About The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1863)
tfashviiie ecrrcspondeeeet Stail Prison, Nashville, Tens.* ) Dec’r. 25,1S(J2. j To tlu* lo-nplaints of the citizens ncamst the outrages perpetrated by the soldiers, the authorities have been wont to reply that they are not respon sible for such proceedings, but, on the contrary, have issued “general orders” strictly forbidding then!: This did well enough for a time, but when it was found that the men continued their outrages against the persons and prop- 1 erty of citizens with perfect impunity," and that not the slightest dibit was made by those in command to enforce obedience to “ orders,” the people be gan to regard such “ orders * ;w<a mere three, designed only ft* shield the fnili- Tary rulers from the odium attaching to the acts of the soldiery, while, as a means of restraint on their lawless vio lence, they were intended to remain as a dead letter. This view of ihe case was further confirmed by the stringent measures which were adopted for disarming the citizens, and so placing them entirely at the mercy of their ruthless despoil ers. For the condition of the ancient gladiator, forced into the arena to be (lent, since any mail wild can live in this sin stricken world for eighty years, without courting a woman or wedding a wife,is fit only for wolf-bait. And plunder was enacted ; but no vie-1 2ffew Division ia the Army, tim was here found to appease their! A correspondent ot the Huntsville thirst for blood. S Confederate, writing from Wartrace, But the full measure of Federal veil-J Tennessee, says the or anization of a geauee had not yet been meted out to new division of the army will oe the Mr. Watkins. He must yet be despoil- ! probable result of some recent diall ed of all. his moveable property. Ac- j ges in the army of Tennessee and arri flu* North have just begun the war. ''■If 1 ! . v,. I8 ,M!!h? e hnndm^ cordingfy, after the lapse of a tew days j val of troops there. Gens. Pillow and V i *'1'° c ti 'i *' .. j another gallant band \\%* sent; out to j Stewart are spoken of as likely to com- t he best troops the world ever saw, s' I .x.. 1 . . - ------- - 1 Ins plantation on an expe^ion ot plun maud it. Other names have been nien- ,, • „ l l i: i: „ l . ..1 „„ . HIS Tiiauiatiuu u:i an CAliuanioil Ol piuii- muuu n. vzinui iidiuw iiuivwu.i i mcsacu i>y nils Uonve v..el. equ j p «. i ( si j 11 > ‘j ’ ‘ j dcr, and faithfully did ibey execute I tioned. It will be put in Hardee’s | sessi< u, tlnu the war whi< our hands and near s, too, will then be comuiissiou / The vestige of Corps. Brig. Gen. Henry D. Clayton, upon us is, on our pan, j in it Km, am h ranee are net sat- . . P „ 1 . . & _ . i. A, . 1 .. . * , r iii, if England and France are not sat isfit d : we will give them a turn. I am in favor of it anyhow. My govern ment can whip the world. 1 don’t lil - - - - everything pertaining to a large plant-| of Alabama has a Brigade of atiou was carried oft, leaving neither I inians, which will be in it. negroes for the cultivation of the land, nor food for the subsistence of the fain fVlaba- I , 1 i i • . „ nor lood tor t ie subsistence ot the lam- ike the hypocritical, Ivmg course ol . . ^ .. . , .... . i j A,i t „■’ ilv. Apart from the murder ot l)r. England. v\ lien I was in Washington, - J. , , ° Bass, this case possesses no features to sent a message to the Queen, by a ’ . , . • v i,.',„ distinguish it from- hundreds ot others nend oi mine who was going to Eng- tuat have occurred within a range ot nventy niilcyaround ^\isl.ville, except-more iu'tol'iigeS iuborer !“* the ,e " K " c .y f bovn ,0 t ' oflicalthv Irish and GerraaS emigrants, kins l»v snnnnfr Ins hnnsn mu I mirnm ri- . •, ... . »• . friend land. I told him to give the kind re gards of Parson Brownlow, of the Uni ted States, to Queen Victoria, and tell her that I have known individuals, and, in fact, whole communities, make a decent living,by attending to their own business ; and, also, tell her the anec dote : A Dutchman, who was at the battle of New Orleans, had heard that Washington was a very pious man,and never went into a fight, without ma king it the subject of special prayer. So lie stepped to one side, and prayed, “Oh Lord Gott, we are in a tight exposed without weapons to the infuri ated rage of tigers and leopards, was not. more hopeless and helpless than is that selniap. Please come town and help of the inhabitants of this city and the j »s von time. But if you can’t help us, immediate neighborhood under this | don’t help dec British,but slioost stand despotic regime. off,and we’ll show you te tamtest light At length, however, our masters j ever you saw!” Tell Queen Victoria have thrown oft the mask, and openly j d she will stand ofi we will show her avow their purpose of subjecting us to ; me damndest fight ever she saw. 1 every species of suffering which it is teel glad for I ennessee, that the Gov- within their power to inflict. They ! eminent is crushing out tins infernal send ont gangs of armed men to stiip rebellion. both the rich and the poor of all they fhc Union, the organ of thegovern- possess, and then in not a few instances j meut, tells us the crowd who were apply the torch to the homestead,leav- 'present were “ eagerly attentive, fil ing their wretched victims without.a thusiastie, rapturous, and at times up- shelter to screen them from the wintry 1 roarious with merriment” during the blast, and without a sufficiency of food to allay the cravings of hunger for even a single day. They frankly con fess that their mission is vengeance. Iffejro He-gimc-Ets. The Yankee^ becoming hard pressed are sending negro regiments South.— The New York Herald says : “ We ■shall get rid of the blacks and their places will b„e well supplied by kins by sparing- his house and outbuild ings from tiie torch. I must refrain from going into detail in the remain ing instances which I have to give,oth erwise I shall write not a letter, .but a volume. Dr. Hampton, Davidson to., lives fifteen miles from Nashville, on the Cumberland river. The Fcderals took from him sixteen negroes, one hundred and six wagon loads of corn, bacon, and clothing, leaving bis family (wife and two children) without a sin gle garment except what they wore, and then burnt his house and destroy ed all that could not be carried away. Joseph Newson, a celebrated distil ler, lives about fifteen miles from Nash ville, in this (Davidson) county. A who will become good citizens in five years. We have no need of negroes at the North. Let the whole race be sent South.” What a set of villains. They pre tend to be friends of the negro—while they steal them in the South to sell in Cuba, and enlist them in the North to be cut to pieces in the South to save their precious Yankee carcasses ! [South Carolinian. A Receipt to Dye Slack. We publish for the benefit of .our lady readers,the folfowingrecipe which has been furnished us, to dye cotton a beautiful jet black color: J pot of red oak ooze ; 1 do of maple foraging party took from him ‘-22 b fat i dye ; 1 do of strong lye ; t do of strong hogs, and all the live stock on his farm that they could capture, all his ser vants except a few who made their es cape, and all his stock of whiskey. In this case some of the soldiers fell vic tims to their own excesses. They got dead drunk, and being left behind, not a few of them were killed by the enra ged people whom they had plundered and maltreated. David McGavock, about eight miles from Nashville, lost Hence, what property t hey cannot take away, they destroy. And, as il to di vest us, to the fullest extent in their power, of tlie means of recovery from the ruin in which they involve us, they burn down ail fences and destroy every implement of husbandry within their reueh. To show the extent to which the people of the North and the parti sans of the Lincoln Government gener ally are possessed of that spirit of fanat icism implied in this crusade against humanity, the language held by the j inHuential and respected citizen of this clergy in reference to this contest and county, residing about six miles from the prosecution of the war, may lie fair- 1 Nashville, had a son-in-law in the Coa ly adduced. There is no man to whom federate army, a Dr. Bass, a young the North has accorded more consider- man of excellent parts and ofgoodedu- ation than Parson-Brownlow, of lvnox- cation. Mr. Watkins, though an uti- viile, in Fast Tennessee, llis recent compromising friend of the South, had progress through the North was one' n ever been a politician, lie has ever continuous ovation. His reception been remarkable lor his quietness, and was the same whether among the self- fur tlie steady prosecution of his own sufficient and self-complacent sons of business. But lie had the audacity fo delivery of this balderdash, and then adds that : “ The Parson concluded amid peal after peal of tremendous applause,.. . . , • , . , ,ii i in the same way b(> negroes got) wag whose echoes might have fallen on the , , ,? . r ° T> i • • i ... on loads ot produce, all the lamilv sup- ears ot Belshazzar Breckinridge and Ins . ,4 , •* , , , ... f. i ones ami all the live stock, leaving not court : t Murfreesboro, like the death 1 . . , , . w , (■: , , ,. a single cow to supplv the lainuy with knell of treason and rebellion. . ... " 1 1 ic „ • , ,i milk, they even tookthebed-Ciotii- Jl, as is the fact, the millions of the . ■ , , North have shewn themselves eager to m - j !'°™ « ,, . e S ro who . onl - v 8m " adopt as their own the sentiments oj | vived till the loHowmg morning. this foul-mouthed clerical •mountebank, it is no marvel that tliev should sanc tion such atrocities as those 1 am now about briefly to narrate. William E. Watkins, Esq., a highly [ Correspondent Intelligencer. harbour in his house the wife and fami ly of ii Confederate soldier, to whom he sustained the relation of father and the Puritans of New England,or among the impulsive, rough-and-ready deni zens of the great West. The several communities of these widely separated regions vied with each other in doing honor to his heroism as a militant par son, as well as to his meekness as a Christian disciple! Such a man, and thus endorsed, may be taken as a fair exponent of the spirit of the people who thus delight to honor him. A day or _ two ago, the Parson in the course of l b' s b»ct by some means came to the his perigrinations arrived in this city-, ear of the I- ederal military authorities and soon after the morning papers con- Nashville, and they appear to have tained the following characteristic an- at once resolved on taking vengeance nouncement :— both on the Confederate soldier himself '“Major William H. Polk, Hon. If. :m< l 011 tbe i»a» who, by giving him Maynard, and Parson Brownlow, arri- “ : >'d and comfort,” was held as an ved on the evening of Wednesday, and abettor of rebellion. Accordingly, a were serenaded at 1 lie St. Cloud*Hotel “quad of cavalry selected for this busi- on Thursday evening, when Messrs, ness were dispatched in the middle of Maynard and Brownlow addressed the t{ ie \>ight to execute the bloo,lj tU m- people. The Parson stated that he would deliver an address at the Metho dist Church on Friday night, taking lor his text 4 Bishop Early’s new form of commission, which reads thus : Go ye into nil the South, and preach Jeff. Davis to every creature ; lie that be lieved! shall be damned, and lit* that bel'ieveth not shall be saved.’ She 3Vcw iTork IPcace Electing. In order properly to understand the bearing of this great peace meeting in New York city, it should be remarked that it was not a simple gathering of city politicians. Every senatorial dis trict in the State was represented by delegates, and the resolutions were de bated and digested in solemn conclave of all the leading Democrats in the State of New York the day before. This meeting, then, fixed the atti tude of the Democratic party of New York on the war question. It threw Van Buren, Brady, Seymour, and all the vigorous prosecution ot the war gramllhrher. Xot only xo.'bV.t | and put the par- two months ago the husband and fath- 1 !>’ “I* 0 " " awl nneqtm-oral plat er was allowed to visit his fan,ilv at !" r,, \ Moa *- t *'»"• .h 0 ,"""" 10 \ j -it- it- , -t ... V c Wood now rule the roast and lamma- tMr. Watkins residence on lurlough for ; . , ^ , r - . •, a few days. McCann’s company, to j "V'ptmted ovet to tho I.lncolmtys which ho' belonged, and of which he 11,11 13 ,hc V" 301 ,'’ t »f" , . CT Wltl l '« ..... c *. t : * , . - ,, , general aspect am enthusiasm of the was a first Lieutenant,being then post- ° ,. \ , Tr , , i • „ v . • , , , i meeting, wliv the Herald cries out a *d in the immediate neighborhood. 6 .... . . . , , peace candidate will lie elected to the next Presidency. The New York Democracy lias thrown off the shack les of the few war leaders, and now stands side by side with the Democra cy of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, New Jer sey and Connecticut in favor of an un conditional suspension of liie war. It is »great fact and will probably be a very growing fact—(particularly if the Federals are whipped in Mississippi.) It is a similar view ot the practical ef fect of this meeting which, doubtless, induced Lincoln to seek an interview with Fernando Wood—perhaps to rea son with him for moderation in the anti-war programme—per Iiaps to threat en—perhaps to enlighten him upon the glorious prospects of the Federal arms —perhaps to debate over that much- talked of proposition for peace and compromise which W ood insists he re ceived from the administration at Rich mond. Who can imagine what could have been the subject of this interview be tween the leading and antagonistic ex ponents of War and Peace in theXorth? Wherein were they likely to agree / Finally of one thing we may he assur ed : As the action of the war Demo crats a few months ago was sufficient to cripple and almost extinguish the peace party—to give new vigor to this atrocious struggle for our subjugation —so henceforth unless tin* Northern war party is bolstered up by very de cided successes, it will most seriously feel the opposition of a compact and powerful party arrayed in resolute and decided antagonism to the further pros ecution ot the war.—Macon Telegraph. mission. They arrived at the house quite early in the morning, just at day break, and having first surrounded it, those in front gave an apparently friendly salute, and one so much in the style in which the doctor had been ac customed to be hailed bv his comrades, that so soon as lie could throw on a few garments lie ran out to meet and Accordingly on Friday night the par- welcome them in front of the house, son had a crowded house, made up, Indeed, lie had been expecting such however, almost exclusively of Yankee y' s 't as this from his own company,and soldiers and government employees, it is surmised that this fact was known The parson thus expresses himself on 1 to the Federals. But before he could the prosecution of the war and kindred >'<acli the treacherous crew, the crowd topics: j fired on him and he fell a dead man. “Our business is to prosecute this ,Now_ was enacted a scene almost too war. We have- the right on our side, horrid fur narration, the parallel to The .South said the Sorth would back which is not to be found except in the down. They see how it backs down ! bloody records *of Sepoy atrocities, or I am. and have been from the begin- oflndian outrages on the frontiers of ii'iiig. an advocate ol coercion, and if. civilization on this continent. 1 lie necessary, of extermination. This re- wife of the murdered man in the frenzy bellion shall be crushed, if we have to I of her grief ran out with scarce a gar- exterminate the rebels, and ask God to oienl to cover her and tell fainting on send us a better breed of dogs.” jtlie body ot her murdered husband. • ••-*»* Her mother running to her relief, was , . ,, j . I received with the curses and improea- Tbat miserable wretch General E. i . . . , ... ,y r , A . L. »i • i „ i ,, , tions of the brutal soldiery. “Hell Jvirby Smith, issued an order through , . , , . . •, . . i i rn . n , i , v®, do iio more bushwhacking, God damn the scoundrel Churchvvell—who died . . „ n ... v . . .. , , . r him; “ Curse Ins damned soul, 1 wish recently and went further .South to get, „ , . , - , . ,, ]• , • :t*\er\ seeesh was served like him, lus deserved rights—commanding him I . ,, .. , , . j i u i° , with othei profane and olm-encexcla- to convey mv wife and children beyond . 1 f .. . ,, , p j A i ! mations too filthy for narration, were A the rebel lines; and afterwards took ,, r ■■ ... ... , r , „ . , e the greetings with winch tlie ruffians »«°r my house lor a hospital. But a day oi . 7 ... ... coperas water. Dip the hank in the red oak, and next in the lye, and then in the cop peras water five times. Then dtp in tin* maple, lye, and copperas, five times. It is no humbug, Try it.—Ex. CrLPKi't’EE, June !>.—To Gem 8. Cooper, Richmond :—The enemy cros sed the Rappahannock this morning at -I o’clock, at various fords, from Bever ly to Kelley’s, with a large force of cavalry, accompanied by artillery. After a severe contest till five P. M., Gen. Stuart drove them across the riv er.—(Signed) R. E. LEE. NORTHERN NEWS. Riciimomi, June 7th.—At the Vallan- digbam meeting in Newark, resolutions were adopted declaring it the duty of the people to demand of the ailmini.-dratibn mice and forever to desist from siu-h deeds ol despotism ; that there is reason to fear that it is the settled purpose of tin* admin istration to establish a despotism, and if the time should’arrive when our rulers shall madly attempt to deprive tlie people of an appeal to the ballot box, it is their plain right and duty to withdraw their consent from such a Government. A letter was sent the mooting bv Gen. , Prom the # Ciiristiart Index. ‘ Spc.ih of (xorrruor Brctra In Ike BupU-st Bitnnial Conve ntion at AngmtAi On., Jlsr S flh 1863 Rev. Dr. John-A. Broaddus, from the committee on the State of the Country, re ported several resolutions, two of which were as follows : liesolred, That the events of the past two years only* confirm the conviction ex- i pressed by this Convention at its last rhich has been forced just and necessary and lias on y strengthened our opposition to a reunion with the United States, on any terms whatever, and tfiat while de ploring the dreadful evils of the war, and earnestly desiring peace, we have no thought of yielding, hut will render a hear ty support to the Confederate government in ail Constitutional measures to secure this independence. Jlv/solrvtl, I hat we have just heard with unutterable grief of the death of the noble Christian warrior, Lieut. Gen. Jackson ; that we thank God for the good lie has achieved, and the glorious example he has left us, and pray that we may all learn to trust as he trusted in the Lord alone. Rev, Dr. Boyce, of South Carolina, while ho approved the sentiments of the resolutions, opposed their passage on the ground that the Constitution of the Con vention does not permit it to consider and act upon political questions of this charac ter : and several other members of the Convention having admitted that the Con stitutional objection was valid,—Gov. Brown said : Brother President—While I accord to Itev. l)r. Boyce and the other'mem bers of the Convention who agree with him the same honesty of purpose, and tiie same patriotic "sentiments which I claim for myself, 1 a-.r. constrained to differ irom them upon the Constitutional question in volved in this discussion. 1 lie Constitu tion of this Convention contains the follow ing language: “It shall he the design of this Conven tion to promote foreign and domestic mis sions, and other important objects connect ed with the Redeemer’s kingdom.” All must admit that the institution of slavery is one of the prime causes of the war, and that it's piotcction depends upon the success of our arms. 1 know the time was when ihe Southern church and peo ple. apologized for the institution. While they* denied that it was perse sinful, they admitted that it was a great political and social evil. Many added that it was a moral evil. But the investigation of the subject, with the study* of the Scriptures, has satisfied not only on, statesmen, but Christians of all denominations, that it is neither a moral, social nor political evil.— Like every other ielation in life it may be, and has been abused. God will hold us responsible for tlie abuse. But I have no idea that he intends that it shall be overthrown. Even our enemies have found in the midst of the war that it is a tower of strength in jdace of a source of weakness to us. In planting it here our Heavenly* Father had a great purpose in view for the promotion of his kingdom upon earth. 1 believe, sir, that it is an institution of God, and that we have re- arnl bleeps Upon*the soil of Matylaticl. j people otgoVetfctnent, As the What other brother here has not lost a near j Abolition army, Abolition government, etc relative or friend ? \\ bat family iu the Let us show them how we feel and looli Confederacy has not been made to mourn on account of the wrongs inflicted by our cruel enemy ? llow, then, can you or I and look upon them, and let them be placed by this term—in their true position, before the world. We hope the press will agitate this mat- j ter. or any other member of this Convention,or any member of a Christian church, or good citizen of theVonfederate States, ever con sent to shake hands w ith our .invaders, j The Yankee Negro Haiti oil •nr Seaboard over the graves of our dear ones slain iu j On Monday seven Yankee gunboats made battle, and again embrace them in Irater- their appearance in St. Simon’s Sound, one nal political relations! Is any one so vis- j 0 f them having the appearance of a lar^e ionary as to suppose that the Union could I COV ered flat, propelled by steam. Two of ever he reconstructed, and the States ot the gunboats ascended ihe Turtle river as either section placed hack where they were before the war was forced upon us 1 It could only he reconstructed by our subju gation, which would lorce us hack into a far as Bethel, when they sent some launch es ashore with about fifty men, who pro ceeded to the railroad bridge over the Buf falo Swamp in Glynn county, on which Porter in favor of free speech. Those of vca !ed to ns in the Holy Bible clear and his name and blood will not fail to tight for it. A letter from Thomas H. Seymour, of Connecticut, in favor of peace, would soon he published. A speech delivered in Philadelphia be fore ifie Democratic Association hv Sena tor Wall, of New Jersey, declares in favor of the cessation of hostilities. Of the three alternatives—subjugation, anarchy, or sep aration—he ] relers the latter a thousand times. Richwonu, June 7th.— Letters from Hamilton crossing state that alnigade of overwhelming evidence of its establish ment by Him and of his intention to per petuate it. This institution is now wan tonly assailed by a reckless infidel fanati- ci-rn, and a cruel war for its extermination wickedly waged against us by a powerful, tyrannical government. Has the church no interest in this question ? Is it a viola- giand consolidated military despotism,bur-, t i, e y hoisted the Abolition flag. News dciied with chains and taxation insuftera- . cached here yesterday morning that the bie—hewers of wood and drawers of water | Yankees had burned the brid<*e°and were for cruel masters. In such an event, our i l aD ding negro troops in that vicinity. The condition would he the most degraded and : planters were removing their propertv.and deplorable of any people on the (ace of j much alarm existed among the people in the earth. Sooner than submit to this, let j t | )e unprotected settlements. Steps have us with our wives and children follow those , t>een taken to meet and repel the raiders, who have gone before to the tomb, and .et , al]c | jf they do not make a precipitate *•**- our beloved land become a howling waste. The rejection of these resolutions would not - only cause rejoicing by the abolition government, hut it woula.be a mortifica tion to our government at Richmond, and would ^depress thg spirits of our whole people. The Baptists are a numerous and intelligent denomination, and I trust they will continue to stand among the foremost in their support of the Confederate govern ment, in this mighty struggle. We should not. only support the government, but we must give a united and vigorous support to the President and his administration. His cause is our cause- We are all in the same boat together. If the administration goes down, as we are now situated, the country goes with it, and all is lost. It is the duty of every Christian therefore to stand by and sustain it. 1 do not say it has committed no errors. To say so would he to declare that it is super-human. 1 do not say that its errors, when they en danger the sovereignty of the States, or tend to subvert the fundamental principles for which we entered into the revolution, and upon which the government rests, should he acquiesced in, silently without rebuke. It lias been my* fortune to diUer with the President upon at least one grave constitutional question, when my position and obligation to the ppople of my State forbade my silence. But while, as a free people enjoying freedom of speech and of the press, we should combat error whenev er we regard it dangerous ; we should throw no practical difficulties in the way of the government, but should renderit every assistance in our power. The resolutions ;1 || all ■ ‘ ’ treat, we expect that they will meet such a punishment as will deter the survivors, black and white, from a repetition of the experiment on our coast. The Enemy on the Altamaha. We learn that official information has been re ceived here this morning (Wednesday) that six of the enemy’s gunboats passed up the Altamaha on Tuesday evening, to what point we have not learned, or whether a landing had been effected. The object of the enemy is no doubt to plunder anil de vastate the plantations in the vicinity* of the river, and obtain possession of the rail road bridge over the Altamaha. Should they attempt to penetrate the country in that quarter they will no doubt meet a for midable, and, we trust, successful resis tance. We hope to receive further intelli- geuce before our morning edition goes to press.— Satan nub Xttrs, 1 \th. Jackson, June 9.—' )ur scouts re port the enemy’s pickets ten miles deep around Vicksburg. Every means of approach is closely guarded anil the greatest courage and care is qgeessary to reach the city. v * Grant communicates with the fleet by means of signal lights, which vt ere sent up last night constantly, signall ing and betokening, it is thought, a movement or renewal of the as sault. Tiie roar of the enemy’s mortars, at intervals of two seconds, was heard and continues this morn ing. Nothing from Port Hudson. An officer captured hv Grant's pickets, but subsequently escaped, arrived this morning. lie reports the Yankee army much depresed at the knowledge that Gen. Johnston is mas sing a heavy force in their rear, and certain death awaits them in front. If tlmu wilt take the left baud j Their officers say certain defeat or then I will go to the right, or if thou do- annihilation axxnits them, part to the right hand I will go to the left.’ propose to pledge to it our sn| port, in Constitutional measures, and they command my hearty approval. llow long this cruel war is to last, or how much sufFeiing is in store for us in the future, God only knows. I do not feel that we have sinned against the people of the Northern States. We bore till we could hear no longer, and when wc were obliged to separate from them, we said, as did Abrain to Lot—‘ Let there be no strife be tween ns Special Dispatch to the Memphis Appeal. A Regular Siege Commenced. Panola, Juno 7.—The Memphis Bulletin was received to-day. It ad mitted thpt Grant failed in even* at- They said—“ No, you shall not depart in peace- We are your masters, and we in tend to govern you and they made war upon us. But while we have not sinned against the enemy, we have sinned against God, j tempt to storm the works at Vicksburg and the punishment we are receiving at his : und t f lat J, e has ceased trying. i hands is just. If the who e people of the | It is also stated that a'regular siege tion of the Constitution of the Convention 011 e erac j " nn ' re ,u 0 ’ ‘ will hereafter be conducted, with a themselves in Ins presence and implore Ins • . . ’ aid, the war would cease and peace and to economize (lie. for us *.o consider and to act upon it ?— Have we no missionary duty to perform among the Africans in our midst ? It has been well said by another, that the South ern church holds up to the gaze of heaven and eartli more converted heathens, than \ankees with six pieces of camion have . , . ,, . . • , , t, ,* , . can be found at all our missionary stations crossed the Rappahannock, near Jbrcder-I. , ., , , , . ,. J ., retribution is coming. We will exact n swift and terrible revenge for the cruel outrages we lmvc suffered, and when we return to East Tennessee we intend to grease five miles of hell with the gnt-fat of Tennessee rebels. ****** I have always been a pro-slavery man, and opposed to abolitionism, but must say that this rebellion is not the work of Abolitionists, but of a corrupt South. And these rebels who originated it, to obtain their rights,have but two rights —the right to be hanged, and the right to be damned. I ha\e joined the unconditional Union part}*, to put down the rebellion at any cost required—hut still I hope the la dies will rebuke their husbands and sweethearts who voted for that wretch ed old creature, Buchanan, as Presi- rcceived her. Mr. Watkins then appeared, and was about to carry the body into’ the Bouse, but this they absolutely refused,until they had taken off and appropriated his slippers, and rifled his person in search of money, a considerable sum of which they found. 1 hey then went into the house exult ing over their bloody achievement,and making mockery of the grief ol the bro ken hearted wife,* telling her it was “ damned nonsense to lo.-ikc so much fuss lor she could soon get another husband.” They then ordered the servants to give them ti sumptuous breakfast, and after partaking of this meal, proceeded to break mirrors and destroy the most valuable part of the furniture. They held a perfect carni val of riot and revelry, after which they proceeded to a neighboring plant ation belonging to Mr. Samuel D. Da vidson. where a similar scene of riot Tin- Sillimlioii. A courier came into Wartraro on (lie morning of the Dei, ami reports that twen- liimself ty* 1 "' 0 regiments of Rosencranfz’s army have left for \ icksburg. The impression prevails that the Federals are retreating towards Nashville. At all events we have positive information that our troops are ad vancing from Waitrace to Shelbyvilie. From tiie signs of active preparation, a for ward movement in earnest is about com mencing. On the other hand rumors are currently circulated that Rosencranz is ad vancing himself, instead of falling back upon his enrtLivoiks around Nashville. Besides the strongly fortified Gaps of 1 he Normandy Hills, we have a line of’ Rifle Pits from Shelhyville to VVartrace, nearly nine miles in length. We also have an ar my in good health and spirits, and burning to emulate the glorious actions ofChancel- lorsvllle, Charleston, Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Once more Tennessee is likely to be shaken by Hie tread of advancing hosts, and the alleys and streets of the Capital itself may soon resound with the clash of steel, and the city of rocky foun dation may yet tremble with the shock of ha' tie.—Chattanooga Rebel. icksburg, and taken position in the vicinity of the site of the Bernard House. The movement is supposed to be a feint. The transports and one gunboat went up the Mattiponi liver on Friday. Heavy tiling has been heard in that directjoiijCau.se lint The Yankees have burned several mills and houses in King William County, and it is reported, have also carried off a num ber of negroes. FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE. Shelhyville, June 9.—All quiet it) front. The Cincinnatti Commercial of the -4tli has New York news of the Bril, giving an account of the Peace Con vention. Fernando Wood was the prominent speaker and strong resolu tions were presented. The Conven tion passed resolutions declaring fealty to the Constitution and State under the Constitution, no power to coerce the Staj£ by military force, the war is contrary to the Constitution and should cease, the claim of dietorial and un limited military power for the trial of citizens by court martial is mon strous and execrable, and protest against the cowardly, despotic, inhu man and accursed act in the banish ment of Vallondigham, and recom mends the suspension of hostilities and a general convention to settle the man ner of a reconciliation. Springfield, June Bd.—The House unanimously passed resolutions con demnatory of Burnside’s order sup pressed papers, and calling the atten tion of die Government to the infringe ment of popular rights and the inva sion of the sovereignty of Illinois. Lexington, June 4.—By direction of President Lincoln, Burnside has re voked the order suppressing the Times and World. A Deserved I’ato. We are informed on what we deem unquestioned authority, that when the Federals sacked Jackson and the lire had communicated to the Confederate Hotel, several Federals officers ran up into the observatory to take a hurried look after the whereabouts of the grand army. The fire whas slowly tak ing hold of a distant portion of the house and all idea of saving if had been abandoned by the proprietor. A young man employed in the house, seeing the vandals go up to the observatory, recollected that there was a large pile of rich lightwood under the stairs, the only egress from the roof. According ly, he set the lightwood on fire and in five minutes the stairs were a sheet of flame—and the Yankee officers ne ver came down. That is the way the Confederate Hotel was burned. in heathen lands. God in his providence has sent the heathen among us, and it is our duty to civilize and christianize them. Our enemies repudiate the Bible, so far as it sustains the institution of slavery, and prosecute a cruel war ae*--i! ,iet ,,a over- tf.row an institution of God. Our govern ment is waging a defensive war to sustain a relationship established by the Head of «!io ; and snail it be said that w*e | are not laboring to “promote the Redeem er’s kingdom,” when we sustain our gov ernment against this infidel crusade. Is it a violation of the Constitution to say that the war is “just and necessary” upon our part, and that it has “only strengthed our opposition to a reunion with the United States on any terms whatever.” Is it unconstitutional to say that while we earnestly desire pence we have no thought of ever yielding, hut that we will support tho. Confederate government in all Consti tutional measures to secure independence? We to-day enjoy the protection ol our government and shall we refuse to yield it our support ? Is it unconstitutional to say that we will support it iu all Constitu tional measures necessary to secure our independence, to maintain a-great princi ple ot Bible truth, and to prevent the destruction of the most vitally important missionary field which G od has committed to the care of the Southern church. But admitting the Constitutional question to he doubtful, it seems to he too late to raise it now. Two years ago. when this Convention met at Savannah, it did pass strong resolutions upon the same subject matter. Suppose we now refuse to pass the resolutions upon your table, what will he the effect ? The abolition government at Washington will say that the Baptists of the Southern States were very warlike two years since, but that the experience or that period has abated their ardor, and they are looking for a hack door through which to escape into the old Union. I trust there is not a Baptist in the Conven tion, or in the Confederacy, who will ever consent to a reconstruction of the Union, or to any political union with the. abolition States, upon any terms or under any cir cumstances whatever. I would prefer that the language of the resolutions were stronger. The separation is complete. The chasm which divides the two sections is deep and wide. A river of blood flows between, which was drawn by a wicked foe in an unjust war, from the bodies of our countrymen, our friends, our relatives, which are buried near this gulf. I have no son old enough to do military duty, hut I have lost a beloved brother in the military service ot the Confederate States, who was wounded in the first bat tle of Manassas. My brother-in-law fell upon the same field in the second battle, and weltering in his gore poured outliis life a sacrifice upon freedom’s altar. I have had to mourn the loss of other rela tives, and.a large number of friends. Brother President, I knew your son. He was a noble boy, highly educated, gifted, intelligent and manly. Yon were justly proud of him, for he gave great promise for a high career of future usefulness. But, alas, he is gone ; he fell in battle at bis post prosperity would be restored. His afflicting hand rests heavily upon ns to-day. The electric flash upon the wire has brought us the sad intelligence that one of the strongest columns upon which the Confederacy rested, has been broken ; one of its massive pillars lias been undermined. A gallant warrior, whose brilliant achieve ments has attracted the admiration of the whole world ; who. reposing his trust in God alone, fought but to conquer ; a Chris tian hero, batl ling for the civil and relig ious liberties of unborn millions, is no more ! Stonewall Jackson is dead! while with the whole people we mourn our An inmieiliate # victory is therefore admited s to be impossible. Burnside has prohibited the circu lation of the Chicago Times and the New York World in his department. B. Arrival of'S’anii:' , c-wounded at Mem phis, <£ic. Panola, June 0.—Twenty three transports, carrying nine thousand _ Fedfeval trortps have passed down front How are the mifrluj* m me midst off Memphis since Grant landed at Grand me battle ! Know ve not that there is a ) Qulf. great man fallen this*'day iu Israel 7 Alas, | They were all taken from the garri- Brethreu, | sons otl +] ie Memphis and Charleston loss with unutterable grief, let us not forget | r ‘*^ loa< ' that God, who rules as well the hosts of reparations ate til so making al heaven as the armies of earth, worketli all j Memphis, and Louisville to trans- things after the counsel of his own will. | port reinforcements from Rosecranz. lie has an object in this severe chastise-j Burnside’s army remains intact, to ment. While I believe he will finally de- j prevent Rosencranz from being flank- liver us from the hands of our enemies, lie. j will not divide the glory with another. I | General Grant asks for a reinforce- fear we were leaning upon au arm or lleso, i i ’ i and making au idol of the great and good nie ". t ^ tll0 f a , n L d men ’ , , , man for whom we now mourn. Such was J t»iousniu& of his wounded ha\e my admiration for him that I confess it iD'i iveil at Memphis and orders have amounted almost to idolatry, and I have reason to believe tlfis feeling was very gen eral. We thought wc could not lose the victory if Jackson were present. He can been issued to make preparations for thirty thousand yet to arrive. Adjutant General Thomas is sick. Great apprehensions are felt in the be present no more to lead his invincible I Nor th that Lee will advance and Gov- corps of the army to victory God l>as eniorCurtainof p eil ns V lvania,isclain- raised Ins chastening hand, aud smitten us . , ,, .. with his rod, and removed the idol. Ac- j orln S lon,U 7 lor il better defense, knowledging the chastisement with deep ! B. humility, let us humble ourselves in tbe j “ _ . — *“T ', . i .. , ,, , c , The Vcrv Xiatest from Vicksburg-, dust, and continually lift our fervent pray-; T , J , ,, ^ .. ers to the Head of the church, that lie will ■ Jackson, June 9. Dates front give us another leader able t« stand in tbe ' ^ iCitsburg to the 4 fit mst., bring the place of the departed ; and while bis spirit | most cheering accounts of the situa- looks down from heaven upon bis beloved j tion. Pemberton says he can hold companions in arms who delighted to ibl- j Vicksburg independent and requests low his lead, may lie stiil see the hosts of Johnston to take bis time in organiz the enemy flying before them, and the cause for which lie bled triumphantly .suc cessful ! But my feelings are carrying me away. I beg tbe pardon of the Conven tion, and close by again appealing to Dr. Boyce and the other members who agree with him, to permit the resolutions to pass unanimous]}*. W e are happy to state, when tbe vote was taken there was not a dissenting voice against the passage of the resolutions. The Abu!ilioni«lM. A suggestion was made last year, by Gen. Beauiegard, which has not met the fa vor which it deserves, the cause of which, we presume is, that cur brethren of the press have not given it the reflection that it ought to have had. It was to speak and fo write of the Northern people ns- Aboli tionists. The Northern press insist most pertcnaciously in calling us rebels, which they know is a statement as false as a Yankee, but is intended for effect iqon the minds of their own people, as well as upon the European mind, and in all probability, we have suffered in European estimation, from the fact that we were looked upon as rebels. It is a well known fact that there are many men in the Abolition army, to whom the term Abolitionists is peculiarly morti- fying, and more so to be accused of being engaged in an Abolition war. Now we thiuk that the press can render good ser vice, when speaking of the Northern army, itig his tinny. His army is in fine spir its and has plenty to eat. Our casualties to the 4th instant, were between six and seven hun dred. • The bombardment from the fleet U unremitting and very heavy, and can he heard here day and night. Grant’s army refuses to assault our fortifications again, and has squatted down to starve the garrison. We have good news from the Trans- Mississippi Department but it is con sidered contraband. You may, how ever; soon expect to hear that Gen. Kirby Smith is at glorious work. We have nothing additional front Port Hudson. G. The 2aomy Repulsed in Louisiana. We were yesterday show a private letter, says the Richmond Dispatch, to a gentleman from Louisiana now in this city in which mention is made of the recent repulse of the Yankees at Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita ri ver. The repulse was attended w th heavy loss to them, whilst our lo® s - is represented to have been very small —only some two or three killed and wounded. One commissioned officer was dangtrously wounded.
