Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-02-20
FROM THE s0UTis.


MENTATIoNs.
Late papers from Memphis and New Orleans
are fIled With expressions Of apprehension, and
it is clear that a panic Is seizing tha feSels
The New Orleans Crescent has the following
"A plain statement of facts is all that is ne
cessary to superinduce in the public mind a
full realization of the danger through which
we are to pass before this war is ended. The
hour of our trial is near, and if we would have
bright end cheering future we must awaken
from our apathy and bestir ourselves like then
That portion of our population who stay at
home must awake from their dreamy lethargy,
turn aside for time from their various avoca-
tions, and respond to the call of their country.
We must 60 to camps of instruction, carry our
guns and learn how to use them. The people,
we fear, do not realize the crisis. The transfer
Of Beauregard from the Potomac to Colum bus,
and the Inform alton which comes to US from
other portions of Kentucky, which we cannot
make public. mean more than the country is
aware Of. We repeat, now is the time for
every patriot to show his devotion, and let him
do so before it is too late
A Memphis paper says:
" This is day of trial. If the grand
armies now being pressed forward by the en-.
emy be beaten, the war will be at an end-an-
other effort to crush out the South will not be
made. If one or moro Of them shall be sue.
sessful the contest will be renewed with re-
doubted fury everywhere, new life will be given
to the war, and new scenes of blood will burst
upon the startled vision. The disaster at
Drainsyille, and the repulse of Crittenden ad :
monish US that the conflict must be bloody and
desperate, that at many places it will be doubt
ful, and that we should be prepared for re-
verses and at least partial defeats.
+" The great strategic positions occupied BY
the Confederate generals can never be taken
by the enemy. Bowling Green, Columbus and
Manassas, we believe, can defy the mum bers,
skill and resources of the North, now and for.
ever. But there are intervening points, i'm
portant, but not vital, where our defences are
weak, and our means of resistance inadequate
and at these, the Federals may achieve such
successes as will give encouragement to the
people of their section, sustain the Admistra-
ton for time, and stimulate their generals to
renewed efforts to bind upon their brows the
laurels OF victory.
There is bloody work to be done. Let none
under estimate its Importance or its difficult
ties. Let every heart be steeled and every
muscle set; for the danger is at hand, tire day
Of trial is upon US, and we must be worthy ef
tho cause We have espoused or pay the per atty
in the horrors of prolonged contest brought
nearer to our homes"
The condition of the rebels finances is thus
set forth in a New Orleans paper:
&c A letter to US from Mississippi, of recent
date. says: Our state is flooded with shin
plasters as bad as in 1857. Oppose such sys-
tenn Of currency il Tennessee as obstinatelY as
you have heretofore done. Unless we can
procure an influx of gold and silver by direct
trade from England, our finances will be in
terrible condition. If obtained shortly, how
ever. our peopSe would refuse to take anything
bat gold and silver or Confederate notes Mis-
sissippi j: more bitter against the Yankees than
ever. and more determined te resist to the
death. They do not complain in the least of
taxation, but invite it.
=-s BIG STORIES.
Especial to the Nashville Union and American. l
MEMPHIS, Feb. 3.-Col. Boyce, of General
Prices army, has just arrived in this city, di-
rect from Gen. Prices headquarters. He re-
ports CoIonels Poindexter and Dorsey, with
perior force at Boonyille, and whipped them in
three separate fights. They captured Boon
vile, and were still holding the town at last
accounts.
General Prices army was filling up rapidly
with we'll armed and equipped men.
The Missouri Democrat comments as follows
on the above rebel "victory":
The fact is that Poindexter's camp was
routed in North Missouri by the Federal cav.
airy, and all their equipments, baggage, &C.,
captured. The rout was completed by the
capture Of large number Of prisoners.
The Paris Mercury, the only paper in
North Missouri that dare to squint in favor
Of secession, and evidently in their favor,
says that Poindexter's defeat was the worst
/" slam" experienced by the Confederates
lack Of capacity as q military commander.
The Boonville story is quite as true as many
others with which the Secesh keep up their
homes