, 1863-03-12
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS,

/ &TtcAn kue hRp4Fllle Register, 4f6t
! Major Thomas, commanding the Legion Of
cherokee Indians, who have rendered mucT
service to the Confederate cause in East Ten,
nessce, was in our city yesterday, TIE Major
Is now with his aboriginal allies in the nom,
t2lns on the border between this State and
North Carolina, where he is in reality concil;.
atlng the tories. Let us mention q fact or
lTo, communicated to us By Mnjor Thomas.
to the credit Of these dusky warriors. Thcy
eScei any troops in either the Northern or
Southern armies for subordination-ar Indfan
ai"a{s executes an order with religious fldeli-
y: Ihey scrurulously respect private prop
eHJ-t1h1ere 11 are no reports Of depredations
where they are encampcd
They are the best scouts in the world. md
hence the good that they have accomplisl,ed
among the mountain tories and bushwhaek-
ers. A notice that Major Thomas' indians
are In a section Of country brings in tie
oot ooogefS ; at once, for they know that hiding
t9elr aid the Major has enlisted, without
bloodshed, great many men in his corns of
sappers and miners, who have thus been con-
FGfted from m1scheTous tories and bush
fsaac aaekefs INTO useful employees Of the Con-
lasts, will yet be Of infinite service to The
Government. 0
NEW SEAL.
IN The rebel Senate, Mr.. Clay, Of Alabama.
submitted the following:
Heto!eed, That the committee on fla. and seal
oe instructed to inquire into the pToprfcty Of
adopting "a cavalier" as the seal Of tue Conted.
the equestrian statue Of Washington gu The ! Gan.
etn view. ''A' A34''-
Mr.: Clay said that though the Confederate
Government had been established two years
I as yet had no seal but mere scrawl, the
House and Senate having been unable to agree
upon one. Tie "caya1ier" appeared for
many reasons IN appropriate device for seal
1t required no Interpretation, but was CON
p5ehensible both By the learned and the up-
educated. The Southern people were partic-
ulatly. nation Of horsemen. Besides. It
would indicate the origin Of Southern society.
The people Of the South descended from tie
old cavaliers, while the people Of the North
were descendants Of the Pnr1tans. Cavalier
or gentleman.
Ihe resolution was adopted.
THE DoMBARDAENT OF FORT n 'AL1rs7ER,
(From the Richmond Examiner, 9th.1
Up to the lust night nothing Lltcr had been
received at the Var Department from Fort
AcA1!lster. The latest accounts wc have say
that the Yankee fleet after terrific lombard
mcnt had retired, and it is thought the enemy
had :, been again rePulsed, atleast he has shown
The eombardment is represented to
have been terrific. The firc Of three
$+-x- a.
noncI1os anu tnrec mortar boats were
t,,ne ~ sh,,t pn a,a ~ iole o. ne same
n.-r:eo., -. tTh Tho 9no1s ~ ey ntcraily faanc1
on tG1S saiA AI a, n.J eoi4anSacea aoout
nine O'Clock In .4.- '"of1ohs' ano eon11nued
mp to a late hour in the evening ana lnroug..
the night. Brt when morning came the
Yankee feet had disappeared. This is the
cnemy's fourth attack on Fort McA11fster,
and he has failed, strange to say; and in the
contest, the fort is said to have sustained but
little damage, and our loss is said to be two
wounded and none killed. It shows that
Yankee gunboats and mortays are hu1nbQg,
In fact, VIC IRE told that, 50 accustomed have
become the people Of Vicksburg to them. and
60 little Is the fear manifested al their Bhcl1n
when the fire commences. the neonlc m or7
to witness It rs kind Of amusement.
.<orrrn opr,c1.1, s4.rpur,,r .uoI-r r,,r ~
p1ASo1A.
{From the Richmond ENQUIRER, March71
Jackson, March s, 1858.
Genera, a Cooncr.
c.., c....,.
1enelal elcpnensoa, commanding Vicks-
oIrE, !elSFiapas AaA.cn :, ~ 1ono"g:
Inc !nolanoia is not destroyed. we are at
%olk 70 lalse neF. onc eleFen-1neh gun was
oursI; tae ot9cls arc not injured.
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BANKS MOVING ON FORT HUDSON.
[From the Richmond Enquirer, March ~
Ponr uuDsos, March s. via
MOBILE, March &, 1868
Intelligence. reliable and Of the greatest
imuortancc. has heen rcccived f1om M front