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VOLUME XTI11.
ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING" FE13 HU ARY 27,' 1868.
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• Rome, Feb..l9th,-1863. The New York Herald has recently'
•Ending who havo addressed Valen. i« « leading editorial slated .that the
_„„,i i . . movement lo settle the present dtfficul-
• to gentlemen in this place, in ties by n convention of representatives
much these lines occur-- - from the free States is progressing in
“I ain told Hint St Vnlontlnne shiv ' 1,10 Woat - The Illinois Legislature, it
m* “s»r,i.i£"n" *
Fedeiui. Outuaoes.--Let it bo pro-
l.miscd that in Nashville the Federal
c | government .hns employed a lot of de
1 teotives. whoscayste.m of espionage equals
of Indiana, Kentucky,
and other States; at Louisville, in tlio
month of March—the foremost man of
that committee being a strong adherent
of Lincoln, and heretofore a staunch
republican, and that many other politi
cians of republican proclivities have
been appointed on tho same committee.
It also states that the measure tvus
“Yes, I will leave my mother's halls, J but in vain, by the abolition.
To roftm n.1oM#r wUU Minn jtn wts * n legislature* and that it is
to roam along n th thee, Ac., I expected tho State* ofOliio, New Jersey,
-will please address the recipients, Pennsylvania Iind x eW York will com-
And—
“May thy life forever bo
A constant scent of joy.”
And—
“E’en when in prn er I kneel,
My thoughts to thee are given.”
And-
iiame as uilvorlwcracnts.. . through the Fost Office, over their pro-
*"* 8i en*‘urcs, and relievo tl.o mental
.tuituously In the Courier. The friends ef anxiety and suspense of
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lilnrday Morning, Feb. 31, 1663.
New Advertisements.
Vis i. k Co., offer tame articles not
usually found at a jewelry store, as well
Mothers Hint are.
W. 11. Teriilne desires to enlist men
for const service. (
C. W. Lancwoiitiiv offers n lot of fine
shoes fur sale.
Kkni.y St Mitcuei.i, wish their shin-
plnstci* brought in to ho redeemed.
Moktautv in the Roue Hospitals.—
Only about thhty have died, up to this
date, in the hospitals lit this place.
Considering the largo number treated,
Ibis speaks -well for; the Surgeons in
'Imrgo, and the management generally,
We hope to bo ublo to givo a full list
of the deaths in our next* issue, to be
ollowod by weekly statements of tho
nme.
CoxKEDEItATB t'l.OTIMSd Bt'REAl'.—Wo
era from tl.e Clironiulu that thoQunr.
liiuiM.r Gouerid. Las permanently
Unldished in Augusta, a clothing
mu, uniter the superintendence of
Inj. I.. U. Bridwell, and tliat now over
thousand women are employed niak-«
g clothing, besiiles (oremen. cutters,
Irrksl inspectors. Ae. It a few such
Miiblislinients eun he kept in opera-
i«n, the tinny will lie ttell clad, .while
Kindreds of poop women will make a
oinfurlaUo support.
Uoi„ Wm. CT'miii.no, a ilistinguished
[itlnuj of Augusta, died in that city on
the 18th Inst,
The Ititfius Falling.—Tlie witters
dull had risen some ten feet in the
previous two dhys^ conmieiiced fulling
riiursday night. The rivers di I hot
frt out of their hanks opposite tlie
nun, though tiio. bottoms above and
Wi'W tho city have been flooded in
places. Wo liavj heard of no
•srio.ts damage. • ,
W~The latest rumor is, that Chnrles-
Ion is to be nttackoil on Sunday'next
-50.000 troops arc at Hilton Head;
W"The Atlanta Confederacy say*
""me flyo hundred citizens from' North
mm Georgia have arrived at that place
»ml enrolled their names ns volunteers
in tho Confederate, service and that
die arrivals still ooi linue daily.
ISf-The Knoxville Regis te
Several of our young men of this place
1 viciuitv. who had exemnfinnu luvt-S
Those You Would not.Kill.
Gen. Joe E. Johnston.—This distin
guished commander of tho armies of
the WcBt, arrived at Kmixvilte on tho
4th Inst, lie was serenaded by. the
Florida band in the evening, when lie
made his ay pearance on the balcony,
and said, in substunoe:
‘ Gentlemen—I thank you for this
manifestation of your kindness. Being
a South western Virginian, my inter
ests have beon identified with those of
Knoxville, as the interests of my native
section have beon identified with thoso
of East Tennessee. Suolt a reception
by soldiers is particularly gratifying.—
Good-bye."
As this is the longest speech of the
General's that has boon put on record
during tbo war, outside of tho battle-
field, the citizens and soldiery of this
Department have reason to feel highly
complimented.— Sav. Hep.
1 ^ —
Missouri.—That great Western Stafo,
says tho Richmond Enquirer, is not
lost! mul shall not bo. Ttsfule depends in
no small degree, upon the Western Abo
lition States, with their “Constitutional”
scruples, nnd tlieir wriggling devices to
get- from under tliriir war dobt. It de
pends solely and exclusively upon the
success or failure of the Confederate
armies in tlie (laid ; on which, indeed,
those Constitutional scruples of Indiana
and Illinois also depend, if wo are.
beaten there will be an end of Consti
tutional scruples, and also of tho effort
to to escape the war-debt; for that is
to be paid out of Southern confiscations
If wc me victorious, then, indeed, we
both-liberate Missouri, and- bring Indl
min, Illinois nnd the rest to tlie most
wholesome frame of mind.
JSSyThe Chicago Times of tlie 3d
hist., publishes Mr, Foote’s lute reso
lution id reference to existsing difficul
ties, nt length. They are introduced
by lu-uils in flaming capitals, as follows:
“A Confederate movement for peace”
—“Resolution introduced in Lite Con
federate Con .-res# by Mr. Foote, of Ten
nessee”—"'Uie South willing. lq con
elude a just and honorable peace with
any of the States except. New England”
■—-‘Protiered guarantee of the uninter
rupted navigation of the Mississippi."
No comment is indulged in by the
editor.
SQyGen. G. W. Smith is ’ about re
signing, says tho Confederacy, because
ho was superceded in command on tlie
North Carolina coast by Gon. French.
It will bn recollected that Gen. Smith
and Gen- Lovell were both appointed
Brigadier Generals in our army, by
President Davis, in tiro fall of 1801.
both ut tbo time being citizens of.New
York. Gen, Lovell bus been under n
oloud ever since tlio fall of Now Or
leans.
Late News.
»ml vicinity, who had exemptions, have
lately abandoned their occupation on
•he peace establishment and joined the
«j»V. This example is worthy of inii-
Hj?*A daring fqat has been 'perform-
*'l offthe mouth, of the Sabine, by two
Moall river steamboats, one carrying
a 04-pounder, the other two eighteen* - ,
manned with about 300 Texan soldiers.
They attacked and captured- tho U. S.
•’% of wav Morning Light, often guns,
«ni schooner Victory, of two guns,
after a chose of fifteen miles. Tlio
VssboIs were carriod by boarding—109
‘prisoners captured—ho loss on oui
tt*f A
•^f'The-prominent matter discussed
ln Ute Northern - journals is Com
modore Ingraham’s late brilliant affair
jjf Chnrlestop harbor, by which the
Mockado was legally raised. They are
!*** ®*8 or to make it appear liiat tlio
acts de not warrant the general opin.
m» of all publicists North and Smth,
1 81 the blockade was broken by those
««nu. .
JSyTlie New Yot;k WorUI states thnt
Lincoln lias determined upon calling
McClellan to the command of the army.
Upon tlie announcement- being made
there was a great flurry. Chase at once
threatened to resign, as did also the
rest of tho radical members of the Cab
inet. For this and other reasons, Lin
coln was induced to make no changes
for the present. Within two weeks,
however, it is said, there is scarcely a
doubt that the command of the army
will be again tendered the “Young
Napoleon.,” Tbo World says:
“The appointment of Gen. Hooker
to tlie command of the army of tlio
Potomac is merely temporary. It was
mudo against tho judgment of the
President, and even of the Secretary of
War. His soldierly qualities are not
doubtsd, but his ability to handle such
an immense body of men. is seriously
questioned by his friends."
Land Prsvateerino —In tho Confed
erate House of Representatives, on Fri
day, on motion of Mr. McDowell, ■ of
North Carolina, it was referred to the
Committee on tlie Judiciary, to inquire
into the expediency of reporting a Rill
providing for the salo of all negroes
taken in arms against the Confederate
States, the proceeds to be divided
among the troops engnged. iji. their
capture
bine in the movement. In theso state
meets of the Herald wo see confirma
tion to some extent of what the “dis
tinguished .gentleman from the North
west” slid to the Editor of the Missis
sippi Crisis, to which we lefurred on
yesterday. As to the time and placo at
which tlio proposed convention is to
assemble, there 1b in all tho uccounts
that wo see in our exchanges of this
movement some discrepancy. The
statement in the Crisis named yesterday
as tho time, and Frankfort, ICy., as the
place. The Herald sets down the
month of March as the time, and Lou
isville, Ky., us tho place; whilo tlio
joint resolutions which nre reported to
have been udoptecl by the Indiana
Legislature designate tlio first Monday
in June, and Nashville, Tennessee, as
the placo of holding the convention.
The resolutions of the lndinnn Legisla
ture cover a cnlt for an armistice, nnd
explicitly declaro the war slintl end,
and if the Lincoln Government declines
to quit fighting, tlio State shall proceed,
independent of the Government to
make peace. *
All this is certainly encouraging, and
would inspire us with tlio hope of an
early cessation of hostilities, mid event
ually peace, if we did not sec so many
evitiences presented, on the part of the
lenders of this movement in the West
and.North, that the peace they desire
to - bring about must be based upon
reconstruction principles. To this, the
South can never consent; and, like
John Van Buren, we are of tho opinion
tliat the South must win pcaoe and
independence by hard fighting, until
it shall be demonstrated to tho North
that Lincoln's Belf-iihposed task of
subduing the South is one of thoso
moral and physiciat impossibilities
which ull nbolitionciom cannot over
come.—In this attempt the bankruptcy
of the North nnd West will soon become
so patent to the people there that the
idea of reconstruction will be abandon
ed, mid peace declared on liny terms.
We feel confident of this, and will
patiently ahido coming events, the
shadows of which we already perceive.
—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Trace.—Under this caption the Mo
bile Advertiser and Register has the
following article;
When Lincoln shall have retched tlie
end of Ids war tether, nnd is for'aed to
give up nil hope «f subjugation, tlie
great difficulties of making pence will
begin to be apparent.—\\e are clear
that the Uoiifederates should conduct
tlio negotiation with arms in their
hands, nor submit to an armistice until
Now Orleaus, and every other positiou
on Confederate soil in Federal hands,
is given up. Abraham Lincoln will
never consent to treat for peace until
tho power to niake w tr lias passod from
his hands. That time is rapidly ap
proaching, ns is evidenced by a thou
sand signs and shadows of the coining
events. When his finuncis break down
—wlien sevcrnl Middle and Western
States shall rise in rebellion against tbo
supremo folly of ills Administration —
and liis armies iu the field melt away
under Ihe various dissolving influences
now powerfully operating upon them—
Mr. Linuoln will be powerleis ;and then
o.onies ilia Confederate opportunity.
It will then he easier to take back New
Orleans 'and l’ensacola, and other
points, by arms, tli«n ,to gain, them
through years of mazy negotiation with
tiint diplomatic trickster, Mr. .Seward,
The Confederate Government cannot
with safety put oft - its armor or sheath
tho sword until all points of boundary
and of conflicting rights mid interests
are finally adjusted. In other words,
tlie time is at hand when our gigantic
enemy will have exhausted his .strength
by the.very vigor of his efforts. The
South will have him down, and should
that in Franco during tho most terrific Richmond, Feb. 17.—Articles pub-
and bloody days of tho revolution of u s j ie(1 „i mo ,t simultaneously in La
1789. It is tho duty of these men to Nacion, La France and l’Opinione Na-
watch-suspected citizens, both mule -
nnd female, nt all hours of the day
and night and in every place, not evqn
excepting I bo privacy of their bed
ebambeis.i
Very recently one of thoso scoundrel
ly detectives was given a number of
pistols nnd charged to convey them to
tlio house of a soocsslon • sympathizer,
with what purpart and object may be
well imagined. He discovered that
Mrs. Samuel, a widowed lady, with
only two daughters, who niaae her
living by sewing, was obnoxious as n
friend of tlie South. Accordingly ono
of these miserable men, known as de
tective policemen of the Washington
government, visited her with a basket
of un-madt) clothing, beneath wliiok
was a lot of pistols, he representing nt
the same time that be (being a South
erner) only wanted to conceal them
for a short-time. The good woman,
xious to serve the holy eauso in
which were embarked all her hopes,
readily accept ed tho fire arms.
That night a guard of Abolition sol
diers Visited and searched her premises
and, of course, found the pistols. They
laid pnly laid a docoy duok for her de
tection. - ,
Of Courso Mrs. Samuel was arrested,
and with only tlio clothes upon her,
hurried off to Louisville and the North.
A friohd and neighbor, who attempted
to furnish her with clothing and lood,
was repulsed by. tlie guard with the
remark: “We’Jl have you in Camp
Ciioso next.”
llow long, oh, how long, are these
outrages to pass unredres3cd l—Shelby-
'Me Danner.
hold him there until a.poace, honorable,
satisfactory and just to all her obliga
tions, lias been forced from him. Oui-
greatest danger will spring from too
great a desire and hurry for peace.- Wo
may “pvecipitate”, into a peace, and
that will bo werso than tin
“precipitation” into war.
lie original
St. Mary’s Ga.—We are credibly in
formed that tills venerable town was
entirely destroyed by tlie vandal aboli
tionists last week. They were attacked
there by ou'r cavaWy and driven back
Thursday last; nnd the following day
they .returned and burnt the remaining
portion of the town, including the
Episcopal Church and Academy. They
ithreW shells into a house ’that was oc
cupied by three aged Hn<l defenceless
females, knowing them to be there, and
cursed them as liars apd traitors.—Was
sau Guardian.
Destruction or 1’norERTV.—For some
timo past, deserted workshops and
dwellings -have received the attention
of persons in need of wood or money,
gnu after carrying off' leneing, a door
and shutter soon follow, and presto 1
some fine morning the house disappears
altogether! We have ulready noted
Bi vend ci-bub of this kind, and now
wo have another to , record. During
the past two weeks the'fencing around
Brennan’s foundry, 02 College street,
opposite Fireman’s HaU, lias gradually
rrown “small by degrees And beautifully
css," and on Friday night-, a dash was
made on the front foundry building,
which, about midnight, came down
with a tremendous crash. Beforo 9.
in the morning scarcely a stray splinter
was to be found about the place, and
ut noon, the work of destruction was
resumed, and progressed ull day on
the largo roar building, winch, being
strongly put up, resisted for a _ long
time the assaults of soldiers, citizens,
boys, girls, and nigguis. until-at lust
down came tlio roof, nnd there was.
nothing left to shelter tlie viihiublo
property in machinery, tools, eto., all
of which lay exposed, and will doubt
less be totally destroyed. Tho mule
which has been lying dead there for
several days, is still strotohed out in
all its loveliness in tickle tlie nostrils of
tlie occupants of'ihe hospital adjoining.
—Nashville Dispatch, Nek. 8/A
“Stick ’em Hors.”—Extra Billy Smith,
of the 49lU Virginia, is well known to
tho whole army as ho martinet in mil
itary matters, caring but little in what
language his orders couched, nor wheth
er they arc.exccuted according to the
rules of tactics, so they are understood
by his men and carried out ns ho de
sires. One of his command informs us
of a good one of his at one of tho bat
tles before Richmond, which will bear
recording. During the severest of tho
contest, when ball and shell was rain
ing in a perfect torrent upon his posi
tion, Extra Billy, who sat on his horse
calm and uiimoved as if on ordinary
parade, saw as ho.thought, an. opportu
nity,' for a successful charge upon a
buttery wi‘h a pretty strong infantry
support nn<l culled out to his men,
“Boys 1 you seu them fellow's over yon-
tlw. Tull out bayonets. Now;, stick
’.-ml” Tho “boys” went it with a
rush, their bravo leader at their head,
and did “stick ’em,” until not a few
lay stretched in tlio agonies of death
upon' the gory field.—I.ynchburg De*
pultHlan.
E-caped From Jail.—We learn that
Joq Harrison, who was charged with the
murder of the Confederate States Mar
shal, Mr. Ross, at Marietta, some weeks
age, and who was sent to the jail of this,
(Fulton) county, for safe keeping, made
his escape from thence on Thursday
night last. It is said that ho bored
through the roof of tho j lil with an au
ger, and with the.aid of a rope which
hpd been furnished him by some one,
ho managed to reach the ground and
effect his escape. The night was dark,
and the rain falling in torrents, favored
his attempt. Up to this time nothing
has been beard of him.—Atlanta Intel.
tlotial, newspaper organs of tiro Empe
ror, Empress and Prince Napoleon, show
that France is exceedingly anxious t®
bring about a peace in Amerioa.
The new Archbishop, in his pastoral
lottijr, attacks Russia nnd England for
refusing to join Napoleon in his first
effort at mediation:
Tlie steamer Georgiana, tender of tlio
Alabama, was in tho harbor of Holy-
bead, England, and went to sea on tiro
24tli January, for Nassau, with a for
midable crew.
Tho Russian oonsoriptiou in Poland
laid resulted in a general uprising
against the authority of the Czar, in
that ancient Kingdom,
Tho latest dispatch, dated Vienna,
28th, says that sanguinary conflicts con
tinue to take place In Poland.
Tlie Liverpool cotton market closed
irregular on tho 29th, nt a decline of
•Jd. The Bank of England had advan
ced its minimum rate of discount from
4 to 5.
Tho Missouri Legislature, unable to
elect a U. 8. Senator, adjourned its joint
session untit November.'
A great portion of the business part
of Norfolk, Va., lias been destroyed by
fire. The entiro loss U upwards of
$300 000
Gold in New York 154. Exchange
I09QH7I.
second dispatoe.
Seward, in a dispatch to Minister
Dayton, dated tlio 6th inst., says what
Drouyn do l* Iluys suggests is, that
this government shall appoint commis
sioners to inset on neutral grounds
with commissioners of the insurgents.
If it wore possible for this Government
to compromise notional authority, so
far ns to enter into such debates, it is
not easy to percievo what good results
could be obtained by them, Tho com-
missicHers must:,agree on rscommoud-
lug either that tho Union shall stand
or bo voluntarily dissolved, or else
they must leave the vital question un-
se tied.
Seward doses bv remarking and en
forcing the idea tliat the Congress of
tlie United States furnishes a constitu
tional forum for dobates between the
alienated parties.
third dispatch.
Tho Enquirer has Northern dates of
the 14th.
The Etna 1ms arrived.
The French Emperor is endeavoring
to perfect a new plan of- mediation or
intervention with the Notth nnd
South.
Drouyn d J’ Iluys linn addressed a
circular to tho French Ministers at Lon
don, Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburg
directing them to sound the feelings
ot the Cabinets of those countries on
the propriety of tendering their coun
sels.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14.—The N.O.
Delta of tho 8th says Gen. Banks has
issued nn order forbidding tho fore
closing of mortgages, and the soiling of
property under execution, belonging
to ’ loyal” citizens.
R. C, Hutchison, the counterfeiter,
was committed to jail on’positive proof.
He hurl $20,000 of tbo counterfeits .in
his possession.
■Serious consequences arc apprehend-
od from the passage of the gunboats
tlir. uglt tlio Yazoo piu&>. and the pas
sage ofanuthcr by the Vioksburg bat
teries. '
ringing etnphnsis tlie assaults of the
administration at Washington upon tiro
Constitution.
They denounce abolitionism and
secpsiionism as alike inexcusable and
wrong, nnd demand, that tho war shull
be stopped, and recommend a conven
tion of Representatives from all the
States for the settlement of all nations!
difficulties.—They ' also propose un
armlstiop, pending tho efforts for a per
manent peace and reconstruction of
Tlieir passage. iav» tlie Timo.*, will he
an event in tko history of the war nnd
the conn try; and us the voice of a
great State, they must he heard and
needed. They embody tho great pub-
lio sentiment of Illinois.
Mobile, Feb. t8.—The Advertiser bos
n spcoinl from Jaokson,. The New Or
leans. Picayune of the 14th, received ut
Tangipaho, says the Delta lias been
suppressed on account of objectionable
articles. It is supposed by tho Em, a
new paper.
It is reported Hint Banks 1ms been
shot at from n wi allow. The Delta tays
an officer carelessly threw some ex
plosive cartridges from the window,
which exploded.
The Bank qf Louisiana was burned
on tlie 14th.
Tlie Delta mentions a rumor tlmf
Butler was shot by J. E. Bouligny.
Gon. Grant has.soppresseU the Chica
go Times iri his artny.
The ledcrnls are nuking good head
way at Ynzoo, Miss., but ample efforts
are being mado to arrest tlieir further
progress.
Charleston, Feb. 17.—The following
proclamation from Gen.. Beauregard
will appear in tiro Charleston pnport
to-morrow;
Hiedguarters department of S. Carolina. ]
Georg'a and Florida, j
Charleston, Fob. 18.
It hns become ray solemn duty to
inlsrm tiro authorities and citizens of
Charleston and Savannah, that move
ments of tlio'enemy’s fleet indicate : .un
•zrly land nnd navul attack cn one or
■both cities, and urge that person*-.una
ble to take un active part in the strug
gle shall retire. It is hoped, hfe vewr
that this temporary separation -of solan
of you from your homes will be made
without alarm or undue busts, tb.u
showing that the only feeling winch
animates you in this hour of supreme
trinl is tHo result of being unable to
participate in the defence of. your
Homes, your altars, nnd tho graves,of
your kindred. Curolinlans and Geor
gians, the hour in ut hund to prove your
country’s czuse. Let every utile-bodied
man, from the seaboard to. Ih« moun
tains, rush to u> ms. - ,Bo not too exact
ing in the clioioc of weapons. Bike*
nnd scythes will do for exterminating
your enemies, spades and shovels for
protect inj^your friends. To arms, fol-
loty-oitizens 1 . Come and share with us
the dangers of our brilliant success or
our glorious death. Signed,
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
General Commanding.
Offioinl, J. M. OTEY, A. A. G;
Finnliprepariitions for tlie expected
Nicholas Longworth, tho well
known wine grower and millionaire o(
Cincinnati, is reported to be very ill in
that city. He is in his eightieth year,
is afflicted with paralysis, and is not
expected to recover. '
j}4£’*Tho Lexington, Ky., Observer,
of a late date, cays that Chnrles F.
Brown, known as “Artemus Ward, ’ is
about to lead to tlio altar one of the
most beautiful girls in Kentuoky. The
young laldy is very wealthy, too, pofses-
siug in her own right no less than one
hundred “contrabands."
Gen. Sam. Houston.—The Houston
Telegraph, of the 16th of January, ac
knowledges the, receipt of one hundred
the
hi
Uulv<
lealt.h stated tp~hf* improving.
' >Ui-t il«i*r 1.
Richmond, Feb. 17 —Private dispatch
es from Arizouin and New Mexico rep
resent tiiose ten itories in a slate of
revolution.—After the withdrawal of
tlie Confederate troops last July, tlie
Mexican population rose against the
Federal soldiery, signally defeating
thorn in two pitched battles. Tho one
my was shut up in Forts Craig and
Union.
Gen. Arcliiiluta, tho Mexican com
mander, has sent to Gon Magruder for
reinforcements.
Fredericksduro, Feb. 17.—Northern
dates of the 15th havo been received.
Dispatches from the United States
Consul ut Alexandria, Egypt, and Mr.
Dayton, wero laid before the Senate.,
winch stole that the Viceroy of Egypt
has furnished tho Emperor of Franco
with several hundred negro soldiers to
garrison Vora Cruz. The consuls at
Alexandria hod all demanded explana- psrtod.
tfons from Ute Viceroy, and the Euro
penn Consuls had telegraphed for in-
siructioes fiom their Governments.
The Empire city, which left New Or
leans on the 4th, reports Banks’ forces
in a condition to tak e the field. It was
thought.that afovtvard movement would
be mado at ouc«.
Tho wqtcr flows through Williams’
cut, near Vicksburg, and a steamer had
passed through.
A second regiment of blaoks is to be
formed at Port Royal, with Montgom
ery, of Kansas, as leader.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The Senate was occupied to-day in
the further consideration of the Senate
Exemption bill. An amendment was
adopted excluding from exemption
Department Clerks appointed since
April last, .
The House tvos in secret session ori
the.currcnoy question.
Grenada, Feb. 12.—The Chicago
Times of February 5th says the com
mittee on Federal relations in the
Illinois Senate, reported a preamble
and resohtti'ons v declaring that the only
means by which the Union can possibly
bo restored (V bv i.ortdetnp'ing -with-i
<*•;* » « iif * ,
attack arc being rapidly ’ -perfected.
Troops and people nre culm nnd confi
dent.
Among tlie trophies of the war
displayed in the Virginia State Library,
is a white silken banner, captured from
a Philadelphia Turn Verien Regiment,
on one side of which is the motto “Gut
Heil.” Tho trunsliiiivn of these wprris
is said to be “Good Luck," but the
majority of visitors giv* llieip uplioneiie
signification, readily believing that the
regiment, to which thy banner belonged
“got hell” on the occasion ot the cap
ture.
Mujor General Magruder has
issued a proclamation declaring ihnt as
the ports of Sabine Bass, Lavaca and
Velasco, und the coast, of Texas, have
ceased to be actually blockaded, by the
forced withdrawal of the enemy's, fleet
from the same, he.inviter Weirdly tieo-
tral nations to restime. commercial in-.
tercunrse with these,portr until an ac
tual blockade hns be’ert .rg.iM: bhslmd
with the usual notice doimihdeu'Iiy the
laws of nations.
g®“The Cincinnati a
recent date, says in u/e. civil
authorities put the "coMrajaiml-."-. in
jail, and then sell them Out to th'i--e-
who will buy them. I hey. are sold tc*
whoever will jav their jail expense: ,
and take their labor for the shortest-
Iron Clads.—-It way a*cer sttiecl. d fi
nitely, Thursday night, tln-t.-i ji,e'. 1 ey.y
have brought (wo of Ilieniron elmis .n-
to Savannah river. One was lying
near Fort Pulaski, and the other four
miles this side,
It Was also ascertained, by tbesame.
parties that one . iron-clad had beeq >
anchored in Warsaw Sound. Wbeq
seen she bad a schooner lying alone
sido discharging something, suppose^
to be ammunition. : : .!!■
The presence of such vessels off o^r
city means something more than an
attaok on Charleston. They moyp
slowly nnd with difficulty at best, «rh«p
at sen, and the .enemy avo not apt to
take them far off 1 from the work to be
performed.—iSun. /t-yi,, Uth .inst.
Errxcis op Ins Proclamation.?-A
conversation between, two negroes on. •
the street, yesterday, was overheard by
a'gcnttemnh tb this effect:
• ’“Well. John, tve tire all free now’^
•lAli ! Bill, ihH'pends tpor.e on Gem
l.ee.ih in Mr. -Lincoln.”
. • SeiuiU.o negriA ^ot, .