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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.