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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-27


berland, on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
On sight of our troops, the enemy
fired a few random shots, and then
broke and fed, But one was wonn-
ded on our side. The loss Of the
en- my is unknown, bat several were
killed. We captured two guns and
a stand Of colors.
Gen. Cadwslialer commanded the
Federal troops approaching Harper 8
Ferry.
He has retired beyond Hagerstown
Oar troops again hold Harprr's Fer
ry, with four 10 five hundred Mary
landrrs
Gen Johnson is at Winchester.
Two prisoners Of war, taken at
Wl!Iiamsport, go 10 Richmond to-
day. One of them is Lieut.. Col.
Bowman, Of the Sth Pennsylvania
Regiment, under charge Of Col.
Thomas of Maryland volunteers, who
carries Official Information about an
engagement al Winchester, 'he re-
suit of which gives US comm nd OF
tho valley.
Gen. J"hnson's move msnts from
Harpsr's Ferry towards Martinsburg
to meet the enemy, instead Of beat
ing retreat, was an advance upon
The enemy, who we're approaching
W illiamspoF aud Martinsburg. His
march was .Northward, MS you i'll
see by the map.
Gen. Johnson also cent a detach-
ment to meet the enemy, thus check
mating his advance in both directions.
The Valley in Virginia may now
be considered safe.
LOUISVILLE, June 2I.-Ths TO-.
lowing will sppear in the morning
Ipapers:
NOTICE.
All persons desiring TO make
shipments of goods Ovtr the Louis.
vile and Nashville Railroad, OH ant
after Monday, June 24lh, 1861. viii
please call at my office and obtain
The requisite information, together
with permits attending such sbip
ments as may be admissible
I Signed] CHAS. B. COTTON,
Surveyor of the port of Louisville
New YORK, June 22.---The Gov
men will soon issue orders pre-
venting the army and navy from
performing service as slave c4tchsrS
Andrew johnson has arrived a
Washington and claims that Eas
Tennessee will initiate Western Viz
ginia.
There sre twenty thousand South
erners at F irfax Court House.
1t is reported that the navy will b
doubled, aud that Congress is t
suspend the writ Of habeas corpus a
an early day.
WASHINGTON, June 21.--The Wa
Department has Gi.coyered tbs
female Secessionisis are engaged i
carrying on regular correspond
eEce with Gen. Beauregard, vi
Mount Vernon.
Ii is said that Gen. Butler seq
word 10 Gen Magruder hs hope,
the war would be conducted on prip
olplss Of civil warfare. Gen. Ma
gruder replied, / have buried you
dead and taken care Of your wounds
IN sight Of the houses of widows ant
orphans whom you have driven fortl
and whose property you have d.
strOVed
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-27
9- See what tie peeple, Press
and D,0lers SoY.

Henry IL. CestaF,--All the srr1merI
have been troubled with Reaches and Mice.
was actually ashamed of the house, for
the Reaches were everywhere. | purchased
a box of your ExtermiEato~and tried IT. and
in one week there was not Roach or Mouse
in the house
JonN B. Owens. No. "a Elm Street.
House keepcrs-trouble with veTmiD,
need be so 10 longer, if they use ''COsTARs' q
Exterminators. We have used it to our sat-
isfaction, and if box cost SIS, we would have
it. We had tried fOisons, but they effected
nothing; but CosTAR's article knocks the
breath out of Rats, Mice and Bed-Bugs,
quicker than we can write it. 1t is in great
demand all over the country .--Aesirna o.
Gazette.
More Grain and provisions are de-
stroyed annually in Grant County by vermiu,
than would pay for tons of this Rat and Insect
Killer.-Lanoa6te', Eis) Herald.
Henry Il CCstar--Your Exterminator
is received. used and pronorsced al entire
success. We used box Of It, and the way
the Rats and Mice around our premises rails
ed Ned" that night was caution to sleepers-
Since then not Rat or Mouse has been Heard
In kitchen or CELLAR NGgregor, ( Iotva) I,naes
/ Eiaye been SeIliBE--Y Ex'efmi-
Bator Tor the last year, and have found 1t
sure shot every time. have not kneNL it ~
/ fail in single instance"
| GEORGE Rose, Druggst, Cardington, o.
! We are Seiiius--Your preparation.
rapidly. Wherever they have been used,
Rats Mice, Reaches, and VeImin disappear
Immediately.
ECKER SToCFFEE, Druggists, New Wild
sor, Nd.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-27

gitiTe-badiy scared at Cumber-
land Gsp-1he project CT erect
Ing EaS. Tennessee Int a new
State.
We have at .eugth reliable intel
igence from The recent Senator ef
Tennessee. aud eau announce that
he safely reached kentucky, through
Cumberland Gap, in that covered
buggy. His escort have returned
TO Greenyille, aud have reported
that Johnson aud they we're fred
upon at Cumberland Gap. by Secs
sionists. Their story is as ridicu-
lous as FaIlstah 3 account of bis ED
counter with the mea in buckram IN
the road near Gadsbil. We have
the particulars from gentleman
directly from The scene, and ''mark
how plain a tale SHALL put them
down. On Friday morning par.
ty of ladies and gentlemen fr' 10
Powell's Valley, Lee county, Va.
were enjoying picnic on the Pin
nacie,a romantic place Of resort, with
in few hundred yards of the road
through Cumberland Gap. The la
dies had carried secession flag with
them, which the party planted on the
Pinnacle, land saluted with cheer and
a few pistol shots, wholly unconscious
that the great fugitive was then pas.
sing along the road beneath, or o!
the fright which the sight of their
flag and the harmless report Of their
pistols occasioned him and his barty.
No doubt the Northern p,pers will
TEEN with sensation articles Of the
attemptto aSsassinate Lincoln S noble
friend at Cumberland Gap, and the
boys and girls Of PoweIl's Valley
will be surprised to find their picnic
magniled Into so bloody and afro
cious plot.
We have also confirmation frem a
gentleman who heard him. that
johnson made a speech 10 his friends
in Tszeweil, in which he exhorsed
them TO remain firm-tbat Elst
Tennessee had voted against going
out by twenty thousand majority;
that her resources were equal to those
Of several States of the Union; that
her white population exceeded that
OF South Carolina; that she had as
many representatives in Congress as
California; that if there was any ell.
fort to drag them out of the Union,
the Convention a: Greeuvills wa.
competent TO organize a State Gov
eminent, and put it into pIactioal
and successful operation in ten days
and that his present mission was to
place where they could confidently
look for abundant assistance, in arms
and men, to msiatain and protect
tenn In the movement-nsmely the
Congress of the United States:
From this it would appear tina
MIR. johnson is very reluctant tc
relinquish bis seat in the United
States Senets-quite as reluctan
as ne was wont ia represent Mr
Bell to be in hi. speeches dmins
the last canvass. He is probably al
SO reluctant to ralinquish the two
years salary, amounting to six thou
sane dollars.
4
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-27

Augusta, Ga, with a population of
1900 inhabitants, has sent ia the
field nine full companies Of volunteers
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-27

To Destroy-Rats, Reaches &c.
To Destroy--Mice, Moles, &c.
To Destroy--Bed-Bugs,
To Destroy--Moths, Fleas, Ants, &c.
To Destroy-Musquitoes,
To DeStroy--Insects on Plants and Fowls,
To DsstrOy--Insects on Animals, Sc, &c.
To Destroy Every form and species Of YER
USE ONLY
" C0star's" Rat, Roach, &c. Erter-
miRakOr.
"Cosfar's' Bed Big Erfern.inGter
g Csstar s" Electric Poaeder for In
sccts, &c.
In 25, SOC. and l 90 Boxes, Bsttles ara
Flasks. So and SIS sizes for Planta-
tions, Ships. Boats, Hotels, dc.
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Those preparations (unlike all others,) af5
Free from PoisonS.''
Not dangerous to the human family
"Rats come out of their holes IL 2ie'' -
10 YEARS and more established IN New
York City.
tsed blythe City Post Office. 4
Used blythe City Prison and Station Eous5
Used 5y--City Steamers, Ships. DC.
Used 6y-sbe City Hospitals, Aims Houses
Used !y--tbe City IIotels-'Astor'-'S
Nicholas &c.
Used blythe Boarding Houses, sc. &c.
Used5y--more than $4,000 private families
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All wholesale Druggists in large cities
All retail Druggists--Grocers--S
srs, &c. in all Country Villages and Towns.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
--'se -
THE LOST VESSELS.

We take the following from the National Intel
ligeacer:
:" The vessels of the fleet reported lost are the
Union, which, as well as the Winfield Scott, was
built of iron at Wilmington, (Del.) for inland
navigation, and were not probably strong enough
for the purpose to which they were last applied
They were both loaded with quartermaster's ani
subsistence stores, and had only troops enough
on board TO act ms guard over the stores The
Winfield Scott, of whose fate nothing is definitely
known at present, is probably lost, but tue state
ment that she had two regiments on board is
unfOunded.
1.-The osceola has been formerly employed A.
n cfttlc boat between Honduras and the islAnt
Of N, and was considered n good cattle boat
to which purpose she was devoted in the expe
dition. She had on board, on leaving New Ysrk
fifty head of cattle, few of which were trans
ferred at Fortress Monroe, and some barrels o
! potatoes. She is probably total lOss,''
y, If the vessels were of Wilmington build as
= said, they were not built with q view to any sue
service as the go0ernmert put them to. Their
II is no better ship building done in the couutr
, than here; and il the government wants wa
vessels-either Of iron or wood-it can got thel
s built in Wilmington capable of withstandin
IL wind, water or war to degree equal TO, it NJ
" beyond those built anywhere else.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
TIRE FLEET IN THE GALE.

It's universally conceded that the judgmeht
seamanshp and intrepdiiy displayed by thu
commanders of the several vessels composin,
the Southern fleet, during the recent gale, foin
Que of the most pleasing and praiseworthy fta
lures of the expedition.
Having left our shores under the most fayora
BILE auspices; with pleasant weather, calm scai
and bright skies, they could not have anticipated
so soon after their departure, the terrible hufri
cane which almost Immediately separated thon
one vessel from the other, TO loss about upon the
angry waters amid the furious tempest. Theii
early reassembling, however, after the storm, with
so little damage sustained, and their immediate
preparation and readiness for the fight; III,
order and precision with which the vessele
stormed the rebel forts, and the triling loss our
forces met with in the battle, all evince the
highest degree of daring, skill and determine
tion of both officers and men, and should com.
mend them to the gratitude and admiration Of
the whole country That all this should have
been done within eighteen days. after the sail
ing of the fleet is without parallel in naval
annals, and will be written down by the histo.
riau of this wicked rebellion MS one of the most
extraordinary achievements of the age.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
Arrest of Slide1l and Mason, the Confed
crate Commissioners to England and
France.

The U. S. steamer San Jacinto arrived from
the cOast of Africa, via the West Indies, where
she has been cruising some six weeks.
Old Point was electrified by the tidings that
she had on board Messrs. Mason aud Slide, who
were going abroad as ministers of the southern
confederacy to England and France.
They were taken from an English steamer in
the channel of the Bahamas
The general facts arc these: Commander
Wilkes, evidently man of "grit," was sent out
to bring home the San Jacinto from the coast Of
Africa; on his return he touched at Cienfuegos,
where he ascertained that Mason and SlidelI had
run the blockade, and were en- route to Europe,
probably by the way of Cuba lie sailed up
and went into port at Havana. There he ascar-
tanned that the Confederate commissioners had
been gone but few hours, having sailed in the
British mail steamship Trent, the evening before
(7th Novembcr.) lie Immediately Put TO sea .
directing his course so to intercept the vessel
When about forty miles off Matunzas, in the old
bahama Channel, the Trent hove in sight, and
the two vessels were soon within hailing distance
Commander Wilkes sent shot across the bows
OF the Trent. To this no attention was paid,
when another was directed near the bow. This
brought the steamer to. Lieutenant Fairfax to
whom both Of the Confederate passengers were
personally known, was sent on board in n boat
supported with two more boats, filled with ma.
Tines. Lieutenant Fairfax went on deck and
called for Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who soon
appeared. Lieutenant Fairfax politely informed
them of the objects of his mission, and asked
them TO go on board his boat To this tbcy
objected, Mason remarking that they had paid
their passage to Europe to the British Consul at
Havana, (who acts as agent for the mail steam
ship line,) and he would not leave without force.
Lieut. Fairfax, pointing to his marines drawn
up on the decks of The British steamer, said
You see, sir, have the force, If tbat is what
you require p Then you must use II. - replied
Mason. With this Lieut.. Fairfax placed his
hand upon the Senator's shoulder and pressed
him to the gaugway. AT this juucture the pas.
sengers rushed forward, somewhat excited. and
attempted to interfere. The marines immedi-
ately showed their bayonets, and Mason consent
ed to the decision of Lieut.. Fairfax, asking that
he might be permitted to make his protest in
writing. Just then fine specimen Of an Eng
lishman rushed on deck in military or naval uni
form (the officer in commnnd Of the mails,
probably, and demanded why passengers on
board that ship were molested. Lieut. Fairfax
informed him that he had stated to Capt Moir.
of the packet, why he arrested two of his pas.
seugers, and further than that be had no
explanations to make. Protests were then
drawn up. and Mason and Slidell, with their
secretaries, Eustis and Mcfarland, wentinto the
boats Of the San Jdcinto. Com. Wilkes sent
message to the ladies that his best cabin was at
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
DELAwAnE's GREAT IuEno.

The great man for the crisis-on the sea has
appeared, almost simultaneously with the long
looked for General on the land. Cant. DrpoNr
has already immorlalaed himself, by his brilliant
achievements at Beaufort. and will yet do other
deeda of valor that Hhoil stand out in history
without parallel. SO brave and yet so modest.
his gailantry must enshtine him in the hearts of
his counirymcn. lie first drank in the inspra-
tion of patriotism AMI courage upon the soil of
DELAWARE, whereon he was raised from the
cradle The people Of this State have yet to
appreciate the noble greatness OF the victory
just achieved upon rebel soil. They have vet
hardly realized the fact that one Of their own
transformations fellow.citizcns was the hero in
that action; so sudden and yet so grand has il
burst upon their senses. But they will speedily
come to knowledge of his superior prowess ard
tact, and the name Of DuroNr, wherever and
whenever uttered, will, hereafter, fall upon the
ears of Deawareans and be recognised as the
synOnyme Of Loyalty, Bravery and Victory.
The Charleston Courier, a rebel sheet, in
speaking Of the bombardment at Port Royal,
says:-
Ane storm OF IRON hail that came bursting
through the hlr from the fleet, was beyond all
description 1t Was more like the noise Of winds
roaring through lhe riggiug of n vessel in the
midst Of a tempest. '''N
1.-THE man@uyrcng the vessels was aamitte1
by some Of our best naval ofTeera ,o i'sa hae
grandy executed. As squiebiy as our hat,,ri.a yg,"
obtnined range Of the eneinys yessels sn NO
bear upon them etTectually, they imncdiato,,
changed their positions, aud again our ariille;',
lists were compelled to get the range Cniy bv
practice" -
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
ONE EFFECT OF THE WAR.

We see it stated that the average cash value OF
male slaves at present in South Carolina, as
shown by the auction sales, SC, is S3l5-fcmule
$500. Thus it appears that, for the first time
IN the history of that State or any other State,
male slaves are much less valuable than female.
The reason no doubt is that men don't like TO
buy male slaves, knowing the strong probability,
if not the certainty, of their being seized for
military service. This strongly indicates the
condition of things there.
The average value of male and female slaves
in South Carolina has hitherto been thousand
dollars. So the depreciation upon the hundred
and eighty-fVe thousand slaves of the State, al-
lowing the number of males and females to be
equal, is about two hundred aud sixty four mil
lion of dollars What a monstrous loss for u
single State, especially State 10 richer than
South Carolina She has suffered fearfully from
this war, and, if it come not to speedy close,
her suiferings will be ten-fold what they have
yet been. Terrible was her crime, and terrible
has been, aud more terrible will be her punish
ment.
If the depreciation in the value Of slaves has
already been so great in South Carolina. remote
from the seat Of war, what has it probably hoen
in Virginia and Tennessee ?-Batlmore american
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19
BUSINESS MATTERS,
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Sermons preached in Harvard College by
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sep3 Wilmington, Del.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-11-19

their service it they desired to accompany the
prisoners back to the United States. They,
however, declined, and proceeded on the voyage.
The arrest WAS made on the 9Th, and the San
Jdciato arrived with the prisoners at Fortress
Monroe on Friday. Lieut.. Taylor was despatch
cd to Washington with the official papers, and
the San Jaeiato was ordered to New York,
whence the prisoners will be forwarded to Fort
Warren, in Boston harbor.
The Trent is not, as has been supposed, an
iuter-colouial steamer plying between the West
India Islands. She is British international
packet, carrying the British mails and plying
between Southampton, England, Vera Cruz
Ilayanp, St. Thomas, and thence back 10 South
amptom.s s3l ts.
Captain wilkes was disposed to seize the pac
ket, nader the charge of favoriue the enemies o
our country, and bring her to Key West but
finding that it would seriously disappOinI u larg
number of passengers, he abandoned his purpose