Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-08-22
Southern News.

BY way of Cairo, Aug. s, we have tia
following items of Southern news:
The Memphis B;aletiii has Montcom-
erv and Mobile advices Is Wednesday.
On that day. Yanccy really departed this
life. In the early days of secession he
#as one of the Head leaders in shat church
ANIL. though not in front in tie battles,
H;S course mar nevertheless been actIveIn
the sphere in which he moved. He was
among the most prominent that death
has removed from tie paths of wicked
ness.
Mobile news of the 25th contained lit
tic of interest not already in print.
Tie 8e,Gs takes down JET. Davis or
gan, the Richmond Sentinel, for attack
ING johhstou. and chargiug on him the
loss Of ticksburg. The Ne,gs contends
that Davis appointed Pemberton, and rs
the latter is 4 failure, Davis should lie
responsible.
DeBow, agent for the purchase of cot
ton for the so called Confederate States
in Mississippi, announces the policy Of
tho Government to bo to annly the torcls
where cotton Is in imminent Jlaager of
falling into the hands of tie enemy, but
in only such cases; for n mere raid, he
saws, cotton should not he destroyed:
Tie price of substitutes in Richmond
is very high. One man advertises to On
for $1,000; another offers $500 for
substitute in an artillery company. Great
eleanor is raised over this subject. Over
G0,OO0 substitutes have alre.dy lieen re-
ceived instead of regular conscripts able
to bear arms. The next confederate Con
gress will PIT in the ranks all men able t.
do MILITARY duty, for the ayowod reason
That the necessities Of the country require
every man to give not only his property
but his person to the cause.
One Photographic establishment III
Macon. Georgia. was caught in attempt
Jig to smugg'e in from Europe two hun
dred thousand dollars Of counterfeit Con-
federate money.
The Atlanta appeal again argues the
necessity for guerrilla operations upon
the Mississippi, and says a systematic
plan of operations on Its backs, Will ac-
complish more than can otherwise be de-
vised to cripple Grant.
1t says; we want to see travellers upon
the father Of waters, bushwhacked from
every caneUfake and bluff below Mem
fliis.
The Bulletin advises the editor of the
appeal to come out and try it. 4 letter
received from Richmond confesses that
the Yankee raid into North Car,ina has
been of more importance than was at first
supposed. 1t penetrated into the intcri;
or of the States, destroyed towns and
plantations, ard carried of stocl, and ne
groes: Tarboro' was destroyed, also Il
gnnboat in course of construction was
consumed in the CONFEDERATION.
Mrs. JEFF Davis had q sham battle
fought ut Richmond, by South Car!ina
brigade, in or,lrr that the fe::i lady rigl:.
see how they did it in the army.
The death of the wife of Postmaster
General Regain, is reported on tie 2lst
nit.
The Chttanoosa Rebel of the o5th uit.;
states that to young men, Unidentified rs
the parties who robbed a citizen, were
tride as spies. and hung on the Odd.
They were from the 10th Ohio regiment,
and were arrested near Columbia, Tenn .
Joe Johnston reviewed his troops Mt
Mobile on the afternoon of the 9th !.
The We~s says nnch cheering greeted
the battle Scared Veterans. the sight OF
whom wils a good tonic to the ctizsu
soiliery.