, 1864-12-31

blfngB Among the heb1 1-Southern
News Of the War.
NEW YoRK, Friday, Dec. 30.-Thc Rich
mond papers are in great tribulation concern
ing the situation Of affairs and their contin-
ued reyerse6. The Richmond Enquirer strong
II urges that Jejf. Davis be deposed rs Com
-mander-in- Chief Of the rebel armies, and that
General Lee be made Generalissimo. In re-
ply, the Sen'taa, JEFF. Davisf organ, says 10
Important enterprise is undertaken without
consulting Lee The E1amintr also urges the
elevation Of Lee, saying both Confeaerates
and Federals will feel that strong and steady
hand is laid upon the wheel-that It means
business and battle, and will make their At
5snge%ents 1see5agg fg hs 5yt 6sys M sGe
Davis Is capable Of an act 50 zane aud wise,
winch may be greatly doubted"
The latest rebel newspapers recelvcd con-
tain manifesto from JEFF Davis, giving no.
tice that the pirate Bennett ). Burley, con
cerned In the capture Of vessels on Lake
States stcamer Michigan, and uberate the
rebel prisoners On Johnson's Island, who was
recently released from arrest In Toronto, is a
regularly commissioned officer in the rebel
navy, and was dispatched from Richmond
zpeGTt 1T n es of 9g the
Some Of the Richmond papers are urgent
in their demand that General Lee should be
made Commander.in-Clief Of all the rebel
armies, or Dictator.
In the rebel House Of. Representatives, on
the 24th, resolution declaring that the writ
was defeated by foFsy~one negative to thirty
one affirmative votes.
The Richmond Sentinel fozesees formidable
winter campaign By the National armies
against Charleston and Augusta.
The Richmond Sentinel Of the 18th says:
F5vt,, nf tyr1 4r41 7e
and the occupation Of the city By Sherman's
army, both on thh 2lst, simply give the. enc
ny another point on our coast- -.
A Mobile dispatch, Of the 10Th, says: " An
infantry force Of another ralding party was
near G0od's Mills and Pensacola on Sunday.
Its advance was driven back several miles:
Captain Gemmes arrived at Mobile on the 18th
from Europe, ria Aatamoras.n
Breckenridge reports that his advance nr-
rived at saltville on the 21st and the FEEDER
ais left that night toward Hector's Gap, pur-
sued. The damaee to the salt works can be
eoon repaired. Many dcpots and bridges On
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad were
burned.
Fitzhugh Lee claims that lomax defeated
She1idan's cavalry in o fight near Gordons-
Vile with slight loss. -- is :
The Richmond Examiner announces With
grief That MosbJ has been severely, if not
dangerously, wounded.
The RICHMOND Examiner says: S1clmau
in his bombastic style, says be shall soon be-
Gin his march northward. As there is every
reason TO believe that he will keep his word,
ar1 no conceivable hindranee to the COM
mcncement Of bis march, it is presumed he
moved on the 26th-'
The HtrGlTs Washington special says Col.
Mulfosd goes to Richmond next week with
a new proposition for the exchange Of Union
prisoners remaining In rebel hands. He hopes
soon to obtain an exchange OF all Union pEis-
oners not previously liberated by sher1nan's
operatione.
The Tribune publishes correspondence be-
tween Fitzpatrick and Wheeler, relative to the
depreda1ions of troops on both sides. Each
ACCUSES the troops Of the other side OF COM
mitting outragcs on the march.
The statement published in some OF the
dispatches, that Col. Baker, Agent Of the
War Department, had been convicted and
sentenced for three years in prison, is untrue.