, 1864-11-09

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JACxBoHvu1E, Ala, Uct. IT. 1854. (
General Orders No. l.
In obedience to the orders of the President
of the Ccnfedetate 6tAteg, assume coIa.
Mand this day OF the military division Of the
West, east OF the Mississippi river, compris-
ing the Department Of Tennessee and Geo1-
gia, commanded by Gen. j. B. Hood, and
TIE Department Of Alabama, Mississippi and
East Louleiana. commanded By Lieutenant
General Richard Taylor. These officers viii
retain com mand of their respective depart
Mente, Issuing orders neceseary for the prop.
CT discharge Of their duties.
On assuming command of this inportart
military division eDioin upon all officers
and soldiers harmony, zeal, Implicit and
iu themselves and commanders, and success
will then surely crown their efforts to drive
the enemy from our soil and establish tho
Independence Of our country.
The folio Hing are the officers Of my per.
sonal and genet3. etcff:
FtEft Ieutenant A. 3. Chisolu, Afd-de-CAmp,
Firtt Lieutenant A. n. Tdntsn., Afd-da-Camp.
Colonel George W. Brent, Assistant Adjotant
G1Iera.
L!eatsnsnt Colonel J. N otsy, A.s,sant Adju,
@sIor q enry Bryan, Assistant Inspector General.
Eslor Z En,;tti Assstsnt sa;. iatpeetGs General.
Z Ms1or Edward Willis, Chisi CURT. 11naslss.
EMe1oE +. Aolloy, Ch.et comntisssry.
IT, L. DlffE$Ef.
. Surgeon Samuel Chopin, Medical Inspector.
HIhe Medical Director, Chief Quartermaster
ard Chief ColnnlsaafY will set only az iu-
sfectora OF their respective departments
until further orders.
All communications to the headquarters
OF this military division will be addressed to
this place unttl further notice.
g BEAEKEGARD, General.
Official: GHo. WA BRENT, Col and "A G..
xEGoT1Ar1oHs TO CONE ONLY WIEN TIE BEL
LlGgRENTs ARE EuApsTED.
fFrcm the Richmond Sentinel, Get, at.f
s'Peace eaunot be secured BY dghtln4'' is q
CRY that we sometimes hear ,som the faint
hearted. "1t must be made By negotiation,
they say. Very true; aad yet sRch ID the
often the only road to negotiations. Two
1ntn en- the coutt-green engage IN combat
to settle solne difficulty, Efforts Of friends
lAviI r been nuaTalllng. In the first shock
and inry OF the fight woe to HIN who at
tcmpts to part them and to Institute "nego-
tiat1ons-" But walt until they are we'll
blown, until blaekened bruises and bleeding
NounCs have taken away the ardor OF con-
bat, and then boy can separata them, and
''neeotlation," ending In 'peaee" Is ths
most natural things. Peace Is finally eatao-
lished through the negotiation, bnt the fight
essy. as na2 1a's nss'''Aa0n pEaes's'0's and
In the war which the United States Is wig.
ing upon us 1t is vsiu to expect negotiations
until the assai1lng party has been pummeled
out OF Ills fury, or comes to despair Of sue
cess. The failure Of hope Will be attended
that will prepare uradversaries for 1egotia-
ton. TIL tten, and while they are raining
their blows upon us With nlt their fury, and
I'LL the ear with vsnptlDga Of victory, the
petition for peace, coming from us, would
be IS enlgeiling as the anpplicating "Please,
a. -n1t ~. L. - 1r<A 1T -
answer to each fall af the lash. The duty Of
the present hour IL to aeaa right lnsty blows
upon our enemy, AID to make him disgusted
with his undertaking. Peace will tnen come
Of Its own accord It cau never come be-
fore, but by submission. II thoae among us
VITO cry out for negotiation meana suhmis-
zion, their condnet ia logical, though not
frark. II thsJ do not nean submission thsy
are encouraging the enemy and ipjnring the
can4e Of the country By their wh1mperlngs;
aud they ought to respect the public judgg-
ment sufficiently to give over their tim1d and
uD1anly conIse1a.
a BLpoDTu1RsTY REBEL VIEW oF RECON-
sT1UcTIoN.
Correspondence oi the Richmond Whig, Oct 81.
Talking Of reconstruction, there is but one
means tof thoroueh reunion, and that is by
the Northern Conservatives, cer f1ze3 BY
the blood Of the black republ'm', Il tao
Northern conservatives WcuJt - :sai
actively cooperate witt N o. MA,
there might be topes .ot happy1. 1a-
nent reunion. But nothing Elk. ;'..a
blood-the extermtnatIon OF tic ;:1. .s;.:E
who have made this var wI Gatsoe.
" II the Northern co''h.,..Gjsa a1a not
ready for this combirr-.-;. - ea1s, aud
ptssinIy cur best, alt s;,,;:.F @.ss1stlon
to England or Fra .~:.rG:: render
reunion fo1eyeriT -S:' IL 5he same
tine g1atity that =. .-'-1 =: ing pas
8 on Of Every 8 ~ ,eanca On
the internal -. make the
application fe the FIRST In
stance 10 En- - :: ..ner country.
4 she 6ec:i1 i hen apply to
France. The n5s:@i.., either would b.
20 EIeat that refusal - not be expected.
The AdvantHses to t5 would be, eternal
stpazstion from the Yaneess, and the ability
sd % It 'qsas pressn ae6 sa
able We may be to maintain cur indepsn-
dence, we are not able to desolate their land
as they have desolated ours. Until thAt is
effected the dead cannot rest quietly in their
graves.