New-York daily tribune., 1863-10-24

ors regardless OF all feeling Of humanity have adopted
the barbarous and irhuman plan of running down
scripts with blood hounds Day after day for the last
month has the writer been witness to tins aud can
vouch for its truhulnesS in the most emphatic terms
Any government In this enlightened century that re-
sorts to the practice of hunting up its citizens by blood
hounds to force them into its army is no longer wor-
thy of the support or sympathy of honest men, The
legislature of Alabama has passed law forcing all men
between the ages of sixteen ana sixty into the service
and this is the hobby which the candidates for the Con
fedeIa;e Congress riding. while sumpng their
districts for reelection. They will all be elected as
they have no opposition because free speech is 80
gagged that no one would dare to himself op
posed to such policy. No doubt the next Congress
will pass IA law forcing every into the army under
sixty wears of age and then there viii he general
odus 10 the Union lines.
DESPoYDENCY or THE INTELLIGENT OFFICERS.
Among many of the most Intelligent and responsible
officers in the Confederate army, there is great des-
pondency as to the final result They to feel the
hopccssness Of the and express their fears though
they are prompted by feelings of honorable consistency
to stick 10 their posts long there is any hope left
They are all tired with the war and cannot see that
anything is he gained by keeping il MP against
power that is growing stronger every day. Some are
preparing themselves for the change when the Union
shell be rcistabshcd and others making their cal
culaiions 10 remove 10 other lands.
INCONSISTENCY OF rIRE-EATING REBELS.
Some Of the hottest Scccsonist leaders still enl
dcayorng lead The people into the belief that success
will finally b. certain and these viii get upon
the stump 70 make war speech dressed in n fun Yankee
suit wlioh was brought by the underground railroad
through the Union lines. These are the men who
preach to others while they refuse to practice that which
they teach and the people intelligent enough to un'
derstand it, The homespun goods which the mass of
The people very glad get in these days of scarcity
are moi good enough for these demagogues but they
mus, appear before the dcuded public dressed up in fu
paraphcrnalia Of Yankee manufacture.
GIN. pEAlHEgToS not DEAD
The rcpor, circulated in the Northern papers pur.
porting to give detailed account Of the death Of GEN
Pcmberton was canari he is still alive ana rccei'
ing the universal eAecraton Of the southern people The
court Of inquiry which had convened al Montgomery
TO investigate the charges submitted against him. has
been suspended for the present and viii ncAt meet at
Atlanta Ga. where Gen. Pcinbcr,on is rusticaing
in retirement There s no doubt about hs being the
particular pet Of JEFF Davis and he need entertain no
fears about the result OF the examination the esccu
tive clemcncy will be- able TO vhiiewash linn whatever
may b. the decision Of the court
MILITARY DEsPoTlsM.
Although the Union army has hitherto been unable io
find any Union sentiment among the people there is
now very general and growing discomfort TO be ob-
served The military dcspo,ism is daily driving hun
dr,ds Of men into the Union lines and a. the
uex, Rebel Congress meets law viii be passed impress
-, ~ 4 sut,.f nd ~
laws viii he repealed; foreign protection papers w be
dsregarlcd and military anarchy established IN
authorization Of thu there many already making Their
way 10 Nicksburg and other points within tie onioh
lines The dcsposm is growing to such proportions "'
TO become altogether intoicrahlc.
UgIoS sTEASnE BURNED.
On the morning OF the 2-ih ult., while the steam
er Robert Campbell was lying OF Mlikcn's Bend
a FIRE was discovered Ia the hold. Upon op ning Tho
matches 10 ascertain the the femes accelerated
by the draft burst forth in Irresistible Violence and In
few minutes spread oyer the whole boat. Several
hundred passengers were aboard. among whom "'r'
FIVE sd,c. OF the latter four saved and one was
burned Il appears she was panic stricken as 70 b.
entirely incapable Il moving or making any aempt 70
c.capc and il Was horrible sight TO witness hf -i'ha
inc ruo,ionlss a, the very verge Of eternity until The
nnmcs lnpi~d h'r dress, Hh" III "'''"''' ''
iroy onycloped IN the devourinr element. soma
forty other passengers persisted by drowning bn' ihi
names have not vet been asccriaincd. Ihe aooi
dent occurred ju.i at The break Of day ana 'h'
passcurcis being aroused out q their sleep Ter'
greatly hcHid,rcd. causing panic from ~hicl many
could not recover until too e save thcmsolves The
crew and The passengers who were saved hh'e inco 81
,ived A Vcisburg having been brought DO" on o'hci
loais Tie boat was on her Downward u ~, ''"'
rlr with army stoie-. aid The irgo N i"iI i"rs
I "''o''- 49, tIsIiIAN.