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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WARREN, ... Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning. December 23, 1864. From Tcnneitee. Yankee reports of recent operations around Nashville give a not very encouraging view of the “situation" in that quarter. They are certainly later than anything we have received from Confederate sources, and may speak truth as far as they go 1 but we imagine that they <lo not give, and were not intended to declare, the whole trutn. Y»> are inclined to believe th*i Gen. Hood has fallen back from his poßwioii immediately in front of Nashville. That he did this voluntarily we deiive ample assurance from the fact that he drove Thomas behind bis fortifications aiound that city and, since then, the latter could have received but few ir any reinforcements. The railroads leading north from Nashville have certainly bteti ' ut, and Uk Cumberlaud river bitekad ed, at and it is hardly possible that any large fore* could have xtrayyled through by any other avenue to the rescue of the beleag uered city, ft is ‘air to suppose that General Hood’s lines in Font of Nashville were in tr- lichee, and the idea that, after having whipped she Yankee army strongly fortified at Franklin, the latter should turn the tables upon him when positions were reversed is uu rea-unable, it no absurd. We may rely upon it tout Thomas never showed his head outside oi his intrench meats until be found that Hood w..>nar, i- ito thru mane a great flourish, sounded ?! • charge, leaped bravely over abandoned breastworks, attacked the rear guard with, perhaps, some success, and then, most consistently, tickied the Yankee nation with a Ji> . Wbhl m.iv be Gen. Hood’s plan of campaign, oi which Ins withdrawal from Nashville was the necessary preliminary, we, of course, do not know. We think it reasonable to sup pose, however, that this plan involved the transfer of his army iurther north. We have never imagined that Gen. Hood intended to take NaehvilK- by assault. We can readily conceive, however, that it might have been necessary, or proper, to make a strong de monstration against that city in order to fa cilitate his operations in its rear. By doing so he has been able to detach Gen. Lyon with a considerable force to blockade the Cumber land and move into Kentucky, aud to send Forrest on a similar expedition to interrupt railroad communication. It may have been important, lou, thus to employ Thomas’ atten tion in order to transfer Breckinridge’s com mand in safety to a proper position. We do not know the whereabouts of this officer, but we do know that Burbridge entered Bristol a short time since with a few thousand men—a thing that could not have been done had Breckinridge been anywhere within the lines ut his old Department. Late news from the west placets Gen. B. at Gallatin, Tenn. If this be not true to the letter we feel quite well assured that it approximates the truth. Hood, having made .e/erytiiing ready for the move ment, now turn Nashville and marches into Kentucky. If be be joined there by Lyon, Breckinridge a.id Forrest, the programme we have marked out tor him will have been car ried out, hpd the confusion of the Yankee General and the consternation of the Yan kee people will be the result. ♦ <> Lincoln’s Message. Ii lieu of any comments of our own upon this document., wc will substitute those of the Richmond Examiner, which, although a little facetious, will strike every on* as both forci ble and to the point. Every reader of the message, says that paper, will be pleased to it.,rii, on that potentate’s own authority, that ‘•his relations with Egypt, as well as with the Barbary powers, are entirely satisfactorylt is also gratifying to bo told the cheering news teal “the rebellion which has long been fla grant iu China has been at length suppres sed.’ In the tirstpart of this singular docu ment, Mr. Lincoln expatiates over every known country of both hemispheres, except the Southern Confederacy. He treats of Bolivia and Peru, the Guano Islands and the Japanese inland sea ; bis imagination, ia its Yankee vastness rJitd sublimity, ranges from con'inent to continent with its world-encirchng cable ; lie leads his hearers to the dreary Straits of Behring, and gives them a pleasing view of that paradise, Liberia, with which “official correspondence has been freely opened.” He touches with pain upon some sceues of violence and strife which, it seems, are taking place in some regions of this earth—a civil war in St. Domingo, a threatened war of Spain upon Peru, and “pitiful altercations” in Egypt—allot' which must naturally grieve so feeling a heart. In short, Mr. Lincoln’s ob servation, with extensive view, surveys ua 1- kind from China to Peru. The reader’s ideas are enlarged, and his geography touched up, by so vast a general prospect of the earth and animated nature; but as you read column alter column, you begiu at length to fancy that the eloquent writer has forgotten the ex istence of a place called the Confederacy, and of a painful altercation—worse even than the Egyptiau one—whicb is said to be going on r here. At last, however, after dealing with the benevolent institutions of the District of Columbia, the “agricultural department,' and other details of administration, he suddenly appears to recollect a little circumstance, and says : “ The war continues.” It was time to thiuk of it ; but 1 hough the great majority of readers will skip over the Egyptian and Chinese dissertations, to come at once to the official pronouncement about the war, yet when they come to that part they will not find themselves much enlightened.— In fact, the first sentence devoted to this sub ject, states what all rauukiud knows to be a falsehood—“ Since the last annual message all the important lines and positions then held by our forces have been maintained,” hs if there were no such States iu the world as Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas; or as if tire line of the Cumberland river at Nashville were as far advanced as the line of the Tennessee at De catur aitu Chattanooga. We need not. how ever, find fault with Mr. Lincoln’s estimates ot military affairs: because ihokc matters are not in his line ; but come at one*- to the polit ical considerations. Now will it he believed that such is the teudtrness and loving kind ness of that great Emperor towards us miser able emuer*, that he i 9 w Yling even still to pardon and take us to bis bosom as if nothing had happened. “They (the rebels) can at any moment have peace Simply by laying down their arm3 and submitting.” It seems that some timorous or desparing rebels have been under the impres sion that even should they lay down their arms and cry peccavi , the offended sovereign would still insist upon making war upon them afterwards ; would go on maneuvering armies, firing batteries, and charging in line of battle, just as if the white flag were not displayed.— Mr. Lincoln kindly reassures those timid ones —he says: “Afterso much P. e. submission] thf Government could not, if it would, main tain war against them. The loyal people would not sustain or allow it By which we may get some idea of the gentle and Christian spirit of those loyal people. In short. Mr Lincoln ooce more offers us f and perhaps for the lust time, the bare lives —nothing more—of : nose among us who are not amenable to the statute of treason, if they will only submit a.td lay down s heir arms. He reminds us of what we had really forgotten, “that a year ago general pardon and amnesty upon specified terms, were offered to jill, ex cept certain designat'd classes”—that is to say, except officials of tile Government, and members ofCongre-s and military officers, above the rank of Colonel, l’bus, lie says lias a door of repent nice tu-en open to all for a whole year ; and even now, after all that experience of the hardness and impenitence ot our hearts, he cays -‘it is still open to all.’’ Since the Saviour wept over Jerusalem there has been no such touching appeal Mr. Lin coln wi uld gather U3 up even as a ben gath erelh her chickens under her wings; and we vuii not! It is true that his proffered indul gence extends only to our lives, everything else, as we colject from this message, he will take away from us. He not only adheres to his “Emancipation Proclamation,” but urges Congress to pass, at once, a law absolutely abolisbiug slavery in the “United States,” iu which term he compris es the whole of this Confederacy ; and it is remarkable that he does not ailude to the sev eral confiscation acts at all, those laws by which all the property of rebels is to vest in “loyal” planters and their heirs and assigns forever. Indeed, when we say that Mr. Lin coln offers us our bare lives, we ought to limit that expression by explaining that he promises, in case of our submission, to destroy no more of us with weapons of war ; as to other instrumentalities, whether for slaying or im poverishing us, he promises nothing ; but re fers all that to future legislation and to crimin al jurisprudence, “to courts and votes;” and, as all the courts and votes would go against us, we can judge how like a forked radish we should look after having run the gauntlet through them. Mr. Lincoln thinks it highly important to impress upon the world the one noble princi ple—that he will make war on us no more af ter we have laid down our arms ; and finishes his message by emphatically repeating it in these words : “In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part of the Government, when ever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it.” That is, whenever we cease to defend our cities, fields and houses, he will no longer make war, but only peaceably take possession. It need scarcely be said that the other por tions of the message are on a par with what we have cited, in point of candor, statesman ship and honorable fueling. The second sen tence contains an equivocation, a suppression, and a preparation for future villainy. It is in these words: “Mexico continues to be a thea | tre of civil war. While our political relations 'with that country have undergone no change, we have at the same time strictly maintained neutrality between the be-igerents.” How impossible it is for Seward (who proba bly composed the message) to utter one straight-forward sentence! In these treacherous words, the “Mcnroe doctrine” lies coiled up like a snake. As to the Brazilian difficulty the message gives it I but one distant allusion ; and one might sup -1 pose that the relations with Liberia were irn * measurably more interesting and important I than those with Brazil. In short he says noth ing about that business, for the simple reason i that the mail from Europe has not come which iis to teach him what he should say. Thereris ; another part of the message which will also i make mankind stare : when Mr. Lincoln shows | that not only does the United States abound more in men than it did before the war, but has also very much more money : its income being more than its expenditure, and an over plus left in the treasury. Foreign nations will say—he wants to cheat somebody: he is going I to borrow money: let us beware of him. As to the bearing of this message upon our selves and the war, nobody, we apprehend, can i read it without coining to the conclusion that ; there is no citizen of the Confederate States | more fully resolved to resist to the death a i reconstruction of the Union than is Abraham j Lincoln. Will those men at the South who | have been snivelling about Peace, hold their j tongues at last ? [SpecialCorrespondence Mobile Register.] From Forrest. Partial List of the Killed, and Wounded at the Franklin Fight, November 30, 1864— Our Ar my in fine spirits—Loss in Rucker's Brigade, Ninety-Jive Killed and Wounded to this date. Left Wing Army of Tbnn., 7 Rucker s Brigade, Forrest’s Corps, Dec. 6. j 1 herewith send you a partial list of the iossos in our army at the Franklin fight, No vember 30th, 1864. The list only includes general and field officers. lam unable to procure the names of the brave privates who f-llou that memorable night, but a just coun ity w ill cherish them throughout all time to come. CaLATHAMS CORPS. The following is a list of the General, Field aua Staff officers of Cheatham's Corps, killed, wounded or captured at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, i864. Maj General Patrick R. Cleburne, killed. Cat ain B. F Phillips, A. I. G.. wounded. Colonel W. 11. 11. Tison, 32d Mississippi, wounded. Colonel .John Weir, sth Mississippi, woun ded. Lieut Colonel R H Abercrombie, 45th Ala, wound© 1. Colon*! F A Ashford, 16th Ala, killed. Cj.. a. i 1 F Critteuden, 33J Alabama, cap tured. Lieut Col J 11 Dunklin, 33d Alabama, cap tured. Cap? M P Garrett, Ist and loth Arkansas, killed. Major A T Meek, 2d and 24th Arkansas, killed. Captain M*H Dixon, 3d Confederate, cap tured. Brigadier General H B Granbury, killed. Captain R Fisher, 6th <k 15th Texas, cap tured. . Captain A. A. Cox, sth Confederate, woun ded. Lt Colonel R B Y'oung, 10th Texas, killed. Capt Brown, 7th Texas, captured. Major W A Taylor, 24th and 25th Texas, captured. Major General John C Brown, wounded. Major John Ingram, A A G, wounded. Capt tin Thomas F. Henry, Division Staff, wounded. Capt. M B Pilcher, Division Staff, wounded. Brig Gen SR Gist, killed. Major B B Smith, A A G, wounded. Capt D H Cowden, “ “ Col E Capers, 24th S C, wounded. Lt Col J S Jones, do do Major S J C Dunlap, 46th Ga, wounded. Brig Gen John C Carter, wounded. Capt E F Lee, A A I G, wounded. Lt Col John L House, Ist and 27th Tenn, wounded. Capt Wm Ledbetter, acting Major, Ist and 27th Tenn, wounded. Adjt T H McKinney, Ist and 27th Tenn, wounded. Adjt A T Cloy well, Bth, 16th and 28th Tenn, wounded. Brig Gen 0 F Strahl, killed. Capt J W Johnston, A A G, killed. Lt J H Marsh, A A I G, killed. Lt Col F E P Stafford, 31st, Tenn, killed. Acting Adjutant T J Munford, 4th Tennes see, wouuded. Col J A Wilson, 24th Tenn, wounded. Lt Col S E Shannon, 24th Tenn, wounded. Captain AM Keith, acting Major, 41st Tenn, wounded. Adjt J Nance, 24th Tenn, wounded. Brig Gen G W Gordon, captured. Capt R F Lanier, A A A G, wounded. Capt W R Lucas, A A I G. do Colonel M Mageveny, Jr, 154th Tennessee, wounded. Adjt W B Goodlett, 154th Tennessee, woun ded. Colonel II Rice, 11th and 29th Tennessee, wounded. Adjt J A Martin, 11th and 29th, Tennessee, wounded. Lieut F M Stafford, A I G, Jackson’s Brig ade, wounded. Col George A Smith, first Confederate Ga, killed. Capt T Carter, ADC to Brig Gen Smith, wounded. Lieut Colonel F Badger, Ist and 4th Flori da, wounded. stewart’s corps. Field Officers of Stewart's Corps. Col. H. A. Garland Ist and 4th Mo., killed. Capt. P Caniffe, 3d and sth “ “ Major Parker, Ist and 3d “ “ Coi E Gates, Ist and 3d Missouri, wounded. Lt Col Carter, 2d and 6th “ “ Lt Anderson, A. D. C. “ Col Witherspoon, 20th Miss., killed. Col Adair, 4th Miss., wounded. Col Magee, 46tb Miss., “ Col Hulme, 42d Tenu.. “ Major McDonald, 55t,h Term., killed. Major Cooper, 46th Tennessee, wounded and captured. Lt Col Atkins, 49th Tennessee, wounded and captures. Maj Knox, Ist Ala., wounded. Captain James Rettenbury, 53d Tennessee, wounded. Lt Col Garvin, 26th Ala., wounded. Col Murphy, 17th Ala., missing. Capt Gardner, 29th Ala., wounded. Major Brat’on, 9th Ark., “ Col Stevens, 31st Miss,, “ Lt Gol Dyer* 3d “ “ Col Farrell, 15th “ “ Col Brown, 20th “ “ Col Ives, consolidated Ala., “ Col Cunningham, 57th “ “ Col Nelson, 12th La., killed. List*of Brigade and Regimental Commanders killed and wounded in the battle of 30th of November, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee, in Lee’s Corps, A. T. JOHNSON’S DIVISION. DKAS’ BRIGADE. Major E H Armstead, 22d Alabama Regt., wounded. manigault's brigade. Brig Qen A M Manignult, wounded. Col N N Davis, 24th Ala., “ , Coi T P Shaw, 19th S. C., “ SHARPE’S BRIGADE. Colonel W H Bishop, 7th and 9th Miss., j killed. Lieut Col W H Sims, S. S., 10th and 24th j Miss., wounded. Capt J M Hicks, 4lst Miss , wounded. brantley’s brig ids. Major G W Reynolds, 29th Miss., killed. Lieut Col J M Johnson, 30th Mississippi, wounded. Major J R Allen, 30th Miss., missing. No casualties in Clayton’s and Stevenson’s Divisions. The killed and wounded in Col E W Ruck er’s brigade, General Forrest’s cavalry, up to this date, are ninety-five. Col. Rucker has participated in every fight and skirmish which has occurred on our march here. Capt. John Williamson, of the 15th regiment Tennessee cavalry, was killed at Franklin. We are in sight of Nashville and the Yan kees are alarmed as to their safety, and well they may be. Old Tennessee abounds in fat beeves, hogs and sheep, and our army is sub sisting finely upon the country. Hoping to be abie tD announce the capture of the “City of Rocks” in my letter, I am, Truly yours, H. L. P. Good News from Kinston. —lt will be seen by the following official dispatch, for which the Raleigh Confederate is indebted to the courtesy of Lt. Gen. Holmes, that the enemy who we announc ed on yesterday as advancing upon Kinston, were met on yesterday at daylight, and after a brisk engagement were driven back, our forces still pursuing. Stiil farther reinforcements have been sent to Kinston, amply sufficient for any force the enemy can bring to bear at that point. Lieut. Col. Starr’s promptness and courage has thus easily frustrated an attack upon Kinston which, if successful, might have resulted in seri ous consequences. “Kinston, Dec. 12. —Having been reinforced, I left the breastworks at daylight,' to find the enemy. I discovered him in considerable force on the Neuse roau, two miles from town. He show ed twopiecesof artillery and five or six hundred infantry. After a brisk engagement of thirty minutes, he was driven across South west bridge, j destroying it behind him. Our avalry and infan try are still pressing him. (Signed,) J. B. Starr, Lieut. Col. Commanding. (From the Cincinnati Dec. 6.) Northern View of the Situation in Middle Tennessee. That Hood’s army forms a line of battle within two miles of Nashville, is not very pleasant reading; but if the facts are calmly and intelligently considered, there will be no imminent peril discovered in the situation- There was great danger a few days ago. That portion of our army on the retreat from Pu laski to Nashville was iu a most critical con dition, and would have been annihilated if the general management had not been, on car side, that of alert and capable officers, and on the side of the rebels that of a slovenly confi dence. The safety of the 4th and 23d corps, with the garrisons from Pulaski to Nashville* and all the property, is in itself cause for con gratulation. And in addition the bloody check given Hood at Franklin has materially weakened him. Then we have concentrated our forces at Nashville in good order and good morale. The explanation of the policy pursued by Gen. Thomas is his temporary inferiority in cavalry. Hood’s cavalry, under Forrest, is ■ nearly fifteen thousand strong, the enemy can, • for the time, sweep the country. Gen. Sherman took with him most of the well mounted men in his department. Os course it would be improper to speak of this if the fact were not as well known to the reb els as to ourselves. *■ An additional fact may be mentioned that is of some moment. There has not been as energetic and efficient work at Louisville in providing dismounted cavalry with horses and equipments, as Gen. Sherman had reason to expect. We have spoken of the advantage of the rebels as temporary. It is so strictly. In a very short time our mounted force will be made superior to that of the enemy, and then ( if not before, Hood must place himself south of the Tennessee river, if he can. The rebels can not take Nashville by assault, and they have not a siege train, or ammunition to besiege it. They will not be able to cut off communications with that place, and, there fore, they can not starve us into an evacua tion. Evidences have appeared of an intention of Hood to cross the Cumberland and move into Kentucky, but as long as the river remains at its present stage he will find the enterprise of cossing it, one attended with great difficulties. The river is patroled, both above and below Nashville, by gunboats that would soon run down a pontoon bridge. It is not likely Hood can cross the river unless be makes the at tempt as high up as Carthage, and there he would have a rough and lean country to drag his army through. Whether Hood can supply himself iu Middle Tennessee with provisions and ammunition, is a question of the greatest importance. We hold firmly the railroad to Chattanooga, so that nothing for the rebel army can come from that direction. The nearest point of rebel railway to Hood is Florence, Alabama; and it is known that he sent back his supply train to that point the other day, especially, it was thought, to bring up ammunition. The rapidi ty with which ammunition is consumed in ac tion, may be judged from the fact that in the fight at Franklin, the other day, we expended one hundred wagon loads. While Hood might bring up from Florence a sufficiency of ammunition, hia transporta tion is not adequate to the task of hauling : provisions from that point to the neighbor , hood of Nashville There is a good deal o’ 1 corn in Middle Tennessee, though the crops ) in that region owing to the unsettled state of I the country and the scarcity of labor, were | short. It is, however, the opinion of military l men that, by careful foraging, Hood can col | led in that country, friendly as it is to him, i enough corn to subsist his army for some | time; ahd, as the mills have not been gener . ally destroyed, he can have his corn ground, j The great Shelby ville mills, where Bragg had his corn ground while at Murfreesboro and Tullahoma, are still extant asd can be used by Ilood. It is not absolutely certain, therefore that he must retreat for want of provisions—it will Hot do to depend upon : starving him out. But we must not forget j that, owing his subsistence to foraging ex- I clusively, he cannot live any longer than he j can command the country with his cavalry.— | As soon as he is hard pressed he must stop i foraging, and then very soon he will be out i of rations. The Wind a Musician. —The wind is a mu sician by birth. We extend a silken thread in the crevices of a window, and the wind finds it and sings over it, and poor Paganini must go some where else for honor, for lo ! the wind is performing upon a single string. It tries almost anything upon earth to see if there is any music in it. It persuades a tone out of the great bell in the tower, when the sexton is at home and asleep ; it makes a mournful harp of the giant pines, and it does not dis dain to try what sort of whistle can be made out of the humblest chimney in the world- How it will play upon a great tree, till every leaf thrills with the notes in itq and with the river that runs at its base as a sort of running accompaniment. And what a melody it sings when it gives a concert with a full choir of the waves of the sea and performs an anthem between two worlds, that goes np, perhaps to the stars that love music thle most and sung it first. Then how fondly it haunts old houses; mourning ■ under the eaves ; singing in the halls, opening the old doors without fingers and singing a j measure of some sad old song around the houses and deserted hearth. The Bermuda Advocate, of tho 10ch ult., speak ng of the departure of the Chicamauga from the port of St. George, says : The CoLfederate cruiser left the harbor yesterday. Some particulars of her run from Wilmington may not he uninteresting, the more so as some errone ous reports have got abroad in reference to it.— When she left Wilmington the moutu of the inlet was blockaded by ten Federal gunboats, which oommenced firing on her as soon as she bud crossed the bar. She wa3 chased for two hours, but es caped by superior speed. The following day she was in chase of a suppose'! Yankee ship under sail when a cruiser hove in sight. !- ► Troubling Them.— Forrest is doing a glorious work in his new field. The Nashville correspond ent of the Cincinnati Commercial thus alludes to him : Our greatest annoyance is from the rebel caval ry under Forrest —an officer of much greater en ergy and ability than arty that the rebels have aver had in that branch o. the service ia the West. | Ilis force is estimated at fifteen thousand—which is, of course, an exaggeration ; as much so as the ‘ statement that Hood fifty thousand infantry. Tils o ity T- J. JACKSON....: LOCAL EDITOR, j Printer Wanted. A good COMPOSITOR can find permanent em ploy i ent by immediate application at this office. dec Id ts —.— » m Thf. Chqistm as Tree.—We learn that the din ner and Christmas Tree for the pupils of the Co lumbus Free School will take place in Jacque's Building at ‘three o’cloek on Saturday afternoon. Our readers should not forget to assist the good enterprise. ♦ y«- «• Wood for the Pooh.— The wood with which to furnish the poor of Columbus has beeu exhaust ed. Twelve thousand dollars have been expended for this purpose. Every dollar placed in the hands of the committee has been laid out for wood, and winter has hardly commenced. Let those who have means look about them, see how little money the poor can make, look at the high price of w.»od and then imagine the suffering certain to ensue, if a fire be wanting." The struggle to pro cure food and clothing is hard enough. They cau scarcely be provided. Where wood must come from, unless furnished by the benevolent, heaven only knows. Tho wages of the poor cannot pur chase it. Can there uot be some action iu this matter? Will not men and women of wealth lend a helping hand to those whose struggle for life is so bitter and heart sickening ? Many are wives and chil \ dron of those who on the battle field have poured | out their heart’s best blood for their counuy. Come | forward with a generous heart aud hand, and as j sist in relieving suffering and need. | Rev. Messrs. DeVotie, Harrison and Key, and | Aldermen Bradford and Griswold, we believe, : were appointed a “committee” by the City Council ito purchase wood. They will gladly receive con tributions for this purpose.— Sun. Launch of the Gunboat.— Quite unexpected ly, we imagine, to most of our city readers, Mus - cogee Ram No. 1 was launched at 12 o’clock yes terday (not into eternity, but) on the gentle bosom of the complacent and anti pellucid Chat tahoochee. Fortunately we got an “inklin’ of the affair, and posted our melancholly way to the wharf to witness the beautiful sight—a sight which many, doubtless would have been pleased to see, had previous announcement been made. As it was, however, we found bur. few persons in at tendance. We took our “posish” and waited for nearly one hour, in the meantime shivering under the influence of a cool northwester until well nigh frozen. Atlength the time having ‘arriven” which were to have “ arroven,” to wit, 12 o’clock, tho props were kaocked from under the “finney” monster,the slides oa which she rested sawed into ) and away she went, not at the rate of 2:40; not with locomotive speed, nor yet according to the velocity of a greasy streak of electricity—but like unto a snail’s gallop. According to our meth od of computation she made about fifteen foot in fifteen minutes, a motion so slow as to be imper ceptible to spectators on shore, owing, we suppose, to the lack of inclination in the “slides” and the congealed condition of the “grease.” But all of a sudden we heard the cry “she moves,” and turning our eyes we beheld tho guuboat gliding down mag nificently into the yielding waves. A groat “ker slosh” was the result, and the surplus timbers hav ing floated away, she reposed on the bosom of the river, as beautifully as glides a duck ou the siiver lake. We had made up our mind to soe her go to the bottom, but/ffiary time” 'id she do so. Capt. S. 11. Hill, our popular Express Agent was on board with a colored crew to bring the boat “up standing” after she struck, and he performed his functions with the naivotte of a veteran Com modore. The last we saw of the captain and his craft, they wfcre making slight headway up stream in the midtilo of the river, the vessel drawing five feet four inches at the bow, and four feet three inches water at tho stera. The launch was conducted under the immediate supervision of that veteran and popular stoamboat builder Charley Blain, whom we took to be the happiest man en the continent as ho bel eld the success of his ex periment. Charley is justly popular and for his public spirit entitled to the thanks of the commu nity. What he don’t know about “navigators” from a “soft shell Turtle” to a gunboat is hardly worth knowing. This gunboat has been building here for two years. We know nothing of the technical phra seology of her construction, but wo believe she will prove a troublesome customer to the Yankees if she ever gets where they are. “ Gonb the Way of all Flesh.” —From a marriage notice published elsewhere, it will be seen that Thomas Gilbert, the indefatigable pro prietor of the “Daily Sun” ha3 gone to his last re ward, and entered into the unfailing delights of conjugal felicity. Yes, Poor Tom, whom wc sup posed an incorrigible “old Bach,” has “ gone up,’’ and though he has sent U3 no cake upon which to dream of fairies, houri’s or hobjobbings, we never theless wish him abundant success. Well done Thomas. We trust that you may add to your regular issue of “Sous,” a reasonable proportion of “daughters,” and that all future “impressions” may be of the most exalted character —without spot or blemish. From Savannah. — From a private letter dated 10th, and written by R. C. Floyd from Wood Lawn near Savannah, to his mother in this city we learn that our detailed men have had some fighting to do, and have suffered some casualties not heretofore reported. Speaking of a fight on the 9th he saj s : One man named Jordon, was killed ard one or two others of the naval Battal ion wounded. We also lost Pat Savage, L. C. Singleton, and Moody, who we think were cap tured. The Naval Battalion have had several wounded since they have been behind the breast works, but none very seriously. To-day James Clem, was shot through the left breast, bat will, I think, get over it.” Salt for Soldies’s Wives.—We arc request ed by Mr. Broadford to give notice that the wivee and families of soldiers entitled to draw salt at his store, can now get their portion by immediatee application. Each applicant must bring $6.70 to pay cost*, etc. married. On Thursday, the 22d inst., at me residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. Dr. 3. H. Higgins, Mr_ Thomas Gilbert and Miss Fannie E. daughter of James Johnson, Esq., all of this city Funeral Xotice. The friends and acquaintances of the late Jo seph W. Thomas and Mr3. Annie E. Thomas, are respectfully inv>ted to attend the funeral of their son, Hf.nry L. Thomas, this morning at 10 o'clock from the Muscogee Depot, ”dec 23 lt. Notice. In the absence of Dr. T. J. WORD, lam author ized and reqested to collect his accounts as early as possible. Person- indebted to him will please call ami settle immediately. 4eo 23 4t J. W. SAPPING j XjOsol | N front of Ligon i Brooks’ Store, one smaU I MONEY PORT. cental mg a note on Litton Jr Brooks for about $1 ,275,-on which there is! a. cr for S6OO. and a small • mount of money, an.l some other papers. The f: der will please 'Uve it Mr. Chaffin’s store and receive hi.- rew wi- „ •lec 2-J It* M, It. Bi V INS. j Tin* Reserve Mititia. The following is Governor Brown s o «• r furloughing the Reserve Militia j.uv ■» - catopfd at Mat■ on. jr will be seen it 1* ■ u*. - poses a uumber of duties upon th* : i * ); ►<:, •. which if rightly performed, it is ln;»i i n.,1 exert quite a beneficial influence o.t so-i> iv ; Hkadqcar I'KIIS. x Macon, Ga.. Dec. 19, 18G4. / General Order, No. —.] I. All pa.vd of the IStale, except the s**i coast and a small garrison at Dalton, being relieved from the presence of the enemy, the Reserve Militia who have responded io the last call of the Governor, and are now in camps of organization, who have no' an - dered to report to Major General Saiiib. arc hereby furloughed until further orders hum these headquarters. It. The organizations completed iu camp, or at uorue under special orders, will be main tained subject to any future call which necessi ty tnay, in the opinion of his Excellency, de mand In the meantime, they will, under the direction of the officers comm Hiding \ their respective counties, perform p hoe and patrol duty for two days, to-wit : Fri lay aud Saturday in each week. They will tx'eud alt needful protection to citizens, and special care will be taken to guard the homes n. wives and families of soldiers who have died, <>r who are in service, from depredations if tuieves ! and marauders. They will arre- all strag glers and deserters, aud send them, t i federates, to the nearest military p —'. r State troops, to the Commandant ot .e- Cuap 1 at Macon. 111. They will arrest all men ml> fit’y years of age subject to serve with me troops under Gen. G. W. Smith, and sen 1 suo'.i -to the I Commandant at Macon, to be lorwarvlc 1 to i their command. IV. They will at all times, act io a county police, and arrest all suspicious persons liable to service, examine their papers, and send ail such as are attempting to pass without proper authority, to the Commandant of the nearest military post. V. Officers in command of companies will repott weekly to their superior officers, com manding Regiments or Battalions : aud tb 'se will make monthly reports to Headqu ir ers VI. The Militia in auy county, who* :<* not conform promptly to these orders, wilt be held for field duty. VII. All men in the various counties sub ject to the call of his Exeelloncy, of the 19 a ult., and who have failed to report for duty, will be required to perform such extra service, in their respective counties, as the officer com manding shall deem necessary. VIII. All armed details, sent to the various counties to arrest and bring up persous refus ing to respond, will report to their respective camps, with the persons arrested, and will de liver them to the commandants of the cimp to be reported by them to the Commander -in- Chiel for proper action. They will, on their return, deliver their arms to the commandant of their camp, and then be released on fur lough, under these General Orders. IX. The Commander-in-Chief tar.es this occasiou to express his thanks to the Reserve Militia, who have responded with such alae rity to the call of their State in her hour of trial. By order of JOSEPH E. BROWN. Governor and Commander-iu-Chief. W. K. DkGratfknrkid. Major and A. A G AUCTION SALES By Eilis, WE‘WILL sell ou Saturday, December 24th, on H the wharf, 40 Fattening and Stock Hogs, 2 Cows and Calves and many other articles so r Plantation use. —ALSO— -20 Bales ol Cotton. dec 23 sl2 YARNS and OSNARYRCJ-S TO EXCHANGE FOR OHOUNID FEIAS, At the GRANT FACTORY. doc 17 ts S3OO Reward. B~TOLEN from mysti,ble, theSth inst.,a small dap ple cream PONY, white mane and tail, astalion, very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony and S3OO for the theif, delivered to me in America, Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK. SSO Reward. LE FT my lrt on Monday last a RED COW, me dium size, heavy with calf, mark : slit p.nd crop in one ear and slit in the other, with white gpot ea her face, small horns turned upwards, dec 19 fit* JOHN McGOfBRN. s*2s Dollars Reward. ‘TRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark J bay mate MULE, about nine years old, han rubbed off of both hips and a large scar cn the right. Uindquarter. JOHN COOK, oc 13 ts __ To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Rut ng Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. nov2l-tf Everybody Look Here. WILL be sold on the 10th January. 1865, on the plantation of John Howard, Jr., on flint diver, on the Columbus branch of the ,S. W. R. R,., all the corn, so lder, peas, miles, cattle, hogs and plantation implements. Tern-ca r h, At the same time will be rented the plantation of eight hundred acres, and hired for tho year, a like ly’ set of plantation negroes, for good notes with ap proved securities. R. R. HOWARD, doc 20 tds Agent. HO FOR ATLANTA! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Western Railroad, from thi3 date. S. 11. BILL, dec 6 ts Agent. Headquarters Conscript Service, Ga. I Augusta. Dec. 13, 1861-j { No. 27. * In accordance with from the Bureau of Conscription, Enrolling Officers will return at once all reports, directing the ariest of Deserters and ab sentees from the army, which were issued ."prior to the Ist July, 1864 ; with a report of their action thua fpr, in endeavoring to secure their arrest. JNO. F. ANDREWS. Majcr and Acting Commd’t dec 21 3t Conscripts,lGeorgia. At Home Again, rpiIOSE wanting cutting done will please ea'J, X lam at your service. C. H. JONES, 134, Rroad street, Columbus, Ga. dec 21 4t LOST, i Confederate States Certificate for 4 per cent. A Bonds, issued by W. H. Young, Depositary, at Columbus, dated March 14, 1864, and numbered 1238. for Six TnonsanJ Dollars. The public is cau tioned from trading for said Certificate, as applica tion has been made for a duplicate. 21 lm‘2vv* 11. BLACKMAU. For Sale. I INSFED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 34|Br ad L street. N. P. NaIL k CO deo 21 lrn Notice to Debtors* and Creditor* t LL persons having claims against the esta-e of A Mrs. TANARUS, E. Cairn w. deed, lai* county, are hereby notified to ronderthomduly au thenticated within thet,me l>rescribed by law.and those indebted to said eta ea . n TICKNOR immediate payment. F- O. TILKNOR. dec.9w4Qd AOmr^ Attention Russell County Militia. By virtue of an order from the Executive De partment of Alabama, all members of Capt. Goerry’* Company are ordered to report at Hurtville, Rus sell county, on the 21st ins*., well mounted with five day’* rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.— Every failure will ba promptly reported and dealt with according to Sec, Ihth of Act of August -' 1863> THOMAS BERRY", dec 19 2C Lieut. Corn'd* ftimpan/.