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VOLUME XYItl’;"/','^::ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1863.
NUMBER 14
' The Question of Fdoit.
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Foturdny. Morning, Feb. 13, 1803.
JtiSyWe have certainly hod 'ri, touch.
If winter in the last few days. Wed-
lefday night lust was absolutely: awful,
t commcneod snowing In the evening,
tier dark, it commenced sleeting; the
limlblew terriReally, and altogether
liras a scene’ of awful grandeur,—
lliursday morning the sntw was sov-
[ral inches in dr ptlft&lSC Weather
loudy. and cold. ; .« l
Vestei day morning if cleared off, and
lie sun came out warm,- and though
lore was a slight cool wind,. the snow
lui decidedly in the -•‘melting mood*”
ml, ns donee Hooper would soyi there
m a deal of "slpsiiiii about.'"
j taT We learn that,our ; friend Cicero
lnilh, of riiilrcnd' popularity, lias.ra-
tvored from his attack of the small
}>x—in fnot, he has beeti free of it,
|r some ' !'• rco weeks past. Ho has
■used to bo a "dangerous ohnracler,”-
ld has again become tho good matured
fcasvuming gentleman of former days,
J. Morrison, Mn.j. I*. S.
lintup, and -Private Arch. Pemberton,
pm their' respective commands, re-
irned iu the pust few days. Wulenrn,
pm Iho latter,.(hat MivDwinoll is on
l wity’hpm9,y".' . - ; *. .
A New Daily in Macon.
lOn the Second Monday of February,
| Macon, under idle title of tho "Daily
pnfedorate,” at $10 por year, in nd-
liicp. • 1
(Mr, A. has, been long known as a
Icinbor of tho "press gang" in Georgia,
Id we doubt not,..will mhko an inters
|ting paper.
Nilgai Maple.*
[ A friond informs us that this.is tho
liic for tapping the sugar maple, and
l Uiero is o^great deal of it in tho
pinityjfloCfRome', if piopongmenns
^ra taken wo might at least have
Ptd.v of “long sweetnhr” Will soin
[ our friends give us an article on tho
du* opimndi of making syrup nnd
gar from tho'maple?
•The pronencss of: human naturo
I ta’.o advantages of the necessities of
aws, as tyoli fvs. its hcgir.tlessnoss, was
hibitod by an' old - ohap yostorday,
j| 0 liacl a very .small load of wood for
I 0 ' "ho on being asked the price
Iplied, “Fivo dpilars,” when less than
fc'cek ago It was selling at §2, On ac-
unt of the snow the prospect seemed
| be that,, wood wouid bo somewhat
nrco. Wo doubt not he would' hnyb
lused oxtdrtioners ns roundly as any
w.
—y—r^r .
I8@?>T1io Now Orlcah3 • correspondent
I the Philadelphia. Inquirer asserts ns
}s belief, based upon personal knowl-
Pgo arid'' information derived from
| ,l « Pfmroe.a,>h{iinot loss than'fifteen
sets foeloflging to. Ihe Bank’s expedi
te “hovo;b0en,wrecked, disabled, 'con-
pmtied, or havo gone down at son, and
Paccount made of them.” He says
P°y are strewn all along the coast from
oiv. Orleans to,New York.
(<%* fho President’s' mossago, has
;"' h ^ fc ,( 0 ";. presidential
Uiavc done: that is, won praises
kinds of people. His enemies
faiso.him. -Of them, however, ho has
f v Within tho Confederacy*. Being the
fPresQntaiive man of our peopie.it
P ei2 good to see how fully equal
f. * 1 ’avis is to tho vast responsibilities
“ ‘Mo.placo.hc.fills.
tlfe Gpvernniont has made/VnH the
facilities for transportation—railroads,
steamboats, nnd every inedo used for
the shipment of supplies from one sec
tion of the country, to another. This
scarcity of provisions might havo been;
obviated in a great measure, had not
tbo rniltonds nnd steamboats, generally,,
made tliemsolvcs parties ,to the mania
of spcnulglion, which has been so rife
in the country. It is believed ..that
the largest foitunes that havo been made
since tho commencement of tho war
have-keen those whioli have gone into
the pockets of the speculators and rail-
rond corporations. It is, evident that
thera must be, for the future, a judi;-,
oious and ellioiont system for the dis
tribution of meat und bread over the
.country, othorwiso ,th.o groat mnss of.
ours'peoplo must be cruelly wronged
in those premises. Tho crop of 18G2 is
known to have,boon ample for tho
wants of the etitiro -Confederacy, but
owing to tho occupation of largo terri
tories ef our country bv tho devastating
armies of the vandals, wp may expect
a proportionate falling off of our bread-
stuffs for tho future. . The. habit ,of
planting is so (ingrained in a large ma
jority of of our planters, that it may
justly bo -regarded as the ground of
reasonable misgivings in rogard to our
future prospects, in the event, of a
further prolongation of the War. Much
as we may deprecate the interference
by Congress or the Stato authorities, in
the planting of our crops,'we confess
wo .can conceive of no better mode of
ensuring an ample supply of graim—
This is a Inatter tliat^ should engage
tho. serious attention of - our wisest
men. It is believed that tho peril which,
now environs our glorious cause is oon-
fined.exclusively to the question of
bread. . We do not doubt the general
patriotism of our farmers q indeed, wo
t'eel confident that the, great bulk,of.
them will plant tlieir crops with an
eye single to the wnrits of tho country;
but'it would bo n pr&vo error for our
authorities to,trust to contingencies,"'
when our liberties aro poised ih the
balnuce With the fluctuating motives
that govern human decisions■ at a time
like this. Tho prospect of an early
pegco nlay go far towards prompting
many tn pint) ( cotton, so also may other
motives, which need not be specified.
Wo wo clearly of tlio opinion the Gov
ernment has a perfeot right' to save it
self, even if a resort, to' legislation' is
made in the plahting of the crops of
1863.—'NV/ma lieporter.
Boarding.
Tho fast that thoTInrrlot Lane was
carried by boarding insignificant. The
account of the battle states, that after
pouring a destructive volley among hor
crew from double barrel shot guns an
other proof of the valun of that inestima
ble weapon), tho Confederates boarded
her, and completed their victory, ,Xlio
operation is ono of the severest teats of
the valor of seamen.' To gel upon
an onemy’8 decks, nnd whip him on
his own dunghill in_jt hand-to hnnd
(jol. Martin J. Crawford,
We aro pleased to see this gon tleman
at homo again, on his retriru from Rich
mond. lie went thither to lay before
the President tho evidence upon which
tho Cqurt Mnrtiaj, ordered by . Gen.
Bragg, suspended him from his com
mand fer nintv days, After rendli g
the testimony which was beforo tho
Court Martial, President Davis promptly
end very justly restored him..,,
From What wo know of tills matter,
(and wo olaim to know lt 'frorii official"
sources!) wo consider the decision of
tho/Court nn outrage Upon common
justice. ; The facts upon which, that
decision, was based, though now hid
den from public'raiutiny b> the ‘ articles
of war,” will one day soo tho light, and
wq have a porfect assurerico that tho
revelation will furnish a frill and ample
vindication of the cenduot qf Col.
Crawford. Wo tuny here correct an
erroneous Impression 'which, to somo
degree, prevails in reference to the ex
tent of tho capture of Hew Haven.—
Out of 786 men in , his regiment, Coi.
Crawford had with him only 241.—
With tills small force', necessarily scat
tered in guarding several roads, and
emi'
agai
fight, is unlyci sally regarded as the best
proof of superior pluck which seamen 1
Cnn give.'--The British used to sttyj in
tho last war, that tho Yankees fouglit
very .well at long taw, but that they
rarely ventured, to board a vessel,
John Bull always prided himself upon
his backbone at close quarters, and the
Confederates ' i-erm to be his genuine
kinsmen in this inspect. We have got
the men, to inako us great in naval war
fare, if wo'orily had the ships. a
BoArdirig. at the present 'time, is a
trying operation, at land ris well as sea.
If any ono doubts it,, they had better
try some of the (i?gli-pri 5 e boarding
houses, in comparison with ihe suc
cessful accomplishment of that-achieve
ment, hoarding the Harriet Lane is a
very small affitir;—TPicAmont/ Dispatcli.
Dialogue lie-wccn fllayor" Action and
an old Lincoln 13 omen.
The following dialogue occurred at tho
counter of.the Register office ori last
evening between Mayor Action arid rt
virulent* eld Lincolr.ite of the ieminino
gcr.dor: '
Mayor—“ You scerii to be for Lincoln,
my good woman ?”
Old Woman—"! am for old Abo, and
would' rather sec him than any otlior
man on earth,” , 'f , ;
Mayor—“Tako one pfburpapers, arid
tell your husband l'6'i read' it,' anti I
think you and him will got right arid
be for Jeff. Davis.”
* Old Womnn—“D- n- old Jeff. Daris-
I wish lib was dead and at the devil,
nnd you too.”
1 Moyor—“1 hope when 1 die to bo
escorted to the higher courts of angels,
and you.'my dear madam, be taken to
tho warmest eornbr of Abralmm’s bosom.
And now I'll giyo you a papor, if you
and your husband will read it.”
Old Woman—“If my husband wo3 to
read it, I’d whale him like the devil.”
At this announcement the Mayor
laughod heartily. The old lady,
raged and greatly exoited, replied:
“You may laugh, now, but soon your
tune will bo changed.
Tliis coloquy was heard by several of
our patrons who wore present, and who
can attest that tho above is a litoral
transcript. From this specimen of our
she lories the public may form some
conception of tho oharacter * of the big
buck or\os.~Knaxville Register, 24th.
' '
fejj-Edson B. Old, just from the Fed
eral bastiie, Fcrt LaFayette, was escort
ed to his scat in the Ohio Legislature,
at Columbus, by a procession two.miles
long,
ng
Chancellor Kent, who ought' to bo
good authority with tho Yankee nntion,
nnd whttFt) ctimtnrbtnries hnvo n cele
brity wherever the English' language .s
spoken, thus speaks of tho eficcls of
raising a blockade:
(•Tho Government of tha United
litotes has uniformly insisted that the. been stripped from* its enclosures, and
ploying every proper precaution
_unst surprise that any commander
was ever known te use, ho was complete
ly enciroled with three regiments of
Yankee cavalry, and was thus present
ed with the alternative of surrendering
his little command ns prisoners ; of war
or as victims of massaero. Ho wisely
chose the former, and we repent that
when tho whole truth is known, ss ono
day it will be, the public judgment will
declare a triumphant vindication of his
conduct.—C?A Times,
BSrTlio VickRbiirg Citizen of the
27th of Janury has tho following
Items.
We have ns yet, heard no confirm
lion of the roport ciroulatod here yester
day, that a large, number of Yankees
soldiers including a majbr nnd a lieuten
ant colonel, had come over to join our
army. But it is true that several small
partios have eomo into our lines volun
tarily. They refuso to bo exchanged
and say they are done with the Yan
kees, but desiro to join the Confeder
ace army, " ■- mttlj
j The capture of Arkansas Post by the
Yankees seems, to be confirmed, but
instead of taking 8.000 prisoners, it
turns on tthnt 2,500 will cover the whole
number, and that most of these escap
ed. cn. the way to Memphis by the des
truction of tha bouts.
The Times,
i Wo have’every reason to boliove that
tho enemy intended an advance, but
they aro now delayed for the want of
supplies, for notwithstanding a number
of transports have, arrived at Nashville,
they aro unable toreaeivo any supplies,
as our men are in n transport—(of Joy),
at the Larorgne and other shoals, re
ceiving their freight from the trains. ,
Morgan is again.on the enemy’s heels,
and will give a good a account of him
self. Two of his men surprised fiv6
Yankees at breakfast, at a house near
Woodbury, a dry or two since, nnd
compelled Mm to surrender, owing
to their having left their guns in ono
corner of the room, out of their reach.
A Captain and a squad of Morgan’s
scouts proceeded, to Stuart's Ferry, or.
Stone River, drossed in Yankee uni
form, arid wero'haiiod by some Aboli
tionists on tbo other side of the river,
with. “Who.nreyou?” “(1th Kentucky
(Fed.),” when our Captain hailed them
with, “Who aro'you t ” "Nashville
scouts.” "Well liolil on there a mo
mont, I want to see’- you.” The Cap
tain thou steppod inrto the.ferry bout
with sufficient men to overpower the
scouts, crossed the river,'and approach
ed the Captain in chaVge of tho Nnsh-
ville squad, shook hands with him,
and politely informed him, ho and his
inrty—fivo others—must surrender.—
One endeavored to escape, and was
killed. Tho other five were taken and
brought in.— Winchester Bulletin, 4th.
blockade should be effected by tho
presence ofa competent force stationed,
nnd present," at or near tiio entrance of
the port ; and 1 they have protested,
with great energy, against tho applica
tion of the fright of seizure and tho
confiscation to ineffectual or fictitious
blockades.
-if tho blookade bo raised by
the enemy, or by applying tho naval
force, or part of it, though only fora
time, toother objeotB, or.by tho mere
reinissncsB ofi tho cruisers, the com
merce of neutrals to tho placo ought to
bo free.
“-When a blockade is raised volunta
rily; or bv a superior force, it puts an end to
it absolutely; and if it bo resumed, neu
trals must be charged- with notico de
novo, and without reference to the form
er Btato of tilings, beforo thev can . bn
involved in the guilt of n violation of
the blockade,”— Commentaries, Vol. 1.
With sucli high authority, it seems
reasonable to expeot the blockade of
Charleston absolutely raised.—-Atlanta
Intelligencer, „<
The North Revealed.
This war lias indeed made some re-
markablo revelations. It hits lifted tho
veil from human nature, and let.in a
light upon its dark places like the
searching blaze of tho Day of Judgment.
The surface civilization of the age has
From Charleston,
From tho Mercury, of tho 3d inst,,
we get the following iu regard to tbo
situation there:
Yesterday forenoon passed in tlio
city harbor without any stirring news
or mcidontof npte.—About one o’clock,
n tolegram from Fort Sumter announced
that a strango steamer, evidently an
iroti-clftd, had just liovp in sight. The
number of ordinary blockading vessols
ufriintr nTnituv fliin ImtMV.nn wun n
displayed beneath tho same evil pas
sions which tho inspired records touch
us are clmracteratics of the heart of
than beyond the power of any human
agency to change, Tho world, nnd
especially tip American part of it, has
boon exulting in the delusion of hu
man pcrfectabilitx, and, pointing, in
proof of it,'to 1 the' progress'of man in
humanity sinco former ages. But a
low years ago it was even doubted
whether wars would not soon come to
nri end. Wo bollevo it wns Victor Hugo
wlto declared, Ju a spoeoh at tho Peace
Congress in Paris, that a cannon would
one day become a great curiosity, aud
exhibited with other curiosities in the
riiuseuriis of tho Old World as a rclio
of the ancient barbarism oi mankind.
But the dreams of the amiable enthu
siasts of penco were suddenly dissipated
by tho Crimean war, then by tho Indian
mutiny, then by tho Italian war, nnd
lastly by tlio bloody convulsions in
America, which have scattered to tho
winds tlio visions of dreaming philoso-
t bers. Tho veneoring of civilization
as liepv rudety torn from tho real
riharncter of mau. It has proved but
the velvet covering over tlio claws of
tho tigor. , Tho genuine instincts of
the bruto are all aroused by tho sight
of blood, and ho at onco begins to
fight, in the languago of tlio Gorilla,
“with gloves off.” In no part of the
world and no poriqd of Us history has
this boon.moro manifest that) in tlio
external transformation which the
North has undergone in this war. If
any ono ten or even fivo years ngo had
Tho littlo children of Now Orleans,
who have inheritod Southern feeling’s
nnd Southern antipathies, hnvo been
accristoined'to sing tho "Bonnie liltlo'
Flag,” and to cheer for Jeff. Davis, has
when Yankee troops are passing. To
suppress such demonstrations. Banks
has issued n formal military order, 'an
nouncing that lio will hold the parents
of such children for such offenfces res-
ponsihlc to the highest military penal-
tile city wlinrve?, and mi endless variety
of rumors and conjeotures in relation to
her idenity and designs were soon
a fn'iat.
Meantime, another strango suil'niad'c
her appearance in the offing. Sho
proved to be the British steam frigato
Cadmus, 21 guns, bringing, dispatches
for tho British Consul and for tlio Pot-
rel, now anchored in tilt* harbor. At
three o’clock, one of tho boats of the
Cadmus brought.tho dispatches to tho
oitv in chargo ofa Lieutenant.
We have learned; from good authori
ty'that the Cadmus brings intelligence
that an expedition of very formidable
character has been prepared to •perate
against the City of Charleston, and that
tho eiiemy is now nearly ready for tho
attack. Air. Robert Bunch the British
Consul, bus orders to go aboard tho
Cadmus and to get to Havana with the
leust possible delay. Wo understand
tlmt he oxpects to leave on Saturday
t^ext. *’,
From the Cadmus «ve havo informa
tion that tho mysterious steamer off
North Channel is the Yankee’iron-chul
frigate New Ironsides, Site can hardly
cross tlio bar, as she is said to draw
nineteen feet water. Her object, for
tho present, probably, is merely to
protect the blocknders from another
attack. The Ironsides, it is believed,
camo from BrOiid River. The trans
ports plying southward friom Beaufort,
N..O,, nro probably bound for Port
Royal, the rendezvous of tlio land forces
‘of the expedition.
It) our nrivai'successes last week the
enemy lias had a foretaste of our
strength -upon tho water. -But' tho
preparations for tiio attack on our oity
were matured previously, arid it is not
believed that our naval victory will
either prevent or postpotio iti It is
well, however, that our defences are
now completo, and thut wo weVe able
to strike the first blow in the struggle
to hold our good old seaport, That
blow, ive trust, will encourage our de
fenders, on land and seu, to redouble
tjicir activity and, vigilance, and to
spare no pains to give a bloody welcome
to tlic assailants.
the inauguration of Lincoln, ho would
have been laughed at ns an idiot ora
madman. If ono of their old worthies
had (iBcn from tho dead and told them
of tho future, they would haveoxolnim-
cd, as one man, “Is thy servant a dog,
that ko should do. this tiling ? ”
It was the hand of Bible Socioties,
of Tract Societies, of Pcaco Societies,
of Christian Associations—to say noth
ing of steam, gis, electricity, and com-
merce which John Mitchell tell us arc
ti;o essence of modern civilization.—
From its lofty religious and moral cha
racter, it looked down with tho com
placent spirit {of genuine Pharlsoism
upon the boneighted millions of tho
old world and the publicans nnd sin
ners of tho Southern Statos. "• In every-'’
thing that pertained to tho outside of
the humanities it was perfect. Its very
linen had an' nir of sanctimony about
it, and tbo physiognomies of its saints
were white, placid, and solemn as the
tombs of the ancient Jews. But tho
war has taught us what we might have
long ngo learned from Revelation, that
ostentatious pretenders to piety are
“whitened sopulcres full of dend men’s
bones," and that civilization, so called,
has no moro effect in altering tho real
nature of man than tho moonbeams,
which glitter upon a placid ocean, -in
changing tho' qualities of tho sea.—
Never : have a people so sbalneicssly
cast asido all regard to honor, truth,
humanity, common denconcy, as tho
Puritanical and oivilized North in this
unpriralieled wur.—Rich. Dispatch.
Prentice’s Idea or “A PATniouc Let
ter.”—Tho Louisville Journal - publish:
cs a communication froin Hoh. John
H. McIIcnry to his son,.Col. McHenry,
of the 17tb-Kentucky, regiment, which
ho calls a patriotic letter. Tho follow
ing sen tonco will give our readers an
idea of its onlarged patriotism :—-The
President is not tho country. At orio
time I thought him an honest man, but
I havo been compelled to change that
opinion. He is a miserable driveller,
yielding to outside prossure when it
tends toward abolitionism, but ignoring
it altogether when it tends to coristifu
tional conservatism. •• • f " 1
SSyYankoo papor* aro getting to bo
very popular, because thoy oontairi so
much good Southern nows.—Exchange.
Yes, they abuse Liricoln as energet
ically as the best Southorn papers.
• r ; •
Ke.ncckv to Resist.—A reliable gen
tleman informed us yesterday evening
that the report with roferenco to Gov,
Rohison, of Ky., colling for troops to
resist Lincoln’s despotic policy, is un
doubtedly so, and that the Governor
has called for 60,000. Wo wait with
great anxiety to hear tho facts.— Bm-
theslcr, Tenn., Bulletin, 2ith.
Jtd\ ijirt-v*. idiYp lpefn)T2'iti'7 «
r * -
g©** Seven tories of East Tennessee
rceontiy attempted to cross tiio moun
tains in tho vicinity of Kingston, and
mnko their escape to Lincolndom, when
they were al! murdered by tory bush
whackers, through mist iko. Tho bush
whackers mistook their brethren for
rebels. A good thing will sometimes
happen, even in Njizaretb.
l-’roin New York.
The Legislature of -Now York has
»as organized. Culbcrt, Dem., has
been elected Speaker of tho House by
tho Republicans, ho agreeing to voto
fora Republican U; S. Senator. All
the rost ol tlio officers olcctod. wore
Republicans.
Tho Herald’s correspondent, writing
frorn Albany, siiys that a'difficulty' be
tween tlio State arid . General Govern
ment is inevitable; that the National
Govovnnient has not consulted Sey
morir iri. anything it has dorio ; nevei
having written to him, since his elec
tion, and points to'tlio militia being
called out by Wool as cbnfirinatory of
what it says. It remarks that the
pooplo are ripe for revolution and are
not to bo kept down by Jacbbins. and
asks imploringly, whore aro wo drift-
Tiio correspondent df tho Herald
writes from Washington that tlio radi
cals still press the Fresident to remove
Seward, ilnd that o'n Saturday, * a large
numbar of them, Wendel! 'Phillips at
their head, went forward and demand
ed of tho President to oust his premier.
Tho City Council of New Ybrk, by a
voto of 13 to 2, have passed resolutions
denouncing the Administration, .and
charging Fit* John Porter’s dismissal to
partiality. •
j|©-Gen. Magruder ho* issued a pro
clamation announcing that the block
ade of Galveston has been offootually
Extortion.—Tho Virginia and Geor
gia papers aro full of most stringent
articles upon extortion, A writer says
r. man at Culpepper C. H., cleared $1,
COO off of throe barrels of apple brandy,
sold to the army.
linb members who nro guilty of extor
tion. Tho Religious Herald says any
one who consults Mark vi, 27, in tho
Greek Testament, will find that whon
Hered wisliod to have John tlio Bap
tist beheaded in prison,'he sont a spec
ulator .to discharge the cruel function.
Tbb inspired writer used the very word
never j a its Greek for spekoiilalor.
open
all friendly nations, and:-their mcr
chants are-invited-to resume tlieir usu
al commercial 'intercourse with -that
,pp»t. hi* - 4
•qgigA gentleman just from Holly
Springs, Miss.; says that ovor ono thou
sand negroes that had been carried off*
by the Yankee troops, havo ran away
from the Yankees nnd returned to thoir
homes and masters. They represent
that their treatment by tho Yankees
was horrible. They wore badly clothed,
worse fod, worked hard, and suffered
greatly from exposure to cold. Thoy
soys if this is Yankee freedom, they do
not want any of it.
To Keep Arri.Es for Winter Use
Put them in casks or layers well,cover
ed with dry sand, eaoh layer beiag oov-
ored. This preserves them froin the
air, from moisture'and from frost; it
provonta their perishing by their own
perspiration, tlieir moisture being ab
sorbed by tho sand; at tho same time
it preserves the flavor of the apples, and
Late News.
Important from Charleston.
Charleston, Feb. 3.—The British
frigato Cudmus brings intelligence that
a most formidable naval and laud
expedition is about to attack Charles
ton, the preparations being now nearly
complete.
The Cadmus brings orders for Mr.
Robert Buncb, tho British Consul, te
go abroad and get to Havana as soon
as possible. He will leave next Satur
day. V,
The Yankee land and naval forces
are gathering at Port Boyal, and it ia
supposed that the troops are drawn
chiefly from the North Carolina coast.
Tite iron-clad Ironsides is still off the
bar this morning, together with thir
teen other steamers.
In connection with tbo abovo tele
gram, taken from the Savannah papers,
vre^ubliah the comments of the Repub
lican :
Tbo news from Charleston, though
hy no means unexpected, will create
i greatest interest throughout tha
South. Our readers will recollect that
we stated our belief, ten days ago, that
tho movement in North Carolina was
but a feint to cover an attack «n
Charleston and Savannah, particularly
the former, and that the whole scheme
would be developed in the courso of a
few days.
Avousta, Feb. 4.—The Editorial Con
vention riict this morning—about 20
papers represented. Joseph Ciisby, of
tlio Macon Telegraph, is President, and
Jas N. Ells, of the Atlanta Baptist Ban-
nor, Secretary. *•
Columbus, Go., Feb. 3.—A largo fire
broke out at 3 o’clock this morning on
Randolph street. It commenced in
Bidder's shoo shop, extending East
and West. It consumed nine building*
and much property. There was very
groat difficulty in obtaining water and
a vory- largo amount of goods and pro
perty was consumed.
CiuaLtsTON, F«b. 4.—The following,
from Decherd, Tenn., tho 31st, (by
mail to Chattanooga,) has just been re
ceived ; Tho enomy advanced twolve
miles from Murfreesboro yesterday,"
with a brigade and six pieces of artil
lery, and made a vigorous attack on
our cavalry, shelling us back a short
distance. We masked ourselves in tho
timber near Forestville. when Ander
son’s brigade -happily arrived and re
pulsed them with a loss of 300 killed
and wounded, and small loss on our
side. Heavy skirmishing may bp look- '
ed for daily, und a general engagement
within the next ten days. Gen. John
ston has issued congratulatory orders
to tho army of Tennessee, saying he
will direot their further movements
He was serenaded lost night at Tulla-
lioma. On being called out, h4 com
plimented the band, saying he hope#
to have an opportunity of hearing .it
often.
VicKSBBea, Feb. 3.-—The Yankee
ram Queen of the West, went do#n the
river yesterday afternoon with the sup*
posed intention of destroying tho ship
ping between this and Port Hudsou
ttho wns fired into at Warrenton, but
with no effect.
Mobile, Feb. 4. A .special to the Reg
ister from Undor-a-Bushel tho 3d, says
the latest news from Memphis-repre
sents that one division of Grant’s army
bad gone down tlio river, and the gun
boats had gone down.
The river is rising, and is now within
four feet of tho high-water mark.
There is a growing dissatisfaction
among tho Yankees, and one -brigade
has been placed under guard at' tho
fortifications in Memphis. . .j
Artillery has been placed at all tho
stations on the M. A. C R. R,
Jackson, Feb. 3.—New Orleans paper*
received at Ponchatoulas announce
the raising of the blockade pf the 6a-
biiio passes and the capture cf three
Federal vessels by the Confederates.
No particulars given.
SECOND DISPATCH.
A special to the Tribune from Jack-
son to-day says the Federal ram Queen
of tho West, which passed Vicksburg
on Monday morning, reached’and land
ed at Videlia, opposite Hatches, tho
same evening. A number of men went
aslioro, and attempted to’ capture Col.
York, but be escaped. The Aram, steam
ed down tho river, doing dariaage.
Within 18 hours, previous .to yester
day, 25G Yankee deserters arrived at
Grenada. Deserters are constantly-ar
riving. The country is full of them.
Full 5,000 have deserted from one di
vision of tho Yankee army.
raised; and he proolaims to all con- provc.its their wilting. Pippins have
cerncd that harber is open'for trade to been kept in this manner sound and
fresh till midsummer; and how much
longer thoy would have kept is not
known. Any kind of tiand will.answer,
ifcufe it rmfst fco^perfectly dry.
Gen. Mercer Calls on the Peeple ef
Savannah.
Headquarters Militart Disit.iGU., I
Savannah, Feb. 3d, 1863, J
Fellow Citizens of Savannah :
All the indications point te *n early
attaok upon this oity. I -call upon you
to arm for the defence of .your firesides
and your altars. Let not these be des
ecrated by tlie i-iie.nies .of God arid
man. Lot the foul r<>nt.«f the invader
be driven froin our soil.
.1 appeal to you, one and all, te holp
in this sacred cause. All'.who wilt join
heart and lined in this holy work of
patriotism,'' will bn rar.de acquainted
with the details on application at these
headquarters. H. W. MERCER,
Brigadier Gene si Commanding,
8ki5“It is said that Gen. Magruder has
captured another Yankee war vessel at
Galveston. She steamed into port not
.knowing Ltiat.it had been captured by
•our 'forces. .