Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-20
FROM THE SOUTH.
jeff. Davis Organ On the Rebel Situation
Frantic appeal against .'Senseless
Quarrel among the Rebel States.

QuarfelS'' among the hebel states.
From the Richmond Sentinel, March 15.J
Inc message Of the President in another col
tnn, Mmn, viii be read with more profound interest
Inan a any document ever issued by q public Of
~ ths country. 1t is not necessary to emu
anas not the several poins which it makes. He
conce1ves the country and capitaI To he sur
iopuoea; it h, @ ne states the only means by which
his recommendation be not attended 70 be
throws the responsibility on CONGRESS. which
mas now been IN session since November with
out having provided by legislation for the es-
sential points alluded to.
Whatever Congress may intend to do in the
premises we trust they will do at once This
actually numbering at the gates Of the capitaI
The moments lost in speech making may prove
OF the last importance, for veal OF woe, to the
Confederacy. Prompt action is what is now
required-prompt action and nothing more.
Congress will feel that its legislation thus
far has not been sufficient. The country al
cessary to appeal to the patriotism Of Congress
to supply what is wanting. We feel assured
that there is enough Of that sentiment among
members to render them superior to all other
considerations, at this trying moment, except
the good OF their country.
Above all other things, however, we unite
with the President in his appeal for unanim-
ity. Let us not now, in the fourth year OF this
desperate struggle, exhibit the spectacle OF
those European States on the continent, who,
while everything on earth they held dear was
at stake, could not, in the very presence of the
enemy, restrain their senseless quarrels long
enough TO prevent him from taking advantage
OF them to their common destruction. 1t re-
quires all our united strength to ward OFF the
danger; and If the least particle of all be want
ing, we are lost. 1t would be to the country
the most welcome Of all intelligence that har-
mony existed between all parts OF the Gov
ernment, State and Confederate, and that all
were uniting for the benefit Of all.
80 1t is vain tor MS to look back We cannot go
us and the Union which we left. A remorse-
less enemy offers us no terms but abiect and
absolute Submission. Unless upon the pre-
cedent condition of submission to all he may
require, he will not even condescend to hear q
single word we have to say. We are reduced
to the condition Of having no choice between
form-slavery implying the right on the part
of the master not only to prescribe the terms on
which we shall live, but even to abridge the
term Of life itself at option, and independence
and freedom, purchased at many risks and by
mighty ltbors. Submission will not do. The
enemy spurns the offer. There is nothing left
for us but to fight it out
The War News.
From the Richmond Dispatch, March III
IheIe was no news yesterday from any
has been
OF Petersburg, but up to the latest advices yes
terday he still remains quiet.
Around Richmond there is nothing to note
except report that some OF Grants troops
were being transferred to the North side.
These shiftings OF troops are constantly going
on, ana may SIGNIFY notnlng.
From the South.
We are still without official intelli ligence from
the South. RuMors concerning Sherman are
few, but even these we think it more prudent
not to mention. The enemy are in absolute
ignorance OF the whereabouts and condition Of
their audacious General, andit Es not for Us TO
enlighten them.
Interesting from Augusta.
The following paragraphs are from the
Augusta Chronicle OF the ith:
Nineteen negroes were recently captured
from below, endeavoring to make their way to
Savannah.
Mr. Kennedy, the route agent, was not cap
tured by Sherman's army, as reported, but
escaped their clutches after many hair breadth
adventures, and arrived here yesterday.
1t is rumored here that one OF our generals
mas been tricked by Sherman, who sent him q
bearer OF dispatches with orders from Beaure-
gard TO fal! back to certain poinl. Our officer
fell back to the point designated before he dis
covered the forgery. and thatit was q ruse Of
Sherman's to gain time.
Scarcely had the debris Of the recent land
slide on the MilledgeviIle Railroad been re-
moved, when another occurred, which will in
all probability cut Oft communication with
Macon for the next week or two. In conse-
quence Of this no mails were received last
night, except from points along the line Of the
Georgia Railroad.
The runner is current in reliable circles that
Sherman has crossed the Catawba, and was
hurrying toward Wilmington, or East. He
found unexpected obstacles in his way to the
rear Of Lees army.