The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-02-11
items from Telegraphic Reports

ItN"S hOm hNNShaYhht hNPVitSs
/ There has been no interruption of the
! blockade, and such assumption will not be
admitted 10y the Government.
/ The rebel force at Nicksburg is estimated
/ at 10000 1t is believed this in the largest
number that can be brought to its defense.
! The rebels are throwing up earthworks
/ in every direction for the defense of the
rebel capital,
, A Federal fleet of 100 vessels sailed south
! from the coast of North Carolina about n
week since.
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a resolu-
ton instructing the Representatives in Con-
gress from that State to cast their votes in
favor of the repeal of the duty on paper.
There were 1,3a3 soldiers in the Richmond
hospitals an the 9th of January, the largest
number, l,775, being from North Caroliua
Georgia with ,591, coming next
Water in the old canal at Yicksburg is
six feet deep hut doing little execution. A
thousand negroes are 10 he sent from Mem
phis to work on tho canal,
At meeting in Boston, of the BOARD Of
Alderman, resolution to extend the hos
pitalites Of the city TO Gen. Mcclellan was
negatved,
Conscription among the rebels is rather
dangerous, as over twenty conscription Off
GERS have been sho. while endeavorng to
raise men.
A Wa hington despatch states that il is
believed that some measure will be adopted
by Congress TO prevent any further spec
ulation in s,.crie and the consequent dc =
/ Oft Of
The British war steamer veSnvius, at
Bermuda. on the 9th day Of January, re-
ported that the French army had been de-
feated in an attack OH Puebla, Mexico, and
had lost 1900 men.
Strange to say, the RichEond h,qomtner,
of the ID inat., makes no sort OF reference
to the great rebel Victory and raising of the
blockade, but simply has the announcement
that the new lronsides is off Charleston,
The New Orleans Eelta says accounts
from the rebel army at Port Hudson and
elsewhere show most deplorahlc state of
affairs among them, the men enlE being
kept from mNtinF by promises of peace in
thirty days.
The rebel papers print tho order of Gen.
W. l.. Lee, dated Dahlonega, Ca, to the
effect that he has been dispatched by the
commanding General " capture deserters
tories aHt ceasGrlpts, who are realstlng the
laws in Northern Georgia,
In New York City, on the 9th instant, al
a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, q
resolution was adopted discountenancing
the efforts of Seccssonists and others to de
preciate L.. 5. currency below par of non
specie paying banks.
Gensrat pix, at FGTuess Monroe, is in re.
ceipt of rebel news from Charleston to the
al inst. ut which time the port was thor.
oughly blockaded, the Federal ron-clads
laying inside the wooden ships. The for
mer were not with the feet at the time oi
the attack on the let inst
hill has peeu intIodnced in the Rebel
Congress for condemnation TO public use
all cotton within the Confederate States, tc
give the owner & ysGaiBiiAF y At 1s1$ cents
per pQQn9, and as]li{ ID the French Govern
ment or l.nglish dealers, and let purchasers
see te its expectation.
The ram Queen of the West ran the rebe
blockade. at Nicksburg, on the I'd inst, a
! daylight. One hundred siege guns opened
on her as she passed, 4 repsi steamer
also cpened h.a IN tile QHeen which she
, replied 10, AMI tue rebel steamer was Grip
' pied. The Queen was under fire three
quarters of an hour.
7, \ Times despatch states that q len. Hamil
ton, it is said, has received agGTrCnqes tina
q Tc-,N Y%pe9ltion Wtl shorty lie fitted
ont, &hich'Will have for its object the re
clamation of that State to the Union, 1h
cheif commaRd viii p9bGLly Le given t,
! Gen: Butler, Gen. itamilton having sub
4 ordinate command,
The 'Falladega (Alal Reporter represent
y the wheat Drop of that region, which is yer,
large, as remarkably promising. The Leg
o islature of Mississippi has passed law pro
G vldiug that not over three ceres cT cOtto
,, shall he PLANTED 10 ne hand, undcr psr
/. atty of $500 per acre, half Ia go to the il
: former,
The Louisiana Legislature adjourned o
Q the 81 of January. Among other busnes.
!, a resolution was passed changing the sea
of Government from Opelousas to Shreve
port, on Red River The militia, HILL whic
was passed, takes in all men, Foreigners il
A Guided, between Z and 40, and makes yer
y few exemptions. The Govenar il to "a
J out the whole militia immediately.
: The Globes report of Henry Mays speec
q on Saturday, makes him say that the onl
- alternatives IN the war are separation @
suhjeotion, reunion while slavery exist
d being impossible Also, that the rebellio
l. stands justified before God and man. Thes
expressions occur in the latter part of hi
speech, which he procured leave 10 priI
"a without delivering Some Republicans al
- so much outraged at them, as to talk
bringing up resolution for his expulsion
Of GENERAL BuTLER.-Theodore Winthrop
G. whom the country only began to appreciat
when she had lost him, in paper descril
ing one of the early scenes Of the war, say
The army of the United States at this tin
eS consisted of six Thousand men. Three tho,
u sand were"--certain specified regiment
at The other three thousand were GeAer
7 Blaier"-B0ston Advertiser.