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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20
.S,vtnd,inq tbs Government The

StC,'ndiing tbs Government The
Boston Journal complains bitterly
of tbe dishonesty Of some Of the
a:ny eoslrsctsrs. It gays:
Much Of the cloth .hich has bees
furnished for clolbiug our troops Is
the poorest quality, and when wet
the garments shrink so that they 10
not fl. ltisuot uEeommcD tOsee vol
uuteers 20 our streets With coais aud
pant#loous the arms and legs Of
which are rilieulously short. They
we're not origius.ly insists, bot a
single shewer did the mischief
Sboddy and OOtten will not answer
fer camp service:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

At banquet, when solving enig-
mas vas one ef- -tbs diversions, Al
exauder said to one Of his eourtleis,
"What is. that which did come last
wear, and will moi come next year?
A distressed officer, starting up.
said, at certainly must be OR ar
rears of pay TIE king was so di'
verteG,. that he commanded him fc
be paid up, and also increased bis pay
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

CorTos Us. LINY.-Dr. j. G. Nott.
Of Mobile, says Be daily sees latiies
wearing cut their fnger5 anj eyes
in bieking lint Gor the brave soldiers,
aud that clssn cotton answers just
a. well as lint for dfessiOg wounds.
aud that se2s Of ths best European
surgeons uss estton in preference
to liot. he has for years been in
the habit Of using good sample cot
ton and lint indisorimiaately, in
dressing wouuds Of all kinds, and
hss not bsea able to see any differ
euCe.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

The planters of East Felicia Par
ish, louisiana, held a meeting re-
Gently and resolved to pledge to the
S,ste and Confederate Ststss Gov.
ernmeni, the whols Of the annual
proceeds Of their crops, during the
continuance Of hostiiitiss, rsserying
what may be necessary fox current
expenses.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20
Sub Marine Batteries.

To view Of a probability of al
inrcad by water, by the Northern
hnrdes, it is understood that Gen.
Pillow with bis usual sagacity and
foresight, bas erdertd the prepsra-
lion Of a number of submarine bat
teries, in tie bed Of the Cumberland,
Tennessee and, perhaps, the Mis-
sssippi. They sre 10 be placed al
points wht re their presence could
not possibly DO Suspected, and mill
have sufficIt Mt power TO blow up any
leet of boats eeming up the river,
rs Gen. Scott once threatened 10
blow some British vessels to-Wi':
''to heaven or hell, just which way
their religion would take them. =
The idea is harry one, and will more
tfiectuaIiy defend our rivers than any
other Which could be devised.
Thsge sub marine batteries srs q
peculiar institution Of modern IN
yentioD, and as some Of cur reaasrs
snay pot be familiar sith their con.
s,rnclion and performances, we sill
give brief explanation. viz:
Gases of powder In Sufficient quau-
tity to accomplish tbs purpose in
teuded, ale connected with insulated
wires running from galvanic bastery
on the shore; the distance is not ma
tprial, SO that the man in charge can
see the vessls passing over his pow
der. which lies at the bottom of the
river; whenever the Vessel sr vessels
are ever the proper polnt, all the
operator has to do, is to connect The
wire With the battery, and quick as
thought spark flies to the battery,
heats red hot the wire in the center of
the powder, and up goes everything
ever il, torn in 10 ten thousand lrag-
ments. II is terrible and fearful
agent, and is so easily constructed
aud so cheuply produced, that il will
doubtless come into general use in
the defence Of rivers and harbors.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

Lincoln employs his troops ia
repairing railroads ia Maryland. A
very wise precaulion, as their prin-
cisal employment will consist in ma
king track shortly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

The New York Times is very BIT
ter on the subject of the present at
titude of England and France to-
wards the South. II says:
without circumlocution. it is ev-
ident that England and Erace, will
formally recognize the independence
of the Confederate States"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

General johnson, recently in com.
mand Of the Federal troops On the
Pacific coast, has resigned, and sta.
ted, that he would join the COnfeders
ate army.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

WouLDa'T Go.-The Newburyport
Herald has correspondent accom-
eanyisg theeighth Massachusetts, rag
imsnt. Speaking of BIS passage
through Maryland, he says:
"0ne gentleman offered to give me
a nigger, if could induce any one
Of the. thirty be had, to leave hin
and 90 North, affording me full lib
erty to bold ont any Inducements !
deemed expedient. / tried the ex-
pertinent, pictured out the blessings
Of freedom SO far as | WAS able, Sut II
vss no 90, mud lost the dsrkey."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

The SUPREME CoURr.-The pro-
cess OF disiutegration is rapid. The
Yankee Government al Washington
is crumbiiag to pieces. hlost OF
the brightest names in the army and
navy have sent 10 their designations.
The Suprema Court is following the
example: The reported designations
of Judges Tsney, Campbell, and
Wayne reduce that tribunal to a
c phar. Seward may now elevate his
creatures. but the association of gen.
,!emen will be wanting to invest
them with respectability.-- Rich
uond Wig.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

Two .hundrcd thousand dollars
worth Of beef has been purchased
at Louisville, KY, for the Con!.der-
ale States army.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

A private citissr Of Blouut county
East Tennessee, thus writes. II may
not be improper to add that be il
worth $4,000:
TIE Governor Of Tennessee can
command my all in defence Of the
South. We are but one people now,
have one common destiny and one
duty.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

Look OuH-fbe Vicksbsfg Sun
SAYS Cen. w. w. W. W. W. Wood,
passed through that city on tie
14th. :
We Wonder Which Way Wood
Wsnt1
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-20

Ladies, please be sweet, but Don I
be too formal Be roses but don I
be primroses.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12
COMMON PLEAS.

DIvoRoE.-Bridget Ferguson Vs. VIM. Fer
guson. Judge Collins granted a divorce on
the ground of adultery and desertion.
r. Bodley as. Ebersole, Black and Debolt.
Before Judge Mallon. Suit on a note. judy
ment for plaintiff. r. Moore, for plaintiff.
Jonas Lazarus VS. Valentine He'll. He'll
kept a hotel at Harrison, and Lazarus. a
peddlsr of jewelry, while remaining at the
hotel over night, had a box of jewelry stolen,
He'll had the thief discovered and prose-
cuted, and states that he requested Lazarus
to go and identify the property, but he could
not get him to the Criminal Court, and the
culprit had to be discharged.
Lazarus stated that he was in Tennessee
when the prosecution was going on. The
jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $ls5;
the amount claimed was $3.50.
LAZARUS BROUGHT Up FOR CONTEMPT
Jonas Larazus, the plaintiff in the above case,
being found in Court, Prosecuting Attorney
Kerr had him arrested on a charge of con-
tempt for not appearing as a witness at the
Criminal trial. He stated that he had made
arrangements for leaving the city, and left
without knowing that the case was coming
on-and the evidence not being sufficient to
establish a charge of contempt, he was re-
leased.
PRISONERS ARRAIGNED-A large number
of the prisoners indicted on the previous day
WIZ oiiaispeU oeIOEe JuuBe OaiIef, ana,
with a few exceptions, the pleas were mot
guilty"
Jacob Riedel pleaded guilty of arson and
Charles Riley of grand larceny.
George Myers pleaded guilty of petit lar
ceDy, stealing four sheets and a blanket,
which he sold for 81. He could speak only
in the German language, and through an in
terpreter informed the Court that he had a
wife and four children.
Judge Carter passed sentence of twenty
days confinement in the Codnty Jail.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12
A cam fOr uelp from lhe sonrh.

The Richmond (Vs) Dispatch urges the
cotton States to send forward their troops in
this style;
The impregnability Of the South is partly
owing to the climate, which makes summer
campaigning as impracticable as winter, but
chiefly to the large distances required to be
traveTsed, to the sparseness AID warlike
character of the people, TO the, iucorruptible
fidelity of the slaves, and 20 the many large
water courses lying att. wart every road and
highway. The Sou...n-such is the character
OF her seapoarc., and such the breadth Of
swamp anu sand barren lining its whole
eAogIFc'-d only be invaded from the Ohesa-
pr fro .fo% charleston, from New Orleans,
p5Io" the Upper Mississippi.
ON the Chesapeake only Eastern Viz
elnia can be assailed, for any attempt to
reach North Carolina or distant parts of tha
interior would require long lines of commu-
nlcatlon, crossing wide rivers which could
readily be broken up. Charleston is now
closed by improbable forts. New Orleans
is protected by its distance, its miasma, and
Its boundless and fathomless swamps. The
Mississippi, above Memphis, is, securely
guarded by swamps, by canebrakes, and by
batteries of columbiads.
All the South is secure from invasion ex-
cept Eastern Virginia. All the South can,
therefore, afford TO concentrate its forces in
our State. These forces are pouring in upon
US in formidable numbers, and we think the
cause is safe. The presence Of the Confed-
crate Government is equivalent to q host of
men. The excellent generslship of Presi-
dent Davis will soon infuse system, order
and confidence in every division aud corps.
When our forces are got we'll Sin hand"
and all things are ready for the fray, we
shall then see what fate awaits the invaders
of Virginia.
While the South is closed, the North Is
very open to invasion, and if the war last q
year, it will be waged upon Northern soil.
The Virginia campaign will make veterans
of the Southern forces. 1t will then be for
us to assume the offensive, and to plan cam
paigns. We shall carry the war into Africa;
we shall commend the chalice prepared for
us to their own lips.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12
The Greatest uIunchauseni.m Yet.

The Southern press makes no scruple at
incorporating the North, many of their
deceptive lies being most outrageous. But
the Mobile Register, edited by Hon. John
Forsythe, Mayor of Mobile, perpetrates the
following atrocious falsehood in connection
with an announcement of the movement of
Northern troops into Virginia, which some
what out-HerOds Herod
Servile instruction is a part Of their pro.
gramme, but they expect no great amount of
practical good to result theTefrom; conse-
quently, it is commended that 10 pould be a far
better course Of policy for the A6oliionists TO
murder the SLAVES, and thus ertsrmiHdts sIdpery.
A more monstrous proposition could not en-
anate from the most incarnate hend among
the damned. But infamous as il is, it fnds
an advocate in the Abolition press. The
slaves are to be Unfortunately slaughtered,
and when the last one is butcherd, then il Is
thought the institution will cease TO exist.
The soul recoils in horror at the idea &C an
INSCRIPTIONS war upon the innocent and de-
f~enseless slave. The Syrian maTsacre of the
Christians, and all the crimes Is bloody par
Elephants, pale before the proposed atrocities
Of the Black-Republicans. Their masters,
however, in this, as in all other instances,
will be their protectors and sailors. With
this much Of their published programme, we
must not be surprised at any act or threat as
the campaign advances.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

AN EEeLILH VHw OF PRIyATEERs.-A
Liverpool correspondent of the London
NssOs, speaking of the law of the COnfeder-
ate rebels, authorizing letters Of marque,
says;
The general opinion in Liverpool is that
this last act of the Southern Government
will be the means Of infesting the seas with
a horde Of unprinoiplsd adventures from all
parts of the globe, who will lave no respect
for the flag Of either the Palmetto State or
of the Federal Union, but who will attack
friend and foe indiscriminAtslY, and cause a
revival of those bloody privateeriHg inci-
dents so common toward the end Of the last
and the beginning of the present century.
And the writer might have added that the
free-booters and flhbusters. the very scum
Of the seas, who will sail under these letters
of marqus, will give as little heed to the
cross of st. George, and the tri color Of
France, as 10 the American Stars and Stripes.
Blood and booty being their ohiscts, these
cut purses Of the ocean will pay but slight
regard TO the Gag that covers any plumber
within their grasp.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12
'rThird Assistant Postmaster. General


The answers, which were numerous, we're
of vatious tenor and spirit. The Depart
ment however, were surprised 10 find that
q large part of the postmasters, especially in
small offices where their views could not be
effected by the compensation Of the place,
were loyal and true to the Union. Some of
the letters made capital points against the
'seceshers." Here is one from a postmaster
in Georgia:
"YouTs of the 10th instant is at hand, TO
which | answer, | do hold myself responsible
TO the Federal Government, the same as 1
ever did, and shall continue 10 do so as long
as it is in my power. Yet / fear ] shall some
day have to submit or yield to this Southern
farce. Yours, - p. NJ"
which the postmaster would "pitch I'M
against the Government. Below, we COPY a
letter from one Of these, evidently written
by a mar who is sincere in his errors, and
who should be spared for repentance. His
location is in Mississippi After consenting
10 hold himself responsible for any revenues
received of the Department, he thus pro.
ceeds:
/ care not what our position is-a State or
Confederacy. So long as we permit the old
Government to supply us mail facilities, JUS
tice give them the proceeds, and 1 shall do,
though | am heart and soul in the Southern
movement, and in favor of Southern indie.
pendence, and opposed to reconstruction or
being united any more, in any shape or way,
with the Abolitionists of the North, though
esteem and love the patriotic men of the
North who are willing to grant us equality
in the Union; but, unfortunately, they have
been overrun by a diabolical set Of Abolition
fanatics, with "0ld Abe Lincoln at their
head, and curses be on such scoundrels and
t~ritors, for it is them that have severed our
once proud and glorious country; and my
prayer is that they and all their coadiutors
may reap their reward by lifting their fruit
less cries in hell for all time TO come; and
may their own section see their folly, and be
the ones that plunge them into that endless
abyss of destruction. Forgive me for writ
ing this. for feel what / write. l see my
friends leaving every day to go to fight for our
liberties, and | wish to be with them. God
and justice are on our side, and we will pre-
vail though hell and all the Abolitionists be
against US.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

VIRGINIA ALARMED Al THE EARLY SUCCESS
OF THE FEDERAL ARMY.-A correspondent Of
the Richmond Examiner addresses the FOL.
lowing very sensible questions to a Virginia
public:
1t ia very difficult for a plain man to per-
ceiye the advantage to be gained to the South
by the unresisting surrender of Alsxandria
and Hampton to the Federal forces. Why
was there not a show of fight at the former
city2 Why were not the Virginia ends of
the bridges at Washington blown sky high,
if you please, long ago? Why was not the
city rather burned down by the inhabitants
pirates should hold it as a base of operations
These are questions which plain minds tpU
ask, though military men talk of strategic
plans till they are tired.
So also of Hampton. Why were Lincoln's
troops allowed TO remain for one hour unmo-
Tested on Segar's farm The guns of the
fortress could not have been used without
being as destructive to the LincoInitss as to
the attacking party. Why was there not q
battery erected at Newport News? The
ground is high there, and a battery for a
plugging fire on shipping might easily have
been constructed. And why were there no
cavalry and riflemen on hand to cut up and
route the enemy on his march to Hampton2
There was not a better place between Rich.
mond and the seaboard for a successful BUSH
fight than in the woods between Newport
News and Hampton ? l hope all may come
cut right in the end; but this Uamolested ad-
vance Of the enemy causes painful reflections
in many minds.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF Cry IMPROVE
HHSTs.-At the regular meeting o. the Board
yesterday morning, Mayor Hatch presiding,
the following business was transacted
The Clerk read a communication from GER
tain property holders in Walnut Hills,
Av0ndale and vicinity, asking that measures
may be taken tO improve the condition Of
the Resding'road from the point where the
present contract for grading and Macadam-
lzlng stops 10 the corporation line north
westwardly, making a culvert such as can be
agreed upon, at the junction of the Mont
gonery road. The work TO be done SO as to
give the largest amount of work to our la
boring classes, who are now destitute of
work and the means Of earning a living the
present season.
The Clerk was directed to send the com.
m9nlcation to the City Council.
MI. Peter o.. CliDgman presented a plat and
estimate for paving the sidewalks on Stone
street, from Fifth TO Sixth, and the Clerk
was directed 10 transmit to the City Council
an ordnance TO assess a special tax in pay
ment for work.
On motion, thirty days time was extended
to MAZDA 4 OBrien, to complete their contract
Tor paving the sidewalks on Martins street.
On motion, the contract for building the
stone wall at Franklin Brewery. on the
h~eoanon-Ioad, was awarded to Brehm &
hurm. The work will be completed in
twenty days.
The weekly bills for cleaning the streets
were presented and allowed.
To Mills 4 Spillmire, permit was granted
a. erect a three story brick on the south side
of LoDgworth, between John and Smith
streets, for Mr.. Palmer. To build a two.story
frame on the west side Of Providence street
between Wade and Liberty, for Mr.. Gay.
Findlay- street, between John and Gutter, for
Mr., William Ricketts,.
To o. wa w. w, McGill, to build an
addition to the rear of Mr.. Hess's residence,
on Sc. Clair alley, between Eighth and
Ninth-streets. On motion. adjourned.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

EFFECT OF THE CAIRO BLocKADE-Starya-
ton Prices IN NsW Ortedns.-A copy of the
New Orleans Delta, reduced to half a sheet,
was received by express yesterday, from the
commercial column of which we quote the
following:
FOwr-Receipts light superfne SO, and
extra SO 50@lO.
COrn-Receipts light; prices ranging from
zoe. to SOC.
Pork-No receipts, but small transfers at
Wholesale at $25, and retail $26 per barrel.
Baeon-The demand is supplied at lie. for
Shoulders, l4c. for ribbed Sides, l5H@l6c.
for clear, and from l3c. to lsc. for sugar
cured Hams.
These, it must be reeolleeted, are whole
sale rates, retail prices being largely in adj
vance of these figures.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

The New York Tribune ohsefvsss
The region now covered By The State on
Arkansas was bought for solid mouey o.
France by the Governments Of TIE United
States-not By The several States composing
the Union, for they were not known IN The
Transaction, but BY the Union itself. II was
erected into a distinct territory By the Goy-
eminent Of the Union, the States, as such,
having no part nor lot "a the MISTER. II was
peopled by emigrants from the States indis-t
criminately. In due time, II applied, not to
the States, but to the Government of the
Union, for recognition and admission IS a
State Of the Union. No compulsion, no COM
kansas TO this step. But in accordance with
a call from her Territorial authorities, q Con- Z
vention of her People was called, elected and
held nj Little Rock In 1885, whereby n
State Constitution was framed and submitted
TO Congress, which considered and approved
il, and authorized her admission as a State
under said Constitution on certain express
and indispensable conditions.
Thereupon the first State Legislature Of
Arkansas was elected and convened, and
proceeded, in accordance with an ordinance G
Of the Convention Aforesaid, 10 pass an act
whereby the propositions set forth in IAN act
titled an act for the admission Of the State Of
Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for
the due execution OF the laws Of the United
States within the same, and for other pur-
poses, were freely accepted, ratified, aud n
revocable confirmed articles of compact aud
union between the State of Arkansas and the
United States mot the several States COM
posing the entity so entitled. And thus
Arkansas, by a perfectly voluntary irrevoca-
bic compact, became a State in the Federal
Union.
Arkansas, thus constituted, has ever been
an intensely Democratic pro slavery State.
The politicians who created, nodded aud
have always managed her, began by borrow
ing several millions of dollars TO form the
capital of certain State Banks. Having thus
borrowed it into the banks, they borrowed
it out again into their own pockets, spent il,
and never repaid it. Of course, the banks
failed; then the State repudiated her debt;
and her swindled creditors had to whistle for
their money. They are whistling yet.
Arkansas, thus started on a career of sue
cessful villainy, is now trying to repudiate
her explicit and "irrevoeable' obligations 10
the Union, as she so successfully repudiated
those to her creditors. Next Thursday her
religious people are to unite in prayer to
God, for a triumph ia this her latest whole
sale rascality. Ii is possible that she may
succeed in it, but we do not think her
prayers will much improve the prospect oft.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-12

THE EFFECT OF NORTHERN SUCCESS UPoH
EUROPE "A Washington letter to the New
York Tribune says:
Yesterday / made the modest request that
We should have a Fourth. Of July dinner in
Richmond, with an Grafton by Mr.. Everett,
or some other eminent master of patriotic
discourse, with appropriate sentiments along
with the walnuts and the wine. This morn
ing I humbly crave that my Western c0tem.
yporaries, as they can not come through Har-
per's Ferry, shall have a frugal spread of the
same sort at Memphis, with indigenous corn,
both in bread and fluid. Do this, and you
shall have sumter mules waiting at your door
with panniers Of silver and gold.
Do this, and your carrier-pigeon shall fly
across the Atlantic-Mr. Fields telegraph
not being responsive-with news that shall
start My Lord Palmerston from his AFTER
dinner nap, and take Count Walewsh hur-
riedly from the opera. You will have no,
more twsddle about treating pirates as beE
ligerents or giving friendly marine salutes.
to buccaneering flags. You will not have
Mr.. Dudley Mann going in at the back door
TO seek an interview with the English
Premier, or 7. Butler King waiting in the
private ante-room of the French Emperor.