at that Gnhamville fight. The publication of newspapers at that place has been prohibited for the present, and all the citizens there have been enrolled for mili tary duty and the protection of the place. A movement of an unknown character had taken place, and all the regular troops there had been ordered away. An expedition was to sail from Port on the day previous, bat no information could be obtained in re gard to ft. THE NEW YORK HOTEL INCENDIARISM —A RAID ON SOUTHERN REFUGEES. General Dix is playing havoc among the refugees and suspected people in New York. The Heraid says : Among the hotels visited were the New York, the St. Nicholas, the Irving House, the International Hotel, the Auson House, T-e --mont House, Lafarge He use, Howard House, and Lovejoy’s Hotel. At the Auson House, some twenty-two persons were taken and marched up to Gen. Dix’s headquarters and made to give an account of themselves. Some of them were exceedingly indignant at having their Sunday arrangements so materially interfered with, particularly as’ they had registered their names before Major Hayner, at Major General Peek’s headquarters, some of them even having taken the oach of alle giance, or given their parole not to aid or abet the enemies of the United States during the rebellion; At General Dixs office, they had a brief examination, and as soon as it was as certained that they had complied with all the requirements of the Government, and that they were able to give a satisfactory account of themselves, they were discharged. The detectives at the hotels were less suc cessful in their endeavors and made fewer arrests. Some of these, however, were quite important, and concerned people of value to the Government. It is understood that the parties who could give no satisfactory account of themselves, and who were detained, will be sent to Fort Lafayette to-day. There are quite a number of blockade runners among the prisoners, bu’ the most of these claim to be British Subjects, and bad with them papers to that effect. A few Are on parole, and some are under heavy bonds not to commit any lawless or violent act against the Government of the United States. MISCELLANEOUS. Gold was quoted in New York on Saturday at 228 J. Cant. Raphael Semmes had arrived at Mat amora-3 in the British steamer Adder, and from there had started for Richmond. Sheridan, the papers claim, now has Mosby surrounded, and will certainly get him this time. General Early is reported in the Valley let ters as on his way to Richmond. James Speed, of Kentucky, appointed At torney General of the United States, (Holt would rot accept it,) has arrived in Washing ton. A bill has been introduced in the Louisi ana Senate declaring that all persons in the State not having more than one-fourth of ne gro blood shall be recognized as whites. Gen. McClellan ha3 not been appointed en gineer to the Morris and Essex (New Jersey) railroad. This is emphatically denied by the officers of that road. From Hood's Army, THE YANKEE ACCOUNT. The Herald publishes a long history of the battle of Franklin, which confirms what has before been published—that Schofield got a whipping and fell back eighteen miles, to Nashvile. The Yankees now claim to have captured only six hundred Con federates instead of a thousand, and do not say any thing more about the death of General Cleburne being “confirmed.” A telegram from Nashville, dated the 4th inst., says: No new developments have taken place to-dav, except that our army still encircles the city on the southeast, its wings, resting on the Cumberland river. The enemy's lines are clearly to he sem from high points in the suburbs and the capitol. Th y are entrenching themselves in a southwesterly di rection, about three miles from the city. During the day, heavy skirmishing occurred on our left, and progressed along the line to the centre. Afany per sons witnessed the cannonading. Along the right of our lines nothing of importance has transpired to-day. The same dispatch Tsays that the Yankees have evacuated Johnsonville, and that a fort on the Chat tanooga road, garrisoned by negro infantry, bad been captured by the Confederates, a Col. Johnson and a few privates only escaping. The road between Louis ilie and Nashville had not been cut. A tele gram from Louisville, dated the 3d in-t., says: A Nashville letter states that on Wed esday even ing Capton’s brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Fourteenth Illinois, Seventeenth Ohio, Fith lowa and Eighth Michigan cavalry regiments, was sur rounded by the rebels, ar.d only escaped oy die most desperate fighting. They cm :*eir way through the rebel lines andjoineu Gen. Thomason the rear of Franklin. The number of men made prisoners and the loss in killed and wounded was not light. The same evening, a train of cars was captured by the rebels at Brentwood, nine miles from Nash ville, on the Tennessee and Alabama railroad. All the citizens of Nashville, engaged in no ostensible business, have been ordered to quit the city. A rumor was in circulation on the street to-day, that our lorces had met with a repulse at Clarkes vule, lennessee. The origin of the story was, that the rebels made a dash into Gallatin yesterday and captured about two hundred head of beeves. Our forces are in pursuit of them, and will probably cap ture the raiders. The enemy has been wary to-day. and his dem onstrated with great caution against our outer lines, which is carefully contracted , and extends from river 'O river. From the capital on toe road? south oj tne e ty, the ’g vava-lry have boon in ;■!■ in view -i ii day ».u ia» U.unklfh p.ke. Just-before da k our cavalry pushed out toward the enemy’s line causing him to. retire. Afterwards the rebels, linv ing received reinforcements, took uo their old line and at once threw out skirmishers. Some skirmish ing occurred, but nei er party sustained any loss. •’ o rebel infantry ha: en developed. Some artillery firing occurred this afternoon on the left, but only a few shots were fired. _ Tin defen ©3 are being hourly s rengthenci, and no a (prehension need be fete for t’ue safety of the city. -T In the Cenfcierate State' Senate on the 6th inst., "*r. Sparrow, from the Mil tary Committee, repor ted a bill to provide for the employment of rree ne groes and slaves to work on fortifications and ner torm other.labors connected with the defences of the country, which was placed on the calender and 0~- dered to be printed. [Tbe bill makes all free ne groes between eighteen and fitly liable to be taken to perform any labor connecte i with the defence of thecountry, and authorizes the Sccretc v of War to hi re or impress SO,CCJ slaves, between oigiiteon and forty-five. ea?t of the Mississinpi, and tbe com manding General of the Trans Missi sipoi Depart ment on.tho west side of the Mississippi river, to hire or impress 10,000 slaves, between the same a§es, so be employed at labor in the armies; the free negroes to be paid eighteen dollars Dor month and clothe i and fed; the slave to be clotned and fed and hire paid for them, and their value paid to their owners should they be killed in the ser vice or be captured by, or escape to toe enemy.] Mr. Henry, from the same committee, to whom was referred Hoi -e concurrent resolution propos ing a joint committee of the two Hou<es respecting exemption of State officers from military service, reported a joint rr olution requesting the Legisla ture'of the several States to institute an examina tion of the list" of their exempts and turn over to the military authoritie' of the Confederate States all able-bodied men between eighteen and forty-five, so far as can be done consistently with the due ad ministration of the laws of the States. The resolu tion was considered and rejected bv a vote of yeas, 6; nay?, 7. From East Tennessee. —There is an indica tion of stirring times in the East Tennessee De partment again. Gen. Burbridge is reported to have entered Tennessee, through Cumberland Gap, with two white and three negro regiments—about four thousand in all. Tbe Bristol Register says : He had reached Bean’s Station, ten miles from General Vaughn’s headquarters at Morristown.— Whether he will proceed to Knoxville or risk an engagement with Vaughn is not known. A party of Vaughn’.- avalry had a skirmish across the Clinch River, at Elan’s Ferry, with about one hundred of the enemy, in which Lieutenant Hip sher and private Benly, on our side, were wound ed. From below we also learn that a Federal regi ment, of three hundred mounted men, reached Knoxville from Cumberland Gap a week ago, Kirk’s men and the Eighth Tennessee (Yankee) regiment are at Seviersville, the Ninth and Thir teenth are at Knoxville, arid the Tenth Michigan is still at Strawberry Plains. The two Boyds (brothers-in-law of General Vaughn), who wore missing after the defeat of Morristown, have just come in. They have been in Monroe and Blount counties, where, they re port, eur Southern friends in good spirits. The East Tennessee hundred days’ men are refusing to re-enlist in the Federal service. Capt. James Giles had killed Capt. A. J. Pearsons, of Major Joseph Devine’s command of the Union Home Guards. They also report troops passing from Chattanooga towards Nashville. From Europe. Tbe steamship China, from Queenstown on the 20th of November, reached New York on the 2d. The news is unimportant. The Herald thus condenses the items of in terest : The London Times and London Post news papers, publish special letters from New York, dated the sth ot November, in which their correspondents allude very freely to the plots and preparations of the rebels and their agents, emissaries and sympathizers to disturb the peace of the Northern States—by incendiarism and raids irom the Florida border—at the moment of the Presidential election. The English writers allude, in evident disappoint ment and grief, to the timely precautions un dertaken by Secretary Seward and carried out so judiciously by Generals Dix and Butler, for the foiling and suppression of the rebel scheme and acts. It is made pretty evident, by the contents of these communications, that British agents in New York knew a great deal of the, conspiracy now so fortunately exploded in its inception and progress. Captain Morris, commander of the privateer Florida, in Paris, in company with Mr. Mason, the rebel commissioner in London. They were received with great respect and at tention by the rebels resident in the French capital. Dispatches relative to a joint protest in the case of the Florida has been exchanged between the governments of England and France"; but our special correspondent in Paris thinks that official action will be sus pended until reports of the affair reach the two Cabinets from Brazil. The;question of liability of the underwriters for the value of goods seized in the British blockade runner Peterhoff, was argued iu the English Court of Common Pleas. The Judges reserved their decision. Rebel organs in London boast that the new Confederate war steamer Shenandoah— sup* posed to be the Sea King—had gone out to service fully armed, and iu excellent trim, to replace the Florida. The New York emigrant ship Great Western was detained at Liverpool by the local author ities on the charge that a large number of the passengers were recruits for the Union army, enlisted in Lanchashire, England. There was some confusion about the matter, and four or five young men had left the vessels and gone ashore. An American citizen named Murphy bad been arrested and committed to jail in Ire land. charged with being engaged in recruit ing for the United States army. Habeas Corpus Case.— Mr. J. W. Watson was brought before the Inferior Court of .Rich mond etfuEty, (Judges Bishop, Deas and Banford present,) yesterday afternoon, under a writ of habeas corpus. The points made by the military authorities were, that Mr. Watson is lia ble to military duty as a Reserve, and claim him as a member of Captain Hersy’s company, now in service at Savannah. To these it was replied that the relator is a citizen of Tennessee, a refugee from that State, only temporarily residing in Georgia, and therefore not liable to the duty claimed of him in this State—that the late En rolling officer, Captain Starr, had given him a cer tificate to that effect; that his State being over run by tbe enemy, that there were no reserves or ganized there; and that he was not really a mem ber of Captain Hersey’a company, having simply given in his name for service ia a*d around this city, and not entered upon the company rolls. After hearing the evidence and some argument by counsel, the Court remanded relator back ter the custody of the military authorities. The case will probably bo carried to the Superior Court. R. W. Hilliard, Esq., and J. G. Snead, Esq., counsel for the relator, and Frank H. Miller, Esq., for the Military authorities.— Con. Peace by the First of March: We copy the following advertisement from the Selma Dispatch, for the amusement of our readers. The proposition we simply consid er ridiculous, and the writer insane. If he will only kill a few common Yanks it will has ten peace a vast deal more than his proposi tion of assassination. What say you, “X,” to this suggestion ? One Million Dollars Wanted, to have Peace by the First of March. —ls the citizens of the Southern Confederacy will furnish me with the cash, or good securities for tbe sum of one million dollars, I will cause the lives of Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward and Andrew Johnson to be taken by the first of March next This will give ns peace, and satief\ ihe world that cruel tyrants cannot live in a “land of liberty.” If this is not ac complished, nothing will be claimed beyond tbe sum of fifty thousana dollars, in advance which is supposed to be necessary to reach and slaughter the three villians. I will giv*, myself, one thousand dollars to wards this patriotic purpose. Every one wishing to contribute will ad dress X, Cahaba, Ala. The Georgia Conference.— Bishop 1 i -us to announce that the Georgia Conierence of the M. E. Church South, will meet at Athens, on Wednesday, January 4th, 1865, *3? T-X S3 OITY. T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. A Stray Child. —See ad\erti i em*:u? elsewhere of a L.fie who s.rayed from the Orphan Asy lum in ib!' <fi!y recently. Any information of her wbe-.iboms thankfully received. Our Cut continues very dull. We noticed on the gii-ests yesterday, a larger number of country wagons with produce than usual, but regret it is not in our power to chronicle any decline in pri ce:. “Upward” seems to fce the motto of all things eatable. It is said there is a “pint’’ beyond which human fadiearenco and endurance cannot go. The question is how long before that point will be reached in eur history. Col. Wilkins—We learn that F. G. Wilkins of our city ha? bean chosen Colonel of the First Regiment Georgia Reserves at Macon. lie i# a gallant officer and deserve? his promotion. The Weather of lats is as capricious as a pretty “gal”—first tsars, then smiles, next as ge nial as a sireak of sunshine, then as congealing as a refrigerator. We have in one week an atraos phere as cold as charity, and then a temperature as mild as poetic Italy. But it is all right we guess. Tb thing works well on poor folks—but little wood is required. We hope the winter will carry out his programme aH the way through. New Recruits. — About six hundred Irishmen who formerly belonged to the Yankee army, but who have iu consequence of Lincoln’s inhumanity, ignored it and espoused our cause, were encamp ed at the Muscogee depot yesterday afternoon, and will leave to-day wo suppose for Hood’s army. Weli done for these gallaqt sers of Emerald Isle. No more patriotic men have ever lived than Irishmen, a? and we have always felt at a loss to understand how they could consis autiy fight for[a country, whose main object was to oppress and enslave a noble people. Ireland herself desires to be free, and in her efforts to throw off the yoke of Britian, has always had the earnest sympathy of republican governments. Is it not strange then that men 30 accustomed to fight fortheir own free dom anti independence, could be induced to fly to the assistance of another strong power in its efforts to oppress a weaker one. Things look wrong. Irishmen to be consistant should assist the South. We therefore welcome these men to the cause of freedom and right, and believe they will prove true in their new vows of allegiance. Exchange op Prisoners.— The exchange oj prisoners goes on well. Thirty-two hundred Coufederates have been delivered, and Cap tain Hatch la now engaged in the delivery of the Yankees in return. Arrangements have been made to exchange a large number of pris oners at Mobile ; and it is probable that ex change will soon be resumed on James river, as the arrangements made at Savannah and Mobile were only at the suggestion of Com missioner Ould, in order to obviate the ne cessity of so much overland travel on tbe part of the Yankee prisoners. * The exchange of prisoners, says the Char leston Mercury, of the 12th, progresses rapid ly. Our truce steamers carried down and de livered 996 privates on Saturday. On Sun day 1117 privates and 22 officers were deliv ered. Another installment will be sent down this morning. ♦ ■» ♦ Anew military prison is now in course of construction about 14 miles from Columbia. Lincoln’s Tyranny. —The Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, England, in a recent address de livered there, said; “Think you that the Imperialism of Russia is more tyrannical, or that it crushes more people than Abraham Lincoln, who is the rep resentative of a liberal Government in the Re public across the ocean ? No ; there is no tyranny mere terrible than which bears the banner which crushes the liberty of others whilst it raises up itself, which brings itself into fame, because it has trodden down almost everything else that may be near it ” Private Letter from Gen. Lee. The original of the following private letter from Gen. Lee, to his son was found at Ar lingten House, and interesting ns illustrating a phase in his character; Arlington Eights, April 5, 1852. My Dear Son : —I am just in the act of leav ing home for New Mexico. My fine old reg iment has been ordered to that distant region, and I must hasten to see that they are proper ly taken care of. 1 have but little to add in reply to yoar letter of March 26th, 27th and 28th. Your letters breathe a true spirit of frankness ; they have given myself and your mother great pleasure. You must study to ne frank with the world ; frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for grant ed you mean to do right. If a friend asks a favor, you should grant it, if it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly Why you cannot; you will wrong him and and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one ; the man who requires you to do so, is dearlj’ purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly, but, firmly, with all your clas3mate3 ; you will find it the pol icy which wears best. Above all, do not ap pear to other* what you are not. If you have any fault to find with any one, tell him, not others, of what you complain : there is no more dangerous experiment than that of un dertaking to be oue thing before a man’s face and another behind his back. We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of any one! It is not only best as a matter of prin ciple, but it is path to peace and honor. In regard to duty, let me in conclusion of this hasty letter, inform you that nearly a hundred years ago—still known as the dark day—a day when tbe light of the sun was slowly extinguished, as if by an eclipse The Legislature of Connecticut was in session, and as its members saw the unexpected and unac countable darkness coming on, they, shared in tbe general awe and terror. It was sup posed by many that the last day she day of judgment had come. Someone, in the con sternation of the hour, moved an adjournment. Then there arose an old puritan legislator— Devenport, of Stanford —who said, that if the day had come, he desired to be found at his place doing his duty, and, therefore, moved that candles be brought in so that the House could proceed with its duty. There was quiet ness in that man's mind—»the quietness of heavenly wisdom —an inflexible willingness to obey present duty. Duty, then, is 'he sub limest word in our language. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. Nev er let me and your mother wear one grey hair for any lack of duty on your part. Your affectionate father. R E. LEE. To Gk W. Custis Lee. hi i iii mu 111 ii i "rwmwsf. ■ywrar-ir'* Notice. Left the Orphan Asylum, in Columbus, Ga., about the 20th of September, a little girl between eight and nine years of age, with light hair, fair complex ion and grey eyes, the dress not remembered. Her name is Frances Cluster Anderson, placed in the Asylum by a refugee from .Campbell county. Any one that can give information of her will ad dress LLzie Anderson. Griffin, Ga., or the Matron at. the Orphan Asylum of this place. All papers friendly to tho orphan and widow will confer a favor by publishing. * dec 16 It !, * F >M MifUis-upr: —The Meridian Clarion of: ; , - >■-t he whereabouts of the raiders is de' i contraband. In our last issue we stated that, they w.ro at Augusta moving east. We boliev | mey th <** course since that time, i/, ! wuere they are now "we do uot choose to tel) ’ •Jen. Maury thinks the publication of such huV nation infant hern fit the t n»r,v off the coast. Jic Cull' ch attached the Yankee advance on Saturday and drove them back to the main column. The cx . pedition is a c mplete failure The Situation at Mobile.—The Rebel of the I 12thsays: Telegraph communication with Mobile j ceased yesterday evening, and there is reports o; heavy fighting at Citronelle yesterday, it « aLo reported that a Yankee forco had landed at IF * river from the fleet. MARRIED. Or. the 15th inst, at St. Paul’s Church, by the Rer J S. Key. Capt. Oliver P. Pou and Miss Edna L. Magruder. AUCTION SALES' ®Sy lEllis, Livingston & Cos.. \^ r E will sell on Saturday, December, 17th, at 11 " ° clock, m front of our Auction Room— -1 Extra F'inc Wheeler & Wilson, full Mahonany ca'e, Sewing Machine, nil c mplete. dec 16 56 . ! By Eilis, Livmgxtosi A Cos. i \N SATURDAY. 17th of December, at 11 o’clock 11 > we will sell in front of our Auction .ftoom, 44 Sacks Salt, 10 Bbls. Corn Whiskey, 2 Fine Feather Beds, 2 Mattresses, Bolsters and Pillows, I Chest Carpenters’ Tools, ; Clotb’ng, etc., etc. | dec 16 sl2 ©verseer Wanted. A MAN over fifty five, or’onc who is unfit for field A service, to attend to a plantation no lr Cbluraba* Apply to J. R. IVEY dec 15 lw Howard. STOLEN from rav stable, the Bth inst., a small dap plo cream PONY, white mane and tail, astalioUt very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony and S3OO for the theif, delivered to me in AinerUus, Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK Hd’qrs Camp of Instruction for Ga., t Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, i i Special Orders,) j No. 330. j [Extract.] ! 111. As communication with Col. Win. M. Brown Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special order number 322, from these beadquartersqs here ; by revoked. A. M. HOWLAND, deel2 5t Major and Commandant. Wanted, AT Lee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able bodied NEGROEB, men and women. A. D. BRIDGMAN, ! dec II ts Steward TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE KATLESS ! I WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter skins, minkskins, beaverskins, and all other skins ] that have ur updh them. I want them for the pur ! pose of making hats, and will pay the highest cash i prices, or swap hats tor them. 1 will give a go od I rabbit hat for sixty rabbit, seiins; a good coon hat j for two dozen good coon skins ;-a good beaver hat I for three beaver skins; a good wool hat for two j pounds of clean washed wool, free of cockleburrs, I and cut from the live sheep’s back, and so on. The i skins must be taken from the animals in winter and ibe well stretched before drying. Parcels may be 1 sent bv express, and bats in the same wav. ! J. A. TURNER. Eatonton, Ga., Dee. 9,1864, ! N. B. —All Georgia editors who will copy thoabove ! notice, four times, including this note, and also the following prospectus, the same number of times, j sending me their papers in exchange, with the ad ! vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free i cf charge, a good, soft, rabbit fur hat which I bring in the market $100; provided they will have ! their heads measured and send me the dimensions" files’ Register Revi/ed. PROSPECTUS OF THE COUNTRYMAN, s ILES’ Register, tho most useful journal ever j v issued in America, has been revived in the pub lication of The Countryman. This journal is a fao ! simile of its original, in the number aad size of its | pages, its typography,and all the features which gave 1 value to the standard publications issued by Mr, I Niles. ; Besides the Niies’ Register, the Coua i try man has others which should render it still more attractive—to-wit: a department of elegant litera j ture, rejecting the style of Yankee literary journal*, | and modeling itself alter the best English rniscel ' laneous weeklies, but at the same time, being j stamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi i nal with and peculiar to itself. An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is j published in the country on the editor’s plantation, nine miles from any town or village, and devotq* much attention to agriculture, rural sports, aon 1 everything that interests the country gentleman. The Countryman is a handsome quarto, ofsixtcou pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation, near Eatonton, Ga„ to which all communicatrsi* 1 should bo addressed. Gup terms aro $5 for three months, or 526 par I annum. ! Send all remittances by j t’i'NEK dec 10 d4t Eatonton, Ga. Waastcd WE wish to hire for the ensuing year, six good Negro Carpenters, one good Blacksmith and ; one wagoner. 1 dec 10 2w JEFFERSON <fc IIA.VILTON. i Sun and Enquirer copy. Wanted. oA A A LBS. PORK, for which we will pay OUUU cash or exchange salt. dec 10 6t JEFFERSON & HAMIT©*. | Sun and Enquirer copy. A Plantation for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a P!a* x ! tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles belew . Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or iom. 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 pf seed i cotton, may be safelyirelied on. On the premises are firstrate negro quarters, gin house, screw and •ta bles. The dwelling is small butcomforuble. I There are two orange groves on the place, one »n the river and in full bearing. A portion of the #rap» I of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grave i* ! young but in good condition, embracing not tai* i oranges but lemons and other tropical frui*.-'. The place is finely watered and healthy. A i&re i opportunity is offered for the investment of C*»- | federate money if application is made early. Titles perfect. Apply to R. L. BASS, Columbus, oi VAN MARCUS. dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock. Stop the Horne Tihef! SSOO Ulewai’u. STOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, the new bridge, on the night of 30th November two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horse* thief, JOHN D. GRAY * 99. dee_24t To Rent. 4 SJfALL FARM, containing about 1(I M A. in the woods ami forty cleared, a bout on* above the Fountain Factory, on the river. Oa Hie ! plaee is a good dwelling with thrae r ioms, ? -aage , aople and peieh orchard and verb v ofo>L«r Irmit ! trees, good water, J«. F«r terms apply ?» Mrs. J. A. JOXW. dee near C*!wnba*. Headquarters Military Division J or the WasT, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 18d4.) General. Orders,\ No. -. ; All supernumerary Officers of this-Mi itary Di\;*».*n not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to iso Commandant of the Post, Macon, Gj, By commaad of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM. d-e i ecddw A. D. C. and A. A._ A. •, Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1564./ Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply t* M. H. WRIGHT, i-a'Mw Col. Com’dr.