New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-24
Female f1eraasna.


The following letter from Huntsville, AEabaTna,,
addressed by young lady OF that city TO q friend
N selma, is an eloquent and triumphant vindica-
non et Wofnatss devotion to our glorious cause,
and proves incontFovertibly that the South can
never be subaued, even II the Hessians are to be
met and driven back by the unaided prowess of
our brave Southern women. Let no man smile at
this, for verify we believe that the women viii do
the fighting when the men falter ard.reslse to de-
feld them:
HcTrsrrttE FEB. 1s, 1851.
Dear -: Your letter was received a day or
two ago, and would have been answered iHnle-
diately, had it not been for the exqi,enapt then
preVahing. What do you think of tbs Yankees
coming to North Alabama, the very heart of the
GoEiederacy? Is was q disgrace that go resistance
was made them. What took possession Of the
Tnscumbians and Fiorenceites Icaunot imagine,
to let them come among them and f.sse no resist
ance. At one time IN Florence, fifty men could
have taken them all with theit baats, for every
marie the boats and went into the warehouaet Is
get the Government stores, and what do y1T think
the people of Florence were doing then2 The
mea were waiting upon the Yankees, dsing what.
| to disohey Mass Abe's officers and soldiers. Did
you ever hear Of snch cowafdiee? I mad almost
| SAID 1t was disgrace to Alabama; but no, the
dolngs o. tue Florencetes are not the dongs Of al
Aiabamans. Yes, you Will scarcely believe me
when say that an honorable committee of fifteen
of the most honorable men in Florence was ap-
pointed to wait upon Lncoln's hirelings, and they
did it, with much complacsncy as if IT had been
our most beloved President Jcfsrson Davis. IN
The news that the Eincoinitss wers fyr- Fiorenes
was received in Huntsville Saturday, about III
o'clock in the morning. Saturday, Ut o'clock il
the evening, there were but twenty men TO be
started in Huntsville and for ten miles around; an
had gone to assist in driving the Northern maraua-
! ers from the soil of Alabama. And What rseep-
tion do yon think the patriot citizens of Madison
county met with in Tuscumbia2 When our Ettis
band Of hundred and seventy five reached Tus.
Gambia, they were also met BY committee; but
for ae5tata To tell them they werss not wanted
town they would shell it, and burn the town, and
they ithe Tuscumsians) did NOT want their beanti-
tul city burned. 5fs
Saturday night, about IL o'clock, you would
have been amused to have seen me.
was standing in the front hall with pistol in
each hand, Zone OF them was q very large nary
pisto1 mother little back Of me with . gun,
already loaded, to kill the first Yankee that made
his appearance. Ny brsthers, three I'd number,
were on the top Of the house, we'll provided with
arms Of the same description. know you ~
almoss ahT,azy e know why w Ne presented such
had Sunday was, that the Yankees had possessi6n
Of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and were
coming to Huntsville az soon as they could get the
pot before you get to Huntsville, which Is about
| eight miles from our house, we being ab0ut two
and a-half miles on the railroad from Hunfsyille.
Il did not whistle as is customary for them to do,
tWic6s kGtt1uB HleI6 We uRey 20 We EU0r
cluded that something was wrong, and that the
Yankees had taken the cars and we're coming e.
Hnntsvilie. u
We have q Confederate flag waving over our
/ house, and if it had been the Yankees, We knew
they would have commanded it to be taken down.
and we determined to defend il TO our death. Just
as the car came in front Of our house it stopped,
1 but never whistled. We thought certain we would
4 have to fight now, and when four men got ont Of
! the cars and came towards the house, we cooked
! our guns and pistols, ready for adght. Ny oideat
brother, who was on the top Of the house. gaye the
sentry challenge Of "who goes there ready ID
| fire if no answer came. But, fortunately, an an
swer came, and from father. The Yankees an
having left Florence, he thought it was not worth
| while for them to stay, so the Tuscumbians WsrA
| relieved Of the Huntsville soldiers. We were
laughed at good deal for arming ourselves against
| friends. There was not family in Huntsville hut
| what every member large enough was armed, even
| the women and girls. There was a pretty good
| army in Huntsville all Sunday and Monday. The
Yankees would had to have fought some II they
had come to Huntsville, and ! know e somebody
| would have been hurt.n s3SY
Some people are discouraged because we have
been whipped in two or three places lately, and
begin to talk of subjugation. Iwonld NOT sars II
| lincoln had all of them under him. Thara in M
such thing as subjugatng the South. If they XIII
all the men, nation of Joan Of Arcs will arise to
take their places and should they subdue as then,
thank God we will not be here TO know il. for "
will ali have slept the sleep of death before thai
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