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soldiers life and bis attachment to the ,,,t,:
service. Ifwoman, in this crisis, undcrsr,,ssI,
her duties better, it is, perhaps, because ~
logic Of our position accords with the yoica u:
compassion in her finer nature, and bo",s.tN
patriotism is with her q profound scn:i.o,,,
a political speculation. 40
BE this as it may, one day spent in visi,i, i,
the private hospitals Of Richmond, susirc.
penetrate the observer with 4 conviction ~,
immense superiority which the spon,a,rs
and atTcctionate service here rendered, und7r "a
abiding sense Of social duty, possesses ovar -;
%rou,ines Of material and mcrcenary scrv;c,
It is little to say that our soldiers are Lo,.,
lodged, better fed, better nurscd, and in crs*
way more comfortable in these neat and OWL:
ly ,f0ci Of personal devotion, without mn,..
and without price. Their physical adyan,,,
are but the accessories to the great social -
that they constitute n ministry Of the hes,
and from their fountain life Of religion rag;.,
the primal relations of mother and child, off,,
angels with humanity, in which woman ~
and man.
Besides the numbers nursed in private h..
pitfalls, almost every family in Richmond h.
added TO lis ties OF blood adaptive children :;
the army, and the convalescent soldiers A..
constantly taken home to perfect their recover
in the families Of their nurses.
Among the hospitals mentioned. sc?t.,
must now be given. up for school.rooms. 81,
it remains with the Confederate authorities "a
override the deplorable prejudice which wou'i
exclude from the military hospitals this rn2s,
precious and spontaneous order Of the Volp..
tccr Sisters Of Charity: NJ. F.. |.
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out resources. The vessels we most want are
small and of light draft. There are shlp-yaros
suitable for building such on the kappanah-
mock and elsewhere in Virginia, also at BEAU
fort and Smitlville, in North Carolina. we
presume they are not wanting in any OF inc
.Seaboard or Gulf States for most OF those
places where water craft Of one or two hun-
bred tons have been built, would be suitable
for these s~o-callcl Little Ships"
The banks of the York and Rappahannock
ore streyn with ship loads of the finest ship
tinhrr already cut and seasoned by the Yam
kecs Il would take but little of money or
time to put this timber together and launch it
in vessels suitable for smooth-water naviga-
ton. and calculated for n low pressure engine,
a scrcs propeller, good speed, and Tor one or
two big guns.
reservations there, no doubt abound also IN
tiulbrr u,rcady cut and fashioned by the same
hands.
The next question is. where are the engtnes.
the boilers and the proprllerS to come rom /:
The resources of the country wonlt! no doubt
be found ample for these if the call were made
upon them in the right way:
Oar necessities cry for a Navy in war and
when peace comes, it will profit us but little
to b. anluent and free if we are continually
liable to be pillaged by all who seek onr Gus
:on,. The breadth Of our plantationssa and the
value of our staples will be Of small advan'
tage if others may have the mastery in our
own waters. Great empires prosper not be-
cause they are popuious and rich, but because
they are strong. Physical strength, therefore,
observes Dc ~rocquerille, is one of the hrst
conditions to the happiness and even the cS's'
tcnce of 4 nation.
We wind up, therefore, as we beam, plead,
ing for a Navy, fright Of The reel" and, Ioi-
fling oar bearers, with three che"rS Tor Dc
inns anal it'll. shius." BhH Bow.
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W.. niopev wanted.

By the following documents when nave
come to our hands, it will appear that the OBJ
scurs person who is playing Governor at
Wheeling, as a boy plays captain on a school
play ground, and the men who cal. themselves
Auditor &c, President Of Convention, &c, are
wanting a little more ~moncy-that which they
stolc from the Bank at Weston, and the few
thousands which Abraham sent them, having
been used up. The circulars beIo" were sent
10 the Sheriff of Morgan county. The first
,d,;sos him to take on the Wheeling liable, as
follows:
rD Vu0yWEILTW OF yIRGLfLA.
rvrcrrrve DEPARTMENT, WHEELING, :.
June 29th, 1861.
To the Sheriff Of Morgan County:
SIR have the honor TO annex copy Oh
the oath or ffirniation, which, by an ordnance
of the Convention at heGl'ng; on
the 1lth of juno, 1861, is required TO he taken
hv all officers now in the service OIL Inc State,
or of any County, City or Town thereof, or
hereafter to be- elected or appointed Tor such
service. .nu.
Won will please return to this Department,
vitb;n three DAYS after you receive this COM
municalion, a certificate of some proper oltlccr
that vou have duly taken the said oath or
affirmation.
have the honor to be
Your obedicnt servant,
F, II. PIERPoINT,
Governor.
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I'll.
PGvins oourlsr.l
From SASSAS.

From SASSAS.
a last as storm clouds
They hsve Heaven
Menmen, back aud bleeding
And thes'becn driven;
Thunder has been stilled,
And II leaders crushed OF killed,
Andlseir ranks with terror thrilled,
ar Rent and riven.
&c the leaves of Valambrosa
They arc lying
In the midnight and the moonlight.
Dead and dying;
Like those leaves before the gale
Fled their legions-wild and pale
While the hoasts-that made them quail
Stood defying!
When in the morning sunlight
Flags were Haunted,
And vengeance on the Rebels"
Proudly Wanted,
They little dreamed that night
Would close upon their flight,
And the victors Of the fight
Stand undaunted.
But peace to those who perlsheo
In our passes!
Light be the earth above them,
Green the grasses!
Long shall Mortimer rue the day,
When in battles wild ARRAY
They meet the South in array
At Manassas
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EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM 4 PROMINENT
CITIZEN OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE ED IToRs.
T hope your correspondent, "Ben Bow"
| will stir up the "PowerS that be- on the Navy
question.
This unholy war cannot be settled without
a vast expenditure of money. The question
is, how shall our funds be expended so as to
secure the end we have in view ? Shall we
expend our funds in erecting a fort here and
| another there, and then setting thousands Of
men to guard them? We can't build forts
| and set men to guard at every point or fort.
| fort is stationary, it cannot be moved, but
q "man-of.war" is q moving fortress. Two or
three..of them could be used as "picketg uards,"
along five hundred miles Of coast. Instead of
doing out a few hundred thousand dollars for
navy purposes, the very first vote Of our Con-
cress should have been ten or twenty millions
for Navy. With this sum we might have
made or purchased o dozen men.of-war and 4
number O. gun boats besides, and with a small
and well prepared feet We could have raised
the blockade ourselves, and no thanks to Eng
land or France. We could have opened our
ports, or some Of them at least and trade
would have poured in, and the duty on
goods imported would soon have filled our
Golfers with more than the Navy would
have cost US. With the ports open our
rice. tobacco, and cotton would have found
a market abroad, money would have been
flush in the South, and guns, goods, and food
suitable for the army, could none have
been procured for less than they could be had
now, thus making the Navy a cheap thing in
the end.
The sooner the government can spend
500, 0OO, 900 for war ships, we'll armed and
we'll manned, the better for tho South. We
need time now, and we will need u Navy as
long as VIC are q nation.
I think it will soon be time for our army to
invade the eueny's territory-say by way OF
Hagerstown,,. Green Castle and Chsmbersburg,
and then either to Pittsburg aud Ohio, or to
PHILADELPHIA" W. don't want their territory
or their property but invasion at q point they
do not expect would require them to guard
all their border, rs we have now to guard ours.
and thus their men would find employment at
home, instead of invading their neighbors.-
One objection to invasion is, that it would en-
list many into the war in the North, that will
not 20 into it now without q draft; but the
farmers and sober old ,nen Of Pennsylvania an !
Ohio would soon tire o finvasion, and demand
peace. Our friends in Maryland ought to BIZ
relieved, especially the ladies', and that speed,
lily; and if the Lincolnitcs capture our leading
friends in Kentucky, we ought to capture the
leading men on the other side, as fast as we
can get in reach Of them; Geo. D. Prentice,
Dr.. 4. j. Breckenridge, Comics, etc, ought to
be caught and sent South. We should begin
in time, and not allow matters to reach t. the
length they have done in Maryland. Our
forces arc already id Kentucky, and VIC should
throw men enough into the State TO help our
friends out at once. There is no use in pay.
ing any attention to the sayings and dninss Of
the Kentucky Legislature.
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To tie Editors Of THE Enquirer:
NCwsoM's DEroT, Southampton Co., Va, [
September 30th, 1861.

September 3Utn, 1901.
GESTLEMES 1t is 4 matter Of paramount
importance to clothc and feed our soldiers
Thus far, we have done the latter very well,
with rare exceptions. The former is yet 10
he done to a very considerable extent, especial
" il regard to blankets. Allow me to make
Il simple suggestion; and it is, that each coun-
ty in every State furnish Tor make the ttf)rt
to do SOY blankets for their own soldiers. The
inquiry presents itself, at once, how is it to he
done? Let me suggest, that each county up.
uoint its committee to solicit Of the heads Of
families one pair each; and where they will not
give, hny OF them. And is there q family in
the "O!d Dominion" that is not willing to
winter it on one pair Of blankets less. answer,
unhcsira,ingly, no. Then make the effort, and
your sixty thousand soldiers are, in a very short
time, furnished with blankets for the winter.
Next year we will have omple time to make
provision for all the wants of all Of our SOL
diers.
See what Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and
other States have done and are doing. We
are all engaged in a common cause, and hat
q Just and holy orc. Let each and every one
nut their shoulders to the wheel, and aid the
Confederate Government in ncAiering and
maintaining oar independence. No time IL to
be Iost-wlnter is nearly upon us, and the suf-
fering of our gallant soldiers call aloud for re-
lief. CONFEDERATE.
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\ Ekaie OF Cotton Wanted.

The lalie; Of Louisa 'nnntT', Va, earnest:
appeal to sornc gentlemen ii the cotton St4'F''
to send them 4 bale Of cnttrn, to be made INT"
comforts for the use of the sick and wonr:r'
s"idicrs at HE hospitals. The de2iItii'' ~ ~
curv.!.:cnc,s, At these pi,r., is p%robaHi! "I
Known To many cotton planters, vii" t'y,;
readily spare one bal. Tor the above mgH!."s'
purpose. One good c,miirt Is w6r;h 'h,..
blankets, and the cost compared with tie :r
ter is II mere trilc. Many families are VIM
to furnish CLOTH and nave than made, Tree y
charge, while blankets are very scarce ""'
sold a. cxorbita1h prices Hence some cen.
mao. NAV make hu.'lrcd~ ever grateful! II ma
If h. will respond to Ibis aFrr"l-ahd in'"a,.
AZ soon a, possible q, 4. 7. li""'l"in. tFF'S:
i"E's Hall Depot, Louisa, c"iii:;. Va a'1'
c,rton. LOUISA LtoT.
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re tie Editors Of the Enquirer:

NORFOLK, Dept DUN, Ioul.
GENTLEMEN: In your correspondence from
Norfolk, over the signature Of Locke" | find
that mention is made Of Mrs. Segar's going to
Old Point to join her husband. Beng we'll
acquainted with the facts Of the case, and not
wishing to see any injustice done 10 Mrs. Segar,
I take this opportunity TO give them.
Joseph Scsar may be a traitor to the South,
but I do say that no man or woman can be found
trucr to Southern interests than his wife. She
did make the attempt TO land at Old Point for
the purpose OF seeing her husband once more 4;
but was not allowed to do so on account Of her
fidelity to the Southern Confederacy. Several
questions were asked her. She was asked if
she Was loyal to The "old Gorernmrn?t' She
refused to ansscr it, and Was told tha! she
could not land.
have written these few liGcs to do justice
to one whom | knew to be true TO the South,
as some might infer from Locke" that she
vas not. Her sisters and daughters are all in
the South, and her son is a lieutenant under
Gen. Magruder's command at Yorktown.
ONE VINO Knows.
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FRENoNr's OFFICIAL REPoRT.-Thc following
is the official report OF Gen. Fremont in regard
to the Lexington fight:
"Our loss IS thirty.nine killed, and one hun.
dred aud twenty wounded.
The loss OF the enemy wes 400 killed and
wounded.
'Our non.commissioned officers and privates
we're sworn not to bear arms against the rebels
and released The commissioned officers are
held as prisoners. Our troops are gathering
around the enemy"
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From NlissO

MEMPHIS, Sept. %, .1s61.-A dispatch from
Fort Smith says a regiment Of Mlssourlans,
under Col. Hunter, was defeated by the Kan
sas Rufians, under Lane and Montgomery,
who are burning towns, and marching upon
the Arkansas frontier.
MCulloch has only $500 men. ne pro-
claims,that he needs three regiments OF lnian,
try Immediately for twelve months Service, ana
calls urgently for a general rally Tor the de-.
fance of the State.
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From Washington.

FTOn N OnntlI& LOhs
WASHINGTON, Sept 28.-Forney's Sunday
Chronicle says:
"There is authority for saying that the Ad-
ministration has never entertained the idea Of
removing Gen. Fremont, and that he is as high
in the confidence Of the Government as when
entering upon his mission. A member Of the
Cabinet wonders what authority, and calls the
question still undecided. The inclination Of
tho Cabinet IS against Fremont, ethough.net on
account. Of his Proclamation. The Blaiirs and
army officers arc against him, and Gen. Meigs
reports him acting with great energy, but is
understood to consider his expenses unwar-
rantably large; but the hold on the West, the
popularity Of bis Proclamation, and the diff.
Guilty OF finding successors, mako his removal
a dangerous experiment. In the recent with.
drawal OF troops from his command, some find
q disposition to weaken him, aud to force a
resignation"
Twenty sailors, experienced gunners. were
sent yesterday from Alexandria to the Msssis'
sippi
No naval expedition has yet sailed. Vast
preparations are making.
am assured by q member Of Gen. McClel
lan's staff, most likely to know, that he has
made no order, general OF special, for the re.
turn OF slaves. He won't show his hand till
the necessity demands. Il
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stnte Convention Called.

State ConVcnIion Called.
NASHVILLE, Oct Gov. Gamble, Of Mis-
souri,, has issued a proclamation, calling q
State Convention, to meet at St Louis on the
10th Of October.
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Arrival OF Gen. PrentIss in2 flssouri.
ST.. JosEPHs, Mo-, Sept 25.-Gen. PrenhsS
arrived on Monday evening, and assumed COM
mand OF the forces yesterday.
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W,n. Howard Russell, in one OF his !e'"'
/. H.: E,nlnr "riInrs," speaking OF the "''
.,.r,ua ;ocialist;c movement among the "ms
re .,!a.Srs of the Northern cities, sag w.
York, Boston and Philadelphia may wen
pale at the thought Of what the cXci'ea tS-s,j
NAV do when they raise the terrible CRY
Of work.
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More arrivals at Fort Lafayette.
NAsHy1LLE, Tenn, Sept. 3o.-Gov. More
head, r. T. Durrett, and Barr have arrived at
Fort Lafayette.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE LEXINGTON tKY.) VICTORY,

MEMPHIS, Oct 1.-The Chicago Tribune"
of the 25th, acknowledges the victory of the
Confederates at Lexington to be complete
Col. Mulligan commanded, with $500 troops,
strongly intrenched. His reinforcements were
intercepted and driven back. The fight lasted
for four days, from the 10th to the 2lst The
situation of the Fedcrals grew desperate
Sorties and skirmishes took place constantly.
The Home Guard became greatly disatfected
and first raised the white flag. Finally the
Federals held a council and decided to capitu-
late. Prico demanded the unconditional sur
render of the officers. The men were allowed
odepart without arms. The Federals marched
out to tho tune of Dixie. Mulligan shed tears,
and the men raved, but took the oath not to
serve against the Confederacy. Mulligan was
wounded. Gov. Jackson arrived at Lexington
on Saturday with the Legislature. The prison.
ers, property and specie captured is immense.
1t is a splendid and profitable victory.
IEMPBIs, Oct. 1.-The "Avalanche's" spe
cial Bowling Green dispatch says that Buck
nor took Hopkinsville yesterday, capturing GOO
stand of arms and 3 cannon. Twelve hundred
Fedcrals fled. The Confederates were 1000
strong. Nobody hart
The Lexington victory is confirmed.
The Bowling dreen correspondent ol the
Union and American. under date Of the 30th
ult, says, General Euckner is advancing to-
wards the Ohio river, and driving the Home
Guards before him. 1t was thought that he
would reach Greensboro on Monday night The
same correspondent says that the advance
guard of the army at Bowling Green moved
forward, Oh Monday, ten miles beyond Green
river.
Rcsseau is reported to be retreating.
1t is reported from Bowling Green to-day,
that the Hessians had burnt louisville and
Doversport on the Ohio river, anu that General
Buckner is below the lock, at Green river, near
Rochester.
W. n. Haldeman, Of the Louisville Cou-
rier, has escaped. He arrived here to-day.
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STATE OF VIRGINIA, - COUNTY, s.:
Before the subscriber, aJustlce oil the Peace
for the county aforesaid, this day IN my said
county, came - - anu LOOK anu
subscribed the following -:
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CoTTos At ApALAcnlcof.A-'The APa'a~''
cola "Times," of Last wreh, ia lis yearly g
tn statement, reports the stock on n'". y
that port at ! SIS bales, rtatds: "N "o.J'
remark that from ~rruten:ial motives the ,V9.:
Of cotton, appearing inrhe above s'ateinel, ~ =,
been removed ID the interior. where Il VIII ~
scare against the vandalism G: the h'n'"""
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- -, solcmniy - that /
will support the Constitution OF the United
States. and the laws made in pursuance there
of, as the supreme law Of the land, anything
ir the Constitution and laws Of the State Of
Virginia, or in the Ordinances Of the Couven'
ton which assembled at Richmond on the 18th
day Of February, 1861, to the contrary not,
withstandins: And that | will uphold and
defend the government Of Virginia as vindi-
cated and restored by the Convention which
assembled at Wheeling on the 18th day of
June, 1861. - "
Given under my hand this day Of -,
p
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BY the Governor:
/. 4. n~aGArS, Sec'y Commonwealth
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OF specie that VIC want, and taking tho cot
ton which we wish to sell. Every bale so OK.
changed adds not only to private relief, but to
our aggregate resources.
But to the extent in which Lincoln succeeds
10 his policy of shutting in our commerce, and
shutting US out from the world, We do not see
what better our cotton planters can do, than
like the rest Of their Confederate brethren, to
adapt themselves to the necessities Of our
constrained condition. Let them raise provi
sions on their fertile lands, enough for them
selves, and some to spare fer our armies, and
for our cities and manufacturing establishments.
Let them raise sugar wherever practicable
Let them set on foot manufacturing establish
ments, In short, turn their ingenuity and in
dustry, to such productions as, although not
ordinarily most profitable, arc now demanded
by the wants Of the people, and the govern
ment 1.-THE government should, BY a mista.
ken and visionary policy, attempt to sustain our
planters in the continued production of cotton
which we could neither sell nor use, it could
not fail to prove a snare and an injury, both to
them and to the Confederacy. It would call
them off from such productions as We need
aud can use, and confne them to that which
would but exhaust the credit and resources of
the government, and food the country with
bloated and deprecated currency.
If in addition to this, we attempt to coercs
and intimidate England and France into break.
ing the blockade for US, by the minatory with
holding of such cotton as could be sold by rum
ming the blockade, to that same extent we aid
Lincoln in his policy, offend the pride and
ALLEVIATE the sympathies of Europe, and deprive
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On the other hand, the dimensions Of the
Minnesota arc not far from 300 feet in length
and 2u feel above the water - thus
presenting Il target, broalSida on, of
1000 square feet, ~ "Hr hWndrek anil
ffIy tfmts the siz. ni ours. 10 make the
CHANCES equal between the two, the Minnesota
should fire 100 times ii our once but so far
from that, she has not rIlled guns to fire ten
times 10 our once.
In practical illustration, we have but to
remind our readers of the exploit Of the 'llar-
mony," q little bit Of a tug, with the frigatc
Savannah, of Newports News, the other day.
She went with her one gun, took up her po-
sition at the distance Of one or two miles and
nut several shot into the enemy, disabling his
big gun, and retiring at the end Of IN hour or
TWO, without being touched once. Now, here
is,,a;blackboard demonstration, and the question
may be asked, why not have little "HarlDo.
MES" enough to poke at these blockadlns
frigates, not for an hour or two, now and
then, but to relieve each other. and keep up
their fire sll the time, night and day, or when
ever it suits us, and until the hateful things
arc sunk or driven away
The skill in craftsmanship and the excel
lcnce in gunnery to'be acquired, after sufficient
practice OF this sort, would give our fire 4
pr %ecision, and our little dye Diapers an rf-
feet that would make them terrible to any
enemy that should dare to venture into the
smooth water behind our Capes and head
lands.
1t has now been shout ten years since the
subject of naval defenccs for the Mississippi
river and Gulf Of Mexico received that discus.
sion in the columns Of a journal in this city,
which convinced the country OF their itnpor
lance, and induced Congress to authorize the
establishment Of navy yard at Memphis.
It was the design of the fathers Of that
scheme to found there, an anticipation Of our
present necessities, not only a building yard,
but also to establish a foundry, with machine
shops for building steam engines, and for fabri-
ealing guns, shot, shells, boilers, anchors, ca
bies, and all other articles required in
the construction and equipment of nayies.-
But, by some faulty, Southern statesmen
could or would not perceive, for they consent
ed to pervert it to 4 r~ope-walk, and then voted
to break it up. 1t would be worth jewels now.
| There or somewhere else on that river, the good
Of the Commonwealth now calls for the speedy
establishment Of Maynard, whence we may
be able to send down our 'big guns aud little
ships" which, in all future wars, will enable
US to command our Mediterranean, that Ame-
rican mare eluusum called the Gulf of Mex
leo.
However, the Norfolk Navy-yard is at pre-
sent almost as unavailable as the old Memphis
yard is. But that is nothing. We are not with