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HOUSTON. TKXAS.
Yankee Cruelty to Kciroe*.
The heart-rending reports of the suffering* Of
' the negroes along the Mississippi river, which sro
now to be found in alrnogt every Northern paper,
| ought, if possible, to be rend to every slave in
j the land. These poor people, deceived by the
i glowing hopes excited in their minds by our lying
j enemies, have abandoned their Confederate own-
j ers and gone to the Yankee army in thousands.
! By the officers of that army they have been gath-
ered into pens or corrals along the jriver front
I Cairo to New Orleans, where they have been snf-
I fered to starve, while their very nnkeanees was
! only concealed by the filth in which they were
- obliged to roll themselves, while every loathsome
disesse has taken possession of them and carried
them off by hundreds and hundreds. It is esti-
' mated tbtt one in four of those who have thus
been freed have since died.
The men they take and put into the army, mak-
ing them do all the drudgery, and, when the
fighting comes, placing them in front of their
own ranks, ostensibly to prevent them from run-
ning, bat really to make them stop the bullets that
oughtto reach their do testable selves. Here also
X. H. COSH1RG, Editor and Propristor.
GEN. JOHNSTON AND GEN. BRAGG-
Wear graUfiedatth9 confirmation of the repcrt
that GehT Johnston has been essigned to the com-
mand of onr army In Georgia and Tennessee. We
have never joined in condemnation of Gen. Bragg.
By the selection of the Government, and not by any
self-seeking of hia own.be has been placed In a situa-
tion of greater responsibilities and difficulties than
any of our commanders. He has had to encounter
the best army of the enemy, with Inadequate means, j
both in the number of bis troops and the equipments ;
of an army. He possesses some of the requisites of a i
commander In a higher degree than any general we ;
have. As a disciplinarian he stands unrivalled. De- ;
voted to duty, of the most stern and inflexible char-
acter, himself, be had the powar to Impress his own
iron nature upon his army. That he has not equaled
the high and extravagant exoectatlcms of -the coun- 1 __
try, watching with Intense solicitude the movements they are murdered without number. Not know-
of that great central army, is only to say, th it he 1 in the negro'snature, their taskmasters are never
has not been possessed of the highest and rarest at- j tiafled with their service, and thus always over-
tributes ot military genius—those attributes which by i a" . lh
individual skill "remedy the paucity of numbers— j wojKtnem.
which overcome the obstacles of nature and superior i Not less than ten thousand of these poor crea-
force by profound strategy, by intuitive but uner- ! tares have died atN&tchez alone* Even tbe xan-
ring combinations,and by happy daring. kees are "becoming alarmed at their murderous
Ged. Bragg ha* been faithful, steady, stubborn and course, and are sending commissioners to look
valiant. He has marched straightforward with resc- i a{ler their victims. One of them, Wm D. Bat-
talion,hehas fought successive battles wellaod des- delegate of the U.S. Christian commission
perately, he has retreated back. ho'dioR his army well i 'v. t. nRr>_ r r w ft piiin-t fnilnwa r
SSdin hand, and preventing a superior force from ^Jo I^Dr. W.G.EU.mt as foUow., f.
j prisoners there, and convey them into Canada.—
They did not intend to violate British neutrality,
but only to rescue two thousand men from such
j wretched quarters, designed' to kill them by slow
: degrees.
We learn that, In a rccent Sght near Knoxville
with Burnside's forces, a Yankee regiment gave
! the notice of surrender, upon which Col. Nance's
) The Yankee ordinance department advertises
I for 71,000 heavy shot, mostly battering. Casey,
j.the new Governor of Mississippi, (Yankee,)
'.'think* a loyal State can be got up there. Adj't
i G-an. Thomas, Q. M. Gen. Meigs, Com. General
i Taylor, Surgeon General Hammond, snd Chief
; of OrdDance Ripl y, have incurred the displeas-
! ure of Lincoln, ard as thev could not be dismiss-
: rt:R mvfi^t?h ^I™I^r8-„^,l,n7 i ™ Somh Carolina regiment marched np to receive
two^choonerV<ni his way to Brao™S*ntia^o first i reTches^ ondernor<fereof ^e^r^coSonei ^red unon
andk^lie'dfifty-foo^ofonrmen Whafsummary
in BrowD9yill6f are fipoKsn oias Union men* i nc , ■ „ !{/>« vna ai - j ^ e *« jv . « sii . , , — j
^^c^rijoml^n^thiu'^nfsi'ana'forfeited hei^o^ ' 'be® forfeUelfthelr lives wo have no" heard^°
vileges as a State by seceding, and now they are Hj Exeeneney John OuTshoner6™1*' ^
endeavoring to get a new charter I There is to be : Slr-A const.ta.ator.ine ml R P.
an tlection of delegates to a .State Convention to ;r ' ,; L, '
form a new Slate in Louisiana, on the 25th of Jan- , "if*' ^
nary- The Wilmington and Manchester (N. C.) ' J"?"' f°r <he manufacture of bagging
Railroad has received new engines and rolling
stock through the blockade.
The report that Burnside's army was in a star-
flank movements. "The day after hi* death." 1
said they. "Two Acgels came down from Heaven i
to catry Gecersl Jackson back with them. They
searched all through the camp, but could not find
him. They went to the prayer meeting, to the ;
hospital, and to every other plaoe where they .
thought themselves likely to find him, but in
vain. Finally they were forced to return without '
bim. What was their eurprise to find that he had
Just executed a splendid movement, and gene
into Heaven before them—Correspondence Bat-
ton Recorder.
A Miss Joy was present at a party recently, and
in the. course of the evening some ono used the lGW bales of cotjpn some of which I
quotation, " A Iblnp of beauty is a joy forever,*' by teamsters to sell. T think there
reaping advantage from victory, and at all seasons
and under all circumstances he has exercised the
moat unremitting care for the comfort of bis soldiers.
But we da not think he has exhibited genius. If
with the heroic material, during tbe long period of
time, and on the great field he has o era ted. he has
ever executed one brilliant and successful strategic
man'euvre, we profess our ignoratfte of it. The world
has, in fact, seen the fewest number of rea'ly great
generals. Taketh' most glorious military era, ind
of all that brtlllantconstellatlon that clustered round
Napoleon, which of them,was capable of command-
ing a large army in an independent campaign - Soult
was Skilful in hfs dispositions, but lacked vigor inac-
tion; Sachet was only successful in besieging for-
tresies and cities; "Ney," said Napoleon, "!- an eagle
in battle,* sooseevery where else:" "Murat" sa.d hn
"with me. is my right arm, without me is a child;"
an&aoon to the end of the list. All possessed some
great qualities, scarcely any b!end<*d so many as ren-
dered him sate to te trusted without the guiding
mind of Napoleon.
Ofcoorse, on snch rubjetg, we do not assume
to *peak confidently; bnt unless the Judgment we
have formed is erroneous. GeD. Joseph E Jobn-
specting the negroes that came to Yicksbarg afler
the surrender or that city.
" About the first of August the military author-
ities became alarmed lest a pestilence should
break out among them and extend to the army.
Peremptory orders were Issued at once to remove
across the river all negroes, of every age and
sex, whether sick or well, who were not in some
employment.
" One morning I went out to inform Lt W ,
who, with an inadequate force, was executiog the
order, that one of tnem in the Baptist church wa*
dead, and that another, a woman, was lying be-
hind the fence dying. He told me that he had de-
tailed, for the purpose of removing the negroef,
twenty army wagons; that he had hauled them,
well, sick, and dead, with all their traps, to the
river, where he had a steamer to convey them
across to a point opposite the lower end of the
oity; that he had one wagon to haul the dead,'.and
thai some day* he found as many as twenty; that
in one boose he foaud six dead bodies, wilh living
•ton ta oaBrW8rtateirmiH«r7ch'a™«er";lnrwTli < noes sitting and lyiog around them, apparently
possess a higher reputation at the close of this } unconscious of their situation. Ho lea we re dug
war and In history than any general of either i on 'he river's banks and the dead buried. The
1 searching out and removal of these negroes con-
sumed about fifteen or twenty day*.
em$ntof the war, he had
y Southern soldier, unless
and in history than any general of either ;
army. At the commence
higher prestige than any
lt was Sidney Johnson. Rnss?ll, In his "Diary,
North and South," mention* a discussion at Mo-
delling headquarters, among the most intelll- ,
gent federal officer*, of the talents of our gene-'
rals, and they placed Jo. Johnston first, tip to
the day he fell wounded at the battle of "8even
Fine*," who compared with bim in skill, in com-
bination, in achievement and generalship 1 Gen.
Lee then took hi* place, and plucked the lanrel*
of hi* planting. What Johnston's career would
have been but for the wound which so long disa-
bled hfrrr from service, Can only be conjectured.
Onr own opinion is, that in no acquirement, art
ortatent'Is Gen. Lee hi* superior, unless it be in
(cavity and polish of manner; whilst in impetu-
osity, vigor and force he is the inferior.
We believe General Johnston possesses ability
equal to the great duty now confided tobim. Many
victories bare been gained in this war, but no army
ha* yet been destroyed by its victorious antagon-
ist. To accomplish this is the decisive test of gen-
eralship. We risk the guet$ now, that Grant's
army never wins another victory from tbe day it
it confronted by Johnston, and that its fate is to
disperse from the mountains or East Tennessee, a
mass of disorganised and routed fugitives.
The common impression has been, that an
estrangement existed between tbe President and
Sen. Johnston. We tnppose this to be true, and
regret it deeply ; bat doabtless it will not stand In
the way of the confidence and oo-operation necee-
ssry now to Sen.-Johnston's efficiency and suc-
cess on the great theatre in which he is placed.—
No event an be more deplorable than for the
chief magistrate of a nation to have to say, to a
great bat Inflexible character capable almost to
have upheld the St*te, as Napoleon said to Car-
not, "I have trusted yon too late."
THJS NEXT CROP.
The approach of the season of preparation for
planting is snEgestlve. The corn crop of last year
thongh large has not proved larger than the wants
Of the country demanded, as an evidence of this is
the fact that the market value of corn Is at not less
tban five times "the prices that prevailed before the
war. As a farther evidence i3 the fact that with the
present demand lor the array the corn of the country
«;likely an te be eonsnmed before tbe next harvest.
The demand for labor on tbe fortifications is larze
and constant. Knliy one-fourth If not one half the
labor of the country usually employed In ajgricnltural
avocatloos is now diverted, and likely to
for some time to come from its accustom
About thre* hundred were tfiuB removed to the
low ground opposite Vicksburg, and there left in
tue woods without any shelter, under tbe care of
a man who was appointed to organize them Into
a camp, and separate small pox cases from the
rest—iu general to do what he could for their re-
lief. He was soon taken sick, and a certain Cap-
tain was appointed to take charge of all the
contrabands in>nd around Ticksburg. Tbe Cap-
tain was soon prostrated by disease, but was at
work again when I left Vicksburg, August 14.—
Captain appointed a chaplain to take charge
of those who had been removed from the city, in
placeof the man wbo was first appointed.
"He entered upon his ianors, and was soon
prostrated with disease, and was conveyed across
the river in a skiff, whence he made his way to a
house adjoining that of tbe United.States Commis-
sion. He was found alone and very sick. He was
invited to our house, where he w as still remain-
ing when 1 left the city.
The chaplain told me that these negroes had
suffered, and were still suffering untold want and
wretchedness; that nearly 4QU had died since he
had taken charge of them ; that from IS to 20 die
daily. Sometimes they would crawl off into the
woods and die, where their bodies would be
found only by the stench which arose from their
decay. That there was no white man with them
bat a nephew of his ; that rations were furnished
them by the Government, but sometimes he had
difficulty in getting them over the river ; that
once thej were five days without recei?ing any
food, and the negroes in their despair threatened
to kill him, thinking the fault was his. Be also
stated that they had no tents or shelter except
brnsh, to shield them from the sun or storm, or
dews of night.
"Captain A stated to me that there were in
his camp 2,000,at Young'* Point 8,551 ; on Pa-
paw Island, where they proposed gathering most
of them, 2.B10; and on Black's plantation on the
Yasoo, 2,400—in all over 16,000. One morning
1 went among the wretched masses where they
were hanled to tbe bank ot the river, preparatory
to being sent across. I tried in vain to find some
women who were able to work, as we wanted their
services at oar house. All were either sick or
taking care of the sick. I saw nothing but one
sad scene of misery."
Such is the fate that these Abolition phiUnthro
pists have prepared for the slaves. They propose
to free them not for any love they have to them,
bnt for hatred to their masters, and to ruin the
£o far as they have
employ i P°PQla'ioa the country.
meat. The result Will inevitably be a short crop year I carried their diabolical policy into effect they
InTSHnhless timely precautions are taken. " ~
Beside* the feeding of our nsnal population and
ot the army, we have almost one-half the popula-
tion of Louisiana and Arkansas, including their
ttock, to feed, and this will make fearful inroads
into the hoard* of grain now in the granaries of
the country. This population is likely to remain
on ou hands a* long as the war lasts. The heavy
demand far corn for the army will also continue
for the same time. And while in times past we
have now and then imagined we conld see a beam
of daylight piereing the clouds of war, candor
compels as to say no such promise is now befcre
us, and the war bids fair to last at least for a twelve-
month or more to come. This prospect will leave
no diseooragement In the mind of the reader, only
a disposition to cast our plans for the future ac-
cording to the circumstances that surround us.
Every acre or groand that can be planted in
breadstuffs, should be, without rail. We shall
want every bushel of corn that the country can
grow. No one now regrets the amount of corn
that was planted last year. This year, in all pro-
bability, a less area or country will be subject to
onr eontrol, and the thousand* or acres of corn
land that may be abandoned most be made np
elsewhere.
We were told last year that it was impossible
far a cotton planter to cultivate an exclusive corn
crop without having hi* negroe* idle muoh or the
js r. The idea suggests that, in all probability
the military authorities may be willing to dls>-
pense with a large portion of the labor they have
called from the fields, during the corn planting
season, with a view or drawing lt back after the
crop ia laid by. In this way the nsnal change of
labor will occur, the fortifications taking the place
of the cotton fields.
B* this a* it may, lt is time the peblic attention
was begin lag to be turned to the next corn crop,
and tbe disposition of the people regarding it was
being fixed and ascertained.
have succeeded. They have devastated the coun-
try, driven whites away li^m their homes, and
murdered the negroes thus by thousands. A just
God must some day exact vengeance on them for
their terr.ble crimes.
From the Shreveport News
We are informed that the Yankees have resorted
to poisoning tbe negroes that they cannot make
available. Our informant says that some five
thousand negro women and children have been
thus disposed of since the occupation of Natchez
by the enemy. Our foes should not boast of hu-
manity. If such is the course they are pursuing,
it must be evident to all, tbat the love they bear
theuegro is akin to the murderer, who gives a
friendly grasp of the hand to him he is about to
send to eternity. Freedom is a high-sounding
word, though many are ignorant of its true mean-
ing and consequences. Yankee-like, our enemies
breathe this word in the poor negro's ready ear,
and be becomes inratnated,and falls an easy prey
into their treacherous machinations. Tbe poor
deluded creatures, however, learn, when ltis too
late, that '* all that glitter* is not gold "
The conscription Iu the North has not yielded many
soldiers, atrd or these not a few are being -hot as de-
serters. A shocking but btgnideant scene took place
at one of these executions, T*o substitutes sent
from Bo-ton, were condemned to death as deserters,
and the lti.h of September was fixed upon for carry*
lug oqt the sentence. \\ iih the nsnal parade the
men were brought to the place of execution, their
eyes bandaged, and one was seated o~. his enffin, and
tn. other, kneeling beside his, audibly engaged in
prayer. The word was given to fire, but though six-
teen guns were discharged at tbe-agonlzed men the
fire was ineffectual. One was sUghtly wounded, and
the other, uninjured. Jumped np and tore the ban-
dage from hlseyes. Tue rtseive was brought forward,
fired, but misled the men. Then the piovost marshal
took out his revolver, wentnp to the victims, and
blew out tbelr brains.
From the Richmond Bcamlner.
I The Southern pablio has long linoe given up
the traditional attitude of standing on tip-toe In
1 expectation of a great battle. It rather plants
itselr Irmly on Its reet, and sets its teeih closely,
the better to receive the shock. We have proved
: onr prowess on too many fields to require tbe en
couragement of one victory more; we have met
with two many disasters to have our balance dis-
turbed by a single defeat; and by this time we
have attained to a sad philosophy, wblch embraces
both victory and deteat in one category—loss.
Ourloss seems always to outweigh the immediate
positive gain ; and, to parody .h lamous line of
Fitle&Ja, the South appears to be doomed " always
to lose, whether conquering or conquered.'' Our
adversaries see this clearly, and have based their
calculations on It They design to wear as away
piece-meal—to reduce onr armies by battle and
by capture, and then to break the backbone of the
IT? tin miiwimi nr i i.. rebellion, vertebra by vertebra, and extract the
K^ni. ° , , marrow U their leisure. Of course, we regard
Knoxville, was the natural resnlt or the defeat of tbia Yankee plan as an utter mistake—as a talse
Bragg by Grant. Having relieved himself from j application ot mathematical principles to the
ihe_pressure ^ frent. he had lt in his power to | work'"« ot 0fgiLDIC "fugles.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
In tbe office ot G v. Shorter may be seen a lot of
pans manufactured by Dickson, Nelson A Co., for this
State. They have a contract for the delivery of five
thousand. Tbe a-m l- of the MUt-i ulppl Klfle pat-
tern. with ii:ch bonds tioiibir to the Entield Kifle. It
Is prouonnced by good Judges as being In evrry re-
spect equal to arms ot like description made by the
old Government. D. N. & Co., have succeeded In
getting np extensive machinery at a heavy cost,
after meeting with mi-fortunes that would dbconrage
many, having been driven out from Nc rth Alabama
and after wards burnt out, loosing ail their wachiuery
then on hand. They have In the short space of oue
year made machinery anew and are now turning out
about 300 guns per month, and will soon Increase the
, numb- r to 500. For the present they are located>in
' W«hear many praiaea of Hon. Greenville 1 an joining atate. The gun locks have beat-upon them
the name of tbe tlrm as well as Alabama and C. S.
We make the following extract from a late pub-
lished letter of Bishep Andrew :
Alas I for the fair fields of Miasissippi and ev-
ery portion of our Confederacy which shall fall
under Yankee dominion. And yet 1 see aome
people amoD? us who are great warriors at home
and who have kept all the while away from the
smell of gunpowdei, have absurdly talked of re-
construction or at Uapt peace on any terms. The
men who are defendi g us, and who have sealed
their professions of patriotism with their blood,
in many hard fought fields, are not the men who
talk thua. But our foe Lave left us no alterna-
tive except to fight 1 Can we eve- affiliate with
m^n who have desolated our homes,outraged our
churches, imprisoned our preachers 7 Can we
tru.-tihe fair promisea of such i.;en 1 Bat it is
not their purpese to even promise to usaaylhtn#
honorable. Thev offer us but the al ernative of
death or subjugatlou. Can we hesitate as honor-
IE? Ih*bank convention east of the river, re-
commended that a new issue of coupon bonds be
issuod to the amount of 91,000,000,000, Interest
at C per cent,payable annually In coin, for which
a 'ax of sixty millions in cola should be levied;
the coupons of the bonds being receivable for the
tax. These bonds to be apportioned to the vari-
ous tax ootleetlon districts,and first offered at par
to the people in proportion to their taxes. They
also recommend to abojish all distinctions be-
tween notes of different dates, to pay the interest
on the Ufteen million loan in checks on the treas-
ury receivable for export does, and to issue notes
of 500, 1,000, tS.OU), $10,000, etc.
b, if needed, 40,1)00 to the relief of Bnrnslde.
Looptrset had but to tall back, or rather, to
push on inte Tirginia. Otherwise he was in im-
ninent danger of capture himself.
IE? We are glad to learn that Msjor G. W.
McJJeil of Tsrry's Bangers, now In this depart-
ment, has been saslgned by General Mai;ruder,
to be Inspector General of the 1st Division
Texas Army, commanded by Brigadier General
Bee. The Major Is a gallant and meritorious
young officer, and we rejoioe to see him placed
in such a responsible position.
McNeil, of Brazoria county, for hi* hospitable re
eeplion and treatment of onr officer* and troops
dnring the time hi* residence was occupied a*
headquarters of the army. This gentleman i* a
Texian of the olden school, and has seen many
ekangee take place during hi* lengthy reiidence
In Texas. A soldier of the first revolution, that
threw off the yoke of the tyrant, Santa Anna, his
only wish now is that he mav survive to ?ee bis
eonntry happy, and freed from the polluting tread
of abolition invaders, and peace and indepen-
dence secured.
OoLo&ano Coohtt, Texas, Sec. 14,1 C3.
1 have noticed your remarks in relation to aome
ot the inconsistencies of the "Schedule of Prices"
aade by the commissioners. I will give you an
evidence of another errer. The Quartermaster
atCotumbus, Capt. Wolfe, purchased a wagon
long since, for the schedule price, 400. He .-6Ie men "Dd christian* which to choose I
d net give more, or I know he would have The Supreme Tribunal of Maiirid has recently
doae *w, for I believe him to be a just man. There given final judgment in a suit which has been uu-
weseabout 300 pound* of iron on tbe wagon. The dcr lit.galiun *(J0 years, and which involved tbe
schedule price lor iron is one dollar per pound, succession to the inheritance ot Francis Pizarro,
Comment Is unnecessary. the tamous invader and conqueror ot Peru, In
JUSTICE. 1535.
viog condition is a mistake. He had plenty ot
breadstuffs and 600 hogs when be was cooped up
there. Tbe vote of Georgia before the war was
107,000. It is now 64.C00. Ttie vote of Texas
then was 07,000. It is now 30.000. ThenewSen-
iitor from Alabama is Hon. Richard W. Walker.
General W. H. F. Lee has been sent to Fort La-
fayette. It was the Texas Bangers that got after
old Brownlow's types, ami are said to have cap- |
tured them. The Yanks once attempted to fill up |
the entrance to Charleston harbor wilh stones —
That failing to stop the trade, they are now en-
gaged in attemp.lng to fill it up with iron. They
will succeed " ef de tail don't pull out." Georgia
is endeavoring; to procure tbe repeal of the tax ia
kind, and to have the impressmentactso modified
as that the market value of all articles Impressed
shall be paid for tbem. James Parton, author of
a life of Jickson. is writing % life ot Beast Hu'.ler.
Qreek Fire—Louisiana Tanglefoot, Yin de Me-
iasse- Corn is <1.50 per bushel in Kutaw, AU.
The N. X. Woild says tbat Meade has been order-
ed to advauce against his own Judgment, aud if he
m^ets with a reverse, the fault will lie at tbe doors
nf Lincoln and Hallec^. It is said that the popula-
tion ot Utab U 87.000. Marriages of first couslni In
Georgia are void. Bai.ka nude: took the Texas expe-
dition with wbat h - dtemed an Inadequate futce. He
hopes to get mote menlrom tbe Federal Govammtnt.
JIolSii , the matter olMoffat's pills, died last mouth a
millionaire. His son died last year. The old man
started uut a merchant, failed heavily In 1S37, then
went into tbe pill business. Iu which he h s contins
ned ever since. Tbe Yankees fccicnowledge a loss of
677 in their last battle with old Furious lu La. Nov.
5!tb, tuere were 1 ve balls advertised in BicbmonU'
Herscbell V. Johnson has been elected to the Seriate
by the Georgia Legislature. Itlsg.id that the eas
tijru cuuntiesofOtio are entirely overrun by small
squads of guerrillas. There Is to be a statue of Edwiu
Forrest In Boston, to cost 10,COO. It is to be in the
character ot Corisianus- Tue bounties offered by the
Yai.kee Government for volunteers, amount to $402
each. Accordingly, If Lincoln gets the 300.000 he last
called for. be will way tl;0.'00,000 bounties. The Gi-
raffe lately burned off Wilmiuatou. wasauoverumeut
steamer laden with muulti ns of war. She had made
several successful trips. The Husslnn fleet Is to win-
ter at Fortress Monroe. Calico Is $10 dollars a yard
over the river. Tbe enemy'< emire lOice at Knox-
ville Is represented a $14,010.
Preparations are making in Philadelphia for ui
construction of one ot the largest ships y t built lor
the United Stjtes Government. She Is to be three
hundred and fifty-four feet long, and will De built
with a view oimaktog gieat speed, so thatsbe may
pay particular attention to pirates and blockade run-
ner.
The difficulty of procuring Iron In the Southern
Confederacy to be used In casting sheila and round
shot, gave the officers in tbe ordnance departm.nta
vast deal of trouble till Gen. Beauregard came to tbelr
relief. He has contracted with Gilimore and Dahl-
grenjOfihe Yankee army aud navy, for several tons
of metal per day, and those cont-actors are delivering
lt at Fort Sumter, free of charge, and without the
slightest Injury to the old fort or its denizens.
The city authorities of Augusta have prohibited
the purchase within that city or any article ot pro-
duce tor speculation. No man is to be permitted
tobny any article ot the kind and sell it at any
time tor more than he paid for it. To enforce the
observance ot this ordinance, a detective has
been appointed, with plenary power to prevent or
report violations or the ordinance.
A young officer gives the following account of a
yell of triumph at Chickamauga :
Late on Sunday Afternoon, the enemy having
been driven from his intrenchments, our entire
army passed, as though to view and meditate up-
on the desperate work it had just accomplished.
There was a loll, as if both armies were tired of
tbat terrible strife and carnage Suddenly, mi les
away ou our extreme right. Hood's boys sent a
shout—a shout ot triumph, solid, invigorating,
unmistakable 'Twas peculiar to Southern troops,
and all iustantly knew what it meant. Quickly lt
was caught up by the next command, and the next,
and thus, with increased volume, it passed on to
the left. Each command, in its turn, caught up
the refrain and added to the chorus, none drop-
ping it, however, and soon those old woods and
hills rang again with the spirit-stirring yell.
Readers, invalids and others wbo suffer from
cold reet, says tbe Charleston Courier, will be as-
tonished on trying a slip or doable slip ot com-
mon newspaper.or other paper, as an inner sole,
to find the favorable effect. The result will, in
most cases, be equal to a good extra cork sole,
and far mo ro convenient In a tight fitting shoe or
boot.
From the Boston Pilot.
It is'plain that the principle of the loot iiuk is
not a chimera In tbe Southern determination. The
physical strength of the rebellioa is i* two ; but
its spirit isSnore elastic to-day than if ever was.
Indeed that spirit has never been bne of tear.
The Con fed.-rate armies have been often derest
ed ; but the Confederate heart bas never lost cour-
age. It is idle to say that there is a strong Union
feeling in any part of the S;uth. Southern hatre l
towaid the North is ineradicable—and, therefore,
it is so to the Union.
A correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer,
writing of the attack on Lookout Mountain, says :
The night previous to this attack, a Lieutenant
and five men belonging to the 37th Tenn. regi-
ment, deserted while on picket, and went over to
tbe enemy. They, it is natural enough to sap-
pose, gave information to the enemy tbat we were
very week on our right wing, which was true;
hence the demonstration upon our right wing
and Ihs assault yesterday, which wrested from
our grasp Lookout point.
Ifthe St. Louis Republican can be believed
General Magrader has addtd a new feature to
his works, for it adds ! '-The guns are mounted
on cars leading to the fortifications, and soar-
ranged as to be moved from ot.e point to another
as contingencies may require, and also to be
taken from the Island it necessary. The nov-
elty of this manner of concentration of lire, by
tbe adoption of the car processes clever Indeed
to say the least of it. The rebels firmly believe
thai these guns have sufficient calibre tn repel
any movement by our army and navy forces."
The Paris correspondent of the Sew York Her-
ald says that there 1* no doubt that six large iron
clads are building In Prance for the Confederate,
States at the ports of Bordeux and Nantes. They
were to be completed by the 15th ot December,
and are paid for out of the money raised trom
the cotton loan. Mr. Dayton,United States Min-
ister to France, has protested to the French Gov-
ernment against tbe completion ot these ships,
and another letter in tke Herald says that the
Frenoh Minister of Marine, has withdrawn the
authorization to the contractors for the arming
of them. The authorlxntion of arming them had
been granted en the representation that they
were intended for the Chinese trade, where
armed vessels are recetsary for protection
against pirates. Workmen sre still engaged on
them, but the Yankee correspondent says that it
is not probable they will be permitted to de
part, Mr. Bayton having submitted to the French
Government all information of their design and
object, which fell into his possession by some un-
accountable mean*.
Laird's rams still remain in custody of the Gov-
ernment force which took possession of them,
and so far the Messrs Laird have taken no steps
to recover the property wrested from them. One
of Laird's organs, however, a paper in Birken-
head, declares that when the lime arrives they
will be able to prove that the rams hever were
ordered by, or intended .or tbe French Govern-
ment, but that they are at this moment bonajiie
French property, and as such will evidently have
to be.glven up, «i.h swinging damage to all par-
ties concerned for the deiention aud loss to
which they have been tubjected. ^
A Yankee correspondent says:
I have an item ot the utmost importance, one
that must interest your lady readers immansely .—
I have it from undoubted authority, in tact the
very best authority, and there can be no mistake
about it. It Is this Her Imp—no, her MaJ—no
her Lady—no, well, I mean Mrs. Lincoln, what-
ever her title may be, has lately ordered from
Stewart's the dress she lutendsto wearat tbe wed-
ding of Senator Sprugue and Miss Kate Chsse,
aud the dress is to be white silk with lilac spots,
the lilac spots, indicating of course, that she is
still in mourning.
Hakoei—It has been the fortune of this Gene-
ral always to whip his share of fight, no matter
what may be the general results of the day. At
Bhlloh be drove the enemy to the Tennessee river,
and would have run them into it, but for an un-
lucky order from tbe oommandei -in-chief to re*
tire. At Murfreesboro,' In command of our left
wing, he fought one of the most terrific battles,
and won as brilliant a victory as tbsre is on re-
cord. Unfortunately the centre aud right did not
de so well. And now, again, in the Chickamauga
Valley, he triumps over tbe foe, and captures
seven stand of colors, when all tbe rest of the
army is flying in conlasion from the field. He is
a good man with unfortunate associations — Sa-
vannah Republican.
A telegram from Toronto, Cansda, dated the
14tb,says :
The Advertiser, a secession newspaper, to day
admits the failure of tbe rebel plot, and says tbat
the Confederate Government, In fitting out tbe
steamer B E.Lee from Wilmington for Halifax,
with a cargo, was to fornish the necessary fonds.
Thirty-six officers and three hundred men were to
come over in tmali parties and meet at a general
rendezvous. It was the r intention to surprise the
Federal garrison on Johnson's Island, liberate the
and heavy clothing for negroes, without the use of
cards- He gin* the cotton slowly, so asto throw
large flakes through the flue, which are ongh-in
a hamper basket, placed under tbe fiae.and taken
to the spinning wheel, without pressing the cot-'
ton. Col. Pickering informs me tbat his best
spinners average eight cuts per dav. Since he
made this discovery he has abandoned the use of
cards in making coarse yarns. 1 herewith send
you a specimen of the yam for exhibition.
Believing this a matter of much importance to
our country, 1 have taken the liberty of making
this communication.
Very respectfully, W.E.CLARKE,
j Col. John B Walker, of Madison. Ga., had
500 acres planted in the Chinese sugar cane this
year. He is the pioneer in the cultivation of this
pi a-1 In Georgia, and having found it to be a val-
uable product, has given almost his whole atten-
tion to It. He manufactures large quantities of
syrup and vinegar. The vinegar is made from
the juice of the eane, boiling it long enough to
skim off the teculent matter which rises to the
surface, then pouring itinto barrels. TbebunR
left out, it acidifies in the usual way, making vor?
strong vinegar.
Mr. Walker saves all tbe fodder endsred of his
cine, which he says pay the whole cost of the
crop.
C. 8. A., War Dip*iTMiHT,j
Richmond, Va., Oct. 23,1S63. i
Dr. D. K. McKae, Raleigb, N. C.:
Sxa : Your letter of the 4th inst. wasisterred to
Lt. Col. Larkin Smith, in charge of the collection
of the tax in kind, who reports tbat he has issued
the following order to his subordinate officers :
"In localities where tithed sweet potatoes can-
not be readily transported to the troops or trans-
ferred to the Medical Department, with the assent
of the producer,they may be commuted at As-
sessor's valuation, or be exchanged for grain,
peas or beans. If, when collected, there ia fear
or rotting, they will be sold at pablic auction."
Very respectfully,
JAMES A. 8JBDDON,Sec'y War.
The Chicago Times thus presents its compli-
ments to "Beast Butler" on his assignment te a
new Department:
President Lincoln has adopted a 'policy' which
we ran cordially indorse, as an exemplification
ot Emerson's theory or compensation. He bas
sent Beast Butler back to his old field ot Big
Bethel, the scene of bis only encounter with mas-
culine rebels daring the war, and where be won
as much glory as over the rebels in crinoline of
New Orleans.
Baltimore his been included in the limits of
Bailer's new department. He ven should have
mercy on this unhappy city, for Butler alter
Schenek is like Caligula succeeding Nero.
A little bee has many sweets, but while upon the
wing
If you attempt to oheck its course, you'll find it
has a Silng;
And *o a little woman, if you dare to put her out,
Will ;show a spice of devil iuch as " we read
about.''
Tbe Earopean press treats President Lincoln's
call for "thanksgiving" as blasphemous Irony.
The Times exclaims:
Thansgivlng for what t For civil war, the very
greatest of calamities; for the des.ruction by rude
hands of a constitution wblch has been regarded
as a masterpiece of human wisdom; for theioss
of liberty; for the death or mutilation of hundreds
of thousaudsof human beings ; for the increase of
a spirit of exasperation ana hatred; for the devas-
tation of large territories j for the substitution of
aper credit for regular and lucrative industry,
and for the tenfold miseries which the war has
hitherto inflicted on the black race as well as on
tbe white—these are the things for which Presi-
dent Lincoln would have to thank Providence ir
the lay ot thanksgiving had been fixed on the 3rd
of October. For wh it blessings will he have to
return thanks on the 26th ol November? How
can he—how can any man forecast what in su:
weeks hence will be the position of the American
Eepubhc—whether It will be one demanding
thanksgiving or more suitably commemorated by
tasting and humiliation T Is the course ot events
flowing so entirely in one direction—are the indi-
cation* of prosperity ao iteady and assured, that
Mr. Lincoln is justified ia pronouncing with cer-
tainty that his affairs on th*36lh otNovember will
call for thanksgiving and not humiliation ? To
thank Providence for bless'ngs not received is as
near an approach to blasphemy as to repine
against chastisements duly merited.
From the Savannah Republican.
When men shall grow coal and begin to think,
when the whirl and excitement of war shall be
over and History enter apod her sober work ot
recording the past, the siege ot Charleston, now
regarded by the Yankees as the grand work ot the
war, will stand forth the boldest and most stupen-
dous foolery of any age. Thousands upon thou-
sands of lives and .millions upon millions of
treasure have been expended in the herculean
undertaking, and the vast outlay seems destined
to progress wi hout material result*, to the close
of the war, for the crazy fanatic* who are enact-
ing the drama: eem utterly impervious to the light
of reaion. Cui tono 1 is a question which they
have never stopped for a moment to ask them-
selves. Tbe very best reason that we have seen
why Sumter should be taken, is that the enemy
"netiM/or the name of it " No sensible man
can point out one great advantage in the fall or
lhatwork, and yet the Yankees have been pound-
ing away on It for months with tbe greatest navy,
In point of strength, that the word ever saw, aud
with au outlay ot money that li positively as-
tounding. It is already harmless, except to as-
sailing parties of infantry, and If taken it never
could be occupied for a day together; and yet
they abate not one jot or effort for i s reduction
A strange Infatualiun seems to possess them, and
the silly fools actually talk of ending the revolu-
tion where lt begun—at Sumter. Was there ever
such a delusion 1
HXADQCAKTEKS AEMT OP TEXXES5SE, 1
when she exclaimed. '• I'm glad I'm not a beiuty,
for I shouldn't like to be a Joy forever.''
" Some people.'' s ys tbe Washington Chron-
icle. " are in favor of a lenient policy towards the
rebels, who are now fairly whipped, and may be
expected at any time to be seen moving in the di-
rection of our capital, not as armed invaders,bbt
kneeling applicants. It Is too late. The time for
fbom the bio geahdb.
I Lxkxbo, Dee. 8th.
AllgtwH roml1**"Ot Mrtatnoros now pay double
dutv, Cnrtlnas ha* setup a government of his own
a-d claims customs. It does not aa yet «xte"d be-
yond the city. The Yanks have not been above Roma,
thoush there bas been a band cf Mexican thieves
commissioned br the Yanks to murder and rob. These
villainies are uow of almost dally occunence. It Is
bardly safe on either side of the river, wlthont com-
pany enough for self defence.
F.-om all accounts I jndge the Yankees have about
— — . . ,e|l been taken in
the enemv In Brownsville of whlcn 1500 aie negroes.
About 450 started no tbe river, part bv land and p >rt
by wa'er. Some 300 catneasrr a*Slo Graride city,
and 25 or 30 came to Roma. They remained but a
few days and all left. They are supposed to have
gone In the direction of Los Anlmos.
Matamcsos, Nov. 27 —All lsquiet here and no fears
are entertained ot Mexican disturbance* or of tbe
1 French.
mercv has gone by. There waf> a day when our |
nrms were open wide. We would have received , How to make Confederate Money ni good
tbem a« the victims of error, as prodigal, yetlov- J ■ CJoId.
ing children of our loins. But now ! Let tbe 1
great vault or Gettysburg answer torus. Let the I It cannot be made a legal tender, fortbeCon-
widow* and orphans ot the best blood or the ! federate constitution and the conitltations of tbe
North, give these hauebty sons of slavery our ) different State* forbid lt. Schema la pricsa hear
answer. Merey I mercy ! What mercj have they
Mlsslou.ry Ridxe, Nov. 16,1863,
General Orders, No. 203.
That tbe e.iemy do not Intend to carry out in good
faith the carteUgreed on between his Government
and the Confederate States, fo.- the exchange of pris-
oners of war has long been demonstrated by hla acts,
and Is now officially recognized.
buch a cruel proceeding Is oi posed to the laws of
humanity and au enlightened civilization, Is a virtual
. cunowiedgement *y tne enemy uf bis inferiority,
a id It shows > craft and cunning worthy of the Yan-
kee, In Imposing upon us the maintenance of thous-
ands of bis prisoners; that they may consume the sub
sistence wblch stiould go to tue support ot our g~I-
Lint men and tbelr famille*.
Tbls shou d be known to our officers and men; they
sb&uid know tbat It taken prisoners, those who sur-
vive tbelr cruel treatment will be forced to languish
In Northern dungeons until the close of the war,
subjected to the taunts and barbarity of a mercllfes
foIf their liberty and their lives must be lost, the
alternative of honorable death on tbe fle.d ot battle,
noblv fighting for tbecau-e of freedom, will be ac-
cepted by brave and patriotic Southern soldi r*.
The General commanding deems lt bis duty to an-
nounce these facts to the troops of his command Tbe
detlgns ot the enemy are transparent, and our officers
and soldiers are forced to accept the policy Imposed
by him. By command of
GEN. DRAGG.
Geo. Wm. Baiter. A. A. G.
The Macon Confederate slates that last week the
proprietors of the Brown House lost the key of their
Iron (Herring's Patent Burglar proof) safe, which con-
tained la ge deposits of tuonej and valuables. Mr.
John Jroinley, an enterprising mechanic, wbo in*
ventfcagun cap machine, now in successful opera-
tion, aereed to open lt for $200, which he dlil In a few
moments by making a key. A man bet $100 tbat
Bromley cou d not open lt, and lost lt ot course.
From Richmond Examiner.
The practice of officers of the army and ctfce-s In-
troducing "fallen angels" Into the heaven ot hotel
society, under the flltnsey guise of a wife o; relative,
received a check at the LI iwood House yesterday.
TWo of Ibe female guests, thus In'ro luce ! without a
clean record, had their baggage set down at the hotel
entrance and backs called. Away they whirled, tbelr
rage Ln-nmg at furnace heat, and casting angry flashes
of eye-fire al tbe select assemblage gatnered to wit-
ness their departure.
The Portuguese Government hat built a gunboat I
It haw one gun!! It la called "Tue Terror of tue
Seas! I!"
A violent republican In Hertford met a democrats
cojl-dealer on the street, and asked the price. "I
suppose your coal Is loyal!" queried the radical.
"Well, Its black enough—if that's what you mean,"
rejoined the other.
Tha mechanics of the North are on a strike
Northern capitalist* are becoming very uneasy
ou account or the moveiron.s ot tho working
men. Tbe World say* the strike ot tbe machi-
nists and iron-worker*, threaten* to become a
very lerious matter. They coniole themselves
however, with the hope that it will drive the
starving operatives into the armv.
The workmen on the '"reasury building in
Washington,have been on a strike for more than
a week.
The bookbinder* in tbe Government printing of-
fice. demanded eighteen dollar* per week, for
eight hours per day, but having tailed to get it,
they struck last Friday. Th* Printers are about
lo adopt the sume course.
In a recent epeech al Birkinhead, Mr. Laird
said :
"He have been accustomed to hear or the Ame-
rican! boasting about their shipbuilding, and that
they built ships to run twenty miles an hour.—
Ladies and gentlemen, the Alabama goes thir-
teen,bat tbe Americans have never been able to
touch her."
I was much amused at the rebel prisoner'* ac-
count of 8to„ewall Jackson's admission Into
Heaven. They were strong admirers or Gen
Jackson, and eipeoially the great soccesi ef bis
shown us? Let them be thankfal that ws give
them so easy a death as a gibbet.
An intelligeut gentleman, wbo recently visited
the United States, and has had unusual opportuni-
ties of observation, expresses the conviction tbat
the North, unless some unexpected advantage of ,
great importance shall be obliined by Its arms,or ;
come great misfortune be brought upon us l>y our ;
own folly, will not be able much longer to con-
duct the war upon Its present dimensions. He ll !
ot opinion that the North is much nearer exhaus-
tion than the South. Their .b aster and bravado J
will increase la proportion as their strength dl- j
miniehes, but It we are true to ourselves, patient, |
preslatentand harmonioui, the worst of our dan-
ger, wilh the blessings or Heaven, will soon be !
over. Such at least is the opinion of one whose
name, if we could give lt, would oarry with it no
ordinary weight.—Richmond Di patch.
The New York Courier des £tatu* Uuis remarks as
follows ou the authority ot a Cincinnati correspond-
ent, In reference to Gen. Rtreecrai's views ot tbe Ad-
ministration and its policy:
Persons who are on InUmalerte-mR with Gen. Rose-
crane declare that be ts greatlv discouraged about
the war. This is not because he considers tne South-
ern armies Invincible, but because be believes tbat
the seceded Slates can never De brought back by the
iliorous policy which the Government bas adopted.
He has never taken any part 1n the -proceeding-, of
Andrew Johnson, tbe Military Governor of Tennes~.
seetwho bas succeeded hi converting to secession all
peopte who had any hopes of the Union. Himself pe-
ronally disinterested, be looks with dlssust upon tbe
td'amcfu 1 traffic which Is going on under the mask of
patriotism. Wbeu he look* around hesees men moved
by all sorts of njollves, more or less decent, except
henorand love of country. Some are fishtlng from
amb tion, others from avarice. To the latter tne con-
quest ot country meaus only pillage and cheap cotton;
U>e former are Jealous ot their supetlors ai d their
equals,and are delighted with auy reverse wiilch may
overaae them.
Prolbundly honest and religious, Rosecraus regards
the fpe.ul tor- with bitter aversion. His religious
feelings have grown upon him In proportion to ex-
cesses and the Intrlnues wblch be Is Impotent to pre-
vent; an.i tn mystical hopes of another world 'e
seeks lellef from the corruption of the present. He
no longer fights with ai y ardor, but simply a sense
of duty, considering eaih victory a useless waste of
Mood. He hos no confidence lu hii successes, con-
sidering they aie followed by the swoop of birds ol
prev, whose repaclty makes hopeless the pacincation
of the country • • • •
All these details come to me from a persrn very
dear to Bosocrans, to whom tbe General write tbat
he saw In the defeat at Cklckamauga the linger of
God.
Capt. nerd, as we learn tremtbe Abinglon Vir
ginlau ot tbe 20th, assisted by a tew soldier* and
citizen*, about forty in all, attacked, on Thitrsday,
a train of forty wagons, each with four lo six hor-
ses or mules, at Chsdwell'*, fourteen miles this
side of Cumberlmd Gap, and captured it. The
train was 't a foraging expedition through Lee
county. Unfortunately, a large cavalry force
rrorn tbe Gap recaptured the train before Captalu
Herd could get them away. Had there been a
Confederate regiment, or even a battalion, wilbln
supporting diatance, the whole train could have
been saved, as well as a very large amount of
grain, etc.
Correspondence of Mobile Advertiser.
Arkt or Txnnessxe, CbiceaMacoa, j
Midnight, Nov. 26. 1803. )
The Confederates have sustained to-day the
most ignominious defeat of the whole war—a de-
feat for which there is bat little excuse or pallia-
tion . For the first time dnring our struggle for
national Independence, defeat Is chargeable to
the troops themselves, and not to the blunders or
incompetency of their leaders. It i* diffictlt for
one to realize how a defeat io complete conld
have occurred on groand so favorable, notwith-
standing the great disparity in the forces ot the
two hosille armies. The ground was more iu our
ravor than it was at Fred<tricksbnrg, where G«n
Longitreet is said to have estimated that Lee's
army was equal to 300,000 men. And yet we
gained the battle ot Fredericksburg, ana ios^thst
of Missionary Ridge.
Lookout Mountain was evacuated last night, it
being no longer important to us atler the loss of
Lookout or Willa'Valley, and ncf longer tenable
against snch an overwhelming force as Gen
Grant had concentrated around Chattanooga.
Gen. Bragg abandoned also the whole of Chatta-
nooga Valley, and the trenches and breastworks
running along the foot of Missionary Bldge and
across the Valley t> tbe bise of L >okout,",and
moved his troops ap to the top of the Ridge.
The only objection that can be urged against
oar line was Its Ienglh and weakness, the latter
being tbe result of the former, and the former the
result of circumstances beyond our control, for it
unequally and fall to make It good. Patriotism,
with It* warmed effort*, has effected nothing.—
Here 1* the remedy, unfolded In a few word*. Ap-
ply It ye sages at Richmond, and my word for it.
In two month* yonr money will be equivalent to
*o much gold.
TAX BVKRY DOLLAR OF CONFEDERATE
MONEY FIFTY PKB CENT. Tke way to do it.
Let hills be .stricken of an entire new issue, dif-
fering from the present ones, to the amount of
one-halt of the present circulation, which should
be distributed to the tax collec.or—no a**es*or
needed. Let callrbr the tas on moaey be mad*
np to a certain date. When tax payers bring np
their money, the collector wlU lake In all the old
bills and give them back one-half of thslramc-nnts
in the new issue. After the date ha* expired, Ute
old issue is declared ot no valne, so that he, who
would smuggle his money, loose* all, unlas* be
pay* tbe tax. Exempt Mldier* la tke army Xrem
this tax, but let them be paid in the new Issue.
Here is the effect: We get rid ot all tbe coun-
terfeits which now finpd the country. My thou-
sand dollars which now caa bny only two hundred
bushels of corn, becomes fire hundred dollar* of
good money, and will nay five hundred or more
bushels. The government will need no schedule
of priee*. The soldier* wages are as good as
eleven dollars lncold Would be. We are all b«n-
efttted. Some object la tbi* kind of taxation,
because, as they say, lt bears loo heavily upon
th ise who have shown their confidence by taking
Confederate money. Confidence! As a rule,
those having most of the money have depreciated
It the worst. But admit It, ana who of us would
not willingly give up two bad dollar* to reoalve
a good onein return 1 TAUBO.
being necessary for as to guard the passes in the
Ridge, and to conform to the length
presented by the enemy.
Tha Federal army, marshalled under Grant,
Thomas, Hooker and Sherman, did not number
less than 85,000 veteran troops. The Contederate
army, under Bragg. Hardee and Breckinridge,
We find the following Important dispatch from
Santos Benavlda* In the State Gazette :
H'nqk's Lmx or th* Rio Gkaxsi. ?
Laredo, Texas, Dec. 3d, SS63. i
To the people of tha Frontier:
This frontier 1* now invaded, the enemy have
advanced Aid taken the Itnte or the Bio Grande,
as far as Roma. They have abated mi the Mexi-
can thieves on bath sides of the KloOrande. To
Vidal, the Mexican traitor, the notorious murde-
rer and robber, they h*ve given a Major's Com-
mission, and have senthim oat to murder and rob
all American*. The excesses which those thieves
have already committed, are most horrible. The
chief force of the enemy consists of niggers,
renegades and Mexican BindiUl. A few brave
and determined men will drive them back to
Brownsville and keep them within the lines or
their foftiSeations.
I have ISO lighting men ; with 350 more I can
drive back tbe enemy and keep them within
Brownsvlle. I appeal to every man oa the froc-
tier, oidaud young, to come to the nr<-tectlon of
his country, iryou stay at home, and ay small
force be unable V> cheek the advances ot the
enemv, yon will either be murdered by the ban-
ditti, or be rated over by nigger* and renegade*.
Form independent companies te serve from on*
to six months after Join ng the command. Monet
and bring gun*. I will fnrnlsh you with ammu-
nition and and ration*, and any property taken
fromjithe enemy I* yonr*. No man.who may
join In the preeent emergency shall be drafted or
conscripted while serving In the command, and to
suoh men.either subject to draft or conscription,
after serving out t*e term of their organization,
I will furnish a safeguard to return home. Or-
ganize immediately, and come to Fort Bwell on
the Nueces liver. Your fellow-citizen.
SANTOS BBNAVIDKS,
Colonel Commanding.
M7CH.1 T3XA.«.
From the Mobile Advertiser.
No member or the Confederacy has suffered so
little during thi* war tor Independence as the State
of Texas. A special d-apeniaUcn of Providence.
It would sppesr, bas protected Us people from the
horrors ot war and terrors of want which have
visited its less fortunate sisters. Iu all military
operations and agricultural enterprises It has been
success ul oe70nd all other States. From the
hour that Van Corn and his Texan forces captured
tha famous Star of the West to tbe repulse of the
Invader at Sabine l ass, the Line Star has not had
diminished a single rayor its cheering light. All
attempts made by the Yankee Department of the
Gulf to invade the Stale have proven futile and
rain jus to the Federal arm*,and added new glory
and 1 us true to the Slate, while the armies ot Price
and Etrby Smith upon the northern border pre-
sent an Impassible narrier to the foemea from
tbe North. Tbe successful military operations
which have traniplred are due In a great measure
to the ability -which Magrader and Dick Taylor
have displayed tn resisting the swelling Invasions
Yankees, but more still to the confidence
of the
pp rldga , )VfPV! .
did not number half so many. Longstraet's Vlr- j of tbe people or the_8tpte, and their cheer, nlassls-
nfold strength to the spirit
tance, whleh added
ginia division and other troops had been sent to
East Tennessee. Had these been present with
their sturdy leader at the head of them, we should
have won a victory quite as oomplele as our ds- j by Magruder's forces, the capture of Brashear
! ot the troops, aad ensured sucoess lo the army.
The destruction of the Yankee fleet off Galveston
feat has been.
Grant deployed his immense masses in two
heavy lines of battle, and some lines In three,
supported by large reserve forces. The spectacle
was magnificent as viewed trom tbe crest of Mis-
sionary Hidge. He advanced first against our
right wing at 10 o'clock, wbere be encountered
that superb soldier. General Hardee, who com-
manded on the rlgbt, whilst MaJ. General Breck-
City,tbo repulse orevery invading column which
has attempted an entrance Into the Interior, and
I the remarkable victory at Sabine Pass, were alt
brilliant achievement* which have not been equal-
ed upon thi* side or the great river, and ot which
our troops and people in the trans-Mlsslssippi
may well be proud. How tally must they have
felt the truthfulness of the adage," fortune tarors
the brave," wheo informed of the wreck of tbe
lnrldge commanded on the left. Hirdee's eom- j enemy's fleet while on the way to the KioQrande
mand embraced Cleburne's, Walker's, (command-
ed by Gist,Gen. Walker being absent.) Chealuam's
and Stevenson'i Division. Breckinridge3* em-
braced bis old dl rhion, commanded by Brig.
General Lewi*, Stewart's, part of Buckner's and
Hlndman's. commanded bv Fatton Anderson.—
Tbe enemy's first assault upon Hardee was re-
pulsed with great slaughter, as was his second,
though made with double lines, supported by
heavy reserves. The wave ofbattle, like tbe wave
of tha tea when ltdaihes against a rock-bound
coast,beat and hissed and etrnggled In vain; for
the brave men who guarded our right were re-
solved never to yield one loot to the hated Inva-
der. The odds against which they contended
were fearfhl; for while the enemy advanced in
two and even three massive lines, their own army
consisted of only one long and weak line, without
supports.
Yet they not only repulsed every attack, but
captured seven flag', about 300 prisoners, and re-
mained master* of the groand until night, when
they were ordered to retire, carrying off all tbelr
gun*, losing no prisoner*, and but a small per
oentage of killed and wounded. The whole com-
mand behaved well, and especially that noble sol-
dier,MaJ. General Cleliurne. atrue son of Erin'*
Isle, and bis heroic division. Gen. Hardee
saved the army from a disastrous rout, and added
tresh laurels to his brow.
Tbe attack on tbe l*tt wing was not made until
about noon. Here, as on tbe rignt, tbe enemy
was repulsed; but he was obstinate, and fought
with great ardor and confidence, returned to the
charge again and again In the handsomest style,
until one or our brigades near the centre, laid to
be Reynolds', gave way, ar d tbe federal flag wa s
planted on Missionary Rllg.>. Tbe enemy was
not slow in availing himself of the great advan-
tages of bisnew position. In a few mlnnteshe
turned our flanks and poured into them a terrible
enfilading, which soon threw the Confederates on
blsrlgbtand left Into confusion. Underthis con-
fusion, the gap In our iinea grew wider and wider,
and the wider it grew, ihe faster the multitudi-
nous toe rush-d into the yawning chasm. The con-
tusion extended until it assumed ihe form of a
panic. Seeing the enemy lu posses ion of a por-
tion cf the heights, tbe men hastily concluded
that the day was gone,and that they had belt save
themselves. Just at this time the alarm was In-
creased by an artillery battery, which rushed
down the hill to the rear for a tresh supply ot
ammunition ; the msn supposed that th6\ were
flying rrom the field, and ihalall was lost. Near-
ly the whuie left wing eventually became involved
and gave way—a portion of it retired under or-
ders, nut tbe greater part In an unmitigated rout.
General Bragg did alt he could to rally the fu-
gitives, and reform the broken line. He
with renewed attempts at invasion.
] The enemy have possession of Brownsville, and
the fleet whleh met wilh disaster was laden -with
i troops for reinforcements, when an entrance Into
the State would have been attempted from the
southwest, Brownsville forming the base or the
enemy's operations, and ths Rio Grande hi* line
tor supplies. But thi* new campaign must be
abandoned for the present, and our gallant offi-
cers and men will have time to gather itrength
for the test, and be enabled to throw themselt es
against the foe with that dauntless energy and an-
conqaerable valor which has heretofore always
carried victory and success with It. Through tne
inefficiently blockaded porta at the mouth of the
Rio Grande, the armies have been sapplled with
superior equ^x&enls, the looms of the State have
comfortably clothtd the (otdler*, the poor have
been *uppUed with cotton card* by the State gov-
ernment, provisions are pleutj, and many articles
of luxury were received through the blockade.—
Who, then, will not exoialm, •' lucky Texas ?"
poled blmielf in the most unguarded manner,
and at one lime it looked ai it he would certain
ly be killed. His Staff Officers were also con
splcuous In their sfforti to restore the line. They
and their Ohlet true the last to leave the Bidge.
Tne day was lost. Hardee itill maintained bis
ground, but no success ot the right wing could
The following are extract* from latter* written
at the date* mentioned, by two (at present) Gen-
era Is In the Yankee tervtce:
Fort Riosclzt, March SOtb, I860.—How, my
dear fellow, I am glad you are going South, and
all we a*k of yon is, give n* a good Preaiden t.
stop this damnable negro heresy or the country ;
frown upon every abolitionist you meet; and as
you pass down through Old Virginia, see that the
remnant* of that raid jot Brown's, yet unhung, are
promptly brought to the baiter. And la the mean-
time, ir yoa will take a few or oar most distin-
guished sons ot the devil (Republicans) now io
the Minnesota Legislature, along with yon.aad
let them tee Virginia Justice, you will benefit our
community. Yours truly, and In basts,
T. W. SHERMAN.
Waihihqtoh, January 3, 18SB.—Northern poli-
ticians are such—but no matter—office and plun-
der have controlling Influence wlih northern
politicians. I have a contempt for susb trash. I
am, as old 8am Johnson was about ghosts, I
don't believe In tnem. I have seen too many
of them.
JAS. SHIELDS.
From tbe Mobile Trlbnne.
There Is no denying that Genera I Bragg has
me with a very serious disaster. We think it
quite probable that the enemy's forces were un-
derrated, and that he accomplished bis purpoae by
massing them la sueh numbers a* made resist-
ance impossible. Those who have come lately
i rrom the field, however, express surprise that as y
1 Yankee force could hare so driven our army from
ex- i Its position. Is It net probable thatlt wa* tailing
back at the time tbe aaaanlt was made, and was
thus caught al a disadvantage I There I* every
reason to believe that all that valor and good
handling could do to avert the disaster was used
on tbe occasion. There Is,therefore, no mforsoa-
tion yet which Justifies censure ot Geo. Bragg,
whom so many have lost all confidence in. A
restore ihe left to Its original position. AU men, I few days'time, we suppose, will give usinformi
even the bravest, are subject to error and con- tion enough lo judge more accurately on tbe so!
fusion, bat to-day some oflhe Confederates did jeet.
not fight with their accustomed courage. Possibly The New Orleans Era nominates Lincoln for Pree--
Federals, as they rolled across the valley and np
the mountain tide, and their own long and atten- I
uated line, was nolofa character to encourage i
them.
Our casualties are small—very small—too smal 1
Indeed, to be recorded along with so complete '
and humiliating a defeat. Included among our \
losses are some of our best guns—perhaps as '
many aa thirty or forty.
Journals
The Petersburg Express says:
11 is a memorable fact tbat notwithstanding tbe
long-continued efforts of Ihe vandals to break
the spirit and subdue tbe the people or Suffolk,
only iwo citizens of thetown have ever taken the
bated oath of alleg:ancu,aiid neither of them
were men of any character or standing.;
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Cushing, E. H. The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 22, 1863, newspaper, December 22, 1863; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236263/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.