The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-06-06
4 tpfthefnef's Impression of
Anaiis ~ ihs south


bolyinR, aa u apparently docs. iha
impression Of q cool hooded lusinep,
man who Is lisposedlo loal 81 things /
a. they nfet
4 fonaemtn Wst returned from
New ufleanH yia Montgomery called
on ur ytstCrhy, md communicated
many important and interesting items
Of intelligence o. 20 the operations,
etc., Of The Souther rebcla.
All through thr South they are
abuodantly aapplicd With fire arms Of
the MIME and Enfield patterns.
Since September last, there have
been large and steady imporlations Of
Englifh and Bclglon arms into New
Orleans Mobile and other Southern
ports.
1hey nave ample supplies VI pow
der, and IN fact all the munitions of
| war. The cannon seized al Norfolk
have been conveyed to all the impor.
tunt points in the seccdcd States that
be likely to suffer from an in.
vasion.
As many guns as could be spared
have been removed from Charleston
harbor and sent 10 Pensacola, where
they have been mounted in batteries.
General Bragg has sixty mor,ars
bearing point blank upon Fort Pick
eng. The railroad from Montgomery
to Pensacola was completed two
weeks ago yesterday.
Large numbers of cavalry are now
concentrating ut the latter noint, and
the infantry are being Withdrawn
and sent North.
| The object Of concentrating the
cavalry at Pensacola il probably to
more ciiectnally resist the landing Of
lniied States troops. For similar
purpose sand.bag batteries have been
erected fora plumber Of miles along
the shore.
| For n number Of months rast the
woman end children have been busily
occupied in sewing anil filing these
sand bags. Nevertheless, Gen.
Bragg docs not deem il advisable to
attempt; the capture Of Fort Pickcns
at this lime, and the proiec, has been
deferred indefinitely.
II Ilis whole attention now stems ii.
. rcctcd to opposing an ciicctual resis
tancc to any land attack Of the Gov.
ernmcnt troops.
| The latter under Colonel Broy ~
have been equally busy in throwing
up sand batteries on Santa Rosa IS
land, having been provided with SAND
bags by the United States transport
Atlantic. Their exertions have -
far proved successful, that all the out
works of fortifca,ion are thorough,
protected. The rebels have aa es
pccial dread Of the United Statei
troops which recently arrived fron
Texas, having witnessed their ayin.
: artillery drill on Santa Rosa Island
Il The rebel forces now at PickcnI
: under Bragg, are estimated to b
! ! 5000, one.foar,h Of which consists o
I cavalry.
Z The authorities at Montgomery es
I innate that with their prescn, organ
! ization they are able to put one hun
! lrei and seycnty.fvc thousani mcr
: in the field, fully equipped and arm
! ei anil with amanitiun for one year
!. Our informant states that he ha
+ every reason to believe that they u
: no, exasgcrate their strength. Iii
!. opportunities have been such as I
: enable him to become thoroushly post
ell on this point, and being at heart
strong Union man. bic ssatemcn:
= may be relied upon. lie states tha
: there are sin many friends Of ii
. Union, even in The Cotton States
who have entertained no doubt as !
: the ultimate result Of this contest
b since the decisive action Of the Go,
ernmcns. which has inspired thc'
!, with a feeling Of greater con6denc
in its stability.
i Numerous cases are instsnced
= which they have refused to liquida'
u the debss cossFsesei With The Febe.
!. upon the esvsad that The lssser b,
rvpudissed their jsss as.ss due d q
North. They declare Ia; they 'es
!. mo rss. In bringing sIea. he rssse'