, 1864-01-21

printer, who hns arrived from Richmond,
says the rebels are pushing into the 1leld
e, e male from 10 to g. Lees army has n 1t
| received many rednforcements, but john
sons army has been heavily augmented.
"I1e has no doubt the rebels will coon cor
! sent to an exchange Of prisoners ;<as they
wnnt their men in the field, and our prisoners
| arc burden to them,
/ "Thc construction Of the iron-clal5 at
| Richmond Is abandoned, md the iron semitic
Charleston and Savannah to complete sereral
vessels being built there.
- universal feeling Of terror and despon-'
dency prevades the South, and 1t is with diff
dcalty that the rebel government is able to:
stem the current Of popular feeling setting:
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-RIchmond papers:
to the 18th arc jnst received.
teNgt.aer, at Dalton, the "a, writes: % Not
withstandlng the Intense cold, the troops en-
Jo5ed themselves mcrrily during the holi-
| days. The weather in this section continues
| bitter cold.
ION December 2sth, two cosps Of the enc
| my lett Chattanooga, en- route far Virgioi, q to
| reinforce Neadc.'
| a division Of infantry, has gone towards
| Nashville, to be distributed TO guard the
.'The Federal brigade at Stephenson is In
| winter quarters, and there is q large force at
Bridgeport, where the enemy, IL accumula-
| ting large supplies. 49,.
'SThefe is federal regiment at Trenton.
Tenn, and l5o cavalry near the State line Of
GeorSia and Tennessee, t1Relves miles from
sand Mountain, from opposite Belletonte to
Trains are running regularly from Ma
ryyille to Bridgeport One engine with
few ars, is running On the Nashville and
Chattanooga road, on this side Of the river,
| from shell Mound to Whitesides.
"The main bridge over the Tennessee, op-
posite Bridgeport, has been finished bY the
Federals to the islsud. The Federds are
working occasionally on the bridge over Run
| ming Waters, fifteen miles from CHATTANOOGA
"Four steamers arc transporting supplies
from Bridgeport to Chattanooga.
The Richmond Enquirer says: "Segerll
| thousand tons Of Ice have been gathered
| from the river and ponds, aud housed In
Richmond. The ice Is three to four inches
| thick"
a dispatch from Orange Court House, the
| 18th, says: "Mosby attacked the Yankee
| garrison ut. Harpers Ferry few days since
with his whole command, but was repulsed
With some loss, owing to the precipitancy Of
+" Recently, 600 soldiers from different por-
| tions of Lees army made an extensive TaId
| On suffers at Orange Court House. One sut-
Ter lost $5o, 600, abont s35, 900 Of which was
money. Some 500 W Was 81 gold and silver.
| AAANeAE1 4V6k 90AA2 PAV.VNNs Lucy A4t3U IT.
| neved q one-armed sutler of s., 900. Tho
Provost Guard turned out and surprised the
raiders, after they had wounded several aud
| killed one.
"A man named Gllday, Who had furnished
substitute in the Confederate army, attempt
ed to escape into the enemy's lines few
days since: Like many others, after the
passage Of the act repeating the substitute
act, he considered any risk better than the
risk Of battle, md endeayored to run the
blockade. Hc jumped Oft the cars while en-
route to Richmond, but the gunra sent q bull
let after him, and brought hin down, mortal
IL WOnnded.n
4 bill is under confederation In the Con-
federate House OF Representatives, designed
to allow the egress from the Confederacy Of
ok foreigners who, after q certain time, shall
elect to leave the country
"A bill passed the Confederate Congress on
the 18th, making appropriations for the
support Of the Government Of the Confed-
critic States of America for the fiscal year
ending June Goth, 1864, as follows: For
s12,500; Treasury Department S47B, GOO;
interest on the public debt, $20, 100000;
engraving Treasury notes and bonds,
coin belonging to New Orleans, $500; War
Department, S2i0,0 $50; Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs, 50, 125; Quartermastcr's De-
partment, for pay OF army ctc, S3ls, rs;
support Of prisoners Of waF, u q Il goo oo; Com
Department, 81 ,000 600; Afedieal, SIC, ,8a0, 900;
Navy, $l12 4o5; fof constructing four cruis-
ets Of the claas of the alabama and Flo1ida,
in the Confederate States, s., 500 900. Appro-
priations fn keeping with the above are also
Post Offce and indian Affairs.
The fruits Of Lees and Ross recent raid
towards the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad are
claimed to be Goo cattle, 800 horses, 80 wags-
ons, $50 mules, and about 100 Yankees.
The AshTils Ii; q q. Gl N1: reports IN en-:
ffsssment fssGa. with 800 "t0'iss" IN Cook county
The Enquirer; speaking Of the announce
ment Of the re-enlistment Of so many Fed
e1al troops for the war, says: " The action Of
! the enemy In this matter is important to
! us. The preservation Of their organization
| shows that they intend to move forward at
the earliest practicable moment in the
! spring. II they VIII not sacrifice an orgun-
ization which has stood the ordeal Of two
years. campaigning, can we afford to hazard
the e1pefmen Of Opening the sREng 3s
companies unacenstomed to association,
and men strnngers to each others We
| shall need every energy Of national defense
for the spring campaign- Ric mond
will; tn Ill nfobablllty, be approached # from o,
Atlanta, md in South Carolina that Of
Charleston and Savannah, and in North Car
olina that Of Wilmington, MI must be de-
cfded in the spring."
The Raleigh Journal says that sLincoln
| gold ia being freely used In North Caroliua to
/ betray the Southern people into the hands of
| the Yankees" and suspects that prominent
| persons aud newspapers are engaged.
a dispatch from Abingdon, Southwest Vir-
ginia, reports the capture Of 400 Of the
I 4v,Fo k3r1rr4 Int v+r $Eu11
seyen thousand copper pennies were sold
in Chesterfield, w, on Wednesday, at $47
per hundred.
Oysters arc selling in Richmond at SIG d
gallon. !.
Gems. Armstrong's and Martins divisions
Of Gen. Wheeler's corps are ut Bcan's Sta
tfon, Eest Tennessee, where they are contin-
ually having heavy skirnishes with the en-
emy.,
captured % d lot Of YanEee clothing, and nd were we're
In the act Of drapfng themselves in the cap
tureh property, when they were recaptured
by the Yankees, who, finding them In Yam
kee clothing, contrary to published orders,
led them out for tie purpose Of shooting
bama regiments OF cavalry arrived upon the
spot and charged them, but not in time to
| save our men, who were shot down In cold
blood. The ruthless villains escaped 4
| lew days afterwards tue regiments ABOVE al-
ludeG to caught fifteen or twenty Yankees,
and shot them In retaliation,
The Atlanta Appeal Of the 8th says: ..
sin the late cayalry fight near Char1estown,
Tenn, our troops were stampeded. 4 large
portion Of our loss was occasioned by the
stampede, orr men and horses running over,
killing and wounding each other in their
fright. Our loss is Variously estimated at
from rs to zoo men, and the same number Of
horses.
"From the Tennessee md Georgia lines
there is general intelligence that the enemy
is opening his communications BY. way Of the
Knoxville and Chattanooga railroad, aud
these two points are being held as depots Of
supplies. Large droEes Of cattle are said to
be On the way from Lexington, In immense
trims, ready prepared at Nashville"
In reference to the exchange Of prisoners,
the Richmond Enquirer Of the 18th says:
4tButler ia mn outcast, and can never be re-
cognzed as entitled. to the privileges accord
ed foe taken in lawful warfare; yet it may