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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

The famous 1890" or to use prettier name
the terrible alabama, has turned up again.
This time away down in the gulf, only 90 miles
off Galveston, where she encounteIed one Of
Gid w elles' much Landed iron-c;ad guDb boats.
The telegram does not give the details, but en-
ough is told, 20 afford the gratifying assurance
that the Alabama came out OF the engagement
with flying colors, and that her antagonist, the
Hatteras, went to Davy jones' locker, carry
ing with her every soul on board, save five, an
officer and four marins. We have had repeat
ed evidences of the Alabama's sailing qualities
now We kEow something about her fighting
powers. Her antagonist was an iron-clad, and
carried three 80 poander rif1ed gnns-an ene-
my not to be dsspisei by any pur ely wooden
vessel, which the Alabamais.
The Brooklyn, which we are informed gave
chase to the Alabama, is screw steamer OF
1000 tons burden, and carries fourteen heavy
guns. She was built in 1858, and is consider
ed one Of the crack vessels of the Yankee Navy
Ofcourse SEnMEs was too wide-awaka to ep-
gage the Brooklyn, " hen he knew he could
show her his heels in few moments time, and
in less thar q half dozen hours. sweep some ia
vorite commercial Yankee craft from the face
Of the deep. @ 8 .5.,.sx s-.4 .s..yss.s.s.I ]
The Alabama has on board q one-hundred
FOUNDER rified gun, Blakeley's patent, and sew
eral of the same make, but smaller calibre.--
Taken altogether, she is said to carry the heav-
lest and NEST formidable armament in the world
for vessel Of her size, and is no doubt destin>
ed to annoy T ankee conmerce for great
uh,ls TO some. .f'<s -
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30
The DeStruc tiOn Of the u. s. War
St0a mer HAattersa<.

The telegraph records another gallant sea ac
ton with complete success on the side OF the
Confederate States Navy. We doubt whether
the gallant act was performed by the terror
of the seas the Alabama, hut rather expect it
was her consort the Florida, Captain Maffis
who lately sailed fror, Mobile, and would be
nearer Galveston aud more likely to have
heard Of the captsre of the Harriet Lane than
the gallant Semmes. We expect it will turn
out that Capt Maffit, hearing of the capture Of
the Harriet Lane, determined to aid her in
sailing from Galveston, and was going there
when he overhauled the Hatteras, and sent her
20 Davy Jones' Locker. But whether the Ala
Dama or the Florida-the gallant Semmss or
Maf;t-it was we'll done. A few more YES
sells like the Alabama and Florida, and neither
merchantmen nor war vessels will dare show
themselves under the despised grid-iron flag OF
the Uuited States.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

therefore recommend tina: this authority be
vested in the Executive to be execised upon
proper recommendations of commanding koffi-
GERS in the field
The subject of arresting citizens ca charges
of disloyalty beg leave again TO aIlude to.
Many have been recently taken up by the Cor
fsderate officers, and with spirit of courtesy
and respect for State authority, tursed over to
me for investigation. | am at loss how te
dispose of them. cannot examin ne them
myself, and of course regard in inconsistent
with my dutp to set them at liberty without
an examination, and am vet more unwilling
to see them placed in the Confederate prison
at Sails bury where the tracks of the accused
all lead in one direction and the light Of old
English liberty is never sesn. | therefore
recommend the entabi shing Of comm; ;ssion
for the investatien Of charges against all such
persons, with power to commit for trial before
the proper tribunal, if sufficient cause appears,
&C.
ln this connection take great pleasure in
transmitting letter from Hon. Jas. A. Seddon,
Secretary Of War, in relation to the case of
r. j. Graves, and in response to the demand
for his delivery to the authority of this State,
made in obedience to JOINT resolution Of your
two Houses. Admirable in spirit ample in
explanation Of the circumstances under which
the arrest was made, and in expression Of re.
gard for the rights and sovereignty of tho STATE,
i am sure that, accom- panying it did the
prompt surrender of the accused, it cannot
fail to give you the satisfaction | experienced
on it's perusal.
In view Of the threatened invasion of the State,
have been advised by the war department to
call out the militia to assist in repelling it,
Having consulted with the General in COM
nand OF this department, l concluded to do SO,
but am at least doubtful Of my authority to
take the step, whilst youl body IS in session.
Not wishing to exercise any doubtful authority
when your presence and appreciation may SO
easily make it certain, most respectfully r.
commend that be authorized i'm ediately to
call out such portion Of the militia as may be
deemed sufficient to meet the present emergen.
cy.
| have the honor herewith to transmit cop
les of resolutions on various subjects Of the
Legislatures Of the States Of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama, forwarded to
me by their respective Executives with a re-
quest that they be laid before you. The most
important of these relates to the proposition of
guarantee by each State of its proportion of the
Confederate war debt, and to these | invite
your early and deliberate attention.
| am also pleased to be able to inform you
that the correspondence conducted by me wi
the War Department at your request, in reta>
tion to the burning Of cotton in Eastern North
Carolina, was entirely satisfactory, though for
prudential reasons | thought it improper to
make i, public. Very respectfully.
Z.B. VANCE.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30
GEN. BRACES ADDRESS TO THE
ARMY AT WINCHESTER.

The following isan official copy of Gen
Braggs address to his troops, issued at Win
ch ester, Tenn, on the 9th inst. Its note is no,
| much like that Of . retreatiug Or beaten COM
mander.
HrADau ARrEns ARMY OF TENNEss ZEE.
Winchester, Jan. 8, 1868.
Soldiers of the Army Of Tennessee:
Your gallant deeds have won the admirati on
of your General: your Government, and your
country. For myself | thank you, and am
proud of you-for them tender you the graf.
itude and praise on have nubly won
In campaign of less than one month, in the
face of winter, your achievements have been
unparalleled. You have captured more than
ten thousand prisoners, taken and preserved
thirty pieces f artillery, and seven thousand
small arms, in addition to many thousands
destroyed. You have besides captured eight
hundred wagons, loaded chiefly with supplies,
which have been destroyed or brought safely
to your lines, and IN pitched batteis you have
driven the enemy before von, inaicting a loss
at least three to Que greater than you have sus-
tsired.
In retiring to stronger position without
nsolestation from q superior force, you have
left him barren field in which to bury his
hosts of slain and to rally and re cuperate h is
shattered ranks. Cut off from his Government
both by rail and telegraph, and deprived of
supplies by the interruption of his communi
cations,we shall yet teach him severe lesson
for the rashness of pentratng a country 50 hes
tile to his cause. Whilst the infantry and ar
tiIery defy him in front. eur invincible cavalry
will assail HIN, in flank and rear until we goad
him to another advance only to meet another
signal defeat
Your General deplores, in common with yon
t he loss of your gallant comrades who have fall
ten in our recent conflicts. Let their memories
be enshrined in your hearts, as they will ever
be tenderly cherished by their countrymsn.-
Let it be yours to avenge their fate and proud
ly to emulate their deeds Remember that
your face is to the foe, and that you rests
the defence of all that is dear to freemen.
Soldiers! the proudest reflection of your
Generals life is to be known the comman-
der of an army so brave and invipcibe as you
have proven. He asks no higher boon than to
lead such men to victory. To share their trials
and to stand or fall with them will be the
crown of his ambition. .=.
BRAxToN BRAGG. Genl Com'dg
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

RE-VAco1NATIoN.-Apap paper on re.vaccina.
tlon was recently presented to the Academy OF
Medicine at Paris, in the name OF DIR. Vel-
mincks, one of it's corresponding msmbers.---
The author gives an account Of the experiments
instituted at Gaad, by DIR. Denopole, with
view to ascertain the advantages arising from 2
repetition of vaccination ut various periods OF
lie. The results arrived at are-that between
the ages Of twenty and forty, rs-vsceination
only takes effect upon four out ofone hundred
patients, while the proportion Of those on
whom it takes effect between the ages OF forty
aud sixty is % per cent; and between the
ages Of sixty and seventy, 54 per cent. The
correspondence deduced from these facts are
l. That until the age of twenty FIVE re-yaccina
ton is useless. g. That from that age 20 thir.
ty Ave it produces useful effects upon. very
small namber of persons, and that consequent
y it need not be very strenously recommends
ed at that period of life. 8. That from the
age OF thirty FIVE and upwards il becomes reals
Ily propylactic, and therefore necessary. E
| That when vaccination has not taken effect at Q
cert am time, this is no reason for concluding
that;t will not take effect ct some future period
Il
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

General Wheeler is q 'swheeler As is q wheel
err He makes sshub'' Of Rose Grams and bis
army, and sw hesIs'' renxd it TIRES sr four times
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30
LimcOln's Last .

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backs like 2 Jew 4 - =
Chase For the lite OF me, Mr., President,
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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

"a LITTLE MoRE GsAPE."-By confession
Of the enemy, Gen. Bragg inflicted as much
damage upon the Yankees as they have prob
ably suffered ia any other battle of the war.
The slaughter was terrific. That he was not
totally routed was probably owing to his vast
preponderance Of numbers. After all, in view
of the terrible havoc which the enemy suffered
and Braggs successful taking off of all he had
captured the falling back of Gen. Bragg is not
without alleviation. He has taken away all
the prisoners and all the guns he has captured,
and is now ready to give the enemy, if he choos
as to attack him, Ga little more grape"
The stalking off, of everything he captures
is a peculisrity Of this General, for which he
deserves some credit. He captured an i'm
meuse quantity Of supplies in Kentucky, and
took them off safely. He captured four thou
sand men, twenty y-four cannon, and Ave thou.
sand stand cf small arms at Murfreesooro, ano
took :heaa off also. We shall not be surprised
if the Yankees, in view Of the spoils he is al
ways delivering them of, should designate hira
the Cossack OF the South. In that ,event, we
would respectfully suggest that they give him
the name of Gen. TocksmoH. Ibis IS very
good Russian name, and il has the advantage
Of describing the Generals peculiar genius
We trust. that he may continue to merit the til
tie. and take off guns and Yankees till the end
OF the war. Richmond Dispatch.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-01-30

CART. M. F. MAURY--An entertainment
was given III New York last week to Gen, Me.
CIelian. The New York World says:
Among those present was the Mayor OF Hal
lax, who made q very eordial response to 9
complimentary toast to the British colonies.--
TIE Mayor alluded to Commander Maury,
who was in Halifax few days since with his
son, (aftsr running the blockade via bermuds
and Nassau,1 aud who declared very. publicly
thst he was visiting England TO take command
Of Confederate vessel Of war.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-17

ming, and men who felt with him about slavery. Such
mon were not Abontonist-hey discaimed ell right to
NEEDLE with Slavery in the Slave States But they rePesd
the assumed right Of those States desnd any cogn
sance Of or any assistance in maintaining their peculiar
Institution" on the part Of the Free States. To- resist
the Southern e1rtso maintain thir ascendancy in the
Union by creating neW Slave States. Charming 20
far IS TO sty WORKS Vol. VI, p 1857 "Let The Union
BE- discovered rather than recsiUc 1sxos into the Confede
yaev The Free States shoud declare that the very act
of dp,ittino 7sras p;H be construed dissolution Of
tbs Union" Such as the de iberate language OF 4
wise and good Northern preacher and sritera man as
different from the Beechers and Chsevsrs CT these days
"a George " ashipgon from Abraham Lincoln. Vixere
fortes ante iganennona There Seces ioDiss BE-
fore Jefferson Davis. To Claiming Is due the antaor-
ship Of an expression for the Feder1 Union, the i'm
port of which appears Of itself TO imply latent power
of secession He called the United States "a League
of Sopereignties." 1t Is matter OF tact that
the citizens Of thsf States 60 un;ted-wth
very rare excepionsIhase always deemed their
allegiance due primarily 10 tho State of their BIRTH
That of isst Opposes of the idle imputation OF rea-
son" and rebellion" A pretty rebel such man as
Stonewal Jackson for instance EVERY act CT whose
life was dictated BY sense OF duty-who the out
bi eak of the war; eff red his services, matter Of
course to his native State of Virginia. Toe League
of Sovereignt es bad become two Leagues instead of
one and tnat il not permitted to do 50 peaceably
was nos The fault in the first instance, OF the Southern
Secessonists who sent depuaton alter deputaton to
Washington before the broke out, to arrange ami
cable and equitable terms OF separation We hold, as
we have always held that armed coercion of seeding
States was q crime and bunder. Acrme and blul-
der prompted by natural enough pas,ions-but blum.
der and a crime still.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-17
The Enpina RAvArsed.
70 the CO.

When Abraham Lincoln mounted the car of STATE, he
announced, in his elegs phraieoogy that he in
tended TO "run the machine he found it ~ After
two years hard fighting, he to have ceased
pAring his Government to mighty M chine, ard now
liksns it shos-sbOp; for no talks only of begging
away, peggipg away"
On our side, We hSv5 made no comparisons. New
er.hee.s We too have machine to run as well as Lin.
coin and at dst il the aim Of everybody to put on
full head Of steam and srsig ht through to the
terminus of independence without stopping All TIE
passengers were In good humcur wish the Conductor
and the Eogineers and above ALL with each other The
train flew ahead and the trip promised TO DO short and
p,sasant one.
Bu OF late the engine has been reversed. That en-
gine-the true motive power Of the warts the good
vii, the affection and friendship Of the people. When
We all started, everybody in love with everybody
else and each We'd with the other to which could do
tie most for the comfort pleasure and safety of all the
Assengers in the train No one dreamed that it was
possible foz anybody to do TOO mueh display too lit
tie selishn.ss Life, property freely
offered it never occurred to any that the entire
possessions OF syery than enough give
away, if occasion demanded.
How things have caangsd since the engine was re-
vsrsed. Everybody is qa,rrelng, everybody is grasp
ing, and nobody helping trying to help uybody.
Al perlely bent on making themselves comfort
Able at the expense of their neighbors Nobody
What becomes of anybody, or il the train goes to
suasO, so ne is saved Everybody forges that all wi
20 TO smash together and that the only chance of ndi
vdua safety is the safety OF ALL People seem have
-
aud dots.
Is there no way of Is-reversing the engine getting
on the right track, aud going ahesd again. None in
the sss unless the people go back to the plan they
adopted at the beginning of the of helping one
another Mutual assistance, rot general robbery is the
law OF national progress and success. So long as we
PLAY on each other the Yankee tricks of eItoon and
boarding, we shall make no headway.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-17
WHIPPING GAMBLERS A LETTER FROM
PRINGLE.
Down BLOW. Oc,. Is. 1858

DOWN BELOW, Oc.. 10, 1868.
To the Editor Of the RAig:
Sn-s Nan from baltimo tina: Haudld in hiss Oher
and come doun last Mite told About the egslachcr
Wh'ppirgs Sp0arting men 10 stop them irCm -Dealln
Forror. Whioh maid IN. very Mad, but consulted
Dr. OidSoy and lie jeL Lid IT, for, Siis he tbars
PienSy CT laws nov stop ia n6ollng They was in
forced and Pas,iDge envy moar wont 900 good, and
faint no use for TO Try it-ciuj il Men wants TO Bet
they are gOipe 10 Bet don't keer how many laws you
Pass if you can't EXECUTE mild law, how tal you
strong law. faint laws that's Wsntid much hak-
,ng nen quit WAnsinge TO Play.
every boldly knows whar the Spourtings Hous.s in
richmond it, why don't the perlce 90 and break Them
upl Plainly becaus Pepul doant want tn m to and
them that makes laws Otngmes is the very that
loves 10 Play most. tasD sgn, when Qasrermarsters
and other ish oisssrs of government; loses some 40
aud some q 600 dollars Of Single ME- what you 60
ing TO do by Furnishing the Dealer and letting the
Payer oil, evidently nothing. them that play at tae
G ain is much to Blame as them that Deals espesherlv
II Them shat Plays is in 0fii. keep Pepul from CON-
ing to the Game and thar wont DO emmy Chime.
reeeoll.ckt they once Lisenst the Forrer Banks in
New Orleans, made the CHANDELIERS keep open doars,
and then everybody new which Betted aud which
dident and One Merchants clerks emmy responsible
o6ser tlAt caught thar lost thar place immedity
and IL had Q A Aieckt Let. them Pass what laws
they pease in richmond but lett them Deal fairly and
not make virginia man buy 4 Substitest and kemp
all the marylan den by making them Detecktve osrs.
That Amt far and for whippin Glmboers that's all
in nv l. when know they wont even find um. this
is what mr.. OldbOy told me and oonfufted me very
much, and yors paper being the only one that don't
Paitronize Bank have q rispsckt for it. and Deter
mind - rite you to that aieck.
Nonevs hear. Thare Is 80 menny Yankees Lokated
hear IN the arst year. that cant tell The Psice om
Washington.
The aethgr Is wsrms.
respectfully yours,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-17

rick without giving him the desired information, and
the Yankee. confess that both their cavsry and its in
t.r,rv ,upoo,t were beaten back. AZ last the truth
b,oke uuon them ard, with their usual energy, the
hue co,,s removed all nearly all their stores from
aospr Court House the brief space OF trentyfour
hours
S.ncs leen great Yankee foot race has been going
ou Asthe rear of 1.-The Grard Army" Is protected by
cavalry, and as Stuart is in advance Of infantry,
there has BEEN OF course deal Of work for boys
with bad saddles do Aud right royalty have they
done it, Although the story Of their achievements hiss
cee to only fragments the hundreds Of prisoners
that pour in day after day tell very pretty tale Of
themselves We hear of seven huadred ivalry horses
and all captured at sipgs dash; agaa Of three hun
dred more; aud again OF orders received at GosdOns
vile for the reception Of thousand prisoners, with
tsics tha. number of horses and mules.
'Thus far" says intelligent and wel-postsd cor
respondent 'our infantry have not been brought into
play" So s this 'bagsing" has been done by the fell
lows who have to feed their horses weeds and pay
dollar piece for horse shoe nails. Pretty good work.
but they keep on as they have begun, shall soon
be overwhelmed with Yankees. We have some ten or
twelve thousand of them here now, and they est like
cormorants. No wonder -four has gone up to fifty
dollars barrel Then, again, where all these pri.
soners to be sheltered AL the prisons crsmmed
the Aims House is in danger of becoming Yankee
Jail, and there is talk Of building enormous
house to cover the whole OF Bell ISe. Think of the
co of such building, when window glass is six dol
lars pane, and the price Of putty beyond computa'
ZION.
Our cavalry are reaping large crop Of laurels, but
at the same time, they soaring the good people Of
Richmond GU. of their senses The laws Of hospitality
demand that our yankee guests" be fed FIRST Of all
and as ons possible these laws will be complied WITH
Bu if the prisoners keen coming; the meal tub and
the ur barrel will soon give out and there will be
nothing 10 eat either for Yankees for white folks. It
Is very serious business, and if somebody don't make
haste to stop Stuart and his from hauling in the
cod fish gentry, the consequences will be fatal Our
eItoroners will be compelled TO drag all their -four out
Of their cellars and g.rrs and that will be Iunal
% the ei<y.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-10-17
TEE SLAVERY QUESTION.
Iron the L,ndon Globe.l

=. If the question were-Shall race of men be
reduced to slavery ?-even such mild slavery as that
above described-if the question even Were-Sbsll a
race forever b retained in slavery s-the English an
swer, of course must be an indignant negative. Bet
when the question IT, shall fire. sword rapine aud ruin
be carried through vast cultured countries, because Su
tured by hereditary boudsmen who have shown no On
of spontaneous impotence Of bondage, the answer we
cannot but contend should in common sense and Chris
tan feeling, be different We are, indeed Of opinion
that continued close political union between slave stae
aud States which had got rid OF slavery Impossible
There was necessarily between them struggle for az
cendancy-s struggle exaggerated BY the zeal Of Adolf
tionsts and the resentments Of saveholders till 1t ter
minated in what Mr.. Seward truly called an "nepres-
sble conflict But there was good reason why that
conflict should have become q war. Those who take
the trouble TO trace backward the prolonged ference
between North and South this subject will ind that
at It's earlier sagss the idea Of the dissolution Of the
Union was familiar word in Northern before 1t became
90 in Southern minds. While the Southerns preserved
and strengthened their political ascendant she Northerns
hrst talked of Secession. That word was never pro-
nounced BY qualification" of unconstitutional
laws was the Southern ws.ohword of those days But
that word pronounced not long BY Chan.