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From the Jackson (Miss.) Crisis Feb. 10.
PROGRAMME IN THE NORTHWEST.
We haee derived the subjoined information
from a gentleman of high mora!, social and po
litioal character -a distinguished citizen of one
of the Northwestern States y-and the informa
tion, therefore, is strictly accurate and entirely
reliable. We make the statements for the in
formation ad gratification of our readers and
the Southern public generally.
The States of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio have
determined to stop,the war and make terms
of peacb with with the Confederate States, cost
what it may. In one purpose, whatever the
future may be, they are firmly and unalterably
united and resolved, and that purpose is, the
war against the Conferences shall cease, or, if
it is to be carried on, the Northwest will throw
its military power into the scale against the ag
gressor. The citizens of those States who have
beea drafted, or enrolled in the Federal army
are leaving thnt arm? by th hundreds and by
the regiment; and there is no authority in the
army which can control this movement. Out
of 150,000 men organized by the Federal Gov
ernment to operate on the Mississippi river
under Grant and McOiernand. not more than
40,000 effective soldiers remain and that num
ber is daily oeing diminished by .mortality
from sickness and voluntary abandonment of
an enterprise with which they are most
thoroughly disgusted.
The Legislatures of-Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky, are to convene at Frankfort in
general Convention on the 13th day of Febru
ary, iust., and will there agree upon the prin
ciples upon which a North western Confeder
acy is to be instituted, and propose terms cf
peace and commerce with the Confederacy tor
States bordering'the Mississippi and its tribu
taries ptoposing a treaty offensive or defen
sive with the South, or an adoption of the Con
federate States Constitution to incorporate
those new members into the Confederacy if
that be agreeable to the people of the Con fed
rate States. But in any event, and indepen
dently of all other questiotis,relations of peace,
amity and commerce with the South are to
be established.
When 'these principles are agreed ' upon in
convention- Commissioners will be deputed to
bear the result to Richmond to, treat with
the Confederate Government for a . final and
satisfactory adjustment of all interests involv
ed. This action will be taken not secretly,not
clandestinly, but openly and with a serious and
dignified determination; representing the sov
ereignty of those great and populous States. r
TPhenthe terms of adjustment are settled -at
Richmond, they' will be submitted for the rat
ficatien of the people of those Stages respective
ly, by organic action at the ballot box; provid
for by the Legislatures of the respective State.
When thus ratified the work of separation
from the United States' will be regarded as fi-
cany and irrevocably perfected.
the leaders and if the 'Black ' Republicans at
Washingt o n City dare to interfere withusl the
majesty an d power of a great people will be
exerted to "Wasicgton City - arid hang the fast
one ot them. As to operations upon the river the
gunboats shall be vours."
And what will you do with the Fed e ral1 war
aeotf we asicea.. - r ".y
' We' w ill repudiate the last farthing of it."
said he. It was never constitutionally contract
ed." ' "' " ' " -. -
And what will your do "with the green backs'
in cireuiauon 10 ine amount or many mil
1' v - 1 -,
sions. , - . , - , ; ,' ,'" :
We will make a bonfire of them and con
sume them at the altar of -acrifice.1' :
And what will you do with the -Middle ' and
New England States.';'5
We expect the moral support bf New York
and Pennsylvania., We'll cut off ' Michigan to
Canada w here she ought to belone. And if
New Englahd interferes we'll whip her out
of the Union or into good behavior. And
what time we asked do you expect the present
war to close?"
ll expect,' said he, no more geneaal engage
ments unless one should occur in Middle Tern
nessee, between the forces under Bragg and
Rosencranz, and T should deem that a great rais
fortune, as being unnecessary and involving a
useless sacrifice of life. By the first of April
there will be a pi actical cessation oljhostilities
in the Southwest and bv the first of June - a
permanent peace unless the Black Republicans
determine to wage a war against- the North'
west; '''
The above statements comprise substan
tially the informatiou we have derived. Our
informant seemed to entertain little doubt
Indiana and Illinois, at least, would fall into
the Confederacy, along with Missouri and Ken
tucky; He thought it was also the destiny of
Ohio, but seemed less confident of that State.
Whether these States should belong to the
Confederacy or not. he had no doubt at all of
the foundation of a Northwest Empire, in the
event of their exclusion from the South.
if. RETALIATION, r.; ZJ: THeX
Hon? Mr. If ddgeof Kentucky; bar introduce J The
Crisiv at Charleston Noa-Com-
balan is ordered lo retire.
m, i un luunwii f nmn imiinn irum i.an kiii
tru ... iMc wureaerate jaouse :or iteppresenta Regard, has been published.
viyo, ine jouowingipreamDie ana resolution on
But we s'uscested, "Mai.' .what if Mr.
Lincoln shall send a detachment to Frankfort
to arrest the convention and its peace delegates
to Richmond.-" :"y r S
'' ,4.Let'bIm dkrel.ifta'fibger or march an army
to disturb ' the deliberations of that convention
mv arrest its delegates and three huhdred'thbus
and VYestero men will f ino ve to Washington
City and hang Mr.'Lincolh had his Cabfnet.'
:-"AgaWrwey:'ug
army and the navr'amd the treasury.- n
: Let him erid Grant'atArmy sid ourjnform
snt to Illinois and that is the last ; Grant will
ever see bf hi army. He would not i have m a
iral guard reniaiblnisfattached'''" to; rhi
CO
is
command while tour Southern "allies would
reeaptureevery town and city on , the-; Miss
iuipprfrom X4ew Orleans to Cairo. '-Let Ro
ewui. me nis army u xne umo mer vano
;iiwilleaSa to exUrtnliVelrnanuern WeaK
vready;have nne hundred'abd' eighty thqu?and
returned federal ioldicrsmtToseState,ready
to jsia ua ahd xr bare tfc arrxry and xfe ha?
From the Morning News.
A learned Judge has said : 'our pr esent war
will te fought by women and children." As
an illustration I send you the views of a Moth
'er . whose sons are in service, on ; the reccn-
strution of the Union. Ifer sentiments
will meet a response mthe heart of every true
hearted woman in the Confederacy : ;
RECOKSTRUCTIOIT OF THE UNION ! '
Reconstruct the Union I Yes, from the wreck
of outraged humanity from the miserable tat:
tered rag s of a constitution, trampled under
foot, rent arid scattered to tfce winds.
JReconstrwct the Union ! Yes with fetters forg
ed for your brave and gallant officers and Sol
diers, who under God have fought and .won
your glorious victories, and from the dark dun
geons and pestilential prisons where, tyranny
has had them in durance vile amidst inhuman
insults and privations. - .t : :
.Reconstruct the Union! Yes and lay its new
foundations deep in the blood-stained ' soil of
your desolated homes, of the whitened bones
of your country men murdered upon the battle
fields of their own,their! native iand and cement
ed with the clott ed gore of fathers, husbands
sons and brother?, poured out in defence of
freedom of justiceTand of truth.
Rebuild it! From the violated graves of your
honored dead, from the desolated hearth-stones
where only memory of departed loved ones
now may linger, frem the ruined temples and
desecrated altars of our one living and true God
where we and our fathers worshipped ; beside
whose 'pastures green wehopedto have led our
children, and when the work of life was closed
beneath whose quite churchyards to have laid
us down torest with- the peaceful sleepers
there awaiting the arch angel's trump to bid
them rise to life and light Upon the resurec
tibu morn. ; "- ;, ;;:
Reconstruct the Union ! Yes, and I et its 'gar
niture be the polluted virtue the defamed
characters the insulted 'dignity the broken
helpless, babes your grey haired fathersand
mothers- vour penniless "daughters and sisters
your sioien
-f Reconstruct
straingi 'penshlrg seryantsV ,
tct 4 the Union Y esl join brother
tne sdoject of the Yankee negro army, which
areglad to see, was agreed to by that body.
-Whereas, Information has reached ?:hrs Con
gress bf the passage by the Congress at Wash
ingUmp D.-C., of a bill for the enlistment of
negroes as soldiers in the armies of the United
States, which armies are to be engaged in the i
further invasion of the. Confederate States of
Americ?, and, wberras , the, Constitution both
of the Confederate States and "of r the, United
States recognizes' Africans and their decendents
as property, and whereas; we cannot eonsent to
any change in their political status and condition
therefore-- c ; .... ,
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judi
ciary be instructed to enquire into the expedi
ency of bringing in a bill, providing the pfoper
prisons for the disposition of all negroes or
mulatoes who may be, capt ured from the ene
my in such manner, that those of them who are
fugitives from their masters may be returned
to their rightful owners, and those tor whom
no masters can be found shall be sold into Der
petual bondage for the purpose of raisim a fund
to re-imburse citizens of this Confederacy who
nave lost their slao property by reason of
the interference therewith of the enemv.
Agreed to.
The late Attach upon Fort JDonelson.
Through a letter of a participant in the attack
published in the Shelby ville Rebel Banner, we
learn some interesting particulars .of the af
It seefcis that on the evening of the 3d in3t..
Gen. Forrest being in the vicinity of Fort Don
elson learned that the garrison of that post con
sisted oKly ofsome twelve hundred men. Hav
ing with him' between seven and eight hund
red cavalry; he determined to assault the place
at one-. ' ,: a .: ,
Dividing his forces, Gen. Forrest made a
simtiltaneonj attack at two points. At the first
charge the enemy was at boih points driven
within his fortifications and followed by our
troops into the town. But after a three hours
fight against superior numbers who had the ad
Ytmltig -"of 'entrenchments, OftTi. Forrest 3eeni'
ed it expedient to retire. He was' hastened to
thU determination by the information that
heavy reinforcements were coming to the ene
my from Fort Henry. A handsome brass
field piece was taken by General Wharton's
command, who made the attack and entered
the town near the river. The came troops
captured and destroyed a large new ferry boat
laden with povecder. , The other results of the
expedition were the killing and wounding of
over fifty ot the enemy, the capture ot nearly
a hundred prisoners and a number of wagons,
ambulances, and small arms. Onr whole loss,
as previously, stated, was only ninety eight.The
casualities on our side were , marvelously few
considering the fact that for , three , full hours
our troops were exposed to a' battery of field
pieces and to the enemy s sharpshooters, wno
kept up a continuous fire from rifle pits and the
windows of the houses. :
hood w ith t he das tar d s w ho have armed, ciy ou r
sla ves abd iricited thiemj tb deeds bf in faby and
blood a round ycAir' o.wh firesldes7 - V;, "
w nen liens nas learneu w uweii wim, uaitv-
'jiVs ;,tfuth with (alseiiobq bono rwfth'i IshpnV
qr justice WiUi irauu ; pure au ; uuueuiemciu
gion with vtle infidelity; iandiowi fanaticisni
Reconstruct the Union and oyer" it plant
the Sfars ancf Stripes,' once -the" standard I of
ihfwiA arxA' th "hrsiirt V '.-Rut ;'nnflr. wherever
'.'AH-- e ; of S. C, Ga.iand Fla., 4 )
, ; V. Charleston, Feb., 18, 1863, .
n It has become my solemn duty to inform the
authorities and citizens of Charleston and SaV
annah that the morements of the enemy's fleet
indicate-an early land and naval attack on one
orlboth .cities,: and to urge that persons unabje
to take an active part in the struggle shall re-
,reV. : - ... - ; .
It is noped, however, that this temporary
separation of some of yon from your homes
will be made without alarm or undue haste,
thus showing that the only ...feeling animating -you
in t,his hour of supreme trial is. the regret
of being unable to participate in the defence bf
your homes your altars and the graves of yoiir
kindred. ' r . , i
(7arolians and Georgians ! the hour is at hand,
to prove your country's cause. Lt all able
bodied men from the seabord to the mountains
rush to amies. Be not exacting in the t-huict bf
weapons, pikes, scythes, will do for extermina
ting your enemies, and spades.'and shovels for
protecting your friends, io arms, fellow citi
zens, to share with us our danger, our brilliant
success or our glorious death.
. signed G. T. BEAUREGARD. '
Gen ComU'g.
The foil owing' summary of the result of Gener
al Brass's campaigns in Kentucky and Tennes
see, taKen irom a corresponaenii oj iub voiuui-
bus Enquirer by the Wilmington Journal,
places the fame ot General Uragg . upon an en
viable eminence. Impatience of grand results,
without looking to the adequacy of the means
in his hands, ha been the source of great in.
justice to that officer. Hereafter,: when calm
reflection; takes the place ot hasty censure, jre:
eral Bragg's .name will be cherished as one of
the brightest ornaments of our .military : 'bisto
ry :; :-. ' , .. ; , ,". "; ,r
Enemy's loss in killed, 5.33Q ; wounded, 23.
500 ; captured, ;.26,874 total casualties 60,904
fropertycaptured oraestroyea rtuiery,
,74,,.m'uskets,l1Qp;;.jiw agons , AjSOfyi
and hqrsesiSOO. ' ''W' ti U
, ;This;byr a ; force whjeh at.all! times and, jit .all
Dlaces ha net erbeen 50,000,, -and- .which f at
Murfreesbbro', waonly-i334000 'U ltwilll be
seen tnat tne.eoemys casuauieiapij yuwuuu
oer our wnoie rorce.engageuvvt ViraMyj
occasion but at all limes aod; places Aggregated !
:P he -4 1 visj bprbe, :' mirii-iop,; that en Bcag'
was. carrying m an pflrenive?war, $tmostly.) .in
the nerny's territory and jpearhisreatrt lines
communication it will be readUysvenj that .his
phanceiof (iin bir aapcepitions was.
rJepefatte indeed, ltfMiargcssipn w
his rahkMrom thft peopioi 5ne,region,4ywmcu
Raise Wheat and Corn. It is to be hoped
that . every farmer and planter of the South wha
has a spark of patriotism will abstain from the
cultivation of cotton and tobacco and give ev
ery acre of the soil to the production of Corn,
Wheat,Peas,Potatoes and every description of
food for man and beast. Even in a mercenary
point cf view and it is humiliating that, this
has become in these times too common a prin
ciple ot action these productions will pay better
than any others. The man who raises cotton
and tobtcco now is not only aiming a blow at
the independence ot his country, but at what
perhaps he values more his own interests.
The only enemy we have to fear is the sacri
fice of the common good to individual greed.
One more year of self denial and in all prob
ability the South can return to the cultivation
of its peculiar staples with safety and profit.
. The Winchester (Tenn.) Bulletin is re
sponsioie lor ine lonowing wiuun ia uowusw
the best joke ot the season. , .
When the Yankee prisoners -were passing
Decherd in this county, of course some anx
iety was manifested to see the vile invaders
of our soil. Among our citizens who were
present was Mrs. F e S., a woman noted
for her Southern feeling, her general stock of
good humor and who by the bye has a - mind
of un common natural powers. Among the
Yankees was a big buck negro in Federal un
iform who had a very important . look. A Mrs.
S. walked up to him in presence of all the Yan
kees and assuming a very serious contour,
addressed him as Gen.Rbseneranz. The negro
appeared dumb-founded.. Our friend appeared
not to notice Ebony's confusion. The Yankees
seemed amazed. Cuffee said, "I'm not leu.
Rosencranz, I belongs to a gentleman in -bast
Tennessee." ' "Ah, General," said our friend,
You can't bluff me that way. Tell the trutn
vou shan't be hurt. Tell me bow you come to
J . . n . i nrv li..4
et the rebels get you. , riuc vunee . p
he was not- Rosencranz. Our lady .t riena ;ai.
feeted to disbelieve bim and the Yankee pns
oners seemed confused that a big buck negro
should be taken for their commanding general.
t was a lich scene. v ; ,. ( :-:,.uA-f '
People; outside of the armyi in the vicinity
ofFreder icksburg. must ha ve a hard time. t A
correspondent of the Examiner writing ftom
Fredericksburg on tne iutn, says : .. ;
Tha sckrcitv of subsisvence stores, outsiae .
of the army suDply, in this town and the sur-
oundine country; almost mcreaioie.
brings readily.' twenty five dollars per. barrel.
and itis almost impossible to obtain even at
tnat price, a peice ui &wcw vumv- - v -would
be hunted down like an old hare at
5d per pound; : whilat fresh meat is a, luxury
cow meets an ; unexpected doorn, Thfrnliogs
jiaye long since disappeared, anc a . Qomev.u
f owl would have the novelty oi a nniurai vw,
ostty . . "Indeed there is; not a single ieaiocr , ,
ehanticleer tc herald tne morn wunm -yw
ing dfFredericksburg. VK
t:Eitzaethewei;of.Wom
fiTf:; VKhndred and ten': descendants V;
elaven child renighty-J cine grand child r
en, tone
'iek, wi bailVa lh ensign of irannybe Mlid,notcefy; t The ild lid?W1nW
f wo ui. y , . c & -fur; .- thatno .other invasive .expedition ion-ouf side g,eat g?eat grand chilaf ine oia iaay ism ncr?
aborntnat.on.that jnaket i desVlat e. r; f , ?3zl & L exhibit of injury tb tfie enb'; 1 eht eighth y er,is hale,hearty and viccrous,
.MeeonUructths CeoniOforever, perish tbebirthimHKc an, exnmt oidju tciract;-
of ucb a thought; :; - - . . -. . , ' , r.- ' V -;:-,.
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