Newspaper Page Text
DAILY REGISTER.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
w • m r %
BITDBDAT EVENING. OCTOBER 1, ISCL
. YANKEE PimoNKUS.
The accumulation of prisoners on our
hands, presents sorious questions for consi
deration. From the best information at eoiu
m«nd, we should judge we roust have consi
derable o»er fifty thousand Yankees in our
custody. Scarcely a week passes but adds to
that-.number. Every honorable effort has
been made tn effect an exchange of them for
our brave men confined in N'W.bern bastil.es.
I'unctillio* hate been abandoned minor
points of difference have been ignored, in tb«*
endeavor, on the part of our governnt nt, to
eecnre a resumption of exchange on anything
like fair and honorubln terms. Every sense
of duty to the brave Confederates who lan
guish in confinement and are subjected to
Yankee indignities nnd tyranny, impels our
authorities to pursue this course. A country,
that would forget the condition of those who
had risked their lives in its defense, deserves
no longer their loyalty or their service.
Thero has pis'o been another motive, less
imperative perhaps than the duty to our own
tuen in prisons, which has urged our author!*
ties to their persistent endeavors to re adjust
the subject of exchanges, and that has been a
feeling of humanity lor those languishing as
prisoners in our bauds. True, they are eue •
mies. They have taken up arms to overthrow
our liberties aud to rob us of our rights.—
They have left their homes and their families
in order to desolate and destroy ours, whilst
we wished jot to disturb their peace nor hin
der their prosperity; and when this view is
presented, it would seem they deserve no
better treatment than that meted to robbers
and murderers, llut the laws of civilized
warfare quires ot us kiod treatment of
those deprived of the power of further resis
tance, and He who spnko as never man spake,
has taught us when our enemy hungers to
feed him.
Where to keep, bow to feed and to guard
so large a number ol prisoners is quite a se
rious matter. It is but right iq locating the
prisoners, we should regard, as far as possible,
their health and proper comfort. We must
look to their being securely guarded, and hu
manity requires they shoald be properly fed.
To do all this, demands an outlay of money,
and*an expenditure of food which make no
ann 11 item in the costs of this war, and many
brave and good soldiers, who would be useful
in the fisld, are required to keep watch over
them.
Os course this is unavoidable, and we must
bear it ns one of the incidents of war, having
no effectual remedy except in the hnrnnne
rule adopted by c.vilized nations of an hon
orable exchange. There is a use, however, to
which we might put many of these men,
which would innre to our benefit, and do
. thiin no imrin. We mean to put them—or
some of them—in our work shops. We learn
that there is not a branch of trade or of me
chanical skill,-but what is represented amongst
them by persons who have attained the high
est degree of perfection in their profession.
Now we are in need of mechanics of all
descriptions. Our Government badly needs
them, and if we are not mistaken, U offering
high inducements to this class of foreigners
to come to our country. Then why not sift
amongst our prisoners and get the roost relia
ble ns to character and skill, and distribute
them amongst our own workmen iq oar shops
and other places of labor ? It would certainly
be an agreeable change to them from prison
life and prison fare. Proper care should be
observed in their selection. A native-born
•
red-mouthed Yankee ought never to be cho
sen, howevet warm bis promises. No reliance
whatever can be placed ii»- them. And were
they the only class of prisoners w#* held, the
plvu would be too dangerous for experiment.
Bat those deluded men from other States,
especially from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
and the West, who thought they were fighting
for the Union aud- the Constitution, could
well be trusted. Indeed were tboy disposed
to do harm, the very fact of being scattered
amongst our own men, who would watch
them, aud act as guards over them, would
render them harralesy.
. This*plan would certainly be better than
feeding them while thev are of no use to us
whatever. It has, we naderstand, been suc
cessfully practiced in Virginia, and wa can
•re no difficulty nor danger to its general
adoption. Indeed, thoso who would wsb to
do so, might be permitted to join our army,
and we have no doubt thousand* of them
have, by long opportunity for reflection upon
the brutal treatment of them by their own
Government, had-tbe delusion which first led
them astray thoroughly removed. They mast
have growa wiser ae they bsva growtf older in
prison. Experience boa witnessed the further
development* of this remarkable war for ex
termination on the one hand, and for liberty
on the other.
We have heard that a large number of Yao
k- e pria> ners, §* ot up recently by Gen. Mood
for special exchange, were rej-cted by Gen
Sbeira in because they refused to rt enlist in
his array for the war, tbtir term of enlistment
having expired. The very foot that they relit**
Vo to «nlist proves they are tired of that aide
of the controversy, end they cannot be insensi
Me to the cruelty end brutal injustice thus
done them by their goverumeqt.- -They natu
rally entertain feelings ot resentment at such
treatment, and the Western and Boutber« born
men emonget them, who supposed they were
fighting for constitutional rigb's. having found
out tbeir sad mistake, might very properly be
merged into our army if tbey expressed a do
Sire so to be treated.
We must, therefore, be permitted to say that
we thoroughly endorse the proposition ot
making this uoe of oar prisoners ae decidedly
(be best that could be adopUd for us aod for
them. 'We repeat that a full-blooded wooden
nu!a<-gger should never be trusted; but
amongst the m»oy others, a little trouble end
experience will enable onr guard to select
tbes-' worthy to enjoy this g»eat privilege coin*
pared with prison life. And we trust our au
thorities will soon Inaugurate a g-nernl system
■or action in tbit matter.
Accident on th« CbntraF Railroad.—Ae
s range a case of accident ocnuired to a down
freight traio on the abovs road last Thursday
night as we have heard of for some time.—
Within twenty miles of Millen a number of
cars, just before reaching the bridge serose
tbo river, left the rails and ran ajrosa it on
the string pieces. After passing the bridge
and some trestle work beyond, the
cars ran entirely off and were demolished.—
One person, whose name we did not learn,
was slightly injured. No other purson injured
that we learn. The passenger* train was fol
lowing, and consequently detained from 11
P. M., until eight o’clock A. M , next morning.
Another Raid.—A party of hushwhackere
and deserters made a raid upon the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, nine miles east of
Bristol, on Friday night last, cut the tele
graph wire, and tore up about fifty yards of
the track. The eastward bound train which
left Bristol at 12 o'clock Friday night, was in
consequence of this damage, thrown from the
track, and the baggage and expresi cars
smashed np. The track was replaced in a few
hours, aod the train came on thtougb.
—— * 1 *
Wn perceive that Mr. Rives, in the Legisla
ture of Alabama now in srssion, has offered a
joint resolution for the enrollment and organi
zation of all able-bodied male slaves, which
was referred.
SIKGK tVF* rKARLRNTON,
- vortt HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH DAY.
The enemy's rapid fire upon the city
Wednesday night suddenly ceased about tea
o’clock. Our I tokouts at the different posts
and the guard boats report a very heavy ex
plosion at that time on Morris’ Is and, which
was unaccompanied by and is believed
to have been the bursting of one of the ene
my’s big guns.
A young man who counted the number of
shuts during the heavy firing of Wednesday
night reports one huudred and ten fired from
five o’al ck in the evening to the hour of
dosing at ten o’clock. The observatory re*
ports from six to ten P M. fifty-seven shots.
JJThe enemy renewed their fire upon the city
ratber feebly Thursday morning. Some thirty
three shots were fired up to six o’clock
Thursday evening. •
No juntirr ctMi titles were reported, but
several very narrow escapes made. iu otte
house tbo ti m.ly but a m tiuent previous to the
entering of a shell hud retired to the dining
room, waeo the sitting room was struck, making
a Complete wre> k ot the ro< in and contents.
A prayer book on a side table appeared to be
■ h-s only article that escaped destruction. It
was opened at Psalm forty ninth, commencing
with : “Deliver m» from miue eo>-mies, O ray
God ; defend m- irom them that rise up against
me. Ddiv-r ra« from the woikers of iniquity
anrt save uie from bloody tu •n. n
Nothing of interest ucturod during tjte day
on the I-iatid.
• T b em ms seem to have aim st übu and >ned
oper.it <>ns • g t nst Fort Sumter, on y three ebo's
having been fired at the tort siuce our last re
p>rt.
Captain Soule returned by the Savannah
triin ThuNday afteruunri, from a fl >g ot truca
cuinmiiuicaiiotr with the memy, held Wednes
day afirfnor it at Port Royal Ferry. Me was
met bv Col. Wifedford, and exchanged letter*
and official documents.
No late Yank** papers were received.
Major Ltnwr Fontaine, of G-neral Roddy’s
Staff, c iptured on ibe 14th of D cumber, 1803,
Wis released on parole tor epecial exchange,
and nccump roied Captain Soule to the city. -
He bas been pooled to effect nn exchange of
Captain Ilirry White, C7tb Pennsylvania Vol
unteers. Maj ir Fon a n j , since bis capture,
ran been confined iu Columbia, Tenn r;Ni*h
vtlle PeniD n’iaiy ; Loni-ville, Ky.; Cincinnati,
Oh o ; Camp Chare, O.iio; Fort Delaw ire, from
which last place he whs sent to B< anfort,
South Carotini, and arrived thereon the 28’.b
of August.*
lie states that about five hundred end for
ty-eight of our officers are confined on Morris’
Island, forty at Beaufort, and twelve have
made their escape. Captain H*nry Buist,
Lieut. A. W. Bart and Lieut. B tughtuan, of.
South Carolina, are among the prisoners on
Morris’ Island. We learn that the exchange
of naviil prisoners'w*ill take.place at Varina,
and that one hundred and seventy two naval
prisoners leavo here this morning for Rich
mond.
Two enspicioua personages, givi-g tbe'r
names as Henry Buckley and Henry Tilburn,
were arrested Wednesday night hy the Pro
vost Guard. They were taken at Deigoan's
•hip yard at a late hour. They are believed
to be deserters trying to make tbeir way to
tbe Yankee fleet.
It is stated that all the Yankee prisoners
now in the city will shortly be removed.—
Courier.
It w nld seem that all th it i* great end wise
aud good bee Its birth In tho evils ol fallen
humanity. The Hero is tbe offspring of revolu
tions tn the -ffifrs of mm, n which tbe worst
passions of tbe heart are aroused to a thirst of
blootf. Tbe B'atretnan is tbe growth of occa
sions mt'fa perilous -by Ibe waves of party
strife, ve which be rises supeilor in vindica
tion of Ibe rights ol man. Tbe Philosopher
builds his fabric of truth on wisdom ga’bered
•rum the errors of the world. The Poet ie ibe
prophet of tbe future standing upon thn con
fines or tbe post, and through the keenne-s of
his vision discerning the adr* nt of new and
brighter eras. And tbe good man standi like
a se itinel on tbe outposts of ill, warning the
wayfarer SK iindt the pit-falls ia his path. JVf
ejraph and Confederate
i“• •• . -
Tiik press and tbe peopla unite in calling
upon the government to place all our able
bodied men ia the field. Yet, such is tbe
strangeness ot bum n nature, when tbe neces
sary steps ate taken, tbey are too frequently
rewarded with obloquy. As last as tbe rule is
applied, every man on whom it Is broug.it to
bear fetches a squall, and b • friends a.I join,
in I declare that this is a peculiar and should
be % special e«ae. We may expeet a great deal
nf sucb onicry ; but we trust it will be no far
ther regarded than tbe bpet interests of tbe
service demand, aud. that notbiog will be
fielded lo mere clamor or "lufl tentfal friends.”
üblic t.ffijers will lad it a hopeless under
taking to please everyb-aiy; let them rather do
right and die.tease equal juatioe to alL—Rich
mond SentineL
| Tiik Macon Confederacy says:
“It wal said by on Irishman, tbe other dsy,
that Gov. Brown bad seat word to Sherman
that H be did not leave Atlanta, forthwith, be
would torn the militia loose upon him, and
would not hold hlmtelf responsible (or the con
sequences.”
CHIJMCIfAND STATE BOTH WRONG. '
That able paper, Th* Countryman, after*giv- |
Ing, under tbs above caption, the correspon
dence between Bishop Pierce and Governor
Brown in reference to tbs patrols breaking up
negro meetings.-discourses as follows. It wifi
be remembered that the Bishop, after making
complaint to the Governor, and allowing that
functionary to let off a good long letter, found
out that he was "misinformed and wrote un
der a false impression ” But says the Cjun
try man:
But tbs most serious charge which lies at
the Bishop’s door, is the fact that he so un
thougbtedly presented our Governor, so seri
ously affected with tbs tmbtndi,
with fhn opportunity of writing another let
ter. Wc do not lav any willful commission
of sin at the door ot our go jd Bishop, but be
certaiuly ncted very untbougbtedly in pursu
ing a course so well- caloulated to aggravate
the disease which afflicts our State Executive,
and fronTwhicb bis beat friends scarcely en
terrain a single hope of his recovery. So
much for she wrong dons by the church, in
the correspondence we have presented, our
readers. Aud now for the wrong committed
by the State. „
Gov. Brown lays down, in his correspon
dence, a principle which be has laid down on
several occasions before,’ and which is. em
phatically wrong. He tells Bishop Pierce
that if he will report tne names of the patrols
in Hancock, who were guilty, as tbo Bishop
first alleged them to be, be would 'order them
arrested, and seut to the trenches at Atlanta.'
Now it is probable that these patrols be
long to the reserve militia of tba State (for
they are the ones now* generally doing patrol
duty) whom the law says ‘shall be called
into, active military service, only after tbs
militia proper has been called out, in great
emergencies, to meet which the militia pro
per are deemed insufficient.' Here the law
' defines upon wbat ground the militia reset re
shall be called intb service. Gov. Brown does
not propose to call .them into service, on the
ground laid down by the law, but on the
ground that Bishop Tierce writes biro that
they have misbehaved themselves as patrols.
This is a clear case of usnrpatioa of power,.
*bn the part.of Gov. Brown. He proposes to
punish certain tuen in Hancock, not for any
violation of any law, but b- cwuse. Bishop
Pierce alleges that they have violated bis
hatious of propriety, and tbe Governor agrees
with biro. Here it a most da gerous union of
Cburch and Slate, lst,'*to make law; 2odly, to
punish tbe violators of that law, not made bv
regular and constitutional-legislation; nnd,
3<lly, to condemn and punish the alleged cul
prits without a boaring, in tbe direct teeth of
the constitution.
Now, if these men in Hancock have offend
ed against any of tbe laws of the State, or if
it is allrged that they have, let them be put
upon regular tria!, for their alleged olfeus*—
let them have a jury of their peers, according
"to the constitution, and lot them, according
to tbe same sacred instrument confront tbe
.witnesses brought against them tty tbeir ac
cusers. Aud if tbeir accusers can make good
their charge, then let them be punished, as
the law directs.
But Gov. Brown, such a stickler for the
constitution,does not propose any such course.
On the contrary, all that he requires is, for
Bishop Pierce to name his men, make a charge
•gainst them, acd away they go, under Ex
ecutive ukase, to of Atlanta,
without witnesses, jury or trial Is not here
a good opportunity for a homily on lettret de
Cachet, and (ha star chamber, of which Gov.
Brown stood in such mortal dread, awhile
ago ?
Wbo has usurped more authority than G- v.
Brown, during this revolution, trom its very
beginning down ta the present time_J— although
he is so jealous ol usurpation of power by
President Divie, or any one visa. We have
come to- tbe conclusion that the reason our
Guveillor ol j -cts so strenuously to any umit
pations of power is, jhat in the matter of usur
pation. be c-n bear no brother to tbe throne.—
He does not wish President Davis, nor sny one
else, to asiitp any power whatever, because be
feats there will not be enough left for bim to
usurp. ’ Lk ' Alexander, be wishes to stand
a’ooe in authority over this world, and, like
A’u xinder, perhaps nnotber.
Not only does be threaten to s«nd private h-'
dividna s to the trenches of Atlanta, but he
threatens to send Judges of Cnur s to the sains
place lor not m«king such decisions as he
thfi ks proper. Witness his conduct with te«
gard to th>- Judges nf the Interior Court of
Worth county. Abraham L neoln bar been
guilty of no greater outrage. Aud Governor
Brown justifies bis conduct, with regard to the
Judges iu Worth, upon tne idea (bat bis “tnors!
eenee” baa been “shocked.” And so the “in >ral
g*nse” of bis imperial msj-aty, Abraham I,
baa been dreidfully shocked by the “sum ol nil
vilUion s"-slavery -and by th s “wicked re
bell o i." Hence be assum s the power to pio
climate the t-n-* out o! exi-teuce, and to sup
pres* tbe other. Me and Gov. Brown usurp
power np n precisely the same ground. But
President D iv s must not. in the view ol either,
ufiitrn any power whatever.
Some of our readers may possibly misun
derstand ns, without explanation. Looking
at the correspondence which gives rise to
these remarks, tbey may think that we ap
prove of cruel or improper conduct, on tbs
part of patrols. Not so We condemn it as
much as any man possibly can. To mistreat
a negro, simply because he has powee to Jo
so, is one of tbs worst crimes a man can
commit; and our tongue, and our pen, shall
always be wielded against any such cruel
treatment.
What we intend, l*y this article, to censure,
is Bishop Pierce’s baste to condemn his frl
low-n.en, without giving them a bearing—
his sen-itiveness about meetings, and
fcis opening another sluice to Got Brown’d
pea- . What we intend ttf condemn in Gover»
nor Brown, ie tho outrageous usurpation of
power, in assuming to send men to tbe trench
es of Atlanta, as-A punishment,. who have
committed noorime known to the laws ot our
Stoto, upon the mere iptt dixit of Bishop
Pierce, without allowing them jury t ial— ,
without giving them in opportunity to meet
tbeir accuser face to fai , and without allow
ing them to confront the witness—all of
)wbich is guaranteed them by the constitution
—and of which privile.es they cannot be de
irived without overriding tbe constitution, as
touch as Abraham Lincola himself treads
tout the life of fundamental law, beneath tba
fetlocks of rampant tyranny, and usurpation,
*-ed with the gore of their dowu-trodden vie
’ itns.
|
: Coming Down —A very fair article of
(. orgbum Syrup told at auction in this city
»me ago it was bringing from |l6^ to $lB.
'l!'here hoe been aa exceedingly large *amo«nt
f this Syrup made iu this section tbe preeent
sason, and we would not be at all surprised
~ it went still lower. We hear of fernur*
’ bo never made more tban from three to file
; ties of cotton, who will make this rent frtra
venty to' tweoty fire barrels of Syrup, eid
hose families cannot consume mere than
•e or two barrels of it There ie hardly a
rmer or plahter but will hava more or less
l it to sell.
5 At tbe same tale English prints sold by Pie
t iece at $6 25 and Scotch Ale at
Kin SIOO to $l5O per dosen for pint bottl-o.
<v Coh -nbut Enquirer.
CONDITIO* AND SPIRIT OF THE
MISSISSIPPI ANIS.
A co respondent of tbs Clarion, wbo, though
B loose thinker, (as he has fallen Into lbs vile
trick of calling this war "a revolution”—that
is, a rebellion.) is a’shrewd observer and holds
a graphic pen, writes as follows, after a recent
tour:
A journey across the S’ate impre-ses one with
tbe conviction that present evils are imeg nary
la-lierjhan real. On’y here and there nave l
**e% Women add children iu absolute want. On
any street in any great city before tbe war, a
loiterer would h tve observed mure of peaury
than is visible along tbe highways in tbe poorer
Counties ot JUI.-shsippi. I have sern white wo
men toiling in the fi Ida in the E s ern sod
Western Stateai.f the tormer Governor -qt, but
out e i frequently in those ol th£ Soiuti, How
ever strong such evidence m ebt be deemed of
extreme poverty, I have encountered no sol
dier'a family wbo t>a Ino tood to snaie with tl e
wayfarer. Tts rich complain more, because ol
tbe deprivation ol former luxuries, Umu tie
p or because of the waut ot tbo n cessans* o>
life. Toe couciu-lon is almost irresistible ibat
mtuy c nt da ms which we are accustomed to
bear are tunc.fui ratber than real; it is ceiumly
true that those whose actual nectssities aie
great, st compta n least. The poor endure tbe
iocidents and mistortunes of war with greater
loriitu le than tbe rich. Two years ago tl ere
was among a large class ot 'be popu a'ion ol
■be Gull Slates a strot g prejudice against the
leaders of the revolution. Toe people said it
was a war i>rigiiiatii g iu the negro question, in
which tbev lelt not me slightest interest ; that
those atone should incur the dangers and hard
ships ot •* soldier's Me whore property was at
stake; but now tbe tiath Is palpable to tbe
meanest intellect. The contest in which we are
• ngiged involve nut only the prosperity Os the
Smith, but • very question of hum n Ireed m,
even life itself.
I buve'yei to find a woman, however iinpn
verified, whatever tbe Im-ses she I as sustained,
though sons, brothers aud husbands are absent
or have fallen, whp-does Dot adhe?e-wiih un
wavering fidelity to the c«n-e ol independence
With tb-in there is un undefined borror excited
by a remote allusion to Yankee domination.—
Tbey oreler a war tbr ugu all time to a dty’s
subjection to Federal despotism.
Ye.-terday I stopped before a cabin door and
inquired tbe way to Mr. C As is usually
ibe can -, since G v. Clark org iu z-d his aimy,
there was no one at borne but tbe “old ’otiiaii”
aud brr and uighter*. As well as I can recollect
lire following colloquy «n-ued:
“Good m»roiug, madam , will you be kind
enougMo tell me tbe way to Mr. 0 ’s?”
‘•Yes, sir. y. q see that ar cornfield tbar—
It's a purty big field too. Me aud Nauce and
Jiuoy, my two darters, works it—we do ; ever
senpe Guvner Clark tuk the old man away. ■
The wurrums ha* mviey nigh et up all be fod
der nnd cleaned out tbe g’tus. Me and J udv
aod Nancy will g > to fodder slacken to-mor
row.”
• G » round that and come to eqnl e BeloteV
and bees gone to the war, and lelt bis old
'omun sick aud bis une*eyed daricr ; she has
fits. and tbey say Guvner Cluik awt to be bung
tor takro away all the m-n and lee*in the wmi
min folks to take aare ot themselves.- She aim
a very knowing * m«n si • aim got no ideear
of what's ci un in in et the Yankees gits ib*-C‘.uu
try. Thar’s my son Bill what's bin all through
tie wars in olu* Fergmny and in Tetiuissy. Me
sex that tbe Yankees IS alters wus lo pore folks
than to rich wons. Tbey don’t leave ih*-m
nothin, and beiz' hearn Dutch so diers cl iimui
little faun* along the roads whir they marched.
All of us is iuiew tbe war now. Look here,
stranger, do you know my sop li lly
'•T- wbat regiment dm he belot g m-daneT"
‘ lie belonged to Bragg’s lor sum time, and
now bei z'goneto Tmladelpby, I heero.”
**l don’t know your sun. at and would th ink
you to tell m i what road 1 rnuu take to reach
Mr. C *s.” *
“Yes, sir, I wss just a goin so fall vnu that
you go roired ,ttu»i ar field ot ourn and that
road will take you 1o IMuR-'s. and when you
git thar yon must go in and see the old 'urn in.
sbe’s noner del, and not beer n much, don’t
know nothin. She’s the only Un'oner in all
this country. Don’t tell her nuthiu about Guv
n*r Clark ; es you do she’ll rare. Us it tak -s
all the ni“o In the M idealpp to whip the Dutch,
niggets und Yankees and Guvner C.a--k will
con-crip the w m-*n, me and Nance and Jinny
will go. We’ve done talked it all over andjtio
do fine es the men don't bother u«.”
I rode away well satisfied that I had at least
learned that the poorest and most unlettered
of pur people have begun to comprehend the
results of the revolution. If we sre once
disarmed, ten thousand disciplined soldiers
can maintain the foreign despotism. A de
sultory warfare would continue while men
like Forrest live, but pitiable will be tbe con
dition of this people when tbs women of the
country would have- tbeir sons and husbands
abandon the leaders of our armies and de
nounce those who, like Governor Giant, would
make every citizen a soldier. The old lady
bss reasoned accurately and well. Better
that tbe woman < f tbe South should become
soldiers than submit to degradation, wrongs
and outrages at the bands ol brutal disbanded
Federal armies.
Tbe illustration given of tbe spirit and
feelings of the people is not an isolated in
stance. I,saw* mother whose son had re
cently fallen Tn one of the battles near Allan
ta. She said, when speaking of her misfor
tune, "that she would never weep again be
cause of tbe loss of her po»r boy, if assured
that bis death would contribute to tbe inde
pendence of hie country. But to lose bim
nnd then be ruled by our merciless foes, is
more than a mother can endure. 1 have solved
tbe mystery of Roman patriotism; a mother’s
love bas been merged in a broader, nobler
affection for the land of my birth; but I can
not survive tbeloss both of my son and coun
try. It is this posibiiity that causes me to
weep.”
Sucb women are not peculiar to Mississip
pi. Everywhere the same matchless heroism
and unyielding fortitude has been evinced by
mothers and daughters and wives. Wisely
enough Lincoln and bis myrmidons wage a
relentless war upon tbe women of tbe coun
try. Denounce him, and Sherman, and Butler,'
and -Hunter, and Milroy aa we may. they baTe
concluded justly that while the women live
the South can never be subjugated. From
all that I have seen or hekrd the abandonment
of Atlanta by Hood and tbe surrend-r of the
Forts at Mobile have begotten none of that
despondency which followed tbe fall of Vicks
burg. Let come what may our independence
must be achieved. Such ie tbe fixed purpose
of tbit people. S. L.
Thk Lay* Gkx. Godwin.—Brig. Gen. Archi
bald 0. Godwin, wbo fell In the battle near
Winchester on Monday fast, was a ustlve ot
Naneemond county, Vo. He was lo California
•t tbe beginning ot tbe war. but lelt for bis na
tive State immediately upon her secession, and
offered bis services to tbs country. He was
assigned to tbe oommand of tbe military prison
at Salisbury, N. C.. and afterwards had charge
of the prison In R cbmond. Receiving tba ap
pointment of Provost Marsbst of Richmond, be
discharged tbe arduous dulfaa of tbe poaitioo
with much credit, but resigned and returned to
Salisbury and raised tbe fifty-seventh North
Carolina regiment, ol wbloh be woe appointed'
Colonel. . He led hie oommxad through many
bard.fought .battle*, and woe finally wounded
and taken prisoner. Soon alter bie exchange
he ires made » Brigadier, aod at once returned
to tbAßeld, where be bad beau actively and
arduously engaged up to the time of bis death.
Ha was in tbe very meridian of life, b«v nj
iuet attained to hie thirty sixth year.— PeUr» r
wg Exprext.
Trow the Ootiteboro* State Journal.
A CAMPAIGN! AGAINST SHERMAN.
Tbe movement ot Gen. Forrest, indicated by
the c ipture of tbe gsrneon ot Atbeas, Alabama,
published in our telegraphic uews yesterday,
will command a large share of puolic attention
As yet, we k-iow nothing deflnilt ly.of the route
Forrest has taken. Tbe New Orleans Era of
the 13th bad an ex'ract from the Vicksburg
Herald of a day or two previous, which Ucited
Korns - , with • large rebel force, at Jtckson,
Mississippi. General Dck Taylor and General.
Gbolsun were there with bim, so was G- n. Wirt
Adjtni. We understand Irom this Yankee ac
count that tbe force ot tbe rebels was a very
heavy one—cavAry. Infantry and artillery.-
Forre-t commat.d-d tbe c-valry of course, and
Gen. Dck Taylor the infantry, Ac. Their wa
gon, poutonn and artillery trims are said to be
very extensive. All tbeir movements were
enr-d ic-ed with the grea est S'crecy, even tbe
changes from ■ fat c*mp to another being made
at niaht. ■ None except Ibe Generals were al
lowed to know the least thing tn regard to the
then contemplated movements ; and the Yankee
adds, no expedition of s’mifar' stnn/tb was
ever more secretly collected or more carelnßy
guarded In m outside t>bs< rvation. Tbe whole
con oi ni is said to bave been in fine condition,
the su m »*8 in excellent order, tbe artillery afcd
po t >on trains ot tbe finest description, an 1 tbe
wagons n w and substantial. Thn whole force,
a* far as ttfn Yakkee paper’s informant could
judge, trom the observations he was permi.ted
to tn ike, will number some twenty thousand
m n.
The object of organizing this command
troubled the Yankee editor. It was a matter
of speculation with bim whether it was in
tended to succor Mobile or otherwise; but
he cautions the authorities that they had bet
ter look to’New Orleans while talking of
Mobile.
Now this gleam of light from the Yankees
will enable u» to speculate on the new cam
paign. And first, it from our owo
fab-graphic reports that Forrest, whatever
may be his force, bad cot gone towards .New
Orleans or Jackson, about tbe 12th inst., os
reported by the Yankees, he bee done some
good marching since 'hat time, for we now
find him on tbe extreme northern boundary of
Alabama, a distance of about two hundred
tnilee from Jackson.
Atbens, where he is reported to have ap
peared, and captured the Yankee garrison of
1,300 men, is the capital of Limestone county,
Ala., 154 miles N. E of Tuscaloosa, aod 25
miles W. by N. of The distance
from Atbens to Chattanooga is from one quar
ter to one-third the distance from Jackson to
Atbens—that is, from fifty to seventy miles,
according to the route tnkeo. Then again,
the distance frem Athens to Nashville, is
somewhat less than that from Atbens to Chat
tanooga. *
We think, then, that Forrest is not going to
Nashville. It is certain that he is not going
to operate in Alabama, and we come to tbo
conclusion that Sherman't rear it hit. scene of
futdre operations, and hence the prediction
of President Davis a few days ago at Macon,
that Sbermnn would be bound to retreat, and
that we are to witnese the re-enacting of tbe
scene of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, on
tbe toil of Georgia or Alabama.
Our i pinion is, that the Vicksburg Yankee
editor under estimates Forrest’s force. We
incline to tbo opinion that that force isoearer
thirty than twenty thousand, and when For
rest approaches Chattanooga be will *be re
inforced by the troops under Wheeler, making
several thousand more.
Forrest has now complete oontrot of the
entire railroal communication of Bherman
with Tennessee; Wheeler bites bi en paying his
respects to the Tennessee and Georgia rood,
ana thus is Sherman completely cut off from
all communication north—bis further sup
plies (except what Georgia ass rds stopped,
and nn hope of beiog rapidly re inforced.
then ? We surmise Forrest will push
rapidly on towards Chattanooga and mnke a
junction with Wheeler. The Yankee supplies
at that point will fare badly, so too will the
troons Sherman has left to keep open his rear.
Will* this be all ?
We tbink not. Forty, or thirty, or even
twenty thousand men should be able to move
down on tbe rear of Sherman’s position whilst
Hood’s army threatens hie front. Bhonld
this prove so, can Sherman resist the com
bined efforts to dislodge bim ? And if not,
whither will he fly?
Should our speculations prove bo be true—
should Forrest succeed in destroy ing Sher
man’s lines of communication, and then com
bine his forces with those of Hood—if tbe
Yankees are permitted to escape short of veri
fying the prediction of President Davis, then
may Ond forgive our commanding general!
and tbe recreancy of tbeir troops.
But we are full of bright hope. We be
lieve the Almighty bas delivered the boastful
army of Sherman into our hands, and that
tbe poor victims of Sherman’s cruel order of
banishment will soon again return to their
dear botnef in the beautiful Gate City—At-‘
lanto. God has been with us in all our trials.
Let us keep oitr faith in him unshaken and
be will continna with us to the end.
While some of our troops at the first battle
of Manassas were hurrying forward to the
position on tho Henry bill, where tbe fight
was decided, they met a number of runaways
from tbe field, wbo conjured them to turn
about and save themselves, that we were
whipped, the battle lost, Ac. The officer com
mnuding denounced them aa cowards, wbo,
because tbey were whipped themselves,
thought everybody was whipped.
Those fugitives bare tbeir representatives
still—not in tbe army—but among those wbo
ace'doing nothing for the war, and bar*
suffered no hardships. There are some of
these who are whipped, subjugated, and ready
to kneel down and eat dirt, if Lincoln were
to command and the Confederates to allow.
How despicable is (neb meanness of »oul i Ir
would be an unpardonable insult to our heroic
ladies to liken such cravens to their sex. It
•s unmanly to be depressed by reverses; tbey
should but nerve ne to new effort*. We can
at least act worthily of brava and virtuous
men, worthy of our grand old Sfate and oar
noble Confederacy; and this will Bering, us n
glory of which nothing can deprive ns. . Re
sults are in the bands of God; it ie not for us
to repine nnder His chastisements, or to
doubt our ultimate deliverance, in Hie own
good time.
Away, then, with all long faces whenever
tbe telegraph fails to tell of victory! Let ne
rather imitate the conduct of the old Ro
man* who became but sterner and more reso
lute under defeat,'and were thus always ena*
bled to retrieve their fortunes even from the
most desperate conditions. Let a! tell oar
boasting enemies, •• they told the boasting
Pyrrhus after he had so heavily defeated
them, that they are nowise to forget the vi
cissitudes of war, and to place confidence in
the steadiness of the favor* of fortune. Let
us, like them, consider only tbe best means
of' strengthening oor-artnies, and repairing
onr loues with the greatest diligence. It ie
an outrage npon tbe 'Midler* wbo, though
unfortunately, hare bravely fought our bat
tles, to meqktbem with paling lamentations,
instead of thanks and encouragement. It is
the province of tree greatness of soul to rue
superior to disaster, and to .maintain, eon rage
aod eM-enlty under all circumstances.—Etek
mond Sentinel.-
Nxvbe trouble others for what you can do
yourself.
TELEGRAPHIC.
... ■», -a , - ... , .....
Reports of tlxo Press Association.
Catered secredloc tc set of Ooitrees. la the ye*r 18G3,
bs J.B Tbexsbkx. In the Cle k’e i fficeot the Dietrict
Gni't of th* Confederate Etatee tor tho Northern Da
trict of Georgia
’ FROM THE NORTH.
STANTON’S -OFFICIAL STATE
MENTS.
DEATH OF COLONEL HATTON. *
GREAT DECLINE IN GOLD AND
MERCHANDISE.
• -- -m m w • >
MOVEMENTS AROUND PETERS- .
BURG.
gp—: r—a
Petersburg, Sept. 30.—Tbe Herald of the
27th has been received.
Stanton telegraphs Dix as follows : Sheri* .
dan’s laid dispatches were*at 11 o’clock Sa
turday night, six miles sonth of.New-Market.
He bad driren the enemy from Mt. Jackson
without being able to brjng on an engagement.
Tbe enemy were moving rapidly, and Sheri
dan has no cavalry.at present to bold them.
Torbett attacked Wickham’s force at Lnray,
capturing a number of prisoners. Sheridan
found rebel hospitals in all tbe towns from
Winchester to New Market. He was then
eighty three miles from Martineburg. ' Twen
ty pieces of artillery were captured at Fisher’s
Hill together with'one hundred prisoners, an
amount of caissons and limbers, large quan*
titles of entrenching tools, small arms aod
sabres.
Breckinridge has gone to take command in
the Sou hweet.
Despatches from Sbet man say that Hood ap
pears to be moviog towards tbe Alabama line.
A strong force oi rebel raiders in reported -
operating egiinnt Sherman’s c> ramuoicationa,
and have captured Athens, Aia. Vigorous ex*
ertions have been made to capture this force:
Steele, strongly reinforced, is taking the of*
fensive.
Grant reports no operations to Stanton, who
says that the foregoing is ail that is proper for
publication. '
Averill is relieved trom command in the
Valley.
Tbe rebel Col. Ilstton died at Winchester.
Tbe BaUimere and Ohio railroad ia opened
ite eirtire length.
Despatches from St. Louis of tbe 25th say
that Price entered Mitsouti with a force thirty
tbousund strong, and that Shelby’s cavalry aud
Kirby Smith are believed to be co-operating in
tbe movement.
RosecraDs an and Pike have issued an appeal
to tbe people to rally to the rescue of the
State.
Seward ia on a visit to Grant. *
Mobile is reported in the North to bate
been snrrende'red on tbe 2Cth, which caused
great eicitemeut.
Gold closed at 193. Produce and mer
chandise of all descriptions have declined
heavily in sympathy with gold.
Yesterday evening our cavalry attacked, in
front and flank. Gregg’s cavalry division,
which had forced our cavalry pickets on the
Vaughn road, eight miles below here, near
Wyatt’s bouse, capturing about 20 prisoners,
and ra-estabiisbing our lioe. *
This morning the enemy, with infantry,
artillery and cavalry, advanced on our right,
about four miles below here to the west « f
tbe 'Weldon railroad, and dislodged our cav- .
airy from the breastworks at that point. Ar
rangements bare been made to defeat this
movement, and it is believed they will not
hold tbe works long.
WILMIBGTOIt MARK&T, SKPT. Sftth
Beef Cattlk —Are in eotne inquiry, nnd
the market is only moderately supplied. We
quote on tbe hoof at $2 25 to' 2 50 per lb,
for net meat, as in quality.
Bacoy—ls in detnahd, and scarcely any
on market. We quote from carte at sfi 50 to
6 per lb. *
Bekswax—s3 50 to 4 per lb.
Bctt*b—sß to 10 per lb.
Cotton— The market roieß firmer, and tbe
stock in first hands is quite small. We quote
•ales during tbe week at $1 40 to 1 50 for
uncompressed, and $1 70 to 1 75 per lb. for
compressed.
Coen—Sells in the small way at S2O to 25
per bushel.
Corn Meal— Sells from the granaries, In
lots to suit, at $25 per bushel.
Coppbra —Retails at $4 to $4 50 per lb. -^
Egos—Sell from carts at *5 to $5 60 per
doa»o.
Flour —None of consequence coming in,
and the stock on market has all been , worked
off. There is a fair demand, and we quote
small sales for the week at S3OO to-$320 per
bbl. for eaprrfine.
Fobaob.—Fodder sl6 to $18; and Shucks
sl2 to sl4 per 100 lbs.
Hides. —Green $3, and dry $4 50 to $5
per lb.
Leather-Sole $23, end upper S2B per lb.
Lird - By tbe barrel, $5 to $5 50 per lb.
Naius Sell by the keg at $2 30 <o $3 per lb.
Peas-Cow Mil boa store at sl7 to S2O psr
bnsbel.
Potatoes -Irish $35 to S4O, and Sweet S3O
to $35 per bushel.
Poultry -Ohickena $5 to $7, and grown
fowls $8 to $9 each. ,
Kick— Cfaun 50 ta 60 oenta per lb. by tbo
cask
Salt - Sound mode sells from store slowly st
S3O to $35 per bushel.
Sugar—Brown sells by the barrel at $7 50
to $3 per lb.
Syrup—Dali at 20 to $25 per gallon.
Shbbtirq—Fayetteviia factory, $3 25 to
$3 60 per yard
Spirits Tuoputixr.—Nominal at $5 to 6
per gallon.
Tallow—s3 K 0 to $4 per lb.
Yarn—s3s per bnneb by the bale.
Wood—ls in demand, arid sells by the boat
load at S2B to S3O for pine, S2B to $35 for
asb, and S3B to $42 per coYd for oak.
Money Market— We have no Change to re
port in bonds or stocks during tbe week, and
only email transaction* have taken place.
Specie bas slightlv advanced, aha following
ijre tbe buying rates :
Confederate bonds range from SIOO to $l2O
according to dates.
Four per cent. Certificates S6O.
7 30 Notes $65.
Gold $22 lo 23 ; Silver s2l; Sterling bills
s2l a 22 for one.
Bank Notes—North Carolina $3 to 4; Geor
gia $3 50 '; Virginia and South Carolina $2
to 2 35 for onto.