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telegraphic summary. official despatch from okn. lee. lliciimond, fi-k 5.?tlie following despatc las j ist 11c.eii received ': oka.vgk 0. ii., fein 5.? Gen. S. Cooper On the 3lUh. Gen. Kossei captured a train < 1 93 wagoiis, loaded witn United Slates si on and Image, on llie way troll) New Creek t Petersburg. 'llieyalso captured 3UU mull and 2'i prisoiieis. The guard ul SOU mlaiitr escaped to the mountains. Our loss was 25 kiik-t and wounded. liit'oimniio'i o!'.an advance upon Peters t?nr having I'cen received, the garrison evacuated dm lag tlie night. On the 2d, Itosser destrot oil I lie bridges over l'alterson Creek and cat tured 40 |n ixiiu-is. 270 prisoners, 50 wagon 1,200 entile ami 500 sln-cp have heen hrougl . off. Gen. Rosser I.as shown great energy an .skill, and his eoiumand deserve great credit. (Signed.) lv. E. LEE, General. IMPOKTA.VT KISOM FLOltID\?TUB EN'KMY I FoEOK AT JACKSONVILLE?OFFICIAL UESI'ATC KIIOM Ol'.N. K1XEOAN. ? Lake i'iiv, I'i.a., FVI-. (/'.a Savannah Pel ^ r ia v ,v"')?! ? Gt'i-fi'iil Tim mix Tin' an : Eigl teen vessels, gunboat* ai d transports, ate n ported J'v the cominniK.i g ofliccr at Cam ! megan, as having ailived a' Jnek's<>t:vili The enemy, piesi.nied to he in large force, In landed, and was said to he advancing last nigh THE NEWS KIIOM KICIIMO'.NU. Richmond, Kclmary S.? lion. Jih?. A. Wi COX, ofTrXaS, H IIMHiUT of tile 1 Jolt si: of J{f| resci tatives, dropped dead in a moment at h room Yesterday morninjj, while appaienilv i police', health. X?? lni?jiir>$ was traii.si>M< il i dav in oil her llmisc of (\niv;rc?, exrept tli a oioiiiieeineiil of li s death ami the |>:ms:i^e i appropriate le-oliitf ii-. I'hilooies w. te pn li"in.c;.i in (! >- Senate hv Mr. W ijflali <?f Tesa llei.i-V of TelmesM.'e. ami I'liclall of .Mis> s>ip| an I in the IIoiim' hv Saxtmi of Texas, Smii of North Carolina, M'Tiae of Mi si?ij>j>i, an 'Adkins ami Joecs o| IVniiesseo. Gain hie, the Yankee Governor of Missoin died on the 2<l instant. Geo. U. Riulle, a stioiiir l.'nioiiist, snceec Bayard, of Delewaiv, in the Yankee Senate. Our latest information from oelow represen that the Yankees have taken the hark tear front Williaiiishtng. Their movement w; probably, intended a> :i ivciHiiini^aiicu morel The impression prevails here that the in'' campaign will begin at an early'- <lav; hut a - live hostilities on the iSnphlnn will, prohahl' be dolavcd until the recovery of Mcsulc, wh at last accounts, was convalescent, at his hoti in Pennsylvania. The weather is favorable ft military movements. latest fkom east tennessee. Mokhistown, Feb. S.?Reports from I\ no ville, coining from various sources, represei tlie garrison there to he in a state of great si iering owing to a scarcity of rations ami to tl small pox, of which tliern are 700 cases Tl prisoners we liavfi captured have, in their lia ersacks, bread made of nuhultcd llour. C? II. Ij. Gilmer, of the -tth Kentucky cavalry, h; been commissioned a itrigadicr General. Ui trains, yesterday, ran to Strawberry Plains, f teen tniles of Knox ville. FROM NORTHIvUN' VIRGINIA. Orange C. II., Fob. S.?One Yankee Ca tain ami thirty nine privates, captured at lJn nett's For i, l?\ (ieneral Karly's division, we |ii?nii'/lit in this inoriiiii"'. The cneiuv crossi at. that f?ii| early this morning, but soon r eni-?.ei| ami ill. IMI'.iRTA T FRt'M THK V."FST ? SHERMAN A YAM INC IN FORCE ? THE FIGHTING REG I* Oka i.on a. Miss., Feb. 5.?There are nosiei of tile eiien y .n .Northern M S*issi|ipi or W e , Tennessee, e\ epi :,i Memphis and Genua. town, tin* \ .ii'kee |>s<'1 ar 1111:< is to advain lio 1 n Y ii'ksleiia; ji;t? t'eiitral Alahaiiii, eiiltii otf >> :r enimiiuiiii-aMoiis wiili Mobile, so as I i.MTCss'aie Hie abandoi inenl of that place. Oi for. e* now oeenpv Corintli and Jackson. Tl enemy's cavalry in strong loree crossed ll li e- l liiea vt .-li a day. Gen. Jai-kson's eavali oppose tliein. Lively times are ahead, as it t.ioiielit tlial the enemy coiiiteinplate a geiiei' aihaiiee. Oi.tN'roN, Miss , February 4.? Sherman, wit two eoi'p"?, nniler Arhe.-oii and Hnillm:, is a< 1; 1 I... n 1,.... r .. 1 . .1 . van/in*;. mici all i|:?v. Tin" cm-iny made lull two miles pp cries So day, ramping >:x or fii^lil miles lulu this place. P.iMM . I- report Ihat ."{0.1100 i their troops in all. love crossed I lie Ilio Ilia | Wo whipped i J if \ ai'kec cavalrv wstcrdav o tin- Y ? , in :i liai.il lo hand coi.fi.et wit pistols. Jackson, Miss.. I-ch. 4.?The cncinr bega crossing flic Big Black yesterday. lie llirei across (at the railroad bridge) six regiment* t infantry and two of cavalry, with two bat'erie' Ik- attempted to cross also at Messenger's Fet ry, hut failed, and is now trying to cross a Birdsong's. Much excitement prevails hen from east tknn kssi.e. Mouiiirtowm, Ft-h. (?.?Brie,lie c, o# Smith Company A, 43d A'akinm login,ei|, w;, shot llet'l' lo li >\ lot' di Si r o I. Major G111 i: es the en*'1 latest congressional news. Richmond, Feb. 4.?In the Senate-, yestcr 1, d&', Mr. Sparrow, from the Military Committee, ~ reported hiick the House bill to amend the . Anti-Siilnlitute law in relation to farmers, with ~ reenimiieiidation that they do' not pass it. No ,s aetimi was taken on the report. n It is understood that the House, in secret 1 ,s session to-day, passed the Military bill and 1/1 v sent it back to the Senate for future emisidera- M) y lion bv that bodv. It is said to have been :,ri extensively amended and altered in the House. a" ,T It is understood that the Senate, in secret ex jy session, passeil the currency bill which was sent l,e .. to that Imdv by the House some time I C" though considerably amended and changed. 811 s It. was sent back to the House for further con- an sideration. , , cp t| The Senate will next talcc tip the Tax bill sa in secret session. The House is undeistoo.i to be still In scs- eif ^ sion on tln^Mllitnry bill. laFKOM CllAI.'I.ESTOJf. ' lin II C.iiAj.Esrnx, ?r? nth, 1 o(j4.? i he enemy "? ; aihnneed from Seabrpok's Island this morrtinff. t'1 ' i about daylight with a force supposed to be ? < 1 j about luc to our one. An effort was made to t > " i hold the them in check, but so far they are iw '' j still pressing us back, with artillery, ritled iro L" pieces and infantry. Our pickets,'in falling ?e |s back, were for -ed to leave some of our wounded |x>i in the enemy's hands. Captain Humphrey has been shot in two places, and had his horse s!vt e(J 1 under him. At nine o'clock, a. in. (Tuesday) t?, '* j the enemy had ad?anced one mile and a halt j !s jiVom the Harlow, on Johns Island.' ft " I LA'ltlaT I'll' ;,! KI'Kof'K A\1J TUB I XITKD STATES, li.i iij ' y || rile followmo is a smnmarv of the latest m [ill Ivili?|l":lll .Mill XoillllTll lll'H S : j su i>- Denmark absolutely rejects the nftimutnn of j S Prussia atiil Austria calling |ur a withdrawal of! ?'t I the Nnveiii'-er Constitution, t pmi the penalty ofI ''' h their joint: occupation ofSchlcswig I lnUteiii. In 00 l'l , consequence itf this refiistil the ci'Vov*of those -Sl1 powers left Copenhagen. Austrian troops wvre 1:1 i, on their way to occupy Selileswig Ilo|>tcin. ";l The proposition lor a new French loin of ;l. Is twelve million pounds storlii>-_r met with* ex- se traordinarv -ueeiss, the hhls ex-ceiling tl.ir en iw Is times the amount required. vi k j The Loudon Stock Exchange was leverisl in ill is | consequence of the warlike aspect of affairs in in V. | (Jermany. in tt I Tim Confederate Loan was quoted at 44. in c- ' Cotton was lower, ami l?read?iulf> advanced, n v. I rile \ ankee Hniist; of Representatives lets | o,.j passed I lie bill reviving tin* grade of Lieutenant I t|, .e General, and have recommended General Grant l a. >r for the position. I In James 15. Clay died recently in Canada. | s|, A New Orleans letter to the New York Her- j vs x-1 ahl, dated January 24th, says: "In al! partsof lr nt this citv it is believed that Mobile is about if-! being attacked by Farragut oil the water ami ie i by the troops under Gen. Hanks on land." ^ ie i La Franco says the 0. S. steamer Florida lias j v-' challenged the Kearsngo to a fair light. The 1 d.' latter having accepted, they intend to go a few. as miles out to sea ami settle difference at cannon ' ih w nuijjc. if. The Alabama has destroyed the Yankee ship Contest in the Straits of Sundi. The vessel 0 an.I cargo wore valued at otic million dull;.rs. Ul Gold is unchanged at 146. 1)1 P" * .... tli r" Lonkstiikkt.? Whatever may have beeri the rc misforlline and folly (says the Richmond Kx- cl . ainiuer) of" detaching (5cm. Longstrect from the : I'1 , mam ariuv of Tennessee, on the eve of an im- I Ml | portant eiig igeimmt, v?-t no one acquainted i o- with the f-i'-ts . an doubt that his operations in , th s. I pper feline?ee, considered in tlumisehes, ' us hiive been highly successful and va-tly he ie- I ai >*. tlcial to the cause. The failure before Kti >x- t,, ii- ville was due to no fault of Gen. Longstrect, i vv .,.! but partly to a train ot cir. umMaiices over i p,, which he had no coiitioi. ami p.irtlv to inc j lo vacillating nub r- of the ill-starred Uragg. The ; ie capture of Kno.willc could* haw bmuglit no. .. '. ..I l: .i .-.ii i M ... : |(? | " I i I l>l III' li t ?H I ? ?lll (?l^l IIIV 1*111 U| V.II.U- | 11? tanooga mini ('kiiiIhtImihI (>;ip, it is \ -I'V Confederate arms, except at a jjreal cost of' j , js IriM-p-., ML'ain.-t mmv considerable I odv of (lie j nl eiu'uiv ; I'a- it is liable tu attack in front fret it : q? I 'lintinnnoga, in |hink from Kingston, ami in tit li rear from t niiibrtl.unl Cap. If (Jen. Long>trci'i ; |. liM'l taken the town, :?? Imve liel?l it lie would , ' r li hart: li.nl to p >st an army looking in each of , i these three direction.-, each one salhcieiit to m, tv w ilh-tand as-aiiit in anv foive the elieii V miolil , o( ,f bring frmu thai <pi ntcr. The piv-ent |? isit:?>it ; k, officii. Loug-treel's armv is inHnitelv morel11' n tenable and iiioiy judicious ; occupying, as it ? li does, an arc of a circle bending around from Ijilsseilv>il?: to Mooreshui'o, Tennessee, into Lee ' .. a | Comity. Virginia ; crve iny; all the best portion ; j"' ,v ' of East Tennessee and .South-western Virginia. ' rj,( I ln> cfmi i r Iti IIII ( ! ( !i>li r.t ?lnr>t IVt'f tV:l> of* f.' slrcM??*llii'iied on cnt'-rins; tin- ?i: 1.11y al-ow ' - Kii<?XV|!|e I<v the :ii!iiniaMe <Hvi?io;i uf ,\! j !' ' I (it'll. Ransom. I!i< s? I'.iihinaii'ls Irivi* i? ?i- jv .. lllolV ti.jrlilin^ ill i; ?>l Ti'ini.til.'Ill I lit- -:ilijt; , : II'IIIiImT I >f tllllllis ll.'U'f l|l?IU' I lllllil." till' 1 | | ~ tVi! Will' III ill!' Millie IclUJtll I'l 1111)1'. .'Ill'l Illpiete'v Ji'ilf! iJiirnsiili' "'ill (Juii.t iii tlnir cuii. s fvlhit expectation of winteriiiir, unmolested, on i ifcJie tinner waters of tin- llolslnti. tl"'V III C'HiSII111' II (lie I'lii' il I:t:f s vessels ai a cost, uf $iGj,000 e .c.i, I1'" in six montiifi. I ili i THE CAMDEN JOURNAL^ RIDAV MOa\I.\C, FEB. li, 1864. The impressment of private property for public use, her with or without cotupeu.sjtion. is a measure su pugnaut to natural justice, that it i3 rarely resorted evui by despotic governments. If it bo true, ns tue writers on the subjec. assert, that governments e instituted merely for the protection of oroocrtv. 1 can -xist only while they do protect it, then tin rci.se of the power of iinp'es-meut. (for it can noi called a right.) is an act snici lal in its nature. Xc nstitut iornil fjoveitiment would venture to exerci.-t ch a power except upon the great st. emergency d when it cmld bo clearly snown that the trespnsi ion private right was indispensable to the publh lei}'. In England, the right of the crown to the exer ie of litis power, as a part of its prerogative, lias nevei en conceded by lite p-o,.lc. and we, in A nertc'i ve lie> it t qtially jealous. There is not. pmbably the lac - of the globe, a people inure sen-itive ot is subjee than the people ot the t.'onl'cderate St.tes d it is one of the strongest i>roul'sof their devotion the c.itisi' in which they ate engaged, that they liavt rae. so loug and so patiently, the exercise, by tliei verntn nt. of it riglit which finds no justification ii cessi y, a,id no palliation in the manner of its tn 'cement i uir own Lonstnuunn docs not confer, upon euiie uijr ess or t!n; President. the right to impress pri ut< op vtv nniler certain ei cumsmnees, or under any ciiusi..iicis. Its 1 ngu age i.s not even per: issive simply says: private property shall not be tak i pub ieuse w.tlinui just compensation." It recognise; t p ssibil tv ili.it gr :it emergencies may A ise eli ;is would necessitate the in asion ul' private right ?l tberefore makes pro .ision I' r in lemuif. ing tin |iired pirtv; but it goes ti<> farther. It does ma giv< c slightest hint to guide One in ascend in.ir whn mbinaiio i 01 circumstances siia 1 be deemed' to con tute an emergency sufficiently grave to j isti y tin king ul" pr vale , ropertv for public use. If, in navi ting tiie ship of State, storms are encountered am jettison of pa t of the .cargo is necessary to the pro n ation ul the vessel ami crew, compensation, shall in ado I'.v general average. Tliat is the whole pro ion on the -object And yet for many months, ai considered and most oppressive sys em of impress nt, odious iu ail its features, d -nbly odi lis in tm aim rot its execution, and treby odious in the iiutn less abuses and Iraiids and corruptions which grow it'rally ut of it has been established in our midst istiliei! by no partim unt pub ic necessity, other thai at Which seems to have been specially created as ic Ktl'igy, it has been endured wtth a patience as ad irnbie ?s its ab .ses have boeu fi grant. And if eve ie g eat ease id " the producers of the Confederacy : Mr. Commissary General N u tlirop" comes to b ted before>he bar of History the world will stum iliast at the record.# We hever think of the sutijec itliout having forcibly recalled to our mind the story hieii Fdr. Wolcot used to tell of a knavish landlord n e suburbs of London, who used to persuade his guest . hen tiiey happened to be credulous,) to eturust thei iluablca to his safekeeping, least they should be rob :d in crossing Blockheath. But'we did not intend, when we began this article say so much about impressment. Wo only destgnct introduce to the notice of our readers the fodowiu, ? f paragraph fr-uii tite Richmond eorro-pondetieo c e i.hiirk'Stou Mercury: A writer iu the Whig proposes to obviite the mis lief and the misery of impressments by a vry sim e plan, viz.: issuing proposals i'.r contracts for army iimlics to tiie lowest oi'fder. t" be mid for in cot m iJ tobacco. Tiiis seciiiH l?i me to be the loti? .-oiiirh nrfka. i Lear informally that Genera! Lee favor e plan. For our own pa-t. we cordially approve t!:c plan i<i sincerely hope it ivill tie adopted Tiie cotiirue is will probably make enormous fortunes, but the; i!l have fairly earueJ .hem, ani the thanks of tin uplo 10 boot. il B )Vt;K AXI) Till-: TITK BABNACf.KS A1 I. ICi-MoN'l). Some "lays a^o, Mr. Hove:: of So ('a., introduced to the House of Representatives, tiie following reso lion: ' ft s'ilrcd. That, the President be respect ft d'y re icsled to i form the II 'use wli a her any olii ers o . r irnlar or icovi.-ioiial aroiv. or of the iiavv. or ii . ...a : U.r A ii. a i!.. "ri _< " 'ovisiniia lovpntnieiii. si nil < nti-ni'il I > y the I'to -in. al mi re-s. re lin*V hulilne/ i.fliee witimui li.iv I!?_* -i ri.-iioiniii ite i mill 'liiliriiK11 In* the. '"cnat". iih-r e i ( riMii.tVnt Cniistiiutio i, a U ifso. the Haines snhi nil! el*S. aJa mi linn nf Mr. >ww, nfTeini'S o<\ the Ilesolnhi was l.iil iijiiin tlie 'alile?avcs 5 . lines tin." Uii'Hi litis the Charleston Courier comments as I ws: T>* etily inemhers i! sire info-inatinti ol' llto very r|ic?i. ni'iiiieiil. which can (i ly i?o nU.iineil from the |iai'tui nis of invcriiuictii; nit I lifty mcinhers say V shall lint have it. tVe tloilht if the entile niitvils 1 s?i iatinii will all'r?l a |>aralle' t<? this vote In ae entir'esy in twenty nt'inae silesiriiiy iiiliirni itinn, vr c'I! ajties iniirlii nave e?ii-ctileil tu nctiM it i the lit" y vn'etl as if tlie iiifnrinatiait woiila jtosi ivei h ie hurt them Mr I! vi'f u'.> simnnui' is line nf llio men *4u'lni nieil t know: y u know" and of course distasteful tlio li.irn.icks. (Tie:- PRE idkn't SrKPiiBV..?: nr --fMil Ts will bo ititieil to learn that a >ie?;> iteh ree-ive't in n<! -u.-itr-s that the health of VitrPres^^Sfi? us is impro mg Ho was recently U Augusta, while on hia way to^H. t uW^^^WPSociety gratefully acknowledge t ie I fXlW-Irw, Mrs. J. Whitaker, 2 bushels meal; Mrs. B. Boykin, half bush., do; Mrs. J. DeSaussuro, $10; Mrs-. J. Leo, 1 1 burhel peas; Miss Mary L. Boykin, nice things for n wounded soldier, Mrs. L. L, Whitaker, for "Soldiers' Rest," one bushel potatoes and meat; Mrs. Cureton $5; from a friend, one ham, one bushel peas, Mrs. J. Lf.e, Pres. B. ?> Camden, Feb. 8, 'G4. > l. Ges. Hood ?We learn that this distinguished offl' eer has beer, promoted to a Lieutenunt-Generalcy, and ' will take command in about two weeks. The corps ' to which lie has been assigned is understood to be i that formerly under Geu. P. H. Hill, in the army of : Gen J..lmston. G n MeL-iws is now at Morristown, for the purpose of answering the charges against him by General t.ongstreet. La Finnce says that the Florida has challenged the' 1 United States gunboat Kearsage to a lair light, and that ; the latt r having accepted, they intend to go a few , miles out to sea, to settle their differences at the can-" nou's month r Tiie Al ibama litis de-troyed the Yankee ship ConJ test in the S raits ot Sunda. The vessel and cargo were valued at one m lhou dollars. r The cheapest place is in the army?the safdstplace is 2 in the a my?trie noblest position ir. a country fighting r or its liberty .3 in .he fiout ranks of the line of batlte ^ N ,i i.ij \>ge of gommasdeks.? j ne management ot tuo s Department ol Southwest Virgi is, under command of Major General Sain Jones, hue been changed. The President lias relieved Gen. Jones and assigned Ma, jor Geuer.il John C. Breckinridge to the co i.mnnd o , the department 1:1 question. It is to be hoped that , this new apji iutinent will prevent tho rtcurronco of . those raiih by the enemy which have so lately beon j made a feature of Southwestern Virginia, or may re . suit in the capture of some of the raiders. ? From 'In South Carolinian. THE SMALL POX. As small pox is becoming epidemic in many parte i of the Conlede-acY, the press should assist in extends ing the subjoined recommendation The fly trap or p t -Iter plant grows abundantly, and can be found ex teiisivelv in South Carolina. It can be used as a tinc. iu e. or in decoction, as is suggested below. It can also be obtained at all drugstores. If we liuve ro t ally an antidote to this dreadful scourge and loathsomo s disease in an innocent plant, which grows ail around us, there is no better time tiian tho present to estobr lisli it* efficacy and extend its usefulness: t [EXTRACT. J e To the Editor of the Evening Mail. Lovdor*, il England. t SIR- * * * * * f Some time ago, seeing a paper written by Ab11 sistaut Surgeon Miles, of the Royal Artilleiy, 3 on tlic eftieaey of the North American plants r called the santccnia purpurea or pitcher plant. '* in tin; treatment of small pox among the In-dians, niv colleague (Mr. Agnis) ami mysell have given this remedy, which has been im1 ported into this country by Dr. Miles, a fair : trial, and I am happy to say the eleven case# if in our hands have recovered under its peculiar influence. i. This remedy I consider a boon to the pubi lie, for this reason?it is so easily managed,' any one can make a decoction or infusion of | the root, like tea. s An ounce of the root is sliced and infused in n quart of water and allowed to simmer" i, down to ;i pint, and given in two table spoon fnl, doses every four bonis, while the patient is y well nourished* with beef tea and arrow root/ t I'mit of tbe cases in my hospital have been severe confluent cases; ("confluent' means' where the head face and neck are swollen inter r a mis shaken mass, and the pustules thickly running into each oilier;) they have through-" out the disease all been perfectly sensible, have . ha I excellent appetites, been free fro'rtt pain, and have never felt weak. The effects of this . medicine, which 1 have carefully watched, f j seemed to arrest the development of the. pus1 lull's, killing, as it were, the virus from within, ' jhefei'V changing the charactei of the disease, | and doing away with the cause of pitting, (if I mar so express mysellta the uninitiated,)and i! thus avoiding the necessitv of gutta-percha and i iiuli.ii rnl>l>i-r applications, or of opening tlicpns! tnlcs In my opinion, ati anticipations of (lis (\ '-.It (* <?! it lilllilWf ll?ut? li/ltV lilt if i tliis medicine is yivun liuiii the commencement of tlie disease. , l>efore leaving litis suliject, I nffty here ouli'tn tin: jiitMii' lliat tin* useful part of lite pant i< its root, as lecommendcd l>y Dr. Allies. A'ith tin* usual kiiula?'ss of Dr Gibson, the proctor (ii'Mt'Ril, I have heoii umpjy supplied *ith it for the use of my regiment. So in-ch am I j impressed with the efficacy of it in small pox over the old mode of treatment, t I hope to . hear of it iu every country gentMuans medii cine eliest, and before long that-*? 'dud I sec no [ inoi-^Vp^^sdescrihetl by* f-ukeiis, like the jm^HKffl|g@&i^^^ii:iffius. I am, sir,