Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-12
TELEGRAPHfC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED rRESS nISpaTClIxsS
FROM TRESS MONROE.
Southern New.ps per Intelli--rr.,

southern NeNsps per Intelligence.
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. Io.-The Hag Of
.ruce hoat lew ork arrived this afternoon
ffcm City Point, bringing down two handr.d
ARD slxiy-nIne exchanged Union pri-onsrs in
charge Of Capt. Alexander Msnn, Sd New
iofk Rfelment. Among the RELEASED prisoners
iieUt%nnnt
The stranltcstC. W. THOMAS, Captain &. q.
tahe- en- his return trip from tn. rrys.pne to-
n"E, picked mp the crew OF the schooner Mary
Ann, which sunk on tho Middle 1rounfs
last tuesday. Captain Haley aud his crew
"sre IN ihe Hgsmgfor thirty hours. arci then
succeeded in making their escap., in \ small
toat 10 Smiths Island. They are nov, a.,
hospital at Fortress Monroe.
klehmona papers on Monday, 9th inst, have
teen received. TGe tone or these pap.rs in
regard 70 TIE so-called blockade -a,;iny mas
WONDERFULLY changed.
An IMPROBABLE REPORT.
The Richmond papers have the following
dispatch:
PORT HUDSON. Ia Fea s-"D.sprte-s s,v
that Gen. Ranks canncr depend upon his ar.nv.
Hence his delay in advancing on Port Hudson.''
FROM TESsEss EE-THE EEPCLsE OF HoRGAS's
REBEL CAgALEY.
"ACGTsTA, FEB. 6.-IIel. R.VnclG's Yankao
DivisGcn marched 10 Alexandria. Tennessee
SefrTcay, Tor the purpose of destroying the
Touring mills there. a portion Of Mur,an-s
iclcPs fought them several hours bu; a, ~, T.,
back. ~ '''
RfRkL ACCOUNTS FROM KESTUCKY
be Richmond Wing, Of February o. s1ys -.
II he Kentucky Legislature threatens 10 con-
Nene Secession Convention If Lincoln g las-
proclamation Is not modiiied within twenty
days"
DEATH OF HON LAURENs PTSCEyEy
The Charleston papers announce the d-st, ot
hvh. Lauftns Pinckney, of South Carolina
The New i'm Detail.
We have received the Richmond EnGujrar q,
the 9Th, and take from il liz detail the new. re
ferris to in the letter above
IErOETAET FEoM THE GoCTHwEsT
PORT HUDSON, La, Feb. 6.-De>erters are
constantly coming III from the enemy AZ Ba-
ton Rouge. For the past two weeks several
have arrived every day. All concur IN con-
hfniinS lhe reported disaaection in Banks
army. They state that numerous officers have
resigned in consequence of the arrival of negro
regime nts; that the army rs completely demon
;ilnd, and, in sCnle cases, has reached rey ycIt:
and that Cne regiment * confined in the peui-
itntlafy for lay ing down their arms
Reliable Information states The force az Baton
kchke at i5:oU'. There are no indications Of
an advance. 1t is reported that The movement
several Gays since arose from a change Il camp
Banks Is stated to have sad: nv army h5s
gone 10 heil-it Is useless 10 deny it.''
Il report coming from BATON Rouge repre-
s"nts that he sinking Of the L. :. eoop- Of war
Brooklyn was by the Coufeder3ta Stats steam
ers Alabama, Florida and Harriet Lans-tha
Brooklyn having been sent in pursuit of t3Ia
later. Ia" gunho2t Essex made her weekly
visit on sunday last, and was fired upon by
car pickrts. One lanSs Is reported kil!ri
ne si.eiird our psck-ts for an hour, but nobody
WAS hIgt.
D,seI;ers say that Banks cannot danend uno,
his army; hence lie DELAY Iii ADVANCING
THE NAVAL VICTORY AT CIIARLrsroy.
tnAELEsToN, Feb e-RoacTt Bunch. the
British Consul sailed yesterday On the British
war steamer C3dmue.
From the of GERS of that steamer We learn
that The results OF uic late naval enlightenment
v>crr much less suOst .ntitl tEftu wa supposed
No Yankee vessel WAS sunk. The 1Iercedita is
l.. 81 IL h.
abi,d Condition. The llnpress sion among her
crew that she VAS sinking was caused hv water
making in;o The holc from her boilers, which
We re- perforated by shot. The Yankee rSalfs
ttuak,r Cl'y 3Ed keystone Sta.e were also
snu k ana badly damaged. Scypru wrr,
Eliled and wounded Cn each Of those three YES
s,ls.
All Ney Ironsdes is still of The bar. Sao
sees oUt % >eI every morning, bu: returns
cioSe III every evening, to participate IN any
I!sht en"actm' mt TIE impression prer.,ls
aIHCrg The CilIc rs Of the biOck;elne s5lua tron
iA"t Sty2nnah VIII b attacked before Charles
ton VIII.
The Yankees confess that the iron-clsd Mon.
tux was much injured during the engagement
- GenesIs Point. During the .itt.r part of the
tght ker turret -efusCd 10 work.
TIE WEST AND THE SOUTHWEST
Certain items OF our telegraphic news - day
''rnrrit confirmation It's not very SAFE ID
grow eNhii"ratcd over the intellge gepce convey
GO ~ desert"rs; but CERTAINLY there is notuIng
imrIoLab.e III the Ial. they tell as 10 dernoral-
ZITIon III the army o. Banks. The negro r-ri-
lnents sent 10 serve lii the army Of Banks are
more dan geruus 10 their alies than to their
owners. and The officers who resign have pro-
bably a tender regard for their own necks
The action OF Ihc Kentucky Legislature il
highly important. ii seems TO presage either
the entire dispersion of those Kentuckiins
Y no are IN The Federal service, or their trans
ference 10
The remaining intelligence is good and glori-
the Brooklyn, one OF the finest Yankee
war steamers, sent to the bottom OF the q uif Of
Mexico by our glorious little navy: and the
capture OF guns and stores at Sabine Pass, in
Texas, by Major Watkins, acting under orders
of Gen. Magrudrr. All indications now show
the Confederates rising in confidence and
spirit, and the Yankees sickening at the game