, 1863-02-26


II was further reported that the AIdbdmG had
suffered severely in the Hgbt with the Hdtteras,
that she had five shots in her hull, one Of which
QhrOugh the stern) was a very bad one. She
put into Kingston to repair damages, and ex.
poets to be ready for sea again in four days.
Immediately upon the receipt Of this news at
Havana, the steamers WdeLuseit and Oneida
sailed directly for Kingston, and the Santiago
de Cabd and r. r CUyIer were ordered at oifee
to the same port The TTOgd and Sonora also
steered in the same direction.
The 7ri6une's Washington dispatch says that
one Of the new iron.clad gunboats is on ship
board en- route for San Francisco, where il will
be used for harbor defense. The Navy Depart.
ment will Immediately order the construction Of
gunboats to receive the engines captured aboard
the Princes Royal :
Our forces entered Lebanon, Tenn, on the
9Th. They ca. tured 800 rebels, most of them
Of Morgan's command Many field officers were
taken.
r Fortress MONROE, Feb 10. o,
Richmond papers Of the 9th have changed
their tone about the raising Of the blockade at
Charleston. The Whig says the British Consul
sailed in the steamer Cd,imus from Charleston
on the 7th. The officers Of that steamer say
the result Of the late engagement is less sub
stantial than supposed, as no vessel was sunk.
The impression prevails that Savannah will be
attacked before Charleston. aa- a =
News from Port Royal to the 81, says that
most Of Fosters fleet had arrived in good con.
dition. The 1st South Carolina Negro Regiment
arrived on the 81 from an expedition 60 miles
up ST. Mary's river, 10 Woodstock. They re.
pulsed the enemy and burned the town after q
severe engagement. They also destroyed the
L.
pulsed superior numbers.
Dates from Havana to the 9th say that the
pirate Florida left Nassau the week previous,
having coaled, etc. She is reported as having
made seven prizes of Cuba and one on the BAHIA
ma Banks No American war vessels were at or
near Nassau.
CINCINNATI, Feb. II.
Nicholas Longworth died yesterday, aged 81,
leaving property to the amount Of Sl6, 900, 900.
CArRo, Feb. IL.
We have news from Vicksburg to Saturday
the 7th. The ram Queen Of the Vest had re.
turned from below. The trip down the river
was most successful. She met three steamers
with provisions for the rebels at VIcksburg, and
succeeded in destroying all Of them. She took
so or 60 prisoners, one Of them being colonel.
The QUeen Of the West went near enough to
Port Hudson TO draw fire from the upper bat.
teriea J. .#H sT'.'
Letters cay tho brilliant achievement Of the
Queen Of the West running the gauntlet Of the
rebel batteries at Vicksburg had most bene.
ficial effect on the spirits Of our troops
The Vicksburg correspondent Of the jackson
ApPeal says: Il is possible that Gen. Grant will
make the canal q success and suggests that
Warrenton, GRIND Gull, Port Gibson, Rodney,
and other points between Vicksburg and Port
Hudson, be fortified.
De Soto, q small town opposite Vicksburg
has bOen burned BY the Federals 30
NEw YORk, Feb. 70.
The TmeS's dispatch says that a reconnois.
sance made by Col. Wyndham, as far as Man
asses and Smokers Gap, thence to the Kappa.
hammock, shows no armed rebels on this side Of
the srream, with the exception Of o few guer.
rillas lowering about Leesburg ~ 'F' y.
The British bark SpriRgbok, from London for
Nassau, was captured by the gunboat Sononad,
on the Sd, off the Bahamas in consequence Of
having some articles on her manifest which the
captain could not account for. She arrived last
night The officers Of the SOnOmd report seeing
the pirate florida on the 1st, off the Bahamas.
The SOnomd chased her for SO hours, but the
Florida escaped.
BosroS, Feb. 12.
A letter from captain Of the 42d Massachu.
other cnmn.o;ss rs,s canI"rsd n ,hs attach an
Gaives,on and conveyed 10 Houston Only ton
men were killed on the Hrriet Lane, including
Capt wainwrisht and Lieut. Lee. Ten were
wounded aud the remainder captured and taken
! to Houston. All were well treated: =
The Rebel Congress, on the 26th ult, repealed
.the act exempting the owner Of twenty negroes
from conscription
CAtRo Feb. 10.
The levee at YaEoo Pass, so miles abose Vicks-
burg, on the Mississippi side. has been cut bv
order Of Gen Grant; the object being to drive
out the rebels who latest that section and fire on