The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-18
IMPORTANT FROM THE REBEL CAPITAL.

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Crest Excitement Among the Govern
mene Omcials Over President Lincoin's
Amnesty Procla m q tton-HalT tho Rebel
Soldiers Expected to Avail Themselves
OF Its Advantages-Rumore Proposi-
lions or Jen. Davis and General Lee to
Give Up the Struggle, &c., Sc.
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. Is. 1864
captan r. 8. Scott Of the Eighty fifth Illinois regl-
msnt, who was captured at Chcamauga November IL,
has just arrived hare He escaped from Libby prison
the 7h and reached Gloucester Poiat last night He had
been Ave days without food travelling nghts and lying
concealed during the day
Captain Scott reports that Dr.. Lane, OF Georgia,
now attending to the prisoners at Richmond, told
him that Rrosident Lncolns amnesty procama-
ton had caused great excitemsnt among tho
rebel government officials, and that he (the doctor)
had doubt that onehaf Of the men would be fools
enough avail themselves OF the advantages held out in
that proclamation BY taxing the oath OF allegiance to the
United States
The captain also reports that he recently hoard the
guard Libby prison say that JeG Davis and General
Lee had secretpropostion to the rebel Congress
to give up the rebellca aud bring the war to close,
which, however, he regards as nero camp rumor,
There strong indications that the rebels havo but
very small force IN about Richmond at tho present
time Captain S. eaves here for Tennessee TO rejoin his
regiment
CAiao, H., Jan. IT, 1864
refugee from Richmond. who travelled the Will
miugton Mobile and Ohio Railroad to Okolona gives the
Memphis Bulletin long account OF ths condition Of affairs
in the confederacy. He describes society in Richmond
terribly domoraized ia all classes There most
extraordinarily large number OF rebel officers There
were said to be large numbers Of Union men there.
The same decentralization exIstedAin Mobile
proposition had been made In the rebel Congress to
conscrpt negroes for Soldiers but ii vigorously OPP
posed by the members from Virginia, Georgia aud South
Carolina.
President Lincons amnesty proclamation caused much
excitement amoog the people ard soldiers, and IL was
feared that many would accept and abandon the rebel
cause. II believed that large majority OF the troops
II left TO themselves would lay down thoir aud
cept the forms proposed.
Lees army and Longssreets troops were estimated At
sixty thousand strong.
Bishop Polk commands the Department Of the Mssis.
sIppi In place OF General Johnston whose assumption OF
the command Of the army very imposing, while their
deuunciatiou Of General Bragg was bitter Gene
raj Bragg's army k completely demoralzed
and scattered throughout the country, and tho
men gere deserving IN largo numbers. II ID the nton
toa OF the rebel government TO concentrate ALL the
possible At that point the advance Of Grant
and drive him back II possible.
The number or rebel shs Aississippi
estimated at thirty thousand.
General 8. D. Lee commands the cavalry, said TO DO
seventeen thousand strong. Eve thousand or whom
under FERGUSON at okoioua and I've thousand ave hun
dred at oxford.
rve regiments OF Port Hudson prisoners have been de-
cared exchanged and supplied with arms
General Lees headquarters are at Brandon, Miss.
Immense quantities or corn were lying along tho rail-
road, on the A labana line.
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