New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-24


Le beig.rent.. By ANY voluntary sct o. mo beisren
hsm'evss brt ntims that thu demaud for cSs'9ion
hos'i es viii from qnailef Of vtleh pfese
oifcuaistaacss afird lad ca.ton..
IMPORTANT DECISION.
The habeas corpus case, IN which Theofo7o WHIT
man petitioner. rscso,y ar,ed ia 10 HusilEt Court
for Whitman. decided on NJ liay By jadge Ly ~, a
favor Of Tue petitioner Tho Cont hed tbs me power
dee are ii sw under the Constitution SD laws Of th
Confrderscy dis not becfg 10 the President nd thai Con
gr..s had authority % confer snch power pr bim tba
cary with 1, the right 70 dSrse marital law tst II rta
Jaw was an arbitrary and drfai9ral power WINCH mlgh
be c1srcisrd by Comuaudsril chie, over Li' camp
elsewhere at hs peril ADD TIA. neither he Cons,itu ION
the laws sanctioned justified sut rch OF powec tia
the Copgre,s might Indemnify tho commlndefinChof ~
powers thus uhaWiuy assumed but the Courts could he
recognize or sanction IL that GopeTnnent
and laws vel IN tme OF az Ia tire o
psace that the Constitution ni,ed Off ned tao p)we1
Of the Pref sn aud the Congress- and that 10 powers b.
ed to either which was not expressly o1neHei by tina
n-'runent
ton sodier aud others belonging TO the army that the
crcUmscribed by Ian" ani mined eurey t.
those who In the military service; aud tht therefore
they usd right to try citizen MT conne ted with the
army uDderho Constitution entitled 30 trial b. jury
ia which the petitioner he'd Illegal, and Ls or
dered to be- dschired; but the Court held BIN to bali 70
answer before the Grand Jury the imputed
liquor. lkichmOid "Aig, FeD. ~
WHAT THE REBELS PROPOSE TO Do WITH THE
NEGRO SOLDIERS THEY CAPTURE.
In the House of Representatives, the following
preamble and resolution have been adopted:
WhcreaS. lnformson has Teicnet this Congress Of the
passage by tho Congress Washington d. c. bill f The
eohsmen of negroes soldiers 10 tbs armies Of the tnted
States engaged thu further inv ision o. tue
Confederate States VI AG,rhcai and rboeas The Cons;itu
ton both OF the Confederate states snd Of tbs United States
recognize Africans and their descendants properly and
heeat We canno, su 10 s3y change in their political
status aud condition therefore,
fucted iuq.rc ibto the e4pediency OF bringing la bill
providing tho proper prisons for tho deposition OF III nsgsoes
muatoe' who ua' bs captured from the enemy IN uch
of no
miy etun-d to their Tis fuI owners And thos- ot
whom 40 masters eau DO iouni -ha' Oe ,Clu ,'o
0y rs,,oa tn. interereuce Herewith Of the
BATTLE or FORT DONtLsON.
Conespor deuco OF Tho Richn nd Wing So ,..
thoNr or FoRr DoSgisoS Feb. 3, 1863.
The booming OF the canno1 has scarcely ceased as
snatch monrn, inform you Of one Il tie mo hoIy
co,tc,d dst. Il tho war Aud desperate The fighting
va. strange 70 say ths tss on oneT side was isnynh'sn
The enemy protected BY his bfecs,"or& az our to9p
by ,b. excitement sud wide ns y The oe Aboo' the last
Of Jausfy Ger beeer fresh from ne ,unosfand en'
l.iisu.d with difficult eauIu st~fd out Ia IL siou
Lance one MI hi end tr.y.i constrty. arrived the next
evening in Frsusn. where he hs1 oI1-rrd oen' rotfe
Walton aud MAJOR HOdsson Commanding part Vi the I'
Bri.,d-) TO r.ndezycu.
Ta,s up the line OF march thence 70 Dover he coinm'ra
rayensa nearly hundred miles over miserable FOODS III
", atuer severely cold The pofess Of the s"i'Iy pens
ardnous the march necessarily slow. M40cocs req
y Dver Ia, picx.s sud skru.he,s ~ the enemy being
driven DID Douclsop, you renrn'ber l. dismanteil
H. Il Truce arut 20 Coz Hafdp 4 tne ~ ln'' neg
nt deua DIM the surrender u tbH fort lie refused uni
~. noi ward unls,ood took occasion then 10 hafangne
hi. tfooes Informing shsm tina. captured they would al
our bate e. w.Is now IN position TO commsnd the ou.
woS. Ihs fort constructed In the oeuer Of the toSn
,uud the ouse-the ou'woik, rheps 'uri ounj
The town 10 s-moifcle end fers upou the river he
rear Of uIoftthed and unprotected beyond thS
n Of the inner o which this streets ia that difec'
don Hardly the h,g Tesched osT Hines. before the anil
re.n dismountsd hsd gdsed tho OF ths town while
Gen Forest with hi. brigade mounted and IN se Of Dat.
tie stood uad.T the bro" 81 hsl Ia H'nti "heee f o.
I'm that commsnd.d view OF Vie whole sceie' h,d
charge Of the battle lie dispatched tao aids to order the
IT, snn. Of our batteries h-lch forth their har,lns Iron
aai ilsr echoed bsca before thry sssa sweep
do outwors. Forrest In hs die tolls his troopers
that they thor banners Oh tbs Inner ~ofss 0e-
fofs Wharton ~ tue other SIDE aud orders me
charge N, buslo sourds His brigade IN line mere an a
=. 6r,t AIS OIL FORE. is Ia Il. 'front.' 1t
s.ns tho sinneuc- shower Of bullet, sres'. "A DIS
astpi Of 10. enemy the hor.een strike tro until they
nays d.,csua-d to tue bottom Of IA" hill
Inc tho enemy furious. On the next Hill are
,Le ra--p aud oitch-. The bago sound. ssn but now
II, note, are thuiiog and rSp,d Ine General OF
hundred s', J,ss Il n, .,nPs ana waTs, h t'2d
I.ass red Woo! to those Posr fellows irhSs
NJ Ha,fAhi lbs eaeniy leaves his IiGe.p. 90 20 the
hr.emen faI charge No" they among tho RE pit.
Into iosu. Now ,nc5 are uP to to- main foot ,e.f
We expected sycy moment 20 sc she Confederate as or
the rfsp.t The hL4 taken refuge ~ the hoGse. Tue
Yankees both fou them aud the font Our brave boys
s5 Thy 81 ns I.y u s9s eh. syy
again Arlia they gan tho town. AEslu thu are fT9m
liddsn Zoe drives ,h,m back Tue ammunition 70 spent
ja at h. cr. two suu1oss into action, and
Vile sorfe,t w, charging Ea,utly Wharton IN NE
rear w,s,losy driving them bsck HE holds every neh Of
rfou B.. lie captures battery alter drNg tho
tors tom Il with h artillery. Such was the peciou
=, b fis tb,t all tho ga on, ons were di.mcuutel TIL.
one h. bring. on Atugh f,il he s'o forced 10 retire
Many Instances Of individual gnanty were dpplHyed In
this action aud The d.'p ration "1 when our men gehef;
several officers si-d and wounded rauge 20 say.
whole loss will hardly 10 ia all The lose Of tho
Tlssls 70 close mi, note the nh will AID ,h., the
.nsiay sent out Jea Davts division from Na.hue 10
u,crcep, suco say they did az ct as. lt,pow
r'ro- ne Richmond Wig. FEB. 20.
TIE STAFF OF LIFE
In consequence Of information derived from
gentleman gard In puTvryus "a toe army We are satisfied
tna, there should not be pant OF TOBACCO raised IN Virginia
orSoth Carolina the pTe'ent year That Information adj
vi,cs Of tie amount Of sau necessary to support ino
army aud we arc convinced ths ta quantity cannot ne pro-
dnced ia tie are Tree i.om the nfoss ~ TIE array unless
By deyotns III IL. .tisto h end The amount II corn
greater produced by the Who'll, State sale.
MN No ,lg-t com pigiSt.' ',,c., nov ia VI. oo
reduced TO marc" comla'. Tue army mus be tnpIiied
-asaiI1n depends t-and, Al the zane time sum
cheney tai.sd fo the people To hl. end tho
mtTd sce remaining 70 ~ NUT be sppop'iaicI ex'
ciusivoy TO rho production II flood
s being advised OF the eIcm. Of ,hc wants OF Tho
army, we've opposed TO any Interference with tie indus.
t-a Pu',aii- of ng people We ave nos cean now that
aceyed IT ml be not by limit ~ he crop Of TOBACCO, but
uy inerdct ug altogether. W i'm hail acrop ottohaco,
a
tJbacco OF gOttoes beans anu other
able, v..y .menei These ~ ct neces-
T. , could food ho sny while the
whJc c.rn-cfop might DO employed 0f the benefit OF the
army
borg arse supply bfesitut. be poduud let tho
ConcdeGae authoTc. abandon their cctesDlo system OF
improvement o private properly and euc0Gt'se production
by and IbeiA prices Instead OF Gcouf-ss 10y SECURE
ard oOuhscstion The Don Msnues of tho houe Of Dele
gates too must the absurd and schemes
ior nXng prce they would bring fannie GA 1hc lud High
pce. .ary Stimulate production and Induce i'm
poTtaous They the best guarantees against SCARCITY aud
for abundant supplies
Prohibit. you please by the most stringent law, the pro
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