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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOLUME 1.1 N0.21. j fnibattnal) lliiilg j IB PCELISUKD JKVERY EVENING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, j ■' ET M. W. MASON & CO. At 111 Bay Street, Savannah, Geoeoia. tgbub: Per Copy Five Cento. Per Hundred $3 50. Per Year $lO 00, advertising: A limited number of Advertisemeets will be re- C'lved at the rate of Twenty Cents per Line fbr fiist insertion, and Fifteen Cents per Line for each Bnbseqnen insertion; invariably in advance. Ad vertisements should be handed in before noon of each day. JOB PRINTING la every style, neatly and promptly done. LATER NORTHERN NEWS. GOLD 2.18 1-2 ON THE 2St!». Repotted Capture of the Ta> lahassee. (From the New York lleraid Jan. '20.) The stock market was firm yesterday. Government stocks were a shade stronger Gold was active but drooping, and, after opening at 22.0, closed at 212 1-2. Commercial affairs were irregular on Saturday, owing to the fluctuations in gold.. Nearly everything was firmer, however, and some articles were higher. There was some improvement in domes tic produce, but imported goods were, as a general thing, quiet. Cotton, petrole um, &c., were higher. On Change the flour market was sc. a 10c. higher,while wheat advanced Sc. a rather more doing. Corn was steady, while uats were quiet and without decided change. Pork was irregular an&Tess active, but Steady. Laid was quiet, but firmer.— Whiskey was quiet, but firm. [From the N. Y. Sun, Jan. 27;] Official dispatches from Admiral Por ter have been received in Washington, expressing the greatest satisfaction with Gen. Terry. He says a timid man would have hesitated to attack the works by assault, no matter what assis tance he might have received from other quarters. But Gen. Terry never hesita ted a moment. A dispatch, dated Jan. 2^tl», announces the capture of For} Caswell. Lieut. Cushing had been sent Touud the Western Bar in the Monticel lo, and found that Fort Caswell had been blown up, Bald Head Fort destroyed, Fort Shaw also, and Fort Campbell, to the wehtward of Caswell, had been abtjidoncd. All these forts mounted uia.; and ten inch guns, and Armstrong cue hundred and fifty pounders. The rebels abandoned Smithville in a great hurry, leaving everything in the beauti ful and neavy lort uninjured, and two n.uj-ihcb guns only spiked, at the Fort at Dop Water Point. Thus in twenty loui tiours after the fall of Fort Fisher and ns outworks all the formidable chain of thru in tills river, at its “entrance, bu it t » keep out anything we bad, have t.wb u into our haufds. They are garri soned tdr the present with sailors. An Armstrong gan was found in each fort, wiiti the “uroad arrow” on it, and tiio name “Sir William Armstrong” in x, ked in full on the trunnions. A tele gr .i rorn General iee was discovered, :.. t t at if Forts Fisher and Caswell we e o ed he would have to evacuate i > j. Sufficient forces are at Fort i? i* i uold it affainst the entire Con v. ; y Two hundred and fifty guns . v*.. narr >w strip of land where *Ur r >ops are eutr uChed Admiral Pu t r tiunks Fort Fisner a better place to catcu blockade ruuners than outside. He put out the fights the night after the capture and threw up chance signals to SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 3, 1865. outside blockade-runners, and two of them, the Staff and Charlotte, from Ber muda, loaded with arms, blankets, shoes, &c., &c., came in and quietly anchored near the Malvern, and were taken pos session of. Five jolly Englishmen “on a lark,” were on board one of them mak ing merry over champagne at their suc cess in running the blockade, and were inexpressibly astonished at finding them selves entrapped. The following is a list of the forts and armaments already cap tured since the fal 1 of Fprt Fisher: Reeve’s Point—Two ten-inch guns. Above Smithville —Two ten-inch guns. Smitliville—Four ten-incli guns. Fort Caswell —Ten ten-inch guns, two nine-inch, one Armstrong and lour thir ty-twos (rifled), two thirty-twos (smooth) tliree eight-inch, one Parrot twenty pounder, three rifled field pieces, three guns buried. Twenty-nine guns. Fort Campbell and Shaw —Six ten inch, six thirty-twos (smooth), one thirty-two (rifled), one eight-inch, six field pieces, two mortars. Twenty-two guns. Smith’s Island.—Three ten-inch, six thirty-twos (smooth), two thirty-twos (rifled), lour field pieces two mortars and seventeen guns. Reported at the other end of Smith’s Island, six guns. Total capture, eighty-three guns. Washington, Jan. 28, 1865. —A special telegram dated Wilmington, Jan. 19, says that the Tallahassee, alius Olustee, was captured last night in attempting to run in at New Inlet. The Navy Department has no information concerning the re port. A telegram from Wilmington reports the capture of the steamer Tallahassee at New Inlet on the 18th. . LATE REBEL. PAPERS. IMPORTANT LETTER FROII JEFF. DAVIS Speculations about Sltcrinau’s Movements. By late rebel papers we learn that the Assistant Secretary of War, Judge Campbell, has resigned, and the Rich mond papers of the 28th state that Breckinridge has been appointed Secre tary of War. The general tone of the rebel press is very gloomy and despondent. Executive Office, Richmond, Jan. 18, 1865. Messrs. James F. Johnson. President tem. of Virginia Senate, and Hugh W. Shelfey, Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates— Gentlemen —l have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt ol your joint let ters of the 17th inst., endorsing a reso lution of the General Assembly pf Vir ginia, passed on the 17th inst., and com municated to me in confidence, as di rected by the Assembly. The resolution informs me that, in the opinion of the General Assembly of Vir ginia, the appointment of General Robt. E. Lee to the-cowmand of all the armies of the Confederate States would pro mote their efficiency, and operate pow erfully to reanimate the spirits of the ar mies, as well as the people of the sever al States, and to inspire increased confi dence in the final success of our cause.— In your communication you kindly as sure me that the General Assembly,with sincere confidence in my patriotic devo tion to the weliare of the country, desire in this critical period of our attairs, by such suggestions as occur to them, and by dedication, it' need be, of the entire resources of the commonwealth to the common cause, to strengthen my hand and to give success so our struggle for liberty aud independence. This assu rance is to me the source of the highest gratification, and, while conveying to you my thanks for the expression of the confidence ot the General Assembly in my sincere devotion to our country and its sacred cause, I must beg permission in return to bear witness to the uncalcu lating, unhesitating spirit with which Virginia has, from the moment w hen she first drew the sword, consecrated the blood of her children and all her natural resources for the achievement of the ob ject of our struggles. The opinion expressed by the General Assembly in regard to General R. E. Lee has my full concurrence. Virginia pnnot have higher reg ard for him, or greater confidence in his character aud ability, than is entertained by me. When (jfeneral Lee took command of the Army <H Northern Virginia, he was in com mand of all the armies of the Confed erate States by my order of assignment. He continued in this general command as well as in immediate command of the Army of Northern Virginia as long as I could resist his opinion that it was ne cessary to him to be relieved from one of these two duties: Ready as he has ever shown himself to be to perform any service that I desired him to render to his country, he left it for me to choose between his withdrawal from command of the army in the field and relieving him of the general command of all the armies of the Confederate States. It was only when satisfied of the necessity, that I came to the conclusion to relieve him from the general command, Relieving that the safety of the capital and the success of our cause depended in a great measure on the retaining him in command in the field—of the' Army of Northern Vir ginia. On several subsequent occasions the desire on my part to enlarge the sphere of General Lee s usefulness had led to renewed consideration of the sub ject, and he has alw 7 ays expressed his inability to assume command of other armies than those now confided to him, unless relieved of the immediate' com mand in the field of that now opposed to General Grant. In conclusion I as sure the General Assembly that whenev er it shall be found practicable by Gener al Lee to assume command of all the armies of the Confederate States with out withdrawing him from direct com mand of the army of Northern Virginia, I will deem it promotive of the public interests to place him in such command, and will be happy to know that by so doing I am responding to their express desires. It will afford me great pleas ure to see you, gentlemen, as proposed in your letter, whenever it may be con venient for you to visit me. I am very respectfully and truly yours; Jefferson Davis. [Prom the Columbus Sun. A correspondent, writing from Effing ham county, Ga , states that Gen. Sher man is advancing slowly and surely to take the place, hold it and operate on other points of importance. General Beauregard passed through Columbus» going west, on Sunday morn ing. We have not heard that General D. H. Hill was with him, but presume he was, as the two left Augusta togeth er. Parties from Richmond state that Beauregard will take command in per son of Hood’s army. General Johnston will command the department. His headquarters at pres ent will be at Columbia, 8. C. He will attend tc Sherman. It is a little singu lar that, after nearly two years of ab sence from the Army of the Tennessee, Beauregard should find it just where he left it—at Tupelo. We know not what desposition will be made of Hood. He may command a corps. This intelligence, if correct, will be hailed with joy by the people and army. (From the Richmond Whig, Jan. 25 J General D. H. Hill has been or dered to take command of the Augus ta, Ga., military district, and has entter ed upon the discharge of his duties at that place. , (From the Riclimontl Dispatch. Ja». 20. y It was reported yesterday that an or der had been issued directing the re lease from irons or unusual confinement of all the prisoners of war held in tin* South, who may be .so punished or con fined, and that all prisoners of war be placed upon the same looting. This, if tiue, is the first step toward the so much talked about mitigation of the horrors of war. [From tho Richmond Whig, Jan. 26.} The enemy landed a few days ago from their vessels, smashed up the salt, works in the vicinity of Ockleckoneo - river, Florida, took kettles, killed mules, carried off negroes considera ble property, captured Thomas Munroe, son of William Munroe, of Quincy, and member of Captain McElvey s cavalry company, and another picket, name not learned, and then retreated to their ves sels. Late Southern papers say that a writer iu the Mobile Tribune charges that there is a reconstruction party, or at least, a submission party in the Alabama Legis lature, operating covertly to that end. The Thomasville (Ga.) Times says that the people of that section are as loyal to the Confederate government as any in the State, but that they are very much divided on the war question, many claiming that negotiation for peace ia the only alternative lor saving them selves, and that a State Convention is necessary to attain that end. [From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 26 ] It has been generally supposed that the Yankees, by the capture of Fort Fisher, had cut off quite a fleet of block ade runners in the Cape Fear river; bqt we are glad to learn that they all escaped to sea before the disaster referred to.— There is no doubt, since Wilmington ia no longer available as a port of entry*, that anew harbor will be staked out oil the coast for blockade runners. The Paris journals heve a story of a. man of middle age who recently order ed a dinner for eight at a restaurant there, paying for the repast liberally in advance. He came in at the appointed time alone, placed upon the unoccupied places slips of paper inscribed with file names of the notes of music, and ordir ed the viands to be served as if every chair was occupied by a guest. The. whole course of the banquet was gone: through with, even to eight cups of cof fee after the desert, and then the man placed a pistol in his ear and fired. The waiter, suspecting the design, had pre viously drawn theeharge from the weap on, but the explosion of the cap con vinced the iunatic that he was killed, and he has ever since insisted, in the asylum to which he was carried, that he is dead and in purgatory. It appears that the poor fellow was once an opera singer,, that he lost his voice by sickness, and 1 that he thought it would be rather*, brilliant idea to take his leave of the world by giving a parting banquet to the notes which had so cruelly deserted him_ Dr. Paul. Bert has published a work, on the curious subject of animal grafts.. He succeeded in making Siamese twine of a couple of rats, and in many othpr monstrocities. He exclaims:—“lt is a. surprising spectacle to see a paw cut from ene rat, live, grow, finish > its ossi fication, and regenerate its nerves under the skin of another; and when we plant a plume of feathers under the skin , of a. dog, What a miracle to see the interrupt ed vital phenomena resume its course, and the fragment of a bird receive nour ishment from the blood of a mammal.'* ( PRICE (Five Cents*