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THE WAB
It may ba of interest to our readers to glance,
roan time to time, at the situation es affairs, and
to condense into a limited space, a statement of
We movements, of our armies as well as those of
the enemy,
Looking to Virginia, we find the fifth "on to
Richmond” defeated by the genius of our Gen
erals and the valor of our troops.
The first effort of this kind was when McDowell
set out from Washington, in July, 1861, with his
valiant army, and its "gay and festive” followers,
to take the capital of the Southern Confederacy.
But, alas for Yankee hopes and Yankee determin*
alien 1 he was destined 'to never reach that
•‘promised land."
“The fields were green,
And the sky was blue ;
But morbleu I pirbleu ! ”
Be never got to Richmond. The army of Beaus
regard and Johnston was the obstacle to his jour
ney, and that eff irt proved a complete failure.
The second attempt was in May. 186 2,. by wan
ter. Tne terrible iron clads of the enemy ass
©ending the river, furiously attacked Fort
Drewry, and were signally defeated and repulsed.
They were no more successful by water than by
land.
The third effort was that of McClellan from
the swamps of the Peninsula and the Cfiicka*
hominy, in June and July, 1861, which was con*
eluded by a masterly “change of base,” such as
had never before been performed “even at Se«
bastopol.”
The fourth attempt was that of Pope, the brag
gart, in August and September, 1862, who had
never seen anything but the backs of the Rebels
until Stonewall compelled him to show his own
back in a foot raoe, which wound up in Mary
land—and secured to the aforesaid Pope an
agency among the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and
Sioux, of the North west.
Tne tittn a - tempt was made on Saturday last,
December 13th, and has proved a fifth failure.—
Bumside has already “changed his base of opera
tions,’ and gone back to the North bank of the
Rappahannock river, after destroying a portion
of the once beautiful town of Fredericksburg,
and with it the building once the residence of
Mary, the mother of our Washington.
The»loss of the Vanda! horde in this attempt
was immense, and is variously estimated at from
8,000 to 20,000. Whatever it was, they paid
dearly for their rashness. Where they will next
nxive to, is yet a mystery ; but it cannot remain
so long, as Burnside will be forced to renew his
effort, or be superceded by some officer more fool
hardy than himself. Richmond cannot be taken
by the Abolitionists; and their plans to attack
t by w»y of the James R.ver will, doubtless, be
completely disconcerted by this failure of Burn -
side from the Rappahannock side.
Coming down into North Carolina, we find the
enemy making the most desperate efforts to get
possession of the Wilmington and Weldon rail
road. Taking Newbern, at the mouth of the
Neuse river, as their base of opeuations,
vaneed upon Kinston, abtut forty miles distant,
and, after a severe engagement with our troops,
tinder General N. G. Evans, on Sunday last, took
possession of the place. On Monday evening,
however, our troops regained the town, the Van'
kees evacuating it and falling back.
Os Tuesday, the 16th inst., about 600 pf their
cavalry got possession of the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad, at a station called Milton, some
14 miles south of Goldsboro’, where they de
stroyed a bridge or two, decamped.
Oa the day following,a severe engagement took
place near Goldsboro, which is situated on the
Neuse river, about thirty miles west of Kinston ;
and the enemy was not only repulsed, but driven
back some two or three nfiles. It is not stated
whether this is the same force that attacked
Kinston, or whether our troeps have fallen back
to Goldsboro from the latter place, but we pre
sume that such is the fact, and that all our troops
are*concentrated at or near the latter place under
command of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, who, it
will be remembered was second in command to
Gen. Joe. Johnston, previous to the battles near
Richmond. The Abolitionists are under com
mand of Gen. Foster, though it has been re»
ported that.Banks’ expedition has landed atNew»
bern, and is now co-operating with Gen. Foster.
We are unable to say whether the report is true,
or not; but if so, there will be another “run upon
the Banks’’ equal "to that which enabled the
wits of the Confederacy to get off so many jokes,
when Stonewall ran him down the valley a year
or so ago.
The .result of affairs in Norlh Carolina will
be that the Abolitionists will be thoroughly
whipped there; and the State will be completely
redeemed from their foul pollution, excepting
perhaps, the coast, where their cherished gun*,
boats can protect them.
In South Carolina and Georgia all is quiet so
far; and there is scarcely any probability of an
tttack on Charleston or Savannah, until the
Richmond and North Carolina questions are
settled. Gen. Beauregard is watchful, however,
and is prepared to meet them at any point.
In Tennessee, Rosencranz still hugs closely
to Nashville; but, with Bragg, Forrest, and
Morgan, investing the city, and the low water
in the Cumberland river preventing navigation,
he will probably be forced to come out and
taeet our troops. If be does, his fate is sealed.
The enemy talk of sending their gunboats up
the Tennessee river to Decatur, and landing a
force there to operate in Bragg’e rear; but they
will find a few “notes of preparation"’ for them,
if they should make the attempt; and we have
every reason to believe that the enemy will ob
tain no important successes in Middle or East
Tennessee during the present winter.
In Alabama, tbe Abolitionists have but a slight
hold on tbe North part of the State, probably
about Tuscumbia. At Mobile, great confidence is
felt of being able to resist an attempt to take that
city. Gen. Buckner, it is said, will be assigned
to the command of that State. The appointment
is a good one, and will, probably, strengthen tbe
coctidenee of the people there.
In Mississippi, our affairs do not look so pro
mising. The enemy is advancing in force, and
cur troops are falling back to the centre of the
State. The former have already possession of
Tupelo, Okalona, and Saltillo, though our troops
still occupy Grenada, we believe. Gen. Pember
ton is in command, supported by Generals Van
Dorn, Price, and Lovell.
President Davis has gone there, and will, no
doubt, infuse new spirit into the troops,and, with
the assistance of Gen. Joe Johnston, who accom
panies him in his journey, make such arrange
meets as will secure a succession of decisive
victories to our arms.
Vicksburg is greatly strengthened, and will,
deubtless, be as able to withstand the attacks ci
Itie enemy as on a former occasion.
In Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama, there is but
little of interest known. Occasional skirmishes
take place with the Vandals, but nothing decisive
is gained. General Magruder has arrived at
Houston, and taken command of that Depart
ment. The enemy has not yet occupied Galves
ton. General Hindman is reported to have gained
a victory in A-kansas, and taken four hundred
prisoners.
Thus, we rave glanced hastily at the situation
of our affairs. They are encouraging, and give
promise of good results. The enemy is defeated
io Virginia and North Carolina, and held in
check at other points. With redoubled efforts,
and a constant devotion to our cause, Southern
independence cannot be long delayed.
SEWARDS DIPLOMACY AND SEWARDS
HYPOCRISY.
The letter addressed by the wily Yankee Sec
retary of State, to his Minister Plenipotentiary
at the Court of St. James, exhibits the true char
acter of the war now being waged against the
people of the South. He well knows the Aboli -
tion proclivities of the British Ministry, and
hence his desire to play upon their.sympaihies,
by declaring to Minister Adams, that emancipaa
lion is to be the certain result, if not the direct
object, ol the war. This is the diplomacy by
which he expects to induce the British Govern
ment to withhold any quasi support which it
might be disposed to give to "the so called Con
federate States.” There is no doubt that emau
cipation is one of the great objects whic’*
Lincoln Government has in view tn its attempt to
subjugate the South. Lincoln was elected to the
Presidency on that doctrine; the members of his
Cabinet are all pledged to .the same doctrine ;
and they must, to be consistent, endeavor to
enforce their doctrine, even at the point of the
bayonet. This fact they endeavored to conceal,
under the assumed piea of warring to preserve
the Union and the Constitution; thinking that
thus they might deceive the South as to their
real objects, while they would gain the sytnpa*
thies and friendly counsels of foreign nations.
But the people of Europe had more sympathy
with Abolitionism than w;th “the Union and the
Constitution,” and, taking the assurances of the
Lincolnites as true, turned from them to admire
and applaud a people who were struggling to
free themselves from a tyranny as galling as it
was unjust.
Seward saw this, and haste was made to res
trace his steps. The mask of hypocrisy was with*
drawn, and the Abolition Administration revealed
itself to the world in its true colors. LinCo’n
issued bis famous Emancipation Proclamation;
and Seward piied his English Minister with dis
patches, assuring him that emancipation must re
sult from the war. It was too late, however ; tne
world had already become disgusted with the
hypocrisy and double-dealing of the Yankees,
and had learned to admire the bravery, the devoa
tion, and manhood of tne Southern people. They
refused to bow down to the Molocn of Aboli*
tionlem, and now despise the Federal Govern
ment as much as they admire that of the Confedx
erate States.
It is vain, therefore, that Secretary Seward
writes to Minister Adams. It is m vam that he
enunciates the true cause of the war. He has
already established his character as a deceiver
and hypocrite, and the world pays no regard to
his assertions.
But the most ridiculous part of these dispatches
is that popion of the one dated Nov. 10th, in
which he says: “ But, on the other hand, we are
anJer obligations to save not qnly the integrity
and unity of the chantry, but, also, its inestimable
and precious Constitution!”
Respect for the Constitution from us.-n whose
daily avocation is to trample upon it, and to
violate its plainest provisions! Let the political
prisoners who nave passed so many weary days
and nights in the bastiles sad dungeon walls of
Yankeedom tell how “inestimable and precious
is the Constitution” under which they suffer so
much. Let the muzzled press of the North speak
out its appreciation of the “inestimable and pre
cious Constitution,” under which it dare not
speak its sentiments or raise its voice against
the Abolition dynasty in power there. Let the
people who have been deprived of the privilege
of voting, by the armed minions of Abraham
Lincoln, declare to the world what glorious pri
vileges they enjoy under that Constitution which
Seward declares io be so "inestimable and pre
cious.”
Oa, what a mockery of truth and justice are
the sentiments promulgated by L’ncoln and
Seward and their Abolition followers 1 The
Constitution, about which they prate so loudly,
has no ex’stence in fact. It is disregarded and
trampled under foot; and men calling themselves
freemen, submit to the tyranny, scarcely daring lo
express even atniid disapprobation of the terrors
under which they are living.
The Habeas Corpus suspended ; the freedom of
the press abridged; freedom of speech entirely
suppressed—pray wc.it is left of the Constitution
of the United States? Nothing, save its name.
Tne world knows this too, and they will re
spect Seward’s declaration of admiration for that
Constitution, as much ag they respect his Aboli
tion enunciations. They have no respect for
either; and, although they may not give us the
benefit of their aid or recognition, they cannot
withholci»from us their friendly-sympathies, and
ardent admiration.
French Bankers in Richmond—The three
French gentlemen whose arrival has been tele
graphed, are who visit Rich -
mond upon professional business with ;he Con
federate" Government.
In this connection the Richmond Enquirer
makes tbe following gratifying statement:"
It is gratifying to know that our government
has had proffers of loans from the capitalists of
a number of the countries of Europe. This fact,
which we ob’am from a source commanding our
fullest confidence, tends to show better than al
most any other manifestation, the true light in
which we are there viewed, and the purposes of
tbe European courts. The bankers of the Euro
pean capitals have long been proverbial for their
far seeing sagacity, and for their success in ob
taining in advance of others accurate information
of the purposes of their rulers. Benes tbe ex
change of quotations are an accurate political as
well as financial barometer.
At the same time that the above is true, we
learn with equal certainty, that Europe has been
scoured for a ioan by the United States authori
ties, but scoured in vain.
Tiii' 1 preference of our credit over that of our
foes is shown by men whose business it is to
make their investments according to their judg
ment upon facts. It tells of the confidence of the
best informed in Europe in our independence,
solvency and honor.
Something in tee *in».—The Chattanooga
Rebel, of Friday evening, say-, “A gentleman in
this city yesterday made a wager of 8300 to JSOO
that Nashville would be in possession of tbe Con
federates in less than two weeks. He hse just
returned from the vicinity of tbe army at Mur
frtentvro’, and evident'y 'iqnows something!’”
THE PEACE FEELINCfrHE NOBTH-A
BOLD LETTER FRIN WILLIAM B
REED.
We find in the Philadbapers a very sig
nificant and out-spokenfri m Hon. Wm. B.
Reed, one of the ablest fe: influential Dem
ocratic leaders in Penns], in reply to an
invitation to attend a puttering. We copy
the letter in full;
Chestnut EitLiJPEitAi’Et-pniA,
•November 5. •
Gesitlfinen : Nothing give me more p.ea<>
sure than to unite in ttfal w honor oi the
recent victory in Pennsj, but the short no
tice, and some personal erations with which
I med not trouble you,mt it. Let me tope
that uefore long I miy ululate you unite
fruit of this pmincul sue the restoration oi
the functions of Consta; Government at
the North, and an honofeace. It is my firm
belief that the paramoiih of th® masses o!
the North is for peaee-fh timidity, or con
siderations—mistaken : opinion—of expedi
ency prevent them frcibg so- , . ,
It has been part oi tfcicy of the Adminis
tration to crush out having of a common
humanity, and to denois traitors those who
think as I do, that bltfiough has been shed
already. This has m too long.
There are thousands ifimk wish me, whose
property is endangererfiose industry is par
alyzed—fathers and ars who are praying
anxiously for the jeihf their cbildien irctn
the battle field, or Muffcr the stern doom that
takes them from th who are left at home.
This praver will sjoftd utterance—and the
community,••• ind blood shed —weary
’ taxatifc.pe tax collector and
the recruiting serganjeary of the ambulance
oft!’' wi.in.iMi am tbarse of the dead —wili
■•oil wm> ecsiacy bayopontroi the hour when
tiigs of permanent t/shali be displayed at
Washington and Richd. I am oid enough
to remember the ped 1815, and the joy it
excited ; but it was’ aitbing in comparison
with what ours will ben this brothers’ war
is over.
When peace comes-before it comes —'■! the
madness ot those in p< prolongs this dreary
conflict—will come thy of responsibility ; and
part of the duty of thffl’.ocratic party will be
to enforce this stern aim. The House of Rtps
reeentatives at Hairjg will be strictly the
Grand Inquest of thiimonWealeb, and it wii:
have work enough on id. On it will devolve
the dtftv to inquire tnje conduct of this war so
tar as Pennsylvania incerned, and to know if
her authorities have ti faithful io their local
trust. The bitter erv the Roman Emperor for
his lost legions is ecq by Pennsylvania asking
why her gallant reset were sacrificed and cut
to pieces on distant and her own fron
tier left open to mrasixd insult.. Gen. Stuart’s
unresisted raid tfaroutwo of the mest populous
and loyal counties ojfoneyivania, circling ushe
did in defiance near (capital of the State, is to
the authorities the midisgraceful incidents of
this war. It was bitjess by mere accident, -t
j was not the less disenable because it was bioodw
' But another outrjon the dignity and the
sovereignty of the ie demands inquiry and
redress. On the 6tif August last, a Federal
military officer—Geilas. Wadsworth—claiming
to be Military Govdir of the District of Co
lumbia, came, wit Jguard, to the capital of
this State, and, wii authority of law, in the
middle of the nightsetzed and dragged from
their beds, directly i&er the eye of the Governor
and bis Cabinet, fc respectable, and, as the
event proved, mnoei citizens of Pennsylvania.
They were incarcerifd in a distant prison, and
finally discharged &hout an accusation or an
accuser, and for our own immediate fellow
citizehs, no word cfemcnstrance or even inter
cession was u.tlere by the Executive or his
advisers.
Had I no other case for rejoicing at the resto
ration of Democrac'W legislative power in this
State, ! find it in tbi prospect of inquiry, and, if
need be, puaishmek, of those whose neglect and
indifference have inlicted these kindred ignomi
nies on an ancient'Commonwealth where the step
of invasion has notieen felt for more than sev-nty
years, and wbeiejersonal liberty, as secured by
.aw, has never bw»'re been violated.
You will, I a® Sure, excuse these suggest one
for th* future. Soitiefo’ng may.be pardoned to
freedom of speech-*—_
I bare the honor’.o'be, gen iiemen, very res
pectfully, your obedient servant,
, r Wm. B. Redd.
TEE PALMYRA MASSACRE.
We find in the London Times', of the 14:h ult.,
the following scathing denunciation of tbe late
foul massacre of ten Confederate prisoners, at Pal
myra, Missouri,»by order of Gen. McNeill:
"War is a horrible scourge, but it is not in the
best of conflict that its borrer becomes impressed
on the wind of the brave man. in the wild ex»
citement of that hour there is no place for pity.
We are always told that it is after the battle, and
when standing among tbe dying and the wound*
ed, that the great reaction comes. It is then that
fierce warriors become merciful, and that deadly
enemies take on themselves tbe offices of Good
Samaritans. The dreadful duty of slaughter is !
zealous!v performed even by the best men when
their ba'na is in and tbeir blood is up ; but to ki.l
in cold blood, and take the of unresisting
inen ; to put to death captives who have surren
dered on "promise of quarter—this is the most
fearful necessity which could fall upon a soldier,
and if not a necessity,it is the most fiendish crime
that can be perpetrated by a cowardly and cruel
nature.
Tbe account we publish today of the massacre
of ten Confederate prisoners of war at Palmyra,
in Missouri, will be read with a shudder all over
Christendom. Gen. McNeil has earned for him
self a place among the monsters who shed bleed
lovingly. We need not recount here tbe details
of this "sickening tragedy. The cold, deliberate
selection of tbe ten victims—all, as we should
judge from their names, native Americans—the
parading them with their coffins beside them;
the slow and lengthened procession to the dis
tant place of slaughter; tbe drawing up of the
firingparty; the partially ineffectual fire, and
then the general finish of the massacre with re
volvers—all this is toll, without sympathy or
censure, by a friend of-the assassins; but tbe
facts themselves will command the interest of
! every reader. And what had these poor men done?
How’ had they forfeited their right to be treated
as prisoners of war? In what way had they
sinned against that military code, which alone
preserves the contests .of men from becoming
wone than ihe contests cj wild beasts? Dad they
conspired to overpower their captors, or had they
, contrived an .escape ? Nothing of the sort is al«
leged against them.
Paimjra, where this atrocity was done, can
scarcely be said to be in danger. It is situated
near tbe bank of the Upper Mississippi, where
the Fedeial gunboats are all powerful, it had,
however, been for a short lime in the pcssessit n
of the Confederates, and bad recently teen re
covered by General McNeil. It was then die
i covered that a man named Andrew Allsman tad
' disappeared during the time of the Confederate
occupation. Itjs not suggested that he bad been
! killed. He may have been carried away-as a
i prisoner of war; fce msy have fled away of bis
own free will; all that is known of him is, that
be was not at hs former home. This unex
plained absence or one individual formed ite
excuse of General UcNeil for murdering in cold
blood ten of tbe prisoners io his bands—mtn
who had nothing to w with Alleman, and who
j were, in ail probability, captives at the time that
I Alleman left Palmyta. h was a deliberate, well
I considered act of military murder, carried out
with all the forma of a rhi’iitarv execution.
- ■ z
I Coast News.—Rumors were circulated yester
; day of a landing of the enemy on James’ Island,
j Tbe news was said to have teen brought by a
■ courier, who arrived in the city at full speed, bis
' steed being covered with fot.it. The intelligence
; was not credited, however, arc all we could learn
■ was that a small party from one of the gunboats
; had landed near Grimball’s place, probably in
’ search of wood, as they staid but a short time,
■ and then returned to their boat.
i Two three masted gunboats and a schocner
' were the tty vessels in Store.
1 CVMSfcierton Ctowrier. Zkc. 11- !
LETTER FROM THE VIRGINIA ARMY-
Camp 10th Ga. Rbgimxkt, ) •
Near Fredericksburg, Va., Deo. 5. j
Ur, Editor : I have just this moment received
the Weekly Constitutionalist, of the 12th ult., and
the Field A Fireside, of the Bth. Continue to
send them along, for their old familiar faces have
a cheering effect upon the boys, for they are all
anxious to read something from home.
We arrived at our present camp on the 20th n't.,
since which time we have been employed in
various ways, sometimes on picket, clearing up
woods, &c. We are encamped about two miles
from the city, in what was a dense woods previous
to our arrival, but the seventy of the weather has
created a great demand for wood, and a consider
able thinning out has been the result.
While on p cket duty on the Rappahannock we
ere in full view of the enemy, who occupy its
Northern shore. No conversation is held between
the rickets in cons>-quence ot an order issued some
time since prohibiting it On either side of th,e
river, da ly and nightly may be seen two lines oi
sentinels walking their rounds without halloing
at each other, as was the case on the Potomac,
although the distance between them will net ex
ceed one hundred and fifty yurus. The mam
body of their army is about two miles in the rear
of their picket .lines, judging from the lights ot
their camp fires, although every? hill has artillery
plan led upon it, which is plainly visible on our
side oi the river. The scenery is beautiful. but I
should much rather view* it in panoramic style.
Ween they are to thunder upon us i know not,
for ail things remain perfectly quiet thus tar.
While passing through Fredericksburg last
Tuesday night, after being relieved from duty,
some oi the boys remarked that this w— a pretty
large little place. It contains a population m
between 8 und 10,000, a woolen and cottbn
factorv, paper mill, and an Orphan
Asylum, several houses of public worship, ana
many handsome private residences, and is laid
off with considerable taste. In a conversation
with an o'd citizen of the place last Tuesday, be
remarked that out of a population of ten thous-
I and he did not think five hundred remained in
the citv Every store is closed, and business en
tirely suspended-no article of clothing, boots,
shoes or groceries to be bad within the amits ot
this once thriving little city.
While 1 wine, snow, interspersed wi.h sleet, is
fal’ine thick and fa*t upon our devoted, and in a
ureatmany instances, thinlychad sold-era. As
last winter is said to have been the mildest in
Virginia for mauv years, the inhabitants predict
a verv severe one this, and I assure you we are
>l’v prepared to meet it, and it behooves the citi
zens of Georgia to make her soldieis as cumforta*
p.e as circumstances will admit.
A ve r y uni or’unate circumstance happened to
me on the night of the 80th ult. Judge of my
•surprise on waking up to find my boots bad been
borowed without my cousent. Some individual,
wrihout the tear of God or man before his eyes,
did on the night of the 30th ult., steal and carry
of! my boots while I was asleep, "my custom
always of a night, and upon my secure hour
Ttee’wetcb perpetrated the shocking deed and
left me entirely barefooted on a cold Decern Ue:
mermne That fellow who can steal the “fat out
v- a biscuit without breaking the crust ’ must
be io the fafTJy, for thefts of this kind frecjuentjy
C 1 may have something interesting to communi*
cate in a few dav;s till then ad is. „
D-cember A. M.-AH is cuiet along the
lines. Snow fell until about 10 o’clock last night,
and the Ground is now covered to the depth of
four inches, presenting a beautiful scene for the
artist but not the soldier. The camp site beiore
mv ♦ent having become exhausted, I was arbused
Pern my downy couch, and stepping out mto tbe
clear meonlight, a scene was presented beautifu.
b.“»d AU well. d».I P !<£>»*
for the expected battle.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF OUR MILITARY
AUTHORITIES.
From the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Baity Ertil, Bee. it.
Murfreesboro’. Tenn., Dec. 12, 1862.
FrwJd Paul I Generals Bragtgand Rosencranz
Lave recently been corresponding relative to
oval cit xen“ being arrested and confined in
®hens prisons, Ind subsequently allowea to
come Sonin in order to effect an exchange.
Gen. Bragg demanded that all citizens c. Ten
nessee, now held as prisoners for none otner rea*
son than 1< v<v to tbe Confederate Government,
bb reused on foe grounds that he (Rosencranz)
bad no right to imprison cifcz ns tn tfoir own
country, for their loyalty to their own Govern»
Ger. -m. .i".l<
LtHM-e :.:t —D.-JJ 1 al
, th.. • ■
a-et: .it fc‘ '-‘p’ 1 -' y"’
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W HL fli Bp - ®
1 ft - ;
by ;te rces et the I , b
commard, as hostages for ci ordere - d
h m and to carry this into enect
ah Officers of tbe United States Arffiy now here
io be sent to Chattanooga for confinement, rif*
teen oi foe Abolitionists, therefore, start for your
citv to-morrow. Their names are as follows:
Col A, B. Moore, 104th Il'inois Infantry.
L ent Cjl. D. Bopeman, lG4fo Illinois Infantry.
Lieut. Col. R. R Stewart, 2d Indiana Cavalry.
Mafor I. H. Widmer, 104fo Illinois Infantry.
Capt. J. W. Kiieder. 108tb Ohio, Company B.
Capi. Crie Beck, 2d Indiana Cavalry, Com
pany L. , ~ „ ,
Ist Lieut. J. W. Hudson, 2d Inciana -Cavalry,
Company C. , - „
2st Lieut. Enoch Barnet, 2d Indiana Cavalry,
Company E. .
Ist Lieut. A ex. Hess, 2d Indiana Cavalry, Ct m
t'tny j
■ Ist L eu:. D. Paisley, 2a Indiana Cavairy cem-
Lieut. Deward, 2d Indiana Cavalry, Com*
I< 2c'L eux. W. G.- Brush. 2d Indiana Cavalry,
Company B. ....
2d Lieut. J. B. Williams, 2d Indiana Cavalry.
Company D. , „ ~ _ .
2d Lieut. G. W. Daily, 2d Inc.ana Cavalry,
•Ccmpanv I. . , , z*
2d L-eur. James Kern, 2d Inciana Cavalry,
Company E. . . . r-
Ah oi whom were captured by Nbor£&r a* hiu. .s*
ville, on foe 7fo inst.
In haste, yours, . arm.
Burned tTdwte by^PrairieFjbes.-Wefind
foe fcilom’ in ‘ he Leavenworth BuLetin :
ti’rom a .etier received in this city yesiernay we
learn that p’&irie fires in And«rson county have
been very this fall. Hany farmers
have lost ail their fences, and other property has
L 'A mam fo’s wife and family, consisting of six
rh'drer were caught in a prairie tre and all
r «*r shed’. It occurred not far from Minneola, on
iagt Tuesday, under tbe following circumstances :
The w fe w'i'fo two or three children, were in foe
wapon and dr.visg the team, which ccns.eteo of
A'* t < rses. The man was some distance
behind foe wagon, with two w“s
s-ofo. Seeing the flames approach.ng, -te wos
man beaded tne team toward a spot which bac
been burned, and pioceeded to 8
short distance off, and, for some unaccountable
reason, foe Lerseses stopped and
fu’tber. Tbe man, bv this time, had reached the
f.aes t verttek them and a l burned to deafo.
The lived aRw hours after fotnd, bu.
‘est seeczec w h ;ve perished instantly from sn.-
fo!atfoi Tbe woman and children weje found
in tbe wagtn but little burned, appearing as-t
aslee p. __ ;
Ksr* We are informed that the sot® ’ ’®.
r revving 1< a considerable at ’he Deaf
and Dun o Hospital, about a tr.».e ' '
Ctfpi'O', and w.e are aware that tte »urg< ' '
Ue so - < nu.ci « th tr.e patients, are permitted to
tLr foe town ai measure. This .8 «r<mg, and
! c < t proh foned tt e city is hab.eJ” 8
•,ul n ".'«e fi ’ tt.ie most loathsome <f c.seasee.
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LEGISLATIVE GLIMPSES
CONHNCKP.
One of the most conspicuous members of the-
House, both in stature and intellect, is Whittle,,
of Bibb. His mind is very active, and nothing
before the House escapes his notice. With a high
sense of his responsibi iiy, he ins.sts on under.,
slandicg fuiiy every measure before casting lis „
rote, and hence he is very often on the floor. Be
r ises, makes his point briefly, without any at
tempt at display, or any motive of Buncomb, ai d
takes his seat. He dresses usually in ab me dress
coat, with brass buttons. He is over six feet
high, quite slender, and of nervous, active tem
perament. His nose is sharp and prominent, face
rather thin, eyes blue and expressive. He has
introduced, perhaps, more b’.ls than any man .n
the Reuse, and is a conscientious and useful legis
lator. He is a lawyer by profession, and not ar
from fifty years of age. His colleague, Mr. J. .
R. Washington, is also conspicuous, both tor h.s
physical and mental stature. He is six feet two
ur three inches in height, ratter slender, with
a good, benignant face, and a nose that is & litt>e
suggestive of an eagle’s beak. It is a nos®
as a deacon in the village church—when we were
a boy-had, which the boys said was admirably
suited to robbing a peach orchard, as he cou.d
hang on by his nose and pick with both ban s
Colonel Washington has never had inclination or
occasion to use his nasal appendage in that way M
as he is, in the first place, a man of too inflexible
integrity, and if he were not, be would never have
patience to wait to pick them off. He would seize
held of the tree and bring them down at once.
That’s the way he picks Legislative apples, he
is honest, straightforward, and has no patience
with bushwhackers. He is a banker; and, there*
fore, not a practised speaker-thougb he speaks
well, and is a watchful, able, aud most usefu
legislator. He is a man of the highest personal
standard—csnscientioue, genial, and companion
able. Ee was for years prominently known as a.
leader of the old American pariy, and 1 do not Co
him injustice when 1 say that he is tenacious of
his political opinions. Ee may " fellowship a
Democrat now, but he would rather be a dooi
keeoer in his cherished party Wigwam than to
be honored with a high seat in any other orgam-
zation.
The Chatham delegation is conspicuousi forfore
ability and high personal qualities o. its mem
bent I have alieady alluded to the eloquent and
noFsbed Gordon, in the feeuate. -n foe House,
M--.‘Norwood ranks among foe ablest me “°® rs .
a deliberate and forcible speaker a sound .
thinker, ana a vigilant legislator. He ts a man
of excellent balance, and grows upon acqua
unee In foe House be has much more we-gb t
•rs session than the last, and is truly a rising
man. He is quite young—perhaps 8a years of
age ana is a lawyer of large practice. He w a
you’d writer, and has filled the chair editorial for
she Savannah editors, as a labor of love occa«
swnal’y Be is the author ol the facetious-y
t ave announcement «t Col. Snead’s marriage
Lt summer. He is rather below foe average
stature, with rather light hair and laze! eye .
Mik col’eaEue—Judge Gitson—is a tare coma
pound of good qualities. Grave as a j ud E«i Bcd
vet nrohficof tun as a sun of Momus—he wAI
convulse the House with tbe finest specimens oi
wit and look grave as a sexton all the wb le.
He is 1 believe, a farmer. He is a man of culti
vated mind, agreeable manners, and hospitable
and genial qualities. He is about—well, as he 18
a bachelor, I will forbear the hazard of an opinion
as to his age. I think, however, he is on the
sale side of tbe Conscript. law—which ought to
commend him to foe favor ol foe lud’es
As you walk up the aisle, you wnl not fail to
novice," on tbe left, a large, fine looking gentle
man, in a full suit of gray. That :s Col. Lee, rt
Muscogee—a large-hearted, conscientious man,
and a good member. He has been conspicuous
this session for 8 well grounded solicitude tor tne
public Treasury. While be is not in fe’or of a
n’ggaidiv public policy, b 4 would avoid entans
ina u*»on' posterity an unnecessary burden.
Hence be opposed some of foe heavy appropna
i riocs; and ' tie sustained Lis positions, always,
with a solid array of facts and figures. Col.
Lee is a useful legislator. .
One of the talking and working members is
leßev O. L. Smith, ol Brooks. When I say talk-
Bkg I do not mean that be talks for the sake ot
: ng’ but because he is a good talker, and a
c %ood worker. Then he is very popular, and ac
oJcommodatiug, and bis friends wno cannot tadc
||fcfec*’vely make him their moutfepiece. Conse*
Mr. Smith’s name is often announced by
“&iar.” He is a clear, concise, and forcible
JjWbkir. W itbout attempting to be eloquent, his
iisentences are well turned, and full of rhetorical
beauty. He retains a little of the theological
, tone Jb u t is, withal, one of the most pleasing
• speakers id the House. He is a man of middle
• age—about 40—nose Roman, 'a little on tbe order
■ of the Deacon of boyhood me-noty aforesaid)
medium size, erect, steady, and well balanced
everv way. He has been consumptive, and for
this reason retired from tbe Presidency of the
Macon Female College, and from active minis
terial life, and went to Southwestern Georgia,
where bis health has been in a good degree re-
■ stored. . „
Bigham, of Troupe, is.a notea man in tne House
, both in ’ appearance, and for tbe deservedly
fogb position he occupies. He is rather a small,
, sinewy mau, of bilious-nervous temperament,
with aatk, wiry bair, and heavy beard, which he
- usually wears fail—but which he has recently
had shaven, much to the damage of bis personal
■ ! appearance. He has a sharp, dark eye, full of
intellectual v;m. Mr. High am is a progressive,
• indefatigable man. 1 have already alluded to
what he has accomplished in tbe salt supply. Ee
, i j 3 nov? equally in earnest in reference to iron, and
through" bis influence several forges are already
. in progress of erection. Mr. Bigham is a selfs
made mat. Mv first recoi’eciion of him is as
, editor of the LaGrange Reporter, and candor
compels me to say that, like many able men and
, good lawyers, be mistook bis calling, He evi
dently discovered it himself, for he had the good
• sense and good luck to quit the profession before
it had spoiled his prospects in a more congenial
pursuit,. Col. Bigham is a man of excellent char
acter sed genial personal qualities, and bids fair
1 to be cne of tbe first men of foe State.
I ought to glance at the new members, of which
! there are a member on tbe floor. Col. Glenn, of
! Gwinnett, is among tbe number, and is a useful
1 member of growing influence. He is a man of
; great modesty—illustrated in tbe fact, that,
though a lawyer of good practice, a- d good per
sona. appearance, he has never married. He is
' a pleasant companion, and a man of solid worth.
1 Mr. Taylor, of Chattanooga, is also a new
member, and has been on the floor occasionally.
‘ He is a man of fine sense, and hxe our friend
r from Gwinnett, be has not such a superfluity of
brass as some of the members enjoy. He there*
! fore speaks only from & sense of duty. Be
’ spoke in behalf of the bill to provide for soldiers
families, and was earnest in his advocacy of that
excellent measure. He also favored the supa
! pression of sfaipplasters— declaring them as thick
and pestiferous as the frogs of Egypt. Mr. Taylor
is. I learn, a lawyer, and a eels-made man, havir.g
been a tailor in early life—but through faithful
1 and persevering attention, to bis profession, has
acquired a lucrative practice.
1 have taken notes of a number more of tbe
members, and intended to “prent em’’ ere this,
but as the session has suependtd, I will lay them
over until ’he adjourned term, wh»z they wiJ,
perhaps, possess additional interest.
A RISTIDES.
Capt. Ec. Willis, of Savannah,"a West Pointer,
has been appointed Major of tbe intrepid Twelfth
Georg a Regiment, of which be was for some
time actins' Adjutant. Tbe appointment was re*
commended by Gen. Jackson, at. d is understcoci
to ve aceepin ble to the regim-ent.
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