Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-02-14

would Initiate them IN noInlng else. my
ma negroes have been to me and said:
W. hsd set us free and we will figh, for You.
IN, u .mnnnsa - tfeht TOR you than for Yankees"
harm in trying. With d. not be so; there is no
and prejudices, would eisaa astacnnenls M nus
only be done by States separately. What Stata
ginia-l If separate State counsels had been
followed, we would now have been bound
hand and foot to Yankees. What State will
lead off in this revolution! South Carolina
and one State after another wheeled into
line, until at last, when there, far away In
the South, every eye was turned north ward,
when men were asking day by day What Of
oa sIgn,a ia ds.srt was Vas selegraRned that she
were In favor OF the Union. We honored Vir-
Pinia as the mother of States and of statesmen,
gloried in her as part Of our possessions. We
had men from Virginia all about us, and were
bound to her by indissoluble ties. Day after
day came the same tidings, Virginia will not
come. Who said it'll Everybody said it and
the telegraph wires flashed the news: s'Vir-
ginia has seeded" Such a spectacle never
before greeted my eyes. Men whose faces
looked like the parchment upon which their
danced, Rugged and kissed each other. Cannon
were fired, and 1t was great day. South
Carolina, I know, will follow Virginia, as
well as every other State, if she but take the
lead. When shall it be donel Now, now. Let
your Legislature pass the necessary laws, and
we will soon have 10000 men down in those
trenches fighting for the country. You
must make up your minds to try that, or see
your army Withdrawn from before your own.
l came to say dIsagreeable things. 1 tell you
you are In danger, unless some radical measures
be taken. l know where white men can be
had. 1t is said there are quartermaster's
clerks, railroad employees and men in bomb
proof; but tell you there are not enough able
bodied white men ia the country. Do yousup-
pose we have worked night after night by this
infamous gaslight you have here, and not
found out this thingl My honorable friend
has told you that deserters and skulkers would
come in. II is possible; but where is Tennessee
and other States that were formerly relied on
You have part OF Virginia, part of North Caro-
lima, part ofSouth Carolina, and parts of other
States-what else! [Voiee-Texas.] Texas!
she is beyond our reach. Would that she were
not!
The Aiming of Slaves in Congress.
On Tuesday the Senate went into secret ses-
of Mr.. Brown, OF Mississippi, that the Commit
tee on Military Affairs be instructed to report
bill, with the least practicable delay, to take
into the military service Of the Confederate
States number Of negro soldiers, not to e. xceed
two hundred thousand by voluntary enlist
ment, with the consent OF their owners, or by
conscription, as may be found necessary, and
that the committee provide in said bill for the
emancipation OF said negroes in all cases where
they prove loyal and true to the end OF the war,
and tor the immediate payment, under proper
restrictions, Of their full present value to their
owners.
Mr.. Burnett, of Kentucky. moved to so mod.
ify the resolution as to make it a resolution of
inquiry and not of positive instruction. The
amendment was rejected.
A vote was then, after debate, taken on the
resolution, and it was rejected-yeas, 3; nays,
13.
Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Brown, Henry and Vest.
Those who voted in the negative were Messrs.
Baker, Caperton, Graham, Haynes, Hunter,
Johnson, Of Missouri, Maxwell, Oldham, Orr,
Semmes, Walker, Watson and Wigfall.
This lays the uneasy ghost for the present at
least.
The War-The South Side.
The Sentinel says:-We learn from the Ex.
press that the fighting on Monday is repre-
sented to have been very severe at times. The
timber and underground was literally cut to
pisces by shells and bullets. The scene Of the
some two or three mIlss If66n eideh z I'M,
road, and some ten or twelve miles south of
Petersburg.
The ground was fought over four times, IN
consequence OF successive reinforcements
greater part OF tour corps on the field The
fighting was done on our side by Pegrams
and Evans divisions Of Gordon's corps, and
Mehoney's division of A. Z. Hills corps The
charge Of these troops, which broke the yam.
kee lines late in the day, is said to have been
Cne OF the grandest scenes in military annals
The enemy fled In great confusion, and did not
stop until they reached their breastworks. at
Aatcher's Run.
The Yankees lost in this days engagement
between 1850 and 1900 men killed and wound.
not reach $50. General Sorrell was wounded
by stray ball through the left lung His
wound is dan gerous. but we are gratified to
learn not considered mo, tai. About 100 prison.
ers, taken from the enemy, have been brought
into the city.
The dead on both sides have all been buried
and the wounded brought from the field. Most
OF our men are but slightly wounded. The
enemy is erecting two or more observatories
opposite prominent points on our right; one of
these is in front OF Cooks Brigade, nearly op.
posite Pegram's house. 1t has already reached
height OF between 1G0 and 200 feet, and 1t is
said will be run up to $50 feet. It is located
about two miles from our lines. There was no
fighting yesterday. Both sides were engaged in
their lines