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The BRIiinsOre aud Ohio RaiIrOad-A
Faisnre Admitted.

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From the Cincinnati Commercial
The attempt to reopen the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, east Of Cumberland, has proved a
failure, and viii never be successfully done till
the rebels are driven cut of Northeastern Vir-
ginia. So long as they possess Winchester as a
base OF operations, they Will be able to throw
forward detachments upon some feebly guarded
point, tear up the track, burn the bridges, destroy
the c%uiveTts, and retire before force sufficient to
repel them can bemarched to the point assailed
This was illustrated in the summer campaign in
Western Virginia. When the rebels occupied
ROmney with a much smaller body of men than
now holds Winchester, it was found impossible
TO keep communication open with Cumberland,
and the sudden destruction of a bridge east Of
Rawlsburg, cut of Colonel Lew. Wallace's
regiment, and for a time placed them IN a very
peTilOus position.
IL was a foolish undertaking to attempt to
bridge the Potomac at Harperis Ferry, and
ended, as we predicted itwOuld, in an utter fail
ufe. Had Cen Banks remained at Sandy Hook
long enough TO have enabled the WOrkmen 10
rebuild the bridge, it would have availed nothing.
As soon as he Withdrew the rebels appeared at
Harpers Ferry, sld would have destroyed the
structure, had il been completed.
The first business there, as it should be else
where, is to fight. Once compel an evacuation
OF Winchester, Martinsburg and Charleston. aud
the road can be opened and operated throughout
its entire line with safety. To attempt il without
such a military movement in advance, is an idle
business, a waste OF time and money that must
inevitably end in disappointment.
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A late letter to the Missouri BspsJlicaH, from
Cara, saws.

A late letter to the Missouri BspnJlican, from
Cairo, says.
Our assortment Of weather is increasing. This
day has been cold, wet and disagreeable. with a
drizzling rain during most Of the day. The soil
IS muddy and the streets are sloppy, and com
parahyely few soldiers are out, most of them IT,
naming in barracks to read, sleep, write and
play cards. A heavy fog settled down in the
afternoon, shutting out the rivers from sight. and
causing invidiOus remarks to be made concern
ing the blockade. OF course drills and paradeS
and such exercises are out of the question.
1t IS useless to speculate on the probabilities Of
a southern movement this winter, but it NAV
safely be said that If 1t is made, our forces viii
do more hard work than hard fighting. theugh
there viii be enough Of the latter. The neigh
boring districts Of Kentucky and Missouri, con
sidering the miserable roads and the soaRty pop
~ulation, are difficult to march in, during such wet
winters as 70 have in this latitude, UNPLEASANT
to camp in, and hard to fight in. The conviction
must force itself upon Us, that if we make a
movement this winter, our main reliance must be
upon the naval hOtilla- But they are an excel
lent reliance, and fully able to cope with Vtbe
Manassas Of the West"
IN the meantime, the M n naturally grumble
at being c00ped up in this moist and muddy
locality, CairO finds small favor in their ewes.
and their feelings of dislike to the place grow
more intense with the progress of the winter.
lney are impatient to move, as new soldiers are.
either for a fight or a march, or anything to ret
away. o.
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a morribIe lan..ncre ~ noIlria.

The city Of La Pas, the capital Of Bolivia, in
South America, has been The sceue Of a terrible
massacre. a letter to a northern paper gives
the following further particulars
The prisoners taken in September last, after
the failure of the attempt al revolution, made al
that time IN favor Of Gen Belzu, had been lodged
at the barracks Of III LoretO, under guard OF
three companies Of foot. Those they gained
over TO their side, and on the night Of October
23d, they rushed out in the streets Of La Pas.
p%roelaiming Belzu as dictator. They were soon
met by Gen. Yanez, governor and military com
mander OF tbe city, who, after a short fight, sue
ceeded IN surrounding them completely, they
laying down their arms. At daylight the butch
cry commenced. Twenty-Five Of the most i'm
portant prisoners were executed. one after the
other.
Alist Of the dead was taken, in so far as the
bodies could be recognized at the burying
ground Among the most influential names are
these Gems. COrdova, ex-President Alcorezo.
AscaTez, Alcoresa Coils. Silva, L0riva, the two
Mendizabels, and two almas, Calderon and Bel
monte; Majors Urbina and Vega Priests Te-
Jadaz, Zebell0s, Huachalla, Asin and Vargas /:
Doctors BGstihoz, ~IzagUerra, La Tipia and
COrdero.
The Dean Cisneros, who had but shortly
returned from Europe, was also found among
the dead The poor cholos5 or revolted soldiers,
were murdered sH maSSe. About twenty more
were found, Who could not be identified, on &C
count Of being shAmefully mutlated.
The flower Of the nobility . if such express
sion be ailowed-nature's nobiity-has been
sacrificed in Ia Pas, by one Biow Of these mill
tary b1rbarlans, who have always been the
destroyer Of South American liberty. Every
thing Is said 70 wear mourning in the doomed
city, and the very stones Of the prisoners cry for
vengeance. Yanez, it is reported, had been
Obliged to leave the town, such was the feeling
against him. The President and the Cabinet
were not at La Pas when this took place
they had left for the capital, in theinterior of the
republic, several days previous. We suppose
the United States minister had accompanied
them.
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ARKANsAs INTELnIerNCE.

From the Little Rock Journal, January IL
Alag lot of clothing, shoes and blankets,
Tor the army, was received at the government
store-room, Main street, yesterday.
STORES FOR PRICE-Several fatboats have
passed up to Van Buren, within the past few
days, with stores and munitions for Prices army.
STILL ANOTHEB-Col. Dawson has lust or
gained a regiment Of valiant Arkansians a;
Paraclifta.
From the Democrat
ANOTHER REGMENT-On the ID instant
another regiment was organized and mustered
into the Confederate service. at Camden in this
State. These troops are armed with domestic
arms OF the country until the next battle. when
they VIII have some Of the improved arms now
IN the hands Of Lincoln soldiers. The officers
elected are; Colonel, j. NJ. Gee; l-ieutenant-col-
ohei' Jno.C. Wight; major, p. Lynch Lee.
1t is reported that Sterling Price has been
made a major-general, and Mcintosh a brigadier
Both these appointments are excellent. Some
opposition may be made by the militia off
GERS in Missouri, who will lose rank bv the
transfer OF the troops to the ConfederacY. but
we hope 1t will not amount TO much. We see
loaded barges going up the river with stores and
munitions for Prices command, and we hone
every means in the power of the Copfederaev
and OF the State will be given to him in order to
enable Llln to carry the war into heart of Mis-
SCUM.
From the Fort Smith News
Col. Greer's regiment passed through this
place yesterday, having a large number of ne
groes, that were captured at the battle of Chus-
t%anahlah, and also a number of ponies.
Chustanahlah is the name of the battle ground
where Col Mcintosh whipped and routed the
Creeks and SeminOles under Ooothleyholo and
HaIleck T~ustennuggee. The word is Cherokee,
and means the river or creek with a number OF
falls.
The headquarters of the division commanded
by Col James Mcintosh, has been transferred
from Van Buren-to Fort Smith. The quarter
master and commissary depots now at Van Bu-
rem, and Capt Cabell and Maj johnson viii not
be removed.
We learn that Col. Cooper had a little brush
the other day with some of Opothleyholo's men,
killing six and taking a few prisoners.
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LINCOLN PRIsONERs.-On " ednesday after
noon. thirteen Of the Lincoln prisoners, including
a captain and a lieutenant, taken in the fight at
Sacramento, were brought INTO town on their
way 10 Nashville. 4 large crowd collected
around the wagons that contained them, vet
with one single exception, and that a rude boy,
not a woEd o9ntemptu5us or disrespectlul was
uttered ina iheir hearing These men, we believe,
were all Kentuckians- They were taken to the
National Hotel to await q boat going up, and
there, after supper, they entered quite freely into
conversation with those around them. The cap
tivity did not seem 20 sit at al heavily upon
them-CtantsriHe Chronicle, January 10.
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PRISONERS ARBIyED-The sseamboat Lily
arrived yesterday from Tuscal0osa, with a mis-
eellaneous freight and passenger list. Among
TIE passenSers we notice that there are one hun
bred and twenty bridge burners, shO, We under
stand, are brought here either 70 undergo the or.
deal OF a court martial, or to relieve them from
the society Of Billy Wilson'S thieves, (now
prisoners az Tuscaloosa who consider it a dis
grace 20 mess with C. tories and traitors In
either case, we hope they VIII meet with their
just deserts. Hinnocent, may they 60 scot free
lii guilty, the readiest mode al disposal is, a
short shriit AND a strong rope. Two Of the pri-
soners died on the passage dOwL-M0bde Tn
baHe. JaH. S.
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e We take the following items from the
GAINESVILLE Chronicle Of the l0th:
No CoAL.-There is no coal for sale in town.
all that was on hand having been taken for the
hospitals. The price Of ras has been slvanced
from four to eight dollars per thousand feet
THE NEAT TRtDE-Pork and beef packing
viii close az The government pork-housein a fuv
days. They have slaughtered there ap to this
time, abont eighteen thousand hogs and seven
or eight thousand beeyes, and expect to Kin
about i've thousand more hogs.
FOUNB DEAD-An Irishman was found dead
a lew days since out at the Sulphur Spring. He
was entirely alone. No marks of violence about
num- and 1t IS supposed that he died of one OF
those diseases known only to eoTOner's iuries.
such as Visitation of Providence, getting
drowned, voluntary going back
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The Payment Of Interest en- ssovernnen1
ssai9ds IA specie.


The New Orleans Crescent referring to the IN
founded statement of a Richmond paper that
Secretary Memminger was paying forty or fifty
per cent. on gold for the purpose Of paying the
aeeruing i~nteros. on Confederate bonds. saws
there is not a word Of truth in it, and continues :
We have the very highest authority for saving
tina the attacks upon Mr.. Memminger. are alto,
gether unjustifable, unfounded and devoid of
fact.
Instead Of purchasing specie to pay the inter
est on the Confederate Sonds at fifty per cent
premium, Secretary Memmilger has made an
arrangement which, while # done him credit.
reflects great honor upon the banks Of New Or
leans. The banks Of this city have placed to
the credit Of the Treasury Department one mil
hon OF dollars in coin, taking Confederate bonds
bearing eight per cent. per annum interest, at
par, to enable the government to meet its obi
cations. Tn only condition stipulated, as we
understood it, was that the government should
refund the hanks in specie, or its equivalent. the
amount advanced prior TO their resumption of
specie payments. 1t strikes us that the banks
have acted with much patriotism, aud that the
secretary deserves praise instead Of censure for
his financial negotiations.
Mr.. Memminger may be a very poor secretary.
IN the opinion OF our Richmond cOtemporary, but
II he keeps ON concluding such arrangements as
the ono spoken Of, the people generally will con
cede HIM the rank Of an unequaled f~naneier.
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o BAMEY's REGDIENP-The regiment
lately formed OF companies raised By Captains
Bailey, Preacher, Lynn, aud others, in this and
adjoining counties, elected its officers a few davs
ago, at Fort D0nelson. J.E. Bailey was chosen
colonel, Alfred RObb, Heut-eoionei, and d. A
Lynn major. An OF these gentlemen are Of this
county. Mr.. 4. NJ Atkins, LIST lieutenant. VS.
promoted to the captaincy of Bailey's company.
Another Regiment was recently organized "A
Fort uoueison, AMI the following gentlemen
were elected It's officers: Stacker, Of Stewart
county, colonel, c. ii. Sugg, Of Montgomery.
ieutcolonel, and II C. Locka1t. Of Stewart
major. Both OF these regiments have nude
choice of excellent officers.
Col Bailey passed through this place q lew
days ago, en- route for Richmond, Ca business
connected VITA his command. We presume
CIarksp5le ChroHicie, Jan. 10.
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FOR SALE
RUNAWAY!

RANAWAf from the undersigned about the =
IL l7sh OF Sep'ember, a NEGRO NAN nsmed =
BEN. about thsry yeas Old. Of BQht black or
brown Son, weighing Ghout one huadrsd3
ana eighty poauds, five iest Ei1e inches ia hight.
maNSoty likely, with a heavy beard a1d music
when be left lie was once tbs property Of n a
OAeerael near Louisville. Ky. when last heard r.
ae wa ne1r I lars Point, in Mlgssjppi
liberal reward viii be paid for tie delivery Of Z
Negro, or FOR Information which viii lead 10 g. re-
cry l. T. & c. H. BLACKBURN,
Laeonia Plantation,
I+i@sMr Fsaeha ronmfw Az
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STRAYEn.

-tR0M NE. il the city Of Memphis. on thaR
yth OF January, lsG a PALE SORREE
HOkSE nine yesTs old. white hind feet whifes&
saddle marked a sal-I star En- his forehes
about rour feet ten inches aieh. shod barsY
IN ms order and bal On q black quLt& saddle
person delivering to me il the civ Of Mam,trs
Snel9y street. between Beal ana Linden streets
said Horse aud Saddle. stall ha well rsr-res-4-
their tgouble. Ua1a2tt ID C0TFW1s
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ABUSE or TIE TELEGRAPH-The Memphis
APPEAL contains q series of articles on the abuse
Of the telegraph in furnishing news for the press.
Why is it that no reliance can be placed in the
kilograms that arc daily published And what
is the remedy that will enable the press to send
forth correct reports 2 The agents who gather
up and send the items of intelligence, are unre-
liable, ignorant, many Of them unprineislcd, and
are not responsible to those whom they serve.
The remedy is to get a different class Of men,
and to punish by dismissal for neglect, incOm-
potency, or abuse of their position. The APPEAL
says the proprietors of newspapers have the
matter in their own hands, and suggests that
they hold q convention to take steps to remedy
the evil. If any legislation is required it can
be obtained, fUr the country is sick and tired of
the lies that are sent abroad by telegraph MGR
shall Republican.
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VIOLETs IN JANUAEY-We saw on Sunday
last a handful Of beautiful blue y%iolets, grown
IN q yard IN this city, aud such as we usually
see in March and April So mild has bean The
winter IN this latitude that these gentle little
flowers have y%euhIrsd to peep fr.n their earthly
bed at least two months ia adyancs Of their time
Have our readers failed 10 observe. ia the present
unparalleled genial winter. the beuiieent work
ings of a Kind Providence, ia ihts shielding oar
large army from Inc rude winters blastf-
Columbus (Ga) Times, jan Z.
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Nc Chicago TriLune says:

Everything that throws more light on the man
agement of affairs at Cairo deVelopes a fresh
instance Of fraud. Let the work 90 on, and,
fall the blows where they will, let the misereants
who fatten on the spoils of the government be
exposed and punished.
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q The Little Rock Democrat says that Gen
Ben. MeCulloch has been transferred, at his re
quest, to Virginia or Kentucky. If this is so i
is a matter of establishment that the announce
ment has not been made at Richmond.
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TlRED OF FEEEDOaL-fhe fredericksburg
(Va) Recorder learns tbat two slaves who had
escaped from their master At Northumberland.
to the Yankee vessels now blOckading the mouth
of the RappahaBnoek, after remaining a short
time, Induced tine Yankees 10 permit them to re-
turn on the ground that they could persuade
others TO GO but no sooner were they ashore.
than they went to their masters, carried them
some Of the ship biscuit, and said they had
enough OF Yankee freedom.
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WERWIWS


LOR the removal and permanent cure Of all d
A srising from an Impure siate Of the blood, Vi.
MERCURIAL AND SYPHILITIC TAI
mail their dissrsnt forms and stages
Ulcers, Erpgti0ns, Paapies, Nodes on ShiH J
B0fchcS, BOas, ScaLd Head,
And the entire class Of complaints caused by an :
state Of the HOOD.
IL Invariably curez Rheumatism- Liver Com
General aud nervous debility. Inflammation
Bowels. and Is particularly recommended e
distractions to which fsm7lss are liable. u lis n
Cwn eOsmeuc. it. brings the young females form
f~ecti0u, giving richness 70 the blood and Yigor
usrves, causing health ard happiness 20 sparkle
down esst and subdusd eye, the rosy bloom Of
70 beaHtify the faded cheek
PRfCE.-S2 per bottle az tlreo bottles for e
forwarded by express 10 all paris II the Confe
STATES. on receipt Of price-
POTTER MsRYFIN Propretf
So Jefferson street.. near Post q
Sold A. az Drug Scores in the Confederate ST.
las ifwNW
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PENSACOLA NEGROES FLEEING TO TIL

PENSACOLA NEGROES FLEEING TO THE
ENEMY.-We find the following in the Oseraer
of the 9 hg
About a dozen of Africa's sons left here last
night and the night before, Gas is supposed for
Santa Rosa Island. They have left good mas
tiers and homes, and have placed themselves in
the care of their brothers from the North. That
some sc0sndrel in the shape of a white person is
at the head of this there is but little or no doubt,
and could the abOminable creature be Injected,
woe unto his carcass. There would al.dly be
an inch Of him left, because Judge Lynch would
apply to him the severest punishment.
We might say much as to their escape, but
as vigilant efforts are being mado to detect the
imp who aided them TO escape, we forbear for
the present.
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GOTHAM oppREssED-We find the fol

GOTHAM UFFkEssED'-W5 HHu uo II
lowing in a Chicago paper Of late date
The tax of New York city are in a
paroHysm Of rage and agony anent the pros
pective elimination of a scheme in Common
Council c~ircles-known in popular parlanee as
the /" Fort Gansevoort Swindle." I'll gist Of
the thing is that the city is to be made to pur-
chase a property Of which, legally, the fee is al
ready its own, and to pay therefor the snug lit
tie sum of $l4l,O0O. One Of the leading men
of wealth, C. V. S. Roosevelt, Esq, has expend-
ed much time and money in the effort to get this
property back into the city's list Of realty, and
now that the Ring - has carried out its project
of a purchase, he warns citizens against buying
the bonds to DO issued on account of Fort Ganse-
WORT property, as being Illegally issued and
void. Tor various good reasons.
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The VOLUNTEER CoUNTY.-Lincoln county,
in this State, has twenty-One companies now in
the service, and another ready to be organized.
Hurrab fer Lincoln
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HORRIBLE Academia member of the
22d Virginia regiment, whose name we could
not learn, fell from the platform of the cars OF
the OraEge railroad, at Charlottesville, Thursday
night, and had both arms cut off near the
elbows by the wheels of a car running over
them. The cars lett here at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning, conveying the regiment to Western
Virginia, and, as they neared Charlottesville a
number of the men imprudeutly gathered on the
platform, when the accident oecurTed.-LyHck-
burg Republican.
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GLORTFYING OVER sEEF-DFGRR.
DATEON.

We have seen many feeble efforts among the
enemy to philOsophize over their late officiating
surrender to Great Britain, but the following
from the Louisville Journal especially invites
contempt. The wretch who would see his wife
dishOnored before his eyes and accept the price
Of her disgrace, with a ehuekle of triumphant
satisfaction, may appreciate the spirit which be-
gat it-certainly none other;
Mason and Slidell have been invaluable to the
United States. We gave them in exchange for
the neutral freedom Of tue seas, to secure which
has been the object of our earnest endeavor since
we were first a nation. The rebel commissioner
are the debased coin which we have paid out
and thus secured to the pacific of the
world perpetual exemption from seizure and
search by belligerent powers. This is putting
Mason and Slidell to u better use than OBTAINING
them in Fort Warren, or even than hanging
them. Who would not be delighted to see the
most a~irOciOus murderer pardOned under the glib
bet, if, by his pardon, the world could evermore
be exempted from the crime of murder
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SCALY-The Savannah Neus of the 9th says /:
On Friday morning last five shad were brought
to market and sold, and yesterday morning six
more were exposed for sale. The run Of shad
this season, from present Indications, viii be
in spite of the Yankee blockade.
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FREsnEr In GRERN RIYER.-

journal OF the Ith instant says:
Green river has been greatly swollen by tht
recent rains, and we are Informed that the tenn.
porary bridge erected over the stream by Col
Wilhch's regiment, has been greatly damaged
thereby, and that a portion Of the pontoon bridge
in the vicinity of Camp Wood has been swept
away. The river was at it's greatest hight on
Sunday, at whichtim the damage alluded to was
sustained.
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NOTICE no

MEMPHIS n CHARLESTON r j. OFFIC
MEHrns, January II, 1862
VIE Memphis and Charleston RAILROAD Co
Il viii, until further notice. chlrga on an tn
Skipped through TO point beyuu1 Chattanoog'
pToporaoa OF the through rate adopted in CONVEX
Chattanooga on the fth Of June last.
responsible for The rate on other reads, 90
or daiaya uceurIug on tlfir own roads.
isi2-t KAN TATE II
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HOUSES AND LoTs 70 ExCHAsl

Z HAVE eve HOUSES and LOTS In fbs
4 city Of Memphis, that Z wish - exehanrs
for NEGROES.
For rent, two Houses and Lots. on Robesop
street. Also one House and Llt with two -
ground, on Mostly AVENUE. nsar the Par Grounds
iatf TN M- II. g0CFrkar
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~ The Philadelphia Press suggests the I'M
posing of a tax of five cents on each message
sent by telegraph. and thinks thereby the Lin
coin government would raise five million dollars
revenue annually.
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COW LOST

GfRAYED fccm my house. On Dsgoia
- sirret On Sunday night a DARK BRIN-NE
DIE COW aud spotted car be after tbree -
months old, having reps aarud fz neck $50
a suitaRi5 reward VIII Be- givra fo- their restitution
if any Information resulting ia tbeir recovery.
p O. DANIEL
- i lpse Wbarfso
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"a The Fort Smith daily EUeniHg Netos sus-
pended on Saturday last. The reasons assigned
are Lack of patronage. scarcity of paper, and
want If money to buy more.