, 1865-03-04

rled on With Havana and the British Vest Indies
Gold, IL Shreveport u !. for Eo.. Confederate
i;ae y sf5 H. &c hs md hs
hiss not been extended.
Red R1ver1s overEunning it's banks, and all the
minor streams tn Loulstana and Arkansas arc null.
being enough grim IN that stats harvested to sup
| ply the population for four years,
The repoEts that Mobile had been evacua-
ted are entirely without foundation, On the
contrary, from all can learn, thoy are de-
teIm1ned TO make stubborn resistance.
BcauIegard made speech there lately at the
ed confidence that the city would be SUCCESS
fully defended. Whero are Corinth and S.
| yannab, Nashville and Atlanta? II Toutant
could only move armies as be dues bis tongue
lie could oyer#helm the world bY prodiglous
| featg Of Valor.
MSsIs5Ipp1 NEHa+
The Nississpptan has the following;
! "our sotemporas1 Of the Canton missy Citt-tn
co. from he following 1se @ ken flo Il, T. 1,,t s
/ paper: IT has been in:imated to rs by eentie.
man q intelligence spa obseF7auon tilt il il al:
shortly be turned ont h the eold b. e Eonsd. 1i.
erate authorities. In other words, thst no fu1the1
efforts Will be made to hold the county between
Missitsippf Central Raikoad. but tSst r r% on lnes @
viii be moved back at least as far as Brandon ana
ps5hafss 1afhSf anSa ssshe ~ hoPe being
ehoul0 he trae, GOD help us.'
The s9th @tss1ss'ppi regiment only numbered
sixteen rank and 1, le and t6e s7th st1tnIne, when
not travel On the retreat IN cpnseouence nf hetne
barefooted, anu were, therefore, captured. The
combined strength Of the two when thoy ieft
Florence for Nashville was 1,300.r
The Carton Bays:
any quantities. desired, all kinds Of iron ior 5]an.
tati"n use. The quality Of iron manufactored by
Hon. join i. Campbell, before hlg departure
ers reslcned bis position Of Assistant sce1stsIy
Drunkenness Is Iargely on the increase in
kenness be put down."
The Appedl says: :.
"A letter had been received by Judge Martin, Of
n,19 fom n Thsh ststss H.;
| descent upon thnt toAh. They made their ap.
pcarance Just after sunset. and our forcea at tbs
tie town,> which they dalaased severely. The M
Court Honse, Jail, sud several other buildings
,n sI ne
money was lost. The records and papers Of the
| county officers and Courts were also burned. uw.
1nR to the tne1cu.ahle conduct OF the forces sta.
t*Aoned at Jasper, the robbers seem to hare pur.
| cd c1teahiveH.
uooD's ARMY MOVING TO SELMA.
It is ,atated upon good authority that
Hoods army Is making its way to Selma, and
the ,folloNiDg from The Greensboro (Ala.)
| Beacon, eorrobcratcs the impression:
"AEompaDy Of pontoouers belonging to Gen.
Hoods army passed thronRh here ast Tnesday
on thcrs way to selna- We learned from one -ot
| them, with whom we had 4 short conversation,
that waa taptured some two or three weeks ago n
| North A1ibama-that about one hundred md ltty
waRdaa and somc 1--WE hundred mulcs were cap:
supply train had been captured, numbering a.
many wagons and mules, paklnx the aggregate
aes as0 TSs po1oon ri ne1s
travelling without guard-gross carelessness. II
the same condition.
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Ben: c. Truman, Of the New York 7smes,
have just arrived III the city. They arc Bo..
henians Of the first water.
Miss Ada Webb, the pretty aud talented
actress, has been dangerously Ill Of fever for
the past two weeke. She is becoming conyar
lescent.
Three thousand colored children celebrated
Washington's birthday this forenoon at one
Of our theaters. Reeltatioas, dialogues, sing
Ing and music constituted the bill Of attEac-
tious. -
Col. Harai Robinson, Of the lat Louisiana
Cavalry. late Provost Marshal General, De-
partment Of the Gull, is under arrest, charged
with black-nailing and other serious Of
fenses.
The draft for the military divIsion Of the
mississippi is progressing. It creates great
excitement among all classes.
Fires are becoming a!aEmlngfy prevalent.
The insurance companies have a standing re-
waid Of $500 for any person or persons who
will make known IN 1ncend1ary. The Mayor
has also offered sfeward OF 800.
Firemen are exempt from the draft In this
city.
Bpsiness Is dull in all its branches. Tho
wtather is mild and beautiful, but Of late we
have been having much rain.