The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-27
WAR MOVEMENTS.
GATHERED FROM SOUTHERN SOURCES

The minions Of the Lincoln Government
having concentrated In large force near Co
lumbus, Ky, serious apprehensions are felt
in Alabama lest that Slate should be invaded ;
a. III all probability 1t would be If the ankee.
were to prove successful in the anticipated
battle ut Colum bus. Accordingly the Gov
ernor of Alabama has issued proclamation
calling for s.&iy companies of volunteers, for
a term of not less than four months unless
sooner discharged to be used for the proper
defence OF the State. The following extract
has the ring of the true metal in 1t, and we
doubt not the patriotic people of that gallant
old State will respond with aiacrity TO the
appeal
People of North Alabama, your households
and yoar hear his are in danger, Let every
man capable of doing efectuai service in the
field, rally at once TO the call Every hour
iost increases the prospect of the success of
the enemy; prompt and energetic action is
all that Is demanded. Let companies at
once fOrm-arm themselves with shot guns
and rifes-Dowie-knives,i la addition, wher
ever they can be had Prepare as much am
munition as posi- ole, and take with you your
bullet mouIds and shot pouches. Provide
yourselves with four days rations and cloth
ing, aud be prepared 10 march al the shortest
notice. Your neighbors viii contribute
their aid, every man, who has & rifle or d shot
gun. Wiil not hold 1t back from the voiun teers
countFd enemies to their country AS
companies are organi4sd, let them report TO
Loe by telegraph, from the nearest station,
and toe active IN organizing. Pay is allowed
from the moment they take up the line OF
march.
The State also needs laborers As well as
soIaiers-our posi- tIOns have to be fortified
AT lest five hundred able bodied negro men
are wanted. Cut Of the thousands in The
valley Of The Tennessee, they rnGst ba sup
plec. The :>tale Will pay Twelve dollars d
mcHth i5r thtm. LIT each STAKEHOLDER III
the region OF the stalls he ieAoy TO furnish
slaves ~ propprticn to his aoiiity. al any
point Where lneir services are required by
The IIiIItaTy authority. Let there be ao
holding pacA--saiety ANA success Is III speedy
acknowledges an. uefcat ln DELAY
Gu ga unIer NY hand and Inc Great Seal
ot tne oute. auiX' d ut Mon tgomery. this 2lst
dAy OF No'enper, A. d. leti, AID OF The Ia
dependence OK tne GunIeuertls States of
aueTIlG ne nrst Year.
A b. MOORE
BY the Governor,
=. II brst;aa, secretary ofState.
?RgsESrATIoH or AFLAG-IsTLREsTIES CORES
Prudence. D
I Uae of the pleasantesG episodes of the war
rs eni braced III lAe accompanying correspon-
aence between E,iss Constance Gary, an exile
tom AIeX1naIla, and Con. Van born. MISS
Gary "a II young lady " hose personal charms
are eviipsea By her own intellectual briili,n-
y aiUle--ons OF those rare creatures WHOM
IItIan loved 10 paint, Shakespeare IL person III
| ~. " t Ind The cores oIGence in the army
o! the Potomac letter to the New Orleans
D,itG:
CCLPEpER, G.. II, Nov. 10, i5Gl
VIII ;fen. ' al Dorm pOuUr Iiie Dy accepting
a Hdg " MEN have taken great peas uro Al
iii aAtns, anG now >enu Iortn, WItn al earnest
pra, thut The WOrh vi my nttud5 may Jahe
i's pace he'ar INN az ii" s;oeS out 10 Siuriuus
rtlLSgie, aHa, Goa williuS, may aay
wave over me tec;i poured pttteritr OF my i'll
lated AUMe-tle uuWn -Lruuu"u Ale&auuri..
! AN, very respectfully, tion. Van Dorn's
ubHUt-it servant, t'>STANCs CARY.
ARsr oF THE POTOMAC, n.ANAssAs.
SOY. l.! 1871.
| ~ dos Constance Gary, CelptpH (. II. IA.
Ular LaHg-1 he beautiful nag ludue ny yoaf
h:ntI> .li,l III esenLed 70 wIJl pray
snould uc OuTue ~ ny sIue III llIe iln pehu-
lag Struggle 1Or the s&istcnce OF our County,
10 an ppcaI 10 Iue, a. ii sJluIer, aS eloquent
TIE ..4.urins prulnls.s vi stoIy; but When
,Ou ex pIre5 nope, lii auuI Llvn, that IL may
one gag wave osur Tie Te-coptuied city Vi
yUuT n.IlN.ty, "tne uuWn- II Uducn AIeXAn-
uria' your ,,IIpe5ti nscL mes 4 suppICdIlon 50
u- -uiIuI t,Au molly that were ordven-spirl-
ted l!ttretu res ulu 10 1t with All Tie
ability tntt GOD ...s gwen Ale. he ass ured,
dear lady, that IL Shall wave over your uehr
nUIae Ii atdVen eIuIies upon our Cause ana
i've, ANA tuat liI-ie small be Written upon II,
Oy lnt SIDE 81 your i!alle " aieh II new bears
"NIctoIy, Honor, isIiu 4hae peIsueice
la tie meantime, / shau hope that You
may ~ - h&ppy as yoG~-~ ho have The soul
Inn= 10 cnser ,ne sO.uier GA 10 noble deeds
ana 10 victory snou,h u"- ana that the How
InaG we've WONT ~ o,oVA by Sodr WIN
doy@, may Doom as sWertiS Ter Sou next MAY
tuey ever uIp, 10 welcome you home
| galn
| Very truly and spacsfully, dear lady, L
an your obedient, humble servant.
EARL VAN Dorm,
Major General K. A. =. 5.
| JEFF. Thompson STILL AT woRK-CAPTURB OF
| TIE "PLATTE VALLEY"
| The movements OF the invincible and in
trepid patriot, JEFF. Thompson, we know to
| be at all times traught with interest TO our
| readers. If we shonld lose sight of him for
| Il few days 1T ie safe TO content ourselves with
| the conviction that he Is of planning and
| making new couquests for the honor and
| glory OF our cause. The following facts as
| regards his latest exploits. we take from the
| Memphis drclqachs, OF the ed inst:
| 1--WE learn from a gentleman who reached
| the city last night from Column bus that q re
| port had Just reachsd the camp that JEFF.
| Thompson succeeded in capturing, on Thurs
| dav last, the steamer Platte Valley. with a
| number of prisoners. The capture WAS made
| at Prices landing, on the mississippi, above
| Cairo All the prisoners except TWO TOOK the
| oath.
Those who refused to take the oath were
| Feder,l officers, who, with spy, were sent TO
| Columbus. The spy had been 10 Colum bu {
| recently and had Il complete plan of the for
| tifications at Columbus. 1t Is supposed that
| the spy wonld be hung. They reached Co
| Iumhus M Wednesday, Just before the cars
| left for Memphis.
The wAg IN THE WEST AND sournWEsr.
| Recent dispatches to the Western papers
| disclose (says the Memphis lppeaD new and
| i'm por tant feature in the plans OF the enemy
| That Journal, Of the 18th, says
1t amounts to no less than the withdrawal
| of ,ha Federal forces from Western Missouri
| and sending them down thu Mi ssissippi That
| this is the policy OF the ADMINISTRATOR, we
| have no doubt whatever, and 1t b@hooves the
| Government az we'll az the whole people 81
| The valley ~ look we'll and earnestly to the
| fact.
| The descent of the Mississippi Will be made
| by Il probable force of from seyenty-five to
| one hundred thousand troops. To meet this
| force, will require all The resources that can
| be brought to bear against it, and what /:
| more there is no time to be lost. The Fede-
| rails at St Louis are building and have vel
| nigh completed six or eight gun-boats, to Dc
| accom- panied by one hundred and fifty barges
| AZ ransports. These demonstrations, To
| gether with The fact that troops are pour
| Ing In to Cairo by regiments daily, are preg
, nant with Significance, and should serve tt
| arouse our whole people TO sense of thei;
| danger We admonish them that they have
| work IN store for them if they would defend
| their homes, their rights, and their sacred
| honor. To arms. must be the watchword
| from this day heneeforth. Every man in the
country should be prepared for the emer
| geney.
| GEN. aRRcKIxRIDeB AT RUssELLvILLB.
From the RusseIlville (ky-1 correspondence
/ of the Nashville. Union and AmericaR, under
| date of November Is, we take the following
| extract: