The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1865-01-16
Correspondence o: tho Charleston Ceuricr.
Letters fro.H Richmond.

RIcHxosD. Monday, Dec. 26, 1s64.-Th
news this morning is that the President i
again quite sick, that Lee has been or viii
he made supreme director Of military affairs
Sherman /. marching towards Charleston
Wilmington and Richmond, the ehcmy " er,
repuised at Wilmington. and Mosby dan
gerously wounded.
Next to that about Sherman. the item
about Lee is of most interest. Is it true
It is in eyerybody's mouth. IL true, viii
IL not be carried 9ut in good faith z Matters
have reached o pass when promises will
have to be kept or we will be in danger oi
the worst. The Idea scams 10 be that Lee
can restore Johnston, while the Executive
cannot.
The late vote ir she House on Leach's res.
| olntion that the suspension of the the habeaa
corpus is unr ec@ssary, indicates that the
writ viii be, if Is has not already been, nus
| pended.
Since our late-disasters, the feeling in fa-
vor of aiming the negr les is growing per
coptibly. I, is profoundly grave question
and reaches further than people suppose.
Some men fancy that surrender in the
81 avery question would precipi.ate France
aud MIR. SlidelPs last letters represent the
French Government as decidedly hostile to
ua. a secret treaty between Lincoln and
Nap oleon is hinted at.
To-day is generally observed as Christmas,
most of the stores being closed and all the
bar rooms being open. 1t is damp and
gloomy. HERxEs.
RrcnxosD, F. iday, Deo so.-Papers and
people are rejoicing over the success ut Will
mingt n, and the latter are persuading
themselves that Hoods defeat, after oil is a
trsfing matter. Then Hood is to remain in
command, whicfis is matter not tr:fling.
The arrival of the blockade supplies at
Wilmington is most timely. Lees army is
in want of clothing, and has been of late ON
or e-third rations. Yet, within the year end
ing in Nosember last, six million pounds OF
bacon have been imported. Since Novem-
ber, probably million IN re pounds have
been run in ; to which add the tithe bacon,
ard we have nearly ten million POUNDS.
What has become of it all!
Away will. avery" cries the Enquirer,
"ifEngland and France will recognize us
ut guaranty our independence" This sort
of talk arn t, ID is heard in Congress. Ev-
identity depression and fright are making
some people take long steps. \ surrender
of slavery is a..surrender of everything. It
is subju ugaton by the Yankee idea. Sub
jugated by the Yankee idea, we become
Yankees, why not be in the Union with the
re,t of the Yankees? Indeed, how will it be
possible to keep out of that Union?
1t is remarked that the North Carolina
Members, Senator'S and Representatives, ar,
all abseAt from Congress. and the North
Carolina Legislature is in session. The de-
tei,tion at home of these gentlemen may be
accidental, but nervous people discover some
thing ominous in it.
Prentice has taken leave of Us at last. He
is said to have had an interview with the
President and expressed himself friendly to
our cause. But he is not to be trusted. Por-
tions of Gov Mngrath's s.inaugural are copied
ar d commended by our papers. James river is
mach swollen. and Grant is mud bound by
la-e ra MS. The poor devil, Ogden, late man
aaer of the theatre, has been sentenced to
three months hard labor in prison for deser
ton. Frosty nights and hazy days. City
very lawless again. Mails much out of order.
HERMEs.