, 1864-02-16
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM the SOUTH,
A PROCLAMATION BY Il.
DAVIS.

New YoEK, Feb. 15.-A special TO the Her.
aid, dntcd, Headquarters Army Of the Poto-
mac, Feb. ID, says: There IL nothing new In
this department.
/ have received Richmond dates to tho 10th
Inst.
Tho following ia jeff Davis proclamation
to tho rebel ar1nies:
"soldleIs Of TIE army Of the Confederate States:
r. tho louS and bloody war In which your country
umPhs: Yoe hare won glorious victories over i
1y xsst!y = moro numerous hort: You havo chccrfnlly
upon your Individual Wit, thsI tho citzsn III minht
better perform bis dnty to the State ID sollEer.
To s ,hhsss here lately added another o.
oIeF yourselves. a. the time drew neAr when you
Who nIet entered TIE service might well have
ossn .Sopps to ss% 1ee' trim y9uE a1
Of home, yoa hhvc needed only the cali Of youv sui-
fefing country. Again you como to lender your
xheG n!r aGs sS Pab free onS
triumph worthy Of the cause to which yoa asc
devoted. wonid in sain attempt adequately TO
timqnlals Of confidence and rsratd with which you
larc recently addressed INC. To some Of those
tlrst zeeeiyed, separate Acknowledgements were
rous perysdes @ ths Whoo st ana saeu Ss
only exception to such rnagnanI,nous tender will
be Of those who, having originally entered for the
doomed a 70 ia eas! end
It is hoped will be equally acceptable, 10 maks q
general asknowledsSme1t Instead of successive
render ny thanks to son tn person, and in Tie
ny own, who PRESSING e hana ofs,ch ~ sareaoln n
Tet'ssan TO recognize bis title to our lore grail
~ Soldier hy yoqr Will! 70. you and the people
Il iat{se ss : fs sea md s
Viii socade i hs soasbt ministe2 i to 5as9 goa1
every want. With exultatiou 1t has marked your
every heroic achievement. yet uerer in the toll
some march. nor In the desperate assault hive
!ySu1,. you rendered a service 90 decisive N
ss. qtss Of As eveen i ssdRs snd ss.s,e Ct e
tr1ot. Already tho pnlse Of tho whole people beats
spontaneous and unanimous offer Of your lives for
rslustsnt sefVise q the nsrcsnsiea Who aIe par.
$9sss e. aa : The Rsss s
been been knewn .s II war; Animated b. Ills
1eeoae beane EVen t6e If tbe
weak and tlm1d to shrink from the trials which
make stronger and armer your, noble ma
WEE sss es s s1ss Sssy tn The M a
loud and clear through the land Of. the enemy
e. E VII Glorious F s en
zans r and pensloned prses, and win do justice to
ne caiumny By which they seek to persuade de-
1uded people that yon arc ready to purchase Dis
victories e of Shiloh, PefEZyle, alutfteesboro, Ma
ntssas. Chickahominy, Fredericksburg and Chm
eellorvlc are referred TO- and he downfall Of tac
Union armies is confidently predicted.
New YoRK, Feb. 15.-The New York Tti
ba"e's Newbern letter, of the 11th, says: "a
rumor comes from the front that the enemy
is coming again upon us. All ls ready for
them.'
One thousand and twenty bales OF cotton
were accidentally burned at Wilmington, N.
c., on the Sth.
The Hfrald's Washington special says: ait
Is reported to the military authorities here
that troops from Lees and Beauregnrd's
armfes are being sent to other points in the
Confedetacy, probably to Mobile. Atlanta or
Knoxville. It is stated positively that Lee
has only 10000 infantry On the Rapidan,
though his cavalry is being reinforcod."
a fight occurred ut Lebanon, Alabama, on
Wednesday last, between the Lewis squadron
md ouE troops. The Selma (Ala.) Reporter,
'ays: The enemy subsequently abandoned |
Lebanon, and rctreated towards the Tennes-
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