The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-08
Confederate Congress.

RICHMOND, March 5.--The New York Herald
Of the Sd says the Confederate States steamer
Florida captured and burnt the ship Jacob
Bell, from China for New York, with sixteen
hundred ions of merchandise. The cargo was
valued al one million eight hundred thousand
dollars.
R1cHMoND March 6.--The Jacob Bell had a
cargo Of twenty two thousand packages Of
tea, twenty-five hundred rolls of mating, four
hundred boxes Of fans, eight thousand Pats,
two hundred and ten boxes of Camphor. The
whole cargo is valued at over a million of dol.
lars. The Florida burned the vessellan trans.
ferred her passengers and crew 10 Danish
vessel which conveyed them TO st, Thomas.
The kentucky House Of Representatives has
adopted thirteen resolutions reported from
the Committee on Foreign Relations. The Sc
cond reafirms the oyaltyo of Kentucky to the
Government the third recognizes the Admin
istraton; the tenth recommends National
Convention to propose amendments 10 the
Constitution; the eleventh recommends Mis-
sissippi Valley Convention, with Wow of
consulting hsw to to preserve the whole Coy.
ernment, and preventing one or more statea
from seizing the mouth of the Mississippi; the
twelfth declares that the laws Of the State
must be maintained and enforced The SEN
ate will probably concur.
PoRT HUDSON via Mobile, March Gth.-
Reliable intelligence of the greatest impor'
tance has been received from the front. The
preparations being made by Banks army,
point unmistalsably to an carly advance. Sey-
eaieen mortar boats and gunboats and the
sloop of war Mississippi ere now anchored
off Baton Rouge Banks force is estimated at
10000. Ambulanoes and litterS were being
prepared,
The utmost confidence prevails among both
officers and men of our ability to defeat the
enemy The report of our pickets having
been driven in is unfounded, but an imme-
diate advance is anticipated The latest in-
formation confirms the disahecton in the abo-
lition ranks. It is reported that Banks is OPP
posed to the attack, but has orders from the
War Department a.
RIcHMoNp, March 5.--The mpressment bill
was further discussed in the Senate to-day.
An amendment was adopted providing for the
appointment of three commissioners 10 each
State, who shall divide The State in ono or more
districts, and proceed to fix the
price or value to be paid to owners Of arti'
cles impressed for the use of the army from
time to time the revision to be made atleast
once in every sixty days
The House is in secret session on the tax
bill.
RIcHNoSD, March G,--The Souato was oc-
cupied with ihofurther consideration of the
impressment bill The bill introduced some
time since by Mr.. Wigfall was finally adopted.
with amendments, as a substitute for the bill
reported rOn the Judiciary Committee, which
had been previously substituted for the House
bill. Without final action on the subject the
Senate went into secret session.
The House was in secret session on the tax
bill,
JAcKsoY, March 9th, viz. RICHMOND, March 6l
The following was received to-day: Gen. 5.
Cooper Gen. Stevenson commanding at Yicbs
burg, tolegraphsi March 4ih, as follows: the
Indianola is not destroyed. We are at work
10 raise her. One eleven inch gun was burst
ID the others are not injured.
j. @. PEMBEgoN IT, General
SAVANNAH, March 6,--lt has been definitely
,scortained that the onemy's iron clads have
eft the 0gcechoe. a.t
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