New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-23
LATE REBEL NEWS.
THE REBEL GENRALlSSIMo.
~ u..,,,,ond Fxautner Ian 9S

jnsted have been passed in that brnch of Congress.
Tbs viii, if carried into elect, make Lee tbs OoM'
rusnder-in Chief Of all our armies
CHARLESTON Jan. y, ls65.-lt is rumored IN ileh
rnord in unofficial circles that Gen Hood has been SUI
porSedcd by Gel Dick Taylor Another report IL To
effect that the Conf 0erate Seneto had passed reso
ton asking the President 20 renstate Gen Joseph T.
Johnston in commend Of the Army OF the Icnnesssee
REPAIR OF TIE PIEDMONT RAILROAD
From The Richmond Disputch. Jan 49,
The, T0polNe T., . istcr OF Tuesday SAYS thGt tfe
trains would pass over tie Piedmont read 20 GrceHshor
ough the next day the damage done 10 be track Ivy the
reeen. fTeshet hay Eg been repaired Tic ROANOKE Se
than ever before known Toe bridge across She hiVer al
Weldon suffered extensive damage, over seventy leeI
having been earned away.
LOSS OF REBEL CONVENIENT COTTON.
From ine Richmond Wing, Jan. ~.
| A destructive fre occurred at Augusta, ia,
on Sunday nirht burning four hundred bales oi
cotton On Monday evening another hre occuIe" Il,
Hamburg opposite Augusta bnrning iromone tAonSlnd
five hundred To two thousand baoe OF cotton also De-
longing TO the Governments.
FooTg IN HIS STAT IN THE REBEL HOUSE.
From The Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 49,
The Hon. w. s. FOote had been released from
custody by the Marshal Of Feerickbu and
| had grriycd in Richmond. He would appear III ihe
House yesterday.
PEACE RUMoRs AT RICHMoyD AT An END.
From The Richmond Dispatch. jan 49,
The peace ru,DOIS thai lately fllled the ar
seem TO hay taken unto themselves wings and hown
away.
HOODS LOSSES. -
| CHARLESTON. jan. II, iSG5.-lntellgent ON
GERS from Hoods army say its loss ~es much less ha
reDor.pd and eight thousand will cover oil the casual
ties during tie campaign. and Hood has plenty Oh ar
t,ery.
TIE PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE REBEL CONGRESS-
The following article from TIE Richmond uhig
of Jan s introduces the letter from JEFF DAVIS which
wns given in Saturday TRIBUNE;
While we have taken part in the disc .siors Vhch
have taken place in the columns OF some OF the CITY
pners concerning certain rumOred proceedings Oi mat
BODY on the sui Jet Of informal ana irregular nesoiA
tons with the enemy II las not escaped oar oDSeiVa
ton that these discussions have aroused the attention
of the ubic and that they have excited very Tatura
degree Of interest. We might say that debate on tAs
questions which open Issue has been lads ana
which rest entirely hypothetical and coneeuYnl CON
ditops is IRE and sUperhuous. et u must DC
admitted that the present temper OF tie Puoc inii
the very tendency TO admit such questions is hEiI
cant symptom and the tendency is doubt strength
ened by the mystery with which the custom c sing
in secret must invest the most IN portan procetos VI
Congress while it would be in the highest degree
unjust 10 censufe thet body for supposed
or merely imputed errors, 1t is only natnrI tat inc
people should feel anxiety concerning te coutc
Of their representatives at tins extremely critical mo
ment. .r..A
Hence. although sharing to the fullest extent IN Tho
deep interest with when the acts Oh the ~ ~
TO abstain from chi tleir conduct when may
proye 10 he un arrancd by facts and ron cohdinha
ton Of ac.s which after s nay % p"ie
throug h the nedirm appointed ny we vi
IN the various irregular methods which have oreA sup
gested is OF grave importance We 10y oel9Ie oui
readers J.; Ger on cOgnate question: addressed some
time since by tho President 70 several promheh, ne
hers Of the Georgia state senate among
spicuous feature in our contempIrsneous hsl3rJ We
think cannot do better then to Lay II before te pp
lie. AL think. VIII agree that IL ID cieai' lO S4p'e
and cogent document.
Then followed without iCrtbcr comment, the iiniOI'
ant letter which has been given.
I From The Richmond Enquirer, January 49,
While peace rumors are prevailing az thls
time vet none Of them indicate any means ny whicn
peace is to be obtained The washington autnoti,ies
Confederate authorities but intimate Willingness 10
entertain propositions from the states. In virginia
there IL no authority with which they can treat
Virginia is loyal and therefore needs no negoiauon
| And Vurinia has a Governor" in Alexnnd.i. ard
Senators and Representatives IN Washington cover
nor Smith at Richmond is regarded o. usurpcr IS
well es a Rebel and cOnscc uenty the Richmond state
organization be no more treated Win tha the '"h
federaoy. While worshpping iheiI gree soeck calves
Al Wheeling and Alexandria they VIII not bow down 20
tie Richmond Governor. Therefore Virginia cannot,
if she nould make sny propositions that washington
would entertain Thus We are ie,t gu IL ,ns oo'1
Willie the other States are not so well or II II IS pre-
.errcd 80 badly off ~ Virginia, while they are hot
blessed with SO many governor, thea ~
of their good people, 40 cursed with governments
that lille ALI de aeo are de ure III the opinion
of the enemy vet the people Of all tho States ale met
with confsca,on acts that plainly tell them lyon may
come bach but you must return properyIo's PENN
less you surrender all your land your slaves ai
your porscnel property certainly! ana 'akc your
clemency So
Can any man point out any other termt' We know
that Mr. OR Of Mississippi minated TIA. better terms
than abolition Of slavery could Re obtained at ASKING
tom but with all due respect 10 That gentleman, We
defy him TO give 10 his countymen any evidence what
ever 10 iosty his assertion. We challenge biu any
other man 10 come forward with any evidence that both
eontscafion and abolition not still Insisted upon by
the Washington authorities We assert that b0th laws
" z.
the reporcd peace commissioner now in Richmond M
formed gentlemen since his arrival here that the Re
publcans in Washington were discussing bills before
Congress for the establishment OF coniscatGn courts
wherever their armies penetrate and the taking pog-
session of all property ard its distribution among their
armies Mr. Orr OF Mississippi cannot mean TO vii
lly deude and misead his country into the belief that
the enemy have. through any OF the itnersnt peace
makers that hive lately been passing 70 and no Lkf
trade Winds intinnted thai other terms than abolition
or reconsruction could be made with The Washington
authorities. We have no knowledge OF that movement
which Mr. Orr announces 10 De IN the hands OF men who
are "sustained by a volume (24mO We beheVc-ED) OF
,entnept in the country and In tie army and by their
own sense Of duty aud who Determined that Ia some
form the stateslansp 81 Tie country shGn be invoked
| collation. We wish AT. orr all other men God
speed in ending this "carnya OF DEATH" but let them
take care thar they don't inangurgte a carnival OF
slavery and make their countrymen the byword and re-
proach among the peoples OF tie earth.
4 II Mr.. Orrs 'staesmanship" and negotiations ap
ply to efforts Of the House Of Representatives, he has
COLLATION. they apply 10 peace, DO not come within
the constitutional sphere Of duty for the House. Nego
tations Of all kinds belong exclusively 10 the PRESIDENT
and the Senate and the House has nothing whaeler 10
do with them If the House set the example OF violating
the Constitution it must LOT be surprised II Others follow
its example, and 'Prides Purge become as Gmihar to
Confederate as il Is 20 English history
| Whatever action that may have been Which evoked
the debate upon article Of sentinel" 1T cannot but
do HARM 1t is apparent that the action o. hc House
of Representatives better Understood IN Washington
than Il ia in Richmond: that through or
nrrl lnuIcn the ~