Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-03-21
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Louisville papers contain the subjoined
extracts from Southern papers;

| SAubCtS lrOHl southern papers:
ADDRESS or GEN. BEAURKGARp.
Headquarters ARMY OF THE Mississippi, l
Jackson, Tenn. March 5, 1862.
Soldiers; assume this day the command Of
the army of the Mississippi, for the defense Of
our homesteads and liberties and to resist the
suhjugation, spoliation aud dishonor of our
people. Our mothers and wives our sisters
and children, expect us to do our duty, even
to the sacrifice Of urliSes.
! Our losses since the commencement of the
present war, in killed, wounded and prisoners,
are now about the same as those of the enemy.
He must be made to atone for those reverses
we have lately experienced Those reverses.
lar from disheartening, must nerve us to new
deeds Of valor and patriotism, and should in
spre us with an unconquerable determination
TO drive back our invaders. Should any one
in this army be unequal TO the task before us,
let nm transfer his arms and equipments at
once to drawer, frmer hands, and return to his
home. Our cause is as just and sacred as ever
animated men to take up arms and if we are
true to it and ourselves, with the continued
protection Of the Almighty we must and shall
triumph. e. L. BEAuREaARp,
Commenting on this the Memphis Appeal
says
W
is distinct it appears, from Gen. Sidney John
ston, is not known to us.
Generals Polk and Bragg will be connected
with him in command of the army--the former
making his headquarters at Humboldt, and the
Inter probably at Memphis.
" AS affairs now progress, we may well ex-
peet that General Beauregard will very soon
perfect the organization and discipline Of his
army, and increase its numbers to such an ex-
tent that twill compare favorably in efficiency
to the army of the Potomac"
THE SITUATION IN TENNESSEE.
Under this head the Richmond Examiner
has something TO say of the manner in which
new line of defense" is about to be takon
up in Tennessee as well as in Virginia:
We published yesterday brief statement
Of the position ofour forces in Tennessee. II
will be seen from this statement that it will
now become necessary for General Johnston
to reorganize line Of defense The new line
must be organized south of Nashville, and it
is understood that its principal object now
will be the protection of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad--C Chattanooga on theright,
and Corinth, Grand junction and Memphis on
the left, are suggested as bases for such line
Covering these positions, even if the enemy
should cut off railroad connection with Vir-
ginia a or beyond Knoxville, the Confederate
forces in Tennessee would still command the
railroad system Of the southwest, connecting
through the Carolinas with Virginia, and
would, moreover, have the benefit of the Mis-
sissippi river
FIVE MORE GuNBoATs ORDERED AT MOBILE.
1t will be seen by the proposals in our adj
vertising columns that five more gunboats are
ordered by tue Government to be built ut this
point. This is step in the right direction.
These boats are not for temporary service
They need not be built in reference to the du-
ration Of the war. When we shall have
achieved our independence, they will be a part
Of the necessary hotilla of the Confederate
States We shall have to maintain an efficient
navy, though it may be small, and these gun
boats are just the very thing that we shall need
They viii be our coast and harbor guard, and
if the new ones be built as well as those which
we have now ahoat, they will serve the country
after its flag shall have been recognized and
Mobile Tribune, Nareh 4.
CONFEDERATE NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Congress has appropriated for the use Of the
Navy Department $4, 275, 900, This sum does
not include ST. 900; 900 more, which have been
specifically appropriated for floating defences
in the Mississippi river and for the Merrimac
Of the former SUM So COO, 900 are for the pur-
pose OF equipment and repair Of vessels, for
ordnance and ordnance stores and for the
purchase and building of steamers and gun
boats for coast dcfences Of the Confederate
States For this latter object $500, 900 Of tile
800, 900 are appropriated. -NorfoM Dug
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