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JAMES O MOOREFIELD
VOLUME 11.
THE ENTERPRISE,
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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A liberal deduction will be mndc to thoso adver
tising by the year. Any sd.ertisomont not proper
ly connected “with the business will be charged sep
arately.
All announcements of candidates for offico sooo
t W pat* lir ad I unoe.
The Price of itegroM.
On Tuesday last, twonty-sovon nogroes,
belonging to the estate of Isaiah Parker,
dec’d, were sold in front of the Court-houso
in this place, at administrator’s sale. Tho
prices do not indieato that our pooplo aro
very much frightened at tho prospect of
emancipation, notwithstanding Ur. Lin
coln has announced that to bo his intention
towards tho sccodod States. Wo give below
the prices paid for some of tho negroos, re
marking that they present a fair avorago of
the prices paid for tho ontiro lot:
Antony, a man 42 years old, $930; Willis,
a man about 30 yoars old, $1205; Charles,
a man about 32 years old, $1200; Amos, a
man about 30 years old, $1100; Lafayette,
a man about 21 years old, $1325; AV<ftley, a
man about 20 years old, (agood blacksmith)
$1510; Robert, a boy about 14 years old,
11210 Georgo,a boy about 9 years old, $912;
Mary, a woman 38 yoars old, and her child,
2 years 01d,'<705; Ann, a girl 1G years old,
and her child, 1 year old, $1199; Ann, (u
splendid house-servant and seamstress,) 30
years old, and her threo childron, $2505;
Henry, a boy about 8 years old, $970, and
so on. The terms ol salo wore 12 months
credit, without intorcst.
Vote of the Mountain Tigers.
The follow is tho voto of tho “Mountain
Tigers, ol this county, at tho election held
at their camp, near Savannah, on tl\o first.
Wodnosdsy in this moqth, for county offi
cers:
FOR SHERIFF., \
Charles 11. l’richaf3T,
Daniel H. Zachry, 2
John M. Nelson, 5
POR TAX RECEIVER AND COLLECTOR.
Josiali S Irvin, 18
Osburn Ely, •’ 2
Willis Scats, 1
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
Nathaniel 11. Barden, (no opp.) 23
CLERK INFERIOR COURT.
Nathaniel 11. Barden, 23
Wm. T. King, 00
In justico to Mr. Ely, wo will stato that
ho was not a candidate for tho office of Tax
Receiver and Collet tor, ho having with
drawn from tho contest when tho oflicos
were consolidated.
No returns havo yet boon received from
the Virginia camps, and it is not known
whether elections were held by our boys
there. Wo shall know, howover in a sow
days.
: Egt. Tho London Obsorvor, ministerial or
gan, says that England desires pcnco, but
will gain by war, as in that enso she can rec
tify her American frontiers, opon tho ports
Os the South, and givo a lesson to tho United
States. No danger of war bctwcon England
and the United States sinco tho lato cow
ardly back down on tho part of tho latter
in the Trent affair. England only has to
issue an order, and poor Jonathan will obey
like an obediont child, llis prestigo is gone!
The British, authorities at Nassau
haVe forbidden vosscls bearing coal lorUnit
ed States ships, to unload thcro or within
threo leaguos of shoro. They allow the
Sumter and other Confodornio war ships to
take in coal, undor pretence that they aro
merohant vessels.
NSw York Uernid says that Eng
land will probably provoko war with the
United States oven after tho surrender of
Mason and Slidell. Well, the Herald is a
good hand at bluff and blustor, perhaps it
can frighten John Bull out of the notion by
threatening to cat off his supply of cotton,
and confiscate ono hundred million dollars
worth of English property. True this did
not succeed so well in the Mason and Slidell
affair, but there is nothing liko porsovcranco.
The Efficient Blockade. —Tho Augusta
Constitutionalist, of Friday, says : “Three
arrivals havo taken place,,in a Confederate
poat this wook. One, a ship, wo understand;
the second a schoonor, with 700 sacks of
ooibe End 16 cases of sperm oil, &c., nnd the
third, a stoamor. It is not necossnry to
’ mention tho port.”
Goop News.—A dispatch datod New Or
leans, January 4th, announces that a British
steamer has arrived nt a Confederate port,
bringinglarge quantity of munitions of
Wfiw,nd other valuable articles. Where is
Lincoln's blockade ? Echo answers, where!
HAMILTON, HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIf THURSDAY MORNINU) JANUARY 9, 1862.
The Surrender oOlatuni stud Slidell.
Last week wo published a dispatch from
Richmond, announcing that tho Govern
ment of tho Uuited Stntos lmd yielded to tho
demand of tho British authorities, and giv
en up tho Southern commissioners, Mason
Slidell, together with their secretaries, Eus
tis and Macfarland, who were taken from
on board tho British mail steamer Trent, by
Capt. Wilkes, of the United States war ves
sel, San Jaqinto. Since publishing the dis
patch above alluded to, wo have learned
further that our commissioners havo taken
their departure for England, and they havo,
no da (fid, Ure tins, readied their destination
and are perhaps engaged in tho discharge
of tho duties for which they wore appointed
Wo havo road the substance of Seward's re
ply to the demand of the English govern
ment, nnd confess that wo felt proud to
know that tho ties which once bound us to
tho government of tho United Stales wore
sunderod, now and forever. Wo should feci
humiliated to belong to a government that
could ho guilty of such cowardly and con
temptible conduct. Wo would not havo bo
licved that even tho most insignificant gov
eminent in cxistonco coutl have so loworod
itself in tho eyes of tho world. The down
right falsehoods and contradictions which
abound in Seward's reply to tho demand,
show that ho is dreadfully ptrt to it to invent
subterfuges and excuses to extricate bis
government from the difficulties in which
it had, by its reckless disregard of interna
tional law, involved itself. While ho sur
renders immediately to tbo'Ucmand, ho on
deavors to cover up the ignominious con
duct of bis government by a multiplicity of
words, which only snffioi* to sink it deeper
i: to tho pit of degradation. Even tho north
ern press can hardly disguise tho feelings of
humiliation and shame which this back down
fcn the part of their government has brought
upon them. Howard's prevarications and
subterfugos show tliht ho is driven to des
peration. For instance, ho argues in onq
plaeo that “the* Southern commissioners
woro contraband, grid liable to capturo;”
wliilo further on ho nays that “tho capture
of Mason nnd Slidell in opposition to,;
’’ byq n It ihcsi) .
principles which havo over obtained in
American policy.”’ Hero is not only a di
rect contradiction, but a downright false
hood, which is apparent to the dullest un
derstanding. If tho Southern commission
ers were “contraband and liable to capture,”
it would seem strango that Mr. Seward's
government should yield them up so readily
when the demand was made; and if, as Mr.
Seward says, their capturo was “in opposi
tion to all thoso principles which- havo ever
obtained in American policy,” it seems to
us that they would have been liberated at
once, without tho necessity of a demand
from England. But iustend of this, wo see
the entire north jubilant over tho capturo of
tho commissioners; tho Yankee presses aro
in ocstacies over tho grand feat of Captain
Wilkes, nnd he is transformed immediately
from a very insignificant spcciman of a sea
captain into a perfect lion. Tho Yankeo
Secretary of tho Navy lauds him to tho
skies; tho Yankeo Congress pass resolutions
tendering tho thanks of tho country to tho
renowned Captain; tho President smilos ap
provingly on him, ami congratulates him
upon his brilliant achievement, and imme
diately orders tho captured commissioners
to bo bastiled at Fort Warren. All this was
done immediately under the noso of Mr.
Seward, and yet ho said not one word about
the act of Capt. Wi'kcs being“in opposition
to all thoso principles which have obtained
in American policy.” But as soon as the
British lion begins to show his teeth, and
the tramp of British soldiers is heard in
Canada, tho cowardly Yankees begin to give
evidences of fear, their knees begin to shake,
they set Seward to work to invent a sudter
fngo by which they may oscapo from tho
dreadful dilemma. England makes tho do
mand for tho surrender of tho commission
ers, Seward atlompts to argue the ease with
tho British Minister—who no doupt secs
through his sophistry and falsehood and outs
him off very short—throws the responsibili
ty upon tho shoulders of Captain Wilkes,
whoso laurels begin to withor and fall from
life brow, and who is again transformed from
a lion into a scapegoat.
Alas, what a fall! A govornmont which
twclvo months ago would have fought tho
world combined, rntlior than yield ono jot
ortitllooftwhntsho conceived to holier just
rights, and which was too proud to claim a
right which was not strictly honorable, that
government wo now see humbled and do
graded, and shifting tho responsioility of an
act which hcrCongross and her Cabinot had
recognized officially as right and proper.—
What a change!
JPL. Judge Hemphill, member of tho Con
federate Congross from Texas, died at tho
Exchange Hotel, in Richmond, on tho 4th
instant.
° ur Actions arc in our own Pow-i —Our in that of PDoVjdAnoo.
Surplus of Bacon. —Tho Cincinnati (jfa
zette estimates that there will be a euqXfi.
of 89,000,090 pounds of bacon in tho
west this year should the rebel market-,
bo opened, but if tho latter event should
place tho hog crop would not supply the Jn i
mhnd. It is conjectured that the Liucißu
army will consume 40,000)000 pounds div
ing the year.
Ran the Blockade.—The fine ocean sfcdk
iner Ella Warley, Capt. Swascy, :Yom Nagc
sun, Now Providence, ran the blockade arffj
entered the port ofChurlcston oiUfhuvH;— i
morning tastr When she appeared hi
iowof tlio block a ting vessels they gave cliajso
and commenced a rapid fire of shot and shell
which fell short.
Among tho passengers by tho Warle-r
waaMr. Bishic, sent .out several months ago
as bearer of dispatches to Messrs Yanov,
Man and Rost, lie left Charleston for Rio i
mond on Thursday, with important dis
patches from Wr. Yaueoy to the Stato Ijje
partment. . \ ■
Tribute or Respect.
Camp Jackson, Va:, Dec. 29th, 18GL|
At a meeting of the West Point Guards,
on motion a’ committee of threo was a
pointed to draft resolutions oxprossivo t*
our feelings and sympathy at the death. Jt
our comrade in arms, RICHARD C. ILyf
DEN, who died of typhoid fever on tlio 15jL
instant. After consultation, tho following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted: “ j
Whereas, God, in his inscrutublo Proif.-
denco, has seen fit to call from our coiypaj
ionship our worthy and ostoeined coiaraißl,
Richard O. Harden ; therefore,
Resolved,- That in tlio death of Rieha* f
C. Harden, we have lost a loved companion”
a worthy comrade, oyr country has
good and faithful soldier; who ohoristwff
every sentiment of patriotism, loyal to ttjfc
country for whose defence bo lias sacuficijl
his young life. t 4
Resolved, That jvo know liis loss to bo : f
reparoblo, uot only to us,’ but ulso* to his r
atives and friontlg u ho parted with him wijgt
sad hearts, eight months ago, when ho {|(-
th ewi') xy/owaMeaM* Jt
his military armor to light her battles in a
far off Stato. Wo can but cherish his ex
ample ot truth anil honor, and mourn with
sincere griofhis early death.
Resolved, That wo tender his grief-strick
on l'oln lives our tin cere condolence for their
greet loss.
Resolved, That a copy oFlhoso resolutions
bo transmitted to tho family, and also that
a copy be sent to each tho hut!range Re
porter ahd Harris County Entotyriso.
James M. Hill, i
Titos. M. Davenport, VCom.
Lieut. W. II Lanier, )
Special to the Nashville ’Union nml AmerictUi,
Bowling Green, Kv., Dec. 30.
A wager would havo been taken ton day's
ago that beforo tho eloso of the holidays a
battle would have been fought and victor*-
won in tho Green River valley. Tho enj
my with a .force of 0,000, supposed to be
the advance of Boll's army, had crossed
Green river and moved forward nineteen
miles in tho directioncf this. To-day,thorn
is not between Green and Barren rivers, any
considerable number of Fedorals, all of
whom are now North of both streams.
After advancingto llorso Cavo, the Dutch
commcncd a series of maneeuvorings, and
for tho present postponed the to bouecisivo
winter campaign by withdrawing to Mun
fordsvillo. Our forces at tho samo timo
commenced falling back towards Bowling
Green, and are now near Bell’s Tavern still
moving South and destroying tho railroad
ns they retreat. Last Fridiuiy, by order of
tho military authorities, the tunnel near
Cave City was blown up and tho railroad
track for several miles destroyed. The
Dutch aro at tlio samo time removing tlio
rails from tho track North of Cavo City,and
obstructing tbo different roads leading to
Munfordsvillo, with trees, &c.
Both armies aro retiming, ono from tho
other; and an early icngngcmcnt is no moro
probable than it was tiiroo months ago.—
The intonsty to which tlio public mind
lias boon worked will bo rcliovod when it is
known that any contemplated spoody at
tack which was to havo been made upon
this place has boon indefinitely postponed.
Crittenden and Jackson, who, four days
since had evacuatod their fortifications at
Rummy and Calhoun, and wore moving on
Hopkinsville, havo again returned and tiro
evidently preparing to go into winter quar
ters, certainly notintoHopkinsville. What
ever coining signs may portend, your read
ers will bo spared tho infliction of any spec
ulations as to tho certainties of an early en
gagement being imminent through tho chan
nel of this correspondence.
New Orleans Grocery Market. \
On tho 30th, 1,000 hligs sugar changed
hands at 21 to 21 cents for common to good
common, 2 3 toBJ cents for fair to fully fair
and 83 to 41 for prime to choice. The de
mand was slackening owing to difficulty ot
shipping or forwarding.
3,500 barrels Molasses changed hands at
18 to 21 cents for tormenting, and 20! to 22
cents for primo to choico,
Shoulders retailed at 28 cents, rib sides 25
clear at 27 to 28 plain hams 25, sugar cured
27 to 28 cents
TiantVrs aud the ffhton (trrfpi
AYe notice from the Jackson MississipjVin
that a bill has been introduced into the :s-’
sWwpjd Legislature to encourage tho lor na
tion of Planters’ Associations, and liaviiv
in ‘flow tho diminution of the quantity dk
‘land planted in cotton during, the content
uanoeoftho blockado. The bill is,t>f course!
.merely recommendatory,, and not imperii- f
five. The Mississippian comments on its- j
provisions n's follows: ‘-. J
It is useless -to argue tho Midi tv and _ul tv
solf-nppaYent, afttl ;• only way Vo .cariJ, |
.i;4sit;o effect, is ‘ onrplantersto^ivave-some
‘Sttsnv-riFvrtArr • laWnytyi’- w$ “'aingtief i- > or*
gKnize immediately Planters’ Associations’
for that purpose. Tho less cotton, planted
the ndxfcseuson, tho better; and the higher
the price will bo paid'ibrthq sloc-ly on lcind,
a.id the more forcibly can we impress upon
tlio North and upon the powers of Europo
who countenancen sham-blockade, their de
pendenco upon our soil for tl>o material that
has hitherlo kept their millions from Want,
and tlio scarcity of wiii.ch has already cans
cd the cry ot broad, and threatens revolu
tion if not supplied. We trust the exper
ience of thopresont crisis will teach us to be
-more diversified in our industrial pursuits
that wo shall cease to boa one idea people,
howover,good the idea may bo ; and thatore
many years elapse, wo shall boas independ
ent of other nations as our vast slumbering
rosourefcs so fully enable us to bo. Lei us
keep cotton on his throne, but let us not
squander his woalth in the purchase m’ ■-
tides wo can produce y.i luu"”- who will be
tho first to is** m work and organize a Plan
ters’ Associations with a view to a short crop
noxt year ? Let the suggestion bo acted up
on.”
Wo fully appreciate the necessity of ovory
ontcqwiso that is designated to stimulate or
developo our agrioultural resources, and as
such, heartily approve this. Tho bill alia
ded to proposes that so long as tlio block
ade continues planters shall put in but ouo
tliird of their usual cotton crop. Tlio sug'-
gcstiotiis ono which wo havo sought to im
press opon the planting iyloresls for moro
than two months, and aro pleased to boo it
endorsed from so high a source. The bill
introduced iido tlio tipper houso of tlio Ton
nosso LegisnWWro, about ten days since by
Mr. Maxwell, 4nd this samo idea in view,
and presented reasons of tlio most cogent
eliaractor in its support. It was well sug
gested in Unit measure:
“1. That, tho preaefit coltop crop of tho
‘ManjJiern it to. atJLcagt two ol Uie .
leading powers of Europe a national iiecCssl-’
ty.
“2. That as, under present circumstances, i
it seems improbable that this crop can be
disposed of, tho planting of another will
place two crops on hand for salo at ones.
“3. That tho purchase of thoso two crops
by tlio European powers above referred to,
Will givo them a supply tor two years, so
that at any timo when about to purchase
tho third crop, nnd having one year's stock
to run upon, and tlio planter being unable
to hold his third crop until they nro compet
ed to buy they will have it in their power to
dictate tlio price and terms of sale.
“4. That on the other hand, tlio European
powers before mentioned, having exhausted
their present supply, arid another crop not
being raised, when those powers como into
the market to bit}", as they must and will if
wo adopt this policy, tho planters holding
the great staple, which is a necessity to
them, thoy will not only.Lo compelled to buy
but to pay a remunerative price.
“5. Thoannios ot thu South eannotsubsTst
on cotton, but must havo bread and meat;
and while tlio interests of tho cotton planter
calls to him to plant no moro cotton than
will supply tho homo comsumption, patrio
tism'imperatively demands that liis whole
force bo turned into thoso channels in which
ho can contribute to tho supply of tho wants
and wastes of a war of which none can pre
dict the end.”
Tho wliolo argument is found briefly put
in thoso five points.’ Tho subject is now
well understood by tho country, and all
that is necessary is to carry theory into
practice. This duty rests with tho planters,
and legislation cannot accomplish it. Tlio
introduction of those hills can only servo to
attract attention to tlio subject, and givo
point and efficiency to tlio enterprise thoy
propose to'onoourago. AVo btdievo that wo
aro not wrong in presuming tlio pat riotism
of our people will incur any sacrifice in its
adoption that a proper regard for tho public
weal may require.— Memphis Appeal. •
The (inlted States ami Mexico.
Tlio Now York Tribune protends to givo
tlio dotails of tho papers transmitted to tho
United States Scn.do, last week by tho Stato
Department, concerning tho affairs with
Mexico. Among thoso it says is a prejoot
of a treaty with Mexico, tho provisions of
which aro of bucli importance thatitis even
thought it would, if confirmed, load to tho
withdrawal of England and Franco from
tho Spanish alliance. The troaty according
to tlio Tribuno provides that tlio Federal
Government shall pnvsll,ooo,ooo to Mexi
co, to bo applied to tlio satisfaction of Eng
lish and French creditors, and for a grant
to tho United Stato3 of all commercial priv
ileges; tho adjustment of outstanding debts
and the right of transit across Mexican ter
ritory for troops and munitions of war. It
is thought, at Washington that tho treaty
will bo spoodily confirmed and sent at onco
to Vera Cruz. _____
Hon. E. 11. Worrill.
Wo are gratified to learn that this gen
tleman was nominated by Gov. Brown, du
ring the roeont session, as Judgo of this
(tho Chattahoochoo) Circuit, and that tho
nomination was unanimously confirmed by
tho Senate, llis namo, wo boliovo, was
not in tho list of appointments published by
the Millodgovillc papers.-Cola minis Enquirer.
Tlie United States und^uglund.
N'olwithstondijig tbo ignominious back
do w nos the Li ncoji Govern men t, llioro seem
to bo dome good sense anti spirit loft among
tlio Yankeo people. Wo do uot Jook for
any very rebellion, or even protest,
against tho'cowardly humHiatipn ; Lincoln
has a convdont mode, in Fot* Lafayette, of
glutting down all such disloyal .demonstra
rions. , jx. ■
\ We were Struck, however, with tho sa
g../Hfcy>>*'AW 3i -.--—Lf)p’ 11 -
Wiffs woro-giiwa'ttr->m- t tjsj®tel of yoster
-53v. Staffer properly oharat'tOfcimng the sur
render of M:\holi and Slidell through fear ot
a war with England, it maintain,-! that the
• humiliation wißfqftcr aft, firifonts Ond; “ft
may tomporaily pro between io
two countries, but in leas than ninety days,
England, emboldened by her success in this
instance, will make other and still harder
demands, and go to war if they should be
refused. This is the truth. Tho ’United
States,, therefore, a ,- guos the l\-'press, has
bumbled herself without getting the price of
tlio saerifiee.
Thus stands tho case. The only point in
which we differ from the Repress is in our be
lief that the trouble would como topnssnny
how whether Mason aiid Siiilell had been
surrendered or not. Tlio “humiliation”
may bring it on sooner but not the losssuro
ly. With her eomtuereo cut off, with but
forty days’ supply oftlio material tjmt keeps
four millions oflier laboring population fl'qm
starvation, and all from the j-litb...i r”,
of a Uoqkudo r Uy'\’ ’ J, T “U t 0 ! 10, , 1< ?. t . l,€
jrsmons ot the law, he must be blind in
deed who looks for a ooiitimjatiee of peace
ful relations Idtu-eon the two countries. .It
cannot bo. Self preservation wiil compel a
change of relaiious from peaceful to warlike,
leaving out tho manifest sympathy antd lean
ing of England to the Confederate cause in
the present conflict.. Already, when the
ink that penned tho recent suriondcr ot the
Confederate Oommis,donors, is not dry, we
havo accounts by tolegrajili ot an even more
aggravate 1 outrage on the English flag, ip
the watewot the Gulf, This forms another
cause for ‘ insolent demand,” and Lincoln
will surely have to nuyt it.
Instead of trouble with England in “nine
ty” days, ns predicted by tl.e Ripr.s*, if thp
guns of tho British fleet a rot not in tull blast
at the Lincoln blookad rs in the next forty,
we shall confess ourselves most wofully mis
taken. With a starving world there etui
bo no peace.
P. S. The above was written beforo the
receipt of tho dispatch from Richmond, set
tiiigrortli ti e tcu)per-o{ England witj^uMML
rn ‘fntfnfßfitniVy nWi
but tliat tho Into sutroiulor isbuta [ileco of
patch-work, mi! Suit the wliolo garment of
peace will he torn to shreds at an early day.
The North humiliated,as Americans were
never humiliated before, and England not
satisfied—the full measure of her demand is
yet to bo met 1 Verily “the way of tim
transgressor is Ivied.” —,V tiwumh It ‘publi
can.
Tiic CrecSi Uar.
Col. Melntosh has taken the field, with
an ample force, against Oputhloyoholo niul
his Jayhawking ollios; and we hope soon
to learn that this rebellion will bo crushed
out. Maj. Whitfield’s butt ilion and detach
ments of Stone’s and GroorV regiments were
sent forward on yessterdny. To-day, five
companies from Young’s nml four from Mc-
Intosh’s took up tlio line of inarch from tbeir
cantonments; and soon this gallant body ol’
troops will ho in the fastness of that wily
old scoundrel. Wo trust ero tho gallant,
colonel returns to winter quarters that he
will scour out, Wo region ot Red Fork and
South Kansas.
Great activity prevails in the Quartermas
ter's Department. Trains havo been depar
ting almost hourly during the past twounys
and still thoy go. Tho great drawback in
this dashing cuinpaign will bo the scarcity
of for Ago; and Maj. C. will find all of his tal
ents and energy taxed, to cope with an ov
ercome this obstacle. He has gone to work
however, with that confidence in lii.s force
and that hopeful energy, which have so uf
ton contributed to his -success. Wo hopo
that untiring spirit willprovg.il upon tho pre
sent occasion. —Fort isHiith A i uv, Ifc. 17.
Forward Movementorthe
Hotilli Carolina.
Yostorday rumors of all kinds prevailed
throughout thtuoi'y, but wo woro unable to
obtain any reliable information from tlio
scene of notion, until late in tho afternoon,
whongwo learned that a dispatch had boon
received at military headquarters, announ
cing that tlio enemy had effected it landing,
and that a skirmish had taken place in which
tho Confederate lost eight men killed and
somo seven wounded. A passenger by the
Charleston cars informed us that at Poeota
ligo, which place ho passed about 3 o'clock
in tho afternoon, he learned that skirmish
ing had continued during tho day, and that
our troops woro falling back, probably to
concentrate thoir forces and obtain a posi
tion out of reach of the lioavy guns of tho
Yankee gunboats. .
At tho timo otour going to press with
our night edition wo have no doliiiyto ac
counts of tnc movements near Port Royal.
Wo only know that the enemy havo mado
a forward movement towards tho railroad,
and that thoy aro opposod by t our troops.
Wohoar that reinforcements havo boon
sent forward. Gon. Loo left this city l'or
tho scctio of action yostorday morning.—
Savannah Jfews 3 el.
Murder of a Lieutenant.
Lieut. Vaughan, of Col. Rains’ Uogimont
stationed at Tazewell, Tennnosseo, to pro
vont soldiers at that post from committing
outrages on tho people, was recently mur
dered by four soldiers of tho command for
ordering them under arrest. Tho murder
ers havo boon arrested, and will doubtless
bo hung. Thoir names aro Cooter, Ivy,
Crupper nnd Taylor.
EDITOR AM) ('t'HLSSHER
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tuti'winler of Mason and Slidell.
Rlwruo#4; January 2.—Tho Richmond
Enqumsr of to-morrow will publish, front
tlio Baltimore Sun of tho 90th, tho demand
of tho English govornmont for tho restora
tion of Alessrs. Alason and Slidell, tho-an
swer of So ward, and tho response of lord
Lyons, tho English Minister. Lyons’. letter *
is short and-to the point. - ‘
• Seward surren h rs instantly, but* oJothes
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i.i<-argues throng’ uui^B®uSj®laa
tliat tlie South, CciUrtuSsioiK'rs woro con
traband and 1 to capture-. .av*.
however, that mo Law of Nations. w u ku
ju- titying tho capture of an oneiuy'a Minis
ters as eo!ifraf>rmd, do net, !W tlftho ease of
property, provide formulas for adjudicating
tho capture. This might havo been obviat
ed, ho says, if the Trent had boon retained
by proceeding against her, which has been
morally a decision in tho easu of tho Com
missioners. Tlio moral certainty ol tho
character of Messrs Mason and Slidell would
have-boon sufficient to moot the spirit of tho
law, but tho Trent being dismissed, tho
sonreo (case () was lost.
Seward says, substantially, that tho cap
ture of Miwon and SlUtcli was in opposition
to, and their restoration was demanded by,
all thoso principles which have ever obtain
ed in American policy and statesmanship.
and to vindicate which the.
went to war docl.ninff
Li^m ~nor tlio Commissioners, ho would
violate a long maintained dogma of his own
country, and ono which he approves.
To Seward’s labored effort. Lord Lyons
makes a brief reply, and tp the point. Ho
says he has sent Seward's word's to Eng
land, and will t>ou him.soon and recoivo tho
Ministers.
Th !Kiohmond Enquirer, in an editorial
on the coricspomleiiee says: First, the cap
ture was right, when tested by justice law,
and decorum. Second, its advantages must
be surrendered upon assumed technicalities
in a court where there aro no pleadings.-
Third tlio capture was wrong as judged by
principles always maintained by tlio United
States, oven to tlio oxtremity of war.
Tlio Philadelphia liidlotili says: What
ever has boon yielded was only owing to tlio
imperitivo necessity of avoiding war; while
wo have a domestic one wo had setter not
stand on pmtili >i :n 1 r.ri the risk of a Un
ion destroyed by an allianeo between ‘the
KiMicls and tlio leading powers of Europe.
Tho Now York Express says: The sur
render to necessity will soon impose ou ns
other necessities in commotion with GrC*^
which wo must either yiclddv fgbt. _
WwtyVßPbs will h'dl oli'pso wit'*ont fm tlicE
insulting deniamls from tho English Uligar
clmy. T'lic Express urges instant prepar
ation lor war, to tho extent ofa million and
a half of men. It miffs ; Tho Administra
tion lias given up Mason and Slidell, not to
law, equity nml right, hut to nocossity. Tho
American Eagle, in its trials and troubles, -
humbles herself, for tlio first time, to tho
British Lion. The rebellion on hand drags
down a flag never before humiliated before
England. Let us Americans hanging our
heads because ol’our humiliation ndismtss the
subject with as much silence as possible.
The National Intelligencer says Seward’s
course is approved by every member of tho
Cabinet, nnd that a war with England and
Franco lias boon escaped.
Tin: “ox to Richmond” Revived.— Tho
North is pushing McClollan to n light. Tho
“on to Richmond” cry is revived. Tho New
York llVld in an article on tho war, says :
Tho crouit oftlio Government is sinking.
The people are becoming dosporato—rea
dy for anythingfor relict from tlio crushing
suspenso and horrible hurdon ot an imino
viOAo tu-my and a war at onco tho most
costly and Uia VeiuA profitable know'n in
tlio history’ of civilized tomvnunVUes. All
manner of faction will ariso. Abotitiou fa
natics—Rod Republican furies — Socossion
conspirators —will grow potent in tlio nn
wholesomo ntmosphoro ofa war conducted
by’ imbeciles for the benefit of contractors.
It will not do to wait and wait any lon- •
gor—now or never.
Tim Cart.un Gdneral of Cun a and tub
tCuupDKKATB States. —Wo learn that his
jjifeclloney Don Francisco Serrano, the Cap
fain General of Cuba, has oxprossod his in
(lighatioifcttt tho frequent outrages commit
tod by Federal cruisers almost within sight
oftlio forts at llavanna, in overhauling ves
sels leaving tho port of Havana. Several
messages havo boon sent by him to the Con
sul oftlio United States in logard to thoso
outrages, and tlio commanders of tho forts
havo orders to keep a look out, and if arty
United States ship is discovered in tlio act
of chasing or boarding any ship within can
non shot, to opon upon and sink hor.
Tlio Captain Gou ral has boon so disgust
ed by tho audacity and insoloneoof tho Yan
kee shippers, that ho openly dodaroe his
sympathy with tho Confodcrato States, his
determination to protoet thoir ships, tbeir
citizens and their flag whilst within his ju
risdiction, nnd his conviction of tho utter
insanity of the futile attempt of tho Yan
kees to subjugate the South.—lF. O. Delta.
• International Coruescon'denck. It is not
generally kpown that by tho flag oftruoo
which leaves Norfolk almost daily fpr Fort
tross Monroo, poisons in tho South may
communicato with tlio North. Hundreds
of letters aro frequently carried in this man
ner; but all ero carefully oxtuninod, bach
by the Confederate and Federal o (Boors.. —
To provont tho abuse of tho privilogo on tho
pait of thoso who aro inolinod t<s fllWwonty
or thirty shoots of lottor papor, Gon. Huger
has issued an order that lioroaftor no com
munication will bo sent which covers more
than an ordinary sized pago. All roforonoo
to political or military affairs must bojoaro
lully avoided, and an enclosure of throe or
i fiVo cents mado to secure transmission,—,’
, Tho outsido address ol tho opistlo should bo
“via Norfolk and flag of truce.” I \
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