American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-02-27
GoLpsEoRo. N. c.,
E-at,ruary I4tfl lS6r


FRrFSp BoswoETu = You have heard of the Ma
polcon guns and of the telling effect they were used
in those battles which 90 far towards making up the
history of our young republic how they Numbered
al Manassas and on every battle field since then,
until the closing hour at Murfreesboro We have
all along been anxious to have such guns ID our
battery and several efforts have been made TO ob-
tain them. At last we are gratified by the iHtel-
gence that reguisition has been made on the
Ordnance Department at Richmond for six OF these
guns for our battery, and we felicitate ourselves
with the anticipated pleasure of testing their good
qualities on the ranks Of our enemies. The how
tiers and six FOUNDER bronze pieces we now have
can avail nothing against guns that can silence
them the distance Of two or three miles however
effective they may be against infantry when within
range of their fire. So far as we can Judge from
observation this section of the country is articu-
Iariy favorable for the use of artillery as much OF
the land is cleared OF its timber. with sufficient
i rising ground FOR the successful manUuvering OF
battery
4 large number of the troops which the Yankees
masscd at Newbern, and which threatened Viii
minrton. Weldon and Goldsboro' have been re-
moved many think to Port Royal, to assist in the
reduction Of Charleston and Savannah that there
is now nothing more than mere garrison at New
bern All that extensive and fertile district lying
east Of the Wilmington and Weldon railroad is once
more within onr possession to within few miles OF
the AIbemarle and Pam1ico sounds bat it is little
more than barren waste since everything OF value
has been destroyed appropriated By the vandais
But amid these evidences of a cruel and barbarous
warfare il is pleasant to escape from them and
think what 4 few years Of peace will bring to the
down trodden portions of our Confe3eracy. The
soil which is now made desolate by their presence
will then be dressed in robe Of green: the NOISY
clankings of the anvil and hammer. the humming o.
the loom and the plane of the carpenter will bs
heard throughout our land and Nation will be
, come opuient and happy beneath the genial sun
shine of peace. Is not such prospect as this vel
worth lighting forg Yes year after year. If neces
sary to save our land from becoming barren des
Q ert and our people from worse than an Egyptian
: bondage.
9 II would be imprudent to give any information
regarding the movements of our army. lest such in
formal ion should fall into the hands of our enemy
2 and be the cause Of our destruction 1t la
heretofore required the utmost skill and courage
!, parry their blows whenever made but the Anaeo1
da has done his worst and is now destroyin
himself in his own folds we can look upo
e him as an harmless thing to himself, and fes
i that all is well with He writhes in his la
+ agony. Let the CALLED jade vince" Sic trans
a anaconda giosscm-
IS The latest news from Europe has special bea
= ing on American affairs. Time was when v
ar looked with anxious expectation for the arrival
" every steamer, hoping to hear glad tidngs of m
diation, Intervention recognition, but that We
. :. nigh fatal illusion longer distnrbs Us. We
not present our before the Cabinets of Eurol
! and beg favorable consideration from them;
IL have too much of the pure Caucasian spirit
70 crnge before any earthly power but we meet the
r as equals and demand that recognition which is d.
from ono nation to another. The army has lo1