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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07
e Constitution Trampled Upon
From the New Haven Conn Register.l

From the New Haven Conn., Registerl
1t seems that simple order from the
Administration or one Of the
heads of DEPARTMENT. transmitted to
the U. s. Marshal is, in these days, a suifi :
cient authority for entering any mans
premises and perusing his private papers
Such an order is said to have been cxecu-
ted on the agents of the telegraph offies in
New York and other places. If this can
be done with impunity to telegraph men,it
may be done to all Other men, no matter
what their business or employment. And
has it come to this, that every man house,
which we have been taught to believe as
his "castle," can be entered at any time,
by an Executive officer, without warrant or
any other preliminary proceedings than a
secret order from the seat Of Government,
and his private papers taken from him, to
be ransacked by strangers
Even monarchical England in modern
times would not tolerate such an inquisi-
torial proceeding None but the worst
governments of Europe could or would do
it, The Constitution of the United States
was supposed to mean something when it
declared that
'The right of the people to be secure in their
persons houses papers and effects, against unreas-
enable searches and seizures shall not be violated
and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable
cause supported by oath or a6frmahoa aud particu-
tarty describing the places 10 be searched aud he
persons or things 10 Be seized"
How, then, can any officer of the Gov
ernment, or any other person, without war
rant, and without the preliminary oath
describing particularly the places, persons
and things, enter the premises of a citizen,
and seize his private papers 1t may,
perhaps, be said that now is time Of war
Admit it; bat martial law has not yet
been proclaimed here. We are living not
in camp, but under civil Consti tuition,
and every man is bound by its require
ments. During the last war with England
C1812), many were suspected in the East.
ern States of holding illegal correspond.
ence with the enemy but the idea of en-
teriDg mans premises, and seiz:ng his
private papers by executive mandate, never
entered the head of the most ultra war
hawk. One experiment of the kind in
those days would have reused the whole OF
New England as one man against the Gov
ernment Even the Hartford Convention
was allowed to hold its secret sessions. =
The present war is not, however, with a
foreign enemy-it is war to enforce the
observance of our own Constitution upon
certain seeding States. 1t is a war, in
other words, for the Constitution-and YET
in an effort to make others obey this Con
stitution, we are ourselves trampling the
sacred instrumenEunder foot. -
4 If there was we'll grounded belief thai
any New England man was false to the
Government, there would be some apology
for such a process; but il should have
some higher authority than the whim o.
the Attorney General. .
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

MoRE NEws--By the centra Railroad yesterday
we are in receipt Of two inch Columbiads-
"a poander and "a maneuvering wheels. Perhaps
"old Abes' people wonld like 10 know whence
they came.
Several ride cannon and large amount Of am.
muntion of all sorts, also dropped down bere some
days ago-from whence is nobody business.--SaU
RspEb. 25th.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

cation of the South the annihilation Q.
every material interest of Kentucky. |
the insane attempt should be persisted il,
| fear that the pillars of the temple oflib
erty will be torn down, and that all the
is now sacred to us will be crushed under
their broken fragments"
Respectfully,
O. 8. MOREHEAD.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07
The Stern Logic of Events.
From the Bangor (Maine) Democtat.l

DN'NNNN-l
The rapid fulfllment of all the predic-
tions Of Democratic speakers and writers,
as to what would take place in our beloved
country in the event of sectional tri-
umph in the election of President, need
not be attributed to any gift Of prophecy !;
it is the result of the STERN LoaIc OF
EVENTS. Poorly read in the history of
government, and poor student of human
nature, must he be who, in the face of the
war which the Black Republican party has
been for years waging upon the institu-
tions of the South, could not have foretold
the disruption of the Union, and the dis.
asters that might attend that disruption.
Now that we have entered upon civil
war, let those who would read the story of
the future appeal to that same "stern log
tic of events" What does it teach p We
speak from instructions.
1t teaches that if Abraham Lincoln
shall persist in attempting to carry out the
policy indicated in his reply to the Vir.
ginia Commissioners, the fifteen slave
States, numbering more than $4,000, 600
of people, will unite in a common cause Of
defending their fresides and homes.
It teaches that every man, within their
limits, capable of welding a sword or lev
elling a rife, will take the field determin>
ed, like their revolutionary fathers of old,
to repel the invader, or die in the attempt,
1t teaches that, sooner or later, the fate
Of every Northern army sent within their
borders, will inevitably be that which over
tsok those of the British tyrant which
were landed on our coast to rivet on OUT
forefathers the chains of slavery.
1t teaches that the armies of the North
may meet with occasional triumphs may
burn few cities and devastate few fields;
may rob the Southern mother and her ten
der children of their peaceful homes; may
here and there incite servile instructions;
but successes like these will only provoke
the wrath Of Heaven, and raise up for the
South "armies to fight their battles for
them"
1t teaches that at last, after one, three,
seven or ten years have passed away, after
our armies have vanished before the nev
r-failing aim of the Southern rife, the ir-
resistable charges of Southern cavalry and
the terrible ravages of Southern climate;
after myriads of Northern homes have
pooh maui uSsoiStc, duu pVNerby duu ulSs
tress shall begin to stalk abroad in the
streets of our cities and villages, then the
hearts of our people will yearn for peace,
and peace will come.
1tteaches that the independence Of the
Confederate States will be recognized, and
that the North will be compelled at last to
grant that which, in accordance with the
spirit of American liberty, it should
promptly and cheerfully concede.
Such are the teachings of the stern log
ic of events. We put them upon record,
and invite all who read this article to re-
member predictions founded upon them-
The authority Of the Federal Government
will never again be established within the
limits of the seeded States. The people
Of those States will never again recognize
that authority voluntarily, nor can they be
compelled to do so by force.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

PRiyArEEnke.-fhe London correspondent o.
tho Nsx YORK Eseising Post asserts positively that
sttes Of marque ffom President Davis are not only
N the hands Of agents in Londoa and Liverpool,
sbut they baEe been taken np by Spanish houses,
and iron steamers have been fitted out with the in
tsntioa OF preyng upon the merchant service OF he
Roelhern Stats, and in the New Orleans 7THs DeI-
"a of May leth il Is stated that lat this moment com
missions for privateers are on their way TO Brit b
islnds those coasts, 10 the Pacine And " Lives
pool LOndon and the Clyde,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

+, ,-ronds 1een Jdsriy caIeu the Father
Of Ihe Constitution, has furnished the best
a tiwsi to this miserable apology for Mr..
Liictl and his Cabinet "Exortations, y
be NJ 5, "to disregarded domestic usupa.
tol aptil foreign danger shall have passed
is ftifce which may be forever used,
beeAae the p0ssessors of power, who are
tha alvocates for its extension, can evsr
craft national endorsements, to be sue
81 yIkly employed 10 sooths the people
ia lleep, whilst that power Is swelling
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

THE ZoUAvEs.--Prvate Buckley, of company f.,
New Y'rk Zouaves, was shot this morning. while
asSauliug q superior officer.
One of the Huuayes is under arrest chaTL cd with
having ravished woman in Alexandria II the
charge is proved he will be shot, for the Govern
lnent has detegieined To deal very summsrily with
ANY soAlier who is guilty Of lawlessness.
Another 20avc !. N. Wilcox, company c., was
shot early Ibis morning. while attempting TO run
the guard At Alvxmhria. lie refused three times
10 respond to the ehgllengc, and the sentinel shot
him dead in his tracks. Ths discipline is very
strict uiider Farnham, the new Colonels--[Cor. n
Y. Times.
WAsHIAGroA, May Is, The Hon. John McClel-
Ian, Of Illinois, IS here urging the prompt Assem-
blage Of q large force in the Wsa. and tne pur-
chase of provisions - sr.in nom suffering Illinois
Merr rrha.-ssand iarnleTs.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

TROUBLES AT Foar PickEss--A' corrpsil lSndent Of
the Columbus sun, writing rom MofAgomsry,
says: t,
II IL strongly believed at Peasacoa chat nuns
her Of 6fcPrs and men are in irons On some Of the
United States feet at that place, for attempting 10
leave the hest after hearing the COWS OF The 50
cession Of Virginia, they being citizens Of thet
Slater
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

sBczDlso WIVES The NorioIk correspondent Of
the Petersburg Express writess
Mrs. Commodore PendsFrast whi q southern
lady, "a s,il at Norfolk She refuses to join her
husband AZ the fortr-sRya she wiz never live Eith
hita again, aud Il u reported thlt she VIII apply
for divogee, The wife of Anokbef repEobaEe who
h al the frt rs in Norfolk, aGd has pistol loaded
lord upon sigbr
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

LIScoLMTEs IN TENNESSEE. The County Of Lin
coin, Tenn, has raised flll regiment Of l,l00
men to fight President Eucoln Two hundred Of
these sre over sin feet high and 20 one over twen-
ty-oue ys4n Of age
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07
STEWART COLLEGE,
C1arksville, Tennessee.

The present session of this nourshing Institution
Mu end the 9th day Of June, and the next will be-
gin ON the first Monday of September, 1861.
The charges are from Sl5 to $25 per session of
30 weeks, with ~ per session as contingent e1pen-
ses.
Boarding including lodging washing, fuel and
lights, can be had in private families for S65 per
session.
The success Of the College has been and is very
decided aud tattering and its prospects in future
are very promising.
For farther particulars inquiry may I've made OF
kbe President Rev. Dr. NcNanen.
Feb ~ 1851 -ly
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-06-07

Concerning the Transportation Of Soldiers and Al.
lowance for clothing of soltluieprs and amenda-
tory Of the Act for the establishlnent and organ.
ization of the Army Of the ConEedesute States
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07
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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07


Fsox CHEAr, AouRrArx, vA-Mr G. K. Scud-
der, Of Lafayette, Ind, who has returned from
Q visit to Cheat Mountain, says the road be-
tween Webster and Huttonville, sixty-two
miles, 10 lined with the wreck Of Government
wagons and dead horses. Six miles day is the
average travel for four-horse wagon, although
q six-horse team with load of straw hats might
be equal TO seven or eight miles Suffers are
compelled to pay twenty dollars per day for,eix-
horse teams. The snow is fifteen inches deep
on Cheat Mountain. 4
A vigorous appeal for volunteers in a vicks
burg paper thus closcs:-" Every volunteer
from this State and Louisiana Is a ge,,demGn.-
He ms,sss Be treated a. ssch No deck passage, no
hard commons for him, II It can be avoided
He 10 an honor a. we'll a. defence to his coun
Try" That will read 40 strange talk to th
poor white trash for whom the bait il sugareds
The floating Ice In the Illinois river the other
night carried down stream the pontoon bridge
q aaipsisgpsst. 90
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

The CONSUMPTION CT RELIGIOUS SocIETY AT
WAsHISGroN.--The Protestant Churchman Dr
Tyng's paper) thus speaks Of the Church to
which Dr.. Butler n,inistercd. Secessionists
made up large portion of his congregation,
and they have prosecuted. him with bitterness
until his own feelings Of self.respect have COM
PEELED him to resign. The bitterness Of these
people transcends belief or precedent. Why
they are tolerated in Washington, we cannot
tell. Certainly, theieiis concession in author.
ity there which amounts to nothing less than
imbeciity. Here is one of the most valued
Clergymen in the Union driven from his post,
to seek new home, by set of people whose
only complaint is that be is Northern and
Union man. It would seem that every thing in
Washington exists by their sufferance. Instead
Of con6scating their property, and compelling
them to fly TO . more congenial region Of rebel
lion, these people are tolerated, and even cares
sed, - We are told by authority there.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07
BENTON BARRACKS, Mo-, Nov. 80. 'sl.

Editor HAwK.EYE:-Some time has elapsed
since l last troubled you with communication
for your excellent paper, but feeling in mood
contemplative, and those contemplations carry
ing me back to Iowa and friends therein, and al
so having leisure hour, which, by tho way,
have been pretty scarce with me for the past
three or four weeks-I thought would improve
it by dropping you line respecting matters and
things in general hereabouts, which may not
prove void of interest to your numerous readers
First, will tell you of our Regiment, the
Second Iowa Infantry, for you know, Mr.. Edi-
tor, that one ought always to tell all about the
family before discussing the affairs of your neigh
bors. Our regiment, as you are aware, came to
these Barracks with its ranks sadly thinned BY
disease, exposure and the hardshps incident to
such campaign as We have gone through for the
past six months. True, we have never met the
enemy ON the field Of battle, but that has not
been our fault. We have encountered, howey-
err, more insidious enemy in our camp-dis-
ease, engendered in part by carelessness in our
selves by Noncompliance with the general laws
regulating health, and in part by the miasmatc
influences by which we were surrounded while
guarding Railroad bridges in the spring on the
Hannibal & st. 10 r. R., and the equally impure
air and 'cater 10y the way, two very important
elements t. health, of Birds Point.
The health Of the regiment has improved
greatly since our arrival here. The furloushed
sick are returning to the regiment, generally the
better for the trip home, though there has been
two or three deaths among them, resulting, pro-
badly, from imprudence on their part. The
most of the companies of the regiment have
been, or are at the present time, recruiting, but
Notwithstanding all the adverse circumst- noes
under which we have labored, our spirits are
still undaunted, and we are not only anxious but
impatient to DE led against the enea.y We are
proud Of our well-earned reputation and the
"clods of the valley" shall fall into our lowly
graves before it shall suffer. We have implicit
confidence in Colonel Tnttie both in his courage
as man and ability as an officer. Our neigh
bors here in the barracks are numerous-they
are swarming and still they come. Among the
late arrivals are the GEL Illinois, which arrived
last night, the 18th aud l4th Iowa, and Sd
Michigan cavalry arrived to day. There is in-
mense energy displayed in this military depart
ment. Everything ia assuming definite shape.
Your correspondent is Of the opinion that all
this means something something decisive of the
fate Of secessionism in the south. west Every
thing points to the early departure Of feet
down the river, commensurate to the task of
sweeping the last vestige of treason from the
Mississippi Valley.
The llth and 18th Iowa regiments are the
theme Of great deal of praise for their fine
physical and manly appearance. .So'die,ly may
also be added after they have been drilled few
weeks longer by their able and experienced reg
mental officers. MAX.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

The Richmond Dispatch complains that the
demand for Yankee books is not effected by the
war, and that the booksellers continue n NJ.
ceive orders for Yankee school books. sl,houoh
their shelves are filed with similar works ~
Southern authors, ~
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

In the Kentucky Legislature on the first day
as ssion, on the 2stb, in the House bill was in
tioduced approprisling the sum of rot less than
fifty thousand dollars,
For the relief Of the destitute men, women
ana children OF Kentucky, who have been driy.
en- from their homes, or whose homes have been
rsvaged by the armies Invading the State or Inv
Isyless bands of kentuckians in armed rebellion
against the authority of the State.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

eB Intelligence has cached Washington that
tile Rebels at Richmond and in the Potomac ar
ny have at last come to the sad conviction that
they are doomed to be beaten and that their
cause is hopeless. What they propose to them.
selves TO do under these depressing circumstan-
cas-, we are not Informed
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

REBEL ATTACK BELOW CAIRO Three rebel
san-boats sauoily came up from Columbus on
Sunday and opened fire Oh Fcrt Holt, opposite
Cairo, on the Kentucky shore The firing was
returned, and the boats Withdrew. They were
pursued, but not oyertaken. The forces at Cairo
sere placed under arms, and transports made
ready to move down the Mississippi at a mo-
nent's notice
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

g The Grand Army or shc Union.
- According to the report of the Secretary OF
War, the following is the number Of our men in
the field, to do battle for the Union and it's free
institutions:
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

eB- The Second Iowa Cavalry Regiment are
uader orders for St. Louis, and will leave Daven-
o ort this week.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

The parties engaged in the slave trade are not
20 be envied just now. One s. P. Skinner of
New Bedford, Mass, has been sentenced to pay
fire of 81 600, and TO be imprisoned in the
1iunton Jail for FIVE years. In New York, the
Csc of the SLAYER Augusta is unfolding itself
successfully, disclosing state of corruption
evidence which fully duplicates several parties,
among them the owner, very wealthy man,
sho is said to have just entered upon the bust
ness which has resulted so diaastronsly
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

ADVANCES OF REBEL PicKErs.-Within a few
days, the rebel pickets have advanced several
miles within points from which they had retired
some weeks since, and shown disposition to
attack. Vienna, heretofore entirely open to the
ingress of our troops, has been visited by them
by day. They retire ut night. Freedom Hill is
still held by our army, while Flint Hill. within
mile and half of Fairfax Court Hous,, and
overlooking it, is occupied by rebels. These
advances by their pickets are generally regarded
by military men as an indication of the retreat
of a portion of the rebel army from Manassas,
to conceal which scouting parties OF rebels are
advanced within our original lines.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

sT The Wapello stage, which left here Tues
iay morning last, was overturned just beyond
Mr.. Wares tavern. There we're seven passen-
gers inside, four OF whom were severely in
jured. One lady had shoulder dislocated. =
The Wa,cIlo paper says the passengers clear
the driver of blame
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

1t is currently stated and believed among the
Washington secessionists, that John @ Breckin-
ridge and r. N. T. Hunter have already been
selected by jeff. Davis Government to @ abroad
as ambassadors in place Of Mason and Slidel,
and they are intending to secretly cross our
lines into. Canada and sail from Quebec Or Hall
fax. They may fail as signally as did their pre-
decessors
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

The GUNBoATs FOR THE MISSISSIPPI FLxEr.-
The gunboats, fifteen in number, including those
at Cairo and Mound City, are most formidable
looking instruments of war. The seven that
have been built under contract by Cant Eads
look az II they could safely venture upon a tilt
or butt with H0lhns' famous steam ram. The
bows aud bow bulwarks consist of about three
feet OF oak timber, bolted together and sheath
ed with the best quality of wrought iron plates
inches thick. The sides have the same shea.
thing, with less hulk of timber Each boat is
pierced for thirteen guns, four on each side three
IN the stern, and two at the bows. The how
guns are 81 FOUNDER rihed cannon: tho Others
are inch columbiads
The sides of the boats, both above and below
the knee, incline at an angle of 4b degrees. ard
nothing but plungng shot from high bluff
could strike the surface at right angles. The
boilers and machinery are so suited as to be per.
fectly protected, and may be considered quite
out OF danger. The iron plating has been se-
veIely tested by shots from rified cannon at dif.
ierent distances, and has shown itself to be ut.
terry impervions to a.iy shots that have been
sent against IT, even at range of three hundred
YARDS lk
Take them altogether, these are about as for
mldable looking instruments of destruction no
ever navigated American waters.
These fifteen gunboats, with their 200 Colum.
blads and rifled cannon, are but fraction of the
warlike feet destined to swarm down the Missis.
sippi. 1880 49, ''''''