Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-03-26
LATE FROM THE SOUTH.

- JBLiC TELLING AT RICHMOND.
The Richmond correspondent of the New
Orleans Crescent writes
1ou will naturally desire TO know how the
people Of the Confederate metropolis stand
these trying times; for tits evident that we are
not safe IN these days of hght-drsft gunboats
and high water. answer, in the main, we
stand it very we'll. Some, to be sure, are
doSn-hearted, and nobody wears as broad
grin as they did the day after the battle Of
Leesburg Still there is universal determi.
nation to do or die-te 90 down, If need be,
with our harness on, warning like brave peo-
pie to the last. passed Gen. Wigfall on nv
return from dinner, and asked him if there
was any news. Ne" said he, g I don't be-
lieve We have been whipped since dinner;
expect, though, to hear Of another defeat in
the next Eve minutes"
Somehow 1 can't help thinking of HaIIeck's
assertion by telegraph 10 Mcclellan, that 1.-THE
Union hag is on the soil Of Tennessee, never to
nc removed" =" This Is brag, but the Yankees
hsvs, up to THIS time, stuck like leeches where
ever they have effected a lsnding They
intrench themselves, and at the first spade-full
Of earth thrown up by them, our generals give
right up and say sll is lost They have
attacked us repeatedly in trenches and forts,
and carried the latter invariably, while we,
with the exception of the ST. Nicholas affair
and few Others, have not done daring thing
through the whole war. Another noticeable
thing between the Yankees and ourselves is
that they follow up their victories, while we
squat down in our tracks the moment battle
Is ended. This is a shameful fact, which dis
heartens me more than anything else. have
no hope now in any body but God and Beaure-
gard.
UNION FLAG IL EAST TENNESSEE
The Richmond Wing of the 4th learns that
an attempt was made lsst week by some Union
men to raise Uni0n flag in JOnesbOrough,
Tennessee, which led tO Il row between seees.
4 nj In, n t,;II.
of three Of the latter.
CUMBERLAND
The Knoxville correspondent Of the Atlanta
Confederacy speculstes in late letter ss fol
lows.
think 10 early attack on Eat Tennessee
probable Our forces will not get fight at
that point. BY way OF Somerset aud Monli-
cello, in Kentucky, and jamestown and Mont-
gamery in tennessee the great valley Of East
Tennessee Is penetratl1. OVera better road
Than via Cumberland Hap, aui without any
f"rtiheations to encounter. Why then should
they waste men and powder Fl Cuuberls OIL
zap, The latter il Ranked snd must be
sbandOned whenever Federal army sccupies
knoxville or London. They will not do the
latter without some field fghtiHg and think
not with It, but they of course would attack us
in the field rather than behind strong fortif-
cations
regard. therefore, the msssiugn Of the
only true symptom Of the attempt on East Ten
nessee- As stated in my former letters the
CniOnists by thousands arc running away from
East Tennessee to join the Federal army.
These fugitives carry with them thorough
local knowledge Of the country and its affairs.
and can hardly imagine how n Federal COM
msnder could commit the blunder Of attacking
Cumberland Gap.
THE OCCUPATION OF FEREANDISA AND BRUINS
WICK.
The Savannah Republican after stating thnt
the Federal forces had occupied Fernandina,
Fla, says:
We are mortified to learn that all our guns
on Amelia Island, amounting to nearly tWen-
~, fell into the hands of the enemy. General
Trapier owes the public an explanation Of such
disaster. 1t had previously been determined
to evacuate the island-why was the removal
Of the guns delayed until the enemy was in
sight. The circumstance argues the grossest
remissness somewhere, and We hope the gov
ernment will institute thorough ingu into
the unfortunate affair.
The day after the occupation of Fernandina
the enemy's gunboats went up to st. Mary's
and took possession Of that town, alse without
resistance. No damage was done to the place,
nor to Fernandina, the contrary having been
incorrectly reported. But few persons were
found at either, and they were not disturbed
The Federals seems disposed to pursue a con-
cilistOry policy, with the vain hope Of winning
COuNcItc " bAOiE Gaucc. 1ue1 Will uuU none so
degraded on the soil Of Georgia.
One gunbOat assembled the ST. Mary's and
the officers took special pains TO ensure such of
the inhabitants as they saw that no harm was
meditated; and requested them to remain at
their homes and attend to their business A
nunher Of negroes hsd gone to the gunboats,
bat all such, we are informed, were immedi-
ately taken in hand and put in irons
Yesterday the Federals made their appear
snee st Brunswick, but as the telegrapsic in
struments were Immediately remOYedt0 the
interior, We could hear nothing of later par
tieulars. We presume they took possession of
the place, which bad previously been deserted
both by troops and citizens.
There we're seventeen Federal vessels enter
ing the mOuth-Of the ST. John : Oh Saturday,
and il is presumed they went up the river 10
Jacksonville yesterday.
We hear that the progress of the Federals up
the ST. Mary's was not wholly uninterrupted
Two scouting compsnies-Capt. Hopkins: and
another, the nsme Of which We did not learn
are said to have killed some twenty-five Fed
erals and captured two others at Alberti's
Mills, on the St Mary's
P s. A dispatch resolved after the foregoing
was written, states that Brunswick wss Oceu-
pied Al o'clock p. IN. yesterday. Col Styles,
who had a regiment there, retired, after burn
ing the whsryes and the storehousas near the
water.