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Newspaper Page Text/ t THOMAS RAGLAND, Proprietor. VOLUME XXXVI. V STRICT CONSTHUCTIOJi OF TIIK COYSTITCTIOS VS UONU'iT AM) 1.CONOV1ICAI. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. COLUMBUS, C EORCIA. ~tTjESiTa \ THE DAILY ENQUIRER LSPCrnUSHBD AT jSIglit Dollars per nnu. In Advance. 94.00 for Six Months; 8‘i.oo for Throe Months; 81-00 foe Oue Month. Advcbtisewk.vtb consincuously inserted *t the usual rutes. THE WEEKLY ENQUIRER fa Published every Tuesday Morning. TUHMS—83 00 per annum, payablo tneoria- 81.^0 for .Six Months, payuble in ndranee. ADV KHTfSEAI ENTS Conspicuously inserted at Oan Dhu.au per eunnro, for the first insertion, and Fiptt CnsrtS for every subsequent insertion. A square in the Enquirer is eleven lines in small type, or on© fan oil rod words. Obituary notices over eight linos charged as advert heiucuu. Ail Communications nt a personal character, or intended to promote the private onds of Cftrpnrations.SouiatiQa,Schools or Individuals, will be charged us ndvcrtlspinont*. The lloiubardmcut ol VIckHburg. Tho telegraph promptly informed us uf the vigorous bombardment upon Vicksburg, commenced by tho enemy front heir battery on tho opposit lo ol tho r tlici: of the uttu< reported. I «l ropor: ho lDth ult., but no resumption U aft *r that day bus been Tho M' njthis (Jackson) Aj>- ts editorially that two Fedora! arrived tboro attributed tho m-pension to tho deuth of Com. Portor, who, they said, was killed during tho nssiult by a shot lrom our batteries. '1', in, however, i ould hardly havo been correct, it d«*e* not account for so long ;i cessation of the bombardment, und wo shou.d probably havo heard inorb ol P-Oit’s death if true. A moro probable r<a«on for the discontinuance of tho bombardment h given by tho Vicksburg correspondent of tho same paper, writing on tho'*21st. liosayc: •• After our guns opened lire on tho enemy's battery on I mrsJuy evening, their firing was si- lOtllO shot has hr rent into tho city .-luce. Tho fact that uir piocos would roach them in tho posi tion which they occupied probably made it prudent to retire undue cover of tho darkness. When daylight appeared, yes terday morning, all eye* wore turned to the spot from which the enemy was hurl ing his nieat-engers of death Into our midst, with tho expectation that the work '<( shed ling tho devoted city would be re*umud nt an early hour. Hut to tho surprise of nil no enemy was to he seen, and no mortar opened its roar." Tbi Ileporied Turning oj Vicksburg. W>- a*nat a loss what credit to give to the Yankee report of tho passagO of their gunboats through tiic cut-oil opposite V icksburg. Jt will Imj seen that tho .Wnsh'nglun dale i* the 2d, in-it. (and it must h&vo traveled from Washington to Richmond in "double quick.") (Irani log that-tho Yankees havo direct tele graphic com nut ni cation between tbe.ii army at Vicksburg and Motnphm nr Cairo (whkilj wo do not heHovo), tho pns*Hg© musthuvn boon oftbeted on or boforo the l»l in«t. If so, is it not ‘passing strung©' that no report of it bus been sent over our direct telegraphic line* -' Wo have no news from \ n k&burg of as lalo date ns tho 1st inti., it i- true; but an event iu important ns that reported by I ho Yan kees would surely have Loon communi cated before, this tiino to the Govern ment tit Richmond, if not to the prors. Tin; Mississippi, at our last accounts. ’.v|g represented as falling. IfthoYunkco gunb -it' could not go through tho cnnnl v. he.iv. tlte water via highest, how did they t tlir mgb on a falling river ' If .tin- Yankee gunboats havo really g> ii • below Yiekaburg, quite likoly an a'tack from abovt^nnd below will simul taneously bo made on Port Hudson be* f-rn the great attempt is madu on Vicks burg. Perhaps tho latter city will be avoided altogether. The 1,0*8 of the NauhviUe* Wo arc not advised of tho particulars, Mid cannot ohurge culpability upon any out- possibly it was ono of those in- stances iri ‘which, really, “nobody was to blame''—but the lo«s of the Nashville in a most grievous and lamentable tnislmp. Ji involve© another great disappointment, ‘ueh as we had to experience when the Merrimv, the l. "ueiumv and tho Arkan sas woro deatroyod. Tho Nashville was one of the most formidable and service able of the Confederate iron-clad , per haps the most efficient of all of them, en account of her speod, and her loss will be florfcly felt IF Ilia time ever comes when our little navy can concentrate for offen sive operations against the enemy. As we have intimated above, w do not intend to charge neg igencc or rookies - nu.-s upon any one, in tho absence of the fuels of the case, ltul it is not easy to imagine a good reason why the Nash ville shou.d have been moving about in shnaly plaeos within reach of the enemy’s guns, above Fort McAllister as tho was, and tb«*y below. Hud abo grounded during an engagement with the enemy, c-r und a hot fire poured by them upon the dangerous p Oeition for (ho n**i*tance of the garrison fbere would seem to bu an apology for r inking so val able a vupsel in the petition n which bhu was destroyed. Hut, it *e t an* that th©*© conditions did not exist, wi must await tin* particulars to enlighten us a* to the necessity that Freedom l» Kentucky -Ilreaking up of'Public Meetings by the Yankees. Tho Baltimore .Sun, of tho Itl.h inst., has tho following di-patcL: Frankfort, Kv„ Fob. 18.—The rebel sympathizers^ this State assembled here today ostensibly for the purpose of innk- inc nominations f..r tho August election. Tic* llouvof Representatives by a de cided veto, having lot used the use of the hall, they rented the theatre. Delegates from forty counties w( ent. David Mcrriweather was Chairman,who on taking the chub hoped the Convention would .1 ing that good nnd loyal citizen* not do. In the mean time a regi soldiers, with fixed buvom-t*. i«» frontef the theatre, and when tin this city, it is ordered that all no now hero not resident*, or niemho] tin Legislature, «*r . tlhmrs ,>. the Government, will forthwith names at thosoheadquartc noth i Europe and the North. Fioclawatlou bj tlte President. U is moot that, ns a peoplo win* nek- Uichmonu, March 2— Northern no win cl ge tho supremacy ..f the living of the L'dtli have been received. God. wo should ho over mindful of our The bill to call out and enrol the depomlonco on Him; should romembor tin pa that to Him alone can wo trust for deliverance; that to Him is duo devout tliunktulnc-s for tin* .signal mercies be- slowed on us, nnd that by prayer alone’ can we hope to secure tho continued man- , ilestation of that protecting care which lm* hitherto shielded us in tho midst of train and dangers. ■W. Th. tho l’resi.l C r| i he *" roid w 1 tho 1 th nmondne f the Yank© d a hill until.) id the writ e World of the 2UU firm on tho 21th, at 72 i . with heavy sales, mostly from vv hi * '■^at - and luiportect from Mexico. From flic .N\ w Orlcaus Picayune. A\ e transln*. the following from out !es ..t || ’vana piper* received per stenm- r mo. whi. h lir'.ngs .kites from that city > hi) l‘Jih instant, whenco we have ad- 1 ' • • • i • to tim 30th nit. 1 lie 1 ren t of the Gth inst says: By the nffieinl rep ,rt from tho ..Ulcer in ommaud <>f tbo Mexican forces near ii of an engagement i the bar of that port OFFICE--RANDOLPH STREET. IkOMBEFioT 'l'h.« si. miser Jura had arrived with iverpoul d des totliel2ih ult. At th;* Lord Mayor's Banquet Mr. M»- " >.u«l he anticipated tho speedy o-’. iU- o tiring the i latter. T:.c MeM Me euatio 1-, nurnbe id Fr clt fm f the place by the 8nt exhibitions •<!' His favor and our people Through r stu have now attained a pla<. „ nations w hich commands thei eon flic uong th, ' This de. I appl Tho Tit *«l with Ala around nnd peek our de.-truclion, tho; Lord of II..sis has again taught tin* les- t vuiAif His inspired word ; lha. tho battlo ) ’ '*•*» •- * l - rong. but to wh that tho present prucood- meant nothing. lie reply of Lincoln to the Manches- Vil.lr. ss had hiMiit published, it de- < s the mi tiering occasioned by tbo but rejoices that tho efforts .! t.° ‘T! 11 ’*./.vinpa'hy lor nece»aion have .• >'t , tailed in hngliuel. Ho eulogise© tho ut- ringdOO infantry lino I';,\ , V -11, ported by two pieces I'ght artillery (riflud.) made a rocon- noi-aiu • oil the bar *i l ampico, and alter exchanging shot* with the enemy, retired in good order. On the next day, tho 21-1, the same foron returned, and placing their piece- .n position, opened a spirited fire on tho war steamer, which, with sov- eral gtiniioiits, was covering tho embark ation of their in ‘an try. Tho steatnet tried to run the hatievy, nnd in trying lo o so she missed :li .channel nnd run aground. she was still fast on tho bar, her detent! >n practicable, a • opened on her by tho pieces Th© fleet that w a lying Hied lire to dislodge thu M e.x- hd with ammunition, and two oiiu load' d with pr»visioii« and icr ion led with coal. Kflbrts well* hr tho .Moviean authorities rout the wreck live heavy pieces imposed the armament of the The 1’re lisa era Cruz lo the 80th ult. The ('nstle of Sun Juan do Dlloa is i wded with pri-oimrs amiUigllmmaro \ grea* niiinber of Spaniards. The Span ish e'in-ul, Mr. ('urtos, hna protested igan -t their imprivonuiniit, and deiuaii- h I tlu-ir trial in noeonlaneo with tho h pub Itod oU'tlih StU of JuhuRry. The inearc ration of citizens without mounted i hut this \ve do know, that in i-irciigth, ntini«• riett' in iho morning The VuHhvlIle DcHtroycd by th© liluomy. Tho steamer Nashville and cargo woro do.-troved in the Groat Ogeoehoe river on Snuirdn.v last by she)] from tho abolition fleet. She had on board about 700 balet coinprussed upland cotton, 7<> bbU. rosin, and 10 boxes tobacco. Having dropped down tho river a short tiinn since, eho wm*. ordered to change her anchor ago and come up. On Friday at 4 p. in., she weighed anchor, and while proceeding up. ho grounded ott ti sand bur, about a inilo from Fort MeAUistor. at tho point known as Seven Mil© Bond, And in full view of the cnemv. Kvory effort was mail.' t > get her off, but with no avail. At tho next high lido, early Saturday m ril ing. after making further efforts, but with no better success, eho was abandoned by tho oflleera ami crow, th© fleet, consisting of an iron-clad nnd throo gunboats, being in motion. Tho iron el ml opened upon her from across the marsh, at a distance of about throe-fourths of a milo, about 7 o'clock a m., assisted by tho gunboats, and kept up a nteady fire upon her until lOu'rloik, when one of their shells sot her mi fire. Tho flames reaching her •, sho soon blew up. The fort kept up n lire upon the vandals, three del trout which, wo uro informed, strik ing the iron-clad, The Heat, having a. i otnplislu d their object in destroying the jSiiHmlle, with Grow to their old •rage. ' Nashville had boon employed pro- lhe war a* a packet in the New wl Charleston trndo. Binco tho • good servieo in forcing im- uiocKiiau. For several months past Mm ha- been lying in tho Great Ogeechne river ne.ir Arnold’s Landing, undergoing some alterations, having been purchased by a stock company, who hud succeeded in obtaining irom tho Government letters of marque and rvgrisal for hor under the pnmu uf Kiittlcsimke. Sho was commun 'd by Cupt. T. Harrison Baker, and o U2 nnd ono 24 pounder. [Suv. lit))., ‘Id. The .Situiilloii. largo reinforcements, just through fr Kentucky, in tho counties ofSuintier and Wihoit. Il'thi- bo true hi* intention in t" advance, when the roads permit, not directly upon our forces at Slndhyvillo, but upon rulinhoiiift by way ol Man- che-ter and JMi .M innvillo. Tho troops 'talioncd at Nitshvillo will probably upon Shelby villo. hut no ult is oxpeoted from that enemy’s line. <• strength of the army of the cnciii s in M . riree-horo is estimated nt Ally tlioiiMtnd. Our rdiahlo reports from tho Northern portion of tbo State, ropru- *-cnt tho rein fm cemcnU to consist of throo divi-ions, each nut less than ten thousand strong.^ Tho vision of Jeff. 0. Davis, s cavalry, stationed in " tiny, are put down at ud. 'I licforc 's at Nashville ten thousand. Thus the T troops, composing tho K.iM-neranz, roach nearly low,000. of these, at loast liable for duty. Betting 2o,in*) moro for garrison duty, and uiiut-le army to h© brought against I iiolcino fur wrong of 00,000, less roach of tho .M urfrnoshoro. IVe aie mu at liberty, nor is it any- b 'dy husin. -- but ..ur GencraU’, to tin* precise condition ol'our urmy ; • gvo . Rebel. The Fight near Fensarnla, ' by tho Mary Wilson last report no nartieulur* of the rumored miuI to havotnkon pine© on I lull: lay. All we could learn was that some two or throo hundred Fodoral cav alry alt eked our pickets some 28 mil©* from Pensacola, whan a light brush • Federal© we.ro repulsed hurt on our sido.—A[ubilr. Mmnll Pox Spreading!I Deuth.s, und several new eases l— cut necessity for Vaccination J informed that of tho several cn- Small Fox which wo reported a two ago, at tho Plains of Dura, uve (tied. We learn also that retaking it, in that neighborhood •old million cvcrybo.lv against that '.'elion, and especially would ' those poojilo to remain ut home, into public assemblages of any and thus Will any led to her destruction. !*• *i>.—Since writing the ab-ivo we huro received the account ol the Savannah Republics. Purttv Good.—A waggish correspon dent of tbo Atlanta Intelligencer gives the following amusing version uf the manner in which Pocotaligo, fc>. C., ro- ceiYcd its name : “One day some of tho ear >’ settlor* on the sound caught a tur tle and were trying to drive him Jiomo. vard, but they made slow'progress with ig locomotion croatur©. At this junctu of tbo up with the party, drive an ©xo advice ‘■•und i ioro Indians came said to ono of tho ’ go’/ referring to r pushing tho vor- owod tho natives’* edod admirably ; Reported Approach of the Fnemy. The city \vtia full of tumor* yesterday, Hinny of which Were without foundation, and only a few of which could ho traced to a reliable -oureo. lotolligeiico was received iii official quarter* on Vuturday evening that the Yankee armada at IIiF- l«/K< portion _ uld think aiiMl: could he utiahl's t«> rootrain a few white auldiors from orimo, could hold black ono* in from tho most horrible nnrburitie* --argil.)i h degree of truly inconceivable infatuation. Ih.it tarduy afte it hud left that Itarhoi Tho Charlent nel*, hr. vs the > id B.ivnnnah ehiwi- TIihL Missouri shall pass n tion net within twelve months, when twenty million* of flvo )>©r cent, bo are to ho delivered lo the State, provided 1 HHid mnitnciputlcsii act shall abolish slave- j ry not later than July, 1876. and that said bonds, in tho aggregate amount, . shall not exceed tho sum of two hundred ! dollars for each slave, and the bond* are I not to e.\i fed ten millions of dollars, un less th" law of oinancipation adopted by | Missouri -hull pr -vide for afjll m inim 1 From the Yazoo I*a»a. who arrived at Grenada Bat- ni' g brought intelligence of o movement* of the Federal* in Ya'/.oo i-r. They had stu'ceedod in removing .* iirtificiu) obstruction* us far as the >|dwater, but none of their boats had tcred that stream, up to Friday terrible dis< being '.y the warning iv s with liieir li"ll»eliold*, once. Sumter Republican, 27//*. t.—The New Y'ork "li has been supposed tlmt these black troops would prove litter for garrison duly Ilian active servieo lit th© field. No jiiipression could ho more mistaken. Their 'fidelity a* s.-nlinuls adapts them c-|.c iully, no doubt, to garr son duty, but their finturnl place io in the advance. There i- an inherent dash lend llroitboul them which white troops of more sluggish Nortlivnt blood would no doubt emulate, nml their hearty enthusiasm shows itself In nil ways.” h fanaticism has mad© Greoloy *. Tub Hast.—Tho old 'Ud bet ween the F ist and tho Went is nife. ting itself in il>o Northern Con- hington lettor says: 'In tho II..u»o to-day, .Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, moved that inasmuch ns East ern men hud refused to vote for tho llli- ship canal us a means of defense for th© Northwest, that the appropriation of eight hundred thousand dollars for fortifi- cation sin Maine he htriekon out <>f a pond ing Fill. Tho Mnine delegation beenrno very wrntliy, and dec a red that the State would remain in the Union whether thoy got their appropriation or not." It iid'litional b< el«w the Wi Wl L IlilS b< From Mkmi'HW.— We loam from u gentleman ju*t from Memphis, that last Tuesday wook, as seven coal boats, with a '■team tug as convoy, were near Mound i.*t known whether any | City, six miles above tho city, they were - or troops hud arrived, j attacked by a cavalry company which then on the spot win sup- . -ue. i.eded in capturing and sinking all of .ut a* heretofore ►tilted. | them. ’J he tug was valued ut about ton obstruct their | thousand doll re. This t t7alrj company ol *D ngt,. ul»o reported that the enemy were landing on Bkidawny Gland, Wilmington Island and the Isle of llopo. We were unable to satisfy ourselves of tho truth of tho reported landings. It was very uviaent from the activity among tho military yesterday, that irlppM ►«ri 1'ort McAllist ho ©xpeclml. That Fo t says, ■cJiiut ' " 11 m reaucMiig me amount |ls j n . | to two hundred dollars to h© pnidforeach ntil it I !, ^ avo ' * 8 thought tho bill wi;l uniount attack on this city is expi y hour, and that every pro* being take point. Th to march > prevent a surp'i . a moment s ■aM« as the Montuuk. G destroyed tho torpedoes nnd obstruc- j tions above cannot bo removed, and tho iron-dads cannot pa-*. The defences ! of Charleston equal those *f Savannah, j There can be no overwhelming attack, but more likely a protracted siege, which, if Buecuaalul, will be a dear bought vie- j tory. MovBMRffTH ok THB Enkwv.— On Fri- lrom the latter, which has eu isod day night, about 11 <• clock, a largo ' j U> 1 circles. Thu inter- steamer came up Herb river to the point t cre, ‘G ; J arise* from the reiteration of of the woods back of Dutch Island, south J }',!*„ pf !' U " r) )’.“ r,d ,l ** " tt,d . tho , r « i « « K row ' of Thunderbolt battery, apparently fiuarrcl Among the LineoInitPM. The Memphis Appeal says: We are intorine.i hy f our Noriborn ex change* that Gredey has got into a quar rel with .Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, written a letter in reply to an ut- furthor pr I ! tl... deiai I- their adv . n <v occ*«i«» ed by I the lm*iily i .iuSru. '»*d hindranvc* in th© IV- proper, hu- been improved else where in a mo re leisurely and eftieiollt manner. As the MVi-sIppi has already fallen between six and seven foot at tho mouth ol th© bayou loading from Lake Moon, and tho upper rivers nro reported falling rapidly, we h .vo heard old river men express a confident belief that the enemy’s boat- will not bo ablo to return to tlio river without another rise. If so, they und the whole accompanying forco may bo gobbled up. If the opportunity offer.*, we hope it maybe embracod, us may b© oul id d* (muining a short ©blerdiv Coxkkct Btato had a ,*onvt*nlioii, and -idopted very savage resolution* ugaimt Lincoln’s Ad- connoitering ministration. The resoiuti"iis denounce j time she reluod. nearly every net of the ICuli ig powers as On Saturday evonin, uocoiistitiittonal—Htid whil*■ denving tho j ports left Hilton Head, y y, r uU n h 7 r? *° mu; "! ^ ni ^ f j our l .ea^a t&u Uwy mlted thu p!«o »s near-j »l,0 SmjMrt vitulily b> Llirir i.»uluti,in> — y the sentene; iw possible, but it ha* by nominating lor Govorn*. - . Thomas Ii. j Vv On the first of February gradual]y in the wear of centuries rom* fliymoiif-the only New Fnglaod man ton was quoted in Liverpool: J - . , . that wo have huurd of, who, from tho be- i Orleans 2t», Middling 28, Fair Mold »una word, to wit: ginning, lias boon steadfast nod outspoken I Middling 22, Fair Upland 25, Mid j agaitioi tho Lincoln tyranny. Even in i 22, Middling Snrat Mifq-Hl. Stock, tku -The New York Time* say* . T , tbo midst of the reign ut Terror, he quailed j 466,180 balos, of which 66,WO wore Amer- I -'It is no secrot either at Washington i transport Era No. ft, which was ; not—and proved himself worthy < t a bet- j ican. 1 or in this (Now York) city that, from tho .K"ii tiy tho t!u©en of tho We.t on Rod ; ter nativity and a better habitation than • • ^ first outbreak of this rebellion, M. Mer- y.m' . ra, .‘ our ( 'V'arrcnton hatterios on he nosse»*es. A resident of Jane street, new York, . cier has been in full sympathy with the ]>hi u y '“Kbt and landed at Brown and The important point i)-. cun he ho elect- has obtained a verdict of $100 against a Secessionists nnd in close communion • © nston d <».. v-iturduy morning she e_d? The New I ork World impresses j man who put tip a boiler factory near hi* with those who espouse their power. To j ing disposition among the Kopublicnn, to indorse his policy of peace und sepa ration, “if the rebellion is not put down by tho first of June." The philosopher i» determined, and tho Democrats be gin to fear that the entire A bolition party with Lincoln’" administration will uht- rnat -ly yield to the .Southern demand for separation. It so appears to us, and—"so mot© it be." Tiik I’ohxtiomok tiik French Minis- Br. j* 1 u ‘ through ih© break in the lovee \ tho ennviction that he wi'.W)©; mid add*, } house, i l "topped m tho Lake in front off that Now Hampshire, a ... will elect a ! in ban.. * w " u, rd Johnston's gin house, whore j Governor of the same p -inks. Tho elec- i was nlr * v a.> ye.norday aftornooa.— [’ichaburg lions in both State- •• .mo oil' curly u Tho M the effccl fully nph Bulbitin speculates ns to this inovemont very hope- supposad l»o CQ Grant] will b© able to capturo the pprt fleet now safely protected it. v a/.oo river by the batteries at Haines’ Bluff, and at tho sumo lime transport a large land force, with which to cut off the Vicksburg army lrom communication with the interior. “Tho undertaking (says tho Bulletin) i.- great and hazardous, hut wo aro as sured will bo pushed through to success ful results." Tho movement is being closely witched, and tho general impres sion is the Van Rees, instead of accom plishing a* predicted above, have only succeeded in getting themselves into a trap, from which thoy cannot •scape." 1 uons lu Until Mates com j April.—Hichuio/ul, If7*iy. up a boiler factory near bis with those who espouse their power. To Some ono advorlisos in tho Richmond a© such an intolerable noise all intent* and purposes he has been lie- ] Diiqmich for u stolen overcoat, which lie ©ring rivet* tlmt plaintiff’s home lively engaged in intriguing with tlte sav* i* only valued by him on account of Tho theory Domourhtic sympathisers with Recession i its having been worn during a long nnd a nuLuhco, in thu North from th© beginning of tho sevnra attack of small pox, from which I war.' 1 1 ho has just rccovot ed. unhabitable. . of the docuion is that J when tu .ro ia enough ol it, >ying the months past slroyed Bumaii Bint’s is tiik Gulp.—Thoro are now no less than forty British ships of war in or near tho Gulf, from a line of battle ship to tho smallest des patch boat, including eleven heavy first da-* frigates, all carrying tho Armstrong gun, which will tend a hall through a tin get nearly six miles. Tho wboloof tho force is arranged so n» lobe concentrated, if noce-.-ary, at any point in tho Gulf with in twoivo or fourteen days. “L"t every man woman and child at home," -ays our eolomporary of the Mobile Rcgintor, "with a yard square of ground, scratch if. and put it in corn. Kvery grain carefully entrusted to tho fruitful earth, is u mite of contribution to tho Nation’s liberty. Every acre of cotton p. an tod, is a comfort to our ono- mics, and u nail in l)i© coffin of Confede rate independence.’’ From 1*< dciwn truin l »ongers learned that intelligence had just The Fourth Attack ou Fort McAllister —The F.uctny again Repulsed. As wo anticipstod, the enemy attacked our butteries at Geno«iH Point yesterday. Tho fire on tho fort was opened about half past seven o’clock from three iron-clad turret boats which had taken position in front of the batteries, and two or throo mortar boats which woro with tho fleet some two miles bolow. The firing was continuous and brink from the iron-clad* during tho day, which was deliberately responded to by tho garrison, which di rected its shot a most entirety at tho near est iron-dad.supposed tube the Montauk. i' roin Coffee Bluff we witnessed for hours the unequal contest in which our gallant men, in their opon earthwork, received tlm concentrated und enfilading fire of the ^ ankoes, who woro socuroly housed in their "Iron safas." Tho fire whs kept up with great spirit by tho valorous Yankees until ubout 3 o’clock, when their energies ►eomed to flag. A little Hftor 3 p. m., one of tho iron-clad* hauled off and returned to the fleet. About this tim© tho flro from the otnor two coasod, and shortly after tho second iron-fclad retlrod. Tnc hnt- tories now poured a terrific lire upon the remaining iron-clad, which, after remain ing silent for full half an hour, followed her companions in their retreat. As she steamed down tho river our garrison re doubled their flro, which was not return ed by tho rutreating Yankees. Tho last gun from the fort was fired at hor when nearly out of rango, a quarter to flvo o’clock. Tho latest accounts wo have from tho buttery, uro up to throo o'clock, from which wo loarn that only two men had bo >n slightly injured, and ono gun dis mounted. Moro or loss dntnago was, no doubt, done to the works, hut tlio ropalrs will be completed oy daylight to morrow morning, when our bravo boys will bo ready to givo the Yankees another en tertainment. All honor to tho gnrrison at Gonosi* I«mt! They have demonstrated what brave and skilfull artillerist*, exposed in upon earthworks, can doaguinattne latest 5 ankeo invention of patent iron safe lifo preserving gunboats. The attack will probably bo ronnwed this morning, with, perhaps, increased forco fas thoy havo another iron clad in their fleet), but tho iokiiIi y os lord ay has assured us, if it has Hot convinced tho Yankees, that Fort McAllister, liko Vicksburg, is a hard nut to crack. Savannah Mews, 4th. Tlte YaukecH in North Carolina. Kinbtok, Feb. 21.—Ed' -s State Journ al; I had an interview this morning with a reliable gentlemen who came out from Beaufort, N. C., a few days ago. Ho informed me that quite an excite ment came off in that town one day last wook, caused b.v tho Abolitionists at tempting to press three soamen, (oitfzon* of that plaoo,) into tho Federal naval service, as pilot* for tho coast of South Carolina and Georgia, nnd especially for Charleston Bar. Tho pilots poramptorily rofusod to serve under any considerations whatever, tolling the Yankoos that thoy much pre ferred death to aid in loading tho enonty’s Hoot against thuir land and kir.vlred.— After a considerable rumpus on the part of the loyal portion of tho inhabitants of tho town, both male und fomalo, the pilots were reloasod by tho enemy. Tbo ontiro fleet has left the port of Beaufort and gone ,South, with tho ex- coption of twelve gunboats and trans port.-, that romain as sentinels in the harbor, lost th© Confederates should politico down upon them unawares. Not moro than five hundred Federal soldiers uro in und around Buuufort ut this time, including about two hundred buffaloes and a low negroes that aro un der arms. Gov. Stanley, as ho i* called, was hum :d in ofllgy by the buffaloes nnd ne groes ono day lust wook, for opposing the 8yT.I ..... _ enlistment ot negro soldier* into the t Lincoln has rofusod to accopt Sianloy* resignation, and has ordered him bad: tc Newborn, but I learn that ho refuses to comply with his muster's orders for tho present. A lady who came out from Newborn a few days ago, reports about fifteen regi ments at that post. This Nuems to be tho most reliublo in formation wo havo received from inside tho enemy's tines for several day* past. From Fort Hudson. Pout Hudson, Feb. 26.—Tho Yankee force, 40 000 strong, is marching towards Sorgmisa. Tho advance guard, 1000 strong, is at Fausso rivor, 12 miles from this point. This i- deemed an imisortant movement, and doubtless prompt stepn will bo taken to arrest it. LATER. Port IIudhon, Feb. 27.—Col. Mills' Lnpinn, 4th Louisiana, Col. Hunter's, and Fenner’s Battery drove tho Yankee* from Point Coupee. Tho enemy igno miniously retreated at the appearance o our forces. Reported force at Baton Knugo 30,000. From the H oat. MoBtr.K, Fob. 2.—Tho Tribuno loams from Cupt. Haywood, who took tho Flor ida out this port, that then* woro nine blockadort in front of th© harbor—two pursued, hi.d by uid of their powerful frosnel lights they signalized tho Florida for forty tnilos. Tho chaso continued nineteen hours, but tho Florida ran of view, snd on hor way destroyed u Yankee brig on her first voyage, loden with sugar, molasses and rum. The whole valued ut $110,000. Tho spoed t f the Florida is 16 miles an hour, and Oapl. Muffitt 16greatly pleased with I. A suspicious individual calling himself Barclay, was arrested on the cars a* they were about leaving Rome, on Saturday morning last. He had been pussing tin dur different names nt different places, und on being arrested claim© . to be a Kontuckiuu, und belonged to Morgan's command. On being searched, a puss- port lrom Nashville was found on hi. person, signed by ordor of Kosoncranz. He was turned over to Col. Caldwell fm investigation, by Lieut. T. J. Perry, wh< arrested him. Wo have since learned that ho w»u sent to Gen. Bragg's houd ^uartors.— "Tub two Frknou Oonbui.s.”—The Houston (Texas) Telegraph of February bth, **y* tho dispatch stating that the two French consuls In Texas have been plotting to separate Texas from tho C< federMcy, is too nonsensical to obtain h moment'.1 attention. It ridicules th© id©i "f M. Theuron plotting to break up th Confudcracy! The London Evening Herald says it has reason to believe that the Duke S xccoburg bus accepted the throne Greoce. Tho Winchester Bulletin of F«b. 2flih, learns that a person arrived from Hunts ville, Ala., on Tuesday, who brings newt of a courier having reached that place, with intelligence to tho effect that i number of trunsp »rt« had arrived at Florence, Ala., on tho Tenno*»eo river, protected by ono or more gunboats. We have seldom soon tho whout croj present a more promising appearam o, *' this season of tliu year, than it does now. In going to and returning from Mil lodge- ville, by different route*, we did not so© » ►ingle sorry field of wheat. If March will only bo a little kind and spur© us » heavy frost, tho probability is wo shall have an abundant crop.—Ventral Geor gian. m .„„„ „«m .mow A co »dmittoe of momber* oiocted to the boon received there of H collision between Congress, ha* issued a circul tho Confederate scouts and tho Yankee troops near Pensacola. Tho place ol the alleged skirmish or light was Gonzales, which, wo loarn, front Pensacola. Commander of tho 1 ... und had made the necessary disposition about sixteen miles fi. I'nnty, the new t, was at Po.lard, calling all Democrats who have the next House, to moot in Now York tho 8th of March, for tho purpose of ount of the now*. There paitienUrs as to tho iiuturu of tho brush. —Mobile Register. ccnsultation on national affairs. Mati.z Buoar.—Tho peoplu in the mountains of Virginia aro inaKing maplo sugar in considerable quantities, which they »ell on tho spot ut ono dollar per pound. Attention 1 Militia Officers! .STATE OF OBORGIA, ■) Adjt. & Inspector Gen ral’* Office, } Milledgoville, March 2d, im. J General Orders) No. 2. ; The toil .wing extract of a letter recei ved to-day from Gon. Mercer is published for the information of tho Militia Officers throughout the State. Papers that pub lished General Order No. 1, of February 23d ultimo, arc requested r!«o to publish this one- and send bill. [EXTRACT.] Headquarters Mil. Di.s . of Gflorgin, I Bavuninth, 27th February, 1808. j Gon. II. 0..Way no, Adjt. & Inap. Gen’l Btate of Georgia, Milledgevillo. General: t^uile a number of Militia Officers havo reported to these Headquarters in res ponse to the Governor’s order, many of them bringing with th«m or reporting the names of volunteer exempts dosiring to serve with them. I. havo instructed all who have reported to return home and organize according to the Governor's orders, and send to these Headquarter* remit, that they may be promptly sum moned when th© necessity for them arises. By ordor of the Cominander-in-Chiof, Hknuy O. Wayke, Adjt, & Insp. Gen'l. Telegram* from MlUedgevile. Question.—I* a Justice of th© Peace, if a militia officor, amenable to tho Gov ernor’s order ‘o repair to Savannah ? Answer.—Yos! If a man hold* an oulco he must discharge its duties. If ho holds two, ho i* oquully bound to dis charge tho duties of both when called on. ..... , „ H. O'. Wavnk, Millodgoville, Mar. 4. A. A. G. Question. — Will militia officers joining squad* of volunteers to goto Bavunnah, be required to report thorn ? yf»isit?ar.-All militia officers aro ordorod w 'Vannah. (Signed and dated as bo lt re.) stion,—If a militia officor has a sub stitute in th© Confederate army, is ho re quired to go to Savannah? Anstaer.—Yes. Ho was not required to furnish a substitute. (Signed and du- )d as be loro.)—Macon Telegraph. From Naafivlfle. Wo havo news from Nashvillo. By a careful computation of reliable parties, there are fifteen thousand inmate* of Federal hospital* in that city, with aton- donoy to increase. There ar© at prosont, forty-two large hospitals, und all crowd ed to overflowing. Bosnian these, aro boarding housos which aro hIso full ol officers, either sick or wounded. A Into letter to thr Cincinnati Gazette, *ays that th® condition of tho army in Middle T©nne*ao cannot be said to bu vo- y hopeful or piomlxing; officer* in thu greatest abundance are off on leave, and a* for tho aoldiors, why, the hospital* are uLuflod with them. Tho citizons of Nashville suffer greatly from the overbearing insrJsna© of the onemy. Now that Andrew Johnson bus been stripped of his power, lha* is—been perfectly overshadowed by the military, ho ha* boeoinospecially kind a courteous, lie is. it i* generally believed, trimming his sail* to suit tho Northwestern breeze. He offers his assistance freely to “his suf fering fellow citizens" and professes to bo very much aggrieved by the brutal course ol tho Yankee officars when fire wood is vnry scarce and the poor peoplo have to suffer, but tho bond* between tho rich and the poor who are iruo and loyul have dissipated all distinctions of former days and ono Southern family help* an other freoly and at all times. Tho families of our absent soldier* aro not in want. Mitehel, tho commandant ■ if tho post, is represented as a Kansas ruffian, out und out. Tho “daily dirty Union" is preaching the most foul and extreme abolitionism. Tuer© uro only one Division and two or three Battalions of Cavalry now in th© city, besides tlio artillery men and hands employed on tho fortifications numbering in ull about 10.000 men. _ 8,000 moro are at Franklin, and the main body near Murfreesboro. — Chattanooga Rebel, 27M ult. Who Pr© lit a by War! Tho Winchester (Tenn.) Bulletin has tbo following, clipped fr. in a lute num- t>er of tho Cincinnati Enquirer. It seems that the North west i* awakening to u realization of the truth that, on th© part of the United Btnte*, tho war i* piolonged now only that officers and eontrueturs may inako fortunes at tho expense of tho country: I)r. Bamijrl Johnston jiust havo writ ten under prophetic inspiration*, when he defended tho British Ministry, 1771, for not going to war with Bpaln about tho Falkland Island*, for ho describes in hi* g'-Kphic satire tho contractor of this gen- - ration a* well as that. "If ho had shared the danger, enjoyod the profit*," said tho stern old growler, “and, after blooding in th© battle, grow rich by tho victory, he might show hi* gain* without envy. But at tho co;.cJunion of a ton years’ war, how aro we r oonipon .. i for the deuth of multitudes and tb© expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whoso equipages 'thine like meteor*, ami whose puutcea rise like exhalations? These aro ’ho men who, without virtue, labor or hazard, aro growing rich a* their country is impov erished. Thoy rojoico when obstinacy or ambition feeds another year to slauirntor or devastation, and laugh from their dusks at bravery and science, while thoy aro adding flguro to figure and chipher to cipher, hoping for u new contract for a. new armament, and computing the profits of a beige or a tempest. Another article contain! tho following ignificitnt passage: The party oppbtod to the war in the North at the same time aro opposed to it upon the same ground* that Washington, Jeflbrson, Adams, andtboir revolutionary compatriot* stood on in 1770. Those who -u-Auin it stand upon t)i« platform of tho ol I British Tories or Loyalists. They aro m>t in f-*vor of 'Washington** Union, which wh* purely a voluntary one be tween tho Btatee, but are in favor ol a new oue, resting upon force and bayonets. Extract from a business letter dated St. Landry Parish, Lu.. February H, 1803•. "We have a sufficient supply of corn, pork and beef in this Parish to feed at least 16,000 troous for twelve months, and have an abundance for home consump tion, although holders aro asking tor orn $1 per bushel, beef 8 cunts per pound, pork 20 cents per pound, molasses (& to 60 cents per gallon, sugar 10 to 16 cunts per pound. 1 jot this merely to lot you aiiow the difference in price* lioro anil in your city." The Richmond Enquirer says that Mr. Ould, tlio Commissioner for (noexchange of prisoners, ha* instructions to demand the release of ail Confederate officer* whoso exchange has been long sine© agreed upon with the Federal authori ties, nnd that the unfortunate Col. Zar- of then© officers who havo , detained. Wo nmy, * his speedy release. The Yankee Iron-Ci.ads.—We ob served yesterday that most of tho shots fired from our battories struck tho turret of the iron-clad Ht which they were aim- ud, but tho fact th<>t sho was not disabled is evidence that our heaviest missile* had but little effect on her iron mailed turret. At long taw, or in mii open sou-road, where it would bo difficult to cume to close quarters with lhc«o iron monstors, they aro certainly very formidable affairs, but in a land-locked channel, with tho shore* on citner sido in our possession, it seems that means might b© resorted to A’hich would render them unsafe. The fresh water navy and horse marine* of tho West have a way of capturing Yan kee gunboat*.—Sav. News, Destruction or tub Indianola.— Wo loam from a reliable source that the Yankee steamer Indianoln which was reoontly captured by our force* near Vicksburg has been burnt up by our force*. No particular* are given.?— Afq- j TrUkui& %

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, March 10, 1863, Image 1