, 1861-11-19
OUR LOUISVILLE LETTER.

be pro slavery type,. while the Dtaaoerat Il
auslly positive in the assertion that be Is
emagogue fahing for Abolition. favor, as he
did for that Of the Shareholders.
The Journal shows the poeition assumed by
,och1sne and indorsea~ By the Secretary Of
Var, to have been that Of the more consezva-
i've Of the Northern members Of the last Con-
,tess, quoting Dixon, Of Conn, Fessendea, Of
Indiana. Tbs Democrat shows, or attempts
% show, thu. the position is IN extreme one
Of few ult1a men st the North, and IN oppo-
sidon to the plan and policy Of the Admins.
t1ation. The Jou77ld ssyg,," Unquestlonsb1y
the position in the abstract 1s deliberately sp-
proved By the solid North" The Democrat
Who shall decide when doctors disagree ?"
The people here were disposed to -bt- excited
over this as over every similar speech that
cooiou1ded By the conclusions Of the clash
Ing loRiclans, that the excitement HaA nipped
in the bud, and the Coloneps speech has fallen
still born on thePub1ic hsre. The 4Ds'Hoesat, +
disposed to go t1ther than the Journal, pro
clIle adyocated BY Cocn1ane- :1sing OF
slaves as any other property-agaDst their
rebe1Uoua m2sters-the practical application
OF the principle-wou1d be not only right and
proper aud justiaable, bat advisable !,
Democrat, "aad State laws are dead letters,
owing to the desertion Of white m5n, Whist is
to become Of the negro, when there is 10
white man with authority to execute State
Laws? Shall the Federal Government under
take to protect slavery In The States,
| itieb 10 administer them9 Besides, If masters
| defy constitutions and laws, and get up le-
bellioD, tehat ee,s ey e1t'sct Of the negro but to
| to@low The example {"
Tie Journal professes to believe that !" not
| one Northern man In five Thousand regards
| the position as involving directly the smallest
practical consequences, meaning By tals that
| the Northern people a. body consider it Ut
tetly improbable that the nation will ever
| be driven to such an extremity ss might call
for the resort which the posltton conten
| plates.n
The situation In Southeastern Kentucky
groWs more interesting, but sufficient in1eld
gerce has not been made public here to rem
Ger it plain to the mind what Gen. Thomas
proposes to do. Perhaps this is virtue In
the General to be commended, though cofres-
pondents from this part Of the country, where
10 surfeit Of news has as yet been Pr .ssed on
them, are not likely to think so. Indefinite
| information to the 18th OF this mouth has
been received here, from which | CLEAN the
following news and situation Of affairs.
/ II 4H kHUHu lENU IEDSl9 S4N Ob40A DOAASN9}
that Zollicaffer, with only about 600, men fell
back to Cumberland Gap, where he was aston
ished to. find his communication with the
rest OF Tennessee crt off for . time by the des-
t1uction Of the railroad bridges. The column
OF Gen, Thomas had thsn began Its march
, By Zoilicoffer to be near him Ae hastily
biocksded the road st the Gap by blazing the
. rock in the hill sides, and rolling it down IN
Immense quantities and Of great bulk on the
, road. The pass at this point is Of such char.
acter as to rendtr this easily practicable. A fen
= hours wonld suffice 10 build barrier which e.
tillery and wagons would find it impossible
; to pass in - many days. Having accom-
/ plished this, Gen. ZolIicotfar marches IN haste
: towards Jackscnboro', in Campbell county, tol
Il tie purpose doubtless Of defending the pas
ssgefof the williamsburg and Jacksoaboro
e well Cap" {sometimea called "Powelps,' -
u in manner similar to that employed at Cum
}. berland Gap, proceed to put down what i
n evidently q formidable outbreak Of the Unio1
= OF c1mps st Elizabethtown and Strasburl
Is | Plains, in the Northeastern extremity Of tn
}, State, and the placing OF Knoxville unde
q martial Law, Indicate how general is the oul
1t break. There is every reason to suppose tbs
e if q rapid movement IS made by Gen. Thoma
IRON London yia Williamsburg, that Zollico
le fef's position will soon become untenable, th
sa fire in his rear already becoming too hot
g be comfortable.
d am soHy to say that We have no indie
g tions cf Eueh movement On the part Of del
i Thomas. On the contrary, it is known th
e, Oh tine 18th provision train, on the way
I'd London, waB ordered to return to Crs
5. Orchard, where taeIe is at present militia
ut depot; and also that the troops beyond Bn
OF boursvl1e were ordered to London a res
at ment at Crab Orchard Was under march,.
ed orders on the 18Th, but ths Corresponds
ce who Imparts the information Was Of t.
n, opinion that its destination was Louisvi]
n This IL, however, 7ery improbable, but wh
n its destination may be, or that OF the force
h ~ divulge- 1t is Qnite apparent, howey'
Us tkat some imbecile commander Is rFnderl
re futile the efforts Of the army in thst reglu
ay 1t is murmured here that many instances
~ imbeeili'y on the par: Of Prominent ot1e
or may be soon d1Vu1ged.
NJ The golden opportunity may be thros
ar aRaY, and if 1t should be now, it will be Il
I'D to Us, I fear, forever. Gen. Thomas has it
act bis power to achieve the most important !
he suits Of the var by vigorous prosecution: J:
he Of railroad which trayerses East Tennes:
;he ! will Drove as serious loss to the FebeB
,ot the battle of Manassas would have been. 7
Ws rebel government cannot permit the impe
ors ing or hazarding Of this point in their p
ord to Zollicoffer. Gen. Thomas has much
Ire. advantage of the rebels in time, and ought !
Or to eacriffce it. But can see nothing that
the is doing to aid the East Tennesseeans,
Of to achieve this important result.
his In this part Of tho State, am happy to q
lis, q different order Of things is prevalent.
OH movement Is now being made, which, i
Us. thought advisable not TO mention at this til
DO can only state that an activity prevails wh
bel must soon result in something Important
aeh General Buell. arrived yesterday With
led, staff, and to-day will accompany Gen: Shern
tc., and ststf to the e1campments, on the lin
nen the Nashville railroad. The visit is only q
Be- emonious one. Ger. Buell. will probably
ven command Oh Monday next
ion This Rebel Sovereignty Convention vi
got lately met at RusselVille, adjourned until
ion 18th Of this month. They will meet n
I've same place on Monday next. The purpose
Try; tie Convention, as stated by the Bowling Gz
sta- Ld1isyiUe Courier are ''to form proVsit
!lles government. Tna. government will insti
aree tic tra1 guilty and give protection to the
love erty and security to the perEouB Of citiz
'out The Constitution Of the state, As far as
nth applicable to the new order Of things, vii
Fma- held as the supreme law Of the land, and
we're statutes passed prior to the ahdication Of
? Of Legislature obeyed and enforced. The one1
'ette taxes imposed by the Legislature, to col
nlon which would beggaz the people, Will no
nov. recognized or paid within the limits of it
? Of risdiction. And some, We have no doubt
Total blaek-leg politicians, whose crimes J
and will be driven from the high places they
and horor, and expelled from the Slate whose
rd8y they have tarnished, and all the blessing
anies constitutional government be restored to e
b to citizen of the Commonwealth"
We Among the resolutions passed by the q
1t In. nal convention WAS one reading " that
by convention paas an ordinance eeEering for
hem | our connection with the Fedeta1 GoValnu
ader and to adopt such measures, either By
The adoption Of provisional government or
here. erwise, rs in their jud gment will give full
Kan ample protection to the citizens in their
when sons and property, and secure to then
not blessings Of constitutional government.
en- to One Of the preambles in the rebel COZ
lines ton resolutions said It WRs apparent the
e1Eor could not well convene the Legials
OF the State outside OF the 's Ilncolnite ar
asted It is apparent that he cannot, but it is n
ne Of plain that he does not desire to do SO.
!; pre- be does his plans have been frustrated al
The Legislature Will meet on Wednesday, No
etsiIs her 9Th, in regular session.
erdav Among the distinguished arrivals at
D the point notice the names Of Senator
,ssion Sherman, Mr.. ". r. Sherman, and
r. for NJ. Dunn Of Indiana
8. 4 Gov Denniaoo Of Ohio has ordered the
lined airy company of Cspt Morean to act as 3
thgt guard to the Ohio General McCook.
On in Geo. F. Buell. Of the Cincinnai Times
An | calling himealf 4 cousin Of Gen. Buell.
n the arrested here yesterday for transmittln
! he'd formation which had been prohibited b.
/ aud Commanding General
A letter In the Journal Of this morning
that large quantity Of clothing has
made up IN this city for Buckner's mau-