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CCunfcdcracE GEO. W. ADAIR J. HENLY SMITH, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1861. Our Special Army Correspondence. ABOUT GEN, EWELL ; HIS FAILURE TO EX ECUTE AN IMPORTANT ORDER ANOTHER GREAT SERVICE BY THE TEXAN RANGERS RIVAL CLAIMS FOR IMPORTANT SER VICES THE HEALTH OF THE ARMY AND .SOME FAULTS POINTED OUT THE WO MEN OF VIRGINIA THEIR GOD LIKE LA- BORS OF MERCY. Richmond, Aug. 18th. I see that a correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer, writing from Bull Run over the sig nature of “Fairfax,” undertakes to relieve Gen. Ewell of the charge of disobedience of orders on the day of the battle of Manassas. After several perusals of the defence set up by “ Fairfax,” I atn unable to see wherein he controverts any part of my statement. In deed, he admits that he >s “ not prepared to take issue” with my statement of the facts, but suggests that Gen. Ewell must have mis understood the orders delivered to him. This suggestion, if it means anything, implies ei ther that Gen. Beauregard was unable towrite an intelligible order, or, if intelligible, that Gen. Ewell was incapable of understanding it. Gen. Ewell’s loyalty, courage and Rapacity I have never thought of impugning, and I am glad that “Fairfax” does not so understand me. All I have said is, that an order was de livered to him to attack the enemy in the rear or left flank ; that this order, from some unex plained reason, was not executed; and that if it had been, we should have captured and de stroyed Gen. McDowell’s army, and virtually ended the war. This last “Fairfax” appears to admit himself. His letter, in fact, sets up an apology, rather than a justification of the course of Gen. Ewel). I will only add that I derived my information from an officer at tached to Gen. Ewell’s brigade, who had seen and read the order himself. If there has been no inquiry into the matter by the proper au thorities, the omission is owing, doubtless, to the fact that notwithstanding the failure of this part of the programme, we achieved one of the most brilliant victories of which there is any record. While upon the battle of Manassas, there is another fact which deserves mention. You will recollect the two Texan Rangers, of whom I spoke in one of my letters from Fairfax Court House—Col. Terry and Maj. Lubbock. Well, it is to a reconnoissance they made on the morning of the 21st, that the country is indebted, in no small part, for the great vic tory. Like all true rangers who are accus tomed to hunt the buffalo and chase the deer, they sleep, as it were, with one eye open, and are easily aroused by the slightest noise. Just before day, on the morning of the battle, they heard a rumbling noise in the direction of Centreville, which sounded like heavy artil lery wagons moving over the rocky turnpike. Satisfied that something unusual was going on, they applied to Gen. Longstreet, to whose staff they were temporarily attached, for per mission to go and see what it was. The Gen eral consented, and in a few minutes they were in their saddles, picking their way through the woods and fields in the direction whence the noise proceeded. Arriving in the neighborhood of the turnpike, they found an immense column of the enemy's forces in mo tion towards Stone Bridge and Sudley’s Ford, including infantry, cavalry and artillery.— Maj. Lubbock returned with all possible dis patch to Gen. Longstreet, and thence proceed ed to the headquarters of Gens. Beauregard and Johnston. After notifying them about sunrise of what was going ou, he rejoined Col. Terry, and the two continued the reconnois sance until they learned as far as possible what were the force and plans of the enemy, and then galloped back to headquarters.— Those of your readers who have followed me in my previous accounts of the battle, will be able to appreciate the importance of this re connaissance. Our Generals had intended to offer battle that day themselves, and when Gen. Beauregard heard the first gun of the en emy, (fired about 6 o’clock) he exclaimed: “Thank God for that!” He preferred, doubt less, that McDowell should make the attack. Col. Terry and Maj. Lubbock returned to Texas immediately after the battle of Manas sas, with authority to raise a regiment of Ran gers for service in Virginia. You will not be surprised to hear that they were the first to enter Fairfax the morning after the battle, aud that they captured an immense amount of military property, including a great many boxes of muskets, ammunition, <kc. General Longstreet was stationed to the right of our centre, and Cel. Terry, who was fully apprised of the importance of striking the enemy in the rear, bore one of the orders connected with the pro]>osed movement; and I am told that he actually wept upon the field when he found that the orders would not be executed. Ho is the most skillful military man I have met with, excepting, of c nirse, Gens. Beaure gard and Johnston, and he ought to be assign ed to the command of a brigade. The above reference to the importauceofthere onnoiaance made by these gentlemen reminds me of a tact which has doubtless impressed itself upon the minds of your readers. 1 al luda to the importance which every regiment engaged iu the battle attaches to the part which it performed. Each one claims that to it belongs the credit of having turned the tide of battle, and that it it had not been there, precisely at the time aud place it was, the day would have been lost. The curious part of this claim is, t/.ot it *s literally true. Every brig ade, aufl regiment, and company, and man, par formed a part which was essential to our success. Every private, therefore, who fired a musket on that day, may truthfully cltim that the service which he rendered was necea sary to the completeness of the victory achiev ed by our arms. What greater honor could any man desire in this world ? Like a vast piece of complicated machinery, the success lul operation of every piece of which depends upon each and every other part, however min- SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. ute and insignificant. So in the battle of Man assas, the part taken by every corps, and by each man in every corps, formed an essential element in the mighty struggle which finally culminated, under the blessing of Providence, in a glorious victory. You will regret to hear that there is a great deal of sickness among our troops. The pre vailing diseases are measles and typhoid fe ver. There is reason to believe that our offi cers are not as careful of the health of their commands as they should be. The camps are not kept clean and wholesome ; nor is the sol dier required to give that attention to personal cleanliness which is essential to good health If proper sanitary regulations were adopted, and officers of every grade required to see to their enforcement, the sick list might be per manently reduced far below the present fig ures. Aud just here, let me offer a passing tribute to the women of.Virginia. For their kindness and attention to the sick and wounded, the whole country owes them a debt of gratitude which no words can express, and which no time can repay. In season and out of season, in fair weather and foul, day and night—to the humble private, in his rusty uniform, as to the officer with his clattering sword and spurs—to all grades, and at all times, they are the same gentle and tender ministers, ever ready, with their means, and their homes, and their own loving hands, to nurse, to shelter, and to comfort. They have thrown open their houses and their hearts, and they appeal to the suffering, wherever found, to come and en joy the protection of the one and the warmth of the other, “without money, and without price.” Not content with this, they publish their calls in the newspapers, and even go out themselves, “ among the highways and the hedges,” ia search of the unfortunates. All, all are welcome. Nor does this welcome pro ceed from one class alone. The fine lady, in her lordly mansion, and the poor woman in her humble cabin—the one with her ready luxu ries and refined kindness, the other with her homely fare and untutored goodness—vie with each other in the good work, and stand ever with outstretched arms, begging you to come and make their home your home, until God shall heal and make you whole. Surely such women are akin to the angels ! All honor, then, to the women of Virginia ! If the men have done their part, so have the women done theirs. Heaven will protect them in their life, and crown them in that which is to come. As they have vi ited the sick and boused the stranger, and fed the hungry, and clothed the naked in this world, so, we are taught and believe, shall their reward be in that purer and better state where there shall be no more battles, aud no more sickness and wounds. A. Our Special Correspondence from the Ist Georgia Regiment. COOL WEATHER SET IN MEASLES DEATH OF MR. ALLEN TYPHOID FEVER AND DEATHS ARRIVAL OF MR. ASKEW ; HIS THRILLING ADVENTURES DEPARTURE OF TROOPS ROSECRANS RETREATS OUR ARMY TO ADVANCE COL. RAMSEY Monterey, Highland Co., Va., I August 15, 1861—4 o’clock, P. M. j To the Editors of the Southern Confederacy: The weather, which for ten or twelve days previous to last Tuesday was very hot and op pressive, relieved at intervals by refreshing showers of rain, on that day underwent a ma terial change, and is now very cool. We had considerable frost here this morning. This change of weather no doubt is having a salu tary effect on those of our sick who have been suffering so long of fevers; at any rate, they are beginning to relax their fatal grasp on many of our Regiment, who have for some time been their victims. Measles is raging fearfully in the army in North-Western Vir ginia. I was informed to-day, by a passenger on the stage just from Alleghany Mountain, that in the camp of the 12th Regiment Ga. Vols., Col. Johnson, there are at least 300 cases of measles. I learn it is raging to a greater or less extent in every other camp. Mr. G. M. Allen, a brave soldier, and a high minded, honorable gentleman, whom every one loved who knew him, died last Sunday night of typhoid fever. Mr. Allen was a member of the Newnan Guards, and long will he live in the memory of our corps. We had been so unfortunate as to lose three worthy members of our company of the same disease, prior to Mr. A.'a death, whose remains we sent back to Georgia for interment, and it was the sincere desire of every member of our com pany to make a like disposal of his body ; but owing to the commanders of this post refusing to give a furlough to two of our corps, who should act as an escort to his remains, we were forced to abandon the idea of sending the body to his parents, but had to inter it here, which we did last Monday evening with mili tary honors. Three other deaths have occur red in our Regiment this week, but we have not been able to find out the names of the persons who have died. Two of these were of the Bainbridge Independents, Capt. Evans; the other of the Washington Rifles, Captain Jones. As this article may meet the eyes of some of his relations or friends, I will here state that Mr. Askew, of the Newnan Guards, whom we had given up as dead, since the fight on Cheat River, arrived safely in camp yesterday. Mr. A. relates every thrilling story of his ad ventures with the Yankees. He was taken prisoner by them, but effected an escape by the most narrow risk of lite. He is truly the hero of this regiment. All the troops stationed here, except the Ist Regiment Ga. Vols., and the Militia, about 200 in number, left yesterday to join Gen. Jack son on the Alleghany Mountain. It will be remembered that we stated in our last com munication that 12,000 Yankees were then en camped on Greenbrier River, only 7 miles from Gen. Jackson’s camp, and also that Gens. Lee and Loring were working their way into the enemy's rear, and predicted that a great battle would ensue before the expiration of j many days. But we were deceived in the 1 boasted generalship and bravery of that Dutch ■ Commander, Roeecrana, who, when he learned Ithat Gen. Lee would soon come down upon him with a force not much less in number than his, evacuated his camp on Grffli brier River, and fell back upon Beverly, JBis said that there is not one of the Northerrft-ops in this section of Va. east of Laurel and Rich Mountain. It is thought Lee, llqfng and Jackson will advance on those points soon with a force sufficient to whip all the Yankees that may be brought against them. The health of our Regiment is improving. Our Col has been temporarily released from the charges preferred against him, and has been given the command of his Regiment. It is thought we will not remain here -mg—the Militia b-iug sufficient force to guard the com missary stores-but will join Gens. Lee and Loring’s command. We expect to'-Srfe some thing of interest to communicate in our next letter, if one may judge from present indica tioas. J. N. B. From the Liverpool Mercury, of August 2d. NOTES ON THE AMERICAN CRISIS. It is a common remark in this country that political and social questions in the United States generally result iu away precisely the reverse of what might have been anticipated. These constant errors are principally owing, we believe, to the fact that the American peo pie are nearly always judged from a European point of view, and hence writers start with false premises. For instance, it has always been thought that principle and everything else must give way to mammon ; the phrase “ almighty dollar” was coined by eooas jngen ious person, and being of convenient shape and die, soon became current and passed for truth ; and from this love of money it has since been argued that the Americans would never incur the expenses of war. Yet sud denly we see the whole nation already suffer ing severely from the incipient evils es the conflict, abandoning money-making, and vot ing an almost unprecedented sum for this pur pose. The explanation is easy : the Ameri cans are not a dollar but a labour-worship ping people. Ardour and energy are their great characteristics ; and whether it be earn iug or spending money, pleasure or business, eating or drinking, revivals of religion or war —to whatever their attention is directed—it is done as if life depended on it. Another mistake, corrected by the present unhappy crisis, is that the Americans always seek the period of England’s difficulties to bluster and threaten her, as, for example, du ring the Crimean war, and yet we now see these same people shorn of half tbeir strength, and that half turned against them, threaten ing England more fiercely than ever, although the I’ower is not engaged in war, and was never better armed. This, then, is a mere Anglo-Saxon determination to defend their conceived rights under all possible circum stances. The doctrine of secession is a third instance in which Eurcpe (and the North tco, in this case) holds views contrary to American.‘hough not to European, ideas of government. Here again, if we would pursue truth and arrive at correct conclusions, American political ques tions must be judged by American principles. As every one knows, those principles were laid down three quarters of a century ago, in the Declaration of Independence, aud every year since that period this famous statement of rights has been read in every city, town, and village of the Union ; and it has been proclaimed to the whole world amid the firing of guns, pistols, &c., that, “we hold these truths to be self-evident— all. government is derived from the consent rs the governed and that this right is hndlicnaSle” Ai|. this’whs fought for and secured ; and tor all this udl lions of people have been lured from the slioris of Europe only to find themselves in the posi tiou of soldiers, in st end of farmers or tradesmen, and to behold at this late day this last and worst case of repudiation. Is it indeed true that the American name is becoming a syno nym for faithlessness, and that they are a na tion who no longer swear to their hurt, and perform it ? Let us examine the case as well as we are able. Nine millions of people demand, for some cause or other, the right, so clearly an nounced, and once fought for, of govepsing themselves It is denied; but the diversity and weakness of the reasons for the denial afford clear proofs of the perplexity of a peo ple conscious of doing a dishonest thing One great statesman, for instance, wishing to drink at the same moment “ at the fountain and mouth of the Nile,'’ asks how the North, can give up the the Gulf of Mexico to a foreign Power ? He would have the great lakes of the North and the great Gulf of the South ; and why not the St. Lawrence and Amazon as well 1 This is that selfish view of the case, which supposes that all other nations are for ever to be penned up ia tbeir present limits, while the States are to spread over and own illimitable territory. Another urges as a rea son for war the “ stolen” forts, &c. ; forget ting that the North retains, in soys, custom houses, mints, and other public build'ugs, property of perhaps ten times the value of that taken by the South on its own soil, to say nothing of the whole United States navy, now turned against those who have helped to build it. Another cites the firing of the first gun by the South, forgetting that that gun was not fired until an armed squadron lett New York harbour, after Mr. Lincoln’s express declara tion that he would collect revenue in the South and retake the forts, arsenals, &c. A man does not usually wait until the blow de scends, if he sees hie enemy with raised bludgeon ; the approach tuies the attack. Besides if the South were in earnest in secession, it would have been folly to wait until the the whole navy had ar rived from the Pacific and the East to throttle them at their doors. f Another statesman seems only desirous of showing Europe how strong a Government re publicanism may have, and that it is no fail ure ; forgetting that the exercise of that pow er in such away is simply despotism, and proves the failure, and that a war for Union implies in itself disunion. Others unfortunately cite Ireland and Scot land as possible cases to illustrate the evils of secession, asking triumphantly what England would do under such circumstances; but they forget that England has never laid down the doctrine that all government is derived from the consent of the governed. But we pass by all this to consider the point most strongly urged by the President, name ly, as to what would happen if the doctrine of secession were acknowledged as a right. We answer, just that would happen which would happen by acknowledging the right of self-government. The last logically implies the first. An attempt is made to evade this in the Ncrtb by saying that they acknowledge the right of revolution—which is an absurdi ty, as a Government cannot allow or acknowl edge wbat it forbids; besides, if the revolu-* lion be overcome, then the conquered—one or twenty millions, as the case may be—are im mediately denied the right of self-govern ment. Thus we arrive at the same conclusion ; and the United States Government, in attempt ing coercion, have clearly abandoned their •va prißjiplee. The Old World idea of Gov ernment is of a power over the individual im- posed by another; the New, of a power impos ed by himself. It is coercion in the one case, self-restraint in the other. This is the grand basis of republicanism, and it has worked du ring three quarters of a century with the most wonderful success. All the great questions of immigration, tariff, currency, &c., &c , which have, agitated the people have not at all dis turbed the Union nor shaken the notions about self-government. But in the course of the im mense progress of the United States it was fair to suppose that interests so diverse might arise ad to make division and separation de sirable ; and we now have the first instance of this in the slavery question. Another in stance growing in the future will probably be Mormonism. An enormous population is ris ing in the West, whose numbers are rapidly swelling by immigration and large natural in crease, and who will soon have a prominent and powerful voice in the Government. Right eous New England will ther doubtless say— “ Our conscience will no longer permit union with these people, and we will quietly separ ate like Abraham and Lot, in a land large enough for both.” The doctrine of the right of self government, and consequent secersion, permits it. Again, the mild and benignant rule of the States allows all religions to flourish and be taught, aud there are already a Chinese tem ple in San Francisco and over 50,000 heathen in the country ; and it is not impossible that these people should yet M be counted by mil lions. Here, again, would be a desire for separation. All these cases are peacefully provided for ; and such is the liberality of iheGovernment, properly viewed, that we hold it as almost impossible that any case of se cession should arise except where separation would be clearly for the benefit of both par ties, as it is in the present case. And for the truth of this position we appeal to the past. Mr. Lincoln sees nothing in acknowl edging the right of secession but state shat tered from state, county from county, city from city, all ending in anarchy and ruin.— But look at the facts. Has not just the re-* verse been the case. State after state and county after county have of their own free will hastened to join the great Confederacy, until the original number of thirteen has been swelled to more than thirty ! Hundreds of thousands of people, too, Lave annually poured across the Atlantic to embrace the ad vantages of combination and participate in the right of self government, but not one state has seceded ! Nor will one secede, unless its interests are so very diverse and opposite that its secession would be a benefit. No; ag gregation is the concomitant of civilization, se gregation, of barbarism ; aud while the reduc tion of the nations of the world to one tongue and one people is going on so rapidly in America, we find the obverse of the picture in Africa, where isolation and suspicion have reduced the scanty people to tribes speaking 150 different languages. It is unfortunate that Mr. Lincoln has so suddenly forgotten this progress, built up on free and liberal princi ples ; and it would be far better if he would ask, what would happen if these new doctrines of coercion become the ruling principle, and the people who have gone to seek liberty, and hold the reins, find that they have the bit in their mouths ’ Mil not su :h a course arrest an nexation, as it has alie idy done immigration, and be ultimately followed by a general reassertion of their rights on the part of all the States? Kentucky has already partially taken this ground Indeed, we might say that certain Northern States were the first se ceders, since many of them enacted laws ma king obedience to the United States laws a penal offence. This was partial secession : ' and it might have been supposed that the whole North would have been the party de siring to secede from the South, since they have so long urged their desire to be “discon nected from the guilt of slavery,” and the doc trine of self-government and secession would have allowed them to obey these dictates of conscience without bloodshed. But Mr. Lincoln also aims to protect, as he terms them, “the majority of Union men” in the South—a solicitude which reminds us strongly of that displayed by the Emperor of Austria towards the non'-Magyar population of Hungary, except that in the latter case there is such a population, but in the former there is not be found in the South anything that could ever be termed a small minority of Union men. In fact, this abandonment of the fundamen tal idea, on the part of the North, upon which the whole Government was founded, has thrown the ruling powers into inextricable confusion, and given rise to all those anomal ies which so much surprise Europe. They term those who correspond precisely with their heroic ancestors “ rebels.” They call those “ pirates ” who are carrying out a mode of warfare insisted upon by themselves late as 1857. They are doing to their own ports in blockading them what they only lately de clared the Sicilians had no right to do.— They appeal to Europe for countenance as of a free Power against a slave, and yet de clare that they intend to perpetuate that slav ery according to the constitution. In short, they are hedged about with difficulties at ev ery step ; and this, we believe, has led to ma ny delusions which are pertinaciously foster ed and even receive countenance here. One is that the South are not united, but that a “ma jority,” as Mr. Lincoln says, await deliver ance and are Union men. If the positive evi dence to the oontrary of the thousands of dis interesed foreigners who have this year come North and to England, including also the let ters of Mr. Russell, were not sufficient to dispel this error, there is another way by which Mr. Lincoln might arrive at the truth. Does he suppose that, » hsn Anglo Saxons every where are so generally courageous, a majority of Southern men (usually thought to have some spirit) would, with a tremendous army in the North to favour them and the whole United Slates navy off their shores, rest in the cow ardly quiescence now preserved for several months ? Is the supposition not absurb in its face ? It is this error which has caused North ern men from the beginning to lavish their capital freely, under the expectation of car rying on a vigorous and short war, and, as the phrase went, of crushing out the rebellion in a mouth; indeed, it was believed that*the mag nitude of the preparations would awe the re bels into submission ere a blow was struck. Six months have rolled round, and the same plan is still followed ; but the large army now called out is only half the size of what the South were at first threatened with, and which had the effect only of cementing them closer together and making them firmer in their determination to resist to the death. Another delusion which seems to have great weight in the North and here, as a latent ele went of Federal power, capable of being ap plied at the last moment, is that of inciting the slaves to insurrection, and a kind of hu mane forbearance is claimed for not putting in force so powerful an “argument.” This is spoken of as if it were like applying a match to a train: but the utter impossibility of any thing of the kind may be imagined if the , reader will only think of 4,000,000 of people scattered over isolated plantations, in acoun try half as large as Europe, strictly guarded, unable to read or write, and having no weap ons. When the whole South is subjugated that may be done; but then, we opine, the interests 1 of the conquerors would lie in another direc tion. In whatever light we view the case, the po sition of the North is most unfortunate. If, after a fearful expenditure of life and money, they succeed in subjugating the South, it will still require an immense army to hold them in subjection. If, on the other hand, the Un ion be patched up again, abolitionists and others will immediately commence tbeir agi tation, and there will be, in a short period, a re-enactment of all the present troubles. But if, in the third place, the South is successful in her resistance, of which we have no doubt, the North will have expended her blood and treasure merely for the sake of creating a hating and hated rival. We sincerely hope that even in this eleventh hour good sense, wisdom and humanity may suggest to the people of the United States the folly of their course, but of this there seems little prospect at present. Our opinion is tha‘, unless (which is possible) new complications arise and other nations be drawn into the quarrel, the result will be that eventually the Government vill be compelled to yield that which might now be gracefully conceded.— After some months the people will find it net. so easy to subdue 9,000,000 of Anglo-Saxons, having the same notions of their rights as themselves, and fighting, as they conceive, for their property and their very homes and upon their own soil; and then, after immense suf fering, the different parties and interests in the North will begin to murmur, recriminate, and finally rebel. The large and increasing body of abolitionists will insist on the South leaving the Union, as they have long desired , the Democrats will denounce the Black Re publicans, as authors of the war which they have fought for them, and wash their hands of further participation in it; while the great North-West, with her immense granaries of corn and provisions, deprived by (probably) good harvests here of her European market, shut out by the war from her usual Southern market, and taxed too, perhaps, to foster Eas tern manufactures, will declare her unwilling ness to continue the conflict; the shipping interest, too, harrassed by privateers, and their vessels rotting in their docks, will make a loud outcry ; while the general commercial men all over the country, always liberal and opposed to war, will at once lend their aid to any party in favor of ending it; and thus, before another year rolls round, we may find two prosperous republics, each increasing by annexation, and that of the North really more powerful, and in a sounder condition, with what she conceives to be her dead branch lop ped off, than if it clung to her side. As to the obligations of a seceding State, clearly she is not released from any of them, whether as part of the general Governnient debt or of whatever other nature. If she de cline payment, the same recourse is open against her which England has against Spain, or any other creditor against a debtor. But in revolution the case is different, the United States having, when she broke away from Great Britain, cut asunder all obligations to share any part of the national debt. The South, being forced from peaceful secession to revolution, may take the same course. Thus the true doctrine of secession is peace ful and honest, as becomes this enlightened country ; while that of revolution is bloody and dishonest, as was common in past ages. < «. : Talk on Change. The New Orleans “Crescent,” of the 16th August," says : A larfee crop of cotton is calculated on ; ev- , erything is auspicious regarding it. The late rains have not produced any ill effects ; to the contrary, they have been of estimable advan tage on the uplands. Liverpool has, by this time, received all the cotton from the United States for some time to come. Lancashire can now come to some conclusion about how long the stock now on hand will last. We are now in the middle of August, and only one bale of the new crop received in this market, one bale in Lavacca, Texas, and one bale in Geor gia. Last year up to this time, the receipts of the new crop at this port were five thous and eight hundred and two bales, the receipts for the week ending the 17th of August being 4,635 bales. The crop now is in advance es last season, and we would have received ten thousand bales in the regular course of re ceipts. Last year at this time the bottom lands on the Mississippi were suffering from drouth, and much cotton in the uplands was given up as lost. The cotton factors in Charles ton have followed the course of their confreres in our city ; issued a circular recommending most strenuously to planters not to send any cotton to market until the blockade is ex pressly removed. And again on the 17th it says : The stock of coffee is becoming much re duced, and indications are strong for a very short supply. What will answer for a substi tute, ia the inquiry ? |Why the cereal rye. If the country is deprived of the berry, it will not be the first time in this century. During the war of 1812 to 1815, the intercourse with foreign countries was closed, and coffee was considered cheap at one dollar per pound.— However, we shall not suffer greatly if we should be deprived of our morning beverage the coming year. As regards other articles, such as provisions and breadstuff's, there will be no want for the latter. Salted meats and provisions will command high prices, but not such high and elevated prices as would be speculators anticipate. In some parts of the country planters and farmers are not prepar ed to meet the present crisis. It has taken many unawares, but before the present stocks of meats can be consumed, measures will have been concocted and carried out that will cov er the deficiency in the supplies of Western bacon, pork and beef. The South does not care a continental dollar for Ohio hams, Indi ana pork or Illinois beef, corn and wheat. As for bagging and rope from poor Kentucky, we shall not want a yard or a pound of either.— We believe that the Hessians, with black John and all, will be driven out of Missouri, and the hemp, bagging and rope will come hither from that State as usual. Capt. Robertson. Capt. B. H. Robertson, formerly of the Se cond Dragoons, U. S. Army, and who has been in service in Utah, reached our city last evening, having resigned his position in the Federal army in order to join the Confeder ate service. Capt. Robertson left Utah on the 2d of June, the earliest moment after the melting of the Rocky Montain snows, and has been ever since on the road home with his family. We aro happy to make this announce ment, as reports have been circulated that Capt. R. adhered to the Northern service.— There has of course been not the least auth ority for this rumor. Capt. R. is from Amel ia county, Virgiaiu.—Sichmond Enquirer, Aug. 19. The following correspondence recently pass ed between a gentleman and his son, who had left college to fight for his country : “ 8., Jr.—ls you enlist, I disinherit you. 8., Sr.” “ 8., Sr.—Without a country I want no in heritance. I have enlisted. B.„ Jr.” o * e 7*“**«rO ** ... i I BY ADAIR & SMITH. TERMS: Daily, one year, $5; six months, $3 ; one month, 50 cents. W eekly, one year, $2; six months, $1.25 —invariably in advance. all cases, subscribers to the Daily “Confederacy” will be charged at the rate of 50 cents per month tor any length of time less than one year. 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