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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

VICKsBURG.-The Vicksburg Citizen, of the
10th. says that "nO Federal footsteps have yet
at any time contaminated a single inch of the
virtuous soil of old Warren. Aud what is more,
they will not be allowed to desecrate our city
with their presence for a long time to come
We are getting strongly of the opinion that they
never will be able to get possession of Vicks-
burg. When they arrive here they will find out
that this IS the place where there are blows to
take as well as to give vicksburg is all right
yet and the prospect is that she will remain so.''
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

FINDING Ills TRUE LEvEL.-Fhe Lynchburg
VirgiHtaH states that a gentleman Of high social
position in Winchester, for whose integrity the
editor voucbes, writes that a few days ago a
Yankee colonel was seen p~rOmenading the streets
of Winchester with a coloTed woman hanging on
his arm The example incensed a Maryland
regiment so highly that they threatened violence
to the colonel. a few days afterwards the
Marylsnders were sent away and a Ducth regi-
ment arrived TO take their place. This is truth,
and needs no comment from US"
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SUCCESSFUL skRNusH-Tbo Raleigh StnH.

SUCCESSFUL SKIRMIsH-Tbe Raleigh StRH'
dard reports another successful skirmish by q
portion of Captain BoOthe's company of North
Carolina cavalry;
A picket of eighteen, of the company COM
manded by Lieut.. Roberts, were on duty last
Sunday, o distance below Trenton. Pickets
were posted, and the rest of the men were at
dinner in a farm house. The picket below dis
covered q company Of cavalry advancing towards
him, whom he first took to be Confederstes, but
on giving them the sign discovered they were
Yankees. He fred his piece at them asa signal,
and r~etreated towards the squad, the Yankees
after him in full chase. He dashed on, the Yam
KEGS firing upon him, and gave the alarm, the
squad not having heard the signal.
The Yankees were too close on them to allow
them TO get their horses, and Lieut., Roberts Or
dered them to the charge. The Yankee COM
mander ordered them TO surrender, which was
returned by a ball that brought him to the
ground. The fight became general, our men
standing firmly and with u%nerTing aim, brought
some twenty Of the enemy to the ground. They
were about to repulse them, when our men dis
covered a regiment of Yankee infantry adVane-
ing upon them, when, after securing several
sabers, pistols, etc, made good their retreat with
only one wounded man.
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--latest from EurOPe-ArrivuI of the Rdin-
burg.

NEW YORK, May 5-Tbe Edinburg arrived
this evening from Queenstown the 24th.
The London Tines Of the 9th says advices from Amer
lea Indicate the recent battle had no effect in creating
the hope among the leading houses that the termination
Of the war was at hand. Shipments Of gold were begin
ming to excite apprehension, and It would surprise no one
to hear Of a decree from Washington prohibiting toe ex-
port Of specie.
The Times announces the termination of its correspond
ence from the Potomac, and says the President formally
decided that Nj. Russell would not be permitted to avail
himself Of Gen. McClelans invitation to accompany the
rmy-that the Federal government fears his ~iDdepend-
emit ctiticisms-that the troops were DESTROYS of convey
ing with them q historian whom the world would believe
that Mr.. Russell would have been received with joy In
the rebel camp, but out OF n scrupulOus regard for conf
Dental trust and fear Of the imputatiOn that he would
afford them useful information, be returned TO England.
quite and steady. Provisions
very duh.
LoNDoY, april 2L-Consols closed at 937s to "a for
money aud account American stocks dulL.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14
THE EVACUATION o. PENSACOLA

THE EVACUATION VI FENSASOHA
We publish this morning a dispatch from Pen
sacola to the Mobile Advertiser and Register an
n%ouncing the complete evacuation OF that place
by our troops, the destruction Of the forts, and
the burning Of the navy yard. This work, the
same journal informs Us, has been going on qui-
ely for a week or two past, and was only con-
summsted on the 9th inst.
The greater portion of tie population Of the
city Of Pensacola as well as Of the settlements
above, on BIackwater bay and river, and on Es-
Gambia bay, have left their homes and sought
the interior with their negroes and such of their
movable property as they could transport.
These exiles are mostly scattered along the route
of the Pensacola and Montgomery road, at Ev-
ergreen, Sparta, Greenville, Montgomery, and
other places, and are generally more comfortably
quartered than could be expected. The track of
the road win be tom up to the point where it is
iltsrsected by the Mobile and Great Northern
road, and sufficiently remote from the ocean to
be beyond any possible danger Of the enemy
reaching il.
The munitions, u and other public prop
erty have oeen carefully and effectaally removed,
and the enemy fall heir to a barren acquisition,
save that the harbor viii be Of some value to
them as a naval rendezvous, and its shores as a
hospital station for fleet and army when Yellow
Jack and other little ailments incidental to the
~soiourn Of the u~nacclimated at less healthful To-
calides on the gulf shores, begin their work
among the invaders, as they assuredly will ere
long.
In thus evacuating our coast positions, thinks
the Register, our government is pursuing a stern
hut wise policy. The more positions they pos
sess the more men will the enemy require to &C.
eupy, and the more forces we withdraw the
more we will have to add TO the force ofsur grand
armies, in whose strength our cause has vita
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HTYT Tc,

We learn that the Federals have recently ar
rested and carried off several men vino had de-
serted the Confederate army at Fort Pillow and
returned to their homes il Dyer county. Some
Of these traitors. to escape their merited fate, Of
fared to Join the northern army, but the prompt
response Of the Hessians to this kind proposition
was an indignant refusal, with the suggestion
that, any man who would desert one army
would desert another. So let the d~eserters "looB
sham
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Special to the Mobile Advertiser and Registerl
PENSACOLA, May I0-At twelve O'Clock last
night the Pensacola navy yard and forts were set on fire
and destroyed.
Fort Pickens, when the enemy discovered what was
going on, opened a furious b~ombardment which was
kept up during the coufagrldon, but without doing dam
age to anybody ut Pensacola
All the public property, excepting the ~cus;omhouse'
incapable of being moved, was burnt; but all movable
Confederate property has been saved.
The railroad track leading out Of the city towards
Montgomery was torn up this morning.
A Federal vessel with a dsg Of truce came up to the
city to-day, demanding its surrender. Mayor Bobe re-
fused 70 comply with the'demand, but stated that all the
military forces had left and he had no power to oppose
the Federals. The Federal officer replied that they
would occupy the city tomorrow, but that the inhabi-
tauts need not be alarmed. S.
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From Washington.
respondeuce Cincinnati Commercial

COrTe8pOndCpce Clnclnnau OommerciaLI
WASHINGTON, May 5-Tbe House is expect
ed to pass the Pacific railroad bill, under the previous
question tomorrow.
Stanton told an applicant to day that no special per
mits would be granted TO trade to southern ports. The
inference Is, in conjunction with Stewards circular, that
a general proclamation will be issued, raising the block
ade Of specified ports, as regards things that are not con
traband Of war.
Tn military committee OF the Senate went into York
town and McClellan's headquarters this afternoon
The old rebel ~privateer Dixie has been captured, under
another name, with a valuable cargo.
A general order from the war department says authori-
ty viii be given Governors to recruit regiments now In
service, upon a reQuiddoR made by the commanders Of
the armies in the field.
Adyices from Havana render 1t certain that Spain and
England have left France 70 work ont the Mexican
problem alone.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14
TIE ACT.

The misunderstanding which exists as to the
scope and intention of this act, has produced a
useless stampede among the ignorant portion of
our population within the last few days. The
very erroneous impression prevails that on the
10th inst. every man between the ages Of Is and
30 is to be seized and forced into military ser
vice. This is a mistake. After that date the
names of this class of men will be enrolled as is
usual with the militia, but the quota drawn from
Aech county for duty will be regulated by the
number Of volunteers that have already gone
from such county into the army. The rest will
h. drilled and only held subject to duty when
needed. Hence it may be that some of the cOun-
ties and cities that have volunteered literally
NAV not have a single man called Immediately
into service. This subject should be properly
considered and understood, and this disgraceful
and frantic hegirs stopped
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EvoHT SORT OF CONFIDENCE.

We notice in the New Orleans papers that all
articles advertised for sale are offered for Con-
fsderste money-some say for Confederate
money OF gold, as the purchaser may elect"
Now, this is the proper kind OF confidence for
our people to exhibit looks ike true patriot
ism, and viii rank in history as a parallel to
taat faith Of the Romans which induced them to
H%ANNIBAL's legions were beseiging the city
and laundering at its gates upon a mission of
conouest and snbiugation.
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LATER FROM RICHMOND
Why the "Virginia " was Destroyed!

May l2-It is stated that the Virginia
Was DESTROYED by order of Commodore Tatnall. be as
certained Saturday last Norfolk was evacuated by our
troops and in possession of the enemy. The pilots
aboard of the vessel advised against going round to York
river. The crew then proceeded to Tighten the vessel for
the purpose Of taking her Into James river.
A cargo of coal and pig iron was thrown overheard
until the woodwork of the hull was exposed Finding
it still impracticable to ascend the river, it was determin-
ed to abandon the vessel and burn her, which was ae-
cOrdingly done.
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AUGUSTA, May I3-Savsnnah papers Of Sunday con.
tain extracts from northern papers Of the sixth instant,
brought by a flag Of truce
Mcclellan reports the evacuation Of yorktown by the
Confederstes, and says that in Sundays fight he lost no
prisoners but captured twenty-five.
Accounts from European papers report terrible suffer
ing In England and Belgium, owing 10 the desrth- of cot
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

~ Farragut, the Federal commander, who
has lately made himself notorious at New Or
leans, is, as the Richmond Dispatch learns By
reference to the United States Naval Register, a
native of Tennessee, from which State he was
appointed a midshipman, Nth December, 1910.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

UThere is a rumor, says the Chicago Tri-
buas, that the New York World, which has gained
no other living than to cat Up the substance of
its hackers as a seIni-reigious paper, has been
purchased by parties who will make it the me
trUpoltan organ of the new Vallandigham De-
mocra,y. 1t was expected to come out under
the new banner on the LIST inst.
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COTTON hEEn.

DARIIES within hauling distance Of he city are no
Il titled tina; ihe usual price viii BE- paid in cash for
al ths good, sound, dry COTTON SEED. they vii de
I've at the Planters Ol Work.. Parties living more
IeAote, On either OF the railroads or the river, havi0g
gosoH seed 70 sel. are requested 70 cOHesp nd siiu
the company aGd arrange 20 htse sacks sent 90 their
Respective d=DOts- rrvI4fw
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TIN ROOFING,

We Government needs and must have Al -Ls Tia
Roofs On the cotton sheds IN tbs cisy. and Dc viii
pay far value for them. Parties having such are r.
4.e-trd MT to sell them to perseus who are trying Fl,
guy tEtm up - p~eeulate on the government. IA agtr.
i ne = 10 purchase al such roof. ana viii cal on a..
VINO haFe th'n- J. I. IRRELEVANT.
mFli lw Acting Ordnance Officer.
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WANTED, IMNIEDIATELY.

Hight OF ten good SEWING WOMEG. 10 q %
II Gr-nada- Ms issippj whore good wages viii 10
pau weekly Iuose with sewing Machines pr-rrr.-l-
Apply to ROBERT gRINDROB
My44Bf Corner ~ moe and VEi-H .-r
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EBOur readers are cautioned against coun-
terfeit 6ves and tens altered and raised from the
genuine 50 bills of the Bank Of the State of
South Carolina. The deception can easily be
detected In q good light, and with careful obssr-
vatiop.-ChanatsH Is. CO Courier.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

A hUMBUG-The Norfolk Day-BOOk pro-
nsunces all the news relative to the capture of
New ORLEANS, a h~umbug, got up by Seward for
the European market; and effected by some of
his agens cutting the telegraph wires and at
taching aportable battery. Unfortunately, the
Day-BOOk has received no Mobile or New Or
leans paPe,s since the sd ult.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

GEN. DUNCAN-The Charleston Courier says
that johnson K. Duncan, the gallant command.
er Of Fort jackson, is a native of Pennsylvania
and a graduate of West Point in 1886. He re-
signed in 1855 with a distinguished reputation
as an artillery officer.
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A RARE CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN !
MEMPHIS T T SEED
Castor Oh Machinery .
FOR
Sale Cheap for Confederate Notes :

HlHE best opportunity ever offered to engage 30 a
i highly lucrative business. To parties dsarou. ID
moving into the Interior, we offer for sale cur
Cotton Seed OH Machine-y,
Complete, capable Of turning out 5000 gallons on wr-i.
ly. It condsts Of six presses, with modern built Nv
dTauHc pumps Of the most powerful kind. together with
heaters steam piping, hullng machinery, grinder IN
gine boiler. etc, etc. Two OF these presses are we'll
adapted 70 the making Of Gator on. an indisppntttie
article Of commerce at the present time. TrsuSporta-
ton can be bad for this machinery on very short notice.
For more full particulars aud terms, inquire in pergOu.
BY letter or telegraph. (prepaldl to the Memphis Cotton
Seed Oil Works, Navy Yard, Memphis. Tennessee.
FENTO q co.
mvIA4ts Proprietorg.
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PORT PILLOW.

Not a gun was fred by the enemy at Fort Pill
low on yesterday. Since JEFF. THoMPsoN's late
scrimmage" with them, they seem to be pro
%vokingly still.
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COL, HARMAN'S REGIMENT.

WE list Of unpaid subscriptions 10 Col Harmsr q
Regiment has been lett with WALLACE YOUNG.
az Wake. Nelson & Co.'S. on Jefferson street. sub
ScTi5frs viii please eaii and pay no Tmyi3Iw
For ArkanssS River-Ths Day, I4'h instant.
Gent F5so,
VHIS ight-draught steamer will leave
L as above a = P N. ~
For freight or passage apply on board. TmvII
For Pine Bluff aud Little Rock-Thn Day. Ath iest.
PRICE- ---Capt KING
THIS fast and elegant steamer wiz leave
4 A. above o. : P. w. 1zl%
For freight or pas. age apply 10 -
mvi4It JAS L BOIFRNF A. ca AGENTS
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

BThe question Of iron ships is now the only
great naval problem of the age. This will in
itself be enough to keep all the scientific ma
chinists and engineers Of Europe and America
constantly occupied for years TO come. Let oar
governmeut see 10 it that no nation be allowed
To pet ahead of us.-ChartestoR Mercury.
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~ James Howard, commonIv called Nh

~ James Howard, commonly called jim
my-eighteen years old-a clerk in a drug store
at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, now a private in Capt
Coopper's company, of CG9 Dunlap's regiment
Arkansas troops, took two Prisoners at the battle
of Shiloh. lie found them; q clay hole, or in
the hole where a large tkee had been blown
down, and commanded theA to surrender, which
they did. begging him at the sSnsTime not to
shoot. Jimmy marched them oS to camp.
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Y Martial law has been declared over
Charleston, s.. c., and for ten miles surrounding
the city.
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FOR SALE
RfRURBAN LOT FOR SALEI

IN 1sR GRE nesr the State Femals College,
lSfronting on Jackson, EimwOod and Walker streets.
JOHN a SPEED,
myI39t JIG Main street.
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JOURNAL OF THE CITY.

The Circulation of the DAILY
APPEAL rs larger than that Ok
the Daily City Press Combined.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

II The New York packet ship Yorktown has
been captured near the coast Of England by a
Southern pTyateeT.
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For the Memphis Appeal


IN AF~FECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF VIM D
DAVIS, WHO Eel MORALLY WOUNDED
AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
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~ The Vicksburg Wig says " A planter
informs US that he saw the negroes on a planta-
ton above this city shed tears when the cotton
was being fired. 1t is very hard to destroy the
cannot be helped. There will, no doubt, be a
quarter of a million of bales burned on the
Mississippi and tributaries, worth twelve million
dollars at ordinary prices
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C1OO OOO wOR I'll OF BOOKS ASH o..
D0Us UUU IIONERY for sale fr Cod o- "a
fsdeIs.s 2Otss
CLEAVES 5 aDtS.
uyI4 lv Iackze1 Is .E
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NEW ADVERTISENFE'
SUBSTITUTE!
BOOKS BOOKS :

A NY person wishing 70 obtain a ~SUBSTITbl.
n der the Conseriputn Act. can do 90 b. sprl
myl4-li' K. A. All
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STRAYED.

ENROM the subscriber. on Sunday. the l.th -
Il q large BROWN MARE aJILE about ~
sixteen hands high and about six Yeas Cd. 4
liberal reward " u be paid for her delivery o. &zaakI5
CHRISIT murray.
Wiuchesier Avenue. between Alabama aua so.8 -s.
myI4 Its
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WANTED,

LIGHT ROCKAWAY or BUGGY.n new o. second
n hand. Apply at
PLUMMER & GILBERT'S
m7N4 It. Drug store.
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Building Lots,

On Talbot street, north size, between Ma.r ard Shell .
zee X commencing one hUndredfs at from n iu street
m r11H ug one hundred te-t wes- each It having q
t4out Of LIty feet by one hundred and Eitv ieet deep-
PASS BORE. LIDH & MARSHALL.
myl42T Real Eststa Agents aad Arc-i9ua-rz
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FOR T.

LikELY g BOY about sixteen y-Hr o.
n 10 g 'ufederats notes. For particular app &c
JACKSON D
uFI4Iw POI Main street
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NOTICE
The Memphis southern Guards.

AHO HoLlPhAc cOuahOEH uUoEuSs
HIS Company Is now euc4mpsd a. gaFinih with rrs
o.d organization and officers Apply % CAPTAIN
BANkhE5D, 80 tT-n- P0ikiS Head partrfs for iufr-
tHatiou r4fvf4 rf-
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REAL EST TIE
At AUCTION!

WILL b. sold THURSDAY. 18Th inst. ar auction.
w 80 the Chamber Of Commerre. 80 ~ o'clock 4 70
two splendid
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BRANCH
RESTAURANT

JOSEPH sCHwOOB
As opened n frst-class BRANCH ~
H RESTAURANT, On Second st.
four doors from the southeast corner Of Eadiscn street
The proprietor pledges himself 10 supply th- quo il
with everything in his ine Of the best quality. and put
on The Table in q style THAT shall satisfy tie most Is
tdous lmvi4lw
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GARIBALDI.

General GARIBALDI writes to a friend in the
United States describing the enthusiasm with
which the Italian people are everywhere well
coming him. He says the dream of a United
Italy is now not all a dream and that the day is
drawing nigh when Venice will not only be
emsncipated from the Austrian yoke, but that
Rome too will be free. He ~refrains from details,
but admonishes his friends in America to be Of
" good cheer" and to join with him in the hope
that another year will not pass away before the
Austrian despotism in Italy is destroyed. He
also expresses the wish that the war in America
may close as soon as possible so that all Euro
peans now in our armies, who are so disposed,
may have an opportunity to return home, to
strike for liberty in the old world.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

THE PENNsULA-Tbe Petersburg Express
represents the sickness in McClellan's army as
fnghtfuL It has been estimated as high as
10000. If this be 50 in the green wood, says
the Mobile Ne,os, what will it be in the dry,
when the heats of July and August come to tell
upon northern constitutions We find hints Of
the same character in northern letters from Nc
Clellan's camp. They represent 1t as a land of
frogs, the music of those amphibiOus animals
numbering sleep and greatly annoying the Fed
eral braves. The country. say they, is low, fiat
and wet, the days hot and the nights cold and
altogether not worth fighting for. In connection
with the climate, typhoid few. is mentioned by
the writers.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-14

The OBJECT OF THE FRENCH MINISTERS
Wit TO RIcHdOND.-The Petersburg Express
asserts that il has been ascertained with GER
tainty that the object of Count Mercier's late
visit to Richmond, was TO learn, froms personal
interview with those best qualified to know,
what were the prospects Of the Confederate
States achieving aud maintaining their indie
Pendence. The result of the minister's inqui-
res has not uanspired, but we are informed that
he appeared to be highly satisfied with all he saw
and heard" This statement, which agrees with
what was published in this journal some time
ago, is also confirmed by the Norfolk Day-BoOk
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OFFICE CIVIL GOVR AND 7 MAR
MEMPHIS, May Is z. i&2.
HEREAFTER no person will be allowed To- leave
IL he city in any way or by any mode Of convey
suce. without q passport ID MCKISICE,
myl4 Iw Civil Gnvnrnor and Pr,vnlt Mar.haL.
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ErThe spirit which prompted the patriotic
people in this city and along the river to consign
their cotton to the flames, says the Vicksburg
Wig, is the true one. Il is the one which must
guide the southern people through this contest,
If they hope to be successful When we are
compelled TO abandon the river and the towns
bordering on it, leave not a bale behind for the
advancing foe. Let the soil upon which they
advance be a barren desert, with nothing to sub
sist either man or beast, and the ruthless foe will
not be long in discovering the utter hopelessness
of their mission. It will convince the right
thinking men abroad Oroclearly than anything
else that we can never be conquered.