Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-12
TNrELLTGENCR FRom THE NORTH.

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A dispatch from Washington to ST. Louis, on
the 9TH, says: Hon. Charles j.. Faulkner, of
Virginia, viii be released from custody on parol
lie will proceed Immediately South and procure
a similar release of Hon. Alfred Ely. If unsuc-
cessfuI, he pledges himself to return to custody
in thirty days.
The papers relating TO foreign affairs, accom-
psnying Lincoln's message, cover four hundred
and twenty-five pages, beginning with President
Buchanan's circular, of February 2sth, the last
addressed to ministers abroad by Secretary
Black.
An army order, issued by Cameron lately, de
reefs all officers and enlisted men of the Federal
volunteer service now prisoners IN the hands of
the Coniederates, or reported as missing in ac-
ton. to be transferred to skeleton regiments, to
be formed by the Governors of the respective
states. and to consist entirely Of such missing
officers and men. The yacanci $ thus occasioHed
in the regiments viii be filled by the Governors
of the various States to which the regiments be-
long.
The bogus Legiy lature at Wheeling has abol
ished the RIGA cocs system of voting, and made
provision that the ballot shall be substituted.
Aprivats letter received at New York, on the
9th, from Port Royal, states that one of the
! Federal quartermasters has, ON his own response
biity, set about forty negroes at work The
negroes. as an iuducement to work, are TO re-
ceive three cents per pound for all marketable
cotton, and they have gone into the business, il
is represented, with enthusiasm.
4 dispatch was received at New York on the
| 5th, from Washington, ordering the 10Th regi-
ment New York volunteers, Col Dodge, now in
camp at Governors Island, to proceed to Fort
Pickens
The New York Chamber Of Commerce has
adopted a memorial asking Lincoln to send two
or more vessels to the coast Of Europe, for the
protection Of their commerce against privateers
The presence of the Confederate steamer Nash.
vile in an English port has reused ,hem to a
sense of their danger.
Federal intelligence from Charleston report,
lhst the blockade there is constantly violated by
inland channels TO EdistU and the Mofit o.
North channel. Vessels are certain Of twelve
feet of water in the latter. Within a few week.
the brig West Indian and bark Helena, witt
naval stores, and the schooner Gen. Ripley, witt
nee, have arrived. besides Others of less note
The steamer Isabel, thoroughly fitted up and
loaded with ten thousand bales of cotton, an,
the Prince Of Wales, are waiting AN opportunity
to run out.
With reference to the Confederate strength
on the coast, a dispatch from New York says
There Fare sabOut twelve thousand North and
South Carolina and Georgia troops on the rail
road to Savannah, and five thousand in Charles
ton. Most of the South Carolina regiments ar,
still ia Virginia. Five gmboats are building
at Charleston. They are confident at Charles
ton that they can gather forces enough to NEE.
us at any point on the main land we may
choose
Senators F~essenden, Of Maine, and Trumbul.
of Illinois, have been appointed regents OF th,
! Smithsonian Institute. They fiji the vacancie.
occasioned by the death Of Mr.. Douglas and tn,
/ resignation OF Nj. Mason
It is a matter Of congratulatiou with the ST
Louis Ecyutijcu, that SCI ator Andy Johnson.
Of Tennessee, ha5 not taken his scat in C0uefes-
this winter 1t is boastinSIy added that he To-
mains with tie gaIiau, East Tennessee troops il
Kentucky, to cheer them by his personal pres
euce. to see that all their wants are supplied
and to accompany them when they advance q,
drive tine rebel invaders from their homes.
It is announced that Hon. john ). PLeip-, oil
Missouri, has also declined 10 take his seat.
The Missouri Republican makes the following
ridiculous and -unwanantol boast, which shows
how the people of the North are imposed upon
The National flag now floats over the soil OF
every seeded State except Alabama and Arkan.
sas. In Virginia It floats over One-thTd Of the
State in North Carolina, at HatteTas Inlet iH
South Carolina. at Port Royal and a hal-dozen
neighboring Islands in Georgia, on Iybee Is
land in Florida, at Key West, Santa Rosa Z,
land and other points in Mississippi, at SEiI
Island in Louisiana, at ChaudeieuT Island u
Texas, at ElPaso and in Tennessee, at Bristol
Elizabethtown, and otheI points IN the eastern
part Of the State.