Confederate Resources, We printed in our last an ingenuously impudent leader from The Richmond Whig, designed to prove the Rebel strength iu men so litte exhausted that there are still 692,795 effective fighting men, between the ages of 17 and :>O, within the jurisdiction of the confedera cy, of whom 461,861 may be brought in to the field ! And it is further calculated that the number of white males annually attaining the age of 17 is 02,467, which will very nearly equal that of the killed or disabled ; so that the fighting force of the Rebellion is scarcely suffering dimina tion. The shortest method with this juggle may prove the most conclusive. The Whig makes the fighting force of Georg ia, for example, nearly 250,000 men. That State, up to the commencement of Sherman's advance on Atlanta, hadscarce ly been penetrated by a Union force; it had little or nothing of the ravages of war; and it had no known Union party or section. Sherman's force was very ROOD counted, if it had not already been, and was well known to coii-i-st of 125,000 men. In its front was a veteran army, under Johnston, of not far from 60,00*). Gov. Brown called out the entre militia of the State to assist iu repelling and an nihilating " the invaders." This ought, on The Wkig't assumption, to have very soon given Johnston an array superior— in numbers; at least—to Sherman's, and enabled him to hold such strong positions as Resaca against al! gainsayers. Yet he was flanked out of several such, and com pelled to fallback, not because he was in competent or wanted pluck, but because he lacked men. Tl>ere was no moment of the campaign when his muster-rolls showed a force of 100,000, Ml told. Wby not, if there is anything like 700,000 ef fectives under the rule of the Confedera cy ? But again. Sherman cut loose from Atlanta on the 10th of November. It was well "known* that he took with him about'so,ooo men. The Rebel Array under Hood was far off in the north-west; but the^Georgia mili tia had all been sent homo weceks before. Now, they were all called out again, and those of South Carolina along with them. Kershaw's division of veterans was dis patched from Petersburg as a nucleus of resistance; Beauregard and Dick Taj lor hurried down from the Tennessee : liar dee and Howell Cobbwcre dispatched to the front; Gov. Brown vomited proclama tions as though lie had the cholera ; and the Rebel journals from day today assur ed their readers that Sherman could nev er reach the coast except as a prisoner. Yet he did reach it indue season, march ing 800 miles in thirty days, living boun teously on the country, occupying the capital of the Strife without resistance, and reaching tbe seaboard without hav ing been once halted by any opposing force. llow could it be, if the Rcbelshad Two Hundreh Thousand effectives any where '? Lee's and Hon.l's armies com bined would hardly have number lit rant's family occupy a neat little cottage, covered with moss, and trailing vines, at Burlington, New Jersey. It is near the banks of the Delaware. The place is by no means pretentious or aristocratic. American tfitucu. THOMAS ROBINSON, | V rlitnr n CYRUS E. ANDERSON, J-" 1110 ™- . JI. W. NPF.iH, Publisher. BUTLER PA. WEDNESDAY iAS. 4, 1865. Liberty inH Union. Now and Forever, One I and 'nseparablo."—D. Webster. tfß* After two weeks absence, the Citi i :en pays its accustomed visit to its rea ders. \\ e hope that all have enjoyed a j happy time of it during the Holidays— j so far as we have been able (o learn, there i has no accidents occurred, but all have en joyed themselves pleasantly, without any of that access which too often attend such occasions—followed by mishaps of vari ous kinds. Let us all hope that the pres ent year may be one of pleasure and im provement to all. The following are the appointments ; made by the Commissioners for the prea ! cnt year: Counsel —Charles M'Candless. Esq. Clerk—Harvey Colbert. Appraiser —Robert MeElwain. Janitor—John M'Cnllough. waiiTEWN. There has been a continuation of good news since our last issue. Savannah has fallen as will be seen by dispatches from I , Sherman and Foster. Hood i* still in j trouble. Accounts differ as to whether { he has got across the at any J rate his army is pretty badly used tip. j | and entirely unable to givebattleto Thom- i 1 as. A successful expedition has swept across Mississippi towards Mobile. Gen. ; ■ Brackenridge has been badly used up and | thus defeated in his demonstrations against . ■ . East Tennessee. The only mishap has i I been the movement against Wilming- i ton, which so far has not succeeded. Up- | J on the whole everything looks encoura | g» n g- Iter Commissioner Copelcy and Sur geon Pcrchmant are now in our town at tending to the correction of the enroll | mcnt of the severaldistricts of this Coun ty. We believe many of the citizens are | meeting with them and assisting in the ! correctiou of the several enrollments. , fear, however, that some of the districts j will not be represontcd and will therefore be compelled togo to the city or remain ••.ncorrected. It is very considerate in the board to have thus given an opportunity to all to have the rolls made perfect with out the trouble and expjence of going to the city. Ttie lO.'til I'n. Iji'n'f. The following is a list of Co. E, 103 d. with date of death : Thos Mapcs, Jan. 9, '64, Andersonville. Milton Myres, " Solomon Moser, Aug. 28, " James Murtin, Aug. —, " R.C. Wick, Aug. 28,' Moore Davis. " John Yorley, Sept. Charleston. John Meyers, Sept. " Sam'l B. M'Candless, Sept. 28, " John Wilson, Oct. 9, Florence Samnel Davis, Chas. 11. McClung, Oct. 15, " Wilkis Davis, Oct. 2S ( " Edward Barakman. Oct. 30, " Thos. S. Brers. Oct. 28, " Joseph Goldmer, Oct. 16, " James Byers, Nov. 6, " Win. S. Dickson, Nov. 21, " Martin W. Benker, Nov. 25, " Perry Marrow, Dec. 1," " F. A. Dec. 5, " R. J THOMPSON, Company E. Ezekil Ekas left at Suraptcr, Anderson ville, as nurse. John Burns left with bad scurvy. Win. Beiglcy left sick. Charles Leply left sick—very low. KiT Our readers will recollect a short notice that we gave a " portable" Physi cian who came along calling himself Dr. J. Q Sutton—professing to remove warts, carbuncles, dtc., —as we then said a "pro fessor of wartology." We advised our readors to have nothing to do with him as he was " ill-looking," &c. lie imme diately called on us for an explanation and retraction, fcc. We informed him that we had written just what we believed, and that we had seen nothing since in his ap pearance to change our mind. Finding that we would not back out, he backed out aimself—pa d off his bill at tbe Hotel, and in half an hour was out of town.— Since then we heard no more of him till a few days ago, when a friend who had been north, informed us that he made his way to a village call Rcedsburg, in Clari on Co., we believe,where after commenc ing the practice of his profession. In a short time he made the acquaintahce of a young lady going to sch..ol, and iu a few weeks married her. Having been twice married before, he was soon followed by one of his deserted wives—was indibted for bigamy and finally sent to {.he Peniten tiary. Thus our first impressions of him have been confirmed by iub«equent events CWMMIXK iTIOXS. Is List or Battle, 1 eotTu or Petkrshceo, i October 3d, 1864. ] Mr. BLACK —Deaf Sir: —l have sail , news to communicate to you. Your son i Abram is dead. He was killed by a reb el ball on the 30th day of September.— We charged on the rebel works and Abra ham fell, pierced through the Stomach with a minnie ball, within about two hun dred yards of the works. I was on the left of the compauy, and he on the other end. I did not sec him fall, but some of the boys iu the company did, and stayed with him till he died, whicl) was about of an hour. He was sensible to the last. The boys that were with him told me that he prayed devoutly to God. lie died like a soldier, and I trust gone to Glory and to God. May God have mercy on his soul. By his death you lose an afection ato son. and we lose a good comrade, and as gpod a soldier as ever faced the ean uon's mouth. I with the assistance of a a couple more interred his body as decently as if he had died at home. His body lies in 'the front near a large white house, about four miles south of Petersburg. I put a board to the head of the grave with his name, Co. and Regiment. Yours, SAMUEL T5. GAMBLE. For tho AmnricAnCitizen. Soldier"!* Orphan*. The Superintending committee of this county, had * meeting on the 20th inst., for the purpose of having an organization of the committee. On motion, Mr Will am Campbell was chosen chairman of the committee, and Mrs. John N. Purviance, Secretary. The committee being now organized, j are prepared to perform the duty reques- I ted of them relative to the application for j any destitute Orphan's of deceased sol diers from this county. They can fur- I nish blank forms for making the applica tion. The mode of proceeding is this: The applicant, being the mother, if living, if not. friends or other persons, will first make the application to the Srhool Di rectors of the town or township in which 112 the Orphan is; the School Directors will j examine the case fully, and if they think I it a proper one, will certify and send it to I this committee ; the duty of this comtnit ! tee is then to transmit it to the State Su- I perintendant with such remarks as they i deem proper, and"the State Superinten | iant will then, if he approves the same, i issu# an order for the admission of the ! chihl to such school as may be determi ned upon. This order will he sent to the ' person or persons making the application. WM. CAMPBELL. Chairman. Mm. J. ,Y- I'urviance, Stc'y. A friend of ours has handed us the following order, issued by Capt. Hall; of the 2d, Colorado Cav., which shows the services which it has rendered. Our readers may wonder what special interest we have in this Company. Far away as as is Colorado, our readers will be some what surprised to know that Butler coun ty has been represented in it, in the per son of John G. Thompson, of Clinton towuship. Indeed it is had to find a branch of the service that is not, at least in part, made up of Butler county heroes. HMT*QU*rter3 CO. B, 2D OIL R \ IVI Cavairy. Fort LeAvenwci th, Kansas, Nov. 15th, ISG4. GENERAL ORDERS,) No. 40: ) The Captain commanding announces to the members of his company that he this day leaves you as your company comman der, and in leaving you, he leaves a com pany which is a pride to its adopted Ter ritory and his pride to command, and whose gallantry and good deportment now forms a part of their country's History. Yrtu were the first soldiers to leave Col orado in defence of your Country, you were the only representatives of Colorado at the battle of Yal Verde, N. M , Feb 21st, 1802, and your participation in that conflict has been a theme of praise. You nobly sustained your reputation in the different skirmishes, long and toilsome marches through snow, wind and sand storms, in driving the Texan army from the soil of New Mexico. Your fiot-prints in the sands and the sweat of.your brows while on the march from Fort Union, N. M., to Fort Blunt, Cherokee Nation, a distance of over 1,- 200 miles, and your conduct at the battle of Cabin Creek, Cherokee Nation, July Ist & 2d. 1803, yoijr forced march and the unflinching bravery mauifested in the haul fought battle of Honey Springs, C. N., July 17th 1803, the untiring energy with which you performud the duties of Provost Guard and guarded for so long a time a number of prisoners oT war at Ft. Blunt, will long he remembered. Your march ijrom Fort Blunt, C. N., to St. Louis, Mo., from thence across the . ?>tatc to Kansas City, Mo., in the. dead of winter, your many toilsome and dangerons scouts after! Hush whackers in the District of Central Missouri, your efficiency as Provost Guard at Kansas City, Mo., in euriug the love, as soldiers and a company, of all soldiers and citizens who knew you, and finally your bravery and devotion to your Country's cause in volunteering after the term of service of the larger portion ■ of you had expired arid joining your Keg imeut in the hard fought fatties of Littl> 1 Blue, Mo., Oct. Ist, 1804. Big Blue and Westport, Mo., Oct. 22d and 23d, 1804, and your oonduct in the many skirmishes i and night marches in driving Price's ar- I my with marked rapidity to the State of ' Texas, and the cheerfulness with which i you have marched over 5,000 miles as In fantry and performed every required duty 1 as Infantry and Cavalry soldiers, forms a t part of a most worthy history. 1 Your Territory honors you, and it is c with pride that your friends speak of you < aa aoldier* of Company " B." 2d Colora- 112 do Cavalry. The price of your good name is shown in the records of your comrades who have been wounded, and who have laid down their lives as a sacrifice to their country's honor and integrity, to the per petuity of her institutions and of the Union. The sad dreams of the past bring mourn fully to our minds the names of privates West, Hicks, Brown, Woodward, MeKee, George. Kasterland. and Piekason as hav ing a place among the heroic dead of our commonwealth, beside many others who have their names upon the list of those wounded and maimed for life. I would say to you, asa partingrequest, remember and appreciate the compliments and kindness awarded you by your Col. James H. Ford, your commanding Gen erals, Caubv. Carleton, Blunt, Curtis and Brown. To those ef the Company who are soon to indulge in* a citizen life, 1 would say. encourage end uphold the in stitutions of our Government, and encour age a vigorous prosecution of the War. To those of the Company who are to continue in the service, 1 would say, stand by the principles you first enlisted upon, stand by your country and the Constitu tion of your Country, and when the con test comes between you and the enemy of the Union, strike and battle with will and determination until the last foe has fled who would sever and destroy this Glori ous Union, and the true and wise will sus tain you and the patriotic will honor you. J C. W. IIALL. . Capt. C 0.8,".8," 2d liegt. Colorado Cav. Milmlncton. It is unpleasantly plain that the great Wilmington expedition has ended in_ a wrangle. Gen. Butler and Admiral Por ter did not find themselves able to agree on the conduct of the enterprise which depended for its success on their cordial co-operation. The dispatch of Admiral Porter, which is confused on many other points, is clear in this : that the land and naval forces could not be effectually com bined. Thus far we have only his side of the story. The letter from Gen. ut ler referred to in the dispatch has not yet come to hand. If received in season to appear in our news columns this morn ing it will probably illuminate what is now obscure to us, and the leader will be able to make his own comments. At present wc express no opinion, except upon such facts as'seem to be established by the statements and admissions of Ad miral Porter. It is remarkable that Admiral Porter began his attac kon Fort Fisher without waiting for the arrival of the troops. The fort has been repeatedly declared on the highest authority impregnable by a naval fnrr« alone, ft would seem that Admiral Porter did not share the opin ion of bis official superior. There ap peared to him to bean opportunity not to te lost; as he himself expressed it, the weather was too fine to be wasted. Ac corlingly the attack began at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning by the explosion of the torpedo-boat Louisiana, within five hundred yards of Fort Fisher. Wc had understood that this torpedo was intended especially to destroy tho morale of the garrison, and that immediately upon their confusion and assault should follow by the troops. We do not know how other wise it was expected to take advantage of the explosion. But Admiral Porter chose to try the experiment when no troops had been landed or were even near the coast. Unless, therefore, he hoped that the walls of the fort should be actually blown down and the men within it de stroyed by the torpedo, it is difficult- to understand why the attempt waii made at all; and even if these consequences had followed, it is equally difficult to see how they could have been taken advan tage of If no land force on our side was at hand to occupy and hold the de molished fort, the enemy of course could renew possession of the ruins at his leas uro, and could cover them by the adja cent batteries. Hut the explosion of the torpedo pro duced no visible effect. Admiral Porter says tho shock was slight, and it appears from his report that Fort Fisher, which remained unmolested from two till hall j ait eleven, was subsequently able to con tinue an engagement of five hours' dura tion with his powerful fleet. At the end of that time—about five o'clock on Sat urday afternoon—the guns of the fort were silenced, and the %ct withdrew. On the following day—Sunday, the 2.)th—Gen. Butler's troops arrived. Len der c»vcr of tho fire of the fleet, they, or a portion of them, were landed be tween 12 and 3 o'clock on Sunday after noon. Admiral Porter puts the number on shore 3,000. The account which fol lows is unintelligible. From one sen tence it appears that their re-cmbarkation began immediately, and without a de monstration against the fort. From an other, it appears that Major General Weitzel and a party of skirmishers re con noitered the fort that a few of tho soldiers actually entered the work; that one officer brought away the flag which had been shot from its staff; that a sold ier fired a shot into the bomb-prodf where the garrison were concealed, wounding eight or ten Rebels; that a Kebcl orderly arriving at the fort with dispatches was killed aud his dispatches captured; and that while all this was going on the fleet was still shelling the fort, and succeeded in wounding a number of our own men. But it is nowhere indicated that anything like an assault took place. On the con trary, Gen. Weitzel reported an assault impracticable—an opinion'in which Ad miral Porter, though properly professing to under-value his judgmens in compari son with that of an able and experienced officer who had examined the ground in pcrsou, docs not concur. But notwith standing Gen. Weitzel's rep rt. Admiral Porter proceeds to remark : "Wc drew off at sunset, leaving tho iron-clads to fire through the night, expecting the troops would attack in the morning." The rea son why they did not so attack are set forth in the letter of General Butler, which at this writing wo have not yet received. Our readers, if they have been able to follow us thus far, will probably agree that the whole business on which we have hesitatingly commented is in great need of elucidation. For our part we have only to suggest again that there are two eide« to the gtory, and that but one has yet been heard. We deplore the failure which has occurred, and still more keenly do we regret that any feelings of hostility should exist either between the two branches of the military ser ice of the I'nited States, or between the leaders of the forces which were meant to co-oper- ' ate against Wilmington. We care not to take sides in such a controversy. We care only that the whole truth should be known, and that blame should lie where on the merits of the ca*e it properly be longs. Meanwhile, Wilmington remains and is likely to remain in possession of the Rebels. ONK O'OLOCK r. M. —Gen. Buffer's letter is this moment received. It states in substance tha the- strength of Fort Fisher had not been materially impaired by the fire from the fi.et, and that .its guns still swept the narrow sirip of ktnd by which alone it was possible for n as saulting column to approach. A.portion of Lee's forces had beeu sent from Rich mond to strengthen the garrison, and (len. Weitzel. who advanced his skirmi h line within fifty yards of the fort, pronounced an attempt itupr cticable, except by the operati nof a regular siege, which was not contemplated in the orders under which Gen. Butler was acting. The troops, therefore, were re-enibarked and returned to Fortress Monroe. Thrl'ntnre nf tlio Democratic Party. At [length the Democratic party feels the might of right, and its cho sen organs are preapring the public mind for any positive change which may reveal itself within the weeks. Tire New York Wrold in the harbinger of the new light. Fearing the hopeless fallof the I>< mocraticpar ty it counsels its readers that " before another Presidential election the Ab olition question will probably be in such a state that past ideas will not apply," it is of the utmost importance that "the party" should not "bind itself to a dead corpse," or "commit' itself to the fortunes of a mori' urid in sjitution." This advice is profferred because the World has discovered that " there is no conceivable po sition on the Slavery question on which the Democratic party can plant itself and become a majority." The World in considering the sub ject of Finance as that upon which future issues may be based, says ; Our reason why the thoughts of the party shou'd be turned into this channel, is that it involves questions which cannot grow obsolete with the lapso of time, while some of the is sues in the late election may. Be fore another Presidential election the Abolition question, for example, will probably be in such a state that past ideas will not apply As the prob lem advances toward its predetermin ed solution, we shall see public opin ion more ami more disposed to acqui esce in the manifest tendency of events. The way of salvation is pointed out in the following significant lan guage: Unless tli« Democratic party is blind enough to run the hazard of disintegration, it must distinguish between questions virtually settled and question that still remain open. It must so far keep pace with events as to accept their logic. Public opin ion has no efficiency without political combination ; but for masses large enough to form a majority to act in concert, thought must be left free on all questions save those which rank as living, vital questions. The num ber who oppose the Abolition of Sla very (now a minority) is not likely to grow larger, but to grw less, with the progrc-s qf time. Every Demo crat can, of course hold" whatever opinion he chooses on that subject. Such opinions are no longer of the slightest political Consequence. In dividual Democrats will* think what they please ; but the subject must b dismissed from the range of tonics on. which the party is expected to have distinctive vievs. The.downfall of the Union party is thus foreshadowed: On questions connected with the fi nancial policy of the Government the Democratic party has a better chance to gain the public car, and greater capacity for rendering valuable service. A vast debt and a great war are objects of deep solitude with all thinkiug men. To pay the interest on the one and to support the other will put upon the resources of the country an incrßising strain, which must give a new turn to our "politics as the pressure is more and more felt. Ih# country already begins to stagger under the burden. The Republican party is mentally unfit to cope with this problem. Hence the hope of the future existence of the Democratic party rests jn the con sideration of tariffs, internal taxes, pro tection, currency, national bankiug sys tems, &c. The practical solution of all this is that the Democratic party is, con fessedly, dead ; that there.is but one par ty now in existence—that of the Union, and that rs the desire of certain politi cians to divide the people in their senti ments of devotion to the interests of the Country for the sake of founding a party on issues opposed to the present Admin istration, and the unity of the people. Pitta Com. B»y Western Penmyvania has hither to held rank among the first and richest regions of the United States, owing to its vast capacity for providing coal and iron. The comparatively recent discovery of oil is likely to prove of equal importance. Our friends in the East already • indulge the idea that in ten years the population of certain counties on this a side of the mountains will be more than doubled in population, while the development of the oil interes must increase the agaicultural and manufacturing prosperitfi of the whole i State, The New Call tor Troops. ASTILNGTON, Tuesdav, Dec. 20. By the President of the United States. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, By the act of July, 1861, entitled " An act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," it is provided that the President of the United States mry, at his discretion, at anytime hereafter, call for any uumberof men as voluuteors forthe respective terms of one, two and three years, for military service, and that in ease the quota, or any pert thereof, of any township, ward of a city, precinct or election districtof a coun ty not so sub-districted, shall not be filled within the space of fifty days after such call, the President shall immediately or der a draft for one year to fill such quota or any part thereof which may be unfill ed ; and WHEREAS. By the credits allowel in accordance with ah ™t, of Congress, on the call for five hundred thousand men, made in July, 1804, the uumberof men to be obtained under that call was reduc ed to two hundred and forty thousand; and WIJEREAB, The operations of the ene my in certain States have rendered it im practicable to procure from them their full quotas of troops under said call; a fid Wnr.REAS, From the forogoing causes but two hundred and forty thousand men " have been putin the army, and marine corps, under said call of July 18, 1804, leaving a deficiency on that call of two j hundred and sixty thousand men: Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LIN COLN, President of the United States of America, in order to supply the deficien cy. and to provide for casualties in tho military and naval service ol the United States, do issue this my call for 800,000 volunteers, to serve for one, tvjo or three years. The quotas of States, districts and sub-districts, under this call will be assign ed by the War Department through the bureau of the Provost Marshal General of the United States, and in case the quo- Sl la or any part thereof,or asiy town, town ship, ward or city precinct, or the election district of a county not so subdivided, shall not be filled before the 15th day of February, 1805, then a draft shall be made to fill such quota, or any quota there of, under this call, which may be unfilled on the said 15th day of February, 1805. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the"ity of Washington this 10th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1804, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty ninth. (Signed) A. LINCOLN. By the President, W. 11. SEWARD, Sec'y of State, A SUGAR PLUM FOR JBFF DAVIS, The VirginianL cgislatyre on Tues day last adopted a series of resolu tions upon the present crisis of of af fairs in the Confederacy, of which the three following are most signifi cant : "That it is the imperative and par amount duty of the Confederate Gov ernment to continue to devote its ut most energies to the vigorouos prose cution of the war, as it is only by tho success of our arms that we can hope to obtain honoroble peace, and pre serve the sovereignty a'nd the liber ties of our people from destruction. So that end this Commonwealth will endure every sacrifice, until the free dom which is our heritage shall be securely established in peace, under the protection of a Confederacy of independent and sovereign States. That the Confederate Government, which is the centre and organ of our united exertions in war, has been also intrusted with tho power of conclu ding peace, by that constitution which binds these states together, and this commonwealth, believing that, the trust him been tritely repotted, for the com mon benefit, does not desire either to withdraw the authority which has been delegated by all the States for their common safety, or to embarrass, by irregular proceedings, the Confed erate Government in its delicate and. difficult duty of negotiating'jpcace, and that any proposition from the enemy to any of the States of this Confed eracy, to treat for a separate peace, is, in the language of this General Assembly in 1782, insidious and in admissable. That unity both in prosecuting the war and in concluding a peace is ab solutely essential to our safety, and can be obtained and preserved only by a firm adherence to the constitu tional authority established by all the States, and that this General As sembly will not listen to any proposi tion nor suffer any negotiation incon sistent with their confederate faith and union." NEWS FROM EUROPE. —The Austral asian, from Liverpool l)cc. 17 and (Juccns town Dec. 18, arrived here yesterday, bringing two day's later news from Eu rope. A deputation from the Emancipation Society waited upon Mr. Adams, the I nited States Minister in Londou, on the 10th of December, to present him for transmission to Washington an address congratulating President Lincoln on his re-election. The London Times editorially applauds Secretary Seward's correspondence with Mr. Parker, when that gentleman sought to submit an address to President Lin coln, signed by 35,000 people of Great Britain. The Italian Government has promulga ted the law for the transfer of the capital to as alsu a royal decree sanctioning the Convention of the 15th of September. fleet under Admiral porter, which sailed from Hampton Roads , recently, numbered 64 vessels carry | ing 597 guns.