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p? (Columbus (inquirer. •loir.* H. Majiii* t&Aitur. ' 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-/.