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The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-29
SOUTHERN NEWS.

Inc Richmond Dlspatch mas authority tol
saying that Gen. Beauregard takes com
mand Of the Confederate army at Columbus
KY, and Gen. Gustavus w. Smith succeeds
him in the position he has occupied on the
Potomac. At Columbus, he is subordinate
to no one, except Gen. A. Sidney johnson.
This change goes into effect without delay.
Reports from Bowling Green confirm the
washing away Of pontoons and new con-
structed portion Of Green River bridge.
A large meeting was held in New Orleans
on the 25th, to express regret at the death
Of the distinguished statesman and soldier,
Gen. Zollico6er.
A disastrous fire occurred at New Orleans
on the 18th. destroying two ssores on Maya
zine street. occupied by G. G. Gaines & Co.,
and H. II. Hsnsell. The loss is $l5O,O0O
The insurance not exceeding 92O, 900.
The Charleston Courier says that informa-
ton has been received from New Orleans
which states that the Confederate steamer
Calhoun, on her way from Havana with .
large and valuable cargo, WAS chased BY .
U. S. cruiser and abandoned and burned.
The Richmond Dispatch has heard that in
Wayne county, N. c., when it was proposed
to draft, the militia to man Instantly vol.
unteered for the war.
Newborn. North Carolina, 10 ferment of
excitement in expectation Of an attack in
that quarter. The town is under martial
The valuable property of Major Philip
Pendleton, at Fort Pendleton, not far from
Oakland, Vs., has been destroyed by fire.
A cotton factory and an extensive tannery
are about to be put in operation in Isle Of
Wight county. Va.
The African Baptist Church of Fredericks-
burg, has contributed $50 to the fund in aid
of the Charleston sufferers.
The citizens of Norfolk have contributed
$l,795 for the relief of the sufferers by the
fire in Charleston.
On tho 23d instant r. M. T. Hunter was.
elected Confederate Senator by the Virginia
Legislature, ON the first ballot, BY very
large majority. William Ballard Preston
was elected on the second ballot az Mr..
Hunters colleague. William g. Rives is
named to fill the vacancy in the Confederate
Cabinet. vice Hunter chosen Senator.
Major A. M. Barbour has been promoted
to the head Of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment in Gen. Johnson's command, extend
ing from Aqua Gre k TO the Allegheny
Mountains.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19
DaSGIEsE LAID AaIEE.

The disguise Of the Allied Powers in their
operations against Mexico is at last entirely
laid aside. The treaty, or that portion Of it
which the world was permitted to see, served
merely to conceal the real purport of the inya-
sion: and the decisive intelligence now comes
to us direct from England that, not only had
oyeriures been made to the Arcldule Maxim.
ian Of Austria, but that these oyerturcr have
already been accepted; ard Mexico instead Of
being surrendered TO the yearnirg affection OF
Spain. ia to be- reconstructed in tho condition
Of a constitutional Monarchy" under a
lapsburg dynasty. Ii is hardly possible to dis
Gus, with sober respect the proposal to use the
agency Of tie most despctic Government OF
j Europe for the establishment Of consiitu-
tional government on this continent, OF
10 regard without deIision the prospcc;
ogeuod up 70 the Mtyian bendholders in
an Austrian Princes setting out from tie
CAPITAL Of a beggaIel bankrupt, discrcdtod
Empire 10 repair the financial fortunes Of The
demoralized Rrpblc. The farce, however, !.
100 serious 10 be rGculcd; and too surely de
termiued on TO be regarded with iIdii creuce.
Whether it is meant 10 distract the attention
Of Austria in the perding conflict with ITALY,
or 10 hud employment for portion OF he
modified armies OF Eurcpe-this Mexican en-
brcilme1t must be held a. ono Of the scourgc,
primarily due TO the Rebel uprising in these
States. And the progress Of the invasion. ana
lie newly developed policy Of its promoters,
add. if possible, new incentives 10 vigorous
prosecution OF tie war against tho Southern
Rebels.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19
TnE NEGROES AT PORT ROYAL

We publish in other columns the report OIL
the Government agent at Port Royal, MI Ed
ward l.. Pierce on the condition Of that por-
ton Of the negro population OF South Coroiina
which has been brought more OF less under The
protection Of the National forces. la the HI
teen islands which came under Mr.. Pierces
inspection. il viii be seen there are 2O0
plantations, maintaining in all black popnla-
ton estimated at from 5000 10 10 600. The
district. ns FAR rs the former white residents
could make it, was entirely Rebel; and the
question which the Government agent has lad
and the negroes attached to IL; 80 flat the
frat may he made profitable. ard the las,
brought under such tutelage as may enable
them 70 act Cor Themselves in the new condi.
ton into which the rebellion bas brought them.
Their present intellectual and moral character
Mr.. Pierce seems to have very carefully IN.
qnired MO- and We may here remark that the
statement which be makes bear, IN its plain,
uu,arnslied outlines the stamp OF truthuness.
The moral DEFICIENCIES apparent are those which
might be- expected IN such neglected eouhH-
nty-including naturally more or less Of pro
miecuous intercourse between the sexes. But
a fair share of hcnesiy and truihiulnes' was
found among them; the latter virtue beng
well tested in those cases where the pilotage
OF blacks was found necessary. Mr.. Fierce
recommends for the management ol the prom
erty-aud with view to tho training Of the
negrocs-thc appointment OF responsible men
as supcrntcndents over the various plantations,
whose duty should phrtahc of parental ma
ture, The degrees receiving instruction, hind
treatment. and a small rate Of wages, ranging
from 10 cents per diem, according TO their
merits. The report will be- found to throw
much light on ono OF the grayest question:
incidental 10 the war.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The House OF Representatives, viii to-day at
O'Clock take up the Treasury Note BIZ, aud
o.e ttu.t pass it ~ some shape before adjourn
ing. lie Treasury has been virtually empty
for n month; at least One Hundred Millions Of
Dollars are this moment due to people who
need their pay ard ought TO have 1t; among
them are thousands Of Volunteers who have
suffered and dared for Sij per month, and
whore families are suliering for the two, three,
four. and even FIVE months pay which the
Country promised them, and Of which they
have NOT vet received one cent. The House
having long since passed ball giving ITS own
Members Mileage at the rate OF $40 for every
hundred miles travelled in getting to Washing
ton and TO be Travelled in getting home again
though that Mileage is not due by law I'LL
next December-we trust there will be no
more delay in providing somehow for the pay
ment of the Governments honest pressing
dcbts, and especially what is due to our brave
Volunteers.
1t is o shame that at such time the pas
sage Of q bill giving forced circulation to
Government paper is even thought OF. Just
let an appeal be made to the patriotism Of the
Nation for o Patriotic Loan OF Two Hundred
Millions on 7.30 bonds at five years or on six
per cent, having twenty years to run, and LET
books be opened for takers at every Sub
Treasury and Post Office, and we are confident
the whole sum would be subscribed within ten
days, and paid up faster than it could be paid
out again. Let Treasury certificates Of sums
due by the Government be received IN payment
as cash. and tho whole floating debt would BE-
rapidly absorbed, and money enough poured
into the various subTreasuries TO enable Sec
Rotary Stanton 10 push on tho War IN the mng'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

measure. must we forget that the offspring OIL
the emancpated women. even though .ne'f
fathers be slaves, will, according to the univer-
AL law Of American Slavery, be free. we
mu.t also. while calculating the inevitable con-
soousncs, Of this irrevocab!e deed, remember
that these free men and women are difnsed
through every Southern State, and, dwellng'
perhaps, in nearly every county below The TO-
tonac and the Ohio.
Such are the facts which confront every man
who desires that Slavery agitation shall cease
with the termination of this war. Suppose,
then. that the strife now raging from the
Chesapeake to the Gulf should, ere the an
niyersary of the fall Of Sumter, be adjusted on
a compromise basis that should restore the old
regime. leaving untouched what stIll remained
of Siavery-,roptd SioreTy agitation eease
Rather, would it not leap forth afresh all over
the free North demanding the release from
Illegal bondage OF these half.million OF cman-
cipated men and women, chamorng on the
ros,rum and through the press for their IN
slant discharge from the clutches OF the recent
Rebels, bcsiegipg Congress with petitions Tor
the appointment of Commissioners 10 ascertain
the facts ard the Establishment oi tribunals
throughout the South before whom tho freed men
might, BY means Of white testimony and black
testimony. make good their right to liberty
Tho efforts to pick out these SOC, 1000 negroes,
aud inform them of their rights, and secure
them their freedom, would in the future MI
Congress md tie country with an uproar and
excitement, which, compared with that OF the
last fifteen year., would he as the hurricane
70 the zephyr.
No the memorable act of August has carried
~ 20 Tar into the work OF Emancipation, that
going completely through will tend more to The
future quiet OF the country than TO attempt to
,;op where we are. Let us, in the language
OF Mr.. Dicknpcn. " finish mp everything as We
d" 70. leaving nothing to be done by those who
a." come after u.s." Let Congress promptly pafs
nnoiher act That shall forever stay the pe,tience
OF Slavery Agitation by drying up It's source.
let not the historian OF this war have to record
that tho money. the tcars, the blood wrung
from the free North by this cau-eess and WAL
ton Shareholders Rebellion, cried in vain for
the determination OF the prime cause OF so much
calamity cruelty, and crime.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

nifcept fashion wherein no has organized
victory" during the last month.
To-day, tho Union has men, and arms, and
munitions sufficient to sweep the rebellion out
of existence at fur!hest within the next
sixty days. The last need is Of Two
Hundred Millions of Money wherewth to
complete the good work so auspiciously begun.
We trust this day will not have closed before
some bill will have passed the House to sup
ply this urgent need. If this bill should call
on the People for Patriotic Loan Of the
whole SUN needed, We believe that all would
be promptly and thoroughly responded to.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

Our additional details concerning the bril-
liant victory at Fort Donelson are few. Such
as they are, however, they give strong testl-
mony to the unparalleled bravery OF our troops.
The nature of the ground was such that only
one regiment could be brought into action at
time Each such regiment would fight till it'
ammunition gave out then would retire, leav-
ing many of it's members dead on the field.
The 3Ist Illinois Regiment defended battery
under the most CALLING fire till every horse at
tached to it was killed, and all the officers IL
charge Of the guns had tallen. Of this same
3lst Illinois Regiment, the Lieutenant Colonel
the acting Major, seven Captains and num-
Der Of Lieutenants were slain, while the Colo
mel was wounded The whole record of tn,
battle is crowded with incidents of valor wh'ci
viii become historical. The loyal West ha'
reason to be forever proud of her sons wh'
fought this three days fight.
The reioicDgs over our victories 60 on with
out intermission. The most genuine gratitude
for the past, ard the fullest confidence in the
/ future, possess all hearts. The 22d inst. VII
be the occasion for special demonstrations; IL
Washington the flags taken from the Rebel.
will be presented to Congress with appropriate
pomp, and an illumination Of the public build
iugs will be made in the evening. Loyal PR
yate citizens of the Capital will also illuminate
their dwellings.
On Monday night, great light was seen
| from Cairo in the direction of Clarksyille II
continued bright for several hours, aud the
theory upon which it WAS accounted for "as
that the Rebels had burnt either the town, or
their steamboats, in the river, to prevent their
ialng into the hands of the Union troops.
We have bare rumor by way Of Chicago
which says that Price and his army have been
captured OF this we can only say We hope 1t
is true
Hardly more can be said of the repeated ru-
nor from the South 70 the effect that Savannah
has been captured. The fact that this report
la. lived through one day and arisen refreshed
on the second must lead the reader to think
that il has some foundation. We shall soon
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

TIE Journal Of Commerce, which by some
strange coincidence, seems to be equally 'he
advocate OF Gen. Mcclellan and Of the perpeF
uation of Slavery, makes tho following state
ment:
"only twelve days some OF tho imp'uer' P'r
who have loudly condemned MCCLELLAN for h' delays "e.
exceedingly bitter In comments on him or one @ ih''
that the forces at Cairo ought to have been n' TO '-
columbu. when the water was hshi that tie oprofaa
was too good to be- o. h. application "s' to be made "
Mcclellan for permission make the attack that MeOe %
te.rnphed per.mpiory refusal This was charged a"n"
him A, sres, bunder And there not few people w''
really believed that tie newspapers koeT more about H''
case Of military necessity than the commander'in-0h
Tho mistake here is that it was not inc
inpatient press that condemned the refusal OF
Gen. Mcclellan TO allow Columbus to DO III
tackled. when the circumstances were oAcesa'
ingly favorable for its capture, but Maj ten
ualleck. Tho press simply recorded hn 0Pa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19
yyrsaE VIRGINIA.

II . lcw state is 10 be formed out of the
Old Dominion, that formation must be JUS
titled by something else than q casual feud, q
momeutary arrangement. In fact, that es-
arrangement grows out Of simple and well un.
derstood cause. In Eastern or old Virginia
Slavery predominates; in Northwestern or ne,c
Virginia, Slavery has (ssye in few narrow
locallt,s) hardly more than nominal exist
ence, while Free Labor predominates. There
may be-, for illustration, twenty or thirty
slaves in Wheeling; yet that city is as essen
italy Free-Labor as Pittsburgh or Newark.
Now if ne,o Virginia separates frsm old, II
should be for Il valid and durable reason. Ii
the Free States are asked to admit new
State carved out Of Virginia into the Union,
they cannot help asking, 10 its weight in Con.
grcss to ro-oniorce or to balance that of tn
patrimony Of Wise and Hunter, Mason and 30
cock Whether We are to have an antidotC
to or a duplicate of those worthless il to then
a very material consideration, and they canno
be expected to ignore it.
Free Labor against Slavery is tire easily un
derstood t0uchstono OF vital controversy. !
Western Virginia seeks n recognized and indie
pendent existence as Free State We can nj
bid her thousand welcomes; but il rs Slay
state, we cennot perceive a necessity for he
the great mass Of the Free States Will decide
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

A telegram from Louisville in our last ap-
prsed us that Maj. Gen. Buell. and his stat
were on Monday evening RECALLED with sump-
tuous feast at the Gait House in honor of tue
capture of Fort Donelson. Had Gen. B. been
one of those Generals who know what the
war is about, We think he would not have
been in Louisville on Monday evening, oas
with the advance divisions of his army some
where across Green River. Unless the Rebels
are utterly "goue in," there is likely to %
fighting down there about these days
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The Commercial AdreHiser has an article on
" The Blacks Mt Beaufort" which seems to us
less candid and just than wo should have ex'
pccted from that journal. "To let the Blacks
- alone at Port Royal, is to let them starve
" and de-" is its ayerment. We deny that
they are 4" let alone" there, or have been Tor
one moment since our troops first landed III
their vicinity On the contrary, they are heid
in virtual Slavery this day under the authority
and by tho power of the Federal Government.
They are not at liberty to so where they can
find employment. Those who would, 90 thither
and contract for their services. Were they to
90 on planting and cutivatlng the crops to
which they are accustomed on the soil where
they were born, they would be exceedingly lia-
able TO lose not merely these crops aud their
labor but their own liberty through the return
Of their masters armed with the power of the
Nation. Thor position 10 most anomalous
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

of the reigning Emperor of Austria. He was
born on the 9th Of July, 1882, and is there
fore still under thirty years of age. lie Is
vice.Admiral and COMMANDMENTS Chief OF the
Imperial Navy, and married in 1857 Msr,0
Charlotte, daughter of Leopold. King OF per
sium. The Archduchess was born in lo4o'
The alliance may in part account Tor inc d.
fsctionate interest shown in Prince MaAimllian
by the Government of England.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The following statement has been copied into
various journals Even the Earl OF Shaites-
bury, according to The Albany Erenihg Jopr'
"nai-wbose Editor is in England-recentlj
4" remarked to a gentleman who had CONVEX.
I" sation with him Oh American affairs, Il, 10
a." common with almost every English states
"man, sincerely d,sre The rupture Of the An'r'-
can Union. 1t has been tue policy of ESgland
- TO brook no rivalry, especially in the direc.
- ton of her own greatness. We justly feai
"the commercial aud political rivalry OF the
United States. With population OF thirty
..millions now, they will soon, if not checked.
- oyershadow Great Britain. We cannot look
"upon such monstrous growth without op-
prehen.ion'" The statement was commuDi-
Gated. By an admirer of Lord Shaitesbury, to
an Enslsbman, who brought it to the notice
of the nobleman; and be denies its truth 10
these emphatic terms: "Mr. Thurow Weed
II never saw in my life, aud have had ne
such conversation with any gentleman, In
" slish or American. trust have more senN
d" than to use such language as that imputed ts
q. me "
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The House Of Representatives yesterday ad-
iourped at an early hour as mark OF re-
spect for the brave men who have been killed,
" and Of sympathy for those who have been
wounded" in winning the recent glorious
Union victories. We doubt not this was well
meant; vet if both Houses Lad resolved, out Of
respect and sympathy as aforesaid, TO sit TIL
midnight unless they should have previously
perfected and agreed on bill providing the
wherewithal to pay these brave soldiers and
other public creditors the money so righteously
due them, we think the testimonial would have
been at least equally emphatic and much better
appreciated.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

Archbishop Hughes has written q letter to
the Journal des Dfbots, in which he says that
be is not responsible for the article in The
Metropolitan Record Of this city, reviewing N.
Cochin's book on Slavery, which was trans
lated into the French journals a. his, and the
Pro-Slavery tendencies Of which drew upon
him unqualified condemnation from oil sides.
But while he declares that he 10 not the ad.
vocate Of Slavery, and has never written o.
said O word in favor Of it, no is decldy op-
posed to American abolition. Slavery ia the
"sick man" of the United States. Tn
Aboltionsts Of the North see its condtio,
afar off through telescope, and everything 10
exaggerated to their eyes. He thinks that, like
yellow fever and the cholera, Slavery should
be left to the doctors Of the country where II
prevails, aud that it is not worth while F
burn the cities of the South in order to exter.
inmate any of these plaques. lie concludes "
asking what ia to become of the slayes and oi
the products of their labor if Slavery DO abe
isbed. The journal dss Dtbats in some earnes,
comments on this letter, is at loss to under
stand how to reconcile his opposition to Slavery
with his antpathy to its abolition. 1t con
sders the cholera argument admirable, bu'
suggests that the Archbishop forgets the ques.
ton whether the men OF the Free States hay'
not tie right TO take all necessary measures
to preserve themselves from it when then
Southern fellow.citizens nave done all in thei
power to infect the pure air OF the North, and
to extend and propagate upon her territory
the scourges with which the south is afflicted.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The steamship Edinburgh arrived yesterday,
bringing news TO the 4th instant, two days
later than that by the Asia. The Edinburgh
brings the passengers and cargo of the disa.
bled steamer Etna. Our dispatches report the
departure of the Nashville from Southampton,
the Tuscarora being delayed twenty-four hours
in her pursuit under English Admiralty orders.
The salient points Of the news are adyerted to
In another column. The Archduke Macmillan
who has been selected by England and Franc,
sYr tho throne Of Mexico, is the eldest brother
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

As TIE TRIBUNE has been widely presumed
To underyalue--at all events, not TO highly
yalue-the military capacity and energy OF Gen.
Mcclellan, we take pleasure IN proving our
good will by quoting the following paragraph
eulogis,ic of 1.-THE young Napoleon Says h'
profound admirer, The Dortd:
Wa Al. ,lsd 20 see In this order praisins ne bii d
i,.ueut OF Cen Lander fessiou OF sc'ielay "a
to bish opinion OF Gen. Mcclellan Hhss great t,ie's -
~ psW1t ~ oege,otsfp soognis "a ID anes Alure !"
rpf victories are probably prolndes 20 tho tinnPh -
GEN Mcclellan. immediate conlnst over ne main e5al
E Rebel amy which viii Dc tie mos 81 'die ban" 's'
,b sSo,f mugs fcenf rhsJyy err fought dad GOA"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

II may be wrong 10 laugh at solemn things.
but Gen. Simon Il. Buckner's complaint OF the
"uneenerous and unchiyarous' terms accorded
his 1900 Rebels BY Gen. Grant IS enough 70
raise broad grin ON a horse-block Gen.
Buckner had opened the correspondence bs
proposing an armistice till noon with a view
to arranging terms of captulation, knowing
well that noon might see Gen. Bishop Polkt
army from Columbus or Albert Johnsons from
Bowling Green on hand "You must sur.
render Internationally aud at once, or g
" in again. says in substance Gen. GRAFT
" We'll, if / must | must, responds the dole
iu Simon; but il is very ungensrous and W.
chiyarous in you TO exact such conditions. On
course it was; but what could you expect
from Yankee "mudsilr' at the hea OF an
army of that sort If the Rebels insist on
cbiyalry in their opponents, they should fight
each other.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-19

The ease Of Mr.. Starke Of Oregon was ye.;er.
day discussed at length in the Senate. Without
going into the question Of the claimant loyalty
the debate turned upon this point: Whether o
uan who presents himself wit. certificate
undoubtedly legal aid correct must lot b.
allowed to take bis at as matter O.. course
leaving tie body alterward to o1Pel the senator
if nc deserve expulsion No vote was reached.