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CObftITTT & W ARK EX. Proprlrtore.
Volume XVI,
(’Oll'MBrH, Tl'MtDAl, NU'KMBKR 17, IVII.
Coming lo llioir Stosfs.
A correspondent of tho Bouton C-uno', writ
ing from VVorcester county, MassHchim-Us, **yi
“The war is not popular, even in Worcester
county, an>l 1 fiud the people ready to bring it
to an end by any mean* consistent with honor
mid patriotism.
The trouble with tbo leaders has been that
they were n>t far-seeing men. They neither
knew the temper ot the South, n <r fortnaw the
consequence# of their policy.
This change of sentiment 7itbe a change—
is the result of an examination of the question*
in dispute, and the discovery that the centre
versy could have been settled without * resort to
arms.
The bulk us opini- ti seeius to be that the Union
is dissolved tor a time; that the Gulf States.
(their suhjugalion being admitted to been irelv
out of the question,) will not e- tue hack lot
the present. Wen wb > voted i r Line. lu >*y
this; and it is pamtul to hoar gentleuieu confess
their willingness to Met them slide.’
tdose who are in the sliding mood, are many who
owq the grout factories which loom up all tr.ro’
the towns of this country, conspicuous as the
churches, and juet uow qme as silent as on days
i.ot given t labor. The owners of th ae facto
ries found their chief market at the South. 1
dud every where a distrust of the future, and a
tour <>f poverty uu I long suff-riu .
Bounty for Ke-mlistmtut.
The following arc the provisions of the bill
recently pasted by the Provisional Congress, and
approved by the President, grunting bounty and
furloughs to privates, musicians and non-com
missioned otiioers in the Provisional .\ run
feeo. I. The Congress ot the Confederate
States ofAiiiLiie* d’ iiu-t: Hat s l .-uuty ot
htiy dollars be, aud the same is hereby, granted
to all privu’e*, iMi.-ii 'tans, and t><>n • ■uinjisciuQ
ed oflioers in the Ftuvfi-rial army shall
serve coiitinu-. u- 'y tor three jn.i: <ti. r the war
lobe paid at the following times, to w i To all
now hi the service for twelve mot.;; ■> t* l* paid
at time of \ oiuuieeru goi i ni.s i g i j the next
two ensuing yeers subsequent to the expiration
ot their present term ol service. To all lo w in
the service for three yeuis or f-r ihe wur to i
pud at the expiration of their tir t year's sir
lice. To all who tuny hereafter volunteer or en
lint tor three years Os for the v.ar to be p.iu at
the time of entry into seivi e.
bee. 2. And t.e it lurther eiiac td, T hut
furloughs, not exceeding ix.y days, with trans
portation boinu and back, snail be granted to ail
twelve nu nibs lueu now iu the service who
shad, prior to the expiration at their prta.nt j
term of service, volunteer or enlist l r ibe next
two ensuing years subsequent t the expiration
i>l their present i,.ui cl service or tor three I
years of the wur; aaid furloughs to i e issued a;
such times and in tu.u nuuioura h? toe Hecre-j
ttry ol War may deem uio.-t otup • 1 *• with the
public in tores': the ltr.gtb of each lurtough hi*
mg regulated With refcrinco t> i,- di-uilice oi
each volunteer from Ins h.-uie: I’o i r.iul, That
in lieu of a the- r.iunnu.i!. >ti value iu
mouey of’ the t. <n herein at.- ve gran
ted, ahull be paid to n f private, ujti-ician, ol
nou-Commi siot.ei otli.er, who may tb i t to re
ocivei’, alsu h times.- the furls.ugh ■ il would
otherwise be grunted.
sec. 3. This act shall apply to uii troops who
have volunteered or enlisted tor a term ol twelve
mouths or more in the service of any State,who
uity hereafter volunteer or enlist iu tbo service’
of the Confederate States under the provision,
of the present act.
Sec. 4. Aud be it lUitbcr enacted, That ail j
troops re-voluntcermg or re-enlisting, shall, at
the expiration of their present tertu ol service,
have the t ower to reorganize themklves into
companies and elect their company oflioers, and
said companies shall have the power to organ
i/e themselves iuto battalions or regiments and
elect their field officers; and after the first elec
tion all vacancies shall bo tilled by promotion
from the company, battalion, or regiment in
which such va ‘uncies may occur. Provided, That
whenever a vacancy shall occur, whether by pro- j
motion or otherwise, in the lowest grade ot coin
missioned officers of a comp ny, said vacancy
shall always be iilied by election: And provi
ded further, that iu the case ol troops which
have been regularly enlisted into ibe service of
any partio dar Mute prior to the formation of
toe Confederacy, and which have by such but#
been turned over to the Confederate < >vcrmeut
the officers shall not be elected, but appointed
aud promoted in the same manner and by the
aaiuo au’h rity as they have heretofore been ap
pointed and prom -ted.
The Coflttties of Ibe Nortk-WMt.
From a very reliable source m N> r’ hwestern
Virginia we have the gratification of recording
that the people iu that portion of the State still
remain, by a vast true to the J oaituon
wt-abb. The sent.ment -f l-y ally is trn to*
creasing iw strength and universality tin-Ur the j
trials to which it h*i been subjected Genuine (
l atriottsna is, indeed, a plant that improve, in j
quality fir • - g trodden upon. A oU"’ ‘* j
-I >ubly attached to the eau.-e of his • nniry by
bis sulloiing* in its beball.
v,r) Intcourkte 1.1.-- have been euntr.eie.l b,
...we, ei.ncerning the I*’ i-leen'l (be reeour.e. “1
the, yorli.m ..f i.ur Sure, #nJ they w benl lo
•llelniljo. Tl| Utiti<- bow th*. fur pupoU
lien bd.l inetoriel weullb, we l,v lu-re v.lu
eble region while iu |>ullliel bi "U l,u !*•,
unul of Ute, without biot or bleuii.b. I'.ven
now, U„|iito the .lofOTtlon nd trea” nos u.eo
who, by morel lietjory had gainod their eontl
deneo, the peoiile or the Kofth-weetern corn tie,,
though ovorrun hy the onetny, are, hy o 1
tuejurily, Virginian, etill. Witnereafow bgutee:
Barbour ouuoty ea,U about IBM rote*. But of
lhi. number hut IS* vote, eoui.lim gol in favor
of Pior|i-.nt'i new Marion * >unty ban
2o()0 vote,: l'ier|ont'i Government could get
but 3*o. Ilarriatm county, out of 2*oo voter,,
yielded i’lerpont but *OO. Tucker county ha
-200 voter,, or them Bvc voted for Sicrpont ,
new State and two cattuM 11. Toe tire- ‘ ■’ tb
people refrained fr.-ui rec.-mvlng Plcrp-.nl a
t reasoual.U (iovemutaol even to much a, to v .t,
under it, pretended law,.— /’ v ‘ -
13r. __ , ,
Tnn KuetucKV Cauraioit.-In the abMnee
of fighting general,h'p in Kentucky, nn effort
ha, been made to gat [ *
li.thy forced ■nrebe, end eipo.ure TnelJulte
ot Wetiingtdb once ,aid, “ other, might know
how to light an army, but he know Imw t-li
one “ Our Generate in Kentucky, howver.to- m
to ,bow that If their capeellf doe. not teach the
lighting point, they can u op the r troop, quite
a. rapidly a, battle, would.
The re- real from London wae a fitting Annie to
(Icn. Sherman-, Admlnlilration in Kentucky,
which waited the molt favorable eetnpeign
month, hy Inroaipatency, end elenctl with . re
.reel of one column, which, eac-pt that there
wa. no enemy, had all the f.a'nroc „nd direriet.
of a rout in .offering, t. and dce .r.1.-atiou of
ths mm —Cincinnati Oa*ftn 2\*>
Bte C nUnnbu.*i ftccMi)
lmprtnii Prwljauiiu,
‘Ve pul.lmh below he ..irrtog proelom. u.tt
otGov. .1 1n..,,, of Ken . v ailing l„r 2n
eompitnic „| Ken'ucKi.t, ,
To ik, footig Mi H c. A
By an am of Dacemlmr I ~ 1.161, >r ,.| here
unto appended, I em auih..r„.r,| t„ reucivo i„ t ,
service twenty con.panic volunleere, infan
try and ea.-. 1,,. Kv.ry c m.idereiiou of honor
and duty to our native Stale u.u,t impel you to
ro.pond i„ thieoall of a Government which vou
yourselvo, have oataHi.hod f, r the matnt, name
of your conrtitulional liberty
v, ,ur home, are invaded, yourproperly three-.
cued or y.mr fan,die. emiangeiid, and
you.- - ■o,tlluth:i,.l ,yt.ui ..| tfovemment over
ahcl.ne l o, ,0,0,. hy a .lea, or.to but determined
tael ton in Ihe North, who avow through their
Secretary War, Hour foreign miniate,,,
offl -er, iu ihe field, in aocol.pilihu.enl of
their hand.eh ptirpo.es, an intention to arm even
our slave lor ou. destruction.
lio is no h eutiicki.in whose young blood does
uot tbiill with just indignation a, he mede the
deliberate avowal, of Ihese enemies ofmeukind,
a lio thu, assail our domestic security i our per
,onel liberty, aud Cousii u.ional Government.
Obey these impulse, of j„u r hearl and riso up
in arms, that you may share with our Biddiere and
aide.,, to w in aarrice, the glory of driving our
enemies from ihe .oil of Kentucky. No human
hand can hereafter wipe tr. m your names the
staiu ot dishonor, and you tail to rainier your a.
sistauee to y-our country in the hour of her
greeicsl peril the main,ue and fnaideu of y.ur
Stale will hereafter point you out as the cow
era, end poltroons who iu the hour of danger
abandoned your country, aud markedyouiaclces
as unworthy . t liberty. Young men of Kentu.-ks!
lot us hear lr. Ul y.-u in every county • I„ r y„i.r
life itself can have no charm, when disc ted „l
huiior.
HlkUl fliilß UA. PllltfS PPdimXITIOV
“ Mult**, till vifft b ttriiH'i ! . txj-in
Mr.ku lT v in altar* ami v ur tire*,
l r the grcea grave* -it s t>ur *irar.
Tu luriitiig file* ot pat riot i*iu luubt mspuo
an.i ieud yuu, <*r ili i lo*. -loH, too, at tbu u,o- i
tucui • htii ul! uiighi i-c i uur luViti. .Nifiu
l,ia g.ve btreitgit. A'uiubc-r* intimitlate tb tui.
Nuiubura .-me the iitccsMty, olten, ol tightiiq:
battlea. Numl-era make our aiioff irreaiaiuble
Muuibcra t-uiou.fUi.i uimersat reapvot ami ki-wuio I
CoullUetii’e. Wa mu.*t hav uieu— 00,01)0 utan ! ‘
left tha bofelaui in lt‘uv Ini lujaa. l,ct the ],ir ,
mar leal a hi* litld*. Lit lUo luachau.c lea va hd i
ahup. I.H tba Id) :r > leuea bi ..tbo® till we ii
st.-re the supiciufy ot l.w. l,at the aapirarua i
tur *. i..1 pia*e km w that they Httl t- j
Wcighfcu ,ti l)t bal< I't-a f-utriotiMu may 1
be 1 i-utnl al.t. ;;. It tbtru bo auy >-iuvv,o, ‘
crnucbitig bpirits win, have u.,t ib groutn-a ol !
xoui turespui.il lu thetr cuuotry's <*all tor Lcip,
tat them aUy at lu m®, umt let only tbo brave
ami Iruo ouuie- ut t>i join thoir bretbreo iu tuc !
trulrvi ft..-Id.
Cume with aopplie. us olothir-g ami witL iriit,-,
if you it.in j-it-curu thou*, t iuv with your guoa j
ot auy UfMirtptH-n that can l-o umde t bring j
il-iWii x to*. If y<-u havo u-< uruia, n-.iuo without |
tbrui, and we will tUpply y- u an tar as that if j
piidrttble. lirmg cooking ulunpii*, ami iw't ii* j
lor a ft.w tviika Bring bim.keta ai, i beavy ,
shoez, and extra bed clothing if you lihvo their • j
Bring no huiaea to remain with the army ea***pi
those mmeaauiy for tiao-i ‘-rtation We unis:
have o-'.OOO uivu. (iivt int lam men, and !>y
the help of God, I will drive tl>t- hiitlu-g b.r*dr
ot thieves and tuar-amie,-* ti Ji the k Stat* . But j
ii .Vj••*uurin§ ail to fine in tbti etrejig'ii, nd j
hv c.i thetucelvea of the prupitioua moiuvr.t t-> |
etrike 1.. r .hou% aid lilmi y ; you cnut - • -.-y j
that we have nut done all tha l w f-uM . ave
yuu.
You will he M-lviaed in time at * hat f*oin’ to j
report for orgni**Muu and active xervice. L'ava j
your property at home, What if it be taken— ;
all taken / We have s2UU,ft.ooft worth *,
Northern means in Miaaouri which cannot he j
reuove-i. W hen we are once free, the Htata will
Indemnify every citizen wtio may have lost a j
doliar by a lhcaion to (be ou - e of bix country.—
Weehall have our property, -r its value, with!
inttros*.
But in tho uame ot tiod ad the xltril-utei ut !
manhood, let u.e to you by ooni*ierurit-i-s 1
infinitely higher than tuoury ! Are we ag* n*-ra
tion of driveling, anivaltof, degraded slav* -
Or are we m-n, wh - dare a*aert and iiu,h iu j
tber ghta which can not be iiirrendered, and ,
defend tboaaprinciple* of everlasting rtcinu a,
pure and high, and sacred like (lod, th*irutt<
Be yours the office to chouee between the gl iy
of a tree country and a just Ooverooient, arid i- j
bondage of your children ! I will never ms* the
chains fattened upon my country. I wiii ask i
for six antl-a half-feet >t Mieeuuri'a soil in which
to repose, hut will not see uiy fieople tnslaved 1
Uj l hear y ,ur shout-’ Is that your war cry
whifh echoes thf-uph the-bind ‘ Are yuu rum
ing’ Kitty thousand men ‘ Missouri shall
move to victo’-y with the )red us a giant’ <‘w
---; f*n my luave boys, fifty thousand hr<ic, gHliaiti,
i uDoonqiie ad !‘-ii!h rn men’ We awn vor
| coming
KTKKffINi/ PRICK.
.Major Ueoarnl C-iuoiendir -
A Mar*U> Hvoiev'V Its -I Ktive l.tv ■ i e
We received intelligence through an officer j
attached Lu <i*n. Clark’* start, who arrived hi re (
last night by the Orange anl Alexandria tr-nn
Irom tentraville, the* an entire Maryland K'pi- i
menthad deeerusd Lincoln's arruy, bringing wi b ,
tlietn their arm* and equipinen'i*.
Our ioforment aayf he iheio at (,'enrre |
ville before he left there yesterday.
Since writing the above tee have received infer*
mation from another relink!# *uur< • rt*-l “ra
ting the above. The particular* of the de*er
ti.,n wuro these due regiment was lent out on
picket from Alexandria, aud when they reached
the front of our line# they hoisted the Confede
rate ting nd inarched iuto < entreviilo. ihey
were accompanied by their Colonel n>d all the
officer* of the regiment.— l >iHtlbury V
b >. n>i.
Tn# Louisville 41 D#oernt/’ is severely
riaed, and vents its spleen frantically n Came
ron. It •ay*:
ham. on ,urli Sett. Hrj Ut liirn (Coet.tl
bi, himself in *--'tnn lnlltl',n t-imvenliole, ami
at, ..it bi, Mavageisio tofeuatifial old men it, pettl
c,ala, and old worn,a in f,ret ■be',, and not talk
t„ white men who are ahl. lo „v. ibeir own
government.
The administration owe, il to iltelf to Ret nd
of Camera*. Bo.u tbU *ey we understand
Cameron. He is auppljrto* emmunltion to tl.e
enemy. 110 peU‘ r * articl,,.
They aro worae than powder and I,till, furnWi
,d ,h. Confadarate,. Let’, have no more of him.
the first Wednesday in January nail,
an eleotlon will b. held In eaeb county for conn
, 01i0.,., el**pt Ordinary., In H* f
Monday Ant. us IBW. \ our. and c.ndK
due* will tak* notiw.
Baltale it \htamoiis.
Nkw Orlkams, Dec. 11
f >uv.ijnl, ,ii ->i b*-id ~t the Komi* party ut
iiKkud Mi in. r-,.ii the 2ftth ult. After twenty
hour* sevtra sigh iug ihe L-mi# wa* douhtful
’ aranj,il had ut one time p -sosum of * part f
;ho l.ts'ii, hut Unrein ui tde * *a! I y and drove *ll 1
i. nrnvxj.il j uien out. A Hiuwo*ville paper ut
the 21st says that the conflict is (-till going on,
with iinressant tiring md great carnage on both
side*.
l ioui tho Buckingham (Ya ) Register.
\ tight at ills Dry Perk of Cheat Uivrr... a Fight’
■ever yet (iublblirJ.
Kramklix, Feudletuu Cos , Vn. I
hwcotubsr .1, 1661. j
“n the I Mi utSept. l*t the Yanki-es uttenq -
ud to pern, thiough the Dry Folk of Cheat Riv
er, *<> as in penetrate into tho county of I'endle
they had uo idea that * few huutcre liv*
“'g >n the tMUiesee* of tha rugged Alleghauic*-,
• old try to intercept or molest them. One hun
dred nud ninety two picked men left Hourly
unu marched to John Taylor's ou the 13th ol
that mouth, uu the llththey marched to l,uu
rul Fork, a brsuoh of the Dry Fork of Cheat
Uiver By the time that the Yankee a hud arri
vet at the Laurel Fork, Cupt. ..auipsou Ki/y
Ii ut ,-„ll. vied 21 men together, who ut once de
toi umn-d to give them buttle nothing dsuntt-d
0,1 •*’ - unt ol the teuriul adds ariayud against
llulAJ.
I uvvlilted the u|<|>i<-ui Ii ol enemy
w iih -leady, lirm nerves, siul whmi wiituu a
l-rwper distant e, ihe sharp crack of’ ‘3O rides
t*ruke the tlecp and -u I ru.u sileute ul the Val
j Icy ol I*• \ Folk. Scventr ‘ii uieu fell tlaud
i a “d three were tuontliy wuiunled. I‘uuic
ji'ti kin, I lie) Attempted lo reti cut. A youth
• V the name of Hendrick, who hud found u
musket lost by the first tieorgia rrguucnt, on
their retreat bom “Laurel llill,” had loaded
• musket With *h rilli* balls, and iii the toe
ime rushing by, this youthlul hero tired into
Ho-'i tiiidst, won it vli ii g several more. Some ol
UtM an Lees broke out into a llm-ket ot laurel,
mid the rest ran nine nub s before coming to
i hull.
Sm h rn tlie iMmv won l-y twenty-one brave
I mount n incer?, and one of them only a youth.
MMrin of Bouutirs am! Furloiinhs for Our Army, i
Wt- have already hail the now* by telegrupli
i llu’ Congress hnd puss, and u bill grautiug a
| bounty ot hi y dollar* to nil piivutes ami unu
i ni in iMioiicd otlicurs in the I'iovmoiial Ar
my who sliall serve eoutiuuoualy lor lluee
- -i tor the war, to be paid at the expim
i ix'u l tie lit it term of service to those re en
|listiu- for the next two ensuing year*.
T he lull also provides that a xty days’ lur
iuughi, wuli truusporliou home nud back, ahull
t'C ui -inted to the twelve month*’ men who
nIkiII enlist for the unt two euauing years; or,
hi lieu tur a Jim lough, the eonunutaiion value
m ui--ney of Ibe tiHuaporlalion ahull he paid to
, i act, private or non-eomniiaaioned officer who
may led to receive it.
I'uih pmvi-ons ot the l-iii, it ia understood,
tiiut with respect to bounties nud that with re
sped to furlough*, me deMgued to eiicoiu >ge
Mini in- dilate the r< enlistment of the twelve
month*’ men
It i> undei'tood, as tar as we tiave ua r
---t,lined the enactiiieni* of the bill, that the
t oup* revoluateering or ie enlisting aball, at
die expiration of their present term ol service,
have the power to reorganise themaelven into
• oinpume* and elect their company officers,
and *.'! companies shall have the power to
, ufgauixo themselves into haltalUmt or regi
! incuti uud elect the r field officer* ; and alter
| the |.; -t election nil vacancies shall be filled by
I promotion Irom the company, battalion or reg
mieut -ii which such vacancies may occur.
The Position of iklaw&b 1 .
I I lu.- L-gidature ->i Delaware baa haancmvtned
jiu ex'.raordiuaiy aaaaioo. <iov. Burton hs scut
: m hf Mcs.-agr, which relato- entirely l” the
j national tr-ml-les and the position ot the Mate
in relation thereto The Message opened as
j follows :
j It ia with uuieijrtied regret tha’ 1 cauuot ad
! drees v<>u with the usual congratulations on the
peace, ~iusp®rity and happiness ol he country ;
, hui ion withstanding it l# unluitunaiely involved
‘in h < i v il war, me of the most depbu able cMluiui
|hi that cu befall a country, we havegeeut rea
ls n t, render thaak* lo tha Ruler of the Fniverae
| that Deluware i* uot the scone of action, and
i that we are uot in the midst of its horrors and
! lerrib mvagt*.
Our ettiren* have acted in a manner highly
--reditab o to their, sod w®ll deserve the quiet
i they have enj .yed. Those, if there be any. and
,i .übtten* there are soineeverywhere, whose syoi
paha'hii-H incline t. the H-.-ulh, are quiescent,
Inving n<> i-upedinu ur* in the way of the Uoeam
■ men!, nor affording it* a eoeiuie* any sort of aid.
--uu- of the innumerable rumor* afloat through
out rue <• untry, may, perhap*. repress* t h dll
-,re>t -ta'e ul things ; hut were the test of truth
pr-perly applied.to thoae report*, most of them
H oM be ton ml wholly unreliable.
l'j.s (tuveruor Uc.-lines‘to li#uuss the uunas
li.at .1 to the war. and proceed# to te-’- uituend
•~, , daa'riiuiit of ui h laws as are rendered n
, \l y I-e direct lala'i.-n law* *A the ‘at*
: - xtra *es#hß of Congress.
News rttoii I'uHt R'-Til Fkhht -There up
* pear* to be some misapprehension in relation In
u.e inovem. otsof the enemy. We learn Irom a
I tend who leit the place on the 11th, that the
| enemy had not attempted a landing on the mailt,
i on the night of tl e Itth some l” ot their num
ber or NHe-l over ** the Kerry ur.der e -ver of their
.roi’ery, atul *ef hr to s sentinel box. Ihey
aim seized n terry host and then retreated
rapidly. Col. Dunnovant’* and Colonel Jones’
Regiments made preparations to attack them had
ihey ventured beyond reach of their boats.
Our force* are wall posted at the Ferry, an l
j ihe enemy in force ou the other side of Cons aw
! i.vd, . I'lunlfloH Courirr \\ h.
II , Ilia], I I- “I, aaysthe Routharn Record
ar, that the Ranh-, of Oc-rgia will advance
r , v tl niillion- ot dollars, if so much should ho
squired, to enable the Mint* to pay the Coo
federate tax, and to defray the charge* of her
own defense—the lorrnar living etitnald at
about $'1,000,000. *
Twr Yancrb* IN Loti*viM.r.--Uetitl*tnen re
cently arrived from Louisville report that when
ihey last, the city wa* fairly in possession of tba
Yankee troops The Out brie Urey Regiment, of
Cineinnatt, •‘d other troops from Western Vir
gin la, bad been granted the freedom of the eity,
and they got on a big drunk and committed all
manner of outrage*. Large numbers of 1 hem
were arrested and oonfined in the new prison *t
the corner of 6th and Green street#, where one
man wai shot in attempting to Uect an er-ape.
Tha Major and Prcvoit Marshal bad out all
their force, and peremptorily closed all the eoflee
bouse#, drinking saloons end drain shops in the
city.— Baling Qfn Count.
TIIK SIIYKB KIBNTY (IK TBK STATUS.
IXIMIMBVX. UGOKQIA, MONDAY, IHSOICHKSR 23, Mil.
*’> r tha Allan'* Confederacy.
Thr llutin, f ill- liruli., Itrirn...lt, I'ffrd.
t ‘-R'KNVILLR, TeUII. Dec. 2. j
Die two doouie>i culpriti wore not swure of
their doom until a few mom nt* before the hour
; 4 oV ock R. M , and short m the time wiq they
busied ihomsolros iu sj eaLrig on oath their
cm i.-.don ~ f guilt berore the t.V-urt \laniul. Fry
C'-uiesscd (bat he poured the turpentine on the
‘■ridge, and afterwards set lire to this eoiubustl
! !e material, catri-’d the sentinel cfl” some hnlf j
i mile, aid made him -wear never to reveal the
j i nines of t he . flenders. Rrovideiice has saved
(tic souiui.d the troul-le, tor thi-y have met the
ta'e - justly uiete-t out to them. They cauie in
sight -t the gallon u temporary utlair erected
“U the fill .-ide in lull vi ad the town ami a
large limb wa* suliNtitu'eJ us (he crosihuam for
this novel i ugine of death, an.l h shudder passed
“vor thtm which wun perceptible hy ad. They
(hen knew (bat in a for. moments they mild die
the death of a leh-n.
the w In-le l-uliulii-n uuder siiu- was drawn
op around the ground, and the rope* were ad
justed iy Corporal McVuy .t our company—
the cap* drawn over the palo face#, tbo ladder
v* us taken tr m tho tree the etilluese ot death I
pervaded (lie wb.de throng he iniuute baud -
was iu ii u-w seconds ot lour o’ckt L the watch j
idlll went ttob, ti k their kuees shock visibly
tiie whole frame was ready to givo way lu us
lure’s spirit -Iraral it is four o’clock. The trig
ger i ton'hud- aud lu’ dangling at the ropu's
end, butweou heuvou aud knrth, are seen two
straggling human huinge! The struggles of one
wire shor ; tho other Keeiucd a little loth to give
up the spirit iiuiu its tenement ot cl*), but in n
ft-w short in iiients they were both dead
It bus had a Wondeitul * tloct u t sltll rui :
here, and score* are coming iu night and day,
hiking the ouih ~f allegiance lo uur go vert, men I 1
•it,d by this mi h-uti service, proclaim to thu w, Ui
that they will defend it > g tinst ai! j!s tuomi
Mniriiifuls of truiral lifulloib
It ie Well ki own Mliolig tin He wh., ai p.ilt and
in regard to war inatirn* in Misaoun, that Um-.
I‘rice and .McCulloch have not t-vou a. Mug very
h. in the prosveutu nut their plans ‘
-ihoc tho buttle ol Uuk Hills NY ith n c.-iihi i- ua
nee* ot th n (act, wo pul-lislied a lumor iu uur
, i.-l IsMie liml McCulloch had fetus-d u- obey ;
I I'lirtV oilier- t*i eo optratc with huu u. Itic laie
expedition N rthwurd, preferring to iviuru i>-
A rkau.-H-and go into winter quarien t p ,i.
tiie strength .-I this, wo ventured to inquire why .
ho had gone t-> Lillie link, where lie w ,i lew
days Miire, eu route lor Richmond, mi. I why he j
had withdrawn his forces Irom Mism.uri. Ihe |
billowing Irom tbo Avalanche ol y stetday j
which wo trait may be true, servo* i tlir-w cuiuc j
light on the subject:
We conversed yesterday with a gentle man for
uiurly ht inched l- Churuhiil's Arknnsas regi
morr, and who wa- in flic l-a tie at Oik Hid
II - nl .riui us that gie-t ii jus ice tint i-een done
tied. M C illo. h ill certaiu partial uitiuot l*
whii ii have l-ocii made in the public pr- •* Hu
ia?* that Ot-n McCulloch's difficulties com
menced with intertereu-e >,t the Ooimuander of
the Sta'e b.ric- <-l Arkansas, who permiudrd
h > da'e ’r pj to diab.in I, m l that the day
utter the Oak llill alia r, tv.iy regiment and
company in the Arkanv** mi vice h.-d laitd
home. He c.iys that Oen McCulloch, being
loti Will U loico nuiubirilig ut tiu-1# I.H than
I 600 men caPc-l h r uioie trot ps, amt ‘hat lex
ui, L'-uirtiaim uo t ArkaniHi tuilot luruivh
them; and thu'. he was even without the uirau# .
ol arming the l w c -ii.p mic- which cume t* ‘
his a-'Histaiu e.
VevertLeler-, McCutloch Htwiu-d witli his farce
to Ksudhi t. it -n a coni'iltatioa with I'rice, i,
was ugrcfd tha’ he should Ouuie ba< k to Min <>n
county, Arkan-as, to protect Confederate store*
at Fayetteville, and Approach Hpriugfl -Id, while
Price rhoold move ftmn Cassvilla t-> the smue
des'inatiuu. This ami (ten. McCulh-ok’s lint
retreat. On a cons-iltiition held on the Ist Nov.
it wiir agreed that MaCulioch sh< u full hack i
to Bcntonville, an-1 Price go to Ca-vville for
winter quarters, ‘ihere, according to our iuh-r
niHti n, liicy remained until Freinon’ retreated
towardi-S:. Louis, when Unu. Price c..mini need
moving towards the Mhsouri river According
to our informant, it was not Price's intention to
g., toward Si. L'-uis when lie left .McCulloch,
though it D probable, from his having irmied a
proclamation lor 6U,O(iU men, that he hai since
changed hi* mind, aud resolved teg-, forward. ,
.Memphis Appeal, Dec. lu.
Ltlrel liMrlliin,’ fr.iu uur Hri.utm.iure iu
lurk.
‘I lie ( *limi lesion < ‘ourih puhlisha* the follow
ing copy ol a letter containing aorue inielh
genre 01 - interest in relation to our privaierre
men, now pria. iicr* iu New York city
NIW Yoha, l/ec. /, Ibbl.
lii vin tin/ a day or two since aruue South
erners . ontiued iu tiie Totnhs, 1 (tromised to
inform llieir friemD in < haile-lmt ol their
welfare James 11 ai lesion, Jniue* Milnor,
aud two ntl.e• -i their compeiHoii*, uttiuea
lufgotteu) aie m r.-oiu ou < enlre street,
t.qbt *nd airy one ut the most ruint'*'teb'w
n he pt laiiii, They •einlo be in go'd *ptr
,!•. have kind triwua* that have uud will con
i, nue h t are h-i them Miluoi *?n ‘* t'i* love
i., fii in.,l hr nnd hr.-the r N iii>* ol plain
Ral.rf , <>t the . M tt. uniloli, IS in ( he bilge priwoo
on Lliu streei, in quarters not near us plea
ant or • oinlbr.ah'e , he i* in good heal li and
uu the whole cheerful, caring more for the
cu Mi fort of his men thau hi own. (Madden,
Onlvo, Marshall, Forrester, McCarty, Wilson,
Riley, Williams, and others of the Dixie, Y ork,
-hvani.ah and Marianna, are in the same
prison in good health, patently waiting the
turn ol event*. They complain only of their
/ iod, which i the common prieou lure. Their
necessary want* are being supplied.
Kansas Rxcgivinu era Cmastia.m*hi -The
Little Ro k (Ark.) State Ji-urual, ot th# Ist it*
stunt, says ;
Tha Indian and Texas regiments, under Cola
Cooper, Biand, Wat la, Young and Whitfield, are
ulvaii anil cleaning out Kansas as they go.
The towns of 1 ort Koott, Mound City, Locoinp
too, Topeka, and Lawrancs are in ashes Tbia
is fighting th® devil with lire. Verily the way of
the transgressor Is hard. Tba population ot
Northern Kansas i* represented as in a whole
■ale stampede, mi l fleeing to low* nnd N*
brack*. |
Cotton Hxttu dor BoAC.lt is said that cot
l,u seed oil is equal, if not superior, to the ur.fi
dary rtfuae grease for soap. The process I* so
simple that any housewife may with little troul-le
make the eiperimeul. Put as much cottan seed
into a large Iron pot, or wooden mortar, as css
he mashed with e pestle, crush or mash them
well; then boil lu strung lye, and proceed ss in
the usual way. A# grees* may ba soarce next
year, it may be well to begin with experiment#
before the grease is exhausted.— Homo Joomml..
On the 30th ult., a *oldii?r named Crawford,
a member of the Vicksburg Artillery, fell down
the ateirway el Fort Mcßae, aud wa* *o se
verely injured that ba died tba next day
111 Nt hi N. W f MM.Mt.N \. IIM KMBFK 18. IMI.
Aid for Chariobtou.
A inerting ol our citixeiia i* culled to night,
at Petr. |u-itt tire linl,, lor the purpose of adopt
iog insia, t and energetic for the
rebel ol ilie MifTcrcr* by the recent tir** iu*
c harleston. The g.-tiercu-* iii*iiiict* of iiu
<ty. which compel involuntary sympathy
tor Ihe dialrcHed, intensified and energised,
h- in the preaent ca-c. by that Men!ilnent of
tratefnity which our nntioital trouble* have
evoked, render* quite uunecesanry nny appeal
iu hehull of thin object. It may lie *id, how
ever, that no people in the South have, by
the-r well canted t ha acicr for practical be
nevolciica and attention to the charities of
I fc, a higher .bom to acliv e in pa thy in their
present gieat afflict ton than the people of
< harlcMtou In the day of her prosperity she
wh* distinguished not more tor her patriotism
iLau lor her enlarged benevolence and her
imiuidreiit doitutiousf.ir the relief of suffering
whether occurring within or heyond her lim- !
it* 1 lie present war has drawn largely upou
I * ,ri CMMirce- and she has responded with no
j Minted hand. Thousand* of her brave son*
j arc now -haling it e hardships mid dungor# of
! the camp a-<1 field while their wives and little
‘’or- have been made fiou*elei* and homelean
i-y the ravage# of the flame* Let u- demon
strate, by our action to light that the charity
to which the helpless ones arc thus consigned,
i* not, hi the proverb ha* it. “cold,' 4 but ha*
warmth and vigor enough to (red and clothe
their bodies nud eh ei ami gladden their
heart*.
| Attn it Ki-conih Over $6,1100 were sub-
I scribed iu a | iodic meeting in Augusta, Friday
! i i*l, for th# relict . I the t'harl#*toh -mflurors.
Ni .*unn ; te® was appointed to *..li. it other sub
scrtp'ioiis.
First iirurgii Ke^iuieuf.
(VtiMi- K. car Rt •*, V*. Dec 4, igfii. J
L'dit.-r* R icliiuond Di-pau-h
N* Kiln ur not mg I- beard or sai l iii regard
t-- f tiu Mi Begiuiant Ucrgiu, Ri-gularu, | address
you tics, Unit tho “oar- r- fi ** tl, ia rt-gum nt may
kiiuw th-it w are k ill in defence of and, auuiiy
clinic ut the pun .gratia o and II - I lie unuul
!m us cm iu p !ita w** d-iiurked -u yesterday hy
the pu'St-niiuv n .1 n ba'tle fl ig to tliin regiment
1-y ihe fair In ad i* ui M -* II iirri.-ut ot your
• ‘v 11 could Hot have bien given l braver or
more n.-ble in. n
We heretofore hive fell negle, ltd hy the fair
j>ilute of our native lai .I, by reason of which
: you tuny nut he eurpii-ud thtt every heart of
j t he in-elected tfc.-rga Regular* t-eal high with
i lively undpMtri tic eiu.-tions when, with deafen- j
j lug cheers, tbiy reuairad thu’ tit eiuhleiu of Bou- 1
i beru md i-i udeui •
And >- in-w tuke .-coniun publicly to return ;
t” hr, tbo fail and -n.<r, our sincere and lieurffelt
thank* (ir the | i*. !■ u-,;ilt He will never be
i.urn'lldfal of tiie nol le uud patriotic lady that
(.uiiu.-tcd “the tl ig of the true only home”
to .-ur keeping. I inter such a haulier, living,
we Would gallantly haute it,., hilt to protect
uud hear the cross . t Southern rights; dying,
clu in with tiie Frenchman, 0m- t oountrie,
mioh iti iHii i*, yt nt'ui/ /tour tn! That heauli.
lul hunner shall only trad in the du*i when w#
are hi id I ,vv in deuth's Cold anus.
<’ i M oos,
t'ou.pany It, First tfeurgia Ragulars.
I lit- Ittusdill* Journal utA Cameron's Keporl.
The follow mg is the b oding article in the Lou
isville Journal ot ihe (i h inst. ii .oulc-soo to
, tiie Miroci.,ui policy of the Linculu if.-vsrnmtnt,
which it h;.*|y call on its c nnlrvmen to nip
port ;
We ibis m -ruing put hub ihe . fficlel report of
ecreUry Oamcr-n. A-. respect* ihu question
• t slavery, tho report c uliiuis our worst appre
hcnsiei-s. And tl.e utosl grievous tact of all is,
that rep -rt on tins head can h# regarded only
a* uu el pun'i *’on <>l wha> (he President says iu
: ‘he SMtue relation. Iha report of (he .Secretary
I-of course an<-uon*d by ‘lie PremleuL What
n said hy ti e one couceruing shivery is hut the
illumination ol wlmt is au.d by ihv oilier. Tho
Kacretary in th s respect is no worse thau the
Presidaat; end the Pr-tld.nl is no better than
the recretary The country has litile to hope
Irom either, except in ‘he diii-ovition that we
Inis’ both have to heel Ihe counsels of the
’ country's own hotter judgment Mini better nuture.
Hut Ii secoiiiis'l# must bo heard iinriilstakalily
t, be heeded. YVhen heurd we believe they
will he heeded. NVe n-.w, however, dismiss the
Hecret*:}, uud iliail berea'icr den! with the prin
cipal iu the cu#
4 Th® r--I-♦ l- -%o we rupr.SM.l it, ~ttr coluUHis
yesterday, and the < >urset.l action wo then pro
p tsed gall-#’ id-lilt (■(•’ s'retigih from ti*e dcvel- i
puien'fiol every hour. The radical* in Dongf®*M
-ppe-t lo have things their un way Thechar- |
twMer of the propositions ihey inn luce uml the
favor th* M-lde-u ot th.ir ji-.p->ritions receive I
uru p -ait.veiy fr ght.nl i „i.rih, bus opened j
wit- -i Li oh i, ■id b el, i . I reciuc icady without
a ( - tt-p lilt,, the Uu lie. i .tepths of rndi
cali-ui 7 *•# wiiitls 11 red ui ul p tr-ion are uu
chauf t lu# tan,|i- *t t- etu-"o1 The billows
tin i slav ryo.ro are ruuning laoiintain high at
vYac-i.ingttiD. Tm ir ti rc roar is suiouir-g the,
v-'.r of ‘tie o tli'ii ‘Lelachrd -md raging sea of
f r. itioisio •* thunderinj- ugainst the barriers of
the i -nsiitution, and tl n .it-mtu weep ‘hum
ctterly away. Behind thore harriers stands the
President alone, and he, insteud of rebuking
ue siotrniiig waves, throws over them the witch
j ing ujixiollght of hie countenance, lie betid#
before the #t<rui. is it not manifest, that, if the
I'resldenl is not promptly arid resolutely sup
-1 p ,rted by tbe uoi.survativa sen'ltnerit ol the
i nation; by that beneficent nr.d mighty genius
whose real spell has yet, we fear, hi en felt only
I .rli-diy at NVashing*<-n, (hi re is iu >st serious
Uger that the uproarious sea of m :itt slavery
. ,u will presently hurst through all constitu
.'.nu! barriers end carry awuy him am) them
.like upon its rushing w tves > Nothing a|-|-enrs
! more uiatiifest to us. it a|>p*kra too plain for
ationel diapute.
Let, than, the conservative sentimirnt of the
nutn.ii i t-rue up pmuiptly ami resolutc y to tbe
support of the President Let tiie great genius
’ of Cciiservatisiu shake ofl his slumbers, an-1 at
| once lay his spell truly en l deeply ou the -dimer
! charged above all O'hers with the conservation
of this glorious ark ,I human hope. Nfe repeat
what we said yesterday with tbe add--I i ui|-husie
of *ir4ogthened oonfiction.
Uai.iiuokk A Ohio R. R. A Darnsst.-wq
( Md.) telegram of tbo I9fh ult , to ihe Northern
i paptrsseys: s
Everything in the shape ot locomotives, nis-
I chines, Ac., belonging to the Beltimore and
’ Ohio Railroad, have been removed by the Cun
i federates and taken in the direction of Wiucbes
- ter. Even the double track for twenty miles has
been torn up.
Castubko. -Sr. Jossra’a, Mo , Nov. 2ft.—A
band of Confederates, under tbe notorious .4. K
Gordon, captured three United Btate* officers—
Captain Robb, Captain White, and Lieut. Mem
| light-from a railroad train at Westarn to- day.
Fioih Ihe Ptitiriudi'... H*ii\y ('auiiontlio£ \n K\|lu
siuH...Yfssfili Hrivcn Had.
From the Fredcrickabrurg Herald, of th# 10th
i inst., we extract the following with regard to af
fair* ou the Potomac
There was heavy caunouadiiig at Kvansport,
yeaterduy afternoon, and again about ft o'clock
last night:
We are informed that a brisk and heavy can
nonading, lasting for an hour or more, first took
place between the Intone* of Si kie’u Brigade
on (lie Maryland side, and tha Oonlcdjrate bat
teries at Ureuiport. Directly after a shot had
been fired from our side, nn explosion took place
in Mickle’s Brigade, ihu thunder of which wh*
so heavy that those who witnessed it were im
pressed with the belief that one ot their powder
mi gaciues hud blown up. fliera was no tiring
afterwards, aud tiie cessation must have been
the result of *omc disuster. NVe have no report
direct from Kvantp rt since the affair, it beiug
witnessed by our troops from the lulls adjacent
to Aquia Creek.
About ft o'clock lust uigtit our butteries at
Uvansport are reported to have tired ou cue or
more war vessel* that uttemptei to pass down.
The filing was heard with great distinctness iu
King George county, (s distance of sixty miles,)
and Jarred tha doors of our informant of this fact.
It is believed at Aquia Creek that thu vessel
was driven buck, m she hud n. t passed down
the river.
The Texas hoy# with their lung range gut,s —
Kntleid rifles i-rohahly drove seveiul crews from
auuitl sail vessels that attempted to pass in
tiie vicinity of Ifivansport; hut the vessel*
were afterwards recovered hy the enemy. All
wits quiet of!’ Aqtiiu creek as bn* us neon to
day, tke hour <-t our latest advices Iroui that
quarter
The Fredericksburg Recorder, tiie lOtli inst.,
says :
The mail rider between this place and Damp*
| stead, who came up yesterday evening, reports
! huving met a returning courier tv ho hud lurried
| iutoimatioii to (ten. Holmes, o. the landing of
the enemy in large force in the county of North
umberland Whi'tln-r this is u more raid, or
is preparatory to its occupation, we are uot ad
v lied.
Auoflirr Victory for thr Srorgius.
the telegraph atilioUfleu* mint her buttle ill
Western Virginia, in which the Georgia troops
repulsed the enemy and i -vered themselves with
honor, Du this, us ou nil oilier fields, they have
proved themselves worthy the noble Stale which
rent them forth.
’i he Twelfth Ge -rgia Regimeut thu princi
pal uotors in thu light on our side is coin
j inanded bv Col. Johnson ; Conner, Lieut. Colonel,
; and Ktricad Major It is, or was wiieu it was
| lormed, composed ot tiie following companies ;
| Marion (ffuurds, Muri-ni county, Biantord
Captain.
Davis Rifles, Macon county, Captain McMil
lan.
Davis Cluurds, Dooly county, f’aptaiu Brown
Jones VoluHtcirr, .l.i.cs county, Captain
Pitts.
Miii-kale* Volunteers, Fninter county. Captain
| Hawk ins.
I Lewndcs Yislun ears, 1. -wiide* county, Cup*
tuln Patterson.
Calhoun Ditto*, Calhoun county, CuptHtn
Furluw
Central City Blues, Bll.h county, Captain
; Rogers.
Pulmmi Light Infantry. PiitoNiu county, Cap
. tmu Diivls.
Man-ogee Rifles, Musc-geu county, Cuptuin
Seott.
The Washing'iin t.rr|.u;uJint of the N. Y.
Times supplies, in “the following condensed
form, the pith ol the foreign correspondence with
tiie .State Department of the United Blutes “
Kngluud entertain* or at leust expresses no
sympathy for us, but rather the reverse.
Fruin-e lias not been cordial, hut has been less
offensive thnn Knglund.
Austria has been friendly, aud from tiie outset
has declared that, she would uot recognize the
,Sou them Confederacy.
Piussia and nil the German Stales have been
equally cordial.
Russia bus l-een friendly* but anxious for the
war to cud.
•Sweden (nd Norway have l-een friendly from
the hegining.
Helguni i* undecided, hut pa -,v.
Holland i* -li-posed !<• follow ibe lea-t of Kng
i land at a re-i ul distance,
Italy ir lull of w.mu s)inpaiby tur ur (#<>v
ernmenf end for fitted -to.
Hpain, though not uggivs-dvi*. hs an evident
leurting towards the Jvli Davis Bcpublic.
i Denmark U friendly.
The Ht pe, I lu,tiff h lie anru.tin. • that bin g.-v
ernaient is not f this world, Inn that he is con.
cernc-l with spiritual things, y t tl he were to
j express an opinion, be, as a good I'lnistain. will
| always 1-e on theside of law and order.
hm < skmii. FottAutnu. - NVe Icmn that a force
from Columbus, i .-oij-used of muull dutscliniein*
|of iiifuiitry under Cupt. J D. Lay ton and Cupt.
! Montgomery, and ul-uui thirty cavalry Irmu thu
eorps us (’apt. M--ntg.,uiury, the wholt uuder the
Cuininarid of Mi-jur .1. I . Cole, iua.lt uu in-pt r
tar-* ui -> v iuent uii 8-inday night his<, wblih i>
suited in hctuirin,’ lu ihe provision resources of
our I--fees at tL'-lumims end vicinity twenty-six
j head ol lal beeves, uml three hundred an.l fi’ty
i three head of f.tl In-ga. Ihu whole lot ■ it wi
; lelttlod a* ttuj.jiiic# tu the enemy tit Hit<litcali, hut
j the activity of out , .. Uu pt-p..-r ui.-roeiit,
alter thu eti ck ln..< Uoen weighed an I |* iha|S
| ac M-ui-tcd fi-r, pruventt il its u*c I r lit® |ut|-osa
j originally intended. The -i.-ik mt rvuiovt-d to
a pluce t-t safely, uml is oi'iunitr.l to he w. rth ai
, leust *8,(100. A />ml, Ue IT.
NVe leutn from Biehn. -nd that ihu following
Confederate have been ordered to the
Houilr Carolina < oust, t / D.-uolsou’s Tennessee
Brigade, NYise's 1.-g uu, Twtinit**li MifMS#i|-pt
i Kcgiinent, Thirleentb Georgia Kegin.tnt, Pbil-
I ll|’* Legiou, Sturki'* Wet-tern Virgur.it Regiment
and Fourth Louisiana Battalion. Most of these
Iroeps have been campaigning in Western Ye.
A pari of Di.riclson's already arrtv
ed liet u
Tbe followitig General > liiut>r* .-I the C'onfed
i eratearuiy havel-u- ri ordcri-tl to the 8-tutli C ir
: -diou aud Georgia •- it ■(< ,-t uro already on duty
i hen Gen. Rohori K. In -, cummaminig; lliig*
idler Generals K. H. Rij-ley, Thomas 1‘- Hray
’ ton, Nathan <J. Evans. I) 8. DoueDon, Mavey
J Gregg, A. K Lawton ami Hem her f on.
Il is unders'ood jhat Biig. Gen. Wiso will
1 coin® with his legion.- t'lmr Mi re.
MitiTAßr. Osn Lee un-l rilefl srt if Hie
Mills II ou-e
General Donelsoti and Mlafl reecited this diy
on Huntley, nnd took rooms at the Charleston
Hotel.
The General's Brigado of Third Tennesseans,
numbering about fifteen huudrse-l tnen, are
veteraos In tbe service, having been engaged at
’ Cheat Mountaiu. They are now encamped about
flftvee miles from this City.— OKar, Oaurior, lsi t
(OiINIBIN IMIKNDAY. UtCKMHKK Ift, ptttl.
Glorions News!
Tbo iutelligouoo puhlishod iu our telegraphic
oolutun this morning will send a thrill of joy
to the heart* of the Southern people. NVe only
hopo that it may prove to he true. If true wo
unn see no other result to thu question Ilian a
war between Great Britain and tho Llnooln des
potism. We can hardly imagine that the latter
will submit to the imperious demand of her
Majesty's Government.
True the Federal Message was |>uiuful|y si
lent upon the Mason and Klidell cuibroglio, but
the Naval Secretary was uot und he has been
backed up in bis endorsement and approval of
the seizure of our Commissioner* by the unani
mous presc aud |public opinion of the North.—
To recede from that position now would op
erate a thorough demoralization of the Northern
cause, which, in Its mora’ •;fleet, would bo us
disastrous its a half dosen defeats. \V* ahull
await a confirmation of tho intelligence with the
most intense anxiety.
PATRIOTIC LETTER.
The followir g extract from n letter of a Sa
vannah girl, (not all unknown to tame) is too
good to be kept immersed in the private portfo
lio for which it wus intended; we therefor# take
the liberty of giving it to the public, trusting to
her patriotism to find an apology'for us for uu
doing:
“Do you believe that instead of feeling fright
ened I fuel quite brave, and I think if l ouly
had the strength of my heart in tny hand 1
would urnko u little hero during this war. Uii
the day that the ciigagument at Port Royal was
going on, and everything wa* one wild scene of
confusion for fear of an attack in Savannah, 1
seated uiyself in the midst of if all, and made a
Confederate flag for the express purpose of wa
ving it saucily in their facos when they landed.
If they come upon us l>y lurid they will have to
pass our very door, and in spite of everything
h,it chain* I intend to wave my banner. 1 intend
to he the first Savannah girl to dare them, und
to show them that tho South Ims not only bravo
/-*•, hut bravo wont’ ll also, llow it makes my
blood boil when 1 hror of a cowardly act done
hy any one hearing the name of was, There
wur# -'--/ir in who. during tiie fight at
Port Royal, became alarmed, lor fear their cou
rage might be put to the test, and as they would
much rather ruu (but tight, uud could uot do so
well if they wore a hut and hoots, preferred tiie
more modest attiie of fetnalo* and took to bon
nets end slippers. Since thou 1 have consider*
ed our uniform Uitgraced forowr, if we do uot
proveto tho world that nil who wear this modest
disguise aro not onwards. To set thu rest of the
yent'er sex nu example, 1 have volunteered to
exchange my hut und slipper* for the hoots and
broodies of tho next man who would rather run
than light, and promise, too, that 1 will never
disgrMceit by cowardly conduct. If the men
prove coward” at a tune like this, pis hightimw
for thu woman to alum what they can do; and if
tboy cannot dupund <-u Ilium for protection,show
them that they liu\e bravery enough to meet
thorn at their own doors it they cannot follow
them to the battle-field. •
I think (hat every woman should proves true
Spartan to the cause of liberty, and when histo
ry shall hear u record of the deeds ot 1861, it
will relioot upon them no di grace but give tbeui
credit tor following tho example of their mother#
of ‘76 ! ob, the man that would prove an Ar
nold to his cijuntry! The man whom bosom
swells not with love for his native land aud ha
tred for its hnse invaders* tiie uiuu whose soul
is not filled wi'h pride an t patriotism as he looks
upon (he hlood-staiued banner of oui glorious
Southern Confederacy!—the man who would uot
Do witling to till u soldier's grave to purchase
Freedom!—the tnuu who would uot give his life
in *|Aoh a glorious cause H nor worthy of a home
beneath liberty's bright sun ! Tba .Southoru uiun
iu whose veins ib-ws tiio blood of a proud und
independent pu< pie, eho would not die to see
her tree from a tyrant’s grasp, is uot worthy to
breath our blessed air, much leu*to have u ; uv ;
upon our soil.
“Lives there a umii with soul so dead,
Who nevur lo hiuiself hath said
This is my own, my native land !”
But I reckon you think I am growing rather
worm outlie subject, to 1 will cool off a little,for
tear 1 may forget I atu <-nly a woman. Oh! if I
was only u won to sii.-w the world what I would
be willing b> do f..r my country. I would fight
a* loug act there was o foe t.. drive off and I bed
■Length to shoulder avn,-
i UKIK
liIHAKKS ill BON. fc. V. KAIt'OKII.
Os Cbuttahooeheo, n thr House of Keprescnta
lirts on the I 1 I. lb .-ember, IHtil, on the lues
sage from tho Konntv refining lo uuucur in
the Home um<-ndiiMUt to the (100,000 up
propriation bill, nud the transfer of the Statu
troop*.
Mr. Whittle of Ribb, m, \cd tliil the IF.use
recede from its . m-n tn.. ot er.d n ticur in thn
act ion of tiie Koiiate.
Mr. Rail iid .-lid: Mr. junker, 1 hope the
in ,'iouu! the g-nth-man Irom Jiinb will prevail.
We have in * under ofi.temGi n (his vexed
question tor several di.ys, aid until till# tho last
day of tlii- M--- a, the to. fury p|r.pii*lion
is not yet u,aoi NVlij-V, <1 we indulge iu tbi*
us<less eouirntion longin’
The luct * itrinol hr disgu ut-d that in the
present Mrift*. doc Brown huu whipped tli
ligii*. lii- pm j->ts are fixed and determined;
tin: people liav.- t*i acrlully liowutl and jiaid
their obeisanrr l*i him, and have acknowl
edged fain Mtiprrnisi y and power, uud this Leg
I'dutni-u m>,y it* well <Jo likewmo. lit* power
and unthoiity nniM be lu-knuw edged. Sir, he
has vauqijiHlied the. Suiih'o and has flanked
th'M Iloilur, mol i iillutt Iy to vvr have long lit
and firmly maintained tin* disputed ground,
tiring every lime the onset bit# t ecu made, I
warn Kcpr--ei"alive* tbut, iiuvmg prov#ll vie
torioua over other aid mightrnr loci, let u*
lake heed lent there “lioiild remain not one ol
Dili gallant Land to lull the tale of our d#feut.
Sir, he lot- determined to keep h standing nr
my on the i-iHtt 111 the pay of the Stale, nod
this Legislature . itoo it prevent him from it.- -
And, sir, oi #ll l hi- he i l-ui-ked by the people,
and wr mi* left power Ins-.
If you | hi- tl.iibi I, it being uu U| preprint ion
liil), he will \ I-- ‘hut portion of it tinning over
the troops or if the hill is lint pxssvd to #u‘.
him anil uj pr-piiatii-u is uot unde, we may
■' ov I.vro armthar ve k and quatrel over it,
and at last we must shoulder Ihe repniisihllity.
Why then contend 1"’ f It were l-ut the mad
r-uHS of f.-lly to contend against such superior
power. Sir, prudence is the better purl of valor,
shall we not thru yield at mine- make the un
conditional appropriation and adjourn,or rather
I should Bay lie all-wed to disband honorably.
Why, sir, th * qm ion ha-, been *upiuiit#d to *
Joint oommit .ci- of patriots and ebristian*, who
h*v# oonsi-ieiod the same with prayer and res
ting, and have after mature deliberation, presen
ted a solution and a just basis of settlement of
it worthy tho confidence aud support of this
Gsneral Assembly sod of everybody els*. But,
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, ) VAU
JAMES W. WARREN, \ Edltor ®
Number 51
iir, bow has it , w „ n treated? It has iieen igno
red hy His Royal Highness aud tabled 1
M hy, then ask for another conymltiee of con
ference. I for one am t .. uiaku an uncon
ditional surrender of th* wh<* matter to the ac
knowledge victor, and I urge wv-n gentlemen
the propriety cf speedy action, le st we be fur
ther disgraced by an order from his Roy.*| High
ness to this House to disperse.
[Here the live minutcß was out and the ham
mer fell.]
■ t a
The lint—s’ DoHatm Owr (lie Bridge Burning in
T-nntur-.
The .Northern papers show tho Yaukeestohave
been most jubilant over thu news of the bridge
burnings iu Toouessee. It wae huilod by them
as uu uprising of the Tories in Kast Tennessee.
As m speriuieu of the spirit of exultation we quote
the following passage Irom an article iu the New
York Tribune ;
Hallelujah ! Our day iscoino at last. Thu suu
of the Fnion is rising and w arming the loyal -
iiearts of Tennessee with the rays of victory
Words cannot depict the joyousuess and exuber
ance of tho feeling excited by the glad tidings of
the lust forty hours iu tlio Union circle# What
bright smiling Iscos; what warm words of mu
tual congratulations; what ardent expressions
of confidence iu the ultimate triumph of the
righteous cause ! Truly, it wus. an almost be
wildering trausit from darkness to I'ght; irom
the depths of despondency to the light of hope
fulness.
There wus first tho uws of thu suncsiful en
trance of the great nuvul expedition iuto Fort
Royal harbor, and that of tiie bombardment and
ultimate capture of the rebel Htrongliuldn, Wal
ker aud Beauregard —the slurs end -ripe# once
more raised on South Caroliuu soil.
Then cuuie the first at count of thn battle of
Belmont, claiming a Confederate victory to'be
won, hut admitting the destruction of n rebel
camp, the loss ot some artillery, und many hun
dred killed, wounded and mLeuig, which was
enough to convince us that there was a defeat nt •
the bottom of tho allogcu victory. Best ot ail,
thevurious reports of the destruction of a number
of bridges and tho tele-graph lines, hy Ihe brave
Kast Tenmurieo Unionists, ou tho Kant Tennessee
und Virginia railroads, and the rising in aims of
the loyal muuntalneeiu against the rebel usur
pers uud opprussois. Glorious news indeed!—
Almost too good tobe believed, and yet undoubt
edly oorrect, from beariug the stump of rebel au
thority.
Secretary Smnl uu the .Nigger Questiou.
Dki-akimknt ok t*TArt I
Washington, Deo. 4th, 1 SRI. J
Maj. (Jen. tiro. 11. AftCleiian, Waohinyton .
UtNKRAi. 1 uru directed by the Precidcnt to
cull your attention to the following Persons
claimed to be held in service or luhor und. r the
laws of the Siam of Virginia, und actunUy em
ployed iu hostile service egniu.it the Government
of the United Blutus, frequently t*. apo from the
lilies of the enemy 4 * force and are received with
in (he lines of Ihe uriuy of (tie Pht-muo. The
Department understands that finch persons after
wards coining into the city of Washington, are
liable to he arrested l-y the city Police, up.on tho
presumption arising from color thnt they are
fugtlves from service or labor hy the 4>h section
of the uct of fitigresj uppr-.ved August ftb,
1861, entitled “an uct to contisouto proporty
used for insurrectionary pnrjm.-es.” Such em
ployment is Hindu a full uud snllicient answer to
any further claims for service or labor. Persons
thus employed and escaping, ar# received into
the military protection of the United Mtates, mrrl
their arrest as fugitives fr.-m labor or service
should he immediately followed l-y military ar
rest of the p irtlcs milking the scisurc. Copies
of :hi# ooiutnuulcatbm will lie rent, to the Mayor
of Washington and to the Murslial of the Dis
trict of Columbia, tl-ti any collision between
the military ami civil authorities may he avoided.
I mu General,
V -ur very obedient servant,
WM. ii. SEWARD.
Tbe Invasion of the Mississippi Valley,,,ben Hal
leek’s Flan.
The usually well informed St. Louis corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Knqutrer, wr tes as
follows ia that paper:
The new spepera ol this country are continu
ally alluding to the expedition down the Mis
sissippi river, as if that was actually the con
templated programme us the movement under
(Jen. llalleck. The movement will not be
and .wu the Mississippi river, but go up tho
Teuueaeee, where Gen. Iliilleck’s forces—7s,-
000 strong—willleuve the river and march in
the rear of Columbus, Hickman, and ether
points tow urd Memphis. This muim-uver will
compel the rebels At Columbus and other
point* lo lull back on Memphis, thus leayiug
Die river clear lir the guul- -ut* and traue
portMiiou vnsels to juts* up nud down unfHo
les < ed
The Contederatea ere occupying their time
in loi,iiyiug .New Madrid, Uoluuibiis and other
(mints, and are mounting the annm with a large
number of gun* Ijton the npprouuh of our
troops toward their rcu., rat iter than he cut ofl
from all communication with the .South, the
Confedeintfs will have to fall hick. Mo de
femes have been thrown up on tho Tennessee
river, and the continual running up and down
(hot stream of gnnt-onts Ims kept the shores
entirely clear of masked batteries and fortifica
tions. Our army will meet with no re*'i*i.iiice
and will, by chi* movement, accomplish the
Mime result without lon# of life mid proper'/
that the river expedit on might have done, af
ter *evete lo* on both *ule, and a fearful
destruction ofpioperty, both private and pub
llo,
The column ol Major General llalleck will
move forward in conjunction with (Jen. Buell’s
division ol iiO.OOO men from Louisville, which
jirm eed* t> rough Kentucky via Bowling Green
to Nashville. The friend* <-f the Union have
great reason to feel confident ill the assertion
made by those iu author ty. that the wur w II
have been ended iu about three iiionGie. As
the attacking |iarty the enemy are annoyed at
thu uncfcrtamty ot the point* our commander*
eliill attack; for m*tance Memphis will not
be taken via t'liluiiibus uml tl.e ri er ; Rich
murid wdl no’ be captured via Muiaiiai ; nor
will the naval fleet make it* conquest* in the
i mull iter pie*crihed by the th-nfederate Gene
ral*. Already these annoyance* and defeats
are dealing great uneasiiieae am.-ng the Con
lederalei, nud thie element m Ht I.< ui*i#nct
now so sanguine us they were h few weeks
since The defenders of the (Triton, Oil the
other hand, are confident, for
“Everything lie* level to our wish,
pause Til these rebels now nfdot
tome under ne a lb tiie yoke ofgovurnnient. 14
Freabylrrisn Ernrral Assembly.
This b>dy uttar a vary hrm minus and ardu
nus session at Augusta, GeL, Hosed its labors
on lant Monday night, The ComtitutionaUit,
of that oity, referring tojts action sa; s :
“Jt has placed the Fresbyisrlan Church us
the C'un/ederatn Hiatus on a firm nnd independent
foundation, and acted for the best in Greats of
that oburch, of whioh it is the grand s uncil,—
Tbs next Assembly will meet st Memphis ou
ths first Tuesday la May oext.