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' COLUMBUS:
Tufiiday Morning'. March 3,1803.
**4T»-*5KK FOURTH PA«5B.
The Fit at Mpeccli lor Peace.
Wo copy Ih this paper tho speech of j glo for lift:
Mr Conway, of Kanral, to which we j n
$ heretofore alfuttod. It l* tca!!y fhft j iho Mwm, liberty anti properly
The Government and Cotton.
We have but a brief reply to tnako lo
tho objections of our correspondent "B.”
to the purebo#o of cotton by Inn Confod-
! orate Government.
! 1 •P—A# to the wm»t»V*»tionid j>ov;or. 1 n
1 our judgment tho Government has Inn
J number of invtancc# transcended It* etriol
constitutional power* in tho adoption «f
measures for tho pro ©cuifon of the war.
1 Hut, uigagoil tut Iho country i« in n stru«-
d«»tb—»«trugjf!n inviilvitij;
only tho coniWuliuu, but
of the
lint diSmoitjtration
a yet
people -every power InJUpcnaablo to it*
tho part of tt.iy rneinlker of tho Federal defence mum of neceirity be
cd.-
Congre#* in favor of pence between the
North and tho South, UectWMJ it W the
only ono offering propositions at fall ad*
mlKiil.de by tho bouth. Tho speech©* or
Y*ilaodigh*m, Tan Huron aad other# all
mafae » rc-cetutru^liqri of the Union tho
bmi| of tholr proposition#. They nre
very biUet in their denunciations of tho
nbolitionQoverntmmt and iw war policy;
they are quite aUVnitioirato in tboir ap
peal* to the South, and even ready to ad
mit tho grievance* of the seceded States;
they arc willing teftcOurd to us confuta
tion al guaranties for the tttture; but our
return m tho old Union i# the Inevitable
c&ndition upon which their tavqri* otTeretL
For thl« u;Mon wo have m»t devoted much
of our l))3C4 or attention to the (jlforU of
the Northern Democratic leader*. A# we
have several time* taken occasion to say,
the only advantage that can enure to u*
from tholr course will spring frmn the di
vision and strife«tthe North which thoir
quarrel with tho flUwjk Republican* must
engender. Wo ifljy oxj*©ct Urn Block
Republican*, w hen they have esbutifttod
tboiiMoivwito «p pyrporoin-the war trlihb,
they arc waging aga'urt «ar*when they
arc mfi&dfaMy w foal andkh«w that tbeir
attempt ut “sphjdgaUon'M# a hopeless 0»©
—to recognize our indepondena nmlmake
the l*«> l term* they can with tt* os a cop
nroto notiofo They have no use for at ns
equal#, with the iiMitution of slavery
preserved, and especially with ihtiffouth
and tho Northern nomocracy probably
united in such strength m to retain polit
ical power in the Government .->« of yore.
They Intend to eutfijmJV u* and subvert
our imtitutlan*, or to separata irbrn «•»-*
Thtt is tho language not only of Conway,
but of Gfeoley and other abolition lead
er#; and thi# speech of Conwny l# the
mu# diiUoctaml formal utwrnueo of the
nboljtibn programme that ha* yet been
made. It is an “entering w#dgo," from
which iuiportent result# may eftwfif; hut
the Smith mud apply tho force to drive
liio wedge. If our «ucces*e* in the field
continue—if our force and preparations
prove in tho future too strong for the hos
tile array of tho enemy —every victory on
our part and every failure on their# will
bo a heavy blow upon the wedge of sepa
ration iduif drive It homo at last.
Hut HtovDeiiiocratlo jparty of tho North
bn# more to hopo for, nan party, fr«/.v»
equal iisHOidaUnn with thn South In aru
constructed Union. iSonra of it* mew
bur# are really friendly .to tho prftaotv«
lion ol onr peculiar institution ; but the
groat majority of their leader# imvo proved
llmt they only vaiu * tho party oMoom-
tion of ibo South a*.a mean# of looting
thorn into poUtimd plaoo and patronage.
Tlmy dosorvo no opnsideration from u*,
in the dotorjnimuion of the question of 1
return to tho old Union ; lor they hovi
over mntio our riglila and hafuty In the
Union a more football, to bo bandied back
and forth in their game fur power and
olDcu, They uro jo* unecrupttlous and eel-
Dshiiow as ever, In their plan* of mun-
Agitig the “robeUion."’ They quarrel
wkh the llbkck Uapubltonh fnotjo of car-
ryjngon tho war, simply to koop up ft
parly Hfttoion, and biscauso it# uneucoe##-
ful munagomont giyc« thorn nu opportu
nity to turn it U* party ndvuutago. But
they never any “lob.tho. Month go,” under
any cirouin dnncttf . If the Wftr, as now
oarried on, fail*, they willchargo its fail
ure to the abolitlws program me and de
mand n tihanc6 to try Un it band at oon-
cilintl.m and recon.-tructiou ; and should
U10 war not to oloaod and poaea made by
tho present Black Bepublioan AdmioU
trulion, -there i* no tolling to what period
it may bo prolonged by lJomocratic cam
paign# for "a restoration of tho Union «n
it was and the Constitution as it i*."
Thus viewing tho- propped, wo shall
watuli with more intoroSi ami hope fbo
movement formally introduced by Con
way than any of tho more pratontious
and deceptive tuatiiflotation# of tli
Northern ‘'Uoacu Democracy,’’
Hbnator Juhnsim on Beccaslon.
lion. II. Y. Johnson has, in a lottor to
tho Savannah Republican, defended at
**<>mo length and with Ids usual iugonuity,
his proposod amondmont of theUonsUtu-
tiou of thA Confederate State* providing
fur 11 mode of peaceable soeossloti by anv
di.v*atirtlml Ml a to. He udmits, however,
that bn is proceeding in tho wrong way,
and thut any movement iu this direction
imi.t be initiated by thuStnto#, tho consti
tution providing that amendments can b«
made only <*n tho call of a eonvwntioct by
throo or more Stale#; thsreforo hi* prop
osition fall* to tho grouud.
Wo are glad that it is thus u ip.ised of
1 •, the present. A^wueaidlu u former
n o< u of this proposition, thy present i*
no iimo to be raising uhstraet irauos and
cu ; Aging the att**ntk>n of Uor»|rre#$ or thy
country upon any other- qucftlon# than
tho-o relating to the war nr uf pressing
importance to the laidbcm interesUs ol
thy people, Unh*rtMnavely, there are too
luauy p'lliUciuus who seeui impatient for
the formaliou of pi rtio* and the division
of the ptiopio upon theoretioul hobbb:#.
Much men are to bq found springing
question# or ho practical significftaco, and
getting up convention# to nominate
did ate* for uflJce. We h*vo t«>o high an
opinion of thti pntrioViim of Gov. John
son to believe that U« intended anything
of this worthy hi# rc*olut«on» ; but such
would ooruloly be thoir ill-timed etfecL
At r. juncture lilat tho present, before
wo have obtained from 11 single power on
earth n recognitlcn of otlr standing us a
distinct nation, must itjiot bo misihiuv-
ou| and pronmture to bo arranging a
inode ordissolving u con federation which
nil the world trouts a# in uhrysntU and oi l
doubtful 6it« r ' Having foraiud at. aui-
anvo to w iti independence, i* it who or
statunaanlik* to pause In the midst of tho
resulting contest to arrange a inode of
dissolution of the alliance? Especially
must >uch u proceeding bq ill-timed when
it is not dcinaudod by any one of tip
Mtato# (the partner* for wboto lauicflt it it
dusigued), but originates in it tribunal of
the common compact. TUe Covenant of
confodcration having failed to make any
provi lon for it* dissolution, and no State
complaining of any grievance warranting
it* withdrawal from tho allianee, what
urguncy exist# to calU'orany such motion
aft Senator Johnson proposes to make
from the agency of tbo coufedoration
Let it rest iu abcyaucauiutii the alliance
lias surnuuivttd tho danger of di#*o-
lution by ouuldo iutervoiulou, or nt all
ovout# until some State demands the
adoption of a mode of reparation in view
of existing or apprehended wrong.
— —
A subterranean railway ha# boon open-
timo of revolution, in wbltib thn
people and the State* bavo made every
thing fcl«o subordinate to the «ucc«fM of
their wnr for indopendenco. Perhaps it
would have been bidtcr that there sboahl
'iftvti been ho permanent constitution until
tbo struggle is over. But, at ail event#,
tho Government Aasexorcised tho jmwer
to buy cutCon (Jn loss quapUtie*, at later
pbriods, nud ut higher price-, to be sure,
vroru proposed by tho advocates of
thbcoltom purclifl#<seighteen taoiitb* ago),
rid now holds a ooptiderabb) quantity
ought with H# bond#, Iti* no ins# nn-
omititutionai to buy two or three tbom-
gnd than it i# In buy t-woor tbreo millium-
ofbulea; so that qaestiun Iws boon de
cided in favor of the constitutionality of
the ptifebaso by the opponent# of tim
homo tbotp#oIVos.
*Jd—A* to the Ability of tho Govern r.ont
to hftfo bought tbo greater part of tho
rop in thg winter of 1^1-2. The anxiety
of the people to at that Lima wa* man*
ife«ted.by-the popuir.idty cf4b_e proposi
tion. It was heartily RcquiMCod *in by
very many.plenb r#, and thereenn hardly
a dftoU thnt if tho Government had
adopted tho scheme, and appealed to the
planters of tb* country U» uid it by ftoll-
Ing it liiuir cotton fu- bond* and troaeury
nop)#, tb« patriotism of tho greater por
tion uC thv»o who wyro oppu^qd to the
Scheme would have induced them to ac
quiesce In (hi# ftfiToadily o* they have in
other measures deemed essential to the
cause of th«- ffopIbderary.
del--Hnw tho pnrcbJUc would have ira-
prored the twirnncy. The proposition
wii# not that the Government should pay
for the eotlpn Jn tremury not«3 cxulujiVe-
ly. but in Umd< and note#. That many
pi antors would have taken bond* fora
largo proportion of their crops, «n/l would
afterward* havy hot n saiUUcd that the
investmiint was a good one, is manifested
by the g»««t oat'-nt to which tre*0uty
nopn Jmvo lately been exMiangod fur
bond-; anJ had tli* bond#of tfwi Govern •
ment been secured by the.cotton for
which they woni exchanged, they would
boMbocii #1111 mo re In request—indeed
Ilionpy would have eagorly sought this in-
v«j>LniCnt, instead of being lavishly ex-
pcii^dln spb:uJrttion and the purchase
of negrbo# and lands, wboroby price# have
bcon iitfiuted, provisions have been with
drawn from mark fit and hoarded, and tho
Government itselt hus boon cympolled t<
pny much high or price* for all that it
buy#. Tho Government lifts bought ini
menso qiiafitltfaf of inmrttion* of war an»
supplto* for tho army from Kurupe. Not
only nil that It ho* roctiiypd per voksoI*
running tho blockade go to rrmko up thi#
imount, hut nIso nil that ha# hocn cap
tured in tho attompt to run the blockade
If it ha* sold iln miles fur gold and sliver,
or for *<torliiig oxtihangh, with which to
mnko theso purphnsoa, luiinonso indued
must have been the quantity of its paper
thrown Into circulation for this purpose.
Had it exchanged cotton Irutuifd of paper
for European supplies, it is difficult to oh-
timnto tho diminution of Iho currency
that would tlh roby h(tvo boon effected,
but it must have boon groat. Wo nro in
formed that latterly it is using e tt >n
eor tl Heat os to miitih ndvantngoin Kurope,
buying with thorn vcascU of war and thoir
equipment* and army atoros, and that
thosu warrants arc of much grouter vnluo
than Federal anourHie#- Tho error has
been, that ft did not nomnmcco this *y*-
unn of oyelmug*) sooner and on 0 larger
AcaU>. It i» ovidonlly uow retrieving in
partthq error of tho past, but not until it
linx lost largely by delaying too long to
secure and use the cotton of tho country
a* n substitute for money.
4th. Our correspondent may be erroot
Iu hi* opinion that tho possesion of the
-cotton crop wojld give Iho Government
no great political power. But tho late,
outgiving# of Northern paper# show that
hey apprehend that this is tho very
agency b,v which tho Confederate Gov
ernment will bilrig the nation# 01 Europe
to term#. Tho cotton how stored In th
warehouse# nnd planters' shod# of thi#
country i# the treasure more coveted «t
present by the loading nAth'ns of Kuropo
than any othor prizB that tho world af-
fords. Tlio koy to unlock nnd iccuro it
would boftfttoemudmero prociou# by them
than (ho magic words “open sesame” that
opened tho fabled robbers' cave. It is
true, as our oorrespundunt #ay#, that
Great Britain and Franco can as easily
purchaso it, alter the port# are opened,
from Iho planter* or factors n# from the
Confederate Government. But if the
Government hold the crop, European na-
oould only obtain it on such term# ns it
might dictate*, and wo opine* that it* po>-
sossion b,v tho Confederate authoriticc
would m«ko the loading European pow
er* quite "civil" In thoir negotiations
with it. Quito likely, Iho fear that ftorno
fatotu'-rlnation might securothc advantagr*
in Us dUtrlbUtion would prompt each and
every one to bid pretty high for Confed
erate favor.
There are other point# that wo designed
to not ico in tho communication, but we
have no lime to do #0 now.
Reported Capture of the Brooklyn.
The Vicksburg Whig rays: "IVc Unvo
Information, which cornel through a well
knoivit gentleman from Now Orleans,
thnt Get). Magruder captured tho farnoiw
Yankee man-of-war Brooklyn, off Gal-
Va#ton, a»hnrttiinoaluce. .Shogrunndcd,
and while her crew w<-re in the act of
fchifU.ig the gun* to got her off, >fagrudor
out hi# mosquito fleet and boarded
Thi* now* was credited in New
an#. Thi* i# certainly a brilliant
achievement, and add# additional lustre
to the name of J. Bankhead M ft grader,"
Letter* liom *‘j, T. <;.**
Kjtoxvn.i.is, Feb. *21«t, 18fl8. r
FAitor Enquirer: Bince the departure
of tho important personage* that have
enlivened “all" Knoxville for tho past
ton days, tho denizens havo lapsed into
thoir iiiiial way#. However, the attract
ive, "dwhing" Bollo Boyd, onco an in
mate of Fcrtreio Monroe upon the charge
of being a Confederate spy, perambulate*
Gay Street in all her glory.
The transferring of Gen. Price to tho
Tr»ni-Mi&sii*ippi Department, 1 am
proud today, give# universal satisfaction
here f barring (lie iorici,) IIis past record
is a safle ont guarantee that tho affitira in
Arkansas will now assume n different
aspect.
A largo cavalry force is above thi#
place at Bogersvillo. What their irften-
tfvas are, it would not bo prudent for mo
to nay. They are aligned to a good work
whenovor tho proper opportunity Arrive*.
The assembling of tho delegate# from
tile Northwestern Etatti# ai. Frankfort,
Ky., on the 18th inrt., U the all-absorbing
topic at pr^onl. Tho "Wide Awake”
men believe that lb el r dcliberatinns will
rhgaU beneficially tdfour Confederacy.
Time alone can def^rnaiuq that ranker.
Tlmt loalhtomu disease, timall Fox, i-
somewhat on tho decrease, ut least In thta
vicinity . Tho Small Fox Hospital, also
Qua ran line, i* located about two mile#
from town, «q j ia tinder tho charge of
that "Frtrtro’' ofSurgeon*, M. F. Mead
ow*, whoso *uc4jcm in the traatuu nt of
Small Vox 5# scarcely paralleled by Jen-
nnr'* sueco.ss in vaccination, Tho citizens
vf thi* plftca and vicinity ow© burgeon
Meadow* a debt of grntitudo, fur hi*
untiring energy and devotion to the
arreting of this mo*t foul di-ea-r.
If any now* roaebe* u* from Kenlueky
of aiiy importance, I will telegraph you.
J. T. G.
Knoxvili.x, Fob. 5R, 1W3.
Editor Enquirer: The jail ot this
euunty j* loetUcd immediately upon the
bank* of Holitop river, overlooking tk
stream fof acouplo of milo* up and dowi
Around tho jail there ha# been built of
Into a high stockade work of oak log*.
This w:.*dono to rclioyo the jail of u few
of it# inmate*. About forty bmhwlmtk-
nr«, torio* and deserter# were cooped up
in thi# enclosure, or, more proporly
speaking, court- Ldrt night about H p. in.
tho thought of freedom wa# rampant In
thoir hearts, and without mora ado they
seized tho numerous brickbat# that wore
lying loose around thorn, assailed iho
guard, whipped them out. and twonty-firc
of them mndo their esenpo. Tho Lieu
tenant of tho guard, bo itsald to hi# praise,
-oizod tho gun of ono of his lorrifiod,
Iroiiibliug BOntinols, fired at tho ring-
loador, wounding him mortally. Ono of
Iho guard belonging to UapL Boatwright'#
company, from J’iko county, Ala., had a
twist with three of thorn for tho poueirdon
of his rnuskof; hut with a detorminntiou
and courage cbarnctcrintio of tim pnoplo
of thnt county, succoedod in bayoneting
two of thorn. Tho other, Booing that tho
muddy sentinel'# dander wa# up, made
his escape. Tho result L ono prisoner
mortally wounded, five seriously with
tho bayonet. Tho guard wax considerably
bruised with brickbat#, none of them se
riously hurt. Altogether this is a di#-
graeoful occurrence, and reflect# no cred
it whntovor cither upon tho prudence,
caution or foresight of the Gqnoral com
manding the department or tho Captain
commanding tho post. Ido not rnro to
write a homily upon their inefficiency,
incimipotency or it may bo carclossneu.
It i# patent to the reflecting tliut wu want
#01110 on*nttho holm.
1 had tho plcaruro to-day of meeting
Capt. Tom Nelson, Lioutf. Bagland,
DawHon, Banks, and other# of tho Nol-
*•»» Bangor#. They returned to thi# place
to-day, aftor a severe campaign in tho|
mountain# after the lories, hush whack
ote. NoUon ami Uugland look exceed^]
inglywoll. Danko nnd Dawson appo:
as though they were from a "hog-killing.
Friend D., I am satlsllod, lias buon about
some lory’# him house. Upon tho whulo,
the Banger#are in good beullb, and have
dtino good service.
Tho cavalry movement J spokoofin
my last is abandoned. "Fogrnm'’ is
here| his cavalry i* moving below.
What is up 1 cannot at present divino.
We are all on tho qui vice for new# from
Kentucky. J. T. G.
The Government amt Cotton,
Editor Enquirer: l nntict: that in your
issue of the 80lb ult, you say, that ac
cording to the KUtemuat of the Jilchmond
co r respon d on 10 f th a .V1 * n ta G»m fedcracy,
"there ar.v many t.’*»ngr«Asmcn nnd other*
who greatly censure S' crotary Memmin-
ger for hi# agency in defeating the project
fur tho ptuclutse of cotton by the giivcrn-
tuent of tho Confedvr&ta State*, over a
year ago. 1 ' Ypu infer, therefrom, that
"they appreciate, now, the great political
power which the possession of tho cotton
crop, or u Urge portion of it, would give
to the government at Kichmord, in it#
negotiation* with European nctions.--
*fhoy #00 also that tho tlifllciDt’ problem
of tho curroncy and iU rmludion to a
wholesomo amount, would be easily
solved, had the government, when many
of us advocated it eighteen month* ago,
bought C'4U»n with its bond-, and treasury
notes, nt prices then ruling, and held it
until now."
I nmy be in error, but it scf ms to me
that you have overlooked rouic very im
portant matters, which, if taken into the
calculation, would have satisfied you that
the policy referred to must, iu H* adop
tion, have produced di-.a-trou* il not
ruinous consequences to the Cuu' try.
IfUongre-s has theconstitutionnl power
to spcculutu in cctton. tho power exists at
all times, without refownw to circum
stances, nnd can a# well be cxercisod upon
ono pretext a« anothor. But waiving thi#
question, I shall procewl to show, Irom
fact* and circumstance* which lmve al
ready developed themselves, that the
exercise of it must h*vo proved a groat
disaster.
I admit (hat if ft bad b*«n possible f<»r
tbo Governnn-:.: . have pun I.A-i-d the
cotton "at low pru vs then rulfog ftfid held
i» until now," it mjglit hare very greatly
reduced the amount of tho currency by
selling it back to the people for a curren
cy which, by its own act, it had depre
ciated; hut thi# would havo been u fraud
upon tho people very much in the nature
ofn wild cat bank operation. Hut thi*
would have boon tinpoaoibl#.
Tho government could dot have bought
tho cotton either" for it# bonds or iu "trea
sury notes, "at tho price* then ruling.’’ —
Tho evidence of this is: First, that those
who had subscribed cotton hs a loan to the
government, were very .unwilling to turn
over the cotton "ut the prices then rul
ing," nnd many were very tardy in so
doing. 1 do not know how much wa*
turned over "at the price# then ruling,”
but\f I remember rightly, l havo fre
quently, within tho la*t six month*, no
ticed advertisement* urging those who
had subscribed to como up nnd pay.
Another evidence i#, thnt few were wil
ling to sell “nt prices th u ruling” to any
body, ovon to pay their own didos; ho
that Neither the gt.v#rn moot or individual#
could have bought largely at those prices.
Tbo planter* did not begin to sell freely
until, In consequence of the redundan
cy of tho currency, men began to look
out for investments, and cotton,
mon with every otbsr species of property,
began to ri*«i in price. Wo all km ■■
rapidly prices advanced. Cotto
roho to eighteen certs per pound. Sup-
poso the government had gone into the
market a* a purchaser; prices would not
only havo incroa-od much more rapidly
hut would have gone much hiw her. Firnt
boenuao every dollar paid by tho govern
ment would have Increased tho already
redundant currency. Second, bed
tho govorn merit always pay# higher p
than anybody ©Iso. Third, because, hnv-
i«K to purchase by agents, who are paid
ftcotr.mia-lon, they would havo paid high
prices to onhanuo their commissions.
Let il ho remain bored that the issuo ol
treasury notes for the pure huso of cotton
would not huve dispensed with Uio i««U<
of a dollar tlmt ha* been i*su«d for otbei
purposes. On tho contrary, it would no-
cesfiftrily havo Increased it. Why ? Be
cause the iucroitsu of tho currency, in th
purchnao of cotton, would not only hav
increased tho price of that urlicle, hut of
ovory other the govornmcnl w
polled to purchase.
The Secretary of tho Treasury, 1 be-
llovu, estimator tho paper circulation of
tho (Jonfoderncy at $JlO,OUt) l UOO.
It wu.h iroiub less, it cub a n cud pric
rapidly and very greatly. Supp
government had, tw* lvo montbsagn, gono
into tho iu tlon market. I .tup]
tbo cotton ha* passed out of tho hand* of
producer* at about an average of flfloon
cent*. With tho government m
petitor nnd a constantly inorcut-ing cur
rency, there 1# 110 calculu ing what point
price# would havo reached. Kv
cba#o of tho govornmcnl would
created tho price, nut nfcotUn c
of everything else. Il is reaso
supposo It would havo incraased cVpry
thing obu tweuty-flvo per cent. This
would have added To niillion# to tho filO.
making nearly 400 millions. Tho cctton
would probably have cost the government
at least twenty cent# per pound or $100
stock in England is, if it were doubled
to-day tho price would bo very materially
affected.
"What, then, would be the effect if the
>or were opened to then) for four mil
lion* of hales? rherc will not be a pound
of cotton rold in England at the present
lifter it is known there that there
i* peace here. The immediate effects of
peace would be to produce a decl no there
nnd probably an ndvanco here, a# the
few first bug* that reach England will
evon in a declining mirket, sell for a
rofiton prices here, but thoy will regu-
iriy declino there until they reach a point
>wor than present prices here.
Th : s i* Inevitable, for the simple reason
that it would require 400 millions of d d-
h P* pay for it at these price#, and (he
rid never has been able 'o pay that
amount for a crop of cotton under the
moit favorable circumstance# that have
Thi#, though tho most co
gent and irresistible of all reason*, ha*
been sdUnysUfiftd by the idea that an long
Banks or Governments will i?#uo thoir
omis-ory notes, it depond# upon the
will of the purchaser alone to pay any
•, that it niH.v be necoftsarjr to give you
r realms. Tho world has long since
iUoovcrcd, that whatever omnipotence
y be able to effect, human power ha#
not 3*ct becri able to mnko something out
if nothing. Everybody knows that an
iividiuil, no matter how groat hi*
•alth, may pure ha so at extravagant
prices for hi* promissory tuPlur until at
luat liia note* will purchuso nothing; but
mo bow or another, a largo portion of
c world is impressed with the idea that
long u* a Bank will issue it* nolo#, i
lho.«c to whom it may lend them, cal
intinue lo purchase indefinitely at an*
price; nnd therefore many peoplenrucp
Slide thnt when the price of cottoi
decline*, it is not because purchasers ar
jible but because they are unwilling t'
pay tho high pricus. I will there-for
givo you #omo reasons, which may b
supposed to act upon tho will of tho pur
chusor*.
1 ho p opto of England know that there
jver has been In tho world at any on**
time, as large an amount of cotton ready
for market, as there i* now in the Con-
0 States; thoy know it must and
will he sold ; they know it cannot by any
possibility be worked up and disposed of
before'here will be anothor crop pric
ing upon it: they know they can get it
Just as fu-t as they want it, and they will
purchaso for immediate supply only.—
who hold it will be compelled to
id being forced upon tho market,
the price must bo reduced.
Then, if the government should b“
compelled to sell it# cotton for less than
cost, how is its currency Lo bo improved ?
11 it* mndo worse by an additional debt.
If it should got enough to pay coat nnd
all oxponses, it can only redeem the notes
TELEGRAPHIC_DISPATCHES.
Ify fTetigraph to the Enquirer.
RurriMo.sr>, V\., 27th — Passenger*
from Fredericksburg report that the cav
alry under Fitzhugh Lee, surprised and
captured 130 Yankee* on "Wednesday
last.
KiCUMnjrn, Va., 27th.—The Senate has
paused a Bill to provide and organise En
gineer troops to servo during the war;
after which it went into secrot session.
Tho Jl'tase passed a Bill to aid thoC'on-
grosHional emnmiUo© in the investigation
of matter* referred to them, and to pun
ish labo swearing. It then went into se
cret session.
lilt'.UMoXD, Va., 27th.—A dispatch da
ted, Frankfort, Ky., gives somo particu
lar# of the disposition of the Democratic
Convention at th.it place, by the Military.
The House of Representative#, by a de
cided vote, having refused tho uso of the
Hall, tho Delegates rented the Theatre.—
i'.iero wore Delegates from 40 counties
t>rc.sont. Day id Merriwethcr was elected
Chairman ; and on taking tho chair, lie
• pr* -sed tho hope that the Convention
w ndddo nothing that good and loyal
citizen*- should not do. In the meantime
a regia*ont of soldier# with fixed bayo
nets formed in front of tho Theatre, and
when the call of counties was made, Col.
Gilbert took tho stand and informed the
Convention that
di»ubt»:«l loyalty to the Government would
be allowed t<» run for any office. He ad
vhed tho Delegates to disperse to their
homes, and iu future to desist fr<
*.:ch attempt# to precipitate civ
upon the State.
Thu Assemblage then adjourned.—
it g»
tho
-tho othor is not
1 at nil. There 1* but ono legiti
mate ».ourcc of revenue for a government,
and that i* the taxing power. If * gov
ernment i# worth anything, tho people
ure able and willing to puyoncugh lo sup
port it. If it* affairs are 10 badly man
aged a# that it# expense# <»ro more than
it i* worth, the poople ought to expel
those who manage it so badly. It in a
had business for a government t»» engage
in speculations, and whenever they d••
the people uro sure vo suffer.
When wo lake into consideration the
ilium-list) frauds that are practiced upon
tho government in all thesegrent schemes,
tho inflation of tho currency that would
havo bean produced by it, and tho gnat
collapso that must have followed, it
strike# n«o that tho country ha* great
cause of congratulation in tho fatiuro ol
B.
Hu- .HexIra 11 lankec Complications.
Lincoln ha* sent a nwtsagn to the Fed
eral Congress on the subject "f the ap
proaching ©mhroglio hotw.'on Franco and
the Utilted Mutes on the Mexican quc.-
tion Tho Wadiington correspondent of
tlu Ni-w York Tribune give# the follow
ing •iiiiuniiry of the monsago uiid accom-
but no disorder.
The "Richmond Fre** announce that a
Fr c'amnf'O-i from the PreAient will
bo published to-morrow, appointing th>
27J) day of March as 11 day of fa t r»g.
humiliation and prayor; and inviting the
jKKiplc of th« Confederate 8tat*js.ti
pair on that day, to their several pi
of pub! c* worship, and join in prayc
Almighty God that he may continue
merciful prot viion over our cause, scat
ter onr enemies and set nt naught thoi
evil designs; arid that ho will graciously
r«-«.tort» to ourb'dovod country tho bless
ings u f peace and security.
M'lftii.K, Ala., 27th.—A corr?spond-
1 nt of tha Memphis Appeal, writing from
Vicksburg on tho 23d inst., say# that
ciu«rm»us tl ot appeared thi# morning,
larger than has been witne#sed yet from
thi- point. Everything looks as if prep
aration 9 wore almost ready for th© enemy
to commence a forward movement. The
monster force n*»w before tho city cannot
long remain In idleness. Forsons well
acquainted with tho country bordering
on Yazoo Fas* aud Cold Water, say that
if the enemy succeed in gutting their gun
boat* info th© Cold Water, they will nev-
• r get them out An army of 1,000 men
could Indd at buy nnd destroy an invading
force of 3‘Vj > > in that country.
S.vvanv \ii, GK , Feb. 27.—The#toain-
•■r X 1 bviHe, in coming up tho Ogechoe,
last nig! 1, grounded on th© sand bar
above Fort McAllister. 8h® was discov
ered tiii* morning by tho enemy's fleet.
An iron-clad opened fire across the marsh
c th.. X illviHe, ut 7h. 30m..IwUieh wm
continued until 10 o’clock, when an in-
ci i.tJinry shot struck her setting her on
lire. .She is now ft total wreck. The
Fort fired upon tho iron elad, hitting her
twic Other gunboats from tho fleet
shslted, but did no damage.
lticuMO.vn, Va., Feb. 2d.—Tbo Senate
was not in soselon .to-day.
Tho House pa.-.cnd a resolution of thanks
l*» Gcti. John II. M >rgan nnd command,
iir Vic , preceding tho battle of Mur-
frrexboro’.
A rwoittti n to adjourn on tho ICth of
l&iJ, via Yellvillo, Ark., to striko the
, “rear mid flunk,” with 1«‘#XI men
McDonald. Before marching I
telegraphed to Lieut Gen. Holmes if it
would not be be-:t t>» move up th© troops
under Col. White to co-operate iu the
nt, to which bo consented, and
the older wm# given. Col. Forter, with
■d forward for thi*-purpose,
ri lilt' B-i.-ton Monntain#;
Bholby uLUckcd sixty tunes ami - wsrtsn
—killed twelve and captured twenty-sev-
n. Mdfoanld xarprined, cupturod and
limed Fort Lawrence, on Beavercreek,
lo.; of its garrison, killed ten, captured
evunteen. and routed tho rest—about 230
-captured 200 horse*, 800 stand of urim,
jn wagon* and tt quantity of quartcruius-
jr and commissary stores.
Shelby captured and burnt the Fort at
Ozark. 1 lie garrison iled. With Shelby
ami McDonald I attacked HpringtieWl,
Mo., and after cignt hours' hurd fighting,
Iriving the Yankees before inn and into
their stronghold*. 1 captured ono pice©
of artillery, pi pounder,) a stockade fort,
large pnrtof the town, widchthoYankees
arm a* they retired. At dark the figlil-
g coined—the greater part of the tVdcr-
» iu my uu«sessiou. The Federal force
us ■I.-JKJ. My loss 20 killed and Hrt
wounded. The Ynnkco Iom whs much
greater, i did n<a deem it best to renew
the attack, and tittf next day marched lo-
\i Rolta. The Federals ccutlerod and
tied betufe me. I burnt the forte at Sand
Spring* utid Mur - fluid. After passing
thr. uzh Marshfield formed n junction
with rorter, wno had burnt the forts ut
Huruville a.. : Uazolwood.
All the tort# burnt were well built
work*, generally largo "block houses,"
with stockade and good earth works
around, eu strong that 100 bravo men
well a rmod could defy 1,000 in fun try or
cava'ry.
After joining Forter I marched south
easterly, making my way toward A'k-
an*a;. At Haruvill© 1 mol., fought ami j f}‘Bnen
drove irt tho diruction of Lebanon 1.0UO
iuOttili'y. 300cavalry, under G©a. Mufrdl.
The bi.tll© was dceperato. My loss wa*
13 kii.’v 1 nnd .0 aoundud; of the former
was the b.nvo M' lfonftld, Lieut. Col.
Wcim r, M«j. Keitl*-. an i other brave
offlecrs and men. The Federal lo.** wa*
also heavy. Thi* enemy sent a ling to
bury their dead. At thi* place Icupiurcd
a Caisson with ammunition, a numb©/ ut
sinntl unn.- and about 130 great ow'ii,
which the Yankees leJt u* they ran off.
1 continued mv march and. readied
hero to-day. witj to-morrow morning
commer.es cross ng White river at this
p’nce and twelve nidus below.
Both men and horse* are worn out trad
below. Tho DctSulo fdHowid he .. ,
ping just Jiboro tho landing, w.iJra i
destroyed voveral flat bi-ata *>nd Kkitf- _!
V rom *»ne ot the Hat* die took three bo^
prisoners Who warn mi*- d in Natch. /
Tho Queen of thti W. fc t remain. ^ £
ohi-r in protecting distance, while tl>e»«
«iepr<'datioiiS were U-.ing earth J out t,v
the Dcriot... They both t ...*, st,. ,, j
uwny together, the bi»v>. \,.*vir *r f
pliicod on the tjucen of tlm West. ’ »
'J he two vessel# proceeded down" the
river, entered Bod River, and atcr n<
t he mouth of tho AiehiifalnyuBayuu uJ,
Era No. o, with a load of corn for iv-
Hudson, was captured. They wore lirvi
tip-rn Ht tho month „f thoAtchatelaya (.J
a light buttery, when the Captain
•'tj'tecn'’ wa* killed. In revsngo Umv
Ullfcd down the Bnyod and utterly ,tj.
.:r.;v(-U six pluiutiuno hy.h,||j OR lhm .
i h«*y pressed the pi ot of the Era No *
who dcceivc<l them ns to.b.ca'lon u;,,i
«tr-n*lh <,r uur UtleriM. "no of n, 0
[IT »l N.tcbsx hi-arU Coloi,.-!
hilttt r.’pe«te.!!y nssort ttmt l, f f Mr ,. ,,
would surrender iu- would ; u, t . , ‘
»p, but when he »•„ fired . Ur *
battcri^, his feather iiurncdi iteiy
and his only anxiety was thr* safety of
hi* precious pi'
scon floatingd. ...... .......
cotton. The Courier bus th 0
teyon nf th ~ '
Tho engngeni
ion 23 of tbo t
or 12 druwi
t lasted about
h ?nd’itris
'
a bate. HU
diev.
uraook in# boat
troain on » i-otto
it him fc-r Uir
The Qu**«n .rad
Die D* > t..ivH,-cattbd and
•rew. as wall ns the cottl boa;
The Era No. 5 being u. p
The l’rcsnlont has sent
tbo Buriato in answer to
Fob. 13th, a
urninoiia cor
Srcrotary of
Charge d' All'i
i b\
lOSSftge to
(dution of
^ery
The Mini*t«
letter, a«k# the 1
cnnirabund shipi
•mi#-nre-oflho
poditlon from
between ___
Mtiiic and tho Mevictu
, roifttivo to th© expor
contraband of wur lo
I tho French army in Mexico
s tabled.
1 will forward ft detailed report of the
oxpedition at tho earliest moment,
itvapeclftilly,
J. 8. M AliMADUKI!,
Brirftdtcr Goner vl CommunUmg.
To Col. K. U. Nkwtok, Chief ef .Staff
1st corps, T. M. Armv.
From tho Xa#hvi l« iiispatch of the 11 th,
l*ic*a Dispatches North.
NicwYork. Feb. 10.—Our Consul at
unt Jrey say# that the rebel# uro g< ttir»g
" ^^Hid medicine* througii
Mexican port#
TlioTim.'s’ c-*rre-j*ondentsays thnt ru-
nu>rs uro afloat at Now Url*an* of a «li»-
orderiy spirit among our troops nt Ship
l-land. .Several officer* havo been arrest*
od tor mutinous conduct.
The Time.' Fort Koy,l
says that our gun bo.
McAllister. Georgia
^respondent
have not sucooed-
iprcasfon on Fort
Tho Montnuk was
bankment being nearly thirty loot thick,
(Jaiko, Fob. 10,—-A latter from Vicks-
mrg say* the rebels arc fortifying all
iidhts commanding the river below that
n b. 1 •.
frying-
Federal gunb
hg.r,
r ihfoi
both hoi
Young O'Brien nnd two othc r , w
kept on b.mrd (ho Queen of th • We
prison* nt during the attack id' our i ,
rie#. Ho ray. that every shell fr. e. :
Confederate butterd cm tied d—iru< I >■
to the bint and crew. The f, r -i -
completely cleared the pun d»ok<fhi
men, and the second orthird ca.no ..
ing trough her euginti#, cutting li
the gunboat. Sh
' ,r Un P *the Kr.,
Uonlcdernto officer!
OuU i
wh.*
taken
Tfte vic.uo
Tho amount
'■ r 8”-
rne priso
li.reaten ms
portion of the
er they ovoil
The Iii'li il.
Km No. 5; w.
diMildu
te# Tin
•omph'to.
rs taken from tl
ot Col. Eilat, fo
. and cowardice,
iteu Jtkvcr. -
Ailnlrs u*i the C
"What’s the now* four
"What's tho news
These are questions
times daily through'
» of the India*
oiiK, Fob. 10,—The stoamo
from Now Orleans ha# arrived
lo and -uni: the Ella Harley.
•Is at Fort Hudson
nglheniug their
Ko
tho tin
tvurnmont t- .
•nts purchased by tho
mruandorufthe French
itving the port* of tho
vpy of tbo Nashville UMi
ll* columns uro tpainly
The Capture of the lmllunola.
Dispatch©* to the Augurta prts* differ
matorittlly from our own in their account
of tho capture of tho Yankee gunboat In-
dUhida. According to the former, the
capture was made hy tbo Confederate
steamer# of tho West and Webb,
svtn out by Major Gen. B. Taylor for tho
purpose. It ap|>oftr* from bis dispatch to
tho authorities at Richmond, thnt the
Confederate vessel# woro in sear oh of the
UpB-nulo, instead of the latter bring utter
Queen of the "West. Gen. Fend erton,
•ftloiaBy announcing the capture, says
that tbo lndiapola was sunk on tho Mis
sissippi shore, the bow and upper work*
out, ne«r Mr. .loo Davis' plantation.
Tho Indiaiuda I# said to have boon a
very formidable Yankee Iron-clad. Wo
prosUMte riml she wa# th« steamer thnt
ran past our batteries at Vicksburg on
Friday night last. Of course, tho Yan-
k:A's wlwtwl one »>{ their host vessels for
this purpose, as they had boon informed
of tittt capture ot tho Queon of tho West
and Intended that tho lmlianola should
cither recapture her or do tho work thnt
sho had bwu scut to dtv. It is new evi
dent that tho Yftijkot* can aceompllsh
nothing by running ouo war steamer nt h
time past our Vicksburgbalt»*rie». They
, will only ruu them into a trap.
The Examiner, alluding to tho auction
[ sale* in Richmond, #*ys that heavy elo-
I thing, lbtnnuls, umslui*, heavy boot* and
] shoos, and alnmid all du>cripU«»n* of w in-
Proui thot’liuttaiiooga Hebei.
Cruui Middle Tcuucsv.ee
Wo havo»»c
on of tho 18th _ |
devoted to a direction of th« Louisville
Journal, which it denounce# for its pro-
#lavory charu- tev. There is no local nows
uf Voter cm ; nnd tlio tclograms are goner-
ally (lnvoia of con#' qnom e.
Tho New York World, of thn 17th, ha?
n dispatch from Wu*hlngl(m. announcing
that Butler will return to New Urloaiw,
uiul that Fremont is about to -et nut for
Texas. The Alabama has loads* several
new prixos. fijho loft Kiiixot-m on tU«- 2d.
Gold is 38J. Colton '.'1c. Bank of
Teiiriea t*c nudUnion aitd Flanter* Bank*
quoted at par by Nushvillo broker..
Advice* front the irontln Middle Ten-
ncs>eo. state that B -soncraiiz ha* advanc
ed ttifara# Middleton, half way between
Murfreesboro' and Sh. lbyvi|l«*, Thi* U
hardly a premeditated advance in force
Wo loam from tho Union that the abuii-
plotolv blockudcd by
United
Mr. Soward rcplio#. referring tlio Min
ister to a letter from the .Secretary of the
Treasury, from which it appears that no
cots and with tho rules <
l law governing tho case
such authorities ms llnmiltoi
id cxccutivo documont* a
i regard to reinforce; .,,
aju.-tout of Nashville,
mud.
goittlomi w „ ,...
that tho moat accurate oaicuhttVons assign
fittwa thousand as tho ouuido.
Aocj.rding tL>thjpriv»io miv. rsution
of tno bodor.il officer#, their lo- nt Mur-
froostwro’ in killed, wounded, pri-o*,, r .
and deserters was tweplj -five thouM.nd
The enemy i# tboreforo it-.# by ton tlmu*-1
and, than when ho mot us on th. dl.t
December. Thoro i« no doubt that w « aro
stronger iu numbers., and in even bettor
plight us regard# what are called tho
morals of the army. Thu presence of
General Joo Johnston and tho admirable
energy of General Bragg, havo blent t ,,,
of tho happiest influences. Should Bo-
sonorans attack us, wo are rosdy to receive
hitn and hi# ruffians with ‘open urrm and
hospitable grave*. Among other things
it i* staled that General Johnston has had
n pcr.onal inter view with evorv Colonel
iu tlio army of Middle Tennessee, and be
expresses himsolf highly nle«t>o*l with the
character of tho officers thu# brought un
der hi* personal acquaintance.
The ch»o ot Thomas II. Caldwell, ar
rested lor treasonable correspondence
with the enemy is under invos-igutiou, we
believo, at Tuflahom*.
Tax Frkkcii Intriouk in T*cxxs.—
The French legation at Washington has
seen proper to deny peremptorily that
tho Emperor has boon plotting to sepa
rate Texas from the Confederacy, and a
corn*pendent of the New York Tribune,
who evidently speaks
per bile. Two millions ol bales would
havo been 200 millions addod to tho cur
rency, making it ncnrtiOO millions.
tl is estimated that there are now in the
(J difudeniey, ready for market, four mil
lions of halo* uf cotton. To pay for thorn
nt thi# rate, would require 400 millions of
dollar.*, nearly twice a* much nstho world
ha# ever been nb!o to pay for one crop of
cotton, even when it reached four and a
half millions and with thu world in a
prosperous condition, all tho channel# of
trad a open and its machinery in good
working order. Can anybody suppose
that it can now pay that amount, when
commerce i« to a Urge extent broken up,
it* channel* obstructed nnd destroyed or
deranged ?
TV bat, then, would government <lo with
two millions of bale* of cotton if it, had
them? How reduce it#debt ? How make
purchase*upon better term#'
aided in its negotiation.# with Kuropaan
nations ?
1 adm.t that if our government had the
mean# to carry the cotton to Europe and
could sell it nt present price*
had at th * same time tlio excl
ilego of bringing back its proceeds, it
might bo a vary good speculation; b
unfortunately the government has
moro facilities and no more privilege*
thi* way than you and I. It could not
hire England and Franco tc break tbo
blockade, because they know that when
tho blockade is broken they can gel it just
a# well from individual# a* they could
from the government For all the ad
vantages, then, which tho government
could reap from thu ownership of cotton,
we must wait until tho war is endod.—
With two millions of bales on hand and
two millions moro in the hands of tho
people, let us see what could be done for
the lionefil of the country.
Does anybody dream that if peace were
made to-day the cotton now on hand
tho Confederate State.'
present prices ? 1 know there
xpresses pain nnd
nsion acquiesced ii
o. lie quote* Vi
United Kittles, but to give his opinion of ltl L li
the impropriety of allowing either bollig- .. .
©rent to provide itself with mean* of war- | disbanding ol tm» Convi
fare in n neutral nation, and
ted by -Mr. Sc ward.
•IVr. to the alleged shipment
by tho merchant* of N
French army
Barksdale introduced a bi'l to author
ize the -1. ;»• nsion of tbo writ of habeas
corpus, which wu# tabled, and the IIou»c
went into secret session.
Gold advanced ten cents to-day.
U#i Yankee prisonors captured by Gob.
Fitzhugh Leo, near the Bappalmnnock,
arrived hero this forenoon.
Bichmonj*, Va., March 1.—The Dis
patch ha* dale* to the 23d ult. George
•V Sanders sailed from Halifax on th«
221 f«»r Europe, lie hud Confoderntedis-
pntc-hr- H ith him. The fact that a large
number of ambulance* were shipped from
Uiiu'innali on the Itlth ult., with orders
that they k him Id be at Naftiviilo on the
20th, i# taken a* an imiicalion of an early
engagement by Uo.-. ncranz' army.
Tho New York Time* ha# a letter from
Vicksburg which fays: "The army oftbe
Mi.i*i.'-.'ppl Is being depleted at a fearful
rate. Since il ha# been at Vicksburg
over one hundred men have overj day
failed i" i••-pond ( ' roll, nnd have been
carried out novo/ to return."
In the Yankee Congress, Powell of
ky gave notice tlrat ho should call
with regurd to the
ention which re
cently met ul Frankfort, Ky.
Gold in New York bus advanced to
1624.
the l
11s the attention »»f Mr.
those fact*, who replies that
Janadu brings English dates to tho
The tycoon in a late speech
Purliununt, with regard to Anier-
idrs, paid that *ho had nfittained
iking any stops with a view of in-
ft cessation of hostilities, because
it had not seemed that any such overtures
nded with any probability
She, however, viewed with
leepc.-t concern the conflict which still
Mexican blockaded | rrt «"' , • ftnd " itne*scd with grief the dl#-
vhlch the war inflicted upon a large
u of her own subjects.
he i •^' u,,do,k Times «ays it is reported
t l0 ; that certain parties in Paris have offered
n loan t«> the CV>nfed«rs'e Gi»verninont of
: five millions Sterling,
1 nt 3 pence p.*r pouud, with the option of
. exolutiigi'ig for Confederate bonds at sc
only, bearing interest at ft per cent,
is raid thnt tho oiler has been accepted.
] Tbo Liverpool cotton market wu? dull,
j and price* weak. Consuls U2I.
j The. insurrection in Poland is said to
i be spreading, ami that a sanguinary bat-
: tie had bocn fought nt Wengrow, in which
1 iho insurgents wore defeated and the town
captured by the Russians.
Ciiablkston, S. C., March 1.—Two
steamers, the Douglas and the Buby,
arrived here nt dny-l<ght thi* morning,
bringing Nassau date* lo Thuraday ia»t.
The Douglas was fired at savor*!times by
tho blockndera, but was not hit. The
steamers, Stonewall Jackson and Hero,
from Charleston, also the tit. Johns from
d Stat!
•Into "l war existing botwoon M
tho allies, a* there had been no duclara- | from
tion of war, arid therefore tho United 1 Huctr
State# could not be governed in the)
consent by the rule* of neutral*. IL
forthor stated that subsequently he mado ! could l-
app'icntivn to the Secretary of tho Trea-1 of #uc«
sury for a permit to ship sontu arm* thnt
wore purchased in New York fi
of tlm Mexican*
p<»rt; that tlie rt#K*rctary at tir#t appeand
ready to grunt it, but on learning that the .
-number was 86,OUO, he thought it was too
great, and referred the matter to
Secretaries of War and Navy ; that
latter made no o jeetion, but tbe former
refosod to relax the order previously
issued, forbidding the exportation of
arms. In vain hu showed they wore
Prussian muskets, flint locks altered to
pcfcu-'ion, which the United .States
would not use, and he was compelled to
believe that hu ill success w*« occa-ion«d
by h de*iro un tlio part of the Uuited
State- to avoid complicity with France,
and was afterwards astonished, when
wagons and mules were brought here for
the French army, to find that what wa*
denied to Mexico was freely permitted to
Mr, Seward replied that Iho prohibition
of the thipmont of arm* was general, ap
plying to all nation#, ontbeground of the
military necessity of the United ri ales,
but there wa* no such inhibition of the
shipment of wagons either for France or
A Iu
points
elude*
"Tb
enuso further to
hoi
#, and
. Yankee iu New
Orl. .ill* if thoy defeat them.
Cotton commands *jl ‘J2cent* Gold
etofed at 331 percent premium. Govcrn-
f thu ith:
A IV.Sil ov HATCaVII.T.K, AUK.
AY KMT 1'LAINH. Feb. 7.—To Maj. Gen.
'urri#: 'ili"du>h on Balraviliu lots ac-
ontplishcd all that was intended. Ex-
pre-si* ju*t received from (.'ol. Waring,
coinirmitdii g my cav Iry division. He
drove Mtirnnduke's forces out of Bfttes-
villeon tho night of tltodth instar.t, kill
ing and wounding many, nnd capturing
some prisoners, among them Col. Adam-.
Waling-av* Capt. Uos", Fourth Mis
souri Cavalry, made the charge into
UntcMflllo most gallantly.
Such of the enemy n» could not crowd
into tho ferryboats swam the river.
Marinnduke’i entire force I# on tho
Other side, and the pickets were exchang
ing #>•■ u on the morning of the 5th.
M uring has remounted hi* men from
tho country.
Of course, us thn expedition wa* only
intended >,• h reconftol«8ttcoo and « foray,
it hits its full instructions to return care
fully. J. W. Gwiusos,
Brigadier Genera! Commanding.
..I Nc
» fro
Mi
Arizona and Nc
We are gratified to be able to announce
that private dispatches have just been
received f rom Arizona and Now Mexico,
announcing those territories to be in n
-late of i<*\ "lotion. Soon after thn with
drawal of tin Confederate troops and.:
Gele-r.i. dry. in J j y test, the Mexican
impulsion: o<-up in arms against the
Fed.Tii' soldier--. tignaBy defeating thorn
in tw<> pitched hattlos. onn near Cubero
and tlm o:h* r near I .a Canada. The Mex
ican* were ted by Gen. Archuleta, whose
force* ntttuber 8.2fri men. 1 lo has effect
ually • xi-db'd the Ynokec# from Arizona,
d with the exception of Forts Craig and
hs
Tho
[*, has
jroi
of N«
shut up in the
huleta lias
Texa* for further asridanco, wh
Magruder, with hi* well known
will no doubt promptly supply.
Jiichm.
ind indr
otto
the .
,-ked t
ul the
Yard* the
ikocs have both
•Grand Expedition’
e two rebel Atlanti
ish out the Iuj
Wo have no ik ws, nnd in view of tin
proxoiiCQ of the enemy'# liosuoffourconsi
it i» alittlo singular that wu have not
Their exact locality and wh..: thoy .r
doing "and intend to do, remain siill i
mystery. That a cvuisidurabte fleet i-i:
Port Jtoyal .Sound nnd a goodly numb.
F troop*—overestimated we
•o bcl
have been a
least they we,
they do not n
lean with the
Wo had new
* on ililtt
eortuimd
Head I-
be
At
Wl >
. . ... i against
ron-clad», ftooneean t<•'.!.
oon mid *pi og title tio-
wock, nnd everybody li-iem ! f r i!
booming of tlio caunoti, but the swell hn«
passed and pence still reigtis. .AH pro
foundly quid, here trad at Chutlcst
mjectu
thu fut
incantima nil
side, nnd con
my will find
watei
This is all we can .-ay. In the
s activity on the Cop fed r do
* when they limy the en«-
s prepared to meet them
ery foot of both land ami
times think, in view of the
mysterious conduct of the enemy, both
here a ad elsewhere, but particularly hen.
that they nro anything but in love with
ppearnneii of tho passages to Savan
nah t
I Cli
ing about tho*0 p«
rogi:
rd to their ultlrr
decelv
only ho
ith
i. Will
r M.i.b,:o
they find th >
much less difficult rad thorny? ifn-t.
the. question again comes up: whither*. J
they bound and what object have » l <y 1,1
view ? They may ro*i assured ,rlt . l ‘ ,c * v
will gain no advunlngu trow our 11 V"
a nee oftheir movement*. We nr>- look-
Ing for them every wher*, and all
arc preparing to rcc.iro thorn a# if sure
a visit. Nor should the people ol tho
interior bo quieted an 1 thrown oft their
guurd by the enemy'* delay and our ig
norance of their intention*. Let every
riwto put forth her utmost energies and
ail will bo safe.
Since writing tho foregoing we have re
ceived tho Chnrlo-ton Courier of yester
day, in which we find tho following pain
graph, which gathers an additional cloud
over tno subject:
**Th * steam gunboat Mercodita, wenn*
reliable informed, is not nt Fort Boyak
and il.o Yankee* therosny she ha* g »nc
to New York- The Waba.- h aud :i tew
other vr#%<.!.* are nil of the Abolition ur-
madathat wn« in Mi>hUhvve. Ii i-vhoughv
.
near Sarannah.'’
We huve no account to give of the fleet
in this Quarter. So fur as heard from it
was visible from no point on our euast
yesterduy.—Sae. /*••/>.
AV
I'crnor llnavn'K Donation to the
Huldlora* Camilles.
Chorokoo county tin
All Quiet
the
Brown ha# upon his*ivtr plan-
lauon from three to four thousand dpllara |
worth of .»rn more than ho will need for ■
hi* own lira, nnd that ho has notified the [
Inferior Court of that county of his pur-|
uk«* a donation of every bushel {
ithan he
EOT
and poor familie*'.f
ty, and thnt hi# crib
thrown ivpen
u.nuh, or both.
>m* report wu-. i
attacked yeslerc
oldi.
to iho
sol thatc
of I*resident Itev
•ith i
oldie
id hit
the
t going tc pro
rm huve no not
i tho
\od\t
corro*pondento on the same
•ur», which Mr. Seward con-
follow* :
undersigned, while seeing no
pat late
'UuitHi in exnli
measuro. avails himself of the occasion to
offer to Sir. Bomero a renewed assurance
ol high consideration.”
Attained directly ft ora tho legation,
•* r * s that the French U< *•* 1
knowTodg, v,l, °
when pc
uld realize it* duce thefoil<
The Hon. Daniel Webstar, of Mas*a-
\ chusetts. in a speech delivered in Wash
ington, just thirteen ve
that prices will bo very high
is made. This is a mistake.
.nt In London, four raiio# long, tunnelling ' ter g**oiL have declined from U5 to oft per
Uu* busiqrt oirtmia in thu heart uf Ura city.1 cant.
•i, ,iu. i ° HC 1 ;* 0 > t ” ,,uonl ] * M a* thoso who shall act upon that opir.
wholly Ignorant ot what hs»takon .... . T , . . H .
place in reference to this matter. The W,U flnvl to the,r « is true price*
whole respvinsibility connected with it are now vory high iu England, but why ?
tall* upon unknown agmtta and subaltern Because there is vory little thero now
’SsafftaSs I ^
tions uitwarr.ihlwd by their rank or p«»si-| !l, 'd they must have a little upon any
ti>'ft. k terms if they can get it, riiuall a* tho
... gave it as
his opinion that if the internal fanatic*
and abolitionists over get tho power into
liter hand*, they will override the Con
stitution, set the Supreme Court at de
fiance, cnange and make laws to suit
them*olve#, lay violent hands on those i dor od ull
who differ with them in their opinions or
dare question their infallibility, and
finally bankrupt thecountiy and deluge
it wills blood."
Tho following prizes Were at Key West
on the 15th of February : The iteamers,
A dela, Fc*rl and Virginia—the schooners,
AUca by George Agnes, Frances, Friar,
Isabel, Courier, Dart, Theresa, Cornet,
Lilly. Adventitia, Camilla, Diana. Ri
sing Dawn. Two Sisters, Hormo*a, Kale,
Maria and Margaret---sloop*, Chester,
Flying Full, Good Luck, Brocken bo
rough, Avenger, Julia, Ellon, Silas, Hen
ry and Bravo Yankee.
The Commander nt Key "West has or-
having friends in the
Confederate service to prepare to go to
Fort Royal to lo; sent from thence into
j thi. rebel lines.
them/re# of chargt
Tt.i* is not the only generous contribu
tion made by Governor Brown to the
families «f saddler* during the war, and
to the fildieis thonro lve*. More ban
thrice we have heard of gonurutt* and
liberal act#, in money from his purse, and
in retieatt*.! instances, of provisions from
his plantation, to soldier* and their fami
lies. And we will here add, that from
the hand* and labor of his excellent wife,
Mrs. Brown, our brave soldiers and their
families have also receivd most liberal
donations. Nht: i* one of tho noble Indie#
of our lami who have never been idle in
well lining since the war began. Our
Georgia troops may well be proud ol their
patriotic Governor and his noble consort.
Atlanta Intel.
ounsel, preparing to bring bo-
iipreme C*urt the
the power of the. Frvsidant
rebellion to suspend the writ of habea*
eorpu*. Tho »d iuin irt ration is determined
*’ immediately, as
The car*are running over the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad from Nash
ville, ns tar as Murfreesboro. We learn
from the Nashville Dispatch that the track
of the railroad has been repaired to nnd
including the bridge orer Stone’* river,
nd the trains run lo that point. Th
Friday
and Saturday (hut lira fleet at Hilton
Head had moved North ,v"-t.rdny.-
ii w»* rumored in tho city that lira num
ber of vessel* in that vicinity had been
tacrvHteetl bv the arrival of some six or
eight additional vessels;
We al-.o heard it rum-red on the *tr.-t
that nine vessels, one of them the M.*n-
tauk. made their appearance in the Sound
below Genesis Fomt on Saturday even-
"'Tho r
nts of the enemy
CjuLto
clusely watched, and when they havo
settlod their quarrel amongst (Ueinsolv* J .
and determined on an advance, they will
find our Generals ready for them.—•Hav.
.\ews, 2od.
The Mo xt a me.—A letter hits been t
vod
city,
r Mila
office
ently
eriouily
Hilton Head, which says
doubt that the Montnuk was i
injured in the late engagement wub onr
batteiy utGwnHBis Faint; at lea#t it is coit-
cedetl by tho Yankee# at Hilton Head-
Furtbarmore, we learn that n r»*«^nnoi«-
snnee for two nights in succe?.-ion. in
which our scouta got within a hundred
ht.J fifty yard? of the Monuuk, dcvclop-
’ ' * ' * 1 still
reporls
pi tndi-
shall s<x)U have another
r battery at thi* place, it •
cat** that
attack on .
said that a mortar boat hu
within shelling distance of the fort and
- — .- —. n t pot—— ....... • .. ._ —... —... ■.. -. . — .... —.
nsiderable amount of trestle work j taken position a# if lor battle It is also
put up between the river and Mur- { said thnt tho enemy are landing troops
i Up to | «»n 0».Mibttw Island, for vrli«t pur|kuo il G
| difficult to conjecture.— S*>c. Rrj,. % 24/A.
fiBfawiro before the train* can
\ thu town.- Ehmtta. U, Ul, 22-/.