Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-08
Retaliatory Policy Of the Government
Lincoln Instructed SO C0sSGEtC
.EFr. Mason i5s Cd GCgss
other Intelligence /!

We have St. Louis papers-the Democrat and
Repqbliogu-of the 3d and 4tl inst, obtained by
&" albmarne express from the North.
A dispatch from Jefferson City dated the I'd
inst. says that Gen. Price has ISSUED a procla-
nation. calling for fifty thousand more Missouri
volunteers. This news is represented ss creH
tine the greatest excitement throughout the
State. more particularly at ST. Louis. The dis
patch adds: Secession.sts confidently assert
that he viii get his fifty thousand men, and pre-
dict that Jackson viii make good Dis promise ta
take his Christmas dinner here.
The weather Is represented as very cold, with
a jail Of snow three inches deep there Ola tine
ground Prices army appeared TO have made
no definite advance since the last alvic,s OF the
day previous.
The Democrats correspondent HoTvousiy as
ssrts that there are indications of a scheme on
foot bv Price 10 strLr all ovsr ne State ca one
asg. destroy the railroads, burn bridges, and
with one effective blow griudthe Union cause to
dust.
The news from the Federal Congress is inter
adnr.
On the Grst day Of the session Lovsjoy. O.
Illinois. offered q Joint resolution iu the House
rendering the thanks Of Congress 90 Captain
wilkes for the AIRES. of the traitors Mason
and SGdeu, which was a3optel-thus oulo1s-
inc Inc act in the name OF the Federal govern.
ment.
Colfax, of Indiana, offered a resolution in-
s-trucing the President to conine Hon JAS. z
Mason, one Of the commissioners, in a cell by
way Of retaliation. for the similar confinement OF
Col Corcoran By the rebels
Another Washington dispatch says tina. the
House adopted a resolution dir-ctug the inear-
ceraton of Mr. Sllen in q cell as a hostage for
Col. Wood. of tie IAN New York regiment, who
Is in prison a Richmond
4 special dispatch from Washington TO the
New York TubaA, dated the ID inst. says on
this same subject:
The report of the Secretary Of the Navy, after
mentioning the capture of Mason anu olidei-
saws that the prompt and decisive aeUou OF Capt
Wilkes on this occasion msr.ed and received
the emphatic approval OF tas department, and d
a too generous iOrbealauCc was exhibited hy hlm
IN not capturing the vessel. which Lld three
rebel emissarias on board, E may, IN view 90 tle
special circumstances and Oi DIS paH1oie mo
Eires. be excused, but It must uy I'D means ae
permitted % constitute a precedent hereafter Tor
The treatment of any case Of q similar iHuaclJu
Of neutral Obligations by foreign vessels engaged
in commerce or the carrying trade.
On motion of Blair, Of Missouri, Hon. John
r. Read, Of the first congressional district of that
State. u as expelled from the House of Repre-
ssntaivss Oa the charge that d. had taken mp
arms against thu United States government
Upon the renewal and urgent application OF
George D. Prentice, Of the Louisville JOEnah
Secretary Seward, Oh tr - inst, ordered the re-
lease of his brother-in-law Calhoun Bauham,
and also ex-senator Gwin, from Fort Lafayette
Nj. Sumner offered a lesolution for us e1puL
sion Of Hon. Henry c. Burnett. of Kentucky
which was, of course, unanimously passed
Tue traitors convention, e. Wheeling. ON the
I'd inst, changed Jha name Of Ere nea- State
from Kanawha TO Western Virginia. a strong
debate was expected on the slavery question.
In the New York Imayoralty election, Fer
nando Wood who ran as a sort Of peace
candidate" was defeated by something over q
thousand votes-Opdyke beng elected The
vote stood-Opdyke 1929; Gurther 24,5--
Wood a4,0s5
Special dispatches from Washington state thai
a resolution win be offered ia the lower Hous-
furnishing an officer in the army for returning
fugitive slaves to their masters.