Show southern SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS the raymond miss miss mies gazette says that OB on the very day the federal fleet commenced operations in the yazoo river president davis and his staff gen johnston and arid his big staff gen S D lee aed a ed id bis his samm and innumerable other mili melitan militant tari tart men of ren reo oln ohn all ail dined at the house bouse of mr blake blade near deat the banks of ahe yazoo Yazo not only within hearing haring h naring narino arino aring of he guns of the yankees but als i within a of 0 those terrible gunboats gun boats tt at A I 1 memphis on the alt snow fell tc to 1 the depth of ten inches a thing beffie un urr heard of in that latitude it is reported that 75 confederate troops have been taken froeb tha rap ahan aban ock and sent cent into north Carolina alo that ano another ther force farce tab lab t tas las as been withdrawn thence for the southwest south bouth v pest west est the steamer giraffe lately run the blockade bringing to the confederates rates a very valuable cargo incudine iric inc luding some twenty lith ile lie lc engravers and printers for the treasury department part ment the richmond examiner pronounces gen butlers being permitted to depart from the city of new orleans alive a stain upon the charae character er of every man in that city who ha bal the astren th to raise a w apon the richmond papers failers lu publish blish president lent Lincol ns proclamation not being afraid of or its effects on the colored population as another evidence of unconstitutional encroachment the new merrimac reported to have been a failure hab has made lier her appearance at the mouth of james river riven doubtless doubt les on the lookout I 1 for a chance to goble up some of the at the varieties theatre in richmond dec 24 was played anew a new play entitled the inthe guerrillas the characters belog t confederate and IF F deral dera I 1 the lead ng one of the letter iter being gen Fie Ft munt cmunt the confederate privateer aveto or florida which esca escaped pett from M bile OB 02 jan 17 is a propeller of 1000 tons hark bark rigged with raking mast masts a low hull bull with two 01 smoke pipes issuing from her deck her hull bull which was wan originally black has been whitewashed but the whitewash beco becoming eing dirty she ehe looks a sort of smutty y gray pray her crew consists of men she is armed with two eleven inch guns guna two 32 pound rifles two 61 and two pivot guns rumor says that bhe she carries a 15 inch gun but this is not credited she is very swift and has according to rumor repeatedly mue mae m ide 16 knots an hour it is reported that the florida and alabama are hereafter hereafter to bunt in couples A havana correspondent saya it is well understood here that vessels of the confederacy will be allowed to coal coa take provisions provi siong and make repairs in any cuban ports c eveni ent nt in other words they are accorded all the privileges enjoyed by ve vessels beis aele ef of war of the united states or the m at favored national nat hat ionel richmond advices advises represent that preparations are on foot in that city for the construction of several form forta idab e gunboats gun boats to be built of heavy live oak timber and then mailed with iron rio conmee coffee sold at auction in augusta 0 ga about jan 20 at per pound richmond is in im net telegraphic communication with port huddon hudson on hias alas the richmond examiner of jan 20 has a re markab e editorial edi toria in bich if it makes the following singular sin eular admissions it is not a altogether an empty boast oil on the part of the th yankees that they hold all they ever helfand hel dand that another year of such progress as they laye lave already made will find them masters of the southern confederacy gon Gun the examiner Exam ivet iver concludes its jeremi jeremije jer emide amide ade by urging the strictest enforcement ea of the co and says it if within the next two months iii lle we e do not add seventy berenty five or a bu hu cred tred thousand men to our forces in the southwest we shall come to 9 grief rief the jackson appeal saya says if there are any feira of the safety of oi port hudson let iet let them ie ile at once dismissed all the yankees in the world ac could rot not dot reduce port hudson the confederates oates Tates in havana are in high glee mr helm their arent holds a reception every friday ev ehing eBing awl an ani l ex mayor woods daughter wa wai present at a late one confederate rate papers papera mention tul anoina as the spot where whre bragg la 11 will make a stand for the battle which shall determine the fate late I 1 cf of news newa from charleston charlest th arlest on SC bab hab has bag been brouet brou bt north by vy deserters they report about troops now massed in and around cb charleston a hieston ri eston of whom three regiments are regulars of the confederate army upon jamas island are stationed from to 20 men sullivans island bristles with batteries garrisoned by two regiments of 0 infantry and two artillery companies fort sumter holds a force of or men under colonel rhett aud the fort on the middle middie ground is also well manned the force on morrisie morris Is land numbers aboul about 1000 men and the entire shore of charleston harbor is lined with heavy cited guns the two ironclad iron clad batteries constructed for harbor defence are afloat and it is generally sup tup supposed posed that they will prove very effective the tee conscription law is being enforced everywhere throughout the south with greatly increased rigidity ane debt of the confederacy at the close of december last as per report of the sec of the Trea treasury tury iury was waa the ex expends expendi tures from the of Febi february uary 1862 up to dec slat were the additional amount required to carry on the government up to the of july next will be up to dec slat worth of interest bearing treasury notes had been issued be si es worth korthof of treasury notes exclusive of those bearing interest the richmond papers complain bitterly of the character of a cargo of women lately sent from washington to richmond under a flag of truce the enquirer furiously deman demands is that steps shall be taken to protect the community from these characters and the charleston courier says the women behaved scandalously on the voyage and calls the thing an abuse of the flag of truce the washington gt on star wonders if any of the richmond editors have got sot bit I 1 the confederate Govert government ment has purchased up to this time baies hales of cotton in mississippi sis sippi and is negotiating for much more the Wil wll wilmington minton a N C journal thinks gen ro fosters steVis strategy in north carolina either profoundly shallow or profoundly deep on the whole it hinks disaffection disa in lits liis ills army accounts for bis bia alleged want of fixed purpose the richmond whig hints that there is ia no truth in in a story that french bankers had loaned the oil oligarchy 11 archy fifteen millions of dollars 1 over which story richmond crazy on the uit lt I 1 A A fredericksburg letter of the to the whig shows that the confederates are as essentially senti ally bothered to understand the movements of the federal troops in that quarter as we are to divine the movements of theirs theira |