Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-09
Eas. Northern Fnteiii~sno.

Late Northern intelligence.
Dispatches 90 The Associated Pre- NorthI
NASHVILLE, Jan. 90-A feet Of twenty nine
transports, and the g~anbosts Lexington, St.
Clair aud Brilliant, arrived yostsrday. The
former. while accommodating above the shoals.
WAS attacked by 200 guerhlas with three six
FOUNDERS. Tn boat vas struck thras times,
but not damaged. she retained the FIRE, and
shelled them from their position The feet
was not Interrupted
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 30-The grand Jury to-
day made q prsseutment ID relation t. the arrest
Of Atr Bolinsau, proprietor Of ths Philadelphia
EUsljHg Journal The p~resenineut says TIE
testimony shows that the arrest was made by
oEder Of Gen Schencs. for the publication Of Ga
editorial article under the tile Of The Message
Of DsVis, and othar articles Of @ Ike character
tenojng to Tire support Of TIE rebellion against
toe United Sta.es government" Ai5ec Quating
the editorial alluded 70, the grand Jury say that
'Ihey cannot refrain from saying that whilst
they individually or as a body, could not do
snything which would have . tendency 70
weaken the general government. yet theyleel
equoIy bound 20 enforce all laws that havs for
their object the liberty Of Tia citizen, which laws
are 10 their sacred keeping
Aitsf Ieading the presentnent, Judge Ludlow
SAID " 4 shall request the district stiorney To
exsmlne the document, and to frame such bills
OF lnQlcLment as be shall deem necessary, in
support not only Of the laws Of Pennsylvania,
but OF ths Constitution Of the United States.
We can then arrive at the question of tie legal
ny OF the charges therein contained. The
record viii then present detailed charges, ard
tns defendants may object 20 the prosecution for
any Cause they may have, and they may also
have theJqdgment Of tie supreme court, in case
they should be dissatisfied with the finding Of
this court.
ST LOUIS, January 29-Iu Che case Of Ben
IJsmin Williams, a black man, iR1icted for grand
larceny bef.re the criminal court, the question
whether he was a ffe7 man OF s slave az tho
time OF the larceny (6lh Of january vas argued
at ~length-ihe penalty in the formsr case beng
incarceration IN the penitentiery, and In tbs
latter corporal punishment. TIE evidence
ELECTED proved that be was born q slave In Ms
slssippli out previous to his arrival Ia ibis STATE.
two CT three months ago, was the property Of
hsJ Iraikll, Of Arkasas, who, at tue tins, was
3 prisoner to the UAion forces.
Judge Clover has given an elaborate decision,
declaring said prisoner to be a free man by viz
tue OF the Presidents proclamation, and, being
once free, is forever free, the iudge knowing no
power or law by which q man, bring once
emeneipsted, can be again enslavsd.
new YORK, January S0-A Tri5inie dispzteb
says: " This, the stoTmiest day, was he most
severe yet known to the sTmy Of the Potomac.
Mucb difficulty was experienced to-day In sup-
plying the soldiers with ratons. The entire
cavalry force Of the army, not on picket duty.
were thi5 morning Engaged IN carrying supplies
from the dePots 70 the camps"
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Jan 9-Vigorous measures are In progress TO
secure the return and prompt punishment Of de-
s@erters now abseat from camp.
Aheavy snow storm, accompanied by north
east wind set in On Tuesday night, and ceased
at an early hourthis morning. ABORTION Of the
snow melted almost as soon as It fell but the
remainder, this morning, measured about eight
inches on q level. TIE condition Of the roads
is indescnbable.
Special to the Memphis BuIleGn.l
CAIRO, February STOP M-Lstters received
in Washington, dated January 10th state that
the city Of Galveston was then being b0mbarded,
with a good prospect of its Ultimate reduction.
AdVices from Matarzss report the destruction
OF the rebel steamer Ogieto or Florida, in the
vicinity Of tho keys, off Cardinals, on the 27th
Of January.
The British steamer Princess Royal has been
captured while running the blockade off Charles
ton. She had guns, ammunition, and steam en-
gines for the Confederatas.
Morgan, with q considerable force, is reported
As crossing the Cumberland above snd below
Rowena, either TO cut the Railroad, or obtain
possession OF ceTtsin points in Northern and
1 AGItlAL AtElLEhNs
Mr.. Boileaus editor of the Philadelphia E1sn-
ing Journal, sTlessel by order Of Gea Schenek
last week, and confined in Fort McHenry, has
been released
Satisfactory ezplsnstiOus have passed between
the French minister and the State Department,
regarding the recent alleged Efforts 10 induce Nj.
MERCER TO depart from a Just and friendly course
respecting our affairs.
Horace Greeley denies, most empha6cally,
that he solicited any Intervention by France In
our affairs.
A rebel newspaper reports that one Of our
lron-ciads had made an unsuceessfu attack
upon e fort on the coast Of Georgia, and that IL
had been obliged to retire in consequences Of IN
jury done to its tUrret.
The fighting near BlackWatsr, below Peters
burg, is ali over, and the rebels have been
driven beyond that river.
Gen. Burnside has been offered the command
OF a new department, comprising North and
South Carolina.
twenty-five hundred rebels, with three pieces
Of artillery, maize an attack ca Island 10 on sun
day night There were only eleven persons
thaTe- The rebels were shelied of by The guu-
ooat New Era ststioned there. The Confederaias
crossed the Obion in skids, and are supposed to
have come nom beyond the Cumberland.
Early this morning a rebsl force was discoy-
cred marching on Fort Donelson. The COM
mandant sent cut men and met hem, and st
four O'clock this afternoon fighting between the
opp sing forces was sill ia progress.
There is no change in the New York cotton
market TO report.