, 1862-12-01
FROM GEN. CHANTS ARMY,
THE Cotton BuWrs-7he Garesnn1e7t 10 Con-
duct the 7]uae-t' Snuff Dipping" in Seas
sid FcfMotat Rebel.

La GRANGE. Tenn
Thurf1ay Right. Nov. a, 1862.
Since my last, the troubles Of the cotton
buyers hare Increased, and Indications arc
that they will all be sent out of the lines, and
the Government beal1owedto resp What profit
1s to be made out OF the highly remuuerative
trade in the heecy Southern kiug-
IN order has been issued from Grants
headquarters that all fugitive slaves now
within, or that may come within our lines, BE-
placed under the charge Of Chaplain j. Eaton,
Jr., OF the 9Th regiment Ohio Infantry, and
sent to camp at Grand Junction, where they
will be suitably Cared for and organized into
companies, and set to work p:csius, ginning.
end balirg all cotton now outstanding In the
fields.
Fer their services the negroes sre to receive
*l00 ter every leo pounds OF cotton picked,
iDy The staple; thus insuring to them CON-
penfa1ion Of s1.5o to Sc 90 per day for their
labor.
Tl;s seems 10 be an excellent regulation,
aEd will do away With the shrewd practices OF
many Of the cotton-epeculators who have from
time 10 tiue come within our lines. The
government surely deserves TO reap all the
benefit that can possibly be gathered from
this disastrous war, and I hope to see this
rev provision for the cotton trade faithfully,
promptly aud generally carried out.
TO persons acquainted with tie South, tbs
1HEI u AIS pEi15 d Hfttlt 5u*lIu III 1tS a91uun-
lions Of culture, generosity, elegance, and
chiya11y, has long been familiar. Still, there
ete many Of our officers who had no kuoYl.
EDGE OF secessia until they had invaded sa-
| cred acil,' and it is amusiug to hear tho sur
! prise They express at whnt they have seen- So
| n1rch lad they been imposed upon b. tie pro-
| tes6lops Of Southern people and the Southern
press, that they had expected to drd beautiful
| AND intellectual women, tasteful aud luxurious
homes, bread and Eunny fields. charming and
| hospisab]e towns, this side oaf Mason and
| Dixon s line.
| They have looked in vain for the seductive
| g1ovee, the murmuring fountains, the Gaseiaa-
| ting di7inifieB in crinGline, they had coD|ured
up to thuir excited fancy But in their stead,
! they have found dreafy tort5te, stagraus
pools, and hopelg, snntEcipping females,
whom no POETS imagination could idealize
into 1oyeliEeEs, or sotIen into grace.
Nearly all The woMe11 I lsTe net IN Tenncs-
| see-at the public houses, in The streets, and
in church, are unmistakable evidences OF their
attachment to this great social vice. Some oI
thtm expectorate like tobscco-chewirg sal.
lor, and nauseate the shocked sense that be-
holds this degradation,
In this part Of Tennessee, the most rabid ot
the secessionists are men originally from the
North, not teW Of whom are in the Conted
crate army, outdoiug the rebels in their active
prosecution Of the rebellion, and earning TO,
themselves the unenviable title OF tile mos,
|
captured the other dey, at Lamar. His nam.
is Cloud. BE holds q captains commission
in the Southern service. and was formerly
resident OF small village in Northern Yer
1ncnt. He went to Mississippi some sevel
or eight years since, In the capacity OF 1
school-teacher, and soon captfEated the affsc
tion5 OF young woman who possessed 3 yer,
bad education and number Of negroes ID
the way, the Yankees seem to be psrticuIa
tayoritIes with the Southern woalen), au'
married her plantation, including her atnon
the incumbraIces.
At very early day he assumed the attitud
Of violent and unconpronlising Disu1foniss
and was one OF the first persons in his adopte
State to raise company Of cavalry for th
wsr. Since then he has obtained an extende
reputation for skill, energy, and daring g-ha
|. fought two duels. and led ! number Of gallan
I charges, losing in one Of them t#o-thirts {
all his men.
The Southe.ners land him to the skies, an
! 90 do not hesitate to pronounce him as brav
afellow IS ever drew a saber. It is sIngul1
that Northern men, when they do 90 Souti
ontdo the Southerners in all their oWn boas
full MISUNDERSTANDING more, boastin
louder, playing higher and lighting bette
than the choicest SONS Of the pseudo chiyalr
Of the land Of cotton and coHtumacy,