Late Northern and Southern news.
We gather the following from the Northern and Southern papers:Re-Enlisting for the War.
We learn from an Adjutant in one of the Mississippi regiments, at Centreville, that some sixteen Mississippi and Louisiana regiments have re-enlisted for the war, and that the good work is going forward with great alacrity. He estimates that some fifty thousand troops on the Potomac have already enlisted for the war. He says that the late news has given a great impetus to the work. Lynchburg Republican.Spies and traitors.
All the late movements of the enemy disclose the fact that they have received important information from spies in our midst. They would never have ventured to Florence, Ala., with their gunboats, if they had not known that country to be undefended by soldiers. Let a stricter watch be kept upon suspicious persons, and let them be summarily dealt with, if detected. --Nashville Union.Gen. Van Dorn.
Has had a conference with the military authorities at Little Rock, the result of which is a proclamation to be issued, calling for ten thousand men to rendezvous at Pocahontas. Any man is authorized to raise a company, and have immediate transportation to the place of rendezvous. Soon as ten companies arrive a regiment will be organized, and an election held for field officers. If volunteers arm themselves, they will be received for twelve months; if unarmed, they will be received and armed and equipped by the Confederate Government, and mustered into service for three years--receiving a bounty of fifty dollars each in advance, which will be of benefit to their families until they draw their first pay.Gen. Price, of Missouri.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed highly complimentary resolutions in relation to the gallant services of Gen. Price. The Legislature recommend that President Davis embrace the earliest opportunity which may be afforded him, of evincing his own favorable appreciation of the services and capacity of Gen. Price, by assigning to him such a position in the army of said Confederate States as may be, in his judgment, best calculated to enable him to prove thoroughly effective in consummating the deliverance of the State of Missouri from Federal rule.The French Emperor on American Affairs, &c.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: ‘ In a few days we shall receive the speech of the Emperor Louis Napoleon at the opening of the French Legislative Assembly. It will give us an insight into his general policy regarding Mexico and the United States. It cannot be expected, however, in relation to the latter, that he will disclose in his speech the details of his intended measures, whether of diplomacy or arms. A demand, or proposition, through his minister here, will necessarily precede any other demonstration. He may, indeed, without any prior notice, recognize the Confederate States and establish diplomatic intercourse with them. But this would neither terminate the war nor open the cotton ports to commerce. He may demand that the blockade be raised, or go even further, and say that hostilities must cease. It was recently stated that France had proposed intervention in our affairs to England, and though this report was denied, there is reason to believe that it was true. It is also very probable that England will act in accord with France, but that as the former took the initiative in the Trent affair, the latter is to lead in armed intervention, the understanding that in either case one should support the other. The Treasury note and funding bill will pass the Senate; but not without a week's discussion. Several prominent Senators have stated their intention, to oppose the legal tender provision. Orders have been issued from headquarters in reference to the capture of Fort Henry, to the effect that the position shall be held at whatever cost. The report that Gen. McClellan's command is hereafter to be confined to the department of the Potomac is not without foundation, but no order for the purpose has been yet issued. It has been a common remark that the duties imposed on Gen. McClellan were too burdensome for one man. ’Affairs in New York.
New York, Feb. 8.
--The remaining vessels at the Brooklyn navy-yard, belonging to Commodore Porter's mortar fleet, will sail in a few days to the place of rendezvous.--About half of the fleet has already been dispatches thither.
The mortars to be used have an average weight of about 17,000 pounds, and will carry a shell, it is stated, a distance of 2¼ miles.
The ship George Washington, 1,534 tons, rating A 1, and the Great Republic, put down on the record as 3,356 tons, with the same rating, have been chartered by the Government for the use of the Butler expedition, and are fitting out with all possible dispatch.
The Great Republic, ever since she was cut down a deck, is an immense ship; she is to carry 500 men, 500 horses, and 1,000 tons of coal.
