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VOLUME XVIII.
ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 6, !8G3.
NUMBER 17
k Monte Courier.
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First, it hna nnnihilntct), in twenty
months, all the fulso and pernicious
theories nnd teachings «of abolitionism
for thirty years, anti which a tncrc ap
peal to facts nntl argument* could not
have untaught in linlf n century. We
hnvo learned that tho South is not
weak, dependant, unenterprising, or
corrupted hy slavery, luxury and idle
ness; but powerful, earnest, warlike,
enduring, self supporting, full of ener
gy, and inexhaustible resources. Wo
have been taught, nnd now confess it
openly, that African slavery, instead of
being a source of weakness to tho South,
is or.e of her main elements of strength;
nnd licNco tho “military necessity," wo
are told, of abolishing slavery in order
to suppress tho rebellion.
We have learned also that the non-
slnvcholding whitemrn in the South,
millions in number, aro immovably at
tached to the institution, nnd tiro its
chief support; nnd abolitionists Imvo
found out, to their intinito surprise nnd
iegust, that tho slave is not “panting
for freedom,’* nor pining -in silent but
revengeful grief over cruelty nnd op
pression inflicted upon him, but happy,
contented, attached deeply to his mas
ter, nnd unwilling—at least not eager
—to accept tho precious boon of free--
dom which they hnvo proffered him. I
nj pcnl to the Present for the proof. 1
nppenl to the fact that fewer slaves
have escaped, oven from Virginia, in
now nearly two years, than Arnold and
Cornwallis carried away in six months
of invasion in 1781. Finally, sir, wo
have learned, nnd tho South too, what
the history of tho world ages ago and
our own history might have taught us,
that servile insurrection is the least of
the danger to which she is exposed.—
Hence, in my. deliberate judgment,
African slavery, ns an institution, will
come out of this conflict fifty fold
stronger than when the war began.
New Advertisements.
L. R. & S. D. Wrueo, oiler valuable
Mills, nnd a Tannery for sale, together
with 1300 ncres of land.
Maj. Hamilton, desires to purchase
for Hospital purposes, 3000 yards of
Homespun. Also see his notice for
payment of house rent, hire, Ac.
J. J. Cohen,- will sell his entire stock
of gou»!s at auction on the 8th of March.
Quinturd Hospital—A Card.
This hospital is doing all in its power
to ameliorate the condition of the suf
fering soldiers, whoso misfortune is to
he sick or wounded, lit performing
tins duty the attendants solicit the aid
of the patriotic in furnishing^ them the
necessaries to be used in this work of
charity, especially chickens, eggs, milk,
butter, red pepper, nnd vegrt ibles gen
erally.
They also bog the permission of ex
pressing their gratitude for donations
already made hy those whose names
m-c placed Imlow, or any otlicis who
may have bedn forgotten or overlook
i-dt
Mrs. Landrum, Mrs. John Skinner,
Mrs. Gabriel Wright, Mrs. Sarah Dick*
son, Mrs. hr. Cliem-y, Mrs. llrisqoe, of
l’olk co., Mis. S. Fouulie, Mrs. R. llar-
•grove. Mrs. Fort, Mrs. .1, Ftvomnn, Mrs.
Attaway, Mrs. Lambcrtli, Mrs. Dr. Un
derwood, Mrs. R/J. Johnson, Mrs. C. E.
Hills, Mrs. C. O. Stillwell, Mis. C. Pen-
1'iiags of us, and makes some bold ^ ningt on, Mrs. 1). K. Mitchell, Mrs. F.
Ids at his own Government, for which c hinmoud. Miss Mollio Skinner, Miss,
p thank him.
After urging the opening of trade,
|dlls* Ac,, between the North tin J the
out In he says:
I Hut certainly what I propose is infer-
[Ml practical recognition. And that is
Jrorisely whnt exists today, and htu
|*isled. mink* or loss defined, from the
Flags of truce, exchange of pris-
nnd all your oilier obsvrt ani-es of
iic laws, forms and courtesies ot wer,
lionets of recognition. Sir, doos aiiy
Van doubt to day that there is a Con-
(ilernte Government i.t Richmond, and
Pint it is a “belligerent ?“ Even the
it.clary of State has discovered it at
'St, though lio lias 'written ponderous
litnriliiy Mormug, Fob. 28, 1803.
Vnlliindigham’s Speech.
11; is miicli to bo feared that our peo-
swill lie misled by what they sup-
me to bo the friendly indications
i tho Northwest. Fiont tho begin-
ling, Mr. Yalitindigham lias heel re-
Imleil us the champion, and, for a
Ifiiie it was thought lie would ho a
lorlhern martyr to tho South, hut no
pn ran read Ids late speech without
fnilt-ssiug that Ills love for the South
i out of his love, for the North.
Wt thunk him for all the good
Jungs Ik. has said of us. While in th.e
it of committing a deed for which
Imiiiiiity and perhaps history might
Indcimi him, a certain Roman suid,
It is not .that l love Ciosar loss, but
Inne more.’’ 11 is so witli Air. Vallun-
lilinm. He loves tho South, hut he
jves the Northwest more. And who-
Iff rends liis speech cannot fail to
Jreeivo that it is an injurious and
|afiy argument in favor of re-eonstruc
And it is upon this idea, and this
|!y, that the whole Northwest is now
lliug. They do not love the South,
lit they love tlic Northwest, and they
|rcrivo that the only way to save
elves i- tj; join ty’uh us. .Yet they
■nit us to go buck mi it belt- terms.—
(liev are not yet willing-to give up
™ England for us, nor tire they will-.
: to give us up for New England.
Let not the people ho deceived. The
jnrtliwest, i* not ready lo avow our
Inn-sc, and until they are ready to leave
East for the South, we must Bland
Jy our arms, “trust in Hod and keep
Jnr powder dry."
Mr. Vnliaudigham says vet-y fine
Julios of polished rhetoric to prove that
I 1 , is not. Will continual war, then,
Tithout extended uml substantial sue-
»*«• make the Confederate States nny
Jlio less n government in fact?
I "Hut it confesses disunion 1" Ves,
list as the surgeon, who sets yogi- It-i.c-
fuird limb in splints, in order Unit it
play bo healed, admits that it is broken,
put tho government will Have failed to
Ocorgia E-hols, Miss .lane Echols, Col.
Word. Mr. Wl> iteliead, Dr. Easter, Mrs.
Webster. Tlie Soldiers’ Relief Society
of Alabama. Hie ladies in the vicinity
of Stileshorough.
Important Fnoji Richmond,— The
question of the Northwest engages a
large share of attention in high quar
ters ill the scat of Government, it is
believed that overtures have been made
by loading inert of both parties of the
States named, accompanied by assur
ances pint if they could bo received in
to the Southern longue their troops
would be recalled and t ho war stopped
in twenty four hours. Tho p'roposftton,
it is further said, has many friends
among public men in Richmond, and
is tlie subject of debate in store! session
of Congress. The army of Ueii. Leo is
said to be decidedly in favor of the
measure, us tlie price of peace and of
vengeance on the Yankees,
These statements come to the Mobile
Register from a most reliable source,
and we give them, at their value, for
3* rebellion.” Sir, it Tins IJflJK'^tionof our readers,
uicu. You wont to war to,prove thnt
" e Imd a government. With what're-
Nt ■ To the people of the,loyal Slates
thus, in your hands, been tho govern
Nent of King Stork, but.to the Confer!.
I'fate States, of King Log. “But the
[ l '®belHon will have triumphed." Bet-
I 1 ®!' triumph to-day than ten years hence
[ ‘■ut I deny it Tho,rebellion will at
l ln *c bo mushed out m tho only way in
I'mlch it was ever possible. “But no
Jono will be liung at tho end of the w’ar.”
I« either will there be, though tho war
|«Uould last-half a century, except by
tally, ^
1 '% kt this administration, and all who have
I ’ :ns its bidding everywhere, rejoice and be
I breeding glad.
The New Merkimac Showing IIeo'ski.f
—A Fortress Moproo letter (January
25) says:
Tlie new Merrimac, that was reported
to be a failuro, lias bedri shewing her-
seir lately at tho moutli of the James
river, on the lookout, no doubt, for a
ohaneo to “gobblo up" some of our
fleet'; but experience has" taught our
people to keep a bright lookout and
not trust to reports circulated hy rebels
for the purpocs of putting them off
l bemob, or tho hartd'ot arbitrary pow- their guard* if the-Merrlbliic should
lint realty, sir, {f there is to'be no hang-
rilff. kJ-.* h-jr-iL. ■ 3 -II .1. I
venture out, site will moot a warm recep
tion from the invinciblo iron clad Pa
tapsco.
I v ‘. ,u °‘ '’bo lessons it 1ms taught the n ][ ;| u > perfection of an export, and
- orth, he says; tho grace and beauty of a serapb.—
.“"j* Hus war, horrible as it is, has ! Her Majesty, the Queen of Britain,
-»nt a * B ®bio of tho most im])or- finds billiards hot only a great consoler
:JJ* ?"d salutary leSpons wliich ever a but a most favored amusement—ns wo
•* yPte.Jwned.’ j see by a Into nuntfcer of the rt {Imrtali
Our Teuncsscc Correspondent.
SnEi.nvvtt.i.E, Tenn., 1
February 20th, 18(13. J
Dear Coi-rier:—ltis somewhat a dif
ficult.task, ns we monotonously drag
through these vory dull, and very rainy
days, to glean from tho gossip and nows
of the camp, a respectable budget of
reliable items. Such as we would gath
er, is anticipated by the cloctrio wire,
and reaches your readers long before
any communication conveyed through
•tho mail. So we. grow indolent nnd
indifferent, prefaring rather, to bug
our fircpluees.and discourse pipes, news
papers nfld the prospects of an early
visit from Roser.cranz.
The plans of that General are consid
erably thwarted by the heavy rains
which have fallen within tlie last fort
night. Tho roads are quite impassable,
and many bridges have been washed
away. Tho railroad between Nashville
nnd Murfreesboro is again in operation,
and .Rose;tcrans is reported to be re
ceiving reinforcements fvery day j but
we have Gen. Joe Johnston with us,
and should the enemy ndvancc, we
feel confident that we can attend to him
as ha deserves.
Too much praise cannot be awarded
to the efficient Cavalry Corps uow op
erating in our front. Uuder the brave
and skillful leadership of tieneruls
Wheeler, Morgan, Forrestnnd Wharton,
they have proved themselves of inestim.
able value to our cause, and a source of
serious and constant annoynneo to the
enomy. Gen. Morgan came very near
being captured a few days ago, while
attempting to pass the pickets, two
miles from Nashville; lie and hitftnen
•erfe disguised in Federal uniforms, but
tlie guard suspected them, when John
reciprocated their suspicions by cap
turing tho pm-ty.
We sul|join a synopsis of Orders pub
lished at Dress Parade last evening:
“All Commissioned officers of the
Army, wlio are absent from their res
pective commands without sufficient
authority, will be considered ns no lon
ger in service, thirty days a p tcr the pub
lication of this order, when their names
will be erased front tlie returns of their
Regiments and Companies."
“All commissioned officers between
the ages of 18 and 40, whe have bocorno
disconnected with the army, by the’’
operation ot General Orders 48 and 90
of 1802, or by reason of non-re-election,
resignation or dismissal, unless actually
disabled (of which they -must furnish
evidence,) are subject to conscription'”
"And while substitutes between" tlie
above ages, and who are not embraced
in tlie provis’ons of the exemption law,
will be held In service to the-end of tho
terms for which they have engaged the
principals within the same ages, for
which the substitute mny have engaged
to servo, will be liable to conscription."
“At n General Court Martial convened
at Tullnhoma, January 23d, 1803, in
pursuance ef Special Orders, Sc., was
arraigned and tried, 1st. Lieut. C. P.
of 2d, Ark. Regiment, on the following
t barge nnd specification : Charge;
cowardice nnd violation of 52nd Article
of War. Specification; in this, that
tho suid 1st Liyul. C. P., did misbelmvo'
himself in the face ot the enemy, ran
atysy, and shamefully abandoned tlie
command of his company, on or about
the 31st December, 1802,, near Mur
freeshoro, Tenn , ju<t as tlie 2nd Ark,
Regiment whs going.into notion.
"Tlie Court, after mature delibera
tion. Iiit-Is tho accused guilty, of the
charge nnd specification, ami therefore
sentciioes hjm, the accused, to bo shot
to death, nt such time and place ns tho
'Coinrnaudmg General may direct.”
"Thu proceedings of tlie foregoing
cusc having been submitted tothe'Gt-n-
oral Commanding, arc by him approved,
nhd tlio sentence will bo duly curvioil
into effec'. on Friday, I-\ bruary 20th,
18(||j under direction of the Brigade
Commander, wlto is charged with the
execution thei-oof."
Penuims, in closing, dear Courier,
to urgo you to impress upon the planting
community, tlie important necessity of
raising corn, fodder, grain nnd vegetn
blcs in preference to cotton. Those
who aro engaged in collecting these
supplies for die army, meet with con
siderable difficulty in procuring suf
ficient quantities for present wants, and
view with serioas apprehension, the
prospects of tlie future. We should re
flect upon this necessity, apart from all
political or pecuniary ponsidei-ations,
atii act upon it now; ere it be too into
to remcify tlie evil which nn opposite
course would inflict u;*on out- cause.
•INP.
jCgfCotton in Mi-mpliis, was selling,
TO jn-r'jtHintl.
[communicated. |
At n public meeting of the Militia
Officers and Staff, held at —— on tho
—■—• by the Division G. M.
Mnj Gen. Muokiefu*. was called to
the chair, nnd Col. Pokatalgo appoint
ed Secretary.
The meeting was then addressed in
a most pathetic, eloquent, and patriot
ic speech by Brig,Gen. Quaddiebaum—
who, nt the closo of his speeoh, submit
ted the following preamble nnd Reso
lutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed hy a rising vote:
Whereas, Joseph E. Brown has
Whereas, Joseph E. Brown, Esq., has
Whereas, Jos. E. Brown, Esq., hns—
1. Resolved, That he has made u jack
ass of himself, a .id us too.
2. That wc are mud.
3. That lie hasn’t get sense onougli
to hide nny body.
4. Tlutl we will go.
5. That we will lake our blankets
and provisions.
ti. That wo will fight.
7. Thnt then we will cotno home on
our own hook.
^.8. That wo will never be caught with
chaff again.
9. That wo do hereby declare our
indepcndeuco of Joe. Brown.
10. That- any officer or member of
stall’, that neglects or refuses to go, is
not one of us—nntl we will forever
turn him or them over to tlie mercies
of Joe Brown, and have, no longer,
fellowship with him.
11. That frem Ibis out, we aro (ho
undying friends of conscription nnd
Jeft* Davis to the bitter end.
Whereupon the Chairman and Sec
retary rose forward and signed the pro-
ccedingsof tlie meeting.
MAJ. GEN. MUCKLEEUSS,
Cot.. I’OKATAt.AQb. Cha'n.
Seo'y.
gST The Yankees arc publishing n
paper at Beaufort, S. C. It contains
among oilier Villninics, an advertise
ment cf six columns of laud sales "for
unpaid direct luxes in insurrectionary
districts,” wjiieli states that tlie lands
there offered have been forfeited to tho
United States. .Several hundred tracts
of land on St. Helena Island, Lady's
Island and l’ort Royal Island, pro
enumerated. Tho notice is signed A.
U. .Smith, W.-E. Wording, and William
Henry Brisbane, Direct Tux^ ; C'oinmis-
sii-nm's.
Under the pretence of freedom lo
the slaves, the military authorities are
enlisting tlwm in regiments, to have
them cut up My our troops, to protect
their own ; uml until tltey can put them
forward, hear what the editor says:
“The First Regiment of .South Ciuo-
lina Volunteers is fully organized nnd
reridv for tlie service, both in officers
nnd men, though it isdeticient in urtns ;
nnd so far from being a dead weight on
tlie department, it has rendered good
service, and thousands of dollars worth of
lumber used in the camps of the white i<y/i-
meats, was proenred by their efforts ulur.c,
though they are but affctndful compared
'with the white troops around them.
An Indiana paper tells the fol
lowing:
A few days since nn extra train load
ed with jackasses was transported over
tlie Louisville and New Albany railroad.
The telegraph operator at fcalem, a hoy
getting wind of„it, sent a rumor that
Gov. Morton, of Indiana,, nnd Gov.
Yates, of Illinois, accompanied by a
large delogntirn of Republicans, with
bands of music, etc., would pass through
at a certain hour. Immense crowds of
enthusiastic Republicans tepaired to
tlie depot, hats in hand,.ready for the
expected cheers. When the tt-iin
thundered in, nn aged ami vencrablo
owner of a pair of fabulous cars stuck
his head out of it stock car tind gave
vent to a long, agonizing hee-haw that
fairly shook the hills around ; conster
nation seized the crowd, and .in (wo
minutes not a Republican was to be
seen within a milu of the depot. Com
plaint hva been made to the Superin
tendent aeainst the operator, and ho is
in momentary expectation of n notice
to quU. _ * .
ggy-Tho federal, prisoners of State,
who suffered incarceration in the vnri
ous forts and prisons of the United
States Government, have formed them
selves into an association for tho ’ pur
pose of concerting plans to obtain re
dress for their grievances. They are
to hold a grand convention in New
York on the 4th of noxt March, when
tho subject of thoir wrongs will be fully
discussed, and somo plan to obtain sat
isfaction will be agreed upon.
joy-Tlio rumore that Morgan has
started on another raid into Kentucky,
causes great excitement in that State.
Apprehensions aro entertained, that the
Kentucky Central Railroad will again
bo destroyed. It is said that there nro
no Fedoral troops in the State lo resist
him. J
fljjyThe insurrection in Poland con
tinued, nnd tlie movement was wide-
Rl’Cfld.IIPd,11>o.flgl:ting desperate. The
priests,.as a-hotly, are said to be involv
ed;.but-tho majority of the students
abstained. Tho P.niis Moniteur says
that the nobility and peasantry kept
nlboi’.fi-oro th* movement in Poland.
Late News.
Richmond, Fell. 24.—The .Senate was ,
occupied tn-dny in discussing an amend- * 1
ment to the Exemption bill, abolishing
the substitute system. Tlie amend
ment provides that any person \vl;p tins
heretoforo furnished a substitute shall'
be onrolled for service in case of the j
desertion of tho substitute. After a
long debate the amendment whs re
jected, nnd the bill passed, 1
The House, after tho adoption of j
various resolutions of inquiry, went into ,
secret session on the bill to regulate tho !
issue ot Treasury Notes. i
Mobile, Feb. 24.—Tho correspondent'
of tlie Register, writing fr.om Vicksburg
thu 18th, says tho enemy lias erected i
batteries on tho levee, on the opposite '
shore in range of the city, ami com- 1
inonced shelling at one o'clock yoster- 1
day, one of our battei ies near the depot.
Every shell enmo nithin tho city, but
no harm was done.— Our guns l-epliod
slowly, giving shot for shot. From tho
position of their butteries, thnt portion
of the city fronting on tho river will bo
untenable. Tuo tiring continued nt
regr.lor intervals till night, nnd occas
ionally till morning. At daylight all is
quiet.’
' Charleston, Fob. 24.—A British stea-‘
uirn- reached a Confederate port yoster-
day, Another, on entering this port
last, night, run aground on the shonls
about one mile from Sullivan’s Island
beach, whore she now lies in full view
of the hlockadcrs. She contains a very
valuable cargo from Nassau.
Tile news at Nassau is unimportant.
'('lie iron clads Chiohora and Palmetto
Slate have gone down to protect the
vessel. It is expected she.will ho afloat
this afternoon.
The French War steamer Rcnmidlno-
was tugged eft' the Bhouls this morning
and is now in the linrbor.
'Tis reported unolhor merchantman
steamer from Nassau got aground last
night icvenil miles- above Sullivan’s
Island, but it needs confirmation.
Charleston, Feb. 25.—We have trust
worthy information from Beaufort, thnt
the difficulty between Hunter nnd Fos
ter, which resulted in tho return of
tlie lattir to Washington, was a fisticuff
between thu rival Generals as to pre
cedence.
The new programme of Hunter is
now understood to be another expedi
tion to cut the Charleston and Savan
nah Uailroatl at Pocotaligo, with simulta
neous naval expeditions against Gene
sis Point, nnd Causton’s Bluff, prelimi
nary lo attacking Savannah. The first
of March is tlie day fixed for these
movements.
Thu mere!, nnt stearnsr aground yes
terday is now within the harbor.
Richmond, Feb. 25.—In tho Senate
the exemption bill passed; also Senate
bill iporeivring tlie compensation of die
Assistant Ti-oasuver and Depositories.
In tho House tho bill to provido for
tho arrest of soldiers absent without
leave nnd to provide compensation to
their captors, was tabled, a»il they
went into secret session on tho ourren--
cy.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Gold advunce hero to-day in conso-
quenoo ol a more active demand. It
wits sold at 240, and silver at 230.
Richmond, Fel). 24.—Northern dntes
to tho 2lst have been received.
Tho Illinois Legislature adjourned
on Saturday! Peace resolutions passed
the House, but were prevented frem
passing tho Senate by withdrawals
enough to deprivo tlie Senato of a
quorum.
Tho gunboat Now Era s-izod, near
Island No. 10, lliteu steamers contain
ing quirinc, army blankets, Confeder
ate uniforms, and a large quantity of
other contraband goods. One steamer
Imd a large rebol mail containing val
uable information.
A dispatch front Fortress Monroe,
dated the 19th, suys arrangements for
the-exchange ot civilians havo been
perfected.
Gen. Foster hns returned to the
South.
A dispatch from Csiro says n barge
with seven thousand tons of ccal ran
thu blockade nt Vicksburg on Saturday
nigh t.
The town of Bolivar, a landing fifty
miles above Vicksburg, has been des
troyed by the gunboat Conestoga, in
retaliation for the guerilla? firing into
the Steamer Jenny Lind.
Tlie Brooklyn and Scotia were block
ading Galveston at last accounts.
Another account says the fleet enter
ed the bay, but finding it strongly for
tified deemed it best to withdraw for
the present.
The Florida sailed from Nassau on
the 27th January.
Fourteen steamers, sloops and schoo
ner bad arrived with cargoes of Colton
and Turpentine, from Charleston and
other points.
Tlie House of Representatives have
concurred in the bill already passed by
the Senate to provide a national cur
rency, secureci by the pledges of the
United States’ stocks, awaited the sig
nature of the President.
Senate passed an aot for enrollment
nnd mustering into service all able-
bodied men between tho ages of 20
and 40 years, excepting Governors of
States, Judges, sons of poor widows,
and a few others, giving a military force
of three millions—officers appointed
nnd direetlv oceniintable are lo . do the
enrollment, tind ths men are to he
called .for by the draft in shoIi nqmberf
ns-the President ‘pleases. Heavy pen
allies nvo imposed for j;esjstiuj.ee or
cQunsel'pg i i'si -iifiK-e to draft..
Commodore Woodhull, U. S. N.,
was killed nt Fort Marshal near Balti
more, by an accidental discharge of
a gun, while ajialuto was being fired in
honor of Gen. Butler,
The Kentucky House of Representa
tives rescinded on tho llth, tho resolu
tion passed the day previous inviting
Commissioners from other Htnto Legit-
tm-cs to rnoet Commissioners of that
body at Louisville.
Burnside hns assumed his now com
mand at New York.
The Connecticut Democratic Con
vention at Hnrtford nominated T. L.
Seymour for Governor. Strong resolu
tions wore adopt' d denouncing the
usurpations of 1 lie goncrnl Government,
of the Millitiu Bill, National Currency
Bill, Emancipation Proclamation, sup
pression of the hubens corpus, {ibridge-
ment of tho freedom of speech nnd
press, Compensated Emancipation
Sehemo to dismember the Statu of Vir
ginia, nnd pledging tho Western States
t» unile with them in measures fur the
cessation of tlie war and restoring of
the Union.
Gold closed at 102 per cent, in New
York on the 19th.
The Northwestern Democratic Con*
vention Dispersed.
Tullaroma, Fob. 25.—The Nashville
Union, of the 19th instai t, has the I'oi-
fowin^dlspatclt, dated Frankfort, Ky.,
Tho Demooraiie Convention was
quietly dispersed to-day by on armed
force under Gen. Gilbert.
James Hurlan, United States District
Attorney for Kentucky, died to-day.
In Now York on tho 18th cotton was
dull nnd drooping at 90 cents per pound.
Gold was steady nt 101 j.
Port Hgdson, yin Mobile, Feb. 24.—
A ting of truce boat arrived here from
Baton ltougo yesterday, bringing 320
exchanged piisoners belonging promts-
cously to the 18th and 30th La. Regis.
New Orleans papers contain nothing
important, except tho report of tin-
killing of Butler by J. E. Bouligny in
Washington.
There are evidences ofnn early attack
upon this point. Several mortar boats
havo arrived at Uuton Rouge; also
reiuforcemc’nts. Intelligence received
through prisoners strengthen this Ve*
liof. They state that reinforcements
ure constantly arriving at New Orleans.
They ulso confirm the previous reports
of tho demoralization of Bank’s army.
Richmond, Feb. 25—the N. Y. Times
of the 18th, views with reluctance, that
the Frenoh Emperor has determined
to open the Southern ports by the first
of April, for tho export of Cotton, and
that ho will weloomo, rattier than dep
recate war, rs the consequence ef such
fin aot.
The tenor of tho Moniteur, nnd tho
general tone of tlie ministerial journals,
nnd tho recently changed language of
tho liberal'press, all combine, says the
Times, to show that this is the policy
tho French Emperor has resolved to
carry out. The old National Intelli
gencer does not share thisconvictiou.
Hotf. Isaac Toucey has promised to
stump the State of Connecticut for Sey
mour (of-Connuctiout, democratic oa»-
didate for Governor.)
Tho Times says that M. Meroier open
ly prodioisat Washington that Napoleon
will brouk the blockade before the end
of March, "just," it says, "as he an
nounced intervention from France tho
week before it actually took place."
Tho Keokuk (Iowa) Constitutional
newspaper wa3 destroyed on the 2d inst.,
by convalescent troops in that place.
A letter of Gonernl Scott dated Octo
ber 4th, 1861, has been called for by
the Y'aiikee Senate, which will show
that McClellan treated Soott with dis
respect while the latter was Comman-
der-in-Chief, and that McClellan would
have been court martialed, but for fear
of doing injury to the cause.
Or. tlie 18th inst., sterling exchange
commanded 180 in New York. The
Tim -s says this was biouglit about by
the national loan bill, and the discus
sion of French mediation.
Butler had a grand reception in Bal
timore on the 19th; 34 young ladies
dressed in white and bearing flags, sung
patriotic airs on tho platform.
The Times says, editorially, that the at
tack on Charleston was to have made
on the 20th. The Commercial Adi-er
tiser says "the entrances to C-'.-iW <-n
and Savannah h.vrli-'i-s «-* ft,. ith
torpedoes, and u <- inujt rjgt he mp.i.cd
if tho nssault on tlioso Cities piu-'-tki-c
mere of tho nature ot' a protisciou
siege than an overwhelming assault, if
Fort McAlister is a specimen of the
enemy’s‘fortifications, we tnay pauso
before contemplating nn easy victory.
.Chattanooga, Feb. 25— Nothing nd
ditional from the front. The destroyed
bridge at Lookout Creek will be repaired
Saturday for the passage of trains.
Two Federal gunboats have come up
the Tennessee River to Florence, Ala
ggy-Thc Knoxville Register ;has in
formation from such a aouvee as to
ploco it beyond doubt, that the Ken
tucky Convention .did aotunlly assem
ble on Satuf day last nj, .Frankfort, and
that the object of the Convention is to
take tho State out of the Union.
Bridge Finished.—Wf learn that
the bridge of the Wniniura, lately des
troyed by Carter’s (Yankee) cavalry;
has been rebuilt. r be work wur fin
ished, and t in- trnin passed over it on
Tuesday. The work on the Holst-on
bridge lit Z'JJieoffer is progressing rap
idly, ami it is,i-.vii'-'-ted that it will be
finished tiv tlie 1st of MwcJj.—-Win-
chester Jtoiletl*.