New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-27

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Fstabiishrncnt of n Depot Of Supplies
N, La Grange-Opinions Of Rebel
Prisoners.
From Our Special Correspondeii' q NJ. h.,
on ADVANCE, C.NP NssH DAyss MIL IL , MAR
A sner day for marching than this and many Of It's
predecessors have been cannot well be imagined
The skies are bright and clear, the atmosphere soft
but bracing, the roads dry and firm, and Nature
seems holding carnival Of pleasantness and intim-
atng to our army that it high time for its advance
into the bowels of Rebeldom.
Sill. we have no intimation Of a forward move
ment, which seems as remote as il did two weeks
ago. We are waiting anxiously to hear from Gen.
Sherman and his operations in the vicinity of Mem
phis, and it ID supposed when he is ready we will
be likewise.
Gen. Ross Division occupied the advance Of the
Army OF the Tennessee, and is encamped sx miles
south of La Grange Tenn, and three miles below
the northern STATE line Of Mississippi We are using
Davs's Mills, three or four in number, in grinding
corn for our forces; their owner said to be worth
q million and half Of dollars, being absent IN that
mysterious and ever-changng region styled, for
want OF better name, the Southern Confed-
eracy."
I
ADAPTED for camping, and we have a number Of PIC
turesque views in the negbborhood. We are eur
rounded by cottoD-ieds, most Of which have been
picked though The hsecy product still beauties the
so in many places, and presents the appearance oil
snow lingering in the lap OF early Spring.
! Parties Of soldiers are sent ont every day or
two in search OF cotton and though the people here
about always swear they have none, good deal Is
found upon their premises, and brought III on Gov
eminent account.
/ OF course, everybody in this county is violently
Secession. Nearly all the male adults have enlisted
or been lnure-sed into the Rebel service, while the
women Young and old, remain at home 10 do what
good they can 10 the trGitorous cause, by falsyng
and conc ealing property belonging 10 the enemy.
/ The women hereabout IRE female Ananiases.
They can tell more colossal ibs (oniy tell llcsl
then Baron Munchausen or the organs of Secessia
/ in Virginia and South Carolina. Whenever they
are asked any questions by officers, they the
most charmipgly ignorant persons IN the world.
They have more knowledge Of the condition OF
things in the vicinity one believes them. tban II
/ ,lev had lust dropped from the clouds
( "a case IN poiut is the following: Col. Edward J..
Moves ol The Thirty ninth Ohio, sent OF bis OH
GERS 70 the house Of Major Maxwell who had left
lis homc 70 join tie Rebel army, TO determine whe-
theT there we're not various supplies on bis land
which dcscry ed coAbscation.
| TIE vic Of the Major saw the National officer,
and after informing bin, that she had nothing 10
live upon; that she tad been utterly ruined and was
desperate in fort me and brOkenn heart she retired
and sent her daughters - two Young women Of
unusual confines for this seciionto mold further
interview with the " bsFbarous Yankee"
The daughters were deliberately gotten up for the
occasion, looked their finest, and played the part Of
pretty and sentimental martyrs 10 perfection; re-
lated u u0et tender story Of their woes amentcd
the cruel War; and ended, as most women !.
pa,hetic narratives DO, with passionate burst Of
liquid grief believing, no doubt, with Campbell,
that
.-- Bsauty's .e,,s are loyeler than her sn.ic.
This was Il severe test TO the officer. Few men
with tho least 'iucture Of gallantry Withstand
the tears Of & pretty woman. AS written in the
Z" FeS;ds:'
rtistl sorest end the adde's. sight
One'k own love weeping.
Aud every woman may become ones town love"
on proper provocaiion.
The Yankee" was affected, but resolute. He
assured the young ladies' IN the most pOlite man
ner, that he believed them from The bottom OF his
soul; but that, unfortunately he must make search
OF the premises, to satisfy his superior oiiceIs.
He made the eearch; Uncovered forty bales Of
cotton, and number Of barrels Of nOlass-s, lard,
and pork, which, as he learned from one Of the
negroes in the place. was ~ have been sent ~ the
Re0el army the day following.
When tho daughters OF no houfe OF Maxwell
learned that the concealed property had been found,
their assumed gentleness and tenderness VANISHED.
They caue out OF their dwelling like two furiee;
abused The " Yankees" as iiohwomen would Lsyo
done, aud employed such language as q gentleman
could no, repeat
Gods but they did rave, and IN their wrath did
not hesitate TO violate the .hird article Of the Dsc-
l0gue. The fair Rebels swoFe until the officer o.
the 3Jth, with bis men WAS out Of hearing, and
would no doubt have poisoned him n hundred times,
could they have done
This 10 20 fair specimen Of the Secessionists in
pelticoats. They were ten times as intense as the
Igen; more cunning. more reckless and more wicked
Nothing they wOald not do for the Rebellion.
Theig Haitorisp Lar uDsexed them, and defended