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DEATH OF BRIO. GEN. Km.---Brig.
Gen. Win. 11. Keim died at the Brady
house in, the city of ITarrisburg, on
Sunday afternoon last, after an illness
of several days of typhoid fever. Gen.
Keim served in the three months' cam
paign as a Major General, and was
then appointed a Brigadier General of
Volunteers. Having accepted the ap
pointment, he resigned the office of
Survey = or General, and was assigned
to the command of a brigade in Genl.
McDoWell's army, in which position he
served with much credit until. a short
time age, when be was attacked with
the illness which terminated in his
death as above stated,
1141, Gov. SPRAGUE : who arrived at
Washington, last week, from General
McClellan's army, says that our loss in
killed, wounded and missing at the
battle of Williamsburg was about two
thousand, and the enemy's full as
much. The fight at West Point, he
say's, was heavier than is generally
supposed. Five hundred of our men
were taken prisoners, the rebels taking
advantage of their landing, and the
loss would, doubtless, have been great
er; but for the fortunate interposition
of our gunboats.
Captain Miles' company from this
county, was in the thickest of the fight,
but did not lose a man. Captain M.
writes that be never wants to witness
such a sight again as - the field presen
ted after the battle was over. _
SERGEANT ROBERT STEWART Of Capt.
Huyett's company, returned home on
Friday last, - with something like the
putrid sore throat. It will be remem
bered that he was home a week or two
ago at which time he was enjoying the
very best health, and while returning
to his regiment, the 110th, he took sick
and lay in Baltimore for about ten
days, where, to use his own language,
he was pretty near " going under." He
is now recovering slowly. We hope
he will soon be able to return to his
regiment again, as he is a good soldier,
and will be greatly missed.
VINEYARD.-E. C. Summers and Win.
Williams, of this place, have rented
for twenty years a piece of land about
two and a half miles from town, on the
McConnellstown road, where they have
set out one thousand grape vines. We
believe it is their intention to grow
large quantities of grapes and make
wino out of them. Wine making is a
profitable business, and we wish the
gentlemen the success their epterprise
deserves.
Two spAsls of the Stonerstown bridge
on the 13. T. B. It. Were destroyed by
fire on Monday morning, caused by a
-spark from a locomotive.• The timber
being dry, and the wind very high, the
'lames spread so rapidly that it was
thought at ono time that the whole
bridge would be destroyed, but through
the efforts and perseverance of the em
ployees of the road, who separated the
two middle spans from each end, they
succeeded in subduing the flames. It
will take about two•weeks to - repair
the damage, and until that time all
shipments of coal will be suspended.—
•The passenger train will run to the
bridge, where passengers and freight
will be carried across the river in a
wagon, and proceed to their destination
ha another train prepared for the -pur
pose. The Loss is estimated at about
five thousand dollars.
NEW PAPER.—We have received the
first number of a little paper called the
Concord Pioneer, published monthly
at Concord, Franklin county, Pa., by
our young friend David Gosorn. It is
a sprightly little sheet, and the num
ber before us evinces considerable edi,
torial ability. We wish the editor all
the success his entorprise'deserves,sand
hope that, unlike us, he may find the
editorial chair easy and pleasant to cc
entrV,
Important Proclamation by the Pres
ident,
The Proclamation of Gen. Hun-
ter Repudiated.
By the President of the United Slates of
America:
A PROCLAMATION.
Wm:a:us, there appears in the pub
lie prints what purports to be a procla
mation of Major General Hunter in
the words and figures, to-wit :
HEAD QUARTERS, HILTOn' HEAD ; 1
South Carolina, :May 9, 186'2. j
GENERAL ORDER,
NO. 11.
The three States of Georgia, Florida
and South, Carolina, comprising the
military department of the Son Lb, hay- j
ing deliberately declared themselves
no longer under the protection of the
United States of America, and having
taken up arms against the same, it be
comes a military necessity to declare
them under martial law. This was
accordingly done on the 25th day of ,
April, 1862. Slavery and martial law
in a free country are altogether in
compatible. Thepersonsin these three
States, Georgia, Florida and South
Carolina, heretofore held as slaves, are
therefore declared forever free.
(Official.)
(,Signed) Davin HusTmt,
_Major General Conithandiny.
EDWARD IV. Saitni,
Aqtitiy Assistant Adjutant General.
;lad whereas, The same is producing
some excitement and misunderstand
ing; therefore, 1, A1)1.1011111 Lincoln.
President of the United States, pro
claim and declare that the Government
of the United States had no knowledge,
information or belief of an intention 04
the part of Gen. Hunter, to issue such
a proclamation, nor has it yet any au
thentic information that the document
is genuine, and farther, that neither
General Hunter or any other com
mander or person has been authorized
by the government of the United
States to make a proclamation declar
ing the slaves of any State fru, and
that the supposed proclamation now in
question, whether genuine or false, is
I altogether void so far as respects such
&clam t ion. ,
I further make known, that whether
it be competent for me, as Commander
in chief of the Army and Navy to de
clare the slaves of any State or States
free, and whether at any time, in any
case, it shall have become a necessity
indispensible to the maintenance of the
Government, the exercise of such sup
posed powers are .questions which un
der my responsibility I reserve to my
self and which T cannot feel justified in
leaving to the decision of commanders
in the - field. These are totally differ
ent questions from those of police re
lations in armies and camps.
On the sixth day of March last, by
a special message, I recommended to
Congress the adoption of a joint reso
lution to be substantially as follows:
Resolved, That the United States
ought to co-operate with any State
which may adopt a gradual abolition
meat of slavery, giving to such State
pecuniary aid to be used by such States
in its direction, to compensate for the
inconveniences of public and private
losses produced by such change 01 sys
tem.
The resolution in the language above
quoted was adopted by large majori
ties in both branches of Congress and
now stands an authentic, definite and
solemn proposal of the Nation to the
State and people most immediately hi-
(crestedin the subject matter. To the
people of those States I now earnestly
appeal. I do not argue. I beseech
you to make the argument for your
selves, you cannot if you would be
blind to the signs of the times. I beg
of you a calm and enlarged considera
tion of them, ranging if it may be far
above personal and partizan politics.—
This proposal makes common cause
for . a common object, casting no re
proaches upon any. It acts not the
pharasee. The change it contemplates
would come gently as the dews of
Heaven, ant rending or wrecking any
thing. Will you not embrace it. So
much good has not been clone by ono
effort in all past tune, or in the provi
dence of God, it is new your high priv
ilege to do. May the vast future not
have to lament that you have neglect
ed it.
In witness v.-hereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
nineteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six, and of the in
dependence of the United States
the eighty-sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President.
Wit.mANll.SEw.kan, Secretary of State.
A SOCKDOLAGER.-A great Union
speech was made by Parson Brownlow,
of Tennessee, at the Academy of Music,
New York, on Thursday evening. In
the course of his remarks, referring to
the Secession sympathisers in the
North, he said:
"If I owed the Devil a debt, and it
was to be discharged by the rendering
up to him of a dozen of the meanest,
most revolting and God forsaken
wretches that over could be culled from
the ranks of depraved human society,
and I wanted to pay that debt and get
a premium upon the payment, I would
make a tender to his satanic majesty
of twelve Northern men who sympa
thise with this infernal rebellion."
Hos. CHARLES J. INGERSOLL, of Phil
adelphia, died in that city on Wednes
day last, in the 80th year of his age.
A PALPABLE lllT.—Major Gon. But
ler allows for the want of any other
circulating medium in New Orleans,
Confederate notes to be used as cur
rency, until further orders," so long as
any one will be inconsiderate enough to
receive them."
To THE Puntae.—Thomas Tweed has
for sale the following plants, which are
ready for planting : Tomatoes, Early
Cabbage, Beat, Peppers, and :Dahlias
ofevery shade and color. Also, yop ng
onions for the table. Orders left at
the residence of Sheriff.' c.:on. will
receive prompt attention.
The Reaction in Tennessee,
A Grand Rally for the Union in
Nashville
The People of Tennessee Moving.
Speeches by W H. Polk, W. B. Btoices,
Es-Gorreinen Campbell, and others.
In pursuance of a call for a meeting
of those who " were in favor of the re
storation of the former relations of 1
Tennessee with the Federal Union,"
one of the largest assemblages ever
held in Tennessee convened in the halls
of the House of Representatives, at
Nashville, on Monday, the 12th. The
hall was densely crowded, and large
numbers of the most distinguished cit
izens of the State were present. Gov.
Campbell presided, assisted by a large
number of vice-presidents. On taking
the chair, President Campbell deliver
ed a speech, in which he said that no
people on the globe ever went into a
revolution so vast and bloody for a
cause so trivial. It was a wild and
reckless outburst of frenzy like that
which swept over France in the days
of her fetirful revolution. It was not
the resultOf cool, deliberate judgment.
In the midst of this night of rebellion,
patriots bad looked for the restoration
of the old flag as earnestly and anx
iously as the Jews of old looked for a
return to the Holy land from the cap
; tivity of Babylon. Sonic had thought
the Government was slow. It was
true that great preparations were ne
cessary, but the Government was now
here, and its flag was lifted up again
never to be hauled down. Does any
one doubt this? Does any one in his
senses believe that the Confederate
army has the ghost of a chance to re
turn and reassert its authority over
Tennessee? But we are here not to
taunt or reproach the misguided. We
invite all to help us in restoring the
supremacy of law over Tennessee, and
reinstate her in all the privileges and
immunities of the Union. We wish to
welcome back all our deluded fellow
citizens cordially. The Government
intends no sweeping eonfiseation, nor
wild turning loose of slaves, against
the revolted States. It designs no in
fringement on the rights of property.
All will be protected who will be loyal
to the Government. We bear no ma
lice towards any one. but deep s3.rapa
thy for the deluded. lie had dear
friends and dear relations who had
gone astray, and his heart yearned for
their return. The Federal Govern
ment will panne a kind. liberal, and
benevolent policy towards the people
of the South, to bring them back to the
Union.
Hon. Wm. 11. Wisner was the next,
speaker, and he was followed by lion,
William B. Stokes, who, in the courae
of his remarks, said :
What excuse was there the the rebel
leaders ? None whatever. The rebel
lion was unjust and causeless. It had
not the shadow of a pretext.. [Loud
cheers.] Slavery was not the real
cause, lee when Lincoln was elected it
was better protected than it ever had
been before. The fire-eaters told the
people that the Republicans were go
ing to establish negro equality. But
the Republleams, by a 1:c, Mods vote,
recommended an amendment to the
Con sti tution,p rain biting Congre,?s, from
intermeddling with slavery in the
States. What more could we ask ?
You could go into the Territories, and
you were safe in the States. The Fed
eral troops have been here two months
among us. Have they disturbed your
negroes or harmed your property ?
[Loud cries of "No I no I"] If the
South had remained in Congress we
would have had twenty-three majority
in the - louse and six in the Senate
against the Republican administration.
It would have been powerless for evil.
The true cause of this rebellion was a
wish to change our Government to a
monarchy or aristocracy.
Talk of coercion ! Why, he had
seen a poor laborer, with a wife and
seven children, forced tinder the lash
into the rebel ranks. No had been
called a coereionist. Yes, he was for
the enforcement of the laws. Can the
South succeed? No honest, intelligent
man dare say so. It had not a shadow
of hope. The Government was march
ing steadily on. If the present force
was not enough, it could he doubled.
The South was in the wrong, and
ought not to succeed. It was the duty
of her people, betrayed as they have
been, to return to their allegiance, and
to leave those hyenas, their loaders, to
the penalties of justice. Jiut, Jet love
and leniency be shown to the masses.
SPEECH OF COL. POLE
The principal speech of the Conven
tion was made by Hon. W. 11. Polk,
brother to the late Ex-President, and
one of the staunchest Union men of
the South. Mr. Polk said, a year ago
he did not know whether it would be
one or ten years before lie would be
allowed to speak again in Tennessee.
He chanced to be in Nashville when
the State stampedca odt of the Union.
He heard the song of inebriates in the
street. He saw the Stars and Stripes
trampled and dragged iu the dust. Ile
saw an old mail weep as the last flag
was dragged through the streets. Ho
then swore he would never cease his
efforts until the old flag was restored.
It had been restored. It flies over us,
and he swore now, and he appeale:l to
the largo audience to join him in the
oath, never to see it hauled down again.
[Tremendous applause.] lie now said
to the freemen of Tennessee, to their
wives and children, to stand by the al
tars baptized by the blood of their
forbfathers. We know what the past
has been. What shall the future be?
That is the question which addresses
itself to the people of Tennessee. He
referred, in scorching terms, to the
bands of marauders and thieves who
were plundering and destroying the
property of innocent persons in the
country; and said he saw many manly
faces amongst the assemblage before
him. He exhorted them to gird on
their armor and drive away the plun
derers. It' the heart of the people of
Tennessee responds to it, !Said Col. P.,
I will go as a private in the ranks, and
aid my oppressed countrymen in dri
ving the marauders from the confines
of our State. [Renewed applause.]
There was a fearful hazard on the
result. To-day was hazarded the safe- j
ty of many a Tennessean's wife and
babes, and he is a coward who will not
Ily to defend them. [lmmense cheer
ing] The tittle has come when one or
the other must go down. There is no
half wuy about inat ter Their
f
heels must be on our necks, or our
heels upon their necks; we must keep
them there until they ask the forgive
ness of the fhthcr who bath given them
all they possess.
SPEECH Or GOVERNOR JOHNSON
Gov. Johnson was then called for
with prolonged and hearty applause.
The Governor raid that he had no wish
to speak. He wished this to be the
people's meeting and let them control
its course. He hoped it would be the
beginning of a series of similar meet
ings. In past years we used to be de.
Dominated Whigs and Democrats.
These parties had their measures—
one ad - Vocating, the other opposing. a
United States Bank, a protm_etive tariff,
and a distribution of the proceeds of
the sale of public lands. flow slid they
conduct their campaign 3 ? The Whigs
marched up to the platform to the
tunes of Hail Columbia, and Yankee
Doodle, under the folds of the national
flag. The Democrats, too, came in
martial array, playing the same patri
otic airs, and bearing the same bkiner
of the Union. Our contests were
heated, and often bitter; bat we all
fought under the stars and stripes, and
kept step to the music of the Union.
' What parties have we now, fellow-citi
zens? Let me reply, Mr. Chairman,
by turning to you and saying that this
is the proudest moment of my life; for
the old divisions which once separated
us are obliterated, and I meet you to
day on the noble platform of the 17niOn.
Let inc take you 1y the hand, and with
you pledge anew fealty and devotion
to the Federal Union. Let us swear
that we will go down upon the battle
field wrapped in the proud old flag.
We ask this only of all men now—
" Atm you mu run UNION ?" This Is
oar only test and watchword. On this
alone we fight the battle, and under
this sign we will conquer, or pour out
our hearts' blood as a last libation to
freedom and the Union. Timis is a great
struggle for the right of man to self
government, and in this struggle,
through sun and storm, through dust
and heat, over mountain and valley,
will go forth with you to labor for
the Union. 01113 question underlies
tins whole matter. It is the ("Teat
principle of populargovernment based
on man's capacity to govern himself.
Shall Democracy and free institutions
go down forever in this bloody and
wicked revolution ? The catchwords,
slavery and abolition. have been used
as mere pretexts to hide villainy and
treason from the eyes of the careless
and credulous. As soon as the South
ern leaders went out of office they de
termined to overthrow the Govern
ment. They are bent on establishing
a monarchy or aristocracy. Look, for
example, at South Carolina, who led
off in this mlamnalmle revolution. She
was anti-republicam from the first. In
the revolution of 1770 she was per
fectly willing to make any concessions
so as to remain under the rule of Great
Britain. And the chief hope of the
rebel leaders lupt been British and.
French aid. If they relied on such
aid would they not relapse into colonial
vassalage to Great Britain, if the revo
lution was succem-;:ful?
Shall we close oar eves to these facts.
and be hurried a eay by the senseless
dainor of "Southern The
North Dgaih , f and such idle
trash, the mere froth and ravings of
lunatic politicians, to follow after inch
01 en as Wigthll and Iverson, and lie
made vassals of Great Britain? Let
us not lie led astray from the true is
sue by the tricks of crafty and ambi
tious office seekers, who would destroy
your liberties.
Our fathers fought seven years
through privations, luirdships, and
bloodshed Coe freedom. Are you their
lineal descendants, or has your blood
grown thin and pale, mid will you bow
to rebel marauders and traitors to the
rights of man? The redeeming spirit
of the people will come like the lava
tide to sweep away and consume in its
fury the foes of free government. Have
you not heard the coining tempest in
the distant trees? So sounds already
the coiningstorm of freedom. Treason
must be crushed out, and traitors pun
ished. We mean to punish intelligent
and conscious traitors—not the men
forced by conscription, threats and
taunts of cowardice, into the rebel ser
vice. For them we plead mercy. Let
them return to the old flag. But to
the conscious traitors, who have drench
ed the land with fraternal and inno
cent blood, we extend no compromise.
Who is respOnsible? Look about your
streets at the women draped in mourn
ing. Who has hurried off their hus
bands and murdered their sons ? I
fbar some of these mothers and sisters
are responsible for their untimely death.
To such I would say, you ought to
prepare to repent in sackcloth, for it is
a fearful responsibility you have in
curred. Instead of insulting the names
of those who have died for their coun
try, you should bow your heads in
sackcloth and shame. Let me ask this
largo assembly, whom has the Union
wronged? What male or female has
been deprived of any rights? Can
any one point to one right which he
has lost by the Union ? If so, let him
speak. I wish to hear him. The ut
most tension of the keenest faculties
cannot smell, hear, taste or feel ono
right lost. But Southern rights are in
danger in the Territories ! The noisiest
lire-eaters never owned a negro, yet
have been most unfortunate in losing
their rights. They never expected to
go to a Territory, didn't own a negro,
and if they did, would not own him
long. One proposition can never be
answered. It is said the Crittenden
compromise would have satisfied the
South. I was in the Senate at the
time of its introduction. Final action
was up. 3lr. Clark, of New _Clamp
shire, offered an amendment in lieu of
Crittenden's amendment•
Were the Southern leaders sincere
in wanting Crittenden's amendment
Six Southern Senators refused to vote,
and Clinics amendment was adopted
by two votes ; in consequence of their
refusal to vote.
Did they want a compromise ? [cries
of " no ! no !".] The old charge was,
that when the Republicans bad the
power, they would amend the Consti
tution so as to legislate on the subject
of shivery. The defection of the South
gave the Republicans the power, but
they adopted a resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution
that Con , ress should never have the
power to legislate on slavery. Itpassed
027 a two-thirds vote, Republicans and
all voting for it. Did Secesh vote ?
Not at all. They didn't touch it.—
They went into secret session and sold
the people like sheep in the shtunbies
I tell you your government is passing
away. Come forward and rescue it
from the hands of those who would
overthrow our liberties. The same
Republican Congress passed territori
al bills denying the power to the ter
ritorial legislatures to impair the right
to private property, which includes
slavery. Also, one kind of property
not to be taxed higher than another.
Where now is the man who lost his
rights? I would like to see him'.—
Thus, when you subject Secession to
an ordeal you cut it up by the roots.
ltis the work of disappointed ambition.
What confidence have you in Jeff. Da
vis ? How long since he tried to tar
nish the fame of Tennessee and insult
your
. name ! When you dared to
speak against the rebellion your
months were closed. Your country
men are lying in foul and deadly dun
geons in A labama, fed on putrid moat,
covered with filth, and exposed to in
sults and outrages. Their only crime
is they love the flag of our fathers.—
Unless you have lost the fire of your
fathers you are ready to rescue your
countrymen in Alabama. This foul
villainy is covered up under the name
,of Southern rights! Have you read
the Constitution of South Carolina
and Spratt's address! Why, a man is
I not eligible to the Legislature there
I unless he owns ten negroes and £5OO.
The man who lost his rights ought to
go there—he wouldn't be allowed to
look into a parlor. lam a little sel
fish in this. I own but nine negroes
and couldn't be elected to the Legisla
ture in South Carolina.
I have seen how Southern rights are
protected by these demons. My sick
wife with a young babe was turned in
to the streets ; and my house converted
into a hospital by the rebel army.—
Such outrages were common in my
neighborhood, and were perpetrated
by rebel leaders throughout the State.
Front such a mode of defending South
ern rights (food Clod deliver me and
mine! But let us reflect that this pre
tended anxiety about the rights of the
people is an old trick of despots and ty
rants. It is an easy matter. to cry out
about the rights of the people and at
the same time plot to destroy the last
vestige of popular rights. ~Some pro
fessed to be for the Union until Sump
ter fell, and then became Disunionists.
Now, who began this rebellion and
caused the fall of Sumpter ? Yancey
and the South Carolina leaders. Pry
or went to Charleston and said that if'
they would fire at Fort Sumpter, in
one hour Virginia would be out of the
Union, As soon as Fort Moultrie was
evacuated, Beauregard erected his bat
teries. When the Star of the West
brought food to the starving soldiers
he fired at the ship. He was told that
by the 15th the garrison would be
starved out, but he would not. wait for
that. but hastened to open the battle.
Walker, Jeff Davis' Secretary of
War, at a serenade given the Presi
dent and himself at Montgomery, con
gratulated the crowd that the stars
an'? bars would soon fly from the dome
of the Washington Capitol. The reb
els were determined from the first to
compel the shedding of blood. and force
the South out of the Union. They be
(an the war voluntarily. Now% after
being legally elected. Mr. Lincoln took
an oath to &Ten(' the Government
against all its enemies. What did he
do that -was wrong? He called for
seventy-five thousand men. The only
wrong was in calling out too small a
force. Now, what is our duty ? Ten
11CSeC is not out of' the union. You
have the same right to put a torch to
your house in the centre of a block of
buildings that a State has to leave the
Union, and convulse the nation with
out the consent of the rest. There is
no such right as that of Secession. I
said Temtessee had not left, the Union,
nor do I think that reconstractiofi is ex
actly the word we ought to use in con
nection with our work. We are trying
to restore the course of law, and conquer
the rebellion which had been instigated
and urged by that valorous hero, Har
ris, who left Nashville in a precipitate
and dastardly flight. He should have
been at least as bold as lie was injuri
ous and treacherous, and stood his
ground. If we hare to leave we will
at least cover a decent retreat. We
will fight every inch of ground
for our freedom, burn every blade
of grass, and if fall we, must, then per
ish in honorable graves. But, all
this rebellion was in obedience to the
dictate of King Cotton. lie was very
good in his place, but so were wool
and hemp. If any production was
King, bread and meat deserve the ti
tle. Why, if cotton were lost, as it
was practically until loss than a centu
ry ago, the world would get along very
well without it.
Po not be frightened by these clam
ors of cotton-politicians, for the world
will wag on just as before, and cotton
will be an humble servant. IL has not
been a century since cotton was first
used, and in less than a century it may
be disused and some other fabric may
take its place. Like other things, it
will have its day. The South does not
raise all the cotton. The mighty
:Northwest, in f4ct. grows more cotton
than the Cotton States themselves.—
They feed and clothe the Cotton States.
They send to them annually flour, corn,
meat, potatoes, salt, machinery, cloth
ing and thousands of other articles. The
boasted power of King Cotton was
small indeed, compared with those in
dispensable products. If a man a few
years ago had raised the British . fiag
in our streets, he would have suffered
death. The. rebels first called Cotton
the King. Then they invoke the help
of a British King in their rebellion,
until at last the term becomes so fa
miliar that they will try to get a King
in fact. The fiend of despotism advan
ces with a slow and cautious, but sure
stop. Lot us go on with our work,
and put, down treason and hang the
arch traitors. We have a mighty task
before us. I feel that I have heavy
work. But I ever taught in open day
on high ground. Standing side by side
to-day with old political adversaries,
let us unite to expel the rebellion from
our borders. Let us elect a Governor.
Legislature, Judges, iind Congressmen,
and renew the regular course of our
civil afihias. I never was for proscrip
tion for opinion's sake. My adversa
ries will bear witness that I never made
a distinction in my constituents. But
this is a question of the existence or
non-existence of the Government, and
the Government cannot be trusted to
the men who are seeking to destroy it.
It must pass into the bands of its
friends, Pat out rebels and put in the
loyal everywhere
SOUTHERN NEWS
More Talk About the Invasion of the
North.
We observe that some of the rebel
newspapers still cling to the idea pro:
mitigated before the fall of Sumpter,
that the rebel armies should invade the
North, and here dictate terms to our
Government. Here is the latest edito
rial on that subject. It is from the
Memphis Avalanche of the Gth inst.:
The enemy already hold Maryland,
Kentucky, and Missouri, with large
portions of Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Florida. This would
give them a decided advantage in the ,
negotiation for a boundary. It is true
that our Congress has already declared
that the war shall last until every foot
of Southern soil is redeemed from the
occupancy of the Northern armies, bat
it is alsztrue that, since that declara
tiour,4l have regained none of our lost
_te - fritoryr but, on the contrary, lost
more.
,The prospect of our recovering
the lost ground, then, is not as bright
as we could wish. It is said that if
the enemy give us a battle at Corinth,
that we shall first, whip and then cap
ture his army; and, these advantages
attained, we shall adopt an aggressive
policy, and cam- the war into the en•
may's own country. It would have
been well for us if we had adopted this
course long since. Our troops, instead
of leading inactive lives in camp, would
have been greatly delighted at the op
portunity of glory on such a field.—
Still, it may not be too late to adopt
this policy now. It is, in our opinion,
the only way to put an end to the
war. As long as the Federals can sit
quietly at home and escape the evils
of the war they inflict upon others,
there is but little probability of their
agreeing to any proposition for peace
which does not involve our own humil
iation. But war at their own doors—
an invasion of their own lands and hou
ses—could not fail to have a beneficial
influence upon their minds towards a
speedy peace. Now that the idea that
" cotton is king" has exploded, after
inflicting upon us all the ills under
which We Offer, it semis to us to be
the highest dictate of wisdom to change
our tactics and adopt an aggressive
warfare. We have tried the defensive
policy, and it has resulted in material
ly damaging us. Let us now try the
aggressive. Let us try it, too, at once.
Whatever is done should he done
speedily 4 —for there is now less than
tWO months in which to turn the tide
in our favor, and strike a balance sheet
with the North, before Europe inter
venes.
Rebel News per Memphis
The Charleston Growler contains the
following letter from its Memphis, cor
respondent:
My trots, April 1.862.---The occu
pation of New Orleans, of course, opens
the mouth of the Mississippi, mid Fed
eral gunboats have already started up
the river in chase of one of our esca
ping steamers. They are looked for
in the vicinity of Mein phis within four
days—a contingency - :del: your cor
respondent will sagaciously anticipate
by " pegging out." A majority of the
residents of the city will remain and take
their chances under l'ederal dominion.—
nose must closely ideal filed with the
S'llallerit ea lISC di o y (lon t, and iy
thread of this week that ,sterliny paper.the
Hemph is Appeal, with its hive of workers,
will have followed in the scale. The Ar
abtache will continue its publication in
Memphis. Confolerate money is refusal
litre in dozens of plates, aryl for small ar
ticles it is impossible to w,c this class of
finals. Tennessee money is at a pre
mium of from fifteen to twemy per
cent. At Nashville it is selling at the
same rate. Some of the merchants
have closed their stores rather than
sell their goods for Confederate mon
ey, which they cannot use ; and when
ever it is accepted the surplus of each
is being invested in real estate, jewel
ry, plate and diamonds. Sugar has
risen two cents and a half. Those who
will remain in Memphis are generally
the financial graybeards whose proper.
ty and pecuniary interests are at stake,
and they haVe been the first on the
black list at the approach of danger to
sound the alarm, produce panic, and
discredit the success of the Confedera
cy.
A large portion of the so-called
"Home Guard " are among those who
will tender their respects to the Fed
eral soldiery. The ladies, as ever, are
true as steel, together with hundreds
of brave mon who cannot leave; hut,
besides these, the fighting population
being largely represented in the field,
few can be singled out with whom the
almighty- dollar is not of vastly more
consequence than the interests of the
Confederacy.
All the specie of the Memphis banks
is in one of the French banks of New
Orleans.
Proolamation Against Freebooters in
Tennessee,
On Uriday Gov. Johnson, of Ten
nessee, issued the following proclama
tion:
EXECIUTIVE OFFICE,
IcAsitviLLE, TENN., May 9, 1892. j
W r IIEMEAS, Certain persons, unfriend
ly and hostile to the Government Odle
'United States, have banded themselves
together, and are now going at large
through many of the counties in this
State, arresting, maltreating and plun
dering Union citizens wherever found—
:!.‘7o;v, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson,
Governor of the State of Tennessee,
by virtue of the power: and authority
in me vested, do hereby proclaim that
in every instance in which a Union
man is arrested and maltreated by the
marauding bands aforesaid, Live or
more rebels from the most prominent
in the immediate neighborhood shall
he arrested, imprisoned, and otherwise
dealt with as the nature of the case
may require. And further, in all cases
in which the property of citizens loyal
to the Government of the United
States is tarren or destroyed, full and
ample remuneration shall be made to
them out of the property of such rebels
in the vicinity as have sympathized
with, and given aid, comfort, informa
tion or encouragement to the parties
committing such depredations.
This order will be executed in letter
and spirit. All citizens are hereby
warned under heavy penalty froM en
tertaining, receiving, or encouraging
such persons so banded together or in
wise connected therewith.
By the Govornor.
ANDREW JOIINZON.
Ftwalii., IT. East, Secretary of State
Our Army Correspondepcp.
NEWMARKET, VA. May 2, 1862
FRIEND LEWI ' S :—This beautiful IMAy
day, and after a three days' march, I
grasp an old rusty pen in order to tell
the friends at home of our whereabouts
and a short - history of our late march
from Winchester. - Although. being
somewhat fatigued of the same we
hope our friends will not expect much
from our pen,at this time, and as we
are fully aware that the columns of the
good old Globe (Long may she find us)
are already full of interesting war news,
we shall be brief.
On Tuesday morning, 29n1t, we
ed up stakes at Winchester, (three
companies excepted), and packed Mir
tents snugly in the wagons,. and 76
were soon on the road for the' above
named place, a 'distance of some - fifty
miles. The first day we came within
two miles of Strasburg and laid 'doWli
upon the ground to sleep. Wednesday
morning, were up and had breakfast
early anti then "fall in, boys." We
passed through Strasburg. and on
through Woodstock, a distance of 12
miles from Strasburg. We next passed
through Eclenburg and encamped for
the night close by the town. While
we were going through Woodstock'
some of-the Secesh Ladies gave us some
black looks, and be assured we could
almost read the 'sentiment of their
minds.---There comes the blue bellied
Yankees to make Jackson run mid 'to
kill our beaux. Thursday, having some
fifteen miles yet .to walk we were soon
on the-road - again with the expectation
of stopping in Newmarket, but we
came through town and joined two
Regiments of our Brigade, some two
miles south of town, at which place
we pitched tents and slept in them last
night, and as we bad a good march,
being pretty tired, we slept soundly.
This is Friday, a very nice day,aud as
we aro close to a small creek a great
many of the boys are enjoying them
selves fishing. I cannot say how long
we will stay at this place. We. are
now in a beautiful country, and have
been travelling through a nice coun
try for the last three days.' Every
thing looks like spring-time. Pros..
poets for harvest aro good. -
The boys are all in vett spirits
,to
day, but we can 'say nothingaboukour
prospects of having a fight as we be
lieve Old Jackson has gone, in the di
rection of Yorktown, and if be, goes
there be will find Yankees enough
without us following hint. . •
Friend Lewis, while we are speak
ing of our pleasant soldiering hours,
and of the good health of the boys,
we would not forget to say a word in
behalf of our friend Samuel C. Baker,
who departed this life a few days since,
at A.Vineheter. We regret the loss of
our friend, but one thing we aretti•ppy
to say, that friend Baker died in a good
cause, defemßng the stars and stripes,
and as hotTt e a into the artily a pioqs,
and a religious. man, we can say . 1-2• e
proved himself true during his' stay
with us, but through the goodness of
God he has bade farewell to earth and
gone to join the army of the Lord,
Yours Respectfully,
I). Ross 31H-rm.
• 110 Regt, P: V.
Tehnessee,
The {troves of restoring a rebellious
Stale to a condition ofloyalty is neces
sarily te,dit me, but it can be done, when
the proper men have the wcirk iil
charge. Governor Andrew Johnson
seems to be doing extr.amely well in
TviineWe - c. lie has been collecting it
1111 {Ober of leading Union men in Nash
ville; and the ineetiii, thus held has
had the happiest effect. From various
park of the state there are signs of ao:
quieeeneo in the restoration or the
Federal authority, and this acquies
cence wool.' show itself as positive sat
isfliction, if it were not fbr a fear that;
the United States may not continuo
to furnish protection to the inhabitants,
and that the State may again be over
run by the rebels.
A great difficulty in all the restored
States will arise from the condition of
the currency. The people have little
! more than Confederate scrip, or notes
of banks that are under the rebel Gov
ernment, or the wretched paper prom
ises to pay of irresponsible firms or 4.-
! dividuals. All these become worthless
as the United States troops advance.
They are refused atMemphis even nosy,
which we look upon as a sign ofretura
, ing reason in that rebellious city. As
trade revives, under the old flag, a
good currency comes in ; but the tran
sition state, between the Confederate
and the United States money, is a state
of distress ; poverty and suffering. At
Nashville, the army has brought a
large amount of good - money, and our
merchants are also sending gold to
Tennessee wherewith to buy cotton,
Already about 3,600 bales of cotton
have been shipped from Nashville V/
the North, and this has brought about
8.360,000 of good money into . the State.
The total shiprnentS - for the season aro
estimated at 18,000' bales, which wilt
bring into the State Famo,coo of good
currency.
This simple fact about cotton and
currency is doing a great deal to p . m
the eyes of the Tennesseeans to the
advantages of restoration to the Union.
Governor Johnson is doing a great
deal besides, and after, Beauregard re
ceives the drubbing ho is to get from
Halleck, we may expect the whole
State to become as loyal and quiet as
Kerituidty arid Itissouri.- 2 .Evenikg But:
1C ''At Fredericksburg, Virgirtia,oq
the approach of oUr forces, the rebels
destroyed no less than til-puty-tiro
boats, several of which wore good
steamers, and burned twenty thousand
dollars' worth of cotton.
The Wheeling Intelligencei says
all the merchants of that city, with
one e*peption..have taken the oath or
allegiance. ' One physician, enjoying a
large practice, gave it,np rather Until
take the oath.-
in - ' The rebels have appointed a day
of humiliation and prayer. , don't
believe they will make anything - ,Sy
that. They can no more outpray_the
Federals than they can whip thein.:---
Louisville Journal. .
a:73, A Judicial Election talies place
in Kentucky ibis month. .4p prder
from General Halle& requiresAllat all
candidates whe are seeessknjstS or
rebel sympathizers shall be arre,sted.—
Several persons. have been deprived of
" their liberty" under this Oder al
ready, inclUding zifitfutrbon cpunty as
pirant.