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VOL. X.
ATLANTA, GEO., NOVEMBER 22. 1863.
NO. 16.
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blLN'DAY MORNING, NOV 22.
ARMY FURL00GH3
i'AJtll* OK n.'tTH Ar.\. JiKOT.HIt^T,
RttT'OHW ClfATTANOOM.1, TltX.N., t
NuYcmbcr 5Ui, 1S63. ^
fiditvr A ?'.until luldti'jtiicer :
M a On ak Hin : it is ;i raiiiy, gioomy day,
\vt.:l ralculaltd i t ^ive n soldier, who, in
cnjij*, has so low opportunities of mental
.•imusetm-ul, tho blues. Here n oewspripcr^
a pen, iuk, und paper, are our all in till.—
Iiookoiit l>:t'icry is shelling slowly, but a
soldier suoa learns to care little lor shells.
The comjtanics are M!!r;j up slowly, acd if
ih* »’6!- lals and eiti/.eus would do their du-
iv, theaggregai* of the army would soon
bo almost doubled. Deserters, and those
wit > are sent to hospitals,and overs,lay their
i to loughs, are occasionally lound returning.
'* he spirit ol ih” army ii good, und tiie cn*
uurmg, fan complaining detorminpltioti of the
soliiiers, cnghUio cUl dbw#stpoti us the ad-
rnbidijii ot oven the s’cek, sc'Jhh ffiitjlixh mi
i. of. Tin- i. f .. at abuse of General Bragg has
j 't' s(-d away, ami the confidence of the pri
vate in 11.c ranks fully established. Of the
removal oi Genoa’s Polk and Ilindmau, 1
have t othing to say. All admire the purity
ol ihe life of the former, and in personal
p.'pnl irity, no man in the army is his supe
rior. Ol ih : latter, all admit him to be a
gallant, kind - , lighting officer. The officers
in their juices are considered fully equal to
iln ii positions. There is not. that amount
t»l‘discipline in the army t at there should
lie, and notliiiig but the most.summary puu-
i-hmoQl fin cure the evils that exist. Yet,
if the punishment adequate to many netsof
uulawin!boss should 1m*. meted out, a howl
would be heard from malcontents aod croak-
imh, and Gen. Bragg would bo stigmatised
as a second uro. 1 refer to the term press-
n.p, which means anything you want is
yours. Before the war, the little word
( y . i-oiff described the offense. Most of this,
we are proud to say, is the work of the loi-
hmets of the army, that is, teamsters, strag-
glws, ami servants. Bragg stock has liseu.
lie was abused because he retreated, lie
tin ned hack and won a battle that cannot
now be appreoiiiled, because the formidable
breast works have been destroyed by fire,
and (he ilw’ft of defense c m be shown only
by those, engaged. 1 hen he was censured
j because he did follow up the success. It
we hud possessed a division oi fro h men,
composed of those who ovyhi (o be Jmc, the
c '.H'trcsi ntight have been followed up, and
now wo might he in the heart of Kentucky
We pioii-iS to despise the Yankees. This i"
ieorrect, ibr ihry aro so despicable that con-
itempt and hatred aro soft words towards
Itheiu. ^ <•! from them we can learn an im-
p'O tant lesson. Only abuse your leaders af-
irv ion ih-post'tiit'ui. Gen. Bragg has been
accused of a category of sins military, lie
tr'io ,r ( \;the confidence of the to!Jit"r in
well can not stand this; they have not the
moral force of cfuivacler. Establish a Inr-
lough system upon »writ, and you cease Ihh:
evil.-? that impair the power ol any array-l3t,
strnqtjliiV] ; 21, being candidjdes jor hospi
tals ; 3 J, want of punctuality ia returning.
1 promise Gen. Bragg that for every man Lc
will allow* me seiit him upon merit,'to put
tw * tifles in his place, and that they shall
be w ell r.scd. I have consulted officers
equal to any. for discipline in camp, and
intrepidity in the fight; and ihey assure me
that they would sooner risk their reputation
in a fight with a regiment ol 750 men ; with
lilty men at home upon furlough (of merit) j enemy,
than to have all present, and no furlough ' Ihat
system
ihe difibrenco between a soldier returning j
from his home, and one from camp? In a i
company to which I was attached, number
ing 85, in North Carolina, it was, in army
parlance, a “hard squeeze” to get out Gfiy
rifles. Under a furlough system ol merit,in
one month from the establishment, und ef
fect of the order, seventy were regularly on
duly, and the zeal and’alacrity of all were
apparent. Now let me give a little sched
ule oi my views, Begin now with written
forms, but have neat ones printed as soon as
possible. Let me dispose of once, for a!!,au
objection; that many of our soldiers can’t
visit their homes; and to allow others to do
so would be detrimental .to the service.—
l'he other blockade-running steamers are
believed to have been taken by theeneuiv.
The blockading squadron off the port has
been much increased. The Yankees express
ihe determination to make the blockade
complete. It is believed that hereafter It
will be next to impossible for any stenmer to
run in.
i'roic ih * Setf.ud
There was a eavalrj fight on Saturday at
Liberty Mills, in which liio oaeiuy were re
pulsed. Wc have not been able, however,
to gather any reliable particulars.'?
Passengers irom Federioksburg reported
heavy cannonading on the Upper liappa-
iiammek yesterday. It is said to l ave baeu
a part of Ewell’s cro ps skirmishing with the
T . , „ , , 1 north of Fredericksburg i
U-t me ask you, cm you not Uhl, cl( , ar ol - , ne Yankees.
portion of Stafford opposite and
reported to be
There arc but few men in the army who
We learn from the Rockingham Register
that Capt. \Y. O. Enright, with sixteen men,
attacked the United State? mail, with an es
cort of thirteen men, on the Patterson creek
road, near Burlington, Hampshire county,
Ya., capturing and bringing out two piiion
ers, with their hbrses, equipments, cte , and
killing one and wounding tour others, lie
also captured a number of revolvers, sabres,
etc. None ot Capt. E’s men were hurt.—
\Y ith six men, the others being left in charge
of the prisoners and property captured, he
fell in with tweuty:two Yankees. He killed
one, and the Yankees wounded throe of our
men. Among the mail matter captured was
a sum her of dispatches to Colonel J. A.
Mulligan. *
There has been no news of any impor
tance received from the army of U- n. Lee
since our last issue.
THE CONSCRIPT.
The Creissey Yew is a little tale fall <d
freshness and interest. We will let. oar iea-
dcis judge of it by nn analysis, and some
extracts.
“I will tell you, sir, why I conic every
•veuing to smoke my pii>e mulcr the Crois-
scy Yew.”
So begins the tale.
Ia 1812, the narrator, who had escaped
the conscription, by entering the college,
which he had siuce left, did not know what
to uo with himself. Meantime, he amushd
himself by climbing up into a huge yew tree,
and casting his eyes over the surrounding
country.
One moonlight evening, when at his pojt,
Ue overheard ti conscript, who was bidding
adieu to his sisters and his betrothed. The
latter wept. The nu ns resolute sister said:
“ Have you not got a colonel, him who
enlisted you ? Well, go and find your colo
nel, throw yourself on yovr knee?, and say,
“My lord, 1 don’t want to ga away—1 don’t
want to be killed. There is my sister and
my wife, who cannot live without me, and
woo arc going to throw themselves into the
river. Beat me colonel, put me in prison,
but don’t make me go away! Long live
the emperor! He’s a* noble fellow I Let
him leave me in peace, and go about his
bu&iness ’ Colonel, I am a man, and a free
one, and I have no right to leave my sister
Christ in?,'who-wont have me to quit her,
and who will hate you, Colonel, it you make
me go off!’’
The brother smiled at his sister’s eager
ness, and told her he must have a substitute
and money to pay hii* with.”
“Well,” said Christine, “I will give every
thing I’ve got—my gold cross, my earrings,
have ud relations in the country. Let them
visit them, or, if they prefer, give ihein com
mutation instead.
Let the applie.itio i contain the following
facts:
1st, Number of furloughs and length.
3.1, Length and character of son ic j.
3 i, Whether he overstayed h‘s leave, ;uid
why.
4th, N umber of men present f#r duty.
5th, That none are absent without b are
(kb, Number of men absent noon furlough,
of indulgence.
7th, One mau for every ti Been for duty is
entitled to leave.
8th, That no application for same 15 men
is pending.
9th, That the application does injustice
to no man'in the company.
10.h, That a copy of application shall be
read upon dress parade. *
Hth, That thejjojcer of "ivantim; tea vain*
vested iu a Major-General, and a statement
tie forwarded to headquarters.
12th, That overstaying leave without legal
excuse he punished by striking his name
from the list of those worthy.
13th, That any officer abusing this power
of recommending leaves of absence be pun
ished severely.
I4tl», Suppress, as furas is consistent with
humanity, all Lorn hospitals.
In conclusion, 1 ask the hearty ’ co
operation of all who are interested ia Ike
soldier.. A. A G,
The passengers by the Central train last silk neckerchiefs, my collarettes— in a
night Sta'e that firing was heard in the di j word,all my trinkets—to him who will coa-
rcction of Racoon Ford yesterday morning, sent to go.”
but the cause of it was not known. “All that docs not amount to the price of
From Staunton we have a report that a man,” replied Eugene,
some oppreheusiona were eutertainud that a I Christine reflected awhile, and said,catch-
portion of Averilt’s forces were coming inw i ffiff her brother’s arm;
the Valley from Pendleton county, through “WcN» la* well worth a mau—worth
Dry River gap, to Harrisonburg. Trepan- i more thiie? a mau—oh, certainly l am ! I
lions have been made to give them a warm \ will give myself, then. I will tell sotnebo
reception in the event they should venture j dy or oilier, “Go ia u»y brother’s place aud I
across the mountains. ' i will be your wife. You seel am pretty, a
...rf,.... . little spyileA but what mattors that? I will
„ . , - I lore you so, if you will save my brother:
. As stated m this paper bataruay, the \ au j ygj \ i awenr by the golden cross, in
»'• / .v, and jursous at Lome. Now, if you
tvntst a ••heme, let uie give you one, and up-
<*n it spend all your energies. It is a liberal
furlough system. L?i Goueral Bragg d-> this,
jud hi army is invincible, and his hold upon
the hjf.v.tiou and confidence of his uien, for
ever mtshuken. At present, none are iur-
EiiOM VIRGINIA
We clip the following items born the
Richmond papers ol thelfi h:
[From the Whig !
'riterc is little of additional Interest from
the two armies in Nor them Virginia. Meade’s
di signs are yet uuonveloped, unless Gen. Lee
has already penetrated them. Some firing
was heard yesterday morning iu the direc
tion ol Morton’s Ford on the Kapidan —
Some are ot opinion it was caused by an at
tempt of the enemy to force a passage, but
it was probibly an exchange of cannon
shots only.
The Yankees that came to Liberty mill?,
uboye Oranere Court House, and Rapidah
Station, on Friday, and were diiveu back,
was a foraging party.
The Abingdon Virginian. lays the nearest
poiat heard ot the Yankees ou the East
Veniessee and Virginia railroad, is Boll’s
Gap, beyond OrecLsville. It is probable
Gen. Jones has persuaded them to travel
Jjeforc this.
A small lx>dv of Yankees came up to
JouesviUc on Friday tho Oih, from the gap,
and committed all sorts ot depredations.—
They burned the academy and Masonic ball,
set lire to a chun k, and stole all the horses,
cattle, grain and nugroes they could find.
There aw abundant supplies in that conn
try.
The trains run to ZollicoilVr on the East
Tennessee railroad. They have been run
ning through to Bristol for nearly t wo weeks
past.
The body of raiders that recently came
up the Peninsula, consisted ot a regiment of
cavalry aud two
ry. When thev
dressed in the Confederate uniform. Tncy
you.
, . ,. I -i At evening, as thev were seated at their
rode m very leisurely, whistling unconcern- humb i e meaS without being able to touch it,
euly, s) as to excite no alarm. They drew } an( i looking tearfully at each other, some one
up in trout ot Nebb s hotel, and fired several j knocked at the door,
pistol shots into a part> ot gentlemen sitting
at the door, wounding in the jaw Mr. John
Morris, of Winchester, a negro trader. They
“Come in,” said the young man, hastily
drying his eyes.
An old sergeant «*de his 1.appearance
carried off Dr.;Krebs, John Morris, (whom sayin^- *
they had slightly wounded,) one el Dr. Ma- ‘‘Health! lathe conscript Eugene Leven
here V ”
gruder’s sons, aud a sou of Mr. Hanison Qtt.
Ivrcba. Maj7LLUier .and (ilL. worn the
only citizens ot Woodstock taken on.
They si ole about forty boxes ot tobacco, a
box of adamantine candies, (which they
strewed, iu the streets of Woodstock) silver
spoon, knives and forks, and some clothing
from Col* Albert; took ten horses from Mr.
Nebb’s §table; broke into Mr. B. Smith’s
drug store, took what they wanted, aud stole
:ili his bacon; broke into Fravel «£ Coffman’s
store, carried off some cotton cloth, destroy
ed nearly everythiag in the store, aud
strewed a sack of salt in the street, and
wound uptheir magnificent effort to make the
people of Woodstock deeply regret their re
tirement from the late “glorious Union"
with them by taking a uutnbar ot overcoats
from Nebb’s hotel. They returned down
the valley on the same, night.
On Friday night week, the Yankees came
to Bouc-sville, Leo county, Ya, from the gap,
und committed all sorts of depredations.—
They burnt the Academy and Masonic Hall,
set lire to a church, aud stole all the* horses,
cattle, grain and negroes they could find.
From the Tennessee Valley.—We
pleased this morning to shake the hand of
Surgeon John M. Driver, appointed by Gen.
Piliow to establish Examining Boards for
conscripts throughout the State of Alabama.
He left Tuseumbia lust Saturday, and briDgs
the latest news from the Tennessee Valloy.
He brings tiie gratifying information that
Col. Jeff. Forrest is not dead, as reported,
but is doing well, and Dr. Driver thinks he
will certainly recover. He left him six days
ago, in the vicinity of Tuseumbia. Oater-
hans visited him m prison^ treated him
kindly and paroled him. He was shot iu
the left hip, the bail passing through both
Lips.
Dr. Diivtr tells us that when the enemy
came up to Tuseumbia, while Gen. S. D.
Lee was confronting them with the larger
pari of his force, Gen. Reddy made a detour
to fetiike ibtin in the rear, which caused
their precipitate retreat. *8ix divisions, av
eraging about 2500 men, under Sherman,
crossed the Tennessee at Eastport and came
up to Florence, where a heavy detachment
was posted, and the balance passed on, hall
of them proposing to go through Pulaski,
the other half through Athens. Piisoners
said that their intention was tto occupy the
country north of the Tennessee pcnnaccol
ly. If this be Hue, they will probably leave
l. \ ml, glee* aid and.com fort to the enemy.* H ie * v be expeole 1 hAck again ia a short
• - * time,
tmu lt ot tho desertion m this army can be
juiced to the open complaints of officers, ed-
to regiments of negfo Sant. ^tachmcuteat sundry important pomts,and
cv left they gave notice that 1 remainder wfil go to rumorce llu.mas
at Chattanooga.
D; - . Driver represents the devastation off he
Valley to be very greafaand that twenty-five'
or thirty families have left ihe country and
gone to Tuseumbia to obtain subsistence,
and some of them were reduced to sweet po
t a toes as their only food. General Lee’s
headquarters were at Tmcumbia, and Gon
Ro ddy’s a few miles higher up the valley.—
lou^h-1, except from hospitals and in ex
it, me cae-e?. Now*, this is but a bid to a
in m, to be either sick or play u talse part —-
Ymi that are at home know nothing ot our
ht-.-ii t yearuiug tor home; our loved ones
die, aud aieiort withtlieir fathers;our.child-.
ivn are bora und kuow uot their parents.—
j u many io tanees, hope isvlead also. Often
\ iu fit ii the remar k, “Ialmost w ish I was as
t ick us ihai man.” What the inference 1 The
hospital, aud (h* u sickfuilough. This is not
c titiiied to privati s. but exist among officers
who are human.
ft is simply this: a man may be at every
roll'&tUieUh mat clothes,'and bright gun; may
b,: punctual mall his duties, atuljiylgallant
!u, m.'l nceer see home, while uie drone in
camp, and the abomination of the surgeon
returns, fat and sleek two or three times a
year from iris homo. Muuy men who fight
Since the Yankees got the impression that
torpodoes aw suuk in tee York river, they
have not ventured up with a gunboat. They
have been constantly dragging for the iuft r-
nal machines, and used many threats and
oUier moans to extort the secret from the
citizens residing oil the river. One they ar- I ^ portion ot the lptter’s lokce was down
rested, who, refusing to give them any satis- j ubuu t . bcar creek, 18 or 20 miles btlow Tus
faction, was placed m n drag boat and puli-1 c ., m » 0 j a
ed up end down the river for several horns j Ua hi3 , v . iy h{sVQ l} . j> i eAra eI that there
by tue laakee?, who kept a respectful dts- ^ n o Yankee trvinps at II nUsvilie, nut
i.anee m another, to which it was attached . j, i(J impressiou is, tha - there were som c at
by a long rope. j Browmsboro stiiL
iiow ihe lx .ruiai r. j The Yankee papers represent the loss ol
There is uo news of importance iVom cur i Oslerhaua in tne tight with L^e s force at
armies on the Rapidaju. On Thursday a { 1 wo hundred iu killed and wounded,
body of some three or four hundred of the j ntsxrJe Gonfci.
ruemy’s cavalry came down from Madison i *
Court liousoto Lib^vtj Mill?,soBi6Six S Rkpjhtei\ t ight at >a»>. A
west of the Rapidan station, cua foraging) gentleman from Slaantpn brought intelli-
e\p edit ion, and were encountered by our] geace last night, that a rep art was current
iiitautry and driven bick.
Yesterday m•ruing at niae o’clock persons
at Orange Court House heard a brisk cau-
nouadc iu the direction ot Morton’s lord, on
the Rapidan, east of the railroad, but when
the Richmond train left the Court House no
explanation of the firing had transpired.
\Ye have from Wilmington reports of an t .
tmpieasanl character. It is said there is no j —Lynchburg ft j puousa?i
longer any doubt but that the government | 7“ ^
blockade ruuningsteaauer/miL Lee has been i , A tei-driukicg 'match took pi ace at
captured by the enemy. Ono of the Yankee 1 Bcaeoraee lately, and ihe woman who won
war steamers chased thr veasel out to sea M^ e prize dispo ed ul no fewer than nine-
Irom the Carolina coast and captured it.— 11 660 ceps.
iu the town when he left yesterday morning,
t-hat Gen. Imboden had a fight Wednesday
moruing, with the Yankees under A verb),
at a place called “old MillboroY’ iu Bath,
aboat 35 miies -West of Staunton, ia which
our forces were worsted and compelled to
tail back. Gen. Imboden is reported woun
tied. No other particulars had been received
■t.
“There,” said the soldier throwing a letter
on the table.
Eugene read slewly at first, but aftui wards
devoured the paper. If was his discharge
in due form. He looked at the old soldier
with astoBishment.
“That means that your place is taken con
script. It is a pity, though; tor you r mous
tache would have sprouted with a little gun
powder. But enough, you are happy,-now
—fhrcwell.
And he was going away,
j As he returned, he said, “Christiuc L jven
i —is that your sister? Where is your.sia-
jtor?”
“Here,” said Esgenc, poiuliug to Christine
who was pale with joy and emotion.
“This one is for you, miss ; and he threw
u second letter on the table, but stopped
short as Uc aaw Christine trembling with
agitation, crumpling the letter in her hands
and gazing fixedly on the table.
“What is the matter, what is the mallei
gaid Eugene. “Dear Chiistine, let us see
that letter. rielfisU being that I am, I never
thought of if. Lit mo see who dares to
write to you? What docs all this mean?”
And Ue ran over the letter hastily.
“Oh, read il aloud,” said Christine, “it’s
the same to me! Good heavens! this is but
just!”
Eugene, read aloud.
M'Si—1 ask nothing—1 go away without
making any terms—1 take your brother’s
place; you need him, and no one needs me.
But 1 am honest, and love you, ever since 1
saw you weep. 1 send you a ring of my
mother’s. If you have pity upon me, you
wili take the golden cross, iu which is some
ot your mother’s gray hair, and which glit
ters ou your neck; in the moonlight this
evening you will place u in tiie crev'ca of
the large 5 ew tree near the branches. I
will get it to-morrow morning; then you
will wait two years, and If 1 am uot dead I
will bring it back. Wili you remember
what you swore on that crosr? Farewell.”
“What does this mean?” said Eugene,
slowly. “How could any one know ? Ser
geant^ do you understand thu?”
“Some fellow on the lookout near yen,”
“Why, then, did he not come to us frank
ly?” answered the youug man. What a way
, of obliging is this!”
“Ah,” said the soldier, “there’s the thing !
One’s afraid of being treated as a spy; aud
then when one is young anil timid, and all
full of romantic sentiments, one knows how
to write, en 1 is afraid to talk, for wall! of
praet id; that’s it.” .
Eugene shook his heed.
“Soldier!” cried he, “your lwiud ! — I will
nut have this substitute—my sister shali dW
be sacrificed— L will go widi you. See ! ’ ami
he took up his discharge and p'epared to
tear it to pieces.
Christine stopped him.
“But xvhat if i want to have him ?” said
she. “After all, it’s a fine ac ion on his part.
And then he goes without making any
terms—and then he ii unhappy—ami then
I hare no other means of keeping you—and
then I want to be in love with him. He did
well, however, in uot showing himself—one
aiigut have regreiteff him too much, twill
take the ejroaa—but I should like to know-
sergeant, have you seen him i"
‘ Yes, now asd then. ’
“Welt, he is not hump-flacked -or bandy
legged, is he ?”
“A good joke 1 Is the French army re
cruited with such sort ot stuff under the L : t-
tie corporal ? Is it not com poseu of iudi
vidaals irreproachable as to their person,
aud no fools as to morality ” *
“Is he a man of worth r’ asked Eugene.
“Very much so,” I answer tor it.
“Weil, sir soldier,” said-Christine, remov
ing from her neck the goM eross with the
ribbon that supported him that he
has done well, and place the cross iu ihe
hollqw of the great yew; and then say no
thing more to him, but do uot quit him, do
you hear; and try to come back with him,
10 tell me, “There he is; it is himself; he is
worthy of you.”
Eugene and Louise looked on without
being able t<> speak. The grenadier rose,
took off his cap, wiped away a tear, aud
said, “ Enough.”
Christine turned to her brother and future
sister, blio was no longer the same person.
Her character bad assumed a mere serious
hue. She told Louise, “ I, too, am betrothed
—the pledge of my faith is ia the hands ol
a soldier of the guards.”
A year afterwards Eugene bad to leave
his home. The enemy xvas in Fniuce, and
he would not have accepted^ a substitute
if he could have lound one. At Montereau,
his life was saved by a iicutenaut'of carbin
eers. As this officer informed him that he
had no family, Eugene invited him home to
his own.
Charles, such xya3 his name, soon won
Christine’s favor; bat she hud plighted her
troth to her brotuers substitute and she was
faithful to him. Then Charles handed her
tin golden cross, and told her it was he, who
a poor collegian, ashamed of the noble ac
lion he was about to perform, went away
without seeiug her, and finally rose to the
rank of lieutenant.
“At present, sir,” continued the narrator,
“we are married. The sergeant died at
Waterloo. Eugene and myself have pros
pered in the world; we live in that little red
aud white house you see yonder, and I go
every evening to smoke my pipe under the
Crois$ey Yew.”
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE—SOME PSIVATE
HISTORY.
SPERCS OF MK._J.iA.ILvD IN EXULAND.
Mr. John Laird, M-. P., has recently made
au important speech at Birkenhead, upon
the natural defences of England, the Ala
bama case, Ac. After referring at some
length to the Armstrong gun aud tho capac
ity Qf iron plated ships, he said :
I will take two ships built La this neigh
borhood—the Alabama ami the Florida—
(loud and protracted cheering.) I am uot at
all ashamed, ladies and gentlemen, to own
that my sous designed aud built tne Ala
bama. (Renewed cheering.) Nor, I am surey
is the builder of the Fi >mia ashamed to say
that he duSigacd a.ad bnilttEat ship ; but the
testimony born» 10 those vessels is not the
testimony of Riikeuhcad or of Liverpool, or
indeed ot this country; bar the testimony
comes from America. They are two ves
sels that 1 have been afloat for some consid
erable length of time, and they have defied
the power"of 400 fhips. _ [Cheering.] They
have never- been caught. [Renewed cheer
ing.] They were designed acd built by pri
vate individuals; but in this country it is the
nmiorlune ot the managers of our marine to
imagine that one man, and oae man only, is
to carry in his head the brains of all the de
signing talent of the country for building
shihsL If they had.sj&t.. a tittle-life iu .the aft •
inirally, then they might have improved oa
the Alabama.anil the Florida, and perhaps
oa some other ships. [Laughter.] We have
been accustomed to hear of the Americana
boasting about their shipbuilding, and that
they built ships to rim twenty milts an hour,
Ladies and gentlemen, the Alabama goes
thirteen, but the Americans have never been
able to touch her.
HOW TUE ALA naM a LEFf ENOL VN D.
I do Lot know t hat I ought to occupy your
time any longer, but various statements have
beta made about a vessel that has attained
to some degree of lame. I refer to a vessel
well known throughout this country as iho
Alabama. (Loud and repeated cheering ]
I am not ashamed to acknowledge that some
of my family have had to do with that ship.
Still some statements ime been made about
her which should he controverted. I .should
not have mu Je any remark now, but for the
fact that the government of this country hud
made certain statements, and have given cer
tain legal opinions about her. anil they have
talked about the vessel having escaped. I
see my friond, Mr, Hind, and other gentle
men who are somewhat of sporting men,
and well they know what I mean when I
say—wheu hounds approach a fox cover tho
fox scents the houads, aud when the lma's-
meii come up to the cover the fox ia gone.
It is nonsense to talk about the fox escaping
or about the Alabama eseapidg. Tha Ala
bama was iu dock when she was inspected
by very many curious people, ana in deck
9be took on hr a d hftr canTs and her Stores.—
There was no secrecy whatever observed
about, the ship. She went cut of dock at
night, and I ask you, as men of common
sense, if she wanted to escape, surely the-
night was a time when she could have escapo
ed? But what was the fact? They were
so vainglorious about their iitile craft that
they anchored her off the landing stage, and
ire sue remained until half past ten or
Lhei
eleven the following morning, when she left
for her Uestiuaii m. They i:limit that she
was not fitted out ns a man-ef war. and that
they had 00 legal mi hor.ty to detain that
ship until a man was engaged to serve On
board her-as- a railin'. Does any ship-own
er pro-sent be:i-w\ or any man connected
with si , ih :! the eaplbia tf- -t ve\* i
world, and 1 can assure you that a few a p
lings per month extra did all the busing*
They did not care where they went’30
long as they got a little extra pay (laughter!
And, therefore, the statement regarding the
I captain of the Alabama having told usail-
or all about the ship—who elm was- and
where she was lor—bear.- lire i-apreas oi
falsehood upon the very face of it. Y never
saw the Captain cf the Alabama but once,
and that was after having taken the ship out
| ami I don’t think he was the man to make
such a statement as that tinea which ih*:
[ ship might have been stopped. Let rao road
I you a lew words from a speech of the Soii-
j citor General, v who made another great
; speech Iho other day at Richmond. He
1 said some months ago : It was got till Um
Alabama readied tiie Azores that she re
ceived her 8'oves, her eoutaio, or her papers,
and that she hoisted th^ tonfederaie flag.
It is not true that site departed from tho
shores of this country as a ship armed fi r
war (hear, hear, and great applause). Amt
then went on to say: “But I wish tho house
to understand that in those depositions there
was a great n»ft9s of heresav evidence, which
taken by itself, could not tftrm tho Insis oi
any action. Of the six dapodtions ’ransunt-
ted on the 22.1 of July, only one was good
for anything at all, Viz: the evidence of a
person named Passmore, which Wav utli
cient to prove the Material Deis. Two more
were sent corroborating Passmore, on the
24th, and were received by Ear! Hassell on
tlic20tb.” (Hear, hear.)
Passmore was the mau who made the af
fidavit that he was told by the captain wh ic
the ship was to go. i don’t believe him,
and lie mast have got up (he evidence Ur
the occasion. Lord Palmers’un, whom \\i-
all respect (Applause), said on the 2, T th of
March last:
“I have myself great donb's whether, if
we had sdml the Alabama, we should aot
have been liable tu considerable damages.
It is generally kntfW-n tkar *he sailed from
this country unarmed, ami uot propeily fi;
ted out for war, and that ehe received her
armament, equipment aud crow in a loroegu
port. Therefore, whatever suspicions we
ihay have had—and they were well found
ed, aa it afterwards turned out—ns to 1 In-
intended destination of the vessel, her con
dition at that time would not have jnsufled
a seizure.” (Cheers.)
Now, here is Lord Palmer-ton, an old
and experienced mau,who s.iys, in ids opin
ion, tho government would have been liable
to considerable damages had they stopped
that ship,--. I think,after what lias been said,
considering my conniction with this p ace.
aud alter tne noise this vessel has made in
the world,(laughter and applause) tliemcc-l-
iug will excuse my having brought forward
thVsc questions. (Applause.) But fine whole
question of tiie defences of this country u..)
be, I think, very safely brought botoru tin-*
meeting, because they are all iuUraatt.iy
connected with tho volunteer movtment*;
and I therefore feel tliat I have been juffi
lied in going somewhat at length Into t3ie
rarious questions as to the character oi‘ our
ship3 ot‘ war, the quality ol guns they are
to carry, and other incidental main ;i.
Interesting News From the v.'g.vsi.—
Tae Charleston ^lercury oi Ilia 7>ii c >u-
tiins some iutercsting and important news
from the enenay’s lines.
Last week James, a very. inLchigedt {.ud
observant negro, who runaway nbuit hycar
ago from Mr. Woo. R. Haber.sffaLa’s planta
tion, on tho Ogeechee river, Georgia, r.-ad
who has since beeu livingamo-ugai tho'Yan •
- A aaa.w-3? nmt F, m tiir. fthuHo
through the enemy’s lines aud returned to
seek his master, ills account of ths condi
tion of affairs in Beaufort is interesting, and
iu some respects important.
During the greater portion ui bis absence
James has beeu used as a seivauton lUe
plantfttiou of Mr. Edward Walker, '>iv miles
from Beaufort, oy a Yankee named Thoino-
sou, the “Superintendent” of Negroe--.—
Thompson has his two sisters liviug wi‘h
him, and acting as school marms. JUe says
that a regiment of white troop v is Stationed
at Mr. Tom Iiaynard’s and auo bar white’
regiment at Barn well’s brick house. These
regiments are relieved every week, ai.d
from these two points, as ceutricsjhc enemy
throw out their pickets. From July S to.
the middle of October there Were about ilOOO
troops on Beaufort und Paris Islands, aud in
the neighborhood. But, during ;ho hot
three weeks, heavy reinforcements had ai-
rlved—some from Morris Island, but. the
bulk of them from the North. Ot ihe-ieiast,
many came handeoffed. A new general and
several colonels were’amongst tim fresh ar
rival?.
The Yankees say that they cannot lake
Charleston from tne {rent, but hope to ro
tktfo it ii om tho rear. From ihe state meat?,
that he heart!, James gathered that they in
tended to open a heavy fire from the front
on Ohm leston, ou Savannah, and ou some
point near Ashepoo—this'last fo be the maid
attack.
They do not expect to tukethg Charleston
and Savannah railroad at ouce, bat while
the demons.rations u-t Charleston and Sa-
yaniiaii oc. uny onr attention, ihey hope to
he able to waste Ashcpoo, cut the Charles
ton aud Savannah n:i;road,.and fortify
toothold on the main, h'hey have ihe gnus
lor this attack on Aahepoo now ready tit
But.m ilead, having received two ship loads
of ariillf-ry from (lieNorth. Jaintsteiiez.s
that this movement against Ashepoo is ccr
Uiitily resolved upon, and wili soon take
piaoe
The Yankees nave oidertd a. conscript io:)
of all negro men between the ages of 18 and
4-">. This conscription was to have taken
yeaterday (Monday.) and it was to avoid this
; ’compulsory display ot lliartial ardor that
i .James forsook the enemy. He says, the ne-
I crocs who Jed the assault oa Battery Wag-
tiome. fill the ins auJ oa s of hb inf ehtitms,
rcgaidimr ilia! vliift?. [II mi, hear, anti ap-
plaUfe.]
Ccrmlniv nut. Now, L know- i> is uot
tree ,hal th it man was told anything of the
D»rt by the C'.piftin. Ithavet eim itrorm u
and-T believe the in formal io; to i»c on the
b st antUoriv. But Jet to • mil you ii s not!
accessory, :n engaging mtn u> gj .pacy-i and Com bailee rivers,'uvaifabie 1
part of the world to u«« t« «•-* men w^.cu-. 0 p fc hostile force, wonld br
Beaufort, ware put into ihe army.
Whatever portion ot the above
ihised upon hearsay, were obtained by dames
from Lis-Yankee taskmaster Thompaoii, and
from ike white seidieis whom he happened
to rntef.
ia regard to the threatened attack on the
Main, ia Gen. VYaiker’a District, vve may re
mark that the lowest po’iutsou the Asher 00
ifabie for the lam.V
C’h'apuifti":’i>
th.ey are going, btenue } on ku h>,'"Tu;# j nJJ f;,(» A.iftiepod, and Fit-Ms’ Point on
ai old hiud myselfm Uttiog *ju* secret ex the Combahce. B*tk these places are ?.i-
pedftiOi'S. (Ltugnt* 1 arsd pppiruisaA J ready slrenglhcued by foriiGeations, aaft we
* j Inst ihat these works uny not. fill, eilii.r
ltw rears ago it was •Eou^fLVdt-siruble by t'ut
Gore.rhment ot tlmo mairy to send vessels ; through the deticieacy of 111 ea or guns of
to Chtflft, an 1 fo vat o.jf parts of IngK.se-j ft. - -■ •
. sufficient catibre to rope! any advance the
crctly. A Chinese war wn* «.*tiC4j«itcft ; tm- | eueHlV way m% tce ia that direction.—Mcrcii
the iii£3iana were ex preleu lo tmne down • r .
ihe head of the Indus ktjd ihe Euphrates;) ' v '
and it was desirable t ) place fa;in in some
body. Har Majesty’s U. veranKiu were
pleased to jikcc faith In ihc, and I buiit ftu
the British Government about a dozen ves
sel?; but the government said to me—“What
we wait you to do, Mr. Laird; is this—we
want you to build, and to arm and equip
t esey cr e?fi; and trsemi lurm out; they
must beyoncs, and nobody must know any
thing about If,” Well, being a prudent sort
of a ship 1 .iii dc-r, [ said, “I will take yuir
order on those coadiUons.” I built the
ship:: they were armed; I engaged men; 1
did everytfiing. [Hear, hear, cheers and
Diu h cr.} I had to engage uot only saiiora,
but enuiir. rsand b tier makers, ship car-
paniers, and- men oi a* variety oi trades. I
haj ‘0 send them to various parts of the
PnojdOlions —The promotions above ihs
rauk of Colonel hi the Confederate army
h ive not been numerous of late. Tk^ most
recent are the following :
Col. M. B. Young, o! Georgia, to beB.ig
adier General, Sept. 2S.
Col. Thos. Kosaer, of Texas,- to be Briga
dier General, Sept. 23.h.
Col. Edward Hig®ins, of Lenisiana, lo be
Brigadier General, Vet. 2(LLl
A man named.TorteYoixjDiag Hie
It placed on his ttial at Tbura.for robbery,
a witness agaicat hj^proted that ho had
l urchased part-^ffthe slolpn 'property, bet
sard he had taken c ua to pay lor it in conn-
terieit coin,- “not to encourage dishonesty.’