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SAVANNAH, MONDAY, FEB. 13, 18G5.
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THE LATEST H ORTHER!! SEWS.
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X>ates to tl\e Stlx.
Two days later date? from the North
give -us intelligence toth e Bth inclusive,
fcaV the /papers are perk bare of
:&ew&. ‘"The excite mente-U. *ut the Peace
negotiations still continues, * Q d despite
Jie faifaire of the recent attempts to
itfrifigthe war to a close, there seem
tc be many politicians and peoj. fie well
.qualified to judge correctly of pub. he af
fairs. who have great hopes of a speedy
sdjc itment of the difficulties which have
bo far barred diplomacy, and that Pe;fce
-soon be attained. Upon whyt
yigi&QnU. they have their hopes, we, ot
' sxmtsq, cannot say, but they must be ot
otjurse founded upon a supposed knowl
edge that'the Rebels are w T illing to yield
iMr demand for the Recognition of their
Cdhlederacy as a separate nation. Upon
►no Giber basis will the authorities even
dialer with them again. We cannot
t:eil with certainty what is the real tone
of-Southern (Rebel) feeling until ‘ w r e get
• the Richmond papers aud see their com
ments on the results of the late con
ference.
It is by no means impossible that their
-Tecftnt pretended “ultimatum" was mere
ly e, piece of huge brag; a card which
"they played as a feeler; an attempt to get
sja expression of feeling from the Feder
*l side, and when they perceive that
■&eir preposition was met by instantane
‘ Yjs-rejection by the President, they may
-feel rcaey aiftl willing to try measures of
milder term. In the event of their ex
liressing- a willingness to come back
iradiH* the old Hag, wre have no doubt, as
we stated- the other day, that all ques
tions- of minor importance would easily
arranged.
f' GoV. on the JJth sold as follows;
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’10.000..
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’Tirin' Dog.—Help ! Fire !! Mur
»br 1!! Thieves !!! ’.—That Dog has
* -disappeared—he has gone—we are in
‘ in terror, our Long Boss will be
•issaie, wrathy, tremend?*o>;.s and fierce to
f&eholfl. When last seen that Dog was
f eisnrely proceeding in the direction of
- Mr. Pulaski’s Tavern, accompanied by bis
One Thocisand Dollars reward will be
~*s>ai<Ltoany one who will There!
ilPwae Col. Rugg. Who has seen Col.
Rugg? He it is who has walked that
Upg off Stop CM. Rugg—trip him up—
- jjXiaek * him down —shoot him—smash
*j£fn, him somehow, and extract
. - -that dog from his mangled remains.
Tub aLatk Conflagration. —J. T.
fading &■ Cos., Photographers, at the
corner «»f Wkitaker and St. Julian streets,
«ent us a view of the scene of the
; ?stte conflagration, photographed by
' ihnm. It is very well executed, and
ogives as accurate an idea of the ruins as
aan fee.given in a picture.
"'Thtfjr are skillful and experienced ar
tJbfts and excel in views, landscapes,
cartes de visite, ambrotypes, or any
u>Umt department of their business.—
VXtfy have* a good -stock of chemicals
ssTfd other materials, and every facility
or doing good work.
THE LATEST 2\TELLWrETCE FROJ* THE
AB.'flY OF THE POTOHAC.
A letter to the New York Times of the
Btli. says:
Headquarters Army of the Poto
mac.—February 5, J 865. —The Army of
the Potomac is once more in motion,
and ere this dispatch reaches you the
objects intended to be accomplished will
have been not only developed, but the
degree of success resulting wdllalso.no
doubt, be known by that time.
At 3 o’clock this morning the Fifth
Corps, preceded by Gregg’s Cavalry,
started on the road to Reams’ Station.
No force of the enemy w T as met on the
route, but the roads at various points
1 were picketted by cavalry, all of whom
retreated as the column advanced.
About noon the column reached Powa
nitz Creek, over which a bridge of con
siderable length had to be constructed,
occupying several hours.
About 3 p. m. the 3d Pennsylvania
Cavalry, under Major Hess, were sent
out to make connection between them
and the Second Corps, the Second and
Third Divisions of which had gone out
on the Vaughan road as far as Hatcher s
Run to denumerate in that direction.
On reaching the Run, the First Brigade
of the Tnird Division of the Second
Corps charged and took the line of rifle
pits on the west side. losing but few men.
They advanced about a mile across the
Run, driving the enemy’s pickets before
them. Here a strong line oi' breastworks
was erected in a short time, making the
position perfectly secure.
The 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, after
crossing a short distance south of the
Yanghan road, advanced soutiiward and
soon" met, a small force in ambush, w hich
poured a sharp volley into our men,
killing two it i3 said, and wounding,
besides, a number of horses. A part of
the Third Division of the Second here
came to the support of the 3d Pennsyl
vania Cavalry and drove the rebels off;
and soon after a connection with the
right on the Fifth Corps was reported
made.
Up to this time very little fighting had
taken place, the Filth Corps - being
scarcely engaged at all.
The Second Division of the Second
Corps, under Gen. Smythe, before reach
ing Hatcher's Run, turned to the right,
advanced in a northwesterly direction
towaid Armstrong's Mill.but before going
more than three-quarters of a mile the
enemy were discovered in a strong po
sition and in considerable force, four "di
visions of Gen. Gordon’s being reported
in the vicinity.
Skirmishing was going on ail this time
between the enemy and our sharpshoot
ers.
About half past 4 o’clock the Rebel
batteries opened for the purpose ot de
veloping ourposition and strength, but
no reply \vas made.
The Rebels at length appeared, ad
vancing in line of battle, with a strong
skirmishing line thrown out in advance.
Our men were all ready for them, and as
they chargedin handsome style across
the open field, they received such a gall
ing fire as to cause them to tall back in
disorder, leaving many dead and wound
ed on the field.
After repeating the attempt to dis
lodge our men, and failing each time, a
Rebel force was sent round to turn the
right flank of the Division. Col. Mur
phy, of the 69th New York, command
ing the Second Brigade, was posted here
with his right resting on a swamp, and
was fully prepared lor such a movement.
Here again the Rebels suffered severe
loss, as they attempted to break our
line. They were Anally forced to give
it up, and soon after daik tiring ceased,
the Rebels falling back to their works.
Our loss during the day was quite
light, probably not over a hundred alto
gether, although the exact number is not
known.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, whose name I did not learn,
was captured, and after being robbed,
succeeded in escaping and reached our
lines in safety.
The enemy’s loss must have been very
heavy as they repeatedly charged our
lines, each time suffering severely.
We expect a great battle to-morrow
with more decisive results than were ob
tained to-day.
Extracts from Hebei Papers.
[Special Despatch to the N. Y. Trib-sne.[
Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7—The
President yesterday had in readiness an
account of his interview w r ith the three
Rebel Peace Commissioners, which he
was anxious to send in to the Senate,de
siring. however, to be first requested to
do so by resolution. The resolution to
that effect, offered this morning, was
unfortunately objected to under the al
leged impression that it w r ouid induce
lengthy debate and postpone more im
portant business, and had to go over.—
Mr. Seward yesterday w'rote a full ac
count of the conference, and sent it to
Mr. Charles Francis Adams in London.
Mr. Lincoln almost certainly will tell his
most interesting story to-morrow.
The belief in the resumption of the
peace endeavors and the probability of
an early arrangement with the Rebels is
clung to with remarkable tenacity by
many here accustomed to judge ot pub
lic affairs.
[From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 3.]
-The report that a large number of
Federal transports had passed down the
Mississippi, and that an expedition o;
15,000 strong w r as fitting out in New Or
leans to be landed at Pascagoula, ex
cites some little apprehension in Mobile.
The Tribune of Sunday says:
Mobile, of course, is their expressed
designation. We have reason to believe
that their is some truth in the report, for
we have been toid by several of the re
turned Fort Gaines prisoners that the
Yankees, just before they left New Or
leans and Ship Island, declared that Mo
bile w T as a doomed city, and that they
intended to take it shortly, so probably
that they are preparing to carry their
threats into execution.
[From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 3.]
The Army of Tennessee, says the Ma
ridian Clarion, will probably winter at
Tupelo and Satilio. It needs rest and
reorganization very much. It has
marched aud countermarched, fought
and been shattered from Rocky Face to
Atlanta, thence back to Nasliviile and
now drops down to the spot where it
quartered during the winter months of
sixtj r -two. Alas, how its eolumtis have
been thinned since that time l On every
field from Nashville to Atlanta, the Army
of Tennessee has left thousands
of gallant men, battling for one
grand victory, one page to fill with a
mention of that hour, wherein the sacri
fices of our men shall have proved them
selves not in vain, our patriots have
continued to lay down their lives joyful
ly until the full and unconquerable" bri
gades composing that army are weaken
ed to an alarming extent. They fell
gallantly, heroically. The rolling drum
and the cannon’s roar were their requiem
The blue sky smiled down upon them.—
The lap of nature pillowed their devoted
heads. The soft breeze of our sunny
clime cooled the death damps on their
brows aud with the banners of their
country above them the rush of gallant
squadrons and the grand orchestra of ar
tillery filling their ears, they passed from
the tumult of the battle-field into the
haven, of eternal rest. Let them rest
there as “martial martyrs love to sleep.”
They are in tombs that will not crumble.
They will sleep as sweetly as if reposing
on down, and the nation sheds *‘tear for
tear” with their friends and relatives, and
generations that shall come .after, are
• resolved to dust again, keep their nanfts
on liberty’s bright scroll.
[Atlanta, Ga., Correspondence of ihe Richmond
Dispatch, Jan. 24.]
It were folly to attempt to disguise the
fact that there is great discontent in this
State and in South Carolina and North
Carolina With trifling exceptions there
is no desire on the part of the people for
a reconstruction of the Union, but can
dor compels me to say there is wide and
deep-seated dissatisfaction at the man
agement of public affairs, which if not
tiipely checked, threatens to produce the
greatest disasters. I shall not undertake
to say whether this discontent is the re
sult of unavoidable military reverses, or
of mismanagement by our civil and
military authorities, or of the teachings
of a factious press, which thinks it a
| light affair Jo destroy the confidence of
. the people in their leaders, or of the
I sordid spirit of gain which has taken
| such a hold upon the country. It may
be that all of these causes have com
bined to produce the deplorable state o
dissatisfaction, despondency and factioi
in which I have found the people al
along my circuitous route from Rich
monel to ‘Augusta. But that great dis
content does j re v ail, and that it threat
ens, like a cloud overcharged with elec
tricity, to vent itself upon the nearesl
object—possibly upon the cause itself
which now engages every patriot’s
heart—there is not the shadow of a
doubt. The opinion here expressed has
not been hastily formed.
If something be not done—if, in other
words, a remedy for existing disorders
be not found and speedily applied—those
in authority, as well as the press and the
people, may live to see the day when
they will call upon the rocks and the
mountains to fail upon them and hide
them from the consequences of their|own
infatuation. People in Richmond at the
time I left the capital, had but a faint
idea of the real condition ot affairs. The
Administration itself begins to realize the
estimation in which it is held by the
c >untry, whether rightfully or wrong
fully, I n<*( and not now' stop to consider
Hie tact \< what I am afier, and the iaet
i-j what I have stated it to be.
From the Richmond Sentinel, Fib. “?.]
The Petersburg Express, of ye.-i- rday
morning says: “Vice President A. IL
Stephens, Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter,
and Judge John A. Campbell, commis
sioners, who have been tarrying in this
city for two or three days, awaiting an
opportunity to enter the enemy's lines,
left yesterday on their appointed mission
to Washington. During the day a flag
of truce was received from Geu. Grant,
announcing that the commissioners
would be received at 5 o’clock, P. M.—
Accordingly, at that hour, accompanied
by several prominent citizens, these gen
tlemen left the city and proceeded out
on the Baxter road, and entered the
enemy's lines in front of Wise's brigade,
of Gen. J3uslirod Johnson's division.—
They were preceded by Capt O’Brien,
of the Exchange Bureau, who bore the
flag of truce, aud were met midway be
tween the two opposing picket lines by
seveial Federal officers, among whom
were Col. Hancock, of Gen. Grant’s
Staff The bearing of these officers
was extremely courteous, aud their re
ception of our commissioners graceful
and becoming. They were in excellent
good humor, and seemed alive to the
importance of the occasion. At twenty
minutes to G o’clock, after a short inter
view between the respective parties,
our flag returned, and, under the escort
of the Federal officers, the commission -
ers were conducted clown the Baxter
road to a special train awaiting them in
side the enemy's lines. It was announc
ed ft) them that they would be entertain
ed at Gen. Grant's headquarters last
night, and that this morning a steamer
would be in readiness to convey them to
Washington. A special request that Mr.
Stephens’ servant should be permitted to
accompany him, was readily acquiesced
in, and the negro marched in Attendance
upon his master. This step was render
ed necessaiy in consequence of the deli
cate condition of Mr. Stephens’ health, a
constant attendant being required under
the circumstances for his . comfort A
detail of ten men .was made on the part
of the enemy to receive and take charge
of the baggage belonging to the commis
sioners- Lieut. Col. Hatch, Assistant
Commissioners of Exchange, accompan
ied the commission as secretary. The
scenes in the lines during the passage of
our commissioners was one of lively in
terest. As far as the eye could reach to
the right or the left, the breastworks
were dark with men: while in front, the
Yankees crowded on their works,
apparently eager to witness the
event. Large groups were visible
here and there in the hazy dis
tance, viewing the scene through
their glasses, aitd evidently dis
cussing the merits and prospects of the
commission. The Baxter road, as far as
visible; was lined with blue forms, and
their front line ot works seemed alike
with human beings. There was no cheer
ing or other exhibition of feeling on
either side. No bawling across the
lines—no rude jesting—no display of any
kind ; but perfect order was observed,
and a deep quiet, becoming the occasion,
, reigned throughout the hostile assem-
