The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1863, Page 1

HOLE NO. 9641. MPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH. OFF CHARLESTON HARBOR, t HE AFFAIR pinions of Rebels on the “sreak- : ing of the Blockade, ne ne cecal ‘he Union “Zron-Cled Gunboat Ironsizes Off Charleston. Attack of the Union Zron-Clad on Fort McAllister. tremendous Military Efforts of the Rebels. APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE, &e., &., &e, ‘We have receceived a large parce) of Southern papers. mong thove which have reached us are the following:— - February 2 February 2 February 3 -February 3 seeeesssFebruary 3 January 27, 28 and 30 burg Whig. wanna Republican... ille (Tenn.) Register Heston Mercury... usta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel January 30 ilmington (N. C.) Journal. “ January 26 ongo (Alla) Advertiser... «January 19 THE CHARLESTON BLOCKADE. Re Foreign Consuls Notificd—Special Steamer Despatched to Na: a—The Irensides Off Churleston—Opinions of the Press, d&c. [From the Richmond Enquirer, Feb. 3.] ‘We learn that on Saturday Secretary Benjamin notified e British and French Consuls in this city that he had ceived official information of the opening of the blockade *Charieston. We are also informed that a steamer was houmptly despatched to Nassau, from Charleston, convey- ig the same announcement to the British authorities, New lIronsides Of Charleston. CuaRueston, 8. C., Feb. 3, 1863. he British ship Cadmus touched off Charleston bar this raven. An officer, with a boat’s crew, came ap to thé Y, passing by the Yankee iron-clad New Ironsides, img in the offing. ther Brilliant Achievement of the Confederate Navy. [From the Petersburg (Va ) Express, Feb. la slorious and exciting intelligence from Charleston, ich we publish in our wlegraphic column this morn- }, Will produce intense delight throughout the limits of young confederacy. The tidings first reached here urday aivernoon, and were 'y placed on the fpress balletiit: ‘They spread throughout the city with to rapidity of electricity, and caused @ tbrili of joy 4. The xcbievement is one worthy of our nous lite navy. Its brilliant accom ment will Palmetto State and Chicora, and in the history of this war, no less than fourteen form! oyed @ portion of such a squadron, and vanquished remainder, with # half dozen boats, would have been victory; but when we know that the work has Of ail places en the face of the globe, Chariestou has a mest aud intensely bated by the New and Yankees. in the beginning of the war, goaded madness by the skill und energy of Charleston pilots, used to run by the bickaders whenever it pl , Whe enemy Wickeuly attempted to close the port by K Several Stone laden vosseis in the main channels. jut *‘man proposes und God ui The obstruction ope chauuel vnly served to wash eut another of far peater depth than any before known. And it is a noto- fact that the biockade has been less efficient at laarieeton siuce the devilish effort of the cnemy to de- ‘roy the barbor than at any other port in the Confederate We may expect to hear a how! ‘hroughout Massachu- and other Yankee States, such as has never before pene up from their Puritanic throats. Their impoteat pe will fiud vent iu imprecativns toud and deep. Let hem rave. They have seen but little so far. The wh 8 just waking up. In a few months oro our preparations will bave been completed, hd our tremclads and rapid sailors, will sweep ery vestige of Yankee commerce [ruin ihe bosum of the rep, and send to the bottom every biockader that dares patruct our barbers. The‘ good time’ gu long looked is coming tast, and thw instigators of this devilish war lay prepare to coufront his Satanic Majesty with all the prve their dastardly aud wicked souls can summon. Inere will be “ wailing and guxshing’ of teeth among nooln, Seward, Greeley, and ait Chat ilk @t no distaut ‘The expedition against the Charleston blockading drou, was commanded by D.N. Ingraham, @ galiant heer, who entered tue service of the old navy on the of June, 1612, He is auative of the glorious litte to Stale. The Chicora in commanded by John R. Tucker. Her ant Surgeon is Lr. Williata Mason Turner, formerly Petersburg, Virgivia. é i The Effective Block: (From the Kichmond Enquirer, Feb. 2.) ‘Tho Convention of 1301, between Grest Britaia and Rus- article 3, section 4, declares: — That in order Ww determine what characterizes a blockaded that denomination is given only where there is, by the von of the Power whieh attacks it, ships station- ry Or Sudciensiy Rear to create an evident danger in enter- Queen Victoria's “Waiver of Rights,” on the 28th of bh, i834, describes an “effective biockade’’ to be such bitshed with an adequate force against the ene- Ors OF COMMA. Solema Declaration,” of April 16, 1856, de- ‘The Paris * 4 Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective; hat is to say, tnaintaiued oy « force suificient really te pre: (acorns Lo (he coast of the enemy The rule of the armed neutralities of 1780 and 1801 Wo port should be considered blockaded volese where ti ower attacking tt au: Beta: ota oned before it, an ‘of enter mfe aoctrive ot Sir William Scott * mays Mr. Wheaton, that a blocksde way continue duringa temporary absence the blockading squadron, aud which gives to (ue diploma faotitiation of the blockade oace mad ay ot Ce po fart wo effect inde; the blocked if French p' Abaeuce, ho formalities u i and even Wo the udent of the a thew eqendron te hae cut red, aod that (be vwekadin d wg bob: ereded to the oceipation of (he former pow Me iutertereoce with tbe Bavigalion of ueutraw ‘on principle be maintained.’ “| Sir Roandell Patmer, the Solicitor General, defined a eo be a fide Dlockade by # forve an me awd (mare manen aes be ar seat to [Above we bave trcaties, proclamations, solemn deci of publicists aud the Solicttor General cu Gating © cdlynagrene at Pmey = A » any ple or deciaration ini ‘Auy Of thé abor: the blockade of the pert of Chariervon can evs‘ to to be au elective blockade, oF Anything wore than « er blockade wiih 4 sham force to maintain iy Tue Wal squadron of the United States, constituted of a few hulks, hae not been able t preveus the establishment ‘a line of communioation so reqular aud certais between port and the port of Nassau, that it may almowt be to be # regular 1i9e of steamers. It hus Reithur been ‘stationary’! nor ‘“suilicieutly wear Wo create evident anger of entering, | ince, Week aller wack, vessele enter A leave without ever being seen by the blockad matron, The fow that have beea seized were captured 7 the accidents of a daugerud* wavigalien, aud not by De vigilance of the blockading squadron ‘That the blockading force haa not been ‘adequate’ por sufficient really to prevent access, is now demonstra od. first by the defeat and digpersion of the squadron by ‘Confeoorate gunboats, aud pext by the tact already peationed ot steers eulering afd doparting at regular tated inverval® But ibe (act can be no longer disputed that the biock Lie is not now effective, sinee baving been raised by Flag ficer Ingrabac), it vo louger exists, and should it be re. fed, will be liable to the same accidents any dark i. ant exploit of Ofeer will, we may eee, attract sume bivanea to sbie sham bice tbat aeutral mations, whose solemn declarations’ ‘and recorded, WU! no longer submit their rights to the Hnovance i@pored wpon them hy the weakness of the cited States, Jie mnperable vid bulks, both afloat and o% EW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1863, ——_ . ‘ Dug-a:boo long aud will become aaval victory we would foe down in Wheawn's Ele- men. abere a blockade has been rained, -atact upon the commerce of neutrals, -ap. 3, the author rays:— Where an port was deciared in a state of blockade by notification eat the same time wher Was insied ne .s arrived that the blockading sq) been criven off by @ superior force of the enemy, the bloc! ade was held by the Prize Court (o be aul and defective from the beginning, in the main cireumstance that Is essen- Wally necessary to give it legal operation; and that it would be unjust to hold ventral vennels to the observance of a noti- fication accompanied by a circumstance that defeated ite By ne was, therefore, considered a6 1 adent sumption arising from notification in other in. € nelitication being defeated, it must have Jat the actual blockade way again resumed, and that e vennel would have been entitled to a warning If any such ‘ade had exinted when she arrived of the port. The mere act of sailing for the port, vmier, the dublone sate of | the actual blockade, at the time, was deemed insufliciens to ix wy the versel the penalty of breaking the blockade.— See Robinson's Adm, Rep., vol. 6, p. 69. In the above case a question was raised whether the nott- fication which had been issued was ative: but thi oun: to act aumed dy ai case (Raine eter, auggentod that: the blow! edt its former station off blockade, rt other competent force. But in a sul went e112, the Hoffmung), where it was fading squadron bad actually return @ port, inorder to renew the lon arose mhether sere bd bean that noio- + ¢ 0} mn of time or otler Glrotuastances, which “must be, taken to, have brought the existence of ' the blockade to the knowledge of the parties. Among other modes of solving this question, & prevailing consideration would have been the length of of from which more came aut in evidence © port on w certain day, it 8 Would not restore a block ade which had raised, but that it must be renewed tb an obligation to observe “The squadron might return n to observe ron return OM the port with different intentions. “ft might arrive there ana fleet of observation merely, or fer the purpose only of a qualified blockade. On the other band, the commander might attempt to connect the two blockades together ; but this could not be done: and, in order to revive the former biockade the same form of notification muat have been observed de novo that is necessary to establish an original blockade. From these extracts it appears that the renewal of the blockade must be attended with notification of the fact, as was required in establishing the eriginal blockade, and this notification must be resorted to every time the squadron is driven off and reappears. “o far as any rights of the Confederate States are concerned, this rais- ing of the bieckade amounts to nothing; but when it is Temembered that newtral vessels may sail for Charleston without trousring any danger of capture, can be no doubt that many will avail themselves of their rights and steer boldly for that port, taking the chance to dodge in if the old hulks shoaid still be lying uncertain and uneasy in the offing. An impetus to our foreign trade will be given that may result in increasing our present supplies very much. It must not be sup- that because of the raising of the blockade at Charleston thet that port is open and must remain open for any particular time. The enemy may reappear an‘ re-establish the blockade at any moment. Their right of caplure ts suspended until the expiration of a time from their renewing the blockade to the time given when Jirst established. The blockading squadron must for that time, say forty or sixty days, warn off vessels, and cannot capture. A vessel may sail directly from England for Charleston and cannot be captured, even though her papers show her destination to be Charleston. ‘This may not appear any real advantage, but it it is of the utmost importance, and this action of Commodore Ingraham will bring more real practical benefits than any other engage ment, land or naval, during the war. All hail, therefore, to the gallant Ingraham and Tucker and their brave crews. THE ATTACK ON THE DEFENCES OF SAVANNAH. Savanwan, Feb. 4, 1863. During the attack upon Fort McAllister this morning the flagstaff of the Yankee iron-clad was shot away. She was anchored within one thousand yards of the fort. She retired. She was evidently injured, as she did not reply to the shots from the fort wheu retiring. The parapet in front of the guns of the fort was entirely demolished. The men remained firm at their guns. There is ne excitement and the best spirit provails. About three o'clock this afternoon an fron-clad and gun- boat approached within two miles of the Thunderbolt Battery, dipped a flag, fired two shots, and retired. The ‘Thunderbolt Battery is five miles south of the city Two gunboats came up to St. Marys on Monday last, ‘Une of them went up the river and set fire to the houses on several plantations. Captain Harrison’s company of cavalry fired on them, when they hauled out of the range of small arms and shelled away furiously. Another boat was landing men at St. Marys on Tues- day. DESPERATE EFFORTS OF THE REBELS. A al to the People of Northern and Gerthenstern Georgia and South west- ern North Carolin: GENERAL ORDER—NO. 1. Heapguarrurs, Damtonncs, Ga , Jan. 26, 1963. The Genera! Commanding this department, baving been reliably informed that are a number of de terters, tories and ipts resisting the laws in Northern and Northeastern Georgia, and in Southwestern North Ca- rolina, has despatched a force under my command Ww sup- press any insurrectionary movements, and generally ta restore tranquility to 19 capture deserters, this part of the coun- "Knie T desire to de “peaceably if I can, forcibly if I must.” But while | am fully prepared to carry out the orders of the commanding general at the point of the | bayone!—having a well disciplined, thoroughly equipped ‘aud provided (orce under my command, yet, 1 am with plenary powers to offer conditions as may prove conciliatory and insure a } return vo duty of every man now occupy ing a hostile attitude to the gov. | e@rpment. And | shall pursue the latter course if i am co-operated with. I hereby desire to assure all maicontents that if they will report to me at these headquarters, within ten days, that | om authorized to put them into companies, batta- lions and regiments upon the coast that are not filled up ‘to the maximum namber,or to organize them into aa. ditional companies for the post at Atianta, In all cases where they have not rendered themselves obnoxious to the charge of having perpetrated violent in- fractions of the laws of the State or Confederacy, a free aod Pye! will be granted. if, on the other hand, these maicontents persist in ar. raying themeeies against the laws of the land aud con- tinue t@ Open treason, 1 will pursue them into their fast- esses, and use ali the power and means at my control to arrest amd bring them to condign punishment. My men will be ordered to fire upon them, and at ali bazards to capture the last man, until this treasonable movement is completely suppressed. 1a to you all to clove in with the overtares of of. fered amnesty, and array yourselves under the banner of your country, to rally to her support in ber heur of need, and to the Southern biood that flows through your vein, by upbolding the authorities of your country, by epeling the rapacious invaders of your soil, by push- ing on the car of revolution to ite destined ultimate suc. cone, that future generations may inscribe your honored Dames upon the roll of the noble and patrivtic defenders of liberty, and that you may bequeath t your children @ name to cherish, of which they shall be proud to the latest posterity, and not a memento of shame ana dis- It will be a fruitiess attempt to war against the govern. Ment, and must regult in the most trous defeat to all who may be #0 deluded as to attempt it ‘The !ate victories in Virginia, Tennessee and Mississippi have mont triumphantly establisned the fact that the arms of the Sout Confederacy will be crowned with seccees fe the end. country is much better -prepared at this timethan at the commencement of the war, both in arms amd men, lo come tend successfully with our enemies abroad and put down Earnestly angious for the good of the people of this section, and feetiog, ax we all should do, a | profound solicitude for the welfare of the gowernment in its bour of peril, Lam constrained to urge you te accept the terms 1 now offer you. 1 am authorized to pay to each man mustered intOservice bounty and commutation money, the same .8 all other soldiers who have been er may be mustered regularly ito the service Tam pleased to note the efficient aid rendered the go- vernmont by the ‘Safety Committee”’ of Dahlonega, and cheerfully tender my acknowledgments to them for the (imely as@ietance they have given me as commander of | thir expedition | refer to the patriotic prociamation of bis Excellency Joseph B. Brown, in whiob be clearly portrays to you ine ‘at penalty due thore who violate the laws of the State or of Confederate States While he nobly exhorts you eturn to your duty, and offers bis influence w secure your pardon, he will promptly Co-operate in sup. pressing al) treagonable manifestations, amd sanction the punishment which will certainly fa!) upon all pach a# shall continue fn Ineurrection Enrolling ofLoers and al) good citizens, are requested to ‘Aid ip earrying out the objects mentioned | and are assured of prompt assistance shonid it many came be necessary, GW. LEr, Commanding i 4n Appeal to the People of Als " phan Dev avers Mowroomrny, Ala. Dec, 22 in view of the anticipated effoct of the zz the militia system of tho State, on the is ’ y last} invited the able-vodied men of Alabama, not | subject to contcription, form volunteer companies. | ‘That invitation did vot receive tbe attention \t merited ‘The Legislature has adopted no law for the improvement | the militia organization of the State. The tmpaired condition of that system leaves no means of making the remaining military strength of the State availab! Protection and defence except by the formation of v eer companies. The State is how threateved from several directions Our unscrupulous foe has collected alt his resources for one aupendeme kd to subjugais and enslave we He can never repeat the effort. He makes it the crusts of his caver. If Loried im this last desperate s!ruggicerhawated and ilispirtied he wnat yield the contest. Our brave peeple may congratulate themselves npow the opportunity to hasten the achieve. | ment of peace and independence, by an exbibition of for titude and courage aareuk to defeat the enemy in thi lapt great and couvulsive effort. The ultimate trinmnph of our gloriowe cayne Ie BOW clearer Ubau it hes ever beep | or they may have only been maki ‘There is no reason for despondency. Our people will not shrink in tbis their fina) trial. The splendid victory at Fredericksburg will be followed by sti more decisive results upow fields. By repeated shocks the ene- my’s vastly accumulated power will be broken. distant day we shall enjoy, in the Diessings of peace and g00d government, a reward for all our sullering. Alabama must be true lo herself and do her duty in the emer gency. She must be ready to moet and quell the domestic and social disturbances which may spring up ax the tide oi ‘War approaches; to resist Lostile raids, to protect her peo- ple and and thoir property in any assaifed quarter ; to give death to every wanderer from tho lines of our invading army, and if need be to increase the strongth of the Cou federate forces fighting upon our goil in its defence, Foi the accomplishment of 1] objects she looks, and can only jook,to the voluntary movement of a natrictic people— too brave to suffor their cities and towns to be sacked, their homes to be desecrated, aud their country to be desclated without striking a manly blow in their defence. i therefore cal! again upon the men and youths ot the Sta ‘States by reason of their age or Other cauge, who aro capable of bearing arms, to speedily organize themselves into companies to constitute a reserved force, subject Wo Sei vice in this State upon the call of the Executive. They will be called into service only when necessity requires it. Their services may never be needed ;, but it is the part of wisdom and manly courage to be ready. It ia the-part of folly and cowardice to wait until the preg bes is — our soil, and bis musket gleams in the of brutal soldiers atour doors, Shall | cal in vain upon Alaba- Mians to prepare to stand and fight ujon theif own soil in ita defence? Alabama hs given freely of her sone to our country’s cause, but her warlike strength is not yet exhausted. Isend to her pee wy warning,. and Pleave it for them to decide whether in the hour of trial, which may be before us, they will be ready with as much of the remaining military strength of the State as may be ju ired. rBoople of Alabama | I must appeal to you for your aid te the government in another matter. “It i¢ due to the cuuse in which we are engaged, i, m just to those now peony enduring the trial; that all within the ages prescribed by tho act of Congrers known as the Conacript law should be in the service. A considerable number of persons in WY partof the ta both officers and privates, who belong to the army w.. are Ut for duty, are lingering at home on various pretexts, while their more manly and patriotic comrades, with ranks thinned and weakened by their absence, bear the shock of ab unequal contyst. So, too, a large number of persons subject to conscription are shrinking from the toils and perils which those of like age are bravely en- during, and hidiog from the enrolling officer, to whom patriotism requires that they should promptly report ‘themselver. Now, when the iast great struggie of the war is upon us; now, when thore is an. ‘tunity to share in the closing triumphs of this great contest; now, when our soldiers in the fleld, standing with fearless reso- lution amid sufferings and ers which would appal mon less noble and brave, call upon those of like age with themselves for aid and relief; now, when every strong Fight arm is needed to strike the quick and effective blows which are to give us peace, it is @ shame and an iniquity that those two classes of persons should successfully evade the service they owe tw their country. Every community owes it to its own reputation and to the coun try, to give no shelter wo those who belong to the two classes above described, and to drive them, by the with. ering punishment of public scorn, to their prover plices. 1 call upou all the officers, civil and military, of the State, and upon all good and patriotic citizens, to give all their | influence, personal or official, to constrain those persoos into the path of duty and patriotism; aud I especially in. voke them to give their aid to the proper officers in arresting and coercing those who yield to no gentler means. It may be a disagreeable task, but the evil is great and ruinous to our country’s cause, and it is the part of the patriot now to shrink from no task, however disagreeable or dangerous it may be, when the country calls. It is the pride of Alabam: her soldiers never falter upou the battle field. Let us hove that none will be permitted to hide under cover of home trom their ap- propriate duty In testimony whereof 1, John Gill Shorter, Governor of | the State of Alabama, have hereunto set my hand and cwused the great seal of the State to be affixed, this the 22d day of December, A. D. 1862, and of the Confederate ‘States the second year. JOHN GILL SHORTER, Governor of Alabama. By the Governor. P. H. Brrrran, Secretary of State. Appeal to the People of North Carolina. A PROCLAMATION BY ZEBULON B. VANCE, GOVERNOR OF TAK STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Whereas, it has been made known to me that a large umber of soldiers from our armies are absent from their colors withoat proper leave in thi, th houryof our greatest need, and it 1g coufidently believed t at's large major- ity of such were impelled to this course by @ natural and almost irresistible desire to see their homes and friends once more after so long an absence, and not because of a cowardly determination to leave their brave comrades to share all the dangers and hardships of the field alone ; ‘and, whereas, Major G. W. Smith, in command of the department of North Carolina, consent of the Secret order declaring that all may voluntarily return to duty by the tenth day be into their several 8 forfeiture of leave ; and declaring further that all who do net go retura by the said tenth day of rege? shail, when appre- hended, be tried fo desertion, » Upow conviction, be made (0 suffer death, Now, therefore, 1, Zebulon B. Vance, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do issue this, my proclamation to all soldiers from this State serving io the armies the Confederacy, who are now illegally absent from their colors, commanding them to return to duty with their comrades, and exhorting them to avail themselves of this opportunity of saving their friends from the disgrace aud imiamy which wili cling forever to the name of the de- serter from his country’s cause, and themselves from a felon’s death. any, wher carrying their country’s flag in triumph through various bieody conflicts, and making themselves a name of which their children’s children might have been justly proud, have forfeited it ali by absenting themselves ata moment when their own state is invaded and about to be desolated by a brutal, haif savage foe. Now is the time to reinstate themselves by & prompt return to duty Tappeal to them to stand by their country yet a littie longer, and not to sully by do- sertion the bright and glorious reputation of the State, which they have belped to win on a hundred hard fougnt And 1 appeal to all good and loyal citi- zens throughout the State to give their influence to induce these men to return Let ne one, uuinoved by his ap. Peal to Bis patriotism and honor, suppose that he can remain at home with impunity. The {ull power of the State authorities, aided if need be by the confederacy, shall be put iu force te arrest him and bring him to isbment after the 10th day of tebri ring in be tye ees for his country.’’ ‘State is now trying to provide food for your families, ‘and cach county it making a Sues tt aeicon yoor Chief Magistrate, 1 promise you the wife and child of the soldier who is im the army doing bis duty a ee ma ee meal and the last pound of meat State. every patriot in the land s#uit with all his influence in the execution of this ‘lama. tion and our victorious ranks will be and our Dove at our city of fon the 26th * of Jana. ary, in the year of our Lord 1863, 2. B. VANCE, the Governor, RH. Battle, Jr., Private Secretary. Operations tm North Caro (From the Wilmington (N. ©.) Journal ) The enemy evidently contemplates « simultaveous ad- vance upon all the lines he has selected for an attack, and this at a vory carly day. Under the ¢mpresion, perhaps, that Longstftt hai gone to Tennessee to reinforce Bragg. thos weakening Lee's army, as well as that the same army has been further weakened for the purpose of strengthening our lines in thix State, General Ruruside thinks the time has come for striking ‘the rebellion’ a mortal blow on the Rappahannock. and in order to make that blow effectnal Foster is to try hie hand in North Carolina in the way of cutting off railroad communication and raging tbe blockade of Wilmington by capturing the piace PAbout the Forter expedition. or these Forter ex- ditions, there has peen a good deal of mystification Eiber the weather, or trouble iu their own camp, or news of the means provided for their reception at the different threatened pointe, bas delayed their movements, pertiape hb the view of providing additional means of uence vo counterbalance the additiowal means of defence which they have agocrtained te exist. One or ail of these causes may have operated to prevent their moving as per programme ; feinta, so far, but we cannot disguise frown ourselves the fact that within « few hours sail of Witmington the enemy has the most for. midable cowlned land and sea force be bas yes sent out Against A single seaport, our over ome huudred transports, at least two Monitors,” and powmibly other Jens formidable iron claay, with some eighteen or twenty heavily armed wooden vessel of war. the transports Deing *ufficient to carry twenty five thoursod men at feast, while wilar force may be sent overiaad, latter suppor alttiough bighly probable is, more con Jootural. May we oot, in view of these facts, ‘expect the enemy's feined moverients 10 be eon el Aud formidable attack’ Have we any aswaranee that Ue storm, when it does burst, will Hot burst upon ax? On the contrary, bave wo not every warning to put our | house In order and be prepared for whatever, may ovne Dot indulging in atalse security because the’ attack lias vot already come, ani therefore felieitating ourselves With the tetion that it cannot or will not come at ally We do not say that the formuiable preparations now made or making at Beautort are certainly designed (or the captare of this place, or that ‘hey may not possibly receive another direction, They may have reference io Charleston, (nat the yraner of (hinge certainly giver a stroma preponderance of weigh! lo the opinion that inuli ater this pornt as at leaat their frat destination No doubt the enemy would mach prefer to get pore the ratroad at Weldon, of even at Goldsboro, bet found that, with our troops moving on an interior sufficient force to repel \ny point distant from his base of operations and eportation, to wit bis fleets Hence is rendered attack on Wilmington, wines ju suc atiack ec) to receive the asmiatanre of hiv navy mm cooperanion of ships oF gunboats will deter mine (he eberu 7 and 6 recon of the spring campe ye inn r propio t be may ¢ , exempted from the service of the Confederate | | of Repte |, threshold of the subject. in the South |, Dow that tho rivers of that section are or wii! goon be in boatable arder. We may expect the er eu 7 © make all the use of ths arm that he possibly can during the bax ''.ree mont , amd hence may we look for pro be raide. Lat ug hope for (ho Povt. The pivht of our flerce trial dr.ws towards @ cleso aad day is at hand; Bot once more, for a short gigom may close in tt cker and more vidus than ever, But of tl dai kness will come which will grow brighter and brighter until te aay, - Chance for Peace. {Prom the Riebsi.. Examiner, Feb. 3.) Peace vetwegm the two valligerents can ouly be safe where it is an agreed and »t\'ed peace, ‘the war between the North South may retayse into merely nominal hostilitied May ¢ 6 altogether, and, a a understanding, the greater» ;!en of the belligerent. Armies may Be disbanded or ic. ,hed. The population of the two countries may ‘ar osily Jesire peace, audeven. onter upon @ mutual comune ve, + very 1 Cication of the cessation of actoal war and te photemnen. of mutual ran- cor may oxist; still, BO rei ance could be placed upon the, existence of pence ubsil deinite.y tettled and agreed upon uy the two belligerent govern ta, Herein the great obstacle to a speedy peace. ‘The prideof the North. the obstinacy of the Puritavic race the stubborn malignity of & baffled and defeated abo ition adi , are di teuliies arising on the very Then there are great wtringic em! besetiine-he wek. Where in there pre- sented so magnificent an empire us that which must con- stitute. the subject of divisions ‘The Americans are a peopie, above all oibers in tac world, greedy of land, The acquisition of land has-been the passion of the people aud of their common government from the beginniwg of their career, Nor was the sacra auri fames more universal or iuieuse in the corrupt days of Rome: thap has been the for land among the American Ble eae sale existence. of the Amer! nion, The emigrant abandeued the other continemt chieliy #0 he was there debarred, by va- rious circomstances, from the acquisition of ever so few acres which he might call his own. Since the Norman conquest the lower and middie classes of the Angle-Saxon race had been strangers to the privilege, the natural right and the peculiar pleasure of owniny land. Qur con- tinent was settied in the first instance by arace famished , by six centuries deprivation, for the possession of land. the at ion at Jamestown this bas always Deen the ruling passion of the American population, almost exclusively agriculturista as they wero. The great drawback to the agriculiural development of our country bas been their hunger for land, each farmer per. sistently cultiv Aree times as large un area as his | force of labor would justity, and therefore bestowing onl; third of the pains which was due upon what be culti- vated. ‘This passion for land has been collective, as well as individual. Washington and Patrick Henry were great Jand cormorants, but not more greedy than thelr colcm- poraries. And these great men made land getting one of ‘the leading ideas of the great government which they estublished. Jefferson, thongh a moderate land owner individually, exhibited for land the appetite and digestive powers of an anacogda in his oMcial capacity, He caused the great Western plains .o be explored, the Rocky Moun- taink to be penetrated, and the shores of the Pacific Ocean to be be visited, divcovered, explored and claimed, in the name of the United States of America. le crushed, with @ high hand, the incipient conspiracy for an independent Mississippi empire. He purchased Lovisian Even John Quiney Adains, the representative man of New England, the leader of weavers, shoo, glove and ready made clothes makers, clock pediers and travelling Unkers of that den of scoandrels—eveu h ivepiration of land acquisition while federal State, and purchased Florida, though he surrendered Texar. The sectional quarrel which grew up between North | andSouth originated partly in this thirst for land. Ove of the objects of the abolition agitation was to exclude the South from the vacant pablic domain and to secure it all for the North. The immediate quarre! on which the Union was split asunder was the quarrel over Mexico and Kansas, commenced by the two sections in 1850. ‘There can be no settled, peace between the two beliigerents in this fearful war without an amicable division of the magnificent domain which bas heretoiore been beld as the common y of the Union. Is Maryland to go altogether to the North, or to be divided according to the preponderance of popular gentinent in each of its divisions’ The integrity of Virginia cau nevor be yielded either the Commonwealth herself or by ‘une confederacy which bas guaranteed it. Will the North insist upon having the new State of Kanawha as a sine ee non of peace’ Are time serving Kentucky and heroic issouri to be given up by the cuntederacy, as they are impliedly given up by President Davis in his message? Or will the South insist that the territorial position of one and the popular will of the other render their pomees sion by herself a sine qua non of peace’. The two Great questions, whether States are w be divided at all, ‘and whether they are to be tranaferred entire or in parts to the one or the other party, with or without reference to their own election, will not be more difficult of settle- ment than the important question, how shal! the vast do- ‘main lying west of the Mississippi be di of, Eerope was for many couturies settling questions sim- lar to affecting Ber own communities, and the sett!e- ment cost her millions of lives and rivers of blood. communities on & new theatre in settling the affairs of @ new continent. Nevertheless, all previously settled Priveiples of — international ification were set aside in Europe at the downfall of lapoieon the Great; and the leading Euro; Powers under the hypecritical tithe of the Holy Allianga, set to work with callous indiflerevce to ali national instincts and traditions, w establixn boundaries, he pabiie politics of Kurope baa again toon conducted with refe- renee to what are there accepted ax principles of en viding effective checks aud balances of power however, the arbitrary arrange;ent of INLD, 1 larged and enlightened justice, and little difficulty ts experienced now in adjusting satis(actory tertns of peace on the conclusion of the brief wars which now rarely oceur among her Vowers, great and small. But on this coutinent we are without @ system 0” pub- Ne politios by which to arrenge the terms of a pacifica t ‘The pride of either party to the existing conflict can find no excuse for concession jn aby great pubitc principles of general acceptance. The nesessities of either party, requiring their persistent adhesion to obnoxious demands, can find no support mn rules and precedents which have been establisbod by abher Statar alike circumstanced um The duliculty of adjusting the ly #atesfactory in such a case and nstances Of Obus are very great, aud joare mixy elapse after the cessation of active hostiiitier fore they cau 0 definitely determined. Capture of the Town ef Woodbary, Tenn. Avaveta, Ga., Janu. 27, 186% jal despatch to the Constitutenalist, dated Mc j into '* morting, aud the Yankees stampeded , We now hold the town. Cumberiand Ga) Information was received at Jonesboro’ Tena, > the 14th ult, wo tho effect that a federal force wot trving against Cumberiand Gap, The says —Warm work is expected there sou the jeations of the tines Our lorees ace confident of their ability t bold the place. Pryor on the Blackw Coneaviiia, Tale of Wight, Jan 0, 1463. Brigadier General Cotton, Petersburg, Va. — Gaxenai—This morning, at four o'clock, the enemy under Major General Peck, attacked me at Kelly's store eight tiles from Suffolk. "After three hours severe tight ing, we repuived them at all points and held the tield. Their force i» represented by prisoners, to be between ten end fifteen thousand. My loss in killed and wounded will not exceed Sfty—no prisoners. | Ponge is among the killed. We iniieto! a y the enemy heapecttully KROGER A. PRYOR trigadier General Commanding Miscellamcous. DEATH OF ST. GROR@K TUCKER, OF VIRGINIA, The Richmond Whig of Uhe 34 tustant anvouncer the death of “t. George Tucker, brother of Beverley, at Char fottesvilie on the 24th Japuary: REBEL FINANCES. ‘The rebel authorities appear to be greatly troubled in regard \o the Goancial polley. In view of the long dura Gon of foe war, 't m recommended that inducements and cuercamente to (ioding ehall be applied. anything tood ing to eoniract the present condition of the carrency ix deprecated An expansion im strongly urged, and also « Provision constituting Treagury notes tagal tender THR TOBACCO MARKET. The Lynchburg Kemublican A 2d inst. anys that move ments in movafactured tobacen durimy tbe previous week wore very heavy, price Atiffaning as the *iook decreanes wore (rom 56 Cents to $1 86, according Wo grade Quotat and qualtty THE PRICK OF GOLD IN RICHMOND. In Richmond oo the 9d inwt. gold wax paid to be ad. vancing i re asking $225 premium. Sterling exchang a Mt $2 26 and Northero exehange at $1 40 premium, THR REBRL CONGHESS. A repoluiioa to inquire into the cavses of the New Or Jeans disaster was iaid upon the table in the rebel House niatives bY & Vote of hipety seven w forty been introduced jn te rebel Senate to eorot all «bite males, A bill be as couscript i for military duty between the ayes of eighteen aud fort} Ove, ia the employment of | the goverument, sod to fill the places they vacate with into @ real | competens person* unfit tor such duty Pollee Intel A New Cocwrienriet. Counterfeit twom on the Pr Bank of Derby Loe, Vermont, were pat inte n the upper part Of tbe city on Wednesday night, and quite a comber of the Bille were passed before the police got wind of the affair. David Mall wae arrested by oficer Garnbiing, of the Kighthy precinct ar Ke of paeing 9 of the the arioking eatoon, No 40 way. A roan tamed Meury was in (he priv per’s company at the tite Bpon rearcbing Hall at the atation sergeant feand three of ths counterfeits y se Ue lining of his coat. The accused were takm Festice uackenburh who committed them for exam tom. The 0 qneet yom is f ows the ja m ihe bills Cocdivgly firey, aed the etgray p call nyon Jus aut ’ fere | the depth of abor PRICE TURE CENTS. ewe From Fonvacss mownor. | GIL [MPORTANT The Effects of the Late Storm—Rebel NEWS. Claims of w Victory in the Late Fight wee om the Binckwater, Mc., dec. - Yorrnis Monuox, Fed: 4, 1559 | Rebel Reports Relative to Affairs off Charleston. ‘The flag of truce steamboat New York arrived today at noon from City Point, bringing down seven bandred and fifty three Union prisoners from Richmond, in charge The Port Completely Block- aded by Lron-C lads. of Captain John FE. Mulford, of the Third New York in- fantry, who reports that more prisoners are there ready to be exchanged. News has reached here that ao unknown schooner had sunk on Middle Ground, between Old Point and Cape Charles, and that the crew were clinging to the riggiag Captain J. M. Hunt immediately despatched a steamer to their rel cr One other scnooner is aground near Old Point, and four are aground on the bar between Sewall’s Point aud th: Rip Raps. ‘The storm was very severe, but has abated. ‘The steamer Movitor, which was aground. bight before An Attack on the City Momen- tarily Expeeted, Pe bs last, hax got off, Sho i loaded with horses, und as soon he, Ac, &c. ag sho takes in ber coalf she wil) leave for North Carolina. oe i Wo hear of two more schooners ashere between hore -; Wauinaey, Fe. 6, 184%. and Cape Henry. It is expected that all these schooners ‘The reports in regard to the encounter of Charleston will be got off by the steamtugs sent to their relief, harbor, beingfrom rebel sources, aro doubtions greatly Five o'Ciock P.M. : erated. There Has been no interraption ‘of the ‘The stoamer ent to save the crew of the schooner sunk | C#&K°rAted "1 4 ‘on the Middle Ground bas not returned. blockade, and no such assumption will be admitied by . The Southern papers all claim a rebel victory at Nan- | the government. semmand, Near SHON, 00 Bascrday leat, A telegram was received to-day from Fortress Mevroe Our Fertress Monree Correspondence. saying :— fomTRuas Mownom, Feb. 4, 1863. “General Dix is in receipt of rebel news from Charles he News from Charketon-—In it Reliable ?—The i=9 ton to the Sd instant, at which time that port was the General Pryor and his Recent Battle with Corcoran—: Injoa iron-clada lying ivxide ot * Mrrvimac @ Bugeear—-The Patrick Henry to Run the | ToUubbly blockaded, the Unioa iron-clads lying Bi.ckade—Her Strength—Affairs at Norfolk—Paymas. | the wooden vessels. The former were not with the fleet ters’ Difficulties-—Sleighriding in Norfolk, dic. ‘at the time of the attack on the Ist inst Late Richmond advices bave reached os this morning, | 44 agack on the cily wits momenlarily expected from which I learn that (according to rebel statements) | eitins cevicGieeis the blockade of Charleston harbor has been raised by two ‘A despatch boat, with an oficial account from rams engaging our fleet, sinking the United States gun. | Dupont is hourly expected boat Mercedita and compelling the State of Georgia, or c ‘ ae some other vessel, to strike her flag, but allowing her to Y OF THE POTOMAC. escape jn a sinking condition. Whether this story is true THE ARMY 0 i or not cannot be determined until official advices are re-* Tio aga el Aaa Saas Bee \ ceived from Capt. Armstrong, commanding the State of Feb, 6, 1863 Georgia. If, however, the rebels tell ax much trath | The extreme cold weather of the yt three days ha about this affair as that of Roger A. Pryor,on the 80th | made the roads hard and more pasvable, although very ult., near Suffolk, no fears need be entertained for the | rough safety of our blockaders in Charleston bay. The Southern | qne presure for leave of absence under the recent papers claim that Pryor was met by our forces, number | order granting a limited number of furloughs bo officers og from ten to fifteen thousand, and that after a fight Of | gud goluiers, is vory wreak ten hours he drove us from the battle feld with heavy | thore is every indication that (be have very loss. While, however, admitting a considerable toas of | mnuch weakenod their forces on the opp aide of th life on the rebel side, the Petersburg Express publishes | riyor, relying upon the imaponeib au oMcial despatch from Pryor, estimating our loss at! peing made under existing cir They « five hundred killed and thousands wounded, all of whom | Joneer make their former dieplay lente by any are accommodated in houses at Suffolk, which proving | and picket fires by might. Tuore are aley but inadequate to contain thom, compelled Major General Peck | few pickets (0 be seen On the oppor to seize the churches and to convert them into hospital, fast yight, notwithetanding the extreme cold While the offi prt of our medical diree' tases | row fires were visibl and below Frederick our loss in this affair at twenty-four killed and eighty Pag il at aa wounded, the rebel braggart, I'r vors to shield | DUE, Where heretofore they have becu very " himself and hig compulsory retreat by falsehoods, How- , ouly three were to be seen ever, the character of this man is too well koown, and | This 0 snow slorm commenced, wh no one therefore will believe any of his statements | pxdsaage dank: sik ee Saceunaane A number of the Suffolk prisoners were brought here | Wwards ev 0, am ’ and placed on board one of the transporis, under | that the m: fre ina, 4 d. ‘The majority of them are representatives of the | qi morning there wa» considerable fo the river “white trash’ of Dixie: but afew fem to be inceliigent | : ‘ ; d fellows. From the latter I learn that the ery of “Merri | @Bd at the meuth Of Aquia Creek, io whieh the reg mac’’ ix merely « bugbear, and calculated to deceive our pail boat got stuck so that she could not be exter government. While the Richmoud—as this monster is | aug a epee eA tobed tn called—ts really renay for operations, and ready to pay | ABt he Portemouth was fivally derpaicn us a visit at any moment, her advent ia coming to Hamp. | leaviag about 1 P.M. ton Roads will be merely to convoy the Patrick Houry, ‘ late the Yorktown, past our fleet at the mouth of the Our Falmouth Correspondence. James river. Ki itil 4 , Feb, 2, 1985. ‘The Patrick Henry is a fast side-whee! steamer, an C " the ovgak ha The Forests Disco Wook “a prominent part in the enumgemeut in Hampton | Ol Weather om the Kappahanneck— Thy Bisel, Dua) Roasts on the 8th and 9th of March Inst. After the defeat | Rearing Wood Gelling Searcer—General Sumuer's ) of the Merrimac No.1, the Patrick Henry, Jamestown, Command—The Recent News from Charleston Bet va Beaufort, Teaver and others, having free entree to Nor folk, got out of harm’s way by going to Kichmond, where they still remain. One or twe of the above named ves- ela were either captured or destroyed, and the remain-, der have been materially « end made seady for sea service. highly probable that the Patrick Honry Praderickabury— Muse, be, de The mild, «pringlike weather which we have enjove! for some time part changed yesterday afternooy, ood was succeeded by a decidedly ‘cold sump.’ A light of dry snow baif covered the ground thie morning will, it is presuined, im this changoful climate, soon add 1) qnota to the mud, which we were led w hope was rapidly drying op. If the present lemperature continome, how ever, the roads will soon be all that can be desired in the It is, therefore, will very soon eudeavor to make her exit from the James tiver to join her conrorts, the Alabama, Florida and Har- riet Lane in ting On Our commerce The Navy Department is fuily advised of tuese facta, and should take such precautions as will either destroy or eifec pe Ml cen Sn Patras Raarteaents way of hardness, although (samsters and boasie of bar eight heavy guns, and is strongly iron-piated Her speed | den might find & smoother surface preferable, i mated at vers knots, « Pe once gains the | and it will «require = weveral «days of = this igh seas no vessel in OOF ayy will be able Wen i . eat Gila: aae tat opend omasticgithe Vander, nea to! weather t give @ sufficiently tough crus to yn sel Cannot pursue aii the rebel privat 4 ONCE. vent baggage wacons breaking through im ome y Aftairs Ww Norfoik are aim wr op oy vps | ving oe places and balf burying them # io the semi teva Genera) Lgbert 1. Vielv attends t) hye usual routine bus i; : sty ager Pgh ie bees, and beyerd that nothing any moment occurs jal beveath. It is the grve inion of the t Owing W the late extensive sin) cgil perations, Major weather wite denizens of this village Geveral Dix bas dev goods for w ra ed oy Kren! BO more permits to viesale trade As soon as this fact of speculators banded together v in Norfolk, im order Wo mouo- polize the trade aud run up price: General Viele, however, upset the caloulati would’ be monopolists by issuing the following order — open Hxapauaxtens on tHe Mintran 1, and, indeed, the Orst month of apring over, roads on which travel is jersible are w be looked for, and thie idea also pervades the ar ch rests, waiting in a state of simmons listless ap for the warm sun of April Although the troops nominally tn winter quarters. (ue woods are poarir not al ways ek the Army of the Poternae # Jonger om the north tank of menne forexte le, herevy orde 4 vou, comm joka ite a that it cau with ditewity be proeurea J seems here in be an vokmown lex vry bnly pray Heaven (© pity (he Inhabitants of 1 od region at least until the winter past Authenticated + 1 be im erned will apprar at oner By order of Bricadier General F.. b JOH, Loenmwan, Aewinunt Adsatant It i# but justice to say that the late heavy haui of traband goods, amounting to upwards of $20 000, doow not Of their former glory demonetrate that the goods came from Norfolk a large talely in ¢ lot of wait bas been landed at Rownoke Isiand and thence | siviscn, bas beet onde transported into t terior of North Carolina, The | tie Weel, headquarters system adopted by ¢ Viele tn wo the effect that 0 | romain hore, ues will follow b sapere one mao can take Ov y tons, It # also gurrently reper good author t peed to ult) ¥ | that the ‘grand divivion” system te Ww be dispensed de his permit t detain and send Lim | with, and in relat thm} might edd thes tn © back to Norfolk, to report to the Provomt Marabal at once. | frown that Gener Yesterday morning Captain Kawin Ladiow, Asettant | pregeut arranger: Quartertnasier at Norfolk. received about §10.000 from | Lilt be made ib t Hooker bax bere long opposed to t Many aod important changer reanivation of the different ep Washington wherew th to pay off his employes: but thie | Qaymer, the preciee ature Of whicl i yet uskoowe. sum if Hot Kafficient | y one-tinif (0 pay arrearsgen alone ‘The eewe Of the destruction of paveral of our gory Captain Ludiow ban hat a great deal to contend against. | og Charieaum barter which we Dut he bay at all tims adroinustered hie cepartment 10} through the Richmond papers. he the satisfaction of ix euperiors, and there i# no quarter | \itation among (be master in the service whose record is aa complete of eo ted with divgor joa. as that of Captain Ladlow If justioe was done w nt officer his reward would be a pair of lieuts ‘ nant colonel's should tain Thoras A fr ie nettee, mediately ter for a time Acting Quarteriaster an ince then he bas otabliahed am extensive house §and supplies goed aud wlouvte ur troops and goverminent euploy ee, ty and loyal evtizens of Noriolk Among ot laxurier foand at Nort ighride 1 rary Military Col. Hero vividly The #1 the treets, unlike th bered with raiifoad | Jingle of sleyghbelix over The prospect are very bright © Medicnt ast tod Ube fal New Vork Soctety The ° © state Medes ty be wns On tae Pome ' Merrie oF Te beocueme ware —Vreavient, Vane wrth of Cues Devan —Tre Deate oF *! | President, Joe! Porter of New York Secreury, #1 ineeting of the Board of Kngite ment tbe | yy wiiard, of Al Treas Joba 2 New York Fire Department ovo at Fireman ® HAH | gue, of alban proambie and resolutions were | atig relating gree abuser in the our Ueaveniy Farber ne oe y @ Awinburue of Albany oe see on the held of t Pugmerting feined woh we wh ale Morgan 1m an offer! 6 A coromutee { Jon Howey we ware *. D. Wierd - ; tr Poy late secrwtar . | on bobalt of Ub . Medios , jaar . Arrivals and Departares. rn er ART ORR ; ” tyman Grows ¥ A “ IL Lewtnan » “? °s * H Maren of ¥ et Hugh « @, tonne Mis Whe NA we A ' a * ue ft We ' Me spew RW ieee ® + Km