, 1862-05-23

he e1i9tepss s5a ,43 oEgani4sd armies. j.
more hurtfdl 10 the people among w6omsit is
tagged than to, the enemy against whom it is |
,stensib1y directed; and it Is certain that mere
;;nerti11a bands never did achieve q definite re-
u1t, at home or abrpad- 80 s-'r-
The -Empecinado's S of spain, and the Plal
Oft of Rt1ssia might prove ind: Old pFpEe7ot
immense value to kutnsoT aud Wellington!
int withont the arIn!es of these Gene1a35,
cossack and :Patrioa would hare merely fur.
aisheds Fra DiaEo1Q and ,Rina1dQ R:nAldinl
:haraeteIs 10 the novelist; and playwright, or
models for the pencil If d SatYator Rosa
+0ur, armies as such mnst work out our III
and the preaching. Of O bandltti
#arfafe rs IS the end Of it all - ls an insult to
hem and to the good sense OF our people:
The render will not understand us as under
salning.th Immense benefits, and large ser /
vices that an enterprisipg organization OF
E,ar1 izan bands, Under such Leaders as Morgan;
md Forrest, can now render our ca1se as ad-s !
iuncts TO the regular armies Of the country. |
Ao4o they are Of 1he highest value. But seeing |
In such bards the ultimate triumph Of our
cause is leaning On :. REID to unstable, and
from It's very nature too unreliable. The
armies Of The Confederacy, with the guerrilla
us an honorable part Of it, can alone work out
Cur liberation. The latter without Tie former
were useless.
VEGETABLES WANTED.
LoRiSIH, may l1-1ur s1ch soldISt5 Inu5L
hav0 vegetables All subsistence officers will
purchase and transmit By railroad snch vege-
table IS can be procured. The people along
the 1iIes Of the different roads ART urgently
requested to bring to their respective depots
from day to day, such as can be spared The
transportation will be furnished by the mail
trains. G. T. BEACREGARp.
TIE COTTON BURNERS on THE E14Ee.
L correspondent Of the Little Rock True
- ~. On
u1t., details wnaL he saw on the Steamboat
alonzo Child willie on the way to this city,
and adds:
After leaving Helena, we came to the cotton
burners several large steamers sent out by
order Of the Government to burn all the cot
ION to be found anywhere on the river. A
dEeary, desolate view it wa5-the smoking,
b1ackenet bhles floated past US, and in some
places, the river foF miles vas covered with
punches OF the raW material, aud the fhickets
that friuged the water were whitened as il
snow drifts were piled up against their green
spring foliage. The heart sickened at the sad
spectacle thar necessity had forced npon, us,
lar ahrad, the conviction was irrisistib1y forced
upon all present that ne were in the great
theatre OF the war, where blacknsss and desc
lati0n meet you at every step.
The farms we're Inundated by the oTerao r,
and the houses left tef,antiess and desol1te
ton burners ut their patriotic work. The pros
poet was ead for uE, but when the news reaches
England, sniEeltiug, abolitionized England, Il
wall Q: scrrow @ill arise that will shake the
foundation OF her ancient throne
The destruction Of the crop on hand, and the
failure to plant this season, will open, her eyes
to the folly Of her position In ten days there
will not be 10000 bales In the whole atis-
sissippi Wiley, and none planted The golden
time has PASSED whtn Euglaad might have
saved herself, but she would not; the fruits Of
!. her folly must rest on her shoulders.
Before this reaches you, the great Mississip-
pi valley will have no cotton, and ii the enemy
conquer the river, it will be d barren conquesr,
for like the Russians, We have destroyed our
Moscow.
WHAT GEN LOWELL DID.
Tic Missis*i7pian furnishes the following
statement, derived from friend, Of the defen.
es Fl elared for New Orleans BY Gen. Lowell.
and the failure Of which has brought down de,
Dupciations upon that officer:
There WAS I. formidable obstruction placed
between Forts jackson and ST. Philip, con,
Sitting Of heavy logs between forty AMI sixty
tect III length, 1asaed together by large caaius
running across the river under The logs, and
| fastened cn buth sidts Of TIC river by planting
I very heavy anchezs. There Wcro also about
| thirty auchors let down into the bottom Of tbs
| river. So powerfully had this raft pccsi BULL
and fasteutd on both shores, and SO thorough.
" had it beeu anchored that it WIS believed ~
| thuse who constructed it that notaing save til.
| giving away Of the bottom Of The Mis+isslno
| itself could break it, It was impossible TO
! vessels 10 pass tho forts while the raft was
| .c1oss tie river. 1t held three months, bu
! was finally swept away by The high water, thu
| rapid current. aud the drift. A steancr ant
| men were constantly employed TO attend II
| the rutt, 10 Keep away the drift, &c, which
| boae,er, 1t was found impossible to do. Til
I 1aft cost no leas than $55, GOO OF $50 0o, all,
had it not been for the unprecedented h!yl
| waler, it is SUPPOSED that it Wun1d h1y
answered tbs purpose for which it Has in
tended.
| After tie raft WIS carried away, another oh
strucsion was placed across the river rs soo
as possible, by alchoring small vessels. an
5upning ehaiLs from one 70 the other, aite
T. sheii n4as1s Mere removed. The men Woke
hight ard day to accomplish this. The OF
.tIrciicn thus made remained in position III
til w,l1n TWO or three days Of the light, wl,:.
il, too, rls carried awuy in storm BY ti7
| vessels nreahin:, II draft above it and c"tatzl
Gown against it, which they did with gre;
violence, the current being very rapid aud tt
| wind blowing vcr; hard. Vessels were i,nnl
| dia'e!y get TO wcrlS to put this obstruction
position again, but the enesnT wnn'd not slio
them to Go it, nut irtd upon them wh2ney'
they attempted it. The Obstruction betWce
! tie !u!ts cusI TO lesa t1lan $1,000
Tlrre werr in Fort Jackson ouly three t2
inch couubiads-not one in Fort ST.. Phil
| These three heavy guns were the only ones
she whole department. Both forts tad I
getttr ten Or eleven cjght-inch cslumblad
! ard For. Jackson had one scver-iuch Ri
gun loaned trola the Navy. This last tsn-in
: cuiunlbiad arrived in New Orleans but & IL
. | da, nciure tie fight conlmenced, and w
! mounted Immediately in the fort. 1t is on
within the last six weeks that there has b.:
Il sinele ttn-incl, colunbiad in the departme1
!, st the u orks below the city two eight-iu
: rolu1nl,iuds had been used without he:ns 81
9 iec1td 10 3 test, the enemy having open
upon The forts just as they were tinisae
The firet ounce ri po ctler burned in them e
: trcd a, the enemy. There was no time
: | test thin We lea.1, however, that tt
:. | worked well.
:. These fl.ts El.o1 That Gen. Lowell WAS AT
OF The intention Of the enemy and that he d
= perhaps, all that he could do to prevent
"a vessels ircm passing the forts. What
j: might hase. doue after The enemy had pas:
to tase saved the city from disgrace, is q qu
ton Tor military 1ucn to decide -;