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Newspaper Page Textr%'<r fit!X nntPt"? rf-i-4 . ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1J, 1862. NUMBER 11 VOLUME XVII. Sri*- 1 . rTHTTTvr b y JattniW iisSsM L. Editor and Proprietor. Saturday Morning, Jau. 11, >R02. Terms of Subscription. I advance, per annum, : ': • $2 00 Pul'd within Six Months,: : i t 2 50 I’aid at th End of tho Year, : : 3 00 Terms of Advertising, [if,,at Advertisement* will bo inserted at tho L'l rates* titqcellaneius Advertisement* at I per iqiiare of 10 linos or loss, for tho First, '';v,:SnK®a«!-v»"Si 1 <* Six Months, : t ! : 8 0<f f 1 « Twelve Months, : t 10 00 ; |\ liberal Disoount will bo made to those lio advertise larger amounts. tObituarics of wore than live lines,charged |c same as advertisements. 1 Vfticcs of Marriages and Deaths, not. ex erting Five Linos in longth, are published atuituoiisly irf ;tho Courier. Tho friends of o parties'aro requested'to Bond in these no te parties aro tTtH'T dished imTBBMr ■ The Law of Nowspnpers. 11.—Subscribers who do not give oxpross s 1„ to tho contrary, are considered as wishing [continuo their subscription. 1If subscribers order tho discontinuance Jr "their newspapers the publisher may contln- I, to send’ them until all arrearages ara paid. I r,.—If subscribers neglect or refuse 'to take ■ir nowspnpers from tho offlee to which thoy directed, thoy aro held responsible until Key have settlocl tho bills and ordered them Inppod. ARBI.K! i. B. OATMAN, ATLANTA, GA., Proprietor and Dealer in ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND Egyptian Marble, monuments, Tombs, , Tablets, Head and Foot Stones, Urns, Vasos, Marble and Enamelled Slate Mantels, Satuarv Figures, and Furnishing Marble of ' ' all descriptions. Always on,huqd a fine assortment of Mon' ■nents, both Plain and Cr“ J *' Vid-price” to suit. Call and seo Specimens,,at Ware Rooms Kil l Yard janlwlv Itrved, of all sixes, ad see Specimens, nt Ward Room I, opposite GeorgiaKaijrondllopot. 8 ‘ B ' ^Atlanta, Ga. J. B. MURPHY, lESID'I ROME, GA. ImitK midersignod, grateful to tho oilizrns I 1 of Floyd and the.adjacent counties, for In lii.ci-al patrbmigo during the last four-yoara I w .old announce that he is Bill) prepared to I perform all operations, either for preserving (the natural, or InSer.ing artificial teeth in ltlic most approved manner. 11a solicits special attention to a now mode of inserting artificial teeth, regarded by many of the best dentists, North and South, Isnporipr to' nil other plans now In uso. Those I who havo .psoJoAhis stylo of work for, four j years, soythat it 1, more pleasant to wear, and loasier to the mouth, easier kopt clean, anil I sweeter than other mineral, being free, from Rjoints and arevicos for tho retention of food. bawsirnfamtess | gold plates, and citu cofidontly rocommend to nls patrons. I - J. B. MURPHY I . Omco tMUP^l. A. Smith’s Book St.- -o. iprSwly ’ ' .RfeeJIiOMBERG, IMERCHANT TAILOR, ‘"j.Trome, ga L I V8l Keeps .constantly on hand a sli ■fA largo stfbply of Cloths, Cassi- -IN -JUL moron, Silk and Volvet Vestings, Jills. Furnlshing-GoSds, Hats, Ao. apr!2wlv A S I have to nay Cash for my Goods, Lam compelled, in order to keep up my stook, to soli FOR CASH, from thia date. they will find them in the hands of an offi- they All persons fflaarsTCteuta** Blacksmithing, /, o will call and settle with" mo, ns all his'notes and accounts haVe been turned orertd me. ' iuly2 A. W CALDWF L, fTMXL Houses with which-wo trade, having no. i i u.i.^31 Cash Syajtfiiu entirely, pal , „ * ^.U.from tho' fir] do the samo, In ordor to kcop •Supply ofi Drugs. ,We solicit a _ friends, « ■' »» ivtmkmW OR -NEW ORtEANS, •Fopisalefiby. : ; A. iM.,--SLOAN. '•gng2i'>. !■> *eUd»v etfaksusiti Rome Female College.. The eNeroises of this. Institution .will be resumed on tho next Monday, tho 13th lii'ifc. 1 ■" Returned.—The following members of the Cherokee Artillory returned on Thursday Inst: Lieut. Bowen, Privates W. Ai Russell, M. V. Horton,!, Isnao Hume, A, McCurry, Jas. Soowell, E. M. Johnson, and B. Kohn. H. H. Ware and B. Christopher, front the Berry Infantry. 8@“Cur young friend J. S. Panchon of the Cherokee Artillery, started for Greenville Inst nighf, whOro he will again resumo his interesting corrospon deuce. ' ’ Wo noticed on yesterday that salt was being shipped from our city to Savannah, whioh was sold there for oightoeti dollars.. Salt having gone up in Savannah, our merchants are ship ping it back. Therefore, farmers that aro in need of salt had better purchase it before it is all shipped off. Salt is worth from $15 to $16 per stick in Home. Planters’ Convention or the South. ■The President of the Planters’ Con vention of the Confederate States has issued an address to the delegates theroof, appointed to meet in "Con vention at Memphis tho third Monday in February," and also “to tho Plan ters in the Confederate Slates,' 4 m 9 m US’* The Romo Railroad has doolarcd a dividend' of four dollats per share. ThiB is a very satisfactory evidence of the inqreasing prosperity and success of the road. 88f N. Ells, who has conducted the Field & Fireside with commendable skill and industry for a year or two past, announces his retirement in the last number. IQrMr. Dwinell writes us privately, that he has an attaok of jandice, which will explain the absence of his usual correspondence. n —• ——— *@“The December number of the Southern Cultivator has been on our our tablo some days. There is no farm er .who would not be benefitted by read ing this journal. Published by D. Red mond, Augusta, 6a., at $1,00 per year. RJi£!i“The Charleston Courier proposes that the plantors nil agree Upon plan ting one fourth of the area- of cotton, that was devoted to it last year. What say our plan tors f JJgyTho steamer Jsabel r&n the blook- ade recently at Charleston, and also the steamer Ella Worley, in full'view of the blookaders, who gave ohaeo,' but tailed to ovortake her. petition from Ohio to appoint Fremont Lieut. General of the Federal forces, has been presented in the fede ral. Son ate. SerTho Charleston doytrier says we have examined.aspeolmen of the eloth offered by Lambert & Howell, 219 King street, (from a faotory in this oily, and can commend it to all seeking such an article. :• .i - It is of good body, neatly and excel lently preiparod, ahd ; in .weight, * wear and priqe. wi.ll, we think,,, compare vorably with,any ULthc.markot. —I I—M'jsJnnr I. |Qy»'Biloxi, recently taken posses sion of by .the Federals, is a small town rut tho coast-of Mississippi, and is on the line pf the Kew Orleans and. Mo bile railroad; consequently, communi cation with How Orleans is now-cut off, except by Railroad to Memphis, fenn.‘, and thence down .the Mississip : pi river. Ship Island is dir.eotly South of Biloxi. The Federals have made it a depot for tho landing of tropps’>pfl supplies, and a base of operations against the Mississippi .coast—nearly tho whole of whioh is . accessible, "uti; p.votfioted, Tlio tPowning.HiJl .Rlursbry: proppse to-receivp cotton at current rates m payment for fruit.troos. This:is-the season for transplanting, and pur plan ters will never have a belter bppdrtli- nity .ror starting pr improving their oroburds; The Atlanta;Confederacy says: -"The proprietors are gentlemen of irreproachable character, jyho possess From the C’onst. , „ • d ■The.Savannah -.Republican of thoi8th sayS, we learn hy tlie stemncr 7rf.i, froth tort Pujhski yfisterdoy afferpoon. a Lincoln , gnnb. mt ty.ent a^horo .npar Hilton Head on Saturday evening lUst) and when the Ida ieTt tiie 'Fort yester day she was (Still ashore, and. a teileVtil steamer trying.to got her off, , it. is paid that firing was heard inithe diiteotiim of Port Royal Salui diiy evening, nnd it in supposed site was makliig her : way‘to that .locality >vli91V sh’o mot wi(Ji. Iho d is.- aster. :: !)■ |< odjiv »di qoqa M>q«wst The Savannah Netvs of tho Stir says; '•dlBptwerin seven and nine o’cledk yes terday morning, the. rppprt of heavy guns Was heard an the direction of Skidaway, and daring the forenoon it was aifcortained that a Federal frlgato and three, gunboats had been occupied in throwing shot and shell for, about an hour and a half, on the unoccupied island of Warsaw. Ho (Itiningn was done.thero being no perf oiisoii the is' land to be damaged. The only living, thing which could have been .mitliin reach of the Federal guns wero’n few wild hogs. Wh'tft Offset tjio explosion of the shells had on tiie unsuspecting swine, it is not known. The 'Federal fleet did not come within soven or eight 1 miles of pur batteries. At Tybee, everything remained qui et. There are throo Federal vessels at that point. One : of them venturing rather near to the Fort than usual, n few shots from oup iiatterios lOatisod her to make a hasty relrent. One of our shells was seen to- bxplodc-over the decks'of one of the Federal vessels, but with what effect. if any, could not be ascertained. - :■*»•: /,< j #©* The Toronto Leader .says that Mr. Breokenridge took passage in- tho Canard steamer Canada, fro'in Halifax, for England, on the 18th ult. Mr. Breokenridge goes as Commiss'onei for the Southern Confederacy in plaoo of Mr. Mason. Blockade Op mih Rio Grange.—Tliis River, says the New Orleans Delta, 'a noutral stream, the boundary between Mexico and tho Confederate States, has been blockaded by. tho United States navy, and is noW closed to the' com merce of the woild. The ships of for eign nations bound; for Matamoras and other Mexican ports, are forbidden en trance'in to the river. Tho first' 1 vessel which was ordered off happened to bean English ship with a. freight tor an English house at Matamoras. Threatened Veto.—It is said that Lincoln ha^ privately informed nil his Generals, that should Congress poss an emancipation aofr, ho.will.fefusc his ap proval. The assurance became neces- sasy in order to keep up up the Yankpo military.qrgn.0jzatipn, ; \\ u I Confederate Almanac.—1\ B. Glass & Co.,175; RlohardsPh street, Columbia', "UbSHMjf. D., have presented a copy of the erate States Almanac for 1802. is, A great variety for ,ly with their, catalogue oiv j-rowing- 'a beautiful S ODA—6 cases. Noweastlo Soda, just 1 ; Il?iSER & BFtESE. dors exuotly ( Wo have noiv^gMWBS^ V beautiful or chard from this- nursei-y, ' thaD.'bprc fruit, the past.yga;, and, we .woul^ not ,take for any ono tree the eoM.'oa.iwir wholoprohiird." '■ f ' ' •; S.C fed' They will supply copies at 75 cents, by mail, or 05 ceiiW, otherwisb. -It is compiled and : pubjished by II. C, Clarke, of Vicksburg, M'ss,, and b do signed :to begin a series on tho plan of (he American Almanac: The Editor admits ninny ^ro4 and imperfeotions in this, isspp, and; suoji could scarcely have been. avoided with- Oiit great Tlelay; 1 '-Wd deteot,«on a hasty' glance over, some 'of, these errors, to which wo may recur.; but as tho be ginning of;aisesias^ wei «WiComnioiid it to general attention and circulation, and niay invoke for- the Editor - timely oid in corrections and reports for the next issue,—C/t<w. Oouricr. , . H®*Gen. Buol’s "warning” sooms to havo had the effect desired- on the Loti- isvillo Journal. That paper is now pub lishing poetry "inscribed to President Lincoln' 0 ijiw iUdt KADE. —Tho Co Ice Running 1 ing down tho Mississippi, froin^ho cold regions of:the N'Orth.- A perfect, gorge *r*]OWll -'iU rj '—Suifil > f "M> f The HbDTBB^N-fepraRitftY M^Etmea. —This long established andwoll known Southern Magazine, maintain^ all its interest, andiisloonduotcd.Witliiknown ability. • OurreSders-lfnow its charao- remark from Southern literature—it being, now. in in its 83d Volume. It is published by MoFrirlano AFurguson, Richmond,- Va„ at $3 per ann,um in advance.—Confed. *®*Fot ty ‘. uowspapers in -.Virginia ihayosuapendod recently, cither from a .want'of.paper orn want of punctuality on. (he partjpf subscribers, . InteresliuK •FarllcuJntS of. tlio LnsI - ilonibardmcut ut WarriUBtoti. ' I ■luttfnsw tl lhwtWNcAri;' Jd 11'.'2111802.1 <• : AlJeWilaJ'S iij*n'ilMuili*»i.in wWjjrnnt. ed ifie little pfopellor Cushnnm, vutgin- ly-'kllown n*‘* he "Snorter," to trade -bo- tween the Navy Yard and' Pensacola.— She started yestevday on her; first trip; and about 2} o'clock, P. M.', ninde fast to ! tlte Central wharf) 1 being the' first Vessel that Itnd madn tlfat : point Since tho hombni-dilielit of November. Sho had- btien at tirb ^har'f but a fcai-mim ut'os wheh il-linlf dozen shot fidm- tho enemy were tlifown at Ivor from tho guns of Fort Pickens and the battoi'ies on the island. ' Sho lo^t 'no lime' in quitting tltd'Wliaff for tho city, whore she arrived without injury. 1 Oapt. Wcsly of the'Louisiana lnftvntry, fited a single shot, and without orders, in re turn. Half an hour lator orders from Brig. Gen.''Richard'Hi Anderson—com manding in tho nbsoncc of G011. Bragg were dispatched to tho various batte ries to conoentriite then' lire oil' tho camps of tha troops ,011 the Island.— .Tho ordor was promptly executed by the butteries »1' Captains West,, Bache lor, Wlioat, Taylor and Lieut, MAder, of tho.Louisiana Infantry ; by Capts. Baknr,Posey, and the en.tiro lino.of batteries, of tho First Alabama Regi ment, including Fort' Barrancas, and by the guns of tho 30th Georgia and Mississippi Regiments, reaching beyond and embracing Fort McRae. The tiro from those guns was almost denfoning; and far exoclling iti.rapidity that of tho action of the 22d Novem ber.' The Yankees were soot) .dispers ed in every direction, son} 0 seeking safe ty in holes, others behind sand hills, whifo :by far the gftator number took to their Itnels,- laying in the shade, tho celebrated ■ nice .of. Billy Wilson, near tlmtsuino locality, T-ltfStt* ttpops weya supposed to .bqa,'.Massacliu'sfltts Rpgt- nvent and some New York Voluntcpra —tho latter,; lio\vev,ra:,. 1 will..dp, the credit to say, behaved uvuul^ bolter, und towards night, after their fright bail -subsided, frequently cheered what.they connidored good shots-at oil)', batteries.. Wlirthor any. of tlu-ii) "'oro. killed,wo linvo no means of ascertaining t: but their, tents and ciiinp woi'o:knooked in to the middle of January, certain. .Af ter stha disport-ion pf.these regiments, tho guns of the Louisiana infantry were principally, directed against Fort Pick ens and the .batteries East of; her. The Alabama and Uoui'gia.Reglmonts, about tho same time, comm.en.cpd on the b»f- (orips looking lorMoU’nc, shooting.away their oolors and dnmaging oi\e of the guns of Piokons. Tlic Sthtc ltonli, A.,nj .B J ,r illod -w; lllo scription-o-tlio. shells, in .their screech ing and screaming journey, resembling startled meteors oourjting.-the heavens. About twelve o’clock. «0ver»! buildings in Warrington. wore fired, the flames lighting up .tho.,yard, and (hp village, and forts and batteries,. presenting, a SO 0 ,Pi? grand lis t (j o (jom 1 mt'd m r>u t \y li iolt perpotuutes tho natue of A».derson antl the birth-day,of tlie ^ew. Tqar,. .... , We. have ButVerod.no loss, of life or limb, nor sustainod apy injury in guns, 1 Army Bridges—iPontoon Bridge-* How >Sladc. 1 A correspondent of the Baltimoro Sun gives tluf following: information of tho construction bf*army‘b'ndg6s"; 1.1 Tho camp of the Fifteen th N ovh York Regiment, above the- navy, bridge, is a point of much (interest,, on. account qf tho instruotionior practice there in.the uso of bridges to cross streams, chasms. Ac., in Campaigning. They have a foot bridge, of, some three or four. Hundred feet in length, which is. composed ;t>f narrow planks stretched-lengthwise along a cable, which is strongly fasten ed nt either end: The planks are join ed securely to each other by -bars, &Oi, which nre part anil parotd of the up- rights,- that are connected aL the top by almndrope to steady-persons: in cross- in gS liin Tire principal feUtuve; /of .pontoon bridges is the India rubber boats, Which are floating piers ( ,so to.: speak. Whep inflated rihoy rcsemblo three, Indian canoes Closely confined , to each, other, but they arc ireality three cylinders, a rod each in length,i«and<.joihed to euoh' other. .dTbeso,India,rubber boats are capable pf bearing great weight, and when rowed into position, form supports ior- light- -oonneoting timber*,., upon which is laid a-flooring of. thin pfapks. These tirabers:rest.upou; scmxUing; pen- mar.ently attached to the. boats,; and running lengthwise of'(hem,- -Each bpat is kopt in uJaccyri the stream by tst .Millcdgcviilo Southern ^edbral'lJn’ioh'! Wo noticb . that thi Ah- liiial Report mndb'by^Dr. Lewis, the late',Superintendent of the Stato Road, but an namirablo, busmesa-liko* uocu- KiRf sustained ‘by ’facts 'mid figures, add 'the reports Of the subordinate offi cers. of -the: Road: i From it we, loam that.tlio gross income, of. .thtf Road, for tJj© past fiscal year, was $892,430,00 ; that Us working.ojtponscs, incltidi; pi'ofil .... $438,000 ItaVe bceh paid 'into the Slate Treasury ; for right of way, dopot build- ings, and oxpensos of l'ormor, adminis tration, $3 k 0Qp,lQ; for bpiids apd Cou pons redeemed! $23/100: leaving in tho hands of the Treasurer of the Road, $03,091,30.. We know of, no Road Ivli'oso expenses lmvc been less 'than those of the Stuto Road, its indicated ip tho forogoing; for, after deducting $32,409,pi, charged to Mid amount of "working expenses," but which amount wits paid for nctv ■ railroad iron, spikes, Ac., it appoars that the working of the road was at a ccsf af only $312,725,72. It is economy like this, Joined to per- sovering industry und watchfulness, .that has .made Dr. Lewis’ administra tion of tho .Stato Road so eminently successful. Wo may add, too, as anoth er feature connectyd with bis adru'niu- tration, that hollas boon sustained by subordinates, whoso integrity and devo tion to the Interests of tho 1 Road stand unimponchedi and which 1 iiave doubt less.contributed largoly to,.its success for tho past four years.—At/aiitu Jntc/Hi yencer, An Account..Sqt'.vnKn.--lt will bo re- methlicrcd ll’.at one of f ho uncxploded bHells found fit tlie NAvV Yard at Pen- sacolu-after the bombardment, finally ,'hvaii.t,o(l'’’,BevoraldayBafter, and killed tiy.o of pm,'m e ft.who wpro trying to ro niovO' the fuse. That account of blood Wasyq'ttftrcd','With aVengbanee, it sooms, by a aimilnr perlormanco of one of our sbulls whioliIVitl ilrPiokons, Thoottiocr of tho Niagara, who-writestlie narrativo of tho raced flight, adds this paragraph: a.;.4«mJ «fWWant.happ$n.od.aVFort Pick ens this morning. As son,o of the inqn were removing tliO "fuses” and empty ing the powderYrOm the shells that fell ifisidwtho' p flrf and did not explode, a spark of tiro from the ohisol used in ,re- movpig the fuso, caused tho sholl to ex- pln\le, Killing fivo men and wounding two. * ftHer Wo learn that his Kxcpllency -Don' Franoisoo Serrano, tho Captain General of Cuba; has ■ exprossod his in- dignation at "tho frequent outrages committed by Federal cruisers almost within sjght of the forts at Havana. Several messages have been sent by him to theC onsul of tho United States in regard to these outrages, and tho com manders of the fsrts have orders to keep,a link out, and if any United States ship is discovered in tho act of chasing'or. boarding any ship within cannon shot to open upon and sink (keWfrebb «itl brut • II ,i< The Captain General has been so dis gusted by tho audacity and insolence of-the Yankee shippers that ho openly deelat es 'his ■ sympathy' with- i the • Con-; federate States, hi»' do termination to proteot their ships, their citizens and their flag when within-' his jurisdic tion, and his conviction of tho utter imanityof the futile attempt of -the Yanlcoos to subjugate -the South.—New Orleans Delta, n-m i:..j bon Rumors of the Aa»v -Chanoes.—Tho editor, of . the-. FOct Smith: .".Evening News’.’ says he has :b.eoni shown a pri vate letter front- Richmond, which bridge bos been'thrown across the East branch, but tho nridtjoais porifined to Bridging between points ,On-tho hither side of-the stream, which, are, perhaps, threo hundrod feet apart. • The idea is convoyed .by .persons who hdveinot "been out" this' sort of opera tion, that a .bridge of a ntile -in length may be thrown acl-ois : d^ivOo in soma* thiitgVloBS than anyhow, whereas, three of four hours would : bo nearer the' right <ffgoresAi|JWflfgons:drawn. by> six horses arehisod for the land.trimsport of thiese b)dc|g 0 S' with their apparatus. The gov ernment also uses water-tight wagori bodies of corrugated Iron for the pur- iBse of 1 passing streams;*" Four of .these tshed‘togothorOarry-an entire 'compa- sm> v -v. .through vt Late News. Nashville, Jan. 7.—A gentleman di rect front- Louitvillo to Bowling tiroon, says tho Federal army between those places is 100,000 strong-35,000 of whom Are unfit for duty—a largo proportion from sickness: u Tho Federals aro pushing thp Wprk on Green River bridge, which will be completed i)t a few days, when, it is probable, a movement will bp nitidp to ; wards Bowling Green. A gen (Ionian lioro from Faduoah, says tiie Federals intend to concentrate 100,000 men at that place. It is reported here this ovening, that tho Fqdfirals nrp crossing Groen River In considerable'force. Richmond, Jan. 8.—TI10N. Y, Herald of tho 4t|i inst,, says tho Asia, from Liv- pool tiie 21st has urrived. '1 ho foreign and domestic nows in the Herald is unusually interesting. llicpMOND, Jan. 8.—The statement which appeared in the Examiner of this city, that Mr. Memminger, Sepretaiy of tjio Treasury, had purchased gold at a' largo.premium to pay tho January an4 March interest on tho funded Confede rate debt, is unfounded. Tho gold has been in tho Treasu ry for sotuo time to meet these pa} - moots. CcrpMcrato bonds qf tho $15,000,000 loan, issqod last Maroh, aro quoted at 101, coupous off’. Dispatches from Europo recently )'0: ceiveu here by tho State Department, iYhicipYol’O written in England, prior to {ho roPoption in that country of the nows of tho capturo of Slidell and Mason; represent, tho feeling then exist ing in Franco and England, as very favorable to the causo of tho Confcde? rate States. second' dispatch. russeugers from tho mountains re port that Huntersville was burned by tho Yankees also, that licavy skir mishing continues above Winchester. Nothing official lins boon received corr roboruting these reports. W. II. Elurlbut, confined sinco Juno lust, on suspicion of being a spy, was released by Governor Letcher to day. NEw.OnLKASs, Jun. 8.—Tho ‘Eighth’ tins been appropriately celebrated as a State holiday, in commemoration of the valor of our forefathers; but not exult- ir.gly over, tho defeat of Great JjrJtpin in that memorable battle. There was ntent of .Arkansas and,"Missouri; that Gen., McCulloch .will be assignod to tho command of,a division of cavalry in Vh'gisi.a, And that Col, McIntosh will -rOpeiy.p,gp appointment to a Brigadie)'- »P. jeo wps betoro tho Yirg ventioti: ps VCommanacr of th ry and Naviil forces of Virginia," Mr. Crncher, of th 0 county- of Westmore- 1, referred thus to, the distinguished 1 which the county ho represented , Sir, when,l stand in my, own yard, I :nn turn tq ono side and.look upon tho arm on which Washington was born ; /mtUwnie . . do anchors oast. out . at either end. It is On-tbo qther farm.bpyond, Light Horse not true, ns stated, that this sort of Harry Leo. who moved tho.Declaration of Inclopendenooi was born •{ my friends visit me,; Loan dl'ivo them to thp bivthspot Of .Monroe, and in two more hours: more wo come to the spot where Madison was born.. This, it mupt be admitted, is a splendid galaxy of great names for one county to claim' tho parentage: off jgSpTho following is an extract from a'Baris letter,'dated December 9, to. the N ; Y THbltno .‘It is worse than falsehood to deny, what I know it is worse than patriotle.to admit, but.what.it, is the disagreeable existing nation,.by . is rapidly approaohiiig qord.” ’ WEEViLs.'-Brahohbs'of (•orqmon Elder, and of the Ohiha tree, plentifully miked shall cap,,,conveniently;,,get cflb with bdrri, "will: it 'ie said, k (Mtstp. rtatL'. . : prevent oi-destroy webvils.’ favor here, Memphis, Jan. 8.—A mercantile firm horo has reoeived a letter from a friend in South Kentuoky, stating that the Federal Government has made a clan destine arrangement to pardon conviots and deBpcrato characters in the jails and pchitentiaries of tho North* and scatter them thtough tho South to set fire to and burn everything they oan, especially manufacturing establish ments and machine; shops—bolioviqg it to be tin effectual mode of crippling the South. This information is obtained from a party in tho employ of ..the Foderol Government, ana is communicated to warn tho South, by a sympathizer. Twenty Federal officers at Cairo havo resigned and gone home, Richmond, Jat).'9.—Thero was hoavy firing last night at Acquin Creek. The Yankee vessels engaged tho batteries— nobody hurt on» our sido—nothing known of tho-damage to the other The.Gveoh Brier raid, (whioh burnt Huhtersville) is conceded to have been by a Yankee plundering party, who took oft 1 horses, cattle ana other prop erty. It is believed thoy havo “.scaped to. Ohio. IntoHlgonoe from Witch ester to tho 7th, says, there,has beep some skir mishing—only a few casualties on our (side.' ’ The Confederates burnt tho bridge ovor the Cacapon . River, (running Northwest, through Hampshire arid Morgan opwntjos, and. emptying into tho Potomac.) Also dam No. 6, of the Chosapeako and Ohio Canal, and tho bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and then returned in tho direction of Winchester. The Confed erate loss in tho expedition was about 20. On Monday, about 14 miles below Romney, the Confederates, in small force, were attacked by 4,000 Yankees. Wo lost 3 or 4 killed and a few prisoners 2 cannon'and 3 baggage wagons, The enemy, destroyed tne propettty'of South* ernePs in that region, generally. Wo, .captured, in all tho expeditions 2 cannon, some 30 or $40,000 worth of clothing and military stores. Among our losses was Capt. Alexander, of the Arkansas Regiment, A letter from Camp Alleghany the 6th, says there has been no atttnek on that place or on Monterey. The onb- my after committing depictions at .Huntersville, “doubled quioked” away- j®“The Norfolk; correspondent, of the Richmond Dispatch, under date of Jan. 3d, tells the following: Recently a largo number of blankets packed'in bales were among articles sent from .Fort Monroe by flag of truce to Norfolk for Northern prisoners in tho South. On rijacliing the oily it was noticed that th.e blankets were marked “Prisoners, - Keljf'J Government, Now Orleans.’’ Gen. if tiger promptly ancj vory pro))eriv retui'iiecl tho blankets book'td the Fort- ip postottice parlance for better direction.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, January 17, 1862, Image 1