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A wORD FROM a rRxAs soLDIKR
WhNI IT UUHIH IKE
NEAR DALTON, GA, April IL, 1851. ]

- J" n ABAAH Gks
TwEETY FOURTH TEXAS
NEAR DALTON, GA, april H. 1864.
EDITORS APPEAL: Texans are always in the
dark, and now endoavor to put their heads on
general level with their brother Tennesseesns,
as they have all the paper TO themselves; but
once in while MississippiAn may come in and
give bis sentiments and represent the State I
am grieved to see in your paper Of the 5Ih let
ter purporting to be the sentiment of that once
noble State. The writer asks, What has
occurred in the action of the people Of Aissis-
sippi for complaint :" and Immediately after
that, says be is in favor of emancipation. This
is cause enough; and another REASON is, not
having confidence in the cause. 1 have seen
many Texans who have crossed the river who
say that the writer represents the true senti-
meRts of the State, SO far as they saw of it.
Yes, the large planters, instead of running
their negroes to the interior and making bread
TO support the army, ssy, +" Go, want pSses.
Yes, leave me, )" and then lie down and cry, say
ing: We are ruined, ruined My negroes aIe
gone; my fatted hogs are gone my fence is
down. the enemy will destroy and dsvsstAts
the country. Let Us go iHto the Union and save
what We have left, rather than stay out and
lose all J" Oh Mississippi, why not hold your
heads up like Tennessee, though the enemy
have trOd on every foot Of her soil, and still
pollute the Volunteer State. They have shown
their dissemination to conquer or die, and one
instance of it is, that they have unanimously
Te-enlisGed
Never give up the negro, the basis snd founds-
ton of our Constitution. That is what drove
as out of the Union. Lincoln would have been
cOntented. Let US stand up for the principles
of the South. Louis Napoleon, Emperor of
EIAnes, would reeognizs us to-day were we to
strike out that clause 10 our statute book. Yes,
if the cities of Richmond, Charleston, Mobile,
Montgomery, Atlanta, every town and village,
were in the possession Of the enemy, aud JEFF.
Davis would say from the caves Of the Ale
ghEny, that gradual emancipation was the
motto of the Confedsrates hereafter, decree
would go from St. Cloud recognizing the Con.
fsderasss, and Frenehmen would spill their
blood upon American soil.
No, never give up the slaves for Texans will
drink all, yes, the biiIersst dregs. Should we
emSncipate the slaves in Eve or ten years, the
frantic, insane AboliHonisss would fghi US be-
cause we would not suffer smalgamstion in the
South, and some State, East or West, would
cry out, " AmalgGmation, smAlgamAtion Peace
on sny terms" Yea, q better day is coming.
Hold fast to the present. Constitution, and all
will be well.
VERSUS EMANCIPATION g. Co,
24Ih Texas Cavalry.
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Fram mexIes.

From the Cincinnati Commercial March 81
Adyiees from Brownsville report no prospects
of 6ghtiug New roads and fortifcasiOns ara
being made.
A aset Of nine French frigstss appeared OF
the mouth Of the Rio Grsnds, And an attack on
Matamoros was expected
Particulars had been received Of the capture
Of Guadaiaiars By the Liberal Mexican toTeass
under UrAgA.
Twenty-four cannon and seven hundred pris-
onsrs, French and renegade HexiesHs, were cap
tured.
The traitor Megis is at San Louis P0tesi
with three thousand men, expecting sn attack,
Pusbla is said 10 be besieged By the Liberals
and must fall. The invaders have no rs-intofees
ments that can reach thsrs in hEe 70 and the
garrison. Vidsurri has positively declared tor
he French. Cortina and Doblado, with
strong fcEee, are marching to reeeiTe hlm--Lhs
former from MRiamoros, and the latter ron
SAltillo. n
COrtina is very popul ar in TAmsnHPs1 b
fore lsaYing AasEmOros ne eonsecrasso ms 0A''
tle-dsg.
The Liberal eauss Is b1ighssning.
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urging the abolition Of schools exclusively foF
colofed ehlidren, and requiring The admission Of
negroes into all ths schools OF the Slske. Tbe
question is before the Legislature.
HOs saiisfisd with the branches and trunk n
the famous oak tres under which General Pam.
bsrton met General Grant and agreed upon the
terms for the surrender of Yieksburg, the Ysn-
KEGS are burTowing into the earth i0r the roots
out Of which to carve soEYeniers Of the mems-
rRbls event.
Livingston, the sHindlar, who figured lately
here some time ago, and succeeded 10 relieving
the pocket Of MauEy q Co., of large sum Of
money, was arrested in Boston, for obtaining
money under false pre.snees, bat was released
through the exartions Of certain abolition parties
He is now connected with the New York Tn
baHs As correspondent, furnishing that journal
with pictures Of affairs in the South.
The New York NsieS calculztes that the North
has lost in this war q million of men, and iaeur-
red debt Of thTes billion dollars. Il says that
''the war from the beginning has been one for
the liberation Of slaves" and sums up the gross
amount - follows: To hberats one hundred
thousand slaves aud make lissu ssczss usT thaa
when with their masters, the North has created
debt OF three billion dollarB and sacrificed the
lives Of nine hundred thousand Of our fsi0w-cili-
Gems"
@--N-N
York Legislstare, sgGinst strikes. The bill
makes The offence = misdeDeanouT, punishable
by imprisonment in the county Jail, not exceed
ing one month, or by fine not exceeding two
hundred and fly dollars, or By both fine and
imprisonment.
The New York Meas publishes poetiCal sffa-
sion hcm General JEFF Thompson, confined in
prison at Alton. The lines are very pretty and
patriotic, and show thas his brave and esllsnt
spirit has not been tanned by his long i'm prison
nent The piece is headed, 'Yes They Niss
Me at Honne,P and is addressed, as its title i'm
plies, to the dear ones at home, asd beers the
signature Of IN. JEFF Thompson, General c.
s. A."
Tie Louisville JsRTaal Is hard upon Lincoln
Il charges that Bow that he has got into power
and collected q mighty srRy, ne has made "a
clean sweep of all his solemn engagements 70
the people, rsPudiated the Chicago platform,
torn to shreds and tTampled in the dust the con
Btitutional rights Of the States"
The Now York Times cries out loudly against
misesgenstion, and says that If il had "con-
ceved il possible that hostility to slAve.y would
ever have led to wholesale intermArriSge with
negroes, the Republican party would never have
received any countensnee or support from US"
The TiHlss now sees and confesses its sTTOr.
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y The Treasurer Of AlAbsms did not fund
the Confederate notes in the treasury Of that
Stale on the lst inst the advertiser says the
rosson fOT not putting those notes into six per
cent bonds, as authorized by the currency act
of Congress, WAS that there was no authority
conferred By the General Assembly Of the State
to make such disposition of them; and it might
have been hazardous in the Governor or Treas
urer to have done it without sOmo authority. 1t
viii be q matter for the Legislature at its next
session to dstermiBe which will assemble before
the time expires within which the States have
the privilege Of funding.
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The IIIIneIs TreabIe.
To the Associated Press, NOrth.l
REBELLION IN ILLINoIs.

REBELLION IN ILLINOIS,
ST. LOUIS, March ga special dispatch 10
the DeBlscraf, from Charleston, Coles county,
says that the eepperhsads came into that town
to attend court yesterday with guns concealed
in their wagons and armed with pistols
Some soldiers in the court house yard were
drspn into an Rfrsy, and a general fight oc-
eurfed. The county sheriff spTsng from the
judges stand, and commenced firing pistol al
ths Union men. Major York, surgeon Of the
54th, was one of the first victims.
The Union men being outnumbsred al the
court house, ran to the houses and stores for
arms, and they were fred upon from the win
doWs. Ten or twelve were wounded Colonel
Mitchell, of the 54th regiment, was badly
wounded Oliver Sales was killed Jas Good
erick, VIM Hart, L. G. Jeffreys and several SOL
diers belonging to the 54:h were wounded Sc
vsrsly.
Tks 54Eh regiment arrived in the afternoon,
and formed on the square. Nelson Wells, the
man who fred the hrst shot, was instantly
killed. John Cooper, prisoner, was shot while
trying to escape.
Col. Brooks with = squad Of men went in
pursuit Of gang Of eoppsrheads, about seven
miles distank
Captain williamson has some twenty prOmi-
nent secesh implicated in the xffsir under guard
at the court house. Col Mitchell had a e0ufsf-
eTence with the Hon. o. B. franklin snd Judge
Constable, who seemed very anxious that steps
should be taken to prevent any further out
break.
SPRISGFIKLD, III, March 3O.-COl. Oakes
assistant provost marshal general, stated for
Charleston last night, and telegIaphs to-day for
the 4th regiment, which left this Rfternoen.
Gen. Hsintzslman has also been requested to
send troops from Indianapolis. This indicates
that the trouble is of q serious character.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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R The new issue Of Alabama State treasury
notes, of large denominations, will not be ready
for circulation until the Ist of May, as the en-
gravers are behind with their contract. The
Advertiser says the notes will be Of the denomi-
nations Of $50 and $lOO, no smaller having been
ordered, since the act suthorisingithese issues re-
quires tbs comptroller and treasurer both to
sign them, which they could not do within a
reasonable time and discharge their other onsrous
duties, in the case of notes of less denomiBE'
ton
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HON. L.. Q. G. LAHEAR.
ATraNrrrA Anil A T9f

Hon. l.. Q G. Lsmars
SIR The undersigned, portion Of the ciG
sens of Atlanta, desirious Of hearing your viswI
on the state of the country, cur prospects q
home and abroad, adopt this method of tender
ing their wishes, and Of respectfully requesting
you 70 favor our community with an address on
the subjsess indicated. If agreeable, you will
please name any time suitable to your con-
Venience to make such address;
Respectfully, your obedient servants,
John W. Duncan, Wm. Clayton, j. w. II.
Underwood, John j. Thrashsr, Geo. w. D.
Cook, Lucius ]. Gartrsll. VIM. P. Harden, VIII
liam Eszsrd, John Collier, Er. LAwshe, A. W
Hammond, L. J. Glenn, ] D. Lockhart, Lucius
J. Dapree, John E. Hatcher, W. ]. WILDLY,
Jared J. Whitaker, G. c. Norton, Young Garrett,
John Stephens, J. D. W. Mcdonald, Perino
Brown, Jno. c. WhitRer, JaO, n. JrAasnn, ].
G. Miner, E. M. Calhoun, James OrmN
G. Abrams, P. P Pesse, ]. Z. JsrreAu, J. L.
Winter, C. I. BrowR, j. A Taylor, W. P. In
man, j. E. Butler, James L. Grant, L. P Grant,
W. d. FaltOn, 7. s. Rsyuolds, John T. Smith,
DIR. John g. WestmOTeland, j. NJ Patton.
OXFORD, April 6, 1864
GENTLEMEN: accept your invitation, and
will, in response to your request, address the
citizens of your city on Thursday, the 14!h
inst. 1 an, very respectfully, yours, etc,
L. Q. C.. LAMAR.
MeSsrS. J. W, Duncan, PerinO Brown, j. D.
LOckhart, VIM. W. Clayton, and others,
Atlanta, Ga.
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NOTICE.

OFFICE IssFEcToE PA TRANS a, a: t. I
-. ,,,s the nscessary number OF MEloi
80 o.SSs ,bs rssspt a. Of thi. Army, viii e1eha9s.
= sssbIs Nues Il ose that sre N niseI
condition for trsnSportsticl, Psytt
fsrence 10 The price Of tke ani q, ms A Clal
ne dspot iOr unssrvicesb.s Hses % y5 . nos,
hoa1- "a Afaior }. p. Horbaeh or Caps = -. ~
IN give Al inferrus1idn nsoefsafY Et Aua-''9' ~
si.st E y, Belehor Et Calhoun, Ca
S~f o 4. CHAFFEE,
ER NsioTEand Inspector Pa IrAns..
,,bas evs Array TenReIHse.
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o71Sr pAY-The ensmy's frs upon Fort
a,,,,tsy rss continued Sunday night snd ceased
sLaTt sVs o'clock Monday morning. During
80 time sixty-six mortar sbslis snd one parrott
s6sIl y-sre fred at the fort, Of which hfty-seTen
-T1ek. The only casually was one negro
klIsd. No injury was done to the fort The
enemy were still busy yesterday upon their bat
tsries ct Cummings point ThsEe was ma
change IN the Asek
S72D DAY.-Ths enemy were again busy
Tuesday repairing damages 10 Battery GEegg,
caused by the high Roed tide Of Monday. The
only firing through he day was seven shots
from Gregg At Fort Sumter, and two shots as
Sallfyan'5 island The enemy were a.so en-
zsved hauling ammunition 20 Gregg Hnd Veg
nsf. There were no mOyementa OF imPoEtAnea
among the Asst. g.. a..
173D DAY.-Tbs sssDy opensd hfe upon Nc
.;f~ s-o1 Battery Gregg shout hAlfPsst nins
oscioeI wednesday morning. Only ave saellz
- o-S' thrown. After which they ceased firing
D"r;ny he afternoon they were engagad haHi-
- ard from the sand hills 70 both Gregg and
V3s1ner. BattsEy Haskell, en- James islsnd.
s's,sad Ere upon them, causing some eoniusion-
Nooficial report WAS received tEom Fort sum
ar Il was reported, however, BY an arrival
rom Jaruss' island, that three men were killed
io he fort Tuesday night-c0sTssT.
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EzamiHsr mentions = rumor prevailing in that
city, that the President, having been very in
flRsntislly approached aud impOrtunsd in the
case of r. Dorsey D'Ogden, Of the new
Richmond thestsr, has expressed his willing
ness to exempt that tragic dslinesiOr and twelve
OILERS Of the profession to run the tragic and
een,:c machine e. the above theAter. The mem
hers of one other theatrical company in tbS
south-possibly Mobiles to be exempted
and al the rest broken up and sent into the
amy. This or dit is illustrative Of the times.
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T The city is crowded with people who have
caught the Wall street gambling fever, snd
have become bulls and bears to all intsnts and
purposes. The madness has even inoeulatsd the
fair ser, many Of whom now divide thsir attea-
ton between the fashions and reports Of the
money market, which they con with eager anx
isty. The ladies are now fully alive to per cent
and talk about stocks with an animation and :
knowledge Of the msttsr, the reverse Of agree
able to those who take an old fashioned view oi
woman's spheEe.-NsaS York HsEaId.
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X The Columbus (Miss.) RspEbIis under
stands tia! the following regiments have been
thrown ialO brigade: The 29th Alabama, Col
J. F. Conolyi l7sh Alabama, Col. Murphy, 2lst
Alabama, Col Anderson; 18th Confederate cav
airy, Col MsuIyi together with Wards and
Selden's batteries. This will no doubt be
the largest brigade in the Confederate
service, each regiment numbering over one
thousand men, and two batteries of fourteen
pieces No bTigsdier has yet been named
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All advertisements WI be charged thrss dollars per
square for the first IusertioD-snd two dollars and
half for each subsequent insertion
Eocsl rgteos viii be csE-ssd st Ire rata Of ATTY asa
per liRA.
Obituary notices and all other articles not Of geH-
zsl public interest charged q ether ss-srtisemsnis
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For tAs Memphis Appeal.
TIE ETeHT-WAToE.


I am waking, dearest mother,
waking quietly on ny post,
While sround. in peaceful slumbsr,
Resi- tired weary host
Ny muEksts on my shoulder,
And my hayonsfs By ny sde-
Oh. httls can q solder rsek
IA Of what The morrow nay betIde.
The nOO0 Is shining brightly,
sIlVsrinE all he sssas around;
'Tis 8 scene Of passing beauty,
An 80 tranquil-not : sound;
The merry stars are. .tWiRkling,
Like diamonds, up above;
Gan you wonder that ponder
Oa home and thOss lOyeI
Tis now a moment, mother dsaE.
OF solemn thought to NE,
81 days long past, 90 fun Of lie,
Of mIrth, joy, rsEelryi
AsDerisa q happy tizaea
Coms throaging Ger ny mind--
On, tonight ny heart ls gloomy
And to sadness b inclined.
sn thinking now, mother dear,
Thinking hrst on thss,
AHd Of what I did aud what said
In my sArly infancy,
When my childish prstlls pleas cd thee,
Andi Fansy's syeIs
how, By thy side, at even hour,
To Heaven bent my knee.
Ny father. too, / love him well,
Ny Kind aud loving sire,
Who ehidsd ne, yet granted NE
Ny every iust asslrs.
Who gave ne thls good counsel
Ny son, do what IL right"
Aud at parting gave this blessing:
"GSd be with yen IA the agbt"
Msthluks hsar loved yolcss,
OF brothers bold, and sisters fair,
At the family sirols, gathered rOund
Ths cheerful arslight's glare.
One seat alOns is vacant
"'Tis for him. the empty chair"
And mslhInkI hear them saying;
II but he were oply here"
And ssm there's yet another.
Ny heart is trembling now
'Ts gentle, blus-eyed maiden
That msds ne earnest vow,
That when would 70 her return,
Shed Eszd ufss way with ne
We zsvsr more should separate,
But forever happy be.
Oh quickly come that happy time
Whsn hOmsTsrd we may 60,
When we've nobly done our dpty.
And hurrd back tie bastard foe,
To meet these kidding flames,
When in one hour Of bliss,
Wen forget cur bygons hardships,
And our iOst Tine nssI viii mlsa
Bat, hark / hear . martial tread,
Ny relief Is near at hand
We htsrehsngs the soanisrHign,
And leave him on the stand
stretch ne on my blanket
Upon my mother earth,
To dream again Of visions
That mOsnlit hourS give birth.
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A PRISONER MURDERED. - Lawrence W.
PsytoD, private Of the % Kentucky cavalry,
GRd son Of OK Congressman PeytOn, was recent
ly murdered by Federal guard at Point Look
out. Il appears that young Peytsn hsd, for
some insOlence of the sergeant Of the guard,
told him that he was suitable companion foE
negroes, and pOiaied to a negro guard who had
been detsiled to receive the prisoners. Some
exchange OF hard words took place, when the
Yankee sergesHt drew revolver and shot the
helpless prisoner dead on the spot
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RAGS MANrRn.

The highest market pTies, either in money
or subscription, VIII be paid for clean cotton
or linen rags, white or eolorod, delivered ct She
APPEAL eounting-Toom Atlanta.
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E0R SALE.

-.orvp =. a., tboussad Ibz Of aAFTIEG and
II PIiIiIEs 10 good ordsr-S Circular ba" n nns
condition for uss, AID one frasiared also, psir q
- Mi STONES with spindle and sppurie nHnees-sl
~ hicb ,ns- bs seen st my Eit nlne miles west Of
LSisyss'e' AiA'I e GARLIEGTON
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T Major- General Fitz Lee denies the state
ments Of the Yankee press that interpretations
were made in the Dshlgren papers, By the Con
fedsrste officers, for effect. In letter to Gen.
Cooper he says; embrace this occasion to
add, the original papers (fOund on Dahlgren, }
bore no marks of alteration, nor could they pos
sibly have been changed except by the courier
who breugh! them to me, which is in the high.
est degree improbable; and the publication Of
them in the daily Richmond papers were exact
copies, in every respect of the original.
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RAsr TENNEssnr rRAIroRs.

The submissionisss Of East Tennessee are
vigilhntly ct work in their purpose of carrying
that section Of ihs State into the Federal Union
as an independent State, after the fashion Of
their West Virginia prototypes We find the
following card in the Chattanooga Gazette, Of
the % inst:
TO THE PEOPLE OF EAST TENNESSEE.
Ia pursuance of previous public notice, a
number of the officers of the Union convention
that met at Knoxville on the Both Of May, 1851,
and at Greenville on the 18th day Of June, of
the same year, assembled at Kuexville on
Wednesday, the 18th inst, TO consider the pro-
priety of reaSsembhng said convention st an
early day. After considerable interchange Of
opinion, It was finally resolved:
/. That the interests Of the people rf East
Tennessee demand that the Knoxville Greene
vile convention be reasssmbled.
9 That an order issue calling for the meeting
Of said convention at Knoxville, on Tuesday,
the 18Th day Of April next.
And, whereas, The aforesaid convention dur
ing lis sessions ct Gresneyiile, among other
things, ordered ''that the president Of the COR
venti5n, or any Yice-pFesident, or the secretary
acting in his place, may call the convention to-
gethsr at such time and place as he or they may
determine"
Now. therefgs, the undersigned, BY virtue of
such authority, do hereby order the meeting Of
said convention, and do most earnestly request
the delegates to the same to assemble at Knox
vile, on Tuesday, the 18th day of April next,
to consider such matters as msy properly be
brought before the convention. Such counties
and districts as have not already appointed dele
gates are requested to take such steps as will
secure fun representation in the convention.
Done at Knoxville, March l7ih, 1864.
WM. HEIsKELL,
! jo8r 4 nys157. T15I1as- vie'-P''.id'nt'.
JEO. II. FLEMING, Principal See'y.
As the political objects of the LINCOLN Gov
ernment will be aided by the bogus dismember-
ment Of Tennessee contemplated by these trsi-
tors, we may expect the work proposed to go
On, and all the forms Of admitting the gsograph-
icsl fraction named to the family Of Abolition
States carried ont. twill undoubtedly be done,
and that, too, before the adjournment of the
present Federal Congress, (ss LINceLE may
need the votes that would be secured,) unless
LOEGsTREET can disturb the councils Of the
sehemers. /. is to be hoped he will do SO.
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PRAFESSI0NAL CARD.

TnvrJa psrluanently located mysslf In Atlanta
II ffr nv services 10 it, cttiEena profession lily
-. ~ SyhjfehsN street over E-l CumHliuGA Office
OiliSS - " y y 4 F TAbAR A.. n.