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ard The hoe very soon, and be replaced BY the
e.erEa! GENTLEMAN e color nreS f1 s,s s,es esfs
to by tho whooptng and screech-
ipg sounds that pass muster ID this part OF the
void for cheera. As they ended stcntorian
voice shouted out "Who cares for General
Pillow :" and IS no one answered. it might be
unfairly inferred that gallant officer was net
troops; probably q temporary unpopulaIity
connected with hard work found expression
Ra1dolphts Point is, no doubt, very strong
position. The edges Of the plateau command
the rear Of the batteries below; the ravines
in tlu bluff would give cover to & large force
Of riflsmen, who could render tho batteries m
tenable It taken from the river face, unless the
camp in their reaF on the top Of the pta*eau
WEB carried. Great loss Of life, and probably
werEs from the river merely: Bat flotilla
might get past the guns without any serious
loes In The present state Of their service and
cqni: NEXT; and there is nothing saw to pre-
s:ut the landing of force on the banks Of the
river, which, with q combined action on the
psf Ut ap adequate force Of gunboats, could
tc:l1y the position As the river falls the
r1ui.d.ehoE flce OF The guns will be even lcss
elective. TIE General is providing water for
I. t camp BY menEs Of large c1stern3 dug IN
tn~ gr;,und, which will be filed with water
dc1n tie river by eteam power: The officers
were plain, farmerly planters, merchants, and
lawyers; and the heads Of the department
were in no respect better than their interiors
By reason Of my military acquizcments, but
were EhEeTd, energetic, common sense men.
The officer in command Of the works, hoWeV-
CT, understood his business, apparently. and
Was we'll supported by the artillery officer.
There were, was told, eight pieces Of field
artillery dispoEable for the defence Of the
csmr.
Hsyipg returned 10 tue steamer, the party
proceeded up the river to another small camp
Ola small parallelogram of soft sand covering
msn little higher than the knee, with four
gurs mounted in it On the river flee. No COM
n.unicat10n exists through the woods between
the two camps, which must be six or seven
miles apart. The force stationed here was
composed principally Of gentlemen. They
we're all in uniform A detachment worked
one the guns, which the General wished to
sec fired With round shot. In five or sixm.n-
ntes after the order was given, the gun wls
gunner pulled the lanyard hard, but the tube
did not explode. Another was tried. A strong
jerk pulled it out bent and iucombustibIe. a
third was inserted, which GANG ou: broken.
The fourth time Was the charm, and the ball
was projected about 60 ya11s to the right aad
100 yards short ct the laark-a stump, some
1,G00 yards distant, in the river. It must be
rent mbered that there are no disparts, tan
gents, or elcyatipg SCREWS to the guns the
ttEcer was obliged 70 lay it By the eye with
plain chock Of wood The General explained
tlas the friction tubes were the results o. an
experiment he was making to manufacture
them, but agreed with one Of the officers,
no muttercd in my ear, The old lnstock
AID portfEe are da.ne3 deal better" There
were no shells, could zee, In the battery, and
Oh Inquiry I learned thst1 the fuses were
made Of wood at Memphis, and we're not con-
fidersd By tie officers at all trustworthy:
interdictcd, except to the Governor Of
the State. In the two camps there
were, I was informed, about 1900 men
My eyesight, as far rs went, confirmed me
Of the extstence Of some 500. but ! did not
San5 Ss5 81 h ShS SnyuE tes & On On h3ndn the
Dixie's Land !" on returning We had tho
'Marscillaise" and the National Anthem Of
Tie Southern Confederation, and, by way Of
lsreEths sis, 1t may be added. if you do not
o11eady know the Fact, TINT Dixie's Lanu'' is
synonym for Heaven Il appears that there
vas once good planter, named Dixie," who
died at some period unknown, to the intense
grief Of his animated property. They found
expression for their sorroW In song, and con-
Eoled thtmselvea by clamoring in verse for
their removal TO the land to which Dixie had
departed, and where probably the revered
spirit would be greatly surprised to find him
i'll treated after he died, and thus had
reason to dep1ore his removal, or merely de-
sired Heaven in the ahat1act, nothing known
enables me to assert. But Dixies Land is
! now centrally taken to mean the seeded
States, where Afr. Dixie certainly is not ut
This present writing. The song and air are
| the competition Of the organized African aso-
tiat;ou for the ADVANCEMENT Of music and
| their own profit, which sings in New York,
| and it may be rs well to add, that In all m7
| tour in the South heard little mclo.y from
! lips black or white, aud only once heard ne
| groes singing in the fields.
GOV. PETTCs-sTATE OF SOCIETY AT TUE CApt-
tai OF MISSISSIPPI.
| I called on Mr. Pettus, the Governor of the
| ard found him ii the State house in very
! poor rocm, with broken windows and rASge;;
caspsts ard dilapidated furniture. He Is q
| grim, Silent man, tobacco ruminant, abrupt
epeeched, firmly believing that the state of SO.
| clcty in which he exists, wherein there are
scat Of Government, is the most free aud civil.
ized in the world. He is easy Of access to all,
and men sauntered in and cut Of his oifica inst
as they would walk into public house Oace
On q time, indeed, the Governor was deer
Eunter in tie forest, and lived far away from
| LIZ 44"NAto VI Aeu, aHA uE Is plDUl Ol Tue El1l.
He is strenuous Seceder, and has done high
LANDED things in his way-simplc apparently
honest probably fierce certainly he lives,
willie he is Governor, on his salary Ut $1,000 d
year in the house provided for him By the
state There WAS not much to say on either
side: can answer for one. Next day bein.
sunday remained at rest in the house Of .
friend, listening to local stories-aot cottltur
de Tose, but Of deeper -hlood-red:-
such man shot another, and YVES afterwards
| stabbed BY third; how this fellow aud his
| friends hunted down in broad day and mur-
dered one obnoxious to them.-tale after tale
such as have heard through the South and
| Seen daily narratives Of in the papers, Acel.
DANA! No security for life! Property is quite
safe. Its proprietor is in Imminent daneer,
we're It only from stray bullets when he turns
d corner. The bar, the drinIz, )" the savage
PRACTICE eof walking about with pistol aud pom
rd-uDgoEernable passions, 1ngoYerned be-
cause there Is no law to punish tho dsetls to
which they 1ead-these are the causes Of acta
which would not be tolerated in the worst
Gays Of Corsican sendete, and which must be
int down, or the countries in which they are
unpublished will become as barbarous as jun
g;es of wild beasts.