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WTTHEV1LLE DISPATCH.WEDNESDAY. NOV. 18.18G3.Salutatory.We this morning present to our readers the first number of the third volume of tho Dispatch. We have been at much trouble and expense in procuring the necessary materials for its publication, and hope our friends will exert themselves some little to aid us in enlarging our list of subscribers. We will also be thankful for advertising patronage, and as the Dispatch is, with one or two exceptions, the only news paper published between Lynchburg and Atlanta, it will evidently be a desirable medium for advertising. It has been already announced in our Prospectus that our entire property was destroyed by the Yankee raid on Wythevillc, in July last, and not being able to procure a house in that place have removed our establishment to Hillsville, wrhere we are less exposed to the incursions of the public enemy. In appearing as a candidate for the public patronage under such circumstances, we hope to meet with a cordial reception, and we promise to use our utmost endeavors to give tlie latest and most important news, both civil and military, and to get up a paper in every respect acceptable to an intelligent community. We do not deem it necessary to enter into a detail of the principles and policy which will be recommended and advocated by the Dispatch, but suffice it to say, it will be our chief aim to assist in maintaining the independence of the South, to strengthen and render more efficient our army in the field, and to suppress speculation and extortion at home.On a* Prospects.W e see nothing in tlie present situation of affairs to make us despond of the ultimate success of our arms. On the contrary, so far as military operations are concerned, our prospects are decidedly bright. We are now near the close of the third year of the war, and instead of being subdued, or even fleeing before the superior numbers of the foe, as our enemies prophesied we would be ere this, we have him almost everywhere on the defensive. The glorious old hero Lee has but recently returned from a long pursuit of the fleeing Meade, whom he compelled to seek protection behind his fortifications on the bloodstained field of Manassas and Centreville: Rosecrans heretofore one of the most successful generals the Yankees have ever had, has been deprived of his icommand indisgrace, and his army had to flee before the victorious Bragg to the fortified stronghold, Chattanooga: Charleston still stands defiant, andthe battle-flag of the Confederates still floats over the ruins of Fort Sumpter. And what is still more cheering, never was our army stronger or in better condition than it is at present. Our generals and our men have mutual confidence in each other, which has grown and strengthened by the recent campaigns, and we have the utmost confidence in both. When we look to the ocean the prospeqt is equally bright. The Alabama, Florida and Georgia are a terror to the shipping of Lincolndom, and have already destroyed millions of dollars worth of Yankee property. Lincoln has sent out his fleetest armed steamers to pursue and capture them, but so far with out success. In a short time we will have other vessels on the sea, when we will be prepared to dispute the sovereighnty of the seas with the Y'ankees.The embarrassed condition of our finances is the worst thing we have to contend with. But Congress has already taken a step in the right direction in passing the present Tax Act, and if it is followed up by other wholesome measures during the approaching session, this great bugbear to the timid will be removed. Millions of dollars have already flown into the Treasury, under the execution of the Tax Act, and it is now estimated that it will produce an annual revenue more than two hundred millions greater than was estinated by Congress at the time of its passage. The tax in kind ought to be enough to support our armies, and thus the greatest item of expense to the Confederacy being removed, we will soon be prepared* to stop the issue of Treasury Notes, when our finances will very soon right themselves. Let us all, then, take fresh courage from this short review,of the situation, and determine to push forward the good cause with renewed zeal and energy.Our Exchanges.Notwithstanding the suspension of our paper, caused by the destruction of our office by the Yankees, our exchanges have been coming to uso oregularly, with a few exceptions,and were welcomed by uaas kind friends, ministering to us in our time of trouble. The Richmond Whig, Enquirer, Dispatch, Illustrated News, Southern Punch, Literary Messenger, Petersburg, Express, Knoxville Register, Chattanooga Rebel, Abingdon Virginian and several others, have come to us, giving us the latest news and kept us well posted in all matters. We sincerely thank you gentlemen, and wish one and all much success.Wo have had quite a serious time in getting all the necessary material Type, Press, Ink, Paper, e., together to resume the publication ofour paper. And our arrangements not being quite complete we will only issue the Dispatch once a week for a short time.We lost our subscription list— There were many subscribers whose names and Post Offices we do not recollect, who had paid us in advance, they will please notify us.All persons who aro indebted to us will do us a favor by settling up, we need money badly. rPersons desiring the Dispatch will enclose the money with their orders for the paper.The following appropriate recommendations are made by that lead-ing paper tho Richmond Sentinel:WIIAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST DO.Tax high as the people can bear.Reduce the volumes of the currency by every possible means.Suppress high prices by law.WHAT THE PEOPLE MUST DO.Pay taxes cheerfully.Sell to the Government and the people promptly and at fair prices.Be content with small profits.Lend as much mone^r to the government by investing in its bonds.Hold property and personal service at the call or need of the Government.The CONFEDERATE STATES A NA-Tion—The “Murcury,” with evident gratification, calls attention to tho fact that the decision of the French Judicial Tribunal in the case of the Alabama, commences its decree as follows:“In the eyes of France, the Northern States and the Southern States of the American Union aro'belligerents ; that is to say, two nations in a state of war.’'Interference in elections.—In reply to a letter from the Union State Central Committee of Maryland, asking for a promise that the elections will not be trammelled in Maryland, Mr. Lincoln writes: “1 wish all LOYAL, qualified voters in Maryland and elsewhere, to have the undisturbed privilege of voting at elections ; and neither my authority nor my name can be properly used to the contrary.”In other words, all have a right to vote who sustain his administration—for such we understand to be the Yankee definition of “loyalty.”W • • 1 'The corn crop of Alabama, it is generally conceded, is the largest one ever produced in the State.
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