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The Nashville Press ri5iCules the iCea SO
prevalsut at he North, thal "ths rebellion viii
be crushed out by tho I5t day of July" and
saws frankly whiI6 1t is the wish Of the editor,
It is not bis opinion-that he sis toe well &C
qutinted with the personnel Of the Confedersle
srniss to entertain even the hsps Of SO speedy
8 pesce"-snd that "lhe rebels are commanded
By abs generals, and there IS not the shsdOw Of
a doubt on cur mind that they will 8ght with 8
courage worthy of better csuse." He then
procssds to add:
The recent defest Of Seymour in Florida the
repulss OF Smith and Gusrson in Mississippi,
snd OF Kllps;rick in Virgins, afford litsis evi-
dsuCe OF tEo rebel dGInorEE Estion that has Of Ete
been so pr0fuselytIuupsisd. We would Jsjo'c>
VITA our whole heart ware we able 70 gay 10 the
gsilsnt men who are uph0iding The hsg OF their
country. tlEt lhs enemy Is shout 80 lay down
his Arms and yield obedience &c Federal sutEof-
ity No such indications are visible IN the
Southern horizon. On ihs contrary, the rebels
were never m57e ready for The clash OF sTms, or
more delsrmiusd to die, If die they mast, ia the
last ditch. The TsliesL legislation in Congress,
Eud radical propositions thsTe and elsewhere,
have served only TO swell the rebel aTmiss and
intensity Isbsl hatred.
We resd not repeat what We have often said
that we have No misgiVinCs as TO the result Of
this mighty struggle We are now talking
about its duTLt;0n. Il Is wOIse than folly to de-
csive ourselves. God knows that enough Of
that thing has already been done Three huL-
dTed Thousand EUmed men, vel disciplined and
iHuTed 70 the Esgyiee, are not easily put down
especially on their own soil. Nobody knows
tEis bsitsr than Gen. Grant, sn3 into Lis hands
orr military shsirB hive been wisely placed.
We have 20 fears thR be VIII open tbs spring
campaign tl &c is amply prepared with men
and mst.lS 10 peri6TBi the work befoGe him
When he moves apon Richmond ard Atlantis
lake our word for it-thoSs cities sre bound to
fail
We can excuse al boosting ss to the ultimate
resull thus indulged in, for there is 90 much
f5Gukiy adzised thsi is cheering to us. Our
cable geDeIsls" viii sec that even ths deferred
exPsctstions Of Ibis Yankee cditcr, and also
those Of tie whole Moth, are disappointed. II
they want peace by the first Of July, they can
have If by SIMPLY letting us alone, bat, as lie
Press says, It csnnOs be had by war.
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CAMP MAR DALTON, Ga, March %, 1864.
EDITORS AFPEAL: A perusal OF Hon B. II. HillS
address. delivered at LAGRANGE Ca, March !, 1881,
shows that he credits Batss brigade with initiating the
re enlistment movement emory the Tennessee troops
This il mistake which desire to correct For this
purpose please publish the enclosed order" which Is
true copy OF the original aIe In the sdutsnt-
generals Office Of strshIs brigade. YERUA.
ExTRAcT.l
HEADaUAETERs HIEDMGS's CORPS,
DALTON, GA, February 5. lso4'
General Orders, No. 10
S,rahls brigade following the example set By the
lS4t6 Tennessee regiment and others Of Faughns bri-
gade adopted resolutions FOR reenlstment which being
the rst rscsivsd, were forwarded to the President
Ills letter Of acknowledgment and eommendstion Is
now Published to thu troops
II applies alike to all the brave and faithful soldiers
who have re-enlisted:
Haior-Gsneral Hlndman. Commanding, etc.
GENERAL: The letter OF Gen. strshl, forwarded BY
You on the 18th nst announcing the resolutions CT the
officers and men Of his brigade never to lay down
their arms until their homes rescued from the enc
my, and the Oonfsdsrsey established ss one Of the
nations Of the earth" has been received. Deeply graf
fled at ths evidence Of seBdfas, devotion 10 our
beg you will express to Gen SIshl and his comm sd
nv sense OF their patriotism and my trust that their
noble example may be emulstsd BY all Of their fellow
citizens who are called upon bear arH in the service
Of the Confsderate States.
Very truly and respectfully yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By command Of Msjor-Gsn. HiRdmsn.
ARCHER ANDERSON, a. A. Gen
OHicial r A. HATCHER, A. a. Gen.
To BrigsdIer Gen. O. F. strah, Commanding Brigade.
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SUFFERING IN liIDDLR +TEENEssEE.-We
lssrn from tho Nashville Press, of the 18Th,
shat q number Of tbe pIominsni citizens Of Ten
nesszo assembled at the ofice Of the Secretary
Of Slate, at 10 o'clock On that day, sDd orgEU-
lied a meeting by tie election of Hon. David T.
Patterson, president, and John n. Gaut, seere-
tsry. The president announced the object Of
the meeting to be te devise some means for tie
relief Of those families who have been driven
fFom their homes by the devassations Of the
war, and arc temporarily residing in that division
0. the State After = short tine spent in mutual
consultation The following resolution YVES adopt.
ed, appointing the president, secretary, james
S. Fowler, Gen. Alvin, c. GIlsm, Horace Nay
nlrd, james R DiIlen, s c. Mercer and James
Il. Hinton a e nmiltes to receive clothing, pro
visions, money end other means, from citizens
end others, for ice benefit Of the many refugees
now 10 ihs vicinity OF Nashville, and constantly
arriving, and ses That the same are properly
difbuIscd. Also, to provide temporary shelter
ard emplOymsnt ior such ss are destitute in
respect 70 either.
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CORRRCTHOH.

DALToN, GA, MRreh22 1864.
EDITORS APPEAL: In your report to-day of the speseh
Of the Hen B. H. HiH, delivered at BsGrsrgs Ga.'
on the 1st Of March, the following passage occurss
Noble Tennsssesl foremost among the brsVe-BsteE
brigade Now while 1 apprselsts the compliment
paid to Tennessee and her sons while wecome 1t SBln
destve of the feelings Of kindness which GecrgianS
So towards our homsless wanderers and while do
not wish TO appear as ertcizng any part Of the noble
Senator'S speech, or his information upon tbis subject
of re enllsnsut still do wish snonsOus opn.
ion now wide spread corrsetsdthst ls that Of BAes
brigade being The foremost Of Tenussseea5s to resnlis
The facts Of the case are these, will be shown by
reference TO the back numbers Of the APPEGL BateE
BRIGADE was not the first rs-enlist The l54th Ten
neasee of Vaughns brigsds claims that distinguished
honor and with considerable justice too this the
FIRST to receive the thanks Of Con grsSs for doing
Yst they even not the first to re-enlst. That
high niche in the temple Of fame claimed hy the 9th
and 9th Tennessee regiments Of Msneys brigade. Il
is that week anterior 10 the actual enlistment
Of the Oh and 9th the I54th unanimously passed reso
utons declaring their willingness TO through the
war yet Htl they did not obigate themselves in
manner to be considered binding This the Oh and
9Th did do By marching almost maSse TO the co!o
nels quarerz unattended BY single officer, and de-
naudIng to be in for the war which dene
This act OF patriotism timely begun by the 18th
and 70 happily executed by the 9th and Tennessee
aroused at once thst spirit of generous rIvaFy wh-I
has ever characterized the brigades Of Chsathams
DIVISION and they hnItsned to dec are, by regiments
their determination OF eternal resistance. Vaugsns
whole brigade and majority Of Ohssthsms remaining
brgaaes had reenstsd before the electric spark had
caugnt il Bates brigade. These facts substantisted
By the resolutions passed By the different regiments
and pphIlghed In the APPEAL at the time
In connection with this subject Of rs-snstment II
may not be aiss refer TO the sacrty with which the
down trodden sister Of Tennessee rushed her
assstancs in the good work. Texans, Lsuisianians,
and Arkanssns with one accoSd, and they had
membered forgotten day fastened 10 announce their
discrimination free their beloved States from the pol
Eng presence Of the hated f0e and they and their
preventative (ef whom with all honor spssk) General
Pat Clsburne, now stand side BY side and shoulder to
shoulder with Chestham and his men, ready to via
Isurels ard 20 prove by their deeds they have 10
words the business Of their well won, and long worn
honors CONRAD.
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4 Feaerni Estimate Of the Confederate
Situation.

SiIHsIiOR.
From the Philadelphia Inqairer, Republican
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March - The interest
taken IL the rebel gitusEion increases The dirty
crowd which was TO have been aunikilstad be-
fore the 4th Of Jaly, 1862, exists IS veteran
army in action, which, IN magnitude, is only
stcOa3 90 our eWn in numbers and discipline, in
the goTld's present history. The country which
was 10 nave been starved out before the Ist of
JGnuIry, 1864, still iosds its own army and
portion Of Jurs,
Since Gen. Sherman has penetrated the hesTt
of the Confederate States, his SCOTS hsYe re-
poIfed to these headquarters that the country
throuEh which be has marched sbounds in life'a
neceBssTies for man and besst. The people who
heretofore had depended upon the manufsct1re
and mechanism OF the North for the simplest
commodities Of universal use, now loom up ss
q fraternity CoHYeTsSut With sll the arts and sci
eBces in vogue throughout the hemisphere.
Such people, who have grown from hillock
10 : mountain in mechanical iumsnsity, must
DO astentively watched dariHg the next four
mOnihs, lest they achieve successes which must
postpone the termination Of hostiiities for
long tine.
For the past month 1 have been preparing the
following, which, With the fseilitiss afforded me
here, in connection with these which obtained
in my last trip to Chattanooga and Knoxville,
complete and relisble dsguerreOsype of the rebel
sItuailUn.
First, let me make q remark which viii often
be coutIs5icIsd, viz: That the rebels have as
| large foIoe in the Geld, AIMED AID equipped,
as ourselves, net eouating in the colored troops.
! Ths above paragraph IS an absolute fact. Il
| is really lsRshsbls to read the CORES pondenee
| CT some gsULlsmen connected with the army.
| For instance, telegram from the army OF the
! Potomac TO soma NoEthsTn paper, few days
! ago, stated that in the ihTee armies OF Lse
Longsuess and JUhnBton, there were bat absUt
/ seventy thousand uien. This is an error Slnosi
100 ridiculous 80 again bring into notice. Thsi
these three generals hsve twice that numbel
may bs chTonieled IS 9 fixed fact.
THE writer then proceeds, in several lengthy
paragraphs, to give the number and disposition
Of The several Southern armies, which state
meni, he says, may be relied upon IS nearly
correct" As this Is Rot important we conieu
ourselves with giving his recspi!olatiOn.-EDs
APPEAL
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LETTER RROEE rmR ARMY,

March - 1868.
EDITORS APPEAL: Old winter, who ne thought hao
Ie u.s. to seek hs frozen regions IN he Norn' hAS
suddenly convinced 4 he is not yet ready to yeio
the Ieeptre bSlmy spring bis youthful snorous rival
Oar optics opened wide with sStonishment tbs morn
ing when we ped out from our 'bhsnty" sno "a"
mother ear hs bosom covered with snowy mantle
four or Eve inches Ia thickness.
As soon as had gotten our grub" we were reAay
for some fun and mBedisely the boys OF our battery
engaged in an !ldiseriminEte EnoH.bslling frolc-
Pretty soon word 70 thAttbs Euianla ess1ery
ss preparing to engage us and feeling the honor Of
Mississippi at stake, formed in lias Of battle sho
met the Alabama boys the line that divides our
camps. Here had spirited engagement for tfseen
minutss more when hostIies ceased and As neither
party could claim the vissoTy, formed an ALLIANCES
offensive and defensive, and proceeded 10 charge Fen
nsFs LOuissns battery, also in our bsttalion' fns
gallant Louisiana boys feeling that 1t was point o.
honor for them to protect their territory from nyasen
turned out mAsss and having advantage Of position
lthstood all assaults. They held sap on the hii
aide, and their tanks protected By thcket
bushes, We could gain bat little ground.
Tbs battle had been sasi1g for bali hour With a
tsEzats success Hhss, loQking dswH ibs Tead " ~
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Y The P5moEOy circulsr WAS not hoax,
as some Of tie Northern papers stated. Pome-
roy himself owns up. We fad the following
paragraph in q lsto number Of the Cincinnati
Commercial:
SENATOR POARkOY.-This gentleman, whose
initials, S. c., have recently bseR construed TO
mean secret circular, made a speech in the
Senate yesisrdfy in vindicati0n OF The doeu-
ment in connection with which he hes acquired
30 much not0Tiety-lnOss Of it of 6n unsnvia-
bio chsTaclsT-lhough II is difficult 10 see any
thing in the circular itself tAst should iUGur the
wrath Of the public ia country according the
highest exercise Of freedom Of opinion to al It's
ciiissns. Il WAS issued, be il remembered, be-
/ lore tie current CT popular opinion had become
| gresisiibly in fsvBr of Mr. Lincoln's election
and while the presidential candidaey was a Tree
/ fight.
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THE OLD SToRY.-There are renewed COM
plants thss the nights Of omsucipased slaves,
under the Presidents proclamation, are persist
emily disregArded By the officers Of this State
The jsils of Kentucky, says a Washington dis
patch, are cIAmmed with Alsbsms, Mississippi
snd Georgia slaves, who, under the infamous
laws Of this State, sTe advertised, and are sub
sequently sold for non-psyment of jail fees
These negroes are fTes-Were they slaves in laW
their masters ave rebels, probably serving in the
rebel army. The existing statutes OF Ken.
lucky mako this crime against humanity legal
but We hope toe military authorities, charged
with The enforcement Of the United States law,
in kentucky, will not look idly on such pro.
cee5ings. They hsYe ths remedy IN tkeir oUr
hauds.- Columbus (Ky } WaT Eagle.
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PORK CROP OF THE WEST According 10
the figures Of the Prize Current, tho whole num-
her Of hges pecled, up to the Oh inst, in he
Wsst, is ], ,952 659, sEsinst 3169, $50 lsst year.
The estimated amoErt for this yess is 9. ga 597
Tas deficiency viii nss fsn far short according
to these figures, of 100000 hogs. The Price
Garrett says it IS now clear that the hogs this
season viii be the ightest ever packed before,
and the yield Of ard per hog fer less thsu any
season upon record. The deficiency, 60 far, is
about 80 peg cent. in the number and in weight
about 10 per cant.
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CRIsiE n WAsIuEGTOE-The Washington
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
Of the capital being uuheslthy, it is fast bec0m-
ing metropolitan, also, in the statistics Of crime
committed within il, limits. There srs three
men now in the county isil awaiting death on
the g2llows f murder, and during the past six
months eleven hundred criminal cases have
been tried in She district court, in two hundred
Of which the accused we're ssnt to the psRi-
Tertiary.
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Don't PAY-A fsEmeT's vile meeting one OF
her ueighbcrs returning from market inquired.
Whist do they pay FOR eggs st market noWl
Il get only sIgh. couis dozen ior mine he
replied. e ght ceU!s dozen q said the IN
6ieu1nt dame. "Well, shall not sell my eggs
for eight cents-it don't ray Tor UesT and tear
Of the hen !i'-ARskVlis Press.
The farmers wives" in this section appTe-
oiAse fully the extent Of the "wear and teal
Of the hens" TLey are charging 81 90 PEI
dozen for "hen fruit"
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3aiIg gs9ppsal,
MORNING EDITION.
ATLANTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH %, 1854
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH %, 1854
NO PEDR.

We viii continue to reoslvo the present cur
rency in payment for subscriptions and &c
counts doe this ofiee until the 26th inst, sitter
which time we viii receive it only at 3S5 per
cent off As this course has generally bsen
adopted, we are compelled to do 50 in Eelf-de-
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MACHINE ToR MAKIEG NAILs.-A Swedish inventor,
Mr. Guasats0n has eontrved Ingenious msshna for
the manufacturs Of nails. lion nala hitherto used
have either bse1 frged eut bY machinery from sbees
iron iron wire. Thus made hey necessaIily
eosty-the first named By OF the s0Eoeas Of he
manufacuTs, and the two latter BY using too expansive
materials This new machine superzedes ali others By
combining IN tssH the process Of rolling, pointing e1s
ting OF and hsadinE, and produces rom par iren an
bsr sfa as are produced BY this invention ls truly
,-or5srf1l using bar iron tarse-elshth8 q nch
- - rnxehfus wish the labor Of only one opera
- ~ trIro ont N day or ten houre many - a..
-, tbos-apd thres-insh nails Thshas prod1csd are
o5 fbe vsrY hizhest quality being compressed b he
sf;,- Drccsrs aud always having the grzla q ths
1-i IL ne dirsedon Of the length Thsq ara l5rnsT
- fsd sideS which Is The moss sdvastaeaous 81 sif
f,,,,a BUT very expensive 70 prodacs bT any othsr
ros,s hIlhsrss rssorlsd %. By slshty aliaraz snd
IssSssng certain parts q the Eachls, dfersnf Sizes
ara forms nay be Prqqaeeq,
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RrsHa the Rnpidau.
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Trouble BE- De nrLtIsa 80 FnnlIr.

Trouble IN she BrItfsk Regal RazIlJs
The Washington correspondent Of the Hsrl4
says Il 10 rum0red 10 diplomatic circles that
/ Queen Victoria is about to abdicats the throns
OF England. The sdTies5 By the City Of New
( York confirm the reports which have hitherto
| been current. tast the Qlssni ia mentally inca
paeiis.ed rom any lsngsr holding the position
Of sovereign She has not been able 70 sit at
council without betrGying her mental iEfIHlity5
and the recent action OF members Of the eaoinsE.
particularly Of Lord Palmerston, has given the
Esglish public an iniimation that change in
the monarchy may speedily be anticipated.
The courss Of tha Prince Of Wales lately has
Indicated preparation 20 sssume shs Teina os
power IL is uudoab .edlT the fact, that, shoala
be Do 50, an entirely rev foreign policy would
Be iusuguTated Upon he DANISH question in
usdiatsly, and sissTwsrd upon AmsricsH sfairs
to our edFsnt tage. He win reign under the Il
t.e OF King Edward the Seventh.
The Wsrld also publishes The following frsm
e correspondent in Paris
PARI5, February I9-An English eozrs-
spondence states that there is great di5cor5 in
/ the royal family. The Prince OF Wales insists
upon sending sid 70 his fsther-iu-laW, the King
/ Of Denmark, while The QHeeu is violent in her
/ demonstrations in favor Of Germany. Bat even
/ haze her Majesty must DO a. fault, as Germany
| is now spllE into two very decided parties. is
/ is also stated that the Primes Of Wales has de-
I cided leaaings toward the conservative party,
/ and Is said to make long visits to Lord Derby.
/ His Royal Highness win probably soon find tais
/ party Is much oUs Of fashion ~ its sister, The
/ legitimist in France. The mass for the rsposs
/ Of the soul Of ths Duchess Of Parma, one of
/ the Last Of the French BourbOns, eelsbrAtsd At
/ the Madsiene few days ago. showed that ihs
adheTsuts Of the old Iegims are fsss dying cat.
I Oaly about 1900 persons were present, and nOt
] urrrra aA--t IN fFnr1 kna Eem-
/ b0arg S.. Germaine, were seen before the door
/ OF the church.
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All advertisements viii be Sssrsed three dollars Per
Eouare Tor he rg. icssrtion-snd two dcllera ans
hsf for s=ss rubsoq1eHt insertion.
Uos notices viii bs ssrzSd =, lhs 5sss OF sFtv 81.
ps- 'iEs
Obltusry notices rud AL other sEtiees not Of gen
sral public interest etarVad ~ other ad-eriissuzs
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scARclTY OF NIckELs.-Th.re has been

SCARCITY OF NICKELs-There has been fer
some tiG.e q great scarcity Of nickel cents.
Sincs tbs1 uss CT nickel has been adopted by
the Government, the article has risen largely in
vslua. An metals have risen in price Nickel is
fouud in Germany, but the supply is mainly de-
rived from Litehheld, Connecticut The pros
meet is that after while the Government will
lind difficulty in procuring sufficient for It's re-
0uirenents. and sems substitute Will be render
81 neesssATy. Meanwhile the demand for cents,
AT the United States Mint, is meSt pressing, and
not halt Of il can be satisfied. Ihe fear is that the
Goveramsnt will not be sble to obtain nickel Al
r1,eh A rate that it can furnish hundred cents
for = dollar ssft nov does Cincinnati EaqHsTeY
~ The 4th, ssh and 10th Tennessee cavalry
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RECAPITUL4TIoN.

Numhsr Of troops In General Less army inciud.
ing Longstreet's RDdisli other forces in East
Tennessee, and Breekinridgss and ali forces
In aOuthW estern 10000
Number Of troops in North Carolina and East
eru Virginia under Geberais Pickett sud Bare
ley, intending those az Richmond and Peters.
burg, ard along the line Of the Virginia
N0rih Carolina railroads. 1000
Number II troops in Joe JohusteaF command
nciuding the army Of Tennessse and other
portions Of his cOnnand distributed in pCc-
tons Of Georgia, Asbama aud MssiEsiPpi.... 1000
Number Of troops iu South srolina Savannah
MsooEa .' 80, 10000
Number Of troops with the trans MississipBi
my, uBdsr Generals Kirby Smith, Holmes and
Masruder ssss.... s.ss.-.-..ss RUUJ
Number Of troops 81 Mobile, under Generals
M.ury and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Eumbsr Of troops under Forrest, Ghslmers, Lee
and RichardsOn.. busO
Number OF troops detailed special guards,
qqartermas clerks hospital assistants etc. 1900
Member of troops engaged on the banks Of the
MissiEsippi iD guerrilla UNIFORM ............. 1000
Total veteran treOps in rebel service. 24 900
Number Of coRseiptS lately added to he rebel
armies l2OuUO
Total number ottrooPs 10 the rebel ormy --.-344OcO
Portions Of these figures may appear large to some
kFf a IN hat has NJ
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TIE highest market price, either in money
OF subscription, VIII be paid for clean eettOD
CT Gnsa rsgs, white OF celored, delivered at the
APPEAL counting-room, Atlantis.
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= From camp We receive the following:
What AliTibuis does General Johnston com
bine in bic corpu commsnders7
HaTdik0sd, (HAIdee, Hood