Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-02-13

i today at Old Polnt. II brings northern papers
 to the 5th inst.-- Dispatches to them say that 1 party of tederals advanced to Oceoqdan on
 Monday, and had a brush with the confederate
 pickets--iour of the latter are stated to have l been seen iall.
 President Davis has informed Lincoln by 8 | dag of truce that ifthe Missouri bridge burners
 are.swuur by Gen. Hallovk as threatened, Col
 Corcoran, Wilcox, Lee aud others will be swung
 by way of retaliation. It is said the enemy find
 great difficulty in taking care of the negroes in
 their camps Gen. Wool Is puzzled about the
 matter and has appointed committee to pro- vide for their further wants. In the federal l Congress, Sumner of Massachusetts has report
 ed bill authorizing the appointment ot Glplo>
 matic representatives to the negro republics of
 Liberia and Hayt, ill accordance with Lincons
 message. Itis asserted that Gen. Schoeps brig
 a.ie have moved to Cumberland river. corps
 of artilier, ists is being formed at New ork to
 guard the coast. Gen. Scott has not iett New | York The PhiladeIphianS are actively engaged 1 in fitting up another naval expedition for the
 southern coast. "There was great display of
 fashion at the White House last night, with
 feastng drinking, etc. Erricson floating bat l tery Is nearly completed De Jonyie. French
 officer on McClellan's staff, has gone to Nash>
 ington. The coast ot Maine Is to be fortlfed at 1 the expense of the State, with the promise ot ' being reimbursed by the federal governmeAt.-' i The lower house of Congress has passed q blii authorizing the conatruction sot twenty plated l irgates for naval expedition. Twelve vessels
 and gunboats lefl Cairo on the Sd inst, and are
 u be joined by a large force soon. The cltl-
 zens ot New I ork ask for repeal pf the treaty | of reciprocity between Canada and the United l States i'll consequence of the aspect of foreign
 affairs The New i ork Herald says, the guns
 of the frigateS in Hampton Roads are double shotted. A plot Is reported on foot to assassin i ate the president of San Salvador, and also oen
 Casteo. Late discoveries show that more fraud
 and swindlng have been developed among the l Iincotn government contractors. There are 1 5 600 troops at Cairo The Bostonians have
 had meeting at Faneuil Hall, to devise meas
 ures to secure the release of Corcoran. Seo'y | Chase is said to be Ill great trouble. He urges | Congress to take prompt acton IT hnances.- ! He says the federal treasury Is nearly empty ! tore.gn exchange is selling at ll4-stoeks Gn>
 settled.
 l NORFOLK, Feb. 9.-An engagement com | menced al Roanoke Island on Friday forenoon, ! and continued until the courier left at 7 o'clock l P. M The enemy ceased the most energetic
 portion of their attack. An attempt of the | iederals to land failed. Two or three steamers ! dt theirs were damaged. Our hatterles afe uu- | injured, but some private residences on the Is land were damaged. Gen. Wise IS at Nagg's
 Head, Ill., and confined to his bed; physicians
 find 1t difficult to control him and prevent him
 from taking the field.
 Heavy firing southward was heard at Nor 1 folk up to 0 clock to day. It was presumed 1 to be the cauuonadIng at Roanoke. ] MEMPHIS, Frb. 9.-Ihe Appeal of this morn i ing has the following movements of the enemy
 up the Tennessee river. Dispatches were re
 celved last night by superintendent Ross, oi the 1 Memphis and Charleston railroad, which give .lhe following statement ot the enemy $ move,
 ments up the Tennessee river. l. Is asserted
 that five federal gullboats reached Passport, 1 Mss. seven hiiles rom uka, ion tHe Memphis
 and Ghareal0n railroad, aL Il o'clock yester-
 day--that two of them stopped there a"d the | rtmandtrmoved on up towards \ NOrth Alabama. { Early 10 tl.a morning. Mr Ross rcletHed diS- l patch from Florence, anu0Nnclhg that the con { federate steamer Dunbar and four others had
 reached there, but We're unable tO pass the rai
 road bridge, owing to high water, and asking
 permission to destroy portion ot the bridge so as to allow them to get through. But as uassage ut. the lise4 9,9u then .4e secured also tO Inc gunDOats, this request eas reiused. By ?. M another dispatch from the telegraph operator at Florence, announced that he gun
 boats were in sight Ut that place. He stated
 he would eAYe lbin ediatelY, carrying A,q.li@stra- nenLs with him. ile Confederate steamers were then burned, 50 as to prevent taeip latl!us into he nand8 ot the enemy, Since that tune, nothing has been heard from Florence Cons
 nunication by that route wlta Nashville nus
 been cut off. l1e old railroad depot witIna 7
 miles Of Iuscum0la oil the river, is sad to have
 been burned, and report also prevailed tAAt &
 party Of tederais wag dispatched rom thls point Into the iuterlor to burn the small b:lG,ge onhe Memphis and Charleston ratr0ad, thls slde ot TuscumbIa. Dispatches from luka, also re ported tour hundred leGer;.ls niQy,ls ua thai plact rom Passport, Wth ? v:tW ot buran9 the railroad bridge over Bear Creek. These rumors must De taken with some allowance, as they probably are exaggerated. Proper mea- sures has been taken to guard against the cess of any movement on luka.
 MEMpHIs Feb. 9.--lhe latest from Danviile, say that thirty thousand lederas are at Iennes see brid re. Gen. Johnston orders the railroad beyond Paris to be destroyed,
 Ine enemyis gunbo4ts returned from Flor ence and Passport last night. they did no damage and only captured two confederate steamers,
 MmpHIa, Teb lQ-TAe Avalanche has 3 special floln luke 9th, l;a0 p, m., which says tae enemy's gun boats have gone down the laver. hey carried off al! the government stores at Florence. The steamers Rubb aud Dunbar are sate--one of them went up Cypress Greek, the otber behind Seven Nile Island. The tobb and Dunbar going up to Florence gave rise to the renort that the gun boats were rtt;;..,inl. No jnfuty nas ueeu done to the gail4oad line, or prl-
 vale property, but the federals will return soon IArgE-Iuka, nght-The report te day that the sun boats had peen al flolence was a mistake. Our men who were at kastport say no enn beat3 have gone up the river since the three
 weat down this morning. Our men have been
 watching all the time. 1t was our boats that
 were seen at Florence. The enemy have left
 the river entirely for the present There were only abot 300 federal cavalry landed at saran-
 nah luuding, which took place this morning at 1 10 clock.
 ! MEMPHIS, Feb. l0.-Thc superintendent of the Memphis and Ohio railroad, was at Paris yesterday. He returned to this city last night. 1 He sent a man with an engine from Paris 10
 within halt a mile of DanyiIle. Mr. Jone.
 walked from the engine to the Tennessee river i bridge-says he found two hundred and hhy
 tederas occupying the bridge. Mir. Jones con l versed with the iederals They said t.ey would l have possession of the whole road iu two weeks. ! The lederals have not injured the bridge in the | least. There was oniy one gunboat at Iennes-
 see river bridge al , o'clock yesterday,
 From inc Enquirer. ! n.wn.n3or rr.r~a,nhiea eaaaut If rha