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VOLUME XVI11.
ROME,- GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1868..
NUMBER 9
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.rCIttlJIBl) KYKI1V VIUIIAY MOHNINO.
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Our T,cliucssce Correspondence.
IIeadvvii.Le, TVnn., Dec. 22, ’62. .
Dear Courier Sineo ouHnst letter,
written from this place a few days ngo,
several changes have been made in our
military organization, and several move
ments nro being-effected.
-ho 2d Brigade has been detached
from Stevenson’s command, nnd is' now
part of McCowh’s division. Gen.
Stevenson’s division has boen ordered
to Grenada, Mississippi; and with’ it
tho Cherokee Artillery, which is now
attached to Taylor’s Brignrlo. Thoy
left this placo on Saturday’, nnd are i miles.
now at Murfreesboro’, whero their j Hero, at! the mouth of Pioket’s Creok,
pioccs are being sent to Mississippi by Captain Fain took u position with half
Saturday Morning, Jun. 3, 1803.
■ A large sale of condemned gov
(unont horses took place on Thursday
It. Such a collection of dried horse
th—or rather bones—oould only bo
we imngino, in time of war.—
kubtlcss a want of a sufficiency of
(wonder was the troublo in many ca-
rrico«„, wo learn, .ranged from
ItoSlOO. Tho sale Was continued
[sterday,
Ay^J. W. Landrum has. removed
s Urq|cry Storo to Duckev’s old Stand,
[ere he will keep such , supplies as
bo obtained at present. See no-
| *The Cornnall Iron Works Com
iny wishes to biro, a lot of ablo-bodies
grccs. ; Seo notice. it
■The Chattanooga Rebel of the
j says It is understood that Gon, Mor-
p—having completed the work he
out to- do in Kentucky—has re-
[neif ivnd united with Wheeler in
> enemy's rear. Gen. Forrest h also
mined to linve formed tho junction ;
licli iiioreqses our cavalry (orco be-
pun*Uosencinntz and Nashville to
■ Tho ol,l Presbyterian Church
operty is offered for sale. See notico.
C. Eve offers two engines, a
l of lumber, &o., for sale. ■ See notico.
RoSENCnANZ COStlNO TO TEIIMS.—'WlO
Id the close cofinomcnt of nearly
(only Yankee officers,•taken'prisoners
[Morgan and others, to a written
edge to release our civilians, whom he
Id tmprisonoilTand not to' arrest any
^ors. Tliis,is the, first time, wp.bdieve
any written promise of the ki
been extorted frem the enomy.
A Northorn paper says:—"Burn-
is tho grept leaver to move
i Rebel nrmy away from Richmond/
ps, lie is a great leaver. Ho left almost
| quick us ho. came.—C'uit. Rebel.
T~ Yankee accounts .about tho
Mtruotion of tho gunboats Cairo in tho
pzoo river, differ very materially. Ohe
Jiort puts the loss oflivps at one.hund
M and forty, and another report states
at no lives were lost.
——
I^dveusitv—Is very often a blessing
■disguise, which by detaching us from
Tth and drawing us' towards heaven,
r«s us, in tho assurance of lastingjoys,
1 abundant reobmponso for tho loss of
Insient ones. “ Whom tho Loid
r«th he chasteneth." Many a man
■losing his fortune has found himself,
Id been ruinod into salvation ; for
lough God demands tho whole heart,'
Inch we.cpuld not givo Him .when we
jared it with the world, lie will never
loot the broken one, which we offer
|m ii^cur hour of sadness andruverte
are moral bitters, wiiich
rquO|» restore the healthy tone of
r mind, auer.ithas boon cloyed arid
[honed by tho sweots of prospority.
lie spoilt children of tho world, like
leir juvenile namesakes, are generally
kourco of unhappiness to others, with
‘being happy in themselves.
III. Lamiral, wiio went to Syria, with
view to obtain sponges for translation
Franco, lias returned with sponges
I Marseilles. These wore taken, to
Pulon and the Islands of Hyeros,
here thoy wore sunk in stone troughs,
bo result of the experiment will be
pown next year,
(Mouii.e, Dec. 80.—■ President Davis
rived here at 3 P. M. to-day. lie was
renaded to-night. A largo concourse
i people was in attendance. Tho
i idont made a short, but excellent
'ee«h. '
From Bmilk'i Legion.
Camv ox Poweli.’s River, I
Claiborno Co., 'Venn., Nor. 25, ’62. J
Mr, Editor: Sineo various reports are
likbl/ to prevail in reference to our
late tour into Ilnrlnn county, Ky., and
Captain Bale’s engagement with the
Homo Guards and resident bushwhaok-
ers, I will stato tho facts conncotod with
it. Wo left Cumberland Gap on the
18th instrfnt, with forty mounted men,
under tho command of Captain Fain-
We proceeded to the Cumberland river’
orossod, and went up it for thirty-five
Railroad, via Atlanta, West Point and
Montgomery; their horses to bb trans.
ported over land, via Huntsville. •
Tift) 42d Ga. Regiment lias been trans
ferred to Barton’s Brigade, and its place
supplied by' tho 9th Ga. Battalion.—
Gen. Rain’s Brigade is composed of the
lltli Tennessee and tho 29th North
Carolina- Regiments, nnd tho 3d and
9th Georgia Battalions.
It was reported in Murfrcosboro’ yes
terday, that the enemy is still moving
in largo force towards Mississippi, via
Corinth and Momphis. No doubt
strenuous efforts will be made by Ro-
sencranz to open the Mississippi river;
the groat No^tli-wcst is whispering so
cession in the ears of the Lincoln ad
ministration too plainly to be unheeded,
and tile Mississippi must bo oponed to
keep.them passive.
Gon. Morgan left Murfroosboro’ a
few days' ngo, for the purpose of paying
another visit to Kentucky. He had a
brief skirmish near the Cumberland
river a day or two ngo, and secured fifty
or sixty prisoners, which arrivodat Mur-
froesboro’ yesterday, •
Our cavalry is operating hear La-
yergne. Nothing • of importance oc
curring along the lines. Iso.
The Death of litt|e “Eddie.”
This good little boy, tho son of Dr.
J. W. Hicks, died at the residence of
his grandfather, Col. D. R. Mitchell, on
the night of Deo. 25tli, 1802. What
extremes! While all are making merry,
and, enjoying the scenes incident to
the closing year, Little Eddie goes to
have .his Christmas and an Eternal New
Year in Heaven—to live and revel in
tho smiles of the Eternal -Father, is
an everlasting Christmas, whoso solid
joys nnd pleasures will never be inter
rupted. Eddie was a good and truthful
little log, and was dearly-beloved by all
who know him. Ho was an only son,
which makes his loss fall heavy on his
parents. Their loss is irreparable—
they must look beyond this world where
their son is, for consolation.
"Ay, but.to die, and go we knmv not
where;
To lie in cold obstruction, nnd to rot;
This sensible warm motive to become
A kneaded clod -, and the delighted
spirit
To both in fiery floods, or to reside
In thrilling regions of thick ribbed ice;
To be imprisoned in the viewless minds,
And blown with restless violence round
about
The pendent world ! cr to bo worse
than worst
Of those, that lawless and inccrtnin
thoughts
Imngino howling !—'tis too horrible !
The weariest and most lonthed worldly
life,
That age, nclic,.penury, and imprison
ment
Cun lay on nature, is a Puraidiso
To whut we.fear o'f death.”
Sweet Eddie, offering of a mothei’slovo,
Is gone from earth ne’er to return 1
Hew an imgel, now with God abovo,
And from tljm will pure wisdom leurn.
This fairest flower of hope did fndo,
As o’er him ids fond mother wept,
Death left not e’en his shadow’s shade,
But all from her fond vision swept.
Embraced in death’s cold, endless sleep,
Sweet Eddie, lies beneath tho sod, .
And o’er him friends nnd kindred weep,
But his young spirit is with God.
A child of truth dour Eddie lived,
jlis few short days, beloved by nil,
His silvery voico in merry sport,
Still rings in •memory's deathless hull.
None could linve known him but to
lovo him,'
Nono could help hut love his ways—
Ilis truthful tongue led none to doubt
him—
All love mul sunshine wero his days !
Farewell, sweet child of love, farewell,
Thy flight to that far unknown shpro
Is o’er now, with God to dwell,
b here death and sorrow is no Pure.
Oh I mother, strivo your child to find,
And tor his sake do not despair—
’Tis true lie’s left you far behind,
But now with joy awaits you there.
A Friend
It is reported oil good authority that
Elgin is about to return to England,
not being able to stand the climate of
Incjia, and that tho Duke of Argylo is
to Succeed him
and not ono of our boys wounded, is
truly wonderful. Such is tho fact, how
ever. --
Cur loss was fourteen horses and
their equipments. VVo, during the ex
pedition, kitted, wounded and took
prisoners fifteen bushwlinokers, and
captured eight horses and their ci
ments.
fours, oto.,
equip-
the command, and ordered Capt. Bale
with tho remainder, seven mile9 above,
to tho mouth of Walden’s Creek, whero
it wub expected some robbers and bush
whackers would run ,out of tho moun-
tsing from Captain Footman, who had-
crossed the Cumberland mountain with
a hundred men, thirty, miles above the
Gap.
Captain Bale bivouacked at dusk,
without fire. He was informed by his
guide and by resident Southern Rights
men, that the only olianoe to, catch
these robbers and murderers was to
waylay their premises by night.' Ac
cordingly lie look most of hi* liien—
leaving a camp guard of seven men—
and proceeded to the promises Of some
of the most notorious of the clan. In
this way he was partially successful, one
quad capturing ono of the ringleaders
of tho band, effectively armed,
'Wo wore just returning to camp at
daylight, one and si half miles distant,
when wo heard heavy firing in that di
rection. In a few minutes wo came to
the rescue of tho guard, who had been
fired upon from a mountain, a hundred
yards distant,by forty odd Home Guards
from another part of the county, nnd
about the same number of resident
bushwhackers, who had been piloted
to our camp during the night. Captain
Bale, eager io relievo his mon who wero
guarding the camp, rushed forward with
a portion of his men amid a shower of
bullets, and oeoupiad n gully within a
hundred yards oTTho onemyrDut not
within sight of the enemy. We were
fired upon at this point for an hour,
without injury, however, but occasion
ally shooting one of them, whioh made
it hazardous for them to show their
heads from behind their trees. Tho
Major in command of tho Homo Guards
demanded a surrender, promising se
curity to our persons. This Capt. Balo
heroically declined,-saying "ho would
see him at the Devil first.” The Major
repliod that he “would kill the last oiie
of us before we got out of there.” Dur
ing this conversation we dared not
show our heads. When we did, zip,
zip, zip would come a dozen bullets. At
length tho Major directed his men to
chargo our camp. Captain Bale deter
mined to moot them there if possible,
and directed his men to follow: Off
they dnshed through a shower of bullets
nnd gained the camp, but found most
of tho horses gono. Citizons, who wit
nessed the engagement, told us that
while those on the mountain engaged
v.s others approached our camp on the
flank and curried off a portion of our
horses, nnd only by apparently a des
perate charge did we save the remain
der.
The Home Guards failed to moot us
at tho camp, and fled for safety. We
then took tho liorsos that we savcdnnd
retreated across Black Mountain, evad
ing tho roads and gapB, that wero by
this time lined with citizen busljwhook.
ers. Our march' across tho mountains,
without a trail, was a sevoro and haz
ardous undertaking, but was successful,
as we fell in with Captain Footman’s
command after a march of eight miles.
Wo were occasionally whacked on tho
wn/, but reoeived no injury. The
mountains are full of tho scoundrels.
Thomas Ford, Jnmos Davis and A. J,
Callnns, who wore reported lost, mado
their” way through tho mountains to
Cumberland Gap, and are safe. They
were on picKot and, seeing tho Homo
Canids approach our camp in large
force, supposed wo wero all captured.
So they mado their escape.
The Homo Guards, 42 in number,
'wore from Poor Fork. They had just
arrived and wero ad visod of our strongth
and position, nnd no doubt expected
to mako ut an easy prize. Considering
tho circumstances, it is one of the most
remarkable escapes, and Captain Balo
and liis bravo littlo band dosorva tho
highest praise for the manner in whioh
they conducted themselves. To think
of eighty to a hundred against twenty,
and at least a thousand shots fired at a
distance of one pj two hundred yards,
Headquarters, Camp ot Instruction.
Macon, Ga,, Deo. 12, 1862.
.The following letter from tho Hon
John A. Campbell, Assistant Secretary
of War, with-the accompanying orders,
aro published for tho benefit .of all
concerned:
Confederate States of America, 1
War Dop’l, Richmond, Deo. 5, '62. j
Lieut. Col. John B. Weems,
Commanding, &c., Macon, Ga.:
Your letter of tho 20th of Novombor
lias been reoeived. The prinoipnl points
to bo attended to in respect to tho dis
tribution of Conscripts, aro disposed of
in article 5, pngo 8, of General Orders
No. 82. Tho Commandant of Con
scripts, by that paragraph, will deter
mine the quota to each liogimont is en
titled, in order to fill it to its maxi
mum, and it is undor his directions
that tho action contemplated in para
graph 3d, article 4th, of tho Orders,
must bo carried out.
Tho principle of apportionment of
Conscripts, is that of equality, and it
was nob designed to disturb that rulo
of oquMit.v by permitting the Command
ing General in tho field to detail officers
for the purpose of enrolling for particu
lar regiments, etc.
There is no direction to tho Com
manding General of a Department or
of an Army to apply to the Dopartmont
for permission to detail officers to make
enrollments. He may do so under the
orders No. 82, without such permission.
But the notion of those officers is to bo
regulated -by instructions from the
Commandant of Conscripts, and they
cannot niako any. disposition of them
without his consent. That disposition
is subject to the rulo before' stated.
The object of tho piivilogo concedod
to the Commanding General, was not
thut ho might appropriate a greater
number of Conscripts than others, but
only that by superior energy nnd activi
ty ho mightobtain his quota with great
er rapidity, than others.
Tho 3d paragraph of article 4th, with
this explanation, will bo intelligible.
Very respectfully, your obd't sorv’t,
(Signed) J. A. CAMPBELL,
A.S. W.
Officers, detailed under 3d paragraph,
article 4th, of General Orders No. 82,
will be governed by thoso oruers, and
will order all persons enrolled by thorn
to report at Camp Cooper, Macon, Go.
All officers are referred to 18th article
of General Orders No. 82. No ono
holding’nuthority, men from the Sec’y
of War, to recruit- or raise a company,
is allowed to enlist a man subject to con
scription. By recent orders from Adju
tant arid Inspector General Cooper, I
am din^cted to order nn arrest all officers
so acting, and report their names to the
Department.
Commanders of Regiments, Battalions
and unattaohed Companies, desiring
Conscripts, aro required to conform to
regulations prescribed In 5tli paragraph,
article 2d, of General Orders No. 82.
By order of Ltl Col. Jso. B. Weems,
A. A. G. Cornd’g Camps, Ac.
■ ‘djf
For tho Ilomo Courier.
TO CORNELIA.
Oh, believe me when I (ell thee, Cor
nelia,
I aiu sad when from thy side;
And a gloom pervades my spirit
•Which tho thoughtless may deride,
But they liovcr felt tho glowing
Of a spirit such as thine,
When, with holy love o’orflowing,
It dissolved itself in mine.
Oh, boljcvo me, denrest Cornelia,
’Tis'for thy dear sako 1 lovo thee,
’Tis torture for mo to bo absent n
From tlioe, thou dearest of girls; -
Sacrod is thy .friendship, girl,
Tender, faithful and confiding,
Gushing from tho purest of hearts
Blossing man in all thy thoughts.
When thy upward courso to fame, Cor-
Holla,
Is delayed by thoso around thee, *. ..
And of thy unsullied namo,
Cruel calumnies bereave thee,
And misfortune’s blighting breath.
Loaves tlieo hopeless and forsaken,
One friendls confiding lovo will share
Every grief thou hast to bear.
Oft in tho stillness of llio night, Cor
nelia,
My thoughts all turn to tlieo,
I am thinking of thy goodness then
And thy groat lovo for mo,
Thon ooaso not, dearest girl, to love me,
Be thou confiding ovorjf
ln me you linvo a constant friond
That will forsake you never.
Dumpsev.
Pleasant Valley, near Rome, Gn.
Jno. F. Andrews, Adjutant,
The Rev. Edir. Eugene Ford, D. D.
The sad tidings reached hero on
Christmas night, of the death of the
Rev. Dr. Ford, so long identified with
this city ns the faithful and laborious
Rector of St. Paul’s Church.
In tho spring of last year, Dr. Ford,
with that high sense of duty whioh over
distinguished him, determined to re
sign a Rectorship, tho duties of which
he could no longer fill to his own satis
faction. His people, however, unwil
ling to sever the relation which had
bound him to them so long and happily
for,nearly thirty years, inducod him to
ehaiigo this purpose, and to noeept in
stead, a furlough from active pastoral
service, Under this arrangement ho
retirod to Floyd county, whero ho has
since remained. His family and friends,
have felt, during Ihp Inst few months,
that they must soon consent to his re
moval from their midst, nnd on Christ
mas .Eve, after devoutly receiving the
Sacrament of tho Body and Blood of
Christ, in anticipation of his approach
ing departure, he fell into a gontle
sleep, to wake no moro on earth.
His remains will probably roach Au
gusta early this morning, and be buried
under the altar in St. Paul’s Church, at
10 o’clock.
We cannot present to-day such
‘sketch of the life, labors and character
of tho Into Dr. Ford as his prominent
position in the Church, his standing
and influence as a resident at Augusta,
and his success as a Pastor seems to
demand
Ho was born, if <vo mistake not, in
Morristown, New- Jersey, and at first
devoted himself to tho study of law, in
tho practioe of whioh he spent several
years, in Edgefield Distriot.-S. Carolina.
While thus ocoupied ho was moved to
ongage in tho service of Christ, and
prepare for the Christian ministry,—
Soon after his ordination to tho Deacon-
ate lio was called to the chargo of St,
Paul’s Church, Augusta, and his whole
ministerial I *
spent in this
nnd untiring .
parish, he, at ' the qathe tjp?6i held
influential place and re-ndored valfi<
aid in,administering the Di«“V’S»nand
general affairs of the Pr'^' a Pj'
pal Chqrolj.—4mo
' and Semins/,
From the JsclctOn Missiasippian, Dec. 27.
SPEECH
OK
PRESIDENT DAY 18
tfO'TUE
Legislature of Mississippi.
At noon yesterday, the hour appoint
ed for tho speech of the President* the
Representative Hall was crowded to
overflowing—not a space largo enough
to stand upon was left unfilled. Tho
ladjes occupied nearly all the scuts,
leaving the/ men all . standing. The
gallery, too, was literally thronged, and
many hundreds, perhaps, had to turn
back disappointed, so great was the
eagerness of our poople to hear the
President.
The President spoke about ono hour
and a half, and during' all that time
the drop of a pin might have been
heard in any part of tho auditory, ex
cept when the welkin was made to ring
with the loud and enthusiastic plaudits
of his listeners. We had hoped to be
able to supply our readers with an ac
curate report of his specoh, but tho
absence of stenographic facilities ren
ders that impos^ble nnd wo have only
to draw from our memory.
Upon tho appearance of tho President,
he was greeted with rapturous applause,
clenrly - showing that ho still retained
tho deep lovo and hearty confidence of
his old friends. Ascending the Speak
er’s stand, he was introduced by Hon.
James Drane, President of tho Senato.
There were several moments before ho
could be heard amid tho long continued
applause of tho audience.
Ho commenced by stating that two
years ago ho had boon called to fill a
positioh tho duties of which'had occu
pied all his time, leaving him no op
portunity to minglo with his friends of
Mississippi, or shavo personally in the
dangers that menaced them', gut
wherever he might be—wherover’lduty
commanded him to stay—his heart was
'.with us, nnd the success pf tho common
causo for which we wero all battling
was first in his thoughts, first in his
prayers, and tho safety and promotion
of which should bo the objeot of his
constant endeavor. When he left
Mississippi two years ngo he thought
his absonco would bo only temporary—
that ho would soon return and load her
heroic sons to battle in defence of their
dearest rights—a task which ho thought
would have been more congenial to His
tastes and better suited to his capacity”
than tho one to which ho had H° n
assigned. Although in ' tho dis-‘ ar B e
of his responsibilities as Pros'* cnli
the Confederate States, he % ^°^ er "
mined to know no State, gvtbi? heart
beat with livelier jiulse/’*' Mississippi,
and ho looked upon vs s ’ lss ‘PPi soldiers
with a pride and whioh no
others inspired, f
The PresKeirspoke of his love for
Ho alluded-to it, how-
4UTO1, nu B u»w, »I.» HI. „ U v»o .ver, vyd mrtter of regret, that the
ring in tho care ot jnsnwa ,b6en bost/wed upon an objeot so un-
irortliy--that ho should have loved bo
long a ioverinnejit which was rotten to
its .veiy oore,
If/had predloted from the beginning
a fierce war, though it had assuinod
mdro gigantic proportions than ho had
calculated upon. II? had predicted
war, not beeguso our right to seccdo
was an undoubted one, and • clearly-de
fined in the spirit pf that declaration
which rests tlie right to govern upon the
consont of tho governed, but tho wick
edness of tho North- would entail war
upon tho country. Tho present war
waged against tho rights of a freo people
was unjust ar.d the fruit of tho evil
passions of tlio North. In tho progress
of tho war those ovil passions have boon
brought out ami developed ; and »° far
from re-uniting with such a people- -a
peoplo whoso descendants Cromwell
had gathered frbm tho bog3 and fens of
Ireland and Scotland—a popple whose
in.oieranco produced discord and trou
blo wherever they went—who prosecu
ted Catholics, Episcopalians, and.overy
other sect that did not subscribe to
their bigoted and contracted notions—
who hung witches, and did n thousand
other tilings calculated to make them
forever infamous—the President wai
emphatic in his declaration that under
no circumstances would he consent' to
re-union.
Ho drew agiowing pioturo of the
horrors of war, and the ravages of the
enemy; and while his tears flowed- for
tliosg who suffered, yet all-these would
bo endured cheerfully bbforo our man
hood and our liberties would be sur
rendered. 1 ; ' * 1 S'
The War upon Northern Soil. ,
Ho alluded briefly to his desire to
transfer tho war upon Northern soil,
but tho failure to do Urn prooeodcd hbt
from a want of inclination but of pow-
or. Wo weio hot ‘an old established
nntt 3ii, with nrmios and navies at our
cominnnd. These had to ho improvised
from tho scanty materials (o bo found
within the limits of our oivn Confeder
acy. We wero blockndod and out off
from other, nations, and ovorybody
knows thut wo had been au agricultural
people, and that our facilities for man .
ufacturing materials of war woro ex
tremely limited. Notwithstanding this
fnot, patent to the most casual observer,
wo had now an army larger than over
before—our avms and munitions of war
woro increase in number nnd improved
in quality, and wo nro in a. hotter con
dition to-day‘ than wo wero\twelve
months ago.
Conscription and Exemption Laws.
He alluded to tho conscription and
exemption laws of Congress, explaining
tho necessity of tho one and tho inten
tion of-tho other. Was sorry to per
ceive that there had been a false eon-
strsetion upon tho first of .these laws.
There was no dishonor in being con
scripted. Tho Government had its
much right to make laws requiring the
services of its citizens in tho army, as
to compel them to work public road3 or
to pay taxes. The object of that por
tion of tho exemption law which ex
empted tho owners, agent or ovorsoor
of twenty negroes, was not intended to
draw any distinction whatever between
classes. No benefit Was. intended to-
tho rich from it. It was sinlply to pi-p
vido a police force which Congress
thought noccssary, and to facilitate ^(1 .
agricultural productions of the .country
to Bupply tho wants of both the poor
people andj tho army. Any law In
tended to hear unfairly upon tlie poor,
even to,a feathor’s weight, wouk’never
have reoeived his signatuje. “Tho
poor have fought our battles.’ said tho
President, "and so Ray' tho rich,”
Tho poor in all yevolutie 0 ® aro the main
stay and props of, t 10 country. But
while the poor hav^oWy dono tho »r
duty, we have no* 3 ® 11 ® 0 to complain of
tho rich. All have done woll, and
many of tho-^balthicst and most dis-
tinguishcclfhnnBes in tho South have
sons in rank s. He instanced Hoi. '
[graol Welbh, and cithers, who had
f ou /ft as privates in th'o bloodiest en-
„gement of the war. He thbjjgUt
(here might bo very properly a revision
of the exemption law, and trusted tfifu-o
would be no conflict between Confeder
ate and State'laws upon the subject of
tho military. That there should bo ho
war with States; and if any Stato chose
to inflict a blow upon the common cause
by enacting conflicting military laws,
he hoped that Mississippi would’be th.o
last to adopt such-a suicidal policy.
Concluded oh inside.
Jeff. Tbompso.n,—The fumoits parti
san fighter has tur.ti-.U qp agiun. Ho
.reported to Gen. Holmes the other day
that he had captured aeventy thousand
dollars worth.of Yankee plunder, and
sent him a large lot of shees foi his
soldiers. Hi 5 W'ns at the. head of three
thousand men, and said to the General:
"I want to he let alone and have no
order’.” 1 ,