Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1863-02-06
LATE FROM THE SOUTH.

The Newark IN. j Journal publishes the
following extract from letter written by a
lady in Charleston to a relative in New Jersey
CHARLESTON, s. c., Dec %, ls62.-My
Dear Brother Most of the ladies and non-
comoatants left Charleston, under advice Of
the public authorities, some months since, TO
prevent any disorder or trouble, should there
be an attack. A very large number of the la
dies, however, positively declined 10 leave the
city, saying that they could hand water to the
soldiers, help the wounded and nurse the sick.
" Such spectacle as is presented by our la
dies The world never saw before. Nursing the
sick, nourshing the hungry, and making
every sacrifice to help our glorious army. Our
comforters, curtains, and everything that
could be made available even our carpets and
wool mattresses, are all freely and gladly Civ
en- to the dear fellows, and we work day and
night to relieve their wants. God bless them,
and he has blessed them
" Our dear old city, Charleston, with its
Notifications and its well appointed army,
presents grand sight. Its hospitals are en-
pacious and very comfortable. The people
gather daily in one of the churches to beseech
the blessing Of God on our country"
From the Richmond Dispatch, January % !
THE REBELS "woN'T BE RECONSTRUCTED"
Nothing falls more strangely on Southern
ears than the talk of reconstruction which we
hear so much Of in the resolutions and speeches
of Northern conservatives. How to undeceive
men who indulge such illusions we know not.
They must put themselves in our places, I'M
dergo what we have Undergone and feel all
that we feel, in order to understand that of all
impossible things in this world The reconstruct
ton Of the old Union is the most impossible
Reconstruction Can they reconstruct the
family circles which they have broken ?-can
they reconstruct the fortunes which they have
scattered ?--can they reconstruct the bodies of
our dead kindred which by tens of thousands
they have destroyed When they can do this
they can reconstruct the old Union. When
they can do this--when they can breathe the
breath Of life into the pallid faces Of our sons
and brothers and restore them once more liv-
ing and happy to our desolate fresides-they
may dream OF bringing back that Union whose
only principle Of cohesion was the mutual love
and confidence OF its people.
If the reconstructionists want peace, they
can easily have it upon the terms on which
they could have always had it--letting US
alone. We ask neither more nor less We are
making no war on them. We are not invading
their territory nor giving their homes TO the
flames, their population TO prison and the
sword, and their women to fate worse than
death Let us alone That is all we ask -
Let us alone, and peace will return once more
TO bless distracted land. But do not expect
us to degrade ourselves and cast dishonor upon
the graves Of our kindred by ever returning
to the embrace Of those whose hands are drip
ping with the tears and blood of our people.
THE LOSS IN BREcKINRIDGE's COMMAND AT MUIR
FREEsBoRo'
The Mobile Advertiser Of the 18th publishes
a despatch dated Tullahoma, Tenn, Jan. IL,
which says:
Every officer in Breckinridge's staff was
wounded, or had his horse shot under him.
Colonel 0'Hara, chief of staff, Major James
Wilson and Captain G.. G. Martin, had their
clothes riddled and horses shot. Lieut. Cabell
Breckenridge, son of Gen. Breckenridge, was
among the wounded. The loss in Breckin-
ridges division was two thousand and fifty (;
total loss in Cleburne's division two thousand
aud sixty-two.
THE FIGHT NEAR SUFFOLK.
PETERSBURG, February 2.-The enemy at
tackled Gen. Pryor's command about a 0 clock
Friday morning, at Kelley's, ia Nansemond
county, eight miles from Suffolk. The fight
lasted four hours. The enemy was repulsed at
every point. Gen. Pryor's official dispatches
say that our loss in killed and wounded was
less than fifty The enemy is reported to have
suffered severely. Among the killed is Col.
Page, Of Pulaski, 4th Virginia, aud Captain
bubbles, Of Floyd county, 9th Virginia bat
talon.