The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-15
Items From Southern Papers.


The Richmond Enquirer, of the 4th, is
almost entirely filed with the proceedings
of the Virginia Convention, held in June
last, and extracts from Northern papers to
show how our Government was Inundated
by being compelled to surrender Mason and
Slidell. We copy an article on the latter
subject, from the New Orleans True Delta,
on the irst page of to-day's paper. The
surrender of the arch traitors has very prop
erly filed the Southerners with rage and
despair.
A dispatch from Hopkinsville to the
Nashville Courier, says the rebels lost two
men killed and one wounded, in the battle
of Sacramento, and that the Federals left
ten dead on the field, while eighteen were
taken prisoners. The Kentuckians are
called " Yankees" in the dispatch.
The following is the rebel account of the
battle of Port Royal Ferry, as telegraphed
to the Enquirer from Augusta, Ca, on the
I'd:
The Savannah /" Republican" of yester-
day morning, says that Captain John
Stephenson's s. schooner, Lucy Wariug, which
has just been released from the Lincoln
feet, arrived yesterday, and says that Is
vessels were at Port Royal.
The Republican" says the Federals
landed 5000 troops at Port ROYAL on
Wednesday morning, under cover of shells
sad gunboats- Gen. Pemberton, with
Jones' regiment and four companies of Dun
oYants regiment, advanced upon them,
when fierce battle ensued, which resulted
IN driving the enemy, with considerable
loss, under cover Of their guns. The Con-
federates fell back to Gardners corner.
Our loss was eight killed and fifteen
wounded.
General Evans, with large re-enforce-
ments, promptly went to the scene of action,
and the firing was renewed at 10 o'clock on
yesterday morning.
The Savannah g Morning News saws that
General Lee has also gone to the scene of
action.
The following items we find in the Bow
ling Green Courier of the 9th inst
There is but little in it of interest, being
pretty much filed up with the cards of can
didates for the Confederate Congress. We
find among others the card of J. w. Crock
EFT, who our readers will remember as hav-
ing made very conservative speech in our
city during the canvas of 1860. The Col. has
made several Intellectual efforts to get into our
Congress, we trust he viii be more success
full in his present undertaking. The fol-
lowing are the only items OF general inter-
est
New ORLEANS, January s.-The editor of
the Wilmington IN. CO. Journal saws. as
far as be can learn, there is no truth in the
report that the Burnside expedition was
seen off Hatteras
MEMPHIS, January 8.--A mercantile firm
in this city has received a letter from a
friend in Southern Kentucky, stating that
the Federal Government has made clantes-
tine arrangements to have all the convicts
OF desperate character in Northern pris-
ons pardoned, and scatter them through the
South TO set fire to and burn up everything,
especially manufactures and machine shops,
the Federal Government paying them a
liberal price for all the fires to which they
may be accessory. The Federal Govern
ment believes this good and ,effectual
mode of cripplingtthe Confederate States.
The information is obtained from party
In the employ OF the Federal Government,
and is communicated by a sympathizer with
the South TOR the purpose of putting our
people on their guard.
1t is reported that twenty Federal officers
at Cairo have resigned and gone home.
RICHMOND, Jan. S.-The statement which
has been published in some of the papers
that the Treasury Department had purchas-
ed gold at high premium to pay the jan
uary and March interest on the funded debt
of the Confederate States, is unfounded
The gold to meet these payments has been
IN the Treasury for some time.
Confederate State bonds of the Fifteen
million issue, are quoted at lo2, interest of.
The dispatches from Europe which were
brought to the State Department by MIR.
Bisbie, were written prior to the reception
In England of the news of the capture of
Mason and Slidell. They represent the
feeling in France and England as very IA
yoraole to the cause of the Confederate
States.
NEW, ORLEANS, Jan. s.-To-day has been
appropriately celebrated as State holiday,
in commemoration of the vaIor of our fore
fathers There was no exulting over the
defeat OF Great Britain in the memorable
battle Of the 8th of January 1915.
AAO AA1AAe0t WGLO IGbI0VSu DY NyenS. 4
RuggleH, Lowell, and Lewis; also, by in
vitation, by Gen. JEFF. Thompson, of Mis- |
souri,.
Capt. R. S. Wier of the 14th Mississippi.
died at this place last Monday, of pneu- |
monia. His remains were escorted to the /
depot, by half the regiment, to be sent
home. to Enterprise, Miss, for burial. He |
was greatly loved and is Iamented by all |
who knew him.
Ia our report of the fight at Sacramento |
we perhaps did some injnstice to Lieut.-OeIs I
Love of The lib Kentucky, who, we then |
intimated, fed the field. We have learned i
since that though he did dash to Sacramento
at the most admirable speed, sticking spurs
to his horse at every jump, yet he yociferous-
~ cried " Haiti halt n every foot of the
way He was CALAMITY trying to rally him
ssJf
Humphrey MarshalI's Flight.