Bright, clear, and
cold.
It is said the
government depot at Charlotte, N. C., has been burned (accidentally), consuming
a large amount of corn.
We have nothing
further of the movement of Grant's troops. We have Hood's acknowledgment of
defeat, and loss of 50 guns before Nashville.
The papers contain
the proceedings of a meeting in Savannah, over which the Mayor presided,
embracing the terms of submission offered in President Lincoln's message. They
have sent North for provisions—indicating that the city was in a famishing
condition. Our government is to blame for this! The proceedings will be used as
a "form," probably, by other cities—thanks to the press!
The Examiner is out
this morning for a convention of all the (Confederate) States, and denouncing
the President. I presume the object is to put Lee at the head of military
affairs.
The rumor of the
death of Gen. Price is not confirmed. Gen. Pemberton has been relieved here and
sent elsewhere. The Piedmont Railroad has been impressed. A secret act of
Congress authorizes it.
Miers W. Fisher
writes that if the cabinet indorses the newspaper suggestions of giving up
slavery and going under true monarchies, it is an invitation to refugees like
himself to return to their homes, and probably some of the States will elect to
return to the Union for the sake of being under a republican government, etc.
He says it is understood that the Assistant Secretary often answers letters
unseen by the Secretary; and if so, he can expect no answer from Mr. S., but
will put the proper construction on his silence, etc.
Flour is $700 per
barrel to-day; meal, $80 per bushel; coal and wood, $100 per load. Does the
government (alone to blame) mean to allow the rich speculators, the
quartermasters, etc. to starve honest men into the Union?
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