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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOLUME 1,1 No* I'®* f & J|abannal) K 8 rcsusuKU EVBET EVENING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, ICY W. ?IABO\ afe CO. A® Hi Eat Sciuskt, Savannah, Gloecha. • TBBMBI Per Copy Five Cents. Per Hundred $3 50. Per Year $lO 00, ADVERTISING: A Hraited number of Advertisemeets wifi bere t ivcfl at the rate of Twenty Gents* per Line for gist insertion,and Fifteen Cents [>er Line for each gubseqeeti insertion : invariably in advance. Ad vertis'- iuonte should be handed in before noon of each day. * JOB PRINTING In even 7 style, neatly and promptly done. EXTRACTS- 3. ATE „ REBEL PAPERS. dates r ro JAN. 18. yaragrap-os Spicy and Serious, Critical and Congratulatory. PROCEEDINGS OF THE i&EREL CONGRESS. Wit&iiagtoß Closed and the Rebels Pro* pw« &H fi\port Duty on Cotton! NOSE HETISY IS THE REBEL HOlbE. i»h>fn tho Richmond Examiner, Jan. IT.] The restaurants and drinking saloons advanced their rates a peg higher. The advance, they allege, is necessitated by the great rise in the prices of flour and provisions in the market. The bill of fare hi saloons, that formerly cost $lO now cost sls, and no drinks are to be had‘Under $5. Fferhaps it is well that the price of living lias come to be de fined at last. The thermometer can go no liiarher than 90; the currency may go to aero, btit the charge cannot go above Wool'heat. This may as well be under stood'first as last. [From ths Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 17.] ft was reported yesterday that John Breckinridge was made Secretary of War of the Confederate States. VYe could obtain uo confirmation ot the re port in official circles, but there are rea sons for believing it. General Breckin ridge was reported to arrive in the city i*st night. fFrom tho Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 17.] Fort Fisher has fallen, and the port Wilmington will be closed. Block ade stock is at a discount, and no more cotton gets out of the Confederacy. On die 'other: hand, we have lost our last port by which we received supplies from abroad. Another disaster is added to our long list/of defeats, and croaking Iras received another impulse. But, notwithstanding all" this, the end is not yet fay a great deal. Now, for the first ■time, we are thrown really on our own resources, and compelled to turn our at tention to manufacturing what we need and to bringing down the shameful ex travagance that has disgraced our peo .ple. Now, “the. comforts and happiness vaf civilized life” will be denied the peo ple,, as they have been the army, anc avarice no longer blight our hopes with its corrupting influence. At _ last qur liberties will receive the undivided la bors of the whole people. While “Peace Commissioners” were coming and going,’ and schemes of sub snissiofi were being concocted, the fall of Fort Fisher, most opportunely, recalls Hm attention of the people to their own liberties, and warns them that the war roust go bn for a long time yet, and if Ibis fell of Fort Fisher shall thoroughly arouse eur people to the work before SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY EVENING, JAN. 27, 1865. them, there will not be any cause to re gret its loss. At any time these last four years it could have been captured just as easily as it has been. Butler could have taken it on Christmas day, but he did not because he was atraid. It is to be expected that all the croak ers will be greatly exercised by this dis aster ; but croaking does no harm to the cause; it only points out the “weak in I’aitli.” It does not take one step to wards submission, for those that are afraid of the enemy know w ell enough that they have grater cause to fear the indignation of the people .and army at home. But there is a rumor, that comes from the North, to the effect that the Congress has appointed “fifteen com missioners, M headed by Vice President Stephens, to go to Washington on the subject of peace. Can there be any truth in this report ? Has Congress been neglecting the public interest and are now taking steps to betray it? We cannot believe it, and yet, with McMul lin’s resolutions and Leach’s proposition before that bod}', the public are deeply agitated lest tear has got the better of discretion, and our cause is on the point of shameful betrayal. * Congress has failed to conscript the negroes, and has lost much precious time, and it is true that it has also lost very much of .the public confidence. Should it turn out that either House has entertained any propositions looking to peace, through auy other channels than those provided by the constitution, its members will have perjured, themselves, and deserve the fate which Cromwell virited upon a worthless Parliament. [From the Rictuaoncl Diepa*eh, Jan. 17. J The fall of Fort Fisher, we presume, closes the port of Wilmington. It com mands the main entrance of the Cape Fear river, and will, w T e fear enable the enemy to blockade the river completely, giving them, as it does, a secure lodg ment on the left bank. Fort Caswell and several other works still guard the Southern channel of the river. Some regard the fall of Fort Fisher as a dis aster, while many are disposed to con sider it a blessing in disguise. The lat ter, who are, it must be said, a numer ous and sensible class, contend that Wilmington as a seaport has, from the beginning, done us more harm than good. They say that the goods im ported through it have been of little good to us, while millions of dollars worth of our cotton has thence lound its way into the hands of our enemies. It is proper to add that, possibiy, our force which, according to General Lee’s dispatch, was making a heavy demon stration against their rear, may retake the tort. [From the Richmond Sentinel, Jon. 17. j The Sentinel!publishes General Lee’s report of the capture of Fort Fisher, and adds: We have learned through other sour ces that the capture of the fort was made by a boat attack in very large force, the land attack being the feint. We learn that the telegraph and torpedo parties all escaped. The hour asssigned as that at which the capture was made is stated by some as late as one o’clock. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 17.] Judge Haliburton, of the Confederate Court l’or the Eastern District of Virginia on yesterday issued a writ of xiabeas Corpus on the petition of Hon. Henry S. Foote, a member of the Confederate House of Representatives from Tennes see, commanding Captain Hugh S. Dag gett, Provost Marshal of Fredericksburg to bring before the Judge the body of Henry 8. Foote, on Thursday next, and to show cause why he should not be set at liberty. Mr. Foote, in his petition, states that he had been arrested and held In custody by order of Captain Daggett, who professed to be acting by the order of one James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, &c. Happily this matter had been settled by the Ilouse of Represen tatives, to whon> it was referred by the President, declaring that they are of opinion that the good of the country would not Ire subserved by the forced attendance of said member upon the ses sion of the House; but that, under all the circumstances of the case, it is expe dient that the military authorities dis charge lum from custody. We presume My. Foote has already been set at liber ty. ... [From the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. IS.] It is said that Gov. Foote has been re leased by order of the Confederate au thorities. Cobb, ot Alabama, and Wright, of "Georgia, took the lead. Foote attempted to follow. Who is next? ‘The whole thing is as easy as tailing off a slippery log.” First, de nounce the Confederate authorities; second, whine about peace and offer peace resolutions, and then desert to the enemy. (From the Richmond inquirer. Jan. 17.) During all yesterday we were without additional particulars of the capturej of Fort Fisher, beyon Ia correction in the time of assault, the position having been carried by the enemy at 1 o’clock on Monday morning, instead of 10 o’clock Sunday night- The fleet co-operated wiih the laml force. Enough is known, how ever, to warrant the assumption that the defence of the fort was defective in point of vigilance. It is reasonable to believe that the fleet kept up at least a fitful bombardment during the night,and that the repulse of the land force the pre ceding caning satisfied the garrison that the second attack would not be made un til the ensuing day, and that its ow r n safety and strength would be enhanced oy retreating to the bomb proofs or otherwise seeking shelter and re pose fpr the night. At the hour at | which the fort was taken, the moon was i shining brilliantly in the mid-heavens, a cireumstarce which should have sug gested extreme vigilance. The strength of the position and the? fact that Weitzel, one of the ablest engineers of the Fcd : eral army, had pronounced the works impregnable, would seem to lead to the conclusion that there was something wrong. As the matter now stands we wilt have to be contented for a time at least with the accounts of the enemy, unless by some lucky chance, someone or more of the garrison shall have escaped to throw some substantial light upon it. The Augusta Chronicle asserts, on the authority of a gent'em an w T ho saw Gen. Joseph E; Johnston in Columbia, that Gen. Johnston had been reinstated to the command of the Army of the West, with his headquarters at Montgomery, Ala. The following are the only items of in terest in the Rebel Congress on the 17th. The House took up the bill to provide for an increase or export duty on cotton and tobacco. Mr. Herbert, of Texas, moved to post pone the bill until Tuesday next, in order that the matter might be carefully looked into. Mi‘. Marshall, of Kentucky, said he was iu favor of the motion to postpone the measure now before the House. What was the use of talking about ex port duties now when the port of Wil mington was blockaded ? If he had his way he would run all the cotton in Wil mington back into the country and make it public property. He would seize the cotton, tobacco and gold of the country and make them subservient to the public good, and give to our soldiers something worth having. Mr. Ayer, of Bouth Carolina, asked it the gentlemen intended to furnish fam ilies who depended on cotton and tobac co for their support with flour and ba con. Mr- Marshall sai4 fie would pay die market price in Confederate suit*, autt makes these notes- legal tender. Mr would do that to-moirow and uuke it legaltender for every, debt <xmtr:.ctett during this war. lie would take men b$ the naps of their neck, and put them in the army. He would see every city and town in the South in smoolih ruins, and ever}’ house in ashes, betas* he would yield one iota tQjhe Yankee Government. We must riec with the weight of the occasion and not yield 4c despondency, nor give way to points tU‘ constitutional delicacy. He implored members to recollect that this was the 16th day of January, and we inwt pre pare for the spring campaign. Tlk*. postpone this measure and take upsonx of more importance. Mr. Echols, of Georgia, said he was surprised to hear the gentleman express such sentiments. If Congress was is> take such action as that urged by lh* gentleman, he himself would resign and go home. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. Liverpool Dates to January flk. ■ Livkrpool, Thursday, Jan. £. Captain Corbett, who commanded the steamer Sea King, now the'pirate Bhc nandoah, on her voyage lrom London f*» Madeira, has been arrested hr violating? the enlistment act in enlisting men Un til e rebel navy. The London Time? of to-day ha* sou article highly eulogistic of General SSuer man's skill. The prize-fight for the ebampierflifif) 'between Wormald and Marsdcn, .Tefa&Hr ed in the victory of Wormald. THE OLD FOLKS’ HOMER* The old man' Bft by the ehhnneytfide, His face was wrinkled and nutn i And he leaned both his hands on <kw .tout wtfv cane. Ah if ail his wot k wap d-aa , . His coat was of good old- fnumoncd grey; The pockets were deep and wide; . While his ‘Speck*,’’ and su;el tobacco-box Lay Snugly side fey-vide. \ The old man liked'to s-'tir ibe'firc. Ho near him tke tongs were kept; Sometimes he nui.-edas he jpuod at theca**, Sometimes he sat and slept.' What saw he in the embers thereof Ah ! pictuies of other years ; And now and then.thev awakened snail.*, But often started tears. His wife sat on the other side- In a high-back flag-seat chair; I see ’neath the pile of her inusli* cup The thine of her Eilvcry hair. There’s a happy look on her aged face, As she busily knits for him, / '"I And Nellie takes up the stitches dropped For grandmother’s eyes are dim/ Their children come in and read the near., To pass the time each day; How ft stirs the blood in the old sum’s heart. To hear of the world away. *Tis a homely scene, I told yon sn, But pleasant it is to view; At least I thought it so myseit And sketched it down lor yon, Be kind unto the old. niy , They’re worn with this woi Id’s stride. Though bravely once perchance they sons-ht The stern, fierce battle of hf«. They taught our youthful feet to tlml Upward life’s rugged steep; Then let us gently lead tl rn down To where the weary *U*ep. Dkbckam-i ov booTHiuw bvosavßMUEms « mm Nobth.—The RD hmond Examiner of Friday luw a long letter from Edward JPollai and, giving as me count of w h&t be saw and heard in the Kertfc while on parole there, • He says the tea*J party np there never was vtry rtropg, na« giowm weaker and weaker with evrry naiikatv cveco*. since the Presidential eVcth n. and bus now been reduced to about aero, lie is very fev< »e upon Northern men with Southern print plea, who sit by their comfortable fin* andcaUH««~ aelves symputhiseis, and aajs that the Ntw York News is the only real friend-of the South : mon£ the Northern news* apt rs. sFhe whole tenor* the letter is not Cidcafotud t« he the South, mm tiHI .tai ifartMiint ml *** -.-y.tt, .A* ~ . 'i ii ii imttilf i PRICE (Five Cents.