, 1863-08-28

Confederate authorities when tho present
amnesty expires, enforce the death penalty
vigorously and mercilessly, TIL the evil is
cured- Severity to these offenders il humane
ity 10 the rest Of. the army. and to the coun-
Ky. Death to thcsa il 1ifo to the cause. It
is Il o.t mistaken c!. q, eucy that prompts
sny ttItr couree of actis,n.
TIE PRESIDENT, GEN LEE AND THE SEswrA-
PEE5. -
{Erom the Richmond Wing. 19E.,.} -
Tic President tells us he Wapts 4mors men.
In his agrny for more men he appeate t. snc
ladies' tn help, and grants gen. raj amac:t7
to I'LL deserters, advertising the tad amaestv
twenty consective days in every newspaper in
the ConfederacJ, ut cost Of thousands Of
dollars. 49,.
Gen. Lee appears to be Of the ra,ne mind
with the President, He, too, wants more
men. BE calls upon ll his officers and. ucn
to join their respective egiments without q
moments delay. and even appeals to ths peo-
pie Of the several stateB to send forth every
man capable at besring arms.
One Would suppose that two such high au-
thorities would be apt to know what they
we're talking about. ::
But the newspapers, 1nclu5lpg she Presi-
dents own dear organs, are diligently en-.
gagged; dsy sitter day, in assuring Us that the
YaLkce drafts are 3 dead flilure; the Yankee,
armies waiting away By disease; dessrtlons
and expiring cnllstments; that Lees army Is
numerically greater than Meade's. aud that
Lincoln. is On his last lega, ID military point
Of view.
Gen. Lee, OF the newspapers: We cau't be-
lieye both, fer il the newspapers are t., ba
needed, there Is no need of another mau In
our armies. All we have to do "a to stand
re1ftct}y etill and zee Lincoln legiocs vanish
into tLin alr. Then we will march 10 Boston
without the slightest Inconvenience OF inter-
ruption, aud ne will be able to do that next
tull.
This is no time to t1ifle with the people
They fa,e not afrlnt fools. Their spirits a.e
not to be kept up by conflicting statements
They know that the new CONSUMPTION Of men
and The appeal Of General Lee, do not tally
with the sarguine articles of the newspapers.
What they want Is not de1usive hopes, but
the assurance that the President Intends TO net
with wisdom and energy
We do want more men. The Yankees are
trying to play another trick on us. dust be-
fore The battle Of Caauce2lorsyil1c, theY as-
sured us that Houker's army was only 70 .D00
strong; and just before Grant captured Graud
Gulf they assured us that there would be no
more general engagements durtog tho Tar.
Reliable gentlemen, who had been through tie
Northwest, brought news that peace mad an
alliance with The confederacy we're po,itiyely
determined on.
They are trying to fool us sgain. Reliable
gentlemen, '.jutt treturnedtrom Washiogson,"
arrive almost du,ly within our lines, to assure
us that Me.de is "receiging no reinforce.
merits, except few negro regiments, etc,
etc" We have had enough of this stuff to
satisfy eyen the Administration. This is the
calm before the storm. Tne Storm will not
wait for the dog days to expire. Meade Is
constantly being reinforced, and 60 is Rose.
c1ons, and the first thing we know Lee will be
bn%3
ysdsd b1 10 eco n, and Mobile iuSes ssee Cd b. by
way Of Pascagonla The house must be set
in order and Kept so, for the storm will soon
hurst In al1 its fury.