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H- I ' ., J i 6 iljLjij-ii. CLARKSVILLE, TfiNN.:,' FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20,' 1801. ii i r. NUMBER 3. VOLUME 13. '' 4 Important Foreign Newa I , AltllutU England on tin Maron-SUdeU Affair I Surrender of the CommiusioncrsDctDanJocl! Special Dirpatch to the Memphis Appeal. '""'ittcwMoiw, Dec. IT. An important dispatch wa3 receivrd last 'night by the President in regard to h$ alleged altitude assumed by England touching "He Moson-Slldcll affair, and was oomniunicittcd to he Confederate (Jongresa this murning. V i ift; Robertson, of- Richmond, annonneed to tha House of Delegates to-dny that tlx dispatch gate assurances that the rlkilUu Guvecomcnt had de manded of the United States an unconditional sur render of the Commissioners, Messrs. M"on and eiidcll, and their Secretaries Biutis and Macfar land. . The InMIigchce lias produced the greatest tx 'Xtement here in political circle, and various opin ion are elpfissed aa regards (he course thut will be liken in tue matter by the Lincoln Goverumeut. '" For Revenue Collector , .We are authorized to nnnoaoc-'e R. IT. PmcRRtxo ''a candidate fur Revenue Collector, fbi Montgomery f'oilDtT. at the next MaivJi election. V Dec'l3, lf)61-te . , " C. S.. America OnonAjrcn Oppice, V " , Hifhmond, Va., Dec. 18, 1861. f . -'TH( trrdnance Bureau of the Confederate State grce to receive all "Charcoal Blast Iron," dciiv-jsxsil.ai-Kasltville, - Momphis,-Florence, Aln., or Chattanooga, on pr hefore, the 1st of January, 1863, and (ayfor It- i85 per .gross too, at the oint of delivery. Iron delivered at Nashville, Chattanooga, or Florence," Alii.,' Will be paid for by Lieut. W. II. Wright MashviHo, on receipts of ngents, to be de signsred by htm, lit those- points; thai delivered at Memphis, by Maj. W. fc. Hurt. '' ' t" ' PartipSwiH please, assort their iron, 1, J, 3, ' j a. UOKGAS, Lieut. Col., ., . - f . ' Chief of Ordnance. Pec. 20, lS61-lm -OORN WANTED! 50,000 ille, for the c RUSnELS OF fcO&N WANTED, from the neighborhood of Claiks- army at Rowling-green. Kv. I will contract .with rcsimiisihle parties for 50,000 bush "b Of t'drtr (or less) delivered at the Railroads' de- pots at Clarksville, Tuits Station, Undensville. To be furnished in sacks or in the ear. I wtah infor- Tn.uiou at once. Address we; Capt. L. O. BRIDEWELL, t r- Quartarmastey, Bowling-green, Ky. Dda;lij6iw. ... . . " NEGRO HIREING. I will, on Tuesday, Slst inst., hire for the cnsiir ring year, at tlio ' reikdonre bf Dr. A. M. Rog er1, deed,. 47 NEGiUIJiS, belonging to the estate of the said HogeM. Among Ihem will be Ib'.uid f IV UnklS CarpcoiU'rs, !Sum-nmkcr, house rerfanta, luiiriea, took and Viishcrs, all young and likely. Bond and security required. " M. O. CilIOt.9ClN, Adin'r. pec.Jggi-ltT.! l tij!T'Jj. .. --- '- . . Administrators' Notice. ALL persons knowing themselves Indebted to the estate of C. I). West. dcc'uVnre hereby notified to come forward and ncikc payment, nnd u!l thoo having claims against the estate arc requested to present them 0r settlement nivnrdintr to Iiw. This Dec. 1st 1801. Tllifci. J. NKF.LKV, Ailministnilor. ft yf)e a0t844vv. I MASONIC NOTICE I Tlt nvmbcrs of CLAIIKSV1LI.K WbGti No. ' "Vr hereby notifit d to alien 1 the stated meeting on the -1st Monday in January next. A full iit- tendauce is desired, as the annual election of Olli- ccrs will take jae. l!v ordef of , : - , XllVS. McCl'LLOCH, W. M. ''W.-j: Et.T, flec'y. (I tksville, Dec. 20, ir,C 2w. ' - SALE OF NEGROES. In the 4th Monday in January, 1 S't . at the Court yoiviJ 4U Clufksville, I will cell, to. thu high est bidder, for cash, two Negro Men, conveyed t( i mo by W. E. Luter, for the benefit of (i. S. Dick Sale at 1 1 o'clock, A. M. T. W. KINO, Tru-tcc. Dec. 13, '61-4w Four Neat Cottages for Rent, FOR THE YEAR 1 8 0 2. I ,Twp df the cotfnges situated on 7th street, now 'occcpted by Mr. Gilllatt and Mr. IJ.irton; the other two situated oil Aecadeiny street, in good i, uiir, with cisterns and all necessary out buildings. Terms, to good tenants, liberal. Apple to , , WM. L. CAKDJXEU. Dtfc 13, I8f.l-4w Administrator's Notice. All persons inMeoteu toMie estate of r. IS. Heau- mont, uec n. will coin torwanl and make settle ment, and all persons having claims against said Wtpte will preaont tliem iu the time specified by law, or they will be barred. : II. R. TiKWATi a is my authorized ngcut to.'col Icct all debts duo suid estate. S. K. BEAUMONT, Adm'r. N. B. All the remaining stock of goods will be old as usual at the old stand, where I can be found by all persons' interested. S. F. II. Dec. 12th. 18G1-4W. Hog and Beef Trimmings ! Sarkbnntt, .Shouhlrr Kibt, Xiuray .Vnif, Jlruiiu. Hetf Shank; Jfuarti, Liven, Ftet, ((r., ' For sale, at the Government Pork Uonse, every - iy, during the Season. fn.l'eraoiis desiring to purchase must send the tif hi ehunit. K. M. BRUCE A CO., Ag'ts, C. S. A. Dec 0, lSCl-.iw Clarksville Female Academy. 4 i . - - . Our Institution having b'crt impressed by mil i i .(ary authority, for hospital purposes, the school is necessarily suspended for the pnstiiL So toon as W can Secure snitahlc quarters, lie will re-open the day, and possibly, boarding I'Kirf rt-ii1j !ili. Our teacher, ' terms, ic, w ill he the same as heretofore. '. J, S. II ALONE. . , . Clarksville, Deo. C, 1801. 3U Administrator's Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of Thomas II, liatsuq, ac d, nrc bcrcliy not i tied to tile the same with us, as Administrators, within the time specified by Uw, and all vln sre indebted to lb estate are also notified ta come, forward nud inakt Immediate settlement. W. It. I1ATSON, SMITH BATSOV, ..., . - Adw'rs ef 1, II. liitson, dee' d. Etc V6V.4W Administrator's Notice, All persons having claims gutst the esiate of A. F. Johnston, dee d, are hereliy untitled to t ie , the aamo with me, as AdminUuator, within ilK. we specineu ny law, ami i n.i i n.. an imicni.ii the estate are also notified to come foiwurd and mail) iiuincdiato settlement. , h. i. UoLLINS, Adm'r. Dec 8, 'Cl-4w j Notice. W have no hnnd large stork if Over Coats, Businew Coats tnd Nim Clothing, which u are elling at the viJ finrt. Call and rxaiir.ue tlii-m a we are determined to lo- out lv the 1st of Jan aarv. W AiHiLNKII 4 o Pltll'V, i'wt ! ai t V... t?, Frmkli " ffilarfeviHi Chronicle, . R. W. THOMAS, EMtor. ' ' TERMS: $i PER AfitiVM IN ADVANCE TERMS OF ADVERTISING, , troR ota iqu.vm or twilvi links or i,rs. One liwertinit Two insertions ' Three insertions One month fl 1 -1 2 Two months Three nn.nl lis Six months .Twelve months $4 SO 5 00 I 9 00 15 00 CLAEK8VILLE. Friday, December 20th, 1861. ' fc When Loreimo Dow was requested to detect the man who stole the axe, he carried a stone Into the pulpit, and, after explaining that a theft had been committed, and expressing the be lief that the thief Was iu the church, he Btated that he would throw the stone at random, and begged the congregation to sit still, assuring them that no one but the guilty man would be struck. He then went "through the motion'' of throwing the stone, and the thief dodged behind a pillar. We do nut mean to sny that wt llirc a slonc into the congre gation, last week, or that . we saW any one dodge, and' merely reproduce the aneccote as an illus tration of the proneness of constious tjhilt tb 1 e tray itself even in advance of accusation. And what is "the exteut of our offending ?" . Actuated by a desire partly felOsu and partly patriotic to protect the poor with whom we have a community of feeling and Interest, ngttinst a combination of governmental and private capital. We arraigned before the tribunal of public opiuion, farmers, gro cers, merchants, millers, speculator, and Govern ment agents, upon the snma broad charge of fixing upon the necessaries of life a price above the means of families whose protectors are fighting the battles of the Confederacy and Interposing their bodies, as a wall of fire, between the foreign foe and the domestic oppressor. " ' u ' l To make good these tharpres, wo alluded, in gen eral terms, to Ilia conduct of the parties arraigned, placing at the head of the list of offenders the Government itself. We invited attention to the fact, that the Government is pnying ten thousand dolhrs reht for a pork-housc, but tailed to state the objectionable features of the transaction. Since, however, our motives have been impeached, it is due to ourselves hs well as the publuj that we give the grounds upon which our objections are based. If we are correctly informed, this property lot, Louse nnd fixtures is rated, on the Assessors book, at precisely the sum it is rented for, nnd it requires no fkiti at calculation to develop the conclusion that, if the cash valuation of property he paid for three months use of the same, there is a rcrew lojse somewhere. We nrc further informed that a responsible party, of this vicinity, offered to furnish the house nnd the labor and do all tiio packing for the Government, at this point, for the same sum that is now beins paid for rent alone. If these statements are not true, we will cheerfully publish any authorized nnd nuthenticat :d enirt'etion ; but, if true, the conclusion is unavoidable, that a wrung has been perpetrated, and it is our p:iwlcgc, a? well as duty, to call public attention to it as a matter of public interest, It is clear ihnt neither the Got ern ment nor the people. enn be benefitted by such a transaction because the interest of the r.ho is the interest of the other, nnd the dill inust be paid by taxation. Dut we liave a v ord foore to snv in connection with this branch ot the subject. We have conver sed with many jn-rsous, in town and country, and all agree that, if t!i Gorprnnent, through its agent?, had fi.vfil the price of pork at six dollars licit, it would have given general satisfaction, nnd . 'he farmers would freely havcbroiight forward their surplus for t1 e use of the Government. Instead of this, however, as high ns ten dollars gross hns been paid, thus doubling the cost to the Government and putting the price far lieyond the reach of those of limited means. We will not slop to inqu rc whether the Government, or Its agents, is responsi ble for ti ls deplorable state of things, farther than to venture the opinion that the former litis been loose in lis instructions, nud th latter disposed to hike advantage of the licence allowed. Hut, be this ns it may, the fact stands out, in bold nlief, that the poor are the sufferers by tho failure of tho powers that lc to. regulate the price of necessaries by the standard of justice and humanity. Hail (his been done, ajrents wuuld have had no discretionary pow ers over the most vital interests of the masses, and neither they nor the speculators would have come forward as competitors of the poor fur the staff of life. Our remarks in reference to pork and dealers therein apply w ith equal force to corn, flour nnd salt, and the wcudrr is not. lhat dollar-worshippers bare run up the price So hili, butliiat the duvet n nictits State and Confederate have permitted the infliction of so great a wrong upon tho most nume rous and far (he tfiost patriotic class of el-cry com- ! niimlty. The Legislatures of two or three States have taken this matter in hand, and not only reg ulated the price of necessaries, but denounced heavy penalties against those who violate tho law. This should be done by every State, nnd, in the event of failure, the Confederate Government should interpose nnd rescue the many from the opprc.-sioti of the few. The right to Impress a man's negro and fix tho price of his services requires no stretch nig to make it rover the cafes under consideration, and no more sacred duty can devolve iqiou a Gov ernment than that of driving from the humble nhode of the middle classij the gaunt poverty en ycndcrc'l in the temples, of the niouey-t hni.gcis and thence ent forth fipc'ii its nii.-iuii of death. The maimer in which this duty has been ditciuuged is iiianifrttcd in wholesale extortion, Mini heralded !v the voice of n'ntost universal complaint. I'm i .. i. .i ,i.A i ....... l. ...... .1 .. l t, I i,i it-. ii i uc iiuiiMidiiin tin, i tin . v . i.a t ud.-.ivon.l to iliM-iiargc our iiuty in this connec tion, and take leave of n subject which presents lit ,n.., t j retros'i-l, or cheering ii to. . . ,,...-, ,, ,.,,..,,,. r .h., W..,.i. L ,.,v. Old Ale ami I corns it is bccuii.-c he put Ids loot iu the way. lxir Cotton is n'llin; in Now York at a',,, ut lliiuviwo cents, and this prut ISA very guilicaiit commentary iiihiIi Yankee hoasli that .hey wiil pro. arc an ainph, supply from the Gulf const, through II. e agency l inetr nullity neci. They don't Iwtieie their own lies, and the plica ol ention i- .nad.' a tisni ing. t&y?o occasionally sec articles) in ex- ! treme Southern papers, proclaiming that the Con federate States ara" fighting; for free-trade. If so, they are fighting for a very foolish and ruinous (Toctrine, but we rather 6Uspcct that the declaration is put forth as a feeler for foreign synipalhyi Our impression has been thnt the South is fighting for independence of Northern domination, and for the maintninance of rights' which the tfhion and the Constitution failed to Secure. It is ftirther our hope that, when the war is over, peace will find the Confederate Government committed to no policy of doubtful" exjiedicncy, and at its head, statesmen of liberal Bnd enlarged views who will go for such measures as are best calculated to pn.mote our prosperity agricultural and manufacturing as well commercial. The road to national independence runs not through free-trade nnd direct taxation, and 111 only way to reach such independence Is by the manufhcttire, nt home; of articles uf prime necessity, making the attainment of this paramount object as compatible as possible with enlightened views of commercial intercourse with foreign nations. 95, We publish, to-day, the comments of the Louisville Journal on the Report of the Sec retary of War, and regret that we have not room for his remarks, of tlio day before-, on Lincoln's mess age. They are as severe as they are Just, and but for its previous courlf, one would infer that the Journal is a rancerous Southern paper. It would seem, though we can hardly believe it, tnat Prentice has just opened his eyes to the fnct that the aboli tion of slat fry is A lea ling object of the war, and with this new iight befote hirlt neW, bBcnnse he has wilfully closed his eyes against it he calls upon Northern conservatism to save the nation by crush ing the radicalism now in the ascendant at Wash ington. He sees now the terrible attitude in which he has helped to place Kentucky, and foreseeing the storm of indignation likely to be raised by the action of the Lincoln Government on the slavery question, and feeling that the storm might to burst upon his own head, he would feign ignorance, here tofore, of Northern policy and enter a protest against it under which to take shelter from the wrath of his deluded victims. 8 The movement of the Lincoln des potism towards the recognition of the independence of IJaytl and Liberia adds another difficulty to the impossibility of a reconstruction of the Union. If the Yankees consult their own taste in the item of negro equality with themselves, and place the true estimate,' thereby, tipott theif owli degrndej socinl position, they will have to excuse Southerners from a like exhibition of low instincts. We have long been of opinion thnt tho most highly scented Afri can is fully the equal of the most dainty nbolition- ist, and the conduct of the Yankees has made that opinion a conviction. C3u Ccn-i Ilallcck lias Issued ail order requiring the Union men who seek refuge in St. Louis to be quartered in the houses nnd fed nnd clothed nt the expense of the secessionists of the city. Ef?ry such act will meet its punishment sooner or later, and deepens the hatred that is to sunder the North nnd Couth as far apart as the poles. We hiust all feel acutely the wrongs heaped upon"lho victims of Northern brrbarily, hut the ultimate effect ,vill be most salutary upon the policy of the South towards the demons it once recognized as brothers. Let them wreak their vengeance whilst they have the power the day of retribution will ecrtiiirly come, nnd no item of the black nc. count will be forgotten. fy" President Davis hns telegraphed to Memphis that there is not one word of truth in the nqiort thut Gen. Trire is to be superceded. This is welcome news to the admirers of the gallant officer who has so nobly sustained the Southern ca"ee in Missouri. Iiispriwing with the spado us an imple ment f scientific "warfare, (ieivrice has fought the enemy whenever aud wherever his judgment dictated, consulting the chnracter of his troojis and the surrounding circumstances rather than the rules lai" down in the lawks, and has been eminently successful, considering the limited means at his disxisal. Any interference with his command would prove a national calamity. tf, A Northern paper makes the im portant announcement that it is McClcllan's policy "to quell rebellion by a mighty pressure, and not by a mighty slaughter." The mighty slaughter was tried al Rig Bethel, Vienna, Bull Run, Manassas, Leesburg, Oak Hill, nud Ilelmont, but it was "over the left," and the mighty pressure experiment at Wild Cat ought to convince them lhat neither plan of operation will succeed. Roth the slaughter nud the pressure have lcen, and w ill continue to be, the experience of the Yankee troops whenever and wherever they dare to lace Southerners in the open field. loT The latest accounts repott the ad vance of Zollicoffer and the retreat of the Hessians before him. Iu a skirmish at Somerset, thirteen Yankees were killed add fourteen taken prisoners. Our loss, one horse killed nud one man wounded. A Yankee company of cavalry was also attacked, at Fbhing creek, and pursued six miles, leaving behind them guns, blankets and pistols. We have the fullest faith in Gn. Zollicotler, aud look for Important results from bis movements. lff" den. Prentice, in a ppeoch at Ft. JourpH, Mo., declared that every citizen of that town should hike the onih of alleginnre Of be sent to work in the trenches nt Fort Smith. Tiie hum blest worker in ticiiches will .have a clearer con science and a clearer title, to the churai ter of a geii'Uemau tlmrt the brute who sends him there. BJX. Old Wool is nut J to have resolved upon a visit to Rii-hmnud, from Fortress Monroe. If he goes bv Rig I'.elhel, the visit will result as did 1 .i . M..T ..ii VI.. a Itlll lil t.im Ink - i r hi in .hi i 'iin vu. it. .. . ..... ... ...... - - , lint road he may, lie win gel women. a" President Lincoln favors tho envli- ("en. Rm ll do not nirce upon lhat iKiiut. Ahe is out of danger and Ruell Is not-heuce tho differ - enro of opinion. x BtSr Pccrctarv fhui-c said, recently, in '. ..-ply to a toiut, that the Mack uegro iu .South cnmuim is, in ma ;', wimrr mi- .m.i rvhcl. And, in our eyes, the whit I nooliliiniisl 1 twt a blan ker heat I than the Otvil himtelf. g& Wo owe an apology to onr readers for the grumbling tone of our editorials tills week, but the patience of Job wonld b exhausted, cooid lhat Wrthy be resurrected and made acquainted with the grievances which the Govtfument and the people are made to ' endure at the hands of ardent friends of the South whose patriotism is bounded by se" and gtiaged by the amount of profit in a contract. Fault-finding W, to us, a very unpleasant business, and nothing bnt a stern sense of duty impels us to ttie task. We do not know the parties whose conduct we are consttnined to censure, nnd therefore no charge of personal malice can be brought against us ; but we have a country to serve, in our bumble sphere", and, as a faithful sentinel, must give the alarm when e see its interest en dangered, whether by aa external foe or a more insidious and dangerous enemy at home. They who set up the "immortal flo'lar" ns1 the grid of their idolntry, rar.My feel a higher impulse, and in the fanaticism of their wocship, country is merged in self, and they would tear down the temple of liberty itself could they make a dime by icllitig lU broken fragments.' ' " n i ii 8i5y In a little ramble which we took the other day, about the suburbs, our attention was called to the condition of a number of cattle that have been brought here to be packed for the Con federate Government, and we confess our utter astonishment that such stuff, bearing the name of beef, should be permitted to be palmed off upon our gallant soldiers. It is a shame and a disgrace. Are our soldiers dogs, that they s.iould be fed on bones wrapped up in a little muscle so blue that indigo might be extracted from it? We don't know whoie business it ts to supervise this import i nt branch of the military supply, bnt we do hope that there will be a capable inspector appointed who will throw every pound tif tile beet upon the hands that provided it. It is bard enough for our soldiers to risk health and life with the best that, can bel ornlshed them, but to bo put off with sQch beef1 as is packed here, is a cruel insult. BSa. We would like to ask the city au thorities if there is no remedy for the intolerable stench which arises from the pork-house. There must bo some law for th abatement of nuisance, arid the pdHiob Of the tdwti lying north of that establishment hns a peculiar right fb demand that the law shall be enforced. The air is literally sat urated with the effluvia, and the citizens subjected to it can neither eat nor sleep in comfort. Sik-We understand that some farmers who have sold their pork here nt twelve dollars, feeling ashamed of having countenanced such an imposition upon the people and the Government, have taken pains to excuse themselves by saying the price was offered and and they took it. They hadn't the conscience to ask it, and felt a;hnincd to receive it. Bfju Andy Johnson is urging SIcCIellan to send troops to the relief of the loyalists of East Tennessee. What is the use, if a panic strikes them at Wild Cat ? Bfj)U It seems that a majority of the members of Lincoln's Congress hesitate to take the fatal plunge recommended by Cameron. It will be a terrible day for the North when the South is forced to raise the black flag. tSF Tho Lincoln nnd Cameron pro grnmmo of freeing nnd nrming the slaves of the South, is creating great dissatisfaction in portions of the North, whilst it is doing good service for the Confederate cause wherever disaffection has been. manifesting itself. The barbarous proposition adits incnlmiiibly to Ihe strength of the Sodtli, and hpoh the Northern vandals it can not fail to heap the contempt and execrations of every civilised people on earth: : : l&y Mr. Guorgo Hillniarf, of this city, presented us, one day this wceit, witli a specimen beet from his garden. It is smooth and solid, Bnd weighed, a few days after being dug, twenty. four pounds. BJU The following is the lending article In the Louisville Journal of the 6th Inst. We this morning' publish the official report of ; ecrt-tary Cameron. As rcsM-cts the question of slavery, the report confirms our worst npprchen sions. And the most grievous fact of all is that the report on tins head can be regarded only as an e.miision of what tho President says in the same relation. The report of the Secretary is of course sanctioned by the 1 resident. hat is Saul by the ono concerning slavery is but the illumination of wh it is said by tho other. Tho Secretary in this respect is no worse than tho President; nnd the President is no better than the Secretary. The oounlrv hns lil'le to hope from either, except iu the dhqiosiiioii tha' wo trust both have to heed the counsels of the country s own lic.tter judgment aud belief imtftre, lint these couusels must bo heard unmistakably to tie needed. hen so heard we believe they will be heeded; Wo now, however, dismiss tlie secretary, Mid shall hereafter deal with the principal in the case. Tho conviction wo expressed iu our columns yes terday; and the course ot ncttou we then proposed, gather additional strength from the developments of every hour. The radicals in Congress nppenr to have things their own way. J lie vluwacter of the propositions they introduce and the favor the wild est of theif propositions receive are positively frightful. Congress has opened with a fauoticul howl, and seems ready without a pause to leap into the furthest depths of radicalism. The winds of sectional passion are unchained. The teniiest is abroad. The billows of ami-slaveryisin are run ning mountain high nt Washington. Their fierce four is stunning the car of the nation. Tho lashed and raging seu cf fanaticism is thundering against tho barrier' of tha Coiisttiution, aud threaleus to sweep them utterly away. Uehiiid these barriers stands the President alone; aud he, instead of re buking tlio storming waves, throws over them the witching moonlight of his couuteiiance. lie bends before the storm. Is it uut inauili'st that, if the Pufxidcnt is hot promptly and resolutely supported by thu conservative seutiniciit of tha nation, by that benlftceiil and mighty genius whose real spi ll has as yet we fear becu lelt only purliully at Wash ington, there is most serious da.iyer thut the up roarious scit of an ti -slavery ism will presently burst throuc.il all const i .itioiiul ban iers and carry aivnv ' hiinfimd tlicm alii.eiipon 1 s riiahing waiisf Nuth i"g iincnrti more mail lest to us. it appears too plain tor rational di pute. Let, then, the conae-vativa sentiment of the mi lion come up promptly nnd lesoliilrly to the support of Ilia 1'residout. Let the great genius of toiueri- ati.-in shake oil his siuun e:-s, nmr rt onco lay bis ih'II truly and iWply f the officer charged above 1 U """ 'i'' "m;vatiou of thu gio.-iu.is ark ol human liberty and human hot. e rei, what wo said yesterday With the rfd,led emphasis of stienglkeut'd con notion. .1 !.l J , 1 . ...... , , ' . .,rwnU,ior.H to , VmAani in ulVor ,j K regu ilur aud svstumalic exchaag of pri , oners. He will prolatbly succreil la having hi views approved and "led iym. BY TELEGRAPH. Battle in Western Vifglniat Richmono. Va, Dec. 16 1861. A battle ns teen fought at Alleghany mountains, fifteen miles from Mot) fry, Five thousand of the enemy. under Gen. Uevnolds. made a nltrht march on Thursday R 1 ,4 DIU IV 1 1,111 juim, vviujivnu u, wuv V. Bla, on Friday morning. The enemy was repulsed after great slaughter, with a loss of about five hundred killed and wound ed. Eiahtr five dead were left on the field. Our loss was dne hnndred killed, wounded and missing, Capt, Anderson, df Tennessee, cdmmaoding the Virginia battery was killed. Stapntoi, Va., Dee., 14. A dispatch from Col. Johnston states that the enemy attacked him yes terday, five thousand drong arid suffered a great loss atier an engagement Ol seven nours. jonn ston's force was 1,200. . . . W. W. Lobino. Maxcy Gregg Colonel of the 7th South Carolina Regiment has been appointed Brigadier-General and assigned to duty. Richmond, Dec. 14 There is official intelligence that the Federals, 5,000 strong, attacked Colonel Edward Johnston's command in Valley Mountain bnlbe.l3thi.bat they Were repulsed, With great loss, after an engagement of seven hours. The battle commenced at seven in the morning. John ston's force numbered 1200, but have since been teipfdrced by two regiments. . Johnston is a Virginian and a griidiiate of1 West Point, but commanda the 12th Georgia regiment Brigadier-General McCulloch has arrived here. Livkrfoou, England, Nor. 27. Most intese ex citement here to-day, under tha intelligence of the taking of the Southern Commissioners, Mason and Slidell, from the British mail steamer Trent, An indignation meeting was promptly held, and reso lutions were carried by acclamation, denouncing the insult and calling noon the Government to maintain the dignity of the nag. Some prominent merchants Spoke against precipitate action, nnd said the matter had better bo left to the Govern ment. The feeling of indignation is general. . Con sols declined in London J per cent. The following is the resolution adopted by the meeting: Resolve!, That this meeting having heard with indignation that an American Federal ship of war has forcibly taken from a British mail steamer cer tain passengers, peaceably under the shelter of our flag from one neutral port to another, we do ear nestly coll on the Government to assert Die digni ty of the British flag. Acodsta, Dec. 14. It is reported here that the Georgia Legtslatnre appropriated $100,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the Charleston fire. - RiCHMoon, Dee. 15. In the Virginia Legislature measures are progressing to make appropriations for the relief of the Charleston sufferers by the re cent lire. - " Ir.dicntions are again strong of d .tery early en gagement at Mannssns and other points oh the Po tomac, and possibly on the Peninsula. New Om.KAXs, Dec, 14. The TrUe Delta has just received intelligence from an unquestionable source, that over eight thousand i ertcrnl troops nave made a landing on Ship Island. This advance de tachment is under the command of Gen. Butler. Information bos also been received that a large additional force is hourly expected at that point. The programme is announced lo be to land the troops on the Mississippi coast, and march to Mobile, while the naval force will endeavor to effect a pass age past Fort Morgan, into Mobile Bay. In the event of success in this movement, a simultaneous attack, by land and sea, is exjiected to be made. Bowt.txo Gree), Dec: 14. Tlie Cincinnati Com mercial of the 11 th says Garret Davis has been elected to the Senate vice Breckinridge. . A court ot Inquiry has pronounced Gen. Sher man of Kentucky insane. RucU s advance to Green river is to be tho sig nal for a general Federal advance. The following named gentlemen were eleeted to the provisional Congress of the Confederata States; 1st District, H. C. Burnett; 2d, John Tlioiiiasv 3d, Gcorgfc W. F.wing; 4th, D. P. White; Mil, T. L. Burnett; 6th, John M. Elliott; 7th, S. II. Ford; 8th, Thomas B. Monroe; 9th, Thos.. Johnson; 10th, OeTrge 11. (lodge. Scouts from Green river report the Federals as repairing the Railroad Bridge. Batteries are planted on the North side lo protect the workmen. There nrft fiO Federals' South of the river. Washington, Dec. 10. The corresondcnt of the Philadelphia Inquirer says that numbers of cit izens of Georgetow n and Alexandria openly favor the Confederates. A resolution favoring the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was brought up in council at Washington on the loth. There-is no doubt but that Congress will move in this matter at an early day. Washington, Dee. 10. It is believed that the Confederate force before the Federal lines number at least 70,000. The corrcspondnnt of the New York Post on the 0th says that Thadcus Stevens stated in the Re publican caucus that after Cameron's report had been accepted by Lincoln. Gen. McClcllan went to President and said he would resign if that portion of Cameron's report respecting the emancipation or enrolling of slaves, was sent to Congress, and the report was modified. The statement created com motion among the radical Republicans, who think McClcllan interfering where be has no business. Affairs at the metropolis are evidently getting tnrtgled The Post says that McClellan should be arrested. Seward's letter to Minister Dayton, Id" France, Is out. Seward U anxious to' abolish privateering. Thouvenal is chary. Seward rejects the proposition of neutrality. Wilae's official statement of Mason and Slidell's arrest charges the British agent With complicity in their escape to Eiffope. Pendleton, of Ohio, moved that Congress alone has the power to suspend tho writ of habtai corpiu nnd s'uke at length. The resolution was tabled four to one. Hheroian, of Ohio, in tha Senate, advocated an inquiry into the Bull Run and Bull UlufT affair. He thought the cause and whole conduct of the war ought to be investigated. Mason, Slidell, McFarland and Eustis have pub. lished, in ihe New York Herald, a protest against their seizure. Nsw York; Dec. 10. Cotton firm, sales 1800 bales; middling uplands 31 to 31 J. Richmond, Dec. 13. New .York papers of the 10th, and Baltimore of the lfth, have, been re ceived at Ccntrevillo. The news of the Mason aud Slidell affair has not yet rruched Englund. The steamer Nashville is still at Southampton, creating some discussion. The London Times says the Nash vilie' rnust be treated a-t a slrijVftT war, on the same footing with those of the tailed State. The almlitioii tendency of the Federal Govern ment is barras-ing the North. A large number of the Hn'teras prisoners, Inclu ding eleven officer have lieen released from Fort Warren. Grrr. . flunks has font into winter quar ters at Frederick. Gen. Scotland family have ar rived in Kngland. Lorisviu.R, Pec. 10th. Zollicoffcr has not ad vanced North of Cumberland river. The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes a slnCeneul which evinces I lie number of sick and wouuded Federals at from forty to fifty thousand. The New York i'orresK)nileiit of Ilia Enquirer, says Minister Faulkner has beea liberated and will suiti' f,e en route South. Wall street is afliielrd with the blue In eonse ipipnre of ih big esdmate of tha Secretary of the Tr.-Mary. Tl, u VurU lluml.l if thm lOth lavi ftenpral i tA. ..f Uinm4 kii i,lr. mil i,.t tt VAUNT Vir. giuian appointed over uim. FsAKimmT, la-c. 10. Oafret Davis is elected U. S. Senator in place uf John C. Breckiuridge. Acoi sTA. (!a, Dec. 1 3. Via New Orleans. The Charleston Murcury of Ibis morning says lhal B.f churches wera destroyed by tire on Weduesday, vis The Cathedral, bU 1'rter'S Episcopal, Ctrvberlaad Street Methodist an 4 CirrnUr ekurcheei alto the Institute Hall; St'. Andrew's Hall, Apprentice' Li brary, Southern Express Office, the l alrnetto. Sa ving Institute, trie Cmtrlcston Savings Institute, the Art Association Cotton Press, and Cameron ft Co.'s Foundry. The slaves worked scalowsly and faith- fully to amist the firemen. Capt. J. E. Bowers was sluhtly wounded bv an explosion. The Courier gives a list of two or tlii'ce hundred sufferers, and says the tdtal loss is from five to seven millions of dollars. Mr. Russell, in whose sash and blind factory the fire originated, thinks it the work of an incendiary or carelessness of the negroes quartered near by. Reports from Beaufort say the .Yankees ad vanced, took position near Tort Royal Ferry Tues day last, and crorsed dndcr eover of artillery to Ihe main land, aud destroyed suni Confederate rifle pits. AtrorsTA, Dec. 13. A meeting of citizens was held here this morning to relieve tha sufferers by the Charleston fire. Over $5,000 was subscribed in a short tune. Charleston, Dec, 1 4. The Sferrvry this morn ing gives a list of five hundred and seventy-six buildings destroyed by tha Are Wednesday. One negro woman was fatally burned. Col. Ashbt'S Fiuht. The Lynchburg Rrpubli- can of the 12th says: ., The telegraphic report of the skirmish between Col. Ashby's cavalry and tha Yankees on Sunday tost, which we published yesterday morning, is confirmed by passengers who came from trie neigh borhood of Winchester yesterday evening, The fight took place near Winchester, and resulted in the dofeat of the enemy with a reported loss of twenty-nve Killed, ahout forty wounded and sixty taken prisoners; together with a Ittfge number of horses, wagous, provisions, guni p'isWli, swords, Ac, which also fell into the bands of the Confed erates. We could learn no details of the affair, nor were we able to asecftttin the loss on our side. Revolution in BiuiiLkr Coontt. A gentleman who is fully informed and entirely reliable, writes us from Bradle county, that on the 12th inst, "ainee tha Messfffre b'f I.ineMn tins reupberf thai county, scarcely a tTnion matt. ri, be fdffrid--all declare themselves for the South'; One or twd hun dred of thefrJ have joined the Southern army In the last forty-eight hours. There is a tritfeh better feeling than has ever prevailed in the community before. THe Jtettple sny they have been rtlislend by their leaders iri regard to the polity tff .tile' North ern Government. Thc ca'rlnot be sold to AlioH- tiondooi. Bradley county i3 going to furnish a regiment for the Confederate' army. Dr. Thomp son will go into the regiment, and many more prominent Union men since reading Lincoln s Mess age, hate declared themselves strongly for tbe Sdut. Wtrl. Hancock, formerly a Union mtfff, is now raising a company for tha Bradley resimeht. The other companies in progress for this regiment are, Capt. W. II. Camp's, (a Southern Rights man) uapt rranit Triplet s (late unionists) judge Chip man's, (late Union) and Jus. Perrine's, (late Un ion.)" . .. - Uur correspondent s account of the good work that is going en in Bradley will carry joy to every true Southern heart in the State. May we Dot hope to hear similar accounts from eery county in East Tennessee. God grnfit that w e may yet be a band of brothers in defence of onr rights against the en croachments of Northern destiotism and abolition fanaticism. KnorvilU Rnjiiter 13A. fgu The Lynchburg Virginian of th 12th has the folltfivirg: . , We received intelligence through an officer at tached to Gen. Clnrk's staff, who arrived here last night by the Orange and Alexandria train front Centrcvill!, that an entire Maryland reghiicrit had deserted Lincoln's army, briiigin'g with llicni theif arms and equipments. Our informant says he saw them a Centreville before he left there yesterday. Since writing the above, we have received! infor mation from nnotbcf r61iablo source corroborating the above. The' particulars of tlie desertion were these : The regiment tas sent out oi picket from Alexandria, and when they reached the front pf our lilies, they hoisted the Confederate Hag and marched into Centreville. They were accompanied by their Coloriel and all the officers of the regiment Sentiment in tji Northwest Extracts raoa a Letter the following is an extract from a let ter received from a town in Iowa, by a gentleman in Memphis, which the Memphis Appeal is allowed to publish. Th A writer says: ''There is a very large party throughout the North that would be glad to have peace as soon as possible in any way and upon any terms. ' A good many are beginning to come to their senses, now that it is too late, only to find that this war is going to ruin us all thiunghiut tbe North, while it ten dency appears to be only to put the North and Sooth further apart than ever before. Business here at at a perfect standstill everything has stopped ; there is no money j the produce of Ihe country can not be sold at any price, and all here have about arrived at the conclusion that we are all going to rain as fast as possible. The policy of ererv one Is to con tract and try to wind up affairs generally as soon as they can. Where tbe erd H to be, no one can foresee. Ihe blockade or tbe river was Intended to ruin the South but we now discover that it is ruining tlie North and rendering the flonth Inde pendent of. us for their supplies, which they find can be ruisVd mi their oWn soil." ' Mtssot'Ri CoNrtor.BiTS Congressmen. Th fol lowing is a list of the Senators and Representa tives chosen by the Missouri Legislature for the Confederate States Congress: Senators Hoti. Jno. B. Oiark and K. L. Y. PeytoW: Tepryftf ntative first district; Win. M. Cooke; second dis'frlrt, T. A. Harris, Jr.; third district, Ciiiier W. Bell; fourth district, A. II. Conner; filth district, O. O. Vest; sixth (Hstrirt; Thomas W. Freeman; seventh dis trict, John Hyer. An Impoiitant Captvue. By a recent arrival from St. Louis, the Memphis AppcoV has informa tion of the eirptu're, oil" the upper Missouri, by a portion of the Missouri State Guard iindrr Col. Kelly, of the Federal steamer biiushine. Her freight consisted of the t'r.'tife caiffp equipments destined for two Kansas teglments, together with a considerable amount of other military stores. Tha Missouri Htato Guard is performing em impor tant wofk. SocrnERN Coal Oil. The ditnr of the Vicks- bunr Whiir has seen a gentleman from New Orleans just frumth OuclitKooal rcgiotr, where he I erect ing oil works. The coal Is represented as rrinaru ably rich, yhld ng 143 pounds of parafine and 20 galioni coal oil lo lh ton. Within 60 days it is ex)iected tr' ors will be turning out 300 gallons of oil per day. Ikg" A Washington dispatch to tfi'4' ft. T. Times iys: The deepest feelins sod utmost excitement pr. va l among the Union members of Congress from extern irglnia, Kentucky and Miosouri, in re gard lo tht tiiture policy of the. Administration. Th most prominent among them, and those who have labored most earnestly from th beginning lyatnst tlio Niutberu rebellion, declare that tlie In iiigurotion of the AurtVitiou policy of th war, and i ii on-tnent looking to th arming cT (ft slaves, will liibta-iily throw the three States named into 'he Siuthern Coutilerai-y, and artnih late lliegreal National armies in Kentucky and1 MWmri in t t ill urguiiU itlon wet uf tin Alleghany mouululus.' Thi KarEiwiTiiM o t:ie Was. The law regu lating tbe price of loiule necessities has passed ihe rWnai of A abulia. It pruvkie thai salt. wheat, Hour, hacon, lard, lO'lon oiiaburgs, ker s ys, la her, shoe, cuiUin er wool cardi, slcdl not bi oli for m r llmu sixty percent, advna-Mon last April prices. Th twualiy I forfeiture and luipriwuuirni , i Report of Soldier's Relief Society Cbmh'aHrtf east Xa$t w, Uf t llanday tvematf, Deremher'iitk. ,' We regret that onr limited space forbids an nu, mention of th articles contributed; w can only giv th names f th generous donor as a simple acknowledgement that their donations bar be4 received. We know not in what terms to express) our high appreciation of their liberality and kind ness. . r .Mi , From Mrs'. Dr. Holmes, Montgomery County) Mrs. Mollis Brewer, Mrs. K. L. Williams, Miss, l: B. Williams. Mrs. Maj. Bagwell, Mr. James Bmniy' Mm. John Keeaee, Mrs. S. J. Prune, Misa M. DranaJ H. R. Lacy. Nat Mihw, Mis R. Long, iirs.Bobo, Ti Hutchinson, Mrs, E. II. BarKr, rs. N., M. Feign son, Mrs. W. M. Dudley, (Mrs. WatEiris, Loot's Furnace,! and from the ladies of Henderson, Kyi Mr. J. A Cherrv. Mrs: J. G. Johnson; Mrs. B. AG Johnson, Mrs. HollisVr, Misf B. P. Grant Mr. F. Grant, Mr. Reliecca Huff, Mrs. J. Nicholson, Mrs. E.Turner, Mrs. Sail i Mia w, Mrs, K, Walker, Mr. Amanda Mnjors,"Mr. P. Hunter, Mrs. . H.- MaU lory, Mrs. 8; Mallory, Mis Slla LoW, Mrs. Clordjr, Mrs. Itarbee, Mrs. Iwts, Mrs. Thomas V, Mia. D. Grant. Mrs. A. Graut: Mrs. J. Usserr. Mrs. K: Hester,, Mrl Bailey, Mrs. Harrison,' Mrs. Carney, rtrs Ann L. Morris, Mr, rj, W. North in (rton, Mrs. Dru Taylor, Mrs, Dean, Mis Salli Gbolsoh, Mrs. Wm. Martin, Mr. Mockbee, Mr. Jo. Daly, Andrew Lyle, Win. Moore, Mrs. Steele; Miss Nan nie Tv er collected and sent in a valuable contribu tion from tb following persons (Mrs-ManliaTL, Miss Mildred Hiter, Mrs. A. H. Swing, Mr. K. . Wilcox, Mr. . Knott, Mrs. James Rosa, Mr Jor dan Neblett, Mrs. J. II. Bowling. Mrs. E. B. Hatcher Mrs. S. Grant, Mrs. Farmer.! Mrs. Egbert Beau mont, Mrs, Ann Ellis, Mrs. Hatcher,' Mrs.U. Whit field, Mrs. J. Met. al', Mrs. J. B. Killebrrw, . Mr. Mary Barton, Mrs: Juliet Hiter; Mrs, Hamilton, .of Nashville. From the city, tlis fbllbwlng Isdtes bar eontrlb- med clothing and bed clothing: Mr. Dr. Oobh, Mrs. Ella Glenn, Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 8r Mrs. W. Lewis, Mr. Henderson, Mrs. IlolberL Mrs.LorlC- ert, Mrs. Slacker, Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. A. Johnson, Mrs. Dr. Finlcy, Mrs. W. M. Stewart, Mrt. Bryce tewart, Mrs. Col. Smith, Mrs. Alwell, Mr. Lyon. ..ii .iuinij, eiie uiurr, ! la. w, a. iionr. Geo. Martin, Mrs. X). HtujKins, Mrs. Rick, Mm A. U l 1 .. VI E-1 l n A T f - U K. Harrison, Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Bryarly, Mr. Seat, Mrs. Baltbron, Mrs. D. N. Kennedy, Mrs. J. Johnson, Mrs. M. H. Moore, Mrs. W. B. MnnfoHl, Mrs. Dunlan. Mrs. E. Brooddu. Mrs. J. B. Bat- ley, Df:. fficCadjey, . Boardman Alwell, Mrs, C. Coots, Mr. Gunn, Mr. Coultsr. . , , We have received a very baudsom donation agairl; thi week, from th Juvenile Society, and would like exceedingly to giv a list, b'dt wil) only say, amongst tbe many article pf value, there at the very stftfg stNf of f 22 00, collected fWh) various gdutleme in the city.. We return thsm n4,fl other our most fervent thanks for theif geqerous contributions, and hope they will be outinued. from time to tim. We bop our friead ,In th country will remember w hay long wiptor be- tbe comfort of the sick, cannot b pneurt u,tU)s market for any price. We trust, also, that , -will be assured that we will useour utitoster'ertlon see that l hair benevolent intentions are fully taV ried out. W are ranch gratified to sea' that 4n young ladies of the country are endeavoring,- in these times of publi distress, to mak tbemselv so useful In ibis our common cause. W must again sny the ladies must not forget th siek t tbe Col leg who so much need their attention.' - Th Society in, Clarksville request Mrs. MarT BarleW arid. M. R. FollaTd, of Pea Ridg. to acl as Agents for our Society to collect Sny contribuV tions and forward them from their neighborhood. By order of tb President, Mrs. O. A. HENRY; , Mrs. W. B. MfesroD, Sec'p " : ' From Cbrat Moultaik C. R. Scudder returned this afternoon from the headquarter of Gen. Rey nolds, in Western Virginia. The road between Webster and HottonVllla fit utile is lined with th wreck of government wag ons and dead horses. Six miles a day is the ave rage travel for a four-horse wagon, although a six horse team with load of straw bats might be equal to seven or eight miles. Suttlers are com pelled to pay twenty dollars per day for sii-hors teams. The suow is fifteen inches deep on Cheat Mountain. Lafayette (Ind.) Courier 1st ' ' "" Interesting to the Afflicted; , 1 -Ii, L. LURTON, M. D. ; Formerly associated wHtf ipiT't): ilaHd&ofi: in the treatment Ot Chronic tytotat, has taken rooms at tbe NationW Hotel; Clarksville, Term. i Special attention given to the treatment of Neural? git, IyK'psi'a, Rheumatism, Chrmiic Diarrhea, dl-' eases of Heart Lungs, Diseasoof the Kidneys k Blad der, Chronic Cutaneous Diseases, and atl Chroni. Female or Uterine Disoasss. la tb treatment of Chronic cases, no charge ttill be made fr the fret visit, or for the first cousullation a', bis room; b.ut tb time and terms of treatment will be agreed rfporV; before any chronic case will be undertaken, P fi rst or Family practice will receive prompt alUa tionj . . Of. LuVfon refers to Bev. Dr. H. If. tlcTelrei Bev. Dr. E, W. Sehon, Rev. Dr. 3, B. McFerrin, and Rev. Dr. L. 1. Huston of Nasbvillet Kv. Z. M. Taylor, nd John Aliooth, P.ii., of CtarJtsviUej al so the following extracts from accredited sources i . 'We ore pleased to learn that th professional visit -ef Dr. LJrlmV W fiftt thf mnj tnrx with great suei cess. Owing to th nirmhi-f of Important case ef Chronic Diseases on hand,tfa Dr. baa been cotupitll-' ed to proloug bis stay. , Montgomery (Al,) Mall. "Knowing these gentlemen for year past, I del not hesitate to-commend them in tbe most un qualified manner. They have givsn to Chroni Diseases their special attention for years., Ia Lb Ireatmei t of all Female Diseases,' Dr. Lurtdi, tai personal otiservation and expe'rienue, has taw quals, if any superiors." .-, REV. DR. J. W. H ARSfOXtV Pastor of M. E. Church, Livingston, Ala.' . "Drs. Mortimer k Lurton remain at th Worsham House over lo-morrow.- .Thv-W 1ayejredy pre longed by positive demands, has beu piVau'cff of most beneficial result to the afflicted.-. Certain it is, Drs. Mortimer k Lurton sir's establishing a solid fame, by their great sill in tb treatment of Chroni Disease." fVeniphis Bulletin. ' ...... Beside these, certificates of enye perfbrmedi' and letter of eoumcndnlioiioiigbt b presented, hut known1 es the Doctor Lnrum Is In Meruphla i.N'atc'nex, Hnhtsvill, Montgomery ,Nw Orleans, and many other towns and cities throughout tb South, it is deemed annef-awry In oner further testimony uf their ability and success in th treat. meat of ChronUi Discit??.' . .. , N. B. Dr. Lurton has concludsd to locate fat manentlr in Clarksvill. ' CUrkivtlle, Oct. 8d, i9. i Mkmsm; Claik, GxciioRt k Co. Gents: I bay ba sfliicled with Piles; together with complica tion of disco s, for builci than 1) years, and I have tried various remedies, and all bsvu failed to' jive relief, nulcVs it wo of short duration. I hv used two and on half hollies of wht JfnA,rrM$ itil at cording lo dlrei.iiou, and' hai received more icnrfit from its us than front' alf else lienlds. ( ub thi i ni-de ikiUIc, ltiri t itl.Vg buirvijiity ma ind reli-f, N.iX'V J. WlfrrEKSR, MawUl wiinty, TeW., Hept, Ii0.' Gents: There m two, of uiy frieuus here that want, roi'b, half iloietV bullies of your Ambrusial "ii. ' Titer hsvt fried it aud fixuid II all von rer-' oinmeuJ it. , , J, T. ROPG. TtniOelTffnT, Go. For sals by Thomas k Uro., McCsul I Call, ind W. O. Vanr. CUrku llle, Teuu, Dr 13, 01-3w