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Friday, December 2, 1864.
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VICTORY!
hood Defeated with Immense Loss
Official Dispatch from Gen. Scho-
field
The following official dispatch has
been received confirming our victory in
Tennessee
FRANKLIN, TENN., Nov. 30
% Major General Thomas:
SIII. : The enemy made a heavy and
persistent attack; with about two corps,
commencing about 4 r. m., and lasting
till after dark. lie was repulsed with
a heavy loss, probably 5,000 to 6,000
mcn. Our loss is probably not more
than one-tenth that number. We cap-
Lured 1,000 men, including a Brigadier
General
[Signed] MAJ. GEN. SCIIOI.I.EID
LIEF' We publish in another column the
Tribune's account of the attempt to destroy
New York city by lire. Nearly all the
principal hotels, Barnum's Museum, Tam
any Hall, and a number of other buildings
were fired simultaneously. Fortunately
these fires were all discovered before they
became unmanageable, and the city was thus
saved the horrors of a general conflagration.
The fiendishness of this act is truly appall
ing. For deliberate and diabolical wicked
ness, it has scarcely a parallel in the history
of crime. It was doubtless the work of reb
el emissaries, who acted under the direction
of the traitors at Richmond. The Southern
papers have for some time, threatened us with
this cowardly revenge, and this occurrence
should convince us that these threats are not
entirely idle. Governor Seymour's friends
who ridiculed the precautions taken by the
Government a month ago, to protect them
against this very plot, should now bave'de
coney enough to confess that its actions in
the matter, displayed at least sonic wisdom.
Mir. We devote considerable space to-day
to extracts from Southern papers concerning
the military movements in the State of
Georgia. Gen. Sherman is now in the very
heart of that State and we can ccci en no
intelligence from him except through South
ern sources Ile is marching with a large
and powerful army from Atlanta to some
point on the Atlantic coast—certainly either
Savannah or Charleston. Ile is making very
rapid progress as ho meets with but little re
sistance. He has doubtless captured Macon
and Millegeville, and probably Augusta.—
When we next hear of him it will be from
Savannah or Charleston, and when he
roaches either of these points the existence
of the rebellion will be-practically ended.—
Let all patriots unite their prayers tier the
success of Sherman and his gallant army in
this their most daring and important cam
paign.
Egg'irlntnany States the vote is dose and
It is doubtful whether the republican majori
ty on the popular vote of all the States en
titled to participate in the election is more
200,000 it it is that much— Vein/deer.
Wedon't think it very doubtful that our ma
jority is nearly twice 200.000 but we don't care
much about figuring majorities at this date.
We think 200,000 a reasonably handsome
preponderance--more than a number of Dem
ocratic Presidents have had. We are sorry
that our Democratic friends don't think the
licking they have just received is severe e
nough. They did carry we believe some
three little States and wesuppose we might
hive saved them that trouble had we chosen
to do so. We are sorry that they are dis
contented but it is too late now to help the
• matter. By the way, don't they ever hue
gine that we are about tired whipping the
=Democracy. They amountto so little politi
cally that itis Scarcely worth while giving
them much attention. Do give us next time
. 14i ht worth, naming or elsesgive us a new
pfkrty, that can make sonzothipyr of a show.
THE REBELS AND THEIR FRIENDS AT
, T rw, H,onn4,—ln aspiey debate which took
place in thtLFebel Congress, on the 19th, M.
Vijote Was, graciOus enough to proclaim the
Indiii:6dhess of the Confederacy to its friends
'at th . o . North. Foote, moreover, is as can
did 4Ls - lie is gkcibus. He says: "We have
friends; good, true, valiant friends in the
7.4:«4111,, * • *
,„ffe linyempre sympathizers in the North,:
than n2all the resit of the world." IV° pre-
Ftiote spoke thus with some knowledge
'of It will be interesting to know
how his gUshing• filendship is reeipioeated
hero,tmimmg;those for whom he certified af
-4ter:thhiNholci-spuled=fashion.-417...Y. Times.
,
Washington liepubiewr of Wednes.
:day' bays: i Gehertd Grant has been exceed
,ingly busy.: &ring the day, in - consultation
1 2 40$ kliP,Frto4ontl §qaTetarY of Wor.,General
pjusl?k . , f)iyl 4.olstant , Eleeretary Fox, and
at 3 l O'clOCli left with his, staff,, on his special
dispatch boat, dp , vr, tfie river, en'iouto to
trhq expressed ,himself. highly
leq'sod with`'l i$ hying visit to the North,
gcles' thitliTo 'touch refreshed in
bady. l ' He :was - accompanied to the
front, by 'Colonel Wilson; of thiis. eity , and
other guests:"
Tfinnir. never Was a 'hatter mune Of euchre
tbiiii i tlfat ~which Shernnidis now is plityinl,
the hand: he made 1 d point by taking
Atlanta; the second; he 6u.ehistillobd inthe
chase through - AlabatnaT. now -he has- got
biSth iiimnifertn4 the atei , ,i4. , playing a lone
niarch, 'and . go .out.
.
jeseiorl of the Thirty-olihth
Cenagrees.viiie s pen on Monday next. Sehuy-,
ler Colfax, of 'lndiana, Is Speaker, and Ed..
:ward IdePhereon, of Pennsylvania, Clerk
yi Op. llpinl9,3llltepreeentatires.
SMe!
THE DUTY , "01 1 -_THE OPPOSI-
')?ION
The Democratic party hai always
.
heretofore been extravagant in its pro--
fessions of fidelity, to the . best - interestsa
of the country. ItS' loadeltrhaye -- de=
clued their undying devotipn to the
Union and the Constitution, and one of
their cardinal principles oFpolitical duty
has always been submission to the ex
pressed will of the people. They have
lust had an opportunity to present their
cause to the arbitrament of the loyal
citizens of the country and although the
result has not perhaps been as gratifying
as they could wish, still it has been so
decided as to forbid entirely any doubts
of its significance. The people have, by
an overwhelming majority, decided the
course they intend shall be pursued by
those to whom they have delegated their
power. They have declared that the
one great question of the preservation of
the Government, is paramount to all
others, and shall not be cast aside for a
moment. They have sanctioned con
scription, taxation, arbitrary arrests, and
continued destruction of life and treasure,
notbecanse they delighted in any of them,
but because they were all necessary in
order that traitors might be overcome,
and our country rescued from their des
perate efforts to destroy it. They have
determined that they will carry on this
struggle until the suprertr4cy of the Gov
ernment is acknowledged, and until those
who have made war upon it have re
ceived the full punishment due to their
treason. They have also as fully deter
mined that they will no lunger tolerate
a system of oppression and bondage,
whose existence is incompatible with the
spirit of our institutions, and whose ten
dency is necessarily to their destruction.
In view of the mighty task the nation
is pledged by her own free will to ac
complish, the duty of those itho have
hitherto opposed this policy, but have
still claimed to be true to their country's
Government, is too plain to be mistaken.
Before the election there might have
been room for honest opposition to the
policy of the Administration ; now there
can be none. It might then have been
urged that the people had never, been
called upon to sit in judgment on the
deeds of the party in power. Now they
have given their verdict of approval to
every measure to-which it has committed
itself. There is no chance that this de
cision will be reversed. For the next
four years; the policy of the Government
is fixed and beyond revocation. Ey this
policy it must stand ur fall. Its success
or failure depends not now upon the
measures of an Administration or upon
the men who compose it, but upon the
support it receives from the people.—
The time f. or discussion, and dith•ronees
of opinion ',pun measures
is past ; the time for earnest, united effort
to strengthen the hands of those to whom
is entrusted the Nation's life, is at hand.
Our danger is not past. nor is our day of
efforts and sacrifices over Every day
the struggle is prolonged renders its is
sue more doubtful, and every dissension
that exists amongst us has a tendency
to prolong it. Oti . prejudices must be
laid aside ; the enmities produced by all
exciting political canvass, must be for
gotten ; party lines must be obliterated,
and all must lend their aid to carry into
effect the will of the people as they have
expressed it by their votes.
There is no longer any excuse fur the
course pursued by the party that has jus-1
been so signally vanquished. heir Fur
ther opposition to the policy of the Ad
ministration. i.an admit of no just
Nor is their duty fully discharged by
submitting in sullen silence to the de
cision of the people. They have a work
of reparation to perform. The policy of
the Administration is the policy of the
country, and the man who opposes the
one acts in opposition to the interests of
the other. There can be now no middle
ground for those to occupy, who have
heretofore tried to range themselves
somewhere between the opposing hosts
of loyal men and traitors. Those who
have labored to destroy confidence in the
Government, should now exert them
selves to•restore it. The attempts to di•
minish the crodit and power of the Na
tion should at once cease, and those who
have striven to depreciate our currency;
embarrass our financial operations ; dis
courage the filling up of our armies by
enlistment or conscription; should now
urge those of their own ;number to give
boththeir actual and moral aid to their
imperilled country. The apologists for
slavery and those who have spent years
in denouncing all who opposed its ad
vancement and extension, should cease
their abuse of those whose action on this
question the people have so decidedly
approved. Let those who despise Abo
litionists, and who have no words harsh
enough to express their abhorrence of
them, remember that the people have at
last visited with their, displeasure,. the
demagogues who have been their eager
and ruthless persecutors.
Glorious Illinois.
The official returns of every county in Il
linois show a total vote of 846,786, with a'
majority for I.,lncols of 81,083. In 1860, the
tidal vote was 89;698, and h Lincoln major
ity of 11,946.. 'The Chicago Tribune, in gfv
ing. the •Tinagnificcnt result,' says: " Illinois,
bus 4t.least 60,000 t voters in the front of the
enemy, who wert r i not permitted to vote... If
they had been all . owed froman's priyi
lege, the aggregate' vote Of. the , State would'
400,000, and the Union
MejorityWould'have liatdly been less than
,75,000. P, haVe done well,'hut
XPlnoiti.baEtexceedOlthem all;
,
LAiliritattpu,,POuNTY.-fahe omql,f4 yobe
oflotiwionee county is to foljows:
. ,
Lincoln, hoinc iroto ''
, • Sol4ters l :*ote • 246-8,896
pl.!l,3 , olollan t .,l„ioznu_.voto
SOldicievoti 0-1 800
,
Lincoln'q majority • r s
-RIGHT - AT
• The Louisville JoUrnal has since the'cera
,mencement of the rebeilion.pursuod a co4i'se
but little, short oractdal disloyalty.
nounced the Government for caring out the:
first seven - V
-11v° 'thWu4ittid mops rinCiinec
then has opposed every vigorous rnovelnent ,
to crush the rebellion:', But ite . c'euise
Kentucky would be to-day•as free fromilal;r 7
ery and treason as is Maryland. Itsinflu
ence is unequalled by any newspaper in
the West or South and we have always re
gretted that it has not until now, , ' been exert
ed on the side of loyaltY•and freedom. The
State of Kentucky gave a majority of 215,000
for McClellan and the Chicago platfordiand
this result, is due to the efforts of the Journ
al. Without its support the Democracy
would have been in a minority and Kentucky
would have been saved the disgrace of being
the last to cast aside its connection with the
party of the rebellion. But mistaken aihas
been the course of the Journal heretofore it
now gives indications that it discerns the
signs of the times and intends to profit by
them. The overwhleming majority cast
by the people in support of the administration
has shown the absurdity of Continuing furth
er a hopeless opposition and it therefore an
nounces _its intention to cooperate with the
President until rebellion is overthrown.—
The following . extract from a leading article
in the Journal shows how fully it commits
itself to a course of loyalty.
"Mr. Lincoln is now a majority candidate
in all essentials, and most heartily do we be
seech the high and mighty Ruler of the uni
verse to direct and prosper all his consulta
tions to the safety, the honor, and the welfare
of the people, and the establishment of peace
and happiness upon the best and surest foun
dations. It was from no factious opposition
to the President that we opposed his re-elec
tion. The unparalled majority which he has
received we accept as an evidence ,that the
American, people do not fear his policy as
tending to the subversion of constitutional
liberties, and wo shall look to thp future of
his career with hope. The bitter rancor which
has been excited, will, we trust, be allayed,
and not be again aroused. The nation has
decided that it was not expedient to "swap
horses" while crossing a raging stream, and
we must, therefore, trust our safety to the old
nag, in the hope that he will be able to bear
us over the torrent of civil strife. -We are
enlisted during the entire war for the preser
vation or the old ['mien, and the _old flag,
without a single star dimmed
<<lle have now to co-operate with the Pres
ident, as we have done in the past, to crush
tint the rebellion, and to braise the head of
the serpent, which has struck its fangs at the
peace and security of the Union, and we mu-tt
do this in the most effective planner, without
putting 011 any drags to impede the war
chariot of the nation in its proud sweep to
ward victory. Vie shall wait with anxiety
the reassembling of Congress, and the devel
opmentsof future policy, whieh will be given
in the annual Message of the President. 'We
hope that they will be of such a character
that loyal N entinky can cheerfully endorse
them. We have been earnest in our support
.‘r the we shall be glad to
have it in our power to shoWourselv s equal
ly earnest in the advocacy of Mr. Lincoln's
administration of the Government."
President's Letter to a Widow
21Irs. Bixby, the recipient of the following
letter frow Provident Lincoln, is n poor wid
ow living in the Eleventh ward, Bo=ton.—
Iler sixth sot, who was severely wounded
in a recent battle, is now lying in the Read
ville hospital:
Ex I:CT - TUVE MANSION,
%SIIjN(iTON, N.'s' 2!, 1''61.1,
:—I have hem shoe, n the
lid he War Department, a stateiniait of
the .\ djulant General of Massachusetts, that
V.ll are the mother of five sons who have
died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and faultless must be any
word of mine which should attempt to be
guile you from the grief of a loss so over
whelming ; but I cannot refrain from ten
dering to you the consolation that may lie
found in the thanks of the RI 41blie they died
to Fave.
1 pray that our Heavenly Father may as
suage the anguish of your bereavements,
and leave only the cherished memory of the
loved and lost, and the solemn pride that
must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacri
fice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, cry sincerely and respectfully,
A. LINCOLN.
To Mrs Bixby, Boston, Muss.
HATO' SICKL ER, Esq., the able editor of
the Tunkhannock [Pa.] Democrat', publishes
the following in his issue of 30th October,
18 :
deem it due to Messrs. J. C. Ayer
Cm, a: , 1 the public, to make known our
io,perhaa I. V, ' all t h e use of their Extract
Sarsaparilla in our family, Inc stating the
cireunistanees under it was taken and
its ett.cets.
When our only child, now in his third
year, was about eight months old, a sore
appeared first in small pimples on his fore
head over his nose. These rapidly increased
and uniting formed a loathsome, virulent
sore, which finally spread over his forehead
and face, not even excepting his eyelids,
which became so stolen that his eyes' wore
closed. We called a skilful physician, who
administered the usually prescribed 'reme
dies. A solution of nitrate of silver was ap
plied until the mass of corruptirn which
covered his entire face turned jet black. The
sore again and again burst through the
scorched and artificial skin formed by this
solution. Meanwhile many remedies were
employed without any apparent benefit. For
fifteen days and nights he was constantly
held by his parents to keep him from tearing
open with his hands the corrupt mass which
covered his face.
Everything having failed, we were induced
by the high recommendations of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla for the cure of Scrofulous dis
ease, to give it a trial. In his treatise on
Scrofula, Dr. Ayer directs a mild solution
of lodide of Potash to, be used . as a wash
while taking the Sarsaparilla, and it was
fhithfully applied.
Befoie one bottle of Sarsaparilla had been
given' the sore had lost much of its virulence
and commenced to heal. Another bottle of
feeted an entire cure, and the general pre
diction that the child must die was contra
dicted. His eyelashes which cane out grew
again, and his face is left - withoura scar, us
smooth as anybody's. It is unnecessary for
me,to state in how high esteem w.e hold
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. '
par Prior to the election the Democraev
claimed that New tork, CotaeetiCut, Renri7
sylvanca, Illinois, 'trisecting; Maryland Cali
fornia and Oregon were doubtful, with the
chances decidedly in favor of 2rOlellan.
The election returns have settled all doubts
on that question, except, possibly , one that
may arise in the future, as to the existence
of a' Democrat in them, Neur Y Orli has gi l Ven
the PieaideM 7,600 Majority ; , onlisylvanin
Omit 26,000; Connectibut 2;600;
0,009; .Missouri, 20,009 . ; California, 20,000;
Oregono,ooo, and Maryland, 7„591-,--Total,
'114,600., Quite, good, enough , for do9btful
. .
rfo6, Gen.,.ll l oleln'Etyee!geation
_readmit
dee. Halleek 'the seefoi 'Major . peneial
the Reg,ular . iii4ei. It in a 'alg . riqleant
that the late IrreE3idontial . ainirass hai been
the :means of:"depriving. the Army: • twe
yaeking „IlInjor,; Preiaerale--31'01ellan an 4
Frothopt. . - .
XV3s.„BecTet.ary Eit!ilitoTi has been ortouely
111,,bul ffigotilnk bettoi,
2,00 ti
-The - Next Con - giesi.
Of;tho 25 States which voted at the recent
Presidential election, there arel4 in which
the copperheads will not have in th; neat
Congresi, a slay* Repreeentative - ; and there
8 other State7s; - "Delitivare, Missottri, hrgilli
chigan, in each of Which they will have one.
This is a singular announc,ement, and yet it
iiihbsolutely so.
As the case now stands, the friends of the
Union will have in the U. S. Senate, at the
opening of the next Congress, 89 members,
and in the U. S. House of Representasives,,
143 members, hang a majority of three
fourths of each House.
Should the States now in rebellion be re
constructed and send their Representatives
to Washington, we shall still have the requi
site majority of two-thirds, in each House,
and thus secure the Amendment to thb-Con
stitution abolishing Slavery in all the States.
Who says we are not a progressive Pi3ople,
with a popular majority of more than four
hundred thousand in favor of freedom?
Vote of Vermont for President—
Official
awn f ies. Lincoln. McClellan
Addison 3567 - 1344
Bennington 2333 1021
Caledonia 2731 1115
Chittenden 3227 921
Egsex 613 385
Franklirt 2689 1156
Grand Isle 870 168
Lamoille 1760 531
Orange 3365 1701
Orletins 2703 626
Rutland 4799 1246
Washington '3683 1552
...
4188 1232
6444 1320
Windham
Windsor..
42,419
Total
The above does not include the vote of the
soldiers in the field, which will carry up Lin
coln's majority to 30,000.
The:Union majority in Vermont is more
than double tho entire Democratic vote.
1860 AND 1864
There are but few counties in Pennsylva
nia that did better in 1864 than in -1860, and
Allegheny is one of them. The vote in 1860
was as follows :
Lincoln - 16,726
Douglas 6,725
Bell 570
Breckinridge 523 7,818
Lincoln's majority
.8,907
The vote in 1854, soldiers' vote and all,
foots p thus:
Licol 11, home, vote 19,428
Soldier's vote 2,092-21,520
McClellan, home vote 11,589
Soldiers' vote 826 —12,415
Lincoln's majority in 1864
Linculn's majority' in 1860
ME
This is a small gain, we admit ; but the
majority in 18i; l was u hard one to gain On.
Our majority of that year placed us in the
front rank, then; and Philadelphia is the
only county in the Union that beats us, now.
—Gazette.
re_ rboadelphia.—The ,oldiers' vote in
Philadelphia was—Lincoln, 4,240; McClel
lan, 1,980. The total V ote of the city, in
cluding tha•soldiers' vote, is as follows;
Licoln
McClellan
Lincoln's niajori
Condition of Deserters in Canada.
That deserters from the forces of the
United States are in Canada, and can be
counted by thousands, is no new story. By
the arrival of n gentleman of this city, who
has recently boon among them., we :earn
they are in a very poor condition ; in fact,
that they are for the !mist part beggars, roam
ing where the laws allow them, tendering
their services to any person who will hire
them for their board. They are in a rugged,
miserable state, many of them being bare
footed. The day our i, formant left Queen
Victoria's territory, he saw one hundred and
fifty of these poor wretches engaged by the
Great Western Railroad Company. They
were going to work some distance up the road.
and their pay was to be simply their scanty
board.
In moving among some four hundred of
them, who were hovering around in the vi
cinity of the Suspension Bridge, many of
them, knowing his position, urged him to
intercede in their Indialf with the proper au
thorities, stating not only their willingness,
Mit their anxiety to return to their com
mands, if immunity from punishment could
be accorded to them. Ile promised to lay
their eases before the powers that be," but
learning in IldVatleA: that the government l»td
been advised of the state of things in Canada,
and is determined not to interfere in any
way, he has not presented their cases.—
ington Chrunicle.
South Carolina on the Wing
A recent number of the English Brazilian
paper gives currency to a statement that
some wealthy planters from our rebel States
were about settling in Brazil. Some had
arrived, and others were on their way, a
mong the latter being "one gentleman from
South Carolina" with a large capital. if
that solitary gentleman from South Caro
lina represented a migratory host of the peo
ple of that unhappy State, what joy there
would be throughout the great Republic.
We cannot congratulate the Emperor of
Brazil much on any emigration of this kind,
and indeed it' he only knew the peculiar
character of the people represented by this
~ o ne gentleman from South Carolina," he
would, in the apprehensions of •the future,
pay that personage more money to go away
than all his capital would amount to. The.
Brazilian province of Santa Fe is the luck
less 1 lace fixed upon by these rebels of ours
for their residence. If it does not become a
thorn in the side of the Emperor, then either
the emigration must he a deception, or the
lesson we have taught them has entered their
souls. The misfortune of the movement is
that there are so very few gentlemen left in
South Carolina to emigrate, and as they can
not realize upon their property, and cannot
carry much with them to Brazil unlesg they
do, the probability is against their going.
Missoum : Tho St. Louis Democrat, in
an editorial on the future of that State{ says:
"Like om e 'barque long cruelly vexed amid
:hazes of ice and breakers, but at length hail- 1
ing the fair prospect of an open sea and
clear sailing, Missouri now welcomes the
period when the last doubt of her status as a
member of the Union, and' as a free Taber,
commonwealth, shall be swept away- ' Once_
morealie is allowed to contemplate the glo
rious future depicted in her youthful dreams,
but which had - been almostdashed fronisight
by the hide hand of war. It may. he, and
we doubt-not it will be, that she shall AO the
purer, and happier for her trials, and, 'enjdy
richer prosperity as the fruit of her Olarni
'ties. Out of much• tribulation she -comes
forth a regenerated State, henceforth, in con- '
sequence of her sacrifices, far more devoted
than otherwise she would ever have 'been,
to the principles of Christian freed - I:KN . :and
the industrial policies of tin ,enlightened
civilization. Her code of lacini will' baying
ed; of Grime, and'her , upward, course w;11 be
truer and Swifter from the memory of past 1
folly. ' ;Itebellion is dead and 'slavery doom
ed beyor.d, reprieve . or escape in our State.
If the. war lingers, she will best perform her
veroaining share in it bylitrenuously prepar
ing, as pert of 'her work, for the career of
material and business prosperity now, ,
befOrti
- 7 -Clement L. Vallandigham itdvertiseg
that hellaik resumed the
• practice of, law in
Dayton, Ohio• • . •
7 —The eitafe .of the late Senator Douglas
has. been settled lip and leaves $14,000 for
the widow and twb children. :‘"'• • ••:
• Lataitii''Flrna.—the litrgerit'aNciiitaatit
.
at Charles Oalcfort•l dc Song, Continpntal
Ho
tel ; Phi)m)aliihTa.3m ' •
"peatliof Prot Benj. - Silliman, Sr.
' Prof. Benjamin Silliman, Sr., widely
known in Europe and in America as a phy
sician of eminent, learning and genius, died
yesterday at Nevi; Haven, tit the . ripe age of
'eighty-foci.. ---- Mr: — Silliman - was - Tthe - woe of
General Gold Sellick Silliman, wh6 render
ed his country important service during the
Revolutionary War. He graduated nt Yale
in 1798, afterwards studied law, and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1802. He afterward ac
cepted We chair of chemistry in Yale Col
lege, and visited Europe to prosecute his stud
ies in a science which was at that time almost
unknown in America. Ho returned aftef
an absence of fourteen months, and publish
ed an interesting account of his travels.
In 1807 ho Made a chemical analysis of a
metorite of greatsizeand brilliancy which had
burst in the town of Western Connecticut.
He afterward assisted Dr. Wade in his ex
periments with the oihydrogen blowpipe,.,to
which he gave the name of "compound blow
pipe," by which it is commonly known. In
1818 Professor Silliman founded the "Amer
ican Journal of Science 2 ' lnd Art,"' better
known in Europe and Americans "Silliman's
Journal," of which he remained senior edi
itor till 1846. Ho was one of the earliest
An ericans to give popular lectures on scien
tific subjects. In 1830 he visited Europe a
second time. He resigned his Professorship
in 1853, but continued to give lectures for
two years longer. He was a man of simple
tastes and active habits, and his old age was
remarkably free from mental or bodily in
firmity, and to the very last he took .a deep
interest in the progress of science, humanity
and freecom alt over the world.
A Nice "Little Bill!"
18,821
The New Orleans Times has exhumed a
a most extraordinary bill of expenses of the
Constitutional Convention of Louisiana.—
The items of the bill occupies two colum9s
of the Times. The following is the
' ''RECAPITULATION
Paid for Ice • $ 414 50
Liquors and Cigars 9,421 55
Dinner at Galpm's 63 60
Pitting up Liberty Ha11...9,150 25
Sundry articles, such as
Goblets, Wine glassses,
Dec raters, spoons, wash
bowls, pitchers, towels,
water buckets, ...... 791 60
One Pen Case for General
Banks 150 00
Daily Papers 4,237 50
Police Duty .1,901 08
Stationary 8,111 55
Bills of Sergeant-at-Arms
for labor, carriage hire,
etc 4,504 25
Sundry items of contingent
expense 236 35
Bill of Printing, erroneous,
Iy charged to "contin
gent expenses" 7,000 00
A monnt for which n
vouchers can beobtained, 608 70
9,105
8,907
IMMO
The Times is quite jocular in itscomments
upon the items of this bill. It says.—" that
we have $414 for ice to keep them cool ; but
it was too much, they were too cool—nearly
frozen ; hence, we have $9,421 5,5 for l i ,p wr ,
to thaw them out and restore warmth, and
for cigars to steady theirnerves. Some few
were more delicate than others, and when
partially restored, a little nourishment be
came necessary. Dr. Galpin was sought,—
Rome soup, shrimp, green peas, and soft
shell crabs, a dose of sweet-moats, steaks aml
potatoes. poked down with a stick of celery
poaches by the way of pills, and -berry, (la rot.
and champagne to restore the palate, with in
olive or two to give the Wine piquancy, and
a bunch of cigars "to remember their friends
by" brought the constitution of the invalids
up to Convention mark, and fitted them to
continue running up this invaluable account
and meet the exigencies of the occasion.—
Mt L how these jolly dogs must have relished
their quiet little dinner at Calpin's—their
soft-shell crabs and their hard-shell con
sciences, the green peas on which the people
were done brown, the sweet-meats which
were sour grapes to tax-payers, and the
champagne which was real grief to the com
munity."
65.791
44,02-
ÜBE
A New Army Corps to be Raised
WAsiili , roTON, 'Monday, Nov. 28, 18G4
The following order has just been issued
WAR DEe'T,
WAsiiiNuTos, Nov. 2fi, 18 , 14. f
GENERAL Mir:lts, N. 28;.—Order for
raking and organizing a new V , dunteer Ar
tily Corps.._
First: That an Army Corps, to consist of
not less than twenty thou:,and infantry, and
enlisted for not less than one year, to be des
ignated the "First Corps," shall be organ
ized in the District of Columbia, commencing
the organization on the first day of Decem
ber, 1844, and continuing until the first day
of January next, the privates to consist of
able-bodied men who have served honorably
not less than two years, and therefore not
subject to draft; the officers to be commis
sioned from such ad have honorably served
not loss than two years.
Second: Recruits will be furnished trans
portation to Washington, and will be credit
ed to the district in which they or their fam
ilies are domiciled, and will be paid a special
bounty of 'three hundred dollars from the
substitute fund, upon being mustered into
the rervico. Each recruit who preserves his
arms to the end of his term, may retain them
as his own upon being honorably discharged.
Third: Details of organization will be
proscribed by the Adjutant-General. The
,beads of bureaus will detail competent offi
cers for the prompt examination and organ
ization, arming, equipping and supplying
the corps.
Fourth: Major-Gen. Hancock is assigned
to the command of this corps, with his head
quarters at Washington.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Proposed Currency Loan
A special dispatch to the New York E1 , e71.-
iog Post, dated. Washington, Nov. 25th,
says: There is an unusual amount of spec
ulation in reference to the financial policy
Mr. Feseenden is about to recommend to
Cong(ess. I Mil informed, on excellent au
thority,
that the first thingaif not the last, )
.which he will commend to the -thoughtful
consideration of the Rouse and Senate, will
be to increase the tuxes. This was Mr.
Chase's recommendation last Juno, and he
was informed by the Committee of Ways
and Means and ,the Committee `of Finance
that the country would bear no more taxa
tion, The now Secretary agrees with Mr.
Chase, that the credit of the Government re
quires still heavier Aarn. The• details' are
not settled., •
Mr. Fessenden has been urged by promi
nent financiers to have recourse to the old
agency system as a means - of negotiating a
new loan of five hundred millions during
_the year 1865. It will be remembered that
the agents sold five hundrod'aillions of the
five-twenty bonds without trouble. They
are of the•opinlon that, currency bonds can
be sold at, the rate of two millions per day,
to say the least.
lilies been suggested that anew currency
loan, extending for three yeare, and pitying
an interest of ten per cant. (in currency(, be
put'upon the market: The gold-bonds cost
thelgoverninent mere tharrthirteett ptiVeent.-
Mr. Fessenderi is averse to paying?Ver seven
thirty'per cent., and it is the opinion of some
of the ablest linairciel 'mph wliciietdVice. to
eceasiehrillY Secks,,that, if, it is announced
'that no more:gold..bonds-, if,,
lie issued Cif
der any circumstances; curronerbends
be sold,suelotent. to meet the deniandaTof the
gOiernment, 6speciallyit the taxes be so in
creased as to give an internal revenue of fotir
hundred millitiiieleir . annurri,,, • ,;• '
-
atm.Lionts's HATa.-All the hiteat styles"
at Charles Oakford & Sons, Continentally
telo • 3 m , ;•
REIIARKAELE INCENDIARIBM.
SEVERAL HOTELS SET ON FIRE
A concentrated and skillful attempt was
made last night by secessionist thieves, con
spirators and incendiaries -to- set on lire - our
principal hotels, though, fortunately—at this
time of writing-. 12; 15 a, m.—without suc
cess in any instance; the 'efforts of the con
spirators being in each case foiled by the ear
ly discovery of the fires and, hofdre the flames
had gathered any dangerous strength. So
far as our present information goes, the plan
of operations seems to have been for the in
cendiary to pile together in some one of the.
upper rooms of a hotel, bed clothes and other
combustible materials and having soaked
them with turpentine or sprinkled them with
phosphorus to set them on fire; then having
locked the door, to disappear taking the key
with him. That the community has been
saved from the terrible loss of property and
life which might have been expected to at
tend such a plot, by its fortunate and early
discovery, is a matter for profound thank
fulness.
At 8:43 last evening the news ‘913 telo
graphedto the different police stations that
a tire had been discovered on the third floor
of the St. James Hotel, Twenty-sixth st. and
Broadway. The room in which it was dis
covered was locked, and on the door being
forced, the bed was found sprinkled with
phosphorus, the bedclothes and other articles
in the room piled together on the floor, with
a number of Weiler snatches alight. Hap
pily the tire was soon extinguished, the dam
age done being trilling.
At p. m. Barnum's . Musetun was
found to be on tire on the stairs leading to
the third floor. This Wins, after a little
trouble, extinguished.
At 8:36 p. m. news comes across the city
that rooms Nos. 129 and 140 of the St. Nich
olas Hotel are on iiro. T hu same difficulty
with the doors is hero experienced, and on
forcing an entrance, when the flames are ex
tinguihed similar traces of an attempted ar
son are found to exist. Both the rooms were
badly burnt, the damage done amounting to
nearly $2,500. The tire was extinguished
by the tire-brigade of the establishment, un
der the directions of the proprietor.
At 9 :20 fire was discovered in one of the
rooms of the Lafarge House ; a fire evident
ly planned in exactly the same manner, and
attempted through the same agencies of phis
phonic and turpentine, but being early dis
covered was put out with a trifling damage.
At 10.13 the Metropolitan Hotel was found
on the ; the lire again being, on 11110 of the
upper floors, but being curly discovered was
easily put out, the damage iu this case being
but small.
A t 10.30 p. ut., ft room on the fifth floor
of Lovejoy's Hotel, with door locked, was
found in !buses, to the great consternation
of the guests, many of whom had retired to
rest ; but by the energetic, courageous, and
parsi , tent erlorts of the domestic. and Mr.
Huggins, the proprietor, the lire wits got on
dor before it had spread to any other of the
rooms.
At 12 o'eloel: an :thinly of lire wa; cieeond
time rai,e(l I,ovejoy's Hotel, when a room
on the fourth floor NV/0; I . (atitd on fire, flame ,
issuing fornt the bed. Alarm ‘v.is viven at
once, alai by the efforts (it the liec,rile or the
11,-15te.l by such of the 11 . 01 . 0
011 010 si/01, thell W;1,
AL the, I'll , oolll 11 11 1 1 01.1 11 V:1)1 , 0 11:1`.
11 . 01 . 10:01 . 4`11 in 10' I'oolll WIIICII 111 1/...•11
tiro: in its,lop 0111 chlth,s 111111 :1 11w r 111
i k nl.edin 511111 51 , 111tion pholiho.
rlIs; euiuli , lit $1 stroitg that tylien the valiiie
talodt 14, Ite.ithittarteri, opened,
and the gaiter.;' thrown on the floor, they
bunt lilt, 11 1111111,.
$46,395
TWO 't\ la-t night I,y the
((no..w.e, that 4 . 0 . a wom zi n who w,o.
teen to leave the fit. N her ,
the lire wit, disco \ eyed, and wa,,nt.xt seen to
leave the Larrago [(„use, when almost im
mediately alter her departure a tire wa;
covered there also. The woman b known,
but we are reque , ted not to gave imy particu
lars rospeetim; her at present. 'rho other
person wa, at man, at pre,ent unknown, who
wa , arrested :it the
,M - etropolitam,
I)uring the ON ening Chi, I-Engineer Deck
er telegraphed to all
,the principal hotel, in
the city to Intro twelve or littt:eit pails of wa
ter on each floor ready for any emergency,
advice which was in most aleitances followed.
The damage at the Metropolitan Ifotel
will amount to more than ~s 3 'rite tire
was in room No. hill.
About a itlni ht n fire wns di,c.,vorod in
room No. •_'B of the Bolmont
fit. , but wln soon extinguished. 'l • hn dam
age will not, 0x,...nd a-nal bottle of
phosphorus wits discovered in betwet•n the
two beds when the thwuts lint been put out.
At 12.30 a. tn. the tirellloll. returning from
the Belmont na<e, discovered flames in one
of the rooms on the fourth floor of Tammany
Hotel. On entering, the lire was found to
be in room No. 111$.
'rho dour was locked, and the flames on en
tering were found to to oeeed frolu the bed
as in the other eases, the weans of ignition
bein•; again n bottle of phosphorus. The
damage will perhaps equal 6100 from life
and water.
Strict watch tens kept at all the In,lol dur
ing Ili ,t, the .tb,or_s -1114 , 4 of Ilunu
being kept locked noel ,c 1 ati 1. , ) pre
vent the adini. , siun tdf anv pers"us
nut ho
t.w•,ing t. the hourw, tehilo tunny 1,1 the
gu,t, preferred to up :ill night in pref . -
tTcll(24 . In taking the chance of being caught
aslevp ,hould an alarm be given during the
night.
Th, detecti% e force under Chief John S.
Young were of course on the alert, and it was
through their inhtrumentality that the two
arrests before referred to were made. The
prisoners were detained during last night et
Police illmelquarters, preparawry to their
examination this morning. —Tribune.
Another Centenarian Voter
Mr. Win. McFarland, of Cowanshannoek
township, in this county, is, we are inform
ed, 104 years of age.,ana, for one of his years,
is still quite. vigorous. lie voted for Gener
al Washington and at every Presidential
election since. Like Deacon Phillips, and
numerous other patriarchs, he voted, on the
Bth inst., far Abraham Lincoln. lie abomi
nates rebels and their syrnimthizers as he did
the tories in his youth. 1 lie pristine fires of
patriotism still glow in the breasts of the
venerabie men who passed through the fiery
ordeal of the Revolution. May they all live
to see our present terrible ordo• 1 safely pass
ed and permanent union and peace restored.
While the train was stopping at a small
place near - Weldon, a robust Georgia troop
er hailed one of the many loungers about the
election with . : 'Say, you tar-heel, gut any
tar for sale ? The native so addressed an
swered rather shortly Lb his 'gallant defend
or,' No, sir-ee." W -a-I-I, you've got some
pitch here, haven't you?" 'Nary pitch,' an
swered the. Sand hiller. 'Well, then, What
have yclu done with lent ; for, you know you
liveon sich stuff About this time the long,
lean specimbfr of a tar-maker brightened up
and replied, 'Well, we sold all we had to
J Davis.'Phe Georgian, thrown olf his
guard, could not resist asking, 'Why, what
did old Davis want with all that tar? Quoth
the man of pitch, 'Why, you Georgians run
so, that he had to buy something to make
you stick.'—N. Y. Evening Pest.
OFFICIAL VOTE.—The following is
the official vote for President arid Vice Pres
ident in Cumberland county ;
McClellan. Lincoln
Home vote, -4,013 8,24.3 ,
Army vote, 345'- 861
'4,858 8,607
•
8,607
NEnjority,
I. s unaoNs Livana in cities' begin to wear
glasses etirlier'than country people, from the ,
wnnt of opportunities of looking 'at •thin'gs'
at a diatance,i, Those Who wish ,to put •clif,
the r ,evil . dc r y_of_ simetaqes,. should_ aceustenk:
themsqvcs to long.ymws. The e,yeis always,
relieved, 'itnit-Aees betier; if, after reading, a,-;
while, w'o:3 direct the Sight; to some • ftir: i dii-;
twit 'objeet; ' &Von 'for; aildinte:" traki-1
eters and , hunters are, seldom 'near-sighted.;
llumholt at-eighty-sevehccuild recd. unaid
ed: Sailors discern objects at ., 'groat dis
tango with - eonsiderable:.disiinetness . when •
'a common eye sees nothing _
Gsrur&anc.tes t.ho latest styloa
Obarlea Oakfoyd Bone, Continental Ho'-`
tel Philadelphia, — 4 l - 11 • -
Southern Wit
NEWS FROM SOUTPERN
PAPERS
WHAT ABOUT RH ERMAN? INDICATION'S AND
lIINTB OF His TRI UNI PLIANT MARCH A
LOUD CALL FOR HELP.
From Richmond papers of the 23d inst.,
we gathei the following items:
FROAI GEORGIA.
From the Dispatch, Not. 23
We have no official information fiom Geor
gia. From such intelligence as reaches us.
through what we deem trustworthy sources,
we conclude that Sherman's main army is
operating in the country embraced bemoan
the railroads running from Atlanta to Au
gusta, from Atlanta to Macon, and the Geor
gia and Central Railroad. Ho is in the very
heart and center of the State, his infantry
colummi marching on Milledgeville. While
this is the direction of his main column, one
body of his cavalry has advanced to within
a short distance' of Augusta, and the other
has struck the Georgia Central road, leading
from Macon to Savannah, at two points—
within a few miles of Macon, and at Gordon,
the junction of the Georgia Central and Gor
don and Milledgeville branch Railroads.
On Sunday, a body of our cavalry, under
Wheeler, attacked his cavalry at Gordon,
but with what result we have been unable to
ascertain.
Sherman is everywhere laying waste the
country with tire au d sword, showing clear
ly that it is his determination to take no step
backward. His fiiree, cavalry included, is
not believed to exceed thirty thousand mn;
and it seems certain that, if vigorou s meas
ure; are taken by our generals, he must be
checked and destroyed. It is impossible he
should be able to support his army on the
country—a fact which alone must very soon
embarrass him sorely.
Most people seem to have very little idea
of the situation of the railroads in the coun
try in which Sherman is now operating. AVe
will endeavor to make it as clear as we can.
Two railroads, beside the Chattanooga,
which runs north, have their rise in Atlanta.
The Georgia Railroad runs nearly due east,
strikes the South Carolina boundary at Ham
burg; becomes thence the South Carolina
Railroad, and termintite'S in Charleston. The
Macon Railroad runs from Atlanta due south
to Barneville; thence et right angles to its
former course in an easterly direction to Ma
con. Thence to Savannah, pursuing a near
ly, south-eastern course, runs the Central
Railroad. At Gordon, on the.Gentral Rail
road, about fifteen miles east or M:icon, a
branch railroad run; through Milledgeville
to a phiee called &amnion. This place is a
bout fifteen iniles fro n t Madison, 011 the Geor
gia Railroad. It is-said that a portion of
Sherman's Army went out as fitr as Madison,
on the Georgia Vailroad, and leaving it,
struck across to Eaten ion, the immediate ob
ject being Milledgeville, the capital of the
State. It is hi•lieved that Sherman himself
pursued the Macon Railroad until he cone
to Griffin, several miles above Barneville,
and thence struck to Gordon. avoiding )1:L
-em, altogether, and by this movoment plae
ing his whole force in the rear of it. The
Georgia Railroad terininati , at A ugu;ta._
Ilam burg, the South Carolina town, is on the
oppo,ito side of the river.
We give th,e po,itions inerolv that the
realer 11111 V ht. 1.1111: 11 , 1 It, 1 . 111 Wiwi] Ow
I , lllH•ling_ ll.' Wilt nod in the it , w -
pap r•.
'l'l IE NE \\r
l'rom the Iticluu.l,l F. u,iuu er.
The rains having pllt, :rdeterniiried stop to
11.11 immediate military operation , in Virgin
ia. G..orgia now concentrate:: tli' 1•011111111'.1
Utitil the p,.esent year,
the people of . ...stat • knew 11,011111 U: of th ,
horror-, of 5 , 11 not until the fall of
„11ianta were they fully alive to the realities
which war had intro , tl e t • 11 in th e ir
As nothing, however, lins occurred in the
pig history of the State, save the weak lit
teralleos of a few chiltli,lL men, co indicate
that she will not bear up proudly i as other
States have done, under the heel of the in
vader, we Cllll hilt extant that she will emu
late her long-suffering sisters, imw that the
true hour of her trial is come. Shi•rman is
marching into the heart of the State; us yet,
his inokTillents have met with but littleresis
tamp, a fact whit-hi may be explained by the
necessity the situation demands drawing
him otf, as far :as possible, from the only
point to which he could rea s onably look for
tmecor.
Ile linty. nninoleQted, capture of 6,
interior lt , W11:, as 11,3 captured others, in the
norlhorn part of the State, during' th.• SIIIII
mvr campaign. It is not at all improbable
that he nay take the capital of the State,
and, perhaps move thence upon Savannah or
Augusta, with an ultimate eye to CI arleston.
It was rumored yesterday that he had moved
in a single column from Forsyth to Milledge
ville; that his cavalry had made a descent
upon the Macon and Milledgeville Railroad,
at Gordon, and that even the town of Mill
edgoville was already in their possession.—
Although this is not confirmed by any otli
cial information, it is by no means unlikely;
for, altholth Port th is nearer to Macon than
to Mill l el illo , a detour to the let • t for the
latter point would be 21 very strategic move,
.and would apparently give-Shw•ntan the ad
\ antage of the lead ~r llou I s ,tiny, at it
safe di,tance ahead, were that army out af
ter him, and Wert' he forced to reteat.
The probability of being pursued by any
other army has scarcely entered his calcula
tions. While keeping the Atlantic coast in
view, as the object of his expedition, with
sonic convenient interior towns to give a
caste to his performance, he appears to move
upon a line which will give him plenty of
room in case of d filet' ty in nuivin.t. direct
from his abandoned base, and hazarding ev
erything in ease of a repulse. In case of the
occupation of Milledgeville, therefore, Sav
annah, and Charleston will be evidently the
objective points of the expedithin, both or
either. That combinations are in progress,
however, to foil the purposes of the enemy,
there can be no coubt; and we may expect
to hear in a few days some definite account
of them. A decisive ntove cannot long be
delayed.
SHERMAN'S OPERATIONS
From tho Ittypiror, Nov. 23.
It is anion.. the many novel and curious
features of the present war, that for a week
and more the two belligerent parties have
been kept in equal ignorance of the plans,
a -d even the position, of two powerful ar
mies. This is all the more rein or Ii able, us
the Northern Press, though shackeled, is
still full of energy and enterprise, and our
own journals are restrained only by consid
erations of discretion and public policy. But
the vast territory over which the op rations
of this war extend, the sparse population of
the. South-West, and the effectually broken
lines of communication, explain the perplex
ing obscurity, in which the - maneuvers of
Hood and Sherman are shrouded. 'We know,
in our midst, tolerably well what the inten
tions of our own General are. Brave and
... bold in execution, experienced, and guided
by the master mind of Beni/regard, in his ge
neral plans, his westward move may puzzle
us, buteannot cause any apprehension. W hat
he has concealed from his wily adversary, we
shall, of course, not make known through
our colunms, especially as nothing but a
change in the weather, with the hoped,for
improvement in the roads, is wanting to de-.
volop his plans, and, we.trust, bring them to
a happy issue.
It is differeht -, 'ith Sherman's purpose in
marching out of Atlanta, which seems to bo
unknown to the NOrth,, and is: probably in
its general outlines aloud dictated, by'Grant
and the powers above him. Its general char
,aeter, howeve - Orilrotdiffieult to guess, from
a military point of war; ,foi; after all, war is
not a mere game of 'Contingencies, but - a soi
once, and as such, subjected to fixed rules,
which no good General--will violate, as he
knows but Nib well how surely the penalty
follows tho neglect of certain first priuciPlcs•
Thus it fis. evident enough that Sherman has
tried for the:last .months, and tried :under
most, aggravating difficulties, to hold, by the
railroad, which forms his Main line of com
maiiicationwith his base' at Nashville: In
doing,this, ho had.to contend with,tini dash
ing attacks of Forrest t the steadypressuio of
'all aronnd WM; his own army :Was exhaust
ed by incessant marches and counter-marches,
'decimated by continued fighting Mid Wasting .
•distiese; and, finally:roducell to one half by
#lo' political exigeriClos . ofrthe Presidential
ffiCetion. Still ho,htia held' tix;:
treraity, without :resuming tho - offensive 'at ,
one point, but walting,patiently,to take ad
vantage of any errors which the young, zeal
ous. General on his' flank 'might - commit in
: his operations on' an inamenseleircumferenee
around:it. lle‘luts either been.-disappointed
in'this eXpeetationi:or ha: has:been unable,
from want of man pr . ;of skill, to take advan
tap of them: This or4,he has gained, and
it is no small gain to him, with his plans for
the Winter, that Hood is for off to the West,
only feebly threatening,his rear and his flank,
and with the hostile tinny under Thomas be
tween him and Atlanta. -It maybe that this
is the position which Sherman had in view
when he boasted that ho Would soon have
Hood where he wanted hint. It is certain
that his pursuit has beerC`but a series of
feints, and that the door to West Tennessee
was purposely left open to allure the eager
looks of cm.: gallant men in that direction.
In the meantime, Sherman has found out
what was long ago predicted on our side, that
Atlanta could no longer be considered as the
pivot of an army, which is unable to find
stibsistence in that exhausted country. It
can never be made.a strong place, because it
is commanded by. surrounding hights; it
could easily have been taken during the
three days when our troops wo before it, if
they had been in stronger force. Besides, to'
make it a valuable point d' appui, it would
require to be re-stored with ammunition and
provisions, which his now impossible to intro
duce. Nor could it be any longer consider
ed as a great depot, fur the railroad being
destroyed, or seriously threatened with con
stant attacks, it becomes valueless as such.
Having, therefore, recruited and reorganized
his army, and having drawn ample supplies
from his base of operations as well as from
the scanty remnants of the country arouadi
him, he resmnes his march Southwasd.--
What may be the ultimate end of this haz
ardous but brilliant enterprise, is,.of course,'
not known to the public; it is most likely,.
we think, not finally determined upon by
Sherman himself.
This much only is certain, that he will try
to possess liiinself first to Macon. Success in
the maneuver would bring him to valuable
advantages, besides the mere prestige of oc
cupying the town and destroying whatever
may be valuable there to our Government..
He could thus obtain command of the rail--
roads, which lead front Mayen eastward to ,
Augusta and the seat of Government, and
westward to the Missis s ippi, thus effectually
destroying our communications with the
Trans Mississippi Department. lie would,
moreover cut oft' Hood and his army from
his base of operations, his supplies and his
means of conferring with the seat of Govern
ment. In these aspects the move is a form
idable one, and it is no use to shut our eyes
willfully to the danger; far better look it in
the face and prepare for resistance with vig
or and dispatch. It is nut unlikely that
Sherman may hope even more from the
inoral effect of such a success on the minds
of the people of Georgia. In this, we are
assured Ire will be bitterly disappointed, and
anon discover how far he has been misled
by well meant but Meantim; expressions of
certain high officials.
We are equally sure that as soon as Sher
man's true intentions beemne sufficiently
known to prepare for counter-movements,
Georgia will rise, from the Governor to the
buinlite-t citizen, in ?elf-defence and manly
resistance. She will ',how the same incom
parable energy and vigor, with which the
people of v,r g iniit have risen in arms : the
siuni• concord which here prevails between,
the authority, and the people and the same
thsintere.stedness with which separate inter
ests hate been sacrificed to Limon() great and
sacred perpese. Sherman ?nay do great
harm. 11,- may emulate th • destruction of
She: .ildn iii our \ . Leidy imitate Na
poli-m.4 it,hotodn only r in carrying of all
rattle, to burn the woods and destroy the
fruit trees. for such is w r it and its horrors.
Geergia will have to taste the hitter cup,
that has so long been lit ourlips. ller coun
try War lie ravaged, her.fields may be wast
ed, th e tear, of the fatherless and the It flow
in her mourn oVer 0 , 00-blooded
; hut her revenge is at hand, and
the opportunity t. show her loyalty, her
gallantry• and all her highest virtues, is at.
nand. Fur Sherman will pace himself in
the most, perilous position that can well be
conceived. Ile trie s to strain the system of
pushing forward and making war sustain
war to the utmost. He has cut himself oft'
irrevocably from his line of conintlinientions;
\ cry, rely weeks' warfare must exhaust all
In- rostiurees. and the Very magnitude of his
l'erces will paral ‘ze them. from the failure of
the muniments it war." The further his
army, a movable column of 11111.1611a1 size,
reinoVes free) his base, the greater the diffi
culty of eol,port, even it - :,applies are still in
the country. The neeesslty of providing
foe their ors n wants, it i, well known form
military experivnce, inevitably fatal to
military discipline and L , ubordination; it
loads to individual pillage, and demoraliza
tion. The simplest arms put into to the
hands of reserves, militiamen and boys will
enable the people of Georgia to cut off the
enemy's foraging parties, to intercept his
communications With the different parts of
his colnnin, to harrass him on the dank and
in the rear, and thus do him more injury
than he would receive in ft pitch battle.
THE MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN
The latest reliable intelligence from the
front, in Georgia says The Macon Intilligenc
er 4 ow 'so, inst., we have received from
it gentleman who left Griffin last night
at o'clock. Gen. Wheeler
fought die euenty---w ho was advancing with
a tire' estimated at from 250:00 to 40,000 in
two columns, one on the NleDonough and
the other 111 Ihe Jonesboro' Road—at Bear
Creek, ten miles alive Griffin, until late in
the evening, when he fell hack to Griffin.
and was passing through that city on its
right when our informant left. Our infan
try forces were falling back to Barnesville•
It is probable, at the time we write, that
Sherman occupies Griffin and will rapidly
demonstrate upon this city, jid perhaps
Milledgeville. It is reported thot Sherman
has applied the torch to a large portion of
Atlanta, and has burnt Jonesboro', also Mc-
Donough. It is also reported that ho has
destroyad the Railroad from Atlanta to the
Chattahooche and burnt the bridge at the
river on the road. The foregoing we deem
to be reliable information, and it is all we
deem to be reliable information, and it is all
we have at the time we write. It is evident
that Sherman has inagurated it winter cam
paign and that Georgia is the field which ho
designs to desolate. , '
A BONFIRE TO GOV. BROWN—ISIS
Bo USE B REED.
The same paper learns that Gov. Brown's
residence, in Canton, Cherokee County, em
bracing his commodious dwelling-house,
kitchen, outhouses, &e., together with his
office building, were all burned to the ground
by the vandal foe, alew days ago. The of
ficer in command of the vandals who wore
sent to execute the work they so ruthlessly
performed, allowed the family who were
living on the promises at the time, only fif
teen minutes to remove the furniture from
the house, and all that was not removed with
in that time was devoured by the fialnes.—
The same party burned the courthouse, jail,
academy and both the hotels, and about two
thirds of the best dwelling and business hous
e;
,
in Canton. A force of some three or four
thousand of the vandals was within is mile
or two of the town. While some seventy of
the band were sent into the town, under an
officer, with orders to burn the - houseof Gov.
Brown, tho public buildings, and the houses
of all who have been prominent Southern
men.
"WHAT OF THE NIGHT."
The Agusta Constitutionalist of the 18th,
under the abovecapHon says :
"Our city on yesterday was full of rumors,
and as evening came on, a general buzz went
through the whole community. The truth
is, the rumor comes so direct and positive
that Sherman is marching from Atlanta on
Macon, and probably on this.city, in two
columns, and with four or ilve . corps,- that by
0 o'clock last night it was very generally be
hayed. Our otlice was full of our staid and
sturdy citizens, discussing the pros and cons,
The general belief is that Sherman was yes,
ferday with_ part of -his army At Jonesboro'
1 and AfeDonougli, and piiit near Covington,.
that lie had burned Remo, Marietta, ;Atlan
ta, the bridge over, the Chattahoochee, -and
was 'louring up the' railroad' behind him.
Our careful:And thoughtful opinion of this
whole mutter is that if General Sherman is
ad•Varcing' with even 30,000 men, his 'aria-
Tnunition -- -awk provision train, to-put it at
thaldweiit "encumber him
-that a foroa-of talk-thousand 'determineilinen
-can before the army advances opp I;t4> dod
miles, Make it ti,retreatirreandAisifirgaiii4ed
one. He cannot have in - his-trairii.for.
am
•munition- alone, less thensthree hinedred.wag
ons and at least three hundred 'More for dai
ly forage and proinsiOns, allowing his then
to carry all they cat:. With this trainthe
must at all events mop o bdow)Y ..
carefully. In- the -meantime, , our A,roops,
scattered: everywhere; can be Collected ; South
Cariolina,'Whe is threatoned
.