Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-07-21
GEN. JOHNSTON TO HIS SOLDIERS.

GEN. JOHNSTON TO HIS SOLDIERS.
JACKSON, July TO- Gen. Johnston this morn
ing issued to the troops the following battle or.
der, which was read along the line amid deafen.
ing shouts from the soldiers
HEADERS ON THE FIELD,
July 9, 1868.
FELLOW SOLDIERS The insolent foe flushed
with hope by his recent success at Vicksburg,
confronts 20 u. threatening the people, whose
homes and liberty you are here to protect, with
plumber and conquest. Their guns may even
now be heard at intervals, as they advance.
This enemy it is at once the mission and the
duty OF you brave men to chastise and expel
from the soil of Mississippi. The Commanding
General confidently relies on you to sustain his
pledge which he makes in advance, and he will
be with you in the good work even unto the end.
The vice of ssstragging' he begs you to shun
and to frown on. 1t needs be, it will be check
ed by even the most summary remedies
The Telegraph has already announced a glori-
Gus victory over the foe, won by your noble
comrades OF the Virginia army on Federal soil
may he not, with redoubled nope, count on you,
while defending your own fresdes and house.
hold gods, to emulate the proud example of your
brothers In the East.
The country expects in this the great crisis
OF its destiny, that every man will do his duty.
SENT SoUTH.-Mrs. Alice Williams, the fe.
male who, several weeks since, donned Eerself
in Confederate Lieutenant's uniform. and as
sumed the name Of Lieutenant Buford,'' and
committed to Castle Thunder under suspicion of
being Yankee spy, sent South last week.
In speaking of her, the Richmond Sentinel saws.
ssThe history of this female Lieutenant Is full
of romantic interest. Report says that she par
ticipated in the battles of Kentucky and Missis-
sippl, and at Shiloh received dangerous wound.
Her husband, it is said, is in the Federal army,
but she, with true Southern feelings, sympathses
with our cause, and illustrates her sympathy in
a practical way. She is brave, but eccentric
and certainly has an ambition to distinguish her.
self in the sphere allotted to man. If she is al
lowed the opportunity, she will doubtless take
hand in the fight at Jackson, Mississippi
EUROPE AND THE CONFEDERACY.
The statement quoted in an English paper
from ssLa France" of Paris, TO the effect that
the Emperor had sent oct instructions to Gen'l
Forey to proclaim in the city of Mexico his Maj
esty intention to recognize this Confederacy
seems in itself improbable. That is not likely
TO be the way in which Louis Napoleon would
proceed. Nevertheless, the appearance of such
an affirmation IN a semi-official journal is not
without meaning and, taken in connection with
the other rumors coming to us from Europe, it
shows that the French Emperor is still occupy
ing himself with the question of our recognition,
which becomes more urgent every day.
MORGAN AT WORK.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 9.-Morgan's forces of in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, numbering from
5000 to 5000, have crossed into Indiana, and
captured Corydon. Our forces are falling back.
The rebels, it is supposed, are marching on New
Albany and Jacksonville, where large quantities
OF supplies are stored Troops are being organ
lied throughout the State and sent forward as
rapidly as possible. Business is entirely sus-
pended here to-day. Citizens are forming COM
panies for self-defence. One regiment has been
raised since last night. 1t is reported that two
citizens were killed at Corydon, when the rebels
entered the town.