Weekly national intelligencer., 1864-03-31
CoNFRDERArE NEWS.


Richmond papeu to III, IL, instant yl,;d sessrsl
items ot llteresiis'sS4ewS
The Enquirer dcScr bes the hu iaslc reception Of
eleven hundred returned prisonrrs Sunday the 20th
They met by the rubhc Guard, company Of regu
ls from Camp Lee md det,chment of the oc cavalry
a tue announcement Of their arrival having been made
all the churches, from six to eight thousand people
awaited them at the Capitol Square The Enquirer says
he reception grand beyond description. Enthusiastic
cheers rent the air and hundred Of servants bearing bas
kets and walters of nicely prepared food went among the
Liberated prisoners dispensing their impromptu collation.
while Gen jeff. Davis and Governor Smith made ad-
dresses to them The Enquirer states that nine hundred
Yankee prvates and sixty officers would bs sent away
exchange for the eleven hundred rebels.
IEcEHDIARY FIRES
On Friday an incendary FIRE, evidently designed to
burn the War Department building destroyed several
shops and dwellings adjacent ncludng the fuse and shell
factory of Baker Minnis, and slightly damaged the
Spotswood House. Loss about 100 900 The Examiner
heads its report thus Destructive Confag
Rife in the Heart Of the Cty-Put but Southrons on
Guard And, after describing the FIRE, remarks:
. One unaterable lesson should be learned from such
bold arsous in the heart OF the capital and that s that
there midst Yankees, emissaries doubtless
bold and hazardous whO under the Inspiration of Lin
coins gold willing to risk their necks efforts t.
knde ncendiary fires at points where the conagration
THE TROUBLES IN GEORGIA
The Richmond papers all sood Gov Brown of Georgia
fIr his opposition Gen. Davis and the measures of the
Rebel Congress The Sentinel remarks
"The demonstration Of Gov. Brown and his more i'm
mediate followers at Miedgevie has taken the country
by surprise The Of peace has been injured hereto
fore it is being retarded now in Miedpeyie by men
who pass resolves about terms of peace advance of any
disposition on the part of the enemy to make The way to
get peace to make the enemy desire it and the way to
40 THIS by hard kaocks musket 10 the hands of the
Georgia peacemakers would do to advance the OBJ
ect than all the resolutions they offer in week Nay
these last only drawbacks and impe dmens and are
therefore, positively mscbevous Their outcry about the
suspension Of the habeas corpus of piece with the other
complainnes We thDk with powerful foe her north
ern frontier Threatening Georgia with the desoaion which
has overtaken Virginia that her rulers would better serve
her own interests and the by blowing the
war buge and ayng every of resistance rather
than by striking at embarrassing the Confederate author
Ties by UNJUST and certainly unumey, clamors and
sau!ts."
TINE RESOURCES OF VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Wing engaged in the task of exhibit
ing the resources Of Virginia and computing how much
longer the :" Old Dominion stand the drain upon
them 1t that comparison of the shows that
since the commencement of the only 3SO3 slaves have
been lost and above their natural increase The
number of horses lost in that part Of the State under rebel
control, during the same period, has been 25 20l In
1860, says the whole number of cattle in the entire
State was O2l 1872 ninety for every 100 white
persons In lc63 the number in those parts of State
free frtm Union occupation ncursons was 724 or
hundred and five for every 100 white inhabitants in
that portion of the State. The urns also show ain
~ 1856 sheep and loss of l56 $40 hogs n the counties
under rebel control.
THE REBEL NAVY REPORT.
1t was charged by Mr. Maury, in London that the re-
port Of the rebel Secretary Of the Navy published in
the papers at the North, forgery The Richmond
Sentinel Of the 18th instant publishes the following official
correspondence on the subject
Confederate STATES OF AMERICA
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, March 10, 1864.
Hon. ] p, BENJAMIN, Secretary of State
SIR: have the honor to hand you herewith a paper
purportng To bs official report made by me to the Hon
Mr. Boco k, Speaker Of the House of Represeni
This paty forgery, widely circulated and general = ,n
mented 10 Eugand and France originated in the Uued
States aud bears nt0sic evidence of having been pre-
pared by those having the Navy of
the enemy The main purpose OF it seems to be to pre-
sent the Government If the Confederate States
in building iron clads and other ships in Eopland aud
France and AS it poss bly, be regarded as authentic
by foreign Governments deem il proper to apprxe You
that 1t 49, from beginning to end, a forgery
On It's appearance in England, Commander N. F.
Maury, over hts signature in The Times denounced
1t as hoax aud Leading journal the Uuit ed States
IN commenting upon his letter. reasserts the authenticity
If he report
am, respectfully, your obedient servant
B. r. MALLORY, Secretary of tho Navy
DEPARTMENT OF STATE