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KENEBLE & VAN HORN,
MAYUr k ST Street,
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ROAIFIM SHOEMAKER
gialbeakt Corm TOIJETH and HA=S Elereeti.
PHILADELPHIA,
'WHOLESALE DEMISTS,
' =PORTERS AITD DEALERS
YONEIGN AND DOMESTIC,
WINDkW AND PLATE GLASS.
• tfAXIITACTIIIIUME or
War= LEAD AND ZINO rime, PunT, AO
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tRENCH ZINC , PAINTS.
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FOY' LOW PRIORS FOR °Ass:
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le" biAm from LiTerpool, /binder, Weaver, la bear
baiV debartalons:
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sots. pupydrire., Wilk bro. .
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47 and 40 Bondy 81:00ND Street,
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tOOKING• GLASSE*
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N 0.161 South BEM, Street,
at weesentes with, their extensive Oebizet Deriates en
entmmitesheineesneriormtielotef
'BILLIARD SABLES,
Ash SIMI BOW Oft+2lol a roll emir, finished with tbs
NOOIOI a eat,llo , lolll ItiPSOVIID 01781110N13,
Stitcb ere prottounctd, by ell who have need, ' to be
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to ett others. r- g the natty and finish of .thee Tobles the nen-
Imetoress refer to their lIROWPW2O settees throtoneat the
Ust4l4oetetteehielt with the ettencter of their limit;
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MATERIALS FOR
MINCE'- PIES.
.BD,DietND LATER lAlarts"
SULTANA AND SEEDLESS RAISINS,
cITRON, CURRANTS, SPICES,
SWEET CIDEN ; , WINES do
Arajalgia l' C 7. ROBERTS,
nt rixs °zooms%
Copritir of ELNYINTH indlr/NE Eltroats.
likiagicHßEL, HERRING, SHAD,
Ika-44000 bbls ffier as ind a
law. mwdlute, tad Rau* Ist aratted
dt o r t iOstintusbl, Walk,
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for, t 6 term of yearkINILLAUDI MOTU, Is
w- Thor tato Ws oect.don to return to the(
ttkftles// and customers min, thinks for lost wore,
tisiird konaturi thew-that tht, 1411 be hock Itlappy to
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CEO. OGDEN, Heoretarr.
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I 'ridge's Pedant Oval (flroqrool) and Eastern
Lamps, ac. - Batumi to_biiro Coal Oil with.
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VOL. 5.-NO. 128.
HOLIDAY GOODS
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
THOMAS C. GARRETT,
7/2 CHESTNUT STREET,
OPPOSITE TIM MASONIC LULL,
IMULDELPHLt,
Him list matted on assortment of
• ,LAD*Er anDswreroaEs,
Of the'newest styles, and of very 'superior Wont', as Well
its those adapted to men's and boys' wear.
He is merittfacturing extentdvel.ta great variety of
lISEFIrb AND FANCY ABTIOLEB OF SILFIgn,
And gives special attention to gatOng . up things imitable
for
rouper., AND HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
PLATED WARE
Got Tip under the proprietor's own inspection,tin a Bleat
variety of styles. Will be warranted HEAVILY
PLATED with' pure silver, In a way to Insure its wear
ing well.'
Much of his
JEWELRY
TB mannfachiTed on the premises!, and hi 4 steckwill be
found to comprise a great variety or fashionable goods,
from the smallest articles to
SETS OF DIAMONDS.
These are offered for iale at
PBIOES ADAPTED TO TIIE TIMES,
And persons ate invited to call and examine them.
dea.tuthe Im
FTOLIDAY • :PRESENTS.
• _ ,
WATORES,
JEWELRY, - - •
OILVER ARE PLA.TED WARE,
REDUCED PRICES.
JOS. H. WATSON,
de7-stnihlin 326 CHESTNUT STREET.
ITOLIDAY GOODS FOR HOLI
DAY PRESENTS. -
What would make a more useful present than
A HANDSOME DRESS,
___,
, • A HANDSO ME SHAWL, or
A HANDSOME CLOAK?
lust, received from New York, a large assortment or
'New Goode, Imitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
1 LOT MOIRE ANTIQUES, at 50c. r
• An enormous loss to the importer.
Beard/Rd Fancy Mks for the Holidays. -
' 1 lot handsome Velvet Flounced Robee, at less than the
cost at importation.
1 lot double width Prlrited Cashmeres 87)0., never
before sold low than 10e.
CHOICE DRESS GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Newest and most desirable etyloa of
CLOAKS AND BARQUES.
SOO pieces Merrimack and English Chintsos at 12,40.,
worth 1334 c. in first hands.
CHEAP BLANKETS AND FLANNELS.
New Fancy Cassimeres and Rich Velvet Vostings at
tom prices: H. STEEL A SON,
de l° No. 718 North TENTH Street. above Coates.
TO OFFICERS
OF TEE
ARMY AND NAVY.
Please take notice, that'we have a fine assortment at
Regulation Hata, Cape, Embroideries, fine Swords and
Sabres, Saabs% Rolls, Sword Knots, Canteens, kg., &c.
Mllltatr Goods of every description vrill be found at
this establishment.
CHARLES OAKEDRD & SONS,
Nos. 828 and 828 CHESTNUT Street,
de19.12t * Continental
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Conskting
' DRESSING ROBES, SHAWLS,
MERINO A 29) SILK SHIRTS
AND DRAWERS,
HOSIERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, GLOVES,
STOOES, TIES, de., dc.
C$ ARLES OXFORD & SONS.
de19.12t
-HOLIDAY GIFTS.
PRiOES TO SUIT THE TIMES, AT
• . -
Ci-L
AlLlt'g $l. STORE,
OH:ESTNIIT STREET.'
, SILVER-PLATED WARE; JEWELRY and TAROT
GOODS, in great variety; New and beautiful styles ro
nisei daily, and sold much below the usual mice&
CLARK'S ed. STORE.
deft.im ' 609 (=STRUT STREET.
CHRI.STM.AS PRESENTS!
LADIES' FURS,
OF THE. OHOICEST
Very superior Dark Siberian Squirrel Sable, Mink Sable,
&c ,
!Met 'which will be sold at tho Tory lowest Floes.
SETS at $5, $6; st, and 69.
'CHARLES OASPORD & SONS,
del9:l2t
. Noe. 826 and tiatii CHESTNUT Street.
HOLIDAY HAT;
We will open our now style of hat, for the approaching
holidays, on Saturday next.
i1e19.12t OUABLES OAKEOBEO & SONS.
LADIES' SHOES.
We re closing out our
LADIES' SI-10ES,
Below cost. They are the best in the city.
del9 lit CHARLES OAISSORD & SONS.
HANGING! VASES.
Ornainental Plower Pots.
Parlor Vilma for Growing Flower,.
Baskets for Jardiniere.
Pedestals with Vase for Flowers.
Antique Vases for Mantels.
Taos Renaissance lot Parlor.
Bustle and Taira Cotta Vaasa,
- Lava Plower Pots and Vases.
.Garden Vases and Pedestals.
-Brackets for Busts and Figures.
With a great variety of articles suitable for Christ-
MSS /men% for sale retail and to the trade.
Warerootas 1510 CHESTNUT Street, Plalladelpbbs.
• dell '' ' 'O. A. HARRISON.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
PATENT ,
111c,CLELIJAN TIES.
• -
` -- PATENT
DIoCLELLA.N TIES.
PATENT
MCLELLAN- TIES.
PATENT
MCCLELLAN TIES. - •
•
FArIENT MCLELLAN SCARFS.
PATENT
McCLELLAN SCARFS.
•
PATENT
MCLELLAN' SCARFS.
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN - h 3 I AT J. A. ESIILEMAIts 0
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S i AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S
AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S AT J. A. ESHLEMAN'S
NORTHWEST CORNER'OP
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT.
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT. •
SEVENTH AND CHESTNUT.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE ONLY CRAVAT STORE IN PHILADELPHIA.
P. S. The above articlas r being PATENTED, cannot
be obtained elsewhere.
P, S. N 0.2. Nat'l' Punishing Goods, In every variety.
P. S. No.B. PATENT ENAMELLED COLLARS,
10 FOR_ A QUARTER.,
de7•etntb3m ,
.IFILEi3II MINCED MEAT.
Te enbecrlber begs leave to Worm the publlo that
he is sgata Prepared to offer Ms justly celebrated
NE . PLUS ULTRA MINCED MEAT,
In large or small Quantities. Orders through Ds.
each Poet will be punctually attended t o .
JOSHUA WRIGHT.
811 MM GARDEN and YIUNICLIN Streets,
isolEtato Philadelphia.
BLANK' ACCOUNT BOOKS,
n; EVERY VARIETY, KED
OF THE BEST STOCK,
SELLING AT, LOW PRIORS.
Buy at the Manufactory.
W. G. PERRY,
BLOK.BOOK MANUFACTURER, '
de2o-int S. W. Corner FOURTH and RACE.
ROOK BINDING
OB EVERY DESCRIPTION
EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER,
AT VERY LOW PRICES,
At W. O. PERRY'S, _
BO OKRINDER,
de2O lm S. 'Si', Corner 'FOURTH. and RACE.
DIARLEB FOR 1862. •
GREATEST VARIETY, AND
AT THE LOWEST PRIDES
Bur OF THE PUBLIMBIL
'WILLIAM G. TIDILY, Pn bilel or,
vezu•itti 8. W. Corner 70 . 1.11111 and 118.0 X.
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HOLIDAY BOOKS -
AND
nropoonA PEI ALBUMS
SELLING AT VERY LOW PRICER.
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STEWARDSON, Jr., to %them all persona haring claims
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(1012-that*
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UNITED STATES, EASTERN DIS
TRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. SOT.
THE PRESIDENT 01' TUE UNITED STATES,
TO THE MARSHAL OP THE EASTERN DIS
TRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Greeting:
Wildman, The District Court of the 'United States in
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lend, 1 box of shoe thread, 1 box of drugs, t box pre
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LIDA, captured as prize of war Dy flit Voittistalla 0112
BE,SIINOLIC, and brought into this purl by the ELLEN
P. STEWART, to be monlohed, cited, and called tO:lialgs
meat, at the time and place underwritten, and to tho effect
hereafter, expressed, (justice ao requiring.) You aro
therefore cbarged and strictly enjoined and commanded,
that yeti melt not, but that by publishingthese presents
in at lent two of fife daily newspapers printed and pub-
Med in the air of rldiadehmtn, and in the Legal In
teltigencer, you ad inoPlah and cite, or cause to bo
imni°l" and cited, peremptorily, tilt persons In general
who hale, or pretend to have, any right, DM ] , 9r inte
rest in the raid lati bags of coffee, 596 pigs of load, 5 rolll
of sheet lead, 1 box of shoo thread, I box of drugs, .1 box
of preserves, awl :13 boxes of cigars, to appear b ,fore the
lionorableJOHN CA DWALADER, the Judge of the said
Court, at the DISTRICT COURT ROOM, in the city
of Philadelphia, on the TWENTIETH day after publi
cation of these presents, if it be a court day, or else on
the next court day following, betwe n the usual hours of
hearing causes, then and there to show, or allege, In duo
form of law, a reasonable and lateral excuse, if ally they
have, cloy 160 bags of coffee, MO pigs of load, 5 rolls
sheet lead, 1 box shoe thread, 1 box drugs, 1 box
preserves, and 33 boxes of cigars, should not ho
pronounced to belong, at the thus of the capture of tho
same, to the enemies of the United States, and, as goods
of their enemies or otherwise, ha% and added to con
densation, to be adjudged and condemned as good and
lass MI prizes; nod further to do and receive to this be
half as to justice shall annertain. And that aon duly In
timate, or cause to be intimated, unto all persons afore
said generally, (to whom, by the tenor of those presents,
it is also bitimated,) that if they shell not appear at the
time and place above mentioned, or appear and shall not
show a reasonable and lawful cause to the contrary, then
sold District Court lath Intend and will proceed to Mut
dlcation on the said capture. and may pronounce that
the said 160 bags of coffee, 596 pigs It iul, 5 rolls of sheet
lead, I hex alma thread, liancilrugs, 1 box preserves, and
63 boxes cigars, did belong, at the limo of the cap
tore of tho same, to the enemies of the United Status of
America, and as goods of their enemies, or otherwise,
liable and subject to confiscatlen and condemnation, to
be adjudged and condemned as lawful pulse, the absence
or rather contumacy of the persons so cited and inti
mated in anywiee notwithstanding, and that - you dolit
certify to the sold District Court what you shall do in
the premises, together a Mx these presents.
Witness tho Honorable Jollic OADWALADER,
* Twig° of the said Court, at Philadelphia, this twenty
eighth day of DECEMBER, A. D. 1861, and in the
eighty-sixth year of the Independence of the said United
States,
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ghe 411rtos.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1802.
THE REBELLION.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
AFFAIRS. AT LEXINGTON,
GEN, HALLECK ON THE CONTRABAND QUESTION.
EMOTILER SECRET SOCIETY DISCOVERED,
STRANGE, DEVELOPMENTS.
TRH WAR. IN KENTUCKY.
Reported Fight at Paducah Untrue,
REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE SITUATION
AFFAIRS AT SOMERSET
UNION GUNBOATS ON THE CUM
BERLAND RIVER:
WHAT THE REBELS HAVE DONE IN
SOUTIIERN KENTUCKY
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
lEEE DAVIS' IffEt3SAGE DENOUNCED,
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN CAIRO.
THE SITUATION OF OUR DIFFERENT ARMIES.
Breekinridge and Hunter Gone to Europe
as Substitutes for Mason and Slidell.
&C., &C., gZe.
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
From Lexington
The St. Louts Rep: Wean says :
It appears that the Federal forces which made
Lexington a visit the other day and burned the
foundry and ferry boats atthat place, did not quito
finish their work. Four notorious rebel scoundrels,
Darned Charley Martin, Carroll Wood, John Reed,
and Thomas Shields, were in that City at the time,
and, after the departure of the Federals, followed
along in the rear, and overtaking one of the eel.
diem who was lagging behind, shot and killed him.
On last Friday night, a passenger who had arrived
nt Lexington by the J3ooneville stage was seized by
Charley Martin, and, the next morning:9rue found
murdered on the levee. Our informant adds that
the rebels have killed and paoked away in Lexing
ton about 3,000 hogs for Pace's army.
Gen. lialleelt t Ordert! the Release of Cer—
tarn Fugitive Slaves
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT Or MISSOURI,
ST. LOUIS, December 18, 1861.
Col. B. G. Farrar, Provost Marshal General,
Department of the MissourioSt.
COLONEL : From your verbal statements, and the:
written communication submitted by you yester
day, I am informed that there are some sixteen
negro men confined in the city prisons in your
charge, and advertised for sale under a statute of
this State. You have stated the facts of the case,
as you understand them ; have called my attention
to the statute of this State on the subject, and to
the law of Congress of last session, and have asked
my orders as to how you shall proceed in this mat
ter—whether to release these men from custody,
and to place them outside of your partionlarjans
diction as a military officer in charge of the prisons,
in accordance with General Orders, No. 3, of this
Department, or whether the sheriff, who, as I un
derstand, 'is now under your orders, is to proceed
and sell the said negro men as- he has advertised,
and as fa directed by the statute of tills State, if
said statute has not been modified or changed by
the law of the last sealer' of Congress.
As I am informed, most of those negroos came
with the forces under Major General Fremont from
Southwestern Missouri, and have either been used
in the military service against the United States, or
are claimed by persons now in arms ageinet the
Federal Government, but that none of thembave
been condemned in accordance with the act - up
proved August 6, 1861, and that no proceedings for
such condemnation hays over been instituted.
As I understand the matter, the statute of this
State creates the presumption that those noon are
slaves, and if not Galled for within three months
from the date of the advertisement of the sheriff,
they are to be sold as slaves. It would seem that
the act of Congress, approved August 6, 1861, if
constitutional, overrules this statute so far as this
presumption is concerned. This act of Congress
Cannot be regarded as unconstitutional until do
oided to be so by the United States Supreme Court.
It results, then, as it seems to me, that those no
greet aro hold in custody without the authority of
law, and contrary to General Orders No. 3 ; and
you are hereby directed to release them from pri
son. It appears, however, that they have received
from the Quartermaster's Department certain arti
cles of clothing, required for their immediate and
pressing necessities, with the promise that they
Would pay for tho clothing so delivered to theta
with their labor. They will, therefore, ho turned
over to the chief of the Quartermaster's Depart.
meet in this city, for labor till they have paid the
United States for the clothing and other articles so
issued to them at the expense of the Government.
This order will in no way debar any one from
enforcing his legal rights to the services of these
negroes. Such lights, if any exist, can be en
forced through the loyal civil tribunals of this
State, whose mandates will always be duly re
spected by the military authorities of this Depart
ment. Military alms cannot decide upon rights
of property or claims to service, except so far us
may be authorized by the laws of war or the acts
of Congrem. 'When not so authorized, they will
avoid ull interference with such questions.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
If. W. Ifer.r.,neu,
Major Conertit Commanding.
Another Secret Rebel Soctety—An Issue
from General Price's Camp—The Ent•
manant.
['From the St. Louis Ilepublican 1 •
A correspondent at St, Joseph has sent us a copy
of a anion pamphlet, bearing the title, " Constitu
tion of tho Emmanant, instituted November 25, A.
D. 'lB6l. By Robert .Ernmott Dunn and Nathan
Chapman Roans. - Qua . Prosunt Omnibus."
Prom another source we have also obtained a
copy, found, as this ono was, on a prisoner" cap
tured from Price's army. Dunn and Kouna
aro now in the military prison at St. Joseph, and
some twenty odd copies were taken from thorn,
so that it is probable that they wore emissaries
sent forward to organize these societies, where
by to assist the cause of rebeldom, as repre
sented by Price, Tucker; Co. The pamphlet
itself, judging from the mechanical execution, was
printed at Price's camp, Osceola, and Deacon Tuck
er has, no doubt, exercised his leisure moments in
getting up this infernal society. It would seem
that the obligations taken upon themselves when
entering into the seerot moiety of the Knights of
the Golden Circle, a year ago, have not proved
sufficient, and now and more damnable oaths must
be found. At the first mooting of the Legislature
after Jackson's election, a missionary from Missis
sippi installed a Lodge of those Golden Knights at
Jefferson City, with troasm to the Union rankling
in their hearts, and a largo number of the members
of the Legislature were initiated into its myste
ries. Sean it kallMe evident that legislation Waft
controlled by it. The infection sproiid, and similar
organizations took place all over the State, and to
its secret workings may bo traced much of the des
peration which hasimarked the conduct of the Se
cossionists in Missouri. But the secret oaths then
administered have utterly failed of their purpose,
'and hence the institution of the Emnintrant So
ciety—with now oaths and imprecations and in
oftztations, and hypocritical appeals to God to aid
them fit their unholy work. The rebel camp at
Osceola was a very proper place to originate such
‘a society, but it is to be fearod,*now that that army
is humping it to Arkansas, that the organizations in
this State will be very inconsiderable. They will
no longer be able to delude the people of Missouri
into a further connection with their desperate for
tunes.
In order that the public may sea what sort of a
society has called forth these strictures, we give an
epitome of the constitution and preamble.
The preamble recites, in the general tone of Se
cession, rho pretended grievances of Missourians,
among which are the—
Complete alienation of oar feelings and afro
tions from the United States Government; by the
unlawful and inhuman murder of our fellow-eiti-
YAMS for opinions' sake; by unlawfully and inhu
manly arresting and imprisoning our citizens for a
like cause; by unlawfully confiscating anti de
stroying our property, blighting the fruits of holiest
industry, closing the public marts and highways to
legitimate trade ; rendering us insecure in life,
ll
berty, and property; subjecting us at any timo to
be drafted into the military service of tho United
States, and forced to take up arms in an infamous
and unholy war, weed in violation of our con
sciences and feelings. in support of a policy which
we utterly detest," Sm. Closing by entering " each
with the other, and with all, into solemn league
and covenant, that we will defend ourselves against
these sutrages by all the means in our power ; that
wo will no longer submit to such insult, injustice,
and oppression, and that we will make these decla
rations good or die in the attempt. So help us
God."
The first article gives the name of the organiza
tion, the second the list of officers, end says there
shell be "three Consuls elected by the Petri,lan
Lodge, ono of whom shall be Consul General. One
Pro-Consul, one Vico Pro-Consul, and one Assistant
Pro-Consul broach county. Each Lodge has one
Centurion, three ProfectS, ono Motor, as many
Cursors, Maniplaris, and Cuetodes, as the Lodge
may deem necessary, and ono Catechist, and one
interpreter elected by the Lodge. The Third Ar
ticle provides that the ofileers shall hold their offi
ces for oneear. The Fourth and Fifth Articles
prescribe the ditties and qualifications of officers.
The Sixth relates to the powers of the Patrician
Lodgo. Tho Boventh Artiolo gives the test of
membership, and provides that—
"No one shall be admitted to membership in
this order unless to be honest, truthful, ofgood
roport, and sound in body and mind, a free, wliite
male, citizen of the Iltato of Missouri, and of the
ago of elgbtoon years, ilor unless ho is a believer in
the being of One Just, Eternal, and Omniscient
God, who will infallibly reward virtue and punish
vice"
Article Eighth Classifies the members Into two
Classes, called Seniors and Juniors. Articles Ninth,
Tenth, and Eleventh regulates the reports of in
tarter °Moors, ho.,One section provides that the
Ciphers of the ordr shall be two, one of which
shall contain the list of members, the other
the records and correspondence of the Lodge.
The Key to the Ciphers is not to be oom
munirated to anyperson excepting the Consols, Pro-
Consuls, Centurions, Catechist, and Interpreter,
each of whom receive the same under a solemn obli
gation of eternal seareey. Another section providos
for burning all the eorrespondence of the Lodge, and
all, and every word, eigu, figure, letter, or other
thing whatsoever, as soon as acted on by the
Lodge ; translating into the Cipher whatever is
proper to be preserved. Next is the initiation,
.which wo give in full, in order that the people may
ace what sort of a society the rebels propose to in
troduco into their midst.
INITIATIONS.
I.
rrift CATE:MEM.
Ist. Do you believe in Ono Eternal, Just, and
Omnboient Clod, who will infallibly punish the
vicious and reward the good?
2d. Are you willing to take, in Nis Great Name,
a solemn oath of inviolable secresy, as to all that
you may learn of this our Order ?
Then raise your fight bend, and repeat after
me:
"I, —, having, of my own free will
and accord, applied for membership m THE E5l
- do mestaiflemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will never reveal, ,iy - irign, word, look, letter, nor
in any manner, nor by alrYlaaanS whatever,
any
thing which Inlay thereof;leirr and that I will
carefully conceal the-signs, oaths, passwords, to
kens, objects, and dedOs thereof, whether my con
nection with the Order, shall continuo or not. So
help mo God ! And', this oath (or affirmation) I
take freely and volsidarily, without mental re
servation, evasion, of 'equivocation, and In good
faith, with full parposeof mind and heart, to keep
the same sacredly, -spirit and in latter, on pe
nalty of death. Sob 1p mo God!"
Do you thus soleml , i)wear i
3d. Do you bolieve,in the re , op ?
4th. Are you in fafor of the Union —?
bth. Aro you willlig,to hazard life, liberty, and
prosperity, in securing and meintaing the same ?
oth. This Order is devoted to our mutual protec
tion, and to the accoraplishment of the above ob
jects • and in order tei,maka it as effieient at possi
ble, "the whole membership is divided into two
classes, ono of which co call Juniors and one Se
niors. Juniora are Wok° who desire to acquire and
to use - 1 44. Seniors are those who propose and
intend to devote their time, influence, means and
wisdom to the same glorious objects, as fax as may
be necessary and convenient.' Do you desire -to be
a Junior?- or a Senior? or both ?
7th. What is youehame, ago, occupation, and
place of miaow o? ,
So I shall enroll you in the Cipher of our Order.
Do you desire to proceed in your initiation.
]Norx.—lf the candidate refuse to answer any
question, or to take the oath (or affirmation,) or
answer any interrogatory in the negative, the Cate
chist shall atop the examination, and report that
fact to the Centurion.]
It.
[Nora.—lf the candidate be found ALL con
niter on the Catechism, the Catechist shall report
him so to the Centurion, and shall any : " The can
didate is correct in the Catechism. What is the
order of the Lodge ?" If the Lodge is ready for
initiation, tho Centurion shall an.swor : "Let the
candidate come forward." Whereupon, the Pre
fect 61111 conduct him before the Centurion, and
the initiation shall proceed as follows:]
Centurion. Brethren, wo have fallen upon evil -
men and. evil days!
Catechist and Lodge. Evil days ! Evil days !
Cent. We are dwellera in a land rent by civil
discord, torn by contending factions, cursed with
the horrors of civil war, and drenched in fraternal
blood. Our nation has rushed on terror and de
struotion, as ships dtsmasted rush before the
tempest on the rooks. On every side we meet
with hostile armies. The roar of artillery and
the rattle of musketry bee broken the Blinn of
our wooded hills and wealthy plains. The foun
dations of society aro upheaved; bad men wax.
worse and worse; tho father rises up against the
son, and the son against the father; neighbor's
hand is lifted against neighbor, and children of
the sense womb seek the lives of one another.
The land is full of woo, Death and destruction
walk abroad at noonday; the torch and the dag
ger are gleaming in the night, and no man's life is
safe !
Cat. and Lodge. And no man's life Is safe.
Cent. The oppressive hand of a despoils go.
vernment 18 heavy upon us; the spies and inform
ers of a tyrannous government surround us; each
look is noted, each action is remembered against
us; our very words aro sot down in books to be
brought up against us upon false aoeusation.e, born
of malice and fear:' 'Whom can we trust
Cat. and Lodge. Whom can we trust?
Cent. Shalt we trust any save those who are
bound to us in holy loague and covenant, by mu•
tual. solomn oaths by common peril, common inte
rests, and common hopes? or shall we rely on them
tame? , • • • 4—*
Cat. and Lodga. -On thorn atm! holy on thorn
alcmo
Cent. Rail we then trustto this, our Brother
hood, and place open the faith, honor, and integri
ty of enob, the mighty stake of all our lives, our
fortunes, and our honor?
Cat. and Lodge. We will! We will!
Cent. If, then, we intrust to eaon the life, liber
ty, and honor of all, what is the just desert of him
who would play the spy upon our order, or botray
our Brotherhood to speedy death?
Cat. and Lodge. Ilia just desert is secret, speedy
death.
Cent. stranger: As you have already been in
formed, wo bare embarked in an enterprise full of
peril. We have staked Life, Liberty, and Boner
on the success of a bold scheme, to shako off the
tyrannous grasp of an infamous Government.
Aro you willing to give us your aid; to go with us,
heart and hand, and to stake YOUR Lilo, YOUR
Liberty, and YOUR VIERED honor, on that tre
mendous issue, and to confirm your assent hyy
solemn oath?
INOTE.—The candidate should answer in a oleo;
distinct tone : •" lam !" If ho fails, or refuses so
to answer, the initiation should stop. If ho answers
satisfactorily, it should proceed as follows :J
Cent. Then raise your right hand, and repeat
niter mo :
4. I, - -, of my own free will and ac
cord, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will, to
the best of my power and ability, even at peril of
life, limb, or property, as may be necessary, pro
tect and uphold the order of which I am, by this
obligation, made a member ; that I will do all that
I reasonably can to extend the power and influence
thereof; to protest, warn, and defend the members
thereof; that I will not be deterred by fear, favor,
or affection, to do any act for the good thereof, nor
to shield any who shall prove to bo a spy or traitor
thereto from just vengeance, and that I will
make the good of the order, and the triumph of
the purposes for which it is organized, the very
highest consideration. And this, rsolomnly swear,
(or aflirm,) without mental reservation, evasion, or
equivocation, and in good faith, with full purpose
of mind and heart, to keep and observe the same
sacredly, on penalty of death. So help me God!"
Cent. Brethren : lie is sworn!
Lodge. He is sworn.
$L Cont. Then, lot us, to scour° suceess, petition
the Great Disposer of the destiny of mon and na
tions.
[NorL Here all the members should either rise
or kneel, and repeat, after a Catechist, the responses
in a solemn and reverential tone.]
• Cent. Almighty God, that bath created us with
faculties which enable us to love mercy and truth,
and to dO justice unto all mere! Creator, Sove
reign Lord, that wilt hear and answer the earnest,
patriot prayer. In thy great hand we stand, and
unto,thee commit ourselves and all that wo have
and are ! And we do humbly beseech thee to take
our cause 'into thine own hands, to support,
strengthen, and direct us in all individual [,;and
State trials, and that thou wilt be our Father and
our Friend !
Cat. and Lodge. Our Father and our Friend!
Cent. 0, King Eternal and Omnipotent! thou
canst, of thine own will and power, establish and
destroy all the kingdoms of this world, grant us,
we prey thee, quickly to attain the great blessing
of public peace and security; to preserve our
liberty unsullied, and at once to re t i ht an y
perpetual trainpaility and ireetrom for ourselves
and the people of our State ! And inspire thorn,
in mind and heart, with a firm resolution to pro
eerve our liberty, or die!
Cat. and Ledge. Preserve our liberty or die !
- Cent. To &inure our freedom as a people; to
break the shackles of tyranny and the bonds of
anarchy; to to, as our fathers wore, God fearing,
bravo, and free, lend us thine aid, 0 Lord !
Cat. and Lodge: Lend us thine aid, 0 Lord !
Cent. From the wrath of man, from the oppres
sion of tyrants, from sudden death, and public ruin,
Good Lord, deliver us !
Cat, and Lodge. Good Lord, deliver us?
Cent. From the craftiness of spies, from the
treachery of the false and the fears of the weak
brethren, from bidden dangers, and from opon vio
lence, Good Lord, deliver us !
Cat. and Lodge. Good Lord, deliver us'
Cent. God of all ages and all mon : Thou 'Uni
versal Ruler, Merciful, Allwise, bless our beloved
State ; and grant that thy servants, the brethren of
this Order, may be Mon devoted to the principles of
civil, political, and religious liberty: make them
hopeful, strong, triumphant: make them faithful
unto death !
Cat. end Loa r , Faithful unto death!
Cent: And thino shall bo tho glory, as it was in
tho beginning, in now, and overmoro shall be.
Amon I
Cat. and Lodge. Amen! Amen!
[Here the Ledge shall bo seated, and the initiated
shall be seated, and the third part of the ceremony
shall proceed es follows : The Centurion of the
Lodge MAGI() Cateohist being seated at a convenient
distance, the Centurion shall begin the Catechist
shall respond, and the Lodge repeatthe response.)
Cent. Mourn, brother!, for Missouri, mourn!
For Freedom pineth in her lovely vales!!
And Freedom dioth in her crowded
towns !
And Freedom languishoth upon her hills!
Cat. Mourn, brothers, mourn !
Cent. The tyrant's heel IS on her nook !
Tho freemen's voice Is stifled by his power !
The freemen's press Is silenced by his fear !
The freeman's hands are fettered with his chains!
Cat. We feel those heavy chains !
Lodge. We feel those heavy chains
Cent. Her smut are driven from their homes !
The Sword, the Torch, the Faggots follow !
They seek the bills. They hide their names end
face,
'While hireling robbers desolate the plane:
Cat. Cod save the State !
Lodge. God save the State !
Cent. The night is dark: but light and hope
Stream faintly up the sombre, clouded skies!
The bare of splendor; and the stars of hope
Are burning brightly near the !
Cat. 0, golden ***!
Lodg.e. 0 golden *4s4o!
Cont._ 0, brothers, lot us seek the light!
And follow it through darkness Into day !
:And wash our hands from bondage, and be (We r
Let us arise and wash the stains away !
Cat. And Wash the stains away !
Lodge. And wash the stains away!
p . m.—Here shall the Centurion stand up, and'
as many of the members as conveniently find place;
and into some suitable vessel shall all dip their
hands, and do as if washing them ; during which
the Centurion shall say : "Thus do I wash my
bands, as the sign and symbol that my heart and
consoience is thoroughly cleansed from the guilt 9f
the t. ; and myself from all fealty and allegiance
thereto! "1
Lodge. And I! And I! And I!
Then shall the Centurion say to the initiate;
"Brother, wilt thou wash with us ?"
Then, if the candidate flail answer affirmativo T
ly, the Centurion shall say : u Wash ; and lifting
up clean hands towards heaven, repeat after me
another obligation."
w , do, of my own free will and Re
cord, solemnly swear (or affirm,) that I will render
true fealty and allegiance only to —; and that
every other oath by me taken, or to be taken, con
flicting with this obligation which I now take, I
will hold to be Invalid and void ; that I will obey
every command of my superiors in office, and to
protect the secrets, the power of the members of
this Order, I will, unhesitatingly, do anything ne
cessary for that purpose. And Ido solemnly de
clare that I do wash my hands as the sign and sym
bol that my heart and conscience is thoroughly
Cleansed from the guilt of they, and myself
from all fealty and allegiance thereto. And this
path (or affirmation) I tall° freely, without mental
reservation, evasion or equivocation, but with a
full purpose of mind and heart, faithfully to keep
and observe the same at any peril. So help me
God."
Cent, Brethren, he is washed !
Lodge. Tie is washed !
Thereupon, the Centurion shall communicate the
BIM tokens, P. P. W. and P. VI., to the initiate.
After the signs, AIL, shall have been communicated,
the Prefect shall lead the initiate to the Catechist,
who shell read the Lecture, ov use some abort ex.
temporaneous lecture of his own.
ME=
Bnornun : You have just taken upon yourself
the most solemn vows to be faithful to the great
objects of our Order. The human heart can know
no obligation more solemn, no covenant more bind
ing, than that which you have voluntarily assumed
in becoming a member of this brotherhood, and
none enforced by considerations of so supreme im
portance. You have, in the presence of these wit
nesses, called upon Almighty God to witness the
integrity of your purpose and the sanctity of your
vows, invoking the penalty of death on failure to
redeem these solemn pledges! Brother, upon your
sincerity, watchfulness, and fidelity, bang the life,
liberty, and happiness of every member of this Or
der. To insure the success of this enterprise, we
have staked our lives, our fortunes, end our sacred
honor, and have entered into most solemn league
and covenant together to sacrifice even lite itself
in the attempt to carry out the bold scheme for
which we live and labor. We have appealed to
Eternal Justice for the vindication of our cause, to
Almighty God for the integrity of our purpose, and
to the present and future generations for the sin
cerity of our Motives You have taken upon your
self theses same obligations, embarked upon the
same perilous enterprise, covenanted to abide the
same fate, and abate the common destiny of our Or
der. Let me, therefore, in the name and by au
thority of the Great Brotherhood, earnestly and
solemnly exhort and entreat you to be faithful even
unto death !
Tho Lodgo shall respond—Be faithful unto
death 1:
If faithful, you shall reap the fruits of your
fidelity, and 500010 to yourself and posterity the
great blessing of civil and religions liberty. Your
memory will be hallowed by generations yet un
born many hearts shall swell with grateful emo
tions, and their lips shall call thee blessed ; and the
proudest boast of your children, and children's
children, shall be, "In the perilous days of --,
cur father was faithful to the Einstimium."
But if unfaithful, you will not only merit the
terrible penalty of secret, speedy death, which you
have invoked, but tho traitor's stigma will burn
upon your forehead, and your very memory,
Arnold-like, will live accursed of man and God,
and your name be evermore the theme of morn and
hate !
'As you have washed your hands in token that
you are free from the guilt of the and from al
legiance thereto, even ao may you ever remember
that purifying symbol, and keep your heart. and
conscience free from all unfaithfulness to your
brethren and the Order. For on your fidelity is
suspended the life and happiness of thousands, and
the fate of a muse, the failure of which will lay our
proud cities in ashes; desolate alike the palace and
the hut; sweep, with the beam of destruetion, over
hills, and vales, and fertile fields; reduce our thri
ving populatien into slavery, plant the oppressor's
heel upon our nooks, and drive Freedom herself
forth from her scored shrine—by the hearth-stone
and in the temples of the land—a homeless, home
less wanderer, fleeing from the tyrants' face to soli
tudes and wilderness! Brother, let me beseech
you, by all these high considerations, by all you
hold sacred or dear, by the glorious memories of
the past, by the hopes of the future, and by the
immortal nature and noble spirit of the cause we
advocate—be faithful unto death !
The Lodge. Be faithful unto death !-
' OATII OF OFFICE.
I, -- —, of my own free will and accord,
moat solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will dis
charge ail the dutioa of my office of
the Order of the EMMANANT, honestly, faith
fully, impartially, and fearlessly, to the beat of my
ability ; so help me God ! That I will yield prompt
and implicit obedience to.alt the official commands
of my superiors in office, oven unto death; and
that I will not seek from them favor or affection to
shield any Who shall incur tho vengeance of the
Order, from just punishment ; and that I will make
tlie good of the Order the highest consideration, and
will not hesitate to do whatever may bo necessary
for its security. And this oath I take freely and
without mental reseevation, evasion,
or voluntarily, eguivoeation,
and with full purpose of mind and
heart, the same faithfully to observe and keep, on
penalty of death! So help me Gad!
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
The Reported Fight at Paducah Untrue.
CuteAtio, Jan. I.—The operator at Cairo now
says there was no foundation for the statement that
there had been a fight at Paducah.
A Daring Exploit.
The Louisville Journal says:
A few days since a squad of some half dozen loft
Col. Shaekleford's regiraent at Calhoun, on Green
river, to bring back three soldiers who had gone to
Todd county. While on their route, after night,
they came upon some 50 rebel cavalry, and our men,
seeing that resistance would be useless, took to the
woods. One of them, named 'Wilkins, was se
parated from his companions, and, in winding
about through the woods, °eine several times in
close proximity to rebel squads, but succeeded in
eluding them. Ho at last overtook three of them,
and, seeing that his chances were desperate, he
determined to join them and pass himself of as
one of their number. By keeping a little in the
rear, he watched a favorable opportunity when ho
drew his revolver, and firing rapidly, killed one,
badly wounded another, and caused the third to
take flight. Wilkins succeeded in making his es
cape and returned to camp at Calhoun, whore a
gentleman arrived the next day from Elkton, and
stated that the rebel cavalry reported that the
country was overrun with Federal troops, and that
they had been forced to retreat before a superior
force. The camp at Calhoun contains plenty of
such pluck in the regiments under Colonel Shaekels•
ford, jaolcson ' Hawkins, and Burbridge. The men
aro eager for fight, and will rout the rebels when
ever and wherever they meet them.
Union Gunboats on the Cumberland
Elver—Affairs at Somerset.
[Special Despatch to the Chicago Tribune.)
LoUpvILLE Ky., December 20-11,1 P.M.—The
reports which 'hare been circulated for a day or
two, that gunboats from Cairo had ascended the
Cumberland and bombarded and destroyed Clarks
ville, are thought to bo false or exaggerated; but
we learn,
on excellent authority, that gunboats, on
Sunday last, attacked and reduced a battery on the
Cumberlan commanding the approach to Henry,
near the State lino.
Green-river bridge is fast approaching comple
tion
Strenuous efforts are being mode for the advance
of the main division, large, numbers of army wa
issivinz daily. An early forward movement
gons h... •
is anticipated, The city, however, is full of di.
cers of duty.
General Carter, commanding the East Tennessee
I brigade, north all quiet. At - Somerset, there is
said to be from 1,506 to 2,000 contrabands of Kca
-1 lucky rebels, in the different camps of the Union
crony, in private employment.
Large quantities of counterfeit gold coinage, of
New Orleans, 1861, are in circulation in the counties
of this State, wherever rebels are In power.
Adjutant General Finnel reports 28,970 Ken
tucky volunteers. All Kentucky regiments will be
immediately mustered in.
Rebel Accounts of The Situation in
Kentucky.
NAsnviatn, Dec. 24, via Now Orleans, Deo. 20,
3861.—The Bowling Green correspondent of The
Union mad the A2narican, under date of 234 inst.,
says that the Union General, Buell, with a formi
dable force, estimated at not less than 45,000, and
by many said to bo not less than 60,000 1 has been
for Mani days past moving in the direction of
Bowling Green. Unusual preparations are making
to repulse the enemy, and a terrible oonflict is evi
dently impending t a force of not less than 6,000,
being the advance of Buell's army, have crossed
Bowling Green river, and are now within five miles
of our advance, under Gen. Hindman.
The reported retrograde movement across Green
river is partially true. Gen. Hindman charged the
pickets from the front, and the enemy imagined
that a flank movement was being made, and they
lied in the greatest disorder, leaving, behind them
their tents, wagons, baggage, &o. Their flight Is re
ported to have been a regular stiunpedo—they went
at double-quick for five miles. The Unionists re
turned on flee following day, the 20th inst., and aro
now within thirty miles of Bowling Green.
The entire clan, recently at Nolan, have boon
moved to Green river, where there are not less
than 35,000. The appearance of the enemy Indi
cates a speedy opening of the winter campaign.
A Union officer was arrested at Bowling Groan
on the 21st inst., with a spy-glass, making observa
tions of the different fortifications, and represented
himself as a deserter from the Forty-fifth New York
I Regiment. lie made his way from the Pawnee to
Bowling Green, and is'supposed to belong to Welsh's
Indiana Regiment, and put to flight a few days ago
by Texas Rangers. He will be sent to Richmond.
A gentleman who left the Ohio river on the 19th
instant says that Tom Crittenden's forces orossed
Green river, and Are now at Hendersonville, and
are preparing to go to Hopkinsville.
Passengers by to-day's train report that 8.000
Unionists are en this aide of Green river, and that
General Hindman bad fallen bank to Bell's.
NASHVILLE, Deo. 25 (vin New Orleans, Deo. 20).
—Trustworthy intelligence was received at Bow
ling Green lest evening ,which announced that Toni
TWO CENTS
Crittenden ha left Henderson, and when fort heard
from be was within *miles of Hopkinavifte, : boving
advuneed 38 . miles. He intends advanotas ma
llopkintrville at firer, different points—on the right
from Clinton, on tie' left from Greenville, and , on
the front from bratilsonville. His force is said' Vu
be about 12;000.
Southern , nights (Wrens, ire the vicinity of .T.lopo ,
kinsville, trio sending their families - and stock to ,
the south.
Largo numbers of the'cttiat;ns•of It'opfrins, Chris
ron, and other counties, are rushing to Goa. Olark'a
armed witty Kentucky rids; shot-gone, pikes,
Lo; •
blusints; Deo. 27,
Refiable intell4enco from Bowling Green says
appearances de not indicate an engagement, ab
thanes unforeseen cfrcumetancea might precipitate
a fight within eight et tan days. Bat a few . Unien.
ists hart as yet crossed Green river, and' it is rat
ported that they have gone back , and' burnt the
bridge.
Gen. Rindman's-offielui report of the' Woodson
villa fight says that Col. Terry and Wee Tont
Rangers were killed ; Lieut. Diorris, of the 3d Tee en Rangers, was dangerously wounded; and'Citnt:
Walker, three Rangers, and two privates oftha - kr--
lumens Battalion r wore slightly wounded. The-
Yankee loss was 71. killed - and the number of:
wounded was unknown. We took eight prisoners:
Kentuckians from Bourbon •county, whe 'arrived)
hero today, say that the road from Paris to Pies
tonburgh is clear of Lincoln troops. and that squads -
of Southerners are constantly joining- Gen. Mar—
shall'a command. They mostly come from the'
Blue Grass counties.
Gan. Marshall's soldiers are evenly recruiting In
Bourbon county, and but few Urnon men •cnn • now
be found, exoept town men. The mountaineers are
Socking to Gen. Marshall's standard In large num.,
bets.
There is nothing new from Columbus.
Official Report of the Woodsonvllle , Fight.
The following order of Maier General 'Hardee,
giving a report of the recent fight near Woodson
vine, is inmost itiludrable taste. It expresses much
in few words, and is as modest twit is eloquent :
HEADQUAIITERS CZNTR6L Anil"( OV , KB2III3CIcr
Downwra aftEBN, Deo. 21, 1.661.
SPECIAL ORDER No. 64.--On the 17th inst.,our
forces, under Brigadier General Hindman, partially
engaged a superior force of the enemy near Wood
sonville. In the action we sustained a loss of four
killed and nine wounded. The enemy was driven
back and lost about fifty killed and seven prisoners.
The conduct of our troops wee marked by Im
petuous valor. On charging the enemy; Colonel
Terry, of the Texas Rangers, was killed in the mo
ment of victory. His regiment deplores the loss
of a bravo and beloved commander—tho army one
of its ablest officers.
The General commanding returns his thanks to
Brigadier General Hindman and his command for
their conduct in the initiative of the campaign In
Kentucky, and ho hails the brilliant coura,ge shown
in the affair as a bright augury of their valor when
the actual hour cornea for striking a decisive blow,
By order of BIAJoit azdinna. Ilenons.
D. If. WHITE, Acting diet Adjutant General.
Distress in Southern Kentucky.
The Louisville Journal says :
Although we have from time to time published
abundant and painful testimony of the galling op
pression suffered by the loyalists of Southern Ken
tucky, we believe that those of us who are happily
at a distance from the rebel force, and the Govern
ment whose high and solemn office it is to relieve
its suffering friends, should have their, memories
vividly refreshed by a renewal of the sad story of
the robberies, outrages,
,and. desolation which ex
ist in the lower portion of onr State. Thousands
of native-born Kentuckians, who all their lives
have been the ornament and the strength of this
Commonwealth, and whose only offense is their
love of country, have been chased, like wild beasts,
from their homes by the bloodhounds of Gene
ral Buckner. A signal instance of rebel inhu
manity recently occurred in Cadiz, the county
seat of Trigg. Afajor Matthew Moyne, an aged
citizen of irreproachable and exalted charac-•
tor, and one of the ablest jurists in the
State, was lately compelled to fly from his home, in
consequence of the threats of - Henry Burnett'ssuf
flans to seek protection from the Union troops at
Smithland. The scoundrels, chagrined at the unex
pected flight of the old patriot, instantly despatched •
a messenger, who overtook him within a few miles
of Smithland and assured him that the Secessionists
had no intention of molesting him, and that they •
would give him the most solemn pledge of protec
tion. Major Afoyes paid no attention to these fair.
speeches, and in a short time another messenger
arrived who warned him not to return, as the first
messenger had boon sent by some bitter enemies,
who would make quick work of him should he fall
into their hands. He pursued his journey to
Smithland. Ho is a man of large property, and has
been guilty of loaning largo sums of money to Se
eessionists who wish to cancel their debts by lynch
ing the creditor.
Richard Tyler is 'another old and wealthy citi
zen in the same county, and, a gentleman whose
reputation is without a blemish ; bat be is a firm
and bold Union man. For this unpardonable sin,
a troop of Confederates, led by one Bradshaw, a
notorious desperado from Galconda, Illinois, went
to his beautiful farm, drove off all his stock,
robbed his house of its valuables, and made an ut
ter wreck of all that they could not carry off with
them. Bradshaw is well known' as an infamous
scoundrel. being a common swindler, thief, and va
gabond. The town where he formerly lived spewed
him out, and be has been a bird of passage until he
at last settled down in the congenial fellowship of
the Confederate army, who pay him liberally for
the_ plunder which ho brings to their rendezvous
at klopkinsville. Hopkinsrille, thl loyal County
seat of the noble county of Chrlitian, whleh e
though lying on the edge of the Tennessee
Whirlpool, and overrun by the Confederate army,
still heroically holds fast to her loyalty, is under
the control of a military triumvirate, composed of
men who are wholly unscrupulous and vindictive ;
and who seize every opportunity to outrage and op
press Union men. They appropriate to their use
any property of loyal men which they may need.
Persons who have the audacity to prolong,their
BOW visits to nine o'clock at night, are arrested,
and confined in the guard-house with drunken and,
filthy soldiers, exposed to every species of insult.
One Hamilton; a Mississippian, acts as sheriff, and
collects the revenue, and a Pennsylvanian, named.
Champlin, who has been there but a short time, is
county judge. Provision.; and provender, coal and
weed, are seized from Union men withouVeven the
promise of payment, while, in some instances, to
the injury of the robbery is added the insult of
offering Confederate scrip.
These things aro facts. We have given no color
ing to the dismal picture. Every wind that blows
from Southern kentucky bears to our ears the
dreadful story of outrages on the persons and pro
perty of as truo a set of men as ever lived. These
people are cut off from all intercourse with the
world without. Their ears are continually greeted
with false accounts of rebel victories. which never
were won, while not a ray of comfort or hope is
suffered to beam upon their clepressed,souls when,
our arms aro covered with success. They are
destitute of the actual necessaries of life. Salt is.
$l3 a barrel, coffee 4R, oonts a pound:, and other
things in proportion. There is real distress among
these people of which we can have no. conception..
How long shall we suffer rebel despotism and vio
lence to have sway over our brethren?• The eight
of their country's flag, so long a stranger to. them,
would be hailed by them with as much rapture as
a fountain in the burning desert would be greeted
by the thirsty, way-worn traveller.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
The Arkansas Conspirators
Wo learn from the Little Rook Journal of the
17th, that 78 prisoners, whose arrest in Searcy
county we have noticed, were brought before the
Military Board, and, after an investigation, were
all released. They protested their devotion to the
Confederacy, and claimed that the organization
contemplated no more oriminal intent than to insure
them against the hostilities of an Invading army.
The leaders, it was evident, contemplated criminal
ulterior designs, bat their followers were in the
dark as to what was proposed. They forthwith
formed themselves into a company, elected their
officers from those who had arrested and escorted
them as a guard from their native county, and wore
sworn into, the service of the Confederate States
51 for and during the war." The Journal says that
the scene which followed their release, the touch
ing remarks of the Governor, and their solemn en
listment into the Confederate Beryls° eras a very
affectionate and impressive one.
A Secret organization in Tennessee
We copy the following from the Memphis Ava
lam& of the 17th ult. :
Lieutenant Flynne, just from Rum-Me,
•- • 3 . 0 4.n0tin0 infanicrann,a TI
Us some
bas been ascertained that a. aecret assorts aworn organiza
tion of Union traitors exists in Best Tennessee,
which is extended throughout that section. It is,
doubtless, similar to that which has been dis
covered in Northern Arkansas. Some of the bridge
burners who havo been hung signified before their
execution that they had bean detailed by thissaoret
organization to burn the bridges, under penalty of
death. They Bald that they were doomed to die
by the bands of their associates if they refused to
perform the task to which they were assigned by
lot, and, therefore, having made up their minds to
suffer the death penalty, were indifferent to their
fate.
Denunciations of the Message of Jeff
Davis.
[From the New Orleans True Delta.]
We laid before our readers, in the morning issue,
the message of the Provisional President of the
National Convention, which has now met at Rioh
mond to close its useless and inglorious career, and
we cannot say that it in any respect rises above the
past unsatisfactory proceedings of the body to
which it is addressed. It is a reiteration of the old
charges against Lincolndom, where liberty, it re
presents, is utterly overthrown, laws are disregard
ed, personal rights are violated, and rapine and
murder substituted in their armies for courage, he
roism, magnanimity, and the military virtues gene
rally. It also justly animadverts upon the avowed
intention of the Northern enemy to make the war
a servile one, anti speaks with proper confidence of
the ability of the Southern people to repel invasion.
and conquer a peace. In comprehensive views or
enlightened suggestions the message is as barren
as all its predecessors, and in allusion to our
relations with other nations is absolutely
zetulant. The capture of Almon and
Sliaell is referred to and condemned as. an out
rage as indefensible as would be their seizure in
the streets of London, a conclusion our readers
Will scarcely arrive at, if the British law upon the
subject which wo have reproduced be recognised as
applicable. We fear Mr. Davie has taken his law
from his Attorney General, and that individual's
loose way of reaching conclusions, as we have seen
in many instances from Tehuantepec to neatens,
will be dangerous to accept. De this as it may,
England will be apt to decline his interpretation of
her laws and international duties. In the same
manner, we think, the Provisional President will
fail to convince either England or France of the in
sufficienoy of the blockade by any array orfoots he
may elaborately place before them, and we are
equally satisfied that like unsuceess will follow all
new attempts to approach those Governments offi
cially, which Mr Davis,!with, we think, undignified
puerility, complains have accompanied the past of
forte in that direction.. Our readers will now, in
THE _WAR -PRESS:
Tale WAR Fares will be sent to aubecribere by_
mall (ter !minutia advance) at. $940
Three Cortes " ' " •••• *** ••••••••• COO
Five AS - 54015
Ten a a .. 12.00
Larger Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thus :
20 conies will cost 824 ; 50 copier will cost SOO ; ant
100 conies sun.
For a Club of Twenty-one Or Mr, we will send is
Extra Cup] to the getter-up of the Club.
107 - Pootmanters -are requetted to act as &Intl for
this etatlionely-prepared document, find the moat
yeWerful confirmatory proofs of the wisdom of the
o firs ewe so earnestly ur ged . upon the Provisional
crzwernitient in Ha foreign . intercourse, when we
implored it not to semi missionaries to Europe, not
to emidbit any humiliating dispoeition to be recog_
rta an independent Power, not to offend, not to
concilate unworthily, bat to offer every advantage
to the Teeple of the world to collie here and create
or extend. intercourse with us, leaving to our
own people, in their own good time and after their
own &Arun, to establish their independence, and
rh'en to Meet upon equal and fair terms with ever) ,
other nation, Ibis did not mut the views of the po-
Mittens; offices - susd"Jemofementshad to be provided
for hungry or voracious applicants, ignorance and
incohipeteney seized-mon legisfation end edniiiiii
tratlua, and in, sit' mouths tire natural fruits—the
utter alienation , from uuof every land of foreign
symprtby—are lathered- Theince who raged
the control of pub* affiirahave not, with. any Gy
vernment, any clan; - -or hot description of people,
succeeder!' in aecarg one ratable fclenai aad ar
aupportebte has the msition efthe C'attituissionersto
Europe Lemma that Mo. Almeria impatient forialie
recall. lir presence of ail this discouragement Mr-
Davis has aotbingeto pro pose to'the great Powers of
the earth sub hlsiown notions oftheirpablic &ay,
and unwise and - exeoterating speetilations'es' ter
the effects Ehidy to be
the
on- their Manu
facturing indbetry - .by the notable scheme of with
holding our cotton: VovbiOnal Presideut
invites the utide raid au&extinctiou of the Ceufe- ,
deracy rather Eitrn have ittelemphact. tranquil. and
prosperous, by any other means or niter - any other
fashion than thatewhfoli he himself - layette - en. II&
undertakes to dirt With - Fresco, England;-Austria,
Primula, Russia, and the rest of -- rurope, in a man.'
ner purely origins); ;for if the moaned:is of these'
countries do not recognize in him their equal, thew
weiesme ruin of trndeo, - sescrifiesof liberty , destrue.
tion of every institution. The mode of" Belying
manhind, as we have - advised,' thiough their inte
rests, is far beneath the' towering i4eliaefithe
visimmiPresident, w2lO canii - ordbuse- - himself of
the dangerous hope and bdlief that all Eirope must
collapse and fail if &atom be - not dtliy forwarded
hence. His own glory, too, witrbe utterly eel:freed'
if his term of office a c es not tel Urn 'alarms/24W'
lei/hell the pomp of a monarch it cotton 'le,
Zing, and that is a ionsideration he can nereifore
go, any more than he can the acquisition' of glory
by-any officer acting in auludependent capacity.
This is a great weakness . ; and we grieve to see it
manifested by one who coddler trudifelly transfer
to his fellow-citizens the sole" crediter 'the efficient'
and glorious military organisation willeh, in spite'
of
_governmental incapacity', his achieved so muck:-
Mr. Davis rosy bring himself to' believe - coercion.
can be safely brought to bear upon Eiircipean Ork•
vernments, that his oracular .menace through cot
ton frill act talismanically upon them,-bite sj.k.a
should be - mistaken i ac gmevously" so, in raw op
'lion; lie will he, then no WOW - can happen than -
the utter destruction of yeeso- wineh r ec.- -
cording to hie notions, is preferable to indepen-,
deuce, achieved in a leas ostentation:, bet Speedier.
and more - Certain manner. The message has - hot
disappointed us; we expeeted•uotift wiser, pru.'
dent., or more statesmanlike; and if its thictrines
persisted in, we quite agree with its-author, at -
manufactories of Europe toill'be - rerclittionazad'
before cotton is obtained from.thi ,- Conferdirate-
States of America.
[From the New Orleans True Dettie]
GOvEnNILENT SPZewI,ATION:,
Under the above caption we reproduced. in 'our
morning issue, some v ery grave charges Irear•esir -
Virginia exchanges, reflecting in severe. , terms- on
the combination said to exist-between certain heads .
of departments and the banks' -for the pleader'. of
citizens. In one of these publications, autheuti. -
cated by the proper signature of the party•maktng
the charge, itis distinctly charged that in the-de
partment of "justice," presided over by• Benjamin;
one of his appointees sells the silver heextorts from
the people at a premium of fourteen per -cont. This
is in perfect keeping with • the extraordinary con
duct still pursued by therett Office Department,
which will neither furnish stamps nor :receive the
Government currency in payment of postage, - bat
inexorably insists upon having specie for all pay
ments to tt, let the future disposition Grabs. pre,-
cions metal so coerced bewhat it may.. These ope
rations naturally elicit from our contemporaries in
the Old . Dominion the expression of- a with
for a higher standard •of offiffial' qualifi
cation—an extrusion, see suppose, e' the
Berjaminites—before we stalk become- complete
ly Buchaosoised by the- corruption • prevai.,l4-
We shall have at no vary remote day, achapter to
indite upon - this subject, with :instructive- home
illustration, for the adification.of thewhelepeopte, ,
and the balance of-mankind. liereeit Li no exag
geration to say, Bue/utruttissonis tang- -
us:Arent development, the machinery to-condi:tot it
is perfect, a complete espionageover tbetelegraph,
the exercise of unregulated and unaeatrained pow
er over the export trade of the country, the un
limited and arbitrary oontrol •of legal machinery
by -which the property of one citizen la illegally -
and despotically taken from him,. without ads-
quate compensation, while that ofmnother is paid
for at enormous prices, and. the- meat profiWis
abuse of authority generally in-every. department
is the rule. Truly, map our. Vitginia.ftiends com
plain that the Government is too young to be thus
depredated on, and I thatif we are-to- change one
hideous system of political depravity for another,
the blood and treasute.of the people will be spent
in vain.
From Cairo
ARMY/MS FllOll RE9,'•ORLEAAfr—L2'EO•SOGSREES
ENCILISIIIIAN—Urg- PASS, lIGNILIS3S—A lINIOIK
MAN'S STATEMENT%oFIAFP&InSaItRXEW OBLIZAN/S.
—ARREST OF TRAITORS.
[Special correspondence of the Chicago 'Timm}
aLun24. December 27.
During the Past .week, twkvsnen hare come hers
from New Orleans, under. British protection, one •
having a letter front the Qttan lawyer of Sinicoe,
Canada, and the other (arriviag last night) with a
pass from the British coasted at New Orleans. A
rebel steamer brought him, and an American gen
tleman on his way.to Cincinnati, up from Columbus.
under a flag of truce. The Englishman was par
ticularly well usednu hie way . up, having comfort
able quarters assigned him in Columbus, at the
residence of GeperaL Bolk, while s citizen of the
North, Joseph It Hubbard, who was making his
way North, having been driven out of New Orleans,
and who had done business in that city and at
Cincinnati for the last twelati-four years, was
im
mediately arrested. on his arrival within Polk'a
lines.
The British gentlemen, on leaving the rebel boat
and coming on our boat, flourished the British con
sul's pass with, an air of defiance, and manifested
his sympathy,for the rebels; but he was decidedly
given to understand that a dozen British passes
Would not protect him if he did not conduct him
self properly. On arriving here he:declined Kiting
his name, which, coming to General Grant's know
ledge, a guard was placed over him until the oars
left, when the Briton departed. Ho gave his name
at Rodg,OPS.
How different with Mr. Hubbard. His oyes
fairly danced when he beheld the stars and stripes
floating at Cairo. He talked confidently, and said
that, if ever the old flag floated over New Orleans
again,. there were men enozwi there who teenold keep
zt Alin... He says that when the rebellion first broke
out, all enthusiasm, and men went headlong
into what they did not step to inquire;, that to-day
the best citizens of New Orleans would hail with
toy the approach of a sufficient force to pot an end
fo the rebellion. They are sick of the struggle,
and many, to save themselves and property, Merely
make a show of being with the Secessionists.
The names and residences of the two men who
were taken to Fort Lafayette on Tuesday last are :
Christopher Sedwidge, of Hiekman, Ny., and S. R.
Burnett, of Caledonia, 111., formerly of Tennessee.
They are convicted traitors and spies. Burnett
has been in almost all the camps in the North.
They were sent to Fort Lafayette en an order from
Secretary Seward. hi. C,
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Forward Movements
The Oineinitati Commercial says . We have faith
that the wintet will not be passed by our armies
without striking deoisive blows at the rebellion. In
is no seerot that the Burnside expedition is aimed
at Eastern Virginia, whether on the lower Potomac
or by way of the Rappahannock, or York, or James
- rivers, or through Norfolk, can only be conjectured.
It is quite within the limits of possibility and pro
bability that twenty . ..five thousand men will be
shipped from Annapolis, this week. to 'deal the
blow. The immediate object of the expedition is
to turn the rebel position in front of Washington.
It is not likely that the rebels have fortifications on
any of the rivers of Eastern Virginia superior to
those on Port Royal sound, and we may anticipate
with confidence, that Burnside's gun and mortar
boats .will bo able to clear the way for the
army. The Varlbiretto Nu;;.; t?Eq not e
prepared M reSt viirlitidi fire which will
bo administered to them. Any map of Zartern
Virginia will show how remarkably vulnerable the
State is to a power commanding the Chesapeake.
At least sixty thousand Men can he spared from the
army in front of Washington, to move down the
Potomac. Hooker's division, now on the north bank
of that river, opposite the enemy's blockading bat
teries, can be transported over it in a night, and
there is reason to believe that ample arrangementa
bare been made to secure success to such a move
ment. Five thousand troops could ho spared from
Baltimore. The whole force at 'Fortress Monroe,
with the exception of two or three regiments to do
Thus,duty, can be put in motion at any time.
it would appear perfectly practicable to turn
the right flank of the enemy, and push into Eastern.
Virginia with an army of near ono hundred thou
sand men.
The right wing of our army of the Potomac is
not motionless, and when the left moves, will not'
bo behind it in activity. The movement of Gen.
Banks to Frederick, and the concentration of troops
at Romney, under Gen. Reynolds, point unmis
takably to an advance upon Winchester, the key
of the Valley of Virginia ; and, that taken, our
army could follow the track of General Johnston,
in July, and, from Manassas Gap, make Manas
sas Junction untenable. Advances in the East
would, undoubtedly, be seconded by movements in
the Weat.
General Buell has not less than sixty thousand
men in hand for a march upon Bowling Green; and
While the great work of bridge building is going on
at Green river, our camps are live! with the inces
sant drilling of the men, the erode masses of the
volunteers being fashioned into the similitude, of
a regular army, while the hills of Kentucky are
daily resounding to the target practice of our
artillerists; and, in the meantime, the inevitably
inadequate transportation" is brought up to an
approximation to adeq_uaey by extensive requi
-5111050 for wagons, and the zealous breakage of
mules. However cautious General Duel/ may be,
be clearly sees the work before bins, and is engaged
in it with alert and unwearied energy. Beyond
doubt, he is to hike a prominent part in the im
pending effort to prostrate, at the great points of
contact, the military power of the rebellion.
Turning from the Southwest to the Southeast, we,
find Gen. Sherman's army reinforoed by several
regiments, and having definitely possessed the
islands of the coast of South Carolina, prepared to
strike on the right or left, or in front, with at least
fifteen thousand bayonet strength. In the Gulf,
Fort Pickens has given the rebels a specimen of its
volcanic power, and is ready for another and more
destructive eruption. Our force there has already
been increased, and Gen. Bragg has called lustily
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