twenty-five rebels, and all have arrived in Nash¬ 
ville. About twenty are severely wounded. 
On the 51h inst the reliels attacked Fort Don- 
elson, but were repulsed. The following report 
baa been received at Hie headquarters of the 
array: 
Murerkicshoro, Term., Feb. C. 
Major-General W. II. llaUeek , General-in-Chief 
U. S. Army, Washington .-—The rebels Wheeler, 
Forrest, "Wharton anii Woodward attacked Fort 
Donelson yesterday at 2 o’clock in the afienioon, 
with 4,000 men arid eight pieces of artillery.— 
We had 800 men in the fort under Col. A. C. 
Harding. The rebels charged the fortifications 
several times, but were repulsed by our artillery 
and infantry with great loss. The enemy, 03 
usual, before and after the tight, demanded a sur¬ 
render, and offered to spare life if accepted.— 
Col. Harding replied that be was ready for all 
the consequences, The rebel loss in killed was 
145, and 300 prisoners. The forces under Col. 
Lowe, from Fort Henry, are pursuing the rebels, 
and others have been sent to intercept their 
retreat. Our loss was 12 killed and 30 wounded. 
W. S. Rosebranb, 
Major General. 
The New Erie was attacked on the night of 
the 2d at 11 o’clock, near Island No. 10 by guer¬ 
illas, with three pieces of cannon. The boat 
returned fire with Bhell. The conflict lasted till 
near daylight, when the rebels retired. Their 
force is believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000. 
Mississippi.—A special dispatch from Cairo to 
the N. Y. Tribune announces the arrival of the 
steamer Adeline from Vicksburg. She reports 
tliat the ram Queen of the West ran the rebel 
blockade on Monday morning at daylight. One 
hundred heavy siege guns opened on the Queen 
of the West as she steamed paBt. A rebel 
steamer also opened fire on her, which was re- 
plied to. The rebel steamer was crippled. The 
Queen of the West was under fire three-quarters 
of an hour. 
Our forces opposite Vicksburg are now en¬ 
gaged in repairing crevasses of last fall, to keep 
the water out of camp! The water in the old 
canal is six feet deep, but doing iittle execution. 
The rehol force at Vicksburg is estimated at 
00,000, and believed to be tbo largest number 
that can be brought to its defence. One thou¬ 
sand negroes are to be sent from Memphis to 
work on the canal. A Vicksburg letter of the 
31st says that the canal project is fully adopted, 
and that the largest possible force will be kept 
at work night and day until its completion. It 
must be wholly cut the required width and 
depth, it having been demonstrated that no reli- 
uucc can be placed upon the action of the water. 
Some weeks must elapse before its completion.— 
Troops from above continue to arrive. 
Department have admitted the conduct of Mr. 
Bell to have been #uch as to warrant the charges 
brought ngainst him by Governor I’eequira, and 
promised a remedy against a repetition of like 
offences. 
It is stated that during the past week the Pres¬ 
ident has determined upon calling Gen. McClel¬ 
lan to the command of the army again. Upon 
the announcement being made in the Cabinet 
council, there was a great finny. Secretary 
Chase at once threatened to resign, as did also 
some others in the Cabinet For this and other 
reasons, the President determined at present to 
make no change. The appointment of Gen. 
Hooker is only temporary. 
The report of Mr. Grimes, into the alleged 
abuses in the charter of transports, a very volum¬ 
inous document, arrives at the following conclu¬ 
sions: 
First—That all Government vessels should be 
secured through legitimate channels, by offers 
in answer to advertisements. 
Second- That the practice of employing agents 
with unmniled power to fix the rate of charter, 
cannot ba justified. 
Third—That all vessels should be thoroughly 
inspected by competent experts, responsible to 
the military branch of the Government. 
Fourth—That the monopoly of chartering ves¬ 
sels by Ilall, Lopcr & Co., cannot be justified. 
Fifth—That S. Tucker, Assistant Secretary ot 
War, and James Helger, U. S. A., knew of, and 
tolerated such monopoly. 
Sixth—That no one should be allowed to act 
in the double capacity of Broker and Shipowner. 
Seventh That Commissions received by Hall, 
Leper. Danfortb and others, amounting to hun¬ 
dreds of thousands, rightfully belonged to the 
Government, and should he refunded. 
Eighth—That many of the charters obtained 
through these persons were at exorbitant rates. 
Ninth—That Collins and Piekerell should be 
made, to refund tbc ill-gotten gains. 
Tenth—That no charter money should be paid 
to the persons above named. 
Eleventh—That Colonel James Belger should 
be court-martialed. 
Twelfth—That J. B. Danfortb is guilty ot a 
violation of the law. 
Thirteenth—That the War Department should 
exercise vigilance to prevent loss, and restore 
confidence in its management. 
Fourteenth—That the facts relative to perjury 
in some of these cases should be inquired into. 
list of new advertisements. 
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nstm.in, Pmnthkeeprie, N V. 
To Cheese Dairyman—Win Ralph & Co. 
Farrn tor S.ali>— C! II Ralph. 
Diphtheria M W Simmons. 
Farm tor Sale —R It Apnintyr. 
Farmer Wanted L M Sheldon. 
Farm for Rile F. A Heharti. 
The Lewi ot fle&Uh —H W Simmons (c Co. 
Hewitts RcIMims Monthly -.1 T Hewitt 
Karros for S:.lr -CD Johnson, Aerent. 
Machine Shop and Iron Foundry for Sale. 
Ascot* Wanted—W Reid. 
Rwr’e l J ate»n Krnmium t'heene Vst—Roe & Blair. 
Two Year Old Apple Stocks — A Braman. 
Pure Blood Jack tor Sale—A E Jerome. 
Magic Pocket Books—Snow A llapgood. 
Special Notice*. 
Eastman’s Perpetual Almanac — H G Eastman, 
All’s Well that ends Well 1) R DeLand & Co. 
Valuable and Convenient—Rrown’s Bronchial Troches. 
metto State," “Do you surrender?” with “I uni 
in a sinking condition." The rebels answered, 
with a torrent of oaths, “ If you don’t surrender 
we will blow you out of the water! Send your 
boat aboard." 
The boat was conveyed to the Bide of the rebel 
ram, und the officer asking to be taken on board, 
was refused. The Lieutenant then repeated 
Capt. Stalwagen’B statement, that we were in a 
ranking condition. The rebel replied, u You 
can t sink lower than the rails—you can’t come 
aboard." Tbo officer then gave bia parole as de¬ 
manded, and returned to his ship. The rebeln 
were thus successfully deceived as to the condi¬ 
tion of the Mercedita, thinking that she was in a 
sinking condition. She lay in shoal water, and 
hence the reply that she could not sink lower 
than her rails. 
The ram steamed toward the Keystone State 
and sent a shot through her steam drum, causing 
the death of 20 persons, 12 by the shot and 8 by 
scalding by steam, 20 were wounded, and are 
lying at Port Royal, some in rather a precarious 
condition. 
In the meantime, the United States gunboat 
llousatonie engaged the other ram, driving her 
away, and at half past six A. M. both rams left 
the scene, and proceeded up to Charleston. 
During this attack on our fleet, the Princess 
Royal, which lay near the llousatonie, and was 
the chief object of prize on both sides, succeeded 
in getting off. Although the coal was the anthra¬ 
cite, with which our navy is supplied, she made 
ten knots an hour on her trip, with three in the 
heaviest storm. Her usual rate is fifteen knots. 
The Mercedita steamed down to Port Royal, 
escaping with only one boiler injured. She 
arrived safe, and would bo repaired iu a day. 
The Keystone State was entirely disabled, but 
was towed down by the Memphis. 
The rebel statement that the Federal fleet had 
entirely disappeared from the Charleston Port, 
are unsustained by the. facts. The fleet con¬ 
sisted of the following vessels:—Unudilla, Hou- 
satonic, Augusta, Quaker City, Keystone State 
and Mercedita, besides the pilot boats Bluut, 
Memphis and other vessels. During the day 
time our blockade fleet were not particular as to 
keeping within the station, and on the day of 
asm ill. most of them sailed toward the Keystone 
State to ascertain her condition. This may 
account for their apparent absence at the time of 
the visit of the foreign consuls, as mentioned by 
rebel papers.'-. Our vessels resumed their posi¬ 
tions at dark. The new Ironsides arrived the 
next day to re-enforce the blockade. 
Rebel papers print an order of General G. W. 
Lee, dated Dahlonega, Ga., to the effect that he 
has been dispatched by the General commanding 
the department, to capture deserters, torios and 
conscripts, of whom numbers are resisting the 
laws in Northern Georgia und South-Western 
North Carolina. 
An appeal from Gov. Sinister to the people of 
Alabama is also printed, calling upon all exempts 
to form companies to constitute a reserve force, 
subject to the call of the executive for duty in the 
State. 
Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, issues au ap¬ 
peal to deserters from the rebel army. 
&I)C Nccos (Con&cnscr. 
Os *11 the flag* that float aloft 
O'er Neptune’s gallant tar*, 
That wave on high, in victory, 
A bovc the sons of Mars, 
Give uti Me flag—Columbia’s flag— 
The emblem of the free, 
Whose flashing stars blazed thro’ our wars, 
For Truth and Liberty. 
Thou dip it, lads, in ocean’s brine, 
And give it tliree times three, 
And fling it out, ’mid song and shout, 
The Banner of the Sea. 
— The citizens of Nashville, Tenn., enjoyed sleighing 
on the 17th. 
— The army of the Potomac has fifty-four thousand an¬ 
imals attached to it. 
— It is stated that thousands of dollar’s worth of horses 
are stolen in Washington weekly. 
— Gen. Magruder has issued a proclamation declaring 
the Blockade of Galveston raised. 
— The loyal women of Baltimore are holding Union 
assemblies to help the good cause. 
— Mrs, Mary W. Foster died at Mount Holly, Vt., some 
days since, aged 100 years and 3 months. 
— Eleven hundred convalescents have been sent to the 
Army of the Potomac within a few days. 
— Surgeon General Hammond has decided to locate a 
United States general hospital in this city. 
— The country will regret to learn that the gallant Gen. 
Rosseau is seriously if not dangerously ill. 
— Several Indians in Washington Territory have for¬ 
warded subscriptions to the Sanitary fund. 
— The Milwaukee News says the tide of speculation is 
setting Westward, and Hint money is plenty there. 
— The total number of enlistment* from Pennsylvania 
since the commencement of the war is over 101,000. 
- Five regiments now in the vicinity of New York city 
have been ordered to depart, for the Banks expedition. 
— It is said the whole Jewish population of Palestine, 
including men women and children, in 186(1 was 10,089. 
— The Confederate Government baa purchased 10,000 
hales of cotton in Mississippi, and is Negotiating for more. 
— In cousequence of the scarcity of coal at Nashville, 
the city gas works lias been compelled to suspend opera¬ 
tions. 
— It is calculated that the private property of the im¬ 
perial family of Austria amounts to nearly £2,000,000 a 
year. 
— A company with $175,000 capital are arranging to 
build a new cotton mill at Pall River, Mass., the coming 
season. 
— Hon. P. II. Watson has been confirmed by the Senate 
as Assistant Secretary of War, and has entered upon his 
duties. 
— Judge Creanor, the oldest District Judge of the State 
of California, lias decided that greenbacks are not legal 
tender. 
— On Saturday week over six tuns of oysters arrived iu 
tills city from Baltimore via. the Elmira and Canandaigua 
Railroad. 
— The corporation of Chicago recently sold $76,000 of 
7 per cent, city bonds, twenty years to run, at 6 per cent, 
premium. 
_Tho British Government is to advance the sum of 
£3,000,000 fpr the construction of a railway from Halifax 
to Quebec. 
_A little daughter of Mr. Edward Jones of Lorain Co., 
Ohio, was choked to death while eating popped com, a 
few days since. 
_A man was recently ejected from a railroad car in 
Canada because he had nothing but silver coin with which 
to pay his fare. 
_Hon. Robert H. Pruyn, Minister to Japan, sends the 
Mayor of New York two Japanese Golden Pheasants for 
the Central Park. 
_The United States Senate has confirmed the nomina¬ 
tions of the 360 Collectors and Assessors under the Inter¬ 
nal Revenue bill. 
— A Mr. Stokes, of Trenton, lias recovered 6 cents dam¬ 
ages of the True American for putting his marriage 
among the deaths I 
— There are 616,000 operatives employed in the cotton 
manufactories throughout.France, of whom 260,000 are 
male and 205,000 female. 
— The government authorities have impressed every 
steamboat upon which they could turn their eyes on thc- 
Ollio and Mississippi rivers. 
— Mr. John Bennc-tt, the inventor of the first threshing 
machine in this country, died at Lockport on Saturday 
week, at the age of 64 years. 
— At 12 o’clock Monday week gold was sold in New 
York at 67% premium, a decline since the previous Sat¬ 
urday of about three per cent. 
— A member of the New York Assembly has introduced 
a bill to repeal all liquor license laws and restrictions, and 
go back to the old act of 1845. 
_Two million one hundred and forty-one thousand 
bushels of coal left Pittsburg during the past week, for 
Cincinnati, Cairo and Louisville. 
— A steam.engine which consumes its own smoke and 
steam, and makes no noise, is now in successful operation 
on a horse railroad in New Jersey. 
Horace P Russ, the inventor of the Russ pavement, 
died recently at Halifax, N. tv, where he had been for 
some years engaged in gold mining. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY 14, 1863. 
aged to escape with on ly one wheel. She was very 
seriously damaged. The number of the block¬ 
ading fleet outside at the Lltnc of the attack, was 
thirteen, with two first class frigates, the Susque- 
bauua and Canandaigua. The Federal loss was 
very severe. It was a complete success on our 
part with not a man hurt. Our gunboats were 
not even struck. 
“Gen. Beauregard placed a steamer at the 
disposal of the foreign consuls to see for them¬ 
selves that no blockade existed. The French and 
Spanish consuls, accompanied hy General Rip¬ 
ley, accepted the invitation. The British consul, 
with tho commander of the British war steamer 
Petrel, had previously gone five miles beyond 
the usual anchorage of the blockaders, and could 
see nothing of them with glasses." 
The following are the official dispatches: 
On Board Gunboat Palmetto State:— T 
went out last night. This vessel struck the Mer- 
cidita when she sent a boat on board and surren¬ 
dered. The officers and crew were paroled. 
Capt. Tucker thinks he stink one vessel and set 
another on Are, when she struck her flag. The 
blockading fleet lias gone southward and east¬ 
ward out of sight. D. N. Ingraham. 
Flag Officer Com. 
[official proclamation.] 
HttAnqcARTKRS Land and Naval Forcks, 7 
Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 31. y 
At about five o’clock this morning the Confed¬ 
erate naval force on this station allocked the 
United States blockading fleet off Charleston, and 
soon dispersed or drove off’ out of sight for the 
time the entire hostile fleet; therefore we, the 
undersigned, commanders respectively of the 
Confederate States naval and laud forties in this 
quarter, do hereby formally declare the blockade 
by tbe United States of the said city of Charles¬ 
ton, S. C., to be raised hy a superior force of the 
Confederate States from and after this the 31st 
day of January. 1863. G. T. UkapregaRD, 
Majj- Gen. Commanding land forces. 
f D. N. Ingraham. 
cer. Commanding naval forces. 
rpan, Chief of Staff’. 
Front Acting-Master Fan Size, commanding 
prize crew on the English steamer “ Princess 
Royal,” who arrived at Philadelphia with his 
vessel on the Nth Inst., the following important 
intelligence respecting her capture, and the 
attack of the rebels on our blockading fleet, is 
obtained. It shows conclusively that no founda¬ 
tion exists for the rebel report that the blockade 
of Charleston was ever raised by the departure 
of the blockading fleet. Only two vessels out of 
eight or ten have been injured or obliged to 
leave. Mr. Van Size says: 
The cause of the attack of the rebels on our 
squadron was owing to the capture of the Prin¬ 
cess Royal. The captain and pilot of the vessel 
escaped ashore during the night, and communi- 
The Princess 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
Thf, rebel banks, in Virginia, had together less 
than seven hundred thousand dollars in specie 
on the 12th of Decemljer. This was the basis of 
a circulation of over three and a half millions. 
Capt. Rogers of the iron-clad Weehawken, in 
a private letter, says that he stood on the top of 
the turret in the midst of the storm they 
encountered and was delighted to see how she 
behaved, 
On the 29th ult.. Col. Connor had a desperate 
battle with the Indians, about 150 miles North of 
Salt Lake City. The tight lasted four hours, 
lie killed 224-and drove a great number into the 
Bear River, where many of them were drowned. 
Our loss was 15 killed and 38 wounded. 
In Austria, out of 127 political journals, the 
most are in opposition to the government, and 
the greater part of the editors of these are in 
prisons at the present time. At Vienna, the 
capital, the editor of every opposition sheet is in 
jail. 
The Governor of Connecticut, in a general 
order, congratulates the people of the State on 
being able to announce that their quota of militia 
under the last calls of the President, numbering 
14.290 men, has been completed. 
Several prominent Americans at Toronto 
have presented Geo. W. Brown, editor of the 
Toronto Globe, with a gold-headed cane, as a 
mark of their appreciation of his steady and able 
advocacy of Northern sentiment. 
In Mr. Sanders’ (the individual recently cap¬ 
tured bearing dispatches for the rebels,) order 
book and in memorandums are probably a hun¬ 
dred orders fur articles for ladies and gentlemen. 
Among them are the following: 
” For Mrs. J efferson Davis:—One dozen Jou vin’s 
gloves. No. 7's ladies' size, dark, worked with 
bright colors, long in the hand, two buttons over 
the wrist; one dozen same 6], laidies’; one dozen 
worked cambric bauds; three and a half yards 
Valenciennes lace, five inches wide, nearly 
straight edge; one whole piece Val. lace, one inch 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
There are rumors of alarm among the rebel 
leaders, and a rapidly improving disposition to 
treat for peace. Whether or not. these reports 
have sufficient foundation, they are gaining con¬ 
siderable currency among those who claim to he 
posted. 
Official orders state that the district of Ann try 
north of tho Potomac river, from Piscataway 
Creek to Annapolis Junction, and the mouth of 
the Monocacy and south of Goose Creek and 
Bui! Run Mountains to Occaquon Creek, will 
constitute the Department of Washington, and 
the troops in that Department will constitute the 
22d Army Corps, to lie commanded by Muj.-Gen. 
Heintzleman. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has replied to 
the inquiry relative to the amount of duties on 
imports of paper. He says it is "not separately 
classified, but included in manufactures of paper. 
Imports under present account at New York is 
$126,141, yielding a revenue of $39,684. At 
Boston, $30,084. yielding a revenue of $9,688. 
At Baltimore and Philadelphia, none. Making 
an aggregate of $166,225, giving revenue of 
$49,372. The Secretary says it is impossible to 
state how much of this is for printing paper, but 
he believes the diminution of duty would con¬ 
siderably increase the revenue. 
Contraband goods having reached tho rebels 
from New Y ork city through tho West, the Gov¬ 
ernment has ordered that no goods be shipped 
from that point to the West without special per¬ 
mission from the Custom House. 
A letter to Gen. Hamilton, from the United 
States Consul at Monterey, says millions of dol¬ 
lars worth of cotton was sold there recently, all 
of which was sent back to the rebels in the shape 
of powder, lead, blankets, shoos, anil iu fact 
everything that can he used for their army. An 
order was then there for 600,000 blankets. 
In compliance with a request from the House 
of Representatives, another large mass of docu¬ 
ments, relative to Mexican affairs, has been com¬ 
municated to that body. These cover 1,000 
pages, and form a history of events connected 
Department of the Gull 
The Roanoke from New Orleans 28th, Ha¬ 
vana 31st, arrived at New York on the 6th inst 
The World’s }correspondent with the Banks 
Expedition, writes that Admiral Farragut'e fleet 
has diminished in numbers to such an extent 
that il will not be possible to attack Port Hud¬ 
son until it is re-enforced. 
The ilc/tftjsaysjthe accounts from rebels at 
Port Hudson and elsewhere show a most deplor¬ 
able state’ of affairs, the men only being kept 
from mutiny] by promises of peace within 90 
days. Conscription is dangerous, as over 20 offi¬ 
cers have been shot while endeavoring to raise 
men. 
It was rumored that the Alabama had received 
four shots from the Ilatteras, and had arrived at 
Port Royal. Jamaica, whence she took prisoners | 
anti will remain three days for repairs. 
The Rinaldo arrived at Havana from Galves¬ 
ton, bringing an extra Houston Telegraph of the 
23d, containing accounts of the capture of the 
federal brig Morning Light, off’ Sabine Pass, and 
an unknown schooner on the 21st, by an expedi¬ 
tion from Magruder’s fleet. 
Magruder on the 4th proclaimed Galveston 
open to commerce,'but Com. Bell issued a proc¬ 
lamation on the 20th, declaring Galveston, Sa¬ 
bine Pass and the whole coast of Texas under 
actual blockade, and warning all vessels from 
trading, under penally of capture. Com. Bell 
sent the following proclamation to the foreign 
Consuls: 
United Status Sloop op War Brooklyn, ^ 
Oir Galveston Bar. Jua. 2Ht, 1862 J 
Whereas, The city of Galveston is occupied 
and governed by the troops of the Confederate 
States, and the' said troops are diligently em¬ 
ployed erecting defences in and around the said 
city, in defiance of the laws of the UnitedSlates, 
the foreign consuls ami foreign subjects and all 
other persons are hereby warned that the city of 
Galveston ami its defences are liable to be 
attacked at any day by the forces of the United 
States, under my command. Twenty-four hours 
will be given from 5 P. M. of this date for inno¬ 
cent and helpless persons to withdraw from the 
said city of Galveston and its vicinity. 
to have $400,000 in property—which, however, is 
now in a painfully unproductive condition in the 
counties of Virginia, occupied alternately by the 
contending armies. The “ F. F. V.,” is likely to 
become a poor, seedy vagabond. His former 
home was Frcdericksbui g. 
In the engagement at Springfield, Mo., the tel¬ 
egraph operator had quite an exciting experience. 
Four shells entered the office building, one of 
them rolling near the operator’s feet without ex¬ 
ploding. He, thinking it time to move his quar¬ 
ters, immediately packed up his Instrument, took 
it down to the quartermaster’s office, which is in 
the center of the town, made connection with 
the wire, and telegraphed the condition of affairs 
to headquarters, and then shouldered his musket 
and went to fighting. 
The venerable Josiah Quincy attained his 
ninety-first year on the 3d inst Two well-known 
merchants of Boston, both over four score, who 
were of his military family when he commanded 
the Hussars, paid their respects to their former 
Chief, notwithstanding the extreme cold. The 
united ages of the three gentlemen exceeds the 
period that has elapsed since the landing of the 
Pilgrims- 
cated intelligence to the rebels. 
Royal tried to run the blockade byway of Beach 
Inlet on the 29th, and was discovered by the 
pilot gunboat Blush. On signal the Unadilla 
proceeded tow aid her and captured her without 
assistance. It was then discovered that the cap¬ 
tain and pilot had gone ashore bv small boats, 
carrying important dispatches to iho rebel gov ¬ 
ernment. The Unadilla carried her to the side 
of the llousatonie and lay there till daylight, 
when the thunder of guns was heard amid 
sharp flashes of fire. It was supposed our fleet 
were making for the Alabama or Florida, who 
were trying to force an entrance. 
At daybreak tw f o rebel iron clads were seen 
coming down from Stono Inlet toward our fleet. 
One ram struck the Mercedita on the water 
ridge, keeling her over, and at the same time 
firing a shot which entered one of her boilers, 
killing three persons, including a gunner, by the 
shot and steam. The ram then hailed the Mer¬ 
cedita, and Capt. Stalwagen was lowered in one 
of his small boats, after leaving one of the plugs 
II. 11. Bell. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Tennessee.— Stokes’ Tennessee cavalry and 
the 1st Kentucky regiment dashed upon a camp of 
rebels at Middletow n, fifteen miles west of Mur¬ 
freesboro, on the 2d inst. One rebel was killed 
and one hundred taken prisoners. Our cavalry 
made a sabre charge, surprised them and took 
all their camp equipage, horses, wagons, etc.— 
Major Douglas, of Dougias' rebel battalion, and 
all his officers were made prisoners. 
Davis’ cavalry, at Franklin, also captured 
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