Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-21
THURSDAY. NovEBER 81, 1851.
" Yne news. .

ses t#F The news.
Itappears from our dispatches from Sa-
7annah that the FEDERAL forces, since the
eanture of Fort Walker have made but little
progress They have not yet eyinced dis
position to occupy the village oil Beaufort
permanently, having, we presume, whole
some fear. OF giving the Southerners chance
to give them touch of the experience OF
their brethren at Laesburg. 1t is stated,
however. that The Yankees with their usual
adaptabiliiy which fits them either to make
shoe peg, or drive a dfay, 10 teach a school
or to preach sermon, have turned their at
tention TO overseeing, cotton picking and gin
ming having pressed some negroes into ser
vice. This is decidedly The achievement of the
VIZ. on the federal side. The villainous
abolition hypocrites, at home, never grew
tired of rehearsing fanciful stories Of the bru-
tality of the slave driver and the hardshps
the poor negro endures during the cotton
- picking season, but bavinga chance now 10
STEAL little cotton. they throw aside their
- negro wershipping propensities aud put-cuf-
fee to work, and. as they are ever the hardest
task-masters, We may rely upon it they will
put them through the seVerest season he ever
experienced. We suppose slave grown cot
ton. and slave picked cotton. will be sancti-
fed by the fact that the Yankee abolitionist
welded the tbrong which Inspired him With
sense Of the necessity of working with
will. Wbat care The Yankees tor the sepnsis-
tency of the thing? They want cotton, and
though they get it through the instru-
,=z menta atty of slave labor, and theft, their
pious consciences viii never upbraid them.
Oh, no, they are but stealing from the slave
holder, and that is 90 sin it is rather merit.
mad,. the more commendable because they
s have charge of the negroes whose labor they
get for nothing. We hope they will not be
Dermitted to remain long enough 10 init hate
the negroes into their bad manners and per-
nfcious morals IN contact with Southern
gentleman. a negro improves in the scale OF
being the society of Yankee leads inev
tably to his degeneration -r --
The information from FLoYD's Brigade in
Virginia encourages the belief that he IS
aOout to rid the KanaWha Valley OF the Fed
eraiists He has accomplished much already
surmounting obstacles of character that
would have appalled, less spirited and en-
terprising chief, and he deserves the amplest
success. If the maxim, fortune fayors the
brave" be true, he will succeed ssf /
Bripafiier Gen. GEO. B. CRrrTENDsE, has
been promoted to Major General, and order
ed TO Cumberland Gap he is son OF the
Hon. JOIN J. CRITTESDEN, and took his posi-
ton with the South at an early day. He is
a scientific military man, and most able
officer His appointment to the command at
Cumberland Gap is not in consequence of
any want of confidence in the ability and
skill of Gen. Z1LLICOFFER who is regarded rs
one Of the ablest Generals. appointed from
the civil life. to be found in the whole army.
The RussellviIle Convention which assem-
bled Monday contained delegates from sixty
i've counties It's sessions were mostly held
with closed doors. It's labors were brought
to a close yesterday. We learn that ii
adopted Declaration of Independence and
Ordinance of Separation, and organized
Provisional Government, with Governor,
Treasurer Auditor and Legislative Council
of Ten GEORGE W. JOHNSON was chosen
Governor; and A. G. BURNETT, W. E. Sims
and " G PRESTON Commissioners to the
Confederate Government at Richmond.
There were over two hundred delegates in
attendance and the greatest enthusiasm pre- |
val ed The new Government goes into op-
Grafton at Bowling Green. All hail the new
State of Kentucky. Born in the midst OF
revolution, may her bright star never be |
c!ouded by oppression and tyrannyi