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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

CoSvERsArIoN. WITH TIE YANKEE GENERAL LYrLE-
SENTIMENT OF TEE ARMr.-A correspondent of Il Q
Macon tGa Telegraph, residing in Wills Valley, North
eastern Alabama, gives an interesting account Of til
occupation of the Valley by the centre Of RosecrAns'
army before the battle of Chickamauga, including the
following specimen of many conversations with General
Iytl. one of the most intelligent and accomplished
officers in the Yankee army:
As General Lyle a quasi acquaintance and most
ACCOMPLISHED gentleman aud soldier, and, with all hav.
ing his headquarters on my farm, l avaed myself of
his invitation to visit him daily, and had much free and
unembarrassed conversation with him touching the
and ts prospects. He, i'll common with the whole ar
N.Y. seemed to entertain strange, unwaverlng faith,
amounting to anaticsm, that they would march, unob
sruced the centre OF GeoIgis and crush the rebel
lion before winter and thus al tier anxiety about
the e3cape OF BraEg without relieving the edium of
the Uearisome march by the excitement Of battle -
DiSgusted with this constant eXplcs on Of bOmbas /
aaid gentlemen restrain your Boosting l you get be-
yond the shadow Of yonder mountain, and ! promise
YOU some OF the hardest fighting OF this war;
or sny war upon this continent Lyle asked
why | said Sd? you declare, makrg no secret
at you 60 to sukiugate and rob Of all their property
and ,uhj to the African race OF proud white meF
no;ed 70 their pride OF character" replied; and
You cxpertthey W II not bglt you. men, women and
children? Male the Gaze your Osn, and WoCl1 you not
say, " we skOk or ny, the5e uolu tner peace, the
very stones II cry out and Call from their sepulchres
the old fathers in their graveclohes to drive back the
invader? Heretofore you have fought the frontiers
under the guns of your forts and gunboas where hal
the population your friends-nOW you invade
united people, burning with intense hatred towards you,
made SO by the savage brutslty Of this | can
have no hand in t. but, depend upol H. fight awaits
you; and nsl defeat Lyle replied GAN this can and
will be overcome by number. We shall be backed by
fifteen thousand men yet beyond the Ohio and We can
aud will put down this rebellion matter what 1t costs
We have too long been 6ght 6, as you cay, on the
frontier we shall hereafter strike at the CENTRE the
heart of the rebellion aud that is ia Georgia. We will
make Chattanooga our base, to operate upon the
cotton States, and 80 make short work OF it."
"Well grant, for the sake Of argument, you subju-
gate the South and free the negroes and restore the
'Umoo, what tort of Union will you have, said ],
did you ever know a grown uP white. man whipped
into Union and love with his enemys Would not such
union only breed rebelIions" Col Harison Of Ohio,
promptly said, 'If they still rebellious will kill
theml" "And may you dot expect their viii avenge
their death p asked. I'VE will kil them toe, ard
place them with loyal Africans" was the brutal re-
ply. "Gen. Lyle, said J., ''ths Abolition war can
not be cOngeniL to your nature; you are descended
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
MILITARY Rrrrcsscr.-rhe Chicago Times says

General Lees report of his Pennsylvania campaign Il
published Gen. Hookers and Gen. heade's reports
have not eeen the light Tie rebel authorities q, 10
have more profound reliance upon the common sense
aud patriotism of their people than the cherubs at
Washington have of our own. Tney have never hcsi-
taed TO publish news, when highly unfavorsble to
their cause. We 6ni no complaints Of Government
Censorship or false dispatches in the journals of Dixie,
probable for the reason that they ia 10 perceive the
ce sy or propriey Of raising the hopes of the people
by eff ll Muuchluens only to dash them 10 The ground
when the inevitable truth comes out.
1t Is difficult to conceal unfavorabe news from the
people, 1t will "out" and the they know 1t the
better We trust the rebe" authorities will continue
10 rely on the common aud patriotism" of the
people; though, fear there are not wanting ndica
tons of the gradual stealing them Of the habit Of
the Yankees 10 endeavoring to conceal bad news.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
A Hnnsa for Gem. Lea.

The Oity Council have done we'll On Monday, the
President having introduced the subject Mr. Hill pre-
sented resolution appropriatng 100000 Tor the pur-
chase of house e be rendered. free of rent to Gen.
Robert T. Lee, as q family residence. committee OF
three was appointed to select suitable building There
will be not little isuly in OBJ ainiug such build
nv but the difficulty must be overcome. We have been
shamefuly derecs 10 this matter and have procrAs-
mated when NO should have bsen prompt and eager.
Several mortbs Rave elapsed since the Editor OF this
paper suggested privately that the men of property in
this city should quietly purchase and furnish completely
handsome residence for Gen. Lee and his family, aud
allow no intimationof the movement to reach the Cen
srAl until the well deserved present was rendered The
suggestion was no. Needed for reasons the nature Ct
which We do not care to conjecture 1t is to be re-
GREETED that this more graceful aud acceptable method
of showing our great Chiefin the appreciation in which
the CITY he has 30 successfully defended holds him, was
not adopted but it is satisfaction to know that the
family of the master of Arlington, who has himself
lived for more than two years in tent and fed on SOL
ders ratios are longer to be conhned to two hired
apartments They are by no means objects OF cha1y'
but the exorbt4nt charges OF landlords and their un
willingness 10 accept continued iavots OF single veal
thy citizen loot native of Virginia, by the way made
them regard it as stroke of good fortune after much
troublesome searching for rocmi to obtain the lodg ngt
in which they now are. What story does this tel Of
Richmond, where 90 many millions have been Accumu
lated by men, who would nov DO homeless vagabOndf
or prvaes in the ranks if they lad no. been protected
in their money getting, oftea times by nefarols me-
thOd by the great unsefsh hardship -despsng Chris
tian soldier whose family have been thus neglected.
Robert L. Lee Is 50 noble man. and Of such em
neDco social AID military, that il is impossible properly
to arragn those who have gnOred his services without
woundng him by the very conspcuousness impaired to
their ingratitude and neglect. We refrain from eI-
pressing tie emotions 10 which this subject gives rise
and will only add that Richmond will be dsgraced if the
present. made at the eleventh hOur is not complete in
all its parts, and rendered in the mos. becoming
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
nEsRY WARp leEoaER Al aLAsapW.
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Mr.. Ward Beecher has been giving another OK bis
feryld oraions ut Glasgow Il was good deal inter-
fup ed by the feeling the part Of the advocates OF
the South and ludcrous conflict when the
erend gentleman prophesed the return Of the South
the Union 'Ne7er, never 7" was shouted by hundred
stentorau voices Mr.. Beecher repeated bis
ment which Wss met by the same answer; and so the
combaants went on for some Tine for all the world like
tsO Quarresome children In q nursery. Mr.. Beeohers
eryor Is eaualed onyby his inaccuracy He declared,
for instance that the Washington government was per-
fectly ready to give up the Southern Commissioners,
and that il was therefore, ungenerous for US TO have
threatened the United States with In the time OF her
trial
mr. Beecher carefully forgot that the Commissioners
were detained prisoners until the news arrived In Ne"
York OF the dispatch of tie guards that more than one
member of the Washing on Cabinet declared that the
North would never surrender the prisoners and that
Wilkes was the hero Of the day, and publicly feted and
thanked or his bravery Like most fervid orators Mr.
Beecher is more fluent than logical At the close oil
his address gentleman in the body OF the room com
petey posed him by reading clause from the United
States Constitution in which slavery s made legal, ard
by asking whether Mr. Beecher and his friends were
ecntendi q for the old Constitution or eW one II
for the first they must be cohtendiDg for slavery;
thew were fighting for the secood they had no rght to
nplan of the South for TO loving the same courSe
We need scarcely say that Mr.. Beeohers attempt to an
swer the question left him completely mpaed upon the
horns OF this cruel dilemma.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

Oh, shs pFohsa o. tAa struggle sOs golss CIT Yheps
Il nothing 10 DO hopsi aS ircn any eUutfShS pafaOn
Of The Northern people. Every Federal military sue
cess but increases the confidence Of all that the ieoe
lion will soon be erushed and many OF the leading pom
Cans and journals are already discussing the question
as to what relation the Southern States shall hold 70 the
General Government, so confident are they OF ultimate
success Southern valor aud Southern endurance alone
ara left to solve the question Of subugAtion or inde-
nendapos For the latter let be resolv ed-for this
lat us fight and endure We can be free and indepen
dsn, and we shall be- The sacrifices we may yet be
called upon to make may DO many, but they must DO
met. The reward of our privAtions will be ample
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

An OPPoATUNIr LosT.-A correspondent Of the
Macon Telegraph, writing from Wills Valley, writing
after the battle of Obckamauga, despcts the ccns:er
nation prevailing in the right wing of Rosecrans army
and says:
About midnight a cavalcade came into the road from
the mountain my house. and dashed up the road nj
full speed. 1t was Gen. Mitchell and stsf Brags's
cavalry had met in the mountains the Yankee cavalry
and out them badly up, driving them back their in
fsntry and artillery, hudded together in the mountains
Night saved them, rather they saved themselves by
taxing to the woods during TIE night and spreading Out
in every direction. Had Bragg known the whole corpt
of some $1,000 men we're in the mountains they could
all have been cut off Mitchell after working his way
by fight along the top of Lookout for ten miles,
Guided 10 descend to the valley and so plunged down
the mountain where goats would fear 10 climb salu
tsry tear OF the rebels made him disregard the eaIfu
dangers of the way. l. took three days more fer th
gallant army 10 get, one by one, out of their hiding
places in the mOuntAins-two whole divisions were
missing for two days!
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
1.-THE Southern Cross

This admirable poem, which is now going the rourdt
of the Southern press and for the publication OF which
the editors of the fillmore Republican were arrested
and into prison aud their paper suppressed
peared nay in the Southern Literary Messenger
month OR two after the war began. The author, st.
George Tucker formerly clerk of the Virginia House o.
Delegates, was in the service at the time the poem
published, remained In it for more than year, and
never left it until he contracted pulmonary disease,
which proved fatal Tia little singular that his poem
which ia as foe almost as its model the Star SpangIed
banner should be reprinted yhOut the length and
breadth Of the Con(ederacy as on anonymous prodne
ton. When il was Writteu the Confederate hIg had,
indeed been decided upon but all agreed that Its re-
sembanCe to the Yankee gridiron too cose to be
long tolerated The Southern Cross which the amented
Thornton apostrOphised beautifully In hs speech be-
ore the Convention, found general favor in Virginia,
and fl ~, with this symbol hoisted in Frodcricks
burg and other places. Alter much dsputation, The
Southern Gross, cOnseerated upon thousand battle
fields has become the ensign OF the allied nations, and
whenever and wherever il floats will recall the memory
of the gifted poet who gave his life in defence of the
glorious principles which it symbolzss.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

fen an snsIsnI Carolina haIly. You esnnss wish %
zee TIA sotlhe'n peoelo sftefhiDaisd.h "Nof 90 ~
he tepled ~ thss viii cease 20 tfsuple she dsg
and return 10 this Uniou Both sides have vindcsted
their honor and courage" added you the strong.
est therefore propositions OF settlement should como
from your side Let your Congress annul Lncolhs bar
barous Abolition Proclamation, and guarantee to the
South security of persons and property and propose to
them to return under the compromise proposed by the
Southern Commissioners at Washington in 1860, and
rejected bv this Northern Congress, and stop this sui
cidal war"
"Your leaders Fepudiaed that compromse then, and
would not receive il now they are for total and eternal
separation and just as determined thai tns war
shall be eternal If ssary, to prevent u. ne TO
Piled: 81 am and have been Democrat ana DING
teen -twentieths Of every brigade Democrats pu'
no followers Of that miserable demagogue Vailtndgnan
We are not Abel tionss We hate those Did traitors
as bad as you can. We believe the negro was created
for slavery and nothing else, and the man OF nttl
gence who doubts this after 600 years trial. seems TO
mo fanatic or q id fool. OLD Abe Is q id fool
about many thi gs-negro equality among them-snd
vet hold, as a war measure, bis proclamation was
right Your slaves feed the rebt armies, while their
masters fight us-sny means 10 prevent this Ia egii-
mate This foolish and wicked and unjustfable rebel
lion must and shall be put down at whatever cost; and
then when our army has reach, the heart Of the
beon and dispersed the rebel army am for the Union
as it was aud shall insist that the Sogh be invited
back on the terms you propose; but there 70 be nc
peace nor parleying with armed rebels J.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
REBEL VICTORIES AND FEDERAL SUCCESSE

REBEL VICTORIES AND FEDERAL SUCCESSOR
In leading article On the American Campaign, the
London army aud Navy Gazctte says:
is one OF the characteristics of the war in America
that the Condolences nearly all the battles and the
f deras all the substantial suoces;es Take the cam
Iaigns in the Southwest; dney Johnston and Beaure
gard halt bate a. ShilOh but the next day they
we're forced to relinquish the ground, and few
weeks afterwards Beauregard had to eVacuate Conth
Bragg outu arching Buell., penetrated into Kentucky,
but beiug Outmarched add headed be had to fght at
Perryve. He claimed the victory, aud what we're the
fruits Tie evacuation Of Kentucky by the OOnfede
rates Bragg reappearai at Aurireesboro' Rosecrans
assailcd him there, aud beat him by mere obstnscy--
The Coufed,rGtes claimed q victory because they cap
tured guLs but Bragg victorious tell back behind the
Duck river. X. sdyaI cod this summer and by
ad OFT MT osuveFing turned fret flank and then the
other of the strongest positions Bragg took I'D and
fortified for months TushOma and Chat auooga. When
Rosecrans the Tennessee, Bngg, reinforced
from the four Winds-tom Lee and JShELton--turns
aud fights, and wins rough.and tumble fight in the
Georgian Highlands. he catches Rosecrans shifting his
inc army fFcm his right hand TO his ei, aud inf
deep wound upon this army, I'D hurs il back wards
the Tennessee -Four days pass away and Rosecrans ia
not dsodged from Chattanooga the real bone of con-
tenton. Bragg had made d suRremo effort The tele-
grams supplied TO the Richmond papers furnish ample
proof tha. OF tie best and the best
from Lees army-even Longstreet, Hood, Hll--were
with him. He had won two combats, yet four days
e4psed aud be had done nothing. Sofa appears, he
nigh. have moved upon Bridgeport and compelled
Rdsec-ans to cross the river and hasten place him.
sell between Bragg and Nashville. He might have so
placed his army as to Of Burnside, compel him
70 cross the Tennessee and hasten back to Kentucky
He might have tried another battle The stake was i'm
ense and would have justified risk for il the Federas
receive reinforcement they will hold Chattanooga for
ever. But up to the 26h OF September Bragg to
L. al nj Was IL that ha Waa hik ard
himself or that he hestased between the projects sub
mitted 10 him. or that be waiting the effect of some
cavalry demonstration 10 the of the Federal army
Whatever the cause il Is clear that there was inactivity
in the Confederate camp when success end the interests
Ofothe COniederaCy reqtred VigOr.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

fass.stssn IssasIcs cs pms~A 0nssit CAL
10 Asss sAuriet this bad the Menphs Bslstla II
TIE asi u, publishes the following despatch from CHI
einnafs
GrzcisEATr. Oct lS.-Erciting news ia curekt here
tonight The effect that large rebel force, supposed
to be In Wyaldoste county, vrgi6is making their nty
to Ohio intending TO strike In North Northeasteily
direction. Tteiofces are uoder command of General
Buekner and the that driven out Of Cumber
land Gap and ROCKVILLE by Burnside. IL will be remps
bered that Burnside. in purtuiDg Bockner to Jon<s
lest track OF him, and supposed he had gone further
South. 10 this he was mistaken, If VIC judge by The
present iumors They endeavoring 10 gt into 0to
Dy way OF Wyatdotte or Wheeling.
In view oil this alarming state OF things, Aduant Gen.
eral Hill has tonight issued orders comnandanis
Of all volunteer militia 10 know the exact number of
men that can be got nlo readiness at hours notice,
and The condition OF their arms and announcements.
The force OF the rebels Is not known but Is pcsod
TO about 90 000the same number they lad at Cumber
land Gap.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

Novel PLAN TO REDUcE TIE CURREscY.-A cores
pOndcnt of the Atlanta Iutegencer proposes the fol
lowing nque phn to reduce our redundant currency
Let an act be- passed authorizing the Government to
issue scheme for Lottery, Offering large prizes paya.
BILE in bonds Let the tickets be sold at the price Of
$780, moro or less the ticket holder 70 be guaranteed
be paid back, one-ha the amount OF bis ticket In
bonds, in case he shoad fail to draw prize
Then let the tickets be sold at all the repositories Of
TIE government.
The only objection t, the plan Is It's immoral ten.
deney.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
The Prince Of Wales is tOIerably comfortable for

The Prince of Wales is tolerably comfortable for
youEg man just commencing the world. One million
dollars of the accumulation Of his Coz nWal estate has
been paid Tor an estate in Norfolk; two millions and
half remain as balance with his banker, aud he has
Decides an income Of $4,000 year from bic landed
property, with $500 600 voted him by Parliament while
bis mother lives, aud $3.50. 900 pin money fofhis BRIDE
young gentleman with no present family, may MAJ
age to keep house very comfortably On this amount
AnS deny himself any Of the usual comforts Of
household
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
J. O. FALIAPERRO 4 co.
BALLARD HOTEL,
na.slr.s -. u

kicuh ND, VA.
IN RETIRING from business 10 wlich have
Il been o. lonE Cared feel thA cannot do 30 without re
turnE NJ a.riu w5dgnent AID heartfelt hslks 70 mJ
nan, pss5ua scd AID the pu0o ally for ue kind Ano
liberal man1er with which have been favored aud sustained
throughort ny Whole 5uuinsss caseo
peu greetings rtgst but feel assured ua' the
L nov hands Of those WI poteneaa
ani o6Fns disposition viii render Siurn unler h rosi
more pt asant thaa
ME B.lIarl under tae management % AesSrs
O. Taaerr9 sni U q. cid gentlemen vel and taV raolJ
kn w 10 The public, and up-rVcn osclaas hot
nav vel b. tfussd cor0izy recommend hsn 20 IN
pube them continuance Of uzt support Ehel
have re- sived GOm ny Old friends ard pstIonA
f uJv2 -l8t JOhh r. ballard
e Charleston Courier, Mobile Regstg Aad 4dyeser, sa
v.LuLh Republca Kaesh state aEG and Memphis appeal
li eseh patah n &c Tines send lis % this once.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERIyA,
MEDICAL PUkvEYOa's OFFICE,


IN accordance with instructions from Surgeon
Il Generals Oc the Information he proper auhor-
uss clfec ed sganl aadul-nt ostsion OF
Whsky ard Acohol under o. extracts With tbs once the
following t % Contractors Whoss have hei
canosted o. or 'e.tsd, 3 published;
Grove Kser Augas oouaty, Va 90 ghs Whsky contract
SHED.
GsorTs stuar, o. s,AantoD Va, 90 gals whisky con-
l-act hlcd.
wm Clarke, Nou,aguss E,ssE county, Va, Oe gals Vhli
~, contract ca1ceiled
B5aEsre NeKsnnsy Co.. Bovlay Green, Caroline county,
Va, $1,000 gals A-coaol, con .rac' forfeited
lawson As nan RsPpahaunock Co. Va, 1900 gals WHISKY,
contract q relied.
sA MeConksy, Montgomery Co., Va 5000 gala WhLky,
contract cancelled.
There ohsr contractors uho have failed dsIver the
- whisky contracted Er within the required tue
the been uofri at u2ss satisfactory Tor their
failure his within twenty 2Ul days
dss Their eontaes N be forfeited er WJh ue their
vii Be pabibhsd wiz he trsgoing list
W. JOINS
ocT-dn Surgeon 4 Med. Purveyor. @ s. Army.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

TIE YANKEE MAINE BRIeADE.-Tne New York Ar
my and Navy Journal says this brigade composed Of
eight Of the largest and best boats the hissssT p
river and amply protected by outside works. has been
turned over tho army aud will hereafter be used for
securing the peaceful navigation Of the Mississippi rver
Any of these boats is said to be equipped that it
land and 10 less than fifteen minutes send on sho
fully armed and mOgpted one hundred cavalry and FIVE
hundred infantry.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11
The Wnnnded.

Still the same old stOry-negIect, cruelty, want Of
prsparatiOn-th, after two three year, experience,
after hospitals have been org.n,zsd and ambulance
trains are as common express cars.
A gentleman, who came down with a number OF men
wounded in the late col ct the RppahannocS, gives
= harrowirg picture Of their suierDga. They we're
brought in tendelly by their brother soldiers and de-
posted on the naked floor, without blankets
coats. Toe surgeons then took them in chMgs, moved
them about roughly crowded them together, and treat
ed them with that Indifference, not to say brutality,
which has made tho very name Of surgeon hateful 10
the Confederate soldier
There was no. spark of fire in the cars and part Of
the tme no. lamp. All darkness, aud the night
was bitter cold. The wounded men, crowded like
swine on the hard floor, weak from loss of blood and
the shock to their nervous sysems in need Of warmth
and simuants lay shaking with excessive cold all the
dreary night long, the train wendell its way slowly
to Richmcul No fire. no food 10 generous stimulau',
no pallet bed-clothing, no kind treatment. There
they lay like dumb cattle!
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

TIE Subscribers have this day formed a
Il CO-PARrNLRsHIP under The Frm and style Of g n DA
Wis co p1rpCs uiucing Aucllo1 Com
ssian Negroes They gill sell both pub
y and pdgaiely premise beat oxeonl pr
interest o. their pAtrons-
rhsr wiz, The present. be Mat lately BY
Il stokes corner sf FrnnkMn street, and L05Cst alley
Fhey solicit The patronage their friends pablo gene
raiy Por,ea Attendance a. the vsr. depos
n DAVIS
ROBr. RICdARDSON.
Richmond, Nov. g, 1855 no2- DIM
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

TIE FEDEsAL PRovosr MARSHAL at Knoxville has IL
sued an order requiring his subordnates TO report The
names of all Known rebels and their places Of residence.
The property of all such ctzsns declared forfeited.
The order includes the property of ali persons who fed
ON the approach of the Federals-
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-11

WHISKY vs.. MnK-"My dear madam, can you give
ms glass Of grogf" asked fAigned traveller
in the Highlands, as he entered cabin on The
roadside. 81 Amt got drop, stranger, ssid
the woman. "Bat gentleman told me that
you had barrell" "Why, good grasousl' replied the
70 me and my children when We are out Of milk" =.