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BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Tha General Assembly, at its late extra ses
sion, called for the purpose, by me, appropriat
ed a half million of dollars for the purchase of
salt for the citizens of this Commonwealth.
Immediately upon the passage of the act I
ordered the Quartermaster of the State forces to
procure transportation, in the shortest possible
time, for hauling from the Kanawha Salines.
all the salt which his means of transportation
would enable him to accomplish, and I caused
iim to be furnished with ample funds for the
purpose. The inroads of the enemy into the
Kanawha Valley and the destruction of all con
veyances which fell into his hands, and the trans
portation of our own armies to and from that
section of the State, had so effectually occupied
6r destroyed all the wagons aud teams, that they
fcould not be procured there, aitd the country
had been so thoroughly devastated, that it wis
necessary to send, with the wagons procured
elsewhere, all the produce requisite for the gup
port of the teams goi&g and returning. Every
effort was made promptly to procure the trans
portation, litit the distance arfu* the" difficulties to
be encountered rendered rapid movements im
practicable': The consequence has been that, be*
fore the train of wagons which had been organ
ired and were on their Way thither could reach
their destination, tb'e enemy, ft superior force,
again appeared at the Kanawha Salines, and our
army has. been" compelled to fall back, and but
an insignificant amount of salt &as been efotained
by individuals aud none under the orders given.
Having made these" aVrangementg, I issued a
proclamation taking possession of all the salt
tfieu oh hand, or that might be made, at the
Salt Works" in Smyth and Washington counties.
I immediately set out rri person for Saltville,
toping to obtain! there a supply to meet the
wants of the people. When I arrived I found
that the contracts the* existing wi*h the Con
federate State's, with sister Southern States, and
with cotifoty and corporation Courts in this
Commonwealth, were of such a character, that
this abrogation would reseat in interminable con
flicts and difficulties, in breaches of faith and in
incalcuabJe distress. Iformd, too, that instead of
purchasing. for money, the necessary supplies,
the fuel, transportation,' labor and machinery fo?
these immense Works, d system hV<? prevailed for
years to barter them for salt, that written ordefs
were given for salt, for the amount bartered,
and that these orders Lad become the subject of
speculation and extorticu. . That this necessarily
absorbed a very large amount of the salt manu
factured, and that the proprietors we'ri forced to
furnish the salt necessary to mcc? these orders,
6r have their Works tftopped* for tbe want of sup
plies. All these circumstances rendered it im
proper and unadvisabie for me to take possession
of the Works and work them on State account —
It was impossible to put up new works in time to
meet the immediate Wants of the State, my only
alternative, therefore, was to purchase all the
salt over and above existing contracts that could
be.manufactured Within any reasonable time.—
After considerable difficulty, I made a contract
with responsible parties to furnish the State with
150,000 bushels of salt, that being the Ml capa
city of manufacture by the existing works, af
fter supplying existing contracts. The salt is to
be famished in bags or barrels and delivered on
the cars, at Saltville, a branch of tbe Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, at the price of $2 33J
per bushel.
It was my earnest desire to obtain* the largest
quantities at the earliest periods. But I found
this impracticable. The contract requires the
parties to furnish the quantity contracted for as
follows: 15,000 bushels in the month of No
vember, at the rate of l>oo bushels per day, and
45,000 bushels in each of the months of Decem
ber, January and February, at the rat% of 1800
Bushels per day. "*
As it was specially stipulated in the contract
made, that the delivery of the salt contracted
for, to the State, should not interfere with ex
isting contracts made with the government of
tbe Confederate States, or with any separate
State of the Confederate States, or with any
connty or corporation court of this State, and as
large snpplies are being furnished under these
contracts, there will not be so great a competi
tion in tho market, and our people need not
submit to the extortion of speculators; and es
pecially, as sixty of the counties and corpora
tions of the State will, under their contracts,
obtain upwards of 300,000 bushels in addition
to tbe amount purchased.by me, it is hoped that
that amount, though not as great as could have
been desired, will mitigate in some measure the
urgent wants of the people.
To cover all costs and charges incident to
purchase, transportation and distribution, I have
fixed the sum of three dollars per bushel, as
the price to be paid by all recipients of salt un
der th» law, being at the rate of six cents per
pouud. And Ido hereby proclaim, according
_A.BINQr>OISf, FBJDAY, DECEMBEB 5, 1862.
to law, that the sale of any salt obtained under
the State contract and distributed by authority
of this proclamation at a higher price than at
the rate of six cents per pound under any pre
text whatever is a misdemeanor, and the sale of
each pound thereof, at a higher price, is declar
ed by law to be a separate offence and the per
son convicted thereof is liable to a fifle of not
less than one hnndred nor more than two thou
sand dollars.
To carry out the provisions of the law, the
regulations hereto appended have beeii prescrib
ed by me, and auy violation thereof is also de
clared by the law to be a misdemeanor, to be
punished by a like fine.
, .— *—s. Given under my hand at Rieh
< L. S. > mond, and under the seal of the Coni
*- '—, — '* } monwealth, this 15th day of Novem
ber, 1862, and ia the 87th year of the Common
wealth.
JOHN LETCHER.
By the Governor
Geo. W. Munford,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
RULES ANn REGULATION'S FOR THE SALE AND DIS-
I THIBUTION OF SALT BY THE GOVEKHOR.
1. The counties and corporations which can*
. not be supplied by reason of the presence of
the public enemy, or which are subject to their
power, are excluded from the computation.
2. Counties and corporations for which the
distribution may be doubtful, are included. If
the distribution can take place, they will obtain
their proportion. If not, there will be a surplus
on hand subject to future partition.
3. Counties and corporations are thrown into
1 their Congressional districts; a State agent for
each district is herein appointed, and a depot
named for the district. Each county and cor
poration named will be required to appoint a
county or corporation agent, and furnish him.
with the amount necessary to pay for the salt to
which the county or corporation is entitled.—
Such agent will receive the salt from the State
agent, give him a receipt and pay him the
amount and distribute the salt due to individuals
as the counties may. provide.
4. John J. Moorman has been appointed the
State agent at Saltville. He will receive the
salt from the manufacturers, and ship it to the
depots established, as fast as it is delivered to
him. He will give notice to the State agents in
the Congressional district when the salt is ship
ped. The county agents will ascertain from |
them when it will be deliverable. I
5. The salt not being delivered to the State at
once, but by instalments, it became necessary
to decide which district should be first supplied.
This has been decided hy lot. The lot was cast
with the following result, and the districts will
be entitled to their supply as hereinafter named.
The counties and corporations in each district
will be entitled to their quotas, in ihe order in
which they are named in the act of Assembly
creating the Congressional districts. The quan
tity, is placed opposite the name of the county.
The Third district, as "ascertained by lot, is
entitled to be first supplied. It will receive in
the month of November, 12,077 bushels, delive
rable at the rate of 600 bushels per bay, in the
following order: City of Richmond, 5,077;
Henrico, 3,161, llaiiovcr, 2,803; Charles City,
749, and New Kent, 787 bushels. Place of
deposit City of Richmond. State agents, Spotts
& Harvey.
The Seventh district is entitled to 14,124
bushels, of which it will receive 2,923 bushels
in November, at the rate of 600 bushels per
day, after the preceding district has been sup.
. plied, aud the residue being 11,204 bushels, in
the month of December, at the rate of 1,800
bushels per day, excluding Sundays, until sup
plied. The counties will be supplied in the fol
lowing ordeiv Albemarle, 3,5, 5 9, Campbell,
2.578; Lynchburg 916, Amherst, 1,913, Nelson,
1,740, Fluvanna, 1.384; Buckingham, 2,084.—
Place of deposit City of LySchqurg. State
agents McDaniel & Irby.
The Tenth district is entitled to 8,646 bushels,
it which it will receive-/ —in December, at the
rate of 1,800 bushels per day, Sundays exclud- 1
ed, after the Seventh district Has been supplied, i
The counties will be supplied in the following
Order: Frederick, 1,625, Winchester, 587, Berk
eley, fi,674, Clarke, 955; Jefferson, .1,948?
Shenandoah, 1,857. Place 6f deposit, Statin*
ton. State agents Burke & Co.
The Second district is entitled to 4,757 bush
els, which it will receive in December, at the
rate of 1800 bushels per day, Sundays excluded,
after the Tenth district has been supplied. 'Ihe
counties will be furnished in the following order;
Southampton. 1,707; Sussex, 1,360; Surry, 816;
Greensville, 348. Place of deposit, Petersburg,
State ajient, Louis Lunsford.
The Thirteenth district is entitled to 13U59
bushels, which it will receive in December; at
the rate of 1800 bushels per day, Sundays ex
cluded, after the Second district has been sup
plied. The counties will be furnished in the fol
lowing order: Wythe, 1,646; Smyth, 1,197;
Grayson, 1,103; Washington, 2,259; -gcott, 1,
--614; Lee, 1,475; Wise, 601; Buchanan, 372; Mc-
Dowell, 205; Tazewell, 1,826: Bland, —-U; Rus
sell. 1,361 bushels. The county of Bland being
a new county, aud no statistics to show the popu- I
lation, it will be entitled to receive its quota as a j
part of Wythe, Tazewell and Giles counties, from I
which it was taken. The county courts of these j
counties will ascertain its proportion, and deduct I
the amount from each county, to be assigned to '
Bland. Place of deposit, Saltville; State agent,
John J. Moorman.
The Fifth district is entitled to 14,524 bushels,
7,243 bushels of which it will receive in Decem
ber, at the rate df 1800 bushels per day, Sun
days excluded, after the Thirteenth district is
supplied, and the residue, being 7,281 bushels,
in the month of January, at the same rate per i
day, excluding Sundays. The counties will be
furnished in the following order: Prince Ed
ward, 1,584; Brunswick, 1,980; Mecklenburg,
2,687; Lunenburg, 1,608; Charlotte, 1,984; Hal- j
ifax, 3,548; Appomattox, 1,188 bushels. Place I
of deposit, Burkeville; Staie agent, Giles A. Mil- \
j * er * 1
The First district is entitled to 10,644 bush- •
j els, which it will receive in January, at the rate I
i of 1,800 per day, Sundays excluded, after the '
Fifth district has been supplied. The counties
will be furnished in the following order:—
Middlesex, 58?; King William, 1,149; Glouces
ter, 1,464; Matthews, 948; Lancaster, 689; West
moreland, 1,107; Richmond, 91?; Essex, 1,400:
King and and Northumberland, 1,
--007 bushels. Place of deposit, City of Rich
mond; State agents, Spotts & Harvey.
The Eighth district is eniitled to 13,767' bush
els, which it will receive in January, at the rate
of 1,800 bushels per day, Sundays excluded, af
: ter the First district is supplied; The counties
will be furnished in the following order: Spot
sylvania, 1,477, Fredericksburg, 672; Louise,,
2,233; Orange; 1;481: Madison, 1,188, Culpeper,
1,612; Caroline, 2,469; King George, 874; Staf
ford, 1,143; Greene, 672. Place of deposit, Gor
donsville: State agent, Addison'T. Gooch.
The Eleventh district is entitled to 12,460
bushels, which it will receive in January, at the
rate of 1,800 bushels per day, Sundays exclud
ed, after the Eighth district has beeu supplied.
The counties will be furnished in the fol.owing
order: Augusts, 3.187"; Staunton, 521; Rock
ingham, 3,130; Rockbridge, 2,300; Pendleton,
820; Highland, 576; Bath 491; Pocahontas, 529;
Alleghany, 900. Place of deposit, Staunton;
State agents, Burke & Co.
The Ninth district is entitled to 8,128 bushels,
of which it wil. receive in January 848 bushels,
at the rate of-1,800 bushels per day, and 2,275
bushels in February. The counties will be fur
nished in the following order: Rappahannock,
1,183; Warren, 858: Page, 1,084 bushels. Place
of deposit, Gordonsville; State agent, Addison
T. Gooch.
The Sixth district is entitled to 13,787 bush
els in February, at the rate of 1,800 bushels per
day, Sundays excluded, after the Ninth district
has been furnished. The counties will be sup
plied in the following order; Pittsylvania, 3.
--822; Danville, 486; Patrick, 1,251; Henry, 1,619;
Franklin, 2.687: Bedford, 3,351; Carroll, 1,071.
Place of deposit, Bedford and Carroll, at Liber
ty. The other counties, at Danville. State
: agents, at Liberty, William Graves; at Danville,
' William T. Clark.
| The Twelfth district is entitled to 12,434 bush
els in February, at tbe rate of 1,800 bushels per
day,. Sundays excluded, after the Sixth district
has been supplied. The counties will be fur
nished in the following order: Botetourt, 1,539;
Roanoke, 1,076; Montgomery, 1,419; Floyd, 1,
--1101; Pulaski, 724; Giles, 920; Craig, 455; Mer
cer, Oil; Monroe, 1.438; Greenbrier, 1.633; Ra
l-leigh, 450; Fayette, 748. Places of deposit, for
i Botetourt, Roanoke and Craig—Salem; the rest
|of the counties at Dublin' Depot. State agents,
at Dublin Depot, E. g. Johnston; at Salem, J.
!R. C. Brown.
| The Fourteenth district is entitled to 2,307
bushels in February, at the rate of 1,800 bush
els per day, Sundays excluded, after the Twelfth
district'is supplied. The counties will be fur
nished in the following order: Lopan, 661:
, Boone, 647; Nicholas, 618; Wyoming,"3Bl, Place
of deposit, fop Nicholas, at Dublin Depot; the
rest of the Gounties at Saltville. State agents,
at Dublin Depot, E. S. Johnston; at Saltville,
John J. Moorman.
The Fourth district is entitled to 14,197 bush
els in February, at tbe rate of 1,800 per day,
Sundays excluded, after the Fourteenth district
has been supplied. The counties will be fur
nished in the following order: Petersburg. 2,
--442; Dinwiddie, 1,594; Chesterfield, 2,542; Pow
hatan, 1,122; Amelia. 1,437; Nottoway, 1,181;
Cumberland, 1,331; Goochland. 1,424; Prince
George, 1,124. Place of deposit, at Petersburg;
State agent, Lewis Lunsford.
This distribution divides the 150,000 bnsheis
precisely.
Nov. 21— 3t.
The Extdrtfonei•§.
A letter from an officer of the army ?n Y'ri
ginia, closes with the following significant
paragraph :
But there is one subject that is doing us
woeful damage in the army, and unless ar
i rested in its ruinous progress, we fear the re
sult. 'I hat is the people are wrong at home.—
Though they are enjoying the blessings of
home, they do not seem to realize the neces
sity of crushing the evils that exist amongst
then*. Yea! all classes are engaged in the
I ruinous vice of extortion. If the people do not
correct it, there is a day coming when this
army is to arrive at home. Our soldiers are
now warlike and bloodthirsty, and they have
already declared that the man who could have
no mercy on their sufferhig wives and child
ren, shall receive no mercy, and who can re
strain them, as they come from the field, wtlh
j their blood stained garments and fresh from
the carnival of blood ?
The soldier had hoped tftat oar legislative
bodies would have applied the remedy, but
they have hesitated; they have been afraid of
personal popularity. I tremble for the extor
tioner, disowned by God and at the mercy of
men "who khowimj their fights dare maintain
them." Out country may be saved, but there
jis nothing but darkness" and gloom for tbe
| men who, with their ill-gotten gains, are; try
ing to make money over the country's dnwn-
I fall. If we are to fail in this great struggle,
the sin will lie at the doo? of these untnerci
ful speculators, that some people call gentle
men, but whom the Bible classes amongst the
most degraded of the earth. 'The sin has be
come a national one of vast magnitude. Ob.
mercilul God, save us from our enemies at
home.
. •••—: —
Three Hundred Indians to be
Hung.
St. Paul, Minn., NOy. B.—Over 300 In
dians, have been convicted by the military
I commissioner, at the lower Sionx agency, as
j participants in the late horrible massacres,
I and condemned to be hung. Whether they
! live or die rests with the authorities at Wash
i ington. The people of Minnesota, to a man,
1 are in favor of their immediate execution.
1
For the Abingdon Virginia's.
(Jen. Bragg asHI Kentucky.
At no time since the beginning of the war,
have the clouds hung more heavily over Ken
tucky t:,an at the present, and who is to blame
for it ? Gen. Bragg.
A few months since the Confederate troops
entered the State from the South.. 1 was with
the first force that entered Eastern Kentucky.
A more hearty welcome was never extended to
any people than that which greeted our troops
as they passed along. All seemed full of giad
ness and joy. At Maysviile, the enemy were
driven across the Ohio river by about 800 mount
ed men, leaving the whole of Eastern Ketitinky
in our possession. Everything seemed to be
working entirely to our wishes. Soon Geh.
Bragg come into the State with a large force.-
Our hopes beat higher than ever, but wer,e
doomed speedily to a bitter disappointment.—
General Bragg, having "marched up hill," like
the King of trance, immediately commenced
"marching down again," crying aloud toall the
Confederate troops in the State to leave Ken
tucky, and that "d—d quickly." This .-trange
command, so shocking to Southern men, was in
the highest degree Astonishing to the L.ncoln
ites. Believing the movement to be a strategic
one for their entrapment, they stood amazed
and incredulous for nearly two weeks, fearing
to advance. General Bragg, to cover up his un
accountable conduct, immediately commenced
slandering Kentucky and Kent ucklms, charging
that a large majority of them sympathized with
the North and preferred her to the S>uth. Gen.
Bragg must have known this to be untrue.
I believe if the State were freed from nil ex
traneous influences, aud permitted to vote >>v
the subject, she would disclose her pi efei ence
for the South by a majority of from 50 to 75,
--000. Although it is improbable that a man in
General Bragg's position can bo so lacking in
intelligence as to be ignorant of the peculiar
circumstances in which Keutucky is placed, yet
he seems to ignore them. He know that
Kentucky is bounded on the North by the Ohio
river for a distance of nearly 8 0 miles~"-that
gunboats ply this stream from one end of the
State to the other, while the opposite banks
bristle with guns bearing upon us from fortifi
cations at every point at which tiie Federals
think proper to erect them—that the State has
been held in terrorem for oyer fifteen nieuths by
a Federal force of (for months) 150,000 men,
and which was never diminished below from 10
to 20,000—that her best men had been chased
from their homes or carried off te Northern
prisons, there to starve, rot and die, or swear
.allegiance to the Federal Government—that all
who dared to speak a word in favor of the South
or to go out from home were arrested, incarce
rated in prison and compelled to pay large sums
of money and give heavy bond* lor their future
conduct: This was the subjugated condition
of Keutucky when General Bragg entered the.
State, yet notwithstanding these facts, he ex
pected (or professed to liave expected) Ken
tuckians, unarmed as they were, (for no man i
of Southern sympathies, at the peril of his life,
dared to keep a gun or pistol.) to rise up in one |
day and present him with a grand army, bvtore J
he had reached the middle of the State.
General Br-igg further charges that Eentuk
ians were unwilling to sell him their produce at
the same prices for Southern currency as for
Kentucky bank paper, and gives this as addi
tional proof that they are untrue to the South.
This inference, I think, every candid man will
agree with me, is unfair. . lt is but natural that
every one who sells his property wishes 10 get
in exchange lor it money that he can use in
1 paying his debts, and it was admitted by all
that if the Confederate forces retreated from the I
State, the Southern money left behind us would
jbe valueless to the holders. The conduct of
I General Bragg in falling back as soon as Bu
j ell began to advance, caused many of the less
' sanguine to believe our forces would retreat from
i tiie State. In this condition of things, allow- j
in°- for the selfishness of human nature, which i
is to be found in a greater or lesser extent every
where, is it strange if aoihe could be found who
preferred Kentucky money, which Would re
main a sound currency, id any event, to a cur
rency which, judging from the indicc'tions of
the times, would soon be to iliem, so far as j
using it as a circulating medium would be con- |
cerned, utterly worthless t As for myself t rdo
f not think any selfish considerations whatsoever
should have been weighed against their devotion
to our saCred cause, still before condemning too
severely these Kentuckians for the tfitliug sin of
preferring one kind of currency which circum
stances made available, to another kind which
circumstances made km available, let us remem
ber the swarms of harpies, "native and to the
manor born," who abound iv every other State
of the Confederacy, and are to be met with in
every city, village and hamlet of the South, using i
every means ingenuity can devise to increase
their personal fortunes at the expense of our
struggling and suffering country.
I wou?d say, however, that aside from the au
thority of General Bragg, I have no reason to
believe that the people of Kentucky, manifested
any disposition to prefer their own ound, un
questionable currency, to our Confederate cur
rency. So far ns my own experience goes, 1
must say that /found no disposition to make a
distinction invidious to the latter, but on the
contrary,; their patriotic impulses generally led
them to prefer it to the former. And although
I was very sensitive to anything of the kind, I
never chanced to detect the slightest evidence of
any selfisn or calculating disposition complained
of by General Bragg. In my portion of the
State, all was a deliriam of joy, almost every
one hailing us as their deliverers, and to all ap
pearances seemed to feel, that they could hot do
too much for us. A Confederate soldier, rio
matter how dirty his face, or how ragged and
soiled his clothes, was everywhere almost wor
shipped as a demigod. Every conceivable act of
hospitality was lavished upon them. Every
Southern family kept open doors for their benefit.
The hungry were fed, the naked were clothed.
and the sick were nursed as carefully aud ten
derly as infants.
I bad occasion while- in the State to use ecu-
iSTo. 35.
-iderable quantiti S"f money for army purt.oses,
I had none but Confides ate notes, yyt.tto one
not even one, show, d unwillingness to take the IC.
out in every in-tmce secmeO to lake tncni will,
more akv r.ty than do the generality of
in Virginia. 1 b>ug!it coin at 40 cents per.
bushel, boots (coarse) at $4 per pair, coarse
stout shoes at $2, tiie best of giay Jeans I
bought at $1,50 per yard, such as would sell i$
Virginia readily at $4. B;tc n I could have
bought in quantities at 6 cents per pound.-—
Flour at $5 per barrel, arid every thing else in
proportion. Siuee we left the Suite, however, 1
learn from persons coming through, iliat our
money has somewhat depreciated, I.ul ihat'there
is nowhere in the State where it .will riot,pass,
among Southern v en f< r at leiist 60 cents to the
dollar, and in many localities it still pusses at
par, but even at 50 cents to the doiiar, clothing;
and especially would iost us only One.
-half what they are costing us everywhere elsf
in the Confederacy where her cum icy ia noini->
nally at par.
Had General Bragg remained in Xt Mucky,
Confederate notes would now, in the purchase
of her surplus products, be at par in reality, i. c.
equal to gold; end Kentucky would now be the
meat house and granary of the tonjeoeiate ar*
my, which would be irifin te y better for us than
feeding on our Virginia brethren af the em.r
mous prices we have to pay, devouring that
which the people are pooriy prepared to
So far as we are advised, not one K<
General, nor one prominent citizen of
approved Of Bragg's precipitate retreat from the
State, without even an effort »o hold it. General
Bragg charges that the State furnished him but
few recruits, perhaps not more than 6 or «.000.
This may be true, so far as, he was concerned,
for he never entered far into :he State, and his
stay was too short to give any confidence that
he would hold it. Doubtful, howe\er, as it was,
thousands were rising tip' and flocking to our,
standard, and if oOr forces h:>d remaned in,the
State a few weeks longer, Kentucky would, have
furnished a large army for us. The county of
which I am a citizeb, (Afouigofnery,) is n snial?
one. yet 1 brought out with me over 400 recruits,'
(mourited men,) and had 1 been- permitted tc
have remained there a few weeks longer,, I could,
have recruited double as fiwny, (and- not of the
'Crawfishing kind.) ~ ' ,
Col. Giltner,' of Carroll C- nuty,' in a very
short time, raised and* brought put with him,' a
full regiment of excellent men, mounted on
splendid horses.. All others who undertook to
recruit were more or less successful. It is un
questionably true, and I deplore the fact, .that
some of tke new recruits of different commands
refused to leave.the £ftate. and for this theyrest
urider the charge of !?eirig cowards and deser
ters. No arguments can be I fought t'orwaro to.
justify sffsh an inglorious "back ng" from the
caasc to Which they had voluntarily pledged
themselves, nnd to which they were hound by.
, every consideration of honor and duty, nor have
I the least inclination to attempt their ju.-t:fica,
tion, stdl, before inveighing too heavily against
the conduct of these men. We should Remember. ,
j how Viryinians last summer tfefu.-ed fo go into*
| Kentucky when entered thire by (Jen. Marshall,
many of them deserting and letii'ii.ag to their,
| homes, rather tbnri leave their State. Yet th-isf
was not oecanse they were coward-. U.w.-is be
cause rhey dreaded the hardships thyy would*
have to undergo, in making the .march through,
the mountain-; besides, they had no confidence
that our army would remain in Eents'ky, ib
which.it tnrneil out they judged correctly.—
Just so with those Kentuekiari- who enlisted and
failed to come out—they lad alnio-t a*, soon
there as to winter in the mountains of We-ten
Virginia and undergo the hatdsh ps our, Ken
fucy boys suffered last winter —more particular
i ry to meet the slurs arid taunts of the. Virginians,
whose substance they would have to devoiirjn
order to sohsist MUpt of them had .faniifiiis
and property they could not remove away, apd
they had no pledge that the army would • ve#
return, in fact it was currently reported that
| Bragg and oiher General officers st:'iedf publicly
! that they would never go to Kentucky ngain. - f
. I ani well satisfied that General iJragg is &o'
friend to K-ritucky, and that if woVrd.have J be.en
far better for her arid fin; the Confederate cause,'
if he had never entered that State.
Neither do I believe that President t>AVi3.is
j our friend, as he has never, done anything for
Kentucky, oii't what has been done to alljrp
pearnrice reluctantly and grudgingly.' Never
theless the soldiers of Kentucky are disposed to .
be of good cheer, knowing that the great Con
federacy of tiie South does riot all be'on'g exclu
sively to General Bragg or to Prtsidint Ba
vis. The mdies of old.Georgia liave pledged to
doff their crinolines, to < ! ott the punts and take
the soldier*' place, before the fair lipids of 1 old
Kentucky shall, be given «p to the barbarians'
of the North, arid this* we know to l»e the feeling
of the Se.nth generally. Therefore,. Kenmcfc
fans, take courage ! fight on until the last d*e
iri the field is exterminate I, rather than your
once proud State shall remain under the tin awl
doin of Lincoln. 1. J.
»■ ; , ~-» ♦ *
The Oifeam of Life.
flfow few of us at »he ch.se of life cam say,*
"I have filled and • conned- the jx»*itf<iri to
which I Im.ked foi-wjird when a boy !" fat the
onward progress ;»f life, bow often, in nome
stray moment of thought and refiecti- v, d"> we .
riot find ourselves inquiring.— .
"Is this as I hoped—have I enacted ihj
dream?"
The answer is invariahly-^-JTo.
We look forward in childhood--nnd only
look forward without reflection. We build up
gorgeonw palaces, we sketch a cjiuppt nf life
all gold ami sunshine—what arc they, and
where are they, when years sober us?
♦ ♦ »
The latest d<>gstorv is of twudogs win fell
to fighting in a sawmill. In the course of" the
tussel one i»f the dogs wen| plump ageinst
the saw in rapid motion which cm h'm i» t»<;
) instanter. The hind leg* ran aw«\. but the
I fore legs cuntinued tho light and whipped the
J other dog.