New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-21

themselves ~ Do ufiYou VI hAs hVASu 0uo W ohe-
bak their number. He became 30 personally often
awe in his re marks that some Of bis officers threatened
n reson. and others 10 shoot him. whersupon be al
tered his tone and asksd TO be pardoned for hasuess
Of speech and loss Of temper, resulting from NORTH
cation over so terrible defeat.
For several months past, Price has been exces.
iysly irritable and abusive, and as he has recently
augmented his potations in geometricai ratio, many
of his own men believe him insane, and think him
ftercendidate for the luDae asylum than promotion
in the army. lie appears to have grown extremely
morose and violent Of speech and every ne" repuis'
increases hs fraity. He denOupces everybody and
everything; ia 10 inaammatory as gunpo"der on tn'
Yankees, and sometimes INDUCES IN the amiaol'
wish that the entire country was consigned to ths
mythical subteuanean region chiefly reIaarkApie io
its lakes OF sulphurous fire.
Price s hardly the man to become Insane; ne mas
too much of the animal in his nature but have no
doubt he il madder than the ravng gods in the tida
and il must be confessed the events of the past lew
month"; have not been such az 10 improve the natural
inirmities of his temper.
Perhaps Sterling had better initiate tie phiiosophc
German 10 the popular story, who declared he would
not pine away for Kaiys sake" but in the event
of certain sentimental crisis 10 bs HE, 10 wouid
bite himself NIT shnske."
THE sCALPING sAvAGES AGAIN.
or the statement that the Rebels gGye the indians
large quantities of whisky in which gunpowder was
dsolyed previous to leading them into battle, there
is now another veroion. The enemy say the esyags,
did no. receive any liquor FROM them, bat that the
Indians discovered several barrels Of whisky and
appropriated il to their own nee. Or course ,ney
drunk hugely and while their guperiatiye s.imuiu.
contributed largely to their fighting propensity, 1t
exercised no very favorable Influence spoa their
discrimination.
They were less timd and NOR bloodthiraty aiter
ii air ptoxicaon but il so enlarged theig ideas OF
nationality and resored to recollection their wrongs
from the white race that they determined to make
no narrow distinctions in regard to geographical
lnes. Consequently they butchered and scaPed al
Arkansan or a Lousianan with ar much eef-con-
placency as an Indanian or Observation-Disclosures
very pleasant and commendsbIe proceeding on their
part bu! which tho Southerners from some mental
obliquity fail to appreciate.
THEIR FAILURE AS WARRIORS.
The Indians during the battle, displayed very
ittlo if any courage, and beyond the drunken ray
disulayed at the expense Of those who had induced
them 30 take part in the war; they did nothing com
uoeudab,s. Their fighting was failure. They had
little resh for IT, and they therefore confined theia'
selves 10 robbins the dead, killing the wounded and
scalping alike their friends and foes.
Tic experiment Of enlisting the Indians in the
Rebel service will hardly be tried again, think.
l.
and on. that. on the whole admits OF little compen-
,s,on. Some N the prisoners are greatly inceusad
sQsast The .sya.,.s and tails OF hunting stem 10
death
An Ar,snsen. WHO bad been wounded and par.
,ialy scaped by QUO Of the Cherokee Is 30 onrsged
e.ans, the ss,o ben danger Of spopexy when their
nalhe IL mentioned. Speaking on Ihs subject this
morning, he remarked that il war pretty IDEA 10
coax SET Of red devils into the army to give them
an opportunity Of sslpiDg you; and, rs for himself.
BIO intended 20 kill svory Indian be could hnd here
after. no natter where and under what circun-
stances.
EXTRACTS FROsi CONFEDERATE LETTERS.
A number of Rebel letters have been found upoa
the battlefield and in the deserted camps II The enc
my. and d, they show the feelings and lie confidence
OF the Conleoe rates will make trief extracts from
two Of them written evidently by officers Of nteil-
gence The two epistes must have been completed
before the battle aud being mailed 10 the parties
addressed were dropped in the confusion Of prscip
tate retreat
The irsi letter il from Texas captain 10 his wife,
ald reads thus:
Nxw-F,rErTpv1Is, Ark, k.reh 5, 1862.
Thank God, dear Mary We've got the Yankees
la Ih-trr nj Ff. IA
nave more than twice u many men ss they, and we
have plan 10 cut them on and annihiistc them.
Before d week las pact, you viii hear Of q terrible
defeat Of the I4ncolnes, such an win ofsset
10 some extent Notifying surrender at Donelson.
We are certain of success, ana hope will be able
10 briog five or SIX isnkee prisoners 20 Galveston
next Summer.
The Northern men will not fight when they can
avoid Il bat intend TO make them this time, cut
heir thr0ats
The coming battle VIII free Arkansas sud
Missouri from the invaders, and We viii then march
)n 10 NJ. Louis ami lake that Abolition city, and
1--WE the oppressed SOuherners there opportunity
20 be free once more. We hear that we would be
welcomed in 81. Louis by at least 90 600 people who
nave long suffered IRON the tyrsnny OF tie mer-
'ensry Dutch =.
The second letter from Louisiana Major 70 his
dster, resident OF New-Orleans, and bearing date
i Little Rock, February a." j. quits different in
one viii be seen from tbs quotation:
DEAR SISTER CARRIE: You asked ue 10 yonr las.
etter what thought OF the prospect Of our dearly
beloved cause. To bo candid, have little hope for
t. success now, though last December felt conf
len, Wa would be- recognized before the coming
June. don't Ike the Yankee a bit; h.ye been
educated 70 hate them, and DO hate them heartily
out | must acknowledge the South has been sadly
mistaken in their character. We have always be-
eyed that The Yankees would not fight for anything
ike principle; TIA, they had 10 chiyslry. no po-
,try in their nature. Perhaps they have not; but
hat they bravs, determined, persevering, they
nave proved beyond question
The trouble with them is tsat they never get tired