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DA ILY TI MBS. I. W. WiRRE.V, - - - Edftor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning. December 80, 1864. Our Resources. At the commencement of the war the States of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Flori da, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan sas, Texas and that portion of Virginia now within the lines of our army, contained 700,- 000 fighting men. Add to this number those who joined our standard from the States of Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, and, leav ing out the casualties ol battle, there should now be within the territory held by us, (save some insignificant exceptions in Arkansas, Louisiana and on the Atlantic coast) nearly, if not quite, 800,000 warriors. Assuming that 200,000 of these have died or been disabled in the service, and we ask where are the remaining half million of men able to bear arms ? A few have gone to Europe to escape the patriotic duty ot defending their country, and some have deserted to the enemy, but the great mass of them are stilWn the Confedera cy, and subject to the demand of the Govern ment. We cannot, at this time, have more than 150,000 men in active field service. Do no! the remaining 350,000 furnish ample recruiting ground for the next four years? These men are scattered throughout the Confederacy. There are one thousand of them in this city, as the first alarm of fire will de monstrate. Some of them have insignificant G «vt! inn m contracts, aid some have soft places in all the departments, and many, doubtless, are skulkers, but the men are here —strong, stalwart men—able to do valiant service for the country in the field. As in Columbus so it is in every city, village and thoroughfare in the Confederacy. We repeat it, there is at least no present want of men in the country. What is needed is a patent, self-acting, doubie-buck-actiou, four-horse power ingenuity in Congress, the Conscrip tion Department or somewhere else, to get them into the army. The man who will in vent a machine to do the work will be canoniz ed through all future time as the achiever of our independence. Our Communications. —The Augusta Con stitutionalist throws out some valuable sug gestions in reference to our railway connec tions, that should reach the ear and mind of the Government. The most prominent of these is that tbe road from Mayfield to Mill edgeville, and from Augusta to Columbia, S. C., be built without delay. The several cor porations have not the requisite force or means to do the work, and, since their construction is an imperious military necessity, it behooves the Government to take the matter in hand and build them at once. In regard to the matter of iron, our cotemporary thinks, and so do we, that the rail on the Charleston and Savannah aud upon the Waynesboro road, is no longer of any service to us where it is, and could be usefully employed in laying the pro posed roads. Several other unimportant roads or branches are mentioned, from which iron ! could be gathered, to construct a great, inte rior, military route. To our mind, this is one of the mom important subjects that n?w claims the attention of Congress. ♦ ♦ 1 Hood's Retreat. If faith can be put in the Federal reports of Hood’s movements, which we published this morning, says the Montgomery Appeal, 27th, we are forced to the conviction that he is making his way out of Tennessee. Although this may be a source of regret, it cannot be the cause ot surprise. Under present, circum stances, it would be extremely hazardous, if not suicidal, for Hood to attempt to hold his present position through the winter. When be entered the State he had no hopes of re maining, and so expressed himself to bis army, except upon the condition of Sherman's de feat, or Thomas discomfiture. Neither of these contingencies has happened. Sherman has accomplished his purpose and saved his army, while Thomas effected his retreat upon Nashville with less of damage to his forces than was sustained by those of hi3 adversary. Under this state, of facts, we see no alterna tive left Gen. Hood but to place himself on this side of the Tennessee river with as little delay as possible. The enemy is rapidly gath ering in strength in his immediate front, while his rear is seriously threatened by a large force from Memphis. He thus stands in great danger oi being entirely cut off from his base of supplies at Corinth. Such a thing would be disastrous in the extreme, aud we feel persuaded that General Hood is but acting the part of a wise and discreet general in withdrawing his forces to this side of the Ten nessee river. While this circumstance doubtless will af- j ford a fruitful theme for the croakers to harp upon, it should by no means discourage the faithful and those who are constant iu hope. With his army at Corinth, General Hood will still occupy the Hue of defence selected by Gen. A. S. Johnston in 1862, and the enemy will find much ot his work for the last two or three years to do over a second time. To the courageous and hopeful, these facts are full of cueertui import, and it is only those who are “weary in well doing" that will give way to gloomy forebodings. The Confederacy is still far more vigorous and powerful for defence tbau is the North for aggression. Hood is in ,i much better position for defence at Corinth than he would be at Palmetto or Lovejoy’s station in Georgia, while Sherman is less pow erful for mischief at Savannah than lie would te at Atlanta. The heart of the Confederacy is at least free from the presence of tbe enemy and the tread of hostile armies, at l by proper vigilance on the part of our authorities and the people it may be kept so. The Reciprocity Treaty—On the loth inst.,m the Federal House of Representatives a resolution declaring that the President be authorized and re quested to give Great Britain notice of the termi nation of the reciprocity treaty, according to the terms provided for in the treaty, was passed— >e ; y? 88, nays 57. This was so manifestly a sectional tri umph', that considerable grumbling is going on.— The New York Times says: By our AY ashington news report, it will be seen that the House, by a vote ofJSS to_ 5/, h ivc adopted a resolu ion giving notice of ail intention to termi nate the reciprocity reaty. ♦ * * » * * * The character of the vote taken on this question will show it to have been a vote of an almost entirely sectional c haracter. These, we take it, are hardly the times to eriato new geographical parties in the National Legislature. The treaty in question most assuredly needs revision in the interests of the man ufacturers of the Northeast. But its abrogation at this time would simply be anew sectional triumph among ourselves. Is this wanted? ‘.Cor -- on iem eof Constitutionalist.) From Milledgeville, lia. Mat.ED6Evir.Lß, Ga., Dec. 13, 1864.—1n my last letter we passed through a part of the campaign in Southeastern Georgia, and got safely back to this place, and in this one I will give you the facts of the occupation of the place by the enemy. On Sunday evening, November 20th, about 3 o’clock, a few hours after I had left, a squad of cavalry, about one hundred in number, purporting to be Howard’s scouts, dashed into town simply to reconnoitre and learn if we bad any forces near. Finding the town evacu ated by our soldiers, they very soon relieved the men whom they met on the streets and about town of their watches and money, and took what horses and mules they found in sight, and after riding about the place for two or three hours, they left, going out on the Monticello road, in the direction of General Cobb’s place, where, by the way, they spread destruction broadcast, not leaving even his fences On Monday it rained all day and nothing more was heard or seen of them, still the citi zens were anxious and uneasy, and the worst of treatment would fall to this town, in which 1 they were wrong. However, lam anticipating. ' Tuesday morning about 10 o’clock, the same scouts re-entered the town and were soon fol lowed by Gen. Slocum with the 20th army corps. He stopped two brigades and encamp ed them in the capital square, to serve as guards in town while he remained. The bal ance of hiS" corps passed immediately through, crossing the Oconee on the bridge east of the town and encamped on Col. McKinley’s place and on the hills opposite and commanding the place. Slocum made his headquarters at the Milledgeville hotel, and Gen. Williams, one of his officers, took possession of Dr. Samuel White’s house. Late in the evening Sherman, | with his staff and escort, came in and took possession of the governor s mansion lor his ] headquarters. Thursday morning early, the 20th corps be- j gan to move out, and the 14th corps, command- j ed by Gen. Jeff. Davis, commenced moving in, ! and She: man left, always keeping between the two corps. Davis put up at the Milledgeville Hotel, and his sub-commanders at other places in town. Kilpatrick, who was here a day or two in advance of his command, made his headquarters at Mrs. Little’s. His cavalry passed through on Thursday evening without calling a halt in the place, and the great brag gadocio cavalry leader went off with it. Sher man had with him immense trains, consisting of ordnance, commissary and pontoon wagons. He had no baggage wagons, except for the different headquarters, and very few of them. His trains were divided up and placed be tween the different brigades, thus protecting them in front and rear. The 14th corps left early Friday morning, and about 10 o’clock, A. M., the bridge was tired. On Tuesday night the penitentiary was fired, not by the convicts as reported, but by the Yankees. All the buildings were burned, and the walls of most of them very much injured. The cell building, however, was not materially damaged, and can be easily repaired, as also the barracks. The machinery of the card factory was saved, and a good part of the oth er works. The gun machinery was totally destroyed. The arsenal, the depot, and the railroad bridge below town were burned du ring Thursday, and the railroad badly torn to pieces for about three miles above and below the bridge. The bridge across Little river was also destroyed, and it is thought that this branch road will not be repaired through to Eatonton until after the close of the war. It will, however, be in running order to Midway, about a mile from here, in the course of ten days. The cars are running now from Macon to Gordon. The magazine was blown up just as the last of the Isth corps was leaving town, and the explosion was terrible. Nearly all of the glass in the State House windows and in the windows'of the adjacent houses, was shat tered into atoms, and the whole town was shaken. The State House and mansion were uot burned, but completely defaced. The public documents and books are scattered in im mense profusion, all over the floors, desks and chairs knocked over aDd broken up, walls written on, and some of the paintings injured. It is truly “confusion worse confounded.” I never saw in my life such a scatteratiou of papers. If the Georgia Legislature ever again in that House gets rectus in curia, they will move to do better than they did at their last session. When Sherman started on this grand raid, his stock was in bad order, and his slowness is due to the fact that he had to collect up and exchange ours for his. He took between 1,500 and 2,000 from this county, and the people are left without enough to make their crops. He had a great number of negroes with him, aud about 200 went from and around this place. But few of them were armed, most of them acting as cooks, teamsters, and leaders of pack mules. All the gin houses with but few ex ceptions, in the line of march, were burned, forage taken or destroyed, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry taken or killed, and wagons, buggies, carriages and eatables of every '.escription carried off. Money and watches did not stand any show at all, and they made no distinction \ between whites and blacks, but robbed every body. Some of the citizens and soldiers who re mained there were carried off; others were paroled The hospitals here were not iutep ferred with, and the patients not even paroled. In the town proper, the citizens did not suffer much, compared with what I have seen in other parts of our country. Everything in the eating line was taken from most of them, but some even saved their poultry, cows, pigs, etc. The inside of the houses, with but a very few exceptions, were not interferred ivith, and most of the town people were furnished with guards. All those who left their things in 1 their houses saved them, and in but few places were the fences torn down. All in all, 1 think the people of Milledgeville have cause to con gratulate themselves on getting off so easily and so well; for, being an old soldier, I have seen towns ten times worse used up—in a word, completely sacked. I was truly rejoiced to see the old place looking like itself when I came back. Colonel McKinley's place, on which they camped, is pretty well torn to pieces; and John Jones’ place, on the opposite side of the river, was completely destroyed. He is the State Treasurer, and they gave as a reason for burniug his houses that he had run off with the money which they expected to find here. The ladies, with but one exception, were un molested and respected. One, whom it will not do to mention, was brutally outraged by two of these fiends incarnate, and she is now a raving maniac in the asylum. It is enough to make the blood boil to think of. While the bridge over the Oconee was burn ing. Furguson’s brigade of Wheeler’s corps, dashed into town, and was received with open | arms by the citizens. The women collected on the streets and wept for joy, and never were our boys made to feel more welcome than they ! were that day. Twenty or thirty straggling blue eoats were picked up and cared for, and i as soon as tbe town was found all safe, the gallant Fugerson started in pursuit of the I enemy, to harrass and dog them to the ocean. As the “wee small hours are approaching,” and my shiners are not very high, l will hang up for "the present, aud turn into my virtuous ; couch. Iu my next. I will give you some more 1 facts in reterence to the ordnance stores left I here, aud the wbys ind wherefores, i ’ Junius. Gkn. Price not Dead. —The Memphis Ap peal has been furnished by Doctor O. Knode with the following extract from a private let ter received by him from a highly intelligent souvee. from which it will appear that the old war horse Gen. Price “still lives,’ or at least that be was alive on the 2d iust.,the day after be was reported to have died of apoplexy, at Dooley's ferry, in Arkansas: Washington, Ark., Dec. 2, IBd4. My Dear Doctor: Our grand raid upon Mis souri is over, and 1 am out sate and sound. We took the whole State for a while, but they doubled team on us, and we had to "get out.’ IVe got about twelve thousand recruits. My regiment is in Shelby's old brigade, now com manded by Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, who dis tinguished himself more than ever in this campaign. * * * It was fight, fight, fight, day after day, and march, march, march, night after night, until men and horses were completely worn out. The men became eo sleepy that they dropped from their saddles in broad daylight without waking, and sever* al of my men actually went .deranged. The Yankees 3till hold Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Little Rock, Dardanelle, Duvall’s Bluff, Pine Bluff, etc., and no movement likely to dislodge them will be made soon. Magruder commands the whole district. Buckner and Forney are m Louisiana. Walker is in Texas. Maxey Gano and Watie are in the Indian Nation, and Gen. Price is with his broken down men and horses near to Clarksville, Texas, where they have taken up winter quarters, and where they will most probably remain for the pur pose of getting that repose which they so much need. Our lines, I venture to predict,- will not be much changed during the winter. * * You ought to have seen our boys “ lift” the Dutch in Missouri. It was jolly. Many val uable officers and men were killed and wound ed or left * *. Ever your true friend, A. W. S. [From the Register, Dec. 14.] Affairs in East Tennessee. EXCITEMENT AT BRISTOL. Yesterday afternoon our town was thrown into some commotion by the news that Bur bridge’s force of Federals were rapidly advan cing from Rcgersville in this direction, and that Gen. Duke’s men were falling back and skirmishing with them. At Kingsport, Duke is said to ha‘e lost a portion of his wagon traiD The last account was, that the enemy had reached Edin’s ridge, some twenty miles from this place. Burbridge’s force is estima ted by an officer who was engaged in the skir mish, at about 3,600. An escaped prisoner reports it to be five or six thousand. Wheth er Burbridge’s destination is the salt works again, or whether he is merely endeavoring to flank Vaughn, has not yet been developed.— Gen. Duke himself has gone to the front; and we have hopes t hat the enemy will be checked in his rapid approach. Should Burbridge reach the salt works, we predict for him a hotter reception than he met with there two months ago, when he found it convenient to make a sudden withdrawal. The Virginia reserves are eager to give him another taste of their quality. They will pepper him well in defense of their salt. Latest. —The latest reliable information re ceived before going to press is, that at two o’clock yesterday there was no enemy seven miles this side of Kingsport. REPORTS AND SPECULATIONS. Citizens direct from Knoxville, say that heavy trains run daily from Chattanooga to Knoxville, carrying stores and troops to the latter place. It is understood that the garri sons at Chattanooga, Cleveland and Loudon have been removed to Knoxville. They tell the Union people that the object of this movement is to operate in East Ten nessee, and that an invasion of Western Vir ginia is intended. But a very intelligent cor respondent, who has ample means of judging of the movements of the enemy, says : “It is obvious that the Federals really intend the evacuation of the country, for the following reasons: An evacuation of Chattanooga by any other route than that ol Big creek or Cumberiand gap is impossible ; also, the evac uation of Knoxville could be effected only by the same route. Did the garrison at Chatta nooga attempt a retrograde movement by way of Sparta or Jamestown, they would be in dan ger of being cut off by Hood.” The Federals are aware of this, hence the transportation to Knoxville of stores and troops, so that by the assistance of Burbridge, at Beau Station, a withdrawal from East Ten nessee, through the Cumberland or Big creek gaps, can be effected with safety Theie is not a Yankee this side the Holston, and but a picket at Strawberry Plains ; while the force north of the river shows no disposition to ad vance in the direction of Rogersville. The negroes belonging to Burbridge’s command were left at Cumberland gap. We shall, therefore, not be surprised if, within a few days, the grand movement of Hood will result in the complete evacuation of East Tennessee. The Register also contains a letter from its regular army correspondent, under date of the 11th, who says : The movements of the Federal army in East Tennessee is all a mystery as yet. General Vaughn’s scouts left Russellville this morning at 8 o’clock. Gen. Burbridge’s forces are still encamped around Bean’s station, and are de stroying and using up all the supplies on that side of the river, from Moresburg down to Strawberry Plains. Scouts and citizens report that his soldiers are complaining very much for want of rations. They left Kentucky with ten days rations, and they are out. Burbridge has no wagons, except a few ordnance wagons, and has pressed all the citizens’ wagons for some purpose—supposed to forage with. No one is allowed to go inside and come out of their camp. The same is the case at Straw berry Plains. There is no enemy between the Holston and French Broad, and their pickets are only one mile from Strawberry Plains. Reinforcements of infantry have come to the Plains. Rumor says the 10th Michigan has gone from there to Knoxville—if not, lower down. Gillem’s command is reported still about Knoxville, reorganizing. Gen. Stone man is in command at Knoxville. Brownlow says.that thirty-six rebels came into Poik county and murdered fortyi.ne Union men, sparing neither oid nor young. This is an invention of his to excite the Union men to retaliate. In McMinn and Bradley counties they have fifteen hundred home guards, and he has advised the indiscriminate slaughter of all these rebels; he also says the Federals have finished tearing up completely the rail road, from Atlanta to Dalton. From Resaca to Dalton, every rail, tie and chair was taken up and brought in. Beyond Resaca l the de struction is not so complete, as the country was in the hands of the rebels. The Chattanooga Gazette says that the whole country south of that city is full of guerrillas, aud that they are murdering Union soldiers and citizens wherever they find them. The late convention at Knoxville has re commended Rev. W. G. Brownlow for Andy Johnson’s successor. After the convention adjourned, Brownlow addressed them, promi sing. if appointed, that he should do all in his power to clean East Tennessee otat. We hope and V 'sh he would take the field, and give us a c iance at him. Brownlow complains that Hood has cut off his supply of paper, and one more issue after this number (Dec. 7) will be all he can send out, until he receives anew supply. Be com plains of the Federal court and amnesty oath, or rather of the laws of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof. He says all who have been indicted and tried for treason have been acquitted and sent home; and be says the court has tailed to do them justice. Now let our Union soldiers do it. Let them make the i rebels know that but one party can live iu | East Tennessee. That is a two handed game. Let the Union soldiers commence it. LetGillem s East Ten nessee boys raise the black flag, and Vaughn's rebe].s will accept it; and we will see who j cries quit. We have treated pris 'tiers captur | ed iu Tennessee as prisouers should be. But rebel prisoners have been abused by Gen. Gillem’s comntaad shamefully, after they had 1 surrendereu. Especially at Morristown, our ; men were disarmed aud then hacked over tbe i head with their sabres. As my communication bas grown very long I will close. Yours, Dixie. We repeat the hope expressed by the Col umbus Republic, that the military authorities will soon remove the restrictions on the trans tn'-sion of intelligence. Whatever might he u! use to the enemy should be withheld ; but there is much ih it could be transmitted along the wires, of great interest to the general pub lic, that would not be of the slightest service to the Federal officers if :t were seat to them by flag of truce. Picture of Wnr. The folio whig line# are from the opening of , Mrs. Barbauld’s beautiful poem, “Eighteen Hun dred and EUven.” How many sad hearts in the present day, will find their own sorrows echoed in these pathetic words : Still the load death-drum thundering from afar, O'er the rext nations pours the storm of war ; Bounteous in vain, with frantic man at strife, Glad Nature pours the means— the joys of life ; Man calls te Famine, nor invokes in vain, Disease and Rapine follow in her train ; The tramp of marching hosts disturb the plough, The sword, not sickle, reaps the harvest now. And where the soldier gitsns the scant supply, The helpless peasant but retires to die : No laws his but from licensed outrage shield, And war’s least honor, is the ensanguined field. Fruitful in vain, the matron courts with pride, The blooming youths that grace her honored side: No son returns to press her widowed hand, Her fallen blossoms strew a distant strand. Fruitful in vain, she boasts her virgin race, Whose cultured arts adern, and gentlest virtues grace; Defrauded es its homage, Beauty mourns, And the rose withers on its virgin thorns. Frequent some stream obscure, some uooouth name, By deeds of blood is lifted into fains ; Oft o’er the daily page some soft one bends, To learn the fate of husband, brothers, friends, On the spread map with anxious eye explores, Its dotted boundaries and pencilled shores. Asks where the spot that wrecked her bliss is found, And learns its name but to detest the sound. Gen. Cleburne —A member of the staff of the lamented Major General Cleburne, writing from Columbia, Tenn., to a friend in this city, gives the following account of his burial:— Mobile Register. I bad his remains brought to this place and buried at Ashwood, six miles distant, the private'graveyard of the Polk family. I met with great Kindness from the peoplb here in the performance of my sad duty. His coffin was strewn with flowers by the ladies, and the following beautiful lines, written by Miss H., were sealed upon it: “Fare thee well, departed chieftain ! Erin’s '.and sends forth a wail, And oh, my country sad laments thee, Passed too soon through death’s dark vale. Blow ye breezes softly on him, Fan his brow with gentle breath, Disturb ye not his peaceful slumber, Cleburne sleeps the sleep of death! Rest thee, Cleburne ! tears of sadness Flow from hearts tbou’st nobly wou ; Memory ne’er will cease to cherish Deeds of glory thou has done !” Columbia, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1864. A Sketch of Sherman. —The following sketch of William Tecumseh Sherman, who is at present attracting something of the pub lic attention, we find in the American: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman is the full name of the hero who has marched upon Savannah. He was born at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1820, his father, the Hon. Charles R. Sherman, one of the Justices of the Ohio Su preme Court, and elder brother of Senator Sherman. He was educated in the family of the lion. Thomas Ewing, the distinguished lawyer, whose daughter he married, becoming brother-in-law to the now General Thomas Ewing. At sixteen he entered, and in 1840 he grad uated, from West Point. In 1841, he was sta tioned at Fort Moultrie, Charleston ; in 1848, he was brevetted captain for Mexican services; in 1853, he took charge of the banking house of Lucas, Turner & Cos., San Francisco ; and in 1860, was President of the State Military Academy of Louisiana-—a position which he resigned on the first indications of secession, declaring to Governor Moore that “on no earthly account" would he “do any act or think any thought hostile to the Government of the United States.” General Sherman was the hero of the victory ot Shiloh, where, Gen. Rosseau says, “be gave us our first lessons in the field in the face of an enemy ; and of all the men I ever saw he was the most untiring, viligant and patient.” Grant gave him the credit of the victory. Sherman’s was lately described as not a remarkable face, “save the nose, which organ was high, thin, and plant led with a curve as vehement as the curl of a Malay cutlass. The face and neck were rough and covered with reddish hair; the eye light in color and animated ; but, though restless and bounding like a ball from one object to another, neither piercing nor brilliant; the mouth well closed, but common; the ear large,' the hands and feet long and thin ; the gate a little rolling, but firm and active. In dress and manner there was not the slightest trace of pretension. He spoke rapidly, and generally with an inquisitive smile. To this ensemble I must add a hat which was the re verse of dignified or distinguished—a simple felt affair, with a round crown and dropping brim.” Rrbel Rejoicings at Knoxville.— Brownlow, cf the Whig, became furious at the manifestations of our friends in Knoxville, when the news of the defeat of Gillem, in East Tennessee, was received. It is to be hoped that his fears that ,s is the old seces sion rips” are not driven off “they will drive the authorities aud us North of the Ohio river,” will be speedily realized. Here is what the “old rip” of a parson says: When the news came into our town of the disas ter to Gen. Gillem’s command, the rebel women re joiced aloud, and talked out treason defiantly. Reb el traitors of the finale persuasion, who had taken the oath to save their property, were so rejoiced that *hoy could not conceal their feelings. Old se cession rips, who can’t live at home, and have come here to save their lives, were on the streets exulting and showing that they expected to have their tory friends in possession of the country soon. What we want, and what justice demands, is, that these traitors, male and female, all be sent South, and their property confiscated. The military au thorities have either to expel these spies, informers and trators from the country, or they will drive the authorities, and the rest of us, north of the Ohio river. The rebels still swear that but one party can live here! The Ladies Troubled.—A late Richmond letter has the following paragraph : Quite a stir was created in some of the Gov ernment bureaus a few days ago, by a peremp tory order which came from a high military authority, ordering that the ages of all clerks in those bureaus be immediately taken down aud registered. The majority of the “clerks" affected by the order being ladies—of certain and uncertain ages—the amount of confusion that ensued baffles description. Secrets that had been sedulously kept for years and years became common events under the inexorable figures of the registration, and ladies who had preserved an easy dignity whenever question ed upon the subject of their ages, in fa miliar discourse, became pale at the inexor able “military necessity” that required that their years should be “known of men.” Os course the order was not intended to in clude ladies, being directed at “able-bodied males" only ; but the opportunity was too excellent to be lost, and the officer in charge could not resist the temptation to explore tbe hidden mysteries of female vanity,and the re sult is. that in the files of the office are securely laid away among the “State papers,” the ages ot the lady clerks of the bureau afore said—terms of year3 varying, I understand, between two decades and three score and ten. A Craven. —The following is a fair sample of Yankee “patriotism.” Doubtless this Cra ven desires a commission as Rear Admiral, having heard of Farragut’s possible promo tion to a Vice Admiralship : United States Ship Niagara, ) Antwerp, Nov. 22, 18(147 j ‘Sir: Telegrams yesterday announced the re-election of bis Excellency President Lin coln. The Niagara was immediately dressed with our national flag flying at her mastheads. Considering this to be the greatest and most important contest of the war, and most glori ous in its results, I have again dressed ship to-day, and at noon fired a salute of 21 guns. It is. I believe, the first time since our nation al existence that such a demonstration was made by any of our ships of war. but the oc casion seems so momentous and all glorious? to me, that I could not resist the impulseto thus manifest my joy. I have the honor to be. sir. your obedient gervunt. Thomas T. Craves. Commander U. 8 Navy. Hon. Gideon Welles. Secretary of the Navy, Washington. D. C. TEC E CITY T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR To Hire.—Rev. A. Wright offers for hire a num ber of valuableservants for the ensuing year.— Enquire at Gunby’s store. Dr. Martin, of the Columbus Female Academy, advertises for sale a number of fine negroes. The exercises of the Girl’s Department of the City Sohool, under Mrs. McKenzie, will be re sumed on the second Monday in January, instead of the Ist, as stated by us yesterday. Robberies. —Among the many petty robberies of which our city has been the theatre of late we have heard of none so contemptible as one perpe trated on Blind Peter Sunday night. We learn several white men rifled his pockets of his last “red.” When a white man becomes depraved enough to rob a blind negrj, there is but little hope for him in rhi* world or the world to come. Arrivals. —Five or six men from Col. Von Zinken’s command arrived here yesterday morn ing. We understand they report that part, if not all the command have been relieved, and are ex pected home in a day or two. They also report that several Columbus men were captured at Sa vannah—among them, George I. Lloyd, Wm. Purdy, and— Harris. The two latter were cut ters in the Clothing Bureau in this city. Starvation. —A medium sized, reddish-yellow cow, about five years old, marked with two splits in the right ear, and an underslit in the left, has been lying for the past four days near the new Laboratory buildings, apparently unable to rise, from illness or want of food. Thb Election next Monday. —lt will be seen by the advertising columns of the city papers that everybody and his “daddy” is a candidate for the office of Justice of the Inferior Court of Muscogee county. There is no lack of patriots willing to serve their country in this interesting capacity, just at this critical j uncture. “Wade in,” gentle men ! According to the old vulgarism, “the longest pole knocks down the persimmon.” See the advertisements of N. W. Girard and R. B. Murdock, announced in this morning’s paper,— both clever and competent gentlemen. The Louisiana Saloon. —The reader’s atten tion is called to the advertisement of this estab lishment, now opened on Broad street, near Man ley & Hodges old corner under the supervision of Lieut. D. B. Caldwell. This gentleman is a Lou isiana disabled soldier, who comes among us to turn an “honest penny.” Persons in search of the best living the market affords, as well as good liquors, and pleasant recreation, will find the “Louisiana Saloon” the place to he accommodated. See advertisement. The Dinner To-Day, —Remember the dinner for the poor boys to-day at Jaques’ building ! Per haps you can send in sometaing to help them out. Let the scholars of the Free School be encouraged in every possible way. Some of our people are well able to appropriate one hundred dollars for a dinner for their own families : would it not be a noble exhibition of self.denial to expend a por tion of this sum to serve the children of poverty in our midst with one good dinner ? There is by far too much selfishness in our country. If we would strive oftener to obey the injunction of the golden rule, we would be far more happy our selves, as well as confer happiness on others. City Council.—The old Board was dissolved on Monday evening last, and the new installed.— The most interesting part of the proceedings of the latter was a general increase ©f the salaries of city officers. The annual salaries of the Mayor, City Physician, Treasurer, Clerk, Marshal, and Deputy Marshal were fixed at $4,000 each. Dr. Roper was elected City Physician ; Peabody and Brannon were chosen City Attorneys, with a salary of SI,OOO. Mrs. McGebee was re-elected hospital keeper with a salary of SI,OOO, and $3 per day for boarders. (Cheap board that! Wonder if there is aoy vacancy at Mrs. McGehee’s boarding heuse.) Mr. McKenzie was chosen bridge keeper, with a salary of SGOO. The New Albany Ledger says the border counties of Kentucky from Louisville to Henderson, are lit erally swarming witbguerrillas.‘>They are conscript ing and robbing the citizens, and doing much mis chief. Stephensport and other, towns seems to bo in their possession, and they enter and depart from them at their pleasure. It would be well enough for the Indiana Home Guard companies along the border to hold themselves in readiness for business at a moment’s notice, for there is no telling how soon these guerrillas may make incursions into Indi ana. As matters now stand, the Kentucky border is in the complete possession of these guerrilla bands. The Memphis Bulletin of the 20th inst., says on Friday evening a foice of about one hundred caval ry crossed the Cumberland river and male into Gallatin, Tennessee. They captured in the neigh borhood two hundred beef cattle, the property of the government, and retreated from ttie place. At last accounts, a Federal force was in pursuit, with a fair prospect of overtaking and punishing the raid ing party. The Sf.a King Safe.— The London Times, of No vember 23d, states that the report that the Shenan doah (Sea King), Lieut. Waddell, had been lost on the Desert Islands, in the vicinity of Madeira, is discredited by the Confederate agents in England.— When last heard from she was at sea, and far from the Desert Islands. - -ap ♦ - To Cure Camp Itch.—Take a pound of fresh Poke root, mash it, and boil for quarter of an hour, with water; add four pounds lard and stew till the fibres of the root feel dry, i. e., till all the water is evaporated, then strain Rub at night on the affec ted parts very thinly. Sure cure. H The President. —If we had personally enter tained any doubts of the value placed upon Presi dent Davis by the people of the Confederacy we would have had these doubts dispelled .by noticine the deep feeling created here this week by a strange and somewhat vague-rumor of his death. We do not speak of President Davis’ popularity, for we doubt if any gentleman of his grave, firm, commanding character and tone of mind is calcu lated to be what is known as ‘ popular.” He will be apt to secure a much larger measure of respect than of popularity. People will probably value him more than they will love him, but that people do value him—that his death would be looked upon as a great public loss —a national calamity—we can- i not entertain the slightest doubt. or if we had pre viously done so we could not any longer retain it after what we have heard and seen this week. The times, of course, are trying. They call for sacrifices much greater than most of our people could have anticipated, and, naturally a contest in which such sacrifices become necessary can hard- ! ly be popular. Principle and honor can alone sus tain our people, i r cause them to sustain their cho sen leaders . _ ~ , , Feeli-'g a deep interest in our President, we have tried our best .to either verily or disapprove the reports of his alleged death. All we can find out is that the President has been very sick, but that the reports of his death are wholly unfounded. We fear that he is still sick, but very far from sick unto deatn. Some years ago he had an affection of the lace which deprived him of the use of one eye. We think there is a recurrence of the disease, occasion ing much physical agony, but threatening no ul timate results.— Wilmington .Journal, 22d inst. No great man lives iu vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great'men. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., in Talbotton, la., at the resi dence of Mrs. Lattner, by the Rev. Jno. W. Atta way, Mr. R. B. Stegall, of Carfersville, Ga.. and Mrs. M- O. Mlprhy, of Chattanooga, Teen. Printer’.'Tee received. Mac-on and Augusta papers copy. dec 30 _ | i'ar Chattahoochee. The Steamer MIST. Abe Fry, master, will leave for the above and all intermediate landings, , Friday momug, at • clock, dec 29 1 The People's Ticket. tor .luaticeg Inferior Court, Muscogee County. J. J. McKKNDREE, JOHN QUINN. J. R. IVEY. D. B. THOMPSON, TANARUS, K. WYNN. dec 30 tde For Justice Interior Court. We are authorized to announce R. B. MUR DOCH as a candidate for Justice of the Inferior Court of Muscogee eounty. dec 30 tde For Justices Inferior Court, Muscogee f'ounty. J. J. McKENDREE; J. R. IVEY. D. B. THOMPSON, T. K. WYNN, A. M. KIMBROUGH. dec 30 tde For Justice Inferior Court, We are authorized to announce J. W. KING as a candidate for Justice of the Inferior Court of Mu»- cogee county. Election Wednesday, 4th January next, dec 28 tde For Justice Inferior Court. We are authorized to announce N. W. Gabbard, as a candidate for J ustice of the Inferior Court of Muscogee county, at the ensuing municipal eieo*ioa. Mr. Garrard is not subject to military srrvioe. dec 27 tdo City papers copy For Justices Inferior Court. The following names are sugge; .ad for Justices »f the Inferior Court of Muscogee county. They are all over the Conscript ago and have the qualifica tions and experience necessary to a correct discharge of the duties pertaining. These gentlemen do not seek the office but wia serve if elected. JOHN J. McKENDREE, JOHN QINN, JAS. N. BETHUNE, F. A. JEPSON.I JAS. A. BRADFORD. dec 28 tde For Justice Inferior Court. We are authorized to announce JAMBS A. WHITESIDE, a? a candidate for Justice of the io -1 ferior Court of Muscogee county, doc 24 tde* For Justice inferior 4 Court. The friends ofGFORGE W. DOUGLASS aa i nounce him as a candidate tor the office of Justice of the Inferior Court of Muscogee county, on the first Monday in January next, he being unable, by reason of disbility, for military duty, dee 24 tde* ~ AUCTION S ALES' By Ellis, Livingston X Cos. HIRING oTnEGROES. LjN Saturday, December 31st, at 11 o’oloek. we * will hire (for cash) for the coining year, 10 Likely Negroes (field hands) in cluding a good Carpenter. We will also Sell A Very Likely family of Negroes, Lot English Shoe Thread, Lot Furniture, with other desirable goods. dec 28 S3O By Ellis, Livingston X Cos. ♦- mm WILL be rented, for cash, to the highest bid der, on Tuesday next, the 3rd of January, at the auction store of Ellis, Livingston <fe Cos., Colum bus, Ga., for the year 1865, the following Houses and Lots, all on the Talbotton road, 3V:£ to 3V£ miles from the city. One Hou<e with eight rooms, and farming lands if wished; one with ten rooms, and farming lands: one with two rooms, and farming lands. The property will be shown by S. C. Lind say. dec 28 td S EVE’S VALUABLE IVEf!ROCS Eos* Sale. * MAN, 51 years old, good hostler and farmer. A Woman 32 “ “ washer and field hand. Girl. 15. “ “ No. 1 Louse servant and washer. Boy, 13 years old first rate dining and body servant. | Boy, 7 years old, a smart boy and waits in the I house. | Girl, 2 years old, likely child. I Girl 19 “ “ cook and house servant. Apply to CARLISLE P. B. MARTIN, dec 30 ts Columbus Female Academy. LOUISIANA EATING, MR k Mill SHOOS, A r o. 62, Broad Street, Columbus, Go. f HAVE just fitted up the above establishment and j I am prepared to furnish MEALS AT ALT, HOURS ! The very best the market affords, of eatables and drinkables, kept constantly on hand, and no effort ; will be spared to please and accommodate custo i mers. D. B. CALDWELL, j dec 29 lw* Proprietor. FRESII fImtJLS. Eng Morphine, A fine asst Eng Soaps, Powers k Weightman’s Brown AYindsor Soap, Morphine, A fine asst Tooth Brushes, s 150 oz. Eng Quinine, Childrens Round Combs, j Gum Camphor, Nitric Acid, l Ext Logwood, Mur Acid, I Cochineal Carb Soda, | Pow’d Ipecac, Cr Tartar, i Dover’s Powder?, Eng Mustard, I Sal Soda, MurateofTin, Gum Opium, Fine Combs, ; Pow’d Opium, Dress Combs, Eng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combs. ! per, ! Eng and Confederate i Envelopes, For sale by J. A. GREEN & CO., dec 28 lm Union Springs, Ala. Plantation for Sale. /»on ACRES, six miles from Glennville, near She O Jj'J river. For particulars call on Maj. #. D. Willi ana-', who live# adjoining the plaee. dee _ 4 HO FOR ATLANTA! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon A Western Railroad, from this date. ». H. BILL, dec 6 ts LOST, i Confederate States Certificate for 4 per cent. \ Bonds, issued by W. 11. Young, Depositary, at Columbus, dated March 14, 1864, and numbered 1238, for Six Thousand Dollars. The public is cau tioned from trading for said Certificate, as applica tion has been made for a duplicate, dec 21 lm2w“ H. BLACKMAN. YARNS and OSNABERGS TO EXCHANGE FOR OHOUNL PEAS, At the GRANT FACTORY. d«cl7 ts To Printer* ! offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, Yw (except Rul ng Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal, n^v2l-tf Everybody Look Here. WILL be sold on the 10th January. 1865, on the plantation of John Howard, • - - ur « fo VK.BoTAR i I!!* p ' proved securities. Acent. dec 20 tds Agent- Administrator's Sale. AN the first day of January, I will sell at public ' J outcry at the Court House iu Marianna, SUO acres (more O' less) of pine land, belonging to the estate ol Jo u Bird; On the premises s a fine spring water, negro cabins, eta. W . . . t « r dec 6w4t