Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-01

CnE0, Jan. 3i.-1he steamer Magen-
Ia, from New Orleans on the 24th, has
arrived
A steamer had arrived At New Orleans
from Mobile Bay, bringing rumoF Of
the evacuation Of Mobile. The report
was received from the dsg ship on the
20lh.
A Natchez letter 70 The New Orleans
Delta has the following news from the
rFans-Mississippi Department:
The enemy ara fortifying Grand Eeore,
aud have an entire division there.
A division of rebel cavalry has been
sent 70 Texas lately, with orders to be
dismounted for infantry service.
Gen. Kirby Smiths headquarters are
still At Shreveport, bat there vas no
considerable body Of troops gathered
there.
The main body Of Prices old army is
reported 70 be al Fnltou, on Red river,
near the Indian countFy, suffering ali
the horrors of cold and nakedness, hav-
Jag come back from their recent cam
paign very poorly supplied with the nee
essaries they expected 10 get
The Memphis BslLssia says that two
Of the steamers, the Chippewa and An
nie Jacobs, which accompanied the heet
up Arkansas River 70 Fort Smith, we're
captured aud burned at White Oak
Shoals, and two others we're damaged,
bat managed 70 escape.
The World Port Royal correspond
ens mentions the beginning OF 8 neg
campaign, which will be brief bat
grand de sGys the Fepated and ulti-
mate object Of their inssntion is proba-
bly, TO create for them more prestige
aud glory than the capture of one hun.
dred ordinary cities. Every available
soldier that Sherman has are gone from
Savannah, Beaufort, and Port Royal
Their destination Is still mystery to
the energy, who continue TO guess that,
no mattsE where they may nov be tend
ing, theY will eventually be seen In the
vicinity OF Charleston. Gen. Shermsu
i has not given ont bis programme, and
/ bis troops havs evinced no curiosity IN
/ the matter.
1 Dsscrtsrs from Hardee's AMY report
that the enemy depend almost solely on
z
insure II from capture BY our troops
Should they march 10 the rear, thesi
presence viii be equivalent 20 ia pos
session.
A gentlman from New York writes Il
to the World an account OF an inlerviss
with Gen. Sherman, in which be give
the views Of the latter concerning trad
With captured cities He believed tha
whenever Ne can trade into captures
cities, we feed the rebels out Of our owi
resources. So they gain more By losse
than we do by victories He would ex
elnde trade from every captured cit
and convert them into military posts
The business community will max
money at the expense Of our country
interests and the honor Of our flag. II
referred to Memphis, and said the resul
Of opening trade there was TO give FoI
rest all the supplies be needed and tel
or twenty shossand raen besideA
The openiag Of captured coast cite
to trade By the Federal government,
efficiently supplying the rsbels With 3
; the goods they used to receive By bloch
ade runners, ct cheaper price, les
{ risk and Inconvenience.
The Richmond SentinsI says th'
among the most dangerous proposition
: Of the present tame Are calls for Stal
Conventions, made IN certain quarter
: We doubt not that Lincoln's heel woul
!, be placed on our necks in leas than
week after these conventions. Coo
: citizens viii scarcely deem it we'll
furnish the eonspirators room fer nj
= chief
The Enquirer styles the United Stat
Senate aa assemblags Of ssvages d
cnssing retaliatory measured Il insis
in the impossibility Of reeonstructic
Those who would accept peace on sn'
terms forget that resistance to tyrani
is obedience to God. The mission
Mr.. Blair warns Us to stand firmly
gether and 6ght, shoulder to should
|. 90 long as We have cartridges
The Dispateh says that submission
possible bat not probable.