Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-10

the habit Of assuring that to get correct
accounts of what transpires here we must re-
sort TO the New York journals. But for this
6ictum the superstition of the New York Tiusss
that Gen. Halleck is \ contributor 10 the edi-
torial columns OF our suspect rci5hbor the
IFte!lcenccT, would be r, Ceiyed IN this vicinage
with certain degree of incredulity under all
the circumstances. AS the TINES sasaciously
discovers and observes the signature III to
the [nteiiigsEccr'S Recent article on The
Charleston blockade is precisely the initial
of aHalleck,'' ami so there cannot he 4 doubt
shout the matter.
~ A letter from Gov. Andrew 10 citizen
OF Indiana states that Missay husetts has sent
into the ii Ia since ha outbreak or the reb lilo IL
1873 men OF different classes of troops and
ato&t l2.tCU seanlen. The State expenditures
f. r military supplies aud tquipmr RS (not in
cluGit bCuiIIes and aid L. taInilias) amount to
to,al OF S3,izC,iIJ. With regard - her contri-
buttons "a the Revolutionary war, it Is shown
fiom authentic statistics that Massachusetts,
with 2 quarter of thu population of The South
furnished ii,%i2 More troops than the whole Of
tie later section.
EuA NICKE 81 Eta lot = received from
tie vicinity If Eicks5urs >ay= that H.. enemy
ar fogt,fy ing all tie points commanding The
river below the city, but they do net Seem %
have guns tor all III If works.
Tie CaGTl, which was dug last summer,
was ut nine ZEE AZ The top, sIUping 10 d hing
This hes bsen doubled IN witts. and the water
Va, CT the 2S,h uitimo, rum. = lursugh.
Tt" CiEEing Of another canal as commenced
tEe Telt COY, bu: this was net tie only means
for sEeCring landing on the Mississippi river
RIA. great mass of documents relating To
Mexico has Ieen sent ~ the HJnsc-eEouyh
probably 10 make a thousand printed octave
pages. They prove that the gnxicans are by
no means disbeaTtened in the struggle aga nst
the French, nut are rather disp posed 20 resist the
Invasion 10 the utmost. The French sol iers
who have been captured have been Treated
with great kindness by the Mexican Govern
ment. Many assertions from The rren III army
have taken place.
80 II is said that the Navy Department did
net ccntemplate attacks on Charleston and S,-
vannah by 0"r iron -"iads fnr days co,Ao
ort 1t is now stated In yycli-inforned quarters
that the recent bold operations at the former
place are TO be followed by swjfter retrioution
than tie secessionIsts might have otherwise an
ticiI ated. The proclamation that the blockade
Is raised may turn out truer than they attempted
to make 1t appear.
!" Napoleon's letter to General Forey on
the subject Of the future OF Mexico aid The res
iOTat.on OF the Latin race West " ard, produced
decided sensation in England. The London
Times regargs i: as startling" both in its OBJ
Jeet and plan OF execution. 1t is spoken of as
offensive TO tie principles and policy of the
american people, both North and South, and
as being as dangerous to the Confederate Reb-
els TO the Union Federals
~ a correspondent al Vick burg writes 70
Western paper thai when General sherman
re'lred from Nlcksburg, supposing the expedi-
non mao been abandoned, the Rebels sent
eleven steamers up the Yazoo for supplies.
and our feet having returned in the nick OF
time, they are now blocked in, and the Rebels
have only two STEAMERS between Vicksburg
and Port Hudson.
"The Southern Herald is the title OF new
daily afternoon paper just started III Baltimore.
1t Is published by Messrs. Beach, Young 4
Beach, and announces Its purpose TO stand by
tie ''Constitution, the independence and SOW
erfignty OF the States, ard the political liberty
OF 'he citizens The senior Beach of the Her
aid is tie writing editor of the Baltimore Sun.
NEw MUsIC.-We have the following from
John +. Ellis, No. 3cS Pennsylvania avenue
bTtweeE Ninth and Tenth c.s:-"My Low
land Home" Weeping cad and lonely, or !
when this war Is oyer,'' :. Cali NE not back
from tEe q. holess shors"-three pleasing songs
By IL. Tucker.
~ The Boston Traveller (Rppublicau) SAYS
that IL ~ ct expected that full regiment OF
negro soldiers can Be raised in Massachusetts
Governor Andrew will therefore havs TO con-
tent himself with a battalion. The colored
population OF the State number nearly ten
thousand.
Nor FROZEN TO DEArH-The Chicago TIL. !
hume debies the story OF the Times, OF the same
city, tia; ~ Confederate prisoners We're frozen !
TO deah whilst confined In Camp Douglas II
ms, says the Tribune, atrocious libel, for
the purpose OF exciting IN the community 8
sympathy for he prisoners.
~TWo hundred rebel prisoners who .sers
taken at Murfrcrshoro, Voluntarily took the
oath o: alies .5Ece 10 tho United Stat.s at ST.
Louis, or the +th instant, and were discharged
They arr destitute OF money, clothing shoes
30, ard tho President OF thu Sanitary Com.
missIcI IN that city soIicits aid IN their behalf
- Rein!UrccmenLs fer Rosocrans ara con.
stantly going up the Cumberland river ari ID
ia Row IL! minated tina; lie has acc umulatrd srf.
fCI. TT quantity Of st;ras ~ Nashville 10 make
forward movement pvssiLle L. will proba
v SoTI.GHcF'i ~ = very P5-:y day.
I.,r.c5 FOR NE,itt SvLI.l..:s-ff Gen Cassr
u Is siat-G, h:'s been requ s;ed by the War d.,
pa 'nvlit t0 prepare a ~ sta:n u tactics for use
ti' IT, =" irs'In-ns 10 u: rIi is.ed in The IA
''V-ai Observation-Disclosures
k1THA II.LT :,s,Irn.-E..rs Silly Smith,
We : AT, h' t'"' u-a5i" TO t,,sa h.s seat IA ti.e
Re. Con.rs.s, owing 20 the state o. MS
vGGHU.. =: J. -atd.
-. :iT i.-h- q, .feIu:r-r " tl,s Old
az a .-.:'.= g Ea:'in'T. IT Ina years iSi2-'i,,
G'f ---~I'iay DiOr"iug, Ia TIE 18th year Of his