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rHE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE
BY ADAIR & SMITH.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1862.
VOLUME II—NO. 197
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GEORGIA HAiLHOAl).
Augusta to Atlanta, U1 Miles-Fare,
GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
(Sunday's excepted.)
■eaves Atlanta, daily, at
Arrives at Augusta at
*»ve» Augusta, dally, at.
A-' vet at Atlanta,
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
tan..e Atlanta,
Irri/e at Augusta, at
-a es Augusta at .. . .
Arrives at Atlanta at
$S 80.
6.10, A. M
8.04, P. M
6.48, A. M
6.62, P. U
T.18, P. M
8.30, A. M
4.00, P. M
2.08, A M
TO OONNEOT WITH ATHENS AND WASHINGTON.
Leave Augusta 6.45 a. jj
Arrive at Athens p. jj
Leave Atlanta 6.10, a' M
Arrive at Washington p. m
Leave Athens a. M
Arrive at Augusta 8.04, p! M
Leave Washington A. M
Arrive at Atlanta 5.32, p M
TO OONNEOT WITH WARKKNTON.
Leave Augusta at 4.00, P. M , and Atiauta at .6.10, A M
Arrive at Warrenton p. m
Leave Warrenton p. M
Arrive at Augusta 5.04, P. M., and at Atlarna 2.05, A. M
Tills Road runs in connection with the Trains of the
South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads
at Augusta.
Mutltertt Couledctacg
GEO W. ADAIR, I. HENLY SMITH,
EDITOES AND PROPRIETORS.
B. C. SMITH, M. D....... ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Superior Syrup.
Genuine Sorgho, made and warranted good,
by Col. John B. Walker, Madison, Georgia.
For sale by
ROBERT L. CRAWLEY,
Commission Merchant,
2t Franklin Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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H. HENDERSON A CO.,
Wholesale and Retail
R O C E
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AND
Commission Merchants,
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
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P B. M’DiNlXt.
C. H. kTBOSa
McDaniel & strong,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND DIALKH6 Ilf
Ail kinds of Produce,
Hunter Street, between Whitehall and Prior,
ATLANTA, .... GEORGIA.
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A New Methodist Church.
^BALED PROPOSALS are invited until the 16th of Au-
gust, for building a new Methodist Church in Atlanta,
according to the drawing* and specification* to be seen at
Hunuicutt A Taylor’s Drug Store. Separate propoeal* are
invited for doing the brick Wolk merely, Including however
the wood work and paluting of the tower. The brick woik
must be completed by the 1st of January next. The con
tract will he given lo the lowest responsible bidder—the
committee reserving the light to decline all the propoeal*
it none of them aie satisfactory.
ISAAC WTNSHIP, 1 *
BK LAW SHE, I ~
W. J. SCOTT, V a
JOSEPH WTNSHIP, j B
augb-tf 8. B. ROBSON. j £
. A CARD.
O N retiring from the Ambrotyde and Photographic bu
siness iu this city, I return my sincere thank* to my
many friend* and patrons fur their liberal patronage for
the last nine years.
daring sold my Gallery to Mr. John Lache, late of Tal-
laha^ee, Florida, I would respectfully recommend him as
high-tout J gentleman, and an artist of superior ability.
Mr. Lache will re-open the Gallery on the 12th of June,
when he will be prepared to execute Ambrotypes, Photo
graphs, Ivorytypes, Plain and Colored Card Photographs,
and Visiting Cards; also, Lite-site and Cabinet Photo
graphs I11 Pastel or Oil Color*.
uiay27-6m 0. W. DILL.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP
for sale.
r |TilK UNDERSIGNED, Proprietors of the Chattanooga
X Foundry and Machine Works, propose to sell the en
tire establishment, embracing Machinery, Tool*, Stock on
hand, Ac.—all of which is as complete a* any establishment
of the kiud in the Confederacy. We are now doing a large
and profitable business, which would go immediately Into
tne bauds of our successors. The superior advantage* of
location will always insure au increasing business to any
extent desired. Persons desirous to iuveet will do well to
call aad examine. THOS. WEBSTER A CO.,
Chattanooga, July SI, 1862. aug2tf
Notice—Barks Wanted.
MEDICAL PURVEYOR’S OFFICE, I
Atlanta. Os., June 30,1862. J
riUiK boat prices will lie paid by the undersigned tor
J. large quantities of the following BAKKs:
Mem, branches and root of Dogwood, (root prefen ed),
branches and roots of Whito Willovr; root, trunk and
blanches of American Poplar, (called also W Luo-wood, Ga
me-wood and tulip-tree,) root preferred.
These barks most be carefully dried ami securely pack
ed. They may be brongbt to this office, or sent to Mr. L.
W. Waller, Botanical Agent, Cartenmlle, Ga.; or W. W.
Durham, Botanical Agent, Decatur, Ga. -
GEORGE 8. BLACKIK,
jyl-ti Surgeon and Medical Purveyor, a &■ A.
ATLANTA A WEST-POINT R. II.
Atlanta to West-Point, S7 Miles—Fare, $3 50.
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
MORNING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta at 2 48, A. M
Arrive at West-Point, 7.35, a. M
Leaves West-Point, 12.40, a M
Arrives at Atlanta, 5.80, A. M
EVENING PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta 4.00, p. m
Arrives at W est-Point , 11.22,1>. M
l eaves West-Point 2.00, P. M
trrives at Atlanta. 6.43, P. M
This Road connects with tbo Montgomery and West-
Point Road at West-Point.
WESTKAAi 4 ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
Atlanta to Chattanooga, 189 Miles—Fare, (5 00
JOHN 8. ROWLAND, Superintendent
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN
Leaves Atlanta at 7.80, P. M
Arrives at Chattanooga at 4 57, A. M
Leaves Chattanooga, ; 5.18, P. M
Arrives at Atlanta at.. 2.80, A M
EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN.
(Carrying the Mailt.)
Leaves Atlanta at 4.00, A. M
Arrivesjtt Chattanooga at 8.41, P. M
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
Of the Savannah Republican.
# Smithfiex.d, Ya., Sept 19th, 1862.
The Confederate army has returned to A ir-
ginia. Whether Gen. Lee took this step front
a military necessity, or for some strategic
purpose, or because he had accomplished the
object of his movement into Maryland—the
capture of Harper’s Ferry—I am unable to
say. The order was issued late last evening,
and by the time it was quite dark, the wagons,
artillery and troops began to move. All the
wounded that were in a condition to be moved,
had been taken across the river. Those whose
wounds were very severe or mortal, unfortu
nately, had to be left behind, and fell into the
hands of the enemy. Some of the wounded
had never been removed from the held, hav
ing fallen on 3 part of the ground still held
Many of the dead were bu
Committees
Of the Hospital Association for the week
commencing Sept. 29. The following Ladies I by the enemy.
are appointed to cook for the sick soldiers at I ried yesterday, and some were transferred to
the car shed: this bank of the river.
Monday, Sept. 29—Mrs Seals, Mrs Ed. ? was not quite three miles to the Potomac,
1 ’ and our wagon trains extended lrorn bharps-
1 ajne, Mrs Rogers, Mrs Lovojoy, Mrs ena- b urg over to the Virginia side. There were
ble, Miss Ida Winship. only two roads by which we could proceed,
Tuesday.—Mrs Isaac Winship, MrsR Win-J one of which was token by the troops and the
ship, Mrs l’erino Brown, Miss Sallie Winship, I other b Y the artillery and wagons. Our lines
Miss Mary Clayton, Miss Joiner.
Wednesday.—Mrs Dr Powell, Mrs Peck,
Mrs Yancey, Mrs Lawshe, Mrs Hull, Miss!
Robson, Mrs Overby.
Thursday.—Mrs Dr Young, Mrs Cox, Mrs
Hunuicutt, Mrs O II Jones, Mrs Captain Pow- J
ell.
came up within a short distance of the ene
my’s, yet so silently and adroitly was the
movement conducted, that McClellan was not
aware of it until next morning. It had rained
in the afternoon, and the roads were muddy
below, while the heavens were covered with
light fog above, both of which facilitated the
enterprise.
We had crossed into Maryland by the bright
Friday.— Mrs A Hurt, Mrs Rice, Mrs Dr I and early morning sun; we returned in
Brown, Airs Goode, Mrs McConnell, Mrs S B lence and at the dead hour of night. The
Robson. columns wound their way over the hills an
n , ... ,, „ along the valleys like some huge, indistinct
t M w Bessent, Miss Moll, Mrs moB “ ter . The frees and overhanging cliffs,
oco r, Mrs Wood, Miss Jennie Clay Jon, Miss I and the majestic Blue Kidge loomed up in dim
Johnson. but enlarged and fantastic proportions, and
Sunday.—Mrs Ponder, Airs C Howard, Airs made one feel as if he were in some strange
McLendon, Mrs Davis, Mrs I Winship (Pres- and weired land » f grotesque forms, visible
idem), Mrs Purtell. only in the hour of dream,
m. , . , . , . >V hatever was tha motive to the movement
The members are requested, to call at the it must be regar dee as one of the most sue
Society store room, and get provisions to cessful and extraordinary exploits in the his
cook.
Mbs. ISAAC WINSHIP,
President.
The Red «X.”
For llte present we have quit notifying dai-
tory af auy country, and stamps the man that
ordered and executed it as one of the great
est military leadersin our time and generation
AV ith the exception of the wounded and t
few wagons that got turned over in the dark
ness, not a man or wagon, nor a single piece
Arrhres^tt*!.tlanta at!"."...'..".",'.'.".",",". i.V VZ> i m ly slll,sc, iber8 of the expiration of their sub- 0 f artillery was lost. Longstreet’s oorps^be'
' scri P ,lon « b * -ending the red “X.” Subscrip- | ingnearest the ford, led the way, followed bj
tmns are mostly by’ the quarter, and the time,
being short, will generally be remembered by
subscribers. As usual, papers will be discon
tinued at the end of subscriptions.
ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Atlanta at 2.40, P. M
Arrives at Kingston at 6.67, r. M
Leaves Kingston st 4.80, A. M
Arrives at Atlanta at 8.45, A. M
This Road connects, each way, with Hie Rome Branch
•iailroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville A Chattanooga
Railroad at Chattanooga.
MACON 4k WESTERN RAILROAD.
Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles -Fare, $4 80
ALFRED L, TYLER, Superintendent.
Maoob A Westbbw Railroad Com pa Nr, (
Macon, Georgia, July 80,1S61.
O N and after Sunday,4th of August, the Passenger and
Mail Train will run as follows:
Leave Macon 10, A. M
Arrive at Atlanta 4, P. M
Leaves Atlanta 11.00, A. M
Arrives at Macon 4.55 M.
This Road connects with Central, South-Western and
Muscogee Railroads at Macon.
_ m by
D. H. Hill’s and Jackson’s in the order of their
names. The crossing was accomplished by
half-past six this morning, and soon thereaf
ter the enemy’s artillery opened a harmless
Are from the opposite heights. The bird had
flown, however, and his rage was impotent.
There was formerly a splendid stone bridge
We will sell the Steam Engine now used by 1 at Shepherdatown where the army crossed
us to run our press. It is in good condition and the enemy destroyed it last year. The
Steam Engine for Sale.
the best working order, and its operation can
be seen at our office. We aro under the ne
cessity of purchasing a larger one to do our
work.
Should any printing establishment wish to I managed to work their w;iy out from the riv
purchase an engine and press, we can refer er a ^Dg some of the gorges that broke thro
fold was three fourths of a mile below the
bridge, aud this made it necessary to pass
down the river bank that distance, and then
up it on the other side by a narrow road blast
ed out of the rocky precipice. The troops
such to a good press that can be bought.
ADAIR & SMITH,
Confederacy Office, Atlanta, Georgia.
aug.20-tf.
Arrival and Closing of the .Walls.
BY GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Due Daily 2 00 A M Closes Daily. 6.00 P M
BY WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
Due Daily .4.15 P M Closes Daily 9.f 0PM
BY ATLANTA k WEST-POINT RAILROAD.
ft p w
BY MACON k WESTERN RAILROAD.
Due Daily
0 00 P M
OFFICE HOURS.
1.00 P M
Opeu
6.00 P M
SUNDAY.
....9 00 A M
Open
5.00 PM Close
....6.00 PM
On the arrival of each Mail the office will be closed nnti
has been distributed and ready for delivery.
TH03. O. HOWARD, Postmaster.
A Splendid Farm For Sale,
B Y the undersigned In Bartow county, Georgia, coutaih-
ing eight buudred and fifty acres, six hundred ot
which is bottom land, unsurpassed for fertility by any in
the State. It lies withiu a mile ol the State Road aud two
hours’ lido of Atlanta. The convenience of its products to
market is obvious. It will yield from eight to ten barrels
of com, trom twenty-five to forty bushels of wheat, or
from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds of cotton per acre.
Upon it there is a good two-story dwelling-house, a gin
house and screw, a large barn, (newly bnilt) and comforta
ble cabins. In the yard there is a free stone well, and in
every field one or more Springs of free and limestone water.
Near the house there is a Hue orchard aod choice nurss
ry. We will sell stock of all kinds, and the present crop
if desired. The land abounds in minerals—an inexhaust
ible quantity of lime reck and iron ere particularly. For
the manufacture of lime there is a large kilu, convenient
10 plenty of wood; and for Iron, water power, aud every
convenience for the erection and working of a foundry.
Now, when iron commands such a great price, the atten
tion of the enterprising is called to that point.
Those desiring to purchase a farm fertile, healthy, con
venient to railroads, and with every appliance for success
ful farming, will do well to call at an early date. By so
doing a bargain can be obtained.
Any one desiring further iuformation can address G. H.
Bates. Allatoona, Bartow county, Georgia,
aepls-tf BATES A WOOD.
the cliff, and a few wagona and artillery es
caped in the same way. Thus, you perceive,
the character of the Virginia side was almost
as unfavorable as it could be to the safety of
the movement. It is an exceeding . difficult
undertaking at any time to transier an army
BgL. City subscribers who prefer the eve- across a wide stream, but it is especially so
ning issue of the Confederacy can get it I u Q^ er circumstances such as surrounded Gen
by having .heir subscriptions changed ftMk ,„ op ot , he
from the morning to the evening edition movement into Maryland. I am equally rea-
and calling at the office for their papers.— J dy to admit that, nnder the circumstances, I
But subscriptions must be confined either
to one edition or the other.
We Won’t Take Them.
Henceforth we will take no individual shin-
now think it wasq#mistake This conviction
gradually forced itself upon mj r mind after I
came up with the army and saw the misera
ble condition in which it was. A fifth of the
troops are Barefooted; half of them are in
rags, aud the whole of them insufficiently
plasters or change-bills. We will take the supplied with food. Men iu this condition
bills of any of our regular banks, or of the cannot be relied on to the same extent as
Stale Road—none others. If anybody sends I wben they are properly clothed and subsist
any others to us, we will not send the paper, I ed ' ^ be be3t soldieis, under such circum-
, , , . K r stances, will straggle both on the march and
but retain the bills subject to their order.- in battle . since we crossed into Maryland,
We will send them back whenever they in- and even before, they frequently had to march
close us a stamp to pay the return postage.— I all day, and far into the night, for three or
Send us no Insurance Company nor any oth-1 four days together, without food of any kind
er bills, except of chartered Banks, in good except such apples and green corn as they
’ 1 6 1 could obtain along the way. Our supply of
food wmst'wited at best, and the base of*our
operations so distant, the intervening coun-
Atianta Hospital Association. I tr y go barren by reason of the spoliation per-
For the last four ot five weeks the members petrated by Pope and his myrmidons, and our
of this Society have been somewhat remiss in I transportation so limited, that it was quite
their attendance at the regular meetings eve-
standing, or the State Road.
tf
J. B. TIPPIN,
Wholesale aud Retail Dealers in Foreign and
Domestic
DRY GOODS,
C ONN ALLY’S BLOCK. Whitehall street, four doors from
Alabama street. aprllll
4)00 B0XES T0BA0C0 for £le by
*ep2tf
. HENDERSON k CO.,
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. j
Agency for Virginia Tobacco.
A CONNELL, well known throughout Georgia as a
. Wholesale Dealer in the best aad mosf popular
brands of Chewing and smoking Tobacco, would announce
o his friends that he has recently established in Mont-
omery, Alabama, an Agency for the transaction of a strict
“HOLESALE TOBACCO BUSINESS Ail orders prompt-
filled, and personal attention given to skipping, with
the assurance that no house in or out of Virginia cau un
dersell me A. CONNELL,
■ep90-3m No. 11 Court st , Montgomery, Ala.
ry Wednesday morning. This should not be
the case. You Lave all enlisted for the war,
and surely you will not be unmindful of the
claims which our noble soldiers have upon ns.
There is plenty of work to be be done, and
a few cannot do it ail. Remember your meet
ing on Wednesday morning next. Come one,
come all! By order of
MRS. ISAAC WINSHIP,
President.
Eue H. Gooi/E, Secretary.
FOR SALE*
M Y FARM in Bartow county, four miles from Carltrs-
ville and two irons Rowland's Springs The tract
comprises seven hnndred and fifty acres, three hundred of
which are cleared aci the balance well timbered. The
dwelling has eight rooms handsomely finished, The farm
honses are ample and convenient. A full supply of corn
and fodder, cattle and bog* on tho premises. Persons
wishing to pnrehase are referred to Col. Mark Johnston,
near Cartersnlle, or to the undcisigned at Macon.
seplS-lm
WASHINGTON FOE.
TO HIRE.
A NUMBER ONE NEGRO, who ha3 twelve or fifteen
‘years experienced tanning, dressing and finuhing
Leather. Also .two first rate Negro Plasterers and Btfck-
Headquarters Military Post, )
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3d, 1S62. j
Special Order
All certificates for the procurement of li
quor by soldiers for medical purposes, must
proceed directly from the Surgeons of the re
spective regiments to which such soldiers are
attached ; and all orders from physicians to
citizens for the same purpose, must be issued
by known physicians, or they will not be re
cognized at the office.
By order of G. VV. LEE,
Com. Post and Proy. Mar.
; A CARD.
M R. DAVID MAYER, thankful for past fevjra and the
literal patronage heretofore bestowed upon him
would respectfully announce to the citizens of Atlanta and
surrounding conntiy, that he has associatld himself with
Messrs. J. Jacobe and J. Kapp for the purpose of opening
an Auction and Commission Business, at his old stand, on
Wh.tehall street, Atlanta Georgia, to commence on Sep
tember 15th, and would solicit a continuance of tavi ra for
the new firm.
AU those indebted to Mr. D. Mayer will ft . the books
and notes at the Auction office, and are earne- jy request
ed to call and settle. [sepl0-tf] D MAYER.
impossible to subsist the army as it should
be. The difficulty of passing Confederate
money in Maryland wa3 another frui ful
source of trouble.
The political effect upon Maryland of our
retrogade movement must be highly injuri
ous. We shall doubtless lose ground among
people, and it may be we shall have to make
up our minds to loose the State itself. It*
should be the direst necessity, however, that
would compel us to abandon Maryland. The
waters 01 the Chesapeake are indispensable
to the Confederate States as a naval power,
as well as for our security and defense.
General Toombs received a painful, though
not serious, wound in the hand last night,
just as the army was about to move. He was
mounted and at the head of his division, with
his aids around him, when six or eight moun
ted men approached slowly along his line to
where his horse was standing. They were
asked who they were, and remaining silent,
Capt. Troup commenced to draw upon them ;
whereupon they said, “don t shoot—we are
Massachusetts men.” Gen Toombs was about
drawing his pistol from the holsters, when
Capt. T. fired upon them. They immediately
returned the fire, and then wheelingjtheir horses
disappeared in the darkness. Lieut. Robert
Grant received a slight flesh wound in the
arm also The men were doubtless lost, and
the affair may have contributed somewhat to
the deception practiced upon McClellan by
Gen. Lee in withdrawing his army across the
river.
Wisehksteb, Ya., Sept. 20.
******
Nothing further has transpired in regard to
the proposition reported to have been made
by Gen. Lae to the Federal government, and
alluded to in a former letter of mine. 1 Rut
credibly informed that such a proposition as
that described was certainly made, and un
der circumstances that encouraged the hope
ot its acceptance. Recent events, however,
may have given a different turn to the affair.
1 have just heard of an instance of gallan
try in the late battle that deserves to be put
on record. The Floridians always tight well,
but the Fifth Florida behaved with distin
guished courage and intrepidity at Sharps-
burg. The hero in this case was a private—
Ben Flowers—of that regiment. He was
wounded five different limes and iu as many
different places ; yet he continued tq shoot
away as fearlessly as ever, until he received
the fifth wound, which disabled one of his
hands, so that he could not load his piece.—
He is doing very well, and as soon as he is
well enough, he says he shall be after the
Yankees again.
^Major Philip Tracy, of the Sixth Georgia,
wounded in the leg, has since died. He was
wounded at Richmond, and only rejoined his
regiment the evening before the battle. He
had not quite recovered his strength, and the
amputation to which his limb was necessari
ly subjected prove fatal.
P. W. A.
Our Army, Its Great Deeds, Its Trials, Its Sufferings,
aud its Perils in the Future.
Winchester, Ya., Sept. 26, 1862.
My condition is such as to render it impossi
ble for me to rejoin the army for the present.
I was not prepared for the hardships, expo
sures and fastings the army has encountered
since it left the Rappahannock, and like many
a seasoned campaigner, have had to “fallout
by the way.” Indeed, I can recall no paral
lei instance in history, except Napoleon’s dis
astrous retreat from Moscow, where an army
has ever done more marching and fighting
under such great disadvantages, than Gen
Lee’s has done since it left the banks of James
river. It proceeded directly to the lino of the
Rappahannock, and moving out from that
river, it fought its way to the Potomac, crossed
that stream and moved on to Fredericktown
and Hagerstown, had a heavy engagement at
Boonesboro’ Gap, and another at Crampton
Gap below, fought the greatest pitched battle
of the war at Sharpsburg, and then recrossed
the Potomac back into Virginia. During all
this time, covering the full space of a month
the troops rested but four days ! And let it
always be remembered to their honor, that of
the men who performed this wonderful feat
one-fifth of ihem were barefooted, one-half of
them in rags, and the whole of.them half
famished. The country from the Rappahan
nock to the Potomac had been visited by the
enemy with fire and sword, and our transpor
tation was insufficient to keep the army sup
plied from so distant a base as Gordonsville ;
and when the provision trains would overtake
the army, so pressing were the exigencies of
thoir position, the men seldom had time to
cook. Their difficulties were increased by the
fact that their cooking utensils, in many cases,
had been left behind, as well as everything
else that would impede their movements. It
was not unusual to see a company of starving
men have a barrel of flour distributed to them
which it was utterly impossible for them to
convert into bread with the means and the
time allowed to them. They could not even
procure even apiece of plank on a corn or flour
sack, upon which to work up their dough.
Do you wouder, then, that there should
have been stragglers from the army ? That
brave and true men should have fallen out of
line from sheer exhaustion, or in their efforts
to obtain a mouthful to eat along the road
side? Or that many seasoned veterans, the
conquerors in the valley, at Richmond and
Manassas, should have succuntbtd to disease
and been forced back to the hospital? I look
to hear a great outcry raised against the
stragglers. Already lazy cavalry men and
dainty staff officers and quartermasters, who
are mounted aud can forage the country for
something to eat, are condemning the weary
private, who, notwithstanding his body may
be covered with dust and perspiration, and
his feet with stone bruises, is expected to
trudge along under his knapsack and cart
ridge box, on an empty stomach, and never
to turn aside for a morsel of food to sustain
his sinking limbs. Out upon such monstrous
injustice! That there has been unnecessary
straggles, is readily admitted ; but in a large
majority of cases, the men have only to point
to their bleeding feet, tattered garments and
gaunt frames for an answer to the unjus
charge.
No army on this continent has ever accom
plished as much or suffered as much, as the
army of Northern Virginia within t*e last
three months. At no period during the first
Revolutionary War—not even at Valley Forge
—did our forefathers in arms encounter great
er hardships, or endure them more uncom
plain ingly.
But great as have been the trials to which
the army has been subjected, they are hard
ly worthy to be named in comparison with
the sufferings in store for it this winter, un
less the people of the Confederate States
everywhere and in whatever circumstances
come to its immediate relief.
The men must have clothing and shoes this
winter. They must have something to cover
themselves when sleeping, aud to protect
themselves from the driving elect and snow
storms when on duty. This must be done
though our Iriends at home should have to
wear cotton and ait by the fire. The army in
Virginia stands guard this day, as it will
stand guard this winter, over every hearth
stone throughout the South. The ragged
sentinel who may pace hisjweary rounds this
winter un the bleak spurs of the Blue Ridge,
or along the frozen valleys of the Shenando
ah and Rappahannock, will also be your sen
tinels, mv friend, at home. It will be for you
and your household that he encounters the
wrath of the tempest and the dangers of the
night. He suffers and toils and fights for
yon, too, brave, true hearted women of the
South. Will you not clothe his nakedness,
then? Will you not put shoes and stockings
on his feet ? Is it not enengb that he has
written down his patriotism in crimson c a -
acters along the battle road trom the *^PP
hannock to the Potomac? And must his
bleeding feet also impress their mark of fi
delity upon the snows of tho coming winter ?
I know what your answer will be. God has
spoken througn the women of the South, and
they are his holy oracls in this day of trial
and tribulation.
It is not necessary to counsel violent meas
ures ; but it is not expected that any person
will be permitted <0 accumulate leather and
cloth for purposes of speculation. The ne
cessities of the army rise up like a mountain,
and cannot and will not be overlooked. It
was hoped at one time that we might obtain
winter supplies in Maryland. This hope was
born after the army left Richmond, and has
now miserably perished. The Government is
unable to furnish the supplies; for they are
not to be had in the country. If it had exer
cised a little foTesight last spring and sum
mer, when vessels were running the block
ade with cargoes of calico, linen and other
articles of like importance, a partial supply
at least ot hats, blankets, shoes and wooien
goods might have been obtained from Eng
land. But foresight is a quality of the mind
that is seldom put in practice in these days.
But whatever may be done by the people,
shouU be done immediately. Notone moment
can be lost that will not be marked, as by the
second hand of a watch, with the pangs of a
sufferer. Already the hills and valleys in this
high latitude have been visited by frost, and
the nights aro uncomfortably cool to the man
who sleeps upon the ground. Come up, then,
men and women of the South, to this sacred
duty. Let nothing stand between you and
the performance of it. Neither pride, nor
pleasure, nor personal ease and comfort, sho’d
withhold your hands front the holy work.
The supply of leather and wool, wo all know,
is limited; but do what you can, and all you
can, and as soon as you can. If you cannot
send woolen socks, send half woolen or cot
ton socks; and so with under clothing, ccats
and pants. And if blankets are not to be
had, then substitute comforts made of dyed
osnaburgs stuffed with cotton. Anything
that will keep oft the cold will be acceptable.
Even the speculator and extortioner might
forego their gains for a season, and unite in
this religious duty. If they neither clothe
the naked, nor feed the hungry, who are
fighting for their freedom, and for their homes
and property, what right have they to expect
anything but eternal damnation, both from
God aud man ?
If the Army of Virginia conld march thro’
the South just as it is—ragged and almost
barefooted and hatless—many of the men
limping along and not quite well of their
wounds or sickness, yet cheerful and not will
ing to abandon their places in the ranks—
their clothes riddled with balls and their
banners covered with the smoke and dust of
battle, and shot into tatters, many of them
inscribed with “ Williamsburg, ” “ Seven
Pines,” “Gaines’ Mills,” “Garnett’s Farm,”
“Front Royal,” “McDowell,” “Cedar Run,”
and other victorious fields—if this army of
veterans, thus clad and shod, with tattered
uniforms and banners, could march from
Richmond to tho Mississippi, it would pro
duce a sensation that has no parallel in his
tory since Peter the Hermit led his swelling
hosts across Europe to the rescue of the Holy
Sepulchre.
I do not write to create alarm, or to pro
duce a sensation, but to arouse the people to
a sense of the true condition of the army. I
have yet to learn that anything is to be gain
ed by suppressing the truth, and leaving the
army to suffer. If I must withhold the truth
when the necessities of the service require it
to be spoken, I am quite reaiy to return
home.
There is nothing new from the front. It is
reported that Jackson crossed the river at
Williamsport a few days ago to repair a road,
which he might have occasion to use, and
then returned. I see nothing, however, to
change the opinion heretofore expressed, viz:
that the heavy work of the campaign is over,
unless McClellan should seek us on the south
side of the river. This, some believe, public
opinion at the North will compel him to do.
It may be so ; though I doubt it.
I had made arrangements to procure full
official lists of the casualties in the Georgia,
Alabama and Florida regiments, as well as
some account of tho performances of the
troops from those States, andregretthatsick-
nes3 should ha ve prevented me from carry
ing them out. P. W. A.
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