Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-01-02

NO. Sc.
hitherto dependent upon the North for every
manufactured article, however simple. are
beginning to supply their wants for them.
selves, receives at Nashville curious ex-
empli6cation. A few weeks ago, boy dis
covered method Of making percussion caps,
which the army was then much in need Of
A factory was forthwith established, that
now turns out some millions per week;
SOUTHERN CREED ABOUT COTTON.
''The Government have not prohibited
the export of cotton, except to the Northern
States; but self-constituted authorities have,
in more than one instance that we know of.
made it impossible for ships to load which
had run the blockade, and whose owners
were desirous of doing so again. The pop
ular feeling which has dictated these violent
acts is caused, first, by the desire that the
North should be made to suffer for enforc-
ing the blockade, and the apprehension that,
if cotton were to be allowed to leave the
country, Massachusetts would manage to
obtain it; and secondly, by the impression
that in laying general embargo they would
incline European Governments to recognize
the Confederacy. Amongst the enlighten-
ed this latter motive was always repudiated;
but there can be no doubt that the prevalent
conviction throughout the South is that
England cannot do without the King; that
all cotton, except American, is either too
short or too long; and that the medium is
the only staple which Manchester cares to
have.
'.In vain we would tell them that our
manufacturers would soon change their ma
chinery, and adapt it to the necessities of
the times; that our Government was max
ing great exertions to procure cotton from
India and Africa; that it was our interest
to foster our own colonies, and to produce
it there if possible; and that the longer we
were deprived of America as market, the
more strenuous would our efforts be to rem
der ourselves independent of it, But it was
of no use they were ineradicably impressed
with the conviction that they can command
the market at any time and that the dis
tance from England at which its rival is
placed must always give the Confederacy a
great advantage.
COMPOSITION AND SUPPLIES OF THE SOUTHERN
ARMY.
Numbers of wealthy planters serve as
privates side by side with the professional
man, the shop-keeper, the clerk. the labor
er and all go through the ordinary fatigue
duties incident to camp life We saw .
because his master, on being told off to dig
trench round a battery, would not allow
him to lend hand Twill nebber do,
massa, he said; I go 'tarnal mad wild dem
darn'd Yankees One day we heard lad
boasting to one of different regiment of
the number of gentlemen in his company
who had thousands Of dollars at their COM
mand. The latter replied, oh. Of course
they fight; but we have some in ours who
have not got cent The Washington
Artillery, comprising many batteries, is
composed of the best blood in New Orleans.
The gunners, dressed in light blue uniforms.
are all men Of Independent means. General
Beauregard's son, for instance, left his faith
er's staff and entered as private TIE
drivers are regularly enlisted into the army,
and paid by the regiment; SO here is force
which does not cost the country single
farthing Their efficiency is undoubted,
and the execution which they did at Bull
Run has led to their material augmentation,
and the formation of others on similar prin-
Eciples From the same city comes very
different regiment. called the New Orleans
.Zouaves,' dressed in red caps. blue braided
jackets. and trousers striped with light grey
and red These men look like pirates
bearded, ferce-looking fellows
! Theirs to believe no prey, no plan amiss.
Apparently, at least; for as they marched
past the General with long, swinging step,
singing wild martial air, We thought they
were as formidable body of men as we
should care to see. The drill of the army
is the same as the French, the step even
quicker than the Zouaves, and a deal longer
than that Of the English infantry Move
ments are executed with considerable pre-
cision, and as rapidly as in English light
infantry. From the reports we had heard
in the North, we expected to find ragged
and half-clad regiments; instead of which,
we failed, during many rides through the
various camps, to see one man who was not
clad in serviceable attire. It was expected
that winter clothing would be served out
before the first of November, and that dress
would then become more uniform. But the
point to which the chief attention of officers
and men is directed is the arms. Besides
the Enfield rife, most Of the privates in the
army carry at least one revolver and bowie
knife; these are invariably kept bright-and
in good condition and the early training
which all the Southerners undergo in shoot
ing squirrels as soon as they are able to
handle gun, gives them a facility Of using
their weapons and correctness of aim that
renders their fire unusually formidable.
1.-The commissariat seemed to be most
efficiently administered. A large depot of
breadstufs is placed in a convenient pos:-
tion, whence the different corps are supplied
in wagons drawn by four horses, one of
which negro generally rides. The resou:-
ces of the country produce the fresh meat
necessary for the enormous daily consump-
ton, and we frequently saw scores of cattle
and sheen driven along the roads from, tho