New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-10
Their Reliance Upon Sickness as an Aid
THE lEtFFIciENcY or THE REBEL GOVERNMENT
Proceedings in the Rebel Congress.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.
INTERESTING FROM CHARLESTON.
Correspondence Of The Richmond EIaDiner.
r..ut s.roS Narch 10 IN

INTERESTING FROM CHARLESTON.
Cs,HLRsTos. March 20. 1867:
Amid tie hnrly-bury OF bat lee, niuSches, Skin
mis- 90, and retreats of the hostile armies along
vast frontier, complete lull has prevailed for some
time in tie operations Of tho campaigns along The tei-
board OF Georgia and South Carolina. The Yankee
Generals, hereabouts, Lave evidently abandoned the
int titipn If pushing their conquests inland, H. IN
deed, they ever entertained such MI intention. We
are now IA a state of good preparation at nll tie
/ points which bave been selected for defense. few
weeks hence Bronze John, and the Oti er climatic
fevers, vii make htirsppearance amoug he North
-Tu troops now cncampgd upon the sea isardi, nnd
the havoc that Will nryita " come will leave bnl
| little 10 be done by our army OF the coast. am told
that the people Of Ssyaurab, who, short time ago,
were IN hourly expecal on OF 40 attack, have aisO
relinqusIed tie idea q 81 any immediate demot stra
ton Is iptet ded against ieir ely. But neither there
nor on The cOsrt OF ia STATE have mi ltary au-
ihOiItts sbacd 4 OF their eiOris 10 Improve and
perfect the condition Of def snd defenders.
/ Since The drawn battle bet scen tie nopllor and
virginia, We Lave made up our minds 'lat the
strength Of tie batteries Of Fort Sumter VIII within
,he next three months, be tested by bali score oil
iron.eleat' ei monster. We are ing something TO
got ready for them The gunboAt fever, Ju't how 50
/ universal among the uncOnQuerab c women OF The
/ south, seems 10 have awakened the Navy D~part
( from It's tOrpor. What Is now being done al the
ell yenih hour by The orders Of tie Government
/ lbe cumbersome floating battery, Intended for tue
reduction Of Fort SdCtsr, WAS lIuLc -, our ehip-
carpenfers III far vesselsare concerned, have
been absolutely Idle, though their servIcea could
a. any limc have been secured by the COIiedtracy.
/ But the past Ia pact, and we must all put our
shoulder, 10 the wheel for the future.
Gen Eynny, he hero OF the +" .l's Bluh Mas
sgcr-," il ,iTiDg up the Yankees on EcsiO Island.
IA ( telrgra he'd to Tie EIGmtHf1, patty Il
Carolina scouts bsgled twenty.one OF the enemy
| elon day Oh Saturday morning. O.
REBEL CONGRESS.
On tie 81 inst, H. ibe Rebel Senate at Richmond,
/ The Hon-e bin 20 remit The duty on iron sufficient
TO com, iete tie Alabama aud hssisrippi Railroad,
wBs Rad.
that II WIS " ~ the exception Of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad the only great main artery %
I omnun ion. TIE Memphis and Charleston 10 ID
b, now threatened, and II tie enemy ge' o-ses.ion
4 &C. there will ~ other but The road IN question:
The Prov sional Congress Las aleady sp1rci mate
sNOCO 10 il compl Jon, and it only wants this re
/ ui rl,n OF duer 10 hu-h J.. The Government nh'
already froronnccd 10 military neceseiiv, anc II
ought TO be- pui ~ wotsiug order without delay.
~. Gas dill no! ike 70 ray before the world
I What ie would sBy privately TO Senators OF t.'
importance Of speedily building this road. li'
would let ti,r own minds sug.e,t IL Importance
AID tYc remedy. II great public nec"s.iiy
and shopld not be Gelsyed. Doe day might make
great dhcroi %, sud affect the whole country.
Sir. B.rI.gyeI did not view the road as military
n necessity.
Mr. .rohnson 81 Arknnsae did not koow how SEM
atOr, were 10 get home, or how communication wa,
20 he kept ~ With his State aud Missouri, nuless
the road was built az once. We have beard that
TIE enemy, Or ore ese had clt the levee, ann
the whole Mississippi Valley was submerged. lie
urged The immediate yas,sgc of the bill which WIS
dune and The Scusie then vent iuto secret sessiOn
REGULATION or PRICES or PROVISIONS.
Al. 81.
IL - he purpose OF the Proyosi hanhh to in'erross
NJ regulate The prices Of PROVISIONS &c.i IN tie d.
ferent MARKS ~ Richmond
ItBEL LIES.
Tie correspondent OF Tie Richmond EEqaire'
,eys thar Ut tie battle OF Winches'er Of Our reyi
n.euts and Yankee regiment were 10Th stcying u
gsin u store ieu.e, a. "a Kind q ioriIraton lrOu
which % arsai ito other. VI is siid thcv woub
have reached The stone fence about The samo time
but Ne Yankee not hbiug such G. go qlaliete
turned 10 run, WHEN our tuys fired upon them, aut
but few Il them escRl co. aud riler that, reg uel
after iefinelt wac brought up md rcrulse1 to1
the sane potit on. think the regiment on our sid.
Which accomplished tbs ioat Wss Col ulkertop q
40 cr tlo huulr VIZ over committee was rai-el
In Ninchcator to bury our dead. aud a fenfleua-
now her ho assisted IN ,ue matter ~, that tlej
buried rs bodies. VIII ;b il the nquher OF orr III c,
and those llat died from their wounds b. ore es--
afice could hc given them. \ tcy, who arrived
here FROM Winch, rucc the battle, says hii th'
enemy carried over 80 dead bodies through NlD
chester which, Of eourre, we're the uost d,tin
gnl.h.d Of those who fell, and did not iucluoe .',
Common Dltch soldiers, large number Of WHOM
were doubtless buried where they tcll. learn ais
to-day that Gen. Shields adGite oss OF 22JO ~ To-
. baulr and lie skiru'ehcs with Aslby Tie ter ll
chassemeut il tid h. have utterly frustrated nnl
c,nfounded the Yantces- They are extremely eau
tous ia le!r movement Siucc
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
TX SFHsToH Gws ~ h-HMoSD.-Ihe Lon.
Wm. b. q win Of Csliioui8, who was arTesfc' II
New-l 0rk some months ago and carried 60 Nash
iDgtou by lancolus mnous, ont aiterN and recessed
alf0 arrived iu tiH city NoeterNT ana ~ stopping at
tie SpOtswoOd Hotel. DR. GTin cane from Mary
land Nv tire nod rgrouud nlIr0ad. no states tba
the Yankees intend exhnns'ng every mems 90 crust
ou the so-csilcd - rebellion bv tho nrs' % May,
The number OF mechanics in tho workshops o. tls
North haa been doubled. and they are now working
oey aud might turning out iron 10. guubOats, IN,
North believes them 10 he their onl ravauou.
lkichlotd inquirer. April I.
RrrrL TEEAsURr NoTEs-DEATH THE PESALri
oY hTflUFlrisG.-Ite K,cfV0Hd El1.niAc'
~ April 4 contains lending article urging he exe
cution OF tie full sentence Of q law upon several
perrons convicted Of couuterii,iu< EehCl IIegsr y
Notes That penalty sR's The Examiner, is hang
ing by the neck until they are dead.
ErrEcrs oY Oyrnssuss 90 THnEs MILLIoEs
! WEEKLY ADDFD TO THK CiHcULATIoS.-lt 4
suggesied chat COngress will take 10 check
tie evil, which are becoming very percrplibio from
tie large Issue of Treasury Notes, and VIII provide
adequate means f)r absorbing the currency. We
learn that tho eXp 'ndilurss Of The Government are
NJ tho rate Of two or three millions day, and that
there IL weekly sddit on Of that sum to the cur
r,nry. We hear il recommended that Congress
should make al future issnes o Treasury Notes bear
| interest. (Bichmond Examiner, April 4.
! pI0rs hCQuAiETRD WIN NORTHERN HARSoRs.
We lpye pretty sroug hint that pilots acquainted
with the various karbors along tie Northern zen
loarl viii speedily bo ia great demand and that
their services viii DO Handsomely remunerfed. II
q; ann, ee,eorv ror us of eourse 10 .aV luOre than