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Jnnl««* righting.
[From the London Army and Navy Gazette.]
Whether this war, which gratifies
the vanity of the Americans of the
North by the interest it creates in Eu
rope, is to continue for the next five
years, or to end in a month ; whether
it is to lead to servile insurrection or
to a consolidation of the slave power;
whether it is to become a series of
guerilla contests, to lead toabc/ltunciv
ile in chili hello, or to array the whole
of the disunited States in a grand bat
tle line against some alien enemy, are
matters beyond the scope of conjec
ture. /Aiicv refuses to dwell in a
realrr^o fantastical as the American
to-morrow.” And it must be admit
ted that the ratiocinations of those on
this side of the channel, who declared
that the North would not do this, and
the South could notdotbat, have turn
tions of Mr. Seward that the rebellion
would be put down in ninety days, or
as the assumption of the Southern
statesmen that the Northerners would
never have the courage to strike the
blow for the iutegrity of the Union.—
While we are speculating here on the
future movements of the Unionists or
Secessionists, events may have occur
red which will have rendered the most
ingenious hypothesis ridiculous ; but
it cannot be maintained in the face of
recent occurrences, that the Confeder
ate Generals possess the transcendent
military merits which their friends have
claimed for them, or that they have
known how to give their cause the
usufruct of victory—which is peace.
There is almost reason to think that
the praise which has been bestowed on
Lee, Jackson and Stuart was the mea
sure of the pedantic slowness and frig
idity of McClellan, the misfortunes of
due the parentage of conquerers aud
tii roes. Very brave, very learned, very
stragi tical men she has seen born to
her ; nay, some very dashing—others
very cautious—excellent leaders of
division, brigade, regiment or squad
ron, but not one, so far as can yet be
discovered here, with the true stamp
of the anax andron about him..
LATE FROM THE NORTH.
Richmond, Feb. 12.—Northern dates
of the 9th have been received.
The Herald says the rebels were
successfully deceived as to the Merce-
dita sinking. She was in a sinking
condition. Three persons were killed
on board of this vessel by a shot which
entered her boiler.
The Keystone State received a shot
through her steam drum, causing the
death of thirty-one persons.
During the attack, the Princess Roy-
ed out to be as fallacious as the asser- al, which laid near the Housatonic,
succeeded in getting off.
The blockading vessels sailed to
wards the Keystone State to ascertain
her condition and to see if she needed
any assistance, but resumed their po
sitions at dark.
The Montauk was not at all disabled
in the attacks on Fort McAlister. She
received seventeen shots in her side and
twelve in her turret, without experi
encing any injury. She returned to
her anchorage for want of shells, and
it being very foggy next morning did
not return to the attack.
The U. S. Christian Association held
a meeting at New York. Gen. Scott
presided. Burnside was present and
made a speech, in which he said—“ In
a few weeks a great battle must be
fought, as two terrible armies will be
brought into collision.” He denied
that the army was demoralized.
Sumner has introduced a resolution
From Port Royal.
Preparations for Attacking Savannah and
Charleston.
From the special correspondent of
the New Y r ork Times, who writes from
Port Royal, S. C., under date of Janu
ary 24, we make the following interes
ting extracts:
Gen. Hunter’s return to this Depart
ment, as far as I am able to judge, is.
welcomed sincerely by the troops.
When he was here before he was not
altogether popular. His ideas and con
victions respecting the slavery ques
tion and the organization of negro reg
iments were far in advance of the sol
diers. They were offended at what
they termed his attempt to place the
blacks upon the level with themselves.
But now these prejudices have disap
peared here, as elsewhere, beneath the
wave of popular opinion respecting
this subject, which the President’s de
cree of emancipation lias rolled over
the land. On this point, then, ther
McDowell, the empty imbecility of I in the United .States Senate directing
Pope, and the utter failure of Burn-j the committee on the conduct of the
side; because, after all, there is no ’
sign or token that any or all of the
war to enquire into the condition of
the Armv of the Potomac, both of offi-
crude and unscientific demonstrations
of the enemy. To stand and light has
been their great strategy. Not one of
them seems to have made a campaign
with a purpose : not one has had the ;
capacity to understand the value of j
victory. The whole operations of the j rt,,c:n S even secession for its defense,
campaign are like the sparks which cut j He u, 'S ed E,, S laad to adhere to her
their way backwards and forwards ljeut r:d course.
through the embers of paper half con- Beresford Hope, M. P., avowed him-
sumed by fire. Stuart may he a Virgin- j se ^ as decidedly Southern in opinion,
and eulogizes President Davis and
ian Murat, and Jackson may be a Ney, ;
after his kind ; but assuredly there is [
more of Wurmser than of Napoleon in ;
Lee, even though he has been success-(
fill in battle. Think what the great)
Corsican would have done, or Marl
borough, or any officer of European
celebrity in the last few centuries, who
had before him a beaten army, a hos
tile capital, a rich expanse of States
denuded of troops and filled with opu
lent cities , in his rear a vast country,
desolate, indeed, by war, but faithful
to the last drop of blood, aud in his
hands ragged legions of bold and cour
ageous soldiers, who at a word could
march from one extremity of the ene
my’s dominions to the other, and dic
tate their terms at the point of their
bayonets ! Can any one say the thing
is impossible? Assuredly this and
much more could be done by any great
General, and all the world would re
cognize in such an accomplishment a
proof of military genius such as has
made or saved empires. After all said
and done, the Americans must, be pret
ty much like other people. Although
they have not now, as they had in the
War of Independence, the assistance of
a country of soldiers like France, they
cannot have so much degenerated as to
be unable or unwilling to march and
fight. And troops which can do both
Stonewall Jackson. lie denounces
Lincoln’s proclamation and advises re
cognition.
Napoleon’s letter to Forey produced
a sensation in England. It is spoken
of as til ike dangerousto the North and
South.
On the 21st January Consols were
921 a92ij for money ; on account, 92£a
92 j. Cotton declined ^aid, aud closed
! dull. "
DISCONTENT IN THE WEST.
Mobile, Feb. 12.—A special to the
Advertiser & Register, dated McMinn
ville, says that late Northern papers
I show a great revolution in the Western
: and border States.
The Louisville Journal says Lincoln
is crazy or mad, and begs him to re-
: scind his proclamation. It says their
; soldiers will not fight side by side with
negroes.
The soldiers of Murfreesboro’ held a
; meeting and passed resolutions uphold-
| ing the Democracy of their respective
| States.
j A bill has passed the Federal Con-
i gross authorizing Lincoln to raise, arm
and equip 1-50,000 negroes for the ar
my.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, Feb. 12.—In the Senate.
are capable of effecting anything in the i Sparrow of Louisiana submitted a res-
hands of competent leaders, .-vs vet
the world has never seen anything com
parable to the insignificance in results
of the battles fought over there with
enormous masses of men on both sides.
Happily, the loss of life has not been
m proportion to the number engaged,
according to the European standard of
average encounters; hut that again
may arise from the remarkable power
lessness of pursuit which has charac
terized the conduct of the war. A
writer who describes the battle of Fred
ericksburg as “ a carnival of coward
ice,” from actual observation of llie
behavior of the Federal troops, excites
by his account still more our wonder
at the extraordinary apathy of the vic
torious Confederates. But, at the same
time, one can understand why General
Burnside preferred to view the scene
from the verandah of Phillips’ house,
on the north side of the Rappahannock
—wondering, no doubt, all the while
“ (jtte Ic diahlcal allait fane, dans ce ga-
; olulion declaring it to be the purpose
! of Congress to maintain the right of
| the free navigation of the Mississippi,
; as declared by act of the Provisional
| Government. Referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce.
The House bill repealing the clause
in the exemption act in relation to
1 overseers was discussed until the hour
of adjournment.
In the House, McRae of Mississippi
, introduced an exemption bill repealing
present laws, and leaving the power to
the President and Secretary of War to
grant necessary exemptions. Refer
red.
The impressment bill was discussed,
but no action was taken.
I^roan Fri cXrrit knbiars.
Fredericksburg, Feb. 6, 1863.
“Fighting Joe” begins to indicate bis
pugnacity. Yesterday morning dawned
upon the -'■'tafford hills frozen like adamant
hut. with the sky heavily overcast with
clouds. It had evidently been predeterm
has been constructed, and when it shall
be carried out six hundred feet from
the shore, will give twenty feet of wa
ter at the lowest tide—a depth as
great as that obtained at Hilton Head
at fourteen hundred feet from the shore,
roe doctrine must be maintained at all |
hazards, and the French expelled trom ;
Mexico. <
Mr. Sumner coincided with the Sen- |
ator, but was of opinion that they had
already a “big job” on hand, which re-
wliicli length the present pier extends, j quired all their attention for the pres-
Herald, of the 3d,
The anchorage at St. Helena Island is
also far superior, being almost land
?ut.
The New York
locked, and vessels could lie protected > says three schemes are now before
at the pier during the severest storms. (Congress, which it believes will pass,
At Hilton Head quite the reverse is and which, if adopted, will revolution-
the fact, as there is no protection i ize the whole Government,
against the prevalent Easterly winds, First. The scheme of Chase, which
and vessels are often seriously injured 1 proposes to absorb the banks of the
in heavy weather by thumping and several States as banks of circulation
grinding against the pier. The Arago, ; into the paper money issues of the
this week, was damaged to some extent Federal Government,
bv just this cause, and to prevent more Second. The militia and enlistment
serious injury, Capt. Gadsden was com-; bills of Senator Wilson, which pro
pelled to go into the stream and an- videsfor confering upon the President
clior. The vessel had thus to remain absolute authority over the militia of
idle for two days, at expense to the the several States.
Government, until the weather mod-i Third. A bill granting to the Presi-
erated sufficiently to allow of her re- dent, at his discretion, the power of
Of bis merits, bis lofty intellect, his and if determined to secede from
*..*■ ’' 1 *'—~ Confederacy, it shall do so in peace
but shall be entitled to its pm rata
share of the public property and liable
for its pro rata share of the public debt
to be determined and settled by nego
tiation. ‘ =
• Sec. 2. That the President shall
transmit to the Governor of each State
-c . , a copy act, to be submitted bv
position in front of our batteries, wlule I him t0 the Legislature thereof for rati"
J!»U,/vn oft/m J i imoi .vn in a i-l nn n OTl I llkf i* i * . . *
accomplishments, bis professional fame
and above all, his true Christian character
I need not speak to you, who knew him
so intimately and well. But as a patriot
and soldier his death has left a deep gap
in the army, which his military aptitude
and skill renders it hard to fill.
In the battle of Fredericksburg lie won
an immortal name for himself and bis
brigade. Hour after hour he held his
division after division was hurled against
him. He announced the determination
ot liimself and his men never to leave their
fication.
post until the enemy was beaten, and with ! . ^ 00KE ®^ ^ e have heaul a lit-
unsliaken courage and fortitude lie kept i about Fighting Joe, 1 ’which
liis promise. May God give consolation 1S lather good, oome one asked a
to his afflicted family, and may the name Confederate General, whose name ve
and fame of the Christian statesman and do not feel at liberty to mention in this
can be no further dissatisfaction, and 1' turning to the dock to be discharged .suspending the writ of habeas corpus,
Confederate leaders have done any- I cers and men, and to consider what
thing but follow events, and make good measures are necessary to secure from
use of the energy, and zeal, and com-; unwavering and soldier-like devotion
age of their soldiers' in resisting the i to the declared policy of the Govern
ment.
FROM EUROPE.
Milner Gibson, M. P., in an address
to Lis constituents, alledged slavery as
the main cause of the war, by intro-
believe that the army will not be slow | cargo,
to accord to Gen. Hunter the credit,
which they know he deserves, of being
an honest, painfc-taking, earnest Gener
al, who is anxious to serve the coun
try, and who takes a sincere interest
in everything relating to the comfort,
and welfare of the men under his com
mand.
On Thursday, Admiral* Dupont, ac
companied by Fleet Captain Rogers
and other members of his .Staff, paid a
visit of consultation to Gen. Hunter,
at which Gen. Truman Seymour assis
ted, and at which the general basis of
the future joint land and nava
tions was agreed upon. Of course I
cannot tell anything certainly about j
the programme. I only know that j
among us outsiders there is great doubt J
as to what part of the coast the joint
expedition will head when leaving the
harbor—whether North to Charleston
or South to Savannah. Some persons,
professing to he fully informed, say
that Charleston is to be the point of
attack, and there are not a few who
have come to the conclusion that Sa
vannah is to be the first' assaulted.
Judging from all the preparations I
can see, and the vast number and
amount of stores now being shipped to
Fort Pulaski, my own guess, if I were
at liberty to guess, would be that Ad
miral Dupont and General Hunter are
resolved to do nothing rashlv, hut to
make the first experiment upon the
least fortified city. Admiral Dupont
is of opinion that the torpedoes and
other obstructions which have with so
much pains been placed in the Savan
nah and Charleston Harbor, will prove
of little avail. An ingenious Yankee
down here has invented an apparatus
which will precede our iron clads, pi
loting each expedition, and which will
explode any torpedoes that limy be
submerged, either in the river or har
bor, at a distance of not le*s than sixty
yards from the bow of the first vessel.
I am writing thus freely of our iron
clads, and what is expected of them,
without a suspicion that anything l
may reveal will give “aid and comfort
to the enemy.” Indeed, I send you a
Savanuah paper, of the 25th, which
announces the departure of the Mon
tauk and Passaic from Beaufort, bound
South, arid that the Wcehawken and
Nahant were to follow. Admiral Du
pont himself informed me that, not-
THE NEGRO REGIMENT.
It is said that the Government lias
authorized the recruiting of 50,000 ne
groes into regiments, for service in this
Department, as soon as they can be
procured. The First Regiment of
South Carolina Volunteers, under Col.
T. W. Higginson, is now nearly full,
and yesteiday Colonel Montgomery,
formerly of the Third Kansas Regi
ment, arrived by the Star of the South,
from New York, with a commission to
raise the Second Regiment. There
will be little impediment in the way of
opera-■ q U j c kly doing this, if—as I am inform
ed will be tiie case—the work of cot
ton planting is not carried on next
Spring, and the able negroes now on
the plantations within our lines are
encouraged to enlist; Last Wednesday
Gen. Hunter dropped in accidentally
at the review of the First Regiment
just previous to its departure on trans
ports upon an expedition down the
coast, the object of which I have not
heard. The regiment made a fine ap
pearance. numbering about S00 men,
and parading 000 muskets. All of the
men who had received military instruc
tion during the past two months, and
more especially the veteran companies
first formed by Gen. Hunter, did admi
rably.
Whatever mistakes were made were
those of the white officers, and these
mistakes were of distances required in
the various evolutions, for which the
captains can alone be held responsible.
withstanding his desire to keep their
Such power, if granted, will make
the President equal to the Autocrat of
Russia. “Military necessity,” the Her
ald says, will carry them through this
plea—it well may be alleged the ty
rant's plea—may create a dictator, and
may overthrow the checks and balan
ces of government; but this will be
of no avail. It says we are now in
the throes of dissolution, and whether
“Union with war,” a pair of military
despots, or a half dozen military re
publics will be the result, no man can
foresee.
It says the North is divided, while
the South is united, and that they (the
North) are rapidly tending towards a
consolidation of legislative, judicial
and executive power. It says it sees
no inviting door of'escape, and that
the end must be either consolidated
despotism or a number of petty mili
tary republics, warring against each
other.
It concludes by saying its hope is in
the land and naval forces of the Union.
If these, however, fail in their work by
the first of May, it believes the Union
will succeed only by a divided coun
try and despotic institutions or anar
chy.
The Herald says if the cut off
proves successful, Vicksburg will be
an inland town, and it will only be
necessary to reduce Port Hudson to
gain the control of the Mississippi riv
er. If a failure, then there will be two
battles to be fought, viz : one at Vicks
burg and one at Port Hudson.
The Herald says Greely has admit-
soldier be cherished as a bright example
and a holy remembrance.
With great esteem, your ob’t ser-v’t,
R E Lee, General.
phe Camp Itch—A Remedy Therefor.—
A gentleman who has bad. much experi
ence in the treatment of that loathsome
disease, the itch, furnishes the following
recipe for its cure :
For the benefit of our soldiers suffering
with camp itch, if you think proper you
connection, if he knew anything about
“Fighting Joe.” “ Fighting" Hell,”
he replied. “ Once when we were at
; West Point together, I kicked him out
I of my room, aud all he said was ‘ Tut
tut: what’re you about!’” This is
authentic.—■Richmond Whig.
THE SITUATION.
| Our cavalry have made another ven-
... , ,, f . ,,, , ! turesome dash, which has resulted less
may publish the following: lane iodide , UJCSS
of potassium 60 grains, lard 2 ounces, i
mix well. and after washing the body well
successfully than usual.
The report which we published in
with warm soap suds, rub the ointment our issue of yesterday, regarding the
over the person three times a week. In attack upon Fort Donelson, proves, on
seven or eight days the Acarus, or itch fuller information, to be materially in-
insect, will he destroyed. In this recipe
the horrible effects of the old sulphur
ointment are obviated.
Tho New Negro Regiments — The
First Grand Fight.
The U. S. Congress has passed the
bill for raising a large number of negro
regiments. The Richmond Examiner
correct.
From present advices, we infer that
a repulse and not a triumph met our
troops. The combined forces of Whar
ton and Forrest, under command of
Wheeler, it appears, made the attack.
After several hours hard fighting, these
brave men were forced to retire. The
regiment under command of Colonel
cjraws a vivid picture of the first grand Starnes is said to have penetrated the
It is impossible to conceive any higher , , ,, , , . .
... , r c . . .... p ted tnat he is in favor of intervention,
aptitude for receiving military instruc
tion than these negroes exhibit. Their
changes in front, formation in square, j
and preparation to charge in double
column, were executed with an har
monious rapidity and precision scarce- i
ly to be surpassed by any regiment in
the command, although more than 1
oue-half the men have not been under
and that he has written to Vallanding-
ham and Count Mercier to that effect.
New Orleans, Feb. S.—Geu. Banks
has left the city with his staff. He
started up tiie Mississippi for the pur
poses connected with the expedition
against Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
A general movement of troops and
,, , .. TT-, transports has also been made. The
a month s instruction. \V hen they i • 1 ,, , ,. . ,.
n x , , - i entire Banks expedition is umiuestion-
were formed in square Gen. Hunter en- ,, . .. ! , . n } ^
, •, f n i tt- ablv at the present time afloat. Near-
arrival here a secret, he was confident
that the enemy would not long remain
in ignorance of it. Besides he felt it
to be due the friends of the officers and
crews of these vessels at the North,
who naturally must feel anxiety, in
view of the foundering of the Monitor,
that word of their safety should be
published. And here l may as well
disabuse the public mind, by tiie testi
mony of Commander Worden, which
I believe is concurred in by Commau- lom{o7uaL\Tosc
der Drayton, of any erroneous impres
sions it may entertain respecting tiie
sea going qualities of these inventions
of Mr. Ericsson. Both vessels were
towed here, the one by the Rhode Is
land and the other by the James Adger,
and the wind during their voyage was
at no time heavier than what the sail
ors call a‘double-reefed topsail breeze.’
In this comparatively moderate sea
way the vessels labored a great deal, in
consequence of their peculiar mode of
construction.
tered, on the invitation of Col. Hig
ginson, and was received with enthu
siastic cheers. The Genera! uncover
ed, and speaking with that terse force
always to be noticed in silent men
who seldom threw away words, said :
Men : I am glad to be in the midst
of you—glad to have seen so fine an
exhibition of proficiency as you have
shown this day. I only wish there
were 11)0,000 of you to fight for the
freedom of the Union. I see no reason
why you should not make as good sol
diers as any in the world, and I trust
that o.n all occasions you will be found
willing to do your whole duty. I am
sure that you are all ready to fight for
tlie liberty of your wives and your
children. Men who will not fight for
their liberty are not worthy to have it,
and will always continue enslaved. 1
shall do my utmost to look after your
e that you are prop
erly paid, fed arid clothed. I wish you
good day. 1 hope hereafter to meet
you when you have earned distinction
for yourselves.
ly all the war vessels stationed at New
Orleans have accompanied the expedi
tion.
The Piladelphia Inquirer, of the 4th,
; has a leader commencing—“Every eye
attempts to pierce the clouds which
; shut out the distant fields of war.
.Every friend meets his fellow with
questions as to the condition of things,
and expectancy mingled with hopes (
and fears is again the order of the day.” j
\lter confessing inability to find any- i shrapnel.
charge of these soldiers of “ African
descent
The fate of the negro, of the white
population of the South and of the
Northern army respectively, will be
decided in a brief contest, which will
occur about the middle of next June,
and which we will describe as gravely
and succinctly as possible. On the
first of April fifty thousand negroes,
who have been previously drilled in
various camps of instruction, will be
debarked at A quia Creek. Pugnacious
Joseph Hooker, foaming at the mouth
from long delay, will organize them
into brigades and divisions with the
velocity of frenzied impatience. But
it will require six weeks of incessant
toil t’o perform this simple feat. It is
at last accomplished. The pontoons
are laid safely and crossed without op
position. To prevent accident, the
Grand Colored Division is put in the
van. Greeley, its commander, remains
at Aquia Creek “ with a powerful
glass,” after the manner of Burnside.
The skirmishers of the Grand Colored
Division are thrown out. They de-
plov.
The voice of an overseer calling hogs
is heard in a distant field. They rally
on the reserve. No rebels being visi
ble, they are again thrown forward.—
They feel for the enemy, but lie is not
to he felt. They fire at nothing, fifty
feet in the air, and hit it every time.
enemy’s armed camp as far as the cen
tre of the village of Dover.
The Yankees claim a great victory,
estimating our loss at 200 killed and
500 wounded. This is doubtless exag
gerated by one half, if not more.
The information at present is neces
sarily meagre, and an intilligible ac
count cannot be expected.
[Rebel, ] 2th.
Omens of Peace.—A correspondent
of the Floridian & Sentinel writing
from Fredericksburg, gives the follow
ing singular freak of nature a place in
his letter. He says :
While speaking of peace, there is a
legend connected with a spring near
Fredericksburg, which I will relate for
the benefit of the curious ; Accord
ing to tradition, this spring was dis
covered running three mouths before
the revolutionary war.
Three months before a treaty of peace
it dried up and ceased to run. It com
menced running again three months
before the war of 1S12, and three
months before its close, as in the revo
lutionary war, it again dried up, and
so with the Mexican war. Three
months before the fall of Fort Sumter
it commenced running, and a short time
since dried up.
I give as my author for this an aged
man, who was born arid is living near
tiie spring, and who has considerable
property, and offers to bet it- all that
we will have peace in three months
The rebels being thus driven to their
earthworks, the Grand Colored Divis- from the drying up of the spring,
ion advances at the pus de charge, sing
ing a solemn refrain, to storm the
enemy’s position, and to “ carry the
crest” at all hazards. Of a sudden,
the artillery of A. P. Hill’s command
» ) belches forth a hurricane of shell and
There is arising of wool, as
thing hopeful in the Federal condition, j of fi uills U P 0U Jie fretful porcupine
the article states that there are rumors : unde * the caps ol dusky Brigadiers and
afloat that the rebels, ar
pose terms of peace
re going to pro- | s ° ot - v Ma J or „. Generals;
, ultaneous effusion of rm
there is a sim-
piration from fifty thousand tarry hides ;
there is a display of ivory like fifty
thousand flashes of lightning; fifty
m arrival* of Gen. Bra™ at! thousiind pairs of charcoal knees are
knocking together, and one hundred
thousand Ethiopean eyeballs are rol
ling madly in their sockets, like so
many drunken and distracted moons
dancing in an ebon sky; the Grand
Colored Division trembles like amigli-
Bragg and his Generals.—We
iearti from an unquestionable source,
that on th
Tullahomt
letter to
desired to
, he addressed a circular
his General, in which he
mow if there was any fouu-
FROM THE NORTH.
The Enquirer has Northern
the 4th from which we glean
the
lore"—to leading an Oid Guard charge !' ne( I by the enemy that a hard freeze
to save the fortunes of the day ; or ini- 1 ri'oub! be the signal for a movement, and
1 hence, at daylight, the heavy, hard, con
tinuous roar of artillery in motion, was
distinctly heard from the opposite banks,
throughout the day, until the sound was
Rating the indiscreet conduct of
Aruaud, Lord Raglan, Sir George
Brown, Sir DeLacy Evans, or the rest
ol them, in the affair of the Alma, to ] lost in the earth, softened by the soakin
which—save in results and the conduct
of the troops — Fredericksburg bore
considerable resemblance. In com
mon with Eastern nations, the Ameri
cans possess the faculty of standing
rain which succeeded, the snow storm of
the morning. “Alan proposes, but God
disposes.’’ Wc may again tell the Yank
ees, as they were told by a Frederickburg
lady last summer, when their railway
bridge here was being swept away for the
still when they are not pursued. They ,'i- 7®. , , , ... „ . ,, . .
i _ j , “ i tnirii tune by the boiling Hood. Pointing to
dislike useless exertion, and iearned at
Bull Run the folly of running from an
imaginary enemy. But let some lead
er arise on either side who can keep
his eyes straight in front of him when
his time comes, and can lead a few
squadrons to press one of these broken
armies* and the war will not long lan-
quish in a bloody trail of gigantic skir
mishes. West Point is the aridanutrix
of incapables—the most conspicuous some
failure as a training school for soldiers
the world has ever seen
true that a general, like a poet, is born, j “ ont at Fredericksburg. F
not made, it must be admitted that as ( J .‘. cntl0Tls 1 could gather, it i
yet the New World has not been visi
ted by the terrible genius to whom is
the floating fragments, sl.e cried out,
“\ou can talk of subjugating the South,
but you can’t subjugate tiie Almighty."
i lie heavy rain continued here until
this morning. Notwithstanding such signs of
activity in the enemy’s camp, as the firing
of rockets and other signals were visible
throughout the night, besides the miry con-
| dition to which their roads ate again re
duced, the rise in the Rappahannock will
prevent any advance in this direction for
ays. It is by no means certain,
however, that the movement of thisinorn-
and if it be ‘"S projected agaiust the immediate
From all the in-
started up the
r,Ver in the direction of Stafford Court
House and Warrentun. It is certainly now
Brigadier General Seymour, the se
nior member of Gen. Hunter’s Staff
and Chief of Artillery, is an officer of
whom the highest expectations may
be entertained, and who will be sure
not to disappoint them. For his pres
ent position he is admirably qualified,
having been stationed for three years
in Charleston harbor, and was Chief of
Artillery at Fort Sumter at the time
of the capture of that fort. He has
shot and hunted over every inch of the
ground on both sides of the Savannah
river and James’ Island, and all around
Charleston. With this knowledge of
the country, iri addition to being a |
thoroughly educated, scientific officer,
and a man of cofil judgment, he will
undoubtedly render important service.
Among the Generals expected to ar
rive here, arc Brigadier Generals‘Neg-
ley, Stevenson, limit, brother to the
Chief of Artillery to the Army of the
Potomac and Gen. Wessels, all, I be
lieve, of the regular army. Gen.
Wessels will long he remembered in
Kansas as the organizer of eight Kan
sas regiments, which were the best
drilled and best disciplined organiza
tions that existed in that State.
Some weeks ago, 1 adverted to the
lack of judgment which had been
shown in selecting Hilton Head as our
depot, when across the harbor, at St.
of
follovvin
Beast Butler is still in Washington,
making strenuous efforts to get Seward
& Co., to order him back to New Or
leans, but the Yankee correspondents
say the prospect is very unfavorable
Tiie question seems to be what to do
with Banks. The Beast refuses to
take the command if Banks is allowed
to take the troops all away to Texas.
It is said that no change will be
made in the War Department.
Tiie Philadelphia Inquirer savs that
“it would seem that Pryor used his
principle of priority, a3 did the lame
I Captain, and got away first. After
I successfully driving back the Rebels,
Corcoran returned to Suffolk.”
The Inquirer says that the difficulty
between the rebel Government .and the
authorities of North Carolina, culmi-
| nated in an interview between defier-
sou Davis and Governor Vance,* at
Franklin Station, Virginia, on the
Blackwater.
Nothing new is reported from Hook
er’s army. The Inquirer suggests that
“the grand division system has either
failed to work, or the present com
manding General thinks he can work
better without it.”
In the United States Senate, on the
3d inst., Mr. McDougall moved to
j take up the resolution offered by him
j relative to the French operations in
I Mexico.
j Mr. Sumner objected. He said if the
i resolutions meant anything, they meant
; war, and no common war, but a war
with a great and adventurous nation,
dation lor the rumof prevailing that
there was dissatisfaction and a want
of confidence in him, existing iu the
j army /All tiie Generals, with the ex
ception of Withers and Cheatham, re
plied in the affirmative, stating that
dates . such was the case, and that it would
be to the interest of the service if
Gen. Bragg would ask to be reliev
ed.
It is further stated that none but
Col. IVJartin J. Crawford.
We are pleased to see this gentleman
at home again, on bis return from Rich
mond. lie went thither to lay before the
President the evidence upon which tho
Court Martial, ordered by Gen Bragg,
suspended him from his command for nine
ty days. After reading the testimony
which was before the Court Martial Presi
dent Davis promptly and very justly res
tored him.
From what we know of this matter
(and we claim to know it from official
sources^ we consider the decision of the
Court an outrage upon common justice.
The facts upon which that decision was
based, through now hidden from public
scrutiny by the “articles of war” will one
day see the light, and we have a perfect
assnranco that the revelation will furnish
a full and ample vindication of the conduct
of Col Crawford. We ma^ here correct
an erroneous impression which, to some
tv pointer dog on an icy pavement— degree, prevails in reference to the extent
there is a universal squall, as il all of the capture at New Haven. Out of
Africa had been kicked upon its shins, 7S6menin his regiment
and at the self same time, a scattering,
Col. Oiawford
had with him onlv 241-—With this small
as if all the blackbirds, crows and buz- *' orce » necessarily scattered in guarding
zards iu creation had taken wings at
once. To a man, the Northern army
lies prostrate in the field, asphyxiate
, Generals Polk., Whithers and Cheath-| ^ Gic insufferable ouoi bequeathed to
s am concurred in the proposition! to ; G |e atmosphere bv the dark departed
.'retreat from Murfreesboro’, all the ; ! 10 ?^* a like cause, the rebel am
other Generals not only being opposed i
to it, but the majority of them were 1
not even consulted on this point. Gen
eral Withers in his statement in this
regard was therefore entirely mistak
en.
Urn. T. R. ii. Cobb.
j It gives us a melancholy satisfaction to
ho ouabled to lay before the public a tri
bute fiom a very high source, to the pa
triotic courage and noble heroism of the
lamented Thus. R. It. Cobb. What Gen
eral Lee sai’s of his heroic behavior on the
last fatal field of his glory and of his bright
and pure qualities, are so full and so true
that wo feel the incompetency of words to
improve the picture:
Madison, Feb. 7. 1863.
Mr. Editor: The enclosed copy of a let
ter, addressed by Gen. Lee to Gen.
Howell Cobb, upon the occasion of the
death of his distinguished and lamented
brother, was forwarded to me a few days
ago by an officer in the army at Freder
icksburg, at the same time suggesting the
propriety of its publication. Believing that
a document which reflects so much honor
upon its author and upon the gallant dead
shpuld see the light, 1 request you to in
sert it iu your next issue.
Very truly,
Tho. J Bcbnev.
my
is in full retreat to Richmond. Soli
tary and alone, with bis nose in bis
hand, A. I*. Hill surveys the sile»t
•scene.
Proposed Amciidntrui Co i3«o Co:)Nt»tn!iou of
the Confederate Winter.
In the Senate of the Confederate
Congress on the 4th, Johnson, of Geor
gia, introduced the following, which
was referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee
several roads, and after employing every
proper precaution against surprise that
any commander was ever known to use, he
was completely encircled with three regi-
ibents of Yankee cavalry, and was thus
presented with the alternative of surren
dering his little command as prisoners of
war or as victims of massacre. He wisely
chose the former, ami we repeat that when
the whole truth is known, as one day it
will he, the public judgement will declare
a triumphant vindication of his conduct.
Port Hudson, Feb. 10.—Information
has just reached here that the pickets of
Gen. Sibley,s command encountered the
enemy at Indian Springs, Tex., and total
ly routed them after a severe fight. The
enemy admits a 1ob3 of 1000 killed, wound
ed and missing*.
A bill to propose an amendment to We have positive information from Ba
the Constitution ol the Confederate I ton - Eouge t!,at ; a Mas - sacbusettss br! S a,Ie
States of America.
Helena Island, an incompai.ib'j better , an( ] byjio consent of bis should a dis
place invited our occupation. Since
that time, Col. Hall, of the Regiment j r i, P rehpllinn
of Volunteer Engineers, has surveyed rtbe jlon ’
cession arise which could give aid to
[copy.]
Camp .\kar Fredericksburg, Va„ )
December 18th, 1862. )
Gen. Howell Cobb,*
Geneia!—I beg leave to express my
sympathy in your gieat sorrow. Your no-
, , . The resolutions were taken up by a hie and gallant brother Ijns met a seldier’s
the location, and reported iavorably of ! vo(:e 0 [ go [ 0 ! - 1 —■’ ’ ~ ’
its adaptability for a military depot, j M r. McDougall then made a spread-
A i eon n J a, n 1/ 111 rnn niinn i*nn nun- , . .... . i , i r
See. 1. It is enacted by the Congress
of the Confederate States, two-thirds
of both houses thereof concurring, that
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of the Confederate States of
America be, aud the same is hereby
proposed, and when ratified bv the
Legislatures of three-fourths of the
several States, shall be a part of said
Constitution, and shall be inserted
therein as clause 2d, section 1st, of ar- (
title 5th, tq-vvit:
When any State being aggrieved by
any act of Congress, shall by Con veil- j
tion declare the same to be unconsti- j
tutional, Congress, if in session, and if,
not, the President shall convene it for
that purpose, shall immediately call a
i and a negro regiment have been sent up
I from below. T he total force of the enemy
is 19,000. Deserters are continually arriv
ing here. A flag of truce came in to-day—
nothing important gleaned. It is said that
a truce boat with prisoners will go to
Vicksburg with 10,900 prisoners, but tho
report is doubted at New Orleans.
Mobile, Feb. 11.—A special to the
Register from Jackson to-day says: A dis
patch to the Crisis from Grenada says
Chicago dates to the 4th, and New York
dates to the 3d have been received. Dry
goods have advanced beyond the reach of
greenbacks, and gold iff 162^.
Twelve Confederate prisoners were fro
zen to death at camp Douglas.
A San Francisco dispatch the 3d says
Judge Craymer decided that greenbacks
j were not a legal tender.
The Hatteras was sunk by the British
convention of the States to consider j ship Spitfire,
said act, and if not affirmed by two- _ ludianapolis dispatch the 3d says that
thirds of said convention, the vote to : ( ’ lesci t ers are making forcible resistance to
be taken by States, it shall be void and j arrest ’ and tbere is S rcat excitement m
death, and God grant that this army and
our country may never be called upon
“stuck inthe mud ."^Richmond Examiner J Already a dock three hundred feet long j en g] e , S p eec h, in which he said the Mon- a ° ain to mcmrn 80 S re «t a sacrifice
no law, but if affirmed, it shall stand ;
and if affirmed and no adjustment can
Iconseque nee.
I The Kentucky Legislature has ordered
, , , . i out 20,000 troops under the military board*
be* made by amendment or otherwise, j t0 resist the enforcement of Lincoln’s proc.
satisfactory t# th« complaining State, I lamation.