Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-21
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LLast Nights Dispatches.
HsEnhmnnh Run,nrn.

gone Into Secret Session, about oae o'clock to-day. IT
was Immediately runored on the streets that France
and England had recognized the Confsderaey. and that
the announcement would be made by communication
to that body but the day has passed without anything
occurring to give rotor 10 The story
Runaors from sae i-sappnhanHOck.
RICHMOND, January 19-Ther report that q battle
was imminent at Fredericksburg was renewed to-day
and enlarged The enemy were reported crossing the
Rappahannoek at two points, On our right and left
aanks, but the latest adsces bring no confirmation.
Tobacco Embargo Proposed.
A proposition was introduced into the Virg MA house
of delegates, that no planter shall raise over I'VE hun.
drsd hills to the hand It exctes considerable discus
sion Some regard it as playing into the hand Of the
spectators.
Confederate States Congress.
RICHMOND January I9,-In the house, the Speaker
laid before that body amessage from the President, sub-
hitting a communication from the Secretary Of War,
inclosing Colonel ImbOden's report Of outrsges perpe.
trate upon the people Of Western Virginia by the
Federal General Nilroy The report states that persons
had placed in the hands of Imboden papers served on
them assessing them to a certain amount for damages
done by guerilas to URion men. The penalty for not
paying Immediately, was that their houses be burned
and the zen shot. The communication was laid on the
table.
The Speaker communicated to the House a telegraph
ic dispatch from Gov. Bonham, Of South Carolina, re-
signing his Sc at in Congress.
Nj. Dsrgan, Of Alabama, introduced a bill prohibit
ing q~uartermasters and others from specializing with
public money, upon the necesssries Of the government
and the people. Referred.
Also a bill to relieve collectors and all receiving gov
eminent agents from default in consequence Of rseeiv-
ing Yankee counterfsit notes.
A letter was received from J. P. johnson, who is con-
testing the seat as member from the third district in Ar
kansas, waving any further contest
Mr.. Cloptou, Of Alabama, offered a joint resolution
approving that portion Of the Presidents message rels-
ting to retaliation upon Yankee officers. Nj. FoOte, Of
Tennessee, opposed this until all other measures were
exhausted, AMI advocated sending commissioners to the
Government Of the United States, setting forth the terms
on which the South would be wiling to negotiate for
peace. He intended TO offer a resolution to that effect,
and throw upon the Lincoln Government the respOnst
biity Of further carnage.
The house went into Secret Session on financial bus
iness.
In he senate Nr. Yaneey introduced a bill providing
that the Secretary of the Navy, when approving and
announcing naval c~ourtmartial, shall do 50 without
INJURIOUS reflections upon the court, and in terms Of re-
spect for that body. After a long debate the bill was
referred to the COMMITTEES On naval affairs.
In the house, 5Ir. Miles, from the military ~committee,
reported bill requiring the enrolment of al persons be-
tween he ages Of Is and As, and repeating the present
exemption laws, leaving exemptions and details to the
Secretary Of War, with the approval of the President,
and suspeudng the enrollmentof such persons until the
President shall csH them into the military service. The
bill was made the order Of the day for to morrow.
The House then went into secret session en- that por.
ton of the Presidents message relating to the delivery
Of captured Federal officers to the States for punish
meut.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr.. Hall presented the creden-
tials Of the Hon. Hsrshell V. Johnston, senator eject
f-5m Geo5gis. Ar. Johnston appeared and took the
usual oath
5l. Hill introduced a bin to organize the supreme
court
Mr Simmons, Of Kentucky, submitted a resolution
denouaeiug 5be mprassment of private property by the
military authorities, which was laid upon the table for
the present
The senate then went into secret session.
Bearer Of Dispatches Captured.
CHARLESTON, january I9.-The Confederate bearer
Of dispatches whose cap ure off this port is not eed by
the Northern paper-, is Major Read Sanders, son Of
George ". Sanders. Ha attempted to run the blockade
in 2 small ssfnng vessel
E.ntess Northern intelligence.
FR-EDEEICKsBURs, January le-Tbe Philadelphia
Inquirer Of the 18th has ben received.
A dispsteh from Cairo, Janus y 18th. says the ram
Switzerland arrived there from the squadron, bringing
news Of the surrender on Sunday, Of Arkansas Post,
on the arkansas river, one hundred miles from the
mouth. TO the Federal land and naval forces, under Por.
ter and McClernand. The rebel loss was Eve hundred
killed and wounded, and from FIVE to seven thousand
prisoners
A dispatch from OFT Henry, dated January 16.h. says
that a train which left Pittsburg landing for Corinth, on
Sunday, undor an escort Of one thousand six hundred
men, viii be ca tured by the rebels. The latter were
receiving artillery to blockade the river.
A disPatch from Washington says; q The President
remarked to-day that he considered the rebellion nearer
crushed thgn ever before. a. we now hold one hundred
thousand ssuare miles more than we did a year sgo."
At he recent Democratic jubilee in New Jersey.
Geo. P. andrews said the rights Of the South must be-
respected, or we shell turn our artillery u on the eman
eip2tou ga-rohers of the Constitution. The s~entiment
was received with EN- husiastic applause.
GoIdtn New York, on the 18th, was quoted at 1881.
PzTERsBURG, Jan. l9-TheN New York Hsrald Of the
18th, rec lived here, contains President Davis late mes
sage in full It says # is Of more than ordinary fmpOr
tanoe, and that he is evidently assured by a conscious
security which has never hitherto characterized any
manifesto which has emanated frsm the executive, and
breathes ont a determination Of defiance not justified by
what meets the public eye.
The Alabama has captured two more vesseIs-one
the Parker Cooke, Of Boston, taken November 80, near
St Domingo, YVES burnt; the other, having a British
cargo, was allowed to proceed, but the vessel was
bonded.
An arrival from New Orleans says that the Harriet
Lane has been sent to sea by the COnfedsrates. Far.
ragut has sent the Brooklyn, seioto and other vessels to
capture her.
Gold declined under the Arkansas news. closing at
1863 Exchange duh a 16L.
From FHFePe.
RICHMOND, Jan. 70 The latest foreign advices state
that M. Gladstone. ia recent speech in Worcestershire,
on he distress in England, expressed a hope that the
crisis would be passed by March.
it WAS u1inored that Prussia had sent a dispatch to
Austria, threatening 20 withdraw from the Germanic
ComfedsracY.
A plot fOr e rising in Poland has recently been dis.
covered
o~bsequTes Of General Jones.
The o~bsequies Of the late GenetaI David R. Jones
took place at ST. Paul's church this morning. and his
remains were deposited in the vault Of Hollywood Gem
etery. The procession was a solemn and imposing
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