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VOL. 1/ OAMDKN, S. P., AY, DEC. 38,1864: ZN"0. 149 ? Terms of Subscription. Daily paper per month $3.00 " 41 for Six Monlhd . ' * $15.00 "Weekly, $5.00 >?. Rates for Advertising: TT - r. xw ouo square? twelve lines or less?TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS lor the first insertion, and TWO DOLLARS . for each'stlbseqeujit. O.BiTUJLiit Notices, exceeding one square, charged at advertising rates. ^Transient Advertisements and Job "Wor?r MUST BE J^ PAID FOR IN ADVANCE No deduction made, except to our regular ndvortisng patrons. Columbia, S. 0., December, 1864. Editors Guardian and South Carolinian : You will please give, place in your columns to the enclosed correspondence. Respectfully, JAMES GARDNER, | J. HARLESTON READ. Columbia, Decoiribcr 12, 1804. IV. II. Trescoft, Esq-?Sir : As my official > terra is about to close, leaving me free to'at- ! teiul to matters personal to myself, I invite your attention to a correspondence between us in September, 1863. Two paragraphs of your letter of September 29th, are offensive and un- j just to me. The first is as follows : "You have taken advantage of your official j position to commit an act both of injustice and j discourtesy." The second is as follows : "Having thus stated the facts as they are, I ; have only to express my regret that neither ' the obligations of your high office, nor the trn- I ditional courtesy which belongs to those w ho j have heretofore discharged its duties, should -I 1 ? * nave suggest a course of proceeding, which, i ^ while it secured you-the fullest jtifetiee, wontd i have been more in keeping with the tone and | t temper that have hitherto marked the relations ! of the gentlemen of the State." j In view of my letter of September 30th, sot- ' ting forth both the facts as they existed and the j object of my telegram of 20th September-to Mr. j Seddon, I respectfully ask a withdrawal of this ; language. This will be banded to you by my friend, 1 Col. James Gardner, of Augusta Your obedient servant, (Signed) M. L. BONII AM. i Columbia, December 12, 1SG1. I Hon. M. L. Bonham, rtc., <?v., dr..:?Sm : . I have received your letter of the 12th of De- j ccmbcr, requesting the withdrawal of certain j language in my letter to you of the 29th Sep- i tender, 1803, and referring to your letter of j the 3t)th September, in reply thereto as furnishing the masons why I should ""withdraw this i language." Allow me to call to your altcn- i tion, that when you addressed me tlmt letter yoi%distinclly closed the correspondence. Reopening it, as you now do, gives me the opportunity to he perfectly frank. I wrote you my letter of the 29th, under the impression that you had, in the manner in which you proceeded, done me injustice and discourtesy. Your letter of the 30ih, stating thht,. neither in your telegrams or message, had you made any pcr^ sonal imputation oil any one, I did not understand as relieving me Of that impression. For i I never charged ycfo with imputing to me dis- j honorable conduct, but complained of the of fensive manner in which I thought you under took to correot-my stntomonts. Your preBont rcferoncc to that letter allows me tt>iunderstand it? as meant to indicate that in your conduct there was no personal offence. With thrttf nnrfersfcnndihor 1 p.liAfM-MKr ? -j itmnaii I the language used under a- misapprehension of i your purpose. Respectful I v, (Signed) WM: HENRY TRESCOTT. CoLiTMiitA, December 12, 1864. W. H, Trescotty J?sq^.? Sin: I lmvo the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note 1 oi this dhfcd: While there was nothing, as I.conceive,.in my letter of the 30th September, 1863, either clotting the correspondence or precluding your withdrawing, in your subsequent letter of the same date, tnc offensive language referred to, I nevertheless accept its withdrawal now, aa satisfactory. Respectfully, your obedient servant^ ^ (Signed) M. L. BONHAM. VAMWtiJN DAILY JOURNAL 1 FRIDAY DEC. 23. l&The C. S. Depository of Savannah has been removed, sv fpr prudential rensofls, to Charleston, and is located, for the present, at the Arsenal. L Columbia axd Hamburg Railroad.?The Columbia la Guasdiav, "in vi?v? of possible events ie this State," '1 vq liririnrv *!*?-? - .w luu iiuuiiuiuio construction ol a direct rail- rc road from Columbia to tho Savannah river, opposite to Augusta. T ?? ?^ ? w Situation* at Mohilk.?Despatches received in 1' Montgomery 011 the 11th, from Mobile, reported the enemy in force within twenty miles of Mobilo. Gen. McCullough, of Missouri, was keeping th^jn back as w well as his limited numbers enabled him to do, but it n i was apprehended that his brigade was too weak to uc- b eomplish tlie defeat and turning back of the Yankees, st The Yankees say tive of their gunboats in Mobile mail - st tain a position only three and a half miles from tho li city. Near Dog Itivejr bar, a little below the city, tho- tl Confederates have important earthworks, off which lies It the gunboat Morgan; the only ono of their fleet which l i escaped capture in the engagement, with Admiral Fa itraout. . * 11 Evacuation of Savannah.-?Th& Courier of yoster. s< day says: Authentic intelligence received Wedncs- ! day states that Savannah was successfully evacuated Tuesday night. All our troops were brought out safely. General Hardee and Staff had arrived at Hai dee- tl ville. We have very little details of tlio evacuation.? tl The news in relation to our iron chids is contradictory, w but it is gencral'y believed tliey were blown up to prevent their falling into tho hands of die enemy.? n About thirteen locomotives in the w*ahops of the n Central Railroad at Savannah were destroyed. Fas- ^ sc-ngers report that Kiluatriok's cavalry had gono in the direction of Thomasville. , There was heavy lighting around tho lines at Savannah on Monday ayd Tuesday'. Tho enemy mndo several assaults, hut were ? each time repulsed with considerable loss. It was icported that the enemy on Tuesday succeeded in cutting our conmumicntiou at Screven's Ferry, but that it . was subsequently re-established. ^ Wheeler's cavalry had been stationed to guard the ^ ferry, and it was reported had driven the onomv < IV.? * - . . - II Only s* Siiinll force ol' cJl.OCl'M's Yankee corps was be- j licvt-U to bo ??n this sulu of l!:e ttavauimli river. The main body of the enemy, however, were in front <>( our |j interior Uncs around &he ci\v. ^ TtiR'l' Af.L of Clehi'uxk.?A iiobl.-r ami a braver soldier nevef breathed tlie atmospheres of the battle field than Major Central Patrick \ Cleburne, tvlio fell in tlic fit^lit of llarpctb p Creek. General Cleburne's history, civil and milita1 yr is too well known throughout the whole e biographical sketch at our hands, lie was an \ Irishman by birth, and a Southerner by adop- p] tion?a soldier from choice and by education, lie served when quite a youth in ' the British p| service, where was inculcated those soldierly qualities of discipline and training which have t rendered him distinguished in the picsent war. c When he first emigrated to this country he p settled, in Arkansas, where he studied and practiced law, and iti that profession had previous it l r 1 . t ... n; liiu siruggic, lonnca a partnership with the Ic present Major Gen. T. G. llindiuan. ii When the war commenced, he enlisted as a I private, was made Captain of his company, I. was afterwards elected Colonel of his regiment, and from one grade to another gradually rbse to the eminent position he held at the time of ? his fall. Anionw his contemporaries h'c was dissinguished for soldierly qualities, anJ for a correctness of judgment in the council of war j and upon the field of action, which gave his opinion great weight and .nfluence. He en- j dearcd himself to his devoted troops, and was j the admiration and respect of every soldier in the army, by attention to their general wcU , fare and by bis gallant bearing upon the field, ^ aud bis cool, intrepid behavior in the hour of 1 lilt tin rIMio onll nfpi- linp ?w.4 4 " a ? * ^ iuv/ 1/u.iiiu^ mm IIVH llM.it I Ui;U rt S^IVH* i ter losssincc the death of the. lamented Jackson. The army of Tennessee nionrus the loss a of its right arm, which has twice saved it from l> disaster. The Confederacy weeps over the he- s< roic form of her adopted sort.?Mont. Mail. \] Tho new capital of Italy, Florence, is to be fortified at a cost of thirty million of francs. i 'our Tltvuiaitd Confederate-* Cross the Cumberland Itiver info Slenlucliy. A telegram from Cairo, dated the 10th inst., ivs: On the Oth instant, th?a rebels under Gen* yon captured the Government transport Titos* . Tutt, at Cumberland City, on the Cumber" nd river, twenty miles above Fort Donelson*. he Tutt was used for crossing the river. The diets arc on tbe march into Kentucky. Their ?rce is estimated at four thousand men. The utt was loaded with Government, forage, and as burned to tbe water's edge after the rebels ad crossed the river. Another telegram fays: 'When last heard from he was moving, toards llopkinsville. Ivy., and threatening that lace. If he attacks that point, the garrison, eing small, will be compelled to fail bach tn .*? longer position. Breckinridge's position ?ems to l>e~in doubt. A loyal gentleman says e is at Sparta. Tennessee, with about ten 1 tousand incc. This gentleman speaks of what e knows, and the tact indicates that Brechin- < dgc intetuls to reinforce Hood, anil, if possi- j lo, reach the main rebel army ; but the movcicnt ot a portion of our troops, under Stonelan and Burbridge, indicate tliat he will have une difficulty in forming a junction with lood. Speech ok Gen. Foiu:i-:st.?Gen. Forrest is ic most eloquent of men, because he speaks trough actions that are ever loader than ( o 'orris. W hen he plays orator in the-common < ,yle, he does not livable himself about the icetics, but gets very veil to the point. Witess the following. A correspondent of the loiitgomery A fail says: Florence, Ala., November 15.?The army < f Georgia is now the army of Tennessee.?Villi shout after shout and to the stirring tones t drum and fife, we parsed from the South anlc to the disputed terrirory upon the Northrn shore. Forrest, ami Ilood made speeches last night ) a crowd of sevcnaders. Listen to the old ar dog: *'\Vell, soldiers, 1 come here tojint on. I'm r/wiiic to show you the .way into Ten es-oe. My conscripts arc going, ai:d I know lood's veterans will go. *T came down here with three hundred and fty men. I got thirty live bundled conscripts, iinee May 1 have fought in every County in Vest Tennessee. I fought in the streets of I em phis, ami the women run out in their night lollies t/> see us, and thcv will do it again in iashville. 1 have fought a battle every tweny live days. I have seen the Mississippi run ,ith blood for two hundred yards, and I'm tc>ue to see it, again. I've enpture I seventy ight ]?ieees of aitillcry ami sixteen thousand' 'ankees, and buried twenty five hundred of l.em ?" It is needless to say tint every sentence of I lis charactcjistic speech elicited a shout. He i not gifted with the oratory of Csesnr, hut if lie old Roman would take a peep from his ofiin some frosty morning, lee would learn a c\v lesson in the ait of war. Important to Chaklkstonians.?The Clinrsston Courier of Friday contains the foilowlg order: I nun's 2d and 3d Sm-Disrnicra, S. C. )ep't of S. Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Charleston, S. C., Dec. 14, 18G4. [ K xt It act.] \ fecial Orders No. 08. * * * * * * * I. On no account will non-combatants be alnved to enter the city of Clia* lcston except i ti passing through to more interior portions of ic State, after the promulgation of this orer. ? II. All slaves whose owners are now living eyond the limits of the city of Charleston, exempt one slave to take charge of real estate, i hieh such owners have left unprotected, will e at once removed from the city. If in fifteen days lifter the issue of this order ny sneh are still found in the dity, they will e at once arrested and sent out of the city to jek their owners. * * * -It v: * >y command of Maj. Gen. Ransom, i WM. F. NANCE, Assistant. Adjutant General. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH . - 1" ? -? ? - - - - r *-~r * REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION". I Entered according to the Act of Congress in the jcar 1863. by J. S. Tiihashku. ifi the Clerk's office offlitj District Couit of the Confederate StateS for the Northern District of Georgia. . Richmond. Doc. 20.?the woch ? "Chronicle," of tlie-18th, has been received by the "Whig." Stanton's official bulletin of the 17th says dispatches were received today from Foster, who had a pel^onal interview with Sherman, on the 14th, at Fort McAllister. Savannah was closely besieged and its capture is confidently expected. It was to be summoned to surrender in two days and if not surrendered, Sherman would open his batteries upon it. Fos ( tci r. ports that Sherman's army is in splendid condition. " JP Nothing from Thomas, to day. An unofficial dispatch from the Piovoxt Marshal of Nashville reports jOOO prisoners and forty-nine pieces of artillery already secured. Thomas' whole loss would not exceed 3000. A dispatch from Lexington states that on the 13th, ]>nrbridgc routed Duke's brigade nfc J O Ivingsport, and Dick Morgan was captured. Tax's order relative to lite pursuit in Canada jf raiders, has been revoked by order of Linsol n. The- bVdyral loss at Franklin is fully two- ' ihoirsnnd. ?' Ovn? Ovi "1 . 1. . wf.i ?' * 4" VVi it?V UX^nW*V7lt- " ~ :ers have arrived at Louisville. Gold closed on Saturday it 2?"4. Special UST oticesHW-n 4-l~~ mi: <-11 jlya.1 i cijiu. tut/ jLfxitjist/b Dioman WII.L GIVE A GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENT in Camden on MOXJ)A 1' EVENING. December 'J6. Full "jiarticulars given in future 'advertisement. December 22?tt. Cotton?CottonVLOT OF LOOSE COTTON FOR cVALK BY Dec 23?21 M ATIIKSON i. CO. Estate SaleBy PERMISSION OF TIIE COURT OF ORDINARY for Kershaw District, I will sell at thft Plantation of Col. William A. Anernm, deed.. <5 ;v. Friday, 20th December, itist., the Stock. Provisions, Tool, and Utensil- of said Plantation, consisting in part of twelve Mules, 01 it* Mare and (Jolt, nbout thirty head of line.CaUle, ninety lieiul ot Sheep, lot of llrgs, Corn , Fodder, Pens, ?te, etc., with Wagons, Plows, Iloea ko. Terms made known at 3ale. J. I). KIRK PATRICK, dec 9?2aw.td Admr. To Printers. ^pEN GOOD COMPORT. RS CAN FIND PERMA1 NKNT employment at the highest wages, with exemption Irom field duty, (if not now n member Of & company in Confederate si rvice), by applying to EVANS k COGSWELL, Statu Printers, Dec. 22 ? 2t. Columbia, S. C. The Camden Bridge Company. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CAMDEN Bridge Company will bo held in Cnmdonon Mouday the 28th. COLIN M VCUAK, 1 \,.r? 1 1 O* *1, Secretary. ROADSTiie commissioners of roads for kkr? S \\V District will meet in Camden on tlie second M , x in January, at 11 o'clook. conJa ' COLIN MACRAE, T)c 21?2t. id. Clerk. Notice. VLIj partiks having claims against the Commissary Department for HIDES will come forward and receive them. I urn now prepared to boh tTu all claims. Apply to ? J. F. SUTHERLAND, dee l i-3td;3w. Supt C. S., at Magazine lliU, /