Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-12-25
The London Times Special Rich
So mogd Correspondent,

mono correspondent !.
y The Richmond Examiner of IL
9Th contain the entire first Il
ter of the Richmond corresponder
of the London Times, from, wllic
we make the following interestin
extracts. We think the CORES
pendent will do the cause of tb
I South good in Enrope-heretofor
it has been unheard through al
impartial channel,
/ / have travelled far and wide
through Virginia; | have convers
ed with men, women. strlpllngs
and children, in that State, anC
| in Maryland; | have seen men
formerly substantial and thriving
whose everything is devoured by
the Federals; but never in one sin
gle instance have | heard worC
of regret by reason of the war, q
timid note sounded in regard to its
issues, sigh breathed over the
departed Union, q ghost Of de.
sire expressed in favor of compro
mise or reconstruction. On the
contrary, one universal chorus
echoes the length and breadth of
the land: 'The. net is broken,
and we are deliveredl' Mr. Eve.
rett and Lis votaries, who still be-
lieve in imprisoned loyalty as eX-
isting in the South, might as we'll
search in the British Islands for a
man who desired them to be an-
nexed to France. So united, SO
homogeneous a community as the
States of the Southern Confedera-
cy finds no parallel in our annals.
No warthat England has waged for
a hundred years has met with such
cordial, unanimous, undivided
support. B aaH Say.
The war against the French
Republic had its Charles Fox; the
war against Russia its Richard
Golden. There is no such charac-
ter in the Southern States. The
victory of the Federals in this ex-
struggle means, not the
defeat of the Southern armies, not
the possession of Richmond,
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and
New Orleans, which would no mo.e
lead TO q conclusion of the war
than the seizure of the Isle OF
Man. A Federal victory means
nothing OH earth but the externin-
alton and annihilation of every
man, woman, and child Ill the
Confederacy. There is
no passion, no frenzy, in the uni
versal language. The intensity of
the hate flushes the cheek and
clunches The teeth, but finds little
expression in feeble words. If
anything the exuberance Of an
imosity is more perceptlble in the
flashing eyes and eager earnest
ness OF the women, but the settled
and unconquerable firmness of the
men require nothing to be added to
it. a.
The possibility of Richmond's s
falling is calmly discussed, and
preparations have long been made
for such contingency. Surprise
is expressed that the Federals have
not long ago possessed themselves
of several Southern cities as well
as New Orleans. The possession
of a capital city in these days OF
railroads is very different. thing
from what it used to be in the
days of Wagram and jena. -
Great suffering might be inflicted
on women and children if Mobile
and Charleston fell-sufferins
which there is only too much rea
son to fear would be most accepta
bic to theFederals, judging from rom the
record Of their deeds during tthe
past year and a half: But every
considerable city in the Soutll
might be reduced to ashes without
changing a;i the mood Or undermin
ing the, resolutions Of the feeblees le
hears in the Southern Contiedteeral
icy. ga, i;,s3.
/ am told by the highest author
ity that the official statement, com
prising the most minute details Of
the Confederate. loss at the, batttllt,
of Antietam Creek, estimates To!
Confederate loss in killed, wound
led, and missing, at 5000 men,,
| Another fact is noticeable. (