Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-03-25
SOUTHERN ITEMS.

Long Island beach. otherwise ill : quiet
The Richmond Enquirer says: BY dis
patch r01. Charleston, we learn thar no atta"k
i exne"ta>i Immediately before the highest
snri11 tides. which will be on the "a of April.
The roasou Is that the enemy cannot venture
OF Charleston without heing sure Of coming
s,,ring tide u float Of their ships Ii case Of
any q them gettio@ aground.
lhs Savannah I.apul}(!caG says tiza{ many
,,3,r women #,,j children in that city are st
ii>r;ne for uaoc q fs;o<}, aud cannot GET enough
O. corn suual because the railroad trat'spt rGa~
ton is 1sf1,,ru)i;ze1 hy be government,
('HATrA x0n4A. March 1S.-[ntaLilgence by
the mails atate that The scouts have been with
IN four ,xies If Mnrfra8sboro a11d report en-!
enemy rerreatigx FROM there. ProDa)ly 0aak
movement IS IN tue wind. '1en. Johnson ana
sraf have gone "a ,I'uiIohonaa, which VII mere
after be his permanent headquarters, JOHNSON
1iuscIf assuming personal oon1naIl1l
\ 1?1mor saws that I{soseocof12 bass iEEEs5
force 20 opyos. Lou5sirect advance thfo1'sn
Kentucky
IA the Confederate House. on Monday, tie
com roiItec Of ways and means reported OH
for direct IA cation anil internal duties.
All midshipmen in the ConfeIlerate navy are
ordered 70 royu3rt at Richmond, Charlostonl:
Savannah, Wilmington and Mobile next month
for examination.
The following paragraph appears III tho EN-
ouirey. headed Signs il the Northwest ::
:;Altbougb It is altogotLler oar OF Ihe Ques~
ton while the whole North Is engaged II war
for our su 1:jugaton Of extermlnatlon, that we
should (jfer terms OF alliance, sill less llsFen
10 any hint about union with them, yet i IS 10
less true that the symptoms Of dlsorganlz2Glon
which show themselves in the resent Federal
e ! e.,4o IN itlr
ought ever to do Ill that We nonorabiy and 10y
a]ly NAV. to rive further impulse 10 the force
which promises, al some future time, 80 break
I'D the league Of our enemies,
The Virginia Legislature has passed the
sat bill, which il effect provides that 1t accepo
table terms cannot BE made with the owners 81
salt property that the latter is 80 DC impressed
and worked on State account.
Several # the largest tobacco growing coui-
ties Of Virginia have held public meetings: and
resolved TO cultivate tobacco she present year
The Richmond En1nirer says: ''Ajl reason
able u1eu have by tbs time probably como 10
the conclusion that We have At least one year $
war before Us. perhaps two. The peace de!u-
sion is EIc:wu away Neither from foreign III
teryeufion nor from ilnpeTLous DEGREES OF hlng
Cation. nor from imagined friendship o. the
Northwest nor from stupid rnmor about 'io-
N orazatou in ! lrlkee armies, does any nope
Of peace beam uron u. We mn*s fight Or
submit.
From the Rii~hlno1d correspondence ot the
MuE,ilo ADVERTISER we extract the annezed par
.'Iho garroters who infested i>icboaond =
short T;xoo ago have fitted, and jolly SET OF
Baltimore burglars have taken their pIacfs'~-
Three successful b11rgiar;as and several av5emp~
ted ooes have occurred within few days
':I.icluor is sold openly il v.1e city now, and
is productive d Il vast amount q cr!n2o.. 1T
every bar hangs paper upon which IS printed
'BIocka<1e sevontvave cents. \ 3naA N'!'7-
alass I'LL IS n,is1tre.I cut ftlr one blockade. -