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THi" WILMINGTON JOURNAL. : C FEDERATE STATES OP AMERICA. WTLM IN GTn?I- N. n SATUBDAY. JANUABY 31, 1863. - - M WThk wind blew bard eneugh and the weather got cold enough, last night, and this morning to penetrate 8a iron-clad and freeze the nose cS her commander. , -' Wa rather like a good bound blow about these times ' a good squire South-easter, blowing direct on to the coast and brjgicg with it a seasoning, not exactly moun tains high, for no eea does tkati but wme thirty or more feet from the bottom of the trough to the crest of the j swell, with a wholesome tend in towards the beach. If we could only get thia sort of a pleasant breeze, with the Tanjcee fleet tumbling about, with Cape Fear on their lee, we should be almost be willing to telegraph that things is workin !" and wc would not cacs how w ruue.1! they worked. To-day the sky is as clear, as blue and as deep as a sky can be; There is not a cloud to be seen not a shadow. But it is cold, stilj and . freezing, Very much freezing. Speaking of the bluencss of the sky, it has sometimes been a matter of musing with us, why the mo6t refreshing of all earthly colors Ehould be green, and the most admired of heavenly colors should be blue. Why is it that the eye dwells with sach intense pleasure upon the vivid green of early vegetation, and then turns to view with the same instinctive delight the blue depths of an unclouded sky. Almost any other colors fatigue the eye these never do, and the one about as little as the other, and yet tney are different as well as differently placed. Daily Journal, 29tk. A report was prevalent here yesterday that an attack on Savannah was in.progress. This report seem3 to have bad its origin in the fact that the enemies gunboats had made an attack on Fort McAllister, at Genesis Point near the mouth of the Ogeechec River, which falls into one t fthe Sounds some fifteen miles south of the mnmth v Hip Rvnrmh "River. Daily Journal, 20th inst. Tbk state of the " peppigram " at Fredericksburg would seem to have received, a decided change On account of recent rains which have reduced the road3 to a dread ful condition, thus rendering a forward movement on that line a physical impossibility, for some time, at least. . - Fiiz John Pobteb was " dishonorably dismissed " from the military service of the United States for hav icg failed to go to the assistance oGeneral Pope at Alanassas Junction on the 29th of August, 1862, Por ter beicg then near the field of battle. We notice that the Richmond Enquirer, Whig and JJispatch, and the Charleston Courier, are all urging the organization of a large additional cavalry force, in connection with our several important armies. It may item a little strange, but as early as 18C1, after the bat tle of Mana'scs, we urged the same thing , and based our urgency upon pretty muchtbe same considerations the absolate necessity of cavalry to enable us to im prove a victory. No more decided victory than that of the first battle of Manassas cou.d well have been ob tained. For the want of cavalry, it was, in its results, one of the least decisive battles of modern -times. Ca valry Eeldora break e quarts ot good in fan try , but they prevent rqntres or columns once broken or confused Ircm rallying," and they give a defeated army no time to stop, entrench and make a fresh stand. There is a queer state of things at Albany, N. Y. The recent election in that 'State eventuated in the triumph of the Democratic party, and the election of licBATio Skymour, the candidate rf that party to the c31c9 of Governor. Jut the triumph in the Legisla ture was not equal to that on the popular vote. Of the Senate a cer;a"m number hold over, 80" that tr.dy remained comparatively unchanged, that is to Hay, strongly Republican. The Democrats succeeded in getting a majority of one or two in the House of Rep resentatives, and could have controlled that body had not the Republicans bought up one Gallic jtt, elected as a Democrat from Brooklyn. 1 lira they promised to support fur Speaker on consideration that "he fhou?d TOtc with them upen certain points. This wca a nice little arrange ment for Callicot & Co., but unfortunately for their peace of mind and body, the Rough and RcaeTya of Brooklyn, the constituency of Callicott, got wind rf this good th;rg. and west up in force to Albany to see about it and so' made a row; and would not permit the House to go on with its work, nor allow Callicott to be elected. J he House had to j.r?ourn and will perhaps keep ad journing for some time. But the cohesion of public plunder will hold Callicott and the Republicans to gether, v-nd he will get the price ol his treason, and will te sure to render the equivalent in the betrayal of the trust repesed in him. A good deal of talking has " come off" in the Con federate Congress over the Exemption Law, and sun dry members have enveighed against any exemption as regards those connected with the press of the South. Now the South can dispense with reading, with writ ing, and with speech-making rather than with indepen dence, and the moment that a free, independeat and vigorous press becomes a matter that can and must be dispensed with, why, let it be. It will be a desperate position of affairs that calls for such a state of things. We may find it necessary even to dispense with Con gress, and that might be bad, bat not nearly as bad as to give up freedom of opinion, -and freedom of its ex pression through the press. Editors ought either to be perfectly independent, or they 'ought to cease from their vocation. They ought either to be exempt or to be fully in the army. The country wants no editors detailed from the army no mere military bureau to give them news to keep watch for their interests, to give expression to their wants or voice to their complaints. But th. conductors of the Southern press are prepared for any contingency, so far as they are personally concerned, and merely look upon this matter in so far as it may affect the public interest. They leave all that conoerns themselves out of the question,- since it has, in fact nothing 10 ao wun 11. ine oniy personal privilege iney desire to jfipulate for is that, in the event- of the exemption being withdrawn from the press, it be not withdrawn from members of Congress, as the former honestly fear that they might be " demoralized " by being forc3d into compulsory association with the latter. Gas is a good thing in its way, but who would care to live, move or have his being next door to. a leaky gas-hoose, like unto . say Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, or the irrepressible Foote, er sundry others that might be named. From the report of the attack on the earth-works at Genesis point, at the mouth.of the Ogechee River, Ga., as published in the Savannah papers, we learn that at least one of the attacking vessels was certainly an iron clad battery of the " Monitor " pattern. She came up very near to our works. Another iron-clad lay farther down, with the wooden .vessels. The Monitor vessel threw 15 inch and 11 inch shot. Her turret was either damaged by our shot or got out of order in some other What the name of this turret-bearing iron-clact may Genesis point derives its chief interest from her partici pation in the affair, as this is the first instance in which Teasels of Her class have been brought squarely up to & fight with land batteries. The trial has not been dia couragicg to our side. ; A goodly proportion of the people ot the North are" opposed to Abraham Lincoln end his administration, and anxious to obtain peace. - The defeat of BurnYide at Fredericksburg has unhealed rheir lips. nd VpaSled their voices to be heard. - Had the result been differentj either these peace tnen would not have tceo peace men at all, or even if they had been, tbey would not 'nave dared to avGw themselves such in the face of the exulta tion which would have been indulged in by the rosily excited population of the North. The strength of any peace party atthe North must be bted upon Us des pair of success to which frequent and omtiuiod failure1 of the Northern arms must give rise, rather than upon any abstract principles of justice er feelings of humani ty. 1 1 is thus wc do good to our enemies. We pave them from themles. We loooen tbe chains imposed by their own iyruils; The battle of Richmond, ot Manassas and of Fredericksburg, have done much for freedom of opinion and action at the North. They have opened the doors' of Forts Warren and Lafayette and liberated many political prisouers. Tbey have opened the mouths of men like Brooks and Wall and Richard xnn and Yalandiffbam no. not Valandizham. for hi mouth, never was shut, to bis honor be it said. This peace party at the North depends upou'tbe sue cess of the Confederate forces For the present the par ty of peace and of justice at the North must depend for success on the efforts of the Confederacy. Hereafter, and at no distant day it may be able to render efficient aid to the cause of jostice-and humanity, now, it .must depend for its growth and strength upoB the valor of Southern soldiers, and the failure of Northern plans. The next three months and a half will be the period of trial. If the South goes through that without serious disaster, then the peace feeling at the North will have gained immense, strength and the peace party become self-sustaining. If the Southern troops should gain im portant victories, then the demands for peace would be come overwhelming and irresistible. They had a heavy snow in Charlotte, N. C, on Tues iay night and Wednesday of this week. All things out of doors were white. We haven't seen a flake here this season. 4 We are really without any authentic nevs from the enemy's lines in this State. We hear ol no new move ments and hardly think that any have been made hv Iflnd. We ave heard a report on the streets j - - that the enemy's fleet, or a portion of it bad pft Rpftnfort on Wednesdav nicht. steerinir South. If - ' so, they ought to have been here long ago, unless their destination is a point farther Soath. We give the le port for what it may be worth not much, wc think, but there may be something in it. Capt. Larkins' Company are in need of blankets, and the Captain calls upon the citizens to supply their wants. We have no doubt but that this call wiJ! be responded to with the spirit of liberality heretofore ex hibited by our noble-hearted people. Sheriff Vann will receive and forward any donations for the above Company. The loss of the " Princess Royal," off Charleston, is what might be called a " bad lick." It hurts, butmust be borne. The loss of the steam engines and w hit worth guns is very serious, at least we think so. Tronhle In tbe Camp. The resignation of Bcrnmdk and thc removal of Sim kkr and Frankijn, for which see telegraphic column, indicates the existence of fresh c implications, and the continued progress of disintegration in the Northern Armies; and that it is so regarded at the North, is cvi denTd by the sudden rise in the price-of gold .at New Yoik. 'I hr. pUn ol an advance upon Richmond from the R ippalwnnoi k, having once proved a faiUire, and any renewed attempt in that direction haviug been pro nounced impracticable by Bdrnsidk, has no doubt lead to the resignation of t,hat cfikcr. JScmn er and Frank lin no doubt coincided with the Commanding General, which Ic;l to their lcing relieved of their commands. Hot kkr, the ii'. w Commander-in-chief of. the Army of the Potomac, i the pet of the ultrn Aliolitiooists. the man for whom Ibcy have been clauicring:, under the sh, i- qiirf ol "Fighting Joe. Hooker will cither make a spM)n er spi il a horn The Washington authorities having failed to get the consent of cither McCm.elan or Burnsidk lo jK-rscvcrc in an advance which they re garded ascsrlain destruction, have at last pitched upon IIookkr, who avows his willingnc s to go anywhere to the devil, if necessary. If the state of things among t'.e troops under his command be anything like it is has been represented," Fighting Joe" will have some d.fli cnlty in bringing thctri up to the scratch. What effect this grand flare up may have upon the programme of operations in North Carolina, we can only conjecture. Tut, il, as is likely, the projected op erations in this State were part of a general plan, ol which the movements of the Army of the Potomac foimed the key, it is fair to presume that soma, modifi cation of the original programme will be the result of the failure of the main movement to which this was in tended to be auxilliary, and with which it was designed to co-operate. Of course these are only speculations of w huh time will prove the correctness or incorrect ness. We bear it reported that our people had captured a Yankee gunboat in Stono River, near Charleston yes terday. x This is probably correct. Perhaps the tele graph may bring us confirmation the news. The cap ture is said to have taken place yesterday. Wc heard a report last evening on the streets that a Yankee fleet had been seen from Fort Fisher going South. This is, in our opinion, a mistake, as a fleet going South would not come within sight of Fort Fisher. The vessels would keep farther out to' sea in order to clear Frying Pan Shoals. There is also a re port which is less improbable and indeed may 5c true to the effect that a large number of vessels were at 1 1 il- ton Head in Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina. The Icon Steamship Cornubia arrived safe this morning ut a Confederate port. She ran through six blockaders and was just eighteen minutes in doing it She brings a valuable cargo. As we thought would be the case, the Republicans have elected their "Man Friday" Callicott, to the Speakership of the House of Representatives of the Gen era! Assembly of the State of New York. They bought and paid for Callicott who waselected ae a Democrat, and they own him, body and breeches. It is reported at Washington that Secretary Chase will soon "lead to the altar" the accomplished widow of the late Senator Douglas. Chase is the enemy of the South, and Eurely the South will be avenged. Titrned Up. We heard an enquiry the other day as to what had become of the fine iron steamship North Carolina, form-' erly belongingjo the Cape Fear and Ocean Navigation Company, and subsequently sold to John Frazer & Co., and sent out to Liverpool with a cargo of cotton, her name havincr been changed to the Annie Child. We see that a recent arrival at a Confederate port brings news that the Annie ChUds had sailed from Nas-. sau, so she u still lives.". For what port she sailed we V: The Charleston Courier brings some particulars, of the capture of the Steamship Princess Royal near Char- leston on last Thursday morning. Her fright amount ed to nine 4undred tons, consisting of Whit worth guns, rifles, powder, etc She also brought some workmen who were to Instruct parties ' here in reference to the constrsetioa of sew projectiles. She Trasnm onshore, but during the - day the light draft Ytfdlee1 Steamers Mcwedfd to towing her off. Oalj'fourpcrgona escaped - Valuable dispatches from Captain Maury to the-Con-federalc Government were saved. The loss mast ex ceed tuo millions of dollars. .' . Aix the stories f about the Kentucky Legislature hav ing passed tbe'ordi nance of secession from Ltncolndom, are absurd on their very face. Three thousand aboli tion soldiers occupy the city ot Frankfort and taeir bayonet surround the Capitol. The Legislature of Kcntncky dale not take any such step, however Strong the feelings of a majority of its members might be, and, we have muoh doubts of their willingness at any rate. Wc don't believe t!iat (iovcrnor Robinson has called ouV sixty thousand men. We dont believe that Commissioners from Illinois and Iudiana have arrived in Richmond. We do believe that Kentucky is sick of the war and also Illinois and In diana, and so also are other States, outside of New Englm.d, but their sickness has not yet reached a crisis sufficif ntly imminent to stimulate . trem to take any formal or official action. They all still dream of recon struction, and will notsee that this is a condition in admissible by the South. Wk learn that oar onter pickets at Swansboro' re port llmt seventeen large sailing transports passed there uftcrday afternoon, going South. It is also re- ported by our pickets at the mouth of New River in Onslow county, that five steamers passed that point at .nine o'clock last night: also going South. Their size or character could not even be guessed at in the night. We will probably know more about all these move ments within one, two, or at most, three days. If the expedition is designed for Wilmington, the attempt will be made during the present Spring tides. If not so made, we may expect it to be made at eome other point. A considerable concentration of the enemy's vessels is reported as having taken placo on Thursday, rear Red Bluff in South Carolina, about fifteen miles from Savanuab. Their object is not known. M TELEGRAPH. FOll THE JOURNAL.. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. Richmond, Jan.. 30th, 1863. In ti e Senate Mr. Barnwell from the ConcniUee on Fi nance, presented a bill to regulate the currency, providing thai t'caesry notes fundable in seven per cent, bonds shall be so fnrnkd on or before the first of July, afterwards only fundable in four per cent. bnnrtB ; new issues to be funda ble within six months from their date, ia six per cent, boundi, afterwards ia four per cent. bond. The bill to organize a Supreme Court was farther discussed by Messrs. Semmes and Yancey. The Bouse debated the exemption bill in Committee of the Whole, afid adop ed an emendment that no person f hill be enrolled who has a substitute in the army, famished in accordance with orders heretofore issued by the Secretary ot War, unless the substitute has or shall desert, or has or shall be'-ome liable to military service. The Cornnittee rose and the House adjourned to Monday. FROM THE UNITED STAT 8. . Richmond, Jan. 3 3 A, 1863. The Waphiogton correspondent of the New York Herald sajs that the radical have determined to prosecute the war with the greatest vigor for the next three or four motitbs. If peace is not'Conqnered within that time, tbey will accept the mdia'fjn of Napoleon, aid recognize the 8onth ob condition that it will agree to a plan of gradual emancipation. ' Callicott, Republican candidate, Las been elected Speaker f t'h& House of Representatives of the New York Assem bly. Alt the Republican officers have also been elected. l.;e. Tjomas McEean Buchanan, Commander of the Federal (Jnnhoat Calhoun, was killed in an engagement at Bayou Techee on the 14th inst. Vicksburg is again to be assailed by Grant's and McCler gr.d armies awl Potter's gnnboat flet. The expedition has started. The Finance bill posted by the House of Representatives on Monday i already causing an iiifUtion of prices. A million of dollars in gold was sold in Washington chiefly at HO per cent premium. Accounts from Mexico represent the dolsat ol he French troops befo.e Peuabla. Con muuication between Ve a Crtiz nrd Or:zba i said to be cut iff by guerrillas, v RUMOR FROM HOLLY 8PRIVG8. f'n aitakooga, Jan. 30th, 1863. It ix rntnoicd here thot HoUv Springs has been recaptu.ed by Van Porn, with seven hundred prisoners and a large quantity ol stores. It i said that a Michigan cavalry regi ment wa badly cut up. FURTHER. FROM THE NORTH BTJRNSIDE RESIGNED. Richmond, Va., Jan. 30th, 1863. A special dispatch to the Dispatch, frcm Fredericksburg, savs : Northern dates of the 27th have been received Burnside has resigned and Hooker been appointed his sue ceesor. Gold advanced in conseqnence to 122. Eumner and Frnnilin have been relieved of their com mand!). Callicost betn elected Speaker at Albany. FROM f-AVANNAH. 8aaannU, Jan. 30, 18i3. On Thar-'.)- sttevnoon and eight, nine gnnboa's were in ?ght ofi Fort MoAllisfer. The iron clad damaged by the battery on Wednesday, ws moving up and down, evident ly trying her machinery . But four gunboats were in eight ottUenesiV Poin yes'erday. The others were withdrawn. No hostile demonstrations in that qnarter since last report. CAPTURE OF A Y ANKKEOUNBO AT NEAR CIlARLfcB- TON. ( HAHLK8TON, Jan. 31st. 1863. Several days ago General Ripley dispatched a force of artillery, commanded by Lt. Col Yates, to James Island, with the design of attacki g the Yankee Gunboats cruising in Stono River, about 8 miles from the City. Col. Yates posted the gnus, 21 in number, in a semi ciic e, stretching on both eidiS of the River around th Gunboat Jno. P. Smith, and at 1 o'clock yesterday aUeraoon opened a con centrated tire upon her. She replied with broadsides. The engagement lasted one hour, when the Gunboat hauled down her fig surrendering uacondiuonally. with 180 prisoners. Fhe carries 11 guns. Many of the crew were killed and wounded. Our loss was only 1 man wounded. '- ( OUR GUNBOATS ATTACK THE'BL0CKADEJ3. Charleston, Jan. 31, 1863. The two iron-clad gunboats, Chicora and Palmetto State, with three steamers as tenders, went.out beyond the bar at 1 o'clock this morning, to attack the blockading fleet. Firing began after 1 o'clock, and for a t;nie was very rapid and continuous ; afterwards it slacked, but continued at inter vals until 9 o'clock this morning. Owing to the fog the re suit ia not jet ascertained. Commodore Ingraham is aboard the Palmetto State, and ia commander of the expedition. Or ii. Ilnsetit riTtx'a Order fur the Impr!oiuuettt of Confederate Ofileeri. The following order is taken from the Nashville pa pers. Southern men will know how to appreciate the hypocritical sympathy for humanity and civilized usage which goes into hysterics over the imprisonment of omcer8oi the army when captured in battle, and has not one emotion for an infamous xankee proclamation which consigns the men, women and children of the South to indiscriminate outrage and slaughter at the hands of their own domestics. Such is Yankee duplic ity and cunning when it comes to make up its own re- cord, rnc woria is nonesc, ana win discriminate oe- ftween the innocent and the guilty : Headq'ks Dir'x of theCumbebland,- j Mnrfreesboro', Jau: 6, 1863. j General Order The General commanding is pained to inform the commissioned officers of the Confederate amy taken prisoners by forces under bis commasd, that, owing to the barbarous measures announced by President Davis in his recent proclamation, denying parol to our officers, he will be obliged to treat them in a like manner. It is a matter of regret to him that this rigor appears to be necessary. He trusts that Bach remonstrances a may be made in the name of justice, hamanitv and-civilizatioo mar reach tne Confederate authorities, as will induce them to. pursue a assrent coarse, ana thereby enable ram to accord to their officers the privileges which he is always pleased to extend to brave men, even though fighting for a case which he considers hostile to our nation and disastrous to human fjcedom. By command of Gen. Boienkrans. .. .- , t O GODDABDf A( G - Cameron Out-YlUd mtul Tricked The Harrisburg correspondent of the ; Philadelphia Inquirer contains the following account of a successful piece of knavery practiced npon ti e most adroit knave ia the North, As it was only necessary ta buy one member, the leaving Cameron under the impression that he had succeeded, and need cot therefore buy cy more, was not the least happy concepiion of the party to the intrigue: -;, .f , :-;j. :v.:;v-; , JSpcckl Correspondence of the Inquirer.. - , v v Hjkbubcbo, Jaa. 21, lf63." Ever since the election of United -States Senator irhas been whispered about Harrebarg that a certain member of the Bouse ofKeprer entatr.es nad astouoaiDg aisciosaies to make bo w a certain candi 4te for United Mates Senator bad offered him a large sum of money for his vo e ; bow the offer was apparentl? accepted ; how the money was count ed down and pnt into the hands rf a notorioca politician for safe keeping; how the member aforesaid voted again t the candidate wbothonght that he had purchased bins, and how the whole affair was a nicely-laid trap to catch the candi date,who has achieved a hiKh and weil-merited reputation in the jtrt of catching others. The House, some daya since, appointed a committe to investigate the truth of these rumors, l.n their labors have been, to some extent, anticipate d by the publication of the otatmnt nf ThnmAB Jefferson Bover. memter from Jeffer son counts who savs that be was offered a large sum of money to vote for General Simon Cameron. Mr. Boyer enter into a minute and circumstantial narrative' of nw several interviews with General Cameron atd Btates ex plicitly and positively that the money for his vote was paid into the hands of John J. Patterson, to be drawn oy oy a soon as he had voted for Cameron. This statement, as mav t innnnied. has created no little excitement here. Ofr.onrse various opinions ate entertained of Boyer'j motives and conduct. Heme denounce him as a rogue who lacked the courage to carry oat his cot rupt intentions Others anDlaud the nerve and profound strategy which enabled him to out-wit so shrewd a manager of men a nnral Cameron, and claes the transaction in wmcn ne I played the principal part in the same category with the Uailjr CAlowvuia ujj(iwju v . - - . w f tran rocnea. An Rover's statement, however, ia entirely (zparie, the public mast await the evidence which will be taken before the TnvestiffatiBfir Commiitee before d-ciding upon the criminality of the parties whose names are involved in this transaction, ltis sufftrcstea inai coyer puousnea ni8 evi dence in advance of the Committee, for the purpose of com mitting it to a thorough investigation and preventing the possibility of a whitewashing report. Good for Gen. Johnson. The Mobile correspondent of the Courier reports the following rare instance of military moiesty in a letter dated the 24th : Night before last he" was serenaded at the residence of General Mcualf, with wbom be was sojourning, by Quite a mob ot Mobilians. They called for him loud and long. Finally he appeared, whereupon three loud shouts were given for the tero of Manassas, to which he replied . " Gentlemen, the hero of Manassas is-not here to-night, he is in Charleston." Three cheers were then given for the hero of Seven Pines. 'I o which he replied : " Gentlemen. no one man was ever the btroof Seven Pin. Jn that bloody battle there were many heroes nnder o-ir flag, and the vt-ry noblest of tbem wer s from Alabama." vViereupon he made his bow. saiJ "good night," and retired amid shouts and cheers that he did not stop to answer. The Rebel banner has recently come into possessioL of st.veral Yankee letters, captured near Nashville, and among othes, produces tbe following "commercial" and decidedly "sptculative" ietter from Prentice of tbe Journal : Loi'IBVlLlE, Nov. 10. '(2. Wu. Gsk. RosENCitAhz. Dear Bir: S ms monthi ago Mr. Jno. W. White received from me five thousand dollats in gold, which be invested in cotton fr me, investing at the same time a large amount for himself and others. The cotton bales were seized at Nashville and used for the or tifica'ions. Government receipts being given for them Tbey are there yet I learn Now it seems to me, that when cot too ia bo very valua ble -a bale being worth, say two hundred and forty dol lars that cheaper material ought long since to have been substituted in th: fortifications. The cotton, I am told, is scandalously wasted by the soldiers. I have written a brief article for iny paper on the subject, and 1 will have a copy sent to you. I beg that you will have a l'ttle thought to my suggestions. It is a sad thing for a poor editor to have to sustain & pecnni&ry lot-s in such times as these. M st truly yours. GEO. D. PRENTICE. ThjjIaixant Leon Smith. The first two vessels eployed by the Federal Government against the South were tbe Star of the West aod the Harriet Lane. Both of then. Lave been taken in Texas waters by i ex ians. Both were takeu by boarding, and the boarders laid aioogrlJe in both cases by Leon Smith, now Major in Confederate service, without pay. This cbncicence is worth recording. VVe nominate Loon Smit'i for Commodore in the ConfvdtTiite Navy, a poHtiou for which he is well fitted by the innate dash o( bis natuie, as weli as his unsurpassed cK!mss in danger. lie h:is ( r many yearj commanded sea-goiog steam ships, and .iways beeu sucterlul in his profession. The confidence shown in him by Geo. Magruder is of years standing- The high compliment he pay3 him is emi nently well deserved, and'sboul i secure bim tbe tender of this appointment from the Government. Houston lelegraph. Gen. Cook'a Brigade. We are indebted to his Excellency Gov. Vaoce for the following report from Col. E. D. Hall, commanding Gen. Cook's ' rigade in ti e battles of Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. This report is highly interesting and shows that the gallant commander and the troops per formed their wbole duty. It is the old and glonoas story of Nonh-t'arolinu courage and self-sacrifice in the ' imminet.t dt-adly breach." ( amp near Fredericksburq, Va., ) December 19th, 1662. f Sir I thu,k it nothing but jbst and proper that regular reports from brigada commanders of North Carojina troops should be made to you, in order that justice may be me id out to those regiments and orig adts who are entrusted with tbe honor and reputation ol ibe good old State, and have so successfully borne htr flag in the thickest of tbe fiht, and as Iliave bad ihe responsibility, on two occasions, tD take command of mis brigade in tbe heat of pitched battles, (Sharps burg and Fredericksburg) owing to ibe disabling of tbe cimmanders of tbe brigade early in the action, I ftel that the responsibility devolves upon me. . This brigade, commanded by Gen. John R. Cook, as gallant an officer as ever iiveS consists at present of tbe 46ib, 15ib, 27th and 48th regiments of NortbfCaroli ua troops. On the morning of tbe 11th inst., the brigade was ordered to the front, in connection with Gen. Ransom's brigade, and all, under his c mmand,. took position on Willis' Hill, directly opposite Fredericksburg, and well on tbe left of our lines. We remained in line of battle until about 12 o'clock of Saturday, the 13th, when we were ordered forward, at which time the battle was rag ing furicusiy. Willis' Hnl overlooks the valley of the Rappahannock, in which Fredericksburg is situated, being about a fourth of a mile distant. On the c est four batteries had been erected. At the foot of the hjll, Gen. Coob, with his brigade, under cover of a long stone fence was hotly engaged with tbe enemy, who were making a desperate attempt to storm the position. -The Geoigians fought gallantly and against terrible odds. The enemy bad succeeded in forcing their way up to within forty yards of the fence, when Cook's brig ade reached the crest of tbe hill, and in face cf a deadly fire of artillery and small arms, drove them back witb great loss Our men were falling fast, for we were within twoTiundred and fifty yards of twenty-five or thirty thousand of the enemy ; but no men ever fought better or with more enthusiasm. Not a man faltered. The 46th and 27th were ordered down the hill to sup port Gen. Cobb behind the stone fence, where they re mained all day, and suflered but little after arriving there. The 48thr under Lieut. Col. Walkup, and the 15th, under Ljeut. Oof. McRae, remained on the hill and suffered severely. North Carolina can boast of no braver men than the commanders of those two regi ments on that day. Six different times afterwards did the enemj , with his heavy columns, attempt to driv,e us from our position, but at each attempt was be thrown back with immense loss, leaving the field litterally black with their dead and wounded. During the after noon we were reinforced by the 25th N. C, CoL Bry son commanding, and one other regiment of Gen. Ran som's brigade iurther on our left, and eallantiv did thev do their duty. Shortly after, Gen. Kershaw, with a ooum -uarouua ongaoe, came to oar assistance. The troops I have enumerated Composed a.'l of our forces engaged oq the left that day, as far as I am aware of. I am satisfied we did not have five thousand, and we have since ascertained that we had bothGenl'a Hooker and Sumner to contend with. The enemy left at least one thousand dead cn the field in oar front, and the wounded must hare been three or four times as many ; we killing and wounding as mahv, men as we had tn fight them with. I am sorry to say that the loss of the brigade was quite heavy, viz : four hundred and efehtv- seveu oat ot about thirteen hundred. Oar General was severely wounded early in the action, but am glad to state that he is rapidiy convalescing; "At nine o'clock ths.t eight the brigade was relieved, &nd ordered tn th rear to replenish their ammunition, they having fired sixty rounds, and to bold themselves in readiness for thfe renewal 01 tne cgm me next cay. - Where all did- their duty to well, it is impossible to single out any one man for. praise above another. ' ,- : X nav tne nonorxo oe, 4 : ; - ; -:;J Very respectfully ; " ;.. Y-M obyn't'aerv't,. :. w e-;It.-haxi,; dot?.; 'X-?: ; " . Oom'd'g Cook's Brigade; '. To His Excellency, Z. B. Vance, 4 ; : -J ;CA':'X'r7ovtto6t of North-Carolina. 5: TUB FKKLJKQ PlfOt'CBD B TUB AT FROEIllCKS8URO.y The Paris correspondent of the New-York Herald, writes uncer date of J an. 3d, as follows : Such a terrific catastrophe, so fa1 thfully ana canuid Sv stattd. has come like a thunderclap on France : and if you hid beard, as I did, the remarks that were mad at the imperial reception in the palace of the 'I uillerits vesterdav, where every order of the State if I except the churcb, whose me'troponian Arcnoisnop is at mis hour lying in state in his coma was represented by its highest functionary and corporate body, you would not have the smallest douot ot wnai win inevnaoiy iouow namely, a joint European intervention to stay further blood3bed. . Tbe language held respecting the Washington ad ministration was so unmeasured that I ecruple to repeal it; but Mr. Dayton, who was there, must know that I eimply speak the truth, and bis dispatches to bis cnie must confirm what I say when I say that public senli ment, through those imperial preciBts, has pronounced as strone v as dfccencv would permit against tne - inta mons nolicv " that was the word -which bad thu, urged Buroside to encounter a defeat and loss of life , that curdles the very blood to thick of. 1 am not at liberty to mention names ; but I could point out men in that assemblage of the highest position the State re cogTzes, who, in conversation with their familiars, roundly stated that France, siDgle handed, was deter mined to put au ani to this bloodshed, if England still continued to stand aloof. r Towards Mr. Seward the general tone of observation was most rancoutous. Every prediction, tvery opinion he had uttered, it was said, had been s'gnally falsified, and the sooner he vacated his effice the bettvr for Amer ica. ' - As far as I could infer, tha opinions of many were that by the interference of France a chance still re mained of preserving the entirety of the Union, and that on this acc unt, if the North would only invite its good offices, leaving England altogether out' of the question, much might be done to heal the dreadful wounds madeJ in the boeiy politic of the datcl States. 1 hat England bad an interest in pr rpetuating the strije which France bad not was unanimously admitted, and if such an overture was made, with a view to Franca acting a uoopire, there would be no need to fear her repeating the role of Edward the First of England, because all her sympathies, as well as her interests mast be on the side ot the salvation of the Union. Frcm the Berlin correspondence of tbe New York Herald It would be. vain to denycr extenuate tbe cflnct pro duced by this sinister intelligence. Liberals and re actionists, the friends of tbe Union and its adversaries. agsee m regarding tbe battle of Fredericksburg as the great battle of the wa ; alter failing three times in the attempt to reach tbe capital ot becessia, a fourth at tempt would, tbry say, only lead to a useless tflusion of i i i ri . i. i l . ' i i . v i.i u;ouu. rvssioiy later uccuuuis may mouuv iai3 leei inj. acd saow that theaeleat of the Unionists bas not betn so irretrievable as is now supposed ; but at the precnt moment it predominates to such ao extent that it may be fairly called unanimous. From Paris we he-ar already that Louis Napoleon baa cgain come fjrward with his scheme of mediation, and it is generally believed this time England will listen to his proposal with more complacency than when they were first offen d You are aware that Earl Rosiell did not refuse point blank ; he only hinted that the mo ment chosen was not favorable, and he may imagine that now the North .is disheartened by repeated inislor- tunes. He may be more willing to accept the good effices of tbe neutral owers who profess to take so warm an interest in her welfare. .Perhaps he may be mi taken in this i3ea ; perhaps the threat of foreign in terference may only serve to unite, all parties at the North and reuse tbem to new and more determined ef forts in defence of their independence ; but it cannot be disgmatd that sucb is not the opinion of tbe European public, wbo have been persuaded by the London Times that there is a large party at tbe North wbo would be glad to make peace on any terms, if lhat trucu.eit des pot, Pite;d.ct Lincoln, would only let them. KIiiuiicIh! mid Commercial The following Bill was introduced in the Confeder ate Senate on Friday by Mr. Hunter, of Va., and re ferred to the Committee on Finance : The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the Treasury nok-s not ttaritg iu eresi, and bearing in terest, issued previous to the l$t day of Dcembr, 1862, if not funded before ihe 1st day of July, 1863, shall not be afterwards fundable at tbe pleasure of tbe holder. All call certificates which are recouvertible' into Treas ury notesrtundable in bonds bearing eight per cent, in terest, shall t o longer be reconvert b'e into such notes after tbe 22d of April, 1863, but shall . afterwards be reconvertible into notes luudable into bonds bearing seven per cent interest, uatil the 1st July, 1863, but alter that dy, if n A previously reconverted and mnded, they shall ba deemed to be bonds bearing six per cent, interest, and payable at the end of years. 1. 1 hat ia lieu of au other powers to issue Treasu ry notes bearing no interest, which have been hereto fore granted to tbe Secretary of the Treasury, shall be authorized to is.ue, monthly, an amouot not exceeding filty millions of dolLrs of such no:es. payable six months ufter tbe ratifiea ion of a treaty of peace between tbe Confederate States acd tbe United States Each noie shull specify the month of itsiS3ue, and declare tbat it shall be fundable in bonds berii g six per cent, inter e t, and payable at the end ol six years, lor the period of tweivu months, from the first day of the month of its issue, ad, also, that it shall by receivable io payment of public dues, except tbe export duty on cotton, for the like period. Bat af er the lapse of tbe said twelve months, the said note shall no longer be fundable, or re ceivable in pajment cf public dors, but it shall be paid at the time sptcifud ou its fate, without interest. Any bolder of notes issued under tbe authority of this Act shall be allowed to fund tbem in. call certificates bearicg six per cent, interest, and to be reconvertible at bis pleasure, in tbe manner htremalter provided. I he said certificates shall specify, the date of tbe notes funded, and shall be reconvertible within tbe period durii g which these notes were fundable. But alter tbat peri od itehali no longer be reconvertible,but deemed to be a bon1 bearing six per cent, interest per annum, and payable at the end of 'years. - I'he Secretary of the Treasury snail use any disposa ble means in the I reas .ry which can be applied to tbat purpose, wirnout injur , io the public interest, aud is sued since 1st January, 163, until the whole amount of such issues shall not exceed one hundred and fifty minions. . The Treasury notes hereby allowed to be issued ehall be of any denominotion of not less than five dollars, which is now authorized by law, as the Secretary of the ireasury may direct. 1 be authority hereby given shal cease at the expiration of tbe session of Congress, which shall follow the conclusion ot a treaty cf peace, or, at the end of two years, should the war continue so long ; provided, however, that the Secretary of the Treasury, in addition to me authority hereby given, to issue Treas ury notes, shall be allowed to issue so many not bear ing interest as may be necessary to meet all the requi sitions outstanding on the 21st day-of January. 1863 : out tne notes thus issued shall only be tundable alter the jist day ot December nest, and after tbat date shall not be receivable in payment of public dues, but shall oe redeemed according to the tenor thereof. 3. That in addition to the authority hereinbefore given to tne secretary ot tbe.Treasury to issue Treasu ry notes, be shall be allowed to lesue notes of the de nomination of one dollar and of fifty cents, to such an amount as in addition to the notes of the denomination ot one dollar heretofore issued shall not exceed the sum of tuteen millions of dollars. 4 Tbat the Secretary of the Treasury be author ized to sell bonds bearing six per cent, interest rjer an num, and payable at the end of twenty years, at par, for Treasury notes, issued since the 1st January, 1863,.to sucn oi tne uonieaerate estates as may desire to pur chase the same, or he may sell such bonds, when guar anteed by the States of tbe Confederacy, for - Treasury notes as aforesaid : provided, that the whole amount of such bonds shall not exceed three hundred and fifty-nine millions of dollars: and nrovided., further, that the Treasury note? thus purchased shall not be re-issned if L ine cnect ol such re-issoe wonld be to increase tne wnoie amount of Treasury notes bearing no interest which are in circulation to a eum greater than one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. - The Secretary of tbe Treasury is aao Hereby antnor ized, if he shall deem it fit to do so, to exchange the pro ceeds of any sales of raw produce, or of produce certi ficates tbat be may make, for Treasury notes issued since the lit January, 18 at the B&rket TftlUf T,fttet from Txa-.froclanat!o'Q ftoxn on.. . -' 2I.grudr. t As'souo as circumstances would permJt,'afterthK . tie of Galveston, Gn. Magruder issued, ths fau-t " prex-lnn-atioaftrnd rseu fa out n h Tp under . tral rvgiater to a neutral port i . , , . H - . "XV.ri-.'f''::C TROCUAUATIOX.: . .... ,. . . G has aucof'-ded in capturing atd dftitroilne bohu. m34s fleet and in d.lv.ng the remainder n0,.ttt enem) fleet and in ddv.ng th remalider cot of ti. bor of Qa.vestoB aa-1 beyond tbe U'lahborlrw ... ttie bl blockade bas been t cs effect osl.- raised be th M(l pn. Hums tvau concerned iat tbe harbor of Qi.U nriAtt f trua t fell ffinAI naftnnn a A am. t on it are lav twd to resume their' u tral commereiai rcllati K ith tb a port fcC rcouin Pone at Galveston, thia the fonrtb iJ Of Jann..- ... J B-MAOiTrm'Wi. Mjor General Con-mr?' VVe had the satisfaction, says the Houston letter the 7tb inst., of seudiog a number of coniea nflp ' paper containing crpipus accounts of the battle h same vessel, addressed to tbe principal i0nrni. I principal journal. , e. . We Lave tbu, reason S of the affair will be X I he prexamation ought to have the effect to fav't de, and bring cargoes of needed tnercbutdisa n Jr trade. shores. To be sure it roav be eaid that th i ; . . ur will at once resume the blockade. But it in m,, .1 ' iu w sure it uimy ue miu ioai me LlDCOlnir 11 at once reeunre the blockade. Rnt. it u . doubtful whether the nations of .he world wiU snh to have their rights thus trifled with. Nor ia it rea!, it aV.lo that tha Klrbo .Ml U 1 j; " " '"BOQ. i-buo irtj iiuuicuiaieiy ri Earned The enemy have done too much with the llarriet lIT them; elves, not to dread her prowess. Tbey know bCu the swiftest vessel they have, atd capable of runoicp arour.d.aoy war vessel in tbe gulf that has a heavier J mament than her owr. They, also have a wholesome dread of tbe Bayou City, the captor of the Laoe. ThfV know that, however deficient she may have been hero his guns, she has no ten one hundred and tweott poocdets, belonging to the Weeifield, from which to choose her armament. Tbey know tbat to the dark, and skill that managed tbe Bayou City, in the late fair, nothing is impossible. They have good reason to believe, and will learn bet ter when tbey try it, that there are several other steam gunboats and sailing crafts that will be turned into men-of-war more readily than such transformation wa? ever made belore ; and to Peal ud a port againBt sooha fL-et will be no small undertaking. At present they have not tb'e vessels to do the work without weakening their attacks 'upon the Mississippi and their blo.kade at other points. Should neutral vessola be arrested on the high Beai when on tteir way to Galveston, there would be a set tlemtnt to have with the flag that'covers"them. Should they come, and find the port closed they could either dare arrest or turn quietly down for Matamoraa. Vre look to see tbem not only come to Galveston bar, but come over it without any attempt at molestation. ' We find the following items in the Telegraph: The Confederate force on the 1st was 3000 men, bat a small portion of which was in tbe action. Tbey bad 31 guns, all told, on shore aod on gunboats, 24 of which were light artillery. Tbe enemy bad six war steamers, mounting 40 heavy guns. The Galveston city Sexton buried 28 persona nn tn 3d, of whom 17 were killed io tbe fig bt and 11 died tubsequently. Ihe namis given are: Lieut (J. H. Alexander, Corp'l W. J. Wilburton, B. P. Uoach, C. E Peace, J. J. Diel, J. E. Hill, all of tbe Seventh Keg. iment ; Sergt. S. Sippel, ngiment not known ; M. Bun dock, Andrews company, Coast Guard ; three met, names not knwn, and six Federals. General Magruder bas issued a call for 2,000 more negroes to work upon the fortifications at Galveston. Confederate bonds are now beiDg taken up at the rate of over $100,000 a day in Houston. Tbe Chief of the Surgical Department reports 24 wounded Federals received at tbe hospital 12 fiomthe navy and 12 cf tbe 42d Massachusetts Regiment. 'I he folloviirig is a list of tbe officers of the llarriet Lane at the time of the surrender : Charles II. . Hamilton, acting master; K. J. IUch arcson, ass't puymaster ; Thos. N. Penrose, ass't Sur geon ; M. 11. Piunkett, 2d ass't Engineer; (J. 11. Stone, 2d ess't Engineer ; John E. Cooper, 3d ass't Engineer ; Robert N. Ellis, 3d os3't Engineer ; A. T. E. Mullen, 3d ass't Engineer ; Cbas. M.. Davy, acting master's mate ; J. C Tapin, paymaster's clerk ; J. A. Haunum, acting master. ; W. F. Munroe, acting mas ter. Gen Sibley is now at New Iberia, awaitiog his brigade. VVe lecrn tbat the Federals at Sabine Pass run e8 every night and returned by day to tr.e blockade. They have givt?n up the Pass. We are in full posse&dion. Tbe D:n, which they bad rigged up as a gunboat, ha fallen into our bands ard been destroyed. . Thus e very place in our Slate that has been taken bj the enemy bas been redeemed, and to-day the Fedtroi Hag floats over not a foot of the sacred soil of Texas. Tne Victoria Advocate says tbat a pair of large Camels are being put on the express from the Rio Grande to Victoria." Tbey are to be harnessed to large two wheeled cart. Tbey will carry 3,000 pounds freight, and make the trip in five to seven days. A. Lower Deptb In Crime The rail road cars between this city and the battle- fields of Virginia are infested with thieves whose toc- tion it is to rob tick ancTwounded soldiers of their hod ey after they have undergone tbe hardships of the camp and battle field in defence ot our country. It eppeart that no train which reaches New York from Philadel phia eouveyiog soldiers; either sick or wounded, tut brings to liirbt cases of suffering caused by pick-rx!i-e:s. Last Saturday, thrae soldiers on their way to New York, one of tbem having lost his leg at Fredericks burg, were robbed one of $100, another of $88, and another of $40. These amounts were mtdeupbytht passengers, and tbe poor men were sent home. New Yo k Tribute The Southern Iron clads ix Ekgland. A cor reppondent ot the Boston .Commercial, writing from Liverpool, makes 6ome interesting statements regarding the development of tbe Confederate navy now builditg in England. He says there are now at that port, at La ire's establishment, where tbe Alabama wa3 built, tbr-e new iron screw stermers, one said to be 3,000, the other two 1,600 tons each ; all very fine specimens, aid expected to be formidable vessels aud or great speed The larger sbip is reported to be ready for sea, with coals and stores on board, and her agents were ebippicg a crewof picked men. It is reported that Maury (now in Liverpool) is to have the command. Handsome Donation. The ladies and gentlemen ot Hamburg and EdgefLid C. II., have presented Miss M. A. Baie a splendid service of silver, as a token of their appreciation ol her patriotic and indefatigable la bors in behalf of tbe Edgefield soldiers, 'fhe gift is a most appropriate one, honorable alike to the donors and fully appreciated by the worthy recipient. The service consists of a tea set, cake basket, salt stands, spoons, forks, goblet and waiter, card case, powder box, eg? cup, napkin rings, &c. Tbey are splendid articles, with proper inscriptions, and will be highly valued by Miss Buie as a remainder of her efforts in a good cause as mementoes of friendship. t Augusta Chronicle If Sentinel. Joseph E. Johnson no Genkbal. It is painful to have one's confidence in tbe character or abilities of distinguished man rudely shaken, or to find one's cher ished convictions, delusions though they were, dissipa ted. But the logic of facts is inexorable, and by that logic we are forced to conclude tbat the public sad our selves have been deceived in believing Gee. Joseph t. Johnston a great General. For see, Gen. Johcs'on and his staff came down on the train from Mcridwc this morning, but instead of taking exclusive posses sion ot the ladies' car, stationing sentinels at tbe en trances, and crowding tlje passengers men, women ana children, civilians and soldiersinto box, platform, or any other sort of cars as Generals less in rank than he have done be quietly took a scat in the baggage car, continued in it to Mobile, and worse than U--evea looked after bis own baggage when he arrived lat tbs city station, like any common mortal There, go? t reader, it is not conclusively shown that Gen. Joeep E. Johnston isno General T Montgomery Advertiser- Captaia Vlck. ot the Slat Alabama reriment. recently broke his arm while crossing Mobile bay. - - The Yankees must pine very much after the tar re gioos of North Carolina, they are making such o perate pitch aftertbem. A t Lvnehbnro-. V". of 8m 11 Pox. en the 2nd of J0;; IMiYMr. WILLIAM W. COGDELL. a prints b compw I, 20tb Reg't N. T Capt. p. J, Devane, aged 34 year T months and 29 dsye. . . ' . . ....u cf He leaveia widow, two cnnartn ana a iar .i friends to mourn his lots. We hope tielr loss is ms gala. . ..- u
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