Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-03
w. d. WALLACH.
A BUDGET OF SOUTHERN NEWS.

ABUDGET OF SOUTHERN NEWS.
From late Southern papers We gather the
following particulars Of affairs down in Dixie:
The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter has been
discontinued for want Of paper.
Governor Letcher has appointed delegates
70 represent Virginia in the Planters Con-
vention Of the South to be held in Memphis
next month-February.
The Richmond Dispatch suggests as the
Confsds are in urgent need Of arms just now,
that the guns throughout the different camps,
left there by volunteers who have died or
been discharged, be collected and put to use.
The Dispatch lambastss "ths vampires who
are sucking out the Hfe-blood Of the nation"
(secssh,) and doubts " II any age of the world
has witnessed o spectacle like that now CON-
planned Of BY our own soldiers, growing out Of
the difficulty Of obtaining settlements, which
has led to the establishment Of Offices in this
city tas We are informedD whore they 60 and
have their claims shared and cashsd."
Amongst the Wants" in the Dispatch of
the 18th, are the following significant speci-
mems:
Wantsd-A substitute for an artillery COM
pany, stationed at Yorktown, which has but
enorL tlno 20 serve a hOeIal bonus Will De
paid; Apply at J.. o. DioksnsOn's, on Wall
wanted-Substitute' Notice-I still want
three more good men as substitutes, and will
pay them q bonus Of from S65 to s.. Call at
the Office Of the City Water Works, and enlist
in No. 1 artillery company. Robert Hill,
Substitute Agent.
Wsnted-four substitutes, for q company In
the Army Of the Potomac. A liberal bonus
will be given. Apply to DR.. cambridge, Byrd
Island Hospital.
Wanted-a substitute, Immediately. Liberal
price paid. For particulars, apply at once to
VIM S. Phillips.
Wanted-A substitute for q member of cav.
airy company on the Peninsula, to whom we
will give q liberal bonus. Apply Immediately
to Geo. Watt 4 Co.
wanted-Fivs hundred four horse wagons
for transportation of the c. 8. Army. Parties
who can furnish a number Of wagons will ap-
ply to W. 8. Wood, Captain and A. Q. M, Ba-
cons Quarter Branch
The Eufsula (Ala Spsrtt of the South says
st Is rumorsd that some persons in Barbour
county have been engaged in shipping cotton
from Eufaula to Columbus and thence to Apa-
lschicola, where 1t is clandestinely conveyed
to the enemy'svessels, to be carried north.
Gen. Borland, in command at Pocahontas,
Ark, has enlarged White River, to prevent
speculators from monopoIiIing and carrying of
supplies
The "devilish inoendiary emissaries of Lin
colin" are still at work at Charleston. The
Richmond papers of the 18th say that:
Charleston was fred in several places Sun
day evening last. Several wooden buildings,
OF but small value, were destroyed"
The Norfolk correspondent of the Richmond
Dispateh writes, Dec. q:
at is rumored here that Gen. Magruder is
hourly expecting an attack on the Peninsula
and Is making active preparations to give the
Yankees cordial old Virginia welcome. It
Is stated that the sick in the hospital have all
been removed, and that q vigilsnt lookout is
kept up daily and nightly for the approach of
''Ths "colored fremsn" Of this city had
parade yesterday and attracted considerable
attention. The engines, which they drew along
with them, were In fne order, and being
dressed in neat uniforms presented an orderly
appearances. The sable fremen seemed to en-
Joy their holiday parade vastly. They had
music, too, and marched along in evident CON-
sciousness OF the Importance and usefulness of
their position"
The DfJpateh gives the following particu-
lars Of descent upon King Faro:
At II o'clock yesterday, the gaming appara-
tus seized by the police in the houses of 2. II.
7. Allen, Murphy McCann, and Richard
Copeland, was taken from the City Hall by the
officers and broken up and burnt publicly, as-
cording to the terms Of the law. The scene of
the conhagration was Broad ST., in front of the
City Hall, and, as near a. we could ascertain,
the following is list Of tho articles consigned
TO the flames: Faro tables, 5; roulette ta bic, L;
shove-it-up-sspout,l 1; cards, bushel (more
or lsss); ivory checks, do; and some trifing
articles, the names Of which We did not hear
IL was big hre, and, as matter Of course, o
big crowd assembled to see 1t.
"The flames roared and cracked a. ooe
after another, the massive mahogany legs and
other members Of the body Of King Faro were
pitched int the devouring element, and the
grim sRecutioners stirred mp the glowing Goals
with malignant joy, unmoyed by the grief of
sympathizing Spectators. When nothing re-
mained but . mass Of red hot embers, the OIL
GERS retired, and then young Richmond, white
and black, made an effort to secure some relics
Of the departed monarch. "I've got a hne
dollar chip :" said one" I've got copper on
the ace :" said another; bat they crumblsd at
the touch, and nothing now remains but ashes
Of what was once % gorgeous and mischievous
We were about TO add that this IL the last of
the faro banks; but We remember that the
apparatus taken from Worsham and Burns Is
still in litigation, and thus reserved for future
oonfagration.
The Richmond papers have the following In
their tslsgrsphio columns:
yRox KENTUCKY
Noytbsrs Troops Pouring In-Pyospsets of
Fight Don5tfHL-Gsn. Hindnuau,s or
f5al Report Of tie Battle of Woodvills.
MEMPHIS, Dec. T.-The latest Louisyills
papers received here represent that Northern
troops continue to pour into Kentucky In one
Reliable Intelligence from Bowling Green
SAYS that appearances do not indicate An an