Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-02-25

Harriet Lane is still at Galveston. He
certain she is disabled, as be saw her tow
ed slowly about by small river steamer
The Hartford went down the river oil
Friday with rear Admiral Farragus.
Memphis, Feb. Is, via Cairo. IT.
Special to the World--Advices from
below state that the rebels at Port Hud
! son have communications with the Gull
by the way of Atcbafalaya river. The
/ Queen of the Vest, as soon as repaired
will open communications with Bauks.
| a million bales of cotton below Helena
are waiting Granite permission to slip.
Cairo, Feb. 17.-Special to the Herald
A party of guerrillas fired into the steamer
Dick Wilton at Cypress Bend and killed
several of her crew. She was taking a
| crew to the fleet, and would have been
captured but was saved by the gunboat
| Rather.
Cincinnati, Feb. 1S-A special dispatch
| to The Commercial, from Frankfort, Ken
lucky, says : A convention of rebels as
sembled here to-day, tor the ostensible
purpose of making nominations for the
August elections. The House refused the
use of its Hall by decisive vote. They
then rented the Theatre. Delegates from
forty counties were present. David Mer-
riweather was elected Chairman. On
taking the Chair he said he hoped the
convention would do nothing that good
| loyal citizens should not do.
La the meantime regiment of soldiers
with fixed bayonets formed in front OF the
Theatre. When call of the counties
was made, Col. Gilbert read the following
order:
"Reiable information having been received Of
headquarters that number of rebel emisssr;as
in this city, it is ordered that all person now
here, not residents members of the Leeislatnrs
or officers of the state Government forthwitb
| leave their names at these headquarters accomna
MED with satisfactory references to their loyalty
| to the Government"
Col. Gilbert said, to facilitate proceed.
ings and save the convention trouble, he
wished his Adjutant would take the
| names of delegates.
he said, " there are those here who we
know to be rebels of the worst kind. Un-
| der the disguise of - name of Demo.
Gratis, you have assembled here with the
hope of perfecting your designs, but it
| will not do. You are repudiated by the
Legislature, who have refused you the
use OF their halls; Democratic newspa-
pers scorn and disewn you. There is no
use in your holding convention in Ken
tncky. There will be no delegate O. of un-
doubted loyalty to the government allowed
to run for any Office. Such meetings as
this you shall not hold within the limits
of my command, and to avoid the Difficult
ty you will dispense TO your homes, and
in future desist from all such attempts to
precipitate civil war upon your State"
After Col. Gilbert had spoken, an at
tempt was made to offer resolutions,
which were respectfully declined by Col.
Gilbert. Tie body then adjourned. There
is some excitement in the city.
New York, Feb. 19.-Extracts from reb.
ell papers show that in the Confederate
Congress Foote, of Tenn, offered reso-
luton to the effect that President Davis
shall on or before May 1st next withdraw
the present diplomatic agents from any
foreign country, the government of which
shall not at that time have agreed to rec.
ognize the independence of the Confedera-
cy, and after that date no foreign consuls
shall be longer allowed to exercise consul.
ar power, except upon an exequatur asked
| for at the hands of the Confederate States
and granted by the came.
The resolutions further declare that the
conduct of the Emperor of France in pro-
posing to European powers to unite with
him in mediation has heen highly gratify-
ing both to the government and people of
the Confederate States.
| The tone of the Richmond journals gen.
orally, indicate want of hope and spirit.
| All prospect of foreign mediation seems to
| be given up, and the present is considered
the most critical period of the whole
| war.
According to Richmond papers, infor-
nation is received there that tie entire
Army of the Potomac has evacuated its
position, and is being divided between
Washington and Fort Monroe.
Vicksburg, Feb. 13.-The enemy are
throwing up batteries on the Louisians
shore with the supposed purpose of pro-
tecting their men when they commence
| putting poEtoon bridges across the river
Our authorities appear to anticipate al
early attack.
| Washington, Feb. 19.-Jackson's fore,
is said to be 2 miles south of Fredericks-
burg.
The Herald's Special says.-''It is ru-
mored that the President intends to re
store Mcclellan early next month and re
organize the Cabinet on conservativ,
basis with Seward in his present po-
sition.
1t is generally believed that in the Con
ference Committee on the finance bill th
Senate will will concede to the House th,
$500, 900, GOO legal tenders, that The Hous
| will concede to the Senate the bank bill
and one per cent. tax on bank circulation
Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 1916. w. Don
agan and W. Calhoun two wealthy rebel
of this city were arrested to. day and con-
fined in the Penitentiary.
Chicago, Feb. 19.--The military com
mission is in session at st. Louis, investi
eating the administration of affairs a
leland No. 10 and New Madrid. No dis
patches on this subject are allowed to b.
sent by the military authorities.
The steamer Ruth, from St. Louis to
day, takes money to Memphis to pay Gen
Grants army. 1t is said money enough
has been sent within a month to pay near
ly all the troops there.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-The Senate to
day confirmed the following nomination:
of Oonsuls: Charles Gilbert Wheeler, a
Nuremburg; Noah Wilson, of Illinois, a
La Union, San Salvador; F. Crosby, o
Kentucky, at Geneva, and VIM. Phelps
of Illinois, at st. Petersburg. Also, f
M. Army, OF Kansas, as Secretary of thu
| Territor, of New Mexico, and Edward