A. A. Little writes to the Secretary of War from
Fredericksburg, that the attempt to remove the iron from the Aquia Railroad by
the government having failed, now is the time for private enterprise to effect
it. If the Secretary “will say the word,” it can be done. He says the iron is
worth “millions, its weight in gold!” Will Mr. Seddon let it be saved? Yes,
indeed.
Mr. Heyliger, agent at Nassau, writes on the 3d instant
(just a week ago), that he is shipping bacon by every steamer (three or four
per week), leather, percussion caps, and a large amount of quartermaster's
stores. But the supply of lead and saltpeter is exhausted, and he hopes the
agents in Europe will soon send more. About one in every four steamers is
captured by the enemy. We can afford that.
The President sent over to-day, for the perusal of the
Secretary of War, a long letter from Gen. Howell Cobb, dated at Atlanta, on the
7th instant. He had just returned from a visit to Bragg's army, and reports
that there is a better feeling among the officers for Gen. Bragg, who is
regaining their confidence. However, he says it is to be wished that more
cordiality subsisted between Generals Bragg and ———, his ——— in command. He
thinks Generals B—— and C—— might be relieved without detriment to the service,
if they cannot be reconciled to Bragg. He hints at some important movement, and
suggests co-operation from Virginia by a demonstration in East Tennessee.
It is generally believed that France has followed the
example of England, by seizing our rams. Thus the whole world seems combined
against us. And Mr. Seward has made a speech, breathing fire and destruction
unless we submit to Lincoln as our President. He says he was fairly elected
President for four years of the whole United States, and there can be no peace
until he is President of all the States, to which he is justly entitled. A war
for the President!
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
95-6
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