The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-04-20

styled the Watts Cadets. They VIII 40 40
good service Material fne.
The city saubsidinginto quietudls. All
are moving away their valnabless and
their persons. Many able bodied men.
have left. The determination is to. de-
fend the city, and The. citizens generally
are fully aroused and up to the lpointrOf
action. All expects Yankee visit.
If Montgomery is captured only tie
houses win be taken. Much cotton has
been removed. What remains, IN Ease of
evacuation, will be burned, no matter
whether warehouses or. private buildings
be consumed Some houses to which cot
ton has been carried have been spotted,
and if the,material remains there when
tthe Confedcrates leave the city. they will
be fred. The authorities are resolved
that no cotton shall BE- captured. The
selling of liquorisp prohibited within Mont
geometry and region around of ten miles,,
by Gov Watts. The City Council has
passed an ordinance to send all such stuff
away to be stored at an appointed place.
If owners will not 90 it, the city will.
. The. same Council hasvery foolishly IN
structed its officers not to interfere with
parties who have not exceeding threega
Ions of liquor for private use. If the
Yankees come hero and can get liquor,
good bye to Montgomery. If half the
citizens have each three gallons:!it will be
cn1ugh to make Thomas ~wiiolc arniy'
Drunk, and then riot and destruction wiil
rule tho hour. 1t is pity that all distii-
lation is not stopped, and all liquor de-
stroycd-in the Confcdcracy. we would
have u better army a more moral people
and purer religion. Whislzcy drinking
is the curse of oursafmy and people. As
it not strange that mah' can be deemed
honorable who makes and sells thdt.Shich
tce.royshome, friends and country? The
orders here are being enforced.
Montgomery is ono of the most orderly
cities l have ever seen. The military au-
thorities Are working with energy. Gen.
Buford can always be found at his Office
and no fancy officers are on his 1sIef.-
Gen Adams. .anr told. is usifiSS Id -as0st'
IeScrtions-to iss-es4.e1..s
soldiers are wall fed and appear. cheerful.
Duncan Graham has resigned the posi-
ton of State Treasurer, and Rev. Mr..
Taylor; formerly private Secretary to
Gov. Shorter, appointed TO the position.
Weak knees said to be the cause,
A Quarter6aster's clerk, report. says,
was in Selma after the evacuation. a
portion Of the citizens and Federal soldiers
had on Monday a melee in front Of the
Gee House. The clerk escaped in skiff:
You can hear almost anything.
Thereare farmore gelttbedecked ofticers.
.in. Columbus thanscan be found 'ih Mont-
gor.eiy.
Officers in Alabama collecting Wheel
er's men, are ordered to remove their
camps. east of the Chattahoochec.
Our special dispatches from Montgom-
gomery- inform us, says the ,Sun, that
Jackson's Cavalry. of Forests command,
has succeeded in ehcclsiag the column
that was advancing by way Of Tuscaloo-
s;, and that Forrest had disputed thcflr-
thcr progress of the enemy from Selma,
The safctyFof Mobile now depends solely
.'hpcn the capture or dispersion ofthia col
umn. A little energy a,id efficiency, on
the part of the State authorities of Ala
bama is now necessary for the supportof
Forrest. Without this Mobile must ego
up" and with it the entire valley of the
Alabama, including Montgomery
Aetterto the Columbus Enquirer, from
Pollard says that the force of the enemy
which passed that place, numbered twen-
ty thousand Strong, including nine regi-
meats of cavalry
!. GEN CEANToN Nor DEsD.-From the.
Appeal we gather the following
AIRS. j. Fl. Cldnton: was left here,
(Abercrombie's plantation below Pollard)
by tho Yankees with Others, wounded
1 am parclcd, and i'll recover, which |
believe l will, as the ball naiiaculonsiy
passed between my stomach and bowels,
missing both, Lam tosreport at Barancas,
by the fifth of April, which of course |
cannot do but will as soon lis am able,
fl don't die from this wound Ishall be
afraid that was born to be hung, or
drowned. Don't start down yet. Writ
ten with my. own hand, and on my litter.
More anon. God bless you.
Your affeetionate husband,
i'll. ecLANToN-