Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-02-14
TIE COLLAPSE Ar TIE sorrH

Nearly every item of news we now get from
the Snutb f,rnisbes .ither a c,,,c,..;,, orr a
''' """'" "''''"c' ei'"ei V"HlesNioH OF
sign OF weakness anu desperation ot,the rebc!
cause The leaders are unable any lonsor
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braVadO have a hallOw and dismal tone. The
extracts that follo,y indicate tho general conn
er. :,
plcNlon OF affairs IN Secessla
Samuel Npey free coored man, iVst arrived in Bose
ton from Nauscneud county Va staes That Doe has flr
several months acted as driver fur one 90 The of
the Peteshugh cavalry, well armed company of that
city, composed In part of some of lc leading men Of 'h
place Inc umc ui thus company would Hc OUT BOO about
three month, and he has heard them declare that no
power would induce them 20 re-onli-t iheN bad suffered
50 NuVu. nc Nir" %, '"o ''t'he'' Dl N''5t" men lh
he southern army Ono was lfom south Carolina, seven
hund .'rotg and another from Georgia Que thousand
sfuns 100 DOM eases NE Officers wore white
The Muniord.ulc coUesp pendent ot ihe Louisville
Indian descrer from Bowling Green ii is hulf1tUrd
Cherokee and spcaks good English Tie states that che
rebels are suffer- terribly ior money and that nr3ys-
ons are daN becoming more ana n"tc ,crcc Iu reply
to- our Inquiries concerning lhe number Of Indians with
,he Texans Joe stated ht there were only two or three
indians mo-" at hefeor' CANT" and ,a'' most oi he Tex
am rang r. are composed OF New NcAicnu reune, Who
were "lling DO hat1d almost anything Zoo escape from
iA, iN,.N'e ol lh'T mA'icrS
Tue MHh@t d. pu'hrhtd in Trenton. Gibson county,
Tenn gyes picture OF Affairs lu Wet Icnucssce, aui-
thing hut tluerug O. there els Great excitement was
aroused by thc call upon the militia, and the people Of
several counties, though not said to Doc armed n nppo
ton 20 the detail. refused submit Chief among The
COMMITTEES thus rcady To rebel, the S'nudtd mentions
Ncaky county, which joins the hcntuclN line on th,
nor h and Is the second county cast oi thc Mississippi
myers ana Carroll county, which lies south OF W Az
49, and buds upon it tor distance Of twelve fifteen
mlles. NcNaiy county, so says the N1nd1rd was sa
rchcous that was found Necessary o. send troops into
It to arrest some Of the county authorities McNairy
county binds upon the Mississippi live, aud between that
county and Carroll Hederon is the connecting link
IL Is pfcsumabe that the latter is one VI the other
counties into which theStlHdpd says troops had % ht
sent Taking these four counties N West Tennessee
we hnd srp OF territory dl or 40 miles wide, extending
I'll lrU u tf
which the cuuntcr-rebeon has already rails I'D It's head
see ion which has hitherto been believed TO be intense
ly bitter against the UniHn,
The Philadelphia Inquirer has accounts from New
Orleans by gentleman from New Orleans, " intclh
gence and character just returned which indicate tho
real state affairs Notwithstanding the most acty,
cXerilOns the slaves beginning comprehend the
cause of the war and the part that their owners have
signed them ia their form u government Their,