The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-27
SOUTHERN NEWS,
from our Southern exchanges we CLEAN thu
following interesting nens items
5 TIE War TAT

following interesting nens items
THs War TAX.
The Savann ah Repx5licss SAYS TIM. r.,
0rnor Brown telegraphed on the 2is, ina ~
Hon u. q. MemminGer, Secretary OF ~.
Treasury, that the State OF 4eorSia WA.
ready to pay from one TO two mil lions of her
share Of the War Tax at the present time.
provided the Confederacy would allow her
interest at the rate Of Per centum ON the
amount until 1t shall be- ONE due.
THE FBDKRAL srBAMxx LOUISIANA.
The Norfolk Day Book makes the followtr 9
emphatic statement in relation to the de-
struction Of this steamer, apparen tly upon
we'll advised authority, ar d in cor firma,ion
OF the rumor to that effect, aretotore pub
lished In our columns
The steamer Louisiana which formerly
pied between here and Baltimore, was on O
OF tne burnside expedi ton. She had on hos rd
seven hundred troops Daring the gale shs
went ashore on the North Carolina coast
The troops were taken off and the steam
burned to prevent her falliog into our hands
ANOTHER "srOsB FlsEr' FOR cSARlKsroy
The Charleston Mercury of Thursday las.,
says:
When day dawned Yesterday, the numb
OK the enemy's vessels hsd still further in .
creased, some twenty-one, in all, being in
sight. by close observation with powerf1l
glasses, 1t was ascerta that the crews Of
the DrlEs and barks, the old fashioned build
OF which we noticed In our last issue were
busily engaged in stripping the hulks of nor.
Ions lions OF the rigging. spars. 81. This no
really another detachment of the famous
stone fleet, by which the wicked city of
charleston Is to be " hermeticaIly sealed. !"
Indeed. report prevailed yesterday after
had acyu u.sl llx,t
oarous work by scuttiing cne of their YES
sells between Beach Channel and the Katie.
snake, but We doubt whether such was the
fact Should the wea ther he moderate III.
DAY, they Will probably develope their plans,
uniess they determine to avoid obser yatio..
by sinking the old huiks at night.
s0uIHERNEks ON PAROLE.
From the Norfolk Day Book, OF Friday last
we learn that the following gentlemen have
been lately released from IN. foul Yankee
prisons, and, upon parole. have been permit
led to return TO their homes and friends:
Delaney A. Forrest. H. H. Claiborne, ant
Il. 5. Ruggles.
MIR. Forrest is OF Portsmouth, Va and
was Lieutenant III the United ) tates Navy
He returned from the last In dies in the De-
cofah, On the 1,h or Sih Of November ami
Was iInmsdiateiJ arrested and sent to Fort
Warren. ot 80
Mr.. Claiborne is a Louisianian Hs was a
miashipman On the Congress and on b or
arrival Ill Baston harbJr he was Arres ed and
sent to tori Lafay.t'e, ana afterwards to
Furt Warren. =
Mr.. kuggles is a Eirgioian, and az also a
midshipman IN the Feterai Navy He re-
signed Al March last, al New York city, but
was arrested and seLt frs. to Fort Col uin BUS
and to Fort Lafayette, and finally to Fort
Warren. --+
ANOTHER RELxAss. .
: The Savannah Repctlicaa says:
Lieut.. Il. II. Hardee, who, il will be reco!-
lected, was captured with the Adaline, by
the Federais, taken into Key West ana sub
sequentiy to New York, arrived here Mon
day night by the Western route. He was
discharged without conditions