The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH Il, 1862.-TRIPLE SHEET. ANOTHER NEW REBEL GIBRALTAR. WHOLE NO. 9313. THE TENNESSEE REBEL STAND POINT. THE RAILROAD CENTRE OF THE SOUTHWEST How Chattanooga is Connected with All the Important Places in the Sonth. Its Value to the Rebels if Retained in Their Possession ITs SBTRENG H, SKETCH OF THE VILLAGE, &e., bo, hs, Chattanooga is one of the most important railroad points in Tennessee, and is situated near the borders of the adjoining States of Goorgia and Alabama, It was re- garded as a place of rising importance until the rebellion broke ont, but it, like others, has suffered from the secession madness. There aro near this place two large and @apacious depots, a good hotel, an excellently arranged Adame.Exproes office, all handy to the trains as they arrive and depart, Passengers coming from Nashville (north), Memphis (west), Knoxville and all other points (east), Charleston or Savannah, or Augusta or Atlanta south), have to tarry alittle while at Chattanooga. Thero are also steamboats plying on the Tennessee river, from points above and below Chattanooga, at suitable stages of the water. It was while tarrying at Chattanooga, from ene train to another, in the latt r part of the month of eptember , 1860, just prior to the Presidential election, that the writer encountered the celebrated Wigfall, pacing the depot in deep thought. A passing word brought them into conversation, and the former communicated to the latter tho intelligence, just received by telegraph, that President Buchanan had ordered Col. Elzey, of the United States artillery, who had been garrisoning Fort Smith, Arkansas, to procced to Augusta, Ga., with his force, and eecupy the Arsenal there, Wigfall was much amazed. “What!” he exclaimed, ‘‘it cannot be that Buchanan in- tends to coerce the South.” The result, it will be re- membered, proved that if President Buchanan contem- plated such a purpose thus early in eur troubles, he selected the wrong material to ac omplish it with, THE RAILROADS MEETING AT CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga is a point where the following railroads moet :— ‘Memphis and Cnarieston rosa. Georgia State road. Atlanta and Chattanooga Railroad, ‘Ghattanooga and Knoxvill> Railroad. MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON ROAD. ‘This road is 309 miles long, from Memphis to Chatta- Booga. There are some forty sidpping places upon it, Among tein Tuscumbia, Decatur and Huntsville, Ala- bama, where the Union sentiment is,or was, known to prevail. On the Memphis and Charleston road there are some seven er eight connections with other roads before Teaching Chattanooga, viz:—At Memphis, with the Memphis and Ohio and Mississippi and Ten- Measee roads; at Moscow (thirty-nine miles from Memphis), with the Somerville branch (thirteen miles distance); at Grand Junction, (@fty-two miles from Memphis) with the Mississippi Central road, piorcing the heart of the States of Mis- sissippi and Louisiana, to the city of New Orleans; at Oorinth (ainety-three miles from Memphis) with the Mobile’ and Ohio road; at Decatur (one hundred and eighty-eight miles from Memphis) with the Tennessee aad Alabama Central road, and with steamers plying on the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi rivers; at Point Boek (two hundred and thirty-three milos from Mem" phic) with the Winchester and Alabama road; at Ste- ‘venson (two hundred and scventy-one miles from Mem- phis) with the Nashville and Chattanooga road, and at ‘Chattanooga (three hundred and nine miles from Mem” phis) with the Tennessee and Alabama road, Nashville end Kentucky, Louisville and Nashville, Nashville and ‘Northwestern roads, and steamers plying between ports em the Tennessee, Ohio and otner rivers. Chattanooga fa, therefore, a point of the utmost importance to the webvels. ‘THE REGION Around Chattanooga, and for miles in either the @astorly, westerly or northerly direction, is a series of precipitous mountain ranges and deep ravines, and the wajiroad trains wind through the gorges sometimes a; ‘eurves so abrupt that a passenger in « hind car cannot (eee the locomotive on a short train, Itisa wild, weird, ‘tafernally romantic region; and to all points on the Qumberland or Tennessee rivers, and well on toward Mashville, the country is seldom relieved of these hide” eusly grand aspects, SKETCH OF CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga was at onetime a flourishing post village ef Hamilton county, Tenn., and is situated on the Tennes- @ee river, two hundred and fifty miles below Knoxville ‘by water, one hundred and forty miles southeast of Mashville in an air line, and one hundred and fifty-one miles by railroad. The river from this point downwards ie navigable by steamboats for eight months of the year, and by smell boats at ali times. These cireumstances ‘would have made Chattanooga one of the most important and flourishing towns of the State had not the rebellion Broken out and marred its prospects. The population thad been increasing at the rato of one hundred persons per month since 1850, and the surplus productions of the surrounding country were mostly shipped from this point. Gootl water power and timber @bound in the surrounding region, and the bills ere full of stone conl and iron ore. The place was firet Jaid out in 1839, and the population in 1853 ‘was about 3,400, which was rapidly increasing, as before mentioned. The manufacture of iron bad been com- ‘menced in the town, where had also beon a saw mill, two gash and blind factories, three cabinet factories, &c., all ‘worked by steam power. Two banks were located in ‘Chattanooga, and four well-to-do newspaper offices existed Previous to the rebellion. A handsome church had been erected for the Rpiscopal faith near the centre of the vil- tage, on Main street, which connects the Lafayette turn- pike with the ferry, and thence with the road to Nash- ville, thus carrying the traffic through the centre of the place. The Lookout Mountain, to the west of the village, fs about fifteen hundred feet high, the Mountain Houso ‘Being reached by a serpentine road about five miles in Sength, Yeading te and from the village. The river at the ferry \s about three-quarters of a mile wide, and the op. posite shore ts covered with bluffs and knobs from forty to seven hundred feet in height. Ina strate, M0 point of view the place is very valuable te the rebels, Providing time be allewed them to make it as strong by ant as it now is by mature. Davi Hitt dred at his residence, at Onondaga Castle a of seventy-three Bas.lang been known as Captain Hill. He was the friendly indians who fought for the Stars and Stripes in the wor of 1812,and was so distinguished for courage aud daring deeds that he received cominendations from ‘deh Geverals Jagob Brown and Winfield Scott during the in whieh the battles of the Cataraet, Lane wore fought. pepors announce the doath of a negro named Mi- asan Pinups, at the groat ago of 125 years. He went to the West in i796 with Hernian Blennerhasset, as his lave, end ooutinued with him cil he fled. He was never |. He want to Ohio gen after, and resided in Mar- , Opposite Marietta, for some years. He afterwards qwont to Watertown, where he resiiled for over Afty years. Micajah (Cajoe) was tye slave of Colonel Borrel, of York, ajloucester county, Va. At the death of Colonel Borrel he went to his son-in-law, fhe Rev. Mr. Fountain, with whom fre lived at the time of the battie of Yorktown, and was | ‘thon # waiter inthearmy. His sixty yoars, who not . Micajah cold read and write, beving been ught by Mrs. Blennerhasses, of whom he al: high terme of respect He belonged to the preached to the colored population “ carly times. He @ver sustained @ fair, mt was seapected by his noigh- — PRICE TWO CENTS. Chattanooga and Its Surroundings---The Natural Strength of the Place---Its Value in a Strategic Point of View---The Railroad and Water Communications, &c. | their Norther supplies anit ( BRANCH BANK OF eae Peeoacu 9 THINITY:. EPisco= @AL CHURCH Nii Wi @ock, under all creme meet tS et ba al this ee 4 fe bed Som arrangement on jweral faronee not only 80 the prevention of the respeatog of road, but algo to an actual invasion of Pennsylh ust sink the best of cit! Siions aah as NEWS FROM THE SOUTH, Appeals to the Southerners to Join the Army. Unless well as comfort, we iacur a far more serious fates degradation far deeper, gives greater hope to reflecting persons then hat the Southern confederac; service no more sixty days or ninety days, or twelve months volunteers. Our levies in @ short time even the new men, if properly mingled with the troops that Rave served one term and gloriously Te enlisted, will soon be as invincible as those. WHERE ARE THE STOLEN ARMS? {From the Richmond Examiuer, March 7.) become enormous number of arms stofed re ‘yoy bdeginnin, ‘oport ve the cargoes, Bai Drought in from time to time, by rumor, dwindled ‘They are certainly ‘not in the hands of soldiers now in the field, nor are they still in the arsenals, nor have they been captured by the enemy. that in the hands of prisoners taken by the enemy there were twenty thousand stand; that half as many more een broken or lost in marches and hos} total that should be substracted from the original sum is ‘@til! too small to account for the preseat scarcity of mus- keis and of bayonets. But a vast quantity have, undoubtedly, gone with the ity days’ men, the four months’ men, the six months’ still greater loss is attributable to the many use- loss and unprofitable assemblages of the militia. ‘Ttis certain only that the Orduance Department has not the arms for the new levies. There are many more soldiers at the goverument’s command than muskets. It could flod full employment for tive hundred thousand stand of arms not in possession or in prospect. circumstances no wisor measure could Lave been adopted ernment than the call for the guns in the the citizens as private property. There are a the cilizens of the South in this manner, and the country has a right to every one of them . ning will carry @ ball, and all of them fare good for buckshot. The} smeoth bore, and are mucl Troops armod with double-barreled shot guns oneta; for any line that attemptod to charge be annihilated by the second load, which will always be retained, and can be delivered at twenty it tl rument will inexorably sion; and no sincere patriot will be un willing to assist its execution to the utmost of his power. THE TROUBLES OF JEFF. DAVIS AND HIS CABINET. hmond (Feb. 19 nce of the Mi {Ric ré oo @ Memphis A want of faith in tho government is more and more clearly manifested every day. The resolution of the Hon. Mr. Foote, mentioned above, will probably bring ‘aga party the opposition to the adminis- jwer House. President Davis has it in Jackson,will advance on Harpe! give battle to Gen. Banks, with the view of back over the Potomac, and ‘again regaining possession of Jefferron and Berkeley counties. Agentleman who arrived at Richmond on Monday, ‘except one day, which he apent at inhabitants of Memphis expect to hear of the advance of the Union t100ps city, but that they are proparing for a stub- eyacuation of Columbus the ; Fort Wright, Fort Harris ternal in duration. dure more dangerous misfort' military law that the Legislature made last fhocviiey, says that The Hopes, Plans, Opinions, Fears, Schemes * and Sentiments of the Rebels. NEW ARTILLERY CORPS IN RICHMO! born resistance. &! armaments of Fort Rando) and Fort Pillow have been greatly str Dow regarded as quite sufficient to protect an attack by the river. proposed img raised by Mr. T. T. Cropper was exhibit. ed yesterday on tho Capitol square. force, and accurately, too, it is said, over a mile. It sone hundred and seventy-five pounds. It has Deon tried with twenty, forty and sixty musket bails, and with the latter charge scattered thirty-seven so light and s0 easily drawn that five boys can ad. ce or retreat with itas fast as infantry at double | McCulloch? The Weakness of the Rebel Regiments. posed that the Union jon of the valley of the Tennessee ‘on the city by the roads from the east and mortheast, or even by @ strong column from Nashville, at the same time that a fleet of gunboats would sail down the Mississippi. To guard against land attack, earthworks were being erected at « distance of from’ two to five miles from the city, on eminences that command all place. Those works will be mounted with heavy ar- tillery, of which there is abundanco there, The number of troops at Memphis is already very | It is stated that ther Hernando, in Mississi y w; 10,000 at Moscow and Mississippi Junct y and thirty-five miles east of Memphis, and 10, along the left bank of the Hatchee river, northeast of the city. The garrisons of Wright, Randolph an used to advantage, and can be reinforcg Tt was woll known at Memphis that ing Island No, 10, below Columbus, was a mere ruse, in- tended to deceive the Unionists, and keep them above New Madrid until the preparations Memphis should be completed. The greatest fears, how- ever, were entertained and expres: the railroads from the north and northeast had net been sufficiently dismantled to pr great use to the Unionists in an supervsion of General Be communication with Gel through official count? MOVEMENTS OF PRICE AND THB PRETENDED ENTHUSIASM IN THE soUTH {From the Richmond Di An intelligent gentleman who city from the South, states that the whole country is in a blaze of patriotic enthusiasm. ‘he late reverses have ¢, and is stead!- as lately arrived in our Our advices from the South are of considerable inte- rest as developing the plans, opinions, hopes, sentiments, fears and prospects of the rebels. - ‘The Charleston Mercury says that the State government of South Carelina has taken vigorous action to suppress the sale and distillation of whiskey. It ts said that Jef. Thompson left his old headquarters with a cavalry force on the 26th ult. on @ secret expedi- monstratione at the beginning of the wi The whole population is offering ‘self en de. fence of the country. Tvis said that nothing like the uni- v' and fervid awakeaing of the people to the exigen- f the times has eccurred before from the beginning are eager to unite in the holy Srom our Southern Harris are as numerous as can be work of driving back the homes, and even the womien, if 0 them on and to As itis,the prayers of mothers, wives and dav; were sent up unceasivgly to Heaven in behalf case, the cause, the course’’ that is giving streng! to the arm of old age, convorting boys into veterans and even the weak and timid into heroes. Let the government keep up wi nergy of the people, and we have overy roason to beliavo it will; let a he tide of battle will soon be in our fe tide of battle wi in our favor. oe ires of cotton will be a free and happy people. Then, who wiil OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE. estes fours, how. Battimore, March 6, 1862. General Beauregard te be Commander-in-Chicf of the Rebel Armies—His Instructions to General Jackson to Hold Winchester ana Attack General Banks—Heavy Rein- Sorcements Sent to Gencrab Jackson—Preparatious for the Defence of Memphis—Concentration there of Rebel Troops—The Fortipcation of Island No. 10 Merely a Stralagem—Movements of General Albert S. Johnston, dc. Thave some news from Richmond to-day, up to the 4th of March; from Winehester, by way of Richmond, up to Marsh 2; and from Memphis, by way of Chattanooga and Knoxville, up to March 1. A bill had been prepared and was to have been propos- ed in the rebel Senate on Wednesday (yosterday), by Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, constituting Gencral Beauregard Com- mander-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. It was un- a show of opposition to the dillon the part of some of the friends of Jeff. Davis; ‘Dut the Military Committees had had an interview with the President, and were prepared to show that Joff. Da- vis had given to the measure his hearty eoncurrence, and had authorized the chairman of the committee to say that he hoped the‘bill would pass. The measure has pro- bably passed the Senate, therefore, by this time. A ean- vans of the House of Representatives had shown that there was a large majority in favor of it in that body, ‘The reports that have heretofore reached here of the very weak and apparently inadequate defences of Rich- mond are probably true. A great many members of the rebel Congress are anxious to have an appropriation for building forts around the city. But the idea is discour. aged by every member of the Military Committees of both houses. Mr. Sparrow, the ehairman of the Senate committee, is reported to have said that the defences of Richmond are at Centreville; that General Joseph EF. Jobnston would take care that the defensive lines of Manassas and the Blue Ridge wore maintained intact, and that as long as he did this Richmond would need no other defence. A momber of tho House Committee on Military Affirs, who was present, added ‘that if he did not do it no other defences could save the capital’’—meaning at Memphis that million of guns it them from being of tack on the city. are ae effective as any better made tha He was in constant bert 8. cg = = Tge troops at Deoatur and Stephen- gon. The latter officer had taken vi render useless to the Union ing to those places from Nashville. Freight cars, loaded with the iren rails, were constantly arriving at both De- Several culverts south of Mur- as also the bridge over the file. The bridge over the he Nashville aad yy a regimentof rebel troops, sacrifices , tobacco, and convert every Southern er than submit lo a base the two railroads lead- ‘and inhuman foe. In such a spirit, and with bumble reliance on Heaven, our inde- pendence {s as sure as the rising of to-morrow’s sun, THE REBELS LOOKING ABROAD FOR AID. {From the Kichmond Dis; hb It is useless for the South to iteelf for its redom) Heretofore there has eign intervention in our eatur and Stephenson. freesboro, had been destroyed Duek river, north of Shelbyv! Elk river, south of Tnilahoma, was not bridge at Columbia, on #! ur Railroad, is guardedjt who have orders to destroy it ata given signal. other bridges on the same road ‘of that been It is said than General Johnston has that he will not destroy Alabama to any nation but tion from the Lincoln des} reason to believe t if would take place, mpathios of the English and French heir short sighted governments gi i. for yore? that we a yt their ¥. ‘operation, We must depend upon ourselves, upon the operation: Novidence which has already been ao tagualty | fossa’ recognize Ou fag, therefore we will not manifested in eur behalf, and a surer defender need ht of people must now, with the aid work ont their own salvation, Jt is will be better for us in the end, that we are wnder obl to no one but ourselves for ov the spirit of mea who deser earth can subjugate the South. We think we do not over. rate the charactor of the Southern people e eqtalto the duty of achieving their e, and independence thus achieved is | Ohio and lesiealppt Railroad along Main streot is rapid. pendence worthy of the name. promised the railroad compan; the two long bridges over the Stato line, unless absolutely nocessary, are wi derstood that there would ie grounds if more firmly than ever in the public confl- dense. In the State Department, if Virginia is to have Mr. junter’s tment of Wm ©. Rives hailed with satisfaction it would give assurance to , Where this eminent statesmén is well known and , that the first intellects of America the head of affairs in the Confederate States. In Departmenty. Mr. Benjamin Rag certainly not ise given by his prompt attention to commencement ef bis service as Secre- ,and both in Congress and in the army there isa amounting almost to conviction, that the recent reverses that have befallen four arms been due to bjs inefficiency. removal of Mr. Benjamin, A. Seddon will cortainly MOVEMENTS OF GEN. BEAUREGARD. [From the Memphis A; ‘The New Orieans Delta learns had arrived in that city as bearer of despatches from Gon, Beauregard to Gen. Love! has nearly recovered from his is actively an‘ earnestly o1 * ‘THE WEAKNESS OF THE REBEL REGIMENTS. From the Richmond Examiner, March 7.) intelligence from the North satisfies us that the number of confederates taken prisoners 2 weed sadly lly - was, ly, really de- ceived. He sacertained that he jake? bat }, and hence he estimated ‘thousand. But not Letter for us now, i ag Secretary ‘throughout the South, while adeame, ee te ove REBEL RAILROAD CONNEC- no power on | IMPORTANT AL one sure that ay oe THE PROSPECT AHEAD. [From the Richmond Dis; ‘The public mind of the entire from its caussiess . But there is no taik of the ‘and it is stated that Hon. James: the new Secretary of Stato, a de coma i by the unfortunate rn ic occasioned by oon te Kis published an rere sont ame eee affairs at Roanoke Island and Fort Donelson. men see that much ultimate good may come of them hat must often occur in a war ix thousand prisoners in their and taken in the ueigh- the largest nd=Bor were sixty rom Tennessee and Kentucky, nough behind breastworks, but worthless in overy other situation, and incapable of supportir fatigue or of extricating themselves from the confu dofeat by that mechanical obedience to orders which oan be obtained only by a different organization and experi. were completely, demoralized ‘at the close of three days’ fighting, and that is the true explanation why no attempt could be the enemy’s lines ANY ng J of safe. Dborhood of Fort Don inuring us to Fn ef these, we learn Dr. Chappin, who Gays’ men, raw militia a Power resources of all 8, which our eontinsed successes had of all, by stimulating enlistments, tho number and efficiency of our armies. most certain that | te at retain (00 he’ ard retain that State and t} thousand in Kenti cighty thousand in their fleets. ree being four hunired ‘thou- evon if their armies number seven hundred thou- they will have a disposable force of only three hun- dred thousand with whieh to invade our interior; and, in Jong inonrsions, tls will be diminished at least one-third roes detailed to keep up communication with ‘of operations, Besides, by deferring their inva- the South unl il the warm season, they will soon deci- mate their ranks by th malarions diseases of Horetofore we have bad to fight against snperior num- bers; but, #0 soon as they quit their veRsels, the country and mect us in the open felt, we shall out- om, if we peace, in every conflict. mnot probably hold Nashville longer than the Comborland river flooded ht reget t indisposition, and od in organizing @ cam. of energy and determination. Dr. that the whole region of country through which hi shiy aroused, and hundreds of soldiors ai Johnston has a at Murfreesboro, sixteen thousand 11 been removod from ence under arms. They he city of Washi ing towards the various rendezvous. 5 the pu lic stores ha’ ‘The news from Winchester is important. On the 26th of February, and the Ist and 94 of March, large de- tachmenta of troops from the rebel army of the Potomac were thrown forward from Manassas June and from the inter place to Win, chester. The number of troops thus sent to reinforce General Jackson is stated to bo 10,000 men. Some of the trains on Saturday consisted of care, eayalry horses, from which it in ane Cate, Conve Yae reinforcement consisted of cavalry. gon’s force (which was not, however, ail at Winches corudated already of 15,000 troops; so that he now has at his command 25,000 men groater extent, if deomer ‘ail regi cult, with militia it was impossible. Every event in this war has furnished anew proof of impossibility of maintaining scala by means of loose and uncertain volunteers and militia will al contest, and in extensive ope and they will alwa: AFFAIRS ON SHIP ISLAND, From the Memphis Aj «tha 23. Tho }obile Register says:—We bay a ter from swhich states that the Oregon® brought to Union prisoners—soldiers from Ship Island. ,000 troops on the island and seven veserls sitations, be. In any continued |, they have alway: tion to Strasburg, rgal on the strict principles of mi! Individual bravery and worth are greater in the ranks formed from the best population of the country than ean ordinarily be found among troops levied under compulsion and treated as machines. But the effec. tive qualities of an army are destroyed by the supe riority of the individuals to the mass; they must od —_ INGRATITUDE OF THE REBELS. {From the Richmond Examiner, March 7] There i« one sabject to which no true Virginian alludes unless upon compulsion, and which we now refer to iu 0 Jong as all went well with sorrow more than In anger. and can be reinforced to us, while the Sonth was the winning site, ng necessary. Itis said at Rich. mond tha¢ Ggneral Jackson is foliowing the instructions given to the former before the wt, and that the latter had mado ar- Tangements to rec ain possession of that part of the Baiti more and Ubio Raiizoad between Harper's Ferry aud Han it cannot be vory large apt to hol? tt permanently ght hops, the exittenes of ated them yesterday, and look on thom rather as thotr Reguiar armies machines; obedicnee and fortitude are the v it soay vee sopalsive and dy Inttor loft for tire V of a common poliier and navel forces as to disable them from attacking asd taking Columbus, and proceeding down the Mississippt to Memphis and the cotton region. If, with their wholo land ond naval force, and their eager appetite for cotton, they durst not attempt te doscond that river, they will sively not now venture to do so with a crippled and divided navy and army. It may ye! turn owt that the fall of Fort /onelon and of Nashville will be « great gain tan! a or a! misfortume to them. The who'e country, from the Ohio to Nashville, 4s inhabited by brave mon asc zealous secessionists. They cannot make that city a base of operations from which to invade the cotton states, for in a few weeks probably days, the Cumberland river will besvme wun ivigahle for the smallest gunboats, and they would be eut off from Wi they attempt tt and men, we should a force of & hundred and their whole ar: even with a force of a hundred thot at once surround fifty thousand, ax would end the war; ¢ should not be that it should end’ somewhat in this wa; North, under a weight of debt ‘walls ere long, and march far into our interior. will make prisoners of their armies, ant Bariotisly triumphantly wind up the war, Lat faint liearted poopls rocoliect that we never yot met them with equal nom- bers, in the open field, without defeating them: and that uudier the levy en mas'e which ix going on in the South, if they invade us by land alter the lst of April, we will moet them with superior numbers. Our bad roads will prevent their invading us sooner. MOVEMENTS OF PRICE AND McCULLOCH IN ‘ MISSOURI. ‘The rebel war bulletin of the dca February, published at Fayetievillo, Arkansas, states that Briga‘lisr Goneral Bon MeCullongh was expected daily to take command of toe division there, ‘The information is based ou tue fol- Jowing despatch, which the general sent to a friend at Fayetteville: — Ricuonp, Jan. 22, 1862. Sin—I start to-morrow to join my command at BEN. McCULLOCH, Brig. General. neral Price, says the same paper, will, without doubt, command all the Missouri troops, together with all that may be raised im Arkansas, by Colonels Jenes at Little Rock, and Taylor in this section. To our mind this is tho very bes, disposition the government coul make, and will ‘please every reasonable man who loves the cause above men aud self, In reference to the exrolment of volunteers under Price the rebel organ says, in an editorial: — We rogret to learn’ that some officers of the Missouri State Guard are using their influence to prevent their men from enrolling under General Price as Confederate troops. ‘They desire, it seems, incredible and suicidal as is such a course, to keep up their clumsy separate State ©-ganization, which was the best they could do and a necessity in the first place; but in the future it can only breed confusion, heartburning and distrust. Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, and all the other states, except ‘Arkansas, on their junction with the confederacy, prompt- ly turned over their troops and munitions, Arkansas de- Jiyod, and finally turned over tho arms, but disbanded her troops, thereby crushing McCulloch for months, for Which he hag been s0 unjustly censured by men who will no:ther think nor investigate. If the Mi-sourians to ‘whom wo rofer desire to crush General Price, and to de- Siroy confidence in them in other divisions of the army; Af they prefer empty titles to success in saving Missouri, Jet them hang with a death grosp to their crude, unwieldy. ‘and ill-proportioned State organization. But if they value the cause above self, success above titles, and a harmoni- us, successful effort to redeem Missouri above every- thing eiso, then, in the name of common sense, of all ex- perience and of patriotism, let them abandon all idea of a separate State army, and with one accord sustain General Trice by becoming Confederate troops. ‘fhe Memphis Argus asks:—‘ After Price’s proclamation 7d the recall of Fremont, why was Price immediately weakened in lieu of being strenthened?”’ To which the War Bulletin replies;— We will suggest to the Argus how to gain the vlesired information. Ask that question, first, of those dussou- Fiaus (some thousands in number) whe left Gen. l’rice ni wenthome. Ask those legio::s of belf-intlated colonels, m \ors, aids-de-camp, and almighty yarn spinuing geutry, Ww 0s0vften call upon you, and your cotemporary of the Apveal representing themselves as this, that aud we ier ftom the Missouri army, and guil you juto so many Di inders and farcical mistakes about matters and things fu this portion of God’s heritage. And hereafter, we re- 8p ctlully suggest, that when any such call aud commence % ‘rear back and swell’ in your extra chair (if you have one), just tell them to trot out their papers. Gently in imate to them that reliance upon human gas has made yo. appear ridiculous near the scene of action long @n ugh. And be sure to ask them if they ever eeryed in th army as privates? If you should ever happen to meet @ .igh private among them, we beg you totreat him well. You may bet your pewter on his not only honest, Db tacuricsity. The ganuine bigh privates are generally Douest and truthful; but they are usually found m the eo. and of late, very rarely, if ever, reach Memphis. Makes note of that, Mr. Argus. Again the gg A inquires, “Who fears Price’s pa And oa oe [Geet bocce cannut an- ewer irgus, but suppose it must be such papeps as tt, And such vagrant ‘blow harda” aa leave Miss uri and congregate about Memphis, telling stories to their names noticed in papers silly to be m. For instance. such as the daring fellow who ere im Memphis, and afterwards in Rieh- mond, ‘of Sigel, taken at Oak Hills, and © bave been the x thereof. We refer to the flag ured by ° bag ed trom hey" ‘Texas, belonging to Capt. H. P. "s company , Eikanah Greer’s iment. Duke killed the bearer, took the flag and carried it a short distance fn the pursuit; but finding it in the way, and being anxious to killafew more of the Vandals, he hid it in some brush. When he returned from the chase some one had pilfered it, Re- cently it turned op in Memphis, and pacsed to Richmond. jancy , wer’nt wo braver Didn’t,.we give that old bear fits?” As such conduct reacts, however unjustly, against General Price, the actors must. . Tt shoots with great | fear bis success, else why try to bring disrepute on his army? ret oace more:—How comes it that when Gencral Price, of Missouri, takes a step forward, and is reaching forth to snatch the crown of victory, bis arm is para- lyzed by the absence of the confederate forces under ‘We will answer the Argus, says the Bulletin, by ask how is it that when Gen. Price took a back step, reaching southward to avoid captivity, the je- rate forees under McCulloch rushed to meet him? How was it that when Price, with 17,000, was en | froma Lexington, he met MoUulloch, with about 4,000, advanc- ing into Kansas? We cast no reproach on General Price in either case, but the queries to show how easily rank injustice can done in the Argus style of asking questions on imaginary facts. ‘The following is a proclamation of Ben McCulloch’s, re- cently issued to the troops under his command:— Soupmmgns or Louisiana, Texas AnKaNsas—Your country calls on you for further service. Will she call in vain?’ Will the gallant men who havo braved death in all its forms now shrink from peril? Never! Never will it be said of them, ‘They abandoned country im the hour of danger.” We must re-enlist, or c- it ters | blood spilt is as water poured w have ft . not be said our brave comrades have fallen in vain. —< th even | us by our acts immortalize their memories, Their spir Jook down upon our deeds, and demand of us that their pames be handed down to future generations ag mart; in a glorious and successful cause. Our cause is just. It will succeed. Lot those who doubt it go seek a a the North They are unfit to live among freemen. This war cannot last. Before two years will eg yen not oud to say, | was & soll im the army that won our independence? |LLOCH, BEN McOU! 5 Brigadier General Commanding Division. NO COTTON TO BATON ROUGE. Rereteaen ene a po bh dated February 27, which eays:—"'Give no- says: t no cotton will be alfowed to land bere. J. E. fos | Mayor.” In this connection we quote the follow- ‘men ved b; 'rench We learn that ‘it was resolv: y some Souder cat tie other night,’ that whereas, France the the ownors of this cotton to hold it under y's flag except the Confederate, which wih be burnt on eur landing when {he gunboats pass Memphis.” [From the Memphis Appeal, Feb. 28.) ‘The preparatory labor connecting the lines of the ly progressing, in ten days tha iron will be down and ther oud ready a Upped ‘The bigd is ae mill- direction and a! government expense. ‘0- ba le that the a oapen woe Raitroo 1 be made al street. whew ine oer the last despatch from Columbus. . If the route that demands the ‘rith | Grange old railroad track from Fort Pickering, from the Minsisei; river to the Charleston road, and from the Caeriensen' road along Walnut and Dunlap streets to the Ohio road, were followed, the labor would occupy twe months, ‘Along Main street it will be compl in om ins Couvares, Ky. Feb, 26,1862. J.P. Woon, President—The route over wi PB pth, jay the track must be the one adopted. itt carry you through the city, the inconvenience, In yaw of the public gree, tena be temporariiy submit to, Carry it through Main strect, if necessary. L. VOLK. TRE MATTER IN THE MUM urate es veewnary From the A\ . At called meeting of the Board of Mayor and Alder. ‘hareda, February 27, 1862. mn eoramt ‘boing anticunced, the Chairman took hie seat ‘and called the Board to onder, when, the roll of iter. J, and the obj rae sa tobe tbe consideration of the connection of the different railroads by (racks throwgh the city or in the suburbs. communication to the Mayor, from Alder- Tie following oe van ex;lanation of se call Pank, Mayor —Sia—I uncterstand that it is the sertae of the Mississippi and Tenresece and Moraphis ctohio railroads to Ake & coLmectin by rail between fhe said roads along Main street. The military order, as 1 onderstand , is to connect ail the roads coming into Mem. phis; and} further unders\and that the ngiaeers of all tho roads state that the mort practicable route for such connectiol the subarbsof the city. Tu Tet the Miss @- sit Tennersee and Memphis and Ohio roads make & Sepueeticn along Main etrect ts wrong, and would deprive