American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-02-08
From Late Rebel Papers.
New YORK, February !

Richmond papers in announcing the
confirmation of Lees appointment rs
General-in- Chief, says he will remain in
the field with the army around Richmond
lie has published an appeal for arms and
calls for the delivery to the authorities OF
all in the hands of the citizens
General Breckenridge is expected to
assume the position of Secretary of War
tomorrow.
They have story in Richmond that
troops from Thomas army to reinforce
Gen. Grant in front of the rebel capital
have recently passed over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
A Committee of the North Carolina
Legislature recently had conference with
JEFF, Davis, and it is said that they urged
more vigorous prosecution of the
war.
An Atlanta correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch says that it will require
several months yet to rebild the railroads
in Georgia that Sherman destroyed He
also says it is folly to attempt to disguise
the fact that in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia there is wide
spread dissatisfaction which, if not timely
checked, threatens to produce the great
est disasters Governor Brown has call
ed an extra session of the Legislature to
meet on Wednesday next.
1t is stated on good authority that
Beauregard had reached Augusta, and
taken charge of affairs in that de-
partment.
The Yankee raid up Chowan river is
said to have been abandoned before they
accomplished anything.
Several days since party of Yankees
landed at Shoals Bay, on the lower James,
and destroyed all the property on Mr..
Arenas plantation, stealing and killing
all his stock, destroying all his available
farm m chinery, and burning and car
rying off his large crop of grain and pro-
visions.
On Saturday evening last the Sth Hi
nois Yankee Cavalry cncamped two miles
north of Dumfries. on the telegraph road.
They were accompanied by wagons. aud
were supposed to be ON the way to Fred
ericksburg The weather was very cold
and the roads in such a bad condition that
they returned toward Alexandria on Sun
day. They robbed Mr.. Ennis of all his
forage and provisions On Monday a
body of Yankee cavalry were three miles
west of Brentsville.
q Gen. Lee is said to have remarked that
he saw and appreciated the difficulties
surrounding us, but he was hopeful and
confident; that any compromise now
would procure but a truce or armisticc,
and would be an unmanly shrinking from
present duties and entailing upon our
children trials which weShould meet and
overcome.
Sherman's army are reported to be
burning all the goods and houses along
their hne of march. Prisoners taken
vary in their statements as to Sherman S
destination.
An expedition of $1,000 strong wa,
reported fitting out at New Orleans, to be
landed at Pascagoula. Its intended des
tination is supposed to be Mobile.
The Richmond Enquirer of the Sd,
says: On the whole we believe the Con
tederacy has given up the idea of making
present of itself to England, Fran &c
and Spain, and that however willing We
might be to give up slavery as the price
of independence, there is no more talk of
Offering that as bribe to some foreign
power in order to induce it to do for us
what we should confess we a'eun bleto dc
for ourselves. In short, the whole coun-
try has recovered from its temporary
nervous affection, brought about by the
failure of Hoods campaign and capture
of Savannah, and again looks calm y at
the situation, which is found to be en-.
eouraging, After all Congress may be
congratulated upon finding itself steadily
employed upon its 'ereat aud pressing
business, the turmoil of peace res olutions
having blown over, all vague Growing
of those who wished to see something
done looking toward peace being in some
sort oppressed by the departure of three
eminent citizens to Washington on
the hopeful errand, there is now leisure
to attend to business.