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inwi YJL I. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1802: NO 181 .1 CITY GOVERNMENT. jam nvon pmjto, i . ; WILLIAM PHASE, Boorff. ' johs cnCMBMCT, if.ir.;r. ; f-j filirnknltvr. II. Wilkinson, A. C, Tucker innnci A. Plof lO. . m of U.4 Mark John Chumbley ,wf!, flmt; jcRyao, loed ; aad John Rid lick, third. itwor William Driver. p. - CoUwyof-A. 15. HlieaUand. ' !T CoUeclvrF-- R Garrett , - irr R. Henry, h ! , ; .!.'..' 1-7 MatOr-THOmU Leake. .) -.'ill . M X TirUtsrW oa B''r. Hrrii James Wyatt. t (. JV Prparrmew John M, 8oabury.r , . m of lU CtottngT- IL McBrlde, , , , ( , '' it Orr"r J-L. Stewart, , .'( . . j. Aitnrn'u Oohn McfUII Smith! , ,'. ' J ;.. , ;iciTYi counciu ,cui., 3 hi MwmflH-. 'tf. Brieo,' PrcsidW ; j. K. I n . a. A. J. Mar Hold. HO. Bcovet, Wm, S. Cheat. J J..C Smith, II. Q. L. Claluotn4, tod Jab. Robb. I imo C-wacd-W,1 Jon, President William' Is, T. J. Tarbrough, Writ. Driver, Win. Stewart, &ingh, W. Mntlinil, linH To mar, O. M. Sooth- A. J. (Me, Jit. Pnvl; Asdre Anflersoo, J. B. t jle4,andlohieady,: :"'": !'' III . ... r. i I,,--),- I !itMiiii comhitww or mi eiTit copcu - f , iw Knowles, Boorel and Cul(. , ' , .; , , ' W eri-AmleriK, Smith ud Qalborue. , . (frJ-Tirbrmigh, Turner, 9outbate,DavU,Brlen, iyft CbMtUam and Claiborne. ' ' , ' n-)i-NmAa, Stewart and Turner. ; ' ' I ' tfol Joe, liayloW and8Ua.' ' i Olieatham, Majrttoldaad Knowlea. ! rir'trtntnt Cready, Prlter and Kawmao. - jnriver. Cheatham and Dovli. . l i Crtt frolth,8Uwartand Newmaa, ji ) ;a Huj KoberU,8lewart and Tumor (. . J. Afafeuouga, wmiuorne aaa ua. ( ; t I I'oi-Cbelbain,BrlcoaBd ADderaoo . .' . , Al-II'Kigh, ClBiboroe and Brioo. . . . . ' , ; Winn Cliaathara, Mayfleldand KuOwloa. - ' Iminiieiili and ErymAitru Cole, -?ooveJ and ll'ttj'iVortK Brleni Clieatbam aud Taruor. jfrlowir Mayfi.;M, Jonoj and Koborta. 1ie Board ot Aldurmen meets the Tuemlaya xtrccvdlng the teeoai and fourth Tliurednyt In hanth, and tba Common Couiicll the focoDU I irth Thuradayt In each mfhth. , NIGHT POLICE , . ' Iijuj John Baugh. : . , !' i lieuttnanl Win. YarbrouKh. '. tid lirtimiti John 1L av)l. (.. Wm. Jiuikwm, John Caveador, Nkcb Pa- .'wl I'Uil ii. Win. Buknr, Jolm Cutlrell, William Jol.n Fi.ftlrt, J, W. Wrlgut, Joim ruinun, rt Poilt, W. C. f'rancla, Thomas Fraucla, Audraw v, PftTlJ Tatca, and Chariot liulltl. ' rTle Polled Court In oioucd every morning I o'clock. . , ' COUNTY OFFICERS. frit jHmra M. Hinton. Dtmlbi Tliouift Hob- ;ud J. K. llurbaoan. ,i4rrhlneai Garrett. ,W. Jmiir Ty1"r. ro.nrN H lielclmr. hjt John Corbltt. hm ftl(rr J. U. Brllcy. Urixxl To a.Hor-rW. I). Bobortion. wdiMM or On A'aUni Dutricl John t). Gownr F. E. Newman. ,, COUNTY COURT. y Hon. Jamea Whltworth. ,irkP. Lindsley Nlchol. . r TIo Judge's Court meets the first Monday la month, and the Quarterly Court, composed of laglitritcaof the County, is held tho Qrat Mon- 'n January, April, July and October, rC VelJi) CIRCUIT, COURT. pn, Natiianiet Busier. rt David C. Lore. The Court mixta tha Srst Monday In March ptember. ' ' . CRIMINAL COURT. i!!v Hon. William K. Turner. ' hi m J '.' i Cbarlua E. Dtggon. 1 i r-Tli Court meets tha first Monday lu April An- 1 md Dacemlier. , - 1 1; CHANCERY COURT. i uMMlerwJIm. Samuel D. Vrlersou. (I - and AftMler J. E Gloarss. - TUs Court musts tha Drat Monday In May and nlwr. lo.o, r. Y lima. Grand Secretary, ahould b addressed i at A'iW, JW Ly,te4, Ko. 1 Meets every Tues.tay Kven- t taolr Hall, on the corner of Union aud gum. trecU. The otuoers for the present term, are ; Losueur.N 0.: J. E. Mill, V S.; J. U Weakley, Ury; L- K. Ppaln, Treasurer. ifUf Ltxtm. Xo, 10 Meets at tha same plaoo Monday Ivenlng. Tha officers ara : B. A. boll. N.O.; Uonry Appie, v.u.j . i. isrs, . r -a. Ury i B. f. Brown, Treaaurvr. lev LrxU,, Ko. 60 Meeis at their Hall, on South y street, every Friday fcvenlng. The oflloertl 0. C. Oovort, N O Frank Harmao, V.O.J Jamos t, 6eortary ( W. M. Mallory, Triasurer. ' rwf-. Ko. 106. fOrmauV Moots at tha rorcer of Union and Summer streela, every l.y Iv.ulog. Tha offloera-are : Charloa Btch, .rrlodma-', V.Q.; Bltter'.Ub, Secretary; felfer la, Treasurer. ply tnMmyxiot, Ko. 1-MH al tbe abov Hall e firai and third Wodueadays or each mouiu. lioers are J. K. Mills, CP. ; T. U. McBrUle, II P. ; Tull.r.H W.: I'sler Harris, Jr., J.W.: John T. , Scribe i B. B. CuUer, Treasurer. i firatuk AWamiHHtral. AV 4 MevU at tho d Bl on, tha second and fourth Wednesday M Of f JUlu Biul'lil. l ue wttjtiiB i w . m. a, i-ti, IKi.ry Apple, li r-; L. Moker, S.W.; B. Iritd- , J W.t CLarloa Kiridier, Sarive; J. M. Wrd, tarar. DATinfios County Dirkctouy Cmtfin'ied. iHLITABY ftTTiETESS AND OmCET.3. JW-Iltiadiiiiar Ura ,oe IllU (tract, i Gun Ncglt y, cm maud If: n. , . . . ,, ; . f, , ' Dithict H.jad')uarti.ra on Summer ttrt (I'r. Fnrrl't rnatdruca.) W. II. Sldvll, lS'.h U. . la UhUf, A. A. A. O. Vomo It iu'.'itiart'T at tie Cajiti(. A, C. (Jlllnn, Col. let T nn. Infantry. ' . 1 , tt AttuUinl Quartmnarttr HadTiartert on Ctnirry atrect ; Ko. 10, (Jadge Catron'i 'rralik-gnc.) Cu)t. J. D. Bingliam.' ' ' lAnurf-M Qurrrt!iVr Ko. Cbarry (rtrrct. Capt. ' Afnithml dwirimuutrr YiV" ttrcei, eeaf Kr. Polk'i roaldcnta. Oapt. R. K. Lamb. . 1 i i. .. ' uMa( Qaarteruuter-Xo..t7( klarkel atrcet. Capt. 4- H. Hale.; ; . -. ; . i i .f (tir Commluary llnaiquorUra, K 4 10, Vina at. Caj-JL Mac Wy. ..!!., L,a J rr. ,.u-?- v.-. . Pvmmunry i SWJm-Btoad tret. Oil. 8 rinj; OmmuHUTf Su(M'anCorner , of, Broad and Qollcga itrecta. Lieut Cbarlua Alkin. . i , - ; lirJunl Director Summer atrnet. (Dr. Ford't old reaideoce.) Surgeon, E. 8 lit. tleiical Pwxtyor'i Ofl, Church atrect. ilneor.ie Building. J. B. Plan a, Surjeou, 8th Kentucky In Ikntry, Acting Medical Purveyor.' " " ' 1 ;!;'Vlt 081 E C T-U's'..---!.' or tiii . : ; i ' NASHVILLE UNION. Taa NiKnni ti Dkiok waa commotirvd a few weeks since, for the purpoae of orpaalug the Bebel Southern Cnnfcduracy, and. of advocating the roetontlca of federal authority, without any abatement, over all tho Plates which have attempted to sccode. It holds as friends all who support, and m foes all who oppose the Union of the Rtatra. II has n watchword but yrtnM Ao Natiohaijtt. With rebel and train,- t cm no oompromiM lo snaka. It oontends for the Federal Uonatliultnn and the Laws mads in pursnanoa thereof as the frpi IiiworTHs Land, anything In the Constituttoa and Laws of any of the State to the eoolrary aotwltb standing. 1 Itcontonils tor I ha rnloo f the ruates. loase without it the preservation of our UtortiM and InstU tntions and tbe orgsnisntlon of society Harlf are wholly ImpaestU. . Therefore, whatever stands in 'he way ot crushing out the rebellion aud restoring a union uu8i utirif.ti, no matter or what name It be d. i . - . To the people ofTenneeaee. ever renowned for their devotion to Liborty and L'uioo, until they were be trxyed to the rcbl dosjioiwrti at Kichmond by a prr. dioua Uovoruor and corrupt leriHlalure, and who liavo felt ao hfavllr the awful curse of treason and anarchy, we appeal t'r support. Irft the nmi of rcbol owioo-lKJluers, Vigilance OmmitlecB.and Minute Men, who have tilled our borders with mourning, be gibbettod before the world. Let those ambitious aud avaricious men who have plotted our ruin for their own aggrtUKtizement be nuitonod to the pillory of shame, no matter bow high their "ilit n in society, It t be shown how the aofstvied defenders of "Html horn Rigbta" are now leading marauilmg bands or irec-tiuotors aaa miws Irooiwr over our Slate, lid. nnppin; negroes, stealing horPfS and cattle, britkiDg Into noiiseu, ouroiog railroad ortoeg and cim, and niurdoring unarmed citizens In cold blood. ri tle truth, so lung excluded by the fouthern eouepirators, now circulate Irooly through every DeiRhborhood, and our (ansa will axtiuretlly triumph. Will not loyal men tverywhare aid u la the illfaemlnation of tuule and the advooacy of Free Government? Terms of Subscriptions in Tar Funds. Daily Union, single ropy, per annum, 3 00 11 " clubs of ten. each TOO Trl-wttt k'y.slnirle copy, 6 00 cutis ni U'O, earn uo Weikly, atnirleoopy, '. iiO " cluts ol leu, euth 1 bO rjrAll communications on business with theOffloe, will be addraaac'd to the PUBU.Slims of the UNION, and all oommuoloatlons to ths Editor will b sddres to 8. C. MERCEB . J i Editors of loyal newspapers will do us a great kind oeaa by ra-publiahlng tha fjregolog or It rubatano. The ourrout traosactious lu Tennossea fir mouths to sums will be b-lily Intoresllug to all lovers of their country and her froe Institutions, and the columns of tbe Union wilt furnish the earlioat aud inout reliable klstry of these events. HATES OP ADVi:iiTISlMJ. . ( raft luu oa uhs to ooasmtTS a mtVAtt .) ldquare, 1 day, fl 00 each addilnnal Insertion t 10 " l week, oo ew,n auaitiooat square lev " " 4 60 " " " . a 00 ' 1 month, 00 " " t 00 ' 1 00 ' " " 4 M a " h oo . i o " 18 00 " " " 8 00 " U " WW u ii 10 00 To A-OVKItTISKIlS in DKTAILi tna urn will bs is vollows : Quarter Column; 1 month . 8is no ... w (o ... oo ... " o ... u oo ... 0 ('0 ... 8 oo ... US 00 ... ts 00 ... 4 OO 8 " ... 1J ... .. I month.., i " ... 3 ... 6 " ' ... li ' ... 1 " ... U ' ... a .. a .. u " ... Half Column., Oca Column. ... 33 00 .. 40 00 ... 4t 00 ... TO I ... 110 00 Advertisements oceiilivlm any spfclal position ( id. 'i0 nor otint. additioDii) : tuvclal Killoo ouUula lu iM.r cftjit. Advertisements luaerted In ths Ical Column eharued at the rate of twenty oents per line. Chaucea may be made pe.iouieany woen aajreuu upon; but every sucu cnauKe win involve ut bnnM. to he uald fur bv theadvertiaer. r AtWtutirs tAotlint) (JM'spuos eoarroafcMi for ttrill M charyd fur th ixoeu. lTlarrlR and funeral Notice, When axceeitlni flva lines, will be charged at lbs usual advertising rales. Announcement f Candidates. Fas Btatb OrricaRs. ..fit) 00 ' CouuTT , . 1 tilt ' .. a oo Cash required la advance fur all advertisements anlcas by Sedil agreemout. We, the andersigned, have this day adopted ths above rates, to whkh wa biud ouraelvos strictly to ashore. , . vu, taat&uu, ior ku iHMm. JOHS WALLACE, fur the VurvUk KAjavtui, Tvnn., July VI, Wl, gjtotoitte 'Union. PuWiihrf Vy an Aiwiniton tj Printers. Office on I'rintera Allry, bettveen t'nlon and Itmdcrlck Strceta. WEDNESDAY MORNING. KOV. 12, 1862 Albert Piio's letter to Jeff. Davis. The latest from Dixie. ( 1 i ! . frora the firenaia Aprn-sl, Oct; 2S J ' Albert Pike's Letter to JcrT. Duvis, t , Miowtiin; np lllndmau. Fori McCullocu, Choitaw Nation,) ' t T .. . .'. 1 -t-.n . v.: dlj i), Aaoa... y ,a fira i At a private citizen of Arkknaat, having a wife and children in LHtle Rock, though myaelf happily beyond the reach f tbe frovofit Marshal, who holds the iberty and lives of citizens in tho hol low of hia band, I invoke the attention of the Chief Magistrate of the Confede racy, solemnly sworn to fbesebve, peo- tbct, and . defssd the Constitution and tha laws, to the orders, which I enclose, of Major-General . Jlindman, 'command- i ing . the Trans-Mississippi , District.- ; might well do so in my mili tary capacity, since I have some time beon in command of the Indian country, created a military department in Novem ber last, but now part of that district ; ; brcause I may well apprehend that the absolute despotism established over the ( town of Little Hock, tho County of I'u askl. and other parts of the Mate, may be ; attempted to bo extended to the In dian country, and the dilemma be pre sented to me of enforcing ; such orders here, or refusing to obey unlawful orders, and .because, indeed, it is already an nounced in " General Orders," that, on the recommendation of a 1 rovost Marshal, enthroned at Little liock, mar tial law will be declared in any portion of the Trans-Mississippi District, and by a novel proclamation of that novel magistrate, a tariff of prices is establish ed throughout its whole extent. I prefer, nevertheless, to do it in my character of citizen, because it is chieily the rights of the citizen that are thus rudely invaded. -But still, and because it makes the state of things in Arkansas, and, in some respects, elsewhere, more astounding, I so far remember that I am in tho military service, as to mark the incredulous strides that usurpation has made within a few months, by placing before the eyes of the Chief Magistrate a general order, issued by me on the 27th of February, of the present year, occasionedby an in terference in the Chickasaw Nation of Indians, on the part of a Chickasaw offi cer in the service of the Confederate States, with the prerogatives of the civil authorities and tribunals or that Indian tribe, and by the compulsory enlistment, by the flame officer, of certain individuals in our service. I then declared to the Chickasaw peo ple that it was tho pride and boast of the Confederate States that, no where within their limits. Bince the present revolution commenced, had the laws been suspend ed, the sittings of the courts of justice interrupted, or the military power placed above the civil authorities. And that was then true. A little more than a year has elapsed; ami without any sLadowof right or au thority, in direct tlcllance or the Uousti- tut ion. we see witlt astonishment tho privilego of the writ of Ww corpus sus' pended and martial law declared wher ever in these Contcuera e fctates it pleas es a General of any grade to substitute himself and his l'rorost Marshal in place of the law aud the Constitution. Iu Ar kansas. a Chief I'rovost Marshal is an pointed and assigned to duty as Chief I'rovost Marshal of the , wholo Trans- Mississippi District, which includes i vast territory, occupied by five allied In dian tribes. On his recommendation, martial law is to be declared, and Fro vost Marshals appointed wherever neces sary. lie is authorized to enrol and compel to serve as a I'rovost Guard, all white male persons between tho ages of eiirhteen aud forty-live yeara, who are not subject to conscription, and not ex enipt from military service. He is to ar rest and punish, all persons, who, any where in thr district, suspend the sale of any produce, wares or merchandise, drtiir or commodity, in order to evado tha tasjor General's regulation's concerning tho same; all persons who manifest or incite disallection toward the Confederate States: and all persons guilty of any disorderly or immoral conduct; as, also, all persons who refuse to receive Lonfed- rate notes as currency, at par, io business transactions; and all who ak or receive, for anv produce, uoods, wares, or ruer chandise, drug or commodity, any higher price than fixed by hnu. Bv decree jf this Chief I'rovost Mar shal. all merchants within the District of Arkansas, are required to keep open their stores from a certain hour in the morning to a certafn hour in the cveniDg, everv day except bunilay; and are re o'sired to receive "in eichance for all articles of merchandise," Confederate money, if tendered. A tariflfof prices is announced to hia subjects, to be rigidly enforced every where in the district ; and all persons are informed that "all viola tions of this order will be met with pun ishment commensurate with the HV rise." These prices, by General Order No. 14, ho is empowered to regulate from time to time, at Lis discretion. : . :' ' I'.y the third paragraph of the same General Order, martial law is 'declared throtighout tho Count j of Pulaski, and Colonel Den. F. Danley, Commandant of the Tost and I'rovost Marshal, is charged with the maintenance of Order and disci pline, and the suppressiog of vice, disor der and immorality, within that unfor tunate county. And the power is also, given him to proscribe and indict penal ties for all bftenscs coming within his ju risdiction, and to establish such regula tions in regard to trade and traffic and the punishment for violation of orders in respect thereof, as ns may piem peopkr. .'When Lieutenant Colonel Solon Bor land, a littlo more than a year azo. pro hibited the exportation of provisions and other articles necessary for the public forces, from Arkansas, by way of .White and Black Pavers, the , Governor of the State' asserted the superior majesty of thai law,' and a superior officer promptly rescinded the order, relieved the offender of his, command, and ordered' him to headquarters., I have heard, but I do not know, that he was tried for the offense. Ths distance on the road to slavery trav eled since then is immeasurable. I 'o - A he Chief Provost Marshal possesses all the1 powers, the concentration of which in the bands of one man constitutes the most intolerable despotism. Surely this ought to recommend us to - the favorable consideration of those legitimate mon archs of Europe who have: been suppos ed heretofore to favor, as most absolute and legitimate, the cause of Abraham the First, lie is the legislator- for he de fines the offenses and prescribes the pen alties, in his discretion, taking care that by some means known only lo himself it shall in every ease- bo "commensurate with the offenses." He is the judee. be cause he tries the accused, renders the verdict and pronounces the sentence. And be is ths executioner, because it is he who is to Inilict the punishment. lis may whip, hang, brand, drown or quarter, for there is no limit to his powers ; but he is simply an incarnate, monstrous and hideous despotism. Like a tripple-bead-ed deity, he wears the robe of tho Sena tor and the erarauio of the Judjrek and wields the bloody faces of tho Lictor at once. . - . By art order of tho Major General.' da ted the 3d of Juno, all cotton in the Trans-Mississippi District, except in the Choctaw country, is seized, for account of the Confederate Stales, . and placed under the control of a single person, who is to make whatever disposition of it "as wiU'effectually prevent it from falling into the hands of the enem.y" By a suh- seqaent order, vast powers are vested in this officer, to command sheriffs, officers, conscripts and citizens, impress wagons, teams and hands, and to give away to necessitous persons, ten pounds of cot ton for each white person and slave. If any person should secrete cotton, and re fuse to point out, the ouense is constitu ted treason, and he is to be tried as i traitor, as also are not only persons re sisting the execution of the order, but al so those who fail to give the captain aid when called upon. Thus by one stroke of the pen, the title to property worth millions, belonging to a thousand loyal citizens of a loyal sove reign State, is declared to bo diverted, and vested, in one breath, in the Confed erate States, in utter contempt of that provision of the solemn agreement between the Stales, vwiicli declares that no man shall be deprived of life, liberty or pro perty, without due process of law. It is only owing to tho forbearance o the regnant military power, that lands, horses and cattle, books and furniture. are not also "seized for and on account o tho Confederate States. uur enemies, the Northern States, set at naught the provision of the old Constitution, by which they have agreed to deliver up tho fugitives from labor or service, and for that as one cause, we held the compact dia solved, and secession a rightful remedy But, now a General, seizing in one hand the fortunes, and in the, other tho lives, of loyal men, declares it treason for a loyal citizen to conceal his own lawful property. to prevent its unnecessary and wanton destruction, and damps with both his feet on the wholo Constitution and all tho law at once, and men sneak: about ana and enly dare to speak of it in whispers lest the I'rovost Marshal ahould arrest imprison and punish them for disaffection to the Confederacy. . . In as loyal a town as any in the South neither man nor woman is allowed to be out of doors after nine o'clock these sum nu r nights. For a precedent of this rude invasion of personal freedoiu, which make every man and woman a slave requiring a pass from a master, recourse must be had to tho Site when the curfew bell tolled and warned all Saxons o retire within their doors, after the Norman soldiery had set their feet on the neck of prostrate England. I am sure, I need not enlarge upon these ' extraordinary orders. I uo not lor an In ' slant imagine that tho Pitfidetit tan loo pon them with other feelinss than those of horror and alarm. The resort, as if in scorn of common senao, to the declaration of martial law for the -whale extent of wholly loVal State", is proving, in my opinion.' the most fruitful source of dissatiifartion. Besorted to without necessity, in whole Slates, even by Brigadier Generals, it is uepnvaiion ot liberty, aca nst w h e the public mind instinctively revolts. It indicts the laws, and even the Constitu tion, as worthless and impotent, and im peaches tho civil magistrates as incom petent or corrupt, ' It makes, in Arkansas, an obseure person; suddenly elevated to be Provost Marshal, the arhitor nt faie, th law makety tho judge, and exe cuiioner. . Men.beein to ask themplvp f they dare not ask it of other., even in wnisper, lest the whisper should be card, whether political freedom, only to be thus obtained, is worth the sacrifice of manhood and independence at once. , ( ,' fl'o substitute an irresponsible and un guarded military despotism' in place of tne Mn8tuution, me laws, and the courts f! justice, is like an unjust cause. It reconciles men to desertion. 'sacrifices want bf zeal, and is a pretext for cowar dice. , It renders hardships, more- irk some, .dangers more obnoxious, rnd glory less satisfactory to the mind of the sol dier." !'J '' 1 -'' 1 '-: - ' . The swiftness with which men kpplaud the unnecessary and insolent substitution of armed violence tor the peaceful sway of ins law and the wholesome vigor of the civil tribunals, is a most evil symptom, indicatrng.the virulence of tha disease within. It cannot, but tend to make the people. think their cause-is desperate, when such desperate remedies are re sorted to, and received with unbounded pprobation.i'1 v. l....ii ii-..:,.i-o , But the sway of martial law never is foe; any length of time "wisely adapted to pircumstances." It remains, after all, but the absolute despotism of one man, with no otner guide or rule lor las con duct than hit own will. No man can define what martial law is, or what its boundaries are. No man ever attempts to do it When power, unbridled and uncontrolled by Constitution, Bill of Rights, Law, Usage or Custom, is placed in the hands of one single man, it is too generally the case that he is found to mistake violence for energy, and prefer the display of petty power to the inter ests of the common cause. ' When the Portugese Regency wished ord Wellington to take the punishment of offenders into his own hands, "he in formed them that, although ho advised tho adoption of severe measures, be would not be made the despotic punisher of the people, while the actual laws were sufficient for that purpose." ' 'A system of terror has always been the resource of those leaders, who, being engaged in great undertakings, wero un ablo to recur to discipline. Euthusiasm stalked in front of their bands, but pun ishment brought up the rear." - And human nature must have become some thing that it never has been heretofore, if a life of toil and danger, repeated defeats, the depreciation of money, the scarcity and high price or the most necessary supplies, . the weight of the burthen of eaoa and all made ten fold heavier by the discontent of the people at the sudden birth of a whole brood of local despo tisms, abridging all their civil and many of their natural rights at once, do not soon abate their desire to contmuo ths struggle, and inactivity become the sign of subjection. ; As a citizen of Arkansas, with every thing I have on earth at stake in this controversy, and as the leader of a force of Indians, a scallold in perspec'ive, in case of our failure, I protest against these irreat wrons. ror the sake of the coun try, of the honest, trusting, patriotic suffering people; for the sako of .liberty strangled, like Laocoon, by military dt s potism; for the sake of the dignity of human nature itself, x beg tho i resident in the name of thousands upon thou sands, who dare not lift their Voices in condemnation or protest, not only to an nul all these illegal and arbitrary nua sures everywhere, but to mark them with his signal disapprobation. lor it is most certain that by and by the peopl will regain their reason, will claim th protection of the Constitution and the magistrates sworn to defend it, and will become alive to the great truth, which now seems almost obsolete, that the way to Liberty does not run by tho road to slavery. I am, with the greatest respect, the President's most obedient serrant, r ' ALBERT PIKE. LKTTEtt CP mS BECrtETAHY OF WAR BE ; 1 l'CDIATINO HIKpMAN. Confederate Stales of America, War iJfjnri vteiit, Uuhninnii, Sept. 5, ISO-. Hia: I have received th two resolu tions adopted by the House of Represen tatives ou the 1st instant, and referred to this Department for report by your Ex cellency. In reply I have the honor to repot t : II. The Department has no official in formation of the conduct imputed lo Grn. llindnun; but having seen orders pur porting " come from laui detUr.nn mr tiallawand adopting oppressive police regulations in Arkansas, Gen.IIolmet !im been instructed to inquire into it, and, if ho found such to be the case, to rescind1 tho declaration of martial law and tha regulations adopted to carry it into effect General Holmes is also instructed as to tho mode of executing tho Conscript Law. , - , " ' , , General Ilindman was not sent to Ar kansas bjr the Department, and has never bin n Commanding General of the Trans Mississippi Department. Very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, GEO. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary o'f War. I Army of tho Cumberland.' ' j Orrespondenn of the Louisvillo Journal. i . . I ' Bowlinc Grkfw, Nov. G, 13G2. . , The, railroad .to Nashville jg now in running order to tho tunnel, which was' partly destroyed by tho rebels, a dia--if tance of some thirty-live miles from her,'i and forty miles from Nashville. ! Heavy: supply trains went down last night to , ; Franklin and vicinity. , The wagon road . is a rolling pikerom the tunnel to Nash- : ' ville, but orders for rapid march haw been given; and perhaps ere this is pub- lished our; advance will; have crossed , th Cumberland into "Nashville. Astrone force is at work, both civil and military, "l at the tunnel. 'It is filled with exploded ' ' sferVi, and two to three' weeks may fi , required: to clear , and resustain it. Ia fact there are two tunnels, about seventy . r leer a part, ana eacn irom lour hundred! to five hundred feet in length. ' The tan-1 nets are made through boulder rook and earth, the ceiling supported by cedar np- , . , rights. Tho rebels backed in some laden, cars and set the whole on fire. , To clear 1 ths wreck, and meanwhile support the 1 oqfing so as to be safe to the workman.' is a comparatively slow process. Io considerable body of the Confede-. rates are thought to be in this region. A nag or truce came in to headquarters yesterday on some trivial errand from Morgan's eaug, so stated. Our command er, hot to be outdone in politeness or scrutiny, sent back a flag in return, to' consult, complain, and spy out the land - generally. 1 .: ' : --H . . . i A large amount of newspaper and con- : ., siderable of letter mail to this army'is ; now lying at this point. The army gen eral mail agent is now here, with assist- 1 ants, assorting and forwarding as far aa" ' possible to the moving brigades and reg- . . ( iments. General orders have been given to j disregard the distribution of the ' uia.ij sarkj cf loogfi newspapers as in compatible with army movements,! It may as well be known, first as last that it is an impossibility to deliver sucu matter to so large a moving army. , The energy with which military move mepts are being pushed in this depart ment attracts general attention. Majoj- Gepcral Rosecrans is here and there, per sonally inspecting and surpervising. xesterday be was in the saddlo all day t and until after dark. He infuses the' same life into his staff and subordinates. Manses of ragged and unpaid and poorly ; ,, fed men, , veterans of previous hard and fruitless campaigns, are being put in con- , ditlon and order daily emerges from cha-' otic regions. I, :: Gen. John C. Pemuebton. This rebel . -1 Major General, who has been appointed in place of Gen. Van Dorn, lately ia commaad of the Confederate army in Northeastern Mississippi, is a Pennnvl vanian, a West Point graduate in 1637, in the same class with Generals Joseph Hooker, Henry W. Boecham, Lawrenc P. Graham, Wm. U. French, Lewis d. Arnold, John Sedgwick, Thog. Williams, ' ' and Col. Edward D. Townsend, of the Union army. Among the rebel Generals who graduated with bin), Braxton Bragg . is tho most prominent. , r Fiiist Conobeshioxal District ok Mis HOintl. The St. Louis Republican of yes terday sajs that Blair is undoubtedly elected by a majority, when everything ; is in, of not less than one thousand or fifteen hundred. It has been supposed or claimed by tho friends of Mr. Knox, that the army vote would generally ba cast against Blair, but this, so tar, is not the case. Blair has from seven hundred to one thousand majority in tho Missouri regiments at Memphis. A majority is reported for Blair of three hundred in the Thirtieth rcpituerit at Pilot Knob. Colonel Curley's (Twenty-seventh) regi ment gives lllty majority for Blai. A special despatch to the Mobile Ad vertiser and Register, dated Knoxville, 2")ih, says: "The conscript law went into effect in East Teuncsseo to-day, and is being; rigidly enforced. General Klr by Smith brought an immense train ot property captured in Kentucky by hi forces. The loss in Cheatham's division in killed, wounded, and missino: in the three brigades reached 1,4 .j(J. This com mand bore the brunt of the battle at Perryville. Major-General PippescomW was among tho killed." Provost Marshal Dent has parolsd no less than two hundred rebel sympathi zers in Kentucky who have pledged themselves to go North ai d remain in" the war. dur- 1 ; 'Vt : T