The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-19
SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 10. 1861.
Views rruan Vice PrrsiasIss sssnhs"s

SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 10. 1863.
Cheering Views rrsln Vice PrssiasIst sss rhsns
The editor of the Raymond MISSY Gazette
has read a private letter from Vice President
Stephens. under dG;c ol March l4h. address
cd to a lady al Raymond. u contains matters
Of interest, ~ expressing the views ut one OF
the Iirst minds of the nation. in tlie p,csent
jsncturr of affairs and the Gazette quotes
heely:
Ia speaking of the ability of the South 10
nzsiptaIn the atand taken Mr.. Stephens speaks
eou6dently arid sayR: we can without doubt
&ubsist our armies just long as the Federal
:. .huyernFnent shall continue TO wage this cru
ssaGe against us, if We properly. judiciousty aDd
Eiseiy avail ourselves Of our resouroes. They
Sa1e abundant If prudently develop ed, hue ba nd
ed usd applied. No equal number of people
oa the earth ever had more of tho essential
elements of war at their command than We
have, Internal resources for Subsistence is
one of the chiefest OF thcae But the develop.
ment of these needs is looked TO by tfrcse VINO
conduct the war quite as R,uch. If not moro,
than the raising of armies | gave close at.
ten.ioD TO this subject in the beginning of onr
struggle, and was well satisfied thpt VIC could
InaEHeAtn the war III oiIr defence as iou., aa the
senesHy could prosecute it lnr GnLingaliou.
Frederick .oi Pruss ia. defended his kingdom
ia seven years struggle against all The corl
hined powers. The odds against him IN iSht.
ing men we're but three to one-yet his de-
fence was snccessini; and not only this, but at
the end o! the war he did not owe ono dollar
This shows what can and may bc done, for his
kingdcm was far inferior TO our territory in
those internal resources essential to SUCCESS i'm
war. All that is wanting with us under kind
Providence, IL the same brains 10 nlanlxe and
mould our resources Ilrat. elevated those OF
Prussia.
Every energy OF the country now in the az
riculturai line shouid h." vigorously applied to
the production -: food AMI clothing For
wiiIir ! am satisfied We posscss tic means to
;nish the ncccaeary anpplics, &c. | ain
equally satisfied i'iat Ii they arc not properly
and efficiently used, the supplies will fail and
then failure will he atteaded with disaster.
After speaking of several minor matters, and
dwelling somewhat upon the movements ia
the Northwest, Mr.. Stephens says:
In the meantime we must, with patriotism.
patience aud iorbearance bear all the ills, pri-
yaiiOHs ard sacrifices which are the price OF
our independence. These ills. Privaticns and
sacrifices must be hcroically borna, not cnlv
by the gallant on IL "a. !eld but by ali who
are at home. All have dutiee 10 perform
Every ono who can turn furYow or y spindle
use a hoe or a needle. wieh an AK or shuttle
IN word, every one who can turn hand to
anything in the way Of supplying food and
clothing for the men in the f,ii can rend ar
imPor ant and essential service To tile grea,
cause, and coutrihnto something toward ulti
mate sucCeSs."
In speaking ot tne present prospncts of the
country, in the fighting way MIR. Stephens
says:
L.. Ill l., ii. I
the movements of TIC enemy in your State.
Those who have suffered by the hanh Of the
despoiler, the plupderer and the robh"r have
our deepest sympathies. while tho noble shir-
its who hsvo defended Port Hudson and
Eicksburg, have "ur liveliest gratitude and
highest admiration. They have won n name
that will live through all history"
SEIrmIsh with Humphrey MarshaIi-Essrae,
frdSn u Private Erti.r.
F,"In the Louisyillc Journal Of the I0,h
i.orIsA. Ky. April , los3.
Humphrey Marshall, with 1000
nen, undertook to gnhblc us up q few days
R'nce, but was mistaken. We met him two
miles from this place and skirIuishcd with lis
force ono day aud night when We fell back To
camp expecting him to follow. as his force was
some three or four to one but he dill not. AZ.
ter consulting with his oncera he wisclv with
dr"w under cover of the darkness. This is
fhc third iisi we have whipped hIsa. aud the
next time we expect to be his last. Our loss
was one Killed and two wounded. The colder
Killed betonged 10 my company, and was uaIn
ed EhIah Justice. lie was an excellent soldier
and general iavosi'e. Il was reported at one
fImc that | was killed. but this Mink was
mistake. as ! am well and did not receive a
scratch The rehels have all this neiehbor.
hood and we expect to 80 The
weather here ~ very severe. rain. had. etc.
While write | have 10 hold the door of ssy
ten with ono hand while try to write with
the other.
c. A. W., l4th ny. Inf.