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VOLUME XVII1.
ROME GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 30, 1868.
NUMBER 12
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‘A Little More Grape.”
incarnate, when, forgettingord-rs, erack I Military Movements in Cunada.
went his rifle,‘and down (lead fell tho , friend > n this city, who has recent-j By confession of'tho enemy, General
abolitionist. Since that event-it is-re*’ . v « utod - CnB ‘ w,tt » , “B rin8 us that tho Bragg inflieted as much damage upon
' i ,i “• 0 " lc ° u,,lt c ' elHU 18 '0 British government Lave, during tho tho Yankees as they havo probably suf-
ported that there has been considers past summer, sent to Quebec arms, can
bio firing by the pickets on both sides f® apd equipments for two iiundretl
m Wmor |«... K'S.'fe.® Si?jH
ai)d children aro reported to huVe left e d to. The cannon small calibre in
thev city in: the past day or nyo, and it is tho fortifications at Halifax, Kingston,
sgid this iias been done because Gen.! aud Qucbeo, have been removed, and
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tended to shell tho place agnin. Dus Trent affair, when considerable bodies
may be all so, Jot tie barely possiblo; or , of troops were sent to Canada from En-
at all events, if Burnside inteuds to 1 glantl, a commission of naval officers
ft m"»ftii s m*! rrvsr asa
merely for.tho purpose of dislodging our [ j ft km, They recommended that sixty
troops thore, and not with tho Intern strong iron-olad gun-boats should be
tion of ngiin crossing.the river. . • built > 8Uol ‘ us couW P n8S the looks
T ■ , r ■ . 1 through-tho canals from the-Ht. Law-
.. Last Monaay was a rainy day, since penoe into the lakes. • By the treaty
then tho weather 1ms been pleasant.-— witli England and tho United States,
Good health and the very best of spit- 1 neither.Power is to havo more than one
its prevail. Last Sunday Gen. Lee sent 1 X 6 *** of "' ftr ° n eithel ' of W.
, , . it to carry only one gun, tbo vossol in.-
round an order to tho oftoct that two I touUed 0 ', ly {o \. veY0 f m0 purposes. But
Saturday Morning, Jan. 17, 1803.
Editorial Correspondence.
Camp 8th Ga. Her. nearI
I'liniKiucKsnunu, Vn., Jan. 15, ’03. j
Dear CaututnTho public mind is
now so completely absorded in the
history of passing events in Tennessee,
Mississippi and North Carolina, that
tho loss said rbo»t our army here, fur
ther than that “all is quiet along’’ the
lines of the Rappahannock, tho better.
Mi the necessary preparations seem to
he making to givo tho, abolition hordes
—should they attempt' another “on.
ward to Richmond” from this point
—quite us warm a reception us they got
before, and they will surely not be
allowed to esenpe in tbo same way again.
But it is not so very quiet in some sec-
lions of our picket line as it was a week
sinee. Some littio incidents have oo-
rurred that make the posts in the city
and its immediate vicinity quite inter-
osling. I will nniTuto two that seem
tie„v4'!l authenticated. A few days
mice, at a post a Jittlo above town,
f-omb NorthCui’oliniaiis, then stationed
there, noticed a negro being driven to
wards'the i'jvor;by three or four Yanks,
they pressing him fotward with the
points of their bayonets, This, of
course, -excited the curiosity of our
inon, and they Wnlohed closely to. as
certain what this strango proceeding
might mean. Tlie negro seemed to
movo forward reluctantly, but was
lorced on by tho bayonets of those
file abolitionists, the^pretended frjends
of his race. When they got him to
the very waters’edge lie seemed by his
movements .and gesturos, to expostu
late with them, blit all to no purpose,
He ivns forced to plunge into the rivor
and swim towards our shore. When
he had got about half way across, our
men hailed .Ijiin and asked- him what
he was coming over to our side oi the
river for. ilo answered that lie had
the small pox, and that for this reason
the Yanks had compelled him to come.
Our men threatened to kill, him if ho
came to our shore, .and so tho poor
'leilow turned back to'try once more
the tender mercies of his friends, but hud
Istvam- but a short distance before be
ank tos'isc no more. This is but n
title incident, yet . it speaks whole
[volumes of abolition, history and illus
rates their style of wai faro. Such
[loiv-lifed, sneaking, devilish tricks
characterize their' efforts to,-subjugate
a high-toned, ohivalric and brave pco-
le. This nogro they lmd, probably,
oaxed, with flattering promises, from
his master, but ns soon as n loathsomo,
contagious disease had developed itself
upon his person, they thought it a good
trick and‘an easy way to kill off tho
rebels, to send him back, and thus
'spread the fatal malaria in their ranks.
Cunnirtg devils might have thought of
suoh a plan, but no onliglitencd hu
man being besides a Yankco would
ever have had the presumption to at-
empt to execute it,
Anothor interesting occurrence took
plane not long sinco between one of our
pickets, a member of 10th Ga. Reg.,
stationed in or near the city, and a
Yank stationed on the .opposite bank
of the river. Tho Yank insistod on
talking to our men, who took no notice
°f him until the vilo scamp said, “D
5’ou want to* know' what wo all com
down South for ? I will toll you any
how. Wo camo to ruin socesli women}?:
fliis fired tho blood of tho ohivalric
Georgia boy, and the words hud barely
escaped tho lips of the disgusting fiend
round an order to the effect that two
men und one officer from each compa
ny might get a short furlough. Tho
applications have gone up and answers
aro expected to morrow.
Removals.
“Three moves aro equal to a fire,”
says an old adage, and wo suppose M
Kohn con tell us whether it is true or
not, os ho has lmd to givo way again
for the new Hospital, which is the
third timo he has* had to movo. Ho iB
how in tho Blount building.
W. H. Webb has moved to the first
door below J. H. Roberts.
Our friend, Harvey K. Shackelford,
Las moved Fiis shop to the rooitf in tho
rear of Smith & Underwood’s olfico,
ever Veal & Co.’s store, whore he will
soon be ready to put up accoutrements
in li'ts usual good stylo.
^Tbc Masonic Lodge has.beon moved
to the room formerly occupied for that
purpose in the Court House.
JS»ayCupt. llood from the 21st Regi
ment and Lt. Mitchell of the 40th re
turned within the past few days. Lt.
M. will return to his command on
Monday next, mid will take any' letters
that may bo sent.
military Caps.
Military Caps cati be had at Henry
Smith’s Book Store, now in It. S. Nor
ton’s Store.
CtaT We would cail attention tp J.
S. Noyes’ School notice.
The weather for tho past two
weeks, until Clio last two days, has
been tho most changeable end uhcom.
fordable during the winter. It now
fools as pleasant ns early spring.
Newspapers and the War.—No class
of men seem so indifferent to their own
•loeunUry interests ns newspaper men.
Whilst the merchant sells his wares at
from five to ten thousand per cent, ad
vance on the old rates j whilst tho
farrper is raising on his products in
proportion, and whilst everything nec
essary to sustain lifo, as well as a news
paper, is Belling at ten and twenty
prices, publishers -are still furnishing
daily papers at a vety slight advance
on tho old rates. We believe it may bo
safely assumed that thore are but two
plnsses of men in-the Confederacy, not
in tho arui,r, who,are not “speculators”
or‘thigh price men,” in some wily or
other. The’ parson still preaches to
his congregation, at a salary which
barely keops soul and body together,
while publishers of newspapers are
working for the public gratis and board
ing themselves.— ColumSus Sun.
Bgy-Mnj. Thomas D. Hamilton, As
sistant Quartermaster, has been assign
ed to duty at Rome, Ga., which has
recently been made a hospital post,
Mnj. 11. is also acting as Assistant Com
missary of Subsistence, and as thore
is a largo number of our wounded sol
diers at his post, I10 has his hands full
of business. lie is ono of tho best
officers iu his department.— Chattanooga
Rebel.
Terrible Less.—Tho Columbus Sunr
learns from private sources (bat the
attack made, by Breckinridge’s divis
ion on the enemy’s loft at Murfoesboro,
on Friday, in which tho Confederates
were repulsed, eighteen hundrod ol
our bravo troops were killed out-right
during tho first hour and forty min
utes of tho -engagement.
The Chinese Cane.—Tho Southern
Cultivator says:
Wo aro glad that the public aro at
lust waking up to the merits of tho
Sorgho. We found it cultivated very
extensively all through North Car<5-
liiia, and wo repeat our first opinion
of it, viz: that, considering all tho uses
to which it may be applied, it is tbo
most valuable Plant for the South
that wo have obtained Binco the intro
duction of Cotton.
We shall have more to say on the
value of the Chinese Cano between now
ami planting time,
I’llOt
England has prepared quietly, and has
now, lying in tho Island of Bermuda,-
all tho materials ready to .put forty
iron-olad gun-boats togother forthwith,
suitable for servioe on our lakes. The
engines, guns and equipments, as wall
as the other material for theso vessels,
have been sent for this purpose during
tho past year to their naval station in
Bermuda, and could be put together
thore and sent into service on our lakes
on tho opening of navigation in the
Spring, on the St. Lawrence. Euglish
officers in Canada say that one hundred
thousand regular British troops could
be sont to Canada very soon by sending
volunteers and militia to garrison foits
in their colonies, and that arrangements
willbomado by the Canadian Parlia
ment, the coming session, to call 'out
two hundred thousand volunteers when
necessary. This was objhoted to last
winter, but tbo objection arose from
political considerations, which have boon
arranged, the home government agree
ing to pay the volunteers, Ac. This
information if true, is important; and
it comes through n reliable source. It
behooves our government to givo atten
tion to it.—Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. 29.
Late News.
The Chattanooga Rebel of the 23d
says:
The Federal pickets extend out of
Murfreesboro a few miles in the direc
tion of Shelby villc and Manchester,
No further advance has been made ex
cept on the McMinnvillo road. Hero
they have sent a brigade sixteen miles
to Reedy ville. Tliisbnnd is represented
to bo foraging in almost approved style
of vandalism in Wilson . and fUiKnlb
counties.
Gen. Buford, with a large force of
cavalry, is stationod at Beech Grove,
eighteen miles this side of Murfreesboro,
and fourteen from Reodyyille. His
scouts aro engaged in active reeomioit-
eriug duty,
Tho following information lias just
been reoeivod from an official source: .
Our cavalry made a dash for a large
lleet of transports,below tho Hurpeth
shoals, causing them to throw over-
hoard their cargoes of stores and hostily
retreat. Our troops then crossed to the
north side of Cumberland river by
swimming their horses through the
much swollen stream, overpowered tho
guard, and captured and closli-oyed au
immense collection of subsistence just
loaded for transportation to Nashville
by wagons. * .
‘ A Pocket Full of Greenbacks.—A
correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser,
writing from Grenada, Miss., says;
The .success or Van-Dorn’s recent raid
into Holly Springs continues to be tlie
oltief topic of conversation. • 1 learn
this morning thatsevoral mules, packed
with quinine, niorpliine, and valuable
inudioa! stores, have come in. The
Tbxns troops got possession of a large
quantity of “greenbacks,” and amused
themselves by tearing them into shreds
und lighting Yankeo cigars with one
bundled dollar greenback bills. I am
reliably informed that tile Commissary
of a Texas , regiment has §300,000 of
Yankee funds," and that thore are §200,
000 r.t headquarters. The mail bag
which contained Grant’s headquarters
mail wns captured, and in it a largo
amount of Northoru newspaper corres
pondence.
Fall of Cotton.—A merchants let-
car, received by tho Giraffe steamer at
Wilmington, and dated Liverpool, No
vember 22, notes a steady decline in
cotton in that market for several pre
vious weeks. At that date cottou was
lOd. (20 cents! lower in price than on
tho 5th September lust. Tho writer ex
presses the opipion that the moment
there is any prospect of poaco thore will
bo seen sucli a .decline in cotton on
“this (tho European) side as will startle
oven tho bravo Con fed era t cs.”
Effect of President Davis’s .Message.
Wc learn that a copy of tho Presi
dent's Message'was placed in tho hands
of tlie Federal Commissioner, Ludlow,
on Thursday afternoon lust, at City
Point. As soon as lm read it steam was
raised and Major Ludlow started at'
onco for Fortress Monroe.
Tho Petersburg Express says it is
thought that tho avowal of tho Presi
dent regarding the disposition to bo
made of Fcdoral officers hereafter'cap
tured had much to do with hissudden
doparturo. Commissioner Ould went
down to tho Point yesterday, but tho
absoqce of Ludlow prevented any nego
tiation.—Richmond Dispatoh.
""jay-Tlic total number of emigrants
arrived at New Y'otk for the yoar end
ing December 31,,1862, 75,982 ; arrived
to.samo date in 1861, 65,529. Tncreuso
over 1861^10,453.
fei'ed ill any other battle of the war.—
The slaughter wns terjrifio. That lie
was not totally routed wns probably-
owing to his vast preponderance of
numbers. After all, in view of the tor-
fiblo havoc which the enemy suffered,
and Bragg|s successfully taking off all
he had captured, tho falling bnclt of
Gen. Bragg is not without alleviation.
Ho has taken away alb tlie prisoners and
all the guns he lias oaptured, and is
now ready to give the enemy, if lie
nooses to attack him, “a littio moro
■npo.”
The “taking oft'” of everything I10
captures is a peculiarity of this General,
for which ho deserves some credit. 1 Ho
captured an immense quantity of sup
plies in Kentucky, and took them off
safely. He captured four thousand
men, twenty-four cannon, and live
thousand stand of small arms at Mur
freesboro, and took thorn off also. Wo
shall not be surprised if the Yankoos,
in View of tho spoils he is always reliev
ing them of, should designate him tho
Cossack of 'the South. In that event,
wo would respectfully suggest that they
give him the name of Gen. Tookoniofl’.
’his is a very good Russian name, und
it has the advantage of describing the 1
General’s peculiar genius. Wo trust'
that he may continuo to morit tho title,
and tako off guns and Yankees till the
cud of tho wnr.
The editor of tho Knoxville Register
relates the following touching' inci
dent:
After the battle of Sharpsburg, wo
passed over n lino of railroad in Central
Georgia. The disabled soldiers from
Gen. Leo’s army wore returning to their
homes. At every station tho wives and
daughters of the farmers eame 011. tho
cars and distributed food und wines
and bandages among the sick and
wounded. We shall never forget how
very like an angel was a pretty littio
girl j lioiy blushingly and modestly sho
went to u, great rude, bearded soldier,
who had carved a crutch from a rough
ulank to replace a.lost leg ; liow this
lit tle girl asked him if he was huugry,
and how ho ate like a famished wolf.
She asked if his wound was painful,
and in a voico of soft, -mellow accents,
“Can 1 do nothing more for you? I
urn so sorry that you are so badly hurt ;
have you a little daughter, and won’t
she cry i#ien she sees you? The. rudo
soldier’s heart was.iouchod, and tears
of lovo and gratitude frilled, his eyes.
He only answered -. “God grant that
tlioy may - be such, angels us- you.”
.With an evident offor-t ho . repressed a
desire to kiss the fair trow of the pretty
little girl, lie took her little hand bo-
tvyc-cn both of his oivn, and bade her
“good-bye, God bless you.” This ohild
will always bo u better woman because
of those lessons of practical god-like
obarity stamped incffaceubly upon t ber
young heart.
Lea j her as a Small-Pox Disinfec
tant,—The shavings or scraps of leather
burned in localities infected by tho
srnall-pox, is said to be a sure, disinfec
tant against this diseaso. Tlie receipt
comes from an old physician, whose
practice lias been largely among small
pox patients for the past thirty years,
and who, in all that time, was nevev
called upon to treat for sniall-pox a
workman in leather, either us a shoc-
inukcr' or tanner,
Tbo theory lias been put in practice
at Castle Thunder with very good suc
cess, no cases having occurred since tho
burning commenced. Tho remedy is
simple and within the reach of overy,
ono, and is certainly worth a trial.—
Rich. Examiner.
Re-Vaccination.—A paper oh re-
vncchiHtion was recently prosonted to
the Academy of Medicino at Paris, in
.the-name of Dr. Vlemincks, one of its
corresponding members. The author
giv.es an nocount of the experiments
instituted at Gaud, by Dr. Donabolc,
with a view to ascertain the advanta
ges arising from a- repetition of vacci
nation-tit various periods of life. The
results firrivcd at aro—that between
the ages of twenty and forty ro-yacoi-
1111 lion only takes.effect upon four out
of one hundred patients, wliilo tho
proportion of those on whom it takes
eflcct between tho ages of forty and
sixty is 23 per cent; and belweon tbo
ages of sixty and seventy, 54 per cent.
Tho.consequences deduced from thoso
fucts .ire—-1. That until tho ago of
twenty-five i-c-vaccination is useless,—
2. That from that ago to thirty-five it
produces usoful effects upon a very small
number of persons, and that conse
quently it need not bo very strenuously
rocommondod at that period of lifo.—
3. That from the ago of tbirty-fivo and
upwards it becomes really prophylactic,
and therefore necessary. 4. That when
vaccination has not taken offoot at a
certain period, this is no reason for
conolucling that it will not take at
some future period.
Don’t Believe Him.—Tho London
Times of the 20th uU., has a dispara
ging article on Gen. Ilallock’s official
report, and disputes its voracity. Tho
writer says.:
Wo cannot congratulate Gou. Hal-
lcek upon this history of his campaign.
It is not truo as a piece, of history, for
it claims viotovics whioh never were
won, and it passes in silenc.0 over.de
feats whioh wore ccyfainly undergone.
It attempts to make out a case on be
half of tactics which, woro oscontially
faulty in their conception, and it at
tempts to shield the commander by
casting tho opprobrium of bis i(l success
upon his officers ant!,£61cliers.
Wilmington; N. C., Jan. 19.—Inform
ation reooivod hero says tho Ericson
iron-clads Montauk and .Passaic aro in
Beaufort harbor, N. C., waiting nmutii-
t-ion. !\vo companion iron-clads aro
undoubtedly on their way to join tiicso
turret-bearing ntonstors. The two com
ing aro understood to be called Nohant
and Patapsco. There can bo but littio
doubt as to then destination.
Richmond, Jan, 19.—Tlie Herald of}
tho 17th has Cairo dispatches announc
ing the capture of Arkansas Post, on
tho Arkansas rivciyono hundrod miles
from its mouth, by land. A naval
force under McClcrnand and -Sherman,
it is assorted, captured a garrison of
seven thousaud men and an enormous'
quantity of avms, stores, Ac. It is scarce
ly probable that any such affair came
off at Arkansas Post. If it did, it was
infihitely small, and has beon manipu
lated by Y'atikee wito-workei.'B at Cairo
into a prodigious victory,,far, tho pur
pose of dissipating the blows in Wall
street. On the strength of this bogus
nows, gold fell in Now York .011 tho
16th to 46}. Herald oannrd, no doubt.
Richmond,. Jan. 20.—Thorp is. no
truth in the report of recognition,, not
withstanding some well informed per
sons assert the contrary.
AU quiet at Fredericksburg.
It is reported that Oon. Foster sue*
deeds Burnsldo.
A movement will.bo made in tho
Virginia Assombly.to put down specula
tion and extortion.
Nothing of interest fn tho House or
Sonato. Mr. Yahcy introduced aScn-
ate bill to regulate tho action of the
Secretary of tho Navy upon thedeoision
of Naval.Courts Martial. Some Sena
tors oonsidor tho bill ns reflecting on
the Secretary. A considerable discus
sion was participated in by Yancy,
Clark, Brown and Maxwell.
Mobile, Jan. 19.—The AJvertisor *
Register lias the following from Grenada
tbo 18th :—Twoniy-fonr prisoners from
Illinois and Ohio regiments, capturod
opposite White rivciy arrived here to
day. They confirm tho report that
Gens. Wyman, Stelle, and Smith wero
killed before Vicksburg. They repres
ent great dissatisfaction among tho
Western troops, with extreme hate of
th e East, and desire for peace. Sherman
was under arrest- for disobeying orders
in making tho attack on Vicksburg
prematurely.
Three prisoners who surrendered to
Starke's cavalry, say the Wostern troops
would all desert if it wore possible.
Our scouts report 25 transports pass
ing South on Tuesday last.
Richmond, Jun. 20.—Tho Alabama
bus done other damage in the vicinity
of the West India Islands, besides cup-'
turning tlie “ Vfiel.” On tho 30th No
vember, while cruising off Uapo Engano,
the extreme eastorn part of the Island
of St. Domingo, in about latitude.18°
30 // , fell in with the barque “Parkor
Cook,” from Boston, bound to Aux
Caves. Having taken all the valuablo
portion of the cargo out, the captain and
crow wero removed to the Alabama, and
the Parker Cook was sot fire to and
destroyed. The Alabama also captured
sohooner Union, but her cargo was
owned by British subjects, and sho was
allowed to proceed, giving a bond of
ono thousand fivo hundred dollars on
the vessel. The Herald says the. Cali-
forqian steamers Champion and Amer
ica are over-due six days, and fears they
have beeii captursd by Sommes.
Cotton in Now York 72@72I' for
Middling.
Richmond, Jun. 20. -In the House,
Mr. Milos, from tlie Military Commit
tee, reported a bill requiring tho enroll
men t of all persons betwoen tho oges
of 18 and 45, also repealing the presout
exemption laws, leaving the exemption
power to the Secrotary of War, with tho
approval of the President, and suspend
dug tho enrollment of such persons un
t.il tho President shall call them into
military service." was'mado the order of
tho day forjto morrow.
The House then "'out into secret sos-
sidnion the President’s Messago, relat
ing to tho delivery of captured officers
to tho Stntes for punishment.
Nashville, Jan. 1G.—A heavy rain it
now falling—tho river is rising rapidly.-
Tho Louisville Railioad cannot be
i-opafred for a long time. There is n.oiv
no mail communication between Nash-
villo and Murfreesboro. It lias been
cut off by the secessionists.
Wo have no hews from Roscncranz.
Njnoty two thousand dollars of Con
federate funds wore seizod from the
Nashvillo brokers on Friday, and confis
cated by Gen. Mitchell.
Gen. Longstreot lies arrived at Shel
byville with thirteon brigades from Loo’s
army, and will attack Gen. Roscncranz
noxt wook with his entivo forco, number
ing 45,000 men.. • '... . ; s
A groat Bnov’ storm has taken place
in tho West.' On Friday several' build
ings were crushed from tho weight of
tbo snow in Cincinnati. A tremendous
flood is in the rivers of Kentucky. The
Railroad bridge at Frankfort was swept
away on Thursday night.
Mobile, Jan. 21.,- The Advertiser
has a dispatch dated Jackson, Misa,
Jan. 20th, which says a special to the
Crisis, dated Tangipaho, La., tho MJth
says : The New Orleans Picayune con
tains an official report of an engage
ment between tho Alabama aud the
U. S. gunboats Hatteras, 30 miles from
Galveston. Tho Hatteras was sunk,
with all on boavd except one officei
and fnq men, who were piok'Jd up by
Brookyn. The Hatteras was an iron
clad can ing thiqm rifled 32 pounders.
j'Lp Brooklyn, pur.'iied the Alabama.
j>utcoiik\ qo't
Richmond, Jan. 21— Dispatches to
Northern journals, dated Cairo 17th,
report (lio stroy of the capture of
Arkansas Post,- and say the rebels, were
cut off from retreat on both sides of
the river. No official information has*
beon received here concerning the
affair. Northern dispatches confirm
tho success of Gon. Wheelor on the
Cumberland and destruction of Federal '
transports and gunbonU, butgive credit
to Forest instead of Wheeler,
Tho Building of a Railroad by Fed-
crals towards King George C.‘ H., and
a corduroy road across the swamp and
protection tho same by a strong redoubt
would indicato that a movement on
the Rapphaimoek was destined to be
made- in earnest, while oportjons in
North Carolina were deigned os a feint
to draw our troops from Gen. Lee.
Alexander Galt, the gifted young
sculptor died hero yesterday of small
pox ,
The Secretary. of the Treasury, in
his report, vocomuieda a tax upon pro
perty and gross incomes, sufficient to
yield revenuo of at least "forty eight
milions, and shows that the amount
may bo increased to sixty tnilions—a
sum sufficient to pay tho interest on
uiblie debt, and provide a sinking
und also, •-
Two huiidro.l Federal* attacked a
scouting party of- Confederates near
Windsor, on Black Water, yesterday,
and wero repulsud and driven into Suf
folk.
Petersburg, Jnn. 21.—Advices from
Norfolk to tiio 18th report that a seri
ous row oocurred on tho 17th amongst
the soldiers and negroes at the fortifi
cation below the oity, whioh was finally
quelled by two regiments from tho
city.
A dispatch from Old Point announces,
tho arrival of a few transports with
troops. Their destination is believed
to be to strengthen Newport News and
York town.
Coraoran’s brigade is believed.to be-
in tho vicinity of Windsor, on the Nor
folk rivor. Throe prominent Union
citizons were assassinated on the night
of tho 17th. ,
Northern News..
Richmond, Jan. 21.—The Indianapolis
correspondent of tho Cincinnati Com
mercial says Indiana is ripe for rovolu-
tion within her borders.
A plot of tho democratic leaders tb
seize the State Arsenal has been de
feated by tho vigilanco of Cloy. Morton
and a fow others.
The ostablishmnt of North-Wostern,
leaders is boldly advocated' by domo.-
cratio leadors iu Indiana.
Vallandigham, in the House of Rep
resentatives, on the 14th inst„ advoca
ted an armistice. The Herald’s cor
respondent says his'speech was listened
to with the closest attention;
Napoleon„did not. allude to American
afl'airs, in his reply to tho diplomatic
corps, ifuriug his now year reception..
When tho Emperor passed where Mr.
Dayton stood, ho onquired ‘What news V
and on Dayton answering, "Bad nows
just received,” his Mqjesty replied that
lie regretted it, and hoped it would bo
hotter within tho year.
Tho Balt. Amor’n of tho 17th says
that reliable information kas beon re
ceived by scouts to the offeot that efforts
aro being made by tho rebels to cut
Rosnncran.tz’. army off from its supplies,
and then to crush it.—Rosoncrantz will'
not move upon Longstreot until a.cer-
tai.n expedition effects tho destruction
of « railroad and capture of Forrdst...
Goldsboro.’, N, O., Jan. 21.—All quiet.
.—The Yankees aro roported to havo
fallen back from Trenton, and aro said
to be at Jacksonville, ten thousand
strong.
TaoruiES.—Among the Yankee guns
capturod at Willow Bayou last Mon
day, is ono that had a Minnio ball shot
clear through the barrel. This feat
would havo been thought impossible-
but the indubitable proof of the gun-
barrel with tho bullet holo through it
may bo soon" at the gunstore of Mr.
Huffman on Washington St.— Vicks
burg Whig.
Gen. Withers, in a note to tho
Mobile Advertiser, says that the retreat
from Murfrocsboro’ was'in accordance
with the opinion of-all the corps and
division commtindors, and was in.oppoz
silion to the opinion of Gen. Bragg,
who did not yield his objections until
ho learned that reinforcements were
rocoired by the enemy.
eaf-The Boston paper* give a list, of,
semi-annual dividend* payable in Jan
uary, the recapitulation of the amounts
showing n total of' $7,055,506, against
an average of about threo miHions for.
tho preceding four year*. It i» stated
that to a large nuinSer of tho corpora
tions tho past two years have proved
the most profitable periods ever, expe
rienced.
A. Molero, a bookseller in New Or
leans, has been fined $25 for exhibiting
a painting of Stonewall Jaokson in bis
window. J. A. MondeRi: tbeertist who
painted it, was fined $10.
The Washington Republican states
authoritatively that forty vessel* have
recently left British ports to, run the
blockade. ’
Col. j f : B. Formon, twontv years of
age. tbo youngest Colonel in the Fed-
eral sorvico, wns killod at Murfroesboro’.
It is now stated that Burnside will'
retire from tho commund of the army
of the I’otoinao. Ho iu6ists upon it
himself.. Hooker will tsuccood him.