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sONG--LAND OF KING COTTON.
By 10. AUGUSTINE sIeNnGo.

BIZ 10. AUGUSTINE sIGNAIGo
(Ar-Rsd Hhits and Blus)
Oh Dixie the land Of King Cotton.
The home Of the brave and the free:
nation by Freedom begotten,
The terror Of despots to be;
Where ever thy banner is streaming
Base tyranny quals at thy feet,
And Lberty's sunlight is besning,
In splendor Of majesty weet
CHoRUs-Three cheers for our army so true,
Three cheers for Price, Johnston and Lee
BeauregaTd and cur Davis forever
The pride Of the brave and the free
When Liberty sounds her war rattle,
Demanding her right and her due,
The first land who rallies to battle
l. Dixie the shrine Of the true;
Thick as leaves Of the forest in summer,
Her brave sons will rise on each plain;
And then strike until each vandal conner
Lies dead on the soil he would stain
CHoRUs-Three cheers for our army. etc.
May the names Of the dead that we cherish,
FIJI memorys cup to the brim;
Nay the laures they've WOE never perish,
Nor 81 star Of their glory grow dim -
May the States Of the South never sever,
But champions Of freedom e'er be,
May they fourth. Conied'ra,e forever
The boast Of the brave and the free.
CRoRUs-Three cheers for our army. etc.
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The Forward Movement Commenced.


| From the Cincinnati Times December 1871
! At length we have what may be regarded a
/ perfectly reliable assurance that the columns of
| Gen. Buell. are moving on Bowling Green. This
announcement must cheer the spirits of every
| patriot in the land So long has the hope of
the nation been deferred that the public heart has
/ sickened, but forward movement is better late
than never, and the slightest indication that
4 something is to be done viii be joyfully well
coined
| Gen Bueil's force is estimated at from $4,000
| to $4,000 men, and with this number he can push
| forward with confidence.
| The distance between Nolin creek and Bowl
ing Green is 63 miles, and our troops have two
streams, Bacon creek and Green river 10 cross
| The former viii present no serious impediments,
as il is neither wide nor deep; but the latter will
cost some delay, as it is usually too deep to ford
| Its width is about fifty yards, and might be
| 5ridged without much difficulty, but FROM the
| fact that there are half dozen almost impreg-
nsble positions, commanding the pike, which It
! is probable BUckners forces have long ere this
occupied, but which should have been seized by
our troops.
! Green river is forty-fve miles from Bowling
Green, and the road is good at all seasons of the
year it being a limestone pike. 1t is probable
no advance will be made beyond WoOdsOnville
south of the river, until all the forces have crossed
and are ready to take up their line of march.
| A bloody battle is in the prospective, and let
Us hope that a signal victory viii crown our sue
cess, and open the way for the Te-establishment
of the Union. Gen. Buell. is an old officer, has
seen service more than once, and the public has
great confidence in his energy, ability and dis
cretion.
Il cur forces get five miles beyond Green river
/ Without falling into an ambush, or masked bate
res, they will encounter nothing until they reach
Bowling Green, unless Buckner's whole army
marches out 10 fight them in the open field
which is not probable.
The country is comparatively level, and there
are no secret places in which a foe could lurk ;
but from Bacon Creek TO aplace five miles South
of WOodsOnville there is a constant succession
of hills, rsvines and dense forests, which can be
fortified with little difficulty, and which could
afford shelter from artillery, and prevent any
systematic pursuit, even by our infantry. In
such a situation, our cavalry, Of course would
be of no service
From this time on, the public mind will be all
anticipation until the result Of the impending
conflict is known. Our government should
now pat forth all its eXertions to support Gen.
Buell.. Reinforcements should be pushed for
ward from every quarter. No assistance should
| be neglected 10 win victory so decided and
overwhelming that our foes will be unable to re
cover frOm the blow.
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ECONOMY IN BooTs.-Economy in boots and
shoes is very desirable at the present high rates
Of leather. To make them wear as long as pos
slble therefore, should be the aim of each and
every person. By making the following apphcs-
ton to them, one pair can be made to last as
long ss three pairs ordinarily. 1t will not only
preserve the leather, but will keep the feet free
from wet Put pound of tallow and half
pound of rosin into pot on the fire, and, when
melted and mixed, warm the boots and apply
the hot mixture with a painters brush until
neither the sole or the upper feathers will receive
any more. If it is desired that the boots should
take polish, dissolve an ounce of beeswax with
an ounce of turpentine, to which add teaspoon
fll of lamp black. A day or two after the boots
have been treated with the tallow and rosin, rub
over them the wax and turpentine, but not be-
fore the FIRE Tsllow or any other grease be-
comes rancid and rots the stitching as well as
the leather. but the rosin gives it an antseptic
quality which preserves the whole. Boots or
SHOES should be so large as to admit of wearing
in them cork soles-cork is bad conductor of
heat.
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A LIE OCr-The New York Times says thai
neither Lincoln or any member OF his cabinet
Is committed in favor Of the course pursued by
Cant Wilkes, in arresting Msssrs. Mason ant
.SGdell" That is broad assertion, bat on re
ferring to Secretary WeIles' repOTt-who is Z
member of Lincoln's cabinetn-as it was pub
Iished in the St. LoUis Democrat, we find the fol-
lowing paragraph:
The prompt and decisive action Of Captain
wakes Inerited and reeeiuod the emphatic GPPrO-
ral a. the department, and, if too generous Tor
besrauee was exhibited by hun in not capturing
the vessel which had these enemies Mason and
sSlidell) aboard, 1t may, in view Of the special
circumstances, and Of its patriotic motives, be
xcused but it must by no means be permitted
= institute precedent hereafter for the treat
-. t any case Of similar iniractlOn Of neutral
Il;..;o, by foreign vessels engaged in com
49, ~ the carrying trade.
Who is doing 'he fbbing' the little villain
r a. r., % : he Democrat man the grester
o.I, W. consider the language attributed
% the secretary, by one of bis friends as very
" emphatic approval"
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TyAcTIyITY OF PLANTERs.-In years past,
,,y. the Vicksburg Hhig, the planters manifest
Al s-ea., snxicty about gathering their Gotten
lint this We ~ there appears to be great apathy
on the subject. and planters do not care whether
it is gathered y not. Heretofore, with fine
,rs,tber and a fne picking season like the pres
:. ,ls cotton IN tbe' hill lands would be very
nearly gathered by this time. We are told the
eaI5s remain white with .'be staple. This indif
ference is no doubt caused BY the want OF mar
let. and our enemies may Learn from 1t the firm
determination of the people to never allow then
"a nroft by oar crops until the en6 OF the war
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DEFENsEs PRoPosED.-The Legislature Of
Mississippi, fully alive to the Importance Of a
eomE!ete defense Of the gulf sea coast, has be q
sonsider.ng the subject, and the bill has passed
tbe House sPproPriating S25O,o0o for the con-
struetien Of gunbOats. The AtnsissiptaH thinks
ths Senate viii certainly coincide in the matter
and adds: Action has not been earlier taken by
our authorities in regard to the defense of this
exp Jsed portion Of our State, for the reason that
itis under the control and supervision Of Cen
Lowell, who is charged with its defense, and was
supposed to know how important it was to kseI
The invader from its soil.
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A Coon CHARACTER.-A good character in
a young man is what firm foundation Is to the
architects whoever proposes to erect oulldlng
ON il can build with safety; but let single part
of this be detective and he goes on hazard,
amid doubling and distrust, and ten to one the
edffice be erects on it will tumble down at last,
and mingle all that was built on it in ruins.
Without good character poverty is curse !
with it, ii is scarcely an evil All that is bright
in the hope Of youth, all that is calm and bliss
ful in the sobsr scenes Of life, all that is soothing
In the vale of years, ceuters in and is derived
frnrn nrnnd character.
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" The Legislature Of Mississ., 0Pl has pass,
ed bill sppropriating $4,000 to al Oeneral
starke in arming and equipping reginNNt o.
cavalry, which he is now organizing. This 1lll
was passed unanimously in the Senate and WA
but few dissenting votes in the House. The
-Hississigpian says the general has large exPeri
ence in this branch Of the service, having been
for many years captain of cavalry, and Is just
Tie man to underta and prosecute to sue
eessfuI issue the aTduous task Of organizing a
regiment. This regiment viii be composed Of
ths flower and chivalry of Mississippi; and in
point Of arms equipments and discipline, viii
attain high and creditable standard.
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CONTEMPLATED PURCHASE

RUMORED CONTEMPLATED fCRCNAsE.-
s,eretarv Cameron it is said, on his recent visit
- Hartford, had a conversation with Col Sa.u
Colt about buying his whole works in the South
Nasdow. for the government and asked the
-alonel for his terms for factory, machinery,
S.-',1nds. and all. Col Colt wished time for COZ
s5e-ation. and the story Is be has quite recently
-, a letter 70 Mr. Cameron, offering his whole
oo-ssrn for Eve million dollars-everything TO be
;ncIpded for this sum, except MS own private
dwsings !. sne oe!, without yonehing for is aoou.
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PADUcAH, KY. Dee. 9, 1sSl

To ia. Edlbo1t Of the Louisville Journal
GENTLEMEN: Within the past week about
one hundred men have come in from the border
ing counties Of Tennessee. They represent mat
teTs as in terrible condition in their section of
country. The unity of the people for separation
and the military despotism of the South seems TO
be a myth, fancy, falsehOod. They say that
there is large part Of the people all over the
State that are and have ever been for the Union,
that, notwithstanding their seeming submission,
if the time ever arrives for them to assert their
sentiments, they Will be found in full unity with
LOYALTY and patriotism. They are expecting at
least one thousand TO Gfteen hundred to arrive
here in a few days. 1t is thought that about
that number will come from Weskley county.
1t is reported that the Union men are in open
revolt in that county against the authorities and
a collision is anticipated
The order to draft every second man subject
to military duty had reached them, and they will
not submit 10 lis execution. Several who have
arrived here were drafted and O,dered to rendez-
vous at their county seat but preferred Psducah
Indeed in some places so little regard for law OF
Justice prevails that a committee will take the
mnster rolls and name the men who shall 90,
aud then summon them TO appear at the county
seat at such time, and to bring with them three
days provision, and gun, pistol pitchfork, ol
gr1bbfng-hoe. The present draft is for only
sixty-days, and is said to be for the defense o
Columbus or Bowling Green.
About forty men have just arrived from the
southern side Of Christian county. They under
stood that the system Of drafting was about to b.
| inSugurated there, the principal roads being
! guarded to prevent travel toward the river.
There is no question of the fact that, If no
cut of. Col. Rogers, of Dresden, win get her
| in a few days With probably regiment Of mel
from Weakley county. All Is quiet at this post
r. n.
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sorxAsN WARNING.--Two members Of the
- 7 o1isisns battalion, recently executed by
Issr Of Gen Johnston, foT striking then otnceIs,
~ sad warning for soldiers and others. inelr
lsss words were Tel our colnrsoes nc. ~.
svss the cause of our trouble ana eAnOl' '1'iH
!. 1s.-a II slonei"
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y Rise early to your business, learn good
things, and oblge good men; they are three
things you shall never repent
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" Things are queerly connected. A late
.,afieisn saws, If ell our old maids should marry
tbs manufacturers Of single beadstesds would be
utterly ruined.
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Er There is no deception in bull dog. II
is only cur that sneaks up and bites you when
your back is turned.
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~ lanes @. Blsek has been elected sonHoi
ssrsh Carolina,
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SALE
ADMINISTRATORS

WILL be sold on MONDAY the 23rd instant in
w front Of the Arcade, by NJ G. Cayee, the perish
able property belonging TO the estate Of j. d. Rosser
TURE. Cotton Balances Platform Scales Mules and
four Drays.
TERMS OF sALE.-An sums over Fifty dollars on
/ credit Of six month"; with approved security Under
fifty dollars, cash WIN. hlMPSOh,
dslI.tds admins rator.
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GENERAL ORDERS No. "a.


HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIvIsfON-wEsT-l
ERN DEPARTBfEN
COLUMBUS KY, December llth 1861 )
| MAJOR GEO WILLIAMSON, Of the Adjuiant
IL Gen-rs's Department, having been assig ed 10
duty as Assistant Adjusut General Of this Division
will relieve Capt e d. Blake. c s. Army who Is as
COED to duty Inspector General Of the Frst Divis
ion, Western Department,
II The Maior-General commanding with much reluc
isnce accepts the resignation of Capt. E. D. Blake &
= A, ~ Acting Assistant Adjutsnt General Of the
tirRt DivisioL, Western Department. By his military
knowledge and experience Capt Blake has contributed
essentially 70 the organization instruction and dise
plne Of the army Of the West, and The G mmanding
General is only induced deprive himself Of biz
vices that they ay be exered In more exten,iv fed
Of se ion and usefulness
Ill All official communications to tina Hesdquarters
OF this Department will he addressed to Major George
Williamson, Assistant Adjutant General
BY command of AaiOr-Genera POLK
[Offeial II B EVER
1t. C. s. A, A. A. A. G..
GEO WILLIAMSON, A. A. General.
delSlw
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THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully calls at
tention of the citizens of Memphis to the an
ne1ed statement of losses paid by the above old,
reliable and prompt paying Company Gin this
city, since 1858, viz:
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TnyyrssEE sLArDERRD AGAIN.

The following letter is published in late
number Of the Louisville Journal. 1t is need
less to say tbss its every statement is false, and
ystit is BY such improbable assertions that the
Northern people have been misled as to the
popular sentiment Of the South ever since the
commencement of our present difficulties. We
reproduce the letter only for the purpose of
showing our readers the character Of the news
retsiled by the sensation intelligence mongers of
the North:
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BANKIN O.!
NOTICE no SHIPPERS !

Ian - - -
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON r. l. bFFICE,
MEHFHIs. December Is 1851 )
7 HAVE THIS DAY received d'spaich nom 3. B
Walker Atianta ssyit the Georgia 70 al, and roads
east from Augusta, were blocked WIZ iesh' and re-
quests that .hpn snts going east 4 Atlanta, Be
pended few days.
Freizhts for Atlanta Macon, end points south q At
lsus Ss be received also, fresh Tor oil poin b.
tween Memphis and Atisn g. ". J. ROSS.
dajz iv General Superintendent
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FLOUR,
Peach Brandy,

IN BBLs Pure Peach Brandy, for sale by
lO de5 MORRISON &
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-01-25
AMERICAN STATESMEN
UNION AND SECESSION
QUESTION.
ExTRACTs FROM THE sPnECHEs

SENATOR BENJAMIN, OF La,
SENATOR DOUGLAS, OF ILL.,,
SENATOR CRlr1 ENDEN. OF KY,
SENATOR IODMBS. OF GA,
SENATOR HUNTER. OF VA. and
SENATOR SEWARD, OF N. Z
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-01-25

ded. say, therefore, slavery is excluded.
To the south, slavery exists as matter of
fact. l ask you to recognize it. That was
the principle upon which the trainers of our
constitution went, recognizing the status
existing at the time, adopting that, accept.
ing that as basis. This is what under
stand in respect to all the States. This is
all now that ask; all that this proposition
is. There are south of that line, the Indian
territory, and the Territory of New Mexi>
CO; that is all. Of the Indian territory I
need say nothing that is appropriated to
others, and upon the terms of that appro-
priation it rests. By those terms, however,
slavery may be recognized as existing there;
for the fact is, it does exist. So in all New
Mexico and how comes it to exist in New
Mexico 1t exists potentially IN New
Mexico in virtue Of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States in the
80 often quoted case of Dred Scott. -ia
Now, what does this amendment of mine
propose? Not that gentlemen shall agree
that slavery may exist there; not that they
shall concede any principle; not that they
shall concede any policy; but simply that
they shall recognize q fact, fact that they
cannot dispute-the fact of the actual ex-
istence OF slavery under actual law, emana-
ting from that territory under power granted
in the compromise of 1850, which was in-'
tended to settle the affairs of the country,
and to relieve rs from the troubles which
have DOW returned. It was hailed BY the
whole people, accepted as peace offering
on all sides, and has continued from that
day. Under the power given by that act
of Congress Of 1850, slavery has been ad-I
mitted into that territory. and all that is
by my amendment is, IS J. said,
simply 70 recognize that; and furthermore,
the fact being recognized, that. it shaIl be
recognized, that that state of things, that
fact, shall continue as it is, until the terri
tory shall have acquired asuf6ciept pOpula,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-01-25

euCIC! 0uRRO60 VIC WSTC uIV1QcQ UY b sec.
tional line in our religion, would any one
of US have a right to invoke his religion as
a reason why he was entitled to more, ard
his brother to less, or nothingi Nobody
would pretend that. You have no right to
bring up scruples of that sort, or questions
of that sort, against another.
This question Of slavery has been, to no
small extent, connected with the question
Of religion. The pulpit has taken it in
hand. The pulpit has become the minister
of politicians, and politicians have minis
tered to ministers of the Gospel, neither to
the benefit or profit of the Gospel !; and
now scruples-I may as we'll call them scru-
pies iof religion as well as scruples abont
slavery-are pleaded on one side. You do
not plead it co nonsine as religious prefer
ence that you are entitled to, or as religi-.
GUS distinction. You plead it, to be sure,
as distinct opinion Of your own upon the
subject Of slavery but you have been able
to force that question of slavery into q
great political position before the country,
by the aid of the pulpit. II has become with
some . religious feeling. I am not one of
those who feel adisposition to speak or allow
myself to speak disrespectully of religion !;
but point you to these things as facts that
we see and know, that there has been COM
bination; 2 mixing up, Of these questions
with religion and with politics and we are
taught from the pulpit daily, not of the po-
litical improvidence, not Of the political inn
policy of slavery butwe are taught that it
is . great sin, and that we are to put it far
away from US. sfssg -aos ,sa9 bll8W -.
J Now, suppose all this doctrine is right
does It come under the Constitution Does
it come within the principles of our Consti-
tuition that we shall set up any such stand
ardf The Constitution hasbet up standard,
and that il a standard of equal justice and
principle.a It recognizes and estimates each
man, and each community of men, not ac-
cording to their religious lopinions ct all,
but according to polifical rights and their
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-01-25

Wuo CoItlCu III SOiuc Ol Cuc SCdteS Dy tfcdc0e
cry, by men betraying their constituents.
That is the history of the times. Five
votes would have tied it in Virginia. 1t
passed New. York by but three majority.
Out OF nearly four hundred in the conven-
tion of Massachusetts, it passed by nineteen.
That is the history of the action of the three
greatest States OF the Union at that time.
Some of the bravest and the boldest and
the best men of the revOlutiOp, who fought
from its beginning to its end, we're opposed
to the plan of union, and among them was
the illustrious author of the Declaration of
Independence himself. Are we to be de-
tered by the cry that we are laying our
unhall0wed hands on this holy altar? Sir,
| have no hesitation in saying that very
large portion of the people of Georgia.
whom / represent, prefer to remain in this
Union with their constitutional rights-I
would say ninety per cent. of them-be-
lieving it to be good Government. They
have lived and prOspered in it. Shallow
pated fools have told them this Government
was the cause of their prosperity, and they
have never troubled themselves to inquire
whether or not this were true. think 1t
has but little to do with their prosperity
beyond securing their peace with other
nations, and that boon has been paid for at
a price that no freemen ought to submit to.
These are my own opinions; they have been
announced to my constituents, and l an
nounce them here. Had ] lived in that
day, should have voted with the majority
in Virginia. with Monroe, Henry, and the
illustrious patriots who composed the sew
enty-nine votes against the adoption OF the
present plan Of government. In my opin-
ion, il they had prevailed, to-day themen of
the south would have the greatest and most
powerful nation of the earth. Let this Judg.
ment stand for future ages.
s,J SLAVERY IN TIE EgRRIT0RIEs.
The Supreme court have decided that,
By the Consultation, We have right to 60
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-29

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Posi- says the War Department is dcterm.
NED to construct a ncw bridge across the Poto-
mae Congress refused to appropriate money
enough 10 reconstruct the Long Bridge last
SUMNER, and the result is that the old bridge
has been out Of order half the time. IL has be-
cone military necessity for the Government to
possess / new and strong bridge across the Po-
'VMac, and Nr. Cameron has fully decided 20
Construct new and substantial bridge upon the
r'f> OF the canal aqueiuct II probable that
lae Government viii lay u railroad tax across
4io the midst Of the camps on the other side, as
would save q vast amount of transportation by
"".oa' The p.vrs Of the aqucduct were built
very MasslYciy, The work occupying seven or
1s4t years. ard it is believed that they are
%''oS enough to Withstand any ffeshet that
ever visits the Potomac. they are broad
@0-sh to support q new bridge for railway
"Is AMI ordinary travel.