, 1863-04-20
FROM THE SOUTH,
Looking for Famine in utssfssIppi.

| dcls u cousol!uate :t14 tuc regiments there,
making one regiment out Of two, and the er.
ira officers are given the alternative to furnish
| enough conscripts In SO many days to make
new regiment, or 60 into the ranks themselves.
10 THIS cnd they are empowered TO conscript
aud drag men into the service wherever they
can nnd them. This has enraged the people,
together with the impressnlent Of food with
out consideration, e till universal curse was
beard al1 over the country. There Was gen
| era! reign Of terror, and all we're crying out
against the dcspotism. a number Of descrters
from the army Mt Vicksburg, desettinS with
| their arms, bad collected together, and were
defying arrest, and the people were I'LL in SYM
| pathy with them, The people were hiding
their meat and corn In all conceivable ways.
TO save it from the imprcsslnent agents, and
| Themselves from Starvation. He says the peo-
pie have lost all hope Of success, and the rebel
| leaders see their cause is lost. and their only
hope Is that "somctling will turn up' in
| their favor, and none Of them pretend to know
| what The something will be. The authority to
conscript is also vested in the sheriffs and
civil magistrates.
In hi. county magistrate was notified BY
the Sheriff to conscrlpt every white man tit
for duty in his district, and when he had got
magistrate himself
He declares the reign Of terror an over the
country is getting terrible, and the people
eEeryWlcre are crying out against the rebel
rulers; that the Federal army would be JOY
fully welcomed, and the people would, if 30
! supported, rnjFc against their opprrssors and
help destroy them.
Reports from other SOURCES support this
statement, and it Is doubtless true. They be-
gin to sec and feel their terrible crime. and the
people arc fast ripeuing to hurl death in the
tace Of those who first 1nisled them, and now
oppose them. God send tho day.
AlpEAL From TIE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA TO
TIE PLANTERS.
Tie Governor Of Alabama has issued an ap-
peal to the planters to cease the cultivation Of
tue common staples Of the South, and turn
their attention to the raising Of corn and 9TH
erasticlcs essential to Keep the people from
| starving He Gays:
Failing to accomplish our snbjugation by
the turce Of arms aud the power Of numbers,
| the enemy has called to his aid the terrible
/ appliances Of want aud starvation, and IL car
/ rying out This savage aud iuhuman policy by
the Wholesale larceny Of slIves, the seizure Of
| provisions, and eTcu the destruction Of agri-
cultural implements. Are you, the planters
Of Ala bama, prepared to aid iu this policy By
pursuing course which may tend to its ac-
conipliEhuent? Look around you this mo-
nle1t, WHEN the crop upon which the poor
must mainly depend is not yet planted, and
behold the want and destitution which, not
Withttanding the nunifcent provision made
by public and private btneyolcnce, is to b..
found at the he3rthstoncs Of many whose le-
gitimatc protectors have fallen III battle, or
| are now fighting in defense of your homes and
| property. Let rs not deceive ourselves. Tic
ialure to raise the largest possible quautitr of
supplies the present year, may bring disaster
| and ruin upon our cause.
The soldier must be fed, and his family
provided for, and our home population, white
and black, must be Supported. The c1pe.
riencc Of the past, and The necessities Of the
| present, give serious and solemn warming as
| to tie future. Let not our armies, which hare
hitherto. by tho blessing Of God, proved
| inyincible, be conquered or disbanlcd by the
| want of subsistence in their camps, or bo
I demo.alized by the presence Of famine in their
homes. These results call and will be pre-
vented If the planting community rcaizc their
heavy responsibility, aud discharge their full
duty to the country. The Legislature OF
| Georgia is called to reassetnblc On the 25th
inst, to reconsider their late action upon this
important subject; and the Confederate Con-
timely notice OF its approach by IN earnest
| appeal to the whole country. The Indications
| Of 4 continuance Of the mar are So unInis-
TAXABLE, ard the necessity Of providing the
urgent, that hare thought it not improper to
unite in tho appeal to that class Of our popu-
| lation through whose active energies and fore
sight alone these mcans can be supplied.
! PROGRESS OF AST1-sLAyERY SENTIMENTS.
| There is q rapid growth Of anti-slavcry sen
timent in New Orleans.
Denunciatious Of tho institution as the
cause Of all our troubles may be heard in
nearly every public assembly, and they inva-
riubly find response in the audiences to
which they are addressed. At a public cxhibI-
ton, day or 70 ago, Of the Girls High
School, at which the Board Of Directors were
present, Mr.. Charles Horncr, President ot:
the Beard. made an address of some length,
IN which slavery Fas held up as the sole cause
of the rebellion.
It lad been tolerated and endured by Wash
ipgtoh, Jcfiereon aud Madison, aud other
great men who had helped frame our Gcyern-
| lncnt, hut lad never been encouraged or kind
~ regarded BY them. But 1t had grown proud
aud insolcnt, until it finally said: Give INC
al demand, or vii! destroy The country
The slave Suites, but particular protection in
the free and distant territories. This aggress-
ire spirit had produced this revolution. The
speaker commended the loyal Union men
arc the reyolutionist6. We arc managing this
revolution to tree our country from the bcsot-
ting sin Of slavery, aud to take our place
among the foremost Of nations, blcsscd with
s;, Te;lth, power cducaton and really free insti-
| And this addressed to a Een Orleans audi.
encc, was hailed with applause!
CONFEDERATE MoSEr IN MISSISSIPPI
4 gentleman who has arrived hero fiom
Rodney, Miss, says that Confederate money
is rot taken BY the people in that district Of
country, being regarded worthless. General
Van Dorn's order failed to have the expected
effect. Judge Sharkey, rho WAS formerly
United States Consul to Havana, under Prcsi-
dent Tyler, published a series Of bold artieles,
entitled "Conlmon Sense" which have had
great effect upon the public mind, leading to
the result nc hayo paucd
NEWSPAPERS LUXURY.
The Houston papers, under the pressure Of
tho cost OF labor and materials, have made an
advance in their prices. The Telegraph now
holds its tri-wcckly at SIG year, single
| rnnirS fwrH3E-fyn rnYfa ndrartfcirE fiffy-
cents line.
The came paper copies the following from
an Atlanta exchange:
RELIEVE TIE DISTRESSED,
On yesterday, .cene occurred in our
streets which moved the eympathies Of our
soul. A number Of ladies, perhaps dozen,
dic1s' families, who Represented themselves
and their families to have been deprived
ofauTthing to cat in the last few DAYS. saye
small portion Of corn bread, were
secn perambrlating our streets until they
came up to provision store on Whitehall
street. They all entered it, being preceded
by tau lady, on whose countcnance rested
care and determination. She asked the ucr-
chant the price Of bacon. He replied, stating
that It was II 10 per pound. She remonstra-
ted with him as to the impossibility of females
in their condition paying such prices for this
, necessary Of life. He remaining inexorable
In hts demand, the tall lady procecdedto to draw
from her bosom II long navy repeater, aud Mt
; the eamc time ordered the others in the
crowd to help themselves to what they liked,
: which they did accordingly, giving preference
to the hacon, until they had taken, as NC
learn, something like $200 worth. They went
. out, and on being questioned By some gentle
! men as to what they meant, they rclated their
| suffering condition, Of which VIC have already
| spoken.
Seeing what was going on, and feeling a
deep sympathy for these ladies, q number of
gentlemen, Of very moderate means, who,
themselves, have families to support, set to
work to raise subscription in their behalf.
| In short time they raised small sum and
| appointed = committee consisting Of Mesars.
N1n.1C. Supple, T. Brown, aud j. q, PattiIo,
from Major Cunningha1n's clothing depart
ment, to take charge Of it. The committee
has placed that fund, not being able to lind
; | the parties who took the bacon, theY hayinn
dispersed, in the hands Of the editor Of tla:
I,,Nignesr, to bestov It upon them, or such
objects Of charity, at the same time reaucstinr
him to invite others to come up In aid Of this
good work--.if1anta lnttlligencer, 1oth,
. wT The Portland (Mc.) advertiser says that
1 the steamship North America, which arrived
0 at that port last Saturday evening, from Liz.
erpool, brings seventeen American captains
Of merchantmen. Eleven of these captains
> sold their ships abroad, on account Of the iu1
> mcnse war risks, and no demand for freight: