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%\\ e iUcchln Constitutionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER
Oar Army Correspondence.
LBTTEB FROM COBB S LEGION. | |
Ci«p Rapid**, Va., Dec. 25, 18C2.
Ma Editde : As we have orders to prepare tire ;
,• rations lor anoiber long scoot, sod as toe
t'bsbtlitj U that I will not tare soother upper. I
Um of writing soon. 1 w.ll drop you a hue or ;
two before we ieare. |
Tbe weather ic this section is o.u.te co.d
aiocrh the !a*e be-rr snow has disappeared and
it. weather has moderated to some extent. Tins |
. Christinas dav, and I imagine ron are haring ’
M ite a nice time of it in Augusta, wah a day
-Arm and genial, though I conclude that the ,
eupply of “nix nax” necessary to the pro. |
<.er enjarnuent of the occasion by the little foils :
.somewhat limited on account of the Aboiitton ,
Aloes ode of our polls. Young America must ;
... use their old friend, the reaerabie loaint, if .
ke " u ig to visit them on this return of ntartv I
Christmas holidays,” a. he .8, at present, very
aiuca embarrassed, in consequence o» .he de<
o-essed condition of aS.irs generally. _ ;
We hare rumors in camp in great ranety. |
Some sue that Seward, and in tact the whole
1 Abolition Congress, has reeigned-that General ,
Blrns’de has resigned, or been superseded, and ■
general confusion reigns supreme in tbe
Federal camp. This is, na doubt, to some extent j
' V'.u have, 1 presume, read an account ot Den. r
Hampton's last raid in the rear of the Yankee ,
.im/ I had !be pleasure of being one o. the
S5?-I will give you, in brief, a few of the facts j
r rpi®rt*QCc to the 2&&ir i
i fj.A U Wade Hampton left catop on Wednesday,
... i7tb met., witu detachmentsirom the differ*
-at regiment* in the brigade, numbering m ail
ait at 450 men. After two days’ march and two
• bivouac in the woods, just a.te-dayl ght
Friday morning, we c.»me to the TeUgrapb
leading from Alexandria to Fredericksourg,
Proved the telegraph wires and captured the
I *■* ,5 e line of Yankee pickets between the Creek
at i Occoquan. In the latter place we captured
<r, notorious traitor and bogus Federal Senator,
f,, nn C Underwood, who has been acting as a
r ude to the enemy on the Potomac ever stuce the
wi-commenced. - Underwood was locked up in ;
. ti* wardrobe Vtea our boys entered bis house, ■
Cat the door was opened and this contemptible •
w*oi of o;d Abe was ordered to “fall in” with the j
criaoacrs and march u the direction of Rich*
u id. which Le did without resistance. On this j
.(,,(1 we captured a train of thirty wagons, many
• Thick wjre loaded with sutler a stores m great j
r*-iety, which were being sent on to Burnside's
uriD T for the Christmss holidays. Among the
■ k- .'es were many neativ sealed tin cans, labeled
r r eah Psnit ;** upon opening them they were
■ <« :3 (i to contain a very pure article of “Old Rye,”
wt:ih was thus being smuggled to the army by
I T 'tee strategy. The result of the raid may
■ u be stated: captured, 170 prisoners, be-.
-giog to different branches o* the Yankee ser
r t S» horses and mules, thirty wagons, sstn
■ rfj a ntufanceaand a large number ot excellent .
■ cav*lry saddles, bridles, Ac., also many of Colt’s j
Jn fg’-u savv pistols, ra r bines, Ac. The wagons and
■ stshulancw were entirely new; the mule? were
H y. eg and :n good condition, tue larger number .
c't vrses were better than the average Yankee
H r. .7a>v siock. All this was accompl-ehed with
» .iC -t*’—- ftiftj, arftW w*V'» £«**•> '
■ t !fce pars of foe irotwlxns aaotng
H • appeared in sighr of oar rear guard in very
. j*-e miters on :fce evening of the capture.
I sr-r'-j everything was brought safely to camp, •
8 , k .i i coitrfbdtfng much to the enjoyment of
m jr->tmas w.th many of our boys.*
H ' now close tc leave on the tive days scout. If
U sLV-MDg should turn up 1 will let you hear from
8 J,,' N.S. P.
CotTo.v, —At the market price of cotton to day,
■ says an tichang**, onr now useless staple is ot
J f t . - enough to pav, o* itself, every dollar which
■ tfc- (Dofeder&’e elates owe. At’ this moment
J tti 1.000,000 hu es of cotton within ti e
9 country, at the ruling prices of the Maple 1
J| lw, worth <7OO,(MX*,OOO. Since the world b- -
V*’- a * nation has ever had iu its bands so much !
>1 w .Uh *3 single article of production. The
H ■ oJUJiptioQ ot cotton is increasing io & ratio tar
V. *** it ■ tia»n the increased tn-anK of its production, !
3| cn i h.s results, it a great degree, from the new
la kbr;cs to which it is being applied, to say
J l _.cg of the increase of tbe world’s population,
■ sad the new c.viltzttious which immediately re-
I •;*. Us
asi ¥tsti4lics with respect t > this i.onuai store of
1 h, it impo-sib’e to suppose that the sum
|I t' drbt which th»- w.»r will accnir.ulate ca.n ever
Jl t* anoiaoageable ■>? fall w.th intolerable weight
H| wpoc oar people.
Btot Sbtpusxi vt Livskiool or \Va.: Mate*
* * IfOl TLB COKThDERATR GoVKKMrSNT.—AbnUt
’’-m * lays agn l a tie screw steamer, tbw Nc( .
% 1 -j’*.-. n PifcLley, -.nietly slipped out • ‘ the
•: ’ *ck. wbere she bad be?n udauf
«• a•is 4 nrkbd in cases, and Steamed to
H -■ >eivue < wee re she Jay for some tttte en vela
4m . n’e-ie dense N-ivfßibsr fogs. She w»* os
■ •I. */!y bound for Tnomas, in the
■ At last, the Nicolai I. •wh ch bad n;or
m »-c once changed her ua:r:« and engaged in
■ ”• Mm before, n order t*. a!Ay sue
m ['KM,) crept -:i of the >l«rsey during a -.lease
m •'% *th cpWb’ds of t>"o of war mater al on
i v. t
H *»v r >.Le ,s not likely to be captured, being a
of fi.-staiate eailiLg powers. During the
S : the Nicolai !. lay in the Huskisson Deck, h-r
9- l ' --'8 were severely tested hv hydraulic tow^r,
aad *be result *Sr perfectly aatisfaotorr, *’o
88 lu probability she wiil get safely to
■ Cfcaries'on, whither she ab( nod. Trie Nicolai
W b-tn by u well-known Liverpool
■ ®ercuan* n whose stock of war materials an*l re-
RH sources is said to be second to none :n the k:ng
¥ Z'tL.—L§le r pool Met cur j/, &>.r. 22.
1 g 'ivart Rstiunko.— By advices from Freoern
■ cksburg yesterday, we learn that General Stuart,
■ i absence of ten days, has returned to !
m We bar*- obtained some of tbe j
m -■•=■’ticaii*-8 of bis expedition through a source,
H <*eoied «uthen*ic. We have already ELentioned ;
m capture of pri»-aers at Dumfries,
88 ~ LL ' L ‘ kC - - e proceeded to Selectman’s Ford, over i
El - wleit he f>nnd three regiments «.f j
* L> enfDß f s drawn up to dispute bispas* j
|H Dasbir.g through the stream Le afacked and
88 ’ackers, who fhd in d stray, s'rewing '
»8 w itk arms and clothing. There being
88 Eotbjog to gain bv ptrsuir.g the t-nified Yankee \
M horsemen, G nerai Stuart ulonif tl e !
88| - Lu y the Oracge k A!eXaauri« railroad to Ace- 1
* C.-eek, ten miles from Alexandria, and dt-> !
8H s'rcyed the railroad bridge a*, that place. Th* nee
|H D - *o A cal dale, seven miles irom Alexan- ;
Cr '*t 4C - destroyed a q.uo’ity of stores and j
Ft® equipage- From this point kis operator
8 *’ Lincoln’s Q larterciaster Genera!
m *’ did not turaiah more transportation to ;
B u * : ®J of :heP .tctnac that Gee. Stuart would
to !ook after it.
_ r‘r. x Anar.du!e G»*c Stuart wen? to Fairfax ;
|Hj then to Aidie and Warrenton, and ,
I'B **- rC —back ?■ Frede r ick*burg, without “cr</«ging !
H utc. and turning tbe Monceacy ’
1 I lr '^ fc > rdieg to the programme chalked;
tf 1 a :L * Wa-hitgrr.p Chronicle.
I *jk RLKrwrd faaminer, Jor t Z. i
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING,, JAN. 7, 1863
From the .Vtw York Sunday Mercwy.
BIOGRAPHY OF STONEWALL JACKSON.
Stonewall Jackson was born very early in—in
fact, bo young was he at that interesting period 1
of tie history, that the date thereof lurkeih not
in bis own memory, nor yet iD that ot his pres
ent biographer. Sufficient be it to say, he was:
bokx. Tbe ancestry of S. J. has hitherto beeu
shrouded in doubt. Some have asserted that be j
is descended from Jack, sumamed the Giant !
Killer, and that the “seven»ieage toots” ot the j
aforesaid J. tbe G. £ , areyei in his possession, :
which accounts lor tbe celerity of bis move* j
tnecti. Others declare him tv> he an offshoot of |
tbe Jacobin :ami!y,the founder of which was I
Jactaloe, the Chinese Pirate. They are all wrong, |
Mr. Editor. Stonewall Jackson is descended m a
carved line from tbe Wandering Jew. In ear»y !
i time -the Jew family was rich, but one evil day
' the bead of it went down into Egypt, “bucked*’ I
1 Against Pharoab, and came beck with nary shekel, !
; having *ost then ail in that interesting' game. ,
| From that time till the discovery ot tbe Mississ j
; sippi river, the family was too poor to have a
; name Stocewati’s gisndfa her ran a flatboat on
! the aforesaid river, and was extravagantly fond
| of the classic game es “old sledge.” He mar*
i ried.and n the course of time had four «ons,
whom he named—to commemorate his favorit* 1
game—High, Low, Jack, and the Game. Jack
1 followed the example of his father, married, and
| had one son, tbe subject of ibis sketch, who was
naturally Jack’s son, and in course of time, Jack
j son. A family*trait lurks is Stonewall, for at anv
critical stage ot the game he is sure to ” turn r ’
; up and become the trump.
Young Jackson, in his youih, gave great promise
j of future usefulness, so much so, tnat when be
| was sent to school he invariably ran away to play
j “ and “ leap frog,” to the coDsthut stuay of
■ whicn be owes his agility. One dav Jackson’s
*z>i :rt, learning o: Lis son’s truancy, determined io
chat-use it out of hnn, ana so collared the inci* .
pteH hero and bent tuin over his knees, ttu*
‘throwing a prominent par: of the youth into bold j
relief. Mrs, Jackson (.the mother) then seiZ' J
ed a shirt board with both hands, and proceeded
ij bring the youngster to a sense of bis duty
by divers ponderous blows. Young Jacksou j
sqniimt'd 1 ke a hsh-worm ; but, with that Spars j
tun hrmness that bus ever distinguished him, j
shed net a tear. At aoou\ the fortieth blow ihe i
Old lady pau?*d wniie the old gvn; eased on his j
hold, and inquired, “My son, wilst thou go to *
school in fature?” The young hero raised Lns
. head, wiped his sleeve across bis nose, and look
! mg up into his father's face, said : ”1 say, old ,
1 gentleman, why am 1 like a cabin passenger on a :
. canal boat V” *My sen, 1 know not,” sagely ob
served Jackson, senior. “Why,” said the young
| incorrigible with a knowing wink, “its because I j
am boarded astern.” The poor utraged father j
could only ejaculate, "boatd n ■* egain old lady, i
board mm again.” “Not 1,” •»»•* the mother,
dropping the shirt board. “Vou might as well
; larrup a Stonewall.”
From that day to this the hero has gone bv
1 the name of Stonewall Jackson. ‘‘But, mother,”
said the father as the released youth skedaddled
out of.the room to huißh his game of “tag,”
j “What shall we do with the boy?” “Do? why,
seed him to West Pint ; he ain’t good for nothin’
eise.” Stonewail went to West Point. Many in
terestiog events occurred during his pupilage
i (here, but following tbe example of the New
i York papers—l condense.
Stonewall Jackson passed a creditable examina
tion, and graduated number two (from the foot)
of hit class, and the rebellion having iu>t com
n.i need, was immediately appointfd a ongadic r
* SivJCT't' by rn t-'t*o*ed«racv—tli* L’rur^aL
-hui'-sGovernment paying bis livery stable bill
ai West Piiiof and his parage to the rebel lines.
White passing through our aixcy he slopped to
make a saetch of our tonifications, wnen an in»-
consiceiate sentinel demanded bis past. The
s uiinel was immediately seuiecced to be hung,
t :i was afterwards allowed to resign.
' The New York papers have gaine.d such an ac*
curate account ot btooewah's military explo ts
that I need no more than give a brief epitome,
taken from the same reliable source.
Hts first battle wao» at Bull Run, in 1801, where
be slew a whole division o? the Federal arm v with
hts own hand, and then got slewed himself. In this
battle both armies were defeated ; but, untortux
; natety, neither of them found it out n time to
t take advantage of it*. The Union army v s greut
!y outnumbered, but “gained a material auvan*
tage” (see McD's dispatch
In June, 18b2, he touk command •>. 500,000
men, (see Norther n pipers ot that date/ and lurch
, ed hie attenuon to toe political economy of tbe
I Shenandoah Valley. Not liking the wtate of the
currency there, he determined to abolish Banks;
; m demg which sevtrul battles were fought, in all
j us wrucL,though outnumbered, our troops “ga n
ed ma'criai aavatitegc,’' (see B—k’s cispaicoes,)
but i ar cavalry boihes’ heci m:ng tuir.-ty, toe
t h r wy fell back t-* the Potomac to water thr-m.
Jackson’s horses, also being dry he pushed 0 i
for the same watering place, but learning that
Fremont had cut loose,.ieli back. Fremont foi*
lowing, a desperate engagement took place at
Front Koya.\ u which Stonewall wouJd have been
..nn.f 'aied had not tte United Males Govein*
uient stopped tte battle, fxN. Y. Tribune, to hold
a court ot enquiry, to see if Fremont nail uo»
paid three postage stamps too much for a bushel
i! oats, fu. irUt-jrd through a CaSilornia fiiead to
a horse of fits body gu-r*i. While the court was
iic re-s.OD .iiiiuewa'! skedaddled. Fremont foi
!■ wed, however, .-.nd would have nagged him, if
- hai not t.*ke i tbe wrt’Ug r ad, i N. Y. iieiaid,
tad traveled North while JnCason whs go ng
.South. Get ng safe b-ict; to Richmond, S - ne
wuli bore a ieauing pari m the battles in front of
that “doomed” fr-ee a.l the papers,, city.
According to tt-e Noncer;, priot', Jacason
• uffued terribly tn person .a ihe-e battles. He
io.-? Lie r gbt ‘eg at Hanover CVurt House, and his
left at Gaiu-vil.e. The ntxt day, while leading
his corps into battle at Sa< age’s, his horse bauU*
ed in front of a barrel of beans, which had been
j abandoned by our army, and was compelled io
dismount and go it oc foot, in doing which be
hst his right arm. The succeeding day ho lost
, his left arm at Peach OrcharcL
Two days after, at the buttle of Malvern Hill,
he stooped down to fasten hw shoe, and wb le
j in that position his head was blown off by a
IDS,OOO ptund shell. This was the unkindesicut
■ of all; but the old veteran merely raised h s
martia: form erect, and. said; “fly bleeding
country, J cheerfully make the sacrifice. O a
! head, farewell ?” These are bu* a few of the
j wounds the old man has received—according to
; the papers. Even as I write, the report comes
| that tbe modern Briartyous lost another arm at
Antietam.
! * Stonewall Jackson, in personal appearance, is
most unlovely—and it is said that he— like the
! Asbactees— ties his teeth to a sharp point every
I other morning. He stands eleven feet five inches
(or five feet eleven inches, I am not certain
! which,; in his boota— when he has. got any to
: stand in.
iiis hair ie b.'ack, and was furnished to order
jby Bachelor, of New York. Ia religion he is ah
| i mes a devout Catholic—at leas:, he followed
! closely in the footsteps of the Pope during one of
' his campaigns; and at others he is a colporteur
i for the American Tract Society—at any rate he
has prafe&bly left more tracts in Virginia than
anv other white man ; and, according to tbe pa
pers, always goes into battle with a family Bibie
under one .arm and a Greek Testament in,
| the coat tail pocket, which Le read.? during the
DUrvalsof th* .fighting.
lie is abstemious his habits, Lnving been
known to live nine off one sardine and a
t outrel o f whiskey, ic dres? be e extremely j
neat, never wearing a shirt more ttn*n three
j month# without changing it.
To some up, Storewail, «n private life, is—a#
Shakespeare say#—“a man as is a man, that we
| mav DeVer look upon his like again.” In hiß 1
I military capacity he is, to quote Sheridan
Knowles, “In peace a lamb, in war—a lam'er.*
m |
AFFAIB6 IH KfW OBIIAKB
; We hire New Orleans paper* of December 18. !
The following extracts will be interesting through- (
| out theSoutn. The True Delta has the follow- !
! in 8 •
THE ADVENT O# 9FX. BANK?.
j Never was a community so start ltd as that of
New Orleans on Sunday ib«r, on iearningtbat j
Major General banks, with ..is immense fleet of ‘
' transports, was approaching this city. The #e*» '
ctesy of the destmutination of the expedit on wub
;so weli kept by the ad and all con- J
' cerned n it, that no oue-bere dreamed ot this
i being the place at which the force would land.
Next came the rumor, soon changed into a tact, 1
that Gen. butler was to be superceded, and still j
j luriberibe anxious qneries “Lew will the change
affect us all?” The antecedems and past record# i
iof Gen banks are such as *o nrpire confidence
in ail clams of the Gcmmntuty.
PROCLAMATION.
flEr LQVARTEFS Df.P't OF THE GrLF, ) * i
Sew Orleans, Dec. 16. f
In obedience to orders from the President, I j
! have assumed command of the Department of
! the Gulf, to w hich i# added, by his special order,
the State of Texas,
The duly with which I ate charged requires j
me to assist in the restoration of the government
ot the United States, lt-'i# try dts re to secure ;
to the people of every class ah -he privileges of *
possession and enjoyment which are consistent
with public safety, or which t is possible lor a
i beneficent and just governneh? to confer,
j In the exect. ion of the h-gh trust with which !
I I am charged, I rely upon 'tie co-operation and :
counselor all loyal and well disposed p.eope,
and upon the manifest Purest of those depth* *
j dent upon the pursuits cf peace, as well us upon
• the support of uaval and ic d forces.
I My instructions reqnt.e nie to treat ur
J ( nemies those who are enemies, but 1
j shall gladly regard as fr• nds those who are
friends. No restrictions will be placid upon the *
| freedom of individual# which are not unpera*
, tively demanded by considerations of public
; safety, but while their cla: »s will be liberally
1 considered, it is due also to hem to state that ail
1 the rights of me govern m nt will oe unflinch.
; lug v maintained.
S Respectful cons d'ration md prompt reparas i
1 tion will beacc-iued to per#ous who are
! wronged in body or estae v those uifder iny j
| command.
The government does not profit by the prolon
gation of civil contest or the private or public j
sufferings which attend i Jib fruits ar* not* j
: equally distributed. In the disloyal r ales deso*» j
j iatiun has empire on the sea und on the land In ;
t the Noith tae war is as abiding sorrow, l ,t not ;
j yet a calamity. Its cities rud towns art. a vas- !
|mg in population, wealth «nd power. T>.< refu- j
: gee# from the South alor * compensate f - ’’reat ;
J part for the terrible rtecira: ”on* of baiti>-.
J The people ot this department wh o are d. -posed I
j to Slake their fortunes i n- the r ii?es upon re- j
i sistance to the Govern! ens, a*#y wieiy r» f. rc\ j
i upon the immutable co 4 o which surround
i them. The valley ot iL ? > *:g#lppi is the chosen j
.
; unvurpassed in material revvwees and capacity !
1 : for war, wnl swarm upon ns fertile rivers. Those j
> I who a-tume to ?et conditions upon their exodus j
to the Gu.f, count upon a power not given to mac. j
> | The country washed by ib* waters of the Ohio,
» j the Missouri, and the Mississippi, can never be j
permanently seived. A one generation basely 1
carters away its rights, immortal hoc ore wifi rest’;
i j upon another that reclaims them.
, Let it never be said that either the Las and the i
West may be separatee. Thirty daws distance j
1 ! tr».-tn the murkets of Europe muv satisfy the ;
i wants o: Louisiana and Arkansas, but it will not '
l answer’he demands of Illinois and Ohio. The !
■ valley ot the Mississippi wt'i L ive itsdt’tas upon
) • the Ailacoc. The physic- force of »be West
• I will debouch upon as. r«; with a power as re
- . s:g less as ibe torrents of its g aht rivers. This
country cannot be pet ananenily divided. Ceate
less waits may dia u its blood and treusuie . (to*
■ meslit* tyrants ur f-ieigc foes may gru-sp the
i I ire ptie of its ppwer, but its desticy wnl remain
s } ucenaDged. it will still be united. God has
; ordained it. VVbat avail?, then, the destruction
i ot the best Government ever devised by man
j the sell adjusting, selNcor-f cling constitution of
) | the United Statest #
' j Peo le of the Sou\fc-v»wt Why t- >t accept the
j Condu. us imposed by the impenou? cecessities
j cl geo raphic&l conbguration and commercial
J supremacy, and re*e#tabli»h you- ancient press
penty a d renow n i Why nor become the foun
-1 t deru of tales wh eb, hr the entrepot and depot
‘ or your (v i. central anu upper valleys, may
* j stand, u the t-ffiuence of their res -irce- without
1 ; a superior, ano in the pnv Vges * * »be people,
1 without t. r ‘ - ..m-Lk' 11 e •' ’tie earth ?
N H A mt #
M.»w.r Gentrui t.v «nmar.ding
1 j 1 m yot' e>.> QiM.au OhiEKv- xlaj .r General
i inns- yestcruav ,##uc4 »‘ :tf following order#
Kea.liq’eS D&F’t ' THU Gt'l.F,
New Odtaii-., Dec..l7, 18«*. f
' 11. /.! housee in New Orimns which Lave
been taken possession >1 fr• ihe Government will
; be rnuiedmiely toincdover to such officer of the
J Qnaileroivßler h Departmtii'. a*? Colonel 8. B.
| • holab.rd, Chief Q iaitermesttf, may designate,
' j and such hv.uses will npt be cccuv ed hereafter
’ | except by bD assignme#!, ia co r ise to exceed •
[ the regulation allowance of quarters.
Bv command of Maj r General 6anks.
iIEAi-q'ss Dep't onutGuLr,
New Orleans, Dec. 17, IBQ2. f
I General Orders No. 111.—Ai. sales of property
on account of the United .Sta-es* will be and are
hereby suspended until lurtber orders.
( by command U Mu_or General Banks.
New Orders.—Majox Genera. B irks has issued
i tee following new orders;
iiEADq’Rs Dep’t or tub Gccr,
New Orleans, December IC, 3662. (
Geneiai Oi(h;rs, No. log.—AH military and civil
I officers of tbi# department who are engaged in
| the Rupermtendence of public works of any chars
acter. or who have assumed to direct and control
private or public property, and all other persons
engaged on such works or charged with the di»
rectioc of such property, will report .to these head
quarters forthwith the character of such works,
i the number of persons employed, a descriptioi of
| the property held, udc! the authority upon which
i proceedings b&ve been based. No claims for corns
f pfcn*ation for such services wiil be considered
ji from this dale, unless such repert* Lave been re- j
j ceived at thene By command of
Maj. Geo. Bakes. !
j Richard B. Irwin, Lieut. Col., and A. A. G.
iHCALqCAP.TEfiS DIPAJtTHENT OT THE GOLF, i
New Or-eaiis, Dec. 16, 1662. f
General Orders No. 109.
All public sales cf property oc account of the.
i UuitecJ States are suspended rntil further or*»
ders- By comiraud of Maj. Banks,
i Richard B. Jrwjv, L ; «rf. Cc!. acd A. k. G-
GENERAL BCTLER’S PARTING ADDRESS TO HlB TROOPS, j
B#low ia Gen. Butler’s parting address to the 1
troops of his late department;
Headquarters Department of the Golf, 1 |
New Orleans. Dec. 18, 1662. J j
General Orders No. 105.
Soldiers of the Army of the Gulf: Relieved
from further duties in this department by direca
tics of they President, under date of November
9th, 1662, I take leave of you by this final order, i
it being impossible to visit your scattered out** j
I posts, covering hundreds of miles of a frontier
of a larger territory than some ot the kingdoms
; of Europe.
1 greet yon, brave comrades, and say farewell! j
This word—endeared us you are by a community
cf piivatious. hardships'dangers, victories, suc
cesses, military and civil—is the only sorrmful
thought I have.
You have deserved well of your country.
Without a murmur you sustained an encampment
on a sandbar so desolate that banishment 10 it
with every care and comfort possible has been
the most dreaded punishment inflicted upon your |
bitterest and most insulting enemies. You had '
so little transportation tbat but a handful could !
advance to compel submission by the Queen City '
of the Rebellion, whilst others waded breati '
: deep in the marshes which surrounded St. Philip,
| *nd farced the surrender of a fort deemed 1m
pregnable to land attack by the moat skilful ec. j
gmeeraof your country and her enemy. At your '
! occupation, order, law, quiet aud peace sprang to j
! this city, filled with the braves of all nations
where, for a score of years, daring the profound
e9t peace, human .life was scarcely safe at noon*
; day.
By your discipline you illustrated the bo#t
; tra:is o! me American soldier, and enchained
i me admiration of those tbat came to scoff.
Landing with a military chest containing bu‘
j dollars, from the hoards of a rebt-
I Government you have given to your country’s
' treasury nearly, have l million of "oolites, and s
j supplitc yourselves with tt» needs of your ser
• vice that your expedition has . t‘. your Govern
• meDt le. k s by four-filths than any other.
You have fed the starving poor, the wives ami
children of your enemies, so converting enemies
into friends that they have pent their represent. ]
lives to vour Congress by 4 vote greater than |
your entire numbers, from districts which, wheu j
. you entered, you were tauntingly told that there
was “no one to raise vour flag.”
By your practical philanthropy you have won !
the confidence of the oppress* d race and the
slave. Hailing you a# deliverer#, they are ready
to aid you as willing servants, i&ohlul labtreis,
j or using the tactics taught them by your ene
i lutes, to fight with you in the field."
| By steady attention 10 the laws of health you
have stayed the pestilence, and, bumble instruct i
! menis in the hanua of God, you have demonstrate 1
j td the necessity that His creatures should obey j
I H.s laws, und reaping His blessings in this most ,
unhealthy climate, you have preserved your ranks I
• fuller than those oi any other battalions of the
I suine length 01 service.
| You have met double numbers of the * nemy
and defeated him in the opto field. But 1 need
■ not lurtber enlarge upon this topic. You were
! sent here lu do than
I 1 commend you to your commander. You are
j worthy of tis love.
LaitweJj, i»v comrade*; agait, fait well!
B»nj. F. Butler,
Major General Comd’g.
| XVTE&* * iSfi~LKT i KtTirAOM ON BOARD IHE
! f ’ At A
; Alt CNGLlltltM AA t> Ca Ua.
| (AFT. fMMMKS’ AOCOUNT Or TiTJL CONCLUSION OF
! THE WAR, ETC. .
I The Liverpool Mercuiy publishes the following
■ interesting idler :rou» u uuhoidinaie ortict-r oi
; the AiuOama to a friend at Liverpool 1
1 SOUTHERN CoNFKDRKAtK BTBAHER ALABAMA, f
Get. 30, lat 41 ao, loug. 45. f
Dear : Though i put to this leuer the
L daie of October o*>, there is uo say mg, u’y e see,
] when yqu may get it; for although I have pen
! und ilk and ail oilier couvtuiences for writing,
! mere is no posiottce alongside into which I cau
) conFeuientiy drop it wbt-u wiitten. There are
! no tnends to visit the Alubamu, lud those per**
! hous who boaid and lodge with us tor a time
J are too uiucu lasen up wul their own all airs,
j aud 100 anxious about gelling away, to do a
1 favor for auy one elsi. ?v.,uae 01 item we neith
,er would 1101 dare asK. However, U irust take
its chance when time couies.
| 1 know your it-ehngß wrre not in favor of my
embarking in this enterprise, yet I assure you
mat 1 ain taking weli with boiu the thp, cupiaiu
| and cause. * * No view could be more com -
' fui iabie than ours is, tbougL, from ibe always
i watchful nature of tue dunee which uevolve upon
i U'f, more discipline ano active duty aie enforced
1 ban we tkail, perhaps, gt credit u»r. Pleuty to
| cat, pleity 10 drink «no plenty «-r work ;o do, 1#
’ the order ot the day, unu oi e.ciy uay.
ll woUid he an enul##-> task lo: rue to Attempt
j to-give you even an ouikl- o: *L.- ieariul Havoc
• we have comm.tied i.tnong the Y..nir.ee vessels
! since we left the shares *•! u.-e Mersey, or oi ih*r
1 di st: u'tiou oi tL‘ many splendid #n.p»oi which
j uoi -me plank w~3 ie.( fusltned ; anoiher.
| Among lto ruw: was a vtb>-.: bound 1* ' D.-iuieo,
i Out no-. Very beaw -argo >adcL, the \S ve (Jits’,
j Mound from New V. iv ;u Gaaiif, Lapl'*l» ilam-.
! erpooi; the Three Stats, w ban* bdlp; -'da new
j t-.rK, !Lt* Dunkirk, ' a:*t*:u JonnstoL, */a#a New
j Y<»ra ro London.
iSeuavc already taker, -t iwcu WMaant,
j ladeu with every urtitic which ii :s p 1 J.»
most lor the countries of toe world w
! and they have ali been de-iroyed w* VS. iW: eJ»-
; ception "of one or two, whose commar iwf*.-
1g veu bond# of various airfocnts o! «<saarAai >/*
Gaptstn payable lu ite Brest* - #»»■ vi ia*
. Oontederate States when peace :s p \*9i**ut &<!.
The las; one which we let off was the 1 -
which lay Deside us several days, audf a gtXMI
deal of British property, witc some ui/<*nuoi.
aboard—the Captain and- crew being titoard our
vessel. They were alt glad to get away $ bat the
only reason why such a course was pvmuad wub.
that they had a laigt number 01 /sheaWs •
board as j.assengers, which tie sk v»i#r am
could not oe slewed 10 our **hxius” av h«wr.
bisioncal chivalry of the *>outh would
of our disturbing or molesting ihe I“Vuak>sj at<
we took his bona, put the prisoners had 00
board, und sent her away, Semines de» ar:ug that
it was enough to break a man’s heart to see that
he was compelled to part it suco away with so
splendid a snip.
It was next 10 a play to hear the fel ve thern
aeiVcs tell how :hev were taken, and ,vLat they
though’ ot us when first sighted. Th: mate ol
the Manchester stated that all on board his ship
was in good order, going with a stiff brefcse from
south south*wtst, when the lookout a
sail on the beam. ’1 te fed cross of f**
was flyiDg, and the day being clear, *.r <«*■>«
were made out quite visihlt. The irtth *t\
wheel remarked’.to the Captain: *•*«-**-.
j British tnan oNwar bearing down on .. *
better stiow’our colors.*’ The Capt ..
J affer oideied them to he hoisted. a«» ;
; the Stars and Stripes, and almost at the same
moment down went the British ensign, and in it 6
place appeared the full fug of the Confederates.
A ten*pound shot right across the bows astonish*
ed the Captain, who, after a rapid survey through
his glass, exclaimed : “It’s that damned pirate,
. femmes; the ship is lost.” I may only add,
that a few hours more and they were all prison*
era on board the Alataxa, and the last we saw
r i
VOL. 16--N0 1
| of Uie Manchester the succeeding night was a
bright sheet of tire in the horizon line as the
darkness tell. The prisoners we take are treated
us well as possible, though our having so muDy
Lunas on board prevents all from receiving
what might be considered proper accommodation.
Some are maue comfortable enough ; but taere
are impLdtnt and insulting Yankees who are
not ibaoktul even tor their lues being spared
| and they must take the consequences. *
J fciitce we have come into these waters we have
; got tour splendid guns additional-, a 1 ! mounted;
and what with cur own crew and the b.»v e roli
unteers who have since joined u*», wt* are now
j able to tight as well *> run, and both at the same
| time if need be so. We have also plentv f news
j about ourselves on board, in the New York '! nse«
! and Herald, ice Shipping Gazette, Liverpool 41 err
j uiry, and G< lea Advertiser, Ac. fSoioe ol the
j .New York paper 8, illustrated, give frightful pio
j tures ol the engagement their vessels*have bad
j with us, making them all surrounded with noioke
and tiring into us, all of which we heartily enjoy.
One thing is certain, they wih never take the Ala*
j bama nor a man of us alive. Captain, officers and
men know their duty, unu are quite aware ol the
, d om which would be fa. I them it taken . for ihere
are no croakers or skulkers here; but* if so un*
likely a thing should take place, and the hair of
e ot cur heads be iDjurea, cur commander as*
.res us that the Government of Richmond w ill
| mg a regiment of Yankee officers in relaxation.
Captain JSemmes (or the Admiral, as we call
• I irn among ourselves, both lore and aft,) is of the
p mon that the war will be settled in the bigin*
i-.tig of the year, and in that case we shai all be
;• cv.ded for for life. No more s«a for in- alter
.at. Previous to the 20ih of this month our
• T ouey alone was worth from £40.. to £9OO
a w*t i am looking forwcid to the day
i. - stall return to Liverpool, and relieved
i the drudgery of a % sea iile, spend uiy re*
iaa<k years *.n peace and contentment beneath
the -1 tv of the extended wings of the Liver.
TBk iM A AND TUB CALIFORNIA BT3AMKMS.
From the Liverpool Mercury. Dec. IS.
T*. dariog cru ser shitis bei position so t: c *
■uent.y ' at pursuit or capture is almost impost
MDle. ije tiers posted in the underwriters' rooms
, yesterday, aated Havana, November 20, state
[ that hh was then In Mexican waters, on the
i ••lookouv tor one of the California steamers.
! HOW TBS ALABAMA GOT OCT OP FOHT WK V3ANCE,
MARTIKIQOB.
! Yrantiaifii .for the Sew York Herald from ike fHarodt
>kiniiugo de Cuba. December 10.
The French mail steamer Tampico, from Fort
de France, Martinique, sailed just three uays
utter the Alabama—the faaious champiota of the
. South—bad left the harbor, humbugging the
! Sao Jacinto, which is cruising alter her The
incidents of this deception are curious enough,
I and vre have them from one of the passeugets for
tb:B pert, *n whom we place implicit rel ance.
| The Freucb authorities bad to keep the exceesive
j zeal of the Yankee sailors within bounds, as they
thought themse.vt# sure of tins pr;z«», which has
given them so much trouble and annoyance.
Toe commanders of both steamers went on
shore at Murtmique, and in one of their frequent
meetings the captain of the Alabama said to the
commander of the San Jacinto ;
•*I have no more than 160 men and !-i guns.
You have SOO of the former and 30 of tae iat
■ ter. If yn will promise not to use your guns, 1
will attack you bv boarding and take a i de*
• strQy your vessel/’
, | foe C&v’&,?u of the Sa Jnain* » did wish
i. accept ; challenge, rviug that suy way
be had the Alabama sec Ibe Captain of the
,> ♦. »ma, without uJr ' g a.iy noun- oT Ai» Wo*
• f vado, appeared to be occupied in the cocatr action
i of a kind of raft out of large tuudies of d; id
Brass and tar, in vfiw of the Federal sailors,
j H:s first idea, no doubt, was to provoke ho at*
‘ tack , but as the last nigh’s of his s‘ay were verv
dark, the Captain of the Alabama, whose vessel
is a screw steamer aud goes sixteen miles an
hour, erected some false topmasts ot bamboo
canes and cocoanut tops, hoisted his lights to
make the deception more complete, and, under
a tiill h»ad of steam, pasted t ut ot port by t. * a*de
of th A San Jacinto
. I Tbj illusion of the Federal captain who took
j h r for one ot the French trauspoits that are
every moment entering and leaving the port,
! was s> great that he was for four days after wards
, cruising outside of the harbor and amusing him*
, 1 self with the expectation oi h:s prize in p: * Hp#c
. Jive. When he e: me to know lor a certainty that
; he had been humbugged, he heard also ’hat the
Alabama had burned an American so %>« ner
i which had sailed from Si Pierre.
1 I-vs" We take ihe subjoined paragraph **. oui
i th« Richmond ) Dispatch, ot Ji^nuaij ‘
’ Grk. Stuart’s i.ate Raid Ssuar re*
I ' turned from nis late raid on New Year’* even :ig,
having been übsent about teu vl "«u- t *%•»!.■. ii
[ time te visited Dum ru> > wneie ue u»ade the
i i capture before mentioned, a;-d then proved-a up
t the Fo'omac, in Vie direetic* • AU>*ua:.a,
Arriving at Stlactman’s Ford, **“ x u,
' ! li- encountered a large f »rce ot «
’ ahy, w hich he routed, they scatioi,
blankets and ov<isouis in ’heire -jU - ,
expedition then proceeded to the 1 i, o.
arg .uud Aleianuria Railroad, where rh‘
•’ '.a.road bridge over the Acot.nk C;v<
’ • iheuce to AnnanUal *, and then to witbri
'’ i lies of Alexandria. There d- ; •
j quantity • i the Federal strr*g.
J i At ’ois point Stuart’s telegraph opera' '
i Biuybed tu Geuerai Meigs, u: Washing •
i Yankee Quartermastei Geoerul, Mhut ‘*ij h
• not turnibh more ana better iiunsponat
• (Stuart; could not take the trouble to con.
I supplies, us it was too much trouble r;» haul
" them away.” Gen. S. then took tfie route : the
• Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. At Fan -;ix
• Court House be was tired upon bv the Yankees
with artillery, when he retired, aud goiug up to
A idle, routed a force of the eueiny’s cavalry,
taking some prisoners. He proceeded theuce io
arrenton, aud then to Camp. 11 is troop- t up«
I plted themselves with clothing, arms. Ac in
[ abundance. His pnsontrs number altogether
J about SUO, and the quantity of stores destroved
was veiy large.
I,.TI£R fkum Eoeopk.—The steamship Etna had
arnvad at Sew Vork with tour days’ later advices
’ from Europe. The London Times ea>'s Ltncoin’s
> Message is a bid for peace. His emanetpatton
’ plan it denominates a diearn. The Loudou "News, "
’ organ of Exeter Hall, says it bus no laalt to r.nd’
in Lincoln's emancipation scheme. Ihe Globe
delends the course ot the English Government tu
' regard to the Confederate steamer Alabama.
Mr. .Slidell has had another interview wi’h Xa.
poieon, and M. Drouyn de I/Huys and Count de
Perslgnv are now in favor of the' South.
The Paris correspondent of the Herald, under
1 date of December 12th, says that it is "ramored
in diplomatic circles" that the Tories, assisted by
■ France, w II succeed in ousting P.lmerston and
I Russell soon alter the opening of Parliament.
| Gobden, aided by other economists, will join the
Tones, whose policy in respect to Hah and to
American intervention is identical with that of
France. The Herald’s correspondent adds that
the rumors are not without foundation, and that
in the spring a thorough change ot policy tu the
K.ittsh Government may be expected.
ISailbd for Ecropk Rev. Dr, Moses D. lioge
of Richmond, has sailed from a C' nfederate port
for Europe on a mission to procure iiiblcs. The
j Virginia Bible Scc.ety bus authorized it,at to
! procure 35,000 Bibles and Testaments auj has
I appropriated $4,000 towards the object. Other so*
I cietiee in the C’odfederacy have joined :a the
effo-t.
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