Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-01-13
The Latest from the South.


The Nashville Courier of January has
the following items:
William Preston, late United States Min.
ister TO Spain, has been appointed Maior
General of Kentucky forces in the Southern
army, and is to have command of twenty.
five regiments of infantry-if he can get
them.
The Courier concludes long notice of
Preston as follows:
General Preston is Just the man to take
the command of these young men and lead
/ them to glory and to victory. With the ex-
perience of veteran, he has the ardor of
youth and the fixed purpose of manhood;
and wherever honor points the way, or duty
calls, he will lead his victorious columns OF
KentucBy's choicest spirits, before whose
impetuous charge the Dutch mercenaries and
Yankee fanatics sent by Lincoln for the
subjugation and enslavement of Kentuck-
iaps will be scattered as chaff before the
wind.
Disease is decimating the Lincoln ranks at
Calhoun. We learn from reliable gentlemen,
just from the camps, that not less than thirty
deaths occur there daily, and frequently the
number reaches as high as fifty per day.
The Legislative Council" on the Sd,
elected H. o Burnett, of Trigg County, and
VIM. Simms, of Bourbon County, Senators
in the rebel Congress. Good Tor Burnett
and Simms.
RICHMOND, January Especial Dispatch 10
the NGShUikLe Patriot In Congress to-day
Daniel p. White, of Kentucky, appeared,
was qualified and took his seat
MEMPHIS, January "a dispatch has been
received from Little Rock containing official
intelligence from the North west. Colonel
McIhtosh's command, consisting offour reg
iments, had fight with 0pathioyohola, the
Indian chief, seventy. five miles north. west
Of Fort Gibson, on the 26th ult., which
lasted four hours, and resulted in the total
rout of the enemy. The enemy lost two
hundred killed. wounded and missing, and
one hundred prisoners. The Confederate
loss was twelve killed and twenty wounded.
| Colonel Mcintosh was still pursuing Opath.
| loyohOla, who was fleeing toward Kansas
| The Confederates captured large number
of wagons aud one hundred Indian horses,
MEMPHIs, January State advices from
the North by way of New Madrid, say thai
the Federal Congress has split into three
factioDs-a Union party, slavery exterminat.
! ing, and peace party, the latter being
headedby Vallandigham, of Ohio.
The Cabinet has also split on the Mason
and Slidell affair, and it is understood thai
no advance movement will be made until the
difficulty is settled.
EXTRACTS.
| AUCTION Sale.-The following articles, be-
ing portion of cargo recently arrived
from Havana, were sold at auction yester
day by Messrs. La Roche & Bell:
One thousand aud thirty eight sacks O
coffee of various brands, brought rom 60 tt
G6% cents per pound; 20 pieces navy anC
army cloth brought $l09l2 so per yard; q
| caTboys eaIboDic acid brought ST. per pound
100 hhds. clarified and brown sugars brough
SOIL cents per pound; 80 reams letter papeI
| 5000 80 per ream.-SaVannah Republican
Immense quantities of ice is floating dowr
the Mississippi from the cold regions of thu
North: A perfect gorge of il was visibl,
yesterday.-C Columbus (Ry.) Neaos