, 1862-03-13

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::-;THE-wAR:AN INVASION FOR COTTON
From the Riehmoad Examine1-l >~ -.
Who lms read without deep mortih ihea&aon the
late order of. the Fedenl Government that
:" the cotton Just taken in Tennessee, to the
amount OF 0e00, shall be Forwarded to n.
YORK =" Fifty fhouAan6 bales, II II said, are
another quantity was secured by the gunboats
ascending the Tennessee river; now 1t is cer-
tain that q hundred Thousand do1lars' worth
twenty-five hundred bales-have been secured
On The first entrance into Tennessee. -'
EXPLANATION OF ouB ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
Ibis var has been mads because of cotton.
1t is indispensable to the commercial fabric Of
the United States. II We had no cotton and
no tobacco. the North wun1d not have put
GGU,uomen IN the field and spent three mil
lions OF dollars every day for our subjugation.
Europt:n nations have BECOME c1amoro1s, and
the governments of France and England press
upon Lincoln for the immediate fu1flment of
his promise to seize and deliver over cotton to
10 thel merchants and manufacturers at q less
Rl,ee and nd IN less time than they could get it
Hence the hurried and premature Commence
meht of this campaign BY Buell., Halleck and
Burneide, before their preparations were com
Pleted, contrary to their Intentions, and against
their Predietions-in the month Of February
explanation Of the sudden start Of the
United States army. Europe would be
patient TO longer, and the Fnited States found
That it must absolutely do1Somethipg at once.
or run the risk Of great dahsers both at home
and abroad.
COTTON MAY BE DESTROYED
10 get onr cotton is this invasion made;
and, go fas as they have come, they have actu-
ally secured cotton-sn article which NAV be
than child Of five years Old, with lie simnie
easlly furnished, and cheap machinery Of a boz
OF friction matches. YET the owners Of that
product nave been vehement In their declara-
tons that that they would rather burn every
aRhIed rther than leave it to be the booty Of
: 1he 2pemy. What is the explanation OF the
h2e4 TACT that some cotton, though not, in
decd, considerable quantity, is actually in
the possession Of the United States troopse
DO the proprietors Of the cotton get any
money for It: Not one dime; not one cent;
not the thousandth part of a cent. Cotton
and tobacco are decrced eontraJand Of war,
aud, as such, become the lawful spoil Of the
invader. If be succeeds in: over-running the
ent1re South, the cotton he finds will pay part
OF his expenses, at any rate he viii and does
take every fiber Of it to himself. Whether it
Is burnt by the propdetors own hand, or
whether it falls into the hands of the enemy,
the loss Is equal to the proprietor.
COTTON pEARER THAN LIFE.
In the first case he has the better chance to
save. himself; for, if ~Gonfederacy tri-
umpts, the cotton destroyed by it's own people
The explanation Of its consistency is found
IN the construction Of the human mind. Per
6ons who have certain amount Of reflection
and principle, prefer to sacrifice their lives
rather than live to incur greater misfortunes
than death; many others have sufficient intel
Igeuce to destroy their property when thev
perceive that it will be employed to their own
hurt. But, with large portion Of the human
@ nee, the II instincts are stronger than reason.
property long after it is either rational Or use
fnl to do 90. To the last instant of existence
they will hope that something will save them.
They cannot burn their own cotton. That
seems to them the end Of the world. It is "to
pauper1ze themselves and their children - and
it is useless to show them that the pauperiza-
ton is far better secured by leaving their
property to be taken by those who viii Ger
tainly never pay cent for it, than to destroy
1t themselves, and run the chance Of their
country remuneration.
TIE COTTON MUST BE BURNT.
Yet it Is clear that the very first measure of
defence is to place the object Of lhis invasion
beyond the hope Of the invader. He oyerrans
The country to take our cotton; let the cotton
be burnt, and the chief motive to oyerrun is
destroyed with it. The cost to ourselves will
be great, but not so great as its actual seizure
by Lincoln's soldiers.
Ao" THE '1Relsi6kS bkSFT. ERE TO ESCAPE TEE
The muster rolls just handed in to the colo
nels OF the Dineteenth and one hundred aud
seYenfy-ninth regiments are the most ridicu-
lously curious documents ithas been our luck
TO encounter: In their anxiety to get clear of
militia duty, hundreds Of the men have attach
cd to their Dames the record ek some rer1r,a-
Eent injury OR horrible distember. Thee1 rolls
are thus made complete catalogues Of all the
Ills that flesh is heir to-. The great number Of
one-eyed and deaf men, the prevalence of
varieties, is truly astonishing. Some parties,
who perhaps could think of no particular at.
Fiction, have stated in general and comprellen-
siye terms, that they were *tphysically dis
abled," and in ss sbad health" One old gentle
man, who avoWed himselfa hJpochondriac,
signature. Great numbers have signed them
selves exempted BY the Governor" and nu-
merous citizens, though only perhaps making
pair OF shoes for clerk in the Treasury Dc.
partment, have followed their names with the
imposing announcement, l,2 "emploged on Gov
It il our opinion that this city has already
contributed her quota to the army but We
hope these muster-rolle will be published, that
tEc world may know the men who would
many Instances aesumed) diseases when their
country calls for soldiers Examiner.
GOVERNOR BROWN OF GEORGIA AND TIE
$" D1STILLERIES.
Governor Brown Of Georgia has issued a
Proclamatlon ordering each distiller in that
State to desist absolutely from the mauufac-
ture Of ardent spirits after the 18th day Of
March, 1852. The superintendent Of the State
road Is forbidden to transport any whisky over
that road, and our railroad supedntendents are
requested to do likewise. In case of distillers
refusing to obey this order, their stills are to
be sent to Rome, Ga, to be manufactured into
cannon; and all liquor brought near military
ground. ',
TEE FEDERAL TROOPS AT SALISBURY. n. C.
A correspondent, writing from Salisbury,
n c., to the Raleigh Standard, says:
I understand that one Of the Federal pris-
oncts confined in this place Was hung by lis
comrades, night before last, fot using strong
ant1-L1Dcoln doctrine that he intended
TO remain in the South when re1iksed, and bat
tie for its institutions, instead u being under
the dominion Of Lincoln i Co. He was res
some Of the guard, who heard lis supplica-
lions, &c.
TEE ARREST OF PROMINENT UNION MEN
The Examiner OF Thursday has the following
ii its local columns:
II has already been announced that the Rev.
Alden Bosserman, pastor Of the Unirersalist
Church IN this city, had been srrested. We
propose to give sketch Of the history Of this
reverend gentleman from the time Of his srri-
yal here from the North to his arrest on Tues