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AGGRBBSIVK WARFARE-
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struclivo horrors of w ftr - We hare been d.e
appointed in the extent of the evils to the
material interests of the North which we had
credulously hoped would result from this stu
pendous conflict. Vainly have we waited to
hear the howl of distress from famishing thou
sands in their commercial and manufacturing
cities. Vainly have we listened for the crash
that was to overwhelm in ruin and bankruptcy
their commercial marts and their great ship
ping interests. That these have suffered in a
greater or less degree, is undeniable. But in
many particulars the blow has been palliated,
if not compensated, by the vast Government
expenditures, and by the new industries they
have stimulated, and by the adaptation of
manufacturing and commercial capital to tho
changed condition of affairs. Enormous for
tunes have sprung into existence under the
fostering patronage of a corrupt Government,
and associated capital, that had prospered in
peaceful days under the unfair operation of the
protective system, has become bloated into Still
huger proportions by means of jobs and con
tracts to supply the immense consumption of a
state of war. All this has been done by tho
credit of the Government, and not, as yet, by
the process of transferring money from the
pockets of one set of citizens to those of an
other. The oppressive results of this extrava
gant and wasteful process are yet to come
when the taxes are to be levied, and the people
are called upon to contribute directly to the
expenses of this prodigal Government. Then,
property holders, and business men, and con
sumers of the necessaries of I’fe, without dis
tinction, whether they have been making or
losing money, will begin to realize the sore
financial weight of this infamous war. No
system of taxation, however ingenious, can be
adjusted so as to press down heavily only on
the beneficiaries of the war, and press gently
on those who have been pecuniary suffeiers
from the outset. A bankrupt law will relieve
the insolvent from the crushing weight of obli
gations contracted before the war, but cannot
relieve them from the dire oppression of future
taxation.
But with all this, the North, instead of pre
senting a picture of wide-spread ruin and
distress, is enjoying comparative quiet and
prosperity. Remote from scenes of carnage, it
knows of war chiefly from the reports of the
newspapers and the debates of the Federal
Congress. Now and then a community is sad
dened by the story of a bloody battle in which
it loses seme of its cherished citizens. But it
is fair to presume, from the character of the
troops enlisted in these bloody raids upon the
South, that not one in twenty of them have a
stake, social or pecuniary, in the results of the
* ■ war, or leave behind a family or friends to
mourn their fate. A large part of those killed
in battle were drones or pests, and their places
pan be readily supplied by material as worth
less. They are like Fallstaff’s recruits, “ food
for gunpowder,” and fit for little else.
These facts, contrasted with the valuable
lives of our finest yd un ? men South, the
pride of their communities an d the hope and
stay of virtuous homes, have made the desire
for retaliation on the North by invasive war an
intense and consuming passion.
How can this be gratified ? This is now a
perplexing question. At the outset of the war
it would have been less difficult to answer.
But many now supinely cry, it is too late, too
late. They think an invasion of the enemy’s
territory, now that we are beleaguered on every
side, impracticable, and that defensive war is
our sole alternative. A writer in the last num
ber of Deßow’s Review thus urges the follow
ng difficulties:
“If successful, we must, after we get into
the enemy’s country, .buy our supplies, for we
could not carry them; and it we did, it would
cost lus as much as to buy them. I say, we
should have to get supplies in one way or the
other. If we undertake to quarter upon the
enemy, to take subsistence without pay, it
would be as with the French in the Peninsula
war. As the army could not go for provisions,
foraging parties would; and would they re
turn? It is admitted, the finest army ever
marshaled in the heart of a hostile country
wonld fade away like snow before the sunshine
under the partisan and guerrilla system. If
we bought from the enemy, or furnished our
own supplies, the expense would bankrupt our
treasury, and our people too, if long persisted
in. If for the want of transportation our army
could not move from Manassas to Washington,
what will the necessary transportation not cost
to go into the heart of the enemy’s country?”
We will not here discuss the force of these
objections, as it is not the purpose of this ar
ticle to urge the policy of organizing an army
to penetrate into the heart of the enemy’s
country. The objections at all events do not
hold good against plans of border warfare, by
which short and destructive raids could be
made into the enemy’s country, even if points
taken could not be held. Such measures would
appease in part the Southern craving for ret
ribution upon a malignant foe, and teach him
some salutary lessons, which might render the
war less popular than it now is at the North.
But our object now, is to invite attention to
the policy indicated by the tittle of the .article
from which we quote, “Shall wb have a
Navy?"
It is full late in the day to ask this question.
It showld have been loudly asked in the outset,
and promptly answered by our Government in
the affirmative. It is not yet too late to re
spond now in the same way. There is no con
ceivable plan within the compass of Southern
ability, except this, to raise the blockade of our
ports even partially. If the Southern Confed
eracy had set afloat twenty such vessels as the
Sumter at the outset, the war would now have
been much nearer its close. The commerce of
tho North was its most vulnerable point of at
tack. The fact that tho South had two or three
armed cruisers afloat, produced in all the com
mercial communities of the North a wonderful
amount of consternation. The Jeff Davis and
the Sumter struck mortal terror to the heart of
Yankeedom. Had tho effect been followed up
by vigorous measures of the same kind, and on
a larger scale, it is hardly extravagant to say
that tho enemy, ere this, would have been
brought to a peaceful frame of mind. What
the United States did to British commerce in
1812-14, the South might have done in 1861-2
to Yankee commerce. It may not be too late
to effect something in this way. What change
in the programme may have become necessary,
from the success of the iron clad boats, the
Virginia and Monitor, it is not for the unpro
fessional to say. But money will, r.o doubt, com
mand in Europe whatever may bo necessary to
enable the South to make Northern commerce
feel the sore effects of aggressive war. For
every devastated hamlet on the Southern bor
der, a Yankee vessel should be made to sink
beneath the waves. For every Southern town
pillaged, a whole argosy of richly freighted
ships should yield their cargoes and then go
down forever. Why have the California
steamers been allowed so long, with impunity,
to carry their tributes of gold to New Y ork,
to bolster up Northern finances, and add vigor
to its every industrial energy ? Until the arm
of Yankee commerce is stricken down as with
palsy, the war will be felt at the North as but
a partial evil. As long as her commerce floats
defiant and free, the South must remain throt
tled, and intercourse with foreign nations,
which is almost the breath of existence to
Southern prosperity, become a visionary dream.
In vain shall we sigh for foreign powers to
come and loose the Yankee grip upon the
throat of Southern trade.
Georgia Railroad, Woodville Depot, )
April 18th, 1862. j
James Gardner, Esq., Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Mr. S. F. Peek has delivered at this
station—for the Gunboat Association, in con*
formity to a suggestion in the editorial column
of your paper a few days since—l ps. of white
oak, Bxl4, 20 feet long. Will you please be kind
enough to inform me where, and to whom, the
timber should be consigndd? and oblige,
Very respectfully,
James Davidson, Ag’t.
[The writer of the above, and the contributor
of the timber, are mistaken as to the paper in
which the suggestion i» made, that planters should
make such contributions. The Charleston papers
suggested that those planters living convenient
to rivers and railroads could aid the gunboat
cause in this way.
We publish this letter to invite the attention
of the building committee at Savannah to it.
If the railroads in the State will be so liberal
as to transport the timber without charge, they
would do a patriotic service, and would not there
by incur the displeasure of their stockholders J
The Yankees in Onslow—Their True Char
acter—Atrocious Outrages.—We are enabled
to lay the following facts, not rumors, before the
public. Tney ought to be sufficient to open the
eyes of all to the nature of the enemy to
whom we are opposed, and the character of
the contest in which we are engaged. If
these facts do not show the value of tne profes
sion contained in the hypocritical proclamation
es Burnside and Goldsborough; if they do not
convince all that there are but two alternatives,
victory or absolute ruin; if they do not make the
blood of every man in the State tingle through
his veins, and every heart swell with the desire
for revenge, then nothing can. These are the
mild mannered saints, the pet lambs that came to
revive the Union feeling in North Carolina, and
make proselytes to the sway of Abe Lincoln.
The enemy in their late visit to Onslow con'.ty,
brought over one regiment, one piece of artillery
and one baggage waggon—such at least seems.to
be the most“correct account. In the neighbor*
hood through which they passed they committed
the most unheard of depredations—carried off
all the prominent in irons and ropes, and
went so far as to paddle Mr. Henderson, a very
re- pectabie man, having free negroes bound to
him. Mr. Pelletier they cowbi.ded, also a Mr.
Buck. They took off everything of value they
could get hold of, they broke open trunks —took
jewelry, blankets, carpets, towels, everything. In
fact, they ransacked every house they came to,
using the most abusive language to all, and the
most insulting to the women. They incited the
negroes to fight against their masters, telling them
that in a few days they would have a line of pick
ets from Newbern and Swansboro’ —that they
would be back tn seven or eight days with rein
forcements.
The robberies committed at the house of Mrs.
Sanders are fully confirmed. They even stole
all her gold and silver, gold and silver plate,
jewelry, gold watch, notes, title deeds, and so
forth. In fact, the half of those outrages has
not been told. They took everything they could
carry off. Their only excuse we hear of, was that
Mrs. Sanders had given entertainment to a body
of Confederate cavalrv sometime before.— Wash*
ington, (N. C.) Jouanal-
Christ Church —Tbe following named gentle
men were yesterday elected Wardens and Vestry
of this Church:
Wardens. —Wm. P. Hunter, Wm. H. Cuyler.
Vestrymen.—Robert Habersham, W. Thorne
Williams, Jacob Waldburg, P. M. Kollock, Geo
A. Gordon, H. D. Weed, John Williamson.
Sax. Rep. April. 23d.
NORTHERN NEWS.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confederacy con
tains some extracts from a late Leuisville paj
per, from which we take the following:
Shelbyville, Tenn., April 11.—Gen. Dumont
received a dispatch to-day from Col. Jones, of
the 42d Indiana Regiment, Seventeenth Brig
ade, that Maj. Shanklin, in command of two
hundred men of the 42d Indiana at Wartrace,
was attacked this morning at daylight by 400
rebel cavalry, and that he repulsed and whipped
them handsomely.
FROM THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
Chic ago, April 12.—The'Times’ Special says the
responsibility of the surprise rests with the com
manding officer. On Friday a large force of
cavalry approached within sight of our lines, and
remained there; but Gen. Sherman, who had oc*
copied the advance, had been ordered not to
bring up an engagement. Consequently he sent
out no corresponding force to meet them. They
remained in position until Saturday morning, and
served as a screen behind which Beauregard
formed his troops in line of battle, undiscovered.
When the attack was first made the 53d, 57th.
71s) and 77th Ohio Regiments displayed inexcu
sable inefficiency. The latter fled without tiring
a gun; the others fired one or two rounds, and
then fled. The cowardice of three regiments left
tbe point undefended. The enemy immediately
closed up and surrounded the more advanced re
giments. It is also stated that the Wisconsin
and 14th lowa fled after firing two or threejrounds.
Gen. Prentice escaped on Tuesday and came
into camp alone. In the confusion of the re
treat, he managed to elude the rebels vigilance.
from, the Norfolk Day Book, April
THE VERY LATEST NORTHERN NEWS
hrom the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 18th,
we gather the following:
The Baltimore correspondent of the Inquirer
says: x
i i Rj a i? Ur ? ,e was.taken prisoner at
Island No. 10, is a native of Maryland. His fam*
lly lives in Baltimore. * * * His relatives
here, 1 understand, are of opinion, .he has not
been captured. It is also contradicted by dis*
patches from the War Department.
The following is a copy of a handbill posted up
in Alexandria on Thursday night, and pulled
down next morning:
“Grand Confederate Victory at Corinth.
Yankee Doodle once more defeated.
General Prentiss and Briirude Captured.
Noble Beauregard, God bless him, still uninjured.
Cheer up, friends of the noble cause, and res
turn thanks to Almighty God lor our victory over
the base hordes of Yankee invaders, and never
never despair. A Secesh Girl.
Carl Schurz is very ill with typhoid fever. A
dispatch is said to have been received by Gen.
Buell’s wife from him, stating that he was not in*
jured in the late battle at Pittsburg.
President Lincoln has signed the appropriation
bill for iron clad steamers, inc luding JStephen’s
battery.
The telegraph cable from Cape Charles to For
tress Monroe is not yet laid.
Slaves are stampeding from the Maryland border
counties to the District of Columbia, since tbe
passage of the emancipation act.
While the appropriation of thirty millions to
pay the two and three years volunteers was being
discussed on Thursday, Air. Vallandigham said it
was not a deficiency to be met, but a defalcation
in the War Department to be provided for.
An important Cabinet meeting was held on
Thursday morning, connected with the current
rumors or the day.
The Federal accounts from Y'orktown claim
that their gunboats have advanced within two
miles of Yorktown, and that in bombarding the
place they had silenced three of our guns.
Baltimore, April 17.—The following authentic
information relative to the visit of the French
Minister to Norfolk seems to be sufficiently sig
nificant to justify particular mention:
On Sunday morning last, Commandant Gau
tiere of the French war steamer Gassendi, received
a telegraph dispatch from Richmond via the
Government telegraph line, byway of Cherry
stone Inlet, to repair immediately to Alexandria
for the French Minister. She proceeded forth
with and returned to Hampton Roads without
giving the Commandant time to visit Washing
ton, and after a brief visit to General Wool and
Flag Officer Goldsborough,'the steamer Gassendi
sot up steam and went to Norfolk, whence the
rench Minister was to proceed to Richmond.
Cairo, April 16.—Tbe mortars opened on the
14th, and soon cleared the river of all vessels.
Our shell fell in the rebel camp. The rebel works
are strong and defensive. The deserters came
on board tbe gunboats, and say ex-Lieutenant
Thomas Huger, late of the U. S. Navy, is in com*
mand at Fort Pillow, and that General Pillow and
Commodore Hollins have gone below.
GEN. PRICE’S ADDRESS.
Headquarters Adj’t Gen’s Office, Mo., I
Des Arc, Ark., April 8, 1862. j
The resignation of Sterling Price, Major Gen
eral of the Alissouri State Guard, has been re*
ceived, and is hereby accepted, to take effect
from this date. The Commander in Chief takes
this occasion to express his sincere regret to the
Missouri State Guard at the loss of so gallant,
experienced and distinguished an officer from
their councils, and to encourage them in such a
performance of their duties in the future as will
keep bright the fame they have so nobly won
under his leadership.
By order of the Governor.
Warwick Hough,
Adjutant General of Alissouri.
Headq’rs Missouri State Guard, )
Des Arc, Ark., April 8, 1862. )
Soldiers of the State Guard:
I command you no longer. I have this day
resigned the commission which your patient en
durance, your devoted patriotism, and your
dauntless bravery have made so honorable. I
have done this that I may the better serve you,
our State, and our country—that I may the soon
er lead you back to the fertile prairies, the rich
woodlands and majestic streams of our beloved
Alissouri—that I may the more certainnly restore
you to your once happy homes, and to the loved
ones there.
Five thousand of those who have fought side
by side with us, under the grizzly bears of Mis
souri, have followed me Into the Confederate
camp. They appeal to you, as I do, by all the
tender memories of the past, not to leave us now,
but to go with us wherever the path of duty may
lead, till we shall have conquered a peace, and
won our independence by brilliant deeds upon
new fields of battle.
Soldiers' of the State Guard! veterans of six
pitched battlesand nearly twenty skirmishes!—
conquerers in them all !—your country, with its
“ruined hearths and shrines” calls upon you to
rally once more in her defence, and rescue her
forever from the terrible thraldom which threat
ens her. I knew that she will not call in vain.
The insolent and barbarous hordes which have
dared to invade our soil and to desecrate our
homes, have just met with a signal overthrow
beyond the Mississippi. Now is the time to end
this unhappy war. If every man will but do his
duty, his own roof will shelter him in peace from
the storms of the coming winter.
Let not history record that the men who bo re
with patience the privations of Cows Kin prairie,
who endured, uncomplainingly, the burning heats
of a Alissouri summer, and the frosts and sno vs
of a Alissouri winter; that the meu who met the
enemy at Carthage, at Oak Hills, at Fort Scott,
at Lexington, and in numberless lesser battle
fields in Alissouri, and met them but' to conquer
them —that the men who fought so bravely and
so well at Elkhorn—that the unpaid soldiery of
Missouri, were, after so many victories, and after
so much suffering, unequal to the great task of
achieving the independence of their magnificent
State.
Soldiers ! I go but to mark a pathway to our
homes. Follow me!
Sterbin.g Price.
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
We have to record another brilliant victory for
the Confederate arms, which occurred on Tuesday
last, and was achieved by a small force of our
cavalry composed of a detachment of Col. For
rest’s regiment and a party of Texas Rangers un*
der Maj. Thos. Harrison. The whole force was
about three hundred, and was under command of
Col. Forrest. . .
When our army commenced retiring from
Shiloh on Alonday evening, Gen. Breckinridge s
brigade, with the cavalry, was ordered to bring
up the tear, and prevent the enemy from cutting
off any of our trains. On Tuesday afternoon the
cavalry mentioned were attacked by a Federal
force of two regiments of infantry and one of cav
alry, the latter being in the advance. After re
ceiving the enemy’s fire, which killed and wound
ed ten? Col. Forrest, in a few spirited words, call
ed upon his men to advance npon the enem l>
which they did in the most gallant style
At the first fire the enemy turned and fled,
actually breaking the ranke of there own infantry
in endeavoring to escape the missiles of he'Con
federates. The result of this dashing affair was-
Federal loss, killed acd wounded, two hundred
and fifty, and forty-eight prisoners; Confederates,
ten killed and wounded.
Col, Forrest icmrediately reported the affair to
Gen. Breckinridge,who sent out a detachment of
two regiments of infantry, Forrest s and Morgan s
cavalry, and two pieces of artillery to engage the
enemy. Ihe latter it WuS found, however, had
retreated to their camps. . e , ,
In this Col. Forrest received a painful, though
not dangerous wound. Just as he had brought
down the Colonel of the Federal cavalry, one of
the enemy fired at him with effect. The next
stant a bullet from one of tbe Colonel s pistols re
venged the personal injury he had recieved. The
Colonel will be with his command in a few days.
Memphis Appeal, lltA.
A woman may laugh too much. It is only a
comb that can always afford to show its teeth.
FORT MACON.
Late Northern papers contain the following
paragraphs about Fort Macon, N. C., which, at
last accounts, was being besieged by the Feder
ate :
FORT- MACON.
Beaufort, N. C., March 31.—The chief inter
est of tbe Burnside expedition is at present main
ly centred in the proposed investment of Fort
Macon, which, as stated in my lust letter, is sit
uated abont equal distant from Beaufort and
Moorhead City, across Bogue Sound. The dis
tance from these places to the fort is about a mile
and a quarter. It is a small fortification, but very
strongly built, and is garrisoned by abont six
hundred men, under the command of Col. White,
(not Smith, as above reported,) formerly an offi
cer of the United States army, and a graduate of
West Point.
INTERCEPTION OF A MAIL.
Major Allen, of the Fourth Rhode Island reg
iment, who is in the command at Beaufort, a few
days since intercepted a large mail from the fort,
from which much valuable information was ob
tained in regard to the condition of the troops,
the supply of provisions, &c.
SUPPLIES AT THE FORT.
The fort is supplied with sufficient of certain
kinds of provisions to last several months, but of
others the stock is very short. Col, White, who
appears to be a misanthropic, sullen and unheal
thy style of man, threatened to shell Beaufort if
his fresh provisions were stopped. They have
been stopped, but as many of his friends belong
to, and have relatives and friends in that city, he
has probably thought better of it, his threat ’not
having been executed. He compensates himself
for this, however, by firing upon every fishing
smack or other craft, however small, which at
tempts to pass between Beaufort and Moorehead
City, both of which places are occupied by'Union
troops. The reduction of the fort is but a ques
tion of time and labor, but Col. White is evident
ly disposed to put our forces to all the trouble
possible, there seeming to be no other reason for
his refusal to surrender at discretion what he
must soou be forced to give up.
Your correspondent left Newbern Thursday,
P. Al., in the steam tronspot Union, Capt. Cham,
bers, who took a cargo of ordnance stores and
army wagguns and horses under charge of Lieut.
Flagier, ot General Burnside’s staff', to Havelock
Station, near the head of Slocum’s creek, from
whence they are to be sent to the scene of opera
tions.
ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
After the route of the rebels at Newbern, they
took away with them all the locomotives and cars
of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad, (ex
cept a few platform and hand cars) to Kingston
and Goldsborough, and burned one bridge be*
tween Newbern and Kingston, besides the long
bridge at Newbern. In addition to the rolling
stock left by them, there are also some hand
cars, brought from the North by Gen. Burnside,
all of which are found very useful in transporting
army stores and material. A locomotive and
additional rolling stock will also soon be here
from the North, which will very largely increase
the usefulness to the army of this road." It is oc
cupied and guarded between Newburn and Moor
head City by the Rhode Island sth. Havelock
Station is in charge of Capt. Arnold’s company,
and at present is of considerable importance.
The bridge over the river at Newport City was
burned by a detachment from Fort Macon on
Tuesday, the 13th —four days after the battle at
Newbern—and almost entirely destroyed. The
bridge was 180 feet long, and very substantial
and well built.
ENGLISH VESSELS DETAINED.
The ships Alliance, Captain DeForrest, from
St. John, N. 8., and Condor, of Liverpool, Caps
tain Goodwig, are lying at the dock at Moorhead
City. The Alliance is loaded with a cargo of
rosin and turpentine, and has, also, four bales of
cotton on board. She was originally from Liver
pool, and arrived off Charleston in June, 1861,
and finding that port blockaded, proceeded to St.
John, N. B„ where she discharged her cargo and
took in an assorted cargo, what it was, I believe
the Government are fully informed. She arrived
at Beaufort August 22d, and landed her cargo on
the 25th, at the dock at Aloorhead City. Two
days after, she was loaded with her return cargo ;
but the Uniled States blockading steamers ar
riving off this port, the ship has not since at
tempted to go to sea. The Condor is also load
ed with rosin and turpentine. Guards have been
placed on both vessels by Major Allen.
A vessel was bu r ned near the fort on the 28tb,
but by whom is not known, probably to prevent
her falling into the hands of" the Union forces.
MATTERS SEEN AT THE FORT. ’
The Stars and Bars float defiantly over the
so rt, and with a glass the sentinels can be seen
paping too and fro upon the ramparts, Colonei
White has taken down the lighthouse to the left
of the fort and burned other buildings, in order
to leave nothing to interfere with the range of
tbe guns, which are placed en barbette.
Moorhead City and Beaufort are occupied by
a detachment. The Union flag that floats over
Beaufort was found in the Postoffice in that place.
Special to the N. 0. Picayune.
LATEST FROM CORINTH.
Corinth, April 10. —We have nothing further
this morning from the front of our army.
The enemy is concentrating his forces prepara*
tory to another conflict, which may be expected
within the next ten days, and which will be the
decisive battle of this revolution.
Among the conspicious acts of gallantry men*
tioned in general orders, is that ot Father Tugis,
chaplain ot Orleans Guard Battalion, for his
humanity to the wounded on ihe field of battle.
Also, Major Dumantiel, volunteer member of
the same battalion, lor gallantry in marching to
the front to show the Confederate colors to some
iff our regiments who were firing upon each other.
The Ist Louisiana Regiment, Col. Adams, took
seven stand as colors. Over twenty stand were
captured in all.
The enemy wear steel-plated vests.
| |The following general order was issued this
morning.
“Headquarters Army of Mississippi, |
Corinth, Miss., April 10. )
"Soldiers— Y r our late Commander in Chief, Gen.
A. S. Johnston, is dead ! A fearless soldier, a
sagacious captain, a reproachiess man, has fal
len. One who, in his devotion to our cause
shrank from no sacrifice; one who animated by a
sense of duty, and sustained by a sublime courage,
challenged danger, and perished gallantly for his
country whilst leading forward his brave columns
to victory. His signal example of heroism and
patriotism, if imitated, would make his army in
vincible.
“A grateful country will mourn his loss, revere
his name and cherish his many virtues.
G. T. Beajjregard.
“General Commanding.
Later from Yorktown.—We are indebted to
Judge Rawle for a copy of the following tel gram
from bis son •
Yorktown, April 11, —Edward Rawle:
Skirmishing since tbe sth inst. Ail quiet now.
None with me are hurt.
F. Rawle.
A Bright Prospect.—Here is a brief extract
which contains matter of much importance, that
addresses itself to those who are half-way in
clined to think ‘‘the Yankees are not so baa after
all.” We should like for those who have abut
their eyes upon the future in case of failure to
ponder this well. We think it should “put sand
into their gizzards,” if nothing else can. It is
taken from a letter from a Southern merchant,
who has been sojourning at the North, to the Pe*
tersburg Express:
But the war has gone on from month to month,
every day Seward promising that in ninety days
all would be over and the South would be crushed.
Now they have a debt, the terrible proportions of
which is kept concealed from the people; it is,
however, every dime of fifteen hundred millions
ot dollars. To pay this debt, permit me to give
you their programme: Subdue and disarm the
South, not permitting you to keep a fowling piece,
no, not even a pocket pistol, garrison at your
expense each large town with brutal soldiery;
take your cotton, tobacco, and grain to pay their
debts; in many instances confiscate real estate
property, upon which they will settle Yankees
to aid in your oppression.
M Ji.. " - "-Hilfaij
Special to the New Orleans Picayun:.
nOVL THE SEAT OF WAR-
GEN. HARDEE’S AND BRECKINRIDGE'S
7 LOSS.
Corinth. April 15.—Gen. Breckenridge. on
Sunday, sent a flag of truce, with his aid, C“pt.
Richards, to obtain tbe bodies of Provisional
Governor Johnson and Major Munroe, of Ken
tucky.
Capt. Richards was blindfolded and led to
Bull Nelson’s tent. Nelson informed him that
the bodies had already been forwarded to the
friends of tbe deceased in Kentucky
He represents the bearing of the Federal Gen
eral to have been very arrogant. Gen. Halleck
was present at the interview.
Forest’s Cavalry had a skirmish with the ene*
my's pickets on Sunday, and killed eight of tbe
enemy.
The last of the prisoners brought in confirm
the report of Gen. Buell’s death.
The Federal General, TLos. L. Crittenden,
was in the fight on Monday, the 7th.
A messenger, arrived here this morning, re
ports tbe main body of the enemy as having left
Pittsburg, leaving only the rear guard. Many
cf his transports had gone down the Tennessee
river.
The enemy has burned the bridge over Bear
creek, on tbe Charleston Road line, between
Mississippi and Alabam, thirty miles trom Cor
inth.
Gen. Hardee's loss, in the battle of Shiloh,
was twenty-tour hundred ki'ied and wounded—
He bore the brunt of battle, was twice slightly
wounded iu leading three several charges to drive
the enemy from the hill top, near Lick Creek.
Gen. Breckinridge lost twenty-two hundred in
killed and wounded.
Capt. Terrry, of the Texas cavalry, died yester
day, of wounds receive.! in tbe 1 ite battle.
How the Women make Powder.—The Knox
ville Register says that Lieutenant P M. McClung
has received the following letter, which explains
itself. When East Tennessee can boast of wo*
men like this, we may laugh at Lincoln’s threats
of subjugation. A citizen of Jefferson county,
from the dirt beneath a single old house, made
two hundred and eight pounds of saltpetre, which,
with the sulphur and nitre added, was converted
into two hundred and fifty pounds of powder:
Sullivan County, East Tennessee, |
March 29, 1862. j
Mr. McClung : I saw some weeks ago in the
Register, an article on the making of Saltpetre,
and that the earth under old houses contained
more or less nitre. I also learned that the Gov
ernment was in great need of saltpetre, in order
to make powder for our brave boys now in the
field. Well, sir, I felt, though I am a woman,
that it was my duty to do what I could for my
country; so, having an old house with dirt under
it, I determined to make a trial. I threw out the
ashes in my hopper, and had two others built. I
then had the dirt under the house dug up andpnt
into the hoppers. I then run water through one
of the hoppers, and then passed the same water
through the other two. After which I added lye
to the water until the curdling ceased. I then
boiled it until it was thick, when the pot was set
off’ the fire. In a few hours the saltpetre had
formed into beautiful crystals. I poured water
three times through each hopper, and then boiled
it dowp. The result is just one hundred pounds
of beautiful saltpetre, according to my husband’s
weighing. It was very little trouble to me.
Now, sir, I see you are the agent of the Gov,
ernment. I want to hand it over to you to be
made into powder and sent to our army, to be
used in defending our country.
Please let me know what I shall do with it
Hoping that the invader may soon be driven
back, I am,
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Maw J.
The Yankee Raid on Huntsvile.—From several
gentlemen in the Confederate service who have
arrived in this city, we learn the particulars of
the occupation of Hundtsville, Ala., by Mitchel's
(Federal) Brigade.
They reached Huntsville on Friday the 11th,
about daylight. James P. Coffin, attached to
Gen. Crittenden’s staff, Dr. Buck <voll, and Arthur
A. Fulkerson, of the 19th Tennessee Regiment,
were on the train coming East, which reached
Huntsville a few minutes after the town was
taken by the Federate. The train was immediate
ly surounded by Federal infantry and cavalry,
but the above gentlemen made their escape.
They report that |bere were about 2,900 o thel
enemy at that point, under command of Generae
Mitchel. They were mostly Dutch, who were
thotoughly imbued with the abolition poicy of
the Lincoln dynasty as they sought companions '
ship, from their first entrance iato the place with
the slaves, ■jhe Dutoh chivalry being side by side
with negro wenches ou the streei, during the 30
hours our friends reached there before they ef°
feeted their escape.
A large number of tbe citizens also made their
scaree, who did no. feel inclined to live under
the Northern military rule. Hon. John Bell, who
was in the town at the of this capture, also made
his escape—leaving tbe town by a path on foot.
The citizens who remained were exceedingly
sullen, meeting tbe Hessions with great coolness
and almost with insult—and stores and business
houses were closed, and but few citizens to be
seen on the street. It reported there that
Gan. Mitchel had threatened to turn tbe Dutch
loose on the citizens, unless they were treated
with more courtesy.
Knoxville (Tenn.) Register, April 20th.
Small Pox!—We learn that a gentleman who
arrived here on yesterday, direct from Eastern
Kentucky, reports that this loathsome disease
has broken out in tbe Lincoln camps, in that re
gion, and is raging fearfully. This gentleman
was one of the party of Confederate cavalry cap
tured some weeks since near Big Creek Gap. He
effected hts escape and come directly to Knox*
ville, and his statement may be relied upon. We
also understand that the disease has made its
appearance in Poweli’s Valley, having been
brought there from Kentucky.
Knoxville. (?e«».) Register, April 18W..
Savannah, April 19th, 1862.
To the Militia of Georgia:
Since tbe date of my proclamation of the 12th
inst., calling for Volunteers to fill up the ranks of
the State forces, which I then felt it my duty under
the correspondence with the Confederate govern
ment to keep in tho field, I have been notified by
the Secretary of War thst ail persons in State
service, betweeu the ages of 18 and 35, are to be
enrolled asConscrips in the Confederate armies;
and it has been deemed expedient, in order to
avoid confusion and disorganization,at a time when
harmony is ot vital importance, to turn over to
the Confeder te General all tbe Slate troops, as
well those who are as those who are not Con
scripts, till the end of their respective terms of
enlistment. This places the entire force under
the command oi tbe Confederate General, and
enablse him to control every movement made in
our defence 1
My proclamation is, consequently, withdrawn.
Joseph E. Brown.
Savannah April 251 h.
From Pensacola.—By a private letter from Pen
sacola, we are informed that one day of last week,
a company of Counelly’s battallion was sent over
to Live Oak plantation, a point abont seven miles
up tbe river. Here they succeeded in arresting
five negroes and two white men, who were mak
ing their way in a small boat over to Fort Pick
ens. The party were not discovered until they
were far out the river, when they were fired into
and ordered to surrender. At the first fire one
of the white men leaped into the water, and at
tempted to swim to the opposite shore, but he
could not, and sank in a few feet of the boat, and
was drowned.
The negroes and remaining wb.te man, were
taken to beadquarters, where it was disclosed
that the two white men were Federal soldiers,
who had crossed «ver to the mainland for the
purpose of gaining information and producing
discontent among the slave population. These
five negroes they had enticed from their master,
a wealthy planter up tbe river. They bad with
them maps, drawings, papers, &c., which they
designed to furnish the Yankees at Pickens.
The entire patty are in irons, and it is proba
ble that the white man will be delt with as a spy.,
Atlanta Commonwealth, 12th.