, 1863-08-28

is the man who bids armies rise and fight, md |
commands aud di5nliases generals ut will. |
This isthe man who proclaims (as such conld |
only dol the equity Of tho races, black With |
white. This is the man who intifcte seryile in
ordans plunder, and encourages
rlpine. THIS is the man who trembles not at
llr terrible bntchcry which heaven will call
Lin 10 answer for, yet quskes like an aspen at
[Ae approach Of peril to his own poor car
case. This Is the man, in fine, who has been
selected by the powers of evil as the only 1T
in all America to do such dark
civilization blu-hes to record aud men in
othcr lands refuse to credit. Kneel down and
kisA his royal fett, men Of the South!
TIE DEFENSE OF SAVANNAH.
To the slave owners in Richmond county,
According to late Instructions received from
Lieut. Col. l. D. Capers, In charge, the time
for volunteering slave labor for the defsuaes
at Savannah, has been extended to tho 10.h
ultimo ALL persons owning slaves arc re4uir-
ed to report uy that time, or they will ba 1ul-
pressed. One out Of every four male slaves,
between tile ages Of sixteen and fifty (house
Servants included) will be required.
GOOD EYE HOOPS.
[F1om the Richmond Whig, 9th
The hoop era is drawing to close In the
Confederate States, and ne may already rx-
Exit cxpande1s.n Fashion Yields to the
"fofce OF circumstances because hoop skirts
Gun no longer te obtained at REASONABLE prices
within the Confederate States. Our tais caun-
necessity, and dispensing with the wiry skele-
tons, which, for so lopg a period, have Gu
circled their forms like The rings Of Saturn.
Numbers OF ladies' can now be seen any day
In the streets, mat tired In hoop skirts, and
re suppose that ere long the "1ashion" will
become n9issasal s3sn5 among .he .,, sex. = Those
should remember that nlne-tenths Of the skele-
tun skirts now sold here are brought from
Yankeedom. Who will wear Yankee hoops?
PENSACOLA.
Fit be truethat the Yankees are making
large hospital accomn odatious at the NayV
Yard, and that tneir vessels ara congregating
In the harbor Of Pensacola In considerable
numbers, the Indications are that they con-
template moving from that point, directly or
Indirectly, against Mobile. This wonld Be an
important movement, and one which will be
likely to receive the prompt attention Of our
Gene1als.
PRICE OF PROVISIONS.
The Raleigh papers quote bacon, hog round,
at Ills to $l.25; butter 81 50; corn SIS to
$3.50 peg barrel; eggs 90 to 75c; family aour
$40 te s4S ,;,1a 1s1d ! Il m 70 to s11S; meal $685.
The fvllo 81 ing we clip from the Wig of the
o0.h:
Ran away from the subscriber, In Flu7anna
comfy, Va, on the aGth of h1ay last, my m an
Meses. He is near six feet high, black, rather
slender, but large bone, one eye out, the right,
believe, knock k,seed, ind turned somewhat
shoulder, cut BY knife, coarse Sofce, had on
Iean sack cost, and m{xed uniform pants He
lnny erdeavor to pass as freq, and gone OF
with some soldier. I will gtye 300 II taken
out Of the State, or $50 In lhs State, or fa5 u
taken in Fluyanna or any adjoining county to
it, In either case to be delivered to nc, OF
placed in jail 80 TINT can get him.
GEORGE ". PETITE,
Post Office "Dixie," Fluvanna, Va.
TIE OLD BLOOD SHOWING ITSELF.
(Frym the Richmond WhIg.1
After exciting by Ill its arts, disunion and
war In America, the leading English journal
is jeeripg its bleeding victims. a. We tell
these poor drowning wrctches," Says the
1smes, - TINT they haye no chance whatever" :"
Aud much more Of the same sort, which We
quoted yesterday, exulting- in the Idea Of
Americas nnnihilation. But let not the TINES
rejoice too soon. Ten, twenty, or even fifty
years of desolating war will not leaye per-
marent scar on the face Of this young aud
vigorous continent. In FIVE years after peace
and half q century hence not q trace Of war
! will be visible, All will have passed away,
but the remembrance Of the part that Eng.
! }apd has played Ia this drama, and the legacy
! cfrctribution which will be be4ucathed to
our postesity.
| TOBACCO.
The.Ey nchburg RpsNiean says:
! Tobacco has again had an active week, the
/! sales being full. Operations towards the
| the advance In prices and the indisposition to
| sell on the part Of some; at the sane time
holders generally refused to make conces
| e1ous. TIE advance established since the Isl
! Of July last is fully one dollar per pound OF
desirable grades.
| CONSEQUENCES OF ADsESTEEI8M IN THE AEklT
! tF1om the Richmond Whig. e0;h.}
If the public were fully informed Of ths
| terrible consequences which absen1eeism
| Struggling and desertion have brought upo1
| ue, they would work with s1eep1ess energy Il
arrcst these evils. Mnny thousand valuable
lives have been sacrificed by these tnfamou,
| practices, and 1t is owing nlone to the bravery
Of the gallant men who have stood BY thsl
colots, that cur army has rot been by thf
time utterly annihi]sted. Our reduced force
have had frequently to breast the deadl'
storm Of Yankee bullets, when, If reinforced
to near the number on the army roll, the It'd
| Of battle would have been promptly turncl
aeainet the enemy, and the evils If protract
| ed resistance, which involved the sacrifice o
thousands Of valuable ures have been IL
rested.
Iet our readers reflect upon the fo1lowinI
facts, and learn from them how awful haV
| been the consequences cntailed upon rs i
tic past By their guilty conpfyaucc ut tn
causes which wrought them. Weare satfste
Of thtir entire ACCURACY:
At the battles around Richmond, Inst Jun
tu elye months, the number OF soldiers @
Gen. Lees roll was one hundred and twent
! 11u IYF1kl d a
tlcse battles was forty.eight thousand! A
tic battle of Sharpsburg, the number on til
Generals roll was one hundred and forty thou
sand. The number actually present and
the fight. was only thirty-flve thousand! Ga
any ono contemplate this state Of things Witt
ont feelings OF horror, not unmlxed Wit
thuuk kfaunees that Pfovtdence In his mere
saved our little army from utter anni1iiation
Who can estimate, at its proper value, the g
uius and intepidity Of the gallant leader wht
| IN the fnce of Euch immense odds and sue
! fe,rfnl peril, bore the terrible shock? An
who cqn fathom the 6orro Wful emo otlons Of b
soul as he contemplated the splendid o2po
from the lost OF duty Of SO many thousands
The opinion Of one Ct the most distlngQtshe
men III the Confederacy, both as miiita'
man and statesman Is, that We would has
conquered peace twelve months ago If OF
army could been maintained at anything LIZ
| Tie Strength WHICH It's TOLL E1ulU!ltQ. HcAAs
DO estimate OF the number engaged on OF
Eide at Gettysburg. nor what the abseuteeis!
amounted to. But We take it that the ratl
stopped not very far short Of that exhibite
| at the battles Of Richmond and sharpsburg,
It is useless to conceal the fact any longer
/ cur cause shall ere long become hopeless
the evil Of absenteeikm Is not arrested. Me
WHO would be ready to sacrifice ul they a
worth tor the success Of our CAUSE, strAnse'
: coruiye in not q few instances, ut thts eTi
Ttey refuse from mi taken sympathy N
! sort Of Maulln sensitiyeness. which on
| 6cr1ees death to many gallant hero tn Il
fleid. TO expose dess1ters and render the
amcnablc to the penalties Of t1eir awful
ftnse. 4,
Lit every State, by Its Legislature, decree 7
peralty Of outlawry against every oae Of /!
citizcrs who Is aojadgcd 4 desezter: Let hi
1e msde subject to sssES ety d. disability; lsy:,
! to vote, to sue 10 any conr. Of justice, to e
ter into the marriage contIact-ln short
| every right that can attach to citizen Of
/ Commonwealth.
In. vh,* il r,ora important still, let t