ILLKtitt A 1*131 (J HA K V. FROM THE SOl'TH vTfeST. Newton, F? Ii. 12.?A column oftho'einmy bore North fioin Mm ton, sending a special tietaelitneiit to destiov the works at Lake. Mobile, Feb. i3.?A special dispatch to the Mobile Juvrt intt JVitvs dated Morton, Miss., 13th inst., says Wirt Adams attacked a Yankee wa??0? train near 1 lecatur, yesterday evening, destroying forty wanoiis, and killing the mules and drivers. The Yankee b t'antry coin ing up in force, he was unable to bring off his capture. His loss was six killed and woiituh d JfASCAGOVLA, Fell. 10 ?S A. M.? IliTce gllllboats and five schooners are in sight between Horn and Petite Bayou island, and two sidi wheel steamers, two nun boats and one sailing v s-iel behind are towed by the former. 11 A. M.?All the fleet, including the flair ship, have gone Eastward through the sound in the direction of Grant's Bass. Four mort gun boats and one brigade have just appeared standing in the same course, p Mobile, Feb. 13.?Meridian was evacuated yesterday. The Government property was saved. Advices from Enterprise to-day stall the enemy have not appeared there. Capt. Addler. ol Forrest's staff, has an:vet here. He left Foirest at Oxford, on the 9fh confronting a coluniu of infantry, G,00n strong from Memphis via. Hernando, and twelvi regiments of cavalry via., Collier.-ville. Aifeii'ne finni Gen. S I) I.ee ivimit Slier. Biari, 3*2,000 strong of : the citizens of Mobile, in which In states Pjit the city is about to he attacked, am > / '-^expecjsfilnon combatants to leav?>. JBB - from richm. no. Ri|HKd, February 10.?At auction to-day eight^Bsnt; Confederate bonds brought 1 II to 1-l^Brl interest; seven per cent, bond: brought TOG 1-2 ; bonds of the fifteen inillioi loan, with coupons attached, 173 ; bonds of tin fifteen million loan, r-gistered, I6u; cotton loai bonus brought 175, fiat. Richmond, February 13.?There was a re , . port last night that the Yankees were agaii coming up the Peninsula, said to he prcecede* by a i advanced troop of cavalry, supposed t' be ; it? direction of Barhamsville. ill- iM'i.vo, February 10.?Northern dates < > tin iili and 14th have been received. A C'iinecyi-nt Ueginieiit lost one hundred am thiiv-en killed in the affair on the liapidan.fo-ir hundred rebel officers, uVTtidiug Jett Thompson and Captain Breckinridue, liavi t t t r_ i..i '. i .i i . . i? .i ueeu irnitMui.eu uvni ?ioiiii.-u" s i.sinnu ui uai timore. Hon. Mr. Garnctt, Representative in Con federate Congress, died in Kssex County a tcv days ago. from florida. Lakk Cjp, I'i.a , February 11. To Gfncal Thorn s J? u parlies Iro n tin* front reprev't thai tin Union lump- experit-i'i'ed eon-idera'ile. !>i-s hi then ret-irn tonn the late deiinnatratioii on ti.t Kaeidaii. No.lung of interest troin- the arnn ol i'eiitiessee. Congressional proceedings unimportant. Gold 15b R 8. Colt's nUtn! fr.etorv nt TT-irlfnrrl veni dr.dno ed by fire on the 5th inst. *1 lie loss is im rncnsc. The late escape of a vessel from the port of Richmond, with a cargo of one bundled am fifty boxes of tobacco, has given rise to sevel'a stories as to the p.nties concerned and the des tination of the craft. The vessel, a single mast schooner, had been heretofore engaged in tin humble service of binding wood to Rocketti from below, in charge of a .nan, who. according to one storv, hired or sold himself and vessel to five or six Jews, among them one Hem) Jcnks^living on Clairch Hill, to carry a cargt of tobacco to Petersburg. The tobacco was shipped from the auction house of Messrs .Robinson, Adams A* Co., put on board, a regit lar cleaiancb obtained, and the man in charge of the craft set sail, ostensibly for the "cockade city," as his port of destination, it being understood that the consigners of the cargo, or their agent should proceed to Petersburg by rail, and HWart the arrival of the vessel and tobacco, But instead of steering into the Appomattox river, the "supercargo" kept on with all the speed that wind and sail could lend him, thinktin# /)Anl,tli.ps ^ -- I-'-*' * - I 1 * UUIII'IHW, in IIIIM il llCLIVl' tUUiUXO lllili'KCl at Fortress Monioc than in Petersburg, with the advantage of cash in git-en hacks. The other story is, that the six Jews acootn panied the craft as crew ; that .lie |ilan was made up beforehand, and that vessel, cargo at d Jews are gone. The above, is the fir-t regular clearance front the port of Richmond since the tttfc Hkhmor>d Jifamintr. * * TI1L (JAM J UKAAL ci; Q,, FRIDAY MvK.MfIG, FEB. 50, l*Gi. ^ To Advertisers.? t hir advertising Trends wil *jei oblige us by hnrnling in their advor.iseinents on or 1 belhre Wednesday Our p per is worked oil' on , Thursday evening. :uid. as We are >hon handed, it is (|jji , impossibk* lor us to set up the adver iseineut-, if tiu. ( luerous. in addition to the yllier matter ueeess irily ( . postponed until that day I lerenfter, no advertise- tjr tnenis, except funeral notices, will be received uii | Thursday. ^ ele 1 PO-TPoX KMhXT. . ^:l : We are requested to announce that the reprcsenta- !,W; f firm rX tlx. O.r. t1.? I.W ... CVt Home, is postponed unlit further notice, on account ot' 11,11 " the weather. ?' ' I ?-?? ent , I he unusual pressure upon our coltuuus has so con. jj traded the limited space devoted to our editorial luci nitrations. ?liat we are unable to, tumuli our usual | quantum ol matter. 0:i the whole, we think our ^ readers have reason to felicitate themselves upon the |l0. , ci i cum stance, as we have been in a bilious and ma- | j.t.s lignaut mood ever since the cold snap set in, anu | ^(j| 1 shoul 1 probably have written a crumbliug article: and t grumblers are detestable bores. l0 , The \V atekee Mounted Uifles.?This fine corps the originally rai-ed hv tire State authorities, having been ',al musiered into t on federate service, we publish their muster roll, iu another column, lor the information ot vv'' 1 their fiends. sl'j i gf.n. kehsiiaw's ukceptiox is columdia.?'w? |?? s mended to reprint. ??t ex'ente. from the Columbia pa- J pcis. the accounts of '.lie public reception given to Gen. ("a . Kerdiaw in tlmt city, but '.la? pressure on our column* the ?> rentiers it impossible. We give, however, in nnoilier tru i column, a comicn-cd report of the Genera's speech, stn w ic;i we linti in the Carolinian, and whicfi, we have his no doui)t. will be read with interest by his numerous too friends here. hill J The speech of Col. Kennedy is described as "a pow- 111,1 s erliil and eloquent address," but it is nut reported; tK) i which we regret. Bim.r.s rou tiif. Sot.nituis.?Attention is called to (|u| the communication of the Rev. Mr. Boiler, on this wj( s . worthy alike of the object an 1 of ourseiros. of I Till-: 3IHLK SOLDI KRS. ' Mr. Kkmok: Whilst we sliouM rejoice that so much " ' i i? being done for the temp -rul wants of our soldiers. w'> uv slio :d not lie uumiiel u! ol tlnir spittm! wants. friii limy i.r - mi-diug tin* Holy Senpturo K> eointort tneui iiini'l the rtri iK hi I it is t ;i irvii'-rnus Oiristian ;m |. lie thiii we re I okitifr f >r:.iil to suppy :|ie n. Tiii - t t work it sli uhlco.n ueii lu.-e f to ev -ri* . one. ?o time shoiihl he loe su|t|died from time to t e. _ lirii As I expect to be in anideu ?t.. t olii -i.iti- in the IVesliyteriau Clnireh. mid slta 1 1 j|lu leiuain in the et. lor a fi-'v d njs. lor the purpose of . iiiakuig e e eeiioii to ai I in -nppl-imr our I>r.iv de. lend i's w.ili tu Wo I o i.od use p:-r-oiis wli i a I No ill iv not rh.iii-v to n w 11 p ease s-ii I liieir eou ri- tle| 1 billions |o me. cire of M Kennedy, 1'1-q., and also j|l}4 to the Hank f an,den. ... in e cry town and city of liie ''onieder.icy visited "** uy me. I Imve imto.,o ii en most radially received I"" ' v i e e- i/.ens, hat !i'? a I sums were given to aidtlie We Bi'ih-soeieiy of the Cooleder.ite States, in the disiri- Ma tuition of tii .tread I Lile to oiirsjii'leiiiig eoiintrviiien. a ,, ; It is h pe ' ihai your citizens may inn ate the hner.il . example of oth.r communities in giving to this llolv Wl1 . * Ctlll Willi esteem Mini regard, cup dust truly yours, rL>s, . E. A. BOL. E;. , ' OtiAXGEUfRu, Fc'i tmry 1301. ' ' 1 X. 11. The ('! rjry ol'.ill the cliur 'lies Onudeeir o . will oblige me. if they will miiii u..uei.? t.iis Ugrega 7 e >>>(< . tions the objeet uf my uib'' ' to inform my congrt' opinion iliat persons proleters of" a merciful Go?l, the "author of a"" peace and lover of concord," might he heller -x011 e.ep'.-v-il ih in iii a:i vs again,?"Chri>|iaii times have j n sunk so far below that of your brave defens in the tie'd, as to make it almost doubtful ether you are kin to that glorious coinniiiniwho, at tht; beginning of this war, initiated s gigantic struggle, j Profound silence in hat's right."] 1 'roiiy all uteaus, then, fellow-eitizeus, | strengthen the hearts of vonr brothers tn the lield. Pull out your last dollar?lay down your last bushel of corn?your last bale of cotton?your Inst package of merchandise?everything?yes, lay down your lives?before you give up this fair laud to the invasion of such a 5 horde of demons as are clamoring around the borders of the Confederacy. to day. [Cheers.] Drive out the enemy in'your rear; crush, out that class who are worshipping at the shrinC of Mammon, croaking in your thoroughfares, abusing your President, restraining your energies, blighting your prospects, and, in a word, who are doing everything against and nothing M'l ill G ffdtlCU CilliM' c 11' t L IU\UJ\U> (ill Liint UWirwGS life worth the living. [Great cheering] m The llirstir Spirit.?The following is an cx I tract from a letter of an officer in the field to his son in this city. It breathes the true spirit of our brave soldiers everywhere : i Charleston must he a sad place, When even you say that you are "demoralized" about tbe war. For Heaven's sake, let me not hear that word again from von, nm- from anv of mv kin. Wo will as assuredly whip the Yankees as there is a heaven above us. We will never stop fighting until the last enemy is driven from the last fool of tenitory. belongim; rightfully to the Confederacy, and the Lou] our God will assist us. l'liosu cravens who at iy at home would fain make peace if tin y only could save their worthless carcases, or their ill-gotten pains; but, now that thev have to nine out and meet the enemy, they cry out "Peace ! peaee! on any terms." Out on i:! I am- sick of the cowards* Thv-ically they do in > pood in the army; but our noble veteran* Jwill fight more with a will, if thev see these miserable eicatnres brought into the field to taste a little of our hardships, j We will do the ' fighting ; they may stay in camp, meanwhile, and cook for us, if there be anything to cook. Cod bless yon. my hoy. If ; you were only a little older, I would take you tu the field at once.?Mercury. o j Incident of the "Swamp Angel."?The battery from which Charleston was first shelled is situated in the marsh snd is called by the soldiers "The Swamp Angci." The following incident of its construction is rciatcd by a Moi* ris' Island correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer : "Colonel Serrell, of the New York Engineer?, Ii.nl il;e charge of 'lie construction of the 'Swamp Angel,' and heingofan energetic constitution himself, anil not afraid to enter swamps, yon can imagine his surprise when or e of his ) ih-iiteiiants, whom he had ordered; to take ' * twentv men and enter the swamp, said that In cmild not do it?the n:nd was too deep.? Col. Serrell ordered him to try. He did so, and the ienteiiimt returned with his men covered with mud, and said : "Colonel the ni'iil is over my men's heads,I can't do it. i " l lie uo'onel insisted, and told the lieutenant tn make a requisition for anything that was necessary for the safe passage of the swamp.? , The lieutenant made hi.- requisition in writing, and on tlie spot : "1 want twenty men eighteen , feet long, to cross a swamp .fifteen feet deep.'* | "The joke was a good one. It secured, how! ever, not a euhit to the stature of the lieuten | hhi, but rather Iiis arrest lor disrespect to bis j *t:per?dr." Naval Recognition. - The Nassau Herald says: Notwithstanding tiic fact that the great European lVuvers still withhold the political recognition of the Southern States of America, iu every other respect they, lire fast receiving the justice due to them. Socially they have been long recognized by the civil and revenue regulations of all countries, their commercial S status is universally acknowledged upon the same basis as an independent power (by being recognized bcligcrents,) and we sec by the last number of Marryatt's naval signals tor 1SG4, just received in Nassau, that their different standards are engraved and, displayed in that work along with those of other independent powers, a? entitled to respect and recognition. This latter fact also embraces the privilege of insurance and the maritime rights consequent thereunto. Never was the true old maxim that "revolutions never go backwards," better illustrated than iu the en.-e of the Southern Confederacy. Tlioir credits and commercial relations long ago established aliroad, are developing tlieir effects. After all. commerce is tlie great king, and a3 we see its various departments wheeling into line, one al't. r another, admitting the indisputable existence of a nation, it will not le long belure the bands of red tape will iot out, and the political schemers give way to the triumphant march of Truth and Justice. The Confederacy has had two battles to tight?one with 1 i :.i. IAT C fll'II I ICS, it'ivilit'i 11 iiiyiiviot ?? w hope before many iiionliis pass, the latter will he wiw, ami tliat accomplished, the history of the past ihr?-e years guarantees the triumphant anil successful result of the former. All of its who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies or explaining the mistakes of onr youth. I i i i