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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05
A PEN PORTRAIT.

Len. G. Fakon, Of the Co.
lpmbps (Ky.) Crescenb fayors bis
readers with the following de-
scription of P,esatiss, the Hessian
/ General who has command ct Cal
rn.-- s-li asfzs [a'T9Eos 1as -
| So l-s - y esHrgs ~sl Z. 400
There is aman now yegetating at
Cairo, by name Prentiss, who is IN
command of the forces, at that
point. His qualifications for the
command Of such a squad Of VII
lans and, cut throats are: he is a
miserable hound, q dirty dog, a
soeiable fellow, q treaeAerous VII
lain, a Notorious thief, @ lying
-blaokguard, has served his regu-
lar five years il. the penitentiary,
and keeps his hide. continually fu1
Cincinnati whiskey, which he buys
by the barrel to save money. In
him are embodied all the leprous,
rascalities, and in this living sore
the gallows Las been cheated ,ef
its own This Preutiss wants our
We. have llo objection to
his having il if he can Set 1t, and
we will propose a plan b. which /.
he may become possessed of that.
valuable article. 1t is this, Let,
him select 150 of his best fight,
ing men, or go Of Lis lager beer..
Datchinen, and we viii select 100
then let beth parties, meet at a 7
given point, where there Will Le
no interruption of the sealpmg
and then the lQngest, pole 1
will knoc!s the tiPersinlnoil." :. If
ne does not accept the proposal
ne is "a coward, We think the
sboye proposition, fair and equal.
3, 8; :; $: /;
III When the bow-legged wooden /!
'hoed, sour-kroutg sinking, Bolog-l
la-sausage-eating, h enToost-rob- !
)mg Dutch sons, Of from Cairo :
lad accomplished the brilliant fe
eat of taking. down the Secession s
lag on the river bank, they we've |
'olnted to another flag Of the same
ort, which was, flying g,Orieuly u
nd Tdefantlg about two squares q q
istant land which their guns i
id not eoyeED and defed, yea, a
black dog, dared Gas
re used to say at school) to take .; .
hat flag down. The oeowanllyF 8
ups, the sheep dogs, the sneakit6
lg skrlnks dare not do sh, beeause III
nose twelve pieces of. artillerytb II
ere not bearing ,upon it.reAHl !,
lese dare the people sentbyrLi2- n
om tot'ciush oGt' the South. 4
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2 ~
'e Old Gen. Scott recently issued
al order in which the statement
was made that Mount Vernon,
recently consecrated anew the i'm
.aortal !! ashipgt6n by the ladies'
of America, has already, been over
run by bands OF rebels. -TKis
brought an Indignant response from
the Mount Vernon A#ociation.
They state that since the occupa-
ton of Alexandria not o single
.so!dier from the South has visited
Mount Vernon,. and the only IN
tguders that have refused to ac-
cede to the regulations. Of the
Association weIe a, company = Of
New York volunteers, headed by
their Colonel and other officers.
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!, Northern dispatches aeeaaint Us
with the fact thatia large namber
of skeleton regiments are going
forward in afew days. They. are
coming 70 Virginia TO be GaaaA
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The Volunteer State.

We notice in the August No.
Of DeDo,p's Rc1.ic'c, the following
just tribute Paid the patriotism
of Tennessee: 81 s1.E--sa-,.a- r
"Thou2h the latest to join the
Southern Confcderacy, she has eX-
hiI,ited a degree of zeal 50 far
that no other. State has eGuallcd;
and at this moment has larger
volunteer force enrolled and ready
for service than any of her Sis
ters.. Again, as at New Orleans,
the enemy viii find; Tennessee
volunteers and, tie Tennessee II
nes ready to perform their veto
rious part in the bloody drama
of war Ea14la ssasso9" O..
-uI eve have. little at present to
add to our past sketches of Ten
nessee. She will become a great
mining and manufacturing region
of thenow Republic, aud advance
10 a career Of opulcnce which
nothing in her past could have
foreshadowed.,. Her capital has a
fair. prospect of being adopted as
the capital Of that republic, for
which it possesses most striking
advantages on score Of health, ac-
cess;bHity, literary and social ad-
santages, etc. The capital must
not be upon the seaboard.
"The Site Of the new Southern
University has been fixed in Ten
nessee, and we have no doubt it
will become, the focus Of Light and
knowledge for the rising genera
ton, as Oxford and Cambridge
in England are for the present"
The. New York Herald claims
that caucus of the Republican
senators insisted that Lincoln, as
cemmander-in-chief, should 9orler
the advance Sof Manassas, and!
gives the names OF the senator's
who voted for the resolution CEN
suring the. president and insist
ing on the forward movement.
Here they are: Sumner of Mass,
Hale and Clark oef New Hamp-
shire, Trumbull of Illinois, Cham
der of Michigan, Wade of Ohio, !
Simmons of Rhode Island, Doo-l
little Of Wisconsin, Wilkinson of
Minnesota, Grimes of. Iowa, Nor
rlll and Fessendcn of Maine, Foote
of Connecticut, and King of New
York. -, = II
A,,,.p,c t5ri,1 90 r,tair, .3c hp rpfllrTf-l
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER $, 1861 - IS E e.
! WHOLE no.. $685. :
I A. Remarkable Prediction

I A Remarkable Prediction. wa
+ Bishop Elliott, IN a sermon q
{ preached at Savannah on the 9th ;
OF June last, Used the followine.E
! language, the last sentences Of
I which have proved prophetic s'~oI
/. s@And in this very mattearour
God does seem to have slnitten our
enemies. with judicial biindness. 70
Just when they most needed sound
wisdom, they have ,inaugufated a
financial Item which must erirr:'
pie their res sonrces. A proliititofy'i
tariff, and enc which they wal fihtdff
it, difficult to repeal, .jnSt wherca
a nation needs both friends a1.d5
mqney is the very height Of folly;a
and a system of Borrowing. at
heayy discount is a poorbeginnins
fcr 4 people BOOSTING Of its wetiltfi,,a
and arrogant about its resources.
The commercial men Of the North
perceive this weakness, and there
lore it is that they cry for or Quick
measures and a short war. They
knew they cannot bear avery f6tig
one. And very soon they will 1t
gin to mulmur at any Commander
in-cLief who desires to move Slow
] y and surely, and viii eitherhurry
Lin into measures which will iii9
sare his, defeat, or force hirnlto'
yield his marshafs baton into bol;t
er, because more ignorant hands,
~ -, 1919 = - III To.gF as
Paper Of all descriptions lIaviins
been, declared contraband ofsMa,'
ly the Northern tyrahts, has he'd
to an investigation as to the9eS
pacity of the South to upplyitzff.
1t Itappears upon inquiry that there
ire in the Confederaey fifteen lpp
permills, which producedaiiy about
1900 pounds, while the ecnsulnrs
ion is ever, 10000 pounds daily
" just dotlle9. The excessof the
=. p
over tlfes' silPply9is
llrcady Seriously felt, TrintiheTpa-
5er lIaving advanced iAprice about
8 per cent. No wondeFthol large
,apers 7. are oeoningl d0wnin size,
nd "half slieetS' are 5beamnfng 80
fashionable. Many Offices wesee,
re compelled to close entirely.
~ ~ = 4--.----3ssT
The = HOUSTON lTexas( "Tele-
raph" says that at Laguna Maolrc,
nee long, harrow bay in tlierear
fEoipaS Christi, now cut Oh from
lfeo seadbya bar, Salt enough can
e found to supply the entire Rep
blie.9 There being rain. but nine
lopths OF the year, the water fow-
e in lTot1 f351f tie tie seais rapidlyepab-
rated, leaving "a deposit of Salt,
1paf to Turk s1sland, two orthfee
ct deep. 1t is estimdted that
lere are thonsands of iriEisas
: bushels there now.i bra .soiE9
is'----4----.--s<.--. ---7--yr.,,~
aSGNIFIeANF.+-A, A, Paris 1etter
lyso ''thea refusal Of Ithef Paris
Ionitelrt' to print the ;septence-in
Er 9bLineoln's.o Message which
'ealls 'ofithe rights of the Limited
t,tes1heing everywhere respected
= foreign powers seauses cOpsidsr-
Die comment here, as the act is
elIeved. to pessess a sliGgniiiifahcc .
deep import. Eoy gd bsair5s
The old Abe 'GoIv7elrtniin,cnt
IDS it hard to raise men, and
driven to the expedient cfSof-
ring @.boanties' lITh s. three
6ntffs troops, onre-enlistin9re-
ivestlle following borutiess Re
listing as individuals, so; by
mpaniies, g nieeF, 500, by Regimfnts,
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05

We notice in the August No.
Of DePott's Rcric'c, the following
just tribute Paid the patriotism
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05

mouths of The year, The water fowf-
ing in ffri6}9i1f tie sea is rapidiyy'eVab-
Grated, leaving IA deposit oftSalt,
equal to Turk s1sland, two thfse
feet deep. 1t is estisated that
there are thousands of inliEisas
Of bushels there now. bra .s9;Ta
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05

syi1n5 O. ssqEossa o5a rssnz
% biuods -iisdg1nTs .aiuss
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-05

aa sg4ss 5a5 so r. ef - - 2 'ef.a E1 svsds.
n FT 4or
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are compelled to close entirely.
~ = - I. 80 -. Z

.i,, The HOUSTON lTexas) "Tele-
graph" says that at Laguna AIadrc,
once q long, harrow bay in tlierear
Of Corpus Christi, now c,itoaa9 9frem
tffe seadby a bar, Salt enough can
be found to supply the entire Rep
uhiic n There baiDo, rain hllf ariiIio
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Times and the letters of It's special CORES
pondcat all pointed to different conclu-
sion, But she has arrived at it, or rather
has announced it, sooner than We had
hopod, and this is all the more gratifying
and encouraging. 1t depriyes the rebel
leaders of their chief hope and support.
Unsustained by word Of encouragement
from England, France, or any other Eu-
ropean power; with their ports efectually
blockaded their commerce. destroyed
their agriculture and industry OF all kinds
paruiyzed; their property, animate and
inanimate, deprecated more than enc half
and the great armies of the United States
steadily and unrelentingiy closing in around
them, the rebel Government cannot long
hold up its head. The war will be ended
and the Union restored even before the
anniversary of the fall Of Sumter, which
is the period saidsto have been fixed by
Gen. Scott for finishing his work.
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Address Of Gen. Patterso,

The following address was delivar0a,
Gen. Patterson, to the soldiers under Il;
command, who left Chambersburg on l.as
Saturday.
Headquarters Dept Of Pennsylvania
Chans6ersburg, Pa, June 3, 1861
To THE US. Troops OF THIS Drp,n-
MENT The restraint which has nnrass.
rily been imposed upon you, impatient :.
overcome those who have raised their NV
ricidal hands against our country. is abon.
to be removed. You will soon meet a.
insurgents.
You are not the aggressors. A turb,
lent faction, misled by ambitious ruler.
in time of profound peace and natonsI
prosperity have occupied your forts ana
turned the guns against you; have se;zs1
your arsenals and armories, and annrob.;
ated to themselves government sunnl;es.
have arrested and held prisoners ron,
companions marching TO their homes M
der State pledge of security, and have
captured vessels and provisions voluptar;lv
assured by State Legislation from molest:,
ton, and now seek to perpetuste re;on
of terror over loyal citizens. Thee hgya
invaded loyal State and entrencbeS
themselves within its boundaries, in def
ance of its constituted authorities.
You are going on American soil to s6,,
tain the civil power, to relieve the ON.
pressed, and to retake that which I.
unlawfully held.
You must bear in mind you are gojDd
for the good of the whole country. and
that, while it is your duty to punish s..
dition, you must protect the loyal, and
should the occasion offer, at once suppre,,
servile insurrection.
Success will crown your efforts crate.
ful country and happy people will reward
you. BY order of
MAJ. GEN. PATTERsoy
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A CHANCE FOR CRACK MARKsMEN-
III. Berdan, considered the crack shot in
America, has published card addressed
to the sharp-shooters of the loyal States.
He says he is getting up regiment, to be
composed entirely of first. class rife-shots
at long distances, and that he is receiving
daily applications. He proposes that all
good shots, wishing to aid their country,
should send their names to him with an
affidavit showing the best shooting they
have done at two hundred yards or more
As soon as the necessary arrangements are
made for equipments, &C., notice will be
given to all those whose applications are
approved. No application will be consid-
cred III which the average of ten conse-
cutive shots, exceeds five inches from the
centre of the target to the centre of the
ball at two hundred yards Prodigious
efficiency of detachments of such sharp
shooters, armed with our Northern patent
target rifles, needs only to be alluded to be
recognized at once by all who have any
knowledge of the subject.
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JEFF. Esayis' Fast Day.

Following is the proclamation of Pres
ident Davis, for day of fasting and
PRAYER, which has been fixed for Thursday,
the 18th inst.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CONFEDERATE
TEs.-PROCLAMATIoN.
When a people who recognize their
dependence upon God feel themselves sur
rounded by peril and difficulty, it becomes
them to humble themselves under the
dispensation Of Divine Providence to rec
ognize His righteous government, to ac-
knowledge His goodness in times past and
supplicate His merciful protection for the
future.
The manifest proofs of the Divine
blessing hitherto extended TO the efforts
of the people OF the Confederate States of
America to maintain and pcrpetuate pub
lie liberty, individual rights and national
independence, demand their deyout and
heartfelt gratitude. 1t becomes them TO
give public manifestation Of this gratitude,
and of their dependence upon the Judge
of all the earth, and to invoke the contln-
uance of His favor. Knowing that none
but just and righteous cause can gain
the Divine favor, we would implore the
Lord OF hosts TO Sulue anu ulTect our poi-
icy in the paths of right, duty, justice and
mercy to unite our hearts and our efforts
for the defence of our dearests rights, to
strengthen our weakness, crown our arms
with success, and enable US to secure a
speedy, just and honorable peace.
To these ends, and in conformity with
the request Of Congress, l invite the peo-
pie of the Confederate States to the obser-
vance of day of fasting and prayer, by
such religious services as may be suitable
for the occasion, and [ recommend Thurs
day, the 18th day of June next, for that
purpose; and that we may all on that day,
with one accord, join in humble and rev.
erential approach to Him in whose hands
we are, invoking Him to inspire us with
proper spirit and temper of heart and
mind to bear our evils, to bless Us with
His favor and protection, and to bestow
His gracious benediction upon our govern
ment and country.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President.
r. TooMBs, Secretary.
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The BALLOON IN WARFARR.-John
LaMountain, the aeronaut, has offered his
services to the general government in the
capacity of scout. He proposes to initiate
his balloon, and, accompanied by an en-
gineer, to ascend to any desirable eleva-
ton, taking notes of the country, the sit
uation and strength of the enemy, etc.
This idea is by no means novel 1t oc-
CURED to the first Napoleon, when the art
Of ballooning was but little understood =
During the Crimean war the allies fire.
quently made use of those instrumentalities
to ascertain the preparations making by
the enemy. But it was on the great plain
of Northern Italy, in the campaign of
1850, that their utility became most ap-
paren. Before the battles of Magenta
and Solferino, Louis Napoleon had en-
ployed aeronauts to survey the grounds ;
and while the Austrians were in retreat
every motion maze by them was noticed
by these genii of the upper atmosphere,
and reported to the victorious allies.
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A MILITARY DIPLoMA-It has bo

A MILITARY DIPLoMA-It has been
determined says the Washington Star,
by the Government to give to every man
(of whatever rank serving in the Army
or Navy of the United States in defence
of the Union, diploma, on parchment OF
fine parchment papH. The design of the
embellishments is by Leutz, and is one Of
the most beautiful artistic achievments we
ever saw. Underneath it is to be the fol.
lowing certificate, viz -
WASHINGTON, -, 1856.
A B. has been enrolled as in
the -- forces of the United States,
for the defence of the Constitution and the
maintenance of the Union:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
- -, Secretary Of State.
- , Secretary Of the Treasury
- -, Secretary of War.
--, Secretary of the Navy.
--, Secretary of the interior.
- -, Postmaster General.
- , Attorney General.
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SHARKS AND WoLvEs.-Large num-
bers OF the troops who have gone to the
seat of war are poor men, leaving families
behind them. The pay of the privates is
S11 per month We believe the custom
is, at the end of every month"; to give some
written evidence of the amount due each
man. But the troops will not in fact be
paid under two or three months from the
day of being mustered into the service, and
so on from time to time.
We are informed says the \. Y. Trib-
une, that shoal of land sharks, some of
them we'll known to public fame, have en-
tered into combination TO purchase of
the troops their monthly warrants or GER
tifcates at an enormous shave-say Civ
ing them So and 81 for S1l. These evil
dences of debt are as good as gold They
viii be paid with reasonable promptness.
The necessities of many Of these men are
great They may be compelled to allow
themselves to be devoured by these sharks
unless patriotic individuals, who scorn to
levy blackmail upon patriotism, will take
measures for purchasing these evidences
at a fair value, and thus save the soldiers
of the country from falling victims to the
cupidIty of a class of peculators who prowl
about the camps, the Commissariat' and
the Quartermaster's depots, as wolves prowl
over a battlefield after day Of car
mage. VIII not the Union men look to
this matter!
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GEN. ScorT-Did it ever occur to our
readers that Gen Scott has never yrt made
q retreat? That is so. During the bill
liant operations of 1872, and throughout
the memorable campaign in Mexico, he
trod no steps backwards. This may ac
count for the seeming tardiness with which
he has conducted the present campaigp;but
the remembrance of the fact will inspire
confidence that the grand old chicfain
will not close his military life by dong
that which, against large odds in ISL,
and afterwards thousands of miles away
in an enemy's country, he never was con-
PEELED to do. When, not long ago, he
learned that JEFF Davis was concentrating
the rebel forces at and near Richmond he
said TO friend, with an expression o.
great animation, "Why, L thought shoala
have to go and hunt these people up Ou'
they are coming to me"
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THE SOUTHERN MUNCHAUsEN-The
True Witness and Sentinel, published at
New Orleans and Memphis, saws:

IHE SOUTHERN VI MUNCHAUSEN.-Ine ne
True Witness and Sentinel, published at
New Orleans and Memphis, says:
"According to the statements that come
to us from New York, Philadelphia, and
other places at the North, we learn that
the flag of the United States, the Stars
aud the Stripes, has become the sign or
mark by which loyalty to the Lincoln
Government is known. It's mob goes
about compelling all, to show their colors
or, in other words, to display the United
States flag. So it floats in the breeze,
from church steeples and church windows :;
from public buildings and private dwell
lings from omnibuses and railway cars );
from private carriages and drays; from
the ladies' bonnets and gentlemen's coats;
in the shape of cockades and rosettes of
tricolored ribbon nay, more, it is used to
adorn the pulpits of their churches. I'm
less this conspicuous sign is displayed,
neither property nor persons are safe
Even the worship of the great j Jehovah
is contaminated with this worship of the
flag 50 that frequently the services of the
sanctuary are concluded with the "Star-
Spangled Banner!'
''Surely piety must be at a low ebb when
neither editors of religious papers nor the
ambassadors Of Christ Jesus utter re-
buke to this cosslip ofthe Stars and Stripes.
Perhaps the mob rules, and hence, under
the reign of inidel Black Republicanism
and terror, Christian liberty as we'll as
civil liberty is suppressed"
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UNITED STATES MAILS SUSPENDED IN
ted States mail service is suspended in all
the Confederate revolted States, excepting
those portions Of Eastern Virginia occu-
pied by United States troops, and the 10y
al Western section Of Virginia, the good
people of which have refused to pass into
the service Of Moloch, and are as steadfast
to the Union as the people of New York.
The Confederate States have adopted an
independent mail system-fve and ten
cent postages on letters; but as we under
stand it, no letter to party in Confed-
crate State, intended to be transferred
from the United States to the Confederate
mails at the boundary line, will be trans
mitted through the United States mails.
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NOTICE no gsts,
IN Letters of Administratlo" =" "rheusbuTg,
of Jacob Stahl, deceased, late oi .tss 10 The
Cambria Co., having been "a Court
subscribers, by the Register oi 80" will ples''
all persons indebted to SAID hs,". hose haSipe
make immediate payment, anu rsseut ant tbsH
claims against the same wiz ".,drment.
properly authenticated for se1,i1 eT hi. AdnE'
II. KINKEAD, Admr'
Ebensburg, May 80, ls0l' -spsirir;
pSs- n. B.-The business ~ ~ no csrrl''
Watches, Clocks and JeweH,
on as heretofore, by Mrs. Star"