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The News.—Richmond, Jan. 28.
—“ Senator Hunter, of Va., Vice-
President Stephens, and Judge Camp
bell, of Ala., have been appointed
commissioners, to proceed to Washing
ton, to confer with the authorities of
the United States government, on the
question of peace. They will leave,
to-morrow.
Macon, Jan. 2S.—Private advices
from Savannah, state that Sherman
commenced his movement orV^outh
Carolina, on the 17th inst., with three
columns—the main column moving
toward Charleston—taking nearly all
his transportation. The other two
columns, in light marching order, are
moving by separate roads, towards
Branchvillef.
Gen. Hill has issued an order that
non-combatants leave Augusta.
Verona, Jan. 28.—Maj. Gen. For
rest’s scouts, from Orizaba, report
great excitement in Memphis, on ac
count of recognition rumors. A ru
mor prevailed there, that the English
Premier had notified Lincoln that be
would recognize him, after the fourth
of March, as president only of the
states that voted for him ; also, that
the English government had ordered
the seizure of Ameiican vessels, at
Nassau.
Macon, Jan. 28.—The Marietta ho
tel, at Marietta, was destroved by fire
on the night of the 20th—supposed
to have been accidental.
Wilmington, Jan. 28th.—A fire oc
curred at one o’clock, p. m., today, in
a lot of four hundred and twenty-five
bales of cotton, on tho wharf, in front
of the custom house, consuming near
ly all, without damage to Rdjacent
buildings. A stiff northwest breeze
blowing—very cold. Two cai loads
of cotton were consumed this morn-
iug, on the W. and W. railroad, four
miles from town. All quiet below.”
Comes Directly.—A gentleman
just from Richmond, states that Hon.
B. H. Hill told him that Gen. Joseph
E. Johnson had been appointed to the
command of this department.— Co
lumbus Sun.
“ The quota tor the District of Co
lumbia, uuder the new call for 300,-
000 men to fill deficiencies, under the
last call, has been fixed at 3,019
men.”
History.—“‘As for History, I know j
that that is a lie,’ said somebody. The
Richmond Whig would almost persuade
one that this doubter was right, some of
the most trusted of ancient histories being
confessedly founded on tradition, others
upon exparte statements of interested in
dividuals, and others still upon lying fam
ily records. Modern history it considers
as no better. And as for those to be here
after written, from the account of news
papers—bad enough, in the main : or of
professional newspaper correspondents—
worse: or of the telegraph—worst of all,
the prospect is certainly bad enough. Sup
pose, says the Whig—
‘Suppose any man were to write the life
of Napoleon, from the English newspapers
—as, by the by, Scott did—what a story
we should have of it! What a race of he
roes, and paints, the English would be!
What a generation of cowards, and mis
creants, the French ! Suppose a man were
to write the life of Henry Olay, from the
democratic newspapers, or of Gen. Andrew
Jackson, from the Whig! A pretty pair
of scoundrels posterity would see in those
two great men, and unflinching patriotsj!
But, above all, suppose a history of this
war were written from the yankee news
papers ! The New York Herald says its
columns present the most valuable mate
rials, for that purpose, ever collected. We
all know what kind of materials they are.
But suppose them to form the only source
from which the historians of the war could
derive matter for history! Again, sup
pose we trust to the great history-maker,
Secretary Stanton, and the telegraph ! It
may be said, indeed, that the accounts of
both sides may be weighed, and compar*
ed, and the truth extracted, by the judici
ous historian, or, at least, an approxima
tion to the truth. So, then, it comes to
this: that history, even where materials
are most abundant, is but ingenious con
jecture, after all, and the more ingenious
the guess, the apter it is to be beside the
mark.’
That some of the noithern people do not
rely upon the New York Herald, for its
story of the war, we have ourselves evi
dence, in the fact that, for a year or two
past, we have had two subscribers to the
Observer, who ordered the paper to be
regularly filed away for them, so that
when the war is over, they may have a
southern account of it. We do not know
whether their sympathies are with the
south, or the north ; but doubt not that
many northern people would follow their
example, if the opportunity presented.—
Fayetteville Observer.
The Countryman is just the paper.for
the country gentleman ; and, in fact, ev
erybody who wishes to read an excellent
paper, printed in neat style, and in a
form fit for binding, aad preservation.
Price, $20 per annum.—Charleston Cou
rier.
The fall of Savannah is a splendid
victory ; but it is one blow on the an
vil, where the chains of the north are
being forged.—New York News.
A Run Through the North.—
We have had an interview with a
citizen of Mississippi, formerly ot
Tuscaloosa county, who recently es
caped from a federal prison. He came
through Philadelphia to Cairo, and
by steamer, to Memphis. He was
never asked for a passport, till he had
reached Granada, Miss. He was
captured in one of the Mobile forts.
He escaped from the train of cars
between New York and Elmira, and
made his way on foot to Philidelpbia,
thence by rail to Cairo, and by steam
er to Memphis. In this last city he
remained three weeks. It would not
be proper to say how, nor by whom,
he was secreted there. He was fur-
uished with money enough to bribe
the officers of the outposts, and glad
ly enough reached home a few days
since.
He assures us that the adherents
of McClellan will have no further
participation in the war. With them
lie was in no danger. They enter
tained him hospitably, even in New
York. They say 4hat we are fighting
their battles against central power :
that Europe furnishes Lincoln with
his armies; that the thoughtful ’con
servative classes of the north are
slowly resuming the sway wrested
from them by that madness of the
hour which swept over this continent,
in the inception of this struggle. He
states that our friends in Memphis,
and throughout tho north, have no
doubt of our ultimate triumph.—
Montg. Mail.
“ The Sentinel, in reply to some strict
tures of the Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle,
says:
The manoeuvres of Gen. Lee’s cam
paigns have been all his own. Admira
ble manoeuvres they have been, and most
happily adapted to the circumstances of
the country. They have Won for him, a
renown of which, we have no doubt, the
president would be extremely proud, if it
were fairly his; but he deserves no
more of it, than belongs to a cordial ap
proval of the policy of the distinguished
general, and an admiration of the genius
which conceived it.”
“A draft, now going on, in Washington*
is conducted in secrecy, so that those
whoso names are drawn, shall have no
chance to run away. It is intimated that
the enrollment law may be so amended, as
to make this mode of drafting, the gener
al practice.”
“ The dove was the first newspa
per carrier, when, one morning, it
went and fetched a leaf for Noah. It
contained a paragraph on the weath
er, notifying him that the heavy rain
storm had subsided."