The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-06-07
ITEMS OF NEWS.

Rsan Mri3TrR.-The Springfield Repn5ieaa
49, tba! private letter from Madrid received 10
M ety states positively that Mr.. Preston our Min
W. there, has been using al hls Influence at the
sDapsh Court in behalf Of Secession and the interest
Il M Southern confsdsracy.
One county in Northwestern Virginia, adjoining
p.Bpsyyanla and Ohio, gave 1900 majority for the
unlonr sltho recent election. The entire legal vote
Of the county is but 1900 Comments unnecessary.
Atslegam 70 the Chicago Tine. Of The nth says,
seavels Point taken, 900 seoesslonlsts killed and
500 taken prisoners. Only "a Federals killed.
The people Of Tennessee and Georgia are making
drums. Another Yankee dime drain closed.
The report Of Federal entrsnchment4 boing Dt the
mouth Of the James river, ia confirmed
The seawsll's Point Batteries fred four shots Al
the Empire City over three miles distant, and this
hot nearly reached the vessel, indicating excseid
ordinance.
Awoman committed suicide lie Cincinnati the other
day. Reason desutltion Cincinnati Is furnish
Jog men and money for the sublugation Of tn,
'outh, and her poor are starving to death in theh
miserable novels. God keep ths Northern poor, foi
they are unable to keep themselves
The State Department at Washington is cautious
IN granting passports TO the citizens Of ,eoeded
states Who're there Is reason to believe the applt
iants design going abroad on business connected
sth secession purposes passports sre refused a.
has been in the cass Of three or -four nstencos re-
Gently.
It's said that Gen. Scott is quite disguised with
Billy Wilson's zouavesand Mortified that such troops
should be about him. He says it will take thousand
good men to watch one hundred of them
Hon, s. J. Gholson, Of this State, having rsised :
company Of volunteers and gone on the war path
declines being candidate for Congress,
Our FRIENDS IN ENGLASD.-Mr Gregory, the grea
cotton manufacturer, Mr.. Mccullough, the author o
the Dictionaries arc the leading secessorisis Of Eng
md, says London correspondent Of q LneolnitC
! sheet.
| Hon. w. X. Sebastian, late Senator from Arkansas
IS captain Of a military company now drilling a
| Helena.
Since RUSSELL the correspondent Of the zi0'0s has
lyon such truthful statement Of affairs IN th'
southern States, tho New York Tribune Hortd, AM
lher Republican papers, have discoyqed that he i
no great writer after all. This is another ieat
lofty tumbllng," for which those journals are re
markable, as only two months ago he wasmondtrous
" toodisd by their editors.
The Committee Of Safety in Memphis have inter
dlcted the circulation Of Prentces Louisville Jour
aal He calls upon his friend Lincoln to ayenge tn
insult to his paper by cutting off the mail facilities
Tennessee, utterly and at once.
The citizens of Monroe county have subscribed
and paid over to the equipment Of the Van Dorm he
serves, the handsome sum Of six thousand SIX nun
red and fifteen dollars, besides having given liberal
y to others.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that Hemperanee
that city is increasing at fearful rsa What won
der when whiskey, a. No Ride) se'I'n8 AZ Ie
cents per gallon, .a.......sas.ll
~ 4asssHs issued an order to suspend the Safe
md Union, Southern paper publishedin wasinl
] | ton, unless it will favor his administration. TIL
! editor concluded to suspend.
b The proprtotors Of the Natohe1 foundry arc ca
ing shot, shell and the variety Of projoctiles aed
warfare
The Hble'says that from adyices they have it
plain that England and France will recognize the
ipendeuco of the Confederate St,tes.
Capt. Dick Bell, nephew of Hon. John Bel
Bottom Planter in Coahoma county Missssp
has ninety men-mos all wealthy pAnters-v
mounted, and armed with Mimic rifles and bow
rryusuru attheif own oxpense-roady ior mmedi
ervice.
Is Lincoln has createda military district cal
10 the Department Of Kentucky, which Anderson
d. been appointed to command, with his head-quart
q a louisville.