Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-12
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LATER FROM DIXIE.

nIIois Of Virginia by the authorities 1t al
fsgss that they have sacrificed everything for
,secesh, :" and now End themselves out in the
.old 'to make room for beardless boys whose
only recommendation for the position they
oeeury IS monied influence" these besrdless
6oys being appointed to naval Offices in pref
srspee to them. That however Ia the tendency
of oligarchic institutions.
On the Friday before the % instant Gems.
Lee and LaEton were at Fort Pulaski, in con-
ultation- ---------- d.
Capt. Boutelle, of the U. 8. Coast Survey,
catches thunder from the Day Book for pilot
Ing tne U s. vessels of war through the In
land waters Of South Carolina, after having
las that journal slleges) hob-n0bbed for years
slst with the Lords Of the Manor thereabout,
Eith bis legs under their mahogany.
Gen. Priee-odoriferous Sterling Price-has
been compIimsnted with q Confederate Con-
vress vote Ct thanks for his military exploits
II Missouri. .s
Tie Presbyterian General Assembly South
ern} assembled at Augusta, Ga, on the 4th
inst, Rev. Francis Mcfarland, Moderator.
A Charleston correspondent Of the Rich.
uopd Dispatch abuses Commander Stedman
of the navy at q great rate for q traitor to
South Carolina-the state Of his birth. That's
al q matter Of course.
Another correspondent Of the same Journal
inTeighs earnestly against the change that has
taken place In the habits Of Georgians and
other far SOutherners In Virginia, who are
there as military officers; elergymen and other
temperance men yieing with veteran topers in
cSasuning red eye warranted to kin at forty
rods .ss -EE.
A Centreyille correspondent Of the Dispatch
writes on the Goth that it was then evident
that Gen. Mcclellan had abandoned all idea
Of forward movement. We shall see "yat
Ye will see "
Messrs. Fitzgerald, Beaver and Mitchell, of
F-NNs r G.
eounty-Union men Of East Tennessee-have
been arrested for treason 10 Secesh; also An
drew Knott, a justice Of the peace in the coun-
y in which Knoxville Is situated, and Senator
Pickens. They are all In jail. The alleged
Union bridge-burners are to be sent from Ten
nsssee to RichmOnd-to he hcug, drawn and
quartered there, We presume.
large number Of Union mon lately in arms
In Carter county, Tenn, are alleged to have
surrendered their weapons and taken the oath
Of allegiance to Secesh. The alleged bridge
burners in that section Of the State are said to
have escaped their pursuers, into the mountains.
Il ia complained that the Union men remain
In arms ION the upper border of the Buffalo,
In the Limestone Cove and Grab Orchard, in
Carter county, and in the Greasy Cove, nearer
Knoxville. ...-
The following persons are believed 10 have
been elected 70 the rebel Congress from Texas.
Viz:-Wilcox, from the first district, (him who
was once q shallow member of the u, s. House
of Representatives from Mississippi;) Peter Y.
Gray. in the third; Sexton, in the fourth; and
Wright. in the sixth district
Gov Lubbock and Lieut. Gov Crockett were
insuguratsd at Austin, Texas, on the 9Th No
Tember.
The people of Fannin county, Texas, are al
legged to De tanning leather, perfscting it in
three days, by newly discovered process
We have heard of leather made in three or
four days before-but such leather,
The Dispatch Of the 4th inst. proelaims that
the intimation that Mason and Slidell will be
hung in rstaliation for the hanging of CoIonels
COgsEell and COrcoran, in case any Of their
priVatsersmsn are hung by the U. g. author
tiles, will hsye no weight whsteyer in pre-
venting the execution Of cur two Colonels 1t
adds that however much the Confederate au-
thOrities may feel for Mason and Slidell, it
will not permit their lives to stand in the way
Ct les proposed retaliatory policy.
In the Virginia Senate the following officers
Eere elected on the Sd inst. Viz Shelton f.
Davis, Clerk; John A. Jordan, Sergeant at
Arms Thomas P. Chismsn, First Doorkeeper;
E II. Talisfsrro, Second Doorkeeper; and Jas.
GoOde, Printer.
The city councils Of Richmond have petit
toned the Legislature to legslize their issue
Of shiRplasters.
4 select committee of the House of Dele
gates have been appointed to enquire what
legislation Is necessary in view Of TIE extor-
tionste prices charged for articles Of pure ne
cessity- always the last expedient in such
eases 70 bolster up worthless currency de-
preeiating in proportion as the public come to
realize its utter worthlessness.
TIE reaetory Reds in Virginia, it seems, are
s)meSbat ahead Of the reds in the Congress Of
the U. 5. Thus, on the night Of the I'd inst,
the State Convention abolished the Supreme
Court Of the State. substituting two supreme
courts in its stead.
The Confeds recently sent q Georgia regi.
ment, under Major Leadbetter, into Carter
county, Tenn, after the Union men in arms
there; who are said to have disbanded and
escaped 70 the mountains. -
Col. Meyer Jacobs some years since Sur
veyOr Of the port Of Charleston, 5. c., and
RSbt Marvin, a leading citizen Of Knoxville,
Tenn, are dead
Hon. George Z. Badger, has introduced into
the North CaroIina State Convention Law to
punish specuIatOrs in salt. Trying to Keep
down prices BY such legislation, is simply try
ing 10 keep their shinplasters up to fictitious
value. The relative supply of and demand
FOR necesssries will always regulate their mar
ket price, we care not what special legislation
70 that end may be resorted to.
An insurrection was reported ION the 4th) in
Richmond. in the northern portion Of Wash
ingtOR county, Tenn. ..
slant that Col. Henry Hsth, Of Ployd's Brig
sie, wasat once TO be made q Confed Major
Gsneral, and be sent TO supercede Sterling
Price in the Istter's command in Missouri:
r. II. Slough has been elected Mayor of
Mobile, Ala, by tight squeeze.
A very valaable cargo Of coffee is alleged to
have very recently run the blockade, into the
harbor OF Fernsndina, Fla. .
About twice Q week they get almost positive
news In Richmond Of an advance Of the army
Of the Potomac upon their lines at Centre
vile.
The rebel ordnance bureau offers 10 cents
per lb. for saltpetre.
Gen. A. Sidney johnson iatimatss TO the
Richmond Government that the contemplated
move Of the Union army against Columbus,
Ky, is only fsint, the real contemplated
movement being against Bowling Green-in
his Judgment. ..rE4ra
On the ID, it was autographed from Mobile
that the water Communication between that
city and New Orleans, was again suspended.
Union cruisers about, heyD The Union
cruisers thsreabout hsvec Htured the steamer
Lewis and some others like her, in the Missis-
sipp Sound. ~ I fs
A Gen. J. p. Chase, Of South Carolina or
tennessee, leaving several SONS in the Con