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THE BATTLE IX KENTrCKY. From the Kiohmonii Examiner. We give another full and sTraphic account of the recent buttle in Kentucky. W« are induced to add this to the accounts alroaIy friven W us, Feom Col. Vance’s Rkuimbnt.—W« published on Tha I eide of the road up the first hill was woods, and j The. Attituh of France.—The London cor- f down it open field, and up the next to the crest a | respondent of the New York Times, under date I Thursday two paragraphs from the following letter. 1 thick woods. Up the first hill and down it on ' of January 4, says: I remaiu'ler is as foliows:— both sides of the road the enemy was driven back ! tj. irorth while to remember the ftxot that al- i (,'AMt —, nkar Fokt I^inb. Feb 3, 18CJ of enemy wasunven uacK ] yj. jg ^y^rth belore the iu)petuous charjje uf the ^•’’isiade ot‘ several months aszo, the {jjovernment (.lencral Zollicofi'er; and already he was ascending ' France urged England to recogniz® the South, to all fact is Th«r«are very taw such re^iinonts ours in tliesfV- vice, and w» are willing mid ready to show oiir p.'ilriot- ism and our allegiance lo l>>lh Si ito and CunfederHcy wl enever the enemy >rivo us ilic opportunity. Our fie d officers are de-(erved!y pojMil.ir and huve tli- uoiiti- deuce of their men. As the lime draws nigh for the expiration of our term of service, the all-impijroint sulijeci of conversation is. when we shall ho disbanded — whether our pci iod of y»jt appeared of ti)e i pervaaoa me uciu aim uepressoa me army- | su^)port JMigiami in any measure mat leaus lu jl.-i twelve months lates from the time thecompuny oHice>s ; liad fallen on the crest of the hill, the stronghold i in traction. Circuiueitances may change the ten- were commissioued or fVoiu the ilme the diireient com- ‘It will be rcmemberea that some two ironti- ' ‘>t which he hal almost driven them ; ,K.„eies of the Emperor, but it is plain they have i-anies took the oath. D.iriufr iheir lei.M.re monun.x iirt z'liuvu.r »hi, ^ .,,,1 .vi.ioi,, u,...- ,i,c a.,„. yo.. 'u i., the,,.(ore, „r h,..ti„.,L.ie jr-tr,';:"u .i:".;:.':;: of his command tj .^lill .''prin_>., on tlu“ southcri! tliat the oiicui} m no*' ^ importance to cncouiaije the pctico }>.iit\ in Lng- of twelve montlis expires wiih iliu date i.f t!ie 'nji because it is from the pen of one of the gallant '-•encral /iolliconer; and already ne was ascending France urged Englaml to recogniz® the hou Mississippians who so bravely participated in the | hill to the crest, when the heaviest tiring that then England returned a flat refusal battle, and because we *re. moreover, assured by wliere the battle raged. He sent tor rein- th,. proposition, liumors to this effect have an officer, who bore a most gallant part in the I'orcements, and the brigade ol' Gen. Carroll was > jiloiig been very general here, but now the fac fight, and in whose veracit)^ the most implicit ! ordered up. When in another momi'iit it was; | stated in the ]>ublic journals, and is undoubted, confidence can be placed, that it is about the only i killed, a sudden gloom | prance is hostik to our blockade, and she will accurate narrative that has yet appeared of the ! pervaded the field and depre.ssed tlie army. He ; ^u^iport England in any measure that leads to its (I’lii (’lilteiiden in person roile up to the tront of ilie tight and directed the movement of tlie day vvitii j.erfeet coidncss, in tlie very uii Jst of the fire ol tiie eiit'iny, and wht're several were killed :iron.,d hill! His friends remoii'trated against thi-; re;-klessne.-^s, and entreated him to occupy a le.vs exj'i’sed ]tosition, ljut he would not leri'O the j i,y l-Vance and Ensrland. will arrest the ham’.'' fi'onf, and >at on his horse unm ivt ii, e\c‘pt when j ([j.-it ;,re s nn t'l ]i|-iiit liew cottun seel in !ndi:i a leuinient won'1 ^all hack under the he.ivy fire i Africa, aii' of siiprrior nuniber-', v:h('n he \vouid in person, under (ire, >pt';ik to and rally tin' men. ■J'o gain flli^ liiil tlie lii;ht ra^ied (or two liottr-:. t'li;;:L'e after charge w.is m:ide. rei^inieiit afii'r rt“i;;inu'i)t aiivnnee !. b’lf we t*on!t.l ii"t drive back th. he.-ivv forees of tln‘ en^'Uiy with our leu jial- men. At l:ist, when we eouUl iiu! dnvt' rhiin. at;d ouv eiiar^es wire uiisueei'.'.slul timo iTid a;:a;n. and iht-y began to Hank us, our little arniv be-aii to retire, and eheekinir pursuit by seve ral stands thi'V could not lire ik, moved back to our eiitrt'iuhiiicnts :it C’am;» Ileeeh llruv./ In bank of the Cuni’.erland ri'.er. and s....i- after ad ! woods, after a lew niwUK-nts cessation of liring and vaneed across to t.'amp licech (Move. ;-n the o]> i movement, was taken by him to be a regi- poijifc l»arik, iortifvintj: this caiin-with ‘:irth\vorks. ; uf lii> own ct»in**iani , aiu t Kit le lu i up At IJeech Grove \w placed live ro-niicnt.^ of iti- ! thvin a roniiiiaiid whou ho was ooolly shot funtrv, ten or twelve pieces of artillery and leve- ^ down. jueK ed hy se\(.ia a s. , , r»l liumlroJ e-avalrv, aiul at Mill h„ I,a,I l'"'■"‘"0'>mcii..-ntot liis >loath. two regiments of infantry and st.veral hundred cavalry. About the first of .lanuary. .Mnj. (m ii. C’rittenden arrived and took the eommand. TIu' enemy in front occupied Somerset with several regiments, and ('olunibia with an e(jti:d force. About the secoml week of .l.-mttary two tiMre regiments arrived Irom Knoxville, an arfilierv company with tour guns, aud Hrig (.ieii U H Carroll. Sonrerset is northeast of Heeeh (trove. ;iiid (.'o- lumbia Northwest. A I'liad connoets i^ Miiers'-t and (Joluiiit'ia from In“ech (Ircve t!it'road rtiii' northea'^terlv towards Souu“r>et tor live miles, when it forks—the lower tork eros-ing I’ishiiii; creek at what is known a- the lower eros'iiii:. which is distant sev. n miles i'r. m l!eee!i (irove. and twe;ve miles from Soniersef; the ii] j'or fori, runninii five miles into the road from ( •■iumbia to SouHTSL't. and from that point alon- wi(h it two miles, to the upj>er erossin::: of l-i.-hin-.' ereek. which is distant six miles from Siimor'et Knn- nini; from north to south, betwt-en Sniner'iet and lieoch (irove is l-'ishin- ercLL, with Inch precip itous banks, and wiuptyiiiu info the _'uiuber!aii.i river above l^eech firuve. On the 17th ot January it w.ns a eertuinni that a luri^e Federal forei w.is iiMving on the r‘>ad from Columbia to Somerset, and on the ewniiiu of that day was camped at a ]"iiut wlu re the lieech Cirove road : ui:. into the ''oluin'iia ami Somerset road, distant from Ileeeh ;ru\e ten miles. It was also ascertained on tiie same- tlay that the Federal forces from Somerset had iUM>, ed to the lower cro.ssing, and were eanij^ d on the Somerset side of Fishing creek it was also as- , certained that other reini'orci nii-nts wer.- moving from the dire‘tion of ('olninbia. and th-it thejiu:.- tion ot all was intended for an ;i!!,.. k on l amp Beech (irove. On tiie ITth ;.:,'i l-tli i* raiiu-.i so much that Fishing crcek eeuld n-'t ! l er".--v, l, and so tlie .''oiiierset t'oree vd' s.-\cTal ih 'us:uid Could not join the force from ('olun.'ria bcf 're the 2Uth. From the face of the country in iiorit ;'!'C:i!:i]' Beech (Jrove tlu re was a very bad ran_- I'jr ;tr- tillery, and it could not be of very mat;rial I'cn-- - , tit against an attackiiiL' infantry l.cc--; •'tid, fp iu the exteni of the front line and th. imiio'er oi work.' to be defended, there w«' within the e-unp i an insufhcieiit force. At the >ame tiu.e, inr ^,'Vc- . ral weeks, bare existence in the camp was vi rv precarious, from want ol' provisiuui and f niige. Kegiments freiiuently 'ubsisted ^-n i>ne-third ra tions, and this, very frv'juently of br.-ad al"iii . Wayne county, which was aluue j'Tcduetivc in ' this region of Kentucky, had 5>een exiiaustui.l. :i!;d the neighboring counties of Tenm sr-c ’ mid fur nish nothing to the i^upj'ort of the ariiiv. i lic condition ot the road.' and (!; p. v. rt, of the in tervening section rendered it inj{n'"it:!e to traii.'- port from Knoxville, a distance ' • mii; imndred and thirty miles. 'I’liu enemy lr"Ui Culumbni commanded the Cumberland river. ;nd only .'ii! boat was unabied to come up with .j j ii.-- }r'>m Nashville. With the channei :i| iunuiio-atiiin closed, the position became unten.ii/i'- wit- >ut at- land to the greatest possible extent, for they alone stand between us and the two greatest powers in the world. H any blunder or any misfortune should again piostnite the American party here, the blockade. oUr besf weapon, is not worth a ('oiiiederate shiiijdaster. Every dav that the blockade now last', is a gain bevond count. The war which is now going on. is eonsidered ainonir far-sighted men here as involvinir much wider coi:sc«jin'nces than (lu; mere unity or division of the North .Xmerican ceiiitinent. 'I'lie news that the bloekad tains’ commi‘isii>ii.s. On ibe 0!i^;itiil lunster roll lO' etich ci>iiip>iny it is .•stated that we are “enrolled for ac tive service’' on the satnii day the ' rt[ttaiii received lii-s cominis-'ion. 'I'haf we diil not lio activu service foi' a '■ywdayf' thereafler was bec-iiise we wore orderi*d t'l re main where wo weru am! drill regularly until we received further onlers. If disbanded twelve moiithe from date of enrollment, and the war should continue, alartre majorify would re-enlisf; otberwi«e 1 think they woul 1 not. Those who liave not yet volunieercil, howev-T, '•iiould proceed at once to the formation of coinpa’iirts. ■1“ it is their duty to d >, without reference to the course ni ty or may not jairsue. 'I’liey owe to their ■''tale is broken | 'is mucii as we, and oii^ht to be wiUinif to make a fair ri'turn. as they ..o doubt «re. WliJti As»uired that their vervice-J will actUHlly be needed by tho time th..*y pmi 5-ecome well lirillc l. 1 'tippost* I he ‘"lid relief” will cheer f T lightiii?. 'i’h‘; tont** leis ( !-• diiet.-d I li t is n tiipHrHti\''ly ■•D'lipany loo t-icn litre from iroo-1 bouses to worn-out !>,w CHS*' of fi'ver, l)ut the sick Miiall. 'Ve hiveti't a inan in o'.ir i-m>i.n in c imii. VoiM f'H ATU.\M ind in -South America, where cotl^^n never L’'rt‘W lieforc; it will rnin the merchants whose enfcrpri>e is now fAreing the cultivation of the staph' in almost every tropie:il e.'iintry d the globe; it will reslori' to tiu' iiisnrt:ent .''talc' their lull source of wealth, ami perhaps their lull tide id prosperity. Hut the assur.-mci* t?rtt tiie I I 'ockadi! Mas sure to last, v.'iuiM comptl th ■ ^ ('i.'’TiiiN': nif: \ .m.i rKi;i'-. -We are huppy to ].-arn .''onth to desert its own :^enins; to etir it-- uwti i by the f'-l uiinr I'-iii-r from t’apt. IJarriuiirer, of Jol sinews; and il it were once eert:iin that corn :ni-i i i’l -m i'>i'.>i!r>- >‘-cMiient. tl:at ttie defii-ieni'y of over- p'lt.itoes had usurped tlu.' place ol cotton in th'' j sm-ii-'. i.j v^iii h ref> ired recent]v, has fieeti sufiplied; South for one year otily, thore would be 'iich an I Conohu. Fe>i'v •'>. Ib'i'J. impetus Llivi'll to the ”rovvth ot the article eUe- ■ tieraleim'n: lu ve-iir is^iie of ihe 3d inst., in ap.--ik- thi- return one uun broke down and was left to ! that the throne ot the kito-- wnuhl never : "f tiie sut!.Miners of the army, yon >;ay tliat many of the enemy. I pon the field we left about three ; |„. lu-ird d a- iin j ' * •‘•'-■''“•"t ••••’•>• yet withoui ..ver eo.t- • hundred killed and woumled. and they -ot per- inion' which I hear expres'cd ‘ j"-" i'h- r.-nnent, nn-i , , • 1 - 'Cl ■ I ■ 1 ii 1 int'i an o,.inioii> wnicn i iitai •'•P', .,j,, y the men are now well sui>pln-d haps one hundred prisoners. 1 lieir lo.'s in kihed [ ^.^ery day amon;_r biisinc." men. and it is now evi- i with over ci.ats, uiid. 1 btlicve, every othur a.-iicle of j dent that the critical moment i,' heri' when tin* I ■ hithia^' t.eeesi'ary to c-'iiiii.rt It is true that soni.- wf : blockade mu^t be broken or the South ruined, th.- j 'ompanies have ..nly leceni’y bv-en nuppiied with fl'orts of tln' Southerners are becoming' actnall NORTHERN NEWS. New York and Philadelphia papers of the 5th inst. have been received at Norfolk. The newa it? ol‘ little interest: we condense from the Day Book. The Herald sums up the situation. With the exception of some skirmishing there is nothing to report from the Army ot the Potomac. 'J’he documents brought under the fiag of truce to (jfen. McDowell’s division turn out to be an in timation from Jetf. L*avis to President LiDColn f.hat if the rebel bridge burners in Missou ri are hung, according to the orders of Gen. tJalieck, Colonels (’orcoran, Lee and others, now held as liostaires for tiie privateeisiren in our hands, will be hung in retaliation. A Cabinet meeting was held yc'tcrday to discuss this extru- ordinary communication, but the result is notdi- viiltred. i'he condition of the ‘‘contrabands,” who are now enjoying refuge at Fortress Monroe, is occu- jiying the serious attention of (jen. Wool. Over 3,(Kill ot these are now receiving .support and are being emj*loy«d in the suveral camps, and their number ib increasing etery day. The diffi culty of taking care of them is very great; the General has issued au order instituting a com mission, to investigate the condition ol the con trabands. * \\ e publish hii^hly inftresiiug letters from iHir correspondi’iifs rt Somerset, Mill Springs and .'lonticello. Kentucky. ()ur Souierset corrcs- and Wounded is thouixht by tho.«o in the biitilc, and is repi>rted to us by tho.'i' afti.Twards in their camp, to be about --‘U' I'iius, with four thou.'and men. wi- bravely at tacked twenty thousand, and after a e.mflict id' three hour.', and-a-hail. uiialde li.( drive them Iroin t*ieir j>;'sition. retired without a hot jiursuit to our c.'iinps. which we reached at 1 o clock. 1’. .^l. At o o ch ck the eiieuu came and invested tii- place, and fired from two batterie* into our eii trencbmeiits ! '1 hen ai-.i'c the ijiiestion wherlu r to defend ’f cvai uate the p.iacc. Suppose wo couid have lieio it :i_:i;n-r the sup.-rit>r l-iree uttackiii_'.’ in a lew daV' w. w liild have been starved out; audit, with their l.at’i r\. wiiieli eonim.-ttidi d tl: ■ lauiiiiii:-, tiiej had iiijurnl l!o- t 'at. escape wnuhl base :i.-=;ii lu; p'"ibie. and iUirender inevitabie. Auain. b\ iakiiig M;ii Sprinj.^ n; oiJV rear, which c.iul i l'.i\c i'cL-n d ‘lie with a >mall loice. n-fr. ,;t at aiiv : v.^'Ue.l have b^-i-n tut, otl; aiiil it would lur. e l->‘ ii v;dii to think ol cuttiti;^ a way out in h 'f', i'ecaU'c, without ration.', tlie army wouid l .\ ■>een pr- • ipitate 1 into a barren cuntry, nnaf-iir t _ at]'.>id any sub>ist-- ticii whatever. '1 ■ j-rcvciit the strait.' :in lumie liate orus-iin:. of the riyer durin.: j tae ia_ht wa» n:'cesSiiry. and a> fint' permitted j t . er‘i" the iiii ii. I'UL-raiie. camp e inij aj^e, ! ' and u;t;::iry had t'l b;lt a; ureat >:'crilict . I'U' n a t- t'c e^timat. d in the ai aio N' lrii -;av:r,g tiit- ariu_\. 1 iii.- l-.-ld and inas- i:;i vcinent w;i» Hccump;i.'hed on this ni:.'ht, and t,... : t ni 'miiii: >aw -.'ur army "ii the s Mirh ' f f! I' ( umberlan i, and the eiiwiny in ' am’« lleei h lil'.'Ve. hei'' uver-ooats .... Ill 1 - i * kunw of no service so full of lifa and adventure as fi.iiitie to caa.'L- tlcii cli.mi ta lie bioken. It i' j ,,f cuTii’rv duty "n the I’ot'Oim'' Etu’alid ah'iie w hich stands in th- ir w-v. Nor | :ire cenerally’mmdi p.ca'e 1 with it. My step forwiril 'Pile ri'irinien' is in ^fnoil lurltli and in fine condition | Jiondent fcays the movtjmont': ol the (.^nion troops at that pl:iev and .'lill S|iring are in unison, but thinks th«‘ idea ot invading luast Tennessee to aid her loyal sons is not practicafile at present, owing to the diliieulf}- iii procuring commissariat and ijuarteiina-ter stores to subsist troops and hor.'Cs. Notwifhstanding these difficultie.s, the i’nion troops are bound Southward. General Sclioepirs brigade has been moTed five miles to (he Southward of Somerset, to the Cumberland river, (ien. 'Ihomas has his headquarters at Somerset. (>n the li i th ult , a rebel flair of truce came to .^!ill SpritlL^ ihe chief of the jiarty, Captain lowing, of the late Gen. Zollicofler’s staff, was the bearer ot two letters from (ien Crittenden, in which he reijuested the remains of (Jren. Zol- licofler. ZoHicofler s remains had already been sent to Ilia relatives. I'he uit-n. I thiiiU WAR NEW'S. The Burntide Fleet Moving.— Feb. 7.—Information has been received ,,1 o War Department, from Hyde county, N (’ nouncing that from fifty to a hundred of the ' my’s ves.«iels have left Hatteras and sailed ton* Roanoke Island. This movement may iei,. suance of the Federal programme, which, w! ^ been led to believe, is to precipitate an atia,' some important point on the coast; and as' ]’ * oke Island comuiauds a rear approach to Non, it is at least within the range of jiossihintv t we may have stirring news from that direeiio,, an early day. Roanoke Island also coniirund, valley of Roanoke river, probably the riches' all the valley country in North Carolina, ami i yond doubt, the most important stratet:!, on »hat coast. The poasession of the island w. give him easy access to seTeral rich connti,, " navigable streams, and would place at his , sal the towns of Jllizabeth City, Edentoti lord, Plymouth, Williauiston, Windsor, tuid freesboro’ The island is about lorty ui:' , of Hattcra.s; is about ei;/ht miles lon\r. an,. • two to three mile.s wiie. i>eing entirely ble by water, and offering such vast fi ?ar t.; if appears (jiiitc probable that it i-; to iT , that the efforts of the JJurnside flei-t v.ili '■ rec t ed. — Oispn fch. Norfolk, Feb’y 7.—We have jti.-r from fortress Monroe some iiiteresiiiiii n, Roanoke Island, which we hasten to readers It appears that a Federal (,'oi.Ji, - is in (jomniunicaiion with either the uni].-v r. railroad or His Satanic !\Iajesty, has r'.,'\ despatch informing him that an attack h luade upon Roanoke Island, which resuituj i„ -i complete success of the Federalists jj, that the battle was a most terrifi.- unf. - ; their side sustained a loss of over .sii Lu. ; , . A lady just from (he fort savs that u f, j. ' steamer arrived there to-day from ilutt-ia- reported that the Federals had captureJ tw . V teries on Roanoke Island, with an ackriowle i. loss of men. The report is not h b-.^ here, ("Norfolk.)—'or. Pft. Fjx.pr>>.s. Saturday’s Standard says— “W'e learn that Gov. Claik has receivf;.l is it indeed iiiiuhiiid or tlu- lliiuh'h penp].- s,i mueli MS it i - the hnuli'h - iverniiieiit. which until ij.ivv ha' ho' 1 the balance .-o evciilv that the SoUta could h-pe I'.r IT' doti) a.' little as tin* North co^ild h"pe tor ciin.|iie't. U! the u'>veriiiiient, ;i part, j n I d'-iilit. :ir- rea>S t" io-operate with I'Vanc--. It is thi other p;rt, tlnrcfore. the :iiiti slave: y. ’'I- hands \ii,:rie.i . ujl.t i cii't. if t!i. >"!ith i>. still y J a. I'art, tl.' :.. down. iiii’\. VDiirs, ,vc.. Ill H\KK!.N('.F:U ('apt F. lit N. I’. C-4valry. rwU THK ojlKKRVEK. « h, '•i‘4 /h,p lintr Suctitj,." f'j, ••f'lt'.t ' Kf .yfjriiij.uii SulJit^i .kriic>- ,• ' c’r 1 by .Nj rs .! no .Mcli.iti lid; .Mrs .1 s ib;rii'. _ jiis tiiihur! dra’.vt-rs: Mi>s Mrotha W t ; [ I Si k-; 1 c. ti:! I L' ' I'ks, biin l’" o', Trai-it : r iiiien. lr I.-, Jv; Mr ^[,pl,,-n Ihrken ji; 111 1’>111i'i-1!. ,jOc; Miss K N.’wni in. 1 pr •_ -.Vii aiwaiici jierw-- Ku"ia i' ii"W di:-cu''i tl;: ••■jt eta CUIIT- Ili; :-:t. r -II to the :'iiri . :;.’’i Kn.jiiirer raVi K / I. '■ ;i • 1 hit. ii ; al t‘ • N • i ! \ tile Iiii 1 : t^i'buru ii -e.i'-jei Iff -/ A’. rati'' thf .Mr Mr llr \. .-.-I d bv .M;« ,1 li a.- ‘U II 11 '.il - Ui.i Mr .1 .r. I 'ol'- 1! «ker and Mi;s 1’(' Huii->: . ' _v I- d lUo-' Mis- NI .ii. •: .Mr- M ll‘lI:oi-h- in .>1; Mr. .1 ri-.ii T-. - ir. Mrs \[ Mci-i'V!-.-. J bb.iikcis. 1’ pr- «,otk-: V' ' r. ' I Ml M rji « t' New b V CO. Mi-a II M .1 ini''. ’J prsi :l Mr he ■■lt d tin- ad ■ lii'fatua I' t ' wh ch ti'.e th: II' n V- l' .',i d It T} 5' 'liiew no eiu t: 'tl of :>nd a'; Wiiu! 1 n. tack. (_)n!y corn l uuld be obtaiir 1 and mules, and this in su-.! -m M often cavalry companies were .' :i horses wliicii had eaten iiotlii:; The roads in every dir^ ctinti ’v-.v . aud from the landmi: up eit!;-jr b:ii difficult to employ wa^i.'tis; ; this, the ero.-sing of the ri\^ r w; small ferryboats U'cd Ibr t': a pui j- tion Would tail in jDitrayi rli; this position to on> uh.. ii.-i- ;jmi By extraordinary exer'i->’i- iur provisions enouuh had b .-n -rit-u the army with bread, meat, cutlue two days—th._- I'.ith aiid L .h On tho afteriie in . t u.;- i '-;, panics, which had i.-. n -etji ? h-, tenden, returned, r, enemy unchaiu'ed, and i idiiu^ ..i Could not be pa.'Sed on fi.e r.if;; this state ot thin_'-. it s,-l-h; . n = termined to mareii -,:nt •o’;n-^ t junction of the roads L' tore th:_ could unite with it, and, if p,; could hej'dn. d I'V the re: erve fr (Jn the uf'.wrn i-,n ...f tli- ]>th (jen. /■ marked to the writer that and on th:it called a council at 1.: - eofier and ' 'arroll and and the e;iptain .d' a:: i: of cavalry battalions, ly ajjreed to make the ; In perb-ct silciic. ;.;iin. In front inoveo t cotier, Conai.'tiijw .,f tie: giiuent, coniiiidii li'd by advance, and the i'l i,,n Cummin.', Jiatt.e ai,.- ,1 command' d by ( apt. u - the brigade o! -.1. a. ■. .:i iH ne.i'ee re-iniciit d i ,u..n' and Poweii, wirii Mct'iui.i^. Tb. 11 n: th regiment, Col. W .,od and .^I(JClella!^- 1 of the column ,noy=. .1 the the ie- ?h:it un.'ho i r. 1 r er'is.'ed, it \vas nece-!':irv in ;c;ire!i "f pruvi dnu.- and fot.i^c 1; _\ had appeared, the 'juittin^ ^d'this j -r t\c;ntiicky had b; ,-n _i.i\L-iy e insid.-red determined up >n. and in a 1 da\' V i. -en ;■ nip.-llc'l. It w;ia itnposible t ^ iiii'Ve f i.riier iiit-i KeutucKy li.nn the b:irrcnn.'s of tfi! m-'Uutaiii' between thaf point atnl the Blue Or-i's; .ji'l ,>ill tlic ciuntie' ..ii the h-ft and ri- ht li “II Ui'i • ah' I “ ":llti ‘ t h'- \\ ct.'pi- vi.'i-' -'tully w ■’ : tuid i . i-r I,': T re::' 'II t!j:it rh-V i 1 he\ are t ;;e k> . j e! ' :'f the W.-rid h'it Would 1 r-C;! lo-r U'Uai 'Upp': '.luro. , whiidi :ire i- I nite'l ■'•tatc'. I l.« \S I 'tern I “ f :i";i_h s't li:i_ u, ; j, id f->'-l fr.'in will Hi. V i. I'.ii'jU ri r I niti d .Stat. ' ni I’-iw. IS ..t' ■' »' ■ tu:' para- ill a w;ir •, W-.-uid •.vt r th.i' ii!'| !* ■ w. 1 . • 'k-; Mi'S M \ ,|. 1 J,,- ..ockr, ,Mts S ll.-nly. tw.r-. 1 [.r I I., .H ' isi'a. 1 towel. 1 pr s,,,-;^'; \]r> ■t ' - Ij -IIJ i b .t.e se'; Mi.'s ,\1 (' .N'cwbv. ."U.'n f, - - -k' ('-•:;e.-tri bv Mi I-: .NIrs Uni i' -; I ;!- r> .11 iaii tl'. 1 ! Wl- . .Mi- J .M ■ink*-', - p‘i ■> • • \ .-icd'tiaa and Miss (r>ietia 'Nat- I’ln- iri. 1 blinkrt. L’ pairs '.icks; ,\lrs j-r 'oeK.'. Mr J IJe.tl, -■'’•c; .Mri I’ lp. • ri» a. Mrs J McDonald. 1 k-. Mr K Hatch. 4Uc: Mrn Hatch. 1 ar dr, lU Iln ur .]. th. ir'iiii I fr-'tn th.!i; a rind the t!l '' I A 1 :i.i. -1-■ ■1 t- 1 11 n t.'■ ‘.cr'i ee w ■ 11- ith a ■Vein*tnt !■' a p.iint A G. ii L i ii- ■:ii: ii!f . - ii'I - :: rc'l v-ral :!;!\s ‘i to .d ;:UL'ir f'.r . V -.'r ■ , , '• ' i.i r;;i i 'r:r !■ u-e ar I in'-rset bri^. OO,., i, -f:,.. ■4 a’l i tiio iii.rthern I, lUiitii-'^if Fu't Tenn ti.-:i j'n.'r to »app ir! tie ain^y one d:iv v.'istiy supen. r bitee at*.:tckiii-. tiiv in ■ the Cunili!iiaiid river at Uaiii'i.i.ro . 'llt-oh. u J i.-i-;- ;r.iU 1 - and t"tl.i - “ •• . - ia-'Vin^ witli -1. '' inarcht;'. V a1 i_ .tri;, ISitLie » ri^,;- jf ;ne ; -J !, w .tJiidi 1 ;.nd tli:5 - ■‘b ‘ ie„’: :-v’‘ ua.v.iit •... 1,11.(...t 1 LieiiUii- alii«, pru V . '.V J..1 v.*j niu. ii piii-\lt»: pr;T-i:c* l.i a,. Ivi lU sa) S — '•>'-ui. d th'- wi.'Unded arc Very »li;’htlv in- :: t. and =11 that aro With u-> lieri- are in hn>. ""■ori,,n, iii't with.’t:indin_' the .severe ordeal Iiir'.'Uj.ii Wiiio-. they have iiad to pxs> siih c tln- b_i r have w:dkcl all the w.iy with -V-r- ■='.•■'U.idr (ne in particular in ( 'apt. \n- la n f 'lup Miy, with bruken Inrcarm and Oio- lib hr' ken ^y a 3linnie bail, and n ^ra/.e on the ^v•!ik•■d lu-arly all the way to this plai-e and v.-r t.-unuuri d 1 d...n't believe any otln'r set • d li tj in the W'lrld .•ouid have endnre«l tho eid'l. '11 -If : 1 iie \n_i- Ki."i I ail 1 the I nifed ther thr'M. di --.n t“in IV 'ti; it i.y !>•. ■ i.i bcr'eil w d'l h.i. l-'l l -'.' ■ Inland f.i 1 lr Lii.]u^ri r i- 'iiciii b i- li_. "It al'i O.- u 'Il:itl.,, :i li l^ub'u- (if the \V\-t :ii|.i the u'lrc'-s; I , - 'h. Tl.,. ri tich alh ini > ;:itr,' ci'uld nil’ canipai_ti Franc. . and ■ th:iii If r ban h- r n i.itri -rc ur wl ' a_ • 11'’ h-.ld W .uld be Fii_i il'l is fall f'l th. I'..; I III fri-:;Il.ll' liiiik. 'tratl_’e bed te b- av T'C t" thwartili II u."ia, t b' .:h'l br\;. an hiiniil;..tcd an- mnieiri' tiy -ay (-''t e the _! i ;r d 'J otisni ;.f ■ '- {'cr if '.n; but j.oii^i, - w I 111 ■. iT iii:r, :: it I ralice ;tii l I.in_l.n.i. i.ut li„r..aro'i' a:; i .;. sp..itie, i' pr-nd niay -piirn tin advaie ts .if' the d' Lra b 'l \ aiikei s i t'V \I:!. M irv Tnrrar: Nlr Mclnto-h. '1 II' ■ k', Mr.\ I'i We. $1; .M r J .lii tis. ^n. ? ]: Mr.I.iin '1 r"! - .11, i-pp. r; Mr M Wicker, j lb w , ,1; .Mr- 15 ke/, i"i pi-j I ! •lu.i .Mi' N lli.J.llf, lot uf - :sre c.'l b-i:'oj. ^i'■' 'i; m.ir. . b.i uf s-i;;i' hii 1 c.iitdf : ,Nlis \ ' lark. ’ •: f t .•; ["v: Mrs \V C'ftmpt ell. ’J lb' of 'or- 'lr- :ii F irrir. i.^j humeMiade tlaniiel, 4 prs ; ■ ■ ks. lo' pe;.pi‘r ai;d b .in* syi^ nji»J dried pcac n--: . \1;" M K K -ar, 4 | rs ' ick. 3 pr' >:b)v«3, S eoinf.ot': Ml', II; Mb', 1 i r ' .-k-- Xl'iry W:il leii, -'i pr' * 'cks. ., J.|. j ' idlectfj t-y .Mis- I'.'ib.-lbi I’dhlifr: Mrs tir 'S. 1 qiiilt, 1 ii'Wel: Mrs t.'htriiy .\ndrews, 1 pr jeans jiHiitr!; Mi»sS Sndr. W'. -J )'T- .k': Mr- N Tii'.v. 2 pr- - cks; Mr- .V l-',»liiu-r. '> ; .i- ' ickx, 1 quilt; Mrs 1’ Labarb.-, 1 ■It (■ wine. ] la jjinirt-r. 1 lb vermicelli; Mi-' J J I’al- :iier, 1 ( : bl-iiik ;s; Mi^s K ti .Stab j. 1 sheet; Mrs Ca- .•. i i 'cr '■K-ks; \|rs \l.irlha IJoroiijrhs. ] b anket. 1 'o-r, } [r-i soi'ks. 1 piiir- di 'Wers, prs je'ins pHtiis, } ';ir .\li-- 1 ‘ibi-! I r ilmci . 8 n. i;k con.fort': Iiett;e. -i''% tai ,\li' Li 1 Unit '. 1 pr ' ickt V ..beciod ' Mi'-^ ,\1 M lUiie: Mrs M L Buie. 1 blan '•I, prs s, i.-kt; Mrs \1 U-its.iii, 1 pr ck'; .Mrt F " .uiii-r. I p: V,, Vita (Jilui re. Wi.ul roiN; .\1 r J ro'-% j:. Mv J W L, ; Mr W J Mule, 1; .Mr M - .j' ■ . i' ; MI .1 11 U cker. _'U cts . .'1 r iei'r,ie K vt-riy '2 J-r^ . ti. n ^ , 'K'. I \.N.Mi; I K \.-:iKK, .eo v (.'apt. Kwin;; made an interesting statement re- patch stilting that on Tuesday last Ibi Vf.*,.;, ‘ *' ' the fleet pa.ssed Hyde county, bound nonhw The supposition is that the fleet attacked I’oan. Island on Wedne.sday. This news coui.s; Maj. Hall in Hyde, and may be relied on. h further reported that (ien. "lluger is on the i- land with GO(JO troops, and will defend it ti. ; last extremity.” A SUttrp SklrmUh in Ttii>iea.et.—K.' .. vir.LK, Feb. 5.—On Sunday last Lieut. ( hite s battalion ol Tennessee cavalry encon tered a detachment ot J^incoln infantry, variou.';*. estimated from lUO to 30U, in MorL^in count.', lenn., on the siile of a mountiin. Coi. WL charged upon the enemy and dispersed tl.- Capt. l>uncan, of the l.'nioni.sts’ forces, ral'. his men twice, but with only j.artial sue- ( apt. I*uncan was shot through the head ■ killed by d. Itoberts, a lad only If) year- who sf.oke the unfortuyate vessel, took ! brother was recently killed b}’ ?i'ine l\i t", atid brought her here. j I, nionists. Ihe Lincoln infantry completely routed and fled in confusion " > dead Vankces were left on the field and onr p son«r taken. An Attnck upon Fort Ilrnry.— Feb. (j.—A gentleman direct from Fort I'l.i!.' ■ reports? that four gun-boats attacked I’ort 11. ; on Tuesday, and that three Conf'dei:it'i killed. One of the gun boats was daiiKiwed , l.ative to the battle ot Mil! Spring, anu the cir- , cunj'taiices of the leath of Zollicoffer. He thinks .ren. (, rittendcn a “poltroon and a cowanl.” 1 ho other rebil officer, wlui accompanied the tiag of true.', ,'tated that (jtenerals Crittenden and (.'arroll are “two whiskey bloats.” '1 III* Oid I’oint correspondent of the Philadel- Jihia im|uircr. writes; 1 h:- b;ir,jue .lohn Trucks is in our harbor once more. She fbrmcd a part d the Uurnside expe- • ii'ioii. and h:t{ on b'lard the 51st Regiment, N. ^ S \ . .\tter bi atinir about in the recent storm far out :it -ea, her oflicers lost their rcckon- iiiLT. and drifted away down into the (iulf. where the .\ineriean fla:: was raised to the masthead of the John 'Trucks, I nion down, as a siunal of dis- 'ress. )n Tuesday last tlie signal wa.s observed by (,’apt. Cole of the L’. S. transport steamer Kricsson, bar in tow It is a L'reat pity that our (joveruinent does not hurry up the expedition for Vork river, as an ad vance up there wiMild meet with but little resis tance. and a short di.stance beyond Vorktriwn the railroad to Richmond could be seized, positively placing (ien. Wool sarmy in the rear of the Rebel arnjv of the I’otomac, within two days march to the Rebel capital, Richmond. Au expedition up the right bank of the Jatnes rivcr from Newport j "^o crippled that she h.-id to be hauled off. News would be practicable. 'J’he latter river could | yesterday a di9p.atch was sent from 1 Henry, which stated that eight gun-hoa: w. m;j =-veiling 'piartei -, Ihe ci,!,,| ■'•rv. ate! ’■d It V.:; I _ ■ i- ('rilw :i lil^■-■ti'.. Xi 'd n it-ii' t!:: . 111! r. gillie I it.' !;■ N::li:: .ijU^ -li.i -: ‘ n : • vin-h b ilMlf ( (j| 0..-,(l, w! '-:pp -dt;e ;l f ( :l. Ill I oil 1- i - a v'i i d tile l iMl- i -i. dnrra) ? oy apt. I A! djaiiia a reserve, .and Ltanner'.' baiiiuion., ol e;ivai!'j. In advance , indep ii”eiil cavalry eoiiipumeo ol aptain Li. ami r'.iundcr^. n the LM-ay dav.n, ub.,ut .'ix o'clocK. fw: miles roiu t leir tuni;j, ihi pn k.-t.' ul the ent'tny fired upon our advanei.,1 .-airy and wounded one in the arm 1 hen two eiiiijpunics id the Missi;,;sippi regi ment were deployed on the right and left of the road as skirimshera, .and adv; the road. On the left house near the road, and near Ky und behind this house was a .kirt of woods. While the skiriuish- erh were advancinu toward- this, the enemy in the fiou-se and wood were liring at the head of the column where Generai.s Crittenden and Zolli- ^0 (T sat upon their horses, about five hundrel }ar s di.stant. \\ hdi the skirmisliers approach- t 'Mthin one hundred yards of the house, the enemy ceased to fire upon the column, and di rected it upon them, but, upon its (juick return Mid Heveral round.s, retreated into the woods, 'i he i issi.'.sippi regiment, then in line ot battle, was a' vanccd, and ti*e head of the column advanced near to the house. From this house the road runs KtraiLiht for about half a mile, one-third of t us difetduce up a hill, one-third down, and oue- another hill. (Jn the right « of the road up and down the first hill was an open held, then a narrow strip of woods, and again u old uneven held up to the crest. On the left iioi'i, rain. liunL'i-r, fatiuU'' .and w.iUioF, 'o : heiT i'.'liy ;is I'ur- baV'j. Arraii_;iii',-iit> ar> b in^ I;: .de 1 r I he safe an 1 ca'y traiirp-.srtation -d'th. ■jick :itid W"aiide,d on st> :tminlats to their friend.^. ••('urpor;il I'/ittersoHj the cdor ginird, was shot oo'.vi, wliil. -allaiitly earr\itig tho fbi^' in the I liar^e. 'I'ri^- d'Hies was then shot dnwn with it in haii'l; an.i tlii-n Adjiitaiit iiattle seized it aii.l I in- It to within ten or fifti eii sti j,> of tlie .M- iuyiitie, and there planting it, called the nu n -^it..-* I'.ild.'. I hey came, but it wa.'- shot from it.' '’aliaIII bearer, vsle ii it w;is >ei/.ed by j Lieut, i i.itik Lavender and ooriie oil in tnumpli. It, was fiiialb^ car ied by 'IcGrath, of Capt 1 >y er s eom)iaii_). I'he banner has thirteen hob s tlirougii it. ” .1 >i /-- ■ d the 'Ulr:ii;? ' tore as'uraiice if.wn trodden city their deliverance. \ery r' l eiitly lumi'h' .' .a narrati- ii'd'it = vi-ry dav oi i iirrenci. one 'd' wiiiidi i.s ir n I i : ‘f ■ m 'f - -'file- niiiTe «■' 1 if the \ .alikees in 1 l.il'ini jre. ih:. W: h !Ve that the pe -. ie 'li:it ■ ul'i 1:1 w th j->y the d:iy ;;i V LTeiitleiiian who b It tie la : ! iit.i d siilhci- ii- anced parallel W'ith in an opi n lield, was a />/.S( o.( .S Il'iir h) Ar'nf lliiiii. Sol- eanip sufier from three diseases—diar- liera in rlnca, rlK umatism, atid fever. I he eoinnionest cause of di:irrh(i‘a is b;id water; its cure, complete n.;st and abstinence IVoin every k*nd ot food ex cept plain boiled rice. All ordinary di.-,ea.>es will yield to this treatment in tweiity'tbur hours or less. liheuniatisni is usually brought on, not l»y getting wet, but by remaining in wet clothes. Hard drinkers are ]»artieularly liable to bad iittacks. 'i'o .avoid rheumatism wear flannel and keeji the di gestion sound. Fevers are generally caught after dark in the open air. A man going out on night duty should never go hungry, and never stand still longer than necessary. Good food and active exercise will generally keep a man well unless the air is uncommonly deleterious. 'J’o cure a case of not very severe fever, nothing seems so eflica- ciou* .IS a change of air. It is .said that the re- niovtd ()1 a patient only a lew miles works an ini- mediate improvement in hi.s condition. In scout ing along the edge ot a swamp at night, there is no danger s > long as the party keeps on the wind ward side ol it. These doctrines are laid down in the writings of army surgeons, and of physi- eftns who have giver, much attention to the sub ject discusaed, and ought, therefore, to be trust- yvorthy. 7/on. Jere Cleinenx.—The Nashville Gazette of the 22d, .says that Hon. Jere Clemens, of Ala bama, passed through the city several days ago as a private in one the companies of an Alabama regiment. to ibn-trate thi' p.jsitiun. .\ 1.. !y, wh.is._- t.r.itli- er w.i' known to have partieipatfd in ;i galiant e.\p-l :it ;it an e;ir!y ].eri«M- of the w.ir, had I- ii:i :tii 'iject ol e.'j'; I'l-'d venntii aiii...ii^ the \ :ink.a-.', and was e.iii'ciiuentiy n.uTowly \v itclied. loll:- 'ince, while h« wa:- pissui- tliroii;,h ibr .■'trei'ts, a Fedi r.il --oldier .'e /eii her, a:.d thruwiiiL: her vi.il. ntiy ti' t he pav. in, nt. ton* open the bosom 'd her drc'S and fonk Iruin thetice a .''ecL's.'ion fla'_;. 1 be mitra-e was i■!i.-er'.'. d by an lri:.iim;in who had jiriideiice , iiounh to say noth ing .at the moiin'iit. but lollowed and wiitciad the 'Conndiel as he b ire otl hi' trophy; and on tlie lirsi. eotiyeiiieiii .'pportiinity .'-tep]-"d u[iand accost ed him with, '• 1 >e jalHTsI ye kinjcked down .'in .tiii'.aant female in tiie strate--, ye dirty bhu k- _;iiaid! fake that, aud that, and that! ' accom panying ills Vebeliielll t X plissli >ii.>. with blow.s uf lii.s p.mderoiis li>i, nor did be leave tne haple.'.s ^aiiki^e until he had disguised him to such an extent that his best friends would not have recoL’iiized him. ()f euur.so the Irishman m.uie hiin.'elt scarce iniTiiediatoIy tifterwards, aetinK upon the rule that self-preservation is the first law of nature.—lii' h',1 bl.-jmti li. ('In titniij th> — S.WA.NNAll, Ga., Jan. .'>().— \ esterday agentlemaii, direct Irom thoneigh- boiliood id i ort Loyal, L;avo me the IoUowiih’ amusing lact: Several neuroes from Port Ro^al c;ime into our lines, :uid when asked how the Vankees had treated them, rc]ilied, “'riiey doscn't lo good by dem dat are sick, but dcy arc monstus i;ood to we w ho can work for dem. I »cy gin me five dollars a day.” Saying this, he held up a hat; of “silver,”(y) which he said he had received for his labor. I'pon examination it was found that all his silver was jj> ictcr dollars! The in- iauious ruscal.s liad been paying off the negroes in pewter, in order to matve them think they were receiving large wages.—:S{vannah Ltttrr. A Yankee Governor.—'The Northern papers tell of the sudden flight of (Jov. Geo. W. Haw.son from Utah, “on account of a gross insult offer ed to a lady in that city.” Rather a strange piece of news—the general impression being that a Mormon lady was inaccessible to insult. liains (H the Hfsf. estcrn papers mention heavy rains and freshet.s in the M i.s.sissippi and Ohio rivers. The Federalists will be greatly damaged by them. The enemy may have to evacuate Cairo, to avoid being washed away. i Atlaata (^Oa.) Con/tderacf/ TMK. t>iiSKUVKK Lines on ilie .lenih ot 11 I) I’n'iner, who enliste.l in 1st He-iiiieiit .N ('. V-’unicero /A .n 'A / .V '/. ■ - .V.;.'r. He Went So nit et his country s CHU'e, It h-jul hesii 1*1 ion ..r a f ail'*'; 1 li'iui;ii he Is teiiiie. still ^one i>i he; In h.-Hv,-n wi-’.'iMse inty In- be. 1 linu^rh many te irs o'er him were shed, Ue lo'Yt' s I I'.'ii^ht. ^i_v which we're led 1 ; trii'i. I.: Il ]ie. throuith •‘'liri^t it bn, Welci'iiie in Heaven now i»i he (b'd can cive. or cer»'o ihe pain, M ly our I..-' ever be hi» N'l man cni tell tlie fuiiiri- state. I!ti t'l kiMw. our lo^^s is great. • Jiilf. .N ■ , b.■>. 1 be easily crossed at Hoi: Islawd. and the Peters burg and Norfolk railroad seized; and Norfolk, cut ofl from communication with Richmond, would be at the mercy of Burnside entirely. J hf^ Jii('/rr LjrpcJition—Nobody knows any thing about ,«en. Butler—he is non est just now. Meanv^hile his troojis are lying here inthesand. The Frru. h Tobar,:o in thf Hijuth.—The Her ald 5ays: It is sugg^^t^.(] ill t}n» tobacco trade, by the wav, that the government ol France .-hould be permit ted to receive the largo cjuantity of tobacco owned by it in the rebel States. We presume that a re- ijuest to be allowed to do so Would be attentively coti'idcred by the Government, and, it other for eign nations uiade no objection, would probably be L'ranted, upon proper proof of French owner ship (if the projierty being produced. 'Ihe inter ests of the I nited States woald not suffer bv a didivcry ol the tobacco, and its want is causing coiisitlerable inconvenience in France. N'f/i'i/o/ Brijhi.—'I’hirty-one pledged their rotes to-day to vote to expel him. 'This i& three more than enough, twenty-eight being sufficient, giving him Wilson, 'fomorrow Senators Hoc- little and l>ixon will speak in favor of expelling him, and Mr. Bright will himself make a short dtfenoe, when Senator Sumner will close and insist upon taking a vote before adjourning. 1 lie Privateersmen hare been released from the (’ity jail, and sent to Fort Lafayette. They Th, says A’ A-/ I numbi'r Since their capture, one has been Wo call the ,-ittention | one is dead, and one in the hospital, the K.ileiiih Si.indard ^ of t’lerks. Shoriffs, ‘'•''•ate .^Ir. Sumner has reported a hill ami others charged with the collection of the ^I’r‘J">t'«ent of diplomatic repre- revenue, to the tact tliat the ('onveiition has re- >^‘^''*atives to Liberia and Hayti. |.ealed that se.-ti'in of the revenue law, exempting I , investigating committee of the Federal a cert:iin amount (d jiroperty Irom taxation. 'I'he bdhiwiiig is the section repealed: ‘■|‘vt'ry imlividual wdiose estate shall be ;iPso8>*od at five liuntlred doH;>rs, or a less sum, shall pay no ta.\ thereon; and five hundred dollars of tho Ii'sessed Value of the estate each shal' be. exempt Irom taxation." tax-payer ' nn f'cJi luti IL//’ /(/r.—We have been tur nished with the following abstract of tax.ables in Congress is busily engaged in overhauling the Gov ernment, contracts and contractors. Bennett says the most gigantic and amazing swimlling opera tions have been developed. 'I'hurlow Weed figures conspicuously in the testimony thus far eliwited. 1 hirty live thousand Federal troops ?re at (. airo. Active preparations are going on to put in speedy operation the great Mississippi expedition. The prevailing and exclusive theme of conver- the Burke district umler the act of the Confede- | .'ation in i^hiladelphia, is the great naval exnedi- I'llto ( . Ol 1 ‘'Tt’SS. !1 II t IW in y I tl r v.' ..*.1. ... . ^ * rate ('ongress, authorizing the issue of treasury notes and providing a war tax for the redemption thereof: Valuation of real estate, “ Slaves, “ 3Ierchandise, “ Cattle, horses, and mules for sale, “ 1 Measure carriages, “ Pianos, (Jold watches, “ (Jold and silver plate. Money at interest, (’ash on hand. 1,1.')I,S4U 10.2:50 LVilO 5,200 5,15.5 2,75>0 052,855 35,PS7 Total amount of taxablcB, 83,205,77:5 The taxes on which amount to 8KJ..52S 8G iuite an item in addition to the State and Coun ty taxes for which they are already liable, but which the tax payers of the district are disposed to meet cheerfully.—RiJt i,jh Standard. W e hear of some curious Union displays in Baltimore. On the occasion of the consecration of a church in that city, “Union” tickets were printed for the election of church officers, with appropriate mottoes, and the type display«d in the “national” colours of red, white and blue. Richmond Examiner. One of the best explanations we have yet heard of the letters C. S. A. is, Can’t gtand Abe. And the best explanation of U. S. A., United j tstealing Association; or, Under Stealing Abe. tion for the Southern coast, to be fitted out there. A bill authorizing the construction of twenty iron-plated war frigates has been passed by the Hou.se ol Rcjiresentativcs. 'Fbe Herald thinks tlhis is not enough, and calls loudly for the build ing of fifty war vessels of this class. Iwelve Federal steamers, loaded with troops, left Cairo on the third instant, to join some larger tbrcc at another point not mentioned. ” Vallaudigham ha.** made a speech on the Trea sury note bill, now under consideration in the Federal Congress. He drew a terrible picture of the results to be expected from this financial scheme. Secretary Chase is urgent in his request for immediate action ol Congress upon financial mat ters. lie represent® the Treasury to be nearly empty. He has been obliged to draw the last instalment, to meet the November loan demands. He expresses fears that the banks generally will refuse to receive Treasury notes. TIi« times are very scjually. AV«.' York- Mniry Market.^\ letter from New 1 ork of the 4th, mentionn a report that som« of the banks would on the n«xt time refuse to take treasury notes. Exchange on England w;w gell- ing at 118 to 114i. Gold to premium. Stocks dull. comes to us with a notice that Iruth is crowded out of this issue. This is al most {US bad as the up-country editor, who said: |ouHnsWe,''“ driot, coming up the river. 'The pickets statMii d teen miles below Fort Henry reported tl-ni . 0(JU FederaU were landing, 'fhe 'I’eiinesaec riv . was rapidly rising. Reinforcements liavoli'- i. ordered to the Tennessee river from Mc'^^pliis Mrmi'HIS, Feb. (i, P. M.—A dispatch rtcc;.. ■ from Danville »t 2 o’cloek P. 31., to-diiy, st •, that firing on Fort Henry commcncei] t"- i ‘ n*on. One hundred and fifty guns were :' ■ but the rfyult was unknown. 'Ihe tirii : ceased. 1 ht Teniieastc turtn.—I'ort Henrv is on tl). renneatee river, where it form* the buiitniHrv ! tween lenne.nsee and Kentucky. It is niiii'v miles above i’aducah, and twenty miles belowrh. Long Bridge across the 'rennessee. of th. Mem phis and Ohio railroad. It is an ojicii fort ;iii'' casemated) but has, we understand, several ver heavy guns in battery. I'ort Ponolson is on ;!i. CumVjerland river, and thirteen miles distant fnni I' ort H e n ry.—l*ct> rsh u rj h\i:p r . 6rV/t. Price in Town—TJiitnj!^ in ,1/ General Sterling Price of Mi.s,souri, arrive! this city on 31onday'. The army at Springfield is now tiiucli 1 ir_ than it ever was, and in better comiiiioi) '!' Southern cause in the State enli.st-> the sv: i; - thies of every class of citizens, except a v. r; 'n- fling minority. 3Iany even of those in arm.' posed to us, under the auspices of the Li; ( State (Tovernment, are friendly towards Southern cause, and would join us iiiiuu b ' , • if practicable. As it is, desertions ari ol u..: occurrence. ^ ory recently over five tliousaii l the “State Guard,” or Union Stale troops, j .:: (ien. Price, and have since proved theiii'-:' valuable acquisition to his forces. Here, as elsewhere in the South, arms arc ‘ > ly needed. It is said that if the men cou.d ' furnished with weapons, hosts of Missouri tr' ' would flock to our standard and drive the '■ i kees from the State like chaff before tho wbir wind. Springfield is now threatened from three p : by ituinonse odds of the enemy, and we in:';> pect before long to hear of a sjilendiu atlai; this quarter.—Rich. Dispatch, hth. e undiTstand that the ^Missouri diffi'*ui' been satisfactorih’ arranged. General I’ri doubtless be commissioned a Major (itMifrai. the Mi.ssouri troops received into the (’oiib 'h ' service as twelve months’ volunteers. — number ot these troops have already entered n service.—Ih., \Sth. Our Scucoa$t Defences.—It is to be hoped tin' the Burnside expedition will have at Ic.ist tl’ efiect of making us look well to our dtf'-is'' in that quarter. Roanoke Island ought to ' made impregnable. All our batteries there and elsewhere should be provided with boinh-pr""^ coverings. (.Uiannels should be obstructed, aiul no means left unemployed to foil the purposes if the enemy.—Richmond Dispatch. Ha/tpetre to hr Imprtsicd.—The Secretary "t War has issued an order to impress all saltp* !' not in the hands of the manufacturers, govi rn- ment agents or contractors, paying 40 cents pound therefor. This is done in consequence ot the extortion practiced on the goverment. E. MURRAY. I>. R. MURCHISON. J. T Ml K1 '' B. MURRAY & C • Commission Merchants* AND WHOLESALE CiiROC'EK^ NORTH WATER STREET, I Cotton and Navftl 9torea.
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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