Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-07-05

OF the war department the htteen-lnci
Rodman gun at Fortress Monroe, and art
preparing a vessel to receive il for opera
tions near that fortress, and especially
upon SewalPs Point. Captain Harris Of
the Second Ohio Regiment has beer
elected Colonel in place of Col. Wilson
who has been appointed Captain in the
regular army.
Information has been received from
Texas 10 the effect that the Western
frontier of that State was preparing to
follow the example of Western Virginia
and East Tennessee, by organizing for
midable movement against secession, and
adhering to the Union in the shape of a
new State. Gen. Carpen has been nom
mated as an unconditional Union candi-
date for Congress. He has for some time
been at the head of body of Union men.
1t is said that with about 200 mounted
Union men he recently routed more than
twice that number Of rebels. A fort
is being erected on an inland in the
neighborhood of Brownsville, and will
mount $40 guns of the heaviest calibre.
The garrison is under the command Of
Major Arnold.
Mr.. John E. Farrier, an old gentleman
| from the vicinity of Mobile, Alabama,
where he owns a plantation, makes the
following statements to the Cincinnati
Gazette. Some of them appear incredi-
Bile, but Russelrs letters to the London
Times show that "truth is stranger than
fiction" at the South, at the present time :
The old gentleman stated that in Mo-
bile, which is swarming with soldiers, the
greatest excitement prevails, ard the very
air is turgid with profanity.
The EXTREMIST hate rankles in every
breast toward the north, which with a
braggart air the chivalry feel confident
they can easily whip. AS Mr.. +. left
Mobile the soldiers bad received orders
from JEFF. Davis to be in readiness for an
attack on Fort Pickens on the 4th of
July, after which, in the event of sue
cess, it is their avowed intention to push
for Washington. This, of course, is CIV
en- as the belief entertained in Mobile
Disorder and noise are the chief charac-
teristcs of the Confederate forces, SO far
as seen by our informant.
lie says that the condition Of the poor
whites and a great majority of the blacks,
is terrible. Both are starving. The
soldiers, Notwithstanding their hatred of
the north, begin to cbafe under the south
ern rule, and in many instances they
have demanded their pay at the muzzle
of the revolver AS a general thing they
are poorly provisioned and very badly
cared for, but extravagantly promise
crammed.' Their desire is to ravage and
rayish the north, and booty and beauty
, their motto.
\ Confederate officer told Mr.. f., Oh
the cars at Mobile, that fully six hundred
soldiers are now on the sick list in Fort
Morgan, at Mobile Point, and he believed
that unless something was done to inn
prove its hygienic condition, fully thou
sand would be taken down during the
week. The whole country is in arms up
to the Kentucky line, and jeff. Davis
spies, hired at $40 per month, are liber-
ally distributed all over. One was on his
way to Louisville with Mr.. f., and it was
his intention TO visit Cincinnati, Pitts
burgb, and other Eastern points to New
York, and to return home through Vir-
ginia,
As Mr.. Farrier passed through Mis-
sissippi, the utmost CONSERVATION and ter
ror prevailed among the Union people.
If a man dared to declare a Union opin-
ion or sentiment, it was the signal for his
summary death. Numerous instances Of
this kind occur daily, as we have heard
from other sources. 1t is a common
practice to hunt down Union men with
dogs, and kill them as such, at present,
i'll Lower Mississippi.
To all men the best friend is virtue;
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