, 1863-05-20
Qbiragu Iribnue.


BRAGG Us. BRECKENRIDGE, EFT Al.
The controversy between the friends Of
Bragg and those Of Breckinridge, Chcatham
nnd McCunn, has been intensified, since the
publication Of the "Gcneral's" official re-
port Of the "Battles Of Murfreesboro," to
such degree as to threaten very serious con-
sequences. The old quarrel, with the rebel
Kentuckians and Tennesseeaus On one side.
and those Of the Gulf States on the other. Is
revived In all its bitterness; and the rebel
papers on both sides TEEN with the most yio.
lent, sarcastic and angry articles. The Knox
vile Register demands that Bragg shall be
6egerely punished. for the fa1sehoods and
slandtzs contained in his report.
FORTUNES OF REBEL 1EApEns-LucKY PATE
OF VAN DoRS.
Wheeler has lost credit with the rebels in
Tennessee, and Forrest ia receiving the most
fnlsomc culoglums. John Morgan seems to
be laid completely On the shelf Van Dorm
did not die moment to SOON for his own rep
ntatian: A correspondent writing from
Huntsville, on the I'd Instant, openly charges
Van Dorm and his subordinates with corrlp.
lion. drunkenness and Righteousness; and
says TINT the people ercry where are daily los
ing confidence in all of them.
SPECTATORS N THE SOUTH.
The fame correspondent thus pitches into
the speculato:s:
They are nest Of vipers. consuming the
vitality Of the country, heaping Injustice and
injury upon the wives, widows aud orphans
OF the brave defenders Of the land, whu are
now in the field, and will probably be very
harshly dealt with after the war. It is to be
expected that the hearty race of men who
have been brought up In the ranks Of the
Southern army, will, upon the closing Of the
war, rule the land after their own fashion, ond
the day Of retribution will come. Then the
soldiers who have received injury from spec.
u1ators aud men with substitutes in the army,
who have specu}ated upon the products Of
the country and the necessities Of soldiers
families, will lake vengeance out OF such men,
and the tpeculatoF will reap his Just reward.
Woe to the epecnlator! And woe to the man
Wien the army will hare made peace with
the Yankees, they will commence war with
them, and will clean up and purify the coun-
try of them.
Hon. II. F. GENTRY.
For several months past our distinguished
fellow citizen, Hon. Meredith F. Gentry, has
been confined to his room By an attack Of
chronic diarrhea, and from this cauee has
been prevented from occupying his seat in
Congress. We rejoice to learn that hc is at
last recovering.
GEN. PAXTON.
Brjgadicr General Frank Paxton, who was
killed at Charlottesville, was 4 citizen OF
Lexington, Virginia, aud was well known as
the President Of the Bank of Rochbridge He
was IN cstimablc gentleman, aud was highly
esteemed. He commanded the StoueWaiI
Brigade when Killed.
TENNESSEE TROOPS
The hest portion Of tile gallant old State ot
Tennessee has been occupied by the enemy
almost from the beginning Of the war, and
yet there arc more Of her sons uudcr arms
{hn II
State in the Confederacy can claim.
A"GoAK''
The sudden change Of the weather NAV be
attributed to the coollIe>s Of the Yankee cay.
airy in presuming to visit the warmest por
tiunS Of Dixie.
COLONEL HARRIS.
Col. Harris, of the l2th Mississippi ree,
1ncnt, was wounded in the thigh, in tue light
ncar Charlottesville, III Friday evening"
COST OF A SUBSTITUTE.
A party with the clran cash offers s.. 900 to1
substitute, to gu into crack regiment
Inquire Ut this Office.
EFFECTS OF REBEL TAXATION.
Tic heavy taxes in Dixie are telling fcarfallY
on the business men. Witness the f,llo wins
advertisement from the Richmond II:tiy:
U1ssoLCTloN-ln consequence Of tue txf.,
harry fayts, NE have deemed it best to close
our business. The co.rartncrship Of T. II
Iabb d Son has, therefore, been dissolved BY
mutual consent, either party being authorized
to use The name OF The concern III settlement.
KENTUCKY.
EFrom the Mobile Register.)
The true Southern blood Of Kentucky, we
now believe, has left the State, aud fed from
tyranny and white slavery to the Southern
Col!fede1acy. This is the cream Of Ken,
tucky's chiya1rY and patriotism What IL 1rff
Is but skinned milk, if NC may Judge from
the tame submission, or, at least, fitful and
| feeble Resistance to the degrading wythes
which Lincoln is daily binding around thei,
once free and manly limbs. Men who required
more than three months to leap to arms to