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GENERAL POPE At sEDALIA, MO.
LIVELY TIMES FOB PRICESGANG
FROM WASHINGTON.

Especial Dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune]
WASHINGTON. December 7, 1861.
The report that Com. Dupont and General
Sherman haye eyaeuated Tybee Island, is dis
credited at the Navy Department, nor is it be-
licvcd that Dupont meditates IN attack with
vessels alone upon the strong works Of Fort
Pulaski The fullest confidence is felt in all
the naval officers Of the expedition.
Flag officers *Foote, commanding the Mis-
sissippi hotilla, wants Il thousand more sea-
men from the lakes The Department could
spare him but six hundred Of its men raised
on the seaboaril, and lie needs Ill that can be
raised in the West, to man the Mississippi
totil}a.
Brig: Gen, McCall's division, with asquadron
Of cavalry and q battery Of artillery, supported
by another brigade Of the same division, went
out ten miles toward Drain5yille, last night, the
direct object being to capture two notorious
sccvssionists, and to procure forage When
near Drainsyille the two Coleman brothers
were seized, and also three brothers Boole,
notorious seecssionists, who lad been in the
habit Of shooting down Union men, whether
citizens or soldiers. Fifty-seycn wagon loads
Of grain were brought in. No enemy was
seen. The expedition returned tAis morning.
There arc Is 600 sick in the army Of the Po-
tomac, but this is not considered large pro-
portion. The general health of the camps is
good.
Some Of our cavalry engaged in General
Hcintzclman's reconnaissance, yesterday, went
by Pollok Church, north On the road between
Pollick and Occotink Creeks, to its intcrsec-
ton with the old FairElx road. None but
women and boys were met with. They report
no rebels at Fairfax Court House, but pickcts
between there and Germantown, aud On line
thence to Fairfax Station.
In connection with reconnaissance from
Hancoek's Brigade, Fitz John Porter sent a
force to the vicinity Of Flint Hill, toward
Fairfax Court House. It returned last even.
ing without having seen or heard Of any
enemy.
The fact that vessels with stores hare re-
Gently passed the Aqua Greek batteries with
out being fired into, has given rise to an i'm
probable rumor that they have been aban-
do1cd.
Vo1lcys Of 1nusketry and roaring cannon
have indicated, since noon, large waste OF
powder i'll honor Of Gov. Morgan, who has
been reviewing the New York troops.
Mrs. Lincoln's first reception Of the season
took place to day. She has received a present
Of very costly bonnet from the ladies o.
New York On the strings is 4 likeness o'
ss0ld Abe" surrounded by wreath, and this
surnounted By national cmblems.
Rev. DR.. Mitchell, Of Coyiugton, KY, la:
been appointed Chaplain in the Fifth Regu
| lar Cavalry.
A creditor Of ex-senator Gwin sought Il pro
cess to-day from Judge Merrick against him
| When Senator, be was brought up for the SAINT
debt and released by habeas corpus, pleading
| his F" privilege. His counsel contends thai
| the privilege still holds.
, 1861-12-09

WHEELING, Va, Dec. In the Legisla-
turc Mr. Porter offered resolution looking
to Virginia's paying her portion Of the Fed
cra1 direct tax
Mr. Davidson offered resolution requiring
all ministers to take the oath Of allegiance be-
fore receiving license to perform the mar
rage ceremony.
1 bill was reported releasing non-con1mis-
stoned officers and prirates from the payment
of the customary taxes.
On motion Of Mr. Logan, it was ordered
that tire national flag be displayed each day
from the building wherein the Legislature Is
sitting.
, 1861-12-09
Ct)e Tribttme.


We re'happy to lay before our readers
Judge Trumbulrs speech in the United
S;a1es Senate on Thursday last, Che Of the
:ablcst constitutional arguments ever pro
nouEced before that body, and 4 timely and
learned exposition Of the harmony Of the
Constitution with all the requirements Of
war. fortified by numerous citations Of e.
S Supreme Court decisions and authorities
OH International law. The speech Will be
found On the second page Of to-day's issue
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!: is seriously feared that the SIayora1ty
Of New York will have to lie settled by tile

!: is seriously feared that the 3Iayora1ty
Of New York will have to be settled by tie
courts, so determined are the opposition to
tlefiaud George Opdyke Of lis election.
Fernando Wood is nowhere, and he turns
il to help Gunther, the other Democratic
eal:ditiase, The returns Of several voting
districts have been thrown out because the
canyassers delayed to hand in their lists
within the twenty-four hours, and new
rotcs have been discovered for G,nthcr
with azvariety Of spelling; by all Of which
mc:,l1s the returns are 50 amended, as, it is
said. to give Gunther IS majority! The
s'anvasscrs, who make a final count, are up
I" any such iuiquity, and arc delaying their
proceedings until the arrangements for Il
grand fraud on the people can be made.
Thu path Of an honest man to the Mayor-
ally of New York is beset with many dan
sc:s. hut we believe opdyke will go in,
dtsi:itc all. THIS is too good chance to
haye An honest Executive to be lost by any
D;cans legitimate to securing it.
, 1861-12-09

the 5th, have adj dispatch from % Richmond IAN
nouncing the appointment Of Gen. Heath, Of
Va, to command the Department Of Missouri
virtually superseding Gen. Price. The same
papers say that there is great excitement at
Nashville, in regard to drafting troops. Some
ten thousand troops have arrived at Columbus,
KY, since the battle Of Belmont, and are rapid
II concentrating there. They declare that 75,-
600 men cannot take the position.
4 telegram from East Pensacola, reports the
Federal fleet off Horn Island.
, 1861-12-09

WASHINGTON, Dec. lit is quite probable
that the annual Report Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury will not Oe ready for delivery to Con
gress on Monday.
It is rumorcd that the rebels have evacuated
their position at Aqua, but the report is dis
credited here.
The charges against Col Kerrigan, Of the
18th New York regiment, who is now under
arrest in Washington, are understood to be
dierespectfnl conduct to his superior officer,
and neglect Of his Own regiment, thereby
tending to produce insubordination. His
trial has not yet taken place
Gen. Smiths division went out to-day to
the neiehborhood Of Vienna, and gathered 81
wagon loads Of forage. No enemy was seen in
any direction,
, 1861-12-09

EA('HANI1N VF FHKSVNERS,
1t will be received with qualification
throughout the country and the army, the
indication that the barriers to an exchange
Of prisoners are removed, and that, as be-
ginning, a number constituting about one
third Of the rebel prisoners taken at Hat
1cras, are TO be exchanged from Fortress
Monroe for an equal number Of Federal
prisoners from Richmond.
, 1861-12-09

FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 8.-Ihe Sd Brigade
Of Gen. Banks's army, Gen Williams COM
city 10 thcIr encampmcnt three miles out on
the Hascrstown turnpike. The 1st and End
Brigade, GeneraIs Abercrombie and Hamilton,
arrived on Tuesdny and Wednesday. The
former ia located on the Monocacy aud Balti-
more turnpike, and the latter near GAINESVILLE,
both about tive miles out,
, 1861-12-09

New YORK, Dec. 7-The new side-wheel
steamer 0ctorara has been completed, and will
be launched at Brooklyn Navy Yard this after
noon.
The new gunboat Owasso, built on the Mys-
tic river, arrived at the Yard yesterday to be
armed and put in commission.
The ship Nightingale and steamer Wyan-
dotte sail Immediately for the South Atlantic
blockadinr squadron.
, 1861-12-09

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. s.-severa1 letters
from Somerset and Stanford, 9th inst, just rc-
ceiyed, say that the Federal forces under Gen.
Schoepff bad been compelled to retreat to this
side Of Somerset, and that the rebels, 10,000
strong, had crossed the Cumberland river, and
are marching On Somerset. Men, women and
children were leaving Somerset in every posi-
ble conveyance, and rushing into Stanford.
The Stanford people think seloepT should be
reinforced.
LATER
The Democrat editorially thinks S:hotpff's 5
purpose in falling back, is TO catch Zollicotfer
in trip.
The Cincinnati Commercials Frankfort dis
patch says the conduct of President Lincoln
III modifying Cameron's report, and the great
confidence which is placed i'll Gems. Mcclellan,
Buell., and Hallcck, is having good influence
to calm tile anxiety Of Union men. IF the
Government adopts Camcron's policy, it would
demora1iZe, if not destroy, the Union party in
Kentucky.
Several men who fled from Letchcr and
Perry counties, werc in Frankfort ycstcr-
day, appealing for protection against Williams
and his .7lng, who have invaded those counties
plunlerng the people, driving off their stock,
and in some instances killing Union men,
The report that ZollicotIGr has crossed the
Cumberland is discreditcd by some PERSONS
here. General Schocptf occupies Il hill three
quarters Of a mile this side OF Somerset,
with but five thousand men.
- The colored people Of Philadelphia are
petitioning for the right to ride in street rail
, 1861-12-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

TIE Disagreement 6etueen The President and
Secretary Of 1fd7-Ro1o It NOS sought to Sip
press The ncsns, aud hom it could not be DONG
Report .bsc;cncy Of the Nary.
, 1861-12-09

E Noahsturteyant, principal Of the house
Of N. sturtcyant g. Co.. Of Boston, New York
and Philadelphia, was killed at crossing Of
the Eastern Railroad, in Chelsea, few days
since, while driving al unnanageable horse.
He WAS 60 wears Of are
, 1861-12-09

The election Of q Senator in Kentucky,
to succeed the expelled traitor Breckenridge,
takes place on Tuesday Ex-
Secretary Guthrie and Garrett Davis are the
most prominent candidates.
, 1861-12-09

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-THE train which
left here last night for Baltimore, and the train
from Baltimore, collided near Grey's Ferry,
cars were crushed. No passengers were in-
fnred: but the track is ob6tructed SO that no
froin left till O'Clock this morning.
, 1861-12-09

NEW Yo.K, Dec. "a schooner from
Martinique, 11th inst, reports tho privateer
snmter theEe eca1lng sae ..f "a tkt faken txo ~
lection =. '' =
, 1861-12-09

Bosros, Dec. Next week eleven officers
and 90 prisoners Of the North Carolina regi-
u1cnt. surrendered at Hntteras, will be sent to
Fortress Monroe, from Fort Warren. and re-
leased On parole. An equal number Of OUT
men will be Eotu1ned from Richmond.
, 1861-12-09
IMPORTANT FROM ARK
treason Discovered in C. S. A.

i: our last issue we referred to the fact that
l.. r,cent Message Of Gov. Rector, Of Arkan
t;~. /; ,.kIy and dolefally hInted at the exist
c:l,,,. ri treason in tie midst Of that happy
S;,s. From other sources this passes beyond
4 rntrc su17nisc, since it il certain that arrests
III, be;n. madc uf partlcs in arkansas charged
nil: Icing Union men.
The Little Rock STAT Journal. Of the 29tl
El:, notices the arrival at that city Of twenty
sv,r,1 prisoners, members Of 4 secret lincoln
organization from Van Burcn county. They
.r:, lodged in jail for safckecping until tried
1v'!r civil authorities. Forty others were
rid 10 Ia. OF. the way, and thc names Of the
rliu:. elan known, also their secret signs and
l'->H oTds. which were divu1gcd hy young
Jnrn who was i.norantly initiated into the
tr,}tf.
E:onl 1!lis same sheet it appears that infor-
r.s1:on Of this organization was given to Gen.
Dn~:t,in by citizen Of Van Burcn county,
:s'.G' :"luntcc- in the Confederate service.
The n.:nce Of the lcadrrs were fully diyulgcd,
:t::! !:arp pursuit took piace- Two orthrcc
Hrrc hung Immediately upon being taken.
T!4e tditor Of the Little Rock Journal claims
10 peak most knowingly, and entirely by the
card in the lnatteF, and claims to have been
I"::lait1edto prrusc the Constitution Of this
organization. He says it is called a "Peace
and Constitutional Society," They have 100
1nc1nbcrs in Searcy, Van Dnrcn, Newton and
lard counties, and LOO in the whole State,
T]c3 Eayc regular system Of signs and pass
w4ds. and are furnished with supplies Of
money from the Northern camps The Consti-
tuition makes its obligatory upon every mem.
!,.s 10 hazard his life in aid Of another in dis
trc>-. and the penalty Of expressing my o.
H. secrets Of the organization is death.
Gr1. Burgcrin, who was mastering in ;
regiment Il: C:rrollton, in Carroll county, q:
s''s's &. he heard Of the conspiracy, at ones
hurried down to the counties above named, K
i.ac esi>ll stcps ne might be necessary atthn
tu'i. i. Van Buryn county. he saw ono Col
t"'fat 3. Lewis, who assured hlnl Oh I'll
! t""-''ctlit:s CT thc report. Col Lewis ha'
I t:l!ed o.t guard Of lU0 men, and Was at tia
I 1;:ilr making asrcst>, and Gen. BurEcyln Lei
! t;H control Of 1iIc whole affair with tha
t,f'ictr
Ike el.eet we quote reports TINT those a]
rradv taken were we'll supplied with arms an
:.r;,nanition and infcrs tha. those still at 1are
~, equally well equipped.
{ l3.~ The telegraph confirms the opinion r
Z ..;:yc Of the case Of Col Kerrisan, Of the Ne
I.,k Mozart Regiment, correcting tue absu1
7 r1mor 1l4at the President had already sisne
Y his deatl-warrant. kerrigan, On review d:
about the middle Of October insulted |,
Brigadic7 General Martindale, and the writ
vyas 1,.t4cu: when the latter officer called I
= squadron Of cavalry bundled the o}strcpt
, 1861-12-09

EB~ On Tuesday evening last, Mr- Asa hu-
lcr, respectable young man about - years OF
age, living with Mr.. John 4. Warren, two or
three miles from Sullivan, Ill, committed
suicide by hanging himself.
, 1861-12-09

t% Col. John NJ. Loomis's 26th Illinois
regiment, row at Hannibal, Mo-. will go into
winter quarters 1t that place.
, 1861-12-09

s& senstor Gwin and Calhoun Benhaua,
released On parole at tho intercession of
George D. Prentice, arc at Washington, and
efforts arc bclDg made To have them released
a1toeetler.
, 1861-12-09

-" L destructive fire occurred at Lock
port, Ind, on Monday last. The fire orlginat-
ed in the warehouse attached to J. Barncs'
estate, which was occupied by George " Fri
day as a drug store. Two thousand bushels
Of com, belonging to E. J. Dassgett, were con
Ermed
, 1861-12-09

II It is reported in the Philadelphia pa
i'crs that FIVE more Pennsylvania regiments
will be sem to Kentucky.
, 1861-12-09

NHGE8E 11H1REI8s
PER AFn1cA] fL1yEHPoo1, Nov. q, 1851.
TRANSFORMATIONS slow Of sale, but un-
changed. Wheat dull. Corn fr1ncr+
PK0y1s1oEs-Limited demand Pork dull and
unchanged. Bacon in good demand.
, 1861-12-09

- Jas. O. Wnkcrson, the notorious mur-
derer Of tho 8facc family in Green county, Ill,
broke Jail at Carrolton last Sunday night, and
is still at large. Hc was under sentence Of
death for the crime Jacob Bowman, Sheriff
Of the county, Offers 800 reward for the ar
rest of the fugitive.
, 1861-12-09
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, 1861-12-09
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. j

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T11bune.l
ST. LOUIE. December 3, 1851.
The Illinois River Packet Company has
t;ken the contract to tow the thirty-cight
n1ortar-boats to Cairo. The steamer Sam.
Gaty leaves tomorrow with twelve Of them;
the others will follow Immediately. Eighty
dollars each is paid for the job, which is con-
sidered i low figure.
The Benton Hussars, a cavalry company,
which left here Oh Friday evening for Hanni-
bal, Mo-, by the steamer john Warner, return
cd to- -day-thc bout drawing too much water
to pass Pizar Island. They return again By
railroad tomorrow. It is designed to attach
them to some incomplete State regiment.
The DEATHS in tie Military Hospital last
week embrace the following: l4th Illinois,
Vim. J. Smith, company E; 18th Illinois,
Richard Bates, company E, Lorenzo ". Foss;
25th Illinois, Moses Wilson. Stephen E. Hen
r.; s5th Illinois, P. Landcrs, John Dough-
crty, William Boph. Peter shanks, Jesse
Frazcr, John L. Hc1mick; 44th Illinois,
Thomas Nance, William A. Coates; 43d uli-
nois Cavalry, Thomas B. Hood; Kane county
Cavalry, VIM. hernear.
Gen. Thomas L. Price, who was appointed
Brigadier General By Fremont, and relieved
of his command at Jefferson City, By order Of
Gen. Hallcck, in consequence Of the Govern
ment's non-rccognition Of Frcmont's appoint
ments. has received 4 Brigadler's commission
direct from President Lincoln. This is an cx-
ccllcnt appointment. He has resumed the
command at Jefferson City.
, 1861-12-09

Tybee Not Evacuated.
, 1861-12-09

New YORK, Dec. "a Washington special
dispatch to the N. I. Times says The Repuhli-
can caucus was only attended By eleven mem
bcrs, who adjourned after appointing Com
Monday evening.
be presented on Monday.
The roads between Washington aud Mary
land, Oh the Maryland side Of the Potomac,
are almost impossible Tor army baggage
Nap0nS
, 1861-12-09

AQUA BATTERIES SILENT.
Visit to Belmont, Mo.
OF 240 PRISONERS.
CAIRO PRISONERS RELEASED.


5000 MEN CAN,T TAKE THE PLACE,
, 1861-12-09
THE LATEST NEWS

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, 1861-12-09

State Teachers Association.
There has been n change Of time in the
meeting Of the Illinois State Teachers AEso-
ciation, us follows:
OFFICE or PUBLIC 1ssrRIcr1oE.
SPEIGF1E1p, Dec, 2. 1861.
At the request Of many teachers, who could not
otherwise attend. notice il hereby given that the
EeAt examination for State Certificates will be
held at Bloomington, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
instead Of tic 18th. 3Hh and 2lst. as previously
announced. Papers friendly to the object please
copy. NEWTON BATEAAN.
Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-03-30

The ELEcr,oN ON MoNDAY.-On Monday
next our voters will be called upon to choose
a Judge for ithe Fifth Judicial District, in
which OUT parish has beer placed by a spe-
cial act of the Legislature. But one candi-
date has announced himself for that distin-
suished position-the Hon. DAN'L D. AVERY.
the present incumbent If the bench Of the
old Sixth Judicial District. OF course it is
well known that he has such a hold upon the
speeesse ofeuxparisn, by the strict and impair
'tal manner in Wjhichahe has hitherto dis
charged the important dotiss,of that position,
that competition with him were worse. than
useless. But because Judge AvERY has no
competitor in the race, and will quietly walk
over the track, we hope the voters Of this
parish will turn out and deposit their votes
for him, if for nothing mole than to show
the high appreciation in which he is held.
We are prompted to urge this: because we
have heard many say that there being no
opposition, they would not trouble themselves
about going to the polls. This is wrong and
shows an indifference which should not exist
in the great importance of selecting an Off
Ger to preside over the litigation OF the PAR
ish. Opposed as we have ever been to an
elective Judiciary, we, in this case, urge
upon our voters to rally to the polls on Mon.
day to affirm by those votes the high aprre-
citation Of the merits and competency Of J Judge
AVERY to fill the position Of Judge of the
Fifth Judicial District.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-03-30

FRANCE AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES
The Courier des Etots Unis, of the 18th,
makes the following authoritative statement
Of 1.-THE treatment which vessels arriving un-
der the secession flag will meet in French
p~orts:o
Without in any manner compromising the
position which it may hereafter take to wards
the States that have just separated from the
American Union, in case they should defln-
itely establish a Southern Confederacy, the
French Government has transmitted to the
customnouse officials III it's various ports, or
ders to receive Professionally, on the SINE
footing as the colors of the United States. the
Palmetto and Pelican flags, and all others of
the seeding States.
The cnstomhouses of our seaports will not
stick le at any Irregularities in force, that the
clearauces of American ships from Souther RI
ports may present. by reason of the INTERRUPT.
ton OF the administration Of the Federal Gus.
tomhouses in any bf the States. In order to
assure to goods brought by such ships the
same treatment AS il they Lad come from
ports not separated from the Union. with reg
u!ar cIearanres. it will be sufficient that the
consular certificates, CT in default of such
certificates, such other notifications as trade
may oe abIe to furni>h-give a certainty that
his goods were originally from the United
States.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-03-30

Tue US TARIFF IN ENGLAND AND FRAScE.
The high tariff adopted by the last United
States Congress has caused much disatisfac-
ton in England aud France. In the Eng
lush trade report brought by the arabia, COM
plant is made that the IL nited States are not
content with bringing distress and derause-
ment upon European traders by their polite
al qnarrels, bu. must also enact a tariff which
is next to prohibitory, and thus shut the door
to future commercial transactions. 1t states.
also, that many American orders for goods
have been countermanded. The official pa
per of the French Empire, the Paris Nom.
te"', expresses its indignation in strong terms
at the increase o; duties imposed upon French
productions by the new tariff, and intimates
the withdrawal Of the national sympathy
from the anti-slavery cause. on the ground of
the pal pable insincerity of those who made
it a stepping stone to power.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-03-30

ESTABLISHING IMPORTING HOUSES IN
SOUTHERN ClrrEs.-Already, according to
the New York Herald, manyof the merchants
of this city, in view of the anticipated in.
furious operation of the new United States
tariff, are preparing TO establish importing
houses in Southern cities, for the triple pur-
pose of supplying the local trade, of sending
goods to the West by the Mississippi river
and other %canne)s Of communication, and of
sending the merchandise over the frontier of
the Southern Confederacy to New York,
thus escaping the duties Of the Morrill, tariff.
Dry goods palaces in that city, the Herald
says, are being offered for sale, without pul-
chase:s, at half what they cost, leases of
warehouses can be had At little over half
their former rent.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1861-03-30

The Richmond Examiner is disturbed by
the removal Of slave property from the Old
Dominion. "Tbere is" says that journal, "a
panic among the slave owners Of Virginia
that threatens injury to the whole Southern
cause, and the direst disaster to this State in
particular. The proceedings of the Virginia
Convention are producing a general stampede
among the proprietors Of negroes. They are
moving their slaves in very large numbers to
the soil Of the Southern Confederacy, where
they command, now that capital has learned
the separation to be a dnslity, and that the
new Government is fixed fact, prices near.
ly as high rs they did there, and here, two
years ago. If the current continues long As
is has set in, in twelve months so few slaves
will remain in Virginia that the Southern in
terests here will remain in . hopeless and inn
potent minority"