TSS WAR FOH THE UNION DEFEAT OF THE BESETS fi? THE SOOTH v . WEST, HUBTSVIiXEi Ala., Feb. 20.—Official inibrnift timi from Gen. Uodge was received at Gen. Lo san’, headquarters to-day, that the robolsysop nosed tg be Roddy's command, Attempted to cross 5 V - rn,,. K ™, river at three different terries, but were by Dodge’s troops. The loss of U lt°a rumoredherrSatGen! Sherman hashed a fight wufthe rebel Gen. Polk, near Brandon, and whipped him, taking 12,000 prisoners. CAETTJBE OF YAZOO CITY. . '" St. Louis, Feb. 21— Information has been re ceived that, after two or three days skirmishing, cnr forces captured Yazoo City,, and now hold it. Onr forces at Vidaiia, Miss., were recently at tacked and driven by Dick Taylor, but reinforce ments and gunboats came to the relief of our troops, mid Taylor’s command was scattered and a large Mmbe/were killed and wounded.. GENEBAL SHEEHAN’S EXPEDITION. - Ca i«o* i*e&. 20.— AuoUlcer wbo has justarrived here irom the Big Black river, reports that, before reacmng Jackson, a skirmish ensued between a -part bf General Sherman’b forces and a body of to five thousand rebels, in which the enemy were defeated and forty of them captured. - Our army had passed through Jackson, Miss., and two columns of the enemy were retreating across the Pearl river so precipitately that his •pontoons together with two pieces of his artillery and a number of prisoners, fell into our hands. Our forces seized provisions of all kinds and swept on. . . _ . Great dissatisfaction is said to exist among the Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi regiments, and (i large number of deserters are coming into onr lines. ’ . _ General Sherman reached Meridian ten days after leaving Vicksburg. A portion of General Tuttle’s command, which rot behind and was cutoff from the expedition, had returned to Vicksburg General McArthnr was in command of the Dis trict of Vicksburg, General McPherson having accompanied General Sherman with .most of his corps. Refugees from Mobile report that the inhabitants of that city feel secure irom any attack. 15,U0U rebel troops are reported to be in or about that neighborhood. A sentiment in favor of a reconstruction of the Union prevailed to a considerable extent, and it wonld be expressed as soon as the protection of the United States Government was offered. Nothing was known of the reported revoltat Fort Morgan. The report that Gen. Smith s command of cav alry and mounted infni try,"on an expedition into Mississippi, had a fight wiih Forrest’s cavalry near Grenada, is not confirmed. It is not believed that the guerillas will keep up a musketry fire upon the steamers that sail below Memphis. General Buckner’s command is gaining much favor in Memphis by the judicious administration affairk. Ice is forming rapidly on the Mississippi at Cairo and for fifty miles below. ARMY OF THE FBONTIEB. Fort Smith, Feb. 20. —Intelligence has been re ceived here that General Price has received a fur lough of sixty days, in order to enable him to go to Texas and Mexico. The belief at headquarters, and throughout the rebel army, is that he will aever return. ■ He lelt Camden ten days ago, with a small es cort, in citizens’ dress. General Curtis, on his return, and when near the old battle-field ot Pine Grove, while sepa rated from the main body of his escort, was fired upon several times from ambush, but escaped un injured. , Thesnrvivoisofaparty of loyalists arrived here yesterday morning. The main party were at tacked in Kenosha Valley, a hundred and thirty miles from here. All bat eleven were killed or captured. All the roads are now closely guarded, making it difficnlt to escape. WASHINGTON. ■WiBHIH6TOH,Feh. 21,1SG4—Ei-Representative Bonligny, • of Louisiana, died in Washington yesterday. He Etrongly refnsed to follow the ex ample of his colleagues and the other Secession members in withdrawing from the Honse in the Thirty-Sixth Congress, and served the fall term lor which he was elected. Fourteen United States vessels are now waiting for seamen, being ready, in other respects, to pro ceed to their respective points of destination. The amendatory enrollment bill, justpassed.is designed to remedy the deficiency of seamen, as by its pro visions any manner or able seaman who shall be drafted, has the right to enlist in the naval service, Which exempts him from the draft. Many sailors have entered ihe army, having been encouraged by the bounty to do so. The bounty already received is to be deducted from the prize money to which they may become entitled during the time required to complete their mili tary service. If they are successful in obtaining prize money, they can afford to refund, but if not, then, of course, they retain the military bounty. It is important to learn “that "whenever any ma nner or able or ordinary seaman shall have been exempted from such draft in the .military service bysnch enlistment in the naval service, under due certificate thereof, then the ward, precinct or election district, township or county, when the same is not divided into wards, precincts or elec tion districts, towns or townships, from which such person has been drafted, shall be credited serv i ces 10 intents and pur Doses, as if he had been duly mustered into the military ser vice under such draft. J The following important circular has been ad dressed to United States District Attorneys: Sir : Many persons against whom criminal in ’ r° r a f !un ? l wdom property proceedings, under the Confiscation laws, are pending in the y mted States i growing out of the 04 Bucll persons in the existing re- E ? od laith - taken the oath pre !,S n i, e 0 db r th _ e Proclamation of the President of Bth tnemso, , and llave therefore entitled ■ wSs B n7 lnU pardotl and restoration of all Tifhtßftf ?hiS ert^*« exC v ptas to slaves, and where Proelamaiinn d rlles saTe5 aTe 'utervened which that f £?“■ hmation oflers and secures. ««h£E» ra , rdon of a P er Eon guilty of acts from thnnLJir 1 • 01 c °nrse, relieve that.person sm lnc , nrred b y Ws crime, and where B?odnctim of t .h Pend i Dßa6ainßt him therefor, the VX, pa T dou Signed by the President, With the rnnrt ? y ® Tld2, are in tooth acts the ground ofcomitJL et un <3er Bonal guilt of the owner Sa?filS nr iu 0n is the per- By the pardon amfaSuestv® punishment oi that personal 4 on ‘y is the the offence itself is effaced timfn 14 re miUed, bn-, effect of an. act of amnesty bv b ,n D ?. tlle spe cial Of eonrse it arrests and pats b ?n''^n J ? vernm '‘ nt proceedings founded thereon? whether t «, aU P Oll3 - 1 the person or the property of the i they ‘ouch {- There is, therefore? nt/cSIe of inSeta?™ , lngs to enforce the penalties of acte or ?l°^? d which cannot be reached and cured hvth. b lUon tutional or statutory power grant pardon and amnesty, whether thn, s 440 ceedmgs be against the person of the ertmintd indictment, or against his proper tv u7,w the confiscation acts referred to. • Pny u der etStct thlt v Cl ? rdi, \f ly directed m « to in been commenced .??? oase whe i. e Proceedings have mined In Uie Pcudmg and nndeter- States for yoim distaS S, 14 ?? 14 . ooim ~° 4 the United ■with acts or rebellion !t ’„ aaainst a PC son charged class, whether thev b?’b? dd J ? < l t 04 4,16 exception and ltbel of his propm??‘ ndlc ‘ ment or by seizure of other parties not ha?m? < i o u flBoat >°u < 4he "S' ll3 wbe^t 1 ?? 6^ 414 Put an ?nd , 0 ,p Vened ' > y°“ will whenever the person-so ph?_ t4l .' se proceedings, evidence saustactorv to vov?J ged shall produce faith, taken the oat?aVcoVmf 4 he, has,Tn g?o“ tions prescribed by the PrS™?, wlth the coudi of the Bth of December, iso3 denl 8 Proclamation Nor is it necessary that the evie„„ produces should be a deed of pardon™, which he President. It would he quite imnSssitn ® d , t>y the President to furnish the multitnde „ for tha availing themselves of the benefits of thi 146 n °w mation, and who are likely to do so hercafti?™?,; ihls formal evidence of pardon. It will be’sllm 1 5* e ?tta Justify your action It the party be relieved from further preceding shall prove tn satisfaction that he has, in .goSd fltth nr U> ’ “id brought himself within the proclamation? d ° n an ? amnesty set forthdn the If, in any case, you have good reason to believe that the oath has Ippentaken for the mere purposo oi obtaining the possession of personal property seized under the Confiscation, acts, with intent.id: ifimoxe it from the subsequent reach of the .ofilcors ol iheiaw, yon v wJll mftkrt reportof the. facts and Teutons,lor yunr belief at this office before discon tinuing the proceedings or restoring such property [ th* r,C^ e£ ‘ fiioa of owner. ! lo v7wJ- .fsi-ecsTmler the ftnhsection of the ait of -—w.*• ' • * ( • 33th JuJy, ifcOhchap. 3. arefnot of the class leacs*-- by the President’s proclamation, for, under that act, the question whether the property seiz’d is subject to forfeiture, depends, upon the predica ment of the property itseit, and not upon the per sonal guilt or innocence of its owner. In this re spect forieiiures under that act have more resem blance to cases of prize of war captured at se tas enemy property than.to proceedings under the acts of August, 1861, and July, 1862. Such forfeitures are enforced not so much" to punish tue owner for disloyal acts as to prohibit commercial in terconrse, and to'weaken tbepnblic enemy,which are always f filcient instruments and legitimate effects of public war. But although the remission of forfeitures under the act of July, 1861, are thus not within the scope of the Proclamation of Pordan. still ample power is conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury, by the eighth section of that act, to mitigate or remit ail forfeitures and penalties incurred under the aet. And it is not to be doubted tba', in all proper cases under that act, where the owner of the pro perty, residing in the territory in rebellion, com plies'with the conditions of the Proclamation, the Secretary- oi the Treasury will exercise the power of-remission of such forfeiture in the ■ same spirit ol generons forbearance and liberality which in spired and characterizes,the Proclamation; Yery-respecifull, Ac., TITIAN J. COFFEE, m ■ Acting Attorney-General. ; , U. S. District Attorney at FURTHER BY THE AFRICA. GBEAT BRITAIN, The steamship Bohemian left Liverpool for New York on the afterneon of the 4th inst: I f n the House of Lords, Earl Derby reviewed at englh the foieign policy of the Government, con enciing that it was injurious and humiliating to England. The rejection of the Emperor Napoleon’s pro posal ior a European Congress, and of Jiis In vitation to recognize'the Government of the Con federate States, together wjth the fruitless nego tiatlonswiih Russia respecting Poland and the nterference in the Daino-German difficulty, were severally referred to by Earl Derby, and although h - did not oppose the .address, he severely cen sured Earl Russell’s foreign policy. ; Earl RusEell, in reply, explained the Dano- Germsn difficulty, and showed'that England was quite x unfettered m the matter, never having given the slightest promise of assistance to Den mark. Earl Grey condemned the bombardment of Kagasima, and thought that Denmark had been en couraged to look for assistance from England. Earl Granville replied, defending the Govern ment. In the Honse of Commons, Mr. D’ Israeli spoke in a similar strain to Earl Deroy, assailing the foreign policy of the Government. Lord Palmerston replied, vigorously defending the course of Earl Russell. Mr. Gladstone explained that thepromiseof Engi land to stand by Denmark was given under ciri cumstances different from those which control the present war. Mr. Layard read despatches from Austria and Prussia, stating that whatever arrangements might be made relative to Schleswig and Holstein, the Great Powers wonld be consulted. After some other speeches, the address to the Queen was agreed to. fcln the coarse ol his remarks, Mr. D’ Israeli con tended that the Queen’s speech should have made some-reference to American affairs, and com plained of its silence on this and other important subjects. Lord Palmerston replied that the Government could only have' repeated what has often been said before, and he could see no necessity for that. Earl Derby, in the House of Lords, repudiated the idea os British responsibility for the doings of the Alabama. He trusted that the Ministers had given such an answer to the claim of the Federal Government as would put an end to such mon strous demands in future. The debate on the Danish question generally in spired more confidence in commercial circles in England, but it was felt that it by no means de fine! what ultimate shape the policy ol England would take. •In the Houseof Commons, on the sth instant, Mr. "Whiteside called attention' to the distress in Ireland, andthe consequent emigration of fighting men to America. Lord G. Manners expressed the hope that the Government would lose no opportunity of giving friendly advice to the American beligerents, with the view of ending the bloody contest. The Parliamentary papers relative to Japan es timate the destruction of property at Kagasima at one million sterling, and fifteen hundred killed The steamer Alabama, on the sth of Januarv, was fifty miles south of Bangoon, on the Araciin coast, wauhing the rice ports. Her position was also threatening to American vessels at Calcutta. THE WAR IN SCHLESWIG. Additional details ot the attack on Dlissunde give the following particulars: The loss of the Danes in the attack on Missunde •was from 150 to 2( 0 men. The Prussian loss is rariously estimated at from 150 to 300 killed and wounded. Some accounts say that the Prussian loss was much greater than this. The Prussian force numbered 0000, and that of the Danes about 2000. Two stormmgs were attempted by the Prussians, but they were repulsed, the Danes maintaining a heavy lire against the storming party. According to one account, one Prussian regiment was totally destroyed by the Are of the Danes. The Prussians retired to Eickenforde A Hamburg despatch of the-4th instant, says that Prince Frederick Carl is reported wounded in the arm. An attack on the whole Danish line, from BCis fnhdeto lagel, was expected to take place on the 4th instant. The Prussian headquarters were at Kiopp. The war haß already created a suspension of shipping between England and the Baltic. A semi-official Vienna paper expresses the hope bat the explanations just sent by Austria and Prussia to England will avoid all further compli cations. The London Tiwrrsays: “The British Govern, ment, a few days since, made to the two German Powers a proposition which deprived thr*m of every possible gronnd for hostilities. England offered to guarantee the fulfillment of the required conditions, and to embody German principles as to the governmentofSehleswigHolstein,in the pro tocol to he signed by the signers of the treaty of 1852. ** When, therefore, the troops ol the two German Powers passed the Eider, those Governments knew that all they had demanded had been conceded, and not only conceded, but warranted by a first-rate Power, which had been the chief adviser of Den mark. and possessed the power of enforcing out its own opinion. Can it then be said that the war on which they have enteredMs other than useless car nage? But'with the antagonism between the Dane and German, he&Vd by mutual slaughter, we have little hope that moderate counsels will be listened to by either side. ’ * ' The proceedings ontheSdinst. .against Schleswig are reported as follows in an official despatch from the Prussian headquarters. “The Austrian van-guard, led by General Von Gablenzin person, with the Tan-guard of the Prus sian Guards, advanced against Schleswig. At the third charge with the bayonet the allies repulsed the Danes posted between Lottorf and Gottorp,and stormed Konigsberg and Obereelk. The attacking force captured a rilled gun and penetrated onward until beneath the fire of the cannon arming the Harnerwerke. The losses are inconsiderable. ’ 1 Another account asserts that the German loss was very great. The attack was continued on the 4th instant, without making much impression on the Danish lines. One grenade fell into the town of Schleswig, hut the town itself was barricaded against a coup at mot n. * ■ A false guide conducted the Prussians and the A^ str, ftns, and they fired upon each other. On the sth instant a fallof snow prevented much activity among the opposing forces, but there was random firing in the vicinity of Schleswig. • FRANCE. says: ans Corres P ollcie nt of the London Times leo^n?rt b ? U ° a tte 3d inst., the Emperor Napo -01 Marshals and Generals: non e Z^ be l h *Z° kegun the exchange of can- S i.t .f 4to North. Let them go on, gentle policy Bhonta a? ° D ' : Ptis no affair of ours. Our 1 1>0 non-intervention.’. 1 him. hom he addressed seemed to agree with The ssas siS® pursuing. Flen-borg. The Germans are Sb'ip Alexandra wa7h he 2 ppeal 111 the e oB ® of. the The at?™ waa heard yesterdav. would General stated that the Court they conWhe^l he caL° mn?t nday ’ “ 40 Whether Theatre Hobeed*—Atan early hour vesterrinv S e , 4101164 011106 at tlmHoltiday S Street Theatre, Baltimore, was entered and the safe re. u? oTed ta the rear of the htulding, where it wtis t blown or forced open. The robb&rs only obtained $4O for their trouble, as Stoo of the re- S’*? 4he proyipns night had been handed oyer tatar. Ford at the close.of the performances. PEARL SOAP, a very superior purples 1 ® or ,!. DETERSIVE and twenty ponart. np 7?v. tln of one ’ flve - ten and Eorsale P by 40 the trade. Delaware Ayenae lGE ATIKFiNI ?, 10 and 12 South JHI aun KWMP ; w>U))ftPHu. M , 18S4 mHE - COPARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE JL oxistlnjr between the undersigned, under the fl r ™ of OO WPEiiTH WAIT & CO., is hereby dis by tnutiinl consent. The business of the nvrunv 0 “!> by JUSTICE C. 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