, 1862-12-04
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Interesting from the South.

FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 1--Gen. Dix aud
staff left this morning tor Yorktown, to in
tpect the troops there.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 26sh ult.
says:
The Judges are unanimous in the opinion
repdered By the supreme court that the Con-
gress and Government is Constitutional
Jas. E. Seldom has been appointed Secreta-
ry Of War.
The Richmond Examiner says smallpox
has made its appearance in the DanyilIe hos
pltal
The Enquirer says:
Gen. Johnson and staff will leave Richmond
t0-day for the West.
TIE conduct Of the Yankee Abolition army
under Burnside has exceeded that Of Pope.
TIE outrages in Faquder county require re-
taiiation-prompt, swift and effective.
The Enquirer says: The next battle be-
tween Lee and Burnside may be decisive
one-that an overwhelming victory on the
part Of Lee, and the defense Of Washington
would be gone, and the city may be cap
tu1ed- Such result should be before the
eyes Of our soldiers, and be the object of the
contest. Upon the next battle, therforc, de-
pendB whether the WRr shall end or drug along
IN undecided battles OF mere nominal victo-
'Ifes.
The Richmond WAtg of November 9th
says: The Petersburg kEpr6ss reports large
Teintorcsments OF the enemy concentrating at
Suffolk, aud that they number 5000; also
| that an attack is to be made upon Weldon to
| cutoff railway communication.
| An immense bed of rock salt, apparently
affording an inezhausti6le supply, has been
| discovered at Apeleka, Alabama.
| This Atlanta (Georgia) L.teliyeace,. says !:
| L dispatch from Abheyi}le states that our
forces again occupy Holly Springs and Bo-
| livar.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
Great preparations are being made for the
| 1nfn eF In mot aFN 4, n,
Forty-fye Abolition prisoners arrived at Lib
hey prison from Tennessee, and four Yankee
| deaerters from the White House,
the Richmond TVAig OF the goth says:
| We hear nothing more Of the ru1nored
movement Of the Yankees below Petersburg
er FiaEbaway, eleven days from Nassau, with
$50 sacks Of salt, has arrived safely.
/ AFedefs1 gunboat was captured in New
| River, on the 20th, by Newkirk's cavalry The
crew escaped after 1irirg thu steamer. Sh<
h1d been at Jacksonville and broken open the
csu1t house and post Office, carrying Oft al
records and papers.
| FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 2.-Gen. Jones i
In Richmond sick. There are but slight hope
cf his recovery. 4 Confederate States navy
IL now the lending idea among the sagacion!
minds Of the South.
off the Bahmas, recently. She was built il
Scotland fer running the blockade.
The Raleigh, N. G., hogrese OF Nov. 27ta
| shyB:
Major Gen G. ". Smith is il Petersburg
and in command Of force sufficient to prd
tect the approach to Richmond in that direc
ton.
ii ane Examiner of the 29th says the next Sc:
sion Of the Confederate Congress commence
at Richmond on the second Monday in Janu
arr.
The Charleston Courier Of Nov. 25th says
The enemy has from ten to fifteen woode
vessels lying in sight Of this city, where the
have been allowed to lie for months, notHi.u
) standing our having means for reaching an
. sinking every one Of them with perfect safet
to ourselves. Ia Mr.. Mallory waiting for a,
Of Mr.. Liucoln's iron-sides to be finished,