The Goodhue volunteer., 1863-02-25
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New YONK. Feb u.

New YonK. Feb II.
The following extracts are from tebel
papers
In the Confederate Congress, Fohe, ot
Tennessee, Offered resolution to the etf,c,
that President Davis shall, on Or brc. May
1t next. Withdraw the present diplomatic
agents :r" n any foreign country, the govern
men, of which shall not at that time have
agree t" recr5nizs the independence of The
|Crnteieracy. and after ,ha. date no foreign
consul shall b: longer allowel to exc else
Consular powers cX ep' upon an cXequ,tur
asked for at the hands o the COn,e.lcr te
S:a'e'. and granted 10y the >ane. The res
"luti"u> fart her declare, that the cnr'iu.t uf
the Enp.ror OF France. in the p opn>i,ion
I" The European powers t" unite wi !, him III
me'iia'i"2 hts b.c" highly gratifying hah
I" the Government AMI people Of the Con-
fedrrate States.
The tone ot he Richmond journals gen
orally indicates want Of hope and spirit.
All prospects Uf fnrei IN ne'li:a'iun seems to
IT, gwen up, and the present is considered
the most critic ! per"A Of the whole war
! According to Richmond pa. a.e's. inmrna
tOn has been received there that the cntirc
army "f the Potomac fr,> cvAcnated lis u ,Si
ton and been divided be,w en- Washington
and Fort Monroe
Feb. l9.-rhc W"r'ds Memphis CORES
pondent writes cnnce,nin, the Wick >bur,
operations that there are three plans under
c ,nSnlera,,on. The ore which i likely To
I've adopted Is 10 c"nmrt c. about seventy. >.
five miles above Vnk >h",S. cutting one or
more channels to reach the Tcn>as and Ma.
son b.vnn-. which forms the Tens Is river.
W ,ich emp'ies INTO the 81 .ck river. tn.
latter u y tr,bltarr Of Rcd rive II sue
ce>>ili it wrnhl probably re>rl, in ,urnin, ,
The Mississippi INTO tho Atchafall:a river.
;hn< making the latter the sru.t river OF the
continent.
Sr Louis. Feb. Is.
The great on clad gnnisat Nco~l," was
launched to day. She Is bull. Oh The N"ni
tor plan.
! MApI>"S. Feb -
The bill! pa>>el au h-r,zin. the sale nf
gold in the Slate Treasury, the proceeds
10 so INTO the general fund \ good plan
WAsu.SGrox. Feb 20
Admiral Porter c'mrnI"Ic ue- the l'lI"w
il " kop"r /" tine Secretary vf the Navy,
dared on the II inst
! am happy t" inform YOU ,h,t the steam
er V'ck~bur3 was y" htlly d.,n,-eI ny the
rain Q lee" of the West. hr she hast" DC
kept "t'n., Ivy large c,al h.r.e> fastened To
he, SIDES. Her machinery ha, been ,,k~n
out ami she will prob, II. Ire destroyed
! This i the fifth steamer OF wh,ch We have
deprived the rebels Thc Wick >h,,r. was
the largest anil strongest steamer on the
river. and th'nk they were prep,ri x her
to Use against our transports. she heiu.
very hr. her wheels AMI guarl< We're
smashed in and large holes knocked in her
sides. 50 'lsser'e'> report.
barge conta'nin. 1000 bushels OF Gal
ran the bloc k..le on Satu,!ly night, to sup
!ply the Qleen OF the West
NJ W York. Feb 20,
A special disp,'ch 10 the Ho i'd c,"fir.ns
,he statement that Gen Bu lcr is or,ierel to
an important command. |. is now said he
will have an important fi...l-prub.bly an
entirely new department.
! The Inn > d,~p,,ch saws that persons in
a p,>iiou to k"ow say ,lss, a, lea>. ,w enty
five millions OF d'Iars have been stolen in
the Quartermaser's department during the
Il.~t lew months.
General Bun ns de will a, once enter on
his new command. lie left tur New York
to night.
| New YogK. Feb 90
| The P,st has inform ,,ion thr,u.h gen
tleman from R,chm - |. that the rrie! army
has every man N the Soa,h b-,wecn The
ages of 13 aud IS able 10 bear arms asw IN
service .--
| There Is II before the reb.l C. snsrs<s
Iconscripsin, even foreigners AMI Maryland
fcrs s@a :*
Feb GA dispatch has hes n receive
frDm Gen. R,renerars =, the " ar DsIar
.men.. in which il ws< stated that the s.b
officers whom they met under ti,y OF truce
declared ths, Vck>,s,sg had faILsn.
!hi~ IS doubtle,s the origin 1t the ru-
mars ths, have been 9sins on the streets
all the afternoon. thai Gen Grant had taken
I vEk>hurg. There Is no cuniirmat,on Of The
report, however
I The lsSs .ocoantS from Grant and P,r.
ter anticipate the happ;rss results from the
Ienitins oi ,he Ya1s, Pass 10 LAX. Prnvi
.dssce, and ieases The Mss-is~spp river rep
se<nted . y s,sssdy rs.AinS thsongh ths
ssv ehas1sl