The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-14
BURNSIDE IN COMMAND AT PORT ROYAL
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
eEoRG1A LEGISLATURE.

uuutl udlo VI NAotAScASAg @AoANA AAeAy Ntte Af'
tclligence has been received IN official circles
that Burnside has been assigned to the com
mand of the department of South Carolina and
Georgia: An attack is to DO made within the
next ten days, probably during the spring tide
which occurs on the nineteenth. tits report.
ed that the Catskill, az iron clad, passed the
bar esterday on her way to Port Royal.
Gov. Brown, OF Georgia, will convene the
Legislature on the 25th Of March, recon.
the passage Of stringent laws pro-
hibiting the cultivation Of more cotton than
il actually necessary to save seed, and also to
prohibit the distillation of articles Of food in.
to spirituouS liquors.
FREDERrcKsBURc March 1.-THE N. York
Herald of the 9th has been received.
Curtis is to be removed from his command
in the West, on the ground of .ineffcicncg
and dilatoriousness. Sumner will probably
succeed him.
Col. Harrington, of the Department Of Indi.
ana, has issued proclamation sgainst the So
ciety known as K.G. G. He warns all loyal
men TO shun this nest of traitors, as it was in.
tended to hunt them ont and mete to them the
punishment they deserve.
The Herald intimates that there will soon
be stirring news from the army Of the PO-
tomac.
NJ. Dumas, bearer Of dispatches to the
French and English Ministers from the
French and English consols, at Richmond, ar
rived in Washington Oh the 9Th. His dispatch
es are said to be Of great Importance, and win
be forwarded Immediately to their respective
Governments.
The General Assembly Of New York, unan-
mousIy adopted resolutions appointing a
committee Of two Democrats and four Repub-
licans 10 wait on Lincoln and enquire the
cause Of the arrest and detention Of certain
citizens confined in Fort McHenry.
The Herald says . riot occurred at Detroit
on the 9th. Thirty-fve buildings were dee-
troyed and two negroes killed.
The Herald says if Lincoln, with the vast
resources at his command and unlimited pow
ers, fails, within six months, TO crush the re
bellion he should be impeached.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been
fully repaired, and is now doing an enormous
business. Five hundred cars of nine tons ca
pacity, half laden with produce from the
great West arrive daily in Baltimore Mil
lions Of dollars has been expended in repair
ing the damage done by the Rebels from time
to time.
Andy Johnson has arrived in Washington.
The Arabia brings reports founded on the
statement # the Captain Of the English steam.
err at Gibralter, that the steamer Alabama
was seen on the 9th Of February steaming
South. On the 10th uIt flashing guns aud
bursting shells were seen, evidently contest
between two ships. The fighting was heavy,
as the exchange Of shots was rapid.
The iron clad Gaena IL al the mouth Of
James River, watching the movements of the
Merrimac No. 2.
Gen. Burns, formerly Of Burnsides' old
6Orps, has been sent West to supercede Nc.
Cook.
A large number Of rebel prisoners euppos
cd to be North Caroliniaus and yirginians
arrived at Washington from Chicago, on the
night Of the 18th, for the convenience Of ex-
change,
large number Of spies aud gnerillas cap.
tursd 10 Missouri have arrived in Washing
ton, and are to be tried for various cfFensei
under the military laws
Gold closed in New York on the 9TH at 1856
Exchange TO to iT2. -
cHAAEEsrOs, March l2.-The report thai
8unside has taken command at Port Royal
and that an attack on Charleston will be mad,
within two weeks seems to come from New
bern. Full credit is not given to tie story
but the Impression Is worry general that an al
tack win soon take place,
RicnNoSD March IL. - The Senate wat
chiefly occupied in tho dscuasion Of the repor
presented yesterday, relative to the privileges
ofreporters Of the press. Resolutions reported
by tho committee, Withdrawing the priviIsg,
Ola seat on the floor Of Che Senate from the
lpresent reporter Of tho Richmond Enquirer
! were finally adopted. A motion to lay the 70
solution on the table was previously rejected
yes 2, nays ~.
Tie iIOuao wan in secret sossicp.
4 MOnEr March II. "A special dispatch 10 III
Tribupo dated Jackson March Ilth, gays:
apeoial diarssch 10 ths Appeal rsporr tho or
wal Of two federal desssisrp al n rola to-day
bring information lhat sixscen Transports, 40,
seyeral gunboals 70 ia TalIehalchio river
Tho whole force & ealimated a lourlaea thonn