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Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
Wheeler's Great Raid Aronnd the
Array of Rosencraz.
full Particulars from a Participant.
Prom Northern Virginia,
The reports with reference to tl e
operations of the contending armies in
Northern Virginia are confused ami
unintelligible. Yesterday we had a
number reports in circulation, none of
which were confirmed by the arrival
of the train from Gordonsville late in
the evening. Prominent among these
rumors was one that a portion of our
forces had succeeded in gaining the
rear of the enemy and captured a large
supply of commissary stores at Ma
nassas. Whilst there was no posi
tive contradiction of this report, as be
fore stated, we were unablfe to obtain
any confirmation of it.
On Saturday last the old cavalry
brigade of General Hamtpon, under
command of Colonel Young, of Geor
gia, attacked the enemy at Bethlehem-
routing them and capturing one hun
dred and thirty-two prisoners. Our
cavalrv then continued their advance,
but the enemy being reinforced by
infantrv were compelled to retire. On
Mondavthe enemy advanced with their
reinforcements, and severe skirmishing
ensued from Culpejier to Brandy,
where they were repulsed by our cav
alry ami artillery with slight lesson
our side.
The mAt encouraging news' we I
have, for which we have any confirma-j
tion, is that our cavalry achieved a
splendid victory over the enemy’s cav
alry in the neighborhood of Warren- !
ton on Tuesday, capturing seven hun-j
dred men, with their horses and equip
ments complete. The engagement is
represented to have been one of the
most brilliant and successful of the
whole war. We were unable to obtain
any fuller particulars.
As we are able to form any judg
ment of rhe position of affairs, our for
ces are still pursuing Meade, who has
perhaps made good his escape with
the main body of his forces. Since
the commencement of his retreat he
has had time to reach the fortifications
at Arlington, unless intercepted, and
there is no probability that he would
risk a fight short of those fortifica
tions.—Richmond Dispatch loth.
‘GOV. JOS. E. BROWN.
Whatever the Georgians may think
of their Governor, he is immensely
popular away from home. In his own
State he appears to have bitter ene
mies and this is evidence to our mind
that he is a man of grit and not of
straw. Your clever fellows, universal
ly liked, are not apt to be men of the
right stuff for great occasions. We
look upon Mr. Brown as a model War
Governor—a veritable Stonewall Jack-
son among State Executives, and we
are truly rejoiced to discover in the
election returns now coming iu from
that State that the Georgians have the
good sense to appreciate their plucky
and able Governor, and the probabili
ty of his return fur another term of
office. His late epistolary duel with
Mr. Fullerton, the English Consul, at
Savannah, was the triumph of a good j course of a mile, killing, wounded and
cause in talented and spirited keeping, j capturing about one half of the rear |*
Cavalry Camp.
Decatur, Ala., October 11, 1SG3
Mr. Sneed:—We crossed the Ten
nessee 1 ivtr yesterday on our return from
a raid into Tennessee. Gen. Wheeler
commanded three divisions under Gens.
Wharton, Martin and Davidson—sev
en brigades in all-—about (>,000 men.
This is the largest cavalry raid that has
been made during the war.
We crossed the river near Cotton
Ford the last day of September. Cot
ton Ford is near Charleston, Tenn.
The enemy were on the opposite side
of the river, three brigades strong.
Wheeler had a new road cut about a
mile below the ford with Wharton’s
division, attacked the enemy’s pickets
at the main ford, secured that point,
and crossed Martin s and Davidson s
divisions with the artillery and ord
nance wagons.
We marched all night and the next
day until dark, in the heaviest rain I
ever had seen, and camped on the op
posite side ofWalden’s Ridge; in Se
quatchie Valley, near Foster’s Cross
Roads.
Here the command was divided.
General Wheeler, with two brigades,
one from Martin’s division, under Gen
eral Martin, and one from Wharton’s
division, under Colonel Avery, of the
4th Georgia Cavalry, went down the
valley after a I ante wagon train, while
General. Wharton with the remain
der of the force proceeded directly
across the Cumberland Mountain to
attack McMinnville. Gen. Wheeler
started at 3 a m., and met the train
near Dunlap at the foot of the moun-
race by Wheeler, with Martin and
Wharton’s division, for this pike, to
strike it at Farmington before David
son was pressed to that point. Col.
Montgomery, commanding Scott’s
brigade in Davidson’s division, was
wounded, while Major MDeonald was
killed.
Gen. Martin’s division arrived just
in time and was thrown into position
on the Pike, where the road strikes the
Pike, and the rest of the command had
to march into the Pike under the
tire of the enemy. This was Gen.
Wheeler’s order. Here a fierce light
ensued. The Rangers charged down
the Pike, and Lieut. Col. Cook com
manding, and Major Christian, and
two Lieutenants commanding compa
nies were wounded. Gen. Wharton’s
horse was killed, and three pieces were
captured. The 4th Tennessee, 11th
Texas, and 1st Kentucky were cut off,
and had to cut across the country to
regain the command.—Our loss at
this point must have been lot) men.
The enemy wore finally checked. We
march during the night to Comersville
and through Pulaski to Sugar Creek
the next day, where we' camped. At
this point the 2d Georgia, under Lieut.
Col. Ison, and a battalion of Morgan’s
men, under Captain Kilpatrick, re
mained as a rearguard, while the com
mand proceeded through Rogersville
and crossed the Tennessee, at Muscle
Shoals. The crossing was safely ac
complished, but the rear guard was
charged by a heavy force, broken and
j scattered, and Lieut. Col. Ison captur
ed, Lieutenants Luncleford and Duvau-
gu, and thirty men from the 2d Geor
gia, and several officers and about for
ty men from the battalion of Morgnn’s
men, captured.
W e are now on the South side of
the Tennessee river resting—will leave
here in a day or two.
I have thus given you a brief, unem
bellished, dry account of the raid. I
From tlie Montgomery Advertiser.
A Reminiscence of Camp Chase—Fast
Day Sermon, By a Confederate Colo
nel.
It will be remembered that Gen- Churcbbill’s
cDinniand, composed principally of Texas Kegi-
inents, about 3,500 strong, in fighting men, sta
tioned at Fort Hindman. Arkansas Post, Ark , was
attacked by the whole Vicksburg army and tl et
under Gens. McClernard and Sherman, and alter
an obstinate resistance of two days, closing- wiih
a despeia’e
CO npe loJ to surrenderor! the i 1th of Jan - a y last
mankind, that we desire only to be let
alone,” in the language of our noble 1 resi
dent, ts the sentiment of our people, and
their motto in this war, and has already
become historical. We sought to infringe
upon on rights, to destroy no interests, to
take no lives. The guilt of the inlmemc
bloodshed, and woe and waste ot this
war, rests upon other hands than ours.
_ . . , , I he character of the war is, with us, es-
resistance of two days, closing with . .. , .. -
baitle of two hours and a half, were - Sen.tally and necessarily religious, v
t surrenderon the 11th of Jan- n y last, loyalty, like that of these ancient Hebrew
1 he men were taken to Springfield and Chicago. patriots, is or should be both pious and
md the officers to Camp Ch-.se, Columbus, Ohio, p alr j 0 tic. T) d| to ,j ie glorious mem-
where they were treated with a fiendish malignity ‘ „ - o ° . i
unknown before, during the war. Having seen in Ot Jeuisalem both as their capt <
the Yankee papers, President Davis' proclamation city and the seat of the Temple
of a fast day, on the 27th of March, the ofliceriron thin
Caiup Chase, about 500 in number, unanimously
resolved to celebrate it. Col. Gillespie was ro-
qu'Sted by Geu. Ciiurebliiii and the leading ci’ii-
cers present, to apply for the privilege which was
granted. The zeal
fast day was ainasin
roundly that they w
that they would fsstat breakfast ami dinner (which
they did): that they would buy nothing of the sut
ler—in short, that they would make the day a Sab- j
bath. The day happened to be fair, and the service j
was delayed until 4 o'clock, that the wretchedly i
muddy streets might dry a little. The preacher j
stool in the middle of a street where another stieet
crossed it, and the audience assembled in front i
and each side of him—the Yankee guards crowded :
thick on the walls above. The text used was cho
sen at the request of many officers. After service, j
which was nearly concluded before the interrup
tion. Lt. Simms, who was to go out to be exchan
ged next morning, proposed to take a sketch of the \
sermon out. hidden in the heart of a loaf of bread, j
and the notes prepared hastily afterwards, were |
thus taken to Richmond and published in the En
quirer
quarters of an hour.
FAST DAY DISCOURSE, MARCH 27, 1803.
Every
dear and sacred is religious, and so
are the obligations and duties connected
therewith. Domestic, social and political
blessings, all depend upou the sanctions of
zeal among the officers to keep the j religion. In its simplest form, the war
•zissnsST* »«• k
• freedom to interpret the Bible and worship
God according to the dictates of our own
consciences. On the part of our enemies
failing to convince us by their clamorous
and sophistical logic, ^hey now seek, to
force, their opinion upon us.
The war with us should become religious
in view ot the past wrongs done us, the
blood already shed, the sufferings already
endured, the hateful and unjust oppression
sought to be imposed on us, the unprovok
ed character of the contest, and the over
whelming odds against us.
Moreover, consider the religious cliarac-
It is a mare outline, for Col. G. spo«e three ’ ter of the sympathies clustering aronnd eve-
i ry Confederate officer and soldier. Daily
I and nightly, our wives, mothers, sisters,
Preached by Col. C. C. Gillespie, of the 25th Tex- j fathers, children and friends lift their
tain, and after some sharp fighting cap
tured about 500 prisoners and over j have not time to give you fuller par-
300 wagons heavily loaded with quar
termaster, commissary, ordnance and
sutler’s stores. Tlie train was 'captur
ed about 11 a ni. The wagons were
all burned, about 1,-500 mules killed,
and the rest of the mules taken back
over the mountain.—The stores des
troyed were . most valuable. The
amount of clothing and blankets was
ticulars. In the number of men en
gaged this is the greatest raid of the
war. It is not the greatest in its fruits.
Many mistakes have been made in its
management.—It is not prudent at
this time to sav more.
From the Mississippian.
“A ■lint ftr (lie Times.”
This was the caption of a commuiiica-
enormous, while sixty wagons ot ord- ; tion which appeared in our columns the
nance stores were destroyed. About 4 i other morning, from the pen of a Missis-
p. in.; the enemy were ” reported ad- j sippi soldier. It was certainly a hint
vancing up the valley. This found 0 ur i for ^ tin \ e8 -» nd h °P e will 1ie gen-
^ _ I . - ^ a « . nrallv rno/1 end nnnrlfl rn A nvot* i lV n fhinlr
command in bad condition for fight
ing. Over half of both brigades had
been sent back by Gen. Wheeler with
led mules, and nearly a third of the
rest were on picket iu the rear and on
the flanks. Col. Russell, of Martin’s
command was captured at the wagons.
Col. Avery, with 100 of his brigade—
part from the 4th Georgia and 1st
Kentucky—remained in the rear,
while Gen. Wheeler retired with the
rest of the force to cross the moun-
erally read and pondered over. jWe think,
with our correspondent, that this is no
time for reveling in luxuries and dissipation
where death is daily being brought to our
doors, and the enemy are here and there,
sweeping along our land like a Simoon
from the desert of Sahara, leaving desola
tion and poverty behind to mark the soil
over which they trod. Thoughts far more
vital should fill onr brains than hoping for
and participating in every species of ga
iety. There is work enough for all to do
in bringing about a successful termination
of this struggle, if we will only turn our
tain. The enemy pressed vigorously. ; attention to the tented field where the
They charged fifteen times in the ' Angel of death isever hovering, and where
He laid Fullerton fairly to the land.
Her Majesty’s intermeddling represen
tative cuts a very undignified and sor
ry figure, sprawling and kicking a
wreck on the barren shore of argu
ment upon which the Georgian Gov
ernor had cast him.
mies object that the Governor had rio
business discussing such questions of
internationality with Mr. Fullerton,
and that the latter ought to have been
referred to the State Department at
Richmond. We think the Governor’s
experience has rightly taught him that
such questions were not well handled
at Richmond, and that in as much as
Fullerton had challenged him to the
ssue, he would make a pass at him
guard.—Their force was so over
whelming each repulse was but tem
porary. Gen. Martin and Colonel
Avery were nearly taken, Col. Avery’s
horse being shot. Lieut. Col. Griff
ith, of the 1st Ky, wounded, Capt.
Some of his ene- j Jones, 1st Ky., killed, Captains Stew
art and May, 4th Ga., wounded. Maj.
Reed, of Gen. Wheeler’s staff was cap
tured here. About 9 p. m., the entire
force was up the mountain, marched
until 3 in the morning, resumed the
march at daylight, and camped at the
opposite foot of the mountain about
mid-day.
Gen. Wharton, with his force, cross
ed the mountain, and his advance
just to show Mr. Benjamin what a
Confederate, alive to the dignity of his
country, and smarting under the lmmi- in and secured the outer works. 11 is
liations of his Government on this 1 artillery was put in position comrnand-
•we can minister to the wants of the thous
ands in need, who have stepped forth
willingly to secure peace and freedom
throughout our borders. This is the place
where many officers should spend more of
their time, and where those at home should
i cast their eye. The days of speculation,
frolicing soft sentimentalism and flattery
ought to be away yonder in the future,
when our glorious republic will stand erect
among the nations of the earth, bold and
defiant, free and unfettered as the wind ;
her brow blossoming with the fadeless laur
els of triumph, and her path strewn with
the most fragrant Howers of applause.—
We wiil have cause for mirthmaking then
but for the present let us think of it less,
and of war more. Neither the parlor nor
brilliantly lightened ball-room, though
both are ever desirable, should now be
attractive. The “sterner sex” have press-
duties elsewhere; and
, ir>g duties elsewhere; and our lovely
guard, under Lieut. Col. Clay, attack- j women> 0 f whom “poesy and song” have
ed the enemy’s pickets at McMinnville , already said so much, have a broad and
about 11, a. m., of the 3d, drove them | patriotic field upon which to work, where
consular
say.
question, felt and had to
For our part, we render our sincere ; immediately made.
thanks to Governor Brown, and we be
lieve his course meets the general and
fullest approbation of the country.
Mobile Register.
The next Meeting of Congress—Con
siderable ^onfusion exists as to the time
put in po
ingthe town, and a flagof truce sent in 1
to demand the surrender, which was
The garrison was
commissary and
about COO. Large
11 is j they can become far more renowned than
even the far-famed Florence Nightengale
or Sarragossan maid.
This is the hour of sorest need—the
hour when our men want garments of every
description to protect them from-the rigors
of winter, whose far-off moan has already
as Cavalry, before the Con federate officers an
soldiers iu Camp Chase, prison No. 3.
Gentlemen and Fellow-Soldiers :
This is the day appointed by onr honored and
pious President as a day of “ fasting, humiliation
j and prayer,” that the blessing of Almighty God
may rest upon our country, and especially upon
our arms. I have, in the name of Gen. Churchill,
and of the officers and soldiers n! this prison, asked
the privilege of observing the day iu our own way.
by holding divine service. This has been granted
by the authorities of this place, for which we arc
thankful, though it would seem that this is a privi
lege which could hardly be denied. We are con
fined within the wails, guarded by the soldiers on
the ramparts.and our sentiments, however earnest
ly expressed, cannot possibly do any harm to the
cause of the enemy.
1 call your attention to the first six verses of the
one hundred and thirty-seventh Psalm.
“ By the river of Babylon there we sat down ;
yes. we wept when we remembered Zion. We
hung our harps upon the willows in the midst
thereof. For there they that carried us away cap
tive required of us a song, and they that wasted us
required of us mirth, saying, “sing us one of the
somrs of Zion.” How shall we sing the Lord's
song in a strange land 1 If I forget thee O, Jeru
salem, let my right hand forget her cunning: If I
do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above
my chief joy.”
Gentlemen, there is a striking similarity between
our present condition and that of the oid Hebrew
patriots whose beautiful and enthusiastic wotds
and sentimeuts we have just read. We, as they
were, are, by the fortune of war, under the prov
ince of God, captives in the hands of our enemies,
in a strange land. Our captivity is even more rig
orous than was theirs. They were allowed the
cunmuni >n and sympathy of nature. Nature, onr
mother, like God, our father, is always friendly,
everywhere, in an enemy's land as well as at home;
and when man frowns or hates, she smiles and
loves. She is the resource and solace of the lone
ly. the desolate, the captive and stranger. Through
her mediation we can hold communion with the
treasured past, and with distant loved ones and as
sociations.
These old Hebrews sat down on the banks of
Babel’s streams, uuder the shade of tho adjacent
willows, and “ wept” when they remembered
“Zion.” But we are denied this communion of
nature, except the small tract of sky wo are per
mitted to see, and the daylight and sunshine.
We, like these ancient patriots, are far separa
ted from our home and families, and our strug
gling country, ©ur homes are lonely—and we
are not there to cheer them, our loved ones are des
olate, and we are not there to protect them. The
tide of war sweeps through our loved land—and we
are not there to struggle side by side with our
brave countrymen. We know not when we shall
he liberated trom our captivity. We can feelingly
understand why the old Hebrew patriots “ wept
when they remembered Zion.”
But, gentlemen, there is another point of resem
blance between us and the pious old Hebrews ; I
trust we imitate and emulate them in the constan
cy and integrity of our allegiance to our country
and cause. They learned to profane their harps
and the musical skill which belonged to their coun
try and which were consecrated to the divine tem
ple service, by using them for the service or grati
1? on amino A M/1 O I !nttfpill»«
praying hearts to the throne of heavenly
grace in our behalf. To-day, all over our
land, where tire sanctionary has not be
come desolate, nor the fires died on the
altar, and where the thronging feet of the
peaceful assembly still come, and the ac
customed voice is still heard in the pulpit, j ^ tate
how many prayers go up to God for us.
Can the South be our home, if it should,
with all these sacred treasures of the heart
and
meutal iilumination the Imperial ankles,
and some little space above them, came
forth adorned with stockings of blue and
white stripes; and all the courtiers pro
claimed the union of the two colors, rav
ishing to behold. By this time next year,
no doubt the new fashion will be as pre
valent as that of crinoline.
Confederate Carr: ncy and Credit.
The depreciation of the Confederate
currency, and the train of evils which flow
from iyJiave occasioned very deep con
cern. x he Legislature of Virginia direc
ted its attention to the subject immediately
it assembled. Tho finance committee of
that body has had it under consideration,
and has consulted the financial officers of
the Government, the presidents of the
hanks and experienced commercial men,
as to the best means to remedy those evils,
already so grievious, and which threaten
still greater inconvenience and distress.
We learn upon good authority that this
committee has taken into favor a scheme
framed by a prominent bank officer - of the
city, (we may say Mr. Mactarland) which
has for its object the diminution of the
Gonfederate paper circulation, the stop
page of the manufacture of paper money
by the Government, and the resort after
a time exclusively to taxa’ion and the
sale of bonds to meet the Government ex
penses. A scheme that will achieve these
important ends will be hailed with satis
faction by the whole country, and must
confer the greatest benefits upon the peo
ple and the Government.
It is simple enough but needs the con
currence of capitalists and the public to be
carried into operation. It is a proposed
loan of -8200,000,000 to the Confederacy
by the people of the States. For instance
the quota of Virginia, some S-lO.OOO.OOO.
is to he made up of S25,000,000 by capi
talists and Si 5,000,000 by the State. The
part to be raised by the sale of
bonds. It is assumed that such a loan to
the Government will enable it to stop its
conscience,
spoiler ] Never will I live in that glori
ous land after it shall have been despoiled
and degraded !
I manufacture of notes, and to gradually
become the prey of the j cur t a il its circulation; its revenue from
taxation, and its liberal receiDts from the
tax in kind, keeping it, favored as it will
, he by a very great reduction in the cost of
(.ere the officer of the guard on the everything from a reduction of the amount
of its circulation, so nearly supplied with
means for the war that it can readily sell
its bonds to meet the deficit.
Whether or not the scheme will achieve
this much cannot he known with certainty
until it is’ tried. But it meets with the
sutler’s stores were consumed and de- 1 been heard from the “Blue Ridge,” by the
stroyec
After a brisk little fight at the foot
of the mountain the detachment un
der Gen: Wheeler, which had been
left by him under command of Gen.
veteran “loot cavalry” of Lee. It i3 the
| hour when the soldier needs words of stim-
j illation and encouragement—kindness and
i thoughtful attention, to banish away
: thoughts of gloom, caused, perhaps, by
i dreaming of home and the loved ones
when the next session, and the last, of the I Martin, marched all night and joined tlier6p u * w under Yankee rule, and from
First Congress will commence. Some sup
pose Congress will meet in December,
some iu January.
The constitution of the Confederate
States provided, (Art. 1, Sec. 4 :)
“The congress shall assemble at least
once in every year ; and such irteeting shall
be on the first Monday in Decemher.unless
they shall, by law, appoint
day.”
The Congress have not by any law of
general application, appointed a different
day for their assemblage. Thev met on
another day last winter, hut it was under
a law limited to the special occasion. On
their last adjournment they specified no
day for their next meeting. The Con- i
stitution, therefore determines the time, |
and it is the first Monday in December.
On the 7th December,therefore,which is
just seven weeks from Monday next, Con
gress will meet in this city.—Richmond
Sentinel, Oct. 17th.
Saving the Tenth.—The Staunton
Vindicator relates a story of a farmer near
that town, who being de.sirousof pacing
the Government the tenth of some oats he.
then hauling in, told his servant to haul
nine loads to the barn and bring the tenth
load to town to the Quartermaster,
as he had to pay that load to the Govern
ment. Upon returning to his place a few
days after, he inquired of the boy if he had
delivered the tent liload to the Quarter
master ? “No massa,” said the trusty fel
low, with the air of a man who had accom
plished a great feat, “the Government
don’t git nufm—for dar warn’t no tenth
load. I done cram it all in nine.
r There are symptoms in New York of re
newed trouble among the working classes.
Discharged workmen are threatening to
burn the warehouses and shops of those
who discharged them, and several arrests
have been made.
the force at McMinnville the morning
of the 4th.
That night we reached Woodbury.
The enemy pressed vigorously. In
the afternoon they charged three com
panies of the Texas Rangers, acting as
rear guard, and dispersed them, but
different | Col. Harrison, of Wharton’s division,
formed his brigade and cheeked them.
—Here it was determined to give the
the enemy battle with the entire com
mand, hut that intention was aban
doned.
The next morning, the 5th, the
main body of the force proceeded to
Stone River, above Murfreesboro’, and
burned the bridges, and joined the
wagons at Fosterville. A small force
at Christiana were also captured in a
stockade.
^4t daylight, the morning of the 6th,
the Yfatigers, under Lieut. Col. Cook,
charged into Shelbyville, but the
cavalry guarding the place had left
during the night. Large sutler’s
stores were hem cajRured. Gen. Mar
tin with his division proceeded to
War Trace and burned all the bridges
on the railroad and rejoined the com
mand by a night march. Gen. David
son’s division camped below Shelby-
ville on the Southern side of the river,
arid Gen. Wharton seven miles from
Shelbyville on the North side of the
river.
With the command in this scattered
situation, Gen. Davidson’s division
was vigorously attacked by the enemy
eaily in the morning and pushed back
on the Shelbyville and Lewisburg
pike. One brigade of his was driven
back in disorder. There was now a
whom, probably, not a line will he receiv
ed until this “cruel war is over.” Let up
have no repetitions of Vicksburg mirth
and sociability—no more Tullahotnu reun
ions. They are not very bright spots on
our escutcheon. The abandonment of the
latter stronghold, rumor attributes to a re
union given onr officers by a Union party,
while it is frequently asserted that merry
making had a very demoralizing tendency
at Vicksburg. Surely, now, none can take
any pleasure iu boasting that he or she
was “tripping the light fantastic toe” on
the night the boats ran the batteries and
sealed the fate of the gallant “Hill City.”
Indeed, some of those who traduced the
press there for condemning what was styl
ed “revelry,” now acknowledge their
error, and we hope that hereafter nothing
similar will have to be chronicled of them.
Stand by your men, ttat-major, as the no
ble Jackson always done, ever improving
their discipline and sharing their priva
tions ; and ere many seasons roll round,
the “happy day” will have dawned upon
us-—our fertile fields will be waving with
the luxuriant/ruits of agriculture; our sails
whitening every sea ; our ports crowded
with the commerce, of the outside world;
our institutes of learning musical with the
voice of intelligence; our temple vocal with
heavenly sounds of pious devotion, and
ourstarry banner garlanded wi*'n “victori
ous wreaths’Vith its ample folds streaming
gallantly iu the soft and gentle breeze,
which comes so richly laden with mellow
fragrance from those cmerald-clad flights
and flowery vales, where grow the orange,
the citron and the magnolia.
—.
Rrilliant suer ess in east Tennessee.—We have re
liable information that our cavalry under Cols.
Dibbrell and Morrison, have achieved a brilliant
cavalry success at Philadelphia, East Tennessee,
capturing 700 prisoners, 6 pieces of artillery, 50
wagons loaded with stores, 10 ambulances, and all
the cavalry equipments of the prisoners, together
with a good many horses, males, camp equipa
ges, Jte.
fication of their enemies. And shall a Coined
rate officer or soldier, whoso life belongs to bis
country, pledge his allegiance, under the circum
stances or pretexts, to the cause of his country's
enemies? Gentlemen, the loss of honor is a loss
never to be remedied.
Perjury is as much perjury when com
mitted among enemies as among friends.
The grand character of old Daniel would
never have been one of the moral land
marks of the world had he bowed to the
King’s idol; nor would those old Hebrews
have furnished us with the beautiful senti
ments and examples had they falteied in j
their allegiance. The taking the oath of |
allegiance to the power that seeks to ruin j
ns, by a Confederate soldier, is, in my esti- ;
mation, not to be contemplated without ■
horror.
It seems to me that we have tho highest
motives aud inspirations to devoted loyal-
ty to our cause that ever existed. A i
grander ;ause was never vindicated by a |
grander struggle, nor by grander sacrifices, j
Our reading ot past history docs not furnish j
us with the knowledge of a war in which
so nearly everything valuable, sacred,
dear, is involved. We are fighting for
everything that makes life desirable, valu
able and noble. If we lose, we have noth
ing left to live for.
We are fighting for otu- honor—for the
honor of one of the most honorable and
chivalrous races upon earth.” The aim of
the political warfare waged against ns was
to destroy our envied honor, and to dis
grace our detested dignity, lt was to
withdraw from dishonoring associations,
and to preserve our dignity unimpaired,
that we sought to live to ourselves. And
now degradation is sought to be forced j
upon us by the sword. And if, by pos
sibility, the South should ultimately be
forced to humble her honor before the j
hated power opposed to her, she will be i
ruined forever. Tho proud and chivalrous
Southern people, should tlie marrow and
backbone of their character, their honor,
be destroyed, would be the most worthless
race upon earth. The highest, when they
fall becomes the lowest.
Paradoxical as it may seem, we are
fighting for peace. Although earnestly
desiring it, and seeking it, we have been
denied this legitimate fruit of the blood of
our revolutionary sires for the last twen
ty-five years. The race that has troubled
and persecuted friend and stranger lor
wall interposed and said :)
“Mr. preacher, if you will preach a re
ligious sermon, you can go on; but if you
want to make a war speech you had bet
ter stop 1 ”
Col. Gillespie replied :
“We have obtained permission to hold
this service iu our own way.”
Officer of the guard :
“If you will stick to the book., we will
hear you ; but we dout want a war
speech.”
Col. Gillespie:
“I did not intend it for you.”
. Officer of the guard :
“You must preach a religious sermon.”
Gnl. Gillispie
“We will cease if you command it, but
I will not suffer you to dictate what I
shall say.
Gen. Churchill, rising :
“That’s right, Colonel ; let us not go on
unless we are free.”
And the assembly dispersed, clapping
and cheering; and one man cried out
“Hurrah for .Jelf. Davis!” The officer
of the guard called out, “Halt that man,”
but he could not be distinguished in the
crowd.
The above, of course, is a mere'outline
of the remarks upon the occasion, taken
hastily from the notes, after service.
The meeting was held in the open, mud
dy street, with guards on the wall, all
round.
[From the Republican]
Savannah.Ga., Oct. 13.
To the Ladies of Savannah:
Mr. Editor :—Will you allow me a short space in
your columns, through which I wish to address a word
to the Ladies of Savannah. In your issue of a few
days ago I notcied an appeal from 5Ir. Ira R. Foster,
Quartermaster General ot Georgia, to the ladies, in
which he says there are now fifty thousand pairs.of
socks wanted before our troops in the field can be sup
plied. He makes a proposition, which I think a very
good one—that is, to form societies for the purpose of
knitting socks for the soldiers, and promise to furnish
as much yarn ns each society wiil volunteer to knit
into socks. Surely every Georgian will respond to the
cull. 1, for one, am willing to enter the field at once.
Now, are there not others who will unite with me to
assist in formingin our city a society,to be called “The
Ladies’ Knitting Society.” I will put the ball in mo
tion, and if a lew others will join with me we will keep
it going uutill the good work goes bravely ou in our
midst, and thousands shall reap the benefit of our
labors. Let us hearfrom the fair daughters of Savan
nah on tlie subject. Let every one respond to the
call.
Noclmfor ihc Soldiers.
Oh women of the sunny Soulh!
We want you in the field;
Not with a soldiers uniform,
Nor sword, nor spear, nor shield ;
Hut with a weapon quite as keen—
The knitting-needle ; bright—
Aud willing hands to knit for those
Who tor our Country light.
Then let tlie cry go far and near
And reach you everyone—
Socks ! socks are needed—send them on
For every gallant son !
Shall those wiio bear the Summer’s heat,
And Winter's cold and rain,
Bear-tooted trudge o’er bleeding fields,
Our liberty to gain ?
No ! Georgian daughters will arise,
And answer to the call;
We'll send you socks for our brave boys.
Some large, and others small
With every stitch we’ll pray that God
Will shield each gallant form :
And while they tight, with wiliing hands
We’ll work to keep them warm.
Our brave boys shall not bear alone
The burthen of the day.
We'll toil for them with wiliing hands.
And wait, aud hope, aud pray !
With useful hands to work at home,
And fighting men abroad,
We'll conquer, if we only place
A holy trust in God.
We cannot sit with idle hands,
And iet our brave boys tight;
Not while the motto of each heart
Is Liberty and Right!
What though we cannot wield the sword,
We’re with you,hand and heart,
Ami every daughter of the South
Will bravely act her part.
We're in the field—then send us thread,
As much as you can spar-,
Aud socks we ll furnish for our troops,
Yes thousands through theyear.
Ho for the knitting kncedles, then !
To work without delay,
Hurrah I welltry our bestto knit
A pairof socks a day!
Carrie Bf.li. Sinclair.
approval of some of the wisest financiers
and bankers in the State, as well as some
of the soundest political cconimists, and
there should be no hesitation to try it.—
It cannct fail to improve greatly, and most
opportunely, the circulating medium, and
consequently to diminish most advanta
geously to the people and the Southern
cause the cost of living, if it should not
do all that is expected of it, it will, beyond
all question, do this, and therefore it would
amply reward the country.
Richmond Dispatch.
s
were
Kngeuie and Striped Dtorkiagn.
The Paris correspondent of the Liver
pool Courier says:
The Empress, you are aware, possesses
the immortal glory of having invented, or
centuries, from mere desire of domination at l ea st reviewed crinoline petticoats.—
and discord must needs trouble what they
claimed as their own country and those
whom they regarded as their own country
men. And when peace in such associa
tion became hopeless, and we sought to go
quietly to ourselves, the intolerable frater
nity was sought to be forced upon us at
the point of the bayonet. War is being
waged upon us to force us to come back
and live with them and quarrel with them
forever. Could a people, and the war
they wage, assume more hateful aspects !
There is great wickedness in all wars,
and the responsibility for a war is an awful
one. but we are not responsible for the pres
ent war. It was forced upon us. “We
declare before Heareu ana in the face of
Such a brilliant act would have fully sat
isfied tlie ambition of an ordinary woman.
But Her Majesty has a lofty soul, and as
pires to the glory of making another rev
olution in female costume. Eor thirty or
forty years past, and for ought I know,
more, French ladies have been faithful to
the white stocking, and they have firmly
set their faces against the attempt of En
glish ladies to introduce the red one. The
Empress thinking that the eternal white
had become rather monotonous—the red
was too glaring.and blue too literary—ask
ed herself if some other color could not be
adopted. She thought long and anxious
ly ; and at last inspiration came—the stock
ing might be striped ! The day after this
Important from tho Trf%ua-.TIaasi»»ippi.
We are indebitod to our friend Major
Thos. H. Price, for the following valuable
intelligence from the Trans-Mississippian
Department.—Mississippian.
Selma, Ala., Oct 12, 1863-
Editor Mississippian : An ordnance
messenger. Mr, Carpenter, has just arrived
from the Trans-Mississippi Department,
and he brings more good news corrobora
tive of what we have already had, through
your paper. 1 send you the following
synopsis of his statements : Mr. Carpen
ter left the Trans-Mississippi Department
on the Gtli itist, Gen. Price, twenty thous
and strong, is marching on Little Rock,
with only about six thousand Eederals in
his front, heavy reinforcements having
been sent to Rosencrans from that Depart
ment. Lt. Gen. E. Kirby Smith states
that Gen. Price is on his way to 3Iissouri.
Gens. Taylor and Walket are at Opelou
sas. Gen. Taylor fought Banks about
the 1st of October, capturing between two
and three thousand prisoners, with their
arms, and completely routing Banks in
Lafourche Parish, La.
The report of Gen. Bragg’s victory caus
ed Confederate money to go up, and put
thousands of reinforcements in our army.
Everybody is sanguine abont our ability
to take care of the Trans-Mississippi De
partment, and it is believed that before the
winter sets in,Gen. Kirby Smith will have
the Abolition army pretty well cleared out
of that part of the country.
Gen. Holmes is still too unwell to take
command. »
THOS. H. PRICE, Maj. Art’y.
Kxitcilitioa into North Georain.
Some week or two since we gave a cor
rect account of Major Lee’s expedition after
toiies and deserters in North Georgia, as
we received it from the lips of Leiut. R.
F. Holmes the companion and adjutant of
Major Lee in the expedition. In that ac
count we stated that at Dahlonega on the
loth of September las„, Major Lee “divi
ded his battalion, placing one part under
the command of Capt. J. C. Hendricks,
and retaining that of the other himself.”—
Of course we could receive full information
only of the acts and doings of that part of
of the command uuder Major Lee.
We now resume tho subject for the pur
pose of noticing the part that Copt. Hen
drix’s command took in tho work which
has resulted so successfully in freeing our
State of the tories, deserters and trai
tors,who had made the mountain fastnesses
of Georgia, as they thought, a secure re
treat for their nefarious operations. We
arc glad, also, to have it in oar power to
do justice to the brave men and officers
who suffered and endured what brave men
only will, in behalf of the Government to
which they owe allegiance.
From Dahlonega Capt. Hendrix pro
ceeded to White couuty, routed Furguson
and his band, and then marched to Blairs-
ville, when he received information that
Bryson, with his band, was organizing
and driving out about 250 goverment cattle
which had beeu herded there. His com
mand moved by night to Murphy, Tenn.;
thence down the Hiwassee river, where
another portion of Maj. Lee’s command
met him.
The whole command then moved under
direction of Capt. Hendrix to Coker creek,
routed the pickets, and followed their
track to Tillico plains. Here they got on
chase of Bryson’s men, and pursued them
withiu 2 milesof Loudon, capturing a num
ber of prisoners, horses, &c., aud killings
of the tories. Thence they returned
through Tillico mountains by night, with,
no road, or even in a great many places
but a trail to follow, ana arrived back to
Murphy on the 27th without Ios3 of man
or horse.
Lt. Hunnicutt, who commanded the
disabled, or so called Broken-Leg Compa
ny, acted both himself and command, with
noble gallantry, and rendered effectual ser
vice. Also, Lt. Smith Capt. Logan, Capt.
Young, Lts. Clark, Grambling and Paxton
all acted most nobly, enduring privation of
foou and other hardships all the
out a innimur. 11
it dhe broken Leg company are all di sa .
bled soldiers who have been thicu»b tlm
\ lrginia campaign. Al! the prisoners’
horses were bought eff sate to Murpb
where a quantity of leather and other ar’
ttc.es which were stolen by the prisoners
were captured. Most of the cattle ■
captured and Bryson entirely router!.
Intelligencer.
Address of President Davis to the
Army of Tennessee.
Headquarters Army of Tennessee, >
October 14, 1SC3. (
Soldiers :
A gratelul country has recognized your anluon,
service au.J rejo'cea over your glorious victory on
riie he d ot Clnckatnauga. When your country
men riiall more fully learn the adverse circumstan
ce.s under which you attacked the enemy, though
they cannot he more thankful—they rna'y aamire
more the g'allantij- and patriotic devotion which
secured your success. Representatives of every
State in tlie Confederacy, your steps have been toi
lowed with affectionate suueitude by triends in e i
ery part of the Confederacy. Defenders ot' the"
heart of our territory, your movements have beci
the object of intense anxiety. Tne hopes of our
cause greatly depend upon you, and happy
that all can securely rely upou your achieving
whatever, under the blessing of Frovideuce h,
man power can effect. Though you have don
much, very much yet remains to be done ]j *
hind you is a people providing for your (.upturn'
and d, pending on you for protection. Before voii
is a country devastated by your ruthless invader
where gentle woman, feeble age, and helpless in’
fancy have been subjected to outrages without par
allel in the warfare ot civilized nations. ^
With eager eyes they watch for your coming to
their deliverance, and the homeless refugee pm e ,
for the hour when your victorious aims shall re
store his family to the shelter from which they
have been driven. Forced to take up arms to vim
di.-ate the political rights, the freedom, equality
and State sovereignty, which were the heritage
purchased by tlie blood of your revolutionary sire?
you have but the alternative of slavish submission
to despotic usurpation, or the independence which
vigorous, united, persistent etfort will secure. Ail
which tires the manly breast, nerves the patriot
and exalts tlie hero, is present to stimulate and sus
tain you. Nobly have you redeemed the pledj- e .
given in tlie name of freedom, to the memory°of
your ancestors, and tlie rights of your posterity.
That you may c ,mplete the mission to which
you are d-voted, will require of you such exertion
in tiie future as you have made iu the past, contin
uance in the patient endurance of toi! and danv.-r
and that self-denial which rejects every considera
tion at variance with the publie service, as unwor
thy of the holy cause in which you are engaged.
When the war shall have ended the Jiio-hest
meed of praise will be due, and probably given, to
him who has claimed least for himself, in propor
tion to the service he lias rendered, and the bitter
est self-reproach which may herealter haunt the
memory of any one, wiil bo to hint who has allow
ed selfish aspiration to prevail over a desire for the
publie good.
United as you are in a common destine, obedi
ence and cordial co-operatior. are essentially nec
essary, and there is no higher duty than which re
quires each to render to ail that is due to the r
station. Ife who sows the seeds of discontent agd
distrust prepares for the harvest of slaughter and
defeat.
To zeal you have added gallantry ; to gallantry
energy; to energy fortitude Crown these with
harmony, due subordination, and cheerful support
of lawful authority, that the measure of your duty
may be full. I ferveutly hope that the ferocious
war so unjustly waged against our country may
goon be ended; that with the blessing oi peace you
may be restored to your homes and the useful pur
suits ; aud I pray that our Heavenly Father may
cover you with the shield of His protection in the
hours of battle, and endow you with the virtues
which will close your trials in victory complete.
Signed. Jefferson Davis.
Official: George Wm Brent, A. A. G.
The Next Wheat Crop-«;>;irc the PrJUur.
live Labor.
A correspondent of tbe Charleston Cou-
rieroftho 17th, makes grievous complaints
that the wheat prospects i’or next Spring
are exceedingly gloomy on account of tlie
absence of planting labor, the State draft
having placed too large a portion of tho
productive population in the field. In the
bounds of the district from which ono reg
iment has been raised, lie says the yield
will he short 48,000 bushels, by the with
drawal of 500 men, who are non-slavehold
ing planters, and over forty-five years old,
to form that regiment. The Selma Mis-
sissippian of the I7tb, also sounds an
alarm, as follows : Shall we have a Wheat
Grop next Year?—A few weeks must de
cide this question. Can wheat be sown
without men? Are not inenof certain ages
nore useful oil the farm than in the bar
racks?
The North Carolina papers also express
grave apprehension on tho same sub
ject.
This is a mo!rt interesting topic, and de
mands the attention of statesmen. The
production of food is as vital to the cause
as success in arms. The food resources of
the country must not be diminished; and
yet it is clear from the clamor raised by
many of the news-papers about putting
“everybody able to carry a gtin into the
army,” and from the talk of the new Con
gressmen in their addresses, to the same
purpose, that there will be great danger
of overdoing this huisness of forcing pro
ducers into the army, and so, from lack of
food, the country shall lie more effectually
subjugated than Lin con’s armies could do
it. Insure us plenty of good lood to sus
tain ourarmies in the field and their fam
ilies at home, and there is then no fear of
subjugation. But with inadequate sup
plies of food, our cause is certainly ruined,
although you should double her armies.
The favorite talk is “strengthen the armies,
and conquer a peace before spring ” That
is a schooboy’s dream—or it is the des
peration of the gamester who hazards Iris
all on a single cast of the dice. We cer
tainly hope that tho day of peace may
not be very iemote, hut it is the dictate of
the most ordinary prudence to be prepared
for a protracted war.
The time is coming when the solid m^n
of the country must set their faces again.-t
a ruinous drain upon our population for
war purposes. The proposition to conscribe
men over forty five is suicidal. To get
one good servicable soldier of that age it
will probably kill four or five of the most
valuable of our productive population-—
heads of large families—small thrifty plan
ters aud farmers, whose place could not bo
supplied. Few men of the settled phys
ical habits which commonly attach to tho
age of forty-five and upwards can be taken
from home and exposed suddenly to the
vicissitudes of camp life, without ruining
their constitutions or killing them. " 6
hope tho press will be careful in their coun
sels upon this subject.
aXC&ACTBS iJO-l’ICS, SO 7.
Richmond, Vi., Oct. Itith 19**-
Tlia following Confederate and meu ar.’ here
by declared duly exchanged : /
t. All officer? und men captdred nnd paroled at
time previonn to the first ot ifeptember, 1S:>3. T* 11 '
section, however, is not intended to include any oiling
or men captured at Yitksbugg, Jnly 4th, 18txi, excep-
such as were declared byAlxchangedNotice Xo-?’
September ISth, 13t>3, or /Specifically named in J
notice. 'Hat it does embrace alt deliveries made?-
City TointfhxjKhei’ plaee/before, September 1st. 1 N> ’'•
and with the lhxntation above named, ali capture?p
Fort Hudson or any otper place, where the I 1 ’ 1 ' 11 ’ 3
were released on panOaJ
2. The staff of Geifcol Pemberton, Steven*--:•>
Bowen. Moore, Barton. S-HkjAie, Cummings, If ar ..j
and Baldwin, and of Co onels RaynolJ.?, Cockrell » 1
- - — - Bhtoncing td tue *-n-
Dockery, the officers i nd men bNqoging l
giueer Corps aud Sappers and uiiuensnid
and forty-sixth Mississippi Regiments, niKeiq llu,v
Vicksburg, July 4th, 18p3. '
3. The general offi ie s captured at \ ickJr.irg. ju.
!, were declare exchanged July 13th, ■
* hadpdT HIT .
4th,1863,
iySouthern papers
bills to the War Department.
Oct. 33, 1863.
ROBERT OUL1),
Agent of Exchange-
I publish six times, and sen®
’,’3 lil,