Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-23
It is plain that, under tbese ins.ructio,

3e IL IL PLAIN that, under these Instructions
= the Il 1hzz OF l3yal masters viii Be secured
10 and all the Interference with the Internal IL
p, siiiutions of any State avoided, as tar as
n practicable; while. the other band the
'r government will avail itself 60 legitirnats
"a extent, of the services of that portion of the
IS serviie population not otherwise lawfully em
e 4 ployed.
r f-Ia using these services the National t5ov-
/ eminent will only follow the example of the
a confederated rebels. Slaves and free negroes
nave been pressed into the service of Isur-
2 | rectien. THEY have been organized into
: squads and companies, and compelled to Ia
8 Dor On Notifications and in other emnI0y-
ments. 1t has been even proposed to employ
I them as part Of the military force. and they
y wcnld be Undoubtedly SO employed. without
hesitation, If their fidelity could be fully re-
lied upon. Indians, not superior in intel-
hsence TO the negroes who would naturally
De Drought into military service are in fact
arrayed in arms, By Confederate influences.
| against the Union.
Apart from the justification which the ex-
ample of the Confederate authorities affarCi<
10 the National Govern ment for the employ
ment OF the servile population, so far as may
be found expedient, il is difficult to connect 20
2 IN what way the, military operations OF the
Union can be carried or IN rcbeilious slave
State with less OF Interference with the fns,i-
tut9n OF slavery than in the mode su gges ted
by the Secretary OF War. IF the colored men.
who will certainly resort to the lines of the
army, are repealed. they will either organize
themselves as irregular partisans or viii be-
come hostile, and be employed against the
Natlonaf troops by the rebels. II they are
received and organize I'd nd employed during
Pne war, they will be under control and disci- |
pine, and all excuses, and all violent inter- |
ference With peaceful Industry or existing in |
s1Iua9ns, can be restrained and prevented, |
4 IN thls war, as it seems to US, consid,.ra. |
Hons OF humanity conspire with the uecessi-
ties 0! war to vinficate tie policy oontem- !
| piated and thus far pursued by the Adminis-1
| trauon. The results of different course or
OF needless inaction' on the part of the Gov
| erhmeat- mi be inferred from the conse-
quences that would be likely to ensue in|fhe
neIghborhood of Hampton Virginia, if the
slaves who, IN that quarter, have been desert
| eu oy their masters, instead of being received |
| az Fortress Monroe, had been left to organic. |
| themselves into predatory bands. wagiug |
ia"lesS ana vlndIctIve war against the very |
! society of which they form part
Inc disposition that shall be finally made
OF the negroes thus driven by this insuyrec-
ton into the lines of the Federal army, and
temporarily employed in its operations. will
| remain for future determination according to |
the different aspects of the question present
ed In The cases of slaves belonging to disloyal
and loyal citizens. The cases of both might
probably be SO provided for by facilitating |
theIr7emigration to Hayti or 10 some other
lnter-troplcal region, that all influences from
their emancipation would be averted, while
loyal masters, if they have remained loyal,
can be, and doubtless viii be-. fully indenni- !
This plan. in all its relations, seems to re-
coneiie, as fully possible. constitutional :
obligations, public policy, private rights aud q
the dictates othumauity.
1.-THE Cincinnati Commercial says it learns G
that the above article from the IateLltgsacer. 5
expresses the views of the Lincoln Admins
tration. .
Special Dispatches TO the Cincin-
natl Papers.
WASHINGTON, Oct Is. i
Capt. Henry Clay, son of Col Clay who .
fell at Buena Vista, and grandson of Hen
ry Clay, has been appointed Assistant Adju- .
tant General to Gen Richard w. Jobnsan
TO serve in Kentucky.
Lieut.. Cross, engineer, with 800 of the
New York Forty-ninth, reconnoi red yester- >,
day two miles hey ond Lewinsville, in front :,
OF Gen. Smiths position, where they found .;
the enemy strongly posted in and about the 7,
houses There was little firing, but nobody 81
was hurt on our side :;
Two shells were thrown last night into re
General McCall's camp. One burst in the | ~
air, and the other fell harmless. The rebels
were to be seen to-day throwing up earth
works.
A letter found at Townsville, from reb- "
Il officer 10 his mother, bidding her fare ~
we'll, says there has been no hope of escape 10
'lnee Banks crossed above and Mcclellan
lad advanced little further forward The 1
ebel army of the upp Potomac would be
rushed
The Government feels the increasing ne II
essity of reopening full communications
Nth the West, and win take immediate
measures to put in order the Baltimore and
)hio Railroad. Col Lander is detailed to as
axe the whole matterin charge. This gave ~,
Use to the rumor of his appointment to r.
lajor Generalship. du
A traveller from upper Virginia says there CO.
no rebel force at Winchester. Several ,b
thousand militia are at Martinsbury There VA
! strong undercurrent of Unionism at Sill
Winchester. Groceries thern sell at famine so,
rices.
The Washington Star expresses the opin-
IN that the Union sentiment was never so Nil
rong in the valley of Virginia as now. TIL
The report from New Orleans of a sue o..
sslful attack upon our vessels at the head -"
Passes is discredited at the Navy De- WI
artment. Hollins is known to be a great mai
Tbo To- o0d ~. thr
ZEN denied the right of the mails Hes
A clump of woods, believed to mask a
Ittery was shelled yesterday afternoon mo-
ing thrown BURSTING within ,bn wo IL Let
response was made, but this morning
o shells, thrown in the same direction,
He'd out several shells from the enemy at I
at point, which burst in the air midway on 4
piehels are very near each other aud writ
.ster,j,v afternoon , -" ess oaiy lie
the New York Sixty ninth, and of Nc 10 v
ade 8 New York Fourteenth, just north of IT
us Church. had sharp little brush with | sun,
body OF rebel infantry, in which one of our Uni,
n OF the former regiment was wounded | for
Vefal OF the enemy and one captain of a poll,
nth Carolina company were killed sigu
To-day, IN full sight of our lines, Just | v z:-
owe Falls Church, the rebels numberino Gov
put 100. burned the house of a widow and
lid, of known loyal sympathy, who has fully
IN close prisoner on her swn place for forct
ne weeks; her property was protected by ooGu
influence of a rebel, bIr. Butler, the adj rives
nistrator on her late husbands estate. men
erything was destroyed hold
rhis afternoon rehal troonor $50. LII | grea
one OF the scouts of the New York Four enoe
nth. Iican
I is believed oararoI1, ri b re
np their lines e a e.; 80 .L etom flag
sserted that thaa ~ me- :; .n9ugn Dem
'e, have been increased within two | 49,
ks. Certainly, none of our operations low ,
predioated on assumptions to the con- Of N,
> -- In
COLUMBUS, Oct To- hest;
fire at the penitentiary to night destroy CONN
'eter Hayden's shop and part of the mean
'''ai. Loss ABOUT SZO,O0O- been
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. Is. fered
rig zen. WOOD left for Kentucky last blood
IT, lie Will take command of the col never
moving down the Louisville G. Nashville war q
road his fathers house, on Green Count
c. where ne was horn L. now oee..:aI | war