Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-03
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
TENS FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS.

roprxxss NoKkox, dec. The Gag OF
truce steamboat New York arrived from City
= Milford OF the Third New York Regiment,
trlpfing down three hundred and seyenty-hve
r risorrrs Of war from Richmond, and forty
rcii.ica; pri.oneTs: also about sixty labor-rs,
Eho wsrr captured on the Alcxandria railroad
MAJOR General John A. Dix and stan left This
morning for Yorktown, for the inspection Of
,rvrp- ct hat place.
The Richmond Inquirer of Nov. 28, SAYS:
..TEe Judges, Is we learn from the Georgia
rsp.rs. were unanimous on the opinion nm
Cerrd by the supreme Court, that the Con-
:riIst law is Coustii ptional"
"WILMInGTnS. N. O., Nov. IA dispatch
from Fort Fisher ssys the schooner Flasia way,
s.eyrn days from Nassau, with SO sacks salt,
has arrived safely"
The Inquirer of November o. says: "Ths
small pox has made its appearance in Danville
"The President has appointed Colonels
Cobb. DSlrs. IyeIson and Coiquit,, OF Georgia,
bIIgadIer Generals. y
alt j. useless to disguise the fact that the
abcIificnist OF Memphis and Helena have snc-
eeeGed in getting GOOD DIAL fcot.or. wagon
loRds Ia, Gaiiy going in, and boats 90 UP the
Iiy.r hs ayIiy ladRned."
'-Gen. johnson and STAFF will leave Rich
mold to-day for tie West"
"WuNISGTOS. p. c., Nov. PA Federal
gunboa vas captured in New river, Onsiow
c..unty, the 2Uih, by Newkirk's ca| airy.
The crew escaped after setting the steamer on
fire. She had been al Jacksonville and broke
open ihe cOurt-house and post-oilicc. carrying
oil all records and papers,
"The conduct Of thr Yankee abolition army
under Burnside has exceeded that of Pope's.
The cutrages in fauquier require retaliation,
prompt, swift and effective"
The Inquirer says:-"Tbe next battle be-
TWEEN Lee and Burnside may be a very de-
clslNr one. An overwhelming victory on thu
part OF LIE und the defence Of Washington
ECuld bP gone and the cIiy may be captured.
SGch 4 result should te irfor,. the eyes of our
soldiers and be The objrci of The contest. Upon
the ut II hattie therefore depends whether the
war shall end or drag along in undecided bal
.sF ., or mere material Victories
The 10Th Georgia Regiment " A. rayiav,. "a
on the Esitrry vest riay by irn"ral Howell
Ccbl,. The General goes 10 Florida &c is=nm.
con mand OF military district"
Waller III. ETOJkr, MarylI refugee.
accidentally shot himself AT DanyiIle, last
week.
The Richmond Wing, of November %, says:
"The Petersburg Express reports large REIN
for. ements OF the enemy concentrating AZ SUI.
folk, and that they number 33GGO. Also that
IN attack - io Dr. made upon Weldon, 20 cut of
the railroad communication.
"AbneT Iackson, prominent citizen OF Knox
county. Tennessee. has heen arrested upon
charge Of disloyalty 10 the C5nfcderacy, anu
committed 70 laIl.'
The Richmond dispatch, November D. SAWS
alt is rumored thar the Yank-e gunhSats
asceniCd New river. a few day ago. and
DESTROYED tn" town of Jacksonville, ". O.
''in ImmPHEp bed of rock salt. aiTJrding, an
pa entity, an InfShauSti!lt. supply, has bnan
discovered ut Opclika, Alabama
vi he IcflGd legislature convened a. Ialia.
hassee on Monday last. There quo
rum in either house, so they adjourned
"Jac K or, Miss, was fired in several places
on the night of Nov. i2th."
''GOVPTnOr Pickcns'S message Ia the Iy-gi.Ia-
fure OF South CorolinR was received the 18th
He urges the support of the Confederate an
hoFItleS IN MEASURES for common defense He
forbear<, in view of the crisis, 10 object 10 the
cCnSCrIpt law, though viewing all such facts
~ A. alESt the spirit of the Constitution. He
ailud's tO iiHCOlns Emancipation Proclaim
tlcn, and recommends the formation of a State
guard of CltiZens under ! and over - for police
duty. He says the State has fUrns he'd i1,;au
coast defense. He urges prompt organic alton
OF negro la bor. so that the Qualifications around
Charicston may be made p-.rmdnpnt-
The Atlanta (Geo.) Daily Inteiiigencer OF
NE l9th, Gays. "a dispatch from Ab5e. lille
states that our cavalry again occupied Holiy
Grand Junction and Bolivar"
The Richmond Dispatch of Nov 2oth saws.
iteyerythfng at Fredericksburg is in a state OF
inact.on. II IL reported that the enemy IN force
have moved eighteen miles up the Rlppahan-
Eoek, toward Warrsnton Junction
Mobile Is 10 be defended 10 the last extra.
nifty, and though the enemy NAV burn its edi-
fees they shall never hold a part Of its soil .
p, ace"
"GTeat preparation il heing made for the de-
fence of the coast of North Carolina"
The Richmond Wing says: Zone of a parri-
san corps, IT. Tennessee, was capturnd hv th.
Yankees and hung. The Colonel of the r.pi
nsnt subsequently, canght some Yankee ana
hung five Of them. and sent word to the Van
kee Creme l9,i what he. had done. and stated II
was his system OF warfare 70 hang five for
one"
I'VE hear nothing more of the rumcra,I
movements OF the Yankees below Peierburg.'