, 1864-11-28
FROM TIE SOUTH,
Interesting Summary of
News by Rebel Spurces

i'd NEW YoRH, Nov. 3s-By the debate IN ,
y rebel House Of Representatives. m tbs - 10
the fact is developed that tha warara; S a.
Vice President Stephens Is extending &, -
Teopst1ncti9nlste, and Boyce, Brown. Leat
- nounced as needless agitators Of a ianeeno
y question. The House Of REPRESENTATIVE II
u the Confcderacy In general, Is divided asr,fn
l. itself, and cannot stand long in the cIcit
!. mcnt produced by Sherman. Aei'
and Vance have taken positive action agajn
G the execution Of the conscription laws.
h the course Of the debate, which WIS m - -
1 olution reported by Mr. Staples, Of Va.
:, decrease In the number Of exemptions }ro
military service Of State officers, Nj. Ieacj
!, ofN. G., said he vas States rights man, an
9 looked to conscripting Of State officers.
, great hue-and-cty had been. raised abo1
|, GcofEia, because Governor Brown and Viz
!, President stephens dared to differ from ii
annointed:. he wished to say he indorse
i erery word: That had bocn uttered by Co
Brown and cvo1y line that had been write
by Mr.. Stephens. If that bo treason, b
9sked sst The privilege Of being hanged Wlt
M. Miles, Of South Carolina; said be r.
g1cttc4 The talk about peace and Conycn
non OF the States, and he believed It coul
only fnJure us. It would encourage the enc
|
late them to greater efforts, while 1T coul,
only tend 70 depress our oHn people, 1t wa
lnlc to talk Of, our own friends at the North
We hare nonp. - = - '.a7
Mr.. Foote, of Tennessee, said Persons hirl
in official authority have stated that Treason
suspension Of the writ Of habta. corpus TO sup
Several yoiccs-*1 eall the go gentleman te
Lester, Of Georgia. rise to point Of Of
der- The gentleman must conilno himself to
ne question before. the House. -. >,
Foote-1 can never alludc In my remarks
to official authority, without d, half dozen
gentlemen sprmging to .thcir. feet and raising
points Of Order, / an not going to be chokcd
oN IN this manner. Men here have made
sknlking attacks on Vice President Stephens
They haEe said OF him what they dare not say
| 70 his faec. It was In order to lenounce The
Vice President, but 1t was not In order to vim.
| dleate him 1t was In order
Mnes trtsing} the gentleman from Tennessee
speaks Of skulking attacks upon VICE -Presi.
dent stephens. lhave spoken Of thatgentlc-
man, and E1sh the gen tlemans from. 'Tennos-
1ee to say If he means have made sku11ing
Mr. Foote1No sir. Il VERY poorone. Ica1l
all attacks in secret skulkinE attacks. The
gentleman from South Carolina says ne have
no friends In tho North make Issue with
him; say we have friends, good true friends,
In the North Mr. Foote was. prepared to
make, from his scat, proposition for q con
ventlon Of sovereign States, North and South,
and he believed tho South would hare 'secur.
Cd from 1t peace and independence, If the
South had met the North in convention she
would have proposed league offensive and
dcsensiyc with the North for q. strict enforce
ment OF the Monroe, doctrine, O liberal
commercial treaty and We soon should
hare the whole North American domain.
and perhaps Cuba. Referring to Gen. But
ler.s speech be said, Infamous as Butler Is his
speech looks to peace, though the. terms pro-
posed by htn we're such as could not be ac-
eeptcd by the South. II referred to sending
! commissioners from: Washington. If such
commissioners did come, bringing any propo.
sition from the Government 1T WASHINGTON
looking to peace, be believed 1t was the duty
OF our Government TO receive 1t, bnt he did
not think Congress 6hoEld pass upon 1t; but
that it SHOULD be submitted By them to the
several States for each one to decide on It In
the sovereign States. After remarks BIZ mem
| bers, the resolution was;adopted. heHouse
also passed the Senate blli-to force the mill
tia of one State to go to the assistance of 9th.
er States, 50 as to concentrate force against
| Sherman.
/ New YoEK, Saturday, Nov. oo.-1n the
rcbel House Of Representatives., on Monday
las, MIR: Footc made another display Of his
bellicoso qualities, and called upon any mem.
ber VINO objected to anything he had prevl-
onsly sud 70 n send 2 him = note; to which he
Was subsequently arrested, and required to
give bail to keep the peace On a charge of b.
mg engaged to fight duel with John
The House, IN. another. fit Of desperate
patriotism, revoked its previous resolution to
fight out the war to Its bitter end,
Late rebel papers Bay that eight transports,
loaded with Union troops and two batteries
Of Parrott guns, have left Morgauzia, La for
the White river, Ark:
!. An account Is given Of an attempt and fnlt.
1re TO escape from the prison at Columbia, s.
T., o. ie e!ghtJ,elsht Cnlon prisoners, officers,
have reported that Mr.. Aired. member of
that body, has been engaged in recruiting in
Northern Georgia seveTnf companies Of men
for the armies Of Sherman
The rebel garrison of Mobile Is said to be
sn1neImg s1atn,atgg much for the want Of necessary
A negro vas recently hung in Carroll Co.,
Miss, for attempting to raise a counanr OF
men men. or his own color. to fight in the Uafon
+: New YoR5, Saturday, Nov, a3-The Rfcb-
mond Hhig Of the 21st calls Gen. Grant tho
afshet5pe Of brrggarts and blnstercrs, drunk
with fancied successes and victories mant-
tactured for speculative reasons. While NC
award his threats our contempt We must be |
prepared to sec renewed hostilities in very |
short time, for the Issue Of which Let us, as il
the past, invoke that Providence whose rro. a.
lection thus far has preserved us from The |
Qoom;prepared for us hy brutal force,
Inc Enquirer the End. says: s'The enc
~ ~ on Friday night last attempted to retakc
anT1 iost picket lines Thiee Gen. Pickett 20
most slgnally sepulsed, however, and every
point q attack WAS failure. Gen. Rutlsr
iuf'onsiy cannonaded our lines all day Satur.
DAY INT no damage vas done. All was quiet
on Monday at Petersburg" ~ -.
Inc Charleston SIM says "G0, 600 pounds |
Of Yankee shells have been collected by nar.
uce In thia, city and vicinity nnd cold to the
ordnance department. We may safely nut
down eco shells rs the number fired on
the helpless nqn.combatants-of Petersburg
yesterday and strange to say only. four white
persons were killed, and not more than ten
or twelve colored, besides about twice the
number Of each race wounded.''
NEW 1oRK, Nov. 225.-The' steamer Araeo
arrived arrived to.night,ffom Port Royalasd, aPort
The Belmont. Loyejoy's and ST. Johns
hotels have all been on fire tonight without
real damage.
The Tt75tde't special from the army Of the
James, 22d, reports all the rebel country on
me north bank Of the James one vast lake,
a1 ana ne roads almost i1npassable for mud.
1here is no change in the position of our
troops. Another letter says the storm has
ceased. Within week tho roads viii be 1T
[or campaigning if any IS intended.
The Whig Of the I'D says there are no indf-
CATIONS yet ofan carly advance on Whining
The Savannah Republican OF the 14th saws.
p to Sunday night about Goo ofour return.
q prisoners had been brought to the city, On /
sunday the boats came up about noon and IN
immense tQr0ng vas on the bluff to welcome
hem; The prisoners for the, most part 1ook-
q better than We expected after the hard
hips Of their long confinement, and in many !
nis ns1nances, brutal treatment. Many SAT they
,lhh no fur1ongh, but desire to be sent fmme. !
lately to the front, where they will have q q
lance to get even with their captors q
The Enquirer Of the I'D says, the war de- 7
arfmcnt was without any transferable in. Z
rmation yesterday beyond the mention that 8
;;cr5thing was as well as could be expected. 2
ne usual bombardment continues ut Charles
n: All quiet ut Mobile bay
The Sesafnd hints that Sherman is stpck in "
le mud caused by the recent foods. Ourcon- g
n1ration Of troops to operate against him.
says, being by fniiroad, will not experienced 7
le Ike interruption. c'
me sana 1sPG5ts q @ @txsntythrse Federal
brings, and the killing Of number Of them Il @
me enquirer says this whole CRY about /, 6,
ate rights ls subterfuge to cover up per T. b
'na! i, luminosity to the President, and in II
ckless disregard Of dangers which surround e,
:; =, ine legislature Of the State will be
t1eo W upon by an address from Select Com al
ltlee to apply proper legislation to this o.
'aneinl event AS long as every petty office 81
Inc state confcrs exemption from military 10.
FVlce there will always be an army skulE q,
g. at home. Monticello, the former. resi- q
:nce Of Thomas Jefferson, was sold a. auc. g
on On Thursday, under the seqnestration g
The 1Rhgs says that gentleman lust arrived C