The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-07
SOUTHERN AFFAIRS.
PATRIOTIC .pRooLAIATIoS 20 THa CITIZENS
EAsE TENNESSEE

FAikIoTlC PROCLAMATION 20 TH2 CITIZENS OF
EAsz TENNESSEE.
We find the following proclamation from
Col. I-eadbetter, addressed to the citizens of
East Tennessee, in the Knoxville Rssfs.er, of
the 4th inst:
To the Citi.ens Of East Ttantsse.:
So long as the question Of Union or DIG
nnion, was debdtable, so long You did well 10
debate 1t and vote on it. You had a clear
right TO vote for the Union but when Sc
cesson was established by the voice of the peo
pie. You did ill to distract the countrr bv
angry words and nsurrec1ionary tumuIt-
In doing this you commit the bic hest crime
known to the laws.
Out OF the Southern Confederacy no people
possess such elements of prosperity and hap
piness as those OF Fast Tennessee The
Southern market which you have hitherto
enjoyed only in competition wi IN host Of
eager Northern rivals will now bs snsred
with few States Of the Confedaracy equslly
foriuuate, politically, and geogra phical,y -
Livery product OF your agriculture and work
shops will now find a prompt sale at high
prices and so long as cotton grows on Con.
federal e soil, so loIg will the money which il
brings, now from the South through all your
channels Of trade.
At this momen, you might be at war with
the United States, or any foreign nation,
and yet not sun-r d tenth part of the evils
which pursue you In this domestic strife.
No mans life or property Is safe, no woman
| or chilli can sleep in quiet. You ara deludsd
by selfish dema cog ues, who take care for their
own personal safety. You are citizens Of
Tennessee, and your State one Of the Confed-
crate States.
So long as you are up in arms against these
States, can you look for any thing but the in
Fasion OF your homes and the wasting Of YOUR
substance, This condition OF thugs muat be
ended. The Government commands the
peace and sends troops to enforce the order
l proclaim that every man who comes in
promptly and delivers up his arms will he
pardoued on taking the oath Of allegiance.
All men taken i'll arms against the Govern
ment Will be transported to the military
prison at Tuscaloosa, and be confined there
during the war. Bridge burners and de.
stroyers of railroad tracks are excepted
from among those paTdonapie. They will
be tried by drum head court-martial and be
hung on the spot. ID LEApBsTTRa,
Colonel Commanding.
Headquarters, C'eenriue Z. T., Nov. 80, 1861
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS IN MISSOURI
On his arrival at st. Louis, the new Fed
eral commander issued the following order
HEADQUARTERS, st. Louis, Nov %, 1851.
l. Prisoners OF war duly exchanged in &C.
cordance with the terms Of an agreement
made between Major. General i q. Fremont
and Major General Sterling Price, on the
18th of October, 1861 and having a mass or
safe conduct from Brigadier-General s. X.
Curtis, will, after proper examination, be
passed through our lines, according, to the
safe-conduct 80 given. The persons aud
baggage of such exchanged prisoners will
be subject to examination at any post Such
persons will be sent away in squads under
an escort.
IL. The term property, or private property,
used in such passes, Will not be construed TO
include any arms, Except the usual side arms
Of officers ammunitions, medicines, or sealed
papers, and all open papers will be strictly
examined.
BY order Of Major General Halleck.
- t' -' WILLIAM McMIcHAEL.
Assistant Adjutant General.
It Will be n1eRbered that Gen. Hunter
who succeeded Fremont, ignored tho agree
yaent alluded 10 above. His humanity,
however. will be rendered powerless by Gen.
Haileck's order.
YAsKBs EMPLOYEES CAPTURED on THE FLORIDA
COAST.
We find the following in the Tallahassee
(Fla.l Scn.ins!, OF the 18th, which copied It.
without giving the date, from the Semi
Weekly Mems, Of the same city:
Sixty Eight prisoners arrived here on Sat.
urday night last, in charge OF a detachment
Of Capt. Snefi-ld's company, the whole under
command Of Col. III whit Saith, They are
composed Of Spar mrdr, Yanxees, and Elori.
Esaing AROUND tss Florida coast In the yicin-
ity Of Egmont Key, for the Fsderals at Key
West.
Col. Smith Informs rs that they are the
crews OF twelve fishing smacks, and that the
craft captured are worth in the aggregate
from $4,000 to $4,000
A NKw INVENTION IN GUSSEKY.
A gentleman In Natchez, Miss, furnishes
the New Orleans Picc. sss the following para
graph
rhs new and improved mode Of making
cannon Of lamsiiar wrought iron, invented
By James Carkest, Of Natchez, Mss, patented
september 8. 1851. The inventor claims this
gun 70 b superior to any one now Ia uss; srs-
ceptihle Of the most gigan tic proportions. and
equslly adapted for light sxtltefY com.
bintag strsayth AId llAfAess In 4 degres
neYYr es6ore stysiAsd lfcaanei h mA.. .
snfas sao e fFovs .se sFsls ~ :. these asssr
q - ..nc men IL our m CON ssdsree1 c1
80 10 now buildtnk. and has nearly couple
u. 10-pcundsr cOnical shot. Tue wrtKhf
81 The gun will not txoaed 100 ponnds. taking
rs plaos q : 9un Of iAe sap,e eatibrs weigh.
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horsae.