Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-27
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Ioorfespondenos Of the Wh'g
A RAIN INTO KEsrucKY-THE LADIES .or N'MSKvILLE-
s'EornNs To wEARn--EosEcRAss': PURPOSES, ETc,s
CAVALRY IN Fsoxr OF heslIEa'trtLE,l
'~-- March II, 1853. !
Our lines st surround McMihhyille. The enemy oc-
casionslly menaces outposts They seem-to have
estab ished Gordon of posts from Murrees6oro en-
tirey to Carthage The latter post has ouy been re-
Gently established IL is gartisoned BY about thee.
thousand men, under the command OF Col Briggs, OF
Coxs division These part OF the reenlorcements
lately received. from Northwestern virginia. But
hemmea in as thus they suppose they have u we some
times outwit them--e 9, Col Cnke, OF Cen horgahs
Brigade, evaded them and passed into Kennedy, tax
ing in his route Bukesvle Jamestown Sopetset ami
MI Vernon; taking also, in his route, about two hun
dred prisoners and burning some few wagon mans
Finally he captured the piquets IN front OF Lexington,
and retired TO the edge of the hill country where he
still was the last time heard from him, up to hseyes
| in forage ..
AIDE "a we'll as packets from Nassau will give you az
other instance of the Inability of the Yankees to pen
MS in or rather the Generals scutensss ic not bgAg
penned in The whole female population OF AcAnG
ylle-and grand imperial violet set they ,are-hsVe
nothing to wear" Each one, to man. tbe Mctimses
included have set up most pheous howl On The sdO-
-ct- The wall of distress reaches the ears OF the ere
/ raj He is melted. lie sends TO Kentucky Tor Dry
goods soothe the fair madens OF the barrehs' "e
Grief of maron and maiden amehoraed, as theythnk
/ Of sunsner calcoes, Augaudy musins and Naieuctt
lawns Their poeess writes an ode to joan Morgan
mon .taehe and they all mite in saying "Btssed Is he
Who can'send to Kentucky" Well, 10. be- brei, The
supplies come The ladies flock to make their prlbg
purchases And Tor all the world you would thiHk they
we're shopping in time IF peace They are ascoo as II
il was the business of life They turn up their nose at.
this and throw aside that article audi utterly iorSetlu
that they are in rags, bitterly complain that there is nos
| thing i'll the assortment nc to wear
| -. "Oh, woman, in thine hour of ease,
Uncertain, coy and hard 10 please"
m But thou makes us light the Yankeesso peace be to
| thee and thy ashes, and also thy puff pos der"
We have come TO the conclusion, after ak, that the
NV /. only making eint in this region. lie realms
p1imporant force here suppose, ~ draw our at
teption to this side OF Tulahoml while lie 8 nassiUg
mia troops on our left flank. The develop nepts giving
rise 10 this suspicion are that he concen ang troop
=, Florence and is gradually thro@ing tcrct, drawn
/ rom Nashville and Murfreesboro, IntO Fraukin.-
should he succeed insiorcing his way tp Columbia,
and establishing this line, you will see IRON the map
that his right INK could be subsIsted by supp
honght IN the Tennessee river 10 Florence, his
left is supported by the railroad from NaAh'e 10 Pa
aski HIS ine would then app olch near our grlnd
bulwark OF defence, which Is tie ;ountryfo Bridge
mont 10 Chattanooga. His idea is no dOIbt todr;yu
hack from our present position hoping 10 loloe his way
/ 10 Rome Ca or some like point ana thereby disa-m
her the South. He is welcome TO as much succcss
his NAV gain. He is doubt very secrtt too, Ia has
| Vaccinations; bu. + expect old NJ Bagg has heard
something about them by tns time. IL Is thc prevail
np opinion here that bIue is imB-neuc ,fnd sup
position is that the enemy will be routed If they dare
10 encounter us. And If providence should send US vic
fory but few Yankees will return ome TO tell tne ale
i of their defeat For broken, our cavalry Vii
m AXE Them rue the day they invaded III SJuth Wheel
.r and Van Dorm are both impatient for the conilct.
Yours, truly, ALiiAaBsA