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THOMAS RAGLAND, Proprietor.
VOLUME XXXVI.
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The lloiubardmcut ol VIckHburg.
Tho telegraph promptly informed us
uf the vigorous bombardment upon
Vicksburg, commenced by tho enemy
front heir battery on tho opposit
lo ol
tho r
tlici:
of the uttu<
reported.
I «l ropor:
ho lDth ult., but no resumption
U aft *r that day bus been
Tho M' njthis (Jackson) Aj>-
ts editorially that two Fedora!
arrived tboro attributed tho
m-pension to tho deuth of Com. Portor,
who, they said, was killed during tho
nssiult by a shot lrom our batteries.
'1', in, however, i ould hardly havo been
correct, it d«*e* not account for so long
;i cessation of the bombardment, und wo
shou.d probably havo heard inorb ol
P-Oit’s death if true. A moro probable
r<a«on for the discontinuance of tho
bombardment h given by tho Vicksburg
correspondent of tho same paper, writing
on tho'*21st. liosayc: •• After our guns
opened lire on tho enemy's battery on
I mrsJuy evening, their firing was si-
lOtllO
shot has hr
rent into tho city .-luce. Tho fact that
uir piocos would roach them in tho posi
tion which they occupied probably made
it prudent to retire undue cover of tho
darkness. When daylight appeared, yes
terday morning, all eye* wore turned to
the spot from which the enemy was hurl
ing his nieat-engers of death Into our
midst, with tho expectation that the
work '<( shed ling tho devoted city would
be re*umud nt an early hour. Hut to tho
surprise of nil no enemy was to he seen,
and no mortar opened its roar."
Tbi Ileporied Turning oj Vicksburg.
W>- a*nat a loss what credit to give to
the Yankee report of tho passagO of their
gunboats through tiic cut-oil opposite
V icksburg. Jt will Imj seen that tho
.Wnsh'nglun dale i* the 2d, in-it. (and it
must h&vo traveled from Washington to
Richmond in "double quick.") (Irani
log that-tho Yankees havo direct tele
graphic com nut ni cation between tbe.ii
army at Vicksburg and Motnphm nr Cairo
(whkilj wo do not heHovo), tho pns*Hg©
musthuvn boon oftbeted on or boforo the
l»l in«t. If so, is it not ‘passing strung©'
that no report of it bus been sent over
our direct telegraphic line* -' Wo have
no news from \ n k&burg of as lalo date
ns tho 1st inti., it i- true; but an event
iu important ns that reported by I ho Yan
kees would surely have Loon communi
cated before, this tiino to the Govern
ment tit Richmond, if not to the prors.
Tin; Mississippi, at our last accounts.
’.v|g represented as falling. IfthoYunkco
gunb -it' could not go through tho cnnnl
v. he.iv. tlte water via highest, how did
they t tlir mgb on a falling river '
If .tin- Yankee gunboats havo really
g> ii • below Yiekaburg, quite likoly an
a'tack from abovt^nnd below will simul
taneously bo made on Port Hudson be*
f-rn the great attempt is madu on Vicks
burg. Perhaps tho latter city will be
avoided altogether.
The 1,0*8 of the NauhviUe*
Wo arc not advised of tho particulars,
Mid cannot ohurge culpability upon any
out- possibly it was ono of those in-
stances iri ‘which, really, “nobody was to
blame''—but the lo«s of the Nashville in
a most grievous and lamentable tnislmp.
Ji involve© another great disappointment,
‘ueh as we had to experience when the
Merrimv, the l. "ueiumv and tho Arkan
sas woro deatroyod. Tho Nashville was
one of the most formidable and service
able of the Confederate iron-clad , per
haps the most efficient of all of them, en
account of her speod, and her loss will be
florfcly felt IF Ilia time ever comes when
our little navy can concentrate for offen
sive operations against the enemy.
As we have intimated above, w do not
intend to charge neg igencc or rookies -
nu.-s upon any one, in tho absence of the
fuels of the case, ltul it is not easy to
imagine a good reason why the Nash
ville shou.d have been moving about in
shnaly plaeos within reach of the enemy’s
guns, above Fort McAllister as tho was,
and tb«*y below. Hud abo grounded
during an engagement with the enemy, c-r
und a hot fire poured by them upon the
dangerous p
Oeition for (ho n**i*tance of
the garrison
fbere would
seem to bu an
apology for r
inking so val
able a vupsel in
the petition
n which bhu
was destroyed.
Hut, it *e t
an* that th©*©
conditions did
not exist, wi
must await
tin* particulars
to enlighten
us a* to the
necessity that
Freedom l» Kentucky -Ilreaking up
of'Public Meetings by the Yankees.
Tho Baltimore .Sun, of tho Itl.h inst.,
has tho following di-patcL:
Frankfort, Kv„ Fob. 18.—The rebel
sympathizers^ this State assembled here
today ostensibly for the purpose of innk-
inc nominations f..r tho August election.
Tic* llouvof Representatives by a de
cided veto, having lot used the use of the
hall, they rented the theatre.
Delegates from forty counties w(
ent. David Mcrriweather was
Chairman,who on taking the chub
hoped the Convention would .1
ing that good nnd loyal citizen*
not do. In the mean time a regi
soldiers, with fixed buvom-t*. i«»
frontef the theatre, and when tin
this city, it is ordered that all no
now hero not resident*, or niemho]
tin Legislature, «*r . tlhmrs ,>. the
Government, will forthwith
names at thosoheadquartc
noth
i Europe and the North.
Fioclawatlou bj tlte President.
U is moot that, ns a peoplo win* nek- Uichmonu, March 2— Northern
no win cl ge tho supremacy ..f the living of the L'dtli have been received.
God. wo should ho over mindful of our The bill to call out and enrol the
depomlonco on Him; should romembor tin pa
that to Him alone can wo trust for
deliverance; that to Him is duo devout
tliunktulnc-s for tin* .signal mercies be-
slowed on us, nnd that by prayer alone’
can we hope to secure tho continued man- ,
ilestation of that protecting care which
lm* hitherto shielded us in tho midst of
train and dangers.
■W. Th.
tho l’resi.l
C r|
i he *"
roid w
1 tho 1
th nmondne
f the Yank©
d a hill until.)
id the writ e
World of the 2UU
firm on tho 21th, at 72 i
. with heavy sales, mostly from vv hi *
'■^at - and luiportect from Mexico.
From flic .N\ w Orlcaus Picayune.
A\ e transln*. the following from out
!es ..t || ’vana piper* received per stenm-
r mo. whi. h lir'.ngs .kites from that city
> hi) l‘Jih instant, whenco we have ad-
1 ' • • • i • to tim 30th nit.
1 lie 1 ren t of the Gth inst says:
By the nffieinl rep ,rt from tho ..Ulcer in
ommaud <>f tbo Mexican forces near
ii of an engagement
i the bar of that port
OFFICE--RANDOLPH STREET.
IkOMBEFioT
'l'h.« si. miser Jura had arrived with
iverpoul d des totliel2ih ult.
At th;* Lord Mayor's Banquet Mr. M»-
" >.u«l he anticipated tho speedy o-’. iU-
o tiring the i
latter.
T:.c MeM
Me
euatio
1-, nurnbe
id Fr
clt fm
f the place by the
8nt exhibitions •<!' His favor
and our people Through r
stu have now attained a pla<. „
nations w hich commands thei
eon flic
uong th,
' This de.
I appl
Tho Tit
*«l with
Ala
around nnd peek our de.-truclion, tho;
Lord of II..sis has again taught tin* les- t
vuiAif His inspired word ; lha. tho battlo )
’ '*•*» •- * l - rong. but to wh
that tho present prucood-
meant nothing.
lie reply of Lincoln to the Manches-
Vil.lr. ss had hiMiit published, it de-
< s the mi tiering occasioned by tbo
but rejoices that tho efforts
.! t.° ‘T! 11 ’*./.vinpa'hy lor nece»aion have
.• >'t , tailed in hngliuel. Ho eulogise© tho ut-
ringdOO infantry
lino I';,\ , V -11, ported by two pieces
I'ght artillery (riflud.) made a rocon-
noi-aiu • oil the bar *i l ampico, and alter
exchanging shot* with the enemy, retired
in good order. On the next day, tho
21-1, the same foron returned, and placing
their piece- .n position, opened a spirited
fire on tho war steamer, which, with sov-
eral gtiniioiits, was covering tho embark
ation of their in ‘an try. Tho steatnet tried
to run the hatievy, nnd in trying lo o so
she missed :li .channel nnd run aground.
she was still fast on tho bar,
her detent! >n practicable, a
• opened on her by tho pieces
Th© fleet that w a lying
Hied lire to dislodge thu M e.x-
hd with ammunition, and two
oiiu load' d with pr»visioii« and
icr ion led with coal. Kflbrts well*
hr tho .Moviean authorities
rout the wreck live heavy pieces
imposed the armament of the
The 1’re lisa
era Cruz lo the 80th ult.
The ('nstle of Sun Juan do Dlloa is
i wded with pri-oimrs amiUigllmmaro
\ grea* niiinber of Spaniards. The Span
ish e'in-ul, Mr. ('urtos, hna protested
igan -t their imprivonuiniit, and deiuaii-
h I tlu-ir trial in noeonlaneo with tho
h pub Itod oU'tlih StU of JuhuRry.
The inearc ration of citizens without
mounted i
hut this \ve do know, that
in i-irciigth, ntini«• riett' in
iho morning
The VuHhvlIle DcHtroycd by th©
liluomy.
Tho steamer Nashville and cargo woro
do.-troved in the Groat Ogeoehoe river on
Snuirdn.v last by she)] from tho abolition
fleet. She had on board about 700 balet
coinprussed upland cotton, 7<> bbU. rosin,
and 10 boxes tobacco. Having dropped
down tho river a short tiinn since, eho
wm*. ordered to change her anchor ago and
come up. On Friday at 4 p. in., she
weighed anchor, and while proceeding
up. ho grounded ott ti sand bur, about a
inilo from Fort MeAUistor. at tho point
known as Seven Mil© Bond, And in full
view of the cnemv. Kvory effort was
mail.' t > get her off, but with no avail. At
tho next high lido, early Saturday m ril
ing. after making further efforts, but with
no better success, eho was abandoned by
tho oflleera ami crow, th© fleet, consisting
of an iron-clad nnd throo gunboats, being
in motion. Tho iron el ml opened upon
her from across the marsh, at a distance
of about throe-fourths of a milo, about 7
o'clock a m., assisted by tho gunboats,
and kept up a nteady fire upon her until
lOu'rloik, when one of their shells sot
her mi fire. Tho flames reaching her
•, sho soon blew up. The fort
kept up n lire upon the vandals, three
del trout which, wo uro informed, strik
ing the iron-clad, The Heat, having
a. i otnplislu d their object in destroying
the jSiiHmlle, with Grow to their old
•rage.
' Nashville had boon employed pro-
lhe war a* a packet in the New
wl Charleston trndo. Binco tho
• good servieo in forcing
im- uiocKiiau. For several months past
Mm ha- been lying in tho Great Ogeechne
river ne.ir Arnold’s Landing, undergoing
some alterations, having been purchased
by a stock company, who hud succeeded
in obtaining irom tho Government letters
of marque and rvgrisal for hor under the
pnmu uf Kiittlcsimke. Sho was commun
'd by Cupt. T. Harrison Baker, and
o U2 nnd ono 24 pounder.
[Suv. lit))., ‘Id.
The .Situiilloii.
largo reinforcements, just through fr
Kentucky, in tho counties ofSuintier and
Wihoit. Il'thi- bo true hi* intention in
t" advance, when the roads permit, not
directly upon our forces at Slndhyvillo,
but upon rulinhoiiift by way ol Man-
che-ter and JMi .M innvillo. Tho troops
'talioncd at Nitshvillo will probably
upon Shelby villo. hut no
ult is oxpeoted from that
enemy’s line.
<• strength of the army of the
cnciii s in M . riree-horo is estimated nt
Ally tlioiiMtnd. Our rdiahlo reports from
tho Northern portion of tbo State, ropru-
*-cnt tho rein fm cemcnU to consist of throo
divi-ions, each nut less than ten thousand
strong.^ Tho vision of Jeff. 0. Davis,
s cavalry, stationed in
" tiny, are put down at
ud. 'I licforc 's at Nashville
ten thousand. Thus the
T troops, composing tho
K.iM-neranz, roach nearly
low,000. of these, at loast
liable for duty. Betting
2o,in*) moro for garrison duty, and
uiiut-le army to h© brought against
I iiolcino fur wrong of 00,000, less
roach of tho
.M urfrnoshoro.
IVe aie mu at liberty, nor is it any-
b 'dy husin. -- but ..ur GencraU’, to
tin* precise condition ol'our urmy ;
• gvo
. Rebel.
The Fight near Fensarnla,
' by tho Mary Wilson last
report no nartieulur* of the rumored
miuI to havotnkon pine© on
I lull: lay. All we could learn was that
some two or throo hundred Fodoral cav
alry alt eked our pickets some 28 mil©*
from Pensacola, whan a light brush
• Federal© we.ro repulsed
hurt on our sido.—A[ubilr.
Mmnll Pox Spreading!I
Deuth.s, und several new eases l—
cut necessity for Vaccination J
informed that of tho several cn-
Small Fox which wo reported a
two ago, at tho Plains of Dura,
uve (tied. We learn also that
retaking it, in that neighborhood
•old million cvcrybo.lv against
that '.'elion, and especially would
' those poojilo to remain ut home,
into public assemblages of any
and thus
Will any
led to her destruction.
!*• *i>.—Since writing the ab-ivo we huro
received the account ol the Savannah
Republics.
Purttv Good.—A waggish correspon
dent of tbo Atlanta Intelligencer gives
the following amusing version uf the
manner in which Pocotaligo, fc>. C., ro-
ceiYcd its name : “One day some of tho
ear >’ settlor* on the sound caught a tur
tle and were trying to drive him Jiomo.
vard, but they made slow'progress with
ig locomotion croatur©. At this
junctu
of tbo
up with the party,
drive
an ©xo
advice
‘■•und i
ioro Indians came
said to ono of tho
’ go’/ referring to
r pushing tho vor-
owod tho natives’*
edod admirably ;
Reported Approach of the Fnemy.
The city \vtia full of tumor* yesterday,
Hinny of which Were without foundation,
and only a few of which could ho traced
to a reliable -oureo. lotolligeiico was
received iii official quarter* on Vuturday
evening that the Yankee armada at IIiF-
l«/K<
portion _
uld think
aiiMl:
could he
utiahl's t«> rootrain a few white
auldiors from orimo, could hold black
ono* in from tho most horrible nnrburitie*
--argil.)i h degree of truly inconceivable
infatuation.
Ih.it
tarduy afte
it hud left that Itarhoi
Tho Charlent
nel*, hr. vs the >
id B.ivnnnah ehiwi-
TIihL Missouri shall pass n
tion net within twelve months, when
twenty million* of flvo )>©r cent, bo
are to ho delivered lo the State, provided 1
HHid mnitnciputlcsii act shall abolish slave- j
ry not later than July, 1876. and that
said bonds, in tho aggregate amount, .
shall not exceed tho sum of two hundred !
dollars for each slave, and the bond* are I
not to e.\i fed ten millions of dollars, un
less th" law of oinancipation adopted by |
Missouri -hull pr -vide for afjll m inim 1
From the Yazoo I*a»a.
who arrived at Grenada Bat-
ni' g brought intelligence of
o movement* of the Federal* in Ya'/.oo
i-r. They had stu'ceedod in removing
.* iirtificiu) obstruction* us far as the
>|dwater, but none of their boats had
tcred that stream, up to Friday
terrible dis<
being
'.y the warning iv s
with liieir li"ll»eliold*,
once. Sumter Republican, 27//*.
t.—The New Y'ork
"li has been supposed tlmt these black
troops would prove litter for garrison
duly Ilian active servieo lit th© field. No
jiiipression could ho more mistaken.
Their 'fidelity a* s.-nlinuls adapts them
c-|.c iully, no doubt, to garr son duty,
but their finturnl place io in the advance.
There i- an inherent dash lend llroitboul
them which white troops of more sluggish
Nortlivnt blood would no doubt emulate,
nml their hearty enthusiasm shows itself
In nil ways.”
h fanaticism has mad© Greoloy
*. Tub Hast.—Tho old
'Ud bet ween the F ist and tho Went is
nife. ting itself in il>o Northern Con-
hington lettor says:
'In tho II..u»o to-day, .Mr. Washburn,
of Illinois, moved that inasmuch ns East
ern men hud refused to vote for tho llli-
ship canal us a means of defense for
th© Northwest, that the appropriation of
eight hundred thousand dollars for fortifi-
cation sin Maine he htriekon out <>f a pond
ing Fill. Tho Mnine delegation beenrno
very wrntliy, and dec a red that the State
would remain in the Union whether thoy
got their appropriation or not."
It
iid'litional b<
el«w the
Wi
Wl
L IlilS b<
From Mkmi'HW.— We loam from u
gentleman ju*t from Memphis, that last
Tuesday wook, as seven coal boats, with
a '■team tug as convoy, were near Mound
i.*t known whether any | City, six miles above tho city, they were
- or troops hud arrived, j attacked by a cavalry company which
then on the spot win sup- . -ue. i.eded in capturing and sinking all of
.ut a* heretofore ►tilted. | them. ’J he tug was valued ut about ton
obstruct their | thousand doll re. This t t7alrj company
ol *D
ngt,.
ul»o reported that the
enemy were landing on Bkidawny Gland,
Wilmington Island and the Isle of llopo.
We were unable to satisfy ourselves of
tho truth of tho reported landings.
It was very uviaent from the activity
among tho military yesterday, that
irlppM ►«ri
1'ort McAllist
ho ©xpeclml.
That Fo
t says,
■cJiiut ' " 11 m reaucMiig me amount
|ls j n . | to two hundred dollars to h© pnidforeach
ntil it I !, ^ avo ' * 8 thought tho bill wi;l uniount
attack on this city is expi
y hour, and that every pro*
being take
point. Th
to march
> prevent a surp'i
. a moment s
■aM« as the Montuuk.
G destroyed tho torpedoes nnd obstruc- j
tions above cannot bo removed, and tho
iron-dads cannot pa-*. The defences !
of Charleston equal those *f Savannah, j
There can be no overwhelming attack,
but more likely a protracted siege, which,
if Buecuaalul, will be a dear bought vie- j
tory.
MovBMRffTH ok THB Enkwv.— On Fri- lrom the latter, which has eu isod
day night, about 11 <• clock, a largo ' j U> 1 circles. Thu inter-
steamer came up Herb river to the point t cre, ‘G ; J arise* from the reiteration of
of the woods back of Dutch Island, south J }',!*„ pf !' U " r) )’.“ r,d ,l ** " tt,d . tho , r « i « « K row '
of Thunderbolt battery, apparently
fiuarrcl Among the LineoInitPM.
The Memphis Appeal says:
We are intorine.i hy f our Noriborn ex
change* that Gredey has got into a quar
rel with .Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin,
written a letter in reply to an ut-
furthor pr I
! tl... deiai I- their adv . n <v occ*«i«» ed by
I the lm*iily i .iuSru. '»*d hindranvc* in th©
IV- proper, hu- been improved else
where in a mo re leisurely and eftieiollt
manner. As the MVi-sIppi has already
fallen between six and seven foot at tho
mouth ol th© bayou loading from Lake
Moon, and tho upper rivers nro reported
falling rapidly, we h .vo heard old river
men express a confident belief that the
enemy’s boat- will not bo ablo to return
to tlio river without another rise. If so,
they und the whole accompanying forco
may bo gobbled up. If the opportunity
offer.*, we hope it maybe embracod, us
may b©
oul
id d*
(muining a short
©blerdiv
Coxkkct
Btato had a ,*onvt*nlioii, and -idopted very
savage resolution* ugaimt Lincoln’s Ad- connoitering
ministration. The resoiuti"iis denounce j time she reluod.
nearly every net of the ICuli ig powers as On Saturday evonin,
uocoiistitiittonal—Htid whil*■ denving tho j ports left Hilton Head,
y y, r uU n h 7 r? *° mu; "! ^ ni ^ f j our
l .ea^a t&u Uwy mlted thu p!«o »s near-j »l,0 SmjMrt vitulily b> Llirir i.»uluti,in> —
y the sentene; iw possible, but it ha* by nominating lor Govorn*. - . Thomas Ii. j Vv On the first of February
gradual]y in the wear of centuries rom* fliymoiif-the only New Fnglaod man ton was quoted in Liverpool:
J - . , . that wo have huurd of, who, from tho be- i Orleans 2t», Middling 28, Fair Mold
»una word, to wit: ginning, lias boon steadfast nod outspoken I Middling 22, Fair Upland 25, Mid
j agaitioi tho Lincoln tyranny. Even in i 22, Middling Snrat Mifq-Hl. Stock, tku -The New York Time* say* .
T , tbo midst of the reign ut Terror, he quailed j 466,180 balos, of which 66,WO wore Amer- I -'It is no secrot either at Washington
i transport Era No. ft, which was ; not—and proved himself worthy < t a bet- j ican. 1 or in this (Now York) city that, from tho
.K"ii tiy tho t!u©en of tho We.t on Rod ; ter nativity and a better habitation than • • ^ first outbreak of this rebellion, M. Mer-
y.m' . ra, .‘ our ( 'V'arrcnton hatterios on he nosse»*es. A resident of Jane street, new York, . cier has been in full sympathy with the
]>hi u y '“Kbt and landed at Brown and The important point i)-. cun he ho elect- has obtained a verdict of $100 against a Secessionists nnd in close communion
• © nston d <».. v-iturduy morning she e_d? The New I ork World impresses j man who put tip a boiler factory near hi* with those who espouse their power. To
j ing disposition among the Kopublicnn,
to indorse his policy of peace und sepa
ration, “if the rebellion is not put down
by tho first of June." The philosopher
i» determined, and tho Democrats be
gin to fear that the entire A bolition party
with Lincoln’" administration will uht-
rnat -ly yield to the .Southern demand for
separation. It so appears to us, and—"so
mot© it be."
Tiik I’ohxtiomok tiik French Minis-
Br.
j* 1 u ‘ through ih© break in the lovee \ tho ennviction that he wi'.W)©; mid add*, } house, i
l "topped m tho Lake in front off that Now Hampshire, a ... will elect a ! in ban..
* w " u, rd Johnston's gin house, whore j Governor of the same p -inks. Tho elec- i was nlr
* v a.> ye.norday aftornooa.— [’ichaburg lions in both State- •• .mo oil' curly
u
Tho M
the effccl
fully
nph
Bulbitin speculates ns to
this inovemont very hope-
supposad l»o CQ
Grant] will b© able to capturo the
pprt fleet now safely protected it. v a/.oo
river by the batteries at Haines’ Bluff,
and at tho sumo lime transport a large
land force, with which to cut off the
Vicksburg army lrom communication
with the interior.
“Tho undertaking (says tho Bulletin)
i.- great and hazardous, hut wo aro as
sured will bo pushed through to success
ful results." Tho movement is being
closely witched, and tho general impres
sion is the Van Rees, instead of accom
plishing a* predicted above, have only
succeeded in getting themselves into a
trap, from which thoy cannot •scape."
1 uons lu Until Mates com
j April.—Hichuio/ul, If7*iy.
up a boiler factory near bis with those who espouse their power. To Some ono advorlisos in tho Richmond
a© such an intolerable noise all intent* and purposes he has been lie- ] Diiqmich for u stolen overcoat, which lie
©ring rivet* tlmt plaintiff’s home lively engaged in intriguing with tlte sav* i* only valued by him on account of
Tho theory Domourhtic sympathisers with Recession i its having been worn during a long nnd
a nuLuhco, in thu North from th© beginning of tho sevnra attack of small pox, from which
I war.' 1 1 ho has just rccovot ed.
unhabitable.
. of the docuion is that
J when tu .ro ia enough ol it,
>ying the
months past
slroyed
Bumaii Bint’s is tiik Gulp.—Thoro
are now no less than forty British
ships of war in or near tho Gulf, from a
line of battle ship to tho smallest des
patch boat, including eleven heavy first
da-* frigates, all carrying tho Armstrong
gun, which will tend a hall through a
tin get nearly six miles. Tho wboloof tho
force is arranged so n» lobe concentrated,
if noce-.-ary, at any point in tho Gulf with
in twoivo or fourteen days.
“L"t every man woman and child at
home," -ays our eolomporary of the
Mobile Rcgintor, "with a yard square of
ground, scratch if. and put it in corn.
Kvery grain carefully entrusted to tho
fruitful earth, is u mite of contribution to
tho Nation’s liberty. Every acre of
cotton p. an tod, is a comfort to our ono-
mics, and u nail in l)i© coffin of Confede
rate independence.’’
From 1*<
dciwn truin l
»ongers learned that intelligence had just
The Fourth Attack ou Fort McAllister
—The F.uctny again Repulsed.
As wo anticipstod, the enemy attacked
our butteries at Geno«iH Point yesterday.
Tho fire on tho fort was opened about half
past seven o’clock from three iron-clad
turret boats which had taken position in
front of the batteries, and two or throo
mortar boats which woro with tho fleet
some two miles bolow. The firing was
continuous and brink from the iron-clad*
during tho day, which was deliberately
responded to by tho garrison, which di
rected its shot a most entirety at tho near
est iron-dad.supposed tube the Montauk.
i' roin Coffee Bluff we witnessed for hours
the unequal contest in which our gallant
men, in their opon earthwork, received
tlm concentrated und enfilading fire of the
^ ankoes, who woro socuroly housed in
their "Iron safas." Tho fire whs kept up
with great spirit by tho valorous Yankees
until ubout 3 o’clock, when their energies
►eomed to flag. A little Hftor 3 p. m., one
of tho iron-clad* hauled off and returned
to the fleet. About this tim© tho flro from
the otnor two coasod, and shortly after
tho second iron-fclad retlrod. Tnc hnt-
tories now poured a terrific lire upon the
remaining iron-clad, which, after remain
ing silent for full half an hour, followed
her companions in their retreat. As she
steamed down tho river our garrison re
doubled their flro, which was not return
ed by tho rutreating Yankees. Tho last
gun from the fort was fired at hor when
nearly out of rango, a quarter to flvo
o’clock.
Tho latest accounts wo have from tho
buttery, uro up to throo o'clock, from
which wo loarn that only two men had
bo >n slightly injured, and ono gun dis
mounted. Moro or loss dntnago was, no
doubt, done to the works, hut tlio ropalrs
will be completed oy daylight to morrow
morning, when our bravo boys will bo
ready to givo the Yankees another en
tertainment.
All honor to tho gnrrison at Gonosi*
I«mt! They have demonstrated what
brave and skilfull artillerist*, exposed in
upon earthworks, can doaguinattne latest
5 ankeo invention of patent iron safe lifo
preserving gunboats.
The attack will probably bo ronnwed
this morning, with, perhaps, increased
forco fas thoy havo another iron clad in
their fleet), but tho iokiiIi y os lord ay has
assured us, if it has Hot convinced tho
Yankees, that Fort McAllister, liko
Vicksburg, is a hard nut to crack.
Savannah Mews, 4th.
Tlte YaukecH in North Carolina.
Kinbtok, Feb. 21.—Ed' -s State Journ
al; I had an interview this morning with
a reliable gentlemen who came out from
Beaufort, N. C., a few days ago.
Ho informed me that quite an excite
ment came off in that town one day last
wook, caused b.v tho Abolitionists at
tempting to press three soamen, (oitfzon*
of that plaoo,) into tho Federal naval
service, as pilot* for tho coast of South
Carolina and Georgia, nnd especially for
Charleston Bar.
Tho pilots poramptorily rofusod to
serve under any considerations whatever,
tolling the Yankoos that thoy much pre
ferred death to aid in loading tho enonty’s
Hoot against thuir land and kir.vlred.—
After a considerable rumpus on the part
of the loyal portion of tho inhabitants of
tho town, both male und fomalo, the
pilots were reloasod by tho enemy.
Tbo ontiro fleet has left the port of
Beaufort and gone ,South, with tho ex-
coption of twelve gunboats and trans
port.-, that romain as sentinels in the
harbor, lost th© Confederates should
politico down upon them unawares.
Not moro than five hundred Federal
soldiers uro in und around Buuufort ut
this time, including about two hundred
buffaloes and a low negroes that aro un
der arms.
Gov. Stanley, as ho i* called, was
hum :d in ofllgy by the buffaloes nnd ne
groes ono day lust wook, for opposing the
8yT.I ..... _
enlistment ot negro soldier* into the t
Lincoln has rofusod to accopt Sianloy*
resignation, and has ordered him bad: tc
Newborn, but I learn that ho refuses to
comply with his muster's orders for tho
present.
A lady who came out from Newborn a
few days ago, reports about fifteen regi
ments at that post.
This Nuems to be tho most reliublo in
formation wo havo received from inside
tho enemy's tines for several day* past.
From Fort Hudson.
Pout Hudson, Feb. 26.—Tho Yankee
force, 40 000 strong, is marching towards
Sorgmisa. Tho advance guard, 1000
strong, is at Fausso rivor, 12 miles from
this point. This i- deemed an imisortant
movement, and doubtless prompt stepn
will bo taken to arrest it.
LATER.
Port IIudhon, Feb. 27.—Col. Mills'
Lnpinn, 4th Louisiana, Col. Hunter's,
and Fenner’s Battery drove tho Yankee*
from Point Coupee. Tho enemy igno
miniously retreated at the appearance o
our forces.
Reported force at Baton Knugo 30,000.
From the H oat.
MoBtr.K, Fob. 2.—Tho Tribuno loams
from Cupt. Haywood, who took tho Flor
ida out this port, that then* woro nine
blockadort in front of th© harbor—two
pursued, hi.d by uid of their powerful
frosnel lights they signalized tho Florida
for forty tnilos. Tho chaso continued
nineteen hours, but tho Florida ran
of view, snd on hor way destroyed u
Yankee brig on her first voyage, loden
with sugar, molasses and rum. The
whole valued ut $110,000. Tho spoed t f
the Florida is 16 miles an hour, and Oapl.
Muffitt 16greatly pleased with I.
A suspicious individual calling himself
Barclay, was arrested on the cars a* they
were about leaving Rome, on Saturday
morning last. He had been pussing tin
dur different names nt different places,
und on being arrested claim© . to be a
Kontuckiuu, und belonged to Morgan's
command. On being searched, a puss-
port lrom Nashville was found on hi.
person, signed by ordor of Kosoncranz.
He was turned over to Col. Caldwell fm
investigation, by Lieut. T. J. Perry, wh<
arrested him.
Wo have since learned that ho w»u
sent to Gen. Bragg's houd ^uartors.—
"Tub two Frknou Oonbui.s.”—The
Houston (Texas) Telegraph of February
bth, **y* tho dispatch stating that the
two French consuls In Texas have been
plotting to separate Texas from tho C<
federMcy, is too nonsensical to obtain h
moment'.1 attention. It ridicules th© id©i
"f M. Theuron plotting to break up th
Confudcracy!
The London Evening Herald says it
has reason to believe that the Duke
S xccoburg bus accepted the throne
Greoce.
Tho Winchester Bulletin of F«b. 2flih,
learns that a person arrived from Hunts
ville, Ala., on Tuesday, who brings newt
of a courier having reached that place,
with intelligence to tho effect that i
number of trunsp »rt« had arrived at
Florence, Ala., on tho Tenno*»eo river,
protected by ono or more gunboats.
We have seldom soon tho whout croj
present a more promising appearam o, *'
this season of tliu year, than it does now.
In going to and returning from Mil lodge-
ville, by different route*, we did not so© »
►ingle sorry field of wheat. If March
will only bo a little kind and spur© us »
heavy frost, tho probability is wo shall
have an abundant crop.—Ventral Geor
gian.
m .„„„ „«m .mow A co »dmittoe of momber* oiocted to the
boon received there of H collision between Congress, ha* issued a circul
tho Confederate scouts and tho Yankee
troops near Pensacola. Tho place ol the
alleged skirmish or light was Gonzales,
which, wo loarn,
front Pensacola.
Commander of tho 1 ...
und had made the necessary disposition
about sixteen miles
fi. I'nnty, the new
t, was at Po.lard,
calling all Democrats who have
the next House, to moot in Now York
tho 8th of March, for tho purpose of
ount of the now*. There
paitienUrs as to tho iiuturu of tho brush.
—Mobile Register.
ccnsultation on national affairs.
Mati.z Buoar.—Tho peoplu in the
mountains of Virginia aro inaKing maplo
sugar in considerable quantities, which
they »ell on tho spot ut ono dollar per
pound.
Attention 1 Militia Officers!
.STATE OF OBORGIA, ■)
Adjt. & Inspector Gen ral’* Office, }
Milledgoville, March 2d, im. J
General Orders)
No. 2. ;
The toil .wing extract of a letter recei
ved to-day from Gon. Mercer is published
for the information of tho Militia Officers
throughout the State. Papers that pub
lished General Order No. 1, of February
23d ultimo, arc requested r!«o to publish
this one- and send bill.
[EXTRACT.]
Headquarters Mil. Di.s . of Gflorgin, I
Bavuninth, 27th February, 1808. j
Gon. II. 0..Way no, Adjt. & Inap. Gen’l
Btate of Georgia, Milledgevillo.
General:
t^uile a number of Militia Officers havo
reported to these Headquarters in res
ponse to the Governor’s order, many of
them bringing with th«m or reporting
the names of volunteer exempts dosiring
to serve with them. I. havo instructed
all who have reported to return home
and organize according to the Governor's
orders, and send to these Headquarter*
remit, that they may be promptly sum
moned when th© necessity for them arises.
By ordor of the Cominander-in-Chiof,
Hknuy O. Wayke,
Adjt, & Insp. Gen'l.
Telegram* from MlUedgevile.
Question.—I* a Justice of th© Peace,
if a militia officor, amenable to tho Gov
ernor’s order ‘o repair to Savannah ?
Answer.—Yos! If a man hold* an
oulco he must discharge its duties. If
ho holds two, ho i* oquully bound to dis
charge tho duties of both when called on.
..... , „ H. O'. Wavnk,
Millodgoville, Mar. 4. A. A. G.
Question. — Will militia officers joining
squad* of volunteers to goto Bavunnah,
be required to report thorn ?
yf»isit?ar.-All militia officers aro ordorod
w 'Vannah. (Signed and dated as bo
lt re.)
stion,—If a militia officor has a sub
stitute in th© Confederate army, is ho re
quired to go to Savannah?
Anstaer.—Yes. Ho was not required
to furnish a substitute. (Signed and du-
)d as be loro.)—Macon Telegraph.
From Naafivlfle.
Wo havo news from Nashvillo. By a
careful computation of reliable parties,
there are fifteen thousand inmate* of
Federal hospital* in that city, with aton-
donoy to increase. There ar© at prosont,
forty-two large hospitals, und all crowd
ed to overflowing. Bosnian these, aro
boarding housos which aro hIso full ol
officers, either sick or wounded.
A Into letter to thr Cincinnati Gazette,
*ays that th® condition of tho army in
Middle T©nne*ao cannot be said to bu vo-
y hopeful or piomlxing; officer* in thu
greatest abundance are off on leave, and
a* for tho aoldiors, why, the hospital* are
uLuflod with them.
Tho citizons of Nashville suffer greatly
from the overbearing insrJsna© of the
onemy. Now that Andrew Johnson bus
been stripped of his power, lha* is—been
perfectly overshadowed by the military,
ho ha* boeoinospecially kind a courteous,
lie is. it i* generally believed, trimming
his sail* to suit tho Northwestern breeze.
He offers his assistance freely to “his suf
fering fellow citizens" and professes to
bo very much aggrieved by the brutal
course ol tho Yankee officars when fire
wood is vnry scarce and the poor peoplo
have to suffer, but tho bond* between tho
rich and the poor who are iruo and loyul
have dissipated all distinctions of former
days and ono Southern family help* an
other freoly and at all times.
Tho families of our absent soldier* aro
not in want. Mitehel, tho commandant
■ if tho post, is represented as a Kansas
ruffian, out und out. Tho “daily dirty
Union" is preaching the most foul and
extreme abolitionism. Tuer© uro only
one Division and two or three Battalions
of Cavalry now in th© city, besides tlio
artillery men and hands employed on
tho fortifications numbering in ull about
10.000 men. _ 8,000 moro are at Franklin,
and the main body near Murfreesboro.
— Chattanooga Rebel, 27M ult.
Who Pr© lit a by War!
Tho Winchester (Tenn.) Bulletin has
tbo following, clipped fr. in a lute num-
t>er of tho Cincinnati Enquirer. It seems
that the North west i* awakening to u
realization of the truth that, on th© part
of the United Btnte*, tho war i* piolonged
now only that officers and eontrueturs
may inako fortunes at tho expense of
tho country:
I)r. Bamijrl Johnston jiust havo writ
ten under prophetic inspiration*, when
he defended tho British Ministry, 1771,
for not going to war with Bpaln about tho
Falkland Island*, for ho describes in hi*
g'-Kphic satire tho contractor of this gen-
- ration a* well as that. "If ho had shared
the danger, enjoyod the profit*," said tho
stern old growler, “and, after blooding
in th© battle, grow rich by tho victory,
he might show hi* gain* without envy.
But at tho co;.cJunion of a ton years’ war,
how aro we r oonipon .. i for the deuth of
multitudes and tb© expense of millions,
but by contemplating the sudden glories
of paymasters and agents, contractors
and commissaries, whoso equipages
'thine like meteor*, ami whose puutcea
rise like exhalations? These aro ’ho men
who, without virtue, labor or hazard, aro
growing rich a* their country is impov
erished. Thoy rojoico when obstinacy or
ambition feeds another year to slauirntor
or devastation, and laugh from their dusks
at bravery and science, while thoy aro
adding flguro to figure and chipher to
cipher, hoping for u new contract for a.
new armament, and computing the profits
of a beige or a tempest.
Another article contain! tho following
ignificitnt passage:
The party oppbtod to the war in the
North at the same time aro opposed to it
upon the same ground* that Washington,
Jeflbrson, Adams, andtboir revolutionary
compatriot* stood on in 1770. Those who
-u-Auin it stand upon t)i« platform of tho
ol I British Tories or Loyalists. They aro
m>t in f-*vor of 'Washington** Union,
which wh* purely a voluntary one be
tween tho Btatee, but are in favor ol a
new oue, resting upon force and bayonets.
Extract from a business letter dated St.
Landry Parish, Lu.. February H, 1803•.
"We have a sufficient supply of corn,
pork and beef in this Parish to feed at
least 16,000 troous for twelve months, and
have an abundance for home consump
tion, although holders aro asking tor orn
$1 per bushel, beef 8 cunts per pound,
pork 20 cents per pound, molasses (& to
60 cents per gallon, sugar 10 to 16 cunts
per pound. 1 jot this merely to lot you
aiiow the difference in price* lioro anil in
your city."
The Richmond Enquirer says that Mr.
Ould, tlio Commissioner for (noexchange
of prisoners, ha* instructions to demand
the release of ail Confederate officer*
whoso exchange has been long sine©
agreed upon with the Federal authori
ties, nnd that the unfortunate Col. Zar-
of then© officers who havo
, detained. Wo nmy,
* his speedy release.
The Yankee Iron-Ci.ads.—We ob
served yesterday that most of tho shots
fired from our battories struck tho turret
of the iron-clad Ht which they were aim-
ud, but tho fact th<>t sho was not disabled
is evidence that our heaviest missile* had
but little effect on her iron mailed turret.
At long taw, or in mii open sou-road,
where it would bo difficult to cume to
close quarters with lhc«o iron monstors,
they aro certainly very formidable affairs,
but in a land-locked channel, with tho
shore* on citner sido in our possession, it
seems that means might b© resorted to
A’hich would render them unsafe. The
fresh water navy and horse marine* of
tho West have a way of capturing Yan
kee gunboat*.—Sav. News,
Destruction or tub Indianola.—
Wo loam from a reliable source that the
Yankee steamer Indianoln which was
reoontly captured by our force* near
Vicksburg has been burnt up by our
force*. No particular* are given.?— Afq-
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